NB: Merry Christmas All!
Kirara: Rather short this chapter?
NB: Yeah and slightly rushed and a bit sappy. This is my Christmas story for the year.
Kirara: Oh. Where is everyone?
NB: I'm not sure.
Kirara: Well might as well get this story started. Nagareboshi doesn't own beyblade despite her wishes to own Ray. She does own herself and myself.
A Snow Frost Reflection
Rows of lights shined in the window and around me as I looked ahead of me. Soft white fluffy snow covered the usual brown walkways and the dead trees. The wind blew causing the snowflakes to dance upon it. People were rushing by, their coats flapping the in the wind and packages covered in wrapping stood out in the mass of the white. You could hear the soft crunching of snow as the people walked and ran by. I ran my hand through my golden hair. It was all damp from the cold snow. I bet you're wondering what's going on now huh?
Did you know that every life has its ups and downs and for the longest time mine's was always down. My life wasn't always pretty and I wasn't always completely cheerful. Don't know what on earth I'm talking about? Good.Being confusing to people is something I tend to do a lot. My name is Cheryl Hiwatari or as I'm better know as Hoshi. I'm Kai's twin sister don't bother asking. I'm the co-captain of the Bladebreakers, holder of the Cat Angel Bit Beast, Nekangel, and Ray's girlfriend. Being the granddaughter of one of Japan's riches man makes me an heir to the fortune unless my so-called 'grandfather' decides to rewrite his will. If he does well I don't mind. I never really wanted the money anyway. I could careless if Kai received all of it, which he was supposed to in the first place being the older twin of us. However Kai doesn't want money either though we both know whether we want it or not we both benefit from the money. Doesn't my life sound wonderful? Not. Trust me I much rather trade lives with Tyson or Max before I wish to have my life back. Tyson and Max even though they may not be able to see their parents, their parents are still alive at least. Kai and I don't even remember ours. Being the grandchildren of the riches hungry power man is no walk in the park. Kai and I were forced to go to Biovolt. There with the rest of the Demolition Boys, we were trained to by heartless and emotionless, to become the world's most perfect warrior. A bit of the perfect warrior part worked, that's way Kai is so strong and fast and I'm good at many kinds of martial arts. The emotionless part actually work a lot more then the perfect warrior things. What? Did you actually thing I was as cheerful as I acted? Heard of acting cause that's all it is. Of course Ray knows. He's the only one who figured it out beside Kai. I don't think Tyson, Max, and Kenny figured it out yet. Kaira was a definite no. She didn't know me *that* well. Masks, after all, are my specialty. I wear them so well it's near impossible to tell if I'm faking it or really feeling it. That's just how I am. It's became such a habit that there are times I fool myself. However, when I'm around Ray I tend to let everything down. When I'm around Ray, I don't act as much. I guess that's one of the many reasons why I fell in love with him. Ray was the only one to see past my mask.
I looked into the window of the store beside him. The snow had cause to frost over. I couldn't see my reflection in the window. Isn't that ironic? The reflection in the window shows my true self. My true self has hidden behind so many illusions and masks; it's near impossible to tell who I really am. It's so hard to tell I don't even know any more. My reflection is snow frost and until that snow completely melts away I will probably never know my true self. I've spun a web of lies in my past and I still am. Don't know why I just don't tell the world. Old habits are hard to die.
Ray deserves better you know? He doesn't need a girl who just can't figure out who she really is. I don't deserve him. Why should I end up with the guy of every girl's dreams when I can't figure out my own dreams? There are times when I wonder why on earth he fell in love with me. I'm not complaining or anything it's just that before I met Ray, I believe there was no one on earth that would love me. Boy was I proven wrong. I mean I was trained to emotionless, an assassin in the shadows. My heart was ice, even colder then Kai's. I wouldn't think twice of putting a blade through your heart before I met Ray. Good thing I met him huh? You won't be alive after I told you all of this.
Oh here we are; the pet store. I'll be getting Ray a kitten for Christmas. Cute huh? I walked inside. Chirps from birds, barks from puppies, meows from kittens and the bubbling from the fish tank could be heard through out the entire store. I headed towards the cat section. Someone had just dropped off kittens to be sold through the pet store. I looked to see which kitten to buy for Ray. Oh this is one is just adorable. A kitten that had a black head and its forepaws was black too. It had a pair of amber eyes just like Ray and the rest of the body was white. I think I'll get this one for Ray. I picked the kitten up, and brought him to the counter.
