Kai: *leans against wall, in the shadows* Hn...
Chibi Kai: *hides behind Kai* He's not around here... is he? Why did ShadowYami have to send him in with the snacks...?
Chibi Anya: *bounces in* Why are you two hiding!? Why are you two hiding!? Why are you two hiding!?
Kai: Quiet, brat...
Chibi Anya: *sniff sniff* I'll tell Big Anya you're being mean!!!
Kai: *shrugs* She won't do anything. She'll just be embarrassed that she was like you when she was younger.
Chibi Anya: *pouts, then smirks evilly* Then I'll tell Alloran...
*Chibi Kai yelps. Kai curses and grabs his chibi-self and runs for it*
Alloran: *runs in from ShadowYami's head and looks around, holding two dog collars and leashes* Hey, Chibi Anya! Seen the two bishies anywhere?
Chibi Anya: *points*
Alloran: Thanks! *runs after the bishies* Here, Kais! Here, cute bishonen!
Chibi Anya: That was fun! *walks off and sees Anime ignoring antics of muses whilst typing out fic*
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"Mom!!!"
"Max! Over here!"
The blonde boy ran into his mother's open arms, grinning. Behind her, some of the All Stars grinned and waved at the rest of the Bladebreakers, who came out of the terminal with their bags.
"Hey mom! I haven't seen you in a while! Why weren't the All Stars at the charity ball in Paris?"
Emily walked forward, smiling, but a little grim. "Long story short, it was too risky."
"Risky?" Tyson asked.
Eddy waved his hand. "Don't worry. All will be explained later."
Ray cast an eye over the team. "Where's Steve? And your new fifth member?"
Michael grinned and held up some tickets. "Steve's home team is playing today. We've got tickets to watch! You game?"
******
"And Meroe goes down! The ball was passed to Andrews, Collins, Andrews, Collins... Wait a minute! Steve Smith has tackled Collins! Steven Smith, who blades with the All Stars blading team when he isn't tackling players, has passed the sixty yard line... fifty yard... forty yards... Wait! Ohhh that was a nasty tackle, but Steve had already thrown the ball..."
"TOUCHDOWN!!! Steven 'The Bull' Smith has won the game for the White Horns!!!"
Most of the crowd in the stadium did a Mexican wave in celebration for the winning team. At the sidelines, the White Horns cheerleaders stood up and faced their captain.
"Alright girls and guys? Let's do this!"
******
Tyson stuffed the last of his hotdog into his mouth and stood up, waving his flag in the air.
"Go, Steve!"
Michael, Eddy, Max and Ray weren't any better. Between the four of them, they started a Mexican wave. Behind them, Anya, Kai, Emily, Kenny and Judy were sitting placidly. Judy smiled at the boys' enthusiasm. Emily and Kenny on the other hand, cringed embarrassed. Anya and Kai were in their neutral positions, although Anya wasn't as quiet.
"This is dumb. How do those five expect us to watch the game if they block our view?"
"I think that's the whole point. Not that it's overly interesting for us to watch." Emily offered.
Judy smiled at the trio. "Well, football isn't everyone's thing, I suppose. You know the four of you could have refused if you didn't want to come."
"Director..." Emily started. Anya cracked open an eye to look. Emily and Director Judy were mysterious about why they were being so cautious. Anya shifted slightly in her seat, making herself comfortable. The fact she didn't know anything made her more uncomfortable. Judy sighed.
"Oh yes. I nearly forgot."
"Hey guys, look! The White Horns cheerleaders are coming onto the field!!!" Tyson cried, waving wildly. Anya's mood darkened slightly.
"Great..." she thought, expecting the over exuberant shouts of 'Go Team' to bore her even more.
******
"Give us a double U, Give us a H! Give us an I, Give us a T, Give us an E! Give us a H-O-R-N-S! What do we have!? White Horns, White Horns , YEAH!!!"
The female cheerleaders did high kicks and flips, waving pom poms wildly. The male cheerleaders held their captain on their interlocked arms. She had neat lilac hair, framing her face. Her skin was pale but slightly tanned. Light, small and smiley, Anna launched herself from the arms and flipped in the air, landing lightly in front of her whole troupe then extending, waving to the crowd.
