Hey, sorry that I haven't updated this story in a while, the comp crashed, all my saved stuff, from Kai pics to stories got deleted, so it's taken a while for me to finish this and to get back into gear, so enough with the blabber now, you've waited long enough, here's the chapter. Oh, and just so you know, until I'm able to reply to my reviews through fanfiction again, I'm emailing my replies to everyone instead, so if you don't get a reply to your review, please don't think that I'm being rude, but if you don't show your email, how am I supposed to email you?
Disclaimer: Don't own Beyblade, some other guy does, smart guy, I'll have to thank him one day.
One Fateful Night
Chapter Nineteen: Multiple Changes
"6pm at the park?"
Kai nodded. "That's what he said."
"Hm..." (Aya) hummed as she looked out the window.
"It'll be really dark out by then, plus it looks like it might rain later on."
"Hn, so?"
"So, the day really can't get any worse, can it?"
"Watch what you say (Aya), for all you know, it could."
"Gee, thanks Kai! What a way to depress me!"
"Hn. You're welcome."
(Aya) growled. "Ooh! You are just so...so."
"What?" Kai asked in a challenging way.
"Impossible!"
"Thank you."
"Argh! There you go again!"
"Hn, whatever."
"Ooh! You know something!"
"What?"
"I think I liked it better when you didn't talk!"
Kai looked at (Aya) with a raised eyebrow.
"What?" (Aya) asked, hands lifted in a shrug.
Kai didn't speak, he simply raised his other eyebrow as well and turned away from (Aya), walking out of the kitchen.
"Hey, Kai, where are you going?" (Aya) asked as she too exited the kitchen.
Kai didn't reply, he just continued to walk up towards the staircase. (Aya) walked fast towards Kai and jumped in front of him, blocking off the staircase.
"Kai, can you please stop ignoring me?"
Kai humphed and turned away from (Aya) again, heading for the kitchen. (Aya) sighed tiredly and rolled her (hazel) eyes.
"Oh, this is just ridiculous!" (Aya) muttered to herself as she walked after Kai.
"Kai."
Kai didn't stop or show any sign that he had heard (Aya) call his name, he just kept walking.
"Kai, stop!" (Aya) exclaimed, grabbing the scruff if Kai's shirt in her hand as she pulled him back and gently pushed him up against the wall.
Kai raised an eyebrow at (Aya) and smirked at the situation. (Aya) sighed as she rolled her eyes again, knowing what Kai was thinking.
"Look Kai, it's not anything like that, I just had to get you to stop walking away from me so I could talk to you."
"Hn." Kai grunted, turning his gaze away from (Aya).
(Aya) exhaled softly, realizing now that what she said earlier must've hurt Kai in some way.
"Hey, Kai, look at me." (Aya) said gently, cupping either side of Kai's face in her hands.
Kai felt (Aya) turn his head and made no attempt to stop her. When Kai opened his eyes, (Aya) inhaled sharply. She felt as if Kai's intense mahongany eyes had left her breathless.
"Kai, why did you ignore me?"
"I wasn't ignoring you."
"Oh, funny, it sure seemed like it to me!"
"Well I wasn't."
"Then what were you doing?"
"You said that you liked it better when I didn't talk."
"No, I didn't say that."
"Yes you did."
"No, I didn't. What I said was I think I liked it better when you didn't talk."
"Humph."
(Aya) stood on tip-toe and planted a kiss on Kai's forehead.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it Kai."
"I know." Ka replied with a tiny smile.
(Aya) returned the smile as she rested her head on Kai's shoulder and wrapped her arms around his waist.
"I'll tell you something that I know for sure?"
"Go on then." Kai said, voice sounding curious.
"I like it better when you talk."
Kai smiled. "Oh, do you now?" Kai asked teasingly as he placed a hand underneath the back of (Aya's) neck, putting the other on the small of her back.
(Aya) smiled happily as she nodded against Kai's shoulder. "Mm-hm."
Kai chuckled softly as he lifted his hand underneath (Aya's) hair, placing it on the back of her neck, starting to squeeze (Aya's) neck gently, like a massage. (Aya) smiled as she closed her eyes, relaxing. (Aya) wrapped her arms tighter around Kai's waist as she snuggled her head into his shoulder more. Kai smiled as he wrapped his free arm around (Aya's) waist. Kai turned his head to the side so he could see (Aya).
