Hate At First Sight?
Chapter ONE
~*~
"What?" Jeni could not believe her ears.
"What did I say about using the word 'what'?" A deep, stern voice that she had grown familiar with for properly all her life questioned her.
They were both in a huge room filled with china vases and wooden furniture that decorated the room, a mix of ancient China and modern day life. Jeni's father was seated in a leather armchair behind a mahogany table that had carvings of dragons on it. She was standing, in front of the table, listening to him.
"I mean, 'I beg your pardon', Father." Jeni replied, pretending to look guilty. However, inside she was feeling irritated at how she had to be obedient and etiquette, while other girls got to play outside, just like boys do. 'Oh...I just can't take any of this sexism anymore!' she thought angrily to herself, even though she knew very well that she should and would behave gracefully just like how her father wanted her to, or face punishment. Jeni gritted her teeth at the thought of the punishments she used to suffer.
"Well, I'm very sure you heard what I said just now and you shall meet him tomorrow at the Chinese restaurant." Jeni snapped out of her thoughts as her father's voice interrupted them.
"Yes father." Jeni obeyed politely before retreating back to her room. From a drawer, she angrily took out her treasured top-like toy and launched it with a black launcher that had decorative green and yellow swirls. It was her beyblade, something someone had given her when she was still young, so young that she could not remember anything except that the person who gave it to her said that she was destined to have it. For some reason, she felt proud of it. Maybe it was because for a long time, she had managed to hide it from her father, knowing that once he knew she possessed a 'boy's toy', he would throw it away. Or maybe it was for some other reason, some other reason she did not know...but what reason?
"Oh forget it!" Jeni said to herself exasperatedly, feeling a headache coming. "I'll figure that out some other time."
With that, she kept her beyblade and snuggled into her bed to sleep, having nightmares of what her father had told her just now.
~*~
"Ah!!!!!!!! I'm going to be late for school!!!" Tyson screamed as he rushed to grab his bag and swallowed his breakfast.
"Tyson..." Ray said softly as he rubbed the sleep away from his eyes.
"Not now Ray, I've got to rush to school!!!" Tyson cut Ray off as he finished his breakfast and rushed out of the room when his cap dropped on the floor.
"Tyson, it's Saturday." Ray said.
"What?" Tyson stared at him as he bent to pick up his cap.
"Yea, it's Saturday Tyson. There's no school." Max said as he got up from his bed and walked towards Tyson and Ray.
"WHAT?! NO SCHOOL?! SATURDAY?!" Tyson shouted, not believing that he woke up so early on a Saturday morning just because he thought that there was school.
"What's the problem here?" Tyson's grandfather walked into the room where the Bladebreakers slept in.
"Heh...Tyson thought there was school today." Max replied as Tyson sank onto the floor and sighed.
"School huh?" Tyson's grandfather stared at Tyson.
"Yea yea...I'm gonna go back to sleep." Tyson said as he removed his bag and went back to his bed. That was when he found out that Kai was missing.
"Hey, where's Kai?" Tyson asked the rest.
"That young man left at the break of dawn again. Said that he had some business to take care of." Tyson's grandfather replied as he left the room.
"Oh..."Tyson said before returning back to sleep.
Ray sighed as he left the room with Max to get some breakfast.
~*~
Meanwhile, Kai was walking slowly into the large dark room. Even though it was already morning, the room was still as dark and cold as it always was. Looking around, he found his father standing in front of a window where the light rays looked cold and only made the room gloomier.
"What did you call me for, Father?" Kai asked, his voice cold and uncaring. Last night, he mysteriously got a note saying that he was to meet his father at this room.
His father sighed and pushed away from the windowsill before facing Kai.
"I wanted to talk to you about your future Kai. Do you plan to beyblade forever? What about your love life? It's time that you found a woman to produce a heir that would be your successor, just like you are my successor." His father said and paused.
"You point is?" Kai asked, despite knowing very well what the answer would be.
"It's time you got engaged Kai. I've arranged a meeting between you and a daughter of a very close business partner. And you two are going to get engaged, whether you like it or not."
