Wingzero: This week had been hectic, but now I am finally able to write the
next chapter!
Yugi: You're updating Meeting My Yami?
Wingzero: Ehehehe. No.
Malik: Then what?
Wingzero: Tyson's Hidden Past. ^-^
Tyson: *finally out of the bathroom* Are my parents going to get me?
Wingzero: I dunno.
Ray: They can't have him!
Max: Yeah!
Wingzero: You'll have to wait and see. Btw, thanks to all the reviewers who suggested names.
Death Scythe: *comes out of the millennium necklace yawning*
Wingzero: Still working on that book?
Death Scythe: Yeah.
Yugi: What is she writing?
Wingzero: She's writing a torture book.
Death Scythe: I have the first chapter finished.
Bladebreakers: ???????
Death Scythe: This book will tell you how to torture annoying dancers, arrogant billionaires, irritating funny bunny fanatics, dinosaur geeks, bug boys, stalking pacificists, and I'm still adding to the list.
Seto: Something tells me I should be running for my life, right about now.
Wingzero: I'm thinking on the same lines here.
Tyson's Dad: Ikari (Wingzero: I would like to thank Shinzui for suggesting these names.)
Tyson's Mom: Kirai
Exodia: *holds up a sign reading "Wingzero does not own Beyblade or Yu-Gi- Oh"*
Then it happened. My parents had decided to make an appearance. They had such great timing. NOT!!
"Tyson, you're coming with us."
My heart raced as my two parents stepped into view. I wish I could crawl into a hole right now, but that was not an option. The others stood there glaring at my parents. Before I knew it, they moved in between me and my parents.
"He's not coming with you," Kai said coldly. I don't think he has ever used that tone with us or even his opponents before.
"Oh really," Kirai spat at our team leader.
"Yeah," Ray backed up Kai.
"Just who are you to say we can't spend time with our son?" Ikari growled at the owner of Dranzer. He stood there with his arms folded, waiting impatiently for an answer.
"I'm the team captain," Kai shot back.
"Big deal," Ikari waved it off. "So you're a team captain, what does that have to do with our son?"
"It has everything to do with Tyson," Ray returned. He had his hand on his beyblade and launches as did the others.
"What are you saying, kid?" She emphasized the word 'kid.'
"He's a part of our team," Max explained. "Or don't you get cable in prison!" He emphasized the word 'prison.'
"We don't watch tv," Ikari said with anger in his eyes.
"Then you wouldn't know Tyson is part of a world champion beyblade team," Kenny spoke up.
"Beyblading?" Ikari said with confusion. "I never knew he picked up that."
"Of course you wouldn't," Ray growled at my parents. He took a step in their direction. "You never tried to keep in contact with him."
"Why should we?" Kirai questioned.
"He's been trying to keep your family together," Ray answered. If looks could kill, my parents would be six feet under by the looks my team mates were giving them.
"Big deal," Ikari said nonchalantly.
"Guys, shouldn't we be heading towards our table?" I squeaked as I glanced from side to side. I hoped we can make a break for it, before this escalated into something worse.
"You're not going with them," Ikari stated firmly. He planted his foot firmly on the ground.
"I'd like to see you try," Kai scoffed at them.
"I'm with you one hundred percent," Ray backed up his team mate.
"Me, three," Max said, readying his beyblade.
"Unless you want to see three angry bit beasts coming at you, I suggest you leave," Kenny warned my parents.
"Bit beast shmit beast," Kirai taunted. "Those puny things don't stand a chance against me and my husband."
"Dranzer is more powerful than you estimated," Kai snarled at them.
"You don't stand a chance against Driger," Ray said in support of his bit beast.
"Draciel doesn't back down from a fight, no matter what," Max argued against them.
"Those three sound lame," Ikari spat. He tried to move closer, but my team mates had other things on their minds. They readied their launches and were about to launch them when we heard a familiar voice.
"Make that four!"
"Lee, is that you?" Ray asked in complete shock.
"Yes, it is." The leader of the White Tigers stepped out of the shadows and into the light. "You have me to deal with and my bit beast, Galeon."
"Big deal," Ikari said. "It's just one more pest to get rid of."
"Never underestimate my bit beast," Lee snarled at my parents.