'She looks so peaceful.' Kai thought to himself as he continued to smile.
Without thinking, Kai started to place kisses at teh top of (Aya's) head. (Aya's) (hazel) eyes fluttered open as she felt Kai kiss her head. (Aya) tilted her head upwards so that her gaze rested on Kai. Kai smiled at (Aya) warmly as he removed his hand from her neck so he could wrap his arm around her shoulders. (Aya) smiled in return as she kissed Kai's cheek. Kai smiled gently as he continued to place light kisses on (Aya's) forehead, cheeks and the tip of her nose. (Aya) smiled, her cheeks glowing a faint pink tinge as she returned Kai's kisses, on the same places he was kissing her.
Before Kai could stop himself, he met (Aya's) lips with his own in am unexpected kiss. (Aya) gasped the instant Kai's firm lips came in contact with her own and pulled out of the kiss immediately, eyes wide with shock. Kai stared back at (Aya), looking slightly pale and shaken. (Aya) suddenly felt that her heart had taken control of her mind. (Aya's) eyes slowly wandered up and down Kai's face, heart racing and stomach fluttering.
(Aya) raised her hands to Kai's face and held it gently. Then (Aya) closed the gap between her and Kai as she kissed him. Kai went rigid for a moment, his lips numb with shock. Then Kai relaxed and started to kiss (Aya) back. They broke off the kiss unisonly and looked into one anothers eyes. But it wasn't long before their lips met again. Kai shuffled foward while keeping his arms firmly coiled around (Aya's) waist. The two pairs of feet continued to shuffle along the floor until the back of (Aya's) legs came in contact with the arm rest of the couch. (Aya) let herself fall back onto the couch, Kai falling on top of her as she did so.
The kiss was soon broken due to lack of air, the both of them panting slightly as they tried to get their breath back. (Aya) gave Kai the tiniest of smiles, her mouth quivering ever so slightly. Kai returned the smile with a tiny one of his own, then closed the small gap between them once again. (Aya) slipped her hands up to curl her fingertips in Kai's two-toned blue hair as the both of them continued to exchange short, sweet kisses. Kai soon finally got a hold of himself and broke off the continuous line of kisses, a look of something between fear and confusion in his dark eyes. (Aya) stared back at him, lost for words. Kai quickly got off (Aya), sitting upright on the couch. (Aya) sat up too, confusion inscribed upon her face. Kai glanced at (Aya) and winced inwardly, finding the look of innocent confusion on her face unbearable.
Kai swiftly stood up from the couch and walked out of the room. The sound of a door shutting moments later signalled that he had gone to his room. (Aya) let out a shaky sigh as she swung her legs off the couch and leaned back into its plush surface, eyes wide as she tried to register what had happened. Kai had kissed her. She had kissed him back. What did this mean? What would happen now? Would this be the end of their friendship? (Aya) continued to stare into space as she lifted a hand to her mouth. Her lips still tingled from the kisses she had shared with Kai. The fluttering feeling her heart was pumping through her veins was incredible! (Aya) had never felt such a thing like it. (Aya) sighed quietly as she brang her knees up to her chest, hugging them and resting her chin on them. She wished that the moments she had shared with Kai never stopped. But they had.
'I wonder how Kai's taking all of this.' (Aya) wondered to herself as she continued to stare out into space.
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Meanwhile, up in his room, Kai was pacing back and forth, his slate eyebrows snapped down in concentration as his mouth was shaped into a stern frown. He couldn't stop thinking about what had just happened between him and (Aya), he couldn't make any sense of it. Kai growled in fustartion as he stopped pacing across the room and flopped down onto his bed, staring up at the ceiling. So many thoughts and emotions were running through him, Kai felt as if he was a ticking time bomb due to explode any moment. He felt cornered, trapped. By his own emotions.
'Ok, what just happened there?' Kai asked himself.
/Uh, you kissed (Aya) and she kissed you/
Kai growled softly. /Why did I have to do that/
/You're asking me/
Kai sighed as he sontinued to stare up at the ceiling.
'(Aya) probably hates me now.'
/What gives you that idea/
/Because I kissed her/
/Yeah, so/
/What if she didn't want me to kiss her/
/Then she would've pushed you away and slapped you in the face, and most importantly, she wouldn't have kissed you back/
Kai blinked in surprise. /She kissed me back/
/Uh, hello! Yeah, she did, and you out of all people should know, you were the one being kissed/
Kai sighed and rolled onto his side, curling himself up into a ball.
