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Chapter Six
Reserve
The Asian championships were over. Finally the whole bustle about Lee and the tournament were over. Now Lee understood, appreciated it, that he trusted him and at the same time he recognized, that he had to follow his own dreams and the one of his team. Till the next championship, the American, they had three weeks so that all of them could enjoy a few days more in China. Most of the time they spent their sojourn at their hotel comforting themselves but never forgot to take their blades now and then thereby their bitbeast didn't feel bored ^.^ Sometime at evening Rei was the only one who stayed in the court to improve with his blade its dexterity and its condition. The night was comfortable and cool, too pretty going yet into bed. Rei trained until exhaustion for approaching his dream. The more he would improve the better he could reach the accomplishment of his task. But sometimes he paused and kept silent for a while. He was also afraid, had frequently the thought to change his mind. But the longer he got down to this the more he could understand God's emotions for this. "How hard it must be for God..." *flinches* "Okay! I'll manage this in some way! God, don't worry about it, I'll acquit myself well. *looks on Drigger* Ja, I rip you one last time then it's enough for today." Totally concentrated he took his position and stroke out wie one fast gesture. Add to this a not so loud cry (we don't want to wake up the other guests ^o^ ) like in karate. The white beyblade soared through the air, brightly illuminated by the moon, within the energy of a strong blader. When it flew more and more into the blue sky of the night suddenly something unexpected happened as soon Drigger reached the same level like the shining sphere at the firmament: it clashed with a shadow which uttered an "Iiieek!", bounced off it and shot back to Rei who caught it easily. Scared he saw a whimpering something which glided wavering to the ground and ran up to it, unsuspecting what could come up to him. Drawing near he perceived cause of his golden eyes trained for the night that a medium sized bat was concerned.
"My God! That was not my aim!" The little animal just moved reeling and made some slackening pants only for Rei's ears perceptible. The Chinese wanted to save the hurt creature right this moment when it started on a sudden to hiss spitefully at him. Looking suspiciously and angryly at Rei, didn't let help itself. Yet Rei thought it's odd cause he could usually deal with animals very well. A feeling told him this bat wasn't a typical bat but anyway typical or not, he didn't want to be guilty for its death. Consequently he set about more rabid and seized it easily with both hands what resulted in, that he was bitten in his finger. "Kss!" Of course it hurted a bit but he didn't take it ill of it then this was in a matter of fact his purpose. 'Good, carry on *smiles*' In short intervals Rei felt the sucking twinge the bat made gaining more strength with every sip. The layman should know that angel's blood had just so salubrious results like angels self.
"And? Feel better, right? =^-^= " With furtive eyes the black night creature scrutinized the neko-jin, released his biting and licked carefully over the wound which it caused on Rei. A smile played at his lips he had thoughts of setting it free when he noticed something at it: "Hm? What's that...? =oO=? " All at once the bat freed itself from his hands and flew away right to the other side of the temple. Also a bit tottering. This bewildered Rei all the more but as long as he knew that it was well again he didn't set great store by this, brooding over it. Tired and wishy-washy he paced into the hotel room where you can already hear from afar the roaring snore of Tyson. "You troublemaker =^^=;; " he whispered to himself and slunk silently passing his friends to fetch and put on his sleeping cloth if something didn't catch in his eyes that one futon wasn't used: Kai's futon. Amazed about this fact he scanned the room.
