AN: First Beyblade fic. Just thought I'd give it a try. read and review to let me know what you think of it. i've taken some liberties with some of the episodes and some i changed or skipped. Don't own Beyblades or the characters.
Brooke, Tyson, Max, Ray, Kenny and Kai were on a boat on their way to Russia for the next beyblading tournament. This was the third tournament they would have been in since beginning their journey.
Before I continue I think I should explain who Brooke is. She is Tyson's twin sister but they couldn't be any more opposite. She had light brown hair that went half way down her back. She has light blue eyes. She was confident but not cocky. She was nice but not an idiot.
At the moment Brooke was on the top deck by the pool lying on a pool bed sun baking in her light purple and white thick striped bikini. It was very relaxing to just lay there and forget about everything. She hadn't had an opportunity like this for a very long time. It had been one adventure after another with barely any time for rest. It was the tournament at home, then the Asian tournament and the American tournament. The only good thing about going to the Russian tournament was that they were going by boat instead of plane which meant more relaxation. The only problem about the boat was that Kenny gets sea sick.
Sure, she felt bad. She was sitting here relaxing while her brother was down stairs looking after him, but she felt like she needed this. Just then a tall figure came and a shadow fell over her.
"Dude," said Brooke. "You're blocking my sun!"
"Sorry," said a boy sitting on the next chair. "So where are you heading?"
Brooke got up leaning on her elbows and looked at the new guy before saying, "And how is that any of your business? I don't even know you."
"My name is Robert Jurgen," he replied. "What's yours?"
"Brooke Granger," said Brooke. "So where are you heading?"
"Home," Robert replied. "I'm actually going to head off now, but hopefully I'll see you again some time."
"Yeah," said Brooke as he got up to leave. "Hopefully."
Brooke looked as he left her before lying back down and trying to relax again.
"CANNON BALL!" came a voice she recognised.
"Max!" yelled Brooke. "You got me wet!"
"Sorry Brooke," Max called back. "I didn't mean to."
"Yeah, whatever," said Brooke.
Max climbed out of the pool and walked over to her grinning. Brooke groaned before sitting up properly and looked at him expectantly. He just looked at her smiling.
"What?" asked broke and he continued to just look at her and smile. "What?"
"Get up," said Max holding out his hand. "Please."
Brooke held out her hand to him and he pulled her to her feet. He was smiling at her mischievously. They had walked pretty close to the pool before he pushed her in. She broke the water to come back to the surface and splashed Max, who was standing there laughing his head off.
She jumped out of the pool and walked behind him. He didn't notice this because he was still laughing his head off. She pushed him in and jumped in after. Soon they were both in the pool laughing their heads off at each other.
"This is the most fun I've had in a long time," said Brooke smiling at Max.
"Yeah," said Max smiling. "I kind of noticed. You seem a bit isolated every now and then."
"I'm not isolated," said Brooke. "I'm just not included. I'm not a guy. I'm technically not part of the team. I don't fit in here. I don't even know why I came."
"Hey," said Max. "You shouldn't even think that. You are so a part of this team. You give us fashion advice," Brooke laughed at this comment. "I mean, we don't listen to you, but you always give us your opinion no matter what. And as for being a girl, big deal! We need someone like you to keep us all grounded. And you are so part of the team. You may not beyblade on the team, but it doesn't matter. You're always there for all of us no matter how horrible or bad tempered we're being. You do fit in with us. And as for why you came. You came because you wanted to travel. I remember you talking about it before we left."
"Well, when you say it like that," said Brooke.
They looked at each other and said nothing for a minute until Brooke smiled at him before dunking him under the water. He came up and splashed her.
"Argh," said Brooke covering her face while laughing.
"Hey Kenny," said Max waving.
Brooke turned around and saw Kenny and her brother standing next to the pool.
"Come in! The waters great!" said Max. "CANNON BALL!"
Max and Brooke climbed out of the pool and walked over to Kenny and Tyson. Kenny was looking at them both shocked and Tyson was looking disappointed.
"Why didn't you tell me you were going swimming?" asked Tyson. "I would've come!"
"Yeah, I didn't plan on actually swimming," said Brooke. "Max kind of pushed me in to the water and then I didn't have a whole lot of choice."
"Sure," said Tyson.
