Shattered Past
By Kitty-Kris
Chapter Six: Welcome to the team!
Kai entered the living room with a frown upon his face and leaned against the wall farthest from where the rest of the teens were sitting.
Max cheerfully waved at him "Hey Kai! Come here and sit with us!"
Kai ignored him and turned his face away, still frowning.
Melody chuckled and decided to stand up and go get him by herself "C'mon Kai-Zer! It'll be fun!" she said while pulling him out of his "though-guy" stance and making him sit next to Max. She smiled at him and looked around, noticing something was missing. "Hum, where's Hurricane Barbie?"
Max smiled cheerfully "She decided to stay at a hotel, so we won't have to worry about her!"
"Cool!" she cheered, while she sat in front of Kai and turned to Tyson who had already started dividing them into teams "Ok, I'll go with Chief, Ray will go with Kai, and Max can go with Melly! How's that?"
Everyone nodded and Tyson gave everyone heads up so that the game would start.
(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)
That night after dinner, Kenny discreetly called the rest of the boys into the gym and, after checking if anyone had seen them, they sat in a circle with Kenny standing in the middle of them.
"Ok, it's like this. Mr. Dickenson has arranged for us to go to a championship in Europe that will directly send us to this year's World Beyblade Championship."
Tyson and Max made a high-five, while Ray smiled and Kai smirked.
"Ssh! Anyways, I was thinking, and since that tournament allows teams to have five elements, I thought that maybe we should introduce Melody to Mr. Dickenson and ask him to get her in the team. What do you say?"
Tyson and Max immediately nodded and made a victory dance around the room while Ray smiled and nodded after giving it some thought. Kenny then turned to Kai "What about you Kai? Afterall, you are the captain…"
The slate haired teen crossed his arms and closed his eyes in a thinking manner. Everyone in the room was holding their breath waiting for his reaction.
(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)
"Melody, have you seen those boys? It's too quiet…"
The purple haired girl rose her eyes from her book and listened "Hum, you're right… I'll go looking for them…"
"Be careful, they might be up to something…"
Melody smiled at her elder and left the room, closely followed by her trusty robot. "Where do you think they are Melly-Chan?"
"No idea. I'll check Tyson's room first and-"
"WOHOOOOO!"
Melody turned her head to where Tyson's scream had come from and started walking in that direction.
(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)
"Ssh! Do ya want her to hear ya?"
"Sorry…"
Suddenly, the door opened revealing a very surprised Melody and Deenix "What happened?"
Tyson jumped in front of her "This is great! You'll be-"
Ray covered his mouth and grinned sheepishly at the girl in front of him "Don't mind him he's er, on a sugar high! Yeah! He's on a sugar high!"
Melody raised an eyebrow incredulously "Really?"
"Y-yeah! Hehe… my my! Look at the time! We should be in bed! C'mon now, let's get ready to bed!"
"But-"
"We'll leave so you can change first. C'mon guys!"
At Ray's command, the Bladebreakers ran out of the room leaving two very bemused friends in it.
(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)
In the next morning, the Bladebreakers dragged Melody out of the house to go and meet Mr. Dickenson.
"Where are we going?" she asked for the hundredth time.
And, for the hundredth time, Tyson replied "You'll see, it's a surprise!"
She then decided to annoy her soon-to-be captain "Kai?"
"Hn…"
"Are we there yet?"
He looked at her with a bemused expression "No."
"Oh…"
A few minutes later, she bugged him again "Are we there yet?"
"No."
"How about now?"
"No…"
"Now?"
"NO…"
"Hum, now?"
"NO!"
"Ok, ok! Hum… Kai?"
"WHAT?"
"Are we there yet?"
Kai was fuming, but fortunately, the building they were walking to was finally there "Thank GOD yes!"
"Neat!" she grinned hapilly.
The Bladebreakers went inside the building and waited outside of Mr. Dickenson's office for him to call them.
"Why are we here? And what is this place?" Melody looked around her in every direction, a bemused expression upon her face.
Max grinned mischievously at her "You'll see…"
She shrugged and waited until five minutes later Mr. Dickenson peeked out of his office and signaled for them to come in.
He sat at his desk and after complimenting all the five boys, he turned to the newcomer "Why, hello there! And who are you?"
Kenny stood up "This is Melody. Melody, this is Mr. Dickenson."
Melody smiled at the older man and they both nodded in a compliment.
