Hey it's me. This chapter is called Dance lessons cause; well Ray and
Tyson don't how to dance, so they got themselves a teacher. Lol, I feel
proud of this chapter, so I hope you like it. Let me know whatcha all
think. Also I play music in it, so if you would like to listen to it, I
have it up on my site at http://www.geociteis.com/beyblader27 I also have
the opening themes for beyblade in English and Japanese posted it you would
like to listen to it.
~~~FIGHTING SPIRITS~~~
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/ Thoughts /
"Speaking"
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Last Time:
"Good mourning children" Mr. Dickinson called out from the doorway.
"Mourning" they replied.
"Why are you eating fish? What happened to all the hot dogs?" Everyone pointed at Tyson who had just grabbed another fish. Mr. Dickinson laughed.
"Anyways, well be leaving for the China Towers in a couple of hours. Make sure you have all your stuff." Everyone nodded and continued there breakfast. As soon as they were done, they tidied up the mess and gathered their stuff.
It was now noon and everyone was aboard the bus. "Okay nobody forgot anything right? Okay let's go" Mr. Dickinson said signaling the bus driver.
~Chapter 5: Dance Lessons ~
They left the cabin, and Sora thought that it might be a good idea that she'd get some sleep. She was beat from the work she and Kai did on Dranzer. She was sitting near the back. Kai was in the seat behind her and Ray was in the one in front of her. Ahead of him was Kenny, and on the opposite side of him were Tyson and Max. Tyson was still grumpy cause he lost the battle for the window seat.
Sora sighed as she heard Tyson's constant complaining as she leaned against the seat and side of the bus. She put her feet up on the seat to get comfortable, and it didn't take her long to fall asleep.
"Hey, Kai, Sora. Oppps." Ray said noticing that Sora was asleep. "Kai we wanted to know if you wanted to play cards with us?" Kai shook his head. "Alright then" he said as he headed up to where Tyson and the others were sitting.
Kai looked at Sora though the spaces between the seats and saw her sleeping peacefully. He felt a little bad now for waking her up so early, because he had new that she never got to bed til late. Then he noticed that she shivered a little and without thinking reached for a blanket in the overhead compartment. Everyone was too much into the card game to notice, except Ray. Ray smirked evilly /Looks like someone's crushing/
"Hey Ray, it's your go" Ray brought his attentions back to the card game. Kai unfolded the blanket and covered Sora up with it carefully so he wouldn't wake her. Then what he was doing slapped him in the face.
/What am I doing? That's twice I've given her a blanket. / He thought mentally kicking himself, sitting back down in his seat. /I have to control myself more. Emotions are a weakness; I must not let them get the better of me/ but then his eyes looked back towards Sora again. He quickly looked away from her and took out his Dranzer. Dranzer hadn't been in such perfect working order before this. Its attack, speed, everything was at top-notch. He even new more attacks, but he still didn't know its special power. Then Sora's story of the ultimate blade came back to mind. If he wanted a chance at getting that blade, he would have to be the best blader, and that means being better then Sora. He thought about this for a while.
Mean while the card game was almost over. They were playing Old Maid. Ray and Max were already out and it was now between Kenny and Tyson. Kenny had one card left and it was his draw. Tyson lifted his two cards.
"Come on Chief, let's see you pick the right one." Tyson said not knowing Kenny had a plan.
"Let's see. Which one is the three of clubs?" Kenny asked watching Tyson's eyes. Tyson's eyes shifted to the left so that's the card Kenny drew. "You lose, Tyson" Kenny said all happy. Tyson's mouth hung low.
"But...but ...grrr." He said getting up moving towards the back. He wasn't the type of guy who enjoyed losing. The others laughed at his reaction.
Tyson sat down in the seat opposite of Sora and noticed she was sleeping. Tyson smirked /Revenge/ was all he could think. He looked around the bus, but didn't know what to do. Ray noticed Tyson's eyes lit up and then scan for something
"What are you looking for Tyson?"
"Something to get back at Sora with" he said still scanning.
"Tyson I don't think that that's such a good idea. She's always up before you. Do you realize what she could do to you everyday after this every mourning." Kenny said stating the facts.
"Well, she shouldn't have woken me up so early"
"It was like 9am. That's about the time everyone starts their day" Max tried to reason, figuring that being on Sora's list of people to kill is a bad thing.
"SOOOOO" he said getting all worked up, but then remembered the bottle of water in his bag. He quickly ran to his bag and pulled it out. Then headed back to where Sora was.