~*~Christmas Morning~*~
Well Kai and Kaira are going to kill me but that's okay. I walked into the room Ray was sleeping. It wasn't far, just next door to mines. Ray always slept close by. If it wasn't Kai being overprotective, then it was Ray. But I'm not complaining. It's just one more reason why I love him; he can be so protective at times. I quickly walked into the room. Ray was still sleeping. His raven hair spilled all over the white sheets of the bed. A blue ribbon lay on the floor near the bed. Ray had tied his hair back last night only for the ribbon to come loose during the night. I had to smile at the blue ribbon on the floor. I used to tie my own hair back with it until Ray took it from me one day. I was leaving for a month and he took it, claiming that it was something to remember me by. He said he would give it back to me when I came back. Now that I think about it I never got it back and wondered where it had disappeared to. Well know I guess. Ray looks so peaceful. Too bad I have to wake him up.
"AHH!"
"Morning love," I said. I brushed one of my bangs out of my face before saying, "And a Merry Christmas too." I love doing this to him. I was pinning down Ray.
My white tiger just grinned and said, "Merry Christmas to you too love." And all of a sudden I found myself being pinned down instead of my love. Ray then gave me a kiss on the nose. "That's for waking me up," he said.
Two can play at that game. I returned the kiss but this one was on the lips.
~*~Later~*~
Ah. This was a nice Christmas. I love Christmas. It's my favorite time of year. I snuggled closer to Ray who was half asleep. The fire was lit and everyone else was had gone to sleep. To me everything was just right. My life used to be very lonely, now I have family and friends. I even have Ray now. I took a look out the window. The window was once again frosted over by the falling snow outside. My reflection was once again crystallized by ice. I smiled this time. I may not know my true reflection and I may never go back to the way I was before I became emotionless but I'm content with what I have. Slowly my snow frost reflection is melting. Ray gave me the push to melt that ice away. We have our differences and our little fights but there is nothing I would trade in the world to give up the love I have for Ray. He became my ray of light in the darkness that shrouded me. And I'm truly happy for once. I smiled as I looked at Ray, taking in his features. Good Night all, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Years.
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NB: Any good. I know it's sappy. I don't know what I was thinking when I wrote this.
Kirara: Please review.
NB: And Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years! ^^
Kirara: Rather short this chapter?
NB: Yeah and slightly rushed and a bit sappy. This is my Christmas story for the year.
Kirara: Oh. Where is everyone?
NB: I'm not sure.
Kirara: Well might as well get this story started. Nagareboshi doesn't own beyblade despite her wishes to own Ray. She does own herself and myself.
A Snow Frost Reflection
Rows of lights shined in the window and around me as I looked ahead of me. Soft white fluffy snow covered the usual brown walkways and the dead trees. The wind blew causing the snowflakes to dance upon it. People were rushing by, their coats flapping the in the wind and packages covered in wrapping stood out in the mass of the white. You could hear the soft crunching of snow as the people walked and ran by. I ran my hand through my golden hair. It was all damp from the cold snow. I bet you're wondering what's going on now huh?
Did you know that every life has its ups and downs and for the longest time mine's was always down. My life wasn't always pretty and I wasn't always completely cheerful. Don't know what on earth I'm talking about? Good.Being confusing to people is something I tend to do a lot. My name is Cheryl Hiwatari or as I'm better know as Hoshi. I'm Kai's twin sister don't bother asking. I'm the co-captain of the Bladebreakers, holder of the Cat Angel Bit Beast, Nekangel, and Ray's girlfriend. Being the granddaughter of one of Japan's riches man makes me an heir to the fortune unless my so-called 'grandfather' decides to rewrite his will. If he does well I don't mind. I never really wanted the money anyway. I could careless if Kai received all of it, which he was supposed to in the first place being the older twin of us. However Kai doesn't want money either though we both know whether we want it or not we both benefit from the money. Doesn't my life sound wonderful? Not. Trust me I much rather trade lives with Tyson or Max before I wish to have my life back. Tyson and Max even though they may not be able to see their parents, their parents are still alive at least. Kai and I don't even remember ours. Being the grandchildren of the riches hungry power man is no walk in the park. Kai and I were forced to go to Biovolt. There with the rest of the Demolition Boys, we were trained to by heartless and emotionless, to become the world's most perfect warrior. A bit of the perfect warrior part worked, that's way Kai is so strong and fast and I'm good at many kinds of martial arts. The emotionless part actually work a lot more then the perfect warrior things. What? Did you actually thing I was as cheerful as I acted? Heard of acting cause that's all it is. Of course Ray knows. He's the only one who figured it out beside Kai. I don't think Tyson, Max, and Kenny figured it out yet. Kaira was a definite no. She didn't know me *that* well. Masks, after all, are my specialty. I wear them so well it's near impossible to tell if I'm faking it or really feeling it. That's just how I am. It's became such a habit that there are times I fool myself. However, when I'm around Ray I tend to let everything down. When I'm around Ray, I don't act as much. I guess that's one of the many reasons why I fell in love with him. Ray was the only one to see past my mask.
