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~*THEY"RE NOT GOING TO GET US*~
By Cold Tears of the Phoenix
Chapter 13: Weakened
Takara walked into the room herself, Kai and Ray were to sleep in to only find Kai there, quietly pacing around, putting things away and taking things out with a dazed look on her face. In fact, she also had the same look on her face. Today events had their toll on everyone. Most were bewildered, some scared, and few were depresses.
Taking her PJs, some undergarment, and a towel, Takara went into the washroom. 'A good shower will make myself feel better," she thought to herself. Fifteen minutes later, she came out of the shower and got dressed, and opened the door to see Kai waiting for his turn. Stepping out of his way, he entered, shutting the door behind him. Minutes later the shower started again.
Takara trailed over to her bed, and flopped on it, face down. The muffled sound of the shower was the only noise to be heard. The next thing that happened confused Takara. A funny image of Kai standing out in the rain with no shirt, only wet, black soggy pants, the water running over his well-toned chest. Scarlet eyes piercing through the blue of the rain--- (People take a moment to pause and imagine… hummm… *big grin*)
Takara physically shock her head. "What the?" she growled. She sat up and stared at staring down at her hands as if there was something wrong with them. Growling again, she pulled back the blankets to the bed and crawled in, flicking of the closest light to the bed.
Seconds after the shower stopped and a few minutes following it, Kai came out wearing nothing but a towel around his waist, chest bare. Takara cursed to herself, pulling the blankets over her head so she couldn't see anything, just in case a powerful wind came by and blew the towel away. Shutting her eyes tight, she fought the image out of her head if that DID happen. (A/n: sick mind, I have…)
What almost felt like forever, Kai finally tucked himself into his bed. "You can't uncover you're head now," He told Takara in a quiet voice. She obeyed.
"Where's Ray?" She asked.
Kai felt sudden anger surface in his mind when she asked, but never the less replied the question. "He's over at the White Tiger's Hotel, helping them out. He said he'll meet us at the stadium in the morning."
"Oh is that so? Okay. That's nice of him."
Kai's eyebrow twitched. "Hn… get to sleep. I'm tired."
"Go to sleep then," She said, getting out of bed. "I can't get to sleep." She strolled over tho the balcony door and opened it, letting a breeze inside that ruffles her hair, sending it gracefully fluttering behind her. She quickly slipped out side, leaving the door open a little so she wouldn't be locked out, failing to notice Kai watching her. She let her eyes wander over the city, warm Africa's air shuffle around her. A dark figure was fluttering in the dark; Takara could make out what it was, even in the little light. "Hello Mr. Butterfly," she said softy, before finding herself drifting away.
O.o******MORNING! *****o.O
"Wow Kai, you're down late," Tyson teased. Kai sent him a death glare.
"For you're information, I was up at 6:30am, practiced till 7:30am, when up stairs, had a quick shower, and did… some stuff, until," Kai shifted his eyes to the clock. "8:45am and came down here. And I believe 8:45am is now."
"8: 46!" Tyson pointed. The clock had changed.
"What were you doing?" Max sang.
"Stuff…" Kai growled.
"Why isn't Takara up?" Tyson pressed.
"Because she's sleeping."
"Why didn't you wake her up?"
"Because she was up late…"
"You don't look like you gotta lot of sleep yourself! I hope you two weren't up to anything!"
"Do you want to die Tyson?"
"For your big fat information, Tyson, I couldn't go to sleep because I had to may things on my mind," a new voice interrupted. "And if you want to chop you're body into many piece once Kai is done killing you and feed them to hyenas, which I believe are very common around here, you better shut up." Takara entered the room, glowing angrily at Tyson, before sitting at the table.
"YEAH! You're awake," Max chirped. "I wanted to see if you would beybattle with warm me up for today's match!"
Takara smiled. "Sure, why not?" she got up, snagging some toast off a plate that sat on the counter as she went with Max to the dishes at the back of the hotel.
Kai sighed, leaning on the table with is elbows. Remembering last night…
O.o*****FLASHBACK! *****o.O
As Takara slipped out to the balcony, Kai never took his eyes of her. Hair swooshing dramatically behind her as she left. After a couple minutes of watching her silhouette on the translucent curtains, she slumped on the patio table and lied there still as a rock.
Sudden worry swept up Kai, and he was out there before he could think. Approaching her figure, he found her asleep, breathing quietly.
*/A think of beauty is a joy forever. It's loveliness increases…/
Kai smiled softly to himself. Coming closer and scooping up the limp girl gently into his arms.
/…It will never pass into nothingness…/
He came to her bed and laid her down softly and tucked he in.
/…But still will keep a bower quiet for us…/
Pausing for a few minutes, eyes sweeping slowly over Takara's body, Kai bent down, brushing the bangs from her face, smiling gently.
