CHAPTER 12: MERRY CHRISTMAS

Everyone: We wish you a Merry Christmas,

We wish you a Merry Christmas,

We wish you a Merry Christmas,

And a Happy New Year.

DK: Hey Everyone!! Christmas is just around the corner and us characters wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!

K-K: HI! Merry Christmas!!

Anya: Happy Holidays.

Rayne and Kai: HN.

Amber and Alexia: ::continues to sing until got wacked at the head by Anya::

DK: As a little treat, I'll be doing the reviews and here it is!

SapphireSword:- Yeah lots of action here. There'll be pretty more action after this chapter and I'm glad you like it. I know it was winter and I know Butterflies don't exits at that season, but it was spring time when I discussed this chapter with K-K, but then Christmas is just round the corner so I changed the season timing but kept the plot. It's the only way to get Sergei to be kidnapped. Anyways thanks for the review. Appreciate it very much.

Kitty-Kris:- Don't worry about reviewing chapter 10. You can still do it. And I'll answer it in the next chappy, how's that? Let me know when the chapter is up. Rayne is going to be fine. She's in a brief coma. But all is well will ends well right? ::devil's horns appears on her head:: Okay, so maybe not in this story, but you never know, I may change it. Chat to you soon.

Minij Akane:-Thanks for the review and thanks for the heads-up.

Darkfangs:- You weren't rude on MSN. Frankly we chat to each other, every single day except on Saturday. Don't worry about it. Thanks for the review and I will take the blame for making you like our little ficcy :P. I love it as much as you do. Anyways I'm a very patient person so take your time on Silent Tears, and I'll chat to you soon. Thanks for the review and bye.

SchoolBoredom:-Thank you.

DK: Well there it is. 5 reviews within two days.

Anya: Hehe.

K-K: DK doesn't own Beyblade except Blade Angels and their bit-beasts, Sergei and the plot.

Amber: ENJOY!

A pair of soft crimson eyes opened slowly, her vision foggy as she woke up one early morning. She blinked several times until her vision was focused, and she saw white and blue sparkles all around her bedroom.

'What's going on?' she thought. Rayne realise that the blue and white sparkles were actually shiny streamers, reflecting what seems to be Christmas lights that were position around the room up on the ceiling.

'Christmas Decorations?' Rayne widen her eyes and looked beside her. Above the mahogany bedside table, a calendar was pinned, and circled in red was the date 24th December: Christmas Eve's

"Shit!" Rayne swore under her breath. She got up hurriedly but was pulled back by something and she softly bang against someone behind her. That person groaned and moved his head, returning to sleep.

Rayne froze at his movement and looked down at her waist where a pair of arms was holding. Recognising the sleeves of a shirt, Rayne slowly turned around and came face to face with none other than Tala Ivanov. Her stone cold face softened at the sight and giggle quietly when Tala let out a soft snore. Reaching up, she pushed some bangs away from his face but her hand was caught by another hand, startling her. Rayne let out a gasp of surprised and Tala opened his eyelids and set his icy blue eyes on Rayne.

"Rayne?" Tala croaked.

"Yeah." Rayne smiled. Tala's eyes lit up and let go of her hand, his fingers stroking softly against her cheek, before cupping her nape, pulling her face down. Their lips met in a soft kiss and soon became a heated kiss as Tala gently plunged his tongue inside her mouth, seeking hers.

Tala sat up properly and pulled Rayne to sit on his lap, never breaking the heated kiss until oxygen was needed. Rayne looked closely at Tala and realised there was something different about him. He looked tired and pale.

"Yuriy? Are feeling alright?" Rayne asked worriedly.

"I'm fine." He whispered. "I was just worried." The growling of stomach was heard. Rayne looked around, expecting it coming from Alexia or Tyson but no one was inside the room apart from the couple. She then realise that the sound came beneath her and that it belonged to Tala.

"Have you eaten?" Rayne asked, watching Tala's flushed face.

