For those who don't know, Yuri is Tala, I'm not putting the original names
of the others to avoid more confusion, so they'll be as we know: Ian,
Spencer and Bryan.
CHAPTER 2 - ANOTHER
~//~
The teams all observed as the grandfather hugged his grandson, but the latter was not moving, seemingly paralyzed.
They all looked worried at the bluenette, not really knowing what his reaction would be, but fearing whatever it was all the same. Punch, kick, cry, whichever it was, it would be scary. . .
But to their greatest surprise, Voltaire eventually let go. . . and Kai. . . did absolutely nothing except stare at the older man in front of him. The youth's eyes did not betray one single emotion; whatever he was thinking or feeling. . . no one knew.
Voltaire gave his grandson one last longing and sorrowful look before turning and walking out throught the doorway, where the other teams had been only seconds before, walking back to his cell, his goodbye words in the air.
"Kai, my beloved grandson, I still await your decision, but I think it wise that you follow my advice and seek Boris, he will tell give you more answers and then you will be able to make a better choice."
With a final wave of his hand, his back to the younger one still in the cell, he whispered. "I will see you soon, that I will."
And he was gone. . . out of Kai's view, but surely not out of his life.
The young blader remained frozen in the cell a for few moments more, and then, with a sprint of determination, he walked out of the building, barely aware of a large group of people behind him, but too preoccupied with his own thoughts to worry about it.
Besides, he could lose them anytime he wanted, so there wasn't much danger.
~//~
"At least it explains how come he has those beautiful red eyes. . . no human being that I know of has them!" Rei said, as he and the others silenly ran after Kai.
"And they can see right through anyone too. It would explain how he's the only one who's able to control Black Dranzer so well. . . and why he is so silent and quiet in daily life, but quick and aggressive in battles." The blond BladeBreaker reflected.
"What was that all about?" Takao asked, barely able to keep from shouting, as they continued following the other bluenette.
"Didn't you hear? Voltaire told Kai that he is a hal. . ." Koujyu started.
"I know, I understood that much! What I'm trying to say is. . . where did all this story come from? Can a half-breed between a human and a bitbeast really exist? And even if it could, what proof do we have that Kai's grandfather isn't trying some new way to continue his weird plans?"
"I think I know what Takao wants to say. . . what he means is. . . can we really trust that Voltaire Hiwatari, leader of BioVolt Co. is speaking the truth?" Olivier synthethyzed.
"We can't." Ralph stated. "We merely have to await for the truth to be revealed, whether this is the truth or not."
"I tell you right now, if you are doubting Lord Hiwatari's words, then you are sure a fool. His business may be illegal, but he's words definitely do NOT hold lies." a familiar voice pronounced.
As the teams turned around, their surprise was great as their eyes landed on a figure coming out of a hidden alley.
"Yuri!" they all yelled in surprise.
"The one and only, but I'm not alone." he said, and then one of his hands moved to point his companions, who slowly appeared from behin him, coming out of the same spot.
Spencer, a tall blond, was the first to continue Yuri's speech. "Hiwatari- sama is a man of truth, and his word is noble, you can count on that."
"In case you haven't yet noticed, Kai is not one to trust others so easily, why do you think he believes him when the subject is so difficult to accept as possible?" the short one, Ian, asked.
"Kai knows his granfather better than anyone, so if he trusts Hiwatari- sama's words, so should you. I thought at least that much you would know." commented Bryan, the boy with the lavander hair.
The BladeBreakers lowered their head in shame; true, they should have realized that.
Yuri, noticing their saddened faces, spoke up. "Don't worry about that. Like Hiwatari-sama, Kai is also really hard to understand."
The leader of the White tigers, realizing exactly WHO they were speaking with, was the first to ask, bringing the others' atention to the matter. "Why are you guys here? Didn't you try to get Kai in Glasgow and then got sent to prison, like Boris and Voltaire?"
Yuri, and after him the other Demolition Boys, smirked at that particular comment. "We are all under 18, so they couldn't arrest us, and Hiwatari- sama took care of the other matters so we could be set free."
