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IMPORTANT NOTE: This chapter is rated R and I'm so not condoning suicice. And people, I know about what I'm talking about.
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Chapter 8: Missing
Nami kept tossing and turning on the bed, her heart beating faster at each minute, her closed eyes wishing to be opened without sucess.
Coldness and gelid winds kept embracing the girl in the middle of the darkness, as the girl continued to struggle to open her eyes and see the light she wished so much to find.
Then, rain started falling over the girl, but the drops were sharp knives instead of refreshing raindrops and before the dark-reddish orange girl could move, those same 'drops' started cutting her skin.
As she tried hard not to scream from the pain, the 'drops' kept hitting her everywhere, including her clothes and, despite of everything, Nami continued trying to wake up.
"Nami..." a voice called, as if it was being carried by the wind and, as an answer, the girl finally opened her eyes wide and sat abruptly on the bed.
"Nami..." the same voice called again and Nami looked to her right side, only to face a pair of gelid aqua-blue eyes
"Tala."
she whispered and the dark red haired boy smirked evily:
"Hello,
putrid memory." he complimented "Tell me, how does it feel
to be invisible?"
"Why are you doing this to me?"
Nami asked, before looking around her "No wait, this is another
dream, isn't it? This is Boris doing."
"Oh really?" Tala asked, as Nami continued to look around the room "Then, if this is a dream, would I be able to do this?"
At same time Nami looked at him confused, Tala grabbed her arm and twisted it before smirking as Nami hissed in pain and clenched her other hand hard.
"See? This isn't a dream or Boris doing." Tala started, as he let go of Nami's arm and the girl looked at him, her eyes tearing. Then, when Nami's eyes met Tala's, the boy continued "This is your death."
Without any warning, Tala raised his hands and wrapped them around Nami's neck, before squeezing it hard, not caring with the fact Nami had screamed at his sudden movement.
As her scream broke the silence of the room, Nami jumped backwards and hit with her back against the headboard, at same time silent tears were streamming down her pale cheeks.
Immediatly a shadow appeared on her left side and Nami screamed again, at same time she tried to get away from the bed. However, a strong hand grabbed her arm and stopped the girl from escaping, but not from struggling:
"Let
me go!" Nami shouted, as she continued to struggle "Please,
let me go!"
"Hey, shut up before you wake the whole
house up." an annoyed voice commanded and Nami froze: that
voice...
Slowly, the dark reddish-orange haired girl looked at the owner of the hand, which was still grabbing her hand, and breathed relieved when she saw a pair of reddish-brown eyes staring at her. Only then, Nami looked down at her lap, feeling embarassed by her behavior though she still had Tala's words playing inside her mind and, before she knew it, her eyes were filled with tears.
Then, before Kai could say or do a thing, Nami covered her face with her hands and started crying.
Shocked by such behavior, Kai couldn't help but wonder what he should do, since he really hated to see girls crying.
Why don't you ask her what's wrong? Dranzer asked, in Kai's mind
Hmph, and what would you know about this? Kai asked back
Without muttering a word, Kai put his hand over Nami's shoulder and the girl, as a reaction, threw herself against his chest and continued to cry.
Now Kai really didn't knew what to do, besides standing still while Nami continued to cry on him at same time she grabbed his black shirt as if she was a scared child, looking for comfort.
Put your arms around her or something. Dranzer instructed, suddenly Show that you care.
With a growl, Kai did what he was told though he just couldn't believe he had been ordered by his bit-beast.
Slowly and moving as if he was afraid of touching the girl, Kai managed to put his arms around Nami while the girl continued to cry and muttering things which were a little hard to understand. Nevertheless, even if he didn't wanted to, Kai did managed to catch a few words:
"Death...Tala...rain...can't take it anymore...kill..."
At the sound of the last word, Kai opened his eyes wide in surprise, but quickly recovered at same time he put his hands on the girl's shoulders and pulled her away from him.
"What
are you talking about?" the bluish-grey haired boy asked, in his
usual cold voice at same time he tried to hide any glimpse of
emotions off his face
However, when Nami looked at him with
bloodshot eyes, Kai felt something stir inside of him.
"Oh,
what am I doing?" Nami asked, as she blinked and understood what
she had been doing "Oh shit, I'm so sorry Kai, I don't know what
came over me."
"Nami, what the hell are you talking
about?" Kai asked, annoyed and slightly confused "And why
the hell did you woke up screaming and crying like that?"
At
the question, Nami immediatly looked down:
"I had a
nightmare, that's all." she whispered, before wipping the tears
which had stopped falling down her cheeks, as if time had froze to
them "And I'm sorry for the show I just did; I don't know what
happened."
