Author's Note: Well school is officially started, and I am officially knackered beyond words… Sorry if there are any silly mistakes in this chapter. My eyes are closing at the moment to go into the land of nod. Though thanks to everyone who reviewed my boring days at school (plus not being able to get on the pc for a week) was suddenly brightened by 9 reviewers. So thanks to;
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DancerInTheDark101 - Three fast updates then one slow one. Evil school draining al my energy, it's practically sucking out my very soul... Plus my schoolbag is breaking my bag with all the textbook -.-'' 35 is my aim, much like my other fisc. I have a obsession with that number at the moment... I know I haven't done very many cliff-hangers, though yes that means on one chapter I will be incredibly evil... Just to even it out... Thanks for reviewing!
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or-chan - Poor everyone, yeah... Especially in this chapter I guess. Dranzer as a chicken, now that would be interesting watching a beyblade battle... And Kai calling on the mighty power... Of the chickens. Thanks for reviewing!
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Chapter 23
Bryan had pulled Tala to one side and it was obvious that the older redhead was not agreeing with whatever the other child was saying. Though Tala did not move or go off in a huff, he stayed to let Bryan finish in what he was saying. Even when Bryan left Tala stayed still thinking about what had been said.
He was nine-years old, but he was as smart as Spencer and he was beginning to think that maybe Bryan was still jealous of Kai. He'd never really noticed how they would glare at each other when he was younger but now…. It was almost certain that Bryan did not like Kai.
For the next few days there was something different about Group 3, since that one night when Bryan and Tala had heard Kai sobbing. Bryan had believed it was the rest of the groups right to know what he had heard, and although Tala did not want to admit that he had heard it too, backed Bryan up when he was telling Spencer and Ian.
Bryan ignored Kai in the morning, and when the smaller blue-haired boy sat down, Bryan stood up and left, even though he was hungry he wouldn't be doing anything too straining until lunch. Kai frowned, and began to worry – what was with Bryan's cold response?
When Kai looked over at his usual up-beat and smiling friends, he saw none – Ian was avoiding eye-contact, not daring to look up at the so called traitor. Tala on the other hand, a person who Kai thought would always smile, didn't glance at him, but was constantly scraping his spoon at the bottom of the bowl.
Red eyes finally looked around once more, in desperation of someone to acknowledge, Kai didn't want anyone to ignore him… Not even Tala or the random personality that was Ian's.
"What did I do…?" His eyes darted around the faces that seemed to be filled with sadness, but even then, none of them seemed to even meet his eye. Ian left quickly and left Spencer and Tala in the awkward silence that was forever growing.
"Nothing yet." Spencer answered, not really worried if Kai was his friend now. Why would he want to get rid of Kai at the moment? He may be planning to betray them, but he hadn't, not yet.
Kai frowned again, and this time he choose Tala to be his glaring victim. He didn't like how the once happy Tala was now sulking in the middle of a meal. Something must of happened that Kai was not aware of, but what?
Tala on the other hand was sitting down, not aware of anything that was going on around him. He was thinking about what Bryan had told him about; that Kai must have been crying because he felt sad about not being able to tell them about what Voltaire had asked him to do. Also Bryan had told him that they shouldn't trust him due to the large fact that Voltaire and Kai were blood related.
Lunch went very slow – or else it had been extended an hour or so without anyone else wondering. Tala could tell that Kai was very, angry? Sad? About this whole thing, he probably had no idea why he was being alienated from the group.
The redhead began to wonder – what would happen to a loner when they were accepted then rejected for no reason? Would they recover in some years to come, or would they just withdraw themselves completely from society? Tala shook his head, not really wanting to get a worse headache by thinking over things too deeply. He was nine, he wasn't meant to have this much stress, was he?
Group 3's strange behaviour was noted by most of the older groups, as much as their old room mates believed they were being broken down. In fact Lev their own feisty redhead had said that he had seen the whole group sulking. No one was spiteful when it came to people being broken down.
Most people wanted to stay – or go back and act like they had before they had been broken down by the very Abbey walls and Boris's nasty tricks. When another child had lost their enthusiasm it meant that it would only be a matter of days before they would turn into robots that would do nothing against Boris's will.
