Blue; I can't believe it. I got...a flame!!!!
Rain; LEMME AT HER! I'LL THROW FLAMING MARSHMALLOWS AT THEM!!
Blue; *holds back Rain* it's ok. They have their reasons, even if their dumb.
Kai; *reads review* and what might the point of that be?
Blue; let me clear up a few things for you (yes I did take it as a flame) YES, this does take place in China, NO it's not a Japanese name for the VALLEY they are going to battle in. I MADE IT UP!!!!!! What's with the 'Ne?' you ask? Well, because Rei was with the Bladebreakers for so long wouldn't you think she picked up on some Japanese slang? Sakuyto is a word I completely made up, IT MEANS NOTHING!!! IT'S NOT JAPANESE, OR CHINESE FOR ALL I KNOW! I MADE IT UP!! *takes deep breath* ok, there was my rant for the day.
Rain; 0_0 talk about a blow-up
Red Rain; =0-0= mew (your telling me)
Blue; ^_^ anyways, ON WITH THE FICCIE!
Everybody else; *move away from Blue slowly*
(romance warning. Between who and who, you'll just have to read on and find out now won't ya?)
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Rei smirked at the jaw-dropped faces of her former team as she walked into the dim light of the room. Kai, as always, was the first to recover from the shock and sat down on one of the chairs beside Oliver.
Max and Kenny woke up to reality next and both smacked Tyson upside the head before sitting down next to Kai in that order.
More chairs were brought to the table as Lee and Rei set up the same chalkboard and bulletin board from the village leaders meeting. After positioning them where she wanted Rei took her place at the head of the table, standing, while looking at all the figures around the room.
"I will not lie to you. This is no easy task you have accepted and it is unlike anything you have ever experienced nor will you ever experience. It is a true war with one exception; Nobody on either side is expected to die." she explained.
"How is that possible?" came Michael's voice from the far end of the table.
"Simple" Lee cut it smoothly "it is a war between the two village leaders. All you and I are, are obstacles to block the other side from getting to Rei"
"All they have to do" Mariah adds "is knock you out of the way before attacking Rei head on. The same goes for them and their leader"
The mood in the room became a tornado of emotions as there were murmurs from some to their neighbour before a cold voice was heard above them all.
"So why did this start and what is the point?" Kai asks monotonously and receives many glares his way, especially from the purple haired captain of the Majestics. Rei answers but does not look at the captain.
"This happened because another leader wants our valley resources and is willing to do anything to get them. The point is village survival and honour" She closes her eyes as she speaks, all eyes on her "Blake, the leader who started all of this, had a crucial decision to make for his village and he made it. He's rather see our village fall than for his to"
"We sent scouts into theirs the other week to see what resources they needed so that we may barter a peaceful way out of this" Lee said grimly, "Their valley is...well...let's just say that if they win we move out. They need all of them"
"Well that's not a good thing" Tyson remarks and receives two more smacks from his friends. "OW! That hurts you know"
"We know" Max and Kenny tell him in unison. Rei's steady gaze softens slightly as she watches the 3 bicker. It was just like old times. Shaking her head vigorously to rid herself of a flashback moment she steady's her gaze once more.
"As I said before, this is not easy nor for the feint of heart" she looks to each and EVERY team "It will be dangerous and you might be injured. No one here will say a word should you decide to leave and never return" It was obvious who the comment was directed to, but he did not say a word nor did he show anything on his darkened face.
Each team got into small two minute muddles to make their decisions. After, it went along the table what the decisions were starting with the All Stars. All said the same thing including Judy.
"I'm in"
The Majestics were pretty much the same.
"I am under your command, m'lady" Robert says while bowing. Enrique stands up beside him with a determined look on his face.
"Same here! I'm never scared of anything even this Blake fellow. I mean, danger should be afraid of me! I laugh in the face of danger, HA HA HA HA!"