Boy, are we ever causing a scene. My parents fought against my team mates and Lee. When he appeared, I was in complete shock. I thought he was in China with the rest of the White Tigers. What was he doing here? Not that I don't mind being in his company. Once he had resolved the conflict between him and Ray, we seemed to be getting along fine.
My parents lunged forwards trying to grab me. BIG MISTAKE!! My team mates launched their beyblades, which were now heading towards my parents. Lee also did the same thing. He had his beyblade ready when he entered the fray.
"Black lightning attack!" he commanded his bit beast when it was in range of my parents and far away from the spectators.
My parents startled to see the lion bit beast coming from behind them, jumped sideways to avoid the attack. Kirai landed on her rear end while Ikari wobbled a bit before balancing himself. They both had murderous looks on their faces. Just when they thought it was over, Dranzer moved in for the attack.
"Look out!" Ikari called out to his wife, who managed to move backwards as the flames headed towards her last position.
Suddenly, Driger was on top of them. It launched a vicious assault against my parents. However, they manage to dodge most of them. I guess spending all that time in prison caused them to toughen up. Oh boy, now I have another reason not to go with them. They'll punch harder than before. I shuddered at the thought.
Draciel stood in front of me. Max's bit beast was heavy on defense so it stayed in front of me. I was glad, because even though I wanted to bring out my bit beast, I just couldn't. Something was holding me back, but I don't know what. Was it fear? Or do I still love them?
For every step forward, my parents had to retreat. The three bit beast attacked as a team. Instead of a combined assault, one attacked while the other two waited. If my parents somehow dodged the attack, a second one will take the first ones place.
"What did I tell you?" Kenny said typing on his laptop. Dizzi had chosen to take a nap. Out of all the times, she just had to choose now.
"We'll be back!" Ikari snarled at my team mates and Lee before stalking off. My mom followed a step behind him.
The bit beasts had gone back to their respective masters as the crowd gossiped. They were probably wondering why Kai, Ray, and Lee had ordered their bit beasts to attack my parents. I could hear them saying things like 'prison' and the other comments my parents made.
"Let's grab a table," Kai said as he stalked off in a random direction. I shrugged and chased after our team captain as he headed for a table.
When we had reached one, all of us quickly took a seat, each of us in our own thoughts. How did my parents find me here? Why do they want me when they didn't before? What did I do to deserve this?
"What's up?" Grandpa greeted us. He had broken my train of thoughts as he bumped into me.
"Nothing much," I sighed. He must have not seen the big fight scene just awhile ago. Where did they go?
Mr. Dickenson strolled up to us. He frowned when he saw the looks on their faces. "What happened?" He was full of concern.
When no one answered him, my grandpa and he began to worry something was wrong. "That don't look like nothing." My grandpa said, pointing to each of my team mate's face.
"They're just in deep thought," I said quickly, hoping it would cover up my mistake.
Mr. Dickenson stretched out his arm to the nearest player which happened to be Ray. He shook him gently, only receive no response again. This time he shook the Chinese beyblader harder, jarring Ray from his thoughts.
"Wha?"
"You were spacing out," Grandpa said.
"Sorry," Ray apologized. "I was just thinking about today." Pretty soon, the others came back to reality. They too apologized.
"Lee, what are you doing here?" Mr. Dickenson asked the White Tiger.
"I came here, because Ray called," Lee explained.
"Huh?" all of us responded except for Ray.
"Before you get the wrong impression," Lee started off. "Ray called me asking for my advice. I figured it out on my own. That's when I decided to take the next flight here. I have told my team mates that I was going to pay Ray a short visit."
"You didn't tell any of them, did you?" Ray asked nervously.
"Not a single one," Lee assured Ray.
"What are you two talking about?" I question the White Tiger and the former one.
"After I had seen your scars, I called Lee for advice," Ray revealed to us. "He guessed it was you. I'm sorry if it offends you."
"None taken," I said. If I were in his position, I would have done the same thing. Why did I forgive him? I would have held a grudge against him if he told someone else. Well, he did it before I knew he knew. So it doesn't count against him. As a matter of fact, why am I cutting him slack?
Mr. Dickenson had an appearance of confusion as he tried to put the pieces together. "What are you boys talking about?"
"It's a long story," Kai spoke up.
"Involving his parents," Max added. He stared at the table.
"And tonight," Kenny sighed. He still had his laptop out.
"What do you mean tonight?" Grandpa asked.
