Kai'sgrl: Hello everyone! I'm sorry for the delay on this chapter, school is so hard I have to finish my science 10 to move onto grade 11 and so far every things falling apart! (Not to mention the fact that I already wrote this chapter and then misplaced it.)
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Tala: you seem stressed…
Jasmen: You think? My mom and her boyfriend of 7 years broke up again! Shes got a new guy (a total idiot) I'm moving, applying for a scholarship, sending in my applications for college and am trying to finish my regular school work!! Why does the world hate me??
Rei: The world doesn't hate you...
Tala: Yeah it just likes to watch your head explode.
Jasmen: twitch I hate you so much...BRYAN DISCLAIMER!!!
Bryan: Jasmen as always does not own beyblade, if she did then she wouldn't be in school and the series would still be on making millions of fan girls happy.
Jasmen: Wow that was...good.
Bryan: I've had time to rehearse.
Jasmen: I get it I get it!!! I took a long time!
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Chapter 7 The Hiwatari Mansion
The group of six slowly ascended to the front door of the mansion; that is all except one who was still fast asleep in the arms of his secret lover. Tyson was the first to reach the large oak doors. He studied them carefully, almost appearing intelligent, before looking to his left and pushing a large Ivory button. At the touch chimes could be hear ringing throughout the house.
"Look guys!" Tyson exclaimed over his should to those behind him. "I found the doorbell!" Everyone sweat dropped at the remark, except Max. He just smiled and suppressed a small giggle before commenting on Tyson's wonderful locating skills.
"That's great Tyson! Now if someone were blind I'm sure they would find that very useful." Tala remarked sarcastically as he turned to look at Kai. "So are we just going to stand out here or what?"
Kai snarled before replying, "You know the access codes do it yourself I have my hands full." He finished gesturing to the sleeping boy in his arms.
"Yeah right, like your not enjoying it." Tala replied walking up to the front doors, failing to notice the slight blush that appeared on Kai's pale porcelain skin. Tala reached out and twisted the door bell causing a small pad beside it to open up. He quickly typed in the 6-digit code and waited for the door to open. Tyson, who had been leaning against the door, failed to realize that Tala has finished entering the code and consequently fell backward as his support system disappeared.
"What the, AHH!" He called out arms flaying all around the air. Tyson's body met the floor of the Hiwatari mansion with a loud 'thud', followed almost immediately by Max concerned voice and Tala's laughing as he shoved his way past the roadblock and into the familiar surroundings. The house was just as big as they remembered, still dark and looming even from the inside.
Tyson upon recovering his balance and standing grabbed Max's arm and started dragging him around the house acting as if he himself owned it, leaving the other 4 to continue reminiscing in their past.
Slowly Tala turned to his right to look past Bryan, who had come to stand next to him, and at the other half of the large wooden door that they had just come through. Silently his eyes scanned the door taking every detail into mind slowly moving away from Bryan and Kai as he approached the door.
The door was large and towering and looked as it did on the outside, only not as weathered. The right side was always opened for anyone entering or exiting, while the left half of the entrance was never opened. That side of the door was bolted close and could never be opened; leaving the only means of escape the right side of the doors that was heavily alarmed. Tala had learned this the hard way.
Bryan's eyes followed Tala as he approached the opposite side of the door they had just entered. Realizations dawning on him as he watched Tala slowly extend his hand to run it across the deep groves that decorated the door.
The indents were uncoordinated and messy in an obvious blind range of desperation. Each dent was deeper than the other and faded from time. The gashes the door help had been made during more than one attempt at escape.
Tala let his hand fall back to his side as he turned back to look at his companions, a small smile making its self kown on his face.
"Happier times right?" The question was barely whispered, as Tala was unsure that he even wanted to know the answer. Cold Arctic Blue eyes meet grey lonely ones, before a small sad smile appeared on Bryans face.
"Yeah, I promise." And with that he crossed the room and wrapped his strong arms around his potentially fragile wolf. The moment didn't last long though as they were interrupted by an unemotional voice.
"You two better go make sure Tyson hasn't accidently fallen into any of the hidden passages." Turning to make eye content with the couple before continuing. "I'm going to take Rei upstairs I'll be down later." Turning away only to face the stair case Kai began to move forwards, eyes still hard and locked in on their goal.
Bryan and Tala knew that look in their friend's eyes, it was one of indifference. A look that is the product of year of torture and forced training in locking up emotions, something that they were hoping Rei would break him of.
Slowly the two separated from each other though still standing close enough incase they needed each other. There eyes never leaving Kais back until he turned left at the top of the stairs and down one of the long corridors decorated with doors. A small sigh escaped Tala before a wicked grin was replaced on his solemn feature.
"What?" Bryan asked noticing Talas shift in moods.
