All for you

Well here comes the next chapter in my story, so please enjoy and don’t forget to R&R please! :D (Please forgive any spelling or grammar mistakes -_-;)

Oh! I almost forgot!! I forgot to write in my prologue how old everybody are and other stuff. All the characters look like they did in the first season just so you know (I don’t like the way the characters look in V-Force and G-Revolution) and they wear the same clothes and stuff. Kai, Ray, Mariah, Kisara, Tala and so on are 16, while Tyson, Max and Kenny are 14-15.

Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade or Kisara (she’s a character in Yu-Gi-Oh! Pharaoh’s Memory). Any other character mentioned in this fanfic is made up by me.


All for you
Chapter One

*~*~*~ FLASHBACK *~*~*~

“Take the girl,” the purple-haired man ordered. “You know what to do.”

“Yes, sir.” The two guards turned against the little girl, who clung desperately onto her friend. The boy held her close, refusing to let her go, knowing what fate awaited her if he did. The little girl trembled with fear, tears cascaded down her cheeks.

“Boris, don’t!” the boy cried. “Don’t take her away from me!”

“I have to, young Kai,” Boris replied coldly. “She’s making you soft. You’ve already gotten weaker. We thought we could use her in the beginning, but she has proven herself useless to us. We don’t need her anymore, she’s only trouble.”

The girl sobbed against his shoulder. She knew that she would never see him again, and that scared her more than what the guards had in store for her.

“See?” Boris’ voice was filled with despise as he watched the trembling girl. “This is the reason we don’t want girls in the Abbey. I knew it all along, but your grandfather thought it would be interesting to see if we could train a girl. He got his chance when we found this little slut abandoned outside our gates. Hah! Women,” he snorted, “they are all the same. Weak and driven by such things as compassion and ‘love’.” Boris spat out the last word with disgust. The girl hid her face against the boys chest, too scared to look at the director.

“Kai, please, don’t leave me,” she whispered and looked at him with tearful eyes. The boy looked deep into her sapphire eyes and pulled her closer, leaning his head against her soft lightblue hair. He tightened his grip around her waist when he noticed how the guards walked up to them, but to no good. One of the guards backhanded him hardly, the force behind the blow made him fall back on the hard floor. The girl screamed and tried to reach him, but the other guard grabbed her wrist and pulled her against him.

“Kai!” The girl squirmed, trying to get away from the guard, but his grip around her wrist only tightened until she winced of pain.

“Take her away,” Boris said while pulling Kai up on his feet. The boy was bleeding from a cut on his temple.

“No! No!! Let me go!! Kai!!” the girl screamed as the guards started to drag her along the corridor. Kai tried to run after her, but was immediately stopped by Boris.

“No! Come back! Don’t go, don’t leave me!” he cried, his voice echoing down the corridor. “Kisara, please don’t go!”

“Kai! KAI!!” The girl’s shrieks slowly died out as she got further and further down the long corridor. Soon he couldn’t hear her anymore and he knew that that was the last time he ever saw her again.

*~*~*~ END FLASHBACK *~*~*~

Kai woke up with a start. The crimson eyes stared up in the ceiling for a few seconds before he sat up in his bed. He sighed deeply as he buried his face in his hands. Every night since the tournament he had dreamt the same nightmare and it only ripped up old wounds in his heart. The memories of the girl in the Abbey still haunted him. He hadn’t forgotten her. Even though it was so long ago, he still remembered her, still missed her...
Kai looked up and noticed that Ray was still sound asleep. He silently got out of his bed and walked out on the balcony. The cool night air made him shiver, but he didn’t think about it much. He leant against the railing, looking up at the fullmoon. She had loved the moon. And all the stars.

‘When I die, I hope I’ll become a star. That way I will always be able to look after you, even though we may not be together. That way, I’ll always be with you.’

He closed his eyes as sadness overwhelmed him when he heard the childish voice in his head, words spoken a long, long time ago. She was gone, he would never see her again. Then why couldn’t he move on? The memories of her still haunted him, almost driving him insane with grief. Why couldn’t he forget her? She was long gone, dead and not coming back.

“Are you up there, among the stars?” he whispered up to the night sky. “Can you see me now?”

The stars twinkled at him, shining brightly against the dark sky. The silvery light of the moon shone down on him, as if to give him some comfort. He sighed deeply, cursing himself for being so weak before returning to his own bed. But he did glance over his shoulder at the stars one last time before closing the balcony door behind him.

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He woke up early the next morning. Ray was still sleeping when he entered the bathroom. The Chinese blader was awake when he walked out of the bathroom, his hair still damp from the shover he had taken.

“Good morning!” Ray smiled.

“Morning,” Kai muttered while sitting down on his bed. Ray gave him a concerned look.

“Kai? Are you alright?” he asked.

“I’m fine.”

Ray didn’t react to the cold and harsh tone in his answer. The neko-jin was used to it by now and he knew better than to push Kai further into explaining his feelings. He understood that something was bothering their captain but he wisely chose not to ask any more questions. He shrugged and walked into the bathroom, leaving Kai alone with his thoughts.

