Disclaimer: Err...I don't own Beyblade...or maybe I'm in denial myself...*looks around* Nope, I definitely don't own Beyblade! ^_^
AN:
Uhm...*scratches her head* Well, I didn't expect such a great feedback from so many people...and it was supposed to be a one – shot, though...but since you wanted me to continue, I guess I could write another chapter...or a few...*smiles widely*
In denial
Chapter II – Breaking point
-by Alena S. Anigor
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The morning was bright, traces of red and orange evident on the horizon. The streets seemed peaceful, except for one girl strolling down one of the little narrow street. She had a brown hair and auburn eyes, and her expression was troublesome.
Hillary was on her way to the dojo where, as she presumed, four boys were still sleeping soundly. It was Saturday and she knew they would grumble and argue about her waking them up so early in the morning. She could imagine Tyson yawning already and complaining how he didn't get enough sleep...
Speaking of Tyson...
The girl was still rather confused and lost. Just a few days ago, she thought the boy was obnoxious and stubborn, arrogant and too impulsive, and what happened yesterday somehow changed the whole perspective about the young beyblader. She wasn't sure herself anymore how she has managed to gotten to that conclusion, but...the conclusion was that Tyson was actually quite cute.
Hillary kicked herself mentally.
"No, no, no..." she mumbled, scratching her head, marching down the street now. She had no idea why the whole thing made her so angry, but she realized after a while that she hated when things didn't go according to plan...and having sudden awakened affections towards the hotheaded boy wasn't planned.
Hillary stopped in the middle of the street, lowering her head downwards and staring at the concrete. A few birds were chirping on the nearby tree and one of them flew right in front of her nose, but she didn't really pay attention.
She liked Tyson...she actually developed a foolish crush on that idiot...
Hillary moaned, covering her face with her hand and shaking her head vehemently. That was not a good thing...that was definitely a very bad thing that could happen to her. Never the less, she straitened her white skirt a bit, smoothing the wrinkles on it, before she raised her head and sighed dejectedly.
"Oh, Hillary...what did you get yourself into?" she murmured, asking herself one more time, exactly how that all happened.
She took a step forward and continued walking down the street. Her footsteps banged softly against the grayish concrete, as the girl continued on her way deep in thoughts.
What was she to do now?
She already knew the way she acted yesterday when the sudden realization hit her like a mallet on the head...she started stuttering and blurting out the most weirdest things and if that happened today, people would notice...especially Kai or Rei...they seemed perceptive enough to at least note what's going on. Tyson...was another story. Hillary was almost hundred percent sure that the guy wouldn't recognize a girl being in love with him even if she told him that...he was simply too clueless sometimes.
Taking a deep breath, she stopped, raising her head to look at the wooden gates that lead to the dojo. She stared at them for a moment, thinking of the best way to forget about the whole thing and concentrate on the matter with the training. She let out a sigh, and stood straight, placing a determined mask on her face, her expression serious and stern. She pushed them gently and they creaked open, creating a squeaky sound in the process. She didn't want to wake them up yet, so she closed them behind her softly and headed forward.
On her way she almost yelped when Tyson's grandfather startled her with his usual morning exercise – he was stretching on the lawn, and flipping his staff occasionally in the air. He greeted her cheerfully, and smiled brightly at her, then approached her and patted her on the back happily.
"Hillary! Nice to see you! You are the only one besides me who likes to get up early here!" He exclaimed, patting her on the back merrily. Hillary smiled uneasily, sweatdropping slightly. She returned the greeting and wanted to go to the entrance to the dojo, when Tyson's grandpa stopped her and leaned down to whisper something in her ear.
"If I were you, I'd use that bucket of water on them all..." He added, his expression turning into a scary one as he smirked and then went back to his wooden staff. Hillary blinked for a second, before she nodded absentmindedly and headed for the dojo.
She noticed already that the old grandpa was as wacky as his grandson, but got used to that already. Not taking the idea with the bucker seriously, she opened the doors of the dojo carefully and peeked inside.
Four figures were sprawled on the floor; Max was lying on his back, with his hands behind his head, Rei was lying next to him, his brows twitching slightly...Kai was lying on his bed in the corner of the dojo, his expression serious and stoic even in his sleep, while Tyson was sprawled close to Max, covers and sheets tangled, revealing his legs. His arms were above his head, one knee half raised and his face was so oblivious to everything around him that Hillary barely managed to suppress her laughter. She giggled instead softly, and stepped inside. She tiptoed to the four of them, trying to be still as a mouse, but Kai was already awake and she almost jumped in the air when he finally opened his eyes and startled her with a silent 'hmm'.
