Twas' the Night Before the Mist Came
Me: I hope you guys like the chapter. I got really lazy and didn't feel like putting anything funny right here.
Kai: Thank you Kami-sama.(relieved voice)
Me: Do you want me to put in something funny Kai?
Kai: NO! This is supposed to be a dramatic/angst type of story right? So make the introduction the same way!
Me: hai...whatever
Kai: ... Rei call a docor. I think our authoress is sick.
Rei: What? What do you mean she's sick?
Kai: She's not her peppy-self, genius. And she's like really lifeless too.
Rei: Good point... either way...Kimkizna does not own beyblade in anyway, if she did... it's been nice knowing you Kai.
Kai: Gee Thanx Man!(sarcasm) Please R&R
(Chapter 2: A Light Shined Through My Darkness)
"Hello, my name is Misty C. Snow,"said the teenager in front of Rei's amber eyes." And I came to wish you and your friends Happy Holidays."
"Ummmm. Thank you but right now isn't a happy holiday for my friends and I," Rei said still confused as to why a girl is standing at the door.
"Oh? May I ask why?"Misty asked the neko-jin, with a concerned look on her face.
"Well... it's a long story,"Rei said as he looked away, but then put on his best smile for the young girl."But would you like to come in seeing as you came here to wish us happy holidays."
"Thank you very much!"Misty said andwas soon taking her boots and coat off and followed the neko-jin to a room. 'Even though he smiles, I can tell he is very sad.'
As they were walking Misty tried to start a conversation, seeing as the atmosphere was a bit heavy with sadness.
"Um. May I ask what is your name?"Misty asked once again with a smile.
"Huh? Oh! Sure! My name is Rei."
"Do you live here?"
"Yeah, I guess. This house belongs to a friend of mine."
"Do you have other friends here?
"Yeah! My friends and I are planning a party on Christmas with some other friends. And we were hoping to have a great party, until..."Rei said the last part of the sentence once again with sadness."But don't worry, Misty! You shouldn't concern yourself with what happened here. You should stay for a while."
"All right. Thank you very much for your offer Rei,"Misty said as she was led tothe dining room.
"Feel free to get yourself something to drink or eat."Rei said as he pointed out the kitchen."Sorry but I have to go check on something. I'll come back later."
Rei soon left leaving Misty all alone. As her gaze wandered her new surroundings, she knew she had to find out the reason as to why her new friend is upset. Misty was soon wondering the house and saw many pictures of a group of people, including Rei.
"These must be his friends,"Misty said aloud as she saw a picture with 6 boys and one girl all smiling."They all look so happy, I wish I was like that." Saying this brought many memories, but pushed them to the back of her mind so she may continue looking around the house.
She found a few bedrooms,to find all of them empty. She soon found a hallway that lead to big room. She saw Rei talking to the same people who were in the pictures. Not wanting to be found,Misty hid behind the corner, carefully listening to the conversation.
"So no change huh?"Rei asked his teammates.
They all shook their heads. Tyson was the first to talk."I still don't get why he would want to go into depression. He had a lot great things in his life and always appreciated them even though he didn't show it."
"Well, we can't change what has happened, so all we can do is believe in him,"Kenny said still typing away at Dizzi trying to find a way to help their friend.
"YEAH! We have to believe in Kai! If we do then he will keep trying to wake up!" Daichi said with a smile.
"But...I want to believe in him, but a part of me keeps saying he'll die and we can't do anything for him now,"Hilary sad still upset for the whole event that took place. She was held in Tyson's arms, Tysonwas still trying to comfort her and trying to keep her positive.
"Oh Yeah! Rei, wasn't there someone at the door?"Max said trying to lighten to the atmosphere.
Rei just remembered about Misty. "Yeah there was someone. I hope you guys don't mind her being our guest for the time being.She seems really nice, and I bet you guys will like her! But I just don't know about Kai,"Rei said, then looking at his friend.
Kai was still very pale, the bleeding stopped, and was still thankfully breathing. His fever seemed to be getting a bit worse now.
"I should go check on our guest,"Rei said once again, getting up and was about to enter the hallway when he saw a figure hiding behind the corner. He saw Misty standing there staring at him and his friends, including their almost lifeless friend.
