Song Of Hope: Okay, I've decided to write another story about if Ai had actually died, but it will be completely different from this story, okay? It will focus pretty much totally on Kyoya, but Hiromasa might show up. I'll start on it very soon. Hope you guys don't mind the wait. Look for the story called Death of Love. I won't upload it until I hit a, ah, certain part in the story, otherwise it'll ruin the story, or t least something big.
Kyoya followed the nurse into the large medical tent. I was waiting for him, sitting on the bed. He noticed I still had that torn piece of his jacket on my arm.
"Why do you still have that thing on your arm?"
"They didn't have a proper one here to keep my arm up. They aren't very well resourced here. The next best thing they have is a regular cloth."
"Okay then." One of the nurses came up to him.
"Your name is sir?"
"Kyoya Tategami."
"Kyoya, could you help this poor girl here get outside? We are very under resourced here. The WBBA didn't think that we would need more than basic care, and it seems they forget how rough Bladers can be on each other. It was hard enough to convince them to at least let us get casts incase of accidents like falling. I'm sorry about this."
"It's alright, I don't really mind."
"Of course not, why would you mind helping your girlfriend? Though it is a bit weird that a boyfriend and girlfriend would compete against each other in a tournament." That shocked us, even after what I had said earlier about him not being my boyfriend. We looked at each other, and then looked away again, blushing. I was so embarrassed, or at least, I thought that was it. It was the only reason I could think of at the time to why I was red.
"What?"
"Well, it's only natural for you to want to help your girlfriend."
"We're not dating, we're just friends here." The nurse started laughing.
"That's how the best marriages start out."
"MARRIAGE?" That made Kyoya really mad, me as well, but he was quicker to react.
"JUST WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? WE ARE JUST FRIENDS! BUT THAT WON'T RESUME UNTIL AFTER THE SURVIVAL BATTLE! YOU'RE NOT THE ONE TO DECIDE WHETHER WE LIKE EACH OTHER OR NOT! THAT'S FOR US TO DECIDE, NOT YOU! SO GET OUT OF OUR **** BUSINESS!" I calmed down while Kyoya was yelling. I put my usable hand on his shoulder. He stopped looking at the nurse and turned his head to look at me.
"She's entitled to her opinion Kyoya. We can't stop that. We can prove her wrong. Let's just get out of here. Help me up." He nodded and calmed down. He then proceeded to help me up and get me out of there.
Ginga was walking around with Madoka close behind to find a good opponent, like maybe finding Hyoma, when he heard a lot of shouting.
"What was that?" He recognized the voice as Kyoya's.
"It's far away, but pretty loud." He could make the words out, but only barely.
"Just who do you think you are? We are just friends! But that won't resume until after the Survival Battle! You're not the one to decide if we like each other or not! That's for us to decide, not you! So get out of our **** business!"
"Geez, I never knew Kyoya could talk like that. I knew that Ai could, but only at Kyoya." Ginga was bit confused by his outburst, and then Madoka started giggling. He looked at her. "What's so funny?"
"You know how the Blader DJ said that Ai was seriously hurt?"
"That's funny? That's just kind of sick to think Madoka."
"No, I'll bet Kyoya helped is the one that helped her get to the WBBA medical tent."
"What difference would it make if he did?"
"Ginga, have you noticed how Kyoya's been acting lately, at least around Ai?" Ginga thought about it, and realized Kyoya was acting different around me.
"Well, now that you mention it, yeah, he has been acting a little strange lately."
"Kyoya is in love with Ai, and he doesn't know it. I'm pretty sure Ai likes him too and she doesn't know it as well. One of the nurses probably thought that they were dating. If someone said that about you and someone else, you'd get pretty embarrassed and cover it up by getting mad, or at least that's how Kyoya would do it." Ginga thought about it. The only person he thought people would think he was dating was Madoka, but he quickly pushed that thought aside, knowing she was only his friend, and he doesn't feel that way about her, or so he thought.
"That is how Kyoya would react to it."
We got out of the WBBA medical tent, and Kyoya was still pretty mad. Hakuchoo came up to me.
"I'll take it over from here Kyoya!" She said it with a weird tone. He just shrugged and let Hakuchoo help me. "Are you going to be okay Ai?"
"Yeah, they're broken for sure, but I'll still compete and I'll still win." She started talking very quietly so that Kyoya wouldn't hear, which I don't think he did, though I wouldn't have been surprised if he just had a really good Poker Face and made it look like he didn't hear me.
"So what was up with Kyoya's outburst?"
"Well, um, the nurse said something that made him a bit upset."
"It seems that I'm not the only person who thought that."
"Ha-ha-Hakuchoo!" I then looked at Kyoya to make sure he hadn't heard that. He didn't show it if he did.
"Don't worry," she said as she winked at me, "I won't tell Kyoya."
"It's not like that!" Kyoya noticed my outburst, either he showed it on purpose or he heard it for the first time.