"They were after Tyson, again," Kai answered. His facial expression grew colder.
"Ikari and Kirai were here?" Grandpa gasped in utter horror.
"Don't worry," Lee assured him. "They didn't stand a chance against the power of our combined bit beasts."
"They ran out of here with their tails between their legs," Max smiled.
"Why wouldn't Tyson want to see his parents?" Mr. Dickenson asked still completely clueless.
"Child abuse," Ray answered. He glared at no one in particular as he said those two words.
"Oh my!" It was now Mr. Dickenson's turn to gasp.
I fidgeted in my seat as the others talked about my past history and present predicament. They wouldn't allow my parents to take me without a fight. Tonight, they proved it, by calling upon their bit beasts when I couldn't call on mine.
"What can we do against his parents?" Max asked the group.
"I'll have to get a restraining order against them," Grandpa groaned. "All that paper work, not to mention hiring a lawyer." He brightened up. "At least, they won't be able to around Tyson legally."
"I thought you had custody over me," I recalled the time in the hospital.
"Yes, I do," Grandpa said.
"Let's just try to enjoy the evening," I suggested. After all the excitement both from winning the world championship and the arrival of my parents, I could use some relaxation.
"Whatever you say," Ray said as we picked up our menus.
As much as we tried to have fun, the thought of my parents came back to us. We experimented with the different fishes and other sea food. Kai didn't mind raw fish, once he ACTUALLY tasted it. We joked around about the tournament, like the time I overstuffed myself and had to be sidelined due to a stomach ache.
Once we had finished our dinner, Kai, Max, and Kenny went back to one of the beyblade stadiums. Grandpa and Mr. Dickenson challenged each other to an online game. Lee and Ray had gone off somewhere. I don't know. As I sat by myself at our table, I pondered the events within the last day.
"A penny for your thoughts," Ray said as he took a seat next to me.
"I wish," I muttered. Really, if I had one for every time, I will be a millionaire by now.
"Where's Lee?" I asked him, scanning for his former team mate.
"He's gone to make a phone call," Ray answered. "You can come to me if you need someone to talk to. I'm a pretty good listener." He placed his hand on my shoulder.
"Thanks," I responded. What the heck?!?! Why are my hormones going crazy when he touched me? Okay, Tyson calm down. He's just your team mate, nothing to get nervous about.
"Tyson, are you okay?" Ray asked as he noticed me growing tense.
"You worry too much, you know that," I teased him. After tonight, I understood why. My parents had came back to forcefully take me away. He and the others stopped my parents before they could do anything drastic to me.
"Is that so?"
I nodded my head to answer yes. "You need to lighten up." I know I shouldn't be teasing him, but he was just so fun to tease. As a matter of fact, why am I nervous around him?
He raised his brow. "Oh really?"
"Yes, really," I smiled as he shook his head.
His eyes flashed as a thought passed through his mind. What was he thinking? "Ray, you're starting to scare me."
"I'm lightening up," he said smoothly. I had this feeling I should be running for my life, not that he would do anything to harm me.
"Sure you are," I teased him as I scooted in the opposite direction.
"Yup," Ray answered, closing the distance between us.
I tried moving myself as far as possible from this insane Chinese beyblader as possible. I stopped only when I had reached the end of the seat. "What are you doing?"
Blinking my eyes, I found myself being pinned down by his weight. "Gotcha," Ray smiled.
"Very funny," I retorted. This was the second time he has pinned me today. I guessed it was payback for the time Max and I teamed up against him.
Bending down, Ray whispered in my ear, "Now who should lighten up?"
WHAT!!! His face was close to mine. I hope he doesn't notice my shallow breathing. Why does he do this to me? As a matter of fact, why am I starting to feel this way whenever HE'S around? I noticed Ray straddling my hips. Fighting a blush coming, I glared at him.
Ray smirked when he saw my reaction. "You didn't think I was going to let that incident go, did you?" Gee, I hoped he would.
A cough sounded close to us. We both turned our heads to discover Lee squatting next to us, with a wide grin. "Are you going to kiss him?"
Ray quickly backed off of me as we both blushed. "Shut up, Lee!" We both yelled at him simultaneously.
"Oh really?" Lee smirked as we attempted to regain our composure. "Then why are you both blushing?"
We glared at him. In response, he laughed at us. "It looks like Mariah has competition." Ray blushed even harder.
