Il Ladro Matrice
Chapter 6:
A Hell of A Lot of Meetings Lately
Disclaimer: If I owned Beyblade then Mariah would have been died. I would also make Rei, Tala and Kai sexier than they already are. Since none of these things happened so far within the series then I don't own it. Too bad. Such great improvements.
I noticed I haven't been putting 'the' next to 'Il Ladro Matrice' it's because 'Il' means 'the' so it sounds kind of funny in my head. It sounds like "The the Master Thief" so yeah. Kinda weird. I'll fix it later. Deal with it for now. Please. Oh and please review I feel so unloved right now! Thanks to my actual reviewers!
"Do you have an explanation for your actions Young Rei?" Nothing in Driger's voice contain a hint of humor or in the mood for lies.
He stared at Driger with astonishment. He thought the plan was going great! It was going exactly as he planned with no flaws.
Perfect.
Now, he couldn't meet Tyson or Kai. Even Tala! On second thought he didn't really want to meet Tala. Max and him would be miserable and never have another opportunity to meet more humans. They'll be miserable. Kai and Tyson might think he betrayed them. Untrue betrayal can curse the human heart to not trust. His face saddened as he thought about losing friends…again. For the rest of his life he would be surrounded by bit beast. He failed. He broke his promise to her.
"Promise me one day you will meet more humans. They all aren't bad and some wish to be at peace with bit beast. If chance arrives clutch it with your will. If it begins to crumble and leave your grasp, your hold, your will, your heart, keep trying. Never give up. Humans' instincts is to want. If you want something then take it. Don't allow anything or anyone to stop you!"
"You're human! I have you! I'm holding onto you!" I child Rei grabbed an older woman who had tears filled in her eyes. She released herself from him and began walking away.
"Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person we will know how to be grateful. When the right person comes to you be grateful for it."
Those were the words she said to Rei before she left. Mitsu…
"Driger… humans were here." Determination filled Rei's being. He would stand up to Driger. He loved everything about the tiger, but this was something he had to do. He wasn't going to allow anything to stop him.
"Do you have an explanation?" He identified the emotions running through Rei. He stood up to the tiger who was much taller and comparison.
"I have to meet humans. I want to meet humans. I am also human! I have told Dragoon this and I'll tell you too. I have accepted that I am half human half bit beast, so I'll shall not run from either of these breeds! I have been with bit beast for years now and loved it. I plan to remain here for a long while too. But I must also be around humans. They are me."
Driger listened, memorized and studied every word Rei just said to him. Dragoon and Max were aware of Rei's action. They even took part in it. Disloyal! How could they! "Do you not remember the last time humans were here! That woman! The one whom Max's parents associated with! Because of her the barrier was disturbed! This area isn't protected anymore! That was ten years ago Rei. Not a very long time."
Blaming Mitsu, his friend, his mother was angering Rei. He balled his fist so hard that his claws were piercing through his skin. He stopped before he bleed. He looked at the tiger harshly and said, "Stop it! It was not her fault! Don't you understand? She tried to prevent it. She protected the last piece but he got it first. Her sacrifices weren't in vain! We steal artifacts to bring the spell back together right? We'll continue this and one day the forest will be safe once again. It safe so far with the legal documents so we'll keep trying and never give up!"
"How long have you known them Rei?"
Rei kind of jumped. He wasn't expecting that question. "Um… almost three days. But please let me see them. I know that three days isn't really along time to actually trust and know someone. I know they might betray me and even use me but something is saying 'keep going' and 'you must know them'. I can't explain this feeling but they are my link. With them Max and I will just know what we need to know. Please try to understand what I'm saying Driger." Rei swished his tail as he prepared for a yelling that would kill his ears and develop a major migraine.
Driger stayed silent. He looked at Rei. He studied Rei. He now has matured. Whatever the tiger said to this neko-jin was going to come in one ear and out the other. Nothing will change that mind of his. Driger accepted these terms. "When are they coming again?"
This time Rei really did jump. Did this mean Driger was going to allow them to see them? He hadn't yelled like he had expected so that meant Driger wasn't mad. A lot. "Tomorrow at the regular forest. I will lead them to the entrance in case someone is following us. I can have Dragoon spot them and I spot them myself too."
"Do they know you are part bit beast?"
"No we hid it from them by wearing make-up and baggy clothes."
