Journey of the soul
Disclaimer: Don't own the Beyblade characters.
Summary: Takes place 6 months after the events in Journeys. Kai is trying to understand why his dreams are beginning to affect his life, and more importantly, what they have to do with Ray. Just to tell you all this is going to be more of a love story than the other. Theres going to be little to no fighting between certain people. Though I'm planning a big fight between Tyson and Kai, hehehehe am I evil or am I evil. evil grin Oh by the way, I'm busy writing another fic in my spare time called Stone Cold. I had a request, if you want to call it that, for a fic with more angst...let me just say gets down on knees with hands over head, similar to Yuugi in the 1st ep of YuGiOh thank you thank you THANK YOU! I was worried people found my fics a little depressing, thank my friend for that, with all the anger and such. Its going to have nothing to do with Journeys and incidents will be based from personal experience, a bit of it anyway, as usual it will have my fav pairing (Kai/Ray). If you interested give me a shout and I'll start posting once I'm finished typing out JOS. Anyway...enough of my rambles...heres answers to reveiws.
Reis1gurl: Howzit! Well you clinched it, I don't mind the long explanation as to why he should have it that way. I would rather you told me your reasoning then just said 'Option such and such'. I agree, Kai's face paint thing is very sexy. It wasn't my idea for Ray to use concealer, I personally imagined him to have something similar to Kai( he would make the stripes bigger with black face paint) but then I did a drawing of it and it didn't look so good. As to the staff member for your C2 I am so honoured, but I have no idea what to do as a staff member. If you can give me some help then I would like to join, the only major prob is my internet access is limited to weekends, It sucks big time! All I said is true, you are the best.
Platinum Rei: Hi! Thank you, I wasn't sure if Tyson's point of veiw would go down well with some readers, I'm just glad it worked. There will be more drama coming. Tyson and Kai disputes are just too much fun! (especially when Ray's love is the issue)
Wolf: Hey! Thanks, I loved writing Journeys. I see you also like the whole come out when angry tattoo thingy. Yes I understand what you mean. As you can see I put up three chaps in two nights.( the first was reposted as it was the wrong chap) Max and Tyson do make a good couple, I just have to come up with some way for Tyson to get his thick head around the fact that Ray isn't for him...don't worry, your wish ,and the rest of the reviewers, is my command!
Kurai Eymru: I'm going, I'm glad you think it's awesome. More chaps are coming, but you gonna have to be patient with me.
Celestial-Dragon-Demon: Thank you for pointing out my error, I have fixed it and the first chap is there for all to read. Though thank you for your compliment, if you wish to point out more go ahead, it helps when others see mistakes. Live and learn as they say...that sounds so cliche.
LunarTigerGurl: Read it! Untold Truths was the story that brought me into the wonderful world of Yaoi, more importantly the fact that others believe Ray and Kai are the best together, anyway...sniff...I am so honoured that you put my story and that story in the same review. I love Untold Truths! It is so good, all who haven't read it you should it is well written and the writer manages to keep the characters in character practically the whole time...I'm getting side tracked again. Anyway, the story is coming so please don't die! I agree it does look like him...and I also want Kai to slap Tyson...but being the bigger man...I mean mentally...oh never mind...stupid friend and her ambiguous comments...sorry I'm rambling again...as I was saying as he is the more mature person he will refrain from such things...atleast until he is pushed over the edge. :)
Endoh Chiaki: Okay I'm hurrying...atleast you didn't say I had to update or die...O.o...I think I'm going to move houses or something...never mind.
SakuraCC87: Thank you. You should read Journeys to fully understand what is happening. Journeys is actually the main story and this is a wrap up, thats why I named it Journeys of the Soul, you will also find out then who some of the characters are and also what happened to Ray...not to mention a bit of his history. There is also a 1 shot or two that deal with Ray's past. Anyway sorry bout the grammatical/spelling errors. I thought the diary thing was nice as well. Now for the Tyson/Kai drama...hm...to be honest I have a good idea what will happen between the two of them...you're very close though...this whole problem will cause a major rift...you will find out how big though later on though. Vice versa? As in Kai will only love Ray?