I looked into the window of the store beside him. The snow had cause to frost over. I couldn't see my reflection in the window. Isn't that ironic? The reflection in the window shows my true self. My true self has hidden behind so many illusions and masks; it's near impossible to tell who I really am. It's so hard to tell I don't even know any more. My reflection is snow frost and until that snow completely melts away I will probably never know my true self. I've spun a web of lies in my past and I still am. Don't know why I just don't tell the world. Old habits are hard to die.
Ray deserves better you know? He doesn't need a girl who just can't figure out who she really is. I don't deserve him. Why should I end up with the guy of every girl's dreams when I can't figure out my own dreams? There are times when I wonder why on earth he fell in love with me. I'm not complaining or anything it's just that before I met Ray, I believe there was no one on earth that would love me. Boy was I proven wrong. I mean I was trained to emotionless, an assassin in the shadows. My heart was ice, even colder then Kai's. I wouldn't think twice of putting a blade through your heart before I met Ray. Good thing I met him huh? You won't be alive after I told you all of this.
Oh here we are; the pet store. I'll be getting Ray a kitten for Christmas. Cute huh? I walked inside. Chirps from birds, barks from puppies, meows from kittens and the bubbling from the fish tank could be heard through out the entire store. I headed towards the cat section. Someone had just dropped off kittens to be sold through the pet store. I looked to see which kitten to buy for Ray. Oh this is one is just adorable. A kitten that had a black head and its forepaws was black too. It had a pair of amber eyes just like Ray and the rest of the body was white. I think I'll get this one for Ray. I picked the kitten up, and brought him to the counter.
~*~Christmas Morning~*~
Well Kai and Kaira are going to kill me but that's okay. I walked into the room Ray was sleeping. It wasn't far, just next door to mines. Ray always slept close by. If it wasn't Kai being overprotective, then it was Ray. But I'm not complaining. It's just one more reason why I love him; he can be so protective at times. I quickly walked into the room. Ray was still sleeping. His raven hair spilled all over the white sheets of the bed. A blue ribbon lay on the floor near the bed. Ray had tied his hair back last night only for the ribbon to come loose during the night. I had to smile at the blue ribbon on the floor. I used to tie my own hair back with it until Ray took it from me one day. I was leaving for a month and he took it, claiming that it was something to remember me by. He said he would give it back to me when I came back. Now that I think about it I never got it back and wondered where it had disappeared to. Well know I guess. Ray looks so peaceful. Too bad I have to wake him up.
"AHH!"
"Morning love," I said. I brushed one of my bangs out of my face before saying, "And a Merry Christmas too." I love doing this to him. I was pinning down Ray.
My white tiger just grinned and said, "Merry Christmas to you too love." And all of a sudden I found myself being pinned down instead of my love. Ray then gave me a kiss on the nose. "That's for waking me up," he said.
Two can play at that game. I returned the kiss but this one was on the lips.
~*~Later~*~
Ah. This was a nice Christmas. I love Christmas. It's my favorite time of year. I snuggled closer to Ray who was half asleep. The fire was lit and everyone else was had gone to sleep. To me everything was just right. My life used to be very lonely, now I have family and friends. I even have Ray now. I took a look out the window. The window was once again frosted over by the falling snow outside. My reflection was once again crystallized by ice. I smiled this time. I may not know my true reflection and I may never go back to the way I was before I became emotionless but I'm content with what I have. Slowly my snow frost reflection is melting. Ray gave me the push to melt that ice away. We have our differences and our little fights but there is nothing I would trade in the world to give up the love I have for Ray. He became my ray of light in the darkness that shrouded me. And I'm truly happy for once. I smiled as I looked at Ray, taking in his features. Good Night all, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Years.
~*~
NB: Any good. I know it's sappy. I don't know what I was thinking when I wrote this.
Kirara: Please review.
NB: And Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years! ^^