Eh heh, I can't give any warnings to this fic without giving away the plot,
but everything in this fic is humor and really not to be taken seriously.
Ok then, wasn't that fun? =)
It was, all in all, a normal day for the Bladebreakers. They were training for their next tournament, which was somewhere, although none of them knew where yet; Kenny was waiting for the email from Mr. Dickinson to tell them where they were going.
Right in the middle of a heated beyblade match between Rei and Kai, Kenny heard Dizzi say, "Hey, chief, you've just gotten an email, from Mr. Dickenson."
"Oh boy," said Kenny happily, opening the email, "This letter is probably to tell us where we are going next. I can't wait to find out!"
"I'll bet it's someplace cool," Tyson said, as he and Max leaned over Kenny's shoulders to see the email.
"Yeah!" said Max happily.
Kenny read the email, and then his non-existent eyes got wide. "Oh no! Mr. Dickinson has some bad news for us all!"
"Well, don't keep us in the dark," Rei said, not taking his eyes off the match. "Tell us, what's up?"
"Can we not participate in the tournament?" Tyson said.
Kenny shook his head. "Mr. Dickinson wrote to tell us that just yesterday, a famous person known as Martha Stewart died."
"What's so bad about that?" asked Tyson, "Isn't she that flower lady with too much time on her hands?"
Max shrugged. "It's always sad when people die, but she really doesn't have anything to do with us, does she? So what's the problem? We can send flowers to her grave if he wants, but I still don't see what that has to do with anything."
"It IS connected to us!" Kenny shouted, "Because when Martha died, she vowed to come back to this world as soon as possible, and the only way for her to do that is to pass her soul to someone else; making them her reincarnate."
"Yo, chief, I still don't see what that has to do with us! Get to the point," Tyson said, watching in mild amusement as Rei almost won the battle with Kai, and then lost.
"It has to do with us because Mr. Dickinson found out she plans to try and reincarnate herself into one of us," Kenny finally finished. "That means that one of us will become exactly like her! Whoever it is won't be like her all the time, but the longer time she is in them, the more like her they will become! In other words, she could completely take over one of our bodies!"
"No way!" Rei said, eyes wide with shock.
Tyson groaned, "I don't want to become the next Martha Stewart and tell people how to make the perfect glass of water!"
Max glanced quizzically at Tyson, "She does WHAT?"
"She tells people how to make the perfect glass of water," Tyson repeated.
"Wow . . ." Max said.
"Does Mr. Dickinson know which one of us is going to become the reincarnate?" asked Rei, worriedly. He did NOT want to tell people how important it was to make sure that black and navy blue are never combined, unless the black is countered by a light blue in between.
"He says he doesn't know," Kenny replied. "But in the next few hours, one of us is going to start acting like her. It depends on the will power of the person to keep her out of them for so long, so it could be a few hours, or it could be all day, but by tomorrow, we will know which one of us is the cursed person."
There were wary glances exchanged by Rei, Kenny, Max, and Tyson. Kai glared.
"Did he say how to get rid of her?" Kai asked.
"No, but he did say he'd look it up," Kenny said, "It all depends on the person she chooses, I think, and there will probably have to be some sort of huge séance or something to make her soul go back to her dead body."
"I wonder when she will appear," Kai said quietly, so they couldn't hear. Out of all of them, he looked the calmest, but on the inside, was probably the least calm. 'There is no way I'm letting a idiot like her possess me.'
After a lengthy pause, Kenny finally said, "Mr. Dickinson said we should still probably be able to blade in the tournament since there are enough of us for a team even if we . . . have a Martha Stewart incarnate on our hands. We should get back to practicing."
And so, with a cloud of tension hanging over the room, the bladebreakers slowly returned to practicing.
It was really weird, Tyson decided, trying to do your best at blading when there was a chance that you or maybe one of your friends would suddenly start lecturing on why roses don't go in flower arrangements with daffodils.
However, a few hours past, and everyone still felt like themselves.
"It's getting late," Tyson said, yawning a bit, "We should go home and get some sleep. I suspect by morning we should know who's the unlucky person."
"Yeah," agreed Kenny. "We should be well rested so that we can figure out what to do in the morning. I think that's the best idea."
Rei and Max nodded, and Kai gave the faintest hint of a nod.
"Ok then," Tyson said, "We can meet here tomorrow first thing in the morning."
"Which means you'll be here around noon," joked Max.
There was silence again, then.
Everyone was looking around again and hoping that it was not them; even though that was a bit selfish, they really did not want to go on about the difference in the colors of cream, beige, and off-white. It would be quite horrific, really.
Finally, Kai turned and went out the door. Following his lead, Rei left, and then Max. Tyson and Kenny both exchanged an apprehensive look with each other before they, too, left the room, and headed off to their own separate homes.
Once at home, Tyson paces back and forth, worrying about what would happen tomorrow. When his grandfather called dinnertime, however, his worries were temporarily lost.
Max ate dinner and went to bed early, wondering what it would feel like to be possessed by a scary lady such as Martha Stewart.
Kenny talked with Dizzi and told her that if he was the reincarnate, he apologized in advance if he attempted to paint the laptop a brighter, 'better' color.
Rei just hoped he wasn't the one, and Kai promised himself savagely that if he was the reincarnate, someone would die. Pity that Martha was already dead. Maybe he could find out where her grave was and mutilate her body. With that thought on his mind, he fell asleep.
~~~
Everyone woke up early the next morning, and as they did so, they all thought, 'I'm glad I'm not the one, but I wonder who is.' None of them saw each other as they made their way to their practice room.
Tyson, amazingly, was almost the first person to arrive. He saw Kenny just ahead of him and called, "Hey Kenny! Kenny!"
Kenny turned around and saw Tyson, so he waved. "Hey there Tyson. I guess you are not the reincarnate!"
"Neither are you, I take it," Tyson said, nodding. "That is a good thing. Have you seen Rae, or Max, or Kai?"
Kenny shook his head. "I'm sure they'll be here soon; I don't think they could sleep in very late today."
As if on cue, Max bounded up to them, with a grin on his face. "I'm not it!" he said happily, dancing around Kenny and Tyson, "I'm so happy! I feel sorry for Rei or Kai, since it has to be one of them, then!"
