Title: Silent Screams

Author: NT aka Aku-chan

Pairings: Rei/Kai or Tala/Kai, Tyson/Max, Kenny/ Yasashiku(OC)

Disclaimer: BOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everyone: O.O

Disclaimer: That'll teach ya to mess with me and think I'd ever own Beyblade! Bwahaha!

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Aku: o.o

Kai: Not gonna ask.

Max: That disclaimer dude is so cool!

Everyone: *silence*

Tyson: FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!

Aku: x.x

Rei: *handcuffs himself to Kai*

Tala: *handcuffs himself to Kai too*

Aku: Kinky...

Max: *watching Powerpuff Girls* If I were a bunny, I'd HOP HOP HOP!!

Disclaimer: No own either! So nyah nyah! :P

Everyone: o.o

Aku: Errr... yeah. You guys can vote as many times as you want ^^ Except they can't be on the same chapter :P

Kenny: You can also email or IM Aku... and the secret is you can as many times as you want 'cause she won't remember who voted already

Aku: You're not supposed to tell them that!!!

Kenny: ^-^

Aku: -.-

Max: The polls are now!!

ReixKai - 29 votes (unless L@DyFiCtIoN's vote does count for 100 votes o.o)

TalaxKai - 31 votes

ReixKaixTala - 26 votes

Aku: Seriously, where did that threesome come from? o.o

Tala and Rei: ..........

Kai: *training with his Dranzer*

Max: *hopping around dressed as a pink bunny*

Tyson: *eating straight out of the fridge*

Aku: .......... -.-;;; Thanks for that wonderful answer...

Kenny: You can still vote for your favorite pairings!

Aku: Oh, to Kiina, I like Tyka too! ^^ I hope it didn't sound like I had anything against it o.o Thank you all for reviewing!! And for voting... though the results are waaaay to close x.x

Yasashiku: Aku is sorry for updating so late.

Aku: Thanks Shiku! And I am very sorry! I tried to make this chappie longer... didn't work all that well... heh. ^^'

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Chapter Eight: Raining

Rei cursed to himself and wondered why he even agreed to Tala's plan. The crimson haired boy would leave to search for Kai and bring him back, as Rei would cover up for Kai while the others were returning. Rei fidgeted from foot to foot and finally seated himself down.

'Tala... if you do anything to Kai, I'll kill you. The others should be arriving here soon. Won't they be surprised to hear that Kai jumped out the window on the third floor where he could have killed himself and even better, Tala was here and went to look for Kai while the idiot I am agreed to stay here. That would certainly go smoothly with the others.'

Rei walked over to a particularly large glass shard that was stained with Kai's blood. "Please be okay, Kai."

The golden eyes scanned over the area and curiously picked up the single red feather lying in the middle of the mess. "What's this? Could it be Dranzer's feather?" Just as his fingers touched it, the feather faded from his hand. "What the-?" His eyes widened staring at his hand where the feather had been. "I must be seeing things." Shaking his head, he walked back to the bed careful as to not cut his feet on the glass.

"Kai..." The neko-jin sighed and flopped on the bed gracelessly. "What are you hiding from us? I thought you were getting closer to the Bladebreakers... to me..."

A knock came from the door, which caused Rei to immediately force a smile to his face. Bursting in, Tyson was the first to enter as he cheered happily in. "Hey Sourpuss! You any better?!" The World Champion froze scanning the room slowly.

"Hehe, I got you some of that herbal tea you... like? Rei! What happened?" Max looked just as shocked as Tyson as the two ran to their neko-jin friend.

Lastly to enter were Kenny and Yasashiku who both were wide-eyed and silent, staring at the glass fragments on the floor, but more on the crimson liquid all around. Rei's smile dropped like a brick and the tears stung at his eyes.

"What happened?" The small brunette boy whispered as he felt the older blonde tighten his arm around his waist.

"I... don't know." Rei looked away ashamed, which only let him face the broken window. 'Kai... Tala, you better bring him back.'

"What do you mean?!" Tyson yelled as he was in fact concerned about their team captain. "Where's Kai?!"

"I don't know, Tyson!" Rei shouted back, his eyes narrowing at the bluenette. "I don't know where Kai is! I don't know what the hell happened to Kai!! I don't know anything!!!" The neko-jin broke down, as his knees gave and he collapsed to the floor.

Tyson stood frozen as his whole body stiffened. He immediately regretted letting his concern and anger get the better of him. 'We lost Kai once... I don't want to lose him again.' The dragon felt a comforting hand on his shoulder, as his blonde friend smiled sadly.