"Hey, Anna!"
Anna grabbed the batons that one of her team threw to her. She began a rehearsed dance with the batons, the rest of her troupe performing around her. Whistles and shouts from the crowd could be heard as Anna's dance progressed, particularly from the VIP box the All Stars and Bladebreakers were sitting in.
"Hey, that girl's kinda cute!" Tyson yelled, grinning wildly.
"Yeah, she's pretty good!" Max joined in.
"Woah!" Michael laughed, as a flip Anna did lifted her skirt up.
Ray and Eddy were no better, making up half their cheering with whistles instead. Anya and Kai shook their heads. Kenny was trying to calm the three Bladebreakers down, although his attempts were futile. Judy's smile seemed to be getting strained whilst Emily smirked a little, noticing Steve looking right up at the five boys. Storm clouds seemed to gather around him as he noticed their behaviour.
"Those guys are going to get it..." she muttered to the two bladers next to her. "I hope your three guys have life insurance..."
******
"Hey Steve! That was a great game!"
"Yeah, you rocked!"
Michael and Eddy slapped their team mate on the back, smiling. Steve was dressed in his normal attire again, but the expression on his face didn't improve.
"So, what did you think of the cheerleaders?" he said dangerously to his mates and three of the Bladebreakers. Tyson, Max and Ray blinked, confused. Michael and Eddy however, backed off considerable, laughing nervously.
"Cheerleaders? Wh...what cheerleaders?" Eddy said through a forced grin.
"I saw no cheerleaders! Did you guys?" Michael asked the other three, trying to signal to them.
Tyson didn't get it. "What do you mean, no cheerleaders? You were ogling at that captain whose skirt flew when she kept flipping."
Michael and Eddy instantly retreated behind Director Judy. Steve's face became redder than Tyson's jacket. Judy instantly pulled Max closer to her, wagging a finger at Steve.
"Now, now, Steven. Don't lay a hand on any of these boys. You remember what happened last time. You're lucky Douglas didn't kick you out of the team."
Ray looked back at Judy. "What do you mean?"
Michael poked his head from behind the Director. "Er well... Steve gave us strict rules about ogling at the cheerleaders."
"Why's that?" Tyson asked. "That captain sure was cute."
"I'd stop right there if I were you!"
The gang looked up at the voice. Anna, the cheerleading captain, had changed out of her White Horns uniform and was sporting a different styled cheerleading outfit that matched Steve's own football uniform. A white head band with a ribbon at the side was the only other difference. She skipped over to Steve and looped her arm around Steve's, much to the confusion of Tyson. Anna didn't seem to notice much.
"Hey, I'm Anna! Fifth member of the All Stars and Steve's girlfriend!" she said with a perky voice. Anya cringed slightly at that and looked away, muttering to herself.
"Great. Miss America has come to call..."
Anna noticed Anya and grinned, letting go of Steve and holding her hand out to her fellow purple-nette. Anya simply stared at the hand.
"Hey! Annabelle Bellove, but you can call me Anna! Hope you and I can be friends." Anna leaned in closer, whispering. "Between you and me, Emily isn't much of a talker. What's your name, anyway?"
Anya frowned and folded her arms. "My name is Anya. That's all you can call me. And I don't really mix well with airheads."
Anna pouted. "Hey! That was mean! I'm not an airhead. Just because I'm a cheerleader doesn't instantly qualify me for the job! You.. you... rigid... girl!"
Anya snickered a little. "That the best you could come up with? Seriously, I don't know whose worst, you or Tyson."
Steve walked up to his girlfriend and put his arm around her shoulders. "That was mean."
Anya shrugged, standing her ground. Judy stepped in between the warring factions. "I think it's time we left now. I think the Bladebreakers are a little exhausted, that's all."
Max smiled. "Yeah. And mom, when are you going to tell us about why you insisted that the girls don't go too far away?"
Judy nodded. "We'll get you to your hotel first. You must be exhausted."
