Shattered Past
By Kitty-Kris
Chapter 12: Oh YAY! My life just keeps getting better…
"Mel'dy! Ar' ya cumin? The bus's nearly her'! Mel'dy!"
Melody dug her head inside her black sports-bag for the hundredth time "Aw! Where is it? I'm coming! Just a sec!" she straightened up and gave it a thought 'Hum, it's not in my bag, it's not in my drawer and it's definitely NOT holding my hair, so WHERE IS IT?' her eyes widened for a split second to immediately narrow in a glare "KAI! You son of a-"
"I have it…" Melody whipped her head towards where the soft voice came from "Na- Nastasha?" her eyes moved down to the woman's hand. There it was, her precious ribbon. "So you took it… why?"
Nastasha gave her the ribbon and sat down on her bed, her gaze trapped on the floor "I wanted to make sure I'd speak to you once more before you left… I want to give you something… and- tell you something very important too…"
Melody sat beside her and nodded "Er, sure, what is it? But you better hurry before they come looking for me…"
"Very well…" the woman bowed a little and stood up "It's about Luna… my daughter… She…" she sighed and looked Melody in the eyes "She- she's alive…"
Melody's eyes widened "What? Alive? But that's- that's great! Robert will be so happy!"
"NO! You must NOT tell Robert! He cannot know of this! I want you to find her, you're the only one who can find her… he can't see her, but you can… Please little one!"
The girl tilted her head "See her? What do you mean? And how am I supposed to find her? I'm leaving to Moscow, Russia and I won't be back for another two weeks at least…"
Nastasha smiled "Precisely… You're going where she's had her home ever since she was taken from here…"
Melody blinked "Er, ok… Hey! Wasn't a corpse found? And didn't Gustoff say-"
"Gustoff couldn't bare to look at it properly… he just- shot a look at it and noticed the child's hair was violet, he just tried putting 2 and 2 together…"
"Guess Gustoff failed at maths, huh?" she giggled dryly "Ok then, I- I'll do my best to find her and I- won't tell anyone about this! Now excuse me but I- I have to go…"
"Wait! Take this…" She tossed something at the girl. Melody caught it and looked at what she had in her hands. It was a moon-shaped silver locket, with a name written on it's front "Luna…" Melody read it and glanced at the woman in front of her "I- I can't take this, it's too-"
"I want you to take it with you. It will protect you and that way, I'll always be there with you. But please, I want you to PROMISE me you won't open it until you've found her… please… And I also want to warn you… that there's great danger lurking in your path… be careful… Don't trust anyone you shouldn't."
Melody smiled fondly at her and put the locket around her neck, keeping it under her shirt "Ok, I'll be careful and I promise I won't open it until I've found Luna… Now, sorry but, I- I have to go…"
Nastasha approached her and kissed her forehead gently, sending a funny warm feeling through the girl's chest. She smiled fondly "I will miss you… little one…"
Melody smiled back "I'll miss you too… bye…"
"Goodbye, little one… take care… of yourself, and others…" then she just disappeared, leaving the girl alone with a worried expression upon her face 'So Luna's still alive, and in Russia… hum… but why Russia out of all possible places? And why didn't she tell me this befor? WAA!' she yelped as someone wrapped their arms around her, whispering in her ear "Hello there… And just WHAT are you still doing up here? The bus is waiting…"
"Kai-Zer…" she turned her head and kissed him gently, searching for comfort in him, for what she didn't know, but it made her feel better. He blinked at her when she drew back "Is- everything ok?" he asked.
The girl blushed "Everything's- fine… let's go then, shall we?" she smiled at him and grabbed her bag, dragging him down to the bus afterwards.
Enrique greeted them as soon as they went into the bus "Well, about time! Where was she?"
Kai glared at him as he put his arm around Melody's waist possessively "Mind your own business!"
"Oooh…" Enrique winked at Minx and both of them burst out laughing.
Kai just ignored them and guided Melody all the way till the back of the bus, earning more chuckles from his perverted team mates. As soon as they sat down, Kai turned to his girlfriend "Melody…"
She noticed the worry in his voice and rolled her eyes discreetly so he wouldn't see her 'Oh boy, here we go…' "Er, yeah?" she asked innocently.
He groaned as he got the "innocent" tone in her voice. It was going to be hard getting something out of her… "What's wrong?"
"Nothing!" she said quickly.
Kai sighed "To Hell with you if it's nothing! You're gonna tell me why you're so gloomy again all of a sudden and now!" he glared at her as he leaned closer, making her draw back a bit, but still reply dryly "I told you I'm FINE! Just drop it already!" She sat back frowning and crossed her arms over her chest. Kai glared at her and turned his face away as well "Fine! Be that way! I don't know why I always bother worrying about you! You NEVER let me help you!"
She glared at him "Whoever said I needed help!"
He growled and grabbed her by the arms, his face a mere inch away from hers "Woman, shut . up!" his lips crashed down on hers, creating a general "GO TIGER!" from the rest of the bus.
Melody parted her lips and wrapped her arms around his neck, moaning lightly as he ran his hands up her sides 'Stupid Kai! Why does he ALWAYS do this? And WHY must I play along?' she whimpered lightly in frustration and quickly pulled away "I hate you…" she pouted.
