*Timid* Hello . . . I'm sorry!!! I'M A CRAPPY UPDATER!! ..................
I can't help it I'm lazy........ STOP TUTTING AT ME!! *cries* DALLY!!
Dally (now like 2 years older cos KBA hasn't updated anything for ages): Urm. Yeah u fags. KBA don't own a thing so stop making another excuse for bashin' her down!! Or I'll come after ya!!
KBA: Still the same.. -_- ANYWAY thanks.
Dally: *Grumbles and lights cigarette.*
KBA: OK! Re-cap on story. Lan and Jackson's Beyblade battle. Lan won, um Kai doesn't like Lan anymore and really hates Jackson and Jackson invited Lan to go to Finals Party yadda, yadda, yadda.
KBA: OK story time.
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The Bladebreakers were in their hotel getting ready for the party, excluding Kai who was just sitting on his bed with is arms crossed and a sour look on his face. In comparison to everybody else, they were smiling and checking out what to wear and to see if what they were wearing were good enough. Lan was in the bathroom getting dressed while Ray and Tyson were queuing outside the bathroom door.
The door clicked, "FINALLY!!" Tyson exclaimed, "what were you doing in . . . ." Tyson cut himself off when he saw Lan emerge. She completely caught Tyson off guard. She had the most deadly look on her face in the world with her eyes flaring with annoyance. In fear of getting his face pummelled . . . Tyson shut up. "Sorry . . ." Tyson then fled into the bathroom.
"Stupid boy," Lan muttered then smiled at Ray who nodded at her and continued to wait for the bathroom with a smirk on his face.
Lan was dressed all in black but she didn't bother with dressing up all pretty, she couldn't be bothered. It would only be for one night anyway. So she was dressed casually. She had a black top with its neck opening wider than usual so it slid down her shoulder leaving her neck and left shoulder bare. But there was a transparent strap that kept the shirt up over her shoulder. She was wearing long black hip huggers slightly flared at the bottom. She didn't have any make up on and just looked normal but had her hair differently.
She changed her hair so there was more hair on one side of her head. So she flipped some of her hair on the left side of her parting to her right side making a new side parting. Some of her hair fell about over her eye giving her a dark and repressed appearance.
Kai looked up at her and felt his heart skip a beat. His old feelings were beginning to overpower him so he turned away from Lan and stared at his crossed arms. "Heh, she looks prettier than usual, like a rose with thorns. Humph, who cares . . . Jackson would; he can be her bee but with an extra sting. They'll both just end up hurting each other." He thought bitterly in his head.
"Hey Lan, you look great!" Max called over to Lan.
"Thanks kid, I like your clothes too." Max was wearing an orange shirt with long green shorts. Not much change there for Max.
Kenny was sitting on the edge of the bed talking to Ray. Kenny was already dressed as well; he was wearing a blue striped tie over a white lined short- sleeved shirt and long brown trousers. Max suddenly turns to Kai.
"Hey Kai! Why don't you come? It's gonna be fun! You still have time to change. The part don't start until half an hour, and even if it does start at that time it don't matter if we're late."
"No." Kai said firmly. Max looked disheartened and turned away and tried to join in Ray and Kenny's conversation. Lan clicked her tongue and then went over to Kai's bed.
"Oi grumpy. What's up?" Lan said plonking herself on the edge of his bed looking at Kai.
"Nothing,"
"Why don't you come to the party?" Lan questioned.
"What's the point?" Kai muttered even though he knew the answer.
"Well, mingle with people, um . . . dance. Threaten the Blade Sharks?" Lan suggested. Kai just glared at her darkly. "OK, OK, OK! Well I don't know. Just come anyway, I know you're feeling angry at the moment, for some reason, but if you stay here you'll just get angrier and angrier. Just come k Kai?"
Kai just looked away from her and reclined even more out on the bed and ignored her. Lan narrowed her eyes in confusion. "Hey, What's wrong?"
"Nothing is wrong. I don't want to go because I do not want to waste my time socialising with other people who are not even important to me and have no relevance to my life. I'd prefer to stay here being alone without any other people to offend me in any way." He spat at her emphasizing every word. Just then Tyson came out of the bathroom and Ray shot in. Lan just stared at Kai amazed at what he has just said. Her mouth twitched and she swiped away at a lose strand of hair. It was obvious she wanted to say something to Kai, without the company of the others.
Soon Ray was out of the bathroom and everyone was ready to go.
"C'mon Lan, let's go!!" Max called out to Lan who was still sitting on Kai's bed, arms crossed with Kai doing the same while the rest were putting coats on and opening the door ready to go.
"In a minute guys. You go ahead of me I'll catch up." Lan muttered.
"Are you sure?" Ray asked
"Yes, now go. Don't worry I'll see you guys at the party. See ya." Lan said.
"K, see ya then." Ray answered.
"C'mon guys!" Tyson exclaimed. "We'll see the broad at the party. Let's go already!" A temple in Lan's head started to throb. She waited for the door to slam shut and footsteps to die away.
Lan finally looked at Kai. "Well, what's wrong with you? What's on your mind? You more bitter than usual."
"Nothing is wrong Lan; you're wasting your time. Just go and have a ball with your great friend Jackson. I'm sure he's just bouncing on the balls of his feet waiting for his date." Kai answered bitterly.
"Kai! Why are you like this? What the hell is wrong with you? I just want to go out and have some fun ok, unlike you. And considering you're not going and I don't have a 'date' and I don't wanna be some pathetic loner," she emphasized the last two words and glaring at Kai, "Jackson just offered to be with me and there is nothing wrong with that! You don't even care so why are you acting like this?" Lan said furiously.
"You two are just so lovey dovey all the time and it's sickening. Another thing, what happened to us? I thought you were the one who wanted a relationship -"
"And you don't!! So why do you care so much?!" Lan cut him off, getting angry being the short tempered girl that she is.
"I don't care Lan! But you make me want to care while I don't! You keep making me feel like there will be something between us but there wont ok!? You already have feelings for other guys and I can see that your attention is not always on me and you want other people you can dig your claws into! I'm not stupid Lan I can see that you want a boyfriend and you're eyeing Jackson; well I don't want a girlfriend right now so stop trying to drag me into wanting one!! We want different things so obviously if we ever have a bloody relationship, it won't work out. Understand? Comprende? Capito? Savvy?!?"
"So that's how you really feel then. So finally you have actually told me what is wrong with you instead of me having to work you out. Which I do get sick of Kai. You're right, we do want different things and we have to go our different ways. Well I'm glad I've found someone who does want to go out with me, who will you find that will help you I wonder. I wonder now, if you'll ever find anybody ever for the rest of your life!"
"Well even if I don't find anybody then that means there's very little chance of me being heart-broken." He said softly. Lan widened her eyes at him.
"And what's that supposed to mean?" She asked exasperated.
"Never mind," Kai looked away again.
"Never mind!? For god's sake tell me!! Who will break my heart eh? You don't even know Kai so just stop trying to be clever and shut up!"
"You're the one, who stayed behind to talk to me Lan, so when I shut up, what will you do? Yell at me some more? Just go to your Jackson, he's waiting for you so stop wasting your time here, I know you prefer to give up your past for something new."
Lan just looked at him, lost for words. She was angry and when Lan gets emotionally damaged. She needs to hit something . . .
SMACK!!!!!
Kai's head and shoulder banged against the wall in a huge force and slid back down collapsing on his pillow. He landed face down and his arms under him. His face stinging where Lan half slapped him and half punched him. Lan was a strong girl so Kai's cheek, head and shoulder felt as if they were whacked with a boulder several times. Kai was shocked and stunned at the force of her hit and the suddenness of it.
"You filthy, stupid, vile, despicable BASTARD!! Honestly I don't understand why I ever kissed you! Or hugged you! Cared for you or even LOOKED AT YOUR STUPID FACE!! Why on earth?! I must be stupid to think you were ever . . . we would ever have a chance together. Honestly!! I can't believe I've even said 'I love you'" Lan placed her hand on her head in wonderment and exasperation. "I can't believe I said that, what was I thinking. ARGH, you are foul Kai, I just don't understand you. I won't be surprised if you grow up alone and hated considering you have been for your whole life. I stuck by you as your only friend and companion and you always treat me like I'm some idiotic drowned rat who is just around you because of its pitiful state!!"
"Just piss off already Lan!!" Kai screamed at her holding his cheek, trying to get up but hurting his head. "Just leave already! Or do you want another whack at me? Go on! Just hit me if it makes you feel better and then later while I'm here caring for my wounds you can just go off making out with that bastard who you are so 'perfect' with! Can't you see he's just using you?? He's more likely to throw you out in the street with a black eye than I would! Stop immediately thinking people love you cos it's not as simple as that! Just having a pretty face doesn't cut it! Face it he doesn't love you and nor do I!! There! There is the truth for you clean and simple I D-O- N-T L-O-V-E Y-O-U! Now go off and get over it!!!" Kai raged his face started going pink with anger, he felt moisture on his face which he just assumed was sweat because of how heated he was feeling. He didn't bother listening to that other side of him, the one that was deep inside of him telling him that those beads of sweat were coming from his eyes.
