Troubles
Morning I woke up to a loud thump in my room of someone falling. I turned over to find Zero getting up from the floor. "Is that how you wake everyone up?" I asked with a yawn. He looked at me and frowned, "Seriously it wasn't suppose to happen that way." I laughed, "Really well you'll have to try another time then." I got out of bed holding a pillow; Zero was right in front of me. "Come on get out." I hit him in the side with the pillow lightly. "Now why would I want to do that?" Zero took a step closer. "Because I'm going to get dressed." I told him. He smirked, "Well that gives me a better reason to stay." I hit him with the pillow harder this time. He just grabbed me and threw me on the bed with him nearly on top of me. "Now this can have a lot of different possibilities to it." He had a slightly amused laugh then bent his head in for a kiss. Quickly I shoved the pillow between our faces and spoke, "Zero come on get out and let me get dressed." Zero removed the pillow, "Not until I get a kiss." I kissed Zero's lips reluctantly just to get dressed but he deepened his kiss while one of his hands moved up the front of my shirt. I pushed him off me before he could touch my breast. "Zero." I growled at him as I sat up. "Aw, come on I was only trying to go to the next base by making the first move." Zero sat next to me, "I mean we've been friends for what...nearly six years and we've been dating for like a year now. Plus I was approved by Koji and everyone else before dating you." I looked down at my lap where I was fiddling with my fingers, "I know." "Then what is it?" Zero urged me to tell. "I don't know...I... I've been listening to the bit beasts lately." I stumbled a bit. Zero stood up, "So you won't do anything because of what bit beasts tell you? Is that it? Is that all?" He started walking to the door. "Zero I... I'm...-" "I'll see you later." He cut me off and left. I sighed heavily and got dressed in black training clothes then went down for breakfast.
When I arrived in the gym the Bladebreakers were already waiting around with Tyson's Grandpa as well. "Hey cool cat." Grandpa greeted me. "Hey, you guys ready for training or what?" I got their attention. "Do your worst." Tyson raised his fist in challenge.
Two hours later the Bladebreakers were hunched over; hands on knees catching their breath. "Come on guys, training isn't over yet. We still have three hours left." I told them while making my way to a machine that helps with the rip speed when beyblading. "Are you joking? Three more hours," Tyson collapsed to the ground, "but we've already done one hundred laps, two hundred sit-ups, two hundred push-ups, acted like we were sitting in a chair for twenty minutes, two hundred jumping-jacks, another fifty laps, plus that ten minutes of stretching." I started pulling the machine, "Yeah so, that's all like warm up stuff it's easy. You don't see Koji or Jester complaining about it." "Aw, come on Ashes, give them a break. They don't do as intense workouts as we do. I mean not even the Death Trio go this for training." Jester imputed while lifting weights. "Fine, you guys can take a break since you don't want to keep up. But I intend to finish my five hour training session." I adjusted the weight on the machine; I glanced over at the Bladebreakers to see them all sitting down exhausted. "So how do you intend to win the tournament if you can't do this much training?" I asked while still working out. "Because we're not as crazy as you!" Tyson shouted; his voice sounding exhausted, I laughed a bit. "Well I don't disagree with him there." Jester said out loud, "but seriously we mean. How do you intend on winning if you can't keep up with us? Some of the underground teams will toy around with you for hours and just you exhausted because they're use to this, then they'll show their true power and demolish you." "Easy we'll beat them at the beginning." Tyson started to get excited. "Ok, but I think you want to come up with a better strategy then that." I put Tyson's idea down. "I'll think up some new strategies." Kenny told his teammates.
Training finally finished we were sitting in the kitchen eating some food Maria prepared. "Oh man, I'm so sore, even the muscles I never knew I had are sore." Tyson complained while stuffing his face with noodles. "Surprised you're still able to move to eat." Jester laughed, "First day Ashes put me on this extreme training I wasn't able to move for three days, and if I did it hurt like hell." "Well, nothing can keep Tyson away from food." Max informed. "Never noticed." Laughed Jester some more. The kitchen door opened and the Death Trio walked in. Zero looked extremely angry. When Zero noticed me he turned right around. "Zero where are you going, we just got here." Solo had turned around to watch Zero start leaving. "I suddenly lost my appetite." Zero's voice showed a hint of anger. "Ok then, more food for us." Solo sat and started eating. I watched Zero the whole time then in a flash stood up and ran after Zero, "Zero wait up." He walked straight out of the kitchen but I caught up with him in the elevator.
