Beyblade: Heart Dilemmas

By: ChocolateEclar

Disclaimer: I don't own any part of 'Beyblade,' which includes all teams and their bitbeasts, etc.

Claimer: I only own Natasha McClane, Byakko, Agasuta, and Byoran Mao, Palara, and Mr. and Mrs. McClane.

To miyuka15: Thanks for reviewing!

To cherry13: I don't know about FY, but I do know that Byakko is the name of one of the "Saint Beasts" in Yu Yu Hakusho who is indeed a tiger demon. It is a real Japanese name as well so I picked it. ^_^ Thanks again!

To Miekkie: I'm glad you liked the wedding. Here's your update! ^__-

To blucherry: Yea, I liked that part too. ^_^ I'm glad you liked the ending 'cause I wasn't sure about it. I'm trying to keep Kai relatively like he is in the show, but changing him for my own uses and just plain ol' character development. Thanks again!

To Swimming Angel: It was a sort of process thing. Kai didn't love her from the beginning. He didn't realize he did till after she refused to see him because of Felicity. Then he sort of missed her and when he saw her with Byakko it sparked some feelings for her inside him. ^_- Thanks again!

A/N: 1 ½ more days of school and then on to summer break! Wahoo! *doing some strange demented dance*

Palara: o_O What are you doing?

Choccy: *still dancing* Its not my fault I can't dance!

Pal: -__-;;; *sweatdrop* *shaking head in shame* And to think your deranged mind created Tasha, Byakko, Byoran, Agasuta, and me…

Choccy: ^_^ I know, isn't it great?

Pal: -_- Can we just get on with this torture fest?

Choccy: Certainly. Here come's the title of chapter 4! ^__^

Chapter 4: The Aftermath of the Ruined Wedding

"Destiny is not a matter of change, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved."-

               William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925)

Tasha took one look at her ex-fiancé and his family bickering with her own relatives and friends and grabbed Kai's wrist. "Forget what I said about talking to them. Right now they scare me!"

Kai smirked but allowed the woman to pull him out the door again. They had returned to the wedding chapel a couple of hours after Tasha left the place to find utter chaos. Unfortunately, it was too late and Agasuta of all people had spotted her.

"THERE THE DEMON IS!!!" she screeched pointing at Tasha, Kai, and the recently freed Palara.

"Oh crap," Tasha mumbled dashing down the steps again. "I hate that woman!" she yelled as Agasuta, Byoran, and Byakko raced after them.

Palara snarled venomously at them as she ran. 'You got us into this! Get us out!' she hollered at Tasha.

Tasha hurried down a nearby alley. It was a dead end.

'Great job, imbecile,' Palara said dryly as the Mao family appeared at the beginning of the passage.

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Two weeks afterward, Tasha hummed absently as she sat with the other Bladebreakers. "Explain to me again what happened in the alley," Tyson pleaded with her.

"Nothing happened really. Kai just launched his blade like a bullet at their feet and they ran away cursing my guts," Tasha answered grinning.

"Is that all?" Rei inquired, one eyebrow cocked.

Kai, who was sitting in the corner nearest Tasha of course, shifted awkwardly.

Tasha, on the other-hand, just shrugged the question off by saying, "Yep."

Palara purred amusedly and Tasha kicked the bitbeast for she was right by her feet. Palara yowled and snapped, 'What was that for?!'

'You know what,' Tasha retorted evenly.

Palara made a low growl but otherwise didn't reply.

"So how's Mariah, Rei?" Tasha questioned slyly.

"H-How would I know?" Rei stammered his face heating up.

The others grinned and Tasha replied, "You know because you phoned her when you went to the washroom at that restaurant!"

Rei's face turned several shades of darker red and he glared at the one among them with the biggest mouth. "Tyson…" he murmured threateningly.

"I couldn't help it!" Tyson protested. "Tasha's got some kind of secret-getting radar. She made me tell!"

Tasha smirked and added, "What can I say? I have a talent."

"So, what did you talk about?" Max inquired grinning.

Rei muttered several expletives under his breath causing the others to chuckle.

Tasha's grin widened and she winked secretively at Palara.

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Kai had caught the expressive glances between Tasha and Pal, but he waited till later that night, when he was driving her to her apartment, to ask about it.

Tasha laughed and Palara purred at the question. "Unbeknownst to Rei, the White Tigers are coming to visit in a few weeks!" Tasha replied. "Mariah called me yesterday."

Kai nodded and asked, "I assume Rei doesn't know yet, right?"

'Correct,' Palara answered.

Kai nodded again but paused after a moment. He glanced back at the bitbeast a bit wide-eyed.

"You understood her?" Tasha questioned.

"Yea."

"I must be rubbing off on you," Tasha said lightheartedly. "I wouldn't recommend listening to the goofball; she tends to say the stupidest things sometimes."

Palara growled at that and snapped, 'Like you should talk, ass.'

Tasha stuck her tongue out at the snow leopardess. Kai still looked a little bewildered so Tasha explained, "Pal can be rather vocal at times."

