Title: Crimson Tears

Author: Aerith Queen of Cetra

Chapters: 2/6?

Summary: Darkness has always been a part of Kai's life. Thanks to his friends he's able to suppress this darkness but now it wants to take over his life and make sure that even Kai doesn't get in the way...

Genre: Horror/ Angst

Pairings: None (Does anyone want a pairing? If you do it'll be KaixTakao/KaixTyson)

Beta'd: Nope (help!)

Warnings: Blood, Death, Psychotic theories (by Yami), an unoriginal name for the bad guy (shrugs)

Disclaimer: See chapter 1 ¬.¬

Review Thanks To: Tomtwins13, Bloody Crimson Tears, LynnieTHM, Eclipsed Light(;.;Thanks so much for that), Astera Snape, wolf 1 1,somebody very evil (O.O Nice review there…), Death Fox, RetaroO and lolita

Author's Comments: I dunno why but I wanted to leave this story as a one-shot to show what happened after Kai collapsed after his match with Brooklyn (I thought he actually died for a while o.o' ) but since you want me to continue, I shall! But it won't be a really long story, just a couple of chapters!

And for all of you who got confused, Takao is Tyson's Japanese name )

But since there is too much confusion over it, I'll just use the English names…. but Ray shall still be known as Rei, it kills me to spell him the English way! XP

Chapter 2: Shades of a Soul
Multorum te etiam oculi et aures non sentientem, sicuti adhuc fecerunt, speculabuntur atque custodient.

Without your knowledge, the eyes and ears of many will see and watch you, as they have done already.)

--Marcus Tullius Cicero

Air. So warm and caring at times, harsh and unforgiving other times. Today though, it seemed too foreign and strange, confused even, to register to anyone but it barely registered in this youth's mind.

A single blood red eye glared at the world around, but more importantly at its two enemies that battled light heartedly down on the ground below his post.

Brooklyn and Tyson… hard to believe they caused this much damage with such careless thoughts, but perhaps he'd been away from the living world too long, perhaps this was the new order of things. His influence upon his host was only slight in the years he had been contained so he couldn't be sure.

Turning around with a swift and dangerous slash of his ebony coat, he turned the other direction towards the destroyed BEGA building, a violet haired man lay weeping at the ruined doors much to his amusement.

Hearing footsteps before him, the man turned his fallen gaze up to watch the stranger before him; sickly small, grey eyes glinted with hope.

Boris Balkov latched his arms onto "Kai's" shoulders and shook them apprehensively. "KAI! My boy! So good of you to come back to me! I was so sad when that awful Brooklyn forced you to leave! But now, with you, I can rebuild the BEGA Empire!"

Raising an eyebrow, the teen shrugged the hands from his shoulders. "And why should I help you?"

The acidic words split from "Kai's" easily, more so than before as his eyes flared like the flames from the lowest pits of hell. Boris blinked and backed away with a disturbed cry, rushing into the unsteady ruins of BEGA and away from the dark youth that haunted him so.

A deadly smirk crossed the youth's face as he followed the rushing man, calmly and at his own pace.

Staring to his left and right within the ruins with his glowing eye he followed the concrete laden path with glee, gently padding up the stairs in quiet anticipation.

The third floor staircase was blocked off with rubble and all that remained of the second floor was the single staircase that led to it and a few rooms that hadn't collapsed upon themselves.

His steps suddenly became louder against the concrete, the cheering from outside finally muting. All that remained were the footsteps…and contained breaths…

"Kai" passed the first room, a training room with a broken dish. There was no one there. He passed the second room, a file room with tossed shelves. There was no one there. He passed the third room, a small bedroom with a smashed wooden bed frame… There was someone there…

The once lethal and dangerous leader, Boris Balkov, was now backed against the corner, hiding behind a slanted bookcase.

The old man gulped shakily as the footsteps echoed eerily by him, they stopped for a moment and he immediately snapped his hand over his mouth, making a dull thud.

A black laugh echoed from around each corner of the destroyed room causing him to shudder uncontrollably.

What's the matter Boris? Afraid? Why should you be…? You created me… what reasons have you to be frightened? Because I'm too powerful? Because I can rise up and take away everything you've earned? Or maybe….

"It's because I can take away your very life…" The voice suddenly whispered in his ear and he leapt back against the wall again as an insane wolfish grin ensnared his senses.

Placing his bandaged palm upon Boris' chest, a firm scarlet light erupted from it as the hand sank into the light. "Kai's" entire body glowed thankfully as Boris felt his body weaken.

Pulling his hand back and flexing it perfectly, he pulled off the bandage on his eye and the elder, with a horrific look on his tired face, watched as a dull slash that reached from the side of the teen's face and through his eye, suddenly stitched back up with stomach churning squelches.

The eye beneath opened as a fallen and lost grey, but with a blink it turned to the matching psychotic red of its brother. Twisting uncomfortably, the ache from his back, arms and legs suddenly disappeared as the scars patched up and the bones healed.

"Ah…. much better…. thanks for the pick me up."

A foot suddenly snapped down upon the elder's outstretched arm and a dull crack snapped through the walls, a cry soon followed.

Boris held the limp arm in his other hand and gasped in horror at the twisted limb, "What the hell do you think you're doing! Are you insane!"

"Kai" lifted his head back in gentle thought, before grinning again and nodding vigorously. "That's what you've always taught me, 'sir'. It's better to be the insane victor…"

He brought his hand forward, grabbing the mass of violet hair and wrenching it and Boris' head to one side, "…than the worthless loser..."

Yami dropped the body to the floor and watched in sick satisfaction as the gargling of liquid resounded in Boris' throat, blood slowly seeping out from his open mouth.

