Hey everyone, sorry for taking so long to update, I tried so many times to get it right but it seemed as though my humour disappeared when I was doing my exams. There we go, proof that exams turn us all into humorless zombies. Well, I just finished my last exam yesterday and now I'm back. Hopefully this will make up for the delay. Thanks to all my reviewers and random readers. You're the greatest, well Rei is actually the greatest, but you're not far behind!
Hey, Rei here again. I'm now leaving the new BBA building with the rest of the team after an extensive four hour meeting. It was deadly! No, really it was. Not the boredom kind of deadly but the oh-my-god-I'm-too-young-to-die-take-Kenny-instead kind of deadly. You see there were hoards of fangirls that were camping outside the building waiting for whatever blader they wanted to kidnap to come by, and unfortunately it was just my luck that Maxie and I were selected as the decoys while the others sneaked in. Apparently the short-straw method of choosing these things is completely random but it seems that I always get the worst deal. Maxie was my unlucky partner in near-death this time. It was a whole hour before we could track back to the building and get in, and by that time we were half dead.
I know what you're thinking, how can being famous be so bad? All you have to do is sign a couple of autographs here and there and be adored by millions of people. Well, maybe for some. But for us, the majority of fans are the fangirls and beyblade fanatics. I like beyblade fanatics, they're good competition in groups of twelve or more…meaning that unless they're professional level they're not any good. And the fangirls…well that's another story entirely. Let me give you an example. You all remember Miguel right? The guy from Barthez Battalion that is according to Hilary 'extremely hot' and the new teenage heartthrob for blading and non-blading girls almost world wide? And on a more personal level, the one that beat me during the third world championships with a rigged beyblade? Yeah, him. Well he was fairly new to the concept of fans, and on one occasion while looking through this newly acquired abundance of fanmail decided to reply to one. Yes, he replied. Mr D was telling us about this at the meeting today and has warned us for our own safety under no circumstances to reply to these, because when Miguel replied to the seemingly sweet and innocent fan he actually got himself a stalker. According to Mr Dickenson she had got into Miguel's hotel room last week while he was asleep. Poor guy, if Mathilda hadn't woken up when she did there would be a global search party going on right now.
So you get my point, fangirls are scary! Really scary. I might not be as popular with the girls as Miguel but after enough "Rei, you're so hot!" which then eventually turned into "I want your baby, Rei!" I started to get worried. If it weren't for Mariah flirting with me constantly I think I probably would have already had at least half a dozen kidnap attempts. Thankfully Mariah is scary when she hisses and manages to keep them off me.
Oh, and for all those wondering, there is not actually anything going on there. My arranged marriage to Mariah was the other reason why I left the village. Neither of us were ready for marriage, Mariah had found some other guy who Lee is still trying to hunt down to this day (poor guy, I feel sorry for him whenever Lee finally identifies him) and I couldn't be exposed to bright pink for more than twenty minutes without a headache. Really. Basically its just harmless flirting between the two of us, it saves me from the fangirls, Mariah from the fanboys, and it gives the media a nice little story to write about. How thoughtful are we?
Oops, went on a complete tangent there. Bad Rei, focus! Right, so the meeting, we were informed about a fundraiser taking place next week to well, raise funds obviously. It's for the new BBA building which is gradually expanding as the money comes in, and they met the slight snag of building half a floor then running out of funds. Anyway apparently we'll be battling the Majestics, who have agreed to donate the same amount of money that is raised in tickets, meaning quite a sum. Naturally the BBA jumped at this opportunity and next week we'll be battling head to head against our old rivals the Majestics. I'm eager to defeat my culinary rival Oliver more than anything, seeing as our last battle ended in a tie. I'm still kind of annoyed at that, a tie when someone is wearing 'armor' like that cant even be considered honorable, hell a clear win would still have seemed pretty bad.