/… And a sleep full of sweet dreams, and health and quiet breathing…/
(*by John Kents)
Kai then crawled into his own bed, tucking himself in, still with his eyes on the sleeping figure in the bed beside his, slowly falling into a tender sleep…
O.o*****END OF FLASH BACK! *****o.O
Sighing again, Kai got up. "Get ready to leave," He told the remaining members of his team. "Tyson, get Max and Takara-no goofing around-, and Kenny call Ray to tell him we're on our way to the stadium."
O.o****************o.O
"YEAH!" Takara skipped around. "So Kai! Am I battling today?"
"… This way. Ray said he would meet us over there…" Kai muttered, not really wanting to answer. He knew she wanted to Beyblade, but he simply didn't… didn't think she was ready yet. There's a lot of pressure, getting up in front of thousands of people and not be afraid. He remembered his first time in front of many people, but it wasn't a matter of 'win to go on to the next battle' it was a matter of 'you fail, you die'.
"ANSWER ME KAI!"
"There he is…"
"Hey guys," Ray waved.
"How are the White Tigers?" Max asked.
"Fine," Ray smiled sadly. "Lee has learned to walk around without being able to feel the ground… though he had some strange dream last night that he could fly and almost leaped out of the building while in his sleep walk. Mariah is still a problem. She's gotten over the fact she's defeat tho she keeps screaming because, you know, your voice tends to rise when you can't hear yourself, and if you want to tell her something you have to write it on a sheet of paper... Gary says he can imagine the taste and smell of the food he eats. So yeah… things are beginning to come in order."
"KAI!" Takara screamed. "Reply! Now! My question!"
"Who are we up against?" Kai asked.
"Some people who call themselves The Sirens," Ray said. "In their last battle, they won only in 2 minutes."
"Interesting…" Kai mused.
"STOP IGNORING ME!" Takara screamed, not caring when the people began to stare at her.
Kai turned his maroon gaze slowly to her. Takara could see doubt and quizzical look reflecting in them, but not for her, rather asking himself. "Yes?" He said, voice flat with no emotion.
"Am I battling today or not?" Takara said, hands on her hips, stamping her foot impatiently. It looked… cute.
"No," Kai said with the same voice. He had to struggle not to smile a bit, or lower his voice to a softer tone. What was this girl doing to him? She was making him act strange when she was around him. Almost always drawing him to her. Kai felt the need to protect her at all costs, but he had to show none of this. He was a leader, and leaders do no show these feelings.
Takara looked at Kai like he had slapped her. "But—why?" her face saddened then turned into fury. "Jerk! You think I'm still 'inexperienced'! Well who was it in my first battle… Humm… against whom? You! I tied with you in my first battle! I guess you see me as, I think you would say 'stupid', about Beyblading! FINE! What good am I if I don't meet your standards? I'm no use to this team, I might as well LEAVE!" She huffed. Tears began to spill down her cheek. In a blink of an eye, her blue head bobbed through the crowd, disappearing almost instantly.
Kai blinked rapidly, taking a step forward to go after her, but a hand on his shoulder stopped him. "The battle starts now," A voice said. Kai turned to see Ray. "If we aren't there we will be disqualified." He smiled. "Besides I don't think she'll make it very far. We'll go look for her as soon as we're done." Ray game a squeeze to Kai's shoulder. Ray could see something Kai couldn't.
O.o**********o.O
Takara kept running, tears soaked her face. She was hurt in a way that she knew what hurt, but why was it hurting. It felt as if her world had fallen apart as the words 'no' left his mouth. She ran down an alleyway between two deserted buildings and collapsed in a heap of sobs and sniffles.
~What a jerk. ~
'You said it.'
~Hum, but lately, have you notice how Kai looks like he's always having an internal conflict when you're around? ~
'No… how could you see him through my pocket?'
~I have eyes, don't I? ~
'Yeah, I suppose.'
~Then I can see. Bit beasts are not normal you know. I can do things you can't. ~
'Wow, I'm impressed…'
~Stop with that sarcasm! I mean it!~
'Yeah… whatever…'
~Hey, do you hear something? ~
'No…'
~… … …Oh god… no! Look out Takara! Get out of there now! ~
"Well, well," a voice said. "What do we have here?" Takara looked up fearful.
O.o**********o.O
"WELCOME TO TODAY'S MATCH! BLADEBREAKERS VS. THE SIRENS!"
"Who exactly are these 'sirens'?" Tyson asked.
"According to the information I have collected," Kenny said, typing away. "They usually win my distracting their opponents."
"How?" Max pressed.
"Umm…" Kenny blushed. "By means of looks."
"So they're girls?" Kai smirked. "Easy."
"No, it's not that simple you see," Nerd boy coughed. "They are very, very attractive…"
"AAANND THE SIRENS!!"
A group of 3 girls walked out. They… umm… err….
"They're a bunch of sluts!" Kai growled. "Puh… I'm not falling for that. I'll go up first, then Tyson -you better not lose this time- and Max. I'm sorry Ray, but you have a slight problem with the opposite gender."
"Understood cap-i-tin!" the Chinese boy smiled.
"I expect a quick battle. Just go in and hit. I advice you NOT to look at you're opponent," Kai said tensely. He stepped up to the dish.