******
The Bladebreakers sat together in their room. The interlocking door to Anya's room was open, the female Bladebreaker sitting with the rest of the team, an annoyed expression on her face.
"So let me get this straight" Max said, "Girls have been kidnapped here recently, but no one knows who is kidnapping them?"
"Not just any girls, Max." Kenny said. "In particular, girls who beyblade. That was the link so far, although they said that they think a pattern was developing."
Anya huffed. "Why kidnap a random set of girls and not leave a ransom, though?"
"And more over, why would they want to kidnap Anya, anyway? Those kidnappers would have to be desperate to do that." Dizzi piped up.
Anya glared at Kenny's laptop. Tyson agreed with Dizzi, and earned a bruised shin. "Like I said, I don't know who is worst; you or that airhead." Anya muttered.
The boys laughed as Tyson and Anya started off another argument. Kai frowned, thinking. Why would girls be kidnapped anyway? Kai's eyes opened at some more movement in the room. An annoyed Anya was standing, playing with the necklace that hung past her goggles around her neck. The necklace. Kai smiled. Anya still wore the white rose necklace she received anonymously from Kai on Valentines' night. He felt content that Anya would still want to wear it when it wasn't necessary.
"I'm going to bed. All this talk about the possibilities of me being kidnapped bores me."
Anya turned and was about to walk through the connecting door when Tyson stood up. "Hey! Giving up so soon!?"
"I don't give up so easily. Like I said, you're just boring me." Anya said over her shoulder, back turned to Tyson.
"Hey, why I oughtta..." Tyson said getting up and turning to face Anya. Things happened so quickly after that Kai had to close his eyes and replay the whole scene in his mind in slow motion later.
Tyson's foot had become caught under the carpet that he went flying towards Anya. To balance himself, he tried to grab hold of Anya, whose back was still turned. Anya was too far however and Tyson missed grabbing her shoulders to balance himself. He did grab the knot on the back of Anya's small scarf around her neck, however, untying the cloth and falling with it in his hand. The moment Anya felt the scarf come off, Anya's hand flew up to the back of her neck and she whirled around, red-faced. She snatched her scarf from the fallen Tyson with her other hand.
"What do you think you were doing!?"
"What does it look like I did!? I fell!"
"Don't ever grab my scarf again!" Anya muttered dangerously, retying the scarf around her neck before retreating from the room, slamming the door shut. Tyson had sat back down on the chair, a confused expression on his face.
"She snaps her head off at Anna after only meeting her once, she complains about having to be watched over and she screams at me for pulling off her scarf by accident. What's her problem?!"
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Kai: *holding Pikachu out in front of him* Here's the deal, I stop calling you a rat for the rest of this fic if you make that cat-boy stop chasing us!
Pikachu: Pi.... (trans: Well...)
Chibi Kai: *nearly begs* Please!
Pikachu: Pi... ka! (trans: *sigh* fine!)
Alloran: *stalks in with dog collars* Bishonen spotted at three o'clock...
Anime: *ish elsewhere, pouting...*
Anya: What's wrong with you?
Anime: *points at fic she read* This Mary Sue Litmus test I found for Beyblade. I don't think you'll be too happy....
Anya: *reads fic and sees Anime's calculations* WHAT!? I got 48.5!? I'm a Mary-Sue from Hell!?
Anime: *nods and looks to readers* You guys think Anya is a Mary-Sue? I don't mind honesty. Anyway... reviews!
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LiL MisS ME - lol. Anyway, sounds like you like. Arigatou!
ShadowYami - Lazy git.... Just kidding! Mmmmm, Pie.... but Ice Blasts and Popcorn!!!! *eats junk and recalls movie* 'Smite me, oh Mighty Smiter!!!!' =^__________^= Remember the monkey scene? lol.
ssykes4000 - (Chibi Anya: *pouts* Quit poking me! *drinks more sugar water) Answer to Q.1 - Maybe. Answer to Q2 - It's because it's the baddies duty to cause problems.
DragonMasterEmerald - Hmmm.... If I can think of one... What do you suggest?
