Once again… sorry for the long update… I just started college… yay me… -_-" I don't know if I'll update as much… (Haha! Like I updated much anyway) but I promise I'll try… maybe you'll even be lucky and I'll update more because I'm on a tighter schedule… don't know how that would work but… whatever…
Kai: You notice that whenever you ask the readers something like say… who's your favorite couple or new character… the readers never answer
Shadow-Assassin: Ya well… their busy… that's all…
Tyson: Ya… so busy I bet they stopped reading
Shadow-Assassin: Must be because I haven't killed you off yet…
Tyson: Hey!
Shadow-Assassin: Just a fact… (I know there are lots of Tyson fans… just don't tell him that ^-^)
Kenny: Like the fact that you don't own Beyblade or any other anime or book or show or… you get the point…
Shadow-Assassin: *Sigh* Ya… I'm pathetic
Great War Of The Bitbeasts
Chapter 6 – A Boat Ride To Remember
"Ray… Ray?! Wake up! We have to get going… we're leaving to go to the tournament today remember?" Kai shouted pounding on Ray's bedroom door, "Where the hell is he?"
(A While Later)
"Ray… Ray wake up," a voice said waking Ray from his slumber. He opened his eyes and examined his surroundings before he realised he was still at Mariah's place, "Morning," Mariah giggled.
"Must have fallen asleep," he murmured with a slight yawn.
"Must have?" she mumbled back lifting an eyebrow. She'd woken up with his arms wrapped around her in a loving embrace and realised he'd fallen asleep.
"Darn it!" he suddenly spurted out, "Kai's going to kill me. We were supposed to go to the airport early this morning to head for the tournament."
"Don't you worry about that… I called Kai up and told him you were here and that you'd travel with us. We're going by ship and it doesn't leave for another hour," Mariah assured him.
"Going with you? That's great… The press… AKA Lee-Ann is gonna have a field day. Bladebreaker team member ditches team to travel with the opposition," he mumbles.
"More like Bladebreaker team member ditches team to travel with girlfriend," Mariah corrected.
Ray sighed and shook his head, "I guess I better go and pack then."
"I'll come and help you," Mariah smiled then kissed him gently on the lips.
So with that said, the two headed to the mansion so that Ray could do his packing.
Later on that day the girls and their adopted Bladebreaker reached the ship that would take them to Canada.
"There you are," came a perky voice. Lee-Ann Wilson walked up from the side grinning at the group slightly, "So this is where you went off to Raymond. I was wondering. Your team wouldn't tell me though."
Ray sweatdropped, "Uhh… ya…"
She suddenly turned to several men carrying suitcases and stuff like that, "Be careful with that. If you ruin any of that you're going to pay to get it replaced."
The Bladettes and Ray went wide-eyed at all the stuff the men were carrying.
"You'd think she was moving there," Nadia sighed as she shook her head and turned away in disgust.
"Jealous?" Mariah asked with a giggle, "Just because she knows how to travel doesn't give you a reason to hate her."
Nadia rolled her eyes and headed towards the boat.
"This should be interesting," Ray sighed putting a hand on his forehead.
The group finally settled in for the long ride.
"Hey Ray… Why don't you come and check out the ship with me?" Mariah asked with a sweet smile.
"Sure," he replied thankful for something to do.
"Have fun," Kintana said with a slight yawn as she looked over at Alicia, "Go fish."
"Not again," Alicia complained as she picked up another card from the pile. Go fish was just not her game.
"You are really bad at this game Ali," Kansas laughed, "Mind if I join you two?"
"Sure, go right ahead," Ray said.
Mariah sighed slightly just enough so Ray could hear her. He looked over at her with an "I'm sorry" sort of look on his face.
Kansas must have noticed this because she laughed slightly then came out with, "Never mind… I think I'll leave you two lovebirds alone. Have fun."
Mariah smiled and mouthed the words "thank you" to Kansas as she grabbed a hold of Ray's arm and dragged him out of the room.
"Hey… Why so rough?" Ray asked as he was finally let go.
"Aww… Don't you like it rough?" Mariah teased.
"Haha," Ray said sarcastically.
"Come on… Lets go look around. I heard there was a beyblading area somewhere on this ship and I want to practice.
Ray smiled, "Sounds good to me."
"Thought you'd like that… Come on… I want a battle!" Mariah grinned eagerly.
