Never Stop My Heart
By Mishi-chan
Disclaimer: I do not own BeyBlade, but I do own Tenshi, MuraSakura owns Sakura, Twin Psychos owns Kaze, and Invisible Love owns Hiniku.
MuraSakura- Yes, I know I'm evil, but get over it. You know I did it all good-naturedly… I think… . … .
Kaze- Thank-you, you Slave driving, lazy bum!
Hiniku- Thank-you SOOO much! I can really tell you like it. This just shows how well I know you all, and how stupid you can be if you want! .
This chappie is dedicated to my bestest buddy, Invisible Love, because of her enthusiasm for this story. THANK-YOU! Also, it's dedictaed to Solitairesilvercat for putting this on her alert list! THANK-YOU! BUT PLEASE REVIEW!
Note to readers: Okay, I know people are reading this story. I can tell by the hits, but please, PLEASE REVIEW! I need feedback! I know it's such a hassle in your eyes because you're just the reader, right? WRONG-O! You're input means something to me, so TELL ME! For the sake of Kai-kun, Rei-kun, Max-kun, and Tala-san, REVIEW! …That is all.
Now, ONTO THE SECOND CHAPPIE! (P.S. Baka means stupid!)
N E V E R
"Ya know, Kaze, you are SO lucky Mr. D was able to pull through with a suite for us!" Tenshi nagged slightly irritated, plopping backwards onto the soft bed behind her. Sakura released a sigh and shook her head while dropping her purple duffel bag onto the bed next to her sister's.
"We get the idea, Tensh. Now DROP IT!" the African-American female deadpanned with a worn look on her face. The icy-blue banged teen had been getting on Kaze's case for the past hour as Mr. Dickinson, the chairman of the BBA, worked with the hotel management to get a suite for them. Muttering a "fine" under her breath, Tenshi walked out of the room into a kitchen/living area where Kaze sat on the couch, mesmerized by the high definition of the T.V. channels. Hiniku sat bored next to her, reading a new book she got before she left her home in Korea. After grabbing a bottle of Orange Gatorade from the fridge, Tenshi looked back to see their 'oh-so-reliable' team captain poking the T.V. warily, repeating over and over how it was 'Shiny!' and it had 'Lots of buttons!'. Walking over to them, the chestnut-haired girl looked at her friend in utter dismay while shaking her head.
"Oh geez, and how did you became team captain again?" she asked Kaze with a sigh. Immediately, the before-mentioned teen stood up happily.
"BECAUSE I beat you at a round of SoulCaliber II!" Kaze answered happily, getting a groan in response from Tenshi. Sakura came out their room a moment later happily, running across the room to plop down onto the couch… crushing Hiniku in the process. Muffled yells could be heard from the Korean as she felt her bones be crushed under her friend's weight. Realizing Hiniku was being crushed, Sakura moved over to relieve the pain on her friend.
"Ow! Sakura, you're as heavy as a hippo!" Hiniku screeched at the African-American teenager next to her, waving her hands to exaggerate her point. A look of shock crossed before it was replaced by anger. Seemingly out of nowhere, a very large and very deadly frying pan appeared in Sakura's hands, with a menacing glare on her face.
"Excuse ME? What did you say?!" she growled inching closer and closer to the shorter girl in anger. With a yelp Hiniku got up and ran around the room, with Sakura in hot pursuit. Tenshi just stood there laughing her butt off and Kaze sat back down onto the couch, a bowl of popcorn in hand, neither bothering to help their Korean friend. There was a loud " WHAM!" as Hiniku ran into the door that leads out of the suite. Not bothering to see how close Sakura was on her tail, Hiniku threw open the door and ran down the hallway screaming. Not caring where the chase took her, Sakura followed her and realizing it was getting embarrassing and out of hand, Tenshi followed the duo out of the suite. Kaze just shrugged her shoulders before returning back to the T.V. Program.
