Look! Look! Beyblader-grl!!! I've done a story all about Chi and Kai!!!!

Disclaimer: Chi belongs to Beyblader-grl Eri belongs to me and all original beyblade characters belong to that guy who's name is something like Takao Aoki or something. So, yea...enjoy?

Aida, Chi To Kai

The air smelt fresh, clean, like something good was about to happen. The grass was green; the trees were in full sprouts...it was a perfect day. Nothing to be worried about. Just the few rain clouds that were quite a distance away. But, rain was good every once in a while. You could taste the clean of the air. You could hear the sounds of happiness all around. A perfect day indeed, a perfect day, where anything could happen.

For Chi, a perfect day could be any day. Something good that might happen could be many things. So, today, she walked down the streets towards where Eri had given the directions. Chi had never been to Eri's house before. No one had. There was one time when Chi was supposed to go over and talk with Kei, but they did all the talking in the car so she didn't need to go over. Chi had seen the house once before, she already knew it was huge, but she didn't know much else.

Chi walked up to the large gates and gulped slightly. Everyone knew that Eri had been in quite a depression since Kei died. No one really knew how he died either. No one, except Eri, Johnny and the police, and no one was spilling anything. Everyone supposed that something big had happened between Kei, Eri, Seizaburo Zelian, and their company. Johnny was probably the only outsider that knew. Johnny and Eri had created a stiff bond during that time, and Chi was only the second person that Eri had actually called upon. Now, Chi was a bit scared, she had seen Eri in depression once before, and it wasn't pretty.

Today, Chi wore a very laid back, pink and white T-shirt, which hung loosely on her shoulders and, at the same time, accentuated all the right curves and, in a different angle, made Chi look slightly taller and older than she actually was. For once, her hair was left all alone with no effort put into it except; it seemed, to brush it. There were two pink clips that held some of her hair out of her eyes, but other than that, her hair was left mostly alone. Her legs were covered in the denim fabric known all too well as jeans. Hers were flares that blew out from the knees down. The knees of Chi's jeans seemed to be worn because the fabric was torn letting her pale skinned knees show through. White and grey socks inside pink and white VANS covered her feet.

Chi held onto the intercom button, feeling the cold plastic against her warm fingertip. She spoke into it with a calm and formal voice.

"This is Cristina Oasana, I am a friend of Eri's. I wish you to permit me access to enter the perimeters." Chi informed in a loud and clear voice.

"Permission granted. Welcome to the Zelian Estate Ms. Oasana." Said a very friendly female voice. There was a large creaking, iron against cement, sound, and the gates began to open.

Chi looked in through the wide-open space, not knowing exactly what she was in for, but knowing that she would be there for her friend no matter what. Just before Chi stepped through the large gates, the female voice came on over the intercom again.

"Ms. Zelian is in the back garden, she wishes that you join her around back. She says that you may take Mr. Hiwatari with you if you wish."

At first, Chi was very confused. Mr. Hiwatari? Back Garden? And then she realized something, a presence, a presence she knew all too well. Chi whirled around, her brown streaked blonde hair following her, and she quickly came face to face with Kai Hiwatari. They seemed to come into this position a lot ever since they met Eri. Close enough to breathe each others air, close enough so that his slate grey bangs met her forehead, close enough to see eye-to-eye, close enough to kiss...but one of them would always turn away. This time, it was Chi who turned away and gazed towards Eri's home. She then took her first steps into the Zelian Estate. She stopped a few steps in and turned to look at Kai, the wind blowing her hair into her face her green-blue eyes kind and forgiving.

She observed the look on his face, his pale face with the warm, crimson brown eyes and the cold slate brows. And those ever so weird shark fins drawn on with blue war paint. Did he have something wrong? Her ever-kind green-blue eyes travelled down his body. The blue-haired boy wore a baggy white t-shirt under an unzipped brown leather jacket. He also had on a pair of beige jeans that were not too tight and not too loose. Chi decided they looked good on him. He also had his usual, black shoes/boots. Chi couldn't really tell what they were hell, she was no fashion queen. Chi drunk in his posture, the all-mighty, better-than-you laid-back expression on his face, hands in his jacket pockets with his back slightly arched backwards. He looked relaxed and ultimately cool. Chi smiled before parting her lips to speak.

