Kurayami_Tenshi: Whee! Hope everyone had a happy new year! ::beams around::
Mysterious voice: They probably did, since you weren't around.
Kurayami_Tenshi: ::snorts:: Anyway, thank you to Hunter-Kasumi, yuii and Marochre Iatrone for reviewing! It really means a lot to me!
Mysterious voice: Young ladies aren't meant to snort!
Kurayami_Tenshi: Yes, the tournament 'should' be starting soon, so please keep reading Hunter-Kasumi, happy to hear you like it!
Mysterious voice: Stop ignoring me!
Kurayami_Tenshi: Very, very serious, yuii, as you will soon see, ::laughs evilly then run out of air and chokes::
Mysterious voice: It's a sign! It's evil! Evil I tell you!
Kurayami_Tenshi: Hope you like the rest of it, Marochre Iatrone, hope you don't get too busted . . . ::sweatdrop::
Mysterious voice: Here's the fic!
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Chapter 11 - I Hate my Emotions
Henry glared at Max who was grinning at his team. /Max Tate . . . I will make it my mission to make sure you won't get past the cuts to the finals . . . by any means necessary."
David gave Henry a look that clearly said 'you're pathetic', and turned away, folding his arms.
"Good match," said Max, holding out his hand with a friendly smile. However, he had an expression of surprise on his face when Henry shoved his hand away and stalked off. David followed, the third member of the team trailing behind while the girl stood back, after a quick glance at Henry.
"Don't mind about them," she said with a laugh. "They hate losing. By the way, I'm Cassandra. But you can call me Cassie," she added, batting her heavily made up lashes.
Her chestnut-brown hair looked artificially shiny, like she had layered heaps of that 'natural shine' dye on it, and there was a ring of hazel- coloured iris where her coloured contacts weren't quite covering over them.
"Hi, I'm Max," repeated Max, holding out his hand. Cassie took it just as the Dark Angels came over.
"Well done Max," said Meia with a dazzling smile, as the rest of them crowded around.
Akai cheered enthusiastically, causing Kai to wince with her not-so-quiet voice sounding a little too close to him for comfort. Spinning around, Akai caught sight of him grimacing and giggled, seriously pissing him off even more.
Miyako nudged Reni, who was standing with a carefully blank expression on her face.
"Okay! Anyone wanna come with us to go see the tournament board?" she asked.
Tyson, Rei, Max and Kenny agreed to go, while Kai looked . . . well, he wasn't showing as much enthusiasm as everyone else.
"Let's go then!"
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"Hmm, lets see . . . HEY! Where's our team name?!" wailed Akai after reading the board.
::Bladebreakers and Dark Angels sweat drop::
"Akai . . . we don't have to battle until the finals . . ." informed Meia calmly, like this kind of thing happened often. Which it probably did, knowing Akai . . .
"Oh." Akai beamed. "That's okay then. Who are you up against?" she asked Kenny, who blushed. (A/N: aww . . . isn't that sweet???)
"Uh, um . . ."
"We're up against the Dream Shatters," replied Rei.
"The Dream Shatters?" Miyako echoed thoughtfully. "Oh, they've got some pretty cute guys on that team, don't they Reni?"
Reni glared at Miyako, who smiled cheerfully. /What does it take to get her to smile sometimes/
"So, Cassie, who's your team against?" asked Max, noticing that she wasn't saying much.
However, upon hearing him speak to her, she smiled, lashes fluttering as she sidled up closer to him.
"Let me see," said Cassie in a breathy voice. "Um . . . oh my gosh, I can't find my team!" she said with a little laugh.
"Maybe if you look harder you'll find it," snapped Reni impatiently. /Instead of flirting and using Max as a live pole . . ./
Cassie gave Reni a dirty look, which she promptly returned, only ten times as mean looking. Yup, Reni had one of the most evil glares.
"Hey, give me back my cap!" yelled Tyson, chasing after Akai, who was laughing and running as fast as she could before seeing Tyson catching up and tossing the cap to Meia, who failed to see it and was whacked in the face.