"Fine Kai! I will! And I'm not going to waste my energy on you! I'll just piss off while you can just piss yourself right here in your own stupid anger! I don't love you either and never will and never have, I don't know why I ever said I did. I apologise on my behalf I was lying to you and I got caught up in the moment you could say."
Lan hopped off the bed and grabbed her coat and opened the door but halted when Kai called out to her.
"Likewise Lan!! I never did love you or had any feelings for you! It was all in my head and now I've told you how I really feel. Now don't come back drunk on false love! Again!!!"
Lan breathed heavy breathes failing to control her anger. "Kai you really are such a bitch!!" She grabbed the nearest pillow and hurled it at Kai who caught it roughly and flung it back at Lan but had closed the door in time for the pillow to just thump at the door then slide onto the ground with a soft plonk.
Kai raged in anger and buried his face into his pillow. Not removing his face for ages and when he did, he left two small circular wet patches on his pillow. "Damn that bitch!! She's made me so emotional and weak!" He furiously started pummelling his pillow with his fists and then flung it off his bed in rage and flopped back onto his bed heavily panting. He balled his fists up in rage and was blinded by his pillow and red hot anger.
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At the party people were laughing and crowding around in the park chatting with friends or chatting people up trying to get a quick date.
"Welcome everybody! To the Finals party!! And this party is dedicated to the Bladebreakers!!" DJ Jazzman was standing on a picnic table and screaming through his microphone over the crowd of cheering fans. The Bladebreakers excluding Kai who was not there grinned cheerily, save Lan who was scowling at her argument with Kai. "And their opposing team the Blade Sharks!!!" Carlos and his team were grinning manically at the crowd and mainly staring at the Bladebreakers in a sickly way. "GREAT LUCK TO BOTH TEAMS!! NOW ROCK THE NIGHT AWAY!!"
People clapped and whooped and cheered then went on with the party. Thousands of people were there, fans, knocked out teams, friends, special guests, all sorts of people. Including Jackson and Lan just had to find him.
Lan smoothed her hair down, slightly nervous. She didn't like places where there were lots of people; she was always suspicious that people were giving her weird looks and she had felt people were staring at her right then as she moved through the crowds wandering about.
She spotted Max and Tyson gorging away at the food table eating everything in sight. She smiled and shook her head. She couldn't see anybody else she knew so she just started to make her way to the table that Max and Tyson were at but then decided against it since she did not want any half eaten food thrown at her. As she moved around again she didn't notice some one was watching her.
He was wearing a dark navy blue shirt with a couple of his top buttons open revealing his some of his chest, just to make girls squirm. He was also wearing dark blue jeans and the usual scowl on his face. He flicked his blonde hair out of his eyes and continued to stare at Lan. He wasn't eyeing her for interest. He was eyeing her for a sort of personal dislike and resentment. He scowled at her every move and at her dark beauty. He usually hated girls all the same and Lan shouldn't be different, but for some reason he felt an extra throb of hatred for her. He admitted to himself she was attractive but the rest of her he disliked, being on an opposing team and then beating his team. He knew they would have beaten them if given the right chance . . .
"Hey Lee, you seen her?" A voice said next to him. Waking Lee out of his thoughts. Lee nodded his head in Lan's direction. "Thanks bud," and the boy walked off while Lee just grunted at him. He watched his friend walk over coolly to the girl's direction before scowling and then suddenly being swarmed by a flock of girls in short skirts.
Lan looked left and right to see an easy way through the crowd; everyone was dancing close together, making it hard to get by without annoying a few people. Suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder. Lan spun around startled but then her expression relaxed as soon as she saw who it was.
"Hey baby," Jackson said softly giving her a shy smile.
"Hey," Lan smiled back at him, she remembered what Kai had said about Jackson using her, but using her for what? He didn't have a clue and was just making it all up, Lan thought in her head.
"Erm, heh, you wanna dance??" Jackson asked indicating with his hand an empty area on the dance floor of the park's grass.
"OK . . ." Lan mumbled, she felt herself going red, she was never this nervous with anyone.
Jackson wrapped his arms around Lan's waist and she linked her hands together around his neck and they slowly moved with the music. A new song started to play; I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing by Aerosmith. "I like this song . . ." Lan muttered.
"Me too," Jackson smiled at Lan; he could tell she was nervous. "Hey hun, relax a little ok? You're so stiff. Loosen up." He gave her a heart warming smile and Lan just melted in his arms. "Better," He smiled and tilted his head towards Lan's and touched his nose with hers. He gave out a small laugh and softly brushed his lips against her cheek. Lan nudged her head affectionately back towards Jacksons and then rested her head on his shoulder; Jackson tightened his grip on Lan and brought her closer to his body. "So tell me about Dolphate . . ."
Tyson gave out a huge burp and then grinned widely. "Tyson! Come on man! There are girls around!" Max laughed
"And?" Tyson yawned, "I wanna sit down with some chicken! Coming?" Tyson turned to Max while grabbing a drumstick.
"Actually man, I feel like dancing, that ok?" Max said timidly.
"Eh? Dance? Well I think you should go dance with a girl ya know but I'm game if you wanna dance with me!" Tyson laughed at his own joke.
"Err; well I do kinda plan on dancing with a girl Ty, so see ya!!" Max grinned and waved at Tyson then ran off into the crowd.
"Humph!" Tyson muttered then just took a massive bite out of his chicken leg and plonked his fat butt on a picnic table that creaked under his weight.
Max hummed to himself and then accidentally bumped into a young girl his age. "Oh I'm really sorry!!" He said rubbing his head and grinning.
"Oh that's ok! Oh cool you're Max Taite! My name is Marianna! I'm a big fan of yours!!" The girl smiled hopefully.
"Oh really? Cool!! Wanna dance??" Max smiled looking at her.
"SURE!!!"
And the two happy people went off happily dancing madly while the people around them backed away in fear of getting whacked in the face with a flying limb.
Ray was finding difficulties in trying to dance with a girl; since there were so many crowding around him he couldn't decide which one he wanted to dance with. "Oh but there are so many of you! Can't we just take it in turns?" Ray sweat dropped while putting his hands out in protection of himself.
"Sure! BUT I'M GOING FIRST!!!" A girl yelled out from the sea of girls.
"Oh dear . . ." Ray muttered.
Kenny was sitting on a picnic bench watching his friends going off with girls and sighed glumly. "Awww I wished I was good looking so I could get girls to come up to me." He rested his head on his palms and stared at the floor. The patch of grass he was staring at was suddenly covered with a pair of black shoes. Kenny looked up and saw a girl staring down at him.
"Um . . . Hi?" Kenny muttered.
The girl giggled and then snorted like a pig.
Kenny blinked.
"Hoi." The girl said. She was wearing thick black glasses, was slightly podgy, was wearing a pink dress that fell to her shins and had yellow flowers sewn to it in random places and she had her mousy hair tied up in two side pony tails. "My name's Mildred. Your name is Kenny aint it? Hehe," She snorted again.
"Erm. Yeah . . ." Kenny said.
"I really like you," Mildred said turning away slightly blushing. Kenny blinked at her and there was a pause.
"Wanna dance?!" The girl suddenly said grinning showing a whole row of braced teeth. Kenny's face dropped, but then he thought that if he didn't accept then he would have spent the whole night dancing with no one.
"OK then . . ." Kenny said.
"COOOOL!!" Mildred then yanked poor Kenny out of his seat and started dancing . . . on Kenny's feet.
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In the crowds a bright pair of green eyes scanned the area along with brown and blue eyes. "Where do you think they are?" The green eyed boy said.
"They'll be around. Lurking in some shadow probably." The blue eyed boy muttered.
"Hmmm, well whenever they arrive, or when we see them. Jackson better hurry up cos I'm not talking to that creep. He smells like hell." The dark eyed one murmured.
"Where is Jackson anyway? Lee? You were the last one who saw him." The green eyed one said.
"He's probably prancing around with that Lan. I don't know why he has to do it this way. There are other ways of getting something out of her," Lee scorned.
"Well if it was up to you Lee," Jake said, "you'd be using a dark room, spotlight and a chair for her to sit on and you'd be threatening her with a knife to get information out of her! Jackson's way is better."
"You know Lee," Zack smirked, his brown eyes flashing. Lee glared at him.
"What?"
"I would actually think that you are beginning to like girls again." He said giving him a sly smirk.