~*~*~ "Woohoo! X-ray look!" Rei: "Rubbish! I've only good eyes for the dark!" "Didn't I say this! X-ray look! So? *nudgenudge* Who would you like to X-ray for his underwear? *pokepoke* *^o^* " "NOBODY! *=O0O=* KAIII!!! =0= " Kai: What. *ching*" "Uh oh, sushi knife! O=O! " *descends* Kai: "Finally." ~*~*~
No success. But a barely noticeable sound called his attention to the lounge *ears twitching* and on tiptoe he sneaked to the open door to risk a glance into it. There he found the Russian at last sitting on the window-sill his back to the Chinese. 'Kai?' Suddenly something happened, something new for Rei nobody have seen till now: Kai...was startled. Of course without a scream and totally dreadful but so much that he spirited something away in his pocket and watched back immediately. "You disturb me, Kon." His crimson eyes nearly speared the tiger as if he would conjure up the purgatory from hell only therewith the other one finally hooked it. *death~~~glare*
But Rei went unconcerned to Kai, paid attention not at all to the harsh tone which Kai had in his voice, and stood right beside him at the window one look to the tower-like beystadium where they recently had celebrated their victory. "Don't try it. Your 'death glares' don't work on me anymore for a long time =^o^= " "Hn." Abruptly something stirred in Kai's pocket whimpering faintly. It seemed to pinch in his leg. "Kuso Komori!" Kai cursed between clenched teeth reaching for his pocket. When he opened his hand again the little animal appeared that simply flew away from Rei. The slate haired held out his index but being astonished *wide eyes a bit* it refused turning his pointy nose away and looked up to his team mate. Kai followed his glance and rose one eyebrow. Rei smirked playfully and showed his gnawed finger. "He's already fed =^-^= " As acknowledgement Kai got a squeak and before he was aware of this it fluttered from his hand to Rei's shoulder nibbling carefully at his earlobe. =ôO=! "Don't!" With two fingers he shoved his new won friend hastily away from his ear the cheeks a little flushed. "I'm very sensitive there =^.^=; "
You couldn't blame him that Kai watched his bat and his bed neighbor with a certain scepticism till he realized what took place between both of them. Quick and unexpected his left one enclosed gross the still glad animal. Rei: *flinches* =o.o= Then he hold it close to his face thereby it could/had to look right into his eyes which didn't really radiate joy. More raving madness.
"I only say this one time: You've got no friends, nobody! Me, your master, I don't permit this and you have to obey me! Your life is not worth a rush and next time I'll smash your tiny skull at the next wall if I catch you again at this. Do you get it, Kaz?!"
=OxO=
What happened to Kai?! As cold-blooded as now Rei had never seen him like that. Before he could interfere into this Kai swung and threw ruthlessly, how Rei got to know, the bat called Kaz through the window. "And tell the old man I'll be home tomorrow at noon!" he shouted after it before Kaz disappeared behind the house. When it wasn't seen anymore Kai jumped down from the window-sill and went in line to the bedroom without any notice to Rei whose face directed to the floor not moving one time. Finally the Russian was able to relax falling into a dreamless sleep. But then the Chinese seized him at his upper arm out of a clear sky and whirled him around to himself. Kai didn't believe that he's *that* strong what didn't impress him else, starring down to him acting like always cooly. "What do ya want, Kon." he asked monotonous and without any emotion. "Why did you do this?! Why did you say this?!? == That's completely nonsensical what you told! Why shouldn't Kaz have friends?!" Rei was trembling with excitement, his wild look kept Kai in mind. It was totally incomprehensible why someone like Kai forbade making friends. Weren't they friends?
"Don't interfere in things, Kon, which aren't your business. What do's and don'ts that's not your concern." And without any addition Kai stopped the small talk and walked back into the sleeping room. Rei didn't know what was more important for the phoenix and wished he would let him help but if his proud didn't allow this...
What made him so inaccessible?
When he thought about it dreamy he didn't perceive that Kai yet turned away from him then he started with this husky voice: "Deliver the others that I came back in three days." Kai descended into the dark room. 'Where will you go?' the Chinese wanted to ask until it occured to him with whom he's actually confronted.