"Don't you think I tried..." Rei began softly, still holding back any tears from falling. "Don't you think I wanted to know about Kai..." 'More than you guys know...'

"Rei... I'm... sorry." Tyson looked away ashamed. Max and the others stood at a lost of words as silence took over.

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"Kai... let's go back to the hospital. Get your wounds bandaged."

"I won't leave..."

"Kai, this is ridiculous."

"I promised..."

'I promised too...' "Are you willing to die out here because of a promise? I don't want you to bleed to death, Kai." The crimson haired boy held the phoenix in his arms as he stroke the beautiful silver-blue hair lovingly.

'Tala...' He shook his head quickly. "No... I won't..." Holding the boy tighter, Tala was afraid of losing his best friend again. 'Stop it, Tala...'

'I made a promise... even if you don't love me, I'll keep that promise, Kai.'

Suddenly, the phoenix stood up from the stone, his back facing the wolf. "Kai?"

"I have something to do..." Kai mumbled. "Tell the others I'll be away for a while."

Before he could make any protest, the phoenix had already started to sprint off. "Kai!!" Determined, the wolf also took off, chasing after his best friend.

'Why are you doing this, Kai? Stop running.' "Kai!!!!"

Turning a corner, the phoenix ran through an alley and into a gang of guys and unfortunately, running full force into the leader. "You'll pay for that!"

Kai picked himself from the ground and glared deadly at the gang. "Move." His voice was cold as the color of his hair, but as strong as the color of his fiery eyes.

The taller of the two smirked looking over at the bleeding form of the phoenix. "You look a little hurt there boy." His hand reached out, but was hit away from the other.

"Don't touch me."

"So, you think you're so tough."

"Kai!!" Both the phoenix and the gang turned to the voice watching as a redhead ran at full speed knocking the gang leader over. "Stay away from my Kai." His icy eyes burned at the other with hatred as he was protecting his best friend.

His lackeys helped the leader up to his feet as he wiped off the small trickle of blood where he was punched by the wolf. "Who is this? Your boyfriend? Heh, I don't like sick little fags like you." He smirked with hatred as his hand flicked out a pocket knife.

Tala's eyes mocked the boy at his ignorance for underestimating the phoenix and the wolf. If only he knew the training they had... one positive thing came out of that Abbey besides him meeting Kai.

Charging carelessly, the leader held the knife nervously tight and stabbed at Tala. The wolf quickly stepped aside getting a tight hold of his arm. With a few tricks he learned, he got the gang leader face first in the ground with his arm bent painfully to his back.

"You gonna give up?" He angled his head to get a view of the leader's face, the dark skin contrasting against the light brown hair.

"Heh, I still have one up on you." Confusion was clear on the wolf's face, but not when he remembered his best friend.

'Kai!' Turning his head, he watched in horror as the silver haired boy was being slammed into the ground by the rest of the gang. Defenseless and exhausted, Kai was slowly being drained of his blood.

Tala was about to run to his crush's aid, but felt a stab in his leg. Falling to the ground from pain of the stab of the knife and from the pain of letting his guard down, Tala ignored the searing heat from his leg and desperately wanted to protect Kai. 'Dammit!! How could I let myself slip so much?!'

Before Tala could mentally hurt himself further for his mistakes and his time of vulnerability, a figure rushed at the gang members and a few others came in to help. An angry neko-jin glared at the gang, standing in front of the phoenix possessively.

"R-Rei...?" A whisper came from the bloody blader as looked at the raven- haired boy, lying in a crimson pool that was the same as his eyes.

Rei's eyes softened when he looked below at his crush. He knelt by the injured boy's side and took his body into his arms. "Kai... don't worry... you'll be okay..." He smiled sweetly, as Kai unconsciously curled deeper into the embrace. "I'll protect you..." The tiger whispered lovingly into the boy's ear.

Kai's eyes slowly fell as exhaustion finally made its mark. Tala's leg was covered in blood, but he slowly limped towards his best friend, a hint of green rising into his icy eyes directed towards the tiger.

The gang was long gone as they looked at the familiar faces of the Bladebreakers from all the TV shots and newspaper photos. This team was definitely not one to mess with. Tala groaned from the searing pain running through his leg, which finally gave way as he found support in Tyson and Max.

A car pulled up just outside the alley, as the chief got out with his boyfriend close behind. It was going to be alright for now. Kai survives another day. This is what the others didn't know about their captain.

