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Change of Heart By Moon Dreamer Chapter 5: Hearts Confessing
Hello Minna! I am sooo sorry that this took a long time to get out but I have been really busy. I have homework over the summer and it is taking me a lot longer than I expected to finish, but I am halfway through with it and I am taking a break by writing this next chapter. I'd like to thank everyone who encouraged me to continue writing especially, Ethan because he kept yelling at me to get up and write! Lolz. Ty Ethan! And to all of you who reviewed... Hope you guys like this chapter!!!
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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Minako and Tyson's part of the day ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"So what do you want to do first Minako?" asked Tyson as he asked Minako before calling for a cab.
"Well, Usa did have a point, saying that I would want to see some of the malls and theaters that they have here in New York. It has been quite a while since I had last been to New York, and I want to catch up with the moving trends." Answered Minako as she and Tyson made their way to the cab that had just arrived.
"On to the theater! After we go there, we can go to some of the malls here. Even though I haven't had the time to shop, I've heard that there are some awesome malls and even outlet stores here in New York. Care to give it a try?" asked Tyson as he looked at Minako for a conformation of their agenda.
"Are you serious? You've never been to the outlets here in New York! Then fasten your seatbelt Tyson because here we go!" Yelled Minako as she gave him her famous victory pose.
"Ok, so first we go to the movies, a little light lunch at the food court, and then some shopping at the stores. That should take us all the way to 6:30. Then from the stores, we should have enough time to make it back to the hotel. How does that sound?" asked Tyson as he helped Minako into the cab.
"That sounds terrific." Replied Minako as they made their way to the theater.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Ami and Kenny ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"So what would you like to see first Ami-san?" Asked Kenny as he and Ami planned their agenda for the day.
"Please Kenny-san, please call me Ami or Ami-chan. When I hear Ami-san, it makes me feel old. Besides, I am more used to hearing Ami anyways.." Explained Ami.
"Call me Kenny or chief then. I am more used to be called that, even when we are at formal settings."
"Chief? What kind of a name is that?" asked Ami, shock and interest clearly showing on her face.
Kenny blushed at her question and then cleared his throat to prepare to answer her question. "It is a child hood nickname that I got for being one of the smartest kids in the neighborhood. I was also the only one at a young age to have a laptop, much less knowing how to use it."
"Oh. I understand. I was like you when I was growing up. I never really had any friends when I was in Japan, until Usa-chan became so determined to become my friend. I will never forget that day and how much I owe her because she taught me that there was a life outside my studies and that there were others who wanted to be my friend. I just never really gave anyone the chance to be, for fear of losing someone as a friend." Answered Ami as she looked at Kenny. "I'm sorry for getting carried away. I must have bored you with my little tale."
Kenny saw the sadness lingering in her eyes and decided to comfort her without coming on to her. "No. You did nothing wrong. In fact, I wanted to hear more about yourself because it seems that you have had an interesting life so far. Besides, it was like that for me and the other guys, except I did have few friends because I was so into the beyblade thing that everyone wanted help on how to make a better blade and all."
"You know, instead of going to the museums, why don't we just take a small tour around the neighborhood and we can just talk and get to know each other a little bit more." Suggested Ami, seeing as they had not made any progress since they left the lobby.
"Are you sure? I mean there are a lot of things to see all around New York and I don't want to go back to the hotel. I think that you would have had a boring day just looking around the neighborhood." dragged Kenny as he tried to get Ami to make up her mind on what she wanted to do.
"I'm sure Kenny. I have already been to the city when I was young, but I never had a chance to look around at all because having a doctor and head physician as a mom, kept us on the move." (AN - I don't know if Ami's mom was that good but I needed a reason for Ami to have been to the major part of the city.) As Ami finished, she made up her mind on what she had wanted to do with Kenny.
"Well, if that is the way that you want it. Then off to the streets my dear." Kenny said as he held out his hand to Ami in a well-mannered fashion. Giggling, as she moved in closer and slipped her hand into his. "Since we have a change of plans, why don't we go to a fancy restaurant for lunch. There is a nice place that I know that serves a fabulous lunch and dinner entrée." With that, Ami and Kenny walked over to the park located next to the hotel where they decided to walk and to get to know each other better.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Usa and Kai ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"So where should we go first? The mall, the park, the amusement park, or the movies?" asked Usa as she began to bounce off the walls with excitement. Seeing that Kai would not move from the wall, she clutched his arm, for fear of him escaping. (AN - Reminds me a little of Relena Peacecraft from GW! Sorry Relena fans, I didn't mean to bash her so don't flame me! All it did was remind me!)
"I don't know. You decide. The only reason I agreed to this was because that you said you would have a battle with me when we returned." Said Kai as he shrugged Usa off his arm, even though he felt a rush of emotions as she placed her hand on his arm. Trying to conceal his blush, he turned away only to find Usa looking the other way, oblivious to the fact that he had started to blush.