"Hmph." was the only reply she got, at same time Kai crossed his arms and looked at her, as if he was waiting for a better answer
"Why do I have the feeling you're lying?" Kai asked after a few seconds in silence and Nami bite her lower lip, at same time she continued to stare at her lap "Damnit Nami, how are we suppose to help you, if you don't tell us everything?"
"But
I already told you everything I knew." Nami said, confused by
such question "I don't have anything else to say."
For
a few seconds, Kai only stared at Nami, his eyes void of any emotion
and the dark reddish-orange girl couldn't help but move unconfortable
under Kai's gaze.
Uh, I liked that one; he sounded really worried. a voice commented inside Nami's mind And the way he embraced you, when you were crying. Uh, I even shivered.
At that observation, Nami blushed and shook her head
He was only being nice. she replied
Yeah right, Kai being nice? C'mon Nami, that's really unlike him. However, he seemed to be really worried about you. the voice said Ohhh, is my little Nami breaking hearts? Specially, Mr 'I'm a badass, so don't mess with me'?
Shut up. Nami said, as a deep color of red appeared on her cheeks, though it was barely visible since it the girl was surrounded by darkness He only showed he has a heart.
Yeah, after a whole week treating you like you don't even deserve to live. the voice replied C'mon Nami, just admit it; he cares for you. He just needs to see that too.
As an answer, Nami shook her head and slowly layed on the bed, on her back, before putting a hand over her forehead. By now her mind had already returned to the nightmare and, after sending a glance in Kai's direction, Nami turned her back to the boy and sighed.
As the Moon made it's way on the sky, both Nami and Kai's eyes continued open, their minds lost in thoughts and questions.
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The whole group was laughing and talking, as they slowly at their meals, while white clouds crossed the beautifull sky from time to time, giving to the teenagers a good protection from the sunlight.
"Hey Tyson, don't eat all the food!" Hillary exclaimed, as she watched the dark blue haired boy stuffing his face, just like Gary who was ignoring all the conversations around him
"C'mon
Hillary, let me eat in peace." Tyson protested, with a full
mouth and Hillary made a disgusted face:
"Argh, Tyson,
eat before you talk." the brunette instructed, annoyed "You're
making me sick!"
"Really? Then you aren't going to
eat that, are you?" Tyson asked, looking at the cookies in
Hillary's lap and before the brunette could say a word, the boy just
grabbed a hand full of cookies
"Hey, those are mine!"
Hillary shouted, and everyone laughed
Under a shade of a second cherry-tree, rather close to the one where the huge group was, were Nami and Kai. However, while Nami was watching her friends closely, with a small smile on her face, Kai was on her left side, with his back against the tree-truck, arms folded against his chest and closed eyes.
Nami always liked to watch people, because she would always managed to find something the others didn't. Like Hillary and Tyson, for instant; they looked like cat and mouse, yet it was so obvious they cared for each other and it was clear as crystal they liked each other.
Then, there was the case 'Ray and Mariah', the 'friends soon to be lovers'. Gosh, Nami had never seen such odd couple. Both felt completely at easy with each other, they were friends since they were littles, but both were to shy to actually do something about their situation.
"Hey Nami, Kai, want to participate?" Jimmy asked suddenly, at same time Tyson and Kane raised their beyblades and pointed them towards each other, while Max was in the middle of them, with a smile on his face.
Nami
shook her head, at same time a warm breeze started playing with her
dark reddish-orange hair:
"I prefere to watch." she
replied, while Kai looked to his friends, his face completely
emotionless
"3....2...1...LET IT RIP!!!" Max shouted, and both Kane and Tyson launched their beyblades
At each crash, memories flooded Kai's mind...at each scream, voices started ringing in Kai's ears...at each eye-contact, Kai felt daggers against his heart
Then, at same time Tyson and Kane screamed, a memory consumed Kai's body and mind:
'"I
need you to train her." Boris ordered, as he pointed to the dark
reddish-orange haired girl, next to him "I need to you to make
her the best beyblader in here."
"Hmph, why should I
do it?" Kai asked, as he crossed his arms "She's a girl and
girls are weaks."
"I won't train her." Tala said, at same time, his fists clenched so hard his knuckers were white "What is she doing here anyway? She will never be like us!"
"Oh, but you will train her." Boris started, a smirk on his face "You see, Voltaire wants you to do so. He wants this girl to be the best beyblader after you; she will be the first female beyblader inside the Abbey whenever you want it or not."