There was a pause, and then they reached the practice room.
Kenny could hear someone inside it. "I suppose Rei and Kai are already in there."
"No, Kai may be, but I'm not," came Rei's voice as he joined the group.
Suddenly, it struck everyone at once; all four of them where there; none of them were the reincarnate; Kai was the only one not there; which meant. . .
"Kai is the MARTHA STEWART INCARNATE?" All four of them said at the exact same time, and Kenny opened the door. The sight before them was a bit hard to take in.
In the middle of the room, armed with a feather duster in one hand, a basket of flowers at his side, and in a fluffly blue and white checked DRESS with a white, starched apron, was none other than Kai. He was humming a tune, and dusting off the practice bowl. When he heard them, he turned around, and waved cheerily. "Hello," He said. His voice sounded decidedly more . . . feminie.
Kenny's eyes got wide, and Tyson shuddered. Kai had NEVER sounded so . . . friendly.
"I didn't see you all there," Kai continued, smiling, "I woke up this morning, and when I got here, I just HAD to give it a complete makeover. This room will shine when I am done!"
"Ummm, Kai . . . I take it you are not feeling like yourself right now?" Rei asked, taking note of the amount of pink paint that had found itself on the walls.
"I've never felt better," Kai smiled, "But you boys all look faint; would you like some ice water? I assure you it tastes great."
Max groaned, "The reason we're feeling faint is because, Kai, you NEVER act like this."
For a moment, Kai's eyes narrowed, and the feminie voice grew angry, though still feminie, "I don't know who this KAI person you are talking about is, but I don't like him, I'm sure!"
"Dude, this is worse than we thought," Tyson said to Kenny. "Do you think Mr. Dickinson came up with an answer yet?"
Kenny shook his head, "I'm afraid I haven't gotten any new emails yet, but I'm sure one will come soon. In the meantime, we should try to get Kai back to normal for now. As Martha has probably only just entered his body, she doesn't have a great hold on him yet, but as she possesses him more, he'll be himself less and less."
"I dunno," Tyson said, accepting a glass of iced water that Kai, still smiling in that odd way, handed to him. "I kind of like this new Kai. He's nicer, and cleans this room, and gives us 'perfect' water. In fact, the only scary thing is that he's wearing a blue and white checked dress with a white starched apron, and knows how to make 'perfect' water."
Shaking Tyson by the shoulders, Kenny said frantically, "Yes, but this is Martha Stewart we're talking about! Once she possesses Kai's body, what's to stop her from trying to possess us? What if we all become like her!"
"Calm down chief," Tyson said, "Seriously, I do kind of want the old Kai back." Truth be told, both ways Kai was scary, but at least when he was normal, he didn't wear a dress. A dress! Tyson shuddered; what if that was him. "How do you think we can get him back for now?"
Rei looked at Kai's basket of flowers, and nearly choked at the sight he saw, "Guys, look! Kai's painted his beyblade PINK! Do you think he realizes he did that?"
"I dunno," said Max, "Only one way to find out, of course." He picked up Kai's beyblade, and, shoving it in Kai's face, said loudly, "HEY KAI, WHY DID YOU GO AND PAINT YOUR BAYBLADE PINK?"
Kai blinked at the loud voice, and was about to reply, when suddenly his expression changed a little. In his normal voice he said, "Pink? Why would I paint it . . ." he stopped suddenly as he realized the situation he was in; holding a feather duster with flowers by his side, and wearing a dress. As calmly as he could possibly be, which was pretty damn calmly for someone in his shoes, he said, "Let me guess. I'm the reincarnate."
Kenny briefly nodded. "You were just going on about cleaning up this room and you gave us all 'perfect' ice water. And your voice was higher and more feminine like. It was really weird. But since she's only just started, you should still be yourself more often than not, ok?"
Kai nodded, almost dumbstruck at what he was beign told. 'I can't be the reincarnate of Martha Stewart! I can't, I can't, I can't!!! It isn't possible!' He paused. "I'm wearing a dress." He said.
Rai nodded. "We do have extra clothes over there on the bookcase, so you can change into something, ummm, ummm, more suitable?"
'If I didn't know better,' Kenny thought, "I'd say Rei likes seeing Kai in a dress! But that's not likely, I'll bet he just doesn't want Kai to kill him.'
Kai nodded, and walked to the bookcase, which held many books on beyblading, but also many mangas, including InuYasha, Zoids (chaotic century), Ranma ½, and Gundam Wing. He opened the box that had their extra clothes in them, and dug around.
"I can't find any of my clothes in here," he said worriedly, searching harder.
"No," Tyson said, "You wouldn't find any, because you thought the idea was stupid and didn't bring your extra clothes here." He would have liked dearly to smirked at Kai, but the thought of Kai beating him over the head with a basket of flowers was not a good thought, and he smirked to himself instead.
'Oh, damn,' thought Kai to himself, digging around. Finally, he came up with a pair of Rei's blue pants and a white t-shirt. Not really caring to stay in the dress a moment longer than needed, he pulled the apron off, and then the dress.
The other guys blinked and were about to turn around to give him a bit of privacy when Tyson noticed, "Oh my! Kai! Where DID you get those underwear?"
Kai looked down and his eyes widened in horror. He was wearing a pair of lacy, white panties. "No wonder it felt so tight. . .' he almost blushed; but being Kai, he didn't show that, and he groaned instead. "I haven't a clue where these came from, and I hope I never find out." In a rare bout of humor, he added drolly, "I'll bet they're my grandpas, though."
Max and Kenny exchanged looks before laughing, and Rei chuckled. Tyson finally laughed a little, and then they all turned around when they realized that Kai was still standing in front of them in just a pair of underwear.
Kai debated for a moment, and then decided that Rei's pants were baggy enough to work, and he pulled off the horrible underwear too, and pulled on the pants, and then the t-shirt, and finally felt decent. 'I can't believe I was wearing a DRESS.' He paused. 'Well, at least it matched my hair.' Another pause. 'I can't believe I just THOUGHT that.' A voice inside his head told him, 'You didn't, I did.'
