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Tada! An update =D I wanted to post this yesterday, but my computer was in the shop. Anyway ... read on.
As the Ice Breaks.
Part 16: Comrade in-arms.
– Day Four –
"Are you positive that you have searched everywhere?" Judy Tate paced the halls of the bungalow.
Kenny and Emily had gone out last night to inform Tyson and the others of Kai. Only later did Mr. Dickinson call back and told them that they were already at the hospital. They both didn't return last night and this had gotten her worried. She had sent Gary, Kevin and Mariah, who were excellent trackers, to look for them in the forest, but to no avail.
Oliver had gone to the police to inform them of the happenings and Johnny kept smirking and muttering about them getting it on, which earned him a slap behind the head from Enrique, who – a minute later – completely agreed with him.
"This is no time for jokes, boys. This is serious. I've known Emily since she was little, and she has never even gone camping, let alone being stranded in the middle of a forest with – I don't mean to sound discourteous, but with Kenny. If she was with either Kai or Rei, I wouldn't be so worried." Judy turned to Johnny and Enrique.
"Fine, fine." Johnny huffed, but added as an afterthought. "I still think they're –" he was cut short when Enrique slapped a hand across his mouth.
"Don't worry about it, Milady," he stood up and dragged Johnny to his feet as well, "Enrique and Johnny are on the case." We walked forward and kissed her on the hand, "such a pretty woman like yourself shouldn't –"
Johnny had gotten sick of Enrique's rambling, so he grabbed him by his back collar and dragged him out the door, leaving an amused Judy in their wake.
"I fay. Fhis furger –"
"Robert!" Michael looked at him with half-moon eyes, "please. We thought with Tyson gone, some of us would finally be able to get a decent meal down without the fear of vomiting."
"No offence, Robert. But I think you should keep away from Tyson for a few days. His bad habit is starting to rub off on you." Lee shook his head.
It had been quite late when Lee, Michael and Robert finally decided to return to the house, but Mr. Dickinson didn't want them wondering around the foreign Russia at night and had rented a room in one of the hotels opposite the hospital. The two remaining BladeBreakers still hadn't been seen, so they assumed that they spent the night in Kai's room.
"I wonder how Emily's doing? I mean, the brainiac is good at a lot of stuff, but I don't think any of them involve wild animals and lost in the forest with the whiner." Mr. Dickinson had called Judy to inform them of the three captains sleeping arrangements.
"The whiner? Oh! You mean Kenny?" Lee said, but his attention focused on someone who passed the McDonalds they were currently eating in.
"Yeah." Michael's eyes followed to where Lee was looking, "what are you looking at?"
"That man. Doesn't he look like the chairman of the Russian tournament? And the Demolition Boys?"
"Yes ..." Robert wiped his mouth with a napkin, "where is he going?"
They watched intently as he walked through the hospital entrance. The three of them also stood to follow.
"– so then, when Gryfoliyon was about to smash into me. I, being the extreme genius that I am, pulled out a trick that Robert would never expect and then. BAM –"
"– Dragoon totally bit the dust." Max finished for him, laughing and joined soon by Rei.
Kai on the other hand, didn't look too amused. But if you were waken up by the loud shouting of Tyson imitating his grandpa hitting his father over the head with a kendo stick, you wouldn't be too happy either.
"Why are you still here?" he sighed.
"What?" Tyson stopped right in the middle of stabbing Max with an imaginary sword and turned to Kai. His eyes teared up, "you want us to ... leave?" he sobbed and bit his lip.
Kai was shocked by this sudden change of emotion. "Uhh ... no –"
"I knew it," Tyson grinned wildly and went over to pat Kai on the shoulder, "you couldn't live without us, Kai." He started to laugh annoyingly.
Kai looked at him with half-moon eyes and sighed exasperatedly.
"Fine bunch of people you have there."
Four heads snapped up at the sound of the familiar voice.
"Boris." Tyson's voice came out as a hiss.
"What are you doing here?" Max stood next to Tyson, his normally cheerful eyes burning with hatred.
"Why, to visit my young apprentice, of course." He answered nonchalantly. "The moment I heard of his recovery, my heart jumped for joy." He motioned with his hands mockingly.