"Well, I don't want to be a burden on you by spending any of your money. to pay for things you don't want anything to do with. So that takes the movies and the amusement park out of the list." Said Usa as she thought of a place she could see, not only where New York was famous for, but where she could also remain thrifty. "Well, there is always the park. Do you know where any nearby parks with some of New York's famous landmarks are??"
"There is Central park, but we would have to take the bus over there." Suggested Kai. 'I can't believe that I am going to spend the entire day with a girl down in Central Park. There might be bladers down there so I can at least study their moves. It might come in handy when we're at the World Championships' Thought Kai, not aware that Usa had been trying to get his attention for the past couple minutes. (AN - I know that Kai is OOC, but still. I like him like that!)
"Kai? Kai? Are you in there? Hello?" Asked Usa as she waved her hand in front of his face. To her surprise, he caught her wrist with vise-like grip and then held it far longer than needed.
Seeing that she was starting to turn a reddish color, Kai dropped her wrist, giving a small smirk at her predicament. "Yes, I am still here. I was just thinking on what else to do for the day." 'Very smooth Kai. Very smooth.' He thought to himself as he saw Usa starting to back away, buying his lie.
"Ok. Well all I really did want to do was to go down to Central Park because I heard a lot of tourist attractions are there. or at least around there. Then we could go down to the shopping outlets around the area. Does that sound good?" asked Usa as she turned her back towards Kai.
"Yeah. Sure. Whatever. Just as long as we get back to the hotel before 7. Don't forget, after dinner, you said that you would duel me." Kai said as he turned her to face him.
"It is the same with all of you boys! All you guys have is a one-track mind! (AN - I don't really know if guys do, I am just saying that. Don't bash me because I don't know that much about guys!) Well now that I am sure that you are going to take me. lets go before you decide to change your mind and leave me out in the middle of the park." Said Usa as she called for a cab to stop.
'Is that how she sees me? A heartless person that would leave anyone out in the middle of nowhere? I might act heartless, but even I have limitations. I wouldn't even dare leave her out in the middle of New York. what would Tyson do if he found out that I had lost his cousin. Not to mention the fact that her friends would most likely kill me if I did.' Kai thought as he followed Usa into the cab that would take them to Central Park.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Central Park ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
(AN - I know I am focusing more on Usa and Kai... but they are my favorite couple! If you guys want more on the other 2 couples, tell me and then I will write about them in another installment.)
"So here we are, Central Park." Kai said as he helped Usa out of the cab while she took out her purse to pay for the cab ride. "What are you doing?"
"What does it look like I am doing? I am paying the driver. Here you go sir." Usa said as she gave the payment to the driver.
"Thanks a lot kid." He said as he took the money and left the two to their destination.
"I thought I was supposed to pay the diver." Asked Kai as he looked at Usa as if she had grown a second head. " I thought that guys were supposed to pay for these type of things. Don't get me wrong, I am fine that you paid for the bill, but we could have split the fine."
"Yeah, well I know that is traditional customs, but as you can see, I am not one to keep unfair traditions. I didn't want to be indebt to you when I could have paid it for myself. But if it bothers you that much, you can pay for the trip back to the hotel. Is that fine with you?" she asked as she turned to look at him. 'I never knew guys to be ones to pay for things. I usually thought that they would be happy for women to take the bill at least once instead of them having to pay for everything. Men, I will never understand them.' She thought as she heard her name being whispered through her ears.
'Well she is different from any other girl I have ever met, but then again, I never gave the chance for any girl to get close to me before this. I think I am starting to go soft.' Kai thought as he thought back to when he had first met her back in the airport. 'Different indeed.'
"Did you say anything Kai?" asked Usa as she looked at him with a weird expression on her face as she was disrupted from her thoughts.
"Huh? No. I didn't say anything." Replied Kai as he too as his train of thoughts were broken when she had called his name.
"Oh. I thought that I heard someone calling me. Oh well. Look Kai at those Bladers over there in the middle of the park. Lets go see some of the matches over there." Usa said excitedly as she dragged Kai over to some of the makeshift arenas that some duelists had made out of a bowl and a box.
"Whoa. Look guys, it is Kai from the Blade Breakers!" Yelled some kids from various arenas. Heads started to turn towards the entrance of the park, and sure enough, there was Kai of the Blade Breakers.
"Lets go shake his hand!"
"I wonder if the other member of the team are here also?"
"Lets go over and ask for his number." (AN - ok. you guys there are some girl beybladers there. Besides, if you guys saw Kai just in the middle of the park, wouldn't you do the same thing?)
"Aww, that's so cute Kai. It seems that you have a lot of fans as well as admirers." Giggled Usa as Kai began to take a step backwards to the exit. "Come on Kai. They just want to meet you. You never know, you might find someone here worthy enough to play against you. Or maybe you are just afraid that someone would beat you." 'Come on Kai and take the bait.' Thought Usa as she saw him get that determined look in his eyes that showed that he would not back down from a challenge.
"I am not afraid that someone would beat me. I am just not good with crowds. I also don't want to be chased by a hound of girls who want me to marry them. I am perfectly fine as I am thank you." Finished Kai as a smirk appeared on his face as he thought that he had won this round.
