DISCLAIMER: I do not own beyblade
Ghost: Kept you all hangin' for a minute didn't I? Don't worry I'm back in my game with a lot of ideas for this one I'm not done yet by far, I've been having problems with my computer and I was on holiday
CROWSCHAPTER SEVENTEEN: A LESSON TO BE LEARNED
"Ray you asleep?" Quinn whispered moments later.
"No" he answered looking at her glittering eyes
"Follow me" she replied leading him to the dojo.
They stood for a moment silently.
"Time to give you a lesson, pick something" she asked gesturing to the weapons
"I don't get it?" Ray asked confused
"You soon will, now pick a weapon" she replied
Ray picked two silver sais and looked challengingly at her.
"Nice choice, how unique? Not many people chose to use them." she said pleased picking two sais herself.
Within moments they were attacking each other, the dojo rang with the sound of clinking metal.
"You're holding back," she said firmly
"No I'm not" Ray replied
"Is that all you've got?" Quinn teased
"Forget that I'm a girl Ray, look at me as if I was your enemy or your prey even" she added
"I can't," he complained
Quinn lashed out and gave him a small cut across his face, blood started to trickle down his cheek.
"Then how come I can?" she asked looking at his shocked face
Ray felt an unbelievable power surge through his body.
"Now that's what I'm talking about," she said pleased noticing his cut beginning to heal.
Both fighters began to fight more fiercely and passionately, Ray lashed out giving her a small cut on her arm; she somersaulted over him and tripped him up with the sweep of her ankle.
Ray back flipped and regained his composure, he now saw Quinn as his prey and he was going to get her at all costs, she had let her guard down slightly which had given him the advantage, he knocked her weapons from her hands and pinned her to the floor, both fighters panting from the exhilaration of the fight.
"You win, I'm impressed but that is only the tip of the ice berg Ray" she said getting up
"I don't know where that came from" Ray said slightly shocked
"That's called your animality, all nicojins have one, ninjas are the same, but they don't have the features that your kind do" Quinn explained
Ray went back to bed and fell asleep instantly.
As always Kai was up before the sun, he looked at all his teammates in their beds asleep, he noticed something about Ray almost instantly, instead of his usual soft laboured breathing, he was purring like a cat and he had curled up into a ball like one too.
Quinn slide the door to the bathroom open surprising him slightly, she seemed full of life as always.
"Good morning" she yawned stretching her arms up into the air and tiptoeing.
"Morning" he croaked
"Why are you so happy?" he asked in his usual sour way
"I've got a lot of training to do, as well as you have" she replied walking passed them towards the elevator, Kai got out of bed rubbing his head and followed her.
"Thanks for lending me these, tell me are my boxer shorts dry, I kind of need them today" he asked
"Sure" she replied rubbing her eyes
Kai stood with his arms crossed for a moment, Quinn went to the laundry shoot and pressed a button, Kai shorts quickly appeared.
"Hear you go, nice colour by the way," she said sarcastically handing them over
He disappeared back to his room so that she couldn't see him blushing, he quickly came back up dressed and ready as always; she was sat on a high stool eating cereal, and typing into her laptop, Kai saw her reflection and noticed she was wearing square rimmed glasses.
"She looks quite cute in those," he thought smiling to himself
"Are you going to stand there admiring my back? Or are you going to get yourself breakfast? I trust you can do it yourself?" she asked before taking a mouthful of cereal.
Kai sat eating quietly for a moment.
"What are you working on?" he asked curiously
"Going through some files on someone," she replied
Soon everyone was joining them, once breakfast was over and done with training began.
"I suggest you all go and train in my arena, I've got my own training to do" Quinn advised
"Okay my peeps you heard the lady, get going" Mr Granger said excitedly
"I wonder what training Quinn's doing?" Max said thoughtfully
"Let's go and see" Tyson said sneakily
They opened the door of the arena just enough so everyone could see.
"No way" Ray gasped
"She wasn't kidding when she said training" Kai said amazed
Quinn had her hands on one bench and her feet on another and she was doing push ups over rows of lit candles.
"Come on only another few hundred to go" Grandpa encouraged
Once Quinn had done push-ups with both hands, grandpa made her do it with one hand.
