Shattered Past

By Kitty-Kris

Chapter 14: The Finals

Melody looked down at her own reflection. She smiled and turned around to face them. Robert stood by her bed while Tala sat on a backwards chair, eyeing her with amusement.

"Well? Do you like it?" Robert asked

She smiled at her brother and nodded, turning to her best friend "Uh, how do I look?" she made a complete turn and gave him an inquisitive look.

Tala smirked "Good… but then again, you always do…" he winked at her.

Melody blushed and looked back at the tall mirror, running her fingers down the soft red material "You think- Kai will like it?" she asked absently, more to herself than to any of them.

Tala's face faltered for a split second before he stood up and kissed her forehead "If he doesn't, we'll make him have a lobotomy, and if that still doesn't work, we'll kill him…" he chuckled as her face lit up.

She turned to her brother and hugged him tightly "Thank you so much Robbie, I love it!"

Robert blushed and smiled down at her "Huh, April had told me you only wear black and red so when she showed me that outfit I thought it would be perfect for you… even though I think that dress is much too short, I'm glad I was right…"

A hurricane suddenly went in the room "Oh mah Gawd! Lemme take a gewd lood at'cha! Ya look sooo pretty!" Minx ran in, standing beside Melody in a flash. She looked her over, her eyes shiny with amazement. She was wearing a long-sleeved, black turtlenecked (as usual) tight dress, that went down until her mid thigh and a red overcoat only buttoned until her waist that reached her knees. She had long, black socks that went almost until her mid thighs and a pair of dark brown boots. Minx sighed "Ah knew it'd suit ya! Ya look so pretty! Meee!" she squealed and hugged her "Ya gotta show that ta Kai! His jaw's gonna drop!" she dragged her out of the room before Melody could even retort, leaving Tala and Robert alone.

Robert glanced over at Tala, noticing his sad expression "Is… something wrong?"

He shook his head quickly "No… everything's fine… where is everyone anyways?" he asked changing the subject.

Robert sighed "Kai took the team out to train, since the finals are tomorrow and the rest of my team went along to watch it. As for your team, I can't say I know…"

"Walking around I suppose…" The red head then quirked an eyebrow "They're training? Why didn't Melody go along with them?"

"Kai didn't want to take her along because they're training nearby the Abbey and he's paranoid about Boris… so he told her to stay here and give their strategies the final check up or however it is it's called."

Tala sighed "I don't know why he's so worried… Boris will see her tomorrow anyways…" he bit his lower lip. Tomorrow, his team and hers would finally fight eachother… he had never thought he'd be fighting against Melody instead of along with her… it would be pretty complicated…

"NO! Let me go! I wanna change!" Melody's desperate cries could be heard down the hall as she ran into the room again, Minx hot on her heals "Aw c'mon!"

"No!" she hid behind Robert and stuck her tongue out at her "He'll see it tomorrow, now I've got work to do! Which reminds me…" she turned sharply to her best friend "Weren't you supposed to be training? I don't wanna win against a bunch of weaklings ya know?"

He sighed and stood up, turning to the door "Fine, I'll go… since you don't want me here anymore…" he chuckled dryly "Bye Birdy. Good luck for you tomorrow and let's hope Boris doesn't try anything…" he winked at her and left the room.

Melody tilted her head to the side "What's wrong with him?"

Robert shrugged "I don't know… ok, we'll go and leave you alone now so you can focus on your work. If you need anything, you know where to find us…"

Minx pouted "Aw, but Robbie! She still hasn't showed her outfit to Kai!"

Robert smiled as he guided her out of the room "She'll show him tomorrow, don't worry… now lets go…"

Melody watched as her brother and her friend left, closing the door behind them. She sighed and stripped off her coat and dress, putting on a pair of gym shorts and her usual red dress, not forgetting her long gloves before she sat back on the bed, her computer on her lap. "Let's see now… Maxes' stats…"

(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)

"Come on Tyson! One last time and you're free to go!"

Tyson yawned and got into his launching pose again "It better be the last time! It's past dinner time and I'm hungry!"

Kai rolled his eyes and turned to look at Ray and Max, who were training together. He hoped they were ready for the battle that awaited them the next day… they needed to defend their World Champions title afterall… "Max! More energy on your launching!" he said in a dull, tired voice.

"Oh, sorry Kai! Er, are you ok? You sound funny…"

"Hn… I'm fine…" he turned away and leaned against a close by tree, launching his Dranzer and watching as it ripped several twigs and sticks to shreds when it past over them. He sighed in exasperation and called back his top, looking around himself to check if his team mates were done. He was feeling extremely impatient, and was getting awfully worried too. He didn't exactly like leaving Melody alone with Tala, not that he didn't trust her… he was the problem… what if he tried something? Oh he knew he wanted to. He had heard their argument the other day and had been thinking about it since then. He saw the way he looked at her all the time, like a predator watched his prey. And he was sure the glares he always seemed to save just for him had more to do with her than the fact of them being rivals since the year before.

"Kai, we're done, can we go back now?" Kai immediately stood straight and nodded for them to go. 'The fact is… he's been waiting for an opportunity such as this… he's been waiting to be alone with her… when no one's around so he could-' he froze 'God no…' Tyson blinked as he saw his captain run the now short distance that separated them from their hotel. He smirked and winked at his snickering team mates "Who would have thought old Sourpuss would be so whipped?"

Kai glared at them, finally sighing in relief as he arrived at the hotel. He hurriedly asked for his key and ran upstairs, ignoring his team mates' smirks and comments.

"Aw, c'mon Kai, I'm sure she's still alive!" Tyson chuckled.

Kai merely grunted back as he opened his room's door and quickly went into their bedroom to check on his girlfriend. He panicked as he realized it was empty "Melody?" he called out. Since no answer came, he left the room and knocked on Robert's door.

Johnny went to the door, groaning as he saw him "Oh it's you… what do you want?"

"Is Melody in there?"

Johnny frowned "No… wasn't she supposed to be in your room? Robert said he left her there."

"Damn!" Kai turned around and was preparing to knock at the girls' room when several loud familiar voices brought his attention to the end of the corridor. Johnny and Robert, who had been told about Melody being missing, came out of the room just in time to see what was going on. Walking towards them were the Demolition Boys, Tala leading the way as he heatedly argued in Russian with someone next to him. Melody.

Kai cursed under his breath and leaned against a wall passing his fingers through his hair. She was fine, she was ok… Hey! She was with him… 'Damn this girl!' he sighed.

"Luna, I heard you left your room… Where have you been?" Robert approached his sister, a serious expression upon his face.

She shot her tongue out at the still ranting Tala and innocently smiled up at him "Oh, er… I was bored so I… went out for a walk and since I found them walking around as well I invited them for dinner!" n-n

Tala growled "And WHY did you go out on your own? You know it's dangerous for you! Boris could be out there as well and there's no telling what he'd do to you if he found you!"

Melody snapped "Would you people stop treating me like I'm made out of porcelain? I can fend for myself and I couldn't stand being stuck in there for another minute!"

"But Birdy-" Bryan trailed off.

"Stop mothering me and STOP calling me that! I have no wings! I have no beak! I can't fly! I'm not a stupid bird!" she huffed and turned her back to him, pouting.

