Chapter 18 Love your enemies, hate can never win

" What are you doing out so late?" he demanded, " You've been drinking." Silver let out a sigh, " Yeah, and I needed a drink." She tried to steady herself, but failed miserably.

Tala dragged her off, and unknown to the both of them, Lance stood in the shadows of the stairway, seething.

Sapphire groaned as she came to it. Her eyes fluttered open and she was staring up at the hotel ceiling. Her closed her eyes to the blinding glare of the sun. Wait…the sun? She jolted up, to see her curtains were drawn back. What had happened last night, flashed through her head, and her head hurt like someone had taken a slug hammer and given her a beating.

She only had half a bottle of beer, unless the bartender spiked it. She stumbled into her bathroom and dunked her head into the ice-cold water, in the skin.

' Silver, you don't have to be up, there is no battling today.'

Sapphire dried her face, ' so, I still need to practice.'

' You're turning into Kai.' Sapphire whirled around and glared at Alexiel. " What did you say?" she both hissed it and thought it.

Sapphire got dressed and exited the room with a slam of her door.

" I thought you were suppose to talk to her." Alexiel snapped at the shadows. Out emerged Rociel.

Rociel gave his sister a tired look. " Aki got carried away."

Sapphire launched her blade and destroyed all the cans insight, instead of avoiding them.

" You should try avoiding them." She turned and saw Ray there. Sapphire sighed and picked up her blade. She reset the cans and re-launched. This time her blade carefully avoided the cans. (Remember she has no bitbeast, Alexiel was just helping her out that one time!)

After about 20 minutes, Sapphire noted that Ray had left and she picked up her blade and disappeared into the woods, to get some quiet time.

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Lance approached Kai in the Beystadium, built for bladers to train. Lance stood there watching Kai keep Dranzer spinning.

" How much do you know about Sapphire?" Kai looked up with an emotionless face. He had heard Lance enter the stadium.

" Why?"

" Because," Lance pauses, watching Kai closely, " I'd stay away from her, she's a whore." With that he turned and left.

Kai snorted and went back to training. Lance gritted his teeth outside, so Kai didn't believe him?

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Max and Tyson were battling for practice. When Ray walked in with Mariah.

" Hey!" Max waved and he knocked Tyson out of the dish.

" HEY!" Tyson whined. " Max!" Max flashed the peace sign.

" Good to see you guys again!" Mariah smiled, with her arm wound around Ray's arm. Ray smiled at her, with a happy glint in his eyes.

The Kai walked in, Ray and Mariah flinched a bit, but Kai said nothing. " Where is Sil-Sapphire?"

Ray gave Kai a curious look, " When I saw her last she was training." Kai nodded with satisfaction, and left again.

" Man, I can never figure him out," Tyson sighed, " Hey Ray, you want to battle?"

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Sapphire sat up in the tree. One of her legs hung off the side of the branch and the over was bent up, sneaker on the branch. She was leaned back on the other hung branch. One hand draped down like her leg and the other was settled on her other jean clad knee. Her head was tilted towards the sky.

Sapphire watched as the cloud drifted by and the bird that flew freely, airborne. One of the birds landed on the tree branch that she was settled on. It hopped over to Sapphire who sat as still as she could. The small blue bird cocked its head to one side as if regarding her. Sapphire reached out with a hand to touch it. Hoping that it would fly away. The bird tensed and she froze.

The bird slowly relaxed and with a hop jumped onto her finger. Sapphire smiled and sat up straight. Her other hand gently stroked the head.

" Silver?" She turned slowly so she wouldn't disturb the bird. " Hey Bryan." She said softly and looked at the young man that sat next to her. Bryan nodded and took the bird from her. Silver watched in awe, the bird didn't even struggle in his grasp. He released it, and it took flight.

" What are you doing here?" he demanded. Silver cocked her head off to one side, " I needed sometime alone." Bryan nodded and both fell silent.

" Bryan, I can't blade without a bitbeast." Silver whispered her knees drawn up to her chest, with her arms wrapped around them. Her head was buried on her knees. " I haven't ever bladed without Akela, I don't know how to blade without a bitbeast, and-" Bryan cut her off.

" You're babbling."

