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He knows were you are!
Last time…"Just thinking off the fear in your eyes wene I screamed at you and Ian…You looked so innocent but we all know that's not true!"
She walked of, out the room, leaving a clueless Bryan standing In the Kitchen.
"I am too innocent… I think!"
"…" Speaking
'…Italic…' Thoughts
'…Not Italic…' Flashback
Chapter 3: Friend's are for real!
Rikki went up the stairs and disappeared into her room.
Scanning her eyes over the area, not much mess was made, but was still pissed off about the whole incident.
She got changed in to a black skirt that goes down to about mid thigh. She slipped on a crop top that had the symbolof HIM.
She made her way over to the bed and slumped herself back, speared out over it.
Her hand fell onto something that it seemed to recognize, so she clenched it in her palm and brought it to her face. A purple and black beyblade, carrying a bit chip in the centre.
A Huge black daunting wear-wolf, with red eyes that glistened with effulgent depth, was her bitbeast Volzing. Snarling viciously, it showed its dripping jaws of abrupt teeth.
Shutting her calm eyes, she concentrated on the undisturbed tones and vibrations around the room.
"At last…Peace and quiet…" Slowly drifting away, a knock at the door brought her back. She looked up, then dropped her head back down, sighing.
"Come in…"
The door clicked open, revealing Tala looking heavy eyed.
"Oh… sorry Rikki! I didn't know you were asleep. I'll come back later…" Pulling the door to, but was stopped.
"No, Its ok! I wasn't asleep." Sitting herself up on the bed, she signalled for him to come in. Tala strolled in, pushing the door to.
"Just came to see if you were ok after you and Bryan had that argument." She gave a smile then replied…
"Yer, I'm ok. It wasn't really an argument but when he picked me up, he court my elbow and it's throbbing like hell!"
Tala walked over and sat by her. Examining her arm, he saw a big purple and brown bruise forming around her elbow section.
"You have a bruise on the inside of you elbow, not to bad though!" said Tala.
Pulling her arm up, she glanced at the purple and brown blob on her arm.
"Ah, It will go! So wats up with you? You look really tired and beat today!" Rikki lent her head side wards, a bit, and gazed at Tala, who was staring back.
"Um… Its nothing, really!" He quickly turned his attention to another object in the room, trying to seem ok, but his words were too sudden and rushed to go unnoticed.
Detecting Rikki's facial expression, he turns his body 90 around from Rikki.
The thoughts in his mind were hassling all over the place.
'Shit! She is staring at me and I don't know how long I can't keep this up. Wat am I on about! She probably already knows. GOD! When I'm around her… I…I can't lie or fake stuff as good as I use to.'
Rikki placed a hand on his shoulder and went to pull, making Tala tense up dramatically. Retreating her hand, she new that something was wrong.
Tala put his hand on his shoulder, letting his head down and said…
" I really hoped I didn't have to tell you…"
Undoing his jacket, and carefully bearing it off his tender skin, Tala revealed his abused body. All up his back and shoulders carried slits and gashes.
"OH MY GOD! Tala…I'm so…so…sorry! I didn't mean…"
A finger pressed against her lips cut her off.
"No… Rikki…Please don't be sorry! It's not your fault…"
Gawking at his muscular body, she noticed that some off them were still bleeding and weeping. Rikki made Tala lay down on her bed, while she got some First aid medical bandages and anti-septic wipes.
With an anti-septic wipe, she began to clean up his open wounds, being careful not to hurt him.
Tala looked at were she was cleaning then looked back…
"Are you trying to be careful and not to hurt me?" He gave a grin towards Rikki.
"Yer… why? Does it hurt or something because it's meant to sting." She looked up at him.
"Nope! I can't feel anything. Don't forget, I can cope with pain more then the average person!"
"I thought they removed all the Cyber bits to you?"
Tala sat up on the bed and gazed at his body that was now on the way to fall recovery. Rikki was rapping the bandages around his top part of his arm.
