High School Rivals

Authors note: Our common link, this story, will come to an end soon. Let's not grieve for the natural course of life.

Warnings: Swearing and adult situations. Parental advisory.

Disclaimer: Beyblade isn't mine


Chapter 20:

The sun was bright, a clear day, not to hot and yet it was still very warm with the sun beating down on them. All the food had been prepared and the only thing left to do was just chill by the pool and patio. The guys got some club mix with R&B and reggae music poppin' and everyone stripped down to their swim wear. Oliver as always, self appointed himself as chef, not that anyone else minded, his cooking was mind blowing.

"Let's play war!" shouted Tyson from in the large peanut shaped pool.

"Okay!" Max shouted, the two seem inseparable, and climbed on to his friends shoulders.

"Ian, I hear a challenge" Oliver said as he nodded towards the said boy.

"Oliver, let's kick their asses!" and the short navy hair boy jumped onto the green haired boy's shoulders.

"Babe, let's beat these kids!" Blaire excitedly squealed as she was lifted effortlessly, Spencer silently doing what she wanted with a smirk. He couldn't wait to be between her legs with his face the other way. Maybe on their second date. Blaire felt like she was on top of the world, as she was set on the dirty blonde's shoulders.

"I wanna play!" yelled Lily and pouted at Tala. "You picked a sucky time to get hurt!" she pointed an accusing finger at the bewildered red head.

"It's not my fault!" he yelled in his only defense.

But she wasn't listening anymore as she skipped over to Bryan, "Bryan," she started sweetly, her jade eyes big and teary, "will you play War with me?"

"-sigh- let's go." the purple haired boy, more than twice her size, jumped into the pool and waited for the smirking girl to climb on to his shoulders. She better be strong cuz he wasn't going to lose against any of them!

"Robby let's go," Destiny said and looked over at her cousin, he was sitting on a lawn chair with a Corona in his hand.

"Sorry tiny, pulled a muscle while lifting the speakers." He grinned lopsidedly at her, standing in a white 2 piece bikini, delicate hands on her slim waist. "Hiwatari, be her partner." he ordered and mentally laughed at her expression.

"No! I'll go ask Ozzy." Her violet eyes were huge and she had a panicked face as she started to back away and towards the liberty haired youth.

"Let's go shorty," Kai was beside her, in his half naked glory, just wearing a pair of black swim trunks. His body was just….drool. And before she could protest, he had her up on his strong shoulders like she weighed nothing. He walked across the paved surface and fluidly jumped in. This caused her to tighten the hold she had around his neck, squeezing her thighs together, water splashed up but she was still up.

"yo, Dee I think you need to lighten up your hold, he's turning blue." Blaire said with amusement as she sat comfortably on her boyfriend. They were patiently waiting for the game to start. To occupy her, she started to run her fingers through wet hair, feeling a purr rake his body. He in return stroked her legs that were beneath the water, the water was up to his armpit.

"Huh?" the raven girl looked down and his face was turning a funny shade of purple, "oh jeez!" and loosened her iron grip.

"Bloodly fucken hell woman! I almost passed out." he hissed out as the slate haired youth tried to catch up on breathing.

"Shut up! You shouldn't have jumped in so suddenly!" she yelled back and crossed her arms across her chest.

"What? Like this?" and with a smirk he jumped up in his spot causing her to squeal.

"Bastard!" she cursed as she hugged his head for dear life.

"Dude let's beat these losers in their own game." Enrique said as him and Rei propped and jumped in. Enrique on top since he was smaller than the Chinese boy.

"Kirby, you go have fun, I'm gonna sit this one out with Tala and Robert." Kenny said as he pushed his girlfriend towards the pool.

"No Kenny, I'll sit out too. That wouldn't be fair." Kirby protested but was further encouraged, "Okay…if you're sure. Ozzy, wanna be my partner?"

"Sure Kirbs." the other teen gracefully hopped in and waited patiently for the kind natured girl to climb on. He was sure that she was too nice to try to push people off but hey it was fun either way.

"Ready, set, go!" Tala yelled out and everyone started to waddle towards anyone near them, it's hard to walk in the water. Blaire, already taken down her brother and Ian, was facing off towards Bryan and Lily. Watching as Lily pushed off a screaming Tyson as he hit water.

"You're goin down!" Lily snarled as she and Blaire grabbed each others arms and tried to tilt the other off. Bryan and Spencer held on to their legs to keep them from falling off and they both threw insults at each other. Saying that they were going to win and such.

"Jeez this is getting pretty nasty." commented Kenny as he watched the brutal game with Tala, on the other hand the red was having a ball, laughing his ass off. Robert smirked amusedly as his little cousin worked together with her 'rival.'

