9: Nightmare of the Past

Disclaimer: How many times do I have to say it, (Received a letter from Ok so I have to say it ever chapter, great. Now, I don't own beyblade, you should already have gathered that, you happy now? Good, now, on with the story.

Kai: (Still shivering.) Hello, anybody there?
Emma: Yeah we're here.
Kat: We'll do you a deal. (Walk up to ice block with Emma behind).
Emma: If you don't hurt us…
Kat: Chase us…
Emma: Hunt us down with a mallet…
Kat: Buy a machine gun and shoot us…
Emma: Attack us both with Dranzer…
Kat: Shut down Emma's computer…
Emma: Or if you don't generally come near us ever again…
Kat and Emma: We'll let you go.
Kai: (Nod.) Look, just get me the hell outta here.
Kat: This might take a while. (Pick ice block up and put it on the cooker stove). Just sit there and wait.
Kai: What, now your going to fry me.
Emma: Yeah. (Walk off with Kat and both ignore Kai's protests.)
Kat: You sure you want to fry one of the most popular Beyblade characters in front of this crowd. (Look at audience member, yes, member. I feel so proud.)
Emma: Remember who's paying you, you can just be my body guard, you do have eternal life and can go Loco can't you?
Kat: ('I'm being paid?') I only have Eternal life in the DBZ fics and this is Beyblade, and what's Loco going to do against an maddened Kai. (Shudder at the thought).
Emma: What! (Hear Kai break free of burning ice and yell at them)
Kat: Run like you life depends on it.
Emma: It bloody well does. (Both sprint off away from Kai, with a machine gun and Dranzer being shot at them and a mallet being aimed at them and a pair of wire clippers being aimed at the………blank screen.)

Just to say. TODAYS MY B-DAY. I am VERY happy now. heh, sorry. Story time.

''Strange, Kai's still not out.'' Ray questioned.

''Maybe the girl woke up and he's just talking to her.'' Max put in.

''Kai, talk, who's for bets against.'' Dizzi said.

''Or maybe there getting to know each other a little better in a different way.'' Tyson said, his sick mind giving him unwanted ideas as he smirked at everyone.

''Tyson.'' All the other Beybladers yelled. They had just finished doing there laps but it didn't stop them from lunging and pounding Tyson for insulting their team leader and just for the fun of beating Tyson up.

''Hey guys, need I ask why your beating up the idiot.'' A familiar female voice asked. They all turned from their anime tangle on the floor and smiled.

''Hey Hilary.'' Max said walking up to the brunette after untangling himself form the rest.

''For once your wrong, were not beating him up for getting up late.'' Ray informed her.

''That's a first.'' The girl said thoughtfully. ''How'd you get him up this time?'' She asked.

''The icy water gag.'' Ray said smirking.

''You guys are so not fair.'' Tyson whined.

''You so need to get up earlier.'' Hilary argued. The rest were already preparing to run for their lives.

''Some people need more sleep than others you know.'' Tyson argued.

''And why would that be?'' Hilary retaliated. ''Because there too lazy to do god damn nothing all day apart from stuffing their face.''

''It's because I have training everyday.''

''And I don't.''

''You don't blade.''

''I train you.''

''Yeah but you don't actually blade, you don't know ho…''

''Guys, three, two, one.'' At Ray's words Kenny, Max and Ray himself ran and retreated to the house.

''Where is Kai anyway?'' Hilary asked still sending death glares in Tyson's direction. It was now noon, although outside it was dark and cloudy so didn't look it, they had called off training, or rather Tyson's and Hilary's arguing, because of a storm cloud gathering a few minutes earlier. It was now tipping it down again and the thunder and lightening were soon to follow. Apparently this was going to be a big storm but the last for a while anyway.

''The dudes still asleep from when I checked earlier.'' Tyson's Grandpa said. ''Anyway, who's the little lady that's in there with him?''

''What?'' Hilary yelled.

''Chill Hilary, you know the person that challenged us yesterday before you left, well that's her.'' Max explained.

''But why is she here?'' Hilary asked.

''Tyson won against her but she remained a mystery to us, so Kai went to get some answers, he didn't come back until this morning just before you came with her in his arms, we don't know why though, apart from she had nowhere else to stay.'' Kenny said.