"Yeah… they did remove most of the cyber bits from my body, but because I was so much like a cyborg, they said that keeping pacific parts like perfectly clear vision and fast healing would do me better then to go with out it! By the way…"
Rikki looked up at him with her big blue unblemished orbs…
"Thanks…"
"Your welcome!" Walking of in to the toilet, Tala was left to himself for a while.
Tala was so surprised that someone actually cared for him!
'No one has ever done stuff like that to me before…Is it natural for someone to be that nice to another person that done so much damage before? What am I saying…? She's just doing it because she probably wants something. That's what normally people tend to do when one wants something that another has!'
Rikki walked back in and sat beside Tala, who was looking very suspiciously at her, but she didn't notice. She glanced up at him and realized his expressions.
"What!"
" Do you want something off me?" Tala replied in a suspecting voice with a frown on.
"No… Why?" She said so innocently.
Tala's frown disappeared from sight and he looked surprised and relaxed…
"Oh… nothing then."
Rikki had a question lingering in her head that she was dying to ask Tala but didn't know when or how to say it!
"Um… Tala, Can I ask you a question or something?"
"Yer, go ahead!"
"Looking at your cuts makes me wonder… How did you do this?"
Tala looked at the door then back at Rikki's Blue Eyes. He didn't know if it was a good idea to tell her or not, Then he came to a decision. He lent over and whispered to her…
"What ever you do, don't tell Bryan, Spencer or Ian…
Please promise me!" Rikki's Face was all focused on Tala's. She gave a quick nod.
Tala slipped his jacket back on then sat down next to Rikki, leaving it undone.
" I'll cut straight to the point Ok… Boris has managed to escape from Russia after that explosion 2 weeks ago. I don't know how or who helped him but he managed to track me down during lunch today, with 2 others accompanying him. He extended his hand to me and said to rejoin the group. I refused his offer and told him to stick it up his ass so far that he'll be heaving on it!"
Tala retrieved his blade, holding it tightly in his hand.
" Because I spat his offer back at him, he challenged me to a match by setting 2 blader's on to me. I…I lost to them and then beaten. They were too powerful for me… The energy their bitbeast gave off was outstanding and overwhelming! I could hardly breath, and my body was gashed and battered badly. They left me in the streets for someone else to find me. I felt so weak and fragile… something that I have never witnessed before. I blacked out after that and I thought the worst had happened. I remember falling back, which I believed was eternity to come, darkness surrounded me. I was about to surrender to it, and then I felt someone grab me and settled me back to my feet. Wene I looked up to see the person who saved me… I was in the toilets, crouching on the floor… They had gone!" Tala's eyes were wide but the pupil had shrunk. They were filled up with compassion and disbelieve at the same time. He shook his head then looked at Rikki who was still listening.
" You Probably don't believe me and… and I don't blame you!"
" No! I do believe you…but Tala, if what you are saying is true about Boris! Then do you think that after what we did to him… Do you think his back for revenge or something?"
Tala sighed in confusion, then glanced at the roof.
" I just don't know!"
Standing up straight, Rikki stretched out. Turning around, she placed a reinsuring hand on his knee, kneeling down.
" What ever happens… we'll be ready."
Tala looked up as she walked over to the door, speaking of her final word, before dismissing herself.
"Oh yeah…I think its best you got some sleep and that… I'll tell the boys you'll having an early night…"
"Wait there… Are you implying something?"
"Yep…You look like shit!" She said in a teasing voice.
With that remark, Tala screwed his face up and stuck his tongue out, making her giggle. She walked out, leaving him in complete silence.
Tala looked at the clock that flashed 7:52pm. He took of his jacket and placed it on the floor in a neat pile, next to the bed.
It was already dark out side, but it kept its warmth.
He strolled over to the French glass doors that lead out onto a balcony, over looking there back garden. Pushing the doors open, he walked to the edge, leaning against it with his arms crossed. Tala Gazed up at the universe, that seemed to be glimmering down upon him a priceless golden shimmer. The stars twinkled blissful, as his eyes watched the moons light.
He could remember 3 years ago wene he first saw rikki…
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Flash back
- - - - - - - - - -'Walking down the hall, loud talking was heard coming from a room filled with people, dressed in work clothes or suits. Most of the people were parents and there kids, who had just, came back from their tore around the school's premises (Abby).
