Redbird
Cherry Rain: Hello! I hope that all you Ray/Mariah fans liked the last chapter! And I will not spoil the surprise by telling you what's going to happen!
Chapter Six: Animosity
Lei Feng lay in bed for quite some while, thinking about the scene she had just seen between Ray and Mariah. It was obvious they loved each other deeply. Too bad they couldn't be together. They both had too deep an attachment to beyblading to give it up.
Suddenly Redbird flashed, emerging from the blade. Lei Feng sat up immediately, tensing at the emotions of worry her phoenix was sending her. "What's the matter, Redbird?" she asked.
Redbird pointed a wing in the direction of the door, indicating that Lei Feng was to go out. Nodding to her phoenix, she slid out of bed and padded out the door. Her bare feet made no sound on the carpeting. Redbird hovered a few steps in front of her, the glow providing light.
Her phoenix was reacting to the presence of another bitbeast, relatively nearby. But whose bitbeast could be active at three in the morning? Of all the people she knew, not many of the bitbeasts were nocturnal creatures. In the distance, she saw a soft, fiery glow. Was it Dranzer? No! It was a fox, flaming with a steady glow. It made sense. The fox is usually out and about at night.
Yu was walking down the hall, and the fox was waiting for her. outside Kai's room! Lei Feng ducked in a corner, watching. Yu put her hand on the doorknob. As she was about to turn it, Lei Feng decided that this had gone too far. What was she trying to do by entering Kai's room at this kind of time?
'Yu! What are you doing!" she shouted, springing towards the girl. The fox turned to her, bared its small fangs and sprang away. Yu followed at a quick run. Kai opened the door, rubbing sleep from his eyes.
"What the hell is going on?" he asked.
"Yu was about to go into your room," Lei Feng stated.
"How'd you know?" he questioned suspiciously.
"Redbird told me," she said defensively, gesturing to the lightning phoenix hovering protectively in front of her.
"Your bitbeast can exit the blade without a battle?"
"Duh! Every bitbeast can!" Lei Feng scoffed. "You mean the all-mighty Hiwatari didn't know?"
"And why was Yu outside my room?" Kai asked, deftly changing the subject away from the topic of bitbeasts and his ignorance of their particular ability.
"Kami knows, I don't! All I know is that a fox bitbeast seemed to be guiding her," Lei Feng answered, shivering. Bitter winds stung her skin as she stood there in the draughty hallways.
"You're cold, Lei Feng. You better go back," Kai said.
"Thanks for the concern," Lei Feng answered, surprised at his comment. This was a side of Kai she had never seen before. So the cold team leader had a heart. Turning away, she said, "But you better lock the door. I'm not sure, but Yu could be back."
"Thank you."
Lei Feng slipped back into bed. Mariah had said that when Yu sleepwalked, she seemed to call out Kai's name. Was that why she had been outside Kai's door? And whose was the bitbeast? If it was Yu's, what was it doing, leading Yu to Kai? If it was another person's, what kind of power was it exerting to make Yu obey it?
Kai was another thing altogether. So who was he actually? He had shown her true concern back then. but then when he was in front of everyone else, he was so cold and unpleasant. So who was the real Kai?
Lei Feng rolled over in bed. She sighed. Alleyway life was so much easier. Everyone and anyone was your enemy, they were rivals in the fight for survival. Here, you couldn't truly know who was your friend, who was your enemy, what were the secrets some people were harbouring.
Yu. she was an enigmatic person. What was she hiding?
And what did it have to do with Kai?
Somehow she didn't like the idea that Yu had something to do with Kai in the past. Strange.
***
The next morning she sprang out of bed at six-thirty. "Damn," she spoke aloud. "I wake up far too early for this life."
Redbird glowed at her, showing her it was awake too. "Training, Redbird?" Lei Feng asked. "Why not? Just because we're in a new situation doesn't mean we should give up our schedules."
