New Beginnings, New Love
Chapter 11
Later on in the evening, Kai left Suki's dorm and returned to his own. It had been an hour since she had asked him whether he wanted to join her, and he couldn't believe what just happened, or nearly happened. He laid on his bed, waiting for the others to return. Eventually they appeared but Kai was already asleep by the time they had arrived.
In the girls dorm, Suki was still playing on the xbox, now against Hilary. Suki was winning and Hilary was getting very frustrated at this. She was very competitive and hated losing.
"Oh yeah! I rock at this game!" Suki gloated.
"Hmph," Hilary pouted. She was good at science and maths and stuff, but not at Tekken 4. Mariam and Mariah were getting into bed and insisted that Hilary and Suki should too.
"Come on, it's nearly midnight and we've got school tomorrow." Mariam said yawning and getting into bed.
"Alright, alright." Suki said before joining the others.
Both the boys and girls woke up late the next morning. It wasn't until 8am that the Bladebreakers finally heard their alarms beeping madly in the background. Even Kai had slept in! The girls had faired no better, they had woken up only minutes before the boys and were rushing round frantically getting ready. They all only just managed to get to their lessons on time.
During their first lesson, English, Mariam and Suki were formulating a plan to get Ray to ask Mariah to the dance on Friday. It was already Tuesday and they only had 4 days left to convince him.
"Why don't we ask him whether he likes Mariah in that way, and if he does then we can get him to ask her." Mariam said to Suki in that back of the classroom.
"Yeah, but what if he says he doesn't?" Suki replied.
"Hmm... Why don't we ask him for Mariah, but don't tell her that we asked him for her." Mariam said in one breath.
"Yeah we could try that, but what if he rejects her? Then Mariah's left looking stupid without her even knowing it..." Suki said sadly.
"You're a right little ray of sunshine today aren't you?" Mariam said sarcastically.
"Naturally. Why don't we try both and see which one works out, okay?" Suki said glaring at Mariam.
"Fine."
At the front of the class room, Tyson was getting really nervous about the dance. He still hadn't got anyone to go with yet.
'I really want to ask Hilary,' He thought to himself. 'But I know she doesn't like me in that way and she'll turn me down. Ugh... this is so complicated!' He stared at Hilary who was getting on with her work eagerly. He sighed before continuing with his own work.
When the bell rung signalling the end of the lesson, Mariam and Suki decided to put their plan into action.
"C'mon, we need to go and find Ray." Suki muttered to Mariam as they snuck down the corridor. It was now break and they new Ray always went straight to the refectory. They were looking very suspicious, tip toeing down the corridor and whispering random comments to each other. At last, they spotted Ray standing in the queue with Tyson. Quickly, they grabbed his arm and dragged him aside.
"Are you going with anyone to the dance on Friday?" Mariam asked hurriedly.
"Err... no," Ray answered.
"Good." Suki said looking over her shoulder. She didn't want Mariah to walk in on them when they were trying to ask Ray out for her.
"Umm.. how much do you like Mariah?" Suki asked casually, as though it was something they bought up everyday.
"What do you mean?" Ray asked suspiciously.
"Do you like her more than a friend?" Mariam butted in, she was starting to get impatient and wanted him to give a straight answer. "Hurry up."
"No..." He replied.
"Oh, umm. Do you wanna go to the dance with her, just as friends?" Mariam added as she received a shocked look from Ray.
"Err, okay?" Ray said looking very unsure. The girls faces cracked into grins of relief before they spoke again.
"Good, but you can't tell her that we asked you okay?" Mariam said forcefully.
"And you have to ask her to go with you, alright?" Suki said glaring at him.
"Okay..." Ray answered. He didn't want to get on the wrong side of them as he remembered what they did to Tyson and Max. He wasn't really in the mood for being a slave for the rest of the school year. The girls turned on their heels and left Ray standing there.
When the day was over, they all retired to their dorms. Mariah came rushing in a bit later with a huge grin plastered over her face.