"I was sun baking," said Brooke. "Or at least, I was trying to. What's up with Kenny?"
"Yeah," said Tyson. "He's sea sick."
"Aww," said Brooke. "And, kind of eww."
"I thought swimming might help but..."
Just them Kenny looked like he was about to throw up and Brooke jumped backwards just to be safe.
"Well," said Max. "I'll show you a remedy that always settles my stomach."
Max quickly went to get changed and Brooke through a dress over her bikini. Then the three of them followed Max inside and found themselves outside a diner.
"Is that food I smell?" asked Tyson.
"Yep," Max replied. "This boat has a four star restaurant. Gourmet food is the answer to the problem."
"Good thinking Max," said Tyson. "I need a little fork and knife action."
Max and Tyson walked over to the door laughing as Kenny said, "Has this boat set sail for Stupidsville or what? But if you're hungry Ray said this ship has a cafeteria. Eat there. The service is faster. Ray's eager to hit the training circuit to and he wants to get going as soon as possible. He wouldn't waste time eating in this restaurant now would he?"
Max, Tyson and broke all looked at each other slightly confused before a new voice entered.
"I ate too much."
It was Ray.
"Hey," said Ray. "Are you guys going to eat to?"
"No," said Tyson. "Kenny's seasick."
"Seasick?" asked Ray. "Good thing you found me. I know just the thing to get him feeling better. Follow me."
So now the four of them followed Ray to another part of the ship. They walked into the game area. Inside were a lot of computer games and a beystadium where a lot of armature beybladers were practicing.
"Whoa," said Tyson awestruck. "Check it out. A games centre. Now this ship has got it going on."
"And how does this cure my seasickness?" Kenny asked Ray.
"Over here is the best part of the room," said Ray taking them across the room.
"A beyblade dish?" asked Kenny confused. "That's surprising."
"Why?' asked Max. "It shouldn't be."
"Beyblading is one of the most popular sports in the world," said Brooke.
"Yeah," said Tyson. "Like I said, this boat has got it going on."
They all watched the battle that was currently going on in the dish. At this point Brooke began to ignore what they were all talking about and was simply looking around the room to try and find something that would occupy her time for a while. When she came back to the conversation she heard Ray saying, "So what are we supposed to do?"
"You know what?" said Brooke. "I'm getting a bit bored of the endless beyblade training talk and since it doesn't involve me I think I'm going to go back to the pool. See you all later.
And with that Brooke turned around and walked out of the room. She headed back to where she had been sunbaking before and lay back down ready to relax again. It felt so good to relax and not have to worry about anything, only because it didn't happen every day.
While she was laying there she vaguely heard some kids talking about a beyblade match that was happening down in the games centre. It wasn't until she heard that it was someone from the Blade Breakers that she actually looked up.
"Oh no," Brooke said quietly. "Tyson."
She got up and headed back to the games centre but by the time she got there it was all over and Tyson and the others were nowhere to be seen. She decided to head back to her room and take a shower and get changed before she went to look for them. She was in such a daze as she walked that she ran into someone.
"I am so sorry," said Brooke barely glancing.
"That's quite alright," said a familiar voice.
She looked up properly to see Robert, the boy she'd met at the pool. He was smiling at her so she assumed that he wasn't angry that she'd walked straight into him.
"Are you going somewhere?" he asked.
"No," said Brooke. "Not really. Just getting changed."
"Then would you like to come to a party with me?" asked Robert.
"Well, umm," she began. "I don't know. I really should go and find my brother."
"Is he younger than you?" asked Robert.
"No," replied Brooke. "He's older, by a few hours."
"Then I think he can look after himself. Come with me."
"Where is this party?" asked Brooke.
"On the first class deck," replied Robert.
"Oh," said Brooke. "I'm flattered and everything, but I'm not a first class passenger. I mean, would I even be allowed in?"
"Of course you would," said Robert. "Especially since I'll be accompanying you."
"You're a first class passenger?" said Brooke slightly stunned.
"You sound surprised," said Robert. "I'm actually one of the richest men in all of Europe."
"No way!" said Brooke awestruck. "That is like, so cool! Not that money's everything. In fact I'm actually pretty poor. I mean enough to survive on comfortably and- I'm going to stop talking now."
Robert laughed at her. "You know, Brooke. You are one amusing girl. If you ever come to Germany you should come by and say hi. I'd appreciate it."
