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Chapter 4
Gold eyes scanned the surrounding area and the sensitive ears picked up the hurried whispers about him. He tried to ignore the two giggling girls behind him but thanks to…past experiences he was more than a little afraid of any lurking fangirls. It was a dangerous place to be with so many people around, all eyes watching him. He knew he stood out like black and white, but the boy had to do what he had to do, and that involved being in a place like this.
"Rei!"
His ears pricked and he turned to spot one of the few people he actually wanted to see running towards him. Rei sighed thankfully that his teammate had found him. He was in no mood to be wandering around an airport death trap lost again.
"Hey Max, long time no see," the Chinese boy said once his friend was done running people over and dodged before the hyper blonde could jump him. Rei grinned, revealing a pearly fang, and noticed two other familiar faces in the crowd making their way towards him. Heads turned and for a moment the Neko-jin was afraid some rabid fangirl of their captain would jump the bluenette. "Hi chief, hey Kai," he paused and looked around once again, searching for the missing Bladebreaker. "Where's Tyson?"
"Hi Rei. Tyson's not here," Kenny said.
Rei chuckled "What, couldn't drag him out of bed today?"
Kenny forced a laugh and shook his head. "Actually…he was up at 6am this morning.
"Haha, nice one chief," Rei laughed and waited to hear the truth. He looked at the faces of each of his teammates.
Silence.
"Oh…you were serious." Kenny nodded. "Ok, so what could make Tyson get up that early?"
"He met this girl…"
A click, then the all-to-familiar sound of a rip cord being thread through the launcher and winding a beyblade back into place. Two feet spread apart followed by two arms rising with the launcher in their hands, ready to let go for another match.
"Get up Tyson."
Tyson sat on the ground, staring up at the clouds passing by and purposely ignoring the girl. He turned his attention to her eventually and stared disbelieving at what was fast appearing to be his own personal slave driver.
"Get up," Aya repeated.
"How many times are we going to have to do this?" Tyson sighed, but still made no move to stand up. He had his hands behind him in the dirt, and Dragoon laying just a metre away.
"Until you get it right! Now get your Dragoon and do what I tell you," Aya was getting impatient. She waved her custom launcher at him while she spoke and glared at him until he groaned and climbed back onto his feet, brushing off the dirt and grass he'd been resting in.
"Fine," he grumbled and loaded Dragoon into place. "But I'm going to beat you this time."
"You should've done that hours ago Tyson. Then we wouldn't have to be out here in the hot sun," Aya said.
The blades shot into the dish for the sixteenth time that day and Dragoon attacked almost instantly while Barrax easily evaded.
"Tyson, if you're trying to beat me just to get out of here then think again." The two blades collided and grinded against each other. Barrax pushed the other to the edge of the dish until Dragoon broke away and smashed into its opponent. "Don't you think that's kind of the reason why you're here? Because you need to learn to keep your mind on the battle."
"I already can. The reason I want to leave is because you're one of the single most annoying people I have ever met," Tyson retorted. Aya snorted and brushed the insult off. Weak insult. That was Tyson's problem; at that stupid exhibition match he had been more interested in showing off to the thousands of people in the stands, now he was just trying to insult her. She groaned at how tedious this was getting, but she had a job to do and it was to get this…boy ready for a tournament.
Barrax circled the dish while Dragoon sat in the centre, looking for a chance to attack the silver blade. Tyson was beginning to think about the match now that Aya had refused to continue anything that would become another shouting match. They'd already one to many of those today.
"Now Barrax!" Aya commanded for the black beyblade to attack full speed at her opponent.
"Not so fast," Tyson smirked and Dragoon angled its base to dodge the other blade, but it wasn't quite enough and Barrax just scraped the edge of the other beyblade, sending it skidding a little but recovering quickly.
But there was something strange…
A gold light illuminated the dish, blinding the two teens momentarily and making them cover their faces with their arms and shield their eyes. The wind picked up, and a flock of white birds behind the house frantically took to flight, a fluttering sensation leaving feathers drifting everywhere. There was a low, strange growl, followed by a threatening snarl. Tyson forced open his eyes at the sound of a shocked yelp, straining against the light to see Aya staring wide-eyed at her own bitbeast.
"What's going on?" Tyson cried but Aya could only inch away slowly from the bitbeast. A look of anxious fear was frozen on her face as she trembled on the spot from the bitbeast.
There was another shout and they spun to see four teens glued to the entranceway, just as the black wolf howled fiercely and lunged at the invaders.
The group of four boys walked down the street following the Chief. They didn't know where they were going, but Kenny had already told them of how Mr Dickinson had organised for the team to have a trainer before the tournament began and that she had said for them to bring their beyblades because training would begin right away.
