It's fine i'm sure you're all going to skip this anyway. But anyway it's time for an update.
Now let me say i will try very hard to keep everyone in character unless given a reason why they break character i.e. in v-force Kai had a breakdown of sorts after what happened to Wyatt and when he saw Wyatt in Goki. So to the best of my ability i will keep the characters true to themselves.
anonymous reviews are welcome.
feel free to leave a review i value all your insight. just let me know how the story's going for all of you.
Also, i'll try to cover as many characters as i can and show all perspectives as best i can. Hmm..what else...oh and the reason why i'm skipping the other teams getting their letters in the mail is because i felt it would just be boring and repetitive, like "we get it. move on with the damn story." so i will do just that.
enjoy.
The date was set. All the teams who had received the letter in the mail were all boarding their planes. The plane ride was incredibly long...too long. After what seemed like forever the planes finally landed. All the teams stepped out of the plane and took a look around. They were near the ocean. Over by the docks was a very large ship. Daichi stumbled out of the plane "...uhg..." he put his hand over his mouth. The rest of the team rushed by him.
"Hey Daichi! Hurry up! we're world champions don't let a little air sickness keep you down!" Tyson yelled back at him.
"I'm not- oh forget it..." Daichi staggered down the steps to the pavement.
"Hey Tyson!" Max yelled and waved at him. He had just gotten off the plane with the PPB All Starz.
"Maxie!" Tyson smiled and ran over to him "So did you get that letter in the mail too?" he asked.
"Yah! All of us did, by the looks of it so did the other teams." Max said and looked over at the other teams stepping out of the plane.
"Hmph...you guys can all train if you want, it's not going to help you, not against me that is." Rick smirked.
"Oh yah? We'll see about that won't we Rick!" Tyson pumped his fists into the air.
"With our new technology and blades you won't stand a chance. The PPB All Starz are going to win this one." Emily smiled and adjusted her glasses.
"Blah, blah, blah." Tyson shrugged it off.
"By the way Ty, where's Daichi?" Max asked curiously.
"He's getting off the plane." Tyson shrugged.
"Still...?"
"Yeeeeaaaah, he get's air sick alot." Tyson nodded but waved it off.
Max blinked then smiled "Oh." he laughed a little. "Well, we'll see you later." Max waved and headed off with his team but not before Rick gave Tyson a smug smirk.
Tyson watched them walk off and smiled. "Sweet, looks like everyone made it." Tyson looked around. Hilary grabbed his arm and started to pull him.
"Ouch, Hilary!"
"Tyson come on, you can socialize later!" she said.
"Yeah I guess you're right, but look everyone's here." he motioned at the other teams.
"Talk to them later." Hilary scolded and led him to the ship.
"This is strange..."Kenny said and looked around. "There's no guides."
"What do you mean chief?" Hilary looked at him.
"I mean, there's no one telling us where to go or what to do." He said.
"Huh?" Tyson blinked "Well...yah you're right."
"But we were given these programs by the steward on the plane." She said and unraveled hers. "It had a map of where we're suppose to go and what we're suppose to do, it says to board the boat now."
"I know but it's just strange." Kenny said.
"Oh stop being a baby Kenny, there's never guides telling us what plane to get on it's all already booked for us like this one."
"That is true..." he nodded "Oh I should have come more prepared, ok, GPS...check. Emergency phone...check. First aid kit...check. Hm...I feel like i'm forgetting something."
Tyson and Hilary exchanged looks then looked back at Kenny with confusion. He had packed everything they needed and more what could they be forgetting.
"Uhg..." Daichi wondered up next to them "I feel sick..."
"Oh! Yeah here Daichi..." Kenny took some air sickness pills from his bag "just take two of these and you'll feel better in no time." he smiled.
"What are they...?" Daichi looked at them.
"Air sickness pills, you'll feel better."
"Hm...well ok if you say so." Daichi took them without hesitating.
"Come on, we should get going now." Hilary said and started walking away.
"But I'm not better yet!" Daichi yelled.
"COME ON!" she snapped and they all jumped.
"Yes ma'am!" they all yelled and followed her.
F-Dynasty had been watching the conversation between the PPB All Starz and the BBA revolution as well as the talking between the BBA revolution members.
