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SGCred: Thank you so much for all your support and help. I swear I don't know if I would be posting half of my fics if it wasn't for your words. Thank you so much and good luck with your fics and at school!
sakura: I'm so happy to know you liked the chapter and what Kai did. I was a little scared because I didn't wanted him to look to much OOC, but now I'm happy to know it wasn't that bad.
XxCrimson ShadowsxX: Ok, so Kai was alittle OOC, but it's just like you said; it's hard to keep him in character, because even though he is the ice king, Kai also has feelings. I'm trying to make him show the soft side we all know he has (though he doesn't want to show) slowly. I just hope you don't think he's too much OOC in this chapter (I tried not to make him, but it's hard). By the way, loved your last sentence.
grand admiral chelli: Uff, I'm soooo relieved to know the chapter didn't suck. I tried to write it and, well, it ended the way you saw. And I'm also happy to know you liked Kai on the last chapter; now I just hope you like him in this new chapter «winces». Oh, I hope he isn't too much OOC. Thank you so much for your words!
DarkZero313: Thank you and I will; I just hope you keep enjoying this story.
Calm Soul: Yay, you like Nami (the 'angsty character' «hehe») and the way Kai acted. Uff, but yeah, I know he was alittle out-off-character, but I tried not to make him look to much OOC. Thank you very much for your words and support.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: People, College has began and it will be hard to continue to post my fics as quick as I use to. I'm trying to mantain the same time between the chapters, but now I don't know when I'll be able to post the next chapter. For that, I decided to warn you to check my bio from time to time for I'll start writing there the dates when I'll probably post the new chapters. Thank you very much for the attention and, please, forgive the OOCness ahead.
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Chapter 9: My Wonder Moon
Everyone was sat inside the dojo, staring at each others or to something they had found inside that place, but everyone's mind was focused on the same thing: Nami. No one full understood why the dark reddish-orange haired girl had done what she did, or even what had lead her to reach that same breaking point.
It was such a mystery and the truth was all of them had end up believing they had found out everything about Nami. However that last event had show them they had yet to learn many things about the girl.
Nevertheless,
as everyone tried to say or do something to break the silence that
had born inside the dojo, Mariah, Hillary and Salima where inside
Kai's room, changing Nami's bloody clothes for pj's, when Salima
remembered something:
"Has anyone seen Kai?" she
asked, as she grabbed Nami's blood stained shirt and let it fall on
the floor "I mean, he just desappeared."
"No, I
haven't seen him since we brough Nami from the kitchen." Hillary
replied, as she tried to put a clean shirt on Nami "I wonder
where he go."
"Hey, what are we suppose to do with
that?" Mariah asked, as she pointed to the now bloody scarf
around Nami's wrist
"Let it be." Salima replied, as she looked at the scarf "Hey, whose that scarf anyway?"
"Well, there's only one person I know that wears a white scarf." Hillary commented, as she noticed the small white parts that could be seen on the piece of cloth "But no, that's impossible, I mean, that would be so unlike him."
"Are
you thinking about Kai?" Mariah asked, before smirking "I
doubt he was the one who did that, I think Kai is too much much of
an...anti-social to do something good towards someone."
"Mind
if I don't agree?" Salima asked, as she sat next to Nami at same
time the other two girls looked at her, confused "I mean, I may
not know Kai as good as you two do, but I think he does have a heart.
Even if Kai is the anti-social we all know, you have to agree there's
no one else here who uses a scarf."
"So,
what are you saying?" Mariah asked, as she crossed her arms
"That Kai actually cares about what happens? That somewhere,
deep inside him, is a heart?"
"Yes." Salima
replied, with a nod "I think Kai cares for everyone, including
Nami, but...I don't know, maybe he doesn't want anyone to see that
side of him."
"Well, that's possible." Hillary
muttered, before shaking her head "But lets go see the guys, I
told them we would go back to the dojo as soon as we changed
Nami."
"But what about her cut?" Salima asked,
as she stared to Nami's wrist "The scarf isn't enough to stop
the bleeding."
"Tyson said his grampa would come to
take care of it." Hillary started "Tyson said his grampa's
is used to take care of deep wounds like cuts, due to his
training."
"Ok, then." Salima whispered, before
looking one last time to the sleeping Nami and got up "But do
you think it's wise to leave her alone?"
"Don't
worry so much Salima, Nami won't go anywhere." Mariah started, a
small smile on her face "She's fine now. Besides, Tyson's
grandfather will come in a few minutes."
With a small smile, Salima followed Mariah and Hillary out of the room, before closing the door and turn the lights off, leaving the sleeping Nami alone to face her fears.
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Kai was leaned against a tree-truck, in the middle of Tyson's grandpa's garden, his eyes locked with something he was securing in his hand. Something that was the key for a closed door...an answer to many mysteries, but also the question of many events.
The object Kai was holding was nothing more than a blood-red beyblade, with a aqua-green bit-chip. A beyblade that connected Kai to Nami, his past to the girl's secrets.
