(Don't own Beyblade...only Jade and Dazzler!)
Chapter 8: An Unsuspected Fight (couldn't think of a chapter title, so bear with me!)
"Well, that sounds like an excellent idea boys..I wish I would of thought of it myself!"
Mr. Dickinson sat comfortably in one of the armchairs, while Kai sat in the another one next to him. Tyson, Max, Rei, and Jade had finally made it back to the hotel, and Tyson immediately brought the tournament to Mr. Dickinson's attention. They were all sitting comfortably in Mr. Dickinson's room, as they discussed the idea of going to the Hong Kong tournament. Jade on the other hand, was leaning against the wall as she refused to discuss it any longer.
"This is totally awesome!" Tyson exclaimed as he jumped up onto the bed. "2 beyblading tournaments within the same month!"
"Yeah," said Max as he too jumped up beside Tyson. "We're going to have sooooo much fun!"
Kai scowled at the two boys,
"would you guys stop fooling around!"
Max and Tyson looked towards Kai as they glanced at each other and shrugged. Tyson took the pleasure of sticking his tongue out at Kai. Mr. Dickinson sighed, "these boys can be such a handful at times!" he thought to himself. But his thoughts were quickly interrupted, as he heard Jade finally speak up.
"I think we should just forget about the Hong Kong tournament!"
"What!?" Tyson replied. He took a dive off of the bed as he stood up in front of Jade. "You're not serious..are you?"
"I'm dead serious!" Jade replied harshly, staring Tyson in the eyes.
Jade knew that if she didn't say anything, the tournament would've been a go. She hoped that someone would agree with her about not going. She looked from Rei, to Max, then back to Tyson. It was hopeless, everybody looked at her with surprise as sighed.
"I agree with her!"
"Kai?!" Jade was surprised that someone actually agreed with her, but she was even more surprised to find out that it was Kai. It was even a greater surprise for the rest of them, as Tyson fell over in shock.
"I thought you would've been the first to approve of this Kai, " Rei replied as he crossed his arms in front of his chest.
"Yeah, you're the one who's always trying to get us to train harder!" added Max, taking a seat on the end of the bed beside Rei. Kai just shook his head at them.
"You just don't get it do you..."Kai replied as he looked at his hopeless team. "If you guys waste your time with another regular tournament; you'll never learn how to play 'team battles'."
"Well...he does have a point there!" Rei answered, looking towards Mr. Dickinson. "What do you think sir?"
Mr. Dickinson gave his usual cheerful smile, as he rubbed the end of his mustache. Jade quickly shot her gaze at Mr. Dickinson, as she prayed that he would agree with Kai and herself.
"If you ask me, I think that this Hong Kong tournament will give you some very necessary practice...and I'm sure we'll be able to squeeze in some practices here and there!"
Max and Tyson exploded with happiness, Kai just shrugged, and Rei gave his usual happy smile. Jade sighed, she would've done anything to prevent the team from going to this tournament..anything at all.
It was around 2:00 now, and Kenny sat silently upon the hard cement. He had his legs pulled up, and his arms were wrapped around his knees. Beside him sat his lap top, he gave a heavy sigh as he opened it once again. Still nothing.
"Come on Dizzi, you know I didn't mean to hurt your feelings."
Kenny looked at the blank screen, it was hopeless. No matter what he said, Dizzi refused to come on and talk to him. He looked around at the familiar area, this was where Tyson and himself first met Max. He remembered it like it was yesterday, but if it was yesterday then Dizzi would still be talking to him.
"You're not going to accomplish anything by sitting around here all day!"
Kenny jumped in surprise, he spun around and noticed Jade standing behind him. She had her arms wrapped around her chest, and Kenny couldn't believe how much she resembled Kai at that moment. He turned his head away from her,
"I have nothing better to do."
Jade stared down at Kenny, then walked up and took a seat beside him. Kenny didn't know what to think of this, as he blushed ever so slightly. Jade nodded towards the laptop,
"so is it still mad at you?"
"It's not an it, she's a girl...and her names Dizzi!" Kenny shot out, as Jade looked at him shocked. "I'm sorry."