"Well Kai did say we should go see if Tyson was in any tunnels." Tala said hinting suggestively.
"No he didn't he just wanted to know where they were." Byan stated crossing his arms firmly. He would not give into Talas games…no not this time.
"Yeah well what better way to find them then to use the passage ways to find them. Plus if they are in there we can…help them out." Tala said grinning even more as a plan began to form in his head. "And if they're not in the tunnels we could always just pop out and says surprise just to be friendly." Tala stated his eyes shifting to the ride side of the stair case Kai had just used, before glancing back at Bryan.
"Tala I don't know what I'm going to do with you." His voice full of resignation knowing that there was no way he was going to win against Talas pleas.
" Yeah, yeah I know," Tala stated hastily latching on to Bryans arm. "You're deeply madly in love with me and want to scare them as much as I do, so come on you big chicken!" Tala exclaimed dragging Bryan towards the right side of the stair case he had been eyeing earlier.
Approaching the wall Tala extending his left foot hitting the wall right below a portrait of some old man causing the wall to swing inwardly with out so much as a creek. Shivering slightly at the cold draft that assaulted the two Tala continued to drag Bryan down into the dark, releasing him once the door had shut behind them. Almost immediately dim lights along the ceiling began to turn on, allowing just enough light for them not to trip and land on their faces. The walls where bare with stone and every few feet had peep holes that owners could use to watch guests who wandered their home. The tunnel was not straight and after 150ft. branched off into two different halls, knowing these tunnels like the back of their hand, they continued on at a steady pace turning right and making their way towards the kitchen. As they neared the end of the tunnel before it branched off again, small sounds of clanging metal objects could be heard. Tala turned to Bryan to make sure he had heard the noise too, he had. With the grin reappearing on Talas face to two continued to approach the kitchen exit, stopping right before exiting.
Looking through the Peep hole Tala could see Tyson dancing around the kitchen trying in vain to catch falling cookware from the ceiling while Max stop in the background watching the seen with mild interest.
"You know Kai's going to kill you when he sees the mess you've made of his kitchen Tyson." Max stated as another pan fell of the rack dangling from the ceiling.
"Yeah well I'll clean it up!" Tyson yelled over the clang of another pot hitting the counter and then rolling to the floor. "Besides who the hell hangs Pots and Pans from the ceiling?"
"Rich people." Max stated matter of factly. Finally when everything had stopped falling and Tyson had gathered up all the fallen items he placed them on the counted. The cautiously moved away from the noisy objects to stand near max.
"You know," Max started glancing at Tyson. "Without all that racket you can really hear how quiet this house is. I mean there's not even the hum of the heater."
"I know what you mean." Tyson agreed looking around the large room. Despite having not been used in the last 2 years the house was still very up to date. Every room they had passed has working lights and sensors, and a quick glance around the kitchen showed that all the equipment was clean and in perfect working condition.
"Hey, Tyson?" Max asked his head slowly scanning the kitchen. "Do you get the feeling we're being watched?"
"Yeah, now that you mention it I do." Tyson replied watching Max slowly wrap his arms around himself. "Oh don't worry I'm sure its just Kai being a pervert. I bet he has this whole house wired with cameras. In fact," He continued making his way across the room to stand in front of a wall covered with hanging knifes. "I bet there's one right here!" Tyson stated bring his fist down on the fall between two particularly sharp knifes.
Tala quickly brought his face back from the wall as Tyson hit it. If only Tyson knew how close he actually was to punching him in the face. Yet for some reason all of Tyson's 'superior' ranting only made Tala think that scarring Tyson would be that much sweeter…but not know. If he came out know Tyson would know about the passages and then he wouldn't be able to have any real fun. Turning back to Bryan Tala grabbed his arm and started walking back down the hall they had just come from. Half way down he turned to his right and kicked the wall allowing it to activate and swing open.
Bryan allowed himself to be dragged as Tala suddenly turned away from Tyson and Max and made his way to the Library entrance. Once entering though he turned to Tala with a questioned face.
"I was just thinking that I would have so much more fun using the tunnels on him if he didn't know they existed." Tala stated meeting Bryans questioning face. "Now let's go give Tyson hell for messing up the kitchen and then see if we can make something to eat! I haven't had anything since we left to get on the plane!" Tala over exaggerated as he threw his hands up into the air and ran out of the room and down the hall to the kitchen that they had just been observing.
Bryan stayed where he was for a bit letting his eyes slowly roam around the room. His eyes finally landing on the object he had been searching for. A lone chair sat in front of the fire place, red in color and warn. The chair that for years Voltaire had sat in when he had summoned the boys from training to have a 'heart to heart' with them. Bryan's eyes hardened has he continued to stare at the chair before one single though entered his mind; Thank God Tala hadn't looked around and spotted the chair. Now all he had to do was get rid of it.