Hey everybody!
Thanks for all the wonderful reviews!
Special thanks to the following....
Acronym - lol. Thank God for the ability to daydream! I accually wrote ch 3 of this story during Alegbra.
Droopy1389 - haha...yeah you're probably right! But I just can't help myself! devilish grin
Phyrefly - yeah...I'm not a great big fan of Hilary myself....but I do like her a little bit. i think she's cute with Kai though Anyway...I hope you still like the story.
Chibi-Kari - you really think so? I wouldn't say the best...there are plenty of great Kai/Hil writers out there!
Phoenix-Roar - I believe three times so far... not sure though lol! Who's counting anyway?
Eyriess - Well thanks! hehe...I like being mean to Kai muahahaha!
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so...the reviewers have spoken!
This story WILL be a KAI/HILARY pairing!
Sorry to all you out there that hate this pairing...but you were seriously outnumbered here. I understand if you stop reading this fic because of this decision...
Well...this chapter might seem a little corny...and I'm afraid the following chapters will turn out corny as well. agh!
anyway...on with the story!
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"The Kai Hiwatari you once knew is dead...leave me to die in the world I belong."
The brunette fell to her knees. Her hands immediately went up to cover her face as tears poured freely from her ruby eyes.
Kai watched as her small frame quivered and heaved as she let her tears flow.
"You....you cry for me?"
Hilary looked up and gazed at the older teen's face, confusion written all over it.
"Oh Kai...." She sobbed, throwing herself at the blue haired boy and wrapping her arms around him.
The teen was startled. He gasped as he felt her warm tears caress his shoulder. He wanted to pull away from the girl, but he couldn't find himself to do it.
After a few moments, the brunette's tears subsided, and she pulled back. She smiled sadly as she saw Kai's surprised face.
She remembered the time when she had hugged him the day he left for Russia...and the expression was exactly the same.
"You're in there somewhere Kai...and I'm going to find you!"
"Well well well...what do we have here?" An ominous voice bellowed from the shadows.
Kai jumped to his feet as a figure emerged before them. Blazing red lenses from black goggles pierced right through the darkness at the two teens.
"Boris!" Hilary gasped, taking a step backward.
"Are you ready?"
The blue haired teen said nothing, but held his listless stare.
"Good..." Boris chuckled, motioning a guard with his arm.
The guard rushed over and attached a chain to a ring on the crimson collar around Kai's neck and pulled him out into the hallway.
"What are you going to do?" Hilary demanded, wiping away the trails of water from her tear-streaked face.
"It is Friday night my dear...the games are about to begin."
There was complete silence as Hilary followed Boris and her friend. A guard was standing right beside her, his hand clutching her shoulder so she wouldn't run off. She listened to the jingle of the chain on Kai's collar and the footsteps echoing throughout the tunnel.
Suddenly, shouts could be heard in the distance. The noise became louder as they headed around another corner and exited the tunnel.
Hilary now found herself in a large arena. People were crowded around the rim of a giant circle, brick walls extending down about 8 feet and dirt lining the bottom.
The brunette noticed the walls were scared from all sorts of different weapons, and certain areas were even painted with blood.
As she scanned the arena, she suddenly bumped into something. She looked up only to be met with piercing red eyes.
Hilary gasped in surprise.
The figure staring back down at her was a young woman of extreme beauty.
She looked no older than 25, and had long, wavy white hair, reaching to her ankles. Her pale complexion stood out against the colorful garments wrapped around her body. Her expression was serious, yet her red eyes held sorrow.
"Oh, I'm so sorry! I didn't see where I was going!"
The woman said nothing, but extended her hand and touched the girl's face.
"Um....excuse me..." Hilary shook off her hand and rushed past her, following Boris down into the ring.
"He's captured her as well...."
The chain was unlocked and Kai was pushed out into the center of the arena.
Cheers erupted from the flocks of people gathered around the edge, waiting impatiently for the fight to commence.
Hilary was dragged up to a new arena, where Boris took a seat in a worn chair. He crossed his legs and folded his hands together, resting his chin on top.