Tala smirked, trying to ease the situation "Can't fly you say? Spencer?"

The tall boy smirked back at him as he picked up the small girl and threw her up into the air several times much to his team mates delight, chuckling as she squeaked in surprise "EEEK! PUT ME DOWN RIGHT NOW SPENCER ROMANENKO OR YOU'LL BE SORRY!"

Robert growled at him "Romanenko, put my sister down…"

Spencer laughed as he placed her down, patting her hair "Ok, ok… good Birdy! See? You're learning how to fly now! Ain't that great?"

She growled and bit down on his hand, smirking as he yelped and clutched it, eyeing her warily. She then turned to Kai, who was looking at her as if he wanted to commit murder and sweatdropped 'Oh boy… he's pissed off… this shall be fun…' she sighed and turned to her room "Don't bother telling me, I'm going already… you boys wait at Robert's room or something…"

Kai groaned and followed her, not before sending a huge glare in Tala's direction, who glared right back.

Johnny sighed and signaled for them to go in "If you hear shouts don't worry about it… they'll be snuggling again in a while…"

Ian rose an eyebrow as he sat down "If we hear "shouts"? Why? Have they been arguing lately?"

He huffed "Yeah, constantly. Kai's paranoid about Boris, and Melody says she feels smothered and wants to go out, so they spend most of their time together arguing about her personal safety. It's either that or they're making out anyways… those two are freaky I tell you!"

They all sat down on the medium-sized living room and turned on the TV. Everything was calm when suddenly a loud voice was heard from the next room.

"I DON'T CARE WETHER THEY WERE WITH YOU OR NOT! HE STILL COULD HAVE SEEN YOU! I TOLD YOU TO STAY HERE!"

"WELL, I DON'T CARE ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK AND SINCE YOU'RE NOT MY FATHER OR HELL, I REFUSE TO TAKE ORDERS FROM YOU!"

Ian sweatdropped "Ok… so they are yelling… when's the making out part coming on?"

Johnny yawned "Wait… first, they must come in here and keep arguing as they ignore us…"

The Demolition Boys had merely raised an eyebrow when a door suddenly slammed outside and in no time that room's door opened abruptly and slammed as well, a fuming Melody stalking in and plopping down next to Robert "Don't . ask…" she said through gritted teeth.

He tried suppressing a chuckle "I wasn't going to-" Another slam was heard and in no time a fuming Kai went in too, turning his furious glare to the girl, ignoring everyone else in the room "We're not done talking yet…"

She merely huffed and turned her face away from him "I've nothing else to say and I don't give a damn about anything else you might want to say so I am done talking." She spat.

Kai sighed and passed his fingers through his hair once again. Why were things so complicated? Why couldn't she see he did that because he cared about her? "Melody, please listen to me… I'm sorry I just-"

"Oh shut it already!" she stood up and stomped out of the room, her boyfriend following her suit after rolling his eyes as he heard a door slamming again.

"So, what's on TV?" Johnny asked casually as he flipped the channels.

"There's a documentary about the English Royalty on the History channel…"

"Boring! I wanna watch a game!" Johnny kept flipping the channels until he stopped at a football match, smirking as Robert huffed at him "You are so uncouth…"

Tala blinked at them "Er, hello? What planet are you people from? Aren't you worried about them? Or Hell, fuck Hiwatari! At least about her?"

Johnny gave him a fed-up look "I thought I had told you- oh, never mind…" he sighed and pointed at Enrique, who was bouncing about as he talked to Oliver, neither of them paying any attention to the stuff happening around them, since they were used to Melody and Kai's constant arguing. "Enrique, go show them…"

The blond boy sighed as he stood up and signaled for them to follow him. He walked until Kai and Melody's room and carefully opened the door, signaling for them to go in and have a look.

Tala nodded to Ian, who quickly and quietly went in, coming back a few seconds later, blushing and with his eyes as big as plates.

"Well?" Bryan asked.

"Er, well… er… let's just say they made up… don't ask me the details please, I'm trying to keep my stomach calm…"

"O- k…" they all turned around and left in the other room's direction, taking their sits as they watched TV, cringing when "odd noises", like Kai had called them came from the next room.

"KAI! GOD DON'T STOP!" a loud moan sounded from the other room making everyone blush hard. "Oh for crying out loud! Must they be so fucking LOUD!" Ian threw his arms up in defeat, covering his ears afterwards as the sounds intensified. Bryan and Spencer exchanged smirks while Tala glared at no one in particular and tried ignoring the noise.

Oliver sweatdropped as he fanned Robert, who madly grunted something like "uncouth crazy teenagers" while Johnny sighed in dullness and Enrique gulped "Yup, they made up alright…"

"Oh, SHUT UP!"

(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)

Kai rolled to his side of the bed drenched in sweat and breathing hard, hugging Melody tightly as she snuggled against his chest. "We- have to stop- doing this…" he said between gasps "… and we need to be rational…"

She chuckled "You're not rational… you're paranoid andneurotic, never rational."

"True Twiggy, true… but we do need to talk… this is too stressing for you and I don't think it's good for the baby neither…" he looked down at her as she sighed and turned her pouting face to him "Now you're acting all pansy again… next you'll start saying we should go shopping for baby clothes…" she shuddered from the thought.

He chuckled "Not a snowball's chance in Hell… now look, we need to talk and stop this "scream-and-get-laid" routine…"

Melody purred "Hmmm… I agree with you but, do we have to stop the getting laid part?"

Kai grinned and sat up, looking her in the eyes "Seriously, we need to talk…"

"Ok, so you've said… around a hundred times…" she sat up as well, wrapping the sheets around her small frame, hoping that wouldn't take long "You start then. What troubles you?"

Kai sighed and bit his lower lip "You, mostly… I can't stop worrying about you and you're not exactly helping… I can't wait till the Goddamned thing's over and we can get out of here!"

She rolled her eyes in exasperation "Argh, stop that worrying crap already! I told you I can take care of myself! And besides that, you promised to help me to get the boys out of the Abbey, and I'm not leaving until that happens!" she firmly said.

"I know, and I will help you… Just wish I knew how…"

"Ditto…" Melody sighed and stroked his cheek lovingly "Let's just get ready for dinner now, 'k?"

"But I'm not done- oh, fine…" he stood and picked up his clothes, motioning to the bathroom afterwards since he didn't feel like arguing with her again. It was way too stressing.

Melody sighed and picked up a comb, starting to brush her unruly hair furiously "ARGH! Stupid thing!" she cursed as she tried untangling another knot 'Lately I've been getting quite a few knot problems… which I don't feel like dealing with for the time being! So there's only one thing to do!' she got her hair into a low ponytail, braiding it afterwards, thus leaving it with an elastic on both ends. Then, after wrapping the sheet securely around herself, she stood up to search her bag, cursing again as she didn't find what she was looking for "Hey Kai! You wouldn't happen to have a pair of scissors, would you?"

"Er, yeah, in my bag… why?"

"Yes!" she ran to his bag and quickly took out the metallic object, a triumphant smirk planted all across her features "Oh, no reason…" she replied back innocently "Just hurry up, I wanna shower too!" she stood and walked towards the vanity mirror set on a corner of the bedroom, sitting down by it and taking one last look at her long braid before taking the scissors and chopping it off right above the elastic she had used to tie it.