"Was this the reason as to why you weren't having a pleasent holiday?"Misty asked, concern completely covering her face.
Rei didn't realize that she had been listening to them this whole time."Yeah. I'm sorry I worried you, Misty."
"Can you tell me why this has happened?"Misty said as she entered the room, earning everybody's gazes.
"Hey Rei, is this our guest?" asked Max.
"Yeah, guys this is Misty," Rei said as he introduced Misty to everybody.
"Hello! It is a pleasure to meet you, and I'm sorry for what has happened."Misty said with a hint of sadness.
"Hey, don't worry about it,"Kenny said trying to cheer up the new girl."By the way I'm Kenny, and this computer is Dizzi."
"I'm Max and this is Daichi,"the young male blonde said has he pointed to the red head.
"The name's Tyson, and this girl here is Hilary,"Tyson said as hepointedto Hilary.
"Hello,"Hilary said very softly.
"And the one you see sleeping is Kai,"Rei said while turning his head to the boy on the futton.
"What happened to him?"Misty asked as she started to approach the dual-haired boy.
"He tried to commit suicide by the looks of it,"Max said as Misty made her way to the bed.
"How Awful!"Misty said while putting her hand on Kai's burning forehead.'Nobody deserves to suffer from depression ..,..,..but me. I must help him! He has a life to live for and I will see to it that he will continue it! I must enter his soul and find his heart.'
(Inside Kai's mind/soul)
Kai's POV
"Everything is so dark and cold," I said to myself.
I can feel myself floating over darkness. All my emotions are flooding through me. I'm so alone, like I always was. Nobody needs me. If I die, what difference would it make?
I feel a bit warm now. Why? I see a light, and somebody is in it. My whole body, I can feel the light surging through me! But who is that person in the light and why are they walking to me? I have the strength to move my body upright and I can see clearly who is approaching me. It's a girl with sivler blonde hair with emerald green eyes.She has a whitedress with silverlaces, a silver trenchcoat with bells at the tips, light blue boots, and blue teardrop-shaped earrings. And why does she have wings?
She finally comes up to me and smiles with the kindest smile I've ever seen, with a mix of kindness and another emotion I can't put my finger on. She finally speaks and says,"Hello, and I've come to save you from depression."
End of POV
As the girl's gaze meets Kai's gaze they just continue staring at each other.
"Who Are You?" Kai yelled at the stranger.
"Do you really think your friends hate you or dislike you in any way?" the girl asked him, changing the subject.
"Why would you care?"Kai snapped coldly at her. "And Don't Try To Change The Subject!"
"You shouldn't doubt your friends. They reallydo care." the girl said, her gaze still on him
"..." Kai just stood speechless. Not wanting to talk to anyone, let alone a stranger. The girl grabs his hand and an immediate wamrth flows through him. Kai looks up to see her still looking at him; he can see sadness in her eyes, but doesn't understand why.
"Don't listen to the dark voice in your head. That voice is there because your heart is still doubting the fact you have true friends,or it's just full of lonliness that no one has been able soothe yet. Or you just want people to be with you, even though you don't want to show it,"she said with a smile." Do you know what I think? I think its all of three of them.
"Say what you want," finally spoke Kai." I won't admit any of those, cuz' I'm depressed cuz' I want to be. I listened to that voice and everything because I felt like it! So what if I die, they won't care no matter what."
"I don't think so," the young girl said once again."And I'll prove it!"
"How? Are you going to talk to them or something?"Kai said coldly.
"Just open your ears and listen okay?" the girl said asshe closed her eyes,put her forehead on his and still held his hand.
Kaijust blushed but ignored the heat rising to his face; however,had no choice to follow what she was doing and close his eyes as well, then he heard some voices.
(With the others)
Misty still had her hand on Kai's forehead and his head was now laying in her lap, then she finally spoke."May I ask all of you a few questions?"
Everybody questioned her request but agreed to answer.
"All right,"Misty said, so closing her eyes then opening her eyes with a strong gaze toward everybody." When all of youfound Kai, how did you feel when you saw him inhis condition ?"
The others were shocked to hear the question. 'What is she thinking asking us this question? Can't she see the obvious answer!' Tyson thought as anger raged through his blood.
