Beyblade- Fallen
Author- Luna P aka Nikki
Editor- QX aka Steph
Rating: PG 13 as always may go up
Warning: Yaoi fluff if that sort of stuff upsets you of makes you sick leave now cause once your in you can't turn back
Summary: Rei is being abused by his father, rather than confiding in his friends and asking them for help, he hides it from the ones closet to him but there is one person that he cannot fool. But what will this person do to help his friend when Rei refuses to accept his help. ReixKai, what can I say I'm obsessed.
Nikki: Hello people, 65 reviews, wow, what do you say about that, I guess thanks is the best thing to say. It was interesting to read what you thought of Mariah I just don't like her because she gets in the way of Kai and Rei admitting their feelings towards each other and she's bloody (yes I'm British) annoying. Well good news
Tala: your grades are better?
Nikki: No, but my mom said that she was tired of trying to motivate me so she said to just go sit infront of the computer and let my brain rot away
Tala: oh, well uh I brought Malik over from Yu-Gi-Oh to do the disclaimer
Nikki: Really Malik Ishtar, cool (glomps Malik)
Malik: Hey Nikki, Nikki does not own beyblade, however, she does own Kai's butler Norman, he may not look like much to you but he means a lot to her so please do not steal him.
Nikki: oh by the way, here's the long awaited fluffy scene
Rei's POV
"You know Rei your one of my very best friends and I love you, not as much as I love Max but that's just something that your going to have to accept. Ok buddy" I smiled at him, I think it was obvious that he and Max and possibly Kenny were drunk, but they hadn't drunk anything alcoholic all night. Was that what Kai and Tala were talking about had Tala done something to our drinks. I picked up my drink and looked at it, no, I was fine but then again I had only taken a couple of sips. I was surprised when Tyson pulled me up from the couch, he took hold of me and hugged me tightly "Rei, it would mean so much to me if you would be my best man at the wedding." I rolled my eyes and patted his back, what do you say to someone when there drunk and are considering marrying their best friend in Vegas?
"Uh... of course I'll be your best man Tyson" I figured that it would be best to play along with the insanity that was now Tyson and Max's life.
"Thank you, thank you" he was practically in tears as he patted my back what I didn't expect was for him to hit me, but he did. He slapped my back, hard, he didn't mean to hurt me, he didn't know how badly my back was injured but it hurt I slipped onto the floor and groaned in pain. Tyson was now in a fit of panic, I smiled up at him and pushed myself up off of the floor. Tears were stinging the back of my eyes but I was trying my hardest to hold them back. "Oh god Rei, I'm sorry did I hurt you?" He seemed to have sobered up slightly and that was a good thing, if he would have stayed drunk it would have killed me.
"Yeah, I'm just gonna go to the bathroom" I slowly staggered past the kitchen door and out of the lounge,
"Rei?" I heard Kai call out to me but tears had started to slip out of my eyes and were staining my cheeks, I couldn't look back at him, not whilst I was crying. I walked through the long maze like corridors, the other day when I had been here I'd found the bathroom easily but now I didn't have a clue where I was going and felt that with each step I was just getting myself more and more lost.
"Meow" I jumped and spun on my heel to try and find where the noise had come from but nothing was there. Great now we can add crazy to my list of problems, I've started hearing meows, like Kai would have a cat. "Meow" this time it was louder and I felt something brush up against my leg, I bent down and stroked the soft silky fur belonging to the Russian blue cat. I found it amusing that Kai had a Russian blue after all he was Russian and his hair was kinda blue. I smiled at the cat and it started to purr before it wandered into a room, I followed the cat and pushed the door open. It was pitch black and I couldn't see a thing all I could hear was the loud meows coming from the cat I had just met out in the corridor. I stopped in the doorway and felt around for a light switch, I soon found one and flicked it on, I gasped when I saw the room in the light. It was amazing, the room was a dark blue that on one wall had been painted a red and gold phoenix, no doubt based upon Dranzer. The most amazing thing had to be the circular bed that was pushed up against the far wall, I stared at the black silk sheets that were draped over the bed and couldn't shake the thought of how inviting they looked. I spun round to see a slim silver laptop folded down on top of a small black desk that on either side sat a comfy looking leather chair. There was a large bookcase covering the last wall with books filling every shelf, I smiled,
"Kai sure does like books" I muttered quietly as I stared at the books that were packed tightly together on the black bookcase.