Kenny continued "She's the girl I told you about yesterday." He paused for a moment as Mr. Dickenson nodded "Well, I talked to the rest of the team, and if it's ok with you, she can become a Bladebreaker!"
Max and Tyson turned to look at Melody, who was looking as if someone had just slapped her and cheered "Surprise! Welcome to our team Melly!"
"I-" she stuttered. She swallowed audibly and breathed deeply before turning to them "What did you say?" she croaked.
"You're now a Bladebreaker! One of us! We all agreed, and Mr. D will sure agree too, so it's practically official!"
She still looked dumbstroked "One of- you?"
"Yup!" Tyson said proudly.
Melody's face darkened "So you're saying that everyone was consulted about this matter, huh?"
"Hum, yeah. Why?"
"'Cause you forgot to check one person."
Tyson had now a dumb expression on his face "I… did?"
The girl gritted her teeth and glared directly at him, causing him to jump a bit "Yeah, ME!"
Tyson's expression was even dumber now "I don't understand…"
"I thought you didn't… You've asked everyone except me, no one came to ask me if I was interested in joining your team or not! I guess my opinion in that matter doesn't count, now, does it?" there was a bite to her words that made Tyson feel miserable and mumble an apology.
Her eyes softened at his posture and she sat back rubbing her face and sighing "Sorry… Look, I'm not saying I'm not interested, it's just that… you could have told me you know…"
Max patted Tyson on the back and smiled at her "Does that mean you'll be our team mate?"
Melody smiled and nodded "Yeah, sure. Oh, and Tyson? Sorry about that outburst of mine…"
Tyson's face brightened up "No problem! I'm just glad you're on the team!"
"Ahem…"
Everyone turned to Mr. Dickenson who signaled Melody to take the sit in front of him "Well, now that's settled, would you please tell me some things about you so that I can inscribe you?"
"Hum, sure!" she said taking her seat.
The nice old man took a piece of paper and a pen "Ok now… age?"
"Fifteen"
"Huh-huh, full name?"
"Melody Kristhiana Nadezhda"
Kai frowned "Nadezhda? Isn't that a Russian name?"
The girl blushed a bit "Er, yeah I- guess so…"
"So you're Russian, aye?" asked the man in front of her.
"Er, no. Not really… at least I don't think so…"
There was a silent moment before Mr. Dickenson repeated his question "So, where are you from?"
Melody now blushed a bright red "I really don't know… I mean, I did live in Russia most of my life if not all, but I don't know where I was born…"
Ray barged in "Well, if your name is Russian, then you must be Russian too! Didn't your parents tell you where you were born?"
She curled her hands into fists "I never- met my parents…"
There was the same silence again, interrupted once more by Mr. Dickenson's soothing voice "Er, let's jump that question then, shall we?" he smiled sympathetically at her.
(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)
15 minutes later, five boys and a girl were seen leaving BBA's headquarters, one of the boys with six plane tickets on his hand. "Ok then, we'll be leaving to Germany in four days, so we better start getting all the stuff we need ready!"
Kai took one of the tickets and examined it "It says here that the flight is at seven sharp, which means that Tyson better not sleep in…" he sent him a meaningful look.
The raven-black haired boy stuck his tongue out at his leader and turned to Kenny "Just something, where will we be staying?"
The shorter boy took another paper from his pocket and read it "Hum, Mr. Dickenson wasn't able to get us any hotels, since there will be a lot of people for the tournament and therefore, there are no vacancies."
It was Kai's turn to barge in "So? Where will we stay?"
"Robert offered to be our host, so we'll stay at his house."
Melody suddenly stopped her track making everyone bump into her and collapse to the ground, since they were still walking. "Robert?" she muttered.
"Ow! Get off me Max! Yeah, why? Do you know him?"
She shook her head "I don't think so… it's just that… that name sounds so familiar…"
"Meh, you probably heard it on TV or something… he's a famous Beyblader too so…" said Ray while composing his shirt. "Well, it's almost lunch time so, we better hurry back home, k?"
"YAY!" Tyson and Max quickly raced in the direction of the dojo.
"Hey! Wait for me!" Ray yelled, trying to catch up with them.
That left Melody and Kai standing in the middle of the street with a confused look on their faces.
"Huh, I suppose we should follow them?"
Kai shrugged and started walking the same direction his team mates had taken, closely followed by his newest one "So tell me… was that true?"
