A/N: Once again, another chapter of Secret Desires has been born, lol
A/N: Once again, another chapter of Secret Desires has been born, lol! After a month's long wait on hiatus to finish another story (finally finished it!), I have finally finished writing Chapter 10! To tell you the truth, I have no clue how long this story will go onto too, so I am trying to plan a schedule on each chapter. (I have a rough idea on how many chapters I have left, most possibly halfway!)
So, quick recap; Melody and Kai are going out – secretly, Hilary and Tyson were on a so-called date (well, more like got stood up by their friends and ended up going together) that ended very badly and Melody found out why she hadn't seen her grandma – she was in hospital with cancer.
Between you and me readers, I have been going back to Chapter 9 to the part when Kai and Melody kiss – again. Still the best chapter I have written.
Chapter 10 is based on Episode - Beybattle at the Bit Beast Corral. Thanks to all my readers previously and to new and old readers, let's continue onto the story…
Chapter 10: Emotional Boundary
"AAAAAARGGGGGHHH!" Tyson's yell echoed through the hotel room and awoke Melody instantly. She groaned and turned onto her side. The news of her grandmother's diagnoses was still disturbing her. Gotta get up, Mistress. Otherwise they will have to come and get you. Drazine said in her mind.
Melody groaned at her bit-beast's suggestion. Don't wanna. She whined, just like a child. I just want to stay here and think.
You can do that when you're on the plane to Japan. Drazine told her.
Melody grumbled and took a quick shower trying to escape her thoughts and think of something or someone else. Kai immediately popped into her. Why him of all people? She thought as she leaned against the shower door.
You know? I think he feels terrible for what he did; maybe you should go talk to him today, Mistress? Drazine suggested.
No, it won't help me. Melody said annoyed. Drazine, must you always interrupt my thoughts and give me advice?
Sorry, Mistress. The Pegasus bit-beast said before going back into Melody's blade. She sighed and hopped out of the shower. Getting dressed quickly, she was greeted by the voices of Hilary and Kenny in the other room, eating breakfast. They had bought some food from the supermarket and made a full cooked breakfast for everyone to eat.
"Sounds like Tyson's finally awake!" Melody heard Kenny say to Hilary as she walked into the kitchen area behind Ray and Max. The American blonde boy and Neko-Jin were holding their stomachs and laughed. She saw the Russian teenager walking behind them and looked at him. They looked at each other in that brief moment and then went into the kitchen, without saying a word to each other. But no matter what, Kai did want to say something, anything but he could see the sadness on Melody's face and prevented himself from doing this.
"Morning." Melody said cheerfully, letting out a fake smile to everyone who seemed to buy it expect Kai, he remembered what she said to him before.
--Flashback: Last Night--
"I…just want to be alone, Kai. Please, I'll be better tomorrow." She said quietly and managed to smile under her sadness. The slate-haired teenager nodded and left back to his room. Kai could only hope she was telling the truth.
--End of Flashback--
She was doing a pretty good job convincing them that she was fine. "You feeling better, Melody?" Max asked as he sat next to her.
The blonde-haired girl smiled at the American boy. "Yeah, don't worry about me. But, what was all that shouting from Tyson about?"
Max and Ray exchanged looks across the table and grinned. "Let's say, he woke up to a splashy start."
"Don't think I won't get back you two back in Japan – that's the second time!" They heard Tyson say, he came into the room, still undressed and drying his hair with a towel before his favourite cap on it.
"If you would make an effort and get up like the rest of us, we wouldn't have to do extreme things just to wake you up." Kai advised as he sipped his coffee.
"Oh yeah, well…" Tyson growled, unable to finish his sentence, he was too angry to argue with the leader. "…Save me some breakfast at least." He said and went back into his room to get changed again. The only two that were dressed were Kai and Melody so everyone else went back to their rooms to get changed.
As soon as Melody had finished her food, she got up. "Melody, wait!" Kai said and grabbed her arm. She turned around quickly and faced him.
She sighed. "Kai, I…"
"No, stop talking. You're not fine, I know your not." Kai told her. "Listen, today I can take you to the hospital she is in."
"You know where she is?"
He nodded and then pressed his lips against her hair, bringing her closer into his arms. "Yeah I know. Just do me a favor – act more like yourself."
Melody pulled apart from him and smiled – her own smile, not a fake smile that she was covering up with sadness. "Ok!" She told him, giving him a peck on his cheek and walking back to her room.
--On the Plane--
"Goodbye New York." Hilary said as she watched from the window as the plane departed into the sky. "Aren't you going to miss New York, Melody?"
