AN: Chapter 10! And fast! When I get ideas they just write themselves ! This chapter goes out to my 100th reviewer Skya here is your prize – http://fate.xantonium.com/100rev.jpg however I must ask you: Please only click the review button ONCE, thank you. I had to delete a lot of spam reviews that were the same thing over and over and I will disable the anonnymus review if it continues.. but thank you for support =)
There's a bit of swearing in this chapter.. but alas nothing we haven't heard before!
Kai stalked up to the front of the class where he would deliver his act. He would be dammed if he was going to put on a show and act all nicey nice like Tala and Enrique had just to out do each other.
No. He wasn't going to make the blue spite fire's life that easy.
Flopping himself down on the couch Kai waited for the teachers instructions.
Liika also stalked over to the couch, sitting as far away from Kai as possible. Why did she have to get stuck with him? Why not Robert? The very thought over her tall boyfriend made her eyes glaze and dreams fill her head. Unfortunately the dream was short lived as Miss G's voice snapped her out of the daydream.
"Alright Mr. and Mrs. Hiwatari, here is you're scenario: You bother are very focused on your careers –yes you both have jobs," she paused throwing a look at Liika, "Now Kai's boss has just offered him a significant increase in pay, but there's a catch. The job and raise are on the other side of the country and you Liika don't want to leave your job and your family. What do you do?"
Kai and Liika glanced at each other before Liika asked, "What are our jobs?"
The teacher sighed. "Does it matter?"
"Yes!"
"Fine then, Kai you're an architect and Liika you're a…dance teacher."
Liika laughed. "Him? And architect? Don't make me laugh!"
Kai snorted. "As if you have the finesse to dance, let alone teach it." He retorted quickly.
"Excuse me??" Liika demanded standing, glaring down at the smirking blue haired teenager.
"That's enough you two! Just start your solution! And I pray you remember that both your grades depend on it!" Miss G snapped
Huffing, Liika crossed her arms, sticking her nose up in the air. "I am not moving to… New York for your stupid job!" She all but growled.
Kai stopped for a moment and thought about how to reply. On the one hand he could argue and fight with her, on the other hand he could just act like the pacifistic husband.
He voted choice A.
It was a hell a lot more fun that not arguing. "And who says we're not? You? Ha! You're just the woman!" Kai finally replied with a smirk.
"What??" Liika screeched. "What the hell does that mean?!"
"It means, my dear," He used the endearment mockingly, "That I am the man and I wear the pants. You should just shut up and do as your told! We are moving to New York!"
"Why your arrogant son of a bitch! Just the woman? Just the woman?! You know what? I can make sure your not a man for long, and then we'll see who wears the pants in this house!" Liika yelled, planting a hand on his chest and attempting to push.
Kai caught her hand and yanked her towards him, bringing her body flush with his. Lowering his head so their faces were inches apart he whispered menacingly, "Is that a threat little one?" His eyes glinted that there was more meaning behind that statement than just their little project.
"What do you think?" She hissed, becoming more and more uncomfortable with his proximity.
The next thing he did shocked the entire class, including Liika herself. Darting down quickly, Kai crushed his lips against her slightly open mouth, taking complete advantage, slipping his tongue between her parted lips.
Liika froze for a moment –much like the rest of the class and the teacher, not knowing what to do. The shock, however, quickly wore off and she started wriggle in his hold, screaming against his mouth.
Kai pulled back and looked down into her flushed face, his eyes glinting with glee, mouth curling into a smirk. One up for him. He bent down, so his mouth brushed her ear and whispered, "I know you want me…"
"Ugh!" Liika screamed and pushed him away with such force he fell, laughing, onto the couch.
Kai laughed. The whole situation was extremely humorous! Liika's face was bright red, and Kai was sure she wanted to give him a black eye to match the one he already had.
"HIWATARI!" Robert's voice boomed as the screeching of chairs across the linoleum floor was heard.
Kai tilted his head and looked at the tall purple haired young man, who looked like he was about to spit nails. Interesting, boyfriend could and would come to the rescue. Kai catalogued the information in the back of his mind for further use. Her other friends were glaring at him as well, and his new friend smirked along with him.
"Nice one Hiwatari!" Tala called, Johnny adding a cat call.