"Meow" I turned and smiled at the cat, it was as if it was agreeing with me, I gasped when I saw the French window that led out onto the balcony. Black net curtains hung on either side of the window and I looked back at the bed to see matching net curtains clipped back to the wall on either side of the circular piece of furniture. "Meow" the cat leapt up onto the bed and mewed at me to follow, I smiled and walked over to the wondrous bed. I sat slowly and carefully, I just couldn't get over how weird it felt to be in Kai's room, let alone sitting on his bed, the same bed that he slept in every night. I closed my eyes and could imagine his amazing body lying in the middle of the huge bed with the covers entwined around him. I jumped slightly when the cat climbed onto my lap, now that I was seeing it close up and in a brighter light. I noticed that it too had small blue triangles on its face, which amazed and intrigued me. This animal was like the cat version of Kai and it was sat on my lap looking quite comfy might I add. I ran my hand through its soft blue fur and wondered what Kai's hair felt like. The cat purred quietly obviously content with the attention it was receiving from me, "meow" I hadn't realised it until then but I must have fallen into a daydream and stopped stroking the cat which did not please it much. I laughed and scratched its chin it started purring again and I shut off from the world completely, I was calm and at peace, I liked it in here. It was quite and secluded not to mention beautiful, Kai had impeccable taste. I slowly and carefully slid out of my coat, my side had started to play up but I couldn't tell what was wrong with it, I smiled when the cat batted at my hand wanting more of my affection.
"Rei?" I looked up to see Kai stood in the open doorway that led into his room, "What are you doing in here?" he asked and took a few more steps into the room, I blushed at the question. I was finding it incredibly embarrassing to be sat in Kai's room, on his bed whilst stroking his cat.
"Uh... I, I was looking for the bathroom" I smiled weakly and received a smile in return, Kai looked amazing when he smiled. I didn't understand why he didn't do it more often.
"I hate to disappoint you Rei but this isn't it" I blushed again and stared down at the cat. "What are you doing in here?"
"Um... I was looking for the bathroom and I saw the cat and the cat came in here, the door was open so I followed it. I didn't know you had a cat" my throat felt dry and I desperately tried to change the subject from me to anything else.
"You wouldn't, its avoiding Max and Tyson like the plague"
"Smart cat" the cat meowed as if agreeing with me and nuzzled into my top, I laughed and stroked through its silky blue fur once again. I was surprised when Kai sat down on the bed next to me; he leaned over and scratched the cats chin. He was so close that I could hear his breath; I could feel his arm brush against my leg when he stopped stroking the animal that was snuggling further and further into my lap. I looked over at him, he was so close that if I were to lean forward my lips would touch his face in less than a second. God he was beautiful "what's it's name?" I tried my hardest to shake away the thoughts before I developed a problem in my lower regions. Which would no doubt disturb the cat and draw even more attention to the problem which would not be good.
"Kyan" it's Kai with an, an on the end (A/N: I own Kyan, the little Russian blue kitty cat belongs to me, so please understand that I love him and would be very upset if someone stole him, so please don't .) I smiled at him and rubbed my eyes, I was so tired and just wanted to lye down on this bed, with Kai. To sleep wrapped up in the black silk sheets with Kai next to me. I sighed and smiled at him sweetly "what?"
Kai's POV
"I just noticed that this cat is almost exactly like you" I watched him as he ran his hands over the cat. I wanted to be that cat, to feel Rei's hand brush against me with such care and affection.
"They say that pets resemble there owners" I continued to study him as he stroked the dark blue triangles on either side of the cats face, he stopped and turned to look at me. I was slightly taken back when he placed his hand on the side of my face and began to trace the triangles on my cheeks. He blushed and placed his hand back onto the cat, I wished he hadn't, I longed for his touch, for his gentle hands to trace every ounce of my being. "Rei" I half whispered, I didn't want to startle him, I didn't want to disturb him from his thoughts.
"Mm hmm" was all he said, I couldn't help but think about how amazing he would look lying amongst the black silk sheets that covered my bed. His long raven hair free from the white wrap.
"You heard me, you have a thing for Rei Kon"
"What? No... no, were just friends"
"Oh come on Kai wake up and smell the coffee, you two are driving me crazy with your 'feelings,' you know full well that you like him as more than just a friend but you won't admit to it and neither will he. Your both a stubborn as each other and if you don't tell each other how you feel one day you're going to wake up old and alone wondering why you never got together with one another!"
