Kitten
Pairings: Kai/Rei, Max/Tyson, Kenny/Hillary
Rating: R Disclaimer: I don't own anyone in beyblade, though I do own my characters!!
CHAPTER ONE
Tyson looked to Max then Kenny then Hillary then back to Kai. "It's a shame we couldn't get a hold of Rei..." he said sadly, "I wish he could be here."
"He's probably in China still, Tyson." Max said with a sheepish grin.
"No. Mr. Dickinson told us that all of us were in Japan again. " Kenny said as he looked at Tyson, "Mr. D told us he wanted us to reform the blade breakers. But, he said that he never got a hold of Rei..."
The blade breakers had broken up six years ago to go their own ways, to lead a life without each other. Rei went to China for a couple of weeks before returning to Japan. Kenny and Tyson never left. Max had spent a couple years with his parents in America, and Kai had gone to Russia.
"He never told Rei?" Kai asked, "Why not?"
"He was always busy, but when he did call him. Rei was in the hospital..." Kenny said, looking at the ground.
"The hospital?!" Tyson yelled, "Why?"
"He never told me..." Kenny said sadly, "but why are we just depressing ourselves? Aren't we supposed to be partying?"
"I heard of a club that has a rare beauty..." Kai said, looking at the others.
"Cool, where?"
"This way. It's called the 'Kitten Club'." Kai said with a grin.
"Hey Rei!" came a call from behind him.
"What, Cyekyou?" Rei asked, he had been putting on some of his makeup for the performance he was going to do later that night. "Aren't you supposed to be watching the entrance?"
"Oh, Torque's doing' that!" Cyekyou said, grinning, "I wanted to see your tats!" Cyekyou had white hair (a very long mohawk), the kind you get when you bleach it too much, but he had many piercings.
Rei stood up and flashed his hips to the other man, "There, happy now?"
Cyekyou's hands ran down the two angels on that side, "Now, the other one." When Rei turned he saw the same image, except that they had black wings. "Good." he smiled before turning to leave.
"See you later, Cye." Rei said, turning back to his makeup.
The other man nodded before closing the door after himself. Rei looked back at the mirror he was working with, the others would be coming in soon. He walked over to the clothes he was going to wear before changing into them.
"Hey!" called some of the girls and guys who walked into the dressing room.
"How are you today, Rei?" Rhelex asked the neko-jin. "Feeling up to doing a pole?" He smiled, "You don't have too, though. But, I know you must be sick of dancing on that stage!"
"It's okay..." Rei said, looking at the twin. "Where's Hacker?"
"Clarissa snatched him up." Rhelex said with a sigh, "He'll be back though." the crimson haired boy was applying mascara.
The twins were identical, except one had curly hair, Rhelex, and the other had straight hair, Hacker. The length of their crimson hair was a bit longer that Rei's himself.
"Cyekyou came in to inspect my tats again..." Rei said with a sigh as Rhelex sprayed hair spray over his and Rei's hair. "Thanks."
"Welcome. So, how do they look! I want to see them soooo bad!" the man whined. It was hard to believe that this one was five years older than he was, and he was nineteen.
Rei looked at his pleading face before sighing again; he undid his thigh high bitch-boots and showed the man his angels. "So?"
"Whoa, and Torque did this?" Rhelex said happily.
"Yup."
"I want one!" The man said, touching one of the angels.
"Ask Torque, it took him about four hours on each side..." Rei said, "It hurt like a fucking bitch too....." he re-buckled his boots up again.
"Hey."
"Hey, Hacker." Rei said looking up at the poor man. "What's wrong?"
"She hit me! She hit me!!" Hacker said holding his forehead, glaring at Clarissa, who was smirking in the doorway. "Because I almost dropped a chair she was making me move!"
"Poor, HackHack." Rei said with a smile, he patted the older twin's head. "You'll be fine."
Hacker pouted, "It still hurts...."
"Let wittle Rhelex kiss it better..." Rhelex said as he kissed his brother's forehead. "There, all better."
"Showtime, ladies!" came Torque's call from the doorway. "Hurry up!"
"Here we go..." Rei sighed.
Kai and the others walked up to the club's entrance. It had a small line, so they got in pretty easily. The bouncers there were pretty scary.
One had a white mohawk and the other had black spiked up hair, they both looked like foreigners. "Hey, Kai?"
"What, Tyson?" Kai asked, looking around the room.
"Doesn't that picture look a bit like Rei?" Tyson asked, pointing to the picture of a boy with silky black hair all around him. He was naked, but had a blanket covering his privates.
"Marveling at my work?" came a voice from behind them. "He's beautiful, isn't he?"
"Who are you?" Max asked with a smile.
"I am Rhelex Gawl." He said smiling.
"Who's that a picture of?" Hillary asked the boy. "He looks like one of our friends..." she looked back to the photo on the wall.
"He's one of our dancers." Rhelex answered. "He owns this club now, it took him a couple of years, but my cousins gave it to him."
