Hi ho!! It's KBA here with the 11th chappie!! Wow! 11th!! Ooooh. Well I
prob wont be doing much cos of exams and revising; _; but I'll try do some
when I'm not busy revising and practising which I will be.
OK EXAMS ARE OVER AND HOLIDAYS ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN AND I JUST CAME BACK FROM A GREAT HOLIDAY AT THE OUTBACK!!
Well on with the story and I'm very upset that no one reads this any more but I'm just updating for those nice people who still like my story ^_^
Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade or Kai or anything except Lan, Dolphate, and Jackson who some people seem to hate and wants him to die. Oh well!!
Oh yeah I found out Lan is a real name . . . Cool!! I totally made that name up using the word Lamp and then changing it a bit.
Another thing I was in a Malaysian restaurant and on the menu there was a dish called "Stir Fried Beef with Kai Lan" something like that and I was so shocked!! How uncanny.
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When Lan had just got out of the shower it was quarter to 9 already, she hastily started to get dressed with the parcel, Kai and Jackson still on her mind.
She started the hair dryer and dried her hair which took about 10 minutes then unlocked the door, stepped out and found Kai putting on his coat and had Lan's coat next to him. The parcel was still on the bed untouched and apparently unnoticed by the others.
Lan walked over to Kai and he handed her, her coat.
"Every night I want this around your shoulders you hear me?" Kai whispered.
"Yes Kai . . ." Lan muttered.
Lan put on her coat then made her way to the parcel on her bed but Kai grabbed her arm halting her.
"No time, we better go now. Don't look at me like that I want to get there as early as possible to train you up and defeat that scumbag Jackson." Kai murmured.
"Don't call him a scumbag!" Lan hissed back not entirely sure why she was defending him but she made Kai's face darken with a scowl and felt satisfied with that.
"Lan and I are going to get some medicine and other things; we'll be back in an hour or so." Kai suddenly said.
"An hour? How long does it take to get medicine for someone who is hardly sick any more?" Tyson asked.
"It just does now bye." Kai said roughly.
"It just does now bye blah, blah, blah," Tyson imitated crudely.
Kai slammed the door behind him as the two went out. Lan raised an eyebrow.
"I hate him." Kai simply said.
Lan sighed then smiled and linked her arm into Kai's and walked through the elevator to get to their training spot.
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In the woods a spinning noise could be heard with the occasional chink as two pieces of metal clanged together.
Kai and Lan were battling each other and both seemed to be equal to each other. As Kai taught Lan he had learnt new things himself which made Kai even more determined to work Lan harder and harder.
Lan had become quite skilful under Kai's teachings and was becoming a rather reasonable Beyblader and Kai himself thought that she could probably take on at least Max and win. Kai didn't praise her though with this information, he thought it wasn't really important and he didn't want to waste any time.
In a few short minutes of training during that night Lan was improving greatly and had really shown all the things Kai had taught her previous lessons and impressed Kai that she was still able to hold Kai's blade off during the last 7minutes.Considering the few delays Lan had made complaining about needing a break and that she was tired.
That match they were having now was especially annoying to Kai, he hadn't fully recovered from his cold and they were progressing so well until Lan had slumped down onto the ground not bothering any more and so her blade had flown out of the dish into her outstretched hand.
"For goodness sakes Lan keep your stamina up!" Kai cried out testily snatching his blade from the wooden dish. "You're not going to be able to just slump down during a match when you're tired!!"
"But Kai!! You've been driving me so hard tonight and I'm tired! Let's take a break please! It'll do you good too!" Whined Lan.
"No Lan we need to practice!" Kai said sternly.
"But! But You've seen how well I've been doing!! Please Kai!" Lan pleaded.
"Lan we already missed a lesson and we cannot waste anymore time! Do you want to win or not? And besides didn't you promise that you would take the pressure I would give you? You'd carry on training??" He lectured.
"Yeah but I . . . I'm tired Kai please!!" She gave Kai a shot of one of her most supreme weapons, big adorable puppy dog eyes that Kai couldn't resist.
"I . . . No but . . . For goodness . . . Oh . . . I . . ." He stammered. Now Lan clasped her hands together and gave her best effort to look adorable . . . and it worked. "OH FINE!!!" Yelled Kai flustered. "We'll take a break. But not for long! Just for you to get your energy back . . ."