Tala's voice rang through my mind as I remembered the argument we had earlier. I was starting to think that maybe he was right, oh who am I kidding? Of course he was right he was always right, it was one of his many annoying traits. I sighed and rubbed my temples, I was starting to develop one hell of a headache, god why had I listened to Tala in the first place. If I wouldn't have talked to him the other day then he never would have come up with this sleepover idea and none of this would have been happening. But he was right, I had known that my feelings for Rei had started to go beyond the friendship barrier but I didn't know what to do about it. Tala told me to tell him, he said that he felt the same about me, but what if this time Tala was wrong and I ended up scaring Rei away. I couldn't imagine life without him, I needed him, if nothing more then as a friend. "Kai?"
"Hn"
"What were you going to say?" I had to think about that for a while, I'd trailed off into my thoughts and completely forgotten about what I was going to ask Rei.
"Oh, earlier on I said that we needed to talk and now that we're alone I figured that it's the perfect time"
"Talk about what?" I watched him as the cat stood up on his lap and circled around as it tried to find a more comfortable position. Kyan meowed and jumped onto me, how he could choose me over Rei I will never know. But something about the glint in the cat's eye scared me, it was like the look that Tala got when he was planing something. I scratched his chin and smiled when he started to purr "how long have you had him?" my eyes darted from Kyan to Rei where my eyes locked with his, I smiled at him, as I became lost in his amazing golden orbs. I had always loved his eyes, there was something so perfect about them that drew me to them.
"About a year"
"Where did you get him from?"
"He just followed me home and never left, Rei, I really do need to talk to you"
"Go on" he looked over at the door and I could tell that he knew what I wanted to talk about and that he didn't want to have to discuss it with me. I rubbed my temples again and felt Kyan bat at my top with his paw, I looked over at Rei and lightly placed my hand onto his shoulder. He turned allowing me to see the pain hidden behind those beautiful eyes that since the first moment I'd met him had been filled with joy and hope. I sighed and watched as Kyan walked off of my lap and back onto Rei's where he padded around for a while before settling down and curling into a tight ball on his lap.
"Rei has your father ever hit you?" I thought that the best way to ask this was to just come out with it. His eyes glistened with unshed tears as he shook his head back and forth. He went to answer me but no words escaped his mouth, I sighed and let my hand slip from his shoulder to where Kyan was curled up on his lap. I stroked the cat and moved my eyes onto the small animal, I ran my hand over the light blue fur but immediately stopped when I felt the small droplet of water hit my hand. I looked up at Rei as another tear escaped from his shimmering eyes, he wiped it away with the back of his hand and turned away from me. I felt warm tears starting to sting the back of my eyes but forced them back. I had to be strong, for him, I carefully nudged Kyan off of Rei's lap and carefully placed my hands on either of his shoulders. I slowly, as not to hurt him, turned him round so that he could see into my eyes and in return I could see into his. "Rei, please, I just want to help you" he blinked back the fresh tears that had started to well in his eyes and took a deep breath to calm himself. I was breaking down inside, I hated to see him so hurt and upset, but I needed to know the truth.
"Yes, a couple of times, but he doesn't mean it, he only does it when he's drunk and moms out of town. When she comes back everything will be fine"
"Did he ever do anything else to you?" I choked on silent sobs as I asked this, I had thought about this for a long time and listed everything that this man could have done to the kitten that in my heart was so precious and it scared me. If he told me what was going on I could help him and we could deal with it from there, together.
"No! He just hit me, nothing else, I swear" I sighed and felt relieved for that at least, I wanted to hug him when a few more tears escaped his sparkling eyes but resisted the almost overwhelming urge.
"Um, I'm going to go and get cleaned up" I watched as Rei swept a few more tears away from his eyes and stood up from the bed. I gasped silently. He made it halfway to the door when I stopped him by placing my hands on his waist, I was careful to do this as I didn't want to knock any bruises that may have been there. "Kai?" he half whispered half sobbed as he turned his head slightly to see me stood behind him, holding onto his waist to keep him in place.
"Why did you lie?"
"What?"
"If all he did was hit you, why are you bleeding?" I felt a tear slip out of my eye and trickle down my cheek, as if it wasn't bad enough that he had been hurt so severely he felt the need to hide it from me. "What happened Rei?"
Rei's POV
I closed my eyes tightly to stop the tears from flowing out of my eyes, I didn't want to break down infront of Kai, I didn't want him to see how weak I was. How would he ever be able to feel anything for me if I was acting like such a wimp? I felt him lead me back over towards the bed and didn't resist. He sat me down on the edge and knelt down infront of me clasping both of his hands around one of mine. The simple gesture consoled me and enabled me to make eye contact with him without bursting out into tears. I loved those crimson eyes they were so beautiful and mysterious that once I looked into them I could never break away.