"What's got you so happy?" Hilary asked. Mariam and Suki knew why she was in such a good mood.
"Ray just asked me to the dance!" She squealed at the top of her voice. "He just stopped me in the corridor and asked me out of the blue!" She started to dance round the room as she was so pleased. The other girls watched her amused for a while before getting on to work with their homework until someone knocked at the door. Mariah ran over, full pelt, hoping it was Ray. But to her disappointment it was Kai.
"Suki, we're training tonight, meet us at the beydishes when you're ready." Kai looked at the ground whilst saying this. Neither of them had looked each other in the eye since the night before. She nodded in agreement and went to get changed out of her school uniform. 10 minutes later she left her dorm and made her way to the beydishes, little did she know she was being watched.
"Hey guys," Suki said as she walked over to the rest of the team.
"Hi," They all chanted back, except Kai who merely grunted.
"We're going to have a mini tournament," Kenny started. "Tyson and Max will battle and Ray and Suki will battle, and the two winners from that round will battle, and who ever wins from that round will battle Kai, okay?" Everyone nodded in agreement apart from Tyson.
"How comes the winner battles Kai?" Tyson moaned to Kenny.
"Because at the moment Kai is the strongest member on the team because he has put the most practice in, unlike you Tyson." Kenny answered raising his eyebrow. Tyson scowled at Kenny before turning to his battle with Max. The 4 teens stood in position ready to launch their blades.
"3... 2... 1... LET IT RIP!"
They all launched their blades into the dishes and attacked their opponents brutally. In the end, Max and Suki were victorious. After a 15 minute break, Max and Suki returned back to the beydish and prepared to launch their beyblades.
"Flareon!"
"Draciel"
It was over in a second. Suki had caught Max off guard and knocked his blade out of the dish.
"Damn it, good game I guess!" Max said cheerfully.
"Yeah," Suki giggled.
'She looks beautiful when she laughs...' Ray was thinking distractedly with a dreamy expression on his face, not noticing Kenny's hand moving energetically in front of his face. Now it was Suki's and Kai's turn to battle. They walked over to the dish and held out their blades ready to go.
"Good luck Kai," Suki said smiling mischievously.
"You too Tiny," Kai smirked. They both launched their blades so forcefully into the dish, they nearly flew out the other side. Luckily, both bladers managed to keep control and both blades attacked each other viciously. Kai and Suki wasted no time in calling out their bit beasts to help them.
"Dranzer!"
"Flareon!"
Both beasts erupted from their blades and fought savagely against one another.
"Dranzer, Flame Sabre!" Kai called to his bit beast. Suki laughed evilly in her head as she planned her next move. Through the cloud of smoke and fire, a blade was thrown out of the dish and hit a near by tree with such force, the tree toppled over and landed right over Suki. Through the dust, a dark figure stood in between the branches, perfectly fine. The boys sighed in relief and ran over to see if she was all right. Suki bent down a picked something up and smirked.
"I believe this is yours," Suki said handing Kai his blade before retrieving her own from the dish. The attack ring shattered as the blade was placed in his hand. Kai stared at his blade not believing what just happened.
'I lost? And to a girl?' Kai thought to himself and frowned.
"Look who's moody now cos they lost to a girl!" Tyson snorted as he went over to see Kai's blade.
"Sorry about your attack ring Kai," Suki said walking over to him and inspecting his blade, her fingers grazing his hand slightly as she picked it up. A slight tinge arrived in Kai's cheeks, but it was so small no one noticed, thankfully.
"Woah, you're gonna need a new attack ring Kai, I'll put one on for you now." Kenny said whilst taking Kai's blade and walking back up to the school talking to Dizzi about the battle.
"That was some battle!" Max said excitedly. Both Kai and Suki grunted in response and walked back up to the school.
The next couple of days went extremely quickly, and at last it was Friday. Hilary was whining because she still hadn't got anyone to go to the dance with yet.
"I can't go alone, I'll look like a right idiot if I do!"
"Don't worry Hilary, you'll find someone to go with tonight and if you don't, we won't leave you on your own for the whole night!" Mariam said soothingly to Hilary trying to calm her down.