"Awww thank you Kai!!" Lan beamed at him and then laid spread eagle on the grass sighing in relief.
Kai looked down in her and smiled on the inside and joined her on the grass but didn't lie down. Suddenly Lan got up and positioned herself on Kai's lap and snuggled into his neck shocking him.
Kai slowly patted her back while constantly staring down at his watch to see how long their break was lasting for.
"Hey Kai. How bout we take a walk?" Lan said suddenly.
"A walk." He replied bluntly.
"Yeah! You know. We can walk to London Bridge I reckon. (A/N: I have no idea if London bridge is near this random park I made up . . . so bear with me I may live here but I don't have a clue about London . . . -_-o) How bout it? Get some exercise, move our legs a bit." Lan looked at him hopefully.
"Lan, do you know how far away London Bridge is?!" Kai protested wanting to train more.
"Yes. And it's not far. YOU just don't know where to go . . ."
"Excuse me? I know some parts of London better than you!"
"Do you know where the bridge is?" She said stubbornly.
"No. Do you!?"
"Yes. Now come on let's go!!" Lan sprang up, grabbed Kai's hand and pulled/dragged him up.
"No Lan! I don't want to go! You can't make me!! Let go of my hand!! We need to train!"
"Train schmain, I don't want to. We're going to go to the bridge!"
"I don't want to go to some dumb bridge!! Unhand me!" Kai said while being dragged by Lan on the grass and him trying to dig his foot into the ground and resist as much as he could. But Lan was too strong.
She managed to pick Kai up by the scruff of his neck and bring him to his feet. "Come on Kai, lesson ends early, we'll just walk there just see London at night and then come back if we have time! Come let's go!" And she tugged at Kai's arm so sharply he thought she'd rip it off.
He stumbled after her while still trying to free his hand from her grasp but was failing miserably.
After walking for about 10-15 minutes they were gazing at the night lights of London on London Bridge. Well at least Lan was while Kai just propped himself onto the stone edge of the Bridge uninterested and was staring at a fly walking along in front of his face.
Lan looked down at Kai looking grumpy and was sulking now staring at the little crystal formations in the stone since the fly had flown away and brought Kai's entertainment to an end.
Lan frowned at him and nudged him jerking him out of his trance.
"What?" He asked frowning at her.
"Just look at the lights Kai for goodness sake's. It looks pretty." She said turning back to gaze wonderingly and just relax her mind for once.
"My ass is prettier than this." Kai muttered stubbornly.
Lan slowly turned her head to look at him in a disapproving way and give him an evil stare then turned her head back again at the yellow dotted scenery.
Kai scowled. He was in a bad mood because of Jackson. He was touching his girl. Well, technically she wasn't really his but it sure felt like she was. But it was his fault she's not his girl. Kai scowled even more. Lan was free for the taking and it disturbed Kai. He didn't want her to be with him . . . That's what he thought, but he also didn't want her to be with anyone else. He was scared to think what that could possibly mean.
The sound of cars rushing by could be heard behind them and a cool breeze washed over their faces.
"Can we go now?" Kai said in a bored voice.
"No."
"Why not?" He was sounding like a little boy whinging.
"Because I want to stay here more. You should get out more you know Kai. All you think about are those little spinning tops. You need to be more adventurous and seek out what the world has to give you instead of obsessing about that little piece of plastic and metal fixed together."
"What the world has to give me . . ."Kai said thoughtfully. "A bridge. Wow, that's so much. Now let's go, we can still make it back in time for about 10-15minutes more practising." He said checking his watch and tugging at Lan's sleeve.
Lan slipped out of his fingers and moved further away from him and leant on the bridge edge. "You can go if you feel you want to train more Kai. I'll stay here. I'll see you at the hotel."
Kai didn't move. She was willing to part with him?? Maybe she was thinking about Jackson and needed some peace to think instead of training and having Kai around. Or maybe she didn't like Kai anymore? Jackson was someone more her type, he was better looking, nicer to be with. And Kai. Kai was just some moody nobody to Lan now. Someone she would want to forget now that she had met Jackson . . .
Thoughts like these were running around in Kai's mind. He was rooted on the spot thinking and staring at Lan. All these accusing thoughts were driving him mad; every stupid thing he was thinking seemed to get more likely by the second to Kai.
