Beyblades: The Best of the Best Epilogue
By: Pyroteknix
Pyroteknix: Uh, this will be my first and probably last attempt to write something close to a lemon. I don't have the skill to write a complete one.
Aerodynamix: I will be so dead when I meet dArK bLaDe, Panzerfaust and flamingsword later. You hear that God? I'm sacrificing a lot for this!
Pyroteknix: At least hell is hot. I like hot.
Aerodynamix: Do you think we'll get our last wish our something like that?
Pyroteknix: Nope. Knowing our friends, nope.
Aerodynamix: You might get your name engraved for being one of the only male authors to at least try to write something close to a lemon.
Pyroteknix: I think. Every other author seems to be female when it comes to this. I think "Pyroteknix" sounds funny on a gravestone.
Aerodynamix: Yeah, they might make a running joke of my name and make my gravestone aerodynamic with all those curvatures and such.
Pyroteknix: I cannot possibly follow in the shadow of the others but I shall try! (And most possibly fail.)
A/N: I advise reading at least the last chapter of The Best of the Best before reading this or you might get confused with either the character references or the stated events. For the first part of the epilogue: If you can't stand the heat, get out of the fire!
Ray was soundly sleeping on the other side of his and Mariah's large bed when he was shaken awake. He opened his eyes groggily and looked at a shivering Mariah. "Ray, I'm cold." She said while shaking uncontrollably. Ray checked over his back and looked at the airconditioning unit, which, as Ray expected, was evidently tampered with. He groaned and stood up hastily, ready to fix any damage their idiot friend, Matt, had done. "You know, sometimes I think that kid wants revenge for my marrying you." (A/N: Yes, he does!) Ray said flatly while tinkering with the device. Mariah shivered a bit and looked out their closed window. Ray sighed and gave up, plopping onto the bouncy bed for some rest. "I'm still cold, Ray." She said after a large sneeze that probably woke up half the household. An idea flitted through Ray's mind and he crawled over to Mariah. Stroking her long pink hair, he hugged her and warmth crept through her slender body. She turned around and kissed him lightly on the lips before cuddling closer to him. "Warm now?" Ray asked while he cradled her in his arms. "A little bit warmer." She said teasingly as the raven-haired boy tickled her cheek. Ray grinned and rolled over so that he pinned Mariah to the bed with his weight. He kissed her passionately for what seemed to be ages to them while they rolled around in the bed. "A bit warmer." She teased him by rubbing his back slowly. Ray trailed a few butterfly kisses down her neck, exciting Mariah even more with every connection of skin. (A/N: I actually have no idea what a "butterfly" kiss is. Heck, I see it in other stories though.) Ray stopped and stared into her beautiful eyes and laughed happily. They rolled around in the spacious bed like 2 little kids enjoying themselves. A popping sound was made as one of the buttons of Mariah's white shirt flew off and landed with a resounding clang on the wooden floor. She blushed furiously as Ray had a first class view of her black bra and watched him redden as well. "Uh, I'm really sorry, Mariah." He stammered while Mariah tried to patch up her broken shirt. Ray sighed and ran a hand through his black hair. "Guess I'm not much of a husband, eh?" He said rather dejectedly as Mariah smiled reassuringly. She kissed him lightly on his cheek and cuddled his chest like a little kitten. "You can make up for that." She said slyly, tickling his chin. Ray smiled and pushed her back down into the bed. "Let's put that rip to good use." He replied and kissed a trail down to her bosom until he reached the black undergarment. Mariah's body shuddered with pleasure as Ray hesitated at the clothing item. He made a questioning face at the pink-haired girl in front of him and she stopped, doubtful. But she nodded eventually and waited impatiently as Ray nervously tried to remove the item. She made a pouting face and took it off for him, making Ray take a gulp. He apprehensively nudged her breast with his nose and gently licked one of her nipples. Mariah grabbed his head as he continued with his actions, thoroughly enjoying the ministrations. Ray stopped and proceeded to remove his shirt quickly, mentally hugging himself for such a great idea. "I'm a genius. Yep, I'm a genius." He thought and tossed away his white shirt. Mariah grinned and pinned him to the bed, passionately kissing him. Ray's heart beat wildly as he felt her breasts push against him. Mariah rolled of him and hesitated before removing the rest of her clothing, completely revealing her body. (A/N: I have the guts. I have the guts.) Ray mentally punched himself to keep him from fainting and took a gulp. He pulled down his pants and underwear and lay down beside Mariah. (A/N: I do not want to use the commercial names for underwear. Sounds funny.) "Should we go on?" He asked nervously without taking his eyes off her. Mariah frowned uncertainly and nodded. Ray climbed on top of her and kissed her lightly on the forehead. "Not so hard, Ray." She said while firmly grasping the bed sheet as a brace. He quietly muttered a prayer and looked at her beautiful eyes before proceeding. (A/N: Lord, help me finish this.) Mariah gasped as tears started to well up in her eyes and she removed her hands from the bed. She gave another gasp and dug her nails into Ray's shoulder as he stopped, unsure of whether he should continue. "You want your kids to think their dad was a coward?" Mariah teased with an obvious effort. Ray laughed a bit and jammed himself into her, making her gasp even louder. "And that their mom had no pain tolerance?" He retorted and kissed Mariah lovingly on her lips. He continued, slowing down a little so that she wouldn't be in so much pain. After a while, Mariah flicked his nose with her finger and hugged him tightly. "'I've rode kiddy rides more exciting than this." She pouted childishly as Ray grinned evilly. "You asked for it!" He said and thrust into her even faster, causing her to moan in pleasure. He increased the tempo a bit more and suddenly felt her tighten around him. Her body stiffened in his arms as he continued, making Ray wonder if he was doing something wrong. "Are you all right?" He asked and hesitated, giving Mariah an opportunity to breathe in ragged intakes. She nodded slowly and wrapped her arms around his shoulders, biting her lip as she stared at him expectantly. Ray smiled reassuringly and kissed her before continuing, eventually engulfing both of them in pure ecstasy. Mariah's nails dug into his back as she screamed his name before finally spilling her essence along with an extremely tired Ray. (A/N: What the hell? Essence?) He slid off her, panting and exhausted and lay down beside a sweaty Mariah. She kissed him full on the lips with her arms entwined around his waist and stared into his golden eyes. "Now we're hot and wet. Great." She said in mock complaint and the couple laughed silently. Ray snuggled her and reached for the lamp on the bedside desk, removing what so ever little light they had and covering the room in a shroud of darkness. "That felt really good, Ray." "I love you, Mariah. Good night." "Good night too, Ray." (A/N: Ehehehe. I'm done. I can move again.. Gak!)
"Finished!" A balding teacher shouted with a hoarse voice as students around him passed a thick pile of paper to the front of the classroom. RG tapped his old wooden table excitedly as Guio wiped the sweat from his forehead. The former BladeTech leader groaned as his teammate pulled out his notebook and took down observations. "Man, don't you ever stop studying?" Guio complained while heading out of the room and extracting his lunch from his backpack. "This is for a masters degree!" RG retorted while sifting through his bag for a textbook. The tan skinned beyblader sat down on one of the university's benches and munched on a chicken sandwich. He rolled his eyes as RG absentmindedly chewed on a pencil while reading a book on technology and mechanics. "Er, don't you already know a lot about machines?" Guio said while peering into RG's red backpack, filled with gadgets and books about them. "I still haven't figured out perpetual motion." His teammate replied and Guio promptly hit his own head. He groaned and got back to his sandwich as RG tapped his chewed on pencil thoughtfully on the concrete bench. He pulled out his unused beyblade and looked at it fondly. RG laughed and punched Guio lightly on the shoulder. "You know, girls can be as interesting as your beyblade there." RG commented, receiving a glare from his elder leader. The famous beyblader looked up while his teammate went back to his book. He watched the sky wistfully, thoughts running through his mind. "Life flies by so quickly." He said dazedly while memories of their previous career grew stronger with each second. RG stared at him for a while and decided to close his book. "Fading away like a passing cloud." He added as his former teammate smiled happily. "Going where the winds take it." "Then disappearing like it was nothing." The two friends laughed and gave a high five to each other. Guio shook his head and began to walk back to the main building. RG fixed his stuff and ran after him. "Hey! Where are you going?" He asked while running after his friend. "Life is more than a beyblade. I'm going hunting for a girlfriend." He said cheerily as RG laughed behind him. "Not unless I get one first!" He shouted back and picked up the pace a little as the wind blew by the dew-soaked grass in the fields, changing the insignificant plants' lives forever with one small breeze.
