One True Team
Enjoy the story! I'm sorry if I update soooo late! This chapter continues from what was left off from the last chapter!
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The rest of the dinner was pretty quiet. There was no one really talking. Everyone was still quiet from the time Saber left the room. Tyson numbly picked his food with a fork. Finally, he banged the table with his fist, making their glass cups dance.
"I'm sorry, okay? I'm sorry that I said those things to Saber! I didn't know she would take things this serious," Tyson cried. Everyone jerked up their heads.
"Hey, it's okay Tyson," Lexis told him. "We know that it was just an accident. Saber will get over it very quickly. She always does. I'm sure you will too."
"She's just stressed out from the fact that the police is accusing her. . . . again," Solo mumbled.
"What do you mean by 'again'?" asked Ray.
"Saber's had a pretty rough life," Solo said quietly. "She was an orphan and didn't have a real family all her life. She didn't even have any relatives and no money. At the age of seven or maybe a bit younger, she started stealing from stores to survive on the streets. Sometimes she got caught, and sometimes she got away. But ever since she heard about beyblading, she managed to get her own beyblade somehow and has been blading on the streets for money ever since. Saber managed to survive on the streets in an alley or something for quite a number of years now. So when Mr. Dickenson heard about her amazing beyblading skills, he took her in and managed to put her on a team. That team turned out to be us."
"Wow," Kenny and Tyson breathed.
"Now I understand how come she was so angry when accused of stealing," Ray murmured. "It probably reminded of her past."
"How come you know so much Saber?" Max asked.
"Saber wasn't the only one with bad experiences," Terri explained. "Solo here has a bad experience too."
"That's true," Solo admitted. "My parents were killed when I was only 5. I ended up living with my. . . uh. . . sister for 2 years. She taught me how to beyblade and if we were to battle two on two, we always won. However, she started to act evil the moment she got her bit-beast and tried to convince me to become evil too. After two months of this, I ran away and never saw her again."
"That's enough depressing stories for one night," Max sighed.
"Listen, we've got to find Saber," said Ray. "Then maybe we can somehow find a way to prove that she's innocent."
"How can you be sure she IS innocent?" asked Kai.
"Huh?"
"It IS pretty suspicious that a person such as Saber would wake up just to see a sunrise," Kai answered coldly.
"The truth is this: Saber really loves nature. She loves watching the moon, the stars, and the sun," Solo explained.
"So she really did get up at 5: 30 in the morning for a sunrise?" asked Terri.
"I supposed so cause I've seen her do this routine before for a couple times now," Solo answered.
"How do you know so much about Saber, Solo?" asked Lexis. "I knew a little about her having a criminal record and I also knew she liked watching the moon, but I didn't know she was an orphan and a street thief. You would be the last person I thought who would know so much about Saber."
"Same here," Terri agreed.
"And what's that suppose to mean?" Solo asked sarcastically.
"Huh?" Kenny blurted out.
"What do you mean you don't know about Saber?" asked Tyson. "I thought you guys knew each other inside out!"
"Saber tends to keep everything bad on the inside and shows every good on the outside," Solo answered quietly. "She told me about her past life when I told her about my. . . . uh. . . . sister. I was the only person besides Mr. Dickenson, I suppose, who really knew about her past life."
"Oh." The teens were interrupted by the faint sounds of thunder. Ray sighed dully.
"Looks like it's starting to rain," he mumbled. "I hope Saber's alright."
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Saber sighed as rain started to fall gently out of the sky. She had run up the stairs from the restaurant floor to the restaurant's roof. The building had three floors. Saber looked around. The roof had a few metal railings around, a few wooden boxes, and a door to the stairs. Nobody was around. She walked toward the boxes and sat down on one of them. Rain soaked Saber's hair as it poured down from the dark black sky. The moon shone dimly as faint sounds of thunder was heard.
Why can't anyone understand that I've changed my ways when I was younger? Saber thought in frustration. I've changed a lot, and I no longer steal anything.
The rain responded to Saber's thoughts as a single bolt of lightning appeared in the sky.