Suddenly
the ten year old girl gave a step foward, her eyes locked with
Tala's, but her face was completely emotionless:
"I have
accepted Boris invitation to become the first female at the Abbey."
she started, as she looked from Tala to Kai, and back to Tala again
"I understand I may look weak, hopeless and even like I don't
deserve to be here, but I wish to become a great beyblader and I
promise to do everything you tell me to."
"What are
you doing here?" Tala snapped and Kai looked at him, with cold
eyes "Why are you here? What makes you think we're going to help
you?"
"Because that's your duty." the girl
replied and Kai watched as Tala looked down, his fists still closed
hard, while he continued muttering things under his breath'
"C'mon Tyson, show him who's the man!" Ray exclaimed, as Chief continued to type furiously at same time he talked with Dizzy
"They
still look like they're brothers." Salima commented to her
teammates, as she watched Kane and Tyson's move in perfect
harmony
"Yeah, it's amazing isn't it?" Goki asked
and the brunette nodded, a smile on her face:
"C'mon
Kane!" Salima exclaimed, suddenly "Show them who'se the
best!"
"Go Dragoon!" Tyson shouted suddenly,
and his beyblade shocked with Kane's with an incredible speed
Nami slowly got up, completely oblivious Kai was staring at her and she was about to walk towards the group, to root for both boys when a grey beyblade appeared right in front of her feet, spinning furiously.
When she looked at the beyblade, Nami opened her eyes wide and immediatly looked up, to see Tala walking towards her, with the rest of the Demolition Boys.
"Tala..." the girl whispered, as the wind continued to swirl around her and, when Tala's streched his hand, the beyblade flew to it
"What are you doing here?" Tyson asked, as he stopped his attack at same time as Kane, who looked from Nami to TalaWith
cold eyes, Tala started scanning the group until he saw Kai, who was
still leaned against the tree-truck:
"Hmph, we came to
see if you losers still fight the same way you did." Ian said,
as he smirked and Nami looked at him: they were all so different.
"Why?
Are you afraid we're better than you?" Ray asked, as he crossed
his arms "Because, if you are, I'm warning you: you better start
trembling."
"Uh, we're sooo scared." Ian
replied, in a mock way before laughing "You guys are not only
losers, but stupid. You really think we're scared of you? Please..."
"What are you doing here?" Nami asked suddenly, her eyes on Tala who smirked as soon as his eyes fell the girl
"To wish for the raindrops to turn into knives." he replied "And for the refreshing rain to be nothing else than blood."At those words Nami opened her eyes wide in surprise, while everyone shared confused looks and Kai narrowed his eyes.
Then, as silence fell upon that place, Tala turned to his teammates and make a small gesture with his head towards school before turning around, leaving behind a very confused group, a shocked Nami and a suspiscious Kai.
'How
did he knew?' Nami asked herself, as she kept watching the
Demolition Boys walking away, at same time Tyson scratched the back
of his back:
"Did anyone understood about what he was
talking about?" he asked to his friends, only to recieve shrugs
as answers, at same time Mariah stepped closer to Ray:
"They're
so creepy." she commented and Ray looked at her, before
smiling:
"Oh, don't worry about them, barking dogs don't
bite." he replied and Mariah couldn't help, but smile back
Suddenly
Hillary screamed and everyone looked at her, only to see the brunette
looking at her watch:
"The next class will begin in five
minutes!" she shouted, before looking at her friends "C'mon,
we need to clean this up!"
"Ahh, relax Hillary, it's
not like you'll be late." Tyson said and the brunette looked at
him:
"Did I talked to you?" she asked and Tyson
winced at her tone of voice, before smiling:
"Oh, all
right, we'll help you cleaning this up." he said and Hillary
raised an eyebrow:
"But of course you're going to help me
clean this up." she said, in a matter-of-factly "You ate
too."
"C'mon guys, stop discussing and lets work."
Chief said, as he closed his laptop and everyone nodded
Minutes later, when the group had already cleaned everything and was now walking towards their classrooms, Nami couldn't help but think about what Tala had said:
'How did he knew?' Nami asked, to herself 'I mean, it was only a dream...right?'
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After
long hours lost in works, words and writing, the whole group finally
got out of their last class and met at the school entrance. They were
all happy for going home, but sadly all of them had work to do, which
meant they would probably have a long night ahead:
"Hey,
why don't we do homework together?" Tyson asked suddenly, as the
group slowly made it's way out of the school's enclosure "I
mean, we're all in the same classes and it would be quicker if we do
everything together."
