Heyo all! I can't believe it's chapter 12! Yay! I haven't been getting any homework done lately... O_o Midterms are coming up so the chapters might upload a bit slower, sorry guys! On to the reading~!
"It looks like we'll be moving on, undefeated." Demure chuckles. The four guys are sitting at the table, waiting for Bones to finish cooking.
"Yeah! Kyoya, you were amazing out there! You too, Bones!" Benkei adds. Kyoya stares at the table in deep thought. Bones walks out of the kitchen, carrying a large pot.
"Hey, Bones, that special move you used earlier was awesome!" Demure comments. Bones ladles the soup into each of their bowls.
"I was saving it for the perfect moment." she replies. Nile nods his thanks once she fills up his bowl.
They eat over a rather loud conversation, thanks to Benkei. Chatting about anything and everything. Kyoya remains quiet throughout the dinner.
"Hey, Kyoya. Are you nervous?" Demure turns to the leader.
Kyoya scoffs. "Hardly, I'm ready to take him down." He leans back in his chair confidently.
Bones stands up, chair scraping backwards. "I'm going outside for a little." She exits swiftly, leaving the other members to finish eating. Nile stares after her retreating form.
"Seconds!" Benkei yells, slamming his empty bowl onto the table.
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Bones walks slowly down the street, taking in the crisp air of the night. She looks up at the twinkling stars. What a beautiful night… Closing her eyes, she pictures her win against Vridick, smiling smugly to herself.
Suddenly, something rams into her back, sending her careening forward onto the pavement. Bones coughs, winded from the attack, and sits up.
"Who's there?! Sho-" she's cut off as someone's foot is rammed into her stomach. A bunch of feet appear in her line of vision as she hunches over in pain.
"Well, well… Look at who we have here…" a taunting voice sneers, yanking back Bones' head by her pale blonde hair. "If it isn't the spoiled rich brat, Nyx." Bones' eyes flash in recognition at the name.
She executes a perfect roundhouse kick, sending her attacker flying. "Don't you dare call me that anymore! I left that name behind along with my past here!" Bones rushes towards the fallen figure again, but other hands grab her roughly, preventing her from moving.
Her attacker spits onto the ground and picks himself up. He wipes his mouth and sneers at Bones' struggling form.
"You little brat!" He strikes her across the face before kicking her repeatedly. His friends shout words of encouragement. Bones chokes on air and pants raggedly in pain.
"Pathetic girls like you shouldn't be Beyblading! You made a fool of India's team…! You! A puny, weak girl like you!" he shouts in her face, spit flying everywhere. The restraining hands shake her violently, her head lolling in circles.
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Nile idly stirs his soup with a spoon, his chin resting on his left palm. The conversation around him dimmed in the background becoming a low buzzing noise.
Bones… Does she feel the same way?
The Egyptian blader shook his head to clear his mind. He needed to think about the World Championships and not about his female teammate. Unknowingly to the conflicted blader, Kyoya was watching him with a keen eye.
"Thinking about someone?" he smirks. Demure and Benkei's conversation abruptly comes to a stop.
Nile jolts in his seat, almost dropping his spoon in the process. "N-No! What are you talking about?!" he demands defensively.
"You know what I'm talking about…" Kyoya hints subtly. Benkei, however, answers his question bluntly.
"Thinking about Bones! B-B-Bull! You two would be great together!" he howls.
Is it really that obvious? Nile resists slamming his head on the table in frustration.
"I think it would be a nice relationship…" Demure smiles slightly, timid as usual in voicing his opinion.
Nile stands up, almost causing his chair to tip over. "I don't know what you guys are talking about. I'm leaving."
"Off to see Bones?" Kyoya teases. His question is answered by the door slamming.
"Think so, Kyoya?" Benkei prods.
Kyoya scoffs and crosses his arms confidently. "Think so? I know so." Demure nods in agreement.
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Bones' blinks to clear her dizziness and scowls. She spits in his face before biting the arm that's restraining her. The person behind roars with pain and immediately lets go. Bones staggers around on her feet only to be knocked down again. Her head collides with the ground sharply.