I better go soon, she thought. Somebody might arrest me for something I didn't do. I might never see them again. Not Lexis, not Terri, not Solo and . . . . not Ray. I'll never see them.
Saber sighed as she thought of Ray. He was really nice and she really loved his jokes. But what she really liked about him was that he liked her the way she was. Saber shook her head.
I better get over him soon, but that's next to impossible. Maybe I shouldn't go yet. Maybe I still have a chance of proving myself innocent to that stuck up shopkeeper, and maybe my team will accept me back. I just hope I wasn't too harsh on Tyson. Oh great! I was just mad at this guy a few minutes ago! Oh well!
Saber stood up and turned to face the moon. The moon shone dimly in the dark foggy night, but to Saber, it shone like a bright glittering star. It gave her courage and hope. She stared at the dark sky above while she calmed down for a few minutes. Then she finally cracked a cheerful smile.
"Alright!" she said to herself. "Ready or not, I'm going to bust down to the restaurant like the Terminator and face those police creeps (meaning Officer Carter)!"
"Huh?" Saber turned around. She thought she had heard slight noise. It sounded like a shoe squeaking against the wet floor. Saber focused her eyes about in the dark. No one was there. Saber started to walk to the door when there was a thump. Turning around, Saber saw another figure a meter behind her. The person had long hair in the form of a braid, a black cap, and black clothing. Well, at least it looked like black clothing in the darkness.
"Who are you? Ray, is that you?" The person in black made no response. A single bright bolt of lightning brightened up the sky. Saber could see the person grin, and then charged forward. Saber was knocked to the floor when the person rammed his or her shoulder into her. The person didn't stop there. The moment Saber was up on her feet, the person ran again and punched her. Luckily, Saber dodged that attack and punched back the person. The person continued fighting Saber. Saber tried defending herself karate style. From Saber's quick thinking, that person was most likely a girl than a guy.
"Ahh!" Saber cried as she was kicked in the head. This girl must be a professional boxer! She thought.
The girl grinned as Saber fell onto the floor. The rain was pouring down even worst than before.
"Had enough yet?" the person asked sarcastically.
"I never have enough," Saber grinned stubbornly.
"Oh. Too bad the police are going to arrest you, Saber, for stealing from a store," the girl laughed scornfully. Then turned serious again when Saber stood up.
"Hmmph! Here's the deal: back off from tomorrow's beyblade match or I'll simply annihilate you right now!"
"Since when are you the boss?"
"Do not show up tomorrow's match and we will gladly leave your team alone." The girl cracked her knuckles to prove her point.
"Never," Saber answered. "Our team has worked up this hard to the championships and we would rather get hurt than surrender! Hah!" Saber held up her fists. The girl frowned.
"Fine then." The girl ran at top speed towards Saber, throwing a punch at her. Saber tried defending herself but her arms were getting pretty bruised. Even though she did know some karate, she was no expert compared to Solo. The girl punched again, followed by a karate kick. That threw Saber off balance, but she managed to elbow her attacker in the face. The girl cursed as she rubbed her eye. It was kind of bruised. Growling, the girl took something out of her pocket and aimed it at Saber.
"This is your last chance: give up the championships or end up with black and blue bruises all week or maybe even a few broken bones!"
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"Saber!" Ray yelled as he ran down the hall. He was trying to look for Saber in the building, since it had three floors. He was also starting to get worried about her.
"Saber!" Lexis and Tyson shouted. They were also around the hall. Max, Terri, and Kenny had decided to search the ground floor. Solo and Kai were searching for Saber on the second floor while Ray, Tyson, and Lexis were walking, or running about in the third floor.
"I don't get it! Where is she?" Tyson complained. "I just want to find her and apologize to her for what I said. Then we can have another talk with Officer Carter and tell him that Saber's innocent."
"Hey guys," Ray said. "Why don't you search that way? I'll go this way and meet back if I don't find her. Okay?"
"Okay with me, Ray," Lexis nodded.
"Right," Tyson agreed. With that, the three teens separated.
