A/N: It hasn't been a month since I last updated. YES!!!!!! However, it was
still a long wait, but I had writer's block I swear, but it's sort of gone,
so hopefully chapters will be up early.
Disclaimer: nope, nadda, not even close to owning Beyblade.
Review Responses
Anime-obsessed:P : Might have been a long wait, but I'll try to update earlier, I just have to find time to write. Thanks for the review, you know only you reviewed my latest chapter, so I'm glad at least someone likes my story. Review again! ^_^
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I like to dedicate this chapter to anime-obsessed:P because she/he was the only one who reviewed the last chapter, so THANK-YOU!!!!! Hope you enjoy it!
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Last time on TSFTK....................................
"Sure, after all, you guys got Tyson and Hilary together."
"No problem, I love playing matchmaker! We'll have to talk later, cause I can think of other matches." Jun said, her eyes dancing in excitement.
"If you're talking about Shina and Zeo, I'm way ahead of you!" After this comment, they noticed how close they were to each other. They backed away, their face flushed as they tried to straighten themselves.
"Cool! Let's go, I'm starved." Jun said, breaking the tensed silence.
With that the two headed back into the living room, to eat and watch a couple of more movies with the rest of the gang before heading off to sleep.
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Chapter 9: Thoughts and Reflections
Rai dressed in a white muscle shirt and blue boxers, pulled back the navy blue covers of his bed and settled himself on it before he pulled them over him. He pulled back his arms under his head and stared up at the ceiling.
Even though he was exhausted, too many thoughts were racing through his head for him to go to sleep. The thoughts usually led to one person, that person being the amazing and beautiful Jun.
When Rai had first seen her at the tournament, he was shocked. He had never seen anyone like her. She was some sort of like a goddess and her blading style was to die for.
However, when he met her, these feelings he had for her grew stronger. She was a really nice person and you couldn't help but being happy when she was around. She has that affect on people. Rai craved to be around her, he usually felt so calm and warm around her. Dare he say that he liked her?
Yes, Rai admitted that he liked her, but those feelings were getting stronger each time he was around her. He was definitely falling for her, and he knew he would fall for her hard, real soon.
The more important question was if she liked him. She was friendly to everyone, but he noticed that whenever they talked together, she would sometime blush, though he did too.
Rai reflected back to the conversation they had that evening.
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"What did you dare your brother to do?" He asked as he leaned towards Jun.
"Oh that! Well you could probably help me. I told my brother that before he leaves here, he has to tell Haoma how he really feels about her. I've been trying to get them together for years. I know they like each other, but with them being too stubborn, they won't admit it."
"OH! Great, now this is what I've been waiting for. So Kai does like someone. He really doesn't express himself to us if you know what I mean."
"Ya, I know what you mean. I've seen him doing that to other people. He'll open up sooner or later. As of now, he only opens up to Haoma and me. Since you guys will be staying here for a long time, you'll see more of the real Kai that people hardly see. Actually, I'm the only one who can get that side out of him. Anyways, will you help me with Kai and Haoma?"
"Sure, after all, you guys got Tyson and Hilary together."
"No problem, I love playing matchmaker! We'll have to talk later, cause I can think of other matches." Jun said, her eyes dancing in excitement.
"If you're talking about Shina and Zeo, I'm way ahead of you!" After this comment, they noticed how close they were to each other. They backed away, their face flushed as they tried to straighten themselves.
"Cool! Let's go, I'm starved." Jun said, breaking the tensed silence.
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Rai saw the blush that graced Jun's cheeks and his lips perked up at the corners, a smirk replacing the frown he had a moment ago.
'Maybe she does like me.' Rai thought.
Their conversation always ended with one or the other blushing. Many of their meetings ended with their faces red. He thought back to when he first met Jun at the tournament and tried to remember if she blushed then too.
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"Sorry to disappoint you Haoma-chan." Jun taunted. Haoma scowled at the name.