"Hmm, I spose. Thanks guys." Hilary said before going for a walk. She walked down to the field and sat in the shade of a nearby tree. She put her head in her hands and started to sob.
'No one's ever gonna ask me!' Hilary thought to herself and started to cry even more.
"Hilary? What's wrong?"
Hilary looked up and saw Tyson standing over her looking concerned.
"I don't have a date for the dance tonight and I'm gonna have to go alone!" Hilary cried and wiped her eyes.
'Perfect,' Tyson thought and smiled to himself.
"What's so funny!?" Hilary exclaimed looking at Tyson's expression.
"Nothing, sorry." Tyson replied becoming very interested in his shoes. "Err, Hilary?"
"Yes Tyson?"
"Will you go to the dance with me?" Tyson said still looking at his shoes.
"Yes!" Hilary squealed and hugged Tyson. He sighed in relief and hugged her back.
"I'll pick you up later tonight then!" He said cheerfully and winked at her before escorting her back to the school.
At 4.00 the girls went back to their dorm to get ready for the dance.
"You need 2 hours to get changed?" Max called as they retreated back to their dormitory. The girls took no notice and proceeded to their room. An hour and a half later, the boys went to get ready as well.
"Who's everyone going with?" Tyson asked the boys as he was buttoning his shirt.
"I'm going with Mariam," Max said proudly.
"I'm going with Mariah," Ray said not as boldly as Max. It was great to be going with Mariah, but he would have preferred it if he could have been going with Suki.
"So who are you going with them Tyson?" Max asked.
"Hilary," Tyson replied simply.
"I see. What about you two?" Max asked turning to Kenny and Kai.
"Err... well, I'm going with Dizzi." Kenny said rather sheepishly and blushing a lot. The others burst out laughing, even Kai had to suppress a snicker. Kenny placed a flower on the top of his laptop lovingly.
"Looks great chief! Well, that's what I'd be saying if I could see it." Dizzi said in an amused tone.
"So Kai, who are you going with?" Ray asked, but he got no response. "No one eh? Don't worry about it bud," Ray said cheerfully.
"I don't care about getting a stupid date, I don't even want to go to this crappy dance." Kai snapped and left the room.
At 6.00pm, the remaining boys left their dorm and went down into the entrance hall and waited for their dates. Kai was already down there waiting with Tala. The rest of the Bladebreakers joined them and waited patiently for the girls to meet them. They were all wearing black tuxedos and shiny black shoes. Finally, after what seemed like hours, the girls came into view. They all glided down the stairs looking equally beautiful.
Mariam was wearing the long pastel blue dress with a slit up the right hand side and long flowing sleeves. Her hair was down and she had taken her head band off to let her hair dangle limply over her face. Hilary was wearing the sleeveless, short blood red dress with came half way between her thighs. Her hair was pulled back into a bun with a couple of strands littering her face. Mariah was wearing a medium length pink sleeveless dress with a very low back to reveal her trimmed figure. Her hair was half up half down, held up with a pale pink ribbon. Suki was wearing a long black, low cut dress with slits up both sides which showed her legs when she walked elegantly down the stairs. Her hair was down and she had a midnight blue flower placed in just over her right ear. All their dresses complimented their figures, a lot.
The boys stood there stunned as they stared at the 4 teens walking over to them.
"Like what you see?" Suki smirked as she stopped in front of the boys.
"As a matter of fact yes," Tall stepped forward and kissed Suki's hand making her blush slightly.
"Come on let's go!" Mariam said excitedly. She clutched onto Max's arm and led the way in. Hilary and Tyson walked side by side, not sure whether to link arms or hold hands or something. Mariah linked her arm with Ray's and literally dragged him into the hall. Tala and Suki entwined their fingers elegantly and followed the others into the hall. Kenny and Kai walked in after the 'happy couples'. Kenny was talking to Dizzi whereas Kai was scowling at anyone and everyone.
'This is going to be a long night.'
