One True Team
~ Enjoy~
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It was night. The girl with black hair and red highlights was sitting in the chair. She wore the V-necked sleeveless black shirt and black pants. Her black eyes were alert and cold. She got out of the chair and walked over to the window. Behind her stood the girl with the reddish brown hair. Her light brown eyes shone in the room. Another girl came out.
"Is this good enough?" she asked the girl with the black hair and red highlights. The girl turned around and stared at her. The girl had brown hair tied into a braid. She had indigo eyes and was wearing a black high collared top with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows and black sports pants. A small name sticker stuck onto the front of the shirt. A black cap covered her hair as she shuffled around in the room. "I still don't get why I have to dye my hair, wear indigo colored contacts, dress in these clothes, and-"
"Quiet! You do want to win that championship, don't you? We're going to get that championship, but first, we need to put a stop to the Wildcats!"
"Besides," said the second girl. "It's only temporary dye, you know." The third girl nodded.
"Alright," she gave in.
"You know what the plan is," the first girl said.
"Yeah," the girl answered. "I'll stay out of hiding until you guys pick me up in the bus."
"Everything's under control," the second girl told the first girl, obviously the leader. The girl grinned evilly.
"Just you wait, Solo." The name on the name sticker was Saber.
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Saber surprisingly woke up in the morning around 5:30 am. Noticing that the other girls were all asleep, Saber quickly got dressed as quietly as she could after a morning shower. Slipping on her favorite black cap, Saber quietly sneaked out of the room and out their hotel room, closing the door behind her. Little did she know that Solo had over heard her sneaking out the door.
Saber snuck out of the hotel and went to a park nearby. The sky was barely bright and hardly anyone was even up yet. Settling herself on a bench, Saber did one of her favorite things: watch the sunrise. That would be her second most favorite thing to do. The first thing would be watching the moon. Saber always watched the moon and the sun by herself because she liked watching it alone and because no one really had interest in watching full moons and sunrises/sets. Lexis didn't care much about nature, Terri only talked about the stars and her horoscopes, and even though Solo mentioned the full moon once in a while, she didn't really thought gazing at a round circle every night was any fun. So Saber watched it by herself. Sighing, she watched as the sun slowly crept up from the horizon and lightened up the sky.
At the same time. . . . . .
The birds chirped a few notes as the girl walked down the store. Long brown braid, black clothes, black hat, and a simple white nametag on the front. Smiling wickedly, the girl stopped in front of a Seven Eleven store. Since it was opened twenty-four seven, the storekeeper tiredly gazed up when the door opened.
"Begin Operation Destruction," said the voice on the girl's earphone. The girl walked down the aisle, then grabbed an apple off the shelf and ran down the aisle, kicking a couple of shelves as she ran, causing boxes and cans to fall off.
"Hey you!" the storekeeper yelled loudly. "What the hell do you think you're doing? Come back here!" The girl ran past him, a sheet of paper falling behind her as she slammed the door in the storekeeper's face. "Come back!" The storekeeper raised a fist at the running girl, but she was too far ahead for him to catch up. "Thief! You rascal! I'll get you for this, you little rat!" The storekeeper ran back into the store and picked up the phone.
"Operator, get me the police!" he yelled into the phone. There was a few seconds of silence before the storekeeper continued. "Yes, officer! I'm reporting to you because some teenage girl just stole an apple from my store and wrecked it! . . . . . She came here around. . . . eh. . . 5:35, I think. . . . yeah, stole an apple, kicked a couple of shelves in the aisles, knocked goods over and didn't even bother paying for the wreckage or the apple!!!! Description? . . . . uh. . . . medium height, I suppose. . . . . brown hair. . . . long braid. . . . . indigo blue eyes perhaps. . . . . . eh. . . black high collared shirt. . . . sleeves were rolled up to the elbows. . . . . . black pants. . . . . black cap. . . . cap?. . . . I don't know which brand, for Pete's sake!. . . . . . and. . . I do recall a nametag on the front of the shirt. . . . let's see. . . . it said. . . . Sasica. . . no. . . Sandy. . . . no. . . . .Salad. . .no way. . . . um. . . . Sa-something. . .. . ." The storekeeper paused when he spied the piece of paper the mysterious thief had dropped. It was a photograph of four girls. The photograph had the name the Wildcats on it. Four girls were in the photo. The bottom of the photograph read, "Beybladers of the Wildcats from left to right: Solo, Terri, Lexis and Saber".