Lan stood there her head rested on her palms and gazing starry eyed.
"You're thinking about him aren't you!!?" Kai suddenly cried out without thinking rationally.
"Say what?" Lan replied looking at him confused.
"Him . . . That Jackson guy. You're - thinking." Kai stuttered.
Lan looked at him in a suspiciously pitying way that unnerved Kai but then broke into a small smile walked over to him slipped her hands around his waist and cuddled up with him making Kai babble in astonishment.
"You jealous fool." Lan laughed. "Of course I'm not thinking of Jackson. Why would I? I already have someone to think about." She looked at him and smiled at his silly face and kissed his cheek. "You're so suspicious Kai."
When Lan said that she wasn't thinking about Jackson wasn't totally truthful. She was thinking about him but not in a dreamy fantasizing way but in a thoughtful and concerned way.
There was something . . . suspicious about Jackson that Lan couldn't quite put her finger on. He was on an opposing team but seemed highly charming. Maybe he was just interested in her but Lan had a feeling. She didn't know what that feeling was if it was suspicion, interest or just unfamiliar to someone having an interest in her. Most people had thought her weird even though she had done nothing to be weird. She just wasn't sociable.
Lan told herself to be careful next time when meeting with Jackson and try not to forget Kai. But sometimes Kai just really ticked her off. As she snuggled into Kai's warmth she questioned herself and everything around her.
{Who do you want to be with? Kai or Jackson?} she thought to herself.
{With Kai, I love him but something is missing that just prevents me from being able to do anything, with Jackson that missing thing I need is there, I can feel it, Kai just cant give it to me. I wish I knew what that was so things would be easier. I wish Kai would figure it out, without me having to figure it out for him.}
"Hey Kai. Do you reckon we can win this tournament?" Lan said out of the blue.
"If we train hard enough. I feel the others aren't training at all." Kai answered absentmindedly stroking her back.
"That's because they're not training at all Kai." Lan said frankly.
"Humph. Well they should. And so should we. We have to stop wasting time here Lan. Let's go."
"Gurh, I don't wanna train!"
"No Lan. Let's go home."
"Oh! Ok then."
Kai let go of Lan but she didn't move. Kai looked at her and stroked a strand of flyaway hair out of her eyes. They both knew what was coming.
Kai leant down towards Lan and Lan brought her head up waiting. The kiss was short but sweet and warm.
"You mean everything to me Lan." Kai whispered.
"Apart form Beyblades and perfection?" Lan said raising an eyebrow.
"You could say that." Kai whispered back a smile playing on his lips.
The two took a last glimpse of the starry sky again before Kai put his arm around Lan's waist and the two headed off home. Still distant from each other in comprehensive communication but as close as they could be.
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When Lan and Kai got home Kai went straight to the bathroom to wash up while Lan went straight to her bed as she had washed up before they left.
When she sat down she felt a lump under her back looked under her and saw the parcel from her parents. She turned on her bedside lamp so she could see the parcel.
On the parcel there were many stamps all over it and all the addresses to the places where Lan and the Bladebreakers had ever stayed at.
{I guess the parcel must have followed me throughout our journey and only came to me now.} Lan thought logically.
Eager to see what her parents had given her she quickly tore away the string and ripped up the paper that had also said "Fragile" on it in big black ink. After ripping up the first layer of her parcel like a child on Christmas morning she revealed yet another layer of brown paper. Frowning to herself she quickly ripped up the rest of the brown paper to reveal their content that was wrapped up in three layers of brown paper.
When Lan had taken away the brown paper inside was a note and a small package.
{Geez how fragile is this thing mum?} Lan thought.
She decided to open up the note first.
"To my darling daughter.
I have seen you in the Beyblade tournaments with your little friends on TV. When you told me you were going away with your friend to the National Beyblading tournament I was so surprised, I never knew you had liked the sport. And when I thought you would be coming home after the tournament was over but I was wrong. You called me up saying you would join the Bladebreakers to the international tournament. I then realised you had a passion for the sport."
{Passion for the sport!? You have no idea how wrong you are mother.}
"So enclosed in this parcel is a gift that has been passed on for many generations, this gift holds a great power and I hope you use it well. I noticed that you were not joining in with your team in Beybattling; I guessed that you thought you did not have enough power to participate but now you will have that power my dear.