Kenny turned away from her sheepishly, this didn't bother Jade in the least bit. She was used to being yelled at, and she knew that Kenny never actually meant to be mean.
"So then, what exactly is Dizzi?" Jade questioned as she tapped on the computer screen.
"She's a bit beast!" replied Kenny, noticing the astonished look on Jade's face.
"Are you serious?!" Jade couldn't believe what she had just heard. A bit beast was stuck inside Kenny's computer. "How is that possible!"
"It happened during an electrical storm, I don't really know how it happened," Kenny shrugged as he thought about that one night. It was strange, one minute Dizzera was in his blade, and the next thing he knew she was trapped in his laptop. He shook the memories out of his head and looked at Jade. "So, why are you here...I mean..why aren't you with the others?"
"Why do you think," replied Jade as she stood up abruptly. "I don't belong on a team...I'd rather be on my own!"
Kenny stood up as well, brushing the dirt from off of his shorts.
"Yeah, but don't you ever get lonely?"
"Sometimes...but, I chose the path of loneliness, that's just the way I am."
Jade noticed that Kenny was still quite confused on why you'd want to be alone your whole life, but Jade had secrets. If Kenny knew about Jade's past life, he wouldn't question her about being alone. Kenny opened his mouth to speak, but Jade quickly cleared her throat. He took this as a sign to drop the conversation, and he figured he ought to respect her choice. Jade glanced over at the small laptop, as she noticed the screen light up.
"Hey..looks like your friends back."
Kenny nearly burst out crying, as he ran over and kneeled in front of the screen. A bunch of lights came on, and a small word appeared on the top right hand corner, which read Dizzi.
"Dizzi, you're back!"
Kenny gripped the small laptop, as he hugged it tightly in his arms.
"Alright Kenny I get it..you missed me!" Dizzi's voice rang out as Kenny placed her safely on the ground. "I figured I gave you the silent treatment for long enough."
Kenny smiled and nodded,
"I'm glad you forgave me Dizzi; and I promise I'll never do that to you again."
"You better not!" Dizzi replied, "otherwise I'll pull my plugs out for good!"
Jade shook her head, as she listened to the happy voice of Kenny. "I've never seen anybody who was that close to their computer before!" she thought to herself. She figured she had shown enough sympathy to Kenny, as she turned around to head back up the grassy hill. But instead of going anywhere, she found herself running into something, as she stumbled back landing on the soft grass. She was upset as she slowly got up from the ground, realizing that she hadn't run into something..but someone.
"You again!" Jade was incredibly frustrated as she clenched her fists. "Why are you always running into me!?"
Rei couldn't help but smile,
"actually...I think you ran into me this time Jade!"
"Oh please," replied Jade in annoyance. "Let me guess, you just happened to see me walking down here, and decided to follow me!"
Rei looked at Jade in shock,
"what makes you think I was following you!?"
Jade rolled her eyes, as she found herself getting angry with Rei once again.
"Oh yeah that's rich! I suppose you were just being nice when you volunteered to baby-sit me yesterday...and let me guess; this morning was just a big coincidence when you heard me leave right!"
"What!?" Rei was never one to fight, and he hated doing it, but Jade was beginning to get on his nerves. "I already told you that I was awake this morning, cause I couldn't sleep."
Jade became all worked up, as she stood facing Rei, and now she was at a loss of words. It's not that she had nothing to say, because thoughts were running through her head instantly. It's just...
"Forget it, I'm not going to fight with you!" Jade turned her back on Rei, as she headed back down towards Kenny. Kenny, who had witnessed the whole thing looked nervously between the two, as he tried to think of something to say to break up the fight. Jade stood stubbornly beside Kenny with her arms crossed, as Rei just shook his head.
"You're hopeless."
"What!?" Kenny was so shocked to hear Rei mutter those words. Rei, the one who was always friends with everyone. Kenny scratched the back of his head nervously, as he looked towards Jade. "He didn't mean it!"
"Yeah Kenny I do mean it," Rei sighed, as he glanced over at Jade. "So much for being friends."
As quickly as Rei had appeared, he disappeared just as fast. Kenny still couldn't believe what happened,
"what was that all about?"
Jade nearly forgot that Kenny was there, as she turned to face him.