Driger could see that Rei had planned this all out. The sheets were the only thing they gave him away. The sheets? Rei never answered his previous question. The main thing he wanted to know was why they sheet smell like humans. He wanted to know what they were doing on the bed. That was the main issue going through the tiger's head and he still wanted to know! Rei completely went off task! What if Rei was avoiding the question deliberately?
"Driger does this mean we can visit them." Rei finally asked the tiger a question after a period of silence and examining the tiger's face becoming more irate by the moment. By what? He didn't have a clue.
"Yeah! Sure! Whatever! Now answer my question!" Driger hastily dropped down to the front of Rei. His eyes glared in a way of suspecting someone of wrong doings. He leaned forward as Rei leaned backwards.
"Uh… yeah. The answers yes." He didn't even know what the question was he just said yes.
"It isn't a yes or no question!" Rei was stalling time. Yes! That exactly what he was doing. Maybe that whole story was a lie and in actuality he and Max were having affairs with humans behind his back. He may have matured but not that much! How could he?
"Well… I… don't know wha-"
"What do you mean you don't know!" Rei sweat dropped as he saw the tiger going muttering to himself and fuming around as he questioned his own self then answer it.
"Calm down! Let me finish! I don't know what you are talking and yelling about! That was my answer if you'd let me finish."
"Oh." Driger blushed in embarrassment. He always told Rei and Max to be patient and hear out everything a person says before answering and here he was acting like a manic while assuming very wrong things. He cleared his throat then spoke in a calm, patient, and wise voice. "Why do your's and Max's sheets smell of human?"
"Oh they came over to Max's hideout behind the waterfall and we let them sleep in out beds. We brought the sheets back to the tree house and forgot to wash them to hide it from you. Sorry about that." Rei laughed sheepishly.
"Good. You didn't do that." Driger sighed in relief.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Uh nothing."
Rei gasped and put his hands over his mouth. His eyes widen in shock at the tiger. "You were thinking that me and Max were doing 'things' with them." Rei chuckled then shook his index finger side to side, like when a mother scolds their child. "You naughty tiger!"
"No I wasn't! Go and wake up Max. Tonight you have to steal something from a museum. Hurry up! Then, clean the house, wash the clothes, wash your selves, cook breakfast including lunch later, tell Draciel about this and make up the beds."
"Why do we have got to clean so much!"
"You're in trouble for lying to me."
Rei went to wake up Max but he was already awake and heard everything Driger and him were talking about so no explanation was needed. He cheered and hugged Rei as he twirled him around for standing up to the tiger and changing his mind. They made up all the beds, got cleaned, cooked breakfast for the tiger who was observing their every movement, washed all of the clothes at the water bin in front of their home and headed to Draciel's Lake to tell him the story.
The turtle took the story very lightly and didn't seem to mind at all. He thought it might be fun so he agreed to it. Later, he questioned them about why Wolborg was over here. They there was no point in acting innocent because if Draciel is suspicious he'll figure out the culprit first then tell. They explained about the ice skating and how the elders smelled the human. Draciel promised to help them cover the smell of the humans somehow.
They went back home and cooked lunched. Driger at that time decided to add more chores to the list. Now they mopped the floors, took out the leaves in branches that was growing inside the tree house. The even had to clean the walls. They debated first of course since it was a normal, very tall tree that humans can't reach with a gap in the inside that nobody could see. They didn't have to worry about bugs, they got it sprayed with bug repelling stuff you buy at the store. They bought twenty cans, with the money they got from stealing the objects, and sprayed the whole place down until it was foggy. Cleaning the walls was literally washing a tree! How stupid! Driger response was, " Think what you chose to think. Believe what you choose to believe. What I say goes."
Kai, Tyson and Kenny all became jumpy and more anxious for tomorrow. Kai acted cool the most but Dranzer saw how he was more active and moved around a lot more than usually. It was only nine o'clock and none of them were sleepy.
Kai really wanted to see Rei. Tyson really wanted to see Max. Kenny really wanted to see both of them and not his wife, Emily, for being home late.
Also, just moments ago Mr. Hiwatari and Mr. Ookami said that Tala would be here and three days. They knew how he was around Kai. He would hug him and be happy around him. Beside doing that he was an okay person! Kai would never attempt to get along though.
"So…" Tyson slurred his word to begin a conversation but stopped. He didn't really have anything to talk about.
"So what?" Kai never, ever, and never will feel like hearing someone repeat 'so…' over and over again.
