AN: OMG! Here's the end! *cries* I can't believe I'm done.. :sniffles: it's so sad! I've been working on this fic for a year! A year! Oh well, there will be the sequel and all my other fics, which I hope you guys will read!
I'm also gonna make a short short epilogue for this ficcy because I have this feeling you guys will hate the end :grin:
Sorry for the wait, midterms are the devil! And I got stuck on the last scene ^^' I hope you guys like it! =) There's lots of sap for ya ;)
Oh also, I'm taking suggestions for stuff to happen in the sequel, so if you have any ideas or comments or things you think should happen feel free to email me them and I'll see what I can do ^^
"Well here we are Jay at the beautiful Manhattan Sky Dome to witness the Semi-Finals of the American Highschool National Beyblade Championships, hosted by none other than the BBA!"
"That's right Andy and boy are we stoked! This match up features the first and third seeded teams from Colorado State: The Bakuten A Phoenixes and the Abbey Shadows. It's interesting to note that the third seeded Abbey is currently undefeated in this tournament, while Bakuten sports one dangerous loss, which they acquired in the first round! As you know Andy, while this is a double knock out tournament, in the finals –that includes quarter and semi- one loss means elimination. So everything is on the line for these two teams from Colorado."
"Right-eo, such an amazing base of talent Colorado has this year. Three teams out of the four semi-finalists are from the rocky state –and two are from the same school!"
"You said it! But this match is looking like an ancient grudge match. If you remember Andy, Bakuten's captain Kai Hiwatari led Abbey to the Nationals last year –where they lost with in the first two rounds. The current captain of Abbey was on that team. Do you think there's any bad blood between the two?"
"It's hard to say Jay, but judging from Abbey's actions at the Colorado State tournament, Kai and Bakuten can't be too thrilled with them. The rumour is Gaara Sanderson nearly put Bakuten B captain Liika Tomoda in the hospital!"
"Well, it's almost time until this titanic grudge match is under play! One of these teams will join the winner of this afternoon's match to the World Championships in Japan, set for December! Of course, not with out battling them first."
"Wowee, do we have a show comin' up! Stay tuned fold, spin off is in about fifteen minutes!"
Kai eyed his team, gauging readiness. They looked, sound, healthy, and most importantly, ready to kick some Abbey ass. Which was precisely what he planned to do. He was not going to lose to anyone, especially not to Akito Imoraz.
His blood still boiled at the thought of the other teen making his witch cry…and with words about him. How dare he say that he was going to be his father! He was not his father! And he never would be either!
"You guys got it?"
Nods greeted him and Kai nodded once satisfactorily. "Good! Now what are we going to do?"
"Decimate." His team chorused, looking smug and ready.
"Excellent." Kai stated, smirking proudly before turning on his heel and heading for the dressing room door. As soon as the A team stepped out they were confronted by a surprising sight.
The B team stood, lined up against either side of the wall, dressed in their white and purple tracksuits. Kai stopped in his tracks, both eyebrows shooting up in surprise. His eyes ran over the two lines of B members, knowing that his team was doing the same. His eyes paused when they landed on the short blue haired captain who was watching him with shaded eyes. He said nothing.
After a few seconds of strained silence Robert stepped forward and bowed his head towards Kai. "We just wanted to say Good luck. Whether any of us will admit it, we are from the same school, therefore we are all on the same team." He stated firmly.
"That's right!" Mariah chirped, stepping away from the wall to wink at her boyfriend, as well as the tall red head just behind Kai. "You know we'll be rooting for ya in the stands! Do your best ok? We want you on our team when we go to Worlds!"
Tala smiled lazily back at her, his eyes softening. She still had that power over him. He glanced towards his captain, to see his attention elsewhere. "Well then, on behalf of the A team thanks. We'll be listening for your cheers." He winked as well. "Make sure they're the loudest eh?"
The B team –minus Robert and Bryan- laughed and quickly wished the A team luck with pats on the back and hugs from significant others, before turning and walking towards the stadium seating.
"Hey Iki, are you coming?" Enrique asked, looking over his shoulder at the still motionless Liika.
"Huh?" She replied, blinking and turning to see her team already disappeared up the stairs. "Oh…yeah, I'll be there in a moment."
Enrique shrugged, and continued on his way, calling after his pretty albino girlfriend.
"Tala lead them on ahead." Kai commanded, not moving his eyes from Liika.
