She Devil 2004: For your information, I didn't talk about my soul mate as a boyfriend. HER name is Lori and we're so similar to each other. And that's why I'm counting her as my soul mate, or kindred spirit (which I like better). And, it was only something I said, just pretend I never did, ok?
Kai Rei's Gurl Forever: You're not a lazy reviewer! But I'm a lazy updater…
Tifa May Tari: Yeah, I also liked the ending.
Kelly: Glad to hear that I keep her in character. I'm always worrying about that. Tell your sis that she mustn't scare you like that. So often. Hehe
Kay: Lol, it's okay! I know how hard it can be to review all the fics you read cause I don't wanna leave a review saying "Great fic. Update soon." That's so… boring…
Surfergurl16: Lol, it's still five chapters more to go! :D
Nise-anjel: hehe, I thought the prank was funny too
Suicide-greeting: *hugs back* Glad that you liked it, and I hope Althena gets some exercise soon
Lil Tanuki: Hm, it's always something wrong with Laynie… I'll make her healthy and happy in the sequel :) I'll read your sequel when I find some free time… *sigh* School is stealing all of my energy…
bs3ssi0n: Lol, and here's another update! I can't believe how fast you update!
Starbugkenny: hehe, the cocked eyebrows will probably be here forever… Thankies for thinking that Laynie looks good but I still can't get her eyes right…
Bread 'N' Butter: Toni and Tyson will continue to be naughty :) Glad that you like the chappie!
Fiver: Yup, but he could possible not think that they were gonna hide it forever right? Anyway, here's some more coming!
Disclaimer: Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Beyblade or any of its characters. I also DO NOT own Toni, who belongs to her owner Bread 'N' Butter. I DO own Laynie, her bitbeast, Josephine and David.
Chapter Fifteen: The Majestics- "So? Still think you guy's gonna win this time?" Tyson smirked as he watched Laynie and Kai get ready.
Kai snorted. "Yeah, we won last time remember?"
- "But you had an advantage then." Protested Toni. "This battle is ours!"
[Dream on…] Laynie thought but didn't say it loud. She was tired and felt really outworn, not at all in the mood for another battle.
- "Bladers ready?" Max was, as usual, the speaker and tried to imitate Jazzman.
- "Just count down okay?" said Laynie and got herself and Drizzler ready.
- "Ahem… THREE… TWO… ONE… LEEET IIIT RIIIP!"
The four bladers launched their blades into the bowl, sending sparks all over it. All of them seemed to wanna end it as soon as possible and attacked their opponents with furious power. And this time, Toni and Tyson fought TOGETHER instead of against each other.
- "Have been training?" established Kai and cocked one eyebrow.
(A/N: hehe… I know, I know! But I DO have a thing for cocked eyebrows!)
- "Yup, and, as you always says Kai, training makes perfect." Tyson crossed his arms with a satisfied smirk. "Dragoon, attack!"
The dragon rose from his blade and at the same moment, Toni called upon her white stag. The two bitbeasts started an attack, aiming straight at Kai and Laynie's blades.
- "Drizzler, come out and defend!"
- "Dranzer! Melt Crysticle!"
But this time, Dragoon was in front of Crysticle, protecting the stag and took the flames instead.
- "Drizzler, help Dranzer! Try to get Dragoon out of balance!"
The dragon and the tiger collide into each other, none of them willing to give in.
But Laynie knew. She wasn't going to win this battle. She was tired and the lack of sleep made her unfocused. And her headache grew every second now, making things even worse…
- "Hang on Drizzler, wait for the right moment…" Laynie said as she watched her tiger fight an equal battle against the bigger dragon. She knew that Drizzler was one of the strongest bitbeast but if she was weak, it would reflect on Drizzler.
[What's wrong with Laynie?] Kai thought. [I know something's wrong because Drizzler isn't half as powerful as usual…]
His fire-phoenix Dranzer had a big advantage to Crysticle, which was the ice-type and it was only a matters of seconds before the white blade would be knocked out of the dish. Dranzer gave up mighty roar and waited for Kai to give her the final command. But Kai didn't.
- "Let her be, go and help Drizzler instead!" Kai shouted and the red phoenix reluctant started to pull away from the stag.
Laynie shook her head furiously. "What are you doing? Finish her of instead of helping me!"
- "Yeah, it looks more TYSON is gonna finish YOU off!" Kai snorted and Laynie was speechless. She closed her mouth again and gritted her teeth. Kai was right.
- "Kai! Come back here and fight!" yelled Toni and commanded Crysticle to follow Dranzer.
Suddenly, Laynie gasped. Everything had turned quite and she heard nothing. She could see how Toni moved her lips but she couldn't hear what she said. And, it was suddenly so hard to breath. She saw Drizzler abandon his attack on Dragoon and turned his big head to Laynie.