Liika let out a cry of anguish and ran to Robert, wrapping her arms tightly around his waist. Robert wrapped his own arms around her and tried to calm her, Enrique and Mariah hovering as well, whispering soothing words to her.
"That's enough! This has gotten out of hand! Thank you very much Mr. Hiwatari, I doubt we will get anything else done this period. You two were doing fine –minus the swearing, until you decided to 'spice things up'. It was very unnecessary, I suggest you refrain in the future, especially when the other party is not willing." Miss G. said sternly, giving Kai a disproving stare. "Do I make myself clear Kai?"
"Yes."
The teacher nodded, accepting the answer. "Well then, due to certain events I will hold off the rest of the groups first exercises until tomorrow, I hope you all know this means the project will be extended an extra day –that means you two single parents. But for now class is dismissed." Miss G sighed and walked out of the room, the group of teenagers getting too much for her at the moment.
Michael sighed, damn an extra day with the squalling infant, he had gotten barely any sleep last night! Lee was thinking along the same lines. Robert, however, was have very different thoughts.
How dare Kai kiss his girlfriend? Knowing she was his girlfriend! If Robert was displeased with Kai before, he was full out pissed now. The snotty, arrogant private school ass had crossed the line this time. Now Robert would make sure that Kai would fail at the one thing that Robert knew he prided himself most in.
Beyblading.
The blue haired teenager had to lose when they played him. Showing Mr. Dickenson as well as the rest of the school that Liika was the better blader and the better captain. However, Robert wasn't so sure he wanted Liika to blade the arrogant ass. A protective streak grew with Robert before he knew what was going on.
Kai might try something like that again, and he was damned if he was going to let it happen. No, Robert was going to be the one to beat Kai, and the only time Kai was going to come anywhere near Liika was in Fam. Man. class when there was nothing Robert could do to stop it and even then Kai wouldn't leave his sight.
Kai was still smirking at lunch when he came to sit at the bleachers with his new group. He had gotten her good. The look on her face, the sheer mortification was worth all the angry glances and glowers he had gotten from the rest of her little clique. He felt they were now even for his black eye as well as the comment about being a lousy lay, even if the cost had been rather high.
He had to kiss her.
The thought made him shudder with disgust. His tongue had been in her impertinent little mouth. Ugh, he suddenly had a bad taste in his mouth. Yuck. It was like sucking face with a clam. He wondered how Robert could stand it. Of course he did take her by surprise… oh well, her humiliation was well worth the pains he had to go through to claim it.
And as for what he said to her after the kiss, it was said on impulse. He didn't really know why exactly he had chosen those words, but somehow it made his victory all that much sweeter.
She knew he was right.
He chuckled. Yes deep down inside that irritating little body she wanted him, though she would never admit it, and probably wasn't even aware of it, but it was there, and he would exploit it every chance he got. It was, after all, so much fun to watch her squirm.
"Hey Hiwatari, nice stunt you pulled in Fam. Man. the look on her face was priceless!" Johnny jeered, giving Kai an approving smirk as Kai sat down on the bleachers with Johnny, Tala, Michael and Ian.
The main hang out for Tala's 'gang' as the other group called them, was the bleachers beside the track and football field. None of them really remembered why they started hanging out there, only that they started in freshman year sometime. No one else hung out there besides the jocks and cheerleaders that sat in the middle of the field, so the large dark purple painted steel bleachers were clear and free for them to use. They chose the corner closest to the school to sit –the least walking the better. And it also gave them a strategic view of the rest of the school grounds.
"I'll have to agree, I don't think I've ever seen Liika so mortified in all the year's I've known her." Tala added, taking a bite of the pizza he had gotten from the café.
"Heh, yeah not even when Sattiay told the whole school she liked the new kid Lee in grade six, though I swore she was going to kill him. Beat him to a pulp! He came to school the next day with bruises and scrapes all over him and even stood up in the cafeteria at lunch and announced that it was him that liked Lee." Ian laughed at the memory.
Kai arched an eyebrow, so the little one –he could call her that as he was a good head taller than she, was violent even young. Why didn't that surprise him?
"Heh, good to know. She needs to get put in her place."
