Hi again! I'm hoping to get over with this story as fast as possible! I'm
currently spinning a story on Inu Yasha next but I don't want to leave this
story hanging with a cliff ending. DO review me and tell me how the story
was and all. I don't own Beyblades. Only this story.
"Giovanni di Continni." She whispered aghast. "Yes, its nice of you to remember me isn't it? Where have you been cowering these past few years Liya? The last time I heard about you was that you were living with an old crone whose a business ally of mine, because his stupid grandson had fallen in love with your body. I can't believe your taste could get so bad!" he remarked icily. He looked her up and down his blue eyes glittering with greed. "You've become more desirable since the last time I saw you. We should catch up again sometime. Maybe dinner at 6 o'clock tomorrow? Fine. Excuse me."
Giovanni left with his associates who glanced at her in disgust. Obviously, they had heard of her. There were no tears, no sign of shock no more. Black hatred and remorse glinted in dull violet eyes. If Liya were to have a gun, she would have socked three bullets through him. One in his balls, one in his mouth and one in his disgraceful heart. Liya had expected him to turn up sometime in her life, but did it have to be when she was having the happiest moments in her life?
He hadn't changed one bit. He always wanted to sound like the right one and the person he would argue it, the wrong one. The bastard passed off that night like it was a one-night stand. All the curses in the world wouldn't describe how much of a monster he was. He showed no sign of regret of what he had done. He had stolen her sister, her mother and herself from her. No he hadn't changed one bit. The first tear slipped her cheek.
A hand gripped her shoulder. "You, uh, you okay?" Max hesitantly asked. Her lips started to quake but she sucked in her breath and turned to face him. "I'm alright. It was a long time ago." She grimaced, but the others who were watching weren't so sure of it.
"If the bastard dies, he isn't fit to be in a graveyard neither deserves a decent burial." Kai thought angrily as they headed back to the hotel. It hurt him to see her pretend and it hurt him even more to hear the scum to talk to her like he had nothing to do with it. Anguish and bitter hatred flew into his void again and at once Kai knew that he felt Liya's emotions. Revelation dawned upon him. It was she that night 3 years ago and he did feel her every time she remembered. Kai knew that Liya and him were bound. He laughed at the ridiculous thought as he lay in bed that night.
"Yeah right! Even if he did love Liya, she still hated him like hell. She still believed she was part of his collection." Kai had changed these few days and he didn't like it one bit. When had love ever done anything for him? Had it stopped those arguments with his grandfather? Had it eased the hunger for parents to care for him? Had it banished the pain when those people hit him when they saw those alley markings on him? In short, love was nothing but superstitious nonsense, created by people who had no strength to withstand the world.
With a curse he turned over and switched off the lamp. Too bad he couldn't switch off the image of Liya's sad eyes in his mind.
The next morning was dead quiet. Tyson came downstairs to the recreation room and was surprised to find that no one had even bothered to wake him up. He found Rei, Kenny, Max and Kai beyblading one another. But they didn't curse or screw each other's minds. They beybladed and left to improve their skills with no words. Tyson sighed, "Its because of Liya isn't it? That man was the one who..."
The rest of the gang didn't look at him. "Yeah. And the sick pimp didn't seem to be bothered about it." Rei gritted out.
"Do you...er..do you think its possible that maybe Liya...er...um...Liya was... lying?" Kenny asked hesitantly. Instantly Kai made a jump towards Kenny, only to be held back by Max and Tyson. "You take that back you..."
"Honestly Kai! How long have we known her? Does she ever talk about herself? No! She just beyblades and laughs with us! What can you get out of that." Kenny yelled back.
Kai didn't want to listen anymore. But voices in his mind kept nagging making him wonder if Kenny was right. He didn't want to believe it. And she had all the proof of herself and his grandfather did say something like that happened...but did Liya really get raped or did she do it all in her own accord. Her eyes, there was sadness. Kai shrugged himself off and brushed his clothes. He had to think a little more about this.
Liya was just about to enter the recreation room when she heard them talking about her. It hurt her when she heard Kenny's suspicions and the rest of them didn't even say anything about it. Neither did Kai, who knew the truth. Liya glared at the door then wet upstairs to her room. "I'm gonna leave this time and no one will stop me that's for sure. Ha, Liya O'Mallory, you let yourself be duped again! How could you?" she spat out at the room while getting into her old clothes. As soon as she got dressed, she grabbed her Beyblade and ran out of the hotel.
Liya stopped running when she reached a beautiful water fountain with statues of a boy and a girl. She ran away from the bustling streets of Rome and came to the peaceful haven. She looked down at her own reflection. A pair of slanting violet eyes looked back at her. Mocking her anguish. "They didn't believe you..." Tears dripped into the water fountain.