/It's going to be so awkward between us now Dranzer/
/And why is that/
/Because of what happened/
/You mean your little make-out session/
/Dranzer! Yes, that/
/Well, it doesn't have to be awkward/
/What do you mean/
/Well, you could always try talking to her, sorting everything out/
/Hm/
/Oh, come off it Kai! Personally, I'm over the moon about it/
/Why/
/Because at the rate you were going, I thought that you were never gonna kiss her/
Kai sweat dropped. /Right, thanks for sharing/
/Hey, you were the one who asked 'why'/
/Hm/
Dranzer sighed. /Well, I'm sorry Kai, but I can't really help you/
/I know/
Kai sighed again as he felt Dranzer leave his mind.
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Kai blinked and jolted as he heard a knock on his door.
'I fell asleep? I don't even remember closing my eyes!' Kai mused to himself as he sat up, yawning and stretching.
Kai rubbed his eyes as he flicked on the light switch. The soft knock echoed on Kai's door again.
"Kai? Can I come in?" (Aya) asked timidly, slowly opening the door.
"Yeah, what is it?" Kai mumbled, looking at the floor as if he found it fasinating.
(Aya) shuffled on her feet as she also looked at the floor. "It's time to go, nearly 6."
"Oh yeah, right." Kai mumbled as he picked up his launcher and pocketed it.
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The two of them walked to the park in silence, the black storm clouds blocking out the moonlight, leaving it up to the streetlights to guide them on their way. (Aya) glanced at Kai every now and then, but was quick to look away when he caught her looking, feeling awkward and embarrassed about what had happened before. Kai sighed quietly as he stared up at the cloudy black sky. He wanted so badly to break the tension between him and (Aya), but he didn't know how to, or where to begin.
"We're here." (Aya) said quietly.
"Hm?" Kai blinked, startled, then looked at his surroundings.
He had been so wrapped up in his thoughts, that he had forgotten all about the reason he was out in the dark.
"Are you ready for this?" (Aya) asked the blue-haired boy walking next to her as they made their way down the paved path.
"Hn, yeah." Kai murmured, staring straight ahead.
Suddenly, luminous bolts of lightning struck the dark sky, showing a black, shadowy shillouette standing in the distance. Zane smirked widely and chuckled under his hood as Kai and (Aya) reached him.
"Well, if it isn't my dear cousin, and his beautiful girlfriend." Zane sneered as the lightning struck the sky.
Kai growled under his breath. "Watch it Zane."
(Aya) blinked, shocked. "Wait a minute, cousin? Zane? Zane is the caped creep?"
Kai sighed and rubbed his forehead for a quick moment.
"Yeah." Kai muttered.
Zane smirked evilly. "Well, now that you both know who I am, there's no need for hiding anymore."
Zane lifted a hand to the clasp of his cloak and unclicked it with a simple flick of his wrist. The black cloak slithered off Zane's body and fell onto the ground. As the lightning flashed brightly, (Aya) saw what had been hidden beneath the black cloth.
In front of them stood a tall, well-muscled boy about 14 yrs of age, just like Kai and (Aya). Zane wore a black, tight-fitted t-shirt with a sinister-looking skull plastered across it, dark green baggy cargos and black Converse sneakers with royal blue shoelaces. His hands were covered with black fingerless gloves. Zane's hair was wildly spiky and black, with dark blue tints at teh ends. His skin was as pale as it gets, almost paper white. And painted upon each pale cheek were black shark-fin markings, like Kai's. But the most mysterious and captivating thing about Zane was his eyes. His right eye was the richest hue of blood red (Aya) had ever seen. His left eye was a sheer orb of pale lavendar. Zane's eyes both scared and greatly intrigued (Aya). The unpredictable bolts of electricity thrashing across the stormy night sky just seemed to add to Zane's intriguing mysterious aura.
"Hn, so Kai, are you ready? Or are you gonna back out?" Zane jeered.
"Humph. You wish I would Zane. This is just like our childhood days. You're gonna trash talk with that good-for-nothing mouth of yours and I'll walk away with a victory, and you'll be left standing here in the cold, wondering what hit you."
"You always liked to talk tough Kai. Unfortunately, for you, talking tough just ain't gonna do it! Not this time!"
"Whatever. Let's just get this over with. All you are is a waste of my time."
