Me: Hey guys know what I've noticed?
Kai: Don't indulge her.
Me: No seriously, this is important.
Rei: What's up?
Me: We're not pulling in a lot of Canadian readers.
Kai: -.- I told you not to indulge her.
Me: Seriously! I mean, I like Canadians, eh.
Rei: We're going to get sued.
Me: So, in order to get more Canadians I'm offering free maple syrup and hockey sticks, eh.
Kai: Oh, definitley. I'll call our lawyers.
Me: Canadians are so cool, eh, I mean they've lived like the United States for forever and no wars.
Kai:-on the phone- Do we have insurance against pissed off Canadians.
Me: Anyways, I do love Canadians and I would like more Canadian readers. So all the people from Canadia please spread the word.
Rei: Don't you mean Canada.
Me: That's what I said, Canadia.
Kai:-To Rei-We don't have P.O.'d Canadian insurace.
Rei: Maybe we should just do the disclaimer.
Kai: Good Idea, hateddearly doesn't own beyblade or any of its characters. She however owns Rin, Hikari, and the plot.
Me: READ CANADIANS READ!
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Kai awoke with a start and looked around with glowing red eyes at his surroundings. Where was he? He couldn't remember, but he heard soft breathing beside him and he looked to see that mortal boy who had rescued him nearby. He was sleeping soundly. This was his time to kill the boy and run. He felt no strength in his muscles, he was still to weak. His eyes turned back to the normal red and he relaxed a little. He crawled over inspecting the boy.
Raven black hair, long, and held back in a solid white wrap with red ties at the end and head of the wrap. He had long eyelashes, and feminine features, and he reminded Kai of a feline.
Kai crawled backwards feeling uneasy. This boy had shown zero fear to him. Perhaps because he knew in the state the vampire was in he could do no real damage, but still. He reached out touching the boys cheek and jerked back. It was so warm, he felt the warmth spread through his body and he clutched his arms to his chest and the boy shivered slightly. The cold must have gone through his body, like the heat had gone through Kais.
Kai stared at his hand that was bandaged. This boy, Kai clenched his fists, he made him angry. Why didn't he run and hide, or call him monster and try to kill him like the others? Why had he saved him?
It was something Kai could not understand, only that he was in debt to this boy. A life, for a life. He would honor that.
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"You've got to be more careful." Hiro said as Tyson bandaged his left hand, it was two days later, an early morning and Tyson had been out hunting and a vampire had nearly taken his hand clean off.
"Chill." Tyson said and stood up stretching and Hiro stared at him.
"Tyson, I don't want you going out anymore. Screw Voltaire and his orders." Hiro said and Tyson leaned back staring at him.
"You've been acting really weird Hiro, since you came home two nights ago. Did something happen?" He asked and Hiro bit his tongue. Should he tell Tyson about that girl? Hikari? The ancient, if he did then Tyson would probably try to hunt her down himself.
Hiro knew he wasn't good enough to defeat her, so how could Tyson, his little brother and his apprentice be able to. Hiro never liked Tyson getting involved with Voltaire, but signing on with the vampire gave him protection.
Hiro couldn't always be there to protect Tyson, he had to protect the rest of the world. That's why he taught Tyson how to fight. To protect him, and also protect the world with another Vampire Hunter, and luckily there were very few ancients. Kai was one, so was Voltaire, and now this Hikari. That was three that Hiro knew of now, Dracula had chosen very few to carry on his powerful legacy.
But this new vampire, this girl, she was older then Kai, older then Voltaire even. Was she the first ancient to be created?
They heard someone at the back and Hiro grabbed his crossbow walking to the back where he saw Kai hoisting himself from the shadows of the balcony.
"Put that thing down, you could shoot an eye out, and then I'd have to kill you." Kai said and Hiro cocked his head to the side.
"What are you doing here?" He asked and Kai walked forward out of the approaching sun.
"Tyson." Kai answered simply and walked to where Tyson sat eating day old pizza.
"Hey Kai, what are you doing here." He asked and Kai produced a slip of paper. "This came to Voltaires office, but it was addressed to you. I wouldn't play delivery boy for Voltaire, but it reeks of vampire." Kai said and Tyson took it.
"Wait!" Hiro said holding out his hand and Tyson stared at him. "You don't know who it's from." He said and Tyson turned it over and over again.