Tala nodded then motioned to the rest of the team to leave the two captains alone. They left, but not with out some glances and snickers thrown at the usually combating pair. It was a well-known fact that both parties had been avoiding each other all week and hadn't seen each other since the Welcome Rave. Although both made sure to be at every of each other's matches.
Both Kai and Liika stood in silence, merely watching each other. Kai was curious as to why she stayed behind. She hadn't bothered to seek him out the entire week, so why now? He had taken the avoidance as a sign of rejection. He wasn't so sure he could handle that. Especially not now. But part of him still had hope. Hope that she was just nervous…that she did in fact love him back.
God this is really awkward and difficult! Liika moaned mentally, wringing her hands nervously. She was about to take a big step and was completely unsure of how to take it.
"I have a match to win." Kai stated tersely, finally breaking the silence. Disappointment deflated him, and pain shattered his heart. Damn her, why'd she have to distract him right before one of the most important matches of his career?
Liika wilted at the sound of his voice. He sounded so mean again! Her courage faltered, could she really do this? She broke quickly out of her thoughts when the sound of his retreating footsteps echoed through the empty hall. She panicked.
"Kai, wait!" She cried, jumping after him and grabbing his arm. "I…"
"What?" He asked impatiently, looking down his nose at her.
Liika growled in frustration. He wasn't making it any easier! Stubborn jackass. "Oh freaken hell, here." She grumbled, sliding her hand down his arm to clutch his wrist, turning it over so that his palm faced her. Then with her other hand she pulled out a black marker from her pocket, uncapped it with her mouth and lowered it to his palm.
"What are you doing?" He demanded, more curious than angry.
"Shut up and wait." She replied, drawing with messy, but quick strokes.
When she dropped his hand and capped the pen, Kai turned his palm up so that he could see what she had drawn.
It was a scribbly heart with the letter L inside it. His brows furrowed in confusion. What was she doing…? Just as he opened his mouth to ask, she once again reached into her pocket.
"I wanted to give you this." She stated somewhat shyly, placing a slim black, hand painted stick into his marked hand. "It's one of my lucky hair sticks… it was my moms, and it's from Japan. I have the other one…if you get into trouble in your match just touch it and look at the mark on your hand and know that I believe in you. It will guarantee your win, I'm sure of it." Then, taking a big breath in she placed her hand on his chest, stood on her tippy toes and kissed his cheek softly while whispering, "Good Luck Kai." Then like the wind she was gone, dashing up the stairs towards the stadium seating, however as she reached the top of the stairs, out of view she called back. "Remember! The only one allowed to beat you is me!"
Kai stared at the small ornamental stick as well as the black marks on his palm. Slowly a smirk spread across his face and he clutched the stick tightly in his fist. His heart soared and he felt as if he was invincible.
She hadn't rejected him.
Of course, how could he think she would? Who wouldn't be in love with a God like himself? He laughed out loud, thinking of the pain he'd endure if his witchy had heard that one.
"Come on Romeo, you can float on cloud nine later. Right now you have to lead us to a National Championship." Tala's voice rung out from the entrance to the stadium dish.
Kai brought his eyes up to meet his best friend's, elation shining clearly in the auburn orbs. "I'm coming." He replied, slipping the hair stick into his pocket and walking towards his vice-captain. It wasn't moving from with in reach. He had no doubt it would bring him luck.
"I told you it would work out. Never again doubt the word of God."
"No, no you have it wrong. I'm God, you're merely God's disciple."
Tala just laughed and patted Kai on the back.
"If you are just tuning in folks, boy have you missed one doozy of a battle! It certainly has turned into a grudge match! Here's a quick recap:
In Doubles Two, Bakuten's Dubois-Parker pair walked all over Abbey's Rock-Hizashi pair winning three straight sets. Doubles One was a slaughter as Bakuten's Mitchell-MacGregor pair found a way to counter the Hyuga-Johanson pair's strategy, which included removing Neji Hyuga's bit beast and its devastating attack from the battle with Ian Mitchell's Wyborg's poison attack. Abbey took Singles Three and Two when Shino Aburame defeated Rei Kon two sets to one and Gaara Sanderson annihilated Tala Valkov in two sets, causing him to forfeit the third. We just got an update on Tala's condition, and it appears that he's going to be fine. He will compete in the finals tomorrow afternoon.
"We are now in the third, and tie breaking set of Singles One, the battle between the two captains. So far the match has been pretty even, with Akito Imoraz taking the first set and Kai Hiwatari taking the second. Competition is pretty fierce and I think things will only get uglier."
"I've come a long way since you left Abbey Kai. You can't beat me now." Akito stated, smirking. "Kaeth is too strong for Dranzer."
