AN: Well, long time no write for me. This is the first story I've written in...quite a while, but it came to me after trying to study for a test so I wrote it down to get it out of my head. Hopefully it works and I don't just get more ideas to follow on from this. Anyway, to anyone who's been waiting on updates for other stories of mine, I greatly apologise but I've just started Univesity, so I haven't had the time to do pre-readings for my course let alone write for fun. I will in my three week break try to get an update done for any stories waiting for one, if I can remember where I was going with it. Otherwise it may be that I start them over again and find a new direction for them to head in. As usual one of my good friends is likely to point me in the right direction with where I was going so it may end up the same.
In any case, many of the characters are likely to be OOC, I so far have only one, maybe two OC's going to show up in this, and I can argue their probable existance in the beyblade world 'til one of us is blue in the face, so please just accept that they're in the story and move on, thank you.
Also please realise that none of my stories seem to happen in the same universe if they're from the same anime, unless theres a sequel/prequel to it. This vaguely means that anything that may have happened concerning my OC may have changed as I've been distracting myself from math work, (ie her profile being completely re-written), but that was my choice and ... I'm still meant to be studying.
Summary: With all the beyblade teams in Japan for an after-the-competition get together, something's bound to happen, but only in an unexpected way. Answering a call meant for someone else, the past starts getting dragged up once more, but this time, who's going to be dragged down with it?
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the original beyblade characters, any songs, movies or anything you recognise that might be mentioned in here.
"This is going to be awesome! Having everyone stay here for a month just for the hell of it. I'm surprised Kai managed to talk the Blitzkrieg Boys into coming too." A rowdy bluenette stated, dropping onto the couch with a bowl of popcorn. "Yea," a blonde agreed, reaching out for the popcorn "we rarely get time to spend with everyone, without all the competitiveness of the beyblade competitions coming through." Stuffing a handful into his mouth, the blonde looked around the room. They'd planned to start setting up places for everyone to sleep while they were there, but the plan had...been put on hold in favour of movie watching.
"We really should set up the beds before people start arriving, Tyson." "Oh relax Maxie, Hilary and the Chief will be here soon to help out. We've got plenty of time, no one's actually arriving until tomorrow, and the first ones here will be the Majestics." Tyson replied, turning the sound up slightly. "Yes, but Ray said the White Tigers may arrive today, he was going to call when they landed." Max reasoned, looking over his shoulder at the sound of an opening door.
"He's right Tyson, now get moving and make those beds! Honestly, if everything was left up to you they'd be sleeping outside." A brunette warned, glaring at the duo on the couch. "Nah, not even Tyson's that lazy!" a smaller red-head disagreed, earning himself a fierce glare. "Total there's going to 34 of us here, only six girls including me, so I'll do a room for us. You boys can set up the other rooms." Walking out, the young female left the four boys blinking, wondering just how she'd managed to count how many of them there were so quickly. "So, how are we going to divide everyone up through the rooms?" Kenny asked, opening his trusty laptop to reveal a plan of the dojo.
"I'm fairly certain Hilary's taking the room closest to the bathroom, its bigger than most of the other ones and then they can keep us out of it for a while in the mornings." Tapping away at the keys, he typed in the names of all six girls into the box, leaving the other rooms unlabelled. "Then there's the problem of unfriendliness between teams." "What if we put teams in the same room as one another?" Max suggested, looking at the map. "That'd work for the Majestics, Blitzkrieg Boys and the boys from the Justice Five. I can go in with the All Stars, Ray with the White Tigers, and then you, Tyson, Daichi and Raul can have a room. That leaves the last room for the Barthez Battalion."
The young brunette thought about it for a moment, wondering if there were any likely clashes between the beybladers in their individual teams. None coming to mind, he swiftly typed the names of each team into a room each, giving the largest to the Blitzkrieg Boys, explaining that if Ian came they'd have five people in the same room, and the smallest to the Barthez Battalion for the opposite reason. Looking over the map carefully, Kenny and Max decided it was the best arrangement, and turned to inform Tyson and Daichi of their idea.
The aforementioned duo, however, were busy arguing over the bowl of popcorn which had been tipped all over the floor, making the other duo groan. "Guys!" Max yelled, getting the attention of both, "We've got the room sorted, we just need your help setting them up." Giving each another another glare before turning to the American, they waited for further instructions. "All the rooms apart from the biggest and smallest need to have four beds in them. Kenny and I will take care of those two, you guys can take care of the rest."
