AN- This is a gift fic for a friend of mine. She's been at me for ages to post it here, so here I go. This is set a couple of weeks after the first series, and by the way, I have not seen Beyblade in ages so if the characters are a little OOC, please forgive me. And my friend isn't particularly fond of Tyson, so there might be a little bit of Tyson-bashing in here, or Tyson-humiliating as I likes to call it. And the title is likely to change some time soon.
Summary: After the first World Tournament, the Bladebreakers are invited to Scotland, and to a tournament where all the secrets are hidden in the snow. Possible pairings, not sure yet.
Disclaimer: Tyson and the Bladebreakers are not mine, and the various OCs that appear in the next chapter or two belong to a couple of my friends. I think the only one that belongs to me is the OC appearing a few chapters down the line.
Snow Secrets
A Letter for Everyone
"Tyson! Wake up little dude, you've got a letter!"
Tyson groaned and rolled over onto his other side on his bed, and promptly fell off as his grandfather stuck his head inside Tyson's room. Rubbing his head, Tyson looked up at his grandfather through blurred eyes. He wouldn't be surprised if a lump appeared right under his fingers.
"You fall out your bed?" His grandfather asked. Tyson flinched at the impossible loud sound of his granfather's voice, it hurt his ears.
"Yeah," he answered, once the pain had lowered to a dull ache. "What is it?"
"Here, this came for you this morning." His grandfather said, thrusting the letter into Tyson's hands.
Tyson scratched his head, careful to avoid the bump that had formed and opened the letter. His eyes widened when he read what was written on the thick paper.
Max almost jumped out of his skin when his bedroom door flew open, revealing an out-of-breath Tyson barely able to stand. He flashed his tired friend a smile, "Hey, Tyson. What's up?"
Once Tyson had regained his breath, he walked into the room, careful not to tread on any blade parts that were scattered around the floor, and sat down next to Max.
"Max, do you have one of these?" Tyson asked, reaching into his pocket and removing the letter he'd received that morning. Max took the letter from him and read it.
"Yeah," he said, grinning. He stood, navigated his way over to his desk and picked up the letter he'd received. The phone on his desk started ringing and he picked it up, "Hello? Oh, hey Ray… Yeah, I got one too," he said, looking at the letter in his hands, he was silent for a few minutes and Tyson made his way over to his friend. "And Kai?" Max continued, "What about Kenny? Uh-huh… Yeah, Tyson's here, he got one too… Okay, we'll see you there."
"What was that all about?" Tyson asked as Max put the phone back on its cradle.
"Kai, Ray and Kenny have all got letters." Max said, scanning his letter again before he looked back up at his friend. "Ray wants us all to meet down at the park."
"When?" Tyson asked.
"Now." Max replied, already moving past his friend and towards the door. "Are you coming?"
"Right behind you."
They said goodbye to Max's Dad and ran down to the park, taking a few shortcuts along the way. When they got there, Kai was already there, leaning against a wall. Ray was practicing and Kenny sat on top of the climbing frame, his computer on his lap.
"Hey guys," Max said, once he'd regained his breath. "What's up?"
Tyson, still breathing heavily, leaned against the same wall Kai was leaning on, and muttered under his breath, "How did you guys get here so fast?"
"Max, let me see your letter." Kenny said as he hopped down from the frame. Max handed his letter over and Kenny read it a couple of times before turning to Tyson. "Tyson?"
"Yeah, Chief?" Tyson asked, leaning on the wall like Kai, only for a different reason.
"He wants your letter." Kai remarked dryly. He pushed himself away from the wall and joined Kenny and Max by the frame.
Realisation dawned on Tyson and he reached into his pocket again, but his fingers grabbed at nothing. He mentally swore when he remembered that he'd left the letter at Max's house, and in the rush to get to the park, he'd forgotten to take it back.
"I er… left it at Max's." he admitted. Kai rolled his eyes and Ray strolled over to join them.
"What's going on?" he asked, when he saw the look on Tyson's face.
"He left his letter at my house." Max informed him.
"Shouldn't someone go back and get it?" Ray asked.
"I say Tyson should." Kai muttered, but made sure that no one could hear him.
"Where did you leave it?" Max asked.
"Er.." Tyson said, rubbing his head, he flinched when his hand brushed over the bump. "I gave it to you."
"I remember, I left it on the floor." Max said, "I'll go back and get it. I won't be long."
With that he was gone, and returned a while later to find Tyson and Kai battling it out in one of the small park stadiums. The two blades were at a stalemate and Ray was overseeing the match.
Max slipped the letter to Kenny, who read it once before bringing the others out as well.
Tyson called on Dragoon, but Kai dodged the attack with ease. He slammed Tyson's blade and Ray and Max watched as Tyson's blade flipped out of the ring and landed on the gravel at Tyson's feet.
"Seems like you need a bit more practice." Kai taunted. Tyson reached down and picked up his blade but shrugged off the challenge, saying something about going easy on Kai. He turned to Kenny.
"As I thought," Kenny said, watching as Kai's blade stopped spinning and he picked it up. "We have each got the same letter." He started, holding out the letters for them all to see. "Each has the same wording, same paper quality and same writing, only our names are different."
"Translation?" Tyson asked, but the others ignored him. He tried again, "So what are they?"
"They're invitations." Kenny supplied.
"To what?"
"A private tounament."
"A private one?" Tyson asked, confusion written all over his face.
"Yes," Kenny said, re-reading the first letter he had. "Everything's been arranged, all we have to do is show up."
"Is that it?" Tyson asked.
Ray cut him off before he could say anymore. "Where is this tournament?"
Kenny perused the letter one more time before pointing out the location. "It's in Scotland."
"What? Scotland?"
"Yes, Tyson, Scotland." Kenny told him, grabbing the letter he'd just snatched away. "So the question is: Are we going to go?"
"If everything's paid for, then yeah, sure. I'm in." Tyson said, grinning. Kai rolled his eyes behind his friend.
"What about you guys?" Kenny turned to Max and Ray.
They looked at each other for a moment when Max grinned, "Sure. I'm in."
"Me too." Said Kai.
"Yeah, sure." Ray said, smiling.
"Okay, then. Let's go!" Tyson said, climbing up onto the frame. "Er… When do we leave?"
"According to this. The flight's tomorrow."
"So we'll all meet up at the airport at ten?" He asked, looking at the others.
"Sounds good to me. But what do we tell our parents?" Max asked.
"We can say that we're going on vacation for a few days." Ray chimed in.
"Alright, then vacation it is." Tyson said, as the group headed out of the park and home, Kai held back for a few minutes.
Something didn't feel right. He looked up at the sky and saw it start to darken before hurrying on after the others. He didn't notice the figure watching the whole group from behind the wheel of the car parked across the way.
Tbc...