"What's not like that?"
"N-nothing Kyoya. Now, we should probably leave. Let's just go." We all nodded and left.
Yuu, Kenta, and Benkei finally got to the WBBA medical tent. One of the nurses was out there when they saw them.
"Okay, who's hurt here? It can't be all of you."
"No, just me. I hurt my hand."
"Oh, that's good, at least in comparison to what happened to what happened earlier. Our last patient had a broken arm and leg. I'm pretty sure they are out of the competition."
"Ah, that means one less Blader to battle! That's so stinky!" He balled up his fists and waved his arms up and down. The nurse just sighed.
"This is why I think the WBBA should put an age restriction on these kinds of tournaments. Well, follow me so get treated." Kenta nodded and followed.
We were still walking through the forest area after a while.
"You know, we're going to have to battle each other eventually." I though about Kyoya's comment.
"You're right about that."
"Well, I know that Ai will be a hard opponent to beat, but I'm not so sure about Lover Boy over there." She pointed at Kyoya with the arm she wasn't holding me with. Kyoya was about to start yelling again, but I yelled first as to save my eardrums.
"Hakuchoo! How many times must I say it? We! Are! Just! Friends!"
"And for the record, I will beat you, then Ai, and finally, I'll defeat Ginga."
"Ginga?"
"He's a friend of ours in the competition. He was the first to beat Kyoya. I beat him too, and easily."
"Well, of course you did, your Special Move can beat just about any Bey."
"I'll beat it somehow. Then I'll beat Ginga."
"Note; I beat him easily as well."
"Just shut it!"
"Don't yell at me Kyoya!"
"Quit saying things that make you need to be yelled at for!"
"I was making a statement!"
"No, you were bragging!"
"Was not!"
"Guys."
"Was too!"
"Guys!"
"Was not!"
"Guys!"
"Was too!" Hakuchoo was getting annoyed with our argument.
"GUYS!" We stopped our argument. "ENOUGH WITH THE LOVERS QUARREL! YOU ARE BOTH TEENAGERS! NOT FIVE-YEAR-OLDS, SO QUIT ACTING LIKE THAT!" We were both embarrassed.
"Sorry Kyoya." He just grunted back. Hakuchoo smiled.
"Now, was that so hard?" It took us a couple seconds to realize what she had just said.
"LOVERS QUARREL! HAKUCHOO HANE!" She dropped me and started running. Kyoya helped me up and then we chased her as best as we could with my leg injury.
Kenta came back out while Yuu was just sitting there. He hopped down from where he was and went over to him and Benkei.
"So, how bad is it?"
"It's not that bad. It's just a sprain. The nurses said it would be fine." The Blader DJ started talking.
"Okay folks, the WBBA has come to a decision. Unless she is unwilling to battle, Ai Minasan can stay in the competition." It showed a picture of her face. "Also, we have not had anybody knocked out of the competition for the past twenty minutes. We still have ten Bladers left."
"There are only ten more opponents I can defeat? That so stinky!" He balled up his fists and moved his arms up and down. Then he stopped. "Oh wait, not counting me, that's only nine opponents. That's even more stinky!" He started doing it again. The nurse sighed.
"You think you can defeat them all?"
"Yeah, me and my Bey," he got out his Bey, "Flame Libra. It's a Stamina Type."
"Like my Sagittario."
"Hey, what would happen if two Stamina types battled?" They thought about it.
"That's a good question."
"Well, let's see, both of your Beys wait for the other to attack first." Yuu turned around, finding amusement in what he was about to say.
"Yep, they would wait around all day waiting for the other to attack. Hahahahaha. So let's go! Kenchi! Ben-Ben!" He ran off, and they went behind him.
"Don't you think it's time we battle Ginga?" Hyoma jumped out of a tree and right in front of Ginga and Madoka, thus completely scaring her.
"AH! Oh Hyoma, it's just you. Don't do that!"
"Sorry Madoka. I had no intention of scaring you. I just wanted to battle with my old childhood friend." Ginga smiled.
"I wouldn't want it any other way, let do this!" He took out his Launcher and Pegasis, and Hyoma took out his Launcher and Aries.
"3-!"
"2-!"
"1-!"
"LET IT RIP!" They launched their Beys. They started attacking immediately.
"I guess we both have the advantage here Ginga, since we both grew up battling in the wilderness."
"You said it. Go Pegasis!"
"Aries!" The two Beys kept clashing.
"I have the advantage here with power though, this is my first battle today, while you're low on energy."
"That doesn't change a thing Hyoma. It depends on your Bladers Spirit."
"I know that Ginga, and mine is as strong as yours. When the Bladers Spirit is equal, it all comes down to the power of the Bey."
"And mine has greater attack power."
"Yes, but I have more energy and stamina left, while you've used it all up on other battles."
"They were too easy to win. I didn't use that much energy yet."
"Well then, I'll just win this right away."
"Bring it on Hyoma!"
