Last Ditch Attempt

By: cHiBi MiDnIgHt AsSaSsIn

Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade or it's respective characters. *breaks down crying and after a while, composes herself* Yeah, life's tough, deal with it.

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CHAPTER 7:

A few weeks later…

Alida and the BladeBreakers woke up especially early that morning. Today was the day of the tournament, and it was also the very first one that Alida was going to.

Max and Tyson were more hyper than usual, running throughout the whole entire house, screaming at the tops of their lungs, until Kai snapped and threatened to forfeit their team at the match. Rei chuckled at them, and Kenny was working on last-minute adjustments.

In a few moments, two taxis arrived in the front of the house, courtesy of Mr. Dickenson. Of course, Max, Tyson, and Kenny piled into the back of the first taxi, leaving Rei, Kai, and Alida to ride in the second one. It appeared that Mr. Dickenson would meet them at the tournament.

The night before, when Alida was outside, picking vegetables for dinner, the BladeBreakers had a meeting and decided a surprise for Alida at the end of the tournament.

It was going to be a long ride, the arena was two cities away from their current position. Tyson, Max, and Kenny were goofing off in the first car, while the driver ignored them as best as possible, but he was losing his control rapidly. Kenny noticed this when the driver almost hit a fire hydrant and warned Max and Tyson to be quiet so the driver wouldn't kill them in a car accident to which the driver was most grateful.

Meanwhile, in the other taxi, it was mainly quiet, except for a few friendly remarks between Rei and Alida. Kai was, as usual, sitting with his eyes closed, and his arms crossed, not really paying attention to their conversation.

Multiple times during the first hour of the ride, Alida kept on yawning, while covering her mouth politely, in between phrases of her chat with Rei. He eventually noticed this and stopped talking, hoping that without talking, Alida would take a nap before they arrived.

Alida, who was sitting in between the two boys, was somewhat grateful that Rei had stopped talking. For without anything else that was interesting to do, she gradually drifted off to sleep, her head falling down slowly to rest gently on Rei's shoulder.

Rei turns from the window to smile at Alida. He knew that she got up early and went to bed late to ensure that the BladeBreakers could live in the utmost comfort. She deserves this little nap, he thought. It's the least we could do. Sometimes I think we don't deserve her, actually, we don't deserve having her help us out. He sighs, bringing Kai to open his eyes and look over at the other passengers.

His eyes wander from Rei to come to a stop momentarily at Alida's sleeping face before jerking his gaze back up to Rei who was smirking at him in the most peculiar way, as if challenging him over… Kai looks back down at Alida. It couldn't be. He shook his head and returned to his original position, getting rid of the idea.

Rei smiled softly, it appeared that his plan was going well. He looked up ahead and sees a huge bend in the road. This just keeps on getting better and better. He shifts slightly to give Alida more room and maximum comfort and waits to hit the turn.

The driver eases up the road and slows down, like he was supposed to at the curve. The change in the direction of the car's route caused Alida to shift slightly, moving her head from its resting place on Rei's shoulder to Kai's bare one.

Kai's eyes immediately fly open to look down at Alida once again. He turned slightly panicky on the inside, but Rei was still there, so he kept his calm outside demeanor. Rei on the other hand was watching him intently, but appeared to just be checking to see if Alida was okay after the turn. He shrugs at Kai, who is desperately trying not to lose his composure.

Rei quietly chuckled to himself, knowing that Kai was struggling very hard internally not to show any emotion whatsoever.

Kai did his best to ignore the slight pressure on his upper arm. The slight turns and bumps on the road were soothing and Kai almost fell asleep himself. His thoughts were slowly slipping from his mind until…the taxi stopped and the driver announced that they had arrived at their destination.

The three younger boys in the first car were already out of the car and running around, stretching their legs and talking to Mr. Dickenson.

Rei and Kai looked at each other and then Alida, who had still not woken up yet. "Should we wake her up?" asked Rei.