Lee just glowered at him and turned his back to his team mates. "Zack's right Lee," Jake added in, teasingly. "I've seen you eyeing a few girls recently."
"Yeah, especially Lan," Zack said lightly.
Lee screwed up his face in anger. "Will you two shut the fuck up!!?" He muttered angrily.
"What?!" Jake said, sardonically surprised, "its true . . . is it not?"
"You know it's not true!" Lee swivelled round and clenched his fists angrily.
"Hey, seriously." Zack said, "I have seen you looking at Lan, scowling or whatever, you've stared at her more than once and I want to know why. Please I don't want you falling for her as well."
"Eurgh. Of course not! Yes I admit I have stared at her, only because I try to see what's so great about her. I think Jackson is really starting to fall for her and I'm getting worried. He wasn't supposed to!" Lee said exasperated.
"I know I know . . ." Zack muttered.
"I dislike that girl . . . she's ruining our team and ruining Jackson. It's not right . . ." Lee muttered, but inside he knew another reason to why he disliked her. Deep inside him he hated her because she broke his hatred for girls. She was pretty, and that is why Lee dislikes her, because he feels slightly attracted to her and just because of that he resents Lan's actions and dark beauty.
"Well, we can't do anything about it, cos you know Jackson will just deny it. He needs to remember that Kai guy . . ." Jake said.
Jake was wearing a light blue shirt with long sleeves. He had unbuttoned the sleeve collars and the first few buttons at the top of his shirt and black trousers. Zack wore all black. Black jeans and a black T-shirt. Just to match his dark image.
The three boys were standing coolly by a table ignoring the bunch of girls who were trying to ask them to dance. They eventually left when Lee told them where they could go in a rather harsh language. "Annoying females . . ." He muttered. Suddenly Jake grabbed him by the shoulder,
"There he is . . ."
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After calming down Kai's breathing eased and he breathed softly on his pillow. He was lying flat on his belly and was hugging his pillow while burying his face into it trying to get away from the world. After he sat up for a breath of fresh air he looked at his arms limply. He brushed his face with the back of his hand to get rid of that moist stinging sensation on his face. He fell back and landed heavily on his bed and went into deep thought.
"Why do I act like this!?" He asked himself. He wanted to punch his bed again but found no point in it, he'd just ruin the springs inside the bed. He pondered in his head about Lan. About all the time they had spent with each other, all the joy and all the wretchedness. This was the time for Kai to actually think, how he feels for Lan.
"Do I hate her or do I . . . do I . . ." Kai couldn't bear to say the next word. So he didn't. He bit his lip. He mused about the two things. The side of him that he never listened to was beginning to have a stronger voice. "Maybe . . . I'm jealous of Jackson? Because . . . Because he has Lan and I don't . . ."
He sat staring at the floor with his mouth slightly open and answered his own questions in his head. "But I had Lan, I had her . . . but then I lost her . . . I had my chance but didn't take it . . . why?! Does that mean I don't love her?"
Kai tried to think of both sides of the story, if he did and if he didn't love her. He thought of the chanced he didn't love her, obviously. "OK, well . . ." He was stuck. "OK!! Right. I haven't asked her to be my girlfriend, I don't like the idea of her being my girlfriend, I don't like the word girlfriend, and I rejected her offer to be my girlfriend . . . urrm . . ." He tried to think of more reasons. "But are these reasons proving I don't love her? Argh! Love is a strong word . . . maybe I'm just being delusional. OK let's think of how I can . . . be attracted to her. Well, she's pretty . . . no . . . lame reason. I don't get mad at her easily. She cares for me, there was a point in time I cared for her, I've kissed her . . . Maybe, I'm just not ready to have a girlfriend, yet, but I still want her by my side. I still want her with me, no matter what. Then why did I send her away!? ARGH!!!"
He punched his pillow again and accidentally hit his leg in the process. "Stupid thing . . . He remembered his pain from before. I . . . cried for her. NO! I didn't! I didn't! I can't have. I don't cry . . . I never have and never will! Uh! Another reason to how I don't love her. She's made me weak!" He massaged his leg where the pain endured. "I hate human emotions . . . So complicated." But a voice inside him said {but don't you like challenges? Lan is giving you a challenge in your love life, why don't you take it instead of running away from it?}
"Maybe I do love her, let's think about this." He lay down on his bed and closed his eyes. "Does she make me feel warm inside when she's around me?" He asked himself, "Yeah, I guess so." "Do you want to be with her right now?" "Yes." "What is the first thing you will do to her?" He squeezed his eyes tight; not wanting to answer the question knowing it would ruin his reputation as a cold hearted stony boy. He decided to skip that question, but his conscience told him not to. He pictured himself running up to Lan and pushing Jackson away and losing him in the crowd; where he wrapped his arms around Lan's body warmly and went down to give her a deep and passionate kiss on the lips. Kai found himself smiling at his fantasy and quickly stopped and shook his head impatiently.
He gazed at the blank wall, feeling his heart ache. "Is it true then, I have deep feelings for her . . . but why?" He answered his own question again, "because she has deep feelings for you as well and is the only person who does. You've never been loved as deeply like this from a person so you run from it because it is unfamiliar to you; you're scared to face what the consequences are. The fact is, you brainless fool, you adore her, she is the first person you have truly loved and you will obviously find this feeling strange. Be open to your emotions! Think! Then go to her before it's too late!"
"But what if I don't love her!?" Kai yelled out aloud.
"Ask yourself that that question, properly. Then you will find your answer. Ask your heart." The voice said.
"Do I love Lan?" Kai asked in his head. He waited for a few seconds before he found this incredibly stupid waiting for nothing before he told himself to try harder for the answer. He got a smiling image of Lan in his head and felt his heart warm up, he smiled at the image and then found his answer. He then scowled and then started punching his pillow again.
"WHY?! WHY!? WHY!? AM I SO STUPID!? I LOVE HER AND I JUST LET HER GET AWAY TO DANCE WITH SOME BASTARD!! WHY OH WHY AM I SO FOOLISH!? ARGH!!" He fell to his bed again and started growling in anger. He then realised that things won't change if he just sat there growling, he needed to get to her and tell her how he feels.
Jumping off the bed with a new spirit in him, he grabbed his keys and ran out the door and shut it with a slam and raced down the stairs making his way to Regent's Park . . .
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"Dolphate? What do you want to know about Dolphate??" Lan questioned.
"Well she is extremely powerful considering she beat me. I just wanted to know how you train her so well." Jackson smiled at her.
"Well, I spar with people and I train with them and I dunno actually . . . I just use my head I guess, hehe . . ." Lan now started to think how she actually managed to beat Jackson, she had never thought about it before, she was too dazed about actually winning.
"I don't know if you noticed, but our bit beasts sure had a ball." Jackson said peering into her eyes.
"Yeah I noticed. You know why?" Lan looked back at him surprised to meet his eyes staring into hers.
"I think our bit beasts have some kind of connection you could say. They feel what we feel, our emotions are their emotions. What we felt together that day, Lan, our bit beasts showed it. There's chemistry between us Lan, can't you see it?" Jackson's eyes started to plead to her.
Lan just stared at him speechless. "I . . . Uh . . . I" She stammered trying to break the silence but in vain.
Jackson leant closer to her and reached his hand up to her face, "Did you not see? Even if you don't see it, you saw our bit beasts and that tells your feelings inside and my feelings for you." He gave her a gentle and embarrassed smile. "I have feelings for you Lan, I have to admit it. I hope you understand, and I hope that you share the same feelings I feel for you."
Lan's heart softened but her brain was confused. She let Jackson's arms tighten around her and she sank into his warmth. She snuggled into his chest and then looked up at Jackson who brushed his face against hers and gave her a small kiss on the cheek and the two snuggled into each other but were hardly dancing and just standing in each others arms.
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Kai was running as fast as he could and he saw the party in Regent's Park and speed surged into him again as he ran through the entrance. He saw the crowd of people laughing and dancing with each other and ran into the crowd in search of Lan.
Suddenly, "KAI!!!" Kai looked around to see who called his name and found Tyson running up to him covered in chicken mess. "Hey bud! I thought you weren't gonna come!! What changed your mind?" Tyson grinned at him, his mouth all greasy from eating so many chicken legs like a pig.
"I don't have time for this Tyson, where is Lan?" Kai asked him exasperated and panting for breath.
"I dunno, probably off with that Jackson bloke. Hey why don't you come and eat with me? Max has gone off with some girl!"
"I have no time Tyson!" And Kai pushed him out of the way and continued battling the sea of people to find his loved one.
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"Lan, I really hope you understand how I feel. I think you're extremely beautiful and you're an amazing Beyblader. I know that there has been rivalry between the two of us because of the tournament, but now that we're out of the tournament we're cool right? I mean, there are no hard feelings are there?" Jackson whispered to her ear.