Tyson swatted back a baseball at Max as the 2 practiced their game at Michael's new diamond. The dark-haired American caught the ball and tossed it back to the pitcher, Max. Tyson groaned and headed back to the bench alongside Enzo of Flying High. The other former beyblader patted Tyson's back as he mumbled something about striking out again. "I can't hit even one home run! We'll never win the World Series!" He complained as Max struck out another player on Michael's team. The blonde American jogged back to his former teammate as their team captain stepped up to the mound to practice. "Tyson! Struck out again?" He said jovially as his friend grumbled. Enzo raised his eyebrows and readied to bat against Michael, picking up a steel baseball bat. Tyson raised a fist at the overly confident batter and continued to complain. "2 more years before we can join the adult beyblading action. 2 more years!" He yelled and the other players watched him with slight fear in their eyes. "C'mon, baseball's not so bad." Max said optimistically and scooped up a baseball. "I'm heading to the bull pen so I can practice my pitch. You should swing that bat for practice." He continued and his teammate shook his head. He stood up and walked out of the bench, grabbing his bag and casual clothes from a hanger. "I'm heading over to the new Asian restaurant downtown. Meet me there." He said blandly and brushed off some dirt from his baseball uniform as Max shrugged. He watched his best friend run off to the bullpen and smiled. He stared up at the heavens, wistfully longing for the time when the Bladebreakers were still a whole team, his thoughts only interrupted by a stray home run ball that flew through the clear blue sky. "I wonder what Ray and Mariah are up to?" He thought aloud and walked through the stadium's large hall where some of their team's fans had gathered. In a couple of seconds, he was totally mobbed by frenzied baseball fanatics. He signed a few hats and pictures and pushed through the living, breathing ocean. He was promptly stopped by a portly man garbed in butler clothing who handed him a note. Tyson raised an eyebrow and tapped the man's shoulder questioningly. "For Sirs Tyson and Max. From Master Kai." He explained before disappearing into the crowd. He smiled and headed back inside the baseball diamond as his presence melded with the giant crowd of living beings, swept away by the tide of human life.
Matt skillfully fried a chicken and some spices to perfection and flipped onto a plate, his eyes narrowed in concentration. He passed the delicious smelling dish to a waiter and watched for a moment as the waiter served the platter to a customer in his Asian restaurant. He sighed and checked to see if there were any more orders for his expert cooking skills. He smiled ruefully as he saw none and decided to call it a day for himself. Matt signaled a replacement to take his place and put on his faded red jacket over his Chinese cooking suit, which was covered in oil stains and sauce blots. He walked out while taking off his chef's hat and tucking it into his sports bag. Sighing, he noticed a picture that his teammates took of themselves after they were liberated from G.E.N.E and Arcford. He smiled fondly at the happy picture and walked towards his nearby apartment building with slightly moist eyes. "1 year ago." He said dazedly and pushed open the apartment's doors with one hand. He rode up the elevator and thought of all the times he had during that G.E.N.E tournament. Attacking Mariah, trying to kill Ray, helping Guio taunt Kai, losing to Ray and finally giving up and telling him to marry Mariah. He kicked the side of the elevator, depressed, and walked out of the conveyance with slumped shoulders. Sure, he had hit pay dirt with his new restaurant and he was more or less well known around the city, but he never really was happy or even just contented with his current life. Always being the underdog, the pushover, the loser who never was able to enjoy life, Matt's only real fun lay with his friends. But his friends had spread out far and wide and he only remained in contact with his wacky yet serious friend, Dean. He opened the door to his room and dropped his bag on the spotless wooden floor. Matt punched the wall and sat down tiredly, wishing he had never summoned those memories to his mind. He checked the video camera he had secretly installed in Ray and Mariah's air conditioning unit and watched the screen intently, throwing it across the room as the lights went off on the miniature screen. "I love you, Mariah! Ray's a stupid moron. Great. In a few months, they're going to be asking if I wanted to be godfather to their child." He thought miserably and buried his head in his arms when he heard a small yelp come from near his door. He raised an eyebrow, puzzled, and moved closer to the unknown object. He smiled at a small shaking basket and picked up a note attached to it. "Dear Matt, sorry if we haven't stayed in touch for a while. RG and I are currently studying at a university in Australia. Sending a package to America is costly and you better be grateful for our present! Good luck with your restaurant! - Your good friends, Guio and RG." Matt smiled a true smile and folded the letter, pocketing it as a daily reminder of how strong a friendship can be. Curious, he tapped the box warily and it shook in response. He frowned and opened the package, receiving a wet lick. "A puppy?" He said in surprise and wondered how Guio and RG could have sent him a pet from Australia. His doubts were forgotten as the small dog cuddled his leg in a very adorable way. He stroked its light brown fur and held it up to the light. "A girl, eh? It's not a Mariah but it's good enough!" He said happily as the dog licked his face cheerily. "Guess I'm naming you Mary, then." He announced and put the small dog down on the floor, at last at peace with the world that drove him into the ground and made his life miserable. "Amazing how the ball bounces." He thought optimistically while searching for any possible snacks for his new friend. (A/N: Note to Matt: That is what you call invasion of privacy and it is punishable by law. Stop bugging their house with cameras!)
"Hey, Dean! Ian's coming in for the first place!" Nico said happily as he called on one of his fellow mechanics. Dean leaped up from his seat and watched the monitors with excited eyes. He bit his lip due to the intense race going on with his team's racer, Ian, trying to keep ahead of one of his competitors. "C'mon modifications." Dean thought hopefully as Ian seemed to finally get into the race by totally flooring it and gaining a small lead over his opponent in the exciting Formula 1 race. "Yeah!" He shouted and rejoiced with his fellow mechanics as Ian passed over the finish line with a few seconds to spare over the other racer. The team of technicians and mechanics ran to the podium to be greeted by immensely joyful fans. They cheered on their racer as he received the golden trophy and was sprayed with champagne by the second and third placers. Dean was lifted into the air as the racers went down from the stage and the race officials announced the best team of mechanics and the best head mechanic and technician. Nico shouted alongside Dean as their team lifted them up and carried them to the stage, celebrating their obvious and outright win in the race for points. He smiled thinly and surveyed the wild crowd below him and noticed 4 kids playing with their beyblades. "I'm going to be the best beyblader ever!" One kid shouted as his toy knocked his friend's beyblade out of the metal dish they had. Dean's smile faded as he watched the 4 young boys talk about their aspirations and play with each other without a care in the world. Dean walked down from the podium and longingly watched the children, fingering his Aquatix inside his jumpsuit's pocket. He smiled and walked up to the little gang and pulled out his launcher and beyblade. "Can I join?" He asked honestly and the little kids quickly nodded their heads. "3,2,1. Let it rip!!!" He shouted and people began to watch the complete amateurs battle with this stranger who seemed to be quite good at the sport. Ian and Nico laughed as a crowd began to gather and pulled out their own beyblades and launchers. "One round." Ian challenged and readied his launcher as the kids cheered on Dean. The die hard racing fans were transfixed by the two beybladers vying for supremacy in the sport, eventually shouting in excitement at the unbelievably intense battle. Ian caught his defeated beyblade and shook Dean's sweaty palm before clasping a hand on his shoulder. "You BladeTech players sure are something, huh?" He commented as Dean sheepishly bowed his head while the crowd cheered for him. Nico ran up to him and held out his beyblade. "I'll fight you after we go celebrate with the team at my place." He said blandly as a man dressed like a butler walked up to them. "Message for Sirs Dean, Ian and Nico. From Master Kai." The man said before handing the note and walking into the parking lot to enter a limousine. Ian raised an eyebrow and looked at the letter with curious green eyes. "What could this be about?"