'Who are you?'
The voice grinned, Kai swore he could hear it grin. 'Just guess.'
'Martha, eh?'
'Yes, that would be me. I didn't expect to find you so hard to take over. Really, can't you just let me take over your body? Even if you are a boy and can't understand the wonders that is beauty.'
'Shut up,' Kai said, and groaned again. He was talking to himself, even though it wasn't really himself. He forced Martha's voice away for the time being and called out, "Ok, lets get to training."
The others turned around. Kenny said, "But Kai, shouldn't we figure out what to do with Martha? You could be possessed by here at any time!"
"Well, there is nothing we can do until Mr. Dickinson emails you," replied Kai, a bit more coldly than usually, because he was NOT happy about being an incarnate of a flower lady. "We still have to practice for the next tournament, you know."
After everyone agreed, Rei went up to Kai and gave him his bayblade, "Here." He paused, almost unable to grin, "I can't BELIEVE you did that!"
"Well, I can't believe I wore a dress and girls underwear," replied Kai, taking the beyblade and turning around before he could notice the EVER-so- faint blush on Rei's face when he pictured Kai in his dress.
So, for awhile they all practiced, and everything seemed like normal (although it was very amusing to watch Kai blade with his pink blade.)
Suddenly, Dizzi's voice interrupted Tyson and Max's duel. "Hey, you've got mail, chief."
"Oh, good," said Kenny happily, checking it, "It's probably from Mr. Dickinson - oh, and it is. He says that he has some ideas on what we have to do to about our little problem. I'm going to tell him that Kai is the incarnate. Anyhow, Mr. Dickinson says that we're going to have to find Martha's body and perform an exorcism to get Martha's soul back in her body."
"That doesn't sound too hard," Max said cheerfully.
"Yeah," agreed Rei.
"Good, then it's settled." Kai said simply. "Where's her body?"
Sadly, Kenny said, "I don't know. She had her body buried secretly to prevent people like us to stop her from coming back. We're going to have to find her body, and then one of us is going to have to learn how to perform an exorcism."
"That sounds hard," Max said, not so cheerfully.
"Yeah," agreed Rei.
"Well," said Kenny, "We'll have to see what we can do. I'll email him back and tell him what I can. He told us to rent some books on exorcism, and says that we'll need them. I'll copy down the list. Tyson, can you and Max then go to the library and get them? Rei, you can stay here with Kai to make sure he's OK, and I'm going to work on this."
Everyone nodded, and Kenny coped the list down. After Tyson and Max left with it, he moved his laptop into the corner of the room for quiet, and Rei and Kai were left sitting in the middle of the room.
"So what did you do with the girl clothes?" asked Rei after a moment of silence.
There was a long pause, and for a moment, Rei was pretty sure that Kai wouldn't answer him at all when his voice came, shortly, "I gave them back to my grandfather."
Rei laughed at this. "Do you think he'll notice they were ever gone?"
"I should hope not," Kai said. "I'd hate for him to try to pass his 'hobby' down to me."
"Man, I feel bad for you." Rei said, "Having to have someone else's soul in you and whatnot."
Kai shrugged, and went quiet, probably thinking. Rei sighed, and idly threw flowers into the bladingbowl. 'We could have some sort of screwed up bonfire here' he thought to himself, and grinned at the thought.
Suddenly, Kai broke the silence. The only thing was, it wasn't Kai's voice anymore; it was that feminine voice. "Finally," Kai said, "I'm free again. Geez, this kid is a determined little . . ." Kai paused, fighting with Martha's incarnate to stop from insulting himself. However, when he spoke again, it was still the feminine voice. "What ARE these horrible clothes I'm wearing?"
"I happen to like them," said Rei, being as they were his clothes anyway. Kenny had looked up when he heard Kai's voice change and he could have sworn that Rei almost seemed to be happy that Kai choose to wear HIS clothes instead of anyone else's.
"Anyhow, it doesn't matter. This boys grandfather has some lovely dresses I can borrow," Kai got up and started walking to the door.
Rei got up as well, and grabbed Kai's arm, tugging at it to stop him from leaving. 'Poor Kai if he has to wear that dress again!' Luckily, he was strong enough to keep a firm grip on Kai's arm. "Stop it!" He said.
"Oh no!" Kenny said. "This is not good. Keep holding on Rei! Hopefully Kai will come back to himself soon. I just sent my email to Mr. Dickinson, and Tyson and Max should be back here soon!"
Rei nodded, and grabbed Kai's other arm, pulling them both behind his back.
"You stupid boy!" Kai said, trying to break free, and almost succeeding. "Let me get my proper clothing back on! I feel so . . . gross in these rags!"
Rei growled and merely held on tighter.
'I know now isn't the time,' Kenny thought to himself, 'But if I didn't know better, I'd say Rei likes holding onto Kai.' He shook his head; 'what am I thinking anyway?'
Kai, however, finally broke out of Rei's grasp, and bolted for the door. "See you all in a few minutes, and I'll bring some clean, proper clothes for you all!" Kai smiled, scaring the crap out of Rei and Kenny. He was gone before Rei could even move a step forward.
"No!" said Rei, "I can't let him do this. Kenny, you've got to help me!"
"Right!" Kenny nodded and the two of the sprinted out of the practice room and after Kai. However, Kai obviously knew all of the shortcuts to his own house, so he had a head start and then some. Kenny and Rei didn't care, however, and they ran after as fast as they could.
"Just think if his grandpa sees him taking dresses and putting them on," said Rei.
"I'd hate to see what would happen," Kenny agreed. They both speed up even more.
When they got to Kai's house, Kai was just coming out of the house, this time in a yellow dress with sunflowers all over it. He had a bag, stuffed full of something. And he was smiling that scary smile.
"There you two are," he said happily, opening the bag and pressing dressy black pants and white polo shirts into their arms. "Look, aren't these outfits just oh-so-perfect?"
"Um, not really," Kenny said nervously as examined the clothes; the labels proclaimed they were 'made by Martha Stewart'.
"Hehehe," giggled Kai, and Rei and Kenny backed up a little. Kai giggling was probably the scariest thing ever. "Come on you two, lets go back and wait for Max and Tyson. I need to give them their clothes too! And then I'll make you all lunch! Bean sprouts and alfalfa!"