"FIRST ROUND! KAI VS. ALLIE!"
One of the girls approached the dish on the other side. Kai took short notes about her appearance- lots of skin and big watermelons. He focus himself on the dish with only had two thoughts in his head. Win. Takara. It was dangerous with the Senses running around. She could get into serious trouble. 'Just get this over with,' he told himself.
O.o**********o.O
"You!" Takara pointed.
"Yes me -or us more specifically- us," the voice said. Out stepped Zuhura. "Well, well what do we have here? My! It's the little bitch from the Bladebreakers! What a surprise!"
"I only see a hoar in front of me, I see no 'we'," Takara snapped back.
"Brave words, girl," Zuhura snorted. Shadows emerged at all possible exits. Those shadows turned into the other members of the Senses. "Beybattle girl. You win, you go free…"
"And if I lose?" Takara already knew the answer.
"I take Cho," Zuhura smirked. Okay… maybe that wasn't the answer Takara was thinking about…
"Haha!" Takara laughed. "If you must know, my mother and father made me take martial art classes! I can just fight my way out physically!" She wasn't lying either. Her parents made her take all the self-defense classes available, just so Takara could protect herself in a real situation. Looks like they might come in handy here.
"Oh really?" Zuhura muttered, not so impressed. Takara nodded, and then suddenly, she went for the closest exit which was guarded by Abdelahi. Swiftly she went in for a punch, but he blocked, and just as fast, she kicked the legs from under him and ran out the exit. "GET HER!" Zuhura screamed.
Jawara stepped up, taking a deep breath, and screamed. But it was no any ordinary scream either, it was as if a bomb had exploded and it through Takara from her feet. Then Gyamfi came, his arms stretched to where Takara fell, and wrapped her up, bringing her back. "LET ME GO, YOU FREAKS!!!" Takara screamed, squirming in Gyamfi's grip. "EWW! THIS IS SOOO GROSS!"
"Not so brave, are we now?" Zuhura mocked. "You see, when ever we take someone's sense, we increase our own. No use wiggling, little worm, Gyamfi's won't let go. You have to fight me."
"Wait," Abdelahi said, getting up from is the ground where Takara had knocked him down. "I will fight her, woman."
"But I am suppose to—," Zuhura argued.
"I do not care," Abdelahi roared. "I am going to fight her." He turned his stormy brown eyes to Takara, who glared at him helplessly. "No woman has the right to hit, Abdelahi!" he hit his chest, indicating to himself. "Let her go Gyamfi."
"ABDELAHI! I am to fight her! I am---," Zuhura shouted.
"You are only leader of this team because you are the 6th sense. But I do not care, you are a woman, and woman do as they are told!" Abdelahi turned around and smacked Zuhura across the face. Zuhura recoiled in fear. "Now girl…" he took a gray Beyblade out of his pocket.
'Common' Drassess. We beat him!'
~Yup! As long as you believe, there is nothing you can't do! ~
'You sound like Kai…'
~NOO! I don't wanna sound like him! ~
'The no more wise sayings…' Takara whipped out Drassess. 'I bet he thinks I'm going to play defense side. Well, I'm going to show him a little offense!'
"Go!" Dzigbode cried. Both Bladers launched their blades.
"DRASSESS! CRYSTAL STAR GOLD!" Drassess rose with fire flaring everywhere, that snatching at the gray Beyblade approaching her, but it dodged it.
"Haha! You think you can beat me that way? No one can beat me!" Abdelahi laughed. "Sorg! Laser vision!" Out of they gray Beyblade, with a blast of light, a simple eye appeared. It's iris glowing a deep red. With an explosion, a laser beamed came shooting out, straight for Drassess.
"DRASSESS!" Takara yelped. "NOO!"
~Sorry… I failed you…~
'NO!'
BOOOM!!!
O.o***************o.O
"That wasn't so bad," Tyson said. "2-1. At least we won."
"At least you won," Kai replied. His eyes scanned around. 'Where could she have run off to?' his mind wondered, as he took off in to a fast walk. Then, as if someone heard his question, he heard a noise.
BOOOM!!!
"What was that?" Max wondered.
"Oh no," Kai muttered, and then before anyone could stop him, he was running, eyes on the sky as a pillar of smoke rose into the air. It wasn't exactly easy for Kai to get where he was going because, there where a lot of people running away, going the other direction that he came from. But after about 5 minutes, he reached the spot, knowing already he was too late.
There on the concrete, laid a figure, with a mess of blue hair, not moving what so ever. "TAKARA!" Kai cried, running over.
"Kai?" she began to move, trying to sit up, but her arms were to weak. Kai ran over and caught her before she could hit the ground again. "Kai… I'm so sorry… I'm sorry… Kai…" she lifted her head up to stare at his face, and what Kai saw made him stop breathing.
Her eyes were dead. They showed no sign of life. He couldn't even see his refection in them. Neither was any emotion, tho tears streamed from her eyes, just deep reddish-purple eyes. "Takara…" he didn't know what to say.
