Everyone look! It's posted...on time ^^;
Anyways not much to say here, except:
1 - I know why I was avoiding the relationship stuff. It requires me to write seriously But, I'm doing my best to keep the mood light.
2 - My favorite little guys is in this one...Kai's little voice. You all remember him don't you! ^^
Enjoy!
~~~FIGHTING SPIRITS II~~~
/ Thoughts /
"Speaking"
:: Kai's little voice ::
* * *
~ Chapter 9: Last Minute Training ~ (AN: Gomen, I really don't know what to call these anymore )
Sora went to bed not much later after the whole scene between her a Kai. She was lying there on her bed looking at the two necklaces that were now in her possession, trying to think of some way to prove to Kai that she still loved him. But she knew that that would be hard because of that look he had in his eyes when he said "good night" to her.
"What do I do?" She sighed closing her eyes, clutching the necklaces as she fell asleep.
* * *
It was now noon of the next day and Sora hadn't left her room. She didn't want to leave because she hadn't thought up anything yet. She figured if she tried telling Kai the truth, he wouldn't have believed it or he would have refused to listen.
*Knock-knock*
"Hey Sora! You up?" asked a voice.
"Yeah," she mumbled into her knees. She sat on the bed balled up. Her legs to her chest with her arms wrapped around them with her head resting on her knees.
Tyson opened the door and came in, actually rolled in. He had the computer chair again.
"You coming down or what? You missed breakfast. That's the most important meal of the day!" Tyson said matter-of-factly. He did his best to stay cheery even though he could see Sora was feeling miserable. Even he understood there was something up between her and Kai, especially after last night's episode.
"I wasn't hungry," she mumbled, not looking up, nor showing any signs of doing so.
"TYSON!!! GIVE ME BACK THE CHAIR!!!" Kenny yelled from somewhere in the house.
"Uh oh!" Tyson said rolling in all the way and then shut the door. "Shhhh!" he whispered with his finger to his mouth, and then listened patiently until the sound of the footsteps passed. "Good! Now where was I? Oh yeah! Come down, lunch is just about ready!" Tyson smiled. Sora shook her head.
"I'm tired," she lied.
"Oh! Well... do you want me to bring you anything? In case you get hungry later," he asked.
"Whatever."
"Alright! I'll bring you something to eat!" Tyson chirped rolling out off the room, shutting it behind him. As soon as he was in the hallway he frowned.
/Something is seriously wrong. I've never seen her so sad. Whatever happened yesterday must have been big! / Tyson thought concerned.
"THERE YOU ARE!!!" Kenny roared at the other end of the hallway. "Now," he said dangerously, "Give. Me. The. CHAIR!!!!!!!!" He said lunging at Tyson.
"AHHH!!!" he cried pushing himself off of a nearby wall to get away, and started laughing as Kenny landed on the floor missing him.
"Owwww," he moaned.
* * *
"What took you guys so long?" Max asked finally seeing Tyson and Kenny coming down the stairs. "And where's Sora?"
"Sora's...not feeling well. I think she got the flu or something!" Tyson lied.
"Is she okay?" Ray asked.
"Yeah! Just tired," he said. "I'm gonna get her something to eat."
"Let me! I have to go up and get my blade anyways!" Ray offered.
"Alright," Tyson shrugged.
/Tyson's acting weird. I think something's seriously wrong, / Ray frowned, entering the kitchen. /Maybe Sora is sick! She was out in the rain all yesterday, / he thought spreading some peanut butter on two slices of bread. Placing them on a plate he headed upstairs and knocked on the door, but got no answer.
"Sora?" he called, but still he got silence. He opened the door to see Sora still in her little ball on the bed. "Sora? Are you okay?" Ray asked and then saw the necklaces, which he knew the story behind. "Isn't that Kai's necklace?"
Sora nodded solemnly but never looked up or said a word.
"Why? What happened!?" Ray asked.
Sora remained silent.
Ray frowned and laid the sandwich on the dresser and sat down beside Sora putting an arm around her shoulder.
"Hey! It'll be alright!" he smiled, but still got no reaction. Frowning he figured she wanted to be alone and said, "Alright! I guess I'll see you later then," he got up and left, shutting the door behind him.
Ray returned back downstairs just in time to see Tyson follow the others in to the basement, and so he followed. His blade was in his pocket; he had no reason to go up, but he had wanted to check on Sora to see about her 'flu'. It was obvious to him that she wasn't sick, just heartbroken.
"Hey Ray!" Tyson called. "How's Sora?"
"Still tired," Ray said looking at Kai, noticing he seemed... different.
"We have training to start," Kai said bluntly. "We have a lot of work to do since we'll be facing the All-Starz soon," he said almost in disgust. "And we're not going to go anywhere until everyone is better. No breaks for anything. Got it!?"
"Uhhhh, but Kai-"
"Do you have a problem!?" Kai asked glaring at Tyson with his cold mahogany eyes.
"N-n-no," Tyson finally managed.
"Good! Get to work!" he demanded.
* * *
"What do I do?" Michael said asking no one in particular as he started playing with the food on his plate in BBA research facility cafeteria. He felt extremely bad for what he had done, and the instant replay in his head wasn't helping. "Arg! How can I help!?!?" he yelled, receiving a few glances from people sitting around him. Anyone who was paying attention could see them moving slowly away from the stressed out redhead boy.
