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Tournament.
Chapter Three
The Stadium.
Jay felt like she should stop breathing when her old allies stepped into the bus. She didn't want them to notice that she was there.
But, as soon as Tala walked into the bus, she could literally feel his gaze upon her. And then she noticed that the only seats left were the ones up near her. When she finally looked up from wherever she was looking, she saw him staring at her. He had changed very much since the last time they saw each other.
He had kept his red hair the same way, but he had grown up physically, and it was easy to see that.
Takao looked up to see Tala walk in front of him, heading for the seats up near the back. He felt, for some reason, that Tala had never forgotten his pride and still held a grudge.
When Tala sat down in the closest seat to Jay, Kai, who was sitting with his eyes closed, opened his eyes.
"Hey." Tala said to Jay, who just turned her head away with a small 'hi'.
"Is he…?" Marree started. Jay shook her head gently.
"So what's been up with you?" Tala asked. Jay turned to see him. He was being decent, which was a difference.
"What do you want?" Jay asked.
"Huh?" Tala asked.
"You're being nice. What do you want?"
"Nothing. It's just good to see you again. I'm not surprised that you were invited to come here. Do you feel at home?"
"I may be back where I grew up, but it isn't home." Jay explained.
One of Kai's eyes snapped open as he watched the two talk.
~*~
As the bus pulled up to the largest Beyblade Stadium anyone from most of the teams had seen, they were all in awe, literally. But, as usual, the triplets had something to say.
"Our stadium is bigger." Melinda said with disappointment.
"Yeah." Madison agreed.
"What else can you expect from this guy?" Marree asked.
"I guess you're right." Madison said. "But I still prefer the one that father built us."
"Oh, Jay, did dad ever finish that one for you?" Melinda asked. "Or did he run out of money again, I mean, oops."
"And you were going so well, too." Marree moaned.
"This is enormous, though." Kenny said in awe.
"If you think the outside is good, wait until you see the inside." A cheerful voice said from the front door. A man dressed in a suit smiled at them and they all advanced to meet up with him. "Come, I am the master's butler, Frank, and this is where you'll be staying for as long as the tournament takes."
"That'll be cool, I guess." Takao said, putting his hands behind his head as he walked on. Another servant was taking care of their entire luggage.
"How rich do you think this guy is?" Max asked Takao.
"Not as rich as us." The three triplets cooed from next to them.
"I wonder if mother will be coming." Melinda wondered out aloud.
"Then we'll have to win for sure." Marree said.
"What if father comes?" Madison asked.
"I don't know." Marree said in doubt.
"Where have you been living for the past year?" Tala asked Jay.
"I've been in and out of home. Stayed with a few friends every now and then. You know." Jay explained.
A year ago, she and Tala had been an item, but that went when everyone started to move around more. Jay shared feelings and hopes with this guy, that she had only just met, and he betrayed her by sending her out of this great team that she had only been on for a few days. He said that is was the Demolition Boys and there was nor room for a simple girl like Jay, despite the fact that she was excellent.
And the worst part of the whole story was that Jay forgave him and just tried to forget about it all.
"Yes, I think I do. It was interesting to hear of your family." Tala said. "How long did you stay at your trailer?"
"A week at the most. My father can get so annoying. He's decided not to call the police to find me anymore, too. He's used to it."
"I can imagine that."
"So how has the Demolition Boys been doing?"
"Not bad. We've won every time we were challenged, since the World Tournament against them." Tala said, nodding his head towards Takao.
"They don't seem so good to me." Jay scoffed, and continued to walk. They had soon reached the front doors and made it inside the front hall, where the butler had told them to stay while he got them the owner of the stadium.
"This place is so big!" Takao said in awe as he took in the room. It was painted a cream colour, with white and black marble for the floor, but in the middle of this floor was a giant Beyblading dish. Statues stood everywhere, making the place look even more elegant, along with the paintings that lined the walls and a large water fountain in front of the colossal staircase.
"Hey, this guy has a water fountain." Melinda moaned. "Why don't we have a water fountain?"
