Chapter 3

The two girls stood side by side; unaware on how nervous and tired they really looked, Kai eyed them suspiciously everything so far looked like a trap. It was dark, he was alone and the two girl looked incredibly nervous.

"Kai! About time you got here!" Lita shouted, a smile creeping onto her face, Selene rose an eyebrow and looked back at Kai who had already came rather close to them.

"Why are you two here?" Kai snapped, he hated being the only one that didn't know what was happening. He was sure Adonis knew something he'd been acting somewhat oddly when the Navia family was mentioned and had not stopped frowning since …
"You've heard about the will's conditions?" Selene got straight to the point it was slightly awkward with the situation. Kai liked Lita, Lita liked Kai… Selene kissed Kai… Without telling anyone else, hence that's why she didn't like to be near Lita; just that it may slip out if they both began yelling at each other. Of course it was impossible for Kai and Lita to even think about 'talking' to one another because of the family history…
"Yes, how did you two know that?" Again Kai narrowed his eyes, nothing was making sense at the moment…

"Never mind that at the moment, are you sure your alone? No one followed you." Lita looked around, her voice was filled with distress, she glanced at Selene would shifted uncomfortably, the thought of being watched was irritating in itself.

"I'm sure, now spit whatever you have to say out!" Kai was getting angrier and more stressed by the second, he had made sure no one did follow him and he was sure he was alone, he didn't like his actions questioned.

Selene coughed and wasn't sure if Kai would even look at her - especially since the last time they saw each other she was being bailed out of jail - he had told her never to talk to him again or contact him under any circumstances.

"Hiwatari, has the lawyer that was with you - when the will was being read out - been anywhere near you, or any member of your family? Has he asked any questions?" Selene looked as Kai's face went blank, he was trying to remember what his brother had asked the lawyer, something about why everything bad happens to them.

"What are you two talking about?" Kai looked between them, a small seed of doubt began to grow at the back of his mind, he really didn't know what was happening anymore.
"Look Kai… We can't tell you everything just yet - but don't trust him. Make sure you don't mention this talk or information to anyone, understand? Especially him!" Lita was looking at Kai with hopeful eyes hoping… He would do as he was told to - then again when did Kai do as he was told?
"Whatever…" Kai rolled his eyes thinking it was nothing more than a small joke - that may not be as bad as it sounded, Lita frowned.

"This is serious Kai! Your family, including you are in danger!" Lita yelled, anger replacing the hope in her eyes she didn't want anyone to die; she hated the way death worked. She cursed her father and step-mother at the back of her mind.

When Kai had heard about his family being in danger something clicked inside his mind - this was no longer a joke, and Kai glared Lita. If it was a joke it was no longer amusing.

"What do you mean?" His voice was low, he wanted to know and it was certainly clear he was not happy with being told his family and himself were in danger. Selene's eyes widened realising what Lita had said, she elbowed the girl in the ribs hard, and she glared at her. Lita bit the inside of her lip realising that what she had said could be the undoing of everything.

"She told us not to tell him that! Idiot." She hissed as quietly as she could, but Kai heard her as well, things were not going too well.

"Who told you not to tell me what?" Kai was now in a mood; not a good one; one that would get people hurt if they did not tread carefully and choose their words well.

"Never mind Kai." Lita shook her head; hoping to recover for the information that was accidentally spilled.
Lita decided that Kai would start asking to many complicated questions and that he was interested in knowing whatever was going on; she would tell him relevant information that Selene and she needed to pass on. The other questions would have to wait until she was ready.

"Look, just make sure you obey the will for now - like no beyblading. We'll send you another letter with other instructions when she tells us to." Selene added; if Kai did beyblade then things would become much harder and more complicated… Which was complicating in its own right.

"…Your still not telling me why you're here! Who do you mean by she!?" Kai looked confused, and in a foul mood - something that the two girls wanted to stay away from. Though they both knew that the information that they could only give him would leave anyone confused. All he needed to know was stay away from the lawyer and keep the family close. Although when did any Hiwatari go and do something without a reason.

"Kai - trust us… Don't try to get attention on the media - even about Grandfathers death - do not under any circumstances let anyone know that Voltaire is dead as of yet." Lita waved her hands; trying to emphases the large matter of this situation. It would be over in a few months but… Who knows what could happen in a few months.

"It was on the news a few weeks ago half of the Russian population will know it by now!" Kai was a little worried who could someone - whom was dead - create so much havoc on one of the richest families in Russia?