"What Do You Think?"nearly-shouted Tyson."Can't you See The Obvious Answer?"
Misty just stared with the same gaze, never changing the emotion of seriousness in her eyes."I see, all right now the next question. Can you tell me what type of person Kai was? His likes, dislikes,personality, family, history, anything that you know about him."
Everybody just stayed silent for the longest time, until Rei finally spoke up.
"He was always cold, quiet, an anti-social type of person. He always kept to himself, he didn't want others to really worry about him."
"I remember that he didn't like it when we all fooling around too much," Max said with a sad smile.
"Remember when he got mad at us for playing around at the hotels so much in our first year together?"Tyson asked half-laughing.
Rei, Max, and Kenny just nodded.
"According to the guys, Kai grew up in Russia and grew up in an abbey,"Hilary said, finally lifting her head up from Tyson's chest.
"Yeah, the abbey was actually an evil place, run by an evil man. Kai learned to hate, be cold, not show any emotions whatsoever from there.He was also taught power is everything.That's why he's so cold and was power-hungry," Kenny said looking at Kai's profile.
"Yeah, he had a pretty bad past, but he never really talked to us about it, "Tyson said once more." We just know that he had a grandfather, but he was extremely cruel to Kai while growing up.
"But even though Kai wanted power and was cold,we knew he could be a good guy inside,"Rei said with a smirk.
"I remember he had a knack with arguing with Tyson a lot," Max said with a chuckle.
"Yeah, that was always fun watching them fight!" Daichi said with a grin.
"He used to work us hard to," complained Tyson.
"But it was worth it though," said Kenny.
Misty could tell that their spirits were going up by talking about their friend. ' I wish I had friends like that. Kai sure is lucky to have friends like them,' thought Misty.
"He does hate it when people see us hanging around him," Hilary said, with her mood up now."But he did like it when people left him alone a lot!"
"Yeah, Kai didn't want people to see him as weak either," said Kenny.
"He also didn't like it when his oppenents were cocky in battle," Daichi said recalling his first battle with him.
"And he would never give up in a battle!" piped Max.
"Plus, he would always support us in his own way whenever we battle someone," Rei said with a grin.
"He may have left us a few times, but it didn't matter, cuz' we would always welcome him with open arms!"exclaimes Hilary.
"Even if he left us forever, we would never get someone else to take his place, because there is no else like him in the world, and we only want him to take that spot as our friends," Kenny said with the biggest grin ever.
"But even though he's cold-hearted, anti-social, and had a bad life as a kid, taught different things, and wants to be the best sometimes,but he's still our friend and we're proud of it!"exclaimed Tyson."And I bet he's proud that we're his friends and want us to be with him too!
Misty could do nothing but smile at her new friends faces. They were all smiling because they were able to talk about their friend with so much detail.'I wonder what he thinks of all this,' thougt Kizna as she looked down at the peaceful face of Kai.
(Inside kai's mind/soul.)
Kai just couldn't believe what he had just heard. He heard his friends describe him probably much better than himself. 'They must seriously know me. Well we've been friends for quite some time now,'thought Kai.The winged girl just stared at Kai with her smile again and asked,"Now what do you think about your friends?"
"They knew almost everything about me, my personality, history, what I like, my dislikes, everything. But I still don't know really," Kai said with gloom in with his voice.
"Then, let continue listen to what they have to say shall we?" asked the winged girl. Kai nodded in response; howeverthis time he closed his eyes and held her hand, thus allowing them to continue listening to the conversation in the outside world.
(With Misty and others)
"Now here's the next question," Misty said once again. " What do think Kai thinks of each of you?"
"What does Kai think of us?" asked everybody, excpet Misty.
"I bet he thinks I'm the best blader on the team!" Daichi claimed oh-so-proudly.
"In Your Dreams Daichi!"
"Kai probably thinks your a great blader, except the fact that you are too over-confident and think you're like king of the world or something," Tyson said to Daichi while giving him a noogie.("Ow Ow Ow That hurts Tyson!"shouted Daichi.)
"What do you guys think Kai thinks about me?" asked Max, while pointing to himself.
