XP: A freaky story! For those who like a bit of horror! It's my first time trying this genre, so... hopefully you'll like it!

It might take long for me to update this :'(

**Start**

Kai bolted awake at the sound of the roaring thunder outside wherever he was. He looked around to find the Bladebreakers, including Kenny and Daichi and Hilary and white tigers around him when the lightning struck again. Stunned, he looked around him in the darkness to see that he was in a large place with ancient looking furniture. The rain smashed hard onto the roof and the windows, and the wind howled outside. Standing up, he walked to the window and looked out beyond the large mansion. It seemed like a deserted place. A hauntingly sweet lullaby was playing from what must be a musicbox.

SMASH!

Kai flinched, and whipped around, eyes glowing red in the darkness.

"AHHHH VAMPIREEEE!"

Oh. It was just Tyson who knocked over a vase when he woke up. Kai sweatdropped as the boy continued to scream and point at him. The other bladers started to stirr.

"Tyson..." Kai shook his head, sighing.

"AAAHHH! The vampire knows my name!" Tyson wagged a finger at Kai.

"..." Kai sighed.

"Mm?" Rei rubbed his eyes and woke up. "Oh... Hey, Kai. What's going on?"

"AAAHHH- wait, what? Kai?" Tyson stopped screaming and started to scruntinise the 'vampire' who continued to sigh.

"Where are we?" The scared voice of Kenny rang shrilly in the room. The lighting flashed again, cracking the sky into two, illuminating Kai's figure as he leaned against the window, scarf billowing around him, eyes continuing to glow an eerie red, skin looking unnaturally pale in the light.

"AHHHH!"

Kai sighed again.

"Er, um, Kai, could you move away from the window?" Max requested quietly, huddling with Tyson in fear. Red eyes turned to stare at him, and Max shivered. Kai closed his eyes and moved away from the window. Max, Tyson, Kenny and Hillary breathed a sigh of relief, and turned around... to see more pairs of eyes glowing in the dark!

"AHHH!"

"Chill, guys!" Rei chuckled. It was just the neko-jins.

Silently, Kai walked past the rest of them, looking out the hallway. It seemed like a huge place with a lot of rooms.

"Ok, let's first check who's here. Please say your name in turns," Rei took charge, smiling. "Rei here."

"Mariah."

"Lee."

"Max."

"Tyson."

"Hilary."

"Kevin."

"K-KEnny."

"...Gary."

"...Kai?" Tyson called out. Kai turned, red eyes opening again, just as the creepy lullaby stopped.

"AHHH! WHEN DID YOU GET BEHIND US?" Kenny, Daichi and Tyson freaked. Kai sighed as he flicked the light switch. Light flooded the room, and they saw they were in a large mansion-like room with lots of furniture. The furniture seemed ancient and of high value under the orange, dim light. It was just as scary as the darkness. Well, at least Kai wasn't as creepy anymore.

Kai turned to leave, up Rei stopped him. "Kai, where are you going?"

"...Exploring," Kai said quietly, voice resounding in the room.

"Alone? I'll go with you," Rei said gently.

"Hn..."

"Don't leave us behind!" Kenny shrieked. "This is just like a horror movie, oh my god!"

Soon, Kai was leading them through the dark halls, everyone else huddled behind for security and comfort. Lee brought up the rear, because, well, the person behind was usually taken first in horror movies, right? He wanted to protect the rest of them. The person first was at high risk too. They moved away from the light of their room and ventured deeper and deeper.

"Girls, you might want to stay behind Kai," Lee whispered to Mariah and Hilary who were in front of him.

"Why?" Mariah questioned in confusion.

"...Haven't you watched horror movies...?" Lee sighed. Hilary blinked, and quickly pulled Mariah in front of the other guys to be directly behind Kai.

Suddenly, something swung towards them, and Kai quickly jumped and turned in midair with a swinging kick, flinging whatever it was into the wall with a painfully loud sound.

"Kai!"

Kai took out a lighter and flicked it on, bringing the small flame to whatever swung towards them. It was a fake corpse. Someone was playing tricks on them.

They screamed at the bloody face, which was, well, ketchup, and the bloody eyes, which were, made of plastic, and the face... with was powdered with flour.

"Thank god we have Kai!" Tyson breathed out.

"Well, I doubt we would have even gotten out of that room without Kai," Max joked lightly.

