Blitzkreig50889: Finally I have returned!
Kai: the only question though is do you realize how corny you just sounded?
Tala: shut up Kai before she tries to kill you.
Kai: I don't think so Ivanov. She doesn't like what I have to say she can just shove it!
Tala: You shouldn't have said that!
Kai: why? What's there to worry about?
Blitzkreig50889: this! smacks Kai upside the head with a iron mallet
Kai: Ow!
Tala: I hate to say I told you so but I told you so!
Kai: glares shut up Tala
Tala: o.o
Blitzkreig50889: anyway, before those two interrupted me, I'm back with another chapter to Flaming Hearts. And just so everyone knows, this one occurs with only the boys. This is probably going to be one of the most confusing chapters too although I'll try to make it as clear as I can.
Kai: gee, thanks. Now I'll have to explain things to Ian for three hours.
Tala: at least he's not Tyson.
Kai: you got a point there.
Blitzkreig50889: anyway, boys, will you please do the disclaimer for me.
Kai: but not everyone is here yet!
Blitzkreig50889: they are now points to the Majestics and remaining B-Boys
Kai: oh…enjoy the disclaimer guys!
Johnny: what the….?
Oliver: just do it Johnny
Johnny: do it? raises eyebrows
Oliver: not that do it! Do the disclaimer type of do it.
Johnny: ah, ok. Blitzkreig50889 does not own beyblade or any of its characters but she does own her OCS the Flaming Hearts.
Blitzkreig50889: thank you Johnny and on to chapter 5!
Chapter 5—Pranks, Planning, and Telepathic Friendship
"Ian!" Johnny roared as he exited the bathroom completely soaked. "You had better not let me find you or you'll lose several important body parts!"
"Ugh, Johnny did anyone tell you that you have a horrible imagination?" Tyson queried while trying to stay away from the angry blader.
"No, they did not but I'll take that as a compliment." Several anime style falls ensued before Robert finally had enough of the pranks Ian had been tossing at Johnny all afternoon. Ian had not only drenched the fire blader but had then proceeded to cover him in feathers, human waste products, and animal entrails. Needless to say Johnny had ended up violently sick when the entrails had been dumped on him and extremely humiliated.
"Jonathan, shut up and Ian if you don't leave everyone alone I'll personally gut you myself," Robert threatened. Ian gulped and quickly darted outside to annoy Bryan, Tala, Ray, and Kai who were outside practicing their beyblade skills. Robert sat back down only to be interrupted by Johnny who was blisteringly angry.
"Why didn't you just stay out of that? I was handling things just fine. If I had needed your help I would've asked for it."
"Johnny, I would shut up if I were you," Tala warned as he walked in from outside covered in snow that Ian had thrown at him. "You're only going to get yourself banned from fighting for your team if you keep that crap up."
"You stay out of this Ivanov!" Johnny bellowed back, obviously quite furious.
"Alright, McGregor, whatever you say," Tala answered back calmly before heading into the bathroom and causing a huge silence. Even Johnny was quiet after that comment. Tala rarely ever stayed calm when someone yelled back at him.
"This is not going to be good," Bryan murmured from the door. He had followed Tala inside after Ian had attacked him, Tala, Kai, and Ray with a barrage of snowballs. He was also holding a sopping wet Ian by the collar, a sure sign that he had dunked the younger beyblader in the nearby lake.
After about five minutes Tala exited the bathroom completely dry and the murmurs that had been starting to pick up again died down. It was obvious from Tala's facial expression that he was in no mood to be talking to anyone but was going to anyway.
"Oh boy, here we go," Kai murmured before quickly darting into the kitchen and away from Tala's angry glare. Even Kai would not mess with the Russian beyblader when he was in a bad mood.
"Ok, Tala, you obviously have something to say so say it," Daichi growled before anyone could cover his mouth.
"DAICHI!" Several voices roared as Tala bellowed, "SILENT!" Silence quickly ensued but not before Ian decided to toss a stink bomb into the room and cause everyone to gag.
"Ian I'm so going to kill you!" Johnny and Bryan yelled at the same time while lunging after the smaller and faster beyblader. Johnny eventually caught him with some help from Bryan and quickly tied the young blader's hands together so he couldn't toss any more stink bombs at anyone.