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"Ugh!" Saber groaned as she clutched her left arm. Just seconds ago, the girl had held an object. The next, it had flew towards her and cut her arm. It was not a big cut, but blood starting to drip from the wound. The rain washed it away. The object turned out to be a beyblade. The girl then punched Saber in the face, punched her in the stomach, and then threw her karate style down onto the wooden boxes. Saber could only groan when she realized that she had somehow twisted her ankle because she couldn't move it without the pain making her groan. The girl frowned, then ran and exited from the roof down the stairs.
Saber was on her back. She hadn't felt this much pain since the policeman had beat her up for stealing again as a punishment. The rain brushed past her face gently, even though it was pouring down like hell. The moon glittered. Saber closed her eyes. Darkness overtook her. A few minutes later, she could have sworn she heard somebody call her name and touching her face.
"Saber . . . . Saber!" Saber slowly opened one eye. It was still dark. Rain was still pouring. But it was much calmer and gentler than before. She found herself staring into Ray's eyes; those wonderful golden tiger eyes.
"Hi Ray . . . ." she said weakly.
"Saber, what happened to you?" Ray asked, his voice full of concern. "Don't move your arms, please." Saber's eyes focused. She was lying on her back, but her head was resting on Ray's lap.
"I got beaten up by some girl with a beyblade, I think," Saber answered. She smiled wearily. "She was dressed exactly like me. She warned me to not battle tomorrow in the beyblade semi-finals, but I refused. So this is what happened."
"Saber, I've been so worried about you."
"Hey Ray?"
"Yeah?"
"I. . . . I'm sorry for losing my temper at Tyson in front of you and your teammates. It's just that. . . I . . . ." Saber forced herself to sit up, but was too tired to move. Ray gently lifted her up to his lap, so she sat on his lap. "I DID steal before, Ray. But I didn't even go near a Seven Eleven store the moment we went to Russia."
"I believe you. We're going to prove that you're innocent for sure." The rain didn't bother Ray as he took a deep breath.
"Saber. . . . ?"
"Yeah?"
"I . . . . . I really. . . like you. . . ." Saber smiled even happily as she looked into his eyes. Ray turned a bit pink.
"I like you too, Ray." Ray looked into Saber's cobalt blue eyes as the gap between slowly closed. It was his first kiss, as well as her's too. The rain slowed down as Saber and Ray broke away from each other for air. Ray laughed as Saber yawned comically.
"Can you do me two favors, Ray?" she asked cheerfully.
"Name it."
"One: help me downstairs cause I twisted my ankle. And two: don't send me anywhere near a doctor or a hospital?" Ray grinned. Saber laughed tiredly as he piggy-backed her on his back.
"Alright! We better go back to the hotel room cause you're all bruised and wet!" Ray said seriously as he walked down the stairs. Saber could only smile and wrap her arms around his neck as they went inside the building.
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"I don't get it!" Tyson moaned. "You got attacked by some judo expert and you're still grinning?"
"You know Saber." Lexis shook her head. "If she's not smiling, then something's not right."
"Gosh people," Saber said. "I'm okay. I just twisted my ankle, got a cut, and a few bruises."
"Oh boy!" Terri groaned. The Wildcats and the Bladebreakers had returned to their hotel room and was watching TV while Ray was bandaging Saber's ankle. Already, purple bruises started showing up on Saber's arms and legs. Not to mention her cheeks.
"What happened exactly?" Solo asked.
"I was on the roof, watching the moon, and trying to calm myself down. Oh by the way," she added. "Sorry about losing my temper there, Tyson."
"It's okay. I must say sorry too for accusing you," Tyson added.
"Apology accepted," Saber answered. "Now, where was I?"
"You were saying something about the roof," Max said.
"Right. I was calming my self down and was thinking if I should leave the team for good or go back. I decided to go back because of uh . . . . .uh . . . ."
"Because of Ray, right?" Solo smirked.
"Hey! I never said that!"
"You WERE going to say it."
"So?" Saber put her arm around Ray's shoulder. "I like Ray. So? What about you and Kai, eh?" Solo frowned a bit, then walked next to Kai and gently kissed him on the cheek. The ice in Kai's eyes melted for three seconds before freezing up again.
"I like Kai too. Okay?" Solo said, proving her point. "Now get on with the story."
