Surfergurl16: Thanx, but I don't think they'll sue the hotel, cause I think Mr. Dickenson has got enough to pay for without a lawyer… ;) And sorry for the cliffie…
Kai's Blue Angel: Sorry for my small mistakes everywhere… As I said, I meant UPDATE so I didn't mean to force u to a review… Girl, I feel so embarrassed…
Lil Tanuki: Thanx for answering my questions! I'm sorry, but it seems like some more Ray/Mariah is encouraged. I dunno when Kai's gonna understand, maybe in this chappie?
Sammy: Thankies *bows* And here's coming some more!
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Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Beyblade or its characters. I don't own the lyric to "Believe it or not" which belongs to Nickelback. I DO own Laynie and her bitbeast, and the Black Cats. And I believe this plot is my also… ^___^ Chapter Ten: Giving Away My Thoughts
Laynie sank down onto the floor, leaning her head against the wall. This was the second time she was locked in with Kai.
- "What's the chances for a thing like this happening twice at the same hotel?" She asked out loud to the air.
- "Someone has to check the room." Kai sounded sure but Laynie shook her head.
She smirked in a sad way. "Forget it Kai, you're locked in with ME."
- "So? Now when I'm locked in, I'm happy you're not Tyson." Frowned Kai. She was doing it again. Making him all soft.
- "I'm like a black cat. The bad luck seems to follow me..."
Kai stood still and watched Laynie rub her eyes like she was tired. Once again, Kai felt a wave of compassion break through and without thinking, he sat down next to Laynie at the floor.
- "You're not." He said and Laynie smirked again.
- "Like you give a damn."
[Usually I wouldn't. But why does I now then?] Thought Kai and frowned. It was hard for him to admit it, but he had started to care a lot for Laynie now. He didn't want her this unhappy, tensed and sad. He wanted to comfort her and make her feel better.
Laynie sighed quietly for herself. Kai was sitting so close to her that she could feel his body heat against the side. It made her feel better and she started to relax. She wanted him to stay there and just be…
- "Do you think we can win tomorrow?" Laynie stroke some strands of hair from her face.
Kai frowned again. "I hope so. Tyson hasn't trained as much as he should, but we can take a lost. But it'll be tough."
[Just as I thought… And Nicholas isn't going to give away anything! If I wanna win, Drizzler and I've to be in perfect shape…] Laynie thought. Then she remembered her thoughts from yesterday's night and the feeling she always carried now. Laynie took a deep breath and turned to Kai.
- "Kai, I wanna ask you something." She started, looking at her knees. "Do you believe in love?"
~*~ At the cinema… ~*~
- "Are you sure about this move?" Ray said, glancing at Mariah. They sat in the back of the auditorium and waited for the movie to start.
Mariah smiled. "Why shouldn't I be? After what I've heard should this movie be great!"
- "Well, you're not exactly famous for being into horror movies…" replied Ray carefully.
Mariah paled remarkable and her jaw dropped slightly. "What? I thought it was a adventure/drama thing?" She said looking surprised.
Ray gave her an amused look. "Mariah, what was that 'adventure/drama thing' about?" He asked.
- "Something about small peoples who has to destroy a little ring." Mariah frowned.
- "Mariah! That's LORD OF THE RINGS!" laughed Ray and Mariah blushed deeply.
- "Oh…" She mumbled and looked down onto her hands. Ray smiled and took her hand. "What's this movie about then?"
Ray cleared his throat. "Something like, you watch a video-tape and then you get a phone call where someone tells you that you'll die in seven days."
Mariah's eyes widened and she gulped. She was NOT into horror movies and tried to avoid them as much as she could.
Ray noticed her reaction and leaned over to her. "Do you want to change movie? I think we can." He whispered.
Mariah shook her head as an answer. "I can always close my eyes…" She said and smirked.
- "Good answer, the movie starts now." Ray nodded against the big screen as the light faded.
~*~ Back in the training-room… ~*~
Kai was speechless. If she had asked two weeks ago, it would've been a straight NO. But he wasn't sure of anything longer. Laynie's question echoed in his head. "Do you believe in love?" Before Laynie's first appearance he was sure about that love only was a weakness.
- "I don't know." He said honestly. "What about you?"
