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Flashback/Memory:
"See? I told you I would win this tournament," said Gou in a show-off way at age 8 and a half to Kaiya in the backyard.
"Yeah, good job," said Kaiya sitting in a chair and reading and Gou just looks at her,
"Don't you care?" Gou asked,
"Of course I care, I'm just not worried if that's what you're asking because I'm going to beat you when I start entering tournaments in a couple of years," said Kaiya not taking her eyes off her book.
"Why?"
"Because, I'm preparing, preparing to be the best," said Kaiya. Gou raised an eyebrow and turned around towards the house, er, mansion.
"You sound like Dad now!" said Gou in an annoying way.
"So?" Kaiya asked and flipped a page and Gou shot back around,
"You're so…not you! Ever since Dad's been training you and Dranzer it's like you're turning into him! And you never spend time with me anymore!" said Gou angrily walking up to her.
"Gou, you're old enough to play on your own," said Kaiya,
"But Kaiya, you know I don't have friends and neither do you. Kids at school only pick on me because they don't think I'm as tough as our father. And because I'm short with long hair…"
"Yeah but you got to learn to stick up for yourself, I can't always be there for you," said Kaiya and got up to head back towards the mansion too and Gou followed.
"But you said you would always be there for me. You promised too! And can we hang out today? A walk in the park? We can vs. in video games, draw together, or write, so how about it?" Gou asked tailing her.
"Please no Gou, I have things to do myself you know, I can't always hang out with you,"
"But Kaiya, I have no one else. What am I suppose t-"
"Gou! Just shut up! You're getting on my nerves!" Gou immediately shuts his mouth in surprise.
"It's like this every weekend and weekdays! You never stop trailing me! It gets annoying at times! Not today Gou, not today…"
Gou stood there as his sister walks off and he heads for the park himself. He got there and sat down on a bench,
"Nothing ever makes me feel bad here, so Dragix (takes out blade) should we just train for the rest of the day here or should just lie around on the soft grass? Hm...I guess I have been bothering her a lot lately, actually ever since I was born. What should I do on my own?" Gou asked his blade. Then he had a sudden chill up his spine and he stood up. Then everything seemed cold and he kept hearing this soft, dark, and evil whisper. Then it all went away when I soccer ball was knocked to his head and he fell down on his back.
"Ow…and what was that? I felt as if darkness was taking over me or something," he looked over to his side and picked up the ball,
"Sorry!" said a little boy (younger than Gou) running over to Gou,
"It's okay, here you go," and Gou handed the ball back to him and stood up.
"You beyblade?" the boy asked and Gou looked over at his blade on the ground and picked it up,
"Yeah,"
"Cool! (turns around) Alex! Dave! Yu! Come over here! This guy beyblades!"
"Oh boy…little kids…" Gou mumbled. But it ended up being fun as he shows the kids his skills. And the whole time, he wasn't showing off, just giving the kids a good show. Kaiya was watching that and shook her head,
"You can be too nice, Gou," she said and walked off before he spots her.
Present:
"What happened to the sweet and kind brother I had?" Kaiya asked through pain.
"I know what's wrong; he just needs a good knock in the head!" Tai suggested.
"No! Gou thinks he wasn't cared or even loved by his friends, we have to prove that wrong," said Makoto,
"Can anyone think of a good memory?" Rayna asked.
"Uh…" everyone went into deep thought after not coming up with anything.
"Enough talk! Beybattle!" and Gou holds up his blade.
"…Bring it," said Kaiya and took out Dranzer.
It was off to the dish:
"3-2-1-Let it RIP!"
The two began their battle.
"I got a bad feeling about this," said Mark,
"I know! Black Dranzer has too much power!" Cam exclaimed looking at her laptop.
"How much more?" Rayna asked,
"In power, speed and endurance, about 3 times," said Cam holding up three fingers.
"WHAT?"
"Against Dranzer it is. It looks as if Black Dranzer was purposefully made just to beat Dranzer," Cam explained. Makoto snapped his fingers,
"Of course! That's why Gou won't train with us; he wanted to see what was effective against Dranzer. He observes our tactics and sees if it'll work against Dranzer. Even if we weren't beybattling with Kaiya you know Gou's a great strategist and observer when it comes to doing demo battles in your head," Makoto explained.
"Kaiya! Dranzer isn't going to take much more of this!" Cam shouted.
"I know!" she shouted back.
"What about Gou's surprise 13th birthday party?" Rayna suggested out of no where,
"Wait, what surprise party?" Tai asked,
"You weren't there; you were with your dad but anyway yeah! I remember that day!" Makoto exclaimed.
"We all pitched in just so he could be surprised," said Mark,
"And it was all Kaiya's idea," said Rayna,
"Because she wanted Gou to feel and know that he has friends now," said Makoto.
"Okay, we got a memory…now what?" Mark asked,
"Do you have to be so negative?" Rayna asked.
"That's it, I'm helping Kaiya out!" said Makoto taking out Dragoon.
