Behind a thousand masks
Yang: guess who's back anyways thanks to all those who reviewed. I'm finally back with a new chapter! Don't worry, even if I don't update for awhile it doesn't mean that I'll forget my precious story, well here it is. ENJOY!
Disclaimer: I don't own beyblade, sad I know but alas I am but a fan that wishes that she could own the many anime shows she is obsessed with.
Chapter 2
The BladeBreakers at this point in time had been wondering why on Earth Tala was joining them here on the plane. Last they left off they weren't exactly on a friendly basis, after all he had tried to steal their bitbeasts. And he had also been a follower of Voltaire and Boris at the time of the world championships. They all, not including Kai, had somewhat of a grudge against the Russian, he was the enemy, and that meant that the team wasn't exactly joyful about his coming with them. But then why had their captain welcomed the redhead Russian without a second thought. Max, Rei and Kenny respected the decisions of their captain and decided to give Tala a chance to redeem himself, but Tyson wasn't as easy to convince. Something was going on and the 'Breakers were gonna find out exactly what. But the more they thought about it, it was probably better to ask once they landed, especially since Tyson could be pretty unpredictable at times, that means violent too.
Soon they arrived in the Tokyo airport and had gotten their luggage. And of course Tala and Kai were tailing behind talking about something that seemed important. How could Kai trust Tala more than his teammates, that just didn't make sense to them. But then again if they tried to figure out the way that Kai thought it would probably take them centuries to come up with a theory that seemed the least bit sensible. So Tyson being the loud and impatient person he was walked over to the two Russian teens.
"Yes Tyson can we help you"? Asked Tala.
"Yeah, I guess you can. So exactly what are you doing here? Last time I checked we weren't exactly on friendly terms". Asked Tyson rudely. At this Rei, Max and Kenny hit their heads simultaneously.
"God Tyson you are so rude sometimes". Muttered Rei.
"You could at least have said hi". Stated Max looking at his best friend.
"Yeah Tyson". Agreed Kenny.
"Don't care". Huffed Tyson crossing his arms.
"Well we do". Came the voice of Dizzi.
"So what, in case you forgot he is the ENEMY"! Stated Tyson mad that his friends were not taking his side on this.
"Shut up Tyson". Hissed Kai in a deadly voice.
"Why should I? He was the one taking everyone's bitbeasts, tell me how am I suppose to act? He's the enemy and that's that"! Tyson yelled.
"No he's not he's my friend, so keep your thoughts to yourself". Kai hissed as he left the airport and started to board the B.B.A. bus, Tala soon followed suit trying to do his best to calm his blue haired friend down.
"Nice move Tyson". Muttered Rei as he tried to catch up with their captain.
"What"? Asked Tyson confused..
"Tyson sometimes you can be so insensitive". Said Max shaking his head.
"I think you should apologize". Advised Kenny.
"Why? I didn't do anything wrong". Argued Tyson.
"You could at least give the guy a break Tyson". Stated Dizzi.
Tyson grumbled as he too entered the bus only to be met with the crimson eyes of his captain. The look in them was indescribable, it was so frozen that not even the fires of hell could melt the ice in his eyes. They knew Kai was pissed, royally.
"Hurry up and get on I've got some news for you guys". Kai said his voice colder than usual.
Tyson glared at his captain but did what he was told.
"Tala is joining the team to help out during the Crystal Era tournament that is coming up soon". Stated Kai as he went and sat down at the back of the bus.
Tyson's mouth at this point was opening and closing in the fashion of a goldfish. The rest of the guys were in shock for a moment and soon accepted it with little doubts.
"Blunt and to the point as usual". Muttered Tala.
"Got that right". Agreed Rei sitting beside the red haired Russian.
"Hey I thought that you were with Tyson on this argument after all I nearly killed you in the tournament"? Asked Tala confused at the sudden appearance and especially since he would have expected anything else besides a friendly hello.
"No, I am Tyson's friend and all but I hate it when he doesn't give people a chance, and secondly it was Bryan not you". Stated Rei with a small smile.
"I see, Kai said you would give me a chance and was probably the most understanding of the group". Murmured Tala.
"Kai said that"? Asked Rei in a moment of disbelief.
"Yeah, why"? Asked Tala.
"Well I've never actually never heard him give anything remotely close to a compliment to anyone before". Stated Rei shaking his head.
"I guess I can see where you're coming from". Stated Tala as the bus started to move.
The rest of the way back to Tyson's dojo was passed quickly as Rei began to warm up to the Russian and saw that he wasn't much different from the rest of the guys. He was great to talk to and was funny and pretty normal for someone who grew up in the Abbey. Kai sat in his usual position at the back and watched the friendly exchange between Tala and Rei, he was thankful that Rei was having no problems talking to Tala, which was somewhat of a surprise to him. If Rei trusted him then the others were going to except him no problem sooner or later. He was glad that someone was actually giving Tala a chance. The teens disembarked the bus and entered the dojo.
"Hello? Gramps you here"? Called Tyson entering the place that he called home.
"Yo my T-man I see you and your homies are back". Came the voice of Tyson's grandfather.
"Yeah and Tala is also with us". Called Tyson waiting for his gramps to appear.
"Cool ma main man the more peeps the better". Said Tyson's grandpa as he popped outta nowhere.
