I'm just going to get this thing started but here are some
-darkyoung women'svoice-
with Rei this is/Driger/ speaking.
And when it's in with Kai /blah, means that Dranzer is speaking….
And I meant to tell ya'll in tha last chap that the voices and bitbeasts are in the their minds... Meaning that they are speaking, both, to each other, telepathically….but, that doesn't mean that Kai or Rei are telepaths, it just means that that's the way bitbeasts and stuff like that, considering the creepy voice, speak to them.
Just thought I'd let youknow……..
I know the last chap wuz reel confusing….especially with thosevoices……sorry bout that ya'll…I'll try harder….
Oh, andone last thing ….there is a tiny, itsy-bitsy bit of blood in this chap…ON WIT THA FIC!
Chapter 6: now, who's really in control?
With Kai…
'I kill him. I swear it. I swear it on my own life. If I die here…..he's going with me…Tala will die…..I'll make sure he suffers…...'
/Kai…/
'Not now, Dranzer…just leave me alone….'
/Kai I can help….if you let me…./
'No….I can do this on my own…'
/But, if I remember correctly, you said you could use all the help you could get; as long as you got him back with you, no?…../
'……..I know…..but……'
/No buts! You're being a fool! You're going to end up getting yourself and others killed, if you keep on with this stubborn attitude. Now, I have just gotten done speaking to a very distraught bitbeast that you might know…./
'…….stop playing games with me, Dranzer……who was it?'
/You know who it was, Kai. …………..Driger……….../
'And! What did he have to say! Does he know what's going on with Rei! Please tell me!' Kai bolted up from where he was, propped up against the wall in the corner, in his cell. 'Tell me!'
/Things are not what they seem, my young Kai. Tala may not be the one pulling the strings here. Driger told me that late last night, he got in touch with Rei, but when he did, there was a….voice. A voice seeping with an intrusive darkness./
'What do you mean? A voice of 'intrusive darkness'?'
/I'm…not sure yet, but rest assured, I'm working on finding out. Driger also said, that Rei was fighting very hard to regain control. When you saw him yesterday, he was only partially taken./
'That….was partially! Geez, I'd hate to see what 'All' would be…..'
/Well, you might have to…./
'Meaning? …..no….'
/I'm sorry, Kai. He said that Rei…….he……..gave in… last night…..he lost./
'But….but he….he couldn't have….Rei's the strongest person….I know….'
/It was just too much for him….I'm sorry…. But listen closely, There is more to tell./
'More? I don't think I can handle more….'
/Oh pish-posh, you've handled your whole life. I think you can handle a little more information… on the fact that your Grandfather is the one behind this whole thing! Hm/
'Um…Dranzer?…I….hate to be the one to tell you this,…..buuuut……I KNEW THAT RIGHT FROM THE START, YOU OVERSIZED, STUFFED TURKEY!'
/Don't yell at me, I'm not the one bent on world domination and is going to do so using a mind-controlled Neko-Jin./
'What! I mean, I knew the other part already, but…..Voltaire….he's controlling Rei…..isn't he?'
/Bingo. Rei has been under his control the whole time that we thought Tala had. He tricked Tala and you. And now….Rei…..is on his side…../
'No…No he's not! He's being controlled! He can't help it! Voltaire is manipulating him, just like he did with me….no….No, worse than he did with me…..'
/I'm so sorry…..We'll find a way…../
'Damn straight, we will…..'
With Rei…"There is a tournament in London, England, next week…. Will he be ready, Boris?" Voltaire asked, as he read a report from one of his investigators.
"Yes, he'll be more than ready, my lord."
"Excellent. I want him in fit condition…..to battle…..and to kill…."
"It's only my job, Lord Voltaire. Your will….is his bidding."
"Perfect….absolutely perfect. Have him brought to me, now."
"Well actually he's in the training facility at the moment." replied the purple haired scientist, doing so as he walked over to the wall covered by heavy, dark red shades. He pulled the shades open to reveal a whole wall that was actually a window. "He's right down there" He pointed down to a training room, filled with scientists and various metal…..objects. In the middle of the room was an enormous metallic beydish. At the left side of the dish, was Rei.
He was wearing a pair of baggy black jeans, barely held on his slender hips by a loose black belt with metal rimmed holes in the leather all the way around. A pair of black and red skater shoes replaced his usual oriental footwear. And his top was a semi-tight dark gray regular T-shirt. On it was a black 'claw' mark, stretching from the upper left sleeve to the bottom. His headband was black like the one from the day before and his hair wrap was the same dark gray as his shirt. The clips on the ends of the wrap were black.
"LAUNCH!" a blonde haired woman wearing a lab coat, yelled.
Rei had been holding a black launcher that resembled the grip launcher Tyson used in the Asian Tournament. (1st season) His blade was a black and red version of Driger; with the exception that there was no bit.
He launched immediately, with amazing speed and accuracy, landing right in the center of the dish. Though, the moment he had launched, a dozen other, ordinary blades, flew into the dish.
