Chapter Seven- Confessions Part 2 and the Challenge

Me: GASP! It's chapter seven!

Elisa: And the "Robert Uncouth Counter" Is back!

Robert; I find it very uncouth that the two of you are doing this uncouth counter!

Tala; He just said it twice! Does that count?

Me: I dunno, depends. If he doesn't say it that much in the fic, we can add it in I guess.

Robert: SUCH UNCOUTHNESS! Both of you!

Tala: Shut up Robert... :Tala and Robert being arguing:

Me:sad face and chibi voice: Robert's a poopy!

Elisa:sweatdrops: Kai, read the disclaimer for us please...

Kai: Fine, BXR doesn't own beyblade. She actually doesn't own much of anything now that I think about it...

Me: How would you know Kai? ARE YOU STALKING MEEEE?

Kai: No, I just know these things

Me: Ok... ON WITH DA CHAPTER!

Recap:(Ray's POV) We hung up and I thought to myself,

"This is gonna take a while..."

Chapter Start

(Normal POV)

I woke up the next morning and Johnny was still asleep, so I got up and went to the bathroom for a shower. When I came out, he was awake.

"Where'd that bruise on your face come from?" He asked.

"Oh... it's a long story..." I answered, not really wanting to talk about it.

"I'm going down to breakfast."

"Ok, I'll be down later." I needed to call Elisa. Once Johnny left, I did just that.

"Yosss," she greeted.

"Hey kid, what's up?" I asked.

"Eh, bored. You?"

"oh nothing really... except for the fact that I got a boyfriend..."

"What? Who?"

"Johnny..."

"Niceeee." I could tell she was grinning and quite proud of me. We continued talking as I watched my the Blade breaker team practice from my room.

(With the blade breakers. 3rd person POV)

Ray knew this was probably the only chance he was going to have. It was all of the guys on the team, no Nicole. He purposely didn't tell her about practice. He mentioned the plan of his and Elisa's to Max, Tyson, and kenny the night before when he was sure that Kai was asleep. Now, it was time for phase one.

"Hey Kai," Ray called. "Why are you so horrible to Nicole all the time?"

Kai froze. "What did you just say?"

"Why are you so mean to Nicole. She's not that bad you know."

"You know what Ray?" Tyson asked. "I think he loooooves her."

"Yeah! That's the only reason," Max added.

"You're all insane. I don't love her. I don't even like her. Now get back to training and stop asking stupid questions," Kai growled.

"Are you suuuuuuuure?" Tyson asked.

Kai glared daggers. "Positive..."

"Then why are you always so nasty to her?" Ray asked.

Kai growled. 'They aren't going to give this up, are they?' "Because I-" He stopped. Why was he always so mean to her? Why did he always call her names, harass her, and go out of his way to make her miserable?

'Maybe you really do love her...' The voice in the back of his head was getting into this now.

'Would you just stay out of this!' He argued.

'Be honest. What do you really think of her?'

'Well, she is pretty. She has nice eyes. And a nice smile... when she decides to smile...'

'Too bad she never smiles when you're in the room...'

'Hey, didn't I say to stay out of this?'

'Just trying to help. You need to admit to it. And you need to admit that you're jealous.'

'Jealous? Of who?'

'Johnny.'

'Why would I be jealous of him?'

'Because of the fact that she seems to like him better. That's why you got so mad at her last night. You didn't mean a single word you said. You were just jealous that she liked Johnny enough to offer to share a room with him, and a bed. The only time she would ever offer to share a bed with you is if she was planning on killing you in your sleep without anyone knowing.'

'Wow, you're a real confidence booster...'

"Kai?" Ray asked. "Be honest, Do you like her? we won't tell her."

"I guess so..." He grumbled, not wanted to admit to it.

Ray smiled. This was easier than he thought. He took out his cell phone and called Elisa.

"Hello Raymond," she greeted. She enjoyed calling him by his full first name to annoy him.

"Mission accomplished Elisa," he answered.

"He admitted it?"

"Yup, didn't take too long."

"WHAT!" Kai yelled, he didn't seem too happy about the whole situation. "Was this planned?"

"Yeah... kinda..." Ray revealed.

"Give me that phone... now..." Ray gave Kai his cell phone. "Elisa, explain... NOW"

"Jeeze, calm down kid," she began. "What is there to explain?"

"Try explaining why half of my team is trying to get me to admit that I like your best friend?"

"What do you mean 'trying to get you to admit that you like her'? You did admit to it if I'm correct."

"That's not the point! Why are they forcing me to admit it?"

"Because I set it up. You needed to admit to it and get it through your head that you liked her, Now you can stop being so god damn nasty to her."

"Does she know about this?"

"No, and if it's up to me, she won't for a very long time."

"Let me guess, you're going to try to set us up?" Kai was starting finding the situation a tiny bit amusing now.

"Well, I was planning on it. But that plan went down the fucking drain not too long ago."

"Why?"

"BECAUSE YOU WAITED TOO FUCKING LONG! Johnny asked her out last night and she said yes. You're too late Kai. She has a boyfriend. AND IF YOU WEREN'T SUCH A FUCKING ASSHOLE TO HER, THAT BOYFRIEND COULD BE YOU! But I guess you'll just have to settle with being second best to Johnny again." There was an evil smirk in her voice as she said the last part.

"Here's Ray..." Kai gave Ray back his phone. Elisa was right. He was too late, she belonged to Johnny now. Of all the fucking people in the world, it had to be Johnny.

