Author note
It has been longer than usual but now I've finally updated! Just before we carry on I'd just like to say thanks again to my ever-faithful reviewers, Artemis347, Devilburns, Drago-Kai, Kohari and a new reviewer Indian- Mystic495. I'm glad you all enjoyed the chapter and thought it was funny! To be honest I was afraid you wouldn't -! Also to answer your question, Artemis347, I heard that cuss from a friend of mine at school. She's always trying to find new ways to insult me (we insult and play pranks on each other for fun)! I bet though she got that from that website you mentioned. Anywaz thanks again everyone and on with da story!!!!
Chapter 3
The Bladebreakers gasped as they crowded on the top steps of the plane. A crystal clear river ran through a mass of evergreen forest surrounding the airport. Mountains rose up behind it capped with gleaming white snow; in the background the sky was enveloped in a spectacular sunset.
"Bulgaria sure is beautiful," Ray said with wonder. "Those mountains are gigantic."
"Those are the Balkan Mountains, Dizzy and I researched Bulgaria on the way here," Kenny explained in a matter of fact tone. "Did you know that the average height of the Balkans is 3,000 feet? The highest point is Botev peak at 7, 795 feet."
"Whatever," Tyson said impatiently, pointing somewhere down ahead. "Forget about that look down below!"
Their gazes followed Tyson's finger until they rested on a crowd of people. As they went down they steps, they saw that it was divided into small groups of mainly five. They could also see that many more people were arriving on planes and even helicopters. They noticed that most of them looked about their age.
"They must be beybladers," Kenny said thoughtfully. His hypothesis was confirmed when a loud voice boomed.
"Welcome Beybladers to the Bulgarian Tournament, please proceed to the Botev hotel to register for participation in this year's tournament."
The voice came from a blimp that appeared directly above the crowd. A banner, which read, 'WELCOME BEYBLADERS' was attached like a tail to the back of the blimp.
"Where is the Botev hotel?" Max asked.
"Well, the hotel is located at the foot of the south side of the mountains at the edge of Sofia." Mr Dickenson answered.
"Isn't Sofia the capital of Bulgaria?"
"That's correct Kenny, so we'll be taking a train, since it's the quickest route through the mountains."
They dodged their way through the crowds and headed for the train station. On their way, they saw news reporters interviewing a couple of teams closely followed by their camera crews.
"Guys you know," Kenny said worriedly, "we better get out of here before, - "
"Hey, is that the BLADEBREAKERS!!!"
A blond female reporter rushed forward with her crew. There was an instant burst of excitement in the crowds as about 100 girls screamed their names begging for autographs and declaring their love.
"– We get recognised," Kenny finished with a sigh.
"Viewers at home, here we have the Bladebreakers, winners of last year's world championships," She said pushing the five startled bladers in front as she spoke to the cameras. "So tell me, which one of you is the team leader?" With a smirk, Ray shoved Kai forward, who was skulking at the back, earning himself a reproachful glare.
"Oh," she said softly, eyeing him hungrily until her eyes rested on the cold ones that stared back. "What is your name?"
"Kai."
"Are you excited about this year's tournament?"
"No."
"Your very funny!" She laughed; completely ignoring the looks Kai was giving her that would've made even the bravest man on the planet retreat in intimidation. "Tell the viewers at home, what is it like to be a Bladebreaker?"
"None of you business," He snapped.
Smiling sweetly, as though she hadn't heard him, she fluttered her eyelashes making Kai take a step back in repulsion. As she took a step closer, Kai was beginning to feel scared and with every step the reporter took towards him, he nervously took another step back until a wall of excited girls eventually cornered him.
"You have a lot of female admirers Kai," The reporter continued, triumphantly pointing towards the girls behind him, "Every girl wants to know, do you have a girlfriend, a crush perhaps?" She stuck her microphone in front of him as she waited for an answer. Kai instantly felt all the blood in his body rush up into his cheeks, as he heard giggles from his teammates behind him and yelled "NO!"
"Did you hear that girls? He's single!"
"Come on, we're leaving!" Kai barked turning round to the rest of his team, as the wall of girls closed in. "NOW!"
Before the reporter or anyone else, could stop him, with a swish of his scarf, he vanished.
"He must have run through those girls." Tyson said with amusement as they saw a parting in the crowd and a trail of female voices screaming.
"WAIT, CAN I HAVE YOUR AUTOGRAPH!"
"KAI, I LOVE YOU!"
"MARRY ME!!!!"
"Lets go boys before we loose him." Said Mr. Dickenson.
"How're we going to get through this crowd?" Ray asked, staring at the ocean of people in front of him.
"This tournament is going to be so easy." He stressed the word 'easy.' "We're gonna win no sweat, no problem!"
They turned round to see where the familiar voice reverberated. To their great shock, they saw a boy, who was about their age with bright red hair. It was Tala. His cronies, the Demolition Boys, surrounded him; behind them stood Boris.
"What are they doing here?" Max whispered, elbowing Tyson.
"I don't know, but I bet they've got something dirty up their sleeves."
At that moment Boris spotted them and smirked seeing the icy glare Kai was giving him. Kai however did not avert his gaze.
"If Boris is here, then my grandfather must be here too," he muttered, his voice barely above a whisper. "Somewhere."
He hadn't realised that a pair of amber eyes were observing him closely, hearing every word he had said. 'Let me help you Kai.'
"Come on, lets forget about them and register before the queue gets too long." Kenny said as he ushered them in the direction of a line of people, which was ever more increasing.
"I'll be staying in another room boys so if you have any problems don't hesitate to find me." Mr Dickenson informed them. "Or if you're just bored then why don't you come into my bedroom some time and we could fuck-," he cleared his throat, "I mean, par-ti-ci-pate in, um, fun activities!"