"Hn, we'll see about that now, won't we?" Zane sneered.
Kai just scowled at Zane, not saying anything.
"Wise choice," (Aya) murmured, "he's really not worth it."
"I know."
"Kai?"
"Hm?"
"I want to thank you."
"Huh?" Kai blinked in surprise as he turned to face (Aya).
"What for?"
"I know you're only doing this because of me." (Aya) said softly.
"Yeah?" Kai replied slowly.
"So I just wanna say thank you, for that."
"Hm, no problem." Kai murmured.
As Kai turned to walk up to Zane, (Aya) reached out and grabbed Kai's arm.
"Kai."
"Yeah?" Kai asked as he whipped around to face (Aya).
The thunder cracked the sky with a loud, crunching boom, following shortly by a bright flash of lightning, which lit up the darkness, allowing Kai to see the mixed emotions of concern and fear on (Aya's) face.
"Be careful."
The thunder boomed and (Aya) twitched, trembling ever so slightly. Kai noticed this and his expression softened.
"Don't worry, I will be. And I'll be sure to beat him fast, so we can get out of the storm soon."
(Aya) nodded timidly, unable to say anything else, for Kai had taken her words away. With those last words, Kai turned away from (Aya) and walked up closer to Zane. The two contrasting eyes glinted with malice as Zane readied is glossy black beyblade in his dull slate launcher.
"So, are you ready to lose everything, Kai?"
"Hn. The only one that's gonna be doing the losing around here is you."
'Especially your concious Zane, when my fist meets your face.' Kai thought darkly.
Zane smirked evilly, showing some of his teeth. "Oh you just love to dream, don't you Kai?"
Kai growled in reply as he readied his beyblade in his launcher. The thunder let out a loud, echoing boom, following by hot, white strikes of lightning. Then the rain began to fall.
The rain came down heavily, splashing out into smaller droplets once it hit the ground. The pattering of rain could be heard crystal clearly, but the girl and two boys standing outside in the cold park were oblivious to it. (Aya) observed the two cousins nervously. The tension between them didn't need to be seen to be known, (Aya) could feel it. It was in the very air that she breathed. In fact, (Aya) could've sworn that the tension in he air was trying to choke her as she inhaled the oxygen she needed.
Meanwhile, the two Hiwatari boys standing across from one another were staring coldly at each other, their glares looking so intense that (Aya) was surprised that they hadn't burnt holes through each other yet. Finally, the countdown began.
"3"
"2"
"1"
"LET IT RIP!"
Thunder boomed and lightning crashed as the two blurry beyblades, one black, one blue, zoomed onto the wet ground. The blades smashed into one another roughly, sliding around dangerously on the ground, spraying flecks of water everywhere instead of sparks. (Aya) cringed as she watched. It was clear that this would be an intense battle from start to finish.
"KILLI!"
"DRANZER!"
The two bird bit-beasts shot out of their master's blades, one a red phoenix, the other a black raven. (Aya) suddenly felt the vaguely familiar cold numbness take over her body, and it was nothing to do with the ice cold rain pouring down. As (Aya) stared up at the dark, sinister raven, she shivered. If anything, it seemed to be more evil and threatening than before.
"ATTACK!" both boys cried out in unison.
(Aya) raised her arm up to shield her face as both blades collided into one another with a rough, powerful force.
'Whoa! I've forgotten how fierce Hiwatari boys could be!' (Aya) thought wildly as she was sprayed in a shower of water and tiny pieces of gravel.
The two bit-beasts screeched angrily as they clawed and snapped at each other, clearly giving their all and uncontent on losing the battle.
"KILLI! TAKE OUT THAT PIECE OF TRASH!" Zane ordered.
Killi shrieked in response and started to attack Dranzer viciously. The magnificent scarlet phoenix cried out in pain. (Aya) couldn't help but stare up at the horrific scene as the thunder echoingly boomed in her ears while forks of lightning struck the jet-black sky. As Killi attacked Dranzer, the phoenix's bright feathers had started to fall towards the ground in a graceful float, somehow managing to be unaffected by the rain. As (Aya) watched the feathers fall, she held her hand out in front of her.
(Aya) watched a small red feather float down from the sky and into the palm of her hand. It seemed to glow faintly red and (Aya) was surprised that the feather felt warm in her cold, rain soaked hand.