"I'll teach you a lesson!" he roars, beating her to the ground. Her vision swims with each blow. She screams in pain, hearing something snap. He snatches her Bey and holds it up triumphantly. "I'll make it so you won't ever be able to Beyblade again!"
"No!" Bones cries. Azrael flashes and sends the attackers flying with a slicing wave. She scrambles to pick up her precious Bey with shaky fingers and clutches it tightly. Bones winces every time she breathes. #!*% , I think they broke a rib!
The attackers scramble to their feet, fear flashing across their faces. "We've finished here, let's go!" They run off like cowards into the night, leaving Bones swaying on her unsteady legs.
There's a brief period of dead silence.
"Bones! Bones, where are you?" a familiar voice calls. He spots her shaken form and hurries over quickly. "Bones, what happened?!" He grasps her just as she begins to fall. Gentle hands brush away the hair that's covering her bruised face.
Bones blinks, opening her eyes blearily. "Nile…" she breathes, recognizing her rescuer.
"What happened?! Who did this to you?!" Nile demands angrily. Bones' fingers flutter over Nile's cheekbones lightly. He presses her hand against his face with his and relaxes his tense body.
"N-Nile… I-I..." Bones whispers, her vision growing darker and darker. The Egyptian blader scoops her up into his arms and begins walking back to their hotel.
"Don't worry. You'll be fine. Just stay awake, okay?" he cooes gently. Nile tries not to jostle the injured girl in his arms too much as they make their way back to safety.
"I… think..." Bones' eyes weigh heavier and begin to close by themselves. Nile's profile begins to grow hazier and hazier. "I think… I…"
And then there's nothing.
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"How is she?" Nile asks worriedly. Team Wild Fang crowd around the doctor as he exits Bones' hospital room.
The doctor looks intimidated by Benkei's, Nile's, and Kyoya's looming shadows. "I've done everything that I can. The rest is up to her, but I think she'll make it out fine."
Kyoya grabs him by his doctor's coat and brings him closer to his face. "She better! Or I'll make you pay." he snarls. The doctor sputters. Kyoya scoffs and drops him. Once freed, the doctor scrambles away from the temperamental blader.
"Sorry, he's a bit stressed." Demure apologizes lamely. The doctor brushes himself off and hastily shakes his head. Kyoya shoots them a glare causing the doctor to squeak and run down the hall, frightened.
"Let's go in." Nile twists the doorknob and walks inside the white room.
Bones lies peacefully on the hospital bed, her blonde hair surrounding her head like a halo. An oxygen mask covers the lower half of her face and an IV tube runs out from her arm. The heart monitor beside the bed beeps steadily as her chest rises and falls gently.
Kyoya crosses his arms and leans by the door, staring at Bones' unconscious form. He scowls darkly, vowing revenge for his teammate. Benkei places a vase brimming with colorful, mismatched flowers on the small bedside table, weeping dramatically. Demure stands awkwardly at the foot of the bed with a solemn expression.
Nile stares down at Bones' pale face with an unreadable look on his face. He takes her limp hand and presses Azrael into her palm before placing it back by her side. Leaning over her, Nile brushes away the hair from her angelic face and trails his hand down her porcelain skin to her collarbone before retracting his hand.
"We will not face defeat." Kyoya snarls, staring defiantly at the other three members. Benkei sniffles and runs the back of his hand across his eyes.
"Even without Bones, we will still win." Nile clenches his fist resolutely.
Demure gives a firm nod. "Yes."
"Demure you will be a regular for now, and Benkei, you'll be a temporary replacement." Kyoya orders.
"I will definitely win! For Bones!" Benkei raises his arm. The four of them walk out with renewed vigor. Nile casts one last backwards glance before the door shuts.
Just watch us, Bones…
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Abunai: *wailing* This is so sad! What's going to happen to Bones?!
Kyoya: *sweatdrops* You're the author, you should know...
Abunai: Quiet, Kyoya! Don't ruin the ending for me! *continues crying*
Kyoya: ...
Nile: I gave up understanding her.
*Demure nods*
*Abunai continues to cry*