Chapter 13
Let the Training Begin
Krys: Hello, it's me again. I haven't written this chapter on paper, I'm directly typing it as ideas come to mind. Which is either laziness on my part or I'm getting smart. Whichever. So, enjoy the chapter. Don't forget to review. We thrive on them!
Kiara: That sounds hypocritical coming from you…
Krys: Shut up!
Rei sat out on the balcony of his hotel room. Well, actually, it was his, Kai's, Max's and Tyson's room. Which was partly why he wanted to get out of there. As much as each of them had skill, it seemed impossible for Kai and Tyson to stay in one room quietly. As if to proove that Rei was right, he heard Tyson faintly scream in the room and then a soft 'thud'. Kai had just knocked him out. Rei let out a sigh, this wasn't really working. Mr. Dickinson had an eye for talent, certainly but not an eye for compatible team mates. Yeah, this wasn't working and it wouldn't any time soon.
Rei turned his thoughts away from the present dilema in the hotel room and just let his mind wander. His mind finally landed on Aia. All he really knew was that she lived in Japan but that wasn't enough to go on to find her. He didn't really hate her for what she did anymore but he didn't feel the same way towards her now. She was just a friend, nothing more. All he wanted to do was find her and have a serious discussion on what happened a couple of years ago. But that wasn't going to happen any time soon either. Rei decided to return into the now quiet room, excluding Tyson's snoring. Max told him that Kai had left to get some fresh air.
"Stupid Tyson…" muttered a very frustrated Kai under his breath. The idea of participating in tournaments appealed to the thirteen year old, just not the idea of having Tyson on his team. The elevator door opened and Kai walked in. He pressed floor 1 and the elevator went down. The hotel was of high class so not just anybody would be found there. That suited Kai just fine, it meant that he wouldn't have several dozen girls running after him. Kai obviously wasn't thinking as he walked outside into the busy streets of down-town Tokyo. Big mistake. The second he stepped foot outside of the hotel lobby a bunch of girls bombarded him. The last thing that he needed. Kai made a run for it.
Krys's father really wasn't joking about the whole mentor thing. At 9:00 in the morning, Hiro came into her room and woke a still sleeping Krys up.
"Krys, wake up, you have half an hour to get ready," he said. No response. Either she was doing it on purpose or this girl really liked to sleep. Hiro heaved a sigh. This was nothing more than he had expected. He leaned forward to shake her awake. It worked but he got slapped in the face as a consequence.
"Hmm…What is it?" mummbled Krys who was rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. Eventually she saw who woke her. "Oh…you." Hiro was rubbing his cheek.
"Do you always do that?" he asked somewhat impressed. Krys raised an eyebrow.
"Always do what?"
"Whack someone when they try to wake you up."
"Oh that. Yeah. It's kind of automatic. I immediately do it without knowing," Krys replied. She looked at the clock and remembered what she had to do from now on. She groaned. She let her head fall onto the pillow. "More sleep…"
"No. You get up…now!" Hiro said yanking the pillow from beneath her head.
"Alright, alright. Zeesh," Krys muttered getting out of her warm blankets. Hiro took that as answer enough and left.
"We'll be doing beyblading in the morning so bring your beyblade," he said while leaving. Krys stared at his retreating figure. She then looked out the window at the huge tree. She'd get ready but she silently promised that she wouldn't make it easy to get her. Smiling with mischief, she changed into her clothes, took her beyblade, opened her window and climbed out. Once safely on the tree she closed the window. On her bed she had left a note: Catch me if you can. Signed Krys. She had decided to play a game of cat and mouse with her new 'teacher'. Then she climbed the tree to the highest level of her house. Sometimes it paid to live on huge estates.
Aia and Kiara had decided to go biking that day. The weather was great and they thought it would be good to spend the day outside. They were biking for a few minutes when Aia spoke.
"Isn't this great Kiara?" There was no answer. "Kiara?" Aia turned just in time to see Kiara riding in the direction of the shouts of many girls. Kiara added her voice to the shouts.
"Kai!"
"Oh god no," Aia muttered in disbelief. But sure enough, there was Kai, being chased by countless girls.
Kai still hadn't managed to lose the girls on his tail. And to think he was supposed to be all-powerful.
"Kai!" Hearing his name, he turned around in the direction of the voice. Only to see a crazy girl speeding towards him on her bike.
"Oh shit…" Kai muttered under his breath. This was not good. The girl easily passed the ones running and headed in a bee-line straight towards the thirteen year old blader. Kai dodged just in time but the girl grabbed his scarf. Causing him to take a sharp intake of breath. He needed to get out of here fast. First, he's hounded by the fangirls from hell, he's nearly run over and now he's being strangled with his own scarf.
"Kiara! Get your butt over here! NOW!" yelled another girl on a bike. Kai gave of a sigh, she wasn't looking at him but at the girl nearly killing him. The second girl got off her bike, pulled off a couple of martial art moves to separate Kai from his strangler. She was pretty good, she held 'Kiara' with one arm but made it impossible for her to move. The girl turned to him.
"I'm really sorry about that. You'll have to excuse her…Kiara, get a move on!"
"Aia! But…but…but…" Kiara stammered, trying to cry her way out.
"No 'buts'. Get your bike. The last thing we need is you killing Kai." 'Aia' turned one last time to Kai. "Once again, I'm really sorry." Then she made sure Kiara got on her bike and constantly stayed behind her to make sure that Kiara didn't double back to make another attempt on strangling Kai. Crazy fangirls get extremely dangerous.
Kai said a mental 'thank you' and took some back allies to get back to the hotel. This time, it worked. He managed to lose his fans.
Hiro read the note on Krys's bed. "Catch me if you can." This girl really was a joker. He sighed, he admired Krys's spark. She obviously hated being restrained. But he still had to train her in beyblading and teach her subjects. And to do that, he had to find her first. Just at the moment, her father came in.
"Let me guess, she wants to play her famous game of cat and mouse?" the father asked, he'd been expecting this. Hiro nodded.
"But I'll probably be able to find her," Hiro said. He then walked to the window which Krys climbed out of. He opened it and climed out of it as well.
"What are you doing?" Mr. Clearwater asked. Hiro was already gone but he heard 'Following her.' Krys's father left the room. He had no doubt that Hiro would be able to find Krys.
While climbing the tree, Hiro tried to figure out where Krys could possibly be hiding. It took at least twenty minutes but he finally found her. Then it took another five to chase and catch Krys. He had her pinned to the ground. But she was still defiant.
"Took you long enough, I was getting extremely bored," she said mockingly. Hiro couldn't help but smile.
"We've wasted enough time, let's see how well you blade," he said getting up but still keeping his grip on her hands. Krys was indignant
"You don't have to hold my hands. I play by the rules. Besides, you can out-run me any day." Hiro let and saw that she still followed him. 'She only makes the beginning hard but after that she is cooperative.' They practiced outside because for once it wasn't raining. He asked her to lauch and she did with considerable ease. Hiro could only find a couple of minor flaws. With those fixed, Krys's launch was excellent. They then had beybattle. Hiro obviously beat the twelve year old but she didn't go down without a fight, like everything else she did.
For her age, Krys had decent skill.It seemed that Krys had discovered some of the power of her bitbeast. Some of her moves were mainly due to her talent in general, but some moves that she copied from Hiro were with the help of her bitbeast. Hiro smiled, she would be fun to teach. She would be learning things from him but he would also learn things from her.
Krys: Another…long…chapter. Well, at least Aia is spared having to write them. Anyway, please review!