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The blue tattoo - One day of piece
The next morning after breakfast everybody was sitting outside. They were waiting for Hilary´s and Anjali´s explanation. "Say something!",Hilary told her sister. "Why me? Why don´t you start?" "Because you exactly know that I don´t know anything in detail. So tell them what you know." Anjali sighted. "All right, all right. I tell you what I know, but that won´t be very much." Everybody looked at her as she started: "To say the truth, Hilary and me are orphans. We were adopted when we were 5. Before that, we lived in a little temple in the desert, far away from the civilization. We were in a city once, but the people there were afraid of us because of our powers." "Wait a second. So you want us to believe, that you lived alone till the age of five?",Ray asked. Anjali shoke her head. "So who did you live with?",Max asked. There was a short pause until Anjali finally said: "I can´t remember." "What?",everybody asked. "We can´t remember anything that happened before our fifth birthday.",Hilary said. "I only remember living in the little temple in the desert, but even that memory isn´t very clear. The first event that´s complete in my memory is our visit in the city where we met our "parents" for the first time. And soon after they adopted us, although they knew about our powers." "Are you talking about the power to kill monsters?",Daichi asked. Hilary nodded. "But not only that.",Anjali said. They others were confused. "I´ll show you what I mean.",Anjali said and lifted up her hand. Suddenly Tyson´s cap flew off his head and to Anjali´s hand. She caught it and put it on. "Do you understand now why most of the people were afraid of us?",Hilary asked. "How did you do that?",Tyson asked. "I don´t know. We had this powers since we can remember, like the blue tattoos." "And we also can´t remember when we started to fight the creatures of darkness. We don´t even know why we do this.",Hilary added. "What do you mean with that?",Max asked. "Well, everytime we sense a demon it seems like if a voice is telling us to transform and to fight.",Hilary answered. "It seems to be our destiny.",Anjali said sadly. "Why are you so sad because of that? I would be happy if I could have your powers. You can do a lot of funny things. For example...",Tyson started, but was interrupted by Anjali. "Stop that! You don´t know what it´s like to have these powers! We never had any friend because of that! We had to live far away from everybody and when we went outside, we had to keep our powers hidden! But it wasn´t that easy, cause we didn´t have them under control when we were little kids and so lots of accidents happened! Very often we almost died because of the battles! We weren´t as experienced in fighting the demons as today! So don´t say that it´s great to have these powers if you don´t know how it is!",she shouted. "I´m sorry.",Tyson said, surprised by her reaction, like everybody else. Anjali calmed down as quickly as she got angry. "You don´t have to apologize. You didn´t know, what we had to go through. But I have to say sorry. I shouldn´t have reacted like that." "You don´t have to apologize either. But could you give me back my cap? There´s something missing when I don´t have it.",Tyson said. Anjali had to smile. And suddelny the cap flew off her head and landed on it´s normal place on Tyson´s head. "Thanks.",was all he said. "How comes, that you can tell us so much and Hilary not?",Kai asked. "That´s because I had a little accident. I was hit at the head and couldn´t remember anything what happened before that. Of course, Anjali told me everything, but I just couldn´t remember it. My first clear memory is the day before we left Egypt. I remember that we went to Menfi where we left Anjali. And then we went to Cairo and the next day we headed to Japan. And there, I started a new life, without using my powers. I could go to a normal school and I got lots of friends. But Anjali...",Hilary explained. "Yeah, what happend to you? Why didn´t you want to come to Japan?",Daichi asked. "Someone had to stay in Egypt to fight the demons. But Hilary had this accident and since then she was a bit afraid of fighting. So I told our parenst it would be the best if they would leave the country with her." "So it was your idea?!",Hilary asked surprised. Anjali nodded. "I believed that it was the best. I was worried about you.",Anjali explained. "And since then you were fighting the demons by yourself?",Kai asked. Anjali nodded. "Anjali has always been stronger than me. No wonder she decided to stay and to continue fighting alone." "It wasn´t because you were weaker than me! It was because I knew, that you hate fighting. I knew, that