Going to change story line a little bit :D This chapter will be quite original.
Enjoy!
Ugh, I swear I shall never climb a mountain like that again unless they have those zip line thingy or ACTUAL stairs that we can use to go down. Every second I climbed another step down, I fear that the piece of the mountain would break and I would soon meet death. But overall, it was a fun morning. Now, we have the rest of the afternoon to do more training before the big beyblade competition tomorrow. After that long way down, I immediately headed back at our inn so I could rest. That was somehow a good workout though. I laid down on my bed thinking of how I can get Driger back. A ritual? A scream? I seriously don't know!
I really wish I could change the story line somehow...Wait, maybe I can! A brilliant idea just came into me. I can make peace between the two teams! Well, I mean peace between Lee and Ray. I could talk to Lee and somehow convince him to forgive Ray before the finals. Even though Lee can be a snob but he was crushed after Ray left with the white tiger bit. I wouldn't blame him at all. All that anger of his, it's just a cover up. Inside all that anger or grudge, is full of hurt and confusion. If I could explain about Ray's situation, maybe Lee and the rest of his team could find it in themselves to forgive Ray. Mariah seemed to forgive him already I mean she did say she was worried about Ray.
It's decided! I shall make peace now! I got up instantly and was about to go out the door when I was blocked by someone.
"Oh gosh!" I screeched and accidentally hit the person in front of me.
"Ouch!" that person yelled in pain as he covered his face. I peeked to see Kai on the ground.
"Kai!" I exclaimed. "What the heck are you doing here? You freakin scared me!" I rushed towards him and offered to help him up however, he slapped my hand and got up himself. How rude!
"S-sorry," I stuttered. "You just came out of nowhere all of a sudden and I thought you were well a trespasser or something."
Kai gave me a weird look and then looked serious again, "Aren't you going to train? You might have to play tomorrow."
"Really?" I wondered and Kai nodded but in a leader-type of way.
"Oh," I mumbled. "Well okay. I will train later but I have some errands to do first."
"What errands?" Kai asked in a demanding way.
"Just some errands!" I replied before running off. I have to try to talk to White Tiger team without letting the Bladebreakers know. I walked around the buildings trying to find any of the White Tiger team member and hopefully they could take me to Lee so I could talk to him for Ray. I strolled around the streets of the small town. It was quite crowded and a little old-fashioned in a way. A lot of the citizens of this town look like they're farmers. There were a lot of stores or stands that sells many things. The only thing I brought with me was my beyblade because it was the number one thing that is really important in this world. I will never know when I'm going to have to beybattle, where I'm gonna battle and whom I'm going to battle against. Besides walking, I was also 'rehearsing' a little speech for Lee and thinking about stuff. Possibly my new lyrics? Not really sure but all I know is that I have way too much on my head. Sigh, I just hope they will be convinced somehow...
"Hey Emi!" a cheery voice called out. I turned around to see Mariah waving at me. She was holding a paper bag too.
"Oh hi!" I greeted back. "Running errands?"
"Yeah," Mariah answered. "I have to bring food for the team so that we can have a lot of strength for tomorrow's battle."
"Let me guess," I started to wonder. "Half of that food is for Gary?"
"That's right!" Mariah exclaimed as we started to walk through the dirt road. "Gary sure eats a lot!"
"By his size, maybe he does but you should see how Tyson eats!" I laughed. "He really eats a lot and I do mean a lot! And yet, he never seemed to gain weight."
"Gee, I wonder what's going to happen with those two if they ever had an eating contest." Mariah wondered.
"I really don't know," I laughed. "Maybe we should have one sometime."
"We should!" Mariah agreed. "Anyways, how is Ray doing?"
"He's somewhat feeling better I guess," I replied. "We still don't know anything about what happened to Driger. All I know is that he's out there somewhere. But he is still training hard with everyone else which I should be doing right now."
"Well that's good," Mariah said. "I really hope Driger comes back"
I hope so too...
"Hey which reminds me, would be all right if I could talk to Lee?"
"Hmm?" Mariah wondered. "What about?"
"Well actually, I was wondering if I could talk to the whole team?" I prayed.
"About?"
"Something. You'll find out soon so please?"
"Sure I guess," Mariah said as she looked towards the side. "But I could get in trouble for having an enemy over and you could get in trouble with your team as well. They might think your going against them."