Lan shook her head and smiled at Jackson, "don't worry, there aren't. Not between you and me though."
"Good," Jackson smiled and moved his face to look at hers. He stroked her silky black hair and leant forward. They both knew what was coming and both inclined their heads inwards. Lan closed her eyes and waited for Jackson's lips to touch hers. He came in slowly and smoothly and their lips were just touching. "Excuse me but may I have this dance?" A voice said behind Jackson. Jackson simply ignored the voice and carried on moving closer to Lan. Lan however declined her head backwards; she had heard that voice before somewhere . . . It was so familiar to her.
"Excuse me," The cool voice said even harder, "I said can I have this dance."
Jackson started to get annoyed, "Hey listen bud but can't you see I'm busy here??" He turned around and confronted the blazing mahogany eyes of Kai.
Lan's eyes widened in shock, "Kai!!?" She said retreating from the two boys. Kai looked at Lan and his hard eyes softened, she looked more gorgeous to him that ever as she was so close to him but was still out of his reach. "Lan . . ." He whispered.
Jackson looked at Kai and raised an eyebrow. "Hmmm, I seemed to have disrupted something here, or have I? Lan?" He turned to Lan and folded his arms.
Lan scowled at Kai, "no, nothing at all. You haven't disrupted anything between me and Kai." Kai opened his eyes in shock and tried to walk towards Lan but Jackson stopped him before Lee came up to Jackson.
"Oi Jackson, he wants to talk to you," Lee whispered to him. He then glanced at Lan and gave her an evil stare before turning back to Jackson, "c'mon man, he said he wants to talk to you now." Jackson frowned and muttered back to him,
"Well tell him he doesn't need to worry and I'm doing fine so he can just leave me alone. I'm busy here." Lee smirked.
"He told me that you would say that, so he said he doesn't care if you're ok or you're on your knees with agony. He wants you to speak to him now." Lee glared at Jackson with a type of urgency in his eyes.
Jackson screwed up his face in annoyance, "fine, fine, I'll go to him now . . ." He turned to Lan, "hey baby I'll be back soon ok? I just need to sort some stupid stuff out with some slime ball. Don't wait up for me k?" He gave her a warm kiss on her head while glaring at Kai who scowled back. Jackson squeezed Lan's shoulders gently then walked away from the crowds. Lee then looked at Lan and then gave her an evil sarcastic smirk then followed Jackson.
Lan then tried to run away from Kai but he grabbed her arm and swung her to face him, "let go of me!!" Lan hissed fiercely at him.
"No! Not until I tell you how I feel!" Kai said. Lan shook her head disbelieving him and struggled to get away from him, but this time Kai managed to keep hold of her and he placed his hands on her shoulders. "Look!! Please listen to me Lan," He stared into her eyes asking her to stop. She glowered at him but stopped struggling.
Kai turned away and coughed uneasily, "Lan I'm sorry for what I did ok . . . ? I didn't mean it, I didn't mean a single word I said and I'm really sorry for what I did." Lan still frowned at him, unmoved by his words. Kai gulped, he had hoped saying sorry would soften Lan's heart, obviously it didn't. Kai tried to not get annoyed at Lan's stubbornness, {it's for love; remember that Kai, it's for love . . .} He thought in his head. He breathed heavily and tried to ignore the stitch he had in his side.
He suddenly let go of most of his pride and leaped on Lan hugging her startling Lan completely. "K-Kai!?" She stammered trying to catch her balance. She stared wide-eyed at Kai's back and felt Kai's hand stroking her back. "I'm sorry for all the things I did to you Lan," He released her from his hug and stared into her eyes, "I realised after you left me, how I really feel. I was so confused Lan but now it's completely clear to me. Please don't think this as a sort of lie or an excuse or just a delusional thought." Lan blinked confused, Kai grabbed her face gently and stroked her cheek. "Lan, I realise now, I . . . I-I-I love you."
The two of them stared at each other, one in shock and the other with love in his eyes. All they saw was each other, the whole world became a buzz to them. They couldn't see or hear the people around them, if someone accidentally bumped into one of them, they wouldn't have felt it or heard the apology. Lan stared at Kai with her mouth slightly ajar; she didn't believe what she had just heard. "W-what??" She shook her head and looked at Kai's face stunned.
"I love you Lan. And it's not like any other kind of Love. I know love is a strong word, a very strong word and too many people misuse it. I'm not one of those people. I've always loved you since the day you joined me when the singles tournament started, I was just too much of a fool to realise it. All those times that I made us feel friction between us was because I was scared of my feelings. I'm not used to this as you must know but I realised today why I felt those things. It was because I love you. It's not a type of love of friendship love, or I love you because of the things you do. I love you for you. For whom you are. It's not like one of those idiotic things, like a young girl who says 'I love Barbie!' That's just a false love for something; I don't feel the same way a young girl would. I love you, I love you so much." Kai's grip on Lan's face became firmer as he let out all his locked up emotions he had kept hidden for so long. He kissed her forehead and hugged her tightly still giving her head a series of kisses.
He moved her face so he could look at her. "I was . . . I admit I was jealous of Jackson. He had such a way with you I knew I never would be able to achieve and he had managed to get your heart. I don't know if you feel to same way darling but I just needed to say how much I love you."
Lan blinked at him again "w-what did you call me?" She whispered to him, her throat was dry and her heart was beating wildly at Kai's sudden outburst. Kai looked at her oddly, "what do you mean? I called you Lan . . . didn't I?"
"No, you called me something else . . . Darling??" Lan looked at him,
"I-I did?" Kai didn't even know.
"Yeah, you were babbling so much . . . You didn't even notice?" Kai shook his head. Lan looked down thinking about the words that were just being said to her. {Is he telling the truth? If he didn't even know he called me darling, does that mean it was just automatic? I can't believe this . . .}
"I-I" She didn't know what to say, "I don't know what to say to this Kai. This is very sudden, I mean, you're so . . . cold hearted and defensive, do you really expect me to just handle this easily?!"
"No, no of course not Lan. I just needed to tell you. I'm not cold hearted anymore; you've made me see that I actually have a heart that can love. And I don't even mind," He gave her a weak smile that needed practise. "All this time that I've been cold hearted to you was because I didn't understand, please believe me on this Lan."
"Prove it," Lan said. Kai looked at her surprised. "I know that this is gonna be hard, but I don't care. For something as serious as this, prove it to me." Kai's face softened,
"I'd love to." He ignored the whole world around him, he didn't care who saw or who gaped or who giggled. He didn't care about his pride at that moment; the only thing he cared about is Lan. He swooped down at her and planted a soft and passionate kiss on Lan's lips. He wrapped his arms around Lan's body and deepened their kiss. The two felt all warm all over, Kai cherished the feeling of Lan's lips against his, he loved her body pressed against his and the feel of her hair in his fingers and her warmth. He was running out of breath but didn't want to break their bond. He finally pressed his lips together and let go giving them a small breath before giving her two small pecks and then gave her another deep and passionate warming kiss.
After letting go he saw a few people laughing and pointing, Lan blushed and just stared at Kai's chest and then looked at his face but saw that he didn't care. "Oh Kai . . . I believe you!" She said breathlessly and she flung her arms around him and gave him her own kiss. The two embraced each other and cuddled with each other. Lan even started to shed a few tears onto Kai's shirt but Kai just wiped them away and held her closely. "Kai, I'm so sorry for what I did, I was angry at you because I didn't think you cared. I mean you're so cold towards everybody. I just didn't want to bother with you anymore and I'm sorry for that. I really am." She kissed him on the cheek and rubbed her cheek against his and held him tighter, "I've always loved you Kai, and I just never said it. I never wanted us to be parted but you were just so stubborn, I thought you weren't really the one. I'm sorry, I just got confused, please forgive me."
"Of course Lan, I love you so much." He stroked her hair and kissed her neck.
'Heaven' by Bryan Adams started playing. The two lovers danced slowly with each other and both really felt they were in heaven.
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"What do you want?" Jackson said to the dark figure that was standing behind a thick tree. "I was busy you know and what you're gonna say better be important." He hissed at the figure.
"Of course It's gonna be important! Everything I say should be taken into deep thought," The figure said.
"Yeah whatever just tell me. I've got a beautiful girl waiting for me and you better be quick." He muttered.
"That's what I wanted to talk to you about, how much information have you got? I've been watching you and I don't think you're doing your job very well, I think you're taking this to an extent don't you?" He said slyly.
"What I'm doing is fine, I'm getting information! Just give me tonight, that's all I need Carlos! I've got her trust I just need to ask her without her being suspicious."
"It better be Jackson . . ." The figure whispered menacingly.
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OK!! Very long chapter, I'm sorry. I wanted to fit it all in but I still haven't really . . . Oh well, this is a cliff-hanger if you didn't know =D
I finally finished the chapter!! YAY!!!