"Tyson, I seriously don't think this is a good idea," Kenny said giving one last plea.
"Don't worry Chief," he said staring at Kenny at the front of the bus, while standing in front of Sora. "It's just a joke," he said loosing the cap. Then turned to look at Sora who had her eyes wide open and staring at him since he had screamed 'SOOOOO'.
"A joke, huh?" She said. Tyson gulped.
"Busted" Dizzi managed to get in.
"Thirsty?" he asked sheepishly, handing her the bottle of water.
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They finally pulled up to the China Towers, and Sora was wide-awake. She figured it would be safer to stay awake with Tyson around.
"Wow, COOL" Tyson screamed. Upon seeing the tower, and everyone else had to agree. It was quite a spectacular site to see. They pulled up by the other bus.
"Looks like were not the only ones here," Ray said getting off the bus followed by the others.
"Come on now children. Let's let them know were here." Mr. Dickinson said approaching a door at the base of the tower.
As soon as they entered the building, a man approached them "Ahhh, hello, and who might you be?"
"I am Stanley Dickinson and these are the Blade Breakers."
"Very nice to meet all of you. Please come with me." They followed the man into his office. They went over the rules for the tournament, and then gave then the keys to where they would be staying. They thanked the man and headed to their little home. When they got there they found a cabin. Very similar to the one they had previously been in, except this one was a little smaller.
"Oh man. Are we going to have to chop wood again?" Tyson groaned
"Don't worry my boy. This place has hydro." Mr. Dickinson laughed.
They entered the cabin and saw a fireplace, with the seats around it like the other place, but this one had a piano and television set in it. They checked around the place and met back in the living room.
"This place has lotsa food" Tyson said thrilled.
"Yeah, but there are only 4 rooms." Kenny pointed out. "There's one room that has one bed. That one's for Mr. Dickinson. The other three are for us, so that means Sora has to split with one of us"
"Whatever" She said. She knew they wouldn't try anything.
"Okay fine, but I AM NOT SHARING WITH EITHER OF THEM," Tyson screamed pointing to Kai and Sora. Everyone just stared at him. "What, I don't trust her due to some MOURNING INCIDENTS and I just don't like him" he said turning his back to them folding his arms.
"Okay then, you and I can share" Max said putting his arm around Tyson and laughing cheerfully. Ray was thinking about what happen on the bus, with Kai and the blanket.
/Time for me to play cupid/ "Well, I'll bunk with Kenny. I need to get my blade upgraded," He said trying to come up with an excuse. "So Sora, you can share a room with Kai". Neither of them responded. They didn't really care they got along fine. "I'll take that as a yes then" he said smiling.
"Well then, now that that's straighten up, let's unpack. Oh and Ray, would you please see me as soon as you done."
"Sure Mr. Dickinson" he said as he and the gang headed for the rooms.
- Half and hour later -
"Like this?" Ray asked blushing. Apparently, Mr. Dickinson took it upon himself to teach Ray how to dance. The others were watching and laughing at him. However Sora wasn't around, she had decided to take a shower.
"What's so funny Tyson? You don't know how to dance either. Maybe Mr. Dickinson can teach you too," He said smirking, while Tyson's mouth stopped and eyes widened.
"Oh yes that's right you don't know how to dance either." Mr. Dickinson said as he grabbed hold of Tyson's hand. "Come on now, you two can be partners." They two boys looked at each.
"Thanks a lot Ray. Now I have to dance with you", Tyson said embarrassedly
"Anytime" Ray replied, at least now he wouldn't be alone.
"Okay, Tyson put one hand around Ray waist and use the other to hold his hand. Ray put your spare hand on his shoulder." Mr. Dickinson instructed.
Both Tyson and Ray's eyes widen when he said this while Kenny, Max, and even Kai were red in the face from laughing. They did as they were told looking like two red tomatoes.
"Don't get any ideas", Tyson informed.
"As if"
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Sora just finished putting her hair up in a ponytail. She had put on her normal sweater and shorts. She then headed for the living room where she could hear them laughing. She headed down the hall and was absolutely surprised to what she saw when she got there. She saw Ray and Tyson holding each other.
"Ouch, you stepped on my foot Ray"
"No, I didn't. You stepped on your own foot"
"Is this a bad time?" Sora asked with wide eyes. The two boys took on there tomato forms again and the others once again began to laugh.
"I was teaching them how to dance" Mr. Dickinson said as he too was chuckling
"Wouldn't it work better with music?" Sora asked indicating the piano
"Yeah, I'll play" Max said as he ran to the piano. He sat up straight "Are you ready?" The two tomatoes nodded.