Chibi Kai: *hides behind Kai* He's not around here... is he? Why did ShadowYami have to send him in with the snacks...?
Chibi Anya: *bounces in* Why are you two hiding!? Why are you two hiding!? Why are you two hiding!?
Kai: Quiet, brat...
Chibi Anya: *sniff sniff* I'll tell Big Anya you're being mean!!!
Kai: *shrugs* She won't do anything. She'll just be embarrassed that she was like you when she was younger.
Chibi Anya: *pouts, then smirks evilly* Then I'll tell Alloran...
*Chibi Kai yelps. Kai curses and grabs his chibi-self and runs for it*
Alloran: *runs in from ShadowYami's head and looks around, holding two dog collars and leashes* Hey, Chibi Anya! Seen the two bishies anywhere?
Chibi Anya: *points*
Alloran: Thanks! *runs after the bishies* Here, Kais! Here, cute bishonen!
Chibi Anya: That was fun! *walks off and sees Anime ignoring antics of muses whilst typing out fic*
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"Mom!!!"
"Max! Over here!"
The blonde boy ran into his mother's open arms, grinning. Behind her, some of the All Stars grinned and waved at the rest of the Bladebreakers, who came out of the terminal with their bags.
"Hey mom! I haven't seen you in a while! Why weren't the All Stars at the charity ball in Paris?"
Emily walked forward, smiling, but a little grim. "Long story short, it was too risky."
"Risky?" Tyson asked.
Eddy waved his hand. "Don't worry. All will be explained later."
Ray cast an eye over the team. "Where's Steve? And your new fifth member?"
Michael grinned and held up some tickets. "Steve's home team is playing today. We've got tickets to watch! You game?"
******
"And Meroe goes down! The ball was passed to Andrews, Collins, Andrews, Collins... Wait a minute! Steve Smith has tackled Collins! Steven Smith, who blades with the All Stars blading team when he isn't tackling players, has passed the sixty yard line... fifty yard... forty yards... Wait! Ohhh that was a nasty tackle, but Steve had already thrown the ball..."
"TOUCHDOWN!!! Steven 'The Bull' Smith has won the game for the White Horns!!!"
Most of the crowd in the stadium did a Mexican wave in celebration for the winning team. At the sidelines, the White Horns cheerleaders stood up and faced their captain.
"Alright girls and guys? Let's do this!"
******
Tyson stuffed the last of his hotdog into his mouth and stood up, waving his flag in the air.
"Go, Steve!"
Michael, Eddy, Max and Ray weren't any better. Between the four of them, they started a Mexican wave. Behind them, Anya, Kai, Emily, Kenny and Judy were sitting placidly. Judy smiled at the boys' enthusiasm. Emily and Kenny on the other hand, cringed embarrassed. Anya and Kai were in their neutral positions, although Anya wasn't as quiet.
"This is dumb. How do those five expect us to watch the game if they block our view?"
"I think that's the whole point. Not that it's overly interesting for us to watch." Emily offered.
Judy smiled at the trio. "Well, football isn't everyone's thing, I suppose. You know the four of you could have refused if you didn't want to come."
"Director..." Emily started. Anya cracked open an eye to look. Emily and Director Judy were mysterious about why they were being so cautious. Anya shifted slightly in her seat, making herself comfortable. The fact she didn't know anything made her more uncomfortable. Judy sighed.
"Oh yes. I nearly forgot."
"Hey guys, look! The White Horns cheerleaders are coming onto the field!!!" Tyson cried, waving wildly. Anya's mood darkened slightly.
"Great..." she thought, expecting the over exuberant shouts of 'Go Team' to bore her even more.
******
"Give us a double U, Give us a H! Give us an I, Give us a T, Give us an E! Give us a H-O-R-N-S! What do we have!? White Horns, White Horns , YEAH!!!"
The female cheerleaders did high kicks and flips, waving pom poms wildly. The male cheerleaders held their captain on their interlocked arms. She had neat lilac hair, framing her face. Her skin was pale but slightly tanned. Light, small and smiley, Anna launched herself from the arms and flipped in the air, landing lightly in front of her whole troupe then extending, waving to the crowd.
