slyslicra: Well, I really have no idea when it will end. I could make Mariah stay for a LONG time and cause more problems. I'll take my time though. Thanks for reviewing. ^^
lone*phoenix1: haha… more reviews… that'd be good :) As for Ray… he'd look cute, that's for sure. Disturbingly cute… tho…
D@rK EyES- DeMoN U wOn't 4GeT: I'm updating… tho I'd update faster if there were more reviews… :S… usually I have the next chapter ready after I update.
Angry Koneko: watch it kitty… calm down… sheesh… no one else was in the room and so, Ray had to call on Mariah. I'd have Kai help Ray, but he's a bit paranoid about him at the moment.
silverjustice1: My random ideas are that obvious, eh? I hope it and my oddness is a good thing… oh well, it'll all tie up in the end… it should anyways… thx for recommending my fic ^^ makes me feel appreciated :)
Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Beyblade.
Shower Curtains
Chapter 5
Kai went out for a walk. He was going crazy. He was convinced that Ray had something for him. Ray had tried on that old costume Tala made him wear once.
**Flashback**
The night was cool. Stars glittered in the midnight sky, as a full moon shone down on two little boys. Kai and Tala were practicing outside the abbey. Boris had forced them to practice late into the night until they could smash open a large boulder in the middle of the courtyard.
"Come on! Smash open already! I'm getting tired!" whined Tala as Wolborg fell lifeless to the ground after smacking into the boulder. The boulder was covered in numerous scratches and indents from their blades. They had attacked it many times, but the boulder still stood up.
"Darn it!" Dranzer had chipped off a small chunk of stone and flew into the bushes.
Groaning, Kai went to retrieve Dranzer. Looking through the bushes, he found his blade lying beside something dark on the floor.
"Hey, Tala! I found something. Come here!"
"What is it?" asked Tala as he took a glimpse at the object. Grabbing a branch on the ground, Kai poked at it.
"It's not alive… it looks like a skin…" Tala reached forward and grabbed the 'skin'.
"Watch it Tala! It could be poisonous!" yelled Kai cringing away. Tala held it up in front of him for Kai to see.
"It's okay Kai. I'm fine. This looks like some sort of clothing… hey, isn't this one of those Halloween costumes we've heard about from some of the older kids? They said costumes are clothes that people put on that make them look like something else. They wear them at the end of October and walk from door to door getting candy. This one looks like it's suppose to be a cat."
"Yea… it does," said Kai relaxing slightly, "I wonder what it's doing out here."
"I dunno," replied Tala. Staring at the limp costume, Tala said, "You know… it's the end of October…"
"Yeah… so?"
"Halloween's here," Tala grinned mischievously, "put it on and go get some candy for us. I heard candy's supposed to taste really good."
"What!? No way! I'm not putting THAT thing on. Who knows where it's been! How exactly do people go from door to door… wasn't there a certain line that they had to say to get candy? Um…"
"Trick or treat."
"Oh yea… anyways, sure I'd like some candy, but right now it's past midnight. Everyone's probably sleeping."
"Oh well, so much for that candy," sighed Tala, " but you COULD still wear it."
"Why me? Why don't YOU wear it?" asked Kai.
"'Cuz I told you to."
"That doesn't mean a thing."
"Aww, come on Kai! Pwetty pwetty pweeze?" Tala put his hands together and looked up at Kai hopefully.
"Stop it! I hate it when you do that. You look so pathetic! If Boris saw you, you'd be in BIG trouble."
"But he's NOT here, so it doesn't matter. So, pweeeeze?" Tala battered his eyelashes.
"Augh! Fine fine. You are NOT to speak of this to anyone. If you do, I'll drag you down with me, and you know I will."
"Yay!" Tala clapped his hands.
Grumbling, Kai took the costume from Tala. "Look away." Tala turned around dancing on the spot, happy that Kai was going to obey him for once and that he'll be able to see Kai in a costume.
"You can look now."
Tala swished around. There, in front of him, was Kai looking depressed in the costume. The sleeves had dangled past his fingertips, while the pants dragged on the floor.
"Put on the ears in that pocket… oh and don't forget the paws!" Kai obeyed, but looked more depressed than ever.
"Awww… don't YOU look cute," said Tala in a girly voice.
Kai blushed and said quietly, "shut up."