"Sure," said Brooke smiling.
"So," said Robert. "You never answered me. Will you come with me?"
"I am extremely flattered, but I'm going to have to say no. I'm exhausted and I really do need to go find the guys. But if I drop by Germany, I'll give you a call," said Brooke smiling.
"Of course," said Robert as he gave her a card. "That's my phone number and address. Keep in touch?"
"Umm, sure. I'll give you my number," said Brooke. "Do you have a pen?"
He handed her a pen and a piece of paper. She scrawled her mobile number onto it and gave the pen and the piece of paper back to him.
"Call me some time Robert."
With that she continued down the hall and down stairs to get to her room. She opened the door quickly and walked in shutting it right behind her. She breathed in heavily before heading towards her shower. She turned the taps on before removing her bikini and stepping in letting the water wash over her. It was the best feeling in the world right now and she felt like she was in heaven.
After she was done washing her hair she stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around her body. She walked back into her room and got dressed in a lime green singlet shirt and a pair of white shorts. She slipped her sandals on and decided to go out and find the guys before heading out for dinner.
She finally found all of them on the top deck talking about strategies and the type of stuff she really didn't feel like discussing right now, but she went over to them anyway.
"Hey," said Brooke.
"Brooke, where have you been?' asked Tyson.
"Here, there," said Brooke casually. "Everywhere."
"Right," said Tyson.
"Please tell me you guys haven't eaten yet," said Brooke. "I'm so hungry."
"We haven't yet," said Max. "Let's go now!"
"But we were about to start the new training schedule!" said Kenny exasperated.
"Can't work on an empty stomach Chief," said Ray. "We've got to stay fuelled up and ready."
"Here, here!" said Tyson.
"So why are we still standing here?" asked Brooke. "Let's go eat."
They all walked down to the cafeteria which was pretty empty at the moment. The peek for dinner must have ended about an hour ago now. They grabbed something to eat and all sat down at one of the tables.
"What have you guys been doing since I left you?" asked Brooke curiously.
"I got in a beyblade battle," said Tyson.
"While he was supposed to be training," interrupted Kenny.
"That's not the point Kenny!" said Tyson. "That guy was awful. Brooke, there was this guy and he was destroying these kids beyblades and I had to do something. I couldn't just look and watch."
"I wouldn't expect anything else from you," said Brooke. "You're a very predictable person Tyson. You may want to work on that."
"Yeah," said Tyson sarcastically. "Because you're so unpredictable."
"Oh I don't know," said Brooke. "Every now and then I do things that surprise even me."
"Like the time you kissed Max in America right before his beyblade match?" asked Tyson.
"That was to prove that Emily liked him," said Brooke. "It didn't mean anything. Right Max?"
"No it didn't," said Max. "Though the look on my mum's face was priceless."
Brooke laughed. "I think it was because anyone could see it."
"Yeah," said Ray. "It was on the screen, so it was probably on TV as well."
"Really?" asked Brooke. "I didn't know that. I'm sorry Max. I must have really embarrassed you then. I didn't realise anyone else that wasn't there could watch."
"Don't worry about it," said Max.
"As long as there's nothing going on between you two," said Tyson suddenly.
"What do you mean?" asked Max.
"Last year I was going out with one of Tyson's friends," Brooke began. "He thought it was great. His friend was always over, they could always hang out. But then we broke up. He didn't come over anymore. He barely spoke to Tyson and then they pretty much never saw each other again. He doesn't want the same thing to happen again which is why we made an agreement to never go out with the others friends. Too much awkwardness."
They all sat there in silence for a moment. Before Brooke stood up all of a sudden.
"Where are you going?" asked Ray.
"I'm going to bed," said Brooke. "I'm pretty tired. I'll see all of you in the morning. Good night."
With that she turned and walked out of the cafeteria and walked towards her room. Again she wasn't paying attention to where she was going but she managed to not walk into anyone or anything on her way.
By the next morning she felt rejuvenated. She felt as though she could be active all day and wouldn't get tired. She came to the cafeteria by herself because she didn't wasn't to wait for the guys to get up. It was pretty much empty except for a familiar person sitting at a table by themself.
"Hey Robert," said Brooke walking over with her breakfast. "Mind if I sit there?"
"Of course not," said Robert. "Please do."