"As you can see, we're training him in three stages. First, the easy stuff, which is what you are seeing take place, below. Next, will be the moderate training, which will begin later this afternoon. Then of course, all that's left is the difficult range, which will start early tomorrow and will proceed throughout the day to ensure he is fully affiliated in all aspects of the program."
"Why must he go through the stages for so long? Enlighten me, Boris, because from what I've seen him do, he's far past at least the first two stages." Voltaire remarked, looking down at the blading Neko.
The blades all sped towards Rei's blade -BOOM!- They hit his blade, full force…and now…were all on the floor, outside the dish….in little, tiny pieces.
Voltaire's eyes widened, as Boris smiled malevolently. "So fast?…." Boris began to laugh at his boss's amazement.
"I think it was very wise of you, sir, to go and take his mind along with his person." (RG: 'his person': means, his physical self…)
Voltaire snapped out of his stupor, "Yes….Yes it was. Now, he will help me bring this world, cooperate and society, to its knees. If only I had gone through with this long ago. Think Boris! Think of what we could've accomplished by now if we had taken him….as a child….. I could've raised a merciless, blading assassin by now! And he'd be under my control! To do what ever I tell him to! To kill who ever I want! To be the ultimate blader!"
Boris stepped back. He had seen Voltaire quite upset and maybe even little bit excited before, but he had never seen him act like this. He, quite frankly, was dumbfounded of the old man's peculiar reaction at the moment.
"And now…..I might not have raised him….but…..with the endless technological resources at my fingertips, I can take him and make it so he can never leave, let alone disobey me!" Voltaire began to laugh maniacally. He had begun to imagine the possibilities of having Rei at his side, doing all he was told and not rebelling against his master.
Rei had just finished off two-dozen more blades, while Voltaire suddenly came out of his fantasy of himself ruling the world. "I want to him to come up here, if you don't mind taking him away from his rigorous training for moment, Boris."
"Of course, my lord." Boris walked back over to the large window and pressed a button to the wall adjacent to it, the button being for the intercom down to the training room.
"Bring Project T, up to the main parlor, Jeanine." The blonde women looked up to the window and nodded. She walked over to Rei, who was about launch once more. She said something to him and he put his blade and launcher in his back pocket, walking to the other side of the room, into the elevator.
"Project T?"
"Project 'Tiger', my lord"
"Very well, then."
Right then, Rei walked into the room where the two men stood. Voltaire walked in front of his desk and lent against the edge, while Boris stayed in the corner to watch.
"You've been doing very well, Rei."
"Thank you, Lord Voltaire."
"You're quite welcome, my boy. Now, on to more important matters, I have a gift for you." The old man stepped behind his desk and opened one of the drawers. He pulled out a metal box and walked back to where he was. "So sorry I didn't get it wrapped. Call it a welcoming present. I never got to formally 'welcome' you to my prominent company…ah, no…our prominent company. Although I still hold the head of this cooperate business, you are now in second command, my boy."
'Heh, giving him a false sense of security will tighten Liquid X10's grip on his psyche. I'm a genius, a pure bred genius, yes indeed. HA!' Voltaire thought to himself while handing the box to Rei. (RG: I will explain 'Liquid X10' later…sorry if that confuses things even more, but those of you who are following this closely should have an idea on what he's referring to.)
"Well? Open your gift, I'm sure you'll find it suited just for you."
Rei clicked the box open and stared blankly at its contents.
"HA! What'd I tell you Boris! He loves them! Just look at the glint in his eyes…" Voltaire exclaimed.
Boris on the other hand, did see a glint in the young Neko's eyes….A spark of….something…..something he knew wasn't there before 'the Liquid' was injected into him. He gulped and started to move towards the door. Boris had seen a lot in his messed up life and this is the first time he was actually…..afraid of what he and Voltaire had created.
"Where are you going Boris? Don't you want to stay and watch me play with my new toys?" Rei said, finally speaking up, yet rather coldly.
Voltaire stared at the raven-haired boy, 'He…spoke on his own….…Liquid X10 is lining his thoughts and his speech more rapidly than I expected.'
Rei placed the box on the desk and took out a metal ring, which had sharpened razor blades all around it; this was a newly developed attack ring made by Biovolt. He quickly and expertly attached it to his blade. Next was a second attack ring, this one having a similar design, but the razors were smaller and closer together than the first. Rei looked up at Voltaire, who was watching Boris squirm, with great enjoyment. Rei looked back down at his blade and had an idea. He took the blade apart again, this time he attached both of the attack rings, but flipping the first one so it 'cut' the opposite direction. He rebuilt the blade and held it up in front of his face for closer inspection. By then Voltaire had put his attention on the Neko once more, seeing what Rei had done.
"Brilliant…..absolutely brilliant….." The old man commented as he looked from the boy to the, now deadly, blade.
"Boris….You never answered me…." Rei said, never taking his almost mesmerized gaze from the blade.
