Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade but I do own Mint, Shaga, and Shivo (and any other random person in her…)
Well this is gonna be one long chapter…. The next three are going to be very long, but no worries, long stories are good, nii?
The Shaga Saga
Ch. 10 Noxtica City
The next morning the three of them left the train station, following the green haired girl. She easily maneuvered the runaways discreetly through the town. According to her the best hiding places was the park outside the train station.
"Mint, you still haven't explained how you knew we were running from somebody." Shaga said as she reviewed her memory files looking for any sign of the weird girl.
"That's easy! Why else would three teens board a train to who knows where!" She giggled, her faces covered in a huge smile. "Though two teens is more common… A love triangle perhaps?" She mused aloud to herself, tapping her finger on her chin.
"There's no love triangle!" Ray and Kai growled at the same time.
"Oh! So you two are the ones running and Shaga is just tagging along?" Mint asked, quite bewildered.
Kai was about to correct her when her face suddenly flashed about 100 different expressions and she tackled them all into a giant spider plant. The three victims groaned as they glared daggers at Mint.
"Is that them?" Mint asked, completely oblivious to their ire.
Beyond the green fronds and multiple bushes and across the street were two men in dark suits and glasses. They were casually working their way towards them, occasionally showing a picture of somebody and undoubtedly making up quite the story behind it.
"Yeah, that's them…" Shaga said and Kai nodded, confirming their identity.
"…We'll have to split up." Mint said, trepidation evident in her voice.
The trio looked to each other then back and nodded. They asked for her help and now they're going to take it.
"Okay, Shaga change to look like this," Mint handed over a small rectangular photo then turned to Ray.
She stared at him, stroking her chin a few times before gathering a few things nearby which included Kai's scarf, Ray's hair band, and her own socks.
She brushed out Ray's hair with her fingers then tied his hair band around his upper torso and crossed it over his chest and shoulders. She quickly balled up the socks and stuffed them in his shirt.
"Hey!" Ray sputtered, putting up his hands in a feeble defense.
"No, it's 'hey'!" Mint corrected, making her voice higher pitched and squeaky.
"But! But! But!" Ray spurted trying to think of a way out it.
"No butts about it! This is the best way to disguise yourself. You look just like a woman." Mint said, wrapping Kai's scarf around Ray's waist and bowing it in the back. "A woman with great curve, at that." Mint complimented as she stuck up her thumbs energetically.
Ray sighed dejectedly, his pride trampled, mauled and feed to crocodiles.
Then Shaga began to glow softly and her body began to alter and the light faded starting at her head. As the light drained from her face waves of luscious blonde locks washed down her back and shoulders. Her now gorgeous cerulean eyes flashed brightly. The light completely vanished, leaving her in a white spaghetti string top with a mini-skirt and wide black belt over the top of it and long white socks going to her knees.
"Perfect! You two," Mint said pointing to Ray and Shaga, "will go that way," She directed them down the street that those two weird guys were on, "And run distraction. If they don't ask you if you've seen yourselves then offer them help. Be pretty, be seductive, work what you got." She said tossing a wink Ray's way.
His glared was promising death as he stormed after Shaga.
"Oh, wait a minute, Roquel!" Mint cried after Ray.
Just knowing that she was there to torment him some more Ray shuffled on, pretending not to hear her. However Mint knew better.
"Oops! Did I say Roquel!, I meant Kevin!" She giggled as she point at Ray's back.
The people nearby stopped looking slightly mortified. They murmured and gave him a wide berth. Ray stopped and tilted his head skyward, silently asking his goddess why she must torture him so.
Ray swiveled around, fuming. Mint coaxed him back with her finger.
With in moments Ray was back on is way, rogue, lip stick and eye liner completing his feminine look.
"If it's any consolation, I think you look pretty." Shaga offered, smiling nervously.
"Not helping." Ray grumbled.
Mint had given them their directions and now turned to Kai, strumming her fingers on her chin as she thought how to disguise him.
"Without my good stuff, my field equipment will have to do…" Mint pouted slightly and rummaged through her bag.