Kai smirked as he kissed her jawline "Liar… You love me to death and you know it… So why say the opposite, hm? C'mon, tell me you love me…" he looked her in the eyes with a mischievous glint as he planted a little kiss on her lips, grinning widely as the girl blushed and sat back again, averting her eyes from his form "Dolt…"
Kai grinned half-heartedly and looked out the window sighing. He knew the rest of the trip wouldn't be nice now his girlfriend was upset about something… he knew she was… her eyes gave her away, and the fact that she wouldn't tell him was driving him crazy! 'Hn… Maybe it's just because we're about to meet those Demolition Boys… I wonder what will happen when we do…' he shuddered lightly. The thought of meeting his arch-nemesis Tala and the rest of his sadistic gang was NOT pleasing. He wasn't sure if he should believe that they were "nice guys" like Melody had said… "Melody…" he whispered as he stroked her cheek.
The girl just shoved him away and changed her seat so that she'd be on the other side of the bus, as far from him as she could, muttering for him to leave her alone and looked out the window, her eyes getting watery as the castle disappeared for some unknown reason to her.
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"Ladies and Gentlemen, please fasten your seatbelts as we are about to land in Moscow, Russia. The temperature outside is -10ºC so we would advise you to wear proper clothing. Thank you very much for your attention and for flying with us."
Melody looked down at Deenix "We're… home…"
"Guess so… heh heh…" the robot seemed worried "What do you think will happen now?"
She sighed "Who knows…" she looked at the boy beside her, who was looking out the window, his earphones on. They hadn't spoken to eachother since they had left Robert's castle, and it was getting annoying to no end. None of them wanted to start the apologizing, though why they should apologize was a mystery to the rest of the Bladebreakers and The Majestics, who had tagged along too, as well as Minx and Jessica.
As soon as the plane landed, they all stood up making their way into the airport in order to get their bags.
Outside of the airport, they all looked around themselves to see if any of those van-like cabs were available, and as soon as they got into one, they made way to their hotel, quickly getting their keys.
Kenny looked around him, holding the keys in his hand "Ok now… er, Tyson will stay with Max, I'll stay with Ray, Johnny will stay with Robert, Oliver with Enrique, Minx with Jessica and… oops! We'll have to ask for a three beds room for the girls, I forgot about Melody-"
"Don't bother, she'll stay with me…"
Everyone turned to Kai, some with smirks, others shocked, and one of them, a purple haired girl, with a frown "What?" Kenny blinked "But Kai… I know you're er… together and all but don't you think-"
"Don't worry about that, we're not planning on keeping you people awake because of "weird noises" coming from our bedroom so relax… Besides, Melody can't stand Jessica and we need some time out to… discuss a few things… right Mel?"
She narrowed her eyes at him and dropped her bag by his feet after taking a coat from it "Whatever… just do me a favor and drop that by the room. I need to go for a walk…"
The girl was about to turn around when he grabbed her hand "You're not going anywhere alone and you know very well why… so wait here, and I'll be down in a minute. Kenny, give me the key." He took the metallic object and went up the stairs along with Deenix, who carried Melody's bag. They were soon followed by the rest of the teens, leaving Melody alone by the hotel's entrance. She sighed as she looked outside. She could see the Red Square just outside of the hotel, where lots of people were currently walking around, probably shopping. She remembered that was where she normally hanged out with her boys when not in the Abbey. They'd just walk around talking, challenging a few kids they found that looked strong, defeating them always of course.
Someone walked behind her "You ready?" she nodded and opened the door, stopping just outside and breathing in the cold Russian air, closing her eyes to hear the background sounds better, the voices of the people, their rants, their laughs, she had missed that place so much… what danger could Nastasha be talking about? That was her home!
"Are you just gonna stand there and give me the silent treatment or can we talk?" she turned her head to Kai, looking him in the eyes "Well?" she smiled and wrapped her arms around his left one, breathing deep, taking in his intoxicating scent. His scent, his sight, him, it always seemed to calm her down, to take all her worries away… she whispered "Take me for a walk… I know we'll find them somewhere around here… please?"
He nodded absently and started walking around the huge square, currently filled with people. At a point they went past a few odd-looking boys who sent weird glances towards Melody, looking at eachother and hurriedly leaving towards a common point. Kai frowned at this, but said nothing. He had a feeling he had seen those boys before…
"Kai… can we sit? I don't- feel well…" he immediately looked down at her, noticing her pale face and tired eyes "Sure, come on…" they walked together towards a nearby bench and sat down. "What's wrong? What are you feeling?"
She rubbed her forehead "Huh, I'm just a bit tired and my head hurts… don't worry, I'll be fine in a sec…" she leaned her head back looking up at the grayish sky "It's gonna snow tonight, ya know?" she said, trying to change the subject.
Kai frowned and was about to repeat his question when a lot of noise called his full attention to a nearby crowd. "Look out! Oh! That was close!" screaming could be heard from there, and according to where it came from and the amount of people surrounding the area, Melody could tell what was happening "Huh, it's a beybattle… ya might wanna check it out… some of the street players here are very good…"
Kai considered it. Yes, it WOULD be interesting… But what about Melody? He took her hand "But you-"
She smiled and leaned closer, kissing him fondly "I'll be fine. Look, I know you want to go watch it so… go." She noticed he wasn't going to give up yet so she sighed and continued "Look, I promise I'll go to you if something's wrong, ok?"
