Chapter 15
The man's dick worked in and out, driving Kai crazy. His breath came faster and, although he didn't want to, light moans escaped his mouth every now and then. Each time he opened his eyes the grin in the man's face on top of him grew wider, showing his scruffy teeth. With one last final thrust the guy came hard inside the younger's ass; Kai followed just a second later.
The bluenette opened his eyes. It was Saturday morning, the day of the World Championships Final. His teammates, the Bladebreakers, were still sleeping in their bed, some silently like Ray, some soundly like Tyson, who seemed to dream of a castle full of food, at least that was what Kai could take out of the other teen's words. His own dream, it wasn't really a dream, rather a memory, made that Kai indulged in his memories for a moment.
Some hours later the Bladebreakers arrived at the Biovolt Stadium to face the Demolition Boys. Kai was the first, his opponent was Spencer. With two victories for Spencer the bluenette lost the first round and although Tyson screamed "I can't believe it! Kai lost …" nobody seemed mad at him. With one last look at Tala Kai turned around and sat down on the bench, barely acknowledging the encouraging words of his so-called friends.
After the happenings at the Baikal Lake, Kai had returned to the abbey to give Black Dranzer back, of course not without causing some chaos. He was almost out when Tala stopped him and led him to a blind angle so that no cameras would be filming their little conversation.
Before the redhead could say anything Kai stepped forward, invading the private space of the other. It was almost like a déjà vu from the time they met in the hallway months ago, the day after Kai won against Tala who later was beaten up by Boris as a punishment. "Honey, what can I do for you?" the bluenette asked in a tone Tala had never heard from Kai before. It was almost like a new person was standing in front of him.
"I knew that you would betray us," Tala began. He wanted the conversation to be over soon, because this new Kai in front of him made him nervous. "You went back to your little friends …"
"They aren't my friends," Kai interrupted the other before he could say more.
Tala chuckled. "Do you even belief what you are saying yourself?"
"What should I do to proof it to you?" Kai asked back a provoking grin in his face and stepped even closer.
The redhead had to suppress the urge to step back and bring some more space between them. That would have shown his nervousness and he didn't want that at all costs. Without thinking long he answered, "Lose. Lose against whoever you will fight in the finals."
A laugh erupted Kai's mouth and before he turned around he whispered in Tala's hear, "As you wish, honey." A cold shower went down the redhead's spine and he was happy that Kai already turned around to leave the abbey's compound and didn't notice it.
Around the same time Max was attacked by Ian and although Dracil fought fiercely he lost to the small Blader, who absorbed the Bit Beasts power. Tyson and Ray had to watch the friend's downfall without being able to help him since their Beyblades were still not fixed after the fight against Black Dranzer at the Lake Baikal. Mr. Dickenson also kept his promise and showed up in the evening with Tyson's grandfather and father in tow. He informed them about Voltaire's plan to get global dominance by using the power of Bit Beasts and his grandson, Kai. Basically Mr. Dickenson told them the truth, he just left out the facts that Kai was adopted and everything else about Kai's past. In truth he didn't know much about it either. What he knew for sure was that Kai was adopted by Voltaire's son and that he just started beyblading some months ago. And, although the president of the BBA didn't know the personal reason why Kai helped the BBA, the teen provided them with information to collect all the missing evidence to put Voltaire behind bars. That was all that counted in Mr. Dickenson's mind and heart.
And now said Kai had lost his match against Spencer. Although they were small, suddenly doubts arose in Mr. Dickenson's heart if the bluenette was really on their side. He swept them away soon since the defeat seemed to make the other team members even stronger. On the next day Ray had the chance to prove this. He had to face Bryan, who was famous for his viciousness during his fights. The lilac haired teen not only attacked the Beyblade but also its Blader and, although Ray was brought to the hospital afterwards, the Chinese won the match. With the scores level at 1 all, the next day would show who would be the next Beyblade World Champion. And the next day meant Tyson versus Tala.
All the friends Tyson made by travelling around the world helped him prepare for this battle against the Russian favorite by battling him and Kai joined them since he was the only one who knew about Tala's real strength.
In the meantime the redhead was prepared as well, but in a totally different way. Boris had finished his genetic experiments over the last few years and was now using his knowledge to genetically modify Tala into a perfect soldier. It took Boris the whole night to finish his masterpiece, as he was secretly calling it, and even Voltaire came to see the awakening of the 'Cyber-Tala'. The old man was really pleased with what he saw in the following demonstration matches, but the redhead himself didn't feel any difference at all. He felt just like before, maybe just a bit hungrier, but not like a fighting machine.
'Did something go wrong or is this just the way it has to be?' he asked himself many times, but didn't say anything to Boris. To evoke punishment was the least he had in mind now. Unfortunately there was still something else disrupting his mental preparation for the final. Or someone. The way Kai spoke to him, looked at him the last time they met was thrilling and frightening at the same time. The uncertainty Tala felt around the bluenette made him angry.
"I show you how strong I am, Kai," he said to himself, "by crushing your little teammates and then I'll crush you." Now that Kai had lost Dranzer he wasn't a real match for Tala and again the redhead found himself in thoughts about the other guy. 'He gave up Dranzer just to prove that … What did he want to prove anyway? That he is still on our side? No. He just wants to show me how weak I am by letting the bigmouthed ape fighting me. But I won't lose. I can't lose. With the power of all the Bit Beasts we collected losing is impossible. You will go down, Kai.'
