*Comes out from behind rock* Okay please no one kill me, *Books fly at head* Ah! *Hides behind rock* I am super sorry it has been so long since I have updated, but at least I finally did. (I lost word and had to find something else, sorry if my grammar goes waaaay down hill)
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The car ride was painfully quiet. No one dared say a word. They had all piled into a large van. Shun and Alexei in front, Kagen laid out across the middle bench with Tala sitting with Kagen's head on his lap and Kenny, Max and Tyson all squished in the back.
Tyson leaned over to Max. "Where do you think they are taking us?" He asked in as hushed a voice as he could. All the boys could tell Alexei didn't like them being there/ Shun was nice enough it seemed and if it wasn't for him, there would be no way the three teens would have left the hotel. Max however just shrugged his response and the group remained silent for the rest of the ride.
"We're here." Shun exclaimed pulling the car into a parking lot. Everyone piled out of the van as Shun grabbed Kagen from the back. Tyson felt him mouth part slightly. "THIS is your base?" Tyson said unable to contain his surprise. Tala rolled his eyes. "What were you expecting? A castle or something?" Tyson looked down slightly. "Well yeah sort of, or at least something like the abbey."
Tala sighed heavily. How had Kai put up with them this long? "Not every base needs to scream 'evil lair' you know." Tala said trailing after the two adults who had already begun moving towards the hotel. "Yeah, but I expected something a little more then a Hampton Inn, if you know what I mean?(1)" Truth be told, Tala wasn't sure how long he would be able to put up with the navy haired blader's constant babbling. "Tyson, new rule. Shut up until I say otherwise, alright?" Tala said, a death glare amplifying the effect. Tyson gulped and shook his head, not wanting to anger the wolf anymore.
They made their way up to the hotel room and waited as Alexei fished out the key card to let them in. No sooner had they entered the room did Tyson once again open his mouth. "Br-Brook-Brooklyn! What are you doing here?" Tyson yelled spotting the orange haired blader, sitting on the couch, a smile plastered on his face.
"Tyson it's good to see you again." Brooklyn said, the blonde blader, known as Mystal appearing beside him. Tala about slugged Tyson then and there. Alexei instructed Shun as to where to lay Kagen and after a moment Shun had disappeared to put the boy to bed. Tala pushed the three boys, that had been standing at the door imitating fish (and doing a very good job of it might I add) into the room. After closing the door everyone began to settle into a variety of seats inside the room.
Tyson, Max and Kenny kept glancing back at the former BEGA bladers, obviously trying to understand the connection. "You want to know why me and Mystal have joined this team, don't you Tyson?" Brooklyn asked, he continued before Tyson even answered. "We were on BEGA because we chose to be and now we are on this team for similar causes." Tyson scrunched up his face trying to make since of the other teens words. "What do you mean?" Brooklyn smiled slightly. "I go with the winning side Tyson." Tyson gaped at him.
"I thought you understood after our last battle, you don't ever know who is going to win, it's all about the fun." Brooklyn laughed slightly. "True, the BEGA tournament went differently then I had planed but in the end, I still came out on top." Tyson, Max, and Kenny exchanged a strange glace before Mystal continued Brooklyn's tail. "Boris wasn't working alone on BEGA, his partner gave us power that you couldn't imagine the only condition for this was, we lose our battles. Ming Ming, Crusher and Garland didn't like these teams, but me and Brooklyn saw an opportunity. We agreed to help out Boris' partner and all we had to do to get this power was lose, of course we had to make the match believable. I would say we did a pretty good job of it to."
The breakers were stunned to say the least. "You mean you both . . . lost on purpose." Brooklyn and Mystal both nod at the same time. "But the battles, they were so hard. . . ." Max started before trailing off. "Yes, we had to make them look real. You see not even Boris knew of his 'Partners' plan so we had to make it look good. It was hard to lose a battle on purpose but what we gained in the end was well worth the sacrifice."
Max looked worried towards Tyson. "What is it you could gain?" Tyson asked turning his attain back to Brooklyn. Brooklyn smiled before sitting down on the couch. "The ultimate power but most of all, our freedom,"
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Ray's POV
I stretched out, laying back on the bed, with Drigger in my hand. I closed my eyes, thinking deeply. Part of me could hear talking in the other room, but I just zoned them out. "So Kai, where should I start." I waited. I didn't really care what he said, Kai would be Kai after all. "Start where you left off."
