Witch-Bitch

Disclaimer: Only the strangers herein are mine.

1st Warning: this is complete AU.

Author's 1st Note: I am using the first Beyblade Kai for this story (first series), not G-Force or Evolution, although I may use outfits, emotions and other things from my glimpses of the other series.

Author's 2nd Note: for the stories sake, I have made Kai, Rei, Mariah, Becky, Louise, Tessa and Ricky (the last 4 are MINE) all seniors. Any other characters that eventually show up in the story, I will let you know their age and grade pertaining to the storyline.

Note on Fonts:

Bold- definitions, TBC, Text (Mobiles/Cell phones, Books, Signs, etc)

Italic- present thoughts, dreams, emphasis, lyrics, memories

Underlined- chapter title, POV, etc

CAPITAL- AUTHOR EMPHASIS

Chapter 8: The New Breakage

His POV

It was an eerie night. The rain had begun, just like it does at the beginning of every winter. I felt uneasy. I'm not that fond of rain, I hate the clammy feeling it inspires along my scalp. I looked around and frowned. The party just seemed to go on and on into the morning. I could see few that were not drunk or doped up. It was a sad thing to look at, watching them reduced to these things. I felt edgy, glancing at the couples making out, minorly or majorly. It reminded me that I couldn't have one of my own. I sighed, running my fingers through my hair.

Personally, I hate these kinds of parties. It was a birthday party, the type organized as a surprise by deluded parents, the rich kind. They would set it up, have the kids there, and then disappear for the entire day and night and day that it took for the kids to run out of steam. But the problem wasn't the party itself: it was the invite list. The entire grade would come; the groups that detested, avoided or ignored each-other were forced by well-meaning parents to come, themselves deluded to the fact that elementary school relationships didn't last long in high school.

I heard a breaking of glass and was broken from my thoughts. I raised my eyes and happened to see Rebecca Kristine hiding in a corner. She was pretty tonight, it looked like she had made an effort to be here. My charge wasn't that popular among the grade, she was a loner. Her parents must have forced her here as well, or… I looked around for Kai, my once-best friend, who's been turning into a real shithead bully lately. I had a nagging feeling in my gut that he had something to do with Rebecca being here. I prayed not. Rebecca was a vulnerable loner, too innocent. She was unprotected without her best friend Ricky, who had moved to New Zealand at the beginning of this year.

She moved away from her spot. I lost track of her as she moved past the still-standing couples. I made to move away from my place against the wall but suddenly felt woozy. I stumbled, my feet switching sides momentarily, down the slope of the carpet. I looked up, tripped over a fallen body, saw a table rushing at…

…my cheek was burning against something fuzzy. I struggled up, my head woozy and my stomach protesting. It was early morning, more like twilight. A soft grey was coming through the windows, telling me that it was still raining. How long was I out? I asked myself as I rubbed my sore head. Fuck, I knew I shouldn't have had that Absinthe with… I snapped out of it, clearly hearing two people's distress calls in my head. One was numb, unfeeling. The other was in agony, waiting… I don't know when I got on my feet; I just followed the fear to its edge. A door was quarter-way open, I heard a keening behind it. I shoved my way through. Kai was on the floor, staring blankly at the wall, his mouth open, letting out a low whine.

"Kai?" I called to him, kneeling down on the floor. I shook his shoulders, trying to get him out of the stupor. He looked through me. I looked behind me, at the place where he was staring. I felt a descending throbbing coming from inside. I suddenly smelt the copper in the air. I burst through the bathroom door and nearly slid into the wall on red-tainted water. I turned my head, and there was

"NO!"

Her POV

"g'morn!u willing 2 show me round?feel lil lost :p oz" the SMS read as I blinked tiredly at it. I looked at my clock that was faintly glowing from the light outside and read 6AM. Gods, he still gets up this early? I groaned, my head flopping back onto the pillow, cursing surfers in general. My fingers snaked out from under the duvet and hopefully pressed the 'play' button on my hi-fi's remote.

"…changing

Everywhere I go

Out of what I know-"

I quickly pressed the skip button. I was not in the mood for Avril this morning. I grabbed the phone off my desk, dialled a number I got off from a torn piece of paper, heard ringing…

"'ello?" I couldn't help it. I snorted trying to hold back a laugh.

"it's not fair to fall back asleep when you've woken someone," I said in an annoyed tone. There was a rustling of covers on the other side.

"sorry Becky. What's up, got my SMS?"

"yes, you dolthead. You remember where my house is?" I heard him chuckle.

"sure I do. Meet you at seven then?" I groaned, thumping my face into the pillow. He laughed again. "I'll add another half-hour then."

"fine, okay, just bring your skateboard. See you outside at half-seven." I said and then we both signed off. I sighed again. He never made things easy for us girls. I pulled myself out of bed, my socked feet touching the carpet. I had an idea, a really malicious one. A really FUN and malicious idea.

Just for my neighbour.

Good thing dad woke early and mom wore heavy-duty-machinery earplugs. I snickered.

