Destiny's Path
Chapter 1 - Dark Mystery
It was the weeks following the World Championships that proved to be most tedious. The Bladebreakers had not beybattled, let alone trained, since the Championship matches, except for Kai who had snuck out occasionally defying the rules. Ray was still recovering from his match and so the team could not return to Japan as of yet. The All Stars and Max's mom had returned to America and the White Tigers to China, with the exception of Mariah who remained to take care of Ray.
Meanwhile, with the absence of Ray, the BBA had organised interview after interview with the team and if that wasn't enough Tyson, Kai, Max and Kenny attended autograph signing sessions almost daily to top it off. This was all so swell for Tyson, who enjoyed every moment he had in the limelight, but frankly, Kai, Kenny and even Max had had enough. There were complaints that Kenny now talked solely to his laptop ignoring fans, Max's autograph changed every few hours and Kai now refused to sign anything.
Everyone wanted to have things the way they were, blading day in day out, talking to each other without being harassed by fans, and for Kai, being able to disappear into the shadows without being followed by crazy media people. Everyone, that is, not including Tyson. Tyson couldn't get enough of the fans, sacrificing food for them. But the only problem was the fans couldn't get enough of him.
It was unexpectedly at one of these autograph-signing sessions that things really started to heat up. The session was drawing to a close as Tyson posed in a photo for the last batch of fans. Max and Kenny were having a conversation while Kai sat at the end of the bench, arms crossed, eyes closed and one could not tell of he were asleep or simply listening to the world around him.
"If only Tyson was less popular, things could go back normal," Max muttered.
Dizzy unenthusiastically, "Like there's a chance of that happening, just look at him."
Kai opened his eyes, "Rather pathetic, let the baby have his glory, they'll soon tire of him," and shut his eyes again.
"No they won't, not at this rate!" Kenny argued as he began to bang his head on the bench.
"Stop that! You'll damage your cranium!" retorted Dizzy.
"Like it isn't damaged enough," Kai snorted, his eyes remaining closed, "besides, it's better than watching Tyson make a fool of himself at every single opportunity possible."
"He's got a point" noted Kenny in a sort of monotone and continued to thump his head on the bench.
"I dunno, it's kind of funny to watch Tyson though," Max analysed.
"Take into account that by making a fool of himself, Tyson is also humiliating us" added Kai.
Max made a strange whining noise and joined the head thumping. Kai just smirked.
Tyson had finished with the last of the fans and decided to investigate why Max and the Chief were thumping their heads repeatedly on the bench.
"What's up guys?"
"Oh nothing mush except that we're all suffering from terminal boredom, if you haven't noticed."
"Or maybe you were too busy with fans to notice anything we do."
Kai remained cool, snickered and kept his eyes closed.
"Chill it guys! I was only doing what the BBA told us to do."
"Which is what exactly?" Kai opened his eyes and glared at Tyson.
Tyson felt a strong unease and he hesitated for a while before answering. He opened his mouth and was about to say something when he noticed a small dark figure emerge from the signing room entrance. His mind clicked, "Look it's a fan, I'll get back to you on that one." He forced a laugh then diverted his attention to the one who had just entered the room. Max and Kenny already focused their attention on the mysterious hooded figure that had emerged from the outside. Kai relinquished his firm glare on Tyson, switching it onto whoever had just appeared in front of them.
As the shadowy character approached the bench it became apparent to the Bladebreakers that this "silhouette" was indeed feminine. Her face and body unclear, disguised by the dark hooded cloak she wore.
This look intimidated Max and Kenny partially but Kai remained cool and collected. Tyson just acted normally. But there was something different about her, the way she looked.
"I'll expect you'll be wanting autographs" Tyson commented as he sat down, signing a picture of himself.
"You expected wrong. That's not what I want" was her response, strong and direct. Tyson looked up immediately. Max felt a little anxious. Kenny gulped and a drop of sweat ran down the back of his neck. Kai, cool as a cucumber, deepen his glare he had on her.
"Feisty" Kai thought to himself.
The girl noticing she now had their whole undivided attention threw of her cloak revealing a large smirk on her face. She had long dark hair, tied back in a ponytail, and sharp crimson brown eyes, like Kai's. Radiant and pretty.
She moved closer to the bench, towards the boys before her, illuminating her features.
As Kai's eyes settled upon her face a strange sense of familiarity came to him but he dismissed the thought as he concluded the possibility that they had met before was impossible.
She fixed her gaze on Tyson as she walked passed him and then on Max as she passed him, next Kenny, which intimidated him even more. Finally she fixed her narrow eyes on Kai where they remain for some time. Kai returned her gaze with a cold glare that sort of implied, "What do you want?" Her eyes firmly on his eyes as she moved to a position which was parallel to him, only the bench was between them now. She bent down until her face was in line with his, both her hands now on the bench.
"I want a beybattle."