"I do believe that you used to." Jay said as she stepped up next to her sister. "Mother got rid of it because I accidentally smash half of it when I was training my blade."
"I want a water fountain."
"I'm sure mother will buy you one." Marree said.
"And it can go in the middle of your room to complete your water feature." Madison said. "And then maybe mother will let me get that fire wall I've been begging her for."
"And I'll be able to get the grass carpet for my earthy theme!" Marree exclaimed.
"Wow." Kenny mouthed to Takao about their money.
"Have you guys improved over the years?" the Michael asked Rei.
"Of course we have." Rei smirked. "How about you guys?"
"We train on a daily basis."
"But I still doubt you could beat us!" Max laughed before Steve, who was physically bigger and stronger walked up to him.
"Wanna bet? I'll play against you." He offered. "Just wait 'til Judy comes. I want her to see her son lose."
"Where is she, anyway?"
"She didn't come by the plane that we did. She said she wanted to have a look around the place first." Emily informed them.
"Alright."
"Hey, I wouldn't mind seeing what those girls from Australia can do." Lee said from his corner where he was standing with the rest of the White Tigers.
It had seemed that all the teams had gone to stand in their own places across the room. The White Tigers were standing the closest to the front doors, the All Starz and the Bladebreakers had all stood right in the middle, Marree, Madison and Melinda stood where they could fawn over the statues and other items that they wanted in their house (Or rooms!), Jay and Tala had stood to the side where they talked, the Dark Bladers had found the darkest place in the room to stay, the Star Strikers stood close to the White Tigers, the Majestics stood opposite the Star Strikers and the Demolition Boys stayed close to Tala, though not too close. Kai stood by himself with his back up against a wall.
"Neither would I." Takao admitted.
He looked over to Sassy, who smirked and set up her shooter with a gold Beyblade. "Who's up?" she asked.
Lee stood to face her, setting up his Beyblade up, too. "Me."
"Ooh, Leopard versus Tiger." Robyn teased. "Ferociousness versus Strength."
"Okay." Takao said, standing in between them. He raised his hand, then stepped back, and then let his hand fall. "Let it rip!"
Leaving no time at all, both pulled on their cord, bringing forth their blades, and letting them free into the large dish. With a loud clash, Lee's Galleon and Sassy's Lyssa collided, sending bright sparks everywhere. After a while of small clashes, Sassy called upon her leopard, which made everyone shield their eyes from the bright light. When they were opened, the Beyblades were on the ground, next to the owners. There was a satisfied, and all knowing look on Sassy's face as she looked down to her blade.
"Excellent." Max said in anticipation. He couldn't wait for this tournament, and that feeling of impatience was shared with most of the other bladders in the stadium.
"I want to see what these Feminine Bladers are made of." Sassy smirked.
"One of you three." Jay demanded to her older sisters, who turned to face each other.
"Rock, paper, scissors?" Marree offered. The other two nodded and stuck their hands in. After four shots, Melinda came out the successor, as she persisted on using 'rock' while the other two changed. Melinda had a thing about her that implied that she was an idiot with everything that she did. She was lucky enough that she could dress herself properly.
"I won!" she said loudly, and got her Beyblade off Jay, and then ready. She noticed that her blade no longer had the stolen disk. "Who am I against?"
"I'll try you." Oliver said.
"Ooh, it's the little French one!" Melinda giggled and put her hands up on her cheek. "I just love your accent."
"Yes, whatever, Melinda, just don't embarrass us by losing." Jay told her.
"When have I ever lost?"
"Against me."
"But that's different."
"Are you going to battle me or not?" Oliver asked, making Melinda squeal again.
"I love your accent."
"I know."
"Okay then." Takao said. He stood where he did for Lee and Sassy's battle, and did the very some thing, with the order of 'Let it rip'.
Oliver pulled his cord first and his Beyblade spun out at an amazing speed that dazzled the watchers, but when Melinda pulled hers loose, there was a flash of pink and she hit Oliver's blade hard.