Kai was spared the answer as she stirred lightly and yawned. Alida looked around, trying to get her bearings, she blushed as she realized that she had fallen asleep on Kai.

"Oh, I-I'm sorry Kai," she said softly, her bangs covering her face.

"Don't worry about it, we're here, so let's go," he said, getting out of the car and holding the door for her.

Alida ducks out of the car and made her way to the others, still blushing faintly.

Rei knew better than to call attention to her blush or her nap, so he drew the other BladeBreakers' attention to the tournament. "So…who's going to battle today?" he asked, assuming it was a three on three match like usual.

"Actually Rei," said Kenny. "Everyone is going to be beyblading today.

"Huh? Wha? Sweet!" said Tyson.

"How is that possible?" asked Max.

Kenny launched into the new rules of the tournament. The tournament was mainly a charity event for the BBA of Japan. The month before, there was a flurry of small tournaments all around Japan to determine the three of the best bladers from various regions. At the end of the month, they would all travel to Tokyo and be divided into four sections for elimination. The final blader from each section would get to battle the BladeBreakers.

When he finished, the team nodded their understanding, and together they headed for the wing in which was reserved for them.

The boys were anything but nervous. They were all beaming at the cameras, and luckily, they did not have to deal with the fans, who were being restrained by numerous officials.

The BladeBreakers drew lots to see what the order for battling would be. Kai had section A; Rei had section B; Tyson had section C; and Max had section D.

The BladeBreakers were required to split up and go to each of their separate sections to oversee the competition, and referee the matches. This left Kenny and Alida to travel back and forth between the four of them, to give each other messages and what not.

Alida had a pretty good time, much to the others' relief. The semi-finals drew to a close and soon the BaldeBreakers and the winners of the sections were ushered into the main arena.

The finalists, as it turned out, were two girls and two guys. Kai's and Tyson's opponents were boys, and Rei's and Max's were girls.

Kenny was called up to referee these matches. None of them were easy, but the BladeBreakers won every single one of their matches.

In the end, Max, since he was the last to be challenged, made an announcement. "In the past month, we, the BladeBreakers have been living by ourselves in a house. To endure such everyday difficulties would have been unthinkable had it not been for our new friend Alida. Come on up here," he says, beckoning to the furiously blushing girl.

Alida kept on mouthing, "No," until Tyson and Kenny picked her up and carried her to where Max was. By this time, Alida was beyond words. As soon as she reached the spotlight, there was a whole explosion of applause from the crowd as Alida sat there, hoping that she wouldn't fall off and that she could just disappear from the face of the earth.

To make matters worse, Max said, "And let's hear some words from Miss Alida, shall we?" and handed her the microphone.

Alida, who was not used to getting this much attention, glared at all the BladeBreakers around her before talking. "First, I would like to give a fair warning to the BladeBreakers, that as soon as this is over, their lives are in danger for I will be chasing every single one of them down for doing this to me!" she paused as the crowd laughed, as well as the boys. She smiles and then says, "It was a pleasure to be living with the famous BladeBreakers, they have in turn been doing me a kind favor as well for letting me live with them." With that the crowd erupted into cheering as the lights returned to normal and people began chatting loudly with each other.

The BladeBreakers then had a party with finalists, allowing Alida time to plan her revenge, or so she claimed to the others' amusement. Alida went off to chat with the girls, finally having some time with females, and the boys joked that the girls would take control and try to kill t hem.

The party was fun, but only lasted an hour before the BladeBreakers had to head back. On the way back, Alida sat with Max and Tyson, and the three of them chatted the whole way back. In the other car, Kai was silent as usual, and Kenny and Rei were talking about their successful plan involving Alida at the end of the tournament.

Upon arriving at the house, they all went into their rooms after a sleepy, "I'll get you guys tomorrow," from Alida, who yawned and dropped right off to sleep, as did the others.

To be continued…

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~cHiBi MidNiGhT aSsAsSiN