"But, who is he?": Kai asked.
"You'll see later." said a deeper voice. "Rhelex, we're up next."
"Okay, Hacker. I'm coming!" The boy shouted, jumping off of the table he was sitting on. "It's refreshing to see a group of kids his age in here." he said before rushing after what looked like his brother.
The group of five sat down at a table near the stage. "Up next, we have Rhelex, Hacker, and Rei!" The announcer began, "They'll be singing and dancing to Rusty Nail by X-Japan!"
The lights dimmed, and the music started as three figures emerged from behind the curtains. A spotlight had shown on all of them.
The twins from before were on the stage, along with somebody who looked exactly like Rei, he was obviously the singer.
Rei turned around to face the audience, in a deep voice he sang out, "Kioku no kakera ni egaita bara o mitsumete... togireta omoi de kasaneru kawaranai yume ni! OH RUSTY NAIL!" he took a deep breath.
They were all dancing in time with each other, Rei was the main singer. The other two were the back up.
"dore dake namida o nagaseba. Anata o wasurerareru darou..." Rei sang, "Just tell me my life! Doko made aruite mitemo... namida de ashita ga mienai!"
They spun, and kicked their legs up in time with each other and the music, "Jyosho ni owatta shuumatsu no, kizu wasurete! Nagareru toki ni dakaretemo mune ni tsuki sasaru..." he took a breath before continuing, "OH RUSTY NAIL!"
In a higher octive he sang, "Dore dake namida o nagaseba, Anata o wasurerareru darou! Utsukushiku, iroasete nemuru bara o... anata no kokoro ni sakasete!"
"Sugao no mama de ikite yukereba kitto! Hitomi ni utsuru yoru wa, kagayaku yume dake nokoshite... Asa o mukaeru kodoku o wasurete! Akai tekubi o dakishimete naita yoru o owarasete!"
Rei paused and looked out to the audience, before continuing "Kioku no tobira o tozashita mama de furuete! Togireta omoi o kasaneru aoi, kuchibiru ni..." he took another breath, "OH RUSTY NAIL!"
"Dore dake namida o nagaseba," he sang in a higher octive, "anata o wasurerareru darou! Just tell me my life, doko made aruite mitemo! Namida de ashita ga mienai!"
The music went into a instrumental solo and they sped up their dancing with it, when it slowed, they did too. "Kurushikute kokoro o kazatta......ima mo anata o wasurerarenakute!!"
They danced the last bit before exiting the stage. Claps and whistles echoed throughout the club. Rei walked over to the mic. "Thanks everyone! I'm finally back from my vacation!"
The audience cheered loudly. "So, now I'd like to welcome out the former owners of this club! Abriel and Gabriel GawL!"
Another set of twins walked out from behind the curtain and bowed to the audience. "They've blessed us by dancing in this club with us!" He looked over to the d.j. "Hit it! Down with the sickness!"
The drums echoed loudly off of the walls when they jumped out onto the dance floor. Abriel and Gabriel sang with Rei. "Can you feel that?" Rei asked to the audience, "Ah shit!"
All three sang, "Drowning deep in my sea of loathing... Broken your servant, I kneel."
Rhelex and Hacker asked, "Will you give in to me?"
"It seems what's left of my human side... " they sang, "is slowly changing in me...."
"Will you give in to me?"
Rei sang alone, "Looking in my own reflection," Ab and Gab sang with him, "When suddenly it changes! Violently it changes! There's no turning back now, you've woken up the demon in me!"
They all sang, "Get up, come on get down with the sickness! Get up, come on get down with the sickness! Get up, come on get down with the sickness! Open up your hate and let it flow into me! Get up, come on get down with the sickness!"
"You mother get up, come on get down with the sickness! You fucker get up, come on get down with the sickness!"
"Madness is the gift that has been given to me!" Rei sang, " I can see inside you the sickness is rising.... Don't try to deny what you feel!"
"Will you give in to me?"
"It seems that all that was good has died and is decaying in me..." Rei and the others sang.
"Will you give in to me?"
"It seems you're having some trouble... in dealing with these changes! Living with these changes." Rei took a deep breath again, "Oh, no. The world is a scary place, now that you've woken up the demon in me!"
"Get up, come on get down with the sickness. Get up, come on get down with the sickness. Get up, come on get down with the sickness! Open up your hate and let it flow into me!" they sang, "Get up, come on get down with the sickness! You mother get up, come on get down with the sickness! You fucker get up, come on get down with the sickness."
"Madness is the gift that has been given to me."
"And when I dream. And when I dream. And when I dream. And when I dream!" Rhelex and Hacker chanted.
They sang the chorus once more before they all sang the last verse, "Madness has now come over me!"
Rei grinned at the others before walking back up on stage, "Thanks! This has been fun, but sadly the five of us are retreating back stage! Ask the bouncers for permission if you want to talk to one of us for a private room!"
With a wink, Rei walked through the curtains back into the dressing room.