Boris was standing in the crowd of people, explaining who, how, why and what goes on at the Abby!
Glancing across the room, he saw 13-15 year old kids playing beyblade in the dish…
"Come on… You can do it!" Routed a brown haired kid.
"Take 'em down!" shouted the other.
As they're blade clashed together, both flew out the dish, landing behind them.
Both boys looked disappointed, and stepped away from the dish.
Tala wondered in and sat down, on a bench that on the other end had a girl… No older then 12. The girl looked at Tala, then looked away quickly. He glimpsed sideway, and then realized that the girl was a bit afraid of the whole plan of her coming her to an 'Only boys' school. Scanning his eyes over the crowd of children, 2 of them walk up to the girl, standing right in front of her…
"Why don't you get up and beyblade like the rest of us?" Looking down at her she gave a ' don't know' look at the boys…
"I don't really want to…!" She replied, staring sideways.
"Come on! You are the only one who hasn't battle yet!
Or are you a chicken to do so!" A disturbing grin appeared on one of the boys face.
She looked up at him with an 'Bring it on' Expression.
Stepping up to the dish, both opponents held out there launchers.
"3…2…1, LETITRIP!" Shouted the ref.
Both blades were on a chase around the dish, not know who was catching whom.
The boy glared at her with an evil looking smirk.
"So girl… Wats you name?"
"For your information… Its Rikki!"
"Rikki, huh! Well Rikki… Your blade doesn't stand a chance against mine and is about to go flying in to orb! TRIZING! METAL SPIKE ATTACK! NOW!"
Rikki's blade swerved his bitbeast attack, making the boy gasp in shock.
"How can that be… Your just a girl! Your not meant to dodge it!"
A Grin crept on to Rikki's face…
"So… because I'm a girl, you think that I'm pathetic and should loose! And let you take it all!…Well, not in my books. VOLZING… INTERNAL DARKNESS! "
Blackness surrounded the boy's bitbeast making it go into a state of panic and confusion. The darkness slowly froze everything that was in its wrath, suddenly… huge dark Red eye appeared form the black background, making a high pitch screech shatter the frozen bitbeast then fading from the red eye's.
The boy fell to the floor in utter devastation, picking up his beyblade that had not shattered.
Tala's eyes casted toward the girl that had snatched the victory from the other boy. Getting up, he walked toward the girl, who was now leaning against the wall. She looked at him…
"If you want a battle… I'm not gonna fight!" She said, getting up to walk of.
"No! I don't want to fight… I see you have a bitbeast called Volzing! Mines called Wolborg… and I'm Tala…"
Holding out a hand, in sigh of welcome. Rikki took his greeting and gave one to him, by shacking.
"Im…Rikki!" Her eye's lit up with comfort, making Tala wonder ifs there's more to life then just hurting others… like friendship.'
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End flashback
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Making his way back in to the room, shutting the door behind him, He sat on her bed, looking at the photo's she had, in frames.
He picked up one of Rikki, her Mum and sister, laughing and smiling. Placing that one back down, he kept looking at other one's, until…
Slowly bringing it to his face, he looked astonished and out standed. Glancing over the photo, he felt a warm feeling fill him up from the inside out. The picture showed a bright sunny day, shinning down on to Bryan, Spencer, Ian, Tala and Rikki. All huddled together on the floor, with cheerful expression written all over their faces, having a good time.
At the bottom of the frame, 10 words read 'They came and went, however true friends stand by you…'
Tala placed the photo back on the table, smiling to himself. He took his trousers off and plopped them on top of the jacket. Lying down on the bed, wear only his boxers.Tala eyes decided to steadily settle down, banishing them selves from reality and off into his own world…
I hope you liked it! It was a bit longer then the last chapter, so I hoped that it didn't blabber on… Next time…
…Gaped open her eyes, to see blood covering the best of her body. Climbing up to her feet, she stared up at the top of the hill to see an icy pair of chilling dead blue eyes gazing upon her in the shadows…She carried on…