"So boyfriend shows up to save his girlfriend. How sweet. I think I'm going to barf," said a cold voice. Kai turned to see the Senses, but it wasn't Zuhura who had spoken, I was Abdelahi. Zuhura stood behind the group of boys, eyes shaded in.
"You did this to her!" Kai screamed. "You… you…"
"I took her sight," Abdelahi smirked. "Lets make a deal. You beat us in the finals, we give back all you're friends abilities, lose…"
"And?" Kai said.
"We take you're precious little bitch there," he finished, pointing at Takara. "But now, you have stepped into out trap, you cannot get out unless you fight us. You win, you get out, you lose and you know what happens." He turned to Jawara. "You're up."
"Kai!" four figures ran into the ally way. "Kai you okay? Where's Takara!" It was Ray and the rest.
Kai stood up, with Takara in his arms. "Here," he handed her to Ray. "Go back to the hotel. Stay there."
"But," Ray looked at the Senses.
"I'll distract them," Kai hissed. "Go now."
"Kai… no… Kai," Takara said weakly, now in Ray's possession.
"Kai will be okay," Ray murmured softly. He noticed the dead look in her eyes. "Just rest." 'I hope,' Ray added in his thoughts.
O.o***********o.O
"Which way is the bloody hotel?" Tyson yelled impatiently.
"AHH! Noo! Dizzi!" Kenny yelped.
"Low… batt...er…ies…" The computer said before shutting off.
"Damn! Perfect!" Ray cried.
"We could ask around for directions?" Max suggested.
O.o*****half an hour later*****o.O
"Nope," Max sighed. "No luck there."
All the directions they received lead them to a small park.
Ray looked down at the girl sleeping in his arms. He felt extremely sorry for her. "Well rest here," He said. "We start looking again tomorrow."
"What if we don't make it in time for the tournament?!" Kenny cried.
Ray sighed. "We'll just have to bare with it then, won't we?" He leaned Takara on a tree, and then looked at the sky. It was dusk. "For now we get some sleep."
O.o***********o.O
Around midnight, Takara woke up. She shifted around, opening her eyes but failed to see anything. She stretched out her limbs and yawned, kicking a soft object near her feet, followed by a soft groan and a loud snort. Tyson was there. She got to her knees, so it was easier to search around, and found a thick rope to her right. That must be Ray's hair, so Ray was to her right. To her left there was another little sound. It sounded like 'me-me-me-me…' then it started over again. She smiled. That must be Max.
"Noo… Dizzi…" She heard a voice. It cam from farther left. That must be Kenny.
So, Takara sat there, listening to the wind whisper in her ears- that's when she heard yet another sound. I was farther away, that's for sure. It almost sounded as if someone was… crying? She began to crawl across the ground, avoiding the placed where she knew her friend lay asleep. Crawling into the bushes in the direction she had heard the sound. How did she know which way it came from? Well, it was true when you lose one of your senses; all of your other senses become heightened. She chuckled a bit as she heard Toucan Sam from Fruit Loops say 'Follow your nose!' but in this case it was 'follow your ears!' which brought a funny image to Takara's head of her chasing a pair of ears around.
Soon she came the spot where the sound came from. She paused when the sniffles stopped, notifying Takara that the person knew of her presence. She crawled over to the person, who didn't make any movements at all. Takara suspected that he/she was watching her. She reached out for the person's face, finding a handful of hair, which was rather stiff, fore Takara could tell that person had it jelled. She ran her hand down the person's face- over their forehead and over their right cheek, which was damp ever so slightly with tears. Then down their chest, now Takara could tell it was diffidently a guy. She lifted her hand and placed it on his shoulder and making her hand glide over his bare arm. It was stopped when it came to an object, obviously an arm guard. She felt a sharp blade like thing sticking out of the elbow. She blinked her visionless eyes, and went back to the person's face, going over the cheek again and again, before coming to rest on his lips. "Kai?" She said softly, tho it was hard because it felt as if a lump had formed in her throat. "Kai? Is that you?" Well there was no mistake about it, it was Kai.
But he didn't reply.
Not a word.
Takara began to shake her head slowly. "Oh Kai! Why?" She through her arms around his neck and began to cry into his shoulder.
Kai was watching her. He had lost terribly. He wasn't able to think clearly through the battle because only anger clouded his mind. He was depressed because he lost the ability to speak. He was scared, because he didn't know how to face his teammates. He was crying because of all this. All things you never would have seen him do. All the things Kai was taught not to do. And yet, when Takara came, he felt as if a new light had been light, and there was still hope.
Hope.
Hope was another thing he was taught not to think. He was taught to KNOW. When Takara wrapped her arms loosely around his neck, he didn't know what to do. Everything that was happening to him seemed so new! Everything his teachers told him had no use. So, he lifted his arms slowly and wrapped it around Takara's waist, and pulling her closely. For the first time ever in his life… Kai felt joy and safety. He smiled, and closed his eyes, along himself to fall into the warmth… of a dreamless sleep.