Kai growled, ignoring the baits. The truth was that Akito was almost right. Akito's bit beast's strength had grown exponentially since he had left Abbey and it made him wonder where he got all the strength from.
In all rights he had Ian and Johnny to thank for them still being in it. The Broderick-Neji pair in Doubles One had been a surprise and a half. He had expected that Oliver and Michael would face Akito and Broderick in Doubles Two, while Johnny and Ian faced Lee and Ozuma in Doubles One. But apparently Akito had different plans. He wanted Kai for himself and so stuck Neji with Broderick to fill the gap in Doubles One.
However, thanks to Kenny Johnson's quick thinking and devotion to watching the tapes from the State Tournament, they figured out a way for Ian's poison attack to render the dangerous Hyuga bit beast useless, which left Broderick's bit beast double teamed. Hyuga's bit beast's frailty had cost them the match.
Rei's loss had been a surprise, Kai hadn't expected Shino Aburame to be so strong. He hadn't really known him when he had been at Abbey, and hadn't seen him blade. Tala's loss was not particularly surprising, as it was infuriating. Gaara had wasted no time in using his 'Desert Coffin' attack, linking Tala with his bit beast. Tala endured two long, hard sets of pain before passing out and therefore forfeiting his match. Liika was lucky she only had to deal with it for a few minutes, and could over come it. Tala hadn't been so lucky. Apparently Gaara learned from his first loss.
Of course, that left everything up to him, which in reality wasn't surprising. He knew it would happen this way. It always did. Life was so fucked up sometimes.
Kai knew that he was losing and that if he didn't do something soon it would be over for him and his team and that he would have to watch his witch lead her team to the Worlds. He had no doubt she'd beat the team from Montana later that afternoon.
Liika…His eyes glanced down at his palm. The lines were still there, if a bit streaked and smudged –she had used a washable marker. His other hand reached into his pocket and fingered the ornamental hair stick, running over the smoothly polished surface. A smirk graced his lips. If she could beat Abbey, so could he!
Akito's gloating smirk turned into a frown as he watched his opponent stare at his palm and reach into his pocket to play with something, a smile growing on his face. What is he up to…?
"You were wrong you know." Kai said suddenly, his bangs shadowing his eyes.
"What?" Akito asked in confusion, tilting his head. "About what?"
"Me being like you." Kai replied, his voice even. "I am nothing like you."
At this Akito laughed, all his confusion melting away. "Do you really thinks so? Come on Kai, we both know you can't change."
Kai just shook his head, his smirk growing. "Would you like to know why I'm nothing like you?"
Akito rolled his eyes and crossed his arms. "Why?"
"Because I have something that you'll never have."
"What?" The blond scoffed. What could Kai possible have that he himself didn't already possess?
"My witch."
Akito was totally lost at this. He stared at his ex-best friend like he was insane. "What the hell does that mean?"
"It means, Imoraz." Kai said, finally lifting his head, a steely look in his eyes. "That you can't win. She'd kick my ass if I lost to you. Besides, I can't let her go to the Worlds alone. I'm not letting her out of my sight. Blader guys are particularly desperate you know."
The blond sensed the change in Kai immediately and backed up a step. The other boy's will was tremendous all of a sudden and it empowered his bit beast. It was in that moment that Akito realized that he was going to lose and there wasn't a damn thing he could do about it. Growling he shook his head in denial. Some silly little tomboy hick girl couldn't possible give Kai the strength he needed. He was stronger than Kai! Kaeth was stronger that Dranzer, so why then did the battle just turn against him?? "Kaeth go! Finish him!" Akito commanded, pointing towards the great phoenix.
Kai sneered. "Dranzer! Counter with Spinning Inferno!"
The large bird screeched in understanding and with a great beat of his wings sent a spinning storm of fire at the Cerberus. Kaeth howled, shooting a stream of fire back at the bird, but Dranzer's attack drowned out any attempts of defense and struck Kaeth with a vicious force, sending him and his blade into the side of the dish. The match was over.
"Damn it!" Akito yelled, falling to his knees. "How could I lose to you?!"
"Maybe one day you'll understand Imoraz." Kai said simply, recalling Dranzer and walking away.
Akito slammed his fist into the ground. God damn it.
Liika stared up at the ceiling of her hotel room, her unmade bed wrinkled beneath her. Inside her head there was only one kind of thought dancing around.
Thoughts of a certain blue haired boy.
