Disclaimer: I will never, till death has me part from this world, ever be a part of Beyblade nor could I ever make Kai and Rei an official couple in Beyblade
But this story is mine and so are my own characters that add to the plot
Warning: swearage to add here because they are angry teen aged (mutant ninja turtles) males...and shounenxshounen minimalistic action that is barely noticeable
Author's Note: yey another update, though the upcoming chapter is the one that I'm looking forward to write the most...but this is a plot chapter that will obviously add to the plot...as it is a plot chapter...
but fan service if you squint real hard.
Credit to Seheru for editing and you are MAGICAL...
this chapter is dedicated to my fifteenth reviewer loner7803 because that number is special to me! THANKS FOR THE REVIEWS
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Liliya Hiwatari is not an OC but more like an ON (own name) the lady appears in the manga and if you don't believe me just check my profile cause I have a link! I like the name Liliya as it is Russian and it's just so dainty...
Secondly, Kai's ringtone is not made up...it's from The Future feat. Yankee by Epik High...DAMN I LOVE THEM SOOOO MUCH!
I kept on chewing on the end of my pencil and I knew that my foot tapping was probably annoying everyone around me. But truth be told, I was nervous. Last night was so hectic that I feel like I really didn't meet with Drigger. But Brooklyn made things all too real and left all of us edgy and worried. Hitoshi had taken Brooklyn to the hospital she was submitted in but told us to stay in the school until he got security to drop us off. Yet for some reason he wouldn't let me stay in my own home and so he made me take whatever I needed from my house and then I stayed over at Takao's for the night.
It was the first time I ever stayed over at a friend's house in Japan and it sucks that it was due to such a serious reason. Hitoshi had also phoned Kai's house and told them to double their security for a while. And before he left with Brooklyn he told us that he'd probably call us out of class today. I saw him in the morning today at school but he didn't even smile as he rushed past, meaning something really bad must've happened.
"It's weird how the paparazzi didn't find out about Ming-Ming," Kai muttered.
"Oh no they did, but not the full details. Seems like someone in the hospital spilled that Ming-Ming was submitted to the hospital. Now the rumour mills are saying that she's probably fainted due to over work, anorexia or depression," I said. I turned to see Kai's confused look as he stared at me.
"And how do you know this you fag?" Kai asked.
"The same way I know that you're nothing but a fucker," I replied. Actually I had no proof that he was of the fucking variety but if he relies on such troubling people to give himself a tough-boy image he must be. "I know it because I overheard. Doesn't take brains to figure that out."
"Kai-sama? Rei-kun? Anything interesting you guys want to tell us?" Iwari-sensei asked.
"Actually yeah, we were just debating whether alpha-ketogluterate is followed by succinyl-coA or not," I said quickly. "Kai believes that it's succinate for some reason," I said shrugging. Kai's eyes shot daggers at me and I simply smiled back.
"Why Kai I told you to revise the cycle! It's succinyl-coA," sensei said in a shocked voice.
"Well heh, my bad," Kai said as he pressed his elbow onto my fingers. It was then when a timid-looking girl came to our class door and bowed.
"Um…I…Iwari-sensei…um…Kinomiya-sensei is requesting for Hiwatari-sama and Kon-san to go to…to his office right away," she said. We both looked at each other as we stood up. "Oh…uh…and ta-take your stuff too." She said quickly as she bowed and ran off.
"Very well," the lady sighed. "Boys please read over chapter eight, you might have a quiz tomorrow on cell respiration." Kai groaned as he picked up his text book and for some reason mine too. I shrugged as I slung my bag over my shoulder and headed out. We walked silently in the hall and eventually found ourselves in front of the Staff Room. Taking a deep breath, I slid the door open and to my surprise I saw Takao, Max and Kyoujo already there. When we entered, everyone stood up and put on their jackets. Kai and I looked at each other realizing that we only had our uniform jackets on and today was pretty chilly.
"Here you two take these," Hitoshi said as he threw two school gym jackets at us. "Come on now you guys, I'll explain everything that there is to know in the car." He walked past us and we quickly followed behind except for Kai who walked at his own pace. I knew this guy was going to hold us back so I turned around and smiled at him.
"What Hiwatari-sama? That little walk got you all tired already? Do you need your maids to rub your precious feet?" I simpered. Kai glared at me but immediately began walking quickly and shot past me. I smiled inwardly to myself as I basked in the glow of my control over Kai's pride. Max realized it too as he turned around and winked at me. We walked in relative silence until we reached the van and Kai immediately shot to the back and spread his legs out. Takao took his position in the passenger seat and Kyoujo and Max filed into the second row.
