Keira: i do NOT own Beyblade. i do have my own OC characters tho
Chapter 5: The New Girl
The girl kept looking at me waiting for an answer. Ty pulled her back and held her.
"We were simply seeing how the other half of LA lives. But you wouldn't know anything about that now would you miss high and mighty?" he said. Street smarts kicking in for him.
"You know nothing." she simply said stomping on his foot forcing him to let go of her. She was determined. I stood up and commented.
"Why dont you enlighten us? why dont you start with your name?" She looked a little down cast but it seemed that there was something in me that she could trust. I felt sorry for her, there was nothing in me I could trust.
"I am not your typical rich kid. My name is Jess, and i am just here on loan from the Child Protection people of California. I am doing community service as they like to call it. Needles to say i have not had the greatest life; going from one foster home to the next, and i dont plan on staying here, but the horses, i can't leave them." She said.
"So Jess. Why tell complete strangers this?" I asked. Ty somply watched amazed at how i seemed to ask just the right questions.
"Because, you didn't back down when i pushed you over. Sure you were knocked down but your eyes didn't show submission, I.. I couldn't read your eyes." She said. looking down
"and thats such a bad thing?" I said back. No one should be able to read my eyes. No matter who they were.
"I can read anyones eyes. Like his" she said pointing and looking at Ty for a second. "are asking you how your pal here did it."
"His name is Ty" I said without feeling.
"Yours, dont say anything." she said. Wow give the girl a medal I thought.
"We'll be on our way. we were just cutting through here." I said exiting the building. and walking down the road back home. Ty came running to catch up after he got over the shock that i would just leave her there.
"Man you sure got a way with girls." Ty said.
"No more then the next person." I answered
"She wouldn't have told me that." Ty said. "Come on you gotta go back there and get her to come with us!"
"no, i have helped too many people already. Dont you get it? By helping someone i destroyed myself. I am not going to do it again now that things are finally starting to go right." i yelled. My temper getting the best of me. Ty looked at me like a puppy that had just been caught doing something wrong. I guess i still had that commanding prescence. One more thing i would have to get rid of to be fully free of Beyblading.
"Why dont you enlighten me?" Ty said. I simple ignored him and walked home in silence, and into the back room. I sat on bed, if you could call it a bed.
"Matt, i want to show you something." Dan said. I hadn't even heard him come in. I got up and followed him to a room. There was trophies and stuff all around it.
"Who is this?" I said.
"Me, that was me. before i had to quit boxing because of an injury." Dan said. He looked at me studying my face, my reaction. It was all there, the trophies, the fame, where had it all gone. I looked at his face. "Matt i know your not who you told us, and i still haven't figured you out. Something tells me i never will. But i can traan you to box. And win championships." He said looking at me. He looked like he missed it all.
"Sure." i said. the shock on his face was enough for me. I was going to learn how to box.
So, back to the gym we went. Everyday. running, working out.
"Your in great physical condition. what you need is footwork and technique. Good thing for you i can give you both if you want to learn." We practived and really started to like it. It gave me a way to vent my feelings on someone else without saying anything. The hardest part was i couldn't use all my evasion techniques i had learned. Because it was boxing. you had to use your hands, not your feet. The one day Dan came up to me, handed me a pair of gloves and pulled his own and went into the ring. I hesitated at first then jumped up in one jump. I knew what he wanted me to do. Have an honest fight with him.
"One thing before we start. This is going to be actualy boxing, just like it would be in a tournament." He came at me, and i couldn't remember what i had to do. I stood frozen. He hit me once, and that hurt enough to get me to fight back. He came at me again but i sidestepped, and stepped backwords. Evading him. "you can't win without taking a shot at your opponent he said." I went in to try get a punch in. I missed and he got me good. I fell backwords but didn't lose my footing. my reactions are too slow i thought, i'll neve rmake it out of here. He came at me not giving me time to think. He hit me right above the eyes. in the forehead. He came at me but i jumped before he could get me. The movement felt weird. un-natural to me. I felt a ripple of pain run through my arm. It wasn't broken again, just reminder, of who i was. I had hidden long enough now i needed to do something. My eyes started to hurt really bad, and i almost started crying, i opened them to realise i could still see. They felt like they were burning. I went after Dan, he sidestepped then tried to get me again but i moved to quickly for him. I had one chance of winning and i took it. I went at him as hard as i could. Ty came in just in time to see me take out Dan. The punch sent Dan against the ropes.
"You ready to go look for that Beyblade part Matt?" Ty asked. I just stood there. Breathing hard, amazed at myself for having beaten him. Ty looked at me puzzled. I turned to the mirror on the one wall. There was a slight hint of something miving in my eyes. something long forgotten, burning at me, calling me to come back.
