hello again!

sorry for the wait.

I don't think I'm depressed anymore, so hopefully now this story will turn out better.

so yeah

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here's the next chapter!

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"Kai! Wake up! Please Kai!" Hilary called out, shaking the motionless body of her friend.

Tyson turned him over to see that his face was contorted in pain, and he was sweating.

Kenny felt his forehead.

"Oh my gosh! He's burning up!" He exclaimed. "Quick! Let's get these wet clothes off of him!"

Hilary blushed slightly as Tyson began to peel away his captain's shirt. Once Tyson got it off, he twisted it in his hands, ringing out all the water.

She gasped softly as her eyes roamed Kai's well sculpted chest. Aside from the large bleeding wound on his left side, his pale skin was covered with scars of all shapes and sizes.

"What happened to him?" She suddenly asked.

"He got shot....remember?" Tyson replied as if it wasn't obvious.

"I know that!" She shouted. "I mean those scars! There's so many....how did he get them? Beyblading?"

"Oh....I don't really know....probably from Boris or his grandfather." Tyson explained.

Hilary suddenly turned around to face a tree when Tyson began to unbuckle Kai's belt.

She was confused. How could a grandparent physically hurt their grandchild?

Kai groaned in his unconscious sleep. Hilary wiped the sweat away from his brow with the corner of her blanket.

"Has his fever died down yet?" Kenny asked.

Hilary shook her head no and looked down at Kai.

His head rested on Hilary's lap, and Tyson and Kenny had wrapped him up in their blankets after they took off his wet clothes, which now hung high above the fire, drying. They had tried their best to stop the bleeding from his side, but the only thing they had were bandaides, which didn't help at all. They had wrapped on of the blankets tightly around his abdomen in place of a bandage, but he blood was beginning to seep through.

Tyson came over with a bottle of water and gave some to Kai, who coughed most of it back up.

"Man, this is bad." Tyson remarked.

"I'm sure he can pull through once that fever breaks." Kenny said, still typing on Dizzi. "But we need to find some more water soon, and better shelter."

"You've risked your life to protect me, twice!" Hilary said to herself as she stroked Kai's damp hair, images of the events on the plane flashing through her mind.

"You said that he got those scars from...his grandfather?!" Hilary asked, going back to their previous conversation.

"...I don't know if we should tell you...I don't know if Kai would want us to...what do you think Chief?" Tyson asked.

Kenny paused for a moment.

"Oh come on please?! If you don't tell me, I'll just keep asking." Hilary said.

"Well, I guess Kai doesn't have to know..." Kenny said. "I mean, Hilary IS apart of the team anyway."

Hilary cheered.

"Just don't tell him we told you." Kenny added.

"Alright....none of us really know what happened to Kai for sure. He keeps that...secret. But during the World Championships in Russia, we found out alot of stuff. It turns out that Kai was orphaned when he was very young, and had to go live with his grandfather, Voltaire. Voltaire was abusive though, and even sent Kai to a training facility, which was run by Boris." Tyson started.

"That was the name of the Russian Beyblading Team's trainer, right?" Hilary asked.

Tyson and Kenny nodded.

"Well....Kai was trained to be a perfect fighter. He was taught to trust no human, and to show no emotions.....that's why he's always so cold with us I think....some time later, he escaped, but he must of forgot all of that because he couldn't remember any of it once we got there."

"How traumatic!" Hilary gasped looking down sadly at Kai. She couldn't imagine living a life with no friends, no real family, nothing! She suddenly felt a strong grief for him, and guilt. All the things she took advantage of, Kai never had!

She couldn't even imagine all the sorrow he was holding in his heart.

"Maybe someday I can get you to open up to me Kai.....I want to know more about you." Hilary told herself mentally.

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