"So…"
"What Tyson?" Kai said with gritted teeth.
"What?" Kenny asked as he looked at Tyson
"What?" Tyson asked too.
"Shut up! We aren't doing the 'what' thing!" Since they were in his room he grabbed his jacket, house keys and wallet and begin to walk out the door.
"Where are you going Kai?" Kenny shut down Dizzi as he stood up to follow Kai. Depending on where he was going.
"Out to eat." Being stuck in the house was killing him.
"I'm going too! You're paying right?" Tyson dashed past Kenny and slung his arm over Kai's shoulders. He jumped for joy and complained about how hungry he was. "Kai 'Tch' as he thought about Tyson was always hungry and was probably lying until a huge growl coming from Tyson's stomach emphasized his point. "I know you're hungry too Kai."
"No I'm not like yo-" Kai stomach growled loudly too as he stopped in his tracks and hit the giggling Tyson. Kenny tried to hold in his laughter so he only got a 'I'll kill you if you laugh' glare. They left the mansion by sneaking past the nosy guards, servants and maids. He couldn't wait till the day they got their day off. Kai only liked his personal servant who he treated like his grandmother. Tyson loved the cook and Kenny just avoided all of them.
They walked through the streets of the city. Occasionally, they were stopped by some girl that looked at Kai and fainted. His family was pretty popular in this city. They all knew he was a Hiwatari. They all knew he was rich. They all knew where he lived, sadly. They could all identify him in a snap so usually he wore a hood but today he was too lazy so ended having to ignore all of them.
Kenny and Tyson liked the attention but they liked Kai more. Tyson liked it but lately not as much. He started to not understand why people went crazy for someone they don't know. For someone you've only seen and never actually spoken with to be familiar with them. Before he went out and started to like someone he wanted to know them. To know what they like, their favorite colors, their favorite day, heck even their favorite pair of underwear. He wanted someone he can communicate with without using their voice or hands movements like charades. Someone who recognized him by looking into his eyes and knowing what kind of reaction he would have in a situation. Someone like my Ma-, Mate. Yeah…someone like my Mate. After he thought that he looked around his surroundings to make sure he hadn't said that out loud by accident or something.
"It's late Kai. Do you wanna head back?" Tyson rubbed his full belly as he looked at Kai. Kenny looked up from Dizzi waiting for his answer too. Kai had been in a daze and talked a little less than usually. Which wasn't a lot of talking coming from the silent one. He gave out more short responses and 'tch' or 'ch' or 'whatever' which was his way of saying 'I don't care'.
"Kai's in la-la Land." Dizzi spoke as she observed Kai from her camera.
"You guys go. It's only nine thirty. Take my keys Tyson and I'll meet you back at ten or ten thirty. You better go with Kenny home to his wife first before she gets mad at him and accusing him of cheating on her." Kai nonchalantly gave Tyson the keys and continued to stare out the window. They said their goodbyes and left.
Kai looked at the moon and the stars flickering in the night sky. He sighed and walked out into the streets. It was late so his face wasn't visibly and people were asleep. Since Kai had caught the Il Ladro Matrice three days ago their hasn't been any sign of him stealing. He always stole and left a note in the place of the artifact. He tried not to have anyone see it but he was excited and anxious about the day. Tomorrow he will be seeing him again along with Dranzer. Dranzer was originally from that forest and was given to him by his mother so maybe she still had friends there. She can visit her family and friends and they can talk and she will always be in bright spirits if she saw them sometimes. Kai smiled knowing that his phoenix would be happy then he frowned. Would she leave him to stay with them? True it was her real home and she is with her kind but would she really live her friend she'd known for ten years? Praying she wouldn't was all he did. He had no right to stop her from making her own decisions.
Later, at ten o'clock Rei got dressed and headed to the Museum of Greek. In the locked rooms of the museum exist a room where only privileged people are allowed to go if they are invited or paid enough to go. Caduceus was inside of this room. He rode on the back of Driger. The room was on the sixth floor. He passed lots of beautiful art and rooms that led too other departments but still didn't see the room where the dangerous stuff lay. After twenty minutes of searching the first floor it still wasn't found. He ran through the corridor he entered from and ran down it again. One of the red drapes swished in behind it lay a door knob. The door was camouflage with the wall but the door know sparkled a little from the moonlight. This caught Rei's attention so he was able to find it.
