Hey, all thanks for your reviews Bablicious, shadowWolfDagger, A Friend For Life And Beyond and Kavbi you guys are great. This is the last chapter. It is also the longest chapter I have written. I considered writing it in small bits but I wanted it all kept together so here. May I present
The rebels
Chapter 20
The conference room was set ready for today's meeting that was due to start in the next few minutes. So far, there was only person present. The room looked out upon the city of Tokyo. More accurately, it looked down on Tokyo.
This was where multimillion businesspersons and women met and discussed how to keep their money and how to clean up their messes. For this was the meeting room of TKASS. TKASS was for the rich and the elite.
There is not a lot known about TKASS, only the members really know what they do and even they don't know what TKASS stand for. Their secrecy is vital for the effectiveness of their plans. If anybody else outside their group was to know anymore then what I have already told you, well lets say the would never tell anybody else.
Yesterday the meeting had been called. It was called because one of its members had passed away and as a rule of the group when one member dies TKASS decides where their money goes.
The first light on third screen-blinked red then the rest of them did so one after each other. There was a small knock on the door and without waiting for a reply three men and two women walked in. They were all dressed in the latest fashion suits all with extremely high prices tags. Of course, that was to be expected.
The person at the top of the table turned around to face the people and the screens. She pressed a button beside her and 13 faces appeared on the screens. The five other people in the room took their seats. One seat close to the top of the table remained empty.
"This meeting has begun," said the woman at the top of the table. "You all know why this meeting has been called but before we get down to business please a minute silence for our fellow member of TKASS, Mr Becket".
The group bowed their heads and thought back to Mr Becket. Not many had nice memories but they had respected him none the less.
"Now" said the woman again "down to business. The man in the tired screen put up his hand. "Yes" Mr Beaker.
"Well Ms Skater I was just wondering, how did Mr Becket die, I mean there has been a lot of speculation and I heard that the Hiwatari heir…" Mr Beaker was cut off by the rest of the group who all simultaneously started talking.
"Silence" Ms Skater said. She did not yell it or raise her voice but it was still heard by all and obeyed by all.
"I have arranged that Mr O'Neill investigate the circumstances that surround Mr Becket's death and he is here now to report on it," said Ms Skater. She nodded at a man near the end of the table and he nodded back and stood up.
"This affair has been reported on almost every news station across the world mainly because of the involvement of the famous blade breakers". Every eye was filled with questions but they all waited patently for the man to continue.
"As you all know Mr Becket was not one to follow the law but even I didn't think he would step so far across the line. He was heavily involved in cloning, kidnapping and he had plans of murder and dear I say it world domination".
The room exploded into anger. It was not at the fact that he had done these things but at the fact that he didn't plan to share the rewards.
"This is very stressful news and will be taken into account when dividing his fortunes. Now please Mr O' Neill tell us how his death came about," said Ms Skater.
"Of course miss". Mr O'Neill's account was surprisingly accurate. He knew the parts everybody played and how things unfolded. Some of the group nodded and smirked at some parts and others cried out in horror, sometimes at the same time.
Mr O'Neill finally finished his story with Kai's battle with the clones and 'it'. When he finally finished his story, the room was stunned. Ms Skater was the first to talk.
"So this Kai Hiwatari now houses this extreme power referred to as 'it'" asked Ms Skater. Mr O' Neill nodded. "Where is he now?" asked Ms Skater.
"In hospital. His friends were able to contain 'its' power to a certain extent but 'it' still managed to cause a lot of bodily harm to Mr Hiwatari".
"Mr Malinovsky, you know the Hiwatari family, correct?"
"Yes I do. I knew Voltaire Hiwatari very well until he went to jail a few years ago", said Mr Malinovsky from his screen. He sat back on his chair and thought. It was snowing and dark out side in Moscow he had stayed up late to take part in this conference. He was not tired though.
"I met Kai on at least five occasions. He was a strong lad with a good head on his shoulders. I could tell from early on he would go far. Personally I don't think Voltaire handled him well" said Mr Malinovsky softly.