"Get ready Aries!" Aries got ready for its Special Move. "ARIES HORN THROW DESTRUCTION!" Aries launched Pegasis up into the air. Ginga started smiling.
"Hyoma, did you forget."
"Forget what old friend?"
"You forgot the Pegasis's domain, IS THE SKY!" From up in the sky, Pegasis started to have a blue aura around itself. "GO PEGASIS! PEGASIS STAR BLAST ATTACK!" It came crashing down onto Aries, and Aries stopped spinning. Ginga recalled Pegasis and smiled. Hyoma fell to the ground.
"But how? I changed to a Semi Flat Performance Tip to fit the terrain."
"Kenta and Benkei did the same thing at one point, changing parts to fit the situation. But their own power and skills is what got them as far as they did."
"Another Blader has been knocked out. With only nine left, who will win the Survival Battle? Who will have their wish granted? What will that wish be? Find out by winning, or losing to a stronger opponent who you can't beat." Hikaru was walking through the forest and coming on to a rocky shore, she couldn't find anyone else that was still in. Whenever she tried to battle anyone after she had beaten about ten Bladers, she found they had already lost the competition. Then, she saw Yuu, Kenta, and Benkei.
"Oh, someone else was knocked out? That means only 8 more Bladers I can beat! This is so stinky!" He did the same thing he was doing earlier.
"Yuu, you don't seriously think you can defeat them all, do you?"
"Yes I do Kenchi. But I'll leave Kenchi and Ben-Ben for last, so you can take second and third." She was confused with their new nicknames, but she stopped thinking about that. Regardless, she wanted to prove this kid wrong.
"Well, how about you try me on for size? I don't care about second or third, but I'm the one who's winning first place!" They looked up at her, and she jumped down from where she was.
"Oh, Yay! Another battle! This is going to be fun!"
"Well, are you sure you want to battle me and my Storm Aquarios?" She held Aquarios up. Yuu got disappointed.
"Oh, just an Aquarios? That's not going to be as fun."
"Don't knock it 'til you try it kid. My Aquarios isn't an easy opponent to beat."
"Ba-ba-ba-bull! If you guys are getting into this, then I am too." He got out his Bey and Launcher.
"I'm in it too." Kenta took off the cloth that restrained his arm.
"A four on four battle? This will be so much fun!" His Bey and Launcher came down from his sleeve.
"3-!"
"2-!"
"1-!"
"LET IT RIP!" They launched their Beys.
"Sagittario and Libra are Stamina Types so-"
"We'll just have to attack them head on!" Aquarios and Bull attacked Sagittario and Libra.
"You were disappointed with m Bey at first kid, but now, be in for a surprise! GO AQUARIOS! PERFORMANCE TIP CHANGE!" The Performance Tip changed and Aquarios disappeared for a couple seconds, then appeared behind Libra and attacked it again.
"Okay, that's not half bad, but you shouldn't be so quick to assume that will affect me." Bull went in for an attack on Libra was well. It hit Libra up, but he came right back down without taking any damage.
"Hm, tough Bey, huh?"
"Okay, it's our turn to attack. Go, go, go Sagittario! SAGITTARIO FLAME CLAW!" Sagittario went in and attacked Libra.
"AQUARIOS INFINITY ASSAULT!" Aquarios flooded the field, but Libra was the only one not to take damage. "No way! That's impossible! I know Libra's a Stamina Type, but to go through that with absolutely no damage is beyond impossible!" Yuu started laughing.
"That's because you're caught in my Ant Lion trap." Kenta started listening carefully.
"That sound, I thought I was because we were close to the ocean."
"That's not the water. I've had Aquarios for a long enough of a time to recognize the sound of water immediately."
"That's the sound of falling sand." They looked at where they were, and saw Libra in the center, in a pit of falling sand. Yuu started laughing again.
"Your attack lost all their power because they couldn't get a firm grip in the sand. An ant that's caught in an Ant Lion trap cannot escape." Benkei started stomping.
"Ba-ba-ba-bull! I thought we were on solid ground!"
"The Super Sonic Vibrations caused by Libra turned the field into sand. I'll end this now so I can battle other opponents. GO LIBRA!" Libra started glowing. "LIBRA SPECIAL MOVE! LIBRA INFERNO BLAST!" A giant green light shot up, somehow making Yuu levitate.
Kyoya and I were still chasing Hakuchoo for her comment earlier when we saw a blast of light. We all stopped what we were doing and looked at it.
"What was that?"
"I don't know!"
"Libra and Yuu." We both looked at her.
"Who's Libra?"
"And who's Yuu?" She didn't answer either of our questions, but started running towards where the light was coming from. We followed her as best as we could.
Ginga was walking with Madoka to find another person to battle, when they saw it.
"What was that?"
"For one of the first times Ginga, I don't know! It's bizarre!"
Yuu was still laughing, not evilly, like he was having fun.
Song Of Hope: That's where it will end, right there. To be continued.