Kai sneered. He knew that this would happen sooner or later, especially after his grandfather had been arrested last year. They needed to be sure that the Hiwatari business would continue to be passed on. And once his father died, he would be in charge of everything related to the Hiwatari business. It wasn't surprising that his father wanted to make sure that there was someone to succeed Kai, in fact, it was typical for his father to try and plan his future for him. Kai smirked. 'When would he ever learn to mind his own business?' he thought to himself.
"Kai, this is serious. I want you to get a wife as soon as possible and produce at least a heir!" Kai's father said, almost like he could read Kai's mind.
"Yea whatever." Kai said as he left the room.
"Kai, meet her at the new Chinese restaurant, I expect you to be there by 6 P.M." Kai's father said as he closed to door.
Kai grunted as he abandoned the house.
~*~
Jeni put on some casual clothes as she left her house to buy lunch for herself. Her father was at work as usual and the house was empty except for the few servants that cleaned up the house as well as the cook. However, she didn't want to trouble the cook nor did she want to eat the horrible high-class food the cook cooked.
Walking down the street, she looked around to find a proper place to eat. Finally, she spotted a fast food restaurant and headed towards it. 'Fast food! How long have I not eaten that?' Jeni asked herself. Clueless, she shrugged and went to order a burger and fries before finding a place where she could sit. The place was crowded, making it difficult to find a seat. Just then, she spotted an empty table and quickly sat down. 'Perfect view!' She thought happily to herself as she munched on her burger. The seat that she was sitting at was facing the park where many beybladers were battling. Watching the children battling excitedly, she soon finished her lunch and left the fast food restaurant.
She walked around the streets before finally deciding that she would head for the park. After all, she might be able to learn some stuff or train there.
~*~
"Hey Kai, where were you?" Tyson asked as he ate his breakfast while Ray, Max, Kenny and Hilary waited for him. Kai had just arrived back at Tyson's house and he ignored Tyson's question as he walked over to a wall and leaned against it.
"Grr..." Tyson glared at Kai, not happy that his question had been ignored. Ray and Max laughed silently and shook their heads at Tyson as Kenny sweatdropped.
"Those two never change eh?" Max said.
"Tyson, Hurry up!" Hilary ordered, frustrated.
"Alright alright." Tyson said
"Hey, I still don't understand why you're eating again." Ray said.
"I'm hungry. That's why." Tyson said as he finished his second breakfast. "Alright! Let's go train now!"
For the next few hours, the Bladebreakers trained and tried to perfect their beyblading skills. That was when Tyson's stomach suddenly growled. Laughing nervously, Tyson said, "I'm hungry." Everyone sweatdropped.
"Er...well, it's almost lunch time...maybe we could go out for lunch?" Ray asked.
"Okay." Max replied.
"Yea! That sounds like a perfect idea! Let's go eat some pizza!!! Or fast food! Or..."Tyson trailed off as the rest headed for the exit.
After they had finished their pizzas, which Tyson said he had a hankering for, the bladebreakers left the restaurant and were now walking along the streets, browsing through the shop windows to see if there was anything interesting.
"Hey! Look guys! The park's crowded with beybladers!" Tyson, who was walking in front of the group, exclaimed as he pointed towards the park.
"Yea...let's go see if we could join in!" Ray suggested.
"Sounds great!" Max said.
"Hmm...I wonder, maybe we might be able to find new challengers." Kenny said as he held his laptop at his side.
"Yea..." Hilary agreed, "What do you say, Kai?"
"Hn."
"Nevermind..." Hilary said as the team rushed into the park.
~*~
Kai walked behind the rest of the Bladebreakers as they ran into the park. He was absorbed in his own thoughts. No matter how unsurprising the news his father had told him was, he still did not like the idea of meeting a girl who he would have to endure for the whole night. After all, he thought that most girls were irritating and since this girl was rich, it would be very likely for her to be a snob as well. 'That means I'll have to endure an irritating snob for the whole night!' He thought bitterly to himself. Now he wished that he had disagreed with his father and said that he would not go. But it was too late. His father was expecting him. He would have to attend that dinner, especially when not attending would just mean he was running away and that would just be cowardly. Sighing in exasperation, he decided to push away the thoughts of tonight and catch up with the rest.
~*~
"Hmm..." Jeni watched a match between two kids unfold. 'They are mostly amateurs...I guess I'll just watch...'