"How about I pretend that I am with you so that the girls won't be all over you? So how about it? Would you please just stay with me. You don't even have to duel with anyone. We could just take a stroll around the park and head back to the hotel." trailed off Usa as she began to tug on Kai's t-shirt.
"And miss the action and the strategies that come from observation? I think not. My only problem was those girls, but since you offered, we can stay here for a while." Said Kai as he gave Usa his trademark smirk that made her blush.
'Why am I blushing? I can't be. No. I am not. I promised myself that after Mamoru I would never again fall in love. Oh man, I need to stop hanging around Minako-chan for a while because I think I am starting to. Oh no, I am talking to myself. I better shut up before Kai notices something. But he is cute when he smirks like that. ARGH!' Usa gave herself a couple of mental slaps before she answered Kai.
"Oh yeah.. Good idea. Maybe I could get some pointers before our battle tonight. At least I will have some idea of what to expect tonight."
"Like you could ever beat me even if you knew my strategy." Said Kai as he grinned as Usa began to turn a shade of red.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT I COULD NEVER BEAT YOU? I COULD BEAT YOU WITH MY HANDS TIED BEHIND MY BACK!" Yelled Usa as she began to lose control.
"I don't think they heard you in China. I think I am going to go deaf. The next time you decide to yell, please face another direction or at least not in my ear." Whimpered Kai as he began to rub his ear.
"Well that is what you get for insulting me like that. Now lets stop wasting time and battle!" Said Usa as she dragged Kai over to a random battle arena.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~Back at the hotel ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"Wow that was a fun day, huh Tyson." Minako said as they entered the lobby at 6:50 p.m.
"Yeah. a little help Minako. PLEASE!" Yelled Tyson for he was about to collapse under the weight of the 20 shopping bags he was carrying.
"Huh? Oh I am so sorry Tyson. I told you that I should carry some of those but then again, you did refuse because you said that the guys should carry the bags. Here give me some of those." Replied Minako as she took about 9 of the bags herself. (AN - I know it might seem like a lot of bags, but hey, they are in New York. but to humor Tyson, most of the bags are small.)
"Man I have no idea how you girls are able to shop for 5 hours straight. I only said that because I thought that we were only going to be at the mall for only about 1-2 hours only." Gasped Tyson as he fell on one of the sofa's in the hotel lobby.
"Are you serious? Only 2 hours to shop? You have to be kidding me. Back in Japan, the girls and me would shop for at least 8 hours, so what we did today was like a warm up if we were going to bring the rest of them." Joked Minako as Tyson's face was drained of its color.
"The girls and I."
"Huh?" Asked Minako as a familiar voice came from behind her.
"It is the girls and I, not the girls and me." Ami said as she and Kenny walked into the lobby to where Minako and Tyson were.
"Oh. How come you keep on correcting my grammar Ami-chan?" Whined Minako as Ami began to smile.
"Well, it is out of habit I guess. What do you have there Minako? Don't tell me that Tyson also participated in your shopping spree." Asked Ami.
"Well. This is some of the stuff I bought when we went shopping. I got you and Usa something also because so then we could look stylish in our stay here. And to answer your question, Tyson did not shop with me. All he did was help me carry some of my bags." Giggled Minako as she remembered Tyson when they just arrived after their shopping experience together.
"That's good. And to think that you didn't bring us anything." Giggled Ami, nodding her head to the bags that seemed to be filled with things.
"Speaking of which, what did you and Kenny do today?"
"Well, instead of going to the museums as originally planned, we decided to walk around the neighborhood and to get to know each other. Coincidentally, Kenny and I have some common interests and that our childhood times were similar. After we went to the park, we had lunch at a small café." Ami said as Minako began to hang on her every word.
"And?"
"What else is there to say? Most of our day was composed of us getting to know each other and our friends." Ami replied calmly as Minako fell to the floor anime style.
"That's it? Nothing else?" asked Minako as she picked herself off of the floor with help from Ami.
"Pretty much."
"Wow. That seems pretty boring but in the same way romantic because you got to spend the whole day together just finding some common ground. So are you two going out again?" Minako asked as Ami's cheeks began to redden, but before she could reply, they were interrupted when they last of their group had arrived.
"Hey everyone!" Usa greeted as she and Kai walked into the lobby. Kai didn't greet his friends, he just walked to his comrades without waiting for Usa.
"Well, that was rude. Anyways, how was your day guys?" Usa asked only to be stopped by Minako, who held her hand up.
"Be quiet Usa. Ami was just about to answer my question."
"Oh really Minako? What was the question?" Asked Usa as interest began to make its way to her face.
"I asked her if she and Kenny were going to be going on another date."
"Wow! Ok, Ami-chan! Are you guys going to be going on another date?"
"Well. I don't know. It was nice to spend the day with Kenny, and I would enjoy another outing with him, but as of yet, we have nothing planned. So sorry to get your hopes up girls." Ami apologized.
"Can we go eat now before we get dragged into another one of your girlish conversations?" Asked Kai as he started to show signs of irritation.
