EDIT: Sorry I had to re-post but I had the wrong song!! So it's been changed now… sorry bout that…
DV: Thanks to all your reviews, you're all just so great, and I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SORRY for not updating in ages… HUGE SORRY TIMES A MILLION!! And A BIG THANKS for everyone who patiently waited for this chapter; hope you hadn't given up on it already! Really sorry, but I've been real busy with homework, other stuff, and EXAMS!!! Eep, the stress, the panic… And plus to add to the annoyance…Writer's block!! Yeah, I still have writer's block even now as I write this chapter, excuse me if it's crappy…
Note: there IS a plot to this story! So far it doesn't seem like it but there is, and I know it's been pretty boring, but it will get better… Plus there might even be a sequel…
Disclaimer: How many times do I have to say this? I don't own Beyblade, nor any other anime, never did, never will, now lay off!
Oh, btw, you may have noticed the name change and wondered… WTF is this person?? Well yeah… It's me, Sacred Dog, with a new identity, heh… And I can't be bothered changing SD to DV in all the chapters so… live with it.
ASK NO QUESTIONS TELL NO LIES –By DarkVixen(OfLight)CHAPTER 10: WRONG EMOTIONS
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"Talking"
Thinking-Talking to Bit beast-
/Bit beast talking/
(AN: Author note)
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-----Last time…-----
Kyla stared at the door of the hall, it was too early for her to be here but she had nothing else to do. I wonder when they'll unlock this place? I mean, how long could it take to set up a hall for some dance? They've had all day
Soft footsteps were heard behind her.
"Kyla."
She spun around, wondering who it could be, and came face to face with…
-----And so the fic continues…-----
"Tala!" Kyla blinked with surprise, then turned her gaze from the redhead to the orange-haired girl beside him. Her sparkling green eyes matched her outfit, being a simple but nice dark green tunic, with an even darker coloured sash around her waist and leather black boots with leaf-imprints down the side. If she hadn't been closely examining the girl, she would have heard Tala mumble under his breath, "Kaeline."
"You know each other?" the girl asked suspiciously.
"Eh, we share a dorm," Kyla replied, shrugging, then quickly added, "We're not friends."
"Alana" she held out a hand and Kyla hesitantly shook it.
"Kyla," she replied bluntly.
"Where's your partner?" Tala asked.
As if on cue, Kai appeared by Tala.
"Right here," he said, causing Tala's eyes to widen with surprise and shock, but before he could say anything, 'Click'.
"They're open," Alana said, grabbing Tala by the sleeve and pulling him into the hall. As he brushed past Kyla, Tala muttered briefly before being dragged off,
"You can't be… Argh, you have to tell him about it now."
"Hmm…?" Kyla didn't get it. Kai was her partner, big deal. It's not like they were an item or anything.
And I doubt he likes me, you can tell when he gets so pissed off at my attitude… heh… But maybe… He could be right, or why else did Kai ask me to go to the dance? Because I'm one of the only girls he knows, she answered herself. That has to be it.
"Are you going to just stand there or are we going in?" Kai said irritably.
"Oh, right… Yeah, let's go." Kyla followed Kai, Tala's words pushed to the back of her mind as she entered the large hall.
Beams of light danced about the place reflected by a large disco-ball hung from the ceiling in the center; an orchestra was getting ready to play, seated in the orchestra pit in front of the stage; rather fancy banners and the such hung from the walls; round tables and chairs were aligned across the hall; and in the middle was the dance floor, the ground cleaned and polished.
"Hey everyone!!"
Kyla and Kai turned around towards the main entrance to the hall as Tyson came rushing in, dragging a bewildered Hilary behind him.
"Tyson!! Slow down already! Argh!!"
To Hilary's surprise, Tyson suddenly stopped, and she almost crashed into him. "I knew I shouldn't have ever agree to come with you!"
Tyson turned to Hilary, trying to act as innocent as possible (AN: which isn't very), "Aww, but you know you wouldn't have wanted us to lose our bit beasts… Unless of course, you had a thousand dollars on hand?"
"Get real Tyson," Hilary replied, calmed down, "don't I wish I had that much money!"
"Yeah, don't we all… Anyway, where are the others?" Tyson looked around, finding only Tala and his partner.
"Tyson!" someone called, "Kai, Hilary, Kyla!"
"Rei!" Tyson called back, grinning. "And Mariah!"
"Hey guys, how ya doing?" Mariah smiled sweetly at Rei, "We're doing just great, aren't we?"
Rei tensed as Mariah gripped and hugged his arm, purring silently.
"Umm… Mariah… could you please stop that?"