"Oh, you're awake," she whispered, clasping a hand over her mouth quickly, "I'm sorry if I woke you up."
Kai shook his head, brownish eyes watching her intently.
"You didn't," he replied calmly then redirected his eyes to the three remained on the floor, "others, however are an exception." He added, a slight smile tugging at the corner of his lips. He got up slowly, making his bed neatly then exited the dojo without another word. Hillary was watching him for a while, wondering what made him so grumpy and moody, but she dismissed that thought and went to wake up the rest of the Bladebreakers.
It was easy to wake up Rei; she didn't even approach him near enough and she was already greeted with a pair of golden eyes, as he got up and greeted her with a 'good morning'. She smiled and went to wake up Max. That was a bit harder, because she had to shake him a few times first. He grumbled silently then turned on the other side before she finally managed to get him out by taking the covers off of him. He looked at her as if she was his worst enemy for a second, before he grumbled something about Saturday and a weekend.
Tyson was the last to wake up, so she had to be ready for the hardest task to do. Max and Rei went out in search of Kai and some breakfast, so it was only Hillary and Tyson left.
She wanted to shout at him to wake up, to shake him out of his sleep, but she stopped for a moment, leaning down a bit. His mouth was slightly agape and he was mumbling something constantly. Hillary was sure he mentioned something about Dragoon and Ozuma...she wasn't sure if she heard the word pancakes somewhere in between, but she was slightly surprised when he mentioned the other Bladebreakers, then Kenny and in the end...her.
She leaned in a bit more to hear if he got something to say but then he stopped with his talking in the sleep, and almost slapped her with a movement of his hand when he turned around on the hip. She managed to dodge the blow in time, and now she was frowning. Her expression softened soon after that when she realized that he was dreaming of her...
She spent a few more moments looking at him like that, something about his face holding her in place. He looked so cute and adorable when he wasn't brawling around or yelling at everyone who decided to cross his path. She heard Max calling for them from the outside and snapped out of her stupor, shaking her head and reminding herself that she shouldn't do that again. So, she shook him a bit, on which he reacted with a growl. She giggled then shook him again, this time harder. He growled again, mumbling something incoherent, until she decided to use another method.
She leaned down to his face and whispered:
"Tyson, pancakes are ready."
He stirred slightly, chewed something invisible in his mouth then decided to ignore her again. It was Hillary's turn to growl now. She shook him again, more violently this time, but that wasn't much of a success.
Then she got up, stormed outside, grabbed the said bucket of water ignoring funny looks from other Bladebreakers, marched inside and splashed the water out of the bucket. It poured down onto the sheets and onto the unsuspecting boy, who opened his eyes immediately, blinked, then realized what happened to him.
"AAAAARGH!"
Max and Rei started laughing, while Kai just raised an eyebrow, obviously seeing that coming. There was a racket coming from the dojo, and soon they saw a proud looking Hillary coming out, and a very furious Tyson who was wet from head to toe and currently screaming al sorts of profanities at her.
He disappeared back into the dojo, and they could still hear him mumbling something about dumb girls that were the stupidest on Earth.
Tyson's grandpa just grinned and gave Hillary a thumb up, on which she smiled gladly. Rei and Max were practically bent from laughter, Kai's mouth twitching upwards a bit, as well. Kenny arrived soon after that, asking everyone what was so funny. Max explained the whole situation on which Kenny just shrugged and sighed.
Dizzi commented however, how the morning must've been very refreshing for Tyson today.
Fifteen minutes later, pancakes were on the table, Rei and Max were teasing Tyson about the incident, Kenny was lost in his own world of hacking, Kai was simply eating his breakfast, while Hillary and Tyson were sending death glares in each other's direction.
"Oh, you'll pay for that!"
"It was the only way to wake you up, you buffoon!"
"Oh, shut up!"
"Feh!"
"And what a nice morning this is, indeed," Dizzi threw her own sarcastic comment in, while Max and Rei were trying to cool the, already heated conversation. The only one who didn't seem at least affected by the whole thing, was Kai, who after he was finished, got up and went outside.
"Hey Kai, where are you going?" Tyson asked, trying to revert his thoughts from the annoying girl sitting across him.
"To get some training," he replied simply and went out. It was then that Hillary remembered her whole purpose of coming to the dojo in the first place. She turned to Kenny, already explaining him the newest training schedules for today. Tyson only snorted and then went outside, clearly still very upset and angry.