"Righty-o! I was about to go down to the restaurant again to apologize to Tyson and the rest of the team for my behavior. Then, this girl shows up. She has a long braid, a cap, and I think she was dressed in black. She attacked me and we starting fighting. I wound up on the floor. She then tells me to back off from the championships and no one, namely me, will get hurt. I, as a member of the Wildcats, refused. She gave me one last warning and held up a beyblade. I again refused. Then she ripped her beyblade and I blocked it with my arm and got this cut. She managed to punch me again in the stomach and then she threw me down. Afterwards, she left."
"Well, you ARE alright are you?" Kenny asked worriedly.
"Course I am!" Saber stopped laughing when the phone rang. Lexis walked towards the phone as Max lowered the volume on the TV. The Simpsons were on.
"Hello? Yes, this is Lexis speaking. . . . . ." Lexis nodded, then turned her eyes toward Saber. Saber sighed as Ray put a hand around her waist. "Yes, she's alright. . . . . you. . . you know what happened tonight? . . . . . Yes, tell Mr. Dickenson that Saber's all right. . . . . . . . everyone's here. . . . . . . . but. . . Officer Carter, Saber's innocent! She hasn't been near a Seven Eleven Store since we got to Russia. . . . . . . . . Okay. Fine. What time tomorrow? . . . . 10:30? Okay, but sir, you DO understand we have a match tomorrow at 12. Yes they changed the time for tomorrow's match and we're on at 12 pm. Okay. . . . thanks for calling." Lexis hung up the phone.
"What's up?" Solo asked.
"Officer Carter's going to talk to us tomorrow at 10:30. If we still can't prove that Saber's innocent, then we're dead."
"Mr. Dickenson told me that they have caught some shots of the thief in the store. He managed to email them to me," Kenny explained as he opened up his laptop.
"Haven't you ever heard of knocking?" Dizzy moaned.
"Dizzy, it's time to get serious." Tapping a few keys, Dizzy showed a clip of the thief in the store. She looked almost exactly like Saber: long braid, dark clothes, black hat, indigo eyes. . . . . .
"Dizzy and I DID manage to find something that proved that Saber was NOT the thief. Officer Carter said that the thief's eyes were indigo blue. Saber's eyes are cobalt blue. We even scanned through pictures of the thief and Saber. The colors are very similar, but cobalt blue is a bit more on the violet side than it is completely on blue," Kenny told them happily.
"Alright! Way to go, Chief!!!" Tyson cheered.
"Is that enough evidence to pull Saber out of the line of fire though?" Ray asked.
"No. Eye colors aren't enough to convince a police. We can keep searching. Meanwhile, I suggest we go to sleep. We don't want to be tired for tomorrow."
"Okay. Good night," Terri said as Max kissed her goodnight. Kai did the same thing to Solo. Tyson pecked Lexis on the cheek. Ray kissed Saber goodnight and helped her hop back to the girls' room.
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Meanwhile, . . . . . . . .
"So. Did you do as I told you to?" asked the leader.
"Course I did. I managed to give that little Wildcat a couple of bruises. Though I have to admit, she's much challenging than I thought she would be." A dark brown haired girl came out. She was drying her hair with a towel. Her emerald green eyes flashed sharply.
"Great job. With Saber framed as a thief and no one to stop us, we will win this championship like a flock of locusts! Solo won't get in my way this time!" The black haired girl with the red highlights held up her beyblade. It was black and red, just like the colors of her hair. However, it had more red than black.
"There's just one thing I don't get," the second girl complained. "If you wanted to get revenge on Solo, why didn't you just show your face to her and laugh in her face instead of asking me to go on a suicide mission! Stealing from stores and beating the crap out of a beyblader are not the easiest things to do around here." The girl flipped the towel onto her shoulder and put her hands on her hips. There was a purple bruise near her right eye.
"We still might meet. If the Bladebreakers and the Wildcats manage to somehow prove that Saber's innocent, we may still have a chance of meeting them. However, I highly doubt that." A smile cast on the girl's face. "And if we do meet them, we'll annihilate them!"