Melody raised an eyebrow "Was what true?"
"Do you really don't know where you were born?"
The girl's face saddened a bit "No, I don't. Back where I came from, they wouldn't tell me much about my origins, and when I dared asking them once, they nearly died laughing and they started saying that I should know that, and that if my parents were dead it was because of me, and- well, stuff like that…"
"Hn, nice people I see… how old were you then?"
"Seven."
Kai's eyes widened a bit "Seven? Must have been harsh…"
She just shrugged "Nah, they were nice to me then. Compared to other times anyways… normally they'd just beat me up for bothering them with questions…"
"Just something… who is this "they"?"
"Hum, my tutors?" she grinned sheepishly.
"Really?" he said in disbelief as he rose an eyebrow at her.
"Yeah, really. Believe it or not, they were my tutors." Melody turned her face to look at the path ahead of her, and for a moment, none of them spoke.
"So, how about you?"
"What about me?"
"Don't play dumb. Your origins? You're not from around here, are you?"
"No, I'm Russian too, actually. And where I came from, people weren't too nice to me neither…"
She smiled softly at him and sighed, looking up at the sky. "Er, Melody?"
"Yeah?"
"Would ya do me a favor?"
"Depends on the favor…"
Kai blushed a bit "Would you er, sing a bit until we get to Tyson's? just so we don't go in silence…"
She looked amused "But I thought you liked silence…"
"Yeah, but your voice sounds better…" he mumbled.
"What?"
"N-nothing! Just… sing something…"
"Not if you tell me what for…"
"I already did…"
"I meant the REAL reason?"
"That was the- oh forget it…" he sped up his pace looking a bit angry.
Melody giggled and ran after him slipping her arm through his "Aw, is wittle Kai-Poo upset?" she giggled again as he glared daggers in her direction. "Ok, sorry! What do you want me to sing?"
He placed a somewhat triumphant smirk upon his lips "Hum, the one you were singing the other day's fine… what's it called?"
"Imaginary. But I won't be able to finish it, since we're almost there…"
He chuckled a bit "Thank you for that…"
Melody stuck her tongue out "Just something before I start, do ya want it loud so that everyone looks at us like we're some loonies, or do ya want to be the only one to hear it?" she giggled.
Kai gave her a panicked look "Please don't sing too loud…"
His companion giggled and cleared her throat. She then started humming a bit before starting to actually sing.
"I linger in the doorway
of
alarm clock screaming monsters calling my name
let me stay
where
the wind will whisper to me
where the raindrops as they're
falling tell a story"
Kai
closed his eyes for a moment and sighed, feeling more relaxed as the
song went on 'She can actually sing… now that's rare these
days'
Melody noticed his expression and stifled a giggle before continuing, earning her an inquisitive look from her new captain. She smiled at him and went on.
"In
my field of paper flowers
and candy clouds of lullaby
I lie
inside myself for hours
and watch my purple sky fly over me"
Kai smirked "That doesn't make much sense you know? Who wrote that anyways?"
"Hum, I did… with a bit of help from Deenix that is…"
"You? What exactly is it about?"
Melody blushed a bit "Hum… it's about when reality is so goddamned horrid, that all you want to do is create your own world, where no one can disturb you…"
"That's- deep…"
"It's meant to be deep… here we are! C'mon! Let's go eat so that we can get our stuff ready for the tournament! Deenix is going to be SO happy when I tell her!"
The girl giggled as she ran inside the house looking for her partner, leaving Kai alone in the entrance. He sighed and walked in slowly '"Your own world", huh? Melody, Melody… Who are you?'
(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)
Four days later, everything was packed and ready to go, and as usual, Tyson was STILL not ready.
"TYSON! GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE BEFORE I GO GET YOU MYSELF! WE'RE GONNA MISS THE PLANE!" yelled a pretty vicious looking Melody. That day she was wearing her usual turtlenecked, sleeveless, short red dress and her tight black gym shorts, with a pair of dark brown boots and her long black fingerless gloves.
Max winked at Ray "Looking cute this morning, huh?" he whispered.
Suddenly, he found himself being slammed against a wall by the rampaging "cutie" "I heard that!" she sneered.
The blond boy smiled apologetically and the girl let him go, still glaring at him. She then turned back to the corridor "TYSON!"
"I'm coming!" was his muffled response.
