Haha, chapter two! I finished tweaking this one super quick, because I'm really happy! My Spanish speaking exam is OVER! It went okay, except for a couple of seconds in the middle where I just sat there going "Err...err..." but the rest of it was kind of alright. Replies to the reviews I got for the last chapter:
Darkangelintheshadows: Heh, thanks. Well, I continued, and here's the next chapter. Well, it's down the page a bit, but meh.
Just that good: Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!
Katsuke: Thanks for putting me on your favourites! Hee, makes me happy!
A/N: For that matter, thanks to EVERYONE who's ever put me on their favourites! Makes me feel all squishy and fluffy inside!
Kaei kon: Thanks for the luck! I needed it! And yes, I do understand your reviews. There's an occasional mistranslation, but to be honest I'm amazed at how good your English is compared to my Spanish! I think you're right about my fics...they're getting steadily more dark. Actually at the minute I'm writing one about Boris (old Boris not Japanese Bryan) being pervy on Bryan. Uh...but that's at the bottom of the page anyway, so I won't make you read all about it twice!
Skimmie: Well, I updated, so scroll down and you'll get the next part!
Lullaby Lily: A dealer? Hmm...I never really thought about Tala doing that, but no, he's not the dealer. He's just angry. Heh. Angry Tala. How cute!
Renanimeangel: I know, I made Kai into a total jerk, but he's going to stay a jerk until he gets over his addiction! At the moment, the most important thing in his life is his drug habit- of course I'm going to change that at some point later on- but until then, he's going to be the most unfeeling, horrible, nasty bastard on the planet!
Platinum Rei: Yay, I make someone happy! Aw. I feel fuzzy inside now...
Yumi-Ulrich4ever: Wow, I'm sorry about your friend...I hope he/she's okay. I'm glad you like the story so far!
Ellen: Yeah, I'm aiming for six or seven chapters again. And about how Kai got into drugs...well, sometimes it just takes something small and insignificant, and then you end up in a trap you can't get out of...(hint hint).
Frostt: I do kind of skim over the finer details, don't I? Hm, it's one of the things I don't like about some of my stories. I think the reason I do that is because I don't want to end up as the opposite and write, as me and my friends call them, 'shiny shiny floor' fics, eg:
Bob walked into the imposing room. The long, strong, silken, beautiful curtains billowed wildly like a wild thing in the delicate spring wind coming in through the white oak and pine window. The bright, cheerful, wondrous sun shone in through the white oak and pine window, lighting up the shiny, shiny, oak wood, solid and imposing wonderful floor.
I HATE over description, so I would rather be under-descriptive than over descriptive, but I do agree that it's one of my faults.
CHIBI-Majik: Mm, fair point, although there's one person who flames me on a regular basis and I DO laugh at them- they have me on their author alert so that whenever I write Teen Titans yaoi they can flame me. Guess they have too much time on their hands... To be honest, I've never really gotten flames on the Beyblade section, but then again, Teen Titans is popular with a lot of younger kids, so I suppose that's why they don't accept yaoi as much on that section...
"Rei? You want a drink or something?"
"No." Rei said blankly, staring at the wall ahead of him. It had been three days since Kai had run away, and they still hadn't found him. Rei was sick with worry and he wasn't sleeping. Max had been made to stay with him and stop him from trying to go and find Kai by himself while the others went looking for Kai.
The front door opened and shut. It was only Tyson, Rei thought bitterly. He still hadn't forgiven Tyson for yelling at Kai. His fists clenched and he gave a small growl of rage, reaching out and snatching up the TV remote, turning it on and cranking up the volume until all he could hear was the stupid children's TV show that was playing.
"Where's Jimmy?" Squawked the woman on the screen. All Rei could hear was 'Where's Kai?'
"I don't know...I don't know where he is!" He curled up, burying his face in his hands. "I don't KNOW!" Someone's hands closed over his shoulders and he jumped, struggling up. It was only Max, looking worried as Rei backed away from him.
"Rei...are you alright?"
"I'm fine! Why don't you go back to getting high on sugar with Tyson or something?" Rei hissed. Max looked confused.
"Tyson's out, Rei. Don't you remember?"
"But I heard...the...oh SHIT!" Rei ran, sprinting and scrambling up the stairs and hurling himself against Kai's bedroom door. It splintered and fell off the hinges and Rei ran in, a scream ripping itself from his throat. "KAI!" Max ran in after him, panting, and took in the scene before him.