"No return address." He said. "No name." He sighed and handed it to Hiro. "Cast holy water on it if you want. I'm not friendly with any vampire except Kai and Voltaire, barely Voltaire." Tyson said and Hiro stared at for a moment. He opened it and a picture fell out into Tysons lap and Tyson grabbed it and stared at it gasping slightly. "Maxie!" He shouted jumping up and Kai looked at Hiro who stared at Tyson.
"Your old friend? The hyperactive blonde?" He asked and Tyson nodded.
"Yeah, he moved to L.A. and I haven't seen him since." He said and sat on the couch. "I haven't seen him, in so long. He was my best friend, ya know." Tyson said and Hiro opened a letter that was inside.
"Dear Tyson, hey buddy! It's me, I'm back in town and boy do I have a surprise for you! Meet me at the river at sundown. Your Friend Max. Kai you said this reeked of vampire?" Hiro asked after reading the note out loud.
"No doubt." Kai replied sitting on the couch with his arms crossed.
"Tyson, do you know what this means?" He asked and Tyson stared up at him clueless and Hiro rolled his eyes. "Tyson, Max is a vampire." Hiro said and Tyson froze in place.
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It was that night, at sundown that Tyson sat by the river on the stairs staring out at the flowing current when he heard a voice behind him say.
"Nice night for a walk huh?" Tyson turned to see the blonde haired, blue eyed, freckled Max standing there with a smile on his face.
"Maxie!" Tyson ran up to him hugging him tightly and Max hugged him back.
"I missed you a lot." Tyson said pulling away with a grin and Max smiled at him, that usual Max smile that was so big you thought it'd split his face in two.
"I missed you to Tyson." He said and Tyson stared at him. It was Max, he stood in his black shorts and a white t-shirt on, his pale skin gleaming in the moonlight, as if it were the moonlight itself. Tyson had almost forgot just how beautiful Maxie was.
"So what was your surprise?" He asked and Max laughed and sat down on the steps.
"You can be patient can't you Tyson?" He asked and Tyson sat down by him.
"Not really. C'mon Maxie, be a sport!" Tyson said and Max laughed and stared down at the river.
"Everything has changed since I moved away Tyson." Max said and Tyson stared at him as Max stared down and then looked at him with a smile. "It hasn't always been bad." He said. "Mom and Dad are officially divorced now." He said looking up. "And all my older brothers and sisters have great jobs at my moms company." He smiled and looked over at Tyson who was staring at him. "What's the matter?" He asked and Tyson stared down at the river and then up at the sky looking anywhere but at Max.
"Maxie, I know this is going to sound really weird, so I'm sorry in advance." Tyson said and looked over at the blonde who stared at him with wide blue eyes. "Are you a vampire?" He asked and Max's eyes widened and he smiled his fangs growing in.
"How'd you know?" He asked and Tyson stared down at his hands.
"Maxie." Tyson whispered. "I'm a vampire hunter." He said and Max stared at him.
"So does that mean your going to kill me?" He asked.
"NO!" Tyson yelled and stopped. "I mean, I don't know." He said and Max's eyes narrowed.
"You'd kill your best friend?" He asked and Tyson stared at him.
"Never, Maxie I love you!" Tyson said and Max's eyes widened and he stared at Tyson for a few moments. "I mean as a friend." Tyson blushed looking away. "Who turned you?" Tyson asked.
"A family friend, see Tyson I was dying. Remember when I wrote you a year ago and told you that I was sick?" Max asked and Tyson nodded. "I had cancer, leukemia. I found out from the doctors. They told me I only had a few months to live. This girl worked at where my mom did. She was only a little older then me, but she was my moms good friend and also mine. She said she could help me be free of pain. It was so painful Tyson." Maxie said his eyes welling up with tears. "I just wanted to die, and to see my mom suffer like she did." Max wiped the tears away. "She gave me a gift. A gift of life, through death." Max said.
"Do you hunt?" Tyson asked and Max stared at him for a moment. "I used to, until one day I thought I was going to kill my mom. The blood thirst is the only downfall. But since my mom works with doctors she get's me free blood. Pretty sweet, don't know what I'm going do now though. Maybe I'll rob a blood bank." Max joked and Tyson grabbed his hand and Max stared at him blushing slightly.
"I've missed you so much. I don't care if your a vampire or not, your my best friend. I KNOW! You should join with Voltaire, I'm working for him. He's like the king of vampires." Tyson grinned and suddenly Max pulled away staring at Tyson.