"But Makoto! You can't just butt into the battle!" said Mark.
"Let him," said Gou overhearing the conversation.
"What?" Makoto asked,
"I'll let you, Dranzer is weaker than I thought," said Gou and puts on a smirk,
"My gosh, he does look like his father!" said Cam,
"This is not the time to compare the two," said Rayna.
"Okay, let's go Dragoon!" and Makoto joins Kaiya launching Dragoon.
"Kaiya, I got an idea…" Makoto started to whisper.
"I still think we should just literally knock some sense into him," said Tai and Mark gave him a look,
"You know that was originally my idea right?" he asked.
"Ready Kaiya?"
"I was born ready for anything!" she replied. Dragoon and Dranzer went on both sides of Black Dranzer then slowly and smoothly, they were able to hit the blades together.
The blades seem to be giving off some lights and Gou was sent back to Memory Lane again.
Gou age 12:
Gou was up in a tree at the park, which is his favorite place to go, and he just stares out and sighs every minute.
"Yo Gou!" he looked down to see Makoto and the rest of the team but his sister and Tai since he wasn't around. Cam wasn't there either since she's not exactly on the team and she had something important to help Kaiya with.
"Yeah?" he asked,
"Wha'cha do' in up there?" Makoto asked,
"Nothing!"
"We know it's nothing, that's why we asked," said Rayna. Gou grew a vein knowing Rayna said that to mess with him.
"…I was just-ahh!"Gou was getting into a standing position but his foot slipped and he fell and sort of bounced between branches.
"Gou!" his friends called.
"I'm okay!" he said in a half mumbled yet a half yelled. Gou slides (by himself, he didn't fall) off the branch he landed on and climbed down…very carefully and slowly.
"How are you feeling? You okay, Buddy?" Makoto asked as he lets Gou lean on his shoulder.
"Yup, I'm okay," he replied.
"You looked upset up there, are you okay?" Rayna asked,
"It's nothing, it doesn't concern you, and I've only known you guys for-" Makoto cuts him off and finishes for him,
"For about a year! Come on Gou! We're friends now! Even your sister (grows vein) who can be pretty rude at times!" said Makoto.
"Speaking of Kaiya where is she?" Gou asked,
"Don't change the subject!" said Mark quickly but not in a rude way.
"Okay, okay, today's my birthday. I'm feeling down because I usually spend my birthdays with Kaiya and my family but…we've been kind of distant and Kaiya hasn't mentioned to me if she wanted to do anything today so…I figured she didn't want to spend time with me…again," Gou confessed.
"Oh…" that was all his friends could say.
"Hey I'll spend time with you, Pal!" said Makoto and pats him on the back but Gou falls over because that was the arm that Gou was used to support him.
"I would love to Gou, but Rayna and I have stuff to do, right?" Mark asked,
"Um yes, have fun with Makoto!" said Rayna and the two took off kind of fast.
"What do you do with your family?" Makoto asked as the two started walking in their own direction,
"Whatever I want to do usually but I don't care as long I get to spend time with them. It's a lonely life to me, as I got older, I started to drift apart from each member of my family," said Gou.
"I see, well at least you got a good sister, I'm stuck with Taichi who isn't even my brother. He lives in my house like it's an apartment!" said Makoto.
"Who's Taichi again?" Gou asked,
"Oh, he's just someone that lives with me but he had to leave to meet with his father and we don't know when he'll be back," said Makoto and puts his hands behind his head.
"Is he like a brother to you?" Gou asked,
"In a way, I admit, yes," shrugged Makoto.
"I see,"
"Oh! I just remembered! We have to head back to my dojo!" Makoto exclaimed all of a sudden,
"You can go, I'll just wait here; you know I love the park," said Gou,
"No! You have to come with me!" said Makoto and grabs Gou by the arm and drags him,
"Okay I'll come!"
"That's right, my 12th birthday…why can't I remember what happened that day?"Gou asked himself.
"Because Black Dranzer doesn't want you to," Kaiya answered,
"Why?"
"He needs you to blade! He finds your weakness and uses it! Gou, this memory is real…and this is what happened…"
"Makoto, why are you in such a rush?" Gou asked,
"Don't ask just follow," Makoto replied as the two run to Makoto's dojo.
When they finally reached it, Makoto tried to get Gou to go in first,
"I'm tired, can you open the door?" Makoto asked and collapses right in front of it. Gou rolled his eyes, helped Makoto up, and went to open the door…only to get confetti and candy dumped on him.
"Otanjoubiomedetougozaimasu!" everyone shouted.
"Whoa, what? You know I don't speak that much Japanese, what's going on here?" asked Gou,
"It's you're birthday! Kaiya told us and she got the idea to throw you a party! And I'll tell you what it means later," said Makoto and pulled his friend in,
"It meant 'surprise' right?" Gou asked,
"In a way, yes," said Rayna,
"But you're Chinese, like how I partially am, how did you understand those words?" Gou asked,
"Well I'm good at languages," said Rayna shrugging.