"Sorry!" called Akai, dodging away from Tyson, and nearly tripping over. Meia suddenly grinned, and sprinted off down the corridor with it, Tyson changing course and running after her instead.
/Man, she's fast/
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Once Tyson had retrieved his hat, him and Meia returned to find Reni and Cassie still glaring at each other.
Tyson turned and was about to ask Meia what Reni was so pissed off about, when he saw her giving Cassie a sharp look too. She looked angry, not an emotion one would normally find on the calm blader.
"What's up with the girl and Reni?"
"Cassie's with the Nightmares. You know, David, Henry and Jeremy. They blade low in competitions, they play to win, and they don't care how they do it. Cassie messes with people's minds, like what she's trying to do with Max now."
Cassie laughed, a shrill, piercing sound. "Reni, hun, don't waste your time here. You go stick with what you're good at, 'k? Cause there's no way you're going to win this battle sweetie."
Reni's eyes narrowed into two slits of red, flashing dangerously.
With a sharp, angry movement, she had launched Garnet, who sliced across the wall, leaving a deep indent where she had been, before flying precariously close to Cassie, who screamed and grabbed Max's arm.
"Next time I won't miss," said Reni in a pleasant voice, which the Dark Angels recognised as her most dangerous one.
Akai, who had been bugging Kai to smile, turned and saw Reni struggling to hold her temper. Her face serious, she nodded to Miyako and Meia, who inclined their heads and looked at Reni, who saw them.
Almost in time with each other, they spun around and left, leaving the Bladebreakers and Cassie behind.
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"What was that all about?" inquired Tyson, glancing at Cassie, who had reverted back to the girl who flirted outrageously.
"Huh? Oh, don't worry about her. She's always really grumpy and snaps at everyone like she's the queen or something."
Rei looked uncomfortable at the abrupt departure of the Dark Angels, his golden eyes unsettled.
"We're going to do some training. We have no idea what the Dream Shatters can do," said Kai, his cold voice snapping everyone to attention.
"Right. Hey Cassie, you want to come with us?" asked Max innocently, not noticing Rei and Kai exchanged a glance that said 'Why is Max so clueless?'
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/Stupid emotions, stupid emotions, stupid emotions . . ./
Meia looked at Reni who was smiling 'happily' as she launched her blade into the dish. Garnet landed in the dish with the same gracefulness has normal, but left deep gashes marking where she had been. Moments later, the dish shattered.
/This is bad, really, really, bad/
"Reni, get a hold of yourself," snapped Miyako harshly, launching Sapphire into the shattered dish and colliding with Garnet. "This is no way to act."
Akai, who had been standing quietly at the side, a most unusual thing for her, had a blank expression as she stared at the door.
Kenny entered first, looking very edgy as he nervously eyed the broken dish. He flipped Dizzy open and scanned Reni's blade.
"Whoa, someone's been eating too much chilli," remarked Dizzy.
"Dizzy!" exclaimed Kenny in a hushed voice.
Tyson followed with Rei and Kai, Max was behind with Cassie.
"Hey everyone," greeted Max cheerfully.
"Cassandra."
Cassie looked to see Akai standing in front of her. Akai's eyes had a glint in them that wasn't the usual 'Akai' gleam.
"What do you want?"
Smiling disarmingly, Akai spoke in the same forced pleasantness that Reni did.
"Oh, you just insulted my team mate, and, oh, I don't know, mess with people just to win."
Cassie's eyes narrowed too.
"Hey, calm down," said Rei, attempting to break up the would-be fight, but he was ignored.
"Want to fight, bitch?" she snarled, bringing out her own blade, a sickeningly hot pink colour with red markings, with a small bird bit-beast.
Akai smiled.
~*~
Kurayami_Tenshi: Whee! Done! Hope you all liked it! ::dances around and grabs Mysterious voice to waltz around::
Mysterious voice: Stupid DDR mats . . .