Just that good: Mwhahahahaha! Yes I did! Don't sulk...please. As I can imagine you now know who they have met so I don't need to say more. I agree Tyson should mind his own business, he is stupid, but if he wasn't so nosy then we wouldn't be having so much fun. My friends fellow writers are in the process of placing bets on how long it takes before Kai hits...or better yet throttles...Tyson. They wont tell me the bets though. pout
MikeyWaysgirl: Hey thats Kai's line! Then again everyone says that...oh well...I'm not mean and evil...then again maybe I am.
Wow that was long. On with the fic! Hi Ho Drigger! Away!...Darn it!
Cute moments ahead!
"Talking"
"Thinking"
Writing
"Mystery voice"
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"Kai...wake up. Kai get up. Kai!"
Kai shot up, momentarily not registering his surroundings, his dream still holding centre place in his mind and soul. The images played through his mind, filling him with icy horror.
"Kai."
He looked up, meeting Max's wide, concerned blue eyes." Are you alright?" He nodded." It was just a nightmare." The others nodded and started to get ready to go. Kai sighed and got up.His whole body drenched in sweat, muscles aching from being tense for most of the night, his mind whirled trying to quiet the fear that seemed to be eating his walls and assaulting his soul, filling it with dread. ' It was only a nightmare. Just a nightmare.' He wanted to believe that he really did, but if it had all been a nightmare then why was there a spot of blood on his shirt.
And where had his wrist band gone.
" How much further." Kai growled as Tyson asked that for the tenth time in a minute. He spun to yell at him, only for something to catch his eye. He grinned and began to make his way towards the building he could now clearly see.
Tyson was about to shout at him when he saw what Kai had seen. He began to follow when Kenny caught his arm and shook his head, the two made their way in the opposite direction. He growled and shrugged then followed silently behind them.
Kai gently pushed open the little gate that hung precariously on its hinges. His crimson eyes took in the little yard, smiling as he remembered how Ray had described it with such precision, now he was seeing it for real.
There was a small pond, which looked natural, snaking its way lazily on the left side of the little cottage, it was tinkling merrily as it trickled over smooth rocks. Ray had had his first swimming lesson in the deeper parts of that pond. There was what looked like a home made beyblade dish, which on closer inspection revealed itself to be a huge basin that had been dug into the ground. Ray had learnt to blade in that dish. Kai turned his attention to the cottage itself, he walked towards it. The once clean wooden walls were covered in creepers and dirty. He gently pushed at the door, silently hoping it wasn't locked. His wish came true as the door swung open, then fell off its hinges and landed with a resounding crack. Kai tensed at the noise, inwardly apologising to Ray for breaking his door. He stepped in and looked around, the cottage was in a state, everything was lying everywhere and it was covered with dust. 'Is this what happens when over a decade has past and no one has been in here?' Kai wondered, secretly he thought the chaotic mess was caused by intruders, when Ray's parents were killed.
He shook his head and carefully made his way to the next room. It was moderately big, with a large mattress for a bed, this had to be Ray's parents room. Kai stepped into the room, he saw something on the floor and moved to check it. He gently picked up a picture frame, in it was a picture of a young woman with long black hair and striking green eyes, she was slender and very pretty. A man with dark brown hair stood behind her, arms wrapped protectively around her slender waist. His eyes were also green. Kai looked down and saw that one of the womans hands rested on a child with a mop of wild black hair, the childs head was lowered so you couldn't see its face. Kai sighed and looked around, his eyes brightened as he saw another book. He picked it up and felt flutter in his stomach when he made out the words 'photo album' in Chinese. He began to open the book when he shook his head. He could do that later, he wanted to explore the rest of the cottage.
He walked till he found another bedroom and opened the door. His eyes widened as he found a neat room, relatively untouched save for the dust. He could see from the small mattress and pictures on the walls that this was a childs room. Ray's room. He walked in and gently closed the door behind him. He took a moment to just look at it. He felt a smile tug his lips as he saw Driggy, Ray's stuffed toy tiger.
"I got it when I was born."
Ray's voice gently flowed through his mind. He couldn't help but smile, even though he wasn't here with Kai he was leading him. Allowing Kai to see a part of him that no one else was ever allowed to see. The real Ray, there were no walls that needed to be broken, this was pure and honest. Just like their love.
'Since when did I become such a sap...oh yes, since I fell for my kitten.' It wasn't that bad, if Kai had to really think of it, there was worse things than being a little mushy at times, like being mushy all the time...or being like Tyson. Kai cringed at that thought. Now THAT was a scary thought.