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~*THEY"RE NOT GOING TO GET US*~
By Cold Tears of the Phoenix
Chapter 13: Weakened
Takara walked into the room herself, Kai and Ray were to sleep in to only find Kai there, quietly pacing around, putting things away and taking things out with a dazed look on her face. In fact, she also had the same look on her face. Today events had their toll on everyone. Most were bewildered, some scared, and few were depresses.
Taking her PJs, some undergarment, and a towel, Takara went into the washroom. 'A good shower will make myself feel better," she thought to herself. Fifteen minutes later, she came out of the shower and got dressed, and opened the door to see Kai waiting for his turn. Stepping out of his way, he entered, shutting the door behind him. Minutes later the shower started again.
Takara trailed over to her bed, and flopped on it, face down. The muffled sound of the shower was the only noise to be heard. The next thing that happened confused Takara. A funny image of Kai standing out in the rain with no shirt, only wet, black soggy pants, the water running over his well-toned chest. Scarlet eyes piercing through the blue of the rain--- (People take a moment to pause and imagine… hummm… *big grin*)
Takara physically shock her head. "What the?" she growled. She sat up and stared at staring down at her hands as if there was something wrong with them. Growling again, she pulled back the blankets to the bed and crawled in, flicking of the closest light to the bed.
Seconds after the shower stopped and a few minutes following it, Kai came out wearing nothing but a towel around his waist, chest bare. Takara cursed to herself, pulling the blankets over her head so she couldn't see anything, just in case a powerful wind came by and blew the towel away. Shutting her eyes tight, she fought the image out of her head if that DID happen. (A/n: sick mind, I have…)
What almost felt like forever, Kai finally tucked himself into his bed. "You can't uncover you're head now," He told Takara in a quiet voice. She obeyed.
"Where's Ray?" She asked.
Kai felt sudden anger surface in his mind when she asked, but never the less replied the question. "He's over at the White Tiger's Hotel, helping them out. He said he'll meet us at the stadium in the morning."
"Oh is that so? Okay. That's nice of him."
Kai's eyebrow twitched. "Hn… get to sleep. I'm tired."
"Go to sleep then," She said, getting out of bed. "I can't get to sleep." She strolled over tho the balcony door and opened it, letting a breeze inside that ruffles her hair, sending it gracefully fluttering behind her. She quickly slipped out side, leaving the door open a little so she wouldn't be locked out, failing to notice Kai watching her. She let her eyes wander over the city, warm Africa's air shuffle around her. A dark figure was fluttering in the dark; Takara could make out what it was, even in the little light. "Hello Mr. Butterfly," she said softy, before finding herself drifting away.
O.o******MORNING! *****o.O
"Wow Kai, you're down late," Tyson teased. Kai sent him a death glare.
"For you're information, I was up at 6:30am, practiced till 7:30am, when up stairs, had a quick shower, and did… some stuff, until," Kai shifted his eyes to the clock. "8:45am and came down here. And I believe 8:45am is now."
"8: 46!" Tyson pointed. The clock had changed.
"What were you doing?" Max sang.
"Stuff…" Kai growled.
"Why isn't Takara up?" Tyson pressed.
"Because she's sleeping."
"Why didn't you wake her up?"
"Because she was up late…"
"You don't look like you gotta lot of sleep yourself! I hope you two weren't up to anything!"
"Do you want to die Tyson?"
"For your big fat information, Tyson, I couldn't go to sleep because I had to may things on my mind," a new voice interrupted. "And if you want to chop you're body into many piece once Kai is done killing you and feed them to hyenas, which I believe are very common around here, you better shut up." Takara entered the room, glowing angrily at Tyson, before sitting at the table.
"YEAH! You're awake," Max chirped. "I wanted to see if you would beybattle with warm me up for today's match!"
Takara smiled. "Sure, why not?" she got up, snagging some toast off a plate that sat on the counter as she went with Max to the dishes at the back of the hotel.
Kai sighed, leaning on the table with is elbows. Remembering last night…
O.o*****FLASHBACK! *****o.O
As Takara slipped out to the balcony, Kai never took his eyes of her. Hair swooshing dramatically behind her as she left. After a couple minutes of watching her silhouette on the translucent curtains, she slumped on the patio table and lied there still as a rock.
Sudden worry swept up Kai, and he was out there before he could think. Approaching her figure, he found her asleep, breathing quietly.
*/A think of beauty is a joy forever. It's loveliness increases…/
Kai smiled softly to himself. Coming closer and scooping up the limp girl gently into his arms.
/…It will never pass into nothingness…/
He came to her bed and laid her down softly and tucked he in.
/…But still will keep a bower quiet for us…/
Pausing for a few minutes, eyes sweeping slowly over Takara's body, Kai bent down, brushing the bangs from her face, smiling gently.