Meanwhile: In the Hotel Hallway…
Hiniku, still in the lead of the whole chase, sprinted down the hallway, narrowly avoiding whacks from Sakura's freakishly huge frying pan. Seeing two figures in the near distance, Hiniku sprinted faster towards them. She grabbed the back of one of the guy's shirt and hid behind him, knowing full-well Sakura wouldn't hit a random bystander… most of the time. Sakura, just as planned, stopped in front of the young redheaded man and forced a fake sweet smile. "Hiniku," she beckoned, her 'sweet' voice dripping with annoyance, "Release him and come out."
Finally caught up to the two maniacs, Tenshi bent over for a short moment to regain her breath. Looking back up, her chocolate drop eyes widened at the sight of the familiar faces she had seen so many times on the news. His arms crossed against his chest, Tala glanced coldly back and forth between Hiniku and Sakura. Kai stood next to him with their duffel bags, his usual emotionless face with the exception of the quirked eyebrow above his right eye. Gently slapping herself in the forehead and wiping her hand down her frustrated face, Tenshi mentally cursed herself for letting the duo escape the hotel suite. Regaining her remaining composure, Tenshi walked over to the young men and between Sakura and Tala, where Hiniku hid behind. Rolling her eyes, she looked first at Sakura.
"Okay, first off: YOU!" Tenshi started, pointing to Sakura, "Go back to the room, along with that maniacal weapon of yours." Taking one accusing look at Hiniku (who stuck out her tongue in retort from behind Tala), Sakura trudged back to the room, lugging her weapon on the ground her. Seeing as one was taken care of, Tenshi then shifted her gaze towards the hiding Hiniku, catching her with her tongue out. "And YOU," she continued commandingly, grabbing Hiniku's attention. "Go back to the room as well. MARCH!" Tenshi finished, pointing a finger down the hallway boldly as to lead her in the right direction. Rolling her eyes defiantly and letting out a groan, Hiniku came out of hiding in the Russian Beyblader's shadow and walked down in file after Sakura.
Tenshi looked back at them wearily in embarrassment, running her hand through her long chestnut hair before stopping her hand on top of her head. After all, two of her best friends just cornered one of the top International Beybladers and almost whacked him with a frying pan. Who wouldn't be embarrassed? And all the while Tenshi had been commanding orders, Kai couldn't help but look at the newcomer. After all, if he recalled correctly, Tala had thought she was a fan girl at the airport earlier that day. The girl seemed to be average size, not too tall, but not too short, her arms holding some muscle definition. She seemed to be fit and healthy; not anorexic skinny, but not huge like an elephant, and having done some training for some kind of physical sport. A moment later, the female teen looked back at them, a nervous expression and a discomforted blush apparent slightly on her peach complexion.
"Hi," she started shakily, obviously humiliated in some sense. "I'm Tenshi Hikari. I'm really sorry about those two bakas. They can be a handful at times and I'm sorry you got involved," Tenshi introduced and apologized to Tala directly before directing her gaze at Kai as well. Tala grunted his response before grabbing his bag and brushing rudely by Tenshi, knocking her back a step. Shaking her head in annoyance and narrowing her eyes at him, Tenshi then looked back at Kai shyly. "Well, once again, I apologize for my friends' behavior." And with that Tenshi raced off down the hall back towards her room, but not before turning back to look at Kai once more with a small smile. "Oh, and good luck in the Championship!" Kai just stared blankly down the hall as she raced back to her room, kicking her door angrily before someone finally answered and let her in. Shaking off her comment, Kai lugged his bag over his shoulder and ambled down the hallway after his redheaded teammate…
S T O P
Finally allowed entrance into the suite, Tenshi stomped in frustrated, closing the door behind her and leaning against it with a sigh. A small silence followed after, but not before two familiar faces popped up in her face. "TENSHI!" Hiniku and Sakura shrieked as they shoved their faces near her. Tenshi opened her eyes with a yelp, two pairs of eyes staring back at her. The two girls began shooting questions at Tenshi at a million questions per minute, each shoving their faces closer and closer to Tenshi's and each question along the lines of "What did you say to them?" and "You flirted with them, didn't you?". Easily becoming irritated with the two's insane questions and pestering, she lashed out.
