18: Scheming
DJ Jazzman: "Alright let's get this final battle underway!"
Both Ray and Michael stepped up to the dish, each holding their beyblade in one hand and launcher in the other, clicking them into place the two teens were ready for battle.
DJ Jazzman: "Lets get this going, in 3…2…1…LET IT RIP!"
Both blades shot into the dish at lightning speed, but Michael wasn't about to waste any time with pleasantries,
"Trygle!"
The eagle bit beast burst from its bit chip and with a wild cry dove towards Ray's light grey blade,
"Dodge it!" snapped Ray as he watched his blade manoeuvre out of the way,
"That's some quick thinking Ray" spoke Michael in a teasing way,
"Yeah well you have to be ready for anything," replied the Chinese teen,
"Now watch this, Driger!"
The grey blade erupted into green light, which blinded his opponent, and then the magnificent white tiger burst forth in all his glory.
In a large mansion on the out skirts of Canada a lonely figure sat in a large velvet armchair the colour of crimson, the large male figure sat silently watching the blazing fire, which he sat across from. He was lost in this thoughts thinking about what the future would hold and the best way to get what he wanted without failing once again.
"Umm, my lord, so s-sorry to interrupt, but you h-have a…a phone call" stuttered a young man entering the large room, he paled when a pair of fierce crimson orbs looked towards him staring right into his soul,
"Who is it?" snapped the elderly man sitting in the large armchair,
"L-Lord Sergei wishes to speak with you, my lord," stuttered the youth once again,
"What does he want?"
"Um, I-I haven't a clue, my lord"
"Bring me the phone," the crimson-eyed man snapped,
"Yes my lord, right away my lord" the young man turned and ran from the room, before returning with a cordless phone. The large male in the room stood from where he sat and went to stand by the blazing fire while the youth knelt before him offering the phone, taking the phone he answered while the young man quickly left closing the doors behind him.
"What is it!" he snarled
"Temper Voltaire, no need to become angry, I simply rang for a quick talk" replied the voice on the other line,
"I don't have time for this Sergei" hissed Voltaire,
"There is always time," responded the other voice,
"Fine what is it," sighed Voltaire as he went to sit back down,
"Well to start I thought you might like to know that I'm now in Canada, I know that we originally agreed that I was to stay in Russia but I couldn't miss the opportunity to see your grandson in action,"
"Fine, just don't let him see you"
"Why not, I might like to speak with him"
"And you will, just not yet, you must wait for the right time," spoke Voltaire
"Yes alright, I was also wondering if Kai knows the full scheme yet?" asked Sergei
"No I've yet to speak to him since our latest talk, but I will be calling him soon, once the last of the plot has been finalized" replied Voltaire,
"Excellent, so I can assume all is going perfectly to plan then?"
"Yes, as long as those blasted Bladebreakers stray out of it, but I think they have accepted that Kai will not be joining them again, and they have no idea of what we have planed" snickered Voltaire,
"Perfect, just remember that I've stuck to my half of the bargain now you must follow up with yours, which means you must get me what it is I want" snarled Sergei,
"Yes I know"
"Make sure that you are able to obtain it Voltaire or I will not be happy"
"Of course I will get it, now I must be going" snapped Voltaire
"Yes fine" spoke Sergei before the line went dead.
"Come on Driger, take him out!" yelled Ray as Driger went in for the final strike
"No Trygle counter attack!" shot Michael, but it was too late, the large white tiger came in for an attack, knocking Michael's blade from the dish where it then landed with a clink by the All-Starz team captain,
"No, I lost," gasped Michael bending down to pick up his blade,
"Hey Michael good match" smiled Ray as his blade flew back to his open palm,
"Yeah, but I guess you were too good for me" replied the older teen
"Hey good luck in your next match, you'll be up against the Shining Stars," added Michael before he turned to join his team.
DJ Jazzman: "And the Bladebreakers take the match, putting them up another round in the tournament, that's all for today, but join us next week when the first set of the semi-finals starts up, with the undefeated Shadow Team going up against the Majestics, so we'll see you all then!"
"Yeah you guys that was an awesome battle" spoke Tyson when the Bladebreakers met up with the All-Starz outside of the stadium,
"Hey thanks, we hope you guys do well in your next match," replied Emily,
"You bet we will" smiled Max,
"Hey where's Ray gone?" asked Steve as he suddenly noticed the neko-jin had disappeared,
"Umm, he probably went to find the White Tigers, you know after their lose to the Shining Stars" spoke Kenny
"Hey yeah, I hope they're going to be ok," said Michael glancing around,
"Yeah I'm sure they'll get over it soon, we'll see you soon" waved Tyson as the Bladebreakers and All-Starz departed.