Picking up the blade and her black launcher with red ripcord, she pulled on jeans, a blouse and sneakers, she slipped down to the basement level, expecting it to be deserted at this time of morning.
To her surprise, her team leader was already there.
He didn't even know she was there, so engrossed he was in training. Either that or he wasn't bothered to acknowledge her existence.
Lei Feng ignored him and headed for a dish. Yanking the ripcord out, she released the blade into the dish. "Hmm, speed needs improving. Power itself depends on the speed, for the more the acceleration, the harder the impact when it hits," she thought to herself.
"Come on, Redbird, faster!" she called. The phoenix obeyed and picked up speed. "Good. but still not good enough," she thought to herself.
"Redbird!" Lei Feng raised her hand and it obediently flew back to her. She would train outside. Gravel on the path would be better if she was training for endurance.
She was unaware that a pair of storm grey eyes was following her every move, burning with desire.
***
Outside, it was cool and peaceful. The first tinges of red sunlight were just beginning to show over the horizon. Launching Redbird one more time, she smiled as she saw the phoenix rise from the blade and hover for a moment in the warmth of a sunbeam.
Scrabbling around in the dirt, she found a good-sized rock and threw it at Redbird. "Come on! Lightning Rage!" Bolts targeted the rock, splitting it into dozens of shattered pieces.
"Again!" she picked up several smaller pieces this time and flung them at the same time. An individual bolt caught and pulverized each one.
She debated whether to try and use the newest attack. Storm Devastation was what she was what she and Redbird had found out one time that Lei Feng had tried to defend herself against a bunch of boys. They had ended up injured and maimed. One had lost an arm, the rest suffered severe injuries.
No. The effects were too overwhelming to use them here. If Redbird lost control, the repercussions would be disastrous. It was a last resort in battle.
"Last one, Redbird! Thunder Gemini! Next time it has to be strong enough to push Dranzer totally off!" she shouted. Placing a rock on the floor and another, smaller one several feet away, she stepped back.
Redbird's attack hit the larger rock at its base and it flew away, landing beyond the mark. Lei Feng picked up the blade, noticing with satisfaction that it was still in good condition.
She froze as she heard the sound of applause behind her. Spinning around, she saw it was the girl Yu. "Well, you're not bad! So how about a little battle with me, hmm?" she said, holding up a marine and reed green beyblade.
"Sure!" Lei Feng answered. She wanted to see what her bitbeast was.
"First to stop spinning loses. There are no boundaries, except that the blades must stay on the ground. Ready? Three.two.one. LETTT IIITTT RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP!" Yu shouted.
Lei Feng loosed Redbird. This situation did not look good for her. Yu had seen all her techniques. and would have had time to think up a strategy to counter them. She decided she was not to waste time.
"Redbird! Get her! Lightning Rage!" Lei Feng shouted.
"Not so easy! Marine! Go!" The bitbeast rose. It was an electric eel. "Shock it!"
The two bolts of lightning met in midair, both fighting to get to the enemy blade and damage it. Both faltered and weakened, pulling away.
"It's not over yet!" Yu shouted. "Tidal wave!"
A wave shot at Redbird, but Redbird dodged. "Thunder Gemini, then-" Lei Feng broke off. Redbird knew what she meant. It was important that the enemy didn't know what to look for.
As she expected, the eel was busy countering Redbird's lightning attack and didn't see the blade moving closer and closer. Wham! It was over as the blades slammed and Yu's blade fell to the ground and lay still.
"Looks like I win," Lei Feng smiled.
Yu said nothing, but turned around and walked off. "This isn't the last you'll hear of me, Lei Feng," was her parting shot.
Lei Feng picked up Redbird, puzzling over that sentence. What did Yu mean?
Cherry Rain: Whew! My hands are aching really badly. That was the longest chapter I've written so far. So it's obvious Yu doesn't like Lei Feng, but why? Hee hee hee. evil laughter!