[Drizzler. I know I can trust you.] Laynie thought and the red tiger ran up to her, embracing her and protecting her between his front legs. The last thing she saw was her blade being knocked out of the dish and Kai's worried eyes. Then, everything turned black…
- "Laynie? Laynie!?" Kai sank down onto his knees, dropping every thought of the battle. And second after that, Dranzer was knocked out of the dish and landed several meters away.
Kai placed two fingers onto her throat to check her pulse. And, to his relief, it was steady and strong.
Now had everyone noticed Laynie laying on the floor unconscious and gathered around her.
- "What's wrong? What happened?" Toni was a little pale as she watched Laynie. "Why did she faint?"
- "If I knew, would I be standing here then?" snarled Kai and glared at her. Toni took a step backwards.
- "Sorry. I know that you're worried…"
Ray put a hand on her shoulder. "Let's take her to the hotel room and call for Mr. Dickenson, he know what to do." He said and watched Kai pick Laynie up in his arms.
Ray sighed and went to pick their blades up. [What's wrong with Laynie?]
~*~ Back in the hotel room… ~*~
Laynie moaned slightly. Her head felt like cotton. All fluffy and thick, making it impossible to think. "What… happened?" She asked out loud.
- "You fainted." Said a voice and Laynie lifted herself up from the pillow. It was Mr. Dickenson and he smiled gently towards her.
- "And the doctor said that it is because of some lack of sleep. Have you found it hard to sleep lately?"
Laynie frowned. [Hard? Make it impossible.] She though. [And did they really have to get the doctor? How embarrassing…]
- "But all you have to do to get better is sleep more and take it easy with your beyblading practice some days." Continued Mr. Dickenson.
- "Hn." Laynie really didn't feel for talking and closed her eyes again as a gesture saying that she wanted to be alone.
- "I'll leave now and let you have some more sleep but I think there's SOMEONE who wanna see you."
- "If it's Kai, let him in. If it's Tyson or Toni, tell them to get lost." Replied Laynie.
She could hear Mr. Dickenson open the door and close it again. Footsteps grew stronger and someone said:
- "You really scared me, you know that?"
Laynie opened her eyes and smiled weakly. "Nothing to talk about. I've not slept so well lately…" She moved aside so Kai could lie down next to her.
- "Why didn't you tell me?" Kai asked.
Laynie rolled her eyes. "I'm not Ray remember?" She replied. "Trust me, give me some more time and I'll be just fine."
Kai didn't seem to be convinced but he let go of the subject. "Do you still wanna go to Johnny's place? He's not the most charming guy…"
Laynie laughed. "Let me battle him and I swear that he'll be a lot nicer."
~*~ In the BBA bus on the way to the McGregor's castle… ~*~
- "Hm. I wonder how Johnny is?" Max gazed out through the window and waited for a reply.
- "Still stubborn and over-confident." Muttered Tyson and crossed his arms.
Laynie snorted. "You know what, Tyson? That sounded EXACTLY like someone in my team!" She said and rolled her eyes.
- "Wh-hat? Who?"
Laynie sighed. [Lost your brain again Tyson?]
- "You of course! Who else would it be?" Toni laughed at Tyson's face expression.
- "You maybe!" replied Tyson and gave her a push.
Toni put up a hurt face but no one believed her cause her eyes twinkled in amusement. And she burst out in laugh. Laynie sighed again. Her headache had grown beyond painful now and she rubbed her temples in a try to mitigate it.
- "How are you?" Whispered Kai when he saw her actions. He frowned slightly when Laynie shook her head as an answer.
- "I'm fine." She said and turned her gaze to Ray and Mariah in the seat in front of them. They were talking and seemed to be in a deep conversation. But Mariah seemed to feel Laynie's gaze cause she turned her head and gave Laynie a smile.
Laynie gave her a little smile in return before leaning back again. The BBA bus was very comfortable but not made for sleeping in… And Laynie was still tired even though she had slept more than she usually did in a month. But she gave up her plans of getting any sleep there when Toni, Tyson and Max started a loud discussion about if the bet still was valid.
- "Come one, I wanna battle Laynie when she can give everything!" said Tyson.
- "But you guys won, right? And you're still without food for a week." Max really wanted to see how Kai and Laynie were gonna handle an interview…
- "But we've not proved anything if we don't win if they only gave half of their power." Complained Toni and looked around to see if anyone was gonna argue.
Ray met her gaze and sighed. "Why can't we just say that it was a draw?" He tried and Mariah nodded.
- "Yeah, and no one have to be hungry or interviewed." She established and smiled.
- "For your information, I hate draws… I wanna win!" Toni smiled broadly.
But now was Laynie fed up with their discussion. "Give me until Monday to rest and we'll have a new battle, ok?"
- "It's four days, Tyson." Mariah supplied helpfully when she saw the teenager frown.
