Beyblade: Triple Heart
By: ChocolateEclar
Disclaimer: I don't own any part of 'Beyblade,' which includes all teams and their bitbeasts, etc. I also don't own Colombia University or anything on its campus. Quite frankly, anyone that believes I do scares me. ^_-
Claimer: I only own 'Triple Heart,' Palara, Mr. and Mrs. McClane, Dorthea Westerly, Edwin School, and Divine Intervention.
To blucherry: Yep, you guessed correctly. Thanks for reviewing!
To ~wacked~up~writer~: Thanks for all the compliments! You're right; this is like Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" Trilogy. o_O I hadn't realized that. By the way, those books are great, aren't they? ^_^ Thanks again.
To Saria: ^_- Sugar's good. Thanks again.
To Swimming Angel: Nope, chapter 14 wasn't the last chapter. This chapter is. Don't worry though. The sequel will follow it very soon. Anyhow, thanks again. Kai is a rather good-looking anime character, isn't he? ^____^
A/N: Wow! I had 4 reviewers last chapter! That's the most this story's ever had for one single chap.
Tasha: You're so deranged. -__-
Choccy: Why is that?
Tasha: Its only-
Choccy: Don't say it! I know, I know! 'Its only 4 reviews!' Well, for a sad authoress like me, they mean a lot!
Tasha: Oh… Choccy: ^___^ Here's the final 'episode' of 'Beyblade: Triple Heart!'Chapter 15: Getting Over Lost Love
Tasha let out one vast breath causing a white lock that had blown into her face to recede back to its usual place. A cool autumn breeze stirred up the golden leaves near her feet and she smiled. Palara did the same, her fangs showing. They had decided to walk for the first day of the school year. And why not? It was a beautiful day after all.
"I can't believe it's already time to go back to school," Tasha mused. She was wearing a Japanese school uniform, which consisted of a white sailor-like shirt with a blue bow and a blue mini skirt.
'I know what you mean,' Palara said. 'And to think, this year there won't be a million girls there waiting to hear about how you beat a bunch of boys at the Single Championship 'cause this year you didn't win.'
"I got second place, didn't I?"
'Yea, but you didn't get first, Tyson did,' Palara replied sauntering forward.
"I don't really care, Pal."
Palara did a 'double-take' at that. 'You w-what?'
"I don't really care," Tasha answered her arms crossed behind her head. "I'm just glad I beat Kai."
'You're hopeless, Natasha McClane. Completely hopeless!' Palara yowled. Tasha's only response to that was to stick out her tongue.
Tasha's high school soon came into view; its walls were made of brick and a high fence surrounded it. A sea of teenagers could be seen entering the gates as Tasha and Palara stepped off the forest path. Tasha kind of wished the other Bladebreakers went to the same school as her, but she seriously doubted it would ever happen.
'Then again,' sixteen-year-old Tasha pondered. 'College is right around the corner.'
'You have two years, you love-sick junior!' Palara hollered teasingly.
'You ruin everything, Palara,' Tasha snapped as they entered the schoolyard.
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Tasha's junior year departed and her senior year came. It soon went by though in what felt like a hectic blur to Tasha.
Classes. Term Papers. Teachers. More Classes. Boys. Girls. Homework.
It felt like an everlasting cycle until Tasha felt terribly beleaguered. She applied to every college she wanted in the United States just as her parents had. She was hopeful. Her hard work had to have been worth something, right?
It was.
She was admitted to Columbia University. Five days afterward, she learned Kai was too.
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"So, Kai," Tasha mumbled kicking the dirt beneath her tennis shoes randomly. "What classes do you want?"
The Bladebreakers, all of whom were much older in appearance, were all standing around Mr. Dickenson's backyard. Kai, who had been gazing absently at one of the Cherry Blossom trees, replied, "Astrophysics."
Tasha's eyes widened slightly and she nodded. "I see. I want stuff like marketing and investments. I'm going to be a businesswoman," she said happily.
This revelation caused Kenny to go, "You're going to be in commerce?"
Eighteen-year-old Tasha nodded. "Yea, why?"