Cherry Rain: Hello! I hope that all you Ray/Mariah fans liked the last chapter! And I will not spoil the surprise by telling you what's going to happen!
Chapter Six: Animosity
Lei Feng lay in bed for quite some while, thinking about the scene she had just seen between Ray and Mariah. It was obvious they loved each other deeply. Too bad they couldn't be together. They both had too deep an attachment to beyblading to give it up.
Suddenly Redbird flashed, emerging from the blade. Lei Feng sat up immediately, tensing at the emotions of worry her phoenix was sending her. "What's the matter, Redbird?" she asked.
Redbird pointed a wing in the direction of the door, indicating that Lei Feng was to go out. Nodding to her phoenix, she slid out of bed and padded out the door. Her bare feet made no sound on the carpeting. Redbird hovered a few steps in front of her, the glow providing light.
Her phoenix was reacting to the presence of another bitbeast, relatively nearby. But whose bitbeast could be active at three in the morning? Of all the people she knew, not many of the bitbeasts were nocturnal creatures. In the distance, she saw a soft, fiery glow. Was it Dranzer? No! It was a fox, flaming with a steady glow. It made sense. The fox is usually out and about at night.
Yu was walking down the hall, and the fox was waiting for her. outside Kai's room! Lei Feng ducked in a corner, watching. Yu put her hand on the doorknob. As she was about to turn it, Lei Feng decided that this had gone too far. What was she trying to do by entering Kai's room at this kind of time?
'Yu! What are you doing!" she shouted, springing towards the girl. The fox turned to her, bared its small fangs and sprang away. Yu followed at a quick run. Kai opened the door, rubbing sleep from his eyes.
"What the hell is going on?" he asked.
"Yu was about to go into your room," Lei Feng stated.
"How'd you know?" he questioned suspiciously.
"Redbird told me," she said defensively, gesturing to the lightning phoenix hovering protectively in front of her.
"Your bitbeast can exit the blade without a battle?"
"Duh! Every bitbeast can!" Lei Feng scoffed. "You mean the all-mighty Hiwatari didn't know?"
"And why was Yu outside my room?" Kai asked, deftly changing the subject away from the topic of bitbeasts and his ignorance of their particular ability.
"Kami knows, I don't! All I know is that a fox bitbeast seemed to be guiding her," Lei Feng answered, shivering. Bitter winds stung her skin as she stood there in the draughty hallways.
"You're cold, Lei Feng. You better go back," Kai said.
"Thanks for the concern," Lei Feng answered, surprised at his comment. This was a side of Kai she had never seen before. So the cold team leader had a heart. Turning away, she said, "But you better lock the door. I'm not sure, but Yu could be back."
"Thank you."
Lei Feng slipped back into bed. Mariah had said that when Yu sleepwalked, she seemed to call out Kai's name. Was that why she had been outside Kai's door? And whose was the bitbeast? If it was Yu's, what was it doing, leading Yu to Kai? If it was another person's, what kind of power was it exerting to make Yu obey it?
Kai was another thing altogether. So who was he actually? He had shown her true concern back then. but then when he was in front of everyone else, he was so cold and unpleasant. So who was the real Kai?
Lei Feng rolled over in bed. She sighed. Alleyway life was so much easier. Everyone and anyone was your enemy, they were rivals in the fight for survival. Here, you couldn't truly know who was your friend, who was your enemy, what were the secrets some people were harbouring.
Yu. she was an enigmatic person. What was she hiding?
And what did it have to do with Kai?
Somehow she didn't like the idea that Yu had something to do with Kai in the past. Strange.
***
The next morning she sprang out of bed at six-thirty. "Damn," she spoke aloud. "I wake up far too early for this life."
Redbird glowed at her, showing her it was awake too. "Training, Redbird?" Lei Feng asked. "Why not? Just because we're in a new situation doesn't mean we should give up our schedules."