"Yeah" Oliver nods his head in agreement while looking like he's deep in thought "then you run and hide until Danger goes away"
Enrique looks at his smaller green haired friend "Well that was uncalled for"
Rei smiles softly as Johnny and Robert look eshasperated.
"So....I take it your with us then?" Lee asks, smiling as the two Majestic bladers nod.
"What about you?" Mariah asks the Bladebreakers. Kai turns away as his team mates answer.
"My laptop is yours to command"
"Dracile and I are SO ready"
"When do we eat?" two more smacks for Tyson "Ow! I was just kidding! Of course I'm in!"
Every eye in the room turns to the silver-haired Russian beyblader who is still turned away and lost in his own thoughts.
"Uh...Kai?" Tyson prods and Kai's crimson eyes look back to the group. He sighs then crosses his arms.
"I'm in" A lot of jaws drop as he stands up and looks at Rei for the first time without the look of pure hatred reflecting. "So what's the game plan?"
Rei blinks twice before regaining her senses and turning to the boards behind her and explaining what would be happening and where everybody would be positioned in the valley. After the half hour of her talking Lee and Mariah decided that the new teams should know their way around.
"I'll take the Majestics" Lee offers and the team agrees
"I got the All Stars!" Mariah shouts running over to Emily who looks at Tyson, signalling something.
Rei sighs and begins to say something but Tyson interrupts.
"Know what? Kenny, you go with Judy to help set up equipment" Some of the others in the room look puzzled. But they zone out for a minute before snapping out of it and smirking, obviously they just had a meeting with their bit beasts. Tyson continues "I'll go with Lee and the Majestics and Max you can go with the All Stars and Mariah. Fair? Great! Let's go"
All of the group leave the building except for Kai and Rei who stay behind staring at each other.
"I think they planned this" Kai says bluntly and Rei sweat-drops
"Ya think?" she sighs again "Ok, let's get this over and done with shall we?" she motions to the door.
"You first" Kai replies.
"No, you"
"You"
"You"
"You"
"You"
"You"
"You"
"You times ten of whatever you say" Kai smirks triumphantly. Hanging around with Tyson a lot gives you so many comebacks to use.
Rei growls "Fine." she walks out the door and Kai follows behind with a triumphant smirk plastered across his face but it soon fades as a shadow looms over him. He looks towards the cause of it and sees a large hill that has been carved into and looks like it was cut up then the pieces were places one on top of the others. Looks almost like 4 large stairs, except that there really were stairs leading up to the top.
"What's that?" he asks Rei who has walked up behind him.
"That is Justice Hill. It was made a few hundred years ago and it's basically like our courthouse except outside where the entire village can see. If your on trial your brought halfway up the stairs and the leader, me, or second leader, with try you in front of everybody. You have no chance if they think your guilty because nobody can go against our word once we pass judgement."
"Oh that's fair" Kai remarks and Rei rolls her eyes and continues on her way.
Rei decides to show Kai through the town centre with the fountain and the houses, where he would sleep and everything. The girls would be sleeping in Rei's hut and the boys will be sleeping in Lee's old one with Lee in with them. After than she takes him on a tour through the marketplace. Expecting to get glares from everybody, as usual, Rei doesn't look at anybody. But when she heard whispers she has to look.
'Oh my God. Their...their humbled. By Kai?' she looks at the other blader and for the first time in a year saw why she had a school-girl crush on him. He was tall, handsome, perfectly toned...then again he was perfect. That's the way BIOVOLT trained him to be..hold it. Kai and perfect...no way she did NOT just think that. Then again....she smiles to herself
She shakes her head quickly and grabs Kai's arm to pull him out of there with all of the villagers watching them.
"Move it" she tells him sternly and quietly.
Kai's face, however is one of confusion and a little red tinge is showing where the blue triangles don't cover.
