Brynhilde's Revenge: Great Soul Trigger!
AUTHOR'S NOTES: YAY! Bey Blade tourneys are back again, and it's time for them to strut their STUFF~~~!!! ^~^ Well, no night-out's complete without the Wing Blades singing "Eyes On Me" in a capella. Hmm...Yuri has got to do something! Plus, the arrival of the Pink Lady! Ohmigod, Kikka's opponent is in for a really major kick-up. Somebody throw her off, quick! R/R PLEASE~~~!!!
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT own Bey Blade and all its characters and Bey Blades; I DO OWN the OC's and their Bey Blades written herein (except for Michiko, Ana and Hikari; they're owned by Bookie and Fluffychans, respectively). So no ripping off, and NO SUING. Thanks! ^.^
"Lady Celes! It's so wonderful to see you!"
"The pleasure and honor is all mine, Mr. Willowberry. How are you doing?"
"Just jolly good!" Mr. Willowberry gestured to Chairman Daitenji beside him. "You remember Daitenji?"
"Ah, yes. How could I forget?" Lady Celes smiled at him graciously. "Hello and good evening, Chairman Daitenji. This is such a surprise!"
"Good evening to you too, Lady Celes." Chairman Daitenji took off his top hat and bowed to her slightly. "We are very glad to see you here. We've sorely missed the good old days, if you could remember..."
"Yes, the good old days." Lady Celes nodded. "Indeed. Those days, Bey Blading was just pure, sheer fun. It's certainly grown up a lot in the last 20 years..."
"Why don't we have a seat over there? We have lots to talk about."
The 3 of them made their way towards their set places at the Presidential Table, and a waiter came after a few seconds, setting their set courses in front of them.
"Ah, camaraderie! Such a wonderful, wonderful thing." Mr. Willowberry smiled. "I really can't believe that it's happened again..."
"Yes, quite right," Lady Celes said as she spread her cloth napkin over her lap. "It's been a good 20 years."
"Didn't we all say that we'd meet like this again after 20 years? And yes, so much has changed." Chairman Daitenji nodded. "I could still remember it quite clearly, as if it only happened yesterday. St. Ingrid VS Balkov. I'll never see anything quite like it ever again."
"Mmm, and Lady Celes here was up against Mikhail Gorsky," Mr. Willowberry said, his eyes misting over. "The 2 of you were 2 wins apiece. It was anybody's game..."
"And in the end, St. Ingrid took home the bacon," Lady Celes said softly. "I really can't believe everything's happened so fast..."
"Let me see. You were there, along with Meredith Evans, Genevieve D'Arcy, Ninna Engstrom and Li Meiran." Mr. Willowberry blinked. "Whatever happened to Miss Meiran again?"
"Took off with her boyfriend just after we won," Lady Celes said, cutting up her steak. "Her father was so furious. She was engaged to marry this supposedly super-dashing taipan's son who turned out to be a real bigot, and she ran off with this 'stranger from the mists'."
"Ah, yes. She was the only daughter of that hotel, shipping and antiques magnate; educated as a promising violin prodigy at Juilliard on full scholarship; then ran off and marry a 'heathen'. I think Li Tailan never got over at what happened to his daughter." Chairman Daitenji nodded over to the dance floor where several couples were dancing. "But it's a small world. After 20 years 'he' finally decided to rejoin the land of the living again."
"?" Lady Celes blinked. "Whatever do you mean, Chairman Daitenji?"
"I say! Why didn't I notice THAT before?" Mr. Willowberry took off his glasses, blinked several times, then put them on again, squinting to take a better look. "If Mr. Li were here right now, he's going to have triple heart attacks."
"!" Lady Celes nodded. "You're right...my, he's a spitting image of his father..."
"And he's here at the Zero Leg again. Isn't that just a little too much of a coincidence?" Chairman Daitenji smiled. "And I think there would be another unfortunate man who's going to lose his daughter to a 'heathen', just like so many years ago..."
There was a tumultuous round of applause from the dancing couples as the wonderful dinner dance ended. Max bid a hearty goodnight to a sweatdropping Shizue; Medain had almost thrown off Takao onto a nearby ice sculpture filled with exquisitely carved fruits; Kai gave a small bow to a still very aghast-looking Selenay; Yuri smiled in a goofy manner as SD Kikka gave him a GIANT bear hug; and Lei smiled and nodded over to Cerridwen, who smiled Nadeshiko Kinomoto-style (Gasco(i)gne(?): Sumairu, SUMAIRU~~~!!!) back at him. Then there was general chaos as all the invited guests made their way back to their respective hotels, Cerridwen being stopped for autographs by some Bey techs present.