With that, the two headed off in search of the beyblading area.
They eventually found their way to the front of the ship and the game room. They headed inside and there it was. The largest beyblade dish they'd ever seen… on a ship that is.
"Wow… Cool. This should be fun," Ray said examining the bowl and the other bladders that were using it.
"Anyone else want to challenge me?" came the voice of a young girl with short auburn hair. She had deep dark brown eyes and a mean look to her.
Ray looked around at everyone. Most of the bladders seemed nervous and he doubted that anyone would take her up on her offer.
"Looks like your out of a match… Unless of course you feel like blading me?" Mariah smirked, "Or are you too chicken to battle a champion blader?"
"Champion? Champion looser maybe. I'm not afraid of battling anyone," the girl said in a snotty voice.
"Then lets get this over with," Mariah said glaring at the other girl.
"Better wish your friend luck. She's gonna need it," the other girl said looking over at Ray.
"Her skills gotten her this far. She's never needed luck before," Ray said confident that his girlfriend would win.
"Thanks for the vote of confidence Ray," Mariah smiled as she got out her beyblade and put it on the launcher. The bit on the blade glowed slightly indicating that Galux too, was ready for battle.
"I'll be the ref I guess," Ray offered as he stepped up to the edge where the two girls were.
"Whatever," the brunette said with a slight yawn as she readied her blade.
"Don't you talk to him like that," Mariah growled.
"Whatever," the brunette repeated.
Mariah growled at the other girl.
"Forget about it Mariah. Just win the battle," Ray said, "For me."
Mariah nodded and blew him a kiss.
"I think I'm going to be sick to my stomach," the snot nosed girl said.
Ray sighed, "Are we done complaining yet?"
"Shut up and do your job lover boy," she girl growled.
"3… 2… 1… LET IT RIP!" Ray shouted.
Both girls pulled the ripcord at lightning speed sending their respective Beyblades flying into the beystadium. The blades headed straight for each other immediately.
"Attack Galux!" Mariah shouted to her blade.
"You are so going down," the other girl growled.
The two blades crashed and smashed with neither one giving in to the other. Sparks flew this way and that in a fantastic lightshow. All the other kids moved in to get a closer look.
"Jena's gonna win," some boy said.
"Nuh uh. The pink haired girls gonna win," a young girl said.
Ray ignored the chatting of the other onlookers and concentrated on the match. Right now they seemed very equal in power but Mariah hadn't yet sent out her bitbeast.
The two blades suddenly separated going off in different directions of the bowl.
"Get ready Galux!" Mariah ordered as she clenched her fists.
"Time to finish this cover girl," the brunette smirked.
"DO IT!" Both girls shouted at the top of their lungs.
The blades both went towards the middle at the same time heading straight for one another.
"This is gonna be cool."
"This battles over."
"This is so cool."
"CRASH!" the two blades finally hit each other sending sparks and bits of dust into the air. Everyone looked on to see who the winner was.
Ray went wide-eyed as he saw that the blade in the dish wasn't that of Mariah.
"I… I lost," Mariah said sadly looking away from the other girl and Ray.
"Told you, you were a looser," the other girl laughed, "No ones ever beat Jena of the Blade Thrashers before! And no one ever will."
"Well Jena… Some day someone's going to throw you off your high horse and it's gonna hurt like hell… I just hope I'm there to see it happen," Mariah growled.
"Why didn't you send out Galux?" Ray asked as he walked up beside Mariah.
"I fight fair… She didn't have a bitbeast so I shouldn't use mine," Mariah said.
Ray smiled gently putting an arm around her shoulder, "You did the right thing."
"I know… but it still hurts," Mariah said with a sigh.
"Maybe you'll meet up again some day and you can have a rematch," Ray suggested.
"Ya… Come on… Lets get back to the others," Mariah said.
"Right," Ray nodded.
"SNAP!" Ray and Mariah were shocked all of a sudden as someone flashed a camera in their face.
"What a scoop… The Bladette Team Captain Thwarted By An Armature," Lee-Ann said with a grin as she took a few more shots of the two.
"Why don't you get lost!" Mariah growled.
"Sure… I'm done anyway," Lee-Ann shrugged.
"Arggg!" Mariah growled as she stomped off towards the room.
"Mariah… Wait for me!" Ray shouted as he ran after her.