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Street Life

Chapter 17

Selena sat calmly within the hotel room that the group had rented for now, trying her best to keep her composure. Everyone was trying to keep strong in this difficult time. It had been many days since she had first gone to the BladeBreakers to help her find the captain, but they had had no luck as of yet. Inside, her heart was tearing with worry, she couldn't sleep at night.

Glancing over, she saw the only other person of their group to be awake at three in the morning; the rest had given into the exhaustion. Young Kenny, or the Chief as they called him was still typing away at his laptop, his frustration was clear on his face. He had been searching non-stop while they were travelling, trying every trick he knew to locate the corner shop that Selena had seen in her dream.

But the fact of the matter was that it was a tiny shop, in what seemed a very secluded town; there were no records anywhere on the web about it. The poor boy had ultimately given that up and was now searching satellite maps of Japan, going from one end to the other, looking for the corner shop, and of course this was taking a very long time.

Sighing, Selena got to her feet. She walked over to the boy and placed her hand on his back. Kenny jumped, startled, he had not realised she was awake. Selena noticed the dark shades under the boy's eyes.

"Come along now, Kenny," She whispered gently, "You've done enough, it's time you got some sleep, or you'll do yourself damage."

"But...I can find it...I can...I just need...need to look harder..." Kenny argued feebly, at the same time his eyes began to droop.

"I know you can," Selena said with a smile, "And you will, but you need rest...Kai wouldn't want you getting ill for him..." Her voice nearly cracked as she spoke of the missing boy, but held it together.

"But...but I..."

"Enough buts, to bed with you" Selena brought him up from where he sat and led him over to the bed he was supposed to be sharing with Tyson. Pulling back the covers, she helped him lay down; he was asleep when his head hit the pillow.

Selena smiled again, tucking the youngest boy in. She remembered tucking Kai in, all those years ago, something he hadn't let her do since he felt too old, she missed those times. Kai had been forced to grow up far too quickly.

Selena got to her feet, and quietly as she could she walked to the door of the hotel room, glancing back to be sure the boys and girl were still sleeping before walking out and locking them in. Their room was on the ground floor so it didn't take her long to reach the outside of the building.

Stepping out she breathed the cool night air, and continued to walk until she reached a bench situated next to the slightly murky pond, the hotel wasn't fancy.

Two weeks had passed after Kai had saved Ali Cat and was given the name, Lone Wolf. Slowly but surely, Kai realised he was beginning to settle in the new environment. Foxi and Lion King were friendly enough and had showed him the different duties such as the health check, the food distribution and keeping count as to who was in the area. They kept their eye on those who were new, in case they caused trouble and they gained information on people who were gone, finding out whether they had just moved on, or had gone missing. Kai began to realise just how much the Survivors cared for everyone in the base, it was like an enormous family and they were the guardians.

The youngest two of the group, Buggy and Raven were both still in awe of Kai's rescue. Buggy was shy but was always happy to help Kai, offering him food or water, sometimes from his own plate, which Kai always refused as kindly as he could manage. Raven had already invited him twice to come and eat dinner with her family, where Kai was introduced to her parents and her four younger siblings, all of which were extremely generous. Kai couldn't understand the kindness of these people; it was not what he would have ever expected.

Then there was Viper. Kai didn't see much of her but should they come into contact they treated each other with a high amount of respect, Kai strangely admired Viper's calm ways and sharp mind, while she was impressed by the talents Kai had shown by saving the other girl, not to mention she was very grateful for it, too.

But not everyone had come to accept him so well. Panther seemed to avoid him like the plague, never bothering to talk to him in any way. The only acknowledgement Panther showed towards the other was fierce glares when he thought that Kai wasn't looking, but Kai always knew. Kai refused to let it get to him, since when did he care what people thought? Compared to all these people his heart was still cold, and he still mostly kept to himself. But he had always been that way...at least, for as long as he could remember.

"Hey...Kai..."

Kai snapped from his thoughts by the voice. He was on his turn to night-guard one of the side entrances and his mind tended to wander. Looking up, his eyes met with two pools of crystal blue. The owner of the beautiful orbs looked down on him cautiously.

"Is my turn over?" Kai mumbled, breaking the eye contact as he got to his feet.

"Yes, I came to let you off..."

Nodding curtly, Kai refused to look at her as he walked by, making his way to go back inside the entrance. Ali Cat, who's ankle was healed enough for her to have started back on some of the easier duties like guarding the entrances, watched him with a sad look in her eyes.

"Kai...wait"

Kai breathed deeply as her voice reached him. She still used his real name like he had asked...she sounded so sad...he did that to her...

"Are you going to answer me?" Ali Cat asked, the suppressed tears could be heard as her voice shook slightly, "Or are you always going to avoid me?"

He had been avoiding her...since the day he had saved her life...since the day they had come close to....

He rubbed his still healing shoulder at the memory.

