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Chapter Three - Welcome to Our Crazy Dojo!
"LET IT RIP!" Towards the rising of the sun, the air of silence was vividly interrupted by the clash of beyblades. With a loud yawn, Tessara sleepily walked down the steps and watched in curiosity, as her brother and Max called upon their sacred bit beasts. "GO DRAGOON!"
"NOW DRACIEL! HEAVY VIPER WALL!"
For a brief moment, a blinding flash of light appeared. A great deep blue dragon and a heavily armoured turtle rose into the sky. The earth trembled as explosions of war cries bombarded the air of intense silence. Tessara gaped in wonder as the teenage boys grinned with enthusiasm. With a final explosive clash, the blades shot out of the beystadium as the bit beasts disintegrated into them.
"Nice move Tyson! Your attack was sweet!"
"Aw shucks, it was nothing!" Tyson beamed confidently.
"So it is true what they say!" Heads twirled to see Tessara standing in the doorway.
"Hey! Glad you're up!" cheered Max giving her a friendly wave.
"Thanks!" Tess responded. "Hm! Bladebreakers! World champions for two years! Not bad!" she complimented as she winked at Tyson.
"Hehe! That's us! Welcome to the dojo of the Bladebreakers!"
"Not too bad, little bro! Not too bad!"
"HUH?" Tess whirled to see baffled expressions on the faces of her brother's friends. Kai simply lifted his head and raised an eyebrow.
"Tyson?" Kenny began. "What does she mean by-?"
"Oh! Beg your pardon guys! My name is Tessara, but you can call me Jade or Tess!" The girl beamed. "Whatever you prefer!" Nodding her head at the blading champ, she continued "I guess my brother will explain later."
As he curiously looked from Tess to his friend, Max exclaimed, "Tyson! You never mentioned having a sister!"
"Yeah, why didn't you tell us?" queried the Chief. Tyson's sweat dropped as his team waited for an answer.
"Ehehe! It's a looooong story!"
Shrugging, Max smiled. "But still! Nice to meet ya! I'm Max! May I introduce you to the team?"
"That would be great!" was her response as her eyes sparkled.
"Meet the Chief a.k.a. Kenny!" Max began as he extended his palm towards the boy with the laptop. "Don't let his looks fool ya cos he is the brains behind the brawn of this team!"
Kenny blushed with pride. "Uhaha! Hey Max, I don't deserve that much credit!"
"Quit acting so modest Chief!" Tyson remarked.
"Yeah! Of course you deserve it!" agreed the blonde.
"Hey! Don't forget about me!" cried out a voice from Kenny's laptop.
Kenny nodded with a chuckle. "Yep! Like I was saying, I don't deserve that much credit!" The boy showed the valuable instrument that contained his bit beast. "Without Dizzi here, let's just say that the team wouldn't have come this far!"
"Aw! I knew you would appreciate me someday Chief!"
"Moving on!" voiced Max. "The guy with the slate hair is Kai. He's the captain of our team!" Turning to him, the blonde shouted "Hey Kai! Aren't you gonna say 'hi' to the new girl?!"
With a blank expression on his face, the team captain gave the girl a gruff welcome. "Hn, hi."
Her brother frowned in annoyance. "Hmph! Always a pleasure meeting you Kai!"
"Not quite the social type is he?" muttered Tess.
"Aw! He does that with everyone! He'll open up eventually! Our friend Hilary is also with us! We'll meet her in the kitchen." Clearing his throat loudly for the grand finale, Max announced "And last but not least..."
"Hey guys! Breakfast is ready!"
Tessara gasped as a tall figure stepped out from the shadows. As her eyes fell on his face, her cheeks flared up into a shade of crimson and her eyes grew numb with awe. At the sound of his voice her racing heart pounded the drums of her emotions. "Wow!" she thought. "Who is he? His voice is so...hold it! What's wrong with me? Why am I thinking like this?"
"Hi!" Up jerked her head to meet his hypnotic gaze. "Glad you're okay! Feeling better?"