"Listen to me Kai! Do not tell anyone - don't even phone anyone or talk about anything to do with your family. The person that is trying to harm you… Still does not know about the death of Voltaire - just stay low until we all can figure out who it is and get some proof." Lita gasped for breath as she ranted and raved about how Kai must stay out of the lime light. If he wanted everyone in his family to live.

"If you didn't know who it is, then how would you know if they didn't know about Voltaire death?" Kai questioned, this was not a question that the girls were hoping for - Kai had to learn not to ask questions… Not at this time.

"Look Kai, stop asking questions, if you keep doing it will end up killing you or one of the members of your family! So stop asking any questions just take everything that, that lawyer throws at you. Don't give anything away ok? Like this conversation or anything else!" Selene and Lita sighed, they had told him what they had to and now they had to leave; get back on the plane and inform her about Kai's reaction…

Selene and Lita turned away, Lita giving a small wave; while Selene just kept walking - she didn't like the night, everything was so cold and dark; anyone could be listening - hidden away by the darkness. Before Kai knew what he had said the girls had stopped walking away from him.

"Wait…" Kai averted his eyes away from the girls and looked down, he couldn't think straight… Everything was shifting around in his mind, questions, answers, details; everything was so jumbled so messed up.

"Yes Kai?" Selene folded her arms waiting for whatever annoying remark Kai had to say.
"Why is all of this happening now?" Kai hated surprises; he wanted know everything and he knew the two girls knew more than he had been told - which was enraging to say the least. Kai wasn't some to beg or plead for anything but… If him and his family were involved then he would do as much as possible to gain information.
"…You'll find out soon enough… We can't talk to you about it now… She'll come when she ready to explain it all to you." Selene turned away again, and Lita watched as she left slowly;

"Who do you keep talking about!" Kai looked at Lita, hoping she would leak some more information out.

"You'll know her as soon as you see her…" Lita turned away… She felt horrible.

Kai glared then unknowingly his hand went inside his pocket and brought his beyblade. He sighed as he looked down on it - he would never get over the temptation of not being able to beyblade when it was just inside his pocket.

"Will one of you do me a favour?" He shouted and Lita and Selene turned around again - they would get away at this rate.
"Depends on what it is?" Selene shouted back, gaining a frown and a glare from Kai.
"Take this to the BladeBreakers make up an excuse why I can't keep beyblading… Since I'm not allowed to use the phone…Anymore." He threw it and Lita caught it quickly unsure on whether she should take his beyblade away.

"Sure thing, we will get on a plane to Japan as soon as possible." Lita nodded her head and smiled; this time jogging away trying to catch up the lost ground - Selene was already rather far ahead.

"Hn." Kai watched as the two departing girls vanished from sight; what had he done in his other life to deserve such a crappy one this time round?

Lita managed to catch up with Selene she had never met someone who could walk so fast. The two girls walked across the old bridge, in the dark small glimmers from the lake beneath it caught Lita's eye so she stopped to look in.

"That went ok, I think." Lita said as she watched the water lap over the short rocks quietly.

"Not really he's still confused about the situation in hand." Selene sighed hating the fact that they just did what they were trying not to do. A thought of failure entered her mind.

"Still he knows now to keep anything unusual silent instead of him accusing." Lita turned around and gave Selene a smile, she was sure that everything they did was enviable and that it had worked out fine.

"Let's go, we have a lot to tell 'Milady.'" Selene wanted to get back to the boarders of Russia, then they could actually think of a plan to help the Hiwatari's.

"Too right… Eight years is a long time with out any information being passed on…. We'll be talking for ages…" Lita jumped up on the old bridge and started walking along it; she had never been allowed to do something like this - it was considered unladylike by her family. How she loathed each and every one of them.

"So, the more information she has; means she will have a better plan for this." Selene yawned she had been up most of the night thinking about how this would end up… Like she had thought something would go wrong, and it had happened.

"I still feel kind of bad…" Lita admitted; not really wanting to have a journey with awkward silence.

"Why?" Selene asked after a few moments, she noticed that Lita was straining in keeping up with her - slowing down a little she managed to see the sadness on Lita's face.
"I don't know… Lying to everyone about just being friends with Kai…" She squinted her eyes at Selene trying to see if she knew what she meant.

"We are." Selene snapped not wanting to get into the subject of Kai - talking about his family in general didn't make her uneasy… Talking about Kai did.