Now there is no way for three full grown boys in bags and jackets to comfortably fit into a two-seater space and since Kai claimed the back as his I decided to make his life hell just one more time.
"OW YOU FUCKER GET OFF MY LEGS!" I yelled as I immediately pushed that shit-head off my legs but the guy just sat down on the seat where I withdrew my legs from.
"Language Hiwatari-san," Hitoshi said as he climbed into the driver seat. Blondie closed the van door and I glared at the stupid country boy. To think I wanted him to be a beta under my superior alpha rule. But it came as something really surprising when he turned to me in the darkness of the van and his creepy eyes shone maliciously?
"Not everything can go your way Hiwatari Kai," he said in a low whisper. And it surprised me. It really did. I mean I'm used to Takao talking back to me all the time but for some reason this new kid didn't have that stupid thing going on. Every single time he talked back it was serious. Damn it was awesome, forget about sitting on my legs…I'll forgive him. He just has to be my beta again.
"Yeah it can, in this school it can," I whispered back. He blinked at me and smiled so coldly it made me want to punch him.
"Fine King Kai…all you do is depend on your boys to do the dirty work, like a true fucked-up King," he said, not looking at me but straight ahead. I was in a personal war. This guy was such a fucking ass but at the same time he would be such an awesome subordinate.
Neither of us spoke until we reached the hospital. We were forced to go through the back entrance because the media was at the front and within minutes we were outside Ming Ming's room. A tall lady bowed and approached us, scanning over all of us first.
"Dr. B is already here, and I'm afraid the news is really bad, so please tell your students to remain calm," she said in a low voice. Hitoshi nodded and turned to us with a grim face.
"Boys don't make excessive noise or comments, Ming-Ming was kind enough to let us visit."
"She's okay?" Kyoujo breathed.
"Let's just enter," he said as he opened the door. Now I really hated hospitals, especially that hospital smell. It's like it was there to show just how sick people are here. So when I entered the room I was kind of expecting to see a disfigured pop idol or something. But to my surprise it was just Ming-Ming with bandages around her head, arm and leg were in a cast. There was a band-aid on her cheek, and she was connected to those IV things. She smiled at us and waved with her non-bandaged arm.
"Hey guys," she said in her all too familiar sickening girly voice. The other guys all bowed and I did a half-bow.
"I'm sorry that we're going to have to cut the meeting short, I'm taking these guys out on their school time unfortunately," Hitoshi said as he sat nearby her.
"How's Brooklyn now? I heard Mystel and him were bugging the nurses and doctors last night," she said smiling.
"They're fine," Hitoshi said. "Now Ming-Ming, do you mind telling them just what happened?"
"No I definitely don't mind. Let me see…well I was in my dressing room after the WAGA Foundation performance and then suddenly I wasn't. And then I just remember immense pain and I felt like something just peeling itself off of me. Later on I could hear a scream and I…I don't remember what happened next. I woke up in the hospital and it was then when I realized that Venus was gone." It was weird; she went from bright and sunny to this weepy person.
"Venus?" Rei murmured beside me. Ming-Ming heard him and gave a watery smile.
"Venus is my special beast. You four have the legendary ones I'm certain. But Venus was my friend, my companion…and for some reason she's gone."
"Gone? Gone? How is she-it…whatever how is she gone?" Takao asked. It was then when his brother looked up at us.
"Gone as in disappeared and what's worse is that this is the third case this year." Hitoshi said. "There was one somewhere in America and another in Egypt. This past year I've been trying to gather every person with a holy beast to study under these special schools."
"Wait…is that why I came here?" Rei asked, looking at Hitoshi but he shook his head.
"No Rei, your village is very well protected. You came here because of the Byakko. I wanted to know what would happen when all four of the holiest beasts came together. And I believe last night something did, but I didn't get the chance," Hitoshi said. I looked at everyone and they all had a worried face as they either stared at Ming-Ming or Hitoshi.
"Yeah something did happen," Takao said. "It was li-"
"And I don't think anyone has to know unless they're supposed to," I cut in, glaring at the stupid big mouthed kid.
"Kai it's our duty to le-" Takao began but I cut him off.
"Unless they're supposed to know, we cannot say a thing," I said again.
"Kai-san…he's Hitoshi-sensei…I think he can know you know," Max said.
"No he can't." Pssht. I didn't say that. "Kai's right, there's no reason for anyone to know until we're sure ourselves."
"But Rei-" Takao began but Rei cut him off.
"It's not a simple thing of the mouth Takao, this is real stuff here. We need to be sure ourselves before others find out, I hope you understand Hitoshi," he said as he turned to the other Kinomiya.