I never gave it to you in the first place as I overheard you complaining about the sport and I believed you hated it and so I thought I could pass this gift down to your offspring. But when I saw you going off in your Beyblade adventures I sussed out that your heart had changed. I believe it was your little friend who had changed your mind. I hope you two get along well and will be happy together."
Lan started to blush when she read this sentence as she knew who her mother was talking about.
{Was it really that obvious??} Lan bit her lip.
"So, enclosed in this parcel is your power to greatness. Please use it well, I know you will Lanny. Its name is Dolphate."
"DOLPHATE!?" Lan whispered under her breath in astonishment. "That's what Kai . . ."
Lan didn't bother reading the rest of her mother's letter which just said:
"Lot's of love mum. XXXXXXX"
Lan wanted to know if what she thought would be true. She ripped away the sello tape and threw the white paper away on top of the pile of brown paper.
She stared at the 'power' in her hand. Everything was swirling around her. She just blanked out; all she saw was the little piece of plastic in her hand.
"Dolphate." She whispered.
In her hand was a piece of plastic with a picture of a dolphin in a diving shape and was navy blue with some sharp looking fins which were black and silver and the fins were jagged and it had bright shining silvery white eyes and a white belly.
She hastily pulled out her Beyblade from her pocket and tried to see if the bit beast would fit in the little slot on top of her Blade. It fitted perfectly.
This was too weird. How did Kai manage to buy her Beyblade? HER family's blade. This was too much of a coincidence or maybe it was just fate . . .
"Lan?" Kai had come out of the bathroom in his pyjamas.
Kai's eyes raked the pile of brown paper all over the bedroom floor and raised his eyebrows at Lan.
"Erm. Do I even need to ask??"
"Kai! I er . . ." Lan looked down at the mess she made and her eyes widened. "Ooops. Um I'll clear it up."
"What are you doing? Is it that parcel? What was it?" Kai questioned walking over to her while brushing the paper away and sitting next to her.
Lan didn't know whether to show her new bit beast to Kai. So all she said was:
"Kai how did you . . . I mean why out of all the blades did you pick Dolphate?"
"Why? I thought you liked it."
"No I do! I just want to know why."
"Well. Because I don't know really. I just walked into the shop and looked around and spotted that one and it just. Well this sounds really dumb but I guess it just called out to me. I don't know, it felt special when I touched it and so I just thought this was the one. This screams out Lan Yikoto. So I bought it. Why?"
{It must be fate then} Lan thought in her mind.
"Lan??"
"Huh? Oh sorry. I." She didn't know what to say, she decided to tell him. "I have a bit beast Kai." She finally said faintly.
"Excuse me."
"Bit beast," she showed her Beyblade to Kai and Dolphate gleamed brightly in its blade. "It's called Dolphate." And she smiled lightly.
"Dol . . . But. This was what your mother gave you? Lan. Do you know what this means? You have . . ."
"Immense power." She whispered.
"Exactly! Lan, this is the best!"
Lan didn't say anything. Kai's enthusiasm wasn't welcoming. With her new bit she had new power and so that was a new challenge for Kai. More training for him to have more power. Even more ways for him to use her without knowing. Their argument in the forest was still ebbing away at Lan's mind. Sometimes she just didn't know what Kai felt. Things were way too confusing.
"Lan, aren't you happy?"
He put his hand on her shoulder.
"Of . . . Course I am." He looked at him and tried to smile.
To her utter amazement Kai embraced her warmly and nuzzled into her neck.
{This is just because with my new bit, this is Kai's new path to power and perfection. That's just superb . . .} Lan thought bitterly.
"Go and get changed and go sleep." Kai whispered in her ear, he kissed her neck before getting up and retiring to his own bed stepping over the brown paper.
Lan wondered whether to go into the bathroom and changed but she couldn't be bothered, she was too upset and tired so she just changed into her pyjamas under the blankets and ignored the mess on the floor and for once in her life she slept with her Beyblade enclosed in her fist.
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Hee hee Well that was finally the 11th chappie, new version!! It's not that good. I don't think it is. Well I really need my sleep now, half past midnight typing this cos I wanna get it finished. Too bad it aint as great. It's just another chapter. Next one is gonna be more interesting I hope. Garh. More to write. burgh. It's the Majestics against Jackson's team next chappie. OK I can't remember their name . . . that's how bad I am at things . . . -_-o
Ja ne!!