Trailing behind Kai a little, Kenny whispered to Rei worriedly, "That sounds like HORSE food!" Rei nodded.
~~~
When the got to the practice room, Kai pursed his lips and looked around. "This place needs some new decorations!" He went up to the bookcase, which was right next to the desk. "See, I'm thinking maybe a nice cloth over this desk - it's a very nice desk, and a proper lace cloth would make the bookcase stand out nicely."
Rei and Kenny blinked. 'This has GOT to be the weirdest thing I have ever heard in my life; Kai telling us what we should do to decorate,' thought Rei. 'Well, it's not really him, but I feel bad for him when he comes back and sees he's got on girls underwear again. . . not that I MEANT to look up his skirt or anything. Eh heh . . .'
Kenny poked Rei to get his attention, "Hey, Rei, I brought a pair of Kai's jeans for him when he gets back to normal, and I found a blue tank top, so he should be happy, but if this keeps up, it's just going to get really annoying. I don't know what you think, but I don't need to see Kai changing every few hours."
"Yeah, I guess," Rei agreed. "Maybe we should try to explain to Kai that he should carry a dress around."
"No, that's not a good idea," Kenny said, "Because as annoying as it is, carrying a dress around could make Kai more likely to be taken over by Martha and we don't need that and -"
The door burst open, and Tyson and Max rushed in.
"Chief, I got all the books Mr. Dickinson suggested!" Tyson said.
"Yeah, and the librarian looked at us really funnily too," added Max, and then they noticed Kai. "What happened to him?"
"Martha," said Rei simply. Evil bastard or no, all of them had to feel sorry for Kai (though they all did feel a TINY bit happy it wasn't them, of course).
"Oh," Tyson shuddered. "Flowers and Kai . . . never thought I'd see the day . . ."
"We've got to snap him out of it," Kenny said. "I've just got an email that gives the most likely location of Martha's grave! We should go there right away; Mr. Dickinson has given us enough money to travel around a lot, but let's try to go as fast as we can, ok?"
Rei, who was watching Kai comment on the proper way to put books on a bookshelf, nodded. "Yeah, let's get going as soon as Kai is back to normal! But what should we do?"
"Ummmmm."
Everyone looked at each other.
"Oh, there you are Tyson. And Max," Kai said, noticing them for the first time, "I was hoping to see you two soon! I brought you some water too," He said, smiling serenely.
"Right . . ."
"What can we do to snap him out of it?" Rei asked Kenny.
Kenny thought for a moment, 'come on, there HAS to be something . . .anything . . .' He grinned, and said, apologetically, "Well, the only thing I can think of is to dump a bucket of water over his head."
"Why not?" sighed Rei, and, pretending to want a glass of 'perfect' water, he grabbed it and dumped it over Kai's head.
Kai felt the water come down his head, plastering his bangs down in his eyes, and he noticed something - it was really cold. Luckily, however, the water DID give him a chance to get in control of himself again, and he sighed, not bothering to look down again.
"Let me guess. I was channeling Martha just a minute ago."
"Yup." Kenny handed him the clothes.
Rei sighed, "Sorry we couldn't stop you from getting another dress." Kai nodded his thanks (cold hearted bastard or no, he couldn't help but feel a bit happier that they weren't all making fun of him), and pulled off the dress again, groaning when he saw the pink lace underwear. "On a good note," Rei continued as everyone else turned around and Kai waited patiently for a bit of privacy to change, "We did find some possible locations about Martha's body, and we did get the books on exorcism."
Kai nodded, and Rei realized that he had just been babbling on. He turned around and wondered if he WANTED to see Kai naked, but he shook the idea out of his head.
"Ok," Kai said a moment later, "Let's go find her body, and SOON!"
"Right!" agreed the others.
"But remember," Tyson remind them all, "Bring your beyblades so that we can still go to the tournament!"
~~~
"I packed a dress, just in case," Kenny whispered to the others while they walked to board the plane. "That way, we won't have Kai going into a store and buying a dress, you know . . . if Martha strikes."
"Right," agreed Rei. "I can just picture Kai going into a store and saying in the feminine voice, 'I want to buy a dress!' "
"Scary thought indeed," agreed Kenny.
"Our plane should take off in a few minutes," Kai said, sitting down actually near the group for once - Tyson, Max, and Kenny were sitting on one side of the aisle, and Rei and Kai were sitting at the other; Rei by the aisle, a seat in between, and then Kai.
"Ok," Rei said. "Got Martha squashed down for now?"
Kai gave a sort of maniacal grin, which Rei took for a 'yes.' Briefly, Rei wondered how one could tell the voices in their head to go screw themselves. Then again, that probably wasn't a good thing to tell a voice in your head, because what if it did start screwing itself and then you would find yourself having to put up with that . . . Rei shook his head to get out of that line of thinking, and glanced over at Kai, who was moodily staring out the window.
'Poor Kai. Sucks to be him.' Rei turned his head to look straight ahead so that Kai couldn't catch him staring. 'I wonder how to do a exorcism.' He turned to Kenny. "Hey, can I borrow one of those books to read?"
Tyson handed him the stack of books. "Have fun," he said, and then added, "Max and I both get airsick, so if we read these, we'll be making a mess in the puke-bags, so you get to read all about it!"
"Gee, I feel so bloody lucky," Groaned Rei, but the books seemed to catch his attention, and he decided, if anything, they'd be useful if he every wanted to become a physic.
"Being a physic can pay a lot," Kai said, still looking out the window. Rei gave a little start; how had Kai known what he was thinking? The next moment, Kai turned to him and said, almost a whole shade softer than usual, "Sorry. That was Martha speaking. She seems to be able to still read peoples minds or something. I've got her pushed away though."
Rei nodded, and wondered, 'what would Kai do if he knew what I was thinking all the time?' He grinned then, 'Whatever it is, it most certainly CAN'T be worse than being possessed by Martha Stewart.' Another voice in his head said solemnly, 'amen!'
There you have it! Will they manage to find Martha's body and perform an exorcism? Or is poor Kai doomed to wear dresses the rest of his life????? Review please, and tell me if I should continue!!!