He had won his match against Abbey –though not with out worrying her to death- and they had won theirs. Later on she would have to face him again, and she was excited. This time she was in perfect shape and she'd give it 110%, he would not beat her again with out a hella long fight.
"So you two official yet?"
Liika looked up to see Mariah with a toothbrush sticking out of her mouth, her hair all tousled from sleep. She had been the last one up, and thus was the one Liika was waiting on. "No…I don't really know what we are." She replied sighing heavily and returning her gaze to the ceiling.
Mariah rolled her eyes, scoffing as she returned to the bathroom to rinse her mouth. "I noticed one of your lucky hair sticks is gone from your accessory bag." She said coming back into the room and picking up her tracksuit.
"So?"
"So, I'm just curious where it went." She replied around the swishing of clothing.
"It's not important."
"It is so!" Mariah exclaimed. "They were your mother's, they mean a lot to you! You didn't lose one did you?"
"No."
"Then where did it go?"
"I gave it to Kai."
Mariah stopped and gazed at the blue haired girl who continued to stare up at the ceiling. "So that's what took you so long." She shrugged, continuing about her business, snorting. "And you say you're not official."
"We're not. He hasn't asked."
"Why don't you ask him?"
Liika finally dragged her eyes from the uninteresting ceiling to Mariah. "Are you insane? I can't do that!"
Mariah snorted again. "Why not? It's the twenty-first century! Women ask men all the time."
"That's not the point."
"Oh I see!" Mariah grinned mischievously, "Our Ika's just shy!"
"Shut up." Liika was blushing and she knew it.
"Oh well, I suppose you can't rush these things." The pink haired girl sighed. "Things will work themselves out, don't worry so much Ika. Kai will come around. He loves you right? Anyway, you ready? Everyone will be done eating by the time we get there."
"And whose fault will that be?" Liika smiled at Mariah, silently thanking her for the reassurance she desperately needed.
"Yours you didn't wake me up early enough!"
"Oh what a load of crap!"
Sweat trickled down they're faces as the two teens faced each other, both concentrating hard on the battle that was raging with in the large red beyblade dish. The battle had been fierce, ending in a win for Kai, a win for Liika and a tie. They were blading a fourth, 'winner takes all' set to decide the champion of the American National tournament.
Not surprisingly, everything relied on this match as well. As it seemed with almost all of their important matches, it came down to the last round. Emily and Jade defeated Ian and Johnny –there was some speculation that Ian threw the match, but it was adamantly denied- and Oliver and Michael tied the Golden Pair. Bryan beat Spencer but the two vice-captains also tied. Their match was decided a stalemate after an hour of straight blading. Which of course left everything up to the two captains. It was like fate.
However, Liika wasn't really laughing.
The truth was that all she really wanted to do was jump across the bey-dish and hug the life out of her cocky opponent. And he really was cocky. Maybe it was to put her on edge and to make it easier for them to battle after the earth shattering revelations the week had brought, but it still annoyed her. Which was more than likely what he was trying to do. If Kai Hiwatari was good at one thing, it was getting on her nerves and pushing her buttons.
"You know, you're pissing me off." She grit out, wiping her forehead with her sleeve.
Kai's lips twitched and his smirk grew. His auburn eyes closed as he crossed his arms over his chest. "Am I really?" He replied in a smug, superior tone.
Oh Kai knew very well that he was pissing her off. It was just so much fun, he had too. Not to mention, that if he didn't, he wouldn't get the best blading out of her. For some reason she turned to mush around him…well, relatively speaking anyway. Well, I supposed I do have that effect on women. He thought conceitedly, nodding his head a bit. Yup, it was a wonder the little witch wasn't a puddle of goo in front of him.
"Yes really! And get that smug look off your face! You look like a cat that just got the imperial cream!"
At that Kai laughed, opening his eyes to look at her, an amused glint crossing the mahogany orbs. "Maybe I am that cat, as I do believe I did just get the imperial cream." He countered, adding a wink for good measure, just to see her reaction. She better have gotten that innuendo!
Kai wasn't disappointed when instantly her face blossomed a bright red and she began to sputter indignantly. "Arrg!" She moaned, clenching her fists.
"I so did not need to hear that." Ian muttered, rolling his eyes. "I wish he'd just beat her already, I really don't want to sit here all day."
"Amen to that. How long are they going to sit around and flirt with each other? If they want to do each other so bad you'd think that they would want to end their match quickly." Johnny seconded.
A chuckle sounded from beside them and the two boys looked over to see Tala shaking his head. "You guy's don't know Kai very well do you?"