"Both of them are absolutely right Takao," he said.
"They are?" Max and Takao replied in shock.
"I agree with them too," Kyoujo said. "We'll help you with what we know but whatever it is you went through last night should be kept between you all for safety measures."
"Alright since now you guys know, we're going back to school," Hitoshi said. We silently walked back to the van, all of us in deep thought. Hitoshi explained that he wanted us to go to school normally as there were still the classes after lunch left. Unfortunately my thoughts were interrupted by a buzzing in my bag and my all-too-familiar ring tone.
"Come respect me
if you don't believe me test me
come respect me
if you don't know come check me
come respect me
or fucka' come and get me
respect the name respect the game
back to the future set the change"
I quickly looked at the caller ID and was surprised to see 'Endou Hibiki.' He was my personal body guard and someone who I really did respect, so I quickly brought the phone to my ear.
"Endou?" I asked.
"Hiwatari-sama, bad news," he said quickly. "Lady Hiwatari has arrived to your school and is waiting for you." I felt my blood go cold and I was unable to say anything.
"Did you, did you get rid of the guys?" I managed to say without showing the panic in my mind.
"Yes I did, but she still wants to see you with your friends," Endou said. I sighed in exasperation.
"I'll figure something out Endou, thanks," I said.
"Alright Hiwatari-sama. I will hang up now."
"Go ahead," I said as I hung up too. Shit, shit, shit of epic proportions, shit. What was I supposed to do? Yuriy and Boris weren't even in town as they had to go to Osaka for something and I couldn't introduce my mom to the Shell Sharks. Then she'll find out that I'm not exactly what she thinks I am. And I knew full well what that meant; she was going to set up a friend for me. And the friend would be some bitch of a girl.
"Oh this is fun. I really wish I knew what it was that makes the great Hiwatari frown in tension." I heard. I snapped up and looked at the idiotic speaker beside me. He had that smile again that freaked me out.
"Shut the fuck up," I said back, not wanting to tolerate his annoyingness now but then something hit me. "Am I annoying to you?" I asked. Rei turned to me and frowned, but all I could see were those eerie eyes of his.
"That's putting it nicely Kai," he said.
"What if we strike a deal?" I whispered so others wouldn't listen in.
"What kind of a deal?"
"I won't ever appear as someone annoying to you if you do me one measly favour," I said.
"What is this favour?" he asked his frown more visible as he leaned closer.
"Pretend to be a good friend of mine and make my mom happy," I said. In response Rei just blinked, and then he blinked again until he burst out into laughter.
"That's it? Is that really it?"
"That's it," I said, feeling annoyed.
"Fine whatever Kai, I'll do it. When is it?"
"Today, right after we go back to school," I replied, trying to control myself from ending his laughter with a gun.
When we reached the school, there were men clad in black suits standing all around. They opened the van to let everyone out and they nodded at Kai who turned to nod at me. I turned around to mouth 'save me' to the guys but they all just grinned and waved in return. So instead I was stuck with this guy. The only benefit was that he wouldn't be a pain in my ass anymore if I followed through with his deal. Which all in all was an awesome deal.
"This way Hiwatari-sama," a man said as he lead Kai and I to the main wing in our school. I was kind of worried about Kai's mom. I mean what if she was one of those evil rich lady types who wanted only rich people to be friends with their children? Like a snob that befriends a snob. And what if she was really hideous in personality or even worse, the female version of Kai?
"KAI MY BABY!" A woman squealed and all I saw was a blur and then Kai nearly falling over backwards as he tried to dislodge a shorter woman from him.
"Mom stop it you're so embarrassing. God will you let go?" Kai said as he yanked his mom away. I looked to see a nearly female version of Kai. Her hair was a pale shade that bordered silver and blue and she had the same skin color as her stupid son did. They had similar features but on Kai they were sharper while on her it looked nice. In fact she looked like a really nice lady, what with her short fluffy hair to her pressed suit and skirt.
"Ah is this your friend?" she asked excitedly as she walked towards me with a pretty smile. I bowed quickly and smiled as kindly as I could. Kai looked between the both of us and when her mom broke out into a big smile Kai sighed in relief.
"You are very beautiful my dear boy. So graceful in your movements and such a nice face. What is your name?" she asked. I blinked at her comment, feeling weird by being complimented like that.
"K…Kon Rei, uh…Hiwatari-sama," I said. She smiled again in response.
"Liliya is nice enough. I'm afraid my son and I never got used to the Japanese honorifics," she said smiling.
"Me neither," I said in response. "But I really do feel disrespectful if I only call you Liliya so please do allow me to call you Liliya-san." Instead of replying she turned to Kai who immediately wiped off his growing smirk with a careful smile.