"Zero why do you have to act like this, you're acting like a spoiled brat. Just because I won't let you touch me like you want to." I was confronting him. "Well we've been dating for a year; I want us to go farther." Zero told me, "We're boyfriend and girlfriend I know people who did it within a month or less of their relationship. That's what I want us to do; we can grow closer if we do." "Is that all you want from me?" I asked in a serious tone. The elevator stopped and opened up; Zero took a step out, "Yeah." I let the elevator doors close without saying another word to Zero. Anger towards Zero welded inside my heart, I returned to the kitchen where the others were in silence. "This can't be good." Jester noted my behavior, "What happened? Zero two timing you or what?" Everything stopped no one move; I looked at Jester and gave him the evil eye. "We just had a little fight that's all." I gripped my glass in anger then whipped it at the wall; hearing the glass shatter into a million pieces and my drink splash everywhere, "FUCK! I hate him! All he thinks I am is a stupid fucking toy!" I yelled in total rage. I reached for something else I could throw but a hand gripped my wrist. I looked to see Koji's eyes burning into me. I ripped my wrist out of his grip and walked out of the kitchen. I took the stairs up to the main floor where I walked to the backyard. I took a deep breathe then exhaled looking at the beautiful scenery. Calming myself down I walked along the stone pathway past the bey-dish and through the miniature forest.
I went off the path to a hidden spot in the backyard where there was a circular clearing of trees. I entered the clearing seeing the familiar stone angel statue that resembled me. I looked at it knowing what it was; loving and hating it all once. I took out my beyblade and launched it then flopped down on the grass. I watched my blade spin in place, I became entranced by it. For hours I sat watching my blade as I meditated, never turning my gaze away. When I finally came to my senses night had fallen creating a veil of darkness. I summoned my blade back into my hand and tucked it away then walked back to the house. Shouts of joy came from the living room; I went straight there. Tyson, Max, Ray, and Jester were playing a fighting game on the PS2. Emma, Cooper, and T.J were watching and cheering. Kai was just sitting around looking grumpy. Kenny, Doc and Amy were talking with Koji listening. No one looked up or said a word to me to note my presence at the living room door. I walked in silently and sat on a chair at the back of the room near a window. I watched as a car pulled up in the driveway. I turned back around to the scenery in the room, silently watching the match in the game. The front door burst open, three drunken boys entered the house and clobbered up the stairs to their rooms to pass out. I made no attempt of moving after them or even looking at them. "Sounds like they had fun," Doc commented, "wonder if they brought back anything?" Doc left the room and went upstairs after the boys. "Ashes," Amy had turned to notice me, "you seem really quiet, you ok?" "Huh?" I looked at Amy, "Oh I'm fine, don't worry about it." "You and Zero had a fight didn't you?" Amy said all knowingly.
"Yeah."
"What about?"
"About me listening to the bit beasts, that's all. Nothing important." I replied without looking at her. "If it's not important then why are you not acting normally?" Amy raised an eyebrow. I shrugged at her, not knowing the answer myself. "Are you two going to make up or what then?" she didn't stop talking. "Maybe in the morning when he's sober." I stated, "Anyways, I'm going to bed. Night all." I left the living room and headed up to my room where I slept until morning.
3:00am
I sat in the circle trees staring at the statue of the stone angel. The statue had its hands folded on top of one another over the heart. The statue looked so real other then the fact it was stone, it seemed as though the stone had a life if its own. I just sat in the wet dew covered grass staring at the statue, locked in the trance it gives off. Time passed me by quickly but I stayed staring, watching the statue.
"Ashes!" the loud voice broke my trance.
I stood up off the wet grass and looked at the giant man standing outside of the circle of trees. Bronco was looking at me with pure hatred. "Get out here." He ordered in fury. I walked towards him knowing it was better to obey him then to do otherwise. "What was all that noise I heard yesterday with the boys?" Bronco demanded. "Zero, Solo, and Duo came here drunk yesterday." I answered obediently. Out of no where Bronco hit me across the face, knocking me into a tree where a branch cut my other cheek. I was on the ground again but this time it wasn't to be entranced. "Control them or it'll be worse next time." Bronco walked away satisfied with letting some anger out. I sighed and rubbed my cheeks, wiping away the bit of blood that came from the cut then walked back to the house.
