Cute Lil Confused Kai Chapter 4- Questions
This chapter is dedicated to Maeris
Disclaimer: I don't own beyblade.
All this was too much for Kai, all the questions, everyone wanting to know, prying into his life. He knew he could trust them though, the Bladebreakers were his friends. He didn't want to eat the food, what if it had some sot of drug in it?
An unknown fear grabbed him from inside, he felt his throat thicken and tars welled up in his gray eyes. He clutched the blanket to him, his arms wrapped around his knees, and for the second time in his life, Kai cried.
The tears slid off his eyelashes and splashed onto his cheeks, his slate blue bangs hung down in front of his eyes as if protecting them. He didn't wipe away the tears. He sobbed and hiccoughed.
They were going to think he was bad now, crying like this and for the lies he'd told them about his age, but he didn't' care anymore, he wasn't going to obey anyone else now, they could hit him all they wanted.
"I'm not going to do what they want anymore" he sobbed out, "no one's going to order me around anymore. I'll do what I want to do. You can't force me to do anything." It was like a precaution to everyone.
The tears didn't stop, they flowed freely down his face, a lifetime's worth of tears, his frail frame shook and he was hugging Dranzer to him like a teddy.
Everyone was watching Kai awkwardly, but held their gaze, feeling like somebody was tugging their heartstrings, crying for them to help.
Their expressions were of sadness, caring, compassion and anxiety and a warmth towards the huddled up Kai who had had nothing but Dranzer all his life, who'd been thrown about like a toy and not treated like a real human being.
No one had loved him, or cared for him before; instead they gave him pain and cruelty. Now, somehow the gentle fragile being that hid inside his hard shell had eventually come out. Under all the toughness and coldness was a child who wanted to be happy and needed reassurance.
This registered in the minds of everyone present. Rei bit his wobbling lip in an effort not to cry for Kai too.
Judy vowed to care for Kai like only a mother could. Mr Granger placed himself as a father that would help and protect Kai. Mr Dickenson promised in his mind to replace Voltaire and be the grandfather Kai should have had.
Everyone longed to comfort Kai and cuddle him but with someone as sensitive as Kai, they weren't sure how he would react.
Max finally slipped off Judy's lap and quietly crawled onto Kai's bed.
Kai stared at him with unfocused eyes and hiccoughed, the tears didn't stop trickling down.
Max wrapped his arms around Kai in a gentle hug. Kai cringed slightly then tentatively rested his head on Max's arm.
"Do you feel like telling us what happened" asked Judy softly, gently touching his arm so he'd look up. Kai instinctively shrank back from her touch and wriggled backwards into the safety of Max's arms.
He felt safer with Max who was someone who was nearly always happy and could teach him what happiness and love were , 2 things Kai wasn't sure about and Max's natural skill at defence made Kai feel more secure around him.
Kai nodded his head slightly, he wanted o tell them but he didn't wan them to think he was weak and dependent even though he probably was.
He spoke in an almost inaudible voice, a voiding everyone's gazes, why did they have to stare at him like that? He wasn't mutant or anything 'though I might as well be' he thought 'I'm nothing like they are so how could they understand?'
/They will, trust me/ said Dranzer mentally.
Kai clung onto his beyblade and looked at it while he talked. "I'm not actually sixteen or fifteen; Voltaire put that so I could go to higher stages at Biovault and seem like more powerful blader because they still need some authorisation about you when you train outside in the wild. He could also use me for more missions with the other top bladers who are the Demolition Boys."
He looked scared of their reaction as he concentrated on his beyblade, "I'm actually eleven." He didn't dare glance around. Everyone looked shocked. "But" said Mr Dickenson, he didn't know what to say "this doesn't make sense."
"Yeah dude" said Tyson "that means you were 10 last year when you captained us and you were way better at blading and loads of other stuff than we were." It was taking awhile for the fact that their captain had been younger than them all the time to sink in.
Kai shivered as he took in another breath, this was when they didn't believe him.
Max must have sensed something wrong because he renewed his hug. Kai cried quietly.
"He's telling the truth" said a voice "he never lies you know, he's never actually told you what his age was".
Kai jerked up in surprise "Dranzer?" he whispered.
"Me" said Dranzer.
Mr Granger was indignant "those bas-" he quickly stopped.
"-tards" said Kai.
"Yeah, how could they do this to an 11 year old?" Mr Granger said "I'd kill anyone who would do that to Tyson."
"They just do it" said Kai "they have levels of punishment-beating, bashing, whipping, cutting (A/N as in slicing cuts all over you with a knife), stabbing, breaking, chaining you to the top of the tower to starve and freeze-"
Everyone gasped; Max still cuddled Kai, urging him to carry on.
"-and then-the gunshots" said Kai, burying his face into his arms as fresh tears started coming, everyone seemed frozen to their seats.
"Aww man" whispered Tyson "that is so cruel! If I ever see them I'm going to-" he made a violent motion with his hand.
"What did they do to you yesterday?" said Rei.
"All of them" was the muffled reply.
"All-all of them?" said Mr Granger.
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