CHAPTER EIGHTEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!
Kai - watches TM jump up and down for joy She's really happy for someone who hasn't finished her homework yet.
Keyword: YET. I'll finish it sooner or later. By the way, since when were you my mother?
Kai - Never was. Not. Nor will ever be. Thank goodness.
Hardy, har, har! rolls eyes Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade. Only my made up characters! Though, you all knew that already, didn't you?
Kai - Duh.
Shut up. By the way, this chapter is kind of rushed, so sorry for that.
Abduction
Chapter Eighteen
-Ray's POV-
I watched as they brought Kai over slowly as though he were a delicate package. My mind was still fuzzy, as well as my vision. My limbs felt heavy, like lead, and the bad thing about it was that I couldn't even budge them, but Ryan could move as if nothing even happened. How did he do it?
Kai raised his head sluggishly to gaze in my direction. He smiled softly, and I returned the gesture, glad that he was alright.
-S-S-S-S-S-
After we had gotten back to the hotel, Kai and I began talking in our suite.
"Kai?" I asked from my place on the bed. I had sat up, cross-legged and with a pillow in my arms to hold as my phoenix stood putting on his night shirt. It was only seven in the afternoon, but we both were tired and knew that if we got situated, then there would be no force in the world that would get us out of bed.
He looked at me after pulling his white T-shirt down. I could faintly make out, before the fabric covered it, the blue forming bruises of his cracked ribs and the healing ones of his abduction. "Yeah?" he asked coming over and crawling on the bed to lay next to me.
"Are the others gonna be ready for all of this?" I took in a deep breath and let it out slowly. My heart pounded in my chest, afraid for my friends and even my koi.
He reached over and pulled me to where I was lying beside him, facing those intense violet orbs of his. "They will be. Tyson will probably be knocked down a few times, but other than that, I won't let anything bad happen to you all. I promise. This is my mess that you guys had been dragged into, and I'm gonna be the one to stop it."
I nodded, knowing fully well that what he said was true. Though the part of it being his fault was completely out of the question, and I told him so. The phoenix just smiled and wrapped his arms around me. His arms felt so warm. For an odd reason, I knew that I'd be safe, no matter what ever happened.
"Get some rest. You're gonna need it for the rest of the week," Kai whispered softly, already halfway to dreamland himself.
So, I slept in my koi's arms, and I never had a better slumber.
-S-S-S-S-S-
A few days had past since my first combat battle. Tyson and Max had both had a turn in battling, but Kai had told them, along with Ryan, that those teams had been the weakest of the bunch. I laughed when I saw Tyson blush, knowing that he was about to drop and it was all because of the two lowest ranking teams. Then he proceeded to yell at Kai, angry with him for no reason.
Now, it was the day. The day we faced Auron's team . . . I could tell that Kai was nervous. He kept snapping at Tyson and Max. Even Chief got the butt end once. So, I pulled him over to the side, talking quietly in the small suite of Ryan's.
"Take it easy, Kai," I whispered, rubbing my hands up and down his arms, trying to get him to relax.
"I can't," he mumbled. I could feel his arms shaking. He was afraid.
"Hai. You can, Kai. Just take it easy. You're going to make yourself sick if you don't relax," I told him, wrapping my arms around his waist in a comforting hug. He returned the gesture and sighed, leaning his head on my shoulder. We continued to stay like that until Kai stopped trembling. I nuzzled my nose in his neck. "Relax, little phoenix. Everything's gonna be alright."
Just then, someone started pounding on the door to the suite. Ryan stood from his sitting position in the armchair. He opened the door but had to step back as it swung out to hit him. In came a fuming Lee and White Tigers followed by an equally mad team of All Stars. The white haired boy shut the door quietly and turned to them as the two teams started yelling at our own, telling what had happened.
Auron's team had challenged both of the two teams to a match, claiming they could win easily. So, like the proud bladers they were, they accepted. And lost. So, now, they were furious at having lost and been eliminated from the tournament.
Ryan shook his head. "You all should have known better than to accept. You've only been combating for a few weeks, and they have been doing the same for years. They were more experienced than you, and you knew that. As far as I'm concerned, losing was your own fault and not the [[Karasu's fault."
Kai nodded approvingly.
To my surprise, it wasn't one of the members of the two discussed teams, but Tyson who spoke. "Give them credit, Ryan! At least they tried to stop this guy! And why are you siding with the enemy? I thought you were on our side."
Of course, this set the Pegasus off. "They knew the consequences if they lost! They may have thought that they were helping, but going against a team that is superior in this game than you are is stupid[[Baka! And I'm not siding with the Karasu! I am merely stating facts!"
I sighed as Tyson's face blew up like a balloon. "Take it easy you two," I said from underneath Kai's arm as it was draped over my shoulders.
"But, Ray!" Mariah wailed along with Lee, Michael, and Tyson.
Kai shook his head before I could answer. "It doesn't matter. What's done is done. There's no going back. We're-" He stopped.
I saw it in his face before he even cried out. Auron was giving him his punishment for the White Tigers and All Stars's losses. He pushed me away as the current of electricity began coursing through his body. As he hit his knees, Ryan and I were there beside him.
"What's happening?" Emily asked, confused like the rest of her team and the tigers.
I didn't answer as Kai stopped shaking with pain, his screams drowning down to mere whimpers. "You okay, Kai?" I asked quietly, brushing my fingertips along his shoulder. He sat a minute, breathing heavily before looking up at me and forcing a pained smile.
"Hai."
-S-S-S-S-S-
I sighed as we once again entered the stadium of yet another battle. Auron's team, the Karasu, were standing opposite the arena of us, taking it easy and smirking as they caught Kai's lingering gaze.
The phoenix just shuddered and turned back to watching Tyson and Max stretch before their match together. This battle was going to be much more different than our previous. First round was Tyson and Max verses Mitch and Gabriel. It was a tag team match as was the second round. Ryan and myself verses Yaren and Andre. The last match was supposed to be a tag team as well, but seeing as how we're short one person, Kai would have to go up against Raleigh and Syrian. If my koi was to fight in an unfair match, I could never forgive myself. So, earlier, I had sent Cheif out looking for a person we could enter in as our last blader. Until then, I had to wait.
"Well, looks like your short one, Phoenix and Pegasus," Mitch called, laughing along with his comrades.
Kai didn't even look at them, and silently, I prayed Cheif would find someone. Anyone!
DJ Jazzman stepped up to his place in the center of the arena. "Okay! Let's get this started! First up, Tyson and Max from the Bladebreakers verses Mitch and Gabriel from the Karasu! Get ready, folks because I can feel that these next few battles are going to be one in a million!"
Tyson and Max each gave us a thumbs up before going to their respected side.
I heard Kai gulp and felt him start trembling against me. I snaked my arm around his waist and pulled him closer to me, trying to ease some of the fear from him.
Ryan looked at us a moment, then turned back to the scene at hand. Tyson and Max were up, the music already starting in the background, and DJ had his hand up in the air, waiting for the right moment to drop it and let the fight begin.
"Go!"
End Chapter Eighteen+
[[karasu - raven[[baka - idiot
THAT'S IT FOR CHAPPIE EIGHTEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!
Kai - Calm down, would you?
No.
Kai - growls slightly By the way, did you finish your Homework?
Yep! See, I told you I would! Dumb-ass!
Kai - What was that?
You heard me.
Kai - You better R&R Readers because I'm ready to kill her.
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! screams and begins to run