~~The next day~~
The leader of the Bladebreakers was undiscoverable. Tyson, Max and Kenny were awake for once a bit earlier and wanted to go with the other two sightseeing in Hong Kong's shopping quarter. But it was amazing for them Kai disappeared without leaving a trace. Thus pretty normal ^-^; "Hey Rei! Do ya maybe know where Kai could be?" The addressed one was sitting at the dinner table of the inn's kitchen all guests shared together and drank a cup of honey milk. "Nope. He only said that he's back in three days." "What?! He just beat it?! O0O " Max gaped at Rei like a horse scratching his head why Kai only told it him. "How comes it that only you know this, Rei?" Kenny interrogated with interest over his computer on which he revised many data banks at the same time and always had to type. Just his typical habits ^o^ The raven haired only thought for a moment cause he couldn't make them believe that a bat conveyed a message to Kai coming back to home in hell. That's why he told them simply Kai got a special delivery letter in the evening where everyone except him and Rei already lay in bed. It was an invitation to a meeting. Rei didn't know more about that.
Ty: Ey! He can't decamp that easy!
Max: Didn't I say this!
Ty: Anyway! Let's have fun without him ^o^
Max: Yey! om
Both of them behaved again like they were the greatest heros in Japan after Spiderman and company ^^; and romped over the entire court. Only Rei wasn't pleased with this that Kai would be away that long. Usually he's just invisible for their eyes staying behind trees and turned up when nobody expected him. And most of the time Rei and Kenny were the only one who recognized it. But now it was different. Now Kai was at home and Rei didn't know what happened to himself. His intuition told him that there's something in the wind, heavy and uneasy.
~~Three days later~~
Today Kai should come back to them. Everybody waited impatiently that their leader was there ordering them again and giving instructions what had to be made very soon. Otherwise then they were no team without him. All day long they did nothing but sitting in the shrine, killing time with negligible things and counting clouds in the sky. Especially Tyson and Max couldn't keep their temper trying to busy themselve with funny things. The day went over and no indication from Kai.
"Perhaps he was held up and comes back not before tomorrow." Kenny said studious and typed rash again for his data. "As we know him he won't call us or send a message like 'it will be late' a.s.o. ^-^; " All of them agreed Kenny and acted like they were replaced without this pressure they had. They had still two weeks for continuing their journey to America.
Only for one person it was difficult...
Three days more passed away and anxiety obtruded itself marked in the team. Where could Kai be? "Well, if he won't come tomorrow at the latest we have to call Mr. Dickenson and the police." the brunette suggested and put his specs in the right place. Like an electrical jolt it rushed through the tiger when he heard this touching his head.
*~Rei's POV~*
By God, where is this guy?! For a week he didn't show himself and now there we are! And since indeed I was the only one who really knew where he had gone I had to act on my own! So I had only one day bringing him back to earth. But... 'How do I come down to hell? =?__?= ' (Kch, someone who wants voluntarily into hell ^-^; ) I had absolutely no idea how I would attain to this much less come back unhurt =-.-="" I had a problem again. *sigh*
"Oi, why this rumbling between you?" It was Lee who got out of his room looking at me with a silent question in his eyes cause I seemed to be alarmed. 'Wait a sec...' "Lee, would you like to make a *circuit* of our surrounding?" I emphasized it because I wanted to impart him to talk about something really important. "Sure." he cut it short and accompanied me to the exit of the temple while Kenny, Tyson and Max still stood at the same place watching us going away.
*~Normal POV~*
When Rei ascertained it that they were far enough from the building he began to speak: "Lee, do you still know how you can go to hell?" The puma gave him a sceptical glance asking himself if he heard right. "Rei, that was one of the first things we were taught in the heaven school: creatures with good intentions come to heaven, others with bad intentions into hell. Don't know why this you slipped your memory ^-^" "It didn't! I didn't mean it in that way..." All of a sudden the question embarrassed him cause he knew what Lee's coming responses would be but he didn't let fluster himself. "Lee, I ask you how *I* can come to hell or rather over which path I can go down?"