He grunted a "fine" and stood up, walking towards the group of people, turning his head to look back at her smiling form now and then. When he got there, he elbowed his way through the crowd to look at who was battling. On his side of the beydish, was a kid around his age, and on the other side… 'What the?' He gasped as he saw who was standing there, looking back at him with an equally surprised expression "Ivanor?"
The other boy blinked in surprise and smirked, quickly turning his attention back to the battle, literally smashing his opponent and ordering the kids around him to "beat it" afterwards. Behind him were the rest of the Demolition Boys, who too had pretty surprised looks upon their faces. Tala turned to him with a mocking grin "Well, well, well… look who we got here… if it isn't our "dear" Kai Hiwatari… and what winds bring you here?"
Kai glared at him "Ivanor…" he spat.
Tala chuckled at him, earning a glare "Well, what are you doing here? Mingling with us, poor simpletons?"
Kai huffed and pointed behind him as he heard the gasp and the approaching running steps "Hn… No. The reason I'm here is currently running towards us if I'm not mistaken…"
The boys looked at what he was pointing at and their faces faltered as they saw the girl running towards them as fast as she could "MY BOYS!" she laughed as she threw her arms around the surprised Tala's neck. "IVY! I'm so glad you guys are ok! I missed you so much!"
Tala blinked and pushed her off him looking her up, still not believing what he was seeing "M- Melody! But how- how-" he was interrupted as Ian jumped on the girl hugging her tightly "MELLY! You're back!" he laughed madly, gasping as Spencer tore him off her, picking her up with only one arm and giving her a bear hug "My little girl!" he was actually crying as he tightly held the ten times smaller girl against his broad chest. "I missed you so much! WAAA!"
"Help! Can't- breathe!" she croaked.
"Oops! Sorry there Birdy! Heh heh…" he got her balanced up on his shoulder and smiled up at her "Better?"
She nodded and looked down at Bryan, smiling "Heya Big B! Ss'up?"
Kai gaped as the lavender haired boy actually smiled back up at her and spoke "You are, apparently… and you owe me a hug. C'mon Spence, put her down…"
"No need! I'll come down myself!" Melody jumped off Spencer's shoulder and squealed as she hugged Bryan tightly as well.
Kai blinked at the whole scene. Now there was a face he didn't know the Demolition Boys had… they were smiling, laughing, they seemed… happy. And she, his happiness source, was the cause of their unusual expressions. Their… disturbing… happy expressions… He'd better leave before he threw up. He cleared his throat "Melody…"
The girl grinned at him "Meh?"
He sighed "Ok, er… I see you've found your… boys, huh?" she nodded "Good then, look er-" he looked at Tala, a dubious look crossing his features "-Ivanor… She knows where the hotel is and… I don't want her to come back alone. Can I trust you to bring her back safe?"
Melody pouted "I can go on my own ya know? I'm not a little kid!" she grinned "But don't worry… 'cause we'll be going to the hotel NOW! C'mon boys, I want YOU and my team to get along, and I am NOT taking no for an answer!"
Ian frowned "Wait wait wait! YOUR team? You mean- THEM?" he pointed at Kai "How did you ever meet? And what the Hell is that all about?"
Bryan glared at Kai "Whatever it is, I ain't liking it…"
Tala looked down at his best friend "Birdy, you got a LOT of explaining to do, I hope you're aware of that…"
Melody stuck her tongue out at him, flinching back as he tried to catch it with a grin "Nye! I'll explain when we get there!"
"Alright then! Lead the way, oh mighty phoenix!" Tala got his arm around her shoulders, winking down at her as she laughed "You're a dolt, ya know that? Heh heh… Alright! Let's go!"
Kai glared at the red head and growled as he followed them, earning weird looks from the rest of the Demolition Boys. Ian nudged Spencer "I think someone's jealous…" they snickered.
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"WHAT THE HELL? TALA?" Tyson's scream was heard in the whole hotel, and soon an equally loud "Ouch!" was heard as well.
Melody punched the raven haired boy on the head "Would ya shut up? We're not the only ones in this place ya know? Now move and make way! Go on in boys, I'll meet ya'll in a sec!"
Tala rose an eyebrow at her "Where are you going?"
"Oh, I er… I got a headache so I'm going down to the hotel's pharmacy to get me something for it. Be right back! Spencer? Make sure they don't kill eachother and Kai, tell Robert I'll explain everything when I get back before he freaks out. Thanks and bye!" she ran out of the room leaving the six boys confused.
"Huh-huh… ok, whatever she says…" Ian yawned and made his way further into the room.
Bryan narrowed his eyes "Melody? A headache? Something's not right…"
"Yeah well, we'll have to wait for her to come back, and until then… we have to put up with Mr. Couth and his team… not to mention Sharky and his dolts!" Tala laughed ignoring Tyson's and Kai's glares and went in along with the rest of his team, closing the door behind him.
The Majestics and the rest of the teens sat at the Hotel's suite living room, and were waiting to see who was it that had caused such a commotion. It couldn't be them, could it? Robert jumped from his seat as the answer came in in the form of Tala, who went in the room like he owned the place, a mocking grin spread all over his features "He-llo there! How's y'all?" he chuckled. The rest of the Demolition Boys went in and took random sits, ignoring the group of people currently gaping at them. Deenix stood up and ran towards them giggling "Tala-Chan! Bry-Chan! Ian-Chan! Big-Chan! You're here!"