Chapter 5: The New Girl
The girl kept looking at me waiting for an answer. Ty pulled her back and held her.
"We were simply seeing how the other half of LA lives. But you wouldn't know anything about that now would you miss high and mighty?" he said. Street smarts kicking in for him.
"You know nothing." she simply said stomping on his foot forcing him to let go of her. She was determined. I stood up and commented.
"Why dont you enlighten us? why dont you start with your name?" She looked a little down cast but it seemed that there was something in me that she could trust. I felt sorry for her, there was nothing in me I could trust.
"I am not your typical rich kid. My name is Jess, and i am just here on loan from the Child Protection people of California. I am doing community service as they like to call it. Needles to say i have not had the greatest life; going from one foster home to the next, and i dont plan on staying here, but the horses, i can't leave them." She said.
"So Jess. Why tell complete strangers this?" I asked. Ty somply watched amazed at how i seemed to ask just the right questions.
"Because, you didn't back down when i pushed you over. Sure you were knocked down but your eyes didn't show submission, I.. I couldn't read your eyes." She said. looking down
"and thats such a bad thing?" I said back. No one should be able to read my eyes. No matter who they were.
"I can read anyones eyes. Like his" she said pointing and looking at Ty for a second. "are asking you how your pal here did it."
"His name is Ty" I said without feeling.
"Yours, dont say anything." she said. Wow give the girl a medal I thought.
"We'll be on our way. we were just cutting through here." I said exiting the building. and walking down the road back home. Ty came running to catch up after he got over the shock that i would just leave her there.
"Man you sure got a way with girls." Ty said.
"No more then the next person." I answered
"She wouldn't have told me that." Ty said. "Come on you gotta go back there and get her to come with us!"
"no, i have helped too many people already. Dont you get it? By helping someone i destroyed myself. I am not going to do it again now that things are finally starting to go right." i yelled. My temper getting the best of me. Ty looked at me like a puppy that had just been caught doing something wrong. I guess i still had that commanding prescence. One more thing i would have to get rid of to be fully free of Beyblading.
"Why dont you enlighten me?" Ty said. I simple ignored him and walked home in silence, and into the back room. I sat on bed, if you could call it a bed.
"Matt, i want to show you something." Dan said. I hadn't even heard him come in. I got up and followed him to a room. There was trophies and stuff all around it.
"Who is this?" I said.
"Me, that was me. before i had to quit boxing because of an injury." Dan said. He looked at me studying my face, my reaction. It was all there, the trophies, the fame, where had it all gone. I looked at his face. "Matt i know your not who you told us, and i still haven't figured you out. Something tells me i never will. But i can traan you to box. And win championships." He said looking at me. He looked like he missed it all.
"Sure." i said. the shock on his face was enough for me. I was going to learn how to box.
So, back to the gym we went. Everyday. running, working out.
"Your in great physical condition. what you need is footwork and technique. Good thing for you i can give you both if you want to learn." We practived and really started to like it. It gave me a way to vent my feelings on someone else without saying anything. The hardest part was i couldn't use all my evasion techniques i had learned. Because it was boxing. you had to use your hands, not your feet. The one day Dan came up to me, handed me a pair of gloves and pulled his own and went into the ring. I hesitated at first then jumped up in one jump. I knew what he wanted me to do. Have an honest fight with him.
"One thing before we start. This is going to be actualy boxing, just like it would be in a tournament." He came at me, and i couldn't remember what i had to do. I stood frozen. He hit me once, and that hurt enough to get me to fight back. He came at me again but i sidestepped, and stepped backwords. Evading him. "you can't win without taking a shot at your opponent he said." I went in to try get a punch in. I missed and he got me good. I fell backwords but didn't lose my footing. my reactions are too slow i thought, i'll neve rmake it out of here. He came at me not giving me time to think. He hit me right above the eyes. in the forehead. He came at me but i jumped before he could get me. The movement felt weird. un-natural to me. I felt a ripple of pain run through my arm. It wasn't broken again, just reminder, of who i was. I had hidden long enough now i needed to do something. My eyes started to hurt really bad, and i almost started crying, i opened them to realise i could still see. They felt like they were burning. I went after Dan, he sidestepped then tried to get me again but i moved to quickly for him. I had one chance of winning and i took it. I went at him as hard as i could. Ty came in just in time to see me take out Dan. The punch sent Dan against the ropes.
"You ready to go look for that Beyblade part Matt?" Ty asked. I just stood there. Breathing hard, amazed at myself for having beaten him. Ty looked at me puzzled. I turned to the mirror on the one wall. There was a slight hint of something miving in my eyes. something long forgotten, burning at me, calling me to come back.