Kurayami_Tenshi: Please R&R anyone who's reading! ::smiles::
Mysterious voice: They probably did, since you weren't around.
Kurayami_Tenshi: ::snorts:: Anyway, thank you to Hunter-Kasumi, yuii and Marochre Iatrone for reviewing! It really means a lot to me!
Mysterious voice: Young ladies aren't meant to snort!
Kurayami_Tenshi: Yes, the tournament 'should' be starting soon, so please keep reading Hunter-Kasumi, happy to hear you like it!
Mysterious voice: Stop ignoring me!
Kurayami_Tenshi: Very, very serious, yuii, as you will soon see, ::laughs evilly then run out of air and chokes::
Mysterious voice: It's a sign! It's evil! Evil I tell you!
Kurayami_Tenshi: Hope you like the rest of it, Marochre Iatrone, hope you don't get too busted . . . ::sweatdrop::
Mysterious voice: Here's the fic!
~*~
Chapter 11 - I Hate my Emotions
Henry glared at Max who was grinning at his team. /Max Tate . . . I will make it my mission to make sure you won't get past the cuts to the finals . . . by any means necessary."
David gave Henry a look that clearly said 'you're pathetic', and turned away, folding his arms.
"Good match," said Max, holding out his hand with a friendly smile. However, he had an expression of surprise on his face when Henry shoved his hand away and stalked off. David followed, the third member of the team trailing behind while the girl stood back, after a quick glance at Henry.
"Don't mind about them," she said with a laugh. "They hate losing. By the way, I'm Cassandra. But you can call me Cassie," she added, batting her heavily made up lashes.
Her chestnut-brown hair looked artificially shiny, like she had layered heaps of that 'natural shine' dye on it, and there was a ring of hazel- coloured iris where her coloured contacts weren't quite covering over them.
"Hi, I'm Max," repeated Max, holding out his hand. Cassie took it just as the Dark Angels came over.
"Well done Max," said Meia with a dazzling smile, as the rest of them crowded around.
Akai cheered enthusiastically, causing Kai to wince with her not-so-quiet voice sounding a little too close to him for comfort. Spinning around, Akai caught sight of him grimacing and giggled, seriously pissing him off even more.
Miyako nudged Reni, who was standing with a carefully blank expression on her face.
"Okay! Anyone wanna come with us to go see the tournament board?" she asked.
Tyson, Rei, Max and Kenny agreed to go, while Kai looked . . . well, he wasn't showing as much enthusiasm as everyone else.
"Let's go then!"
~*~
"Hmm, lets see . . . HEY! Where's our team name?!" wailed Akai after reading the board.
::Bladebreakers and Dark Angels sweat drop::
"Akai . . . we don't have to battle until the finals . . ." informed Meia calmly, like this kind of thing happened often. Which it probably did, knowing Akai . . .
"Oh." Akai beamed. "That's okay then. Who are you up against?" she asked Kenny, who blushed. (A/N: aww . . . isn't that sweet???)
"Uh, um . . ."
"We're up against the Dream Shatters," replied Rei.
"The Dream Shatters?" Miyako echoed thoughtfully. "Oh, they've got some pretty cute guys on that team, don't they Reni?"
Reni glared at Miyako, who smiled cheerfully. /What does it take to get her to smile sometimes/
"So, Cassie, who's your team against?" asked Max, noticing that she wasn't saying much.
However, upon hearing him speak to her, she smiled, lashes fluttering as she sidled up closer to him.
"Let me see," said Cassie in a breathy voice. "Um . . . oh my gosh, I can't find my team!" she said with a little laugh.
"Maybe if you look harder you'll find it," snapped Reni impatiently. /Instead of flirting and using Max as a live pole . . ./
Cassie gave Reni a dirty look, which she promptly returned, only ten times as mean looking. Yup, Reni had one of the most evil glares.
"Hey, give me back my cap!" yelled Tyson, chasing after Akai, who was laughing and running as fast as she could before seeing Tyson catching up and tossing the cap to Meia, who failed to see it and was whacked in the face.