"Just stay away from me..." He said as cold as he could, inside his heart pulled at him. 'You confuse me, I can't understand you...'

She didn't answer straight away, she seemed to be gathering her thoughts, eventually she said, "If that's really what you want..."

"It..." Kai started, but couldn't bring himself to finish with 'is'. He couldn't hide it from himself; it's not what he wanted...he just didn't want to hurt her...

"Please....just listen to me...I'm sorry about before....I shouldn't have put you in that position...I...I should have realised it would be awkward for you..."

Kai heard from behind him as she placed herself down on the ground. Turning slightly, Kai saw that she had her knees up against her chest, her eyes stared straight out, not really looking at anything.

"I should have known not to push...I guess I wasn't thinking..."

Kai turned fully, staring down at the girl who almost looked lost, almost like she had forgotten he was there.

"I mean....so famous once, what am I in comparison? You deserve so much more..." She sighed.

"What?" Kai cried before he could stop himself, interrupting her words, 'I deserve better?!'

"It's okay," she answered, "I understand, I don't want to get in your way..."

"You don't know what you're worth..." Kai mumbled.

She raised her eyebrows in a sad way, "Worth? I'm not worth anything; I'm just one girl, no home and not a penny to my name..."

Sniffing gently, she rapidly brushed the fallen tear off her cheek.

"But, that wasn't what I was talking about. This isn't about me, I just wanted to let you know that I was sorry...I don't want to upset you...tell me now and I'll leave you be...just let me know..."

Kai tried for the second time to confirm what she was asking, to tell her to stay away from him...for her own sake...but again the words caught in his throat...'You truly are weak' his mind hissed at him.

She noticed him hesitate, she frowned slightly, "Well? Are you going to say it?" Her voice picked up, "If you insist on ignoring me, then I'd prefer you tell me so."

Kai clenched his eyes shut, his mind was failing him, he couldn't think straight, something he was not used to and he sure as heck did not like...

"I'm going out" He said roughly before he brushed past her and up the bank, he didn't look back.

"Fine..." Ali Cat said, almost to herself. Sighing, she let her head drop for a moment, but then quickly raised it again to pay attention to her surroundings.

Kai was in an almost automatic mode, his legs carried him knowingly to the hole in the wall that was wrapped around the town. Quickly turning each way to be sure it was clear, Kai pressed himself through the hole to behind the dumpster on the other side. He had already returned to the town several times since the incident with Don and his cronies, with supplies running out fast back at the base, though he had never partnered with Ali Cat again, and not only because her ankle was injured for most of the time. He wasn't there for anything in particular this night, however, he found it calming to walk along the back allies of the place to clear his head. Everything was so confusing the last few weeks, so much had changed.

And Kai was beginning to hate it.

After leaving the Abbey, it became Kai's nature to keep control of everything in his life, to suddenly find himself in a place he still did not fully understand, with people he hardly even knew, was frustrating him to the limit. Meeting the Bladebreakers had been different, he had the knowledge of beyblading to get him by. He prided himself with his knowledge, but this was not something he had ever really prepared for, it had never occurred to him he may actually end up on the streets...

Kai was so caught up in his thoughts that he did not notice the dead end ally he had walked into until the wall was inches from his face. Stopping in his tracks, Kai shook his head slightly to clear the ever growing frustration from his mind. Looking skyward at the wall of what seemed to be a run-down old warehouse made of brick, Kai contemplated for only a moment before taking hold of the wall and pulling himself up, bringing his feet to the surface as well. The rough material was easy to grip and bricks missing here and there made his ascent all the smoother, pausing only at moments when his shoulder twinged, his other injuries had healed more or less.

Minutes passed and Kai reached the top of the high building. Pulling himself up, he crouched carefully on the roof. A few slates had fallen away but besides that, the surface seemed relatively sturdy and held his weight.

Standing to his full height, Kai realised the building had been higher than he had first anticipated and the clearest view of the town was now his. Not that it was much to look at. The place really was on its final legs and besides those who had very little, there were no occupants besides a few shop owners like Don for people passing through, for they sure wouldn't want to stay if they had the choice.

Kai sat himself down on the edge of the roof, one leg bent at the knee with his arm rested upon it, his other leg hung over the side. This already appeared to him as the best place to go when he wanted to be with his thoughts, he would remember this rooftop for later use.

Looking up at the stars that were visible through the smokey, polluted sky, Kai let his muscles relax, breathing deeply and unclenching his fists, something he had not even noticed he had done, though his emotionless mask did not drop. 'Just for now' he thought to himself 'Just give me a minute...'

Selena, from where she was next to the pond near the hotel, was too letting her body relax for a moment, releasing the stress that had been plaguing her for weeks. She felt almost guilty that she wasn't worrying for Kai for even a second but reminded herself that she would be no use to anyone if she let her body become exhausted from the tension.