However, what made everything possible..what made light penetrate darkness, though there were still some dark corners, was the imagine of the bit-beast on the aqua-green bit-chip: a black panther with aqua-marine eyes.
'How's this possible?' Kai asked to himself, as his brownish-red eyes continued fixed on the picture of the bit-beast 'How can she have this? It doesn't make any sense. How can that...weakling have this?!'
Nothing made sense and, for the first time, Kai couldn't help but feel completely annoyed. True, the fact Kai had found that beyblade on the kitchen's floor when everyone had run to him and Nami, did gave him some time to observe it and reach answers that only created more questions.
Like, how was it possible for Nami, who was nothing but a weak girl with no will power, have such bit-beast? A bit-beast so powerfull, and that resemble in various ways to Tala's bit-beast and even Kai's?
"How's this possible?" Kai asked to himself, before tighthing his grip on the beyblade and look to the stary sky above him, where little and shiny dots could easily be spotted, on contrary of what happened to the Moon which could not be seen on that night.
Suddenly a light catched his attention and Kai turned his attention to the tradicional house next to him and looked to the closed doors, from where light was coming. That was the room to where Tyson had took Nami to, along with Kane and Ray's help. Tyson's grandfather was probably there now, taking care of the dark reddish-orange haired girl's wound.
With narrowed eyes, Kai put the blood-red beyblade on his pocket and, in silence, he started walking to the room where Nami was.
It was time to get some answers.
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A pair of aqua-blue eyes stared at a couple of trees: both were naked, shivering as the cold wind hit their bear and fragile branches, but both trees also managed to look strong and powerfull.
With darkness slowly wrapping those same trees, it seemed like their branches were sharp knives, pointed towards the sky, beging form something to come and dress them again.
However, for Tala, they were nothing else besides weak things, which lives were always lead by the will of the elements.
Those trees were just like some memories of the red haired boy, which kept haunting him whenever it was night or day...dark or bright...
"Hey Tala." a cold voice called out, breaking the silence and the red haired boy looked by the corner of his eyes to the entrance of the room, only to see one of his teammates "Boris wants to see you. I don't know what you did, but he's mad."
Despite Ian's smirk, Tala crossed his arms and slowly made his way out of the room, without even looking at his teammate. What was the point? He was weak and no weakling deserved a single thought much less a glance.
Silently, the leader of the Demolition Boys made his way through the halls to the basement, where he knew Boris was, along with many scientists. All of them seemed to have fun when they tested their cavys, which were non-other than the Demolition Boys.
Despite the fact Tala deeply hated when he was put inside one of the tubes and connected to so many wires, the red haired boy couldn't help but smile coldly everytime he remembered the pain of those tests. The pain...the visions he would have while he was connected to an artificial darkness...the power that would run through his veins...
Tala's thoughts were interrupted when a wooden door come into view. Slowly, the boy opened it only to be swallowed by darkness, which desappeared as soon as Tala walked inside the room and was surrounded by various computer, screens and other types of technology.
"Where's Boris?" Tala asked in his usual cold voice and one of the scientists pointed to the desk, that was facing four screens, where a huge, black leather chair could be seen.
Without
any other word, the Demolition Boy's leader crossed his arms again
and started walking towards the desk and saw a man, which was wearing
a black mask, sat on the chair:
"You wanted to talk with
me?" Tala asked, his voice still void of any emotion and the
masked man looked at him:
"Tell me Tala, who gave
you the order to say all those things to the failed experiment?"
he asked, while his eyes locked with the boy's "Do you have any
idea of the consequences of your words?"
"Hmph, no
and I don't care." was all Tala replied, as he continued to look
at Boris with an emotionless face "What happened to that
weakling?"
"She tried to kill herself." Bories
replied, in a bored voice "Tell me Tala, what would you do if
she had died? How would you explain her absence?"
"I
don't care if she lives or not." Tala started, but unconsciously
he clenched his fists. Nevertheless, such gesture passed unnoticed
for Boris, since the red haired boy had his arms folded against his
chest "She could die for all I know, because weaklings are not
important in this world."
"But you forget Tala, that weakling is the only one who can control the bit-beast." Boris commented, before narrowing his eyes "For your own sake, I hope you'll stop acting like you're the king of the world. After all, I brought you to the top of the most powerfull beybladers in the world, and I can also make you stumble right to the end of the list or even erase you completely from any documentation."
At that threat, Tala narrowed his eyes before turning around and walk out of the room; threats were nothing but empty words, of people who didn't knew how to defend themselves. Did Boris believe he would scary him that easily? Besides, Tala had something important to take care of, no matter what his boss told him.
He was going to show everyone he was the strongest and, for that, he would not only destroy Kai Hiwatari, but also the failure experiment called Nami.
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Kai was just outside Nami's room, debating with himself if he should open the door or not, when a hand tapped on the shoulder and the bluish-grey haired boy turned around only to groan silently.