Like he was hit by a flash Lee stood rooted to the ground, uncertain about the case he he was hearing. "Par...don?!" He touched the forehead of the neko-jin and compared the temperature with his own. "Rei, are you out of your senses?!? How did you get this fixed idea descending to the underworld?!? OxO Are you nuts!!! 0 " Lee couldn't keep to himself this...request infurated him so much. But Rei's orbs reflected also another thing, something which Lee knew well enough from his friend: this mixture of "You can't stop me from my plan" and "I need you!" He sighed audibly while he tored his mane with both hands. "At least tell me what reason you have to do this venture."
~~Two minutes later~~
"NANI?! O0O! Kai is WHA...?!?! O " If Rei didn't shut his mouth with delay everything would be out what Kai and he himself had kept secret. "Now I ask you: Are YOU nuts?!? You can't cry out blue murder!" Rei hissed annoyed and left carefully his mouth. "Well, will you finally tell me how I can reach this place or what?" If the Chinese lost more time the consequences would be more than bad. You can see that he's in a hurry. "Hm. Okay, I show you an entrance which is in the near of us. But promise me to be careful. The inhabitants there aren't very well for angels for talking -_- " =o.o= ... =^o^= "Thank you, O-niichan!" Rei behaved like he was a small angel again and hung on Lee's arm while they went to the next entry. "Don't call me like that! We have only a difference of three seconds! That's why it's baloney to call me 'O-niichan'!" "Okay, O-niichan =^-^= " "REI!" *smirks*
They found themselves in a forest and Rei thought it over from time to time if he should think it over. Yet he intended to scour the hell after Kai. 'No! I can't chicken out now! I have to trust my feeling and calm down!' Thus he walked beside Lee taking care not to trip over immense roots and not to be caught by shrubs. Before he could complain how very long they wanted to hike they arrived in front of an huge tree, a mamoth tree. It towered above the trees in the margin, old and steady being anchored in the ground no storn could harm it. Its monstrous roots even grew upon the ground so that they had to climb up many of them to be at the trum. When both of them stood in front of it looking upwards it flashed on the little one what properly had to be noticed since the beginning. "What I don't understand, Lee...how do you know these entrances?" *gulps* "Well, eto, I have my connections *^^*; " "Ah..yes." That was really peculiar for the tiger to hear such things from his 'O-niichan' but for the time being that was irrelevant. Now it was important bringing Kai back and continueing with the search after his charge.
"If you touch this spot *points to it* the door to the underworld opens and a staircase will lead you downwards. I wish I could be at your side..." "Ah, Lee, you know me. Till now I get everything what I purpose and as long as I don't fulfill my mission nobody can stop me *pats* Don't make such a face, big brother =^.-= " and in the next sec he disappeared already in the dark passage. "How many times shall I tell ya that I'm...!!! " it echoed behind Rei who interrupted this with "Yeah, yeah =^___^= " and went on into the depth of this subterranean tunnel. The walls were rough and moist at which he fumbled along. "What will maybe await me..." This oppressive obscurity made his knees weak but it didn't prevent him to go on. Besides it wasn't that gloomy cause his eyes were like we know useful for this surrounding. Without them he had missed the hole he nearly fell into. With a leap he jumped over it and prompt...
"MI....!!!!"