Max started playing, and singing along "Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb. Mary had a little lamb; its fleece was white as snow. And everywhere th..." he stopped upon feeling Tyson's hand quickly collide with his head. "OUCH".
"HOW IS ANYONE SUPPOSED TO DANCE TO THAT?" Tyson asked frustrated.
"I dunno. They can skip I guess." Max said as he started laughing again.
"Does anyone really know how to play?" Ray asked slightly calmer then Tyson. No one moved so Sora headed for the piano.
"What song?" she asked sitting down in front of the piano where Max was but had now retreated back to his seat.
"You play the piano too?" Kenny asked. Sora nodded. "What can't you do?"
Sora blushed slightly, but it was very faint "Music and Beyblading is all I can do", she said. "So what song?"
"I dunno, whatever" Sora nodded and then started playing one of her favorite songs, 'My Only Love'. Everyone was amazed, because it actually sounded like music.
"Are you going to sing?" Tyson asked Sora, causing her to stop. "Max did"
"You want me too?" Sora asked. The boys nodded. "I don't know"
"Come on please" Tyson begged. "If I have to dance with Ray like an idiot. The most you can do is sing. PLEASE"
"I s'pose" Sora said unsure of wanting to sing. As much as she enjoyed singing, it was always a solo thing.
"Alright now boys. Let's try this again. " Mr. Dickinson said cheerfully. The two boys sighed getting into each other's arms again, while the others started to laugh again. "Please beginning Sora"
Sora nodded and then started to play the piece, preparing to sing the vocals.
Deep in my soul
Love so strong
It takes control
Now we both know
The secrets bared
The feelings show
Driven far apart
I'll make a wish
On a shooting star
Everyone's eyes widen. Sora had an amazing voice. Tyson and Ray had forgotten to dance, they were just standing and watching Sora skillfully played the piano while singing at the same time. Kenny had Dizzi out recording the song. Max lay back on the couch and seem like he was ready to fall asleep. Mr. Dickinson smiled while closing his eyes, being taken away by the music. Kai just stared at Sora. He's mind started to wander again. He was loosing control of his emotions; he was almost going to smile. He once again kicked himself for falling for the Siren music.
There will come a day
Somewhere far away
In your arms I'll stay
My only love
Even though you're gone
Love will still live on
The feeling is so strong
My only love
My only love
Not a word was being spoken except for Sora's singing voice. Everyone was absolutely blown away. Ray snapped out of the trance for a second and looked at the others. He particularly noticed Kai had his attention on Sora as well. It almost seem like he was going to smile, which was something that rarely happened unless someone was being embarrassed.
There will come a day
Somewhere far away
In your arms I'll stay
My only love
You've reached the deepest part
Of the secret in my heart
I've known it from the start
My only love
-Thoughts- Tyson /Wow, she's good/
Max /She's better then me/
Ray /She's amazing, and surprisingly Kai thinks so too. He doesn't usually give his approval so soon/ he said thinking back to when he first joined and Kai had said 'We can all chip in and my him a bus ticket home'
Kenny /I hope Dizzi is getting all this. I want to listen to this again later, but I don't think I should tell her that I am recording her voice/
Mr. Dickinson /Ahhh, we should have her perform more often/
Kai /Why can't I look away? Surely I don't like her this much/ he dwelled on that for a minute /NO, of course I don't, but then, why can't I look away/
There will come a day
Somewhere far away
In your arms I'll stay
My only love
You've reached the deepest part
Of the secret in my heart
I've known it from the start
My only love
My only love.
She finished playing the last few notes of the song. Then she turned around and saw all the faces. "What?" No one responded, then Mr. Dickinson started clapping the others followed, except for Kai who was having a dispute with himself.
"That was amazing my dear" Mr. Dickinson said.
"Where did you learn to play like that?" Kenny asked as he turned Dizzi off.
"Whenever my grandfather would throw some party, he'd have me play all the music." She said blushing; she didn't think it was all that good. Her grandfather was always telling her about the mistakes she made in it.
"oppps" Tyson said. Everyone looked at him questioningly. "Ray and I forgot to dance".
Mr. Dickinson laughed "Think you can give us an encore my dear?" Sora nodded and started the song all over again.
- A couple hours later -
"Hey, hey. Ray look, we can dance" Tyson said as they took one-step forward, followed by one-step back.