"Ian, if you are done antagonizing everyone I'd like to talk to you," Tala murmured softly causing everyone, even Kai, to look slightly nervous. "This goes for all of you as well," Tala added. "You will all be talking with me in private. Is that understood?"
Several nods ensued and Tala nodded back. "Good. Johnny untie Ian so I can talk to him properly. He won't listen to a word I'm about to say if he's too damn busy trying to get himself untied."
Johnny let out a frustrated sigh but he let Ian go.
"Thanks, I appreciate it."
"Whatever," Johnny growled back before flopping down into a chair near the windows that Daichi had vacated the moment Tala had walked into the room.
Tala turned towards Ian and pointed to the younger blader's room. It was probably the only spot in the entire building that was sound proof and stink bomb proof as well. Ian grumbled but he did as Tala told him only to wish moments later he hadn't as a small fight broke out between Daichi and Tyson over the TV remote.
(In Ian's room…Tala's P.O.V.)
I hated to do this but with the way things were going around here I had no choice. I was going to have to force Ian to get rid of his stink bombs. I was tired of the smell and the fighting they ensured.
"Ok, Tala, what's going on?" Ian asked instantly. As always, he was being his blunt self.
"Well, in order for us to do what needs to be done you need to do me a favor."
"And that is?"
"Get rid of your stink bombs."
"WHAT?! Tala have you gone crazy?!"
I winced. Sometimes Ian could get a little over dramatic. This was one of those times.
"No Ian, I haven't gone crazy. I just want the fighting amongst everyone to stop for once and sadly those things seem to be the root of it all."
"But how will we get past the guards to get the girls out? We need to have some sort of a distraction!"
I smiled. "We already do have one."
"We do?"
I grinned this time and Ian got a slightly worried expression on his face. "Please tell me you are not thinking what I think you are thinking," he murmured.
"Sorry Ian, but I do believe I'm thinking exactly what you think I'm thinking."
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I DON'T WANT TO DRESS UP AS A GIRL AGAIN!"
I let out a laugh. I couldn't help it. Ian was probably one of the few beybladers around that was still terrified of being around a girl.
"This cannot be happening to me again!" Ian wailed. Yeah, he wailed alright. To be honest it was quite hilarious although I'm pretty sure Ian would disagree.
"What the hell are you two doing in there?" Spencer queried from outside the door. Leave it to Spencer to know I'm annoying the hell out of Ian.
"Oh, just telling Ian what he was to do for his part in the girls escape," I yelled out to him. Spencer let out a laugh before saying, "Ok, just make sure you glue his mouth shut or he'll probably tell the whole world."
Ian groaned. "Thanks a lot Spencer."
"You're welcome Ian," Spencer called through the door before leaving. I knew he left the moment his footsteps faded.
Ian just pouted. I wanted to laugh at him again but I knew it was time for me to get serious.
"Ian, look at it this way; at least you don't have to worry about anyone knowing your part of this escape plan."
"Gee, Tala, thanks a lot. That makes me feel so much better," Ian answered back sarcastically. I just grinned and pointed at the door.
"You'll live Ian. Now, will you please hand over those stink bombs and go get Robert for me?"
"Sure…I guess," Ian answered before handing his stink bombs over with a wince and heading out the door. He could be heard yelling for Robert down the hall. I sighed. Robert was so going to strangle that blader before the rescue mission was over.
After about two minutes of waiting Robert walked into the room looking slightly harried. I guess Ian had tried to warn him but had only succeeded in getting shoved into a closet or something rather dusty as Robert was covered in the stuff.
"You wanted me?" He queried.
"Yeah I did and for two things. One to thank you for splitting Ian and Johnny apart earlier and two to tell you your part in the girl's escape plan."
"Oh, ok…" Robert sounded slightly surprised. I guess he figured I was going to yell at him. To be truthful that was what I was going to do to most of the beybladers there but Robert wasn't one of them. He was one of the five that I hadn't had a problem with. Only Kai, Spencer, Ray, and Oliver matched up with him.