Mint pulled out four miniscule dots and stuck them atop his shark fin stripes. They instantly vanished, leaving his skin looking pale and clean. She then brushed back his bangs, putting in almost half a ton of hair gel to keep it down.
She stepped back, nodding to herself. She then took his jacket and groaned at the pathetic disguise.
"Here." She said, handing him a pair of black suspenders.
Kai clipped them on and flicked them off his shoulders, leaving them to hang down. Mint then drew lines down his face with her black eye pencil and put a dot on each of Kai's fingers, turning the a shiny black, as if they painted.
"Well… That's all I got." Mint said, shrugging.
Mint then transformed into a tall boy. She now had short brown hair that was moussed up, dark blue eyes, and a lightly tanned complexion. She had on an over sized shirt and tan cargo pants.
"Okay, we'll go over to my house, I'll have plenty of things your little team can take along." Mint said, her voice sounding a little deeper than Max's.
Kai nodded and followed Mint's example as she scurried around underneath the vegetation.
Mean whilst with Shaga and Ray
The unlikely duo had made it to their turn around point and the two had sat down on a bench to wait a while. Shaga sighed, feeling completely foolish. However her anxiety was creeping in on her as she had yet to figure out how to get those goons attention.
Suddenly Ray jumped to his feet and began pleading with Shaga to go get some ice cream while he pulled on her arm. Shaga yanked it back and stood as well, arguing about the bad carbs and fatty composition of ice cream.
As they argued they drew plenty of attention to themselves. Eventually Shaga brought up the subject of being harassed by a trio of strangers, which Ray had figured had to be themselves and played along.
"Please! That one guy was so not the hottest!" Ray argued, "The black haired one was!" He said, planting his hands on his hips and turning his head from her.
"Uh! He so was not! That one with the face paint was! He's so punk!" Shaga retorted, clasping her hands, acting star struck.
"Oh, c'mon girlfriend, that guys a lady killer!" Ray said, crossing his arms and shaking his head at her.
"I bet your dream boy was serial killer! It's always the quiet ones you have to look out for!" Shaga growled.
"Quiet! Your boy is practically mute!" Ray shot back, lips contorted in sneering pout.
"Mute!? I'mma make you mute!" Shaga declared and started in at Ray.
"You couldn't catch a slug at your pace!" Ray teased as he slipped out of Shaga's range.
"At least I can catch boys! You're so tomboy nobody but lesbos want to date you!" Shaga scoffed, placing her hands on her hips and shaking her butt a little.
"Ah!" Ray sputtered, but recovered quickly, "at least I don't go after other girls boyfriends!" Ray countered.
"Say what?" Shaga growled, glaring daggers at him.
"You heard me! I bet he was dating that brunette he was with!" Ray snapped back, smiling confidently.
"Oh please! Brunettes are such a bore! Blondes are always more fun!" Shaga responded, fluffing her hair.
"Ladies, ladies! You shouldn't fight over a couple cretins like those, you should be fighting over me!" A brunette in a preppy get-up said, holding his hands out to the side and smiling sadistically.
"Get laid, loser." Shaga huffed and flickered her wrist at him. "Let's go, Sue, somebody left the doors to the dog pound open."
"Oh, burn!" Ray grinned devilishly and pranced after Shaga.
They left the poor guy blubbering and gesturing after them, too stunned to do anything else.
Meanwhile with Kai and Mint
As they walked down the winding park path, the heavy silence seemed suffocating to Mint. She turned to Kai, tilting her head at him.
"So, what's your story?" Mint asked, running her hand over her neck, bristling the loose brown hairs.
Kai said nothing; he stared straight ahead, though his eyes were looking back. His mind reeled back, echoing the pain in his eyes.
"That bad, eh?" Mint said softly, stuffing her hands in her pockets.
"What's your deal?" Kai asked monotonously, not really expecting an answer.
"Long story." Mint sighed, a bittersweet smile gracing her lips as she too disappeared down memory lane.
"Longer walk." Kai retorted, his eyes locked ahead.