"Well let's see," said Rei, then doing the thinking pose(like an anime person putting their finger like under their chin.)." He probably thinks of you as a hyperactive person, but has a good heart and always wants to the best that he can be. And a person who hates it when someone undersetimates them."
"That's pretty much true right there," said Kenny looking up from his laptop.
"Now let's see about Rei!" piped up Tyson.
"I bet he thinks I'm a great person, wise, has a big heart, a great competitor, and I think about my friends a lot," said Rei, while staring at Misty and Kai's sleeping form.
"Don't forget that you're like the most mature besides Kai himself on the team," Hilary said with a smile.
"Kai probably thinks that Kenny is super smart, a bit scared sometimes, but he knows you're a reliable person inside Chief!" said Dizzi, from the laptop being held in Kenny's grips.
"He probably thinks Hilary is super kind, reliable, hot-headed sometimes, emo sometimes, someone you can trust, and someone who can always cheer you on," Tyson said, as he put his arm around Hilary, who smiled in return to Tyson.
"Kai would probably think that Tyson is a bit cocky, competitive, a bit self-obsessed, sometimes hot-headed, always hungry, and over-confident sometimes; however, he and all of us know that you my friend are a good person, kind, looks out for friends, knows when to be there, and an awesome competior," Max said, then putting his hand on Tyson's shoulder.
"I wonder what he'll think of Misty?" asked Daichi. "I mean she's our new friend which means she's his new friend too!"
"I don't know Daichi, we'll have to see what he thinks when he wakes up," Misty said gently, then she started to stroke Kai's hair. " Now this is the last question. Can you now tell me how you felt when you saw Kai in the condition you found him in?"
Everybody went wide-eyed for a moment, this question was the longest to answer. The reason was because they all had so many different emotions going through them at the time. But after several minutes, they finally responded.
"When he found him like that, I felt like we couldn't do anything for him," Max said, with tears starting to well up.
"It felt like we couldn't prevent it from happening andI thought about all te'what-if's' we could've done," Rei said leaning onto the wall with his fist.
"Even though I only knew for a short time, I felt like I wasn't going to hang out or battle him again. That made me really sad cuz' I knew we were going to lose someone we really cared for.," Daichi said with his head down.
"Evetything that we had that was about him just broke into millions of pieces and we couldn't put them back together again," Kenny said with grief.
"It was as if someone took Kai away from us and that someone wanted to have us suffer," Hilary said, with tears running down her face once more.
"When I saw Kai like that, lying there on the ground in a pool of his own blood, I felt my heart crush. Because I thought we were going to losea friend -no, a person of our family of friends. It felt like we lost someone that wanted to know more about and most importantly, it felt like we were going to lose someone who was -no is one of our cherished friends," cried Tyson.
Misty just stared in shock from what they all said about Kai. ' They truly cherish him. But that's so obvious that I've should've seen it. I wonder if any I knew felt like that when I died. No, I musn't think about that now, I'm on a mission and I must finsih it,' thought Misty. She saw that all of them were in grief and sadness again, however things just might turn around.
(Inside Kai's mind/soul)
Kai just stood wide-eyed from hearing what his friends had said." They... really do care,"whispered Kai. " I always wanted to know how they felt about me, but never would I think I would find out this way. The knowcme like the back of their hands, and all those feelings I can feel their feeilings through my heart."
"That just proves how connected you are to your friends," the winged girl said with a smile." And we now know that you wanted to say you had friends; however you always doubted it, cuz' you thought they didn't think of you as that much. And because you can feel your friends' feelings you can never say that your heart is full of loniless now. But I don't know who will soothe your heart yet, though."
Kai just looked at her and just sighed. "I don't need someone to soothe my lonliness, why do I need 'that person' when I have my friends?"
'You'll never know Kai,' thought the winged girl.
"I've been wondering this for a while now," Kai said while looking over to the girl.("Huh?" asked the girl) "Why are you here? I mean why did you want me to listen to their conversation?
The girl just smiled and let out a small giggle."I'm here, because your friends wanted someone to help their friend somehow. The light you saw around me, was their friendship and love for you, that's how you were able to see me through your darkness. I had you listen to their conversation, so you would think about dying or not. The person who chooses for another to die is either kami-sama(God) or the person dying him/herself. What do you choose?"