"Have your fun, Peridot." Melinda smiled and another bright pink light shone, but this time, a large Pegasus Pony emerged from it. The body itself was a pink colour, like the light that it surfaced from. "Stampede!" Melinda cried and the Beyblade flew into the air, landing on Oliver's blade really hard before it continued to jump, like the force of a stampede of wild horses would make. Within seconds, Oliver's blade stopped spinning and fell, while Melinda's snapped back up to her waiting hand.
"That was brilliant!" Madison and Marree cheered.
"You could have snapped the blade in half, had you kept that up." Jay said. "That wasn't bad." She watched as Tala leaned over and put his hand up to her forehead. "What?"
"Are you feeling alright? You just complimented someone." He laughed.
"Shut up." Jay snapped, before there was a loud cooing. "Oh no." she moaned. There was a blue flash as her sisters rushed past her. "This is going to be painful."
~
Kai stood up against that wall with his eyes closed and his arms crossed over his chest, awaiting the owner of this stadium when he felt several hands covering his face and upper body. When he opened his eyes, he saw numerous blue eyes staring at him.
"Ooo." Melinda cooed.
"Such a cutie!" Madison smiled.
"Ah huh." Marree agreed.
Kai blushed at the three girls who were literally fawning over him. "Huh?" he asked in confusion.
"He's gorgeous." Madison giggled, making Kai blush even more. He could hear the laughter in the background, over the coddling of these girls and the heartbeat pounding in his ears.
"Perfect!" Marree smiled.
"Just perfect!" Madison agreed shortly.
"And I love the triangles!" Melinda giggled.
"They're so cute!" Madison concurred.
"KAWAII!" Marree practically screeched.
"That's enough." Jay snapped from behind them all. "You're embarrassing him."
"No we're not." The three snapped back at her.
"Fine then. You're embarrassing me!" Jay admitted. She grabbed a mobile phone that she stole from a shop out of her jeans pocket. "Don't make me call up all your boyfriends and tell them that you dumped them over a kid that's your little sister's age."
"But you wouldn't." Melinda said as she turned away from her fawning while the other two had a look of absolute shock and terror on their faces. "Because I'll tell father where you were last night, concerning a boy." Melinda smiled and turned back to Kai, while the other two stared at her, allowing their mouths to drop. Even Tala looked a bit shocked. Both Marree and Madison rushed over to Jay, who made that small 'eep' sound again, which got Kai's attention.
"Our baby sister finally has a nice boyfriend?" Marree asked, emphasizing the nice part as she looked over to Tala.
"Who is he?" Madison asked.
"Is he your own age?"
"How do you know him?"
"Is he our age?"
"Would you two stop it?" Jay snapped. "Look, I kinda managed to scab some equipment off a guy…."
"We know what your scab is." Marree snapped.
"It was you." Kai figured. He ignored Melinda as he looked over at Jay. Melinda took a few steps back.
"Oh, this is getting good." She smiled. "It looks like our baby sister has done our work for us."
"It was him?" Jay asked. "Why is it that…?"
"What do you mean it was her?" Kenny asked Kai. "She stole our parts, didn't she?"
"She was training last night and I watched her. She must have seen because she came up to my room after she picked at the lock, didn't realise that I was still awake, but when she did find out, we talked." Kai explained.
"What about?" Tala snapped.
"None of your business." Kai snapped back.
"KAWAII!!" the triplets screamed and each hugged Kai for about the third time in those five minutes.
"But she stole our parts, didn't she?" Kenny asked again. Jay moaned and walked over to Kai. The triplets all backed off and huddled together as they watched Jay reach into Kai's pants pockets and pull out the parts that she snuck in there when she helped him up when her sisters had knocked him down.
"They're returned. I just checked to see if they were good. They were too light." Jay explained. "I would have returned them. Please don't tell mum or dad." Jay begged her sisters. "Or else I'm off again."
"We know very well of the consequences." Marree said sadly. "And it was our responsibility to look after you. We turn our backs for five minutes and you stab us."