* * *
"Come on Kai, we're better then we were," Ray said trying to persuade Kai to end the training for the day. Tyson would've backed him up if he weren't sprawled out in one of the beystadium with Max.
After yet another practice battle with one another, they had both went to reach their blades but fell in and stayed from exhaustion.
"I haven't seen any improvement," he replied.
"But they can barely stand!" Ray urged on. Kai looked at the two boys and their lame attempts to make it out of the stadium. They even had Kenny away from Dizzi to help them.
- Tyson, Max, and Kenny -
"Okay Maxy! Give me a leg up! And Chief, you pull me up!" Tyson said as he forced himself to sit. Max did the same and placed his hands in front of him.
"Alright! Go!" Max said.
Tyson nodded as he crawled to Max and made a little hop catching Kenny's hand.
"ARG! Tyson... your... too... HEAVY!" Kenny yelled as he toppled over in to the bowl. Tyson landed on Max with his face in the stadium wall, and Kenny landed on everyone.
"TYSON! You okay bud!?" Max asked poking his friend.
*SNORE*
- Ray and Kai -
"Alright!" Kai rolled the eyes. "But we train again tomorrow!" he demanded and a few groans were heard over the snoring in the beystadium.
Ray nodded and walked over to the stadium to help the others out.
* * *
A couple hours later the boys were feeling much better, and were able to move...slightly.
"Damn!" Tyson hissed from his side of the couch.
"What's wrong?" Max groaned sitting on the opposite side.
"I have to use the washroom," he replied near tears.
"But the washroom is all the way upstairs," Ray said lying down on the love seat.
"I know," Tyson pouted. "Can you carry me?" he begged.
"I can barely support myself on my own two legs," Max groaned as he readjusted himself on the couch.
Tyson slowly started to get up, groaning all the way, and then made his way to the stairs. He looked up and for the first time noticed there were a lot of them.
"Jeez! And people think Mt. Everest is a big climb. Sheesh!"
* * *
Kai lay on his bed in his room staring at the ceiling.
"Hmph. They all trained hard, got better, didn't take a single break, and yet I'm still feeling miserable. What's with me? I remember that when that happen I felted like I at least accomplished something."
:: Bet I know! ::
"AH! For crying out loud! What the hell do YOU what?"
:: No! What do WE want! :: the voice rephrased.
"OH! So you're going to tell me why I'm feeling like this!"
* * *
"I. Did. It!" Tyson gasped reaching the top step. "Now! Just down the hall!" he declared crawling when he heard something. Deciding he deserved a break after the climb, he lean his ear to the door.
- Kai -
:: You're jealous! ::
"WHAT!" Kai yelled
- Tyson -
Tyson jumped.
/How the hell did he know I was here!? Errr...what do I say? Ummm... Kai I wanted to check up on you? Would that work? / Tyson asked himself.
- Kai -
"That's preposterous!!! Why should I believe that!?"
:: Because it's true! You know I'm right! ::
- Tyson -
Tyson was very confused. He had thought that, didn't he? Poor Tyson didn't realize that Kai was talking to himself, and not him.
/ How about I just leave? / he thought.
- Kai -
"Hmph! Why are you here anyways?"
- Tyson -
/I have to use the washroom! /
- Kai -
:: I left before because you were happy with your life. ::
"Just go away! Leave me alone!"
- Tyson -
"Psh! Fine!" Tyson said continuing his crawl.
- Kai -
:: Nope! It's not that easy, remember!? ::
Kai grumbled rolling over. /Stupid conscious! /
:: Stupid physical form! :: the voice talked back.
* * *
"VICTORY!!!!!" Tyson yelled standing to open the door...it was locked. "ARG!!!" He cried as he started pounding on the door. "Whoever is in there- OUT!" Tyson yelled.
"You'll have to wait!" Kenny said.
"But Chief! You don't know what I went through to get here! HURRY UP!!!!"
* * *
After some pounding, Tyson finally managed to use the washroom and started to make his way down again but decided to check on Sora first.
*knock knock*
"Can I come in?" Tyson asked waiting for a reply but got nothing. Frowning her opened the door and looked in. Sora was leaning on the headboard of the bed looking out the window in the dark. Tyson noticed that the sandwich was still sitting on the dresser. "HEY!" Tyson cheered. "Why is it sooo dark? Huh?" Tyson asked flipping the switch to illuminate the room, which Sora shielded her eyes from. He picked up the sandwich and walked over to the bed and sat down. "You didn't eat anything? How come?"
Sora shrugged.
"Eat!" Tyson said holding the food towards her, but Sora pushed his hand away.
"I'm not hungry. You eat it," she stated more then she offered as she moved her gaze to the window again.
Tyson looked at the sandwich hungrily. He did want to eat it, but...Sora didn't touch a thing all day.
"I'm not hungry," he said. Sora raised a brow at this and almost laughed.
"I'm sorry. I must have you guys worried. I'm fine, really. Don't worry about me," she said.
"What happened?" Tyson asked. All he could understand was that there was something up with her and Kai.
Sora remained silent.
"Come on! You can tell me!" he smiled, not wanting to give up until he knew, but yet again Sora didn't answer. She just seemed to get sadder so Tyson decided to stop. "Alright," he sighed in defeat. "Whatever's goin on... I hope you fix it soon. We are worried," Tyson said leaving.
