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It was later within the hour when the guys came back in the hotel. They noticed the girl passed out on the floor and for a few minutes they didn't recognize her. "It's Nicole," Tala said and felt her forehead for a fever. "She doesn't have a fever. Must be from the headache." He picked her up and carried her down to his room. After lying her on the bed, he and Kai left the room. When they got back they saw her sitting on the edge of the bed, head in her hands. They looked at her a bit confused then asked her, "Are you okay?" "No. The headache is worse," she responded.
Casey was having a blast with the girl he met. Ray soon joined them and that added to the fun. Tyson and Max soon left saying that they were hungry. When they left the other three decided to play Clue.
"I think that it was Colonel Mustard, in the dinning room, with the knife," Hillary guessed.
Casey secretly showed her a card and she exclaimed, "Aww! Rats!"
"Nice try though. I think you may be real close," he encouraged.
"What is it with you two?" Ray asked inquisitively.
"Nothing. Why did you ask?" Casey replied.
"Well, Hillary doesn't normally act like that and I never seen you with your eyes sparkling," he stated.
Both of them blushed and looked down with embarrassment. Ray smirked and shook his head. From then on they tried to keep it subtle.
After a while, Nicole's guardian came and gathered the small group of friends in a small circle. "I'm sure you're parents told you of the formal dinner that's coming up this Saturday. You may invite your new friends but they have to pay for themselves. I suggest you give them these invitations so they won't be questioned when and if they do attend," Nicole's guardian, Sara, said and gave Casey a small set of cards. "Nicole, Tala must pay for himself. He is already aware of the fact so please do remind him," Sara commented. "That was all. I just needed to tell you that. Oh, and don't forget about costume night!" she added and left.
They all looked at each other and soon all looked at Nicole. "What?" she asked coldly. Casey handed her the invitations and said, "You give it to them." Nicole rolled her eyes and walked off without a word. She walked up to the roof to think and get her own time.
Formal dinners, this is not exciting. All of the dinners Father had me attend for no reason. Mama doesn't care. Wait, it's Mother, not mama anymore. I'm Nicole Valkov, not Nicole Lyan anymore. I will have to practice my dancing skills again. Soon Boris is going to shove me into the Abbey and turn me into a Kai and Tala replica. Stop thinking about life Nicole. Feel. Don't think. Feel. Don't think…
She went on meditating and soon her mind was cleared and the empty feeling had overcome her. It didn't go on for fifteen minutes before she heard the door open and the voices of her team and the "friends" they made. She tried to ignore them but it didn't. All of them surrounded her and seemed to all talk to her at the same time. Soon she couldn't take it anymore. Nicole shot her eyes open and got up. Scanning the crowd, there was no sign of the primary captain, Kai. She left the rooftop and walked around the hotel looking for the captain. She found him leaning against the wall in the shadows.
"Captain," she said and bowed Japanese style.
"What do you need?" Hiwatari asked dryly.
"You have been invited by Calvary International for you and your team to attend the banquet and costume party," Nicole replied in a formal matter and handed him the invitations.
"What's the catch," he said taking this as a joke.
Nicole wasn't wavered by his amused look. "Pay for yourselves to get in."
"I'll discuss this later," Kai said and walked off.
Kai got to his own place in solitude and wondered why they got the invitations. We better tell them who we are. They don't seem to know. Nicole should since she is Tala's sister. Or did he tell her? She still has a lot to go through. I better take things the Demolition Boys way. The guys could use it and the other group of preps can get a taste of reality.
Tala stood in front of his sister.
"You need to practice? Nicole, you did ballet for eight years, ballroom for one and streetdance for two. Why do you need to practice?" he asked stunned when she asked him to help her.
"You always said to practice even if it hurt. I'm obeying your advice. I could've quit ballet since I hate it but I didn't did I? Why are you questioning me about something you told me to do in the first place?" she said getting irritated.
"Fine. But you are ready and I know it," he retorted.
"Wouldn't hurt to practice," she replied now glaring at her older brother.
Later the two groups merged and the question was asked…
"Can you guys have a slumber party at our place tonight?" Tyson asked Casey, Bryan and Double B.
"Yeah sure!" they all chirped.
"Ask you parents first," a voice said causing Casey to jump slightly.
"Yes mom," all of them said now officially irritated by the only girl in the group.
"Nicole, you're staying with me for the night," Tala informed.
"Sure," she answered in a distant voice.
"Ask you parents first Nicole," the other boy said to get back at her.
"Mom and dad don't care. He's my brother," the Asian teen stated.
They all parted in their own directions. Kai nodded in approval to Tyson and Tala for their work. Nicole went to her room and got her stuff. She informed her guardians about what was going to happen and they "okayed" it and she left.
They got into Tala's room and she set her stuff on the table. Tala went to his duffel bag and pulled out a smaller duffel and threw it to the raven-haired girl. She opened it to reveal a navy blue halter-top, black baggy jeans, boots, and fingerless gloves. She looked skeptically at the clothes looked to her brother for an explanation. "All must be revealed in due time. Now is the time," the redhead said and told her everything in his power to tell the now stunned girl. She thought for a minute then went to the bathroom.
