Sorry for the long wait!
Holy....over a hundred reviews already?!
People still seem somewhat confused....I'm trying my best to explain it...hopefully this chapter will answer some of your questions...but please remember...much more will be explained later on.
This is a sucky and boring chapter...sorry.
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Chapter 9: Explanations
Max took the chibi version of Kai into the next room and introduced him to crayons and paper.
Kai immediately lit up at the site of the bright marks he produced on the white paper, and busied himself in a wonderful masterpiece.
With a loud sigh, Mr. Dickinson looked back at the older teens, each of the seated in Tyson's living room.
"Why don't you just start at the beginning."
The boys all looked to Hilary, who had first discovered the chibi.
"Umm...well I was walking home from the store, and I saw this little kid in the park all alone. He was all dirty and beat up so I brought him back here...and that's when we found out that it was Kai."
"I know it's scientifically impossible sir! But this has even happened to Dranzer! The even stranger thing is that both Kai and Dranzer hold their original abilities." Kenny stated, closing his laptop.
"He didn't recognize any of us either...except you....why is that Mr. D?" Rei asked.
The elder sighed again, closing his eyes sadly.
"I was in Russia for a business trip, checking up on all the beyblade training facilities and I happened to run into Kai when I visited Balkov Abbey. I happened to be friends with his grandfather, so he always seemed to be around. I even helped him learn to speak Japanese. You could say I was like a second father to him." The elder smiled at the memories of the young and happy Kai. "But as he got older...that joy disappeared, and he changed completely."
Mr. Dickinson looked back over his shoulder at the chibi happily coloring with his American friend. "I'm glad to see that smile on his face though."
"As much as I like having this version of Kai around....we do need to find a way to change him back." Rei said.
"Yeah! We need him for the next championships!" Tyson chimed in.
Everyone seemingly agreed it was for the best...but how would they accomplish it?
"That's what I wanted to talk to you all about...."
The teens' attention perked up slightly, waiting for their manager to speak.
"This year's tournament is going to have two on two beyblade matches, which means you are going to have to all pair up. I wanted to tell you early so you could decide who you should all partner up with...but with Kai...in this condition..."
"Don't worry Mr. D! We'll find a way to fix this!" Tyson interrupted.
"Yeah! We'll get Kai back to his usual grumpy self!" Rei added.
With a sigh, Mr. Dickinson stood up and grabbed his bowler hat.
"Alright then. I'm sorry I can't stay longer, but I have other matters to attend to at the moment. I'll see what I can do for Kai...and you all be careful. There's no telling what dangers this matter may bring about."
The team nodded, walking their manager to the door.
"Mr. D? Are you leaving now?" A small voice asked.
The elder looked down toward the floor to see the young form of Kai, staring back up at him with bright crimson eyes.
"Yes, I'm afraid so young Kai." He bent down and placed his hand on top of Kai's head. "I'll be back though."
"Promise?"
Mr. Dickinson smiled. "I promise."
The chibi smiled as the elder stood up and walked out the door, waving good-bye to them all before he got in his car and drove off.
"Well....I'm gonna get back to cracking those codes...." Kenny started, rushing back inside to his beloved laptop.
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Many hours had passed, and everyone was off doing something else.
Tyson and Max had decided to go off and hone up on their beyblading techniques.
Rei sat on the couch with Kai, watching TV and explaining some of the events that took place to the underprivileged youth.
Hilary was busy in the kitchen, preparing lunch. She listened happily to Rei and Kai's conversations.
"I found something guys!" Kenny exclaimed.
Everyone dropped what they were doing and headed over to the young brunette, seated at a desk near the kitchen.
"What's up Chief?" Rei asked, peering over the computer geek's shoulder.
"It's not much...but all I've been able to find is a recent file on Kai." He said somewhat softly, not sure if it was alright if the chibi heard this conversation or not.
A new screen popped up on the computer, a small picture toward the upper left and a bunch of type under it and to the right.
"Everything's in Russian, but Dizzi's been able to translate most of it." Kenny pressed a button, and the type began readable to all the teens gathered about him.
"Hey! That's me!" A young voice exclaimed.
Suddenly, a head of blue hair popped over Kenny's shoulder and stared at the computer screen.
"Umm...yeah! That's what you'll look like when you get older Kai!" Hilary said, smiling at the chibi.
Kai's head cocked to the side slightly in confusion. "But I'll still have those triangles on my face....they won't come off?"
"I'm afraid not...." Kenny stated.
Kai fell back on the floor and sat cross legged. He looked down at his legs and sighed. "Oh well...."
The elder teens all looked at each other in confusion, then returned their attention back on Kenny's laptop.
"But I still have Dwanzer right?!" Kai popped back in again, his eyes wide with hope.
"Heh heh...yes Kai." Rei couldn't help but chuckle, ruffling the chibi's blue hair.
"Hey Kai...why don't you go play outside or something? This is...important big kid stuff...alright?" Tyson asked, giving the chibi a smile.
Kai glared at the navy haired teen, his lip curled up slightly as if pondering whether or not to obey him or not.
With a sigh, Kai nodded. "Alright...." He walked off and disappeared outside.
"Okay...this is mainly just a bunch of stats about him...nothing new.....but what caught my eye was this..." Kenny pointed to a date on the screen. "This was when this stuff was last updated."
"...but that's only a few days after we separated to go home for a while!" Max exclaimed.
Kenny scrolled down and came to a new page titled, Project: Alpha 789.
Suddenly, the screen blacked out, and a message blinked brightly in front of them.
Access denied.
The brunette cursed slightly, typing furiously on the computer.
"What happened?! Where'd the page go?!" Tyson asked.
"It seems I was kicked out. They must have found me." Kenny replied, trying desperately to recover the page they were looking at.
"Great..." Tyson moaned, falling back on the floor.
"Good work Chief." Rei patted the boy on the shoulder.
"Yeah, I'm sure we'll find out some more later on....don't forget, Mr. Dickinson said he would try to help as well." Max added.
"I'll work on it some more tomorrow...." Kenny said with a sigh, closing his laptop.
"Alright then....it's getting late. Maybe we should call it a day?" Rei looked over at his friends.
"Yeah..." Hilary stood up. "I'll get Kai."
Once everyone was accounted for, the team got ready for bed.
"Hopefully we'll find out more tomorrow...."
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