"SHUT-UP!" Tenshi yelled in their faces, her eyes closed in anger. Hiniku and Sakura immediately became quiet, and Kaze aroused abruptly from her nap on the couch, popcorn flying everywhere. Shooting a glance at Kaze, then back at her other friends, Tenshi bowed her head in a sigh, running her hand through her hair again. "I'm sorry guys, I guess jet lag's getting to me. No, I did not flirt with them, yes I agree, they were cute, and lastly yes, I'm embarrassed by the fact two of my best friends almost got one of the BBA's top Beyblader's whacked with a freakishly large frying pan," Tenshi stated, choosing to answer some of their ridiculous inquiries. Tiredly, Tenshi walked into the back bedroom and flopped down on her bed by the balcony. Hiniku and Sakura watched as she had walked past them. Then they looked back at each other furiously, yelling the same thing simultaneously.
"IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!"
"MY FAULT? IT WAS YOURS!"
"NU-UH!"
"YEA-HUH!"
The two continued to argue before two pillows flew by and hit each of them in the head. Whipping around, they saw Tenshi standing in the doorway with two more pillows in hand. "What part of 'shut-up' don't you two understand?" she asked wearily, looking at the two of them. The loud duo looked back at each other before looking back at Tenshi, sticking their tongues out at her in defiance. Tenshi rolled her eyes with a smile at the childlike nature of her friends. Suddenly, a light bulb went off inside Kaze head as she abruptly stood up from her seat on the couch, alerting the rest of the team of her presence.
"I JUST REMEMBERED SOMETHING!" Kaze started, a certain bliss in her eyes from the fact she actually remembered something important. "While you all were in the hallway, Mr. Dickinson called to tell us to be at the arena fifteen minutes early for the opening ceremony. He says he needs to run us through everything since we're the new team," Kaze stated cheerfully before flopping back down onto the couch with the remaining bit of popcorn she had left. Checking the time on the clock on the wall, Sakura saw that it was getting late. Well, late if you had to get up early the next day and blade. Yawning, Tenshi took her leave and lay back down on her bed sleepily. But before drifting off to sleep, she wearily took a picture frame out of her bag and laid it on the nightstand next to her. A picture of a happy, four-person family smiled back at her. One glance at the picture made her smile before easing her worries of the coming day and helping her fall fast asleep…
M Y
The sun rose early the next morning on icy Russia, spreading light to the country, though no warmth reached the cold ground. Awaking slowly with the dawn of a new day, Tenshi arose quietly from her bed, careful not to rouse her African-American sister across the room. After showering and getting dressed for the coming day, she stepped into the kitchen. She stood in the miniature kitchen for a moment just staring at the 'fridge and the oven/stove before releasing a small sigh with a meek smile. Preparing to make breakfast omelets, the pale teen grabbed a smaller, less dangerous frying pan than the one used the day before. A small giggle escaped her throat as she recalled the moment when she caught Hiniku hiding behind Tala and Sakura holding a vicious frying pan dangerously close to both of them.
Her eyes softened slightly at the thought of the other male present. She had secretly always looked up to Kai in a role-model-like way. His bladeing style, power, dominating presence and basically everything about him amazed her time after time. The way he could just strike fear into anyone's heart by just a glance... Shaking away her thoughts, Tenshi looked back at the stove determinedly, making sure not let her focus stray too far. Reaching into the refrigerator, she grabbed several eggs. After all, she had several omelets to make. A while later, by the time the sweet smell of homemade cooking had aromatized the air in the suite, a very sleepy Sakura walked wearily into the kitchen, rubbing the sleep from her eyes.
"Morning," Sakura yawned briefly, taking a seat at the counter behind the stove. With her bright, early bird smile, Tenshi looked behind quickly to greet the teenage girl.
"Morning, Dork!" the icy-blue banged female greeted happily, obviously in a good mood. Hardly affected by the insult (as she was use to it), Sakura just jadedly poked her tongue out at her in retort. Smirking at the African-American's predictable response, Tenshi just grabbed the nearest plate next to her and placed it in front of Sakura, hot steam rising from the heat. "Breakfast, sleepy head! A bacon, steak, and cheese omelet!" she said quite blissfully. Grabbing a fork hungrily, Sakura immediately started to devour the delicious treat.
