Meeting You

Chapter 21: Dark Neptune

By: ME!

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Tala was first to open his eyes that morning. He stared out to see Nami sleeping across the room and soft snoring noises coming from the pile of blankets on the bunk above her. (Zack-.-0)

He pulled the covers off himself and yawned as he sat up in bed. He shoved his messy red hair away from his face. "Broken…skies…Kai…" Nami mumbled as she rolled over in bed as her eyebrows creased over in confusion. She pulled the blankets up and curled up under them.

Tala looked at her while raising an eyebrow. He walked over to her and sat down at the edge of her bed, listening hard to her words. "Kai…memories…" Nami mumbled.

Tala shook her gently. "Nami! Nami, get up!" He said. "Tala?" Nami asked with a confused look as she rubbed her eye.

"Nami, get up! You remember him! Don't you?" Tala demanded. Suddenly tears leaked from Nami's eyes.

"Tala, I want my memories! I'm too confused! I like someone I can't even remember! Tala, I feel like I can't hold it in anymore. Please…I need my memories!" Nami said as she grabbed his collar.

"I can't get them for you now, today we leave for the hotel for the next round in the tournament. I'll give them back to you when I can…I just don't know when that is." Tala said quietly.

"You mean… you can't really get them back for me. They are gone forever! Right!" Nami demanded.

"No! They aren't. Boris kept them. I just don'tknowhow.You have to be in the tube. I'll see what I can do." Tala said softly.

Suddenly they were interrupted by a loud snort from Zack. "Cheeseburgers!" he cried before rolling over and snoring softly again.

Nami started to giggle as her tears slowly disappeared. Tala smirked.

"Have you decided how to wake him?" Nami asked.

"No." Tala said. "Can I do it?" Nami asked. "Sure, whatever." Tala said.

Nami stood up but winced. Her whole body ached but she walked to the bathroom. There was a small mug by the sink. She picked it up and filled it about a centimeter from the top. She walked out carefully so she wouldn't spill it. Tala watched with great interest as she reached up to Zack's head.

"1…2…3…BOOM!" Nami yelled as she poured the cup of water over his head. Zack woke up and gasped for air yelling, "NOOOOOOOO!"

Nami fell down on to her bed laughing. Zack looked around wildly with a furious look on his face. Tala snickered. "YOU!" Zack roared as he tackled Tala. Nami had left the mug near Tala's lap.

Zack jumped on to Tala and started to bite him.

Nami's eyes were leaking again but she was laughing way too hard. "IT WASN'T MY FAULT! I'VE BEEN FRAMED!" Tala yelped trying to get Zack off him.

"Oh yeah? Then who was it, Red?" Zack demanded.

"Nami!" Tala said. Nami let out a strangled noise of shock and laughter. Zack tackled her and started to tickled her.

"Zack-laugh- can't -laugh- breathe!" Nami gasped. "Say it!" Zack said evilly.

"I'm sorry!" Nami gasped. "Nope, you gotta say mercy!" Zack said.

"Who -gasp- in -gasp- damn hell -gasp- taught him this!" Nami let out another strangled cry. Tala didn't answer, he was laying on his back laughing, tears of mirth running down his cheeks.

"MERCY!" Nami gagged. Zack rolled off of her. Nami placed her hands over her ribs as she gasped for air. The door was suddenly thrown open.

"What in the name of hell is going on in here!" Boris growled. "Nothing sir!" Nami squeaked as she took a deep breath. Tala had stopped laughing. He was starting to get red in the face since he was holding it in. He shoved away the tears and stood straight, trying to contain himself.

Zack hid behind Nami. "I thought I heard laughing in here!" Boris snarled. "No, sir." Nami said immediately. "Who is that!" Boris said pointing at Zack.

"Sir, can he please stay here! I'll do anything!" Nami said. "Get dressed and the instructor will have a new bit beast for you. That should cover his stay." with that Boris slammed the door shut and left.

Tala burst out laughing. Nami looked at him strangely. "I'm sorry! But the bloody old fool burst in, he had cut me off and surprised me so it's funny how you took control over the bat!" Tala said as he pushed away more tears of laughter.

Nami started to giggle.

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Kai woke up with start. He didn't remember how he got to this room. Then it all came flooding back to him as his expression darkened from confusion to anger. He clenched his fists. "Nami…" he whispered. He pulled the covers that held him down off so he could stand.