Destiny faced off against Rei and Enrique, "ahhh, Enni! No nails!" she shouted as they held each others arms. "Hiwatari, push forward!" Kai doing what she ordered, walked steadily forward, causing Rei to try and push against his strength. Bottom went forward and the top went back, Enrique and Rei split into two like a split banana and met water.

"Yay!" Destiny bounced on top the crimson eyed boy's shoulder.

"Oi! Stop jumping, who do you want to go after next?" he asked in a cool and smooth voice, he was having a good time. He smirked as he watched Lily and Bryan go down, Blaire and Spencer made a good team.

"Bingo." Destiny said as she noticed who her partner was looking at. "Let's go for the last pair."

"Dee." Blaire stated as she glared over at the opponent.

"Bee." Destiny returned the favor. Both boy's rolled their eyes at their corniness. The others sat on the outside of the pool watching the match.

They grabbed arms and started yanking and pulling each other. Both trying to find a weak spot and expose it. Blaire is bigger than Destiny so she did have a bit of an advantage but Kai was stronger than Spencer so that evened things out. Below water, both boys were kick each other and trying to trip the other.

"Go down!" yelled the blonde haired girl as she yanked hard, the same time Kai kicked Spencer causing the boy to step back a few steps.

"After you!" Destiny shouted as she twisted and Blaire twisted along with her, causing Spencer to slip to the side and the pair when crashing down.

Out of no where, Kirby tapped her on the shoulder and as Destiny turned to her, Kirby pushed her lightly on her forehead. Surprised, Destiny loosed her hold on Kai and slipped back and into the water.

"And the winner is Kirby and Ozuma!" announced Tala, everyone around the pool cheered and clapped.

"Ahh!" Destiny surfaced, "Kirby! That was harsh!" but smiled at her friend. Couldn't have been a better winner.

"ehehehe, sorry Des!" the grey eyed girl didn't even get wet as she climbed off Ozuma and back on the paved ground. She giggled and launched herself into her boyfriend's awaiting arms. They played more games and ate more food, talked and joked around until late into the afternoon. It was around 7 and they group decided to put in one of the DVD's and snuggled up in the common area. The tables were pushed to the side and more couches were brought in to accommodate the number of teens. They were asked by Robert if they wanted to crash for the night and they had agreed.

Everyone was in the common area except Lily, Destiny, Oliver, and Rei, they were in the kitchen cleaning up.

"Oliver, Rei, you guys go in and watch the movie. Especially you, Oliver, you've done enough today! Rei, you go in too." Destiny chided the two and shooed them into the other room. Once the two guys left, it was down to her and Lily.

"Today was fun." Lily admitted with a smile. They had done most of the dishes and Lily was wiping down the counters as Destiny finished off the last few.

"It was. It was pretty cool that everything was put aside and we just had fun." Destiny agreed with her friend by adding her own two-cents.

"You and Kai…" Lily said suggestively.

"No, I don't think so." Destiny gave a warning look to the green eyed girl.

"You should listen to your own advice and take a chance. He seems like a pretty intense guy but in a good way." Lily said, she never did pay any attention to Destiny's warnings, they didn't effect her anymore.

"Yea right…but he's always been an ass to me. Smug bastard." Destiny angrily scrubbed a plate.

"hey, easy on the harmless dishes. Boy's are mean to girls when they like them. But remember when he stuck up for you when that creep Gibson tried to get fresh with you at your locker? Or how he just always seems to be there every time you need something? Like the time at lunch, you need a drink cuz you ate one of Ozuma's chilli pepper, he just walked by and gave you a bottle of water and walked off? Or that time when he-" Lily could have gone on but Tala just walked through the doors. More like hobbled in.

"Whatchu want?" Lily asked as she looked at him, he looked good in his black t-shirt and blue jeans. The black brought out the blueness of his eyes and redness of his hair. His skin was also really pale but healthy.

He smiled charmingly, "I wanted to ask you if you would like to go for a walk with me in the garden." He walked over to the red hellion and grasped her hand lightly in his, "if it's okay with you, Destiny? Can I steal her away for a bit?" Destiny shrugged indifferently.

"Sure. But are you sure you can keep up?" Lily asked teasingly as she tossed the wash cloth on the counter and washed her hands. Whispering so Tala couldn't hear, "just remember that us sisters will be there when one falls." And with that she left out the back door with Tala.

Destiny continued to wash in silence, contemplating what had just been talked about. What did she feel for the opposing leader? Did she even know enough about him to even 'like' him? She couldn't take relationships as lightly as her friends. Yea, they would learn and grow together as one. But can she trust him to not hurt her? Speak of the devil.

What a half assed job of a chapter. I hope life's been treating everyone well ne? Ja ne.

-PinkOopa-