"Ok then. After dinner, we can have that duel I promised you." Replied Usa as her friends' mouths began to hang open.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ At dinner ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"What duel were you talking about Usa-chan?" asked Ami once they had sat down and received their food.
"Yeah, Usa. I want the details." Joined Minako.
"I will give you the details later guys, but I promised Kai a duel if he were to take me out around Central Park today and he agreed. So now I have to uphold the end of my bargain." Replied Usa as she began to eat her food.
"You what? You bribed him just to go out with you today. I am impressed Usa." Minako said as she gave her a thumbs up.
"You're horrible Minako. oh well, it gives us the chance to see Usa in action." Agreed Ami as she too began to eat her food.
"So do you think that Kai can beat you? He seems pretty confident that he could." Minako told her friend.
"Well I am not sure. I have not been practicing, so I know that I have weakened my game. I am sure that I could last for a while but even though I am good, I am not the one who won multiple championships. Besides, I got to see some of his strategies at the park today." Usa said as her friends became more absorbed into the conversation.
"How were you able to see his strategies? As far as we know, you haven't even had a duel against Kai. So how in the world are you able to know his moves?" Asked Ami.
"Well, remember how I said that we spent the day at the park?" Asked Usa, getting nods from her friends. "Well at the park, there were small arenas there that kids had set up and there were duels there. Well it isn't surprising that many of the people there recognized him, boys as well as girls. Lets just say that is was an adventure just to stand there when the girls started to walk toward us with stars in their eyes." Usa giggled at the memory. "It kinda reminded me of Minako when the Three Lights first came to our school."
"Hey! I wasn't that bad!" Gasped Minako only to be stared at by the rest of the people there at her outburst. She mumbled a "sorry", then sat back in her seat.
"Minako, even I know that you went crazy every time you saw Yaten-san." Ami added as Minako began to blush at the accusation.
"Ok then. You guys got me, but I wasn't as bad as you or Usa-chan. Whenever Seiya or Taiki came up to us." Now it was Usa's and Ami's turn to blush.
"Ok, ok Minako-chan. We get the message. Now lets get back to the topic at hand. So what did you guys do when those girls began to corner you guys?" Asked Ami as the spotlight was once again on Usa.
"Well, when we saw that those girls would not leave him alone, I suggested that we pretend that we were together so those girls would back down. And it worked. They left us alone and we were able to see some of the duels ourselves. Kai also participated in some of them." Finished Usa as their mouths began to hang open.
"You and Kai pretended to be an item?"
"You suggested to pretend to be together?" All questions were hurled at Usa, who answered them all with calm and grace because she had anticipated their reactions.
"Oh wow!" Minako said in awe. She and Ami shared a look and then she turned her attention to Usa. "You know, I think that you are falling for him Usa."
At hearing that, Usa began to choke on her drink and Ami had to hit her back to stop Usa from continuing. "Huh? W.. what makes you say that Minako-chan?"
"Well, after knowing you for a while, I know you well enough that you wouldn't do that unless you really liked the guy. Besides I can feel it, I am the Goddess of Love after all."
"... Well, I am not sure how I feel about him." She responded so quietly that her friends had to lean in to hear her. "I mean, I really like him, but I am not sure if I love him yet. It is to early. Besides, I promised myself that I would never fall in love with anyone else after what happened with Mamo-baka. I don't want to be put through the same pain of rejection and betrayal again." When Usa started to cry, Minako and Ami began to comfort her.
"Usa, you have to love again. You can't keep pushing people away because if you do, your life will be full of regret and heartache. A wise person once told me that life without love is not life at all. So you should go for it. And Usa, what kind of a life would it be if you didn't take chances? Even though you will feel pain, in the end, you will be happier and all of your previous hardships will just make that moment even more sweeter." Minako said.
Usa began to stop her crying and started to smile. "Thanks guys. I really needed that." She grabbed the handkerchief that Ami was handing her, and wiped away her tears. "Minako, I never knew that you could talk like that."
"Yeah well, it just makes the saying 'don't judge a book by its cover' even more true. Besides, many of us have secrets, isn't that right Usa-chan?" asked Minako as Usa began to smile.
"Well, we should hurry up guys because the others are almost done and we have yet to finish." Ami said and they began to eat their food quickly and finished just in time when Ray told them that it was time for the duel.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ After dinner ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"Ok, you guys know the rules. This is an official best out of 1 match, winner take all. Are each of you ready?" Asked Tyson as he began to go over the layout of the duel.
"I am ready Ty-chan." Replied Usa as she got her blade in its ready position.
"Go already." Replied Kai as he too began to get his blade ready.
"Alright. LET IT RIP!" And the match began.
********* Hehe!! Now that's a cliffy. but at least a small one. I am going to need help writing the dueling part, so if anyone is interested to help me write it, contact me and I will get back to you! Gomen Nasai that Mina's and Ami's part of the day were short but then I explained it in the lobby conversation. I am really sorry but this story will focus more on Usa and Kai. but if you guys want to have Mina's and Ami's romances more in the story, just tell me, and I will try to incorporate it more in the story, but if not, their stories will be small.