Kai was fighting each moment, each day. Whether he was fighting to live or die all depended on him.

Rei sat in the back with half of Kai's body on top of him, as the tiger wrapped anything he could use from his own body to stop the bleeding and keeping Kai's body warm. Tala sat beside the phoenix, barely conscious with Max supporting his body and keeping him awake. The blonde was sitting on Tyson's lap to make more room for the two injured boy as the dragon every now and shifted slightly, causing a friction between them which resulted in both boys blushing.

Rei moved a lock of silver hair from the captain's face as he kissed the pale boy's forehead and wrapped his arms tighter around him afraid of losing the phoenix again.

::Dream Sequence:: (Aku: You knew this was coming, admit it :P)

His wings hung limply on his back, the lustrous crimson hue lost as it was beginning to gray. He wondered whether it was death taking a hold of him or his spirit slowly slipping from his grasp. All he knew was... he was bleeding.

His blood was draining slowly from his body, a blue liquid running down his bare legs and arms and blocking his view of everything. Then he noticed his body. He was completely bare. One crimson wing folded covering the naked boy beneath.

His tired legs dragged against the ground and his breathing got harder each step. He felt exhausted. Leaving a trail of feathers and blood. Was that his life? Feathers and blood?

His eyes soon grew heavy as if wanting to block out the rain. "Rain?" He heard his thoughts asked out loud. "When did it rain?" His eyes were closed and he was afraid being blind, yet his body still pushed to move forward.

"Is this fear?"

Then a pounding came now on him, more specifically his head. A roar filled his ear causing pain to surge throughout his body as it became louder and more fierce. It screamed and cried and mocked and jeered. Not stopping, it took on a beastly figure that through closed eyes, he could see. Its huge figure loomed dangerously above the boy, who froze in his place.

Its massive voice carried throughout as its movements caused small quakes and the boy stumbled. Crying. And then silence claimed its territory.

"It was raining that day..." A voice whispered, repeating itself over and over again. "It was raining that day..."

The phoenix opened his eyes... except the gray wasn't there, the red wasn't there. Just... black. He reached out to the darkness surrounding him, and pulled back shocked at being able to feel it.

"Silk?"

"It was raining that day..."

The black soon spread and contrasting against a white background, strands of the black soon appeared.

"Black... strings?"

"It was raining that day..."

Before he knew it, the black had taken on life as it soon raveled around the boy, twisting painfully around his fragile body.

"Stop... Stop it! Let me go!!"

"It was raining that day..."

The raven strands dug into the pale skin, but no blood spilled from the slice. The black seemed to just stick inside his body as if becoming a part of it. Realization spread on his face as his fingers touched the strings delicately.

"It was raining that day..." It was his voice.

::Dream Sequence End::

Crimson eyes opened to the familiar dull yellow light and the same familiar smell that he would have never seemed to be able to get used to.

He looked over and almost jumped seeing raven strands over his blanket, but relaxed when he looked over the peaceful face of Rei. He sighed and leaned into his pillow feeling tired once again.

He was always tired. He was always fighting. For life or death?

"It was raining that day..." His voice whispered to the ceiling as his crimson eyes closed looking to the blue moon shining into his room and could've sworn he heard a wolf cry.

Sitting above the stone, a raven-haired boy held a feather the color of blood as he smiled. He looked to the blue moon and whispered to it.

"It was raining that day..."

To Be Continued...

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Aku: Did I freak anyone out?

Tyson: I don't get it.

Max: That was... yeah...

Aku: If you knew what I know, you'd be freaked out...

Kenny: Are you saying you freaked yourself out?

Aku: Yeah, just about.

Kai: What's with those messed up dreams?!

Aku: *grins evilly*

Kai: ............

Aku: I was trying to make it angsty and fluffy, did it work?

Tyson: Probably not.

Max: Doubt it.

Kenny: You're not capable of that.

Shiku: Who knows.

Aku: ...thanks for the encouragement -.- Oh, I would have posted this sooner, but my oniichan took over the internet! ..

Rei and Tala: *glaring at one another*

Rei: There was ReixKai action in this one!

Tala: There was more TalaxKai!!

Rei: Nu uh!

Tala: Ya huh!

Kai: *working out shirtless*

Rei and Tala: *drooling*

Kenny: You had to throw that in.

Aku: Stopped the fighting didn't it?

Tyson: Nu uh!

Aku: Ya huh!

Max: *chocolate all over him*

Aku and Tyson: *drooling*

Kenny: *holding the script* Heh.

Shiku: Review please! And remember to keep voting!