Then it was a lonely trek to their hotel, Medain almost cartwheeling in sheer joy as she finally realized that she was going to be out of that stupid dress in a few more minutes, as the other Wing Blades stood in a tight circle outside the pavilion waiting for Cerridwen.
"I am NEVER going to WEAR a frigging dress AGAIN for the rest of my LIFE~~~!!!" SD Medain calls out gaily.
"Huh?! What about your WEDDING DAY?!" SD Kikka asked, blinking. "Don't tell me you're only going to wear a pair of jeans and an oversized t-shirt."
"Who says I'm getting MARRIED?! I am going to be SO single for the rest of my DAYS!" SD Medain said, even more happily.
"Where's Cerridwen?" Shizue asked.
"I think her dance partner's asking for her cell phone number," SD Selenay muttered, a small black cloud hanging over her head.
Cerridwen came running up to them a little while later. "Sorry to keep you guys waiting, Lady Celes wanted the recap stats," she gasped as she met them.
"It's OK, Cerridwen, no big deal. Lady Celes was short of giving me a junta-type interrogation about Takao a little while ago after I successfully dislodged that punched-up brat from my arms," Medain replied.
"In fact, she asked all of us." Shizue looked at Cerridwen closely. "Well. Did she ask you about YOURS, Cerridwen?"
"Yes, she did."
"And...?"
"I told her that he likes eating tofu in soy sauce and curry rice and everything Chinese," Cerridwen replied. "And he's a bit partial to Japanese cuisine right now, and he's beginning to like Pocky."
"..." SD Shizue sweatdropped. "That's...ALL you can SAY?"
"That's what he told me."
"No...'I'm-going-to-be-THE-Bey Blade-Champion-you-freaks-BETTER-watch-out' that kind of THING?!" SD Shizue asked incredulously.
"Huh?"
"No 'GOD-Cerridwen-you're-so-BEAUTIFUL-can-you-be-mine-forever' kind of CRAP?!" SD Selenay added.
"W-wait..."
"No 'I-just-absolutely-ADORE-ass-kicking-Bey Blade-battles-and-I'm-SOO-good-and-you're-NOT' something?!" SD Medain put in.
"H-hey..."
"No...pick-up LINES?!" SD Kikka asked last.
"W-well...what can I say? He...well...I kind of...asked him what he liked, and..." SD Cerridwen turned helplessly cute. "I...we...didn't talk anything about TOMORROW..."
"..." The 4 SD girls looked at each other, their eyes little beads, then looked over at SD Cerridwen, who became even more minute, her eyes little beads, blinking. "W-what is it...?"
"..." SD Kikka patted her on her shoulder. "You know, Cerridwen, you're NOWHERE close as getting a boyfriend in that condition. Now what am I to say to Yuri...?"
"Huh???"
"OK everybody, follow the bouncing white ball and let's all start to SING~~~!!!" SD Medain grabbed a startled SD Cerridwen by her right arm and smiled evilly. "Whenever sang my songs..." she sang in alto.
"Aah-aah-aah..." SD Kikka and SD Selenay sang in perfectly blended second voices, their hands clasped up front.
SD Shizue grabbed SD Cerridwen's left arm. "On the stage, on my own..." she sang in soprano 2.
"Aah-aah-aah...."
"Whenever said my words..."
"Aah-aah-aah..."
"Wishing they, would be heard..."
SD Medain and SD Shizue looked at each other, smiled evilly, then sang in a beautifully blended tone, "I saw you smiling at me, was it real or just my fantasy?"
"Wooh-ooh-ooh..."
"You'd always be there in the corner...of this tiny little bar..."
"Ooh-ooh-ooh..."
"My last night here for you..." SD Medain sang, throwing her right arm out.
"Aah-aah-aah..."
"Same old songs, just once more..." SD Shizue sang, throwing her left arm out.
"Aah-aah-aah..."
"My last night here with you..."
"Aah-aah-aah..."
"Maybe yes, maybe no..."
SD Medain and SD Shizue started making flamboyant gestures with their hands as they sang, "I kind of liked it your way, when you shyly placed your eyes on me..."
"Ooh-ooh-ooh..."
"Did you ever know...that I had mine on you?"
SD Medain and SD Shizue started going around SD Cerridwen in a slow turning waltz, with matching sweeping hand gestures, SD Kikka and SD Selenay pirouetting. "Darling so there you were..." SD Medain and SD Shizue sang.
"Aah-aah..." SD Kikka sang.
"With that look on your face..."
"Aah-aah..." SD Selenay sang.
"As if you're never hurt..."
"Aah.-aah..."
"As if you're never down...?"
"Aaah-aah-aah-aah-aah..."
"Shall I be the one for you...."
"Aah-aah..."
"Who pinches you softly but sure?"
"Aah-aah..."
The 4 Wing Blades looked at each other then held their hands to their hearts.
