Light and explicit. Rather funny too. Try it.
Summary: The Beybladers stopped on an island. They organize a volley ball match but this match is no ordinary match…
4. Strawberry Summer
"The loser has to do what the winner say," Michael said, grinning.
"Fine," Kai accepted the bet.
Kai's team, the Nike, is composed of Tala, Brooklyn, Kane, Tyson, Mariah, Mariam and Raul(the last two are spare players). On the other side, Michael is the captain of the Starfire team: Ray, Miguel, Kevin, Emily, Salima, Bryan and Max (same as for these two). Enrique and Hilary are referees and Daichi wrote the score.
"The team reaching 15 points wins," Hilary said.
"Any time, sweetie," Michael smiled at her
"Hey, no flirting with the ref!" Tyson shouted, outraged
Michael laughed.
"Calm down! I'm not stealing your girl."
Hilary and Tyson flushed bright red.
On the other hand, Mariah was complaining about her team's name: "Why do we have to have such a pathetic name?"
Kai turned to her, "I named it," he said coldly.
"Oh, sorry," Mariah felt guilty, "I didn't know you like the mark."
"Nike means 'victorious' in Greek," he explained.
"Well, that's…er… great," Mariah said, avoiding his glance.
"Okay, let's the match begin!" Enrique intervened. "Who's the most charming Beyblader?" He asked Salima.
"Erm… Ray?" she said hesitantly
"Wrong! Me! Ball goes to the Nike," Enrique said.
"First service: Mariah," Hilary said.
Mariah hit the ball and it landed right in the middle. The other team didn't get the time to move one bit. Mariah punched the air.
"Did you see my hit?" she asked joyfully.
"We've seen it alright," the boys answered, drooling at Mariah (of course that didn't count the guys on her team because she was behind them)
Taken aback, Mariah looked down and saw that her T-shirt was rolled up when she jumped, showing half of her torso. She hastily rolled it back, muttering, "Little perverts!"
"Okay, 2-0 for the Nike!" Enrique regained his spirit.
"Hey, wait a minute!" Emily said, "Why 2?"
"Mariah's pretty, dear," Enrique answered,
"That's not fair!"
"I'm the ref, so shut up please, gafotas," Enrique said.
"The match continues," Daichi said. "Service: Tala."
Tala was getting ready to hit the ball when his eyes met Miguel's.
"Out! 2-1 for the Starfire," Hilary said. "Service: Kevin."
"Okay, whatever happens, pass the ball to me," Kai whispered to his team. "Tala, are you OK?" he added to his friend who nodded.
"Be careful, here I come!" Kevin said as he smashed the ball.
"Tyson! The ball!"
The bluette jumped and was aiming the ball but he missed and it hit his head and bounced off. Brooklyn saved it and passed it to Kai who smashed it across the field.
"What a strike! 3-1 for the Nike!"
Five seconds later.
"Kai scored! 4-1 for the Nike!"
"Enrique, we're not in soccer," Hilary complained.
"If you say so sweetheart," the Italian replied.
On the Starfire side, Michael was discussing with his team mates.
"We've got to concentrate. I know Mariah is hot but we can't let them win. If we have enough luck, I'll be able to get Kai out of the way but we have to have the ball first."
"Alright," the others agreed.
Return to the match, Tyson was doing the service.
"Fatty, fatty Tyson," Kevin was teasing from the other side.
"Shut up, cheater," Tyson uttered fiercely.
"Tyson and Hilary sitting under a tree…" Kevin chanted.
"SHUT UP!" He hit the ball hard.
"Out!" Enrique declared dully. "4-2 for the Starfire."
"Way to go, Kevin!" Michael congratulated him
"I hope we didn't have to cheat to win," Miguel signed.
"I agree," Ray said.
But Michael didn't heed their words. He took the ball and whispered, "Farewell, Kai." He used all his strength of his left arm to hit the ball. It whizzed towards Kane, who didn't have time to counter it.
"Watch out!" Kai pushed Kane out of side and received the ball his stomach. Many girls screamed.
"Kai, are you alright?" Mariah asked, concerned.
He didn't answer, his eyes were kept closed.
"I'll take care of him," someone said.
Mariam entered the game instead of Kai.
"4-3 for the Starfire!" Hilary declared. "Don't you think we should do something?" she added to Enrique.
"Why, there's nothing wrong, Kai put himself into it," Enrique said as he pulled Hilary closer by her waist, "But what we an do is you and me, we go-." A ball hit Enrique in the back of the head.
"Tyson! Che cosa fai?" Enrique shouted furiously.
"You, stay away from Hilary!" Tyson shouted back.
"She's your girl?" he asked
"No, but-."
"4-6 for the Starfire, for injuring the ref," Enrique declared.
The Nike was in a sticky situation. Without Kai, they're going to lose for sure. In the Starfire team, Max replaced Salima.
"Okay, service: Max," Hilary said.
"Here goes," muttered the blond.
The ball passed the net; Mariam stopped it and passed to Brooklyn who passed it on to Kane, who passed it across the net. Ray countered it then Michael smashed into the ball. The Nike failed to catch it.