Hmm, the storekeeper thought. It must be that braided girl in the picture. Saber, hmm. "Uh yes?. . . . . . I think the name of the girl is Saber. . . . . . yeah. . . . . details?. . . . . well the girl dropped this photograph and from the look of it, I say that girl is a beyblader. . . . . the Wildcats. . . . . I do have a security camera. . . . . . yes. . I'll replay the tape for you. . . . Yes . . . thank you. . . . .the girl ran down the street and disappeared. . . . . . . okay. . . . . thanks. . . . . . .. no, I do not sell doughnuts!. . . . . ."
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"Wake up!" Max yelled. Kenny whacked Tyson on the head with a pillow.
"Tyson, if you don't hurry, we'll miss the quarter final round!" Kenny cried. Ray and Kai didn't even bother to go in the room. Instead, they sat down on the couch with Solo and Lexis. Terri decided to go help Max and Kenny with Tyson.
"Morning," Lexis greeted Ray and Kai.
"Morning to you," Ray responded. Kai just kind of nodded as Solo sat beside him.
"Tyson won't get up again?" Lexis asked Ray.
"Yeah," Ray answered in disbelief. "You won't believe how late he wakes up!"
"At least Terri's back and healthy," Lexis sighed.
"Say, where's Saber? She's usually here to liven things up," Ray said.
"You mean you haven't seen her either?" Lexis asked.
"Eh. . . . yeah. . . . . why?" Ray sputtered in surprise.
"Oh. I don't know. I thought maybe she was with you," Lexis said in a teasing voice that made Ray turn pink. "You know. She kind of likes you, and you kind of like her, so. . ."
"Anywaaays, what do you mean she's not with you?" Ray changed the subject. Lexis turned serious again.
"Saber wasn't in bed this morning when we woke up. Maybe she went outside or something, but who knows?" Lexis shrugged.
"She did get up early in the morning," Solo said slowly.
"What do you mean?" Ray asked.
"She got up in the morning, and left the hotel room."
"Will she come back?" Kai asked quietly.
"She will. She has to," Lexis answered. "Otherwise, she can't battle."
"She'll probably come back soon," Ray insisted. "Maybe she just went to get a drink or something."
"She got up around 5 in the morning," Solo said.
"Huh?" Lexis stuttered. "Why would Saber do that?" At the moment, the door opened and in stumbled Saber, panting and all. Her face was red and she was breathing heavily. Ray smiled in relief that she'd come back. It worried him for a while that Saber was missing.
"Hey Saber," Lexis said. "Where've you been?"
"Uh. . . . . I was up again in the park. . . ." Saber said in a hurry. "Hi Ray!"
"Hey!"
"Alright, I'm up already!!!" Tyson shouted from the room. Lexis laughed, as she went inside. Saber took her spot and sat next to Ray. Ray blushed slightly as he looked at her cute face.
"So, where've you been?" he asked her. "You look like you've been running."
"Yeah," Saber sighed. "I was. I realized what the time was and quickly ran back here."
"Are we going yet?" asked Solo.
"Until Tyson gets here, we'll have to wait," Kai answered in disgust.
"Okay! I'm back!" Tyson yelled as he ran out of the room, then tripped over his own feet. Lexis laughed as Max, Kenny, and Terri shook their heads.
"Let's get going. We have to board the bus, or Mr. Dickenson will get mad at us for being late," Lexis told them.
"What about breakfast?" Tyson gawked.
"We'll worry about that later," Max told him.
"In the mean time, let's go," said Terri.
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"Are we there yet?" asked Tyson impatiently. He started fidgeting in his seat. Lexis, who was beside him, sighed and kissed Tyson on the cheek. That calmed him down a bit.
"Almost there Tyson," she answered. Max and Terri, who were sitting in the back, were laughing and chatting cheerfully. Once in a while, Terri would peck Max on the cheek. Or maybe Max would do that to Terri. Oh well. Ray and Saber, as usual, were trying to tell jokes to challenge each other.