"Boys like him are who you should learn from Kai. Look at the way he walks and talks, he's so refined. But you? You just act like you own everything."
"Which I technically do," Kai said in reply, turning redder as the seconds ticked by. Oh man I loved his mom, she's so awesome.
"The ladies at the charity committee tell me that they hear that my son is a leader of a bunch of runts and delinquents. And the way you act sometimes makes me want to believe in them. Do you know that they blame me for your misbehavior? I bet Rei's parents never have to go through this!" She said and Kai looked away, blushing ever harder. She then turned to me and smiled again as if Kai didn't even exist. "Do allow me to meet your parents once."
"Um…" I began, not sure of what to say next. "I'm sorry, my parents are no more." Her eyes widened and she stroked my arm in sympathy.
"Oh my boy I am so sorry! Then who do you live with now?"
"Um…I live in the student apartments nearby this school," I said hesitantly and it caused her eyes to widen even more.
"Alone? My dear boy you live there in an apartment alone? Who makes your food?" she asked as her grip on my arm got tighter. I looked at Kai who merely shrugged and looked away.
"Um…I make my food; I can cook a little bit," Oh look at me, being so modest. I can cook for an army. Suddenly she whipped back to Kai.
"Kai, you have a friend who lives alone and not once have you ever invited him over?" she asked.
"Mom, I only met him like three days ago. I'm just getting to know him," Kai said rolling his eyes. His mom 'tsked' as she turned to me.
"After school today you must come over and stay for a bit, I really do want to get to know the young man who my son chose as a friend. And you," she said suddenly turning to Kai. "If I don't see you tonight at dinner…"
I shievered at the fact that the threat was left open-ended. She tippy-toed and planted a kiss on my forehead and did the same for Kai as she walked off. She also said something to him to which Kai just frowned in response. We stood still until all the guards had left the room, and until it was only the two of us left.
"I like your mom," I said to break the tension. "She's an awesome person, too bad she got a shithead instead of a good son."
"Ey, don't push your luck. I'm grateful that you saved my ass and all but that's as far as I'll go. Besides I'm stuck with having you come over for fucking dinner," I smiled as we kept walking closer and closer to each other.
"I'll make sure to embarrass you the entire night then. Your mom does a good job of it anyways."
"Embarrass? Oh right that reminds me," He closed the distance between us in one step and I felt his dry, cracked lips press harshly against mine. I was shocked for a moment and then I immediately pushed him back, rubbing at my lips. "That's payback." I glared at him in response.
"Payback? For fucking what? Making you queer?" I hissed.
"No making the guys accuse me of being queer you fag," He hissed back. "And today I'll make it my utmost goal to make you so embarrassed that you're going to fucking need me to save your face. And then everyone can know just how much of a homo you really are," he said as he fisted my shirt to bring my face closer.
"Not if I can do it first." I replied back. He let go and pushed me away as we both stared at each other with disgust. The asshole technically took my first kiss away. The only way it's still there is that I didn't kiss him back.
"Boys?" A voice asked. We both turned around to see Kai's mom at the door.
"Uh…hey mom…why are you back?" Kai said as he quickly walked over to me and sat on my armchair's arm.
"I forgot my bag, is it in here?" she asked.
"Let me look for it," I said quickly as I stood up.
"M…me too!" Kai said as we both searched around for it.
"Nevermind boys, I found it," she said and we both turned around at the same time only to bash our heads against each other. Yep this was my luck. I will forever be cursed with the burden of ever meeting Kai. Thank you world, thank you.
I wish he could die, like accidentally fall off a cliff and just die. But he's some weird Chinese tribal freak so he'd probably latch onto the rocks or something with hidden claws.
What sucks more is that he managed to totally woo my mom. Yes…woo. I know I asked him to do it but my mom just won't shut up about him. She went to Hitoshi and asked if Rei could stay over and promised security and everything. I could see Rei fuming at the back but he was too polite to refuse. Or maybe he's a poor crook who can't wait to put a hand in the riches that we possess. Either way we both suffered.
"Kai smile a little at least, I hate it how you never smile," mother dear said as she looked at me from the rear-view mirror of the car. "Rei is he always like this?"
"I'm afraid we need to do surgery on his face if we ever want him to smile again," Rei said gravely as he tugged at his seat belt.
"That was lame," I hissed at him. In response he just smiled back in that creepy way I was kind of getting used to.
"Lame jokes for equally lame people," Rei replied.
"That was lame too," I said.