The girl shook her head vigorously, feeling it a lot lighter than a few seconds ago. Now her hair was actually shorter than her front bangs, (which she had let remain untouched) merely brushing her jaw and the back of her neck. Luckily, it didn't look too jagged so she didn't have to get dragged to no hairdresser by Minx because it "wasn't alright". She picked up her braid and wrapped it in some tissue, keeping it inside her bag afterwards since she knew Deenix would want to cry all over it when she saw what she would undoubtedly call a "disaster".

"Ok princess, you can now use your royal show- WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO YOUR HAIR!"

She turned around slowly, grinning up at him "What? You don't like it?" she snickered "Well, too bad, 'cause I do! Now excuse me, but my royal shower is waiting!" she stood up grabbing a few of her clothes, and went past Kai, who still had a shocked look upon his face, his mouth doing the best fish impression she had ever seen.

Kai blinked at what he had just seen. 'It was just my mind playing tricks on me… I'm just tired, that's all…' he shook his head and got dressed, sitting down on his bed afterwards, his head resting on his hands. "Hey Kai-Zer, we gotta go and get the rest of the guys so move it!" he rose his head and lowered it down again with a low whimper as he saw her. "Aw, c'mon! I chopped my hair off! That's all! Don't tell me you're gonna start acting all gay now because of that…"

He whimpered again as he stood up and walked towards her, fiddling with her extremely shorter hair "It's not that I don't like it it's just… why did you have to do something so… radical?"

She shrugged "Meh… it kept getting in the way and besides… it was starting to get out of hand and I was tired of all the knots. So, I just chopped it and there! No more problems!" she grinned sheepishly and kissed him briefly before dragging him out of the room "Now come on! Let's go get them already!"

Meanwhile, Robert and the rest of the teens yawned as Tyson, Max, Johnny, Ian, Minx and Enrique hooted at the TV, where a football match was still showing. However, the match was quickly forgotten when Minx let out a loud gasp, followed by a scream "OH MAH GAWD! WHA'S HAPP'NED TO YA!" she quickly ran in the door's direction, stepping on Ian and Tyson in the process, and glomped what apparently was Melody "Who did this tah ya Melly? Who was it?" she cried.

Melody blinked and pushed her off herself, sending her a fed up look "I did."

Everyone gapped at her when Minx was out of the way, making the other girl glare openly at them "Don't you start too!"

Tala finally spoke "Why? How did you?"

"Well, duh! I asked Kai if he had a pair of scissors and off with it! Can we go now?"

Everyone glared at Kai, who flinched back before snapping at them "I DIDN'T KNOW WHY SHE WANTED THEM! I was in the shower damnit!"

"Yeah bu' still! Oh, he' poor hair! NOW wha' am Ah gonna do with it fer tha conce't?"

Melody rolled her eyes and turned to the door "ARE WE GOING TODAY?"

(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)

"Argh! I can't even look at you anymore! You look so… weird!"

"Yeah, I still can't believe you did that!"

Melody's eyebrow twitched as Ian and Spencer kept nagging her about her new hairstyle "Oh for crying out loud! I had a stupid haircut and you're all acting like I committed murder! What's wrong with you people!" she snapped

"Let's just eat and forget about it…" Kai grunted. He was still upset about her new look and the fact that she hadn't even asked him about whether she should do it or not…

Tala smirked "Poor Deenix… I hadn't seen her that shocked since you decided to burn most of your clothes because they weren't black or red… That was pretty stupid too ya know?"

"Whatever…"

Robert sighed and shook his head. He didn't exactly know her like the back of his hand, but he did know enough about her to know that it wasn't worth arguing with her about her new haircut. She'd just hiss at him and tell him to leave her alone if not worse. Besides, she didn't look that bad… he kinda liked it actually… "Just leave her alone already… I for one think it was a good idea. Long hair is too much work and very hard to deal with."

Melody praised him "Oh, heed the voice of reason! Thank you! Now leave me alone already and let's eat!" n-n

They growled and started serving themselves, sending a few glances at Melody now and then.

(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)

By the end of the meal, the girl's haircut had been apparently forgotten and they were all chatting happily as they stood up and left the restaurant in the hotel's direction.

"So, what'll be your battling order tomorrow?" Tala asked casually

Melody gave it a thought "Hm, dunno yet, but hopefully I'll be battling, so watch out!"

Kai grunted "Not if I can help it…"

The girl smiled coyly at him "Sorry Kai-Zer, but tomorrow I will battle, whether you like it or not! Nye!" she stuck her tongue out at him and huffed "Besides, I wanna watch Boris' face when I win!" she grinned "Oh, no offence guys…"

"None taken…" Ian yawned "But if we end up battling eachother, I won't exactly be merciful…"

"Well, me neither so there! I'll take that stupid smile of yours off your face before you can say Wyborg!" she chuckled

"We'll see about that Twiggy!"

Melody glared at him. She had stopped getting mad at Kai for calling her "Twiggy", since he had told her he called her that because he had thought it would be a nice pet name for her, just like "Blue-Boy" was his pet name. Of course anyone else was banned from even thinking of calling her that. Same thing for "Blue-Boy", as Tyson had already learnt the hard way. "Shut it dumbass!" she sneered.

He shot his tongue out at her "Idiot!"

"Midget!"

"Spaghetti strap!"

"Dumbo!"

"Stupid!"

"Shorty!"

"Girly-poo!"

"Girly-poo? Grr… you big son of a bitch!"

"Whore!"

"Cunt!"

"Bitch!"

Tala sighed as their swears became heavier and they switched to arguing in Russian, where both of them had an even wider knowledge of insults to call eachother. "Settle down children…" he grunted.

"SHUT UP!" was the double answer he got as the two of them kept arguing loudly in Russian, this time to discuss who was the best Beyblader.

Spencer turned to the rest of the teens with a fed up look "Don't worry, this is normal…"

They sweatdropped and watched as Ian said something and got instantly smacked by the girl, who viciously cursed at him afterwards. Melody huffed and ignored him as he kept cursing at her in what appeared to be a pretty colorful language, earning nothing but a death glare that finally shut him up.

(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)

"He's here sir…"

"Thank you. Send him in please…"

A dark figure went into the dark office, his crimson eyes flashing to the man inside "Your orders sir?"

The man turned his face to him, revealing his identity. Boris. "I believe you know she's back in town… yes?"

"In deed… I was with her around a week ago, but due to certain circumstances I never got the chance to tell you… er, may I ask how you found out about her presence?"

"A few of my pupils saw her walking around Red Square about a week ago as well. But what I found most… interesting, was who she was with…" he clenched his fists.

A brown eyebrow rose "And that would be?"

Boris narrowed his eyes "According to them, it was a tall, blue haired boy with blue tattoos on his cheeks…"

"Hiwatari…" he sneered

"Yes… and I've checked the Bladebreakers latest battles and team stats and in deed, there she is… she joined their team a couple of months ago… little bitch…"

"So she did…"

"Know anything else you might consider… important?"

The boy scratched his head in thought "Well, she and Hiwatari are pretty close…"

Boris' eyebrow twitched "Close? How- close exactly?"