"Well…" Mint began slowly, but was cut off before the story could even formulate.
"Hey, hey, Matt-o! Whose your new friend?" A lustful girl asked as she and her flock swarmed around them.
"Back off, Mae, taken." Mint said shortly as she parted the girls.
"Yeah, who'd want a gray haired guy anyways." The girl next to Mae huffed.
As they walked threw Mae punched Kai's arse, and the girls giggled and blushed with false innocents. Kai whirled around and grabbed Mae by the front of her shirt and hoisted her in the air, his only threat was a throated growl and a glare that said 'I've killed before and not afraid to do it gain'.
Kai let her down and turned on his heels and strode after Mint, who had not bothered to indulge them.
The girls stood their, squawking like birds as they fretted over their shocked up leader. They would have flown away if they could have.
Mean whilst with Ray and Shaga
"This is so embarrassing…" Ray muttered lowly, his shoulders bowing as he was dragged down the sidewalk.
They had already successfully sent those two goons to the bad part of town and now just needed to waste time before heading to the city gardens, which were across the street from the park and concealed behind the towering buildings.
"I know, you get all the guys even though I got all the figure." Shaga complained, thrusting out her chest and tossing back her head, sending waves of golden hair flowing into the sun, catching the sun like it was crystallized globules of light.
With that alone she left half the guys in the area drooling.
Ray was just disgusted by her lack of modesty. He glared at her then eyes flashed wickedly as something came to mind.
"Hey, Shaga, what's that one your face?" Ray asked, sounding completely believable and squinted at her nose.
"Sensors do not detect any anomaly on my face." Shaga reported, crossing her eyes as she tried to look at her nose.
"Oh, how about now?" Ray asked as he rent an ice cream cone from some kid and smashed it in her face.
"I'm gonna you kill you!" Shaga screamed shaking her head and flinging ice cream and cone shards everywhere.
Ray blitzed off down the sidewalk, and Shaga not far behind. The two would like Olympic sprinters if it were for the mini-skirts and extremely long hair.
"You are gonna be sidewalk paste once I catch you!" Shaga screamed as she pounded down the concrete passage.
Ray turned and pulled on his low eyelid and stuck out his tongue.
"You're asking it!" Shaga snapped and began to run faster.
Ray quickly calculated his timing as he came upon a road. He smirked as it came to him. He picked up a plate of fried from a nearby table and chucked it at Shaga. She stopped and ducked.
"Ha! Missed!" She shouted victoriously then was doused in ketchup.
Ray tossed the bottle at her and ran like he was being shot at. He jumped around over pedestrians, pets and inanimate objects alike, running so fast he created a mini-sonic boom behind him.
Shaga ran faster, harder and smarter. She had seen Ray's plan right after he neglected to taunt after drenching her in ketchup.
About 20 feet from the road Shaga leapt into the air.
Ray shot across the street and turned to see that Shaga wasn't there. He stopped, his chest heaving from the exertion. He backed up, and knocked into an out of place wall (again).
"Looking for me?" Shaga hissed, smirking wickedly as she bent over him. (She has three inches on Kai, she tall!)
Ray whipped around and fell over the curb. With lightning reflexes Shaga caught him by the neck of his shirt and yanked back on the side walk.
"It's time we go shopping." She smiled menacingly.
Ray gulped, as Shaga seemed to suddenly turn into a deamon from the ninth circle of Hell.
Back with Mint and Kai
"That was cool, what you did back there." Mint complimented as she coaxed Kai deeper into an alley.
She pointed to the ladder and Kai kicked off the wall and grasped the ladder of the emergency escape, throwing it down with his weight and launching himself higher up. He gingerly landed on the platform, making barely a sound as he did.
Mint quickly scurried up the ladder, climbing like she did it every day, which she undoubtedly did. After she stepped onto the platform she reverted to her regular self.
She had her long green hair tied up in pig tails and was wearing a thin little top that showed a lot of belly and some knee length shorts with half a dozen pockets on each leg. She pried open the window beside them and slinked in.