"I wouldn't exactly say stab…"
"They are returned," Kai said, grabbing the Weight Disks from Jay's hand, "therefore we can forget about it. Her parents don't need to know if it didn't hurt or put us at a disadvantage."
"Exactly." A deep voice chuckled from the large staircase. "That was an excellent game there. I can't wait for the real thing! I am Howard, owner of this place, and I am very pleased that you all have come." Everyone waiting turned to see this Howard standing at the very top of the stairs. He had long silver hair with no facial hair at all, and wore all crimson. "If you'll follow my butler, Frank," he said, pointing to the old man by a door, "he will take you to an elevator, and then to your personal rooms. Your luggage is already there. Now, I don't believe any of you wanted to share a room, right?" everyone shook their heads, which didn't really surprise anyone. "Good, let's go."
Everyone followed Frank into a large elevator that surprisingly fit them all in. "All of your rooms are on the second floor. And you will be near your team mates. We will start alphabetically, meaning that the All Starz will have the first rooms on the left side, the Bladebreakers will have the first few on the right side, then the Dark Bladers on the left, Demolition Boys on the right, Feminine Bladers, Majestics, Star Strikers and White Tigers." Frank told them all. The doors of the elevator opened to reveal a beautifully decorated hall, with paintings, statues and sculptures, but in the middle of the hall, there was a large Beyblade, that shone as if it were gold. "This Beyblade was made only this year and is of pure gold." Frank said, affirming all of their suspicions. As Frank started to walk, everyone followed and he repeated what he had said about the rooms. Everyone split up and got used to the rooms.
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Takao was first in his room, for some strange reason. He shrugged his light blue coat off before he found the heater and turned it on as hot as he could.
The room was large, with a king size bed in the middle of the room, with the headset backed up onto the left wall, which was where the heater was positioned. To his right, there was a door. He guessed it went to a joined bedroom. At the foot of the bed was a training dish. Takao found it interesting that there was no marks on the dish at all, implying that it was brand new.
'Wow, we must be the first to come here.' He thought to himself. He turned around to close the door when movement made him jump. A girl popped out from a shadow. She had black hair that went down to her shoulders and weak green eyes.
"Hello, sir. I am Kayla, one of Master Howard's maids." She introduced herself. "He sent me here to help you settle in and such."
"Oh, okay." Takao said. He grabbed out his Beyblade from his pocket and set it up in his shooter. He pulled on the cord, as it was required to play with the blade, and set it loose in the dish. The blade spun quickly and there was no place that hadn't yet been touched after twenty seconds. The blade snapped back into Takao's hand and he heard applause from behind him, which came from Kayla. He turned to her, but as soon as she noticed he was looking, she stopped and lowered her eyes, as if she wasn't worthy to look at him.
"I'm sorry."
"Nah, it's okay." Takao laughed. He put a hand behind his head as he continued to laugh. "So, how long have you been working here?"
"My father was a good friend of Mr. Howard, so he decided to let me work here for money. I have been here for a few months, ever since the stadium was built.
"So what sort of job do you have?"
"I clean and I am to look after you."
"And why do I need to be looked after?"
"Well, I'm to make sure you don't get in trouble." Kayla smiled, before she looked incredibly sad. "I am so sorry, sir. Is there anything you wish for?"
"No, not really, okay, maybe some food, but that's about it." Takao admitted.
~
"What the hell are you doing here?" a screech came from a room that was further down into the hall.
Mariah looked at the maid who had walked into the room, which had scared her.
"I-I'm very sorry, mistress." She began to apologise, though stuttered. Mariah wasn't exactly the person that you would want to scare, or get annoyed. "I w-was sent here by Mr. Howard as y-your maid."
"A maid?"
"Yes. Just in case you wanted your room cleaned or if you wanted food, or maybe even your clothes washed." The girl suggested.
"Whatever." Mariah snapped.
~
"Ooo! This place is big!" Melinda cooed as she stepped through the door. She quickly rid herself of her large coat and sat on the foot of the bed where she bounced up and down on it lightly to check the softness. She smiled, as the bed was just perfect. Without a care, Melinda fell backwards onto the bed and curled up.