Inside it was pretty dark so Rei turned on his flashlight. Statues of Greek gods a lined the walls. The small messenger of the gods, Hermes, hung in the ceiling with a rope with his winged shoes. The king, Zeus, sat on a throne looking down upon the other Gods with a thunderbolt in his hand. The beautiful goddess of love, Aphrodite, posed and had her hands in her hair. Her beauty above all on comparison. Her love as well. Ares, the god of war, was in a battle stance with weapons seized in his hands and heads around where he stood. Poseidon lay in the sea. The scent of the ocean lingered on the statue. Hades stood in the dark corners of the room. Alone. Cold. Dark. Charon and Cerberus were at his side. Apollo shone upon in the sky with the brilliant blazing sun behind him. It shined upon his stunning face.
All of the statues seemed to be observing the stranger who dared enter their tomb. Rei sweated and scanned the room for the Caduceus. It was suppose to be a staff with two coiled serpents twirling around it. It was already ten thirty and the Il Ladro Matrice still hadn't found the staff. It was more of a challenge with the lasers in the room. Why would they want to hide such a simple thing like that so badly?
Rei looked behind Hades. He failed to see a small sensory laser behind it and his foot stepped though it. The alarms blared loudly and the door locked.
Where could that staff be? Then, Rei realized that in Greek Mythology the Caduceus belonged to Apollo. He ran to Apollo but he had nothing in his hands. All he clutched was the reins of his horses. That couldn't be right. Apollo created that staff for medical health. Rei was getting frustrated by the minute. The loud alarm wasn't helping. He couldn't think straight and remember where else it could it be. Suddenly, he remembered. Apollo gave the staff to a young Hermes. Hermes had it! The problem was that Hermes was on the ceiling. He looked up and saw the serpent staff in Hermes's hand. He could drop on the ropes and reach it but on the downside, someone was banging on the door. He wouldn't make it in time. Then, the knob turned and the door opened.
Moonlight: What a sucky cliffy! Now my cliffy is always with Rei! Gosh! This update took long and the next might be longer. Depends on my reviews of course!"Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person we will know how to be grateful." I like this saying too! Warming feeling! You people learned about Greek Mythology. Isn't it interesting? Mmhhh... very interesting. I only mentioned Tala twice in this chapter. He's being an ass. Poor Tala. I love you though. Sometimes…
Tala: Why sometimes?
Kai: You want to much stuff and people! You damn bastard!
Tyson: You're nosy like the servants
Rei: You're too possessive
Max: Uh… you're… uh… mean
Tala: You never met me!
Max: Oh well!
Moonlight: No Tala bashing in this story cause I like him. I love bashing Mariah. I hate her and that blindly vivid, murderous, hideous, disgusting, repulsive, putrid PINK! I DETEST THAT COLOR! I won't bash on her because she will never be thought about. She never existed.
Rei: How come I always get caught lately? Do I suck that badly?
Moonlight: No you just have bad luck. Okay I'm lying you suck! Ha ha ha ha ha!
Rei starts crying
Kai: Don't say that to my kitten! How dare you! Say that about Tala!
Moonlight: Tala's cool! What's wrong with you? Don't hate on him like that!
Tala: Thank you my love!
Moonlight: Oh no sorry! I already claimed: Kouji Kagami, Mido Ban, Sha Gojyo and Mikagami Tokiya. Why do you think I drool when I see them. Those are my future husbands especially Kagami and Tokiya. Very sexy in the manga. Very smart too. Oh yeah!
Tala: Then I shall remove them for this world to prove my unbending love for you, darling
Moonlight: They might kill you first if you attack them with some spinning top! And their too sexy to kill. And if you kill them I will kill you slowly.
Tokiya: Oh my darling Tsuki I've missed you. Why do you waste your time on this fiction about these people?
Moonlight: Because I have no life except when I'm with you!
Kagami: Right a fic between me and you my darling Tsuki. Our romantic ways shall be expressesed through those gracious words of yours. Do what you choose with that lovely imagination of yours!
Moonlight: I already imagine it in class when I don't feel like listening to the teacher.
Ban and Gojyo show up too!
Moonlight: Let's ditch these people who are too mean to review and go to Cancun with the sexy people.
Max: Well Moonlight is bording a plan with Kagami and the others so I have to do this so in the next chapter we will finally meet again. Yeah! Ty! Okay See ya! And please review or Moonlight will be hugging to death those other guys and staying in Cancun forever while neglecting this story!