"You're not welcomed here, Boris." Rei growled and went to stand next to Kai.
"Now, I assume that the decision would be in your hands, Kai, not these bunch of riff-raffs." He spat, looking at the people in question, as they were something nasty stuck to his shoe.
"What do you want?" Kai was glaring daggers at Boris.
"You know I dislike repeating myself. I just wanted to see how you were fairing, that's all."
"I don't believe you," Kai's glare became harder. "You know I dislike repeating myself too, so ... what do you want?" His voice dripped with venom.
"Like I said, to see you," he slapped his forehead, "and – how could I forget?" he snickered, "someone wanted to send his regards. Since he couldn't make it, he said for me to tell you." He smirked, but something in his eyes shone maliciously.
Kai narrowed his eyes and suddenly, like a lit bulb, he realized. "What have you done to him?"
His team looked at each other, obviously lost to the conversation that was going on.
"Done? I haven't the slightest clue as to what you mean. Would you kindly elaborate?" he tilted his head to one side in an attempt to look confused, but only managed to seem even repulsive that he usually does.
"Tala!" Kai shouted out as loud as he could, "what have you done to Tala?"
Tyson made a choking sound. He seemed even most confused after hearing Kai talk about Tala with a hint of worry in his voice.
"Ooh! Done to Tala, nothing of course. Why would I do something to my best blader? Someone who will win me the championship even if it means his ..." he trailed off looking satisfied.
"Why? Because you're a sick, twisted evil bast–"
Boris narrowed his eyes. "How dare you speak to me in such a manner. I don't tolerate insolence among my students." He started moving towards Kai but was stopped by Tyson and Max who stood in front of him.
"Kai might have been a student of the Abbey a long time ago," Tyson started, "but he left. And now, he is one of us. One of the BladeBreaker riff-raffs as you like to call us," Kai shot Tyson a glare at being called a riff-raff, "his place is with us, his friends. Not training in that dinky outhouse with you bunch of freakazoids all hell bent on world domination."
"Yeah," Max joined in, "so why don't you go back to whatever pot hole you crawled out from and stay there."
"Good one, Max." Tyson grinned and high-fived him.
Boris was fuming at being laughed at by a bunch of kids. "This isn't the end, Kai," he turned to Tyson and Max, "laugh while you can, boys, because next week, my team is going to wipe the floor with you and your bit-beasts." He turned to leave, but not without a last word by Rei.
"And take your two-cent specs with you."
Tyson and Max rolled on the ground laughing, and even Kai couldn't hold back a snicker at that one.
Boris' eyes that were burning with hatred suddenly became calm. He smirked and tossed something to Kai. "A present." He said and just walked off.
Kai opened his hand and looked at the object he had caught. He gasped, "Wolborg!"
After Boris' departure from the hospital, Lee, Michael and Robert had burst in, having eavesdropped on their conversation. They looked to Kai for an explanation, but he seemed hypnotized by the blade in his hand. When he had snapped out of his daze, he lay back down on the bed and turned away from the others.
Tyson went over and put a hand on his shoulder, receiving in turn, a cold 'Leave me alone'. None of them wanted to be on the receiving end of Kai's anger. One mood, which he seemed to be in presently, so, with one last glace at Kai's back, they left.
Judy, very close to a nervous breakdown, received the relief of her life when Kevin, who had gone back into the forest with Mariah later that evening, came back with two shuddering form in their arms. Kenny and Emily were unhurt, cold and a little scared, but they had escaped the episode unscathed. Though, neither wanted to relay what had happened during that night, and given their current situation, none pressed it, except Johnny. He did receive a glare from all four Michael, Robert, Mariah and Judy for his effort.
Later ...Kai lay in bed, looking at the ceiling in deep thought. He held his hand in front of his face and looked at the blade intently. 'Tala ... what has he done now?' he thought to himself.
He sighed and placed the blade on the table next to his bed. He shifted his body and lay on his side facing the table, and the blade. His last thought before he drifted off into slumber was of his redheaded friend.
==Dream==
Kai looked around the darkness that surrounded him. He yelled out to someone, but was only answered by the hollow echo of his own voice. 'Where am I?' he started running forward, not knowing where he was headed, nor did he care. The only thought on his mind was that he needed to get out of there.
