HEY! LOL! I'm extremely lazy aren't I well hopefully I'll be done this soon. Anyways I think this is the last chapter then an epilogue. So yea, let's get on with the show!
Liya and the other Bladebreakers ran after Rodney and the Dynoshadows. The cowards split up as soon as they reached the alley. Liya and the Bladebreakers split up too. Kai was born in the alley so he knew where to go. Pretty soon, he reached Josh trying to climb over the wall. Kai grabbed him and began punching him viciously, demanding the whereabouts of Liya's grandmother and sister.
Max wasn't as attentive. While he was speculating a dead-end, Zain came up from behind him and hit him with a metal rod causing Max to go unconscious. Tyson caught Louis trying to shove Kenny in a garbage can and taking him with him. Tyson gave a big kick, which sent Fat Louis flying down with the now open can. Kenny got out quickly and helped Tyson tie him up. Rei had been trailing Dante for some time and at last found him with Rodney.
"You stupid fool!" exclaimed Rodney in his pathetic English accent. "You ought to not be allowed to live. Find that girl! My stepfather just needs to marry her and then he'll be control of all her money."
"Does she know that she's rich? That her stepmother left everything to her?" Dante asked. "No. I don't think so. I read through her sub-consciousness but found nothing of that knowledge. Good, we can use this further to our advantage. Now go find her you twit!"
"Does she know how her stepmother…"
The next few words almost caused poor Rei to give out an anguished cry. "NO! DON'T YOU DARE MENTION IT EVER AGAIN! GIOVANNI SHALL BE VERY ANGRY WITH YOU OR OTHERWISE YOU SHALL HAVE THE SAME FATE!"
Rei had heard enough, but as he was trying to pass off quickly, Dante rounded upon him. "Well, well you haven't heard anything now have you? Lets keep it between you and me now shall we?" Rei made an effort to avoid Dante but he was too quick, punching Rei on the face. Rei grabbed his bleeding nose only to grab the pain in his stomach when Dante kicked him there. Dante's cruel twisted face disappeared when he stomped viciously on his head. Rei groaned and greeted the dark empty void.
Liya looked exhaustedly around her. So far, she found no one and she had a funny suspicion that she was farther away from the gang, more than she thought she was. Suddenly she saw a shadow pass by. She sprinted after it trying to catch up. At last she put all her weight on the person and both of them fell onto the hard ground. It was Rodney. But he had an evil look on his face. He began to laugh at her frown and Liya soon realized why. As she looked around her a bunch of men with guns, (Giovanni's henchmen) were laughing too, along with Dante and Zain. She tried to shove away but Rodney held her in a death grip. Then another deeper more sinister laugh joined the gang.
Liya looked up to Giovanni's harsh face. Cold blue eyes glittered with triumph, again the look of a conqueror, an arrogant man reflected back. "I see you had fun in the tournament with Rodney. Now its my turn to have some too. Tell me Liya how much do you love your not blood related grandmother? Or your half sister?"
Liya gave a perplexed gaze. "I wouldn't be caught dead with you if I didn't love them enough." Givoanni continued to smile cruelly. "Well in that case you love her enough to marry me in exchange for their lives." Liya looked up and gave a vulgar expression in respond to his silly statement. "And why would you be so interested in marrying me of all people?" "Ah, Liya my dear, time will tell I assure you, time will tell. So do we have a deal?" He held out his hand his eyes mocking her.
Liya looked at him strangely. "I'm underage." Giovanni smiled even wider. "No problem, we will have your grandmother give you permission for that." Liya glared at him. "If you harm a hair of them, the deal's off and I swear I'll kill you." "Unfortunately, you're not in a position to do any such thing. Now is it a deal." Liya stared at his hand once more. "I'm so sorry Kai…" she thought and grabbed it sealing her fate.
Kai met up with Tyson and Kenny with all three of them dragging the tied up Louis and Josh. None of them had heard from the others yet. Kai prayed that Liya would be alright but his hope began to falter when they only found Max and Rei unconscious. Several minutes later, they woke up. Max sat up confused and moaning, occasionally cursing Zain.
Rei on the other hand choked out some blood and uttered, "Liya!" Tyson assured him, "Yes, yes, we have to find Liya soon." Rei pitifully shook his head. "No! Liya…in trouble…Giovanni…marry her…" he slumped back into unconsciousness. Kai widened his eyes in alert. He shook Rei trying to snap him out of it. "What? Giovanni is gonna marry her? What for? Rei wake up!" But Rei didn't reply. Kai quickly got up and ordered Kenny to send for the ambulance for Max and Rei.