After a few hours of training for most teams everyone seemed to head back to their hotel rooms to relax for the rest of the day till going to sleep.
The next morning the Bladebreakers awoke early in the morning, well all but Tyson that is, after some convincing the others managed to get him out of bed and dressed and ready for the day. They were hoping to once again train for their next battle but had decided to first go and see the Majestics, who would be battling the Shadow Team in the next set of battles. Making their way over to the Europeans room the Bladebreakers waited patiently for someone to open the door for them,
"Oh hey guys, what brings you here?" asked Oliver greeting them,
"Just to say hi and see how you're going, and if there's anything we can do regarding your battle against the Shadow Team" spoke Tyson
"Well why don't you come in" answered Oliver stepping aside for them to enter,
"Hey thanks" nodded Ray as he and the others stepped into the room,
"Why hello" greeted Robert who sat on the couch in the main room,
"Hey" waved Max,
"Hey Robert have you seen a card in there anywhere, it has a picture of a love heart on it!" shouted a voice from one of the rooms,
"Umm yeah it's here," replied Robert, picking up a white card with a large heart in the middle, opening the card up Robert quickly read what it said before shaking his head and handing the card to Enrique who had now just entered the room,
"Oh hi guys" smiled the Italian as he took the card from Robert,
"What's with the card Enrique?" asked Tyson looking somewhat confused
"He has this stupid idea of winning the ice queen over with gifts and love poems" snickered a voice from the side, looking over Johnny stood in the doorway that separated the main living room from the kitchen,
"Hey, it's not stupid, I can ashore you that it'll work, everyone knows that the way to a woman's heart is with gifts" shot Enrique glaring at the Scottish teen,
"Wait, hold on, what are you doing again" spoke Ray
"Exactly what I said, trying to win over the ice queen with gifts" sighed Johnny
"Okay, but who's the ice queen?" questioned Max
"Why Moon of course," smiled Enrique
"You're sending Moon gifts…why?" asked Ray an eyebrow rising in questioning,
"Because, the up close approach didn't seem to work, so now I'm going to send her endless gifts to show how much I love her" spoke Enrique going starry eyed, the Bladebreakers were silent as they stared with confusion and shock at the blond haired teen,
"What?" frowned Enrique looking over at them, unable to help it each Bladebreaker burst into laugher,
"Hey it's not funny" shot Enrique
"Sorry Enrique, but you're wasting your time and money" spoke Ray suppressing his fits of laughter
"That's what we said, but he doesn't want to listen" cut in Robert,
"Well I'm with you all the way Enrique, I think you should do what ever it takes to win her heart" spoke Oliver sticking up for his teammate,
"I mean she'll eventually get the message and hopefully open up a place in her heart for you" he added
"What heart?" spoke Tyson causing the others to smile while Enrique only glared,
"I don't appreciate your comments Tyson," snapped the blond
"Umm so what have you got Moon so far?" asked Aaron,
"I'm having two dozen red roses delivered to her hotel room, along with a box of the best chocolates, a diamond necklace, a gold ring and this card with a love poem" answered Enrique,
"Wow, that's a lot of stuff, shouldn't you like start small and then slowly build it up?" asked Tyson
"Look I know what I'm doing ok, I've had plenty of experience with women unlike you" shot Enrique,
"Ok, ok, no need to get nasty, but I don't think any of the girls you've been with are anything like this one" spoke Tyson
"Yeah and um one more thing, Moon doesn't stay in a hotel room all by herself, she shares with the others, so what if your gifts get messed up and Kai receives them instead, or even Raven, they might think your gay" laughed Max
"That won't happen, I made sure to write Moon's name on the card, so they'll know it's for her and not them" snapped Enrique before turning and heading back to his room,
"Geez what's with him" giggled Tyson
"He's just unsure of what will happen when Moon gets all his gifts," spoke Robert
"Yeah he's nervus, we've been telling him that she'll come over and kill him," joked Johnny,
"Well actually…she might" grinned Max, the others all laughed and joked around about Moon and Enrique for awhile before settling down, the Bladebreakers then said their goodbyes before heading down for some lunch at the hotel restaurant.