"You know, no offence or anything," Brooke began.
"I can tell there will be offence," said Robert smiling.
"How?" asked Brooke confused.
"By saying no offence it implies that there will in fact be offensiveness in what you are about to say."
"That is actually pretty smart," said Brooke. "what I was going to say is, if you're in first class and have so much money why on earth would you be eating down here? I mean, they must have better food for first class."
"They do," said Robert. "It's much better. But I was hoping to run into you again before you leave the ship. You never actually said when you were getting off and we're about to stop in England."
"We're heading to Russia for the Beyblading tournament."
"Sounds like fun."
"As lame as it sounds, it really is. Though I must admit, I'm here mostly because of all the great shopping places on the way."
"Well, most girls come to Europe for just that."
"I'll bet," said Brooke. "I've got to go now."
"Where?" asked Robert. "You can't possibly have to be somewhere this early."
"Yeah I do," said Brooke. "The weights room. I'm trying to stay fit and shopping doesn't really count as exercising so..."
"You don't strike me as the type that would go and work out in a gym," said Robert. "You seem more of a-"
"Of a what?" asked Brooke.
"You just don't look like the type that'd voluntarily go and do weights."
"Well sometimes I even surprise myself. See you around Robert."
Brooke got up and headed below deck to go to the weights room. There weren't many people there yet which was fine with her. She'd prefer to do this by herself then with lots of people gawking at her.
She stayed in there for a few hours before more people started to show up. She decided to leave then because she felt to exposed.
As she was leaving Max came running over to her.
"Hey Max," said Brooke smiling. "What's up?"
"We're all up deck and were wondering where you were," said Max. "You want to come?"
"Sure," Brooke said and she and Max went up to find Kenny, Ray and Kai there. Tyson, however was nowhere to be seen.
"Umm, where's Tyson?" asked Brooke.
"Probably still in bed," said Ray.
They heard someone yawning behind them and turned to see Tyson coming over.
"Sleep well, sleepy head?" asked Brooke.
"Yeah actually," said Tyson punching her lightly on the arm. "Are we there already?"
"No," said Kenny. "This is New Hampshire. It's half way there."
"Half way there?" asked Tyson looking down at the dock."Hey, it's Robert. Where's he going?"
"Wait," said Brooke suddenly. "You guys know Robert?
"Yeah," said Tyson. "He was the one that shredded all the beyblades and nearly destroyed Dragoon. If I hadn't pulled back Dragoon would be dust."
"Where do you think he's going?" asked Ray.
"Maybe he's going in town for breakfast," said Max. "He may have got sick of all the ship food."
"Maybe we should do the same," said Tyson.
"But we don't know when the ship is going to leave," said Kenny.
"It's not leaving for six hours," said a guy from behind them.
"That's more than enough time," said Ray. "Shall we go?"
Everyone agreed so they got off the boat and went out for breakfast. Over breakfast the guys told Brooke all about Tyson's battle with Robert and she was shocked by it. It didn't sound like the guy she had met on the boat, yet it was defiantly the same person.
They headed back to the dock and were all shocked to find the ship was no longer there. They all stood there with their mouths open looking absolutely flabbergasted.
"Where'd the ship go?" asked Brooke looking around at all of the guys. "Please tell me there's a ship there."
Brooke groaned when all of the guys shook their heads. Again they all stood in silence just looking at the place where the ship had been hoping that it would suddenly appear there.
"What are we supposed to do?" Max finally asked breaking the silence.
"Well, we have to get to Russia somehow," said Brooke. "Anyone got enough money to fly us to Russia?"
"No," said Ray. "Mr Dickenson payed for our boat tickets."
"So we're stuck here?" asked Tyson.
Again silence fell over the group as they all tried to think of some way to get out of London and to Russia. Finally Ray spoke up.
"I've got an idea. Follow me."
They all walked after Ray and found themself at the train station. They took the train to the centre of London.
"Where are we going Ray?" asked Brooke.
"To the BBA centre in England," said Ray. "They're here to help travelling beybladers like us. They're probably the only shot we have of reaching Mr Dickenson at the moment."
"Nice one," said Brooke smiling. "I can't believe I didn't think of that."
They all laughed, well, except Kai. They entered the BBA centre and walked up to the front desk where the receptionist was on the phone. They waited patiently until she finished and turned to them.