(Why am I acting like this? I mean, she's just grabbing my arm and yet I am enjoying the contact. Why? Gah, so many questions and so little answers.) Kai stared at the figure in front of him and the world seemed to slow down completely and their the only ones in it. At that moment he realized something that he never thought possible. The world sped up and he found them walking near the river and close to the forest with one opening in it to...something down the path. He smiled to himself. (Later....I know what this is. Later I'll find out if it's real)
"Whiew" Rei broke the silence stopping a few feet away from the river. "The villagers don't like me, if you couldn't tell" she laughs a bit and looks at him.
He shakes his head and looks at the glistening water "Interesting how they listen to you, though if they hate you so much"
She shrugs and is about to remark when she hears something behind her. "Uh oh..OOF!" She is suddenly tackled by at least 5 little kids, none any older than 9. An evil glint goes into her eyes and she gently picks up one kid then parks the other one on his butt, gently as she can. "Hey! No team tackles. HA HA HA! Hey! That tickles!!!" The kids started laughing as she did and tickled her sides.
Kai had to smile at the sight of Rei being overpowered by little kids and jumped slightly at a slight tug on his cargo's. Looking down he sees a small boy about 6 with brown hair and blond highlights. Raising an eyebrow he looks at the kid quizily. "Um...hello?"
Suddenly a little girl with beautiful blond hair and blue eyes runs over and tackles Kai's other leg giggling.
Blinking a couple of times, Kai smirks then rolls his shoulders and bends his neck to both sides.
Rei looks up after the kids are done tickling her to see where Kai is and sees him stretch a bit and doesn't realize she's staring until she notices a familiar face tugging on Kai's cargos and her eyes go wide.
"David..." her eyebrows raise as Kai really quickly spins and picks both kids up and tucks them under each arm, the kids giggling away. Rei couldn't help but laugh as most of the kids around her run over to Kai.
The blue haired captain looks up at the town leader and their eyes lock for the first time in a year and both realize that for a year something has been...missing...but now it's found. They turn away at the same time, Rei with a blush rising in her cheeks and Kai worried if these kids were going to pants him or not.
The little blond haired girl runs over to Rei who is still sitting on the ground.
"Yes Kendra?" Rei asks as the girl giggles and kneels next to her.
"Isn't he cute!!! I've only ever seen him in magazines but he's a lot better in real life" The girl exclaimed and Rei blushed
"Um...." she saw Kai look up and turned to the little girl with a mock glare "Aren't you a little young to be thinking that kind of stuff?"
Kendra quickly shakes her head "Nope, not with a guy like that. He's hot"
Rei's eyes go wide and she laughs then tackles the smaller girl and begins to tickle her "C'mere you"
The rest of the day was spent with all the teams getting back together and they all basically hung out for the day by the river. They had, after all, not seen each other for a year and wanted to catch up with what was up in each others lives.
During that time Robert noticed the glances sent between two particular people. He didn't know what to make of it but tried to stay in touch with what was happening around him at the time. Deciding he's going to confront one of them later that night he quickly goes back to the interesting conversation he's having with Michael.
~~~~~~~~That Night~~~~~~~~~
Kai sits outside on the roof of the hut that he is sharing with the other teams and his own. Staring at the clear, speckled, navy blue sky he thinks about the past days events and the new feelings bombarding him from all directions, mostly from one old team mate.
(Why does life have to be so complex?) He thinks to himself and doesn't hear somebody creep up behind him.
"Penny for your thoughts?" the accented voice of Robert asks as he stands beside the sitting Kai on the slightly slanted roof. Kai looks up at him and smirks
"If I was actually payed each time somebody asked that Tyson alone would make me rich. But no" he answers dully.
Robert smirks "I could probably take a logical guess, though. Let's see, those thoughts wouldn't happen to be about a certain village leader now would they?"
"Not my fault I think Lee's a twit"
Sweatdropping, Robert smacks his forehead "I'm talking about Rei" He smirks as he sees Kai stiffin slightly. "So...you do realize your staring at her house, right?"