"Those fools really think they stand a chance." Julia smiled and put her hand on her hip. "With our new attacks they won't know what hit them, it's pointless for them to be here."
Raul looked at his sister with a smile "Yeah..." he nodded.
"You'll be fine in the one on one battles this time right?"
"Yeah, of course...We never blade alone." he nodded.
Julia smiled "Good. Let's go." she said and led him to the ship.
Once all the teams had stepped onto the ship about 15 minutes later the ship started to move. At this point it was dark outside. Most of the teams were in the rooms they were assigned and were resting. Garland however was out on the deck leaning on the railing with a slight smile on his face. He was enjoying the night air and the light breeze. Mystel suddenly fell out of the sky and landed on the railing next to Garland.
Garland looked at Mystel then looked up "How did you...?" he looked around, not seeing anything that Mystel could have jumped off of.
Mystel smiled and took his mask off "What are you doing out here anyway, it's getting cold out."
"I'm not really tired. I was just thinking about the training facility...afterwards it'll be our first world championship."
"That means we'll face Tyson and the rest of them right? That's what you were really thinking about weren't you Garland?" Mystel asked.
"Well that too, I look forward to fighting Tyson. But I think the training will do Brooklyn some good and Ming-Ming could use some more training too."
"Yeah, she's gotten a little sloppy with her blading recently...So has Crusher's" Mystel agreed.
Garland was quiet then looked up at the sky "I'm a little worried about Crusher."
Mystel looked at him "Why's that?"
"Well, the whole reason he got into blading was because of his sister. Since she's out of the hospital I wonder if his heart is really in it."
"If it wasn't he wouldn't have agreed to come along with us."
"That may be true..." Garland nodded.
"He came with us so that means his heart is really in it" Mystel shrugged.
"Yeah, you're right. He put up a good fight against Ray...and this time it's the world championships."
"He wants to make his sister proud." Mystel said.
Garland turned to look at Mystel but he was gone. "...huh?" Garland looked up in the air again to try and see where Mystel could jump. When he still couldn't see anything Garland simply smiled and went back to looking at the horizon line. His very first world championship tournament, a new training base by the BBA. Boris was long gone, things were looking up and he looked forward to fighting Tyson and making his family proud.
The boat ride was long; long like their flights. By the time they had arrived at the docks it was 2 in the afternoon. It had taken them maybe two days to get to their destination in total but they still had to walk to the hotel.
Tyson yawned as he walked down the dock "Uhhh man what a long ride..." he complained. "I'm tired."
"Me too..." Daichi nodded.
Hilary looked at them and frowned "You guys slept the whole way here and only woke up to eat...wow." she sighed.
"But that's tiring...good thing this doubles as a resort." Tyson lifted his head and looked at the sky and all the tall trees. "This place better be nice." he said and bumped into someone.
"Ow, Tyson!" Tala yawned and looked back at him "Watch where you going."
"Oh, hehe sorry about that Tala." Tyson smiled "You got that letter too huh?"
"Yeah, all the teams got one." Bryan rolled his eyes at Tyson.
"At least all the teams involved with the BBA." Tala said and watched the other teams getting off the boat.
"Tyson." Ray smiled as he walked passed them. "Hey I didn't see you at the airport." he said.
"! I didn't see you there either."
"So it looks like all the teams really did get invited." Ray glanced at Tala.
"Yep. Aw man this is awesome!" Tyson said "And to think all of you guys won't stand a chance against me." Tyson smiled.
"Yah we're world champions!" Daichi shouted and pointed at Tala "You got lucky last time, this time Strata Dragoon will destroy Wolborg!"
Tala just smirked. "Oh is that right Daichi? Well I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed."
Ray laughed a little "Tala, is Kai not with you?" He asked, noticing Kai wasn't with the Blitzkrieg boys.
Tyson blinked like something snapped in his head. "Oh yeah, man how did I forget Kai? He joined with your team didn't he?"
Hilary nodded "I didn't see him at the airport come to think of it."
"He got on the ship with us." Spencer said.
"So? Didn't one of you guys share a room with him?" Mariah asked.
Bryan, Spencer, and Ian looked at Tala.
"Hey it's not my job to watch him! I'm not his babysitter." Tala crossed his arms.