R and R if you don't mind
Chapter 1 - Dark Mystery
It was the weeks following the World Championships that proved to be most tedious. The Bladebreakers had not beybattled, let alone trained, since the Championship matches, except for Kai who had snuck out occasionally defying the rules. Ray was still recovering from his match and so the team could not return to Japan as of yet. The All Stars and Max's mom had returned to America and the White Tigers to China, with the exception of Mariah who remained to take care of Ray.
Meanwhile, with the absence of Ray, the BBA had organised interview after interview with the team and if that wasn't enough Tyson, Kai, Max and Kenny attended autograph signing sessions almost daily to top it off. This was all so swell for Tyson, who enjoyed every moment he had in the limelight, but frankly, Kai, Kenny and even Max had had enough. There were complaints that Kenny now talked solely to his laptop ignoring fans, Max's autograph changed every few hours and Kai now refused to sign anything.
Everyone wanted to have things the way they were, blading day in day out, talking to each other without being harassed by fans, and for Kai, being able to disappear into the shadows without being followed by crazy media people. Everyone, that is, not including Tyson. Tyson couldn't get enough of the fans, sacrificing food for them. But the only problem was the fans couldn't get enough of him.
It was unexpectedly at one of these autograph-signing sessions that things really started to heat up. The session was drawing to a close as Tyson posed in a photo for the last batch of fans. Max and Kenny were having a conversation while Kai sat at the end of the bench, arms crossed, eyes closed and one could not tell of he were asleep or simply listening to the world around him.
"If only Tyson was less popular, things could go back normal," Max muttered.
Dizzy unenthusiastically, "Like there's a chance of that happening, just look at him."
Kai opened his eyes, "Rather pathetic, let the baby have his glory, they'll soon tire of him," and shut his eyes again.
"No they won't, not at this rate!" Kenny argued as he began to bang his head on the bench.
"Stop that! You'll damage your cranium!" retorted Dizzy.
"Like it isn't damaged enough," Kai snorted, his eyes remaining closed, "besides, it's better than watching Tyson make a fool of himself at every single opportunity possible."
"He's got a point" noted Kenny in a sort of monotone and continued to thump his head on the bench.
"I dunno, it's kind of funny to watch Tyson though," Max analysed.
"Take into account that by making a fool of himself, Tyson is also humiliating us" added Kai.
Max made a strange whining noise and joined the head thumping. Kai just smirked.
Tyson had finished with the last of the fans and decided to investigate why Max and the Chief were thumping their heads repeatedly on the bench.
"What's up guys?"
"Oh nothing mush except that we're all suffering from terminal boredom, if you haven't noticed."
"Or maybe you were too busy with fans to notice anything we do."
Kai remained cool, snickered and kept his eyes closed.
"Chill it guys! I was only doing what the BBA told us to do."
"Which is what exactly?" Kai opened his eyes and glared at Tyson.
Tyson felt a strong unease and he hesitated for a while before answering. He opened his mouth and was about to say something when he noticed a small dark figure emerge from the signing room entrance. His mind clicked, "Look it's a fan, I'll get back to you on that one." He forced a laugh then diverted his attention to the one who had just entered the room. Max and Kenny already focused their attention on the mysterious hooded figure that had emerged from the outside. Kai relinquished his firm glare on Tyson, switching it onto whoever had just appeared in front of them.
As the shadowy character approached the bench it became apparent to the Bladebreakers that this "silhouette" was indeed feminine. Her face and body unclear, disguised by the dark hooded cloak she wore.
This look intimidated Max and Kenny partially but Kai remained cool and collected. Tyson just acted normally. But there was something different about her, the way she looked.
"I'll expect you'll be wanting autographs" Tyson commented as he sat down, signing a picture of himself.
"You expected wrong. That's not what I want" was her response, strong and direct. Tyson looked up immediately. Max felt a little anxious. Kenny gulped and a drop of sweat ran down the back of his neck. Kai, cool as a cucumber, deepen his glare he had on her.
"Feisty" Kai thought to himself.
The girl noticing she now had their whole undivided attention threw of her cloak revealing a large smirk on her face. She had long dark hair, tied back in a ponytail, and sharp crimson brown eyes, like Kai's. Radiant and pretty.
She moved closer to the bench, towards the boys before her, illuminating her features.
As Kai's eyes settled upon her face a strange sense of familiarity came to him but he dismissed the thought as he concluded the possibility that they had met before was impossible.
She fixed her gaze on Tyson as she walked passed him and then on Max as she passed him, next Kenny, which intimidated him even more. Finally she fixed her narrow eyes on Kai where they remain for some time. Kai returned her gaze with a cold glare that sort of implied, "What do you want?" Her eyes firmly on his eyes as she moved to a position which was parallel to him, only the bench was between them now. She bent down until her face was in line with his, both her hands now on the bench.
"I want a beybattle."
R and R if you don't mind