The Fourth Tournament

or

Hijacked by Astro V.

Chapter 2

A lot of things got Bryan Kyznetsov annoyed. Human beings. Happiness. Boris Balkov. Flowers. Michael Parker. But nothing as annoying as the impudent street rat that bumped into him in Anadyr!

Above all things, Bryan hated people daring to even hint that he was anything less than perfect.

Despite this, he'd had quite a few girlfriends, for, despite his moody demeanor and threatening behaviour, he really was rather handsome. Ok, quite a few girlfriends was actually two. But, hey. It was more than you'd ever expect.

Girlfriend Number 1: Sierra Valputin. Exceedingly pretty, the Spanish-Russian teen had stolen his heart, damn her! But, in the end, she ran off with Michael Parker. That was one of the many reasons he hated Parker.

Girlfriend Number 2: Emma Stevens. No one knew exactly why Bryan had fallen for the ordinary English school girl, but he had. She was practically the opposite of Bryan, with her happy-go-lucky attitude and large blue eyes that always revealed what she was really feeling. She wasn't even that pretty, with mousy brown hair that feel around her shoulders in a messy way.

He still hated happiness, all the same.

Tala Ivanov rewound the news bulletin in his head. New beyblade tournament? After last time? Yeah, he was all for forgive and forget, but Garland has caused scars. Not even Ray, goody-two-shoes that he was, had forgiven Bryan after the attack in the finals. Sure, people said forgiveness was as vital as air. But Tala was breathing quite well without it, thank you.

There was a knock at the door of his dorm that he shared with Bryan, Spencer and Ian. Tala ignored it, expecting it to be one of the idiotic younger ones who cherryknocked.

"Tala Ivanov, I know you're in there. If you don't open this door in precisely five seconds, I'll come in and open it with your face!" Tala jumped as he heard Kai's voice through the air vent. "Oh yes, and Kasi's here as well..." Tala bolted for the door as Kai began to count down.

"Six seconds, Tala!" Kasi grinned at him, her huge violet eyes sparkling. Displaying remarkable strength for a girl, she lifted up Tala and turned him upside down.

"I tripped over!" Tala insisted as she tickled him. Ignoring the antics of his sister and best friend, Kai pushed past and perched precariously on the edge of Tala's bed. Bryan's eyes were closed as he listened to heavy rock music and Kai had to poke him several times before he would open an eye. Bryan glared daggers at the fifteen year old and would have closed his eyes again, but he caught sight of Kasi in the corner of the room. Not even Bryan would cross Kasi.

"You're coming to live with me." Kai said as soon as Kasi had dropped Tala and Bryan had finally prised one of his headphones out.

"Why?" Bryan asked, pushing a strand of his lavender hair behind his ear.

"New beyblade tournament. I don't fancy Boris listening into every word.

"All of us?" Tala asked.

"Hester, you ugly lot, everyone." Kai said. "I'll be back in an hour and I expect you all to be packed." With that, Kai swept out the room, Kasi following.

"Is it just me, or does he get more like Voltaire everyday?" Bryan grumbled, beginning to pack his bags.

"I heard that!" Came an unexpected reply.

Ian twitched in the limo seats. The thirteen year old Russian was not used to sitting still. Bryan glared at him, daring him to move again. Emma's mouth twitched mischeviously and she whispered something in Bryan's ear.

"Deal." He muttered and Ian squirmed under the intense stare of the lavender haired Russian.

"Are we there yet?" He whined, hoping the answer would be a 'yes'. Emma gave a whoop of joy and punched the air in glee.

"That's another win to me!" Bryan slouched down further in his seat, seemingly concentrating on boring a hole in the seat in front of him.

Ian stared out the window. It must be the betting game that the elders played. They let Ian listen in occasionally, and what he had gathered was that they would bet on something, maybe even as simple as whether or not he would say 'are we there yet?' and then the winner would collect whatever they had staked.

"If there is any damage to my car, Bryan Kyznetsov, then I will personally watch as Kasi disembowls you." Kai's voice floated back.

"Does Ian count as part of the car?" Bryan asked, closing his eyes.

"Yes!"Came the answer and Bryan growled angrily. Ian smirked and began tapping out a random tune on the armrest. Bryan's left eye began to twitch. His hands drew together of their own accord and seemed to be a strangling an imaginary person. Ian's smirk widened and he changed the tune. Bryan endured a few more seconds.

"GOD! Are we there yet!" he screamed.

"Yup." Kasi's voice floated back this time.

Ian was the first one out of the car, closely pursued by Bryan.

"How big's your garden, Kai?" Tala asked, amused by his team mates antics. Kai looked up, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly.

"About... 3 acres?" he hazarded a guess.

"That'll keep them busy then!" Tala grinned, grabbing both his and Ian's suitcases and lugging them up the grand steps to Hiwatari Manor.

Kasi sighed.

It was going to be a long tournament.

How was that? I was trying to make Bryan as he's portrayed in the anime, but I think he might be a tad OC. Same with Ian, as he doesn't really seem to do anything.

Thanks to A Little Match Girl, Chapter 9 of Threshold was awesome!

R&R!