Kai blinks a couple times then growls and glares at Robert "So? I'm allowed to stare wherever I want"
Robert just smirks and points "I think you were waiting for that"
Kai looks back and sees a figure in a red tank top and blue jeans jump from the balcony of Rei's hut, land gracefully on the ground below, look around for a second then take off towards the forest and disappears in the trees.
Blinking twice he can't believe what he just saw when he feels something connect with his back and he flies forward and off the roof to meet the ground. And he would have if he didn't have great motor skills, he turns in the air and lands on his two feet.
Robert's smirk widens and he looks over the roof to the dazed and death-glaring Kai on the ground. "Well, now that your down there GO GET HER YOU MORON!!!"
Kai blinks a couple times at being given an order, then grumbles before running off towards where Rei had gone.
Robert watches as Kai's white scarf flows into the darkness of the forest and sighs while sitting down on the roof, head in his hands.
A soft purple light shimmers around him for a second and a magnificant griffon appears beside the miserable blader.
"Master?" A deep voice asks and Robert keeps his head in his head. The griffon smiles softly "Don't worry, sir, she knows you care for her but...you weren't ment to be. But I can tell you now, sir, she'll always remember you as one of her greatest friends of all time"
Robert looks up at the gryphon and smiles softly. "Well, as long as a tiny piece of her heart belongs to me I guess I could live with that"
The gryphon nods and disappears once again and Robert stands up, his noble and majestic body illuminated by the soft white of the moon.
"I'll live with that" he whispers softly and looks up at the moon.
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Kai had been tracking her for over an hour now and is beginning to feel slightly tired of this futile game of cat and mouse. Suddenly he realizes...he's lost her trail.
"Dammit" he swears and looks around for any sign of her. "Where could she have gone?"
He wanders down the path for a bit then sighs and turns around but still watching the trail ahead and then turns his head, eyes slightly closed.
Suddenly something drops in front of him and he jumps a bit but then realizes it's only Rei and breaths deeply. "Don't do that, you could give somebody a heart attack"
She glares at him "What are you doing here and why are you following me?"
He raises an eyebrow. (Dang she's cute when she's mad...woah! Burn that train of thought. Kill Tyson...that's a good one. Yay!)
"Am I allowed to be curious as to where the village leader of all people is heading in the middle of the night?" He smirks and crosses his arms as she glares at him.
She sighs and looks down the path towards the village. "Well it's too late now, you'll have to come with me or you'll get lost and we won't make it back in time for me to get to where I want to be on time" pushing past him she starts heading up the path and turns back "Coming? Well be there in about an hour"
He sighs as follows her. For about a half hour they talked about pointless subjects like how much Tyson has annoyed Kai over the year and the little details about Lee and Mariah's relationship Rei knew about.
Kai laughed a bit "Your kidding? Making out in front of the elders by going into the wrong hut? That's so pathetic it's funny"
Rei nods "Yeah, just a bit" She looks up and so does he to see their at the base of a mountain. Turning to Kai Rei asks "Coming? It's a little ways up but I'm sure you could make it"
He glares at her and nods for her to lead and she does.
They climb for about 15 minutes until Rei moves to a hole going up in the mountain to a ledge. She explained that they would have to go straight up and not to look down and goes into the hole. Sighing and grumbling he goes up after her, trying not to loose his grip on the rock as he did so. Once he had his hand on top he felt hers grab his and together he was eased out of the hole easily.
He got up and turned to thank her to find her right in front of him and they stare at each other until they both snap out of it and he mutters a small thank you before taking in the surroundings.
They are on a small and bare rock ledge overlooking the dark valley and Rei walks to the mountain and sits down while leaning against it, sighing deeply and closing her eyes.
"That climb gets me every time." she tells him smiling and pats the ground beside her, being polite. He nods and takes a seat next to her.
"So what are we doing up here?" he asks looking ahead and seeing the small tinge of pink from sunrise looming straight ahead.
She points to the sunrise he's staring at "That is why. I found this place one night when I first got back and I was lost. After sunrise...well...let's just say there's a reason why I like coming alone."
