Heather: Finally back once again.
Ray: It has been a while.
Heather: It just keeps getting harder and harder to finish this story. I keep getting less and less reviews.
Ray: It happens.
Heather: No it doesn't. Anyways I was listening to my Evanescence cd while writing this chapter so that might help some of ya'll understand if I get a little confusing. So, on with the story! ^_^
Chapter 15
Change
The Bladebreakers had been sitting inside the stadium, waiting for the crowd to scatter before they left. They figured the waited long enough so they started to walk out of the stadium. Ray had put Rachel on the ground again because she wanted to walk on her own and as they walked out of the doors they were surrounded by news reporters and by screaming fans.
"Man, I thought they'd be gone by now" Joel said trying to shove his way out of the reporters to get to the BBA bus.
"Ray," Rachel said, trying to get out of the way of the fans that were crowding in around her.
"Get out of the way and leave us alone" Kai shouted at the people as he tried to shove them out of the way to clear a path for his team.
"Let's get out of here" Max said to Tyson.
The team shoved their way onto the bus and plopped down in their seats as the bus started to drive towards the hotel.
"You alright sis?" Tyson asked, seeing Rachel hunched over in her seat holding her leg.
Rachel sat up and forced a fake smile on her face. "Yeah, I'm fine, Ty. Don't worry about me."
"Maybe you should get your leg looked at again before we head.." Kenny started before being cut off.
"I said I'm fine. Why don't we just worry about the finals" she was getting irritated about everyone worrying about her.
"Well, the BBA hasn't posted anything yet. They won't have any information up until 8:00 tonight." Kenny stated.
"Ha. That's gives us more time to bother you, Rachel" Tyson said happily.
"That also means more time for me to beat you senseless" she said standing up and heading towards him.
"Oh. Look at that, we're already at the hotel. Better head up to the room" He said before running off the bus.
Rachel was right behind him and yelled "Yeah, but you forget that you share the room with me!"
Rachel chased Tyson into the hotel lobby. Tyson ran straight for the elevator and this time managed to get the door shut before anyone else could get in. Rachel started to head for the stairs when someone grabbed her waist and held her back.
"What do you think you're doing, Kai" she asked, trying to get out of his grasp.
"No, what do you think you're doing? You could barely walk out of the stadium and your going to run up seven flights of stairs? Yeah, that's real smart." Kai said sarcastically.
"Fine" she said making him let go of her. "I'll take the elevator then go beat the crap out of him." She then ran towards the elevator and got on.
"It's amazing that she can be that immature" Kai said shaking his head.
"She is Tyson's sister" Ray said walking up beside him.
"Don't worry, I wasn't trying to steal her from you" Kai said flatly.
"I know. I'm actually glad you grabbed her cuz she's gonna hurt herself and I know it."
"Like you said, she is Tyson's sister. It has to run in the family."
"Glad to see that you two boys aren't fighting anymore" Mr. Dickenson said, placing a hand on their shoulders.
~By the Bus~
Max was slowly walking towards the hotel when Joel walked up beside him.
"Dude, what's up with you? You weren't like this before we got to the tournament"
"It's nothing" Max said quietly.
"Hey, if you need to talk to anybody, I'm here ya know" Joel said, trying to reassure the blonde.
"No, it's alright. I think I'm just gonna go for a walk on the beach."
"Alright, but you're probably wanna be back by eight cuz you know Kenny's gonna get the info about the finals" Joel said heading back to the hotel lobby.
Max slowly walked along the beach, staring at his feet the whole time. He was probably half a mile away from the hotel when he ran into the back of someone.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I wasn't really paying.." Max stopped talking when he found out who he ran into. 'It's her!' he thought to himself.
"It's no big deal. I was zoned out, anyways." Haley said, turning around to face the boy that ran into her. "Hey, you're from the Bladebreakers, right? Is it.."
"Max" he said cutting her off and shaking her hand.
"So, Max, what are you doing out here?"
"Well, I...just kept thinking about....stuff" he said trying to cover up his blush. "What are you doing out here? I figured everyone would be training for the finals tomorrow."
"Yeah, well you obviously haven't hung out with my team too long."