2 weeks later.
Two guards greeted Ray as he and Mariah nervously entered what appeared to be Kai's mansion home. He gasped in evident awe at the huge hall where what appeared to be everyone he knew talking and eating with each other. He sat down as Mariah walked off to check out what was once a full buffet table. (A/N: Tyson is in the house.) Max ran up to him and sat down beside his old teammate and began to chat with him. "Ray! How have you been doing, buddy?" "Uh, quite good." He replied softly as he thought about his night with his wife. "Tyson and me are quite the stars now! We've got almost as much fans as Michael does!" Max said excitedly while pointing to a picture of the jubilant baseball team that won the World Series. Ray laughed and clapped his old friend's shoulder as they discussed casual and serious matters. The black haired Chinese rolled his eyes however as he noticed Matt stammering nonsense and trying to continue a decent conversation with Mariah while nervously stroking his puppy, Mary. "When will he get over his crush?" He said tiredly and Max shook his head sadly. "He needs psychological help." He was about to continue but was interrupted as Tyson sat down on the expensive looking chair beside them. "You guys have any idea what this is about?" The gluttonous Bladebreaker asked and his former teammates replied with a shrug. "I have no idea. Hey, did you watch the F1 race last week?" Max asked excitedly and began to narrate the strange event to his teammates. "Dean and Ian had no idea their battle was still taped!" He finished, receiving quite a bit of laughter from his friends. "I heard that." Dean said grumpily from the other group of chairs where he was talking with an obviously tanned Guio. Ray laughed a bit more and stared at the flight of stairs that led to the second floor of Kai's immense house. "I wonder what he's doing up there?" He thought as his other friends chatted happily in the midst of the party.
Dominique brushed her hair and looked in the mirror worriedly as she prepared to meet their old friends at Kai's and her surprise engagement party. She frowned and flicked stray dust off her new gown and sighed uncomfortably. She had absolutely no idea that Kai was this rich and that she would be dressing like a queen when she stayed with him. Her thoughts were interrupted as hands wrapped around her waist and a kiss was planted on her ear. "Kai." She said in mock annoyance as the former beyblade champion rested his face on her shoulder and caressed her face adoringly. "Something wrong?" Kai asked caringly as the one he loved smiled nervously. He looked into the doubtful eyes of hers and stroked her long hair. "C'mon, tell me." He said impatiently and hugged her from behind. "I'm worried, Kai. Getting engaged to a guy like you who has all the money he would ever need is sort of troubling for me." She confessed and Kai frowned in response. But he changed expressions faster than a chameleon changes color and smiled reassuringly. "You feel worried because I'm rich?" He said in slight disbelief. Dominique sighed and touched his cheek lovingly. "I'm worried you'll get rid of me after a while because you can have anything you want." She said truthfully and Kai was taken aback for a while, unsure of what to say. Deciding against saying anything at all, he kissed her passionately on the lips and stroked her face gently. "I'd kill myself if I did that." He said seriously and nuzzled her nose with his own. Dominique smiled and hugged his more or less muscular body. He looked at her with a thin smile and carried her out of the chair, dropping her on the bed. "Let's go out and meet our friends." He said and kissed her lightly on the forehead.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Master Kai and his fiancée, Dominique." Another butler announced officially as the crowd remained silent for a few seconds, stunned by the announcement. Tyson looked around nervously and was the first one to clap, igniting a rain of applause from the crowd as Dominique stepped down the stairs hand in hand with Kai. The Bladebreakers clapped furiously for their apparently apprehensive leader as he reached the first floor and all of his old friends. Mariah walked up to a blushing Dominique and began to chat with her as the Bladebreakers walked up to Kai. He put on his coldest face and pretended to be composed, frequently glancing at his beet red girlfriend. He scanned the entire room and saw many old friends and allies who had come to his spacious home. Erika, Trina and Anna, all happily jumping for joy and waving at their former team leader. RG and Ian, waving happily at him while Matt patted his dog and smiled back at them. Nico clapping beside Dean and Benjamin, who had suffered a broken arm from a fall while horseback riding. Guio who stared at him and Dominique with a thin yet happy smile and Enzo, sipping a drink and waving back at him. Raisa and Michael cheering them on as Emily smiled from above her tennis magazine. "Guess me and you have lots of responsibilities from now on." Ray said while patting him on the back. "Yeah, lucky dog." Tyson said while pretending to sulk. Max laughed and punched Kai lightly on the shoulder. "Make us uncles, Kai! It would be interesting to have nephews!" He joked and Kai blushed hotly as he thought about the idea. "Aw, c'mon. Can't you take a little teasing?" Ray said as his former teammate cast an embarrassed glance at his fiancée. "Uh, I'm not sure I want to be a father just yet." He said quietly, shuffling his feet. Tyson rolled his eyes and acted like a small version of Kai. "Good thing too or we'd be stuck babysitting the demon child, Kai Jr!" He joked and received a glare from Kai, visibly embarrassed by their remarks. He stared at the one he loved for a while and looked out the wide windows of his mansion. A shooting star fell darted through the beautiful night sky as the full moon shined above the house. "Life will be changing for all of us." He said absentmindedly and resumed the talk with his friends. However far away the topic was from becoming a father, Kai's mind focused on the possibility of having a child. He may have heard but he did not listen to his excited friends and instead focused his vision on his blushing fiancée. "I'm going upstairs for a while. Enjoy the refreshments." He said and started up the stairs, Dominique following his movements with her eyes. She excused herself and ran up to catch up with him.
Kai sat down on the large bed and closed his eyes meditatively. Dominique snuggled his chest and looked up at him questioningly. "Kai?" She asked and he stroked her hair caringly. "Um, how would you like to be a, uh, mother?" He said sheepishly and scratched his head. Dominique blushed and sat stiffly beside him. "I never really thought about the fact that when I marry you, I'll probably become a father." Kai explained while staring at the floor. He wrapped an arm around Dominique's shoulder and smiled reassuringly. "I'm not going to force you anyway." He said, noting his fiancée's slightly fearful look. She smiled as Kai flicked his tongue on her ear. She cuddled him and poked his cheek playfully. Dominique pushed him onto the bed and kissed him passionately, smiling evilly as she stopped Kai from getting away. "Dominique!" He yelled in mock irritation. Dominique hesitated for a moment and that left Kai a very valuable opening. Utilizing his judo skills, he flipped her and traded positions in an instant. Dominique gasped as the sudden burden of carrying Kai's weight was dropped on her. He grinned and trailed kisses down her neck. "If I do become a mommy, I name our child." She said seriously and held up her forefinger. Kai smiled maliciously and slowly rubbed her bosom, causing her to moan at the new sensation. "God! Kai!" She yelled and reflexively pulled him closer to her, slightly strangling him. "Sure, you can name our kid." He said teasingly while slowly trailing kisses down from her ear to her chest.