"I…I…uh…I should get b…back…to uh…the………………ARHGHARRAAGGAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"
Rei had launched his blade at Boris's hand, which was now pinned to the wall by the bey, as a waterfall of blood started spilling down the plastered surface. Blood was gushing wildly out of Boris's wrist from which the limb had been detached. The blade was still spinning, gnawing the already bluish-white flesh into the wall.
Boris was on his knees, loudly whimpering in pain as he held his 'stump' of a wrist tightly to his chest. (RG:……ewwww :P……)
The young Neko-Jin walked over to the wall, right past the crying man, and retrieved his blade.
"Ach…" Rei said quietly as he stopped the blade from spinning with his gloved hand; accidentally cutting the surface his palm, slightly.
"Get off the floor, Boris. Suck it up. Things happen, don't go crying over spilt……...blood." Voltaire chuckled at his own little joke. "Here, my boy. You'll need a pair of these if you want to handle that thing properly."
He handed Rei a pair of jet-black gloves that were unusually heavy, for pair of gloves that is. "They have titanium lining so you can catch that blade without injuring yourself. Clever, eh? Now go to your quarters and get cleaned up. And try not to chop up any more of my staff on the way, hm?"
"Yes, Lord Voltaire." Rei bowed and went out the door.
"An extraordinary boy, no?" Voltaire said to the man entering the beginning stages of shock, while walking over to the intercom. Boris was on the floor, lying in a lake of blood; now convulsing. The old man sighed and pushed the button, "Will someone get this bleeding imbecile off of my imported French Roujemere Carpet! Oh, and he needs medical assistance as well, I suppose…"
With Rei...alone...(well,not really...)
Rei had been walking down the same hallway once again on his way to his room, when the now familiar voice began... again.
Well done my child, well done!-
'What do you want me to do now?…..'
Do as the old man says, clean your blade and your wound. Then, I shall come…to you.-
'When do you want me to kill them?….'
In time, child, in time. But if you must know, you'll get your chance at the tournament being held in London. You'll show them all the power you've obtained. We'll take down anyone who even dares to oppose us….isn't that right, my child?-
'Yes, Maidina.' (RG: May-dina)
As Rei entered his room, a dark shadow crept onto his bed. In almost a vapor, a figure appeared on the edge. It was a woman, looking in her mid-20s. She had long black hair, with bright red streaks running all through it. Her eyes were the same shade of bright red and almost glowed. She had on a black dress that looked of oriental design, as were her shoes. In all, she was a beautiful young-looking woman. But, she wasn't as she seemed.
"Everything is going so perfectly, no?" This woman was the voice….in a solid form….She was real….not a hallucination….unfortunately.
"…….." Rei sat quietly on the edge of the bed with her, after he had gotten a rag and bandage to clean his wound from before, and his blade as well.
"That old man has no idea he has done, let alone what he's unleashed into this world. He's already good as dead, yet he thinks he's running the show. It's actually quite amusing. Now that redhead, Tala was it? He thinks he's controlling you. Voltaire thinks he's controlling you. And that Kai person…he's so determined to kill both of them, it really doesn't matter who he thinks is controlling you, as long as he gets you back. And out of all this, none of them are right! Not even the oh-so-graceful bitbeasts can't get it straight! But I suppose I must give those two animals credit for figuring out that Tala isn't the one. But now they think Voltaire is doing it! HA! This really is entertaining! I wonder if they'll all get it straight before it's too late…."
"………."
"They have no idea…..Allof them….will pay…. for their bitbeast's debts….all of them. This is what they get for sealing me in that horrid place. And you…Driger's child….you will be….no…..are…my link…my shell….my voice…my body………… you are all mine……" The woman started to dissolve into the vapor again and the shadow started to spin into a void, getting smaller and smaller; finally materializing into an actual…bit chip. The bit fell from the air into an outstretched hand; the hand of course belonging to Rei. He looked at the glowing bit; it was a picture of a black tiger with red strips and red eyes.
'They will all pay……' Rei thought to himself, lying down on his bed,closing his eyes, anddrifting off into a dreamless sleep.
Ooooookay…….geez, I don't even know wutz going on, now. Oh well, go with tha flow…thatz wut I always say. Well, I didn't think when I first started writing this, that it was going to go this far…but….as you can see, this is the 6th freekin' chapter…..Oh my God…..u gotta be kiddin' me……
So, this whole me-writing-a-yaoi thing seems to be working out pretty well, huh? I wanna thank everyone who is reading this….and reviewing too….thanx, ya'll, it means a lot, ya know.
I'll do my Review Thankies every 2 chaps, so next chap I'll do it, k?
…………………………..screw it…………………… just Review………….
I luv u all!Oh yeah, Liquid X10 is a chemical forged from a combination of random, unstable, compounds….uh….yeah….that……um…..ok, long, boring story short: It makes the person u give it to, do what u say, shutting down the part of the brain that makes decisions and stuff. Yeeeeeeeah……but, wut Voltaire doesn't know, is that it wore off already and it didn't really work that long if it even worked at all…..and Maidina is like..well...you'll figure that part out on ur own..
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