The shadowy figure snickered "He's actually asked her to marry him! And she- she accepted it of course… besides that… I don't think there's anything else… May I ask what you really called me for?"

Boris cursed inwardly. Stupid brat getting his filthy hands on his woman! She had belonged to him the minute he had seen her, who did that brat think he was? Oh, but was he going to be sorry he had ever even looked her way… He awoke from his deep thoughts and answered "I want you to battle tomorrow instead of Bryan. You're able to control your bitbeast now, aren't you?"

"Yes sir…"

"Then be there tomorrow. If everything goes according to planned… you'll be battling Melody… and don't go easy on her… little slut deserves to be punished for betraying BioVolt…"

"Yes sir. Excuse me…" the boy bowed lightly and turned away, leaving the demented, idiotic, stupid, sexually frustrated, son of a bitch- er, mean- demented looking pervert alone with a somewhat triumphant grin upon his face. He turned to his desk where a computer sat and pressed a button, opening a panel on the wall. The image of Voltaire appeared, as he turned around on his chair "Any news Boris?"

"Yes in deed… it's confirmed. We've found her."

A triumphant grin appeared on the man's face "And? Do you have her?"

"Not yet, but we will have her in our power soon…"

"Good. Let me know when you have her and as soon as you do, start the test. Don't harm her, understood? You can do whatever you please with her after the experiment. We have no time to waste, I hope you're aware of that…"

Boris cursed under his breath "Yes, I know… But you're forgetting something Voltaire, your grandson still has-"

"I can take care of that part, don't worry… for now, focus on capturing her. Voltaire out."

"Yes sir… yes in deed…" an evil laugh echoed through the whole Abbey, sending shivers up the spine of many of the kids living there, specially four of them.

(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)

Melody sneezed as she sat by her windowsill, looking outside at the clear dark sky with a concerned frown upon her face. A few hours ago the Demolition Boys had gone back to the Abbey and they had gone back into the hotel to sleep so that the next morning they'd be ready for the finals. She felt… strange… in a way she felt like she was betraying someone, her ex-team mates… she wanted to fight them but at the same time she didn't. It felt really weird…

"What's wrong? Are you having nightmares or something?"

She turned sharply to him, her eyes wide "Er, no I was just…" she rubbed her eyes "I- I can't sleep… but don't worry and go back to sleep yourself, I'll be alright." She smiled at him and sighed, turning her head back to look up at the sky, her expression still pensive and somewhat sad.

Kai stood up and walked towards her, taking a seat just beside her "What's wrong?"

"Nothing… go back to sleep…" she replied quickly, avoiding his eyes.

He sighed "Melody… if we're gonna… get married and all, well, er… I think you should start trusting me more…"

Melody shot him an flushed look "But I do trust you!"

"No you don't. If you did you'd tell me what's wrong. So prove me wrong now…"

She jerked her head, blushing "I just- don't want to… it's my own problem and I'd rather deal with it on my own… understand?"

Kai sighed in exasperation "Fine!" he stood "No use talking to you, you never listen to me! You never trust me enough to tell me what's wrong! Fuck, why must you always be so damn complicated! Why can't you understand all I want is to help you and- and make you as happy as I can? Damnit Melody, is it that hard for you to understand! Geez!" he started stalking towards his bed, his hands running through his unruly hair.

Melody bit her lower lip as his words sunk in. She felt really guilty now. "I'm sorry…" she whispered and stood as well, quickly running beside him and circling his waist from behind tightly "I'm sorry… I'm just… worried about tomorrow, I'm worried about them… that's all…"

He turned to her and looked her in the eyes. He could see so much in those eyes… so many emotions… guilt, love, regret, worry… the list just went on. He smiled down at her "See? It's not so hard now, is it?"

She blushed lightly and looked away tightening her grip around his waist "I- I just don't like worrying people about me… I don't like to be a burden."

Kai rolled his eyes "A "burden"? Girl, you might be a lot of things, but a burden?" he chuckled lightly and hugged her "Melody, you'll never be a burden to me… never…"

"I will be in a couple of months… I'll look like a house…" she pouted.

He laughed heartedly and guided her to the bed "Ok, so maybe you will. But I'll still be around to help you with anything you might need. That I promise… Now calm down, relax and get some sleep. It's not good for you to stay awake this late…"

Melody rolled her eyes "And here you go acting all pansy and gay again… don't give me that look, I'm going now, da?" she giggled

He frowned at her "Huhuh? You know, you have a funny accent…"

She blinked at him "I- do?"

"Yeah. It's not that noticeable when you speak English but it's really obvious when you speak Russian… you sound a bit… German…"

She rose an eyebrow at him "Really? Well maybe it's because that's where I came from in the first place, no? Ugh! Whatever, let's just get some sleep already…"

He chuckled and kissed her forehead gently "And calm down…"

"You've said that before… pansy…" she snickered

Kai rolled his eyes and grinned mischievously "I know, I know… But I like to piss you off as much as you like pissing me off so… it's irresistible!"

Melody stuck her tongue out at him and laid down, her back turned to him. He just smirked and laid down behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her closer to him "'Night Twiggy…"

"Hmm… 'night Blue-Boy…" she yawned and quickly fell asleep.

(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)

Melody opened her tired eyes and sat up sharply, clutching her unstable stomach. She felt like she was gonna throw up all her insides right there, right then. "Hmm… it's still too early… come back to bed…" Kai slurred from behind her, tugging at her shirt. She just covered her mouth and ran into the bathroom, closing the door behind her.

Kai sat up and eyed the door suspiciously, raising an eyebrow when he heard the water running after a toilet flush and Melody came out a few minutes later, using the wall for balance, her hair dripping a bit "Huh, hey Kai-Zer! Sleep well? Ugh…" she collapsed to her knees, rubbing her forehead "Hmm… Damn- stupid- pregnancy- stupid- sickness- stupid- thingy- stupid…" she grunted.

He sighed and walked towards her, picking her up carefully and laying her down on the bed again "You better stay here today…"

"What!" she yelped sitting up immediately "And miss the tournament! Are you CRAZY? It's only that morning sickness thingy! It's normal! I'll be fine in a minute, you'll see!"

Kai shook his head "God give me patience…" he sighed and went into the bathroom to start getting ready. Melody in the meantime just shot her tongue out at him and got her clothes on quickly, combing her hair afterwards, since she felt better now she had gotten rid of last night's dinner remains. A small snicker came out of her lips as she finished combing her hair quite quickly, since now it was yards and yards shorter than before.

Lastly, she got her red over coat on and decided to wear her most prized possession: her Moon-Shaped locket. She felt it would bring her luck somehow, so she put it on and opened it, staring intently at the picture inside. There she was, hugging her brother when they were younger. And there also was an empty space right next to it, on the other side of the moon piece. She smirked as an idea formed on her head.

(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)

Kai stepped out of the bathroom fully dressed to find Melody fiddling absently with her open locket, her laptop sitting right next to her, connected to a printer. He silently crept behind her and looked down at the locket curiously. On one of the open faces, was a picture of Robert and her when they were just kids, and on the other face, she was carefully adding another picture, this one of him and her together. She smiled at the camera, her usual strange, somewhat sad smile, while he stood behind her, his arms possessively wrapped around her slim figure, sort of smiling at the camera as well. He remembered Minx taking it a few days before they had left Robert's castle. It had been World War 3 to get both of them to actually pose for a picture, but it had turned out nicely and he was going to ask the green eyed hurricane-girl for a copy. "That's a nice shot you got there…" he whispered.