She smiled and nodded. This time, the blonde-haired girl was sitting with Hilary, two seats in front of Kai and Ray and just behind Max and Kenny while Tyson sat by himself next to some more fans of his, much to his happiness. Somehow, she couldn't bring herself to talk to Kai about her grandmother – part of her was angry at both him and her grandmother for keeping something like this from her for so long and part of her just wanted to forget. However, she was feeling a little better thanks to him and just wished the plane would hurry up and arrive in the airport so she could go see her grandmother.
Kai looked over from where Melody sat and sighed. He was having the same thoughts as her. She was going through a hard time now and what he should be doing is acting a comforting boyfriend. Boyfriend? That word was never what Kai would say but he had to get used to it, after all Melody was his girlfriend now.
A few hours later, they had landed in Japan and they went to Tyson's house at first.
The Russian teenager had explained to the boys that he was going to take Melody back to her house first but didn't tell them they were going to visit her grandmother. He also told them that they should train immediately so when he came back, he would know they were doing something much to Tyson's disappointment.
Once near the hospital, Melody and Kai stared at the hospital building for a while. "Kai," She said, "I just wanted to say thank you for coming with me here. I was really scared to come alone."
"It's ok." He said quickly and began walking into the hospital. Melody walked alongside him. She noticed Kai seemed to be his old self again; she just didn't think he was the same person who had kissed her back in New York and more like the 'Kai' she knew when they first met. Was it because of this morning?
The receptionist had told them that Yui was staying on the fourth floor and even in the elevator, Melody and Kai stayed silent. They walked through the hospital rooms until she got to door number 9. She twisted the doorknob and looked at Kai, he nodded and they entered. There, lay Yui in the bed, wires connected to her.
Melody gasped and sat on the chair beside her. Melody rested her chin on the bed and watched her grandmother sleep peacefully. Kai distanced himself from her and stood by the door, he didn't know what to say or comfort her in these situations.
"Kai?" He heard Melody say. She stood up and walked towards him with a smile on her face. "You don't look so good. You can go…if you want."
"No I'm fine, Melody…" The Russian said and unexpectedly, he pulled her closer into his arms. "I'm going to stay with you." The blonde-haired girl smiled however at this. The two then heard a groan from behind them and saw it was Yui awaking up.
"Grandma," She said happily, running over to her grandmother's side. "How are you feeling?"
"I'm good." Yui smiled weakly at her granddaughter and began to sit up.
"No!" Melody said quickly. "Don't sit up; if you need anything, I'll get it."
The smile stayed on her grandmother's face; she appreciated the fact that her granddaughter was concerned about her health. "Melody dear, I'm fine." She nodded at Kai. "And how have you been, Kai?"
"Good." He replied.
Yui looked at Melody, her face saddened. "Melody, I told you, I'm fine. I may have a few months to live but I want to spend these last few months seeing you happy, not a mess." She looked at the Russian teenager. "Kai will be able to help you."
He nodded, though he was unsure if he could really make Melody happy. Truthfully, Kai was jealous of their relationship. He had never seen a grandparent be so kind to their grandchildren before, their smiles of happiness made him isolated because he had never felt love with a family member. His own relationship with his grandfather, Voltaire was something he wanted to forget about; he pretended to be kind and caring but was really making Kai a ruthless beyblade solider.
"I need to ask you. Why grandma, why did you not tell me?" Melody asked.
She sighed; Yui guessed her granddaughter would ask her this question. "This is why. If I had told you, you would have more to worry about including your beybattles and right now Melody; you have a sad expression on your face, I wanted you to avoid even being like that. Even if I am dying, I want you to be upset on my last day, not months before."
"I guess so." Melody said quietly. The silence was killing him. Kai stood up and began to walk towards the door. "Where are you going, Kai?" She asked.
"To check on the others, I don't think they would be training without me."
Melody smiled and nodded. "Sure, see you later." Kai left the hospital and began walking to Tyson's house. If leaving Melody there by herself would upset her, would she be angry at him for doing this later?
He scratched his head in annoyance. Kai still couldn't believe she had said yes to his question. Now, Melody was his first girlfriend and Kai was her first boyfriend. Yet, he had no idea how to deal with these situations and it was getting more uncomfortable to be around her and think about this type of stuff. As he approached Tyson's house, he could hear whispers inside – about him.
"You're talking nonsense, Tyson!" He heard Max say to his friend. Kai ducked low outside, wanting to hear more before entering.
"I just think Melody and Kai go together so perfectly." The Russian teenager panicked a little, did Ray tell them anything?