"Oh." Tyson began.
"My." Max said.
"Gods....." Kenny finished. "Did you know about this Kai?"
They turned to Kai who was gapping like a fish, "No.... I didn't...." he said, shaking the image of Rei dancing out of his head. "I can't believe that he would dance at a strip club!"
"Let's go backstage to talk to him!" Hillary suggested to the others. A tap on her shoulder caused her to jump, and turn around to see Rhelex.
"Come on, I want you to get through to him." he said walking away from them, "He hasn't been the same since you all broke up."
"I can tell." Kai mumbled.
"Funny, everything he said about you all must have been wrong." Hacker said, taking his place beside his brother.
Rhelex turned around quickly, "Note," he began, "these are private rooms. If you do not know what a private room is, you will when you ask Rei. Got it? He has a private apartment...."
They nodded so the two twins began their trek back towards Rei's apartment. "Here we go. Clarissa and Melanie should be in there with him, but any way. Let's go in." Hacker said thinking aloud.
He opened the door and a small girl was in their cleaning, "Hey, Clair. Is Rei in?"
"Bathing. Go on in." she said with a grin. "Oh, you brought clients?"
"No, old friends of Rei's." Rhelex said happily, "They've come to visit!" He rushed towards what looked like a bedroom, a door opening could be heard along with a: "ReiRei! You better be decent!"
"W-wait!! AH! Rhelex get out!" came a shout from inside, "Melanie, get him out!"
"Rhelex, how many times do you always rush in here while poor Rei is bathing? Especially while I'm washing his hair?" came a feminine voice.
"Ah, oops.... Well, anyways! You have visitors ReiRei!" came Rhelex's excited voice. "and their not clients!!"
"Doesn't matter, Rei turns down his clients!" 'Melanie's' voice said.
A soaked Rei came out of the bathroom in nothing but a towel wrapped around his waist, he was mad. "Rhelex! I am SO going to KILL you!" he growled, falling onto his bed. He grabbed his c.d. player from his nightstand and rested its headphones around his next and the walkman on his chest.
"But! I'm serious! You have visitors, Rei!" Rhelex protested, "They're out in the living room with Hacker and Clarissa!"
"I don't get 'guests'." Rei said, he stood up and walked towards his kitchen, which along the way was the living room. "Besides, what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be with your cousins?"
"Nope, they left already." Rhelex said happily, pulling Rei along by his arm. "C'mon! They've been dying to see you!"
Through the hallway, Rei turned on his c.d. player to tune out Rhelex's whines. He didn't notice the stares he got when he entered the room, he just kept on walked even though Rhelex and Hacker were shouting his name.
"REI KON! YOU TURN OFF THAT WALKMAN THIS INSTANT!!" Clarissa growled, causing him to turn in off and set in on the counter but went to the fridge anyway, "Aren't you going to greet your guests, Rei?"
He waved an arm in the air, "Hi."
"It's been a long time, Rei." Kai said, startling Rei to hit his head on the fridge as he backed up.
"K-kai?!" He yelled, backing up into the corner. "What in gods name are you doing here?! I thought you were in Russia!!"
"I'm not anymore. Everyone's here..." he said, raising an eyebrow at Rei's clothes. "Should I ask?"
Rei stared at the person above him, "No! It's not real!" he yelled, pushing past Kai and ran into his room. The door slamming after him.
"Rei...." Melanie called, "Come on out, Rei. They're as real as you and I." She knocked on the door again before trying to open it. "Rei, please open this door. I won't let any one else in with me. Just let me talk to you, sweetie."
The door opened a little, and she slipped in.
On the other side of the door, Rei was still crying. "Rei, what's wrong? Why are you crying now, sweetie?" she asked her friend. "Please tell me."
"Why did they have to come back now? I was happy...." he sobbed.
"No, no you weren't Rei. You were extremely unhappy." she said, hugging him. "Go change, they'll still be in the living room, waiting for you Rei. You need to go out there..." she said, "I'll go with you."
Rei looked up at her and nodded. "I'll go back out there, Melanie." he said sadly, "Even though I don't want to..."
"Good, I'll go tell them."
Rei walked over to his nightstand and pulled out a black box. Inside it was drigger. "Here you go, Drigger. Everyone's here. Go see them, they'll like that. You will too."
The bit beast seemed to glow happily, and Rei launched the blade that stored his partner. "Go on. I'll be in there in a moment."
The blade went through the crack in the door, and disappeared.
He left his hair down, but wore a black crop top and black cargo-pants. "There, that's good enough." Rei said, he grabbed a hairbrush and as he walked he brushed his wet hair.
"He'll be out in a moment's notice." Melanie said to the other blade breakers. "Oh! Here he is now." she said smiling to Rei. "Should I leave you all alone? Rei?"
Rei looked at her with frightened eyes. "N-no.... please don't go..."
"Okay then. I'll be in the kitchen. Clarissa already went back to the stage. She's performing again tonight." Melanie said as she walked towards the kitchen.