Picking up the blade and her black launcher with red ripcord, she pulled on jeans, a blouse and sneakers, she slipped down to the basement level, expecting it to be deserted at this time of morning.
To her surprise, her team leader was already there.
He didn't even know she was there, so engrossed he was in training. Either that or he wasn't bothered to acknowledge her existence.
Lei Feng ignored him and headed for a dish. Yanking the ripcord out, she released the blade into the dish. "Hmm, speed needs improving. Power itself depends on the speed, for the more the acceleration, the harder the impact when it hits," she thought to herself.
"Come on, Redbird, faster!" she called. The phoenix obeyed and picked up speed. "Good. but still not good enough," she thought to herself.
"Redbird!" Lei Feng raised her hand and it obediently flew back to her. She would train outside. Gravel on the path would be better if she was training for endurance.
She was unaware that a pair of storm grey eyes was following her every move, burning with desire.
***
Outside, it was cool and peaceful. The first tinges of red sunlight were just beginning to show over the horizon. Launching Redbird one more time, she smiled as she saw the phoenix rise from the blade and hover for a moment in the warmth of a sunbeam.
Scrabbling around in the dirt, she found a good-sized rock and threw it at Redbird. "Come on! Lightning Rage!" Bolts targeted the rock, splitting it into dozens of shattered pieces.
"Again!" she picked up several smaller pieces this time and flung them at the same time. An individual bolt caught and pulverized each one.
She debated whether to try and use the newest attack. Storm Devastation was what she was what she and Redbird had found out one time that Lei Feng had tried to defend herself against a bunch of boys. They had ended up injured and maimed. One had lost an arm, the rest suffered severe injuries.
No. The effects were too overwhelming to use them here. If Redbird lost control, the repercussions would be disastrous. It was a last resort in battle.
"Last one, Redbird! Thunder Gemini! Next time it has to be strong enough to push Dranzer totally off!" she shouted. Placing a rock on the floor and another, smaller one several feet away, she stepped back.
Redbird's attack hit the larger rock at its base and it flew away, landing beyond the mark. Lei Feng picked up the blade, noticing with satisfaction that it was still in good condition.
She froze as she heard the sound of applause behind her. Spinning around, she saw it was the girl Yu. "Well, you're not bad! So how about a little battle with me, hmm?" she said, holding up a marine and reed green beyblade.
"Sure!" Lei Feng answered. She wanted to see what her bitbeast was.
"First to stop spinning loses. There are no boundaries, except that the blades must stay on the ground. Ready? Three.two.one. LETTT IIITTT RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP!" Yu shouted.
Lei Feng loosed Redbird. This situation did not look good for her. Yu had seen all her techniques. and would have had time to think up a strategy to counter them. She decided she was not to waste time.
"Redbird! Get her! Lightning Rage!" Lei Feng shouted.
"Not so easy! Marine! Go!" The bitbeast rose. It was an electric eel. "Shock it!"
The two bolts of lightning met in midair, both fighting to get to the enemy blade and damage it. Both faltered and weakened, pulling away.
"It's not over yet!" Yu shouted. "Tidal wave!"
A wave shot at Redbird, but Redbird dodged. "Thunder Gemini, then-" Lei Feng broke off. Redbird knew what she meant. It was important that the enemy didn't know what to look for.
As she expected, the eel was busy countering Redbird's lightning attack and didn't see the blade moving closer and closer. Wham! It was over as the blades slammed and Yu's blade fell to the ground and lay still.
"Looks like I win," Lei Feng smiled.
Yu said nothing, but turned around and walked off. "This isn't the last you'll hear of me, Lei Feng," was her parting shot.
Lei Feng picked up Redbird, puzzling over that sentence. What did Yu mean?
Cherry Rain: Whew! My hands are aching really badly. That was the longest chapter I've written so far. So it's obvious Yu doesn't like Lei Feng, but why? Hee hee hee. evil laughter!