Just then someone shouted, "It's the Bladebreakers!!!" In the next moment, everyone started crowding around a group of teenagers. Confused and curious, Jeni went to take a closer look at who they were. 'Oh...' She suddenly realized, 'they're the Bladebreakers...that World Champions...This ought to be interesting...' Just then, a thought struck her.
"Hey hey! No need to push! We'll give you the autographs!" Tyson said as he held his hands out defensively.
"Tyson..."Kenny said
"Hey, don't worry Kenny. These kids want our autographs, so we give it to them!" Tyson said, laughing.
"Erm...are you sure, there seem to be a lot of them." Max said.
"Excuse me, I would like to have a battle with one of you." A voice interrupted their conversation.
"Huh?" Tyson turned around and saw a girl with raven-hair tied together in a ponytail, her eyes were the color gray, and she looked like she was about a year older than he was.
"Who are you?" Hilary asked suspiciously.
"Jeni. And as I said, I want to battle one of you, your captain, to be exact." Jeni replied.
"Oh..." Ray said. By then, the crowd of children had become quiet as they waited to see if the Bladebreakers would accept the challenge.
"I do not want to battle with you." A cold voice spoke.
Jeni turned around to see Kai, arms crossed and staring emotionlessly at her.
"Why not?" came Jeni's reply, "Don't tell me you're afraid of losing to a girl?" Inside, she hoped fervently that he would be angry at her remark. And sure enough, Kai glared at her furiously. Smiling, she pretended to walk away as she said, "If that's the case, then I don't want to battle either. After all, what's so good about a beyblader when he is even afraid of a girl beating him?"
"Grr...Kai is not afraid! Right Kai? Show her who should be afraid!" Tyson said.
"Well?" Jeni turned expectantly towards Kai.
"Fine. Let's beybattle." Kai replied as he continued to glare at her.
"Okie!" Jeni smiled and the both of them, as well as the whole crowd plus the rest of the Bladebreakers, walked towards a bey-dish, where the battle commenced.
As Max, who acted as the judge, shouted, "Let it rip!" both bladers launched their beyblades. However, once Jeni's white beyblade collided into Kai's blue beyblade, the battle was over. And the victory went to Jeni. Kai stood where he was, dumbfounded, his beyblade was knocked out of the bey- dish by Jeni's beyblade. It was impossible. How could his beyblade get knocked out right after the first collision?
"This is impossible." Kai said, trying to regain his composure.
"It isn't" Jeni replied before catching her beyblade in her hand as the crowd, as well as the bladebreakers, stared in awe. Jeni then left the park, leaving Kai to glare at her retreating back.
~*~
"Why must I go to this stupid dinner?" Jeni asked herself as she opened her closet and looked for something presentable. Most of her clothes were dresses that she thought were too frilly or too flowery. In the end, she picked out a plain and simple white satin dress that reached just below her knees. Putting on a pair of white slippers, she left her room and headed towards the living room.
"Jeni. Your outfit is just too plain and very slack!" Her father said as she reached the living room.
"Slack?" Jeni asked, confused.
"Yes, those slippers. Go change into a proper dress and shoes!"
"Wha..." Jeni opened her mouth to argue, but then decided against it and went back to her room. 'Why does he care about what I wear anyway?!" She thought angrily as she slipped into a dress that she knew her father would find acceptable. It was a sleeveless Chinese traditional dress that reached all the way down to her ankles, and two slits at either side of her traveled up to her knees. Then, she put on high-heel shoes that went well with the dress she was wearing. 'Surely this is proper?' She though bitterly as she went back to the living room.
"What took you so long? Let's go." Her father said and went out of the house to the car that was awaiting them. Jeni glared daggers at him as she followed. "You." She answered her father's question, but not loud enough for him to hear.
~*~
Kai sat at the dinner table at the Chinese restaurant with his father, waiting for Mr. Li and his daughter to come. He was lost in his thoughts, thinking about how that girl had beaten him so easily. 'It's got to have something to do with what her beyblade's made of!' He thought angrily to himself.
"Kai, I want you to be very polite to Mr. Li and his daughter. Do you hear me?" His father said.
"Yea. Whatever." Kai replied, furious that his father had interrupted his thoughts. Just then, the door to the private restaurant room opened and in walked Mr. Li and his daughter.