Eventually, Tyson came out of his room with his bag ready and still yawning. "Er, let's go?" he stifled another yawn.
Everyone fell over and Kai grabbed him by the collar, dragging him outside to the taxi waiting for them.
In a few minutes, they were all at one of the airport's platforms waiting for their plane to arrive.
Everything was peaceful, Ray, Tyson and Max were all chatting with each other, Kenny, Melody and Deenix were all looking at something in Dizzi's screen, and Kai had his earphones playing music.
Suddenly, a pink thing glued itself on the unsuspecting teen and squealed in such a high pitched voice he thought he's eardrum had blown "KAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"
Melody immediately grabbed Dizzi in an attempt of launching her at the just arriving blonde, but fortunately for the trapped bit-beast, Kenny managed to get her back.
Kai was trying desperately to get the sticky pink thing off of him while it kept wailing about missing him and wanting him to marry her.
Melody, who was loosing all her control, pulled Jessica off of Kai and threw her against a wall like the last time "Get off you slut!"
Kai breathed hard and thanked the Gods for still being in one piece. Meanwhile, Jessica got up again and stormed to where Melody was standing "Like, how dare you you-you bitch! Like, look at my hair!".
The other girl blinked unintelligently for a few seconds and then chuckled a bit, her chuckles quickly turned into a fit of laughter and she looked at the blonde's state. Jessica on the other hand, was fuming and turned to her cousin "Max! You're like, supposed to be taking care of me! Will you let her like, get away with that?"
Her cousin smiled at Melody "Huh, sorry Jessie, but I think you deserved it… so er, how did you like Bakuten? You'll be going back home now, right?"
Melody stopped laughing and grinned evilly at Jessica "Just in case you're planning on coming along, I warn you, I won't be so nice next time, so you better control your sluttish instincts around the boys here…"
The blonde bimbo ignored her and turned back to her cousin "Like, I'm going home now, yes… but like, only because I need shopping for some more like, clothes at my favorite Gucci shop."
Max sweatdropped "So er, when will you join us then?"
"Like, in a few days I guess… you're like, staying at this Robert Jurgen's place right? I heard he's like, loaded! And like, handsome too!" she smirked thoughtfully.
At the mention of his name, Melody felt that weird dejá vu feeling again 'Robert Jurgen… why is this name so familiar?'
"Hey Melanie, or like, whatever your name is?"
The girl snapped back to reality and glared at her team mate's cousin "Melody! My name is Melody! What?"
Jessica gave her a superior look "Like, I'll be going now, and I hope you've already noticed that Kai is like, mine…" she stopped to wave at Kai who gave her a disgusted look "… so like, keep your hands off of him, hmm?"
Melody rolled her eyes "Whatever… just go and catch you plane already… I hope you fall into the turbines…" the last part was just muttered, but Kai still managed to hear it, which caused him to snicker a bit.
Jessica and the boys gave him a curious look but shrugged it off eventually.
"Well, I'll be like, seeing you guys in like, a week then, bye!"
"Bye…" they muttered.
She then motioned to Kai, who glared at her "Like, bye Kai-Poo!" she was about to kiss him in the cheek when she suddenly felt someone lifting her and carry her on their shoulder until they reached her port gate. She was dropped roughly in the velvety floor and was finally able to glare at her carrier. She found herself staring at Melody's triumphant face "See ya in Neverland…" she bitterly muttered turning away from her.
Jessica stood up wiping her pink belt- I mean skirt and stuck her tongue out at her "I saw that…" said the purple haired girl in a mock tone.
The blonde bimbo whined and stomped her foot childishly before storming into her plane.
Melody went back to where the gaping Bladebreakers were sitting and grinned sheepishly at her Bit-Beast, who was shaking her head disapprovingly.
Kenny was still gaping at her "Wow, you must be pretty strong for being able to carry that blob all the way till her port gate…"
Melody shrugged and leaned back in her chair. "Thanks." Someone whispered in her ear. "No problem…" she whispered back with a smirk upon her face.
A few minutes later, their plane arrived and they made their way into it. "I want the window sit!" whined Tyson as soon as they arrived in the plane.
After they were all sitting and ready, Kai turned to Tyson and warned him not to do anything stupid for once, to which he just whined again "As if I ever did anything stupid…"
Melody chuckled at the boys and after making sure Deenix would STAY in her lap for the whole trip, she leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes as the plane took off.
R&R PLEASE! n-n