"Are you really working for that evil beast?" Max demanded and Tyson stared at him.
"Maxie what's wrong?" He asked.
"Tyson, I'm afraid we're enemies if you choose to work for him." Max said and Tyson stood up.
"What are you talking about! How can you say that?" Tyson demanded and Max stood up.
"Voltaire is evil, completely. He's worse then other vampires, he get's off on killing his own kind and torturing people. He doesn't even drink they're blood just tortures them. It's said he threw his own grandson into the arms of Dracula to be turned, and then sealed him in an eternal sleep by shoving a stake through the dead center of his heart." Max said and Tyson stared at him.
"Kai?" He asked. Though a stake was often thought to kill a vampire, it truly only put them to sleep until it was removed. "Maxie, I know Voltaires grandson. He works for the old man to, well sort of." Tyson said and Max shook his head and put his hand on Tysons shoulder.
"Join me Tyson, in the fight against him." Max said and Tyson stared at him.
"How do I know that your telling me the truth?" Tyson asked.
"Because I'm your best friend." Maxie said and Tyson stared at him his anger rising.
"Best friend turned vampire. How do I know that your not the beast." Tyson demanded and Max punched him across the face. Tyson held his cheek staring at him and Max stared at him tears in his eyes.
"I thought you of all people would accept me Tyson. I guess I was wrong." He said and turned away running into the darkness leaving Tyson to stand there holding his cheek and staring off into the distance. A tear fell from his eyes and hit the pavement below.
"Maxie."
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"Well you were right to say what you said." Hikari said handing a package of blood to Max who bit into it. "Voltaire is an evil being. Luckily I practice the code to keep your friends close and your enemies closer." Hikari sat by him and Max sighed pulling away from the package.
"I'm grateful for everything you've done Hikari, but how can I be enemies with Tyson. I love him." Max blushed. "He's my best friend." He whispered.
"Love is a funny thing Maxie, but this boy you speak so highly of called you a beast. Humans aren't trustworthy, especially when that humans a hunter. They know our instinct is to kill, and their instinct is to kill us." Hikari whispered looking up at the ceiling and Max drank more and finally finished and turned to her.
"But Tyson is different. He said he wouldn't kill me." Max said and Hikari sighed.
"You should never trust the word of a hunter. Especially one that works for Voltaire." She said and Maxie stared at the ground. How could he be enemies with Tyson. He'd been best friends with him since forever. He loved him. Hikari stood up and took the package throwing it in the garbage.
"Max, you are turned by me, and also trained to fight. You may not think you can take on your friend, but in this world nothing matters except survival, and Tyson will one day hunt you down and you need to protect yourself." She spoke softly and Max nodded.
'If I have to beat Tyson I will.' He thought and closed his eyes. 'I wish it didn't have to be this way.'
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Rei awoke to the smell of something delicious, and a fire crackling merrily away. He sat up rubbing his eyes and spotted the vampire sitting by the fire, his back propped against the cave wall and Rei saw there was a rabbit hung over the fire by a skewer. "You sleep like your the one injured." The vampires voice made him wake fully and Rei smiled scooting over to the fire. "Sorry, I stayed up all night cleaning and tending to your wounds." Rei yawned and stretched and looked at the fire and looked out of the cave to see the moon in the sky.
"Am I supposed to say thank you?" Kai growled and Rei stared at him and smiled a small smile.
"No, of course not." He smiled.
"Good, because you should have let me die." Kai interrupted and Rei cocked his head to the side.
"Why would anyone want to die? Life is the most important thing. The opportunity to live, that's a gift that shouldn't be mistreated." Rei said.
"Says a mortal, who has yet to really live. Try living eight hundred years." Kai said and took the rabbit from the fire and smelled it.
"It's cooked, eat. I already have." Kai said handing over the rabbit and Rei took it and smiled gently at him. Maybe this vampires bark was worse then his bite. He seemed like a pretty good person.
"Eight hundred years, that's really amazing. To think of the things you must have seen, experienced. You've been given a gift, a gift to see the world changing through the times." Rei said.
"The world never changes, it only get's more cold." Kai said clenching his fist and Rei stared at him. What secrets was he holding?
"Well one good thing about being a vampire." He smiled with his eyes closed and Kai stared at him. "You always have a chance to start over." Rei smiled opening his golden eyes to look into Kais who silently stared at him and Rei bit into the cooked rabbit and grinned. "It's delicious!"