your biggest wish was to live a normal life.",Anjali protested. "But you gave up your life for mine! Do you think I like that?",Hilary asked angrily. "I didn´t give it up. My life didn´t change much. In fact, it got even better. In Menfi the people accepted my powers. They were all really kind to me, especially the priests and the priestresses. So don´t be angry.",Anjali said, trying to calm Hilary down. "So that´s all you can tell us?",Kai asked, because he didn´t want to waste his time by listening to an useless discussion between the two sisters. Anjali and Hilary looked at him and nodded. "That´s not very much.",he stated. "I can tell you more about our life in Egypt if you want to, but it probably won´t interest you.",Anjali said. "You´re right. It won´t interest me. So let´s stop the conversation here and start the training.",Kai said, stood up and left. "Is he always like that?",Anjali asked. The Bladebreakers just nodded. "So, what do we do know?",Kenny asked. "We start with the training, like Kai said. He´s the teamcaptain after all.",Hilary said and followed Kai. "And you Anjali? Do you want to train with us?",Max asked. Anjali thought for a second and then she said: "No. I´ll look around the town for awhile." "Are you sure, you won´t get lost?",Kenny asked. "I´m a big girl Kenny. I know how to find the way home.",Anjali said with a smile and then she turned around. "See you later guys.",she said and left. The others followed Kai and Hilary, only Tyson didn´t. "Are you comming Tyson, or not?",Ray asked. "You can go. I´ll follow in a minute.",Tyson said. "Okay. But don´t be too late. You know how Kai will react.",Ray said and left. Tyson waited for a few seconds and then he followed Anjali.
He caught her up at the bridge nearby. "Hey Anjali!",he said with a smile. "Tyson!? Why aren´t you training with the others?" "I don´t need any training.",he said. "Of course you need. You lost to me, remember? If you want to beat me next time, you´ll have to train a lot.",she said. After a short silence Tyson sudddenly said: "Mind taking a walk with me?" "Huh?" "Let´s go somewhere." "To Paolo´s Pizza?",Anjali asked with a smile. "No! Somewhere you like to go." "I don´t know where I want to go." "Hm, let´s see. What are your hobbies?",he asked. "Well, that´s difficult. I like beyblading and I like to play Duel Masters and I like museums (me too! but only the egyptian ones!) and...." "And?" "And I like riding horses.",Anjali finished. "Great! We have an archeological (did I spell it right?) museum here and we´ve got a place where you can rent horses. But I don´t know what Duel Masters is.",Tyson said. "That´s a card game. But don´t think about it. Is the museum very far away?",she asked. "Let me think for a minute.....Well, it´s not. But the place where you can rent horses is nearer." "So let´s go there first." "Okay."
They arrived at the little farm near the sea just 15 minutes later. They entered it and saw, that it was empty. Only an old man was sitting in a chair next to a small house. A big dog was lying next to him. Tyson and Anjali approached the man. He noticed them when they were only a few steps away from him. "Hello there",he greeted. "Good morning sir.",they said. "How can I help you two?",he asked. "I´ve heard that it is possible to rent horses here. Is that true?",Tyson asked. "That´s true young man",the old man answered. "Great!",Anjali said happily. "So you two want to take a ride?",the man asked. Tyson and Anjali nodded. "Follow me on Rollo, let´s get two horses for these nice kids.",he said, got up and went to the stalls. The dog, Tyson and Anjali followed him. They went through a big stall full of horses. "So, which one do you want?",he asked. "I don´t know. There´re so many.",Tyson said. Anjali was going from one horse to another till she finally stopped in front of a beautiful white horse. "What´s his name?",she asked the man. "His name is Nefer." "The beautiful one? (I´m not sure, if that´s the true meaning) This name really siuts him.",Anjali stated. "So you know what the name means? Could it be, that you´re from Egypt?" Anjali nodded. "So you come from the same country. He was a present from a friend who lived in Egypt for some time." "Can I take him?",Anjali asked. "Of course. It´s a geat choice. He´s an excellent horse. One of my best ones.",the the man, who was called Mr. Shikano, said. While the two of them were talking Tyson just stood there and looked at Anjali. "She´s really a mysterious girl. And she´s also very beautiful and nice. I think it´s not fair that she has such a hard life.",he thought,. Suddenly something took his cap away. When he turned around, he saw that it was a strong-looking (does this word exist in english?) black horse. "Hey! Give