"Only because we had to be…" Lita looked at Selene as she stopped walking and stood very still.

"Are you saying you don't want to be Kai's little friend anymore." She mocked thinking it was ironic that the only person Kai actually could get on with, (from the female species) didn't even like him to start with.

"No I'm just saying I probably wouldn't have choose to talk to him; ever if I hadn't been requested to." Lita tried to defend herself a little knowing Selene was enjoying her discomfort.

"Your lucky to have become friends with him; he doesn't open up so easily." Selene started walking… She didn't want to become friends with Lita but - then again being friends with someone you don't like had its advantages.

"I figured that out the first day I spoke to him." Lita walked slowly behind - they had along way to get to - even if it was just to the limo. They still had to get on a plane to travel to the outskirts.

"I hope… For Kai's sake… He never finds out about his arranged friends." Selene sighed anyone finding out that their friends; were only friends because they were told to be by some one else would hurt anyone. It would destroy Kai within a few minutes…

Kai had wandered back to his house to be confronted by the lawyer who he had been told to avoid and his butler who he had been very suspicious about earlier. The lawyer didn't have anything suspicious about him, he himself didn't look like someone you couldn't trust though when could you ever trust a lawyer?

The lawyer eyed the boy carefully, and lowered his voice significantly just so Kai could hear,

"I hope you know that, if you were beyblading then… Your family will be out on the streets before long."

Kai glared as soon as the lawyer stood up, straight awaiting what the boy would say. Kai managed to come up with an easy solution,

"I wasn't beyblading. I was throwing my beyblade away since I no longer can use it." Kai's face went blank of emotion - there was some truth in what he was saying. The lawyer rose an eyebrow and looked at the boy as if he were lying - even though he was technically telling the truth.

"Such a wasteful person, that beyblade and bitbeast could have went to someone who wanted them." The lawyer snapped; this made Kai think about what Selene and Lita had said - no wonder he was told to stay away from this guy. He reminded him of the dead old man himself…

"It's still my beyblade, and Dranzer is still mine - It just stops me from breaking the will and getting thrown out of this house." Kai stared back as the lawyer stayed silent for a moment, then exited the house of the Hiwatari's as Kai turned around to hear what he had said.

"Indeed it does." The lawyer muttered under his breathe, "Indeed it does…" Kai couldn't help but feel his skin crawl, he felt uneasy at the fact he would never trust this man, but had to avoid any kind of conversation about the family with him - some information could be passed on without realising it…

Kai looked at the butler who was still standing there something about him; was different. He used to try and talk and make conversation with Kai at any possible moment. He'd done it for years so why had he suddenly stopped.

Kai decided to go to his room - he could think in peace there; and he had a lot to think about. Everything was fine until this will came into view and why was someone trying to harm the members of the Hiwatari family? Why not before Voltaire's death; when they had all been scattered or was that the point in this act? So that they could dispose of every last Hiwatari and not need to worry about finding everyone…

Maybe Voltaire was killed? That would logical; once a member was killed the rest would come and pay their respects - meaning they were all sitting ducks for whoever was trying to harm them. Or this could all just be a large hoax…

A small knock and creak at his bed room door stopped any thought on the matter,

"Brother?" The small child came running in, a worried and depressed look upon her face she knew something was wrong. The atmosphere in the house had changed so much; it had been so relaxed and now there was tension with any subject Sota happened to bring up.

"Yes?" Kai stood up and stretched he hadn't noticed that he had been lying on his bed for about three hours - had he fallen asleep at one point?

"I saw daddy crying." Sota looked up at her brother; her eyes were filling up about to cry an ocean. She didn't understand and neither did Kai…

"Are you sure…?" Kai frowned it was unlike Adonis to cry it was unlike Adonis to cry in front of anyone - like his children so whatever was happening it had to be… Bad.

"Yes, can you go down and see what's wrong? He ignored me when I asked him." Being ignored; was a pat on the head and told to leave.

"Stay up here." Kai wasn't sure if he was going to end up shouting; or if his father would end up shouting. He felt like the adult in the house… Sota shouldn't have to run to him every time she was worried… She shouldn't even be worried. The idea of troubling such a young mind was unbelievable since - that's exactly what had happened in the Abbey.

Kai wandered down the stairs in search of his 'crying father.'

Authors Note: Well - I updated wuicker than I thought I would... Especially because of this project thing. Anyway - Review please and thanks for reading. Happy New Year by the way.