Other boys exchanged glances before they went outside as well, leaving Hillary alone. She rested her chin on her hands, staring dully at the wall...She just didn't understand – one moment everything's fine, she actually admitted to herself that she might like that idiot, and then he blows it all up by yelling at her like a moron...Well she had to wake him up somehow!
Sighing again, she stood up, took a little piece of paper from her skirt pocket and headed after them. Max and Rei were already beyblading, their bit beasts shining and clashing in the air in the form of a brilliant light show, while Kai was training with Tyson.
The dark haired boy was loosing constantly, and that was starting to annoy him. Even Kai told him to concentrate more and get real, but it didn't help much – he was simply still upset.
Tyson was fuming from the inside - the nerve of that girl to just come inside while he was sleeping and then pour a bucket of water onto him...he already started having those urges to sneeze...which he did. He sneezed, loosing the control over Dragoon for just a second, but that was enough for Dranzer to take his chance and beat the dragon - like bit beast.
Of course, that didn't please Tyson very well, and now he was growling out loud, clenching his fists that threatened to break the launcher in his hand in half.
"Bless you," Kenny said, taking his eyes off the screen for a moment to adjust his glasses. Kai took his blade from the ground, observing it carefully while Tyson was wiping his nose with his finger angrily.
"It's all her fault!" He barked and pointed at Hillary who was sitting next to Kenny. She raised her head from the plans she made for today and looked at him seriously.
"What?"
"It's all your fault!"
"I beg your pardon?"
"Now I probably caught a cold because you had to pour that water on me!"
"Well, excuse me, your highness," she retorted, her last word dripping with sarcasm, "if you had woken up on time, that wouldn't happen at all!"
"Whaaat?" He yelled angrily, inching towards her and clenching his beyblade in his hand, eyes blazing. Hillary stood up and leaned towards him as well, putting her hands on her hips and glaring at him.
"Yes, Tyson, so you see – it was all your fault!"
They were face to face now, their noses almost touching in that characteristic manner. Max covered his face in annoyance, while Rei and Kai simply stared, perplexed. Kenny was trying to split them up, but smaller as he was, he couldn't really do a thing. Those two were glaring daggers at each other now, both of them growling with anger.
"I don't know why I even put up with you! You're not even a part of the team! I don't know what you are still doing here!"
That struck Hillary pretty much and now she was staring at him, shocked, hurt evident in her dark eyes. Kenny stopped with his begging for them to stop and now he was watching Hillary, afraid that something might break in the end...
Tyson quieted down now, already regretting his words, but he didn't let it show. Hillary's eyes were wide and she wanted to say something but lacked the words and strength to do so. She took a sharp intake of breath, words stuck in her throat, and it was clear to everyone that tears started to well up in her eyes already.
"Hillary..." Kenny said almost sorrowfully, looking at the shattered expression on her face. Other members of the team were gaping at them, Kai shaking his head, and Rei frowning at his companion. Max was taken aback with the whole thing.
Hillary's lips moved slightly, her fists unclenched and lowering her head, she gave the piece of paper to Kenny mutely, not bothering to say anything. Then she turned around and walked out of the dojo.
"Hillary, wait! Don't go!" Rei yelled after her, trying to undo the damage.
"Yeah, he didn't mean it!" Max added, wanting to run after her, but Kai stopped him, shaking his head. Then he turned to a stiff standing Tyson, who was still staring at the spot where Hillary was standing just a few seconds ago.
"You really blew it this time, Tyson."
With that, he left back into the dojo without another word. Max and Rei strolled past him, not in the mood to do or say anything to him, while Kenny was standing helplessly by his side, with his trusty laptop.
Dizzi sighed, commenting how that wasn't really nice of him. Kenny sighed as well, and put the little piece of paper into his pocket. When he was about to say something, Tyson's grandpa came from behind and smacked his grandson on the head with the staff.
"Oww!" He yelped, turning around and glaring at him. His grandpa was looking at him sharply though, his staff raised high in the air.
"She was a nice girl, you deserved it!"
"I think you should apologize to her," Kenny added solemnly, looking at his laptop. Dizzi agreed.
Tyson was staring a few more moments at his feet before he growled angrily.
"Argh! I don't care!" He jerked Kenny's hand away who wanted to stop him and disappeared out of the yard and down the street.
"Now what?" Kenny asked, staring at the wooden gates. Tyson's grandpa sighed and put his staff to rest on his shoulder.
"They'll just have to work it out themselves," he replied calmly and went straight ahead. Kenny gaped at him.
"But it can take ages for that to happen!"
Tyson's grandfather shrugged and smoothed his mustache.
"Then we'll have to wait and see."
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AN:
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