Meeting You

Chapter 20: Broken Skies

By: ME!

Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade because if I did…yeah well you might see Nami on the TV and I don't own the song 'Togeather' by Avril Lavigne!

Claimer: I own the poem 'Broken Skies' I wrote it in class and I swear I did it with my own hands and you can't steal it. If you need it for some reason ask me first. I also own all the OC characters like Nami and the plot belongs to me, don't own nothing else!

Oh…my. I'm on chapter 20 already! Yes! SCORE! I can't believe the number of reviews I've received! Thank you all!

Poll result: choice A won! Sorry, too lazy to type it up the normal result way. But everyone thought Zack was cute!

Anyway on to the fic!

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"Are you sure she is…" Tyson asked before he stopped running to take a breath. "Positive!" Kai said as he stopped to rest. Hilary and Kenny were still about 4 yards behind breathing heavily while Max and Ray were right behind Kai and Tyson and they stopped for air.

They had all left the stadium to find Nami and had taken the BBA bus to St. Petersburg from Moscow where the tournament had been held.

(Unfortunately I have never been to Russia so don't kill me if taking a bus to St. Petersburg from Moscow isn't the best choice! I've been going insane looking for decent maps over the web!)

They had been following Kai who knew the city like the back of his hand to find the new Biovolt's exact location that had been shown on Kenny's labtop. "How much farther?" Tyson asked as he panted. "About…another 7 miles." Kai said.

"7 miles! Kai, we've been running for hours! We already covered 8 miles! Can't we take a break?" Hilary asked as she sat down breathing heavily.

"I don't care, you can go back but I'm not stopping now!" Kai said before looking back at them before taking off again.

"Kai wait!" They all cried before running after him. The coats they had worn were not helping the situation and neither was the weather. Kai stopped and looked back at them. He smiled at them. Seriously smiled!

He couldn't believe they bothered to come. "You coming?" he asked as they stared at him in confusion.

-

Flashback-

"Kai?" a teenage girl asked with a look of shock but pleased expression, she looked as if she had been crying.

A boy at the age of 16 had her in a hug while some people who appeared as their friends stared at them with their jaws dropped. Suddenly a brown haired girl hissed at the people to get out while she shut the door to leave the hugging teens alone.

"Kai?" the girl repeated. The boy named Kai was fighting a blush that was coming in.

"Kai?" she repeated.

"What!" Kai snapped.

"Good, you're back to your normal sourpuss of a self. I was getting worried. What was with that anyway…" she started before Kai placed a hand over her mouth to shut her up.

"Nothing happened." Kai said sharply.

"Oh I think something did. If I'm not mistaken then why were there five eyewitnesses?" the girl asked smirking.

"Shit!" Kai hissed. "Point Proven!" the girl said cheerfully.

The flashback was cut off and skipped to…

"I trust you…" the boy known as Kai whispered in to the girl's ear who blushed as she repressed a shudder at contact.

-end flashback

Nami was gently shaken awake by a warm hand. A pair of turquoise eyes bore in to her half awake form. She nearly jumped out of her skin but Zack held her down.

"Tala?" she asked in surprise. "Yeah, what are you doing in here? I thought you already were assigned a room by Boris and who is that?" Tala asked gesturing to the boy asleep in her lap.

"This is Zack…" Nami started before she was cut off from a side comment from Tala. "Your boyfriend? Kai won't be very…" Tala stopped as her eyes darkened.

"Kai…" she whispered. "Sorry…" Tala said.

"It's alright; I don't know who he is anyway." Nami said sadly.

"Anyway, are you okay? How did you get those cuts! You're bleeding everywhere! What…" Tala started.

"Shh…I'm okay, did you bring any food?" she asked. "Yeah." Tala replied. There were two trays on a small cart by the chair in the corner.

(The tray is like the kind you get on airplanes when you go out of the country or something where the place is very far and you get your meals during lunch, dinner, or breakfast.)

Nami gently shook Zack awake. "Wha?" he asked blinking curiously, "Five more minutes, Mom! I'm tired! I don't want to go to school!"

