"Kaalyian, Solar Eclipse!"
"Driger, Tiger Claw!"
The two blades went careening towards each other, one engulfed in flames and the other in a green aura. As the collided, the flaming blade swerved and hit the other from behind, winning the match.
"Nice try, Ray." She said as they shook hands.
Glancing at her watch, she saw that it was nearly 8 pm.
"I have to get going. I have a contest to get to."
"What kind of contest? A Beyblading contest?" Tyson asked excitedly.
"Nope. If you're so curious to know, follow the address on the card in the dojo. You'll see it by the phone." And with that, she grabbed her backpack and slung it over her shoulder without a word.
"I know where she's going."
All eyes turned to Kai.
"Follow me."
Backstage of the club, Saiyna was nervously fiddling with the end of a lock of hair while waiting for her turn. It was a Battle of the Singers, and all of the competitors were trying to beat the reigning champion, Ming-Ming. So far, she had won 4 years straight. It was also starting to piss Saiyna off since she often came backstage to pick on the others, then make them nervous, causing a breakdown onstage and extreme humiliation. This wasn't some pop singing contest, the idea was to be creative and pick something else. Naturally, Ming-Ming easily got first dibs on R&B. Luckily, pop was more her thing and she sounded sort of choked up onstage. The biggest problem was that she was (so far) the one with the most fans.
Saiyna had gotten put with Soft Rock and had selected a Celine Dion Song.
"Nervous?" She heard someone hiss in her ear.
"Do you mind? You're spitting in my ear." She replied icily.
Ming-Ming scowled at her, eyeing her attire.
"Hmm... Adequate I suppose. If you're a wannabe." She said with a snide grin.
"You're one to be talking. I haven't seen anything as slutty as that since someone dragged me into a bar where they had pole dancers."
Ming-Ming's face flushed about 10 shades of furious red before turning purple.
"Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get to my place."
Out in the audience, the Bladebreakers were sitting around a table while Kai was leaning against the wall in the far corner where nobody would see him.
"Why the hell would she come here?" Tyson wondered aloud.
"Shut up Tyson." Hilary snapped back.
"Our next contestant is..."
Saiyna growled when the redheaded girl in front of her went up. Ming-Ming was refusing to give up on making her nervous, not that it did any good; Saiyna was highly skilled in the "Art of Ignoring" as she put it. What felt like an eternity finally ended as Saiyna was called up.
In the audience, Kai looked up when Saiyna was called up to go. She was dressed in a floor-length black gown with one strap and a slit going to just below her hip. Around her neck was what appeared to be a silver choker, a simple silver band with a black onyx stone in the center. The dress itself glittered silver; she looked amazing. The music started with a violin, then some guitar.
"Take me back in the arms I love
Need me like you did before
Touch me once again
And remember when
There was no one that you wanted more"
Unlike Ming-Ming, who had sort of a girly voice, Saiyna's sounded much more mature and womanly, giving off more powerful vibes.
"Don't go you know you will break my heart
She won't love you like I will
I'm the one who'll stay
When she walks away
And you know I'll be standing here still
I'll be waiting for you
Here inside my heart
I'm the one who wants to love you more
You will see I can give you
Everything you need
Let me be the one to love you more
See me as if you never knew
Hold me so you can't let go
Just believe in me
I will make you see
All the things that your heart needs to know
I'll be waiting for you
Here inside my heart
I'm the one who wants to love you more
You will see I can give you
Everything you need
Let me be the one to love you more
And some way
All the love that we had can be saved
Whatever it takes we'll find a way
Believe me, I will make you see,
All the things, that your heart needs to know,
I'll be..." There was a short pause in the song, then...
"Waiting for you
Here inside my heart
I'm the one who wants to love you more
You will see I can give you
Everything you need
Let me be the one to love you more!"
That last powerful chorus had everyone in the audience up on their feet to a standing ovation. Saiyna had a smile on her face, while Ming-Ming could be seen backstage fuming.
Walking down from the stage, Saiyna shot Ming-Ming a triumphant smirk.
"HOW! How did you do that without choking!"
"Hold that thought." Saiyna removed the earplugs from her ears.
"You were saying?"
Ming-Ming stormed off.
Though Ming-Ming won the contest by popularity, there was quite a bit of protesting about why it hadn't been Saiyna.
"Saiyna, that was incredible!" Hilary shouted while giving Saiyna a death-grip hug. "I had no idea you could sing like that!"
"Uh Hilary... Need... air... to... BREATHE!"
Hilary let go while Saiyna took several deep breaths of air.
"Damn, you could kill someone just by hugging them!"
"Let's find out!" She said with an evil grin while turning to Tyson.
"AHHHHH!" He ran off screaming.
The others laughed, but Saiyna couldn't find Kai anywhere.
Going backstage again, she found him leaning against the wall by the back door.
"What are you doing here?"
"No reason." He responded flatly.
Saiyna shrugged and picked up her backpack from the corner she'd left it in. When she turned around, she found herself face-to-face with Kai. Well, actually, because of height difference, it was more like face-to-chest. Kai smirked at her and put his hands on the wall on either side of her head. Saiyna leaned in smirking, then just to tease him, pulled away before their lips met and managed to slip out of his grip. Kai smirked.
She plays hard-to-get.
Shut up Dranzer.
Still, Kai followed her, moving silently to try and sneak up on her only to see that she had disappeared.
"What the-"
Out of nowhere, a strong force pushed him against the wall. Kai smirked when he saw Saiyna pinning him by his shoulders to the wall with a smirk on her face.
