So hi everyone! This is the first fic I ever started writing. I started it years ago and recently picked it back up to continue. I hope it's somewhat enjoyable to read,…please let me know! Just FYI as per someone's suggestion, I may end up rewriting the first few chapters, as personally, I think they aren't as good as the later chapters. Ok, On with the summary!
Summary: The Bladebreakers/ G-Rev team are attending an invite-only competition. Shortly after arriving, Max has to leave and Daichi gets hurt and cant blade. One player short, the team needs to forfeit or find a replacement blader ASAP. Enter Nika! The girl can't blade to save her life, but Kai puts some one-on-one time in with her to help get her skills up. What happens after Nika joins the team is anyone's guess, but rest assured, things never go as planed. Eventual KaixNika…maybe?
Disclaimer: I do not own anything Beyblade. Nika is mine, but that's about it.
Well there ya have it! Sooo….On with the story!
- Love Me or Hate Me -
Kai stood up with a sigh. He was one of the last to get off the bus at the hotel.
"Figures nobody took their luggage off with them" he thought as he picked up his teammates bags.
"Hey Kai! Get out here and take a look at all this!" shouted Tyson.
"NO!" Kai shouted back. "I'm too busy getting all you crap off this bus so it can leave you ass."
Kai shook his head. Of course Tyson didn't stick around long enough to hear him. He was way too hyped up right now for any rational thinking. Max and Dachi weren't helping the situation either. They must have eaten about 5 pounds of sugar on the 12 hour trip.
Kai bent down to pick up another bag.
"Dang, how much stuff did these idiots bring?" he thought as he straightened up and met Hiro's amused face looking at him from the doorway.
"Picking up after the kids?" he asked.
"Yeah, they obviously don't realize that other people have things to do" Kai answered with a nod towards the bus driver.
"Tell me about it." Hiro said with a roll of his eyes. "Ya know what, put the bags down. I'll get them in here to clean up. As the team captain, you really need to take a look around here yourself."
Kai nodded as he dropped all the bags but his own to the floor. "Alright. Thanks. Hey Rei, ya wanna come with me?" he asked the neko-jin. "Rei?"
Kai walked to the back of the bus where his teammate was and found that he was sleeping.
"Hey Rei, we're here. It's time to get up." He paused for a moment as the boy stirred. "I'm going to take a look around, you coming?"
Rei slowly opened his eyes. "Uh…yeah. Just let me get my stuff first."
Kai nodded. "K. I'll see you outside in a few."
Kai stepped off the bus and was met with blinding sunlight. The site before him really was amazing. (Other than the fact that Tyson was still running from Hiro, it was perfect.) They were staying a first rate hotel and the care that went into this place was clearly visible. The grounds were impeccable and the buildings were immaculate. The view of the ocean was so breathtaking; Kai couldn't help thinking that this place must have cost a fortune to buy. As he let his gaze wander, he noticed the new bey-stadium in all it glory. It was huge, the biggest in North America. But despite all its attributes (and there are many), Kai frowned. It looked out of place here. And why pick these particular grounds for an invite-only competition?
"It's very possible that the stadium will never be used again, so why put it here?" Kai mused as; once again, the uneasy feeling of "something's not right" crept upon him.
"Wow. This place is beautiful." Kai turned to see Rei standing behind him with a duffle bag slung over his shoulder.
"Mmm…yeah I guess." Kai answered with a shrug. "It's too fancy for my liking, but…"
Rei laughed. "Kai, don't you like anything?"
"Of course I do!" Kai thought. "You just don't understand…" Out loud what he said was, "Are you quite finished? I have to look around this place, and I want to get it over with so let's go!"
Rei watched as the other boy started to walk away and with a sad shake of his head, followed him.
When Kai and Rei finished looking around, they made their way back towards the main entrance.
"Well, if nothing else we won't get bored while we're here!" Rei exclaimed. "I mean, they have 5 tennis courts, 2 baseball fields, and a bowling ally. They have everything here! Even an arcade!"
"Uh-huh. Yeah. They have enough activities here to keep an entire school of kids busy for a month of Sunday's. But that's not gonna help us with training. You have to stay focused if we're going to win this competition." Kai retorted.
"What's his problem?" Rei thought. "Yeah, you're right I guess. But this place really is nice." He said out loud.
"Whatever. I'll see you inside later. I have to check out one more thing" Kai said as he walked off.
Rei almost started to follow him but then thought better of it. It was painfully obvious that the other boy wanted to be alone for whatever it was he was going to do. If it was appropriate, Rei would ask him later what he was up to…but even if Kai is in a good mood, it's risky. Still brooding, Rei walked into the hotel to meet up with the rest of the team.
Kai waited until Rei went inside before he made his way back to the bey-stadium. It was obvious that no one was allowed inside just yet. There was a huge sign that said, "Keep out. Absolutely NO admittance until day of tournament. (Authorized personal only.)" And as if that wasn't enough, there were guards at the front doors. But Kai wasn't going to the front doors. He had looked around carefully and found that, done correctly, he could get in at the back thought a window. It was risky, but he had to know who was inside. There were people, or rather a person, inside he was sure. He was determined to find out who it is and what they were doing.
When he got the foot of the tree he had to climb to get in, he sighed.
"What the hell am I doing…" he murmured as he reached out for the first branch.
As he continued to climb the tree, he had a mental argument with himself.
"I mean, even if I manage to get inside, what am I gonna do? Tell the person inside to get out because no one is allowed in yet? Yeah right, that will go over real well. Oh why couldn't I just let it go? I never used to be this nosey. Wait, I'm not being nosey. I'm looking out for my team. If someone is getting an advantage, I need to know about it so I can report it. But why should I have to stick my neck out like this? If those darn guards were doing their job, I would not need to be doing this. " ...and so on until he reached the branch he needed to stop at.