He sat down as far away as possible from his old teammates. They had already made themselves comfortable.
"Rei? Why don't you sit over here, next to me?" Max suggested cheerfully, "We just want to talk to you..." he said with a happy laugh.
Rei walked over to the big screen t.v. that they kept in his apartment. He sat down next to Max, but kept his gaze on the television.
"Rei?" came Tyson's voice. "What's wrong Rei?"
"Nothing." he said with a fake smile plastered over his face.
"There's something wrong with you, and you know it as much as we do." Kai said, looking at Rei.
"Everything's different......" Rei mumbled as he stood up again, "Nothing's the same. Why couldn't you have just gone to a different club when you saw my portrait?"
"How did you know?"
"The twins told me, you were gawking at it." Rei said, staring at them. "Why didn't you just leave when you know it was me up there?"
"Because we wanted you to join us..."
"When you all left, 'us' died!" Rei shouted. "There isn't an 'us' anymore!" He fell to his knees, sobbing. "Great.... I'm crying again...."
"Rei-chan. It's time to stop living in the past." Melanie said, "It's time to start thinking about the future..." she said sadly, "I don't want you to become used like the rest of us."
"Ah! You're not used, Melanie.... neither are any of the others who work the rooms..." he said looking at her. "I was the only one who was actually used!!"
hands held his wrists and legs, rendering him unable to move...
"nnnnnhh..." Rei held his head. "No, I don't want to remember. Anything but that!"
Hands held his wrists and legs, rendering him unable to move. "Sshhhhhh, kitten. This won't take long at all....."
Rei struggled under his attackers weight. "G-get off of me.... now!"
"Why kitten? When you're so much fun...." he cackled cruelly, one of his hands slipped below his waistband. "Now, hold still...."
The man pulled out a knife from his boot, "I don't want to slip up, kitten. That wouldn't be much fun at all...." the attacker laughed again.
"No....n-no! Get off of me!" Rei screamed, twisting his body. "Let me go!"
"Sorry, kitty-cat." the man said, his hot breath wet on the back of Rei's neck. "I have to get something good out of this...."
The attacker took his knife and slit down the side of his pant-leg. "If you keep squirming, I'll actually cut you! Be good, and this'll be fun for us both."
"Rei?" Kai asked, worriedly. Seeing how Rei was shaking, his eyes were glazed over. The boy had his hands over his ears, he was breathing harshly. "What's wrong?"
"NO! Get away from me!" he screamed, backing up away from his friend. "Don't t-touch me!!"
Melanie came back into the room, abandoning the kitchen. "Rei-chan." she called out, walking towards him. "I'll go get Cye and Tori for you. Okay?" Melanie said, patting him on the arm before walking out. "They'll make this better..."
When she left through the door, Rei had stopped moving all together. "Rei?" Tyson asked, standing in front of his seat.
Hillary stared in shock with Kenny at the appearance of their childhood friend. "What's wrong with him, Kai?"
"I don't... know." the slate-haired boy said. "It's like he's somewhere else.... but here at the same time." He took a step closer to Rei, a smile on his face. "Rei. Come here. We won't hurt you."
Rei screamed again, hurling a nearby book at the phoenix. "I said get away from me!!"
The two bouncers they saw from before came into the room, "ReiRei?" said the one with the mohawk. "Come here, buddy."
Rei looked at the man before nodding and crawling over to him. "C- cyekyou.... he came back! He came baaack..."
"Shhhhhhh...." the other one, Torque said soothingly. "It's alright. Calm down or you'll pass out." But, they were too late, Rei had already blacked out, "Great. Okay, Mellie. Run a tub of cold water. We need to wake him up again...."
Cyekyou held Rei in his arms, protectively. "ReiRei, they won't hurt you... They have kind eyes." he said looking up at the other bladers. "Don't worry, he'll be fine. Just like the last time..."
Cyekyou petted Rei on the head, "C'mon, sweetheart. You'll pull through this. Just like what happened the last time...." he began to hum a song.
"On and on, reckless abandonment.... something's wrong, this is gonna shock them... nothing to hold on to, we'll use this song, to lead you on...." he hummed happily. "Sorry Rei, I can't remember the name of it... if I did I'd dance to it with you."
"Hey, Cye! Bring him in here." Torque called from the bathroom.
Cyekyou stumbled in, carrying Rei bridal style and set him into the cold water. Clothes and all.
"C'mon ReiRei.... pull through this." Torque said, sitting on the edge of the tub, leaning over Rei. He ran his hand along his cheek. "Wake up, sleeping beauty..."
Rei's limp body sat in the tub for a few minutes. Cold and growing colder with the water. "Rei-chan, your will to live is strong than anyone else's I know..." Melanie cried, "I couldn't stand to lose you too."
Rei shifted in the cold water, he began to cough loudly, and his hair stuck to his face. The raven-haired boy sat up and looked around. Water streamed down his body, hair, and angelic face.