Minutes later, the rest of our team mates arrived. No one wanted to face off against them, when they had learned who Kai and Max were. Max informed us of the entire situation. They had ended their match against each other. Kai challenged the winner of another match. The winner almost accepted except someone blurted out who he was. He immediately backed down from the challenge. Everyone else followed suite. Pretty soon, no one wanted to go up against them. Max tried to persuade some of them to go one round. They immediately began stuttering excuses why they couldn't battle him.
"What have you three been up to?" Kenny asked us.
"They were just about to mfth," Lee said before Ray and I promptly covered his mouth with our hands. I wore a cheesy grin.
"What was that?" Kai asked. He usually didn't get involved, but this time was different.
"To what?" Max persisted.
"Don't mind him," I said nervously with my hand over his mouth. "He doesn't know what he's talking about."
"I second that," Ray agreed with me.
"Sure," Kenny said. We both had removed our hands from Lee's mouth.
Back at the ranch. Okay, back at my place, we plopped down on the sofas and other chairs. Originally, we were going to have a team celebration, but since Lee was here, we asked him to join us. Before coming back home, we stopped off at a local Blockbuster store. Each us picked out a movie we wanted to watch. Since it was going to be an all night movie marathon, we were going to watch more than one movie.
Ray had chosen Lord of the Rings: the fellowship of the ring. Kenny picked The Matrix. Figures. Kai chose The Fast and the Furious. Max decided on Men in Black. I picked Rush Hour 2. Lee selected Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger. We were going to have an action packed evening of movies. First, we had to see which movie we watched.
Kenny suggested we put the titles on pieces of paper and draw one from a bag or something. We unanimously agreed, except who would draw the first one. Dizzi actually made a good suggestion. She said we should start alphabetically. So Kai was the first one to pick out a piece of paper.
Tyson: Yay! My parents didn't take me! *dances for joy*
Wingzero: I wouldn't get too comfortable.
Tyson: Eep!
Ray: You're not seriously going to have him killed?
Wingzero: Not saying.
Tyson: O.O WHAT!!!!
Wingzero: Just kidding. I won't kill our poor widdle Tyson. Maybe a beating or two.
Tyson: .
Yugi: You're updating Meeting My Yami?
Wingzero: Ehehehe. No.
Malik: Then what?
Wingzero: Tyson's Hidden Past. ^-^
Tyson: *finally out of the bathroom* Are my parents going to get me?
Wingzero: I dunno.
Ray: They can't have him!
Max: Yeah!
Wingzero: You'll have to wait and see. Btw, thanks to all the reviewers who suggested names.
Death Scythe: *comes out of the millennium necklace yawning*
Wingzero: Still working on that book?
Death Scythe: Yeah.
Yugi: What is she writing?
Wingzero: She's writing a torture book.
Death Scythe: I have the first chapter finished.
Bladebreakers: ???????
Death Scythe: This book will tell you how to torture annoying dancers, arrogant billionaires, irritating funny bunny fanatics, dinosaur geeks, bug boys, stalking pacificists, and I'm still adding to the list.
Seto: Something tells me I should be running for my life, right about now.
Wingzero: I'm thinking on the same lines here.
Tyson's Dad: Ikari (Wingzero: I would like to thank Shinzui for suggesting these names.)
Tyson's Mom: Kirai
Exodia: *holds up a sign reading "Wingzero does not own Beyblade or Yu-Gi- Oh"*
Then it happened. My parents had decided to make an appearance. They had such great timing. NOT!!
"Tyson, you're coming with us."
My heart raced as my two parents stepped into view. I wish I could crawl into a hole right now, but that was not an option. The others stood there glaring at my parents. Before I knew it, they moved in between me and my parents.
"He's not coming with you," Kai said coldly. I don't think he has ever used that tone with us or even his opponents before.
"Oh really," Kirai spat at our team leader.
"Yeah," Ray backed up Kai.
"Just who are you to say we can't spend time with our son?" Ikari growled at the owner of Dranzer. He stood there with his arms folded, waiting impatiently for an answer.
"I'm the team captain," Kai shot back.
"Big deal," Ikari waved it off. "So you're a team captain, what does that have to do with our son?"
"It has everything to do with Tyson," Ray returned. He had his hand on his beyblade and launches as did the others.