The expressions on the faces of the members of all present teams were of clear disbelief. How could an arrested person be able to free others? What kind right, honor or dignity did he have for that?
"Hiwatari-sama is very generous, you know. He controls everything in Moscow, so he must be out of jail by now, after all, he has already spoken to Kai. And because of his. . . power. . . Boris wasn't arrested either, they set him free as soon as the Scottish police left the Moscow Prison building."
"He did mention something like that to Kai back at the prison a few minutes ago." Mariah reminded everyone.
"Like Ian said, Boris is free, and I suppose you know Kai is going after him to find out more about himself like he was advised by his grandfather, right?" Spencer asked.
The teams nodded.
"But you just lost track of him." Bryan said bluntly.
They all glared.
"Thanks to you!" Johnny shouted rather loudly at the Demolition Boys.
Yuri raised his hands. "Hey, hey, take it easy, kid! We were here waiting for you, to guide you to them."
"What?!" everyone exclaimed in surprise.
Spencer raised an eyebrow in amazement. "Is it that hard to believe?"
"Well, we don't know if we can trust you either." Max exclaimed.
"You could be very well after Kai again! While Voltaire sends him straight to Boris' hands, you guys come to stop us from helping!" Rei defended.
"I hope you don't think Kai would appreciate your help. . ." Bryan said as he rolled his eyes. "Because he would get pretty mad if he realizes you're following him."
Yuri sighed. "Look, fight later, alright? If we don't hurry, we'll never find out what kind of info Boris is going to give Kai!"
"What's it to you?" Takao asked, not hiding his suspiciousness.
"We were trained to obey Kai when he's ready, and our objectves are still that, but he is yet to complete his "training". Differently from him, we already knew what he was, and that was one of the things that made us want to follow him, knowing he had the stregth and spirit of Black Dranzer, but we don't know how will he be able to lead us. That's why we want to know what Boris will do. . . or say." Ian answered for his team.
Bryan finished their thoughts. "We think he's going to give Kai the final lesson and the ultimate truth: the key to the past of his family. . . eh. . . his human family, anyway. After that, he will be ready to lead the revolution that will make the World cower under our domination for BioVolt and the Hiwataris. But we want to decide for ourselves if he's going to be worthy of following or not."
"Why do you want to help the Hiwatari family and BioVolt so much when you know their work is illegal?" Michael asked.
"Because the Hiwataris helped us be what we are today. And mind you, we are not robots and nor are we being controlled by them, we do what they ask us to on our own will, because we really want to help make the revolution they hope for and print their names on the History of mankind, not to mention ours." Yuri commented.
"So. . . will you trust us or not? Either way, we've lost enough time already and I definitely want to get there today." Ian said, impatience clearly stamped on his face.
The teams' members looked at each other. Knowing they would never find Kai by themselves at this point, they knew they had to take a chance if they still held any hopes of helping their red-eyed friend.
The revolution thing could be stopped later, right now, they had to find Kai.
So, turning back to the Demolition Boys, they nodded, Michael voicing their decision.
"Lead the way." he said, his voice strong and certain, but it seemed more like a request than a demand.
"Then let's go already! You've made us lose a lot of time!" Yuri said as he ran towards their destination.
"Why is it that you decided to show us the way?" Eddie asked during their "little jog".
Bryan was the one to answer that. "We figured you would want to see the last of Kai as you remember him. The decision of leading the revolution IS his, but even if he refuses to, your crimson-eyed friend will never be like you remember him now. And I don't mean he's going to become any softer, either." he said, a wide smirk spread on his pale face.
Except for the Demolition Boys, no one knew what to make of this answer, and the thought of an even less "soft" Kai scared them out of their skins, but they shrugged it away. If anything happened, they'd be there for him.
If anyone could actually have a look on the thoughts of all of them, they would find it weird that the one beyblader of the present teams that most had a sort of hate for was exactly the one they were all seeking to protect and help, with a feeling inside of each of them that resembled something like companionship.