/I hope I can fix it soon too! /
* * *
Tyson managed to make it downstairs again and collapsed in his seat.
"The WEIRDEST thing happened up there. I think...I think Kai can read mines!" Tyson said.
"Huh?" the others asked.
"It's true! When I was up there, everything I thought he replied to!" Tyson exclaimed.
"Tyson... you must be really tired!" Max laughed.
"No! Its true!"
"Why don't you go to bed?" Kenny said. "You'll feel better in the morning."
"I don't have a bed remember! And I'm not sleeping with the mind reader. With all my thoughts on him...I'll be killed before the nights out!"
Ray, Max, and Kenny all looked at one another. Neither of them wanted to sleep with him since they were all exhausted and needed their sleep more then ever.
"How about we draw straws?" Ray offered.
"Yeah! That's a great idea!" Max smiled.
"Okay then! Loser gets Tyson!" Kenny concluded.
"HEY!" Tyson growled.
Ray got the straws and prepared them in the kitchen. He then returned to the living room with the others and held out his hand to Max and Kenny.
"The one who gets the colored tip has to take Tyson!" Ray said as the others agreed.
"Hmph! I'm a jackpot! Not a constellation prize," he grumbled at being insulted.
Max drew first. He picked his string and pulled slowly, extremely scared.
"Phew!" he smiled. He was going to be able to sleep tonight.
"Your turn Chief!" Ray said slightly nervous, but not as nervous as Kenny. Gulping Kenny pulled the closest string and...
"Heehee! You lo-win Ray!" Kenny grinned and Ray sulked.
"Yeah, yeah! Come on tree-boy."
"Hmph!"
They all went to their rooms, and Tyson tailed Ray.
"Promise me one thing Tyson!" Ray pleaded.
"What's that?"
"Don't snore!" Ray begged. "If you don't...I'll buy you a HUGE burger!"
"Really!?" Tyson asked for confirmation as he started drooling. Ray nodded. Tyson smiled as he left and returned with earplugs.
"I can't stop snoring, but you can stop listening!" Tyson smiled.
"Good enough!" Ray said hastily placing them in his ears.
"Night Ray!" Tyson said, but got no reply. "I said 'NIGHT RAY!!!!'" He repeated, but still nothing. "Jeez! You give the man a pair of earplugs and then he goes and ignores you," Tyson grumbled falling asleep.
Sometime later that night Tyson began routing around beside a wide-awake Ray. Ray knew all to well what was to come when Tyson started routing, because when Tyson was routing as much as he is now, then it meant he was having a bad dream. And when Tyson has a bad dream, Tyson fights viciously.
"Maybe if I push him on to the floor he won't be able to reach me," Ray pondered looking at Tyson who seem to be getting more violent on his side. A little longer and he'll be invading Ray's side. "I shouldn't do that though. I might hurt him," Ray continued thinking, but then the first punch towards him was made. He quickly dodged and decided that Tyson had to go. "Sorry bud! But the carpeting is soft," Ray said pushing Tyson off of the side of the bed. "Ahhh, much better!" Ray smiled, dozing off.
* * *
Max woke up smiling as the sun shined threw his window.
"What a wonderful sleep! I wonder how Ray made out?" he asked aloud, deciding to go look. He crept quietly to the room and peered in, Tyson wasn't on the bed, but he knew that Tyson was there somewhere with all the snoring.
Just then something hit the bed with such force from below it that it sent poor Ray through the air. Landing on the floor with a loud 'thud'.
"Owwww," Ray said sore and groggily. Max quickly ran over to help him. "What happened!?" he asked a giggling Max.
"It seems that Tyson slept under the bed."
They both looked under to see Tyson punching the bottom of the bed, and then kicked it, which made the mattress jump again.
"No wonder why he's always tired in the mornings. Look at the work out he does every night!" both Ray and Max laughed.
They both left the room and headed down stairs to hear music playing. They both eyed one another and then peeked around the corner to hear Sora half way through 'A Thousand Miles' by Vanessa Carlton.
"It's always times like these
When I think of you
And I wonder
If you ever
Think of me"
"Pst! Hey Ray! You think she's feeling better?" Max whispered.
"'Cause everything's so wrong
And I don't belong
Living in your
Precious memories"
/I doubt it. / he thought. "Maybe..." Ray whispered back knowing it was a lie.
"'Cause I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder....
What you two are doing here" she sung.
"Is that last line part of the lyrics?" Max asked. Ray shook his head.
"Not last time I heard that song," he grinned knowing they had been caught. "Feeling better?" he asked.
"Not really," she sighed. "But... do you think we could go to that music festival?" she asked. After all the thinking she had done she remembered Emily talking about a music festival. She thought that maybe she could somehow use her interest in music to explain things to Kai. She wasn't quite sure how yet, but it was better then trying to talk to him one-on- one.
"That's that thing Emily was talking about?" Max said. "She told us when you were out on that rainy day," he said as he started blushing.
"Hehe! Yeah, and someone's got a date!" Ray grinned nudging Max lightly. "It took him a whole minute to say 'Wanna go together?'" Ray laughed, as Max turned redder and redder.
Just then there was another body in the room, Kai. He and Sora were both staring at each other in the silence and until Kai ripped his gaze away.