"Yeah, way to go guys. Your a lot better then earlier." Max encouraged. The others had given up on laughing at them since they were improving, even though they still looked very funny together.
Kenny nodded "Yeah, and you guys aren't stepping on your own feet now". Everyone had a little laugh remembering the previous events.
Ray collapsed on the chair "I'm bushed" he said. "How bout we call it a night for the dancing?" Tyson agree as he too collapsed. "Oh yeah thanks Sora. I don't think we could have done it without your music"
"No problem." She replied relaxing her tired hands. All of a sudden there was a LOUD sound.
"What was that?" everyone asked looking around.
Tyson raised his hand "Me. After all that work, I'm hungry." He then rolled over and crawled to the refrigerator. Everyone sighed as Max picked up the T.V. remote and flicked the T.V. on. Everyone laid back and relax as they watched the pictures. There was nothing interesting on, so they all decided to go to bed.
- Later that night -
Sora was shifting in her bed then her eyes widen and she sat up straight giving a little scream with hands tightly gripping the blankets. She scanned the room and realized it was just a dream. Beads of sweat were on her forehead and she was panting hard as she looked at Kai. She was glad her screamed hadn't woken him up. She quietly got out of the bed and headed for the washroom to freshen up, and get a glass of water. She then went back into the main room and sat at the table and chairs set. It was next to the window so she got to look up at the sky again. She was fighting back tears that she threatened to cry. Then there was a hand on her shoulder. Sora jumped and swung her head around. It was Kai. He sat in the opposing seat of Sora and stare at her.
"What's wrong?" he asked with concern in his eyes.
"It was just a bad dream. Sorry I woke you up. Don't worry, go back to bed", she said as she looked back out the window into moon.
"Wanna talk about it?" Kai asked surprising both of them. Sora looked at him for a minute to see if he was serious. She realized he was and sighed.
"I dreamt of something from my past. It's always the same. I am four years old and my parents had just bought me my first beyblade from a hobby shop. I was excited but when I got home, I realized that we didn't get a ripcord. My parents tell me that we'll get it tomorrow. The next day comes, and we were walking home from the hobby shop again in the night. I'm all excited and not paying attention to anything. I run ahead of my parents a bit and I am half way across the road. Then out of nowhere a car comes flying at me. My parents both run pushing me out of the way. They get hit and killed instantly. Then I wake up. The only problem is 11 years ago... I didn't wake up, and it was all my fault. If it weren't for me, they'd be alive. If I had only waited for them." Sora said as her eyes began to tear, she just wanted to break down and cry, but didn't want to in front of Kai. So she stood up and turned her back to him, not wanting to show herself being as weak as she was.
Kai wasn't sure what to do, but he knew he should do something. The look that was on Sora's face was so sad, and he had never seen her so weak and broken. Kai got up from his seat and stood behind Sora putting his hands on her arms
"It's okay to cry", he whispered.
Sora slowly turned around and looked at him in his eyes. Even more tears forming, but not one falling. Kai hesitantly started to hug her. Sora let a few tears roll down her face and onto his chest. Then she put her arms around his neck as her tears flowed freely. Kai rubbed her back to try and keep her a little calm. He could feel her legs trembling so he sat them on the bed as Sora continued to cry, and Kai still hugging her. Sora had eventually cried herself to sleep in Kai's arms. He carefully laid her down in the bed and covered her up.
/Is that what I meant by controlling my emotions? / He thought as he stared at Sora. He felt bad for her. She had actually lived his hell. Kai's parents had also died when he was young, but he never actually witnessed it, and he also lived with his grandfather, always being forced to train and do stuff. Kai slowly moved his hand along Sora's face, and she moved towards his touch. Kai smiled and got up and went to his bed.
"Sweet dreams"
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Another chapter done, yea. Awww, good ol' Kai. You comfort her okay. And I am sorry for the large spacing for the song. The site kinda did it this way, or one big sentence, so sorry
THANKS TO:
Anonymous Reivewer: Thank you SOOOO much for that info. I never knew Kai has a second attack. After I read your review I watched Beyblade carefully. Finally Kai decided to take on one of the battles at the American tournaments, and there it was, Spiral Survivor.
Raynacch SilverMoon: You think they should dance together huh? Lol, we'll see. And I am glad you like my mourning rituals with Tyson :).