"Indeed," said Ms Skater feigning interest. "As I see it, 'it' was probably Mr Becket's biggest venture to date. Now that he has passed away it seems that 'it' also belongs to us now". Te group nodded greedily. "Is there anyway to remove 'it' from the boy?" asked Ms Skater.
"Well there are two ways. One is a long and painfully (for Kai that is) procedure that will remove 'it' and transfer it to another medium. The second is a much quicker way but its success rate is very low and the person has always died," said Mr O'Neill. The group murmured deeply. The group was well dived about what to do.
"But these are not our only options," continued Mr O'Neill. We could also just cut our losses and leave the boy alone". Everybody except Mr Malinovsky shook their heads at the suggestion".
"It looks like we will have to have a debate about this," said Ms Skater. "I shall put a time limit of three hours on it and if it has not been decided by then I shall have the final vote". The group nodded and a battle of words ensued.
Ms Skater leaned back in her chair. This was boring her; she had already made her mind up. That power had to be harnessed. She had only seen Kai on TV and her children knew more about him then she did. She had to admit he was cute and if they went for the long procedure option she mite go down and help herself but that was beside the point. The matter of money came first.
The three hours finally ended and the decision had not been made. Ms Skater stood up and made the decision. Her decision was not met with surprise because it was already known what choice she would make. Only Mr Malinovsky was upset at the outcome. Back in Moscow, he bent down to get a pen and while leaning down he cursed and screamed in a whisper.
The rest of the meeting went quickly. Mr Becket's fortune was split up. He had no relatives so 25 percent went to charity, 25 percent went to the BBA because of the pain some of its bladers went through and the rest went to TKASS.
The people left the conference room and one by one, each screen went off line. Mr Malinovsky sat behind his desk and sighed. He had liked Kai as a child and he was proud of what he had done.
Mr Malinovsky was a lonely man and sometimes he fantasised about having a family. In his fantasises Kai had always been his grandchild. He was one who you could play with as a child and talk to as a teenager. He was somebody to treat and love unconditionally.
Mr Malinovsky grimaced. He had made up his mind. He picked up his phone on his desk and looked through his contacts book for a number. He fond it and dialled it in. It rang three times then a tired female voice answered.
The whiteness of the hospital room always crept Tyson out. He always thought of how unnatural it was to be so clean, so white. The reality however was that Tyson just didn't like hospitals. Hospitals meant that people he loved was sick or dying. Looking down on Kai, he wasn't sure which one he was.
Kai was to pale, his breathing was to slow and his heart rate was forever wavering. Kai had been given the best given who he was. Tyson knew the doctors were scared. They thought 'it' was contagious. The damage done to Kai's body was extreme. The doctors were terrified that they had a new disease on their hands. One that could break bones and tear the muscles of a very healthy strong teenager in a matter of minutes. Image what it could have done to somebody even fractionally weaker.
The room was totally sealed off from the rest of the hospital. Anytime the bladebreakers came to visit Kai they had to go through nearly all of the rest of the hospital just to get to Kai's room.
Before they went to Kai's room, they had to shower and change into a new set of clothes. Then after they came out they had another shower and the clothes they wore in were incinerated. There were also very strict visiting hours.
This didn't stop Tyson, Ray and Max visiting Kai everyday. Tyson had never been this clean before. He had never had a shower three days in a row never mind a whole week.
Kai had been under for just over a week now. Sometimes he trashed around in his sleep and once he spoke. When he spoke, it had been so softly that the others thought they had imagined it. The word that slipped his lips was "Alla". Tyson had noticed a guilty glance between Max and Ray but he decided not to inquire. The doctors said that he was improving. Tyson couldn't tell. However, they assured him he was going to wake up soon.
Ray and Max were now asleep. Their heads lolled back against the chairs. Their comic faces frozen in time. If it had been, another time Tyson would have put something in their mouths.
"Maybe like a chilli. Revenge for that time in China, right Kai?" said Tyson aloud to his caption. He received no answer.