"What the..." Kai could not stop himself from saying. Right in front of him stood the girl he had battled this afternoon. What was her name? Jeni, that's it. He glared at Jeni, watching her expression as it changed from passive to shock as her eyes widen.
'No way! This cannot be happening. This cannot be happening! He cannot be my future husband or whatever father called him. He cannot!' Jeni thought to herself. Then, she had a dreaded feeling. 'What if he tells father about me beyblading? Father will punish me for sure! Oh no...I hope he doesn't make me do the chores for a month again...' Jeni felt herself drown in fear as she stared wide-eyed at Kai. The last time her father punished her, was because she had been very unladylike at a dinner she was forced to attend. It resulted her doing all the chores in her house for a whole month and she could still feel how much her body had ached and how much humiliation she had to take as the servants stared at her smirking and whispering to each other. Also, she hated doing chores as it was something the married women had to do at home and she did not like being made to do things like that.
"Jeni, sit down." Her father's voice interrupted her thoughts.
"Oh...I'm sorry." Jeni said politely and sat down quickly to avoid any more embarrassment. She looked up and saw a smirk plastered on Kai's face. Growling inside, Jeni looked away.
The next few hours were spent in eating the dinner as their fathers talked about business. Jeni hardly talked and when she did, it was only to thank the waitress or answer a question politely. She did not dare to argue about the engagement or that they were too young and Kai had remained silent, only replying questions.
So that was how the dinner went, boring. Soon, it ended and Jeni was elated to finally be able to go back home where she wouldn't need to endure the glares that Kai shot at her. However, much to her disappointment and surprise, her father said, "So my daughter shall be spending the night at your house, am I not wrong?"
"Indeed." Kai's father replied with a smile. And before she could even question him, her father had left the restaurant and she was stuck with the Hiwataris. She looked at Kai and saw that he was just as surprised as she was. 'So I guess he didn't plan this...' she thought.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go." Mr. Hiwatari, Kai's father, said and they left the restaurant in a black limousine...
Author's Note: Well, that's it! I hope you guys liked it...Please Review!!!!!! ^____^
Chapter ONE
~*~
"What?" Jeni could not believe her ears.
"What did I say about using the word 'what'?" A deep, stern voice that she had grown familiar with for properly all her life questioned her.
They were both in a huge room filled with china vases and wooden furniture that decorated the room, a mix of ancient China and modern day life. Jeni's father was seated in a leather armchair behind a mahogany table that had carvings of dragons on it. She was standing, in front of the table, listening to him.
"I mean, 'I beg your pardon', Father." Jeni replied, pretending to look guilty. However, inside she was feeling irritated at how she had to be obedient and etiquette, while other girls got to play outside, just like boys do. 'Oh...I just can't take any of this sexism anymore!' she thought angrily to herself, even though she knew very well that she should and would behave gracefully just like how her father wanted her to, or face punishment. Jeni gritted her teeth at the thought of the punishments she used to suffer.
"Well, I'm very sure you heard what I said just now and you shall meet him tomorrow at the Chinese restaurant." Jeni snapped out of her thoughts as her father's voice interrupted them.
"Yes father." Jeni obeyed politely before retreating back to her room. From a drawer, she angrily took out her treasured top-like toy and launched it with a black launcher that had decorative green and yellow swirls. It was her beyblade, something someone had given her when she was still young, so young that she could not remember anything except that the person who gave it to her said that she was destined to have it. For some reason, she felt proud of it. Maybe it was because for a long time, she had managed to hide it from her father, knowing that once he knew she possessed a 'boy's toy', he would throw it away. Or maybe it was for some other reason, some other reason she did not know...but what reason?
"Oh forget it!" Jeni said to herself exasperatedly, feeling a headache coming. "I'll figure that out some other time."
With that, she kept her beyblade and snuggled into her bed to sleep, having nightmares of what her father had told her just now.
~*~
"Ah!!!!!!!! I'm going to be late for school!!!" Tyson screamed as he rushed to grab his bag and swallowed his breakfast.
"Tyson..." Ray said softly as he rubbed the sleep away from his eyes.
"Not now Ray, I've got to rush to school!!!" Tyson cut Ray off as he finished his breakfast and rushed out of the room when his cap dropped on the floor.
