Chapter 9: Temper tantrum
"He is NOT my boyfriend! So SHUT UP!""Liar, liar, liar! You can't fool me!"At the moment, Ray, Rika and the two new guys, Andi and Rayne were walking up and down the street. Looking for the others. Still.Andi still wouldn't shut up about Ray being Rika's "supposed" boyfriend and Rika looked ready to shove her into the oncoming traffic."Be quiet! I am not; I repeat AM NOT, that thing's girlfriend! Ca piche?" she screamed, loud enough to shatter everyone's eardrums in a one-mile radius."Look, I don't even know you! Where do you get off accusing me of dating that cranky short-stack?" Ray asked, getting even more ticked off with this girl."Short-stack? YOU ARE SO ON MY HIT LIST!" Rika screamed, not sure whether to wallop him or bigmouth Andi.Rayne stayed quiet throughout all of this, deciding it was better to keep her mouth shut.Andi grinned, ignoring the enraged Rika. "You are so right! We haven't been properly introduced!"Jumping in front of Ray, she stuck out a hand. "Hi, I'm Andi! Her cousin!" she said, jerking a thumb at Rika."You're her cousin?" he asked, disbelief written all over his face."What? Cantcha tell?" Andi asked, slinging and arm around Rika so Ray could see both their faces side by side.Ray looked back and forth between the two, noticing a surprising resemblance. Besides the fact that Andi was wearing a cheesy grin while Rika had a murderous glare. Andi smiled even more and leaned up next to his ear."Once she gets to know you, she'll drop the whole 'I walk on water' attitude. Trust me, she acts more like me than anyone. She does this to all the new people she meets." Andi whispered, blowing Rika's façade out of the water."Good to know..." Ray replied, while Andi nodded again and backed away.Rika glanced at her cousin's "innocent" expression and looked at Ray who had a funny little smile on his face. Directed at her no less. Disliking being left out of the loop, she looked at Rayne who shrugged."No fair..." She whined, her bottom lip sticking out in the beginnings of a pout."Told you so!" Andi said in a singsong voice, winking at Ray.Ray chuckled at Rika's pouty expression as she was once again left out."Jeez, can that bottom lip stick out anymore?" Rayne asked, flipping her white-tipped hair over her shoulder."Yes, yes it can! Wanna see? I can get free candy from one of these stores if I do it long enough!" Rika asked, sounding like a little kid."Oh, Riiiiiiiiiiiiika..." Rayne said, pointing behind her."Wha...?" She asked, turning to stare at where Rayne was pointing."No, don't show her!" Andi cried, trying to cover her eyes."ICE CREAM MAN!" Rika screamed, taking off down the street toward an ice cream vendor."Good going! We'll never get her away from there!" Andi said, putting her hands on her hips."She must like ice cream...a lot..." Ray commented, watching her press her face on the glass to look at all the different kinds."You have no idea..." Rayne replied, rolling her eyes."Well on a more positive note, I have no money to pay for all the ice cream she's gonna get." Andi said, smiling."Nope, me neither." Rayne said, shaking her head.Both girls turned to Ray."You'd better be rich!" Rayne laughed, watching Rika order the ice cream man to give her all of the kinds."Oh boy..." Ray muttered.
"Well that was smart! Way to be, Rayne!" Sasha said, watching Rayne point out the ice cream vendor.The Bladebreakers, and Sasha, were still sitting in the booth by the window. Once they had caught sight of Ray, Rika and two others walking down the street, they had all stared out the window at them. Sasha had informed them that the girl with the pigtails was Andi, Rika's cousin and the other girl with the funky hair, was one of their friends, Rayne."Rule number one, never ever show Rika anything that has to do with ice cream." Sasha commented, her nose pressed up to the glass."You're getting fog prints everywhere." Kai said.Sasha stuck her tongue out at him. "So what? You're the only one who notices, and the only one who seems to care!"Kai glared and turned back to staring out the window."Stop breathing Kai, you're getting fog prints everywhere!" Sasha mocked, impersonating his grumpy tone."She's pretty good, Kai! Got your 'I hate everything' voice perfect too!" Tyson laughed."Can it, Tyson." Kai said, turning to him.Tyson just laughed and pointed behind him.Kai snapped his head back around to find Sasha making funny faces at him. Noticing she was busted, she stopped and waved at him. "Hiya!" she said, making the rest of the guys crack up.Kai's brown eyes narrowed at the annoying girl across from him. Sasha just grinned, locking her green eyes with his. Winking, she laughed and turned away again.Kai blinked. That was the first time a girl had ever done that to him before. Besides those ditzy fan-girls who used to try to cling onto him at Beyblade Tournaments. Shaking himself out of his thoughts, Kai turned back to the window in time to see Ray fighting with Rika with a large crowd surrounding them."Dun dun dun! The horror begins!" Sasha said, as Tyson leaned over her shoulder to watch as well.