"DRANZER! FIRE ARROW!" Kai bellowed, voice full of anger and determination.
The phoenix cried out and attacked, forcing the raven back.
'C'mon Kai! You can do this!' (Aya) thought affirmingly to herself.
Unknown to all around, the tiny, red phoenix feather resting in (Aya's) palm began to glow slightly brighter. Dranzer let out a cry of defiance as he continued to attack the evil monstrousity that was his opponent. Killi let out a shrill cry of anger and pain, his glossy black feathers floating down towards the ground as well. (Aya) couldn't help but forget the storm worsening and raging around her as she watched the fiery red and coal black feathers float down towards her. It was a captivating sight, almost beautiful, if it wasn't for the wild, vicious battle going on between the two bit-beasts, it would've been so.
"Come on Kai! You can beat this creep!" (Aya) shouted out to him, cupping her hand around one side of her mouth as she called out.
Kai looked back at (Aya) for a quick moment and smiled, then turned back to face Zane, filled with a new determination.
"DRANZER! ATTACK!"
Dranzer's cry echoed out into the raging storm as he did so, Killi shrieking out in pain again. Zane smirked evilly.
'Perfect. Kai's played right into my hands. Now it's time to bring out the big guns.'
"KILLI! DARKNESS AURORA!" Zane yelled out.
The raven's eyes glinted with malice as he lashed out at Dranzer, who emitted a painful cry. Kai suddenly went stiff and inhaled sharply.
The world around him seemed at have suddenly disappeared. Kai felt his body go numb as ice. Before Kai could get a hold on what was happening, he felt a whirlwind of terrible emotins from the past start to tear him up on the inside. Emotions of fear, pain, despair, anguish and sadness. Then the voices started. The voices of the past that had haunted Kai so much back then, and in his dreams (or in better wording, nightmares) were now coming back to life. The harsh insults of his grandfather, Voltaire, the creepy, leering sneers of Boris, the threatening demands of the Abbey gurads, the terrified screams of children, the sharp cracks of whips on bare flesh, all those voices, sounds and emotions were running through Kai like a high speed train, gnawing at his gut, spinning around and around in Kai's mind, going faster and faster, those things were weakening him. Kai groaned as he fell down onto his knees.
(Aya) gasped. "Kai!"
Zane laughed menacingly as the thunder boomed and lightning struck behind him.
"So, Kai, tell me, how does it feel? Knowing that you're about to lose this match and your bit-beast?"
Kai didn't seem to hear Zane at all, if anything, he seemed to be caught in a trance.
"Lose his bit-beast? What the hell are you talking about Zane?" (Aya) demanded, focusing her attention on Kai's tormentor.
Zane just laughed again and looked down at his cousin. "Why Kai, didn't you tell your friend what would happen of you lost?"
Kai, who seemed to still be caught in his horrific trance, just groaned again and sqeezed his eyes shut then started to tremble violently.
"No, he didn't, so why don't you fill me in?" (Aya) spat at the detestible boy.
"As you know, earlier today, Kai and I made a deal. If I was to lose, I would take a hike and never come back, though the part Kai decided not to tell you was that if he lost, Dranzer would then belong to me."
(Aya) gasped and her eyes widened in shock as she stared at Kai's fallen form. "No!"
Zane laughed cruelly. "Yes! By the time this is over, Dranzer will be mine!"
Zane's beyblade started to increase speed dramatically and Kai's started to wobble dangerously. (Aya) bit her lip nervously as she looked from the beyblades to Kai to Dranzer, then at the red feather still resting on the palm of her hand. Its bright glow had dimmed. Dranzer was getting weaker, and so was Kai. As (Aya) looked up and her eyes rested on Kai again, her eyebrows snapped down determinedly and her mouth set in a stern frown. (Aya's) hand curled into a thight fist around the phoenix's feather. She wasn't going to let Kai suffer at her expense, not anymore.
Kai shuddered violently. He felt so numb and cold, like ice. He felt weak and worn, he wished that Zane would hurry up and take Dranzer already, so he could pass out, and maybe not wake for a long time, if not at all. Suddenly, a black, purple and red blur smacked roughly into Zane's beyblade, then knocked Kai's royal blue beyblade away, sending it flying through the air to land beside Kai. Kai gasped and his eyes flew open the moment the effects of Kill's Darkness Aurora attack vanished. He blinked in confusion when he found his Dranzer next to him, then looked up to see who had been his saviour.
