American Beybladers

Chapter 7
~ One Sigh of Relief and Unknown Destinies ~

"You shouldn't have left your home, Alkira," he said.

"I don't know whom you're talking about," she said shrugging.

Rain started to fall. It slowly took the dye from her hair so that it turned back to purple. "I threatened Max, he gave me all of the information," Kai said. She took out the contacts and wiped her face.

"So, you know. It doesn't affect me," she said. She walked past him.

"Alkira!" She stopped and turned around. "I. I'm. sor. I mean."

"Save your breath. I don't want to hear it." She turned back and walked on. Kai ran up to her and silently walked by her side. "What, are you training to be annoying now?" she asked still looking ahead.

Kai grabbed her by the arms and turned her so that they looked at each other straight in the eyes. "I'm sorry Alkira," he said.

"Don't take up my time with apologies that you know you don't mean." Alkira said.

"But I do."

"Don't be doing that to me." Alkira tried to break from his hold but he was too strong. "Let go."

"Alkira, I'm sorry. I do mean it," Kai said. His eyes were sincere. "I'm sorry I said those things."

"Take your own advice this time, Kai Hiwatari. Don't apologize," Alkira growled. She lightly put her hand on Kai's wrist. Kai blinked, he couldn't believe that his own words were being used against him. This had never happened to him before. With the team, he was always mocked, but they never turned his words on him. Kai released her and she held his hand in hers.

"Hey! Alkira!" Alkira released Kai's hand and looked in the direction of her caller. It was Tyson, Kenny, and Max was slowly following behind. They all said hi to each other and Alkira walked over to Max.

"Did they know?" She asked.

"No," he responded. "Only Kai." Alkira nodded.

"So, Alkira, what are you doing here in Japan?" Tyson asked.

"Business," she responded.

"You mean. like. business as in. going out with Kai?" Tyson teased.

She glared at Tyson. "Or business as in. I don't know. kicking you in the butt?" she questioned. Tyson laughed and then took a few steps back. They all laughed except Kai. She shifted her weight, which then had her standing on the curb.

Kenny walked up to her. "Alkira, do you have your beyblade? I'd love to analyze it!" he said.

"Um. where did I put them?" She checked all six of her pockets. "Ah, here they are." She took out Byokor and Meerka and handed them to Kenny. "There ya go."

"Yay!" Kenny cheered and started looking at the two beyblades.

Before anyone knew what was going on, they all heard a car horn, then screeching tires. Alkira felt a hard shove from the side and she then lie on the ground. Alkira opened her eyes and looked back. A car had almost hit her, she was now a few feet on the other side of the car, and she wasn't hurt. Alkira stood and turned around. At the same time that she felt relief, she also felt fear. She walked over to where she had been standing. Rei, Max, Tyson, and Kenny were all in shock, they wouldn't move. She felt a chill go up her spine and she looked behind the car. Kai lay on the ground, motionless. She was about to run over to him, but her knees buckled. She slowly crawled her way over. "Kai," she said, her voice almost squeaking. "Kai." She didn't want to touch him; for fear that she would cause injury. The ambulance arrived and slowly loaded the two-tone haired boy on. The rest of the Bladebreakers sat on the ground. Alkira never once moved.

Kai awoke, his eyes still closed but all of his other senses working. He heard someone singing. It was angel-like to him. He smelled flowers, he opened his eyes and all he saw was white. "Am I in heaven?"

The singing stopped. "Sorry, you're far from it."

Kai's eyes adjusted to the light and he saw Alkira. "Was that you singing?" he asked.

"Oh. sorry. I. I didn't think anyone heard me." she said. She walked over to the window next to his bed. "Kai."

"Yes?"

"Why'd you do it?"

"Do what?"

She looked from the window to him. "You pushed me out of the way, and the car hit you. Why'd you do it?"

"I." Kai looked around the room for a reasonable answer, but he could think of none. "Alkira I."

She smiled at him and continued looking out the window. "I won't ever know the answer. will I?" she finally said.

"No. you won't," Kai responded.

She giggled and turned to him. She extended her hand to his face and with a flick of her wrist; she brought out a solitary red rose. She slid it across the side of his face. Alkira bent down and kissed him tenderly on the lips. Leaving the rose behind, she said, "Good bye," and then walked out the door. Tyson, Max, Kenny, and Rei walked in.

