Hello. Thanks for reviews. WOOOOO! It's my fourteenth birthday on the first of August, so send Jinko birthday wishes. I asked mummy and daddy for Kai, but they said no, so I asked for Kenshin! And then Riku and Larva and…………………
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Tournament
Chapter Four
Pains
Takao instantly followed the butler to the dinning room, making sure that he memorised every turn they made. He knew that this would be one of his favourite things about staying at this stadium, but as soon as the two large doors to the dinning room opened, he felt like his eyes were going to pop.
The dinning room was amazing. There was a large, circle table right in the middle, which was set for all eight teams and Howard, himself, there was elegant looking seats everywhere, and on both sides there were large buffet tables, each one lined with the most delicate looking food you could ever find. Everything was so tidy and beautiful.
"Now, Takao," Kenny whispered in his ear, "Try not to make yourself look like too much of a pig."
"Thanks for the compliment." Takao said sarcastically.
"Don't mention it." Kenny said, just as he was bowled over by a flash of blue.
"Oh, what a pretty dinning room!" Melinda cooed.
"It is so gorgeous!" Marree agreed.
"It's huge, and the food looks and smells great!" Madison added.
"You'd think we were in the Medieval Times just by looking at it!" Marree squeaked, but then realised the looks on her sister's faces. "Back then it was customary to decorate food."
"How do you know that?" Melinda asked.
"I listened at school."
"Oh, that could help." Melinda giggled, making everyone groan.
"I've heard of dumb blonde, but that's ridiculous!" Johnny said angrily.
"Hey," Max started and raised his fist. "I take that offensively."
"And so do I." Emily snapped.
"Well, that doesn't exactly apply to you, 'cause you're really smart." Kenny said to Emily, as he clutched his laptop up to his chest tightly.
"Awe, how cute!" Madison smiled. "The computer geek is sticking up for her!"
"Computer geek?" Rei asked. "Kenny is not a computer geek. He is a great player for the Bladebreakers, and without him and his knowledge that he has gathered up for years and put into his laptop, we'd be stuck."
"It's not our fault that the well-being of your team rests on the shoulders of someone who has to have a computer with him wherever he went." Marree snapped. "We have Jay. She's smart enough."
"Oh, sure. What's she gonna do?" Robert snapped. "Look, she has a little Beyblade and that's it. She's just a girl who runs away from home a lot, or so we've all heard."
"And what do you mean by emphasising 'girl'?" Mariah snapped back at him. "Us girls can do anything as good as you boys can."
"Really? Then how come there's only ten girls here, and the rest of us are guys?" Enrique asked.
"Because other girls prefer to play with their hair than blades, no offence." Jay said, turning to her older sisters, who shook their heads as if to say 'no need'.
"And most girls don't like to play with little boys." Shelvia said.
"All of us women here could kick your butts." Sassy challenged.
"And some of us won't even need a Beyblade." Nikki said, balling her hands up into fists, and Shelvia followed. The both smirked when Kenny covered his face up with his laptop.
"Disgraceful." Lee said and shook his head.
"Well, what do you say?" Robyn asked, glaring at all the males. "You guys up for it?"
"Not now." That same cheerful voice said from the dinning table. Everyone looked at Howard, who sat down at the table. They all followed and chose a seat. Howard looked around and noticed that the round table was divided in half. The females were on the right of him and the males were on the left. In the centre were Mariah and Rei, who seemed to be the only two who got along, or seem to try to.
Jay sat to Howard's right, followed by Emily, Sassy, Shelvia, Nikki, Robyn, Melinda, Madison, Marree, Mariah, Rei, Takao, Kenny, Max, then the whole Dark Bladers team, then Steve, Eddy, Michael, Kevin, Gary, Lee, Johnny, Robert, Enrique, Oliver, Brian, Spencer, Ian, Tala and then Kai, who was sitting at Howard's left.
"Well, what are you all doing? Get up and have some lunch!" he told them all. He watched as the girls got up and walked over to the buffet table on the right, as well as Rei, seeing as it was closer, and the other boys went to the one on the left.