"Hey you! You're not allowed here! This is private property!" Liya turned around to apologize but her words died in her throat A pair of emerald eyes rounded with recognition of the girl before her. Her flaxen hair curled and put in a tight severe bun. Her pink lips were parted in amazement.
"Li-Li-Liya?" she whispered aghast. "Seline?" "Liya?" "Seline!" the two sisters kept saying each other's names while embracing one another and holding on tight. A strong feeling of joy ran through Liya's spine as she hung onto her sister, afraid that this was all a dream. Seline felt the same way, but when she remembered how she had acted towards her sister she backed off. "Liya...that day...it wasn't you was it? I'm so sorry. I called you a-a-whore!" she began to cry.
Liya hugged her even more tightly. "Its all right. You didn't know at all and I never argued back so you had good reason to believe wrong."
"But Liya? We kicked you out! How could you not be mad?" she sobbed out looking at her sister wide-eyed. Liya smiled wanly. "Because I would do that if I found out that someone touched the man I loved." Images of Kai appeared in her mind. If he were to flirt with another girl, then yes, she would've been jealous.
"Love? Ha! Mom loved him all right but that cheap bastard threw it back at her face when he continued to sleep with other little girls. He's sick Liya. Mom begged him to stop and forgave him every time until, he didn't care if she did or not. Mom was lovesick with the creep. But then one night, he rejected her right in front of everyone for a twelve-year-old maid! The maid ran away but mom, unable to bear it anymore hung herself a year ago!"
"She-she suicided?" Unable to imagine what the bastard Giovanni had driven her mother to do. "Yes and she left a note, but Giovanni burned it. Then he wasted no time and married another widow with a son the same age as us. They sold our mansion in Japan and we moved here. The poor widow, Mrs. Maria Alavachi died too after she was taught what a bastard he was. But that son knew of Giovanni all this time. Now, Giovanni had betrothed me to my own stepbrother! Liya! For god sakes please get me out of here! It's like living in a nightmare. Giovanni thought I was too mature for my age to be molested but that brat tried to rape me several times. If it weren't for grandmother, I don't know how I would've survived! But even grandma is getting too old and soon she will be dead then who will protect me! Liya help me!"
"Does...grandmother still think I did it?" Liya asked carefully. "Yes. Bitterly but she never shows it unless she thinks that no one is looking at her." Liya thought for a moment. She had no place to go herself unless she pretended that she had heard nothing. But what if she returned and they didn't want her anymore? Liya sighed knowing that this time, her pride had to pass. She grabbed Seline's hand. "You're coming with me!" The two girls began to run towards downtown Rome.
"Did you find her yet?" Kenny asked quietly. "No." Kai replied coldly knowing that Liya had heard it all.
"Now she's never gonna come back thanks to you!" Tyson growled. "Hey! It isn't my fault! She—!" "Knock it off guys. Doesn't help if we argue." Rei remarked.
The Bladebreakers just about to head outside the hotel to look for Liya when they saw her huffing and puffing inside with her hand entwined in a blonde girl's hands. "LIYA!" Max breathed out. "We've been searching everywhere for you! Where have—!"
"Max later. Not now please!" she moved towards Kai. "Kai! Please let her live with us! Its important!" Kai looked from Liya to Seline incredulously. Wasn't the blonde Liya's...?
The team sat themselves around in the living room waiting for an explanation from both of them. Liya explained everything then Seline took on from the time Liya had left. After they were done, the two girls waited anxiously for their reactions. Max at last broke the moment of silence. "So...Liya was telling the truth all this time." He wasn't saying this to them but to Kenny.
Kenny looked down at his feet. All eyes were on him. "I'm sorry Liya, but I wasn't sure." "
Liya sighed. "It's okay. Giovanni had everyone fooled. Now we need to find a way to protect Seline! Please Kai! Let her stay with us. Or maybe even beyblade with us?" Liya begged.
Kai shook his head. "We can't sign her up as a member but she can be a substitute. But yeah, she may stay."
Liya smiled her eyes turning into that brilliant shade of turquoise. That entire afternoon, the girls spent talking to one another. "I can't believe you still have my beyblade. Did you change it in anyway?"
"Nope. It was strong by itself. It helped me a lot. It was my survival through these three years." She said remember painfully how Kai had said he wanted her only because she was useful because of it. They went downstairs to meet up with the guys. Apparently, Max's mother came to visit them. She was a type of scientist who tests things like beyblades. Seline greeted her first because Liya went inside the kitchen to get something to eat. When she came outside, she frowned at the blonde pretty faced woman who was looking at her like she had two heads.
Max's mother whispered aghast and shocked at whom she thought was dead for many years. "Mar-Marlene?"