"Here's a lame joke: A man walked into a bar. Ouch!" Saber laughed at the terrible joke.
"That was lame, Ray! But I've got a better joke-" And so on and so forth. Kai and Solo, however, were enjoying themselves peacefully: which was being quiet. Occasionally, Solo would play with Kai's scarf (which Kai surprisingly didn't mind) and Kai would sometimes put an arm around Solo's waist or shoulder. And very rarely, they would kiss each other in public.
"Here we are!" Kenny pointed out to the window.
"Alright!" Tyson pumped his arm in the air. "Let's go! I can't wait to let it rip in the stadium!" Tyson gleefully grabbed Lexis' arm, which she didn't mind and had gotten used to, and ran off together down the bus.
"This is the way to the lockers," Max said as he pointed to a hallway.
"Let's go!" Tyson yelled.
"Not so fast!" A police officer stepped out from the shadows and held his badge. "Officer Carter, from Russia Police Department. Your team is suspended from this battle for today."
"What?" Ray and Saber exclaimed.
"Hold on a second here," Tyson objected. "What do you have that's against us from going inside the lockers' room?"
"You are to come with me," Officer Carter said. "We'll talk afterwards. Another team will play in your places for now."
"But why?" Tyson yelled again.
"Yeah," Max said angrily. "Why aren't we allowed to beybattle today? We're the Bladebreakers and the Wildcats."
"I know who you are," the policeman answered. "Please come with me."
"Not until we find out why we can't beyblade," Lexis said.
"One of your team members has done something against the law just recently. According to the beyblade tournament rules, anyone who has done anything illegal in the last two years is not allowed to beyblade. There will be more details. If you come with me, we will explain everything."
"W-what?" Kenny sputtered. The team(s) had no choice but to follow the policeman down the hall. But they were discussing this issue among themselves.
"I don't get it, Lexis," Tyson sighed. "What does the police mean that somebody did something illegal?"
"I don't know either," Lexis answered.
"Do you think it could be Kai?" Max asked, thinking of Kai's past and his grandfather Voltaire. "Maybe Biovolt made him do something."
"No. And leave me out of it," Kai answered coldly.
"Just wondering," Max laughed nervously.
"We'll find out soon," Saber said. The policeman led them through a hallway and into a room. Inside were a man, another police, and Mr. Dickenson.
"Mr. Dickenson!" Kenny breathed out in relief. "What's going on here?"
"I'm not quite sure about it boys and girls," said Mr. Dickenson.
"Yeah! That's her! That's the little creep who stole from my shop!" the man exclaimed angrily. He pointed crazily at Saber, his Seven-Eleven shop apron shaking. It was the shopkeeper. Saber just kind of gawked at the man as if he was insane. The other police stepped forward, flipping open his badge.
"Officer Barton, from Russia Police Department. Saber, you're under arrest!"
"W-what?" Saber stuttered in shock.
"Now hold on a second," Ray interrupted. "We're came here for a beyblade battle, and you're stopping us so you can arrest Saber?"
"She stole from my shop, kid," the storekeeper shouted.
"What do you mean?" Saber grinded her teeth. "I didn't steal anything from your store!"
"Yes you did!" the storekeeper argued.
"Hold on a second!" Mr. Dickenson cut in angrily. "Officer Carter, please explain yourself."
"At around 5:30 to 5:40, early this morning, a girl went into Howard's Seven Eleven store, stole an apple, and damaged some of the merchandise there. The girl ran down the street and managed to escape. She dropped this- " Officer Carter showed the picture of the Wildcats. "-on the way out. The girl was wearing a black hat, a high-collared black shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows, sports pants, and had indigo colored eyes and a long brown braid." The police eyed at Saber, who growled.
"Where were you this morning from 5:30 - 5:40, Saber?" Officer Barton questioned. Saber sighed. Everyone was looking at her anxiously.
"I got up at 5:30 this morning, dressed up, and went outside. I went to the park and stayed there until 7:55. Then I ran back to the hotel so I wouldn't miss the beyblade tournament."
"What were you doing in the park?"
"Geez people! I was watching the sunrise!" Saber snapped annoyingly.
"Riiiiiight," the storekeeper said sarcastically. "I bet you lied!"
"I never lie," Saber shot back.
