Beyblade: Triple Heart
By: ChocolateEclar
Disclaimer: I don't own any part of 'Beyblade,' which includes all teams and their bitbeasts, etc.
Claimer: I only own 'Triple Heart,' Palara, Mr. and Mrs. McClane, and Divine Intervention.
To blucherry: Yea, I don't like Colin either. This chapter takes place 2 years after part one of 'Beyblade: Triple Heart' and I'm afraid Kai and Tasha still haven't gotten together… Oh well. It will be soon though…
A/N: I liked in the last chapter how Tasha was having a miserable week and the other Bladebreakers (minus Kai, I didn't tell you what he was doing during the week) did all these strange things and got in trouble for most of them. It was fun to write about.
Kenny: The Ferris wheel wasn't fun.
Choccy: *sighs* Yes, we know, Kenny. You told us you didn't like being stuck twenty feet from the ground for two hours a million times.
Tyson: It wasn't that bad, Chief.
Max: Yea, think of all the things we saw up there.
Kenny: I'm feeling sick just thinking about it.
Choccy and the other Bladebreakers: *sighing* -__-;;; *sweatdrop*
Part 2: ??? (Currently untitled)
Chapter 12: Battles, Birthdays, and Blackmail
Natasha Ambrose McClane (also known as Tasha, Tipsy, and Triple Heart) was celebrating her birthday on Christmas Day, two years after the second American Tournament the Bladebreakers attended. It wasn't a very large party. All of her friends were with their families for the holiday so only her immediate relatives were present.
One of her cousins, Colin, who had obviously gotten drunk on eggnog, was singing Joy to the World with his sister, the sober Alana. Alana's hair was fair like Colin's but her eyes were a darker blue than his and, when it came to personality, she was the opposite of her younger sibling.
Alana and Colin weren't the only of Tasha's cousins present; the family's only twins, her cousins, Michelle and Mitchell were also in attendance, and both of them had hair as pure white as Tasha's. Her uncle, who was her father's brother and Alana and Colin's father, was there as well, talking about the stock market and his own riches.
Tasha hung out with her mother and Aunt Marie, who was Colin and Alana's mother, having no desire to chat with the only relation that was close to her age, her ditzy cousin, thirteen-year-old Opal.
She sighed and brushed a hand lethargically through her colorless hair. It was shorter now, about two inches above her shoulder. It still was cut jaggedly on the edges though but now her bangs were smooth and straight. She was taller currently, but still nowhere near as tall as Colin who towered at exactly six feet.
She watched as Colin collapsed right in the living room from being thoroughly intoxicated. She, unlike her Aunt Marie and Uncle Thomas, didn't go to see if he was all right. She just leaned back and repositioned herself on the chair she was sitting on.
Tanvi, who was still sitting next to her, snorted at the sight of her drunken nephew. She turned to Tasha and whispered, "You don't look like you're having fun."
"I'm just bored," said Tasha sweeping a fleck of dust off of her cerulean dress. It was long and simple looking but the color matched her eyes so she actually liked it.
"Just wait until you see the present your dad and I got you," Tanvi stated grinning.
Tasha shrugged. Palara, who was curled up and lying across the back of her comfy chair, yawned loudly. 'Even the sight of Colin falling down is boring,' the bitbeast muttered.
'Tell me about it.'
Palara smiled and said, 'What do you think you're getting?'
'The usual; CDs, DVDs, clothes, and more clothes,' Tasha answered.
Palara nodded, satisfied, and went to sleep. Tasha rested her eyes instead, her thoughts cluttering her head. 'I wonder what Kai's doing right now…' she thought absently.
Palara awoke instantly and snorted. A fake cough issued from her throat and she mumbled, 'Love-sick puppy!' Another cough followed.
'Oh shut up, Pal,' Tasha yelled throwing a pillow at her snow leopard bitbeast. Palara yelped in surprise and fell off of the back of the chair. A few moments later, a white and brown head with two round, twitching ears appeared.
Tasha laughed. 'Sorry, buddy.'
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About four months later, the Bladebreakers and Mr. Dickenson all stood in various places in that very room. The Christmas and birthday decorations had vanished and been replaced with the usual spring décor. Tasha leaned lazily against the mantle above the fireplace. Her white hair was in two low ponytails on either side of her face and she was wearing a sleeveless, white top with a blue shirt underneath and jeans. Palara sat beside her yawning softly.
"I have a proposition for all of you," announced Mr. Dickenson. "You all have been invited to the 'Single Player Beyblade Championships' and I believe that it would be fun for all of you to compete this year. What do you think?"
"Sounds cool to me," said Tasha shrugging. "I'd get to defend my title." The previous year she had competed by herself to defend her title and had won it once again.
"It'll be great practice," added Tyson.
"You'll get to test your latest skills on each other," Kenny noted. The others nodded, grinning at each other.
"Bring it on, boys," Tasha said mischievously.
"You're goin' down, Tasha!" Max exclaimed causing the Bladebreakers to laugh.
