Kai: That wasn't so bad. You had me thinking it was serious.
Rei: Turning into a chibi is not serious.
Gatem: Great! My sequel will be 'Pretty Phoenix' and you Kai, shall be the sufferer of the chibi and Rei will get to take care of you.
Kai:
Rei: He likes that idea.
Gatem: I do not own Beyblade characters, trademarks, none of that junk. I somehow own the plot…
'thought to bitbeast'
thought to self
NIGHTMARE
REALITY
Thankfully, Europe is the fashion capital of the world (France if you wanna get nitpicky on me) and a clothing shop was within walking distance. Kai kept a close eye on Rei, but he was hardly looking at anything but Kai. His golden amber orbs stared at Kai's stern face and any time he looked, Rei would just smile and face forward. Finally, Kai couldn't contain his curiosity anymore.
"Why are you staring at me like that?" he asked strictly. He warily put a finger to his cheek.
"It's not that," said Rei, grinning. "It's your hair. Why is it two colors? You couldn't decide between the two?"
"My hair is naturally these two colors!" Kai snapped. People close by turned to stare as Rei took a step back.
"You don't have to get all snippy about it…" pouted Rei. He continued walking when a store on his left caught his eye. His eyes widened and he disappeared behind the glass. Whhhhhhyyyyy! moaned Kai to himself. He walked into the shop after Rei and looked around.
"Did you just see a little kid come in here?" Kai asked the store clerk.
"Aren't you Kai, team captain of the Bladebreakers?" the clerk asked excitedly. "Oh, I'm sorry. What was your question?" Kai repeated his question. "No I haven't. Bu in the mean time," the clerk grabbed Kai's arm, "lets outfit the best Baldebreaker for his upcoming tournament in Russia." Kai was dragged to the back of the store and became swamped in the clothes the clerk threw at him.
"These will look good on you Kai," Kai turned. Rei had his own pile of clothes all as Chinese oriented as possible. "But I'm not sure about the leather…" Rei grabbed a sleek black jacket and threw it over his shoulder.
"Oh, hello monsieur Oliver." The clerk put a last garment in Kai's pile and waved at the European 'blader, who caught the jacket full in the face. "Hm… you know leather might be your thing, monsieur Oliver."
"No thank you." said Oliver, pulling off the jacket. "Is that Kai?" Oliver came around to the front of the bluenette. "Kai, my good friend! How are you? Never expected you to take such a fierce liking to fashion." he said, elbowing Kai.
"It's not me. It's Rei." Oliver looked around the store searching for a hint of a long ponytail or a red headband. He turned back to Kai, confused, who nodded to the chibi on the right. Oliver gasped. "Get us out of here no incident and I'll explain," said Kai.
"Right. Genevieve!" The clerk looked up. "Kai's bill is on me, so we'll be taking these," Oliver hastily put Rei's clothes with Kai's, causing him to stagger under the weight, "and the check will be in the mail." Genevieve produced a super bag, in which all the stuff barely fit. Kai looked around for Rei and saw him standing outside waving, as a small crowd of people (mostly women) stopped to admire him. Kai grabbed the bag and followed Oliver out. "Perhaps we should go somewhere less conspicuous. One of my restaurants is good, I'll get us a private section." Rei walked on Kai's left, warily eyeing Oliver on Kai's right. The boys entered a fine French restaurant and Oliver led them to the back. Only three other people were there: Enrique and his two girls.
"Oh god…" muttered Kai.
"Oliver! And Kai, no less!" said Enrique, waving them over to their circular table. Kai sat across from the Venetian 'blader, leaning over in his hands to hide his face.
"Awww, look at him! He's adorable!" Enrique's girls crowded on either side of Rei, one pulling his cheek the other running her fingers through his hair.
"Get off!" snapped Rei. He took a ferocious bite at the one touching his hair, by then the other had let go. Both scrambled back to Enrique.
"Who is that, Kai?" asked Enrique. Kai didn't look up.
"Rei."
"Yes Kai?" said Rei.
"What in the world did you do to him?" shouted Enrique.
"I'd like to know that myself." said Oliver.
"Driger and Dranzer turned him into a chibi. It was meant to be a joke but they can't change him back and he's stuck like that for two weeks." said Kai, still not looking up.
"Is there any reason why they would play a joke? Did you do any thing to Rei?" asked Enrique.
"If that was the case, I think Driger alone would have done something to me…and there's no point in asking him, he didn't remember my name." Kai finally leaned backing his chair. Rei leapt at him for the third time today, knocking him out of his chair. He was too winded to fight back.
"I'd rather have Rei turned into a chibi than anyone else on your team, even you." said Enrique.
"Do you know how fast this kid is?" said Kai from the floor.
"Our sympathy goes out to you." said Oliver.
"Hey! Girls, how would you like to do me a favor?"
"It depends, Enrique-poo."
"Wouldn't you just love to watch Rei for Kai? Ya' know, take him around town and stuff?"
"Okay, Enrique-poo." The girls grabbed the mini neko-jin off Kai and ran out of the section, Rei swinging behind them.
"No sweat, Kai. Kira and Melissa will know how to keep him amused." said Enrique.
"You should've seen what they did with Johnny one time." said Oliver.
"That doesn't make me feel any better." said Kai. He grabbed the bag of his and Rei's clothes and walked back to the hotel, deep in thought.