"I see," Kai mumbled. Pal and Tasha snickered at his expression; the sound was gentle and identical.

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"You all have been chosen as judges of the 'Annual Japanese Regional Tournament' at the Seaside Dome," Mr. Dickenson explained to the Bladebreakers a few days later.

"That's the competition we all met. The rules have changed so that there are a panel of judges just in case," Tasha added.

"But you weren't there," Tyson protested.

"I was, but only in the audience." Tasha replied. "I was forbidden by my grandpa to enter and become a member of the team then."

"Why?" Rei inquired.

"I hoped it would eventually turn out with you boys going against Biovolt. That did happen, but many of you lost your bitbeasts in the process. Tasha would have been a valuable asset to the team, but if Palara was taken from her, she would've died," Mr. Dickenson answered solemnly.

Tasha nodded and added, "Back then, I would've been beaten. I just know it! So I waited for awhile till I joined up with you guys."

The others nodded. It did make sense after all.

The realization made Kai peer at Tasha anxiously. Tasha merely met his gaze understandably. She knew the discovery would bother him. It had bothered her all the years ago. She had wanted to help them, but her grandfather had blatantly refused compromising her well-being. She had huffed and told him he was a 'worry wart' but he had stuck to his resolve and ignored her protests. Now she knew he had been right.

She would have died that day.

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The Bladebreakers watched as the top-like objects clashed into each other. So far the tournament had been rather monotonous. The two kids beybattling before them were the finalists; one was a boy with pale blonde hair and the other a girl with short, red curls. The boy's blade was repeatedly bashing into the girl's while she looked on crossly.

Denkurou, for that was the boy's name, yelled, "Go, Ebaretto!" His bitbeast, an azure greyhound-like creature, appeared snarling at the girl whose name was Fuki.

Fuki gritted her teeth and called upon her own bitbeast, a panther, named Gaburiera. "Lightning Cyclone!" Fuki shouted.

Gaburiera complied, letting out a roar and becoming engulfed in streaks of electricity. She didn't get to finish the attack though because Ebaretto threw his full weight into the female bitbeast. Gaburiera fell to the ground and Ebaretto began beating the panther on her head.

Tasha watched in disgust as Denkurou laughed at his opponent's bitbeast's pain. To everyone's amazement the panther began bleeding from a scratch in her head. Tasha stood up and screamed officially, "A Code Three Bitbeast Violation has been preformed! Stop the match!"

Denkurou smirked at her and snapped, "Sit down, Girlie!"

Tasha glowered at him and roared, "Recall your bitbeast!" She could here a slight growl coming from Kai's direction at Denkurou's comment.

Denkurou shrugged and did absolutely nothing to stop his bitbeast.

The other Bladebreakers had stood up as well. "That's enough! Your sacred spirit is out of control!" Kenny yelled.

"Pal," Tasha muttered lowly. Her bitbeast stood up readily and trotted over to the dish. Her eyes glinting red, Palara pounced on Ebaretto's back and throw him off of Gaburiera and from the dish.

"Ya had no right ta do tat!" bellowed Denkurou.

Tasha shrugged and retorted, "Drawing blood from an opponent's bitbeast is a breach of Code Three of the 'Bitbeast Rules and Regulations Book.' I read the book before the tournament. Now that I think of it, it could've been Code Four. Oh well."

"Its Code Three," Kenny confirmed for her.

"Thanks."

"Are you alright, Gaburiera?" Fuki questioned her still slightly bleeding bitbeast. (A/N: I realize that spirits probably can't bleed, but deal with it. ^_-)

Gaburiera nodded and vanished back into Fuki's beyblade. Fuki stood up and walked towards the Bladebreakers. "What happens now?" she inquired.

"Um…" Tasha began.

"Rules say you automatically win," Kenny replied causing Fuki to smile.

Meanwhile, Denkurou was having a tantrum. "This isn't fair! I was gonna win!" he hollered.

Tasha and Palara shook their heads at him. 'What a baby,' Tasha thought.

'No kidding. Ebaretto could've really hurt Gaburiera though,' Palara added.

'Yea.'

'Well that was interesting. Remember your 'Girl Power Speech.'

'Yea, that was funny. The guys all glared at my lack of faith in their judging skills and that little girl blader laughed,' Tasha said silently.

'That was fun.'

'Ohhh yea,' Tasha recalled laughingly. 'Wanna go get a burger?'

'Sure,' Palara replied merrily. They walked out the door together. They would be a dynamic duo forever.

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A/N: *sighs* I didn't like this chapter that much so I have very little to say about it. It just kinda bored me. -__-

Bladebreakers: *snoring*

Choccy: *sighs again* *being sarcastic* Thanks for giving me the support I need, guys.

Tyson: *wakes up* You're welcome. ^_^

Choccy: -__-;;;

A/N 2: In the next chapter the White Tigers finally make an appearance! Of course there'll be some Rei/Mariah romance. ^_^

A/N 3: REVIEW!!! Bye! ^_-