"Can I help you with something?" she asked.
"Yeah," said Ray. "We need to get in contact with Mr Dickenson. We're on our way to the Russian tournament and our boat left without us."
"That's a shame," said the receptionist sympathetically. "I'll see if I can get a hold of him. Wait here please."
She left the room and they all stood there in silence. Brooke couldn't stand being on her feet anymore so she took a seat on the couch.
"Hey!" said Tyson causing all of them to look over. "It's Robert."
Just then the receptionist came back and said, "We can't get a hold of Mr Dickenson at his residence. But we'll get you a hotel room while you're here until we can."
"Why is there a picture of Robert on the wall?" asked Tyson.
"He's the European beyblade champion," said the receptioist.
"So he's going to the Russian tournament?" aske Tyson.
"No," said the receptionist. "Here's the hotel innformation. You're already booked in. All you have to do is give them this slip and everything will be fine."
She was about to hand the piece of paper to Tyson when Brooke came and took it.
"I think I should hold onto that," she said. "Tyson might loose it. Thank you so much for everything," she said tothe receptionist. "Let's go guys."
The four guys followed brroke out of the BBA centre and along the road to the hotel they'd be staying at. Once they arrived Brooke took the piece of paper she'd be given by the receptionist to the person at the front desk. Soon they had one of the staff members take them up to their room.
"If you need anything, please don't hesitate to ask," he sadi smiling and handing the key over.
"Thanks," said Brooke taking the key and smiling at him.
He smiled back at her before leaving the room. Brooke put the key on a bedside table before collapsing on one of the beds.
"So we can get Mr Dickenson to send us money and take a plane to Russia," Kenny was saying. "If we leave by Friday we'll arrive before the boat does."
"Or," Tyson began. "We could take the train."
"That sounds like you want to get there slower, not faster," said Kenny sounding slightly confused at Tyson's behaviour.
"I was just thinking," Tyson began. "If Robert is that powerful, what about all the other European beybladers? Robert's not even going to this tournament and he's and extremely powerful
beyblader. What about the rest of Europe? We don't know how powerful the rest of the European beybladers are. Not all of the most powerful beybladers enter tournaments you know."
"So you want to like what?" aske Brooke. "Try to find the most powerful beybladers and let them beat you up or something?"
"I want to know what they're capable of," said Tyson. "I want to see the best Europe has to offer."
"That's a great idea," said Ray. "I agree wiht Tyson. What about the rest of you? Max? Kai? Brooke? Kenny?"
"I'm in," said Max.
"Whatever," said Kai.
"Well," said Kenny. "If everyone else says yes, there's not much I can do."
"I'm in," said Brooke. "Only if I can go shopping though. Europe has amazing clothing lines. In fact, I think I'm going to go shopping now. See you guys later."
Brooke grabbed a jacket and her bag before heading out the door and out of the hotel. She wandered down the street stopping every now and then to look in all the different botiques. When it started to get dark she decided it was time to head back to the hotel.
When she got back to the room she found the guys there all looking thoroughly miserable. She dumped her shopping onto one of the beds and sat down.
"What's up with you guys?" asked Brooke. "You all look awful."
"A guy swiped my beyblade," said Tyson.
"Oh my god," said Brooke. "Did you get it back?"
"Yeah, he did," said Ray. "Max and I tried to help, but Drigger and Draciel got a little tied up. Kai saved the day and all of us."
"Whatever," said Kai.
"Who was this guy?" asked Brooke.
"No idea," said Tyson. "But he said we'd see him again."
"Sounds kind of creepy," said Brooke. "I don't want to meet this guy."
"Don't worry," said Tyson putiing his arm around her shoulder. "I hope you never meet this guy."
"I'm kind of tired," said brroke. "I'm going to bed. Good night guys."
"Night," they all said as she left the room and went to her room.
The light was filttering through the blinds in her room. She rolled over to get the sunlight out of her eyes, but it was all for nothing. The door opened to reveal Tyson standing there with a huge grin on his face.
"Rise and shine sleepy head," Tyson said loudly.
Brooke groaned, "Isn't it a little early? I need to sleep!"
"No can do," said Tyson. "We're heading out in about an hour. Thought you might like to take a shower or something. We're leaving on the train."