END CHAPTER ONE
Pairings: Kai/Rei, Max/Tyson, Kenny/Hillary
Rating: R Disclaimer: I don't own anyone in beyblade, though I do own my characters!!
CHAPTER ONE
Tyson looked to Max then Kenny then Hillary then back to Kai. "It's a shame we couldn't get a hold of Rei..." he said sadly, "I wish he could be here."
"He's probably in China still, Tyson." Max said with a sheepish grin.
"No. Mr. Dickinson told us that all of us were in Japan again. " Kenny said as he looked at Tyson, "Mr. D told us he wanted us to reform the blade breakers. But, he said that he never got a hold of Rei..."
The blade breakers had broken up six years ago to go their own ways, to lead a life without each other. Rei went to China for a couple of weeks before returning to Japan. Kenny and Tyson never left. Max had spent a couple years with his parents in America, and Kai had gone to Russia.
"He never told Rei?" Kai asked, "Why not?"
"He was always busy, but when he did call him. Rei was in the hospital..." Kenny said, looking at the ground.
"The hospital?!" Tyson yelled, "Why?"
"He never told me..." Kenny said sadly, "but why are we just depressing ourselves? Aren't we supposed to be partying?"
"I heard of a club that has a rare beauty..." Kai said, looking at the others.
"Cool, where?"
"This way. It's called the 'Kitten Club'." Kai said with a grin.
"Hey Rei!" came a call from behind him.
"What, Cyekyou?" Rei asked, he had been putting on some of his makeup for the performance he was going to do later that night. "Aren't you supposed to be watching the entrance?"
"Oh, Torque's doing' that!" Cyekyou said, grinning, "I wanted to see your tats!" Cyekyou had white hair (a very long mohawk), the kind you get when you bleach it too much, but he had many piercings.
Rei stood up and flashed his hips to the other man, "There, happy now?"
Cyekyou's hands ran down the two angels on that side, "Now, the other one." When Rei turned he saw the same image, except that they had black wings. "Good." he smiled before turning to leave.
"See you later, Cye." Rei said, turning back to his makeup.
The other man nodded before closing the door after himself. Rei looked back at the mirror he was working with, the others would be coming in soon. He walked over to the clothes he was going to wear before changing into them.
"Hey!" called some of the girls and guys who walked into the dressing room.
"How are you today, Rei?" Rhelex asked the neko-jin. "Feeling up to doing a pole?" He smiled, "You don't have too, though. But, I know you must be sick of dancing on that stage!"
"It's okay..." Rei said, looking at the twin. "Where's Hacker?"
"Clarissa snatched him up." Rhelex said with a sigh, "He'll be back though." the crimson haired boy was applying mascara.
The twins were identical, except one had curly hair, Rhelex, and the other had straight hair, Hacker. The length of their crimson hair was a bit longer that Rei's himself.
"Cyekyou came in to inspect my tats again..." Rei said with a sigh as Rhelex sprayed hair spray over his and Rei's hair. "Thanks."
"Welcome. So, how do they look! I want to see them soooo bad!" the man whined. It was hard to believe that this one was five years older than he was, and he was nineteen.
Rei looked at his pleading face before sighing again; he undid his thigh high bitch-boots and showed the man his angels. "So?"
"Whoa, and Torque did this?" Rhelex said happily.
"Yup."
"I want one!" The man said, touching one of the angels.
"Ask Torque, it took him about four hours on each side..." Rei said, "It hurt like a fucking bitch too....." he re-buckled his boots up again.
"Hey."
"Hey, Hacker." Rei said looking up at the poor man. "What's wrong?"
"She hit me! She hit me!!" Hacker said holding his forehead, glaring at Clarissa, who was smirking in the doorway. "Because I almost dropped a chair she was making me move!"
"Poor, HackHack." Rei said with a smile, he patted the older twin's head. "You'll be fine."
Hacker pouted, "It still hurts...."
"Let wittle Rhelex kiss it better..." Rhelex said as he kissed his brother's forehead. "There, all better."
"Showtime, ladies!" came Torque's call from the doorway. "Hurry up!"
"Here we go..." Rei sighed.
Kai and the others walked up to the club's entrance. It had a small line, so they got in pretty easily. The bouncers there were pretty scary.
One had a white mohawk and the other had black spiked up hair, they both looked like foreigners. "Hey, Kai?"
"What, Tyson?" Kai asked, looking around the room.
"Doesn't that picture look a bit like Rei?" Tyson asked, pointing to the picture of a boy with silky black hair all around him. He was naked, but had a blanket covering his privates.
"Marveling at my work?" came a voice from behind them. "He's beautiful, isn't he?"
"Who are you?" Max asked with a smile.
"I am Rhelex Gawl." He said smiling.
"Who's that a picture of?" Hillary asked the boy. "He looks like one of our friends..." she looked back to the photo on the wall.
"He's one of our dancers." Rhelex answered. "He owns this club now, it took him a couple of years, but my cousins gave it to him."
