New Beginnings, New Love

Chapter 9


The Bladebreakers spent all of Sunday training while Mariam, Mariah and Hilary went to town.
"Where do you wanna go first?" Hilary asked.
"Errr... how about, umm... ooh! The new shop. I have no idea what it's called. You wanna go and see what it's like?" Mariah said not waiting for an answer and walked on towards it. They could spot out this shop from miles away. The sign was bright yellow with green writing saying 'Lush' and a strong scent of lavender was coming from it. They hurried in and looked around. It was filled with bath salts and bubble baths.

Once they had finished looking round they left to go somewhere else. They walked down to the end of the street, going in shops as they passed. Down this end of the town, there aren't many shops so not that many people go down there. When they were about to turn to go back to school, they spotted Ozuma. They all gasped.
"What's he doing here!?" Hilary whispered, scared.
"I don't know," Mariam replied. They didn't want to be seen by him so they could follow him to see what he was up to. They hid behind some trees and listened intently.

He was talking to an aged man with purple hair, they were talking quietly and the girls had to focus all their energy on listening to be able to hear what they were saying.
"Are you sure that the police have stopped looking for me?" Ozuma asked the purple haired man.
"I'm sure, I told the police to stop." He answered.
"Good, then this will give me an open field to her," Ozuma said smiling evilly. Mariah, Hilary and Mariam knew too well who he was talking about and were about to rush off to tell her until they spoke again.
"Why do you want this girl so much?" The man asked suspiciously.
"I told you Boris, she's got the bit beast that was supposed to be given to me. But somehow, it got given to her. Not to mention, she's damn beautiful and I want a bit of her." Ozuma replied.
"Why did it get given to her?" Boris asked casually. Ozuma growled at this.
"If I knew, I would have said, 'old man'." Ozuma said scowling at Boris. Boris looked around before making his next move. He cornered Ozuma before speaking again.
"Don't ever call me 'old man' again," He said through gritted teeth. "Unless you want the police back on the search for you?"
Ozuma shook his head in response before stalking off.

The girls just stood there dumbstruck over what they had just heard. Ozuma was going to steal her bit beast and rape her along the way.
"What are we gonna do?" Mariah said looking very scared.
"We gotta tell Suki!" Hilary said looking equally scared. The girls went back to the school in silence still thinking about what they just heard.

The Bladebreakers were still training by the time they got back. They were all exhausted and wanted to stop, but Kai refused to let them quit.
"Come on Kai, let us stop!" Tyson groaned after launching his beyblade into the dish.
"You all need to be in shape for the upcoming tournament, and you're not stopping until you get this move perfected." Kai said stubbornly.
"Git," Tyson muttered under his breath. Suki stifled a laugh before getting back to her blade. Ray and Max were battling in one dish, and Tyson and Suki in the other. Suki's blade kept on dodging Dragoon's persistent attacks. Kai who was watching narrowed his eyes at the scene.
"Work properly Tyson!" Kai growled at him.
"Well I would be able to if we could at least rest!" Tyson moaned back.
"You can rest if you start working properly. All you do is moan," Kai replied, still watching the battle. Suki was getting bored and decided to end it there.
"Flareon finish it," Suki said casually. And at that, Suki's blade knocked Tyson's out of the dish.

"Good game Tyson!" She called whilst walking away to retrieve her drink and sit down next to Kenny. Tyson grunted in agreement after just losing, to a girl.
"Aww... is Tyson upset cos he lost to a girl?" Suki said in a baby voice.
"Hmph," He replied and went to get his drink. Kenny and Suki snorted at him and sat down. Kai didn't do anything to stop her and walked over to Ray's and Max's battle.
"How come she gets to rest!?" Tyson shouted Kai pointing at Suki. She smirked at him and continued to drink.
"When you win a battle you can have a rest too, and seeing as though Suki has won all her battles, she can rest." Kai added before turning back to Ray and Max. Tyson stood there with his mouth open, he wanted to beat someone, but Max and Ray were battling and Kai was watching their battle. The only person left to battle was Suki, but he actually wanted to win.

"Ugh, fine. Suki let's battle!" Tyson called to her. He really wanted a rest and hopefully he would beat Suki. If not, he could always learn from his mistakes. She was talking to Kenny and didn't hear him.
"Hey Suki! Let's battle!" Tyson called over to her.
"Okay, if you want to be beaten again..." Suki said smirking. Tyson scowled.
"Let's just battle okay, your majesty?"
"Fine, fine." Suki replied. Kenny got up and started to analyse their battle.

"3... 2... 1... LET IT RIP!" They both launched their blades into the dish with full power.
"Go Dragoon!" Tyson called to his bit beast. Suki smirked. 'Always the same,' she thought to herself. Easily she dodged his attack and made one of her own. She knocked his blade right to the edge of the dish, he only just made it back in. Suki's blade remained in the middle of the dish, standing its grounds. Tyson growled and attacked again. But again she dodged it. He looked up and saw Suki standing there, as if she was putting no effort into it at all. This was making Tyson really angry.