"Hey that's not fair" Tyson yelled blowing their cover
"Great, you and your big mouth" Kai snarled
"Unlike you guys this little lady can go the distance, see for yourself, she's pushing on four hundred you couldn't even do that" grandpa replied beaming away
"You're all supposed to be training unless you want to do this with me" Quinn said between each push up.
Everyone sat down watching her fascinated.
"Okay as you know a ninja is one with their environment, so we're going to work on your concealment skills" Grandpa said picking up a white golf ball.
"What are you gonna do with that?" Tyson laughed
"Okay Quinn you have to collect as many bells as you can without making a sound, otherwise you'll do it again" Grandpa instructed
Quinn stood before a mannequin that was rigged with bells, grandpa dropped the ball, it burst into thick clouds of smoke, and everyone began choking.
"I can't see anything, " Tyson complained
"That's the whole point of the exercise Tyson" Ray explained
"Ninja's work under concealment, they're wicked fast and impossible to see" he added trying to look for Quinn.
She stood before Tyson's grandpa with her hands full of bells.
"Very good" he exclaimed delighted
"That's enough training time to meditate," she said blowing the candles out before standing up properly.
She went and fetched the jade sword and sat in front of the waterfall, Kai was leaning against the door watching her eagerly.
"What is she going to do?" he thought
He moved his foot slightly, he saw her head jerk up as if she was a wolf pricking up it's ears, unfortunately breaking her concentration.
She got up and put the sword back in the scabbard.
"Whatever it is you're planning to do don't do anything stupid," he said seriously
"Don't even think about following me," she snarled
"You'll only get in the way and distract me, and this fight is life or death" she added
Quinn saw Max swimming on his own.
"Hey Max want to help me for a minute?" she asked
"Sure" he replied eagerly
She took him to a cupboard in her room.
"You're about to find out how I mix into my environment," she explained opening it.
They walked through her wardrobe to another door.
"This is one amazing house" he gasped as they walked into a marble room with three doors, the opened the one in the middle and walked into a room filled with costumes and disguises.
"I need you to help me find a decent karate ghee for my fight tonight" she asked
"How about this one?" max replied showing her a sleeveless black and white karate ghee.
"I don't think so Max, it'll show off my branding mark last thing I want to do is get caught," she explained
"Branding mark?" Max asked confused
Quinn rolled up the sleeve of her top and showed him a mark, it was a small flame and it had been branded onto her skin.
"Did that hurt?" he asked concerned
"We're trained to control pain, every ninja in my clan has this sign," she answered rolling her sleeve back down.
"Then how about this?" he said showing her a black ninja ghee.
"That's perfect" she smiled then took a black and white papier-mache mask off the wall.
"Neat mask" he admired
"It used to be for scaring your enemies, that's why masks like these look cross and miserable," she explained
"You should give one to Kai" Max joked
Both of them broke into laughter, as they joined the others in the living room.
"Who are you going to fight?" Kenny asked concerned
"An old friend, this is one fight I have to do on my own, so stay here" Quinn replied
"You're going to kill someone aren't you?" Ray asked
"Maybe I will, maybe I won't," she shrugged as if she didn't care.
"You're taking us with you" Kai said sternly
"I don't think so" she retorted narrowing her eyes at him.
"Couldn't they go as high rollers?" Jet asked
"Are you kidding? Jet they're too young to be high rollers they'll get caught, and besides my team has a hit on both me and Kai, and the last thing I want to do is let them kill two birds with one stone" Quinn explained
"Looks like you're babysitting old man" she smiled looking at Mr Granger
"Quinn are you sure you know what you're doing?" Jet asked
"Relax, it's not like I've never walked amongst the low lives of the underworld before; anyway I'm going to get my sister before Chang does" she replied
Quinn left the room and came back in moments later wearing her ninja ghee and mask.
"I'll be okay I promise" she said brightly
They watched her get in her two toned Porsche and drive away.
"That's one girl on a mission" Grandpa said stunned
"Cross is her twin, that is one bond no one can break, even Chang, Quinn loves her sister and will do anything to protect her at all costs, but the only problem is her loyalties lie with her mission, and that seems to be protecting you Kai, so I hope you're satisfied she's put all of you before her own sister." Jet said walking away
"Come on guys I'm taking you out for dinner" Grandpa said excitedly