/*KBA*\
OK EXAMS ARE OVER AND HOLIDAYS ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN AND I JUST CAME BACK FROM A GREAT HOLIDAY AT THE OUTBACK!!
Well on with the story and I'm very upset that no one reads this any more but I'm just updating for those nice people who still like my story ^_^
Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade or Kai or anything except Lan, Dolphate, and Jackson who some people seem to hate and wants him to die. Oh well!!
Oh yeah I found out Lan is a real name . . . Cool!! I totally made that name up using the word Lamp and then changing it a bit.
Another thing I was in a Malaysian restaurant and on the menu there was a dish called "Stir Fried Beef with Kai Lan" something like that and I was so shocked!! How uncanny.
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When Lan had just got out of the shower it was quarter to 9 already, she hastily started to get dressed with the parcel, Kai and Jackson still on her mind.
She started the hair dryer and dried her hair which took about 10 minutes then unlocked the door, stepped out and found Kai putting on his coat and had Lan's coat next to him. The parcel was still on the bed untouched and apparently unnoticed by the others.
Lan walked over to Kai and he handed her, her coat.
"Every night I want this around your shoulders you hear me?" Kai whispered.
"Yes Kai . . ." Lan muttered.
Lan put on her coat then made her way to the parcel on her bed but Kai grabbed her arm halting her.
"No time, we better go now. Don't look at me like that I want to get there as early as possible to train you up and defeat that scumbag Jackson." Kai murmured.
"Don't call him a scumbag!" Lan hissed back not entirely sure why she was defending him but she made Kai's face darken with a scowl and felt satisfied with that.
"Lan and I are going to get some medicine and other things; we'll be back in an hour or so." Kai suddenly said.
"An hour? How long does it take to get medicine for someone who is hardly sick any more?" Tyson asked.
"It just does now bye." Kai said roughly.
"It just does now bye blah, blah, blah," Tyson imitated crudely.
Kai slammed the door behind him as the two went out. Lan raised an eyebrow.
"I hate him." Kai simply said.
Lan sighed then smiled and linked her arm into Kai's and walked through the elevator to get to their training spot.
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In the woods a spinning noise could be heard with the occasional chink as two pieces of metal clanged together.
Kai and Lan were battling each other and both seemed to be equal to each other. As Kai taught Lan he had learnt new things himself which made Kai even more determined to work Lan harder and harder.
Lan had become quite skilful under Kai's teachings and was becoming a rather reasonable Beyblader and Kai himself thought that she could probably take on at least Max and win. Kai didn't praise her though with this information, he thought it wasn't really important and he didn't want to waste any time.
In a few short minutes of training during that night Lan was improving greatly and had really shown all the things Kai had taught her previous lessons and impressed Kai that she was still able to hold Kai's blade off during the last 7minutes.Considering the few delays Lan had made complaining about needing a break and that she was tired.
That match they were having now was especially annoying to Kai, he hadn't fully recovered from his cold and they were progressing so well until Lan had slumped down onto the ground not bothering any more and so her blade had flown out of the dish into her outstretched hand.
"For goodness sakes Lan keep your stamina up!" Kai cried out testily snatching his blade from the wooden dish. "You're not going to be able to just slump down during a match when you're tired!!"
"But Kai!! You've been driving me so hard tonight and I'm tired! Let's take a break please! It'll do you good too!" Whined Lan.
"No Lan we need to practice!" Kai said sternly.
"But! But You've seen how well I've been doing!! Please Kai!" Lan pleaded.
"Lan we already missed a lesson and we cannot waste anymore time! Do you want to win or not? And besides didn't you promise that you would take the pressure I would give you? You'd carry on training??" He lectured.
"Yeah but I . . . I'm tired Kai please!!" She gave Kai a shot of one of her most supreme weapons, big adorable puppy dog eyes that Kai couldn't resist.
"I . . . No but . . . For goodness . . . Oh . . . I . . ." He stammered. Now Lan clasped her hands together and gave her best effort to look adorable . . . and it worked. "OH FINE!!!" Yelled Kai flustered. "We'll take a break. But not for long! Just for you to get your energy back . . ."
"Awww thank you Kai!!" Lan beamed at him and then laid spread eagle on the grass sighing in relief.