"Aw hey don't worry about it Tala" Tyson waved it off "He does that thing all the time."
"We know..." Ian said.
"Hm, well I wonder where he could have gone." Mariah said.
"Who knows that guys a freaking mystery." Tala sighed.
"Hi Ray!" Max smiled and walked by them "Come on what are you guys standing around for let's go check out the hotel." He smiled and walked by all of them.
"Yeah, you guys are going to miss out on your training and trust us when we say you'll need it." Michael said in a snobbish way and walked by them too.
"They're right about the training part, see you later guys." Tala waved and walked off with his team.
Tyson and Ray watched them walk away then looked at each other.
"Did he look tired to you?" Ray asked.
Tyson nodded. "Yeah, he didn't look so good."
Daichi smiled "He's just scared to lose against me again!"
Tyson blinked and looked after Tala "I hope everything's alright."
Ray looked at Tyson "We'll see you inside." Ray said and started to walk.
"Hey wait we're coming!" Tyson yelled and his team walked to the hotel with White Tiger x.
Kai was standing on the boat with his arms crossed and watched how chummy all the teams were. He had his usual scowl on his face and jumped off the ship as it started to move away from the docks. Kai stood up and started to walk and checked in saying he was with the Blitzkrieg boys. The receptionist smiled and handed him a clipboard.
"Please find the right page and sign your name." She said.
Kai took the clip board and flipped through the pages, he stopped on one of the pages and his eyes narrowed. He stood there, staring at the page.
The receptionist looked at him curiously "Sir...?"
Kai stared at the page and stared at a particular name: Brooklyn Masefield.
After few moments of glaring at the name he turned the page and found all the Blitzkrieg boys' names. He signed his under Ian's name and handed the clipboard back to her.
The receptionist looked at his name and smiled.
"Kai Hiwatari. Alright here you go, the room number is on the key." She handed him his room key and went back to her computer.
"Thanks." He said in a bit of a cold tone. He looked at the number on the key and went over to the directory in the hallway. Once he found the floor the room was on he decided to take the stairs, just to avoid being stuck in a metal box with other people.
He walked up atleast 5 flights of stairs before he broke a sweat. Kai stopped and held the railing, resting for a moment. His panting echoed in the stairwell.
"How many flights was that...?" he looked at the number beside the door. Floor 5. He still had a few more flights of stairs to climb. "Alright, let's go." he pushed himself off the railing and continued walking.
Finally, yes finally he arrived at his room. At this point Kai was sweating and breathing heavily. The room number was 1061. he had climbed up 10 flights of stairs in total but Kai considered it early training. He unlocked the door with his key and walked into the room but stopped in the doorway. He had expected everyone to be out exploring or training but he was wrong. In the bed farther from the door was Tala who was fast asleep. He had taken his jacket off and laid it over a chair so he was wearing his long sleeve black shirt.
Kai closed the door quietly and kept his eyes on Tala as he walked over to the bathroom, yep, he was asleep. Dead asleep.
What's wrong with him? Kai thought as he turned on the light in the bathroom and closed the door behind him. Tala had slept pretty soundly on the boat too. It was to the point where Tala slept almost as much as Tyson which wasn't only creepy to think about but really strange. Tala pushed himself. He was still use to his training in the abbey...exercise at dawn until dusk. Everyday was training so it wasn't as if Tala got tired easily so what was it that made him so tired.
"Hn..."Kai sighed and started the shower, he'd start training first thing tomorrow morning. Maybe Tala had the right idea to get some rest before the training actually began. It was a pity though, Kai had hoped to be in the room alone but since Tala was asleep and didn't snore like Tyson did it was almost the same thing as being alone. Well...it wasn't a vacant room but it was better than it being filled with people.
After his shower Kai walked out of the bathroom and sat on his bed, drying off his hair.
"Where were you...?" Tala asked and looked at him. "You're late again..."
"I was still on the ship."
"Doing what...?" A sleepy Tala asked.
"It's my business Tala, none of your concern." Kai said bluntly.
Tala smirked and rolled over to face Kai, propped up on one arm. "Taking care of that stray cat on the ship?"
Kai frowned and closed his eyes "Like I said it's none of your concern."
Tala laughed and turned his back to Kai "Yeah, sure." He yawned.