"Ok here's the deal. I want you and Griffolyon to go with Ian up to the gates of the girl's holding center or whatever they have that is the front entrance. You'll make sure the younger blader doesn't open his mouth up the wrong way and give himself and the rest of us away or cause any other difficulties. Once Ian gets inside I want you to send Griffolyon in and have the griffin unlock the back gates or door. I'm assuming Griffolyon is as smart as he looks and will be able to find the back entrance, and no, I'm not trying to be offensive. I just don't want things to have to take longer than they need to. Does that work for you?"
Robert nodded. "Yes, but what is Griffolyon supposed to do after he unlocks the door? Does he go to you or return to me?"
"He returns to you then you both come to me with the information on how to get through the place. If what Griffolyon and Unicolyon said about that place is correct then it should have a castle like appearance to it and because you're a master of maze like places you should be able to lead the rest of us through the place."
"Ah, got it," Robert said with a nod. "Will that be all? I left Oliver and Enrique trying to figure out that game of chess and if Tyson decides to interfere with what they are doing a huge fight could break out."
I nodded. I knew exactly what he was talking about and gave him the signal to leave before yelling out for the next person myself. "Kai!"
"You called?" Kai answered sarcastically. I gave him a chuckle before answering him.
"Yeah, I did but for a far different reason than why everyone else was in here."
"Hmm…I see…" Kai murmured before leaning up against the wall closest to me so I wouldn't have to speak loudly or out loud at all. Oddly enough, we seemed to be able to telepathically speak to one another although neither one of us was sure when that ability had originated.
"So, what's on your mind that you had to call me over?" Kai queried telepathically.
"Oh, just how I'm going to keep everyone here in line long enough to get this rescue mission over and how I'm going to survive being around this many people. I'm not used to being around this many people for this long a period of time. I'm not sure if I'll be able to lead them through this."
"You'll be fine Tala. You're a far better leader than I am or even Robert for that matter. That's why Robert's trying to help you out by trying to keep the other's from fighting. Even now that's what he's doing. Even Oliver, Enrique, and Johnny trust you enough to help you out and you know how they are about trusting people."
"Yeah, but still I'm worried."
"Don't be. You'll be just fine. You've been through worse stuff than this, remember?"
"Yeah, I remember," I murmured. "You're talking about that coma I was through aren't you?"
"Yep, that's it alright. If you can live through that then you can live through anything Tala. You can get through this mess that Boris has created for us all again and out of all of us you'll probably be the one that benefits the most."
"What are you talking about Kai? That doesn't make any sense."
"Never mind then. Just focus on what you're doing and things will go just fine. After all, your last escape plan worked well didn't it?"
"Yeah, but…"
"No but's Tala," Kai interrupted. "You can do this and you can make this plan work! Dammit, do I have to start sounding like Tyson to get things through that skull of yours?"
I chuckled. "No, and thanks for the pep talk. I needed that."
"Eh, that's what friends are for aren't they. And yes Tala, I did just call you a friend."
I jerked my head over and looked at Kai for the first time since he had entered the room. He never ceased to amaze me. I gave him a small smile and then asked the one question I was pretty sure he wanted to hear. "So are you ready for your part in the escape?"
"Aren't I always?" Kai answered while giving me a slight smile in return.
"Sarcastic as ever, aren't you?"
"Always. Anyway are you going to tell me what I'm doing here or am I going to have to do the hula to get the answer out of you?"
I couldn't help it. I let out a loud laugh and soon Kai even joined me. We were both grinning when I finally answered him.
"No, you don't have to do that. All I want you to do is some scouting. Sound good to you?"
"Yep. Looks like I'm back in the spying business huh?"
"If you want to call it that then yes you are."
"Good. I've wanted to spy on someone for awhile now but there was no way I was going to spy on my teammates. I think they'd probably manage to freak me out…ugh, that give s me the shivers just thinking about it. Can you imagine the stuff Tyson has?"
I laughed again. I could but I wasn't going to tell Kai that. He'd probably end up laughing his ass off and I'd never get anything done. Still, I regretted his having to leave so I could talk to everyone else.
"Well, hate to be a downer but I'm going to have to chase you out of here so I can finish all of those stupid talks."