"Yeah right, Tyson. You also said the same thing about me and her when were at the Asian Tournaments remember?" Ray said. "Plus, Max and I think you would go well with someone close to you." Max winked at the Chinese boy and Kai knew they were talking about Hilary, though her and Tyson seemed unsure of who it was but as usual, the brunette was jealous.
"Tyson." Kenny called. "We need to get you guys to train now, remember? Kai wants to see you guys' beyblading before he gets back."
"Exactly!" They heard a voice behind them and saw their Russian leader, standing tall with his hands folded. "You'd have better have a good excuse for not training."
Tyson began to rub the back of his head. "Aw, come on Kai! Give us a break, we just got back. Besides, maybe we should get Melody first. We always train as a team, right? We can't do it without her." He suggested.
"Hn." Kai replied and began walking outside.
"I'll take that as a yes then." The rest of the Bladebreakers breathed a sigh of relief and followed their captain. Normally, he would turn left towards Melody's house but he was going straight this time into town.
"Kai, where are you going? Melody's house is down here, I thought!" Hilary said.
He paused and then turned around. "Yeah, but she went to go visit her grandmother – she's in the hospital."
"Oh no, what's wrong with her grandmother?" Max asked. He was concerned if Melody was upset and if her grandmother was going to be okay.
"I'll tell you as we walk there."
Yui stared straight in front of Melody, saying nothing, only patting her gently on the shoulder as she looked at the door at another guest. "Another friend of yours, Melody?"
The blonde-haired girl's eyes turned towards the door, she got to her feet at the sight of a small red-haired girl, and she recognized her from the time Ray was battling with one of the Saint Shields. "You again!" Melody said surprisingly looking at the red-haired girl. "You're that girl, Sakina right? What do you want?"
"I want a battle with you, they say you're the strongest girl beyblader there is and I want to face you! Me and you, at the amusement park!"
The blonde-haired girl averted her gaze from Sakina's. "Go away! I've got no time for beyblading."
"What?" Sakina said surprised.
"You heard me. Leave!" Melody said firmly.
Yui held her granddaughter's hand and squeezed it a little so that she would look down at the bed and listen to her. "Melody. Go." Yui told her, Melody's eyes widened
"What?"
"You heard what I said. Go and beybattle. I don't want you spending most of your life indoors looking after me."
"Are you chicken?" Sakina teased.
Melody's head swerved around immediately. "No! Let's go!"
Sakina smirked and walked out the room, Melody followed but then turned towards the bed. "Grandma, I'll be back ok?" Yui just smiled at her and nodded watching her granddaughter leave the room. Once outside the room, the blonde-haired girl gasped because the whole Saint Shields team was here.
"Don't be afraid." Mariam teased. "We only wanted to check that Sakina was bringing you back."
"So, I had no choice whatsoever?" Melody asked.
Ozuma shook his head. "No. Now let's go."
So, no matter what, I would have to fight. She thought. Melody studied each of them. It was the second time she had seen them, Ray had informed her of the team in New York. The Saint Shields had told the Bladebreakers they were a group whose mission was to seal away the five scared bit-beasts and make sure their power must not get into the wrong hands. But no matter what, the Bladebreakers weren't going to give them the right to take them away and neither was Melody going too. They entered the amusement park a few minutes later. Despite the fact it being deserted and empty, Melody's thoughts began to drift upon her team-mates.
Did Kai tell them where she was? What were they all doing without her?
"Are you ready?" Sakina asked, she was now standing opposite Melody with her beyblade out. Ozuma, Joseph, Dunga and Mariam stood on the side watching them.
Melody nodded and readied her beyblade. "Yeah!" She looked at the Saint Shields. "Countdown, maybe?"
"Joseph." Ozuma said and he nodded at his leader.
"3…2…1…"
"Let it Rip!" Joseph said together with Sakina and Melody, their beyblades landed on the ground. Sakina's beyblade began to circle Melody's. "Come on out, Kuma!" She cried out, her bit-beast began to show itself. Kuma looked more ferocious than cuddly. It looked like any other ordinary brown bear but this one had deadly red eyes and seemed to be troublesome. Broken chains were placed on its hands as if the bear had escaped from somewhere.
"Go Drazine!" Drazine appeared out of its beyblade. Spreading his wings, the Pegasus horse flew out and looked down at its opponent.
"Now, Deadly Bear Hug!"Sakina ordered.
"No, Drazine! Move!" But it was too late. The bear slammed against Drazine hard onto one of the buildings crashing it onto the floor and grabbed its head into a headlock with its arms. Melody could only watch her bitbeast struggle in pain. She wished her team-mates were here to give her support.