"What's wrong with them?" Max asked curiously.
"Well, it's mainly just Amethyst. She's just so stinking hyper. You know, always in good mood and bouncing off the walls" Haley said.
"Yeah, I know what ya mean. We have someone like that on our team" Max said sheepishly, scratching his head.
"You would be that person wouldn't you?" she said with a grin on her face.
"Well...."
"Obviously you aren't like it all the time or else you wouldn't have looked so depressed when you came out here" she said putting her arm over his shoulder. She looked at him and began to blush slightly. 'Damn it! Why does he have to look cute like that?' she thought to herself before removing her arm from off of him. "Sooo...why aren't you training with your team since I guess that's what they're doing?"
"Actually, I'm not gonna battle tomorrow" he said looking at the ground again.
"Oh yeah, sorry about that."
"It's not your fault. I had bad luck I guess."
"Oh crap!" Haley shouted out.
"What? What's wrong?" Max asked, looking worried.
"Uh, do you know what time it is?"
"It's ......8:00! Ah, man. I'm supposed to be at the hotel to..."
"Get the finals info. Me too."
Both of them started to run back towards the hotel. They finally made it back and were waiting for an elevator. They both walked in and Max hit the seventh floor and Haley hit the tenth. The elevator stated to go up and stopped at the seventh floor and the doors opened.
"It was fun talking with ya, Haley."
"Same here. Hey. What are you doing after your meeting?" she asked.
"We're probably gonna go out to eat then just come back and sit around. Why?"
"Well.....I just wondering....maybe you want to meet up later in the lobby to talk some more or something."
"Sure, that sounds great! How about we meet at 9:30" he said happily.
"Great, and out comes that occasionally annoying perkiness" she said winking at him before the door closed.
Max turned back around and started to walk to Rachel and Tyson's room. He walked in the door to get the evil glare from Rachel and Kai. Rachel and Ray were sitting on one bed, Kai was sitting on a chair, and Kenny was sitting on the other bed with Joel and a slightly bruised Tyson.
"Your late" Kai said.
"Sorry."
"Come on and sit down so we can get this meeting over with" Rachel said, scooting over so Max could sit beside her.
"I finally got the information on the finals" Kenny said while typing away. "It looks like it will be an old fashioned bey-battle. Three bladers from each team with a traditional dish. I'm going to guess that they're going to put up their three regulars. That would be Chang, Amethyst, and Kari. Chang seems to be the leader and Kari would be next in line by strength blading followed by Amethyst."
"I want Chang" Kai said flatly, leaving no room for arguments.
"I'm getting Kari" Rachel said next.
" I call Amethyst" Ray shot out next.
"What about me and Tyson? I think we should get to blade" Joel said, almost pouting.
"Get over it, you nerd. And quit pouting. It's not my fault you two are slow and can't catch on" Rachel said standing up.
"Come on, Tyson. Your not gonna help me out here?" Joel said looking at the blue-haired boy.
"I really don't feel like getting beat up again. If you feel like fighting her go ahead, but you know she's gonna win." Tyson said pulling his knees up to his chest.
Rachel walked over to him and patted him on the shoulder. "You're finally learning. For that I think it's time for dinner."
"All Right!" Tyson yelled, jumping off the bed.
"But what about me" Joel asked.
"Dude, you heard Tyson. Your not gonna win against her" Ray said.
"I believe now is a good time for dinner" Mr. D. said walking into the room. " And since it is the finals, I'm going to take you all to that nice french restaurant on the beach."
"Doesn't that mean we're going to have to get all dressed up?" Tyson asked.
"Yes it does. I've already gotten you boys tuxedos and a dress for you, Rachel" Mr. D said.
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Heather: Well, there you have it. Another chapter down and a couple more to go.
Tyson: What's that supposed to mean?
Heather: Where'd you come from? Anyways, it means that I'm almost done with this fic.
Tyson: I don't know if I should be glad or sad.
Heather: Me either. I'm gonna try to see if I can make a sequel to this but I have to find out what the reviewers think.
Tyson: But I thought all your reviewers left?
Heather: Not helping! Well you guys know the deal by now so go ahead and start reviewing. C-ya ^_^
