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This is where the plot comes to a "moderate" climax. Dun dun dun…
(Yeah I know, no such climaxes exist! But give me a break! )
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Anywho, on with the chapter! (Be prepared) Cackle cackle cackle
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Italics just for the fun of it!
She's Going Where?!
Chapter 14- Strike Two
Written by Euphrosyne
Flashback
The sound of running water filled the small ladies' room on the first floor. Washing her hands with soap, Riley tried her best to ignore the side-stares the oh-so-famous blonde was giving her through her coats of mascara.
The raven-haired girl splashed some warm water on her face. She was mere moments away from heading towards Mr. Gonsalvis's office.
"See you're calming some nerves there…" Vivinne continued facing the large bathroom mirror, dusting lilac coloured eye shadow across her lids. "I know for a fact that neither of your teams are getting the boot, so you have nothing to worry about really. Kai-baby on the other hand, wasn't so lucky…"
Drying her face off with paper towel, Riley glanced at Viv's reflection in the mirror. "And how are you so sure of that…?"
The blonde simply giggled. "Well, Mr. Gonsalvis has always been a fair person, and two Beyblading teams…"
It was so obvious daddy came to the rescue, else she wouldn't be here so calmly tweezing her brows.
"…What can I say? The squad is trained and lead by the best!"
The raven-haired girl resisted the urge to roll her eyes. Chucking the towel into the garbage, Riley leaned against the sink, watching the other girl plaster her face. "I wouldn't worry so much about Kai if I were you. I have a feeling things are going to work out just fine for him…"
The small smile did not go unnoticed by the blonde.
"You're not planning to convince Mr. Gonsalvis are you? Maybe give up your lifesavings for the team? Cause first of all, it's against policy for family and friends to contribute money for events such as these, and in all honesty, I know for a fact, that Kai-kun will be extremely displeased!"
Riley raised a brow.
The blonde stopped storing her mountainous piles of makeup back into her case and turned to face the other girl. "Honey, I know Kai inside and out, and I know that he doesn't like people interfering with his affairs." Vivinne walked up to Riley's side, glancing at her from the corner of her eye. She smirked. "Tata sugar, don't say I didn't warn you!"
With that, the cheer captain strutted out the door.
Leaning against the sink for a couple of seconds, for the first time here at Middleton, Riley swore she thought Vivinne was giving her some true advice here! But come on, Riley knew how much Kai loved blading, Tala, Ray, and Michael too! Kai wouldn't let pride get in the way of competing in the most prestigious competition of all time would he?
Coming to a conclusion, Riley took a deep breath, making up her mind. Opening the bathroom door and turning a corner, Riley began heading towards the principal's office.
This was help from her. It was Riley we were talking about, not just some stranger off the street. That had to count for something, right?
…Kai wouldn't mind…
End Flashback
Kai zoomed through the hall, running down the stairs in hopes of catching Riley.
He was freak'n furious!
The blue-haired boy was called down to the office that afternoon, and though hesitant at first, it seemed the principal did have some good news to share.
The team was going to the Worlds after all!
However, it was during his encounter with a certain blonde, when Kai realized that Riley had bribed and convinced the headmaster into letting his team stay.
How could she?It was one thing to have his grandfather constantly run and ruin his life, but he expected so much more from Riley.
"I don't know Kai-kun," spoke Vivinne in a whining tone. "Riley had this real intimate relationship with Principal Gonsalvis, like come on, I never even knew we had a debate or chess team. A little holler from lil'Miss Riley and your team is in. I, on the other hand, always awed over your skills, and you would've totally gotten in even without her help!"
It was just that Kai was having such a bad week and-
…Familiar blue overalls caught his attention.
Walking over to the raven-haired girl in the empty halls and tapping her on the shoulders, he received a surprised yet gleeful look from Riley.
"Oh! Hey Kai!" She grinned. "I haven't spoken to you in such a long time, you didn't reply the email I sent!" Playfully punching him on the arm, Riley continued. "How was vaca-?"
"-Did you bribe Mr. Gonsalvis into letting my team participate?"
Kai almost felt bad when he saw that look of utter shock grace Riley's naturally pretty features.
"…I'm sorry…?"
The blue-haired boy took another distressed breath. "Did you, or did you not, tell the principal to let my team keep our position in the competition. Tell me the truth, Riley!"