"We will show you the video later and will ask you some more questions later. Meanwhile, your team will not miss the battle tomorrow. Since your team was brought here for questioning, we put in another team that was ready to battle tomorrow today, so you can battle tomorrow," Officer Barton explained.
"And one last question: Did you ever steal in your life, Saber?" The room turned silent as Saber closed her eyes painfully. Ray could see a drop of sweat trickling down her forehead.
". . . . . . . . Yes. . . . . . I have. . . . . . ."
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"You mean you have a criminal record?" Ray asked quietly to Saber. It was night, and the Bladebreakers and the Wildcats were eating silently at a restaurant. But not any of them ate much due to what had happened today. Not even Tyson could eat more than three of his usual helpings.
"Y-yeah, Ray," Saber answered quietly.
"Why the heck would you wake up at 5:30 in the morning just to see a sunrise?" Tyson asked coldly. "I could have woken up just to take something out of a store too you know!" Saber death glared at Tyson. For the first time since Ray had met her, the cheerful smile disappeared from Saber's face. She banged on the table with her fist and stood up.
"You think I stole from that cursed store, don't you?" she growled angrily. Everyone in the restaurant looked up in surprise. Saber pointed angrily at Tyson. "Well, let me tell you something. I may have been a thief before, but I never stole anything for the last four years! If none of you will believe me, then I'll just leave!" Tears formed in her eyes as Saber threw her knife on the table and stormed out of the restaurant.
"Saber. . . ." Ray looked at where Saber had ran and started to get up. Kai stopped him.
"Just leave her alone until she's calmed down. She needs some time alone by herself," he told Ray. Ray nodded in understanding.
Tyson gawked at the knife. The knife had gotten stuck in the wooden table, the dull end facing up with the blade halfway in the wood. Lexis and Terri shivered.
"Tyson," Solo said quietly after a moment had passed. "You shouldn't be too hard on Saber. She's had a hard life."
"I'm sorry," Tyson apologized. "It's just that. . . I can't believe Saber out of all people has a criminal record."
"Me neither," Ray agreed. "I just hope nothing happens to her. . . . ."
~ Enjoy~
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It was night. The girl with black hair and red highlights was sitting in the chair. She wore the V-necked sleeveless black shirt and black pants. Her black eyes were alert and cold. She got out of the chair and walked over to the window. Behind her stood the girl with the reddish brown hair. Her light brown eyes shone in the room. Another girl came out.
"Is this good enough?" she asked the girl with the black hair and red highlights. The girl turned around and stared at her. The girl had brown hair tied into a braid. She had indigo eyes and was wearing a black high collared top with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows and black sports pants. A small name sticker stuck onto the front of the shirt. A black cap covered her hair as she shuffled around in the room. "I still don't get why I have to dye my hair, wear indigo colored contacts, dress in these clothes, and-"
"Quiet! You do want to win that championship, don't you? We're going to get that championship, but first, we need to put a stop to the Wildcats!"
"Besides," said the second girl. "It's only temporary dye, you know." The third girl nodded.
"Alright," she gave in.
"You know what the plan is," the first girl said.
"Yeah," the girl answered. "I'll stay out of hiding until you guys pick me up in the bus."
"Everything's under control," the second girl told the first girl, obviously the leader. The girl grinned evilly.
"Just you wait, Solo." The name on the name sticker was Saber.
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Saber surprisingly woke up in the morning around 5:30 am. Noticing that the other girls were all asleep, Saber quickly got dressed as quietly as she could after a morning shower. Slipping on her favorite black cap, Saber quietly sneaked out of the room and out their hotel room, closing the door behind her. Little did she know that Solo had over heard her sneaking out the door.
Saber snuck out of the hotel and went to a park nearby. The sky was barely bright and hardly anyone was even up yet. Settling herself on a bench, Saber did one of her favorite things: watch the sunrise. That would be her second most favorite thing to do. The first thing would be watching the moon. Saber always watched the moon and the sun by herself because she liked watching it alone and because no one really had interest in watching full moons and sunrises/sets. Lexis didn't care much about nature, Terri only talked about the stars and her horoscopes, and even though Solo mentioned the full moon once in a while, she didn't really thought gazing at a round circle every night was any fun. So Saber watched it by herself. Sighing, she watched as the sun slowly crept up from the horizon and lightened up the sky.