Artica: I gave this a lot of thought. I could use you, your stats and your info, but I would have to put you on another team, because you have an angel bit-beast. I don't want to give a lot of stuff away, but I was planning on a team of Demons, and a team of holy stuff. Ummm, what else can I say without giving anything away? I can't, so if you agree to be on a different team in my fic, I can definitely use you and your angel bit- beast. I hope I get a response because I sent an e-mail, but it never went through.
~~~FIGHTING SPIRITS~~~
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/ Thoughts /
"Speaking"
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Last Time:
"Good mourning children" Mr. Dickinson called out from the doorway.
"Mourning" they replied.
"Why are you eating fish? What happened to all the hot dogs?" Everyone pointed at Tyson who had just grabbed another fish. Mr. Dickinson laughed.
"Anyways, well be leaving for the China Towers in a couple of hours. Make sure you have all your stuff." Everyone nodded and continued there breakfast. As soon as they were done, they tidied up the mess and gathered their stuff.
It was now noon and everyone was aboard the bus. "Okay nobody forgot anything right? Okay let's go" Mr. Dickinson said signaling the bus driver.
~Chapter 5: Dance Lessons ~
They left the cabin, and Sora thought that it might be a good idea that she'd get some sleep. She was beat from the work she and Kai did on Dranzer. She was sitting near the back. Kai was in the seat behind her and Ray was in the one in front of her. Ahead of him was Kenny, and on the opposite side of him were Tyson and Max. Tyson was still grumpy cause he lost the battle for the window seat.
Sora sighed as she heard Tyson's constant complaining as she leaned against the seat and side of the bus. She put her feet up on the seat to get comfortable, and it didn't take her long to fall asleep.
"Hey, Kai, Sora. Oppps." Ray said noticing that Sora was asleep. "Kai we wanted to know if you wanted to play cards with us?" Kai shook his head. "Alright then" he said as he headed up to where Tyson and the others were sitting.
Kai looked at Sora though the spaces between the seats and saw her sleeping peacefully. He felt a little bad now for waking her up so early, because he had new that she never got to bed til late. Then he noticed that she shivered a little and without thinking reached for a blanket in the overhead compartment. Everyone was too much into the card game to notice, except Ray. Ray smirked evilly /Looks like someone's crushing/
"Hey Ray, it's your go" Ray brought his attentions back to the card game. Kai unfolded the blanket and covered Sora up with it carefully so he wouldn't wake her. Then what he was doing slapped him in the face.
/What am I doing? That's twice I've given her a blanket. / He thought mentally kicking himself, sitting back down in his seat. /I have to control myself more. Emotions are a weakness; I must not let them get the better of me/ but then his eyes looked back towards Sora again. He quickly looked away from her and took out his Dranzer. Dranzer hadn't been in such perfect working order before this. Its attack, speed, everything was at top-notch. He even new more attacks, but he still didn't know its special power. Then Sora's story of the ultimate blade came back to mind. If he wanted a chance at getting that blade, he would have to be the best blader, and that means being better then Sora. He thought about this for a while.
Mean while the card game was almost over. They were playing Old Maid. Ray and Max were already out and it was now between Kenny and Tyson. Kenny had one card left and it was his draw. Tyson lifted his two cards.
"Come on Chief, let's see you pick the right one." Tyson said not knowing Kenny had a plan.
"Let's see. Which one is the three of clubs?" Kenny asked watching Tyson's eyes. Tyson's eyes shifted to the left so that's the card Kenny drew. "You lose, Tyson" Kenny said all happy. Tyson's mouth hung low.
"But...but ...grrr." He said getting up moving towards the back. He wasn't the type of guy who enjoyed losing. The others laughed at his reaction.
Tyson sat down in the seat opposite of Sora and noticed she was sleeping. Tyson smirked /Revenge/ was all he could think. He looked around the bus, but didn't know what to do. Ray noticed Tyson's eyes lit up and then scan for something
"What are you looking for Tyson?"
"Something to get back at Sora with" he said still scanning.
"Tyson I don't think that that's such a good idea. She's always up before you. Do you realize what she could do to you everyday after this every mourning." Kenny said stating the facts.
"Well, she shouldn't have woken me up so early"
"It was like 9am. That's about the time everyone starts their day" Max tried to reason, figuring that being on Sora's list of people to kill is a bad thing.
"SOOOOO" he said getting all worked up, but then remembered the bottle of water in his bag. He quickly ran to his bag and pulled it out. Then headed back to where Sora was.
"Tyson, I seriously don't think this is a good idea," Kenny said giving one last plea.
"Don't worry Chief," he said staring at Kenny at the front of the bus, while standing in front of Sora. "It's just a joke," he said loosing the cap. Then turned to look at Sora who had her eyes wide open and staring at him since he had screamed 'SOOOOO'.