"Even if you were awake I don't think you would have graced me with a response right Kai?" asked Tyson.
The phone by Kai's bed rang. Tyson sighed and picked up the phone. The voice on the other end was far from cheery.
"You time is up," said a monotone voice. Tyson could so easily image that being a line from a horror film. Sadly, it was from the doctor in charge of Kai. He was anything but nice. When Kai had first come, there had been a nice doctor. She had understood their feelings. She allowed them to stay with Kai past visiting times if he was having a bad dream or if his heart rate was very unsteady.
The doctor now was such a pig. Tyson was sure he took pleasure in calling them up and asking them to leave. Once he had forced them to leave half an hour early with no reason. When Tyson told Mr D, he just said that it was probably for Kai's own good.
"Hey guys time to go," said Tyson woefully. Ray and Max woke up groggily.
"Already," asked Max.
"Yeah," said Tyson I think so. "I wish we were allowed watches in here".
"You've never worn a watch before in your life", said Ray.
"I have to," said Tyson. The phone started ringing again.
"Okay, okay," yelled Tyson. "We are leaving".
That was when Kai's hand twitched. Tyson, Ray and Max froze.
"Did I see what I think I saw?" asked Tyson.
"I saw it too," said Ray.
"Me three," said Max.
The phone rang again. Ray picked it up.
"Doctor, Doctor I think Kai is waking up," said Ray
"Is that a joke," said the monotone voice.
"No isn't. Kai's hand twitched", yelled Ray down the line.
"He did it again," yelled Max.
"He did it again," yelled Ray.
"He did it again," yelled Tyson just because he felt left out.
"Please Ray, is it?" asked the doctor. Ray nodded then feeling stupid mumbled "yes".
"You tried the same trick a few days ago. Please leave now or else you wont be allowed see Kai for the next few wakes even if he does wake up," said the doctor.
"But," Ray began.
"However, if Kai is waking up I will inform Mr Dickerson right away and then he will tell you understand?" said the doctor with a voice he might use to a stubborn six years old.
"Fine" said Ray there wasn't much point in arguing with this man anyway.
"Come on guys lets go. We can come back tomorrow," said Ray. They left the room and had their showers slowly in case Kai woke up in that time and they could rush back to his room. However they were not called and they were home feeling cheated.
The blade breakers didn't know that almost the second they left the room two crimson eyes opened. The blade breakers feared that Kai would wake up all alone. They needn't worry about that for Kai wouldn't be alone for long…
Kai woke up. His whole right side was in bandages. Kai could tell he was heavily sedated not only because of the mountain of wires going in and out of him. His head was so dizzy but he felt in a good light-headed almost giggled mood. Most usual, must be the sedation thought Kai. Suppose it's better than the blinding pain I'd feel otherwise thought Kai looking at his arm and his chest and his shoulder. He was in bad shape.
Good job for the sedative or else I would probably kill somebody thought Kai. Suddenly a blinding pain ranked through his arm. Kai hissed in pain and gentle lowered himself back into a lying position.
The door beeped and whooshed. Kai didn't know why but a sudden feeling of foreboding overcame him. He closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep. His instincts were never wrong after all.
Kai could hear the man walking across the room each footstep echoed through Kai's head. This was bad news. The man sighed.
"That spoilt bloody kid is still asleep, thank god. This will be much easier with a corporative subject. I have waited to long for this. Too long mmm yeah," the man murmured.
'It's always so much easier to guess evil plans when people talk to themselves thought Kai. Kai's body stiffened. If this man weren't looking for a fight, Kai would make sure to disappoint him. However, in his current condition he could do much. Suddenly the door whooshed open again.
Kai's eyes opened a fraction. He needed to find away out.
"What are you doing here, girl?" asked the man.
"I could ask you the same thing," said the girl. Kai knew straight away, who it was.
Alla.
Alla walked over to the bed. She took Kai's hand in hers.
"No you can't. I am the doctor here," said the doctor.