At the same time. . . . . .
The birds chirped a few notes as the girl walked down the store. Long brown braid, black clothes, black hat, and a simple white nametag on the front. Smiling wickedly, the girl stopped in front of a Seven Eleven store. Since it was opened twenty-four seven, the storekeeper tiredly gazed up when the door opened.
"Begin Operation Destruction," said the voice on the girl's earphone. The girl walked down the aisle, then grabbed an apple off the shelf and ran down the aisle, kicking a couple of shelves as she ran, causing boxes and cans to fall off.
"Hey you!" the storekeeper yelled loudly. "What the hell do you think you're doing? Come back here!" The girl ran past him, a sheet of paper falling behind her as she slammed the door in the storekeeper's face. "Come back!" The storekeeper raised a fist at the running girl, but she was too far ahead for him to catch up. "Thief! You rascal! I'll get you for this, you little rat!" The storekeeper ran back into the store and picked up the phone.
"Operator, get me the police!" he yelled into the phone. There was a few seconds of silence before the storekeeper continued. "Yes, officer! I'm reporting to you because some teenage girl just stole an apple from my store and wrecked it! . . . . . She came here around. . . . eh. . . 5:35, I think. . . . yeah, stole an apple, kicked a couple of shelves in the aisles, knocked goods over and didn't even bother paying for the wreckage or the apple!!!! Description? . . . . uh. . . . medium height, I suppose. . . . . brown hair. . . . long braid. . . . . indigo blue eyes perhaps. . . . . . eh. . . black high collared shirt. . . . sleeves were rolled up to the elbows. . . . . . black pants. . . . . black cap. . . . cap?. . . . I don't know which brand, for Pete's sake!. . . . . . and. . . I do recall a nametag on the front of the shirt. . . . let's see. . . . it said. . . . Sasica. . . no. . . Sandy. . . . no. . . . .Salad. . .no way. . . . um. . . . Sa-something. . .. . ." The storekeeper paused when he spied the piece of paper the mysterious thief had dropped. It was a photograph of four girls. The photograph had the name the Wildcats on it. Four girls were in the photo. The bottom of the photograph read, "Beybladers of the Wildcats from left to right: Solo, Terri, Lexis and Saber".
Hmm, the storekeeper thought. It must be that braided girl in the picture. Saber, hmm. "Uh yes?. . . . . . I think the name of the girl is Saber. . . . . . yeah. . . . . details?. . . . . well the girl dropped this photograph and from the look of it, I say that girl is a beyblader. . . . . the Wildcats. . . . . I do have a security camera. . . . . . yes. . I'll replay the tape for you. . . . Yes . . . thank you. . . . .the girl ran down the street and disappeared. . . . . . . okay. . . . . thanks. . . . . . .. no, I do not sell doughnuts!. . . . . ."
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"Wake up!" Max yelled. Kenny whacked Tyson on the head with a pillow.
"Tyson, if you don't hurry, we'll miss the quarter final round!" Kenny cried. Ray and Kai didn't even bother to go in the room. Instead, they sat down on the couch with Solo and Lexis. Terri decided to go help Max and Kenny with Tyson.
"Morning," Lexis greeted Ray and Kai.
"Morning to you," Ray responded. Kai just kind of nodded as Solo sat beside him.
"Tyson won't get up again?" Lexis asked Ray.
"Yeah," Ray answered in disbelief. "You won't believe how late he wakes up!"
"At least Terri's back and healthy," Lexis sighed.
"Say, where's Saber? She's usually here to liven things up," Ray said.
"You mean you haven't seen her either?" Lexis asked.
"Eh. . . . yeah. . . . . why?" Ray sputtered in surprise.
"Oh. I don't know. I thought maybe she was with you," Lexis said in a teasing voice that made Ray turn pink. "You know. She kind of likes you, and you kind of like her, so. . ."
"Anywaaays, what do you mean she's not with you?" Ray changed the subject. Lexis turned serious again.
"Saber wasn't in bed this morning when we woke up. Maybe she went outside or something, but who knows?" Lexis shrugged.
"She did get up early in the morning," Solo said slowly.