Please review!! Pretty please!!!
/*KBA*\
Dally (now like 2 years older cos KBA hasn't updated anything for ages): Urm. Yeah u fags. KBA don't own a thing so stop making another excuse for bashin' her down!! Or I'll come after ya!!
KBA: Still the same.. -_- ANYWAY thanks.
Dally: *Grumbles and lights cigarette.*
KBA: OK! Re-cap on story. Lan and Jackson's Beyblade battle. Lan won, um Kai doesn't like Lan anymore and really hates Jackson and Jackson invited Lan to go to Finals Party yadda, yadda, yadda.
KBA: OK story time.
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The Bladebreakers were in their hotel getting ready for the party, excluding Kai who was just sitting on his bed with is arms crossed and a sour look on his face. In comparison to everybody else, they were smiling and checking out what to wear and to see if what they were wearing were good enough. Lan was in the bathroom getting dressed while Ray and Tyson were queuing outside the bathroom door.
The door clicked, "FINALLY!!" Tyson exclaimed, "what were you doing in . . . ." Tyson cut himself off when he saw Lan emerge. She completely caught Tyson off guard. She had the most deadly look on her face in the world with her eyes flaring with annoyance. In fear of getting his face pummelled . . . Tyson shut up. "Sorry . . ." Tyson then fled into the bathroom.
"Stupid boy," Lan muttered then smiled at Ray who nodded at her and continued to wait for the bathroom with a smirk on his face.
Lan was dressed all in black but she didn't bother with dressing up all pretty, she couldn't be bothered. It would only be for one night anyway. So she was dressed casually. She had a black top with its neck opening wider than usual so it slid down her shoulder leaving her neck and left shoulder bare. But there was a transparent strap that kept the shirt up over her shoulder. She was wearing long black hip huggers slightly flared at the bottom. She didn't have any make up on and just looked normal but had her hair differently.
She changed her hair so there was more hair on one side of her head. So she flipped some of her hair on the left side of her parting to her right side making a new side parting. Some of her hair fell about over her eye giving her a dark and repressed appearance.
Kai looked up at her and felt his heart skip a beat. His old feelings were beginning to overpower him so he turned away from Lan and stared at his crossed arms. "Heh, she looks prettier than usual, like a rose with thorns. Humph, who cares . . . Jackson would; he can be her bee but with an extra sting. They'll both just end up hurting each other." He thought bitterly in his head.
"Hey Lan, you look great!" Max called over to Lan.
"Thanks kid, I like your clothes too." Max was wearing an orange shirt with long green shorts. Not much change there for Max.
Kenny was sitting on the edge of the bed talking to Ray. Kenny was already dressed as well; he was wearing a blue striped tie over a white lined short- sleeved shirt and long brown trousers. Max suddenly turns to Kai.
"Hey Kai! Why don't you come? It's gonna be fun! You still have time to change. The part don't start until half an hour, and even if it does start at that time it don't matter if we're late."
"No." Kai said firmly. Max looked disheartened and turned away and tried to join in Ray and Kenny's conversation. Lan clicked her tongue and then went over to Kai's bed.
"Oi grumpy. What's up?" Lan said plonking herself on the edge of his bed looking at Kai.
"Nothing,"
"Why don't you come to the party?" Lan questioned.
"What's the point?" Kai muttered even though he knew the answer.
"Well, mingle with people, um . . . dance. Threaten the Blade Sharks?" Lan suggested. Kai just glared at her darkly. "OK, OK, OK! Well I don't know. Just come anyway, I know you're feeling angry at the moment, for some reason, but if you stay here you'll just get angrier and angrier. Just come k Kai?"
Kai just looked away from her and reclined even more out on the bed and ignored her. Lan narrowed her eyes in confusion. "Hey, What's wrong?"
"Nothing is wrong. I don't want to go because I do not want to waste my time socialising with other people who are not even important to me and have no relevance to my life. I'd prefer to stay here being alone without any other people to offend me in any way." He spat at her emphasizing every word. Just then Tyson came out of the bathroom and Ray shot in. Lan just stared at Kai amazed at what he has just said. Her mouth twitched and she swiped away at a lose strand of hair. It was obvious she wanted to say something to Kai, without the company of the others.
Soon Ray was out of the bathroom and everyone was ready to go.
"C'mon Lan, let's go!!" Max called out to Lan who was still sitting on Kai's bed, arms crossed with Kai doing the same while the rest were putting coats on and opening the door ready to go.
"In a minute guys. You go ahead of me I'll catch up." Lan muttered.
"Are you sure?" Ray asked
"Yes, now go. Don't worry I'll see you guys at the party. See ya." Lan said.
"K, see ya then." Ray answered.
"C'mon guys!" Tyson exclaimed. "We'll see the broad at the party. Let's go already!" A temple in Lan's head started to throb. She waited for the door to slam shut and footsteps to die away.
Lan finally looked at Kai. "Well, what's wrong with you? What's on your mind? You more bitter than usual."
"Nothing is wrong Lan; you're wasting your time. Just go and have a ball with your great friend Jackson. I'm sure he's just bouncing on the balls of his feet waiting for his date." Kai answered bitterly.
"Kai! Why are you like this? What the hell is wrong with you? I just want to go out and have some fun ok, unlike you. And considering you're not going and I don't have a 'date' and I don't wanna be some pathetic loner," she emphasized the last two words and glaring at Kai, "Jackson just offered to be with me and there is nothing wrong with that! You don't even care so why are you acting like this?" Lan said furiously.
"You two are just so lovey dovey all the time and it's sickening. Another thing, what happened to us? I thought you were the one who wanted a relationship -"
"And you don't!! So why do you care so much?!" Lan cut him off, getting angry being the short tempered girl that she is.
"I don't care Lan! But you make me want to care while I don't! You keep making me feel like there will be something between us but there wont ok!? You already have feelings for other guys and I can see that your attention is not always on me and you want other people you can dig your claws into! I'm not stupid Lan I can see that you want a boyfriend and you're eyeing Jackson; well I don't want a girlfriend right now so stop trying to drag me into wanting one!! We want different things so obviously if we ever have a bloody relationship, it won't work out. Understand? Comprende? Capito? Savvy?!?"
"So that's how you really feel then. So finally you have actually told me what is wrong with you instead of me having to work you out. Which I do get sick of Kai. You're right, we do want different things and we have to go our different ways. Well I'm glad I've found someone who does want to go out with me, who will you find that will help you I wonder. I wonder now, if you'll ever find anybody ever for the rest of your life!"
"Well even if I don't find anybody then that means there's very little chance of me being heart-broken." He said softly. Lan widened her eyes at him.
"And what's that supposed to mean?" She asked exasperated.
"Never mind," Kai looked away again.
"Never mind!? For god's sake tell me!! Who will break my heart eh? You don't even know Kai so just stop trying to be clever and shut up!"
"You're the one, who stayed behind to talk to me Lan, so when I shut up, what will you do? Yell at me some more? Just go to your Jackson, he's waiting for you so stop wasting your time here, I know you prefer to give up your past for something new."
Lan just looked at him, lost for words. She was angry and when Lan gets emotionally damaged. She needs to hit something . . .
SMACK!!!!!
Kai's head and shoulder banged against the wall in a huge force and slid back down collapsing on his pillow. He landed face down and his arms under him. His face stinging where Lan half slapped him and half punched him. Lan was a strong girl so Kai's cheek, head and shoulder felt as if they were whacked with a boulder several times. Kai was shocked and stunned at the force of her hit and the suddenness of it.
"You filthy, stupid, vile, despicable BASTARD!! Honestly I don't understand why I ever kissed you! Or hugged you! Cared for you or even LOOKED AT YOUR STUPID FACE!! Why on earth?! I must be stupid to think you were ever . . . we would ever have a chance together. Honestly!! I can't believe I've even said 'I love you'" Lan placed her hand on her head in wonderment and exasperation. "I can't believe I said that, what was I thinking. ARGH, you are foul Kai, I just don't understand you. I won't be surprised if you grow up alone and hated considering you have been for your whole life. I stuck by you as your only friend and companion and you always treat me like I'm some idiotic drowned rat who is just around you because of its pitiful state!!"
"Just piss off already Lan!!" Kai screamed at her holding his cheek, trying to get up but hurting his head. "Just leave already! Or do you want another whack at me? Go on! Just hit me if it makes you feel better and then later while I'm here caring for my wounds you can just go off making out with that bastard who you are so 'perfect' with! Can't you see he's just using you?? He's more likely to throw you out in the street with a black eye than I would! Stop immediately thinking people love you cos it's not as simple as that! Just having a pretty face doesn't cut it! Face it he doesn't love you and nor do I!! There! There is the truth for you clean and simple I D-O- N-T L-O-V-E Y-O-U! Now go off and get over it!!!" Kai raged his face started going pink with anger, he felt moisture on his face which he just assumed was sweat because of how heated he was feeling. He didn't bother listening to that other side of him, the one that was deep inside of him telling him that those beads of sweat were coming from his eyes.