"Hey, Anna!"
Anna grabbed the batons that one of her team threw to her. She began a rehearsed dance with the batons, the rest of her troupe performing around her. Whistles and shouts from the crowd could be heard as Anna's dance progressed, particularly from the VIP box the All Stars and Bladebreakers were sitting in.
"Hey, that girl's kinda cute!" Tyson yelled, grinning wildly.
"Yeah, she's pretty good!" Max joined in.
"Woah!" Michael laughed, as a flip Anna did lifted her skirt up.
Ray and Eddy were no better, making up half their cheering with whistles instead. Anya and Kai shook their heads. Kenny was trying to calm the three Bladebreakers down, although his attempts were futile. Judy's smile seemed to be getting strained whilst Emily smirked a little, noticing Steve looking right up at the five boys. Storm clouds seemed to gather around him as he noticed their behaviour.
"Those guys are going to get it..." she muttered to the two bladers next to her. "I hope your three guys have life insurance..."
******
"Hey Steve! That was a great game!"
"Yeah, you rocked!"
Michael and Eddy slapped their team mate on the back, smiling. Steve was dressed in his normal attire again, but the expression on his face didn't improve.
"So, what did you think of the cheerleaders?" he said dangerously to his mates and three of the Bladebreakers. Tyson, Max and Ray blinked, confused. Michael and Eddy however, backed off considerable, laughing nervously.
"Cheerleaders? Wh...what cheerleaders?" Eddy said through a forced grin.
"I saw no cheerleaders! Did you guys?" Michael asked the other three, trying to signal to them.
Tyson didn't get it. "What do you mean, no cheerleaders? You were ogling at that captain whose skirt flew when she kept flipping."
Michael and Eddy instantly retreated behind Director Judy. Steve's face became redder than Tyson's jacket. Judy instantly pulled Max closer to her, wagging a finger at Steve.
"Now, now, Steven. Don't lay a hand on any of these boys. You remember what happened last time. You're lucky Douglas didn't kick you out of the team."
Ray looked back at Judy. "What do you mean?"
Michael poked his head from behind the Director. "Er well... Steve gave us strict rules about ogling at the cheerleaders."
"Why's that?" Tyson asked. "That captain sure was cute."
"I'd stop right there if I were you!"
The gang looked up at the voice. Anna, the cheerleading captain, had changed out of her White Horns uniform and was sporting a different styled cheerleading outfit that matched Steve's own football uniform. A white head band with a ribbon at the side was the only other difference. She skipped over to Steve and looped her arm around Steve's, much to the confusion of Tyson. Anna didn't seem to notice much.
"Hey, I'm Anna! Fifth member of the All Stars and Steve's girlfriend!" she said with a perky voice. Anya cringed slightly at that and looked away, muttering to herself.
"Great. Miss America has come to call..."
Anna noticed Anya and grinned, letting go of Steve and holding her hand out to her fellow purple-nette. Anya simply stared at the hand.
"Hey! Annabelle Bellove, but you can call me Anna! Hope you and I can be friends." Anna leaned in closer, whispering. "Between you and me, Emily isn't much of a talker. What's your name, anyway?"
Anya frowned and folded her arms. "My name is Anya. That's all you can call me. And I don't really mix well with airheads."
Anna pouted. "Hey! That was mean! I'm not an airhead. Just because I'm a cheerleader doesn't instantly qualify me for the job! You.. you... rigid... girl!"
Anya snickered a little. "That the best you could come up with? Seriously, I don't know whose worst, you or Tyson."
Steve walked up to his girlfriend and put his arm around her shoulders. "That was mean."
Anya shrugged, standing her ground. Judy stepped in between the warring factions. "I think it's time we left now. I think the Bladebreakers are a little exhausted, that's all."
Max smiled. "Yeah. And mom, when are you going to tell us about why you insisted that the girls don't go too far away?"
Judy nodded. "We'll get you to your hotel first. You must be exhausted."
