Do You Love Me?

Chapter One: The Beginning of a fairytale

"Hey Ray. Over here." Screamed Mariah from upon of the dock of the ship. "Oh, there you are." Said Ray finally getting a sight of Mariah.  It had been 6 years since the Blade breakers won the World Cup Championships. They were all on their 19s to 20. They were heading for a tournament. They haven't seen each other since the last World Cup Championships. The White Tigers, The Demolition Boys, The All-Starz, The Majestics, The Dark Bladers, and some other teams were going to compete too.

"I've missed you so much." Said Ray as him and his team headed towards the White Tiger team. "I'm hungry." Complained Tyson as his stomach had grumbled.  "You're always hungry." Complained Kenny.  "Let's do something!" Whined Max as he looked at his non-active teammates.

"Hey look it's the Blade breakers." Said Gary with his mouth full of food. "Watch where your food goes you over grown numskull." Complained Kevin. With all the commotion Lee and Kai just talked quietly. Nobody noticed what Ray and Mariah were doing.

"I've missed you soooo much." Said Mariah putting her arm on Ray's neck. "Me too." Said Ray putting his hands on her waist. Ray was about to kiss Mariah on the cheek when they got everyone's attention. "Way to go Ray." Shouted Tyson. "Dude, nice going." Said Max smiling.  "Leave it to Ray to impress girls." Said Kenny smiling. "Oo Mariah has a boyfriend." Teased Kevin endlessly. "Way to go couz." Said the smiling Lee. Kai just smirked his ever so well-known smirk while Gray scratched his head having no idea what was going on.

"Shut up." Said Ray blushing. "We were just saying hi." Said Mariah trying to cover up what Ray and her were doing. "Yeah, sure." Said Kevin. "Anyways we should all head for our cabins, since this ship ride is two weeks long we might as well rest first." Said Kenny. Every one agreed, really not in the mode to argue. They all headed for their own cabins.

"What is your cabin number Mariah?" Ray asked as he stopped her by holding on to her wrist. "Oh, it's cabin 1027. Why?" asked Mariah? "Wow mine is 1028, that means we are next to each other." Said Ray happily. "Let's go find our cabins." Said Mariah.  "Okay." Agreed Ray.

They both found out their cabins and went on the upper deck of the ship for some fresh air. "Uh, Ray tell me did you ever fall in love?" Asked Mariah. "Not really." Said Ray after thinking for a moment, she had indeed totally caught him of guard. "So what would we call our relationship?" Asked Mariah suspiciously. "Gee… well…I don't know. Maybe just a childhood crush." Said Ray truthfully. He just hoped that it wasn't too harsh.  "Well, I just want to tell you that if you ever fall in love with someone else I'll be there to help you win her heart." Said Mariah happily. "Thanks Mariah, you're a good friend." Ray said grinning. "No problem, because ever since The World Championships Beyblade Tournament I had a feeling that we weren't meant to be." Said Mariah quietly.  "Funny, I had the same feeling." Ray answered.

And just as in cue, something happened as if it were destiny. The young pair of newfound friends were walking when suddenly someone had bumped into Ray. "Ouch." Said Ray in pain as his bright yellow eyes flashed forward to see the intruder. "Sorry." Replied the person, she happened to be a girl. She had long wavy black hair, with gorgeous emerald green eyes, which stood out among her pale skin; she was not too short nor too long just… perfect. At least that's what Ray thought. "Um, Hey I'm Riley." Said the girl the unknown girl as a greeting towards the pair in front of her. Ray was still staring at her unable to say anything. "Um…Hey I'm Mariah and this is Ray." Said Mariah still a little disappointed that Ray and her weren't really meant to be after all. "Oh, are you the blade breaker Ray." Said Riley. Ray nodded still speechless.