"When will you learn that you can't sneak up on me?" She said playfully before letting him go and disappearing into the shadows again.
When I said she plays hard-to-get, I had no idea she did it literally.
Kai glared at the phoenix, who ruffled her feathers.
Can you find her with Kaalyian?
Give me a second...
A second later, Kai heard a heartbeat.
Follow her heartbeat.
Smirking as she pulled on her street clothes, (a tight black long-sleeved shirt with a high collar, navy blue cargoes, shin-high black boots, and a black belt) Kaalyian interrupted her thoughts of how else to tease the other phoenix.
Looks like Dranzer is cheating.
Two can play at this game.
Saiyna pulled her backpack on and stepped out the door into the open night air.
Let's see how he deals with this.
Following the sound of Saiyna's heartbeat, it was suddenly joined by another.
Damn, they're on to us.
Whose heartbeat is that? They must be pretty close for it to be that loud.
It's Kaalyian's.
Kai kept following the heartbeats outside to find nobody there.
Go left.
Following Dranzer and his instincts, Kai walked left. A figure on the sidewalk darted out of sight. Kai sprinted after her, but she was better and evaded him easily.
She's good at this.
(gasp) You're kidding, right?
Stuff it, you fire-breathing turkey.
I AM A PHOENIX! A PHOENIX!
Saiyna forced herself not to snicker at Kai's perplexity. The second heart beating threw him off rather well. Now that he was pretty much lost, Saiyna slipped out of the alleyway she was hiding in and walked away as Kaalyian's heartbeat faded away.
Kai followed the heartbeat to the park, where he found Saiyna lying in the grass with her hands behind her head, eyes closed, with a piece of grass in her mouth. Her hair, which was still down, was falling in her face a bit. Kai walked over to her and sat down beside her.
"About time you caught up." She said without opening her eyes.
"Stuff it." He snapped back.
Saiyna just shrugged and moved one arm out from under her head to take the grass out of her mouth. It was then that Kai noticed the cut on her face was completely healed without the cover-up on it. She opened her eyes and turned to Kai.
"Why was Boris after you in the first place? You'd think he'd go after someone more vulnerable like me."
"You? Vulnerable?" He snorted.
"Well, yeah. I might be a tough girl, but that doesn't mean I'm Supergirl."
"Say what?"
"Never mind."
For a while, they sat there in silence. Kai leaned back and lay down on the grass, staring up at the sky.
"Ever seen the stars?"
"Huh?" Kai asked absent-mindedly.
"Have you ever seen the night sky with real stars?"
"No."
Saiyna sat up, shocked.
"Are you serious?" She got up to her feet. "C'mon, I wanna show you something."
Kai got up off the hill while Saiyna pulled out her blade. The bit chip glowed as Kaalyian emerged and his mistress climbed on. She stretched out a hand.
"You trust me?"
Kai looked at her hand.
"I can't do this."
"Why not?"
"Not your concern."
"You're scared of heights, aren't you."
"Hmph."
Saiyna wasn't amused.
"Well, if you want to chicken out..."
"What?" Kai perked up at the mention of being called chicken.
"If your acrophobia makes you chicken-"
She smirked when Kai climbed on as well.
"Hold on tight."
Kai wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Kaalyian, up!" She commanded, lightly nudging the phoenix with her foot.
In one powerful beat if its wings, Kaalyian took to the skies. Kai's grip tightened as they rose in altitude until they were far above the clouds. Saiyna looked over her shoulder and smirked. Kai had his eyes shut tightly and his grip on her waist was starting to suffocate her. It was actually pretty funny.
"Hey Kai, you wanna open your eyes? Just don't look down."
Kai opened one eye, then the other, looking Saiyna in the eyes.
"Look up."
They both looked up to see a night sky scattered with hundreds of stars and a crescent moon.
"Whoa..."
Saiyna looked up, when Kai's grip suddenly tightened again.
"You looked down, didn't you."
"Yeah..."
A cold gust of wind made them both shiver.
"Kaalyian, lets go home."
Back down on the ground, Kaalyian disappeared back into the confinements of its bit chip. Saiyna smiled.
"You really gotta get out more often."
"Assuming you don't kill me first."
Saiyna punched his arm playfully. Kai elbowed her, which led to Saiyna tackling Kai again, landing both of them on the ground.
"I thought you said you were vulnerable!" Kai stated.
"I did, but I wasn't referring to kicking your butt."
Kai forcefully but gently pushed her over so that he was on top, making Saiyna gasp.
"Are you sure about that?" He said in a hushed tone before leaning in.
"Kai-"
She was cut off by Kai gently pressing his lips against hers in a soft, sensual kiss. She relaxed a bit despite that his weight was slightly suffocating her. Saiyna wrapped her arms around his neck while he wrapped his around her waist and shoulders, pulling her closer to him and deepening the kiss. Leaning further into the kiss, Kai pushed his tongue into her mouth, leaving no area unexplored. Saiyna moaned into his mouth while he caressed hers. For a while, they carried on this way until they parted from lack of air.
"Wow..." Saiyna gasped.
Kai smirked and got up off of her, taking Saiyna's hand and pulling her to her feet.
"We should be going before the guys get suspicious."
Saiyna smirked.
"Knowing Hilary, she's going to demand what I was doing."
"Anyway... see you tomorrow."
Kai leaned over and kissed her on the cheek before walking away. For a moment or two, Saiyna stood there with a hand over the cheek he'd kissed her on. She smiled, then walked away.