Chapter 8!!!! Heya All. I just wanna say a biggg thankyou to everyone thats ever reviewed my fanficcy. It does mean alot to me. I would love to hear an constructive critisizm and any compliments will be great!!! I just havent been motivated enough to write but thanks to Gemkaifan I finally did it. Heres Chapter 8 for you all!:)
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"Heya Max how's it been?"
"Mariam! How are you?"
"And don't forget me guys!" cried Dunga with a wave.
"And me" added Josef as he walked from behind his much taller team mates.
The Saint shields hadn't changed much, apart from a few minor alterations with their outfits. Mariam had longer hair and Josef had grown a few inches since. They stepped just inside the veranda in full view of the unsuspecting teens.
"Well well Tyson, Long time no see" Smirked Ozuma whilst crossing his arms.
"The same could be said for you too Ozuma" said Tyson scowling in an aggressive stance.
"What's that face for Tyson?" Said Ozuma defensively.
"You should know by now we do trust you with your bitbeasts and as it stands, we have no intention of taking them away from you."
Tyson adverted his gaze back to Daichi and shot him a look of war. Daichi huffed and crossed his arms.
"Don't look at me like that Tyson." Daichi gruffed.
"Will you cut it out guys" pleaded Hilary.
"Yeah Tyson… Daichi we need to pull together on this. Whether Kai left on his own accord or not, we are going to find him and get to the bottom of this." Reasoned Ray.
"Actually Kai's the reason were here Tyson"
When Ozuma mentioned Kai's name Tyson's heart bounced and eyes flashed
"What! Do you know where he is? What do you know Ozuma?!" Ordered Tyson.
"Calm down, we don't know anything yet. I know this may not be the best time to mention this but Dranzer is our main priority." Ozuma crossed his arms in saying so.
"Kai is a concern, yes. But If Dranzer gets into the wrong hands we could all be in danger. None of you seem to grasp how dangerous our bitbeasts can be if used by the wrong hands."
"Elaborate Ozuma. What do you mean …dangerous?" quizzed Kenny, intrigued by Ozuma's comment.
"Some people want to used them for bad and use their power for selfish reasons as you've already seen in the past"
"Zaghart… spring to mind?" quirked Josef.
Tyson's stance weakened and his anger subsided.
"So what are you here for Ozuma?"
"We're here to help you guys… were here to help you find Kai and his Dranzer" Said Dunga with a huge grin on his face. Ozuma friendly nodded and cracked a smile too. Josef and Mariam winked at each other and then turned to the bladebreakers.
"So you're here to help us" Grinned Max wildly.
"That's what we just said Max" Winked Mariam again.
"Wait a minute. Just who are these guys? Exclaimed Daichi.
"Oh yeah we forgot you've never met these guys have you Daichi" Chuckled Ray.
"We are the Saint Shields. Ozuma, Mariam, Josef her brother and this is Dunga, and if you don't mind me asking the same question… Who are you? Tyson's little brother?"
Tyson and Daichi choked the air they breathed in shock. They then peered at each other then looked the other way pouting with their arms crossed.
"I wouldn't be related to such a big baby" snorted Daichi harshly.
"Speak for yourself Daichi, like you're model of maturity." snorted the blunette sarcastically.
"Enough Homies you got it!!! Ya gotta stick together in times like these. When the going gets tough, the tough get together!" Grandpa Granger scolded and whacked his training stick loudly between the two boys causing them to jump.
"So what are your plans Tyson? What's your next move?" quizzed Ozuma stepping forward.
"Were waiting for 2 members of the PPB Allstarz to arrive, they should be here by the noon tomorrow."
"They're bringing a device to track down Dranzer and hopefully Kai too" added Kenny.
"That's good, it's a start" the Saint Shields leader replied.
"Well, we had better make our way back then. We just wanted to let you know we're here if you need us. Let us know when you know something."
The Saint shields turned and went to leave when they were interrupted.
"Hey guys why don't you stay here for the night."
"We got space don't we Grandpa?" Tyson looked to his grandfather. His eyes pleaded desperately for the answer he wanted.
"I'm sure we'll find space haha T-man" he replied.
"I'm not sure Tyson, we wouldn't want to impose. We do things our own way.