Lunch was eaten in silence, other than the triplets who couldn't resist enquiring Mariah and Rei about their relationship, which led to Rei and Mariah blushing.
"That is so cute!" Marree squealed after Mariah had explained the story. Rei had preferred to sit and let her go on with whatever she was saying.
"I would love to have known a cute guy since I was that young." Madison cooed with a wink over to Rei, who blushed another shade of red. "But really, you should see my boyfriend." She said to Mariah. "He is so cute, and he's a real gentleman."
"Yeah, its really sickening." Melinda said over their heads.
"Shut up, you."
"So, anyway, how long have you been Beyblading?" Rei asked.
"Jay started us up. She was addicted to it when she was about five. Mum and dad were still together back then." Marree said.
"Yeah, well, she came here for a little while, volunteered herself in some Beyblading organization that promised to train her to be an excellent Beyblader, and then managed to get herself in a lot of trouble, even though she was like the greatest there. When she came back, she seemed totally brain washed." Madison said.
"It was so scary."
"She was like a zombie, and only wanted to do was Beyblade. That drove mum and dad to the insane point and thought that it might affect us, so they got divorced and Jay was made to live with dad."
"I may warn you not to use your whole vocabulary at once." Jay said from the other side of the table. She winced slightly as she felt a pain in her stomach. "Um, sir, I'm not feeling too hungry. Do you mind if I were to skip lunch?" she asked. Tala looked up at her from his meal.
"Don't you like the food?" Howard asked.
"Yes, it's very nice, but I don't really eat much, and I don't really wish to eat myself sick." Jay said.
"If you say so." Howard said. Jay got up and started to walk away. She heard the scraping of a chair and turned to see Tala coming after her.
"What's wrong?" he asked quietly.
"I just need my meds, that's all. Okay?"
"Yeah, I guess. Are you okay, though?"
"Of course I am." Jay smirked, then turned to leave. Tala sat back down at his seat and friendly chatter started up again.
"What's wrong with her?" Kai asked Tala quietly, which generally surprised him.
"What do you mean?" Tala asked.
"I saw her wince just before she asked to leave."
"And why were you looking at her?" Tala asked defensively.
"I found her life story rather interesting. There is no need for you to be so protective. So what's wrong with her?"
"Nothing. She just doesn't eat that much." Tala said. Kai smirked and looked up to Howard.
"Do you mind if I leave, too?" Kai asked. Howard stared at him before he looked down at Kai's plate. Kai had eaten all of what he had grabbed.
"Sure, I guess." He said, a little baffled. Kai smirked at Tala before he left.
~*~
Jay groaned as things started to flash. She quickly ran into her room, forgetting to close the door, but then again, who'd be coming around, anyway? They were all downstairs, eating. It had been over twelve hours since she last had her injection, and she needed one every ten hours and if she didn't get one before, then Jay would lose it. She would get dizzy and would throw up occasionally. Just as she was making it to her bathroom, she fell on her knees, clutching her stomach. After a few seconds, Jay was able to stand again. She ran into the joined bathroom quickly, where she threw up in the toilet after she fell back down. She heard knocking on her door and groaned mentally.
"Are you alright, Jay?" Kai asked as he searched the room. He was slightly taken aback when he noticed a bunch of syringes on the bed.
"Go away." Jay snapped before she threw up again. Kai continued to walk to the bathroom. When he saw Jay there, he groaned. No matter how much you try, the sight and smell of vomit got to you.
"What the hell?" he asked and sat down next to her. He sat her up and she growled at him angrily.
"I told you to go away."
"And what, you're allergic to good food?"
"Can you just check up on the bench for a needle?" Jay asked. Kai nodded and looked up at the sink. Sure enough there was a syringe with a black substance in it.
"Yeah, it's there."
"Well, can I have it?" Jay asked in an aggravated tone. Kai grabbed it and gave it to her. She then put the needle into her left arm.