- "I've always thought of love as a weakness since I've seen what it can do. It can make you dependent and captured if you don't look out. Maybe it is happiness and something beautiful, but I don't know if I believe in it…" Laynie stared at the ceiling with a thoughtful expression.
But suddenly, she snapped out of her thoughts and turned her head to Kai.
- "I don't know anything about you." She said. "Well, you don't know so much about me either, but the only thing I know about you is your last name."
[When did I become this chatty? And with Kai?] She thought more than surprised. It seemed like when she was with Kai, all of her insecurity and faked attitude disappeared. She was herself. It didn't feel like she had to pretend or hide around him.
- "Wow, I'm honored. My last name." Replied Kai ironically. Being with Laynie made him feel good and relaxed. Even if he still was cold and sometimes rude, she didn't seem to care. She let him be himself.
- "Well, you should be." Teased Laynie. "I'm don't remember boring peoples' names."
Kai raised one eyebrow and gave her a gaze that said: "wow-I-feel-so-appreciated"
Laynie laughed soft and pushed him lightly in his side. When he kept that gaze, she started to tickle him. But he didn't respond and Laynie stopped reluctantly.
- "You're not ticklish?" She said, quite disappointed.
- "Did it look like it?" Kai replied and cocked his eyebrow again.
Laynie made a grimace. "If you cock that eyebrow again, I swear it'll fall off." She muttered.
- "Hmph."
- "And all that hmphing, someone may think you've got a puncture."
Kai pretended to send her a death-glare and started to tickle her. And in difference to Kai, SHE was ticklish. Laynie turned and twisted to get away. It ended with Laynie "falling" down to the floor from her sitting position with Kai over her.
Kai stopped the tickling and Laynie stopped struggle. Auburn eyes met emerald eyes and caught the owners.
[Wow. Caught again…] Laynie thought and took notice of how beautiful his eyes were. So deep and, suddenly, so gentle.
Kai was in the same trance as Laynie. All of her cold and faked attitude was gone, and it felt like it was the only place he wanted to be.
~*~ 20 minutes later… ~*~
Mariah let out a loud gasp and moved closer to Ray. She was scared, but couldn't take her eyes from the screen.
Ray turned his gaze away from the movie to Mariah. Her eyes was wide-open and she was tensed, her hands clenched into fists. He put his right arm around Mariah and held her closer. She moved even closer til she was as close to him as possible.
The movie was running on its' last minutes, and Mariah thanked God for it. The move had been the most terrifying experience and she suspected that it was going to be some nightmares after this… But being so close to Ray made her feel safe and comforted.
The "last" text started to roll over the screen and Mariah loosened her tight hold of Ray's arm. She took a deep breath and looked at Ray.
- "Next time, YOU choose the movie!" Mariah smirked.
~*~ Back in the training room… ~*~
Laynie moved her gaze from Kai's to his mouth instead.
[I wonder how they would feel like to kiss…] She thought in a dreamily way. Slowly, slowly, without even knowing it, she inched closer to Kai's face. He did the same and they could feel the other's warm, soft breath. Her lips met Kai's in a gentle kiss and she closed her eyes.
Have you ever imagine your life as a puzzle with missing pieces? The whole damn puzzle is complete except for two, or three, pieces which seems to be gone? And the wonderful feeling when you find one and place it at the right spot? It was that Laynie felt when she finally kissed Kai.
"Believe it or not, everyone have things that they hide Believe it or not, everyone keeps most things inside Believe it or not, everyone believes in something above Believe it or not, but everyone need to feel love"Kai and Laynie broke apart and stared at each other.
"So close to giving up, cause faith is so hard to find."
[What did I just do?] Both of them thought. Kai pulled away from Laynie slowly, still caught in her green eyes.
He leaned back onto the wall and took a deep breath. Laynie sat up straight to and stroke her forehead in confusedness and surprise. What had they just done?
"Believe it or not, most of us feel like we're loosing ground
Believe it or not, everyone hates admitting fear
Believe it or not, most of us wanna know why we're here"
They remained silent during another ten minutes, looking everywhere but not on each other, when Kai broke the silence.
- "You wanted to know more about me?" He said and glanced down at her.