Kai looked down in her and smiled on the inside and joined her on the grass but didn't lie down. Suddenly Lan got up and positioned herself on Kai's lap and snuggled into his neck shocking him.
Kai slowly patted her back while constantly staring down at his watch to see how long their break was lasting for.
"Hey Kai. How bout we take a walk?" Lan said suddenly.
"A walk." He replied bluntly.
"Yeah! You know. We can walk to London Bridge I reckon. (A/N: I have no idea if London bridge is near this random park I made up . . . so bear with me I may live here but I don't have a clue about London . . . -_-o) How bout it? Get some exercise, move our legs a bit." Lan looked at him hopefully.
"Lan, do you know how far away London Bridge is?!" Kai protested wanting to train more.
"Yes. And it's not far. YOU just don't know where to go . . ."
"Excuse me? I know some parts of London better than you!"
"Do you know where the bridge is?" She said stubbornly.
"No. Do you!?"
"Yes. Now come on let's go!!" Lan sprang up, grabbed Kai's hand and pulled/dragged him up.
"No Lan! I don't want to go! You can't make me!! Let go of my hand!! We need to train!"
"Train schmain, I don't want to. We're going to go to the bridge!"
"I don't want to go to some dumb bridge!! Unhand me!" Kai said while being dragged by Lan on the grass and him trying to dig his foot into the ground and resist as much as he could. But Lan was too strong.
She managed to pick Kai up by the scruff of his neck and bring him to his feet. "Come on Kai, lesson ends early, we'll just walk there just see London at night and then come back if we have time! Come let's go!" And she tugged at Kai's arm so sharply he thought she'd rip it off.
He stumbled after her while still trying to free his hand from her grasp but was failing miserably.
After walking for about 10-15 minutes they were gazing at the night lights of London on London Bridge. Well at least Lan was while Kai just propped himself onto the stone edge of the Bridge uninterested and was staring at a fly walking along in front of his face.
Lan looked down at Kai looking grumpy and was sulking now staring at the little crystal formations in the stone since the fly had flown away and brought Kai's entertainment to an end.
Lan frowned at him and nudged him jerking him out of his trance.
"What?" He asked frowning at her.
"Just look at the lights Kai for goodness sake's. It looks pretty." She said turning back to gaze wonderingly and just relax her mind for once.
"My ass is prettier than this." Kai muttered stubbornly.
Lan slowly turned her head to look at him in a disapproving way and give him an evil stare then turned her head back again at the yellow dotted scenery.
Kai scowled. He was in a bad mood because of Jackson. He was touching his girl. Well, technically she wasn't really his but it sure felt like she was. But it was his fault she's not his girl. Kai scowled even more. Lan was free for the taking and it disturbed Kai. He didn't want her to be with him . . . That's what he thought, but he also didn't want her to be with anyone else. He was scared to think what that could possibly mean.
The sound of cars rushing by could be heard behind them and a cool breeze washed over their faces.
"Can we go now?" Kai said in a bored voice.
"No."
"Why not?" He was sounding like a little boy whinging.
"Because I want to stay here more. You should get out more you know Kai. All you think about are those little spinning tops. You need to be more adventurous and seek out what the world has to give you instead of obsessing about that little piece of plastic and metal fixed together."
"What the world has to give me . . ."Kai said thoughtfully. "A bridge. Wow, that's so much. Now let's go, we can still make it back in time for about 10-15minutes more practising." He said checking his watch and tugging at Lan's sleeve.
Lan slipped out of his fingers and moved further away from him and leant on the bridge edge. "You can go if you feel you want to train more Kai. I'll stay here. I'll see you at the hotel."
Kai didn't move. She was willing to part with him?? Maybe she was thinking about Jackson and needed some peace to think instead of training and having Kai around. Or maybe she didn't like Kai anymore? Jackson was someone more her type, he was better looking, nicer to be with. And Kai. Kai was just some moody nobody to Lan now. Someone she would want to forget now that she had met Jackson . . .
Thoughts like these were running around in Kai's mind. He was rooted on the spot thinking and staring at Lan. All these accusing thoughts were driving him mad; every stupid thing he was thinking seemed to get more likely by the second to Kai.
Lan stood there her head rested on her palms and gazing starry eyed.
