Anime: Hey! I'm on a roll! I just hope I can finish this so I can
concentrate on my other unfinished works... and I just had to post a new
story up, didn't I...
Kai: Putting too many eggs in your basket, eh?
Anime: Unlike you and your relationship with Anya?
Kai: *scowls and walks away*
Anime: *pumps fist in the air* SCORE! ____________________________________________________________
It was a couple of hours since the Majestics arrived at the Bladebreakers' door. They all had also visited the All Stars for information, but came up short. Deciding that it would just drive them crazy just waiting for Robert to call, Tyson dragged them to the park.
Kids were standing around dishes in the centre of the park, releasing their beyblades into the dishes and cheering and shouting. Tyson turned and grinned at the sombre group. "You know what'll take our minds off this? A beybattle! Who's up for it?"
"Is it really an appropriate time for a beybattle?" Rosa asked. "I mean, with Robert..."
"It wouldn't BE any more of an appropriate time. Look, it'll be pointless for a huge group of the best bladers the world has to offer to just walk around waiting for a potentially love sick team leader to call. We need to blade so that we won't go crazy with worry. What d'you say?"
Anya blinked and stared at Tyson. "For once, you actually made sense..."
Tyson pulled a face at Anya and ran up to the nearest free dish. "So, who's gonna go up with the current World Champ!?"
"Some World Champion. You won by a fluke."
Tyson scowled at the purple-nette he always fought with. Anna hopped up to the dish. "I wanna blade, but against Anya!"
"Why?" Anya asked suspiciously.
"I'm still annoyed that you called me an airhead. I'm going to show you that I am not!"
Anya accepted and climbed up to the other end. She held out her blade and launcher. "Ready."
"Ready!"
Michael stood up to referee. "Okay girls!? Let's make this a clean, fair and honest battle..." Michael held up his hand. "Who am I kidding; I wanna see a dirty cat fight. Three, two, one, let it rrriiiiiippppppp!"
Anna threw her baton launcher in the air. When it fell, she caught it in mid air and sharply pointed it forward. The blade holder slid down the length and released the pink and lilac blade. Anya's own purple and white blade spun in the dish next to it.
"Go Draphiel!"
"Go Tryadillo!!!"
A pink and lilac armadillo came out and called out. The red and white harpy simply screeched in reply. Anna smiled at her bitbeast and pointed her baton launcher forward.
"Alright, Tryadilo; use your Armour Roll!!!"
The armadillo curled up and rolled swiftly towards the harpy. Draphiel screeched when the armadillo impacted dead on.
"Draphiel!!! Let's call in the cavalry!" Anya lifted an arm in the air. "Icy Apparition!"
The Bladebreakers were already rubbing their shoulders. Emily glanced from the dish and attack to the Bladebreakers, confused.
"What's going on? Anya didn't use that attack during training yesterday."
Max smiled at Emily. "Well, this is fairly new. Anya only showed it to us a couple of days ago when we went up against the Dark Bladers."
The mist grew thicker and swirled around the two purple-nettes and their referee, Michael. Anna whimpered a little and hugged her baton.
"Wh...what is this!? This is sssssssooooooooo scary!"
Draphiel screeched again, calling the ghostly harpies. Michael yelled when on rose directly in front of him. Anna screamed pretty loudly at the sight.
"This is something out of a horror movie!"
Anya simply smiled. "Alright Draphiel; DO IT!!!"
The seven ghosts shot out and bombarded the armadillo. The bitbeast curled up, the armour unaffected by the attacks.
"What the...!?"
"You forgot, Anya! The armadillo has plated armour which protects it against any attack! So now, all that's left for me to do is to call on another Armour Roll!!!"
The armadillo, still curled up, rolled through the ghosts and smashed again into the harpy. Before Draphiel could recover, the armadillo moved around and hit her again. Anya growled in annoyance, clenching her fists.
"It's not over yet! Draphiel!!!!"
"Tryadillo!!!"
The armadillo collided again with the harpy, the mist and ghosts around them closing in, blocking the bitbeasts from view. Suddenly, the mist cleared and there was no sign of the ghosts. Both bitbeasts were missing and neither blade was spinning.
"This match is a tie!" Michael called out.
Anya scowled when she picked up her blade. Kai put a hand on her shoulder.
"Don't worry. You have improved."
"Not by much." Anya muttered and turned her back on Anna, who walked up to the two.
"Wow! That was some match! I hope we could do that again!"
******
"C'mon! It was fun last time!"
"But we played that last night! Can't we play another game?"
Anya sighed, staring at her ceiling. She was hoping to catch up on some sleep when they got back to the hotel, but the chattering from the other room kept her up. She sat up and opened the connecting door with her foot. The other bladers looked up at the sound of the bang.
"Hey, Anya! D'you want to join us?" Anna said.
"I'm going to take a walk."
Kenny stood up. "But Anya. With all the kidnappings going on, you can't. Not on your own anyway!"
"I'll go."
"Kai?"
Kai stood up. "I can't take your squabbling anyway."
Anya shrugged and walked out of the room. Kai walked a little behind her, ignoring whatever the others were saying. This could be my chance... Kai thought.
