Chapter 23-Devil with a black dress on
Me: Tis the second to last chappy:(
Elisa: I'm gonna miss this definitely.
Me: Never fear! For there shall be a sequel! I have decided it and so it shall be.
Elisa: In the meantime, the R.U.C. is back and yeah...
Johnny: BXR and Elisa will be very happy if you pick up on the "hidden" nicknames in the song for this chapter.
Me: That song was supposed to be in the chapter where she gets hurt, but I forgot about it :( But what I didn't forget about is that I need to tell Johnny to read the disclaimer!
Johnny:sighs: BXR doesn't own beyblade, the song "Devil with a Black Dress on", by Jack off Jill or "Ohio (Come back to Texas)" by Bowling for soup.
Me: Yup, on with the chapter
Elisa:NO WAIT! They need a little preview of what they will see
Me: Fine, this chapter will feature...
-A BIG secret that even I didn't know about
-More sing-alongs
-Someone being "knocked up"
-Nick's vague death threats towards Kai
-And of course, Robert's "extensive, senseless, and meaningless" vocabulary
Recap:"So
did we win?"
"Dude, Kai got his ass kicked..."
He smirked and we got back on the bus for the hotel.
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I was worried. There was no denying it, mistaking it, or hiding it. Bryan would tear Ray apart tomorrow, there was no doubt in my mind.
"Nicole, what's bothering you?" Ray asked when we got back to the hotel. He sat down beside me. I have known Ray since, well, the beginning of time. We was like an older brother to me and Mariah and I were like his younger sisters. He was the one who taught us how to blade.
"Ray I-" I began but he cut me off.
"Oh my god Nicole are you pregnant?"
"What the hell? Ray, no I'm not pregnant!" I had to laugh a little.
"Who's knocked up?" Enrique asked, coming into the room.
"Nicole is!" Ray exclaimed and Enrique's eyes widened.
"Really! Who's the lucky bastard who knocked you up?"
"I'm not pregnant Enrique-poo..." I sighed.
"Huh? Who's preggy?" Elisa asked, walking into the room followed by Nick.
"No one-"
"Nicole is," Ray cut me off.
"And she won't tell us who knocked her up," Enrique added.
"WHAT!" Nick yelled. "When I get my hands on Kai I'll-"
"No," Elisa interrupted what would have been a stream of vague death treats towards Kai. "It wouldn't be Kai's anyway. Unless they had a one night stand and never told anyone. If Nicole was infact pregnant, which I very highly doubt because I know Nicole isn't like that, she would be around a month along by now. Her and Kai have only been dating about 2 weeks, give or take a few days. If my little Kenny-style calculations are right, she would have been with Johnny when the 'kid' was conceived." Everyone stared at her and all was silent.
"Wow Elisa," I blinked, breaking the silence. "That was the smartest thing you ever said... it's too bad you're wrong and I'm not pregnant."
"Who says you're not?" Enrique smirked. "You and Johnny shared a bed that week. God only knows what could have went on in there while we were all asleep. You guys could have-"
"DON'T... continue..." Nick intterupted. "The last thing any of us need is a mental image of my sister in Johnny... in bed... and Robert's house... doing who knows what nasty horrible things could come to mind..."
"Ugh, would you like me to call Johnny in here and prove to you that nothing happened at Robert's house that week?" I asked.
"What is this I hear about the uncouth befoulment of the sheets in one of the Royal beds in my fine castle?" Robert questioned as he walked into the now officially crowded living room (even though the only people in it were Ray, me, Enrique, Elisa, Nick, and Robert).
"Johnny knocked Nicole up and they did it in YOUR HOUSE and in one of YOUR BEDS!" Enrique explained.
"I BEG YOUR PARDON?"
"JOHNNY!" I called, it was so loud that it echoed throughout the whole suit.
"What's going on?" He asked, adding to the list of people in the room. "I heard bits and pieces of it, like someone's knocked up, Nick is making vague death threats towards Kai, and Robert's extensive, senseless, and meaningless vocabulary."
"Johnny, PLEASE tell these IDIOTS that we did not have sex when we were at Robert's," I begged. Johnny's eyes widened.
"What are you talking about? How would you forget Nicole? It was MINDBLOWING!" I would have played along, but I really wasn't in the mood to joke around.
