Feels Like Today
Once again, THANK YOU for reviewing to those of you who did! It really motivates me to stop being lazy and type! And I am sooooooooooooooooooo very sorry about the wait! Please forgive me! And sorry for any spelling errors, I don't have spell check and I didn't get this chapter beta-read.
AnimeDragonofFire: Yes, you are SO very smart cough cough of COURSE something worse is going to happen to Kai-kun! This is me we're talking about! And yes, I will e-mail it to you sooner from now on, even though that was fun last time…
Reis1gurl: I'm not quite sure if Rei will save Kai or not yet, that's still questionable.
UlTiMaTe KaI LuVaSorry for getting you all hyped up, but who knows, maybe someonewill notice, but probably not the whole team.
Ghostymangarocker: -gasp- You guessed what's going on! Yes, you're right about 'Kai', and that sucks that you had to walk home in a rainstorm. I had to ride my bike home once in the rain, but that's not as bad.
Shizuka-Yuki: Well, I have managed to plot a little at work, considering I'm the only one in the warehouse, but I've been getting writer's block. It's evil…
Echo in the Dark: Yes, there was a litle more action that time, but I'm not too sure I'll ever get too much action, even though I try to be descriptive, so sorry!
Hyperness: Hehe… sorry for being too serious, no one's ever told me I was TOO serious. Good to know you weren't insulted. You also have the right idea about 'Kai', and the whole 1119 thing will be explained later, if I don't forget. Thanks for reviewing every chapter!
Blackangeltwin1: Well, here's the update!
Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade or Russian potatoes, much to my dismay.
Chapter 4
X- At the Dojo –X
Three boys were sitting at a table in what looked like a kitchen. They appeared to be talking, although two of them seemed more focused than the third.
"Do you know why Rei stormed off like that?" Max asked.
"No, I don't. I went out to ask Kai, but just the way he looked at me stopped me. I asked about Dranzer instead," Kenny admitted.
"And what did he say about that?" Tyson asked, reaching for another sandwich.
"He simply said he hadn't figured it out yet," Kenny replied.
"Still, this doesn't make sense. Why would Rei run away after a conversation with Kai? He's the one Kai tolerates the most, so what could he have said?" Max asked again.
"I couldn't tell you, Max. but if I saw right, it looked like Rei was ready to cry," Kenny responded. Both the other boys looked surprised.
"He looked like he was going to cry?" Max asked, concerned for the Chinese blader.
"Why I otta… What right does Kai have to be that mean to Rei!" Tyson exclaimed loudly before getting up and storming out the door. Max and Kenny sighed, knowing that he was going to regret confronting Kai later.
X—X
Tyson went outside and looked around, then walked over to a tree in the yard where someone was standing. He walked up in front of him and glared, but the other had his eyes closed.
"Yes?" the boy leaning against the tree asked. Tyson jumped a little, surprised that he knew he was there.
"What did you do to Rei?" Tyson demanded.
"What makes you think I did anything to him?"
"The fact that he stormed off and we haven't seen him since! What did you say to him, Kai!" Tyson yelled. Kai opened his eyes slowly, before standing up straight and glaring his own glare at the much shorter boy.
"I didn't do anything, Tyson. I simply told him he was mistaken about something, and he didn't take it very well," he hissed at the younger one, who gulped in fear.
"But… do you know where he is at least?" he asked, afraid now.
"Why should I care?" Kai asked, leaning back against the tree and closing his eyes.
"Because you're our team captain, you jerk! You always said it's your job to look after us!" Tyson exclaimed, forgetting his fear in his rage.
"I did? I can't seem to remember that," Kai stated. Tyson growled, then drew his hand back and brought it towards Kai face. Before his hand made contact, however, another hand flashed out of nowhere and grapped his wrist in a vice-like grip. Kai opened his eyes again, his hand still gripping Tyson's wrist, and glared at the other bluenette.
"Let me tell you something, Tyson. If I'm you're team captain, should you raise your hand against me? I think not. What I say is final, do you understand? I hope you do, otherwise you won't get off so easily next time," he told Tyson in an eerily calm voice, before giving his wrist a final squeeze before letting go and walking away.
Tyson gasped and gently cradled his injured wrist against his chest, tears coming to his eyes. His wrist was already turning blueish-purple from the deathgrip that had been holding it. He turned around and walked back into the house.
X- Rei's POV –X
After Kai left the room, I couldn't face the rest of the team in my current state. I stormed out the door and ran, not thinking about where I was going. When I looked up, I found myself in the park where Kai and I had spoke this mornig. I felt a few tears make their way down my face, before I shoved the thought of Kai out of my mind.
I went over to the tallest tree in the park and climbed up to a wide branch about twenty feet off the ground. I lay down on my stomach and wrapped my arms as far around the thick branch as they would go. I then cried up there in the tree, thinking about Kai, and how he had acted towards me back at the house.
Just this morning he had told me that I was the first one that had tried to help him. He said that he appriciated me, and yet not even fifteen minutes ago, he shunned me and told me that it meant nothing. I thought I was finally getting somewhere with him, but once again I was mistaken about the Russian.
I had thought that I could finally tell him I cared about him after this morning, that he was more than a freind to me. How I wanted him to forever be mine, and I be forever his. That I would love him until I died, through thick and thin, I'd be there for him, whether he wanted me to or not. But that hope was shattered just a short while ago. I felt my eyes well up with tears again, but stopped myself from letting them free.
'Why, Kai? What made you change your mind? What happened to you?' I thought dejectedly.