It was, all in all, a normal day for the Bladebreakers. They were training for their next tournament, which was somewhere, although none of them knew where yet; Kenny was waiting for the email from Mr. Dickinson to tell them where they were going.
Right in the middle of a heated beyblade match between Rei and Kai, Kenny heard Dizzi say, "Hey, chief, you've just gotten an email, from Mr. Dickenson."
"Oh boy," said Kenny happily, opening the email, "This letter is probably to tell us where we are going next. I can't wait to find out!"
"I'll bet it's someplace cool," Tyson said, as he and Max leaned over Kenny's shoulders to see the email.
"Yeah!" said Max happily.
Kenny read the email, and then his non-existent eyes got wide. "Oh no! Mr. Dickinson has some bad news for us all!"
"Well, don't keep us in the dark," Rei said, not taking his eyes off the match. "Tell us, what's up?"
"Can we not participate in the tournament?" Tyson said.
Kenny shook his head. "Mr. Dickinson wrote to tell us that just yesterday, a famous person known as Martha Stewart died."
"What's so bad about that?" asked Tyson, "Isn't she that flower lady with too much time on her hands?"
Max shrugged. "It's always sad when people die, but she really doesn't have anything to do with us, does she? So what's the problem? We can send flowers to her grave if he wants, but I still don't see what that has to do with anything."
"It IS connected to us!" Kenny shouted, "Because when Martha died, she vowed to come back to this world as soon as possible, and the only way for her to do that is to pass her soul to someone else; making them her reincarnate."
"Yo, chief, I still don't see what that has to do with us! Get to the point," Tyson said, watching in mild amusement as Rei almost won the battle with Kai, and then lost.
"It has to do with us because Mr. Dickinson found out she plans to try and reincarnate herself into one of us," Kenny finally finished. "That means that one of us will become exactly like her! Whoever it is won't be like her all the time, but the longer time she is in them, the more like her they will become! In other words, she could completely take over one of our bodies!"
"No way!" Rei said, eyes wide with shock.
Tyson groaned, "I don't want to become the next Martha Stewart and tell people how to make the perfect glass of water!"
Max glanced quizzically at Tyson, "She does WHAT?"
"She tells people how to make the perfect glass of water," Tyson repeated.
"Wow . . ." Max said.
"Does Mr. Dickinson know which one of us is going to become the reincarnate?" asked Rei, worriedly. He did NOT want to tell people how important it was to make sure that black and navy blue are never combined, unless the black is countered by a light blue in between.
"He says he doesn't know," Kenny replied. "But in the next few hours, one of us is going to start acting like her. It depends on the will power of the person to keep her out of them for so long, so it could be a few hours, or it could be all day, but by tomorrow, we will know which one of us is the cursed person."
There were wary glances exchanged by Rei, Kenny, Max, and Tyson. Kai glared.
"Did he say how to get rid of her?" Kai asked.
"No, but he did say he'd look it up," Kenny said, "It all depends on the person she chooses, I think, and there will probably have to be some sort of huge séance or something to make her soul go back to her dead body."
"I wonder when she will appear," Kai said quietly, so they couldn't hear. Out of all of them, he looked the calmest, but on the inside, was probably the least calm. 'There is no way I'm letting a idiot like her possess me.'
After a lengthy pause, Kenny finally said, "Mr. Dickinson said we should still probably be able to blade in the tournament since there are enough of us for a team even if we . . . have a Martha Stewart incarnate on our hands. We should get back to practicing."
And so, with a cloud of tension hanging over the room, the bladebreakers slowly returned to practicing.
It was really weird, Tyson decided, trying to do your best at blading when there was a chance that you or maybe one of your friends would suddenly start lecturing on why roses don't go in flower arrangements with daffodils.
However, a few hours past, and everyone still felt like themselves.
"It's getting late," Tyson said, yawning a bit, "We should go home and get some sleep. I suspect by morning we should know who's the unlucky person."
"Yeah," agreed Kenny. "We should be well rested so that we can figure out what to do in the morning. I think that's the best idea."
Rei and Max nodded, and Kai gave the faintest hint of a nod.
"Ok then," Tyson said, "We can meet here tomorrow first thing in the morning."
"Which means you'll be here around noon," joked Max.
There was silence again, then.
Everyone was looking around again and hoping that it was not them; even though that was a bit selfish, they really did not want to go on about the difference in the colors of cream, beige, and off-white. It would be quite horrific, really.
Finally, Kai turned and went out the door. Following his lead, Rei left, and then Max. Tyson and Kenny both exchanged an apprehensive look with each other before they, too, left the room, and headed off to their own separate homes.
Once at home, Tyson paces back and forth, worrying about what would happen tomorrow. When his grandfather called dinnertime, however, his worries were temporarily lost.
Max ate dinner and went to bed early, wondering what it would feel like to be possessed by a scary lady such as Martha Stewart.
Kenny talked with Dizzi and told her that if he was the reincarnate, he apologized in advance if he attempted to paint the laptop a brighter, 'better' color.
Rei just hoped he wasn't the one, and Kai promised himself savagely that if he was the reincarnate, someone would die. Pity that Martha was already dead. Maybe he could find out where her grave was and mutilate her body. With that thought on his mind, he fell asleep.
~~~
Everyone woke up early the next morning, and as they did so, they all thought, 'I'm glad I'm not the one, but I wonder who is.' None of them saw each other as they made their way to their practice room.
Tyson, amazingly, was almost the first person to arrive. He saw Kenny just ahead of him and called, "Hey Kenny! Kenny!"
Kenny turned around and saw Tyson, so he waved. "Hey there Tyson. I guess you are not the reincarnate!"
"Neither are you, I take it," Tyson said, nodding. "That is a good thing. Have you seen Rae, or Max, or Kai?"
Kenny shook his head. "I'm sure they'll be here soon; I don't think they could sleep in very late today."
As if on cue, Max bounded up to them, with a grin on his face. "I'm not it!" he said happily, dancing around Kenny and Tyson, "I'm so happy! I feel sorry for Rei or Kai, since it has to be one of them, then!"