"I-I think we'll stay in the middle instead," Hilary mumbled, jittery. She didn't want to see the horrors Kai brought down without a word. With Kai in the lead, then Rei, Tyson, Max, Daichi, Kevin, Kenny, Hilary, Mariah and then Gary and Lee.

As Kai felled more fake corpses with expert precision, the other bladers got more used to the darkness. Suddenly, the floor seemed to move beneath them as the thunder struck.

"Kyaa!" Hilary slipped down, well, something, into endless darkness, but a hand caught her and pulled her up. Red eyes told her it was Kai.

"T-Thank you..." Hilary mumbled, heart palpitating in her chest from shock. Kai surveryed the hole that suddenly opened up in the floor, it was rather large. He glanced at the other people on the other side of the hole, which were Mariah, Gary and Lee.

"Can you jump?" Kai demanded.

"Well, yeah, we're neko-jin," Lee said smugly, jumping over easily. Mariah and Gary weren't as confident.

"I'll catch you if you fall," Kai said.

Mariah took a jump, and almost made it. Her mouth hadn't even the the time to scream before a steady hand grabbed her wrist and pushed her towards Lee. There was no insult or reassuring words from Kai, he just turned his attention to Gary instead.

"G-Gary big... Gary no can jump far..."

Kai contemplated this for a bit, before going to a swinging corpse and untying the rope, flinging one side of it to the other side. "Tie it around yourself. Even if you fall, we'll pull you over."

Gary was about to stammer something else, but he saw the anxiousness and corncern in the other bladers eyes, as well as the hard-set determination in Kai's eyes. He tied the rope around himself, mouth a grim slash as he jumped as far as he could.

Which was, not as far as Kai expected. With a grunt, Kai pulled on the rope, legs slipping towards the hole inch by inch due to the silppery floor.

"Kai!" The rest helped to pull the rope, and soon Gary was saved, with everyone panting for breath.

"What kind of hell of a place is this!" Tyson complained.

Kai suddenly dodged to the left as something flew from the direction they came in, before he remembered he wasn't alone. Grabbing the flying objectile, he was confused when he hand touched something rough. There was a letter, tied on the stick he held. He unfolded it, and flicked on his lighter again, staring at the words. Rei came over bside him and read it out for the other bladers.

"Have fun on this inhabited island! The owner was nice enough to sell it to me at a cheap price. I thought that this would help you guys bond as things seemed a bit stiff between you two teams! Don't get too scared though! ... Mr Dickenson."

"I'd say, the old man got scammed!" Kevin huffed. "This place looks like it's going to fall apart!"

"We need to get out of here," Lee nodded.

"I think this place is too dangerous to stay in..." Mariah whispered. "Who knows what other tricks it has?"

Everyong murmured their agreements.

"Alright, this is what we will do," Kai took command, moving to the front again. "We will try to scavenge for whatever materials will help us to survive, and then move out when the rain subsides. Let's split into different groups."

"Kai... how do you do it?" Max asked enviously. Kai raised an eyebrow. "Being so calm in a place like this and taking command..."

The white tigers, though they still somewhat hated Kai, had to agree. They now knew a new side of him, the reason why he was the captain. He was knowledgable, mature and calm in the face of adversity. They held a new respect for him, after how he had lead them and helped them to get out.

"... Hn, hurry up and split into groups."

Still the unsociable bastard though.

Lee decided to be with Gary and Kevin, Tyson decided to be with Max and Rei and Daichi, so that left Kai to protect the girls and Kenny.

"Let's meet at the first floor's entrance once we're done," Kai instructed. Everyone nodded, and huddled together and left to find supplies. Kai led his team to a kitchen. He switched on the lights, and everyone started to raid the kitchen.

"Kyaa!"

Kai was instantly by Hilary's side, before sweatdropping when he saw the cockroach. He threw a fork and it stabbed in, and the cockroach wriggled it's feet, stuck on the fork. "Let's hurry," Kai commanded.

Hilary nodded, still scared. They managed to find bread, biscuits, matches, knives, fruits for food, and lots of bottles of water. Kai tore off the curtain and made makeshifts bags. Kenny screamed as he opened a bloody shelf.

There was a head of a person with its eyes gouged out, bloody, mouth opened in an eternal scream.

"Don't look," Kai said, as he swiftly slammed the shelf shut.

