Ten Years Wasted

Prologue

This is based on a very strange dream I had...

Author's Note: Michael is not the All Starz Michael. It is a completely different person. So far, the only other Beyblade character that exists other then Kai and Tala is Rei, and he's not coming in for a bit...

Warning!!! Tala may seem a little OC at times...

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Kai Hiwatari and Tala Valkov were the best of friends for as long as anyone could remember. But one day, another boy got between them...

"Hey, Michael!" Tala ran towards the dark-haired boy. "Wait up!!!"

"Hello, Tala." Michael had a thick English accent and piercing green eyes. He smiled at Tala. "Are you coming over tonight?"

Tala nodded enthusiastically. "I think Kai's coming too..." replied the red- haired Russian. "What do you want to talk to us about?"

Michael grinned slyly. "You will see. I don't want to ruin a good surprise, do I now?" Tala once again nodded. "Good, I will see you then. Do not forget the math homework tonight!" he added quickly as Tala began walking away.

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Michael had arrived at Kai and Tala's high school barely a month ago, and the two friends instantly like him. He seemed nice, cheerful, and seemed to really like Tala and Kai.

Ding dong!

Kai waited patiently at the doorstep, still pondering what was so important that Michael needed to talk to them about. "Hey, Kai!" The slate-haired boy jumped as Tala popped up behind him.

"Jesus! You trying to give me a heart attack?"

"SORRY!"

Kai sighed and shook his head before ringing the doorbell again. "Are we early?" he asked himself, glancing at his watch. "Oh well..." He turned to Tala but panicked as he saw his best friend was gone. "Tala!?!?"

"Kai! Look at this!" Kai looked over and saw Tala standing by a rose bush. "I-I just saw a glint and then..." The red-head gulped and pointed at the dirt.

Kai bent down to examine the shine as well and nearly had another heart attack. "A-A-A-!"

"EAR!" moaned Tala. "That's nasty... And it's caked over in blood too... Do you think Michael knows???"

"I don't know..." replied Kai, looking green. "What's going on he-AHHHHH!!" he suddenly shouted. "TALA!!! This had better not be one of your jokes!!" The usually calm boy pointed at the dirt again and Tala bent to look and nearly hurled.

"That's... nasty..." he choked, picking up a cast away stick and poking at a green eyeball. "And... wrong..." Kai nodded.

"Hm?" The two looked up and saw that Michael was waiting for them at the door. "Oh! There you are! Speaking of which, what might you being doing by my Mother's roses??"

"Michael, do you realize that-!" Kai slammed his hand over his over excited friend's mouth.

"Do you realize that your Mother has a beautifully green thumb? The roses are earfully, I mean wonderfully wonderful!" Stuttered the older one while Tala raised an eyebrow at his friend.

"Why, thank you Kai!" Michael smiled at them, but there was an odd twinkle in his eye. He called back into the house, "Hota! Prepare some special drinks for my friends here!"

The two boys followed Michael in, Tala watching Kai strangely.

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Tala and Kai sat in the Kitchen while Michael and Hota prepared the drinks. "Kai seems rather jumpy..." sighed Michael. "I suppose they both saw too much... Pity. I was starting to enjoy their company. Oh well, both would have died either way. Do you not think so, Hota?" The crooked old man laughed dryly.

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"What the heck is your problem?" demanded Tala once Michael was out of ear shot. Kai didn't answer. Something wasn't right.

"Here you go!" Michael smiled at them and set two drinks in front of them. "Drink up!!" Kai and Tala drank and Michael watched them, a smile creeping across his lips.

He turned to Hota and whispered, "Hide the bodies under the deck... with the other ones there. I don't plan on ruining either one's pleasant features."

Fifteen minutes later, Kai and Tala were both slumped against their seats, unmoving and seemingly dead.

Their bodies were hidden with several others under a deck, and nothing was heard for these two boys for ten years....

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Evil, EVIL Michael!!!!!

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