Kai swung his feet over to the side of the bed and stood up. Suddenly he put a hand to his head and sat back down, dizziness taking over his mind. He growled softly. He had fallen ill thanks to running out in the burning cold weather. "This isn't going to stop me. She's going to be here in a few hours and I have to find her." Kai thought.

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Nami stood silently in the room Boris had directed her to stay in until he had given her anymore instructions. The room was dark and had dim lights hanging from the ceiling. "Might as well drown us in darkness." Nami thought bitterly, observing the rest of the room.

There was a dark blue beydish in the center of the room and two doors on the exact opposite sides of the whole perimeter. There was a window which was obviously used for viewing any Beyblade related experiments and behind the window was a clear view of electronic equipment for any means of collecting data.

"Ah yes my dear, we are ready. How are you feeling?" Boris asked as he walked in to the room, staring at her with an eager look.

"Like a lab rat." Nami muttered.

"Well, you shouldn't feel that way, my dear, you must feel power, like how you will soon be feeling." Boris said walking over to a wall with a small key pad. He punched in a few numbers unaware that Nami was memorizing the exact digits he had put in. "1-3-8-5-7-2...hmm." Nami thought.

Then a section in the wall the size of the window on the opposite end had been pulled up in to the wall. Inside Nami saw 7 glistening beyblades neatly lined up in a small tube on it's point as if it were spinning. To Nami, they looked like they were on display.

Boris punched in the same code again on the keypad and pushed the number 1.

Nami understood that the Beyblades were numbered one through 7 so that the tube was opened after pushing in the Beyblade's number.

Boris did it again to release all the Beyblades from their confinement. "Come and see." Boris said.

Nami walked over to him with a frown. He picked up a pearly white Beyblade. "This is Wolborg, Tala's blade." Boris said. "I know." Nami said.

"How?" Boris inquired. "Tala told me, the next one is Falborg, then Seaborg, then Wyborg. Correct?" Nami asked.

"Yes." Boris said with a frown, since his witty phrases were cut off. "I don't know the other three." Nami said.

"The next one," he pointed to an indigo and silver beyblade, "Is Neptune, you used to blade with it before, but now I have something better."

Boris put Neptune back. Nami had a sudden urge to grab it out of his filthy hands. "The next one is going to be your new blade." Boris said.

Nami stared at the brand newroyal blue and silver beyblade he was now holding. "This, is Dark Neptune, it is many times more powerful then the ordinary Neptune. It's yours and you will beyblade with it in the tournament." Boris said.

Nami's hands were itching to slap him now. "What's the other one?" she asked pointing to the black beyblade on the very end.

"That is Black Dranzer, it belongs to Kai, and he couldn't control it and so he betrayed us." Boris growled as he shoved Dark Neptune in to her hands. "Sir, may I please have Neptune? I want to see how powerful Dark Neptune is comparing to the original." Nami said, she couldfeelthe powerful aura of the Dark Neptune.

Boris stared at her suspiciously before handing it over. Nami placed it carefully in her pocket and attached Dark Neptune to the launcher.

"I want you to launch when I tell you and you must be able to control it. You will fight the machine." Boris said. He placed a pair of weird goggles that were like sunglasses but had green lenses and went all the way around her head. (like the one Kai wore in season 1)

"No problem." Nami said with a smirk. Tala walked in behind the glass window just in time to see the launch but no one noticed he was there. Boris walked out and behind the glass window and took no notice of Tala.

"Ready?" Boris asked through the speakers. Nami nodded. "3-2-1 let it rip!" Boris said. Nami launched. The power of Dark Neptune was overwhelming and Nami struggled to kept it in tact. She had practiced with a blade without a bit beast the day before with the instructor but this was different.

The machine's blade smacked in to Dark Neptune. "Dark Neptune!" Nami called. The blade responded by grinding.

"GO! Attack now!" the machine said in a mechanical voice. "Dark Neptune, Black Crystal Reflection!" Nami yelled as if the words were just coming out of nowhere.

There was a blinding white flash and Nami was thrown against the wall. Boris was standing safely behind the window with a frown. He looked over to see that Dark Neptune was in the middle of the dish and was still spinning. The machine's blade was in a pile of debris laying on the outer part of the dish. The machine was in pieces.