He went over to Louis, shoving his gag down and ferociously asking for Giovanni's hideout. Louis, frightened severely by Kai's angry amber eyes stuttered the answer. Kai look over the walls of the alleyways and remembered the path of how to get to a warehouse. With a set mind, he and Tyson left for their destination, Kai hoping they weren't too late.
Liya was taken near a warehouse. After Rodney told her that's where they were keeping Seline and her grandmother, they went to a church nearby. It looked awfully like the church Giovanni and her stepmother were married in. As Liya looked to her side, she knew this was what Giovanni wanted and it meant life would be just the same twisted life her stepmother would be in.
Her violet eyes looked back at the warehouse and hoped that Kai and the others would find them soon. Oh well it wasn't as if she were worth anything to Giovanni. But then again, if she wasn't worth anything, why DID he want to marry her. She didn't think she had anything precious unless maybe her father did leave her something. But that's impossible! Even if she did, her grandmother would have control over it right? Right…? Liya shifted her eyes towards Rodney and saw the malicious grin on his face.
Kai and Tyson reached the warehouse. They weren't able to get close enough because of the heavy security around them. Scanning the area, they found a window to climb through. Once they got in, they hid behind big boxes of…cocaine? "I can't believe that Giovanni's a drug dealer and he made Liya feel like a criminal." Tyson remarked. "No surprise there." Kai smirked. "My grandfather used to also with Giovanni's father a long time ago before he had a quick change of "decency". Let's move over to that corner."
The two teens hustled over to another pile of wooden boxes. There they were able to get a good view of Seline and Liya's grandmother. Both of them were tied and gagged with a bomb around there feet. "Shit! Is that thing ticking yet?" Tyson anxiously stared at the harmless looking device. "No, don't think so, think even Giovanni is gonna have a change of "decency" and blow everything off with the rest of them." Kai observed. "So either way they get blown up." Tyson cursed and both made a plan.
A guard stood there for what seemed the millionth hour of his work. He lit a cigarette not noticing the two shadowy figures behind him. As instinct has it, he turned back only to meet a hard fist on his face and faint. One more guard was down similarly that way, only he had to be clubbed the second time because his head was too thick to give in. Kai and Tyson dragged the two male guards, undressed them and got into their clothes. With a breath and a silent prayer they left for a certain twit. Zain…
"Where have you two dimwits been? I stand here guarding my ass off for Giovanni and you have fun outside. As punishment I order for you two to stay here and watch while me and my other better guards have a chill outside. C'mon guys." Kai and Tyson couldn't believe their luck but just as soon as they began to get ready a second voice entered the conversation.
"Zain, are you nuts? If they are as lazy as you say and they can't stop those stupid Bladebreakers from coming what are you gonna do. What will we say to Giovanni then?" Dante fired. Zain sighed with a new snobby air of confidence much like Rodney. "Well then silly if you are so afraid then you stay here and keep a watch. I'm going. Come along my friends." The guards followed Zain's haughty figure out the giant doors.
Dante shook his head then turned towards Kai and Tyson. "What are you two buffoons doing just standing around there? Get to work!" Immediately, Kai and Tyson did as they were told. Waiting until Dante was gone from their sight; the two boys went over to Seline. Her grandmother was unconscious. Seline at once tried to fight them off. "OW! Hey lady watch it! Calm down! Sssh. We're here to help you!" She still continued. "Listen girl! You're sister is about to marry a creep because of you two. Do you want that to happen?" Seline stopped but this time she looked shocked at the person behind them.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Liya's macho little boyfriend and HIS ever so loyal friend. Was it fun fucking her Kai? I'm sure you must have had a harsh time full of scratching and pulling but I'm guessing everything was alright in the end?" Dante sneered. Kai red in anger said, "We'll see who's alright buddy." He made a fist but Dante pulled out a remote. "Unh unh unh alley boy, one press of this remote and everything goes to smithereens." Kai halted knowing that the bastard was right, but after he saw around himself, he grinned. "And so will you Dante."
Dante looked around himself feeling trapped. He tried to run away but Kai caught him and both of them wrestled to the ground trying to take the remote. Tyson quickly untied the two victims and both ran for the nearest exit on Tyson's insistence. The remote thumped to the floor and Kai and Dante continued to tear at one another in order to gain the prize. Finally Dante kicked Kai on the groin, sending him to double over. Just when Dante was about to reach the remote, Tyson kicked it out of the way. The remote slid and slammed into a tilting box.
Both of them watched in horror as the box tilted dangerously over the remote. All of them ran to get it out of harm's way. Instead Tyson knocked Dante under the box and causing the remote to be out of range. On the other hand, the box fell on Dante's legs causing him to cry out in pain and frustration of being trapped. Kai walked over after recovering from the decisive blow. Panting he ground out, "Where's Liya?"