Weird.
They ran for about 7 minutes before they could finally view the Abbey, the snow they were stepping on was a clear white.
"Should have known. . ." Rei thought. "Boris had to go back there."
But much to his and the other's surprise, the Demolition Boys took a detour, leading them away from the Abbey, stopping before a huge gray rock which was covered by some snow.
Going around it, they saw an opening on the ground, some steps hidden beneath the rock-covered entrance.
"So Kai has already removed the rocks for us. . . how sweet."
"Actually, he probably removed it so he could get in."
Yuri rolled his crystal blue eyes. "I know, Ian. It was a sarcastic comment!"
The teams sweatdropped, but followed the Demolition Boys down the steps and through the poorly lightened place, which revealed itself to be some sort of human-made underground passageway.
"This path leads to the BioVolt's Underground Lab for Secret Experiments, otherwise known by the few who share the knowledge of its existence as BULSE. It's close to the Abbey, and, in a way, it is an ideological part of it, but it is not a physical part of it. They don't have any direct physical connections except for the field which surrounds the Balcov Abbey and hides BULSE, but that would be an indirect one. The reason for this is simply because Boris and the Hiwataris wanted intruders, including the the kids who are trained in the Abbey, as far away as possible. Feel lucky you're entering this place, only 8 other people besides you all know of it." Spencer explained as the walked along it; running would only alert the alarms.
"When you say Hiwataris, does that include Kai?" Enrique asked.
Ian furrowed his brows a bit before answering "It should, but usually. . . no."
They walked in silence a bit more until some low voices, almost like whisers, could be heard a few meters away, apparantly.
"Kai!" they all thought at the same time. . . 3 boys specifically had some stronger anxiousness to lay their eyes the crimson-eyed teen.
~//~
"You can't be serious. . ." Kai whispered, anguist starting to take him whole. "It can't be. . ." whispered yet again, eyes averting everywhere around the lab which he knew so well, it had been one of his secret places when he was a child still training in the Abbey. He took in all the different and weird-looking equipment, from machines of all shapes and sized to the different colored mixtures spread throughout the lab. The rock floor under him seemed less inviting than it had been in earlier years.
"Sorry, Kai, but seeing you are my creation, I would know, and it is my duty to tell you so."
"Boris. . . then how do you expect me to lead the so-called revolution which you and my grandfather want so much to achieve?! And why do YOU want that stupid revolution?"
"Hiwatari-sama's wish is currently mine. He wants the world taken, I want to keep on inventing. As a scientist, I see this as a chance for me to have a roll in History. Besides, I do have a debt to repay with Hiwatari- sama. As for your roll, don't worry, you will stil be able to perform it, but the fact is, you will never be yourself anymore; not that it will make much difference to the world, though, given everyone sees you as a cold- hearted bastard. You will assume your bitbeast personality. Either way, Kai, you don't have much time as yourself. "
At those words, a few gasps were heard from the entrance behind them; Boris grew a smirk on his face. "Looks like our guests have arrived." he said, loudly clicking his fingers twice.
A large noise from that place was picked up by Kai's sensitive ears, but what startled him most were the voices that came right after. . . familiar voices.
~//~
They had arrived just a few seconds before Boris told Kai he didn't have much time left. . . and the conversation between creator and creation had apparantly been going on for some time already.
They hadn't heard Kai's first option. . . but they did hear the second: become a bitbeast. It's not like he would become a wild animal if he were a normal beast, after all, they are wise creatures; the problem was. . . what about Black Dranzer, Kai's other half? Would it be wild and savage or normal and wise? And more importantly. . . what about Kai. . . the Kai they knew? Would he really be gone forever? Just the body. . . or just the soul?
All these questions and yet more plagued their minds, even the the Demolition Boys', so they were even more surprised when transparent walls dropped all around, trapping them in a very resistant glass cage.
They punched and kicked, some even tried to blast it with their beyblades, but it was useless. . . at least by force, the glass walls were unbreakable.
Kai came running up to them, shouting "You idiots! So it WAS you who were following me! I was so sure I had lost all of you when I. . ."