There was a pause, and then they reached the practice room.
Kenny could hear someone inside it. "I suppose Rei and Kai are already in there."
"No, Kai may be, but I'm not," came Rei's voice as he joined the group.
Suddenly, it struck everyone at once; all four of them where there; none of them were the reincarnate; Kai was the only one not there; which meant. . .
"Kai is the MARTHA STEWART INCARNATE?" All four of them said at the exact same time, and Kenny opened the door. The sight before them was a bit hard to take in.
In the middle of the room, armed with a feather duster in one hand, a basket of flowers at his side, and in a fluffly blue and white checked DRESS with a white, starched apron, was none other than Kai. He was humming a tune, and dusting off the practice bowl. When he heard them, he turned around, and waved cheerily. "Hello," He said. His voice sounded decidedly more . . . feminie.
Kenny's eyes got wide, and Tyson shuddered. Kai had NEVER sounded so . . . friendly.
"I didn't see you all there," Kai continued, smiling, "I woke up this morning, and when I got here, I just HAD to give it a complete makeover. This room will shine when I am done!"
"Ummm, Kai . . . I take it you are not feeling like yourself right now?" Rei asked, taking note of the amount of pink paint that had found itself on the walls.
"I've never felt better," Kai smiled, "But you boys all look faint; would you like some ice water? I assure you it tastes great."
Max groaned, "The reason we're feeling faint is because, Kai, you NEVER act like this."
For a moment, Kai's eyes narrowed, and the feminie voice grew angry, though still feminie, "I don't know who this KAI person you are talking about is, but I don't like him, I'm sure!"
"Dude, this is worse than we thought," Tyson said to Kenny. "Do you think Mr. Dickinson came up with an answer yet?"
Kenny shook his head, "I'm afraid I haven't gotten any new emails yet, but I'm sure one will come soon. In the meantime, we should try to get Kai back to normal for now. As Martha has probably only just entered his body, she doesn't have a great hold on him yet, but as she possesses him more, he'll be himself less and less."
"I dunno," Tyson said, accepting a glass of iced water that Kai, still smiling in that odd way, handed to him. "I kind of like this new Kai. He's nicer, and cleans this room, and gives us 'perfect' water. In fact, the only scary thing is that he's wearing a blue and white checked dress with a white starched apron, and knows how to make 'perfect' water."
Shaking Tyson by the shoulders, Kenny said frantically, "Yes, but this is Martha Stewart we're talking about! Once she possesses Kai's body, what's to stop her from trying to possess us? What if we all become like her!"
"Calm down chief," Tyson said, "Seriously, I do kind of want the old Kai back." Truth be told, both ways Kai was scary, but at least when he was normal, he didn't wear a dress. A dress! Tyson shuddered; what if that was him. "How do you think we can get him back for now?"
Rei looked at Kai's basket of flowers, and nearly choked at the sight he saw, "Guys, look! Kai's painted his beyblade PINK! Do you think he realizes he did that?"
"I dunno," said Max, "Only one way to find out, of course." He picked up Kai's beyblade, and, shoving it in Kai's face, said loudly, "HEY KAI, WHY DID YOU GO AND PAINT YOUR BAYBLADE PINK?"
Kai blinked at the loud voice, and was about to reply, when suddenly his expression changed a little. In his normal voice he said, "Pink? Why would I paint it . . ." he stopped suddenly as he realized the situation he was in; holding a feather duster with flowers by his side, and wearing a dress. As calmly as he could possibly be, which was pretty damn calmly for someone in his shoes, he said, "Let me guess. I'm the reincarnate."
Kenny briefly nodded. "You were just going on about cleaning up this room and you gave us all 'perfect' ice water. And your voice was higher and more feminine like. It was really weird. But since she's only just started, you should still be yourself more often than not, ok?"
Kai nodded, almost dumbstruck at what he was beign told. 'I can't be the reincarnate of Martha Stewart! I can't, I can't, I can't!!! It isn't possible!' He paused. "I'm wearing a dress." He said.
Rai nodded. "We do have extra clothes over there on the bookcase, so you can change into something, ummm, ummm, more suitable?"
'If I didn't know better,' Kenny thought, "I'd say Rei likes seeing Kai in a dress! But that's not likely, I'll bet he just doesn't want Kai to kill him.'
Kai nodded, and walked to the bookcase, which held many books on beyblading, but also many mangas, including InuYasha, Zoids (chaotic century), Ranma ½, and Gundam Wing. He opened the box that had their extra clothes in them, and dug around.
"I can't find any of my clothes in here," he said worriedly, searching harder.
"No," Tyson said, "You wouldn't find any, because you thought the idea was stupid and didn't bring your extra clothes here." He would have liked dearly to smirked at Kai, but the thought of Kai beating him over the head with a basket of flowers was not a good thought, and he smirked to himself instead.
'Oh, damn,' thought Kai to himself, digging around. Finally, he came up with a pair of Rei's blue pants and a white t-shirt. Not really caring to stay in the dress a moment longer than needed, he pulled the apron off, and then the dress.
The other guys blinked and were about to turn around to give him a bit of privacy when Tyson noticed, "Oh my! Kai! Where DID you get those underwear?"
Kai looked down and his eyes widened in horror. He was wearing a pair of lacy, white panties. "No wonder it felt so tight. . .' he almost blushed; but being Kai, he didn't show that, and he groaned instead. "I haven't a clue where these came from, and I hope I never find out." In a rare bout of humor, he added drolly, "I'll bet they're my grandpas, though."
Max and Kenny exchanged looks before laughing, and Rei chuckled. Tyson finally laughed a little, and then they all turned around when they realized that Kai was still standing in front of them in just a pair of underwear.
Kai debated for a moment, and then decided that Rei's pants were baggy enough to work, and he pulled off the horrible underwear too, and pulled on the pants, and then the t-shirt, and finally felt decent. 'I can't believe I was wearing a DRESS.' He paused. 'Well, at least it matched my hair.' Another pause. 'I can't believe I just THOUGHT that.' A voice inside his head told him, 'You didn't, I did.'
'Who are you?'
The voice grinned, Kai swore he could hear it grin. 'Just guess.'