"I told you not to call me that."
"Oh, call you what Haoma-chan." Jun retorted back. Haoma's face darkened.
"Oooo, this is gonna be good." Lily and Shina whispered to the others, flashing the same mischievous smile.
"Well, if you don't stop calling me that, I'm sure everyone would love to hear your nickname when you were a child." Haoma stiffly said.
Jun stiffened at that.
"Hehehe, gomen, I didn't mean anything." Jun squeaked out, backing away from Haoma, only to bump into the girls.
"What childhood nickname?" Liz innocently asked as the girls tried to corner Jun.
Jun scrambled out of the way and bumped yet again into someone. She turned around and saw the most gorgeous guy she had ever seen. 'Kami- sama, he's gorgeous,' she thought. She quickly shook that thought away and scrambled behind him, away from her crazy friends that were following her.
"They're advancing! Call the guards, the Navy, the Japanese government, even the Emperor! It's a conspiracy!" Jun shouted behind Rai, hiding her flushed face. Rai had a faint blush on him too, but hardly anyone paid attention to him since they were all looking at Jun.
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Though she tried to hide her red face from everyone, he had managed to see her by looking over his shoulder. He thought that she had to like him a little if she blushed even at their first meeting! However, now he had to decide what to do. Should he ask her out? More importantly what would Kai think if he asked his sister out? He did not want to get on the bad side of Kai. Maybe he should ask his permission to ask his sister out, even though it seemed old-fashioned. Kai was very protective of his sister, so maybe it would be a good idea.
Rai was beyond exhaustion at this point and decided to think about the problem the next day and gladly fell asleep.
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Jun tossed and turned, trying to find a comfortable position to sleep, but sleep had evaded her this night. She sighed as she turned on her back and looked up at the ceiling. She knew she couldn't go to sleep, not with all that happened this afternoon.
She blushed as she recalled the conversation she had with Rai that very evening. She always blushed when she was around him. Unlike her brother, Jun had admitted to herself that she very much liked Rai. He wasn't a conceited jerk like many of the other guys she had met in Beyblade tournaments who thought they were so almighty just because they had won some battles and gotten to the finals.
She sighed as she thought about Rai. She had never had a boyfriend before or even went out on a date with a guy. She really wanted to ask him out. Yes, Jun was not an old-fashioned girl who waited for a guy to ask her out. She would ask him herself. However the problem was her over-protective brother. He always took care of her. When, she was little and wherever, a guy would come over to talk to her, her brother was there giving the guy the third degree. It was annoying some times. How was she to understand the opposite sex when she couldn't even talk to them! But the past three years without her brother wasn't much of a success. Sure, she understood the male species now, but now she was glad that her brother protected her from them. Jun knew that saying she so often heard was true, 'there are so few good men left these days,' or something like that, she really didn't remember. But she was getting off the topic. Would her brother allow her to date one of his friends? She really didn't want to ruin the friendship between Rai and him; kami only knew how hard it was for her brother to make friends with his attitude and all. However, the rest of the Bladebreakers had accepted him with his flaws gladly and she didn't want to get between them. This was too confusing.
Jun turned to the right side, her right cheek hitting her pillow. She winched as the bruise on her right cheek began to throb. It was really tender and if anything touched it, it would start hurting her. Her other bruises hurt too, but not as much as the one on her right cheek.
As she thought about the bruises, she thought about the people who inflicted them.
'Black Ninjas!' Jun seethed as she growled out loud just thinking about them.
She thought about what they had told her about the Bladebreakers. Now she knew they carried bit beasts, even her brother. She couldn't allow the Black Ninjas to get their bit beasts. She knew how important the bond between a bit beast and a blader was and she wouldn't allow anyone to do that to any of her new friends, especially her brother.
He had always protected her from anything dangerous, now it was her turn to protect him.