"What do you mean?" Ray asked.
"She got up in the morning, and left the hotel room."
"Will she come back?" Kai asked quietly.
"She will. She has to," Lexis answered. "Otherwise, she can't battle."
"She'll probably come back soon," Ray insisted. "Maybe she just went to get a drink or something."
"She got up around 5 in the morning," Solo said.
"Huh?" Lexis stuttered. "Why would Saber do that?" At the moment, the door opened and in stumbled Saber, panting and all. Her face was red and she was breathing heavily. Ray smiled in relief that she'd come back. It worried him for a while that Saber was missing.
"Hey Saber," Lexis said. "Where've you been?"
"Uh. . . . . I was up again in the park. . . ." Saber said in a hurry. "Hi Ray!"
"Hey!"
"Alright, I'm up already!!!" Tyson shouted from the room. Lexis laughed, as she went inside. Saber took her spot and sat next to Ray. Ray blushed slightly as he looked at her cute face.
"So, where've you been?" he asked her. "You look like you've been running."
"Yeah," Saber sighed. "I was. I realized what the time was and quickly ran back here."
"Are we going yet?" asked Solo.
"Until Tyson gets here, we'll have to wait," Kai answered in disgust.
"Okay! I'm back!" Tyson yelled as he ran out of the room, then tripped over his own feet. Lexis laughed as Max, Kenny, and Terri shook their heads.
"Let's get going. We have to board the bus, or Mr. Dickenson will get mad at us for being late," Lexis told them.
"What about breakfast?" Tyson gawked.
"We'll worry about that later," Max told him.
"In the mean time, let's go," said Terri.
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"Are we there yet?" asked Tyson impatiently. He started fidgeting in his seat. Lexis, who was beside him, sighed and kissed Tyson on the cheek. That calmed him down a bit.
"Almost there Tyson," she answered. Max and Terri, who were sitting in the back, were laughing and chatting cheerfully. Once in a while, Terri would peck Max on the cheek. Or maybe Max would do that to Terri. Oh well. Ray and Saber, as usual, were trying to tell jokes to challenge each other.
"Here's a lame joke: A man walked into a bar. Ouch!" Saber laughed at the terrible joke.
"That was lame, Ray! But I've got a better joke-" And so on and so forth. Kai and Solo, however, were enjoying themselves peacefully: which was being quiet. Occasionally, Solo would play with Kai's scarf (which Kai surprisingly didn't mind) and Kai would sometimes put an arm around Solo's waist or shoulder. And very rarely, they would kiss each other in public.
"Here we are!" Kenny pointed out to the window.
"Alright!" Tyson pumped his arm in the air. "Let's go! I can't wait to let it rip in the stadium!" Tyson gleefully grabbed Lexis' arm, which she didn't mind and had gotten used to, and ran off together down the bus.
"This is the way to the lockers," Max said as he pointed to a hallway.
"Let's go!" Tyson yelled.
"Not so fast!" A police officer stepped out from the shadows and held his badge. "Officer Carter, from Russia Police Department. Your team is suspended from this battle for today."
"What?" Ray and Saber exclaimed.
"Hold on a second here," Tyson objected. "What do you have that's against us from going inside the lockers' room?"
"You are to come with me," Officer Carter said. "We'll talk afterwards. Another team will play in your places for now."
"But why?" Tyson yelled again.
"Yeah," Max said angrily. "Why aren't we allowed to beybattle today? We're the Bladebreakers and the Wildcats."
"I know who you are," the policeman answered. "Please come with me."
"Not until we find out why we can't beyblade," Lexis said.
"One of your team members has done something against the law just recently. According to the beyblade tournament rules, anyone who has done anything illegal in the last two years is not allowed to beyblade. There will be more details. If you come with me, we will explain everything."
"W-what?" Kenny sputtered. The team(s) had no choice but to follow the policeman down the hall. But they were discussing this issue among themselves.
"I don't get it, Lexis," Tyson sighed. "What does the police mean that somebody did something illegal?"
"I don't know either," Lexis answered.
"Do you think it could be Kai?" Max asked, thinking of Kai's past and his grandfather Voltaire. "Maybe Biovolt made him do something."
"No. And leave me out of it," Kai answered coldly.