"Ah, don't worry about my team" I shrugged. "I can handle them for sure."
And I mean that too.
"Well I'm just warning you that Lee can have a temper," Mariah warned me. "So I suggest you better watch out."
"I wouldn't really blame him," I said. "In fact, I think I may know how he feels. He's simply hurt. He was hurt all because he was confused about Ray, his best friend. I mean, confusion can lead to anger right? So right now, all his motivation is to defeat Ray no matter what the cost."
Mariah didn't say anything at all. The walk towards the White Tiger's compound or wherever they may be. I don't know how long I might stay there but I really hope the guys wouldn't worry. I mean, they were suppose to be my so-called "body guards" since their bitbeasts are supposedly the most powerful ones ever. Come to think of it, Dragoon, Dranzer, Driger, and Draciel are like the Four Gods; Seiryuu, Suzaku, Byaako and Genbu...Quite ironic isn't it? Probably. The guys may have such power but they still don't really know their bitbeast's true potential. Even I don't even know my true potential...
I still don't know how the heck I'm suppose to defeat Dranzer's evil twin. I guess I should be training more but will that be enough? Or do I have some sort of a hidden power that I never knew about? Oh gosh, maybe I shouldn't worry about that right now. We still have a long way to go anyways but as the tomorrow comes by, my ultimate "mission" as a princess comes closer. I just hope I'm ready by then...with some sort of a strategy...
I shrugged off that thought because I have more to do right now. And that is to try to get Lee and the rest of the team to forgive Ray. One at a time Emiko, one at a time.
A sound of two beyblades collided against one another somewhat interrupted my thoughts. I looked and noticed Gary and Kevin battling one another and Lee was on the waterfall, meditating. They seem to look confident and stuff. They look determined as well. I sighed as we came closer towards the team. Am I ready for negotiating or whatever it is you call it peace making? Hey, I'm just trying to help out a friend here. And the environment looks quite peaceful. There were a lot of trees that surrounded us and again, we were at a cliff but it looks harmeless anyways. The area I mean. Wow, this place sure looks great.
"Come on Gary!" Kevin challenged. "You can do better than that!"
"But I'm hungry," Gary whined and noticed Mariah. "Oh look Mariah's back!"
"Huh?" Kevin turned around and saw his older teammate carrying a bunch of food with her. "Oh hey Mariah!" he greeted with a smile for a moment. Seconds later, his smile turned into a frown and suddenly looked serious when he saw me.
"What the heck is she doing here Mariah?" the boy demanded. The pink haired girl gently put down the two bags and immediately, Gary devoured one of them.
"Gary!" Mariah yelled. "That food is for the whole team! You can't just have it all to yourself!"
"Mariah!" Kevin shouted at her. "You didn't noticed that she was following you? She could be spying on us for her team!"
"Oh relax Kevin," Mariah told him. "She's not spying on us at all. I sort of invited her to hang out with us for a while."
"Yeah right" Kevin snorted, not believing what Mariah is saying. What can I say? We are suppose to be enemies for now and our only motivation right now is to defeat them. The same goes for them as well.
"She could get in trouble though" Gary commented. I stared at Lee for a moment as he meditated at the waterfall. He looks so calming right now...
I had a feeling Lee noticed me staring at him when he shot a glare that sends shivers into my spine. It was more than just a glare. It was a major death glare. Great, I was even more nervous than ever. The team captain took a deep breath before leaving the waterfall. I guess I stopped his meditating session. He got out of the water and dried himself before putting his jacket or whatever he wears on top. He made his way towards the team with a serious and scary look on his face. He gave me more glares as he stared at me. I am totally freaking out right now.
"What the heck are you doing here?" Lee demanded angrily.
"I uh," I stuttered. My gosh stop glaring at me will you! I sighed and made myself look serious. "I need to talk to you about Ray. I think it's time you need to learn how to forgive him."
"What?" Lee snorted. "Tell me why I should forgive that traitor? Do you know what I went through?" Lee laughed for a second and told me, "It serves Ray right that he lost his bitbeast which should have been mine!"