The Bladebreakers were almost at the hospital now. After he had told the rest of the group, they were more eager to go see Melody. "So, Kai…you and Melody…" Ray began as soon as he got the chance to talk to the leader by himself.
"We're friends." Kai stated simply.
"Ok, but you should be careful even if you two are friends. Tyson is suspecting something between you guys."
"I know, I heard."
Ray's eyes widened. "You were listening?"
"Yeah, but never mind that, Tyson couldn't figure something out like that anyways. Let's go get Melody already." Kai told him as they walked into the hospital, following their leader to the exact room. They seemed uncannily close. The yellow-eyed Neko-Jin began to wonder. Was there something he didn't know? Even though Kai had told him they were going to remain friends, he still felt like they were hiding something.
"Come in." Yui said, she watched as five boys and a girl walked into the room. She smiled at the teenagers. "Hello, you must be the rest of Melody's team-mates, right?"
"Yes." Kenny said. "We're the Bladebreakers." They all bowed in respect.
"There's no need for you to do that for me." Yui told them.
"Ms Ohira?" Ray said. "We've come to get Melody, is she still in the hospital?"
"I'm afraid you just missed her. She went off with a girl called Sakina from the Saint Shields, that girl wanted a beybattle with Melody so I let her go. I think they said something about an 'abandoned amusement park'.
The Bladebreakers looked at each other in confusion and then began to get up. "The Saint Shields?" Kenny said surprised. "Thanks anyways, Ms Ohira. I think we're going to go now. Thanks for the help."
Yui nodded. "Just call me Yui and it's no problem." She watched as they all left, once out of the hospital, they began thinking.
"Abandoned amusement park? Is there any around here, Tyson?" Ray asked.
He nodded. "Yes, follow me." The Bladebreakers began to follow him down the road. "Why do you think the Saint Shields would challenge Melody there?"
"It's secluded and has lots of obstacles about." Kenny told him. "We can only hope Melody isn't losing."
"Hang in there!" Melody shouted to Drazine as the Pegasus horse defended itself from being clawed to death by the bear. I'm trying, Mistress. What should I do next?
Sakina laughed at her. "This is the end for you, Melody! I'll show the world what a weakling you are."
Weakling? How dare she? Melody thought angrily. Mistress! She heard her bit-beast cry out.
"Drazine! Evade its attack." Drazine pushed Kuma off of him and the bear slammed onto one of the wooden buildings
"What?" The red-haired girl shouted. "You can't do that!"
"Drazine, Icy Shards!" The Pegasus horse flew into the air, the diamond on its head began to glow and then a beam of ice stones began attacking the weakened bear until it stopped moving and Sakina's beyblade ceased. "No!"
She picked up her beyblade and looked at it with a sad face. "Why couldn't you win, Kuma?"
Melody bent down in front of her. "Sakina, you seem to think more about winning than having an actual beybattle. You shouldn't think that beyblading is all about power, it's also about having fun in your beybattles and working with your bitbeast."
"Don't think about power?" Sakina repeated in confusion, she looked at her beyblade. "Me and Kuma? Having fun in our beybattles?"
"Melody!" Tyson yelled, grabbing Melody's attention. They had arrived just in time and could see their team-mate was safely there. The Saint Shields were opposite her, the little girl, Sakina was on the ground and seemed have lost the battle.
She smiled happily at the sight of her team-mate's arrival. "How did you guys find me?"
"Your grandmother told us." Kai said then looked at the Saint Shields.
"Sakina!" Ozuma called, his sister walked over to her brother. "You've failed us and proven that you're worth to handle this."
She lowered her head and said quietly. "Brother, I'm sorry."
"Whatever. How's this then?" Ozuma said to the Bladebreakers, secretly lying to them. "How about we have a one-on-one match? Agreed?" The Bladebreakers nodded.
"But we already know whose going to win." Dunga said stepping forward. "Now we can have our little rematch, Kai! Prepare to lose!" He said readied his beyblade.
"Hn." Kai got out his beyblade; he took a brief look at Melody and nodded at her. Melody didn't know why he looked at her like that but she nodded back at him.
Finally, Dunga thought. This time, I will take Dranzer from Kai.
A/N: I hope you have enjoyed this chapter too! I'll put even more effort into the next one, promise! Don't forget to review afterwards!
By the way, did everyone hear that there will be a Season 4 of Beyblade coming out? I can't wait but I have a bad feeling they will change the characters, don't you? Apparently, in summer 2008, they will be releasing the mangas and metal beyblades and next year, will be the translated anime. I can't wait, can you?