~~Somewhere else~~
"Oh, damn! I had to inform him about the second hole!" Lee shouted loudly when he was on the way back to the temple hitting himself on his head. But he couldn't let his troop alone for long. Who knows what they would do without him ^^; "Anyway, he'll sure enough manage this ^o^ "
~~Back to Rei~~
"...AAAAAAA!!!!" Without a slightest idea he slid down big pipe making many slaloms and somesaults and yelled with all his heart. He didn't know anymore where top and bottom were until he saw a faint light at the end of this slide trip. As fast as he raced down as fast he flew out. At full speed he landed on his butt covered from top to bottom with black dust so that his rags took on a grayish hue. "Itata...=;_;= " he stood up and checked if he hadn't broken something by the sudden fall. Relieved that nothing bad happened he looked round only to state that he wasn't at the place where he wanted to be. At least he thought it. It was very gloomy, it was very hot but not everything was in that way like in his imagination. An incredibly huge field be composed of rock hills, caves and craters which were filled with hot springs (an Onsen-paradise ^o^ ) opened before his golden pools disconcerting him. Red and yellow light from stone lanterns, similar to ones in the hotel, gave the finishing touch to this image. But nobody seemed to be there. You just heard the rush and the bubbles of the springs in alternation to the sibilant steam which escaped from many clefts wrapping the air with warm mist. "Really pretty here but...how do I get to Kai now =?-?= " Unexpected murmur came to Rei's ears growing more and more loud. Murmur turned to chattering and before Rei could take occasion to hide himself he was run down simultaneously by at least hundred men who seemed to concentrate for only one thing: sitting down into the hot water after work and looking forward to be at home. Also in Rei the feeling of blissfulness accumulated. "The hell has gladsome faces, too =^^= " he whispered to himself and wanted to get on his feet in this moment when someone stood right before him looking down to him, not as happy as the other demons.
"What do ya think where you are, huh?" the tall maybe nineteen years old black dressed boy whose dark brown hair stood on end and did everything but stay orderly on his head. Rei didn't have a response to this cause he feared that he could find out who or rather what the Chinese was. "Eto..." "I suppose your worn-out clothes were washed too long that they have this grey color now." The demon watched him haughtily with a devalutated glance. "An insult for our eyes." Rei would rather have said a contra right in his face but left it. He was already going on live coals. Instead of he avoided any eye contact and gave his best not to think about his 'mission'. "Never mind, I pity you. Come with me." The boy took the lead with the certainty Rei would follow him. The tiger wasn't talkative in that instant a matter of course how he was treated. Cross he trotted after him marking the way they went by this he found their way back in case they needed a flight path at hand. But, he had to admit, he couldn't mind a bit from the return then they always walked into other tunnel branched off every second corner so that it was really impossible for Rei. When Rei thought wandering through the entire hell they arrived a house which stood in the middle of a cave.
The Chinese - =O_____O=
It was a Japanese house only a first floor but with plenty of rooms. The walls were out of paper. Just one step to climb to enter. Rei wasn't able to stop gaping and almost broke his neck when he tripped in if the brunette didn't seized him at his arm. The raven haired couldn't help but this guy resembled Kai in many things.
After he took off his shoes and went with into the room he gasped for air perceptible. This room was *that* beautiful. A low table made the center, at two places two big olive-green pillows as seats, a little bureau in the corner on it a small mirror. But on the other hand the room was also naked. No pictures or photos, no kotatsu (1) or a radiator why it's not warm in it. Only a few scanty plants and a computer were to be seen. 'A computer...? =oO=? ' "I see you know this utensil? Very interesting..." 'Great, Rei, pretty thing blabbing it out =-__-=;; ' "Well, I never! Your name is Rei." 'No! == *tish*' The demon derided our neko-jin going away to get him some other garments while the embarrassed one of both took a seat on one pillow and went on inspecting the room. When the boy came back he held among other things a black shirt which had a red border and golden buttons. 'Wait...' He knew this shirt too well! He looked at it scrupulously shaking his head. It couldn't be. "Here you are. You can wear this and the black trousers. Else it would look shabby as demon, little angel. *grins*" .
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"WHAT! =O0O=!" The shock set Rei's teeth on edge when he heard this 'little angel'. Perplexed he backed away staring aghast up to the demon. "Exactly, little angel, I know what you are. At once when I saw you I *smelled* it. And now be nice and put this clothes on before my master comes back. *throws it to Rei* Although...perhaps I should take you at first before you change your clothes *hentaigrin*" Rei's eyes almost flew out from their socket if they didn't grow on to it.