"Hey
Kai, what are you doing here?" Tyson asked, with a small smile
on his face "Oh, I know, you're worried about Nami, right? Well,
don't worry, granpa is probably already taking care of her
wound."
"Hn." was all Kai said when he noticed
everyone else walking towards him, all of them talking in low voices
or just exchanging looks
"So,
do you think your grandpa has finished?" Mariah asked, as she
walked to Ray's side and the dark blue haired boy chuckled:
"I
dunno." he replied "I don't even know when he got there."
"What are you all doing awake, at this hour?" was all the old man asked, as his eyes fell on the huge group "You should be resting, or did you forgot you have school tomorrow?"
"Jiya,
how's Nami?" Tyson asked back, as he gave a step closer to his
grandfather "We're really worried about her."
"Yeah,
did you manage to take care of her cut?" Salima asked, worried
and the older man smiled:
"Of course I did." he
replied and everyone breathed relieved "Now you better go sleep
or I'll just make you train."
"Train? But jiya, it's
midnight!" Tyson exclaimed and the old man grabbed his wooden
sword, which was secured to his waist:
"I give you one
minute to scatter, before I change my mind." he said and, after
sharing a look, all the teenagers, minus Kai, walked to their rooms.
When he noticed the Bladebreakers' leader, Tyson's gradfather smiled
"So you're really worried about the girl, huh? Well, she's fine,
but you may enter if you wish. Just don't wake her up, or you'll
suffer."
Kai stared at the man by the corner of his eyes, before 'Hn'ed and, without saying a single word, he just turned to the direction of his room and walked away.
When
Kai desappeared in the darkness, Tyson's grandfather laughed:
"Young
people." was all he said, before closing the door that connected
to Nami's room and walk away.
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Darkness continued to swallow the house while low songs broke the silence outside, for many were the animals which didn't slept while the stars shined on the dark ocean above.
Everything was quiet, though wind would blow from time to time and make the leaves rustle, while some birds would fly up to the sky, to feel freedom against their features or simply seeking for foor or a place to rest.
However, the peacefull atmosphere was broken when a door was slowly opened, only to reveal a shadow to the night. A shadow that, after looking around, closed the door again and silently walked towards another door. A door which connected to a room, where everyone was probably fast asleep.
Without a noise, the figure walked inside the room and froze when a snore emerged from one of the futon's on the floor. Nevertheless, seconds later, the shadow approached the futon which was close to the corner and bent down.
Though the figure had been reluctant to continue, it finally decided to raise a hand and touch a shoulder. However, before anything else could be done, a pair of eyes shot open and a warm hand grabbed the other at same time a second figure raised from the futon.
"Follow me." whispered a voice and, after a silent eye-contact, the two figures made their way out of the room and walked towards the garden, where various types of trees, flowers and bonsais could be seen.
After
a lick of lips, aqua-green eyes met brownish-red ones and a sigh
broke the silence that surrounded the two teenagers:
"Kai,
I..."
The dark reddish-orange haired girl had taken profit of the night to dream and think about what she should do when she finally faced her friends and now that she was finally face-to-face with Kai, Nami knew she had to be honest with him.
She had a debt with Kai and Nami knew the only way to repay what the boy had done for her, was by telling him her deepest secret.
A secret that could change everything, forever.
"Yeah, I guess I do." was all Nami said in a whisper, as wind started to play with her and Kai's hair
As
if he was expecting an answer, Kai crossed his eyes and continued
looking at the girl in front of him, who seemed to be really
interested with the ground. Kai was positive Nami was thinking about
what she should tell him, and the bluish-grey haired boy couldn't
help but feel annoyed by her silence. So, still without saying a
word, Kai grabbed the beyblade he had put on his pants before going
to sleep:
"Mind explaining, how you have this?" the
boy asked as he showed Nami the blood-red beyblade and the girl
gasped when her eyes fell on it:
"H...how...how did
y...?" before Nami could stop stuttering, Kai narrowed his eyes
and gave a step foward:
"For your own sake, you better
start talking." he said, in a cold voice "How can you have
this? How can you have Akumu as your bit-beast, when you're nothing
else but a weakling?"
Despite the fact Nami couldn't help
but feel shock by the coldness of Kai's words, the girl snapped out
from her transe as soon as the word 'weakling' escaped the boy's
lips.
"What did you had to do to get this?" Kai asked, his eyes still narrowed "I bet you did all this only to make us pity you, but let me tell you, that will never happen."
"You don't know anything and I don't need your pity. Now, give me back my blade!" Nami exclaimed through gritted teeth, before trying to grab the beyblade in Kai's hand. However, the boy was too fast for her and, since she didn't managed to mantain her balance when she tried to grab the beyblade, Nami couldn't stop herself and fall foward, right on Kai.
Since neither of them didn't succeeded to catch their balance, both teenagers ended up falling on the ground, being Nami on top of Kai. However, it had not only being their bodies to touch each other, but also their lips.
To Be Continued...