Tala shook his head. "Not-Not since you return with Sergei two weeks ago."

"WHAT?!" Rayne shouted. "You haven't eaten for two weeks?"

"No he didn't." someone said from outside. Both Rayne and Tala turned to see Anya and Kai standing in the doorframe, a tray of food in each pair of hands.

"How are you feeling?" Kai asked.

"Better. Could you guys please tell me what happened?"

Kai looked at Tala who looked at Anya who looked at Rayne who looked at everyone in turn. Kai sighed, threading his fingers through his spiky hair.

"OK."

Rayne beamed and sat comfortably beside Tala, his arms around her.

"Well, it was around 7pm two weeks ago. The gang was worried that you didn't return from the park, with Sergei. We were waiting, and waiting, our worries getting stronger and stronger until we heard the doorbell. Tala and I went to answer it and saw you, all injured, holding Sergei who was sleeping."

Rayne nodded, indicated that she remembered it.

"After Spencer took Sergei from your arms," Tala continued, "you collapsed. We took you to your room and Anya tended your injuries."

"Since then, Tala never left your side. He hasn't been eating for the past two weeks and he hardly got any sleep. He just kept watching over you, stroking you hair and sighing from time to time." Anya finished.

"Well here's your food, and we'll leave you to it." Kai kissed Rayne's forehead before exiting, Anya following. Rayne heard the door closed with a soft click and looked at Rayne, tears stinging her eyes.

"What's wrong?" Tala whispered, seeing the tears in her eyes.

"You really love me that much, to skip food just to look after me?" Rayne asked, smiling.

Tala stroked her hair and whispered, "of course I do. I love you. And I'm not leaving your side."

Rayne leaned forward and captured his lips with hers in a soft and slow kiss. Both of them closed their eyes and Tala immediately wrapped his arms around her, bringing her closer to him, making her sit on his lap, not breaking the kiss once. A tear rolled down Rayne's cheek as she wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling his face closer (if possible), not breaking the heated kiss that has began.

"I love you so much." Tala whispered against the kiss. Rayne broke the kiss from lack of oxygen, and looked at him fondly.

"I know. And I love you too." Rayne whispered, resting her head on his shoulder.

oo

It was a dark place, with cold temperature and everything is quiet except the sound of water drops hitting the cold ground every five seconds. But another sound joined the water droplets. It was a whimpering sound and from what we can make out, the voice belongs to a young five-year-old child. Who do we know that is five-years-old? Who else but our little bumblebee, Sergei Romano.

Sergei was sitting on the cold, damp ground, beside what seems to be a leak pipe that was making all the water sound, with his knees up to his chest, his arms wrapped around it, hugging his knees. He was scared, cold and lonely as well as hungry and thirsty, making him whimper, as he was hunger for warmth.

He darted his eyes left and right, trying to find his escape of this terrible nightmare, when out of the corner of his eyes, a struck of hope grew in him. It was a light, a sign of hope and a sign of escape.

Sergei got up and dragged his tiny legs across the long corridor, keeping his hands against the damp wall, guiding him, keeping him on track. He followed the pretty white light, pushing himself to keep walking, hoping against all hope that the light was his ticket home.

But another subject entered him another sound entered his ears, sending the sound waves to his brain. As his small brain continued to function, working on this new arrival, Sergei slowly recognised the sound, the familiar sound of a spinning beyblade.

That little flame of hope grew stronger as his energy re-new, gods know how, running as fast as his little legs could go, towards the bright light. With every step he take, the light became closer, and the smile on our young bumblebee grew wider and wider, until he reached his destination.

He finally took a step through the light and an image popped right in his face.

"Hi!" greeted the image. Sergei took several steps back out of surprise and fear, putting some distance between the two.

"Who are you?" asked Sergei.

"The name is Ming-Ming and you're so adorable." Replied the image.

"Err…" stammered Sergei, even more surprised. Confusion has also taken over fear, making him slightly braver than before.

Ming-Ming giggled at the stammered bumblebee. Cheering and whistling erupted Sergei's ears and looked around him.