"K-Kai, it... it looked real, is it real...?"

Kai pursed his lips and refused to answer, herding them out of the place. "Hurry, hurry."

Really scared now, the three people behind Kai hugged their make-shift bag of supplies, holding hands and staying close. "Kai... is this a haunted house?" Mariah questioned.

"Are we going to die here?" Kenny's voice trembled. "Just like that person?"

"I'm not going down without a fight," Kai snarled.

"It's so scary..." Hilary felt selfish for asking this. "Will you protect us?"

"...Hn," Kai continued to walk, leading them. He would.

They walked down a hall way with it's floor slick with sticky red substance, the walls with candles on the sides lighting the place with an orange glow. Hilary slipped and bumped into Kai, and mumbled an apology. Kai quickly said, "Look to your left." They turned, and followed Kai as he suddenly picked up speed.

Curious like a cat, Mariah looked to the right, and saw a mountain of skeletons. Shocked, she turned back to stare at Kai's back, eyes watering. Kai knew if he said not to look right, they would definitely look. So he diverted their attention instead. But, she did not listen to him because she was curious.

"Be careful," Kai said loudly as they reached a long, circling staircase. It was easy to slip here, and everyone had to walk in a single row. The three debated who to stay last, until Mariah forced a smile. "I'll be the last."

A large bell sound started in the place, startling everyone. "Keep your launcher out," Kai advised Mariah as he brought them down, testing the steps. Mariah nodded silently, following them cautiously, constantly looking behind in fear, clutching her launcher. However, the presence of her beyblade and bitbeast calmed her. Again, she was awed. Kai really knew how to deal with such situations.

They reached the front door, which was blood stained everywhere with dying messages written everywhere in blood. Soon, Rei came, leading Max, Tyson and Daichi. They had found blankets, raincoats and clothes to change. However, Tyson was carrying Max, who looked horrified.

"What happened?" Kai went over to check on Max.

"He accidentally fell down the basement stairs when we were exploring, and... he..." Rei sighed.

"Dead people..." Daichi mumbled.

Tyson's eyes were watering as he looked at Kai with pleading eyes. "I want to go home! I don't want to stay here anymore!"

"And why are you telling me this?" Kai snorted, eyes turning to the side to see Lee, Gary and Kevin. They found long bamboo poles and had tore off curtains and bedsheets, planning to make tents. Kai tested the door, pushing the handle. He blinked when it could not open, feeling a sticky substance on his hand. Kai grimaced.

"Let me try," Lee offered.

"No," Kai shook his head. "It's locked. We should try the window instead."

They went to the window together, only to hear a child's giggle resound throughout the room.

My dolls... you cannot escape...

"I'll prove you wrong!" Kai shouted, throwing out a kick at the window, smashing the glass. Howls of wind greeted them, as well as the splashing of rain.

"Kai! The weather is too bad to go out!" Rei said worriedly.

"And what? You want to stay here?" Kevin mumbled, tears in his eyes as the creepy lullaby played again.

"We'll take a vote then. Those who want to go out please raise your hand," Lee ordered, raising his hand. Uncertainly, everyone's hand went up, as they didn't want to stay here. Only Kai did not raise his hand.

"Kai?" Max questioned.

"I can stay here and fight whatever is here," Kai growled.

"B-but what if it's a g-g-ghost?" Kenny stammered.

"Ghosts don't exist, Kenny!" Daichi cackled.

"S-s-says you!" Kenny muttered, hugging Dizzy.

"Kai, come on, go out with us," Rei persuaded. Kai sighed, and nodded. He led the way, climbing out of the window. "Be careful, it's sharp," He warned. He was instantly wet, hair dripping as it clung to his head. The rest wore their raincoats, but some of them went without as there were not enough. Lee, Kai, Rei and Gary did not wear any.

Slowly, they jumped from the high window, one by one. Some more dramatically than others, like Kenny who screamed like a beheaded chicken.

"Ouch!" Max winced as his hand accidentally touched the sharp glass. He jerked his hand back and cuddled it to his chest. He looked at the window fearfully now, not daring to climb out. The rest soon all climbed out, all casting a worried glance at Max. All of the Bladebreakers knew Max had somewhat of a height phobia.

"Maxie?" Tyson asked worriedly, looking at Max who was holding his bleeding hand. Max forced a smile for Tyson. That was how he dealt with problems, smiling.

