AmTheLion: My second Kai love story. Enjoy.

Declaimers:I do not own Beyblade or any of the characters from the show. I do however own the character Reiko Munitsu, Dona and the bitbeasts Baby and Niro.

Signs used in my story:
"Text"(person is talking)
italics (flashbacks/dreams/thoughts by the one with POV)
//text// (bitbeast talking)

WARNING!!!
This chapter and the following will be darker than the first once so note that the rating is changed to M (Not suitable for children or teens below the age of 16 with possible strong but non-explicit adult themes, references to violence, and strong coarse language.)

Chapter 8: Finding Niro

(Kais POV)

You're sitting on your bed again. It's the middle of night, but you just can't sleep. A few days after Reiko left, Brooklyn had taken you aside to talk.

"Something tells me that you and Reiko had a fight, and that's why she left…right?" He asks seriously. You just glare at him. He sighs.

"And it's all my fault, because you saw me kiss her, but didn't stay long enough to hear what she said." You look at him, a little confused.

"What do you mean by that?" you ask suspiciously.

"That if you stayed a little longer you would have known that she turned me down."

You stare at him.

"She doesn't want me Kai, or any of the others. She wants you."

Since then you haven't been able to sleep. All the things I said to her… You make your hands into fists. You're such a fool Kai! The pale moonlight falls on the floor, revealing a piece of paper half hidden under Reiko's old bed. What is that? I haven't seen it before. You pick it up and turn it over to see what it is. It turns out to be one of Reiko's songs. When you read the title you freeze.

At the beginning (duet)
written by Reiko Munitsu
To my friend Kai

(Your POV)

The last couple of days have just flown by. The girls are now staying with you in your apartment, and every day you train for the tournament. Right now the others are still sleeping, but you're out on your morning exercise, the jogging you've been doing every day since you got your new apartment. It helps clear your mind and get you in even better shape. You're running through the park when you feel a raindrop on your head. You stop, heart pounding, and look up at the sky, as you feel more drops falling on you. Shit, I'll get soaked by the time I get back! You think as you carry on running in the heavy rain. Then you spot a building hidden by the trees. That's weird, I don't remember that being there…Oh well maybe I can stay there until the rain stops. You sprint over to the building and push the heavy wood door open and rush in.

You're standing in an old, stone church. The beautiful rose stained windows lets pale light shine through and into the dimly lit church. You walk up the aisle between the rows of seats, looking at all the old carvings and pieces of glory that's left from when the church was still in use. Wow, this church must be hundreds of years old! I wonder why it's just been left and forgotten like this. You turn your glance towards the altar and stop, because what you see takes your breath away…

(The Girl's POV)

You're all awake and Mariah and Matilda are making breakfast. Reiko is on her run, the same one she does every morning.

"I bet Reiko's hungry when she gets back, let's make some breakfast for her too," Mariah says with a smile.

"Yeah, I just hope she doesn't get a cold, because it's raining quite heavily," Matilda comments with a small worried glance out the window. They continue making breakfast while the others pack away the sleeping bags and get the table ready. A little while later you're all sitting at the table eating.

"This is really good! Well done girls!" Julia says as she takes another bite of her toast. The others nod in agreement.

"Thanks! But I must admit, I'm starting to get worried. Reiko should have been back by now. It's not like her to be gone for so long."

"Don't worry Mariah, Reiko can take care of herself. Besides I bet she's just sitting at a café or something until the rain stops, she'll be back soon!" Hilary assures her.

"Yeah, guess you're right…"she says with a thoughtful glance out the window and into the park.

(Your POV)

You just stand there for a moment staring at it. Then you start walking towards it. You look down on the floor and see a lot of old marks, which once, must have been blood. You look back up at the thing in front of you. There, bound up in front of the alter, with arms held out to each side, and the legs bound tight together, hanging about half a meter above the floor, is a skeleton. There's nothing left of the person itself, except the bones and some old clothes that are starting to rot away. The empty scull hangs down, resting on the neck bone. You're only half a meter away from it now and you just can't stop staring at it. The skeleton is bound up with a thick, old and rusty chain, so he or she probably starved to death by hanging there, or judging by the marks on the floor, bled to death trying to get lose. Why would someone do something like this, it's horrible! You think as you keep studying the skeleton. By the looks of it, it must be almost as old as the church. The few clothes that haven't already rotted away look like they're from the Middle Ages. The fabric is simple but with beautiful small patterns and ribbons, so you assume it was someone who was of high status. But this is weird. I never heard or read about people being punished like this before, especially not people who had high status during those times…

After studying it a little more, you find out that whoever this unfortunate person was, they had to be a grown man. You guess he was in his late 20s or early 30s. Judging by his clothes he was probably a count or maybe a member of a royal family. I wonder what he did to deserve this? You think with your eyes locked on the skeleton.

First, this church I've never seen or heard of, and now this skeleton. Maybe some of the library books can tell me what this is. You're still in the church trying to figure out of the mystery. The rain is still pounding on the windows, and the wind has started to blow too. Well seems like I'm going to be here for a while, so maybe I can find something else in this church that can explain this. You start walking around in the church, looking for anything that might give an answer. If I only knew the name of this church then it probably wouldn't be any problem finding out things about it. You look around to see if you can find the name, but nothing, not even a date or year it was built. I don't get it, no name or year it was built. And how come no one has taken care of this church, or torn it down? Then it hits you, the skeleton has to be the answer.

You go back to it, and study it again. This time you look for something that shouldn't be there, something that you didn't notice before. It's then you see it. A silver necklace, hanging around the skeleton's neck. What's this? Without really thinking about it, you reach out and pull it out from the inside of the skeleton's shirt. It's a medallion. You try to get a good look at it, but the fact that the skeleton is hanging half a meter above the ground and the chest being almost 2 meters, you're too short to really read the inscriptions. You reach for it again, and this time, you're taking it off the skeleton. Your fingers touch the amulet, and before you know it, everything turns black.

