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 9:
The others had heard Kai yelling and quickly got up, running out into the rain, not bothering to even dress. They gasped, looking at the scene.
"What did you do Kai?!" yelled Tyson.
Kai didn't even blink, not like the others could tell. His red eyes were covered by the shadow of his bangs. As he stood up to carry Alida inside the house, lightning and thunder flashed and sounded at the same time and Alida began to glow. All around them, the rain immediately stopped, which was strange in itself.
The others looked shocked and tried to understand what was happening.
Kai blinked as Alida was being pulled from him. The bit in his left hand was glowing as well. The bright light was almost blinding. Kai didn't want to let go, as if afraid Alida would disappear, but something told him to release her and he did.
Alida floated a few feet into the air, stopping at a certain altitude. Black Dranzer escaped from Kai's hold as well, drifting at the same height that the girl was.
Suddenly, pure white wings sprouted from her back. The humongous wings bent forward, wrapping themselves around Alida's body, as well as Black Dranzer. There was another burst of white light and the boys were almost knocked down at the energy emanating from her.
The wings slowly opened to reveal Alida's wound completely gone, or healed, no more blood stained her white tank top. Then the wings slowly shrunk as they became proportional to Alida's body, and she slowly fell back into Kai's awaiting arms.
The boy had been holding his breath, hoping that she was going to come back to life. He blinked down at Alida, who appeared to be resting for the moment. "Alida?" he asked softly. He didn't know why but something compelled him to breath her name.
Alida's vibrant green eyes opened as she smiled up at him. "Hello Kai," she murmured softly, her wingtips just brushing against the ground.
Kai shook his head and hugged her tightly. Alida blinked, surprised and hugged him back. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to leave you and cause you all this pain," she whispered, trying to soothe him.
Kai didn't answer, he merely held her, relieved she was back. The rest of the bladers smiled to themselves, watching the scene quietly.
"Come on, let's get you two inside before you catch a cold," said the ever responsible Rei, placing a warm hand against Kai's bare shoulder.
Kai nodded and started heading towards the house, still carrying Alida. She sweatdrops. "Kai? I can walk you know," she said jokingly.
"So?" he asked, without even looking at her. He didn't want to admit it, but he was afraid that she might collapse or something if he allowed to her do any little thing.
The rest of the boys ran ahead, leaving them alone to talk. They quickly dried themselves inside the house and got a fire going in the enormous fireplace.
Alida sighed and simply rested against Kai's chest, content to be back. As soon as they reached the house, Kai carried her into the bathroom. He ran the water, drawing her a nice hot bath. Then he left the girl to clean herself and get herself nice and dry.
After Alida had done so, she turned to look at her wings in the mirror. "Now, what to do about these?" she asked sweatdropping. She placed on her normal white clothes and miraculously, the wings fit just perfectly. Hole immediately appeared in the back of her tank top, so her wings wouldn't be a nuisance to her.
Alida shyly walked out of the bathroom, and the boys all greeted her warmly and each gave her a hug.
"Wow! Can we touch them?" Tyson asked curiously.
"Tyson!" yelled Kenny exasperatedly.
"It's alright Kenny. You can touch them Tyson," she replied with a laugh.
Tyson looked to Kai who's crimson eyes narrowed a bit, making Tyson gulp a bit. He let out a nervous laugh. "I changed my mind," he said, sweatdropping.
"Please go ahead. I'd feel better if you did," insisted Alida.
Tyson cautiously walked over to Alida and he ran a finger down the soft white feathers. "It's all soft and…soft!" he exclaimed.
The others sweatdropped and one by one they went up to touch Alida's wings as well.
"Cool! Maybe you can fly with them!" Max suggested brightly.
Alida smiled. "Perhaps I can…but before that…I want to show you guys something…" she said a bit hesitantly.
"Go ahead Alida, no need to be shy," encouraged Rei.
The redhead nodded and held out her hand. It was Black Dranzer…or it used to be Black Dranzer. The others gasped, the bit had changed. It was now pure white and Kai was no longer attracted to its addictive power.
"What are you going to call it?" Kai finally said, breaking the awed silence around them.
"What do you mean?" she asked in confusion, looking up at the oldest person in the room.
"It's yours now," he said firmly. "And it needs a name."
The others all nodded in agreement and Alida stared first at Kai then at the bit. It was hers. Now she finally had a bitbeast of her own.
After another long period of thoughtful silence, Alida spoke up. "Crystal Dranzer," she said finally. No one noticed it, but after she spoke the name, her wings began shrinking.
"Crystal Dranzer? That won't strike fear into your opponents! It's too girly," said Tyson, crossing his arms.
Alida sweatdrops. "Tyson, I am a girl."
"Well yeah…but…" he shut up after receiving another glare from Kai.
"Alright, time to get some rest," Kai said in a tone that left no room to argue, unless you were an idiot…either that or Tyson. He turned Alida around and began to steer her into her room.
"Hey wait! Where did your wings go?" asked Kenny, gaping at Alida's back.
Alida turned around in confusion. "What? They're not there any more?" she asked, trying to peer over her shoulder.
"We'll think about it later, after you get some rest," said Kai, ushering the girl into her room.
Alida climbed into bed and smiled sleepily up at Kai. "Goodnight Kai," she said, closing her eyes. She was still clutching her new bit.
Kai didn't say anything but carefully stroked the hair out of her eyes before tucking her in. Then he got up, turned off the lights, and left the room, closing the door behind him. He returned to his teammates who were still sitting in the living room. "Did you find out yet?" he asked the Chief.
The youngest boy nodded. "Yes, Mr. Dickenson looked it up after I asked him at the tournament. He called earlier today and told me it was tomorrow."
"That soon?" asked Max. "I doubt we'll be able to get everything done by then."
"Come on Maxie. Where'd all your optimism go buddy?" asked Tyson, giving him a disbelieving look.
"He's right Max, we'll get everything done," assured Rei with a smile. So while Alida slept, the others went shopping and got everything ready for the next day. At midnight, the famous bladers were finished and fell asleep immediately, tired out from all the day's events.
In the middle of the night, Alida woke up to make her usual rounds. She smiled at the familiar routine. First it was Kenny was fine. She tucked Max and Tyson in. Alida chatted for a while with Rei, without him knowing of course. Then she checked in on Kai. She expected him to be fine as well, but tonight he had the covers off. She tilted her head, wondering why today would be different than the other nights.
She tiptoed into the room, careful not to wake him up. She smiled down at the duel-color haired blader. She reached for the covers to tuck him in as she had done with Max and Tyson, but Kai's eyes flew open as he reached out with both arm-guard covered hands to grab her by the wrists.
Alida couldn't help but let out a tiny gasp as she lost her footing and toppled on top of Kai. "I'm sorry, did I wake you up?" she asked, blushing a bit.
"What are you doing up at this hour?" he asked softly, not wanting to wake the others. He let go of her wrists and moved over so that she could get off of him.
"Just checking up on you guys, making sure you slept properly," she said, rolling off of him to lay at his side.
"You should be more worried about yourself," he scolded her gently, pulling her into a slight hug. "Now go to sleep."
Alida blushed a bit, but she was still tired. She nodded. "'Night Kai," she murmured before falling asleep.
"Goodnight…my angel…" he said before following suit.
Rei smiled as he watched from the open door. The Chinese teen slipped back into bed before he was caught. They make such a cute couple, he thought to himself before chuckling.
To be continued…
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~cHiBi MidNiGhT aSsAsSiN
