Journeys
Disclaimer: Don't own the Beyblade characters. Jaco is mine.
"Talking"
"Thinking"
Kai watched as Jaco spoke to Ray. He had woken up less than half an hour after his secret had been revealed. Kai was shocked to see a very different side of the neko-jin. Not even his betrayal had caused those eyes to shine with such anger. Or was it hurt.
FLASHBACK
All in the room turned to the bed as it's occupant seemed to awaken. Ray looked at each of them in confusion, his amber gaze resting on Jaco. He didn't look happy. Something passed between the two and Ray looked at his hands nervously. Kai restrained himself from going to comfort him. His movement was halted by the whispered answer to Jaco's unasked question.
"I'm not ready."
END OF FLASHBACK
Now Jaco was trying to convince Ray that he was ready. In Kai's opinion he wasn't doing very well.
"Ray, you have nothing to fear. All of the White tigers must go through this ritual." Ray shook his head to interrupt." No they dont. The last time it was done was after the First was murdered. No other has been able to go through it. I'm not doing it." Jaco sighed in frustration. He didn't want to use this tactic but he had to." Well then Ray. Your parents lives obviously meant nothing to you. They died so that you could live to perform the ritual." He gave Ray a side long glance." It seems the last of the White tigers died with Miriam and Gale."
Kai looked up as he heard a strangled cry. His eyes widened as he saw Ray slowly sink to the ground. Jaco just stood there. ' What did he say to Ray? I wish I had been listening better.' He rushed to his side only to have another block it. A woman with short auburn hair stood between him and Ray. Kai easily recognised her as a neko-jin. The fangs were a dead give away.
"Stay out of this. This is between our kind, not yours." She hissed as Kai still seemed to move towards Ray. A voice cut through her next words." You're wrong Kiara. This has nothing to do with you. Dont place us in the same race because we aren't." Both looked to Ray. He was standing there. All signs of his pain were gone as he stood facing the other. She in turn hissed. By this time the other Bladebreakers and the AllStars had joined them. All as confused as Kai and Jaco.
"Kiara, what is he talking about?" Jaco asked uncertianly. This wasn't Ray. Atleast not the Ray he knew and judging from Kai's expression, not the Ray he knew either. Ray smiled ferally, revealing glistening white fangs. His eyes slitted to that unnervingly feline sight and he seemed to become slightly bigger. Kiara for her credit was standing still like a deer caught in headlights. Ray walked to stand almost directly infront of her." Next time be more careful what you say. We are two very different... Races. Never forget that." Kiara growled as he turned as started to walk away. She was angry. She knew she had asked for that, but she still wished to get even." Atleast I protect those I love." You have deserted them all. Some mighty White tiger you have become. You can never hope to be one of them, the Gods decided that the line should end and it did. With your parents. You are even less of a neko-jin then I am." She regretted her words the moment they left her mouth. Ray froze mid-step. He slowly turned. His pupils were barely there, she was in trouble. He wasn't angry. He was PISSED! She stepped back as he came towards her. She had never denied the boy's grace and beauty, unnatural even in the eyes of fellow neko-jins. But now it was.... eery. She never understood why it was said that the most beautiful things in nature are often times the most deadly. She understood now. Her back met with a wall as she pressed against it. She had no where to run now. Ray was less than a foot from her. He pulled his arm back and it flashed. Her eyes closed as she waited for the stinging pain of a punch across her jaw. It never came. She felt a gust next to her face and trembled. Gasps caught her curiousity and she opened her eyes.
Ray stood there still. His fist was right next to her shoulder. She looked next to it to see the wall there was gone. She felt woozy. Ray looked her dead in the eye. Her green eyes were outmatched by blazing amber. She hurriedly looked away. Her granmother had told her of the tigers eyes. All that she had said was true. They were frightening. Ray stepped back, pulling her out of her thoughts." Be thankful that wasn't your head. Don't test my patience again. I will not be so understanding next time." He turned and walked out into the woods that lay next to Max's house. He disapeared into the forest, vanishing like a ghost. Kiara almost laughed. ' How ironic. He is the last of his kind and is already a ghost.' Her gaze shifted slyly to Kai. ' A ghost with a heart, no matter how dark it is.'
A FEW HOURS LATER
Kai was walking through the woods, looking for his missing tiger. He smiled as he realised what he had said. HIS tiger. Would Ray mind such a thought. He had seen how Ray had treated Kiara. Kai shivered. That wasn't Ray. That was something else. Someone else. He would find Ray and bring him back. Back to him, for good.
He was so lost in his thoughts he didn't realise that he was being watched.
A pair of fiery eyes followed his movements with it's unblinking gaze. A predatory smile surfaced on rosy, full lips. It was almost time. It could feel it. The hunt would be on soon. Looking to the sky, watching with slight awe as the sun went down and the colours blended into each other, making an enchanting scene. The eyes shifted back to the Russian as he walked. There was a full moon tonight. Perfect. A feeling came over. Frowning at the feelings directed towards the one walking about. What was he searching for? Something niggled in the back of that dark mind. Giving a slight growl at disgust at these feelings the shadow moved forward. Waiting for the right moment. The grin returned as it saw it come. The other leant down to dip his hand in the water of the pond. The shadow leapt.
Kai heard a noise and turned. The cry of surprise was cut short as He came face to face with seemingly pure wildness.White flashed and eyes widened.
Another cry echoed in the forest. Cut short before it truly began. Not that anyone would hear anyway. Everything was still. Silence returned.
A red liquid started to drop onto the grass next to the pond. The moon was reflected by that pond. It's colour..... Amber.
To be continued..
Yamireikon: Hope you like it. I had to re-write it twice before I was happy. If you have any suggestions or comments then click on reveiw and do just that.
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