(Kais POV)

A huge lightning bolt flashes across the sky, and a little later, loud thunder breaking. You're standing by the window looking out at the rain and can't help but remember that Reiko is afraid of thunder. I hope she's ok. The other girls didn't want to tell where Reiko was before they went on their trip. They said that they needed a vacation from annoying boys and that Reiko would be with them. No one else knows about Reiko's fear but me. Unless she told some of the girls.

You get away from the window and flop down on your bed. You open the drawer in your night table and take out Reiko's song. You lay there staring at it, while listening to the rain and thunder outside. Reiko I'm sorry ok? If you come back, I'll never yell at you again… ever!

Another lightning bolt flashes in the sky and the brightness lights up the paper in your hand. You can see where Reiko has crossed-out the parts she didn't like or didn't think fit. She really worked hard on this song. But how come I didn't know about it? She never told me she wrote a song for me.

/Maybe because she wanted it to be a secret until the time was right/ Dranzer says in your head.

Dranzer, I've been a real fool. All I want is to tell her I'm sorry, but the other girls won't tell me where she is.

/Kai, you need to understand, maybe Reiko just needs some time./

Yeah, but she's been gone for weeks now, and…well…I miss her.

/So you finally admit it. You like her./

Fine I admit it. I don't know why, but for some reason I always feel so relaxed when I'm with her, it's like she always knows how I feel and what I want.

/Well you aren't that hard to read if people just know how./ And with that Dranzer leaves you with your thoughts.

(Your POV)

When you wake up again, your head hurts like hell, and you feel a little sick. But all in all you're still just fine. You sit up and almost black out again, but you manage to stay awake and notice that you're still in the church. What the hell happened? You think as you try to gather your thoughts. Then you remember. You open your hand and see the amulet. It's shaped like a drop. It's a red stone with a silver line around it, making it a part of the chain. Wasn't it a picture inside that stone? You try to remember what happened before you blacked out.

You can see that it's some kind of animal figure inside the amulet, but as your fingers touched the amulet a red light flashed over you. You get a strange feeling that you're burning up, then everything is black.

That figure, where did it go? You look up to see that the skeleton has fallen apart on the floor. That's strange, it's almost like the amulet was what kept the skeleton hanging there. You somehow manage to stumble up on your feet and over to one of the benches. You feel cold after lying wet on the cold stone floor. After a while you get some heat back in your body, and your head stops spinning, even though it still hurts. The rain has stopped too, and the sun is shining through the windows, making the colors dance around in the dusty air above you. I should get back to the apartment, the others must be worried. You get up and stumble out of the church and make your way home.

(Girls POV)

You're all sitting in the living room waiting for Reiko.

"She should have been back by now. The sun has been out for a while now, and she wouldn't be that far way," Julia complains.

"Who knows, we don't know where she takes her morning runs," Emily states as a-mater-of-fact.

"You know what, I'm not going to take this. If she's not back in 10 minutes then I'm going to look for her." Just as Hilary says that the door opens and Reiko walks in. All of you run to greet her, but stop when you see how pale she is.

"Reiko what's wrong, you haven't gotten sick, have you?" Mariah asks. Reiko just gives them a little smile and shakes her head.

"I'm going to bed, I'm so tired," she says. Before any of you can find something to say, she has closed the door to her bedroom.

(Your POV)

You close the door behind you and let out a little sigh. You change into some dry clothes and drop down on your bed, falling asleep right away.

Everything is dark, and quite. You're standing in a empty space, with no light or substance at all. Where am I? This isn't my bedroom…

/No it's not./ You jump as you hear a deep growling voice answer your thought. You open your mouth to say something, but the unknown voice stops you.

/Don't bother talking with your mouth. Just think whatever you want so say, I'll hear it anyway./ You close your mouth and stand there for a moment. Who are you?

/Me? You know how I am./

You stand there, staring out into nothing. At first you don't understand what the voice is talking about, then it comes to you from nowhere. You're Niro!

/That's right mistress. I am Niro./

Then out of the darkness comes a figure you've seen before.

/You know what this means don't you, mistress?/ The figure looks at you. You nod. I don't know how, but yes I do know what this means.

The figure nods and then walks up to you, and touches your forehead. A burning pain appears between your shoulder blades and you can't help but scream in pain.

(Girls POV)

You hear Reiko scream from inside her room. You all rush in to her. She's lying on her bed, screaming. She's grabbing the sheets and is writhing in pain.

"Reiko!What's wrong? Reiko!" Hilary grabs her shoulders and tries to wake her up. Then Reiko starts to cry, but it's not normal tears, they're black, like oil.

"What's happening to her?" Mariah asks terrified.

"I have no idea, but she's bleeding," Julia points at Reiko's sheets, and they can see they're red.

"Oh no, we have to do something!" Matilda gasps.

"Let's turn her around and find out what's making her bleed," Mariah turns her over and sees that the blood is coming from between her shoulder blades. She takes off her shirt, and stares at what's happening.

What they thought was a scar, turns out to be something else. As they stand there looking at Reiko, a mark appears on her skin, like a tattoo, and that's what's making her bleed. They all stare at her in shock, without knowing what to do. Suddenly, she stops screaming, just like nothing happened, she's sleeping again with just a little bit of heavy breathing. Without knowing what just happened Matilda cleans her and the bed and lets her continue to sleep, but this time you all let the door stand open, just in case.

AmTheLion:That was chapter 8 of my second Kai love story. Look out for chapter 9- Revealing an old legend, the spirit of Niro

Author: AmTheLion
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