The match started exactly at 2p.m. and everything went according to Boris plan: Tala should lose the first round to lull Tyson into a false sense of security. But this was a mistake. After losing the second round Tyson didn't buckle in consideration of Tala's power, the Japanese kept going. Tyson used all his mights and together with Dragoon he managed to beat Tala in the final match. Unfortunately as soon as the winner was certain Boris vanished. At least Voltaire could be arrested on the next day due to all the evidence Mr. Dickenson and the BBA had collected, partly with Kai's help.
It took Tala some minutes to realize that he had lost. 'How?' he asked himself, slowly comprehending what happened. 'It felt like fighting against Tyson and at the same time it felt like fighting against all his friends. Is friendship and teamwork really that strong? Weirdly I feel happiness and according to Boris I shouldn't be able to feel anything at all. And especially not happiness after losing a fight. Does this mean that his experiment wasn't successful? Where did he go anyway? I can't see him anywhere.' Deep in thoughts but with a slight smile on his lips, Tala left the Biovolt Stadium unnoted from everyone. No, there was one pair of eyes that followed his movements secretly.
One month had passed since the Beyblade World Championships in Moscow and Kai was back in Valay (Валай) where he was assailed with questions about being a Hiwatari and the official Hiwatari heir. He had also changed into his old self: black hair, crimson eyes and clothes that showed more skin than they covered. The news that Voltaire Hiwatari had been arrested was very discretely handled, so to most of the world's population he had just vanished and his substitute was now leading Hiwatari Enterprises. Kai didn't care much about the corporation and he expected that Voltaire would disinherit him anyway.
The turmoil about Kai died down quickly after the people of Valay (Валай) noticed that he didn't answer any of their questions. He worked in the Old Man's café as usual and was flirtuous as always. Now that half of his mission was completed Kai dialed it down a notch. Boris Balkov, his remaining target, hid somewhere in Siberia. That much he knew from his own informants, a very small number compared to the people the Old Man knew. And that was the main reason why he was back in Valay (Валай).
One day in the middle of October a foreign man was sitting on a chair in front of the bar when Kai entered the café. He was Russian, but seemed nonetheless wrong in a place like this with his dressed up outside appearance. Kai knew immediately that this must be an informant of the Old Man.
"Chuck said that you are looking for a man named Boris Balkov," the man started after Kai sat down on the chair next to him.
'Chuck?' Kai thought a bit puzzled during sitting down, but then he remembered that the Old Man's name was Chuck, at least it was the name he most often used when making contact with the outside world.
The man continued, "But these information costs." The man paused for some seconds and when Kai continued to stare at the bar in front of him, the informant sighed. "Don't tell me I came here for nothing, to this fucking nowhere place."
Now the younger turned to look at the man. "How do I know that your information is worse the price?" he asked.
"There is no guarantee, but I can tell you, where he is right now and who he is with."
'Who he is with … that information might be helpful,' Kai thought, but asked instead, "You mean just the names?"
"No, not just names," the informant replied, "background information as well."
For the sake of the form Kai waited a short moment before he asked the man what he wanted for the information. The man didn't look like he was in need of money, so this payment option had to be dropped. Sex? No, unfortunately there were no hints of lust in his eyes, not even hidden one. This guy was totally straight. That could only mean that he wanted Kai to kill somebody. "Who do you want me to kill?" Kai asked, surprising the man with this anticipatory question.
"Yes, you are right. I want you to kill somebody, but how did you know?"
"That was easy. You look wealthy and you are straight, right. Money, my body and the ability to kill without remorse and without being detected are the only qualities I have." Kai sounded bored.
"Don't belittle yourself," the informant tried to hearten Kai, but said replied, "I don't feel pathetic or anything like that. It's the other way round. Those three are all great abilities, very useful, and there are only a few people in this world who have one of it. To find somebody with two or all three is very difficult."
"Ah, okay," the man said slowly and a bit skeptically. "But this doesn't explain why you sound so … bored."
Kai replied, "I'm bored because it's always so simple."
"You don't know who the one is you should kill, so how can you be so sure that it will be simple?"
Now Kai was the one who sighed. "Killing is always simple. If you follow a rational plan you can easily kill without leaving behind any evidence, which will lead the police on your tracks. But most people aren't rational. They are emotional." One minute passed in silence, then Kai continued, "Who is it?"
"So you'll do it?" the man asked back.
"I'll accept the deal if this person isn't worth better information."
"His name is Dennis Quaid. He is an American businessman. In here you can find all the information you'll need." The informant handed Kai a folder. The younger opened it on the first page. A man in his mid-forties smiled at him from a photo.
"Any special wishes?" Kai asked the man who stood up already.
"What do you mean?"
"Should I kill him fast without any pain or slowly and …"
"Fast without pain," the man interrupted Kai's enumeration. "That will do it."
"Okay. Next Wednesday, same time, same place."
"You don't need to rush," the informant said. "Next month would be early enough."
"Wednesday next week," Kai repeated and waved the man good-bye. He seemed to be in a pissy mood when leaving the café. The Old Man alias Chuck entered the bar from the kitchen where he had been during the talk.
"Why so snappish," the owner asked.
Kai looked up at him, frustrated, sighed and stood up to leave as well. "I need to fuck," he mumbled while walking out.
Chuck shook his head slightly and said to himself after Kai was gone, "Steady down already, Kai."
A/N: Sorry for the late update and now this chapter is so short. ごめんなさい.