"In deed, you're smiling for once…" Melody chuckled and nodded absently, her eyes a bit glossy "I- since I had Robert's pic with me on one side… I thought I'd add one of the two of us together on the other one… the two most important people I have… with me…" she made a face "Ugh, that sounded gay and mushy!"

"In deed, it did…" He kissed her cheek lovingly "And why are you so gloomy today?"

She sighed "I don't know… I just feel depressed I guess… I'm not exactly thrilled about fighting them, you know?"

"That's why I said you don't have to. But you didn't believe me and had to stick with your shitty ways. As usual might I add." He stated in a mocking matter-of-factly tone.

She snapped the locket shut and pouted at him "Oh shut up! I told you I'm fighting whether you like it or not and I am fighting!" she stuck her tongue out at him and stood up, turning around to completely face him "Don't like my "shitty ways" go find yourself someone else to marry you! Nye!"

Kai laughed and hugged her tightly, kissing her passionately "Nah… I'd miss picking on you… hehe." He then took a good look at her "Hey, nice outfit… I wonder how it'd look thrown on the floor… wanna find out?" he said with a wink

She rolled her eyes and pushed him away "That, you pig… was the corniest comment I've ever heard. And corny comments are not gonna get you there, if you know what I mean…"

Kai nodded "True…" He looked her over and gave her an approving smile "Hum… I like it… When did you get that?"

Melody flushed "Oh, er, Robert gave it to me… yesterday… hum, glad you- you like it… hehe…" she jerked her head down in embarrassment.

He just smiled and kissed her forehead, turning to the door "Let's go down for breakfast, shall we?"

"Meh… ok!" she chirped happily, grabbing his hand and dragging him out of the room and into Robert's "Hey ROBBIE!" she called.

Robert opened the bedroom's door yawning politely and smiled down at her "Good morning Luna…"

"Heya chick! Ss'up?" Johnny called out from the sofa, immediately earning glares from the other two :possessive: males.

"Hi John-John!" Melody giggled "Okie, we're going down for breakfast now, you guys won't take too long, will you?"

"Er, no… so… wait for us, hm? And please go check if the rest of them are down there already…"

She grinned and nodded happily, dragging a fed-up-looking Kai out of there afterwards "C'mon Kai-Zer, we don't wanna miss breakfast!"

(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)

"WHAT!"

"I'm sorry Mel, that's my decision… and it's final."

"But Kai-"

"No buts. I'm doing this for you and most importantly, for the team. You and them were and are very close friends and the fact that you've been their team mate will undoubtedly affect your performance."

Melody balled her hands into fists "WHAT! HOW DARE YOU! I've told you that will NOT interfere! And you should trust me!" she glared at him "I am fighting whether you like it or not, don't make me use the second option Kai, I'm sure none of us want me to do that…" she sneered.

Kai just sighed "I'm sorry… Tyson, Ray, follow me. We have to announce who'll be battling… you too Max." he turned around and left her and Kenny alone on their dressing room. She growled and kicked the closest bench, sitting down on it afterwards, her wheels turning at high speed.

"I'm sorry Melly… but Kai has his reasons for not letting you battle… and you know that…"

She just growled again and took her laptop from her bag "Won't let me battle will he? We'll just see about that!" she furiously typed on the keyboard until a triumphant grin was spread all across her features about five minutes later "Bingo! I'm in!"

Kenny peeked from behind her to see what she was doing and felt his jaw drop at what he saw "Oh my God Melly you can't do that!"

Melody smirked as she accessed the stadium's computers and hacked into the battles' files "Oh, yes I can… and by God I will… I'm really sorry Ray, but a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do…" she went into her team's battling order and quickly removed Ray's data from it, placing her own on it's place. "There! Now to check on who I'll be fighting against… WHOA!"

Kenny panicked "What? Have you been caught!"

"No! Someone ELSE is here… doing the exact same thing, only to their battling order…" she waited until the other intruder was gone and quickly accessed the file, gasping at it "What the?"

(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)

"Hello ladies and gentlemen and welcome to this year's Beyblade World Championship FINALS!"

The crowd cheered madly at the announcer and whistled madly as well n-n; "ALRIGHT! Coming from the cold mysterious Valkov Abbey we have… the DEMOLITION BOYS!" the left side of the balconies cheered loudly, while the right side "booed" and waited for the next team's announcement "AND… From all around the World we have last year's champions… the BLADEBREAKERS!" the crowd went wild as the two teams went in, the Demolition Boys followed closely by Boris and the Bladebreakers minus Melody, who ran in hurriedly a few seconds later much to Kai's annoyance "What the Hell do you think you're doing here! He'll see you!"

She stopped next to him and panted lightly "He- he already knows I'm here… he knew where I was- all the time…"

Kai frowned "What?"

"AND NOW! Here we have the battling order! First, we'll have Tyson from the Bladebreakers against Ian of the Demolition Boys!" Ian and Tyson's pictures showed up on the huge panel "Then, for the second battle we have… er, we have… er…" the announcer tapped his earpiece and scratched his head as no info was sent to him and the pictures wouldn't show up "Er, must be some er… technical problems and- oh, never mind! Continuing! For the second battle we have… Melody from the Bladebreakers and, er… Gregory from the- Demolition- Boys?"

Ray cheered "Woohoo! I'm not battling Bryan afterall! YAY!" he then caught Kai's glare "Er, I mean er…"

Kai moved his glare to the girl in front of him "What the Hell did you do? Ray was supposed to be battling against Bryan! And who's this "Gregory" guy? What the Hell's going on?"

"That's what I was trying to tell you! I hacked into the system to get me battling instead of Ray- DON'T give me that look! I warned you! Anyways, when I went to check on their battling order, I noticed someone was changing it too and when I checked what they had done, I saw Greg's data instead of Bryan's!" she sighed as Kai's eyes widened in realization "Kai, he's probably been informing Boris of my whereabouts since I've left!"

Kai groaned as the announcer announced the last battle, himself against Tala. He glared over at the red head for effect, his glare intensifying as he laid it on Boris, who was sending victory grins over at them, saving a sickening coy smile for his girlfriend. He growled in annoyance "I'm talking to the announcers so they get you out of the battling-"

Melody clutched his arm before he could even take a step "Don't you dare Kai Hiwatari! I'm battling Greg and that's that! No one betrays me and walks away with it without getting his ass seriously kicked by ME!"

He growled "Melody, I can't risk you getting hurt!"

"I won't! I promise I'll be fine and dandy and we can go and- and get married and have our kid far away from all this and be happy and all that fairy tale crap! But for now, just trust me and let me do my own battles! Please!"

He rose an eyebrow at her and muttered "So who's acting all gay now?" he sighed as he passed his fingers through his unruly bangs. He finally pulled her close to him and hugged her tightly, still muttering between gritted teeth "You better not get hurt or else I'll kill whatever remains of you… got it?"

She chuckled and kissed his cheek lightly "Yes captain…"

He smiled "Good… Tyson! Get your ass over there! You have a battle to win!"