The Shadow Team soon returned to their hotel room after a morning of training, Kai headed to the balcony for some fresh air while Raven and Emerald went off to the kitchen, Moon stood in the main room for a moment before heading to her own room, upon opening the door she received quite a shock, in a corner of her room was a large stack of red roses, which seemed to stand out brilliantly in the room, also right next to the large pile of roses was a box. Unsure of what was going on Moon carefully stepped into her room and heading over to the corner that held the roses bent down to pick up the box.
"Hey Moon, are you…" Emerald stopped mid sentence when he stepped into her room, immediately stopping the large number of roses,
"Umm, what the hell?" Emerald came to stand by Moons side, looking down at the box in her hands he asked
"Hey what's that?"
"I have no idea, I came in here and just saw all this" was her response,
"Emerald I thought you were going to…"Raven also stopped as he entered the room,
"What the fuck?" he shot,
"Hey Kai come here!" called Emerald shouting out for his leaders attention, a few moments later Kai also entered Moon's room and he too stared in shock at what had been placed in there, opening the box Moon stopped another three boxes each seeming to be smaller than the last and also an envelop. Walking forwards Kai picked up a bunch of the roses and looked them over,
"Who the hell sent all these?" he asked
"Good question" replied Emerald coming to stand by Kai and also take a bunch of roses,
"What I'd like to know is how they got in here in the first place" shot Raven, sitting down on her bed Moon opened the first and largest of the three boxes,
"What you got there?" asked Emerald coming over
"Chocolates?" frowned Moon,
"What?" questioned Kai raising an eyebrow, shrugging Moon placed the chocolates next to her and went to open the next box,
"Wow, whoever they are they're rich" spoke Moon picking up the diamond necklace to show the others,
"Shit that must be bloody expensive" spoke Emerald taking the necklace from Moon to get a better look at it,
"So it's someone that can throw around their money" spoke Raven
"Obviously" spoke Kai as he went to stand in front of Moon to get a look at what else was in the box she had been sent. Opening the final and smallest box Moon was shocked again to see a simple yet elegant gold ring, looking the ring over in her hand she spotted her name engraved on the inside,
"A gold ring ha, maybe this guys trying to say something here" smirked Emerald,
"I think someone has an admirer," snickered the green eyed teen,
"Oh shut up" snapped Moon placing the ring back in its box, finally picking up the envelop Moon opened it to find a card with a bright red love heart in the centre, opening it she silently read what was inside,
To My Love, Moon
As I stand here today with the world as my witness,
I pledge to you my undying and everlasting love.
I will stand beside you as your partner,
I will stand before you as your protector,
And I will stand behind you as your solace.
Please spend and end your life with me.
"What the hell?" laughed Moon,
"What does it say?" asked Raven
"A whole lot of shit" she replied handing it to Raven,
"I want to read it after you?" asked Emerald,
"You can all read it" spoke Moon before standing up and leaving her room, heading into the main room she went over to the phone and dialed the number for reception,
"Yeah hi can I get someone up to our room immediately, there are a few things I want cleaned up" hanging up Moon went back to her room,
"Wow Moon, someone really likes you" spoke Emerald as he handed the card to Kai
"Like I care" she shot,
"So what are you gonna do with the gifts?" asked Kai as he placed the card on her bed
"I've got someone coming up to get rid of those roses, and as for this stuff when I find out who sent it, I'll just give it all back to this guy" spoke Moon as she once again picked up the card and torn it in half,
"Well, are you gonna eat those chocolates?" asked Emerald,
"No, do you want them" offered Moon handing the box of chocolates over to Emerald
"Hey cool, come on boys lets eat," grinned Emerald as he headed for the kitchen
"Why not" shrugged Kai following, with a grunt Raven too followed suite, packing away the necklace and ring Moon soon went out into the main living room.
About 10 minutes or so passed before someone knocked on the door, getting up Moon went to open the door,
"Umm you ordered someone to come and clear something up?" asked the lady at the door, who was obviously a cleaner,
"Yes this way" spoke Moon leading the lady to her room,
"I want all those roses gone, not a trace of them left" shot Moon before turning and heading back to the main room.
Later that night the Shadow Team headed down to the hotel restaurant for something to eat, after ordering they sat in silence waiting for their meals, also unknown to them the Bladebreakers sat not too far away already eating.