Nami giggled softly while Tala smirked. "Zack, get up, don't you want to eat?" Nami asked while shaking him gently.

Zack slowly lifted his head and rubbed his eyes. "Ahh! Who is that!" Zack exclaimed pointing at Tala.

"This is Tala, he's my friend, don't worry." Nami said trying to calm Zack down.

"Are you sure? I saw him with Boris awhile ago! I heard that he was part of the Blitzkrieg Boys!" Zack said while burying his face in to Nami's stomach.

"It's okay. He won't do anything, just because he is on the team doesn't mean he has to be like Boris." Nami said gently while stroking his hair.

"Okay…" Zack said uncertainly. "I won't do anything." Tala said, "Here, come eat."

Zack stood up and wobbled a bit still a little stiff from sleeping on the cold ground. Nami tried to stand but she was still weak from the loss of blood. Tala gestured to Zack to grab hold of her arm.

They both took her arm and gently pulled her up. Nami winced as the partly healed cuts split open again. "Oh my…" Zack said as he stared back at the ground where Nami had been sitting.

There were small pools and thin lines of blood everywhere. Tala and Zack stared at Nami both of them with identical looks that seemed to say 'nothing, huh?' and Nami simply smiled at them weakly.

Nami's clothes were black so you could never tell in the dim light that she was bleeding. Tala reached over and peeled the black glove on her left hand off. There was a deep cut on her palm which showed no sign of heeling.

"Boris!" Tala hissed angrily. Nami let out a small yelp of pain as her knees buckled.

Tala and Zack grabbed her arm again and led her to the chair in the corner. "You said you were okay! Look you are bleeding everywhere! What did you do to make the instructor so mad!" Tala exclaimed.

"…I talked back and showed emotion." Nami said looking hesitantly over at Zack who was staring at her in horror.

"Damn it! They did you way too harsh!" Tala hissed. "My instructor said I was too weak and had to be shown how to avoid emotional pain." Nami replied.

"Come with me, I'm going to take you to your room and I have to talk to Boris about this." Tala said as he lifted her arm over his shoulder.

"What about Zack? I want him to stay with me." Nami said. "But, Boris will…" Tala started.

"Never mind I'll come up with something, Zack is only eight after all…" Nami whispered. "Okay." Tala said as he looked at Zack.

"Zack, do you mind staying in my room?" Nami asked. Zack shook his head. "I just wanna make sure you are okay. I'll stay with you! I like you." Zack said.

Nami smiled as she reached over and took his hand.

"Come on." Tala said as he pulled gently.

-

"Kai, have you even thought what we should do!" Kenny asked. "I have, and Mr. Dickenson said that the next round will be here anyway so we can go check in to the hotel and decide there." Kai said as he stopped and waited for the others.

Tyson was now carrying Hilary on his back who had twisted her ankle to keep up. "Thank god you aren't heavy." Tyson said while panting.

"Tyson you didn't have to carry me." Hilary said while breathing heavily against the back of his shoulder.

"I had to…" Tyson started between gasps of air, "Otherwise you would've kept us behind."

"You can put me down." Hilary said. Tyson gently sat her down. Max was on his knees breathing heavily.

"How much farther?" Ray asked. "Not much, about a quarter mile left." Kai responded. Kai looked ready to collapse after pushing himself, even though he was in shape he hadn't run this much for awhile.

"Kai are you okay?" Kenny asked. Kai nodded as he put his hands on his knees, breathing heavily like everyone else. His legs were getting numb from the cold and constant running and icy cold air had seeped its way in to his lungs. His pale skin was starting to burn from the cold and had a slight red tint to it.

"Kai, you don't look so well, I mean you've been doing most of the running, some of us have been walking. Are you sure you are okay? If Nami were here she would be snapping at you about how you would be catching a fever. I'm serious, you should take a break." Ray said.

"I can't. My conscious isn't going to feel any better if I stop now. We have to find out where Biovolt is and then go back to the hotel." Kai said stubbornly before shaking his head.

"DAMN IT! YOU SIT DOWN AND REST RIGHT NOW KAI HIWATARI BEFORE I MAKE YOU! Nami would not be pleased one bit!" Hilary screamed.