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Change of Heart By Moon Dreamer Chapter 5: Hearts Confessing
Hello Minna! I am sooo sorry that this took a long time to get out but I have been really busy. I have homework over the summer and it is taking me a lot longer than I expected to finish, but I am halfway through with it and I am taking a break by writing this next chapter. I'd like to thank everyone who encouraged me to continue writing especially, Ethan because he kept yelling at me to get up and write! Lolz. Ty Ethan! And to all of you who reviewed... Hope you guys like this chapter!!!
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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Minako and Tyson's part of the day ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"So what do you want to do first Minako?" asked Tyson as he asked Minako before calling for a cab.
"Well, Usa did have a point, saying that I would want to see some of the malls and theaters that they have here in New York. It has been quite a while since I had last been to New York, and I want to catch up with the moving trends." Answered Minako as she and Tyson made their way to the cab that had just arrived.
"On to the theater! After we go there, we can go to some of the malls here. Even though I haven't had the time to shop, I've heard that there are some awesome malls and even outlet stores here in New York. Care to give it a try?" asked Tyson as he looked at Minako for a conformation of their agenda.
"Are you serious? You've never been to the outlets here in New York! Then fasten your seatbelt Tyson because here we go!" Yelled Minako as she gave him her famous victory pose.
"Ok, so first we go to the movies, a little light lunch at the food court, and then some shopping at the stores. That should take us all the way to 6:30. Then from the stores, we should have enough time to make it back to the hotel. How does that sound?" asked Tyson as he helped Minako into the cab.
"That sounds terrific." Replied Minako as they made their way to the theater.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Ami and Kenny ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"So what would you like to see first Ami-san?" Asked Kenny as he and Ami planned their agenda for the day.
"Please Kenny-san, please call me Ami or Ami-chan. When I hear Ami-san, it makes me feel old. Besides, I am more used to hearing Ami anyways.." Explained Ami.
"Call me Kenny or chief then. I am more used to be called that, even when we are at formal settings."
"Chief? What kind of a name is that?" asked Ami, shock and interest clearly showing on her face.
Kenny blushed at her question and then cleared his throat to prepare to answer her question. "It is a child hood nickname that I got for being one of the smartest kids in the neighborhood. I was also the only one at a young age to have a laptop, much less knowing how to use it."
"Oh. I understand. I was like you when I was growing up. I never really had any friends when I was in Japan, until Usa-chan became so determined to become my friend. I will never forget that day and how much I owe her because she taught me that there was a life outside my studies and that there were others who wanted to be my friend. I just never really gave anyone the chance to be, for fear of losing someone as a friend." Answered Ami as she looked at Kenny. "I'm sorry for getting carried away. I must have bored you with my little tale."
Kenny saw the sadness lingering in her eyes and decided to comfort her without coming on to her. "No. You did nothing wrong. In fact, I wanted to hear more about yourself because it seems that you have had an interesting life so far. Besides, it was like that for me and the other guys, except I did have few friends because I was so into the beyblade thing that everyone wanted help on how to make a better blade and all."
"You know, instead of going to the museums, why don't we just take a small tour around the neighborhood and we can just talk and get to know each other a little bit more." Suggested Ami, seeing as they had not made any progress since they left the lobby.
"Are you sure? I mean there are a lot of things to see all around New York and I don't want to go back to the hotel. I think that you would have had a boring day just looking around the neighborhood." dragged Kenny as he tried to get Ami to make up her mind on what she wanted to do.
"I'm sure Kenny. I have already been to the city when I was young, but I never had a chance to look around at all because having a doctor and head physician as a mom, kept us on the move." (AN - I don't know if Ami's mom was that good but I needed a reason for Ami to have been to the major part of the city.) As Ami finished, she made up her mind on what she had wanted to do with Kenny.
"Well, if that is the way that you want it. Then off to the streets my dear." Kenny said as he held out his hand to Ami in a well-mannered fashion. Giggling, as she moved in closer and slipped her hand into his. "Since we have a change of plans, why don't we go to a fancy restaurant for lunch. There is a nice place that I know that serves a fabulous lunch and dinner entrée." With that, Ami and Kenny walked over to the park located next to the hotel where they decided to walk and to get to know each other better.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Usa and Kai ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"So where should we go first? The mall, the park, the amusement park, or the movies?" asked Usa as she began to bounce off the walls with excitement. Seeing that Kai would not move from the wall, she clutched his arm, for fear of him escaping. (AN - Reminds me a little of Relena Peacecraft from GW! Sorry Relena fans, I didn't mean to bash her so don't flame me! All it did was remind me!)
"I don't know. You decide. The only reason I agreed to this was because that you said you would have a battle with me when we returned." Said Kai as he shrugged Usa off his arm, even though he felt a rush of emotions as she placed her hand on his arm. Trying to conceal his blush, he turned away only to find Usa looking the other way, oblivious to the fact that he had started to blush.