Tala grinned at the little robot and picked her up "Deenix! Hey look guys! It's the rampaging flea!" the boys laughed and patted the robot on her head, annoying her to no end "DON'T CALL ME FLEA YOU BUNCH OF DINGBATS!" she pounded Tala's head with her little fists, earning even more laughs.
Spencer rose an eyebrow and grabbed her by her waist "Dingbats? Where did you learn that word?" he chuckled and handed Deenix to Bryan "Here, control the little thing! It likes you best anyways…"
Bryan took Deenix and sat her down on his lap, instantaneously calming her down and causing jaws to hit the floor.
"And just what are you doing in my hotel room?" Robert stood glaring at the closest boy, the red head, who simply rose an eyebrow at him "My little Birdy told us to wait here until she gets back… We're waiting for an explanation just like you…" he looked him up and huffed "Since apparently she joined you dolts, we'll be hanging around often to watch over her, so try to get used to it and be a little more sociable, will ya?" he sat down by the table and gave him a "You lose" look, which pissed off Robert even more. "Just what are you talking about?"
"We met them when we were walking around Red Square. Melody insisted on bringing them here." Kai leaned against the wall, keeping his eyes on his ex-team mates.
"She did what? Why?"
Kai sighed. Why hadn't they told him about them before? "They're her ex-team mates, she wanted them to come here and… get along with the rest of us…"
Johnny laughed at him "Kai, you really have to stop doing everything your girlfriend tells you and get in control on your relationship, or else in a few days she'll be walking you around on a leash!"
Kai glared at him "Shut it… Who says I do everything she tells me? I don't!"
Minx winked at him "Oh, yeah ya do! Ya'd wear a pink dress if she asked ya to!" she gave it a thought, trying to imagine Kai in a pink dress. "Hum… it'd suit ya act'ally…" she burst out laughing along with Enrique and Jessica while Kai simply sighed and rolled his eyes 'Here we go…'.
Tala frowned. What was he hearing? "What! Are Melody and that dolt together or something?"
Minx smiled at him, not knowing what she was about to unleash "Togethah? Tha's an undahstatement! When those two find a free moment togethah, it's non-stop, mushey, sappey, ha'dcor'-"
"-SUCKING FACE!" Tyson jumped and laughed as his captain blushed and growled low in his throat. He then gave him an innocent smile afterwards "Tyson… Come here for a second…" he asked rather sweetly.
The raven haired boy approached him with confused eyes "Er, yes?"
"Closer…"
Tyson was now a mere inches from Kai, and in a second, his face was being smashed by his captain's fist "We do NOT do that!"
Johnny snickered "Yes you do…"
"Who does what?" Melody went in the room and plopped down next to Robert yawning and rubbing her eyes. She lifted her head and looked around herself. Tyson was rubbing his nose while Kai just blushed and looked away and the rest of her current team gave her worried glances now and then. Deenix looked very happy sitting at Bryan's lap, Minx and Jessica were looking dumbfounded and Robert and the rest of The Majestics were looking accusatorily at her as well as her old team. Tala however, was currently sending her guilty and hurt looks. She blinked at them "Er, did someone… die?"
Tala huffed at her and stood up leaving without another word. Melody blinked at him and turned sharply to Deenix "Did someone tell him?"
The robot nodded and she quickly stood up as well, running after her friend. Kai wasn't liking that 'Just where did they go?' he stood up as well and followed them, careful not to be seen.
The rest of the teens just stayed in the room looking at eachother with clueless faces as they heard Melody calling her friend.
"Tala! Tala wait!" Melody ran along the corridor trying to catch up with her best friend, who just turned to her and leaned against the wall, glaring. "What? Don't you have your "boyfriend" to cuddle?"
She stopped in front of him panting lightly "Look, I- I'm sorry… I was gonna explain everything to you but-"
"Explain WHAT? That you and him are together now and that I should just forget about the feelings I have for you? Sorry Mel, but I CAN'T!" he stood straight and walked towards her menacingly "I love you damnit, and you knew that! How could you do this to me?"
"I-" she balled her hands into fists and glared at him "Now look here, just because you feel that way towards me doesn't mean I do! And I'm sorry, but I can't deny my true feelings because of what you might think! I love Kai, and you, I'm sorry, are just gonna have to live with that!" she gritted her teeth "Tala, you're my best friend and I love you, you're like a brother to me. But I can't feel the same way… I- I tried, and at a point I though I did but- I didn't… I'm sorry…" she jerked her head.
He sighed "No, I'm sorry… I should've thought this would happen… heh… Now I understand…"
"Understand what?"
"Why you were so weird when I kissed you… why you were in such a hurry to leave… why you didn't reply back when I told you I loved you… But why didn't you tell me there and then you didn't feel the same way?"
She smiled fondly at him "Because you were and are, my best friend and I couldn't bare to see you more sad than you already were… so I just… avoided saying anything… I'm sorry…" she hugged him tightly "Now come on! They're waiting for us!"
"Yes coach!" Tala grinned and clutched her hand, turning to the Hotel room, both of them laughing. They froze as he saw who was in the way, watching them. "Kai…"
He glanced at his girlfriend, his face unreadable "Come on already…" he turned and left towards the room, not taking another look back at them.