"If frown is shown then, I will know that you are no dreamer..." they sang in perfectly blended voices.
SD Cerridwen turned beet-red. "Oh...cut it out, ALREADY~~~!!!"
Laughing, the 4 of them went after Cerridwen, who had managed to run to their limousine at the speed of light.
"..." Max was blinking. He and the rest of the BBA Team were waiting for Chairman Daitenji for a ride to their hotel. They saw the Wing Blades run past them, Cerridwen in the lead. "Huh...? What was that all about..."
"Don't ask me, I don't want to talk about them for NOW," Takao growled. "That Medain is SURE as DEAD."
"How was it?" Professor asked them. "Your dancing gigs, I mean?"
"It was pretty OK, until Medain decided halfway that she wanted a broomstick, not a dancing partner." SD Takao turned into a burning ogre. "It wasn't MY idea to have HER for a frigging PARTNER in the first PLACE~~~!!!"
"Shizue's quiet," Max put in.
"Selenay's as stiff as a terribly frightened porcupine, although she has none of those spines to deal with," Kai mused.
"I ended up as Kikka's Pooh bear," Yuri said.
"..." Lei was just quiet.
SD Professor blinked. "Uh...Lei...?"
"Huh? Were you saying something, Professor?" Lei asked, blinking, as if he had just suddenly come out of his reverie.
"..." SD Takao had his arms over his chest. "It's pretty clear that they were having such a REALLY great time they forgot what was going on around THEM. So. How does it feel like dancing with Cerridwen Aerin Elisabeth Ascot-Elridge?"
"It's getting late, we really should be heading back to the hotel," Lei answered, then turned and started walking away. The rest of them turned SD, their eyes little beads, blinking. A dead leaf rolled past.
"Uh...did he just forget we're SUPPOSED to wait for Chairman Daitenji? This was HIS idea, right?" SD Max asked, his eyes little beads, blinking.
"..." SD Kai had his eyes closed, a gargantuan pulsing twitch on top of his head, his arms crossed over his chest. "He's HOPELESS. We really can't do anything about him NOW."
SD Yuri had a goofy look on his face.
"???" SD Takao was blinking. "Eh? What was THAT all ABOUT?"
SD Professor sweatdropped. "It's really nothing, Takao. REALLY."
"Sorry for making you wait like this, I had to talk to Mr. Willowberry regarding the opening ceremonies tomorrow." Chairman Daitenji said a little while later, coming up to where they were standing. He blinked. "Eh? Where's Lei?"
"He just left. Long story, Chairman Daitenji." SD Max had a sweatdrop as well. "Uh...let's go."
There were wild cheers, and soon the spotlight shone down on DJ, as he held his microphone aloft. "HEEEEELLLLLLLOOOOO and GOOD DAAAAAYYYY to you, Bey Blade FANATICS~~~!!! Welcome to the Bey Blade Zero Pre-Finals TOURRRRNNNAAAAAMMMMEEEENNNTTTTT~~~~!!!! I'm your host, DJ, and I must SAY that this is QUITE a turn-out for all you die-hard Bey Blade fanatics out there...wow, I've never seen this much people ever since the recently concluded WORRLLLDDD FFFFIIIIIINNNNAAAAAALLLLLSSSSS~~~!!! And that's saying quite a LOT~~~~!!! Well then people, how are you ALL DDDOOOIIINNNGGGG~~~~??!?"
The audience gave thunderous roars and whoops of approval.
"Alright, I could SEE that you're ALL very EXCITED~~~!!! YEAH~~~!!! I'm excited as well, for this year's Zero Pre-Finals has a lot of TOUGH TEAMS competing in it...yes, you heard me RIGHT~~~!!! A record 18 TEAMS~~~!!! Now who's the best, and who's going to be one of the REST~~~? Well, it's for ALL of us to find OUT~~~!!!" DJ sweeps his arm in a wide arc. "Here they are, the participating TEAMS~~~!!! Let's all give them a ROUND of APPLAUSE~~~!!!"
"Excuse me! Coming through!"
Mao tried to squeeze in through the throng that were walking into the Acropolis Bey Stadium, which was built on a small artificial island overlooking the Acropolis, in honor of the occasion. She was pushed, pulled, almost grabbed, but she made it through, nonetheless, and she hurried to the upper ringside, hoping to catch a glimpse of Lei beforehand.
She sees the BBA Team standing in the front row of the team lineup. She then waved her arms in the air, trying to catch Lei's attention. "HEY~~~!!! LEI~~~!!! HEY~~~!!!"
"...from Japan...we bring you...the winner of the recently concluded Bey Blade World Championship Tournament Finals...the BBA TEAM~~~!!!"
Max waved heartily at the audience, along with Takao. Kai and Yuri were just quiet, and Lei was blinking. Professor was smiling shyly as he held his laptop.