me back my cap!",he told the horse and the horse obeyed. "What a strange horse.",Tyson said. "His name is Ramses. Named after the big egyptian pharaoh (my favourite pharaoh in the histoty of egypt). He´s from Egypt as well. And he´s the best horse I have. Do you want to take him?" "I´m not sure.",Tyson said. "Come on. Take him. It seems to be a very good horse. And if I say so, it must be true.",Anjali said, who arrived with Nefer behind her. "Okay.",Tyson said and so they went out with the horses. When both were sitting in their saddle Mr. Shikano told them: "The beach is the best place for couples. But the forest nearby is also very romantic." Tyson and Anjali looked at each other and blushed. "It´s not like you think...",Tyson started. "Yeah, we´re just friends...",Anjali continued. Mr. Shikano laughed quietly and then he said: "If you say so. And now go. Enjoy yourselves." "See you later!",Tyson and Anjali said and then Mr. Shikano returned to his chair next to his little house. "Can we?",Anjali asked. "Okay. But how can we bring the horses to start going?",Tyson asked. Anjali looked at him a bit shocked. "What?",he asked. "Tyson, could it be that you have no idea about riding a horse?",she asked. "Well, yeah. That´s the first time I´m on a horse but I have to admit that it´s very comfortable up here." Anjali had to smile. "It doesn´t matter. With me as your teacher you´ll learn it in no time." "If you say so." And so Anjali tought Tyson how to ride a horse.
Meanwhile the others were training near the river. "Where´s Tyson?",Kai asked. "He said he would come a bit later.",Ray answered. "For me an hour is far more than a bit later.",Kai said angrily. "But where could he be?",Daichi asked. "I bet I know where he is.",Kai said. "Where?",Max asked. "He probably is going around the town with Anjali.",Kenny said. "That´s why he wanted us to go. He wanted to follow her.",Ray said. "Exactly. But it´s not going to be nice when he comes back.",Kai said with a smirk. "What do you want to do?",Hilary asked. "He´ll have to do the training when he comes back later. And the special training as well.",Kai said. "But that´ll take all night! And it´s impossible to do the normal and the special training!",Hilary protested. "Well, it´s his fault when he skips training.",Kai said. Then he turned around. "Training´s over for today." "But we´ve just started!",Daichi said. "Then continue if you want. I´m leaving.",Kai said and left. Hilary hesitated a few minutes but then she decided to follow him. "I have to persuade him, that Tyson shouldn´t have to do the special training. After the day with Anjali he´ll definetly be tired. The training afterwards would be too much for him. And I also want to thank Kai for yesterday.",she thought on her way.
Back to Tyson and Anjali. Tyson had learned riding well enough to take ride to the beach. "How is it?",Anjali asked. "It´s so great!",Tyson said. "I think so too." "Why do you like riding so much?",Tyson asked. "Because I´m feeling free when I´m riding through the desert. All problems seem so far away. It´s just the horse, the nature and me." "Your life was really hard, wasn´t it?" Anjali saighted, but then she smiled. "Yeah. And it still is, but I try not to care too much about it. The gods decided that this should be my destiny and I accept it." "Still, I couldn´t live like that. Far away from my friends. And I think it´s really great what you did for Hilary." "What do you mean?" "Well, that you told your parents to go to Japan with her." "That was nothing. You would do the same for your brother Hiro, wouldn´t you?" Tyson thought for a minute and then he nodded. "Of course I would." "You see. And besides, it´s easier to fight alone. I can use my whole power without taking care of my sis." "Is it true that you´re stronger than Hilary?" "Yes. She always only used water-magic. I used everything. And it´s still like that today." "What´s that "everything"?",Tyson asked. "Well, water-magic, fire-magic, earth-magic, wind-magic, light-magic, plant-magic and dark-magic.",Anjali enumerated. "That´s pretty much." "It is. And it took me years to use everything perfectly, but now I´m better than all magicians together.",Anjali said proudly. "Can you teach me something?",Tyson asked. "I´m not sure if it´ll work. But we can try if you want to." They stopped their horses and got off them. Then they sat down in the sand. "The most important thing is the concentration.",Anjali explained. "Okay, concentration." "What kind of magic do you want to use?" "Wind is my element, so I guess wind-magic is perfect." "Okay. I´ll try to teach you to make a little storm." "Sounds great. Let´s start!" "All right. Close your eyes and concentrate." Tyson did so. "Now, imagine that