******
"Look."
Anya picked up a newspaper from a nearby stand and read it. The vendor frowned and poked his head out. "Hey, little missy. You wanna read it, you pay for it." Kai gave the guy some change and read over Anya's shoulder.
"What is it?"
Anya opened the newspaper up. Kai spotted the pictures of Boris Balkov and some of his scientists.
"Listen to this. 'The Demolition Boys were questioned yesterday about the whereabouts of Boris Balkov and his scientists, who are all still at large. His son, Alexander Balkov, who is also a member of the said team, was quoted saying, 'Should we find out where my father is, we will notify the authorities immediately. We don't want him to try and regain the power he had once and endanger the world'. Officials say that they suspect that Balkov and his associates may either be in Europe or America, although they cannot be too sure...'"
Anya stopped reading and frowned slightly. She re read the whole article before speaking again. "Poor Alexander. He shouldn't have to be put through this because of his father."
Kai nodded and took the paper back. "You sound like you know how the guy feels."
Anya shrugged and folded her arms. She walked away, Kai following not too far away. He read the news article himself, thinking. When he looked up again, he found Anya looking at him.
"What is it?"
Anya shook her head. "Nothing. I thought I needed to tell you something, but it's not that important."
Kai just watched the other girl pick up the pace a little, confused. He wondered and imagined what Anya had wanted to say. He followed Anya back to the hotel, wondering when he could tell Anya what he wanted to say.
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Anime: heheheheh...
Chibi Kai: You're really mean, you know that...
Anime: Well, I can't help it if Kai and Anya provide me some great ammunition! Now, on with the reviews!
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ssykes4000 - easy, by not telling you! Well, the thinking time for Shadow didn't take too long did it! I've already got chapter nine lined up too! ^_ No spoilers though, although I was shocked when I wrote it...
Mizu_Tenshi - lol! Well, ol' Robbie isn't still in drag, per se. Well, as for the first kiss scene... that's still in development.
anomynous - You'll see soon!!!
SulliMike23 - (Anya: *snorts* Why would I be afraid of your bitbeast? Draphiel will take it on anytime! As for selling my plushies, don't you dare! *hugs her plushie collection, Kai-plushie in particular) Woah! That's a good way of threatening her Sul! I forgot about her plushies!
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Anime: I am definitely on a roll! I mean, I updated Shadow, as well! Lets flew these fingers and see what I can do for Harry Potter and the Power of the Bitbeast...
Anya: That'll take a miracle...
Anime: *sticks tongue out* Watch yourself, or SulliMike23 will sell your plushies!
Anya: He wouldn't dare... *hugs plushies close*
Anime: Heheheheh...
Kai: Putting too many eggs in your basket, eh?
Anime: Unlike you and your relationship with Anya?
Kai: *scowls and walks away*
Anime: *pumps fist in the air* SCORE! ____________________________________________________________
It was a couple of hours since the Majestics arrived at the Bladebreakers' door. They all had also visited the All Stars for information, but came up short. Deciding that it would just drive them crazy just waiting for Robert to call, Tyson dragged them to the park.
Kids were standing around dishes in the centre of the park, releasing their beyblades into the dishes and cheering and shouting. Tyson turned and grinned at the sombre group. "You know what'll take our minds off this? A beybattle! Who's up for it?"
"Is it really an appropriate time for a beybattle?" Rosa asked. "I mean, with Robert..."
"It wouldn't BE any more of an appropriate time. Look, it'll be pointless for a huge group of the best bladers the world has to offer to just walk around waiting for a potentially love sick team leader to call. We need to blade so that we won't go crazy with worry. What d'you say?"
Anya blinked and stared at Tyson. "For once, you actually made sense..."
Tyson pulled a face at Anya and ran up to the nearest free dish. "So, who's gonna go up with the current World Champ!?"
"Some World Champion. You won by a fluke."
Tyson scowled at the purple-nette he always fought with. Anna hopped up to the dish. "I wanna blade, but against Anya!"
"Why?" Anya asked suspiciously.
"I'm still annoyed that you called me an airhead. I'm going to show you that I am not!"
Anya accepted and climbed up to the other end. She held out her blade and launcher. "Ready."
"Ready!"
Michael stood up to referee. "Okay girls!? Let's make this a clean, fair and honest battle..." Michael held up his hand. "Who am I kidding; I wanna see a dirty cat fight. Three, two, one, let it rrriiiiiippppppp!"
Anna threw her baton launcher in the air. When it fell, she caught it in mid air and sharply pointed it forward. The blade holder slid down the length and released the pink and lilac blade. Anya's own purple and white blade spun in the dish next to it.
"Go Draphiel!"
"Go Tryadillo!!!"
A pink and lilac armadillo came out and called out. The red and white harpy simply screeched in reply. Anna smiled at her bitbeast and pointed her baton launcher forward.
"Alright, Tryadilo; use your Armour Roll!!!"
The armadillo curled up and rolled swiftly towards the harpy. Draphiel screeched when the armadillo impacted dead on.
"Draphiel!!! Let's call in the cavalry!" Anya lifted an arm in the air. "Icy Apparition!"