"Some doctor you are. You were about to inject Kai with a substance that contains high levels of proketatom and Kai is allergic to it", said Alla. Kai barely heard her he was concentrating on what she was writing with her finger on his hand. She wrote one-word 'stay'.
The doctor was shortly silence.
"What do you mean he is allergic to proketatom? It wasn't on his chart. What is proketatom anyway?" asked the doctor.
"You don't know! What kind of doctor are you?" asked Alla.
"I..I… who the hell are you," yelled the man.
"Changing the subject I see, how cowardly," said Alla dismissively. That was when the doctor pulled out a gun.
He poked Alla in the head with the gun. She had gone very still.
"What do you say now little girl?" asked the doctor.
"You know when you point a gun at somebody you point three back at yourself," said Alla calmly.
"That's fingers you id…," the doctor didn't have time to finish cause Alla had twisted his arm and taken his gun, which was now pointed at his head.
"Well in this cause one but you get my drift," said Alla.
The door burst open without the whooshing and five guards came in carrying guns. They all pointed them directly at Alla and the doctor. Alla let go of the doctor and jumped nimbly back to Kai.
"What do you want?" asked Alla crossly.
"We want Kai. We have been ordered to remove him from something by force if necessary," said one of the guards.
"Well injecting him with proketatom and killing him wont help," said Alla grabbing Kai's hand in hers.
"She is talking rubbish. Attack her," yelled the doctor. As he was talking, Alla wrote stay again on Kai's hand. Kai frowned but stayed still.
"If you go anywhere near Kai, I will shot," said Alla hosting the gun. The doctor took a step back but the others didn't.
"We have guns to little miss," said one of the guards.
"Yeah but yours have silencers mine doesn't," said Alla smiling. "If I shot this the whole hospital will hear".
"By that time you will be dead and Kai will be half way across town," said the doctor.
"Yeah your right. Time for change of tactics," said Alla. "Go Nephthys".
A giant bright gold light surround the whole room.
"Go Nephthys" yelled Alla. "Gold rush!" Alla's eyes were glowing and sparkling like gold. Her blade, which she had launched secretly as she had jumped backwards, spun beneath their feet. The gold light engulfed them and the fell were they stood.
Alla smiled. "That wasn't too hard," said Alla. The door burst open. Nearly forty guards barged though the door. Their timing was a bit off for that moment the room started to heat up.
"What is going on?" asked one of the guards looking around. They had just broken into a hospital. They had to run to the top floor through a maze of corridors all carrying giant heave equipment. They had to wait for ages for the techies to crack the code for this room even though they were told they would have inside help. Then they come in to find their 'crack team' knocked unconscious by a girl. They had been told to keep an eye on their target yet he was still fast asleep. To put the cherry on top of this perfect day the room was become an oven and a strange red light was coming from their target. Just great.
Kai sat up. Dranser was back, he could feel her. However, something was different. He was different. Kai looked up and saw everybody staring at him.
"What?" he asked. Suddenly he burst into flames. Everybody screamed. A kid exploding into fire certainly was weird but the fact that he didn't die or turn into dust was even stranger. Kai stood up on his bed. He looked down at his hand. All he could see was fire. This felt strange yet right at the same time. The fire felt like life. It flowed through him and empowered him. It was healing all his wounds and washing impurities from his system.
"Leave now," ordered Kai. Every body stopped for a second and looked up at him. Then they continued on their way out of the door. When the flame shaped like a boy told you to leave, you leave. The fire suddenly began to change shape. It became solid and wrapped itself around Kai like a new set of clothes.
The fire was wrapped tightly around Kai's body but it was looser around his elbows down to his hands also his knees down as well as his neck and face. The fire cloth was still there but looser. The rest of his body was wrapped tightly revealing no skin. It shape was like a licking flame. Kai looked at his hand again. The cloth like substance stuck to his skin. It shape was still like the flame it had once been.
Kai reached up to his hair. It felt different to. Kai looked at his bangs and got a fright. They had changed colour too. His hair was now a mixture of black and red. His blue tattoos had also changed to red triangles.