"O.k.…here goes nothing!" he thought as he jumped, cat like, from the tree to the window. Amazingly, he didn't fall.
"Perfect." He thought as he slowly opened the window and carefully climbed inside.
If the outside of the building was nice, the inside was magnificent. Everything about this place had perfection written all over it. Kai did a quick survey, ignoring the remarkable architecture of the building, and started the climb down to the floor. When he reached the bottom though, he froze. Standing at the other end of the room was a girl. Her back was to him, but he didn't need to see her face to tell that she was beautiful. She was about 5'6" and had a body to die for. She was wearing black jeans, a white T-shirt and had her long black hair tied back in a pony-tail.
Kai blinked once and swallowed hard. "Oh crap." He thought. Shaking his head slightly, he moved to a place where he could better see what she was doing. Once he had moved, he could see that she was holding a bey-blade and a launcher. She stood in front of a dish and prepared to launch the blade.
"3...2...1...LET IT RIP!"
Kai winced as he watched her. Her form was terrible and her timing was way off. It was painful (to say the least) to watch her.
"Didn't anyone ever show her how to use that thing?" he wondered. "Ugh…guess not." He watched as she went to pick up her blade and re-launch it.
After watching her do this about 7 or 8 times, he couldn't take it anymore. He stood up and started to
walk.
"Why can't I get this right?" she thought desperately. "It always looks so easy when other people do it!" She adjusted the black fingertip-less gloves on her hands and prepared to launch again. "If they can do it so can I! (sigh) The only thing is I've been at this for an hour already and I'm not getting any better! The longest I've been able to keep this darn thing spinning is 10 seconds! Well, if practice makes perfect…I'll just keep at it!"
"3…2…1…LET IT…"
"Don't you dare launch it like that!"
The girl gave a shriek and spun around, accidentally launching the blade at the head of the person behind her.
Kai lifted his hand and deftly caught the blade as it came hurling towards him.
"I told you not to launch it." he said.
The girl just stood there with her mouth open. "Oh no! This is not cool!" she thought.
"You got a name?" Kai asked holding the blade out to the girl. When she didn't take it, he sighed. "I'm Kai. Are you gonna take your blade or are you just gonna stand there?"
"Erm…I uh…How did you get in here?" the girl asked as she took her blade back.
"I came in the back way. Your name?"
"Oh. It's Nika" the girl responded looking down.
Kai raised an eyebrow. "Born on a Sunday huh?
Nika looked up at him, shocked.
Kai shrugged "I'm Russian too."
"I see." Nika said lowering her gaze again. There was an awkward moment of silence before Kai asked:
"So, what the heck are you doing in here anyway?"
"Huh? Oh, I was…um…practicing?" she answered.
"Are you telling me or asking me?"
"Telling…I mean…ugh. You wanna sit down?" Nika asked pointing to a bench.
"Nah, I'm fine. So…you seemed to be having a hard time before. You want some help?"
"WHAT? YOU would help ME!" Nika shrieked.
Kai took a step back, startled by her reaction. "Yeah, sure. Why not?"
"Nobody ever wants to help me with this…they all say I can't do it. I've been trying for so long…"
"It's never too late. Come on, I'll show you what you're doing wrong."
Kai stood behind her and took her hand in his.
"Oh my gosh! He's sooooo sweet!" Nika thought
Kai started the lesson…"Alright now listen…"
For the next hour, Kai had a very hard time staying focused. He had be close to the girl to show her what to do. Very close. He stood behind her almost the whole time, going through the motion of a proper launch, and the importance of good form. But Kai was fighting with himself most of the time
"It's just like anybody else. She's no different than the girls you see on the street. She's…she's…damn she's hot. No! You can't let yourself think that! If you really do care about her, you'll forget her. After you leave, forget her. It's that simple. Just forget about her beautiful face and her hair and…and…oh damn it! I got to go sit down!"
"Uh…Nika, I think you should try by yourself now. I'm gonna go sit down."
"O.K! I think I'm ready!"
Kai sat down and watched her as she executed a perfect launch.
"Good! Now again!"
Shortly thereafter, a very pleased Nika sat down next to Kai.
"Wow. That was so much fun! I can't believe what a great time I had!"
"Mmhhmm. It's not that hard to learn, but it's take a while to perfect."
"I guess, but I had a really good teacher. Thank you." Nika put her hand on Kai's knee. "I really appreciated what you did."
"Sure…no problem. Hey, I hate to cut this short, but I should get back to my team. They're probably wonder-"
"What time is it!" Nika interrupted jumping up.
"Uh…about ten after seven. Why?"
"YIKES! I have to go get ready for the orientation! Come on!"
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Kai asked as Nika pulled him up to his feet.
"I'm gonna kill those darn guards! They were supposed to come get me at ten of! Damn it!" Nika started dragging Kai towards the front doors.
"WAIT!" Kai shouted. "What is going on?"
Nika stopped. "The orientation. It's when I introduce myself and thank you all for coming to my competition!"
"YOUR competition?"
"Yeah, I own this whole place! So it's mine."
"Oh." "Shit! She must think I'm a total ass now!" "O.K, well, why don't you let me go out first? If the guards didn't come and get you, maybe something's wrong. If I'm not back in five, call for help." Before she could protest, Kai walked towards the front doors.
"Be careful!" she shouted.
Kai just lifted his hand in a silent acknowledgement.