You'll find out what happens next on the next chapter. I'm gonna slack off again for awhile because I'll have school again. But hope you liked this chapter. I apologize immensely for all Kai lovers for making Kai very OOC. *Ducks the frying pans and a flying oinking pig*
"Giovanni di Continni." She whispered aghast. "Yes, its nice of you to remember me isn't it? Where have you been cowering these past few years Liya? The last time I heard about you was that you were living with an old crone whose a business ally of mine, because his stupid grandson had fallen in love with your body. I can't believe your taste could get so bad!" he remarked icily. He looked her up and down his blue eyes glittering with greed. "You've become more desirable since the last time I saw you. We should catch up again sometime. Maybe dinner at 6 o'clock tomorrow? Fine. Excuse me."
Giovanni left with his associates who glanced at her in disgust. Obviously, they had heard of her. There were no tears, no sign of shock no more. Black hatred and remorse glinted in dull violet eyes. If Liya were to have a gun, she would have socked three bullets through him. One in his balls, one in his mouth and one in his disgraceful heart. Liya had expected him to turn up sometime in her life, but did it have to be when she was having the happiest moments in her life?
He hadn't changed one bit. He always wanted to sound like the right one and the person he would argue it, the wrong one. The bastard passed off that night like it was a one-night stand. All the curses in the world wouldn't describe how much of a monster he was. He showed no sign of regret of what he had done. He had stolen her sister, her mother and herself from her. No he hadn't changed one bit. The first tear slipped her cheek.
A hand gripped her shoulder. "You, uh, you okay?" Max hesitantly asked. Her lips started to quake but she sucked in her breath and turned to face him. "I'm alright. It was a long time ago." She grimaced, but the others who were watching weren't so sure of it.
"If the bastard dies, he isn't fit to be in a graveyard neither deserves a decent burial." Kai thought angrily as they headed back to the hotel. It hurt him to see her pretend and it hurt him even more to hear the scum to talk to her like he had nothing to do with it. Anguish and bitter hatred flew into his void again and at once Kai knew that he felt Liya's emotions. Revelation dawned upon him. It was she that night 3 years ago and he did feel her every time she remembered. Kai knew that Liya and him were bound. He laughed at the ridiculous thought as he lay in bed that night.
"Yeah right! Even if he did love Liya, she still hated him like hell. She still believed she was part of his collection." Kai had changed these few days and he didn't like it one bit. When had love ever done anything for him? Had it stopped those arguments with his grandfather? Had it eased the hunger for parents to care for him? Had it banished the pain when those people hit him when they saw those alley markings on him? In short, love was nothing but superstitious nonsense, created by people who had no strength to withstand the world.
With a curse he turned over and switched off the lamp. Too bad he couldn't switch off the image of Liya's sad eyes in his mind.
The next morning was dead quiet. Tyson came downstairs to the recreation room and was surprised to find that no one had even bothered to wake him up. He found Rei, Kenny, Max and Kai beyblading one another. But they didn't curse or screw each other's minds. They beybladed and left to improve their skills with no words. Tyson sighed, "Its because of Liya isn't it? That man was the one who..."
The rest of the gang didn't look at him. "Yeah. And the sick pimp didn't seem to be bothered about it." Rei gritted out.
"Do you...er..do you think its possible that maybe Liya...er...um...Liya was... lying?" Kenny asked hesitantly. Instantly Kai made a jump towards Kenny, only to be held back by Max and Tyson. "You take that back you..."
"Honestly Kai! How long have we known her? Does she ever talk about herself? No! She just beyblades and laughs with us! What can you get out of that." Kenny yelled back.
Kai didn't want to listen anymore. But voices in his mind kept nagging making him wonder if Kenny was right. He didn't want to believe it. And she had all the proof of herself and his grandfather did say something like that happened...but did Liya really get raped or did she do it all in her own accord. Her eyes, there was sadness. Kai shrugged himself off and brushed his clothes. He had to think a little more about this.
Liya was just about to enter the recreation room when she heard them talking about her. It hurt her when she heard Kenny's suspicions and the rest of them didn't even say anything about it. Neither did Kai, who knew the truth. Liya glared at the door then wet upstairs to her room. "I'm gonna leave this time and no one will stop me that's for sure. Ha, Liya O'Mallory, you let yourself be duped again! How could you?" she spat out at the room while getting into her old clothes. As soon as she got dressed, she grabbed her Beyblade and ran out of the hotel.
Liya stopped running when she reached a beautiful water fountain with statues of a boy and a girl. She ran away from the bustling streets of Rome and came to the peaceful haven. She looked down at her own reflection. A pair of slanting violet eyes looked back at her. Mocking her anguish. "They didn't believe you..." Tears dripped into the water fountain.
"Hey you! You're not allowed here! This is private property!" Liya turned around to apologize but her words died in her throat A pair of emerald eyes rounded with recognition of the girl before her. Her flaxen hair curled and put in a tight severe bun. Her pink lips were parted in amazement.