Kai looked up to see everybody staring at him. They had seemed to overcome their fear because they were now looking at him and pointing guns at him. Those who had run were quickly replaced.
"Stop," said Kai in a voice which wasn't quite his own yet which was totally his. Kai looked at the guns in their hands. He could somehow see all of them. He could tell which hand shook and who was shacking inside. 'Amazing' thought Kai. Kai smirked and concentrated harder. All their guns melted in their hands. Kai twisted his fingers and the melted guns twisted with them and in doing so binding their master's hands.
Kai looked at the floor. Now he began heating the titles. The fire alarm went off and the sprinklers came on but it didn't affect Kai. The floor around the guards melted and Kai lifted his hands and floor came with him. Kai cupped his hands and the floor surrounded the guards. The guards screamed and yelled but to no avail. They kicked and beat their melted guns against the walls but that was also to no avail.
Alla looked at Kai. Taking in his new form. He looked down from where he stood on the bed.
"Thanks for coming," he said. He looked at her for a second then he fell off the bed. As he fell towards the ground, the strange cloth fell off him. When landed with a soft thud on the ground he was his old self. Alla sighed in relief. That was a close one. She had run to catch Kai but she wasn't quick enough. Now looking down at him. She wondered did she imagine it all.
Kai was still dressed in the hospital gown, he still had his injures and he was still covered in plasters. She had seen Kai burst into flames so surly the clothes and bandages had been burnt to a crisp. The Kai she saw didn't have any injuries while this Kai had loads. It didn't make any sense.
Three fire fighters barged through the door and stopped dead in their footsteps.
"Emm I can explain," said Alla tensely.
The blade breakers marched through the hospital. They ran up the steps and through its white wall mazes. The amount of fire fighters and women were alarming. Tyson, Ray and Max stormed past a big group of doctors, visitors, fire fighters, firewomen as well as the other occupants of the hospital. The man at the middle of the group was taking.
As the blade breakers ran past they heard something that made them stop in their tracks. They stopped and listened to what the man was saying but there were too many people and they could only hear a few words. They words were Kai Hiwatari, fire, kidnap and trapped.
"O god," said Ray. Tyson, Ray and Max darted down the corridor. They arrived at Kai's floor. The elevator dinged open. They were met with hundreds of fire, police and doctors. Well the doctors were expected seeing, as it was a hospital. The police were dragging out men one after each other from Kai's room. They were all covered in what looked like melted title.
Tyson pushed past the police who were guarding Kai's room. Ray and Max pushed them away and together they charged into Kai's room. To find it empty.
"They…they took him," said Tyson disbelieving.
"No," said Ray.
The police jumped on Tyson and the others and dragged them to the ground. But they were in shock therefore the pain was numbed. They were so out of it they almost didn't hear the voice that said wait hold on a second.
"Wait hold on a second," said a voice. Tyson looked up and his eyes widened when he saw Alla walking down the corridor.
"It's okay they are with me," said Alla smiling. The police let Tyson, Ray and Max down with a thud and walked back to their post. Alla reached down to help them up.
"Sorry about them. They are a little on edge Mr D hired them to look after Kai. They feel it is their fault he almost got kidnapped," said Alla.
"Where is Kai? Is he okay?" asked Max.
"Yep he's fine. He is in a room down here," said Alla leading the way down the hall.
"So what happened?" asked Ray.
"A few guys came trying to kidnap Kai but he and I sent them packing," said Alla. She turned around and smiled. "Well okay most Kai sent them packing". The reached Kai's room. They could see him prompt up on a pillow reading a book. Tyson and Max went into the room. Ray stayed with Alla.
"Look sorry," said Ray.
"Nothing to apologise for. I would have done the exact same thing," said Alla.
"Right," said Ray and went into the room.
In the room, they laughed and talked for hours. Well Tyson Max and Ray laughed and talked for hours. Kai just sat in the bed with his eyes closed. The time came for them to leave and the left with much waving and promises of tomorrow.