Tala bit his lower lip. He didn't like it that Melody and him were together, but he didn't want her to be sad because of a fight he started "You think he's angry?"
She shrugged "I can never tell… I'll have to wait until we're alone to talk to him… now lets go, I own my team, Robert's and yours an explanation…"
"Huh? I thought you had explained everything to your… "team"…"
She shook her head "No, I only told them where I came from and that no, you guys hadn't sent me. I'm with them in peaceful terms. But now, I need to go on ranting about my life's history…"
"Cool! I love napping in the middle of the afternoon! Would ya make it extra boring for me? Please?"
Melody punched him playfully in the arm and went in the room, taking her sit and sending a glance at her boyfriend, who still had an unreadable expression on his face, before starting. "Huh, ok er… I guess I- owe y'all an explanation, huh?"
Johnny smirked "Yeah, ya could say that… how come you know these lab rejects here?"
The Demolition Boys glared daggers at him as Melody kept talking "Shut it! Now, I'll er, start from the beginning then. That is, how I ended up with them… Let's see now… I don't really remember how I got in the Abbey in the first place, Boris always told me my parents left me there for him to train me but I honestly don't believe that…"
Tala grinned "I remember when Boris brought ya to us for the first time… you were so cute back then! Not to mention loudmouthed and girly…"
Melody blushed "Shut it… Anyways, he took me to Tala and asked him to show me around the place and teach me the rules, while he and some scientists taught me theoretical blading stuff, making me read some books on the subject or whatever… I don't remember very well…"
"The fact is, in less than a year, she was better than her friend ever thought she'd be! Right Tala?" Ian nudged the red head who smirked back "And how! Old dumbass assigned her to train the Abbey's top four Beybladers, that is, us, in order to make them perfect warriors. No flaws, strong, fast blah blah blah… to help him take over the world…"
Minx rolled her eyes "He didn' wan' much, did he?"
Melody giggled "Nah, of course not… anyways, Boris assigned me to train them, being that how I met the rest of the boys! Basically, the next following years were dull and monotone, we'd wake up early every morning for training, then we'd have some yucky mush for breakfast. We had to train before and after lunch, the same for dinner before we went to sleep. But we were given part of the afternoon to do whatever we pleased, though I normally spent that time studying their techniques while THEY went out to buy prank stuff!"
Ian blinked at her, smirking afterwards "Aw, ya mean you didn't like plotting against Boris? Or when he made that ridiculous "What the Hell?" face? Or even when he went and screamed-"
"YOU INFAMOUS BRATS! JUST WAIT TILL I GET MY HANDS ON YOU!" everyone jumped in their seats as Tala made a pretty good Boris impression.
Melody chuckled "Yes… Ok, so maybe I liked it… but that's not the point here! The point is, I was WORKING, while you "gentlemen" got yourselves AND me in trouble. Getting wiped hurts in case you didn't know and I still have marks from the last time!"
Ian stuck his tongue out at her "Don't blame me! It was your idea to put laxatives in Boris' drink and clog his toilet with his "important" paper work!"
Bryan snickered "Tough now I think about it… it was your best idea yet!" the Demolition Boys laughed at the memories, earning weird looks from everyone. They could joke? They could… laugh?
Melody blushed, a little smirk planted on her lips. "Ok, shortly, we'd basically spend our days training and pissing Boris off which was great fun if you exclude the punishment part… 'nuff said here. Ok, I suppose you guys are mostly curious about the last Worlds… right?"
Enrique nodded "Huh huh… were you the one who trained them like that? You're not planning on turning the Bladebreakers into some monsters, are you?"
She huffed "Of course not! Boris did their training. If I had trained them, they would have won. And DON'T give me that look Tyson, they would! Anyways, that dumbass wouldn't listen to me when I told him the ways he was using to train them were wrong so… they lost. And we got punished…"
Tala scratched his back "I think I still have scabs from that time…" he laughed "But it wasn't fair you had to be punished too. It wasn't your fault, and besides, you were sick at the time, very sick… that idiot almost got you killed…"
"Sick? What illness did she have?" Oliver asked.
Melody blushed "Huh, nothing special… really!"
Spencer frowned at her "Nothing special? You almost died!" he turned to the rest of the teens as the girl jerked her head blushing "One day, Melody had to stay out training during a particularly cold AND stormy night, and when she went back in, she didn't bother changing to dry clothes because she was too concerned about our training so… the next day she wasn't very well… She and Boris insisted on continuing the training, but she was getting worse by the day, and then one day, she fainted. We took her to the nursery and there they said she had caught a pneumonia and that if measures weren't taken fast she would die." He sighed "In short, Melody had to stay there, we had to be trained by Boris for the Worlds AND we had to go without her. Which was pretty awful, since she was probably our strongest team mate…"
Ian huffed "And now, you dolts come here and take our little baby sister away from us… that's not fair!" he turned to Tala with an evil smirk "I say we kill them and take her back with us!"
"Ian…" Melody's voice had a warning tone "Ok, so there you have it… after the Worlds I eventually got better and restarted training them until one day Boris thought it would be fun to try to rape me and I er… got him knocked out. Heh heh… Well, because of that, I had no choice but to leave and find me somewhere safe to stay, which was something I had been planning to do for a long time actually." She turned to her old team "Ok, after a bit of traveling around, I met the Bladebreakers and eventually became their team mate. There, are y'all happy and informed?" she looked around and smiled "Good, now… I want you boys to get along and NO Ian, that doesn't include mocking nor killing them, while I go and… do something I- have to do… heh heh… I'll er, be right back!" she got up and ran out of the room.