‘Damn you, Ray,’ he mused. ‘How come he always senses when something’s bothering me? Is it that obvious?’ He tied his long, white scarf around his neck and put on his red armguards before grabbing Dranzer. He left the hotelroom for some training, something he always did when something was bothering him.

It was the third day after the day that the Bladebreakers had won the World Championship here in Moscow. Mr. Dickenson had told them that they were only staying here in Russia for a few more days before returning to Japan.

Moscow... the city of ice and snow. How he hated this city, he hated Russia. This was the place he had been brought up in, and he hated it. Russia only reminded him of his horrible past and nothing else. He could hardly wait for them to return to Japan. He knew he could never escape his past, but it felt more distant in Japan – and so did the sorrow for the girl he once knew.

Kai watched his beyblade whirl around on the ground, tearing up snow as it flew over the frozen ground. Dranzer left a trail of melted snow as she spun around in circles, making a pattern of exposed ground against the sparkling white snow. Kai extended his arm out and the beyblade returned to its master. He looked down on the blue beyblade he held in his hand. Dranzer started glowing a bright red as if she understood the confusion her master felt and wanted to comfort him. Kai smiled slightly, squeezing the beyblade tight in his fist. Dranzer always truly understood him. She was the only one he could trust and share his feelings with. Of course, there had been another, but she wasn’t here anymore... Kai snapped out of his gloomy thoughts and shook his head with growing irritation.

“She’s dead, she’s not coming back!” he yelled to himself. He then sighed deeply. ‘But if I know she’s dead and that she’s not coming back... why do I still miss her so much?’

He didn’t return to the hotel until later in the evening. He noticed that Max, Kenny and Tyson were together with Ray and Mariah in their room as he entered. He sighed inwardly when he glanced at Tyson and Max who were arguing about something he didn’t care to find out about. He sat down in on of the sofas and folded his arms over his chest.

“Yo, Kai, where’ve you been?” Tyson asked. He received a glare.

“Out.” Kai didn’t feel like talking to anyone, especially not Tyson. He saw in the corner of his eye how Ray looked bewildered at him but he ignored it for the moment. He knew that his golden-eyed friend would inquire him later when they were alone. The neko-jin had an very annoying skill of always sensing when something was wrong. It was almost like he could smell it when something was bothering someone. Of the members of the Bladebreakers, Ray was the one who was his closest friend and the one he trusted the most. He knew he could tell Ray anything without having to fear that anyone else would find out. But this was too personal… too painful. He couldn’t tell Ray about her. He just couldn’t.

Ray’s golden orbs narrowed slightly. He knew that Kai was hiding something from them, he just couldn’t figure out what. He turned his attention to Mariah when he felt her gaze on him and he quickly forgot to worry for his friend. He smiled warmly at her and the smile she gave him made his heart skip a beat. He had discovered that his feelings for his friend had changed lately. They had known each other their whole lives and he really cared for her, he always had. But the meaning of the word ‘care’, had changed in a short matter of time. Whenever he saw her, his heart would start beating faster and faster, every time they’d touch he would blush and when she smiled at him, all he wanted was to hold her in his arms. She was so beautiful, his neko-jin. With the soft skin, the slender body and those amazing golden eyes of hers. And of course, her pink hair, soft as silk. He loved everything about her. The kindness she radiated, her beauty, the ferociousness she possessed when she beybattled. There wasn’t anything he didn’t like about her.
Ray realized they’d been staring in each other’s eyes for a time now and he quickly looked away while blushing slightly.

‘Why can’t I tell her how I really feel? Why can’t I just say those three words?’ he thought to himself. He cleared his throat.

“So,” he said, feeling a bit embarrassed. “Your flight to Hongkong leaves tomorrow, right?” ‘Idiot! Now she’s really gonna think you’re not interested in her!’ he thought.

Mariah looked disappointedly at him. Why did he always look away? Couldn’t he see all the love in her eyes as she looked at him? Oh, if he only knew! Even when they were little children, she had loved him. Maybe not in the way she felt for him now, but she had loved him.

‘Oh, Ray...’ she thought sadly. ‘Why can’t you see? You must know the way I feel about you, everyone else does, so why are you the only one who doesn’t?’

“Yeah, it does...” she answered softly, a tone of sadness in her voice. Was he so eager to get rid of her?

“Too bad I’m going with the rest of the team back to Japan, I’m really going to miss you,” Ray said silently. Mariah looked surprised at him, her eyes sparkling with happiness.

“Really?” she whispered. Ray nodded without looking into her eyes, his cheeks turning slightly pink.

“Hey, watcha guys talking about?” Tyson suddenly said, looking curiously at the two neko-jins. Since they’d spoken in their native tongue, nobody had understood what they had said to each other.

“Just about my flight home, Tyson,” Mariah answered calmly.

