Chapter 8: Mail A La Black
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Kenny, meanwhile, had retreated back to their shared hotel room, and was burying himself in data, as usual, to try to forget the anger and jealousy he harboured towards Max. "What does Tyson see in him anyways, Dizzi?" he muttered bitterly. "If you ask me, Max is way too immature to be involved in any kind of relationship. I'm still surprised Mr. Dickenson let him join our team. After all, I spend most of my time trying to improve -his- beyblade...if it wasn't for me, those guys would NEVER win a match!"
"Oh? Wouldn't we?"
Kenny looked up with a gasp to see Kai leaning in the doorway, giving him a decidedly dangerous glare. "Err...what I meant was...."
"Oh, I think I know exactly what you meant. The thing that bothers me is, I don't see you doing much better then Max. You don't even -have- a beyblade, so if I were you," Kai said quietly, stepping into the room to lean over the small redhead intimidatingly, "I'd stick to what you know, and leave the blading to the rest of us."
"That's not very nice"
Both Kai and Kenny spun around to look at the speaker. "What the..?" Kai said, eyes wide in disbelief.
"Max?" Kenny asked in surprise. "What are you wearing?"
Kai snorted. "You look like you got mugged and dressed by a blind man"
Max laughed. "C'mon guys, quit teasing! These are our new team uniforms! Me and Tyson picked them out! Don't we look great?! And we got some for all of you! So the BladeBreakers look like a -real- team! It wasn't even that expensive! Great, huh?" Max chirped as he looked around the room with bright, eager eyes, waiting for the compliments to pour in.
"Aren't they the greatest things that you've ever seen?" Tyson asked as he pushed past Max and went over to Kenny and Kai, putting a hat on both of their heads. "We'll show everyone that we have the most team spirit and that we are totally unbeatable! Just look at us! We -look- like a winning team!" he said before noticing Rei and going over to put a hat on his head too.
Rei wasn't sure what to say as he looked at Max and Tyson's new outfits. They were horrid! But he didn't want to hurt their feelings since they seemed to really like them, a little too much if you asked him. "They're definately something else..."
Kai glared daggers at the two boys as he ripped the hat off his head. "There is NO WAY I am wearing this!" he bellowed angrily, as he threw the hat back at Tyson. "Are you both colour blind?! These outfits are hideous! What the hell were you thinking?!"
"We thought they would help us work as a team..."
Kai fought hard to resist, but couldn't help but look over at Max as he spoke, and as soon as he saw those huge, watery eyes, he knew he was screwed. "Damn," he cursed under his breath as he bent over to retrieve his hat and put it back on his head with an attempt at a smile. "Well, at least you had a good idea. They're not.....that bad I guess....what else is there?" He looked over the two boys, then blanched. "Overalls?!?!"
Kenny sweatdropped. "You're right Kai...I'm not a real blader, so technically, I'm not really a BladeBreaker, so technically, I don't have to wear one of those!" he said quickly, as he removed the hat and tried to pass it back to Tyson.
Kai grabbed it away and pushed it back down onto his puffy hair. "Oh no. If Rei and I have to wear these..-things-, you do too!" His voice left no room for negotiation, and with a pout Kenny consented and began reaching for the shirt Max was offering him. "I KNEW you guys would come around!" the blonde exclaimed as he began handing out socks and boxers. "This will be so great!"
Kenny noticed the price tag on the underwear and blinked up at Tyson and Max. "You spent $15 on boxers? Where did you get $15?" Glancing around at the bags full of clothing, he grew even more confused. "How did you afford any of this?"
"It was all thanks to a very generous donation from everyone's favourite team captain," Tyson said as he grinned over at Kai.
Rei's eyes widened. They had used Kai's money to buy -all- of this stuff?!? This wasn't going to be pretty at all. He slowly edged closer to the bluenette, getting ready to hold him back if he felt the need to attack.
Dizzi also sensed a coming danger, and hissed at Kenny insistently, "Get out of the way. I think he's gonna BLOW!"
"WHAT?!?!?!!"
The window panes shook with Kai's bellow, and Max ducked and covered his head instinctively. "It wasn't -that- much! And, it was for the team. I'm sure Mr Dickenson will reimburse you..." His voice trailed off as he saw the look on Kai's face, and he slowly began to back away. "Uhh....."
