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thanks to:
SGCred: My friend, who has been with me since
the beginning. I think we should thank Daisy, because it was through
her that we started talking, ne? Thank you, Daisy! «hehe»
And thank you SGCred, for everything you have been doing, from your
support to your words.
Xx Shadow Wolf xX2: One question: whose the person (beside guys) who see Tala and don't go hyper? «hehe» Don't worry about it, it's completely understandable. I'm happy to know you like the fic, I just don't know if you'll like the way I'll end the chapter. «laughs nervously»
dreamlessnights: You know, you're my loyal reader. I know I can always count with your reviews and opinion, and I also trust in them. Yes, both Kai and Nami are now going through the 'blushing over each other' time. But what will happen? Oh, yes, Eyes On Me is in danger, but don't worry, for now, I'll keep posting it (slowly, but for sure).
DarkZero313: Yes, I've read the new chapter from your story (haven't reviewed it thought, gomen, but I have been very busy). Thanks for your words, by the way.
Calm Soul: Thanks for your support towards my fics and I hope you keep reading them. There's no need to thank me, I like your fic and it's a pleasure to review it. Thanks for everything.
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And now, the chapter....
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Chapter 7: Freak Out
'No, it can't be, I refuse to believe that's Tala.' Nami told herself, as she watched the red haired boy walk to the front of the classroom, his face void of any emotion, his eyes gelid.
"It can't be." Nami whispered and the red haired boy looked at her and smirked, before looking at the rest of the students sat on the last row
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" he asked and Nami winced at his cold voice "The Bladebreakers, the Psychics and the fugitive."
At the word, Nami felt a dagger piercing her heart and, as a reaction, she lost all the strength in her legs and fell on her chair again, her wide open aqua-green eyes never leaving the boy
"Tala." both Ray and Kane muttered dangerously as Salima looked worried at Nami, who was now pale, while Kai stared at Tala with an emotionless face
"Mr Ivanov, I would appreciate if you started ezplaining what BTPC is about." Mr Toukisho said, but Tala ignored him
"Where are the rest of the losers?" the red haired boy asked coldly, his eyes never leaving the last row
"Why
do you want to know?" Ray asked and Tala smirked:
"To
watch you fail." he replied
"What happened to you?" Nami whispered, loud enough for Kai to hear it and the bluish-grey haired boy looked at her, by the corner of his eyes:
"That's the real Tala Ivanov." he replied, his voice also void of any emotion "The Tala you said you knew was just a dream...an ilusion you didn't wanted to leave behind."
"It was not!" Nami hissed back, angrily
"BTPC will be the class where you'll learn all beyblade tecnics and practice with beyblades school will give you." Tala started, in a dull voice "However, those who already have beyblades may use those. The five best will earn bit-beasts and will form a team, which will be able to participate in any Tournament.""Hey, that's cool!" a student exclaimed and all the others agreed
"This school was chosen to be the first one to have BTPC; in other words, this is an experience and, in case we end the year with positive results, other schools will start having BTPC too." Tala added and whispers started to be heard inside
Suddenly,
when Tala looked at Nami and smirked, before looking away, the dark
reddish-orange haired girl got up from her seat:
"What
the hell happened to you?" Nami asked and, when Tala's eyes fell
on her, the girl shivered. She had never seen Tala's eyes so cold
before; they didn't had any life like they used to and Tala himself
didn't looked like the old Tala at all
"You
know, you should stay quiet if you don't want any problems."
Tala instructed and Nami clenched her fists, while everyone turned at
her
"Damnit Tala, why are you talking to me like that?"
she asked angrily, but hurt was visible in her eyes and Tala crossed
his arms:
"There's no other way of talking to a failed
experience." he replied and Nami blinked her eyes, in an attempt
to stop tears from falling :
"How dare you to call me
that, Tala?" the girl asked, hurt now clear in her eyes and
voice "Why are you talking to me like that?"
"Because you're nothing." Tala replied, calmy "And people despise those who are weaks, and who chose to become more invisible than air. For me you died on the same day you run away; you're nothing, but a putrid memory."
Nami opened her eyes wide at those words, her mouth was now opened as a silently gasp tried to escape from her lips. When Tala smirked, Nami's heart started to beat so painfully that the girl would probably wince, if she wasn't so shocked.
Then, without any other word, Tala walked away from the classroom and Mr Toukisho cleared his throat, before grabbing a book. While the teacher started talking about what they would do, Nami was still frozen in shock, ignoring her friends worried looks.