And lo and behold, it was not other than (Aya) that was standing in front of Kai, battling Zane in his place.
"(Aya)! What the hell are you doing!"
"What does it look like I'm doing!" (Aya) yelled back over her shoulder.
"Get out of there! This is my battle, not yours!"
"No! I'm not going to let you risk losing Dranzer for my sake!" (Aya) shouted back.
Kai blinked in surprise. Zane, however, didn't seem to mind. The boy laughed with an insane madness, the black pupils in his eyes had shrunken to mere pinpoints.
"So you've decided to take my cousin's place, have you (Aya)?"
"Yes, I have! And neither of you will change my mind!"
Zane laughed a loud, cruel laugh. "I don't care! Either way, I win!"
"You? Win? This match? I don't think so! Holocaust, fry that bird into smouldering ashes! Fire Destrustion, NOW!"
The black and red jaguar roared in approval, then attacked Killi with all her might, engulfing the raven in flames. But it wasn't the end of Zane, no, not yet. He still had one, final trick up his sleeve. And he intended to use it.
"KILLI! GRIM REAPING NIGHTMARE!"
(Aya) suddenly gasped as the world around her was blocked out. Suddenly, a scene was placed before her. She saw 3 people, 2 men and a woman, who was trying to get away from the men trying to hold her down. (Aya) gasped in horror and felt her heart get wrenched into a knot. What she was seeing was the day her mother got raped. Tears of anguish welled up in (Aya's) eyes. She couldn't hear any voices, but she could see the pain on her mother's face and could tell that she was screaming. Anger made (Aya's) blood boil as she saw the satisfied looks on the males faces. They shouted out things unheard to (Aya's) mother, tormenting her. (Aya) couldn't take it anymore. She wanted out, she wanted to wish all of it away. (Aya) squeezed her eyes shut and screamed.
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Meanwhile, Kai had gotten over his shock and was watching the battle intently. He frowned as he saw (Aya's) blade falter rapidly, she was losing.
"(Aya)!" Kai yelled, trying to get the girl's attention.
But it was no use, she seemed to be caught up in another world. Suddenly, Kai saw (Aya) collapse onto her knees. Kai watched in horror as he heard (Aya) scream out, terrified with whatever Killi's attack was doing to her. Kai felt his blood boil as he was forced to watch (Aya) grip her head in her hands and scream her lungs out. She screamed out for someone was killing somebody, she screamed out for someone to leave the other alone. Kai's hands curled into tight fists as he sent Zane a death glare.
"What the hell are you doing to her Zane!"
Zane threw his head back and laughed sinisterly. The pouring rain, booming thunder and flashing lightning just seemed to make Zane's laugh even creepier.
"Ah, Kai, you just don't get it, do you?"
"What the hell are you talking about! What are you doing to her!" Kai demanded, not even trying to hide how furious he was.
Zane laughed with a triuphant evil. "Kai, the attack Grim Reaping Nightmare is one of my favourites. Why? Because it takes your opponents worst nightmare, and plays it right before their eyes." Zane smirked evilly.
"Leave her alone Zane!"
"Oh, Kai, Kai, Kai, Kai, Kai! Relax! I'm going easy on her! Trust me, it can get worse."
As if to prove it, Zane's blade sped up and (Aya) screamed out in fear and pain. Zane laughed menacingly.
"Killi! Take her out!"
Zane's beyblade did as it was told. The black blade turned into a blur and smacked into (Aya's) blade, stopping it from spinning and sent it to clatter to a stop in front of her.
"I win, you lose! Holocaust is now mine!" Zane shouted triumphantly.
A red beam of light shot out of (Aya's) beyblade and into the small black bottle Zane held in his outstretched hand. Zane recorked the bottle and slipped it into his pocket. Zane then picked up his soaking wet cloak and draped it over his body. He reclasped it around his neck and pulled the hood over his head.
"Until we meet again." Zane said in a sneering tone, before he turned and disappeared into the dark storm.
Kai ran foward and dropped to his knees beside (Aya).
"(Aya)! (Aya), are you alright?"
(Aya) didn't seem to hear Kai at all. Her eyes were wide with shock as she tried to register what had happened. (Aya) slowly reached out for her beyblade and picked it up, holding it in front of her. The black bit-chip was now vacant, empty, souless. The picture of the bit-beast (Aya) loved and treasured so dearly was gone, out of reach. She had lost her, and probably would never get her back. Tears of despair prickled in (Aya's) eyes as she gripped the beyblade in her hand.