"Just forget about it..ok Kenny. It was just a stupid argument!"
Kenny tried to drop the subject, but he was so curious at why it was so hard for Jade to accept friends.
"Looks like we have another Kai on our hands Chief!"
Kenny and Jade's attentions were diverted, as Dizzi broke the silence. Jade shook her head in disgust,
"I'm nothing like him!"
With that, Jade quickly removed herself from the presence of Kenny and Dizzi. Kenny bent over, and picked up Dizzi in his arms as he gave a heavy sigh.
"You know Dizzi..you just might be right!"
The door creaked closed as Rei walked into the empty room. He collapsed on his bed as he closed his eyes, millions of thoughts began racing through his mind. He sighed as he spoke out loud to himself.
"Things were so much easier when Jade wasn't around...all we had to worry about was Kai!"
Rei rolled over onto his side, as he thought about everything that had happened since she arrived. He tried to be so nice, he tried to be her friend, but nothing worked...she was hopeless. Suddenly from behind the wall, he heard another door slam...it was Jade. He sighed as he wondered what she was thinking about at this very moment.
"She probably doesn't even care that we fought, well neither do I."
Rei tried to convince himself but it was no use, his thoughts were only focused on her. Did he really mean what he said about her, that things were actually better without her? If things were better when Jade wasn't around, why then did he constantly think about her. Rei yelled as he covered his head with his hands, he wanted these thoughts to go away...he wanted Jade to go away. He was sure about this, and yet in the back of his head there was that doubt. He sat up, and propped himself against the wall.
"Why are things so complicated!?"
"I wish I could answer that question Rei."
Rei shot his eyes open, and saw Mr. Dickinson standing at the foot of his bed. The last thing he wanted to do right now was talk to Mr. Dickinson about his problems. Mr. Dickinson made his way over to the window, and opened the blinds. The sun shone into the room, as it danced along the walls.
"So, tell me Rei...why would you ask such a question?" Mr. Dickinson took a seat once again in an armchair, as he questioned Rei.
"It's really a long story sir, and I'm not really in the mood to talk about."
"I see," Mr. Dickinson replied, as he sat looking unsatisfied. "By chance, would your complication have anything to do with why Jade is so upset?"
"She's upset?" Rei asked quickly, as his eyes became somewhat interested. "Why would she be upset..she's the one that doesn't want any friends!"
Mr. Dickinson nodded as he realized what Rei was talking about.
"It's not that Jade doesn't want friends Rei..she, just feels that she doesn't deserve them."
"What do you mean?" asked Rei, as he sat upon the end of his bed. He was curious about Jade, and he figured Mr. Dickinson would be able to clear some of these things up for him.
"Well Rei, Jade has had quite an interesting past.." Mr. Dickinson replied, then suddenly stopped. "But, I don't think that it's my story to discuss...perhaps you should talk to her."
Rei shook his head and grinned,
"forget that idea...she won't talk to me."
"Yes that's my girl...she can be quite stubborn at times!" Mr. Dickinson replied with a chuckle. "But perhaps one day she'll tell you...as for now, I think that it would be best if you started packing."
"What?! Were leaving already!"
Rei was quite shocked to hear this news, as he picked up some of his things and placed it in his open suitcase. Mr. Dickinson nodded,
"Yes, I've already booked us on the early flight tomorrow. I figure we ought to get to Hong Kong early, that way you guys can register and spend some time practicing as a team!"
Rei began to pack many of his things, as Mr. Dickinson went next door to pay Jade a visit. As Rei was gathering some of his items from the table, he noticed his Driger blade sitting in front of him. Rei smiled as he picked it up with his right hand, he thought about the connection that Driger and Galux had made when he fought Mariah. Driger had saved his friendship with Mariah, and he would never forget it. Rei smiled, if he couldn't get through to Jade he knew his bit beast would. Rei set Driger back down onto the table as he continued on with his packing. But there was one thing Rei didn't notice...his Driger blade had began to glow!
(Well what did ya think? Personally I thought it sucked...I couldn't think of anything to write!!! Next chapter should be better, cause they'll be on there way to the Hong Kong tournament. Anyways let me know if you liked it or not, and if you have any ideas for some of my next chapters..e-mail me or write them in your reviews! Thanks!)