Mr D also took Hiro and Kai aside to discuss some matters that were evidently not meant to be discussed with the rest of the team yet, much to the rest of our annoyance. When we confronted Hiro about it he said that he'd tell us when they worked out some details, meaning we have some big heck of a surprise coming up that we don't know about. I tried to overhear some of it but I think Mr Dickenson had the next room soundproofed just to thwart my superior hearing.
Speaking of superior hearing and neko-jin curiosity there seems to be an odd argument occurring between Max and Hilary, or Team Tate-Tachibina, whatever you wish to call them. Hilary is blushing slightly and whispering in hushed, angry tones while Max is speaking equally as quiet but is a bit more amused. I really hope he hasn't got her too mad or we'll be making another scene in public which can be really quite embarrassing.
Right, now Hilary is getting a bit more frantic…I really shouldn't listen in. Nope, bad Rei, resist temptation. My left eye begins to twitch under the strain. Neko-jin curiosity truly is unavoidable. This is basically the thoughts of neko-jins mind when he or she is curious about something; 'what is it? What is it? What is it? Whatisitwhatisitwhatisitwhatisit…' etc. until eventually the neko-jin finds out or goes insane. It's been known to happen. Well if my sanity is the factor in question then surely they won't mind if I listen in a little bit right? I walk closer behind them, trying to make it seem as if I'm merely catching up with the group.
"…How could you even say that Max! There is no way. No way at all, ever!"
"But Hil, its so obvious. It's written all over your face, look, you're even blushing!"
…This is doing nothing whatsoever to settle my curiosity, hurry up and say what the damn thing is and stop beating around the bush!
"I am not blushing. It's hot out here!"
I look up at the sky…its cloudy, like its going to rain within the next half hour. Hilary really needs to work on her excuses.
"Hilary it's cloudy, and it's going to rain soon. You're definitely blushing!"
Took the words right out my mouth Maxie, do we have some sort of psychic thing going on here? Hm, I need to test this theory out, so if I was to think of something say, really random would Max say it out loud? Something random…hey that street vendor is selling muffins over there. Muffins, that'll do. Ok, clearing thoughts, think only of the muffins. I blink once, then twice as suddenly the oddity of the situation occurs to me. I'm trying meditation techniques on bloody muffins! Insanity is contagious I swear it, I'm blaming the water supply.
"Muffins!"
What the hell, it worked!? Wait, that wasn't Maxie that yelled, it was Tyson. So I now have a psychic connection with Tyson do I? Freaky. I think I've gone pale just from the sheer prospect of having a mind-link with Tyson, I mean who knows what goes on in that boys mind? Oh wait, crisis averted. Tyson just spotted the same street vendor that I had a minute ago and has now ran over to buy a muffin, Daichi hot on his heels. Muffin man…what a strange occupation, I wont question it though.
"Oh no, this is so embarrassing." Hilary hides her face behind a hand and I can't help but mentally agree, the poor muffin man...why does that remind me of a nursery rhyme?
"C'mon it's not that bad Hilary. He just likes food! And at least he's not killing the salesman." Max tried to reason with her, all the while laughing at his friend's idiocy.
I feel the need to speak up with some sarcastic comment, usually I keep them to myself but I allow myself one or two per day. "The salesman is still alive but Tyson won't be when Hiro notices his wallet missing." Being the observant person that I am I noticed Tyson pick pocketing his sibling's wallet on the way to buy muffins. I can see this isn't going to end well.
Oh, Tyson's on his way back now and is coming towards us with a bag full of muffins, one in his mouth, one in one hand and a bag full in the other. "Hir Hiwry, I mnof mfow muh yao ike moofwermy." He states while offering a muffin to Hilary.
"Sorry what was that Tyson?" Hilary asks looking as if Tyson had just spoken a foreign language, which in truth he might as well have. Max was looking equally confused.
I however had to deal with Gary's eating habits for much longer than these guys have had to deal with Tyson's. Therefore I interpret for them. "He says 'Here Hilary. I know how much you like blueberry.'" Tyson gives me a thumbs up showing that I translated correctly.