"You're welcome to come along Mr. Hiwatari, Ms. Zelian said so." Chi stated in her mocking childish voice. The bluenette guessed that was what he liked about her. She was always being childish, there was always fun in her aura, and there was always that mocking tone to her voice when she addressed him, like she was always challenging him to take the next step into her world. But that was also what he was afraid of. For, he and she came from two totally different worlds. His, stuck up, arrogant, conceited, always strong, never weak and when they were shoved, they'd usually break down and be left defeated. Hers, strong, courageous, street like, kind, caring, willing to show weaknesses and when given a shove, they'd clumsily fall all over whoever shoved them taking everything within a 10 foot radius with them. Yes, two different worlds.

Kai wanted so badly to be apart of her world. Somewhere deep down, he knew that was what he wanted. But, somewhere else, he knew that he shouldn't. His guts were telling him to follow her, take those extra steps into her world and be shown everything through the eyes of someone that really sees, but his practical mind was telling him to stay away from her. That she would be his downfall. And, like the idiot that he was, he followed the practical mind instead of the instinct. But not this time, this time, he'd go with her, wherever she might be going.

So he grunted and followed Chi into the Estate.

They found their way to the back garden pretty quickly. It was not too hard to find really, they just took the sidewalk around and through the small wooden gate. And that's where they found her. One lone figure in the garden. Black-purple hair flowing freely from the large clip that tried desperately to hold it all back and normally bright green eyes, dimmed and staring blankly at the flowers that lay before her. She was in a kneeling position with her tanned hands in her lap. Today, she wore a light blue, silk, robe that came short just above her knees. A silk purple sash that tied into a large bow at her back was holding the robe together. White sandals were covering her feet, which were surprisingly equally as tanned as her arms and legs. But her legs lay tucked to her side and she seemed to be totally oblivious to the world around her.

Chi almost felt like she was intruding on the young teens private world and at the same time she felt envious of the other girl. She had wanted to see things differently than she did. She wanted to see the world through eyes without lies, without true pain, through eyes that held every ounce of innocence in the world. And right now, the fragile form that lay kneeling before her, seemed to be seeing through those exact eyes.

"Eri?"

The voice seemed to momentarily shatter the teen's peace as her head slowly swung around to glance at the owner.

"Chi..." The name was whispered slightly, before the black-purple haired girl launched off the ground, laughing, into Chi's arms. "CHI!" She cried happily.

Chi smiled as well. It had been a long time since she had seen Eri. A very long time, too much time in Chi's opinion. "It's good to see you too." Chi mumbled softly. She breathed in Eri's sent which smelt of lilacs and daffodils at the moment. 'Must be her shampoo.' Chi thought momentarily.

Another thought struck Chi's mind at the same time. 'Eri never lets anyone hug her!' And the brunette was suddenly brought back to reality as the arms released her.

"Hullo Kai, it's been a while." Eri's voice was slightly childish. She sounded so much like Chi, and then he saw it, reflected in Eri's dulled green eyes, was pain and a small child. The child that Kai saw must've been what Eri used to act like. And now that Eri was in such a state, she had been released.

"Hi." Kai said flatly, playing along with the child in Eri's eyes.

"Oh, good you're here Chi there's something I wanted to talk..." The masculine voice trailed off as a flame-haired head was poked out of the sliding kitchen door that Chi just noticed. "Hi Kai." Johnny said softly. Johnny could tell, from Kai's expression, that he knew about the girl.

"Johnny!" Eri shouted and ran towards him, though, halfway there she tripped and stumbled right into his arms anyway.

"I told you not to run with those shoes." Johnny said softly to the girl that was giggling in his arms. On this seemingly perfect day, Johnny McGregor wore what he used to wear all the time. He wore a brown-beige vest over a navy blue shirt, and brown-beige shorts to top it off. He also had on a navy bandana and had his brown hiking boots and navy socks. Everything about the boy seemed to be navy or red, like his hair.

"Haven't seen much of you lately Johnny." Kai said with a bit of a growl. "And I definitely haven't seen you in those clothes in a while." He added as an afterthought.

Johnny shrugged. "I bought new ones. I still have to rip the sleeves off." He said referring to his t-shirt.

"Is it snack time?" Eri asked with another giggle.

"Yeah, snack time." Johnny said while motioning for the others to follow him.

Once through the doors, Eri stepped out of her sandals and crouched down as a young, black, panther padded up to her.

"Hello, Yoru." Eri's voice carried affection that Chi had never heard before.

Kai stared down at the creature in the younger girls arms. "What is that?" He asked Johnny while pointing to the overgrown cat.

"Just a panther." Johnny said obviously hiding something.