Ian grimaced. "You have a point."
"You are a sick minded pervert!" Liika screeched, pointing at Kai menacingly.
Kai chuckled. "I think that 'sick minded' is the definition of pervert my dear." He said smoothly, feigning boredom. "And you said it, not me."
"But you inferred it you bastard!"
"Tsk." He clicked with his tongue, raising an eyebrow at her. "Now, now no need to get angry. I didn't infer anything. You took it how you thought it was."
"Gah!" She yelled, stomping one of her feet and glaring at him. "I hate you!"
He smirked. "Now I know you don't mean that."
"Get bent ass! Akala! Go!"
Kai's eyebrows shot up. Perhaps he had annoyed her a little too much. He knew she didn't really hate him and that she wasn't really angry. The pressure of the situation must have been getting to her…not to mention his annoying taunts. Little Liika didn't handle stress very well.
Akala responded to her master's emotions instantly, and flew at Dranzer, glowing claws extended. The large bird screeched and reeled back to avoid the attack.
"Dranzer defense!" Kai commanded, his eyebrows furrowing. The ferocity of Akala's attack had just doubled. Good. This would make things more interesting.
Liika growled, glaring at Kai. "No amount of defense will save you now Hiwatari! I won't lose to you twice!"
Kai frowned, his once joking countenance, now serious. "And I wont lose to you at all. Prepare yourself witch, because this is the final show down!"
The two glowered at each other and commanded their bit beasts forward. The beasts dived at each other, both intent on subduing the other to make their masters happy. They clashed in a bright flash that consisted of a mixing of fire and bright white light.
Liika and Kai were flung back from the dish, both landing in a heap some feet from the battle on either side of the beybowl. They both winced against the pain that was seeping into their bodies. Their bit beasts had taken a good chunk of energy from them, and the ensuing collision had knocked both bladers off their feet and well away from the battle.
"Uggh…" Liika groaned, struggling to sit up while holding her head. Did Akala have to be that serious? She felt like someone had rolled her over with a steamroller!
Kai didn't feel any better. His head throbbed as if someone had hit him with a sledgehammer. Dranzer had never needed that much energy before! He cracked his eyes open and sat up, peering towards the smoke filled dish. Someone had to have won from that collision! He just hoped it wouldn't be another tie. He suddenly didn't feel like blading any more that day.
Eventually the smoke began to clear and both combatants, stood shakily, eagerly awaiting the outcome of the match. Who would win? In reality it didn't really matter beyond the pride of the two of them (prides that were often far too big for their own good), but they wanted to know. As did everyone else in the beystadium. The tension grew with every passing second.
"Waha! YES I DID IT!" Came the excited scream of Liika who, along with Kai, got the first glimpse of the out come of the match.
In the red dish, Kai's blue blade lay on its side, completely motionless, while Liika's white blade continued to spin wobbily, before coming to a stop before the entire stadium. The winner had been determined. Bakuten B were the new national champions.
Kai stared at the dish, not really comprehending the situation. Stepping forward, he hopped into the dish and retrieved both his blade and the blade of the now celebrating girl. How had he lost? He frowned. It was funny, like when he won before, the emotion that was supposed to be there wasn't. When he had won he had expected to feel elation, and pride for defeating the witch that had made his life hell, but he hadn't. He had only felt a sadness and a slight bitterness that she had not fought her hardest. And now, that he had lost, though he knew he should have felt angry at his defeat, he didn't. He had given it his all, and in the end, she had won because of her sheer determination and will to win.
Of course the fact that he ticked her off just before the final attack helped her considerably.
Kai had no doubts that if he hadn't gotten under her skin she wouldn't have won. That wasn't to say that she was a worse blader than he was (he had finally admitted to himself…and ONLY himself, that she was almost his equal), but she wasn't concentrating. A problem that seemed to a recurring theme between them. He smiled, a fond smile and clenched his hand around her warm white blade. Nothing would come between them now.
"Hey witch!" He called, hoping to grab her attention from her team, who had poured off the bench to congratulate her.
He was successful, when her head snapped toward the dish and her eyes narrowed at him. Gradually she came forward, her hands on her hips, her eyes glinting suspicion. Why wasn't he mad? He was smiling for pete's sake! "Don't call me that!" She snapped back, not really sure what to say.
His smile only grew into a smirk. "Missing something?" He taunted, flashing Akala's blade at her to gain her full attention.
Liika stiffened. "Give her back Hiwatari!" She commanded angrily.