"Well, I don't want to be a burden on you by spending any of your money. to pay for things you don't want anything to do with. So that takes the movies and the amusement park out of the list." Said Usa as she thought of a place she could see, not only where New York was famous for, but where she could also remain thrifty. "Well, there is always the park. Do you know where any nearby parks with some of New York's famous landmarks are??"
"There is Central park, but we would have to take the bus over there." Suggested Kai. 'I can't believe that I am going to spend the entire day with a girl down in Central Park. There might be bladers down there so I can at least study their moves. It might come in handy when we're at the World Championships' Thought Kai, not aware that Usa had been trying to get his attention for the past couple minutes. (AN - I know that Kai is OOC, but still. I like him like that!)
"Kai? Kai? Are you in there? Hello?" Asked Usa as she waved her hand in front of his face. To her surprise, he caught her wrist with vise-like grip and then held it far longer than needed.
Seeing that she was starting to turn a reddish color, Kai dropped her wrist, giving a small smirk at her predicament. "Yes, I am still here. I was just thinking on what else to do for the day." 'Very smooth Kai. Very smooth.' He thought to himself as he saw Usa starting to back away, buying his lie.
"Ok. Well all I really did want to do was to go down to Central Park because I heard a lot of tourist attractions are there. or at least around there. Then we could go down to the shopping outlets around the area. Does that sound good?" asked Usa as she turned her back towards Kai.
"Yeah. Sure. Whatever. Just as long as we get back to the hotel before 7. Don't forget, after dinner, you said that you would duel me." Kai said as he turned her to face him.
"It is the same with all of you boys! All you guys have is a one-track mind! (AN - I don't really know if guys do, I am just saying that. Don't bash me because I don't know that much about guys!) Well now that I am sure that you are going to take me. lets go before you decide to change your mind and leave me out in the middle of the park." Said Usa as she called for a cab to stop.
'Is that how she sees me? A heartless person that would leave anyone out in the middle of nowhere? I might act heartless, but even I have limitations. I wouldn't even dare leave her out in the middle of New York. what would Tyson do if he found out that I had lost his cousin. Not to mention the fact that her friends would most likely kill me if I did.' Kai thought as he followed Usa into the cab that would take them to Central Park.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Central Park ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
(AN - I know I am focusing more on Usa and Kai... but they are my favorite couple! If you guys want more on the other 2 couples, tell me and then I will write about them in another installment.)
"So here we are, Central Park." Kai said as he helped Usa out of the cab while she took out her purse to pay for the cab ride. "What are you doing?"
"What does it look like I am doing? I am paying the driver. Here you go sir." Usa said as she gave the payment to the driver.
"Thanks a lot kid." He said as he took the money and left the two to their destination.
"I thought I was supposed to pay the diver." Asked Kai as he looked at Usa as if she had grown a second head. " I thought that guys were supposed to pay for these type of things. Don't get me wrong, I am fine that you paid for the bill, but we could have split the fine."
"Yeah, well I know that is traditional customs, but as you can see, I am not one to keep unfair traditions. I didn't want to be indebt to you when I could have paid it for myself. But if it bothers you that much, you can pay for the trip back to the hotel. Is that fine with you?" she asked as she turned to look at him. 'I never knew guys to be ones to pay for things. I usually thought that they would be happy for women to take the bill at least once instead of them having to pay for everything. Men, I will never understand them.' She thought as she heard her name being whispered through her ears.
'Well she is different from any other girl I have ever met, but then again, I never gave the chance for any girl to get close to me before this. I think I am starting to go soft.' Kai thought as he thought back to when he had first met her back in the airport. 'Different indeed.'
"Did you say anything Kai?" asked Usa as she looked at him with a weird expression on her face as she was disrupted from her thoughts.
"Huh? No. I didn't say anything." Replied Kai as he too as his train of thoughts were broken when she had called his name.
"Oh. I thought that I heard someone calling me. Oh well. Look Kai at those Bladers over there in the middle of the park. Lets go see some of the matches over there." Usa said excitedly as she dragged Kai over to some of the makeshift arenas that some duelists had made out of a bowl and a box.
"Whoa. Look guys, it is Kai from the Blade Breakers!" Yelled some kids from various arenas. Heads started to turn towards the entrance of the park, and sure enough, there was Kai of the Blade Breakers.
"Lets go shake his hand!"
"I wonder if the other member of the team are here also?"
"Lets go over and ask for his number." (AN - ok. you guys there are some girl beybladers there. Besides, if you guys saw Kai just in the middle of the park, wouldn't you do the same thing?)
"Aww, that's so cute Kai. It seems that you have a lot of fans as well as admirers." Giggled Usa as Kai began to take a step backwards to the exit. "Come on Kai. They just want to meet you. You never know, you might find someone here worthy enough to play against you. Or maybe you are just afraid that someone would beat you." 'Come on Kai and take the bait.' Thought Usa as she saw him get that determined look in his eyes that showed that he would not back down from a challenge.
"I am not afraid that someone would beat me. I am just not good with crowds. I also don't want to be chased by a hound of girls who want me to marry them. I am perfectly fine as I am thank you." Finished Kai as a smirk appeared on his face as he thought that he had won this round.