"We have more training to do. We battle them tomorrow," Kai stated heading downstairs.
The rest of that day was spent training, and Sora looking for some kind of good music to use.
* * *
See *points* I can't write serious stuff. But just wait til the music festival. Ahhhh, I'm playing the scenarios in my head. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed it. And with a couple more reviews I will have more then FSI *grins*
Oh, and was the part with Kai, Tyson, and the little voice confusing? I wasn't sure if it was or not, but remember, Tyson couldn't here the little voice.
Well then, THANKS TO:
someguy: Oo Three weeks til break!? You poor dear :( I feel for you. Mines almost over though :( *sniff* Then it's back to the books. Ahhh, I made you cry! *gives you a Kleenex* I usually cry at those things too. We're just softies, lol. I mean I cried playing a video game. It was Final Fantasy VII because one of the characters died and so I cried, lol. And stop laughing because I know you are. But it was sad :( lol. Yep! I'll be doing something with the pendants, not entirely sure what, but they will play a tinnie weenie roll. Apparently no, Tyson can't work the microwave, lol. He's 'Household appliance challenged' :) Ha, maybe I should have him break the fridge. Hehe, Alphanumeric, it's been a while since I heard that. Hehe, yeah! Michael is being asked to step towards the flaming stake, lol. Hey it's okay! You are always reviewing me and making me feel special. Long, short, I don't care ^^ But if your promising a long review, lol. I can only imagine. Hope it doesn't go to that look up thing again. Interesting ending. It's a mix of Bugs Bunny, Batman, and Reboot, lol. Ack! *defends story from Elmer Fudd*
Trueblue: Lol! *Tries to calm you down but it doesn't work so instead tosses you a Michael plushy to kill* Sorry I need the real one ^^
twilight knight: Weird? You had to review seven? Well the site was weird when I posted and when you reviewed *shrugs*. Hehe, thanks for the e-mail. I must use the dental thing. ^^
ShadowDragon22: Hey, no prob! I usually only read Beyblade because I have an obsession with it, lol, but love reading other genres :) Teehee! Pinky.
Nightswift: LOL! So Michael is going to become the Yamoto in your story, lol. And don't worry there will be a lot of M/E at the festival. The festival is so perfect in my head. It's full of couples, mischief, everything. I just need to get it on paper *sigh*
Fluffychans: :) thank you, glad you enjoyed it.
animewolfhunter: (Forgive me I must do this) AHHH! AN ANIME WOLF HUNTER! *Jumps in front of Fang to defend him* SORRY! I had to. I saw the name and that's instantly what I thought. SORRY! *cheesy grin* ANYWAYS, now that I got that out of my system ^^; another myth? I don't think I could manage another in this story, b/c to tell you the truth I think it may be almost over. But hey! That is an idea for another story. I'll have to go read some Myths. I can only remember the Greek gods and beasts.
Dark Magician: *nods* Dark Magician *thumbs up*. Lol! You want Michael dead too ^^ and you know someone with the same name? Hope he doesn't read your review, lol. Provided he even goes here... *shrugs* LMAO! A Kai acting like Tyson! Is that where you got the idea for your story? Teehee! What's Gary act like?
DestinyBabee: Lol, gotta love Tyson, blowing out microwave fires, and torturing everyone with his snoring. It must take a lot of work to be so annoying, lol. Wow! You're not pissed at Michael. I had a few reviewers want to burn him at the stake, lol. But I'm with you! He's gonna become a mister good guy soon.
Dreadacon: Hmmm? You want some Tyson angst? I dunno how I would do that. Truthfully, I have no idea why Tyson always do this stuff. This is just my vision of him. Lol, you think I'm taking it too far? Naw, no offence taken. Maybe I am taken it too far, but like I said, this is just the way I see him. You always got a group where one of the people is the total clown. It's good to have variety I think. Imagine if they were all Kai's. We'd have a group of wall huggers, lol. Gah, this requires more thinking. You got me thinking, how? How can I accomplish this? I'll try thinking up something, but it may not make it in to the story since I think I'm wrapping it up soon. Nuts *snaps fingers*.
nObOdY: Uh huh! It happened. The guy would run and hide out by climbing trees and what not I think, lol. Glad you liked the twist.
DragonMasterEmerald: I write well? *shakes head* Spell check writes well, lol. Gah, yeah! Writer's block is the worst thing in the world. I think we should try burning it, lol. OHHHH! And I saw your other review for my other story, lol. DUDE! We have soooo much in common! Lol. I have found my twin.
Achika: Oo *attempts to help Yami Achika take the sugar back* Lol, glad you enjoyed it.
Leina: I told you that you were the only one to believe that it wasn't Michael's fault. Not true, there was another, lol. But for this chapter I felt so stuck :( But it's done now ^^ Mwahahahahha! I can demand now. UPDATE!!!! *Feels accomplished* *grins*
u really expect me to tell?: Lol, yeah boys do tend to overreacting about things. Hope you enjoy this chapter.
Reika Zelon: Lol! You're the only one to pat him on the back, lol. But there are a few on his side too. Glad you enjoyed it ^^
Spirit of Shadow: It's okay that it's late. I don't mind. Yep, the slap was made, and indeed poor Kai. Having seen only the kiss, and having to have to put up with Tyson all night, lol.
That's all! ^^ Enjoy and Ja!