"Hey, leggo you freak!" Rika screeched."There is no way I'm paying for all of this ice cream! We are leaving, now!" Ray argued, tugging on her arm as she continued to fight with him."No, no and oh yes, NO! I want ice cream and you can't stop me!" Rika cried, her sneakers sliding on the pavement."You wanna bet?" Ray hissed, his golden eyes narrowing.Grabbing the struggling girl, he tossed her straight over his shoulder. Ray started walking and the crowd parted for him as the PB haired teen yelled obscenities and dug her nails into his back.Andi and Rayne had decided to be very brave and run down the street and hide around the corner when the crowd had started boxing them in. Now, they poked their heads around the corner and watched Ray struggle to keep Rika from kicking her way off of his shoulder."Would you stop clawing my back! It HURTS!" Ray yelled.Rika suddenly stopped wriggling and laid still. "Ok, I'm being good now, so you can drop me...""Nice try, kid." Ray said as he continued to carry her down the street."I HATE YOU, YOU STUPID BEYBLADER WANNABE!" Rika screamed, her voice rising a few million decibels.Ray bared his fangs as she started to pull on his band of hair painfully."Knock it off!" he growled."Oh I'm sorry, does that hurt?" Rika asked evilly, tugging even harder on his hair."Man, you're gonna be bald when this is over!" Andi said, stepping out in front of them."YOU'RE A LITTLE SAVAGE!" Ray yelled, losing his seemingly endless patience."So I've been told!" Rika retorted, alternating between ripping out his hair and clawing his back."This is getting violent..." Rayne whispered in Andi's ear."So?" Andi replied, shrugging.
The others had decided to sneak out and head back to the hotel before the ones scrapping in the street could notice. Save themselves a whole lot of embarrassment if people discovered they knew those two.Now, they were in Kenny's hotel room, hanging out. Except for Kai of course, he was off doing some training. Max was asking Sasha a whole bunch of questions in an attempt for everyone to get to know each other."So where're you from?" Max asked, sitting upside down in a big chair.Sasha grinned. "Canada! Rika, Rayne and I grew up together there. Andi's American, we don't get to see her very often even though the four of us are like best friends.""So do you have a reputation for being the best bladers back home?" Tyson asked, lying on the bed"Well...sorta. I think we're good, but not the best." Sasha answered, sitting on the floor."So then the four of you are going to be entering the tournament, am I right?" Kenny asked."Oh man, that's right! The tournament is tomorrow isn't it! I don't know if we even have a team!" Sasha wailed.Tyson blinked. "Hey chill, it's probably all cool..."But his reassuring comment fell on deaf ears as Sasha tore out of the room, saying something about finding Rika. The three boys gave each other looks before getting up and following her.Sasha was in near hysterics as she dashed for the doors that led outside. 'Must find Rika...must enter tournament!' she thought as she ran outside. And that's where she saw the most hilarious scene she'd ever seen in her life.Walking up the sidewalk were Andi and Rayne, talking to each other quietly. Ray was walking behind them, looking every bit like a black-haired storm cloud. Flung over his shoulder was Rika, her elbow dug into his back and her head propped up on her palm, glaring at the air. She looked like she had been there for a long time.
Trying to keep a straight face and failing miserably, Sasha watched them approach. As soon as the girls caught sight of her, they ran up and hugged Sasha, the three starting to talk at the same time, Sasha telling them all about ditching Ray and Rika in the street. Ray stopped at the foot of the steps and promptly dropped Rika on her butt. Sparing her an angry glare, he stalked off into the hotel, ignoring his teammates who were standing in the doorway. Rika glared daggers back, her cheeks heating up in embarrassment as she realized all eyes were on her.
Slowly standing up, her face turning an even darker red, she rushed off into the hotel, looking like she was going to cry. Andi and Rayne watched her go, completely silent. Sasha glanced back and forth, knowing something was wrong."What happened?" she whispered.Andi turned to look at her, her brown eyes, wide and full of guilt. "It was my fault, I didn't stop them..." She whispered back, not daring to look anyone in the eye.Sasha blinked in confusion and turned to Rayne. "I don't get it.""Lets just say...things went a little to far when they were fighting..." Rayne answered, avoiding the actual question."Ok...could you elaborate on that?" Sasha asked, worried about her friend.Rayne sighed and closed her eyes. "This is what happened..."
FLASHBACK"This is getting violent..." Rayne whispered in Andi's ear."So?" Andi replied, shrugging.Rayne hoped she was just getting weird vibes but everyone seemed to be losing their cool and knowing human beings, someone was going to snap."Put me down! I don't want to ride around on your shoulder like a monkey!" Rika shrieked, her face flushed with anger."You think I want to carry a brat like you around! There's no way I trust you to let you go!" Ray hollered, cat-like eyes narrowed and fangs bared."BRAT! AT LEAST I DIDN'T BETRAY MY TEAM! UNLIKE YOU WHO DITCHED THE WHITE TIGERS AND RAN OFF!" Rika cried, temper getting the best of her.That seemed to strike a nerve. "NO WONDER NO ONE LIKES YOU, YOU'RE JUST A SELFISH LITTLE BRAT WHO THINKS SHE'S GOD'S GIFT!" Ray snapped, his words stinging with venom.Rika went silent. Even though she deserved that, it still hurt. Her emotions were on overdrive after this long fight, making her eyes sting and her chest constrict painfully as hot tears threatened to fall.Ray started to walk, his jaw stiff and body tense with fury. Rayne and Andi were shocked into silence, but started walking as well when Ray moved.END FLASHBACK"And that's the whole story..." Rayne said, crossing her arms."Uh-oh. It's just like Rika to lose it and say something stupid like that...still, Ray shouldn't have said that either. Two wrongs don't make a right." Sasha said, her eyebrows furrowed."Three wrongs don't make a right. I should have done something other than say 'So?' like an idiot!" Andi muttered, frowning."Everyone just chill, we don't need people sulking in self-pity." Rayne said."Maybe we should go and make sure Rika's ok?" Sasha offered.Andi and Rayne nodded in agreement.The three girls quickly raced inside leaving Tyson, Kenny and Max still standing in the doorway in confusion.
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