"But, who is he?": Kai asked.
"You'll see later." said a deeper voice. "Rhelex, we're up next."
"Okay, Hacker. I'm coming!" The boy shouted, jumping off of the table he was sitting on. "It's refreshing to see a group of kids his age in here." he said before rushing after what looked like his brother.
The group of five sat down at a table near the stage. "Up next, we have Rhelex, Hacker, and Rei!" The announcer began, "They'll be singing and dancing to Rusty Nail by X-Japan!"
The lights dimmed, and the music started as three figures emerged from behind the curtains. A spotlight had shown on all of them.
The twins from before were on the stage, along with somebody who looked exactly like Rei, he was obviously the singer.
Rei turned around to face the audience, in a deep voice he sang out, "Kioku no kakera ni egaita bara o mitsumete... togireta omoi de kasaneru kawaranai yume ni! OH RUSTY NAIL!" he took a deep breath.
They were all dancing in time with each other, Rei was the main singer. The other two were the back up.
"dore dake namida o nagaseba. Anata o wasurerareru darou..." Rei sang, "Just tell me my life! Doko made aruite mitemo... namida de ashita ga mienai!"
They spun, and kicked their legs up in time with each other and the music, "Jyosho ni owatta shuumatsu no, kizu wasurete! Nagareru toki ni dakaretemo mune ni tsuki sasaru..." he took a breath before continuing, "OH RUSTY NAIL!"
In a higher octive he sang, "Dore dake namida o nagaseba, Anata o wasurerareru darou! Utsukushiku, iroasete nemuru bara o... anata no kokoro ni sakasete!"
"Sugao no mama de ikite yukereba kitto! Hitomi ni utsuru yoru wa, kagayaku yume dake nokoshite... Asa o mukaeru kodoku o wasurete! Akai tekubi o dakishimete naita yoru o owarasete!"
Rei paused and looked out to the audience, before continuing "Kioku no tobira o tozashita mama de furuete! Togireta omoi o kasaneru aoi, kuchibiru ni..." he took another breath, "OH RUSTY NAIL!"
"Dore dake namida o nagaseba," he sang in a higher octive, "anata o wasurerareru darou! Just tell me my life, doko made aruite mitemo! Namida de ashita ga mienai!"
The music went into a instrumental solo and they sped up their dancing with it, when it slowed, they did too. "Kurushikute kokoro o kazatta......ima mo anata o wasurerarenakute!!"
They danced the last bit before exiting the stage. Claps and whistles echoed throughout the club. Rei walked over to the mic. "Thanks everyone! I'm finally back from my vacation!"
The audience cheered loudly. "So, now I'd like to welcome out the former owners of this club! Abriel and Gabriel GawL!"
Another set of twins walked out from behind the curtain and bowed to the audience. "They've blessed us by dancing in this club with us!" He looked over to the d.j. "Hit it! Down with the sickness!"
The drums echoed loudly off of the walls when they jumped out onto the dance floor. Abriel and Gabriel sang with Rei. "Can you feel that?" Rei asked to the audience, "Ah shit!"
All three sang, "Drowning deep in my sea of loathing... Broken your servant, I kneel."
Rhelex and Hacker asked, "Will you give in to me?"
"It seems what's left of my human side... " they sang, "is slowly changing in me...."
"Will you give in to me?"
Rei sang alone, "Looking in my own reflection," Ab and Gab sang with him, "When suddenly it changes! Violently it changes! There's no turning back now, you've woken up the demon in me!"
They all sang, "Get up, come on get down with the sickness! Get up, come on get down with the sickness! Get up, come on get down with the sickness! Open up your hate and let it flow into me! Get up, come on get down with the sickness!"
"You mother get up, come on get down with the sickness! You fucker get up, come on get down with the sickness!"
"Madness is the gift that has been given to me!" Rei sang, " I can see inside you the sickness is rising.... Don't try to deny what you feel!"
"Will you give in to me?"
"It seems that all that was good has died and is decaying in me..." Rei and the others sang.
"Will you give in to me?"
"It seems you're having some trouble... in dealing with these changes! Living with these changes." Rei took a deep breath again, "Oh, no. The world is a scary place, now that you've woken up the demon in me!"
"Get up, come on get down with the sickness. Get up, come on get down with the sickness. Get up, come on get down with the sickness! Open up your hate and let it flow into me!" they sang, "Get up, come on get down with the sickness! You mother get up, come on get down with the sickness! You fucker get up, come on get down with the sickness."
"Madness is the gift that has been given to me."
"And when I dream. And when I dream. And when I dream. And when I dream!" Rhelex and Hacker chanted.
They sang the chorus once more before they all sang the last verse, "Madness has now come over me!"
Rei grinned at the others before walking back up on stage, "Thanks! This has been fun, but sadly the five of us are retreating back stage! Ask the bouncers for permission if you want to talk to one of us for a private room!"
With a wink, Rei walked through the curtains back into the dressing room.