"I don't know, its just, you don't seem the type for that kind of job," Kenny answered.
"I'm afraid I can't live off of beyblading," Tasha said grinning. Palara yawned at her feet. Even she was taller now.
"How are you going to explain Palara hanging out with you on your college campus?" Rei asked.
"My grandpa's already 'explained' to them that Pal is a sort of 'disability cat,' " Tasha replied chuckling.
"So he lied?" Max inquired, his flaxen tresses bouncing on his head.
"Had to, otherwise they wouldn't have let Palara come," Tasha protested.
"And what's this mysterious disability you now have?" Tyson questioned.
"Basically its I'm klutzy."
"We already knew that," Kai teased.
"Yea, remember when she tripped over her own bed at the last tournament in New Zealand. She flew right into the wall," Dizzi added from Kenny's laptop.
Tyson, Kai, Max, Rei, and Kenny laughed at that. "Thanks for the reminder, Dizzara," Tasha muttered sighing.
"I have more," Dizzi said. "Remember when Tasha got her foot stuck in a skunk burrow and when we finally managed to pry it out how the skunk sprayed her and we had to hold our noses the rest of the trip."
This caused the laughter to strengthen and Tasha to say, "We got it, Dizzi!"
The others snickered triggering a 'humph!' from Tasha. "I'm glad you guys are so easily amused by my pain," she muttered loud enough for the others to hear.
They stopped laughing and smiled at each other. "We're sorry, Tipsy," Rei said.
"I see you boys have finally realized why my grandfather nicknamed me that," Tasha said grinning. She folded her arms and eyed them ominously. "So where are you going to college, Tyson?" she inquired innocently.
"Dunno. The one by my house, I guess," Tyson replied shrugging.
"I see. Interesting," Tasha whispered.
"What's so interesting?" Tyson asked.
"The fact that you even think about anything but food and beyblading," Tasha taunted.
Tyson growled slightly and dived for his female teammate. "Oh yea?" he questioned good-humoredly.
"Yea!" Tasha replied dodging Tyson.
"Geez, Tyson, you're eighteen, not eight," Kenny said.
Tasha, Rei, and Max chuckled while Tyson only smirked. Soon, they all would be off to various colleges and wouldn't see much of each other for quite awhile.
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Months afterward, Tasha got off a bus she had taken from an airport in New York. She stared wide-eyed at the university grounds, clasping her luggage tightly. Palara nudged her, bringing her back to reality. Tasha sighed and muttered, "Come on, Pal. Time to find the main building in all this hubbub."
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Hours later, Tasha and Palara dragged their belongings into a small room in Carmen Hall. It was a dormitory on the southwest corner of Broadway in which many first-year students at Colombia lived. The room had two beds, a desk, a chest, and a large curtained window. Tasha unpacked and gazed out the window. They were four stories up the thirteen-story building, which had one lounge on each floor, a laundry room in the basement, and central air.
"So, what do you think, Pal?" Tasha asked.
'It'll do,' the bitbeast replied as she sat on one of the beds.
"You know we'll be having a roommate soon."
'Yea, that'll be interesting. By the way, where's Kai staying?'
"Sadly, he's in Furnald Hall across campus," Tasha replied sitting beside Pal.
Palara nodded. It was going to be very interesting.
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About five weeks later, Tasha, Palara, and their new roommate, Darla, were all eating ice cream at a snack stand when they bumped into Kai. At the look on Tasha's face Darla whispered, "Is that him?" She had cropped platinum blonde hair, freckles that dotted her cheeks, and bright green eyes.
Tasha nodded mutely. It wasn't Kai that was making her speechless for once, but the girl that was hanging off his arm. She had jet-black curls flowing down her back and the lightest blue eyes Tasha had ever seen. "W-Who's she?" Tasha managed to murmur.
Darla shrugged. "Dunno. I think she's in my architecture class though," she said.
"Oh, Darla!" Tasha wailed.
Darla sighed. "Why don't you go talk to them, you chicken?!" she yelled.
Tasha groaned and scooted over to the pair. "Hey, Kai!" she yelped.
