Lirin: sorry it's a couple days late, but i was at my cousin's wedding in California over the weekend and didn't get around to doing much.
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Lirin: Beyblade or the characters are not mine. now please enjoy the last chapter.
Chapter 7: Mourning Days
"Well, well, well" Bryan and Ian smirked as they looked down at their old tormentor. "Looks like you're joining us in hell soon then you thought."
"What's going on" the man's eyes were wide with fear as he looked at and through the two teens he had recently killed. "How can you still be here? Talking to me?"
"You died" Ian said never dropping his smirk. "Just look" he pointed down and Boris saw his torn body on the ground of pieces of it in Pete. And it all came back to him, how Kai had tricked him, caused his accident and run in with Pete.
"And Boris, just so you know, you can't hurt us here. But we can haunt you."
"Just the two over you? Ha don't make me laugh, this is ridicules."
"Oh there's more then two of them" Kevin appeared on Bryan's left side opposite of Ian. "All the kids you have kill here still remain and want a piece of you. Now we can."
Boris moved back as kids started appearing all around him. Hundred of pairs of eyes all glaring at them, and the smirks the kids had reminded Boris of crazed zombies looking for human flesh. It was the most terrifying he had ever scene in his whole life.
"Attack" Bryan whispered and hands reached out grabbing Boris, clawing at his skin. They all may have been dead and ghosts, but the pain was very much real for him. It was like all those young lost souls were ripping him apart.
"I hope you enjoy this Boris, cause you'll be feeling it for all eternity" Bryan smiled as the kids pulled Boris down to his own personal hell.
Outside the teams were still waiting for the cars to arrive and pick them up when they heard and ear splitting howl like someone was getting attacked by a bear.
"It seems that Bryan had rallied the troops faster Tal" Kai whispered as they listened to the agonized scream.
The Wolf only nodded. It make him happy to know that his friend was finally get some long deserved revenge, and he's have forever to carry it out.
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The next morning Kai, Tala, Robert and Lee went to Mr. Dickinson explaining what had happened the previous night. He was disappointed in the teams for daring to step foot on such a dangerous and condemned place, but he could not be angry at them all as he too felt bad for their losses. Three almost four young men were a heavy price to pay for the stupid act.
"I see" Mr. D. looked down at his desk, it was too hard not to look at the boys sad faces and not break out crying. During his years working with them, he had come to know them all so well, especially the Demolition Boys after they were released from the Abbey and needed a guardian to care for them.
"And sir" Kai spoke in a soft tone, trying to hide the shake his voice held, "I want to resign from the Bladebreaks and join the Demolition Boys. I feel I'm better suited for them, then my own team."
"Alright Kai, I will take care of the paper work later. As for the charity match, we will cancel it and hold the memorial service for the fallen friends."
"Thank you sir" Tala's voice we weaker then Kai's almost obvious that he had been crying all night.
"Now" Mr. Dickinson grew stern, "it will only be right for you all to be punished. It was clear to everyone that the Abbey was not to be trespassed on, and you all disobeyed that." Everyone nodded in agreement. "So for the next two month all your teams are suspended from any and all competitions, or from entering events individually."
"Fair enough" Robert said bowing his head.
"During that free time I want you all to remember those that were lost at your outing." Again the boys nodded not trusting their voices.
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Two days past and the teams all found themselves in the BioVolt Stadium for the services. The place was packed with mourning fans, BBA Officials, TV reports broadcasting the event all over the World. The usually happy place was filled with sadness and depression, and the light rain outside only added to the atmosphere.
"Welcome" Mr. Dickinson stood in the middle where the dish usually appeared, "as I am sure you all know today's event was canceled and we are here to grieve the lost of Bryan Kuznetsov, Ian Papov, and Kevin Chan.
"A few days ago these boys fell victim to Boris Balkov's insanity. They were wondering around the Abbey and fell to his traps and died there. We were also close to loosing four more of our numbers. But we are not here to think about who they died, but to remember them the way they were.
"I now pass the podium over to their friends so they may have a word." Mr. Dickinson stepped down and took a seat to the left with the other BBA staff.
Tala was the first one to take the mike. He looked paler then usually and his eyes were blood shot from crying. But as he stared out into the crowed building, he controlled his emotions and held back the tears.
"First off, I would like to apologize to my friends for this happening to them. It was might fault we were there that night, so if anyone should have been killed it should have been me. But as Mr. Dickinson said, we are not here to talk about the how or why, but to remember them.
"Bryan was my dearest friend besides Kai. You see he was the first person I met after going to the Abbey, and although it was forbidden, we become good friends hiding it from Boris and the guards. We would always run to each others room in the middle of the night after we were woken from nightmares and then we would spend time talking and bring the other comfort.
"As the years passed and the Abbey grew, we were 'forced' in to sharing a room. I couldn't have been happier when a guard tossed him in with me and his stuff not long after. It was then I saw he had a ragged old beat up stuffed animal, it was actually a pink elephant. And I would never let him live it down that he had it.