Kai thought about it for a while.' What do I choose?'he thought to himself over and over again, until he finally replied. " I want to...,...,...,...live. I want to continue my life because I want to be with my friends and live my life to its fullest now," Kai said with a smirk. " I know the dark voice in my heart wll never fade, but I'll never hear it as long as I know that my friends are with me!"
The winged girl couldn't help but smile. "A splendid answser. And you weren't supposed to die yet anyway according to kami-sama.!"
"Wuh?"Kai said with a shocked expression and was about to start yelling at the girl before she spoke again.
"However, you were finally able to see the light. A light of friendship that shines through the darkness of your heart."
"A light shining through my darkness...,"repeated Kai.
"Yes, even though the darkness won't leave your heart, or anyone else's heart, as long as there is a light, it will always shine in your heart," Misty said, touching Kai's heart, which caused him to blush a little
"..."Kai was just speechless, until the girl started pulling his hand in the direction of the light." What are doing?"
She just smiled back at him. "You said you wanted to live correct?(Kai just nodded) Well, if we just head towards the light, then you will be able to wake up from your unconsious state!"
"Really?" Kai asked with increulity.
"Really!" the girl said, while letting go of his hand and went behind him and started pushing him to the light. Kai then understood her actions and started to pace then faster and faster, and soon he ended up running to the light.' I want to live! I want to live my life to its fullest! I want...to be with my friends!' Kai thought grinning, as tears started to form and didn't bother to stop to wipe the tears away.
(With Misty and the others)
Everybody was in a moment of silence, because they were unsure of what to do or say. Then they heard a slight moan coming from Misty's lap. They all rushed over to Misty and looked down to Kai's face, to see if there was any movement from him. Then his eyes were starting to flutter open. Kai was surprisingly alive! Soon everybody could now see Kai's light purple eyes.
Kai just looked around his surroundings and couldn't believe that he even woke up.'She was right. I can live again. I can be with friends again.' He could finally see his friends in person, and just smiled at them. "Hey, guys,"Kai said softly. " I saw a white light through my dark-filled heart, and I followed and I guess I woke up."
Everybody was just shocked to see there friend, whom they thought would die, wole up and smiled at them. "KAI!" cried everybody, with eyes filled tears of happiness. They all went up to Kai's side, to fully see if this wasn't an illusion.
"Kai, are alright? How did you wake up? Am I dreaming?" was all Kai can hear from his friends, because they just swamped his mind with all their worried questions, causing his head to hurt a little from all the too much information. Then Kai heard a feminine voice from above his head.
"You guys I think you should ask him one at a time, cuz' I don't think he can take that much at once right?" asked the voice.
"Yeah, you're right Misty," Rei said smiling.
Kai just looked to see whose voice that was and saw a familiar face staring down at him. But his thoughts were disturbed by her voice. "Hello,I'm glad to see that you're awake," she said very kindly.
"Yeah," Kai said, as he just stared into herfamiliar emeraldeyes. 'She looks just like that girl who showed me the light when I was unconsious! But how can that be? I heard her talking to my friends moments ago, so how can she have also been with me at that time,'"Ummmm what's your name,"Kai asked the new girl.
"Oh, my name is Misty C. Snow," the girlsaid with a smile. She couldn't help but stare into Kai's light-purple eyes.'His eyes look so pretty, but why can't I move my eyes away?'
"Misty... Ummmm what does the C stand for?"Kai asked, staring into her eyes as well.
"Yeah, I was wondering that since you told us your name. Please tell us what it stands for?"Max asked, with some excitement in his voice.
"Alright. The C stands for Christmas, because I was born on Christmas day at one minute after midnight," Misty said, smiling.
"Wow," everybody said at the same time, they just looked at Misty in awe.
"You have a very beautiful name, Misty," said Kai, with a slight blush across his cheeks, but still stared into her eyes. 'Those eyes, they're like real jewels that shine endlessly.'
"Thank you!"exclaimed Misty. "In my whole lifetime, only one person said I had a lovely name, because I didn't bother to tell people what my middle name is."
"Well, you can add more people to that list," Rei said while patting her shoulder.
"Thank you, that's so sweet," Misty said smiling once again.
"I wish I had a beautiful name like that," pouted Hilary.