(A/N: When I mean DOWN at her, I mean down. Laynie's about a head shorted than Kai…]
Laynie smirked. "Yeah, if it's not to much to ask for…"
- "Okay. You can have… Let's see… Three questions." Kai said thoughtfully and Laynie cocked her eyebrow.
- "Gee, thanks. Three questions. Are you sure?" She said with ironic tone.
- "Yes, use them well." Smirked Kai and Laynie rolled her eyes. Both of them seemed to think that the best way was to pretend that nothing had happened even if was a big thing. Both of them
- "Okay. First one then; Tell me about your family."
Kai frowned. Typical Laynie… Always hitting the right spot, or more exactly, his most sensitive spot. "I live with my grandfather when I'm home and that's the only family I've got."
Laynie took Kai's hand and squeezed it gently to comfort him. Show him that she knew. Kai jerked his head up in surprise but didn't pull his hand back. Instead, he squeezed her hand back. He didn't want to admit it, but he really appreciated Laynie for showing that she cared so much for him. Maybe Ray and the other in the team were his friends and he knew that they cared about him too. But it was different with Laynie. When he was with the team, he always felt like he had to hide behind his cold mask. With Laynie, he could relax and just be himself.
Laynie yawned and leaned her head onto Kai's shoulder, prepared to be shoved off with a "sleep on your own shoulder". But Kai only squeezed her hand tighter.
- "I still have got two more questions." Laynie said, trying to muffle a yawn.
- "Save them for next time." Replied Kai and smirked.
- "Next time?" mumbled Laynie. She couldn't remember if she ever had been this tired before.
- "Yeah, maybe we'll be stuck in that elevator again."
He waited for some respond from Laynie but she was quiet. Her breath had become deep and rhythmical, so Kai assumed that she was asleep. He smiled and rested his cheek against Laynie's head. Maybe they were stuck in a basement, but for Kai, it felt like heaven.
~*~ The Bladebreaker's hotel room… ~*~
- "Hi Ray!" shouted Tyson when the door opened and Ray stepped into the room.
- "Did you have a good time with Mariah?" asked Max teasingly and Ray blushed.
- "How did you know I was with Mariah?"
Max and Tyson exchanged a meaning gaze.
- "Cause you had that happy and satisfied smile again." They said and smiled broadly.
Ray blushed even deeper and opened his mouth to say something, but closed it again. He started to walk towards the bathroom when he suddenly stopped.
- "Is Kai and Laynie back yet?" He said over his shoulder and Tyson and Max shook their heads.
Ray frowned. It was getting late now. "Did you know if they left together or alone?"
- "Sorry, but I don't have a clue. They were still here when we left…" Max made a gesture with his hands to tell that he didn't know.
- "I guess they'll show up soon then…"
But 12:00 pm turned to 12:45 pm and stopped at 01:15 am. Ray was now seriously worried. Not that he doubted that Kai couldn't take care of himself, it was Laynie he was concerned about. Let go for that she was tough and independent, but it wasn't safe to be out in the night at this time.
- "Do you think we should go and look for them?" He asked, turned to Tyson and Max.
- "I don't know… Kai would probably get mad on us for following him and Laynie would hates us for thinking that she's weak. Their stupid pride is only making it worse for themselves…" muttered Tyson and crossed his arms.
- "Kai's probably training somewhere alone and if I know Laynie right, she practicing too. I suggest we all go to bed. They'll show up sooner or later." Max said and headed to the bathroom.
Ray was still not completely convinced but decided to do as Max suggested. After all, the finals were tomorrow and they needed the rest.
Ray sighed when he flopped onto his bed and only minutes later, he was half asleep, thinking of a pink-haired girl and kisses in the moonlight.
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Done there! Ta dam! :D I know that it's a page smaller than usual but I wanted it to end there… I suspect that Kai's a little OOC, and very, very out of character…
I didn't use the whole "Believe it or not" cause I wanted it to fit in with Kai and Laynie's style… What did u all think? Please review and tell me!
And according to the answers I got for my small questions in the (was it) last chapter 1. It'll be a sequel and it's gonna be named "TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL", 2. I'll add some more Ray/Mariah but still have Kai/Laynie as the "leading pair". 3. The All-Starz is spelled with a 'z'.
Push the purple button! Don't let anyone or anything stop you! :D
/ Emma a.k.a dragon-eyes22