"Watch closely my dear...there's no telling when young Kai's breath will run out."
"Kai...." She whimpered, staring down at her friend.
Down in the ring, a large man walked out to face Kai. He too wore a similar collar around his next, and scars decorated his massive chest.
He snickered as he eyed the injured boy in front of him.
"Do you really expect to stand up to me?! You're half dead!" His voice was thick with a foreign accent.
"I have no choice...I'm not fighting for my own life anymore...." Kai glanced up above the man to see Hilary staring right back, concern and fright covering her face.
"Heh....once you step into the ring, nothing else matters!" The man lunged for the blue haired teen, but Kai easily dodged him.
His instincts kicking in, Kai immediately positioned himself in a defensive stance as the man pivoted around on his heel for another attack.
Kai caught the man's fists with his own, and a battle to stay balanced soon emerged.
The teen grimaced as he felt his strength leave him, and he was pushed up against the wall.
"Do it now!" The man's master shouted from above.
The opponent raised his arm and sent a punch directly at Kai's head.
The teen managed to move in the nick of time, and the man's knuckles connected with the brick behind him.
Kai kneed the man in the gut and rolled under his legs into the center of the ring.
He got to his feet but immediately began to balance and fell to his knees.
"Oh no! Kai!" Hilary cried.
Kai winced as he touched his scalp. His opponent's punch must have grazed him slightly, for blood was beginning to trickle out into his hair.
There was a thud, and the teen turned his attention to his opponent, now face down in the dirt.
The blow to the stomach must have caused him to lose consciousness....and the battle.
Kai was declared the winner, and cheers erupted from the audience.
Hilary breathed a sigh of relief. She looked over her shoulder to see that Boris had gotten off his chair and was earnestly collecting his money.
The brunette scowled at this. His greed would be the end of him for sure!
Using this opportunity, she quietly began to sneak away from her captors. She had to find Kai and make sure he was alright!
Keeping her eye on the purple haired Russian, Hilary backed away, hoping to go unnoticed.
Suddenly, she ran into something again, and whirled around.
"Hilary?" It was that strange woman again!
"Who....who are you?! How do you know me?!"
"Quiet yourself! We mustn't be heard...."
"Tell me who you are!" Hilary whispered again.
"You need not concern yourself with my name. I am here only to help that young boy."
Hilary glanced down at the ring, just as Kai was yanked out of the ring.
"How do you know Kai?"
"I've known him for quite a while. I know he was captured and forced into this world...he was taken from his friends...the only family he really has."
Hilary gasped, looking up at the white haired woman.
"Can you tell me what happened to him?"
Red eyes peered down at her, as if wishing her to elaborate.
"How did he get to be this way....why are his eyes so empty?!"
The woman looked back at the fight. "His spirit has been siphoned out of him, but it hangs close by. You must awaken his heart....you are the only one who can."
"How do you know so much?" Hilary choked, holding back more tears.
"I know many things about that boy...he is very....dear to me....just as he is dear to you, and I correct?"
"Wha....how....."
The woman smiled. "You love him...I can see. That love will save him."
There was a moment of silence before Hilary spoke again.
"How do I bring him back?"
"You must open his heart first, then Dranzer will return. With the help of her, he will awaken."
"Dranzer!" Hilary gasped. "Dranzer! Where....where is she?!"
"3 years ago, Kai released his bitbeast. He wanted to protect her from the fate he was about to suffer, and commanded her to flee from him. Boris took his beyblade shortly after and destroyed it completely!"
With that, a tear formed in the woman's red eye and trickled down her face.
"But she never left him....she continued to watch over him from a far, unbeknownst to Kai."
Hilary gazed at the woman as her lower lip trembled slightly.
"How does she know all this?" The brunette asked herself.
Hilary glanced down at the empty ring for a moment and turned to the woman, but she had vanished!
The brunette looked about, but there was no sign of the white haired woman, but only a crimson feather, floating gracefully over the arena.
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