''Yeah, we don't know anything else about her, apart from apparently she's a bandit, she was carrying guns and a sword with her when Kai carried her in.'' Ray said.

''A bandit, and she's in here, what happens if she attacks us? What happens if she's an assassin sent to kill off the world champs?'' Hilary said, suddenly frightened of this new girl.

''By the looks of her face she'll be asleep for another year if she could; I doubt she'll want to kill you little dudes and dudette.'' Grandpa said reassuringly. Suddenly a roll of thunder was heard and a fork of lightening flew though the sky.

''At least we won't have to train anymore.'' Tyson said openly. ''Anyone for lunch.'' Everyone in the room sweatdropped.

In Kai's room everything was silent. Two separate calm breaths were heard and an occasional mutter or tossing of a cover but that was all the sound present. Kai lay upon his bed soundlessly asleep, the covers wrapped around his shoulders. Kat on the other hand was more restless, the covers were sprawled all over her legs as she tossed and turned trying to rid herself of her dreams and the thunder and lightening outside. It wasn't working.

''Mum I really don't think we should got out again.'' A young teenaged boy pleaded. His long brown blue streaked hair stuck down with as many pots of gel that you could imagine and his black sparkling eyes filled with nervousness as well as fear.

''Why do you think that dear?'' The older woman replied, she had long waist length brown hair that was let down at the moment and her fringe covered her face and caring crystal blue eyes.

''Well for one, I don't feel that good, and I know this is a big business thing for you and dad and I don't want to upset you by missing it but I really don't think we should go. And besides, sis's going crazy again, you know something bad normally happens when she goes like that.'' He said looking over at his younger sister that seemed to have gained in age by about ten years as she was growling and pulling a face so cross that even her father before her, trying to reason with her, was getting a bit iffy.

''Were high up as it is and there been bad news of what's been happening in storms this high up.'' The boy continued by cutting his neck with a finger. The woman almost laughed, she placed a hand gently on her 12 year old sons shoulder.

''If you mean being struck by lightening, it is very rare to happen.'' She said.

''If it's that rare then how come that about 5 people have been killed within the last month when we've been hit by these freak storms.'' He said desperately.

''Don't worry, we'll go and then we'll come back within the hour, no harm done to us ok?'' The boy could only nod. He turned to go collect his sister before getting into the back of the car.

''Go start the engine dad, I'll get her.'' His dad nodded and brushed a strand of his blue hair away from his eyes. It was blue at the front and then brown at the back and cut pretty short although it still covered his eyes when he didn't want it to. The man then walked off to the car retrieving some keys from his pocket as he went.

The boy looked back at the marble house, their mansion home, he had made sure everything was turned off, all the computers and TVs unplugged just in case the storm hit. He wasn't coming back to a burnt down house caused by lightening.

He then turned back to his sister. She was sitting stubbornly on a rock lining the driveway. She had already been dressed in a little pink flowery dress that he knew she despised and was trying her hardest to try and make it rip or dirty. That's what his sister would do anyway. In one hand, clutched to her chest, was a white horse doll that she had stuck a unicorn's horn on with a bit of card and string as well as a pair of feather covered wings. That always made him smile; she'd take that thing everywhere. In her other hand was a silver beyblade that had been given to her a few weeks before on her sixth birthday. The bit-beast itself had been in their family for ages, he had had his fathers one and she her mothers.

''Come on sis, we gotta go.'' He said. The girl cracked a smile at the suit he was wearing and his hair.

''You look funny.'' She said smiling.

''You look beautiful.'' He said walking up to her. She giggled and let herself be picked up by her older brother.

''Hair smells funny.'' She stated climbing onto his shoulders.

''I know it does, and it looks stupid.'' He said back in disgust about having to wear his hair like it was. The girl giggled and nodded as they started to walk towards the car parked in the gravel drive.

''Come on sweetie were going to be late.'' Called the Woman. The boy nodded and felt his sister stiffen on his shoulders and grab hold of his ears a little too hard.

''I no want to go.'' She protested. The boy pulled her hands off of his ears before taking her from his shoulder.

''You're getting too big to do that you know.'' He said putting her down on the ground and holding her hand. He crouched down to her height and spoke to her.

''I'll beybattle you if you come.'' He bribed. The girl thought it over but shook her.