"I think we should train harder and for longer, especially with the Majestics as out next opponents, they're supposed to be fairly good, and therefore could pose a threat" spoke Raven breaking the silence
"Hardly" spoke Moon, watching as a waiter brought over their food,
"I don't want that attitude Moon" shot Kai glaring at her
"Who asked you?" she snapped
"Ravens right" he replied, at this the others all stopped what they were doing and stared at their leader in shock, seeing the looks he was getting Kai frowned at them
"Tell me I'm hearing things" spoke Moon her eyebrows raised
"What?" frowned Kai,
"Yeah, you didn't just say that did you," added Emerald, Kai continued to look at them oddly while Raven stared at him still in shock,
"You just agreed with Raven," spoke Moon
"So" shrugged Kai
"Kai, you don't agree with Raven, you guys are like mortal enemies," added Emerald once again
"Yeah" spoke Raven still with a look of shock and bewilderment, Kai glared at them while growling for being so immature, silence soon took over the table again as the Russians began to eat. After about five minutes or so a phone began to ring and a vibration went off in Kai's pocket, from the sudden loud ringing noise almost everyone in the restaurant looked their way, quickly grabbing out his phone Kai answered, most people going back to eating, those that didn't included the Bladebreakers, who had just noticed the Russian team.
"Wonder who's calling?" asked Ray
"Probably never know," replied Tyson before he went back to eating,
"Hello" spoke Kai into his phone
"Hello Kai" replied the voice on the other end
"Grandfather, what are you calling for?" Kai asked hurriedly as he stood from his seat and quickly left the restaurant,
"Just to check up on you and to make sure everything is going to plan, and I also have a few more details to give"
"Like what?" Kai asked
"Like that you must get me the Bladebreakers bit beasts"
"What, but before you said…"
"Forget what it was that I said, this is what's happening now, by the end of this tournament the Shadow Team will be the new world champions and I will have the Bladebreakers and the Shadow Teams bit beasts in my possession" spoke Voltaire
"Why do you want our bit beasts as well?"
"Do not question me Kai, when this is over you will hand me your Dranzer along with Whisper, Ghost and Anthrax, not to mention the Bladebreakers beasts as well, do I make myself clear" hissed the old Russian,
"I don't care what you do with the Bladebreakers beasts but you can't take away my teams!" snapped Kai
"Don't you raise your voice at me boy, you will do as I say, for when this is over and my plan is complete you will have no reason to keep that phoenix of yours!" yelled Voltaire causing Kai to wince and move the phone away from his ear for a moment,
"What do you plan on doing with them may I ask?" Kai snapped lightly trying not to sound angry,
"That is something that I will not discuss with you on the phone, that conversation will be left for when I see you in person, do I make myself clear" hissed Voltaire
"I still don't like the idea," growled Kai
"I don't care what you think Kai, you will hand over your bit beast weather you like it or not!" shot Voltaire his voice rising in anger
"But…fine!" Kai sighed thought he still was the least bit happy with the idea,
"Good then, I'll see you when this is over, if not before" spoke Voltaire before the line went dead,
"How dare he say that he wants my Dranzer, he can't take her," growled Kai as he put his phone away and went back into the restaurant.
"What did he want?" asked Emerald,
"That we have to get the Bladebreakers bit beasts," replied Kai
"Easy enough" spoke Moon,
"And…"
"And what?" asked Raven looking over at the slate haired Russian
"Our bit beasts"
"WHAT!" shot Emerald,
"I don't think so," snapped Moon,
From their sudden out burst once again everyone in the restaurant turned to them,
"I refuse to hand Whisper over to that man," Moon snapped softly
"This isn't the place to discuss this" spoke Raven glaring at those around him to get them back to what they were doing,
"What and you think that I want him to take Dranzer" Kai shot back also keeping his voice down
"Then why did you agree," hissed Moon
"Like I had a choice in the matter" snarled Kai, this time not caring about his voice level
"Would you two shut up!" shot Raven glaring at the two,
"Like I said before, if you two were listening, this is not the place to discuss such a matter, so let's get back to our hotel room, then you two can yell at each other as much as you want" spoke Raven before standing and heading out of the restaurant, Emerald following soon after. Moon and Kai sat there for a moment longer giving each other a nasty look before also standing and heading off.
"Wow wonder what that was about?" Tyson asked no one in particular as he and the others watched the Russians leave,
"Most probably had something to do with that phone call" spoke Max before going back to eating, shrugging Tyson also went back to his meal, Kenny and Aaron had also resumed eating while Ray continued to watch the door the Shadow Team had gone through for a moment longer, wounding what it was that Kai didn't seem to have had a choice in.