"I'm fine, Tyson, just give me awhile," Max whispered. Kai stared at him with penetrating eyes, jumping back through the window with his awesome fluttering scarf behind him.

"Didn't I warn you that it's sharp?" Kai chided lightly, tearing off a piece of cloth from a bedsheet to wrap up Max's hand, water dripping off him to form a small puddle on the floor. "Keep your hand dry." Max nodded and stuffed his hand into the raincoat he was wearing.

"Max!" Rei hollered, as something flew towards Max from within the house.

DON'T LEAVE! DON'T LEAVE MEEEE!

Kai pushed Max aside by flinging himself onto Max, and both of them fell onto the ground hard as a knife stabbed where Max stood. Max shuddered and stared with wide eyes at the trembling knife. Kai got off Max hurriedly, pulling Max up and pushing him towards the window. "You need to climb out now."

"B-but..." Max stammered nervously, looking back at Kai. Kai's eyes softened somewhat, and he sighed.

"Max, you need to climb out now, you need to be out there with your friends, and not stay in this creepy house," Kai persuaded.

No...NO...NOOOOOO!

Kai kicked aside the other knife that came, but more glints of light in the darkness told him there were still more. Max stared at the sharp edges of the window which glinted in the moonlight. He took a shuddering breath. "I know, Kai... I know, but..."

"Max, hurry!" Tyson urged from outside. "Whatcha waiting for, buddy?

Kai pulled Max away from another two flying knifes which embedded themselves in the walls. "I can't protect you forever, Mizuhara. Don't be afraid of the pain. It is simply another feeling, like joy or sadness."

Max nodded, and with another deep breath, he was in front of the window. He lifted his foot, stepping on the edge of the high window.

"That's it, Maxie!" Tyson encouraged. Everyone started to voice out their encouragements as well as the glinting metal knifes flew with expert precision at Max's back. Upon hearing the metaalic 'shiiing!' Max froze.

"I've got your back!" Kai thundered as he knocked the knives out of their line of target, right behind Max. Tears welled up in Max's eyes. Thank you, Kai... I... I need to do this, I need to try again, I don't want to disappoint Kai and my friends waiting for me! With determination burning in his eyes, Max carefully put his hand at the side of the window, pulling his other leg up. He jumped out, and Tyson and Rei caught him. Max laughed out of relief, in the embrace of his friends.

Kai backfipped out of the window after a second, a knife flying out of the window along with him. When he landed on the ground in a squatting position, his cheek was bleeding and he was breathing heavily, tired from all the action. Rei was by his side immediately, checking if he was okay.

"What kind of house was that!" Kevin whispered, grasping Mariah's hand. She was comforting him, stroking his head and whispering things into his ear to reassure the youngest member of their team, while Lee stood beside them protectively with Gary who was looking down at the ground. Even Daichi was much quietr than usual, and Kenny was speaking giberrish while hugging Dizzy. Hilary was beside Tyson, who was reassuring her as while, while she tried to not cry because she missed the safety of her home. Rei as taking care of Max, while Kai was contemplating something.

"Alright, let's first find a place to set camp, before we start looking for ways out of this place," Kai said authoratively, standing up with an aura of a leader. "Follow me." His tone held no place for arguments, and like lost sheep, the bladers followed behind him quietly in twos. They continued to hear demonic screaming from the house, shrieking in anger at their departure.

They found a suitable place far from the house, close to a river. Kai guided them on how to set up the tents.

"Just the two of us?" Mariah whispered, standing with Hilary.

"Well, the gender doesn't... uh... allow us to just... share tents," Lee said awkwardly, scratching the back of his head.

"Why not Kevin and Daichi sleep with the two of them then?" Rei suggested. "Kids should okay, right?"

In the end, Kevin, Daichi, Mariah and Hilary were in one tent, Tyson, Max, Kenny and Lee were in another, and Rei, Kai and Gary shared the last tent. Many of them were horribly traumatized from their experience in the house, especially the younger ones, and those who actually saw something only seen in horror movies.

"I don't wanna stay here anymore..." Kevin sobbed in his tent, as Mariah held him. Hilary stroked Daichi's hair, and he stayed quiet, not snapping at her or calling her an old hag. While he was not really scared of horror, he was deeply affected by the experience as he watched his friends in danger of losing their lives.

