I'm sooo sorry for the long update! But it's because I had the bane of every writer. Writer's block. Well, I seem to be off that now after, heh, how many months? Anyway, I hope I havent kept you waiting too long.
Actually, I hope you can even remember what this fic is about! If you can do just that, I'll be happy.
Oh yeah, I'm going to have to change a few of the symbols because ff.net doesn't seem to accept a few of them anymore.
Geode sat down heavily panting slightly. I looked down at him feeling my legs shaking slightly. Okay, not slightly, more along the lines that I really wanted to sit down but my legs for some reason wouldn't let me. Finally I was able to ease myself down onto the wooden floor. I was breathing in deep breaths like Geode trying to steady my rapidly beating heart. My arms felt stiff for some reason. It probably had something to do with how hard I had been clenching the ripcord the entire match. The others were still standing, totally silent.
"That…was intense." Someone whispered.
Suddenly Geode laughed, breaking the quiet tranquility.
"Good battle." He said between his laughter.
I fixed my gaze on him not quite sure about him. He had just lost. Shouldn't he be, like, angry or sullen or something? I guess he wasn't like other people. But then again, what would I know? Maybe he liked the thrill of the battle more than the actual winning. I supose that was why I was starting to really like him, he wasn't like the kind people that I was used to. Then again, he wasn't like this the last time we had battled. Of course, I hadn't stayed around long enough to find out what his reaction last time.
I smiled softly at him. "Thanks."
He chuckled. "I'm just glad that you're starting to come out of your shell. No offence or anything, but I've never seen anyone who talked as little as you. It was startin' to freak me out."
Feeling a bit better now that I was sitting down I wondered if I should get Trilox. It had been a couple of seconds since the end but it felt weird not having the familiar weight in my pocket. When he wasn't in my pocket I was used to hearing the spin of the beyblade.
'Don't even think about it.'
'Why not?'
'My 'blade is still too hot to touch. There's no point.
I sighed. 'Fine. I'll just wait a bit longer then.'
"What are you thinkin' about?" Talon asked me.
"What Geode would be like if he had a bitbeast." I said truthfully. It wasn't the full truth but I had been thinking that soon after the beybattle had finished, seeing how close it had been.
"Oh, and what do you think would have happened?" Geode was curious.
Talon muttered, "The end of the world."
"I guess that, looking how strong you are now without one, you could have probably destroyed our 'blades." Blaze said with all seriousness ignoring her.
Geode shook his head. "No way."
"She's prolly right you know." I said thoughtfuly. "Ah mean, look at what this match was like."
He raised his eyebrows. "You won."
"Yeah, but, you should have won. Hear me out first." I said before anyone could interupt. "Look at how I won the match. I won by one extra spin. One. And this is me with Trilox as well. You held your own in there without a bitbeast. I have a hard enough time trying to beat you without one. With one," I shook my head, "I'd probably take a guess but I'd say even if we all took you on at the same time, you'd still win."
When no one agreed or disagreed I glanced at the people around me. They were all staring at me. When I noticed, I felt selfconsious instantly and looked away from them even though I didn't know why they were doing it, I immediately thought it was my fault.
"Shadow, look at me." I did. Geode had a smile on his face for some reason. "Sorry about that but I guess we were all surprised."
I frowned slightly. Surprised about what?
Zero tried a supress a laugh. When he saw me looking at him he said, "You haven't realised have you?"
Now I saw starting to get confused. What were they talking about?
Blaze sighed. "You guys, how about just giving him a straight answer. It's obvious that he doesn't have clue about what you are talking about."
"I'll do it." Talon said, "It's pretty clear that they just want to be cryptic. We were quiet because well, after getting used to you being rather silent most of them time, even in beybattles which is kinda weird, you suddenly do a speech. Plus, we're kinda meek as well, so telling someone to be quiet was outta character for you."
I frowned again. "But I didn't tell anyone to be quiet."
"Yes you did." Zero commented. "When you told us to 'hear you out', that was you telling us to hush up."
"Oh."
Geode was staring at the ceiling, seemly mulling something over. "Hmm, when you said that, it was like you had read my mind. I was about to interupt when you said that."
I felt a half grin spread across my face. 'Like you had read my mind. I wonder if you'll even know that I can do that for real.'
Blaze noticed the look on my face, "What are you grinin' about?"
"What would you say if I said that was true?" I asked.
"If what was true?"
"That I can read minds." I replied.
Talon snorted. "I would say that you had either gone nuts or you had a very active imagination."
"Also, it's impossible. I know that there are people who call them psychic but I think they're fakes." Zero added.
'Ah, but sometimes fact is stranger than fiction. And I'm proof.'
'Is there any point in tryin' to convince them? They believe what they believe and there's nothing you can do to change their opinion unless you do a demonstration. Are you gonna get me or what? I've been lying here for I don't know how many minutes now and I'm starting to feel bored with no one to talk to. That other beyblade does talk.'