Chapter 8: An Unsuspected Fight (couldn't think of a chapter title, so bear with me!)
"Well, that sounds like an excellent idea boys..I wish I would of thought of it myself!"
Mr. Dickinson sat comfortably in one of the armchairs, while Kai sat in the another one next to him. Tyson, Max, Rei, and Jade had finally made it back to the hotel, and Tyson immediately brought the tournament to Mr. Dickinson's attention. They were all sitting comfortably in Mr. Dickinson's room, as they discussed the idea of going to the Hong Kong tournament. Jade on the other hand, was leaning against the wall as she refused to discuss it any longer.
"This is totally awesome!" Tyson exclaimed as he jumped up onto the bed. "2 beyblading tournaments within the same month!"
"Yeah," said Max as he too jumped up beside Tyson. "We're going to have sooooo much fun!"
Kai scowled at the two boys,
"would you guys stop fooling around!"
Max and Tyson looked towards Kai as they glanced at each other and shrugged. Tyson took the pleasure of sticking his tongue out at Kai. Mr. Dickinson sighed, "these boys can be such a handful at times!" he thought to himself. But his thoughts were quickly interrupted, as he heard Jade finally speak up.
"I think we should just forget about the Hong Kong tournament!"
"What!?" Tyson replied. He took a dive off of the bed as he stood up in front of Jade. "You're not serious..are you?"
"I'm dead serious!" Jade replied harshly, staring Tyson in the eyes.
Jade knew that if she didn't say anything, the tournament would've been a go. She hoped that someone would agree with her about not going. She looked from Rei, to Max, then back to Tyson. It was hopeless, everybody looked at her with surprise as sighed.
"I agree with her!"
"Kai?!" Jade was surprised that someone actually agreed with her, but she was even more surprised to find out that it was Kai. It was even a greater surprise for the rest of them, as Tyson fell over in shock.
"I thought you would've been the first to approve of this Kai, " Rei replied as he crossed his arms in front of his chest.
"Yeah, you're the one who's always trying to get us to train harder!" added Max, taking a seat on the end of the bed beside Rei. Kai just shook his head at them.
"You just don't get it do you..."Kai replied as he looked at his hopeless team. "If you guys waste your time with another regular tournament; you'll never learn how to play 'team battles'."
"Well...he does have a point there!" Rei answered, looking towards Mr. Dickinson. "What do you think sir?"
Mr. Dickinson gave his usual cheerful smile, as he rubbed the end of his mustache. Jade quickly shot her gaze at Mr. Dickinson, as she prayed that he would agree with Kai and herself.
"If you ask me, I think that this Hong Kong tournament will give you some very necessary practice...and I'm sure we'll be able to squeeze in some practices here and there!"
Max and Tyson exploded with happiness, Kai just shrugged, and Rei gave his usual happy smile. Jade sighed, she would've done anything to prevent the team from going to this tournament..anything at all.
It was around 2:00 now, and Kenny sat silently upon the hard cement. He had his legs pulled up, and his arms were wrapped around his knees. Beside him sat his lap top, he gave a heavy sigh as he opened it once again. Still nothing.
"Come on Dizzi, you know I didn't mean to hurt your feelings."
Kenny looked at the blank screen, it was hopeless. No matter what he said, Dizzi refused to come on and talk to him. He looked around at the familiar area, this was where Tyson and himself first met Max. He remembered it like it was yesterday, but if it was yesterday then Dizzi would still be talking to him.
"You're not going to accomplish anything by sitting around here all day!"
Kenny jumped in surprise, he spun around and noticed Jade standing behind him. She had her arms wrapped around her chest, and Kenny couldn't believe how much she resembled Kai at that moment. He turned his head away from her,
"I have nothing better to do."
Jade stared down at Kenny, then walked up and took a seat beside him. Kenny didn't know what to think of this, as he blushed ever so slightly. Jade nodded towards the laptop,
"so is it still mad at you?"
"It's not an it, she's a girl...and her names Dizzi!" Kenny shot out, as Jade looked at him shocked. "I'm sorry."
Kenny turned away from her sheepishly, this didn't bother Jade in the least bit. She was used to being yelled at, and she knew that Kenny never actually meant to be mean.