"Right." the red-head and bluenette agreed, running out of the room yelling that they'd take care of it and the rooms would be set up in no time. Sighing, Kenny carefully placed Dizzy on the table and followed Max into the hallway, where the blonde was pulling blankets and pillows from a cupboard. Handing three of each to the brunette, he grabbed five himself and headed down the hall to set up the room. It didn't take long, and as the blonde looked around the room he pondered how they'd be able to easily show everyone where they'd be staying for the next month or so. They hadn't decided on an exact time frame just yet, and with Tyson's grandfather away on a tournament for the next two months, he'd said there were no problems with everyone staying that long.
Heading back to the hallway, he noticed the cupboard was empty of blankets and decided to have a look around the other rooms, to make sure they'd been set up properly. Generally, when a task like that was done the hyperactive duo would rush out and do it quickly, although it was normally done half-assed. Opening the nearest door, he looked around to see all the temporary beds neatly done, and smiled. Maybe they weren't doing it in such a rush this time. The sound of a phone ringing reached Max's ears, and he looked down the hall. Tyson soon darted into the kitchen, answering the phone as he slid to a halt in front of the bench.
"Ray! You're already in town?" he heard the loud teen state, probably deafening the neko-jin on the other end of the line. Silence followed for a few moments, followed by "Okay, we'll see you soon then!" The phone was hung up, and the beyblade world champion came out of the kitchen, grinning from ear to ear. "They're on the bus on their way here now!" he informed the blonde, still smiling. "This month is going to be a heap of fun!"
An hour later, a knock sounded on the door, causing the bluenette who'd been happily watching television with the rest of his guests to rush to the door. Skidding to a halt in front of it, he slid it open to reveal five catlike people. "Ray! You guys made it!" he yelled, hugging the aforementioned neko-jin. "Your room's all set up, I'll show you guys where you're sleeping." He turned to the pink haired female of the group, still grinning. "Mariah, Hilary set up a room for the girls next to the bathroom, at the end of the hall." Nodding, the young woman brushed past her team-mates into the house and followed the directions, the brunette who'd set up the room meeting up with her and showing her in. Already they were talking happily about the time all the teams would spend together, and of course, the shopping they could do.
"Well at least she won't get bored." Ray stated, smirking as he and the rest of his team entered the dojo, following the boy in front of them. Both Ray and Lee walked behind the rest of their team, talking quietly in Chinese about something one had just noticed. Both males' hair was barely two inches off the floor, although neither seemed highly concerned by this fact. Instead they seemed almost oblivious to the fact, although their walking behind the rest of the team may've been an indication that it was starting to become a problem. Sliding open another door, Tyson revealed a room with four temporary beds, motioning for the four neko-jin to follow him inside. "This is where you guys can stay. The All Stars will be across the hall, and the Blitzkrieg Boys will be next door.
"Everyone else should be arriving tomorrow, so feel free to make yourselves at home. Kenny, Max, Daichi and me are watching a movie in the lounge, if you guys want to come join us when you're settled." He'd barely finished the sentence when the phone began to ring, making the teen frown. "Who the hell would be calling?" he muttered, leaving the white tigers to unpack as he walked to the phone. "Hello?" "Tyson? It's Tala. We won't be able to make it to Japan tomorrow, something urgent has come up. It shouldn't take more than two days to sort." The blue haired teen stood blinking for a moment, slowly processing the information. "At latest we should be there late Friday. I'll call if it's going to take much longer than that." "Okay, thanks for letting me know." the usually loud male stated slowly, more than confused. "I'll see you then."
Over in Russia, a grim-faced redhead hung up the phone, turning his attention back to the television screen nearby. "Ian, how long has she been using that name?" His icy blue eyes remained fixated on the screen, as a small purple haired boy tapped away at a keyboard. "From the looks of things, at least four years. There's a few on-line news articles with pictures of her from four years ago, and that's the name associated with them." On the opposite side of the room, another teen with two-toned hair slammed his fist into the wall, his red eyes, narrowed. "How the hell did she manage to get around so easily without being noticed by any of us? We've had a database search running since the abbey's collapse."
