Chapter 7- Challenger
"So… where do I go from here?" she asked in a singsong voice. Kai rubbed his temples in an irritated fashion, accompanying the action with a sigh.
"You have watched 'Pocahontas II' one too many times," he said. She laughed and gave him a wink.
"Awww! C'mon now, no I haven't! I have been behaving myself perfectly well! Can't you see this little halo?" she asked playfully, putting on an innocent mask and drawing a circle above her head. He snorted.
"Sorry, but I think one of your horns tipped it."
They threw playful insults back and forth to one another as the group made its way towards the park. The only one not surprised was Max, but unlike the others, Rei wasn't afraid to speak his mind.
"Ok, how the heck do you two know each other, huh? And don't give me any of this junk about 'what do you mean, Rei?'. I want to know, so spill!" he burst, turning and giving the three of them a ticked look. Koriya grinned goofily.
"'Pends on which side a the story ya wanna hear!" she said, giggling. "Do ya wanna know Maxie's side or Kai's side?"
"Both."
"That'd take too long! Okie dokie, long story short, I'm their one and only link 'cause I'm their sister, and I mean both of 'em at the same time. Mama adopted me a couple weeks back and wanted to find out why I was so much like Kai, so she called him in and found out that I'm his younger sis by two years, so now she's gonna adopt Kai, too! Soap life, huh?" she asked giggling again as her brothers freaked out over her telling. Rei cocked his head in a curious manner. "What? What'd I fergit?"
"Mama?"
"OH! Ms. Judy Mizuhara!" (entire group does anime fall)
Her genki temperament was worse than Max's on a sugar high. She skipped off, beginning to sing something along the lines of 'Sugar, oh, honey honey! You are my candy girl and ya got me wantin' you…' or something like that. Kai groaned as he ran after her, shouting something about her listening to too much 60's music. He tackled her and set them rolling into a crowd of kids.
"Hey hottie. You new in this neighborhood?"
Ria looked up into eyes of blending silvers and lavenders framed by dark lashes and evergreen bangs. They seemed to sparkle with joyous laughter as they looked at her in amusement.
Kai could see otherwise. The twinkle was not one of laughter or amusement; it was perverted in every sense of the term. He could easily tell this guy didn't have his sister's best interests in mind. But she seemed mesmerized by him for some reason; there was no familiar head-cocked interest here. Her beautiful gray and dark-violet eyes were wide, staring into his intensely, seemingly captured by his gaze. He could see her entire expression from his position beneath her. When they had landed, she had ended up quite comfortably straddling his stomach, so her entire expression, as well as his, were in full view. And he didn't like it one bit.
Ria's eyes managed to dart just behind the boy, spotting a beyblade dish. Hmm… all right, girl, pull out all the stops. Home 11, Broadway actress Cynthia Brooke. Put what you learned to use! She turned on the charm, suddenly taking on a coy look rather than the awed one she knew she'd been sporting.
"So, what's your name? Or should I try and guess?" She earned a small laugh as he offered his hand and helped her up. She dusted herself off lightly as Kai stood up behind her and dusted himself off as well.
"Seth. And how about you? Let me guess… Jessica? Or maybe Belle?" he queried, grinning at her flirtatiously. She smirked, looking him over, her eyes beginning to shine with sly playfulness.
"Awww, c'mon now! Why should I tell you just like that?" she asked, snapping her fingers for effect. She walked around him, treading lightly and in an overly feminine way. Once she had circled him once, Ria walked behind him to the other side of the beydish. "You have to earn that privilege."
She smirked at him, pulling a blade from her pocket that easily matched her eyes. She reached back with her other hand, and withdrew a Japanese single-bladed sword from a hidden sheath between her shoulder blades beneath her shirt. All those around the dish could see that it was actually a beyblade launcher. He returned her coy smile.
"Alrighty then. If it's a battle you want, I don't see why I shouldn't oblige," he replied. His own blade was fairly plain: blue, white and silver. The new glimmer in his eyes told her that he believed that he would beat her no sweat; she intended to show him otherwise.
"Alright, then. If I beat you, then you don't get anything. If you want a rematch, you have to go through the younger of my elder brothers. From there, you have to beat the elder. After that, no more rematches allowed. If you win, I give you my name. Anything else you would like?" she asked, her eyes giving a small, competitive flash. He smiled.
"How about your number, and your first available Saturday night?"
"Deal."
Ria threw a glance to Kai. He looked at her disapprovingly, but came to stand at the side of the dish, waiting for her competition to come forward. Seth readied his blade.
"3… 2… 1… let it rip!"
AN: Tada! This chapter is really kinda pointless, but it's fun. So have fun. And REVIEW! THIS STORY IS STARVED FOR REVIEWS! IS ANYONE READING THIS?!