"Really Ozuma its no trouble"
"No Tyson, we have somewhere to stay. Thankyou for the offer but we're ok for sleeping arrangements. Honestly but if you need us here's my cell number. Ozuma strolled over to Tyson and handed him a torn off piece of scrap paper with 11 digits written on neatly. Tyson took it and stuffed it in his pocket.
"Lets go Saint Shields, Bye Bladebreakers" Ozuma strode away down the garden path. His team soon followed behind.
"We'll see you guys tomorrow sometime" said Josef with his arms crossed behind his head in a laid back manner.
"Laterz Max" waved the Sharkrash wielder.
"Yeah see ya Mariam" replied the blonde.
"Bye guys" waved Dunga whom was last out the door.
The Saint Shields left the Granger household and into the night. Since their leaving, an hour of small talk about their experiences with the Saint Shields progressed, mainly for Daichi's benefit. He complained how shady and how untrustworthy they all looked. Of course Ozuma and the others had gained their trust all those years ago but Daichi had only just met them. After that, not much more was said. The subject of Kai was a depressing one and nobody wanted to stir another screaming match between hot heads Tyson and Daichi. It was getting late and the Bladebreakers decided to turn in. "Hit the hay" as Grandpa Granger would say. Ray and Hilary scraped the untouched meals from cold plates and into the waste disposal. Kenny began finishing up with Dizzy. He was up late last night and would probably be kept up tomorrow night too with Emily's persistency to see every scrap of his data possible. Max had already jumped into his futon and shifted around tirelessly for comfort.
Behind a closed door in the bathroom, Tyson was brushing his teeth. His dark blue chequered pyjamas hung loosely around his body. Watching himself in the large square mirror as his brush was scrubbed in and out of his mouth; he stopped for a moment. Lying beneath the mirror near the taps was Kai's toothbrush. A dry grey toothbrush, it had simply sat there since Kai last used it. The bristles were partially parted after its use. Tyson thought in a couple of months Kai would need a new one. He stared at it and dared to touch it. Kai didn't like it when his stuff was moved or even touched, especially personal things like his underwear, socks, beyblade spare parts kit (yes even Kai has one of those thus not essentially needing Kenny all the time) and Dranzer. God help you if you touched Dranzer without his say so. Tyson sighed deeply at it; as foamy toothpaste began to dribble out of his mouth. He quickly bent over so as not to dribble all over himself and instead did so in the sink and spat.
Knock knock
"Yeah whatzup Ray? Come in"
The door swung inwards and instead of the chinese, it was Daichi.
"Oh its you Daichi" snorted Tyson childishly
"I wanna say something Tyson." The spiky red head wouldn't make eye contact and rubbed his left arm with his right.
"I'm sorry about earlier." Daichi's pride was getting the better of him. He began to storm off. Ray was good with persuasion and apologizing to Tyson wasn't Daichi's idea at all.
"Hey Daichi… I'm sorry too I guess"
"Night Tyson" Daichi turned and smiled slightly to the bluenette.
"Yeah Night Daichi"
Tyson looked back at Kai's toothbrush and wondered how Kai would be sleeping tonight.
As Tyson left the Bathroom, Ray entered it; his black plaited hair flew behind him. Hilary was brushing her hair next to Kenny who was just finishing up one last game of solitaire for the day. Her assisting skills were really being put to the test as Kenny calculated his next moves. Grandpa Granger was tucked away in his bedroom and snoring loudly as usual. Grandfather like Grandson eh. Max seemed to have found a comfortable spot the wrong way up on his futon, half covered with his bed sheets and pillow resting under his feet. As Tyson lowered himself sleepily onto his own soft futon next to Max's, he couldn't help notice the empty spot where Kai used to sleep. It was a bare patch next to the wall. The lights were switched off and all Tyson could do was stare at the ceiling. He heard Ray sneak in, without a whisper he soon settled and into slumber and minutes later Kenny did the same. Hilary brushed her hair until knot-free and soon snuck into her own lilac and daisy decorated bed. The beyblade champ continued to stare up at the ceiling and sighed through his nose. The room was dark and the only noise around was the shuffling and deep long breathing of resting teens.
"Hey Tyson. You awake?" the brunette female whispered softly
"Urhhh Hilary that you?"
"Yeah. Try to get some sleep Tyson. We're in for a busy day tomorrow. Keep your chin up…ok?"