"Just wondering," Max laughed nervously.
"We'll find out soon," Saber said. The policeman led them through a hallway and into a room. Inside were a man, another police, and Mr. Dickenson.
"Mr. Dickenson!" Kenny breathed out in relief. "What's going on here?"
"I'm not quite sure about it boys and girls," said Mr. Dickenson.
"Yeah! That's her! That's the little creep who stole from my shop!" the man exclaimed angrily. He pointed crazily at Saber, his Seven-Eleven shop apron shaking. It was the shopkeeper. Saber just kind of gawked at the man as if he was insane. The other police stepped forward, flipping open his badge.
"Officer Barton, from Russia Police Department. Saber, you're under arrest!"
"W-what?" Saber stuttered in shock.
"Now hold on a second," Ray interrupted. "We're came here for a beyblade battle, and you're stopping us so you can arrest Saber?"
"She stole from my shop, kid," the storekeeper shouted.
"What do you mean?" Saber grinded her teeth. "I didn't steal anything from your store!"
"Yes you did!" the storekeeper argued.
"Hold on a second!" Mr. Dickenson cut in angrily. "Officer Carter, please explain yourself."
"At around 5:30 to 5:40, early this morning, a girl went into Howard's Seven Eleven store, stole an apple, and damaged some of the merchandise there. The girl ran down the street and managed to escape. She dropped this- " Officer Carter showed the picture of the Wildcats. "-on the way out. The girl was wearing a black hat, a high-collared black shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows, sports pants, and had indigo colored eyes and a long brown braid." The police eyed at Saber, who growled.
"Where were you this morning from 5:30 - 5:40, Saber?" Officer Barton questioned. Saber sighed. Everyone was looking at her anxiously.
"I got up at 5:30 this morning, dressed up, and went outside. I went to the park and stayed there until 7:55. Then I ran back to the hotel so I wouldn't miss the beyblade tournament."
"What were you doing in the park?"
"Geez people! I was watching the sunrise!" Saber snapped annoyingly.
"Riiiiiight," the storekeeper said sarcastically. "I bet you lied!"
"I never lie," Saber shot back.
"We will show you the video later and will ask you some more questions later. Meanwhile, your team will not miss the battle tomorrow. Since your team was brought here for questioning, we put in another team that was ready to battle tomorrow today, so you can battle tomorrow," Officer Barton explained.
"And one last question: Did you ever steal in your life, Saber?" The room turned silent as Saber closed her eyes painfully. Ray could see a drop of sweat trickling down her forehead.
". . . . . . . . Yes. . . . . . I have. . . . . . ."
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"You mean you have a criminal record?" Ray asked quietly to Saber. It was night, and the Bladebreakers and the Wildcats were eating silently at a restaurant. But not any of them ate much due to what had happened today. Not even Tyson could eat more than three of his usual helpings.
"Y-yeah, Ray," Saber answered quietly.
"Why the heck would you wake up at 5:30 in the morning just to see a sunrise?" Tyson asked coldly. "I could have woken up just to take something out of a store too you know!" Saber death glared at Tyson. For the first time since Ray had met her, the cheerful smile disappeared from Saber's face. She banged on the table with her fist and stood up.
"You think I stole from that cursed store, don't you?" she growled angrily. Everyone in the restaurant looked up in surprise. Saber pointed angrily at Tyson. "Well, let me tell you something. I may have been a thief before, but I never stole anything for the last four years! If none of you will believe me, then I'll just leave!" Tears formed in her eyes as Saber threw her knife on the table and stormed out of the restaurant.
"Saber. . . ." Ray looked at where Saber had ran and started to get up. Kai stopped him.
"Just leave her alone until she's calmed down. She needs some time alone by herself," he told Ray. Ray nodded in understanding.
Tyson gawked at the knife. The knife had gotten stuck in the wooden table, the dull end facing up with the blade halfway in the wood. Lexis and Terri shivered.
"Tyson," Solo said quietly after a moment had passed. "You shouldn't be too hard on Saber. She's had a hard life."
"I'm sorry," Tyson apologized. "It's just that. . . I can't believe Saber out of all people has a criminal record."
"Me neither," Ray agreed. "I just hope nothing happens to her. . . . ."