Title: She's Not Your Average Guy
Summary: When surprisingly female Kai gets stuck on the roof of the dojo half-naked, she's mortified when she's rescued by hunky Miguel Lavalier - her first ever crush! Then, she finds out he's crushing on her as well…
Pairings: Miguel/Kai
Warnings: Kai as a girl. Mild nudity.
Disclaimer: Don't own Beyblade.
Heh, -presses index fingers together- I couldn't help myself. This idea just came to me. I had to do it. I just had to X3 Behold, my first ever fic with a female Kai! I hope you enjoy!
A gentle spring breeze plays with the stormy tresses of Kai's hair, making them appear to dance majestically before his crimson red eyes, eyes that are currently narrow in annoyance.
It's just a typical day at the Granger's Dojo; training is the main agenda as usual. But this time, Grev are not the only team training; Barthez Battalion is joining them today as well. The captain of the Spanish team, the ever handsome Miguel Lavalier, stands beside Kai, his eyes trained on the battle between the world champion and his angelic teammate, Claude, who is currently running circles around Tyson's blade in the beydish.
The arrival of the Spanish team was a welcome event on Kai's behalf; the polite responses to his words of advice and their disciplined form of blading are a stark contrast to the boisterousness of his teammates, Grev.
Miguel is someone Kai finds himself in his company quite a bit, intentionally and unintentionally. The Spanish captain, and now coach, is actually someone he enjoys being around. He's friendly and cheerful, but he knows when to be serious and definitely knows when not to push him too far when Kai just wants to brood on his own.
He also very talented with his Beyblade, he just needs more confidence, positive reinforcement. Kai has noticed that he tends to hold back sometimes, like he's afraid of going too far.
Kai knows why he's hesitant; the nightmares of Barthez still linger.
He has reassured Miguel time and time again that he is nothing like Barthez, and he never will be. And little by little, his words are sinking in as Miguel is slowly becoming more confident in his blading skills.
He is a very welcome change to Kai's life.
The members of Grev are very good bladers, don't get him wrong, what they do to annoy him is what really gets up his nose. Training only when they want, not when he thinks they should. Accepting challenges from fans without considering where they are or if there could be any consequences. And the fact that they continue to call him emotionless and a jerk because he didn't cry when Bambi's mother died in the Disney movie Bambi.
He was teary, who wouldn't be, but just because he didn't start bawling like a little baby like Tyson did, didn't mean he was emotionless. Jeez…
Kai doesn't understand why his teammates seem so against training, it's not like he's asking them to run fifty laps around the dojo and them complete 20 sit-ups afterwards; that's something Hiro makes them do. He just wants them to concentrate on something longer than five god-damn minutes!
"Tyson, concentrate," Kai barks his order from his advantage point near the Koi pond, his arms neatly folded over his chest in his usual pose. "You've lost more than half your speed. You're getting weak."
Next to him he can see Miguel shake his head slowly, he too picking up on the lack of concentration. Tyson is a good blader, obviously as he has a world champion title; he just lacks concentration and motivation some times.
Ok, make that whenever he's outside the Beyblade arena.
"Weak?" Tyson suddenly bristles as he tightens his grip on his launcher and gives Kai a comically disgruntled look. "I'll show you," he warns before he turns his attention back to the beydish and throws out his arm, ordering his blade to move. "Dragoon, attack!"
Responding to his master's cry, a terrifying wind encircles Tyson's blade, typical of the blader's overly enthusiastic style. The column of air starts out small, simply circling the blue and white blade, but it soon spreads out, enveloping the entire portable beydish.
Kai feels his eye give a twitch. And, as usual, the world champion isn't concentrating as hard as he should be with such an attack; the wind around his blade unstable and seeming increasingly out of control.
"Tyson, dammit, concentrate!" Kai yells over the howling wind, unfolding his arms to clench his hands into fists by his sides. The teen always goes all out when he's like this. Things could get a little bit hairy if he isn't careful.
"Claude, watch it!" Miguel suddenly yells out in alarm when he realizes that the unstable wind is heading directly towards him. He takes a hesitant step forward, concern for his friend growing, but unsure of what he should do.
Claude seems to notice it as well, but instead of doing something to counteract it, he freezes to the spot. "…I…"
Without thinking about his own personal safety, Kai pulls Miguel back so he doesn't get hurt himself and lunges forward, physically pushing Claude out of the way of the attack, only managing to avoid it himself and springs back just as a huge gush of wind barrels pass.
However, his plan isn't exactly flawless. When he jumps back, his foot lands on an idle stone near the Koi pond and his ankle rolls to the side, and he rolls with it, right into the Koi pond behind him. Upon reflex, he lifts up his hand to cushion his fall, landing on it relatively hard on the water with a loud splash, an idle thought of this being utter typical of his life flitters through his mind.
Yes, only he can push someone out of the way of a Beyblade attack and somehow managing to throw himself into the nearest pool of water.
He disappears under the water for a few second before resurfacing with a soft gasp to get air into his lungs and sitting in the surprisingly deep pond of water, his stormy gray bangs hanging over his eyes, one of which is twitching madly behind the silky veil.