- "I knew that!" declared Tyson but no one believed him. He sank back and crossed his arms, mumbling something about that he KNEW some math actually…
[Yeah sure…] Laynie thought ironically. Now when the talk had faded away, she could finally get some rest. With a small sigh, she leaned her head onto Kai's shoulder and let the sleep carry her away to its comforting and dreaming state.
The sun shone brightly right into her eyes, making her slowly wake up. She groaned slightly. She wanted to sleep. The bed was so warm. And the sleep was so comforting. It made all of her trouble disappear and replace them with hope for the future. But, unfortunately, it never lasted.
- "But you're happy now, aren't you?" A voice said and Laynie sat up straight in her bed. The voice was strangely familiar and filled her with happiness and sorrow at the same time. It was her grand mother.
- "Grandma? But I thought…"
- "Laynie, my dear. In dreams, anything can happen." The old woman smiled.
Laynie smiled back. "Why isn't life always a dream?" She said.
- "Laynie, don't you worry. I've been in the future and everything will turn out just fine for you."
- "How can you've seen the future? Isn't the future something we form ourselves?" Laynie frowned. She didn't like to know that she couldn't change her life by making different choices… She preferred to believe that you held your own future.
But the old woman only smiled. "Some things are meant to be. I love you. Always."
Someone slightly shook her, and the consciousness called her back.
- "Laynie, wake up. We're at Johnny's now…"
- "Mmmm… I'm up…" replied Laynie and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes.
She opened her eyes and a fantastic sight met her. The castle was even bigger than the one BBA held their big night and was surrounded by a moat. Candles were flickering in every window and red velvet curtains hung down.
- "Wow. Have you been here before?" She asked and grabbed her bag. Sure, she was used to big mansions and stuff, but this one was huge!
Kai shrugged. "No, but it's only a castle." He said with bored voice, making Laynie smiled.
- "Only a castle." She repeated and gave him a playful push.
~*~ Inside of the castle… ~*~
The big door opened slowly and Tyson started to bit his bottom lip with impatience.
- "Come on… Come on. I'm hungry!" He said and jumped startled when a voice replied:
- "As always then."
And now, when the doors was open, they could see a red haired boy stand in front of them with a confident smile on his lips.
- "Pah, you don't know what you're talking about!" said Tyson stubbornly and everyone laughed.
- "Hey, why don't you introduce Laynie and me huh?" Toni tapped onto Tyson's shoulder, looking as impatient as Tyson just did.
- "Why don't you start with coming in? It's more proper and following the rules."
The voice came from behind and they turned around to see a purple-haired guy step out from a black limousine. Robert.
- "Which rules? We're not in court you know!" said Toni and rolled her eyes.
Robert's eyes widened in surprise. "Excuse me, do you know who I am?"
- "Of course, you're Robert. Leader of the Majestics and your bitbeast's name is Griffolyon." Rattled Toni like it was a homework and smiled triumphantly.
- "Hmph. Let's get inside. It's chilly out here. And I would like a cup of tea…" Robert started walking into the castle, followed by his butler.
~*~ A few minutes later… ~*~
- "So, what about some introduces then?" Johnny placed his cup back on its plait and looked around.
- "Ok, I'll do it!" Tyson finished his cup of tea. "This girl-"
He pointed at Toni. "- is probably the nicest girl I know. Her name's Toni Hikari LaVelle and she's the sixth member of the Bladebreakers."
- "Nice to meet you." Toni smiled. She was more shy now when all of the 'hyperness' had faded away.
- "And this-" Tyson turned to Laynie. "-is Laynie Kim. She's our second Kai."
Laynie snorted and glared at Tyson. [Note to myself: Kill Tyson later…]
- "Nice to meet both of you. I'm Robert -------.
(A/N: Dun know his last name…)
- "And I'm Johnny Macgregor. And you're all welcome to my place here in Scotland." Said Johnny and made a little pause. "Robert, you know where you'll sleep. But the rest of you, four rooms are waiting for you. I don't care how you're gonna split, just do it."
Splitting right… It turned out that Kai and Laynie shared a room (kinda oblivious), Toni and Tyson, Ray and Mariah and last, Kenny and Max.
- "I'm starting to like this castle." Smiled Laynie and placed herself close to Kai on his bed.
- "Mmmm." Mumbled Kai. "Wish I could say the same about Johnny."
Laynie frowned. "Yeah, he's such a asshole. But I can't wait to beat him in a beybattle."
- "I thought you were supposed to rest…"
Laynie groaned. "Don't you dare start that too… I'm perfectly fine and you know that!"
Kai shrugged and started to get out of bed. He knew that the rest of the Majestics probably was gonna arrive soon and he couldn't wait to beat all off them…
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Ok, I know that this chapter is way much shorter than how they're supposed to be… But I'd a major writer's block and this is what came out from it… bear with me…
Anyway, thankies for all of your reviews and keep them coming :)
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/ Emma a.k.a dragon-eyes22