Tala grinned. Suddenly, a rustling could be heard behind him. The boys looked up in surprise.
"Oh no!" whispered Kai, "someone's gonna see me!" Kai spun around quickly for a place to hide, and jumped behind a boulder when a teenage girl appeared.
"Oh, hello there," she said, "what's a little boy like you doing out here?"
Tala blushed at the sight of the girl.
"Not one to talk now, are you? You should probably go home. Your parents are probably worried about you. It's really late right now."
"I don't have any parents," whispered Tala.
"Oh… I'm sorry, I didn't know," there was an awkward silence between the two, "… um, have you seen a glow stick around here? I think I dropped one around here while I was chasing my little brother." Tala shook his head. Suddenly, a little glow stick rolled out from behind the boulder to the girl's feet.
"Huh? That's my glow stick! What…" the girl picked up her glow stick and looked at the boulder, "is anyone there?"
A faint, "uh oh," could be heard from behind the boulder. Tala grinned. "Oh Kai!!! Come on out from there!" sang Tala.
Two little kitty ears popped up from behind the boulder, slowly followed by a pair of crimson eyes. When the eyes glimpsed the girl, they disappeared behind the boulder once again. The girl walked up to the boulder and said gently, "hey there. Come out from there. I'm not going to bite." Hesitating, Kai slowly stood up.
"Awww… you look SO adorable!" squealed the girl. Kai blushed. (I drew a picture of Kai in this scene! If you wanna see, I can send it to you.) "I wish I could get a picture. You're the cutest thing I've ever seen! You even got little triangles on your face too like some kitty cats. Ohhhhh… I wish I could stay longer, but I have to go home now. My mom's going to get mad. Thanks for finding my glow stick. Bye!" The girl waved and disappeared into the bushes.
"You look SO adorable!" mocked Tala after the girl was out of earshot.
"Shut up." Kai took off the costume. "You made me look like a dolt! Why did you tell her where I was?"
"I didn't tell her exactly where you were… but I wanted her to see how ADORABLE you were." Kai narrowed his eyes at the word.
"I'll get you for this Tala! I'll shove this stupid thing onto you if it kills me!" Kai draped the costume over his shoulder and chased Tala into the courtyard. Tala ran in circles around the scratched up boulder.
"Get back here!" yelled Kai. Becoming fed up, Kai put Dranzer in his launcher.
"Uh oh," muttered Tala.
"Go DRANZER!!" Dranzer flew into the air and grazed by Tala and smacked into the boulder. *SMASH* The boulder had crumbled into dust. Tala covered his head with his arms, coughing from all the dust, when someone nailed him to the ground. Tala felt something being shoved roughly onto his head. His arms became pinned to his sides when he was pulled up onto his feet. When the dust settled, Tala looked at himself. The black shirt from the costume was shoved on him backwards and the ears sat on his head crooked. The paws were on the wrong hands and both of his legs were shoved into one pant leg.
"… I guess that will do… for now anyways," said Kai turning around and picking up Dranzer.
"Hey, at least we know how to smash a rock. We just need to dress you up in this costume and shove you into a crowd," called Tala to Kai.
"You do and you die." Kai walked towards the abbey.
"Um… Kai… KAI! Can you help me outta this? Kai! Come on Kai! I'm… a little tied up at the moment!" Tala chuckled at his joke. As Tala looked up again, he saw Kai disappear into the abbey.
"Hey, Kai! I was just kidding! Come on! Help me out! Best friends help each other out! Kai! Please help me. Kai! KAI!!!! SOMEBODY HELP ME!!"
**End Flashback**
Kai smiled at the memory. It was one of the best experiences he had at the abbey, and there weren't very many of those.
Tala had stuck the costume in his bag when he was kicked out of the abbey, with a note attached to it saying, "Just a little reminder of the good times."
"I can't believe he kept it," smiled Kai. Relaxing, Kai returned to the house to grab a bite to eat. The day's events had clouded his mind from his stomach, and he now realized he was hungry.
Walking in, he saw the fridge door open and Tyson sitting on the ground in front of it, wolfing down whatever he could get his hands on. The bottom two shelves of the fridge were completely empty. Kai grimaced at the sight of Tyson. Tyson had crumbs plastered around his face due to the sticky juice. His hands were covered in sauces and his shirt looked like a mixture of food.