Yeah, just a typical day of training for him.
"Kai!" Miguel says in concern, a slight hint of relief in his eyes when he sees that Kai doesn't appear to badly injured, though annoyance is coming off of him in waves. A small smile appears on his lips, gratitude in his eyes that Kai was so quick to help out his friend, something that is in Kai's character he has come to realize.
He doesn't care what anyone says, Kai is an awesome guy.
"Dude, Kai, are you ok?" Tyson asks, sheepishly when he senses the aura of annoyance Kai is emitting.
"Tyson," Kai says in a dangerously low tone as he lifts his head, revealing his rapidly twitching eye for everyone to see. "How many times do I have to tell you to concentrate?"
"Heh heh, er…" Tyson forcibly laughs before dropping his head in shame as everyone else sends him nasty looks.
"I'm sorry I wasn't quick enough, Kai," Claude says in an apologetic tone, very light layer of dust covering his clothes when he landed on the ground. He is sincerely sorry for freezing up like that, his eyes soft and downcast, tugging at Kai's heart strings.
Now Claude is definitely someone who suffers from self-esteem issues outside the beydish. While he's battling, he becomes a totally different person, but as soon as his blade stops spinning, he's meek again.
"Don't worry about it," he replies as he blows out a puff of air to blow a strand of hair that is hanging over his eyes. His eye twitches again when the piece of hair simply flops back down with a splat. "Not your fault."
Miguel walks over to the side of the Koi pond and holds out his hand for Kai to take. "Are you ok?" he asks.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Kai replies as he moves to stand up and to take Miguel's hand to help him out of the water, but then a white hot streak of pain erupts from his lower leg and he promptly falls back into the water with a splash.
His brow furrows with slight confusion, then annoyed realization. "Or, maybe not…"
Once again, concern is evident in Miguel's eyes and voice, and he appears unsure what to do. "What is it?"
"My ankle," Kai mutters reluctantly as he tenderly touches his ankle only to wince when pain erupts from his hand as well. He pulls it out of the water and cradles it against his chest. "And my wrist."
"Don't move too much," Miguel orders as he surprises Kai immensely by slipping into the pond as well and making his way over to him.
"What are you doing?" Kai asks his eyes wide in disbelief. "You're going to get wet and dirty."
"Its fine," Miguel says as he sends him a smile and leans down to his level. "We need to get you out of this water."
Then, surprising Kai even more than before, he slips his arms under the water and effortlessly picks him up, holding him bridal style in his arms and against his chest. Kai makes a little noise in surprise and subconsciously slips his arms around Miguel's neck as the blonde carries him out of the pond and onto dry land. Instead of placing him on his own unsteady feet, he keeps him sitting perched in his arms. A light blush appears on Kai's cheeks when he feels Miguel tighten his arm around his waist, and he in turn tightens his grip around his neck, subconsciously pulling himself closer.
"You should head inside and have a shower, Kai," Ray suggests, his amber eyes looking at him critically.
A part of him wants to protest simply out of pride, but sitting here in Miguel's arms like this, being held by the sexy Spaniard, any plausible reason to remove him from this unintentional embrace leaves him, the selfish want to stay near the blonde taking them over.
"Fine," Kai mutters, sounding like he can't find a reason to protest and gives his teammates a stern look of authority. "But you lot stay out here and train. Tyson, I'm direction most of that at you."
"Aw, man!" Tyson whines, slumping forward with a sense of annoyance. It doesn't help to know that he brought this upon himself.
"What would you like us to do, Miguel?" Aaron asks, eyeing off his wet and mud slick clothing.
"I'm going to head to the hotel to have a shower as well," he replies as he pulls the teen in his arms a little bit closer. "After I take Kai inside. You guys are free to do what you want." He smiles when he sees his teammates eyes light up with gratitude and the looks of annoyance from the Japanese bladers.
"Good," Aaron says with a smile of his own, his stomach giving a very small rumble of hunger. "I'm starving; I'm going to get something to eat. Anyone want to come?"
"I will," Matilda says meekly, as usual. "I have to go shopping later on day as well. I need to buy some shampoo and conditioner, or my hair will go all oily and yucky."
Miguel smiles at the younger girl in a brotherly sort of way as she pouts and plays with a strand of her pink hair. He then turns to his tall and thin teammate, knowing that Claude is feeling really bad about what happened. "You ok, Claude?" he asks.
Claude snaps his head up and looks at his captain. "I'll…head back to the hotel as well. I need to change these clothes."
"Sure," Miguel smiles warmly at him, letting him know through his eyes that he has nothing to feel guilty about before turning to the rest of his teammates. "See you guys later. Hang on, Kai."
"I'm not too heavy?" Kai asks, not used to other people helping him out instead of the other way round.
"Not at all," Miguel says as he sends him yet another reassuring smile and tightens his grip around him as he moves towards the entrance of the dojo, to carry him inside.
X3 Ah, Miguel, ever the gentleman, aren't you? So, that's the first chapter, the second chapter will have Kai as a girl and from then on, I'll be referring to him as a her.
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