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Prologue

Chapter One: Chapter Three - Never Coming Back; Realization.

Hitoshi's POV

I did it because I loved my brother; I did it for him, for Takao, my Takao. I'd do anything for him, he need not ever ask. His long midnight hair, his blue eyes, and his tan skin very much unlike my own, is 'asking' enough.

I'd do anything for him..

I'd kill for my brother, and that is precisely what I have done: Killed.

Maybe not directly (the intent was definitely there, but I had done it and no one had suspected a thing. I, Hitoshi had killed another living person, I had killed a friend.

So as I sit here, in my plain room, only decorated with a picture of Takao (which is decoration enough.. for me) I am confident that everything will be quite content soon enough.

So as I sit here..

I hold the bandana that once belonged to one of my dearest friends, stroking the soft material.

Thinking that the one who formerly wore it was indeed beautiful beyond compare, however they no longer existed nor will they ever get in the way of my love again, and so even though the extent of my crime had been vicious I have no feelings of regret or guilt for destroying that beauty.

I did what I had to, and I had to kill Rei Kon.

They were too close, Takao and Rei were too close: Too close like only brothers should be, and Rei wasn't his brother.. I was.

Takao admired Rei, and Rei; he was just too pretty, too naïve of my brother's real intentions.

Takao was slowly falling in love with the neko-jin, I could tell.

He wanted to pursue a relationship with the raven-haired youth, and Rei; he would have let him, he would have loved him back.

So I eliminated Rei.

Of course I couldn't be the one to do it, not personally anyway, how could I? I had loved Rei too, he was so kind and generous.

It was hard not to love someone who would gladly throw themselves into harm's way if it meant someone else's safety: Ironic seeing as that is exactly what had happened.

And I still remember the look on his face, as the rest of the beyblading world does, no one will ever forget that helpless expression…

He's still only considered missing, but I know he's dead; I never did see the body but this little piece of red fabric in my hand is proof enough.

Rei Kon is dead.

And there is only one thing on my mind: How lovely this red bandana would look…

On Takao.

End POV

A day turned into a week, a week turned into a month, and a month turned into a year. Still missing champion beyblader Rei Kon had not been found.

His absence caused quite a stir in the beyblading world, teams devastated, fans shocked, all of them mourning. No one understood why it had to happen to Rei: He hadn't done anything to cause anyone else hurt, he put others before him self, and yet that didn't matter to his captors.

All that mattered to them was power and they had gotten what they had come for.

But the different teams never lost hope, The All Starz, Majestics, Demolition Boys, White Tigers, and the Bladebreakers all searched for many months looking for their friend.

Nine whole months they searched before their "never lost hope" began to fade into something less.

They eventually stopped looking, given up on ever finding Rei, to them he had become just a memory, a sad memory that they had rather not remember, and so they left. Everyone returned to their homes, one by one.

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Takao had been the one to take Rei's disappearance the hardest; he was completely thrown off balance, constantly angry, and having random fits, he even stopped eating for awhile.

It was his way of dealing with things, he eventually sought comfort with his brother Hitoshi, who was more than happy to be his shoulder, maybe a little too happy, but no one was concerned about it.

Hiromi, Max, and Kyouju also had a hard time dealing with the loss of their friend, though not nearly as bad as Takao. They also had each went through their own "depressed" stage.

Hiromi became really self conscious, always criticizing how she looked, or whatever she did, getting really upset, and then going off and locking herself in the bath room crying.

Kyouju would become so absorbed in his laptop and thinking that he would often end up typing the same thing over and over again on Microsoft word, not even aware that he was doing it.

And Max: he would just sit in a corner by himself holding a photograph of the team; staring at it, and sometimes mumbling incoherent things to the two-dimensional versions of themselves.

Kai on the other hand had been pretty much unfazed. Acted like he really didn't care, but you could tell inside it had affected him too. He still looked for Rei everywhere he went, followed every glimpse of black, and hint of gold.

He may have never admitted to it but Kai desperately wanted to find Rei. Maybe he finally realized how much Rei had been a part of his life. Especially since him and Rei had been angry at each other when they had last spoke.

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One year turned into two, two years turned into three, and still Rei Kon had not been found.

The beyblading world was beginning to get back to normal, tournaments were now being held regularly once again, except this time the necessary safety precautions were being taken to make sure what happened three years ago did not happen again.

Old teams were coming back to compete and the sad memories had been forgotten.

No one mentioned Rei anymore, the only person to still use 'his' name was Kai, who still searched, but now even he realized that he was never going to find Rei, maybe a body but not Rei.

He knew his search was in vain, he wasn't crazy.

Kai knew, he just didn't care, and he only continued to look.

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Three years turned into four, and still Rei Kon had not been found.

It seemed that now, to everyone.. 'He' was never coming back.

'He' had been forgotten.

'He'.. Rei Kon was gone.

TBC

What happened to Rei? (You'll see)

Is he really Dead? (Not yet)

Why were Kai and Rei angry at each other? (Few more chapters to find the answer to that.)

Is Hitoshi going to find love with his brother? (Not if I can help it!)

Is someone going to die? (Hell yeah! Guess who?)

Will you review my story? (I really hope so! PLEASE!)

Okay I promised I wouldn't post anything new until I finished my other story, but I couldn't help it, I had to post this, however it won't be updated for a while, because I have to finish writing the next chapter for my other story and I had this idea for a one-shot that I plan to write as well… ahh summer is almost here!