I kept my eyes closed, thinking about what happened after that night.
Flashback
Ray sat in the corner of his cell. He was shaking violently, as he had been since he had been placed in the cell. The guards had only bothered to lock the door out of fear of Boris, not out of fear of the boy escaping.
Two guards switched off post; the new one carrying a tray of food. "Anything new?" The new guard asked. The old guard shook his head. "What do you think?" It had been over a month since they had first been put in charge of the boy and in that whole time the boy had done nothing but sit in the corner and shake.
About two or so weeks ago they had begun force feeding him for fear of him dying from malnutrition. "Same old same old." The first guard said, walking off. The new guard knocked on the bars of the cell, causing Ray to look up. His eyes were clouded pools of amber, his clothes hung off his body, from his hunger strike, but other then that he was completely unharmed.
"Hey kid, time of your food." The kid put his head back down, and burred his head in his knees. The guard sighed and began to open the door. They had tried to give him a nutrition I.V, drip but the kid had kept ripping it out and so a guard had to come down now and literally force it down the kids throat. The guard is stopped however when he felt a hand on his shoulder. The guard turned around to see the last person he expected. "Bor-Boris sir, I didn't expect to see you down here."
Ray lifted his head, his golden eyes narrowing slightly. "You," He hissed, his body's shaking changing into shakes of rage. His voice was to low and to weak to carry the sound to the door, but the message was clear.
"Ah good you are up. I came down here so I could keep my word to you." Ray felt his heart stop inside his chest. "Are you ready to go then?" Ray wanted to talk to Kai more then anything in the world, he wanted to beg for his friends forgiveness, but everything inside him was saying that it was a trap. Ray couldn't take it though, he forced himself to his feet.
He was shaking violently, his legs weren't able to hold him though and he fell back to the floor. His head cracking against the floor. He assumed the weeks of not eating were finally catching up to him. "Velka, go in and help the boy. Take him down to the room levels, and to the Demolition boys section. I'll join you down there in a few moments."
Velka nodded, before opening the cell door. "Of course, as you ask sir." Boris walked away, smiling once more at Ray. "Hey kid, don't stain yourself to much alright." Velka said walking in, he bent down in front of Ray. Ray's eyes refused to focus on the guard as he spoke to him. The guard sighed and picked him up. At first he was slightly alarmed at how light the child was but he soon calmed down.
'They said the kid wouldn't weigh anything, something about his bones, right? Still he weighs less then that food tray I carried down here.' Velka shook his head, putting his thoughts out of his mind. He laid Ray so that the kids head could rest on his shoulder. Honestly he doubted the kid could keep his own head up as weak as he had become over the last month.
He made his way through the halls, Ray not moving the whole trip. Finally he made it down to the Demolition boys section of the abbey. He stood by the door. It was a double enforced titanium steel door, with a hand scanner plus retinal scanner. Four cameras rotated on their axle, one of the cameras never leaving the door. It sent a cleat message to all who saw it, no one gets in and no one gets out.
"Good your down here already." Velka nodded before setting the boy down on his feet. He noticed the boy didn't fall. He stood on his own two feet, looking down at the ground. "Come along now. Kai is waiting." Boris said, a smug smile flashing across his features. Ray summoned all the strength he had and walked forward.
He had to make sure that he didn't show any weakness because if he did Boris might change his mind about letting him see Kai. Boris waved the guard away and opened up the doors. "Come," He said beckoning the boy with a flick of his wrist. They traveled down a winding corridor before coming to a hall way with five steal doors.
Boris wrapped on the first one and waited. "Kai open the door now!" Boris demanded. The door slowly creaked open to revile a redhead, with ice blue eyes. "Kai doesn't want to speak to you right now. So get lost." The redhead said in the darkest voice he could pull. Boris shook his head and shoved the door open. The redhead's glare intensifying as he caught sight of Ray. Ray knew what the redhead was thinking, "pet".