"What are you saying, kid?" She emphasized the word 'kid.'
"He's a part of our team," Max explained. "Or don't you get cable in prison!" He emphasized the word 'prison.'
"We don't watch tv," Ikari said with anger in his eyes.
"Then you wouldn't know Tyson is part of a world champion beyblade team," Kenny spoke up.
"Beyblading?" Ikari said with confusion. "I never knew he picked up that."
"Of course you wouldn't," Ray growled at my parents. He took a step in their direction. "You never tried to keep in contact with him."
"Why should we?" Kirai questioned.
"He's been trying to keep your family together," Ray answered. If looks could kill, my parents would be six feet under by the looks my team mates were giving them.
"Big deal," Ikari said nonchalantly.
"Guys, shouldn't we be heading towards our table?" I squeaked as I glanced from side to side. I hoped we can make a break for it, before this escalated into something worse.
"You're not going with them," Ikari stated firmly. He planted his foot firmly on the ground.
"I'd like to see you try," Kai scoffed at them.
"I'm with you one hundred percent," Ray backed up his team mate.
"Me, three," Max said, readying his beyblade.
"Unless you want to see three angry bit beasts coming at you, I suggest you leave," Kenny warned my parents.
"Bit beast shmit beast," Kirai taunted. "Those puny things don't stand a chance against me and my husband."
"Dranzer is more powerful than you estimated," Kai snarled at them.
"You don't stand a chance against Driger," Ray said in support of his bit beast.
"Draciel doesn't back down from a fight, no matter what," Max argued against them.
"Those three sound lame," Ikari spat. He tried to move closer, but my team mates had other things on their minds. They readied their launches and were about to launch them when we heard a familiar voice.
"Make that four!"
"Lee, is that you?" Ray asked in complete shock.
"Yes, it is." The leader of the White Tigers stepped out of the shadows and into the light. "You have me to deal with and my bit beast, Galeon."
"Big deal," Ikari said. "It's just one more pest to get rid of."
"Never underestimate my bit beast," Lee snarled at my parents.
Boy, are we ever causing a scene. My parents fought against my team mates and Lee. When he appeared, I was in complete shock. I thought he was in China with the rest of the White Tigers. What was he doing here? Not that I don't mind being in his company. Once he had resolved the conflict between him and Ray, we seemed to be getting along fine.
My parents lunged forwards trying to grab me. BIG MISTAKE!! My team mates launched their beyblades, which were now heading towards my parents. Lee also did the same thing. He had his beyblade ready when he entered the fray.
"Black lightning attack!" he commanded his bit beast when it was in range of my parents and far away from the spectators.
My parents startled to see the lion bit beast coming from behind them, jumped sideways to avoid the attack. Kirai landed on her rear end while Ikari wobbled a bit before balancing himself. They both had murderous looks on their faces. Just when they thought it was over, Dranzer moved in for the attack.
"Look out!" Ikari called out to his wife, who managed to move backwards as the flames headed towards her last position.
Suddenly, Driger was on top of them. It launched a vicious assault against my parents. However, they manage to dodge most of them. I guess spending all that time in prison caused them to toughen up. Oh boy, now I have another reason not to go with them. They'll punch harder than before. I shuddered at the thought.
Draciel stood in front of me. Max's bit beast was heavy on defense so it stayed in front of me. I was glad, because even though I wanted to bring out my bit beast, I just couldn't. Something was holding me back, but I don't know what. Was it fear? Or do I still love them?
For every step forward, my parents had to retreat. The three bit beast attacked as a team. Instead of a combined assault, one attacked while the other two waited. If my parents somehow dodged the attack, a second one will take the first ones place.
"What did I tell you?" Kenny said typing on his laptop. Dizzi had chosen to take a nap. Out of all the times, she just had to choose now.
"We'll be back!" Ikari snarled at my team mates and Lee before stalking off. My mom followed a step behind him.
The bit beasts had gone back to their respective masters as the crowd gossiped. They were probably wondering why Kai, Ray, and Lee had ordered their bit beasts to attack my parents. I could hear them saying things like 'prison' and the other comments my parents made.
"Let's grab a table," Kai said as he stalked off in a random direction. I shrugged and chased after our team captain as he headed for a table.
When we had reached one, all of us quickly took a seat, each of us in our own thoughts. How did my parents find me here? Why do they want me when they didn't before? What did I do to deserve this?