~ I kind of wrote that in a hurry. Tell me what u thought of it! ~ Zero2- the-scyther
Enjoy the story! I'm sorry if I update soooo late! This chapter continues from what was left off from the last chapter!
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The rest of the dinner was pretty quiet. There was no one really talking. Everyone was still quiet from the time Saber left the room. Tyson numbly picked his food with a fork. Finally, he banged the table with his fist, making their glass cups dance.
"I'm sorry, okay? I'm sorry that I said those things to Saber! I didn't know she would take things this serious," Tyson cried. Everyone jerked up their heads.
"Hey, it's okay Tyson," Lexis told him. "We know that it was just an accident. Saber will get over it very quickly. She always does. I'm sure you will too."
"She's just stressed out from the fact that the police is accusing her. . . . again," Solo mumbled.
"What do you mean by 'again'?" asked Ray.
"Saber's had a pretty rough life," Solo said quietly. "She was an orphan and didn't have a real family all her life. She didn't even have any relatives and no money. At the age of seven or maybe a bit younger, she started stealing from stores to survive on the streets. Sometimes she got caught, and sometimes she got away. But ever since she heard about beyblading, she managed to get her own beyblade somehow and has been blading on the streets for money ever since. Saber managed to survive on the streets in an alley or something for quite a number of years now. So when Mr. Dickenson heard about her amazing beyblading skills, he took her in and managed to put her on a team. That team turned out to be us."
"Wow," Kenny and Tyson breathed.
"Now I understand how come she was so angry when accused of stealing," Ray murmured. "It probably reminded of her past."
"How come you know so much Saber?" Max asked.
"Saber wasn't the only one with bad experiences," Terri explained. "Solo here has a bad experience too."
"That's true," Solo admitted. "My parents were killed when I was only 5. I ended up living with my. . . uh. . . sister for 2 years. She taught me how to beyblade and if we were to battle two on two, we always won. However, she started to act evil the moment she got her bit-beast and tried to convince me to become evil too. After two months of this, I ran away and never saw her again."
"That's enough depressing stories for one night," Max sighed.
"Listen, we've got to find Saber," said Ray. "Then maybe we can somehow find a way to prove that she's innocent."
"How can you be sure she IS innocent?" asked Kai.
"Huh?"
"It IS pretty suspicious that a person such as Saber would wake up just to see a sunrise," Kai answered coldly.
"The truth is this: Saber really loves nature. She loves watching the moon, the stars, and the sun," Solo explained.
"So she really did get up at 5: 30 in the morning for a sunrise?" asked Terri.
"I supposed so cause I've seen her do this routine before for a couple times now," Solo answered.
"How do you know so much about Saber, Solo?" asked Lexis. "I knew a little about her having a criminal record and I also knew she liked watching the moon, but I didn't know she was an orphan and a street thief. You would be the last person I thought who would know so much about Saber."
"Same here," Terri agreed.
"And what's that suppose to mean?" Solo asked sarcastically.
"Huh?" Kenny blurted out.
"What do you mean you don't know about Saber?" asked Tyson. "I thought you guys knew each other inside out!"
"Saber tends to keep everything bad on the inside and shows every good on the outside," Solo answered quietly. "She told me about her past life when I told her about my. . . . uh. . . . sister. I was the only person besides Mr. Dickenson, I suppose, who really knew about her past life."
"Oh." The teens were interrupted by the faint sounds of thunder. Ray sighed dully.
"Looks like it's starting to rain," he mumbled. "I hope Saber's alright."
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Saber sighed as rain started to fall gently out of the sky. She had run up the stairs from the restaurant floor to the restaurant's roof. The building had three floors. Saber looked around. The roof had a few metal railings around, a few wooden boxes, and a door to the stairs. Nobody was around. She walked toward the boxes and sat down on one of them. Rain soaked Saber's hair as it poured down from the dark black sky. The moon shone dimly as faint sounds of thunder was heard.
Why can't anyone understand that I've changed my ways when I was younger? Saber thought in frustration. I've changed a lot, and I no longer steal anything.
The rain responded to Saber's thoughts as a single bolt of lightning appeared in the sky.
I better go soon, she thought. Somebody might arrest me for something I didn't do. I might never see them again. Not Lexis, not Terri, not Solo and . . . . not Ray. I'll never see them.