Tyson groaned and clutched his stomach, his weary eyes searching for a rest room. He walked over to a butler and the servant pointed towards the upper floor. "Thanks." Tyson said with an obvious effort before slowly proceeding up the stairs. He swayed back and forth due to his sick stomach and walked dazedly towards the bathroom right after Kai's room. "Kai!" He stopped and was snapped back to reality (Oh, there goes gravity! I love that!) as he heard a muffled female voice shout. He heard a stifled gasp from within Kai's quarters and pressed his ears against the wall. His eyes nearly popped in surprise at what he was hearing and he bolted down the stairs faster than a rabbit being chased by a fox. He reached Ray, who was engaged in a serious conversation with Mariah, and Max, whispering something funny in Emily's ear. He moved his jaws up and down and frantically pointed at Kai's room and made gestures involving his ear and a wall. Ray grabbed Tyson's shoulders and shook him back to his normal self. "Just listen." He panted for air, exhausted by his efforts to tell them what was going on. Max's ears immediately pinpointed a foreign sound that definitely didn't come from the ongoing party. Mariah gasped as she realized what the sounds meant and looked at the dumbfounded Ray meaningfully. She groaned as her husband raised his eyebrow stupidly and grabbed his shoulder, making him lean closer to her. Ray reeled backward as Mariah explained the sounds and rushed up the stairs with his friends trailing him. "Not so hard, Kai." He heard and took a gulp as their thoughts were confirmed. "Kai, Kai. KAI!!!" That last shout was enough to get everybody's attention and soon enough, everybody had their ears pressed against the wall of the room. Ray nudged Tyson and glared at him as a signal. Tyson made a puzzled expression and Ray whacked him on the head. The overly gluttonous beyblader nodded in enlightenment and rapped his knuckles on the wall. "Kai, if you want to have sex, get sound proof walls." He commented snidely and the entire group burst into laughter. They laughed harder as they heard Kai's voice distinctly mutter an expletive in the sheer shock of the event. "Aw, go on. Free romance movies! Over here!" He added and turned around as he watched Dean accidentally bounce down the stairs after laughing too hard. Matt promptly stood up and chased his friend, tripping and landing face first on the floor. Tears fell from Mariah's eyes as she made an effort to still look composed in the face of all the live and unplanned comedy, laughing like crazy beside Ray. Kai opened the door, barely revealing his head, and stared back at all of his friends and blushing profusely. "We'll be right there. Dominique and I just need to get, uh, dressed again." He replied and the crowd burst into another fit of laughter. Kai bit his lip and closed the door quickly, visibly embarrassed. Ian stood up and yelled at the wall. "Hey, Kai! Can we borrow the security cameras' tapes? It's been a while since I watched some X-rated movies!" He shouted and ran down the stairs with his former teammates running after him. Trina tapped the wall and shouted for her elder sister to hear. "Hey! Mom said you can't do stuff like that until you're married!" She said accusingly and heard an audible "Oh no! I forgot about that!" in response. After a few long minutes of laughter, Kai finally appeared out of the room with Dominique hiding behind him. She waved tentatively to her angry looking little sister and blushed profusely. Ian ran back up the stairs with slumped shoulders. He made an angry expression and glared at Kai comically. "You didn't have to tape paper over the cameras. Spoilsport." He complained childishly as Kai desperately combed his messed up hair with a brush. "Note to self: Tyson is not always wrong. Install sound proof walls before reunion next year." Kai thought while looking over his crouched friends, all of them laughing like crazy. "Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!" RG chanted and soon the entire group of once famous beybladers was clamoring for the couple to kiss. Kai looked apprehensively at Dominique and stared at her with questioning eyes. "In front of them?" She said rather nervously and Kai rolled his eyes. "Forget it." He said before planting one, long, deep kiss on her lips and ran his hands through her hair as she melted away in his hands. He broke off and looked away as Tyson cheered madly, avoiding more embarrassment. Matt rubbed his head and hit himself on the forehead in comical depression. "I really need to get one of those." He said as everybody else laughed at his truthful yet witty remark. Kai smiled and listened to all of his old friends enjoying each other's company and laughing with their old enemies. "And she's still sleeping over tonight! Nothing could get better than this!" Dean fell down the stairs again due to his hysterical laughter but grabbed onto Guio's shirt before sliding downwards. Guio shouted in surprise and clutched Erika's skirt, causing her to slap him yet falls as well. She firmly gripped Tyson's shirt and watched in amazement as a chain reaction occurred and soon everyone was piled up in the middle of the mansion's first floor. "Help." They heard Dean groan and laughed as he wriggled underneath the immense pile of human beings happily living life to the fullest. "Punish self for being wrong again. It just got better."
End of Story
And that's it for The Best of the Best! Hope you enjoyed it and continue to look out for my works! I have a tragic idea for a sequel but I need to stretch my action/adventure arms once more and continue with my idea for an all-out action story. You can email me about your opinion on this of course. - Pyroteknix
Email the author at maxgana@hotmail.com but don't send me junk mail!
Pyroteknix: (Clearing desk) We're getting rid of all our old drafts and such before we start on the sequel or the new story in www.fictionpress.net.
Aerodynamix: Hey! Look at the drawing I made of the characters!
Pyroteknix: It sucks! You can't even color in the lines!
Aerodynamix: So what? Can you draw at all?
Pyroteknix: Er, no. I already explained that I am the most artistically challenged person in the world.
Aerodynamix: You're also going to become vision impaired if you spend so much time on the computer. But what the hell, nobody cares if we wear glasses anyway!
Pyroteknix: (Raises glass of coke) To commercialism!
Aerodynamix: To comm. What?
Pyroteknix: Heck, it sounded nice for a toast.
Aerodynamix: How about: "To all our good friends and reviewers who happened to support us even though we weren't sure if we should continue"?
Pyroteknix: Too long. I remember a movie we watched called "The Fiddler on the Roof". They had some type of toast phrase there.
Aerodynamix: I know what that was! (Raises glass) To life!
Pyroteknix: (Dumps drink on Aerodynamix) To life! Hahaha!
Aerodynamix: Come back here you good for nothing alter ego!
Pyroteknix: Adios amigos! Adios Galux Kitty! Adios dArK bLaDe! Adios Panzerfaust! Adios flamingsword! **THUD**
Aerodynamix: Third time he's whacked his head on that overly low door. Adios Pyroteknix! (Carries unconscious alter ego out of room while waving)
Pyroteknix: (Suddenly jolts awake.) Hey that wasn't so bad for me! I can write lemons! (Whacks head on wall twice.) No! Must not give in to the dark side! Must not give in! What the hell, I'll make a decision after we get the secret ending of Kingdom Hearts.
Aerodynamix: Shaddup you moron. It is impossible to beat Sephiroth. He is invincible!
Pyroteknix: Nooooo! Damn. I so wanted to prove that I could beat him. How about Ice Titan? Is he invincible?
Aerodynamix: (Drops Pyroteknix on floor and shuffles through papers.) Hmm. Yep! It is possible to beat him. Unfortunately, your current level and amount of skill is lower than the recommended statistics required to beat 'em.
Pyroteknix: Might as well make the decision now. Continue writing lemons, not continue writing lemons, continue writing lemons, and not continue..
Aerodynamix: Hell with it! (Punches Pyroteknix on head.) Continue! I'm bored.
Pyroteknix: I told you the mindless slaughter in Metal Gear Solid 2 would eventually get tiresome. Kingdom Hearts is far more refined.
Aerodynamix: It's not mindless slaughter! It's strategical warfare with a few losses to virtual human life! Anyway, we should go already, Pimpoy wants to use the office.
Pyroteknix: Okay. Kingdom Hearts rules. So long everybody.
Aerodynamix: I never understood that phrase. "So long?" It sounds funny.
I made that the longest dialogue between my two idiots because this was the last chapter.