Tala rose an eyebrow and turned to the Bladebreakers with a frown "What in the name of all things have you done with her? She's so… I don't know… gloomy?"
"Yeah! Gloomy and mushy! She's turned into some goody-goody pile of mush! After all the work we had educating her…" Ian huffed.
Tyson stuck his tongue out at him "Nye! We didn't do anything! I don't know what's with her! Kai, do you know?"
"Hn…"
"Guess not! Heh heh… er, Deenix?"
The robot jerked her head and blushed "Huh, no… I don't have any idea! Nope! Not me! Huh-huh… she didn't tell me anything. Nope, I don't know…" she shook her head repeatedly.
Tala grinned evilly "Ok Dee…you better start telling us what's wrong since apparently, you know…" the robot's eyes widened at him, causing the boy to snicker "You're a lousy liar, ya know? Now shoot!"
"I- I can't… Besides, why would you know what's wrong when not even SHE knows?"
Kai's eyes narrowed "What? What are you talking about? What's wrong with her?"
Deenix stood up and looked at him "I can't tell you, I'll leave that to Melly-Chan. But I will tell you this: it's because of you. Now please excuse me…" she quickly left the room to avoid anymore questions.
Kai just blinked in confusion "Say what?"
Suddenly, a loud crash was heard from the next room, causing everyone to quickly stand up from their seats with huge wide eyes. Bryan gasped "Birdy…"
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Melody sighed as she looked at her reflection. She bit her lower lip and took another look at the device on her hand "Why?" she whispered. She gripped it more tightly as a huge rage wave ran through her, causing her to crush it "WHY?" she tossed the pieces to the ground and stared at her reflection again, her eyes full of hatred "I hate you…" she sneered, pulling her arm back and fisting the glassy surface, shattering it in countless sharp pieces, that quickly fell to the floor, cutting her as she collapsed to her knees, her hands balled into fists, blood dripping down from them. She gritted her teeth 'How am I gonna explain this to them? To him? How?'
A loud bang on the door woke her from her thoughts. She slowly rose her head to look at the door as she heard people on the other side "Melody! Are you ok? What happened? Open this door! Melody!" she jerked her head down again, trying to ignore Kai's desperate screams. She looked down at her blood covered hands and sighed "This just keeps getting worse…" she stood up and slowly unlocked the door, watching as all her friends moved back to take better looks at her. She went past them without a word, whipping her head up as a hand grabbed her arm "Melody, I'm only going to ask you this ONCE… What's . wrong?" he glared at her.
She averted his eyes "Nothing." she said in a dull voice. A hand slapped her cheek, it's owner earning several complaints and death threats, which he apparently ignored "Fuck you! DON'T lie to me, WHAT'S WRONG?" she took her hand to where he had hit her, leaving a red mark on it. He grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her violently "Damnit tell me! I want to help you!" she looked at him, an emotionless expression running across her features "Help me?"
"Of- of course… tell me what's wrong… please… I hate to see you like this…"
Melody looked away, at her bitbeast, who gave her a guilty look as she stuttered "I- I think you- you should tell him the- the truth…"
She looked down at her "You- you knew?"
"I- always knew… since day one… I thought it was weird but…that- ghost lady came to talk to me one day and she- she confirmed it…"
"Hey flea! What's this all about? What are you talking about?" Spencer rose an eyebrow.
"Melly-Chan?"
Melody looked at everyone in that room, one by one, taking in their expressions. She finally set eyes on Kai and sighed "I'm pregnant." her voice was barely audible.
He quickly let go of her, stepping back "W- What?"
"You heard me. I'm pregnant…" she rose her eyes to meet with his. Kai's world had just shattered. He couldn't believe it… not her… "How- why did you?" he gritted his teeth, glaring at her "Who was it?"
She jerked her head, biting her lower lip. All eyes were on her, and she knew it. She could feel their accusatory gazes, their disappointment in a few cases. She got a strand of hair of her face and answered "It was you…"
At that point, Minx was pushing everyone out of the room to give them more privacy, only leaving Deenix behind. Though they were listening in from the other room.. n-n''
At first, Kai looked dumbfounded, then, to everyone's surprise, he was heard snickering "Me, you say?" he laughed "That's- really nice, and maybe I would believe that if only we…" he gave her an amused expression, hurt clearly showing in his eyes in spite of his snickers "…if only we had slept together… Now tell me, were you the one who taught Deenix to lie? Apparently yes…" he now glared at her "Just tell me something, why? Why did you cheat on me and with who?"
Melody gritted her teeth. That was it! "Kai, shut UP!" It was her turn to glare at him "You know what? I wasn't lying, it WAS you. But you didn't even let me explain what happened, did you? Don't you remember getting extremely drunk and waking up the next day alone, naked in a room that wasn't even yours and remembering absolutely nothing about what had happened the night before? Well, guess what? The same happened to ME! Only when I woke up, I was with YOU! Do you have any idea of how- shocked, worried I was when I realized what had happened? I was afraid of you, of what you might do if you found me there, so I left before you woke up and lashed out at me!" she stopped and jerked her head, still gritting her teeth. "There, now can I go?"