"I wish she could have stayed a little longer," Max said.

Kai glanced at them confused. "What do you mean, 'a little longer'?" he asked them.

Tyson turned his head to the side. "Oh, she just said she was going to stay until you woke up. Then she had to go back home."

Kenny scratched his nose. "The funny thing was, she was crying when she left," Kenny said.

Kai struggled out of bed. "I have to talk to her!"

"The airport isn't that far away, she's probably already left," Rei said. He grabbed Kai by his arms and threw back onto the bed.

"And you let."

A button distracted Tyson. "What does this do?" he asked.

"Tyson! That's the morphine!" Kenny shouted. It was too late though; Tyson had already hit the button. Kai practically melted down into the bed.

"Whoops," Tyson said laughing.

They all looked at Kai as he mumbled something incoherently. Childishly Kai said, "Good night!" he then passed out.

Later the next day in the U.S. Alkira got off the plane. Kavien was there waiting for her. "Yo!" Kavien shouted to her.

"Heya!" she shouted back. They went back home. Alkira spent most of her time training with her beyblade against her three friends. She used Byokor, but was not getting hurt. Her tactics were ruthless, and horrible. Later that day, she went to bed early and was woken up the next day by Jake, David, and Kavien when they brought her breakfast in bed.

"Wakey, wakey!" David shouted.

"Bah! Go away. need sleep! Sleep, sleep," she said.

Kavien shook her. "Wake your ass up!"

"Kav, relax. We should just let her sleep. She's prolly jetlagged all to hell and back." Jake sighed. He was the only one who knew what was actually going on. She missed Kai. She had loved that boy. The days that were to come were dreary. Alkira only came downstairs for meals and then she went back to her room. On the eighth day, Jake had had it. He marched up to Alkira's room and picked up the mattress so that she fell off the other side of the bed.

"What the hell did you do that for?" Alkira shouted.

"Get your ass into gear! You've been moping around and it's driving us all crazy!" Jake shouted back. His tone then calmed down. "Alkira. I know you feel as if you'll never see him again, but that's how we felt when you left. We thought you were gone forever." Alkira blinked. Jake then chuckled. "If you never see him again, think about it, there's plenty of fish in the sea! And there. is always me!" For the first time since she got back, Alkira was laughing. "How insulting," Jake said laughing. "Now, come on. Come help us finish that seascape puzzle we started."

Alkira nodded. "Alright." They walked down stairs and over to the dining room table. Three hours later they were almost finished, and a knock then came at the door. "Who would be out in this weather?" Alkira asked the three. "It's been storming all night." She walked over to the door and opened it. "Can I help you?"

"Ah, yes, I have a package for a Miss Alkira." It was a deliveryman.

"That's me," she said. She signed the clipboard and he handed her a package.

"Have a good day ma'am."

"You as well." Alkira closed the door and walked into the dining room.

"Yo, who was it?" Kavien asked.

"Delivery." Alkira said taking the envelope off of the package.

"PACKAGE!" Jake and David shouted at the same time.

"Not for you! It's mine," she said walking over to them.

"Aw." Jake mumbled.

David was very impatient. "So! Who's it from?" he asked.

Kavien placed a puzzle piece. "What's the note say?"

"It's from Kenny," she said.

At the same time, all three guys looked at her and said, "Huh? Really? What's it say? . JYNX!"

Alkira glanced awkwardly at them. "Ayah. Jake, Jake, Jake. David, David, David. Kavien, Kavien, Kavien." The three guys laughed nervously as she shook her head.

"So what does it say?" Jake asked.

Alkira glanced at it. "He wants to know if we can go down there. He says Kai is ill and that his own grandfather would. Oh my god!"

"What?" They jumped up from the table.

"Kai's own grandfather doesn't care! He would rather have Kai die!" She tossed the paper to Kavien and opened the packaged. It was full of little styrofoam peanuts. She tilted it up and over her face. The peanuts were pouring out, but nothing else. Then out of nowhere a tape came out and hit her in the face. "Son of a-." She threw down the box and picked up the tape. Slipping it into the VCR she picked up the remote and they all sat down at the table. She hit play and they waited.

: : Kenny appears on screen and smiles. : :

At that time all four of them screamed.

: : "Heya Alkira!" Kenny said. "Yeah, what I wrote is true. And. Kai is dying."