Before training started, everyone would be given around half an hour of time to prepare or have extra sleep or have another meal. This was to make the older, already destroyed spirits feel even more alone. Kai decided he would talk to Bryan or at least try to talk to someone, he needed to ask why they thought he no longer belonged to the group. Where they just playing a cruel joke? Or had their supposedly friendship been a huge lie?
The small blue-haired boy finished his meal quickly, and alone. Spencer had said goodbye and had gave a brief word, something along the lines of 'I will still speak to you.' For some reason it filled Kai's heart with something he had felt before, he was grateful that Spencer was so independent even at such a young age.
Everyone of them hung around at the same place, a small hollow that they had found in the side of a wall – where no one else would bother you. The guards couldn't fit inside it and even Spencer had some trouble in slipping inside. It was Group 3's home….
"Bryan!" Kai called as he slipped through the wall, he made sure no guards were wandering around. If this hollow was found out then it would be filled in and no doubt everyone else would blame that on him.
Kai walked through and saw that, everyone was here, good now he could get an answer. Though no one came to greet him or even smiled at him, they all just sat or stood – facing away from him. "Go away traitor." Bryan's voice scolded the younger boy as he turned around and glared.
"You wouldn't really betray us right…?" Ian mumbled but it was far to muffled for anyone to remotely hear and his question went unanswered. Kai just blinked and stared at Bryan. Traitor? Kai frowned, was this the reason no one was even looking at him. Suddenly all of the guilt, all of the misery he had been feeling washed away, replaced with anger.
"Is that…the reason…. The reason why you all have been ignoring me!" Kai enraged, everyone in the room thought that he was going to turn them in. Everyone – even Ian even Tala. The other boys tensed visibly still no aware of the turmoil that they had placed Kai in.
"So you admit it! Traitor!" Bryan's words would have a large effect on what Kai was thinking if he hadn't been enraged at first. Still Kai's mind was abuzz with thoughts, why would his friends think he was so weak?
"I'm not." Kai stated coldly, his old expressionless face coming back. Over the years he had spent with Tala and even the short amount of time he had known Ian, the two happy and positive personalities had given Kai some hope and comfort that made him a little less concerned about what people thought of him. Therefore he had lowered the huge invisible wall that he used to shield himself from others. Now it had been raised once again.
"Then why don't you tell us what Voltaire wants you to do! Instead of crying over what you will end up doing!" Bryan didn't like to take chances, not on people. He may have been wary of Kai just because of Kai's lineage, and that he had blown up half of the Abbey.
"Because…I can hardly even think it. Saying it is impossible." Kai lowered his head, shielding his eyes that were threatening to let the hot stinging tears fall. He didn't want to appear weak, not when this had happened.
"Kai…Would you really betray us?" Ian looked up and this time it was Kai that was looking away. His eyes staying on the ground even when he began his reply.
Kai was shocked, more than anything else. In his whole life he had never had friends – and then Tala, everyone else appear to have created some sort of transparent tie that linked them. Now what were they? Kai couldn't help but sniff a few times before he knew his voice would not fail him. "I would never betray any of you…. You're my friends…I thought you knew that. All of you…" Kai snapped his head up to glare at the rest of Group 3. "Of course it appears that none of you knew that. Except Spencer." There was short silence.
Tala looked over at the blonde who was remaining silent, and then asked, "Spencer you talked to him?" Tala was unsure on how he could talk to Kai. How could he act normal when all of his mind was screaming at him not to do it. Yet all he wanted to do was talk to the blue-haired boy. Spencer looked calmly at the redhead child, he wasn't as angry and was not as emotional as everyone else in the room.
"I only judge people for what they do – not what they are supposedly planning." Spencer knew that Tala and Ian would be feeling very guilty and Bryan would most likely be feeling anger that Tala and Ian were actually feeling guilt at a time like this.
"Kai…It's just a little weird that you…Zone out all the time – disappear and even don't go to the same class as us. You always seem distracted by something…" Tala wasn't sure why he was trying to excuse himself he had also ignored Kai completely this morning and all of yesterday. He was sure that Kai wouldn't let him slide by so easily.