"How about I pretend that I am with you so that the girls won't be all over you? So how about it? Would you please just stay with me. You don't even have to duel with anyone. We could just take a stroll around the park and head back to the hotel." trailed off Usa as she began to tug on Kai's t-shirt.
"And miss the action and the strategies that come from observation? I think not. My only problem was those girls, but since you offered, we can stay here for a while." Said Kai as he gave Usa his trademark smirk that made her blush.
'Why am I blushing? I can't be. No. I am not. I promised myself that after Mamoru I would never again fall in love. Oh man, I need to stop hanging around Minako-chan for a while because I think I am starting to. Oh no, I am talking to myself. I better shut up before Kai notices something. But he is cute when he smirks like that. ARGH!' Usa gave herself a couple of mental slaps before she answered Kai.
"Oh yeah.. Good idea. Maybe I could get some pointers before our battle tonight. At least I will have some idea of what to expect tonight."
"Like you could ever beat me even if you knew my strategy." Said Kai as he grinned as Usa began to turn a shade of red.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT I COULD NEVER BEAT YOU? I COULD BEAT YOU WITH MY HANDS TIED BEHIND MY BACK!" Yelled Usa as she began to lose control.
"I don't think they heard you in China. I think I am going to go deaf. The next time you decide to yell, please face another direction or at least not in my ear." Whimpered Kai as he began to rub his ear.
"Well that is what you get for insulting me like that. Now lets stop wasting time and battle!" Said Usa as she dragged Kai over to a random battle arena.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~Back at the hotel ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"Wow that was a fun day, huh Tyson." Minako said as they entered the lobby at 6:50 p.m.
"Yeah. a little help Minako. PLEASE!" Yelled Tyson for he was about to collapse under the weight of the 20 shopping bags he was carrying.
"Huh? Oh I am so sorry Tyson. I told you that I should carry some of those but then again, you did refuse because you said that the guys should carry the bags. Here give me some of those." Replied Minako as she took about 9 of the bags herself. (AN - I know it might seem like a lot of bags, but hey, they are in New York. but to humor Tyson, most of the bags are small.)
"Man I have no idea how you girls are able to shop for 5 hours straight. I only said that because I thought that we were only going to be at the mall for only about 1-2 hours only." Gasped Tyson as he fell on one of the sofa's in the hotel lobby.
"Are you serious? Only 2 hours to shop? You have to be kidding me. Back in Japan, the girls and me would shop for at least 8 hours, so what we did today was like a warm up if we were going to bring the rest of them." Joked Minako as Tyson's face was drained of its color.
"The girls and I."
"Huh?" Asked Minako as a familiar voice came from behind her.
"It is the girls and I, not the girls and me." Ami said as she and Kenny walked into the lobby to where Minako and Tyson were.
"Oh. How come you keep on correcting my grammar Ami-chan?" Whined Minako as Ami began to smile.
"Well, it is out of habit I guess. What do you have there Minako? Don't tell me that Tyson also participated in your shopping spree." Asked Ami.
"Well. This is some of the stuff I bought when we went shopping. I got you and Usa something also because so then we could look stylish in our stay here. And to answer your question, Tyson did not shop with me. All he did was help me carry some of my bags." Giggled Minako as she remembered Tyson when they just arrived after their shopping experience together.
"That's good. And to think that you didn't bring us anything." Giggled Ami, nodding her head to the bags that seemed to be filled with things.
"Speaking of which, what did you and Kenny do today?"
"Well, instead of going to the museums as originally planned, we decided to walk around the neighborhood and to get to know each other. Coincidentally, Kenny and I have some common interests and that our childhood times were similar. After we went to the park, we had lunch at a small café." Ami said as Minako began to hang on her every word.
"And?"
"What else is there to say? Most of our day was composed of us getting to know each other and our friends." Ami replied calmly as Minako fell to the floor anime style.
"That's it? Nothing else?" asked Minako as she picked herself off of the floor with help from Ami.
"Pretty much."
"Wow. That seems pretty boring but in the same way romantic because you got to spend the whole day together just finding some common ground. So are you two going out again?" Minako asked as Ami's cheeks began to redden, but before she could reply, they were interrupted when they last of their group had arrived.
"Hey everyone!" Usa greeted as she and Kai walked into the lobby. Kai didn't greet his friends, he just walked to his comrades without waiting for Usa.
"Well, that was rude. Anyways, how was your day guys?" Usa asked only to be stopped by Minako, who held her hand up.
"Be quiet Usa. Ami was just about to answer my question."
"Oh really Minako? What was the question?" Asked Usa as interest began to make its way to her face.
"I asked her if she and Kenny were going to be going on another date."
"Wow! Ok, Ami-chan! Are you guys going to be going on another date?"
"Well. I don't know. It was nice to spend the day with Kenny, and I would enjoy another outing with him, but as of yet, we have nothing planned. So sorry to get your hopes up girls." Ami apologized.
"Can we go eat now before we get dragged into another one of your girlish conversations?" Asked Kai as he started to show signs of irritation.