"Li-Li-Liya?" she whispered aghast. "Seline?" "Liya?" "Seline!" the two sisters kept saying each other's names while embracing one another and holding on tight. A strong feeling of joy ran through Liya's spine as she hung onto her sister, afraid that this was all a dream. Seline felt the same way, but when she remembered how she had acted towards her sister she backed off. "Liya...that day...it wasn't you was it? I'm so sorry. I called you a-a-whore!" she began to cry.
Liya hugged her even more tightly. "Its all right. You didn't know at all and I never argued back so you had good reason to believe wrong."
"But Liya? We kicked you out! How could you not be mad?" she sobbed out looking at her sister wide-eyed. Liya smiled wanly. "Because I would do that if I found out that someone touched the man I loved." Images of Kai appeared in her mind. If he were to flirt with another girl, then yes, she would've been jealous.
"Love? Ha! Mom loved him all right but that cheap bastard threw it back at her face when he continued to sleep with other little girls. He's sick Liya. Mom begged him to stop and forgave him every time until, he didn't care if she did or not. Mom was lovesick with the creep. But then one night, he rejected her right in front of everyone for a twelve-year-old maid! The maid ran away but mom, unable to bear it anymore hung herself a year ago!"
"She-she suicided?" Unable to imagine what the bastard Giovanni had driven her mother to do. "Yes and she left a note, but Giovanni burned it. Then he wasted no time and married another widow with a son the same age as us. They sold our mansion in Japan and we moved here. The poor widow, Mrs. Maria Alavachi died too after she was taught what a bastard he was. But that son knew of Giovanni all this time. Now, Giovanni had betrothed me to my own stepbrother! Liya! For god sakes please get me out of here! It's like living in a nightmare. Giovanni thought I was too mature for my age to be molested but that brat tried to rape me several times. If it weren't for grandmother, I don't know how I would've survived! But even grandma is getting too old and soon she will be dead then who will protect me! Liya help me!"
"Does...grandmother still think I did it?" Liya asked carefully. "Yes. Bitterly but she never shows it unless she thinks that no one is looking at her." Liya thought for a moment. She had no place to go herself unless she pretended that she had heard nothing. But what if she returned and they didn't want her anymore? Liya sighed knowing that this time, her pride had to pass. She grabbed Seline's hand. "You're coming with me!" The two girls began to run towards downtown Rome.
"Did you find her yet?" Kenny asked quietly. "No." Kai replied coldly knowing that Liya had heard it all.
"Now she's never gonna come back thanks to you!" Tyson growled. "Hey! It isn't my fault! She—!" "Knock it off guys. Doesn't help if we argue." Rei remarked.
The Bladebreakers just about to head outside the hotel to look for Liya when they saw her huffing and puffing inside with her hand entwined in a blonde girl's hands. "LIYA!" Max breathed out. "We've been searching everywhere for you! Where have—!"
"Max later. Not now please!" she moved towards Kai. "Kai! Please let her live with us! Its important!" Kai looked from Liya to Seline incredulously. Wasn't the blonde Liya's...?
The team sat themselves around in the living room waiting for an explanation from both of them. Liya explained everything then Seline took on from the time Liya had left. After they were done, the two girls waited anxiously for their reactions. Max at last broke the moment of silence. "So...Liya was telling the truth all this time." He wasn't saying this to them but to Kenny.
Kenny looked down at his feet. All eyes were on him. "I'm sorry Liya, but I wasn't sure." "
Liya sighed. "It's okay. Giovanni had everyone fooled. Now we need to find a way to protect Seline! Please Kai! Let her stay with us. Or maybe even beyblade with us?" Liya begged.
Kai shook his head. "We can't sign her up as a member but she can be a substitute. But yeah, she may stay."
Liya smiled her eyes turning into that brilliant shade of turquoise. That entire afternoon, the girls spent talking to one another. "I can't believe you still have my beyblade. Did you change it in anyway?"
"Nope. It was strong by itself. It helped me a lot. It was my survival through these three years." She said remember painfully how Kai had said he wanted her only because she was useful because of it. They went downstairs to meet up with the guys. Apparently, Max's mother came to visit them. She was a type of scientist who tests things like beyblades. Seline greeted her first because Liya went inside the kitchen to get something to eat. When she came outside, she frowned at the blonde pretty faced woman who was looking at her like she had two heads.
Max's mother whispered aghast and shocked at whom she thought was dead for many years. "Mar-Marlene?"
You'll find out what happens next on the next chapter. I'm gonna slack off again for awhile because I'll have school again. But hope you liked this chapter. I apologize immensely for all Kai lovers for making Kai very OOC. *Ducks the frying pans and a flying oinking pig*