"TYSON!" And there he goes in a cloud of dust. For eating so much that guy can sure run, he's now getting chased around the street by Hiro who is looking pretty damn annoyed. I'll deal with that later, right now I want to find out what Max is laughing about.
"Look at you Hilary, you like him! And he has to like you too, I mean, he shared food with you, to Tyson that's practically a marriage proposal!" Max is teasing and Hilary is blushing so bad that I'm actually wondering if she is sunburnt.
Hold on, does that mean what I think it means? It would explain all the blushes from Hilary lately, and Tyson being a bit nicer to her than usual. Is there something going on there, methinks that there is. Ha, I know they say opposites attract so by that rule Tyson and Hilary should be joined at the hip soon enough. But I had better verify things first before I decide to attempt playing matchmaker. "You like Tyson!" Not the best and subtle verification but it'll do. I'm immediately shushed, and Hilary is looking as if she wants to throttle me. Aww, so I'm right.
"Yeah she does, we should totally set them up Rei!" Max exclaims happily and I can't help but agree. That'll have to wait for now though, because Hilary looks really mad at us right now, and Hilary is scary when she's mad. Like the Hulk, except female, a lot smaller, and not green.
Instinctively the three of us move apart just in time to allow Daichi and Tyson to run past, followed closely by an angry Hiro who might want to consider joining in our training so he can keep up with them. When they've gone a safe distance our small group of three merges together again, only to break apart when an angry Hilary finally remembers what she's mad about.
"Max you said you would keep it a secret!"
"But he more or less found out himself. I just told him he was right!" Max yelled in defense as he begins running, Hilary close behind and flailing her tiny handbag around as if it were a weapon. Wait, its that handbag, meaning that it is a weapon. The small one with the long strap that she swings about which picks up momentum and hits you like a sledgehammer… I need to be more careful what I buy that girl for birthday presents.
Well this is going to take a while to sort out, and I'm going to have to endure public embarrassment anyway so I'd best get started before we attract a crowd. I hear Kenny and Kai gasp nearby. Both look rather pale, and pale for a Russian and someone that barely leaves the room is paper white. Things must be bad. Hesitantly I turn my head, and there they are…hoards and hoards of fangirls, they must have followed us out the BBA building. They're terrifying, wide eyed and grinning. And we're the only three that have noticed them, the rest caught up in their own arguments. Kai and Kenny back away slowly.
Oh no, I need to get Maxie out of here. If I hadn't said anything then he wouldn't be getting chased by Hilary so it would be my fault if he were caught. The others…well I think Tyson and Daichi deserve more punishment for the fireworks earlier and Hiro…well it will serve him right for messing up my hair. Also I wouldn't be able to drag him out of here, he's too big.
Suddenly my ears are assaulted by a high pitched squeal as the fangirls decide to collectively run at us. Kai and Kenny take off running, the others have stopped to see what the noise is about and are doing pretty good impressions of fish. Time to make my move. It takes me a minute to remember how to move my legs but once I've figured that out I'm next to Max before I know it. Half a second later and I've got Max hoisted over my shoulder and I'm running.
"But Rei, what about Hilary!" Max yells at me.
"No problem, the fangirls wont be interested in her. Plus she has that bag to defend herself."
Max shivers in fear of the bag. It's an evil thing; don't know what possessed me to buy it. "But Rei, what about everyone else?" I glance over my shoulder at the hoards of oncoming fans now attacking Tyson, Daichi and Hiro. I can't believe I'm actually going to do this...I put Maxie back on his feet. "Rei?"
"Max, look after Drigger. If I don't come back then he'll know where I am….I think." He managed to find me in the middle of the Asian tournament during a battle, he'll find me if I'm mauled beaten and gagged by a hoard of fans right? Right? Well, that'll be the case if the fans don't kill me first. And with that I leave Maxie in my dust, with my resolve slowly crumbling the closer I get to the fans. I need to save the guys though. Shit, too late to turn back now…
Two hours later and I'm in the sitting room, bloody, bruised but alive. And somehow despite Hiro, Tyson and Daichi getting caught a lot sooner, I'm the one that's the worst off. Daichi hasn't got a scratch on him, Tyson is a bit bruised but half of those bruises came from Kai earlier. Hiro is a bit worse, he lost his shirt and jacket in the scramble, but his Jin of the Gale abilities got him away before he received more than a few bruises.