"What's up?" Grandpa greeted us. He had broken my train of thoughts as he bumped into me.
"Nothing much," I sighed. He must have not seen the big fight scene just awhile ago. Where did they go?
Mr. Dickenson strolled up to us. He frowned when he saw the looks on their faces. "What happened?" He was full of concern.
When no one answered him, my grandpa and he began to worry something was wrong. "That don't look like nothing." My grandpa said, pointing to each of my team mate's face.
"They're just in deep thought," I said quickly, hoping it would cover up my mistake.
Mr. Dickenson stretched out his arm to the nearest player which happened to be Ray. He shook him gently, only receive no response again. This time he shook the Chinese beyblader harder, jarring Ray from his thoughts.
"Wha?"
"You were spacing out," Grandpa said.
"Sorry," Ray apologized. "I was just thinking about today." Pretty soon, the others came back to reality. They too apologized.
"Lee, what are you doing here?" Mr. Dickenson asked the White Tiger.
"I came here, because Ray called," Lee explained.
"Huh?" all of us responded except for Ray.
"Before you get the wrong impression," Lee started off. "Ray called me asking for my advice. I figured it out on my own. That's when I decided to take the next flight here. I have told my team mates that I was going to pay Ray a short visit."
"You didn't tell any of them, did you?" Ray asked nervously.
"Not a single one," Lee assured Ray.
"What are you two talking about?" I question the White Tiger and the former one.
"After I had seen your scars, I called Lee for advice," Ray revealed to us. "He guessed it was you. I'm sorry if it offends you."
"None taken," I said. If I were in his position, I would have done the same thing. Why did I forgive him? I would have held a grudge against him if he told someone else. Well, he did it before I knew he knew. So it doesn't count against him. As a matter of fact, why am I cutting him slack?
Mr. Dickenson had an appearance of confusion as he tried to put the pieces together. "What are you boys talking about?"
"It's a long story," Kai spoke up.
"Involving his parents," Max added. He stared at the table.
"And tonight," Kenny sighed. He still had his laptop out.
"What do you mean tonight?" Grandpa asked.
"They were after Tyson, again," Kai answered. His facial expression grew colder.
"Ikari and Kirai were here?" Grandpa gasped in utter horror.
"Don't worry," Lee assured him. "They didn't stand a chance against the power of our combined bit beasts."
"They ran out of here with their tails between their legs," Max smiled.
"Why wouldn't Tyson want to see his parents?" Mr. Dickenson asked still completely clueless.
"Child abuse," Ray answered. He glared at no one in particular as he said those two words.
"Oh my!" It was now Mr. Dickenson's turn to gasp.
I fidgeted in my seat as the others talked about my past history and present predicament. They wouldn't allow my parents to take me without a fight. Tonight, they proved it, by calling upon their bit beasts when I couldn't call on mine.
"What can we do against his parents?" Max asked the group.
"I'll have to get a restraining order against them," Grandpa groaned. "All that paper work, not to mention hiring a lawyer." He brightened up. "At least, they won't be able to around Tyson legally."
"I thought you had custody over me," I recalled the time in the hospital.
"Yes, I do," Grandpa said.
"Let's just try to enjoy the evening," I suggested. After all the excitement both from winning the world championship and the arrival of my parents, I could use some relaxation.
"Whatever you say," Ray said as we picked up our menus.
As much as we tried to have fun, the thought of my parents came back to us. We experimented with the different fishes and other sea food. Kai didn't mind raw fish, once he ACTUALLY tasted it. We joked around about the tournament, like the time I overstuffed myself and had to be sidelined due to a stomach ache.
Once we had finished our dinner, Kai, Max, and Kenny went back to one of the beyblade stadiums. Grandpa and Mr. Dickenson challenged each other to an online game. Lee and Ray had gone off somewhere. I don't know. As I sat by myself at our table, I pondered the events within the last day.
"A penny for your thoughts," Ray said as he took a seat next to me.
"I wish," I muttered. Really, if I had one for every time, I will be a millionaire by now.
"Where's Lee?" I asked him, scanning for his former team mate.
"He's gone to make a phone call," Ray answered. "You can come to me if you need someone to talk to. I'm a pretty good listener." He placed his hand on my shoulder.