"Sure," said Brooke. "Give me half an hour and I'll be ready to leave."
"Awesome," said Tyson. "See you soon."
He left her room and she lay back down before rolling over and deciding that she really should get up. She went to the bathroom and had a quick shower before getting dressed in one of her new outfits, a white mini skirt, a baby blue halter top and a pair of light brown wedge sandals. She brushed her hair and decided to leave it down for the day. She left the bathroom and came into the main room to find all of the guys ready to leave.
"Are we all ready," said Brooke.
"Yeah," said Max. "Let's get going."
"So," said Brooke. "Who's going to help me with my bag? It seems a whole lot heavier than yesterday morning."
"Here," said Kai. "I'll help you with it."
He took her bag and swang it over his shoulder and carried it all the way to the train for her. It was the nicest thing he'd ever done for her. He put it down on the train when they arrived.
"Thanks Kai," said Brooke. "That was really sweet of you."
"If you carried it we'd still be about fifteen minutes away," said Kai dismissing her thanks completely.
"Can't even handle a thank you," said Brooke smiling. "Don't worry about it. I don't need your acknowledgement."
Brooke sat down on a chair across from Max. Then she took a quick glance around the rest of the carriage.
"Why is the train so empty?" asked Brooke slowly. "We're the only one on the train."
"That's a little weird," said Ray coming over to them.
The train jerked to a sudden stop.
"Oww," said Brooke and Max in unison as their heads bumped.
Ray laughed as they both rubbed their heads where they bumped.
"Why did we stop?" asked Tyson.
"We stopped you," came a voice from the shadows.
They all turned around to see four dark figures standing just out of their range of vision. They all stepped forward into the light and walked over to them.
"Who are you?" asked Brooke.
"We are the dark bladers," one of them said. "And we challenge you to a battle."
"You challenge us?" asked Tyson. "Didn't we already prove that we can beat you? I think you should all just get up and leave. We don't want to start anything."
"No," said one of the other guys. The next thing they all new, kenny was in the midst of the dark bladers. "We have chosen the tall one as our challenger."
"Are you kidding?" asked Brooke. "Kai will kick your ass."
"Not me," said Kai sounding bored.
"Are you afraid?" one of the guys asked.
"I'm not afraid of you side show freaks," said Kai.
"So foolish," the dark blader said. "Your little friend is waiting for you to save him."
"Yeah, sure, whatever," said Kai. "Enjoy your home-cooked Kenny-burgers."
"Kai," Kenny called sounding desperate.
"I'll face you," said Ray. "I'm not going to let them take you Kenny. Lets beyblade."
Ray got out his beyblade and battled one of the dark bladers. He tossed a silver coin onto his beyblade and Drigger emitted a silver light. The bitbeasts from the dark bladers drew away and the dark bladers left leaving Kenny behind.
"Are you ok Kenny?" asked Brooke coming over to Kenny to check on him.
"I'm fine," said Kenny. "Now anyway. Thatnks Ray.
"No problem," said Ray. "Glad I could be some help."
"Shall we continue to...where ever it is we're going?" said Brooke.
"We're going to Paris," said Tyson.
"Oh my god!" said Brooke. "I've always wanted to go to Paris! Could I do shopping while we're there?"
"If you want to," said Tyson.
"Yeah, well the only reason I'm asking is because of that thing that just happened I really don't want to go shopping by myswelf for a little while," said Brooke. "You think one of you could come with me?"
"I'll go with you," said Ray. "Only 'cause I really don't think you should go out by yourself right now."
"Thanks Ray," said Brooke smiling. "At least one of you is nice."
"I've been shopping wiht you before," said Tyson. "We both know how that one ended up."
"Mm yeah," said Brooke remembering. "Not so good."
They got off the train in Paris and headed to a hotel to book a room and drop off all of their stuff. They all decided to go and see the sights, except for Kai who said he'd rather go and train. And Brooke said she'd rather stay at the hotel and relax after all the excitement of the day. So all the guys left the room and Brooke went upstairs to where the pool was so she could sun bake for a while.
She was just beginning to relax when her phone went off. She jumped before realising what it was and then grabbed it and answered.
"Hello?" Brooke asked into the phone.
"Hey Brooke!" came the voice of her best friend Selena. "What's happening? It's been so long since I heard from you. I was beginning to wonder if you even remembered about us little people back here in Tokyo."