Silver gave a nervous laugh, " Am I, I didn't notice that, I mean, I don't notice a lot if things, I'm utterly-"

" Silver!" Bryan growled and her snapped her mouth shut and looked up at Bryan, like a child would to a scowling parent.

" Yes?" " Stop it." She nodded obediently. He jumped down from the tree and looked up at Silver, who was looked over the side of the branch. " You better get back." Silver nodded and made her way down, grabbing branch by branch. At the last branch, she miss placed her foot and slipped down.

With a thump she landed on her butt in the snow. " Ow and cold." She stuttered out. Bryan pulled her to her feet.

" Klutz." Silver detected a bit of fondness in his normally cold voice, but she kept it to herself.

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" I'm so tired!" Tyson whined when they BB, minus Sapphire and Hilary, walked into the hotel. Max and Ray groaned.

" Tyson, please, you've been saying that for the past hour." Ray reminded. Tyson pouted, " But I'm hungry, besides I'm a growing boy!"

" If you're so hungry, how come you didn't eat at breakfast, it isn't even lunch time." Came a soft voice. The BB turned and their mouths dropped open. A young girl stood behind them. She had bright blue eyes and silver hair.

" Uh…Sapphire?" Max chocked out. She have them a winning smile. " Nope, but close, I'm Seraphim Zephyr." She looked identical to Sapphire, when she had silver hair.

Just at that moment, Sapphire herself had turned the corner and ran into Seraphim.

" I'm sorry." Both said at the same time. They stared at each other.

' This must be the person I was based off of.' Sapphire stared really hard and it hit her, Seraphim was also a Beyblader, the Europe champion.

" Hi," Seraphim looked at Sapphire in confusion, " have me met?" Sapphire stood up and offered Seraphim her hand.

" Not that I know of."

" Seraphim!" Yelled a voice and two girls ran over, dragging another. Tyson moved over to Sapphire. " Ya know Seraphim looks just like you did." Sapphire nodded, but said nothing.

The tree other girls arrived and the BB got a good look at them. One had blue-black hair, with smoky blue eyes. The other had brown hair that curled at her chin, with a pair of shocking blue eyes, the last one, who was the girl that was dragged over, had black hair, that had been tipped purple, her purple eyes scanned the BB without emotions.

" Hi!" the raven-blue head walked over to the BB. " My name is Aurora, this is Yune," she pointed to the shy looking brunette, " And the ice cube over there is Pandora."

They all shook hand, with Pandora a little reluctant. " So are you in the tournament?" Max asked.

" No," Yune replied, " We have an all girls team." She turned to Sapphire and both of their blades flashed.

' Hello Silver.'

Sapphire stared, ' Yune? Yune Origoma?'

' Yes, long isn't it?' Yune looked at her kindly.

' I thought they killed you.' Sapphire was still miffed that they could communicate without talking.

' They tried, they tried.'

" Oh, so you guys just sticking around to watch?' Ray gave them a smile.

Aurora nodded, " Yes, and we're waiting for the rest of our team to arrive, we're here for the Dou Blast Tournament."

" Dou Blast Tournament?" Echoed Tyson, Ray, Max, and Sapphire.

" Yeah," Seraphim cut in, " It's a tag team tournament, naturally you it's for the people at the Crystal Bitbeast tournament, but outsiders can join too."

" Too bad we can't join." Max mused.

Tyson burst out, " WHAT DO YOU MEAN, WE CAN'T JOIN!!!!!!!!!!"

Sapphire shock her head, " Tyson, we have to ask Kai, and we need a tag team." Tyson face faulted.

Ray tried to comfort him, " Come one Ty, getting the team part is easy, but convincing Kai?"

Tyson broke into thinking mode, " Well Sapphire, you talk to him after all, ya like him." Sapphire splattered, her face turning red.

" Tyson, you're the one who wants to join the Dou Blast Tournament, you go talk to him!" With a huff Sapphire moved off. " AND I DON'T LIKE HIM!"

" Jeeze, what go her ticked off?"

Sapphire stomped up to her room and ran head on head into Lance.

" What the fuck do you want!" she snarled and shoved past him. Lance grabbed her arm.

" Look, Saph, I'm sorry." Sapphire's hand flew out and smacked him. " Don't every touch me again, you bastard!"

Sapphire ran off.

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