Kai chuckled. "Just don't ream them out too much or they'll never get anything done."
"I won't. Besides, only Tyson and Daichi are going to get any really nasty berating anyway."
"Ah, what I wouldn't give to see their faces when you ream them out."
"I'd laugh at that but then I'd never be able to stop smiling and all my yelling at them would be for nothing."
"True, very true indeed. Anyway I take it you're done with me for the time being?"
I sighed. "You so just said that wrong."
"Sorry. I didn't realize it until after I had spoken. Still, I think you get my point."
"Yeah I doAnd yes, I'm done talking with you for the time being."
"Ok then I'm outta here." With that we broke the telepathic connection. Kai flashed me a grin before walking out the door and because of the telepathic connection from a few moments ago yelled for the next person on my list of people I wanted to talk to that had parts in the escape. A flash of fire and a yelp from Enrique signaled that Kai had sent the blond in my direction for his chat.
I sighed. Something told me this was going to be one long and tedious talk.
(Several hours later…)
I sighed for the hundredth time that day. I had finally finished talking with everyone and wanted nothing more than to just disappear and find a place where I could be away from people and loud noises. Bad part was I didn't know where I could go that would get me both of those.
"Hey Tala, you up for a beybattle?" Kai called telepathically.
"Yeah, sounds good to me. Where at?"
"Meet me outside in five minutes and I'll lead you there."
"Ok, I'll be there," I answered before breaking the connection. Leave it to Kai to just know what was going through my head.
Within five minutes I was downstairs and following Kai through the Russian streets. Neither one of us said anything nor did we need to. I knew what Kai was thinking and he knew what I was thinking. We were heading to the only place in Russia that would seem quiet; the alleyways.
Yes, alleyways are dangerous, and yes they can be dirty, smelly, and deadly but when you're starving for silence and just something to take your frustration out they can do wonders.
"This work for you?" Kai queried as he pointed to the beydish in the middle of the alleyway. We were in the beyblading district and very thankful it was too cold for most of the Russian beybladers to be out and about. The cold would give us the quiet we both needed.
"Yeah, works for me. Thanks," I answered him. Kai gave a nod before approaching the other end of the beydish and holding up his beyblade. I nodded and we both readied our blades for battle.
After a quick preparation routine we launched our blades and left them attack one another without really concentrating. I guess Kai figured I need the time to just settle before attempting any assaults on his blade with my own.
"Hey Tala, I know you've had a rough day but are you going to blade any time soon?" Kai queried obviously bored.
I smiled. "Yeah, I am." With that I attacked his blade with my own. I don't know how long the battle lasted but we were both exhausted when it finally ended and probably would've flopped down onto the ground had we not been in an alleyway that was covered with various kinds of animal wastes.
"So, Ivanov, ready to forgive me yet?"
I sent Kai a confused look. "Forgive you for what?"
"For leaving you guys behind in Biovolt for so long and then betraying you later. Oh, and for deserting you when you needed me the most."
"Oh that," I murmured. "I forgave you for all that a long time ago. Why did you ask though?"
"Oh, nothing. I was just wondering if we were friends or not that's all."
I sent him a baffled look. "Kai, whatever we did in the past I've chosen to forget. We are most definitely friends again. Just make sure Tyson doesn't ever figure that out or he'll go and tell the whole goddamn world."
"I hear you there."
"Guess we better get back before Ray wakes up and wonder where we've gotten to," I said aloud. Kai nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, I know. Let's get going." Kai stood up before offering me a hand up. I took it and within seconds we were on our way back to the people infested house.
Blitzkreig50889: whew, was that ever a long one.
Kai: thank god the others all left or Tala and I would've been humiliated for sure.
Tala: you're telling me.
Blitzkreig50089: anyway, major thanks to all my reviewers. This one is chapter is for you guys since I forgot to say that earlier. And as Tala will say…
Tala: please review and we'll see you all in the next chapter.
Blitzkreig50889: couldn't have said it better myself. Thanks, Tala.
Tala: welcome.
Kai: just shakes head
Blitzkrei50889: anyway, hope you liked the chapter, please review and see you all next time! leave room to work on other fics with Kai and Tala following her.
