Sapphire Vixen
SunFireVixen doesn't own Beyblade.Only the pathetic plots she makes,and that evil genius Fei, the weird driver Takato,Riza,and Sapphire.
Author's Note-
Sun: Hello! I know I promised to update this upcoming thursday, but like always, I couldn't wait. Thank you to everybody who reviewed, I feel so fuzzy and warm inside! -
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wyvern rider- Sapphire has a special weak spot. She doesn't show it much though. It keep sher alive, but if removed, she'll die. You'll know in chapter 20, 'The Sacred Maiden'. And yes, he isgoing to make yet another clone. Can you guess what her name will be? It's the name of another stone. Thanks for reviewing!
bladebreakers- You'll know in Chapter 20. Find out in this chapter. Thanks for reviewing!
phycochick- Riza is Sapphire's guardian. She knows everything... Thank you for reviewing!
Odango Forever- Yay! I just can't get enough of your story! Thank you so much for reviewing!
silverblueFire- Yes. I have most of this story done in my computer. I've been thinking that it's time to provide the answers, too. Thank you so much for reviewing!
Thank you also to SandraZaniteZanitiy for reviewing, too!
Chapter 17: Trust
In the morning; the kitchen...
"Throw it away, and clean the mess."
"Yes, Mistress Riza."
The maid picked up a big shard of the broken glass on the floor, and dropped it in a trash can.
"Takato?"
He peeked from behind the doorframe. He gave her a toothy grin.
"Did you hear anything last night?"
"A bird feeding it's chicks, a squirrel cracking a nut-"
"Here at the house, Takato!"
"Oh. Uhh...wait up..." he rubbed his chin. "Mistress slamming her bedroom door, one of the maids snoring, Steven closing that stubborn window upstairs, small tapping sounds, glass breaking-"
"Stop there, Takato. Where did you hear the tapping sounds?"
"Kitchen."
"The glass break?"
"Er...Kitchen."
"What were the tapping sounds sound like to you?"
"Don't really know. I thought it was one of the maids walking around the kitchen. The glass broke just a few minutes after."
Riza paced around the room in worry.
In Sapphire's bedroom...
Sapphire slept, clutching Kai's blade and hers in her hands, close to her chest, where her heart was.
Kai quietly walked up the stairs, and swiftly walked towards Sapphire's room. Then he knocked.
No answer. He knocked again, louder this time. She still didn't answer.
Kai slowly turned the doorknob, and stepped inside. He closed the door softly, and gazed at her sleeping.He kneeled down next to her bedside.Kai smiled when he sawSapphire holding Dranzer.
She seemed exhausted though, as if she hadn't slept much. He gazed at her as she slept. The bandages Riza had wrapped on her unhealed wounds were on the floor.
'How could she sleep with what happened? Not even I could...' he thought, then noticed she was holding another blade.
Kai stared at the unusual blade. He moved Sapphire's fingers, and touched it. A sudden burst of light appeared, and Kai was thrown back, into her balcony doors.
Sapphire woke, and sat up. She looked around, and noticed Kai. He sat up, and held his arm. The pain dissapeared as soon as it came.
She stared down at her blade. It shined brightly, and she quickly hid it under her bedcovers.
"Kai, are you alright?" she asked, and crouched down next to him. He stared down at his arm. Then he looked up at Sapphire.
He nodded, and checked his arm again. "What was that?"
Before she could answer, he said, "Obviously something I shouldn't have touched, and shouldn't say a thing to the others."
"Yeah. Something like that." she smiled. She stood again, and grabbed Dranzer. She held her out to him.
"Here. Thanks for letting me borrow her." she smiled at Kai's blade. He stared at her for a moment, then stood. She dropped Dranzer in his hands.
Then she suddenly hugged him. He stared down at her silver-gold hair for a moment. Kai wrapped his arms around her.
She stood on her toes, so she could whisper in his ear, "Dranzer and I...we...missed each other alot."
His eyes widened.
"I'll tell you...soon." she said, smiled, and leaned on his shoulder. He smiled.
"Kai...?"
"Hn."
"You are...sad. You have been...sad...for a long time...why?"
He became tense. "What do you mean?
She shook her head.
Kai sighed. "My life hasn't been too great..."
"Will...you tell me?"
"...It's not easy for me either, Sapphire."
"Okay."
"If I tell you, will you tell me?"
Sapphire looked up at him. They stood there in silence. "I'm sorry Kai...I just...don't..."
"Trust me?"
She seperated herself from him. She nodded, and backed away even more, only to meet the wall behind her
"Why, Sapphire?"
She stared down at the floor.
"Why don't you trust me?"
She shook her head.
"Tell me..why don't you trust me?"
She said nothing, just leaned on the wall, looking down at the carpet.
"Why does it seem that you trust everyone here?"
Tearsstarted to form, ones that he could not see. She quickly wipedthem away.
"How am I any different?"
She looked up at him in anger. "Because they aren't human either, Kai! That's why!"
Her eyes widened, and she covered her mouth with her hands. She stared down at the floor, avoiding eye contact.
Kai's eyes dilated. "What-?"
"I'm not saying anything, Kai."
"I don't care if they aren't, Sapphire. You can't just depend on that."
"I feel I've known them all my life, Kai, I-"
"You said yourself that you had never been here-"
"I don't know how, I...just know!"
"Instinct?"
"No-"
"Then what, Sapphire?"
"I...don't know..."
"Sapphire, I want you tell me everything you've been hiding from us. Right now."
She shook her head.
"You're burying yourself. And by not telling us, you are digging the hole deeper. How can we help you if you don't tell us what is wrong?"
"I...can't. It's- I can do this myself. I don't need help!"
"You say you want to be alone. But when you are, you suffer even more. I know that you don't really want to be alone. You want someone there. You need somebody there."
She sank to her knees on the floor. She slowly sat back, hugging her knees.
"Why is it so hard to say?"
"You should ask yourself that, Kai."
Kai looked at the door. Ray stood there, glaring at him.
"Stay out of this Ray. This isn't your business."
"I'm already involved, Kai. So stop bothering her."
Sapphire looked up at him. "It's okay Ray. Leave us to talk."
Ray's eyes widened in surprise.
"Please Ray." She said, still looking down at the ground.
"Okay. But... call me if something is wrong." he said.
He hesitated at first, but left, closing the door behind him.
Kai turned back to Sapphire. He sat next to her. He sighed.
"Many things have happened in my life so far. I lost my childhood, I didn't know my parents much, and...I was a fool at times."
"It's hard to believe that." Sapphire said, looking up at him. He smiled.
"I haven't been trusting anybody either. And it's probably of what has happened so far. But to me, it's better this way."
"Why?"
"It gives me time to think. When you are quiet, it's easy to hear. People always stay away, but it does not make a difference to me. I always feel better that way." he said camly, crossing his arms and looking up at the ceiling.
Sapphire smiled as she looked up at him.
"I believe that I should trust those who have suffered as I. Those who are like me...All those who have the same curse life gives us."
She saw Kai's eyes lower, so she said quickly, "But that's not the way, is it?"
Kai turned to her. "Only you can decide if-"
"-they are trustworthy or not." she smiled. "I understand." she said as she looked up at the ceiling. She closed her eyes.
"Do you trust me, Sapphire?"
She looked up at him. She smiled.
"If you held my insignificant life in your hands, I believe i'll be just fine."
Kai smiled. "You life is one of the reasons I keep living. To protect."
She smiled back as she looked back at him. "Don't say things you'll regret."
Kai rested his head at the crook of her neck. "I won't regret that."
Sapphire felt his hot breath on her neck.Her eyes widenedas his lips brushed against her skin. But she closed her eyes as he kissed her neck gently.
"Kai...?"
"Mmm?"
"Will you help me?"
He lifted his head, and looked down at her. Her eyes were still closed. When he finally met her sky-blue eyes, she gazed up at him with her eyes half-way closed.
"Yes." he leaned his forehead on hers. Her eyes seemed empty. They gave off a dull grey.
"Help me then...heal."
"I don't see-"
She shook her head. "They are inside. They are open...And I'm still bleeding." she leaned back on the wall.
"My heart is broken. My soul is bleeding. I may be smiling...but in the inside, i'm..dying. Help me...please...Kai..." she trailed off, and her eyes fluttered closed.
He held her. She felt cold and limp. "Only...if you let me help you."
She nodded. "I can't stand it anymore. I'll tell you soon. I...need-"
There was a knock on the door. They both looked up.
"Mistress? Are you awake?"
Sapphire shook her a head, as if to trying to get out a trance. She stood and opened the door. Riza was there.
"I need to talk to you, Mistress- in private." she added, noticing that Kai was there.
"No, Riza. Kai stays. He'll know soon anyways, it does not matter."
"Are...are you sure Mistress?"
"Yes, Riza. It's okay, Kai. stay." Sapphire said, lazily turning her head to him. "Just please don't ask questions."
Kai leaned on the wall, his hands in his pockets. Riza entered the room, closing the door behind her.
"Well, Mistress-"
Sapphire collapsed, and fell to the floor. Kai kneeled next to her.
She still had her eyes open, but her eyes seemed hazy, and her eyes became a dull grey color once again. She could barely hear their voices, and she closed her eyes as their voices faded away...
Author's Note-
Sun: Great. I've done it again. She's really weak, so don't think she's dead yet.
Sapphire: Grrr.
Sun: There's another chapter that I will upload after this one. So just...hold on. Need to edit it.
Peanuts: Squeak squeh? (So no preview?)
Sun: Nope. I'll put up three more after this one. So once i'm done, you'd have read 'til chapter 20.
Let's all root.