"Fine Kai! I will! And I'm not going to waste my energy on you! I'll just piss off while you can just piss yourself right here in your own stupid anger! I don't love you either and never will and never have, I don't know why I ever said I did. I apologise on my behalf I was lying to you and I got caught up in the moment you could say."
Lan hopped off the bed and grabbed her coat and opened the door but halted when Kai called out to her.
"Likewise Lan!! I never did love you or had any feelings for you! It was all in my head and now I've told you how I really feel. Now don't come back drunk on false love! Again!!!"
Lan breathed heavy breathes failing to control her anger. "Kai you really are such a bitch!!" She grabbed the nearest pillow and hurled it at Kai who caught it roughly and flung it back at Lan but had closed the door in time for the pillow to just thump at the door then slide onto the ground with a soft plonk.
Kai raged in anger and buried his face into his pillow. Not removing his face for ages and when he did, he left two small circular wet patches on his pillow. "Damn that bitch!! She's made me so emotional and weak!" He furiously started pummelling his pillow with his fists and then flung it off his bed in rage and flopped back onto his bed heavily panting. He balled his fists up in rage and was blinded by his pillow and red hot anger.
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At the party people were laughing and crowding around in the park chatting with friends or chatting people up trying to get a quick date.
"Welcome everybody! To the Finals party!! And this party is dedicated to the Bladebreakers!!" DJ Jazzman was standing on a picnic table and screaming through his microphone over the crowd of cheering fans. The Bladebreakers excluding Kai who was not there grinned cheerily, save Lan who was scowling at her argument with Kai. "And their opposing team the Blade Sharks!!!" Carlos and his team were grinning manically at the crowd and mainly staring at the Bladebreakers in a sickly way. "GREAT LUCK TO BOTH TEAMS!! NOW ROCK THE NIGHT AWAY!!"
People clapped and whooped and cheered then went on with the party. Thousands of people were there, fans, knocked out teams, friends, special guests, all sorts of people. Including Jackson and Lan just had to find him.
Lan smoothed her hair down, slightly nervous. She didn't like places where there were lots of people; she was always suspicious that people were giving her weird looks and she had felt people were staring at her right then as she moved through the crowds wandering about.
She spotted Max and Tyson gorging away at the food table eating everything in sight. She smiled and shook her head. She couldn't see anybody else she knew so she just started to make her way to the table that Max and Tyson were at but then decided against it since she did not want any half eaten food thrown at her. As she moved around again she didn't notice some one was watching her.
He was wearing a dark navy blue shirt with a couple of his top buttons open revealing his some of his chest, just to make girls squirm. He was also wearing dark blue jeans and the usual scowl on his face. He flicked his blonde hair out of his eyes and continued to stare at Lan. He wasn't eyeing her for interest. He was eyeing her for a sort of personal dislike and resentment. He scowled at her every move and at her dark beauty. He usually hated girls all the same and Lan shouldn't be different, but for some reason he felt an extra throb of hatred for her. He admitted to himself she was attractive but the rest of her he disliked, being on an opposing team and then beating his team. He knew they would have beaten them if given the right chance . . .
"Hey Lee, you seen her?" A voice said next to him. Waking Lee out of his thoughts. Lee nodded his head in Lan's direction. "Thanks bud," and the boy walked off while Lee just grunted at him. He watched his friend walk over coolly to the girl's direction before scowling and then suddenly being swarmed by a flock of girls in short skirts.
Lan looked left and right to see an easy way through the crowd; everyone was dancing close together, making it hard to get by without annoying a few people. Suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder. Lan spun around startled but then her expression relaxed as soon as she saw who it was.
"Hey baby," Jackson said softly giving her a shy smile.
"Hey," Lan smiled back at him, she remembered what Kai had said about Jackson using her, but using her for what? He didn't have a clue and was just making it all up, Lan thought in her head.
"Erm, heh, you wanna dance??" Jackson asked indicating with his hand an empty area on the dance floor of the park's grass.
"OK . . ." Lan mumbled, she felt herself going red, she was never this nervous with anyone.
Jackson wrapped his arms around Lan's waist and she linked her hands together around his neck and they slowly moved with the music. A new song started to play; I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing by Aerosmith. "I like this song . . ." Lan muttered.
"Me too," Jackson smiled at Lan; he could tell she was nervous. "Hey hun, relax a little ok? You're so stiff. Loosen up." He gave her a heart warming smile and Lan just melted in his arms. "Better," He smiled and tilted his head towards Lan's and touched his nose with hers. He gave out a small laugh and softly brushed his lips against her cheek. Lan nudged her head affectionately back towards Jacksons and then rested her head on his shoulder; Jackson tightened his grip on Lan and brought her closer to his body. "So tell me about Dolphate . . ."
Tyson gave out a huge burp and then grinned widely. "Tyson! Come on man! There are girls around!" Max laughed
"And?" Tyson yawned, "I wanna sit down with some chicken! Coming?" Tyson turned to Max while grabbing a drumstick.
"Actually man, I feel like dancing, that ok?" Max said timidly.
"Eh? Dance? Well I think you should go dance with a girl ya know but I'm game if you wanna dance with me!" Tyson laughed at his own joke.
"Err; well I do kinda plan on dancing with a girl Ty, so see ya!!" Max grinned and waved at Tyson then ran off into the crowd.
"Humph!" Tyson muttered then just took a massive bite out of his chicken leg and plonked his fat butt on a picnic table that creaked under his weight.
Max hummed to himself and then accidentally bumped into a young girl his age. "Oh I'm really sorry!!" He said rubbing his head and grinning.
"Oh that's ok! Oh cool you're Max Taite! My name is Marianna! I'm a big fan of yours!!" The girl smiled hopefully.
"Oh really? Cool!! Wanna dance??" Max smiled looking at her.
"SURE!!!"
And the two happy people went off happily dancing madly while the people around them backed away in fear of getting whacked in the face with a flying limb.
Ray was finding difficulties in trying to dance with a girl; since there were so many crowding around him he couldn't decide which one he wanted to dance with. "Oh but there are so many of you! Can't we just take it in turns?" Ray sweat dropped while putting his hands out in protection of himself.
"Sure! BUT I'M GOING FIRST!!!" A girl yelled out from the sea of girls.
"Oh dear . . ." Ray muttered.
Kenny was sitting on a picnic bench watching his friends going off with girls and sighed glumly. "Awww I wished I was good looking so I could get girls to come up to me." He rested his head on his palms and stared at the floor. The patch of grass he was staring at was suddenly covered with a pair of black shoes. Kenny looked up and saw a girl staring down at him.
"Um . . . Hi?" Kenny muttered.
The girl giggled and then snorted like a pig.
Kenny blinked.
"Hoi." The girl said. She was wearing thick black glasses, was slightly podgy, was wearing a pink dress that fell to her shins and had yellow flowers sewn to it in random places and she had her mousy hair tied up in two side pony tails. "My name's Mildred. Your name is Kenny aint it? Hehe," She snorted again.
"Erm. Yeah . . ." Kenny said.
"I really like you," Mildred said turning away slightly blushing. Kenny blinked at her and there was a pause.
"Wanna dance?!" The girl suddenly said grinning showing a whole row of braced teeth. Kenny's face dropped, but then he thought that if he didn't accept then he would have spent the whole night dancing with no one.
"OK then . . ." Kenny said.
"COOOOL!!" Mildred then yanked poor Kenny out of his seat and started dancing . . . on Kenny's feet.
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In the crowds a bright pair of green eyes scanned the area along with brown and blue eyes. "Where do you think they are?" The green eyed boy said.
"They'll be around. Lurking in some shadow probably." The blue eyed boy muttered.
"Hmmm, well whenever they arrive, or when we see them. Jackson better hurry up cos I'm not talking to that creep. He smells like hell." The dark eyed one murmured.
"Where is Jackson anyway? Lee? You were the last one who saw him." The green eyed one said.
"He's probably prancing around with that Lan. I don't know why he has to do it this way. There are other ways of getting something out of her," Lee scorned.
"Well if it was up to you Lee," Jake said, "you'd be using a dark room, spotlight and a chair for her to sit on and you'd be threatening her with a knife to get information out of her! Jackson's way is better."
"You know Lee," Zack smirked, his brown eyes flashing. Lee glared at him.
"What?"
"I would actually think that you are beginning to like girls again." He said giving him a sly smirk.
Lee just glowered at him and turned his back to his team mates. "Zack's right Lee," Jake added in, teasingly. "I've seen you eyeing a few girls recently."