"You mean, it would be easier
to copy others work." Hillary commented and Tyson looked
at her, arms folded against his chest:
"No, I was talking
about doing everything by ourselves." he said and Hillary
blinked:
"Ok, who are you and what did you do with
Tyson?" she asked and everyone else chuckled, as Tyson asked
what she meant with that
"Why do you say that?" she asked, before raising an hand "No wait, did you just agreed with Tyson's idea?"
"Well, yeah." Ray said, as he nodded "I mean, it would be a great oportunity for us to be together. Besides, Tyson's right; we would probably do everything faster."
"Well, I guess we could try and do it." Chief commented and Hillary shook her head:
"Are you out of your mind?!" she asked, before pointing at Tyson "He just wants to copy our homeworks, I know it."
"Do
you really have such opinion about me?" Tyson asked suddenly and
Hillary looked at him, prepared to reply, when she noticed how hurt
the boy seemed to be
"Well, I..." the brunette
trailled off, when Tyson turned to Max and started talking to him
"Well,
er...what do we do then?" Salima asked and everyone shared a
look
"Well, we can go to gramps house." Tyson said
suddenly, without looking at Hillary, who was now looking down
"There's lots of space there and free rooms; we can even sleep
there in case we finish late."
"Yeah, that's a great
idea." Max said, smiling "So, are we going now?"
"Yeah,
the sooner the better." Tyson said, nodding
One hour later, everyone was already in Tyson's grandfather's dojo, sat on the floor, doing their homeworks in group, pairs or alone.
In one corner were the Psychics, making their History work while, in the opposite side where the White Tigers, minus Mariah, doing their Maths homework and, finally, between the two teams, were the Bladebreakers, minus Ray, making their Chemistry works.
Mariah and Ray were close to the dojo's door, doing their English homework, while Kai was rather close to Nami, doing nothing since he was leaned against the wall, his eyes closed and arms closed, while the dark reddish-orange haired girl was sat on the floor, next to Hillary.
However, the three of them were thinking about everything, except their homework.
'Did I really hurt him?' Hillary thought as she slowly looked at Tyson, only to see that the dark blue haired boy was really doing his homework alone, though he did made a few questions from time to time to Max and Chief 'But how can he blame me? I mean, I'm not used to see Tyson being responsible. He's always so...care-free and...what did he said on the other night? Ah yes, his motto is 'Hakuna Matata', he always do everything without caring about the consequences. That's why I thought it was weird to see him doing something responsible...that's why I said those things.'
"Hey
Nami..." Hillary whispered and the dark reddish-orange haired
girl snapped from her thoughts, to look at her:
"Hai?"
"Do
you think I...I don't know, do you think I wasn't fair with Tyson?"
Hillary asked and Nami blinked in confusion, before
chuckling:
"Hillary, I can't say if what you did was
correct or not and if Tyson is mad at you, because I hardly know
you." she started "I mean, sure, I have been with you for
more than a week now, but there's still so many things I need to know
about you and the guys."
"Maybe that's the reason you care for him so much, ne?" she asked and, without knowing why, Hillary blushed "I mean, admit it Hillary, if it wasn't for the fact Tyson is...well, the way he is, you probably would never have the relationship you two have."
"I
don't like Tyson, if that's what you're thinking." Hillary
commented and Nami shook her head:
"I'm not thinking
anything Hillary, I'm just saying I think it's better for you to go
talk with him." she replied "I mean, this is Tyson we're
talking about, it's hard to know about what he's thinking, but one
thing is for sure; don't wait until it's too late, because then you
won't be able to reverse any of your actions."
"I
guess you're right." Hillary said, before smiling "Thanks
Nami."
"You're welcome." Nami replied, before
looking at her open book and grab a pencil
Slowly and though she didn't knew what she was going to do, Nami leaned the pencil against the white page and let it started writing something. However, seconds later, when the dark reddish-orange haired girl saw what she had done, she gasped silently:
«You're nothing more than a putrid memory.»
'Why did I wrote this?' Nami asked to herself, as she stared silently at the words 'Tala...'
C'mon Nami, don't be sad, he'll be the same Tala you knew. a voice said inside the girl's mind, but Nami shook her head
No, I can't help him. she thought It's all my fault his like that. I know if I had been quicker...if I had found the Bladebreakers sooner, he wouldn't be like the way he is now.
How can you say that? You know why you didn't found them sooner; you know Tala doesn't blame you for what happened. the same voice said inside Nami's mind Please Nami, don't give in, I know we'll figure what to do sooner or later.