Tyson popped on. "Yeah, there's nothing we can do, his grandpa is being a complete a-."

Rei shoved Tyson out of the way. "It doesn't matter how he's acting, it's that. okay. we're not good at this. but um,"

The camera lifted and turned around it was Max who was holding it. "Sorry to bother you about this, but. um. god I hate mooching. Can we please borrow some money?"

Rei grabbed the camera back and turned it to himself. "You could always come and see for yourself and make your decision."

"It's not like we care though!" Tyson shouted from behind Rei.

"Hey, how could you say that?" Kenny shouted. "We do care, he's our friend."

Rei set the camera down and turned around. "I thought you would have learned by now that we don't leave anyone behind, Tyson," Rei said.

"I was just kidding. You guys. guys." Rei and Kenny backed Tyson into the restroom.

Max walked infront of the camera and knelt down. "We are going to give Tyson a swirly. . But please do consider what we asked." Max walked away from the camera and into the restroom.

All you could hear was, "Guys! Not the toilet! Not the. blubble blubble" And then the toilet flushed. Kenny walked into the room and turned off the camera. : :

Alkira looked at the guys. "What do you think?" she asked them.

"It's your money," said Jake. "Do what you want."

Alkira sighed. "You guys use it too."

Kavien stood up. "Let's go save two tone!"

Alkira glanced at Kavien. "What a romantic!" she laughed.

The next day they boarded a plane that would take them to Japan. The four of them played rock paper scissors for the two window seats. Alkira got one, and Kavien got the one behind her. Jake sat next to Kavien and David sat next to her. "So, you excited?" David asked her.

"About what?" she responded.

"About going back to Japan," he said.

"It's alright. I'm more excited about kicking Kai's Grandpa's ass. He deserves it," Alkira said as she stared out the window. David poked her in the arm. "Stop that." He poked her again. "Stop." He poked her multiple times. "Knock it off," she growled. David leaned over and hugged her tightly. "Bah! David, what are you doing?"

David gave a little whimper. He then made his voice squeaky and pathetic and said, "Our Little Alkira is all grown up!" She pinched his nose and he let go. "Ow, whadja do that for?" he said. She just smiled at him as the plane began to take off. "Got any gum?" he asked Alkira. He smiled.

First class tickets and loud music were bad news for the pilot and copilot. During the course of flight, they were told multiple times to turn down the music and stop talking so loud. But David ended up playing waltz music and had everyone in first class up and dancing around, except for Alkira, who was sound asleep.

When they landed in Japan, David carried Alkira off of the plane and Jake and Kavien got the bags. Kenny ran up to them and they set off to the hospital. Not a word was spoken. When they arrived at the large white building, David woke Alkira. She walked in and they followed her. Kenny stopped them at Kai's room. Alkira entered and Rei, Max and Tyson smiled, then they stood and left the room.

Alkira walked over to Kai. No words were spoken. She put her left hand on the right side of his face. Kai was asleep. She pulled up a chair, sat at his side, and held his hand. He opened his eyes and she smiled at him. "So they told you?" he said.

Alkira didn't respond with words. Instead, she got to her feet and embraced him. He smiled, for the first time in his life, and hugged her back. She turned her head and kissed him on the cheek. "Wo ai ni, Hiwatari-kun," she said, breaking from the embrace. She smiled at him and walked out of the room.

The rest of the Bladebreakers walked in. "What did she say, Kai?" Rei asked.

"Wo ai ni," Kai said. "What does that mean?"

Rei laughed. "It's Chinese!"

"Well," Tyson said. "Since none of us except you seem to know, what does it mean?" He crossed his arms.

"Wo ai ni, means 'I love you'," Rei said, crossing his arms as well.

Just then, Kai's Grandfather walked in. "Kai," he said.

Kai sat up in his bed. "Grandfather."

"Time for us to go home," said the old man.

"I don't think so!" Alkira shouted from behind him.

Kai's Grandpa turned around. "Who are you?" he growled.

"Your worst nightmare! An American girl with a problem!" Alkira said.

"Oh really?"

"Oh yeah!"

"And what is your problem?"

"You, you son of a bitch!"

Kai winced in pain. "Alkira! Don't, I'll be fine."

"Don't make me hit you Kai," she said. She smirked evilly.

"I'll be back." Kai's grandfather left the room.