Kai's eyes were wide "Why- why didn't you tell me?"
"Because you wouldn't listen! Because you wouldn't believe me, because- I don't know! I told you I was afraid!" she sat down on the bed, feeling a bit dizzy. Deenix quickly went up to her and healed her wounds, cleaning her bloodstained face afterwards. Melody sighed and looked up at him, her eyes full of pain "I- never slept with anyone but you Kai, I love you and only you, how could you think something different?" she sighed "I thought you trusted me, but apparently you don't. And THAT…" she snickered "That really, REALLY saddens me, you know? But it's like you told me… I can't stay mad at you…" she stood up and walked up to him running a finger along his jaw "You won't let me… and I hate you for it…" she quickly kissed his lips and left the hotel room, avoiding everyone's looks and stares as she passed them.
Ian blinked "Ok… you've really done something to her… what was she talking about? Since when does she get drunk? Melody wouldn't even go anywhere near a beer! And- pregnant?"
Minx clapped "Oh mah gawd! It fits! Robbey, remembah tha' tahme at Enrique's partey? Josh gave her absinthe and she got stoned. Than YOU came an' asked her tah go an' get Kai cuz he too was drunk! Ya told them tah go an' meet ya at the kitchen or sumthin, but then ya forgot! An' the next mornin'-"
"No one knew where they were… And Gustoff told me they had been seen running up the stairs together! They were probably going up to some room to-" he blushed "Oh my! That's so uncouth! In my house? What were you thinking?" he yelled at Kai, who was currently sending regretful and worried glances at the door, not really listening to what they were saying. He already knew what had happened.
Minx frowned at him "They weren't thinking! Tha's the prob! An' why ar' ya so worried? We too had ar' share of fun the otha day an'-"
"APRIL MCGREGOR!" Robert was red like a tomato covering his girlfriends mouth and ignoring Tyson's snickers "Uuuuh… Mr. I'm-so-Couth did the love dance with Minx!" he burst out laughing along with most of the audience, while the rest whistled and winked at Robert, who just wished he could dig a deep hole and fall into it.
The Demolition Boys smirked at that new revelation. Who could have guessed? Heh heh… Tala shot his amused turquoise gaze around the room, noticing something was missing "Hey! Where did Hiwatari go?"
Enrique winked at him "I bet ya he went after Melody and they'll be back soon."
Johnny grinned "Back soon, AND back to old non-stop sucking face!" he laughed "Or even better, married! Now that Melody's pregnant and-" his eyes widened, along with everyone else's. it seemed that they had only processed that information then "MELODY'S PREGNANT!"
Bryan ran a hand along his face "No way! This is not good…"
The rest of the teens had really worried expressions, while Spencer bit his lower lip "She's only fifteen… there can be several complications…"
Minx sighed "C'mon guys! Relax! Look on tha brahght sahde! Ther's a baby cumin'!" she squealed "Aw… and I bet ya tha' if it's a girl she'll be as pretty as her mommy! And if it's a boy, as handsum as the pa'! How cute!"
Jessica and Deenix quickly joined in the squealing, while the rest of the boys sweatdropped and SERIOUSLY thought about it. Kai a dad? An image of Kai smoking a pipe while reading the newspaper and tossing proud looks to a small kid sitting near his chair went through their minds. They all shuddered at the same time. Ugh! Scary! They looked at eachother and burst out laughing, while the girls and Deenix blinked at them.
Max cheered "So, maybe it ain't so bad afterall! Now, I say we go find them!"
"YEAH!"
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"Melody! Melody wait!" Kai ran as fast as he could, trying to catch up with her, panting softly when he finally did it, starting to walk beside her "Melody stop. We need to talk. Look I'm sorry! I was just- dumbfounded, confused, Hell! I don't know! But please, listen to me!" he made her stop and turn to face him. She sighed "Fine, just say whatever it is already."
"Thank you! Now look, I- I'm sorry I didn't let you tell me, I'm sorry I didn't let you explain, but-"
"You've said that already…" she gave him a fed-up look.
He groaned "As I was saying, I'm sorry and all, but I panicked. I couldn't believe that you had cheated on me- don't look at me like that, I know you didn't now. Anyways, I just- I don't know… just- look I er…" he ran a hand through his hair while he took something from his pocket 'Damnit, why are these things so complicated?' he breathed in deeply "Look, what I'm trying to say is I- I'm sorry, I love you Mel, I really do and I er… Oh Hell! I want you to- to take this! Here!" he handed her a small dark box, which she took from him slowly, eyeing him suspiciously "What is this?"
He sighed and gave her a weak smile "Just- open it…"
Melody opened the small box and gaped at what she saw inside it. She gasped and blinked a few times to make sure she wasn't having illusions "I was- planning on giving it to you after the Championship but… since this happened and all I- I thought I'd give it to you now… besides, it takes a weight off my shoulders anyways, so…"
She took the small object and looked at it. It was a silver ring with a red ruby, surrounded by tiny sparkling sapphires. She tried to say something, but all the words were piling in her throat "I- I-"
Kai blinked, feeling awkward all of a sudden. He didn't have a clue what kind of jewelry he was supposed to buy. He had spent sometime looking for all kinds of rings in a jewelry he had found a few days ago, and had thought she'd like it. Maybe he was wrong… "What? You don't like it?"