Opening a cabinet door, Kai pulled down some ingredients and made a meal for himself. A pleasant aroma started to fill the house. Tyson sniffed the air and looked up.
"Oh, Kai. Didn't see you come in."
"Figures." Tyson looked at what Kai was doing. His eyes bulged. Kai was cooking! And it looked good.
"Hey… um… Kai… whatcha making? It looks good. Can I have some?"
"Spaghetti and no." Kai turned off the stove and plopped the spaghetti onto a plate.
"Why not?"
"You've eaten half the fridge, you don't need anymore food."
"But I'm still hungry."
Kai frowned, "too bad. My spaghetti."
"Hey guys. Something smells good in here." It was Max. "Oo… spaghetti… can I have some, Kai?"
"All mine." Kai grabbed a fork from the drawer.
"Aww…"
"Come on, Kai, share!"
"No."
"What a great friend you turned out to be," muttered Tyson.
"Lighten up, Tyson," laughed Max, "this IS Kai after all."
"Yea…"
"Something smells good in here." Ray arrived in the kitchen with Mariah clinging onto his arm. Shaking Mariah off, Ray walked up to Tyson.
"Nice clothes, Ray," snickered Tyson pointing at Ray's belt and boxers.
"Same goes for you," said Ray pointing at Tyson's shirt, "have you guys seen Kai? I wanna ask him if I could borrow some of his clothes."
"NOW you ask," said Tyson shaking his head.
"Kai? He's…" Max looked around but Kai was nowhere to be seen, "well, he WAS here. That's odd… he left his spaghetti here too…"
"REALLY?!" exclaimed Tyson. Tyson struggled onto his feet and made a grab for the plate, only to miss and send the plate flying.
"My spaghetti!" The plate of spaghetti landed on Tyson's head with a loud splat.
Tomato sauce dripped down his face and the spaghetti noodles were everywhere. Tyson licked the side of his mouth, tasting the sauce, when his eyes lightened.
"Yummy!"
Everyone sweat-dropped.
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That's that. Yea, so if you wanna see that pic of Kai, just review n tell me… don't forget to leave your email. Oh, and it's a picture of Kai as a chibi… cuz… well… I can only draw chibis ^^;;
lone*phoenix1: haha… more reviews… that'd be good :) As for Ray… he'd look cute, that's for sure. Disturbingly cute… tho…
D@rK EyES- DeMoN U wOn't 4GeT: I'm updating… tho I'd update faster if there were more reviews… :S… usually I have the next chapter ready after I update.
Angry Koneko: watch it kitty… calm down… sheesh… no one else was in the room and so, Ray had to call on Mariah. I'd have Kai help Ray, but he's a bit paranoid about him at the moment.
silverjustice1: My random ideas are that obvious, eh? I hope it and my oddness is a good thing… oh well, it'll all tie up in the end… it should anyways… thx for recommending my fic ^^ makes me feel appreciated :)
Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Beyblade.
Shower Curtains
Chapter 5
Kai went out for a walk. He was going crazy. He was convinced that Ray had something for him. Ray had tried on that old costume Tala made him wear once.
**Flashback**
The night was cool. Stars glittered in the midnight sky, as a full moon shone down on two little boys. Kai and Tala were practicing outside the abbey. Boris had forced them to practice late into the night until they could smash open a large boulder in the middle of the courtyard.
"Come on! Smash open already! I'm getting tired!" whined Tala as Wolborg fell lifeless to the ground after smacking into the boulder. The boulder was covered in numerous scratches and indents from their blades. They had attacked it many times, but the boulder still stood up.
"Darn it!" Dranzer had chipped off a small chunk of stone and flew into the bushes.
Groaning, Kai went to retrieve Dranzer. Looking through the bushes, he found his blade lying beside something dark on the floor.
"Hey, Tala! I found something. Come here!"
"What is it?" asked Tala as he took a glimpse at the object. Grabbing a branch on the ground, Kai poked at it.
"It's not alive… it looks like a skin…" Tala reached forward and grabbed the 'skin'.
"Watch it Tala! It could be poisonous!" yelled Kai cringing away. Tala held it up in front of him for Kai to see.