a wind starts and that he´s getting stronger." Tyson concentrated as good as he could. Anjali could feel a light wind comming up. "Keep on concentrating and imagine, that the wind is strong enough to blow up some sand and then imagine that it turns into a real storm.",Anjali told him. The wind became a little stronger again and suddenly it became that strong, that the waves became big and lots of sand started flying around. Tyson opened his eyes and managed to catch his cap before it had the chance to fly away. "I did it",he said quietly, not believing it. "Yeah, but can you stop it now?",Anjali asked. "How?",Tyson asked back. "The same way you called it up. Imagine that it stops and concentrate as hard as you can on that wish." Tyson did so and after a minute the storm stopped again. "I did it again!",Tyson said happily. "Congratulations.",Anjali said. "But how did he manage to do that? He doesn´t have any special powers, does he? I can´t sense any. But how did he call up the storm then?",she asked herself. And she got her answer right away. "Now Dragoon and I´ll be invincible!",Tyson said. "Did you just say Dragoon?",Anjali asked. "Yeah. Why?" "Are you talking about the Dragoon, I´m thinking of?" "I don´t know what you are thinking of, but I´m talking about my Beyblade.",Tyson said, took out Dragoon and showed it to her. Her eyes opened in shock. "Why are you so shocked? You´ve seen him during our battle. So you knew about him." "Yeah, but I didn´t notice that it was him. The holy animal of the wind. No wonder you can use wind-magic." "Well, Dragoon and I have a special connection. Maybe that´s why." "Maybe. But let´s go." "Why don´t we stay a bit longer? It´s really nice here." "Okay." Both sat down again and looked at the sea. "Mr. Shikano was right, It is a wonderful place for couples.",Anjali said. Tyson nodded. "We should come here more often.",he said. This time it was Anjali´s turn to nod. "But I like your secret place more." "Thanks." After some minutes of silence Tyson asked: "Remember what Mr. Shikano said before?" "You mean the thing that we look like a couple?" "Yes. Do you really think that we seem like that?" "I don´t know. But I don´t care.",Anjali said, but deep within she thought: "Of course I care. Everytime you´re near me my heart beats like crazy. I bet it is obvious to everyone, that I´m acting different with you by my side. I thought about this feeling last night, and I came to a conclusion. It sounds stupid, because we just met a few days ago, but I think I fell in love." "You know what Anjali?" This question kicked her out of her thoughts. "What?",she asked. "I think it was a great idea to skip the training to spend the day with you." "Why?" "Because this is the first day full of piece for me since a long time.",he told her. "For me it is the first day of piece in my life. There was no day, when no demon showed up. It feels so great to live a normal life. Even if it´s just for one day." "Who knows, maybe this elephant was the last demon." "This would be too nice to be true.",Anjali said and sighted. Then she looked at Tyson and he looked at her. He lost himself in her deep dark brown eyes. "There´s that feeling again. I have it since I met her but now it´s stronger than ever. But what is it? Can it be...No! But it seems to be...love.",he thought. Then he couldn´t hold the feeling inside him anymore and he said: "Anjali, you´ll think that I´m crazy if I tell you that, but it´s true. I think...I think I fell in love...with you." Anjali´s eyes opened wide and the blush that was on her face grew even bigger. "I...I didn´t know, that you have the same feelings that I have.",she said. Tyson couldn´t believe what he had heared. "Since we met I have this strange feeling. Everytime you´re near my my heart beats like hell and I´m not sure about what I´m doing.",Anjali said. "The same goes for me. But I wasn´t sure if it´s really love. We know each other just for a few days." "I know what you mean. But I just can´t find another name for this feeling." Then the two of them sat there in silence and looked at the sea again. Suddenly Anjali got nearer to Tyson and laid her head on his shoulder. He smiled and put his arm around her. That´s how they sat there for hours. Not talking with words, but with their hearts. They didn´t know, that someone was spying on them.
Author´s note: Chapter 4 finally finished! To say the truth, I planned it differently, but somehow it ended up like this. But I still like it and I hope you too! In the next chapter there will be some Kai/Hilary, cause it didn´t show up here. And we will find out who´s spying on my favourite couple. Truly said, I hate Anjali, cause Tyson is mine. He belongs only to me! Please review if you find some time!