Moscow- a place where they thought they would start a new life.
The first day they arrived at the city, it was already too late. They had no money and they had no relatives in the city. They were lost and hungry. It was snowing heavily and the streets were almost empty. Shivering, the two boys found refuge underneath a bridge in the slums of Moscow. They slept with growling stomachs that night.
"Kai!" Kai opened his eyes, finding a small happy face nudging him. "Wake up Kai! Let's go!" Tala was excited. He wanted to see the city his friends at the abbey talked so much about. Feeling very weak Kai tried to get up but fell feeling dizzy. "Kai what's wrong?" "Nothing, I'm fine." He tried to get up again but fell. "Kai!" Tala's happy expressions vanished and sad and worried expressions appeared. Kai had passed out; he had not eaten anything for the past three days. Weakness was showing on the boy's face. He had given up his last piece of bread to Tala. "Don't worry Kai, I'll bring food for both of us; somehow" after that he ran off towards the unknown city alone. He ran within the slums of the city begging for food from anyone he could see only to get shoves and pushes. Helplessly he ran here and there. It started snowing again snowflakes falling, dropping the temperatures. Shivering, he found refuge in a dark alley which never saw sunlight. Tala started crying. All his thoughts were about Kai and how his best friend was. The storm had grown even worse. Putting on a torn sack, he prayed that the storm would end soon…..
Hearing some noise he opened his eyes. The storm was over. He saw a group of boys playing in the snow; they were throwing snowballs at each other. He moved his body; it was numb due to the cold. Ah! He was struck with the thought of Kai still lying unconscious. He ran towards the boys. "Please help me! Please my friend is sick. We need food. Please" the tallest and the oldest boy looked back. He had jet black hair tied in a pony tail and he had very fair skin. He came towards Tala looking annoyed about the fact that a beggar had ruined their fun. "You got a beyblade?" "Um... yes but please can you help me. My friend is sick and he needs some food" "yeah, yeah we got that and I know a way to help you." "What is it?"
Kai opened his eyes. He could smell some food; he looked around and found Tala sitting by his side. "Hey! Here eat this." "Where did you get it?" "I…I…" Tala stopped. He couldn't lie to Kai. "I sold my blade." "WHAT!!!" Kai shot up, furious. SLAP!!! Tala found his cheek burning. Tears flew out. How could Kai slap him? "WHY DID YOU DO IT?" "You were sick." "You know that blade was the most important thing to you Tala" "Kai I did it for you. Its not so bad, I'll get a new one, don't worry." "I DON'T BELIEVE YOU. HOW CAN YOU DO THAT? WHO WAS IT? WHO STOLE YOUR BLADE? TELL ME HIS NAME AND I'LL CRUSH HIM." "Please Kai…!"
Kai got up and ran towards the city. Tala stood up shouting his name but even Tala won't stop him today. Evening turned into night. Tala couldn't find Kai anywhere. Where was he?
Kai ran. He didn't know where he was going or who he was looking for, he just ran. He was furious at Tala, how could he sell his blade for him? He didn't like Tala sacrificing any thing for his sake. He just didn't want his pity. He wasn't a weakling. That's what they were taught at the abbey; there is just no thing as love and friendship or kindness. Every one wants their own profit. You have to stand on your own two feet. And that was what Kai believed.
THUMP!!! Somebody bumped into Kai, making him fall to the ground."Watch where you're going." the huge man just looked down in disgust. Their eyes met and the man's eyes widened an unusual spark in them. "Kai?"……………
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