"Hey, Kenny, we'll be fine... don't worry! Right, Maxie?" Tyson patted his jittery friend on the shoulder, looking at Max for back-up. Max wore a tight lipped smile, not saying anything, and Kenny continued to cry. Lee sighed, it was a depressing sight.

"Gary... Gary no like this place!" Gary shouted, upset.

"I know, Gary, I know... we'll find a way out of this place, I promise. Alright?" Rei whispered soothingly. Gary nodded, still visibly distressed.

Soon, the rain finally let up, and the bladers gathered outside for a meeting. Seeing the traces of sunlight that flitered through the leaves gave them a shimmer of hope. Their phones had no reception, Dizzy couldn't connect to the internet, so they couldn't contact anyone. They didn't even know where they were.

"What time is it?" Tyson asked Kenny curiously. Kenny wore a watch afterall.

"Well, it would be 2 am in the morning if we were in Japan," Kenny said hesitantly. "But I have no idea where we are."

"2am?" Hilary exclaimed in wonder. "We should be sleeping, then."

"H-Hilary, who can s-sleep after seeing all... all t-those... ahem," Kenny stuttered. However, he was proven wrong by the many yawns and sleepy looks around him.

"I'm hungry too," Tyson moaned. "I can't sleep on an empty stomach."

"Sleep, and eat something if you must," Kai ordered softly. "I'll take guard duty."

"I'll... I'll accompany you!" Kenny stammered. Kai nodded, and the two of them sat outside on a spread out bed sheet. The rest went back into their tents to sleep, while Kai stared intently at his phone which had no reception.

"Kai... where are we...? I'm scared," Kenny whispered, tears building up in his eyes once more. "Were those really dead people, Kai?"

"Do you want me to lie?" Kai asked seriously.

"...Yes," Kenny admitted, head bowed in shame.

"...It's fine, Kenny. We're safe. I bet Mr Dickenson will come for us soon. It's just all a big prank that went a bit far, is all," Kai lied smoothly.

"...Thank you, Kai."

"Hn," Kai grunted, sending random smses to the blitzkrieg boys even though he knew they wouldn't receive it. He saw all the sending errors and sighed.

Suddenly, one seemed to work. Kai blinked as he saw the words appear on the screen. Sending success. He checked the contact. It was Tala. Of course, Tala, with the latest technology iphone. Tala with the cyber mind. Tala with the enhanced phone due to his sick cyber mind.

He checked the message he sent.

Lost. Bring food. Tyson eats.

Kai snorted. He sent that on an impulse. He wanted to send another message, but his phone suddenly shut down by itself, and no matter how he pressed, it just wouldn't turn on again.

"...Are you cold?" Kai asked quietly, staring at the way Kenny was hugging himself and rubbing his arms in a weak attempt to generate heat. Kenny nodded, shivering.

Kai helped him to start a fire, and Kenny sat closer to it as Kai laid back on the laid out bedsheet, used to the coldness. He was from Russia afterall. He was still messing around with his phone, he was bored and had nothing better to do. He was wondering why it shut down by itself. He stared at Dizzy in contemplation for quite a while, as the small blinking light on Dizzy's side turned red. "Kenny? Is there something wrong with Dizzy?"

Kenny blinked, before lifting Dizzy into his lap. "Oh no! The battery is running low!"

"Kenny, I guess... this is goodbye," Dizzy said sadly.

"No! Dizzy!" Kenny cried out frantically.

"See you again... if you're back to a world with electronics and electricity..." Dizzy's voice slowly fizzled out.

"Dizzy!" Kenny shrieked, and Kai winced. Ouch, that boy was shrill. He could imagine Kenny shrieking like that at a Mingming concert. Even oucher. Kenny turned to Kai frantically, and Kai hurriedly composed himself to show a stoic face again. "Kai! What should I do? Dizzy is... I forgot to charge her last night! Before we were mysteriously sent her!" Kenny sounded hysterical now.

"Kenny... Relax. There is nothing more you can do. You can only wait until we get back to Japan or something," Kai said calmly.

"But Dizzy is... Dizzy is my..." Kenny sobbed.

Kai watched helplessly as Kenny started to cry and rant in frustration. "I hate this! Why are we even here? Where are we? I want to go home! I want my bed, I want Dizzy, I want to be safe..."

XP: Hope you liked it!