"Thanks," I responded. What the heck?!?! Why are my hormones going crazy when he touched me? Okay, Tyson calm down. He's just your team mate, nothing to get nervous about.
"Tyson, are you okay?" Ray asked as he noticed me growing tense.
"You worry too much, you know that," I teased him. After tonight, I understood why. My parents had came back to forcefully take me away. He and the others stopped my parents before they could do anything drastic to me.
"Is that so?"
I nodded my head to answer yes. "You need to lighten up." I know I shouldn't be teasing him, but he was just so fun to tease. As a matter of fact, why am I nervous around him?
He raised his brow. "Oh really?"
"Yes, really," I smiled as he shook his head.
His eyes flashed as a thought passed through his mind. What was he thinking? "Ray, you're starting to scare me."
"I'm lightening up," he said smoothly. I had this feeling I should be running for my life, not that he would do anything to harm me.
"Sure you are," I teased him as I scooted in the opposite direction.
"Yup," Ray answered, closing the distance between us.
I tried moving myself as far as possible from this insane Chinese beyblader as possible. I stopped only when I had reached the end of the seat. "What are you doing?"
Blinking my eyes, I found myself being pinned down by his weight. "Gotcha," Ray smiled.
"Very funny," I retorted. This was the second time he has pinned me today. I guessed it was payback for the time Max and I teamed up against him.
Bending down, Ray whispered in my ear, "Now who should lighten up?"
WHAT!!! His face was close to mine. I hope he doesn't notice my shallow breathing. Why does he do this to me? As a matter of fact, why am I starting to feel this way whenever HE'S around? I noticed Ray straddling my hips. Fighting a blush coming, I glared at him.
Ray smirked when he saw my reaction. "You didn't think I was going to let that incident go, did you?" Gee, I hoped he would.
A cough sounded close to us. We both turned our heads to discover Lee squatting next to us, with a wide grin. "Are you going to kiss him?"
Ray quickly backed off of me as we both blushed. "Shut up, Lee!" We both yelled at him simultaneously.
"Oh really?" Lee smirked as we attempted to regain our composure. "Then why are you both blushing?"
We glared at him. In response, he laughed at us. "It looks like Mariah has competition." Ray blushed even harder.
Minutes later, the rest of our team mates arrived. No one wanted to face off against them, when they had learned who Kai and Max were. Max informed us of the entire situation. They had ended their match against each other. Kai challenged the winner of another match. The winner almost accepted except someone blurted out who he was. He immediately backed down from the challenge. Everyone else followed suite. Pretty soon, no one wanted to go up against them. Max tried to persuade some of them to go one round. They immediately began stuttering excuses why they couldn't battle him.
"What have you three been up to?" Kenny asked us.
"They were just about to mfth," Lee said before Ray and I promptly covered his mouth with our hands. I wore a cheesy grin.
"What was that?" Kai asked. He usually didn't get involved, but this time was different.
"To what?" Max persisted.
"Don't mind him," I said nervously with my hand over his mouth. "He doesn't know what he's talking about."
"I second that," Ray agreed with me.
"Sure," Kenny said. We both had removed our hands from Lee's mouth.
Back at the ranch. Okay, back at my place, we plopped down on the sofas and other chairs. Originally, we were going to have a team celebration, but since Lee was here, we asked him to join us. Before coming back home, we stopped off at a local Blockbuster store. Each us picked out a movie we wanted to watch. Since it was going to be an all night movie marathon, we were going to watch more than one movie.
Ray had chosen Lord of the Rings: the fellowship of the ring. Kenny picked The Matrix. Figures. Kai chose The Fast and the Furious. Max decided on Men in Black. I picked Rush Hour 2. Lee selected Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger. We were going to have an action packed evening of movies. First, we had to see which movie we watched.
Kenny suggested we put the titles on pieces of paper and draw one from a bag or something. We unanimously agreed, except who would draw the first one. Dizzi actually made a good suggestion. She said we should start alphabetically. So Kai was the first one to pick out a piece of paper.
Tyson: Yay! My parents didn't take me! *dances for joy*
Wingzero: I wouldn't get too comfortable.
Tyson: Eep!
Ray: You're not seriously going to have him killed?
Wingzero: Not saying.
Tyson: O.O WHAT!!!!
Wingzero: Just kidding. I won't kill our poor widdle Tyson. Maybe a beating or two.
Tyson: .