A moment later a young Korean came out of her and Kaze's separate room stretching her arms tiredly, yawning a greeting before taking her place next to Sakura. Replying with the same greeting as earlier, Tenshi dropped a plate in front of Hiniku, the omelet oozing cheese and bacon. Taking a seat by them after cleaning up, Tenshi began to dig into her own cheese, sausage, and mushroom omelet. Breakfast passed with hardly any conversation, just a phrase here or there.
The clock on the wall by the bedrooms chimed as the hour hand landed upon the nine. A smirk snaked its way across Tenshi's face as she stood up from the table. Sakura and Hiniku froze. They knew that smirk. It was like a warning. And usually, someone got either pranked, tricked, and/or annoyed by what came to follow it. They had to be at the stadium by nine forty-five and Kaze was still sleeping ever so peacefully. That meant one thing: Kaze was about to receive a rude awakening.
Slipping quietly into the other bedroom occupied by her team captain, Tenshi crept to Kaze's bedside, a bottle of whip cream in hand. Using her creative talents for the forces of evil, the chestnut-haired teen began to go Picasso on Kaze's face, creating the image of a very angry Santa Claus made out of the fluffy cream. After putting the cap back on, Tenshi rolled the can under the bed silently, careful not to make a sound. She breathed in a long breath and leaned right over Kaze's ear…
"OH MY GOSH! AN ESCAPED TIGER!" Tenshi shrieked in phony distress. Immediately, Kaze awoke in alarm as she bolted upright. Kaze looked from side to side frantically in search of danger while shouting 'WHERE!'. Tenshi laughed her butt off at the priceless expression of fear and eagerness all rolled into one. After a few moments, it finally sunk in that there was no tiger. Calming down, Kaze narrowed her eyes into a light glare at Tenshi as she made her way into the kitchen. Stepping into the kitchen, a chorus of snickers and stifled laughter rang somewhat quietly. A quizzical eyebrow rose on Kaze's clearly confused face as she wondered what was SO funny. Coming out from the bedroom behind the puzzled captain, Tenshi also began to laugh, her laugh a little more open, causing Hiniku and Sakura to burst into a fit of hysterics. Finally getting the fact that they were laughing at HER, Kaze whipped around and jogged into the one bathroom, closing the door behind her. There was a silence that followed before an angry shout erupted from the bathroom.
"TENSHI!" Kaze shouted in anger as she whipped the door open with a glare, Santa Claus still looking as jolly as ever on her face. Tenshi's face contorted in fear as she turned and ran from the newly awakened female as Kaze chased after her. Under normal circumstances, Tenshi and Kaze were both good runners; actually, Kaze could easily run longer, but Tenshi knew her one flaw. Kaze's weakness. Dodging and weaving around the room, Tenshi finally ran to the security of her bedroom, not even bothering to close the door because she knew. She knew what would follow.
A loud "WHAM!" resounded through the rooms as Kaze ran straight into the doorframe. It was just like a cartoon. Kaze froze there against the frame for a moment from impact before falling straight backwards onto her back, little birdies flying around her head. If there was a weakness in their team captain it was this: Kaze's VERY disoriented in the mornings. VERY disoriented! Tenshi came out of the room and leaned against the doorframe, a smirk on her peach face.
"Are you done trying to kill me?" she started as Kaze stood up dizzily, "Because by now, you only have a half an hour to get ready to blade!" A confusion fogged Kaze's mind as she looked wearily at the clock, the clock reading nine fifteen. Kaze's eyes widened in shock as she let out a sound that resembled a scream. Racing back across the room, Kaze hurried to get ready, running into her own doorframe in the process before rushing back along. Tenshi just smiled happily at the familiar scene as Sakura cleaned up the remaining dishes and Hiniku just laughed at her friend. And thus it began.
One tournament.
One Championship title.
And one new team to shake things up a bit!
H E A R T
And there you have it peoples! Yet another chappie of Never Stop My Heart! I know I don't really have anyone you know yet, but it's coming. I'm just getting through the exposition of the story. But I put Kai-kun and Tala in this one! . So, you've read, so REVIEW! PLEASE! I NEED FEEDBACK! BEWII!
Mishi-chan