Nami was breathing with difficulty. The force of the energy had knocked the wind out of her. She fell to the ground. Tala had come in to see the attack and ran out to catch her. "Nami! Nami, are you okay?" He asked.

Nami started to laugh hysterically. "Wow! That was amazing! Yo Boris! Let me try that again!" Nami said with a grin. Boris came out with a smirk.

"Brilliant, you handled it better then anyone has! It's still spinning! That's enough; we have to get you ready for the tournament. Come let's go." Boris said.

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Nami hissed in pain as a man applied alcohol to a large bruise on the upper part of her stomach one of the many she had received earlier.

"What the hell is your problem!" she demanded. "Well, uh miss, I have to get it clean or it'll get infected." the man said nervously, trying to keep himself under control at the sight of her body. "Infected my foot." Nami muttered.

All the other boys on the team were also getting cleaned up so they wouldn't attract attention if they accidentally winced. The man started to wrap a bandage around the bruise on her stomach before throwing her a new black top this one was a little longer then the normal uniform she had so to hide her bandages, this one also had sleeves that rested off the shoulders and still revealed her midriff.

The man started to apply more alcohol to the other cuts. "I've had it! Enough of this!" Nami growled. "But miss!" the man protested.

"You just wanted this job so you could look at me, leave before I make you and I'm sure you won't find that pleasant at all." Nami growled.

The man stumbled to get away. Suddenly Ian started laughing, earning a small smack on the head.

Nami was wearing the uniform Tala had given her the day she had lost her memories. It had the off the shoulder slightly longer black shirt, black capris, black fingerless gloves, and black shoes (like Kai's in Grev but it has silver tabs instead of red). She had a silver belt and many chains on the capris. And a dark black choker with an N in silver on it adorned her neck.

Nami smirked as the other boys winced in pain from the alcohol stinging their wounds. She knew that she had suffered the most since she had just arrived. Though the Dark bit beast had changed her. She felt powerful then ever before and there was a dark aura clinging to her mind.

The man had applied make up to her paler skin since she had still not regenerated her normal supply of blood. But on her own hand Nami had applied black eyeliner making her look cool but a bit dark at the same time.

Nami looked at her reflection. There was one dark purple triangle on each cheek. She frowned. They had to be redone. She removed the old ones and stared at her reflection. She looked so young and innocent. Nami shook the thought and re applied the purple triangles before pulling her hair in to a high pony tail.

"I'm ready for them…" she said with a smirk before walking out.

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Kai growled softly as his head spun again as he tried to walk out. "Damned fever." he muttered, obviously irritated at the lack of energy he contained.

There was a knock on the door causing Kai to curse out loudly. The soft tap sounded like nails on a black board to him. "Come in!" he grumbled. Even his voice stung his ears.

"Kai, are you okay?" Ray asked softly. "Fine." Kai muttered.

"I don't think so Mr. Hiwatari." A woman with dark blue hair up to her waist said she walked over to him and placed a hand on his forehead, "You couldn't have gotten any better running in weather like that, wearing…nothing warm but a scarf. May I inquire why you were out running in ice cold weather!"

"I have reasons, and I doubt you need to know them." Kai growled.

"Look, Mr. Hiwatari. You nearly caught pneumonia out there! You collapsed about a block away from here! Maybe I should know the reason?" the woman said irritably, she seemed familiar to Kai. She reminded him of a petite lavender haired hot headed girl who was as stubborn as a mule.

"My…friend." Kai said quietly, "A really close friend."

The woman raised an eyebrow at Ray. "I'll explain later." he mouthed in her direction causing Kai's lip to pull back in to a snarl.

"It's none of her business! Now let me out! I have a task to get done and I will finish it, because Boris isn't going to get away with what he did to her!" Kai snarled.

"Her?" the doctor looked amused as she raised the other eyebrow. "Leave, I don't need your help. It isn't any of your business so stay out of it…" Kai hissed as his eyes lowered to form slits.

"Well unfortunately, young man, you have to stay in bed until you're better, and yes I must say that it isn't any of my business but it is my business to take care of you. Besides, you should be grateful that I'm allowing you to attend this meeting with your 'friend' and she should be arriving shortly, she's on another team right?" the woman said.

Kai glared at her as if saying 'I give up and you should too…or else' but the woman just chuckled.