His newest victory was cut short though when a sudden flash erupted within Yami's mind and he turned his gaze to the floor in rarely felt astonishment.

"You…. brought it… here?" The surprise soon left, filled now with rich laughter, reflecting both joy…and insanity.

Closing his eyes, he concentrated his dark energies to the ground beneath him and quickly a small orb of black light rose from the ground and hovered before Yami's face.

The dark one snatched the light with tremendous speed and stared at the chip that now lay comfortably in his hand, a chip that he hadn't laid eyes on since his "death".

"Hello old friend…remember me?" A small pulsation in his mind confirmed that answer.

"I can't believe he brought you here, I thought you were lost to me…I guess this fool had one other purpose after all."

Placing the dark bit beast, Black Dranzer within his coat pocket he turned and look at Boris with great distaste.

Flicking back a lock of navy hair from his face, Yami swirled around and stalked away, a single thought in his mind. That death was too peaceful, I'll have to try extra hard for the others…

"YEAH! HERE'S TO TYSON! WORLD CHAMP FOR ANOTHER YEAR!"

"HERE HERE!"

The entire room cheered and raised their glasses in celebration as Tyson blushed and laughed furiously, scratching the back of his head in joy.

"More like World Chump for another year, eh Tyson?" The sly Rick slipped in taking a sip of his drink.

"Yeah! …Hey wait a minute…RICK!" Max and Rei had to hold the furious champion back as he lunged for Rick who still sat calmly, cross legged and sipping his drink.

The entire group laughed at the site. They had reason for being able to smile over the slightest thing after the back breaking training they all had to do to help the four combatants (1) to succeed in their five match tournament. And because of the great respect that had been exchanged between each warrior in the tournament, four of the five members of BEGA's team also joined them in the celebration. (2)

Jokes and sweet laughter echoed through the air as everyone crowded Tyson, bar from Hilary who was yelling at Ming-Ming in one corner and Brooklyn who was content to sit at the table and watch with an amused expression.

Tyson, though delighted with all of the attention, found himself looking around with an almost sad glint in his chestnut eyes as he noticed someone missing.

Managing to excuse himself by saying he needed to go to the bathroom, Tyson carefully opened the back door and closed it silently behind him before leaning against the rafters and sliding to the wooden ground.

His eyes glared wistfully at the stars that twinkled gleefully within its dark playground of the sky.

"Kai…where are you?" He whispered to the wind, feeling it twist strangely around him, almost in confusion, it didn't know either…

Sighing he closed his eyes. Even if Kai refused to acknowledge the team's worth at times, he would always turn up on occasions such as these, even if it was to just stand in the corner in silence, barely regarding the world around.

To Tyson though, that was somewhat a…comfort to him. Kai almost was like a guardian angel to him, a dark winged one but none-the-less a guardian angel. He would never admit this sense of security to Kai though, it seemed silly, like a child's fairytale but he liked it. It made him believe in a happily ever after.

But where was Kai now?

"Kai…have you left us once again?"

"Not exactly…"

The voice startled him enough to force him to roll over and off of the porch. When he looked up, his irritated chestnut eyes met amused scarlet ones and he immediately shot up to his feet.

"Kai! There you are! I didn't think you were coming!" Tyson yelled in glee as he tackled him and gave him a hug, effectively knocking them both to the ground. (A/N: HE GLOMPED HIM! HURRAH! XD )

Raising an eyebrow, "Kai" coughed in annoyance which Tyson quickly caught as leapt back up on his feet, pulling the older teen up with him.

"I'm glad you made it!" Tyson smiled, grabbing the others gloved hand and pulling him inside. "Come on! Everyone was really worried about you!"

Worried about Kai? Why should they waste such efforts on that fool? But they have a right to I guess… Giving a dark chuckle, which Tyson, in his joy, mistook for a somewhat giggle, he followed the navy haired teen into his home before his dark expression quickly fell into the solemn façade that was, Kai.

"GUYS! KAI FINALLY MADE IT!" Came the excited shout from Tyson Granger as he dragged a seemingly reluctant and irritated Kai Hiwatari into the middle of the halted festivities.

The entire group turned to the new arrival with startled faces, including Brooklyn. "Kai" just gave a disgusted grunt at the attention and stalked off to the corner, sliding down the wall slightly and crossing his arms over his chest as he glared at the floor through closed eyelids.

Relief swept through the crowd as to them it seemed he was back to normal but two males both stared at him in confusion.

Brooklyn narrowed his eyes at the teen that stood n the corner. There was something in his aura that seemed off to him. It was his aura. Kai's usual aura radiated as a calm blue, something that contained a sense of sadness, pain, and longing but this aura was a deep red, swirling with contempt, anger and darkness.

He turned away in wonder and suspicion, pushing these thoughts to the back of his mind but the second male didn't turn his gaze away from "Kai".

He looked at the floor startled. Kai was back now. He wasn't going to leave again. But… where was the comfort he always felt from Kai's presence?

(1) Four because Kai wasn't with the team training if you don't recall.

(2) Crusher isn't there obviously because he would run straight to his sister's side after her operation.

O.O Full chapter there….. Boris is killed…. Black Dranzer is back…Brooklyn loses the match against Tyson…. Kai returns to the Bladebreakers…Two people are suspicious already… My head hurts o.o'

Well, I'll be updating more often now that I've finally came back to this story but I've two questions to ask now,

1) Does anyone want a pairing? If you do it'll be TysonxKai.

2) Guess who goes bye bye next XD

So please review now! And remember! Reviews motivate the authoress to update quicker!