"But you weren't chosen to control that power," I said as calmly as possible. Back in the real world, I would yell back but this is a new world. A new world means a new attitude. "It was Ray who got chosen to control it by your own grandfather. After that, he left without a word but do you guys even know the real reason why Ray left? He didn't betray you! Not one bit! And I may not know what your going through right now Lee but I'm sure I can try to understand. I'm here because I want you guys to settle things with Ray.I could get in trouble for this but it's worth it! You should have seen him! He thinks he's a traitor himself but he is not okay?" I sighed and took a deep breath. "Look, I really don't know if you believe me right now but I'm sure that you guys do miss Ray. Your anger and confusion is just too much. You didn't know what to do so your only focus is to show Ray what you've got and defeat him. If I remember, weren't you two like peas in a pod?"
"We used to be," Lee protested. "Until he decided to turn his back against us!"
"Are you going to let that ruin everything you and Ray had?" I lectured. "If you don't even know what Ray is actually doing, then your anger is just a waste of time."
"Then tell me why he would left the village without saying anything?" Lee shouted angrily. It's so hard trying to stay calm at this situation.
"Maybe he decided to not tell you anything," I assumed. "But Ray has his own path to follow and there's nothing wrong with that is there?"
"So we're not good enough for Ray then huh?" Kevin accused. "Well, it was a mistake for that traitor to leave us! Cause once we win Ray will be on his knees, begging!"
"That's not what I meant!" I told them. "Your team is really powerful but there are other beybladers out there that can defeat you!"
"No one can defeat the white tigers!" Kevin argued.
"Speak for yourself," I laughed. "You were already beaten twice by one of my teammates."
Kevin sent me a glare for a moment and pointed at me. "Well, you guys still don't know what Galman is capable of!"
I smiled at Kevin's confidence. For a runt-looking kid, he sure has a lot of confidence. In fact, the whole team is motivated. It may not show it but I'm positive that Ray is proud right now.
"What are you smiling at?" Kevin wondered.
"Come on guys!" I yelled with enthusiasm. "We don't need anger to battle! Motivation yes but anger is nothing."
I remember that Lee was using his anger to control his blade. However, anger won't really help you win at all. I also remembered when Ray taught Lee a lesson...
"Tell me," Lee said as he started to calm down. "Why on earth would you go all the way to help Ray?"
"There's nothing wrong with learning new things Lee," I said. "You just have to have an open-mind and learn what's outside. Ray never forgot about you guys at all. The hardwork, training, the techniques. He just wants to learn new things and improve his beyblade skills. He can't do that at his village alone. The world is big Lee but at the same time, it can be small."
Lee didn't say anything. Instead, he got out his blade and launched it with all of his might. His damn Galeon blade almost hit me by an inch! Thank goodness I have quite fast reflexes at that time. I squealed as I jumped out of the way and yelled.
"What was that for? I could have gotten hurt!"
"Let's battle" Lee said in a calm yet with eagerness as well.
"Say what?" I asked with a "you've-gotta-be kidding" voice.
"I don't know if I should believe your little speech but my teammates told me about your little bitbeast" Lee smirked. "I want to know how powerful your beyblade is"
Come on! Are you freaking serious? Ugh! Beyblading is fun but must there always be a battle?
"Aww do I have too?" I whined. "I don't want to battle!"
"Are you too chicken?" Lee taunted.
Oh no he didn't! Sure I admit I can be a coward back home but I can't be one right now! Besides, this can be good practice. The only problem is that, the team may be able to analyze Celesta...The White Tiger team may barely have any technology to improve their beyblades, but they're still a team no one should never underestimate. I sighed. If Lee wants a battle then I guess it wouldn't hurt. Will it?
"So?" Lee asked impatiently. "Are you going to battle or not? My Galeon is impatient and can have a really dark temper"
That's because your attacks are dark lightning...
"Like you?" I joked as I got my beyblade ready. "Let it rip! Celesta attack!"
Wow, that was sure the first time I ever said that the whole time I was here. I think. I have bad memory sometimes.
"Dark Lightning attack!" Lee yelled as he summons the power of the dark lion. His dark colored blade was surrounded by dark,intense lightning and I could tell this could get ugly. Galeon rose up from the bit part of his blade and roared loudly like the lord of the jungle.
"Destroy her blade!" Lee commanded and Galeon obeyed his master. The dark, intense lightning was getting more dark and intense. I had to stay focus right now if I want to win this. I can't let him beat me yet! If I can't defeat Galeon, then I have lower and I mean lower chances of getting rid of Black Dranzer. I watched as Lee's lightning was quickly conquering and destroying trees and rocks. Guess they were the warm up or something. So what? I might as well welcome one of my ultimate obstacles.