Kai was lying slumped on the floor, arms and legs outstretched, two obviously used needles lying on the floor beside him. Rei knelt down beside him and checked his pulse. It was faint, but there. "Max, call an ambulance! Tell them it's a drug overdose!" He turned back to Kai as Max ran out. "Kai, you idiot!" He pulled Kai into the recovery position then inspected the needles. He searched around quickly and came up with another needle encased in plastic, labelled 'Hero'. Did that mean it was heroin? He heard the wailing of an ambulance and stood up.
The paramedics rushed up the stairs, shooting out questions that Rei was unable to answer. All he could do was give them the unused needle and go with them as they took Kai away in an ambulance.
Rei stalked up and down the corridor, his dark hair swishing behind him. The windows of the room were frosted over and he wasn't allowed inside. A nurse walked out and he took hold of her arm. "Is he going to be okay?"
"I'm sorry, I can't-"
"Tell me if he's going to be okay!" Rei tightened his grip, desperate, and a doctor appeared.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing?" Rei let go, bursting into tears.
"-Please-! Tell me if he's okay! Just tell me!"
"I can't tell you, sir!" The nurse protested. Rei hesitated for a second then grabbed the door handle. "You can't go in there!"
"Then tell me if he's okay!" The doctor stepped forwards and grabbed his arm, pulling him back. Rei snapped. Before he knew what he was doing his foot had slammed into the doctor's midriff and he had turned the handle, turned it, opened the door a crack, and-
"Unh..." He staggered dizzily, holding his head with his good hand.
"Sir, you can't go in there!" The nurse protested from behind him, still holding the clipboard she'd hit him with.
"But...I have to know...Kai..." Rei leaned against the wall and sank down it onto the cold plastic of the floor, sobbing. "Kai...I don't even know why he did it..." He whimpered. Kai..."
"Rei?" Rei found himself pulled to his feet and held against someone's chest. "Look lady, I don't know what you've done to him, but I'm Tala Ivanov, one of Kai's teammates. Could you tell us what the deal is?" Rei looked up and saw that Tala was glaring at the nurse, hands on his hips, under his leather jacket.
"I-I can't tell you...you're not related to him..."
"Don't give me that shit." Rei found himself pushed away and watched Tala walk forwards, grabbing the nurse and leaning closer. She gave a frightened squeak and tried to pull away from him but Tala held her tighter. "Is Kai going to be okay?"
"I c-can't tell you! It's against the law! P-Please! D-Don't hurt me!"
"Feh, do you think I'm gonna rape you or something? I'm gay, okay, and I'm going to be gay and angry in a minute if you don't tell me if my best friend is going to live!"
"I c-can't-"
Tala shook her roughly. "This isn't about protocols, you stupid bitch! Tell me right now or I'm quitting that promise not to hurt you!"
"It's against the l-law!" The nurse cried, bursting into tears. Tala let go of one of her shoulders and brought the now free hand round into a vicious, stinging slap. "Listen, you ugly cow, you're not talking to a gentleman, so don't get any weird ideas about me being nice because I take it up the ass! Tell me right now how the hell he is or you're going to regret it!"
"Tala..." Rei whispered. "Don't..."
"You shut the hell up you arsehole! If you and your little friends were a bit more astute you'd have noticed what was going on before it came to this!" Yelled Tala, glaring at Rei for a second then turning his attention back to the nurse. "The gun comes out in about ten seconds. I'm counting. One."
"P-Please-!" Tala shrugged.
"Two." Rei watched, shocked at Tala's extreme anger.
"Seven." Tala jumped suddenly to another number, hand reaching down to his pocket. "Ten." The nurse suddenly found herself with a handgun pressed to her temple. "You tell me right now. Is he going to live, or isn't he?"
"Tala! Tala, what on EARTH are you doing?" Mr. Dickenson appeared, looking horrified. "Lower that gun this instant! What are you -thinking-, bringing that kind of thing into a hospital?"
Tala lowered the gun and let go of the nurse, turning to Mr. Dickenson with a glare apparent on his face. "She won't tell me how he is. Someone had better tell me how he is pretty soon or I'm going to get really, really angry." Tala hissed, voice taut.