"Hasn't this girl ever heard of a thing called jetlag?" Max had asked.
Sure, at first they had thought Kenny was kidding. But after they had gone to the dojo with their things and Kenny began hassling them to hurry up, they weren't going to think that again. Max had complained a bit, Rei had too, and Kenny had tried to explain over and over what this girl was like. Kai wasn't looking forward to it either, but that was more because of the fact that he didn't like the idea of having someone else tell him what to do unlike the others who just weren't bothered to train on their first day.
As they made their way towards this beyblade school Kenny had told them about, they could hear the faint clashes of metal-on-metal of a beybattle that only got more noticeable the closer they came.
"Sounds like Tyson's having a hard time if its true what you said Chief," Max said and pulled out his beyblade. "Just wait until this girl gets a look at Draciel though. That should show her!"
Rei took out his own beyblade and stared at it. 'Same for Driger,' he thought and smiled faintly to himself. No one was going to take him down. As his gold eyes began to rest on the white tiger, he barely even noticed the faint glow it was giving off. But after a few short moments, his eyes snapped back into focus and the wind began to pick up. A flock of terrified birds flew overhead, coming from the direction that they were heading in. He looked around at his teammates and noticed that Kenny, Max and Kai had all picked up their pace and were heading for a house that had a bright gold light radiating from its front. They heard a cry and ran.
"What's happening over there?" Rei called out to no one in particular, thinking of the strange reaction Driger was having just as this started.
"I dunno," Max replied, his blonde hair whipping at his face in the increasing wind. "But isn't that the place we're supposed to be going to?"
Charging down the road they reached the house and skidded to a stop at the entranceway. They spotted two figures standing by a beydish, both with their arms over their faces. Tyson was immediately recognised, but towering over the girl was some sort of bitbeast. A black wolf with gold armour on its head and legs, immense wings and fangs bared at the girl took a step towards her while she stumbled back.
The four boys could only stare at the scene before them, not a thought going through their head but what the hell is going on here?
"Tyson!" rang the clear voice that snapped all heads toward its owner. Kai was about to move forwards after gaining the blader's attention. He had no idea what he was to do, but he had to stop whatever was happening. That girl in there was in a seriously dangerous place in front of that beast.
But the wolf spirit turned its crimson burning eyes onto the Bladebreaker captain and snarled, but it did not move until it spotted a raven-haired Neko-jin. Its eyes turned to slits and it bared its fangs at the neko. Letting out a vicious howl it lunged at the boy.
"Rei look out!" The neko-jin jumped back just as the girl leapt between him and the bitbeast. "Barrax no!" she cried and the wolf halted its assault.
It was a standoff between the two. The winged-wolf stared her down, snarling but not attempting to attack her. The girl stood her ground even though she was trembling ferociously. She held out the bit chip and regained some of her courageous cover.
"Barrax, return now," she demanded.
Barrax raised his head in defiance, but after what seemed a harsh forever dragging on, he let out a howl and obeyed, leaving small balls of light floating in his absence. The wind died down and the six teens were left staring blank and wide-eyed.
The girl fell to her knees, breathing harshly. Tyson ran over and dropped down beside her, resting his hand on her shaking back.
"Aya? Aya are you alright?" he asked urgently. Kenny hurried over to her also, clutching his laptop to his chest, still unsure of whether or not it was safe. The other three exchanged glances and stayed put
Max took a hesitant step forward and outstretched a hand towards them. "Hey, is she ok?" he asked.
"Aya please say something!" Kenny cried. Aya had her face in her hands and was shuddering violently as if she were crying. They waited for a response.
Silence.
There was a tapping on the door of the bedroom just before it opened, followed by the sight of Tyson's smiling face and the glass of water he was carrying. Aya sat back on her bed and made herself more comfortable.
"Hey Aya, how are you feeling now?" he asked and placed the water on the bedside table.
"If you're referring to what happened before, then shut up. I was just caught a little off guard by what Barrax did," she responded angrily.
Max looked at the girl then turned to Tyson. "She's fine."
"Oh good, wouldn't want to think she was angry or anything," Tyson said sarcastically while Kenny shook his head at his friend's immaturity.
It was getting to be late afternoon, but no one had thought about leaving after the incident with Barrax. Aya's grandfather had taken her to her room and after getting a response out of her he had let the other boys in reluctantly. The whole time Aya had denied that anything was wrong, only saying she was caught off guard and getting more aggravated each time she was asked if she was okay.
"What exactly happened back there anyway?" Tyson asked and plonked himself down in the chair by the desk. Max and Kenny were sitting next to Aya on the bed, while Rei was lost in his own thoughts and Kai was in his usual stance and leaning against a wall.