"Rei, let me help you" his eyes pleaded for me to let him in, why was this so important to him? Why couldn't he just let it go? It wasn't that I didn't want to let him into my life, to tell him my problems, I was scared. Scared that if he saw the cuts, if he noticed the mess that my body was in that he wouldn't want me. "Rei please" my eyes were coated with tears and I could barely see him through the water that clouded my eyes. I closed my eyes and forced the moisture to slide down my cheeks. "Rei" I saw the tears in his eyes and desperation in his voice, a loud sob escaped my throat but I forced the others back. I nodded, I couldn't keep him out anymore, and I needed him, for now at least. He sighed in relief and stood up letting go of my hand as he walked over to the desk on the other side of the room. He picked up a black case and walked back over to the bed. I watched as he unlocked it and laid certain things out on the bed.
"Tala, what are you...?" I heard Kenny's voice and turned to face the door, I couldn't help but wonder what was going on down there. If I would have just gone straight to the bathroom instead of taking this detour to stroke the cat none of this would have happened and Kai would have never found out about my problems. But then again maybe unconsciously I wanted for him to find out, wanted for him to help me. I jumped slightly when I felt his hand on my waist and turned my head ever so slightly to see that he was untying my sash. He soon had it untied and carefully slid it away from my body, my heart was pounding in my chest I had never been more nervous in my entire life. I flinched slightly when he grabbed hold of the base of my shirt but didn't make a big deal out of it. I slowly stood up to make it easier for him to remove the tunic that had become spotted with blood. He carefully pulled it up over my head making sure not to catch any of the injuries, we sat back on the bed and he gently removed the bloodied bandages. I cringed when I heard the gasp come from behind me, I closed my eyes and choked on my sobs.
I wondered what thoughts were running through his mind at that point in time, I had never actually seen my back. I could tell that it was badly scared and terribly bruised, but there was nothing that I could do about it so I just refused to look at it thinking that if I didn't see it, it didn't exist. I felt his hands trace the scars and relaxed into his touch, who would have thought that someone who always portrayed himself as a cold loner could be so sweet and kind. I looked back at him when I felt the warmth of his touch disappear from my skin and watched as he tipped some antiseptic onto a cotton pad he cautiously placed the pad onto my back and dabbed it over the cuts. I flinched a few times but this definitely wasn't the most painful experience of my life so far and the best thing about it was that it was with Kai. He placed the pad down and picked up a clean one dousing it with antiseptic as he had done with the other.
"Lye down" he placed his hand on my shoulder and gently pushed me down onto the silk bed sheets. I looked up at him and our eyes locked for a brief moment before he continued with cleaning off my cuts. I continued to watch as he picked up my arm and unravelled the bandages that covered it, he cleaned the cuts slowly, carefully and as gently as he could before moving onto the next arm. I closed my eyes and became lost in his touch. I guess that I'd started to fall asleep, because I didn't hear or feel anything else until I felt the sharp pain shoot through my side. I opened my eyes to see Kai tracing the cut that had been made on my side just above my waist. I flinched slightly when he placed the cotton pad against the wound and tried to hold back the groan of pain but failed. His crimson eyes locked onto me and I offered him a small smile, he smiled back and leant over me to reach the black case. He picked up the new bandages and sat back to the side of me, I grabbed hold of his arm and held it in place stopping him from continuing with the bandages. He gave me a confused look and I just had to smile at him.
"Thank you Kai" he sighed and knocked a few strands of hair away from his face
"It would be easier to do this if you sat up" I noted the sadness tingeing his voice, why was he so upset? I looked up into his eyes and felt as if I was drowning in the crimson pools. There was something magical about that moment, time seemed to stop and nothing would have made me happier than to just continue to lye there and stare up into his eyes. I eventually managed to break my gaze away from his and sat up on the edge of the bed. He quickly and gently wrapped my arms in fresh bandages. The room was eerily quiet, the only sound came from Kyan who was purring away at the other end of the bed. I watched as Kai slid behind me and carefully began to wrap new bandages around my body.
Kai's POV
I stared at his battered back and choked down the tears, I couldn't stand to see someone I loved so much had been hurt so badly. I sighed and ran my hand lightly across a scar at the base of his neck, a light moan escaped his lips and I couldn't help but smile at the sound, it was so beautiful, so perfect, just like him.
"Rei"
"Yeah" he turned his head slightly to face me and I stared into his glistening golden eyes.