"Where am I?" asked Sergei, as he no longer was in the cold, damp corridor.

"You're at the beyblade stadium," giggled Ming-Ming. Ming-Ming was at the same height as Sergei, has blue hair and crimson eyes. She was wearing a frilly skirt and short top, showing off her girly, childish side. She suddenly jumped into the air as her body glowed bright white, changing her form. She was taller, older, more of a teenager than the little girl she used to be. She still has her blue hair and crimson eyes but she was out of her colourful frilly skirt and into her favourite black dress sprinkled with red hearts. She landed gracefully in front of Sergei, now twice as tall as he was and blew him a harmless kiss before walking away.

With Ming-Ming out of the way, Sergei concentrated more on the scene in front of him. Once again the sound of a spinning beyblade reached his ears although it sounds more like two beyblade clashing.

Sergei widened his eyes. There in front of him were two familiar black beyblade, one with orange chip the other with a black chip, going head-to-head in a battle. Both bit-beast were already arise, a canine beast and a black angel.

Ginger hair and icy blue eyes gleaming maliciously met Sergei's fearful blue eyes and fiery crimson and two-toned black hair also met Sergei's eyes and Sergei recognised them both.

Two beyblade clashed, their attack rings melting, sending sparks in every direction before separating, circling each other. Rayne was breathing hard, sweat pouring down her face, herself half injured. Brooklyn was different. He was still standing, unfazed by the whole event.

"Give up yet?" taunted Brooklyn, smirking at the sight.

"Never!" breathed Rayne. Suddenly she collapsed onto her knees, breathing fast and heavily, loosing energy.

"You'll never make it. You might as well say good-bye to your friends. After this, your boyfriend goes next then that brother of yours you call 'twin'," chuckled Brooklyn.

"NO!" gasped Rayne. "You're not going to hurt them. Any of them!"

"HMPH! Whatever. Shadow! Final attack with DARK SPARKLES!" commanded Brooklyn. Shadow roared its mighty roar and over powered Deathscythe, heading for Rayne. Rayne just sat there, frozen, watching with wide eyes.

"NO!" screamed Sergei, as the attack gave a critical hit to Rayne and everything was engulfed by the bright light once again.

oo

Sergei snapped his eyes open and sat up straight as he jerked awake, sweat pouring over him. His heart was beating furiously and his breathing was coming in short gasps. His vision was blurry, as tears stung his eyes and he choke down a sob, hoping no one would have heard him. He looked around him, taking in his surroundings.

There was a small Christmas tree in the corner, all decorated and tinsels were hung up on the wall around the perimeter of the room, with holly hanging in various places. There was a giant star at the center of the ceiling with streamers sprouting from it, the other end of the streamer stuck in each corner of the room. Glow-in-the-dark stars and moons were stuck in various places on the ceiling, giving out a soft light when the room is dark.

A pig-like snort erupted Sergei's thought. He turned around and realise the snort was actually a snore coming from his big brother. Spencer was sitting on a chair, an open book lying on his lap, with his head hung, as sleep was containing him.

Sergei let out a sob, remembering his dream and then clamp his hand over his mouth. This woke up Spencer, as he looked at his little brother worriedly.

"Sergei, what's wrong?" asked Spencer.

Spencer let out another sob and crawled across the bed towards Spencer. Spencer took him into his arms and hugged him tight. Sergei cried out, scared that the dream might come true but didn't speak of it.

"It's ok, little one. You're safe," soothed Spencer. Sergei continued to cry for a bit longer before he calmed down. He pulled away, just enough to wipe his tears away.

"Where's she?" asked Sergei.

"You mean Rayne? She's in her room." Answered Spencer. Sergei jumped off him and headed towards Rayne's room.

He opened the door slowly and entered. Both Rayne and Tala turned around.

"Sergei?" called Rayne. Looking at Rayne suddenly brought tears in Sergei's eyes once again. Rayne noticed this and got out of bed, hugging Sergei closed to her.