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"Check." Light blue eyes stared into golden ones that stared back. Nimble fingers reached and moved the queen to the black square in front of the king.
"Check mate." Rin stared at the chess board shocked.
"What! I had you!" She said and Rei smiled slightly.
"You only thought you did, never get to over confident in a game of chess." Rei said and Rin pouted and Tala checked his watch.
"Rin, it's almost sundown, you should be getting home." Tala said and Rin looked up at him and sighed.
"Can't I stay?" She asked and Tala shook his head.
"It's been fun Rei." Rin said showing her hand and Rei slowly took it and shook it. "Walk me home Tala." Rin asked and Tala bit his lip.
"Sure, but, I'll be right back." He said and walked into the other room. 'I can't let her walk home alone, but I have to wait till after sundown.' Tala thought. In the other room Hikari sat watching Rei and Rin talk and Rei almost seemed like the mortal girl. Both with innocent eyes, both smart, Rei of course being more experienced then Rin, and the fact he was a vampire, other then that the personality.
It was a part of Rei that Hikari had never seen before. Was this how Rei was, a sweet smiling young adult without a care in the world? Rei seemed like he was almost relaxed, and he had even touched Rins hand. It was almost as if the girls presence was supposed to be there.
"You remind me of someone." Rei said to Rin who looked at him.
"Really, of who?" She asked.
"It's your hair." Rei said and Rin cocked her head to the side and touched her royal blue hair that was cropped just above her shoulders.
"My hair." She said.
"Mmhmm, it's just one doesn't see it often." He said and Rin smiled slightly.
"It's the Russian in me. Or maybe the Japanese. I really don't know, I'm half and half. But I was born and raised in the U.S." She smiled slightly and Rei stared at her.
"No wonder, I'm just Chinese." He said and smiled slightly. Hikari smirked.
'Well anyone who sees you Rei can guess that. I myself am Egyptian, and Transylvanian.' She thought.
"Don't your parents worry about you?" Rei asked and Rin shook her head.
"No, my mom and dad both work at night, and they are usually asleep during the day." Rin said and shrugged her shoulders and Reis brows furrowed together.
"Weird." He said and Rin shrugged her shoulders and sighed.
"I never really ever get to see them. So, I'm not really that bothered." She said and looked out the window. It was dark outside.
"Hey guys, what cha talking about?" Tala asked walking in. "Did you know Rin is Russian and Japanese." Rei commented.
"No kidding, I was born in Moscow." Tala smiled and Rin smiled back.
"When did you come to America?" Rin asked.
"During the revolution." Tala replied truthfully and Rin laughed.
"That was like two hundred years ago." She said and Tala smiled and scratched the back of his head.
"Yeah it was wasn't it." He said and Rin smiled and stood up.
"Walk me home." She asked and Tala nodded.
"Of course." He smiled and they walked out.
"Hmm..." Hikari murmured.
"What?" Rei asked looking over at her.
"That girl really is clueless." Hikari decided and Rei smiled a little, sweat dropping.
"Yeah." He whispered. "There is something about her, it's familiar." Rei said turning out to the window.
"She reminds me of you." Hikari said and Rei tipped his head and looked at her. "For some reason, she reminds me of you. Except your always so sad." Rei looked down at the bed closing his eyes half way. "You surprised me Rei." Hikari said and Rei opened his eyes and looked over at her.
"What? How?" He asked and Hikari smiled somewhat. "You shook her hand like it was nothing. You didn't shake my hand for fifty years." She said. "Should I be jealous?" Hikari asked and Rei blushed somewhat looking down.
"Hikari, she...just reminds me of an old...it's her face and hair. Her eyes are different but..." Rei stared out the window. Pale skin, blue hair, no silver-blue bangs or fire red eyes, but still.
It was the Russian in her that gifted her to look like Kai. The angelic looks that Kai held is what made him seem trustworthy, seem almost...innocent. Now he was back. Reis stomach ached as he felt anxiety take over him.
'I can't avoid him forever. I have to end this, either him or I must die. If I ever see him again, I won't fail. I will kill him.' Rei thought his golden eyes glowing and Hikaris eyes widened.
'Something has stirred up the animal inside Rei. This could be bad or good, I wish he would talk about who he saw. He'll only talk to Rin though, and when we're not in hearing.' Hikari thought and sighed.
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Me: No Canadians were harmed in the writing of this chapter.
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