"Thanks Hilary I will. I am a little exited actually. This bitbeast tracking thingy sounds hopeful."
"Yeah me too Tyson, One step at a time though remember. I'm just looking forward to having another girl in the house"
Tyson chuckled for a moment. Hilary had a knack for comforting him lately. Funny, as years ago he used to ignore pretty much everything she said but the past few months things were changing between them. Although he couldn't quite put his finger on why.
"Goodnight Hilary"
"Yeah goodnight Tyson"
The temperature in Russia was minus 8 degrees. Trees had crystal daggers hanging from their heavy branches and snow crunched like soft biscuits. Biovolt stood tall and dull in the arctic portrait it was set in. Within it 5 boys were still training, cold, frozen and unable to do anything about it. The drug still coursing throughout their systems destroyed any desire for freedom; the vigilance to even think of escaping was numb and useless. Kai, Tala, Ian, Spencer and Bryan had sustained many white blisters on their red raw fingers. The results from constant pulling of rip chords or shooter, reloading their beyblades then doing it all over again. They were ordered to repeat this routine like robots in a production line. Machines that weren't allowed to rest, and never received slack or even a shred of sympathy.
"I'm pleased with your progress Boys, you've done well today" sneered Boris. His eyes glinted menacingly in the shadows. Before him, stood the Blitzkrieg Boys and "Young Kai". They were lined up like toy soldiers. Coated with sweat like plastic and hollow eyed they did as exactly as they were ordered. Boris strode towards them heavily in his dense and dirty boots and stopped in front of Kai. The boys gave no reaction as the drug dictated. Kai remained unresponsive and continued to stare into emptiness.
"Tomorrow will be a big day for you Kai. You get to meet an old friend…" The satanic brute took hold of Kai's chin and pulled his gaze up to meet his.
Boris held his face for a moment and reminisced about the day Kai snuck back into the abbey after all that time. How defiant and feisty he was.
Flashback
"Welcome Back, So glad that you remember me. You always were a bright child. And now young Kai, you have some important decisions to make; about your future"
"Like what" Kai retorted
"Like… returning to the team that made you, like the team that you are now destined to… lead Kai. Face your future"
Boris went in to cradle Kai's face with his giant grubby paws.
Kai sharply and aggressively back handed Boris's advancing hand.
"No!"
"You must!"
"Get this straight Boris. You may think you know me but I barely remember you or this rotten abbey. No goofball in goggles is gunna tell ME what to do alright! I knew I grew up here but I know something else too, I couldn't care less about this place or about you. Coming here out of curiosity was a waste of time"
End of Flashback
"It looks like any spirit can be broken, you just need the correct tools to do it. Aye Kai? Cackled Boris with his face close to his apprentice.
Kai's smudged triangles and pale skin made him look ill. The once strong and hardened blader was weak and tired. The venom didn't allow him to feel much emotion and neither show it. He didn't even have the energy to scowl, even a little.
"You're going to be training with Black Dranzer. And you will train with it like you did today and Tyson will fall under your power. You WILL BE one of the most powerful beybladers on this planet, a Biovolt Soldier at last. Perfection Kai… the perfection you have always craved. Even facing Brooklyn again… will simply be a warm up."
With that Boris dropped the youths face. Kais stare fell back to the decaying floor tiles that his mind felt so attracted to. His eyes expressed pain. The dark memories of his past experiences with Black Dranzer fell on his mind like dust. Black flickers of deceit and disgrace. The shameful flashbacks of betrayal all so pessimistic.
"Take them to the showers and then send them to bed, I want them ready for tomorrows training, got it!" Stamped Boris as he strolled past the Biovolt guards and down the bleak twisting corridors.
As instructed the boys were marched out. Their steps ended at a large shower room. They were led to cubicles and told to wash. They had no sense of privacy; they didn't have the awareness to. They were told to strip. Their clothes were instantly taken away for burning and a clean set of white shorts, underwear and t-shirt was provided. Obediently, they washed with cheap supermarket bought soap bars. The only luxury they were blessed with was warm water. Their bruised and drained bodies were kissed by the warmth of fast spraying water and shrouded with humid clouds. They were out of commanding sight so talk was possible but communication was inoperative. The boys were lost in their own little worlds of nothingness. All they could feel was physical afflictions, pain, discomfort, despair but no emotion to express it. They could touch a hot flame, watch themselves burn and feel the pain but not have the will to move their hand unless told to.