Anyways not much to say here, except:
1 - I know why I was avoiding the relationship stuff. It requires me to write seriously But, I'm doing my best to keep the mood light.
2 - My favorite little guys is in this one...Kai's little voice. You all remember him don't you! ^^
Enjoy!
~~~FIGHTING SPIRITS II~~~
/ Thoughts /
"Speaking"
:: Kai's little voice ::
* * *
~ Chapter 9: Last Minute Training ~ (AN: Gomen, I really don't know what to call these anymore )
Sora went to bed not much later after the whole scene between her a Kai. She was lying there on her bed looking at the two necklaces that were now in her possession, trying to think of some way to prove to Kai that she still loved him. But she knew that that would be hard because of that look he had in his eyes when he said "good night" to her.
"What do I do?" She sighed closing her eyes, clutching the necklaces as she fell asleep.
* * *
It was now noon of the next day and Sora hadn't left her room. She didn't want to leave because she hadn't thought up anything yet. She figured if she tried telling Kai the truth, he wouldn't have believed it or he would have refused to listen.
*Knock-knock*
"Hey Sora! You up?" asked a voice.
"Yeah," she mumbled into her knees. She sat on the bed balled up. Her legs to her chest with her arms wrapped around them with her head resting on her knees.
Tyson opened the door and came in, actually rolled in. He had the computer chair again.
"You coming down or what? You missed breakfast. That's the most important meal of the day!" Tyson said matter-of-factly. He did his best to stay cheery even though he could see Sora was feeling miserable. Even he understood there was something up between her and Kai, especially after last night's episode.
"I wasn't hungry," she mumbled, not looking up, nor showing any signs of doing so.
"TYSON!!! GIVE ME BACK THE CHAIR!!!" Kenny yelled from somewhere in the house.
"Uh oh!" Tyson said rolling in all the way and then shut the door. "Shhhh!" he whispered with his finger to his mouth, and then listened patiently until the sound of the footsteps passed. "Good! Now where was I? Oh yeah! Come down, lunch is just about ready!" Tyson smiled. Sora shook her head.
"I'm tired," she lied.
"Oh! Well... do you want me to bring you anything? In case you get hungry later," he asked.
"Whatever."
"Alright! I'll bring you something to eat!" Tyson chirped rolling out off the room, shutting it behind him. As soon as he was in the hallway he frowned.
/Something is seriously wrong. I've never seen her so sad. Whatever happened yesterday must have been big! / Tyson thought concerned.
"THERE YOU ARE!!!" Kenny roared at the other end of the hallway. "Now," he said dangerously, "Give. Me. The. CHAIR!!!!!!!!" He said lunging at Tyson.
"AHHH!!!" he cried pushing himself off of a nearby wall to get away, and started laughing as Kenny landed on the floor missing him.
"Owwww," he moaned.
* * *
"What took you guys so long?" Max asked finally seeing Tyson and Kenny coming down the stairs. "And where's Sora?"
"Sora's...not feeling well. I think she got the flu or something!" Tyson lied.
"Is she okay?" Ray asked.
"Yeah! Just tired," he said. "I'm gonna get her something to eat."
"Let me! I have to go up and get my blade anyways!" Ray offered.
"Alright," Tyson shrugged.
/Tyson's acting weird. I think something's seriously wrong, / Ray frowned, entering the kitchen. /Maybe Sora is sick! She was out in the rain all yesterday, / he thought spreading some peanut butter on two slices of bread. Placing them on a plate he headed upstairs and knocked on the door, but got no answer.
"Sora?" he called, but still he got silence. He opened the door to see Sora still in her little ball on the bed. "Sora? Are you okay?" Ray asked and then saw the necklaces, which he knew the story behind. "Isn't that Kai's necklace?"
Sora nodded solemnly but never looked up or said a word.
"Why? What happened!?" Ray asked.
Sora remained silent.
Ray frowned and laid the sandwich on the dresser and sat down beside Sora putting an arm around her shoulder.
"Hey! It'll be alright!" he smiled, but still got no reaction. Frowning he figured she wanted to be alone and said, "Alright! I guess I'll see you later then," he got up and left, shutting the door behind him.
Ray returned back downstairs just in time to see Tyson follow the others in to the basement, and so he followed. His blade was in his pocket; he had no reason to go up, but he had wanted to check on Sora to see about her 'flu'. It was obvious to him that she wasn't sick, just heartbroken.
"Hey Ray!" Tyson called. "How's Sora?"
"Still tired," Ray said looking at Kai, noticing he seemed... different.
"We have training to start," Kai said bluntly. "We have a lot of work to do since we'll be facing the All-Starz soon," he said almost in disgust. "And we're not going to go anywhere until everyone is better. No breaks for anything. Got it!?"
"Uhhhh, but Kai-"
"Do you have a problem!?" Kai asked glaring at Tyson with his cold mahogany eyes.
"N-n-no," Tyson finally managed.
"Good! Get to work!" he demanded.
* * *
"What do I do?" Michael said asking no one in particular as he started playing with the food on his plate in BBA research facility cafeteria. He felt extremely bad for what he had done, and the instant replay in his head wasn't helping. "Arg! How can I help!?!?" he yelled, receiving a few glances from people sitting around him. Anyone who was paying attention could see them moving slowly away from the stressed out redhead boy.