His words stopped there. Crystal blue eyes met fiery amber.
"Naru hodo (I see). This is why, Yuri and the others led you here." He answered his own question out loud. "BUT WHY DID YOU COME AFTER ME! ALL OF YOU!"
"To help you, why else?" Johnny answered. "Kai, what's happening?" he asked, his voice a bit softer than the usual mocking tone the boy used.
Kai didn't answer; instead, he lowered his head and whispered "I cannot be helped. There is no way you can help me now, unless. . ."
"Unless?" Max encouraged.
"Kai. Do you want a help with the path you are to choose? Think of the BladeBreakers, they need you to guide them and make them stronger. Do you really want to disappear and leave them?" Boris asked.
His head still down, Kai closed his eyes tight.
"Unless what, KAI?!" Takao shouted.
". . . unless you close your eyes. . ." he started, head rising back up to reveal the dancing flames in his crimson blood orbs. "Unless you close your eyes and forget I ever existed. That way, the real Kai Hiwatari can make a shameless entry to this world."
"The real Kai? What are you talking about?" Enrique asked.
"Asoko o mite (look over there)." Kai answered simply, moving his head in the direction he wanted them to look at.
They did. . .and gasped.
There, straight ahead, when Boris moved out of the way, unblocking the view the half-breed wanted them to look at, they saw it.
A transparent tube, the material apparently the same as the one which held them captive.
The temperature inside it so low, they saw the frost and the mist from the distance which separated both the tube and the cage.
And inside it. . . a familiar face.
But it was impossible! Kai was right before them!
Some of the beybladers looked at the tube, then at Kai, then at the tube again, a Kai, at the tube. . . until they were finally convinced both existed simultaneously.
Inside the freezing container. . . a frozen body layed. . . perhaps for years. . .
"It can't be. . ." Max started.
"But. . . we're seeing it! It has to be true!" Olivier tried.
"But. . . but. . ." even Yuri was at a lost for words.
"How can Kai be right in front of us and inside that thing at the same time?!" Takao and Michael shouted out together.
Inside the scientific deathbed. . . a teen with the same face as Kai's. . . a body shaped almost exacly alike. . . a blank face almost like a scowl. . . closed lids. . . but no sharkfin-shaped triangles on his cheeks.
A copy of Kai.
"Meet the real Kai Hiwatari." was Kai's emotionless words, his head down again.
The real Kai Hiwatari. The REAL Kai Hiwatari.
So the copy. . . was the one they knew all along.
Inside the freezing container. . . was a Kai who was not breathing, a Kai who had not spoken for years, a Kai who looked almost like the same as his copy, except that he was a little oldr than the half-breed in terms of living years: the copy was only 16, he was already 18. . . but was he human? Or another half-breed?
"Your true nature and the deepest secrets of your creation is about to be revealed right before your eyes, Kai, and it is all my fault that you will face it all probably without being ready. I'm so sorry, Kai, I'm really. . . really. . . sorry for all that will come." Voltaire's words back at the prison seemed to replay in all minds, except the Demolition Boys'.
What other secrets are still awaiting for Kai? For the real. . . and the half-breed copy?
For the teams, however, there was still at least one question they knew Kai. . . the copy before them. . . had the answer to while and they didn't.
"Besides becoming a bitbeast, what was the other option Boris said you have, Kai?" Rei asked, fear clutching in his chest; he had a strong bond with the bluenette, therefore he did not wish the crimson-eyed youth to disappear of his life. . . but at that moment. . . he feared the worst.
Kai slowly raised his head and looked at them, a blank expression stamped on his face.
The next words would forever mark their lives, both Kai's and the other present beybladers'.
And the surprises were not yet over. . .
~//~
END of CHAPTER 2 - ANOTHER
Phew! That was a long chapter! 10 pages! Oh, well, the more, the merrier for both authoress and readers, right? ^_~
Wonder what his other option is. . .
Syaoran: You don't know?!
