Disclaimer – I do not own any of the Beyblade characters. But I do own Cei, Rife, Lin and Mink.
===================================================================================
Four girls stood in the airport. One had spiky, ice blue hair, and was wearing a black tank top with sapphire blue cargo pants that matched her eyes(Cei) with a necklace that had half the yin-yan sign on it. Another had black hair tied in a long, thick plait and green eyes, and had a white sundress with the Yin Yang symbol embroidered on it(Lin). The third had chocolaty brown hair set in tight ringlets and brown eyes , and had a yellow halter top and a purple knee-length skirt(Rife). The last girl had short blonde hair and smoky grey eyes, and had an orange t-shirt with dark green overalls(Mink). "Where do you think Mr Dickinson is?" Mink asked. "He said that he'd be here to greet us."
"I know, he probably got held up." Rife remarked, looking around the airport.
"Mr Dickinson is a very punctual person. He's probably here, we just don't know exactly where." Lin quipped. "Why don't we get our bags, then look for him."
"Oh that won't be neccesary girls. Your bags are in the limo." A voice said from behind them. All the girls spun around in alarm, except Cei. Mr Dickinson was standing there. "Follow me girls, the limo is waiting. I'm sure the Blade Breakers will want to meet you." The foursome looked at eachother, and followed Mr Dickinson to the limo. He held the door open for all of them as they clambered in, before getting in himself. Tyson, Kai, Max, Ray and Kenny were already in there. "Hello." They chorused, minus Kai of course. He simply nodded, and went back to looking out the window. The girls sat on the seat opposite the Bladebreakers. "Take us to the hotel please." Mr Dickinson asked the driver.
"Yes sir." The driver cheerfully replied.
"Where does your team come from?" Tyson asked. Max, Kenny and Ray groaned.
"Weren't you listening on the way here?" Ray asked in an exasperated voice.
"It's ok."Mink piped up. "Rife and I come from Australia, Lin's from Japan and Cei is from Russia. So we're from all over the place, really."
"You come from Russia?! So does Kai!" Kenny said to Cei. "Don't you Kai?" Kai merely nodded in a disinterested way.
After an hours driving - spent talking about Beyblades and experiences - they reached the hotel. The driver hopped out and held the door open for everybody. "I'll arrange for someone to bring the bags up to your rooms." Mr Dickinson assured the girls when they went to get their bags. The group walked into the foyer.
"Woah!" Lin and Rife gasped. There was a very large fountain in the middle of the foyer. The floors were made of marble, and the walls were dark-brown brick and the coloumns were also marble, but had patterns carved into them. Mr Dickinson walked to the receptionist, while the teens explored the foyer. Rife and Mink went to examine the fountain, followed by Tyson, Max and Rey. Lin and Kenny walked to some benches, sat down and immediatly launched into a conversation about Beyblading strategies. Kai began to walk back outside, when Cei caught hold of his arm. "You come from the abby, don't you?" She asked. Kai looked at her for a moment. "So what if I did."
"You don't remember, do you." Cei remarked.
"Remember what?"
"You were Sprinkles, I was Cocoa and Tala was Vanilla." Cei said reminiscently. "That was our little group. We were only 4 at the time." Kai looked confused.
"Huh?"
"Do you have a chain with half the yin-yan sign on it then?" She asked. Kai fumbled around in his pockets.
"Yeah, I've had it ever since I can remember." He found it and it was halfway out of his pocket. "Wait a minute. How did you know......that I had this?"
"I'm the one who gave it to you, silly. I kept the other half." Cei unclasped her necklace and handed it to him. "See, they fit together."
"HEY GUYS!" Tyson yelled from behind them. Kai and Cei jumped about a metre into the air. "Watcha doin' Kai?" Kai glared at Tyson.
"For your information, I was catching up with an old friend." Kai said in an icy cold voice. Cei tried to hide a smile at his tone of voice. Tyson sweat-dropped. "Uh, ok. I'll.....just.......leave. Bye." He took off back to the fountain. "Are you always like that now?" Cei giggled. "You were totally different back then."
"This is now. People change." Kai said, turning his head away. Cei grinned.
"By the way, do you still put sprinkles on all your food." She asked. Kai looked up, startled.
"Huh?!"
"Remember, that's why your nickname was Sprinkles. You put sprinkles on all your food. If you couldn't have sprinkles on it, you wouldn't eat it!"
"Did I really?"
"Yeah, you had a little container of sprinkles and before you ate anything, you put sprinkles on it." Cei laughed. Kai starts to laugh as well. Ray came over to see what they were laughing about.
"Are you ok Kai?" He asked uncertainly. Kai struggled to stop laughing. After about a minute he could answer. "Yeah, I'm fine Ray." By the time he and Cei stopped laughing, their teams were standing around them. "Gee, that's the first time I've ever seen you smile, let alone laugh." Kenny told Kai.
"Same Cei, she very rarely talks." Mink said. Mr Dickinson walked over to them.
"We can go up to the rooms now. Your bags are already there." He said as he led them over to the elevator. When they were all in the elevator, he pressed the button for the 80th floor.
============================================================================
TwilightAmathyst - Hope u liked the story. I'll try and have the next chappie up soon. l8er days!