* * *
"Come on Kai, we're better then we were," Ray said trying to persuade Kai to end the training for the day. Tyson would've backed him up if he weren't sprawled out in one of the beystadium with Max.
After yet another practice battle with one another, they had both went to reach their blades but fell in and stayed from exhaustion.
"I haven't seen any improvement," he replied.
"But they can barely stand!" Ray urged on. Kai looked at the two boys and their lame attempts to make it out of the stadium. They even had Kenny away from Dizzi to help them.
- Tyson, Max, and Kenny -
"Okay Maxy! Give me a leg up! And Chief, you pull me up!" Tyson said as he forced himself to sit. Max did the same and placed his hands in front of him.
"Alright! Go!" Max said.
Tyson nodded as he crawled to Max and made a little hop catching Kenny's hand.
"ARG! Tyson... your... too... HEAVY!" Kenny yelled as he toppled over in to the bowl. Tyson landed on Max with his face in the stadium wall, and Kenny landed on everyone.
"TYSON! You okay bud!?" Max asked poking his friend.
*SNORE*
- Ray and Kai -
"Alright!" Kai rolled the eyes. "But we train again tomorrow!" he demanded and a few groans were heard over the snoring in the beystadium.
Ray nodded and walked over to the stadium to help the others out.
* * *
A couple hours later the boys were feeling much better, and were able to move...slightly.
"Damn!" Tyson hissed from his side of the couch.
"What's wrong?" Max groaned sitting on the opposite side.
"I have to use the washroom," he replied near tears.
"But the washroom is all the way upstairs," Ray said lying down on the love seat.
"I know," Tyson pouted. "Can you carry me?" he begged.
"I can barely support myself on my own two legs," Max groaned as he readjusted himself on the couch.
Tyson slowly started to get up, groaning all the way, and then made his way to the stairs. He looked up and for the first time noticed there were a lot of them.
"Jeez! And people think Mt. Everest is a big climb. Sheesh!"
* * *
Kai lay on his bed in his room staring at the ceiling.
"Hmph. They all trained hard, got better, didn't take a single break, and yet I'm still feeling miserable. What's with me? I remember that when that happen I felted like I at least accomplished something."
:: Bet I know! ::
"AH! For crying out loud! What the hell do YOU what?"
:: No! What do WE want! :: the voice rephrased.
"OH! So you're going to tell me why I'm feeling like this!"
* * *
"I. Did. It!" Tyson gasped reaching the top step. "Now! Just down the hall!" he declared crawling when he heard something. Deciding he deserved a break after the climb, he lean his ear to the door.
- Kai -
:: You're jealous! ::
"WHAT!" Kai yelled
- Tyson -
Tyson jumped.
/How the hell did he know I was here!? Errr...what do I say? Ummm... Kai I wanted to check up on you? Would that work? / Tyson asked himself.
- Kai -
"That's preposterous!!! Why should I believe that!?"
:: Because it's true! You know I'm right! ::
- Tyson -
Tyson was very confused. He had thought that, didn't he? Poor Tyson didn't realize that Kai was talking to himself, and not him.
/ How about I just leave? / he thought.
- Kai -
"Hmph! Why are you here anyways?"
- Tyson -
/I have to use the washroom! /
- Kai -
:: I left before because you were happy with your life. ::
"Just go away! Leave me alone!"
- Tyson -
"Psh! Fine!" Tyson said continuing his crawl.
- Kai -
:: Nope! It's not that easy, remember!? ::
Kai grumbled rolling over. /Stupid conscious! /
:: Stupid physical form! :: the voice talked back.
* * *
"VICTORY!!!!!" Tyson yelled standing to open the door...it was locked. "ARG!!!" He cried as he started pounding on the door. "Whoever is in there- OUT!" Tyson yelled.
"You'll have to wait!" Kenny said.
"But Chief! You don't know what I went through to get here! HURRY UP!!!!"
* * *
After some pounding, Tyson finally managed to use the washroom and started to make his way down again but decided to check on Sora first.
*knock knock*
"Can I come in?" Tyson asked waiting for a reply but got nothing. Frowning her opened the door and looked in. Sora was leaning on the headboard of the bed looking out the window in the dark. Tyson noticed that the sandwich was still sitting on the dresser. "HEY!" Tyson cheered. "Why is it sooo dark? Huh?" Tyson asked flipping the switch to illuminate the room, which Sora shielded her eyes from. He picked up the sandwich and walked over to the bed and sat down. "You didn't eat anything? How come?"
Sora shrugged.
"Eat!" Tyson said holding the food towards her, but Sora pushed his hand away.
"I'm not hungry. You eat it," she stated more then she offered as she moved her gaze to the window again.
Tyson looked at the sandwich hungrily. He did want to eat it, but...Sora didn't touch a thing all day.
"I'm not hungry," he said. Sora raised a brow at this and almost laughed.
"I'm sorry. I must have you guys worried. I'm fine, really. Don't worry about me," she said.
"What happened?" Tyson asked. All he could understand was that there was something up with her and Kai.
Sora remained silent.
"Come on! You can tell me!" he smiled, not wanting to give up until he knew, but yet again Sora didn't answer. She just seemed to get sadder so Tyson decided to stop. "Alright," he sighed in defeat. "Whatever's goin on... I hope you fix it soon. We are worried," Tyson said leaving.