Alla walked into Kai's room.
"You know visiting times are over," said Kai.
"Yep I know, I was never good at keeping rules anyway," said Alla in false cheeriness.
"That's for sure," said Kai. Then there was a long awkward silence. Kai meet Alla's eyes.
"Look," they both said at once.
"You go first," said Alla. She didn't really have anything to say, she was just uncomfortable with long silences.
"Look I am not sure what happened yet," said Kai looking at his blade in his hand. The dranzer bit glowed in his hand. "But I would like it if you didn't tell the others. Not until I figured this out,"
"Yep sure thing," nodded Alla. Alla turned and walked towards the door.
"Alla wait a second," said Kai.
"Huh what?" asked Alla. Kai rose from his bed. Kai's hospital gown hung loosely from his body to revel toned muscle underneath. Alla looked at Kai with her head slightly titled. Kai looked at her strangely.
"Emm are you okay?" asked Kai. Alla nodded.
"Yep sure fine," she said smiling at Kai. Suddenly she noticed something different. The way Kai was standing, his posture and stance. It looked almost as if he was nervous. But she was thinking about Kai. Kai didn't do nervousness.
Kai step towards her. Alla was about to take a step back instinctively but stopped herself. It was Kai. Kai wrapped his strong arms around Alla. He felt he tense and smirked.
"It's just a hug. People use them to show feelings and such," said Kai dismissively.
"How do you know?" asked Alla smiling. Kai shrugged.
"I have learned I guess," he smiled. Anyway," said Kai leaning in close and whispering into Alla's ear.
"Thank you," said Kai.
"I really didn't do" Kai cut Alla off.
"Don't," he said softly. "Please just accept the thanks,"
"I… I can't," said Alla and to her shame, her voice started to shake. Kai released her and held her at arms length.
"I…I… have done everything wrong," said Alla pushing herself away from Kai.
"Nothing I can do will erase the things I have already done," said Alla.
"No body is perfect," said Kai.
"Maybe but I am so far from perfect Kai. Everybody knows it. I am not meant to be happy not after all the things I have done", said Alla with tears in her eyes.
"Alla we have been through to much nobody can be close to perfect coming from where we did and having been through the things we have" said Kai.
"Yeah I guess," said Alla.
"Besides I am far from perfect too," said Kai reaching over to her. She buried her face into Kai's shoulder. Alla said something that was muffled too much for Kai to hear.
"What did you say?" asked Kai.
"I said apart from your beyblading that is," said Alla smiling up at Kai. Kai smiled too.
"Yeah," said Kai.
"Arrogant," said Alla.
"Criminal," said Kai.
"Too soon," said Alla looking up at Kai again.Their eyes met and they both smiled sheepishly.
"Emm," said Alla nervously. "I… em I," began Alla.
"Shhh," said Kai. "You always ruin these moments" said Kai softy. Kai leaned down towards Alla. Alla now silenced titled her head up. Their lips met together in harmony. Alla opened her month and let Kai's tongue in. She moaned in pleasure as Kai's tongue met hers. He leaned in to her and she moved her arms to around his neck. She moved her tongue in to his mouth. He tasted surprisingly sweet. They broke apart for air.
Kai looked at her and she smiled. She hadn't been this happy for a long time.
Ms Skater sighed as one of her messagers came in.
"If you are here to tell me about Kai It's too late I already know. See to it that those involved are punished.
"They are in custody ms," said the messanger.
"Did that sound like a request or an order?" asked Ms Skater.
"An order ms I will see it done," said the messager leaving the room.
Ms Skater smiled. Kai had finally realised his power it wouldn't be too long before the rest of them did. She wondered weither 'it' would affect Kai. Hopefully it would. Ms Skater smiled. She was going to enjoy this.
The end.
A/n: I am serious. Sorry if it didn't meet some of your expectation but this was the ending I planed. I am thinking of doing a sequel, my friend said I should ask you, the readers. So please review and tell me would you like one. I would like to thank all of you for reading and reviewing.