Nicole now was dressed in the outfit he gave her and tied her hair up with a chopstick. When she came out Tala handed her a navy blue beyblade with its launcher. She looked at it and studied the empty chip in the middle. After being oriented with the beyblade, Tala had her try and launch it onto the floor to see if she could do it. He taught her how to hold it and she launched it according to his instructions. It was perfect but weak.
Later, they went to the Bladebreakers room to find that Nicole's entire group was mesmerized by the new sport while Tyson and Max fought. When they noticed the siblings they were surprised at the change. Nicole's looked a lot colder now and was approaching the dish in the middle of the room. Kai looked at Tala to see him nod and soon watched Nicole launch her blade into the dish for the first time. The Bladebreakers watch the girl orient herself with the dish and soon summoned it back.
Soon it was a party in the room. Popcorn, sodas, movies, and anything else imaginable were used to add to the fun. Kai, Tala, and Nicole were talking in a separate room discussing Nicole's fate.
"Can she do it?" Kai asked his best friend who nodded in approval.
"She'll catch on faster than I did," he assured.
"Training starts tomorrow. We will boil you down until you are nothing but pure bladder," the blunett threatened.
Nicole nodded and said, "I'd rather start training now if that's ok with you."
The two looked at her in such surprise at her determination to learn. They soon choked out an "okay" and started first with the rules, guidelines, and taught her the correct positions on how to stand and hold the beyblade and it's launcher.
On the other hand, the rest of the guys were watching Lord of the Rings while Tyson, Casey and Max fought for the food. They invited Hillary and soon it was a loud and out of control. Nicole, Tala, and Kai came back after the movie was over and soon, forced all the guys to pick up the mess they caused and go to bed. "Tomorrow is training and there will be no escaping it," Kai informed. He received a grunt from Tyson and Max but didn't complain. Everyone turned in and the Valkov's went to his or her room so that they could rest before the brutal training the next day.
All of the teens woke up early that morning including the three guests. Everyone met downstairs in the lobby and went outside on the track that belonged to the hotel. Kai had all of them run two miles for a warm up and to get all of them out of their I-need-sleep syndrome. After that he had all of them do fifty push-ups, run another four miles, one hundred pull-ups, five hundred sit-ups, beybattle, and martial arts before anyone could eat.
"That was intense!" Double B complained as he walked back toward the room he stayed at last night.
"I agree!" Casey said soon after following Bryan, Tyson, Max and Rei. They all looked at Nicole for her response but all they got was a "Hmph." Rei pointed out that she was molding into another Kai or Tala and told the guys to stop before she hurt them.
They all took showers and went to eat breakfast in the dinning hall. The table the teens sat at was full of laughter and joy except for one. Nicole thought back at what she was told, her training, and her future. I have to prove myself to Father. The Abbey will not see me as weak. In the moments of time she had to think about the matters, Max decided to try his luck on talking to her. No use.
Kai and Tala gave no mercy after breakfast but they did let them rest for an hour. After the hour passed, they went full-blown into hard core training. All suffered and most complained. Martial arts somehow got the best of them. Tyson was quite good at Kendo, Casey's strength Tae Kwon Do; Rei was excellent in Karate. The rest had no experience with an exception to the leaders; namely, Kai and Tala.
Later that day they did straight battles. Tyson was against Rei at the moment. Kenny was analyzing the battle while Casey, Bryan, and Double B were moaning in pain. Max was having his regular sugar dose and Nicole, of all people, was studying the moves made by the competitors.
"I lost!" Tyson exclaimed in furry when his blade went out of the dish and onto the floor.
"It was a good match Tyson. Don't worry," Rei assured.
Kenny looked up from his laptop and said, "The battle was good but you need to improve your defense. Rei, you need to improve your endurance."
"Right," the two replied. Kenny went on and said, "Nicole, try your luck with Max."
Max jumped up really psyched but Nicole hesitated and slowly made her way to the dish.
"Don't worry Nicole, I'll go easy on you," the blond said. Nicole tensed and she focused on what she was about to do. The moment the blade was released it was all on how she could pull it off.
The battle went well for the first time but with the dinner on Saturday, the Bladebreakers left to get something from a nearby mall. Nicole's group tagged along but not without the watchful eyes of their babysitter. They all went to the mall together but did separate things. While the guys did their thing the girls (Ana the babysitter and Nicole) went to the Chinese shop to browse around. They found different trinkets and objects but nothing to their liking.
"Nicole, why are you living in Russia now?" Ana asked in a simple question.
"To be with my new family. To adjust," she replied quietly.
"But why did you leave your home, friends, and guardians?" the babysitter said now confused.
"I don't know. All I knew was that I had to," Nicole stated thinking about that fateful day
She stood among the adults that night. They called her for an important decision that would, more or less, change her life. "You can stay with your guardians or you can move to Russia with us," her mama said in a firm voice. Nicole looked at them all in the eye with expectancy about this event. In a solemn voice she made her decision, "I'll move to Russia." The look on everyone's face was out of expectancy and with surprise.
"We're back!" Tyson exclaimed surprising the girls. Ana jumped slightly while Nicole glared at him.
"Ready to go?" Casey asked looking quite pleased.
Nicole looked at him with a raised eyebrow and said, "We've been waiting for an hour."
"Sorry! You are acting like Kai now," Bryan said a little annoyed.
"Well, did you ever consider that I am his best friend's little sister?" she said in a duh manner.
"Either way, you've been ten times colder than we knew you to be," Double B said smirking.
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