"We're all as confused as you Kai." a lavender haired male stated, placing a hand on his shoulder. "Hell, I set up four of those searches myself, one of them for that exact name. She must've hacked the system to get around us." "Hell knows she's got the same computer knowledge as any of us, if not more." the taller blonde stated. He un-muted the T.V, allowing them to hear what was being said. "...have said she'll be heading to America briefly before Japan, where it's been reported she'll be staying for at least two weeks." Flicking it off, the five teens stood in silence, thinking about that small piece of information. "So, what do we do about this?" Ian asked, looking at the older members of the group. "She's coming to Japan anyway, so there's no point in chasing her over to America. What we do need to do is figure out why she's making herself so known right now, and see if we can get her back." the red head stated, receiving nods from the rest of his team.
"She's doing something to be noticed, it might not be us she wants to notice her but she has our attention." Kai muttered, his eyes fixed on a picture sitting just above the TV on a shelf. "Even after what happened, she's still one of us, and I don't think any of us want to lose her again." The rest of the room nodded and headed off in their own direction, each already knowing just what they needed to do to help out. Only Ian remained in the room, tapping away quickly at the keys, either searching or documenting something very important. After several more taps, he closed the laptop and headed out to pack. They had something important to do, other than go and waste a month with the rest of the world class beybladers.
"Did he say what had come up?" the blonde asked, walking slowly out of the lounge which had just been invaded by the girls. Kenny and Daichi followed Tyson just as slowly, just in front of Max, as all four headed to the room the White Tigers were staying in. A sudden squeal and yells of excitement soon erupted in the room behind them, making most of them jump. Being closest to the back of the group, Max turned to see what had them so excited. Barely visible on the screen from where he was standing, was a young woman with lightly tanned skin and ebony black hair. Her eyes were covered by a pair of dark glasses, and only her shirt was visible. The red and white lilies stood out brightly against the dark blue of the material, but what stuck with the American was who she was.
Soon the image was replaced by one of a bodyguard, as the young woman disappeared from the camera's sight. "I can't believe she's coming to Japan!" Hilary stated happily, flicking quickly to another news channel to catch the same story yet again. "I don't get what they're so excited about." the small redhead grumbled, frowning at the screen. "Who was that?" Shushing the wild boy before the girls could hear him, they all swiftly moved to the room Ray, Lee, Kevin and Gary were inhabiting for the time being. Sliding the door open just as another squeal sounded, they pushed Daichi inside and shut the door.
Sliding down to the floor, Max let out a small sigh, closing his eyes. "So, what teen pop-sensation is coming to town this time?" a voice growled, eyes closed as he attempted to meditate on his bed. "Not a pop sensation." Tyson stated, leaning against the door. "Victoria Kowalski." All four neko-jin looked at the bluenette seriously, Lee even opening his amber eyes to look at the boy. Seeing that he was serious, the majority of the four bit their tongues, holding in whatever remarks they would've otherwise made if Daichi were out of the room. Once more, the jungle-boy was confused as to their reactions, frowning at the other 7 occupants of the room. "I don't get it. Who is she?"
Ray, being able to regain his composure a little faster than the rest of the room answered, in what was probably the only way anyone of the group could've without being distracted. "She's the heiress to a multi-billion dollar Polish empire, that has ties to most of the empires throughout Europe and Asia. Aside from being one of the most beautiful girls to ever walk this planet, she also has an incredible singing voice." "You wouldn't pick it from the photos and films that the media catches," Kevin finished, "they only ever see her in the same travel clothes. You ever see her in person and you'll know why everyone's so excited."
"You've got to wonder why she's coming to Japan though." Kenny stated, tapping away on Dizzy's keys. "It's been reported that her father's going to Brazil on a business trip, and normally she's with him on those trips." The room sat quietly, trying to concentrate on the conundrum, although it appeared most of them were failing quite horribly. However, a thought struck Daichi as the rest of the room sat, squirming awkwardly as they dealt with their thoughts. "You said that I'd only see why everyone's so excited if I see her in person. When did you guys see her?"
The rest of the room remained silent. Trying to explain that occurrence could be extremely awkward for all of them...
Bit of a random ending, I must admit, but it gives me a starting point to the next chapter. And in the mean time you can figure out how they met her.
Oh and I'mma be a review whore, review and I'll update sooner