By: Pyroteknix
Pyroteknix: Uh, this will be my first and probably last attempt to write something close to a lemon. I don't have the skill to write a complete one.
Aerodynamix: I will be so dead when I meet dArK bLaDe, Panzerfaust and flamingsword later. You hear that God? I'm sacrificing a lot for this!
Pyroteknix: At least hell is hot. I like hot.
Aerodynamix: Do you think we'll get our last wish our something like that?
Pyroteknix: Nope. Knowing our friends, nope.
Aerodynamix: You might get your name engraved for being one of the only male authors to at least try to write something close to a lemon.
Pyroteknix: I think. Every other author seems to be female when it comes to this. I think "Pyroteknix" sounds funny on a gravestone.
Aerodynamix: Yeah, they might make a running joke of my name and make my gravestone aerodynamic with all those curvatures and such.
Pyroteknix: I cannot possibly follow in the shadow of the others but I shall try! (And most possibly fail.)
A/N: I advise reading at least the last chapter of The Best of the Best before reading this or you might get confused with either the character references or the stated events. For the first part of the epilogue: If you can't stand the heat, get out of the fire!
Ray was soundly sleeping on the other side of his and Mariah's large bed when he was shaken awake. He opened his eyes groggily and looked at a shivering Mariah. "Ray, I'm cold." She said while shaking uncontrollably. Ray checked over his back and looked at the airconditioning unit, which, as Ray expected, was evidently tampered with. He groaned and stood up hastily, ready to fix any damage their idiot friend, Matt, had done. "You know, sometimes I think that kid wants revenge for my marrying you." (A/N: Yes, he does!) Ray said flatly while tinkering with the device. Mariah shivered a bit and looked out their closed window. Ray sighed and gave up, plopping onto the bouncy bed for some rest. "I'm still cold, Ray." She said after a large sneeze that probably woke up half the household. An idea flitted through Ray's mind and he crawled over to Mariah. Stroking her long pink hair, he hugged her and warmth crept through her slender body. She turned around and kissed him lightly on the lips before cuddling closer to him. "Warm now?" Ray asked while he cradled her in his arms. "A little bit warmer." She said teasingly as the raven-haired boy tickled her cheek. Ray grinned and rolled over so that he pinned Mariah to the bed with his weight. He kissed her passionately for what seemed to be ages to them while they rolled around in the bed. "A bit warmer." She teased him by rubbing his back slowly. Ray trailed a few butterfly kisses down her neck, exciting Mariah even more with every connection of skin. (A/N: I actually have no idea what a "butterfly" kiss is. Heck, I see it in other stories though.) Ray stopped and stared into her beautiful eyes and laughed happily. They rolled around in the spacious bed like 2 little kids enjoying themselves. A popping sound was made as one of the buttons of Mariah's white shirt flew off and landed with a resounding clang on the wooden floor. She blushed furiously as Ray had a first class view of her black bra and watched him redden as well. "Uh, I'm really sorry, Mariah." He stammered while Mariah tried to patch up her broken shirt. Ray sighed and ran a hand through his black hair. "Guess I'm not much of a husband, eh?" He said rather dejectedly as Mariah smiled reassuringly. She kissed him lightly on his cheek and cuddled his chest like a little kitten. "You can make up for that." She said slyly, tickling his chin. Ray smiled and pushed her back down into the bed. "Let's put that rip to good use." He replied and kissed a trail down to her bosom until he reached the black undergarment. Mariah's body shuddered with pleasure as Ray hesitated at the clothing item. He made a questioning face at the pink-haired girl in front of him and she stopped, doubtful. But she nodded eventually and waited impatiently as Ray nervously tried to remove the item. She made a pouting face and took it off for him, making Ray take a gulp. He apprehensively nudged her breast with his nose and gently licked one of her nipples. Mariah grabbed his head as he continued with his actions, thoroughly enjoying the ministrations. Ray stopped and proceeded to remove his shirt quickly, mentally hugging himself for such a great idea. "I'm a genius. Yep, I'm a genius." He thought and tossed away his white shirt. Mariah grinned and pinned him to the bed, passionately kissing him. Ray's heart beat wildly as he felt her breasts push against him. Mariah rolled of him and hesitated before removing the rest of her clothing, completely revealing her body. (A/N: I have the guts. I have the guts.) Ray mentally punched himself to keep him from fainting and took a gulp. He pulled down his pants and underwear and lay down beside Mariah. (A/N: I do not want to use the commercial names for underwear. Sounds funny.) "Should we go on?" He asked nervously without taking his eyes off her. Mariah frowned uncertainly and nodded. Ray climbed on top of her and kissed her lightly on the forehead. "Not so hard, Ray." She said while firmly grasping the bed sheet as a brace. He quietly muttered a prayer and looked at her beautiful eyes before proceeding. (A/N: Lord, help me finish this.) Mariah gasped as tears started to well up in her eyes and she removed her hands from the bed. She gave another gasp and dug her nails into Ray's shoulder as he stopped, unsure of whether he should continue. "You want your kids to think their dad was a coward?" Mariah teased with an obvious effort. Ray laughed a bit and jammed himself into her, making her gasp even louder. "And that their mom had no pain tolerance?" He retorted and kissed Mariah lovingly on her lips. He continued, slowing down a little so that she wouldn't be in so much pain. After a while, Mariah flicked his nose with her finger and hugged him tightly. "'I've rode kiddy rides more exciting than this." She pouted childishly as Ray grinned evilly. "You asked for it!" He said and thrust into her even faster, causing her to moan in pleasure. He increased the tempo a bit more and suddenly felt her tighten around him. Her body stiffened in his arms as he continued, making Ray wonder if he was doing something wrong. "Are you all right?" He asked and hesitated, giving Mariah an opportunity to breathe in ragged intakes. She nodded slowly and wrapped her arms around his shoulders, biting her lip as she stared at him expectantly. Ray smiled reassuringly and kissed her before continuing, eventually engulfing both of them in pure ecstasy. Mariah's nails dug into his back as she screamed his name before finally spilling her essence along with an extremely tired Ray. (A/N: What the hell? Essence?) He slid off her, panting and exhausted and lay down beside a sweaty Mariah. She kissed him full on the lips with her arms entwined around his waist and stared into his golden eyes. "Now we're hot and wet. Great." She said in mock complaint and the couple laughed silently. Ray snuggled her and reached for the lamp on the bedside desk, removing what so ever little light they had and covering the room in a shroud of darkness. "That felt really good, Ray." "I love you, Mariah. Good night." "Good night too, Ray." (A/N: Ehehehe. I'm done. I can move again.. Gak!)
"Finished!" A balding teacher shouted with a hoarse voice as students around him passed a thick pile of paper to the front of the classroom. RG tapped his old wooden table excitedly as Guio wiped the sweat from his forehead. The former BladeTech leader groaned as his teammate pulled out his notebook and took down observations. "Man, don't you ever stop studying?" Guio complained while heading out of the room and extracting his lunch from his backpack. "This is for a masters degree!" RG retorted while sifting through his bag for a textbook. The tan skinned beyblader sat down on one of the university's benches and munched on a chicken sandwich. He rolled his eyes as RG absentmindedly chewed on a pencil while reading a book on technology and mechanics. "Er, don't you already know a lot about machines?" Guio said while peering into RG's red backpack, filled with gadgets and books about them. "I still haven't figured out perpetual motion." His teammate replied and Guio promptly hit his own head. He groaned and got back to his sandwich as RG tapped his chewed on pencil thoughtfully on the concrete bench. He pulled out his unused beyblade and looked at it fondly. RG laughed and punched Guio lightly on the shoulder. "You know, girls can be as interesting as your beyblade there." RG commented, receiving a glare from his elder leader. The famous beyblader looked up while his teammate went back to his book. He watched the sky wistfully, thoughts running through his mind. "Life flies by so quickly." He said dazedly while memories of their previous career grew stronger with each second. RG stared at him for a while and decided to close his book. "Fading away like a passing cloud." He added as his former teammate smiled happily. "Going where the winds take it." "Then disappearing like it was nothing." The two friends laughed and gave a high five to each other. Guio shook his head and began to walk back to the main building. RG fixed his stuff and ran after him. "Hey! Where are you going?" He asked while running after his friend. "Life is more than a beyblade. I'm going hunting for a girlfriend." He said cheerily as RG laughed behind him. "Not unless I get one first!" He shouted back and picked up the pace a little as the wind blew by the dew-soaked grass in the fields, changing the insignificant plants' lives forever with one small breeze.