'Martha, eh?'
'Yes, that would be me. I didn't expect to find you so hard to take over. Really, can't you just let me take over your body? Even if you are a boy and can't understand the wonders that is beauty.'
'Shut up,' Kai said, and groaned again. He was talking to himself, even though it wasn't really himself. He forced Martha's voice away for the time being and called out, "Ok, lets get to training."
The others turned around. Kenny said, "But Kai, shouldn't we figure out what to do with Martha? You could be possessed by here at any time!"
"Well, there is nothing we can do until Mr. Dickinson emails you," replied Kai, a bit more coldly than usually, because he was NOT happy about being an incarnate of a flower lady. "We still have to practice for the next tournament, you know."
After everyone agreed, Rei went up to Kai and gave him his bayblade, "Here." He paused, almost unable to grin, "I can't BELIEVE you did that!"
"Well, I can't believe I wore a dress and girls underwear," replied Kai, taking the beyblade and turning around before he could notice the EVER-so- faint blush on Rei's face when he pictured Kai in his dress.
So, for awhile they all practiced, and everything seemed like normal (although it was very amusing to watch Kai blade with his pink blade.)
Suddenly, Dizzi's voice interrupted Tyson and Max's duel. "Hey, you've got mail, chief."
"Oh, good," said Kenny happily, checking it, "It's probably from Mr. Dickinson - oh, and it is. He says that he has some ideas on what we have to do to about our little problem. I'm going to tell him that Kai is the incarnate. Anyhow, Mr. Dickinson says that we're going to have to find Martha's body and perform an exorcism to get Martha's soul back in her body."
"That doesn't sound too hard," Max said cheerfully.
"Yeah," agreed Rei.
"Good, then it's settled." Kai said simply. "Where's her body?"
Sadly, Kenny said, "I don't know. She had her body buried secretly to prevent people like us to stop her from coming back. We're going to have to find her body, and then one of us is going to have to learn how to perform an exorcism."
"That sounds hard," Max said, not so cheerfully.
"Yeah," agreed Rei.
"Well," said Kenny, "We'll have to see what we can do. I'll email him back and tell him what I can. He told us to rent some books on exorcism, and says that we'll need them. I'll copy down the list. Tyson, can you and Max then go to the library and get them? Rei, you can stay here with Kai to make sure he's OK, and I'm going to work on this."
Everyone nodded, and Kenny coped the list down. After Tyson and Max left with it, he moved his laptop into the corner of the room for quiet, and Rei and Kai were left sitting in the middle of the room.
"So what did you do with the girl clothes?" asked Rei after a moment of silence.
There was a long pause, and for a moment, Rei was pretty sure that Kai wouldn't answer him at all when his voice came, shortly, "I gave them back to my grandfather."
Rei laughed at this. "Do you think he'll notice they were ever gone?"
"I should hope not," Kai said. "I'd hate for him to try to pass his 'hobby' down to me."
"Man, I feel bad for you." Rei said, "Having to have someone else's soul in you and whatnot."
Kai shrugged, and went quiet, probably thinking. Rei sighed, and idly threw flowers into the bladingbowl. 'We could have some sort of screwed up bonfire here' he thought to himself, and grinned at the thought.
Suddenly, Kai broke the silence. The only thing was, it wasn't Kai's voice anymore; it was that feminine voice. "Finally," Kai said, "I'm free again. Geez, this kid is a determined little . . ." Kai paused, fighting with Martha's incarnate to stop from insulting himself. However, when he spoke again, it was still the feminine voice. "What ARE these horrible clothes I'm wearing?"
"I happen to like them," said Rei, being as they were his clothes anyway. Kenny had looked up when he heard Kai's voice change and he could have sworn that Rei almost seemed to be happy that Kai choose to wear HIS clothes instead of anyone else's.
"Anyhow, it doesn't matter. This boys grandfather has some lovely dresses I can borrow," Kai got up and started walking to the door.
Rei got up as well, and grabbed Kai's arm, tugging at it to stop him from leaving. 'Poor Kai if he has to wear that dress again!' Luckily, he was strong enough to keep a firm grip on Kai's arm. "Stop it!" He said.
"Oh no!" Kenny said. "This is not good. Keep holding on Rei! Hopefully Kai will come back to himself soon. I just sent my email to Mr. Dickinson, and Tyson and Max should be back here soon!"
Rei nodded, and grabbed Kai's other arm, pulling them both behind his back.
"You stupid boy!" Kai said, trying to break free, and almost succeeding. "Let me get my proper clothing back on! I feel so . . . gross in these rags!"
Rei growled and merely held on tighter.
'I know now isn't the time,' Kenny thought to himself, 'But if I didn't know better, I'd say Rei likes holding onto Kai.' He shook his head; 'what am I thinking anyway?'
Kai, however, finally broke out of Rei's grasp, and bolted for the door. "See you all in a few minutes, and I'll bring some clean, proper clothes for you all!" Kai smiled, scaring the crap out of Rei and Kenny. He was gone before Rei could even move a step forward.
"No!" said Rei, "I can't let him do this. Kenny, you've got to help me!"
"Right!" Kenny nodded and the two of the sprinted out of the practice room and after Kai. However, Kai obviously knew all of the shortcuts to his own house, so he had a head start and then some. Kenny and Rei didn't care, however, and they ran after as fast as they could.
"Just think if his grandpa sees him taking dresses and putting them on," said Rei.
"I'd hate to see what would happen," Kenny agreed. They both speed up even more.
When they got to Kai's house, Kai was just coming out of the house, this time in a yellow dress with sunflowers all over it. He had a bag, stuffed full of something. And he was smiling that scary smile.
"There you two are," he said happily, opening the bag and pressing dressy black pants and white polo shirts into their arms. "Look, aren't these outfits just oh-so-perfect?"
"Um, not really," Kenny said nervously as examined the clothes; the labels proclaimed they were 'made by Martha Stewart'.
"Hehehe," giggled Kai, and Rei and Kenny backed up a little. Kai giggling was probably the scariest thing ever. "Come on you two, lets go back and wait for Max and Tyson. I need to give them their clothes too! And then I'll make you all lunch! Bean sprouts and alfalfa!"