"Tala, for Christ's sake put that gun away." Tala glared over Mr. Dickenson's shoulder to where Bryan had come round the corner, dressed in black motorbike leathers and carrying two helmets. The nurse looked from Tala to Bryan to Rei and back to Tala again before promptly fainting. "Tala, tell me you -didn't- shoot the doctor."
"I didn't touch him." Tala shoved his gun back in his pocket and clenched his fists. "I want to know how he is!" Mr. Dickenson held out his hands pacifyingly.
"I'll go and find out. You three stay here till I come back." He waddled off and Tala turned to Rei.
"How the hell didn't you notice he was taking drugs? This is all your fault!" Rei blinked and his eyes filled with tears. His fault? ...It felt like it...
"I'm sorry..."
"No, don't apologise, it's Tala who should be apologising to -you-. You know it isn't his fault." Bryan came closer, handing one helmet to Tala and one to Rei before taking off his jacket. "Heh, I look like such a kink with only these on..." He laughed softly. "Leather trousers...ah well. We had to come on the bike, and I'd rather have leathers on than not..." He held out a hand and Rei gave him back the helmet. "So what exactly happened?"
The memory hit Rei like a brick. Kai, lying there, the needles, lying there, him, unable to help... "I was s-so scared..."
"What sort of an answer is that?" Snapped Tala. Bryan glared at him.
"Shut up Tala. Let him speak."
"He was just...lying there...and there were needles...t-two of them...I couldn't do anything..." Rei's lip quivered and he started to cry. Bryan sighed and slipped an arm around his waist, pulling the sobbing neko-jin against his chest. Tala glared at him for a while than came over and snuggled up against Bryan's other arm. "Mine..." He whispered. Bryan frowned.
"Tala, stop being such a baby. Can't you see how much he's hurting?" He whispered back. Tala bared his teeth and nuzzled into Bryan's neck. Bryan sighed. He knew this was how Tala dealt with things- he never cried, he just got uncontrollably angry, something which Bryan had found out to his cost when they'd first started dating.
Before very long Mr. Dickenson was back, followed by another doctor and another couple of nurses. The nurses took hold of the incapacitated nurse and doctor and took them away as Mr. Dickenson made excuses as to why they were on the floor. Tala glared at the remaining doctor. "Do you know if he's going to be okay?"
"None of us know, I'm afraid. We're analysing the evidence we have, but until the results come through we can't know exactly how strong the substance was. We do, however, know that it was heroin. I suppose he's been acting strangely lately? Maybe even..." He caught the bruise on Rei's cheek and frowned. "Violently?"
Rei nodded, then started to cry again, snivelling and sobbing into Bryan's collar. Bryan shrugged and cuddled him closer while Tala paced up and down like a caged lion, boots tapping on the floor. "When will you know?"
"When we get the results of the drug test."
"How long will that be?"
"As long as it takes." Tala made a sound of impatience and stalked off down the stark white corridor. Bryan sighed.
"One thing about my koibito is that he doesn't like waiting or worrying. He was like this when I broke my wrist a year or so ago. He nearly murdered the nurse when she knocked my arm..." He leaned a bit and put his helmet down on the floor, wrapping both arms around Rei and hugging him tightly. "Hey, don't cry. He'll be okay, he's Kai. You know he'll be alright."
"B-But I couldn't stop him..."
"Look, it isn't your fault. If it's anyone's, it's Kai's for getting mixed up with drugs in the first place." Rei shook his head.
"N-No!" Bryan sighed.
"Come on, you need something to drink."
"D-Drink? I d-don't-"
"I meant tea or something. What, do you think I'm some kind of alcoholic? Come on, let Mr. Dickenson sort all this out. There's nothing we can do about it right now."
Rei let Bryan lead him away, looking back over his shoulder at the closed door shutting him off from Kai.
Next Chapter: Kai wakes up, Rei loses his temper, and Max has a confession to make...
Out of interest, there are two stories I'm working on at the minute beside this one. Would you prefer me to finish the one with Boris (old Boris, not Japanese Bryan) being a scary pervert (so far my friends think it's the most twisted thing I've ever written) first, or the one with Kai and Rei at a health spa ten years after the bladebreakers split up? That's if you don't think I should give up on both of them...
Anyway, even if you really don't care what I'm writing next, please review and tell me what you thought of this chapter!
PS: Even if the green thingy on your review history says this story has been updated (if you've already reviewed this chapter), it's only because I found a typo when I was reading through it. The next chapter should be up in a couple of days time.