Sleep time soon came and the boys were led to their dormitory. The room hadn't changed at all since their last being there some 6 years ago. The beds were still metal and squeaky at the hinges, mattresses sported popped out springs; and laid on them were pillows as flat as pancakes. Thick duvets were also provided. Boris couldn't afford for the boys to get ill this early in their training so he took it upon himself to make sure the boys were at least clean and warm at night, although such generosity was a rarity for Biovolt. The beds looked as uncomfortable as they felt but the boys bodies begged for sleep. Human induced sleep, not drug injected crap through their veins. Their eyes felt like heavy stones in their sockets and were ready to drop at any minute. Their arms hung low and their steps were lazy. The only light that guided them to their resting places was the strong misty moonlight that penetrated the dirty, dust laden window panes. The halls howled and empty dormitory doors swayed and crashed under the drifts of the Abbey. Two guards were positioned outside the door and peered in every so often. Boris demanded they be kept an eye on. Once their bodies made it to their beds, they wrapped the dense grey covers around them and they deeply slept. And for a few hours; they could feel… Human.
During the night, Kais mind had regained a hold of itself and drifted back.
"Master…..master………………………" Kai could hear whispers. Was this a dream?
"Master where are you. I can't feel you near!"
"…..Dranzer?...... Where are you? I'm cold without you" Kai shivered violently in his bed. His eyes swelling with tears. He missed her. Under the thick sedating drug still coursing through his system he struggled to hear her cries for him. She sounded so alone and her phoenix calls were distant and faint. Half asleep, half conscious; desperately clawing for her motherly warmth. He begged her to come to him, just to be cradled in those soft warm feathers once more, a protective embrace that she so often gave him as a child. But she was so far away. Kai squeezed his hands into tight balls and his eyes clenched shut as crystalline tears rolled across his pale face.
8 hours later: Sunrise
" So am I right in saying that this drug that I've paid you to create isn't permanent!"
"The drug must have a cumulative effect to last longer." Spluttered the trembling doctor.
"That's all I'm saying Sir… The subjects need a shot every morning. The drug effects from the day before would have dissipated during the night and …"
"GGGrrrr Just do it, I want Kai completely under my command and ready to train as soon as possible."
"Y..yessss sir of course, I will prep Kai now." The doctors scrambling footsteps could be heard getting further and further away as he made his way to Kais cell.
"Incompetent fool. Kai's an essential part in my plan. If he doesn't reach complete perfection then I'm in trouble" he growled to himself.
Boris BalKov wasn't in the best of moods. Since being on the run for all this time, he had no home to go to. Thus for now his office would have to accommodate him. Only thing is the beds in the dorms are bolted to the floor so he had a hard oak desk to sleep on and cursed the fact his subordinates and soldiers slept better than he did. His crossed feet cloaked in heavy metal-soled boots rested high upon his desk, his black leather trench coat draped over the back of the chair he was leaning so dangerously back on. His nails were chipped, dirty and slightly yellow. They drummed his arms where they were crossed tightly; he waited eagerly for the doctor to return. He angrily fidgeted and tapped his fingers harder as time went by. Patience wasn't one of his strong suits.
"I have so much to do and so little time to do it. Failure is not an option this time."
His drumming sped up as seconds whizzed past. His goggles flopped over the edge of the desk and his gun rested beside them. His hair hadn't been washed for a few days and was slicked back and shiny with grease. Boris was all over an unpleasant man to look at. He stank of cigarette fumes and his teeth screamed lack of hygiene.
The guards stood statuesque at the dorm door then stepped aside as the ratty so called doctor unbolted the door. His weak bony frame had trouble unbolting it but eventually succeeded, causing a deafening prolonged screech throughout the dorms and hallways of the Abbey.
"I want him" The twisted doctor pointed a long and bony finger at the once great and independent human being named Kai. The two toned bluenette hadn't budged since the night before. Tear marks had smudged his face paint and created streaks of blue across the rest of his cheeks and furthermore onto the pillow; staining it.
