Chapter 3

scattered memories

Kai awoke early it had been a habit of his before everything had gone so wrong. The boys head pounded as he tried to remember where he was and how he had got there. Things trickled slowly back to him, a darkened alley, a ramshackle house and a young girl with long red hair and bright blue eyes. Kai tried to move but everything felt so heavy. Finally he managed it; he rolled over onto his side and blinked at who was in front of him.

Sally sat on the pillows near Kai's head, she was fiddling with her purple beyblade it had received a few dents and scratches during her outing but that was handled pretty easily. The girl smiled as she felt Kai move beside her. She had to work hard on keeping him well the past three days and nights. The boy's right arm was in a sling, his left hand heavily bandaged. His chest was also covered in the whit mesh as was his head, Kai's left eye had been cover to protect the nasty gash over it. This left only one purple eye to study her and that's just what it was doing.

Kai stared at the girl, she looked slightly better than he remembered but that didn't make him feel much better. "What's that" he said coldly, pointing his bandaged hand at the small purple object on her lap. The girl raised an eyebrow at him. "It's a beyblade !, what are you some kind of baka? (Idiot)" she said coolly. Kai glared at her "No!" he snapped, though in truth he had no idea what she was talking about.

Sally blinked at Kai, he looked really confused. "Never seen one before huh ?" she said. The boy said nothing but after a pause he shook his head. Sally frowned she knew that Kai's wounds were done mainly by a beyblade, she could tell because she had put enough on other people to tell. Yet poor Kai seemed to remember noting. The girl wondered just who had done this to Kai and why?

"So are you gonna to tell me what happened to you the other night or don't you remember that either?" Sally asked firmly. Kai just glared at the ceiling, "that's a point, what did happen?" he thought. He felt Sally watching him, the girl talked in such a common fashion and she had obviously lived on the streets for some time judging by her attitude. However she had helped him so she couldn't be all bad. Kai grimaced as he tried to remember something, anything he could tell her. "My name is Kai and I....I...don't remember fuck all" he said with a sigh. The boy knew one thing he hated feeling helpless.

Sally smiled at Kai and ruffled his hair earning herself a hard glare from the boy. "Well don't you worry Kai, I'm sure you will remember soon and until you do your welcome to stay here with me" she said brightly. Kai was certainly strange but in their short time together she had grown rather attached to the boy. She suspected he didn't feel much for her but who would? A scruffy little street kid like her wasn't really attractive company for someone like him

"you'll be fine" Sally soothed still stroking his hair, Kai felt very odd. He had just learnt another thing he didn't like to be this close to someone. It made him feel vulnerable. Kai pulled away, making a half hearted swipe at the girl with his bad hand. It was only half hearted because he didn't have the energy to do much more than that. To his relief Sally got the point and stopped the action instantly. He watched carefully as she then moved off the bed, giving him his desired space. Kai sighed and gave her an approving look.

Sally bustled around the room giving Kai room to think seemed like a good idea, he seemed a little moody. "Ok sunshine" she said in a teasing sort of way. "I'm gonna go get us some more stuff, now your fully awake and all I'm sure your starving an I kinda forgot to get that earlier so....anyways I'll see you in a bit" she said waving to Kai as she went out the door, the boy just blinked at her wordlessly. Sally smiled despite this and went down the cluttered stairway taking two steps at a time, she would get food alright but first she had to check out that alley way. If Kai didn't know the answers maybe she could find some out for herself.

Kai wasn't really hungry, he still felt tired. "I wish I knew what's going on" he sighed running his fingers through his light blue bangs. As the girl left Kai felt a stabbing sensation in his chest, he should of said goodbye, not to Sally but to someone else someone he loved but who? The boy sighed again he could remember a name or a face. He just felt guilty about some unknown thing from his past.

Kai lay back on the pillows eyes flicking around the room. There were fresh medical supplies and other junk that looked like it went with the bey-thingy. The boy wondered how Sally had acquired such expensive looking things when she could even afford better cloths. Kai frowned at the objects "on second thought I think that's something best forgotten, there's no way its legal" he muttered.

Closing his eyes the boy let sleep take him once more and as he did dreams leaked into his brain. A boy with long black hair and golden eyes smiled at him. A girl with light blue eyes and hair cried out for him to come play. A red haired boy laughed with I'm as they travelled together. Two men loomed over him one holding a weapon, a beyblade. A bunch of kids surrounded him in a darkened alleyway intent on killing him. The sad song of a fiery red bird as it disappeared. A cold sweat broke out on Kai's head as his memories tried to force them self back onto him.