"It's okay Kai. I'm fine. This looks like some sort of clothing… hey, isn't this one of those Halloween costumes we've heard about from some of the older kids? They said costumes are clothes that people put on that make them look like something else. They wear them at the end of October and walk from door to door getting candy. This one looks like it's suppose to be a cat."
"Yea… it does," said Kai relaxing slightly, "I wonder what it's doing out here."
"I dunno," replied Tala. Staring at the limp costume, Tala said, "You know… it's the end of October…"
"Yeah… so?"
"Halloween's here," Tala grinned mischievously, "put it on and go get some candy for us. I heard candy's supposed to taste really good."
"What!? No way! I'm not putting THAT thing on. Who knows where it's been! How exactly do people go from door to door… wasn't there a certain line that they had to say to get candy? Um…"
"Trick or treat."
"Oh yea… anyways, sure I'd like some candy, but right now it's past midnight. Everyone's probably sleeping."
"Oh well, so much for that candy," sighed Tala, " but you COULD still wear it."
"Why me? Why don't YOU wear it?" asked Kai.
"'Cuz I told you to."
"That doesn't mean a thing."
"Aww, come on Kai! Pwetty pwetty pweeze?" Tala put his hands together and looked up at Kai hopefully.
"Stop it! I hate it when you do that. You look so pathetic! If Boris saw you, you'd be in BIG trouble."
"But he's NOT here, so it doesn't matter. So, pweeeeze?" Tala battered his eyelashes.
"Augh! Fine fine. You are NOT to speak of this to anyone. If you do, I'll drag you down with me, and you know I will."
"Yay!" Tala clapped his hands.
Grumbling, Kai took the costume from Tala. "Look away." Tala turned around dancing on the spot, happy that Kai was going to obey him for once and that he'll be able to see Kai in a costume.
"You can look now."
Tala swished around. There, in front of him, was Kai looking depressed in the costume. The sleeves had dangled past his fingertips, while the pants dragged on the floor.
"Put on the ears in that pocket… oh and don't forget the paws!" Kai obeyed, but looked more depressed than ever.
"Awww… don't YOU look cute," said Tala in a girly voice.
Kai blushed and said quietly, "shut up."
Tala grinned. Suddenly, a rustling could be heard behind him. The boys looked up in surprise.
"Oh no!" whispered Kai, "someone's gonna see me!" Kai spun around quickly for a place to hide, and jumped behind a boulder when a teenage girl appeared.
"Oh, hello there," she said, "what's a little boy like you doing out here?"
Tala blushed at the sight of the girl.
"Not one to talk now, are you? You should probably go home. Your parents are probably worried about you. It's really late right now."
"I don't have any parents," whispered Tala.
"Oh… I'm sorry, I didn't know," there was an awkward silence between the two, "… um, have you seen a glow stick around here? I think I dropped one around here while I was chasing my little brother." Tala shook his head. Suddenly, a little glow stick rolled out from behind the boulder to the girl's feet.
"Huh? That's my glow stick! What…" the girl picked up her glow stick and looked at the boulder, "is anyone there?"
A faint, "uh oh," could be heard from behind the boulder. Tala grinned. "Oh Kai!!! Come on out from there!" sang Tala.
Two little kitty ears popped up from behind the boulder, slowly followed by a pair of crimson eyes. When the eyes glimpsed the girl, they disappeared behind the boulder once again. The girl walked up to the boulder and said gently, "hey there. Come out from there. I'm not going to bite." Hesitating, Kai slowly stood up.
"Awww… you look SO adorable!" squealed the girl. Kai blushed. (I drew a picture of Kai in this scene! If you wanna see, I can send it to you.) "I wish I could get a picture. You're the cutest thing I've ever seen! You even got little triangles on your face too like some kitty cats. Ohhhhh… I wish I could stay longer, but I have to go home now. My mom's going to get mad. Thanks for finding my glow stick. Bye!" The girl waved and disappeared into the bushes.
"You look SO adorable!" mocked Tala after the girl was out of earshot.
"Shut up." Kai took off the costume. "You made me look like a dolt! Why did you tell her where I was?"
"I didn't tell her exactly where you were… but I wanted her to see how ADORABLE you were." Kai narrowed his eyes at the word.
"I'll get you for this Tala! I'll shove this stupid thing onto you if it kills me!" Kai draped the costume over his shoulder and chased Tala into the courtyard. Tala ran in circles around the scratched up boulder.