"Kai, who did you hear this from?"
The boy threw his hands in the air, running one hand through his slate coloured hair. He turned his back towards Riley, needing a moment to grasp the information he had just received.
"I know Beyblading means a lot to you, and I thought I would help out by slipping in a few good words for you. Tala and the others would be heartbroken-"
"I don't need your help. I can handle these problems on my own-"
"-I never said you couldn't handle it yourself. I am aware of your capabilities. Don't let your pride get in the way from seeing that I am just doing this out of friendship, to help you!"
"This has nothing to do with pride! I don't need your help! What part of that don't you understand? Why does everyone have to baby Kai? Just because I'm the one and only heir to the great Hiwatari estate, people think I'm pampered and incapable of living. You're just like everyone else, Riley! I'm seventeen for-"
Riley was barely paying any attention, mumbling to herself at how ungrateful Kai was after all the trouble she went through to keep his team's dreams alive.
"-Just because your grandfather treats you like crap-"
"Excuse me, but WHAT did you say?!"
Riley paused and registered what she had muttered unconsciously, quickly clamping her hands over her mouth with a look of disbelief.
"How did you know about my grandfather?!"
The red-eyed girl placed her hand on Kai's arm, an apologetic look on her face. "I am so sorry Kai! I didn't mean to bring it up-"
"-I asked you a question! Who told you about Voltaire?!"
"Please, just let me explain!"
Riley tried to stop the boy from speeding down the hall, but Kai flinched at her every touch.
"Stop following me, Riley! I trusted you, and all this time, you've been doing all this shit behind my back?!-"
"-If you could just give me a moment to explain-"
Kai's face was red with rage. Grabbing his arm and swinging him around to face her to explain, before the raven-haired girl could speak, Kai took actions into his own hands.
"Leave. Me. Alone!"
An uncontrollable anger washed through him, and before he realized what was happening, Kai's hand made contact with Riley's cheek…
Hard.
Silence filled the vacant hallway. It was five after four and every one aside from those who had detention had pretty much left the building.
Slowly, bringing her hand up to her cheek, Riley placed her palm against the throbbing heat on her face. Trying her best to hold back the tears, she looked up at Kai, his features distorted by his fury.
Riley did the first thing that came to mind. She turned and ran. She didn't care where she was going, or what she was going to do, but she ran.
Chest heaving up and down from running, the red-eyed girl found herself seated next to a familiar sink. Riley brushed the tears that had managed to escape, digging into her pockets in hopes of finding a tissue or something.
Though she didn't find what she was looking for, Riley stared at the item she retrieved from her pocket. A familiar voice flashed trough her head.
"Remember Love, if anyone at all, lays a finger on you, I will personally announce a field day for Gen-X to drive down and kick their tiny rat's ass. Got it? Just give any of us a call, call anyone at the school, and we'll be there, alright?"
Flipping the Gen-X cell she had had ever since the beginning of time, she scanned her address book, then brought the phone to her ear.
Riley tried her best to keep her voice from quavering, but once she heard the boy on the other line answer the cell, she couldn't help but cry.
"…Tai, can you please come and pick me up? I want to come home…"
"Hey dude, what's the matter? You look kinda down…"
Tala, Ray, and Michael walked over to the blue-haired boy who had just stepped into detention in the Art room.
Michael yawned and stretched before bringing both arms behind him to support the back of his head. "What are the chances that all four of us are here in detention? Especially surprised of Kon's presence!"
Ray shrugged. "I told Mariah to stop showing those photos to everyone. The damn English teacher finally confiscated them and gave her detention after class for disrupting the lesson. Being the gentleman I am, I took the blame. That and the fact that Mari has practice with the squad today and promised a treat if I did…"
The American shook his head in laughter. "Man, Kon, I swear, you are whipped!"
Tala joined in. Kai just rolled his eyes.
Sensing the tension everyone quieted down. Tala was the first to question his friend's behaviour. "Seriously dude, what's wrong?"
Comfortably taking a seat on top of one of the desks, Kai propped his knees up and rested his arms on them. He let out a huge sigh. "Riley and I got into a fight…"
The Chinese boy placed a hand on his shoulder, an ensuring smile on his face. "It's alright man, Mariah and I always have fights and we always make up in the end!"
