Welcome to chapter 2!! I remember I noticed some a little problems I made in the fanfic, so…oopies ;; Let's pretend now that Enrique isn't "Oliver's boyfriend" yet! Well…let's say that Oliver thought Enrique was his boyfriend, but actually, Enrique didn't think Oliver was serious x.x. That was a huge mistake I made ;;. Hopefully, if someone gets my butt of the chair and revise the chapter, I'll let you guys know .

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Kawaii Kirei – Hello! Glad you like my fanfic . I hope you got the gift from me . It's surprising that a lot of people liked Arika-chan ;; Oh well…I guess I didn't make her overly-innocent. Continue reading this .

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Cyndaquil-babe – Well…you'll see whom Enrique is waiting for in this chapter . Thank you for that nice compliment on Arika . (It's hard to think of how Arika could talk ;; I had to write down some codes to translate it into "Arika-talking") ;; Anyway, have a nice reading session .

Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade or the Majestic. The only thing I own in this fanfiction is my OC character, Arika Angelique.

Summary: Oliver Polanski, a sixteen-year-old French boy, walks around his favorite spots on this one day. His four-year-old adopted sister, Arika Angelique Polanski, accidentally wonders around by herself to find a little surprise. When she finds Oliver, what are the outcomes of this stairway?

Note: Okay…I lied again. There's going to be another OC right now, and you'll see why ;;. (By the way, I don't really like doing character bashing, unless it's a super-evil OC that I created XP.)

Stairway Through Betrayal

Chapter 2:

(Still in Oliver's POV till later)

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I just don't understand…why did Enrique plan out something and leave me out of it? It couldn't be friends…his only friends were the three of us…unless he was hiding something from us.

As soon as I got there…I saw someone that made me dread to not come here. Enrique…waiting for someone else…and not me?!

Enrique…why…?

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Why…are you waiting for that bitch?! She's useless! Both you and I knew her, and she's only been a bitch, no matter what! Why…why the change now…?

In front of our eyes is a cousin of Mariah's. (Yes, the pink-haired freak from Season 1, but I'm not complaining that she might be a freak ;.)

What's the change now, Enrique…? Mariah's cousin tried to break the four of us apart and nearly made us give up the chance of a lifetime for friends…

She's such an evil bitch…but I'm worried if I mention her as a "bitch" to Enrique now, he's going to slap the hell out of me…and damn! If you ever made Enrique just as mad as Johnny, you'd regret it.

I saw that "miss-little-perfect" outlook she had made on herself. It made me felt disgusted to tell you the truth. For one thing, I noticed something in Enrique's eyes when he saw her figure. It's like he's watching porn all over again, and I actually tried to get him off with it!

I figured he still might be straight…but I didn't know he was going to go out with that freak of nature, after all the hard times she had pulled on us!

"So, Enrique-kun! You want to go on our date yet?"

…The…The…The-fuck! He…made a date with that bitch?! But…isn't he supposed…to…to be my…boyfriend…?

In my conscience, it's saying that he didn't believe that I was serious…but actually…I was totally serious…about this…?

"In a minute, Lori. Umm…by the way, are you…still….-single? We'd been out with each other for almost a month…so I was thinking…if you wanted to be a "real" girlfriend with…me?"

That was when it shattered my heart completely…Enrique…you…you were technically…cheating on me…

I thought I could trust you forever…but you'd been lying to me…all this week. You said that you had to do some important business back home…but it looked like…you were lying to me…and to Johnny, Robert, and Ari-chan…

I can't go on like this any longer…but I was tempted to hear…what were the answers…

"Love'ta Enri-kun! You just blow myself a'way and I just wanna eat, ya, up!"

I heard Enrique laughing like hell…

People say that I'm really talented and artistic…but this is the end of the line. I don't…stand a chance to be with him anymore…all of my dreams of being with him…were just big chunks of crappy love…

"Great! Now that it's official, how about a little smooch for me?"

I felt my tears running down my cheeks. I couldn't stand it anymore! I…just have to be by myself right now! But…my legs weren't responding. They wanted to listen to proof…Proof that Lori and Enrique were "going at it."

"Enri-kun! Course you can! Here."