"A joke, huh?" She said. Tyson gulped.
"Busted" Dizzi managed to get in.
"Thirsty?" he asked sheepishly, handing her the bottle of water.
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They finally pulled up to the China Towers, and Sora was wide-awake. She figured it would be safer to stay awake with Tyson around.
"Wow, COOL" Tyson screamed. Upon seeing the tower, and everyone else had to agree. It was quite a spectacular site to see. They pulled up by the other bus.
"Looks like were not the only ones here," Ray said getting off the bus followed by the others.
"Come on now children. Let's let them know were here." Mr. Dickinson said approaching a door at the base of the tower.
As soon as they entered the building, a man approached them "Ahhh, hello, and who might you be?"
"I am Stanley Dickinson and these are the Blade Breakers."
"Very nice to meet all of you. Please come with me." They followed the man into his office. They went over the rules for the tournament, and then gave then the keys to where they would be staying. They thanked the man and headed to their little home. When they got there they found a cabin. Very similar to the one they had previously been in, except this one was a little smaller.
"Oh man. Are we going to have to chop wood again?" Tyson groaned
"Don't worry my boy. This place has hydro." Mr. Dickinson laughed.
They entered the cabin and saw a fireplace, with the seats around it like the other place, but this one had a piano and television set in it. They checked around the place and met back in the living room.
"This place has lotsa food" Tyson said thrilled.
"Yeah, but there are only 4 rooms." Kenny pointed out. "There's one room that has one bed. That one's for Mr. Dickinson. The other three are for us, so that means Sora has to split with one of us"
"Whatever" She said. She knew they wouldn't try anything.
"Okay fine, but I AM NOT SHARING WITH EITHER OF THEM," Tyson screamed pointing to Kai and Sora. Everyone just stared at him. "What, I don't trust her due to some MOURNING INCIDENTS and I just don't like him" he said turning his back to them folding his arms.
"Okay then, you and I can share" Max said putting his arm around Tyson and laughing cheerfully. Ray was thinking about what happen on the bus, with Kai and the blanket.
/Time for me to play cupid/ "Well, I'll bunk with Kenny. I need to get my blade upgraded," He said trying to come up with an excuse. "So Sora, you can share a room with Kai". Neither of them responded. They didn't really care they got along fine. "I'll take that as a yes then" he said smiling.
"Well then, now that that's straighten up, let's unpack. Oh and Ray, would you please see me as soon as you done."
"Sure Mr. Dickinson" he said as he and the gang headed for the rooms.
- Half and hour later -
"Like this?" Ray asked blushing. Apparently, Mr. Dickinson took it upon himself to teach Ray how to dance. The others were watching and laughing at him. However Sora wasn't around, she had decided to take a shower.
"What's so funny Tyson? You don't know how to dance either. Maybe Mr. Dickinson can teach you too," He said smirking, while Tyson's mouth stopped and eyes widened.
"Oh yes that's right you don't know how to dance either." Mr. Dickinson said as he grabbed hold of Tyson's hand. "Come on now, you two can be partners." They two boys looked at each.
"Thanks a lot Ray. Now I have to dance with you", Tyson said embarrassedly
"Anytime" Ray replied, at least now he wouldn't be alone.
"Okay, Tyson put one hand around Ray waist and use the other to hold his hand. Ray put your spare hand on his shoulder." Mr. Dickinson instructed.
Both Tyson and Ray's eyes widen when he said this while Kenny, Max, and even Kai were red in the face from laughing. They did as they were told looking like two red tomatoes.
"Don't get any ideas", Tyson informed.
"As if"
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Sora just finished putting her hair up in a ponytail. She had put on her normal sweater and shorts. She then headed for the living room where she could hear them laughing. She headed down the hall and was absolutely surprised to what she saw when she got there. She saw Ray and Tyson holding each other.
"Ouch, you stepped on my foot Ray"
"No, I didn't. You stepped on your own foot"
"Is this a bad time?" Sora asked with wide eyes. The two boys took on there tomato forms again and the others once again began to laugh.
"I was teaching them how to dance" Mr. Dickinson said as he too was chuckling
"Wouldn't it work better with music?" Sora asked indicating the piano
"Yeah, I'll play" Max said as he ran to the piano. He sat up straight "Are you ready?" The two tomatoes nodded.