And me? Well, turns out of all those that were left to fend for themselves next to the muffin stall, I was the most popular. Meaning I was the main target, running back there was one of the biggest mistakes I have ever made. I managed to clear a path for the guys, giving them their chance to escape, and suddenly all the fangirls are attacking me. Hiro actually had to come back and get me out of there, then half-carried me back to the dojo because I was partially in shock.
"I found an icepack for you Rei, put it on your head and it should reduce the swelling."
"Thanks Hil. Where's the rest of the guys?" Seriously it's been so quiet that I'm starting to get suspicious. Quiet is not normal around here. I don't think 'quiet' is even a word around here.
"They're renting tonight's movie. It's Monday so Kai will be choosing."
Oh yeah, wait, Kai's choosing. Greeeaaat. That was sarcasm for those who didn't pick it up. Every night one of us goes out and rents a movie for the rest of the team to watch. There's seven days in a week and excluding Hiro there's seven of us. Kai's day to choose is Monday, why Monday? Because that was the day Tyson wanted of course. Tyson always chooses those immature teen movies, Max goes for anything Hollywood, Daichi likes the more cartoony movies that drive most of us insane, Hilary likes Romance which has us guys trying to leap out the windows, and Kenny likes Sci-fi. And Kai…well that's another story, he doesn't actually like movies, hell he doesn't even like TV. Nope, something as braindeadening as TV could never appeal to our mighty team captain. So instead of watching the movie, he likes to watch us squirm. Somehow Kai manages to rent the most horrifying, gruesome and downright freaky movies ever, even when there is an age limit on them.
Sure enough the rest of them come in a few minutes later and Kenny slides the DVD into the player and does all the high-tech stuff that would amaze the White Tigers to no end. Kai switches the lights off and takes his usual seat while the rest of us settle down. Hilary sits on my right side and Max is on my left while Daichi and Tyson fight over the other couch even though it is a two-seater and Daichi ends up on the floor.
Within ten minutes I have Hilary and Max clinging to my arms and hiding behind me. I think Kenny has fainted but I'm more or less pinned down by Hilary and Max so I can't check. Kai is laughing at Tyson and Daichi, neither of them are on the couch now, they're both behind it.
Hiro came in a few minutes ago, took one look at the screen, paled then said he was going out and practically ran from the room. It's that bad. And the worst part is, I can't move. Everyone else is hiding, but I can't because of the death grip on my arms. Not good, not good! I hear the music tense up and I can tell something is about to happen to the third-main character. Everyone cringes and buries themselves deeper into their hiding place. My arms are starting to go numb, and I cant turn away from the screen. Come on Rei, quickly shove those two off and hide. Go, now. Now. Now…now. Nope…shit I can't do it. Shoving them away isn't very Rei-like now is it? The character screams, so does Hilary, louder than the TV and she's not even watching! And what does this girl have against my poor ears anyway, screaming that loudly should be an offense.
And so it continues like that, I'm forced to watch two and a half hours of what can only be described as a gore-fest that made me jealous of Kenny's unconsciousness. By the time the credits are rolling I'm shaking like crazy and really want to puke. What kind of psycho director made that? Everyone else comes out of their hiding places and I have indentations on my skin where Hilary and Max were clinging to me.
"Heh, well that wasn't so bad." That's because you weren't watching the thing Tyson. I heard you screaming and you were only listening to it! That has to be the worst film Kai has ever shown us, ever. And I was forced to watch the whole thing. "Yo Rei, you okay?"
I'm sore, bruised, and now scared like hell. I'm not even going to answer that Tyson.
So what did you think? It still doesnt beat the first chapter but I think it was ok. R&R and let me know. Once again sorry about the delay, exams are over so in theory I should be able to update more often!