"4-7 to the Starfire."
Michael's turn to serve. He sensed victory at hand so he'll let this ball pass. He sent it for Mariah who caught it. There was something written on it: "See me after the match" Mariah smiled, rubbed off the message and wrote another one. She served. Michael caught it. Ray noticed this little game and wondered what Michael and Mariah are up to, especially when Michael is making the other team win. He read over Michael's shoulder and saw Mariah's handwriting on the ball: "OK" What's all this about. Michael was grinning to Mariah on the other side. Any way now it's 6-7 for the Nike. But Michael won't let his team lose, even for Mariah. The next minutes the Starfire reached 6-10 but when Max served again, this time he lost concentration. Mariam was sending him a dead seductive glance. Max gulped and missed his service.
"7-10 for the Nike."
Tala saw this and let Mariam served. At least they could try gaining more points. Mariam aimed at Max.
"Max! The ball!" Miguel shouted but it completely passed his head.
"S-sorry, guys," Max apologized but he saw at the corner of the eye that Mariam was smiling at him and it made him blushed.
Michael was furious. He sent Ray out and let Bryan in. The Russian helped the team up to 8-12.
Meanwhile, Enrique was flirting with Salima.
"So, what do you say? You and me, and the beach." He gestured the space in front of them.
Salima giggled and nodded. Enrique took her hands and kissed them: "See you soon, señorita."
"Enrique!" Hilary called "Have you forgotten the match?"
"Coming, 'Ilary," He danced back to rejoin his co-referee.
"Will you tell me what happened just a while ago?" Hilary looked impatiently at him, hands on her hips.
Enrique looked innocently at her.
"The ball bounced off near the line on the Nike's side. The problem is no one saw whether it was in or on the line," Hilary explained.
"Simple!" Enrique exclaimed, "It's 8-13 for the Starfire since Salima has agreed to go out with me."
Hilary sighed. Kane heard this and stared at Salima who shrugged.
Bryan served and despite the fact that Tala stopped it, the Nike failed to get it over the net.
"8-14 for the Starfire!"
Tension was boiling in the Nike team. They're going to lose for sure. Tala made Mariah go out and let Raul in (a boy is better than a girl at sport, isn't he? Just joking).
"Wait, I'm going," a voice said.
They turned and saw Kai.
"You're back!" Tyson rejoiced.
"Are you feeling better?" Brooklyn asked.
"I feel good enough to see how to win," Kai answered. "Tala, sorry but you must go. Mariah, come back."
"So, Kai, feeling better?" Michael asked saucily from the other side.
Kai turned.
"Get ready to lose," he simply said.
And he was right. At the moment Kai came in, the Nike went up to 6 points in succession. They were now at 14-14.
"We have to be careful, this is our last chance," Michael was saying to the team.
"Kai must have a lot of tricks in his bag," Kevin said.
"But we must win!" Emily sounded confident.
"We have to be careful, this is our last chance," Kai was saying on the other side.
"Michael must have a lot of tricks in his bag," Tyson said.
"But we must win!" Mariah sounded confident.
"Service: Brooklyn," Hilary announced.
The ball passed the other side. The Starfire passed it between them then passed it over. Bryan tried to smash the ball at the last minute but Kane stopped it and passed to Kai who was unable to strike so he had to pass it to Tyson who fortunately got the ball over. It continued like this fir five whole minutes. Both the supporters and the two teams were sweating hard. Enrique and Hilary were biting their lips.
The ball was at a good height from the net. Kai jumped to smash but Michael prevented him. They stroked in the same time and the ball flew upwards and fell back on the net. It bounced off and fell towards the Nike's side. Brooklyn swerved to catch it but missed.
"14-15 for the Starfire. The Starfire wins!" Enrique cried joyfully. Their supporters went wild and came down to hug the team members. Mathilde swung herself around Miguel's neck, bombing him with kisses. The rest of the White Tigers came to congratulate Ray and Kevin. Enrique kissed Salima and took out champagne from nowhere. Mariam shyly went over to shake Max's hands. The latter whispered something to her and they both giggled. Michael took Mariah by the hand and danced with her. Hilary and Daichi were consoling Tyson. Only Kai, Tala and Brooklyn didn't move. Suddenly Kai felt a hand on his shoulder. It was Michael.
"Have you forgotten the bet, Kai?" he asked, a wide grin on his face.
"What do you want?" Kai signed.
"Choose a girl and give her a kiss."
Those surrounding them howled with laughter. Kai went red.
"That's a stupid thing to do. I won't do it," Kai answered.
"Then run naked around the island."
"You pervert! Alright I'll do your thing."
Kai knew who he would like to kiss but if he did, she would surely kill him. And everyone would know…
"Kai! Kai! Kai!" the crowd was shouting.
"Come on, Kai. Girls are dying for your kiss," Kevin teased.
"Alright," Kai whispered and grip the girl nearest to him. He kissed her deeper than he wanted to. When he reopened his eyes he saw that it was…………..tra da da…………Emily!!!!