"Course I remember you Selena!" said Brooke. "Quite a lot has been happening actually. But I want to know what's happening at home. You and Mitch?"
"Over," said Selena. "He cheated on me with Sally."
"Eww," said Brooke. "If he's going to cheat on you, he could've at least found someone better."
"I know," said Selena. "He left me for that ugly slut."
"He's not worth it then," said Brooke. "You need to move on and move up."
"Move up?" asked Selena. "What does that even mean?"
"Up on the food chain," said Brooke. "Go for basketball player. They're way cooler than baseball players. What about Cameron? He looked pretty into you last time I saw."
"Hmm, maybe I will," said Selena. "So what's going on in your love life? I mean, dude, you're travelling with five guys. Ok ones related to you so lets say four guys. Single. Hot."
"Have you seen the guys I'm travelling with?" asked Brooke.
"I saw you on the tv at the American tournament getting some lip locking action with Max Tate," said Selena. "It was all anyone at school could talk about! You're not telling me you two aren't together."
"Well, we're not," said Brooke. "I was making a point."
"What point?" asked Selena. "That you're a better kisser than whoever?"
"No," said Brooke. "That Emily has the hots for him. She was totally jealous."
"Who's Emily?" asked Selena.
"The girl on the All Stars," said Brooke.
"Her?" asked Selena. "She looks so, nerdy. You know, to say the least and everything. Anyway, where are you right now?"
"Right now? I'm in Paris," said Brooke.
"You're in Paris!" said Selena. "Dude, jealous. How long are you going to be there?"
"Yeah, I don't think we're staying for to long," said Brooke. "Tyson's on some wacked out mission to challenge Europe's best beybladers. We met this guy on the ship and he beat Tyson without breaking a sweat."
"Whoa," said Selena. "But hey, Paris. The city of love. I'm sure you'll be able to hook in wiht some hot French guy."
"Yeah, and then never see him again, sounds fun," said Brooke sarcastically.
"Would you like a drink madam," said one of the men that worked there.
"Oh," said Brooke. "Yes thank you. A glass of lemonade please."
"Who was that," asked Selena from the phone.
"One of the guys that works here," said Brooke. "I am not hooking up with some French guy."
"Alright," said Selena. "I get the point. Anyway, I've got to get going now. I'll call you another time, or you can call me. See you."
"Bye," said Brooke as she hang up the phone.
"Your lemonade," said the guy coming over with it. "If you need anything else just ask."
"Thanks," said Brooke laying back down and putting her sunglasses on.
When the sun was setting she decided to head back to the room to find the guys back from their sight seeing (or training in Kai's case).
"So what did you guys do today?" asked Brooke.
"The usual," said Tyson. "Sight seeing, met a new person who called us all rookies and did I metion that we battled the dark bladers again?"
"You're kidding right?" asked Brooke. "Again?"
"Yeah," said Tyson. "What did you do? Did you stay here all day?"
"I went up to the pool and sun baked," said Brooke. "And Selena called and we talked about what I was doing and what's happening back at home."
"What's happening at home?" asked Tyson.
"Well," said Brooke. "Apparently everyone thinks Max and I are a couple. I corrected it with Selena and she'll probablt tell everyone at school, so that rumor should be squashed soon. Mitch broke up with Selena for Sally."
"As interesting as this is," Tyson began. "It's not. I'm going to bed. Good night."
"Night," said Brooke.
Tyson went to bed and was shortly followed by Kenny, Ray and Kai. Max and Brooke stayed in the living area in silence.
Finally Max broke the silence, "People think we're a couple?"
"Yeah," said Brooke. "But I told Selena we're not and she'll probably be telling everyone at school as soon as she gets there. I mean, I love the girl, but she can't keep a secret. She's hopeless. I'm going to head to bed, Night Max."
"Night," said Max as Brooke headed to her room.
Brooke woke up late the next morning. However, when she came out to the kitchen it was to find most of the guys still there.
"Breakfast?" Ray said holding up the frying pan. "I'm making pancakes."
"Can't deny the pancakes," said Brooke smiling. "Two please."
"No problem," said Ray putting them on a plate and handing them over to her. "Enjoy."
"Thanks," siad Brooke yawning. "So waht are all of you up to today? Anything much planned? You know, cause someone promised to come shopping with me."