Makoto took one of the pies the gang was supposed to eat for dessert besides cake.
"Pie!" he shouted and dumped it on Gou from behind.
"MAKOTO!" Gou shouted as Makoto laughs his head off,
"Oh that was good! Come on Gou, have fun! Kaiya will come back soon and she'll be upset that we're starting the party without her, but I don't want to wait any longer!"
Gou looked over at the table with the food on it; the cake was somewhere but not there. Gou puts a smirk on,
"Okay, this means war," he said as he reaches for the melted chocolate.
15 minutes later:
"You guys trashed the place pretty bad," said Kaiya as she looks around,
"Oh! What will your parents think?" Cam asked,
"My dad's not here and my mom's out. Grandpa (actually, Great-Grandfather) is with Uncle Hiro and Uncle Hiro is at the BBA," said Makoto with not the care in the world and with food all over him.
"His idea," Mark pointed to Gou,
"No, it was his idea, he started it," said Gou pointing to Makoto,
"Oh go blame it on your best friend!" said Makoto,
"Anyway, here Gou. I had to pick this up, it's from Mom and Dad," said Kaiya and handed a box to Gou.
"Mother and Father?" he asked and sat down on the couch joined by his friends,
"Yeah, why would they forget about your birthday? Xiao Gou," said Kaiya in teasing way.
"Don't call me that!"
"Oh how cute! Xiao Gou!" said Rayna,
"I'm not that cute!" Gou argued back,
"What does it mean?" Mark asked,
"Small Gou," Rayna answered.
"Well, Gou is the shortest and smallest boy here," said Mark.
"Excuse me?" Gou asked with a vein.
Makoto, being Makoto, tried to find something else to throw and remembered there was still a cream pie in the fridge and snuck away to get it.
"I got Gou, I can get Kaiya," he said to himself and snuck back and started sneaking up behind Kaiya as she talks to the others. Kaiya got ice cream for them and since the dojo was already a mess she let them eat from the ice cream container.
"Um, Kaiya," Mark was pointing behind her,
"What?"
"I got ya!" Makoto shouted but Kaiya turned around, took Makoto's arm and used to move out of the way and tripped Makoto so that he'll fall and the he'll have a pie for a face.
"Nice try, Mak-" splat!
"I'm sorry Kaiya!" Gou said after he accidentally launched ice cream and hit her face with it. They couldn't find the scooping tool to get the ice cream so they had to use a big spoon and it was hard to get the ice cream out and Gou ended up turning it into a catapult. Everyone was laughing; Kaiya wiped it off and grabbed the pie that Makoto fell on,
"You're dead, Gou Kai Hiwatari!"
"If I am then I won't be able to carry on the Hiwatari name!" said Gou quickly as he ducks behind Mark.
"…Good point; I'll just get everyone else then!" said Kaiya as she hits Mark with the already messed up pie.
"Now lets really party!" Makoto exclaimed. Rayna turned on the music, Cam went straight to the bathroom to wash herself off for this new round of food fight and then go to the kitchen to get some more food...
The others had a food fight and partied with some party games like Truth or Dare…bad idea for some.
"I remember…they did remember my birthday."
"See Gou? What are friends for?" Makoto asked,
"Um…to almost get me in trouble by Kaiya?"
"No!"
"You know what I mean," said Gou as he opens his parents' present.
Before he looked at it though, he looked over at Kaiya who was now ordering everyone to clean the dojo up, the music was still on so everyone was still having fun while they cleaned.
"You know Makoto, I don't remember seeing Kaiya having this much fun before," said Gou,
"Yeah me neither, I didn't realize she could laugh or have a sense of humor until she started food fighting with us," said Makoto,
"Yeah, but Kaiya wasn't always like that, she's very fun if you know her well enough," said Gou and smiled.
"Yeah, I guess so, but that was scary when I saw her crack a smile and then laugh, whoa, for a moment I thought it was a robot!"
"Oh Makoto, you just don't know Kaiya as well as I do," said Gou.
"Well she's your sister…so what did your parents get you?"
"New blade parts! Powerful ones too!" said Gou as he looks at them.
"And a card," said Makoto handing an envelop over to him.
"You mean letter," said Gou when he actually opened it. He read through it and smiled,
"It's from them alright!"
"Gou! Makoto! Quit slacking over there and start cleaning!"
"Yes Kaiya!"
"Yes Ma'am!" said Makoto in fear and Gou laughs at that as the two grab some cleaning materials nearby.
"Hey Gou, you need cleaning too!" said Makoto and threatened Gou with a mop.
Otanjoubiomedetougozaimasu means 'Happy Birthday' in Japanese. In a way it does. I had to drag on this chapter a bit because I put the birthday flashback in the wrong chapter. It was supposed to have happened earlier not now so that's why nothing really happened yet.
Next: Kaiya reaches for Black Dranzer in the middle of their battle…by hand! And Tai literally knocks some sense into Gou because he couldn't resist himself! Get the whole idea of the next chapter in… the next chapter!