"What's the matter, bumblebee?" asked Rayne. Sergei burst into tears again. Rayne knew she wouldn't be getting any answers from him so she picked him up and took him to bed. She sat down beside Tala, who wrapped an arm around her shoulders, her own arms holding Sergei and used her free hand to stroke his thick golden locks, calming him. In no time, Sergei cried himself to sleep. Soon later on, both Rayne and Tala fell asleep in each other's arms.

oo

"Piggyback?" asked Rayne. Sergei nodded, this thumb in his mouth, being the five-year-old child he is. Sergei stood up on the bed and Rayne sat at the edge. Sergei wrapped his arms around her neck, and wrapped his legs around her waist as Rayne placed her arms under his legs to secure him behind her. Rayne then stood up slowly and followed Tala out of the bedroom, giving Sergei a piggyback ride. Within a few minutes, they arrived at the ballroom of the mansion where the rest if the gang was gathered.

oo

(Anya)

No sleep,

No sleep until I'm done with finding the answers,

Won't stop,

Won't stop before I find the cure for this cancer.

And sometimes I fell like going down and so disconnected.

But somehow I know that I am haunted to be wanted.

CHORUS

I've been watching

I've been waiting

In the shadows

For my time

I've been searching

I've been living

For tomorrows

All my life

(Vivien)

They say,

That I must learn how to kill before I can feel safe

But I,

I'd rather kill myself then turn into their salve

And sometimes I feel that I should go and play with the thunder

Cause somehow I just don't wanna stay and wait for a wonder.

CHORUS

I've been watching

I've been waiting

In the shadows

For my time

I've been searching

I've been living

For tomorrows

All my life

(Rayne)

Lately I've been walking, walking in circles,

Watching, waiting for something

Feel me, touch me, heal me,

Come take me higher

I've been watching

I've been waiting

In the shadows

For my time

I've been searching

I've been living

For tomorrows

All my life

I've been watching

I've been waiting

I've been searching

I've been living

All my life

In the shadows

In the shadows

I've been waiting.

The crowd erupted into applause as the last note played The Bladebreakers, Blade Angels, the Majestics and the Demolition-Boys were all in a giant hall where they were invited to a Christmas party, on Christmas eves by Mr Dickinson. Once again, three-fifths of the Blade Angels found themselves performing.

(Rayne)

I still remember the world from the eyes of a child

Slowly these feelings were clouded by what I don't know

Chorus

Where has my heart gone?

An uneven trip for the real world

Oh I,

I want to go back to

Believing in everything and knowing nothing at all.

(Rayne)

I still remember the sun always warm on my back

(Anya & Vivien)

Somehow it seems colder now

Chorus

Where has my heart gone?

Trapped in the eyes of a stranger

Oh I,

I want to go back to

Believing in everything

(Rayne)

Chorus

Where has my heart gone?

An uneven trip for the real world

Oh I,

I want to go back to

Believing in everything

Oh well

Where has my heart gone?

Trapped in the eyes of a stranger

Oh I,

I want to go back to

Believing in everything

I still remember

As performance after another continued, it got closer and closer to midnight and soon everybody retreated to his or her own home.

The gang entered the mansion and went straight to their respected bedroom. Rayne pecked Tala on the lips goodnight and entered her bedroom. She changed into her nightclothes and took off her watch and sweatbands, putting them on the dressing table where an unfamiliar envelope was placed. Rayne picked it up and broke the seal, reading the poster that was in the envelope.

Rayne and Anya were sleeping with Alexia and Amber nearby

Vivien and Kai were kissing under the mistletoe

DK: ::looks at them, then looks at K-K:: No wonder it's so quiet.

K-K: ::is snoring like a saw::
DK: ::has a big anime vein popping on her forehead:: ::take several deep breaths:: OK, That's it for today. Question: What's the poster about? Whoever get this answer correct first, wins a drawing request by me! Until then, Ciao and Merry Christmas!