Kai grinned and began to toss the white blade up and down. Oh toying with her was so much fun! She was so easy to tick off. But that wasn't the best part.
The best part was…
She was all his.
Mine. He thought, weighing the word mentally. I like the sound of that. "Oh you can have her back witchy…but only if you come and get her."
Liika scowled, more confused than angry. What game was he trying to play? His grin was rakish and his eyes flashed mischief. He didn't look like someone who had just lost the national title. He looked like he normally did when he was trying to annoy her. What a jerk. And he was doing a fine job of annoying her too, as her thoughts were clearly reflecting the fact. "Fine!"
Liika stomped towards him and hopped into the large dish, coming to a stop just before Kai. She craned her neck and looked up at him, her eyes narrowed in suspicion and her hand held out. "Ok I'm here, now give Akala back!"
He merely clucked his tongue and shook his head. "When I said come and get her, I meant come and get her." With that said he unzipped his track jacket a bit, placed the white blade in his inside pocket and then zipped the jacket back up. His smirked growing with every second. "Come and get her." He repeated, emphasizing it with a pat to his chest where the blade was. "Oh, and I should mention that you can't unzip my jacket any lower than what it is, and you can't go from the bottom."
Liika stared at Kai, a look of disbelief crossing her face. "But that's impossible!" She exclaimed, not getting what it was he was playing at. "Your jacket's done up to your neck! Not to mention that my arm won't reach up that high!"
Kai shrugged, trying desperately to keep from laughing in pure amusement. She was so adorable when frustrated. "Well then, you have only two options don't you." He said casually, peering down at her haughtily.
"And what are those?" She growled.
"You either wait for me to take my jacket off. Or," he paused, and leaned forward so that his face hovered over hers, "You pay the tribute to get her back." Kai watched her eyes as they filled with confusion. He bit back an arrogant chuckle.
"Tribute?" Liika echoed, frowning. This situation was not at all to her liking.
"Doesn't he ever get tired of playing with her?" Mariah huffed, rolling her eyes dramatically.
"Apparently not." Tala answered, smiling charmingly at the pink haired girl. "You know as well as anyone how much fun Iki is to torment. Kai's just extracting his revenge for his loss before he claims his prize." He winked.
Mariah giggled, knowing exactly what the red head was talking about. "Don't be so lewd Tala."
"What sort of tribute?" Liika questioned skeptically, clearly not trusting the glint in Kai's eyes.
"Well that depends," Kai replied, a taunting lilt to his voice. "How much is Akala worth to you?"
Liika growled. "This isn't funny anymore Hiwatari, give me back my blade!"
"You pay the tribute you'll get Akala back, it's really very simple." He said calmly, even a bit belittlingly.
Her eye twitched with annoyance. "Fine! I'll pay your stupid tribute. What the hell do you want?"
"Hmm…" Kai paused, a smirk playing on his lips, a finger stroking his chin. "Close your eyes."
She shot him a look that clearly read 'I don't like this', but complied, closing her eyes to wait for what ever he had planned.
Kai let his smirk spread across his face. She trusted him far more than she'd like to let on. "You ready?" He asked just to make her wait more.
"Yes, yes, just get it over with."
He chuckled, she was so clueless. He then ducked his head forward and captured her lips with his own, tracing her bottom lip with his tongue. She gasped, and he took the opportunity to plunge his tongue into the sweet cavern of her mouth. One of his hands came up and circled around one side of her neck, pulling her towards him.
Liika melted almost immediately. His kiss always did that to her. Her mind would always faze out and her world would suddenly become him. Her hands came up to grip the front of his track jacket of their own will. She kissed him back willingly, forgetting her annoyance and anger at him in the instant that his lips touched hers.
Eventually they had to come up for air, but their faces stayed with in centimeters of each other. Auburn clashed with turquoise, saying all they need to say.
"Heh, I guess you're not too upset about losing in front of the entire country." Liika whispered, smiling mischievously.
Kai smirked back. "Nah, cause I know you'll make it up to me."
Her brow quirked. "Really? Best two out of three then?"
"Nope, I have other plans for you. I don't want to go through that annoying hell again."
Liika giggled, but it was smothered when Kai crushed his lips against hers again. Liika wrapped her arms around his neck as he lifted her up by the waist.
"I love you Kai, even if you are an annoyingly frustrating bastard." She gasped, tearing her lips from his.
He smirked. "Same to you witchy." They embraced, oblivious to the world around them.
Consequently they didn't see the glaring, rage filled lilac eyes that bore into the side of Kai's head. Eyes that promised violence.