"Just gimme a sec." Mint said as she disappeared into the window.
Kai turned to look back out over the alley, somewhat at home here. When he turned back Mint was hanging out the window now donning a purple vest with just as many pockets as her shorts.
"C'mon, I have some stuff fer you ta carry." Mint waved at him and disappeared inside.
Kai glimpsed at the window then edged closer. He peered inside but then she tossed a mailbag at him. He caught it and stepped back as she emerged with a backpack slung on her one shoulder.
"Okay, lets go." She said nodding and sliding on the outside edges of the ladder.
Kai followed suit and followed her to the meeting place.
With Ray and Shaga
Shaga too was now wearing a new outfit. She had on a lacy shirt that dipped in a low v-neck and pair of tight jeans.
"Shaga, you had best watch your e-mails, cuz I'm so sending you a virus!" Ray shouted glaring death at anybody that looked at him.
"Come on, Sue, we have to head to the gardens now!" Shaga called sing-songily as she flounced down the street.
Half way to the designated meeting place they bumped into Kai and Mint.
"Whoa! Almost thought you were a girl!" Mint giggled as Ray brushed by her.
"Oh! I didn't notice you! Especially you, Kai, without those prominent features of yours." Shaga said, drawing the outlines of his shark fins with her fingers.
"Nice dress." Kai said, crudely hiding his snickering.
"I'm killing you all!" Ray shouted, a suddenly violent aura seeping from him and causing the wind to kick up.
"Run away!" Mint shouted playfully and dashed down the street.
Shaga chased after her, giggling and playing at being scared. Mint called for Shaga to follow them to her 'secret hide out' and Mint, Ray and Shaga all took off down the alley, laughing and shouted witty banter.
Kai chuckled and shook his head, somewhat dismayed by them. He shook his head and started after them.
'Those three… they're so strange.'
As he made it half way down the corridor he suddenly heard a faint whistling, he started to whirl around when a sharp pain raced up his arm and shoulder. Kai yanked out the stinging devise.
'A dart!?' His mind reeled as he glanced up.
His vision swam and he fell back against the wall. The ground twisted and writhed at his feet and the brick walls began to dissolve and mesh with the grungy floor.
He sagged to the ground, his vision going black.
With Mint, Ray, and Shaga
(Final one, I promise)
"C'mon Ray! Can't you keep up with two pretty little girls!?" Shaga mocked as she and Mint danced around in the gardens.
"Oh! On the contrary! I'm far prettier!" Ray said sticking out his tongue and imitating Shaga's oscillating hip thrust.
"Oh ho! Looks like we must… Dance off!" Shaga announced as she twirled on her toes and bent forward seductively, blowing a kiss Ray's way with her index and middle finger.
"Oh, not too shabby, if you're going for pole dancer." Ray shot back and twisted around, and shimmied up to her.
"Not to interrupt your totally not vulgar competition… but Kai's kindda disappeared. Unless you don't care that is." Mint said, watching the exit to the alley.
The alley had no deviations even though it does wind its way here. But no one was there; the alley was empty and desolate.
"Not Good!" Ray and Shaga said and ran back to the street, the two looking positively comical as they scanned the streets.
The mailbag sat beside the alley entrance, but Kai was nowhere to be seen.
"Where could he have gone?" Shaga asked, biting her lips and lacing her fingers together.
"I know where…" Mint said, holding a note in her trembling hand.
Dun dun dun duh!!!! Oh noes! What happened to Kai!? Who would have taken him!? Where could they have taken him!? (only one question here is really valid, if you can guess which it is you'll win a free prize! Not really though.)
And if I happen to offend with my Lesbian reference, I have no qualms them and I apologize for any discomfort.
And I apologize to any that got strange readings from the site, but I have the thingy-ma-bob updated and hopefully it will stay updated this time!!! Grr!!!
And per usual, my response to wonderful reviewers!-
Amanita Virosa-Amaranthus: I'm glad you like this fict so much, it means a lot. And I hope that this chapter is no exception to your taste.
Kavgj: Riiight, okay. I'm glad I could entertain you.