Tyson swatted back a baseball at Max as the 2 practiced their game at Michael's new diamond. The dark-haired American caught the ball and tossed it back to the pitcher, Max. Tyson groaned and headed back to the bench alongside Enzo of Flying High. The other former beyblader patted Tyson's back as he mumbled something about striking out again. "I can't hit even one home run! We'll never win the World Series!" He complained as Max struck out another player on Michael's team. The blonde American jogged back to his former teammate as their team captain stepped up to the mound to practice. "Tyson! Struck out again?" He said jovially as his friend grumbled. Enzo raised his eyebrows and readied to bat against Michael, picking up a steel baseball bat. Tyson raised a fist at the overly confident batter and continued to complain. "2 more years before we can join the adult beyblading action. 2 more years!" He yelled and the other players watched him with slight fear in their eyes. "C'mon, baseball's not so bad." Max said optimistically and scooped up a baseball. "I'm heading to the bull pen so I can practice my pitch. You should swing that bat for practice." He continued and his teammate shook his head. He stood up and walked out of the bench, grabbing his bag and casual clothes from a hanger. "I'm heading over to the new Asian restaurant downtown. Meet me there." He said blandly and brushed off some dirt from his baseball uniform as Max shrugged. He watched his best friend run off to the bullpen and smiled. He stared up at the heavens, wistfully longing for the time when the Bladebreakers were still a whole team, his thoughts only interrupted by a stray home run ball that flew through the clear blue sky. "I wonder what Ray and Mariah are up to?" He thought aloud and walked through the stadium's large hall where some of their team's fans had gathered. In a couple of seconds, he was totally mobbed by frenzied baseball fanatics. He signed a few hats and pictures and pushed through the living, breathing ocean. He was promptly stopped by a portly man garbed in butler clothing who handed him a note. Tyson raised an eyebrow and tapped the man's shoulder questioningly. "For Sirs Tyson and Max. From Master Kai." He explained before disappearing into the crowd. He smiled and headed back inside the baseball diamond as his presence melded with the giant crowd of living beings, swept away by the tide of human life.
Matt skillfully fried a chicken and some spices to perfection and flipped onto a plate, his eyes narrowed in concentration. He passed the delicious smelling dish to a waiter and watched for a moment as the waiter served the platter to a customer in his Asian restaurant. He sighed and checked to see if there were any more orders for his expert cooking skills. He smiled ruefully as he saw none and decided to call it a day for himself. Matt signaled a replacement to take his place and put on his faded red jacket over his Chinese cooking suit, which was covered in oil stains and sauce blots. He walked out while taking off his chef's hat and tucking it into his sports bag. Sighing, he noticed a picture that his teammates took of themselves after they were liberated from G.E.N.E and Arcford. He smiled fondly at the happy picture and walked towards his nearby apartment building with slightly moist eyes. "1 year ago." He said dazedly and pushed open the apartment's doors with one hand. He rode up the elevator and thought of all the times he had during that G.E.N.E tournament. Attacking Mariah, trying to kill Ray, helping Guio taunt Kai, losing to Ray and finally giving up and telling him to marry Mariah. He kicked the side of the elevator, depressed, and walked out of the conveyance with slumped shoulders. Sure, he had hit pay dirt with his new restaurant and he was more or less well known around the city, but he never really was happy or even just contented with his current life. Always being the underdog, the pushover, the loser who never was able to enjoy life, Matt's only real fun lay with his friends. But his friends had spread out far and wide and he only remained in contact with his wacky yet serious friend, Dean. He opened the door to his room and dropped his bag on the spotless wooden floor. Matt punched the wall and sat down tiredly, wishing he had never summoned those memories to his mind. He checked the video camera he had secretly installed in Ray and Mariah's air conditioning unit and watched the screen intently, throwing it across the room as the lights went off on the miniature screen. "I love you, Mariah! Ray's a stupid moron. Great. In a few months, they're going to be asking if I wanted to be godfather to their child." He thought miserably and buried his head in his arms when he heard a small yelp come from near his door. He raised an eyebrow, puzzled, and moved closer to the unknown object. He smiled at a small shaking basket and picked up a note attached to it. "Dear Matt, sorry if we haven't stayed in touch for a while. RG and I are currently studying at a university in Australia. Sending a package to America is costly and you better be grateful for our present! Good luck with your restaurant! - Your good friends, Guio and RG." Matt smiled a true smile and folded the letter, pocketing it as a daily reminder of how strong a friendship can be. Curious, he tapped the box warily and it shook in response. He frowned and opened the package, receiving a wet lick. "A puppy?" He said in surprise and wondered how Guio and RG could have sent him a pet from Australia. His doubts were forgotten as the small dog cuddled his leg in a very adorable way. He stroked its light brown fur and held it up to the light. "A girl, eh? It's not a Mariah but it's good enough!" He said happily as the dog licked his face cheerily. "Guess I'm naming you Mary, then." He announced and put the small dog down on the floor, at last at peace with the world that drove him into the ground and made his life miserable. "Amazing how the ball bounces." He thought optimistically while searching for any possible snacks for his new friend. (A/N: Note to Matt: That is what you call invasion of privacy and it is punishable by law. Stop bugging their house with cameras!)
"Hey, Dean! Ian's coming in for the first place!" Nico said happily as he called on one of his fellow mechanics. Dean leaped up from his seat and watched the monitors with excited eyes. He bit his lip due to the intense race going on with his team's racer, Ian, trying to keep ahead of one of his competitors. "C'mon modifications." Dean thought hopefully as Ian seemed to finally get into the race by totally flooring it and gaining a small lead over his opponent in the exciting Formula 1 race. "Yeah!" He shouted and rejoiced with his fellow mechanics as Ian passed over the finish line with a few seconds to spare over the other racer. The team of technicians and mechanics ran to the podium to be greeted by immensely joyful fans. They cheered on their racer as he received the golden trophy and was sprayed with champagne by the second and third placers. Dean was lifted into the air as the racers went down from the stage and the race officials announced the best team of mechanics and the best head mechanic and technician. Nico shouted alongside Dean as their team lifted them up and carried them to the stage, celebrating their obvious and outright win in the race for points. He smiled thinly and surveyed the wild crowd below him and noticed 4 kids playing with their beyblades. "I'm going to be the best beyblader ever!" One kid shouted as his toy knocked his friend's beyblade out of the metal dish they had. Dean's smile faded as he watched the 4 young boys talk about their aspirations and play with each other without a care in the world. Dean walked down from the podium and longingly watched the children, fingering his Aquatix inside his jumpsuit's pocket. He smiled and walked up to the little gang and pulled out his launcher and beyblade. "Can I join?" He asked honestly and the little kids quickly nodded their heads. "3,2,1. Let it rip!!!" He shouted and people began to watch the complete amateurs battle with this stranger who seemed to be quite good at the sport. Ian and Nico laughed as a crowd began to gather and pulled out their own beyblades and launchers. "One round." Ian challenged and readied his launcher as the kids cheered on Dean. The die hard racing fans were transfixed by the two beybladers vying for supremacy in the sport, eventually shouting in excitement at the unbelievably intense battle. Ian caught his defeated beyblade and shook Dean's sweaty palm before clasping a hand on his shoulder. "You BladeTech players sure are something, huh?" He commented as Dean sheepishly bowed his head while the crowd cheered for him. Nico ran up to him and held out his beyblade. "I'll fight you after we go celebrate with the team at my place." He said blandly as a man dressed like a butler walked up to them. "Message for Sirs Dean, Ian and Nico. From Master Kai." The man said before handing the note and walking into the parking lot to enter a limousine. Ian raised an eyebrow and looked at the letter with curious green eyes. "What could this be about?"