Meanwhile, Boris watched as the two teens on the other side of the beydish argued heatedly, probably over her opponent. He licked his lips as his eyes ran up her figure, stopping at her hair as he frowned 'Hm… she's chopped her hair now? Nice… Makes me want her even more… yes in deed… I can't wait…' he chuckled lightly, his expression suddenly turning into a sneer as Kai hugged Melody and she kissed him lightly. He cursed, turning then to his team "Boys, there better not be any errors this time or you won't live to tell what happened… any questions?"

"Yeah, what the fuck is this Greg guy doing here and why is he battling instead of me?" Bryan spat

"That does not concern you Bryan, so just sit down and keep your mouth shut! Ian! Get over there!"

The small boy obeyed quickly and went up to his side of the beydish, smirking at Tyson as he got there "Ready to lose fatso?"

"FATSO? GRR!"

"Tyson! Don't let his taunting get to you or else!" Melody growled.

Tyson stuck his tongue out at her "Nye! Or else what?"

She grinned mischievously "Or else you'll lose your concentration and the battle and I'll be forced to skin you, rip you, cut you into little tiny pieces, roast you and then feed you to the pigeons in Red Square." She stated matter-of-factly "So if I were you, I'd be more worried about the stupid battle rather than about the stupid opponent…" she stuck her tongue out at Ian as he huffed "Meh, you never let me have any fun!"

She smirked and sat down on the bench as the announcer started the battle "3, 2, 1… LET IT RIP!"

"Hey Twiggy…" Kai nudged her and signaled for her to follow him. Melody stood up and went with him out of the stadium and until half the corridor that led to their dressing room.

"Ok, what's wrong now?" Melody leaned against the wall, her arms behind her back, staring up at Kai's eyes as he approached and caged her. He bit his lower lip and sighed "I- I'm still not sure about letting you battle…"

She rolled her eyes "Oh please! We've been through this and I told you I'll be fine! So stop being so damn protective and get that in your stubborn, hard head!" she crossed her arms over her chest and huffed, her nose up in the air.

Kai snickered at her pose "Ok, ok… I believe you…but please promise me that at least you'll be careful…"

"Why are you so damn paranoid? I'm fighting on a beybattle, not World War Three! Geez! You're even worse than Robert sometimes… Besides, I could say the same about you! Tala's not exactly nice when it comes to battling and you know he's been dying for a chance to harm you in any way he could. So you be careful!"

He sighed "Fine, I give… but I still want you to promise me you'll be ok… we don't know what kind of techniques this Greg guy might use, he might try to attack you or something…"

"Kai-" she gave him a warning tone

"Promise!"

"Fine! I promise! Can I go now? I do have a beybattle to win as I'm sure Tyson's almost done and all… I taught him well afterall!" she winked at him.

Kai just shook his head and leaned down to kiss her, cursing as she ducked and cackled away madly down the corridor before he could deepen the kiss "Damn girl…" he sneered, following her suit into the stadium.

He found her and the rest of his team staring up at Tyson, as he and Ian exchanged taunts and tongue lashing sessions like two little boys. Apparently, none of them was winning, and things didn't change much until both tops collided and Wyborg was sent flying into it's master's hand.

Kai turned to Ray "This was the last round right? Who won the other two?"

The neko-jin smiled happily at his trainer as she gave him an inquisitive look "Tyson won!"

"What!" Melody squeaked

Kai grunted as he repeated himself "Who won the other two rounds!"

"Gee, chill cap'n! Tyson won the first round and lost the second one. And now he won again! So… guess he's our winner!

Melody jumped in joy and hugged Tyson tightly, who wouldn't shut up about her chocolate cake and wouldn't let go of her coat even when she tried pushing him away with all her might. Luckily, Kai finally pried his hands from Melody and turned to her with a concerned look upon his face as he watched her dust herself off. She just smiled and turned to the beydish, walking up to her platform. On the other side of the beydish, she was able to see her ex-team mates and him. She glared heatedly at the man as he gave her a perverted grin and spoke to her in his usual husky, "sexy" tone. The sickening tone he always saved for her much to her disgust "Well, long time no see my dear… I see you've changed sides…" he grinned "Not for long though, I assure you…" he licked his lips as he once again ran his eyes up her body.

She narrowed her eyes at him "Fuck off you piece of ass wipe!"

The announcer once again acknowledged his presence, sweatdropping at the scene "Ok! Here we go now for our second battle, which will oppose Melody from the Bladebreakers and er, Gregory from the- Demolition Boys! Er, where is he by the way?"

Boris turned back to the corridor as a figure came out from it. In deed it was him. "Sorry I'm late, had a few things to do…" he ignored his "team"'s sneers and curses and went up the stairs that led to his battling platform, facing Melody with a huge grin "Hello princess… nice haircut…"

"And fuck you too…" she spat "And to think I trusted you… so tell me, for how long have you been notifying him of my whereabouts and why?"

"Hum, for like… ever since I've met you… then there was that horrible stage when you decided to leave just like that… that's when I lost track of you. But I later found out you were headed for Japan and I was also told where you were so, no great harm done… As for why I did it… well he did pay me quite well to do it… and besides that, it was a pleasure stalking such a pretty girl…" he winked at her.

Melody just huffed and straightened up "In deed you are a good actor… I always knew there was something funny about you, you kept vanishing all the time and you acted really weird towards certain things… I must say no one's ever been able to trick me for this long… I must congratulate you…"

He bowed a bit "Why thank you, I'm flattered, truly I-" he froze as he noticed what she had around her neck "Is- that?" he turned around to face Boris, finding him with an equally shocked expression "How did you find out who?"

"Who I am? Meh, my mother told me…"

Boris glared at her, not believing it "WHAT! The woman's dead!"

"In deed she is…" she grinned mischievously

The announcer suddenly cleared his throat "Er, I'm really sorry for interrupting you and all but, er… the battle must start… er, ok?"

"Yeah, sure…" Greg replied lazily as he took his launcher and a blue Beyblade from his back-pocket.

Melody merely nodded and lifted her coat, taking out her gun-launcher, which was attached to her thigh by a gun-holder (or however you call those things) "Let's get the show on the road!"

Greg smirked "Hum, stylish…"

"Ok, 3, 2, 1… LET IT RIP!"

The two tops went flying into the beydish at high speed, colliding with eachother as soon as they touched the ground "Hehe, someone's been practicing, hey?" Greg gave her a lopsided grin, chuckling as she glared daggers in his direction "Deenix! Let's get this over with NOW! Fire Storm!"

The black and red Beyblade started glowing as a huge phoenix came out from it, releasing an equally huge fire torrent towards the other top.

Greg smirked at the scene before him "Aw, ain't that sweet… ATTACK!"

The blue top evaded the flames as it charged towards it's opponent, almost sending it flying out of the beydish. Melody sighed in relief and looked up at him, evaluating him. 'Ok, he has a bitbeast, he has to have one. No ordinary top can do that to Deenix without getting totally burnt… guess I'll have to do something else… hum…' she turned back to look at her team, staring at them one by one. She finally smiled when her eyes laid down on Tyson 'That's it!'

Tyson blinked at her and yelped in indignation as she called his attack "Deenix! Phantom Hurricane! Keep him as far from you as possible!"