Kai was silent for a minute contemplating whether or not to dig for the answers. Wait a minute, why did he want to know?! This was Zelian's life, not his! He shouldn't care. Kai snorted. "Whatever."

At this, however, Johnny appeared to sigh. Which made Kai curious. 'Dammit!' He cursed inwardly. Why did all the real girls around him have to be so complicated? Chi complicated him more than life itself and when Eri knew something he didn't, which was almost always, he felt like it was his duty to find out what she knew. But the reason he hung around with them was just that, they were real. Not like the sluts that sold themselves to him, but real feeling people. That's what they were, that's what Kai wanted to be. Real. But that stupid thought in his head would always hold him back. He guessed that's why he surrounded himself with these people. These real people, because he thought they could help him.

Kai was suddenly snapped back to reality when he found Eri staring at him from her place on the ground. Kai looked around and found that Johnny and Chi were gone. Probably talking. He looked down at Eri again and she smiled at him. She then patted the ground besides her motioning for him to sit with her. Kai shrugged and plopped down on the tiled surface in the middle of the kitchen.

"Johnny and Chi tried to wake you from your deep thinking. I told them not to because you needed to sort things out on your own. I'm smart in that way, I know all about inner conflict." Eri said softly as she pat the panther in her lap.

"Where did they go?" Kai rumbled out. His voice had been doing that a lot lately. Getting low and husky when he talked to Chi and could rattle his whole body when he talked to Eri. That's what these real girls did to him.

"You fear us, in a way. Don't you?" She added slowly as an after thought. "They're in the living room on the other side of the house."

"Yes. Sometimes, I fear what I feel about you people. I want to know you but I don't want to be you. Am I making sense? And why am I telling you this? You're supposed to be, like, delirious or something." Kai started to rattle on and suddenly stopped himself. "Why am I telling you this?" He asked aloud as he turned to her.

She was giggling. Laughing at him. "You tell me because I will listen and I understand. You trust me not to tell anyone. And I'm not delirious. I've been set free. I'm Tiva, Eri is healing right now, inside." She said motioning to her heart. "She's not ready to be out again."

"What do you mean? I don't--" Kai was cut off by Chi and Johnny walking into the room.

Johnny sort of stopped and stared at them for a minute before pointing at Kai. "Why are you sitting in the middle of the floor?"

"She invited me." Kai said blankly while pointing at Eri.

"Well, I'm going to go now. It was nice seeing you Eri, I'll bring you some cookies tomorrow, okay?" Chi asked as she held Eri's hands in her own.

"Okie dokie, Chi! Bye, bye." Eri said with another grin.

"I'll walk you home." Kai mumbled out.

"Bye, bye!" Eri said with a wave as the two figures, tall and small, walked through the front door and down the long walkway.

"I don't want you to walk me home." Chi said softly. "I'm going to go somewhere else right now." She turned in the opposite direction of her house and walked towards the busy streets.

"I'll walk with you wherever you're going." Kai said just wanting to be close to her. Just wanting to talk to her.

"Fine." She said ignorantly. She really did want to spend time with him. But she didn't want to tell him what she was about to go and see.

"I had a talk with Eri-err...Tiva. She's nice and knows a lot." Kai began to ramble to stop the silence.

"Oh, Tiva. I wonder why Eri is in such a bad condition...Johnny wouldn't say anything." Chi whispered.

Kai stored that away in his mind-folders. Real people worried a lot. "Why are you so worried?" Kai asked without thinking. He had been doing a lot of that lately. These real people made him talk without thinking. Made him blunt and mindless, and he hated it.

Chi rounded on him. "Because she's my friend!" She shouted angrily. "Is that how you are when you're a guy and you have a lot of money? You just don't care about anyone do you?!"

Kai was shocked.

Chi glared at him for a few seconds more before running down the sidewalk, past all the people and cars, past everything, away from everything. She was taking a path she had taken many times before. She ran along the grey stonewall and stopped right in front of the large gates, completely out of breath. She could hear Kai running after her, could hear him yelling for her to slow down. She saw him round the corner and run towards her, so she ran inside. Inside her sanctuary.

Chi ran towards the one thing she always ran to when she was in the cemetery. Something she had requested her aunt and uncle build just recently, even if no bodies were found. Chi collapsed in front of it; a large angel statue, with a man standing beside the lovely creature. Chi knelt there with tears pouring down her face. She wasn't exactly sure why, either.