"Tyson, it's Saturday." Ray said.
"What?" Tyson stared at him as he bent to pick up his cap.
"Yea, it's Saturday Tyson. There's no school." Max said as he got up from his bed and walked towards Tyson and Ray.
"WHAT?! NO SCHOOL?! SATURDAY?!" Tyson shouted, not believing that he woke up so early on a Saturday morning just because he thought that there was school.
"What's the problem here?" Tyson's grandfather walked into the room where the Bladebreakers slept in.
"Heh...Tyson thought there was school today." Max replied as Tyson sank onto the floor and sighed.
"School huh?" Tyson's grandfather stared at Tyson.
"Yea yea...I'm gonna go back to sleep." Tyson said as he removed his bag and went back to his bed. That was when he found out that Kai was missing.
"Hey, where's Kai?" Tyson asked the rest.
"That young man left at the break of dawn again. Said that he had some business to take care of." Tyson's grandfather replied as he left the room.
"Oh..."Tyson said before returning back to sleep.
Ray sighed as he left the room with Max to get some breakfast.
~*~
Meanwhile, Kai was walking slowly into the large dark room. Even though it was already morning, the room was still as dark and cold as it always was. Looking around, he found his father standing in front of a window where the light rays looked cold and only made the room gloomier.
"What did you call me for, Father?" Kai asked, his voice cold and uncaring. Last night, he mysteriously got a note saying that he was to meet his father at this room.
His father sighed and pushed away from the windowsill before facing Kai.
"I wanted to talk to you about your future Kai. Do you plan to beyblade forever? What about your love life? It's time that you found a woman to produce a heir that would be your successor, just like you are my successor." His father said and paused.
"You point is?" Kai asked, despite knowing very well what the answer would be.
"It's time you got engaged Kai. I've arranged a meeting between you and a daughter of a very close business partner. And you two are going to get engaged, whether you like it or not."
Kai sneered. He knew that this would happen sooner or later, especially after his grandfather had been arrested last year. They needed to be sure that the Hiwatari business would continue to be passed on. And once his father died, he would be in charge of everything related to the Hiwatari business. It wasn't surprising that his father wanted to make sure that there was someone to succeed Kai, in fact, it was typical for his father to try and plan his future for him. Kai smirked. 'When would he ever learn to mind his own business?' he thought to himself.
"Kai, this is serious. I want you to get a wife as soon as possible and produce at least a heir!" Kai's father said, almost like he could read Kai's mind.
"Yea whatever." Kai said as he left the room.
"Kai, meet her at the new Chinese restaurant, I expect you to be there by 6 P.M." Kai's father said as he closed to door.
Kai grunted as he abandoned the house.
~*~
Jeni put on some casual clothes as she left her house to buy lunch for herself. Her father was at work as usual and the house was empty except for the few servants that cleaned up the house as well as the cook. However, she didn't want to trouble the cook nor did she want to eat the horrible high-class food the cook cooked.
Walking down the street, she looked around to find a proper place to eat. Finally, she spotted a fast food restaurant and headed towards it. 'Fast food! How long have I not eaten that?' Jeni asked herself. Clueless, she shrugged and went to order a burger and fries before finding a place where she could sit. The place was crowded, making it difficult to find a seat. Just then, she spotted an empty table and quickly sat down. 'Perfect view!' She thought happily to herself as she munched on her burger. The seat that she was sitting at was facing the park where many beybladers were battling. Watching the children battling excitedly, she soon finished her lunch and left the fast food restaurant.
She walked around the streets before finally deciding that she would head for the park. After all, she might be able to learn some stuff or train there.
~*~
"Hey Kai, where were you?" Tyson asked as he ate his breakfast while Ray, Max, Kenny and Hilary waited for him. Kai had just arrived back at Tyson's house and he ignored Tyson's question as he walked over to a wall and leaned against it.
"Grr..." Tyson glared at Kai, not happy that his question had been ignored. Ray and Max laughed silently and shook their heads at Tyson as Kenny sweatdropped.
"Those two never change eh?" Max said.
"Tyson, Hurry up!" Hilary ordered, frustrated.
"Alright alright." Tyson said
"Hey, I still don't understand why you're eating again." Ray said.