Then it hit her like a brick wall. She couldn't get involved with Rai because if he did, he would find out or he would get in between the crossfire. She didn't want him to get hurt, so she knew she couldn't ask him out. A lone tear streaked its way down Jun's left cheek. She held back the other tears that were threatening to fall and composed herself by breathing in and out. She had to be brave. Even though she really liked Rai and his sincere and calm ways, she cared for his well-being more than risking it by going out with him. She had to deal with this on her own. She could do it. With that thought out of the way, she fell into a restless sleep thinking about how she had to do some training early in the morning and she had to find about this Keeper and the Guardian in the home library where ancient and old books were stored.
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Kai sat propped up against the ledge of his window looking out at the night sky. His black sweatpants caught on a loose nail and Kai untangled them as he reminded himself to fix it in the morning. The moonlight passed through the window, illuminating him in the light as he sat there in his sweatpants and holding a grey shirt.
The reason he wasn't wearing the shirt and sleeping was because of the person who had given it to him. Haoma had given it to him one Christmas when they were twelve. Sure it was too small for him now, but while looking for a shirt to wear he had come upon it. Jun had given him a huge suitcase of his old clothes that she had with her, which he had left three years ago. She didn't want her parents to take them with them to China where their parents were moving to permanently, so she kept them thinking he would come back soon. But it had been three years and most of them didn't fit, except the really baggy clothes. However, it was sweet of his sister to keep it as a memento.
Now this led to the shirt he found. Yes, Haoma had given it to him and this led to Haoma in general, thus directing his thoughts to the dare he received from his sister to tell Haoma his true feeling about her.
He knew he considered her as a friend, but was there something else? He was pretty sure that there was, but he was never good at expressing his feelings. He always shoved them down and ignored them, but seeing Haoma again brought back those feelings, breaking the hidden barrier in the process. However, he still couldn't express himself. Did he love her? He didn't even know what love was, so how would he know?
'Well, I'm not gonna tell the guys about this. Maybe I could talk to Jun. I mean, she seems to realize that I love Haoma, but how would she know? I could ask her how she figured it out and what love is. I always thought that love was a weakness. It could be used against you, but I love my sister, however that's natural, it's not LOVE! Oh, this is confusing. All I know is that the love that my sister and I share makes me stronger. Would loving Haoma make me stronger? I feel a migraine coming on. Now I know how Tyson feels when he starts thinking. I should stop and go to sleep, I'll talk to Jun tomorrow and then I could deal with Haoma and tell her my true feelings issue.'
With that, Kai placed the shirt that he had still in his hands back into the open suitcase on the ground. He crawled onto his bed and promptly fell asleep thinking about childhood memories involving Haoma.
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Haoma laid in her bed staring into a photo by her night stand. The photo was a picture that was taken three years ago, just before Kai had left. The picture contained Kai and herself in front of his old house. Jun had taken the picture and Haoma had to admit that she had captured the blush that both Kai and herself sported. In the picture, she was wearing Kai's white scarf that he had given her when he was leaving to remember him by. She smiled at that thought, knowing that Kai had thought enough to give it to her just so she wouldn't forget him, not that she was going to. She turned to her bedpost where the scarf was wrapped around. She unwound it and wrapped it around her neck, still lying in her bed.
She fingered the scarf, basking in the feeling of the soft material as it glided in between her fingers. She sniffed the scarf and marvelled in how even after three years it still held some of Kai's scent. She flashed the darkened room a wide smile. She wasn't afraid to admit that she was in love with Kai, but she knew she couldn't do anything about it. She really couldn't go up to him and tell him that she was in love with him. Kai was never good at expressing his feelings. If she told him, it would confuse him and he might make himself think he was in love with her too. She didn't want a false relationship; if he did love her he would come up to her and tell her. Until then she would wait and be comfortable with being his friend. After all, she would wait forever just for him. Haoma sighed as she settled herself more comfortably in her bed and fell asleep still wrapped in Kai's scarf.