Saber sighed as she thought of Ray. He was really nice and she really loved his jokes. But what she really liked about him was that he liked her the way she was. Saber shook her head.
I better get over him soon, but that's next to impossible. Maybe I shouldn't go yet. Maybe I still have a chance of proving myself innocent to that stuck up shopkeeper, and maybe my team will accept me back. I just hope I wasn't too harsh on Tyson. Oh great! I was just mad at this guy a few minutes ago! Oh well!
Saber stood up and turned to face the moon. The moon shone dimly in the dark foggy night, but to Saber, it shone like a bright glittering star. It gave her courage and hope. She stared at the dark sky above while she calmed down for a few minutes. Then she finally cracked a cheerful smile.
"Alright!" she said to herself. "Ready or not, I'm going to bust down to the restaurant like the Terminator and face those police creeps (meaning Officer Carter)!"
"Huh?" Saber turned around. She thought she had heard slight noise. It sounded like a shoe squeaking against the wet floor. Saber focused her eyes about in the dark. No one was there. Saber started to walk to the door when there was a thump. Turning around, Saber saw another figure a meter behind her. The person had long hair in the form of a braid, a black cap, and black clothing. Well, at least it looked like black clothing in the darkness.
"Who are you? Ray, is that you?" The person in black made no response. A single bright bolt of lightning brightened up the sky. Saber could see the person grin, and then charged forward. Saber was knocked to the floor when the person rammed his or her shoulder into her. The person didn't stop there. The moment Saber was up on her feet, the person ran again and punched her. Luckily, Saber dodged that attack and punched back the person. The person continued fighting Saber. Saber tried defending herself karate style. From Saber's quick thinking, that person was most likely a girl than a guy.
"Ahh!" Saber cried as she was kicked in the head. This girl must be a professional boxer! She thought.
The girl grinned as Saber fell onto the floor. The rain was pouring down even worst than before.
"Had enough yet?" the person asked sarcastically.
"I never have enough," Saber grinned stubbornly.
"Oh. Too bad the police are going to arrest you, Saber, for stealing from a store," the girl laughed scornfully. Then turned serious again when Saber stood up.
"Hmmph! Here's the deal: back off from tomorrow's beyblade match or I'll simply annihilate you right now!"
"Since when are you the boss?"
"Do not show up tomorrow's match and we will gladly leave your team alone." The girl cracked her knuckles to prove her point.
"Never," Saber answered. "Our team has worked up this hard to the championships and we would rather get hurt than surrender! Hah!" Saber held up her fists. The girl frowned.
"Fine then." The girl ran at top speed towards Saber, throwing a punch at her. Saber tried defending herself but her arms were getting pretty bruised. Even though she did know some karate, she was no expert compared to Solo. The girl punched again, followed by a karate kick. That threw Saber off balance, but she managed to elbow her attacker in the face. The girl cursed as she rubbed her eye. It was kind of bruised. Growling, the girl took something out of her pocket and aimed it at Saber.
"This is your last chance: give up the championships or end up with black and blue bruises all week or maybe even a few broken bones!"
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"Saber!" Ray yelled as he ran down the hall. He was trying to look for Saber in the building, since it had three floors. He was also starting to get worried about her.
"Saber!" Lexis and Tyson shouted. They were also around the hall. Max, Terri, and Kenny had decided to search the ground floor. Solo and Kai were searching for Saber on the second floor while Ray, Tyson, and Lexis were walking, or running about in the third floor.
"I don't get it! Where is she?" Tyson complained. "I just want to find her and apologize to her for what I said. Then we can have another talk with Officer Carter and tell him that Saber's innocent."
"Hey guys," Ray said. "Why don't you search that way? I'll go this way and meet back if I don't find her. Okay?"
"Okay with me, Ray," Lexis nodded.
"Right," Tyson agreed. With that, the three teens separated.
