AN- Okay, here comes the next chappie. This makes two chapters in two days. Yay! Won't be able to upload the next one though until either Thursday or Friday because I really have to study for my biology exam. Hope you enjoy this, and sorry if there's any spelling mistake etc. Please review if you're reading.
Disclaimer- See first chapter.
Snow Secrets
Snow Fight! – Part II
Tamara was bored.
Ray and Max were chatting to Rena about the dogs and she was explaining to them about what kind of dogs that Davi kept at the castle. Tamara had quickly got bored of that conversation, considering the one time that she had actually met the dogs was at feeding time and one of the Doberman's had almost bit her hand off. Stupid mutt had soon got what was coming to it. Tamara's legendary right hand! It had quickly left her alone after that.
Tyson was still watching over Kenny, and Tamara had a sneaking suspicion that the teen had actually fallen asleep on the couch due to the warmth of the fire. She was sure she could hear snoring coming from somewhere.
Kai was still staring at his beyblade when Tamara looked his way and she had a feeling he was trying to guess what Lea had done to it to make it look good as new.
All in all, Tamara was very bored.
So bored, she actually wandered back over to the kitchen to search for any sweets for what had to be the twentieth time. She searched the high cupboards first, her height making them easy targets. After shuffling around the noodles, pasta and other light weight shacks, she shut the cupboards and crouched down to look in the lower ones. Opening the tin cupboard, she snaked her hand around the piles of tins that never got eaten to the space behind. Usually people hid things in there thinking no one would figure it out, but Tamara quickly caught on that that was the first place to look. Next, she moved to the corner cupboard and the idea hit her like a cauldron.
There was something she could do after all.
She realised it when she crouched and had her head in the cupboard where Raine had hidden the Irn Bru from her and Rena, and the whisky for herself.
Slowly, Tamara backed out of the cupboard and dusted invisible motes off of her clothes as she stood. Sure enough, Tyson was sleeping on the couch next to the chair where Kenny was still sleeping. But Tyson wasn't the one she was interested in.
With a determined step, she walked over to Kai and he looked up at her, surprised, when he noticed her shadow falling over him.
"What is it?" he asked her.
She grinned and tilted her head to one side. "Wanna proper battle?"
The others looked up, surprised, as she grinned down at Kai. Kai looked startled for a moment before his fingers closed over his own beyblade.
"Sure, why not?" he said, smirking at her as he stood up opposite her. She could tell that he thought he could probably beat her, even in a fair battle, and she cackled inwardly. This battle would be so easy, and it would keep her occupied for at least a little while. Well, maybe until lunch.
"Er… Tammy, you do know that there's no bey-battling in the house," Rena said, rubbing the back of her neck awkwardly.
"Who said about having the battle in here?" Tamara asked with a sly smile. She turned slightly and pointed out the window. "Why not out there?"
The others turned and looked out the window. Most of the glass was covered with snow, but the snow didn't reach all the way up to the top and peering through, Rena realised that the snow had stopped. Maybe, just maybe, if they asked Mrs. Sheldon nicely enough, she would most likely allow them to go outside, at least for a little while.
"Ok then," Rena finally agreed. "But we'll have to use the front door."
"Why?" Ray asked, frowning at her.
"Can you see a door in here?"
"Er…" Ray searched for one, but couldn't only see glass. "No."
"So… Front door?" Rena asked, glancing around at the others.
Tamara rolled her eyes and shook her head, that way would take far too long. By the time they reached the front door, she would probably have forgotten why they were going outside in the first place. Sighing, she stood and walked round the table as the others headed for the most obvious entrance to the room.
"No, this door," she stated, pulling open the hidden corner exit. The door had been cleverly hidden, moulded into the corner like it was a corner statue. Looking straight at it, no one would ever have guessed that it concealed a secret passage that led outside.
"I forgot about that one," Rena muttered as Tamara grinned at the group. Of course, she had found out about said passage the hard way. Then again, when you try to climb up a concealed entrance to escape from your homicidal team captain, and you fall and grab onto the trigger, things can only go two ways. Down, or out. She'd gone out and had fallen right on top of Raine.
"This way much quicker," Tamara said, and had disappeared into the passage before anyone could say anything else.
"It's gonna be cold out there," Rena called after her friend, but Tamara was already too far gone to hear. Rena shook her head and turned round to face Ray and Max. "I'll go and see if I can find some coats and stuff. Stay here."
"Okay…" Max said, as Rena hurried out of the kitchen and down the corridor. He turned to look at Ray, who was watching Rena go. "But what about--?"
Tamara's scream cut him off and she came hurtling out of the secret passage, bounced up onto the table and dived behind Max and Ray.
Both boys frowned down at her and she slowly stood up, her face was as white as the snow outside. Kai watched in mild amusement as Tamara hid behind Max, shivering and pointing at the open secret doorway.
"I-I j-j-just s-s-saw…" She audibly gulped and Max couldn't move away in time as she grabbed him and hugged him, lifting him several inches off the ground, crying, "My mother's there! I swear I saw her this time! Oh, Maxie protect me! Please protect me! Please! Please protect--!"
Thunk
"Idiot," Rena muttered as Tamara fell to the floor unconscious, a large lump starting to form on the back of her head.
"What? When? Who-" Ray struggled for a question to ask Rena as she stepped over Tamara's now unmoving body.