"Ok then. After dinner, we can have that duel I promised you." Replied Usa as her friends' mouths began to hang open.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ At dinner ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"What duel were you talking about Usa-chan?" asked Ami once they had sat down and received their food.
"Yeah, Usa. I want the details." Joined Minako.
"I will give you the details later guys, but I promised Kai a duel if he were to take me out around Central Park today and he agreed. So now I have to uphold the end of my bargain." Replied Usa as she began to eat her food.
"You what? You bribed him just to go out with you today. I am impressed Usa." Minako said as she gave her a thumbs up.
"You're horrible Minako. oh well, it gives us the chance to see Usa in action." Agreed Ami as she too began to eat her food.
"So do you think that Kai can beat you? He seems pretty confident that he could." Minako told her friend.
"Well I am not sure. I have not been practicing, so I know that I have weakened my game. I am sure that I could last for a while but even though I am good, I am not the one who won multiple championships. Besides, I got to see some of his strategies at the park today." Usa said as her friends became more absorbed into the conversation.
"How were you able to see his strategies? As far as we know, you haven't even had a duel against Kai. So how in the world are you able to know his moves?" Asked Ami.
"Well, remember how I said that we spent the day at the park?" Asked Usa, getting nods from her friends. "Well at the park, there were small arenas there that kids had set up and there were duels there. Well it isn't surprising that many of the people there recognized him, boys as well as girls. Lets just say that is was an adventure just to stand there when the girls started to walk toward us with stars in their eyes." Usa giggled at the memory. "It kinda reminded me of Minako when the Three Lights first came to our school."
"Hey! I wasn't that bad!" Gasped Minako only to be stared at by the rest of the people there at her outburst. She mumbled a "sorry", then sat back in her seat.
"Minako, even I know that you went crazy every time you saw Yaten-san." Ami added as Minako began to blush at the accusation.
"Ok then. You guys got me, but I wasn't as bad as you or Usa-chan. Whenever Seiya or Taiki came up to us." Now it was Usa's and Ami's turn to blush.
"Ok, ok Minako-chan. We get the message. Now lets get back to the topic at hand. So what did you guys do when those girls began to corner you guys?" Asked Ami as the spotlight was once again on Usa.
"Well, when we saw that those girls would not leave him alone, I suggested that we pretend that we were together so those girls would back down. And it worked. They left us alone and we were able to see some of the duels ourselves. Kai also participated in some of them." Finished Usa as their mouths began to hang open.
"You and Kai pretended to be an item?"
"You suggested to pretend to be together?" All questions were hurled at Usa, who answered them all with calm and grace because she had anticipated their reactions.
"Oh wow!" Minako said in awe. She and Ami shared a look and then she turned her attention to Usa. "You know, I think that you are falling for him Usa."
At hearing that, Usa began to choke on her drink and Ami had to hit her back to stop Usa from continuing. "Huh? W.. what makes you say that Minako-chan?"
"Well, after knowing you for a while, I know you well enough that you wouldn't do that unless you really liked the guy. Besides I can feel it, I am the Goddess of Love after all."
"... Well, I am not sure how I feel about him." She responded so quietly that her friends had to lean in to hear her. "I mean, I really like him, but I am not sure if I love him yet. It is to early. Besides, I promised myself that I would never fall in love with anyone else after what happened with Mamo-baka. I don't want to be put through the same pain of rejection and betrayal again." When Usa started to cry, Minako and Ami began to comfort her.
"Usa, you have to love again. You can't keep pushing people away because if you do, your life will be full of regret and heartache. A wise person once told me that life without love is not life at all. So you should go for it. And Usa, what kind of a life would it be if you didn't take chances? Even though you will feel pain, in the end, you will be happier and all of your previous hardships will just make that moment even more sweeter." Minako said.
Usa began to stop her crying and started to smile. "Thanks guys. I really needed that." She grabbed the handkerchief that Ami was handing her, and wiped away her tears. "Minako, I never knew that you could talk like that."
"Yeah well, it just makes the saying 'don't judge a book by its cover' even more true. Besides, many of us have secrets, isn't that right Usa-chan?" asked Minako as Usa began to smile.
"Well, we should hurry up guys because the others are almost done and we have yet to finish." Ami said and they began to eat their food quickly and finished just in time when Ray told them that it was time for the duel.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ After dinner ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"Ok, you guys know the rules. This is an official best out of 1 match, winner take all. Are each of you ready?" Asked Tyson as he began to go over the layout of the duel.
"I am ready Ty-chan." Replied Usa as she got her blade in its ready position.
"Go already." Replied Kai as he too began to get his blade ready.
"Alright. LET IT RIP!" And the match began.
********* Hehe!! Now that's a cliffy. but at least a small one. I am going to need help writing the dueling part, so if anyone is interested to help me write it, contact me and I will get back to you! Gomen Nasai that Mina's and Ami's part of the day were short but then I explained it in the lobby conversation. I am really sorry but this story will focus more on Usa and Kai. but if you guys want to have Mina's and Ami's romances more in the story, just tell me, and I will try to incorporate it more in the story, but if not, their stories will be small.
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