Aya spared a glance at Rei then turned her eyes to her hands in her lap. "I don't know," she said softly.
"Driger…" Rei whispered to himself. The others heard the Chinese boy's word and turned to him and he raised his eyes at the sudden attention he had brought to himself. "Driger," he repeated. "He had a reaction just as that whole thing started."
"Hn, you're just figuring that out now?" Kai said with a small smirk on his face and eyes closed. It was the first time he'd spoken all afternoon.
"What do you mean Kai?" Max asked.
"Think about it. Rei's tiger, Aya's wolf. They're like cats and dogs, they're going to fight." Kai explained.
Aya sprung off the bed and onto her feet. "So that was your fault!" she yelled, waving a finger wildly at Rei as if she were talking to a child. "You're what upset my Barrax! You and your Driger."
"Aya, don't blame Rei for that," Tyson attempted to reason with her and took a step forward.
"Don't start with me Tyson, it was all that filthy neko-jin's fault."
"Filthy neko-jin?" Rei growled. "I could say the same about you ookami-jin."
"What the heck is an ookami-jin?" Max whispered to Kenny.
"It's the same as a neko-jin, but it's a person with wolf blood in their veins rather than cat's," Rei explained but kept his eyes on Aya.
"Is that true Aya?" Kenny asked and stood up off the bed.
Aya turned hard dark eyes on the boy and glared threateningly at him. "Yes, do you have a problem with it?"
"Uh, n-no," Kenny stuttered while shrinking back down onto the bed.
"Hey, don't go taking everything out on everyone else," Tyson said. "It's not our fault you lost control of your bitbeast."
"What?"
"You heard me. You couldn't handle your bitbeast and he went crazy. Now you're trying to find an excuse to cover it up,"
"How can you say that Tyson?" Aya hissed. "Barrax is stronger than Dragoon could ever be. You have no idea what its like to have power over him."
Tyson smirked. "So is that why you were so terrified out there?"
"Tyson…" Kai said lowly. The others could only watch as Tyson and Aya fought, but Tyson's last comment was too much. Kai had had enough. True, that girl had lost control of her bitbeast, but she did regain it and managed to call it back before any damage was done. And to carry on the way Tyson was at that moment was not acceptable. "Why don't you just mind your own business."
"But Kai, she's the one-"
"I said shut up."
Tyson was about to protest, but the looks his teammates were giving him warned him not to. Kai had fixed him with a harsh stare that told Tyson not to say another word.
"Get out," came the soft whisper.
"Aya, are you sure?" Max asked and went to place a hand on her shoulder. She hit the offending touch away and kept her eyes down, hidden by her white bangs.
"Just get out, all of you."
Max cast a worried glance to Tyson, who shrugged and headed for the door.
"Fine," Tyson said casually. "If she doesn't want our help then we don't want to give it. Come on guys."
Rei left directly after Tyson, followed by Kenny and finally Max. Kai stopped at the door and looked over his shoulder at the girl. She had enough willpower to reclaim that Barrax of hers, so why had she lost control of it so easily in the first place? Kai didn't bother to ask, or even give it another thought, and left the room, closing the door behind him.
"Talk about touchy. She didn't have to go and lose it at us," Tyson said when they were all upstairs. He rounded back to face his teammates, who were all staring at him. "Hey, you guys can't really think it's my fault."
"It's not that we think it's your fault Tyson," Kenny started.
"Its just that it wasn't very fair to say she was afraid like that. She didn't mean for that to happen," Max explained. Tyson just stared at the two in disbelief.
"But you guys heard what she said to Rei!" he complained. "She insulted us."
"You insulted her too Tyson," Rei said.
"Rei, I thought you of all people would understand what I'm talking about!" Tyson was starting to lose it. Didn't any of them care about this?
"Tyson, I don't like her, but she couldn't help what happened. Don't you remember when Kevin tricked me into losing Driger? That was the worst possible feeling a person could have, and the same thing could've happened to her." Rei stopped and growled. "You just went ahead and made fun of her for being afraid."
"I must say, I was afraid too," Kenny added. Tyson shot a look at the Chief and the boy shrunk back for the 2nd time that day. He looked around; noone was backing him up on this. Letting out a defeated groan, he headed back to the door.
"Fine I'll go apologise. Will that make you happy?" he said.
Max and Kenny nodded enthusiastically and he sighed again.
Aya rolled over on her bed onto her side to face the opposite wall as Tyson walked in.
"Didn't I tell you to get lost?" was the first thing she said.
"Uh, well I wanted to apologise," Tyson said while rubbing the back of his neck.
"Did you now? I thought it was because your team was telling you to." She was still facing the wall.