/… And a sleep full of sweet dreams, and health and quiet breathing…/
(*by John Kents)
Kai then crawled into his own bed, tucking himself in, still with his eyes on the sleeping figure in the bed beside his, slowly falling into a tender sleep…
O.o*****END OF FLASH BACK! *****o.O
Sighing again, Kai got up. "Get ready to leave," He told the remaining members of his team. "Tyson, get Max and Takara-no goofing around-, and Kenny call Ray to tell him we're on our way to the stadium."
O.o****************o.O
"YEAH!" Takara skipped around. "So Kai! Am I battling today?"
"… This way. Ray said he would meet us over there…" Kai muttered, not really wanting to answer. He knew she wanted to Beyblade, but he simply didn't… didn't think she was ready yet. There's a lot of pressure, getting up in front of thousands of people and not be afraid. He remembered his first time in front of many people, but it wasn't a matter of 'win to go on to the next battle' it was a matter of 'you fail, you die'.
"ANSWER ME KAI!"
"There he is…"
"Hey guys," Ray waved.
"How are the White Tigers?" Max asked.
"Fine," Ray smiled sadly. "Lee has learned to walk around without being able to feel the ground… though he had some strange dream last night that he could fly and almost leaped out of the building while in his sleep walk. Mariah is still a problem. She's gotten over the fact she's defeat tho she keeps screaming because, you know, your voice tends to rise when you can't hear yourself, and if you want to tell her something you have to write it on a sheet of paper... Gary says he can imagine the taste and smell of the food he eats. So yeah… things are beginning to come in order."
"KAI!" Takara screamed. "Reply! Now! My question!"
"Who are we up against?" Kai asked.
"Some people who call themselves The Sirens," Ray said. "In their last battle, they won only in 2 minutes."
"Interesting…" Kai mused.
"STOP IGNORING ME!" Takara screamed, not caring when the people began to stare at her.
Kai turned his maroon gaze slowly to her. Takara could see doubt and quizzical look reflecting in them, but not for her, rather asking himself. "Yes?" He said, voice flat with no emotion.
"Am I battling today or not?" Takara said, hands on her hips, stamping her foot impatiently. It looked… cute.
"No," Kai said with the same voice. He had to struggle not to smile a bit, or lower his voice to a softer tone. What was this girl doing to him? She was making him act strange when she was around him. Almost always drawing him to her. Kai felt the need to protect her at all costs, but he had to show none of this. He was a leader, and leaders do no show these feelings.
Takara looked at Kai like he had slapped her. "But—why?" her face saddened then turned into fury. "Jerk! You think I'm still 'inexperienced'! Well who was it in my first battle… Humm… against whom? You! I tied with you in my first battle! I guess you see me as, I think you would say 'stupid', about Beyblading! FINE! What good am I if I don't meet your standards? I'm no use to this team, I might as well LEAVE!" She huffed. Tears began to spill down her cheek. In a blink of an eye, her blue head bobbed through the crowd, disappearing almost instantly.
Kai blinked rapidly, taking a step forward to go after her, but a hand on his shoulder stopped him. "The battle starts now," A voice said. Kai turned to see Ray. "If we aren't there we will be disqualified." He smiled. "Besides I don't think she'll make it very far. We'll go look for her as soon as we're done." Ray game a squeeze to Kai's shoulder. Ray could see something Kai couldn't.
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Takara kept running, tears soaked her face. She was hurt in a way that she knew what hurt, but why was it hurting. It felt as if her world had fallen apart as the words 'no' left his mouth. She ran down an alleyway between two deserted buildings and collapsed in a heap of sobs and sniffles.
~What a jerk. ~
'You said it.'
~Hum, but lately, have you notice how Kai looks like he's always having an internal conflict when you're around? ~
'No… how could you see him through my pocket?'
~I have eyes, don't I? ~
'Yeah, I suppose.'
~Then I can see. Bit beasts are not normal you know. I can do things you can't. ~
'Wow, I'm impressed…'
~Stop with that sarcasm! I mean it!~
'Yeah… whatever…'
~Hey, do you hear something? ~
'No…'
~… … …Oh god… no! Look out Takara! Get out of there now! ~
"Well, well," a voice said. "What do we have here?" Takara looked up fearful.
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"WELCOME TO TODAY'S MATCH! BLADEBREAKERS VS. THE SIRENS!"
"Who exactly are these 'sirens'?" Tyson asked.
"According to the information I have collected," Kenny said, typing away. "They usually win my distracting their opponents."
"How?" Max pressed.
"Umm…" Kenny blushed. "By means of looks."
"So they're girls?" Kai smirked. "Easy."
"No, it's not that simple you see," Nerd boy coughed. "They are very, very attractive…"
"AAANND THE SIRENS!!"
A group of 3 girls walked out. They… umm… err….
"They're a bunch of sluts!" Kai growled. "Puh… I'm not falling for that. I'll go up first, then Tyson -you better not lose this time- and Max. I'm sorry Ray, but you have a slight problem with the opposite gender."
"Understood cap-i-tin!" the Chinese boy smiled.