2 weeks later.
Two guards greeted Ray as he and Mariah nervously entered what appeared to be Kai's mansion home. He gasped in evident awe at the huge hall where what appeared to be everyone he knew talking and eating with each other. He sat down as Mariah walked off to check out what was once a full buffet table. (A/N: Tyson is in the house.) Max ran up to him and sat down beside his old teammate and began to chat with him. "Ray! How have you been doing, buddy?" "Uh, quite good." He replied softly as he thought about his night with his wife. "Tyson and me are quite the stars now! We've got almost as much fans as Michael does!" Max said excitedly while pointing to a picture of the jubilant baseball team that won the World Series. Ray laughed and clapped his old friend's shoulder as they discussed casual and serious matters. The black haired Chinese rolled his eyes however as he noticed Matt stammering nonsense and trying to continue a decent conversation with Mariah while nervously stroking his puppy, Mary. "When will he get over his crush?" He said tiredly and Max shook his head sadly. "He needs psychological help." He was about to continue but was interrupted as Tyson sat down on the expensive looking chair beside them. "You guys have any idea what this is about?" The gluttonous Bladebreaker asked and his former teammates replied with a shrug. "I have no idea. Hey, did you watch the F1 race last week?" Max asked excitedly and began to narrate the strange event to his teammates. "Dean and Ian had no idea their battle was still taped!" He finished, receiving quite a bit of laughter from his friends. "I heard that." Dean said grumpily from the other group of chairs where he was talking with an obviously tanned Guio. Ray laughed a bit more and stared at the flight of stairs that led to the second floor of Kai's immense house. "I wonder what he's doing up there?" He thought as his other friends chatted happily in the midst of the party.
Dominique brushed her hair and looked in the mirror worriedly as she prepared to meet their old friends at Kai's and her surprise engagement party. She frowned and flicked stray dust off her new gown and sighed uncomfortably. She had absolutely no idea that Kai was this rich and that she would be dressing like a queen when she stayed with him. Her thoughts were interrupted as hands wrapped around her waist and a kiss was planted on her ear. "Kai." She said in mock annoyance as the former beyblade champion rested his face on her shoulder and caressed her face adoringly. "Something wrong?" Kai asked caringly as the one he loved smiled nervously. He looked into the doubtful eyes of hers and stroked her long hair. "C'mon, tell me." He said impatiently and hugged her from behind. "I'm worried, Kai. Getting engaged to a guy like you who has all the money he would ever need is sort of troubling for me." She confessed and Kai frowned in response. But he changed expressions faster than a chameleon changes color and smiled reassuringly. "You feel worried because I'm rich?" He said in slight disbelief. Dominique sighed and touched his cheek lovingly. "I'm worried you'll get rid of me after a while because you can have anything you want." She said truthfully and Kai was taken aback for a while, unsure of what to say. Deciding against saying anything at all, he kissed her passionately on the lips and stroked her face gently. "I'd kill myself if I did that." He said seriously and nuzzled her nose with his own. Dominique smiled and hugged his more or less muscular body. He looked at her with a thin smile and carried her out of the chair, dropping her on the bed. "Let's go out and meet our friends." He said and kissed her lightly on the forehead.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Master Kai and his fiancée, Dominique." Another butler announced officially as the crowd remained silent for a few seconds, stunned by the announcement. Tyson looked around nervously and was the first one to clap, igniting a rain of applause from the crowd as Dominique stepped down the stairs hand in hand with Kai. The Bladebreakers clapped furiously for their apparently apprehensive leader as he reached the first floor and all of his old friends. Mariah walked up to a blushing Dominique and began to chat with her as the Bladebreakers walked up to Kai. He put on his coldest face and pretended to be composed, frequently glancing at his beet red girlfriend. He scanned the entire room and saw many old friends and allies who had come to his spacious home. Erika, Trina and Anna, all happily jumping for joy and waving at their former team leader. RG and Ian, waving happily at him while Matt patted his dog and smiled back at them. Nico clapping beside Dean and Benjamin, who had suffered a broken arm from a fall while horseback riding. Guio who stared at him and Dominique with a thin yet happy smile and Enzo, sipping a drink and waving back at him. Raisa and Michael cheering them on as Emily smiled from above her tennis magazine. "Guess me and you have lots of responsibilities from now on." Ray said while patting him on the back. "Yeah, lucky dog." Tyson said while pretending to sulk. Max laughed and punched Kai lightly on the shoulder. "Make us uncles, Kai! It would be interesting to have nephews!" He joked and Kai blushed hotly as he thought about the idea. "Aw, c'mon. Can't you take a little teasing?" Ray said as his former teammate cast an embarrassed glance at his fiancée. "Uh, I'm not sure I want to be a father just yet." He said quietly, shuffling his feet. Tyson rolled his eyes and acted like a small version of Kai. "Good thing too or we'd be stuck babysitting the demon child, Kai Jr!" He joked and received a glare from Kai, visibly embarrassed by their remarks. He stared at the one he loved for a while and looked out the wide windows of his mansion. A shooting star fell darted through the beautiful night sky as the full moon shined above the house. "Life will be changing for all of us." He said absentmindedly and resumed the talk with his friends. However far away the topic was from becoming a father, Kai's mind focused on the possibility of having a child. He may have heard but he did not listen to his excited friends and instead focused his vision on his blushing fiancée. "I'm going upstairs for a while. Enjoy the refreshments." He said and started up the stairs, Dominique following his movements with her eyes. She excused herself and ran up to catch up with him.
Kai sat down on the large bed and closed his eyes meditatively. Dominique snuggled his chest and looked up at him questioningly. "Kai?" She asked and he stroked her hair caringly. "Um, how would you like to be a, uh, mother?" He said sheepishly and scratched his head. Dominique blushed and sat stiffly beside him. "I never really thought about the fact that when I marry you, I'll probably become a father." Kai explained while staring at the floor. He wrapped an arm around Dominique's shoulder and smiled reassuringly. "I'm not going to force you anyway." He said, noting his fiancée's slightly fearful look. She smiled as Kai flicked his tongue on her ear. She cuddled him and poked his cheek playfully. Dominique pushed him onto the bed and kissed him passionately, smiling evilly as she stopped Kai from getting away. "Dominique!" He yelled in mock irritation. Dominique hesitated for a moment and that left Kai a very valuable opening. Utilizing his judo skills, he flipped her and traded positions in an instant. Dominique gasped as the sudden burden of carrying Kai's weight was dropped on her. He grinned and trailed kisses down her neck. "If I do become a mommy, I name our child." She said seriously and held up her forefinger. Kai smiled maliciously and slowly rubbed her bosom, causing her to moan at the new sensation. "God! Kai!" She yelled and reflexively pulled him closer to her, slightly strangling him. "Sure, you can name our kid." He said teasingly while slowly trailing kisses down from her ear to her chest.