"My name is Dr. Ari Miyazuki, and you are my patient and I suggest you start acting like one or I'll force you in to that bed myself." She said with a smile.

Kai mumbled something about how she sounded too much like a mother and crossed his arms stubbornly. "I'm serious, young man." Dr. Miyazuki growled.

Kai cursed under his breath as he layed down and pulled the covers up. "Happy!" he sneered.

"Very. Now, would you like something to eat?" Dr. Miyazuki asked. "No." Kai said.

"Well you're going to eat anyway." Dr. Miyazuki said with a smile as Kai scowled at her.

"You're evil." Kai couldn't help but mutter. "Yes well almost everything requires force!" she replied cheerfully. Ray couldn't help but chuckle at Ari's commands which Kai followed without arguments.

"I'll get you for this." Kai snapped at Ray.

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Nami smirked at Ian as he and Tala argued over some matter which sounded like girlfriends. They had been standing in the lobby waiting for Boris to arrive with their room keys in the hotel.

"Ian, the only reason you can't get a girlfriend, is because if you tried to kiss them they would be kissing your overlarge nostrils." Nami said as her smirk grew wider. Tala and Spencer started to howl with laughter as Bryan merely grunted his face also twisting in to a smirk.

"Burn!" Tala said with a grin. "Ass." Ian muttered at Tala.

"Atleast I don't have overlarge nostrils!" Tala said his eyes leaking with laughter.

"Shut up the both of you!" Nami snapped, "It isn't that funny."

"Well you came up with it." Tala said with a smirk. "Ha ha." Nami said dryly.

"Well atleast I'm not scrawny lanky idiot like you." Ian sneered. "I'd rather be a scrawny lanky idiot then a short, fat, midget freak like you." Nami retorted.

Ian looked ready to kill at the midget comment but was cut off by a series of howls emitted from Tala and Spencer. "Shut up." Boris snarled.

"Take your keys and unpack your things, meet in Tala's room for any equipment or information Tala has." Boris commanded impatiently shoving the hotel room keys at each of them.

"Yes sir." they replied. "Oh and Tala should tell you the plans." Boris said, "Dismissed."

They all left without a word.

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Nami recalled all the nicknames she called the boys Tala considered friends. For some reason this popped up in her head after all the humor she had implanted in the lobby.

Ian was obviously midget freak sometimes Wonder Nose, Tala was Red or sometimes Bloody moron if Nami got seriously pissed off at him which happened atleast twice, Bryan was buffzilla which Bryan always seemed to find amusing since he smirked every time Nami called him that which pissed her off at him but what pissed Bryan off was calling him Buffy the Vampire Slayer (I've never seen the show but anyway…), and Spencer was Hat boy because of the thing he wore on his head.

She grinned as she unpacked her stuff placing whatever needed in rightful places in her room.

"Oy, Mimi!" Tala called through her door. Mimi was her nickname from Tala which consisted of the last two letters of her name. -

"Coming! Geez hold on!" Nami hissed. She opened the door and found a very impatient Tala tapping his foot. He grinned at her and turned towards his room.

"So…what's the plan?" Bryan asked he seemed a bit annoyed at Ian who kept kicking the chair he was sitting in. "Well, I'm going against Max!" Ian said with a grin as he kicked Bryan's chair again.

"Bryan?" Tala asked. "I'm against…OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE STOP KICKING MY CHAIR YOU LITTLE WEASEL BEFORE I..!" Bryan started before Nami cut it.

"Ahh shad up, Buffy!" Nami snapped. Bryan's face twisted in to a snarl. "Why don't you shut up! Nobody asked you to join this thing anyway!" Bryan snapped back.

Nami grinned before kicking his chair. "Hey, I guess we have something in common!" Ian said. "I don't think so, Midget freak!" Nami said as she kicked him out of his chair.

"Why you…" Ian started. "Mimi!" Tala interrupted. "It won't happen again!" Nami chirped with a grin.

"Who do you want to go up against!" Tala asked irritably.

"Oh little Kai won't know what'll hit him, he's all mine…" Nami said with an evil grin.

-tbs…

I hope you liked it! Sorry I had to stop here this one was getting long and I want to make it to Ch.30 so I can end it. I want to thank everyone for the reviews they sent! I'm sorry I have homework so I can't thank you all personally but I really appreciate all your comments!

P.S. The kiss will be either in the next 2-3 chapters-