"I expect a quick battle. Just go in and hit. I advice you NOT to look at you're opponent," Kai said tensely. He stepped up to the dish.
"FIRST ROUND! KAI VS. ALLIE!"
One of the girls approached the dish on the other side. Kai took short notes about her appearance- lots of skin and big watermelons. He focus himself on the dish with only had two thoughts in his head. Win. Takara. It was dangerous with the Senses running around. She could get into serious trouble. 'Just get this over with,' he told himself.
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"You!" Takara pointed.
"Yes me -or us more specifically- us," the voice said. Out stepped Zuhura. "Well, well what do we have here? My! It's the little bitch from the Bladebreakers! What a surprise!"
"I only see a hoar in front of me, I see no 'we'," Takara snapped back.
"Brave words, girl," Zuhura snorted. Shadows emerged at all possible exits. Those shadows turned into the other members of the Senses. "Beybattle girl. You win, you go free…"
"And if I lose?" Takara already knew the answer.
"I take Cho," Zuhura smirked. Okay… maybe that wasn't the answer Takara was thinking about…
"Haha!" Takara laughed. "If you must know, my mother and father made me take martial art classes! I can just fight my way out physically!" She wasn't lying either. Her parents made her take all the self-defense classes available, just so Takara could protect herself in a real situation. Looks like they might come in handy here.
"Oh really?" Zuhura muttered, not so impressed. Takara nodded, and then suddenly, she went for the closest exit which was guarded by Abdelahi. Swiftly she went in for a punch, but he blocked, and just as fast, she kicked the legs from under him and ran out the exit. "GET HER!" Zuhura screamed.
Jawara stepped up, taking a deep breath, and screamed. But it was no any ordinary scream either, it was as if a bomb had exploded and it through Takara from her feet. Then Gyamfi came, his arms stretched to where Takara fell, and wrapped her up, bringing her back. "LET ME GO, YOU FREAKS!!!" Takara screamed, squirming in Gyamfi's grip. "EWW! THIS IS SOOO GROSS!"
"Not so brave, are we now?" Zuhura mocked. "You see, when ever we take someone's sense, we increase our own. No use wiggling, little worm, Gyamfi's won't let go. You have to fight me."
"Wait," Abdelahi said, getting up from is the ground where Takara had knocked him down. "I will fight her, woman."
"But I am suppose to—," Zuhura argued.
"I do not care," Abdelahi roared. "I am going to fight her." He turned his stormy brown eyes to Takara, who glared at him helplessly. "No woman has the right to hit, Abdelahi!" he hit his chest, indicating to himself. "Let her go Gyamfi."
"ABDELAHI! I am to fight her! I am---," Zuhura shouted.
"You are only leader of this team because you are the 6th sense. But I do not care, you are a woman, and woman do as they are told!" Abdelahi turned around and smacked Zuhura across the face. Zuhura recoiled in fear. "Now girl…" he took a gray Beyblade out of his pocket.
'Common' Drassess. We beat him!'
~Yup! As long as you believe, there is nothing you can't do! ~
'You sound like Kai…'
~NOO! I don't wanna sound like him! ~
'The no more wise sayings…' Takara whipped out Drassess. 'I bet he thinks I'm going to play defense side. Well, I'm going to show him a little offense!'
"Go!" Dzigbode cried. Both Bladers launched their blades.
"DRASSESS! CRYSTAL STAR GOLD!" Drassess rose with fire flaring everywhere, that snatching at the gray Beyblade approaching her, but it dodged it.
"Haha! You think you can beat me that way? No one can beat me!" Abdelahi laughed. "Sorg! Laser vision!" Out of they gray Beyblade, with a blast of light, a simple eye appeared. It's iris glowing a deep red. With an explosion, a laser beamed came shooting out, straight for Drassess.
"DRASSESS!" Takara yelped. "NOO!"
~Sorry… I failed you…~
'NO!'
BOOOM!!!
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"That wasn't so bad," Tyson said. "2-1. At least we won."
"At least you won," Kai replied. His eyes scanned around. 'Where could she have run off to?' his mind wondered, as he took off in to a fast walk. Then, as if someone heard his question, he heard a noise.
BOOOM!!!
"What was that?" Max wondered.
"Oh no," Kai muttered, and then before anyone could stop him, he was running, eyes on the sky as a pillar of smoke rose into the air. It wasn't exactly easy for Kai to get where he was going because, there where a lot of people running away, going the other direction that he came from. But after about 5 minutes, he reached the spot, knowing already he was too late.
There on the concrete, laid a figure, with a mess of blue hair, not moving what so ever. "TAKARA!" Kai cried, running over.
"Kai?" she began to move, trying to sit up, but her arms were to weak. Kai ran over and caught her before she could hit the ground again. "Kai… I'm so sorry… I'm sorry… Kai…" she lifted her head up to stare at his face, and what Kai saw made him stop breathing.
Her eyes were dead. They showed no sign of life. He couldn't even see his refection in them. Neither was any emotion, tho tears streamed from her eyes, just deep reddish-purple eyes. "Takara…" he didn't know what to say.