"Oh." Tyson began.
"My." Max said.
"Gods....." Kenny finished. "Did you know about this Kai?"
They turned to Kai who was gapping like a fish, "No.... I didn't...." he said, shaking the image of Rei dancing out of his head. "I can't believe that he would dance at a strip club!"
"Let's go backstage to talk to him!" Hillary suggested to the others. A tap on her shoulder caused her to jump, and turn around to see Rhelex.
"Come on, I want you to get through to him." he said walking away from them, "He hasn't been the same since you all broke up."
"I can tell." Kai mumbled.
"Funny, everything he said about you all must have been wrong." Hacker said, taking his place beside his brother.
Rhelex turned around quickly, "Note," he began, "these are private rooms. If you do not know what a private room is, you will when you ask Rei. Got it? He has a private apartment...."
They nodded so the two twins began their trek back towards Rei's apartment. "Here we go. Clarissa and Melanie should be in there with him, but any way. Let's go in." Hacker said thinking aloud.
He opened the door and a small girl was in their cleaning, "Hey, Clair. Is Rei in?"
"Bathing. Go on in." she said with a grin. "Oh, you brought clients?"
"No, old friends of Rei's." Rhelex said happily, "They've come to visit!" He rushed towards what looked like a bedroom, a door opening could be heard along with a: "ReiRei! You better be decent!"
"W-wait!! AH! Rhelex get out!" came a shout from inside, "Melanie, get him out!"
"Rhelex, how many times do you always rush in here while poor Rei is bathing? Especially while I'm washing his hair?" came a feminine voice.
"Ah, oops.... Well, anyways! You have visitors ReiRei!" came Rhelex's excited voice. "and their not clients!!"
"Doesn't matter, Rei turns down his clients!" 'Melanie's' voice said.
A soaked Rei came out of the bathroom in nothing but a towel wrapped around his waist, he was mad. "Rhelex! I am SO going to KILL you!" he growled, falling onto his bed. He grabbed his c.d. player from his nightstand and rested its headphones around his next and the walkman on his chest.
"But! I'm serious! You have visitors, Rei!" Rhelex protested, "They're out in the living room with Hacker and Clarissa!"
"I don't get 'guests'." Rei said, he stood up and walked towards his kitchen, which along the way was the living room. "Besides, what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be with your cousins?"
"Nope, they left already." Rhelex said happily, pulling Rei along by his arm. "C'mon! They've been dying to see you!"
Through the hallway, Rei turned on his c.d. player to tune out Rhelex's whines. He didn't notice the stares he got when he entered the room, he just kept on walked even though Rhelex and Hacker were shouting his name.
"REI KON! YOU TURN OFF THAT WALKMAN THIS INSTANT!!" Clarissa growled, causing him to turn in off and set in on the counter but went to the fridge anyway, "Aren't you going to greet your guests, Rei?"
He waved an arm in the air, "Hi."
"It's been a long time, Rei." Kai said, startling Rei to hit his head on the fridge as he backed up.
"K-kai?!" He yelled, backing up into the corner. "What in gods name are you doing here?! I thought you were in Russia!!"
"I'm not anymore. Everyone's here..." he said, raising an eyebrow at Rei's clothes. "Should I ask?"
Rei stared at the person above him, "No! It's not real!" he yelled, pushing past Kai and ran into his room. The door slamming after him.
"Rei...." Melanie called, "Come on out, Rei. They're as real as you and I." She knocked on the door again before trying to open it. "Rei, please open this door. I won't let any one else in with me. Just let me talk to you, sweetie."
The door opened a little, and she slipped in.
On the other side of the door, Rei was still crying. "Rei, what's wrong? Why are you crying now, sweetie?" she asked her friend. "Please tell me."
"Why did they have to come back now? I was happy...." he sobbed.
"No, no you weren't Rei. You were extremely unhappy." she said, hugging him. "Go change, they'll still be in the living room, waiting for you Rei. You need to go out there..." she said, "I'll go with you."
Rei looked up at her and nodded. "I'll go back out there, Melanie." he said sadly, "Even though I don't want to..."
"Good, I'll go tell them."
Rei walked over to his nightstand and pulled out a black box. Inside it was drigger. "Here you go, Drigger. Everyone's here. Go see them, they'll like that. You will too."
The bit beast seemed to glow happily, and Rei launched the blade that stored his partner. "Go on. I'll be in there in a moment."
The blade went through the crack in the door, and disappeared.
He left his hair down, but wore a black crop top and black cargo-pants. "There, that's good enough." Rei said, he grabbed a hairbrush and as he walked he brushed his wet hair.
"He'll be out in a moment's notice." Melanie said to the other blade breakers. "Oh! Here he is now." she said smiling to Rei. "Should I leave you all alone? Rei?"
Rei looked at her with frightened eyes. "N-no.... please don't go..."
"Okay then. I'll be in the kitchen. Clarissa already went back to the stage. She's performing again tonight." Melanie said as she walked towards the kitchen.