Everyone even Kai stared at Hilary with a freaked out expression. She had cursed for the first time ever. "Hilary are you feeling…" Tyson started.

"NOW!" Hilary shrieked. Kai sat down immediately. Hilary started giggling. "I now understand why Nami likes torturing you boys so much. I wish she were here…" Hilary thought.

-

"Damn it!" Nami hissed between her teeth as she felt another cut break open. She seemed to forget that Zack was eight.

"We're almost there, good thing you're light." Zack said. Tala nodded at Zack behind Nami's view. "Shut it! Put me down right now!" Nami growled.

"Why?" Tala asked. "Don't touch me! I'm feeling claustrophobic! This place is too damn small!" Nami growled. "Err…Nami?" Tala asked.

"WHAT!" Nami hissed. Tala gestured towards Zack who was staring at her wide eyed. Nami calmed down but cringed every now and then. This was the part when you had too many cuts that everything hurts no matter even if you were cut there or not.

(Sort of like when you wake up in the morning and everything is sore…this happens to me about once every week.)

Tala kicked open a door to a slightly warmer room with a two bunk beds on the wall and they were actually clean. Plus an extra bed that was attached to the wall and had to be pulled out. There was a small fridge in the wall where there were ice packs and a bathroom.

"How come?" Nami started. "Because you're older and stronger and because you are part of the team." Tala said quickly.

"Zack, go lie down on the top bunk. You're my room mate." Nami said with a weak smile.

"Are you sure? I want to help!" Zack said. "Help me by going in to the bathroom changing and getting to bed!" Nami said sternly.

"Okay okay! Geez you sound like my mother!" Zack said as he went in to the bathroom.

"Uh, let me get you something for you to change in to." Tala said as he went outside.

Nami was sitting in a chair while Zack sighed. "Do…do you think we are friends?" Zack asked shyly.

"What are you crazy! Of course we are friends! You're practically like a brother to me!" Nami said while Zack blushed and beamed with a pleased look.

Tala came in and threw a large white shirt and a pair of shorts at Zack who missed them and the clothes landed on his face. Nami started to giggle while Zack pulled them of with a furious look. Tala held his hands up in defense.

Zack walked in to the bathroom and shut the door. "So what's the other bed for?" Nami asked.

"Me." Tala said as he pulled the bed out. "I'm sorry for invading your room." Nami said.

"Nah, besides, someone was eventually going to be assigned here anyway. You know…Kai, Bryan, and Spencer used to stay here." Tala said.

Nami looked up to see a dark spot where there where two holes in the wall above Tala's bed where another bunk used to be.

"Where did he sleep?" Nami asked quietly. Tala pointed to the bottom bed where she was going to sleep in. "Think fast!" Tala said changing the subject and throwing another shirt and shorts at her.

Nami caught them with fast reflexes. "Hah!" she said triumphantly. Tala smirked. Suddenly the door opened and Zack came out with a furious blush on his face. The shirt he was wearing was hanging on him as if for dear life and Zack was holding up the shorts with one hand and holding his other clothes in the other.

Nami started to giggle. "Sorry, we don't have smaller sizes. There is a string on it which you can pull and tie." Tala said.

"Okay." Zack said as he turned around and began to fix the shorts. "My turn!" Nami said cheerfully.

"Soak your other clothes. Remember to clean your cuts or they'll get infected. Oh and by the way…your old bag from before…they have your erm…women…essentials?" Tala said with a confused look.

Nami blushed before grabbing her bag (her suitcase with the stuff she had as a Bladebreaker) "Where did you get it?" Nami asked.

"Someone took it from your room in the hotel with…well you wouldn't really remember." Tala said. "Okay, I'll change." Nami said.

"There is a first aid kit in side the cupboard." Tala said as she went in side. Nami shut the door and locked it. She peeled off her blood soaked clothes and examined all her cuts.

She cleaned what ever she could find and reach before bandaging them and pulling on the rather large clothes. She placed her uniform in the sink and turned on the water.

Nami winced as she saw blood run out of them. It was as if someone tried to dye the clothes red. Bits of dried blood littered the floor of the tiled bathroom. She quickly swept them up and placed them in the waste basket.