"Why?"asked Misty. "Don't you like your own name?"
"Yeah, but mine can never be as pretty as yours,"commeted Hilary.
"The reason I have this name, is because it was the second gift given to me by my parents,"said Misty. "That is everyone's second greatest gift in life. Their name, which was carefully thought up by their parents. And their parents put all their love into thinking their name so that it can be just as beautiful as anyone else's. So your names are just as nice and lovely as mine."
"Thanks Misty,"said Hilary. "You must have loving parents to give you such a pretty name."
"I'm not so sure about that,"Misty said with a tiny hint of sadness.
"Why?"asked everybody.
"Because, they told me that they just thought my name up right off the top of their heads when I was born,"Misty said once again.
"That's a bit sad,"said Daichi.
"But don't worry! I don't care what they named me, because I would've still been happy with it!"exclaimed Misty, as she forced a smile.
Suddenly Kai started to have a coughing fit. Everybody was in shock and were immediately concerned about their friend. "KAI!" shouted everybody as they rushed to his side. Misty then felt his forehead and immediately took her hand off. "He's burning hot!"
"Kai why didn't you tell us?" Kenny asked frantically.
"I wondered why I felt so cold," Kai said tiredly. His head felt horrible, like someone hit him on the head really badly but worse. And everything looked really blurry and he knew their was a lot of sweat running down his face, then soon fell asleep.
"C'mon, let's get him to his room," Rei said getting Kai off of Misty and hoisting him up and had Kai's arm around his shoulder.
"Sure,"Tyson said, as he got the other arm. Rei and Tyson soon dragged Kai back to his room and plopped him on his bed and covered him with two blankets. Misty and Kenny went to the kitchen to get some water and pills for Kai.
"I hope he'll be alright,"Daichi said with worry.
"Kai's strong. I'm sure he's fighting this right now," Max said reasurring, the young blader.
"We should call a doctor," suggested Hilary.
"We can't," Kenny said surprising the group. "Like I said before, all the hospitals are off-duty right now."
"Ummm I know a doctor,"said Misty. Then everybody turned their heads to Misty. "You do Mist?" asked Tyson.
"Mist? Umm yeah! She's very reliable and she also does house calls if you really know her. I think she might be able to help us if we ask politely," said Misty as she put down the glass of water. "I'll go call her now, if you'd like."
"That's would be a great help Misty!" exclaimed Rei. Misty just nodded and was about to leave the room but Tyson stopped her with his words. "Misty, thanks a lot for helping us and Kai. We're all happy to have met you!" She turned around to see everybody smiling at her, like she was the center of attention. Misty could feel tears well up in her eyes but held them in and just smiled back to them. "What are friends for?" Then she left the room to go make a call.
On the way to make the call, Misty let all her tears fall as she walked. 'Why? Why am I crying? Is it because I finally found people who were happy to know I'm here? Or is it because I'm remembering my past. He reminds me of myself from back then.Or could it be, that I'm jealous or envious of Kai for having caring friends like them?But I have to be strong. He thought that I could do this job, and I can't disappoint him by crying so much!' Misty finally reached the phone after what felt like an eternity of crying. As she dialed the number, she stopped her tears from falling, but it felt as though they were running down her face like an invisible river of sadness. She finally put the phone to her ear and heard it ring several times, before someone picked up.
"Hello?"
"Hello, Mana? It's me, Misty."
"Hey Misty! Did you get hurt again?"
"No, I need you to come down for a while. I need you to check someone."
"A human? Are you serious!"
"I'm sorry, I know its against the rules, but he is the person in my mission and for some strange reason I just need to know he's okay."
" (sigh) Okay, I'll be down there in a few." Then the other line hung up and Misty put the phone back down.
She just went to the patio and looked up to the sky and saw the moon. 'Kami-sama, please let Kai be okay. He has something to live for. And my heart is telling me that he needs to get through this obstacle. Please help,' prayed Misty.
(End of Chapter)
Me: YAY! I'm done with another chappie! I would like to thank my reviewers! And I hope you guys continue reading it. I hope this chapter will suit your taste. If you don't like it, please tell me how I can improve the next one. And I'm sorry if I confused in any way with this chapter!