It's what all the abbey children had called him. Ray however didn't care, they could say whatever they wanted about him. "I am leaving this child here for a while. Play nice." Boris said chuckling, before closing the door. Ray looked up scanning the occupants of the room. It was all the ones he had seen in the training room, minus one. 'Where is Kagen?' Ray thought to himself, before shaking the thought aside as he saw Kai.
He took a step forward but found the redhead blocking his way. "Where do you think your going pet." The redhead said spitting the last word. "Back off dog." Ray hissed, his Neko blood taking over. Despite his weak nature at the current time he easily pushed past the redhead, adrenaline pumping though his form. Kai had watched the whole event with very little interest.
Even as the new comer approached him he stayed calm, his face betraying nothing. "Kai," The figure whispered, the legs giving out and sending them to the ground. Until that moment Ray had been running on pure adrenaline, but once he was face to face with Kai, his adrenaline seemed to disappear. He looked up to at Kai, his amber eyes begging for forgiveness when he saw the last thing he expected to find in Kai's eyes; nothing. There was no recognition, no emotion, not even a flicker of acknowledgment shone in the crimson depths.
"Kai, it's me." Ray said quietly, he knew by the look in Kai's eyes however, Kai didn't know him. Ray felt a hand on his shoulder and turned his head to see the redhead looking down at him. "I don't know who you think you are but you don't belong here. Kai obviously doesn't know who you are and neither do we so ge-" The redhead never finished his thought however as Ray lunged at him.
He ripped at the other boy, who had thrown up his arm to protect himself. "Tala!" Three of the boys called in unison. Ray didn't care though, everything he had felt for the past year came running to the surface. His head was pounding as he took out his pent up rage on the redhead. Ray felt himself being pulled off the redhead and thrown to the other side of the room.
Ray flipped in the air landing on his feet and baring his fangs at the one who had threw him. Kai was standing in front of the redhead, a glare on his face. Ray couldn't believe it, Kai, his best friend was siding with that stupid mutt, over him? There was just no way. "Kai, what are you doing?" Ray yelled, finding his voice truly for the first time in over a year.
Kai narrowed his eyes but still didn't speak. "Are you really going to side with him over me? I was your best friend!" Ray was screamed, his body beginning to shake again. "What are you talking about. Why would I not chose my best friend over you. I don't even know who the hell you are." Kai said his voice an eerie calm compared with Ray's screams. Ray shook his head. "No! We've know each other almost all our lives! I am your best friend! You have to know you I am!" Ray screamed again. Kai just continued to glare at him, nothing changing in the crimson eyes. Ray took a shaky breath. His mind slowly processing what was going on. "You have to know me, Kai." Ray repeated, his voice dropping to just above a whisper.
"I have never meet you in my life, much less befriended you." Kai said his voice the same unnatural calm it had been before. That was it, Ray snapped. His eyes slitted as he lunged at the crimson eyed boy. Kai didn't have time to react as Ray lunged at him. He found himself pinned to the door, his head hitting it painfully hard. Before his mind could understand what was happening Ray had drawn his hand back and punched Kai dead in the face.
Only a few moments ago the kid had been struggling to stand, but now it seemed his strength was at a point that could surpass Kai. The four other boys in the room stared in shock, no one had ever taken Kai by surprise, no one. Ray didn't give Kai anytime to recover either. Ray brought his knee up and shoved it into Kai's gut before spinning him around and throwing him on the floor by Tala.
"I trusted you, tā mā de!" Ray yelled, slipping back into his native tongue for a moment before recovering. "I trusted you Kai." Ray whispered shaking his head, and pulling open the door. Ray was part way down the hall when he heard something. "Wait!" A voice called. Ray turned, his eyes brightening. "Kai?" His hopes quickly died however as he saw the one known as Tala running after him. Ray narrowed his eyes at the other. "What?" Ray spat the question like it was covered in poison.
Tala stopped in front of him, his ice blue eyes deadly serious. "Who the hell are you and how do you know Kai." Ray felt his hands tense into fist before relaxing. What was the point? Even his best friend didn't care to remember him, so why should he fight it anymore. "My name is Ray and like I said I am-" Ray closed his eyes feeling tears pricking at them. "was, I was Kai's best friend." "Tigr." Tala muttered, causing Ray to look up.