"So boyfriend shows up to save his girlfriend. How sweet. I think I'm going to barf," said a cold voice. Kai turned to see the Senses, but it wasn't Zuhura who had spoken, I was Abdelahi. Zuhura stood behind the group of boys, eyes shaded in.
"You did this to her!" Kai screamed. "You… you…"
"I took her sight," Abdelahi smirked. "Lets make a deal. You beat us in the finals, we give back all you're friends abilities, lose…"
"And?" Kai said.
"We take you're precious little bitch there," he finished, pointing at Takara. "But now, you have stepped into out trap, you cannot get out unless you fight us. You win, you get out, you lose and you know what happens." He turned to Jawara. "You're up."
"Kai!" four figures ran into the ally way. "Kai you okay? Where's Takara!" It was Ray and the rest.
Kai stood up, with Takara in his arms. "Here," he handed her to Ray. "Go back to the hotel. Stay there."
"But," Ray looked at the Senses.
"I'll distract them," Kai hissed. "Go now."
"Kai… no… Kai," Takara said weakly, now in Ray's possession.
"Kai will be okay," Ray murmured softly. He noticed the dead look in her eyes. "Just rest." 'I hope,' Ray added in his thoughts.
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"Which way is the bloody hotel?" Tyson yelled impatiently.
"AHH! Noo! Dizzi!" Kenny yelped.
"Low… batt...er…ies…" The computer said before shutting off.
"Damn! Perfect!" Ray cried.
"We could ask around for directions?" Max suggested.
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"Nope," Max sighed. "No luck there."
All the directions they received lead them to a small park.
Ray looked down at the girl sleeping in his arms. He felt extremely sorry for her. "Well rest here," He said. "We start looking again tomorrow."
"What if we don't make it in time for the tournament?!" Kenny cried.
Ray sighed. "We'll just have to bare with it then, won't we?" He leaned Takara on a tree, and then looked at the sky. It was dusk. "For now we get some sleep."
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Around midnight, Takara woke up. She shifted around, opening her eyes but failed to see anything. She stretched out her limbs and yawned, kicking a soft object near her feet, followed by a soft groan and a loud snort. Tyson was there. She got to her knees, so it was easier to search around, and found a thick rope to her right. That must be Ray's hair, so Ray was to her right. To her left there was another little sound. It sounded like 'me-me-me-me…' then it started over again. She smiled. That must be Max.
"Noo… Dizzi…" She heard a voice. It cam from farther left. That must be Kenny.
So, Takara sat there, listening to the wind whisper in her ears- that's when she heard yet another sound. I was farther away, that's for sure. It almost sounded as if someone was… crying? She began to crawl across the ground, avoiding the placed where she knew her friend lay asleep. Crawling into the bushes in the direction she had heard the sound. How did she know which way it came from? Well, it was true when you lose one of your senses; all of your other senses become heightened. She chuckled a bit as she heard Toucan Sam from Fruit Loops say 'Follow your nose!' but in this case it was 'follow your ears!' which brought a funny image to Takara's head of her chasing a pair of ears around.
Soon she came the spot where the sound came from. She paused when the sniffles stopped, notifying Takara that the person knew of her presence. She crawled over to the person, who didn't make any movements at all. Takara suspected that he/she was watching her. She reached out for the person's face, finding a handful of hair, which was rather stiff, fore Takara could tell that person had it jelled. She ran her hand down the person's face- over their forehead and over their right cheek, which was damp ever so slightly with tears. Then down their chest, now Takara could tell it was diffidently a guy. She lifted her hand and placed it on his shoulder and making her hand glide over his bare arm. It was stopped when it came to an object, obviously an arm guard. She felt a sharp blade like thing sticking out of the elbow. She blinked her visionless eyes, and went back to the person's face, going over the cheek again and again, before coming to rest on his lips. "Kai?" She said softly, tho it was hard because it felt as if a lump had formed in her throat. "Kai? Is that you?" Well there was no mistake about it, it was Kai.
But he didn't reply.
Not a word.
Takara began to shake her head slowly. "Oh Kai! Why?" She through her arms around his neck and began to cry into his shoulder.
Kai was watching her. He had lost terribly. He wasn't able to think clearly through the battle because only anger clouded his mind. He was depressed because he lost the ability to speak. He was scared, because he didn't know how to face his teammates. He was crying because of all this. All things you never would have seen him do. All the things Kai was taught not to do. And yet, when Takara came, he felt as if a new light had been light, and there was still hope.
Hope.
Hope was another thing he was taught not to think. He was taught to KNOW. When Takara wrapped her arms loosely around his neck, he didn't know what to do. Everything that was happening to him seemed so new! Everything his teachers told him had no use. So, he lifted his arms slowly and wrapped it around Takara's waist, and pulling her closely. For the first time ever in his life… Kai felt joy and safety. He smiled, and closed his eyes, along himself to fall into the warmth… of a dreamless sleep.
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