Sweet Revenge

"Wake up!!" Kai hissed at Raven. It was early in the morning and no matter

what Kai did, Raven would not wake up. Kai sighed in frustration. He pulled

her hair again, hoping she would wake up.

"Just a couple more min., boss?" she murmured and frowned in her sleep.

"Get up now!" Kai ordered and wondered who "boss" was. Sure, he was her

'boss', but she had never called him that and she didn't seem like the type

of person, but he let it drop anyways.

Raven woke up with a start. She jerked up and stared into Kai's eyes.

"Oh, it's only you," she grumbled, "What now?"

Looking at the clock, she saw it was only 6:45 am.

"What did you wake me up so early for?!" she complained

"I need you to train with me."

"So early?! Isn't your bitbeast ever tired?" she yawned.

"C'mon, don't you get up earlier and sleep later when you lived on the

streets?" Kai asked in disbelief.

"I sleep later and wake up later." She stated monotonously

"Whatever, lets go," he commanded urgently.

Raven rose up reluctantly and walked into the washroom to refresh

herself. Looking at the mirror, she saw a pretty delicate face with almond

shaped purple eyes and high cheekbones. Her face had a fair complexion

and was heart shaped. Even without makeup, she was amazingly beautiful.

Sometimes, she wished wasn't so beautiful. Her beauty often

attracted many men and she hated their attention. She wanted to be left

alone! Was that too much to ask? She knew too many who wanted to be

beautiful and popular and to attract many guys. If only they knew how much

pressure it would put on them.

Kai's incessant banging on the door jolted her back to reality. Quickly

seeing a brush lying on the counter, she used to comb her hair. She ran the

brush several times through her dark, yet soft hair. She splashed water on

her face and rubbed it.

"Hurry up! Damn you!" Kai impatiently shouted

Raven rapidly tied her hair in a ponytail with a purple sparkly scrunchie

and opened the door. She stepped back just in time to see Kai's fist hit air.

The antagonist nearly fell over, but swiftly composed himself.

"It's about time!"

"Whatever!"

"Hey, that is my line!"

"Who says?"

"I say" shot back Kai

"Of course, Master," Raven said sarcastically and rolled her eyes.

They walked into the fresh morning air and Raven closed her eyes and

breathed deeply; enjoying the newness of the day. The sun was shining and

the sky was blue. The birds were chirping merrily and a cool breeze

completed the perfect morning.

They soon arrived at the training ring. It was empty. No one was

there.

"Good," Kai stated.

"What do I have to do?"

"Time how long my blade lasts." He tossed her a stopwatch and showed her

how to use it .

Kai ripped the beyblade and Dranzer shot into the bowl. The beyblade

circled the bowl like a predator, waiting to attack the prey. Suddenly,

Dranzer began doing some evasive manuevers. It zig zagged this way and

that. Finally, it began to lose some of its earlier enthusiasm and it slowed

down. It stayed in one place and didn't circle anymore. The blade went into

endurance mode and spun in the middle. A couple minutes later, it wobbled

and stopped spinning.

"8 min. 54 sec. and 39 milliseconds," Raven called out.

"Shit," Kai swore under his breath.

Raven trotted over to Kai.

"Didn't get good, huh."

"Shut up! I don't need your wise cracks you know!" he snarled, provoked.

"Wow, cool your jets, just asking!"

Kai harrumphed and went back to training.

"Hey, Kai, is there a gym around her so I can work out?" she asked

hesitantly. She needed to run a bit or at least lift some weights to keep

herself in shape.

"Yeah, its behind the stadiums." He answered in a monotone voice.

"Thanks," and with that, she headed towards the back of the stadium.

She passed men with bulging muscles lifting weights and some

women riding the bicycle machines. She went over to treadmills that were in

front of the back wall and was fairly surprised to see Rei there.

"Hey!" Rei greeted her with a grin whilst running on the mill.

"Hi," Raven replied softly and began to jog.

"How long can you last?" asked Rei curiously.

Raven shrugged and kept exercising.

"You want to race for endurance?" Rei challenged.

"Sure," Raven said confidently.

"Set your speed to 6 and press the "go" button when I say go, okay?"

"Alright."

Raven set the speed to 6 and moved her finger over the "go" button.

"One, two, three, GO!"

Raven pressed the button and started to jog. They jogged in silence

for about 10 min. Rei was surprised that she could last that long. Usually,

the people he challenged lasted only 7-8 min. He wasn't tired though, not

even the tiniest bit. Raven, in turn was also surprised that Rei could last so

long, and like him, wasn't even the least bit tired.

Rei tried to strike up a conversation with Raven,

"So, um, did you have a good sleep?" he stammered.

"Yeah, and you?"

"Um, okay," he kept stuttering.

They lapsed into silence again. Raven began to hum a familiar

melody to her. One her mom used to sing her to get her to go to sleep.

That was before she died from her abusive husband. Raven remembered

staring at her so- called father beating and killing her mother. She had run

away and sat on the corner of her 'bed', hugging her knees to her with tears

running down her cheeks.

Rei noticed her humming and asked,

"Do you like to sing?"

"Sort of, but I can't sing well," she admitted

"Oh,"

Rei's stomach was doing flip-flops; he had never been so shy around

a girl before. He was out going and frankly, a girl magnet, but he never

really liked their attentions. He wondered what made him like that. It wasn't

because he hadn't known her before, so what is it? he mused. No other girl

had this effect on him before, except... Except for a girl who he had a

crush on in Grade 6... was that it? Was it because he likes her? He

couldn't say for sure, but he had to admit she had a great body and a cute

smile.

He was sweating heavily by now, and his breaths were ragged gasps.

He was very impressed with her abilities, not only in beyblading, but also in

physical activities. He hadn't known another who could last this long except

for Lee and Mariah and a couple of other kids that were also taught by the

elders.

"Aren't you tired," he managed to ask between gasps.

"No," she said, even though her legs were starting to cramp up. Her pride

never allowed her to admit weakness.

(a/n I noe she is startin 2 sound like Kai, but she isn't. Its just dat she has a

lot of pride. She is carin and compassionate, but also can b murderous if

provoked)

Rei knew he couldn't last any longer, but was not about to admit

defeat to a girl. He let Mariah beat him, but that was only when he had a

crush on her. When he found out she liked another guy, especially his

second best friend (no, not Lee or Kevin or Gary), he was devastated, but

figured that if he wanted her to be happy, he would let her be with him.

Raven was panicking on the inside. She would have never guessed he

could last this long. Her breaths were shallow and her legs hurt like hell.

She kept going on, trying desperately to beat Rei. Her head and ponytail

swung from side to side and her fists clenched together in determination.

Her head was spinning from the lack of oxygen. Suddenly, she heard a loud

crash and an "Ouch!" coming from Rei.
A/N um, yeah, I'm losing interest inn this story and no1 seems to review anymore... sigh oh well, I'll finish this story ASAP then I can concentrate on InuYasha. Btw, I have 2 sess/kag song fics up and a story called Chibi InuYasha. Feel free to R&R. cya!

-Tenma Kitsune