"Restrain him" ordered Dr GrimegKov
Looking at Kai; you wouldn't think he'd need restraining. The poor kid was still asleep. The large brutes that guarded the room did as they were told and held Kai down by pressing him into the mattress, all whilst holding his legs and arms from freedom. Dr Grimegcov wiped an area clean, quickly inserted a sharp needle and gave Kai another dose of controlling agent. This time the drug wasn't so full on and wouldn't knock him out for hours on end. Kai didn't even know what was going on until he felt a familiar prick in his neck. After the venom was inside him the doctor and guards retreated, leaving Kai to wince with the strangeness.
"Get up boy. Boris wants to see you" The doctor cackled and gestured for Kai to follow him. And as expected Kai was a fleshy robot again, no questions, no feelings, just actions… whatever Boris wanted.
Japan's state prison
"Is all going to plan?"
"Yes. So far everything is going smoothly"
"Perfect, just keep a good eye on him. He's failed me before and I won't stand for it again"
"Don't panic, you'll be out of here soon enough and the world will be ours for the taking… Voltaire."
"Well good morning Kai did we sleep well?
Kai gave no answer as he looked down at his cold and bare toes on the wet and algae slimed floor.
Kais lack of response didn't anger Boris, moreover made him smile. The once feisty sharp tongued little blader that Kai used to be was now a mere puppet for Biovolt's use.
"Kai you will be doing more training today, follow me to the training room"
As dictated Kai did as he was told and followed Boris to the large steel beydish he spent endless hours with yesterday.
The phoenix child stood before it, his uncovered legs and arms goose bumped beneath the cold apathetic air.
"Kai… I give you… Black Dranzer"
Boris roughly slapped the hard cold green and black beyblade into Kai's right fist. The metal weight disk clanked a crisp ching. The sound was so familiar to Dranzers.
In his right fist is where the fire bird was held. She was in that hand when he loaded his launcher, held her for cleaning or maintenance, even when he slept. Kai felt a little wrong for holding it. Feeling shouldn't have been achievable with the serum temporarily cutting all ties of compassion, right and wrong but for some reason Kai could feel the danger this blade possessed. So powerful, yet menacingly comforting.
Its black and viridian attack ring complimented the shimmering silver weight disk perfectly. Kai stared at it in his palm. The untameable fire beast's bitchip glowed dangerously to its "wielder". He was the only beyblader in the world strong enough to use Black Dranzer but gaining real control over it, mentally and physically….was a different thing all together.
Flashback
The second Little Kai pulled the rip chord, everything went disastrously wrong. The gigantic flash of light and heat blinded Kai and threw him harshly outwards into a cement pillar. His body crashed against it with bone cracking force and knocked the breath out of him. His world went black. He couldn't breathe, couldn't see, couldn't hear, he went limp. The noise was so loud, crashing, crushing rubble, suffocating dust filled the air. But Kai's dark shroud wasn't for long. He was awoken by resounding screaming. Kai was lost under a dense cloud of smoke and debris. He lay slumped and coated with grey powder and soot. Everything was peppered grey except his shirt. Red cascaded down it. Kai dizzily touched his forehead and looked at his tiny pale fingers; the tips were dipped in blood. His blood. He froze instantly and whimpered in horror.
Black Dranzer shot straight through the walls of the sleeping dorms. The screams got louder as Black Dranzer finally ended its rampage and its destruction ceased.
"Oh my God!! Is he dead?!!!! He's hurt!!"… quickly take him to the infirmary!!"
"What happened!!" , "Help him he's bleeding to death!!!!" "Here's another!" "Who's that over there?!" "Yahhhh my leg!!" "Who did this?!"
"What have I done?" Ten year old Kai trembled with his hands clasped over his mouth. His young crystal orbs wide open and pinprick pupils were hardly visible. The crimson liquid had semi-dried and now painted half his chubby infant face, his lips sealed tight behind his hand.
His mind ran manically. "Grandfather will be so displeased, ashamed with me. What have I done? The other bladers… what dead?…. I am in so much trouble. Boris will… will…"
Then he heard Boris' voice. "What in hell happened here? Boris was furious beyond description.
Master BalKov grabbed the nearest boy by the scruff of his collar and yelled.
"What happened here boy? What's all this noise about?" The terrified child pointed into the dark.