"HEY~~~!!! LEI~~~!!!" Mao calls out, waving her arms even more vigorously.
"?" Lei blinked, then saw Mao. He smiled at her, then gave a small wave.
The audience were roaring their awe and approval at the World Champions, and Max was really happy. "WOW~~~!!! I can't believe how many fans we all HAVE~~~!!! HEY~~~!!!" he said, waving his arms with more gusto.
"..." Kai was just quiet.
"And last, but definitely not the least, the Zero Finals Champions~~~!!!" DJ was nodding. "May I present to you...the beautiful and talented ladies...of the ST. INGRID ABBEY~~~!!! Let's hear it for the WING BLADES~~~!!!"
The roars, if it were possible, had become even more deafening; and Takao stuck fingers into his ears as the din went on around them like a foghorn going 300 times deadlier than normal. "Don't they know how to appreciate good talent when they see ONE~~~?!" Takao shouts to make himself heard above all the noise. "I mean...COME ON~~~!!!"
"I know good talent when I see one, Kinogu, and it's definitely NOT YOU," Kai shouted back.
"HEY~~~!!!"
"Now that you've met the teams, let's hear it from the venerable chairman of the Bey Blade Battle Association himself, Mr. Gogoro DAITENJI~~~!!!" DJ nodded. "EVERYBODY~~~!!! Let's give him a warm round of APPLAUSE~~~!!!"
"LEI!" Mao said happily. She gave him a hug. "I thought I wouldn't be able to make it in time, the immigration guys at the airport desk were short of confiscating my satchel...I just got this straight from China, and the elders were so anxious to give it to you..."
"Really?"
"Oh, and Rai sends his regards," Mao added, nodding. "He can't leave Japan, he's waiting for Keiki. But he said he'll try and come as soonest."
"That's great!"
SD Takao had a huge sweatdrop on his head. "The way these 2 are going, you'd think they don't have any companions with them..."
SD Max gave him a goofy smile. "Hey, it's just NATURAL, they ARE a couple, right?"
"..." Yuri was looking down at the stadium beneath them, his eyes narrowing. "If you 3 back there have finished talking, then you'd better stop that idle chatter and watch. We're going to meet these girls anytime soon."
"?" Mao blinked, then looked below. "OH!"
DJ swept his arm in a wide arc. "Bladers, step FORWARD~~~!!!"
"..." Kikka was frowning as she saw Mao up in the stands, her arms about Lei. She clenches her fists. "NO! EVIL! That pink MOPPET is right HERE~~~?! No frigging WAY~~~!!!"
"..." Selenay, who was sitting in the relative safety of the shadows of the dugout (^^;;) sighed and shook her head. "Uh-oh. Kikka's ANGRY."
"Are you READY~~~?!" DJ nodded. "OK~~~!!!"
"..." Emilio Soltera smiled as he clicked his Bey Blade into place into his Shooter. "Hee. It's too soon you'll say adios, senorita. Mark my words."
"You'll be saying adios, SPEEDY~~~!!!" Kikka's eyes narrowed and fitted her own Bey Blade into its Shooter.
"!" Professor was amazed. "That...Shooting Star..."
"3...2..1...GOOOOO...SHOOOOOTTTTT~~~!!!"
Emilio laughed. "Hasta la vista! See you in a million YEARS~~~!!!"
"Not if I can help IT~~~!!!" Kikka raised her hand. "BRYNHILDE~~~!!! GREAT SOUL TRIGGER~~~!!!"
There was an ominous flash, and all of them covered their faces from the blinding glare. The next thing they knew, Emilio's Bey Blade was thrown off the stadium, and the young man was astonished.
"What THE~~~"
"Vayeane, OUT~~~!!! Winner, BRYNHILDE~~~!!! First score goes to the WING BLADES~~~!!!" DJ was shouting.
Takao sat there with his mouth hanging open. "I can't believe it...she did that guy in...in just a few SECONDS?!"
"..." Kikka was frowning, as she got her Bey Blade. She then looked up at where the BBA Team were seated.
"..." Yuri's eyes were wide.
Medain, who was seated beside Selenay with her Discman earphones in her ears, smiled.
"Yep, the BBA Team is in for a real nasty treat," Medain said softly. "And I think Yuri knows it too. It's just not about the pink moppet anymore. It's the Tournament, and Kikka's kicked into high gear, big time. And when Kikka's frowning, it's time to get serious. Nobody can stop her now."
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AUTHOR'S NOTES: "Eyes On Me" copyright Squaresoft. Vocalization parts by Selenay, Kikka; lyrical parts (^^::) Medain and Shizue, unless otherwise noted. How's that for a Takarazuka Spectacular?! Eat your heart out, Team HANA~~~!!! ^o^