Max started playing, and singing along "Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb. Mary had a little lamb; its fleece was white as snow. And everywhere th..." he stopped upon feeling Tyson's hand quickly collide with his head. "OUCH".
"HOW IS ANYONE SUPPOSED TO DANCE TO THAT?" Tyson asked frustrated.
"I dunno. They can skip I guess." Max said as he started laughing again.
"Does anyone really know how to play?" Ray asked slightly calmer then Tyson. No one moved so Sora headed for the piano.
"What song?" she asked sitting down in front of the piano where Max was but had now retreated back to his seat.
"You play the piano too?" Kenny asked. Sora nodded. "What can't you do?"
Sora blushed slightly, but it was very faint "Music and Beyblading is all I can do", she said. "So what song?"
"I dunno, whatever" Sora nodded and then started playing one of her favorite songs, 'My Only Love'. Everyone was amazed, because it actually sounded like music.
"Are you going to sing?" Tyson asked Sora, causing her to stop. "Max did"
"You want me too?" Sora asked. The boys nodded. "I don't know"
"Come on please" Tyson begged. "If I have to dance with Ray like an idiot. The most you can do is sing. PLEASE"
"I s'pose" Sora said unsure of wanting to sing. As much as she enjoyed singing, it was always a solo thing.
"Alright now boys. Let's try this again. " Mr. Dickinson said cheerfully. The two boys sighed getting into each other's arms again, while the others started to laugh again. "Please beginning Sora"
Sora nodded and then started to play the piece, preparing to sing the vocals.
Deep in my soul
Love so strong
It takes control
Now we both know
The secrets bared
The feelings show
Driven far apart
I'll make a wish
On a shooting star
Everyone's eyes widen. Sora had an amazing voice. Tyson and Ray had forgotten to dance, they were just standing and watching Sora skillfully played the piano while singing at the same time. Kenny had Dizzi out recording the song. Max lay back on the couch and seem like he was ready to fall asleep. Mr. Dickinson smiled while closing his eyes, being taken away by the music. Kai just stared at Sora. He's mind started to wander again. He was loosing control of his emotions; he was almost going to smile. He once again kicked himself for falling for the Siren music.
There will come a day
Somewhere far away
In your arms I'll stay
My only love
Even though you're gone
Love will still live on
The feeling is so strong
My only love
My only love
Not a word was being spoken except for Sora's singing voice. Everyone was absolutely blown away. Ray snapped out of the trance for a second and looked at the others. He particularly noticed Kai had his attention on Sora as well. It almost seem like he was going to smile, which was something that rarely happened unless someone was being embarrassed.
There will come a day
Somewhere far away
In your arms I'll stay
My only love
You've reached the deepest part
Of the secret in my heart
I've known it from the start
My only love
-Thoughts- Tyson /Wow, she's good/
Max /She's better then me/
Ray /She's amazing, and surprisingly Kai thinks so too. He doesn't usually give his approval so soon/ he said thinking back to when he first joined and Kai had said 'We can all chip in and my him a bus ticket home'
Kenny /I hope Dizzi is getting all this. I want to listen to this again later, but I don't think I should tell her that I am recording her voice/
Mr. Dickinson /Ahhh, we should have her perform more often/
Kai /Why can't I look away? Surely I don't like her this much/ he dwelled on that for a minute /NO, of course I don't, but then, why can't I look away/
There will come a day
Somewhere far away
In your arms I'll stay
My only love
You've reached the deepest part
Of the secret in my heart
I've known it from the start
My only love
My only love.
She finished playing the last few notes of the song. Then she turned around and saw all the faces. "What?" No one responded, then Mr. Dickinson started clapping the others followed, except for Kai who was having a dispute with himself.
"That was amazing my dear" Mr. Dickinson said.
"Where did you learn to play like that?" Kenny asked as he turned Dizzi off.
"Whenever my grandfather would throw some party, he'd have me play all the music." She said blushing; she didn't think it was all that good. Her grandfather was always telling her about the mistakes she made in it.
"oppps" Tyson said. Everyone looked at him questioningly. "Ray and I forgot to dance".
Mr. Dickinson laughed "Think you can give us an encore my dear?" Sora nodded and started the song all over again.
- A couple hours later -
"Hey, hey. Ray look, we can dance" Tyson said as they took one-step forward, followed by one-step back.
"Yeah, way to go guys. Your a lot better then earlier." Max encouraged. The others had given up on laughing at them since they were improving, even though they still looked very funny together.
Kenny nodded "Yeah, and you guys aren't stepping on your own feet now". Everyone had a little laugh remembering the previous events.