"Who says I know?" A foot jabbed on Dante's crotch sending an eruption of surprise, pain and a confession. "She's going to get married to Giovanni. He wants her money that her stepmother left her!" "Where is she?" "In a small church not a block away from here."
Kai looked at Tyson. "Let's hurry." He said and with another jab at Dante they both ran at record speed…with the remote control of course.
Liya glanced at Rodney. He looked smug and confident in his ring bearer's suit. Infact, he looked ridiculous. "Don't mock me!" he glared at her. She smiled grimly. Giovanni did it all exactly like her mother's…no…Delilah's wedding. If she looked at the bridesmaids who stood far right of the priest, she could see one girl in a lavender gown who stared at Giovanni in lavishing hunger. Liya felt sick as she watched Giovanni give her a knowing smile.
It was soon time for her to emerge at her…soon-going-to-be-sickeningly-unwanted-husband's side and say her vows. She took a breath knowing that she was doing all this for her Grandmother, her sister, her new friends…Kai. Her tears hidden under the veil, she took her first step. A flashback happened.
Hey everyone! How are my two little daughters" Mrs. Delilah O'Mallory di Continni asked. "Fine mom. How was the trip? Did the leaning tower of Pisa fall over yet? Are the pizzas good as they are really said to be there"
"I'm okay mom. Just a little.aa-aa-ahachoo" Liya blew her nose with the billionth tissue paper of the day.
"Oh, sweetie. You have a cold. Don't worry. Your mom's here right now. I'll make it all better." She hugged her tall daughter causing her to blush and Seline say"Mama's little baby."
Her breathing began to stagger. Another step…
"I can't believe my sister is a slut. I bought this beyblade for a whore" Seline chucked a powder blue top at Liya's feet.
"I almost ruined her life. I must go on…she hesitated on the next step.
"So, what's your name? I can see that beyblade sticking out of your pocket. You must beyblade battle too." The girl looked at him. Her violet eyes were hiding something. She began to stutter. "M-my name is-is-is-."
"Come on. Are you telling me you have no name, Rocky Skye? Or is that even your real name"
"Kai…" By now she was half way down to the priest. Giovanni began to look angry.
When the sugar cola was drunk, Max went all hyper and jumped all over the sofas. The boys chased them while Liya got a bucket full of ice cold water. She dragged it into the den where all the Bladebreakers except Kai was struggling to keep Max down. Then Liya stalked in front of Max and dumped the whole bucket. Max froze for a long moment then yelped like a dog then suddenly calmed down. "There." She said with a satisfied grin. The others stared at him for awhile then guffawed. "You're now officially a Bladebreaker. You learned how to control Max's hyperness." Kenny managed to say through all the giggles.
All her friends, she had so much fun with them. All they had taught her she appreciated with all her heart.
"I ask you in your father's and your mother's place to forgive me for not understanding your heart's true desire, for believing you a dirty lying cheating girl and for believing that you had stolen son away from my daughter's heart and symbol." Tears slipped out of her wrinkled cheeks. Liya shook her head. All this time she thought that Delilah had been her mother. She couldn't believe it. Seline was her half sister and Grandmother was not her grandmother. Liya cried forgiving her grandmother and when she realized it, she turned to look at Max's weeping mother. "That would mean...you are my aunt...and you... Max...are my first cousin." Max looked at her with the same startled expression on Liya's face.
Family…how wonderful it was to have family…she would have more once she marries the creep.
Kai...at that moment Liya realized she really loved him. And that she never wanted to go and that he had been the only one the whole time who had actually given her another chance in life. A chance to redeem herself. Even though he doubted her sometimes at least he had listened. He had been the only one to make her feel like she was a something. She closed her eyes. "God how she needed him..." She rested her head against the railing of the bridge.
She stopped dead on her tracks, she couldn't go on anymore. "I can't, I can't and she began to run to for it. The guards tried to stop her but she kicked and scratched out of their grasps like wild animal. In the background, she heard Giovanni's angry voice telling them to stop her, but she didn't care, she ran. The church doors welcomed her out into the open and ran…straight into Kai's arms.
She looked up to see Kai's relieved expression and smiled crying with all the love she had in herself to give. Giovanni appeared out to watch the lovers embrace. "Give her back! She has agreed to marry me if her Grandmother and her sister are set free. They will be killed by this remote if not." He threatened in a deadly manner. Kai gave him a bored expression. "Go ahead if you want to see that dumb guy Dante suffer another cry." Giovanni frowned and glanced at Rodney. Rodney looked as if he was checking something, and then gave his boss a fearful face. Giovanni growled.