''I'll beybattle you twice and then take you to see the horses.'' The girl immediately nodded and was led to the car.

The thunder rang through the room again, then it started over and lightening streaked through the sky. In Kat's dream she squirmed to try and get away, she knew what was going to happen.

The lightening struck again; the two passengers in the back of the car got even more nervous as the storm reached its peak right above them. The lightening struck again right in front of them causing the earth to shatter and burn, the car veered to the right…and right into a tree, screams were heard to shatter the storms roar. The windshield and first two seats were crushed. The back two only just survived. The girl jumped from her seat and out into the road in shock, getting poured on by the heavy rain that stung her eyes. She ran around to the front of the car desperately trying to save her parents, only to find…death. The boy followed, took one look before grabbing his sister and running far away down the hill and out of danger. The thought would forever stick with him of his parent's death. The lightning stuck again…but they were already gone.

Kat woke with a start and sat bolt upright on the sofa she was using as a bed for the time being. Gasping for breath and sweating with fear she looked around the room for somewhere to hide. Only to be met with Kai's brown eyes looking at her slightly puzzled. There was another lighting streak; a roll of thunder shook the house. Kat tensed and jumped slightly in fear. She tried taking deep breaths but they would be interrupted by the storms roar.

''What's wrong?'' Kai asked, well, more like ordered to know.

''Nothing.'' Kat lied.

''It doesn't seem that way.''

''I'm just scared of the storm that's all.''

''There more to it than that isn't there. You've been yelling the word 'no' for the last few minutes.'' Kat paused and sighed, closing her eyes in thought before sighing again and looking back at Kai.

''Just don't tell anyone ok.'' She said, Kai paused before nodding and sitting up in bed and crossing his arms as he listened to Kat as she spoke with fear dripping from her voice.

''It's my parents; they died shortly after my sixth birthday, just when I was old enough to realise what death was but young enough to not be able to take it well. I just dreamt of it again, it was during a storm like this. We were driving to one of my moms conventions for work; we lived high in the mountains, well, hills really, and out of the way of publicity. So as we drove down into the near by town a storm struck, lightening hit right in front of the car, Dad drove the car right into a tree which ended in crushing him and my mother.'' She stopped tears in her eyes but were being held in well enough not to be seen in the darkness.

'At least you got it off your chest.' Her bit-beats said to her through her mind.

''Shut up and leave me alone, I'm still mad at you for showing yourself you know.''

'Well sorry for even trying to help you. I won't next time and then you'll end up hurt…or dead!'

''Sorry boy, it's just, well you were there.''

'And I didn't like it neither.'

''So that's why you didn't like the storm yesterday?'' Kai asked. Kat simply nodded before yelping in fright as another roll of thunder roared through the city. She grabbed at the blanket near her feet and pulled it up around her shoulders again.

''It scares the hell out of me, at least I've got someone with me now though, it's better than being alone.'' She sighed but still was tense with fright.

''I am not doing that Dranzer.''

'Why not?'

''I just don't want to.''

'Come on, look at her, she needs it right now.'

''But not from me.''

'You're the only person she knows around here, if I can add, probably the only one she can trust in the world.'

''And why does that give me the responsibility to do it?''

'You a friend to her, she saved your life and you won't ever get a chance to repay her again. Just do it.' A long pause. 'Master…' Kai sighed.

''Come here.'' Kat looked at him strangely.

''Earth to Kitty Kat, come here.'' Kat just looked puzzled before getting up from the sofa with her blanket still wrapped around her shoulders.

''Yeah Kai.'' She tensed again as another streak or lightening flashed and tried to not notice the flash that illuminate the room or then the thunder that boomed in her ears.

''Sit down.'' He ordered. Kat just obeyed and walked over to the bed and sat next to him on its soft covers. ''Now, if I don't tell about your nightmare you won't tell about this.'' He said.

''About what.'' She felt Kai's arms encircle her shoulders and was quickly pulled into a tight hug. She relaxed slightly again and before long was once again asleep against his chest.

(Arrrrrrr, there's the hug DarkMCat If your still otu tehr ethat isand this will progress further -)

(I know this really isn't apparent but I love the chibi Kat bit. She is sooooo cute. You have to love her sometimes. But then again, normal and badass Kat are all good. To me at least. Cya next chap).