"You're thinking about him aren't you!!?" Kai suddenly cried out without thinking rationally.
"Say what?" Lan replied looking at him confused.
"Him . . . That Jackson guy. You're - thinking." Kai stuttered.
Lan looked at him in a suspiciously pitying way that unnerved Kai but then broke into a small smile walked over to him slipped her hands around his waist and cuddled up with him making Kai babble in astonishment.
"You jealous fool." Lan laughed. "Of course I'm not thinking of Jackson. Why would I? I already have someone to think about." She looked at him and smiled at his silly face and kissed his cheek. "You're so suspicious Kai."
When Lan said that she wasn't thinking about Jackson wasn't totally truthful. She was thinking about him but not in a dreamy fantasizing way but in a thoughtful and concerned way.
There was something . . . suspicious about Jackson that Lan couldn't quite put her finger on. He was on an opposing team but seemed highly charming. Maybe he was just interested in her but Lan had a feeling. She didn't know what that feeling was if it was suspicion, interest or just unfamiliar to someone having an interest in her. Most people had thought her weird even though she had done nothing to be weird. She just wasn't sociable.
Lan told herself to be careful next time when meeting with Jackson and try not to forget Kai. But sometimes Kai just really ticked her off. As she snuggled into Kai's warmth she questioned herself and everything around her.
{Who do you want to be with? Kai or Jackson?} she thought to herself.
{With Kai, I love him but something is missing that just prevents me from being able to do anything, with Jackson that missing thing I need is there, I can feel it, Kai just cant give it to me. I wish I knew what that was so things would be easier. I wish Kai would figure it out, without me having to figure it out for him.}
"Hey Kai. Do you reckon we can win this tournament?" Lan said out of the blue.
"If we train hard enough. I feel the others aren't training at all." Kai answered absentmindedly stroking her back.
"That's because they're not training at all Kai." Lan said frankly.
"Humph. Well they should. And so should we. We have to stop wasting time here Lan. Let's go."
"Gurh, I don't wanna train!"
"No Lan. Let's go home."
"Oh! Ok then."
Kai let go of Lan but she didn't move. Kai looked at her and stroked a strand of flyaway hair out of her eyes. They both knew what was coming.
Kai leant down towards Lan and Lan brought her head up waiting. The kiss was short but sweet and warm.
"You mean everything to me Lan." Kai whispered.
"Apart form Beyblades and perfection?" Lan said raising an eyebrow.
"You could say that." Kai whispered back a smile playing on his lips.
The two took a last glimpse of the starry sky again before Kai put his arm around Lan's waist and the two headed off home. Still distant from each other in comprehensive communication but as close as they could be.
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When Lan and Kai got home Kai went straight to the bathroom to wash up while Lan went straight to her bed as she had washed up before they left.
When she sat down she felt a lump under her back looked under her and saw the parcel from her parents. She turned on her bedside lamp so she could see the parcel.
On the parcel there were many stamps all over it and all the addresses to the places where Lan and the Bladebreakers had ever stayed at.
{I guess the parcel must have followed me throughout our journey and only came to me now.} Lan thought logically.
Eager to see what her parents had given her she quickly tore away the string and ripped up the paper that had also said "Fragile" on it in big black ink. After ripping up the first layer of her parcel like a child on Christmas morning she revealed yet another layer of brown paper. Frowning to herself she quickly ripped up the rest of the brown paper to reveal their content that was wrapped up in three layers of brown paper.
When Lan had taken away the brown paper inside was a note and a small package.
{Geez how fragile is this thing mum?} Lan thought.
She decided to open up the note first.
"To my darling daughter.
I have seen you in the Beyblade tournaments with your little friends on TV. When you told me you were going away with your friend to the National Beyblading tournament I was so surprised, I never knew you had liked the sport. And when I thought you would be coming home after the tournament was over but I was wrong. You called me up saying you would join the Bladebreakers to the international tournament. I then realised you had a passion for the sport."
{Passion for the sport!? You have no idea how wrong you are mother.}
"So enclosed in this parcel is a gift that has been passed on for many generations, this gift holds a great power and I hope you use it well. I noticed that you were not joining in with your team in Beybattling; I guessed that you thought you did not have enough power to participate but now you will have that power my dear.