"You spent MY money on this CRAP?! What the hell were you thinking?!?!? I'll kill you!" The dark boy went to grab Max by the throat but the smaller boy dodged with a squawk, and ran to hide behind Tyson. "Calm down," he pleaded. "It wasn't that much! Only uhh....oh." His face grew pale as he recalled how much they really had spent on their little shopping spree. "I think we should run for it," he whispered insistently to Tyson, and he hooked an arm around the other boy's waist and began to drag him towards the door behind them.
Kai saw what Max was doing, and darted forward to grab them both by their collars. "You aren't going ANYWHERE! Not until I beat the crap out of both of you!"
Tyson didn't seem the least bit threatened as he continued grinning at Kai, even after his collar was grabbed. "I don't think you'll be kicking the crap out of us today, Kai," he said. "Ya know, there were some really interesting photos in your wallet, one in peticular of... umm," he paused and pretended to think. "Who was it? I know they were in their -underwear- and sleeping but... who was it again...?"
Max perked up. "Huh? OH!! You mean the one of Rummpphh!!" Kai hastily released them both and covered the boy's mouth, cutting off his words as he shot an angry, but defeated, glare at Tyson. "You'll pay for that," he hissed, as he slowly uncovered Max's mouth. His hand had left red finger shaped bruises on the pale skin, and Kai allowed himself a small smile. Max probably wouldn't even notice, but at least Tyson would take note of how easy it was for him to hurt the perky blonde if motivated, and forget ever trying to blackmail him with that damned photo again. "Give me back my wallet," he demanded, crossing his arms.
Max dug through his pockets before holding it out. "Here you go..I'm really sorry Kai. I just thought you'd be happy."
"Let's just forget about it. You probably didn't even keep the receipt," he said, and noted Max's meek nod, "so we're stuck with them now anyways. Might as well get some use out of them, since I had to buy them all." He quickly checked his wallet to make sure the photos had been returned, when he noticed the flyer Max had hastily shoved into his wallet so it wouldn't be misplaced. "What is this?" he asked, reading carefully. "Why would I be interested in a dance?"
Tyson did notice the small bruises but he knew that Kai would have no reason to do that again as long as they didn't give him one. He looked up when Kai asked about the dance and grinned as he pointed to the part about the cash prize. "Max and I are entering as a couple... he's agreed to dress up as a girl and we thought you might like to come along if we can convince Rei to do the same thing as Max... wouldn't that be nice? I bet Rei would make a great girl. He's already got the eyes, hair and hips for it."
Kai blinked, then snorted. "You're going to dress up as girl?" he asked incredulously, as he eyed Max. As he thought about it though, he could see Max looking very cute in a little blue dress, or maybe green. He did have a very slim body, and big eyes. Turning his gaze to Rei, he smiled as he looked him over closely as well. Tyson was right; Rei -did- have the perfect eyes, hair, and hips to pull it off. And he'd probably look damned good doing it too.
"He'd look good in red," he said without thinking, then blushed when he realized everyone had heard. "I mean, ...uhh.......damn!"
"We'll take that as a yes!" Tyson said, his grin growing even larger. "This is great! We're all going to have so much fun and I already got all the stuff we need to pull it off. I ran into someone we knew in the hallway and she leant us a whole ton of stuff," he said as he pointed to an overfilled bag. "So go get Rei and get prettied up, Max."
Kenny blushed. "Count me out! You're all crazy," he said, as he retreated into the living room with Dizzi. Kai snorted, and looked at Tyson. "I don't want to know where you got that stuff. I just hope you don't expect -me- to wear anything crazy!"
"You have to dress nice!" Max exclaimed. "Or else you and Rei won't win!" The blonde threw a glare at Kai before grabbing the bags, and Rei's arm and dragging him towards the bathroom. "C'mon, Rei! Tyson will take care of Kai! We just need to concentrate on looking totally cool!!"
Rei hadn't been listening to a word of the conversation so he was surprised when Max suddenly grabbed him and started dragging him to the bathroom. "What? What's going on?" he asked as he was pulled into the bathroom. He eyed the bags, eyes going wide when he saw what looked like a bra hanging out of one of them. "What's going on?"