"Dragoon!" He bellowed. Dragoon erupted out of his blade and circled the battle. This gave him a surge of strength and he felt replenished. His blade was grinding Suki's into the side before she took action.
"Flareon!" She shouted, and Flareon burst out of its blade. Ray's and Max's battle had ended so they and Kai came over and joint Kenny to watch their battle. Both bit beasts were battling attacking brutally.
"Dragoon! Hyper Victory Tornado!" Tyson shouted to his blade. To their surprise, Suki smirked at his instruction.
"Flareon! Multiple vision!" She called. Suddenly, 7 other blades appeared through the tornado, and 7 other Flareons.
"What the –?" Tyson gasped, as did the others. The 8 Flareons attacked Dragoon with full force and knocked Tyson's blade out of the dish. Tyson was left there gaping at Suki. Her blade did a victory lap around the dish before returning to her hand.
"Good game," She smiled at him and turned to sit back down.
"Wow! You've got to let me analyse your blade!" Kenny asked pleadingly.
"Sure," Suki said and handed him her blade.
"It'll take a couple of hours to analyse, so I'll give it back to you once I'm done." Kenny said looking in awe at her blade.
"I'm gonna go back to my dorm then, okay?" She didn't wait for an answer and left the boys there to practice. Tyson moaned even more and reluctantly got back to practice.

Mariam, Mariah and Hilary were already in their dorm. Suki walked in and rested on her bed, exhausted.
"Hey guys!" She said happily to them.
"Hi Suki."
"Hey."
"Hello."
They all replied. Mariam, Mariah and Hilary looked around uneasily before telling Suki what they had heard in town. Once they had finished, Suki was dumbstruck at what she had just heard.
"But I've had my bit beast for ages! Since I was 6! I never knew it was supposed to be given to him..." Suki said to the girls.
"Hmm, yeah it doesn't make any sense," Mariam replied.
"But you've got to be careful now Suki," Hilary started.
"Because if the police aren't after him, then he can get back to school so much easier now!"
"Yeah..." Suki said distractedly. She was too preoccupied about bit beast. She never knew that it was supposed to be given to someone else.

'Is this true Flareon?' She asked her bit beast.
'I don't know Suki, I was never informed of this.' Flareon replied.
'Oh okay.' Suki replied.
"Suki are you even listening to me?" Hilary said sounding quite annoyed.
"What?"
"We were just saying that you shouldn't go out for any more walks unless someone is with you. Okay?" Mariah said.
"Oh right, yeah." Suki sighed. She really wanted to go on a walk now, alone, but she wouldn't be able to now.

The girls all went down to dinner talking animatedly about Tyson's defeat, as Suki had told them that she had beaten him twice in a row. When they got to the refectory, the Bladebreakers had obviously gone straight there and met up with Tala.
"Hey guys," Mariah said and they sat down. They rushed into telling them the story about Ozuma and what he was up to. They were all dumbstruck just as the girls had been.
"I'll keep a look out for him," Tala said and winked at Suki, Ray and Kai scowled at him.
"Thanks," Suki replied when a pink tinge arrived in her cheeks. They discussed it for quite a while before leaving the refectory.

"May I walk you to your dorm my lady?" Tala said in a pretend snobbish voice whilst holding out his arm. Suki looked at him wide-eyed from fear. She slowly stepped backwards still staring at Tala, before running away.
"What the..." Tala started before turning to the others.
"Why did she run away?"
"I have no idea," Kenny said looking around for Suki.
"We've gotta go after her! She could run into Ozuma!" Mariah cried. They all split up and looked for her. Ray, Kai and Tala went towards the lake, Tyson, and Max sped towards the forest and Mariam, Mariah, Hilary and Kenny went to search around the school.

Without any luck, Mariam, Mariah, Hilary and Kenny went back to the girls dorm.
"Oh, we're never going to find her! Ozuma could have her right now and there's nothing we can do about it!" Mariah started to cry into her hands. Suddenly, a snort of laughter came from the other end of the room. They all turned to see what it was and found Suki's head sticking out from under her covers.
"Suki!!" Mariam screeched and ran over to her.
"Why did you run away? We were all so worried!"
"I can tell," Suki said smiling. "I'm sorry I ran, it's just... that was the first thing Ozuma said to me and it brought back memories, and I could just picture Tala as Ozuma. I didn't know what to do and I ran..." She finished weakly.
"Oh, I'm so sorry," Hilary whispered.
"It's okay, you didn't know. None of you knew." Suki said looking down at her pillow.
"We thought you had run away!" Kenny said breaking the silence.
"Well, I thought I better be a good girl and stay in the school grounds," Suki snorted. They all exchanged smiles and put on some music.

"I just remembered, the others are looking for you!" Kenny said jumping up.
"Oh yeah!" Hilary gasped.
"We should go find them to tell them that we found you." They all agreed and left to go and find them, leaving the music on...

First, they went to the forest. Suki was too scared to go near it now, and lingered behind with Kenny. Shortly they came back with Max and Tyson.
"Why did you run off Suki?" Max asked staring at her. She told them why and they, like the girls, apologised.
"It's okay, don't worry about it!" Suki said smiling.
"We should go get the others," Mariam said getting faster. They nodded in agreement and walked towards the river.

When they finally arrived there, they found Kai, Ray and Tala sitting by the edge of the river. They all sat in silence, occasionally staring at one another for a split second, then returning their gaze on the water.
"Hey guys! We found Suki!" Tyson called to them. Suki walked to Tala and apologised.
"I'm sorry for running like and looking at you as if you were an alien or something..." Tala laughed at this before she carried on. "It's just, that was the first thing Ozuma said to me and it brought back some memories and I'm... sorry." She didn't know what else to say. She didn't want to tell him that she could picture him as Ozuma, cos she didn't want to get him angry or upset at all.
"That's okay, I'm sorry too, I should have known." Tala replied smiling sympathetically.
"No it's okay, you couldn't have known," And before he could say another word, she hugged him. Tala was a bit shocked at first, but hugged her back. Ray and Kai were furious. Kai managed to keep his blank expression, but Ray couldn't and stormed off. Tyson sighed.
"Someone is always doing that!"