Nami opened the door and walked out. Her bare feet echoed off the floor.

Tala and Zack stared at Nami. The white shirt hung on her like Zack's and the sleeves sat on her shoulders. The shorts hung dangerously low on her hips no matter how much she tightened.

"Eh heh…?" Nami said while blushing, "QUIT STARING!"

Tala and Zack smirked as she climbed in to her bed and sighed in relief after pulling the covers over her form, feeling much cleaner.

Tala walked in to the bathroom and changed in to a similar pair of shorts and shirt. Since his shoulders were a bit broader, the collar fit more properly though the rest of the shirt hung a bit since he was lean although, the shorts may have been a bit big it still fit him.

Nami closed her eyes. "Good night." she whispered as Tala shut the lights and Zack scrambled in to bed. She layed there in bed her mind swirling with the same haunting questions: Who is Kai? Who am I? What's happening? Why am I here? Is Kai someone important to me? Should I believe Boris? Why do I keep thinking of Kai?

There was a faint but familiar scent in the bed sheets of autumn and cinnamon. "Kai…" Nami thought.

-

They had walked another 4 miles and had a few more streets left over. Suddenly Kai started to cough. "Kai?" they all questioned in concern. "I'm fine, let's keep going." he growled.

"Kai, should we call a car or something? I think you are getting ill." Max said.

"No, look there's the hotel right across the street. See? Besides I'm fine, I can't get sick!" Kai muttered.

Flashback-

"I can't get sick." Nami said in a good imitation of him saying so the night before, she snatched the towel and soaked it once more, "Hilary told me…blah what crap."

"Too cold…" Kai said smirking. Nami got up and picked up the remote and threw it at him. "Watch TV. I'll get you some soup." she said irritably. "Bah…TV's just a pile of rubbish." Kai said throwing it back at her. Nami caught it.

"Well you might as well find something to do because making soup takes awhile especially when you can't buy the kind in stores at 1 in the morning." Nami said returning the smirk. "You're going to make soup." he asked. "Yes…why?" Nami said plugging in the mini stove. "What if you poison me?" Kai said, "You never know…"

"Well too bad cause either you eat it or you eat nothing." she said pulling out a small pan. "Nothing is the item preferred." Kai said as he pulled out a book.

Nami stirred the soup in the bowl she placed on a bed tray. She placed it over him and snatched the book. "Eat." she said. "I don't want any." Kai said shoving it away. "You sound like a child…either you eat it on your own or I'll feed you like a child." she said impatiently. Kai smirked and his mouth snapped open. Nami sighed and took a spoonful and held it up to his face.

"Tsk tsk tsk…you need to blow first." Kai said shaking his head. Nami looked at him incredulously. "You're joking." she said. "If you plan on feeding a child hot soup then you might as well do it properly." Kai said the smirk widened. Nami blew it gently and held it up to his face where he accepted and swallowed.

Kai nodded. It was good. Nami cracked a tiny smile. "You're the second who has actually tried my soup and liked it." she whispered lowering her head. "Who was the first?" he asked softening a bit. "My mom." she said quietly. "More." Kai said he gestured towards the bowl.

Nami smirked and fed him the rest.

-End flashback

Kai sighed softly at the memory.

-

Nami rolled over in bed for about the tenth time. It felt like time had frozen. She cursed softly as the same questions filled her already flooded mind.

-Something just isn't right
I can feel it inside
The truth isn't far behind me
You can't deny
When I turn the lights out
When I close my eyes
Reality overcomes me
I'm living a lie…-

Nami stared in to the mattress above her where Zack slept. She couldn't get Kai out of her head. It was like he was permanently pasted there.

-When I'm alone
I feel so much better
And when I'm around you
I don't feel loved…

Together
doesn't feel right at all
Together
Together we've built a wall
Together
Holding hands we'll fall
Hands we'll fall…-

Nami rolled over again wondering what the hell she should do. After a moment of thought she quietly pulled her blanket off and placed her feet soundlessly on the icy cold floor. The cuts on her feet stung crying out at her to lie back down in her warm bed.