The bitbeast obeyed immediately, creating a huge tornado that sent Greg's top to the other side of the beydish. "Ok Dee! Now quickly! You can attack him!"

Deenix screeched and quickly sent her fire torrent against the other top once again, this time effectively sending it flying out of the beydish into Greg's hand. He yelped as he came in contact with the small object.

"Hot, ain't it?" Melody grinned as her own Beyblade flew into her palm.

Kai sighed in relief. Ok… she was safe… only two more rounds and he'd be officially relaxed… he watched as his team mates cheered, smiling up at her when her eyes laid on his.

Greg carefully picked up his top and smirked at the girl, getting into his launching pose again "Think you won? Then girl, you've got another thing coming…"

Melody glared hatefully at him and got into position as well "I suppose you mean your bitbeast… yes, I know you have one…" she smirked back at him "But that's not everything you know… c'mon, give me all you've got!"

Greg's smirk intensified as the announcer gave the order, quickly and furiously launching his top into the battle arena "Ok, you wanna see all I got? Well here I am…" he sneered.

Melody merely gritted her teeth at him "Deenix! Get ready!" she suddenly froze at her opponent. He was about to do something, she could feel something odd in the air and she could see it in his eyes. There was a mischievous glint spread all across his features "Greg?"

The brown haired boy grinned evilly at her "Geno-Falborg! Nova Stroblitz!" he ordered as a huge falcon came out from his top.

"What?" Melody muttered as a strong, cold wind blew her way, cutting her face and pieces of her coat. She gasped and stared up at the bitbeast, mortified. It was just like Bryan's Falborg, except it looked way bigger and… way more powerful…

Bryan and the rest of the Demolition Boys stared up at the creature in shock, while Boris chuckled madly and Greg laughed at her "I believe you know Falborg's Stroblitz is able to create winds strong enough to cut through soft materials such as clothing, skin…" he licked his lips at the thought of her all cut up in front of him. Now that would be a sight! "…and sometimes even wood… well, this here, is an improved version of Falborg… and it's attack can cut quite more than soft materials… as you will see!"

The Bladebreakers gasped and Kai screamed out to her "Melody! Get out of there!"

Melody's eyes widened as what felt like several sharp knifes cut repeatedly through her face and limbs. She bit back a whimper as she clutched her right arm, glaring hatefully at her currently laughing opponent "Hum, I really like that outfit you know? But I'm curious about what's under that coat… would you mind it if I take a look?" he made a gesture with his left arm towards her and in no time his bitbeast had ripped her overcoat to shreds, fully exposing her legs and arms, since the black dress she wore was pretty short and her long sleeves were already half cut as well. He then cocked his head to the side, smirking as another blow cut the dress at her chest, exposing part of her bra "You stupid perverted freak! My brother gave it to me!" she screamed in frustration and tried covering herself as he looked her over and licked his lips, suddenly taking a serious expression though "Enough playing around, let's get on to serious stuff…"

Meanwhile in the balconies, Minx meeped as she covered her eyes and clutched Robert's shirt "Oh mah Gawd, Melly! Ah can't watch!"

Robert stood and called out to Kai "Kai! Get her out of there!" he was really panicking, he remembered that Ray had barely survived his battle with Bryan, what about now, when the bitbeast was more powerful and the girl quite more fragile?

Kai called out to her immediately, the same line of thoughts running through his mind "Melody! Get out of there! We still have another chance! Throw the match!"

She turned to him as if he was crazy "Wha? Fuck you!"

"THAT'S AN ORDER!" he was furious. WHY was she so unsubordinated?

She gritted her teeth and glared heatedly at him "I TOLD YOU I DON'T TAKE ORDERS FROM YOU! NOW LEAVE ME ALONE! Deenix! Attack!"

Deenix started glowing and charged against the other Beyblade, not even making it half way when with a simple head bow performed by Greg she as well as her Mistress were sent flying out of the beydish and it's platform with some extra complementary cuts.

"Damnit you stupid girl!" Kai ran to her as she fell by his feet and helped her sit up. Melody widened her eyes as she saw her own top stop spinning right in front of her. "Deenix…" she sharply turned to Greg as she heard his maniac laugh "Well, look at that! The Great Melody Nadezhda lost… how cute!" he laughed out loud again as she jerked her head and picked her top, gritting her teeth as she stood and looked up at him defiantly. "Shut up you cunt!" she started walking towards the beydish again, only to get stopped by Kai, who clutched her arm tightly, not letting her go "You're NOT going up there again…"

Melody fidgeted and sighed, clicking her teeth "Kai, I'm really sorry for what I'm about to do, but you left me no choice…"

He frowned at her "Wha?" before he could continue, Melody punched him hard on his face sending him crashing down to the floor, thus releasing her arm. The audience in general gasped, while the Bladebreakers sweatdropped and the Demolition Boys plus Boris blinked at that. Melody ignored them as she looked down at Kai "Sorry and all, but you were asking for it. I told you I don't take orders. Not from you, not from anybody." She turned around and went up the stairs that led to her platform, a determined frown spread all across her bruised and cut features.

Kai sat up moaning as he clutched his jaw, a little smirk showing on his lips "That's my Melody…" he croaked.

She smirked down at him and turned to Greg with a glare "That's Melody Jurgen you moron! I thought you knew that… Pff, can't even get my name right…" she spat to the side and got her top ready on her launcher "So you wanna play rough, do you? Fine by me… hey announcer dude! You plannin' on starting this crap today?"

The announcer blinked at her awkwardly "Er, please refrain from cursing miss… there are children watching this! Er, HERE WE GO FOR ROUND THREE! GET READY! 3, 2, 1… LET IT RIP!"

Both 'bladers launched their tops at the beydish, spending no time to start lunging at eachother viciously.

"Geno-Falborg! Nova Stroblitz!"

Melody panicked as the huge falcon appeared "Deenix quick! Fire Wall Defense!"

A big fire wall appeared in deed, blocking Geno Falborg's attack, but Greg still had a trick up his sleeve "Oh, think you're so smart? You've just signed your death certificate! Increase wind force! We'll be having roast today!" he smirked

Melody's eyes widened "Oh shit…" she screamed in pure agony as the flames surrounded her, burning all her unprotected skin and her clothes.

Tyson wailed "Oh no! Melly! She's gonna die burnt!"

"Melody no…" Kai shut his eyes tightly 'Please let her think of something… please let her be ok….'

Melody choked out an order as an idea appeared in her mind "Dee- Deenix… Voda Impact… hurry…"

Spencer sighed in relief 'Thank GOD she can use my attack…' he smirked as Tala nodded in his direction and the rest of his team sighed in relief as well, while Boris cursed under his breath.

They watched as Deenix immediately created a tidal wave and sent it into the tall flames, putting them out quickly. Melody sighed in relief and collapsed to her knees panting softly and hugging herself, since she was pretty burned and it felt very cold 'What am I gonna do? Anything I send at him he sends right back ten times worse… if only I could use that attack against him… but how?' she whimpered lightly as Greg sent new sharp wind waves at her, cutting her already burnt skin into a pulp. She growled furiously and stood up, glaring at his amused self "Had enough yet? I must say I'm surprised you can still stand after all that… actually, I'm surprised you're still alive at all!" he laughed out loud as she stammered a bit, her vision getting blurry 'No… I- I can't… I promised I'd win… I promised…' she jerked her head "I promised…" she whispered

Greg cocked his head to the side "Say what? I can't hear you…" he snickered "You're so weak and pathetic, look at you! Can't even attack me anymore, Hell! You can't even stand! A little sneeze would send you crashing to the floor!" he gave out a maniac laugh as she stared at him in disbelief "What?"