From no where he found the strength to find his feet. He ran down corridors, through tunnels and up stairs as fast as his nimble legs could carry him. His white and bloodied scarf flailed in the arctic air trapped beneath it. He didn't know what he was doing, where he was going. He scaled the fencing and over the barbed wire effortlessly with minimal damage to himself. His tiny feet landed in the thick snow carpet of the frozen tundra around him. He had never been on this side of the fence before. NEVER had anyone in the whole history of Biovolt crossed this line.
At 10 years old, he sprinted. The stars sprayed above him, noisy clouds of breath trailed behind him like puffs of smoke out of a hurried steam train. Pale blue hair billowed and swished loosely in the wind. The dead of night made him feel like the only thing alive as the giant bustling pine trees hushed at him to carry on running. His feet couldn't seem to move fast enough, snow crunching beneath his shoes. The white tundra was so elegant, the stars so bright, the imbedded cancerous fear growing. "What have I done…" Kai sobbed rocking back and forth beneath a bush. The crystal daggers twinkling from its branches glistened around Kai like Christmas lights. Dranzer glowed bravely in his palm and she hushed to him.
"You are strong enough Kai. My Master. You will get through this"
End of flashback
"Now young Kai, as I've said before you will use Black Dranzer in one of the greatest beybattles of all time. You and Black Dranzer together will take down the strongest teams in the world including those Bladebreakers and anyone else who gets in our way. With Black Dranzer at your side you truly will be the most powerful beyblader on this planet. Haa the most destructive beyblader in the world and you're under my command Kai. What do you say about that?"
Kai remained stone cold, still. His dull, hollow eyes still looked down to his palm with his fingers curled around "it".
Boris was relishing every second. "What's that Kai? Nothing to say? MWWHHHAAAAAAA"
Boris snickered. "Now Kai. The REAL training begins."
Morning in Japan.
"Yawwwwnnnnn, morning guys!"
"Hey Hilary." chorused Ray and Kenny; of which already halfway though their bowls of cereal and milk.
Ray beamed. "Sleep well?"
"Actually yeah best night's sleep I've had for days…Hey erm where's Tyson and Max?"
"Oh they got up early and finished their chores first thing. Tyson and Max wanted to head off to the airport early. Daichi went with them" Finished Kenny, his face firmly stuck in the new Beyblade Times magazine.
The Chinese added with half a mouthful of cheerio's." Tyson seemed a little better in himself this morning. Must be the excitement of friends coming over.
"Well it's good to hear Tyson's feeling up about himself now. But getting up early; that's not exactly normal behaviour" She chuckled.
"To be honest I was beginning to worry about him for a bit. Did you see how desperate Tyson was for Ozuma to stay yesterday night? Its like he's feeling insecure." Said Ray now swallowing that last mouthful.
"I'm sure when we get Kai back he'll be good old Tyson again." Chirped Hilary in his defence.
"Yeah an eating machine that can't get out of bed at a sensible time" Kenny commented bluntly.
Hilary, dressed in a pink dressing gown and violet slippers had seated herself and was about to dig into her favourite cereal, Kenny had flicked over another page of the magazine and Ray started the washing up of others breakfast bowls when …
"Hellllllloooooooo? Hellooooooooo?!" came the sweet feminine voice from the patio doorway.
Ray dropped everything in the sink causing a bubbly splash and sprinted towards the voice. Her!!!
Kenny and Hilary just looked at each other, bewildered.
"What the…. Ray?"
As soon as he heard her voice his heart bounced then fluttered like a beautiful winged insect encased in a jar.
"Mariah!!!!" He yelled as the pink and white covered neko-jin came into sight. She was so much taller, hair longer. Every inch of her was becoming a woman. But still she was very much Mariah with the same pink ribbons and sassy stance.
"RAY!!!!" She chorused back to him.
They naturally eloped and hugged each other with a vice grip.
Rays eyes clenched tightly as his body enjoyed her close contact. She in turn nestled her face into his neck and gripped his torso fondly.
"Do I get a hug like that Ray?" came a voice only feet away down the golden leaf littered path.
Rays eyes shot open in embarrassment and surprise.
"Lee!!!"
Mariah shifted to the left and allowed Ray to see Lee a little better.
Ray blushed. "It's good to see ya Lee" Said Ray scratching the back of his head. Deciding wether or not Lee actually expected a hug. It just wasn't a guy thing.