"Hey Ashes where've you-" Tyson looked at my face, "What happened to you?" "Nothing," I lied, "my blade kind of spun out of control and scratched my face." Everything stayed tense for a moment. "So, you guys excited about the tournament tomorrow or what?" I changed the subject. "Totally excited, I hardly slept last night!" Tyson shouted making the house eco. "Tyson keep the noise level down." I snapped at him. "Well someone's not in a good mood today." Jester's laugh came from behind me. I turned and gave Jester a death glare; quickly he stopped laughing as he studied my face. "He did it again didn't he?" Jester was being serious. I turned my face away from him, "No one did this to me, my blade spun out of control." "Ashes don't lie; the day your blade spins out of control is the day pigs fly." Jester walked towards the elevator, "I'm going to tell Doc about this." I looked after Jester as the elevator doors closed, "Fuck." I bolted through the house. "Ashes hey wait up!" Tyson shouted after me. "Go away!" I shouted as I raced through the garden towards the clearing of trees. I entered the clearing and flopped to my knees in front of the statue breathing heavily. "Hey Ashes, there you- oww." Tyson tried walking into the clearing but couldn't, "That hurt." Tyson tried getting in again but the same thing happened. The Bladebreakers were all watching and staring.
"No matter how many times you try, you won't be able to get in here." I turned around to tell him. "Why not, you're in there." Tyson was confused. "Maybe it has an invisible barrier." Kenny suggested. "Hey look at our bit beasts, they're glowing." Ray was looking at his blade. Everyone else looked at their blade. "Why can't we get in?" Tyson asked looking up at me. I gave a smirk then answered, "Because this is a bit beast sanctuary. No one can enter, only bit beasts are allowed." "A bit beast sanctuary with an invisible barrier? Why didn't I think of that?" Kenny hit his forehead, "Wait then how'd you get in?" "Put two and two together to figure out." I sat cross legged on the dry grass.
"Keeping secrets deep inside, no bit beast will confirm nor deny
The existence of two and two alike, who will always win the never ending fight
The battle within, with nanos' acting as friend
No one knows who or what made them live, but bit beasts know that everything they say is a fib
They make everything safe while falling apart, but are truly the strongest bit beasts at heart."
I repeated the poem to them hoping they would figure it out. "Ashes" Doc, Amy, and Jester joined the scene. "Come on get out of there right now, we need to do something about this." Doc shouted not daring to try and venture a step forward. "Then come get me." I said with a dull face on. "You know we can't do that Ash." Doc was starting to get upset. "Then we do nothing about it." I gave a little shrug. "You know if we do nothing about it, it'll get worse." Doc yelled at me. I started getting angry, making my blade glow red, "It'll get worse either way, so leave me alone. I can handle myself, it's my problem not yours. Plus you have no proof to get him away from me." "Yes, we do. We all can testify against him." Amy shouted to me, "plus there's the cut on your face." I stood up and marched near the end of the clearing towards them and showed them my face. "I see no cut." I said running my hand over my cheek, "No cut no proof no lock up. Now leave me and my problem alone." "Ashes, something needs to be done about this whether or not we have any proof." Doc said with a concerned voice. "Listen it doesn't matter, he won't go away because of my god damn body. I suffered for this long with everything I've been through so what's a little more suffering. Now leave me alone Doc, I mean it." I made myself threatening. "Fine but I'll give you one piece of advice; the suffering won't end unless you make it." Doc left to go back to the house, Amy and Jester followed. I let out a heavy sigh and lay down on the grass by the statue. I stared up at the blue sky.
"Figure it out yet?" I asked knowing the Bladebreakers where still there. "No." Tyson gave a heavy sigh as I heard him flop on the grass, "I'm never going to figure this out." "Think about it Tyson," Kai started speaking, "There's only one way to get in there." I turned my head to look at Kai, "So you figured it out?" Kai gave a low grunt and sat cross legged on the ground. "What you know, tell me Kai." Tyson begged. "What I want to know is how it happened." Kai ignored Tyson's whining. I looked back up to the sky with a serious tone, "Bit beast experimenting, my mom was one of the scientists in it. It went on for two years before it was finally shut down." "What are you two talking about?" Tyson yelled in frustration. "Never mind about it Tyson, you'll find out at the tournament tomorrow." I closed my eyes looking at the insides of my eyelids. Time passed by as I stayed in the sanctuary talking to the Bladebreakers.