Johnny, Tala and Ian nodded smiling while eating their lunched. Michael frowned however. Sure he was up for a good practical joke here or there, but to publicly humiliate someone? That was a bit much for him. "Don't you guys think you're being a bit hard on Liika? I mean she didn't really do anything to you." Michael said, frowning at his friends.
They all stopped and stared at the red head, astonishment creeping into their features. "Since when did you become a traitor Parker?" Johnny sneered, disgust evident.
Michael sighed. "I'm not a traitor, Johnny. I'm just saying what did she ever do to us? I mean if we're going to pick someone to hate why not someone who has actually done something to us?"
The other boys continued to look at him, his words starting to register in their brains. Tala laughed, walking over and slinging his arm over the slightly taller boy's shoulder. "Michael, Michael, Michael! You should know as well as anyone that we don't hate our dear friend Liika, but rather we choose to… test her persay, to see if she is good enough for all the praise she seems to get." Tala explained, his voice mocking.
"Heh Tala's right," Ian added, "it's not a matter of hate. Just think about it. If we weren't around, what fun would they have? None, because everyone needs conflict in their life, and in this backwater town conflict has to be caused. It doesn't just cause itself, its so damn dull here."
"Well it may not be a matter of hate for you, but I seriously dislike that little blue wench. She's mouthy, pushy and violent and has caused me nothing but trouble since I came to this school." Kai growled; opening the can of coke he had got from the vending machine on his way to the bleachers.
The other three boys laughed. "That's because you infringed on her territory, Iki doesn't take kindly to people who take over her jobs." Tala said, her nickname rolling off his tongue.
"You ever think that maybe it's because you were an ass to her to start off with?" Michael questioned hotly.
Kai paused, his eyebrows raising. "Do you have a problem with me Parker?"
Michael shrugged and looked away. "Not really, I just don't like to see people treated unfairly is all."
"And you think I'm treating the little witch unfairly?"
"Yes."
"Well deal with it." Kai said shrugging, taking another drink of his pop. "Me and her were rivals the moment I stepped on these school grounds."
The other three boys nodded and laughed. "It was like fate!" Johnny chortled sending the group into more laughter.
Michael shook his head, sometimes he didn't know why he hung out with these guys.
"Ugh, I can't get the dirty feeling out of my mouth. I feel so violated!" Liika whined, dragging her feet down the nearly clear hallway after school that day.
Emily shot the older girl a mock sympathetic glance. "Yeah, must be hard…being kissed by a hot guy like that. I feel your pain." She said, her voice clearly not sympathetic.
"Hey give her a break Em, how would you feel if your worst enemy kissed you –tongue and everything, right in front of the entire class and your new boyfriend." Jade reprimanded lightly.
Liika smiled at the red haired girl. "Thanks Jade."
Jade smiled back, patting the older girl on the shoulder. "No problem… he is rather hot tho."
The blue haired girl's face contorted and she stuck out her tongue. "He so is not! He looks like a horses ass! Now if you want hot… Look at Robert!" Liika grinned and went into dreamy eye mode.
Jade and Emily exchanged looks, rolling their eyes simultaneously. When ever Robert was mentioned that's how she got, it was sickening at times. "You're pathetic." Emily snorted.
"What?" Liika said, blinking innocently.
Jade laughed, urging her two friends down the hall. "Come on, we're supposed to meet the rest of the gang and Mrs. Tate at the indoor facilities."
Liika sighed and pulled her white blade out of her pocket. "I'm sure glade Mr. Dickenson decided to cancel me and the ass's detention due to his training. It really would have sucked to be stuck in detention right now rather than at practice. I wonder how Enrique's getting out?" She asked no one in particular.
The other two girls shrugged. They didn't know how the blond got out of detention, but he seemed to do it when ever it counted, such as for beyblade practice.
They followed the hall for another few hundred meters then turned right down the gym hallway, entering through a door on the left marked 'small gym'.
The small gym at Bakuten High, had long since been converted from a regular, smaller sized gym, to a large beyblade training facility. It had been converted the first year Mr. Dickenson had become principle of the small school some twenty years before hand. However, every year the principle added something else to the gym, as well as to the outside facilities. This year it had been a new dish for each court.