The boy shook his head in response. "No, this is different-"
"Hey guys, what's that noise?"
Pausing to examine whatever the American was talking about. Both Tala and Ray's ears perked up at the closing sound.
The noise resembled a herd of horses being chased be a swarm of droning bees, and it was getting louder by the second! All three boys stood up, making their way over to the large window to join Michael.
The sight left them hanging.
Outside, surrounding the school grounds was a row of shiny, new looking, sports convertibles. There had to be at least a hundred cars here, all lined up and parked outside of their school, all identical, all expensive.
The row literally went beyond what the eye could see!
Stepping out of the first car from the driver's side was a tall, well-built raven-haired boy. In the passengers seat, a similar blond appeared. He however, walked back to open the back door, allowing a stunning blonde girl to step out.
The people in the first few cars all followed the first's example. Michael made out one of the other people as being his idol, Will, the guy who had picked Riley up from Ray's party earlier this year. Tala, on the other hand, recognized one of the girls as being Tashiana Evans, Viv's so-called 'Cheer Queen.'
"What is Tai and the gang doing here…?"
All three boys turned to Ray who seemed to know more than he was letting on.
Before any of them could question the Chinese boy's knowledge, their attention once again, switch back to the uniformed-crowd, when a familiar black-haired girl wearing overalls ran towards the boy identified as Tai.
He greeted her with open arms.
Johnny and the other Majestics ran after Riley. Kai saw Enrique conversing with the unidentified blond, nodding at his words.
The raven-haired boy tightly embraced the crying Riley, cooing her in his arms, shielding her from harm. He kissed her on the forehead, then broke apart and began leading her towards the car.
Johnny gave a 'call-me' signal to the blonde girl who nodded in response, and she too, slipped into the car.
Waving their final goodbyes as the cars drove by, Robert placed an ensuring hand on Johnny's shoulder. The redhead nodded, paused, and slowly began proceeding back towards the school.
All the students that were present on the school grounds instantly began chattering away. Some even ran up and began swarming Enrique, all in hopes to find out what all the commotion was about.
Tala took a deep breath, tearing his eyes away from the window and faced his best friend with a serious expression. "Kai, what the hell happened?"
Well, cough there's the 'sub-climax' for you! In a twisted sense, there was a lot of Kai and Riley in this chapter…right? He…ha…cough
Riley isn't as Mary-Sue now eh, Midnight Insanity? (Haha ß great author alert! )
This and the last chapter were intentionally one huge seventeen page chapter, but it wasn't giving the right vibes. I was going to stop it at the second last section (A.k.a. Thee slap) but had a feeling you guys would kill me for writing another cliffie. So I shoved this section in, making it less of a cliffie…
Yup, I know, I'm gonna get beat up.
However, here's the OC help I need from you guys! READ AND REVIEW!!!
To all the readers: Here's your first chance to uplift some heavy burden off a writer's shoulders.
Man, I've totally ran dry of names and ideas after listing my Azn4, aka. The second Gen-X Beyblading team (Hopefully you guys still remember! Haha! ) It would be totally, completely, 1-0-0-% AWESOME if you guys can send me any and all suggestion for coming characters during the tournament. (You will be given credit for your creations in my disclaimer, don't worry! )
I am looking for four somewhat EVIL characters (hint hint to which team they are going to be on, hardy har har) and they will play major roles in the plot to come. (Extremely evil, like they freak'n put Vivinne to shame sorta thing!)
Here are some things to keep in mind:
1) Be E-V-I-L-!
2) Both male and female characters are welcome.
3) I'm hoping to select characters from people whom I know have read my story, just because I know they understand the basic flow of what has happened. (So review! Haha )
4) Each person may send up to as many characters as they want.
5) And please indicate if you want your character to be one of the major four, or an 'extra'
Here's basically what you need to cover in your character submission:
1) Name (First and last)
2) Brief personality
3) Nationality
4) Hair colour, eye colour, clothing, the whole shebang!
5) Bitbeast and their special attacks
6) And if you like, ideas and suggestions for the team name.
You MUST leave an email address so I can confirm with you.
Thanks a bundle guys, hope I'm not letting the plot slip! Clamps hands together Let the show begin!