"Tyson, go get Nicole for training..."

(Normal POV)

Tyson came into my room while I was just sitting down, spacing.

"What do you want Tyson?"

"Kai wanted me to get you for training," he answered. "We're planning on challenging the Europeans as a team."

"Alright..." I was slightly nervous about seeing Kai after last night. I grabbed my blade and followed Tyson outside. Ray and Max were battling. Chief was collecting data, and Kai was sitting against a tree holding his head like he had a head ache. I took a deep breath and sat down next to him.

"Kai, are you alright?"

He looked up at me.

"Yeah, I guess."

"What's wrong?"

"I don't want to talk about it."

"Alright, I don't wanna force anything out of you."

As I got up he spoke,

"Did anyone ever tell you that you had pretty eyes?"

I could've sworn I saw the rest of my team smile. Ok, something was going on that no one was telling me.

"Are you drunk or something?" I asked him. Kai never said anything like that to me so I had to assume something along the lines of him being drunk, or out of his mind.

"What the fuck? I can't give you a complement?"

"Is that what you call it? I call it you being sarcastic with me because you know I hate it!"

"Ok, here's the match-ups for practice," Kenny announced, trying to avoid another argument between me and Kai. "Max, Ray, and Tyson will all battle together. Nicole and Kai will go against each other."

Max, Tyson, and Ray all looked from me to Kai, like they knew this wasn't going to be pretty.

"3-2-1- LET IT RIP!" Kenny yelled.

The two of us launched our blades. This wasn't just training anymore. This was personal.

"Draven! Dark Light!" I yelled.

The whole area was covered in darkness. Once it was clear, Kai's Dranzer was no longer spinning and my blade still was. No one ever knew exactly what Draven's attack was, because no one ever saw it. The rest of my team was shocked that I won so quickly. Kai was shocked that I won at all.

"I find it kind of sad that your match with Johnny lasted longer," I began as I picked up my blade. "And I was going easy on you too..."

"Chief, how did she do that?" Ray whispered.

"Nicole can do something that none of can do," he began. "Take a battle really personally and channel her anger into her blade and use that as extra power. It's amazing how well she can do it."

Meanwhile, the Europeans were watching our practice from a camera in a laptop inside.

"That was amazing!" Oliver gasped. "I've never seen someone win so quickly. And with such force."

"She does have skill." Robert agreed. "More skill than the rest of her team."

"So what are we going to do about this challenge they're talking about?" Enrique asked.

"Accept it of course."

"WHAT? Are you crazy?" Johnny exclaimed. "We don't know how to fight as a team! And personally, I think team work is useless!"

"Johnny, no one asked for your opinion..." Enrique announced. "As for the team thing, we'll just have to learn I guess. We've never turned down a challenge, so why start now?"

The Europeans met us in Robert's "back yard" as we were going inside.

"We challenge all of you," Tyson began, pointing to the Europeans. "To a team beybattle!" He struck a pose that reminded me of something I saw in Dragonball Z once...

'He's such an embarrassment...'

"Very well," Robert agreed. "But under one condition."

"What's that?" I asked.

"If we win, we're taking your place in Russia at the world tournament."

"Hm... fair enough."

All of the Europeans walked inside except Johnny.

"So I guess we're going to be fighting against each other."

"Yeah," I shrugged. "I guess so."

He must've sensed that something was wrong with me because he pulled me into a big hug. Since he was about my height, my head could rest on his shoulder.

"Finally, I can hug someone that isn't 5 feet taller than me."

"Hn." He smiled and kissed me on the forehead. "I'll talk to you later." And with that he walked inside.

"I'm hungry..." Tyson moaned.

"Ugh, you're always hungry..." I growled.

"Nicole, I need to talk to you. In private," Ray announced.

"Ok sure." I shrugged and followed him into the woods where we had training. This was part 2 of Ray and Elisa's plan. Ray was allowed to say something to me and or Kai. It was ok since we wouldn't believe him anyway.

"Sooo what's up Ray?"

"Kai likes you."

I fell on the ground laughing hysterically.

"HAHAHA! OH MY GOD RAY! THAT WAS THE FUNNIEST THING EVER! GOOD JOKE!" I said between laughs. I looked up and saw that he wasn't laughing.

"You're not joking... are you?"

"Nope... Elisa and I got it out of him last night and today. You should've seen him when you were hugging Johnny before. He looked so jealous. If it was anyone else, he probably wouldn't be as mad about it. But it's Johnny, and it's killing him that he lost to Johnny twice."

I had no idea what to say. Kai had me fooled for two years. He made me believe that he hated me. I couldn't believe Ray, it was impossible.

"Don't let this ruin your relationship with Johnny," Ray begged.

"Don't worry, it won't..."

Our match with the Europeans was on Saturday and it was currently Thursday, so we didn't have a lot of time to practice. I made Ray think that I believed him, but I really didn't. How could Kai like me? He hated me, there was no way around it.

Me: Da chapter is ova! Elisa, what is the "Robert Uncouth Counter"?

Elisa: The "Robert Uncouth Counter" is... none?

Me: NONE?

Tala: What about the three times at the beginning?

Me: yes. yes that would count! The R.U.C. for this chapter is 3!

Robert: How uncouth...

Tala: 4!

Me: Yes! The tournament will be in the next chapter along with other stuff!

Elisa: So read and review!

Tala: Yes! Or else!

Me: They're so nice :sniff sniff:

Max: There's a wocket in my pocket...