"Celesta, star shower!" I called out and my bitbeast(or bithuman) rose up and sends a thousand stars towards Galeon's direction. Each star blocked the attack and Lee's attack disappeared.
"Meteor blast!" I yelled. A strong blast appeared and the scene lit brightly as Celesta did her famous attack. But for some reason, the blast was quite more intense than ever..
"What the?" Mariah exclaimed as she tried to look at the scene.
"That sure is some light!" Kevin commented as he shielded himself. Heck, the light was brightly intense that all of us had to shield our eyes or go blind.
"Galeon!" Lee screamed and was the last one that looked away. The scene was surrounded by intense light at the moment. And for some reason, I feel something warm on my forehead. Ah, guess it's just the heat. Nothing more. Now my head started to ache a bit...
Finally, the light disappeared and we looked to see my beyblade rarely spinning but Lee's blade stopped. Guess I won again.
"That girl won," Kevin commented. "Oh that's no surprise at all. I mean, her bitbeast is not normal at all. It is in human form! And aren't all bitbeasts suppose to be some sort of an animal? This sure is really strange!"
I flinched for a second after what Kevin said but I simply let it go.
"Kevin! Don't be so rude to the opponent!" Mariah lectured.
"Ah don't worry about it," I told the pink-haired girl as I picked up my blade and Lee's as well. "He was just giving his opinion. I'm not offended." I walked towards Lee who still had a scary look on his face.
"That was a great battle!" I said as I handed Lee's blade. "But I really hope I didn't damaged Galeon in any way."
Lee simply snatched his blade back and I jumped a little bit. I wonder what's on his mind right now?
"I don't know if your going to believe me about Ray but please try. He never abandoned you in such a harsh way. He simply had a choice to make and a path to follow. What kind of a friend would you be if you won't be supportive of Ray's choice?" I told Lee. Wow, is it just me or am I giving more advices than I do back in the real world?
Lee just stared at me for a moment. He didn't answer me back at all. Instead, he turned around and walked away. I wonder if my little speech somewhat convinced him..I just simply hoped it works somehow. I really want these Lee to understand. If it doesn't work, the bright side is that I tried.
"Your teammates are coming," the troubled boy announced. "I suggest you go to them or you'll might get in trouble."
"What?" I wondered. I didn't hear anything.
"Emi!" a voice called out. I looked over my shoulder and saw Max and Tyson running towards my direction.
"Max! Tyson!" I greeted. "What are you guys doing here?"
"We've been looking everywhere for you!" Tyson panted.
"You sure gave us some trouble!" Max told me. "We thought something bad happened to you! It's a good thing we fou-" Max stopped talking to me as he saw the White Tiger Team.
"What the heck are they doing here?" Tyson screamed angrily.
"Relax Tyson," I told my friend. "They're not doing anything wrong okay? I sort of got lost somehow and ended up here."
"Okay" Tyson obeyed and calmed down. He pointed the White Tiger team and yelled with confidence,
"You guys better do good tomorrow so we can defeat your team!"
The whole team stared at Tyson with seriousness.
"Bring it on!" Mariah insisted. "We won't go easy on you for sure! So you better get ready!"
I laughed. Not because it's funny but because I was happy. People here are really excited at this kind of stuff. What's better is that they sure show loads of spirit.
"We might as well head back before the chief gets worried," Max suggested.
"All right" Tyson and I agreed as we started to leave.
"Wait up Emi!" Lee called out. I turned around to see what Lee was going to say. I ran towards the guy so I could know what he needed to say.
"I think I may somehow understand what you just said about Ray. Part of me says that I should stop this rage against him," Lee told me. "And good luck on the competition tomorrow. I'll be looking forward to battle you again someday."
I gave Lee a small smile.
"I hope you'll be more of a challenge the next time we meet!" I told him. "But I'm sure you would love to show Ray your skills right?"
Lee smirked. "Yeah, I wanna know how much he learned."
"Well, see you guys soon!" I waved and ran towards Max and Tyson. Another day has gone by. First the mountain climbing and this. Ah, wonder what adventure am I facing next? Dear Tomorrow, Come faster! I can't wait!