Much light the outdoor court, the indoor one was spotless and shiny in its perfect condition. The dishes were polished and waxed after every use and even had their own janitors. Beyblading was a huge sport at Bakuten. There were eight dishes spread out around the room, all with varying degrees of difficulty, ranging from super easy to very difficult. There were little walk ways between each dish and small platforms on either side of each bowl for competitors to stand on. Two of the dishes –the ones at the very end of the room, were slightly bigger and had much bigger platforms. These dishes were for doubles blading.
As the three girls entered the gym they saw that they were the last to arrive. Robert, Lee, Max, Jade and Enrique were already sitting on the floor in front of a large white board in which a slim blond woman was situated beside. Hurrying over they joined their peers and listened intently to what the woman had to say.
"Welcome girls, you're late. Try not to be in the future please?" The woman smiled at the new arrivals. "Now as I was saying, I have talked to Mr. Dickenson, and after some…persuasion, he agreed to let you have another team, for which you will be called Bakuten B, for sake of league relations. I will serve and your sponsor and coach, and I hope none of you have any problems with that. Now have you chosen a captain?"
All eye's turned to Liika who put up her hand hesitantly. "That would be me, Mrs. Tate."
Mrs. Tate smiled and shook her head. "Please call me Judy. Now then Liika, your first duty as captain of Bakuten B will be to serve the papers to the A team, informing them of the shared facilities as well as their name change. Please do that now."
Liika blinked. "A-alone?" she stuttered.
Judy's eyebrows rose and she looked at the teenage girl sternly. "Yes alone. If you can't do this simple task then you cannot possibly be brave enough to be team leader."
Liika took a big breath in and stood. "Yes Judy." She murmured, taking the offered papers from her coach's hands.
"Let me go with her." Robert asked, standing as well.
The coach shook her head. "I'm afraid I can't let you," Judy said kindly, "I have heard about Liika and Kai's feud and I'm afraid this is something she must do on her own."
"But-"
"No she's right Robert." Liika said quietly, taking yet another big breath in and heading for the door. "If I can't face him in something as silly as giving him papers, then I certainly wont be able to face him in battle."
They watched her go, each silently wishing her luck.
Liika stomped toward the outdoor court. He had made a fool of her once today he would not do it again. This time she was prepared for his sick little game.
As the court came into her sights, she started to shake slightly. She was more shaken up by the day's events than she let on. She cursed. Stupid Hiwatari! He couldn't know he had won that small victory or she would never hear the end of it! So sucking up the fear she slammed open the gate and stormed inside the court.
The occupants of the court stopped what they were doing, beyblades mid launch or mid spin, everyone turning to stare.
Kai's chestnut eyes fell on the girl that had just stormed into his facility, slamming the gate in her wake. He scowled, what did she want? Couldn't she just admit defeat? "Haven't had enough so you came back for more?" Kai sneered at Liika, crossing his arms haughtily.
She looked at him dryly and ignored the taunt. "Hardly. I came to give you this." She walked over to him calmly, perfectly masking the nerves with in her and hand him the papers.
He looked down at the papers in his hands, eyes skimming down the page, face growing more angry the further he got. "Shared facilities, name changes? What the fuck is this?" He growled, glowering at her.
"This, Hiwatari, is a statement signed by Dickenson himself stating that in the eyes of the league Bakuten High school now has two beyblade teams, Bakuten A and Bakuten B." Liika said, flatly, meeting his chestnut gaze with her aqua one.
His eyes were snapping fury and his fists clenched around the papers. So she managed to get around his obstacles and still formed a team. Now he had to share his court time with this little upstart. Why couldn't she just get it through her thick little skull that he owned this school's beyblading department and would until they graduated. "Fine. Make your own little team, but you wont win. Eventually you'll have to face us and we will destroy you so bad that you will be afraid to show your face in the sport of beyblading ever again!" He spat, drawing himself to his full height.
"Don't count on it Hiwatari. You may think you know our skills but you know nothing." Liika replied, all fear gone from her. She would not be bullied.
"Get off my court Tomoda."
Liika bowed and started to walk away, oblivious to the stares. "Whatever you wish. Just remember Hiwatari, this court is ours twice a week."
A low growl was her only answer. Yes! She did a mental victory dance. Score one for her!