The Bladebreakers were already rubbing their shoulders. Emily glanced from the dish and attack to the Bladebreakers, confused.
"What's going on? Anya didn't use that attack during training yesterday."
Max smiled at Emily. "Well, this is fairly new. Anya only showed it to us a couple of days ago when we went up against the Dark Bladers."
The mist grew thicker and swirled around the two purple-nettes and their referee, Michael. Anna whimpered a little and hugged her baton.
"Wh...what is this!? This is sssssssooooooooo scary!"
Draphiel screeched again, calling the ghostly harpies. Michael yelled when on rose directly in front of him. Anna screamed pretty loudly at the sight.
"This is something out of a horror movie!"
Anya simply smiled. "Alright Draphiel; DO IT!!!"
The seven ghosts shot out and bombarded the armadillo. The bitbeast curled up, the armour unaffected by the attacks.
"What the...!?"
"You forgot, Anya! The armadillo has plated armour which protects it against any attack! So now, all that's left for me to do is to call on another Armour Roll!!!"
The armadillo, still curled up, rolled through the ghosts and smashed again into the harpy. Before Draphiel could recover, the armadillo moved around and hit her again. Anya growled in annoyance, clenching her fists.
"It's not over yet! Draphiel!!!!"
"Tryadillo!!!"
The armadillo collided again with the harpy, the mist and ghosts around them closing in, blocking the bitbeasts from view. Suddenly, the mist cleared and there was no sign of the ghosts. Both bitbeasts were missing and neither blade was spinning.
"This match is a tie!" Michael called out.
Anya scowled when she picked up her blade. Kai put a hand on her shoulder.
"Don't worry. You have improved."
"Not by much." Anya muttered and turned her back on Anna, who walked up to the two.
"Wow! That was some match! I hope we could do that again!"
******
"C'mon! It was fun last time!"
"But we played that last night! Can't we play another game?"
Anya sighed, staring at her ceiling. She was hoping to catch up on some sleep when they got back to the hotel, but the chattering from the other room kept her up. She sat up and opened the connecting door with her foot. The other bladers looked up at the sound of the bang.
"Hey, Anya! D'you want to join us?" Anna said.
"I'm going to take a walk."
Kenny stood up. "But Anya. With all the kidnappings going on, you can't. Not on your own anyway!"
"I'll go."
"Kai?"
Kai stood up. "I can't take your squabbling anyway."
Anya shrugged and walked out of the room. Kai walked a little behind her, ignoring whatever the others were saying. This could be my chance... Kai thought.
******
"Look."
Anya picked up a newspaper from a nearby stand and read it. The vendor frowned and poked his head out. "Hey, little missy. You wanna read it, you pay for it." Kai gave the guy some change and read over Anya's shoulder.
"What is it?"
Anya opened the newspaper up. Kai spotted the pictures of Boris Balkov and some of his scientists.
"Listen to this. 'The Demolition Boys were questioned yesterday about the whereabouts of Boris Balkov and his scientists, who are all still at large. His son, Alexander Balkov, who is also a member of the said team, was quoted saying, 'Should we find out where my father is, we will notify the authorities immediately. We don't want him to try and regain the power he had once and endanger the world'. Officials say that they suspect that Balkov and his associates may either be in Europe or America, although they cannot be too sure...'"
Anya stopped reading and frowned slightly. She re read the whole article before speaking again. "Poor Alexander. He shouldn't have to be put through this because of his father."
Kai nodded and took the paper back. "You sound like you know how the guy feels."
Anya shrugged and folded her arms. She walked away, Kai following not too far away. He read the news article himself, thinking. When he looked up again, he found Anya looking at him.
"What is it?"
Anya shook her head. "Nothing. I thought I needed to tell you something, but it's not that important."
Kai just watched the other girl pick up the pace a little, confused. He wondered and imagined what Anya had wanted to say. He followed Anya back to the hotel, wondering when he could tell Anya what he wanted to say.
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Anime: heheheheh...
Chibi Kai: You're really mean, you know that...
Anime: Well, I can't help it if Kai and Anya provide me some great ammunition! Now, on with the reviews!
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ssykes4000 - easy, by not telling you! Well, the thinking time for Shadow didn't take too long did it! I've already got chapter nine lined up too! ^_ No spoilers though, although I was shocked when I wrote it...
Mizu_Tenshi - lol! Well, ol' Robbie isn't still in drag, per se. Well, as for the first kiss scene... that's still in development.
anomynous - You'll see soon!!!
SulliMike23 - (Anya: *snorts* Why would I be afraid of your bitbeast? Draphiel will take it on anytime! As for selling my plushies, don't you dare! *hugs her plushie collection, Kai-plushie in particular) Woah! That's a good way of threatening her Sul! I forgot about her plushies!
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Anime: I am definitely on a roll! I mean, I updated Shadow, as well! Lets flew these fingers and see what I can do for Harry Potter and the Power of the Bitbeast...
Anya: That'll take a miracle...
Anime: *sticks tongue out* Watch yourself, or SulliMike23 will sell your plushies!
Anya: He wouldn't dare... *hugs plushies close*
Anime: Heheheheh...