It's 7:15… AM, I have been up since 6 typing this x.x
I'm sorry it has taken me soooo long to get around to updating!!! BUT (bold, italicize, underline) I do have chapter 4 all written! Just not typed… sooo… hopefully I'll be able to update soon.
Okay, now a few more notes, I took a stab at writing beybattles, don't worry, they're not that detailed, but I thought it would be good to try writing them. Also, I wanted to make sure you guys knew that the focus of the story is them, not Kayla. -_- Anyway….. I think that's about it….
Kazimir: DISCLAIMER!!!!!
Why do I still need to put that thing in here?! They know I don't own beyblades by now!
Kazimir: It's a formality that must be followed.
~glares~
Kazimir: Hey, I'm actually trying to help you out! Other wise you could get sued and loose what little you have!
~eyes glaze over~ Not my ANIME!!!! NOOOOOOO!!!!! ~runs off to protect what few anime items she owns~
Kazimir: ~shakes head~ Anyway, so the only 'thing' she owns here is me and Kayla, everyone else is lucky enough to be owned by someone else. ~looks around than whispers~ And if you want to buy me from her, please do, I can't take much more of this!
I heard that!
Kazimir: EEP!! ~runs away from Atealia who is wielding something rather sharp and pointy and long and……..~
Chapter 3: Blades and Tears
One week passes for the Bladebreakers and their new 'addition.' Each day comes and goes more or less the same. Kayla and Rei cook the meals. After breakfast and lunch everyone but Rei and Kayla go practice while the two clean-up. Once everything is cleaned-up, the pair go outside and watch the others train. Following dinner, Kai goes off to his and Rei's room to read. Tyson and Max play cards in the room adjacent to the kitchen while Kenny consults with Dizzy about the teams' progress and Kayla and Rei clean-up. Than, after everything from dinner has been taken care of, Kayla and Rei come out of the kitchen and they, along with Kenny, join Max and Tyson in cards. Around ten or eleven, everyone is getting sleepy so they head off to bed.
It is the tenth day since Rei's accident; the others were training, while Kayla and Rei were inside, cleaning up breakfast dishes.
As they work the two begin to talk about various things, but nothing really in particular.
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"Ready…" Kenny said, as Tyson and Max readied their launchers.
"Let…" Tyson.
"It…" Max.
"Rip!" Both yelled together.
With that the two beyblades were off. Draciel stood its ground while Dragoon circled, but with each loop getting closer and closer. The two beyblades clashed and were thrown back from each other, but both quickly recovered and continued to attack one another.
Both bladers smiled confidently at each other.
"Dragoon, attack!"
"Draciel, go!"
The bit beasts responded to their masters' cries and attacked in a fierce clash.
But in the end, only one was spinning while the other was wedged in a tree.
"AWW!!! I LOST!" Tyson whined.
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"Ready for this?"
"Yes, definitely."
"Alright than, come over here and have a seat." Rei walked over and sat next to Kayla on the coach. "Excited?"
"Just take it off will ya'?" Rei whined.
"Okay, okay, keep your shirt on." And so Kayla began the long process of removing Rei's neck brace.
For a few moments they sat in silence as the black-haired girl began to remove the neck brace from the boy next to her.
"Kayla?"
"Hm?"
Hesitantly, Rei spoke, "In all the time you've been here, we've told you so much about us, but you haven't said anything about yourself…"
Kayla stopped and lowered her head, dropping her hands to her lap. Rei turned to face her and she turned to look out the window. After a minute or so, but it seemed like an eternity, she bit her lower lip. After a few more minutes of uncomfortable silence she began to speak slowly, still not facing Rei.
"I grew-up in a small isolated village, not far from here. My mother was the local healer for not only our village, but several other surrounding villages. I would always help her in any way I could. When I was six, I went with my mother to help one of the women in my home village who was severely sick. My mother didn't really want me there because she was afraid that I'd get sick too, you see, another little girl about my age had died from the same disease. So she told me to play with the woman's little girl who was my age. Though, the way she worded it was to 'comfort' her while she saw her mother. Her mother eventually succumbed to the disease and I helped her through it and we became the best of friends. Averil and I were inseparable…"
Kayla's stress on the word 'were' made Rei wonder, "What happened?"
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"Come on, Maxie, you can beat him!" Tyson cheered.
"Just because he beat you does not mean anything, an amateur could win against you." Kai responded coolly.
"Why you!" Tyson yelled back.
"Tyson! Come on, we need to train!" Kenny interjected.
"Hn." was all the team captain said.
"Ready…" Kenny began, looking back and forth between Max and Kai.
"Let…" Kai.
"It…" Max.
"Rip!" Both cried out as they pulled the cords of their launchers.
As both hit the ground the battle immediately began. Dranzer zoomed in to hit Draciel but the other blade dodged. Just. Not. Quite. Barely.
"Hn." Kai concentrated harder on his next attack.
Max tensed up slightly, knowing this wasn't going to be an easy battle and decided to stay on the defense since that was his strong suit.
Getting tired of the fight, Kai called upon his bit beast.
Dranzer and Draciel clashed in a blinding lock that forced everyone to cover their eyes. When the light began to die down, Max barely reacted in time to catch an object propelled in his direction. Once the light had gone down completely, Kai could be seen smirking and Max looking down at the blade in his hand.
* * * * * * * * *
"So, that's why you were at the waterfall that day…?"
Kayla nodded. She opened her mouth to say something several times, but finally gave-up and went back to the task of removing Rei's neck brace.
* * * * * * * * *
"I won't loose this battle." Tyson announced.
"Hn." was all Kai would say in response.
Tyson took his stance and became focused on beating Kai.
"Ready…" Kenny said, taking a step back form their 'beystadium.'
"Let…" Tyson.
"It…" Kai.
"Rip!" Both yelled as their blades left their launchers.
If the watchers thought the last few battles were intense, than they would be blown away by this battle. For a long time the two blades fought for dominance but they seemed equal.
Dragoon zipped towards Dranzer to knock it out, but Dranzer evaded and turned in a loop to attack Dragoon. Instead of running, Dragoon went head on, both blades collided and were thrown back with such a force that both go wedged in trees, barely missing their owners' heads in the process.
Without saying a word to each other, Kai and Tyson retrieved their blades.
"Guess we better be heading in, it's getting late." Kenny said, trying to keep Kai and Tyson from going at each other's throats.
Everyone nodded and began to walk slowly back to the cabin in silence. Walking in the door they heard Kayla crying and between sobs, "But what am I to do, Rei, I'm all alone?!"
Rei reached out and pulled her into an embrace and spoke reassuringly to her, "No you're not."
Hugging Rei back she responded in a small voice, "Thank you."
The Bladebreakers who had just come in looked at one another; no one sure as to what was going on. Tyson cleared his throat to try and get their attention. And it worked. Both dark-haired teens looked at him. Rubbing the tears from her face Kayla quickly stood-up and gathered the cloth that had once been around Rei's neck. Bowing her head in acknowledgement of the others, she murmured something inaudible as she walked into her room and closed the door behind her.
An uncomfortable silence fell on the group.
"I can practice tomorrow." Rei said tentatively after a few infinite minutes.
"Oh, yeah! You got your brace off!" Tyson exclaimed, glad that the tension had been broken.
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Yeah, I know it's short, but chapter 4 is at least twice this length, so stick around! You might learn something! ~clasps hands over mouth~
Kayla: please, just review, it'll make all the Bladebreakers very happy! ^.^
Kai: ~walks in~
Kai, don't you dare! Not till after next chapter!
Kai: ~glares, but walks away~
^.^ so R&R!!!! PLEASEY!!!!!!