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"Ugh!" Saber groaned as she clutched her left arm. Just seconds ago, the girl had held an object. The next, it had flew towards her and cut her arm. It was not a big cut, but blood starting to drip from the wound. The rain washed it away. The object turned out to be a beyblade. The girl then punched Saber in the face, punched her in the stomach, and then threw her karate style down onto the wooden boxes. Saber could only groan when she realized that she had somehow twisted her ankle because she couldn't move it without the pain making her groan. The girl frowned, then ran and exited from the roof down the stairs.
Saber was on her back. She hadn't felt this much pain since the policeman had beat her up for stealing again as a punishment. The rain brushed past her face gently, even though it was pouring down like hell. The moon glittered. Saber closed her eyes. Darkness overtook her. A few minutes later, she could have sworn she heard somebody call her name and touching her face.
"Saber . . . . Saber!" Saber slowly opened one eye. It was still dark. Rain was still pouring. But it was much calmer and gentler than before. She found herself staring into Ray's eyes; those wonderful golden tiger eyes.
"Hi Ray . . . ." she said weakly.
"Saber, what happened to you?" Ray asked, his voice full of concern. "Don't move your arms, please." Saber's eyes focused. She was lying on her back, but her head was resting on Ray's lap.
"I got beaten up by some girl with a beyblade, I think," Saber answered. She smiled wearily. "She was dressed exactly like me. She warned me to not battle tomorrow in the beyblade semi-finals, but I refused. So this is what happened."
"Saber, I've been so worried about you."
"Hey Ray?"
"Yeah?"
"I. . . . I'm sorry for losing my temper at Tyson in front of you and your teammates. It's just that. . . I . . . ." Saber forced herself to sit up, but was too tired to move. Ray gently lifted her up to his lap, so she sat on his lap. "I DID steal before, Ray. But I didn't even go near a Seven Eleven store the moment we went to Russia."
"I believe you. We're going to prove that you're innocent for sure." The rain didn't bother Ray as he took a deep breath.
"Saber. . . . ?"
"Yeah?"
"I . . . . . I really. . . like you. . . ." Saber smiled even happily as she looked into his eyes. Ray turned a bit pink.
"I like you too, Ray." Ray looked into Saber's cobalt blue eyes as the gap between slowly closed. It was his first kiss, as well as her's too. The rain slowed down as Saber and Ray broke away from each other for air. Ray laughed as Saber yawned comically.
"Can you do me two favors, Ray?" she asked cheerfully.
"Name it."
"One: help me downstairs cause I twisted my ankle. And two: don't send me anywhere near a doctor or a hospital?" Ray grinned. Saber laughed tiredly as he piggy-backed her on his back.
"Alright! We better go back to the hotel room cause you're all bruised and wet!" Ray said seriously as he walked down the stairs. Saber could only smile and wrap her arms around his neck as they went inside the building.
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"I don't get it!" Tyson moaned. "You got attacked by some judo expert and you're still grinning?"
"You know Saber." Lexis shook her head. "If she's not smiling, then something's not right."
"Gosh people," Saber said. "I'm okay. I just twisted my ankle, got a cut, and a few bruises."
"Oh boy!" Terri groaned. The Wildcats and the Bladebreakers had returned to their hotel room and was watching TV while Ray was bandaging Saber's ankle. Already, purple bruises started showing up on Saber's arms and legs. Not to mention her cheeks.
"What happened exactly?" Solo asked.
"I was on the roof, watching the moon, and trying to calm myself down. Oh by the way," she added. "Sorry about losing my temper there, Tyson."
"It's okay. I must say sorry too for accusing you," Tyson added.
"Apology accepted," Saber answered. "Now, where was I?"
"You were saying something about the roof," Max said.
"Right. I was calming my self down and was thinking if I should leave the team for good or go back. I decided to go back because of uh . . . . .uh . . . ."
"Because of Ray, right?" Solo smirked.
"Hey! I never said that!"
"You WERE going to say it."
"So?" Saber put her arm around Ray's shoulder. "I like Ray. So? What about you and Kai, eh?" Solo frowned a bit, then walked next to Kai and gently kissed him on the cheek. The ice in Kai's eyes melted for three seconds before freezing up again.
"I like Kai too. Okay?" Solo said, proving her point. "Now get on with the story."
