Flower on thewind: ... where is this place???
Some dark mysterious voice: This is a place where all your unfinished business collect... whoOoooOoOOo
Flower on thewind: ... Duo, is that you???? pulls Duo from Nowhere Land
Duo: you're a lousy authoress. You left me here with all the rest of you junk!!! HOW DARE YOU!
Flower on thwind: ahahahaha... ;;; well... life happened, and-and-uh...
((SMACK!)) – OWWW!
Duo: THAT WAS ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE YOU LET DOWN!!!!
Flower on thewind: GOMEN!!!! smack OWWW! smack DUIBUQI!!! smack JE M' EXCUSE!!! smack HERE – HERE'S AN APOLOGY CHAPTER!!! Taaake it… take it pleeeeease! Just don't hurt me any more!!! TT;;;
Duo: that's better! Now for the Disclaimer! AHEM! Floweronthewind does not own Beyblades in any way. She's only using the characters for fandom reasons and NOT FOR PROFIT.
Flower on thewind: nods yup, I'm a poor pauper... NOW ONWARDS TO THE FIC!
Until You Catch Me
Chapter 20: Remembering
Kevin didn't have a clue where to go. But he had to keep moving -- that for the most part was certain. If he stopped at all, then the chances of finding Rei would decrease into nothing! He still didn't want to believe that Rei would do such a thing. In fact, Kevin didn't. The Rei he knew would leave everything just like that.
Everything...
His friends
((Flash to a memory of the White Tigers playing in the alley behind the grocery store))
His family
((Flash to a memory of his mother, crying on his bed just minutes ago))
His promises
((Flash to the first day Rei found out about his father...))
"I got beat up." Kevin squeaked.
"By who?" Rei's anger escalated. Who ever had beaten up his teammate was going to pay. Tiger's honor.
"I-I can't say!" Kevin blurted out. If anyone knew, he'd be in a lot of trouble.
"Kevin!! Why can't you trust me? I'm one of your friends!"
"I do trust you, Rei!! It just that..."
"What?"
"M-My dad..." Kevin choked out. "H-he got angry w-when Mr. Leung told him w-what happened and he w-went a-and gave me m-my pun-punishment."
"Why didn't you tell us earlier?" Rei demanded. No one hurts a White Tiger and gets away with it. Adult or not! Kevin winced. He was in big trouble now...
"...Did you put medicine on it?"
What?
((end flash back))
Heh, leave it to Rei to worry about him. Rei was the only White Tiger to worry about his wellbeing. Heck, he worried over the whole team's wellbeing! That's why none of this made sense to Kevin. Rei wouldn't just ditch the team just when they needed him the most!
((flash to the day after))
'Geez, Mr. Tao is a freakin' slave driver! 40 push ups, I MEAN 40 WITH A BAG OF RICE ON MY BACK! What the hell is that? And oh sure, let's add a couple of laps around the village for the shrimp of all shrimps... geez, can't they ever give me a break?' Kevin complained in his head while dragging his extremely tired body up the road. He was tired beyond tired... and if there was anything he needed most right now, it was rest.
'Oh crap, why are there doubles of everything? ... ugh, my head hurts... it's too hot... stupid jacket... stupid bruise on my arm, which is the reason for said stupid jacket...' Kevin could feel his muscles turn to jelly. Was it him, or was the ground getting closer and closer? Kevin couldn't tell. 'Shit, I'm not going to make it.'
Kevin fell. As he fell, he felt like he was giving up on something important. Kevin felt like... he was loosing himself, and no one would even notice. No one really cared enough. In that one moment, Kevin felt insignificant and extremely small – like the world was too big for him. And it scared Kevin to death.
But... suddenly he stopped falling... Somebody... was trying to wake him up... whaaa? Who could that be?
Kevin cracked open his eyes and sure enough... it was Rei.
((End flash back))
Leave it to Rei to look after him. Yup, he's the best leader there is! Even if the title should go to Lee, Kevin would always secretly think Rei as the capable one out of the two.
((flash back to the day he was bullied))
"Come on, you big ball of wax! You wouldn't be able to hit me if I stood still!" there was no way Dai Mao would best him. Not that ugly piece of-
POW! ... woah, what a punch! The force of it was so strong that Kevin literally flew a few feet away. Oh god... to say that didn't hurt would be the most retarded thing said in the world. He instinctively curled into a ball while dealing with the pain, thus allowing the time for Dai Mao to jump and promptly sit on the smaller boy. Geez, he was so heavy! It was crushing Kevin's bones!
"ARRGH!!! GET OFF ME!!! I CAN'T BREATHE!!!!" This was it, he was going to die here. No!!! He was too young to die!
"HUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! So, who's the better of the two now??? You puny little leprechaun." God, someone help! Kevin was scared... so scared... all hope was lost... he was done for.
Then...
SMACK!
Kevin felt lighter... someone pushed Dai Mao off him... or rather kicked. But who could have-
"Kevin, are you okay?"
Rei...
((End flash back))
Rei's always been saving him... if he leaves... who would be there to protect him? How would he get through his father with out him? Was there a time when Rei wasn't there to comfort him after an encounter? Kevin couldn't think of it anymore... He...needed Rei now. He couldn't take all these changes, all this oppression without someone caring.
The memories came now faster as he ran...
"I-I was afraid for you..." Rei spoke in a soft, caring tone..
"You were scared...for me?" Kevin's voice was so quiet that Rei barely heard it.
Kevin was surprise. He couldn't believe it! Nobody really stood up for him during a fight before... Why? Why did he care to help him?
"Oh, Kevin... whatever happens, your White Tiger friends will always be there for you- I will always be there for you if that helps any."
Kevin shook his head, and hugged Rei harder.
"You're the best friend I know!" Kevin blurted out.
"...But only until you catch me."
"Only until I catch you."
"Rei, you can't leave me..." Kevin muttered to himself.
Kevin never felt as desperate as he was feeling now. His heart sent pleads to whatever forces that listen to him. But he did so with a heavy heart. There was hope... it was fading from within. He had been running for a while now... Rei could be long gone... But wait!
Kevin felt warmth fill him for some reason. It was... crazy almost. What was this? Then he knew. Kevin smiled up to the star directly above him and silently thanked it a million times. He almost laughed out loud when he realized how easy it was. All he had to do was follow his heart.
"You can't leave us." Kevin said in a strong, determined voice.
Rei... you just…can't.
Duo: … THAT'S IT??? Isn't that a little bit SHORT??/
Flower on thewind: it's a warm-up chapter... I needed to remember what's going on here… haha, I'm a bit rusty you see… Something to get the fingers moving… the words flowing… wow, I'm embarrassing myself… I'll just... stop… yeah…
Duo: is that the truth?
Flower on thewind: OKAY OKAY, I wrote this tidbit a million years ago on paper thanks to a mysterious xinnocentxavengerx who asked me for another chapter… unfortunately I lost motivation again… hahahaha TT;; sorry… it's a bit late, but here it is!! And everyone thank xchewy for rekindling my muse. (on a side note: the link you sent me is still broken for some reason ; ). Ummm yeah, sorry for the massive grammar suckage! Proof reading old stuff just isn't my thing… lol actually, I'm the worst proof reader out of all of my friends!! So… just bare with it please… as long as you get something outta this, then I'm happy! Er… obviously… there's going to be another chapter… but don't wait to review that one! REVIEW THIS ONE!!
You know you want to!
Edit: wth, you can't put in the at-sign, squiggly-thing-ma-bob, BRACKETS, or underscores anymore? Wow, things have changed... NOOOO MY STYLE IS BEING CRAMPED!