"Does he always talk like that"? Asked Tala somewhat nervous.
"Haha yeah he does, don't worry you'll get used to it sooner or later". Said Rei rubbing the back of his head.
"Yeah right". Tala muttered under his breath as he followed the rest of the BladeBreakers into the dojo. The place looked no different then when they last had been there, of course it was a lot neater since there weren't teenage boys to clean after. And Tyson's grandfather had yet to change; and people say adults are mature, I'd like to see you say that to Phil (A/N: that's what I'm gonna call Tyson's gramps from now on, get it got it, good) with a straight face. The teens entered the main room where they always bunked when they stayed over.
"So what do you guys wanna do"? Asked Max as the guys sat there doing nothing.
"I have no idea". Said Tyson running a hand through his hair.
"Anybody up for pizza"? Asked Tala after they sat in silence for awhile.
"Yeah! Pizza"! Exclaimed Tyson, after all the thought of food always brought joy to the bluenette.
"Yeah, why not" said Rei as they stood up.
The group of bladers headed towards the pizza parlor talk and laughing and the BladeBreakers were amazed to find out that Tala was quite normal even though he had went to the Abbey, and by normal I mean rude and arrogant. But hey somebody's gotta keep Tyson on earth and who better than someone that can match his ego easily and that someone just so happened to be Tala. They entered the place and immediately found a table to sit at. Soon a waitress came by and took their order of a large pepperoni pizza, a medium vegetarian and a large Hawaiian, as they sat and ate and chatted away. The pizza's were finished but Rei had noticed that Kai had yet to eat.
"Uh Kai how come you haven't eaten"? Asked Rei drawing the attention of Tala.
"Not hungry". He stated before he went back to his usual position.
"Okay then". Stated Rei nervously unsure of what to make of this situation.
'What is wrong with me? I'm not at the Abbey anymore and that means the food is safe to eat. But why am I still hesitant? The Abbey was harsh but I'm not there anymore there's nothing to be afraid of'. Kai told himself as his thoughts wondered on to the subject of his dreams. He got up, wondering why he had even decided to come along, wait he knew the reason; it was to shut Tyson and the rest up.
"Where're you going Kai"? Asked Max noticing his captain getting up.
"Out". Was the only thing they got in reply before their Kai left his white scarf trailing out behind him.
The BladeBreakers including Tala made their way back to the dojo and were currently sleeping. Kai sighed as he entered the quiet room without a sound. The others were asleep and he intended to keep it that way. He had decided to stop practicing to try and get some sleep. The keyword being 'TRY'. As soon as he landed in the world of dreams fate decided to give him something to remember and he was going to remember.
Dream Sequence
The thunder pounded in the sky as lightning lit the heavens.
"You are not going to take him"! Yelled a young woman who had navy blue hair holding on to the form of her child.
"I told you not to defy me! The child belongs to me, he is the perfect child and he is the one that will make all my plans reality"! Yelled the older man.
"There is no way you are going to take him away from us! Just leave"! Yelled another man though this one was considerably younger than the first.
"I will not until I have what belongs to me"! Hissed the old man as he took his cane and hit the younger man away from where the child and woman were standing.
"Give me the child"! Demanded the old man.
"Not now not ever"! Yelled the woman backing up while clutching to the child in her arms.
"Why you ungrateful wretch I'll teach you to disrespect me"! He yelled as he pulled out a gun and pointed it at her. The woman turned to run but behind her were other bulky men holding guns aiming at her and her husband.
"Take the child from her". Commanded Voltaire (A/N: you probably figured that out).
End Dream Sequence
The last thing Kai heard before he woke up was the arguing and the agonizing scream of the woman. He ran a hand through his hair, of course he always wanted to know about his past but these memories were some that he would been better of with if he hadn't remembered. But it seemed that god and the rest of the immortal beings would be laughing seeing as this was their form of entertainment. And they definitely had a lot of laughs from their sick form of T.V. No matter how many images that Kai saw in his dreams, the ones were people he cared about got hurt were worse than the ones when he was tortured. He sighed and got up, no use in going to sleep now, Kai grabbed a few of his things and went to the washroom to take a shower. When he got out it was 5:47am according to the alarm clock if the lack of sleep affects his performance in blading or anything else for that matter the heavens would pay and I do mean pay. Damn his habit of waking up in the wee hours of the morning. He sighed again and waited for the others to wake, after all training started in less than 15 minutes. Well if no one could get Tyson up on time then at least he'll be able to take his frustrations out on someone. Tala was the first one up, stretching his arms he mumbled things that weren't all that intelligent and headed towards the washroom, next to wake was Rei, who after showering went to join Tala in the kitchen. And like expected Tyson was the last to wake. Well not really since he hadn't woken up yet. The others even Tala had tried to wake the slumbering teen up but to no avail. Kai smirked as he headed to Tyson's bed with a bucket full of ice cold water, the others saw this and backed away from the bed; Kai dumped the water onto Tyson.
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! COLD, COLD REAL COLD".! yelled Tyson running around.
"Hurry up your late for practice". Stated Kai as he started to walk out of the dojo, "oh and clean up the water before you leave. Be at the park in 10 minutes or extra practice for all of you".
Yang: sorry its been so long since I updated this story, but I hope you like it, don't worry the plot will thicken soon. READ AND REVIEW!