Chapter X
Disclaimer: My disclaimers have become a 'if I owned Beyblade…' thingy…you know, from kindergarten: 'If I could bring a pet home from the zoo…' -.-; So, I'm going to say this directly, I don't own Beyblade.
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The last thing I remember was fainting…then, blackness…
Where am I?
Kai wrenched his eyes open slowly. He groaned as he felt sticky substance on his forehead, sticking his hair together. His hands flew up to feel the stickiness and came down stained with red. Gritting his teeth, Kai pushed himself up until he was sitting. He looked around at the mess that the battle created. Mariam, Mariah and Rei were also unconscious. Mariah and Ray were close to each other, and Mariam was alone on the other side. Kai stood up slowly and stretched painfully. He walked over to Mariah and Rei slowly and checked their breathing; they were just fine. He then went to Mariam and put his hand over her mouth to check her breathing. She was breathing shallow breaths. Kai checked her pulses and they were fine. Relieved, he carried her over to where Ray and Mariah were.
Feeling slightly better, Kai dived into the lake with everything on, hoping to be rid of the discussing substance in his hair and on his skin. He floated in silence in the water as he looked up to the sky.
Why do you torture me like this, grandfather? Why do you expect me to do all that? Why can't you just leave me be?
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First came the soreness of her body…
Then the stickiness of her skin…
Someone was watching…
Mariam's hands formed a fist as she opened her eyes, scanning for any trace of the cyber bit-beasts from the battle. All she saw was ruins that were either slashed, burned, or ripped apart.
Mariam sat up and turned around to face Kai, who was sitting nearby on a rock, thinking, staring into space. His hair was slightly wet and dripping with water. His clothes were damp, as if he just jumped into the lake a while ago.
"Hey…" She said weakly.
"Hey…" He replied subconsciously.
Sighing, Mariam turned to Ray and Mariah. They were both stirring. She stood up slowly and walked over to the lake. She felt the coolness of the water and frowned. She looked at her friends – Kai was in la-la-land and Ray and Mariah were still sleeping. She bit her lip and wandered off to find a private spot to wash herself.
(A/N: To all you people who are perverted, no I am not going to make Kai see Mariam…-koff, koff- Hentais…)
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"Kai…?"
Silence…
"Kai-"
Silence…
"Kai!"
Silence…
Mariam sighed as she tried to wake Kai from his trance with no luck at all. Ray and Mariah had woken and went to clean themselves up as well. (A/N: SEPARATELY!!!) She stared at Kai, studying him. His hair had dried off now, and his eyes were hollow. Blinking, Mariam leaned in closer, so she could see those eyes properly. They were truly hollow, as if he had no soul. Mariam crawled over to behind Kai turned around and leaned against his back. She took out her blade; the bit chip twinkled.
"Ryusei…" Mariam whispered and closed her eyes.
"You know…it isn't normal talking to yourself," a voice said dully. Mariam jumped, turned and leaned over to see Kai with his head propped up on his hand.
"Well, at least I wasn't at la-la-land for like…6 hours…" Mariam shot back.
"I was thinking…not talking to myself…thinking is normal the last time I checked…talking to yourself isn't…" Kai mumbled.
"Not if you do it for 6 hours without stopping to even blink…" Mariam scoffed. Kai turned to glance at her with dull eyes and went back to staring at air. Sighing, Mariam stood up and brushed herself. She leaned over and pinched Kai.
"Ow…" He said dully and sarcastically. Mariam frowned. She poked his arm with her sharp nails. He acted like he never felt it.
"Seriously, I like you better when you were a jerk. Now you aren't talking at all!" Mariam said sharply. Kai shrugged lifelessly.
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"We've been walking for days…"
Max ruffled his blond hair and complained as Salima and Hilary decided to take a small break from all the walking. Hilary gave him one of her death glares.
"Too bad, you blade breakers are supposed to be tough…" She said simply. Her voice gave a hint to Max that sort of told him that it was end of discussion or end of his life. Max shut up.
Salima groaned.
"Max is the only one who is used to his bit beast. I have one, but I am not as good with it. Hilary is without any tools at all…oh what will we do?" She stomped the ground. "We haven't eaten in like…2 days, and we only took drinks from the stream, who knows what could be in it?"
"Lets go fishing!" Hilary exclaimed. Salima glared.
"Fishing…?"
"It is food, isn't it?" Max asked as his eyes lit up. "And we can use either Draciel or Dancer to light a fire…I love barbecued fish…"
"Anything is fine…" Hilary said softly and the others agreed.
"Draciel is related to water, is he not?" Salima raised an eyebrow at Max, whose eyes widened.
"He can help!"
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"Tyson, eat something…" Kenny said in his usual whiny voice. "You might get sick! You have been like this for the whole time that Hilary, Salima and Max has been gone!"
"Tyson…" Kane said in a serious voice. "They will come back. When they are, they don't want to see you dead. Understand?"
Tyson looked at Kane. "Really?" He asked weakly. "You really think they will be back?"
"Yes!" Kenny exclaimed. "And if you break down, you will do exactly what Boris and Voltaire wants you to do. So come on…" Tyson nodded and smiled.
"It is not like you to be all…weak and sad. You usually have hope, and you usually never turn down food." Kane joked.
"It is strange alright…" Kenny said. "In fact, this whole thing is strange. How can we get hurt if this is a virtual world? And how can we get hungry? If this is all virtual, then how can we even eat the food?"
"I hate it when your bad news make sense, chief." Tyson said.
"Oh no!" Kenny yelled. "I just had a bad thought!"
"Don't you always?" Kane said jokingly. Kenny gave a rare glare of death.
"What if this is not a virtual world? What if…"
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Ryuki: Cliffhanger…he-he…well, I hope this is all right. Nothing really happens here, but I just felt like writing it. Sigh it's ok if you despise it…I might start polishing things up a bit. Oh yeah, the name changed into Virtual sacrifice: a Kai and Mariam story. All right? All right. Ja!