Was it because she had actually found the courage to yell at the one she considered so precious? Because she had yelled so anger and hate filled? Or was it because her closest and strongest friend had been reduced to a laughing, giggling child? Maybe it was all of this combined. Christina Oasana couldn't be sure exactly, but she knew that whatever she was crying for, had to be good. Mostly because she hated crying, and she hardly ever cried.

Suddenly someone was behind her, holding her to his or her body. Chi looked up and found Kai there, staring at her with concern.

"Are you okay?" He asked in a husky whisper.

Chi shook her head as Kai pulled her to him. Kai was there for her, maybe not always, but he was now. And Chi savoured this moment.

"I do worry, you know." He said softly as Chi's tears started to disappear. "I worry about you, sometimes, I worry about Zelian and what she thinks of me. I worry about how my friends see me. I worry about how I'll be when I grow up. But, most of all, I think I worry about how you will see me. How I look in your eyes, must be terrible. I've...betrayed you more than once. Almost let you die. And, I think that's why I worry, because I want you to forgive me, but I have this tight feeling in my stomach that stops me from doing so. I just want to be there for you." He stopped and looked up at the sky. Chi watched his face. The sincerity there was hard to miss.

"But I know that it's not easy to forgive someone. I know it's even harder to forget. I mean, how can you forget something so big. But, you know, we come from two very different worlds. And, to mix them together, by you and me being together, all the time, that would disrupt everything, wouldn't it?" Kai asked and looked down at her. Her eyes were watery and shocked. "So, the best I can ever hope for is that you'll forgive me, and we can be done with this stupid little war we seem to always be in." He then held her forehead and let his chin drop into her neck. "So, will you please forgive me?" He asked softly. "For everything. For being a jerk, for letting you get hurt, for saying bad things and hurting you inside. Please?" He could tell that there were slight tears in his eyes but he bit them back and waited a few painful seconds for Chi to reply.

"Kai," She started softly. Her voice was barely a whisper and he had to lean in closer to hear it, even if he was afraid of what he might hear. "I think, that I forgave you a long time ago. When Eri was normal, I told her everything. And, I suppose I liked you at one point. And, Eri told me to forget you." Kai felt a pang in his heart. What was this feeling? "But, I didn't forget you. I told Eri, that I felt like I was waiting for you. Waiting for you to come back to me. To apologize, to be my friend again. I just wanted you back I guess. I'd pummel myself because I felt like I had lost you. I had lost my battle against your grandfather to keep you normal. To keep you sheltered. But then I realized that, no, I hadn't lost you. I had set you free. And I was waiting for you to come back. I only expected to wait a couple years. But it was much, much more than that. And eventually I got tired of waiting. I got angry with you. And we started to bicker like little kids. And I loved it, because it was being able to talk to you. Being able to touch you and be near you even if you hated me. And that's how things were." Chi had all her hair falling into her face, covering her eyes. But she was crying, tears were pouring down her cheeks and falling into her lap, soaking her jeans.

"But, I forgave you a long time ago Kai, a long, long, time ago." Her voice was soft.

"Thank you..." Kai whispered as he pulled away.

"But you're wrong Kai." Kai stopped walking away. "We don't come from different worlds. On the contrary, our worlds are closer than you think. Much, closer than you could ever imagine." Chi chuckled as she stayed in her kneeling position in front of the angel and man statue.

Kai thought for a moment before turning around to look at the statue that Chi wouldn't move from. And he noticed something weird about that statue. He had seen those faces somewhere, but where? He shrugged and walked away, before stopping once more.

"You know, Christina." He said softly to her. "I don't know why, but whenever you talk to me, your words do what their meant to. When you say hurtful things, it hurts, when you say helpful things, it helps. I don't know why, but it does. So, thank you." Kai said calmly before continuing to walk away.

"It's because I love you Kai." Chi whispered softly just as Kai had turned to walk outside the grey stone wall. The wind carried her words to him.

'It's because I love you Kai...because I love you Kai...I love you Kai...love you Kai...you Kai...Kai...' The wind echoed the words and they rung in Kai's hollow heart as he froze. He turned and ran back to the cemetery to find Chi, but she was already gone.

Kai stood in front of the statue again and looked at it for several minutes. He could still feel Chi around it, he could still smell her scent. And suddenly his eyes shot open, he knew why these statues looked familiar...he knew!

Ending Notes

well, I hope you liked it. Thanks to Beyblader-grl for letting me use Chi. She said she liked it and now I hope y'all do to!