I never gave it to you in the first place as I overheard you complaining about the sport and I believed you hated it and so I thought I could pass this gift down to your offspring. But when I saw you going off in your Beyblade adventures I sussed out that your heart had changed. I believe it was your little friend who had changed your mind. I hope you two get along well and will be happy together."
Lan started to blush when she read this sentence as she knew who her mother was talking about.
{Was it really that obvious??} Lan bit her lip.
"So, enclosed in this parcel is your power to greatness. Please use it well, I know you will Lanny. Its name is Dolphate."
"DOLPHATE!?" Lan whispered under her breath in astonishment. "That's what Kai . . ."
Lan didn't bother reading the rest of her mother's letter which just said:
"Lot's of love mum. XXXXXXX"
Lan wanted to know if what she thought would be true. She ripped away the sello tape and threw the white paper away on top of the pile of brown paper.
She stared at the 'power' in her hand. Everything was swirling around her. She just blanked out; all she saw was the little piece of plastic in her hand.
"Dolphate." She whispered.
In her hand was a piece of plastic with a picture of a dolphin in a diving shape and was navy blue with some sharp looking fins which were black and silver and the fins were jagged and it had bright shining silvery white eyes and a white belly.
She hastily pulled out her Beyblade from her pocket and tried to see if the bit beast would fit in the little slot on top of her Blade. It fitted perfectly.
This was too weird. How did Kai manage to buy her Beyblade? HER family's blade. This was too much of a coincidence or maybe it was just fate . . .
"Lan?" Kai had come out of the bathroom in his pyjamas.
Kai's eyes raked the pile of brown paper all over the bedroom floor and raised his eyebrows at Lan.
"Erm. Do I even need to ask??"
"Kai! I er . . ." Lan looked down at the mess she made and her eyes widened. "Ooops. Um I'll clear it up."
"What are you doing? Is it that parcel? What was it?" Kai questioned walking over to her while brushing the paper away and sitting next to her.
Lan didn't know whether to show her new bit beast to Kai. So all she said was:
"Kai how did you . . . I mean why out of all the blades did you pick Dolphate?"
"Why? I thought you liked it."
"No I do! I just want to know why."
"Well. Because I don't know really. I just walked into the shop and looked around and spotted that one and it just. Well this sounds really dumb but I guess it just called out to me. I don't know, it felt special when I touched it and so I just thought this was the one. This screams out Lan Yikoto. So I bought it. Why?"
{It must be fate then} Lan thought in her mind.
"Lan??"
"Huh? Oh sorry. I." She didn't know what to say, she decided to tell him. "I have a bit beast Kai." She finally said faintly.
"Excuse me."
"Bit beast," she showed her Beyblade to Kai and Dolphate gleamed brightly in its blade. "It's called Dolphate." And she smiled lightly.
"Dol . . . But. This was what your mother gave you? Lan. Do you know what this means? You have . . ."
"Immense power." She whispered.
"Exactly! Lan, this is the best!"
Lan didn't say anything. Kai's enthusiasm wasn't welcoming. With her new bit she had new power and so that was a new challenge for Kai. More training for him to have more power. Even more ways for him to use her without knowing. Their argument in the forest was still ebbing away at Lan's mind. Sometimes she just didn't know what Kai felt. Things were way too confusing.
"Lan, aren't you happy?"
He put his hand on her shoulder.
"Of . . . Course I am." He looked at him and tried to smile.
To her utter amazement Kai embraced her warmly and nuzzled into her neck.
{This is just because with my new bit, this is Kai's new path to power and perfection. That's just superb . . .} Lan thought bitterly.
"Go and get changed and go sleep." Kai whispered in her ear, he kissed her neck before getting up and retiring to his own bed stepping over the brown paper.
Lan wondered whether to go into the bathroom and changed but she couldn't be bothered, she was too upset and tired so she just changed into her pyjamas under the blankets and ignored the mess on the floor and for once in her life she slept with her Beyblade enclosed in her fist.
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Hee hee Well that was finally the 11th chappie, new version!! It's not that good. I don't think it is. Well I really need my sleep now, half past midnight typing this cos I wanna get it finished. Too bad it aint as great. It's just another chapter. Next one is gonna be more interesting I hope. Garh. More to write. burgh. It's the Majestics against Jackson's team next chappie. OK I can't remember their name . . . that's how bad I am at things . . . -_-o
Ja ne!!
/*KBA*\