-This has gone on too long
I realize that I need
Something good to rely on
Something for me…

When I'm alone
I feel so much better
And when I'm around you
I don't feel loved…

Together
doesn't feel right at all
Together
Together we've built a wall
Together
Holding hands we'll fall
Hands we'll fall…-

Nami walked silently over to the bag Tala had given her which she had not bothered to open earlier in the bathroom.

-My heart is broken
I'm lying here
My thoughts are choking
On you, my dear
On you, my dear…

When I'm alone
I feel so much better
And when I'm around you
I don't feel loved…-

She pulled the zipper on the blue duffel bag as quietly as she could in fear of waking Tala or Zack. Once opened, she gazed at the items lost with her memories.

-When I'm around you
When I'm around you
I don't feel together, no
I don't feel together, no

When I'm around you
When I'm around you
I don't feel together, no
I don't feel together…-

Nami stared at the items. Clothes were piled in one neat stack at one side while the other was filled with many things messily thrown in. Nami ignored the clothes which would tell her nothing. She picked up an indigo launcher. "I wonder if this was my old Bey…where is the blade?" Nami thought.

She placed it to one side before picking up a small pouch filled with dark purple ribbons and hair ties. "Hn, rubbish." Nami thought with a smirk. She picked up a pair of black trainers and shoved them away. After looking through scraps of paper as reminders of things she came across a photograph.

It was a picture of herself and a team. There was a brown haired girl "She's the one who hissed at everyone to get out!" Nami thought.

A short brown head boy who looked like a computer geek, a navy haired boy with a red and blue hat covering his hair and he had a clownish appearance, a blond haired boy, a black haired boy who looked like a cat, herself, and a the very boy who haunted her thoughts. "Kai…" Nami thought stroking the side of the picture.

After putting the picture away she dug deeper where she felt a soft object hidden in the corner of the bag. She pulled it out. Nami stared at the object. It was a panda beanie baby. It was so dirty and looked as if it had never been washed as if she had been afraid to remove all the love she had put in to it.

Nami looked at the small tag still attached to the ear. It had small faded letters on the back. She gently stretched it a bit so she could read it. It said: To Atlanta, From Kai.

(Remember in Chapter 17? The beanie baby collection? Lol!)

She sighed. This was the last object in the bag. Then she noticed a small zipper pocket in side. She unzipped it and pulled out a small notebook. Nami flipped through the notebook to see a bunch of poems written neatly. She turned to the last poem. It said:

To Kai if I ever show you this.

Broken Skies

In a time where lights begin to fade,

the clock chimes in silence, and the sun goes away.

Rain arrives once more as lightning brightens the sky,

and death silence settles among those who are ready to say goodbye.

Lies are held within the Broken Sky…

Hearts bleed, mouths whisper…

breaths are held no more chiming silver bells.

Dreams cast one last spell

before I tell the tale of how the world dies.

Darkness captures a kiss of bliss,

everything goes away and lives in another world

as cuts are slashed open and crimson liquid spills

through the broken hearts and empty souls.

Life disappears as flashes of hope vanish as if banished

in to the tranquil gashes of the Broken Sky…

I don't want to live…

too much pain and no gain,

too much death that surrounds the blame,

too many dreams thrown away,

too many broken hearts as if torn away…

As only I lie underneath the Broken Skies…

Nami shut the book and threw it in to her bag before zipping it shut. Her heart pounded against her ribcage. She grabbed the Panda and kicked the bag in to the corner and crawled in to bed. Her heart bled for her memories. She wanted to know how she felt for Kai but she didn't even know who he was. The poem had explained a lot…

-tbc

Sorry this chapter was a waste and it was getting too long so…

I hope you liked it! By the way I really did write the poem and I hope you liked it too! I did it in class since I was bored out of my mind…Anyway review and answer to my poll! Sorry I don't have time for personal thank yous I have a ton of homework! Grr…anyway thanks to all the wonderful reviewers!

Poll: What did you think of my poem?

A.) Loved it!

B.) I don't know!

C.) You are pathetic (expect a slap…)

Thanks see ya soon! Review! Later- Nami