He sat down as far away as possible from his old teammates. They had already made themselves comfortable.
"Rei? Why don't you sit over here, next to me?" Max suggested cheerfully, "We just want to talk to you..." he said with a happy laugh.
Rei walked over to the big screen t.v. that they kept in his apartment. He sat down next to Max, but kept his gaze on the television.
"Rei?" came Tyson's voice. "What's wrong Rei?"
"Nothing." he said with a fake smile plastered over his face.
"There's something wrong with you, and you know it as much as we do." Kai said, looking at Rei.
"Everything's different......" Rei mumbled as he stood up again, "Nothing's the same. Why couldn't you have just gone to a different club when you saw my portrait?"
"How did you know?"
"The twins told me, you were gawking at it." Rei said, staring at them. "Why didn't you just leave when you know it was me up there?"
"Because we wanted you to join us..."
"When you all left, 'us' died!" Rei shouted. "There isn't an 'us' anymore!" He fell to his knees, sobbing. "Great.... I'm crying again...."
"Rei-chan. It's time to stop living in the past." Melanie said, "It's time to start thinking about the future..." she said sadly, "I don't want you to become used like the rest of us."
"Ah! You're not used, Melanie.... neither are any of the others who work the rooms..." he said looking at her. "I was the only one who was actually used!!"
hands held his wrists and legs, rendering him unable to move...
"nnnnnhh..." Rei held his head. "No, I don't want to remember. Anything but that!"
Hands held his wrists and legs, rendering him unable to move. "Sshhhhhh, kitten. This won't take long at all....."
Rei struggled under his attackers weight. "G-get off of me.... now!"
"Why kitten? When you're so much fun...." he cackled cruelly, one of his hands slipped below his waistband. "Now, hold still...."
The man pulled out a knife from his boot, "I don't want to slip up, kitten. That wouldn't be much fun at all...." the attacker laughed again.
"No....n-no! Get off of me!" Rei screamed, twisting his body. "Let me go!"
"Sorry, kitty-cat." the man said, his hot breath wet on the back of Rei's neck. "I have to get something good out of this...."
The attacker took his knife and slit down the side of his pant-leg. "If you keep squirming, I'll actually cut you! Be good, and this'll be fun for us both."
"Rei?" Kai asked, worriedly. Seeing how Rei was shaking, his eyes were glazed over. The boy had his hands over his ears, he was breathing harshly. "What's wrong?"
"NO! Get away from me!" he screamed, backing up away from his friend. "Don't t-touch me!!"
Melanie came back into the room, abandoning the kitchen. "Rei-chan." she called out, walking towards him. "I'll go get Cye and Tori for you. Okay?" Melanie said, patting him on the arm before walking out. "They'll make this better..."
When she left through the door, Rei had stopped moving all together. "Rei?" Tyson asked, standing in front of his seat.
Hillary stared in shock with Kenny at the appearance of their childhood friend. "What's wrong with him, Kai?"
"I don't... know." the slate-haired boy said. "It's like he's somewhere else.... but here at the same time." He took a step closer to Rei, a smile on his face. "Rei. Come here. We won't hurt you."
Rei screamed again, hurling a nearby book at the phoenix. "I said get away from me!!"
The two bouncers they saw from before came into the room, "ReiRei?" said the one with the mohawk. "Come here, buddy."
Rei looked at the man before nodding and crawling over to him. "C- cyekyou.... he came back! He came baaack..."
"Shhhhhhh...." the other one, Torque said soothingly. "It's alright. Calm down or you'll pass out." But, they were too late, Rei had already blacked out, "Great. Okay, Mellie. Run a tub of cold water. We need to wake him up again...."
Cyekyou held Rei in his arms, protectively. "ReiRei, they won't hurt you... They have kind eyes." he said looking up at the other bladers. "Don't worry, he'll be fine. Just like the last time..."
Cyekyou petted Rei on the head, "C'mon, sweetheart. You'll pull through this. Just like what happened the last time...." he began to hum a song.
"On and on, reckless abandonment.... something's wrong, this is gonna shock them... nothing to hold on to, we'll use this song, to lead you on...." he hummed happily. "Sorry Rei, I can't remember the name of it... if I did I'd dance to it with you."
"Hey, Cye! Bring him in here." Torque called from the bathroom.
Cyekyou stumbled in, carrying Rei bridal style and set him into the cold water. Clothes and all.
"C'mon ReiRei.... pull through this." Torque said, sitting on the edge of the tub, leaning over Rei. He ran his hand along his cheek. "Wake up, sleeping beauty..."
Rei's limp body sat in the tub for a few minutes. Cold and growing colder with the water. "Rei-chan, your will to live is strong than anyone else's I know..." Melanie cried, "I couldn't stand to lose you too."
Rei shifted in the cold water, he began to cough loudly, and his hair stuck to his face. The raven-haired boy sat up and looked around. Water streamed down his body, hair, and angelic face.
END CHAPTER ONE