"Well then that's settled," shouted Mr. Dickenson. "The tournament will be in two months in London. Be ready, Bladebreakers."
The Bladebreakers themselves nodded, Tasha's eyes dancing with challenge.
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"Welcome to the 'Single Player Beyblade Championships!' " roared DJ Jazzman.
The Bladebreakers and many others bladers stood beneath his high perch gazing hopefully at their competition. Tasha was in the actual clothing she wore when blading officially, it was a far different from her old outfit. It consisted of a pink sleeveless blouse with a single magenta heart in the center and a long pink skirt with magenta hearts in thin rows decorating it. She had on white tennis shoes with them though, the laces usually untied.
She glanced at the other Bladebreakers. Tyson was eating a hamburger disgustingly quickly while Max sat beside him chewing on a piece of gum and fidgeting occasionally.
"You should have given Max sugarless gum, Chief; he's going to be super hyper," Tasha muttered to Kenny.
Kenny nodded. "I didn't have any with me and he was driving me crazy," he replied looking up from his laptop.
Tasha grinned and turned to look at her opponents again. Her eyes found Kai almost instantly as if they could somehow hone in on him. What she saw made her insides knot. He was talking with another girl, who was wrapping one of her blonde curls around her index finger. The girl was rather attractive, her light brown eyes as smooth as silk and her teeth perfectly white and straight. It was a rather one-sided conversation but, nonetheless, it gave Tasha a nauseating feeling.
Palara noticed them too and said, 'Easy there, Tipsy. Don't let the Green Monster known as jealousy take over your mind.'
Tasha let out a sigh; it had a sort of aggrieved quality to it causing Palara to gaze up at her master. 'I-I'm fine, Pal,' Tasha muttered.
'Could have fooled me,' mumbled Palara.
'Although-'
'I knew it!'
'Oh shut up!' snapped Tasha. 'As I was saying, although I'm not particularly interested, can you go over there and eavesdrop for me. You're less noticeable then me.'
'Oh yea. A leopard is really inconspicuous…' Palara said sarcastically.
'Just do it, Pal,' pleaded Tasha.
Palara sighed. 'Fine, just stop bothering me afterward.'
Tasha grinning triumphantly and watched as Palara slinked over to where Kai and the girl where talking. Tasha could hear their conversation as Palara inched closer, though it was like listening through a bad reception.
"… Oh come on, Kai, its been ages since we've seen each other! The least you can do is come with me to the café on the corner for a drink! We used to be neighbors after all! Both of our first matches aren't towards the end anyway!" the girl was saying.
Tasha could see Kai shrugging indifferently. 'Say no!' Tasha thought.
Palara's eyes widened as the girl edged closer to Kai. 'Ah oh,' she whispered to herself. 'Tasha isn't going to like this.'
And indeed Tasha wasn't. 'Back up, Kai!'
Palara winced at Tasha's harsh tone and crept even closer to the pair. That was when Kai gave in and said, "Fine, just stop bugging me."
Then they left together.
Tasha's face blanched. 'W-What the hell is she doing?!' she roared as the girl smirked at Kai in a way that was above friendship.
'Her shirt says her name's Arako,' remarked Palara.
'Well then this Arako is so dead!' Tasha bellowed.
Palara groaned as she studied the scoreboard on the gigantic monitor above their heads. 'Why don't you kill her during your first match,' she muttered.
'Why?!'
'Because she's your first opponent.'
'What?!'
'My thought exactly.'
Tasha moaned and thought, 'Just great…'
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A little while later, Kai and Arako reappeared. Tasha had been pacing back and forth, only stopping to witness Tyson, Max, and Rei's matches. They had all won their respective beybattles and they had discovered that in the following round Max and Rei would already have to compete against each other. Tasha and Arako's match was next and Arako walked up to Tasha, Kai behind her.
"So you're Triple Heart, the two-year champion," Arako stated grinning secretively.
"Yea, so?" Tasha asked coolly.
"I'd just like to tell you, say good bye to the thought of winning three years in a row," Arako said cockily.
"Really?" Tasha inquired, her voice had gone from cool to icy in seconds. "Who's going to defeat me?"
"Me of course," Arako answered running her fingers through her flaxen locks.
"Right… You just keep thinking that," Tasha retorted. She walked towards her side of the dish and unhooked her blade from her belt.
Arako laughed as she took her position across from her. "I saw how you looked at him!" she yelled causing Tasha to freeze. "I'll tell Kai you have a crush on him if you win and I know you wouldn't want that!"
Tasha could tell Kai couldn't hear Arako but she still blushed deeply. Palara snarled beside her and said, 'Ignore the jerk.'
Tasha found her insides had twisted into a tight lump again and she sighed downfallenly. Her bangs covering her eyes as she waited for DJ Jazzman to declare the beginning of the match.
Soon enough, his voice rang over the loud squeaker, "Three…Two…One! Let it rip!"
Tasha and Arako released their blades. They spun across the dish; Tasha's at a slower velocity than usual. As the other Bladebreakers watched one thought rang through all their minds. 'Why is Tasha blading reluctantly?'