"WELL MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN ME SO FUCKING DRUNK!" And with that I stormed to my room, slammed the door, and threw myself on my bed. "Ugh..." There was a knock on the door. "Fuck off!" I yelled, with my face buried in a pillow.
"Nicole, it's Ray, I want to talk to you," Ray persisted.
"Fine! Come in."
Ray came in, closed the door behind him and sat next to me on my bed. "I'm sorry Nicole. I didn't know the joke would escalate to that."
"It's ok Ray, I just wasn't in the mood to joke around. If it was any other time, I'd be going along with it to see how mad we could make Robert. But now I guess I'm just..."
"What's wrong Nicole? Seriously this time, no jokes and no asking if anyone's pregnant."
"Ray-Ray, I'm worried. Bryan can be particularly vicious if he wants to be and I don't want anything to happen to you. You're like the brother I never had."
"What about Nick?" I raised my eye brow and gave him the trademark "be serious" face. "I see your point," he chuckled a little and coughed.
"Ray, if Bryan can do this to me," I lifted the bottom of my shirt so he could see the cuts. "Then imagine what he could do to you. And you're sick too, you won't be able to focus too much."
"Nicole, I'm fine, trust me. I'm a big tough guy and I can take care of myself." He flexed his biceps. "Just look at these guns! He is no match for these!" He kissed his biceps and I just shook my head while trying not to laugh.
"Whatever you say Ray-Ray..."
"Get a goodnights sleep, it should help."
"Ok, oh and Ray," I called as he was walking out. "Don't tell Kai about the pregnant joke. Odds are we won't take it as such and he'll kill Johnny."
"Heh, sure Nicole." He smiled and left. I layed down thinking that a good night's sleep would make me feel better.
It didn't.
In fact, I felt a bit worse. But maybe that's because Elisa was shaking me. "OH! SATAN! GET YOUR ASS UP NOW! THE MATCH STARTS IN 35 MINUTES!"
"Oh fuck!" I yelled and jumped out of bed, only to sit right back down. "Ah, dizzy. Got up too fast. Sit back down now."
"Hn, part of morning sickness?"
"Fuck you!" I laughed.
"Your boyfriend knows about that joke now," she informed as I got dressed.
"Glorious, what did he say?" Sarcasm was pouring from that statement.
"Nothing actually, he just kinda shook his head and walked away." All of a sudden there was a series of rhythmic knocks on the door.
"Nicole! Darling mother of my unborn child!" Johnny called in a singsong voice. "I need to change your bandages lovely!"
"Ugh, fine Johnny come in," I sighed. Johnny came in and closed the door, bandages and trusty bottle of peroxide in hand. "Let's just get this over with." He shrugged it off, but when I didn't even so much as wince when he loaded my cuts with peroxide, he knew something was wrong."
"Nicole, what's wrong?" He asked as he wrapped up my stomach.
"Nothing Johnny, I'm fine."
He finished wrapping my stomach and whirled me around to face him. "No you're not. I can see it in your eyes, something's wrong."
"Devil," Elisa began. She used the nickname my poppy gave me when I was about 10 because I pulled a series of "devilish" pranks on Nick. Only he and Elisa were allowed to call me that. "What's wrong? I've known you our whole lives I can tell when you lie and when something is bothering you."
"First off, I thought we established that you were not going to call me that?" I asked.
"Hn, I called you Satan this morning to wake you up."
"Yeah, but that's different, everyone calls me that."
"We established that it was only to be used when you wouldn't listen or when it was a serious situation and I was mad at you to get your attention."
"Fine, whatever. I guess I'm just worried."
"Don't worry, Ray is a big boy he'll be fine," Johnny assured.
"I know that. But look what Bryan did to me, imagine what he'll do to Ray. And Ray has the flu so he'll already me off his mark."
"Don't worry about it Nicole. If Bryan intentionally hurts our Ray-Ray, we can always jump the dish and kick his whiney little ass. Or Ray can always sneeze on him..."