"Yeah ok," said Ray. "We'll go after breakfast. But I also want to go to a restaurant. We could go for lunch."
"Sounds perfect," said Brooke. "Let me get changed though. No way am I going shopping in Paris, in sweats. I'll be back in a minute."
Brooke got up leaving one pancake behind. She put on light cream short shorts, a light purple boob tube, and the sandals she's worn the day before.she picked up her purse and came back out smiling.
"What do you think?" she asked everyone present as she spun around to show them her outfit.
"It's nice," said Max.
"Awesome," said Brooke. "You ready to go then Ray?"
"Yeah," said Ray smiling. "Where to first?"
"I think we should do the shopping first," said Brooke. "We just ate so, after shopping we'll go for lunch. What do you think?"
"Sounds good," said Ray. "Let's go. Bye guys."
They left the hotel and headed into the heart of Paris to do some shopping. In fact, Brooke felt that Ray was a really good shopping partner. He was at least able to tell if an outfit was good or not unlike the rest of the guys.
"So did you get enough clothes?" asked Ray lookeing at the four bags she was holding.
"Maybe," said Brooke. "More shopping still to come. But maybe not in Paris. I don't really have that much money."
"You seem to have enough to afford all this," said Ray.
"Yeah well," Brooke began. "I didn't spend the money I've gotten from birthdays or allowance ever, so I have a bit of cash in my bank account."
"Not enough to get us to Russia?" asked Ray.
"Not all of us anyway," said Brooke. "Besides, this is better. I like the train taking to Russia. It means I get to do shopping along the way."
"Yeah," said Ray. "Well, I think it's time to go and eat. I'm starving. Shopping all morning sure did make me hungry."
Ray took her to a restaurant and they waited at the front to be sat. A waiter came over to them in less than a minute.
"Bonjour, ajourner pour deux ?" asked the waiter.
"Umm," said Ray.
"Oui s'il vous plaît," said Brooke.
The waiter smiled and said, "La droite cette façon," and lead them over to a table in the corner. "Pouvoir je prends votre ordre?"
"What are you in the mood for?" asked Brooke.
"You speak French?" asked Ray stunned.
"A little," said Brooke. "I like to learn new languages. I've studdied many of the European languages because I've always wanted to come here. Now what do you want?"
"Boudin noir," said Ray looking down the menu.
"Awesome," said Brooke before turning to the waiter and saying, "Nous aurons Boudin noir et Coq au vin et au dessert deux mousse de chocolat s'il vous plaît."
He nodded and headed into the kitchen. She turned back to Ray and smiled before saying, "You know, if you're going to another country, you should at least learn the basic language. Or at least how to order food."
"Sounds like you learnt a bit more than the basic language," said Ray.
"Yeah well," Brooke began. "How else am I supposed to talk to hot French men?"
"Nice Brooke," said Ray.
"I try my hardest," said Brooke as the waiter walked over with their food.
"Voici votre nourriture. S'il vous plaît apprécier," said the waiter.
"Merci," said Brooke as the waiter walked away.
"Oh my god," said Ray.
"It's not that bad," said Brooke. "The foods actually pretty-"
"Not the food," said Ray. "Him." Ray pointed at a picture behind her.
It showed a boy of about thirteen. He had lime green hair and was wearing a chef hat.
"Do you know him or something?" asked Brooke.
"We met him yesterday," said Ray. "He called us all rookies."
"Wow," said Brooke. "That sounds interesting. M'excuser," she said to a waiter. He stopped and looked at her. "Qui est ceci?"
"C'est-à-dire Oliver Polanski," said the waiter. "Il est un chef de cuisine professionnel ici."
"Merci," said Brooke and the waiter walked away. "He said that's Oliver Polanski and he's a master chef."
"Wow," said Ray.
They sat there and ate pretty much in silence while they ate their meal and dessert. It was the most delicious thing Brooke had ever tasted.
"I think we should go and find the others now," said Ray. "Knowing them, they could be getting into a lot of trouble right now."
"Then, lets go and find them," said Brooke getting up and paying for their meal.
She smiled at him and then they both left the restaurant in search of the familiar faces of their team mates.
AN:I'm not sure if the French is right cause i did on a traslater on the net. SUppose it doesn't really matter though. Reviews?