Kai fixed his dark eyes on Tasha and she smiled feebly and waved. "W-Who's your friend?" Tasha finally was capable of inquiring.
The girl with Kai smirked showing a row of ultra-white teeth. "Hi. I'm Felicity Carmichael," she said pausing for a few moments. Eventually she continued, "I'm Kai Hiwatari here's girlfriend."
Tasha felt all the breath whoosh out of herself. She nodded, blinking her eyes repeatedly to keep from crying. Darla, who had realized what pain her roommate was in, said, "This is Tasha McClane, she's a Bladebreaker like Kai. I'm Darla Avery. We have to go. Adios!" And with that said they all waved good-bye.
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As soon as they entered their room Tasha let out a sop she'd been holding in. "Darla!" she cried out sorrowfully. "I am such a moron!" Her shoulders shook with her weeping and she grasped Palara tightly in her arms.
Darla sighed. "Its alright. Remember, Patrick, that kid from Butler Library? He seemed to like you."
"I don't care!" Tasha yelled. "I've adored Kai since I was thirteen! That was five years ago, Dar!"
Darla groaned. "If you were in so deep, girl, why didn't you try to get him to notice you?" she asked.
"Because I'm a scared freak of nature!" Tasha sobbed. She clasped onto her bed burying her face in her pillow.
Tasha cried herself to sleep that night.
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Tasha walked glumly down Broadway the next day with as much spunk as a dying rodent. She sighed and thought, 'I have to let this go. Kai's found someone else. I just have to-' Here she had to interrupt her own thoughts to keep herself from crying. Things were already looking down on the Colombian first-year student.
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By the time January had rolled around, Tasha had forced herself to forget Kai completely. Instead she phoned the other Bladebreakers, met new people on campus, and went to her classes. Most of which had to do with business.
It was a hard, painful affair but she couldn't bring herself to daydream about Kai any longer. She did discover Felicity Carmichael was a beyblader on a team called 'the Annihilators.'
'Corny name,' Tasha had thought when she had learned this. Later she had realized something. 'There are only three universal bladers attending this college; Kai, Felicity, and me. Is Kai just dating her because she's a blader, popular, and lives in Furnald Hall too?' These questions and more puzzled the young woman as she continued her tuition at Colombia University.
By the time her second year appeared she had met someone new to yearn for though. His name was Byakko Mao and he was in her finance classes with her. They began to date in December right before Tasha left to spend time with her family for Winter Break. By the following December, they were engaged to be married after their college years were finished.
Tasha, though she tried to hide it from her fiancé, wasn't truly content for some reason. It wouldn't be till she returned to Japan after she graduated from college and collided with Kai in Tokyo that she would realize why.
The End
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A/N: *laughing hysterically* I'm sorry, guys, but I had to end it there. Don't worry though, the next story will deal with Kai and Tasha's relationship. As for Tasha's engagement, well, you'll see what happens. ^__-
Tasha: I take it back. You're beyond deranged.
Choccy: Why thank you. ^_^
Tasha: -___-;;;; *sweatdrop*
A/N 2: For those of you who've read the "His Dark Materials" trilogy, I've noticed another small similarity between them and my story. This story ends abruptly and its sequel pretty much picks up were it left off. Wait a minute, that was stupid. =P Ignore this author's note and go to the next one. It's important!
A/N 3: A preview of the sequel:
Tasha thinks she's over Kai completely, but is she really? With her wedding to Byakko coming up soon and her return to Japan, can she shake off the feeling seeing Kai again is giving her, or will her marital status continue to be single? And for that matter, what ever happened to Felicity Carmichael? All these questions and more will be answered in 'Beyblade: Heart Dilemmas!'
A/N 4: Yes, I'm still here! I've already written the first chapter of 'Beyblade: Heart Dilemmas.' I'll post it as soon as you answer my question to all of you:
Do you think the sequel should be rated higher than this story? If your answer is 'yes' please be aware the only difference would be mild swearing and sexual situations. Remember I'm not even old enough to drive so even the situations wouldn't be very graphic. Tell me in a review!
Bye! ^_^