"As the years went by our bond grew, but still no one knew about it. During the day we were the emotionless soldiers we were trained to be, but at night we'd drop the act and comfort each other any way we could.
"Another year passed and Boris confronted us about becoming a team with two other boys. He said we were the best in his place and wanted to take the world by storm. We just didn't know how literal he was being. And that was the same day we met Ian and Spencer.
"I had nothing against Spencer, it was Ian that always bothered me. The Abbey had trained us to soldiers and never show emotions, but he always fooled around when no one was looking. It was like he wanted to get us in trouble, but he was never caught. He was a sneaky as his Wyborg bit beast.
"It wasn't until Bryan was locked away being punished and Boris had decided to...hurt me, that Ian earned my respect. He had heard me crying after the monster left and came to see what was wrong. All I could say was 'I want Bryan'. And that is what he did. He found his way to the dungeons and freed Bryan bring him to me. After that Ian was always known as our free ticket out of jail. And our team suddenly became closer as friends.
"Now I did not know Kevin long, but I did know him well enough to know he was like our Ian. Always causing trouble for whoever he wanted to annoy. And then the two midgets were together then people should run.
"It was at a Christmas party a few years ago that the two decided to prank the whole room. And now that I think back it was a nice thing to do. They had found Hiro's, Tyson's older brother, liquor stash and spiked the egg nog. And then they insisted on playing pin the nose on the reindeer once everyone had a nice little buzz. Well that night ended in a mess of people tangled up in each others legs as he had all tripped and well Tyson had to clean all the puke.
"I really am going to miss those times we all had together, and I will certainly miss my friends. But I know that even though they are not standing beside me now, they will forever watch over us, guiding us in the right direction.
"I am sorry Bryan, Ian and Kevin. And I hope one day you can forgive me for what has happened to you all" Now that the Wolf was done he allowed his tears to flow and Kai went to lead him back to their chairs. And before sitting down Tala looked around and noticed he didn't leave a single dry eye in the place."
Once Tala was done Lee took his turn.
"I've known Kevin since he was a young cub in our village. Even back then he would always make trouble for us. But he was also there for us too.
"Just like the time right after Rei had left us, Kevin was the one to get Mariah smiling again. He would actually hang from trees and juggling our blades, or other goofy stuff to make us all smile and laugh again. It was thanks to him that our village was filled with our laugher again.
"Kevin was also the the only brave one to prank the elders. There was one time, not that long ago that he had baked a volcanic cake for Tao's birthday and on it he wrote that it was from all of us on the team. So when Tao cut into it the 'surprise' that Kevin added in cause the volcanic reaction and exploded covering all the elders with cake and frosting. Needless to say none of them were happy about it and we were grounded from blading for a month.
"But even so we loved our monkey and kept him as part of his team. After all every team has a fun trouble maker.
"Now, just as Tala has not know our Kevin, we hadn't known Bryan and Ian for long. And our first impressions of them were not good. We met them all when they were trying to steal our bitbeast, and Bryan landed Rei in the hospital. None of us were happy with him, but over time he come up to all of us to apologies for what he did. Rei was the first to accept it and became friends with the Falcon master. Ever since that day the Demolition Boys were invited to all events from the teams and we all grew closer.
"Ian and Kevin were the closest friends on our teams. Just like Tala said, they were the group pranksters causing us all trouble. But it was all good fun, even if we ended up with hangovers.
"Well I wish I had actually prepared something, but I just really want to say is they were all good friends and tough competitors. And I am honored to have known them as long as I have, and wish I had more time with them" Lee left the podium with silent tears waiting for the next person to speak.
The service lasted a couple hours with most to the bladers who were there that night going up to talk. Even DJ Jazzman, Brad Best and AJ Topper spoke about the boys and all the fun they had watching the three in their battles.
After all of them were done, Mr. Dickinson took the mike again and invited anyone who wanted to, could join them at the teams' hotel for the reception, and share their condolences with the teams.
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When the teams finally returned to their homes the local mail had left them notes to come pick up their mail. All of them had bags stuffed with letters from fans around the world expressing their sorrow for the lost bladers, and hope that they would be seen in the spot light again soon.
Regrettably after everything was done, Tala had a complete break down and was committed for a short while and the Demolition Boys never competed again. During that time Kai would go to visit his lover everyday and Spencer ended up taking a job with the Russian BBA training young kids and announcing at small local tournaments.
The White Tigers also took their death hard, and decided to break for a couple years. Mariah used the time to get over the loss, and Lee and Gary trained the new kits and searched for a replacement for the Monkey. When they finally came back they were no long the White Tigers. They were now the White Tigers Monkey Honor.
And for the Bladebreakers and Majestics, well after their short suspension was over they returned to the spotlight, but it was clear in their blading they were still mourning the loss of their friends. Even those who didn't know them well seemed a bit distracted.
Lirin so there you have it, the end.
Tala: or is it?
Kai: we have a special bonus chapter ready for everyone, but it will only get posted if people ask for it.
Rei: so even though this is the last chapter, please don't forget to review. and thank you all for reading this.