"I'm hungry. That's why." Tyson said as he finished his second breakfast. "Alright! Let's go train now!"
For the next few hours, the Bladebreakers trained and tried to perfect their beyblading skills. That was when Tyson's stomach suddenly growled. Laughing nervously, Tyson said, "I'm hungry." Everyone sweatdropped.
"Er...well, it's almost lunch time...maybe we could go out for lunch?" Ray asked.
"Okay." Max replied.
"Yea! That sounds like a perfect idea! Let's go eat some pizza!!! Or fast food! Or..."Tyson trailed off as the rest headed for the exit.
After they had finished their pizzas, which Tyson said he had a hankering for, the bladebreakers left the restaurant and were now walking along the streets, browsing through the shop windows to see if there was anything interesting.
"Hey! Look guys! The park's crowded with beybladers!" Tyson, who was walking in front of the group, exclaimed as he pointed towards the park.
"Yea...let's go see if we could join in!" Ray suggested.
"Sounds great!" Max said.
"Hmm...I wonder, maybe we might be able to find new challengers." Kenny said as he held his laptop at his side.
"Yea..." Hilary agreed, "What do you say, Kai?"
"Hn."
"Nevermind..." Hilary said as the team rushed into the park.
~*~
Kai walked behind the rest of the Bladebreakers as they ran into the park. He was absorbed in his own thoughts. No matter how unsurprising the news his father had told him was, he still did not like the idea of meeting a girl who he would have to endure for the whole night. After all, he thought that most girls were irritating and since this girl was rich, it would be very likely for her to be a snob as well. 'That means I'll have to endure an irritating snob for the whole night!' He thought bitterly to himself. Now he wished that he had disagreed with his father and said that he would not go. But it was too late. His father was expecting him. He would have to attend that dinner, especially when not attending would just mean he was running away and that would just be cowardly. Sighing in exasperation, he decided to push away the thoughts of tonight and catch up with the rest.
~*~
"Hmm..." Jeni watched a match between two kids unfold. 'They are mostly amateurs...I guess I'll just watch...'
Just then someone shouted, "It's the Bladebreakers!!!" In the next moment, everyone started crowding around a group of teenagers. Confused and curious, Jeni went to take a closer look at who they were. 'Oh...' She suddenly realized, 'they're the Bladebreakers...that World Champions...This ought to be interesting...' Just then, a thought struck her.
"Hey hey! No need to push! We'll give you the autographs!" Tyson said as he held his hands out defensively.
"Tyson..."Kenny said
"Hey, don't worry Kenny. These kids want our autographs, so we give it to them!" Tyson said, laughing.
"Erm...are you sure, there seem to be a lot of them." Max said.
"Excuse me, I would like to have a battle with one of you." A voice interrupted their conversation.
"Huh?" Tyson turned around and saw a girl with raven-hair tied together in a ponytail, her eyes were the color gray, and she looked like she was about a year older than he was.
"Who are you?" Hilary asked suspiciously.
"Jeni. And as I said, I want to battle one of you, your captain, to be exact." Jeni replied.
"Oh..." Ray said. By then, the crowd of children had become quiet as they waited to see if the Bladebreakers would accept the challenge.
"I do not want to battle with you." A cold voice spoke.
Jeni turned around to see Kai, arms crossed and staring emotionlessly at her.
"Why not?" came Jeni's reply, "Don't tell me you're afraid of losing to a girl?" Inside, she hoped fervently that he would be angry at her remark. And sure enough, Kai glared at her furiously. Smiling, she pretended to walk away as she said, "If that's the case, then I don't want to battle either. After all, what's so good about a beyblader when he is even afraid of a girl beating him?"
"Grr...Kai is not afraid! Right Kai? Show her who should be afraid!" Tyson said.
"Well?" Jeni turned expectantly towards Kai.
"Fine. Let's beybattle." Kai replied as he continued to glare at her.
"Okie!" Jeni smiled and the both of them, as well as the whole crowd plus the rest of the Bladebreakers, walked towards a bey-dish, where the battle commenced.