Ray collapsed on the chair "I'm bushed" he said. "How bout we call it a night for the dancing?" Tyson agree as he too collapsed. "Oh yeah thanks Sora. I don't think we could have done it without your music"
"No problem." She replied relaxing her tired hands. All of a sudden there was a LOUD sound.
"What was that?" everyone asked looking around.
Tyson raised his hand "Me. After all that work, I'm hungry." He then rolled over and crawled to the refrigerator. Everyone sighed as Max picked up the T.V. remote and flicked the T.V. on. Everyone laid back and relax as they watched the pictures. There was nothing interesting on, so they all decided to go to bed.
- Later that night -
Sora was shifting in her bed then her eyes widen and she sat up straight giving a little scream with hands tightly gripping the blankets. She scanned the room and realized it was just a dream. Beads of sweat were on her forehead and she was panting hard as she looked at Kai. She was glad her screamed hadn't woken him up. She quietly got out of the bed and headed for the washroom to freshen up, and get a glass of water. She then went back into the main room and sat at the table and chairs set. It was next to the window so she got to look up at the sky again. She was fighting back tears that she threatened to cry. Then there was a hand on her shoulder. Sora jumped and swung her head around. It was Kai. He sat in the opposing seat of Sora and stare at her.
"What's wrong?" he asked with concern in his eyes.
"It was just a bad dream. Sorry I woke you up. Don't worry, go back to bed", she said as she looked back out the window into moon.
"Wanna talk about it?" Kai asked surprising both of them. Sora looked at him for a minute to see if he was serious. She realized he was and sighed.
"I dreamt of something from my past. It's always the same. I am four years old and my parents had just bought me my first beyblade from a hobby shop. I was excited but when I got home, I realized that we didn't get a ripcord. My parents tell me that we'll get it tomorrow. The next day comes, and we were walking home from the hobby shop again in the night. I'm all excited and not paying attention to anything. I run ahead of my parents a bit and I am half way across the road. Then out of nowhere a car comes flying at me. My parents both run pushing me out of the way. They get hit and killed instantly. Then I wake up. The only problem is 11 years ago... I didn't wake up, and it was all my fault. If it weren't for me, they'd be alive. If I had only waited for them." Sora said as her eyes began to tear, she just wanted to break down and cry, but didn't want to in front of Kai. So she stood up and turned her back to him, not wanting to show herself being as weak as she was.
Kai wasn't sure what to do, but he knew he should do something. The look that was on Sora's face was so sad, and he had never seen her so weak and broken. Kai got up from his seat and stood behind Sora putting his hands on her arms
"It's okay to cry", he whispered.
Sora slowly turned around and looked at him in his eyes. Even more tears forming, but not one falling. Kai hesitantly started to hug her. Sora let a few tears roll down her face and onto his chest. Then she put her arms around his neck as her tears flowed freely. Kai rubbed her back to try and keep her a little calm. He could feel her legs trembling so he sat them on the bed as Sora continued to cry, and Kai still hugging her. Sora had eventually cried herself to sleep in Kai's arms. He carefully laid her down in the bed and covered her up.
/Is that what I meant by controlling my emotions? / He thought as he stared at Sora. He felt bad for her. She had actually lived his hell. Kai's parents had also died when he was young, but he never actually witnessed it, and he also lived with his grandfather, always being forced to train and do stuff. Kai slowly moved his hand along Sora's face, and she moved towards his touch. Kai smiled and got up and went to his bed.
"Sweet dreams"
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Another chapter done, yea. Awww, good ol' Kai. You comfort her okay. And I am sorry for the large spacing for the song. The site kinda did it this way, or one big sentence, so sorry
THANKS TO:
Anonymous Reivewer: Thank you SOOOO much for that info. I never knew Kai has a second attack. After I read your review I watched Beyblade carefully. Finally Kai decided to take on one of the battles at the American tournaments, and there it was, Spiral Survivor.
Raynacch SilverMoon: You think they should dance together huh? Lol, we'll see. And I am glad you like my mourning rituals with Tyson :).
Artica: I gave this a lot of thought. I could use you, your stats and your info, but I would have to put you on another team, because you have an angel bit-beast. I don't want to give a lot of stuff away, but I was planning on a team of Demons, and a team of holy stuff. Ummm, what else can I say without giving anything away? I can't, so if you agree to be on a different team in my fic, I can definitely use you and your angel bit- beast. I hope I get a response because I sent an e-mail, but it never went through.