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Kenny, meanwhile, had retreated back to their shared hotel room, and was burying himself in data, as usual, to try to forget the anger and jealousy he harboured towards Max. "What does Tyson see in him anyways, Dizzi?" he muttered bitterly. "If you ask me, Max is way too immature to be involved in any kind of relationship. I'm still surprised Mr. Dickenson let him join our team. After all, I spend most of my time trying to improve -his- beyblade...if it wasn't for me, those guys would NEVER win a match!"
"Oh? Wouldn't we?"
Kenny looked up with a gasp to see Kai leaning in the doorway, giving him a decidedly dangerous glare. "Err...what I meant was...."
"Oh, I think I know exactly what you meant. The thing that bothers me is, I don't see you doing much better then Max. You don't even -have- a beyblade, so if I were you," Kai said quietly, stepping into the room to lean over the small redhead intimidatingly, "I'd stick to what you know, and leave the blading to the rest of us."
"That's not very nice"
Both Kai and Kenny spun around to look at the speaker. "What the..?" Kai said, eyes wide in disbelief.
"Max?" Kenny asked in surprise. "What are you wearing?"
Kai snorted. "You look like you got mugged and dressed by a blind man"
Max laughed. "C'mon guys, quit teasing! These are our new team uniforms! Me and Tyson picked them out! Don't we look great?! And we got some for all of you! So the BladeBreakers look like a -real- team! It wasn't even that expensive! Great, huh?" Max chirped as he looked around the room with bright, eager eyes, waiting for the compliments to pour in.
"Aren't they the greatest things that you've ever seen?" Tyson asked as he pushed past Max and went over to Kenny and Kai, putting a hat on both of their heads. "We'll show everyone that we have the most team spirit and that we are totally unbeatable! Just look at us! We -look- like a winning team!" he said before noticing Rei and going over to put a hat on his head too.
Rei wasn't sure what to say as he looked at Max and Tyson's new outfits. They were horrid! But he didn't want to hurt their feelings since they seemed to really like them, a little too much if you asked him. "They're definately something else..."
Kai glared daggers at the two boys as he ripped the hat off his head. "There is NO WAY I am wearing this!" he bellowed angrily, as he threw the hat back at Tyson. "Are you both colour blind?! These outfits are hideous! What the hell were you thinking?!"
"We thought they would help us work as a team..."
Kai fought hard to resist, but couldn't help but look over at Max as he spoke, and as soon as he saw those huge, watery eyes, he knew he was screwed. "Damn," he cursed under his breath as he bent over to retrieve his hat and put it back on his head with an attempt at a smile. "Well, at least you had a good idea. They're not.....that bad I guess....what else is there?" He looked over the two boys, then blanched. "Overalls?!?!"
Kenny sweatdropped. "You're right Kai...I'm not a real blader, so technically, I'm not really a BladeBreaker, so technically, I don't have to wear one of those!" he said quickly, as he removed the hat and tried to pass it back to Tyson.
Kai grabbed it away and pushed it back down onto his puffy hair. "Oh no. If Rei and I have to wear these..-things-, you do too!" His voice left no room for negotiation, and with a pout Kenny consented and began reaching for the shirt Max was offering him. "I KNEW you guys would come around!" the blonde exclaimed as he began handing out socks and boxers. "This will be so great!"
Kenny noticed the price tag on the underwear and blinked up at Tyson and Max. "You spent $15 on boxers? Where did you get $15?" Glancing around at the bags full of clothing, he grew even more confused. "How did you afford any of this?"
"It was all thanks to a very generous donation from everyone's favourite team captain," Tyson said as he grinned over at Kai.
Rei's eyes widened. They had used Kai's money to buy -all- of this stuff?!? This wasn't going to be pretty at all. He slowly edged closer to the bluenette, getting ready to hold him back if he felt the need to attack.
Dizzi also sensed a coming danger, and hissed at Kenny insistently, "Get out of the way. I think he's gonna BLOW!"
"WHAT?!?!?!!"
The window panes shook with Kai's bellow, and Max ducked and covered his head instinctively. "It wasn't -that- much! And, it was for the team. I'm sure Mr Dickenson will reimburse you..." His voice trailed off as he saw the look on Kai's face, and he slowly began to back away. "Uhh....."