X- Kai's POV –X
I was having a nightmare. For some reason, I saw Rei. He was in a tree, crying his heart out. I wanted to comfort him, tell him it was alright, but for some reason, when I tried to call out, my voice wouldn't work. I was forced to simply watch him in his sorrow. What tore my heart was what he mumbled into the tree branch he was laying on.
"Why… why Kai… what did I do… to deserve your hate?" he mumbled in between in sobs. I felt my heart being shredded at the sound of his voice.
"Rei! I don't hate you! I never could bring myself to hate such a beautiful creature as yourself! The only thing I feel for you is love, from the bottom of my heart! I love you, Rei!" I yelled out, but he seemed not to hear me. Instead he only sobbed harder, and I was left staring forlornly after him as I felt myself slowly coming back to the world of the living.
My eyes slowly opened, and my already torn heart sunk even lower as I remembered where I was. No chance to comfort Rei from here. I could only pray that it was just a dream, and not one of my cursed visions.
It was only then I realized that I was lying down, not chained to the wall, but I could still feel the metal bands around my neck, wrists and ankles. I decided that I must be restrained on one of the lab tables. Great. So the fun begins…
X- At the dojo in the kitchen –X
"I wonder what Tyson's doing to Kai," Max wondered, worried about the other boy.
"I'm afraid it's not what Tyson's doing to Kai, it's what Kai's doing to Tyson," Kenny answered, looking worried himself, "You can never tell what he'll do when he's in one of his moods…"
At that moment, the door opened slowly, and Tyson walked in, still holding his wrist.
"Tyson! What happened!" Max exclaimed as he jumped up and ran over to Tyson who looked up with a surprised expression on his face.
"Max? What are you guys still doing in here?" he asked.
"Waiting for you, Kai or Rei to come back in. But Max is right; what happened, you look like you got quite a scare," Kenny spoke up. Tyson looked a bit apprehensive, before speaking.
"Well, I talked to Kai, then he got mad, and I think he might've sprained my wrist, 'cause it hurts like hell," he told them.
"What! What did you say to him?" Max exclaimed.
"… I asked him if he knew where Rei was, and he said he didn't care. I asked if he did anything to him, then he got all pissed looking, and asked why I thought he did anything. I told him that Rei stormed off after they talked, and we haven't seen him since. He said… that he didn't care, and I yelled that he was our team captain, and that he himself told us that his job was to look after us, then he had the nerve to say he didn't remember that!" Tyson stopped, then glared, looking very upset.
"… Are you serious, Ty? He said all that?" Max asked, shocked that Kai had said that.
"What happened next?" Kenny asked, since he wanted the whole story, and wanted to know how the blader had gotten hurt.
"Well, I got really mad, and I lost it, so I… tried to slap him, but he grabbed my wrist without even opening his eyes, too! Then he just looked at me with this completely neutral expression on his face and then he spoke in this voice that was so calm it was scary…" Tyson stopped again.
"What did he say?" Max asked softly.
"I remember exactly what he said, that's how nerve-wracking it was. He said, 'Let me tell you something, Tyson. If I'm you're team captain, should you raise your hand against me? I think not. What I say is final, do you understand? I hope you do, otherwise you won't get off so easily next time'… and then he let me go, and just walked away. He said it with a straight face, but it was a threat, one that I don't plan on going against," Tyson finished while shivering. The other two boys just stared at him, scared themselves at what Tyson had told them.
"Wow… I can't believe him… what happened to him?" Kenny asked. No one answered him.
X- In a dark room –X
Voltaire sat, staring at a video screen, frowning. He had turned it back on after he came back from talking to his grandson. He had watched Tyson confront his experiment, and was rather intrigued that the subject handled itself so well. However, he had need to contact it and give new orders.
He pushed another button on the remote, and spoke to the empty room.
"1119, are you listening?" he demanded. A small pause, before a response.
"Yes, master. I am awaiting orders," a voice echoed throughout the room that oddly sounded exactly like that of the boy who was being held just down the hall…
"Good. Listen closely. I watched your last encounter with the Dragon-wielder, and was impressed. However, you must be a bit more believable. They are not aware of you, but they are suspicious. Keep you're guard up, and do try to not incapacitate them," Voltaire spoke again to the room. Silence set in, before the voice responded.
"Orders received and processed. They are understood, master. I will follow and obey," the voice spoke obidiently.
"Very good. You are functioning well. You are dismissed, 1119"
"Yes, master."
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AnimeBando33: Wow, that was odd. I definatly switched the setting a lot. And once again, nothing happened.
Rei: Why the heck am I hugging the tree?
AnimeBando33: Because you think that your Kai-koi has told you he doesn't care about you, so you are very sad.
Rei: He did…?
Kai: Of course not, kitten. You know I would never do that.
Rei: Kai-koi!
AnimeBando33: Suuuuuure… I am terribly sorry about the wait, but I typed up literally this entire thing today, and my mom keeps yelling at me to go and practice my stupid trumpet, so it was kinda rushed. And last night, I went to a concert with my two best friends, and we got 'drunk' off of the bottled water and were dancing in the aisles, so yeah… well, enough of that! I will try to update sooner this time, but I'm leaving to go on vacation again soon, so who knows… And please review! I have 500 hits, and only 24 reviews! That's kinda a sad ratio, cause that means 1 out of every 20 people review, so PLEASE review!
P.S. I have one of the future chapters written up, but it has song lyrics in it. I'm afraid to post it because it might get deleted and I won't be ablr to update for a week, and I speak from experience, so tell me if I should put the lyrics in it and take the chance, or just try to make it work without the lyrics. Thanks!