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R & R PLEASE
Ja ne
Disclaimer: nope, nadda, not even close to owning Beyblade.
Review Responses
Anime-obsessed:P : Might have been a long wait, but I'll try to update earlier, I just have to find time to write. Thanks for the review, you know only you reviewed my latest chapter, so I'm glad at least someone likes my story. Review again! ^_^
"........." speaking
'.........' thoughts
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I like to dedicate this chapter to anime-obsessed:P because she/he was the only one who reviewed the last chapter, so THANK-YOU!!!!! Hope you enjoy it!
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Last time on TSFTK....................................
"Sure, after all, you guys got Tyson and Hilary together."
"No problem, I love playing matchmaker! We'll have to talk later, cause I can think of other matches." Jun said, her eyes dancing in excitement.
"If you're talking about Shina and Zeo, I'm way ahead of you!" After this comment, they noticed how close they were to each other. They backed away, their face flushed as they tried to straighten themselves.
"Cool! Let's go, I'm starved." Jun said, breaking the tensed silence.
With that the two headed back into the living room, to eat and watch a couple of more movies with the rest of the gang before heading off to sleep.
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Chapter 9: Thoughts and Reflections
Rai dressed in a white muscle shirt and blue boxers, pulled back the navy blue covers of his bed and settled himself on it before he pulled them over him. He pulled back his arms under his head and stared up at the ceiling.
Even though he was exhausted, too many thoughts were racing through his head for him to go to sleep. The thoughts usually led to one person, that person being the amazing and beautiful Jun.
When Rai had first seen her at the tournament, he was shocked. He had never seen anyone like her. She was some sort of like a goddess and her blading style was to die for.
However, when he met her, these feelings he had for her grew stronger. She was a really nice person and you couldn't help but being happy when she was around. She has that affect on people. Rai craved to be around her, he usually felt so calm and warm around her. Dare he say that he liked her?
Yes, Rai admitted that he liked her, but those feelings were getting stronger each time he was around her. He was definitely falling for her, and he knew he would fall for her hard, real soon.
The more important question was if she liked him. She was friendly to everyone, but he noticed that whenever they talked together, she would sometime blush, though he did too.
Rai reflected back to the conversation they had that evening.
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"What did you dare your brother to do?" He asked as he leaned towards Jun.
"Oh that! Well you could probably help me. I told my brother that before he leaves here, he has to tell Haoma how he really feels about her. I've been trying to get them together for years. I know they like each other, but with them being too stubborn, they won't admit it."
"OH! Great, now this is what I've been waiting for. So Kai does like someone. He really doesn't express himself to us if you know what I mean."
"Ya, I know what you mean. I've seen him doing that to other people. He'll open up sooner or later. As of now, he only opens up to Haoma and me. Since you guys will be staying here for a long time, you'll see more of the real Kai that people hardly see. Actually, I'm the only one who can get that side out of him. Anyways, will you help me with Kai and Haoma?"
"Sure, after all, you guys got Tyson and Hilary together."
"No problem, I love playing matchmaker! We'll have to talk later, cause I can think of other matches." Jun said, her eyes dancing in excitement.
"If you're talking about Shina and Zeo, I'm way ahead of you!" After this comment, they noticed how close they were to each other. They backed away, their face flushed as they tried to straighten themselves.
"Cool! Let's go, I'm starved." Jun said, breaking the tensed silence.
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Rai saw the blush that graced Jun's cheeks and his lips perked up at the corners, a smirk replacing the frown he had a moment ago.
'Maybe she does like me.' Rai thought.
Their conversation always ended with one or the other blushing. Many of their meetings ended with their faces red. He thought back to when he first met Jun at the tournament and tried to remember if she blushed then too.
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"Sorry to disappoint you Haoma-chan." Jun taunted. Haoma scowled at the name.
"I told you not to call me that."