Kai put the towel around his neck and glanced over at Tala. "Hn...If you knew why did you ask?"
"I just really wanted to hear it from you. Big bad Kai has a soft-spot for kittens."
Kai narrowed his eyes "None of your concern." He said again.
"Relax, I'm only teasing you." Tala said.
Kai sighed and looked over at Tala, keeping quiet for a while. He turned back to facing forward and opened his mouth to say something but hesitated.
"Are you feeling alright?" Kai finally asked.
Tala was silent for a few moments. "Yeah, Of course."
"If you end up collapsing during training-"
"I'm not going to collapse! I'm fine. In any case what about you? Why are you so talkative?" Tala sat on the edge of his bed, looking at Kai.
"Hn..." Kai ignored him.
"You know something about this is strange too. It's not like you to e-mail me out of the blue just to 'see how I'm doing' so, what was it?" Tala asked.
Kai didn't say anything and continued to dry off his hair.
"Stop ignoring me!" Tala snapped.
"It's because something about this little invitation seemed strange." Kai said bluntly.
"The strangest thing about it is none of the coaches were invited. If a team was going to train why wouldn't the coach be there too? Another detail that grabbed my attention was Mr. Dickenson didn't say anything to the teams. He would have made an official announcement wouldn't he? Seems like he would have told all the Bladebreakers about it and that it'd be announced in one of our meetings."
"The Bladebreakers don't exist anymore." Kai said bluntly, he didn't acknowledge anything else Tala said but he listened. Tala was right. More than one thing was off.
"Just keep your eyes open." Tala sighed and laid back down again. "We start training tomorrow morning."
It was obvious Tala wasn't going to get any type of response from Kai. The conversation was over before it started. Although now Kai was brooding about the idea in his head. Was he fooled like all the others? and if Tala suspected something why did he even come along in the first place.
"Right." Kai nodded and stood up. He walked to the door and opened it. A white envelope fell to the floor. Kai looked down at it and picked it up.
"Hm..." Kai held it up to the light.
"What is it?' Tala asked, sitting up again.
"An envelope."
"Open it, then." Tala got up and walked over to him.
Kai tore the top of it open and pulled a folded piece of paper out of it. Kai read over it and his eyes narrowed.
"What is it?"
"They're having a dinner tonight for all the teams. A welcoming party."
"For all the bladers? Hm...That sure is generous for a regular resort." Tala put his hand on his hip.
Kai glanced at Tala then back at the paper. The more he thought about it the more what Tala had said seemed to make sense. It seemed way to good to be genuine.
"They're trying to hard to buy us." Kai said.
Tala nodded. "Yah, no kidding."
There was a knock on their door and Bryan, Ian, and Spencer walked in "You guys get one too?" Ian asked.
"Yeah."
"Something's strange about this, I don't like it." Bryan said and looked at Tala.
"It's just an invitation to dinner." Spencer said.
"No, Bryan's right." Tala crossed his arms.
"I am...?" Bryan blinked.
"I think we'll go explore this place a little bit." Tala walked over to the chair and grabbed his jacket.
"Exploring? For what?" Spencer asked.
"To see if we find anything out of place." Kai said bluntly and walked by them.
"Then what?" Ian looked at Tala.
"Then we go to dinner." Tala smiled a little and walked by them.
Spencer, Ian, and Bryan all looked at each other, shrugged, then followed Kai and Tala.
"Sir the preparations are ready." The woman said to the dark figure behind the desk.
"Excellent...Be sure to treat them with the up most respect...They're V.I.P" Boris smiled.
"There is just...one more thing sir..."
"What is it?"
"It seems Tala Valkov and Kai Hiwatari suspect something wrong about the island. They've gone to investigate now." the woman explained.
Boris smiled and stood up "I would expect nothing less from such bright and talented young men. Well, no need to worry. Keep them away from the main points."
"Sir." the woman nodded and walked off.
Boris watched her leave and smiled evilly. "Heheh...They won't find anything." Boris said to himself. He rose from his seat and made his way over to the window and stared out it. "You won't ruin things for me, not this time."
phew...okay, man it's getting longer and longer huh? sorry about that guys...wait...maybe it's a good think. Anyway i hoped you enjoyed this chapter and there's much more to come. So, until next time... :)