"Stop what?" Mariah continued her purring, oblivious to how nervous she was making Rei, and gripping his arm as if she'd never let go even if someone shot her.
"Mariah, I thought I told you we'd only be going as friends…" Rei muttered under his breath, while Mariah pretended not to hear. Kyla gave a sympathetic smile.
That pink freak's grinning like a Cheshire cat, she thought, Or make that neko-jin. And she's so… Unfeeling… ignoring the obvious fact that Rei doesn't like her doing what she is. (AN: I don't hate Mariah, but I don't like Rei/Mariah pairings 'cos they're just friends!)
More people spilled through the doors to the hall, and soon enough, all the members of the Bladebreakers, Demolition Boys, and Majestics were gathered together in the corner, along with their partners.
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"Hahaha! The Demolition Boys loose!" Tyson was laughing out of control but everyone else was just staring at him. "Alright then, remember the losers have to give the winners money or their bit chips!"
The Demolition Boys did nothing. Their team leader raised an eyebrow at Tyson. Tala had no idea how the two teams were going to divide the Bits, but didn't bother asking.
-Wolborg…-
/I'm alright, Master/ the bit-beast replied defiantly. /Whoever gets your blade will never be able to control it because I won't let them./
-Are you sure you're alright with it?-
Wolborg cringed slightly. She (AN: Sorry but Wolborg is a she here) wasn't sure, but her master's word was her command.
/I'll be fine/
-But Wolborg…-
The wolf-like beast sighed, and Tala took a deep breath.
"The Demolition Boys never go back on their word," he said steadily, raising his chin and throwing his silver beyblade at the nearest person, which happened to be Kai (AN: Ah, I wonder why XD Nah, this is not yaoi, don't worry), who caught it swiftly.
Tala nodded to his team-mates who did the same but only giving the Bits, and rather reluctantly. Then he turned to walk off, along with Bryan, Spencer and Ian.
Kyla was as surprise as everyone else, but once she regained her sense she felt anger inside her.
"Oi! Ivanov! Get back here!"
The red-head stopped in his tracks but refused to turn around, for his eyes were teary. However much he hated to admit it, his Bitbeast meant a lot to him and he was heartbroken to have to lose her over his pride. He felt it was his fault now, he shouldn't have let it happen- who cares about his status, his pride couldn't be hurt as easily as his Wolborg. But what was he saying, Wolborg wasn't his, he couldn't talk about her like an object.
Kyla turned to Kai, snatching the sparkling blade from him, and calmly walking over to Tala. Taking his hand and placing the beyblade gently in the palm of his hand, closing his fingers over it firmly and said quietly, "I believe this is yours."
Before Tala could reply, she started raging on about how they couldn't make stupid bets on stupid things that cost so much as a Bit chip or a thousand bucks!
Once Kyla had finished her 'speech', Rei was the first to speak, breaking the silence that seemed to have formed.
"She's right," he started.
"Oh yeah?" Tyson challenged, still not seeing things both ways.
"We can't bet away our money, or more importantly, our Bitbeasts. Don't you all see? What would you feel like if you had to give up your friend, if not best friend, just over some silly little bet like this? Does it even matter if we all have partners or not? Most of us just came with some random girl, whether we liked them or not, just as not to lose our Bitbeasts, no? Well that shows one thing- we cared for our Bitbeasts. But it also showed that we were stupid enough to agree to the bet in the first place. Or should I say, some of us were stupid enough to agree."
Everyone turned to Tyson knowingly, and Tyson himself was grinning sheepishly at them, finally understanding.
Without another word, as he supposed everyone got the picture now, Rei handed back Ian his Bit chip, as did Johnny, Kai, and Oliver, the four that happened to get a Bit chip chucked at them.
"I don't need your help to get my Bitbeast back, thank you very much Miss Incest," Tala snarled in Kyla's ear, quietly so that no one else heard.
"What?! I—" Kyla was cut off by Tyson's sudden yelp as Hilary slapped him on the face.
Kyla didn't have time to ask what the problem was as Tyson stumbled off after Hilary, and the rest of the gang left too. When she turned around, the Demolition Boys had disappeared among the crowd, and only Kai was there by her side in his usual pose. He glanced up as she cocked her head to one side as if waiting for him to tell her what to do.
"Umm… You wanna sit or something?" she finally asked, and Kai just stared blankly at her.
"Oh, what the heck," she muttered to herself, then smiled cheerfully, turning to grab Kai's arm and dragging him over to the dance floor.
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Kyla kept mucking up. Either she'd stand on Kai's feet or her own. Or even some random guy dancing nearby who was lucky enough to be stood on.