Trembling all over, she vividly nodded. "Uh-uhuh..."
"Great! You must be hungry!" Greeting her with a friendly smile, the boy advised "Let's go and eat!"
"Hey!" jumped a gleeful Tyson before complaining, "That was my line Ray! Oh yeah! Who's up for pancakes? Last one there is a rotten blader!"
Grinning with amusement, everyone burst into quiet fits of laughter as the hungry bullet shot down the hallway to eat his grub. Tessara's mind drifted away into a trance as her eyes glued on to the Chinese blader.
Before Max could follow, Tess murmured "Hey Max."
"Yeah?"
"That guy...who is he?"
"Who?" Max pondered at her sudden change of tone. "I wonder what's up!" As he looked, he noticed that her glance followed the figure of his dark-haired friend. "Oh that guy! He's Ray - he used to be with the White Tigers!"
"I see..." As the boy disappeared down the corridor she murmured "Ray..."
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"Tyson! Do you have to act like such a bottomless pit! No one can eat because of you!"
Tyson raised his head to meet the fiery stare of a brunette standing over him. Undaunted, the boy rolled his eyes and mumbled, " Mmph...you're not the boss of me! Mmph, besides Hilary, I don't remember crowning you queen of this dojo!"
Hilary's face screwed up in disgust as she pressed her pounding temples. "Can't you at least have some table manners? Now I have to go shopping and get more food since you hogged it all!"
"Ack! Whatever!"
Tessara stared inquisitively as the pair continued their squabble. Turning towards Kenny, who was typing away at his laptop, the girl sported her pearly teeth and spoke "Lemme guess, they always fight like this right?"
The boy sighed. "Oh you bet they do! Just a part of everyday life!"
Dizzi chuckled. "Don't worry too much Tess, they always patch up. After all, they do make such a cute couple!"
Ray laughed. "Hahaha! I don't know whether Tyson would wanna know that!"
"Got a point there Ray!" grinned Max, "But come to think of it, they do make a good pair!"
In the presence of Ray, Tessara forced her blush to disappear beneath a smirk. "Heh, so do you guys want me to set them up?"
Looking at each other, broad smiles cracked on the boys' faces.
"Hey yeah! That's a great idea Tess!" Max sniggered, as his eyes gleamed with mischief.
Nodding his head in approval Ray agreed. "I say go for it."
The boy smiled at the fair girl in front of him. "Tess really seems to know how to come up with ideas! She's cute when she talks like that...wait a sec! What did I just...?" Ray shook his head slightly and pulled his eyes towards his knees. "Hn, must be the syrup with those pancakes."
Ray lifted his head to continue the conversation, but before he could do so, his orbs were met with the image of Tessara's head orientated to another direction, her face engraved with the deepest concern.
"What's wrong Tessara?" his blue-eyed friend asked.
#Ray's POV#
For a few seconds, I did not have the faintest idea of what the fuss was all about, but as I followed her gaze, what I saw caused my thoughts to halt in confusion as the air grew heavy with an uneasy silence. Tyson stood a few yards away from us with a somehow goofy look of surprise on his face that slowly morphed into a slight one of guilt, but that was not the thing that troubled me.
What stood opposite the dude made me worry.
#Tessara's POV#
I could see Hilary's shrunken figure trembling as if she was buried in ice! She was clearly sobbing with her face buried in her hands. It made my heart sink to see my new friend cry her heart out like this.
As my gaze shifted to my brother, I could hear just one question ringing in my ears. "Tyson what have you done?"
For a brief moment, my mind felt completely blank, but suddenly, something struck me and my frozen expression hardened into one of determination.
"Whatever you've done little brother, I'm gonna fix it! This friendship is too good to be broken and I'm not gonna let it fall apart! Who knows?" I slowly let a faint smirk mark a crease on my face. "Maybe there'll be something more!"
Sorry if this one was not very good. I'll try my best to update sooner than I did this time! Until then, please review! By the way, I might be using the italic font for thoughts in the next chappie, so if I do, please don't get confused, lol! Laterz!