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"talk"
Thoughts - or talking to bitbeast
Chapter 22
why did I do that? Kai thought to himself as he sat heavily on his chair startling the others.
"is everything alright?" asked Max his blue eyes full of worry. Kai turned to snap at Max but the innocence in those eyes stopped him.
"fine" he mumbled looking at the door hoping that Rei would walk back in bad mood or not.
Rei stared at the man.
"Stay away from me" he shouted trembling slightly, moving back until he hit the wall.
"why would I do that Kitty Cat?" smirked the scared Man moving in closer revealing a tranquilliser gun in his coat. "sorry Neko Jin but you have an appointment with my employee"
Rei scrambled at the wall looking up wait a minutes am I forgetting that I'm a Neko? Bye bye mate
Rei smirked at the bloke before jumping clearing the wall before running hearing the curses that Conna yelled out. He felt the terror of the situation build up with in.
"Kai" he whimpered as he ran down another unknown street.
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Stuart came into the Dinning Room to find the team.
"you ready?" he asked looking at the team.
"No, Rei's not here" answered Max glancing at Kai,
"Which one it Rei?" asked the older blonde.
"The Neko Jin" said Tyson, Stuart sat with the team waiting for Rei to come back thinking that he was still in the hotel, Kai was worried and hoped that Rei handed left the Hotel but he couldn't let it show.
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Rei ran up a street that he recognised finding the hotel, he burst through the door slowing slightly before entering the dinning room.
"Where have you been?" screeched Kenny but Rei ignored him focusing on Kai, Kai had stood up when Rei had entered, the Neko Jin flung himself at the older boy holding tightly as he shook. Kai held on tightly to Rei feeling the terror that was working through his Koi, he sat down with Rei on his lap after a few minutes he pulled Rei's head up.
"What happened?" he asked
"Toleman" Rei whispered, Kai held Rei tighter.
"It will be alright now" reassured Kai
"I know" whispered Rei snuggling back into Kai's arms
"what happened?" asked Tyson looking at the couple.
"Toleman" was all the Kai said, the team already knew what that meant. Stuart looked at them.
"Toleman, as in the hunter" he asked looking at the team.
"yeah" answered Max
"I will stay with you from now one, I have heard about this man. He has a reputation in England" said the minder. Rei looked up before climbing out of Kai's lap, blushing as he looked at Stuart.
"hi, I'm Rei" he introduced.
"I'm Stuart your guide of this city" Stuart smiled. "come on you transport to take you to the Albert Hall is here,"
Kai stood up putting a arm round Rei's waist giving him silent but strong support.
"lets go" he ordered leading the team to the minibus that would be taking the team and Stuart to their next stop.
The journey was short so they would be there quickly. Rei was feeling much better after being with Kai, he turned to the bluenet.
"sorry about this morning" he said.
"you'll still not getting any pancakes for a week" stated Kai.
"suppose so" Rei grinned. Kai smiled back briefly before they had to get of the bus.
Stuart walked to the building, coming out with a couple of security guards.
"come on lets get you in" he ordered moving the team through the main doors into a room, they could hear blades spinning.
"what are we doing here?" asked Tyson.
"talking to kids seeing what they want to know and give advise" explained Kenny.
A woman came in the room smiling in greeting.
"my name is Deta, I'm the organiser, they don't know that you are coming to day, so could you please put those cloaks on and follow me" she asked, the team did as they where told before following the red haired woman. Their faces where hidden by the cloaks as they followed the woman to the main hall. The Chairs had been moved out of the ground floor to make room for the dishes which children aged between 4-10 where fighting, their parents sat among them. The woman stopped at the stage and place the team in the dark on the stage.
"I will be asking the children questions, if it relates you as something about you or your bitbeast, and they get it right you step forward. If they get it wrong I will ask another but that shouldn't happen" smiled Deta "is that alright?"
The team all gave affirmative answers before facing forward. Deta walked to the Microphone getting the children's attention.