"Yeah, especially Lan," Zack said lightly.
Lee screwed up his face in anger. "Will you two shut the fuck up!!?" He muttered angrily.
"What?!" Jake said, sardonically surprised, "its true . . . is it not?"
"You know it's not true!" Lee swivelled round and clenched his fists angrily.
"Hey, seriously." Zack said, "I have seen you looking at Lan, scowling or whatever, you've stared at her more than once and I want to know why. Please I don't want you falling for her as well."
"Eurgh. Of course not! Yes I admit I have stared at her, only because I try to see what's so great about her. I think Jackson is really starting to fall for her and I'm getting worried. He wasn't supposed to!" Lee said exasperated.
"I know I know . . ." Zack muttered.
"I dislike that girl . . . she's ruining our team and ruining Jackson. It's not right . . ." Lee muttered, but inside he knew another reason to why he disliked her. Deep inside him he hated her because she broke his hatred for girls. She was pretty, and that is why Lee dislikes her, because he feels slightly attracted to her and just because of that he resents Lan's actions and dark beauty.
"Well, we can't do anything about it, cos you know Jackson will just deny it. He needs to remember that Kai guy . . ." Jake said.
Jake was wearing a light blue shirt with long sleeves. He had unbuttoned the sleeve collars and the first few buttons at the top of his shirt and black trousers. Zack wore all black. Black jeans and a black T-shirt. Just to match his dark image.
The three boys were standing coolly by a table ignoring the bunch of girls who were trying to ask them to dance. They eventually left when Lee told them where they could go in a rather harsh language. "Annoying females . . ." He muttered. Suddenly Jake grabbed him by the shoulder,
"There he is . . ."
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After calming down Kai's breathing eased and he breathed softly on his pillow. He was lying flat on his belly and was hugging his pillow while burying his face into it trying to get away from the world. After he sat up for a breath of fresh air he looked at his arms limply. He brushed his face with the back of his hand to get rid of that moist stinging sensation on his face. He fell back and landed heavily on his bed and went into deep thought.
"Why do I act like this!?" He asked himself. He wanted to punch his bed again but found no point in it, he'd just ruin the springs inside the bed. He pondered in his head about Lan. About all the time they had spent with each other, all the joy and all the wretchedness. This was the time for Kai to actually think, how he feels for Lan.
"Do I hate her or do I . . . do I . . ." Kai couldn't bear to say the next word. So he didn't. He bit his lip. He mused about the two things. The side of him that he never listened to was beginning to have a stronger voice. "Maybe . . . I'm jealous of Jackson? Because . . . Because he has Lan and I don't . . ."
He sat staring at the floor with his mouth slightly open and answered his own questions in his head. "But I had Lan, I had her . . . but then I lost her . . . I had my chance but didn't take it . . . why?! Does that mean I don't love her?"
Kai tried to think of both sides of the story, if he did and if he didn't love her. He thought of the chanced he didn't love her, obviously. "OK, well . . ." He was stuck. "OK!! Right. I haven't asked her to be my girlfriend, I don't like the idea of her being my girlfriend, I don't like the word girlfriend, and I rejected her offer to be my girlfriend . . . urrm . . ." He tried to think of more reasons. "But are these reasons proving I don't love her? Argh! Love is a strong word . . . maybe I'm just being delusional. OK let's think of how I can . . . be attracted to her. Well, she's pretty . . . no . . . lame reason. I don't get mad at her easily. She cares for me, there was a point in time I cared for her, I've kissed her . . . Maybe, I'm just not ready to have a girlfriend, yet, but I still want her by my side. I still want her with me, no matter what. Then why did I send her away!? ARGH!!!"
He punched his pillow again and accidentally hit his leg in the process. "Stupid thing . . . He remembered his pain from before. I . . . cried for her. NO! I didn't! I didn't! I can't have. I don't cry . . . I never have and never will! Uh! Another reason to how I don't love her. She's made me weak!" He massaged his leg where the pain endured. "I hate human emotions . . . So complicated." But a voice inside him said {but don't you like challenges? Lan is giving you a challenge in your love life, why don't you take it instead of running away from it?}
"Maybe I do love her, let's think about this." He lay down on his bed and closed his eyes. "Does she make me feel warm inside when she's around me?" He asked himself, "Yeah, I guess so." "Do you want to be with her right now?" "Yes." "What is the first thing you will do to her?" He squeezed his eyes tight; not wanting to answer the question knowing it would ruin his reputation as a cold hearted stony boy. He decided to skip that question, but his conscience told him not to. He pictured himself running up to Lan and pushing Jackson away and losing him in the crowd; where he wrapped his arms around Lan's body warmly and went down to give her a deep and passionate kiss on the lips. Kai found himself smiling at his fantasy and quickly stopped and shook his head impatiently.
He gazed at the blank wall, feeling his heart ache. "Is it true then, I have deep feelings for her . . . but why?" He answered his own question again, "because she has deep feelings for you as well and is the only person who does. You've never been loved as deeply like this from a person so you run from it because it is unfamiliar to you; you're scared to face what the consequences are. The fact is, you brainless fool, you adore her, she is the first person you have truly loved and you will obviously find this feeling strange. Be open to your emotions! Think! Then go to her before it's too late!"
"But what if I don't love her!?" Kai yelled out aloud.
"Ask yourself that that question, properly. Then you will find your answer. Ask your heart." The voice said.
"Do I love Lan?" Kai asked in his head. He waited for a few seconds before he found this incredibly stupid waiting for nothing before he told himself to try harder for the answer. He got a smiling image of Lan in his head and felt his heart warm up, he smiled at the image and then found his answer. He then scowled and then started punching his pillow again.
"WHY?! WHY!? WHY!? AM I SO STUPID!? I LOVE HER AND I JUST LET HER GET AWAY TO DANCE WITH SOME BASTARD!! WHY OH WHY AM I SO FOOLISH!? ARGH!!" He fell to his bed again and started growling in anger. He then realised that things won't change if he just sat there growling, he needed to get to her and tell her how he feels.
Jumping off the bed with a new spirit in him, he grabbed his keys and ran out the door and shut it with a slam and raced down the stairs making his way to Regent's Park . . .
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"Dolphate? What do you want to know about Dolphate??" Lan questioned.
"Well she is extremely powerful considering she beat me. I just wanted to know how you train her so well." Jackson smiled at her.
"Well, I spar with people and I train with them and I dunno actually . . . I just use my head I guess, hehe . . ." Lan now started to think how she actually managed to beat Jackson, she had never thought about it before, she was too dazed about actually winning.
"I don't know if you noticed, but our bit beasts sure had a ball." Jackson said peering into her eyes.
"Yeah I noticed. You know why?" Lan looked back at him surprised to meet his eyes staring into hers.
"I think our bit beasts have some kind of connection you could say. They feel what we feel, our emotions are their emotions. What we felt together that day, Lan, our bit beasts showed it. There's chemistry between us Lan, can't you see it?" Jackson's eyes started to plead to her.
Lan just stared at him speechless. "I . . . Uh . . . I" She stammered trying to break the silence but in vain.
Jackson leant closer to her and reached his hand up to her face, "Did you not see? Even if you don't see it, you saw our bit beasts and that tells your feelings inside and my feelings for you." He gave her a gentle and embarrassed smile. "I have feelings for you Lan, I have to admit it. I hope you understand, and I hope that you share the same feelings I feel for you."
Lan's heart softened but her brain was confused. She let Jackson's arms tighten around her and she sank into his warmth. She snuggled into his chest and then looked up at Jackson who brushed his face against hers and gave her a small kiss on the cheek and the two snuggled into each other but were hardly dancing and just standing in each others arms.
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Kai was running as fast as he could and he saw the party in Regent's Park and speed surged into him again as he ran through the entrance. He saw the crowd of people laughing and dancing with each other and ran into the crowd in search of Lan.
Suddenly, "KAI!!!" Kai looked around to see who called his name and found Tyson running up to him covered in chicken mess. "Hey bud! I thought you weren't gonna come!! What changed your mind?" Tyson grinned at him, his mouth all greasy from eating so many chicken legs like a pig.
"I don't have time for this Tyson, where is Lan?" Kai asked him exasperated and panting for breath.
"I dunno, probably off with that Jackson bloke. Hey why don't you come and eat with me? Max has gone off with some girl!"
"I have no time Tyson!" And Kai pushed him out of the way and continued battling the sea of people to find his loved one.
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"Lan, I really hope you understand how I feel. I think you're extremely beautiful and you're an amazing Beyblader. I know that there has been rivalry between the two of us because of the tournament, but now that we're out of the tournament we're cool right? I mean, there are no hard feelings are there?" Jackson whispered to her ear.
Lan shook her head and smiled at Jackson, "don't worry, there aren't. Not between you and me though."