Suddenly, Nami closed her eyes and clenched her fists so hard she could feel the nails piercing her skin, and before anyone could do or say something, the dark reddish-orange haired girl stormed out off the classroom.
Behind her, Nami left her teacher ordering her to come back, her friends worried shouts and her rare tears.
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Once the bell rang, everyone practically stormed out off the classroom and went to the place they had promise to met with the others, after the first class.
Since Ray was the only one who knew the way, Goki, Kane and Salima walked behind him, but all their minds were fixed on Nami. As for Kai, well, he had decided to desappeared as soon as he walked out of the classroom.
"I
wonder where she is." Salima said, worried "I never saw
Nami like that."
"Yeah, we have to go look for her."
Goki said, as the group walked out of the school into the
enclosure
"Look, lets go talk with the others." Ray
said, as he led the group to the back of the school, where a fountain
was, surrounded by many trees and green grass.
Students could be seen everywhere: sat close to the fountain, sat on the grass, under the trees, all of them talking about the long vacations and having fun.
However, there was a spot in the garden, which was known for being always used by the Bladebreakers, though it wasn't special: it was under a cheery-tree, which had a bench leaned against the tree's truck. It was one of the places where people didn't went much, since it was far from the fountain, but it was the best place to be surrounded by silence.
Of course silence was something that didn't surrounded the cheery-tree, for everyone else was already there, sweatdropping as Hillary hit Tyson at the back of his head.
"Hey
people, you won't guess who was in our class explaining about BTPC!"
Max exclaimed smiling, as he watched Ray and the others approaching
"It was such a kodack moment."
"It was Bryan,
from the Demolition Boys!" Tyson exclaimed "Geez, I never
felt such cold wind in my whole life."
"Tyson, shut
up, it was scary!" Hillary exclaimed to the boy, before crossing
her arms "He looked such an iceberg."
"Ahh,
is 'Miss Perfect' scared?" Tyson asked and Hillary prontly
smacked him on the back of his head
"Baka." was all
Hillary said
"Hey,
what's with the worried faces?" Jimmy asked, as he looked
closely at his friends "And where's Nami and Kai?"
"Hey,
who explained you about BTPC?" Kevin asked at same time and Goki
chuckled:
"Tala Ivanov himself." he replied, at same
time Mariah walked to Ray's side:
"Where's Nami?"
she asked and the black haired boy looked at her:
"We
don't know." he said and the Mariah blinked in confusion:
"What
do you mean, you don't know?" Chief asked and Kane cleared his
throat:
"Nami ran away, after Tala leaving our class.
They had a discussion and Nami left the room, without telling us
where she was going."
"What about Kai?" Max asked, as he raised an eyebrow "Did he went after Nami or something?"
"Hmph, I doubt that." Mariah said, as she crossed her arms "Didn't you saw the way he treated Nami during this whole week?"
"Well,
I don't know." Ray said, as he scratched the back of his head
"Anyway, the best we can do is go look for Nami as soon as get
out of school."
At that, everyone nodded.
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Kai silently walked in one of the many school's halls, his arms folded against his chest, while his eyes scanned the area around him.
The bluish-grey haired boy couldn't help but think how his life had changed, since Nami apparead. She had come carrying a link between him and his past; carrying mysteries on her back and now, when he thought she had nothing else to tell them, Nami had acted like she knew Tala in a different way.
As if she had known him before he was turned into a cyborg.
Kai was so busy thinking about Nami, that he didn't saw a certain group talking in the middle of the hall, their cold voices making everyone that listened to them shiver.
"Well, I can see the 'great' Kai Hiwatari continues to be a lone wolf." a voice commented and Kai snapped from his thoughts, only to face the Demolition Boys
"Hmph, why do you care?" Kai asked, his face emotionless and his voice void of any emotions.
At
that, Tala smirked and crossed his arms, as he leaned his back
against the window, behind him:
"You know Kai, I would
never know you have a soft spot." he commented and Kai looked at
him, by the corner of his eyes
'What did he meant with that?' was the bluish-grey haired boy only question
"I
don't have a soft spot." he replied, in a monotone voice "The
only reason why I came here, was to ask what the hell you're doing
here."
"Oh Kai, do you really think any of us is
going to tell you?" Tala asked, smirking "Please, it has
been so funny to find all your soft spots. You're growing weak, and
that's what's going to make you fail."