"That sounds like a great idea Mr. Dickenson." Kenny said cheerfully, oblivious to his hidden meaning.
"Yeah," agreed Tyson and Max. Ray and Kai stared at them incredulously, hardly able to believe their naivety.
"Good. I also have a camera and a camcorder so that we could re-mem-ber our, um, mo-ments of fun." He wished them good night, turning as he left, so that no one saw him smirking with glee. Ray and Kai watched him go, a look of disgust etched on each face.
They finally found themselves at the front of the reception desk. They observed that along the desk stood receptionists in pairs, registering beyblade teams. In front of them was a man with sandy, blond hair and a boy no older than twenty.
"Welcome to Botev hotel," the older male greeted with a pleasant smile. "So, what team are you?"
"We're the Bladebreakers." Kenny piped up.
Two girls, who the bladers assumed were assistants and no older than sixteen, were filing entry forms at the back of the desk. When they heard someone mention 'Bladebreakers,' they automatically froze.
"Ah, the Bladebreakers," the man continued typing into a computer. "James and I will be - "
Before he could prolong their conversation, one of the girls pulled him aside. They spoke swiftly trying to hush their voices. The girl appeared to be begging him. She had waist length, curly brown hair and brown eyes, which at the moment were pleading. She was tanned and wore the same uniform as the other receptionists, which consisted of a blue t-shirt and shorts.
"Oh, all right then!" The man exclaimed exasperatedly.
Puzzled, the Bladebreakers watched as the girl rushed to the front of the desk dragging along the other girl that worked with her.
"My name is Chantel. Jessica and I," she stressed the last sentence, "will be looking after you and helping you with any problems you encounter during your stay." She held out a hand to indicate the girl standing next to her. She had shoulder length black hair, which contrasted, with her pale yet delicate skin. She also had vivid green eyes, which sparkled peculiarly. Her eyes were alluring and Ray found himself instantly fascinated with them unable to turn away. She caught him staring and smiled, making Ray blush.
"Firstly, we need you to write your names on the form, stating your team leader's name first and your signatures." Chantel continued as the girl called Jessica handed them a form.
"So erm, which one of you is the leader?"
"I am," Kai answered.
Chantel's eyes rested on him as he signed the form. She could not help but let a small squeak seeing his toned arms. Kai noticed this however; he rolled his eyes choosing to ignore her. She quickly recovered when she saw Kai look up obviously finished.
"Thank you, you will be in suit 903. Are those your bags?" she enquired, her finger pointing towards the bags piled by Max's feet. He nodded. Before they knew it Chantel began dividing the bags between herself and Jessica, then picked them up.
"Whose bag is this one?" Jessica asked, picking up a grey sports bag.
"That's mine," said Ray. "But I'll take it."
"Thanks," she mumbled. "You're Ray aren't you?" He nodded. "I've seen some of your previous matches, you're really good." She commented. At that Ray could not help but grin like a Cheshire cat.
Chantel finally picked up the last bag, a black one. "So, who has this bag?"
"Me," Kai replied.
At the sound of his voice she stumbled and all the bags she carried plummeted with a crash to the marble floor of the lobby. Uttering apologies she nervously gathered all the bags, holding Kai's carefully as though it was her most precious possession and lead the way up a grand staircase to their suite.
When she opened the door, the Bladebreakers found themselves in a very spacious room, which contained a large red sofa and a wide screen television. Opposite, was a large window overlooking the bright lights of Sofia and around the room were three doors, each they assumed led to another room.
"So, do you like it?"
"Yeah!" Max and Tyson yelled. Chantel smiled as she watched them throw themselves enthusiastically onto the sofa.
"This is the bathroom," Chantel said pointing to one of the doors.
Jessica strolled over to another door, opening it to reveal a bedroom containing three beds.
"So, who'll be sleeping in this room?"
"Tyson and I will!" Max piped up from behind the sofa.
"So will I," Kenny added. They then followed Jessica into the room.
"Which leaves Ray and Kai in this room." Chantel said pointing towards the door next to the first room.
"It's O.K with me," Ray said.
"I'll take your bag to your room Kai." She added sweetly and as she walked past him she removed the hair tie she was wearing letting her hair cascade, rather seductively, down behind her. As an effect he caught a delicate whiff of vanilla, which gave him an irresistible urge to run his fingers through her silky hair.
As they entered they marvelled at the size of their room. It had oak furnishings and two handsome looking beds.
"Oh, I forgot to mention that the tournament won't start tomorrow; it'll start the day after." She cleared her throat before asking rather quickly, "So I thought tomorrow perhaps, Jessica and I could show you the facilities here and maybe even around town."
Though she was speaking to the both of them, her last sentence was directed more towards Kai and she watched him apprehensively, waiting for an answer.
"Whatever." He said in a tone of indifference.
"Great!" she said happily as though the single word he uttered was the best answer she had ever received. "Well, good night!" She turned to leave.
"Um, my bag?" Kai said, as Chantel was about to leave clutching his bag.
"S-sorry." She turned back to face them. "Oh and by the way, breakfast is at seven and here're your keys." She then handed it to him along with his bag and rapidly left the room, blushing furiously.
He watched her leave, smirking at her eagerness to please him, then turned and saw that Ray was already getting into bed.
"'Night Kai." Ray whispered sleepily, burying his head into his pillows. Kai turned off the lights and crawled into bed.
"Good night Ray." He said softly. He lay down and turned on his side. His expression softened as he watched the sleeping boy until he too gradually fell into a peaceful slumber.
Author note
Thanks for reading this chapter. I shall hopefully update very soon. Pleeze everyone read and review. I would greatly appreciate them, even if it's a flame or a comment about spelling, as they make me extremally happy and let me know whether people like it or not. Until next time, Ja ne!!!