He was confused but nodded silently and waited. The sunrise slowly crept between two large mountains and his thoughts returned to those of the girl beside him.
What he had realizes earlier that day was why he had treated Rei so badly and had not listened to reason. He loved her since she had told them. He loved her and he was afraid, afraid of being weak and if the other teams found out it wasn't going to be a good thing for his rep. He was afraid ut being with her now he realized there was nothing to be afraid of. But with the way he had treated her...he's not sure if she would ever forgive him. But he had to try. Clearing his throat to get her attention he turns to her and takes a deep breath.
"Rei...listen...I need to say something so please don't interrupt me. Last year...I was a jerk. I should have listened to your story and realized then that it wasn't your fault and that you were doing it as a promise. I can't bring your parents back or undo what Voltaire did but..." he sighs and knows Rei's watching him, but with what emotion he doesn't know because he's not looking at her. "I also know that a lot of love was taken away from you that day and....Rei I'm just really, REALLY, sorry and you have every right to hate me, but I don't hate you. In fact I think....you know that I know no feelings but I do know one...I like you. A lot, and I just wish you could forgive me...but that would be like asking for a miracle" he looks away so's not to see the look of hatred in her eyes. "Um..I'll go now"
He gets up to leave but feels a light hand on his wrist stop him but he doesn't look at her until she walks around in front of him, then he can see the look of happiness in her eyes and he himself looks confused until she comes closer to him.
"I forgave you the first day I met you" she tells him quietly, looking into his eyes and he into hers.
"You...you did?" he asks, amazed and she nods.
"I'm not one to hold grudges" she tells him with a small smile "and...I have to admit it too. I felt so bad about lying to you guys all that time and if I had my way that never would have happened. But Kai, I like you a lot too, not lying" she looks at him with sincerity. "Miracles happen once in a while"
As they stared at each other they found the gap between them so little now that they could feel each others breath and soon their lips met with a soft and gentle kiss.
They broke it off and were amazed at the emotions and how right this felt and stared at each other for a while before Rei wrapped her arms around his neck and he wrapped his own around her waist and each pulls each other as close as they can get until their lips are kissing again but this time a little more passionate, both person's eye's closed.
It was broken by the sun peaking through the mountains and Rei immediately grabbed Kai's hand and led him to the edge of the ledge and then wrapped her arms around him, leaning into him and he wraps his around her and his jaw drops at the sight before him.
The entire valley was only visible for a second until it all turned into a sea of golden light coming up to where they are standing. His breath is taken away for a second and so is his voice.
She smiles and lets go but still holds his hand and looks at his face covered in golden light reflected from the sea of gold. "It's beautiful, isn't it?"
He looks down to her and gives a small smile. He still isn't used to this love thing yet but he's getting used to it.
"Well, I see a much more beautiful thing at the moment" he says looking at her and pulling her closer and she smiles as they kiss again knowing that this was somehow very right and that they couldn't live without each other.
It wasn't just now that they knew, it was when Rei told everyone though she knew before then. Kai had feelings for her he never knew but now he does, love is funny that way.
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Blue; OMG!! I FINISHED!! I would like to thank tijnysa for urging me on while I finished this. Thank ya lots girl!
Red Rain; *yawns* mew (Suck up)
Blue; be nice to the hand that feeds you, cat
Red Rain; 0_0 rowr (You are so mean)
Blue; ^_^ yup. AND it's my b-day on the 4th!!!!! Which means...tomorrow!!!!!! YAYAYAYAAYAYAYAY!! But I will take Happy Birthday's today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!!!!
Red Rain; -_-* mew (does this mean I gotta give you a present? Whatever, you feed me) *gives Blue a Frying Pan of Doom 500 000 000*
Blue; AW! Cute kitty! *huggles RR* RnR PRETTY PLEASE! If you just review it'll make my birthday so much better.
(Oh and Lunar, PLEASE don't be jealous!! Luv ya girl)