"I'm going to make you swallow those words, in the most painfull way imaginable." Kai said, in a deadly calm voice
"And I'm going to show the 'great' Kai Hiwatari is nothing but a weak little bird." Tala replied, right before the bell rang
Deadly yet gelid looks continued to be exchanged by both Tala and Kai, at same time the two of them turned their backs to each other and started walking down the opposites of the hall.
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She didn't knew how much time had passed since she last saw Tala, but the truth was that Nami didn't cared.
Her aqua-green eyes were focused on her wrists, where two small lines could barely be seen. Those were the marks of a night Nami had wished so many times to be the last one she would see; those were the marks that her dreams were part of a reality unreal...those were the marks that all words spoken in her dreams, were to be told when she was wake.
'Because you're nothing. And people despise those who are weaks, and who chose to become more invisible than air. For me you died on the same day you run away; you're nothing, but a putrid memory.'
At the sound of those words, Nami closed her eyes and clenched her fists hard; she had had heard those same sentences for so many nights...during so many nightmares, that they had started haunting her whenever she was sleeping or wake.
And now...
Slowly, at same time a cold wind started playing with her also cold skin, Nami opened her eyes and looked straight, to the watch the sunset. It was beautiful to watch the Sun desappearing in the water, while the sky went from blue to purple and even pink.
A few doves could be seen crossing the sky, while the sea breeze continued to play with Nami's hair.
It was such a magical moment, yet the dark reddish-orange haired girl didn't had the strength to appreciate the moment. At least, not as much as she wanted to.
'Hey, are you ok?' a voice asked in Nami's mind and the girl took a deep breath, her eyes still lost in the sunset
'Whay do you think?' Nami asked back, a little angry 'I just saw Tala for the first time after such long time away from him, and he treats me like....shit.'
As she continued to curse, Nami raised her knees up, wrapped her arms around them and looked down: why had Tala treated her like that?
"I
knew I was going to find you here." a voice said suddenly and
Nami looked up to see Kane in front of her, a small smile on his face
"After all, which is the best place to find a wave, if not in
the beach?"
"Hey Kane." Nami complimented, as
she raised her head "What are you doing here?"
"What
am I doing here? What are you doing here?" Kane asked, as
he sat next to the girl "Just to let you know, everyone else is
looking for you."
"Why?" Nami asked, as she leaned her chin against her knees "I don't need people to worry about me."
"You
may not want people to worry about you, but you can be
sure you're friends are worried about you." Kane corrected and
Nami sighed:
"Kane..." the dark reddish-orange
haired girl trailled off and looked down, at same time Kane raised an
eyebrow "Wh...what do you think that happened to him?"
The
question had come in a whisper, as if Nami was to scared even from
asking and Kane shruged:
"Nami, the only person who can
answer to that question, is yourself." he replied and the girl
looked at him, confused "I mean, you know Tala better than
anyone else; you know what he has been through, just like you know
which Tala's goals are. You cannot ask that question to anyone, but
to those who Tala like you do. True, I found it very strange Tala's
behavior, since he even sent us a letter asking for us to take care
of you, but you're the only one who can explain the rest."
Nami looked down at her wrists, Kane's words still playing in her mind, when another teenager reached the stairs right behind the two friends and stopped walking.
"Am
I suppose to hate him?" the dark reddish-orange haired girl
asked, after a few seconds "Am I suppose to hate Tala for what
he did?"
Kane shook his head, at same time he moved
closer to the girl and grabbed one of her hands:
"You
need to follow your heart." the blue haired boy instructed and
Nami looked down "And stop doing that; do you think that's by
looking to the ground that you're going to find the answers you're
looking for?" Kane asked, slightly angry and the girl looked at
him again
Behind the two friends, Kai crossed his arms and continued to watch the two teenagers talking and debating about what had happened in school.
"If you need answers and can't find them, then go ask Tala himself." Kane said and Nami opened her eyes wide in shock and surprise "You know Tala is probably the only one who can tell you something; so stop acting like you're lost when you're not!"
Kai narrowed his eyes when he noticed Nami's eyes starting to tear. That was the first time he was watching Nami crying and, by the look in Kane's face, the bluish-grey haired boy bet it was his first time too.
Nami's
next words, which were carried to Kai by the sea breeze, made the boy
open his eyes wide in surprise:
"How am I suppose to ask
Tala the reason for his hate? How am I suppose to confront the person
I love the most, when that person thinks I'm nothing but a putrid
memory?"
To Be Continued...