Of course I do! ^_~
Syaoran/Kai/Loki/Kouichi: Please review. ¬_¬''''''''
CHAPTER 2 - ANOTHER
~//~
The teams all observed as the grandfather hugged his grandson, but the latter was not moving, seemingly paralyzed.
They all looked worried at the bluenette, not really knowing what his reaction would be, but fearing whatever it was all the same. Punch, kick, cry, whichever it was, it would be scary. . .
But to their greatest surprise, Voltaire eventually let go. . . and Kai. . . did absolutely nothing except stare at the older man in front of him. The youth's eyes did not betray one single emotion; whatever he was thinking or feeling. . . no one knew.
Voltaire gave his grandson one last longing and sorrowful look before turning and walking out throught the doorway, where the other teams had been only seconds before, walking back to his cell, his goodbye words in the air.
"Kai, my beloved grandson, I still await your decision, but I think it wise that you follow my advice and seek Boris, he will tell give you more answers and then you will be able to make a better choice."
With a final wave of his hand, his back to the younger one still in the cell, he whispered. "I will see you soon, that I will."
And he was gone. . . out of Kai's view, but surely not out of his life.
The young blader remained frozen in the cell a for few moments more, and then, with a sprint of determination, he walked out of the building, barely aware of a large group of people behind him, but too preoccupied with his own thoughts to worry about it.
Besides, he could lose them anytime he wanted, so there wasn't much danger.
~//~
"At least it explains how come he has those beautiful red eyes. . . no human being that I know of has them!" Rei said, as he and the others silenly ran after Kai.
"And they can see right through anyone too. It would explain how he's the only one who's able to control Black Dranzer so well. . . and why he is so silent and quiet in daily life, but quick and aggressive in battles." The blond BladeBreaker reflected.
"What was that all about?" Takao asked, barely able to keep from shouting, as they continued following the other bluenette.
"Didn't you hear? Voltaire told Kai that he is a hal. . ." Koujyu started.
"I know, I understood that much! What I'm trying to say is. . . where did all this story come from? Can a half-breed between a human and a bitbeast really exist? And even if it could, what proof do we have that Kai's grandfather isn't trying some new way to continue his weird plans?"
"I think I know what Takao wants to say. . . what he means is. . . can we really trust that Voltaire Hiwatari, leader of BioVolt Co. is speaking the truth?" Olivier synthethyzed.
"We can't." Ralph stated. "We merely have to await for the truth to be revealed, whether this is the truth or not."
"I tell you right now, if you are doubting Lord Hiwatari's words, then you are sure a fool. His business may be illegal, but he's words definitely do NOT hold lies." a familiar voice pronounced.
As the teams turned around, their surprise was great as their eyes landed on a figure coming out of a hidden alley.
"Yuri!" they all yelled in surprise.
"The one and only, but I'm not alone." he said, and then one of his hands moved to point his companions, who slowly appeared from behin him, coming out of the same spot.
Spencer, a tall blond, was the first to continue Yuri's speech. "Hiwatari- sama is a man of truth, and his word is noble, you can count on that."
"In case you haven't yet noticed, Kai is not one to trust others so easily, why do you think he believes him when the subject is so difficult to accept as possible?" the short one, Ian, asked.
"Kai knows his granfather better than anyone, so if he trusts Hiwatari- sama's words, so should you. I thought at least that much you would know." commented Bryan, the boy with the lavander hair.
The BladeBreakers lowered their head in shame; true, they should have realized that.
Yuri, noticing their saddened faces, spoke up. "Don't worry about that. Like Hiwatari-sama, Kai is also really hard to understand."
The leader of the White tigers, realizing exactly WHO they were speaking with, was the first to ask, bringing the others' atention to the matter. "Why are you guys here? Didn't you try to get Kai in Glasgow and then got sent to prison, like Boris and Voltaire?"
Yuri, and after him the other Demolition Boys, smirked at that particular comment. "We are all under 18, so they couldn't arrest us, and Hiwatari- sama took care of the other matters so we could be set free."