I smiled and put my shirt on so we could leave. I was wearing a black and red plaid Tripp skirt, half fishnet tights (fishnet in the front and regular black tights in the back), my black Amy Lee tank top with red mesh inside, and a pair of black and red Anarchic sneakers. "The whore suit" as me and Elisa called it. And with good reason too... We got on the bus and I turned on my trusty iPod mood. (A.N. I finally decided to name it! The nonexisting iPod mood lol)
"Wash
off those scabs dear
or fingernail pick them clean
Pray to all
your long lost demons
and justify your means
Devil has a
new shape
Devil has a new ride
Devil has a problem but he locks
it up inside
Shit angel
Kids sure like the devil these
days
and I'm the devil with the black dress on
Do you want to
own me angel
cause I own you now you're gone
Kids sure like
the devil these days
and I'm the devil with the black dress on
Do
you want to hate me angel
cause I hate you now you're gone
Did
you believe it cause I said so
Did you believe it was true
Did
you believe it cause I said so angel
I sure lied to you
Did
you believe it cause I said so
Did you believe it was true
I'm
eternal and infernal and I sure lied to you
Shit angel
Kids
sure like the devil these days
and I'm the devil with the black
dress on
Do you want to own me angel
cause I own you now you're
gone
Kids sure like the devil these days
and I'm the devil
with the black dress on
Do you want to hate me angel
cause I
hate you now you're gone
Good girl with the black eyes
Believe
in future past
Everything that I want happens
See how long that
lasts
Devil has a hot rod
Devil high on speed
Devil has
a black dress
So her arms can bleed
Kids sure like the
devil these days
and I'm the devil with the black dress on
Do
you want to know me angel
cause I know you now you're gone
Kids
sure like the devil these days
and I'm the devil with the black
dress on
Do you want to hurt me angel
cause I'm hurting now
you're gone
Go go go gone
Go go go gone
Go go go go go
go go
Gone" (A.N.
did you pick up on the "hidden" nicknames?)
"Nicole, are you ok?" Kai asked when the song ended.
"No... I'm kinda not..."
"Talk to me baby, what's wrong?" He pulled me down so my head was resting in his lap and he began stroking my hair.
"I'm worried about Ray. He's like a big brother to me and Bryan is going to rip him to shreds. Bryan is just as vicious as he was the day I met him."
"Wrong, he's worse. He mellowed out a bit after he met you. Sure he still gave his usual death threats, beat up Ian, and mouthed off to Boris. But I actually saw him smile once or twice for the first time, and I grew up with him. I saw it when he came back from being with you all night and when you talked on the phone after you went to Disney World.
"Please... don't bring that trip up.. I am going to need an insane amount of therapy to recover from that..."
"Heh, sorry. But that day you were on the phone, I said all that shit to you because I was sure you like Bryan more than me and I was sure that he was getting attracted to you. The attraction definitely calmed him down. But after we got back together he just got worse I guess. Everyone is telling you not to worry, but I'm saying you have a right to because Bryan is vicious and will do anything to win."
"Nicole! Toss your iPod up here!" Ray called and I gave him my iPod. He hooked it up to the speakers. Bowling for Soup's Ohio(Come back to Texas) came on. Once again everyone on the bus (minus Robert of course because he is "Capt.Having-fun-is-quite-uncouth"), was screaming the words like it was a concert while Robert mumbled to himself.
"Uncouth, the lot of them... Never have I seen such uncouthness. It's like a zoo of the most uncouth creatures on this planet. No, it's an uncouth circus of things that were and are still bathed daily in pure genuine uncouthness." We got to the stadium just in time.
"Welcome to the second round of the World Tournament!" Jazzman announced. "Today's match is Bryan vs. Ray!"
"GO RAY-RAY!"Elisa yelled. "KICK HIS ASS!"
"3-2-1-LET IT RIP!"
Bryan smirked evilly and they launched their blades. Bryan's hit the edge of the dish and a piece of it flew off and it hit Ray in the gut, knocking the wind out of him.
"THAT WAS A FUCKING CHEAPSHOT!" Elisa yelled.
"She's right guys," Dizzi began. "All of the calculations fit, Bryan meant to hit Ray with that debris!"
"BRYAN YOU SICK BASTARD I HAVE HALF A MIND TO KILL YOU RIGHT NOW!"
"Now we know exactly what we're dealing with..." The rest of the 1st match went by basically with Bryan winning and intentionally hurting Ray every chance he got.
"Ray won't make it at this rate," I panicked. "Bryan's gonna kill him."