"Good," Jackson smiled and moved his face to look at hers. He stroked her silky black hair and leant forward. They both knew what was coming and both inclined their heads inwards. Lan closed her eyes and waited for Jackson's lips to touch hers. He came in slowly and smoothly and their lips were just touching. "Excuse me but may I have this dance?" A voice said behind Jackson. Jackson simply ignored the voice and carried on moving closer to Lan. Lan however declined her head backwards; she had heard that voice before somewhere . . . It was so familiar to her.
"Excuse me," The cool voice said even harder, "I said can I have this dance."
Jackson started to get annoyed, "Hey listen bud but can't you see I'm busy here??" He turned around and confronted the blazing mahogany eyes of Kai.
Lan's eyes widened in shock, "Kai!!?" She said retreating from the two boys. Kai looked at Lan and his hard eyes softened, she looked more gorgeous to him that ever as she was so close to him but was still out of his reach. "Lan . . ." He whispered.
Jackson looked at Kai and raised an eyebrow. "Hmmm, I seemed to have disrupted something here, or have I? Lan?" He turned to Lan and folded his arms.
Lan scowled at Kai, "no, nothing at all. You haven't disrupted anything between me and Kai." Kai opened his eyes in shock and tried to walk towards Lan but Jackson stopped him before Lee came up to Jackson.
"Oi Jackson, he wants to talk to you," Lee whispered to him. He then glanced at Lan and gave her an evil stare before turning back to Jackson, "c'mon man, he said he wants to talk to you now." Jackson frowned and muttered back to him,
"Well tell him he doesn't need to worry and I'm doing fine so he can just leave me alone. I'm busy here." Lee smirked.
"He told me that you would say that, so he said he doesn't care if you're ok or you're on your knees with agony. He wants you to speak to him now." Lee glared at Jackson with a type of urgency in his eyes.
Jackson screwed up his face in annoyance, "fine, fine, I'll go to him now . . ." He turned to Lan, "hey baby I'll be back soon ok? I just need to sort some stupid stuff out with some slime ball. Don't wait up for me k?" He gave her a warm kiss on her head while glaring at Kai who scowled back. Jackson squeezed Lan's shoulders gently then walked away from the crowds. Lee then looked at Lan and then gave her an evil sarcastic smirk then followed Jackson.
Lan then tried to run away from Kai but he grabbed her arm and swung her to face him, "let go of me!!" Lan hissed fiercely at him.
"No! Not until I tell you how I feel!" Kai said. Lan shook her head disbelieving him and struggled to get away from him, but this time Kai managed to keep hold of her and he placed his hands on her shoulders. "Look!! Please listen to me Lan," He stared into her eyes asking her to stop. She glowered at him but stopped struggling.
Kai turned away and coughed uneasily, "Lan I'm sorry for what I did ok . . . ? I didn't mean it, I didn't mean a single word I said and I'm really sorry for what I did." Lan still frowned at him, unmoved by his words. Kai gulped, he had hoped saying sorry would soften Lan's heart, obviously it didn't. Kai tried to not get annoyed at Lan's stubbornness, {it's for love; remember that Kai, it's for love . . .} He thought in his head. He breathed heavily and tried to ignore the stitch he had in his side.
He suddenly let go of most of his pride and leaped on Lan hugging her startling Lan completely. "K-Kai!?" She stammered trying to catch her balance. She stared wide-eyed at Kai's back and felt Kai's hand stroking her back. "I'm sorry for all the things I did to you Lan," He released her from his hug and stared into her eyes, "I realised after you left me, how I really feel. I was so confused Lan but now it's completely clear to me. Please don't think this as a sort of lie or an excuse or just a delusional thought." Lan blinked confused, Kai grabbed her face gently and stroked her cheek. "Lan, I realise now, I . . . I-I-I love you."
The two of them stared at each other, one in shock and the other with love in his eyes. All they saw was each other, the whole world became a buzz to them. They couldn't see or hear the people around them, if someone accidentally bumped into one of them, they wouldn't have felt it or heard the apology. Lan stared at Kai with her mouth slightly ajar; she didn't believe what she had just heard. "W-what??" She shook her head and looked at Kai's face stunned.
"I love you Lan. And it's not like any other kind of Love. I know love is a strong word, a very strong word and too many people misuse it. I'm not one of those people. I've always loved you since the day you joined me when the singles tournament started, I was just too much of a fool to realise it. All those times that I made us feel friction between us was because I was scared of my feelings. I'm not used to this as you must know but I realised today why I felt those things. It was because I love you. It's not a type of love of friendship love, or I love you because of the things you do. I love you for you. For whom you are. It's not like one of those idiotic things, like a young girl who says 'I love Barbie!' That's just a false love for something; I don't feel the same way a young girl would. I love you, I love you so much." Kai's grip on Lan's face became firmer as he let out all his locked up emotions he had kept hidden for so long. He kissed her forehead and hugged her tightly still giving her head a series of kisses.
He moved her face so he could look at her. "I was . . . I admit I was jealous of Jackson. He had such a way with you I knew I never would be able to achieve and he had managed to get your heart. I don't know if you feel to same way darling but I just needed to say how much I love you."
Lan blinked at him again "w-what did you call me?" She whispered to him, her throat was dry and her heart was beating wildly at Kai's sudden outburst. Kai looked at her oddly, "what do you mean? I called you Lan . . . didn't I?"
"No, you called me something else . . . Darling??" Lan looked at him,
"I-I did?" Kai didn't even know.
"Yeah, you were babbling so much . . . You didn't even notice?" Kai shook his head. Lan looked down thinking about the words that were just being said to her. {Is he telling the truth? If he didn't even know he called me darling, does that mean it was just automatic? I can't believe this . . .}
"I-I" She didn't know what to say, "I don't know what to say to this Kai. This is very sudden, I mean, you're so . . . cold hearted and defensive, do you really expect me to just handle this easily?!"
"No, no of course not Lan. I just needed to tell you. I'm not cold hearted anymore; you've made me see that I actually have a heart that can love. And I don't even mind," He gave her a weak smile that needed practise. "All this time that I've been cold hearted to you was because I didn't understand, please believe me on this Lan."
"Prove it," Lan said. Kai looked at her surprised. "I know that this is gonna be hard, but I don't care. For something as serious as this, prove it to me." Kai's face softened,
"I'd love to." He ignored the whole world around him, he didn't care who saw or who gaped or who giggled. He didn't care about his pride at that moment; the only thing he cared about is Lan. He swooped down at her and planted a soft and passionate kiss on Lan's lips. He wrapped his arms around Lan's body and deepened their kiss. The two felt all warm all over, Kai cherished the feeling of Lan's lips against his, he loved her body pressed against his and the feel of her hair in his fingers and her warmth. He was running out of breath but didn't want to break their bond. He finally pressed his lips together and let go giving them a small breath before giving her two small pecks and then gave her another deep and passionate warming kiss.
After letting go he saw a few people laughing and pointing, Lan blushed and just stared at Kai's chest and then looked at his face but saw that he didn't care. "Oh Kai . . . I believe you!" She said breathlessly and she flung her arms around him and gave him her own kiss. The two embraced each other and cuddled with each other. Lan even started to shed a few tears onto Kai's shirt but Kai just wiped them away and held her closely. "Kai, I'm so sorry for what I did, I was angry at you because I didn't think you cared. I mean you're so cold towards everybody. I just didn't want to bother with you anymore and I'm sorry for that. I really am." She kissed him on the cheek and rubbed her cheek against his and held him tighter, "I've always loved you Kai, and I just never said it. I never wanted us to be parted but you were just so stubborn, I thought you weren't really the one. I'm sorry, I just got confused, please forgive me."
"Of course Lan, I love you so much." He stroked her hair and kissed her neck.
'Heaven' by Bryan Adams started playing. The two lovers danced slowly with each other and both really felt they were in heaven.
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"What do you want?" Jackson said to the dark figure that was standing behind a thick tree. "I was busy you know and what you're gonna say better be important." He hissed at the figure.
"Of course It's gonna be important! Everything I say should be taken into deep thought," The figure said.
"Yeah whatever just tell me. I've got a beautiful girl waiting for me and you better be quick." He muttered.
"That's what I wanted to talk to you about, how much information have you got? I've been watching you and I don't think you're doing your job very well, I think you're taking this to an extent don't you?" He said slyly.
"What I'm doing is fine, I'm getting information! Just give me tonight, that's all I need Carlos! I've got her trust I just need to ask her without her being suspicious."
"It better be Jackson . . ." The figure whispered menacingly.
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OK!! Very long chapter, I'm sorry. I wanted to fit it all in but I still haven't really . . . Oh well, this is a cliff-hanger if you didn't know =D
I finally finished the chapter!! YAY!!!
Please review!! Pretty please!!!
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