He glanced at the small table in the one corner, something pulled him to it. He didn't know why but he felt he had to go to it. He reached down and opened one of the drawers he felt his way around it, considering the angle he was at stopped him from looking in. His hand brushed past a few scraps of paper, and something he didn't wish to identify, then his hand brushed something very familiar to him.
With eyes wide he gently pulled the object out, he slowly looked down at it, his mind already registering the familiar texture and smell that was assaulting him. He felt his heart flutter as his eyes focused on a snow white tiger lilly.
Tyson, Kenny and Max looked up to see Kai walk into camp. Kenny was about to ask him what he had found till he got a good look at the older boys face. Silence followed the Russian like a faithful dog as he entered his tent and closed the flap.
"Whats up with him?" Tyson huffed at Max's question. He didn't care what was wrong with Kai, he wanted to know where the book in his arms had come from.
Kai sat down on his sleeping bag, he gently laid the photo album on his lap. He carefully opened at a random page, his eyes softening as familiar gentle amber stared back at him. They were so innocent, so young. So untouched. Had this been Ray when he was...Kai looked to the bottom of the picture...three? He shook his head and turned to the first page, it was better to start at the beginning.
He couldn't stop the grin that rebelled against him as his eyes fell on a very young, and bedraggled, Ray. It was obvious he had fallen into some water, somewhere. His mother was holding him, her mouth open slightly as if she were laughing, she had a towel wrapped around him. The next picture had Ray proudly holding up a small, bitless, beyblade. Written underneath it, in Chinese Ray and his first beyblade. Three years old. He turned the page and there was a picture of the woman and a young Ray sitting on a root of a familiar oak tree. Miriam and Ray, fourth birthday. He smiled and carried on, there were pictures of Ray's parents in various places, so Kai just casually looked at them. His paging stopped as he found an other picture of the young boy. Ray stood infront of the waterfull, the one Kai had the incident at, he was looking over the edge, eyes gazing at something beyond the camera's veiw, perhaps even beyond anyone elses veiw. Ray, fifth birthday. Kai sighed, so much had happened, more than he could ever know. But deep down inside he didn't care, he didn't mean he didn't care about Ray's past, he just felt it could never affect how he felt for the other. No nothing could do that, not even death.
Kai shivered, he had been having dark thoughts for months now, Ray's disapearance had triggered more than just his resolve to find him. With that loss of his beloved had come the remembrance of his own past. The Abbey, his grandfather and, most importantly Black Dranzer. The dark hearted phoenix had plagued his dreams as often, if not more, than his loss of Ray. Yet even then Ray was with him. When the fires that dwelt within the hated herald of dementia became too much for Kai to handle, close enough to burn his soul as they battled, Ray would come, and with him would come peace and warmth. Loving warmth, it soothed the burns the fire had formed, in his mind and heart. If his grandfather was a disease, Ray was his cure. A drug, one Kai would never manage without.
Kai had thought his struggles with his past ended when the Abbey had been destroyed, he had been wrong. For the years they had been apart, his nights were plagued with the consuming hate, he would be drowning in a lake of deciet and disgust. One he had no way of remaining afloat in. Then a certain amber eyed gift had come into his life, he found a release from the torture, the pain and the hate. In place of deciet he was given honesty, true and open, anger was erased with love, both understanding and forgiving. In place of betrayal he was given trust, overflowing and unchanging. The darkness within him and been changed, contorted and gentled so that the cold heart could feel the warmth of love, the icy veins could feel the heat of passion, the pessimistic mind could feel the joy of happiness. The broken boy could feel the unimaginable pleasure of anothers undivided and undying belief in him. Kai had, for that time he had been blessed with Ray's company, experienced the joys that few ever truly called their own, or had a right to say they knew. He had Ray to thank for that, and thank him he would.
Kai's moments of musing were harshly cut off when a loud, and very annoying, snore broke the peaceful atmosphere. He glared at the side of his tent, in the direction of Tysons, and glanced at his watch.
23:49. It was late, he needed to sleep. He placed the photo album gently in his bag and climbed into his sleeping bag, before the gentle pull of slumber could lull him to sleep a thought crossed his mind. One that brought a smile to his face.
' Ray loves me.'
tbc
Where does this come from! Would you believe me if I said I'm not a romantic? Usually anyway, it seems Kai and Ray have that effect on me. Okay, there was another chapter. Next chapter...ah you can wait and see. Have a good day/night/whatever. Night Night.