"Hiiiiiii!!! =*O=O*= " He was sounding really like a woman but that was irrelevant right this moment. He just wanted one thing: off from this place, off from this crazy pervert! And continueing to look after Kai. Without further ado he proposed to jump up and run out (he had regard not to shred the house into matchwood ^-^; ) if a voice from outside didn't prevent him. "MISCARRIAGE! WHERE THE HECK ARE YOU!" it thundered through the whole building. Thus Rei lost every chance to escape. Panicly he even wanted to cry when the hand of the also terrified but nevertheless calm demon seized him at his wrist making him speechless threw him offhand into the next closet. A smothered "MEOW!" escaped from Rei's mouth. With a stifled commanding voice *bows down a little*: "You stay here till the coast is clear! Or else you will come off *very* badly if they get you!" "They?" But his question couldn't be answered anymore then for this instant the sliding door opened and a disguised boy in Rei's age came in.
*~Rei's POV~*
Now I sat in this closet whose door was a crack open thinking in what trouble I got into. If this 'master' discovers me at this place I am sunk! So I had to take into my head. Hm, I had still those clothes from the pervert. 'If I put them on I won't be recognized that fast.' I changed my outfit and made my own things disappear. After this I peered again through the slit to see what happened now. In front of my eyes were the so-called master his back to me sitting on one of those pillows, didn't take off this hood which hid face from me. The pervert stood beside him and lingered constantly in the same position always devoted and wait-and-see attitude for the next order of his master. "Go for bandaging material." it sounded arid and the 'hentai boy' flitted to the adjoining room coming back again with a small fist-aid box. Silently the boy in the cowl received it gathering up his right sleeve to show a deep gash. *twitches* I'd rather come forth out of the closet without hesitating to help him but I wasn't allowed to reveal myself. Instead I stayed there further on watching him how he bandaged himself.
"Master, why don't you go back to them?" the servant asked a little precipitate protecting his head for the coming punishment cause of his boldness. But nothing came. The other one still wrapped up his arm. "Cause I can't show myself in this state." When I heard this something pierced me through my heart. Why it took to my heart...
I jumped up noiseless with shock when the sliding door flung open a second time, a gaunt man in a long cape entered the room. His face wasn't recognized likewise cause it was behind a mask but also with this I could see that he had bad designs. It seemed that he was the superior of this 'master'.
"In case you wanna run the risk disobeying me there won't be left only this little wounds!" The boy stayed quiet and went on with doctoring himself. "LISTEN TO ME YOU LITTLE WORTHLESS MITE!" The man grasped the boy's upper arm tugging him up by which the hood dropped.
My heart stood still.
*~Normal POV~*
Right before Rei Kai stood there, the leader of the Bladebreakers, his face furrowed with bruises and his eyes tired by many sleepless nights. "You little beast! One sound thrashing isn't enough for you!" "Ts, let me alone, old man." Yet the first slap reached him right in his face and the phoenix would crash into the next wall when his superior didn't hold him fast. His arm got already bluish marks which joined to the other ones but Kai didn't care those things. One slap again. The man didn't like it by no means that the boy didn't mind the beat up why he continued thrashing on him. Rei couldn't watch this anymore. 'Kai...' he uttered. A flinch went through the Russian and his head turned slightly to the closet, puzzled and perhaps even a bit panic. Apperant the old man didn't 'perceive' Rei.
'Yoshi! (2) It's time for a change.' A thought occured to him which wasn't really harmless but had to be tried. His right hand moved from top to bottom over his face and within a heartbeat a white mask was on it, form and grimace of a tiger. He hid his hair under a white kerchief he tied around his head therewith he couldn't get hindered by them (looks like a pirate ^o^ ). When the man got ready for the next slap Rei burst out of the closet at one go taking effect of the shocking moment and ran straight to the both.
...
TBC
(1) a heating blanket for the feet under the table ^o^
(2) Okay! Alright!
*sigh* It was time for a cliffhanger again ^_______^ This chapter is a bit shorter than the last one cause it's the usual length for my customary chappies ^o^
I hope I get a few more readers for my fic. It's a bit disappointing that as good as nobody like this T^T And I know my English is pretty bad -.-;; But at least one or two readers like my story XD *waves*