"Do you trust me?" I looked back at the bandages and finished wrapping them around him. I was terrified that the answer to this question would be no, I mean I'd never told him anything about me. I never told him about the abbey or my grandfather he'd found that out on his own, maybe I didn't deserve his trust. He turned round to face me and for what seemed like the millionth time that night my eyes locked with his.
"More than anyone"
"So why didn't you tell me about this?" There was a long silence and I guessed that neither of us knew what to sat to each other, I hated that. I felt the tears welling in my eyes and turned my gaze at Kyan.
"I wanted to, but I was afraid about what you'd think"
"What does that mean?" I turned back to face him but couldn't get my eyes to look up at him and so chose a spot on the bed sheet to stare at instead.
"Nothing, I just thought that you'd think that I was pathetic or a wimp"
"I would never think that about you!" I could tell that he was surprised by what I had said, even I had been surprised by it. I sighed and stood up from the bed, being so close to him was confusing not only my mind but my heart. I walked over to the bookcase and started to read the titles, I had to focus on something else before I burst out into tears.
"They're not my real parents, my real parents died, there was a fire in my village when I was 3. My parents had left me at Mariah's so that her parents could watch over me until they came back but they never did. I was sent to an orphanage for 2 years when I met a couple who were interested in adopting me. They couldn't have children of their own and had chosen to adopt, my mom said that I was the most beautiful child she had ever seen." I looked over at him and felt drawn to him, he was telling me everything, was he trying to prove that he did trust me? "They took me home and everything was great, they were well off and had a big house with a huge garden that I used to beyblade in. My mom dreamt of being the world's best lawyer but she was just a secretary then. My dad didn't have a job, he'd never worked a day in his life you see he'd inherited a ton of money when his uncle died. Since he was the only living relative it all went to him. Well the years went on and we were a normal loving family, then my mom was offered a job from a law firm in New York. This was her dream and I understood that she had to fulfil it, but she started to stay away for longer and longer and then my dad started drinking"
"Is that when he started beating you?" I asked as I walked back over to the bed and sat on the end right next to him. He nodded slowly and looked up into my eyes, God those eyes could get me to anything, he could get me to do anything all he had to do was ask.
"At first it was just a slap every now and then, then a punch, then a kick. Then all three at the same time. It slowly got worst and worst, then I heard about the beyblade tournament and took off. When I came home my mom was so proud of me and so was my dad. Then she got a case and left, he started drinking and here we are"
"You should have come to me"
"He told me that I was pathetic and that no one could ever love a wimp, I was afraid that you would think the same." He started down at the floor but there was no way that I was going to let him leave thinking that that's the way I thought about him.
I placed my hand on the side of his face and slowly and carefully turned his head to face me, our eyes locked again and I could see the wall of tears that were coating his eyes.
"I would never think that about you" I repeated the earlier statement hoping that it would drill it into his mind. I sighed heavily, I couldn't take it anymore I slowly leant into him and saw him do the same before I closed my eyes. I felt my lips brush up against his, I had been waiting for this moment since I had first met him, first seen him. Since the first time my eyes locked with his. Being so close to him and yet being so far away was torture for me. I felt his breath on my skin and remembered all the times that we had shared a hotel room and the handful of moments that we had shared a bed. He had been right there, right next to me but I was too afraid to let myself get close.
"Meow!" We both jumped apart when Kyan jumped inbetween us, I don't think I'd ever hated that cat more than I did at then. But I was slightly relieved as well, what if it was just a fluke what if it had just been a mistake on Rei's part. I would disgust him, it was for the best to forget that it had ever happened, but it would be in my dreams every night and in my heart for the rest of my life.
Nikki: DON'T KILL ME! Don't kill Kyan, we are both very sorry but that's just the way things had to be, oh who am I kidding I cat believe I just did that (breaks down)
Malik: there there (rubs my back)
Nikki: Malik? Why are you still here?
Malik: Bakura kicked me out
Nikki: Oh
Kai: Rei did that to me once
Rei: you shouldn't have teased me
Kai: I thought you liked to be teased
Rei: well in the bedroom it's ok
Tala: ok come on guys this fic is a PG 13
Nikki: No by all means let them continue
Tala: Nikki!
Nikki: Fine, anyway, whoa that was a long chapter, oh well, I was on a roll, please review and tell me what you thought, too much fluff? Not enough? How can you ever have too much fluff? Well anyway review now and win a limited addition millennium beyblade courtesy of the Yu-Gi-Blade Corporation (all rights reserved, to me MWAHAHAHA!)