Trailing behind Kai a little, Kenny whispered to Rei worriedly, "That sounds like HORSE food!" Rei nodded.
~~~
When the got to the practice room, Kai pursed his lips and looked around. "This place needs some new decorations!" He went up to the bookcase, which was right next to the desk. "See, I'm thinking maybe a nice cloth over this desk - it's a very nice desk, and a proper lace cloth would make the bookcase stand out nicely."
Rei and Kenny blinked. 'This has GOT to be the weirdest thing I have ever heard in my life; Kai telling us what we should do to decorate,' thought Rei. 'Well, it's not really him, but I feel bad for him when he comes back and sees he's got on girls underwear again. . . not that I MEANT to look up his skirt or anything. Eh heh . . .'
Kenny poked Rei to get his attention, "Hey, Rei, I brought a pair of Kai's jeans for him when he gets back to normal, and I found a blue tank top, so he should be happy, but if this keeps up, it's just going to get really annoying. I don't know what you think, but I don't need to see Kai changing every few hours."
"Yeah, I guess," Rei agreed. "Maybe we should try to explain to Kai that he should carry a dress around."
"No, that's not a good idea," Kenny said, "Because as annoying as it is, carrying a dress around could make Kai more likely to be taken over by Martha and we don't need that and -"
The door burst open, and Tyson and Max rushed in.
"Chief, I got all the books Mr. Dickinson suggested!" Tyson said.
"Yeah, and the librarian looked at us really funnily too," added Max, and then they noticed Kai. "What happened to him?"
"Martha," said Rei simply. Evil bastard or no, all of them had to feel sorry for Kai (though they all did feel a TINY bit happy it wasn't them, of course).
"Oh," Tyson shuddered. "Flowers and Kai . . . never thought I'd see the day . . ."
"We've got to snap him out of it," Kenny said. "I've just got an email that gives the most likely location of Martha's grave! We should go there right away; Mr. Dickinson has given us enough money to travel around a lot, but let's try to go as fast as we can, ok?"
Rei, who was watching Kai comment on the proper way to put books on a bookshelf, nodded. "Yeah, let's get going as soon as Kai is back to normal! But what should we do?"
"Ummmmm."
Everyone looked at each other.
"Oh, there you are Tyson. And Max," Kai said, noticing them for the first time, "I was hoping to see you two soon! I brought you some water too," He said, smiling serenely.
"Right . . ."
"What can we do to snap him out of it?" Rei asked Kenny.
Kenny thought for a moment, 'come on, there HAS to be something . . .anything . . .' He grinned, and said, apologetically, "Well, the only thing I can think of is to dump a bucket of water over his head."
"Why not?" sighed Rei, and, pretending to want a glass of 'perfect' water, he grabbed it and dumped it over Kai's head.
Kai felt the water come down his head, plastering his bangs down in his eyes, and he noticed something - it was really cold. Luckily, however, the water DID give him a chance to get in control of himself again, and he sighed, not bothering to look down again.
"Let me guess. I was channeling Martha just a minute ago."
"Yup." Kenny handed him the clothes.
Rei sighed, "Sorry we couldn't stop you from getting another dress." Kai nodded his thanks (cold hearted bastard or no, he couldn't help but feel a bit happier that they weren't all making fun of him), and pulled off the dress again, groaning when he saw the pink lace underwear. "On a good note," Rei continued as everyone else turned around and Kai waited patiently for a bit of privacy to change, "We did find some possible locations about Martha's body, and we did get the books on exorcism."
Kai nodded, and Rei realized that he had just been babbling on. He turned around and wondered if he WANTED to see Kai naked, but he shook the idea out of his head.
"Ok," Kai said a moment later, "Let's go find her body, and SOON!"
"Right!" agreed the others.
"But remember," Tyson remind them all, "Bring your beyblades so that we can still go to the tournament!"
~~~
"I packed a dress, just in case," Kenny whispered to the others while they walked to board the plane. "That way, we won't have Kai going into a store and buying a dress, you know . . . if Martha strikes."
"Right," agreed Rei. "I can just picture Kai going into a store and saying in the feminine voice, 'I want to buy a dress!' "
"Scary thought indeed," agreed Kenny.
"Our plane should take off in a few minutes," Kai said, sitting down actually near the group for once - Tyson, Max, and Kenny were sitting on one side of the aisle, and Rei and Kai were sitting at the other; Rei by the aisle, a seat in between, and then Kai.
"Ok," Rei said. "Got Martha squashed down for now?"
Kai gave a sort of maniacal grin, which Rei took for a 'yes.' Briefly, Rei wondered how one could tell the voices in their head to go screw themselves. Then again, that probably wasn't a good thing to tell a voice in your head, because what if it did start screwing itself and then you would find yourself having to put up with that . . . Rei shook his head to get out of that line of thinking, and glanced over at Kai, who was moodily staring out the window.
'Poor Kai. Sucks to be him.' Rei turned his head to look straight ahead so that Kai couldn't catch him staring. 'I wonder how to do a exorcism.' He turned to Kenny. "Hey, can I borrow one of those books to read?"
Tyson handed him the stack of books. "Have fun," he said, and then added, "Max and I both get airsick, so if we read these, we'll be making a mess in the puke-bags, so you get to read all about it!"
"Gee, I feel so bloody lucky," Groaned Rei, but the books seemed to catch his attention, and he decided, if anything, they'd be useful if he every wanted to become a physic.
"Being a physic can pay a lot," Kai said, still looking out the window. Rei gave a little start; how had Kai known what he was thinking? The next moment, Kai turned to him and said, almost a whole shade softer than usual, "Sorry. That was Martha speaking. She seems to be able to still read peoples minds or something. I've got her pushed away though."
Rei nodded, and wondered, 'what would Kai do if he knew what I was thinking all the time?' He grinned then, 'Whatever it is, it most certainly CAN'T be worse than being possessed by Martha Stewart.' Another voice in his head said solemnly, 'amen!'
There you have it! Will they manage to find Martha's body and perform an exorcism? Or is poor Kai doomed to wear dresses the rest of his life????? Review please, and tell me if I should continue!!!