Letting out her breath in a long, calming sigh, she opened her eyes that had shut on their own accord. Reaching into her pocket, she pulled out Dranzer, holding the perfect blue metal between her fingers. Gently, she rubbed the smooth object like it was expensive jewellery; she felt a wave of extreme protectiveness wash over her for the fire bird that glinted up from the bit chip in the middle of the blade. This was Kai's most precious possession and so Selena felt awed that it was hers to protect. People would laugh at her for having such care in such an object but they did not realise its worth, what it meant to its true wielder.

Closing her eyes once more, Selena brought it up close to her face.

"Oh, Dranzer, we have to find him..."

Selena felt the burning on her fingers before opening her eyes and gasped, the blade was glowing powerfully.

"Dranzer?" She whispered.

The red light was growing further and further, beginning to take up her vision.

'It's happening again...' Selena realised, and willingly accepted the light that enveloped over her.

Her vision cleared, Selena almost having a heart attack.

She was floating, no flying, over a great area of land. Her immediate reaction was that she was going to fall, but something held her up in the air.

Looking to her left side, yes, there flew Dranzer, staring at her with bright eyes and a wondrous look.

Dranzer then spoke, without needing to move her beak, "...Look..." she called.

Selena obeyed, glancing down at the land they travelled over. 'This has to be more answers...' she thought.

Shaking with anticipation, Selena took in all she was seeing, it was a town. From where she was in the air, she immediately spotted the corner shop she had seen before. Her heart raced, finally more details!

Looking around as fast as she could, Selena took in the disaster that was the town, litter and grime spread everywhere, and if that wasn't enough, there was an entire junk yard and a rancid river right beside the town's walls. 'At least that will be easy to remember...' She thought.

They continued to fly but Selena was sad to see that besides the garbage, there was hardly anything that could be distinguished; it all looked the same in a big maze of allies and flats.

"Dranzer" She called, "Let us go, there is nothing more that could help"

"...Wait..." said the angelic voice, "...Look..."

Frowning, Selena looked back down, searching hard for what ever it was Dranzer wished her to see. Looking out, a particular building began to come into perfect sight...with what seemed a figure sitting upon its roof...

Selena's eyes widened, the figure was becoming clear. The blue, two-toned hair, the triangle marks upon the face, the torn trailing white scarf, it could only be......

"Kai!" She cried as loud as her voice allowed, "Kai!"

"...Save your voice...we are merely spectres...he cannot hear us...." but even so, Dranzer let off her own screech at the sight of her master. He was sitting so still, so full of composure, just as he always was, the mask that she knew so well kept his face stern and centred.

"He really is alive..." Selena whispered, tears caught the edges of her eyes.

"...Yes...but we must make hast.....I fear something is coming...."

Selena looked around to her, "What? What is coming?"

Dranzer, in her own way, looked down with worry, "...They are not finished with my master yet...."

Selena attempted to speak, when suddenly the vision below them began to fade.

"Wait, Dranzer! Please, not yet..."

"...I cannot...my strength..." whispered the majestic bird, her voice too fading along with the picture.

"Dranzer!"

It was useless, the bird screeched a final time before red light swamped Selena's vision once again.

Once it had finally cleared, Selena found herself sat again at the edge of the pond outside of the hotel. In the distance the sun was rising, slowly bathing the land with its light.

Selena, breathing heavily looked down at the blade in her hands just as the red glowing light diminished completely and the blade was once again still.

Her mind replayed everything she had seen and heard from the incredible bird, the image of the town, the joy of having a glimpse of Kai, alive and well for the most part, and Dranzer's mysterious warning of something coming.

Picking herself up, Selena raced away towards the hotel, with every intent of searching again on Kenny's computer, she prayed she had enough in her memory now to find that dreaded place that kept her Kai hidden.

"Eureka!"

Kenny had the widest grin upon his face as he peered happily at his laptop.

"Yes, Kenny, what have you found?" asked Selena anxiously. Unable to wait a moment longer, Selena had guiltily awakened Kenny from his slumber and given the rest of the information about the town that she had received from her last vision sent from Dranzer. She had told him of the junk yard, the river full of pollution, how the allies and houses were almost as a maze, and finally the tall warehouse like building she had spotted Kai sitting on in the night. She couldn't help that she had gathered only a small amount of information, the amazement of seeing her self-adopted son had taken most of her attention.

"I think I've got it! I've written in all you've said into the search bar and this is what it's come up with, possibly an exact picture of what you described to me, take a look"

Handing over the computer, Selena stared at it and felt joy overwhelm her; on the screen were satellite pictures of the exact town she had seen in the vision, including the tall building she knew Kai may still be sitting on even now.

"That's it Kenny, that's exactly it, we've found it" She breathed.

Kenny grinned massively again before saying, "I think if we leave this morning and calculate in breaks to eat and sleep, we can be there in two days"

"I won't be sleeping, Kenny," Selena said, firmly, "Help me wake the others, we're going as soon as we can, let's put an end to this..."

And thats the chapter, hope you guys liked it x

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