Kai, however, danced like a pro. Kyla was amazed, as was all the other Bladebreakers, as they'd never seen him dance before, let alone knew he was so good at it, and none dared to ask why or how.
"Kyla…" he whispered."
"Erm, what is it, Kai?" she replied nervously.
"How about we just…" Kai stopped dancing, and looked over to where Rei and Max sat, sipping drinks.
Kyla decided that would be a good idea, just to sit down, have a few drinks or something, talk, whatever, anything but dance and embarrass herself even more. Yet… something nagged inside her that wanted her to stay with Kai on the dance floor, just to be close to him…
Wait, what was she thinking? They were siblings, she couldn't do this! She remembered what Tala said before they entered the hall. She realised now that he was right, that if they kept this up she might end up falling for him…
/Both literally and figuratively/ a voice mused in her head.
-Argh, will you be quiet and stop interrupting my thoughts?-
Her Bitbeast fell silent, knowing not to anger her more.
But the thing was, she didn't want Tala to be right. She hated admitting he was better, ever since…
"Kyla…?" Kai said, touching her shoulder.
"Oh, sorry!" Kyla had kind of forgot that Kai was still there. "Oh, yeah, let's sit down for a while…"
That'll give me time to think.
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"Hey Kai, hey Kyla," Rei and Max greeted.
"Hello you two," Kyla replied. "Why are you…"
"Eh… we were ditched…"
"Oh…" was all Kyla could say. Kai had just sat down next to Rei silently.
"Well, nothing to dwell about."
"Yeah, Rei and I were talking about the abbey, and the mutated Bitbeasts Boris made there."
Kyla blinked, not knowing what to say now. At the thought of the abbey made her shiver slightly, and she didn't realise but Kai noticed and looked at her strangely.
"Oh, ok…" she finally managed to say.
"Isn't it just so mean?" Max said, to no one in particular, but Rei responded.
"Yeah, I mean, taking the spirits of innocent animals and turning them into Bitbeasts then altering them to be powerful fighting creatures? That's just so cruel!"
"Hmm…" Kyla nodded, eyes downcast. She had seen it happen with her very own eyes. It was awful, and she had run to her room and cried from the fright of it. But then Tala came to try and calm her… Why did everything go back to Tala now?
Because he was there for you all the way, a voice in the back of her head told her.
Really? She answered wryly. He might've helped me to settle down there, but he…
Her thoughts were interrupted once again by Kai, for some reason.
He was looking at her oddly with a blank expression, but when she looked into his crimson eyes she found a hint of amusement.
What's he looking at, eh? Did I zone out too much?
Kyla tried her best to listen to Rei and Max's 'interesting' conversation; all the while Kai's eyes were on her, as well as another pair of confused blue eyes…
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Tala was barely listening to Ian as he blabbered away about something to do with new beyblade parts and accessories. He was too busy thinking. Gazing over Ian's head he stared at Kyla, frowning.
Look at her. Look at Kai. Look at them two together. They seem happy enough. But Kyla… She can't do this… Doesn't she realise how attached Kai seems to be getting with her? And vice versa. Tala had been observing the two all night, seeing as he refused to dance with anyone, but decided to stand in the corner with Ian and sort out some thoughts. He seemed to have quite of few of them now, many just a tangle of feelings he didn't even understand himself.
Ian's voice was drowned in his mind by the various flashbacks that whizzed through his mind like a tornado, but he managed to reach out and grab a passing memory… Ah, it was the first time he met her back in the abbey…
-----Flashback-----
"Eh, another useless Hiwatari," Ian sneered as he stepped into the main hallway. (AN: I haven't seen season 1 so I don't know what it's like in the abbey) "And a girl, too."
Tala turned to look at Ian, slightly puzzled. "You mean Hiwatari's had a kid already?"
Ian rolled his eyes. "She's his sister, baka! You can go see her now, the guards are just taking her to Boris." He gestured towards the door he came from. "In there."
Before he'd finished talking, Tala was already though the door and rushing up to the guards.
"Where's this Hiwatari?" he asked one guard rather rudely. He was annoyed that Ian hadn't told him earlier, he didn't know Hiwatari had a sister, and he was rather eager to meet her.
The guard pointed to the corner where some little kids from the abbey were hassling three guards and a girl, asking about a million questions.
Tala mad his way over quickly, he scanned the girl up and down. Long two-toned blue and slate hair that reached just past her waist; fiery, bright, crimson eyes. Black and red tank top, blue pants, black and red shoes. (AN: It's like Kai's season 1 outfit but without Joe the scarf and shark-fin arm guards)
She was quite pretty, Tala had to admit, although her clothes were a total mess; it was obvious she struggled to be brought here.