"could you please sit down" she said as the group of children came to sit on the floor in front of the stage. "time for the quiz, I will ask a question and if you get enough right then there will be a surprise. Would you like that?"
"yeah" the children chorused.
"OK first Question; who uses Galeon?" asked Deta looking around she chose one "Liam"
Liam stood up, he was a boy about 10.
"Lei from the White Tigers" he beamed as he answered.
"Correct" beamed Deta before moving to the next question.
"O.K Question 4; who is the computer wizard in the Bladebreakers?" asked the woman. "Jo"
A girl about 7 stood up brushing her skirt
"Kenny or the Chief" she smiled
"Correct" with that affirmation Kenny moved forwards pulling off his hood.
"you first surprise, Kenny out of the Bladebreakers" announced Deta as a spot light lit Kenny up.
The questions kept going, they ranged from 'Who owned Trihorn?' to 'What sport did Eddy play?'.
"next question. Who owned a turtle Bitbeast? Andrew"
"Max" the boy shouted, cheering when he was told it was right.
Max moved forward smiling brightly at the children. Three more questions went passed before another Bladebreakers question was answered,
"who is the Owner of Dragoon? Zo"
"Tyson" the little girl squealed as Tyson was lit up waving at her. Deta looked at the children
"you can probably guess who the rest of the surprise it but your still have to answer the questions." Deta smiled before asking to more question before another one about the team. "what is the Bit-Beast Dranzer? Taylor"
"a phoenix" shouted the boy. With out the confirmation Kai stepped forward his usual mask of indifference in place.
"O.K finial question, and I want Sammy to answer this seeing as she loves this blader" Deta said smiling at the 4 year old girl. "what is Rei half off?"
Sammy smiled widely before shouting "Kitten"
Deta looked about to say that I wasn't quite right when Kai spoke up.
"she's right" he smirked, turning to Rei who had walked forwards smiling widely back at the little girl.
Deta gave a smile before looking back at the children
"here is you surprise the Bladebreakers." She shouted as shouted filled the hall.
The team mingled with the kids, talking to them about Beyblading. Kai stayed with Rei watching the raven haired boy interact with the children, who weren't intimidated by his sharp teeth, he was watching Rei so intently he didn't notice a little boy come up to him until he felt a tug on his scarf, he looked down to see what it was.
"where's your war paint?" asked the boy pointing to Kai's face. Kai looked at the child unsure how to respond until Rei came over.
"he forgot to put in on" replied Rei smiling at the boy.
"that is because someone hide it" smirked Kai indicating to Rei.
"cool" whispered the boy before running off whispering to his friends causing Rei to laugh.
"What he'd say?" asked Kai.
"he said I'm brave for taking your stuff" chuckled Rei.
"I suppose that you are" said Kai before turning to carry on watching the Kids play with Tyson and Max.
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Stuart watched over the group scanning the area before making a phone call.
DIAL
RING
"yes"
"I have some news for you"
"what?"
"met usual place"
"fine"
DIAL TONE
Stuart kept watch over the team I think a talk with Mr Dickinson is in order
Tyson watched a couple of Kids fight seeing their strategy and attacks, giving them advise when it was needed. Kenny was showing a couple of the older ones Dizzy and how he used her to collect data in the battle, while Max was running around with the kids in a game of tag, laughing with the children as they ran after him.
Kai leant against one of the wall watching everything that went on, he was on alert.
Toleman's about, this means that he knows that we're here and Rei is now in danger, but what can I do that stubborn Tiger will not stop the tour for this or will he keep himself out of danger. Dranzer you better ready yourself.
//I will Kai, have I ever not been there?//
I know Dranzer, just keep alert Kai stated before coming out of his conversation when he saw Max and Tyson battling, telling the Kids what they where doing. Rei was sat near the ring with Sammy sat on his lap.
They had been there for a couple of hours and the children where beginning to get hungry, so was the team. Rei's limp had become more profound as the morning had gone on coursing parents to ask if he was ok. After Rei had limped painfully to a chair Kai walked over to him.
"Are you OK?" the Team captain asked.