Melody inhaled sharply and looked up at him a smile forming on her lips "Like- like it?" she looked down at the ring again "I love it! I-" she blushed and jerked her head down "Thank you- Kai…" she put the ring back in the case and kept it in her pocket, avoiding his eyes.
He smiled in relief "Melody… there's something I want to ask you… it's why I gave you that actually…"
She looked up at him with shocked eyes "No…You wouldn't…"
Kai took her hands, trying to fight the blush threatening to cover his face with pure red "Melody I- will you…" he bit his lower lip 'Damn stupid words! Why can't they just come out already?' he sighed, and looked straight into her huge eyes, spending a moment just to drown on their deep blue "Will you- marry- ugh, me?" when he realized what he had said, Melody's arms were around his neck while she screamed, her face snuggling against his coat "Oh Hell yes! I will I will I will!" she drew back a bit and kissed him passionately, feeling happier than she had ever felt before. Kai pushed her back gently and looked into her eyes "You- you will?" she nodded and he laughed as he picked her up by her waist, spinning her around and stopping when she lowered her head down to kiss him again. He sighed against her lips kissing her back with all the love and passion he felt for her, all the feelings he had kept inside him.
"GO KAI! WOO HOO! Ya hit the Jackpot!" a loud voice followed by a huge cheering and whistling sound broke them apart. They looked around themselves and realized to their horror, that a huge crowd had gathered around them and was currently cheering at them along with their friends. They both flushed feeling extremely embarrassed. They had been so absorbed in their talk, they had forgotten they were in the middle of Red Square, where lots of people walked around constantly.
The same person that had screamed before stepped closer to them, pretending to speak to a microphone. Melody gaped at him. It was Greg! "Her-hem! Everyone! Everyone! I'd like you all to meet Kai Hiwatari, the luckiest bastard alive! And that extremely B-E-A-utiful girl over there, currently looking like a tomato, would be Melody Nadezhda, who refused my several attempts to ask her out. WHY DON'T YOU LOVE ME WOMAN? WHY?" he pretended to cry as he walked up to her, hugging her tightly and kissing her cheek afterwards "Good goin' girl!" he winked at her and drew back, bowing as the crowd clapped at him and started scattering.
Melody blinked at him "Greg? What are you?"
Greg waved his hand in front of her as he took a thinking expression "Ok, let's see now… huh… Minx tells me you're coming to Russia and when I come here JUST to see you, I find you and some Kai guy, exchanging vows and making out in front of the whole Moscow population! I'm shocked! I thought you loved me!" he started whimpering against her shoulder again, causing Melody to sweatdrop and turn to her friends, since none of them had actually been introduced to him except for Minx, who already knew him. "Meet Greg, the biggest drama queen in the world…"
"Excuse me, drama King!"
"Whatever…"
Greg waved at them grinning widely "Okie, er… which are your boys and which are er… your team mates?"
She pointed at the Demolition Boys "Those, are my boys, Tala, Ian, Spencer and Bryan, don't listen to what you've heard about them, they're worse than you when it comes to drama and goofiness…"
"Hey!"
"What? Are you gonna deny it?" she rose an eyebrow at them and turned to her team "Those, are the Bladebreakers, my team. That's Tyson, Ray, Kenny, Max and er… you know Kai…" she blushed "And those are The Majestics, Robert, Johnny, Enrique and Oliver. That's Jessica, Maxes' cousin and you already know Minx and Deenix. There…"
Greg waved "Hey'all!" he turned to Melody, calling Minx to join them "Now on to business! Ok girls! Guess what? We have a concert scheduled in a few days in this nearby disco-bar thingy! The boys are there, right now, waiting for me to call and tell them your answer so we'll take part on the partey! So whaddaya say?"
Minx jumped with glee "Oh yeah! A conce't! When is it?"
"In about a week or two… not sure…"
Melody bit her lower lip, thinking "Huh, Kai? When are the finals over?"
He gave it a thought "Hum… In about a week. The championship starts tomorrow and then it's a battle per day for us I think… as long as we pass everything…"
She winked at him "I told you we will! Ok Greg! I'm on!"
"Yay!" Minx glomped her squealing "Thankies Melly! I'm gonna take care of yar make up an' hair again an' ya'll be soooo pretty! You are so pretty! But I'll make ya even prettier! (if that's possible) Meeee! We're gonna rock! Ya'll see! Weee! An' ah bet yar kid'll be as pretty as ya! An' if it's a boy, lahke his fatha' ova ther'!" she took her hands and jumped around her with glee, while Melody just sweatdropped "Er, right… let's just go back to the hotel and then we'll see about tha-" she suddenly took a very serious expression, worrying her girlfriend "Wha'? Wut's 'rong?"
Melody turned to Tala "Boris is around…"
"Er, how can you tell?"
She grinned as she rose her head up proudly "I can tell when he's around! Watch! First, I get goosebumps all over my body, then, the hair in the back of my neck-"
Ian yelped as he caught sight of a tall purple haired man not too far from them "Ok ok, we get the picture! Let's just go before he spots us!" he grabbed her hand and ran all the way to the hotel, closely followed by the others.
Spencer noticed the concerned look in his comrade's face, panic immediately taking over him "D- don't tell me you-"
"Yes, he's here…"
"And I think he just saw us…" Bryan added.
RR PLEASE! n-n