“Oh, when are you leaving?” Max sounded a bit disappointed and his big blue eyes looked sadly at her. She smiled warmly at him.

“Tomorrow afternoon.” Ray felt his heart sink when he heard her words. He didn’t want her to leave, he wanted her to stay with him. But why couldn’t he just tell her that?

Kai was the only one who noticed the sad expression on Ray’s face.

‘Seems like I’m not the only one with a problem here,’ he thought. He saw how Mariah got to her feet and walked up to the door. He watched her closely. She was actually really pretty. He understood why Ray had fallen in love with her. Among the few girls he knew, Mariah was the only one he actually liked.

“I gotta go now,” she said softly, eyes locked on Ray’s face. “I hope I get to see you before we leave for the airport. Take care, guys.”

“Bye, Mariah!” Tyson and Max called out in unison as she closed the door behind her. Ray sank back in the sofa, sighing deeply.

Kenny yawned as he closed Dizzi. He looked at his watch and saw that it was already 11p.m. He looked tiredly at Max and Tyson.

“Hey, you guys...” he said slowly. “I’m kinda tired.”

“Yeah, me too,” Max admitted. “Maybe we should go back to our own room?”

“Sounds good to me.” Tyson yawned widely before looking at Kai and Ray. “We’ll see ya tomorrow, guys.”

“Hn,” was Kai’s answer. He didn’t look up as the three boys left the room. When the door closed, he got to his feet and entered the bathroom to change into his nightclothes. When he exited the bathroom, he noticed that Ray had already crept into his bed. Kai followed his example and laid down on his back staring up in the ceiling, after turning off the lights.

“Kai? Are you asleep?”

Kai smirked. He had known all along that Ray wasn’t asleep. He wanted to ask him what was bothering him.

“No.”

“I’ve noticed that you’ve not been yourself since the tournament. Is something wrong?”

Silence. Kai was wondering if he should tell Ray about her. Did he really want to open up to Ray? No, he would just prove himself weak.

“No, nothing’s wrong.”

Ray propped himself up on his elbows, looking at his direction. His golden eyes shimmered in the darkness.

“Kai, you do know that you can tell me anything, right?” he said softly.

“Hn.”

“I’ll take that as a yes.”

“It was a yes. I’m sorry, Ray, but I can’t tell you this. Not now. It still hurts too much.”

“Alright.”

“But what about you?”

“Hm?” Ray frowned.

“You know what I’m talking about.” Ray couldn’t see his face in the darkness, but he knew that Kai was watching him. He could feel the intense crimson eyes staring at him. He blushed deeply.

“You really don’t want her to leave, do you?”

“No,” Ray said slowly, playing with his long ponytail.

“Have you told her that?”

“No...”

“Why’s that?”

Ray sighed deeply and flopped back on the bed.

“I don’t know,” he said sincerely. “I don’t know what’s going on with me. We’ve always been close, but now I can hardly talk to her without feeling embarrassed and awkward.”

“Hmpf. You’re such a coward. Don’t you realize that if you don’t tell her how you feel, you’ll lose her? You’re going to Japan with us and she’s going back to China. You might not see her for a long time, and maybe she’ll loose interest. Are you really going to give her up so easily?”

Ray was stunned. Kai wasn’t the one to open himself up, and definately not talk emotions. This was a side of his captain he had never seen before. He almost talked liked he’d been through the same thing.

“You’re going to regret it for your whole life if you don’t tell her,” Kai continued, his voice rising more and more.

“You’re right...” Ray said slowly, looking down on his hands. He then smiled slightly and looked up again. “I’ll tell her before she leaves tomorrow. Thanks, Kai.”

“No problem.” Ray couldn’t see his face through the darkness in the room, but he didn’t need to, he knew Kai was smiling at him. Ray thought to himself how much Kai had changed in a short matter of time. He wasn’t as cold and indifferent as he had been in the beginning. But let’s not get carried away, Kai was still cold and indifferent but occassionally he would warm up and even smile. Ray didn’t blame him for being the way he was, though. During the World Championships here in Russia, everybody on the team had learned a bit of Kai’s past, and it sure wasn’t pretty. Being brought up in the Abbey must’ve been an horrible experience and surely it had wounded Kai’s soul. Perhaps he was still hurting from his memories, perhaps he would be hurting for the rest of his life.

“Kai?” he whispered softly. The answer took so long that Ray began to wonder if he’d fallen asleep.

“Hm?”

“I just wanted you to know that if you ever feel like talking or if you’re having trouble, I’m here for you, we all are.”

Silence.

“Thanks, Ray. I appreciate it.” Kai would never admit it to anyone of them, but the Chinese blader knew that their slate-haired captain cared for them, even though he did his best not to let it show.

“Good night, Kai.” Ray curled up in his bed, pulling the blanket up to his nose. He closed his eyes and sighed silently. Kai muttered an answer, but Ray had already fallen asleep.

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Well, that’s it! Hope you all enjoyed it! Please tell me what you think! :D

Love, Anna