"Lame explanations for a lame joke for a lame person," Rei replied turning back to face the leather driver seat. I did my best to hide my smile even though I was kind of annoyed. Luckily the rest of the ride was relatively silent save for a few times when my mom asked a question and Rei replied. The only pleasure I could get out of all this was that Rei looked totally uncomfortable. I knew he tried hiding it but I could still see it. He had looked warily at the guards as they led us to the cars. We stopped by his place so he could collect some stuff and he didn't like how two guards had to go up with him. Takao's brother said that he'd drop Rei's other stuff off when he had to come to my house and that didn't settle well with Rei either. Poor, poor loser.
We finally stopped in front of the gates of our house with the huge H and the 'hi' in hiragana. Rei stared past the gates and I followed his gaze. Hiwatari Estate was grand, no lies and it was constructed by my great, great grandfather from what I know. Every three years it goes through renovations to keep it up-to-date. These things I knew just because I liked to sit and watch the destruction and construction. I had a life people dreamed of, that I knew. My life could make any typical I-don't-do-it-for-money type person salivate but when I turned to see Rei I was surprised to see disgust and amusement…at the same time.
"What? Tempted?" I asked softly so my mom wouldn't overhear. Like she could the way she was chattering away at her cell.
"It's funny. At least I know now why you act like such an ass," Rei said.
"Fuck you."
"Only someone as gay as you would want to do that," Rei responded. Oh please God, Buddha, whatever…please control my anger and my hatred for this fucking jackass. Please prevent me from dirtying my hands with his blood. Oh Drigger why can't you control your host?
'It's expected,' A deep voice rumbled in my head. It froze all my nerves as I realized I knew the voice.
Dranzer?
'Presumably yes.'
I didn't summon you, I replied. Oh great, now I was a nutcase who had internal conversations with his supposed beast.
'You are not imagining anything, you are just conversing with me, but I think the Byakko's boy there believes you are a bit deviated from sanity.' I turned to look at Rei who was indeed staring at me with a strange face.
"What?" I asked gruffly.
"Um the driver is standing there and waiting for you to get out." I turned to my right and smiled sheepishly as I stepped out. Thanks a lot Dranzer. I have no idea why you're in my head.
'For safety measures, but it seems that the Byakko's boy is here so I do not need to worry.' Byakko's boy, hey that meant Rei. Wait, what's the use of Rei?
'You'd be surprised,' he said and then not a word. Trying to get away from them, I walked ahead of the group and missed the first step to the main doors. And just as I was about to get intimate with the cold ground, I was pulled back painfully.
"My dear…spoiled, rude, a jerk and a klutz? I am impressed Kai I am very impressed!" Rei quipped as he let go of my elbow and walked ahead. I was surprised when he didn't take his shoes off like a commoner normally would in those books and dramas. My plan was to just dump him in a guest room but that plan was destroyed immediately by the woman who gave birth to me.
"Kai please follow me, I need to discuss something with you. Eleanora please show Rei dear to Kai's room would you?" She said addressing the maid who bowed. Rei curiously followed the maid out of my sight and I turned around to glare at my mom.
"This better be something good," I muttered darkly.
"Oh no worries dear it is good. Well it's important," she said as she walked in the direction of her office. "It concerns all four of you actually."
"Four of us?" I asked as I walked slowly so she could keep up.
"Yes you, Rei, that bubbly Max and Hitoshi's brother Takao," she said. "You have no idea how happy I am that you have befriended Rei. It makes work so much easier for me."
"What work mother?" She stopped abruptly and turned around to face me with a worried expression.
"The worst kind of work, the kind of thing that a mother will wear her body out for. The protection of her children," she whispered sadly. I didn't like the sudden change in her voice and behaviour.
"What is it?" I asked. She suddenly hugged me tightly and sniffled a little. Wait, she was crying? "Mama?" I said softly. Well this always worked on her.
"You, all four of you…all your lives are in danger," she said as she hugged me even tighter. Seriously this woman's grip was crazy tight. "Please Kai, please be safe. Please don't do stupid things anymore. Please be a little like Rei. My child your friend has no parents. I admit I am not the best of parents…in fact I am a shame to mothers but at least I can give you some sort of protection. But Rei has no one to help him. Please be nice to him, make sure nothing goes wrong between you two that would cause him to walk away. I want to protect you all."
I was speechless as I stared down at my mom's head, so I patted it. "Fine mom. I'll make sure I do nothing bad and that I am nice with Rei." When you're around.
"Promise?"
"Yeah," I said. All the work a guy has to go through to make his mom happy. So much work, so much work.
"You may go dear," She said as she let go. And here I was actually expecting something serious.
Kai, best son ever.
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