Tyson groaned and clutched his stomach, his weary eyes searching for a rest room. He walked over to a butler and the servant pointed towards the upper floor. "Thanks." Tyson said with an obvious effort before slowly proceeding up the stairs. He swayed back and forth due to his sick stomach and walked dazedly towards the bathroom right after Kai's room. "Kai!" He stopped and was snapped back to reality (Oh, there goes gravity! I love that!) as he heard a muffled female voice shout. He heard a stifled gasp from within Kai's quarters and pressed his ears against the wall. His eyes nearly popped in surprise at what he was hearing and he bolted down the stairs faster than a rabbit being chased by a fox. He reached Ray, who was engaged in a serious conversation with Mariah, and Max, whispering something funny in Emily's ear. He moved his jaws up and down and frantically pointed at Kai's room and made gestures involving his ear and a wall. Ray grabbed Tyson's shoulders and shook him back to his normal self. "Just listen." He panted for air, exhausted by his efforts to tell them what was going on. Max's ears immediately pinpointed a foreign sound that definitely didn't come from the ongoing party. Mariah gasped as she realized what the sounds meant and looked at the dumbfounded Ray meaningfully. She groaned as her husband raised his eyebrow stupidly and grabbed his shoulder, making him lean closer to her. Ray reeled backward as Mariah explained the sounds and rushed up the stairs with his friends trailing him. "Not so hard, Kai." He heard and took a gulp as their thoughts were confirmed. "Kai, Kai. KAI!!!" That last shout was enough to get everybody's attention and soon enough, everybody had their ears pressed against the wall of the room. Ray nudged Tyson and glared at him as a signal. Tyson made a puzzled expression and Ray whacked him on the head. The overly gluttonous beyblader nodded in enlightenment and rapped his knuckles on the wall. "Kai, if you want to have sex, get sound proof walls." He commented snidely and the entire group burst into laughter. They laughed harder as they heard Kai's voice distinctly mutter an expletive in the sheer shock of the event. "Aw, go on. Free romance movies! Over here!" He added and turned around as he watched Dean accidentally bounce down the stairs after laughing too hard. Matt promptly stood up and chased his friend, tripping and landing face first on the floor. Tears fell from Mariah's eyes as she made an effort to still look composed in the face of all the live and unplanned comedy, laughing like crazy beside Ray. Kai opened the door, barely revealing his head, and stared back at all of his friends and blushing profusely. "We'll be right there. Dominique and I just need to get, uh, dressed again." He replied and the crowd burst into another fit of laughter. Kai bit his lip and closed the door quickly, visibly embarrassed. Ian stood up and yelled at the wall. "Hey, Kai! Can we borrow the security cameras' tapes? It's been a while since I watched some X-rated movies!" He shouted and ran down the stairs with his former teammates running after him. Trina tapped the wall and shouted for her elder sister to hear. "Hey! Mom said you can't do stuff like that until you're married!" She said accusingly and heard an audible "Oh no! I forgot about that!" in response. After a few long minutes of laughter, Kai finally appeared out of the room with Dominique hiding behind him. She waved tentatively to her angry looking little sister and blushed profusely. Ian ran back up the stairs with slumped shoulders. He made an angry expression and glared at Kai comically. "You didn't have to tape paper over the cameras. Spoilsport." He complained childishly as Kai desperately combed his messed up hair with a brush. "Note to self: Tyson is not always wrong. Install sound proof walls before reunion next year." Kai thought while looking over his crouched friends, all of them laughing like crazy. "Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!" RG chanted and soon the entire group of once famous beybladers was clamoring for the couple to kiss. Kai looked apprehensively at Dominique and stared at her with questioning eyes. "In front of them?" She said rather nervously and Kai rolled his eyes. "Forget it." He said before planting one, long, deep kiss on her lips and ran his hands through her hair as she melted away in his hands. He broke off and looked away as Tyson cheered madly, avoiding more embarrassment. Matt rubbed his head and hit himself on the forehead in comical depression. "I really need to get one of those." He said as everybody else laughed at his truthful yet witty remark. Kai smiled and listened to all of his old friends enjoying each other's company and laughing with their old enemies. "And she's still sleeping over tonight! Nothing could get better than this!" Dean fell down the stairs again due to his hysterical laughter but grabbed onto Guio's shirt before sliding downwards. Guio shouted in surprise and clutched Erika's skirt, causing her to slap him yet falls as well. She firmly gripped Tyson's shirt and watched in amazement as a chain reaction occurred and soon everyone was piled up in the middle of the mansion's first floor. "Help." They heard Dean groan and laughed as he wriggled underneath the immense pile of human beings happily living life to the fullest. "Punish self for being wrong again. It just got better."
End of Story
And that's it for The Best of the Best! Hope you enjoyed it and continue to look out for my works! I have a tragic idea for a sequel but I need to stretch my action/adventure arms once more and continue with my idea for an all-out action story. You can email me about your opinion on this of course. - Pyroteknix
Email the author at maxgana@hotmail.com but don't send me junk mail!
Pyroteknix: (Clearing desk) We're getting rid of all our old drafts and such before we start on the sequel or the new story in www.fictionpress.net.
Aerodynamix: Hey! Look at the drawing I made of the characters!
Pyroteknix: It sucks! You can't even color in the lines!
Aerodynamix: So what? Can you draw at all?
Pyroteknix: Er, no. I already explained that I am the most artistically challenged person in the world.
Aerodynamix: You're also going to become vision impaired if you spend so much time on the computer. But what the hell, nobody cares if we wear glasses anyway!
Pyroteknix: (Raises glass of coke) To commercialism!
Aerodynamix: To comm. What?
Pyroteknix: Heck, it sounded nice for a toast.
Aerodynamix: How about: "To all our good friends and reviewers who happened to support us even though we weren't sure if we should continue"?
Pyroteknix: Too long. I remember a movie we watched called "The Fiddler on the Roof". They had some type of toast phrase there.
Aerodynamix: I know what that was! (Raises glass) To life!
Pyroteknix: (Dumps drink on Aerodynamix) To life! Hahaha!
Aerodynamix: Come back here you good for nothing alter ego!
Pyroteknix: Adios amigos! Adios Galux Kitty! Adios dArK bLaDe! Adios Panzerfaust! Adios flamingsword! **THUD**
Aerodynamix: Third time he's whacked his head on that overly low door. Adios Pyroteknix! (Carries unconscious alter ego out of room while waving)
Pyroteknix: (Suddenly jolts awake.) Hey that wasn't so bad for me! I can write lemons! (Whacks head on wall twice.) No! Must not give in to the dark side! Must not give in! What the hell, I'll make a decision after we get the secret ending of Kingdom Hearts.
Aerodynamix: Shaddup you moron. It is impossible to beat Sephiroth. He is invincible!
Pyroteknix: Nooooo! Damn. I so wanted to prove that I could beat him. How about Ice Titan? Is he invincible?
Aerodynamix: (Drops Pyroteknix on floor and shuffles through papers.) Hmm. Yep! It is possible to beat him. Unfortunately, your current level and amount of skill is lower than the recommended statistics required to beat 'em.
Pyroteknix: Might as well make the decision now. Continue writing lemons, not continue writing lemons, continue writing lemons, and not continue..
Aerodynamix: Hell with it! (Punches Pyroteknix on head.) Continue! I'm bored.
Pyroteknix: I told you the mindless slaughter in Metal Gear Solid 2 would eventually get tiresome. Kingdom Hearts is far more refined.
Aerodynamix: It's not mindless slaughter! It's strategical warfare with a few losses to virtual human life! Anyway, we should go already, Pimpoy wants to use the office.
Pyroteknix: Okay. Kingdom Hearts rules. So long everybody.
Aerodynamix: I never understood that phrase. "So long?" It sounds funny.
I made that the longest dialogue between my two idiots because this was the last chapter.