******
The Bladebreakers sat together in their room. The interlocking door to Anya's room was open, the female Bladebreaker sitting with the rest of the team, an annoyed expression on her face.
"So let me get this straight" Max said, "Girls have been kidnapped here recently, but no one knows who is kidnapping them?"
"Not just any girls, Max." Kenny said. "In particular, girls who beyblade. That was the link so far, although they said that they think a pattern was developing."
Anya huffed. "Why kidnap a random set of girls and not leave a ransom, though?"
"And more over, why would they want to kidnap Anya, anyway? Those kidnappers would have to be desperate to do that." Dizzi piped up.
Anya glared at Kenny's laptop. Tyson agreed with Dizzi, and earned a bruised shin. "Like I said, I don't know who is worst; you or that airhead." Anya muttered.
The boys laughed as Tyson and Anya started off another argument. Kai frowned, thinking. Why would girls be kidnapped anyway? Kai's eyes opened at some more movement in the room. An annoyed Anya was standing, playing with the necklace that hung past her goggles around her neck. The necklace. Kai smiled. Anya still wore the white rose necklace she received anonymously from Kai on Valentines' night. He felt content that Anya would still want to wear it when it wasn't necessary.
"I'm going to bed. All this talk about the possibilities of me being kidnapped bores me."
Anya turned and was about to walk through the connecting door when Tyson stood up. "Hey! Giving up so soon!?"
"I don't give up so easily. Like I said, you're just boring me." Anya said over her shoulder, back turned to Tyson.
"Hey, why I oughtta..." Tyson said getting up and turning to face Anya. Things happened so quickly after that Kai had to close his eyes and replay the whole scene in his mind in slow motion later.
Tyson's foot had become caught under the carpet that he went flying towards Anya. To balance himself, he tried to grab hold of Anya, whose back was still turned. Anya was too far however and Tyson missed grabbing her shoulders to balance himself. He did grab the knot on the back of Anya's small scarf around her neck, however, untying the cloth and falling with it in his hand. The moment Anya felt the scarf come off, Anya's hand flew up to the back of her neck and she whirled around, red-faced. She snatched her scarf from the fallen Tyson with her other hand.
"What do you think you were doing!?"
"What does it look like I did!? I fell!"
"Don't ever grab my scarf again!" Anya muttered dangerously, retying the scarf around her neck before retreating from the room, slamming the door shut. Tyson had sat back down on the chair, a confused expression on his face.
"She snaps her head off at Anna after only meeting her once, she complains about having to be watched over and she screams at me for pulling off her scarf by accident. What's her problem?!"
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Kai: *holding Pikachu out in front of him* Here's the deal, I stop calling you a rat for the rest of this fic if you make that cat-boy stop chasing us!
Pikachu: Pi.... (trans: Well...)
Chibi Kai: *nearly begs* Please!
Pikachu: Pi... ka! (trans: *sigh* fine!)
Alloran: *stalks in with dog collars* Bishonen spotted at three o'clock...
Anime: *ish elsewhere, pouting...*
Anya: What's wrong with you?
Anime: *points at fic she read* This Mary Sue Litmus test I found for Beyblade. I don't think you'll be too happy....
Anya: *reads fic and sees Anime's calculations* WHAT!? I got 48.5!? I'm a Mary-Sue from Hell!?
Anime: *nods and looks to readers* You guys think Anya is a Mary-Sue? I don't mind honesty. Anyway... reviews!
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LiL MisS ME - lol. Anyway, sounds like you like. Arigatou!
ShadowYami - Lazy git.... Just kidding! Mmmmm, Pie.... but Ice Blasts and Popcorn!!!! *eats junk and recalls movie* 'Smite me, oh Mighty Smiter!!!!' =^__________^= Remember the monkey scene? lol.
ssykes4000 - (Chibi Anya: *pouts* Quit poking me! *drinks more sugar water) Answer to Q.1 - Maybe. Answer to Q2 - It's because it's the baddies duty to cause problems.
DragonMasterEmerald - Hmmm.... If I can think of one... What do you suggest?