It's already too late. Nami replied, sadly He told me himself; he wishes for the rain to turn into knives and for the raindrops to turn into blood. He wishes my death, because I wasn't able to save him.
Stop!!! Nami, you can't think like that. Remember what happened to you, last time you wanted to gave up? the voice asked, now souding worried and nervous You have friends now and they want to help you. Please, hold on...don't give up.
I'm nothing than a putrid memory. Nami said, more to herself than to the voice He hates me and I can't handle that. I need him, but he loathes me. I miss him, but he only wants to see me dead.
Nami, please... the voice begged, but the dark reddish-orange haired girl shook her head
You don't understand. Nami started It's like I have this...this hole inside me, it's like something's missing and no matter what I do, it just doesn't desappear. No matter how hard I try to talk with my friends...no matter how hard I try to forget this empty feeling, I keep feeling something's missing.
What are you going to do? the voice asked, now completely scared and Nami sighed:
There's only one thing I can do. she replied, before standing up
"Hey Nami, finished your homework already?" Tyson asked, when he saw the girl getting up and Nami shook her head:"Iie, I'm going to drink some water." she replied "I'll be right back."
Kai, something wierd is going on. Dranzer said, into his master's mind and Kai opened his eyes
Hn, what is it? he asked, as he watched Nami walk out of the dojo
I heard this voice...I don't know who it is, but I'm certain it was a bit-beast. Dranzer started It asked for help.
Hn, and I should care because...? Kai trailled off and he knew that, if was possible, Dranzer would have rolled his eyes
It's Nami! Dranzer exclaimed and, without knowing why, Kai looked immediatly towards the dojo's door and, without saying a word, he run out if it
'Why am I listening to Dranzer?' Kai asked to himself, as he run towards the kitchen 'Damnit, why do I even care about what that girl does?'
While Kai run at full speed towards the kitchen, Nami was already inside it, looking at the sharp knife in her hand.
It was a strange moment, because on contrary of what had happened on the last time she tried to end with all the pain, Nami was now feeling that, if she did reached her goal, she would leave behind something important to her.
But what, the girl didn't knew.
She had nothing left; the only person that truly matter to her, hated her and wished for her to be invisible, so why was she feeling like she was going to leave something important behind?
Nami, please don't do it. You're stronger than this; think about you friends, about Kai or Tala. the voice pleaded inside the dark reddish-orange haired girl's mind, but the female teenager ignored it
'Kai.' Nami thought, and a sad smile appeared on her face 'I think he's the only one I regret leaving behind.' however, as soon as that thought crossed her mind, Nami shook her head 'No, he treated me like shit, just like Tala, why am I even thinking about him?'
Nami... the voice called, but this time the girl ignored it completely, at same time she raised her left wrist and leaned the knife's blade against her white skin
'I guess this is it.' Nami thought, not noticing the tears which had began to fall down her cheeks 'I'm sorry, for I have failed.'
Then,
slowly, Nami started making a small yet deep cut on her left wrist,
but before she could complete the job, Kai burst inside the
kitchen:
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!"
was the boy only question, as Nami looked up from her cut to look at
him, completely shocked:
"Kai..." she whispered,
before falling on her knees and, without thinking twice, Kai run
towards the girl and grabbed her by the shoulders:
"Why
are you doing this?" the bluish-grey haired boy asked, as Nami
continued to cry "Answer me, damnit!"
"I...I..." as she trailled off, Nami looked into Kai's eyes and immediatly let the knife fall from her grasp, when she noticed the boy's eyes weren't cold anymore, on contrary, they seemed to be pleading for her to be honest with him
"What the hell were you thinking?" Kai asked, as he noticed the girl's bleeding wrist
"I couldn't take it anymore." Nami whispered as Kai got up and, surprisinly, he took his scarf off his neck and put it around the girl's wound "I tried, I swear I did, but I failed...""How can you have failed?" Kai asked, as he continued to wrap Nami's wound with his scarf "You have been very brave until now."
At those words, Nami shook her head as her vision became blurry:
"I couldn't help Tala." she mumbled "I couldn't help the person I love the most."
Kai opened his eyes wide in surprised, but that look quickly changed to a worried one when Nami fell on him, unconscious.
"Why do you love him?" Kai asked in a whisper, not noticing his friends appearing on the kitchen's door at same time he ignored the questions that were appearing inside his mind, such as: why do I care?
To Be Continued...
A/N: People, be honest with me, was Kai too OCC in this chapter? And does this chapter suck? Because I think it does, and I'm kinda tired of writting terrible chapters, because you guys deserve better than that.