The expressions on the faces of the members of all present teams were of clear disbelief. How could an arrested person be able to free others? What kind right, honor or dignity did he have for that?
"Hiwatari-sama is very generous, you know. He controls everything in Moscow, so he must be out of jail by now, after all, he has already spoken to Kai. And because of his. . . power. . . Boris wasn't arrested either, they set him free as soon as the Scottish police left the Moscow Prison building."
"He did mention something like that to Kai back at the prison a few minutes ago." Mariah reminded everyone.
"Like Ian said, Boris is free, and I suppose you know Kai is going after him to find out more about himself like he was advised by his grandfather, right?" Spencer asked.
The teams nodded.
"But you just lost track of him." Bryan said bluntly.
They all glared.
"Thanks to you!" Johnny shouted rather loudly at the Demolition Boys.
Yuri raised his hands. "Hey, hey, take it easy, kid! We were here waiting for you, to guide you to them."
"What?!" everyone exclaimed in surprise.
Spencer raised an eyebrow in amazement. "Is it that hard to believe?"
"Well, we don't know if we can trust you either." Max exclaimed.
"You could be very well after Kai again! While Voltaire sends him straight to Boris' hands, you guys come to stop us from helping!" Rei defended.
"I hope you don't think Kai would appreciate your help. . ." Bryan said as he rolled his eyes. "Because he would get pretty mad if he realizes you're following him."
Yuri sighed. "Look, fight later, alright? If we don't hurry, we'll never find out what kind of info Boris is going to give Kai!"
"What's it to you?" Takao asked, not hiding his suspiciousness.
"We were trained to obey Kai when he's ready, and our objectves are still that, but he is yet to complete his "training". Differently from him, we already knew what he was, and that was one of the things that made us want to follow him, knowing he had the stregth and spirit of Black Dranzer, but we don't know how will he be able to lead us. That's why we want to know what Boris will do. . . or say." Ian answered for his team.
Bryan finished their thoughts. "We think he's going to give Kai the final lesson and the ultimate truth: the key to the past of his family. . . eh. . . his human family, anyway. After that, he will be ready to lead the revolution that will make the World cower under our domination for BioVolt and the Hiwataris. But we want to decide for ourselves if he's going to be worthy of following or not."
"Why do you want to help the Hiwatari family and BioVolt so much when you know their work is illegal?" Michael asked.
"Because the Hiwataris helped us be what we are today. And mind you, we are not robots and nor are we being controlled by them, we do what they ask us to on our own will, because we really want to help make the revolution they hope for and print their names on the History of mankind, not to mention ours." Yuri commented.
"So. . . will you trust us or not? Either way, we've lost enough time already and I definitely want to get there today." Ian said, impatience clearly stamped on his face.
The teams' members looked at each other. Knowing they would never find Kai by themselves at this point, they knew they had to take a chance if they still held any hopes of helping their red-eyed friend.
The revolution thing could be stopped later, right now, they had to find Kai.
So, turning back to the Demolition Boys, they nodded, Michael voicing their decision.
"Lead the way." he said, his voice strong and certain, but it seemed more like a request than a demand.
"Then let's go already! You've made us lose a lot of time!" Yuri said as he ran towards their destination.
"Why is it that you decided to show us the way?" Eddie asked during their "little jog".
Bryan was the one to answer that. "We figured you would want to see the last of Kai as you remember him. The decision of leading the revolution IS his, but even if he refuses to, your crimson-eyed friend will never be like you remember him now. And I don't mean he's going to become any softer, either." he said, a wide smirk spread on his pale face.
Except for the Demolition Boys, no one knew what to make of this answer, and the thought of an even less "soft" Kai scared them out of their skins, but they shrugged it away. If anything happened, they'd be there for him.
If anyone could actually have a look on the thoughts of all of them, they would find it weird that the one beyblader of the present teams that most had a sort of hate for was exactly the one they were all seeking to protect and help, with a feeling inside of each of them that resembled something like companionship.
Weird.
They ran for about 7 minutes before they could finally view the Abbey, the snow they were stepping on was a clear white.