"How did yo-" It was Ray this time that didn't finish his thought, as Tala sent a punch at Ray's head. The collision left Ray on his back seeing stars for a moment. "It's your own fault he doesn't remember you damn it! He doesn't remember us, his brother. He doesn't remember anything and it's all your fault." Tala had started using Ray as his punching bag and was hitting harder with every word. Ray didn't fight back as Tala beat him.
Tala's words were ringing in his mind. It was his fault that Kai didn't remember him? Soon though the punches stop and Tala's weight was lifted off him. Ray looked up to see why he had stopped to find the redhead being held by the blonde one and the purple haired one. The short one stood in front of them looking at Ray. "You might wanna go. If Tal get's away then he'll take you apart." Ray blinked once at the boys before he pulled himself to his feet and ran to the door.
Velka was standing at the door, when Ray came running up. Ray could feel the tears threatening to fall from his eyes as he reached the man. "Ready?" Velka asked looking at the kid. He had orders to take the kid strait to Voltaire after he saw Kai. "You have to go talk to Voltaire." Velka said opening the door. Ray kept his head down. It was his fault, Kai didn't remember anything. What type of friend did that to a person. Maybe Boris had been right about him, he was worthless. All he had done was hurt Kai, and now Kai didn't even know why he had been hurt. Some friend he had turned out to be.
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"That's why I hated you, in the end I hated myself more then anything, but still part of me still blamed you. It didn't matter to me what was going on. I just knew I felt betrayed." I said looking over to Kai. Kai nodded his head. He understood what it meant to be betrayed.
"How did you get away?" Kai asked finally. Great the dreaded question, I was wondering when he would ask that. "That's a funny story, because you see, I didn't."
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Ta Da! Don't you all just love that ending *Ducks as more books and computers are thrown* Alright, I get it. You all are getting tired of my cliff hanger endings. Hey at least this one isn't as bad as SOME of the ones I put. Right? Hehe ANYWAYS onto the reviews!
NejiKoriKaze: Thanks, man talk about big head syndrome. I hope you keep liking my story.
Chaseha-Wing: Ohhhh, okay thank you for explaining that question, it makes much more sense now. Unfortunately all I can say is I will explain later. Sorry ^-^ Anyways for this chapters review response. Yes, many things are going to be answered now (In fact I don't think I really have many more question to introduce, so be happy) Also I am glad you like my fic, it makes me happy. Guess what I am going to finally answer that last question of yours in the next chapter. Aren't you happy. Thanks for reviewing.
Mimi 007: Your right I am not surprised, it seemed like a chapter you would like. Aw, thanks personally I think I suck at righting torture scenes good to know it wasn't as bad as I thought. Sarcasm is a amazingly fun art form that for some reason I think Ray would use a lot. Your right though, with Voltaire as your grandfather anything can happen, poor Kai. You are liking Boris? You are you and what have you done with the real Mimi 007 (haha, no really) Anyways your right about Ray, your right as I put it almost destroyed him. Poor Ray. He loves to blame himself for everything, *sighs* Darn spelling and grammar, it is evil I tell you! Evil! (Um alright weird) Oh and don't worry you will get a better explanation of the war later. I just did a fast one there. Evil laughs! Kai does my favorite evil laugh out of them all (even if he only did it like once, maybe twice XD) It just seems so perfect. Your right though if Kai can only do it because, well he is Kai, then Tala is in trouble. You know I love your review, I ramble enough myself and so yours never bother me. Don't worry. And your right no hyper = reviews I can use, but not near as funny.
PWN3D: That's good. Thanks for taking time to review this chapter, even if you didn't read it all yet.
Racerabbit: Yes, Kai did do an evil laugh, at least once, maybe twice. Trust me I don't plan on ever giving up on these stories (Some day I plan on ever getting back to Invincible) Yes, Rei hated Kai. I mean the poor kid has had his emotions toyed with for as long as he can recall and then Kai goes and does that. (Yea I know it is not Kai's fault) Funny that you mentioned the real fight. Your right though them both lossing control would be interesting. Anyways thanks for reading and reviewing.
If you all have scrolled all the way down to here and read all that junk I put, then you all earn a cookie and a chibi of Ray and Kai! Love you all!