"So then, what exactly is Dizzi?" Jade questioned as she tapped on the computer screen.
"She's a bit beast!" replied Kenny, noticing the astonished look on Jade's face.
"Are you serious?!" Jade couldn't believe what she had just heard. A bit beast was stuck inside Kenny's computer. "How is that possible!"
"It happened during an electrical storm, I don't really know how it happened," Kenny shrugged as he thought about that one night. It was strange, one minute Dizzera was in his blade, and the next thing he knew she was trapped in his laptop. He shook the memories out of his head and looked at Jade. "So, why are you here...I mean..why aren't you with the others?"
"Why do you think," replied Jade as she stood up abruptly. "I don't belong on a team...I'd rather be on my own!"
Kenny stood up as well, brushing the dirt from off of his shorts.
"Yeah, but don't you ever get lonely?"
"Sometimes...but, I chose the path of loneliness, that's just the way I am."
Jade noticed that Kenny was still quite confused on why you'd want to be alone your whole life, but Jade had secrets. If Kenny knew about Jade's past life, he wouldn't question her about being alone. Kenny opened his mouth to speak, but Jade quickly cleared her throat. He took this as a sign to drop the conversation, and he figured he ought to respect her choice. Jade glanced over at the small laptop, as she noticed the screen light up.
"Hey..looks like your friends back."
Kenny nearly burst out crying, as he ran over and kneeled in front of the screen. A bunch of lights came on, and a small word appeared on the top right hand corner, which read Dizzi.
"Dizzi, you're back!"
Kenny gripped the small laptop, as he hugged it tightly in his arms.
"Alright Kenny I get it..you missed me!" Dizzi's voice rang out as Kenny placed her safely on the ground. "I figured I gave you the silent treatment for long enough."
Kenny smiled and nodded,
"I'm glad you forgave me Dizzi; and I promise I'll never do that to you again."
"You better not!" Dizzi replied, "otherwise I'll pull my plugs out for good!"
Jade shook her head, as she listened to the happy voice of Kenny. "I've never seen anybody who was that close to their computer before!" she thought to herself. She figured she had shown enough sympathy to Kenny, as she turned around to head back up the grassy hill. But instead of going anywhere, she found herself running into something, as she stumbled back landing on the soft grass. She was upset as she slowly got up from the ground, realizing that she hadn't run into something..but someone.
"You again!" Jade was incredibly frustrated as she clenched her fists. "Why are you always running into me!?"
Rei couldn't help but smile,
"actually...I think you ran into me this time Jade!"
"Oh please," replied Jade in annoyance. "Let me guess, you just happened to see me walking down here, and decided to follow me!"
Rei looked at Jade in shock,
"what makes you think I was following you!?"
Jade rolled her eyes, as she found herself getting angry with Rei once again.
"Oh yeah that's rich! I suppose you were just being nice when you volunteered to baby-sit me yesterday...and let me guess; this morning was just a big coincidence when you heard me leave right!"
"What!?" Rei was never one to fight, and he hated doing it, but Jade was beginning to get on his nerves. "I already told you that I was awake this morning, cause I couldn't sleep."
Jade became all worked up, as she stood facing Rei, and now she was at a loss of words. It's not that she had nothing to say, because thoughts were running through her head instantly. It's just...
"Forget it, I'm not going to fight with you!" Jade turned her back on Rei, as she headed back down towards Kenny. Kenny, who had witnessed the whole thing looked nervously between the two, as he tried to think of something to say to break up the fight. Jade stood stubbornly beside Kenny with her arms crossed, as Rei just shook his head.
"You're hopeless."
"What!?" Kenny was so shocked to hear Rei mutter those words. Rei, the one who was always friends with everyone. Kenny scratched the back of his head nervously, as he looked towards Jade. "He didn't mean it!"
"Yeah Kenny I do mean it," Rei sighed, as he glanced over at Jade. "So much for being friends."
As quickly as Rei had appeared, he disappeared just as fast. Kenny still couldn't believe what happened,
"what was that all about?"
Jade nearly forgot that Kenny was there, as she turned to face him.
"Just forget about it..ok Kenny. It was just a stupid argument!"