Boris felt danger in her eyes. He knew her well enough… things were not going to be pretty… "Gregory, stop that and finish her already." he sneered.

"Meh?" He looked at him lazily "Aw, please! She's already lost! Let me have some fun!"

Boris snapped "THAT'S AN ORDER!"

"Chill old man! She's too weak! Weak, pathetic and powerless…" he grinned evilly at her.

Melody balled her blood covered hands into fists "I'm not weak…" she rose her head sharply as she let out a desperate scream "I AM NOT WEAK!"

The boy rose an eyebrow at her and was about to taunt her again when he noticed a strange light shining from the beydish. Her top was glowing like a light bulb and it seemed to be spinning faster and faster as the bitbeast menacingly emerged, looking quite more powerful than it did at the beginning of the match. The red top collided against his, crushing a few pieces from his attack ring. "Shit!" He looked back at Melody, gaping as he took in her expression. She looked like she was on fire, a strange aura surrounding her "Think I'm weak do you? We'll just see about that, we'll see who's weak when you're nothing but a leaky piece of meat! I was hoping I didn't have to do this but since you gave me no other choice… Deenix! Stroblitz! Combine it with your Fire Storm!"

Greg's eyes widened comically as an unspeakable agony was sent his way, burning him and cutting him repeatedly. He couldn't move, he couldn't even scream because of all the pain he felt.

Bryan smirked at the scene "Heh! Serves him right for copying my bitbeast and hurting her!"

The rest of the Demolition Boys nodded with equal smirks as Boris looked at the scene in front of him in horror. She was going to get him killed! Why hadn't the brat listened to him?

Robert stood from his seat, his arms firmly wrapped around his crying girlfriend. There it was again. Melody's dark side. And this time… there was nothing he could do. He turned his eyes away and hugged Minx tightly as she watched the whole scene in horror, unable to hold back a sob "Mel'dy…" she got free from his grip and screamed out to her friend "Mel'dy! Snap outta'v it!"

Kai and the rest of his team were trying to call her as well, trying to tell her to stop it, since as much as they hated the guy, they still didn't want her to kill him (yet), since that would undoubtedly disqualify them. They knew this would be happening when they got a hold of her expression a few moments ago. Melody was on a rampage and the only way she'd stop would be if she ran out of energy, which didn't seem possible at that moment.

Kai screamed out at her "Melody stop! You're gonna get him killed!"

She ignored him and glared deeply at Greg, her eyes shining the same somewhat demonic aura as the one that surrounded her body "You're a fool! You should have remembered I can use your own attack against you or make it even worse! But no, you were way too concerned about hurting me and taunting me! You're the weak and pathetic being here, not me! Now BURN IN HELL!"

Greg screamed as he ducked to try evading the huge flames coming his way for the second time. He shut his eyes tightly 'Damnit damnit damnit! Why didn't I listen?' his eyes shot open as the huge heat wave suddenly disappeared from above him. "Huh?" he turned to look up at her, his jaw dropping at her sight. She still had that odd aura around her, but she now seemed a lot more calm, and her eyes were glossy despite of still appearing to have live fire on them. She looked like she was in a trance "What the Hell?" he stood, stammering quite a bit and rose an eyebrow at her as she turned her now emotionless deep blue orbs at him and opened her mouth, a strange chant coming out from her lips, sending shivers up his spine, a cold atmosphere surrounding the whole stadium, the light suddenly diminishing as well as the noise and voices.

Boris's eyes were wide, and his jaw dropped as he heard the intriguing chant 'N-no… it- it can't be! Ho- how would she-' he cursed in every language he knew. She wasn't supposed to know that chant yet! It was dangerous, damnit! Who knew what would happen now? The damn thing would get them all killed! "Ow! Hell! What the Fuck?" he heard Kai's voice from behind her and saw him taking something from his pocket, a small, black object and tossing it down to the floor like it was on fire. "No…"

Greg turned back to look at Boris and found him and the rest of his team gaping at the strange object. He looked back at it as well, not really knowing what was so special about it and yelped as he saw something emerge from it. It was really dark, but one could tell it was a male human figure "WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?" Suddenly he heard his bitbeast screech and go back into it's half-destroyed top, fleeing from the arena and into his hand. The two teams around him all looked at their tops as well, looking quite confused. Something was affecting all the Bitbeasts. Badly. Deenix however kept spinning like nothing had happened. ''the Hell?' he looked back up at Melody who had stopped chanting all of a sudden and found her rubbing her forehead before staring back at him with a surprised look. "What happened?" She blinked twice and then turned around to see what everyone was so intent on staring at. She froze at the human dark figure, his red eyes currently staring back at her. He pointed at her and spoke as he started fading away, his voice inhuman "Mistress… Forgive… Please…" then he was gone, the lights were back up and the whole stadium was on a pandemonium as people screamed in fear and confusion.

Melody blinked in confusion. What was that all about? She looked at her boys as they cringed at Boris' screaming. 'No… he can't hurt them… never again… I'll save them… if it's the last thing I do…'

Kai's voice suddenly woke her from her thoughts "Melody?"

She sighed and turned away, freezing as she frowned at the small object still lying on the floor. It was Black Dranzer's bit-chip. She saw as Kai picked it up and quickly kept it again, before staring up at her, his eyes wide. She gave him a little smile 'Later Kai-Zer… Not now…' "So, 2 out of 3, guess we won huh?" Her tired smile intensified a bit as he smiled up at her after blinking in confusion "We- we won…" he repeated with a faint smile. 'You're right, we'll talk about this later…' he nodded.

She sighed in relief and picked up her still spinning top as the announcer told everyone to calm down and announced the winner. Her. 'Funny… his mike must be all screwed up… he sounds like he's so far away…' she turned away from the beydish and started going down the stairs to go and meet up with her team mates. She now noticed for the first time how her skin felt like it was on fire, and she felt so tired, it felt so hard to breathe…

"Yay! Mel'dy won! She won Robbey!" Minxes' clouded voice could be heard coming from somewhere around her, but where? She felt so dizzy… everything was spinning and there were so many voices. So many damn voices… why wouldn't they shut up? She looked down at Kai, who was walking her way with a concerned frown and smiled, moaning as she rubbed her forehead and felt her vision turn white, all her strength suddenly disappearing as her knees buckled under her weight, causing her form to fall down from the few steps those stairs still had ahead of her. Kai's desperate voice echoed through her head as he caught her falling form just as she was about to hit the cold, hard floor "Melody! Someone get the paramedics!"

Again she could hear so many voices… everything was going so fast… there were a couple of white dressed men approaching her. She dropped her top on Kai's lap and clutched his shirt with all the little strength she still had, consciousness slipping fast "No- doctors… get- Deenix-" she moaned before everything faded to black.

RR PLEASE! n-n