DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN BEYBLADE OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS. THIS IS JUST A FAN-MADE STORY!
Tsukino raced towards his house, desperate to get there, because that was where he was, where he had to be. Her darling would be waiting there for her, she was sure of it. And when she arrived they would embrace, and he would stroke her hair and caress her face, and she would feel the touch of his lips on hers and hear his perfect voice once more.
At one point, she nearly tripped, but she steadied herself and kept on running, running towards him, because he was there. He was there...
But when she arrived, and stood facing the tall, desolate mansion and the empty stone fountain, he wasn't there. He wasn't waiting for her. No window was lit, no water rippled and flowed in the dry fountain, there was no sign of life. Nowhere...No one...Nothing...
She was completely alone.
Desperately, unable to believe, she dashed across the court towards the mansion and beat with her fists on the door.
"Kai! Kai I'm here! Please come to me Kai! Come to me!" she screamed, begging, trying to pull the door open, of the house to which Kai had never returned.
With one last hysterical scream, she broke down into sobs, crying as though she had only just heard of his death, tearing madly at her hair, clutching at her sodden face with her nails.
No one was there to hear her cry, no one was there to comfort her and tell her that it would all be alright.
No one ever was.
No one.
Zaku returned home, shaken and worried about Tsukino. It was late, and his parents were both asleep. The house was dark and silent.
After all the shock and yelling, he felt thirsty, so he went inside the kitchen, to find his sister there, leaning against the cupboard, deep in thought.
"Kasumi?" he said.
"Huh? Oh, Zaku. Why aren't you in bed?" she asked.
"Rough night. I was out with Tsukino, and man, she just lost it. She really scared me!" he said, pulling out a chair from the table and slumping onto it.
"Lost it? How?" Kasumi asked curiously.
"I dunno man, it's like she suddenly began to think that I was someone else. From what she said, it sounded like she thought I was some ex-boyfriend of hers who left her. She called me Kai," he said.
Kasumi froze at the name.
"Kai?" she repeated.
"Yeah, why?" he asked.
"Did she say anything else?" Kasumi persisted, watching him intently.
"Uh...not really. Just asked why he left her and that she loves him and needs him, stuff like that," he said hurtfully, wondering enviously who this Kai was.
"Zaku, where is she now?" Kasumi asked.
"She ran off to her house, crying," he said.
"I'm going to speak with her. I think I might know who this Kai is," said Kasumi. And I think I may be right, she added to herself.