Tyson could feel his eye twitch, this girl just irritated him so much. He took a deep breath and tried to keep his cool though, he knew fighting wasn't going to get them anywhere, and they did have to work together for the next few weeks. "Aya, I'm sorry ok. I shouldn't have said that about you. You did get Barrax to do what you wanted in the end. I guess that's all that matters."
"Hmph"
"Aya, I really am sorry. I shouldn't have said anything about you being afraid. I mean, I was a little scared too."
Aya turned to face him slightly, watching him over her shoulder. "Really?"
"Uh, yeah,"
Aya blinked a few times then sat up on her bed, staring at her feet. "Heh, you were more than a little weren't you. But I guess I have to forgive you, I won't get paid if you guys get angry and don't come."
"Paid?" Tyson almost choked on his own words. "You're getting paid for this?"
"Sure am," Aya smirked.
"…how much?"
"Enough by the hour is all you need to know."
"You mean that's why you've had me here all day? The longer I have to suffer the more money you get!" Tyson cried.
Aya laughed and launched herself onto her feet. "'Fraid so Tyson."
"But…" he was speechless. Why was she getting paid to boss him around? It wasn't fair! She laughed again, slung an arm around his shoulders and opened the door.
"Forget it Tyson."
The Bladebreakers saw them come out of the room, Aya looking quite satisfied with herself and Tyson dumbfounded.
"Are you okay now Aya?" Kenny asked carefully, afraid he would be snapped at again. She smiled at him sympathetically and let go of Tyson.
"Yeah, I'm fine now. Sorry Kenny," she said. Kenny sighed gratefully and nodded his forgiveness.
"So what now guys? We can't just stand around here for the rest of the day," Max asked.
Kenny watched Aya, waiting for the thoughtful expression she always seem to give when she was thinking on what to do next.
"You know Aya," Tyson began and she gave him a questioning look. "Barrax isn't really stronger than Dragoon."
A challenging smirk crept onto her face and she placed her hands on her hips. "Wanna bet?"
The room was dark. Opening the curtains of the single window, she gazed out at the glistening lights of the French city. They seemed strangely luminous tonight, reflecting off the water drenched roads and the rain. Along with these lights, in the dark eyes that once illustrated sorrow, there was a glimmer of hope. She harshly jerked the curtains closed again and made for the small bag sitting on her bed.
He stirred.
She froze.
The teen with black hair, almost two years older, turned in his sleep and buried his face further into the pillow. She let her muscles relax and wrapped her fingers around the bag's straps. At the door, she stopped and chanced a glance at her roommate. He was so vulnerable, she could attack him now and be gone with him.
No.
That would mean she would have to deal with the other two then. She might be lucky enough to get rid of this one, but the others would undoubtedly kill her. She took a look at the clock above the beds, her heightened sense of vision allowing her to see it clearly even in the surrounding darkness.
1.47am.
She stepped out of the room and silently shut the door. She waited a few moments but heard nothing, signalling the all-clear for her to go. Walking through the shadows, caught up in her own thoughts of freedom, she didn't even notice the small coffee table by her legs. She kicked her shin on it and winced at the small sensation of pain and the scraping sound it made on the floor.
"Where do you think you're going?" came the deep and menacing question.
"O-out," she stuttered and cringed at her shaking voice. No, she couldn't show fear, not now of all times. She spun around to face the invader but was caught by the cuff of her shirt and roughly thrown to the ground.
"Out huh? Not likely."
Her heart sank. Why did it have to be this one of all people? The giant, the monster, the one that could break her in half like a twig.
"Tsk tsk. So disrespectful to us."
Her blood ran cold at the presence of this more sinister voice. 'No,' she thought. 'No, he was asleep. He couldn't have been asleep and heard me.'
"Bring her here. She needs to be taught a lesson once and for all," the same voice said.
The first teen reached out for the girl but she slapped his hands away.
"Why are you doing this?" she cried. "Why can't you just let me leave?"
She watched them frantically but neither said anything, just watched her with their accusing eyes. She lowered her face, biting back the tears that were making their way to her eyes.
"Oh…I get it," she said, trying a new tactic. "You need me. That's why you don't want me to go."
"What was that?" The dark haired teen asked irritably.
"Ever since I won that stupid tournament you've been telling me I'm weak. I think you just want to make me stay because you know I'm the strongest on this team." She spat the last word out and continued. "You know I could beat and take everything from you, so you're trying to keep me down."
A boot to the stomach was her reward for standing up for herself, followed by a silver blade at her throat.
"You want to take me on? Try it you worthless bitch," he hissed. She could feel his breath on her face and shivered. Who was she kidding? She couldn't beat him. She stayed silent, and tried to hold back the growing feeling of nausea in her body.
"I didn't think so."
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