"Hey, look out." Said a voice. A boy with a skateboard crashed into Riley. Lucky for her, Ray caught her before she could hit the ground. They both looked at each other's eyes for a long time. "Um…so Riley you wanna hang out sometime. "Said the blushing Ray. "Sure how about tonight's Christmas party, in the ship." Riley replied. "Sure." He answered. With that, Riley walked away leaving a fuming Mariah, though she had wiped off her jealousy as soon as Ray looked at her.

"Well looks like someone found their love." Teased Mariah. "Mariah!! You're not helping." Whined Ray. "Don't worry we still have 5 hours. Go and rest and I'll come to your room and fix you up." Said Mariah smiling. Ray nodded and smiled and headed for his room. Suddenly tears fell out of Mariah's eyes. "It's okay, maybe you weren't meant to be." She thought. Still sobbing she ran to her cabin. Not knowing that five pair of eyes were watching her run out of the ship. Not knowing that five pair of eyes witnessed the whole situation.

"Ohh looks like the pink haired kitty has been betrayed by her black haired vampire." Said a certain red head as he burst out laughing like a maniac. The certain boy had fiery red hair, and sky blue eyes. He also happened to be a very serious blader, and extremely stubborn. His name happened to be Johnny Macgregor. "Oh stuff is stuff it Macgregor." Said a tall boy, with pale skin, green evergreen eyes, and red hair but not quite as raging red as the Johnny.

"Honestly Tala. All of us have been fighting for five years who should be our team captain, for this secret team we have created. But the answer is right in front of us" Said a tall boy with brown hair, and an attitude that drove girls away from him. The boy revealed as Tala, had a blank look on his face. "Let me explain." Said an annoying voice. This certain boy had green hair and mischievous eyes. He was the shortest and the youngest of all. But never let his size, and innocents get in the way, for he was the master of trouble making. His name was Kevin.

"Look two years after The World Tournaments us five created this team. We all happened to be at the same place and were beyblading to get better. We all took beyblading seriously unlike our teammates. And we all lived for winning. So we created this team, which we called the "Eliminators" but we kept our identity a secret. Every time we battled, we wore cloaks up to our heads, so the world wouldn't know it's us. But we have been fighting for five years, for who to be our captain. Even though we won all 154 tournaments we entered, we never had a captain. I mean, we a have a member, and each of us are from a world-class team. I am from the White Tigers, Johnny from the Majestics, Tala from the Demolition Boys, Michel from the All-Starz, and from the blade breakers we have-." But Kevin was cut of by Tala.

"Can you get to the POINT!" said Tala impatiently. Michel answered him, this time. "Look the answer is simple. All five of us witnessed Ray and Mariah's break up. And so this is it. We are supposed to win Mariah's heart. The first one to make Mariah fall in love with them wins. The first one to make her you're girl friend wins." Said Michel smirking. They all nodded in agreement. "But why not, make it a bet too." Said Tala slyly.

"We each give five hundred bucks, and the captain position to the winner. Agreed?" asked Tala. Four of the member nodded. "So there's our bet and competitions. The first one to make Mariah theirs wins." Said Tala smirking. Four heads nodded, and then they all turned to the fifth member. The blue, and silver haired, mahogany-eyed boy smirked.

So… you're in?" Johnny asked. "If it's a bet, a competitions, and captain. I am in.," said the blue haired smirking.  "Way to go Kai." Said Michel. Kai smirked. 'Yep... This was going to be FUN!!' he thought.

Meanwhile Mariah at her cabin was muttering reassuring word to herself. "Cheer up Mariah. Your best friend found his soul mate, you should be happy." she assured herself. Suddenly a knock was heard in her door.

"Mariah open up. I saw what happened. I wanna help." Said a voice.  "This voice, it's familiar. But it couldn't be any of her teammates. This voice was a strong yet emotional voice." Mariah got up from her bed and started to walk towards the door.

"It's okay maybe you weren't meant to be." She thought still waking.

Mariah opened her door. There reviled the person who was knocking. The person who had cared enough to turn up to comfort her. Mariah gasped. She was SURPRISED!!!!!!

To be continued…

- Anime4u2