"Oh, call you what Haoma-chan." Jun retorted back. Haoma's face darkened.
"Oooo, this is gonna be good." Lily and Shina whispered to the others, flashing the same mischievous smile.
"Well, if you don't stop calling me that, I'm sure everyone would love to hear your nickname when you were a child." Haoma stiffly said.
Jun stiffened at that.
"Hehehe, gomen, I didn't mean anything." Jun squeaked out, backing away from Haoma, only to bump into the girls.
"What childhood nickname?" Liz innocently asked as the girls tried to corner Jun.
Jun scrambled out of the way and bumped yet again into someone. She turned around and saw the most gorgeous guy she had ever seen. 'Kami- sama, he's gorgeous,' she thought. She quickly shook that thought away and scrambled behind him, away from her crazy friends that were following her.
"They're advancing! Call the guards, the Navy, the Japanese government, even the Emperor! It's a conspiracy!" Jun shouted behind Rai, hiding her flushed face. Rai had a faint blush on him too, but hardly anyone paid attention to him since they were all looking at Jun.
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Though she tried to hide her red face from everyone, he had managed to see her by looking over his shoulder. He thought that she had to like him a little if she blushed even at their first meeting! However, now he had to decide what to do. Should he ask her out? More importantly what would Kai think if he asked his sister out? He did not want to get on the bad side of Kai. Maybe he should ask his permission to ask his sister out, even though it seemed old-fashioned. Kai was very protective of his sister, so maybe it would be a good idea.
Rai was beyond exhaustion at this point and decided to think about the problem the next day and gladly fell asleep.
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Jun tossed and turned, trying to find a comfortable position to sleep, but sleep had evaded her this night. She sighed as she turned on her back and looked up at the ceiling. She knew she couldn't go to sleep, not with all that happened this afternoon.
She blushed as she recalled the conversation she had with Rai that very evening. She always blushed when she was around him. Unlike her brother, Jun had admitted to herself that she very much liked Rai. He wasn't a conceited jerk like many of the other guys she had met in Beyblade tournaments who thought they were so almighty just because they had won some battles and gotten to the finals.
She sighed as she thought about Rai. She had never had a boyfriend before or even went out on a date with a guy. She really wanted to ask him out. Yes, Jun was not an old-fashioned girl who waited for a guy to ask her out. She would ask him herself. However the problem was her over-protective brother. He always took care of her. When, she was little and wherever, a guy would come over to talk to her, her brother was there giving the guy the third degree. It was annoying some times. How was she to understand the opposite sex when she couldn't even talk to them! But the past three years without her brother wasn't much of a success. Sure, she understood the male species now, but now she was glad that her brother protected her from them. Jun knew that saying she so often heard was true, 'there are so few good men left these days,' or something like that, she really didn't remember. But she was getting off the topic. Would her brother allow her to date one of his friends? She really didn't want to ruin the friendship between Rai and him; kami only knew how hard it was for her brother to make friends with his attitude and all. However, the rest of the Bladebreakers had accepted him with his flaws gladly and she didn't want to get between them. This was too confusing.
Jun turned to the right side, her right cheek hitting her pillow. She winched as the bruise on her right cheek began to throb. It was really tender and if anything touched it, it would start hurting her. Her other bruises hurt too, but not as much as the one on her right cheek.
As she thought about the bruises, she thought about the people who inflicted them.
'Black Ninjas!' Jun seethed as she growled out loud just thinking about them.
She thought about what they had told her about the Bladebreakers. Now she knew they carried bit beasts, even her brother. She couldn't allow the Black Ninjas to get their bit beasts. She knew how important the bond between a bit beast and a blader was and she wouldn't allow anyone to do that to any of her new friends, especially her brother.
He had always protected her from anything dangerous, now it was her turn to protect him.