What I saw next…was not a very nice vision. Lori had her hands running all over Enrique…his perfect body…and he had his hands entangled into that evil-snake-like hair of hers.

Then, I felt a little raindrop on my hand. And…my tear drops were mixing with it. Now…since I got my proof…my legs ran as quickly as they can…to somewhere that I was not aware of yet…

Somewhere…where my heart can stop feeling this pain…this pain…of how Enrique was…technically cheating on me…after all that time…

I don't think…I can trust him anymore…

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(3rd POV)

Arika was waiting on the bench, where she was instructed to by her aniki.

"Aniki…"

She was a little worried. Her aniki's face was paled when she mentioned about Enrique.

'It was an accident…that I saw Enrique-san there…'

She was shivering a little, due to her sleeveless Chinese dress, and the fact that she was wearing sandals.

"It'sh koh'rd…Aniki…Aniki wa doko desu ka…"

(It's cold…Aniki…Where is Aniki?/Where are you?)

She cuddled herself into a ball on the bench, hoping that Oliver could come back and bring her back home. Another hope she had was that Johnny and Robert were trying to find her.

She couldn't help it…but she was shedding tears. It was getting really cold, she was missing her aniki's presence, was yelled at by Johnny, and was getting pretty lonely.

"Preash'e…sohme'ohne hind me…"

(Please…someone find me…)

And just her luck, it was beginning to rain. She was crying a little more, but you can't blame her. She's only four years old, and she didn't have a great life in the beginning.

"Robert-sempai! Johnny-sempai! Gomen nasai! Preash'e kom'e…preash'e…"

(Robert-sempai! Johnny-sempai! I'm sorry! Please come…please…)

She was starting to sniffle, and her tears were running down a lot. She wished she had some tissues to swipe her nose…but she never knew what was going to happen.

Just as soon as she was thinking there was no more hope, she heard someone calling her.

"Arika-chan! Doko e?!"

"Arika! What the hell are you!"

(Yes, Johnny just had to swear ;; The two team members were looking for her for over half an hour.)

She got off the bench and ran towards the corner of the street to look at the other side, and she saw Robert. Well…only Robert, because Johnny took a different turn ;;.

"Robert-sempai!"

She ran towards him and clung onto his leg. Robert didn't notice that she was running towards him, and he felt an enormous amount of new weight on him. He then put his umbrella over the both of them and smiled.

"Arika-chan. Johnny and I were worried about you! Where have you been?"

Arika was looking down at the ground. She didn't want to respond to him, because she knew that if she answered, she's going to be in BIG trouble.

"Hey, Johnny!! Arika's here with me!!"

Arika saw a shadow moving towards the both of them and guess what?

…It was Johnny of course!

"Finally! Arika Angelique Polanski, you could have gotten hurt running away like that!! If that happened, your father would be pissed off so directly!!"

Yes, the hot-headed Scottish was pretty hot-headed right now, even in the rain! Arika, again, was getting scared of Johnny, so she clung to Robert's leg a lot more "clingier."

"Johnny! Don't be so hot-headed right now. She's getting scared."

Robert looked down at Arika. He could see that she was still crying a little.

"Don't worry. Jon-ji-san isn't mad at you. He was just worried that you might have been hurt."

He handed Arika a handkerchief, and she accepted it. She blew her nose, and then looked up at Robert.

"Gomen nasai…gomen."

She kept bowing over and over to both Johnny and Robert. It was getting a little annoying for the both of them, so Robert decided to ask about Oliver.

"Arika-chan. Have you seen you aniki and Enrique?"

Arika nodded her head.

"I tor'd aniki enri'pue was'h o'wer there, but it'sh been a loh'ng time shink'e then."

(I told aniki Enrique was over there, but it's been a long time since then.)

Robert looked at Johnny. He knew that if that was to happen, Oliver could do something very drastic that even none of them would want to know.

"Johnny. Take Arika home, and I'll find Oliver and Enrique."

"What?! Why not vice versa?!"

"…Would you want to carry Oliver home if something's not right?"

Robert looked at Arika, hoping that she didn't know what was going on. He didn't want her to be stuck in her aniki's business, and he wouldn't want her to be worried about Oliver.

"Just do it, Johnny. I'm going to look for Oliver."