"You too Raymond"
"Was only kidding about the hug man." Lee chuckled.
Hilary bounded over. "Mariah! How ya doing"
Mariah and Hilary gripped hands and jumped around like a couple of school girls.
Kenny joined up to meet the new comers.
"Hello Lee. How are you? Is the rest of your team here?"
"Hello Kenny. Nope it's just Mariah and I. Kevin didn't fancy the flight and Gary's away with his dad in the mountains."
"So where's the champ these days?" smiled Lee with his fangs glinting in the sun.
"Oh Tyson's out with Daichi and Max at the airport."
"The airport?"
"Yeah, they're meeting up with Rick and Emily of the PPB Allstarz"
"ohhhh ok?" Lee didn't quite understand.
"What's that? You're having Emily over?" interrupted Mariah, halting her bouncing.
Rays voice got serious. "I take it you know about Kai."
All three boys crossed their arms. Now down to business.
"Yeah Ray. We heard. It's practically worldwide news, especially within the beyblade community…Posssible kidnap eh?"
"…You got any leads?"
"Police don't even know where to start. So far all they have is evidence to say it was Biovolt's work. But that's all they have."
"I see" grunted Galeons wielder.
"That's why Emily and Rick are coming over. Max's mom Judy has a bitbeast tracking device and hopefully its gunna help us find Kai" added the Chief.
"I see"
"So why exactly are you guys here anyway? NOT that I'm complaining!" Grinned Ray wildly. Having his girlfriend and hometown buddy over in Japan filled him with excitement and glee.
" We came over to see you guys and help in any way we can. Ha like we need a reason to see you Ray" Nodded Mariah with a wide cat-like grin.
"I don't really know Kai but he's a world class blader and if he's been kidnapped like the media says, well it our duty to help find him… and those Blitzkrieg boys."
"Wow this is really inspiring guys. You wait till Tyson comes back. He'll be thrilled" chirped Kenny. The arrival of old friends gave him a natural high. The depressive mood of the dojo was lifted and fresh glowing enthusiasm poured within it.
Narita airport; as per usual was a hectic mess of travellers. For Tyson and friends things were not going well. Arrogant and luggage on wheels tore over their feet several times and the terminal map wasn't making any sense at all. Even more frustrating… they were late.
"What terminal did she say Max?" wailed the blue headed Bey-champ.
Max was slumped over, his knuckles nearly grazing on the floor.
"I don't know Tyson. This is why I said WRITEE IIITTTTT down" replied the frustrated blonde.
"Erm guys why don't we just ask." Muttered Daichi.
"Tyson we've been walking around in circles" Max moaned but he had a point.
"Where's the board that shows all the incoming flights?"
"Damm it were late!!" Tyson couldn't have been any louder.
"Emily isn't gunna be happy with us" chuckled Max whilst rubbing the back of his head nervously. She and him were good friends and got to know each other quite well whist working with the PPB Allstarz. If theres one thing he learnt about her is that Emily don't like to be kept waiting.
"No way is she gunna let this one down." Tyson groaned.
"Flights from New York… terminal 43. Lets go guys. Follow me" ordered Max.
"There she is guys!!"
Emily and Rick pouted. They were not impressed.
"Emily!! Rick!!" The Japanese trio came bounding over and stopped before them.
"Hey boys. Hows it going? Youre late by the way!!" Said the ginger American as she adjusted her expensive Osiris glasses.
Around the monster that was Boris Balkov and "young" teenage Kai, lay sliced concrete pillars and littered bricks; the aftermath of a rampant training session.
The training room was dusky and the polar air was thick with power. Kai stood alone in the dark with one fist in the air and the other limply by his side. His pale complexion and any expression was hidden in the shadows, his clothes were sweaty and grubby. His hair colour was greyer and peppered with debris. Kai's breathing was dangerously laboured and his stance was beginning to waver. Another day of relentless training made Kai's body shake with exhaustion, his head was heavy but the puppet that he was couldn't rest, couldn't lay down.
Within his palm, was a glowing hazard named Black Dranzer.
Boris contently howled from afar.
"MMMWWWHHHAAA HAAAAA Perfection Kai! Black Dranzer will be unbeatable. Look at all this damage!! You are almost ready Kai… ready…
… to destroy the Bladebreakers once and for all!"
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