Kenny tried to drop the subject, but he was so curious at why it was so hard for Jade to accept friends.
"Looks like we have another Kai on our hands Chief!"
Kenny and Jade's attentions were diverted, as Dizzi broke the silence. Jade shook her head in disgust,
"I'm nothing like him!"
With that, Jade quickly removed herself from the presence of Kenny and Dizzi. Kenny bent over, and picked up Dizzi in his arms as he gave a heavy sigh.
"You know Dizzi..you just might be right!"
The door creaked closed as Rei walked into the empty room. He collapsed on his bed as he closed his eyes, millions of thoughts began racing through his mind. He sighed as he spoke out loud to himself.
"Things were so much easier when Jade wasn't around...all we had to worry about was Kai!"
Rei rolled over onto his side, as he thought about everything that had happened since she arrived. He tried to be so nice, he tried to be her friend, but nothing worked...she was hopeless. Suddenly from behind the wall, he heard another door slam...it was Jade. He sighed as he wondered what she was thinking about at this very moment.
"She probably doesn't even care that we fought, well neither do I."
Rei tried to convince himself but it was no use, his thoughts were only focused on her. Did he really mean what he said about her, that things were actually better without her? If things were better when Jade wasn't around, why then did he constantly think about her. Rei yelled as he covered his head with his hands, he wanted these thoughts to go away...he wanted Jade to go away. He was sure about this, and yet in the back of his head there was that doubt. He sat up, and propped himself against the wall.
"Why are things so complicated!?"
"I wish I could answer that question Rei."
Rei shot his eyes open, and saw Mr. Dickinson standing at the foot of his bed. The last thing he wanted to do right now was talk to Mr. Dickinson about his problems. Mr. Dickinson made his way over to the window, and opened the blinds. The sun shone into the room, as it danced along the walls.
"So, tell me Rei...why would you ask such a question?" Mr. Dickinson took a seat once again in an armchair, as he questioned Rei.
"It's really a long story sir, and I'm not really in the mood to talk about."
"I see," Mr. Dickinson replied, as he sat looking unsatisfied. "By chance, would your complication have anything to do with why Jade is so upset?"
"She's upset?" Rei asked quickly, as his eyes became somewhat interested. "Why would she be upset..she's the one that doesn't want any friends!"
Mr. Dickinson nodded as he realized what Rei was talking about.
"It's not that Jade doesn't want friends Rei..she, just feels that she doesn't deserve them."
"What do you mean?" asked Rei, as he sat upon the end of his bed. He was curious about Jade, and he figured Mr. Dickinson would be able to clear some of these things up for him.
"Well Rei, Jade has had quite an interesting past.." Mr. Dickinson replied, then suddenly stopped. "But, I don't think that it's my story to discuss...perhaps you should talk to her."
Rei shook his head and grinned,
"forget that idea...she won't talk to me."
"Yes that's my girl...she can be quite stubborn at times!" Mr. Dickinson replied with a chuckle. "But perhaps one day she'll tell you...as for now, I think that it would be best if you started packing."
"What?! Were leaving already!"
Rei was quite shocked to hear this news, as he picked up some of his things and placed it in his open suitcase. Mr. Dickinson nodded,
"Yes, I've already booked us on the early flight tomorrow. I figure we ought to get to Hong Kong early, that way you guys can register and spend some time practicing as a team!"
Rei began to pack many of his things, as Mr. Dickinson went next door to pay Jade a visit. As Rei was gathering some of his items from the table, he noticed his Driger blade sitting in front of him. Rei smiled as he picked it up with his right hand, he thought about the connection that Driger and Galux had made when he fought Mariah. Driger had saved his friendship with Mariah, and he would never forget it. Rei smiled, if he couldn't get through to Jade he knew his bit beast would. Rei set Driger back down onto the table as he continued on with his packing. But there was one thing Rei didn't notice...his Driger blade had began to glow!
(Well what did ya think? Personally I thought it sucked...I couldn't think of anything to write!!! Next chapter should be better, cause they'll be on there way to the Hong Kong tournament. Anyways let me know if you liked it or not, and if you have any ideas for some of my next chapters..e-mail me or write them in your reviews! Thanks!)