Before Johnny could say anything, Robert ran off to the next block to look for Oliver. Arika was a little uncomfortable with Johnny ever since they first met. She was always intimidated by Johnny, so she didn't say anything.

Johnny just shook his head and walked down the street with Arika following behind. Both didn't say anything for one reason because of fear and one reason because one just wants to enjoy silence for once.

However, as Johnny and Arika turned from the corner of the block about to cross the street, Arika lost her balance because her body felt really numb and cold. Her vision fading as well with the feel of icy glaciers freezing her skin. She fell into the large puddle behind Johnny, luckily her arm breaking her fall from any serious damages.

Johnny heard and felt the splash, so he turned around to find the little girl unconscious.

"Great…just my day! Robert beat the hell outta me at chess, she runs away at this time of hour, and now, here she is! Cold as ice and unconscious like she's dead."

Johnny picked her up and lifted her on his shoulders. For some small reason, he just couldn't let someone's little sister die right there.

"Someday, this girl will be a lot more troublesome than someone I will ever know."

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Oliver, winding up at the lake that he found when he first visited Germany, was glaring at his own reflection. Though, in his mind, it wasn't his own reflection, but the reflection of the "couple" he spied on.

'I hate you, Lori! You tried to break the four of us from ever becoming friends, picked on me because I seemed such a girl, and now, you stole my love interest…'

In fact, he envied Lori for taking Enrique's heart, though he knew that she would eventually break Enrique's heart into million pieces. For now…he could only think of one thing to do…

And it's not something anyone wanted him to do… But all he thought of how the world would be better off without Oliver Polanski… He was thinking…no one would ever love him the way he loved Enrique…

And he bets in his mind…Enrique wouldn't even give a damn about him if he spent all his time with Lori.

"Enrique…I would always care and love you…but you don't seem to need it…"

His heart was shattering, and his eyes were dreaded with tears of sorrow and depression.

"Please don't let anyone find me here…"

And with that, Oliver's vision became blurry due to lack of food for the day, falling into the deep ends of the lake. His grip on the mini picture he took with Enrique and himself…slipped off his hands and gently fell on the ground while his body sunk into the lake.

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After another five to ten minutes, Robert arrived to where Oliver "was," finding nothing that belonged to Oliver yet.

"…I know Oliver's got to be here. This is one of the only places he actually loved to go every single day!"

Robert looked around the area. Just when he was going to go elsewhere, he found that picture that slipped off of Oliver's hand.

"Wait…this got to be Oliver's! I would know that Oliver loved to keep this picture around him. Uncouth…"

Robert took off his jacket and dove into the lake. He knew that the lake was pretty damn deep, but he got to find Oliver, no matter the consequences.

'He's been there for all of us…so I'm not letting him run away this easily!'

After a while, he finally found a body down on the ground and hurriedly swam up to shore. He finally got out of the water, breathing continuously for a few seconds.

"I'll ::breathe:: be damn ::breathe:: if ::breathe:: you ::breathe:: give up ::breathe:: that easily!"

He leant over Oliver and placed his ear where Oliver's heart should be.

"Damn…it's fainting…and he's not breathing. I can't believe I'm doing this, but there's no other way."

He was pretty damn lucky that he knew how to perform CPR on him.

(Skipping the CPR part) (One reason, I don't really want to have a Oliver/Robert right here, and I forgot how to describe it --- learnt CPR in 5th grade)

After his last try, Oliver started to spit out water from his mouth. He had woken up, but as soon as he felt the waters out of his lungs coming out, his head was hurting, so he lied back now.

"Oliver. You had me worrying there for a while. I can't believe I did that."

"…Thanks, Ro---bert."

Oliver had fallen asleep again, leaving Robert to carry him to his house.

"Oliver…what happened back there…"

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Silver: Hello everyone! You enjoyed that chapter? Sorry it revolves mostly on minor details if you call it that ;;. By the way, thanks for the reviews! I certainly hoped more people enjoyed this chapter!!

Anyway, I want to give a shout-out to Kawaii-Kirei!! Happy Birthday!!

(Mine is coming up on the 24th of this month . Four days after K.K.'s )

Thank you for reading, and please review this chapter !! With that, have an extremely nice day from yours, truly!!

-=-! Silver-chan !-=-