"My ankle is hurting again" said Rei rubbing it "running on it this morning didn't help"
"take it easy" Kai ordered. Stuart came over to the couple followed but Max, Tyson and Kenny.
"it's lunch time now, you will be moved to the dinning room which is this way" said the older blonde, the team followed the minder, Rei became slower and slower because of his ankle, they came to a flight of stairs, the raven haired boy gave a slight whimper before trying to climb the stairs. Kai was following Rei and hearing the whimper he decided that he was in too much pain
"Rei turn round" he ordered. Rei complied leaning heavily on the banister, Kai calmly picked him up so that he was over his shoulder. "your taking your crutches from now on" he stated as he followed the others up the stairs. He pushed open the door looking about, the room was full of tables in long lines filled with buffet and party food.
"where is he sitting?" asked Kai indicating to Rei on his shoulder.
"right here" smiled Deta "you can sit next to him" she added leading them to the far end of one of the tables, showing them their seats before going to settle the others down. Kai put Rei in his seat before taking his own.
"I told you to take it easy on your ankle" he reminded
"I know" answered Rei "but I didn't think it would hurt this much again"
Their conversation was cut off by the children piling into the room sitting in their seats. The meal was aloud affair with Kids asking more questions, also they where hyped up for the tournament that they where having in the afternoon. The children where taken out of the dinning room at the end of lunch leaving the Bladebreakers to collect themselves.
"Man, those Kids have energy" groaned Tyson leaning back on his chair,
"like Max on a sugar high" said Kenny shutting Dizzy down.
"Hey" shouted Max indignantly.
"boys we have to leave in the next hour, I have a meeting" said Stuart looking at the team smiling slightly.
"Fine" said Kai standing up before bending down to pick Rei up.
"my ankles feels better now" said Rei trying to get Kai to put him down but the team leader was having none of his and simply carried the Neko Jin out of the room with the rest of the team following him, they walked into the main hall. Stuart moved to Deta.
"we have to leave" he said smiling sadly.
"that's alright, I'll the children. Is Rei alright?" she asked seeing the Neko Jin over Kai's shoulder struggling to get down,
"his ankle injury from the championship is beginning to bother him, we need to take him back to rest" answered Stuart.
"alright" smiled Deta before she walked onto the stage picking the Microphone up. "Children, the Bladebreakers are about to leave so if you would like to say a big Thank you and good Bye."
A loud Thank you followed by many good byes followed the team outside.
Once they where on the Minibus Kai let Rei off his shoulder sitting him in one of the seat. Rei turned to look out of the window as Kai maid sure that everyone was a board before sitting next to the Neko Jin.
"you're going to take those pain killers when we get back" stated Kai looking into Rei's eyes. Rei was in to much pain to argue, he simply lay his head on Kai's shoulder, going into his own thoughts.
why was I so scared of that man? Why did he effect my senses so much? I nearly forgot what I was when he cornered him. Why was it so hard?
//stop with the Why already?// growled Drigger.
sorry
//That man was affecting you because of you memories, it is affecting your reaction around him, you will come out of it//
thanks Drigger
//When can you battle again?//
when and if Kai lets me
//doing too much again//
hey!
//Talk to you later, Dragoon is trying to drown Dranzer//
what?
//tell you later//
Rei giggles slightly alerting Kai to his internal conversation.
"What's going on?" he asked.
"Dragoon is trying to drown Dranzer" he giggled coursing Tyson to turn in his seat.
"you what?" asked the younger bluenet. Rei repeated it again and Kai sent a glare at Tyson before talking to Dranzer.
Dranzer
//Can't talk at the mo//
tell Dragoon if he doesn't stop, Tyson will pay
//Will do//
Contact with the Bitbeast was cut off for a while before came back
//thank you it work, well that and Drigger threatening to Bite him//
glad to help
All conversations where stopped when the bus stopped outside the hotel, Kai picked Rei up once more to carry him up stairs. Stuart settled the team telling them not to leave the Hotel before he went to his meeting.
More soon!