"So what are these for?" Kai asked after Jay had settled down. They now sat outside of the bathroom, in Jay's main room.
"It's really funny, actually. I've never told anyone about this until today, and this is the third time I'll have to explain it. Hell, not even my sisters know."
"I bet Tala does."
"Well, you're right. He caught me telling my maid after she asked me why I needed syringes."
"And why do you need them? Do you do drugs or something?"
"No." Jay chuckled. "No way. When I ran away from home one time, these people grabbed me and put some sort of drug in me. The needles weren't too good, either, and I woke up in intensive care. Now I need this medicine to keep those drugs at bay. They haven't exactly found out a way how to cure me because I get my stuff from a Youth Centre back home. We don't have enough funding to take care of me, along with any other kid who was grabbed."
"There is something really wrong with that." Kai evaluated.
"Yeah. But you can't tell anyone about it."
"You should tell your mother. She'll fund everything."
"Nah. If she found out, she'd take me away. She'd put me in a hospital. My mum always makes a big fuss." Jay said. She stood up from her spot. "Why did you come here, anyway?"
"I noticed that you looked hurt when you asked to leave. Did you know that Tala is very protective of you?"
"Yes, but we broke up last year." Jay said before there was a loud knocking on her door. Jay moaned and grabbed the syringes on her bed and took them to the bathroom. While in there, she asked if Kai could get the door. When he opened it, Tala stood there.
"What are you doing here?" Tala asked.
"I was helping Jay. What are you doing here?"
"I wanted to check on her. You okay, Jay?" Tala called into the room.
"Yeah she is." Kai snapped.
"KAWAII!!"
"Uh." Kai groaned. The triplets were just walking past.
"What now?" Tala snapped.
"You two are fighting over our Jay!" the three cooed before they walked into the room.
"Jay." Marree called. "Where are you?" Jay came out of the bathroom. "Oh, the females versus males competition is going on in the stadium where we'll be having the tournament."
"We need you!" Madison begged.
"Really?" Jay asked sceptically.
"Yeah." Melinda said. "We will blow them away!"
"Those boys won't know what hit 'em!" Madison said.
"After all, you are the one who got all that training." Marree smiled. "And you are the one that had us start this. The fight did start when that kid Robert said that you were just a girl."
"You go for me." Jay said simply.
"Why?" Melinda asked.
"Because I can't be bothered."
"Oh. Well, that works." Melinda giggled.
"But we need you. They'll only be us three." Marree said. "Because I don't know how much those other girls know."
"You guys can manage. Do we know who the boys will be?" Jay asked.
"They have that Robert guy who started it, then Lee, that tall Eddy guy." Madison said.
"And that Takao guy. I thought he won the World Championship, didn't he?" Melinda asked. Everyone looked over at Tala, who looked as if he was fuming.
"You were going so well, too, Melinda." He muttered.
"You can tell the difference?" Marree asked. "Wow. He's the first one outside of our family to know, other than our boyfriends, but they're practically like family, anyway."
"You're going to need help if you're facing Takao." Kai smirked. "And if I were to join then you'd be in a lot of trouble."
"Then I'll join." Jay smirked, making Kai lose his. "If he's the champion then I should try him. That'll be fun."
"You only want to face him?" Kai asked.
"What, do you feel neglected?"
"No."
"It sounded like it to me."
"Well I wasn't. I just want a good fight."
"How about now?" Tala asked, standing up in front of Kai, who glared at him. The unfriendly look was returned, making the four girls in the room look at the both of them.
"Oooh." Melinda giggled after a short while of dead silence. "How about you two can battle after the women beat the little boys."
"This should be interesting." Jay smirked as she looked at the two boys. She caught her older siblings whispering something behind her back with giggles.
"She's so naive when it comes to the matters of the heart." Madison sighed.
~*~
"No way!" Sassy exclaimed. "They have Takao?"
"Yeah." Nikki moaned.
"He's the World Champion!" Robyn said.
"That isn't fair." Shelvia agreed.