"Righty-o! I was about to go down to the restaurant again to apologize to Tyson and the rest of the team for my behavior. Then, this girl shows up. She has a long braid, a cap, and I think she was dressed in black. She attacked me and we starting fighting. I wound up on the floor. She then tells me to back off from the championships and no one, namely me, will get hurt. I, as a member of the Wildcats, refused. She gave me one last warning and held up a beyblade. I again refused. Then she ripped her beyblade and I blocked it with my arm and got this cut. She managed to punch me again in the stomach and then she threw me down. Afterwards, she left."
"Well, you ARE alright are you?" Kenny asked worriedly.
"Course I am!" Saber stopped laughing when the phone rang. Lexis walked towards the phone as Max lowered the volume on the TV. The Simpsons were on.
"Hello? Yes, this is Lexis speaking. . . . . ." Lexis nodded, then turned her eyes toward Saber. Saber sighed as Ray put a hand around her waist. "Yes, she's alright. . . . . you. . . you know what happened tonight? . . . . . Yes, tell Mr. Dickenson that Saber's all right. . . . . . . . everyone's here. . . . . . . . but. . . Officer Carter, Saber's innocent! She hasn't been near a Seven Eleven Store since we got to Russia. . . . . . . . . Okay. Fine. What time tomorrow? . . . . 10:30? Okay, but sir, you DO understand we have a match tomorrow at 12. Yes they changed the time for tomorrow's match and we're on at 12 pm. Okay. . . . thanks for calling." Lexis hung up the phone.
"What's up?" Solo asked.
"Officer Carter's going to talk to us tomorrow at 10:30. If we still can't prove that Saber's innocent, then we're dead."
"Mr. Dickenson told me that they have caught some shots of the thief in the store. He managed to email them to me," Kenny explained as he opened up his laptop.
"Haven't you ever heard of knocking?" Dizzy moaned.
"Dizzy, it's time to get serious." Tapping a few keys, Dizzy showed a clip of the thief in the store. She looked almost exactly like Saber: long braid, dark clothes, black hat, indigo eyes. . . . . .
"Dizzy and I DID manage to find something that proved that Saber was NOT the thief. Officer Carter said that the thief's eyes were indigo blue. Saber's eyes are cobalt blue. We even scanned through pictures of the thief and Saber. The colors are very similar, but cobalt blue is a bit more on the violet side than it is completely on blue," Kenny told them happily.
"Alright! Way to go, Chief!!!" Tyson cheered.
"Is that enough evidence to pull Saber out of the line of fire though?" Ray asked.
"No. Eye colors aren't enough to convince a police. We can keep searching. Meanwhile, I suggest we go to sleep. We don't want to be tired for tomorrow."
"Okay. Good night," Terri said as Max kissed her goodnight. Kai did the same thing to Solo. Tyson pecked Lexis on the cheek. Ray kissed Saber goodnight and helped her hop back to the girls' room.
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Meanwhile, . . . . . . . .
"So. Did you do as I told you to?" asked the leader.
"Course I did. I managed to give that little Wildcat a couple of bruises. Though I have to admit, she's much challenging than I thought she would be." A dark brown haired girl came out. She was drying her hair with a towel. Her emerald green eyes flashed sharply.
"Great job. With Saber framed as a thief and no one to stop us, we will win this championship like a flock of locusts! Solo won't get in my way this time!" The black haired girl with the red highlights held up her beyblade. It was black and red, just like the colors of her hair. However, it had more red than black.
"There's just one thing I don't get," the second girl complained. "If you wanted to get revenge on Solo, why didn't you just show your face to her and laugh in her face instead of asking me to go on a suicide mission! Stealing from stores and beating the crap out of a beyblader are not the easiest things to do around here." The girl flipped the towel onto her shoulder and put her hands on her hips. There was a purple bruise near her right eye.
"We still might meet. If the Bladebreakers and the Wildcats manage to somehow prove that Saber's innocent, we may still have a chance of meeting them. However, I highly doubt that." A smile cast on the girl's face. "And if we do meet them, we'll annihilate them!"
~ I kind of wrote that in a hurry. Tell me what u thought of it! ~ Zero2- the-scyther