"Get back here!" yelled Kai. Becoming fed up, Kai put Dranzer in his launcher.
"Uh oh," muttered Tala.
"Go DRANZER!!" Dranzer flew into the air and grazed by Tala and smacked into the boulder. *SMASH* The boulder had crumbled into dust. Tala covered his head with his arms, coughing from all the dust, when someone nailed him to the ground. Tala felt something being shoved roughly onto his head. His arms became pinned to his sides when he was pulled up onto his feet. When the dust settled, Tala looked at himself. The black shirt from the costume was shoved on him backwards and the ears sat on his head crooked. The paws were on the wrong hands and both of his legs were shoved into one pant leg.
"… I guess that will do… for now anyways," said Kai turning around and picking up Dranzer.
"Hey, at least we know how to smash a rock. We just need to dress you up in this costume and shove you into a crowd," called Tala to Kai.
"You do and you die." Kai walked towards the abbey.
"Um… Kai… KAI! Can you help me outta this? Kai! Come on Kai! I'm… a little tied up at the moment!" Tala chuckled at his joke. As Tala looked up again, he saw Kai disappear into the abbey.
"Hey, Kai! I was just kidding! Come on! Help me out! Best friends help each other out! Kai! Please help me. Kai! KAI!!!! SOMEBODY HELP ME!!"
**End Flashback**
Kai smiled at the memory. It was one of the best experiences he had at the abbey, and there weren't very many of those.
Tala had stuck the costume in his bag when he was kicked out of the abbey, with a note attached to it saying, "Just a little reminder of the good times."
"I can't believe he kept it," smiled Kai. Relaxing, Kai returned to the house to grab a bite to eat. The day's events had clouded his mind from his stomach, and he now realized he was hungry.
Walking in, he saw the fridge door open and Tyson sitting on the ground in front of it, wolfing down whatever he could get his hands on. The bottom two shelves of the fridge were completely empty. Kai grimaced at the sight of Tyson. Tyson had crumbs plastered around his face due to the sticky juice. His hands were covered in sauces and his shirt looked like a mixture of food.
Opening a cabinet door, Kai pulled down some ingredients and made a meal for himself. A pleasant aroma started to fill the house. Tyson sniffed the air and looked up.
"Oh, Kai. Didn't see you come in."
"Figures." Tyson looked at what Kai was doing. His eyes bulged. Kai was cooking! And it looked good.
"Hey… um… Kai… whatcha making? It looks good. Can I have some?"
"Spaghetti and no." Kai turned off the stove and plopped the spaghetti onto a plate.
"Why not?"
"You've eaten half the fridge, you don't need anymore food."
"But I'm still hungry."
Kai frowned, "too bad. My spaghetti."
"Hey guys. Something smells good in here." It was Max. "Oo… spaghetti… can I have some, Kai?"
"All mine." Kai grabbed a fork from the drawer.
"Aww…"
"Come on, Kai, share!"
"No."
"What a great friend you turned out to be," muttered Tyson.
"Lighten up, Tyson," laughed Max, "this IS Kai after all."
"Yea…"
"Something smells good in here." Ray arrived in the kitchen with Mariah clinging onto his arm. Shaking Mariah off, Ray walked up to Tyson.
"Nice clothes, Ray," snickered Tyson pointing at Ray's belt and boxers.
"Same goes for you," said Ray pointing at Tyson's shirt, "have you guys seen Kai? I wanna ask him if I could borrow some of his clothes."
"NOW you ask," said Tyson shaking his head.
"Kai? He's…" Max looked around but Kai was nowhere to be seen, "well, he WAS here. That's odd… he left his spaghetti here too…"
"REALLY?!" exclaimed Tyson. Tyson struggled onto his feet and made a grab for the plate, only to miss and send the plate flying.
"My spaghetti!" The plate of spaghetti landed on Tyson's head with a loud splat.
Tomato sauce dripped down his face and the spaghetti noodles were everywhere. Tyson licked the side of his mouth, tasting the sauce, when his eyes lightened.
"Yummy!"
Everyone sweat-dropped.
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That's that. Yea, so if you wanna see that pic of Kai, just review n tell me… don't forget to leave your email. Oh, and it's a picture of Kai as a chibi… cuz… well… I can only draw chibis ^^;;