Then suddenly, without warning, (Aya) stood up. And she began to run. She ran as fast as she could, not letting the pouring rain nor the wet slippery ground stop her. (Aya) was running, running to the only place she wanted to be right now. (Aya) ran and ran through the bush until she reached the river. The rain had caused the water to rise rapidly and the current was going down stream so fast, (Aya) could hear the loud, fast rushing of water in her ears. (Aya) grabbed the rope and swung over. Since the rope was soaked and (Aya's) hands were wet, she had minimum grip. The rope slipped out of (Aya's) hands just as her feet touched the other side of the river. (Aya) stumbled backwards on her feet for a while and nearly fell into the river, but she regained her balance and continued to run.
(Aya) ran until she reached the clearing, her secret hideout. (Aya) threw back the long, thin, whispy leaves of the willow tree and plunked herself onto the ground. (Aya) looked down at the empty beyblade in her hand. She growled angrily and threw it away, sending it flying through the willow leaves in front of her. (Aya) then curled her legs up to her chest and folded her arms across her knees. She felt downright miserable. Holocaust, her friend, her companion through thick and thin was gone, lost. Would it be forever though? Was there a way to get her back? (Aya) couldn't imagine never getting her bit-beast back, life would seem colourless without her. (Aya) sighed as her shoulders shook with silent sobs. She buried her face into her folded arms, wishing that sleep, or something that would let her escape from this nightmare-come-alive, would let her forget.
Unknown and unnoticed by (Aya), a person had been following her the whole time. His dark brown eyes caught sight of (Aya's) beyblade lying in the grass, a few inches in front of the willow tree. Kai picked up (Aya's) beyblade and pocketed it, then walked up to the willow tree and gently parted the leaves with a hand. The sight of (Aya) looking so upset saddened Kai greatly, but it also made his blood boil as he thought of the person that had brang on this grief. Kai stepped into the shelter of the willow tree and silently sat down next to his friend.
(Aya) jolted when she felt an arm wrap around her shoulders.
"We'll get Holocaust back, I promise." Kai said quietly in his friend's ear.
(Aya) nodded her head to show that she heard, but she didn't look up. Hesitantly, Kai wrapped his arms around (Aya) in a hug. (Aya) uncurled herself and leaned into Kai, resting her head on his shoulder.
"Thank you Kai." (Aya) whispered in his ear as she wrapped her arms around his waist.
Kai nodded his head, then tilted it up to look at the tops of the willow tree. (Aya) continued to keep her head on Kai's shoulder as she listened to the rain fall. (Aya's) eyes soon locked on Kai's chest and she noticed that the two top buttons of his shirt were undone, baring some of his flesh.
(Aya) seemed to be caught in a trance as she watched a droplet of water drip down from Kai's hair and down his face. (Aya) continued to watch the water droplet as it slid down Kai's neck and collarbone, then slipped onto his chest before disappearing somewhere under his shirt.
(Aya) looked up and blushed when she saw that Kai was staring at her intensely. Their gazes continued to remain locked on each other as the two slowly leaned forward. The lightning flashed brightly as Kai and (Aya's) lips met in a kiss. The both of them broke apart, oblivious to the bellowing thunder as they continued to keep their gazes locked.
Kai's dark eyes darted up and down (Aya's) face as he slowly curled his fingers under her jawbone, resting his thumb on her cheek. (Aya's) (hazel) eyes fluttered several times as she tried to adjust to the fact that Kai was drawing closer to her. Kai met (Aya's) lips in a soft, warm, gentle kiss while he gently caressed (Aya's) cheek with his thumb, wrapping his free arm around her waist to pull her closer to him.
(Aya) placed her hand on the back of Kai's head, buring her fingers into his thick dark blue hair, gripping the collar of Kai's shirt in her free hand as she returned the kiss. The storm continued to rage around them, but neither of them noticed. (Aya) opened her mouth and Kai's tongue bolted in, massaging (Aya's) tongue with his own.
The kiss was broken when air was needed, but only for a moment. Kai and (Aya) continued to exchange kisses underneath the willow tree, oblivious to everything but each other.
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Wowzer, finally done! And whoo-hoo! You and Kai finally kiss! Hurray! Maybe I could just possibly get a review for this chapter?