Suddenly sirens started appearing from all sides of the church. The guards began to get worried. "Oh don't fret, the police are with me remember? I pay them, not the lousy government." Unfortunately for Giovanni, a policeman came out and began to stutter his arrest. "What kind of nonsense is this? Don't you know who I am? I provide the roofs over your heads. Wait till I…"
"Your case is really bad sir. You are being charged with 5 offenses. Attempting to murder, forcing child marriage(A.N. in Japan its 16 in Italy GOD KNOWS P), drug dealing, forging signatures and wrecking private property, the list goes on and on even more, but those are what we have proof of mostly." A detective came out of his black Buick Century.
"Outrageous! I will make sure you're fired you! You have no idea what kind of authority I have!" Giovanni roared on. "As a matter of fact I do, you had been threatening the Italian Police Force and bribing them too, fortunately for these teens here I work for the UN. I work for the whole world bub." More policemen continued to arrest Giovanni's men. The old man looked about himself. He was being cornered. In vain he shouted threats to everyone. When no one responded and the policemen finally started to corner him, he made a grab for Liya, succeeding and holding a gun at her brain at point blank range.
Having no time to scream Liya looked at Giovanni from the corner of her eyes in fear and utter shock. "Don't anyone move or she gets it." He spat. "Do you really think I would let you go this easy Liya darling? Haha…you're so naïve. Tell me Liya…is there such a thing as divorce. Huh? TELL ME!" She hastily nodded her head as he rammed the barrel of the gun into her head.
"Well I'll tell you something, it shouldn't have been. You see it causes us men to do things. Things we would rather never do. It's a woman's job to support and be at her husband's side at all times. Yeah? Say YEAH dammit!" Again she nodded, the adrenaline rush flowing giving her a new thirst for life. "THEN WHY THE HELL DID SHE DO THAT? TELL ME! WHY ARE YOU SO SPECIAL…EVEN AFTER WHAT I DID TO YOU? HUH? YOU! ITS CAUSE OF YOU SHE'S DEAD! WHY? WHY LIYA? Why the hell did you make her give everything to you and only her house and a few thousand dollars to Selene, her REAL DAUGHTER?"
Liya burst out a sob. The barrel was cramming her nerve and pain started to throb in from all directions. Kai watched in fear as he tried to think of a way to reach her. The detective and the policemen were also closing in but every time they did, Giovanni uttered another threat. "I'll tell you why! Cause you were her first love's daughter, created out of a love that she had never had with him." He mocked. "LOVE…what a silly notion, only lust exists for all us miserable people. See what this love for you has done? It caused her to DIE I tell you DIE! Hahaha!"
Liya couldn't handle much more. As Giovanni continued to lose more of his sanity, she took full advantage of kicking him hard at the back hitting his shin. The big man clutched his leg and Liya reached for the gun. Two shots fired up in the air as Kai sought out his girl. The policemen did the same but only for the crook. Suddenly, as both the wrestling people gained level on the ground, Giovanni back handed Liya across the face almost whip lashing her neck. She gritted her teeth, holding on and kicking him hard again on the hip this time. Giovanni stuck his foot out tripping her. He forced the gun to aim at her. Liya strained to hold it back.
The policemen watched tensely, afraid if he fired the gun at her in some sudden way. She elbowed him, making him topple over on to his side. She kicked with all her might. He groaned as it hit him on the stomach. She went to reach for the gun swinging it around and pointing at him. "Haha…" he laughed softly with knowing eyes. "Liya…I know a secret. Do you know how your mother died?"
Liya's face shone with mercenary hate. "It wasn't me who made her…it was you…you ruined her! For that I'll make you pay! I swear I will in court." She hissed with spewing venom.
"Oh…you really are naïve you know…I'll tell you. You deserve to know anyways. She didn't suicide at all." He giggled. Everyone experienced the moment of silence, the kind of silence when you let the ball sink in. "But then how…" she stammered. He laughed and laughed as her expression changed. A mocking evil cruel laugh, clapping his hands pointing at her in hysterical glee.
The wind blew her dark her over her cold molten violet eyes. With a set jaw, she clicked the gun and pulled the trigger. Birds escaped the scene as the others watched in horror wishing they could. Even Selene and her Grandmother, Rei and Max and other beybladers, news reporters witnessed the scene. Liya Skye O'Mallory, one of the best beybladers in the decade had shot Business Tycoon and Underworld Supplier of Drugs Giovanni di Continni.
Blood trickled down through the bullet hole. He clutched his chest as he looked at himself from her in shock. The mental man burst out laughing. "Hahaha…and you know what Liya O'Mallory. I fucked your stepmother like you were fucked that night. Before I strangled her. Brutally and satisfyingly." He gave a leering smile before five more bullets ripped through his chest in five jerking motions. "She is my mother by bond."
The winds continued to blow and the moon glowed in the up coming evening, but for Liya O'Mallory life was going to take a different toll.