"But they say that Mariah has been against him." Nikki smiled. "Maybe she knows a weakness or something."
"You're evil." Sassy smirked. "A blood thirsty, evil little thing."
"It maybe so."
~*~
"We are so going to beat them." Takao chuckled to Lee and Max. Those three were the only three that were certain that they were going to be in the fight.
"Of course we are." Max agreed.
"Who do you think will stand a chance?" Lee asked.
"Well, Mariah's gonna be in it, but that's about it, unless Emily has improved a lot." Takao said thoughtfully.
"And Sassy was just playing with Lee before." Dizzi, who was there with Kenny, said.
"Dizzi has a point." Kenny pointed out.
"I wasn't trying." Lee snapped. "She will lose if I go up against her again."
"What if the triplets join?" Max asked. "Which ever one Bey Battled Oliver was pretty good."
"Tala did pretty good to remember who she was." Dizzi giggled. "I can't even remember their names, let alone know which one is which."
"How is it that something that runs mainly on memory can't remember something as simple as names?" Kenny asked, which turned out to be a logical idea.
"I am a Bit Beast, not the laptop."
"Oh yeah…." Kenny started.
"Hey, did you guys hear?" Oliver asked, running into the room where they all where. They were all preparing in a small change room.
"About what?" Takao asked.
"Kai and Tala are going to Bey Battle after the 'Gender Match'."
"Really?" Lee asked.
"Yeah. The youngest triplet made the match. As it turns out, Jay is going to join, only to battle you, Takao. She likes the idea of beating the World Champ. Kai asked if she was only interested in battling you, and that the only reason why he asked was because he wanted a good match. That was when Tala offered."
"Did you guys notice that Kai left really early in lunch today, like straight after Jay and Tala had that little conversation?" Max asked.
"That's right, he did." Takao summarised.
"I'm starting to think that there's more behind this match than a good fight." Dizzi said.
~*~
"So who's on our team?" Mariah asked once all the girls had gathered up in her room. "I definitely want a go."
"And me too." Emily smiled.
"I want to redeem myself for before." Sassy moaned, but that all-knowing look was still on her face. "That's three."
"I agreed with Takao that there'd be seven on a team." Mariah said.
"I'm on." Jay said with a smirk. "After all, this did start over me. And I think Madison should have a go. That's five."
"Then it's us two." Nikki said, looking over to Shelvia. "Is that cool?"
"It all depends on how good you guys are." Marree said quietly. She looked over to Sassy and noticed her look of confidence. "What's up with you?"
"Marree," Melinda and Madison started as they both huddled together and backed away from her. Marree turned to them.
"What?"
"You're talking as if you're Jay." Melinda whispered. "You sound smart."
"We've lost you!" Madison gasped.
~*~
"What's up with the match between you and Tala?" Rei asked Kai. He had run into Kai when he started to walk to the stadium for the little battle against the genders. "Kenny and Dizzi are being really secretive and stupid about it, but I want to know what's really up."
"I said I wanted a good match and Tala offered one." Kai said simply.
"And why did you leave lunch so early. I know you don't eat much, but that was hardly a snack."
"That was none of your business."
"Nor yours," Jay said from behind them, "but you couldn't resist." Kai and Rei turned, and was slightly relieved when they noticed that the other girls weren't around, and neither was her older sisters.
"What is going on between you two?" Rei asked. Kai turned to him and looked like he could kill him.
"Nothing." He said quickly. Jay rushed forward with her destination being the stadium. Rei noticed that Kai changed his position to watch her leave.
"Oh." Rei chuckled.
"Oh what?" Kai snapped.
"Nothing." Rei laughed as he tried to sound like Kai. He smirked as he started to walk off in the direction of the stadium, too. Kai just cocked his head to the side, as it just didn't register. He stood upright again as he saw Tala approaching.
"You know, I've never really noticed the red mark on her arm before today." Tala said quietly. "It must be from all the needles."
"As far as I'm concerned, there are no needles." Kai snapped before he started off after Rei.
~*~
That's it for the chapter.