"Kai?"
Kai stopped in his tracks and turned to the voice that that snapped him out of his thoughts.
Out of the infinite darkness, came –
"Tala!" Kai looked shocked. "Is this a dream?"
"I don't know." Tala replied looking similarly confused as Kai. His icy-blue eyes scanned his surrounding while his attention still focused on Kai. "What are you doing here?"
"I was just about to ask you the same question." His eyes widened in recollection. "Boris came by the hospital this after –"
"Boris!" Tala looked angry. "What did he want?"
"That doesn't matter. Are you all right?" he looked worriedly at Tala.
Tala seemed hesitant to answer the question. He knew if Kai found out about what Boris was doing, it would interfere with his recovery. So, with a small smile, he answered, "I'm fine. You should worry more about yourself. Being in a coma really sucks, and according to what Vlad says –"
"Don't change the subject, Tala," He snapped. "This isn't the time to be joking around. Boris came, and with him he brought Wolborg."
"Wolborg?" Tala's eyes widened. "What has he done to him?"
"Nothing," Kai answered truthfully, "he's with me now. Don't worry."
Tala physically relaxed after knowing that his beloved blade was in the hands of his best friend. "That's good. I was worried that he had done something to Wolborg."
"Back to the question, Tala. What has Boris been doing?"
Tala sighed and smiled weakly. "I still have the link, you know, the one from the dungeon. I thought you had left us again when Boris told us. Of course, he had failed to mention the most important parts, rotten old bastard."
Kai sighed. "Tala –"
"Please, Kai," Tala said exasperatedly, his eyes closed, "this is probably the only time we could chat like this ... like the old times. For once, can we just forget about Boris and Voltaire and just be ourselves?" he practically plead with Kai.
Kai looked at Tala with sympathy and nodded. We walked over to where Tala had taken a seat on the ground and joined him.
"So ... how are you?" Tala asked honestly.
Kai smirked. "Fine, as usual ... oh, and apparently been in a coma since lately," he said sarcastically, "Vlad was lying, you know? Waking up sucks much more than the actual coma," he looked to Tala, "and how have you been doing?"
"Like you said, sans the being in a coma part. Though, training those guys suck even worse, not to mention listening to Boris ramble on and on and on about how important this tournament is to their plan. Truthfully, I think the guys just likes listening to his own voice." He snickered.
"How are the guys by the way?"
"Do you really want to me to answer that question?" when Kai nodded, he continued. "Well ... Bryan is really getting peeved off at Boris for not making up his mind. He was part of the team before you joined. Then when you came, he was kicked, and now Boris wants him back. I swear, one of these days, he's not only going to tell Boris to shove it, he'll also give him a realistic example." Tala chuckled.
"I wouldn't put is past him." Kai snickered along with Tala.
"And Ian," Tala thought for a moment, "he's actually pretty much the same pain in the ass as he used to be. But since he battle that team of yours, he's been going through self-esteem issues."
"Self-esteem issues?" Kai raised an eyebrow.
"He says that his nose is abnormally large." Tala locked eyes with Kai and they both fell into fits of laughter.
It was about five minutes before their laughter finally subsided.
"Spence ... well ..." Tala raised an eyebrow, "there isn't really anything to say," he snapped his fingers, "except that he's been hanging around Ian a lot, and now says that his nose strikes an uncanny resemblance to one of a cats'. Of course, all this talking about noses had pissed off Bryan even more, and now, any mention of any cats or noses around him would get you a punch in the face."
Kai laughed again.
"It's good to see you laugh, Kai."
"I forgot how good it feels to actually laugh." He looked at Tala.
"Me too," he sighed, "tell me about your team."
Kai took a deep breath. "First, there's Tyson –"
"The loud-mouth in red clothes?"
"You've met him?"
"We've ... crossed paths."
"Anyway ... I think that his favourite body part is his mouth. The only time when there isn't anything coming out of it is when there's something being stuffed into it."
"You're kidding."
Kai shook his head. "Unfortunately not. Anyhow, there is also Rei and his girlfriend, slash, mother, Mariah. He's a neko-jin, which means part-cat –"
"What does his nose look like?"