Tasha sighed as Palara protested, 'Don't listen to her, Natasha!'
Tasha ignored her bitbeast, her expression unreadable. Her blade was battered around by Arako's while Arako herself smirked. "Giving up, Triple Heart?" she mocked.
Tasha's beyblade was getting thrashed around now. A year ago, she herself had remodeled the blade so that the twin blades were gone and instead of pink, the blade was half gold, half silver. Arako's violet blade bashed into Tasha's sending it flying. Tasha's blade sailed out of the dish where it ceased spinning.
"What just happened?!" asked Tyson.
"Arako's a pushover! Why is Tasha losing?!" Rei questioned.
Kai was blinking his dark eyes confusedly. 'Tasha lost the first round of her first match? How?' he wondered.
'Natasha McClane!' screeched Palara. 'If you lose the next round you're out of the competition!'
Tasha remained silent as she grabbed her blade.
'Someone give this moron a wakeup call!' Palara shrieked.
A wakeup call soon came.
"Tasha," Kai growled causing the offender to jump and spin around and face him. "I know you're better than that."
Tasha blinked at him and felt her face redden. She nodded slowly.
'Kai's right!' screamed Palara.
Tasha sighed. "I know, Pal," she murmured. "I'm sorry. I guess, now that I think about it, if Arako tells Kai I'll just kill her."
Arako laughed at that. "Yea, right," she said derisively.
"Wanna bet?" Tasha challenged her eyes glinting dangerously.
Arako backed down slightly at the look on Tasha's face.
"Bladers, ready for round two?" DJ Jazzman interrupted. Tasha and Arako got into position again. "Three…Two…One! LET IT RIP!"
Tasha pulled back on her ripcord faster than she had ever before, sending her blade sailing into the dish swiftly. Tasha's eyes were flashing wildly as her blade gave off golden waves.
In less than fifteen seconds, Arako's beyblade was out of the dish and gliding to the ground. "Round two goes to Triple Heart!" bellowed DJ Jazzman.
Tasha grinned and turned back to Kai. "Thanks," she said, "I was a little befuddled there for awhile."
Kai shrugged, smirking slightly causing Tasha to blush again. She quickly turned away and returned her attention to the dish.
"The score is tied! Time for round three!" DJ Jazzman roared. "Three…Two…One! LET IT RIP!"
Tasha and Arako's blades collided above the dish without even touching the floor. Arako's beyblade was instantly overpowered and sent flying to the ground outside the dish.
"And the winner is Triple Heart!" yelled DJ Jazzman.
'You had me scared for awhile,' Palara remarked causing Tasha to chuckle.
'Don't worry about me, Pal,' Tasha said.
Palara laughed but didn't comment as they reached the benches lining the walls. "You up next?" Tasha asked Kai sitting beside him.
Kai nodded and stood up, his foe, a teenage girl with ankle-length black hair, did the same. "Wanna bet this match'll last less than a minute?" Tasha questioned Palara after he had left.
'I think it'll only last half that much if Jazzman talks quickly,' Palara replied.
"Alright, you guess thirty or more seconds; I'll guess twenty-nine or less. The loser has to give the other their piece of pie at dinner tonight," explained Tasha.
'Deal,' Palara agreed.
A few moments later, Tasha looked at her watch jubilantly. "Twenty-eight seconds! Ha!" she exclaimed.
Kai walked back over to them and sat down. Palara was sulking and he gazed at the exuberant Tasha puzzledly. "What are you so happy about?" he asked softly.
"I won a bet."
"What kind?"
Tasha wasn't expecting him to question her any further so she stammered, "W-Well, we made a bet on how fast you would win the last match. The winner got the other's piece of pie."
Kai looked a bit miffed at that but he only replied, "I see."
"Sorry, we couldn't resist," Tasha said. "Just think of it as a positive thing. We were sure you would win."
Kai nearly laughed, Tasha could tell. She, instead, laughed at him and said, "Aw, come on! Laugh!"
Kai made a small grin causing Tasha to double-up and snicker. "I guess that's close enough!" she said in-between laughs.
Kai shoved the girl off of the bench lightheartedly causing her to gasp and hit the floor. "Kai!" she accused good-naturedly. She stood up and sat back down on the bench.
Palara smiled and thought, 'The dusty layers are being brushed away.'
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A/N: Ta da! ^_^
Tasha: What was so great about this chapter?
Choccy: You just didn't like it because of Arako. ^_-
Tasha: Don't mention that thing's name in my presence.
Choccy: *grinning* Arako! ARAKO! A-R-A-K-O! Ar-
Tasha: Okay! We get it already! *fuming*
Choccy: 0:)
Tasha: *glaring daggers*
A/N 2: ^_^ Anyhow, review or face my wrath!
The Bladebreakers: *shudders*
Choccy: Hey…
Tasha: ^________^
Choccy: -__-;;;; *mumbling about insubordination*
Tasha: Bye, everyone! ^___-