As Max, who acted as the judge, shouted, "Let it rip!" both bladers launched their beyblades. However, once Jeni's white beyblade collided into Kai's blue beyblade, the battle was over. And the victory went to Jeni. Kai stood where he was, dumbfounded, his beyblade was knocked out of the bey- dish by Jeni's beyblade. It was impossible. How could his beyblade get knocked out right after the first collision?
"This is impossible." Kai said, trying to regain his composure.
"It isn't" Jeni replied before catching her beyblade in her hand as the crowd, as well as the bladebreakers, stared in awe. Jeni then left the park, leaving Kai to glare at her retreating back.
~*~
"Why must I go to this stupid dinner?" Jeni asked herself as she opened her closet and looked for something presentable. Most of her clothes were dresses that she thought were too frilly or too flowery. In the end, she picked out a plain and simple white satin dress that reached just below her knees. Putting on a pair of white slippers, she left her room and headed towards the living room.
"Jeni. Your outfit is just too plain and very slack!" Her father said as she reached the living room.
"Slack?" Jeni asked, confused.
"Yes, those slippers. Go change into a proper dress and shoes!"
"Wha..." Jeni opened her mouth to argue, but then decided against it and went back to her room. 'Why does he care about what I wear anyway?!" She thought angrily as she slipped into a dress that she knew her father would find acceptable. It was a sleeveless Chinese traditional dress that reached all the way down to her ankles, and two slits at either side of her traveled up to her knees. Then, she put on high-heel shoes that went well with the dress she was wearing. 'Surely this is proper?' She though bitterly as she went back to the living room.
"What took you so long? Let's go." Her father said and went out of the house to the car that was awaiting them. Jeni glared daggers at him as she followed. "You." She answered her father's question, but not loud enough for him to hear.
~*~
Kai sat at the dinner table at the Chinese restaurant with his father, waiting for Mr. Li and his daughter to come. He was lost in his thoughts, thinking about how that girl had beaten him so easily. 'It's got to have something to do with what her beyblade's made of!' He thought angrily to himself.
"Kai, I want you to be very polite to Mr. Li and his daughter. Do you hear me?" His father said.
"Yea. Whatever." Kai replied, furious that his father had interrupted his thoughts. Just then, the door to the private restaurant room opened and in walked Mr. Li and his daughter.
"What the..." Kai could not stop himself from saying. Right in front of him stood the girl he had battled this afternoon. What was her name? Jeni, that's it. He glared at Jeni, watching her expression as it changed from passive to shock as her eyes widen.
'No way! This cannot be happening. This cannot be happening! He cannot be my future husband or whatever father called him. He cannot!' Jeni thought to herself. Then, she had a dreaded feeling. 'What if he tells father about me beyblading? Father will punish me for sure! Oh no...I hope he doesn't make me do the chores for a month again...' Jeni felt herself drown in fear as she stared wide-eyed at Kai. The last time her father punished her, was because she had been very unladylike at a dinner she was forced to attend. It resulted her doing all the chores in her house for a whole month and she could still feel how much her body had ached and how much humiliation she had to take as the servants stared at her smirking and whispering to each other. Also, she hated doing chores as it was something the married women had to do at home and she did not like being made to do things like that.
"Jeni, sit down." Her father's voice interrupted her thoughts.
"Oh...I'm sorry." Jeni said politely and sat down quickly to avoid any more embarrassment. She looked up and saw a smirk plastered on Kai's face. Growling inside, Jeni looked away.
The next few hours were spent in eating the dinner as their fathers talked about business. Jeni hardly talked and when she did, it was only to thank the waitress or answer a question politely. She did not dare to argue about the engagement or that they were too young and Kai had remained silent, only replying questions.
So that was how the dinner went, boring. Soon, it ended and Jeni was elated to finally be able to go back home where she wouldn't need to endure the glares that Kai shot at her. However, much to her disappointment and surprise, her father said, "So my daughter shall be spending the night at your house, am I not wrong?"
"Indeed." Kai's father replied with a smile. And before she could even question him, her father had left the restaurant and she was stuck with the Hiwataris. She looked at Kai and saw that he was just as surprised as she was. 'So I guess he didn't plan this...' she thought.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go." Mr. Hiwatari, Kai's father, said and they left the restaurant in a black limousine...
Author's Note: Well, that's it! I hope you guys liked it...Please Review!!!!!! ^____^