/I hope I can fix it soon too! /
* * *
Tyson managed to make it downstairs again and collapsed in his seat.
"The WEIRDEST thing happened up there. I think...I think Kai can read mines!" Tyson said.
"Huh?" the others asked.
"It's true! When I was up there, everything I thought he replied to!" Tyson exclaimed.
"Tyson... you must be really tired!" Max laughed.
"No! Its true!"
"Why don't you go to bed?" Kenny said. "You'll feel better in the morning."
"I don't have a bed remember! And I'm not sleeping with the mind reader. With all my thoughts on him...I'll be killed before the nights out!"
Ray, Max, and Kenny all looked at one another. Neither of them wanted to sleep with him since they were all exhausted and needed their sleep more then ever.
"How about we draw straws?" Ray offered.
"Yeah! That's a great idea!" Max smiled.
"Okay then! Loser gets Tyson!" Kenny concluded.
"HEY!" Tyson growled.
Ray got the straws and prepared them in the kitchen. He then returned to the living room with the others and held out his hand to Max and Kenny.
"The one who gets the colored tip has to take Tyson!" Ray said as the others agreed.
"Hmph! I'm a jackpot! Not a constellation prize," he grumbled at being insulted.
Max drew first. He picked his string and pulled slowly, extremely scared.
"Phew!" he smiled. He was going to be able to sleep tonight.
"Your turn Chief!" Ray said slightly nervous, but not as nervous as Kenny. Gulping Kenny pulled the closest string and...
"Heehee! You lo-win Ray!" Kenny grinned and Ray sulked.
"Yeah, yeah! Come on tree-boy."
"Hmph!"
They all went to their rooms, and Tyson tailed Ray.
"Promise me one thing Tyson!" Ray pleaded.
"What's that?"
"Don't snore!" Ray begged. "If you don't...I'll buy you a HUGE burger!"
"Really!?" Tyson asked for confirmation as he started drooling. Ray nodded. Tyson smiled as he left and returned with earplugs.
"I can't stop snoring, but you can stop listening!" Tyson smiled.
"Good enough!" Ray said hastily placing them in his ears.
"Night Ray!" Tyson said, but got no reply. "I said 'NIGHT RAY!!!!'" He repeated, but still nothing. "Jeez! You give the man a pair of earplugs and then he goes and ignores you," Tyson grumbled falling asleep.
Sometime later that night Tyson began routing around beside a wide-awake Ray. Ray knew all to well what was to come when Tyson started routing, because when Tyson was routing as much as he is now, then it meant he was having a bad dream. And when Tyson has a bad dream, Tyson fights viciously.
"Maybe if I push him on to the floor he won't be able to reach me," Ray pondered looking at Tyson who seem to be getting more violent on his side. A little longer and he'll be invading Ray's side. "I shouldn't do that though. I might hurt him," Ray continued thinking, but then the first punch towards him was made. He quickly dodged and decided that Tyson had to go. "Sorry bud! But the carpeting is soft," Ray said pushing Tyson off of the side of the bed. "Ahhh, much better!" Ray smiled, dozing off.
* * *
Max woke up smiling as the sun shined threw his window.
"What a wonderful sleep! I wonder how Ray made out?" he asked aloud, deciding to go look. He crept quietly to the room and peered in, Tyson wasn't on the bed, but he knew that Tyson was there somewhere with all the snoring.
Just then something hit the bed with such force from below it that it sent poor Ray through the air. Landing on the floor with a loud 'thud'.
"Owwww," Ray said sore and groggily. Max quickly ran over to help him. "What happened!?" he asked a giggling Max.
"It seems that Tyson slept under the bed."
They both looked under to see Tyson punching the bottom of the bed, and then kicked it, which made the mattress jump again.
"No wonder why he's always tired in the mornings. Look at the work out he does every night!" both Ray and Max laughed.
They both left the room and headed down stairs to hear music playing. They both eyed one another and then peeked around the corner to hear Sora half way through 'A Thousand Miles' by Vanessa Carlton.
"It's always times like these
When I think of you
And I wonder
If you ever
Think of me"
"Pst! Hey Ray! You think she's feeling better?" Max whispered.
"'Cause everything's so wrong
And I don't belong
Living in your
Precious memories"
/I doubt it. / he thought. "Maybe..." Ray whispered back knowing it was a lie.
"'Cause I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder....
What you two are doing here" she sung.
"Is that last line part of the lyrics?" Max asked. Ray shook his head.
"Not last time I heard that song," he grinned knowing they had been caught. "Feeling better?" he asked.
"Not really," she sighed. "But... do you think we could go to that music festival?" she asked. After all the thinking she had done she remembered Emily talking about a music festival. She thought that maybe she could somehow use her interest in music to explain things to Kai. She wasn't quite sure how yet, but it was better then trying to talk to him one-on- one.
"That's that thing Emily was talking about?" Max said. "She told us when you were out on that rainy day," he said as he started blushing.
"Hehe! Yeah, and someone's got a date!" Ray grinned nudging Max lightly. "It took him a whole minute to say 'Wanna go together?'" Ray laughed, as Max turned redder and redder.
Just then there was another body in the room, Kai. He and Sora were both staring at each other in the silence and until Kai ripped his gaze away.