His POV

"Hey you, hey you

This won't hurt a bit…"

…strumming suddenly began banging through the bathroom door, followed by a heavy electric bass accompaniment. I hate admitting it, but it shocked me so fucking badly out of sleep that, before I knew it, I was lying on the floor with all the sheets and blankets tangled on top of me. I stared up at the ceiling dizzily, trying to figure out who the fuck was so stupid at, what was it…I fumbled for the light on my wristwatch and groaned loudly when I read six AM. Who gets up this early? I struggled to untangle myself, banging my hand in the process against the side table. I winced at the tingling, shaking it as I stood up. I tripped over the sheets and fell against the door which was throbbing to the touch.

Not the best of mornings…

"…and then it's reaching

inside you

Forever preaching…"

Especially when the door started creaking.

Her POV

I had woken him up good. I heard him thumping around through the bathroom door while I was rinsing my face. I giggled, before getting into the shower. I turned on the hot water and then began my automatic routine: soak, shampoo, blah-blah. What was I going to do with Ricky today? I couldn't very well spend the entire day showing him around. We had a major essay to finish for English, and my math homework was taking a dive lately. Maybe just the newest places. That isn't much, when I thought about it There was the revamped café we went to every weekend since we were seven. And the Ellipse, it had changed completely. I thought I should phone the rest of the gang, but then though against it. Tess and Louise had major homework, just like me, and I would meet Rei at the Ellipse anyway, this was his lot of the week.

I sighed.

And then jumped like hell when the bathroom door slammed open. Kai's blurred form stumbled in, falling to the floor. I forgot that the study door's lock was weak from the outside. Now, I was freaking out. I was freaking naked in the shower! I grabbed the towel hanging in the one dry corner and wrapped it around myself, having shut off the water in the process.

"kai! Get out!" I screamed at him while he just lay there. Steam was blurring my already disgustingly bad sight, but I could see him moving around, though at a snail's pace. He was groaning, probably from the knockabout he had had with the door. I sorta felt sorry for him, but at that moment, I wasn't really thinking about his state of body.

"kai! Would you just get up and out!" I yelled at him through the shower door. He groaned again but struggled upright before dazedly getting to his feet, balancing himself with his hands on the bathroom counter. I sighed, the pique of my anger having suddenly plummeted to zero. It was my fault that he was like this now. Even though he had been mean to me, physically as well, nearly my entire life, it was no reason for me to do the same to him. I opened the shower door, wiped my dripping feet on the carpet, and padded over to the bathroom cabinet. I was squinting before I realised my glasses were on the counter on the other side of Kai. He was still hanging on to the counter, so my blush was oblivious to him as I grabbed them and then went back to the cabinet. I grabbed a regular aspirin and a tension tablet before closing the door. I poured a glass of water and then turned to him.

His POV

"Kai?" I heard Becky say through my headache. I turned to her, still gripping the edge of the counter. Every time I turned my head, it felt like I was in some rip curl wave of the ocean. I must've smacked my head against the floor or the door, I can't remember. Right now, I felt like I was going to throw up.

"Kai?" she said again. In her left hand there were two pills, and in the other was a glass of water. I looked up at her eyes. She looked down to her hand.

"One's an aspirin, and the other should help for the fall, they're muscle relaxants." She offered them to me again. My fingers shook as I took the pills and put them in my mouth, before taking the glass. I wasn't letting go of my grip on the only balance I had at the moment. As she let go of the glass, I caught a glimpse of her arms, and nearly spat the water out in shock.

I never knew they were so prominent. The cuts… they were mostly just silver lines, but here and there some were raised. There were so many…gods. I gulped down the water but then realized it was a bad idea as nausea threatened to overwhelm me.

"Kai, I'm sorry about this morning. It's my regular routine on a Saturday, I forgot about you," she explained. I was barely taken her apology in, I was busy fighting the memories of that night I could barely remember. Her scars, all the blood…

"Kai? Oh shit, I shouldn't have given you those pills so soon, quick…" as I began to lose, she pulled me to the toilet barely in time. I began to heave for no reason other than the shock of then and now, not even feeling the impact of my knees against the floor. I couldn't understand anything as I vomited. All I felt was my gut fighting me, and Becky's fingers on the back of my head, holding back my hair. I think it was ten minutes before my body just dry-heaved. I felt like I deserved more than that minimum of torture. I was finally able to let go, and my body just relaxed. I felt myself trembling. Her hand was under my arm and she struggled to pull me up. I got to my feet shakily. We both stumbled to my bedroom, my arm over her damp shoulder. I flopped onto my bed, groaning uncontrollably.

"kai, im going to call my dad to take you to the doctor, okay? You just lie here." Becky told me and I heard her running downstairs. I almost felt like I was about to pass out, but something was fighting me to remember that night; something was trying to break out of my skull, something…

"Ricky? Yeah, listen, long story really short, I've got to take Kai to the doctor. I'll maybe meet up with you later.yes...no, Ricky, I'll explain later, okay?ciao." footsteps came up to me. "Kai, I've called my dad, we'll get you help soon, 'kay? He'll be up here now, I'm gonna go get dressed quickly." I could hardly hear her over the war in my head, but I know I replied along the lines of she didn't have to come.

"I know, Kai. But it's my fault." I don't know, but were those fingertips along my forehead?

To be continued…

Songs used: 'Mobile' – Avril Lavigne

'Twisted Transistor' - KoRn