'Hmm, I wonder if it has something to do with the fact that it doesn't have a bitbeast?' I thought sarcastically. Sighing, I hoisted myself back onto my now steadier legs and retrieved my beyblade.
"You're not telling me you're telling the truth are you?" Talon demanded.
"Huh?"
She gave me a weird look. "How did you get distracted? All you did was get your beyblade." She shrugged, "I asked if you were telling the truth or not. That you thought you could read minds." She paused. "Huh. What a weird pun."
'But I do. I know that I can. You're the only friends that I've had in so long. But when I…or if I show you what I can do… will you cease to like me? Will you turn your backs on me thinking that I have lost my mind? Or will you pretend that everything is fine and just ignore what had just happened, refusing to believe?'
A growl in my mind. 'Charlie, you will always have me by your side, no matter what. I won't leave you or desert you. You have my word on that.'
I smiled softly. 'I know. But you couldn't leave me anyway. You're a bit beast, the only way you can move is if someone moves your beyblade or if you're launched.'
Before Trilox could retort with something someone started to wave his or her hand right in my face. "What the?" startled, I took a step back to distance myself from whoever it was. Unfortunately I had been standing in front of the beydish when I did this. Knocking my heel on the table/box that it was resting on I ended up tripping over it completely. I tried to right myself by flailing my arms but that didn't help. I landed with a crash. That's how I ended up staring at the rafters, confused as to why I was looking at them and wondering why my back left like it had been slammed against a wall. I had also hit the floor with the back of my head so it took me a while for me to get my bearings back. That was why I didn't even question why my legs were higher than my head or why everything seemed to focus sharply as the blood rushed to my head or why I was suddenly starting to see white spots.
"Shadow!" I heard someone shout, "Are you okay? I'm sorry! But I wanted to snap you out of whatever you were thinking about. I didn't mean for that to happen!"
Someone's face appeared in my field of vision. He had dirty blonde hair and light brown eyes. He also sported a concerned look from what I could see. "You okay?" he asked me.
I stared at him, momentarily forgetting how to speak. "Y-yeah. A bit bruised but there's nothing broken."
He offered me his hand. Looking sheepishly at him I said, "I would take it but taking a look at where my legs are at the moment it would be awkward for me to do so." Pushing myself up onto my hands, I was soon able to get back onto my feet. Shortly after that, I was nearly knocked off my feet again when Talon ran up to me and started to hug me for the second time in under twelve hours.
"I didn't mean it! It's just that you were staring into space and-"
"Talon, you've said that enough times already. I think Shadow knows that it was an accident." Blaze looking in my direction.
I nodded. "I'm fine. It's a good thing that this didn't happen over the stairs."'Err, should I have said that?' I wondered.
"What?! How can you think like that?!" I winced. She was, afterall, basically shouting directly into my ear.
"H-hey, I was lookin' on the bright side of things. Things could have been worse."
"Exactly! How can say stuff like that, then what you're thinking is that you're really hurt!"
"Uh…" '…Help…'
'It's your fault that she's like this, you know.'
'How? I was saying that things could have been worse.'
'Heh. Still, you're the one who put the images in her head.'
'I don't think I'm ever going to get girls…'
Trilox snorted. 'You could have saved yourself alotta trouble if you had just done what you normally did. And you'll definitely never get girls because you're a guy; it's the way the world works. Girls don't get guys and guys don't get girls.'
'Gee, your words of wisdom are helping me out loads here.'
'Yeah, and if we continue on like this you're going to end up flat on your back again.'
"Heh. I think he blocked out the sound of your voice. That's why he isn't saying anything."
I rubbed the back of my head. "Yeah, just make sure that you don't do it again 'kay? Even thought it's effective, it's something which I don't wanna go through again."
Talon nodded. "Okay." We locked our eyes for a moment.
"Aww, how cute! They're gazing lovingly into each others eyes."
We both looked away, a blush on each person's face.
"Talon…" I said softly.
"Yes?"
"Could you please let go of me?"
"What?"
"Jeez Talon. Just how you can forget stuff like this is beyond me." Geode said.
Whirling around, she snapped, "And what is that supposed to mean?"
Taking this chance, I edged away from her while her back was turned. I gave Geode a look of gratitude that he acknowledged before he turned his attention to the half-yelling girl in front of him.
Geode, with a grin on his face, walked up towards Talon, patted her on the head and walked off down the stairs.
There was moment of silence.
"Arghhhh!! Come back here!"
I know, I know. I don't update in ages and when I do, it's a lot smaller than my norm of chapter lengths. Sorry, but I couldn't think of a better place to end it. And well, I think this chapter was completely pointless.
Anyways, to my reviewers:
Dudems: I don't mind. Heck, you reviewed late, how late was this update? And about what you said, I didn't actually notice…
Niphredil: I'm glad you liked it! And uh, before you ask, I'm not sure if I'm going to make those two get together.
Hopefully I won't take so long to update but it's not a promice.