Then it hit her like a brick wall. She couldn't get involved with Rai because if he did, he would find out or he would get in between the crossfire. She didn't want him to get hurt, so she knew she couldn't ask him out. A lone tear streaked its way down Jun's left cheek. She held back the other tears that were threatening to fall and composed herself by breathing in and out. She had to be brave. Even though she really liked Rai and his sincere and calm ways, she cared for his well-being more than risking it by going out with him. She had to deal with this on her own. She could do it. With that thought out of the way, she fell into a restless sleep thinking about how she had to do some training early in the morning and she had to find about this Keeper and the Guardian in the home library where ancient and old books were stored.
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Kai sat propped up against the ledge of his window looking out at the night sky. His black sweatpants caught on a loose nail and Kai untangled them as he reminded himself to fix it in the morning. The moonlight passed through the window, illuminating him in the light as he sat there in his sweatpants and holding a grey shirt.
The reason he wasn't wearing the shirt and sleeping was because of the person who had given it to him. Haoma had given it to him one Christmas when they were twelve. Sure it was too small for him now, but while looking for a shirt to wear he had come upon it. Jun had given him a huge suitcase of his old clothes that she had with her, which he had left three years ago. She didn't want her parents to take them with them to China where their parents were moving to permanently, so she kept them thinking he would come back soon. But it had been three years and most of them didn't fit, except the really baggy clothes. However, it was sweet of his sister to keep it as a memento.
Now this led to the shirt he found. Yes, Haoma had given it to him and this led to Haoma in general, thus directing his thoughts to the dare he received from his sister to tell Haoma his true feeling about her.
He knew he considered her as a friend, but was there something else? He was pretty sure that there was, but he was never good at expressing his feelings. He always shoved them down and ignored them, but seeing Haoma again brought back those feelings, breaking the hidden barrier in the process. However, he still couldn't express himself. Did he love her? He didn't even know what love was, so how would he know?
'Well, I'm not gonna tell the guys about this. Maybe I could talk to Jun. I mean, she seems to realize that I love Haoma, but how would she know? I could ask her how she figured it out and what love is. I always thought that love was a weakness. It could be used against you, but I love my sister, however that's natural, it's not LOVE! Oh, this is confusing. All I know is that the love that my sister and I share makes me stronger. Would loving Haoma make me stronger? I feel a migraine coming on. Now I know how Tyson feels when he starts thinking. I should stop and go to sleep, I'll talk to Jun tomorrow and then I could deal with Haoma and tell her my true feelings issue.'
With that, Kai placed the shirt that he had still in his hands back into the open suitcase on the ground. He crawled onto his bed and promptly fell asleep thinking about childhood memories involving Haoma.
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Haoma laid in her bed staring into a photo by her night stand. The photo was a picture that was taken three years ago, just before Kai had left. The picture contained Kai and herself in front of his old house. Jun had taken the picture and Haoma had to admit that she had captured the blush that both Kai and herself sported. In the picture, she was wearing Kai's white scarf that he had given her when he was leaving to remember him by. She smiled at that thought, knowing that Kai had thought enough to give it to her just so she wouldn't forget him, not that she was going to. She turned to her bedpost where the scarf was wrapped around. She unwound it and wrapped it around her neck, still lying in her bed.
She fingered the scarf, basking in the feeling of the soft material as it glided in between her fingers. She sniffed the scarf and marvelled in how even after three years it still held some of Kai's scent. She flashed the darkened room a wide smile. She wasn't afraid to admit that she was in love with Kai, but she knew she couldn't do anything about it. She really couldn't go up to him and tell him that she was in love with him. Kai was never good at expressing his feelings. If she told him, it would confuse him and he might make himself think he was in love with her too. She didn't want a false relationship; if he did love her he would come up to her and tell her. Until then she would wait and be comfortable with being his friend. After all, she would wait forever just for him. Haoma sighed as she settled herself more comfortably in her bed and fell asleep still wrapped in Kai's scarf.
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R & R PLEASE
Ja ne