"COME ON RAY! SNEEZE ON HIM IF YOU HAVE TO!" Elisa yelled. The second match started and it was basically the same as the first, except Ray won.We took him backstage so he could rest for the 10 minute break in between matches.
"Ray you can forfeit you know," Mr. D. began. "No one will think any less of you."
"No," Ray shook his head. "We are not losing because I can't handle a little breeze from his bit beast. And like Elisa said, if all else fails I can just sneeze on him."
"Just be careful Ray," I requested. He nodded and held out his right fist, showing off the silver Avenged Sevenfold deathbat ring on his index finger. Elisa and I did the same.
"Wonder twins plus one!" We exclaimed and everyone went back to the arena for the 3rd match. I'm gonna make a long story short, Ray kinda kicked Bryan's ass, but he passed out from exhaustion and lost Drigger because he came and protected Ray (such a sweet bit beasts :) )
"Ray!" Tyson yelled as we rushed over to him. "MEDIC!" The paramedics came and put him on a stretcher. He woke up a little.
"Nicole?" He asked groggily.
"Yeah Ray?" I questioned. "I'm right here."
"Did I win?"
"Dude, you kicked Bryan's pasty ass!" Elisa laughed. Ray let out a weak laugh and held out his right fist.
"Wonder twins plus one." And with that he fell back into unconsciousness. I glared at the Demolition Boys bench and stormed over there with only one goal in mind, to beat the shit out of Bryan.
"Where is she going?" Kai asked. "And please don't say she's doing what I think she is."
"Yup she is," Elisa nodded. "I swear Nicole is the only person in the world dumb enough to pick a fight with Bryan. Or pissed enough..." They followed me and I stormed up to Bryan, picking him up by the collar of his shirt.
"YOU SON OF A FUCKING BITCH!"
"What do you want?" He asked, not even fazed by the fact that I was pissed beyond belief, and holding him by the collar of his shirt with the intention of killing him.
"WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU TRYING TO DO? YOU ALMOST KILLED HIM FUCKFACE!"
"Hn, if I knew he meant that much to you, I would have finished the job," he smirked evilly. That was it. I pulled back my other fist and connected it with the right side of his jaw as hard as I could. I was actually amazed when he hit the ground because I hit him so hard. I gave him one last glare and we left.
"Wow Nicole. Here we were thinking you were crazy for picking a fight with him. But I didn't know you could actually hit him that hard!" Nick exclaimed on the way home.
"You should know Nick," I began. "I've spent 14 years punching you." Just then, Elisa came out from the back of the bus grinning widely.
"I did it."
"Did what Elisa?"
"I'm single, I broke up with Seth." It took a second or so for the words to sink in.
"OH MY GOD YOU DID?"
"Yup."
"AHHH! FINALLY!" I squealed and hugged her tightly.
"I would like to congratulate you on your decision," Robert began. "That boy was very uncouth from what I have heard." To everyone's amazement, she smiled and nodded.
"You're right Robert, he was." When I finally let go of her, Enrique came up and put his arm around her.
"So, you're a free agent now huh?" She elbowed him in the gut.
"Yeah, but I'm still off limits to you." We arrived at the hotel quite late because we went out to eat afterwards and Max insisted that we got to Chuck E Cheese (Elisa insisted it too when he mentioned it... Scary sight, her in Chuck E Cheese...).
"Nicole, you need to go to bed," Kai advised when it was 2:00AM and I was still awake.
"I can't sleep..." I shrugged. "I'm too nervous."
"Well don't be. You'll do fine, trust me. And as for your sleeping problem, you think it would help if I stayed with you?"
"I guess so," I shrugged and we went
to my room and layed down in my bed. Kai put his arm around me almost
protectively and I eventually fell into a dreamless
sleep.
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Me: It's over! The last chapter should be up either sometime tonight or early tomorrow. But for now, I hope you noticed the "hidden" nicknames in the song and of course now we must find out the R.U.C. Elisa?
Elisa: The R.U.C. is...7!
Me: Finally a reasonable number! And a little note to my lovely readers, you WILL find out who "number 1" is in the next chapter. Don't think I'd leave you hanging, lol
Elisa: Yeah, and we hope you'll be a bit surprised with it. But until then read and review
Max:IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL!