Holy this by far has to be the longest chapter I've ever written. Hope you all like it and that it makes up for the last couple of boring chapters I was writing.
20. Return to Russia
The Bladebreakers were finally out of Europe and as the train they were on pulled into the station Kai's team mates were jumping for joy.
Kai however ignored their antics as his mind was lost in thought, Well here we are finally in Russia. What is it about this place that seems so familiar yet frightens me so? Maybe here is where I will finally find some answers of what happened in my past.
Stoked to get right into the action as always Tyson ran out into the city not thinking about what the weather would be like and the boy began to shiver.
Kenny through a jacket at Tyson the article of clothing landing on the boy's thick head and irritated said, "I thought I told you to wait but oh no not Tyson."
Coming up behind them with a shake of his head Kai thought, Stupid Tyson, what is it about this damn place that has me so wrilled up?
"Well guys let's hurry up and find the hotel before the temperature begins to drop again and it gets even colder out here," Kenny suggested as he brought out a map of the area.
Still freezing Tyson moaned, "Are we there yet?"
"According to my calculations we're almost there but it's a little hard to read the map I guess my Russian's kind of rusty," Kenny said gaining moans not just from Tyson but Max and Ray as well.
Grabbing the map he studied it, "Let me see hereā¦"
"I'm having the time of my life, does anyone actually know where we're going," Tyson asked complaining some more.
"Just shut up and follow me okay," Kai replied and started to walk off with the others close behind him.
"It sounds like they're married or something," Ray commented.
"Yeah no kidding," Max added muffling a giggle.
Kai shot the two a death glare as he looked back for a second signalling them to shut up or else and throughout the rest of the walk not another peep was heard from the two boys.
Bree's POV
Leaning against a tree I watched Kayla compete against the other kids her age it felt good to see the girl having some fun and the fresh air was an added bonus. It was strange that the younger beybladers had been given a chance in the outdoors even if it was still on the abbey grounds Boris never let anyone from the confinements of that damn place. The only conclusion I was able to come up with was that either he was trying to dash their young spirits by allowing a tiny bit of freedom or he was just showing off the skills of the abbey either way it was still weird behaviour for my bastard father and gave me the creeps thinking about it. I was enjoying myself and cheering on my friend when a familiar flash of blue caught my eye.
It can't be, I thought staring wide eyed at a group of boys.
They looked like any ordinary bunch of boys, a cocky looking kid with navy blue hair, a blonde, a catlike kid with long raven hair and orangey eyes, a pipsqueak with bright orange hair and big round glasses, but the fifth boy blue hair, blue markings on his cheeks, red orbs that seemed to pierce through everything in their path and a white scarf hanging down from his neck. It looked just like Kai a little older since the last time she had seen him but it was him. Kayla seemed to have caught the direction of my gaze and her mouth nearly dropped when her own blue eyes fell upon the boy who had left them four years ago.
A pang tore at my heart and I thought, He actually had the nerve to come back here. Well he's gonna pay for taking Ben from me, I swore I'd kill him for it and I will. I'm gonna give that damn boy a piece of my mind and when I'm finished with him he won't know what hit him.
I stood up from my tree and was about to walk over to the group and start yelling my head off when fucking Boris got to them first beating me to them.
"Ah you must be the famous Bladebreakers? Welcome to the World Championship my name is Boris Balkov and I am the chairman of the tournament," Boris welcomed the purple haired man shaking hands with the boys.
Am I hallucinating or is that a shocked look on Kai's face? It must be my emotion Hiwatari's never show emotion unless it's in their eyes and that's it. Does he really not know us did he really forget everything that happened here even his little sister? No he's just bluffing that boy is a damn fucking bastard that's going to be very dead in a matter of minutes, I thought it felt like my mind was swirling around in a hundred different directions.
"We have heard so much about you and are pleased to have the chance to finally make your acquaintance, perhaps you boys would like to participate in a beyblade match demonstrating the skills of the children who live here? It would be a real treat to them to beyblade against such stars as yourselves," the stupid bastard suggested gaining a response from the navy blue haired boy in red and yellow speaking for his team and accepting Boris' proposal.
"Good follow me inside then and we'll get started. Kayla come along as well I think you'd be strong enough to teach these Bladebreakers a lesson they won't soon forget," Boris rambled on and the group followed.
It's too bad that I had to meet up with my stupid team or else I would've followed too. I would've had the perfect opportunity to express to the little bastard just how much pain I felt.
As I walked in the other direction I thought, Just you wait Kai Hiwatari when you least expect it I'll be there to show you what exactly I'm feeling right now and then you'll know what you did to me when your damn cruelty took Ben away.
End of Bree's POV
That girl seems so right to me do I know her? Kai thought as they followed the man who seemed as familiar as the rest of the place around them.
Feeling worry towards his team mate Ray inquired, "You ok dude?"
"Just fine," he replied coolly returning to his thoughts, I've heard of this place it's the Demolitions training facility. Suddenly a bolt of memory rushed through his mind and he said the words he now saw in his mind's eye, "Balkov Abbey."
Not sure what to make of his words the rest of the team exclaimed, "What are you talking about?"
"This place is called Balkov Abbey read it off the sign," he quickly lied but in truth he had no clue why the name of the place had just popped up in his head the way it had.
Making their way to the place where the battle would occur Boris remarked, "In my country we take beyblading a little more seriously then you normally would and here at the abbey I search for prosperous young beybladers whom are handpicked at a very early age."
"I'm Tyson so are you ready to beyblade?" He asked in his annoying cocky mood.
"Whatever you don't look all that tough to me it should be easy to put a swift end to this battle," the girl with the same colour hair as Kai replied.
"Man first this girl looks like you Mr. Sourpuss and now she's acting like you too. Is she your clone or something?" Tyson remarked meaning every word he spoke.
"Beat's me," he answered tartly.
Readying her beyblade Kayla coldly asked, "So you going to battle or would you prefer to chicken out now?"
"Gee kid it's just a game," Tyson said revealing his white beyblade that was home to his dragon bit-beast Dragoon.
"It doesn't seem like just a game to her if you ask me," Kai pointed out.
"Good point she seems kind of weird anyway," Tyson said and then blurted out, "This is going to be so sweet this girl looks like just another powder puff who doesn't know anything about blading it's gonna be so easy to beat her."
"You think so well never underestimate your competition," Kai advised and then caught an evil glare from Boris nearly startling a scream from the frightened boy.
"Hey what's the matter," Ray asked in concern for the captain.
"N-Nothing," he stuttered as he thought, What's wrong with me I feel like there's something evil lurking around every corner of this place just waiting to get me.
Giving the signal for the battle to start Boris announced, "You may begin the match when ready."
Tyson's Dragoon was being totalled by the sheer speed of Kayla's Gwaihir and it seemed like the cocky teen was on the ropes as the eagle moved in for the kill.
Man this girl seems to be almost as good a blader as I am, wait that's it, Kai thought and then called out, "Tyson remember the battle between Max and me in the Regional Championship."
"Right that's the match when I was able to pull off a reverse spin," Max added remembering the battle all too well.
Baffled by how their plan would work Kenny protested, "In that battle Max's beyblade was on the bottom and Kai's Dranzer was on top so how in the world is this plan going to work?"
"Come on Dragoon let's do this," Tyson called to his bit-beast enthusiastically.
The dragon took to the sky and landing on top of the golden Beyblade caught it off balance, knocking it down to the dish making Tyson the winner of the match.
"That was an intense battle Tyson I am impressed with your skills. As for you wench, I do not tolerate failure men please see to it that she learns her lesson and remove this waste of time from my sight," the man ordered as one of his men did his bidding.
Being grabbed by the man who had taken up the job the blue haired girl was dragged away and as she was removed from the room a single word escaped her lips and she screamed, "KAI!"
Curiousity striking Ray the dark haired boy asked, "We haven't spoken your name since we left the station do you know her?"
"I don't know just leave me alone," he replied and walked off his mind in confusion as the others called after him. That girl she cried out to me is it possible that I could know her? You just wait Boris I'll be back to figure out what the hell this place has to do with my past, he thought his mind lingering on the mysterious girl as he went off with the rest of his team in search of their hotel.
"SIS," Kai cried out as he tossed and turned in his sleep in the early hours of the morning.
His eyes flashed open and breathing heavily he thought, It was just a dream.
"Hey Kai since when do you have a sister?" Ray curiously asked being awakened from a troubled sleep as well.
"Since now I guess, that girl Tyson fought yesterday and don't ask I'm not able to give any more than that."
"Sure Kai just don't get any ideas to do something crazy ok," Ray commented.
If she is my sister I have to get her out of there, Kai thought giving Ray a, "whatever," not really listening to what his team mate had said.
Grabbing up his beyblade the captain left the room off to go train leaving the raven haired boy staring after him baffled by his leader's freakish behaviour.
His mind was racing too quickly for Kai to be able to concentrate long enough to do any training so instead he went and sat at the bank of a river.
Staring at his reflection in the water he thought, What's the matter with me, why can't I get that stupid dream out of my head? It's like my memory's a puzzle and I don't have all the pieces. There's something familiar about that abbey, something not right, it scares me and then there's that man.
Rocks were thrown into the water by some bratty kids startling the confused teen from his thoughts and Kai walked off in the direction of the abbey determined to face his fears and get himself some answers.
Surprisingly Kai managed to sneak his way into the abbey disguising himself as one of the guards.
That was close, so far, so good though, he thought tossing away the repulsive uniform. Not exactly a friendly place but why does it feel so familiar? But that girl if she really is my sister there must be some answers in this place.
A door before Kai opened revealing a pit of looming blackness and in fear he thought, I'm afraid to go in but why am I afraid? I've got to know.
Taking a deep breath the curious boy jumped down into the darkness of the tunnel. At the bottom of the chasm was a room used for experimenting and as his eyes darted around the place he wondered what in the world all those machines and scientists were doing there the last time he checked an abbey wasn't supposed to contain that type of thing.
How long has this place been hidden under the abbey? It's funny these tunnels are like a maze yet I know exactly where I'm going, Kai thought and hearing the sound of beyblading and wandering over to the source of the sound he stood at a door mouth agape as he stumbled upon the old training room. As he watched Kai noticed some of the beybladers fall to their knees as the onslaught of work and training became too much for the children. When this happened the icy snakelike tendril of a whip lashed out making contact with those who appeared weak to the ones who trained them. Boiling up with rage Kai felt the pain as if it was his own back on the receiving end of the deadly whip.
Kai left the terrible room as memories again began to flash before his eyes, I know why this place haunts my dream, I know why that man scares me.
Stepping back from the door Kai bumped into Boris and looking up into the man's evil red eyes a look of pure fright engulfed the boy's face.
"Did I frighten you young Kai? It looks like you've seen a ghost," the man inquired.
With a scream he answered, "B-Boris I-I know now I grew up in this damn place."
As realization came over him Kai's legs wobbled and he collapsed to the floor before the menacing man.
With a laugh of pure evil Boris stated, "Welcome back, I'm so glad that you remembered me you always were a bright child and now young Kai you have some important decisions to make about your future."
"Like what," Kai demanded defiantly.
"Like returning to the team that made you what you have become today now boy face your destiny," as he rambled Boris extended his hand towards the boy.
"NO," Kai shouted slapping Boris' hand away, "Get this through your damn head Boris, you may think you know me but I barely remember you or this stinking abbey. No bastard is going to tell me what to do, I may have grown up here but I couldn't care less about this damn place or about you. Coming here out of curiosity was a waste of time," with that said Kai dashed off into the depths of the mazelike tunnels.
"That's right keep running Kai, you may have gotten away from us once but that won't happen again," Boris said to himself with a laugh as he watched the determined boy through a screen hooked up to the many surveillance cameras around the place that were the eyes of the abbey.
As the boy stopped at a crossroads in the tunnels pondering which way to go Boris switched on a microphone sending his voice through a microphone to the boy's ears.
"Don't be hasty now Kai we're not just a team anymore but a company. The Biovolt corporation is more powerful than you could imagine, Biovolt is an acronym that stands for Beybladers Intent On Victory Over Lawless Tyranny. We will defeat those who oppose and make the world a better place the way that we want it to be."
"What the hell makes you think I care about that?" The boy on the other side of the screen questioned.
"You don't have to care Kai, do it for yourself. Don't you want power?"
"Not really," he replied curtly.
"Your apathy is somewhat less than convincing but I'll play along what is it that you want then?"
"Nothing."
"Everyone wants something, join us and we'll give you whatever you want just name your price," Boris stated and the sound of hysterical laughter drifted through the microphone to the man that sat in that secluded room.
"You're so pathetic Boris if you think that you can buy me than you know me less than you think you do," the boy said smugly.
"I know that you're always striving for perfection," Boris argued.
"What serious beyblader isn't? Maybe I do spend a little more time searching for a Beyblade with a perfect balance than the average blader does but I'm not one of your agents you can just pick up off the streets," Kai said and launching his beyblade took out the camera as he had done all those years ago with Ben as they made their way through those very halls.
Switching to watch the boy through a different camera Boris thought, You're not leaving here Kai, you're arriving and you will join Biovolt one way or another.
"Before you left us Kai you were scheduled to take the Ultimate Blader Test right after the tournament you had been preparing for. Multiple beyblades simultaneously launching that are said to be more accurate than most beybladers," Boris' eerie voice blabbed again coming to Kai through hidden speakers.
"Well I'm not like most beybladers I'm better and you know it," he challenged to the voice in the walls.
"To face this arsenal you need more training and you know it. I give you one chance to save yourself, join Biovolt and I won't make you face this wall of weaponry until you are fully prepared."
"Oh I'm prepared, very prepared," Kai said and with a grin launched his beyblade to meet the onslaught that shot out against him.
Though it was still taking time for his old memory to return to him the feeling of smashing up the abbey traps with his friends by his side came back into his fingers and he and Dranzer managed to wipe out all the beyblades.
What a surprise I passed his stupid test. I sliced through those beyblades with hardly a wasted movement, hardly as in almost perfect. I hate to admit to admit it but Boris was right about that, about me. I crave perfection and that attack was the closest I'd ever come to perfection which says a lot considering how good I am in general. I just can't shake this feeling that the deeper I go into this abbey I stronger I get. There just has to be a reason for it, I'm so close to figuring it out I can taste it and I won't let Boris stop me, Kai thought his mind was filled with images of the past as he tore through the tunnels into the abbey's dark depths.
"Deny the truth all you want you've been dissatisfied by your performance ever since you left because your training was incomplete. You're searching for something aren't you? I could tell you what that something is but that would give away the secret," Boris informed with a laugh.
"I don't need your help for anything," the boy spat.
"At least allow me to shine some light on the situation," as the man said this the dark corridor Kai was now standing before lit up as torches sprang into life.
This is it whatever I'm searching for the answers to my past lie at the end of this passageway, I know it, Kai thought making his way down the passage.
As a door creaked open Boris gloated, "Your search is over Kai behold the pride and joy of the Biovolt Corporation."
Staring at an object in the centre of the room Kai spoke, "I know this Beyblade, ah Black Dranzer, my friends, Bree and Ben. I remember that horrible day I led him down through these very tunnels hoping to reach this powerful Beyblade but then I killed him in the process of launching it too weak to control its mighty power."
Entering the room behind the boy Boris remarked, "Your memory is better than I thought, you remember it then?"
"Yes, I must have suppressed the memory and why wouldn't I after what happened, after what I did?"
"Even we didn't know the full extent of its power yet back then. Black Dranzer is unlike any Beyblade or bit-beast known to mankind its power comes directly from the beyblader himself. Weak bladers produce weak effects but strong bladers like yourself produce something entirely different as you discovered that fateful day when you tried to use Black Dranzer. You could have destroyed the entire abbey with your little stunt and you were so traumatized by what happened you blocked all memory of it from your mind, isn't that right?"
"I guess," he replied not sure what else to say resulting from the mental shock he was experiencing with all the new memories.
"Don't contradict me boy you know it's true, the past you've repressed for so long has finally been unlocked the question is what do you do with that information?"
"What I'm gonna do is find my friends and sister and get them out of here," he replied his emotions starting to get the better of him.
"I don't think they much care about you anymore after you took Ben's life. They've changed just as much as you have. Kai no longer are you the curious little boy but a fearless warrior," the evil man said attempting to twist the boy's mind.
"And now all you are is a damn recruiter for some other fucking team," he said beginning to become annoyed with the man's babbling.
"Feisty as always aren't you? Maybe you're right about me Kai and maybe you're impossible to recruit but you still might join us willingly in fact I'm sure you will join Biovolt."
"No, never will I join you or your damn company that my fucking grandfather is the head of."
"My offer's too good to pass up you'll see, it's what you've always wanted. Black Dranzer, the most powerful beyblade on earth I give it to you Kai, it's yours."
"But only if I become a slave to Biovolt, you never give up do you Boris? I've hated you and this damn place ever since I came here and the thought of joining you sickens me. I can always ignore the sound of your fucking voice but I can't ignore it," Kai argued but thought, Black Dranzer you're what lured me here now and when I was a kid so I can achieve the perfection I've always desired.
"Alright I'm all yours and Black Dranzer's all mine now give it to me," Kai demanded with a smirk and Boris set the dark Beyblade into the boy's hands.
Relishing in the raw power he now held he tilted back his head and let out a long and evil laugh from the depths of his soul.
There you guys go took me a couple of days to write that one and I'm a little breain dead now so the next chapter will be a while in coming but I'll do my best to work on it. Drop me a review and tell me if you liked I know I sure enjoyed writing it.