"You spent MY money on this CRAP?! What the hell were you thinking?!?!? I'll kill you!" The dark boy went to grab Max by the throat but the smaller boy dodged with a squawk, and ran to hide behind Tyson. "Calm down," he pleaded. "It wasn't that much! Only uhh....oh." His face grew pale as he recalled how much they really had spent on their little shopping spree. "I think we should run for it," he whispered insistently to Tyson, and he hooked an arm around the other boy's waist and began to drag him towards the door behind them.
Kai saw what Max was doing, and darted forward to grab them both by their collars. "You aren't going ANYWHERE! Not until I beat the crap out of both of you!"
Tyson didn't seem the least bit threatened as he continued grinning at Kai, even after his collar was grabbed. "I don't think you'll be kicking the crap out of us today, Kai," he said. "Ya know, there were some really interesting photos in your wallet, one in peticular of... umm," he paused and pretended to think. "Who was it? I know they were in their -underwear- and sleeping but... who was it again...?"
Max perked up. "Huh? OH!! You mean the one of Rummpphh!!" Kai hastily released them both and covered the boy's mouth, cutting off his words as he shot an angry, but defeated, glare at Tyson. "You'll pay for that," he hissed, as he slowly uncovered Max's mouth. His hand had left red finger shaped bruises on the pale skin, and Kai allowed himself a small smile. Max probably wouldn't even notice, but at least Tyson would take note of how easy it was for him to hurt the perky blonde if motivated, and forget ever trying to blackmail him with that damned photo again. "Give me back my wallet," he demanded, crossing his arms.
Max dug through his pockets before holding it out. "Here you go..I'm really sorry Kai. I just thought you'd be happy."
"Let's just forget about it. You probably didn't even keep the receipt," he said, and noted Max's meek nod, "so we're stuck with them now anyways. Might as well get some use out of them, since I had to buy them all." He quickly checked his wallet to make sure the photos had been returned, when he noticed the flyer Max had hastily shoved into his wallet so it wouldn't be misplaced. "What is this?" he asked, reading carefully. "Why would I be interested in a dance?"
Tyson did notice the small bruises but he knew that Kai would have no reason to do that again as long as they didn't give him one. He looked up when Kai asked about the dance and grinned as he pointed to the part about the cash prize. "Max and I are entering as a couple... he's agreed to dress up as a girl and we thought you might like to come along if we can convince Rei to do the same thing as Max... wouldn't that be nice? I bet Rei would make a great girl. He's already got the eyes, hair and hips for it."
Kai blinked, then snorted. "You're going to dress up as girl?" he asked incredulously, as he eyed Max. As he thought about it though, he could see Max looking very cute in a little blue dress, or maybe green. He did have a very slim body, and big eyes. Turning his gaze to Rei, he smiled as he looked him over closely as well. Tyson was right; Rei -did- have the perfect eyes, hair, and hips to pull it off. And he'd probably look damned good doing it too.
"He'd look good in red," he said without thinking, then blushed when he realized everyone had heard. "I mean, ...uhh.......damn!"
"We'll take that as a yes!" Tyson said, his grin growing even larger. "This is great! We're all going to have so much fun and I already got all the stuff we need to pull it off. I ran into someone we knew in the hallway and she leant us a whole ton of stuff," he said as he pointed to an overfilled bag. "So go get Rei and get prettied up, Max."
Kenny blushed. "Count me out! You're all crazy," he said, as he retreated into the living room with Dizzi. Kai snorted, and looked at Tyson. "I don't want to know where you got that stuff. I just hope you don't expect -me- to wear anything crazy!"
"You have to dress nice!" Max exclaimed. "Or else you and Rei won't win!" The blonde threw a glare at Kai before grabbing the bags, and Rei's arm and dragging him towards the bathroom. "C'mon, Rei! Tyson will take care of Kai! We just need to concentrate on looking totally cool!!"
Rei hadn't been listening to a word of the conversation so he was surprised when Max suddenly grabbed him and started dragging him to the bathroom. "What? What's going on?" he asked as he was pulled into the bathroom. He eyed the bags, eyes going wide when he saw what looked like a bra hanging out of one of them. "What's going on?"
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Remember to review or you'll never know the humour that comes with cross-dressing and Tyson's fight to brush his hair! *teasing*