"Should have known. . ." Rei thought. "Boris had to go back there."
But much to his and the other's surprise, the Demolition Boys took a detour, leading them away from the Abbey, stopping before a huge gray rock which was covered by some snow.
Going around it, they saw an opening on the ground, some steps hidden beneath the rock-covered entrance.
"So Kai has already removed the rocks for us. . . how sweet."
"Actually, he probably removed it so he could get in."
Yuri rolled his crystal blue eyes. "I know, Ian. It was a sarcastic comment!"
The teams sweatdropped, but followed the Demolition Boys down the steps and through the poorly lightened place, which revealed itself to be some sort of human-made underground passageway.
"This path leads to the BioVolt's Underground Lab for Secret Experiments, otherwise known by the few who share the knowledge of its existence as BULSE. It's close to the Abbey, and, in a way, it is an ideological part of it, but it is not a physical part of it. They don't have any direct physical connections except for the field which surrounds the Balcov Abbey and hides BULSE, but that would be an indirect one. The reason for this is simply because Boris and the Hiwataris wanted intruders, including the the kids who are trained in the Abbey, as far away as possible. Feel lucky you're entering this place, only 8 other people besides you all know of it." Spencer explained as the walked along it; running would only alert the alarms.
"When you say Hiwataris, does that include Kai?" Enrique asked.
Ian furrowed his brows a bit before answering "It should, but usually. . . no."
They walked in silence a bit more until some low voices, almost like whisers, could be heard a few meters away, apparantly.
"Kai!" they all thought at the same time. . . 3 boys specifically had some stronger anxiousness to lay their eyes the crimson-eyed teen.
~//~
"You can't be serious. . ." Kai whispered, anguist starting to take him whole. "It can't be. . ." whispered yet again, eyes averting everywhere around the lab which he knew so well, it had been one of his secret places when he was a child still training in the Abbey. He took in all the different and weird-looking equipment, from machines of all shapes and sized to the different colored mixtures spread throughout the lab. The rock floor under him seemed less inviting than it had been in earlier years.
"Sorry, Kai, but seeing you are my creation, I would know, and it is my duty to tell you so."
"Boris. . . then how do you expect me to lead the so-called revolution which you and my grandfather want so much to achieve?! And why do YOU want that stupid revolution?"
"Hiwatari-sama's wish is currently mine. He wants the world taken, I want to keep on inventing. As a scientist, I see this as a chance for me to have a roll in History. Besides, I do have a debt to repay with Hiwatari- sama. As for your roll, don't worry, you will stil be able to perform it, but the fact is, you will never be yourself anymore; not that it will make much difference to the world, though, given everyone sees you as a cold- hearted bastard. You will assume your bitbeast personality. Either way, Kai, you don't have much time as yourself. "
At those words, a few gasps were heard from the entrance behind them; Boris grew a smirk on his face. "Looks like our guests have arrived." he said, loudly clicking his fingers twice.
A large noise from that place was picked up by Kai's sensitive ears, but what startled him most were the voices that came right after. . . familiar voices.
~//~
They had arrived just a few seconds before Boris told Kai he didn't have much time left. . . and the conversation between creator and creation had apparantly been going on for some time already.
They hadn't heard Kai's first option. . . but they did hear the second: become a bitbeast. It's not like he would become a wild animal if he were a normal beast, after all, they are wise creatures; the problem was. . . what about Black Dranzer, Kai's other half? Would it be wild and savage or normal and wise? And more importantly. . . what about Kai. . . the Kai they knew? Would he really be gone forever? Just the body. . . or just the soul?
All these questions and yet more plagued their minds, even the the Demolition Boys', so they were even more surprised when transparent walls dropped all around, trapping them in a very resistant glass cage.
They punched and kicked, some even tried to blast it with their beyblades, but it was useless. . . at least by force, the glass walls were unbreakable.
Kai came running up to them, shouting "You idiots! So it WAS you who were following me! I was so sure I had lost all of you when I. . ."