"Sorry!" called Akai, dodging away from Tyson, and nearly tripping over. Meia suddenly grinned, and sprinted off down the corridor with it, Tyson changing course and running after her instead.
/Man, she's fast/
~*~
Once Tyson had retrieved his hat, him and Meia returned to find Reni and Cassie still glaring at each other.
Tyson turned and was about to ask Meia what Reni was so pissed off about, when he saw her giving Cassie a sharp look too. She looked angry, not an emotion one would normally find on the calm blader.
"What's up with the girl and Reni?"
"Cassie's with the Nightmares. You know, David, Henry and Jeremy. They blade low in competitions, they play to win, and they don't care how they do it. Cassie messes with people's minds, like what she's trying to do with Max now."
Cassie laughed, a shrill, piercing sound. "Reni, hun, don't waste your time here. You go stick with what you're good at, 'k? Cause there's no way you're going to win this battle sweetie."
Reni's eyes narrowed into two slits of red, flashing dangerously.
With a sharp, angry movement, she had launched Garnet, who sliced across the wall, leaving a deep indent where she had been, before flying precariously close to Cassie, who screamed and grabbed Max's arm.
"Next time I won't miss," said Reni in a pleasant voice, which the Dark Angels recognised as her most dangerous one.
Akai, who had been bugging Kai to smile, turned and saw Reni struggling to hold her temper. Her face serious, she nodded to Miyako and Meia, who inclined their heads and looked at Reni, who saw them.
Almost in time with each other, they spun around and left, leaving the Bladebreakers and Cassie behind.
~*~
"What was that all about?" inquired Tyson, glancing at Cassie, who had reverted back to the girl who flirted outrageously.
"Huh? Oh, don't worry about her. She's always really grumpy and snaps at everyone like she's the queen or something."
Rei looked uncomfortable at the abrupt departure of the Dark Angels, his golden eyes unsettled.
"We're going to do some training. We have no idea what the Dream Shatters can do," said Kai, his cold voice snapping everyone to attention.
"Right. Hey Cassie, you want to come with us?" asked Max innocently, not noticing Rei and Kai exchanged a glance that said 'Why is Max so clueless?'
~*~
/Stupid emotions, stupid emotions, stupid emotions . . ./
Meia looked at Reni who was smiling 'happily' as she launched her blade into the dish. Garnet landed in the dish with the same gracefulness has normal, but left deep gashes marking where she had been. Moments later, the dish shattered.
/This is bad, really, really, bad/
"Reni, get a hold of yourself," snapped Miyako harshly, launching Sapphire into the shattered dish and colliding with Garnet. "This is no way to act."
Akai, who had been standing quietly at the side, a most unusual thing for her, had a blank expression as she stared at the door.
Kenny entered first, looking very edgy as he nervously eyed the broken dish. He flipped Dizzy open and scanned Reni's blade.
"Whoa, someone's been eating too much chilli," remarked Dizzy.
"Dizzy!" exclaimed Kenny in a hushed voice.
Tyson followed with Rei and Kai, Max was behind with Cassie.
"Hey everyone," greeted Max cheerfully.
"Cassandra."
Cassie looked to see Akai standing in front of her. Akai's eyes had a glint in them that wasn't the usual 'Akai' gleam.
"What do you want?"
Smiling disarmingly, Akai spoke in the same forced pleasantness that Reni did.
"Oh, you just insulted my team mate, and, oh, I don't know, mess with people just to win."
Cassie's eyes narrowed too.
"Hey, calm down," said Rei, attempting to break up the would-be fight, but he was ignored.
"Want to fight, bitch?" she snarled, bringing out her own blade, a sickeningly hot pink colour with red markings, with a small bird bit-beast.
Akai smiled.
~*~
Kurayami_Tenshi: Whee! Done! Hope you all liked it! ::dances around and grabs Mysterious voice to waltz around::
Mysterious voice: Stupid DDR mats . . .
Kurayami_Tenshi: Please R&R anyone who's reading! ::smiles::