"Huh? Well ... sharp ... I guess, why?"
"Nothing. I was just thinking that we'd better not introduce him to Bryan then." Tala said it so dryly that Kai snorted in laughter.
"I guess you're right," Kai shook his head, "where was I? Oh yeah ... Max ... well ... Max. I guess the only thing to say is that his mom dropped him on his head in a bowl of sugar when he was a baby. That guy seems to be on a permanent sugar-high. And last, but ... actually, I think he is pretty much least, is Kenny the brainiac."
"Don't like him much, Kai?" Tala looked at him.
"Well ... not ... dislike per say, it more like a ... –"
"Hate?" Tala suggested.
"Pretty much," Kai nodded, "he's kind off annoying. It's like being around a hairier, smarter and whinier Ian."
"I can imagine that."
"Too bad really. This one time, he was this close (Kai motioned his fingers a centimeter apart) to being a burger. I still have regrets. I also heard recently that he has a crush on one of the other brainiac, the girl from the All Starz, I dread to see what their kids would be like."
Tala laughed at Kai's cynical outlook.
They both chatted happily for a few hours, reminiscing on the past and just plainly catching up, which was something that they hadn't been able to do during their brief get-together with each other.
==End Dream==
"How is it going?" a gruff voice spoke as he monitored one of the many machines in front of him.
"According to plan, sir. Tala's chip was able to connect to the one planted in Kai's neck."
"Can it be activated from here?"
"Yes, but we need time, however," the scientist looked hesitant for a second, "I would strongly advice against it. The distance of the central control system and the receiver is too far. If there were to be an interference during the activation it could result in serious consequences –"
"You are paid to do what you're told, not to talk back to your superiors." Boris narrowed his eyes at him.
"But, sir. The outcome could be disastrous. It could even mean death for –"
"Silence! Young Kai has betrayed the Abbey, and that alone is punishable by death. Nevertheless, I have decided to give him a second chance to redeem himself. But, if that also fails, than death is what he deserves. Either way, we win." Boris smirked. "Now, get back to your job, and if you question my orders one more time, your end, would be disastrous." He left no place for any questions and the scientist went back to do his work.
Boris looked back to where Tala's unconscious form lay. "Soon, my protégé's, you will bring me what is rightfully mine," he smirked, "no one would stand a chance against the two unsurpassed champions of the world." He laughed maniacly, wickedness gleaming from behind the goggles he wore.
While in a hospital room not to far away, Kai slept on. A small smile played at his lips as he talked with his childhood friend deep within his mind. All the while, unaware to the danger that slowly but steadily approached him.
End Part 16.
If you don't know, outhouse means toilet. One more thing, I'm not really a big fan of neither Kenny, nor Emily, but if you want to know what happened in the forest that night, I could write a short flashback of it. If not ... I'll leave it up to your imagination. So till then, Review!! XD
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Ellen: Very good point you make there. That's the reason why he didn't do it to many kids ... only two [[winkwink]]
Pyro: Don't worry. By the end of this chapter, some of you may vaguely see what I have in store for Kai-chan. Some ideas you all have given to me in the past will also be used, so watch out for it. XD
Lunatic: I like your name. [[Drinks water]] Ok, I won't dehydrate myself. About the dying part ... you will have to wait for future chapters to find out what I have in store for them. Hehehe! [[Characters hide in closet]]
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Jirachi: Kai's been out for three days. Poor him ;o; I have a reason for writing Tala as Bo – (I hate him, so he will now be known a You-know-who XD) son. You will see as the story unfolds. Thanks for recommending, it ... how does that work anyway? And ... Yay!! Isn't he? Kai I mean ... the way he jumps off of high roofs and cliffs. He's so cool; he could have been a Super-Saiyan from DBZ. XD
x-Shadow-x: The ... start of ... G-Rev? ... [[sobs]] I want to see G-Rev ... but till then, I guess the screenshots are satisfactory, esp. the ones of Ep. 48. Kai looks so hot!! Hot Kai – Oh no!! My computer is on fire!! Help!! [[uses glass of water]] Phew! Thanks for the water ... I better stop dwelling on the hotness of Kai before I start another fire. =9 G-Rev Tala ... [[fire starts]]
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