"Let me get this straight… You all ignored me. Because I didn't tell you that Voltaire wanted me to break you all! That he wanted me to make you all happy then to just snatch it all away to destroy you all!" The whole group's attention was now on Kai. He had been told to break them? Even Bryan was feeling slightly stupid for even thinking that Kai would go through with it. Kai had never really had that strange aura that people had. The people that liked to hurt things, Daniil had that sort of aura – but Kai. His was different.
"I didn't tell you because if I did…you all would stop trusting me – but even when I try to not do what my grandfather says…you fall out with me!" Kai's mind began to hurt from shouting so loudly, all he wanted to was let Tala, Bryan, Ian and even Spencer know how much he had been hurt with being ignored and accused of stabbing them in the back. "You all are cold, arrogant bastards!" Everyone physically winced at the words the eight year old Kai used. Who knew where he had heard that sort of language before.
"Kai, we're sorry." Tala's face was distorted in worry, sadness and even guilt. When he stepped forward Kai took one back, now not caring about who his friends where. "Go away, I don't want to be friends with anyone that can't even let me cry in my own misery without suspecting that I'm going to stab you in the back!" At that moment Kai's voice cracked under the strain and the emotions he was feeling could be felt and heard in every syllable that he said.
"Kai…?" Ian frowned and looked over at Tala and then looked at Bryan who still appeared to not be hearing or seeing the same things as they had. Kai's face was blank yet no matter how hard the child tried he began to cry letting all of his frustration out yelling what he felt for the first time.
"I hate you! I hate you all! I can't believe I even wanted to be you're friends!" Kai turned around and left the room swiftly and wondered if he had made a huge mistake in even letting any of them come so close to him. What was the point in friends they would only betray you…
"Bryan…Why did I even listen to you!" Tala turned around and snapped at the lavender haired boy who still seemed unfazed at the way things were going. Bryan simply folded his arms and spoke clearly for his so called friend to hear.
"You believed me because there was a doubt in your mind, one that thought the exact same as I did. So don't blame this whole thing on me." Tala looked down to the ground, he knew that was the truth. If he had just stayed by Kai's side then maybe he could have helped or convinced the Ian and Bryan that Kai wasn't going to do anything bad.
"You all are at fault. You all chose yourselves that Kai was going to end up betraying you without any thought on the matter. No wonder he is so angry. I think you should apologise – all of you." Spencer's words sank in immediately to them all, he had not chosen to go behind Kai's back and stab him…Which is what they had done to him…
"You think he'll forgive us?" Ian muttered again unsure on what to do in a situation like this. He had never fallen out with anyone, mostly because he had been incredibly young when he had came to the Abbey.
"I wouldn't." Spencer left the other boys to there own thoughts, he was going to see how badly affected the second youngest of the group was. Kai could end up taking Bryan's words seriously and end up doing something like betraying them all. Ian decided to leave, not sure of anything he was feeling.
Still Tala was staring at the ground not sure on what to say, he had just fallen out with Kai. The words just didn't stick. Tala felt guilt rush over him again and sadness just began to eat him from the inside out. Was this what Kai meant when he had said that they couldn't leave him alone in his own misery? Was this misery…?
"Kai…I'm sorry." Tala sniffed, and began to weep quietly and slowly made his way out of the room. Leaving Bryan standing alone.
Bryan sighed and let his hands fall to his side, he talked out loud even though there was no one there to hear him. "I'm an idiot." He should have known something like this would have happened, though he was still sure that he had done the right thing – he just hadn't done it the best way. Maybe he should have just asked Kai privately and that would have been that, maybe Kai wouldn't have gotten so angry that way. The look on Tala's face ended up making Bryan feel the guilt. He was the one at fault and he had tried to blame Ian and even Tala.
"I'll probably regret this too…" Bryan shook his head. He would have to swallow his own pride for this foolishness though he was sure he would end up regretting the fact that he was now looking for Kai. Still he would need to talk to that kid just to make everyone act like nothing had happened. That would take a long talk and one that Bryan wasn't looking forward to.
Author's Note: I will try to write up another chapter up tomorrow. Please review!