"She goes a little crazy whenever she thinks she sees her mother," Rena explained, dumping several thick coats, scarves and hats on the table. She stood back and dusted her hands, "Here, take your pick."
"What about…?" Kai glanced down at Tamara. Her foot twitched and he jumped back in surprise, not that he would ever admit that he was surprised.
"She'll wake up in a minute or two," Rena replied shaking the hand that she had used to hit Tamara. "She's got a head like a damned rock."
"How'd you get these so quickly?" Max asked as he sorted through the clothes. "It must be miles to the main entrance."
"It is," Rena replied, winking at him as she grabbed her own coat. "But I know a few shortcuts that cut the time down by more than half."
"Rena, I am gonna kill you," Tamara growled as she leapt up and attacked her friend. They rolled around on the floor until Rena managed to get the upper hand and sat down on Tamara, despite Tamara's long legs trying to kick her off.
"I thought you wanted to fight Kai?" Rena asked, head tilted to one side in curiosity.
The desire to chop her friend into little pieces instantly vanished from Tamara's system and she pushed Rena off of her and stood up.
"Oh yeah, I did," the teen said, heading towards the table. She grabbed a fur coat and scarf, slipped them both on and grinned at Kai. "Now we go fight!"
Kai shrugged and headed towards the secret passage.
"Don't you want a coat?" Rena asked with a frown.
Kai just smirked at her over his shoulder. "I grew up in worse places than this. A little snow isn't gonna hurt me."
"If you say so…" Rena said, sensing she probably wouldn't have been able to persuade him. "Alright, everyone ready?" she looked at Max and Ray, who had both picked out coats and scarves. "Okay, let's go."
Tamara led the way down the passageway, with Rena and Ray right behind her. Max followed them, with Kai bringing up the rear. Several minutes later, the passageway curved to the left and opened up into a small courtyard covered in snow. In the centre stood a fountain frozen over with ice and high stone walls ran round the outside of the courtyard. Someone had used the path recently; there were fresh footprints in the snow heading round the fountain and through a gate to the right of the group.
Rena headed to a bench covered in snow and shifted as much of the powdery substance off as she could before she sat down on the cold stone. Tamara grinned and bounced around the fountain to the other side. Ray joined Rena on the bench as Kai took his position directly opposite Tamara. Max stood between them both, waiting until they were both ready.
Kai pulled out his beyblade and launcher, hooked his blade on and stood at the ready. Tamara grinned at him and a wind sprang up as she raised her hands up like she was about to participate in a Tae Kwon Do fight instead of a beybattle. Kai frowned at her odd stance, as did Max, neither of whom could see her beyblade anywhere.
"She's ready," Rena called from the side. Max turned to frown at her and the girl shrugged in reply, "It's how she launches."
"Okay…" Max still didn't get it, but he nodded in acceptance and raised a hand in the air.
"Three!"
Tamara concentrated all her energy on Kai.
"Two!"
Kai pushed Tamara's strangeness out of his mind.
"One!"
Both beybladers waited with baited breath for the final words.
"Let it rip!"
Max's hand came down as Kai launched. The wind kicked up around Tamara and both Max and Kai brought their hands up to cover their faces from the snow that the wind kicked up.
"Amethyst go!" Tamara yelled out.
Kai looked up in time to see a red beyblade smash into Dranzer and wheel off again, using the snow to cover its tracks.
"I'm not gonna give up that easily," he growled at her as Dranzer chased the other blade across the ice of the fountain until it seemed to disappear into the snow.
Tamara grinned in reply before her face set into a serious mask. Kai spotted a glimpse of red on the ice and yelled. "Dranzer! Fire Arrow attack!"
"Fox Dance!" Tamara immediately yelled in reply.
Dranzer shot out of its blade as it honed in on the red beyblade. The other blade though, was far too quick and skidded out of the way just in time.
Tamara grinned as she spotted an opening.
"Amethyst! Fox Fire now!" she yelled.
A red and purple nine-tailed fox rose out of the red beyblade and charged straight for Dranzer. The phoenix turned to try and retreat, but one of the tails caught it and held it still while the other bit-beast opened its mouth and shot blood red flames at its opponent.
Dranzer was helpless against the assault and retreated into the beyblade, which went spinning out of the fountain and into the snow. Kai stood by, rooted to the ground, as the fox turned to glare at him with light purple eyes. The fox's lip curled back, revealing sharp white canines before Tamara called on her blade to retreat. The fox disappeared in a blast of purple light into its seal and spun out of the fountain and straight into Tamara's waiting hand.
"Well, that was boring," Tamara muttered as she turned to where the others were. Ray and Max were staring at her in awe while Rena looked like she was about to fall asleep where she sat.
"H-How did you…?" Max tried to ask as she approached him. She just winked at him and turned to Kai.
"You call that a match?" she taunted, thoroughly bored now and wanting to get back inside as soon as possible.
Kai glared at her as he searched for his beyblade in the snow. Finally, he found Dranzer and stood, shaking, but not from the cold.
"The next time we fight, I won't go so easy," he said as he brushed past her and headed for the passageway. He stopped though, when a voice rang out across the courtyard.
"Well, I'm glad to see everyone's getting along so nicely."
They all turned to look at the figure sitting on the wall watching them and Davi grinned down at them.
Tbc…