The girl spotted Tala, and for a second, crimson and ice blue orbs locked. Tala could see the confusion in her eyes, but also that small hint of acceptation, as well as hatred and rebellion. His expression softened, understanding how she felt.
Hiwatari-chan turned her gaze away, frowning, as a tall figure approached them.
"Ah, Tala, I see you've met Kaeline Hiwatari now?"
He turned to face Boris, giving a small nod.
"You, being the best, will train with her, understand?"
Again Tala just nodded rather dumbly.
"No."
"Hiwatari, get up and battle!" Tala growled, his patience wearing thin. Argh! This girl is so stubborn!
"I said, no," she repeated, voice cold, quiet, and monotone. Just like Kai.
"Boris commanded us to battle, so we will. Unless you don't want to live to celebrate this coming Christmas, then that's your problem. You are, after all, a Hiwatari, Voltaire would expect you to be good. More than good."
She stared at him with a hollow look in her eyes, then when he least expected it…
She began to cry.
"Chill already," Tala finally said nervously, not sure what to do. He couldn't stand to see a girl cry like that for no apparent reason, but if Boris set surveillance cameras in here…
Sighing, he knelt down beside her and hesitantly put a hand on her shoulder.
She shrugged his hand off, but her tears stopped.
"Leave me alone," she sniffed, standing up.
Tala blinked, anger rising inside him. Oh, so I try to comfort her, risking my reputation and possibly life, and all I get is to basically be told to get lost?
"Alright, if that's the way you want it—" He too got up and stood on the opposite side of the beydish. "—Let's beybattle!"
He held up his launcher, and surprisingly Kaeline did too.
"Ready when you are," she said with no emotion, though her eyes were slightly moist. Tala was shocked when he looked into those dull crimson orbs that were now burning with pure hatred.
"Never will I obey Biovolt. They took away my brother, now they have me. I'm prepared to fight to gain my brother, and my freedom, back. Just you wait."
"Nice speech," Tala snorted, unafraid, "But you'll need to be prepared to lose!"
"Famous last words."
-----End of Flashback-----
The images faded away again, and his mind was less hazy as Ian's words leaked into his head through his ears.
"…with its speed and attack strength raised that high, it's practically unbeatable…"
Tala had absolutely no idea what he was going on about, but smirked and said,
"Practically unbeatable, but not invincible, for nothing can beat my Wolborg. You hear that? NOTHING!"
"Err… Tala?" Ian raised an eyebrow with a look that clearly said he thought his team leader was crazy.
Tala cleared his throat, giving a nervous smile. "Ahem. Sorry about that. Now what was it you were talking about?"
Ian anime-fell.
It was almost midnight before Kyla lay down exhausted on her bed in the dorm with three other tired room mates. Oliver was asleep by the time his head hit his pillow; Kai looked like he could've sleep through a Beyblade tournament; and Tala, after finally having gotten up on their bunks, being rather drunk, looked like he was fast asleep.
Kyla on the other hand, though awfully tired, couldn't seem to get to sleep, again. There were just too many thoughts inside her head. Every night had been the same. She had no sleeping pills or anything like she would have if she were at home… Instead she reached under the bed for her CD player. Putting on the headphones, she closed her eyes as the music calmed her and let her escape her strange mixed thoughts as she concentrated on the lyrics.
It was a mixed CD she had in there, and, being on shuffle, the first song was Guilty by The Rasmus. As more of the lyrics were sung, Kyla suddenly remembered that the song had been sung at the dance just before… Not long after, Tala's voice replaced that of whomever of The Rasmus band was singing…
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I feel guilty
My words are empty
No signs to give you
I don't have the time for you
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you say I'm heartless
and you say I don't care
I used to be there for you
And you've said I seem so dead, that I have changed
But so have you
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Guilty, guilty I feel so
Empty, empty you know how to make me feel
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I put a shield upon you
I didn't mean to hurt you
I would have only poisoned your mind
Never meant to make you cry
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You've been so thoughtless
I can see right through you
You used to be there for me
So don't you leave say goodbye
Cause you have changed but so have I
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I never thought the time and the distance
Between us made you so much colder
I'll carry the world on my shoulders
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And not long after, she fell asleep at that, Tala's sweet singing still in her mind and her dreams…
Sweet dreams this time, not frightening nightmares like so many times before…
DV: Ok, there you go… not the best chapter, ne… Hehe, yes Tala sang! I've never actually heard his voice- yet- but I'm sure it's good enough to sing, eh? A bit of fluff is coming up… not that much since this isn't really revolving around Kyla's, Kai's, or Tala's love life, but… The romance gives a bit of air to it, no?