"We have more training to do. We battle them tomorrow," Kai stated heading downstairs.
The rest of that day was spent training, and Sora looking for some kind of good music to use.
* * *
See *points* I can't write serious stuff. But just wait til the music festival. Ahhhh, I'm playing the scenarios in my head. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed it. And with a couple more reviews I will have more then FSI *grins*
Oh, and was the part with Kai, Tyson, and the little voice confusing? I wasn't sure if it was or not, but remember, Tyson couldn't here the little voice.
Well then, THANKS TO:
someguy: Oo Three weeks til break!? You poor dear :( I feel for you. Mines almost over though :( *sniff* Then it's back to the books. Ahhh, I made you cry! *gives you a Kleenex* I usually cry at those things too. We're just softies, lol. I mean I cried playing a video game. It was Final Fantasy VII because one of the characters died and so I cried, lol. And stop laughing because I know you are. But it was sad :( lol. Yep! I'll be doing something with the pendants, not entirely sure what, but they will play a tinnie weenie roll. Apparently no, Tyson can't work the microwave, lol. He's 'Household appliance challenged' :) Ha, maybe I should have him break the fridge. Hehe, Alphanumeric, it's been a while since I heard that. Hehe, yeah! Michael is being asked to step towards the flaming stake, lol. Hey it's okay! You are always reviewing me and making me feel special. Long, short, I don't care ^^ But if your promising a long review, lol. I can only imagine. Hope it doesn't go to that look up thing again. Interesting ending. It's a mix of Bugs Bunny, Batman, and Reboot, lol. Ack! *defends story from Elmer Fudd*
Trueblue: Lol! *Tries to calm you down but it doesn't work so instead tosses you a Michael plushy to kill* Sorry I need the real one ^^
twilight knight: Weird? You had to review seven? Well the site was weird when I posted and when you reviewed *shrugs*. Hehe, thanks for the e-mail. I must use the dental thing. ^^
ShadowDragon22: Hey, no prob! I usually only read Beyblade because I have an obsession with it, lol, but love reading other genres :) Teehee! Pinky.
Nightswift: LOL! So Michael is going to become the Yamoto in your story, lol. And don't worry there will be a lot of M/E at the festival. The festival is so perfect in my head. It's full of couples, mischief, everything. I just need to get it on paper *sigh*
Fluffychans: :) thank you, glad you enjoyed it.
animewolfhunter: (Forgive me I must do this) AHHH! AN ANIME WOLF HUNTER! *Jumps in front of Fang to defend him* SORRY! I had to. I saw the name and that's instantly what I thought. SORRY! *cheesy grin* ANYWAYS, now that I got that out of my system ^^; another myth? I don't think I could manage another in this story, b/c to tell you the truth I think it may be almost over. But hey! That is an idea for another story. I'll have to go read some Myths. I can only remember the Greek gods and beasts.
Dark Magician: *nods* Dark Magician *thumbs up*. Lol! You want Michael dead too ^^ and you know someone with the same name? Hope he doesn't read your review, lol. Provided he even goes here... *shrugs* LMAO! A Kai acting like Tyson! Is that where you got the idea for your story? Teehee! What's Gary act like?
DestinyBabee: Lol, gotta love Tyson, blowing out microwave fires, and torturing everyone with his snoring. It must take a lot of work to be so annoying, lol. Wow! You're not pissed at Michael. I had a few reviewers want to burn him at the stake, lol. But I'm with you! He's gonna become a mister good guy soon.
Dreadacon: Hmmm? You want some Tyson angst? I dunno how I would do that. Truthfully, I have no idea why Tyson always do this stuff. This is just my vision of him. Lol, you think I'm taking it too far? Naw, no offence taken. Maybe I am taken it too far, but like I said, this is just the way I see him. You always got a group where one of the people is the total clown. It's good to have variety I think. Imagine if they were all Kai's. We'd have a group of wall huggers, lol. Gah, this requires more thinking. You got me thinking, how? How can I accomplish this? I'll try thinking up something, but it may not make it in to the story since I think I'm wrapping it up soon. Nuts *snaps fingers*.
nObOdY: Uh huh! It happened. The guy would run and hide out by climbing trees and what not I think, lol. Glad you liked the twist.
DragonMasterEmerald: I write well? *shakes head* Spell check writes well, lol. Gah, yeah! Writer's block is the worst thing in the world. I think we should try burning it, lol. OHHHH! And I saw your other review for my other story, lol. DUDE! We have soooo much in common! Lol. I have found my twin.
Achika: Oo *attempts to help Yami Achika take the sugar back* Lol, glad you enjoyed it.
Leina: I told you that you were the only one to believe that it wasn't Michael's fault. Not true, there was another, lol. But for this chapter I felt so stuck :( But it's done now ^^ Mwahahahahha! I can demand now. UPDATE!!!! *Feels accomplished* *grins*
u really expect me to tell?: Lol, yeah boys do tend to overreacting about things. Hope you enjoy this chapter.
Reika Zelon: Lol! You're the only one to pat him on the back, lol. But there are a few on his side too. Glad you enjoyed it ^^
Spirit of Shadow: It's okay that it's late. I don't mind. Yep, the slap was made, and indeed poor Kai. Having seen only the kiss, and having to have to put up with Tyson all night, lol.
That's all! ^^ Enjoy and Ja!