"Excuse me." A small voice said from the door. Melinda sat up again.
"Oo. Hello. I'm…."
"Melinda of the Feminine Bladers. I'm Laura." The small girl smiled.
"So, what are you doing here?" Melinda asked.
"I'm your maid."
"Get real!"
"I am." Laura said, patting herself.
"Wow. I have a maid." Melinda said as if she was off in her own world.
"It's only until this tournament's over."
"I mean, I'm used to butlers, but never a maid!"
"You have butlers?" Laura asked. She seemed as nuts as Melinda did.
"Yeah. My mum is very rich. We have butlers and a really, really, really big mansion, it's like, we all have a floor to ourselves. There's me, mum, Marree and Madison. I'm on the second floor, Madison's on the third and Marree's on the fourth. Mum's on the fifth. It is really big. I, like, have a spa room on my floor because I have a water theme, but that really confuses people because I have a Pegasus Bit Beast. Do you Beyblade? My little sister, Jay, is an awesome Beyblader. She absolutely rules! And, secretly, me and my sisters are trying to get her with…"
~
"Is there anything I can get you Miss?" Jay's maid asked her.
"A couple syringes will help." Jay said quietly as she folded up her coat and put it into a suitcase. She didn't like the idea of putting her clothes in these wardrobes. Her maid stared at her as if she was an idiot. Jay moaned, she had to tell someone soon.
"I'm sorry, Miss, but Master Howard, I'm afraid, will not like it if I allow you to take drugs in this stadium, or this room. It was already explained to us all. No syringes or alcohol whatsoever. We are supposed to be looking after you." The maid objected. Jay reached into her jeans pocket and pulled out a small glass bottle.
"I'm sick and need syringes. I've been sick for a while now, but my father doesn't know. I get the medicine from a Youth Centre back home, but wouldn't let me take any syringes for the trip, just in case I start shooting up or something." Jay explained. She walked over to the connecting bathroom and made sure to put the little bottle somewhere safe. "Would you be able to get some syringes and fill at least one up with my medication so it's alright for me to take whenever? So I need them and please, keep that little conversation to us only."
"I will." The girl promised and left the room. Jay moaned and sat down on her bed and managed to sink through.
"Damn it." She groaned. It was too soft.
"What's wrong?" a voice asked from the door. Jay sat up to see Tala standing there.
"The bed's too soft."
"Of course you'd prefer things that'd kill you."
"Sure." Jay smirked.
"What's up with this sickness?"
"You heard?" Jay almost squeaked. She stood up off her bed and nodded for Tala to come into the room properly. She closed the door behind him and watched as he sat down before she sat back down onto the bed. Tala stared at her.
"Yes. I heard most of it, started with that maid apologising because Master Howard won't allow drugs."
"When I started to run away from home, I found myself getting in trouble. Some gang decided to start me up on something, a new thing that they came up with that totally, and literally, put you through hell. As it turned out, the needles weren't all that clean and after two shots, I woke up in a hospital in intensive care. It wasn't aids or anything like that. Just something that gets me dizzy and stuff."
"When did this happen?" Tala asked.
"Not too long ago. This is when I was running away for longer times."
"How come you haven't told your father?"
"You trust my father with syringes?"
"Well, not exactly." Tala said quietly. He had heard a lot from Jay. She made it clear that her father was very irresponsible. There was no wonder why she ran away all the time. He had no idea why she went with him instead of her own mother.
"But, I guess it's my own fault. And you can't tell anyone."
A loud voice rang from the hall, making everyone step outside of their rooms to see what it was. Frank, who was standing by the elevator, greeted them all.
"Lunch is served." He told them all simply. Everyone noticed Takao jump for joy, then run down the hall.
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That's the end of chapter three. Check out Bella~Rose's 'Princess Diaries' for me. It's a cool Beyblade story with yours truly involved.
I feel like killing one of the kids off. I know that something similar will happen to another character, but I think I'll make a poll to see who you guys want to die. I have a good idea, but I'll see whom the fans want dead. Review me who should die!!!