His words stopped there. Crystal blue eyes met fiery amber.
"Naru hodo (I see). This is why, Yuri and the others led you here." He answered his own question out loud. "BUT WHY DID YOU COME AFTER ME! ALL OF YOU!"
"To help you, why else?" Johnny answered. "Kai, what's happening?" he asked, his voice a bit softer than the usual mocking tone the boy used.
Kai didn't answer; instead, he lowered his head and whispered "I cannot be helped. There is no way you can help me now, unless. . ."
"Unless?" Max encouraged.
"Kai. Do you want a help with the path you are to choose? Think of the BladeBreakers, they need you to guide them and make them stronger. Do you really want to disappear and leave them?" Boris asked.
His head still down, Kai closed his eyes tight.
"Unless what, KAI?!" Takao shouted.
". . . unless you close your eyes. . ." he started, head rising back up to reveal the dancing flames in his crimson blood orbs. "Unless you close your eyes and forget I ever existed. That way, the real Kai Hiwatari can make a shameless entry to this world."
"The real Kai? What are you talking about?" Enrique asked.
"Asoko o mite (look over there)." Kai answered simply, moving his head in the direction he wanted them to look at.
They did. . .and gasped.
There, straight ahead, when Boris moved out of the way, unblocking the view the half-breed wanted them to look at, they saw it.
A transparent tube, the material apparently the same as the one which held them captive.
The temperature inside it so low, they saw the frost and the mist from the distance which separated both the tube and the cage.
And inside it. . . a familiar face.
But it was impossible! Kai was right before them!
Some of the beybladers looked at the tube, then at Kai, then at the tube again, a Kai, at the tube. . . until they were finally convinced both existed simultaneously.
Inside the freezing container. . . a frozen body layed. . . perhaps for years. . .
"It can't be. . ." Max started.
"But. . . we're seeing it! It has to be true!" Olivier tried.
"But. . . but. . ." even Yuri was at a lost for words.
"How can Kai be right in front of us and inside that thing at the same time?!" Takao and Michael shouted out together.
Inside the scientific deathbed. . . a teen with the same face as Kai's. . . a body shaped almost exacly alike. . . a blank face almost like a scowl. . . closed lids. . . but no sharkfin-shaped triangles on his cheeks.
A copy of Kai.
"Meet the real Kai Hiwatari." was Kai's emotionless words, his head down again.
The real Kai Hiwatari. The REAL Kai Hiwatari.
So the copy. . . was the one they knew all along.
Inside the freezing container. . . was a Kai who was not breathing, a Kai who had not spoken for years, a Kai who looked almost like the same as his copy, except that he was a little oldr than the half-breed in terms of living years: the copy was only 16, he was already 18. . . but was he human? Or another half-breed?
"Your true nature and the deepest secrets of your creation is about to be revealed right before your eyes, Kai, and it is all my fault that you will face it all probably without being ready. I'm so sorry, Kai, I'm really. . . really. . . sorry for all that will come." Voltaire's words back at the prison seemed to replay in all minds, except the Demolition Boys'.
What other secrets are still awaiting for Kai? For the real. . . and the half-breed copy?
For the teams, however, there was still at least one question they knew Kai. . . the copy before them. . . had the answer to while and they didn't.
"Besides becoming a bitbeast, what was the other option Boris said you have, Kai?" Rei asked, fear clutching in his chest; he had a strong bond with the bluenette, therefore he did not wish the crimson-eyed youth to disappear of his life. . . but at that moment. . . he feared the worst.
Kai slowly raised his head and looked at them, a blank expression stamped on his face.
The next words would forever mark their lives, both Kai's and the other present beybladers'.
And the surprises were not yet over. . .
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END of CHAPTER 2 - ANOTHER
Phew! That was a long chapter! 10 pages! Oh, well, the more, the merrier for both authoress and readers, right? ^_~
Wonder what his other option is. . .
Syaoran: You don't know?!
Of course I do! ^_~
Syaoran/Kai/Loki/Kouichi: Please review. ¬_¬''''''''
