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DarkShadow411 - :bows: The very first person who bothered to review after a long time that this story was posted! Thank you very much, you really made me a happy authoress! And sorry for taking my time to update, but I've been kept quite busy, and I have to share this computer with my 2 pain-in-the-neck brothers, so…
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Iluvbeyblade - Yup, a Kai/Ozuma fic! What else from me? (wink wink) Yes, the formatting ended up weird! I put in signs to indicate scene-changes and a lot of my punctuation marks just vanished! (grr!) I hope that you still didn't find my story crappy, and now that I'm using Word, I hope that the site won't screw up my uploading yet again!
Lighter - Yay! I'm glad you liked the way I describe things, though I really am not too proud myself.
A feel for? Well, I have been working on developing Mist for a long while, and I had honestly not intended to start him off as a total jerk! He'll change though… maybe! MWAHAHAHAHA! And since you want some Kai protection goodness, well, he's here in this chappie, so you enjoy. About Mist, I shall leave you to find out on your own if he appears in this chapter. :cackle:
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Title: My Friend, My Enemy
Pairings: OMC/Ozuma (unrequited), Kai/Ozuma, Max/Mariam, implications of Takao/Hiromi and mentions of Rei/Mao
Warnings: Major Sap, Heavy Angst (namely Ozuma) and Shounen-ai
Brief Summary of Chapter
Kai finds a very broken Ozuma. Nope, not telling more! If you really want to know, read the story!
Oh of course, the disclaimer!
I do not own Kai, Ozuma, BeyBlade and its other characters, so don't bother suing! All you'll get is my little brother… On 2nd thought, sue me! PLEASE!
BUT, Mist Shidou is MINE! Touch him and you will suffer! (you may use him if anyone's interested, but please ask first!)
Oh yes, the character Quezacotl is not mine! He belongs to the wonderful SquareSoft! (I refuse to call them Square Enix! BLEH!) :holds her Xenogears game: I HAVE THE POWER! (er, yeah… I just thought Quezacotl would make a cool Bit-Beast! How often do we see a thunder-elemental Bit-Beast anyways?)
One last note, I am keeping Kai with his red eyes, because the whole change his eyes to gray/blue was kinda dumb! (okay, so mine are gray/green/blue, but they weren't red then magically changed to another color, and I sincerely doubt Kai wears contacts!)
Now, let's begin chapter 2! (at last, huh?)
Chapter 2
Don't Die, My Fire (oh shut up! I come up with these as I go!)
Something was wrong, dreadfully wrong.
He could feel it, a very strange feeling of foreboding flowed in the pits of his stomach.
Someone he knew was surely suffering, he was certain of it.
But, he couldn't be sure at all as to who it was that was in such pain and misery.
One thing he did know was that it was no one from his team…
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Kai shook his head in anger and great annoyance.
He'd been training in a secluded little forest for hours on end, still sopping wet from the rain that had been pouring only an hour or so ago.
He had been doing quite well, that is, until the storm came to an abrupt end.
For some reason after that, his concentration was barely there, and he could not send the required energy to keep his blade going and bring out his Dranzer.
Launch!
Spin…
Control gone…
The blade stops completely, landing softly on the damp grass.
It was a pattern that was quickly wearing on Kai's nerves.
What was happening to him?
He had never ever been like this before!
Something was not right, and he was going to find out exactly what has happened to reduce him to this state.
Putting his blade and launcher back in his pockets, he began to walk, not really knowing where he was going. He just let his feet take him where they pleased.
Heaving a very irritated sigh, he growled to himself, "What the hell is wrong with me tonight?"
Of course, he didn't have the answer to that, so he just kept on walking, the only sounds were his soft breathing and the crunching of the wet grass beneath his feet.
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He had no idea for how long he had been walking.
What time was it anyway?
Maybe I should just head back to the idiot's home
He snorted just a tiny bit, he really didn't want to be around Takao's place at any time of day or night, especially if Grandpa Kinomiya happened to be around.
But those lazy brats need their training
However, mornings at the Kinomiya Dojo were never fun for the BladeBreaker's captain. He'd never forget the raisin/lemon pancakes incident, the one where a certain little bluenette ended up sending them all to the hospital for three days.
Not really wanting to, at all, he turned to go back, however, a strange whimpering sound stopped him in his tracks.
"What in the world is that?" he thought out loud.
He was going to find out.
Turning around again, he began to run, trying to follow the faint sound of those pitiful whimpers.
Finally, he came to a halt, shocked to the very core at what he found.
The source of what, no who, was making those tiny little sounds, now lay at Kai's feet, his small body trembling violently.
Is this some kind of sick joke?
The one lying on the cold, wet grass was none other than the strong Saint Shield's leader.
Kai had no idea what to say or do.
He always thought that Ozuma was quite a strong and worthy fighter, that nothing and no one could ever possibly shake him, let alone reduce him to this pathetic-looking mess.
Taking a step closer to the unconscious boy, Kai surveyed him closely.
He never realized just how small and young his enemy really was; Ozuma always seemed so strong, intelligent and confident, that he appeared bigger and older than he really was.
No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't associate this Ozuma that lay at his feet to the one he knew and had come to respect as a blader.
Taking a close look at the boy, who was lying on his side, Kai noticed that Ozuma was clutching his blade really tightly in both hands, every now and then muttering, "flash leopard," in a tiny, pained voice.
Now, kneeling down, the taller boy saw something he never thought he'd see; Ozuma's face was stained from what appeared to be tears, and the Ozuma he knew never shed a single tear, so, why now?
This is damned insane!
Things were about to get worse…
Kai began to wonder why the other boy kept on holding to his blade as if his life seemed to depend on it.
And why was he muttering like that?
His curiosity got the better of him, and he reached out to take the blade from Ozuma's tiny hands.
However, the moment Kai's fingers touched the black blade, Ozuma let out such a pitiful whimper that the other captain drew back his own hand quickly as if he had just been burned.
He sounds and looks so vulnerable
The wind began to blow quite violently then.
Kai had had enough. He had to do something and he had to do it now.
Looking down at the small boy, he nodded to himself.
I'll take care of you He hadn't even realized that he had thought such a thing, and of his enemy no less.
As gently as though he were handling something made out of the most delicate glass, he picked the boy up in his strong arms, cradling him almost lovingly against his chest.
Someone hurt Ozuma terribly and unforgivably, of that, Kai was beyond certain, and when he found out who did it, he'd make them pay miserably, not to mention, painfully for what they had done to his little fire-jewel.
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Finally mine! I waited too long, but at last, Flash Leopard is mine now!
The strange boy who called himself Mist couldn't stop the laughter that kept rippling his body. He was ecstatic like he had never been before in his life.
So what if he had to attack his childhood friend?
So what if he made him sad?
As if he could care less that he was the one who had drawn those crystalline tears from Ozuma's beautiful eyes, minded that he had hurt that pathetic whelp of a boy.
Ha! The very thought of caring for that runt made him want to laugh even harder!
Mine!
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How was it?
I was going to make this longer, but since most of you were mean, I decided to be mean myself, and cut this short! Kyahahahahaha!
Now, please review, and be kind.
Don't flame me, it's the last thing I need right now, if you flame me because it was shounen-ai, I warned you, and I certainly didn't force you to read it. So, don't flame me. It's low and cowardly!
If you must C&C, do it civilly, it's not that hard to do, is it?
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P.S. This chapter is dedicated to the four lovelies who reviewed my first chapter, and also to my dear friend Samantha (or Sammy-chan!), so if you read this, this is for you hun'! Love you lots!