Brief Synopsis: What if he wasn't the "Mr. Right" she had been looking for? What if the right guy had been in front of her all this time, and she had never even realized it? Is it too late to tell him how she feels? Does she even know how she feels?
About: It's Christmas time and Hilary doesn't know what to think. Tyson, the boy she's had a crush since she first met him, has finally asked her out. But now, Hilary thinks she's also starting to have feelings for the seemingly cold-hearted captain of the Bladebreakers, Kai. But Hilary really doesn't want to break Tyson's heart, especially when she can't even figure out her own feelings. When fate takes a drastic turn for Hilary, to whom will she turn? Does Kai really have feelings for Hilary? Who will Hilary choose? Will this end up as the perfect Christmas—or a perfect disaster?
Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade. I do not own any of the Christmas lyrics I may use, and I don't certainly own Christmas [I wish!].
Perfect ChristmasChapter 1: This Time Of Year
"Sleigh bells ring, are you listening," the preteen brunette hummed happily as she walked down the snow-covered street towards the Kinomiya dojo. Rubbing her bare hands together and watching as cloudy white puffs of heat surrounded her frigid hands, Hilary attempted to heat up her nearly frostbitten fingers.
Sure, it was cold outside. But it was never to cold for Hilary at this time of year; especially when Christmas was so near by. "In the lane, snow is glistening." In just a few more days, she would be stuffing herself silly with all that delicious Christmas food, having fun outside in the snow, singing Christmas carols non-stop, and giving and receiving lots and lots of presents! Just thinking about it all made Hilary giddy with delight. Christmas had to be the best time of the year! "A beautiful sight, we're happy tonight! Walking in a winter wonderlaaaAAAAAHHHHH!!!"
*Thwock!*
A loud splat resounded as something icy cold and hard smacked her in the forehead, soon followed by a…
*Crunch!*
The brunette in the puffed up, baby blue parka toppled over backwards into a large white pile. And that was soon followed by a…
"TTTTTTTTTYYYYYYYYYSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOONNNNNNN!!!!!!! [Tyson]" a shrill shriek echoed through the little town. Anyone who would have been standing under an overhanging of any sort, would have just experienced a miniature avalanche. That day, "anyone" included Tyson.
"Hey!" the navy-haired boy's head popped out of the pile of snow angrily. "What was that for?! I wasn't aiming for you, you know!"
"Well you could've fooled me!" Hilary shot back as she made her way out of the large white mound.
"Says you! I was aiming for Mr. Grumpy-pants on the other side of the street--! Hey where'd he go—" Tyson's retorts were abruptly cut off, as Kai gave him a face-wash in the snow.
"Right behind you." The slate haired captain smirked. With that, he turned away and continued to walk passed his laughing American and Chinese teammates. As he approached the dojo steps, the Russian boy felt something hard and cold hit him in the back of the head. Whirling around, he saw a shivering Kenny typing away at his laptop on the porch and Tyson whistling away, trying to look as innocent as possible. Kai shot a quick glance at the girl in the white parka and continued to stare in a daze at her, as she angrily brushed the snow off herself. She looks so cute when she's angry…Gah, what am I thinking?! he growled. Stupid Christmas spirit is making my brain turn to mush.
Shaking his head as to rid himself of such thoughts he averted his glance to Max and Ray, who each had an eyebrow cocked in disbelief as they looked on at Tyson, he knew the culprit. Kai silently bent over to scoop up some snow in his gloved hands and smirked evilly as he launched it forcefully at the blader with the bad acting skills. As the boy proceeded to fall flat on his face, Kai couldn't help but give a snort of laughter. "Smart-aleck."
"Why you…" Tyson scooped up a wad of snow from his place on the white ground and began to stand up, before falling right back down on his face and causing another round of laughter from Max and Ray.
"Guys!" the Chief complained frantically as he clutched his laptop close to his chest. "Watch it! I'm trying to finish planning the party—AAAAAHHHH!" he shrieked when a clump of snow decided to then detach itself from the rooftop nearby the ginger-haired computer genius.
"Ahahahaha-Hey!" Max stumbled backwards as his laughter was cut short when Tyson's badly aimed snowball slapped him in the face.
Ray laughed as his American buddy landed on his behind in the snow, and received a faceful of snow in return.
"Oho, I know where this is going…" Tyson smirked mischievously. Jumping up with an armful of snowballs, he yelled out a war cry and prepared for battle. "SNOWBALL FIGHT!"
And with that, clumps of snow proceeded to fly back and forth between the members of the Bladebreakers. Happily laughing together, the gang played in the snow together for the entire afternoon. Kenny set Dizzi aside, Hilary and Tyson carried out their argument through the snowball fight, and even Kai couldn't help but smile as he and the others playfully pummelled Tyson with snowballs.
"Aw, come on guys! Pick on someone your own size!" Tyson half laughed, half complained, covering himself with both arms.
As Kai tossed a snowball at the boy in return, "You are our size, baka."
"Okay, okay." Hilary sighed with a smile. "That's enough, you guys. I think Tyson's learned his lesson…" she bent over to give Tyson a hand and he was seriously tempted to pull her over onto the ground beside him.
Chuckling, Max added, "Or not…"
She's cute when she's helping others…Heck, she's cute all the time. Hey, what does he think he's doing? Crimson eyes watched, as the girl came was pulled over by the navy haired boy and onto the snow beside him. Kai froze. Wait…What?! Kai shook his head quickly. Stupid Tyson. Why'd Tyson have to throw the snowball at his head anyways? It was messing him up completely. Stupid snowball. Stupid snow. Stupid winter. Everything led right back to Christmas and Christmas spirit. Stupid Christmas.
"Kai?" the boy with two-toned hair looked up to see a gloved hand of Ray on his shoulder. Looking into the face of the boy with the cat-like features, Kai saw a look of slight concern in his friend's amber orbs. "Coming?" he gestured towards the open doors of the dojo.
Grunting in reply, Kai followed Ray inside, but stopped in the doorway. He only saw the Chief, Max, Ray, and Tyson's grandpa warming themselves with hot chocolate by the fireplace. Glancing back out the door, Kai only saw falling white snow covering everything in the empty white yard.
"Kai?" Kai jumped slightly at the sound of Ray's voice as he came up behind him.
"Huh?" the dazed boy answered, snapping his attention away from the empty yard.
"You okay, bro?" Kai saw the same look of concern in his friend's eyes from a few minutes ago.
"Yeah." The Russian muttered before tossing off his saturated outdoor garments and finding himself a place on the wall, near the fire.
Ray sighed as he watched his team captain lounge himself against a dojo wall. What's up with him? The Asian boy glanced quickly out the dojo's sliding door and out into the empty white yard. I wonder what Kai was looking at… Then with a shrug, he decided to keep the cold out and slid the door closed with one last glance out into the falling snow.
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Silver Swiftness: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! Lol! Yes! Christmas is practically here and now my mind is set in Christmas mode! FYI: This story takes place during or maybe a bit after Vforce, I guess, at about Christmas time. So if you want to know what's up with our Kai, please review and tell me if I should continue on with the rest of this Christmas fic! Thanks!
Oh! And if you are wondering if this is going to be a KaixHilary fic or a TysonxHilary fic…I really have no clue yet. I'll hint both pairings, so you guys can tell me which you prefer!