The Fourth Tournament
Or
Hijacked by Astro V.
Chapter 6
Kai put down his phone again.
"The McGregor's will be meeting us at the airport," He said, subdued. None of them had been the same after their three-zero defeat against Astro V.
Kasi fiddled with the volume on the stereo that was in the corner of the airplane. A sweet tune came out, one that they all knew.
You found hope, you found fame…
Kasi began to sing along. Her voice was star quality, Kai thought drowsily. Surely it wouldn't matter if he just closed his eyes… for a little bit. His head dropped onto Kasi's shoulder.
When Kai awoke, he didn't know how long he'd been out. The same song was still playing, everyone was still slouched in the airplane, there were two voices singing… There were two people singing? Kai sat up, wondering who else would dare sing along with Kasi. It was a deep voice, a man's voice. Ian's voice hadn't broken yet, so it couldn't be him. Spencer hated singing, Tala couldn't sing to save his life… He shook his head. It couldn't be… Not Bryan, surely…
But it was. Kasi and Bryan could tune their voices perfectly in time and harmony. Faintly, Kai remembered music lessons they'd had at the first school he went to. Bryan had always been good at music… but Bryan singing? Who thought that one up?
But hey, when you've lived with The Blitzkrieg Boys and The Bladebreakers, you accumulate to change rather quickly.
Jess shook her head to try and clear her thoughts. But it didn't work. She couldn't shake the look on Tala's face when his beyblade was melted.
Next to her, on the airplane, Katt was in a similar predicament. Kai had seemed so… helpless. When Scorpios stung Dranzer, he'd been so close to crying…
Ici thought how the battle could have turned out. By the time Hester had been attacked, he was already burned out. If Tala had broken his concentration… It didn't bear thinking about.
It was Katt that brought them out of their reverie.
"Look at us!" She laughed. "You wouldn't think we'd just beaten the best team in beyblading!" Jess looked up.
"Yeah, but it was at a price." She murmured.
"Well, hey! We've been invited to the beyblade ball thingy in Scotland!" Katt enthused. "How bad can that be?" Ici agreed, chewing on his fingernail.
"Bad!" Jess snapped. "You're a boy, you don't understand these things. We need a date." She spat the word out as if it was a stone from a sour cherry. Ici snickered and the two girls whacked him.
Lee averted his eyes from the sight of his best friend and his younger sister making out. He decided not to comment. Kevin, however, had no such qualms.
"Eww!" He squealed. "Could you save things such as this to where no one else can see you?"
"That's a bad idea." Lee overruled. "That might encourage them to… go further." Kevin turned green and bolted for the bathroom. Mariah glared at her brother.
"Gee, with a brother like you, who needs a guy like Bryan?" She growled. Ray nodded from safely behind Mariah. Lee shook his head and turned back to the book he was reading. But his mind was far from it.
The sight he'd just bore witness to reminded him of the fact he had no girlfriend. No date for the dance that they were heading up to. And no one he could possibly think of to go with him. The only girls he knew were through beyblading. He could count them on his fingers.
Mariah. His sister.
Emily. She seemed to be pretty involved with Max, last time he looked.
Mariam. Already with Ozuma.
Kasi. She had Robert.
Hester. Tala.
Suzy. She was going out with Kai, and, anyway, NO WAY was he going out with Johnny's sister.
Mollie. Johnny's girlfriend.
Jezz, Amz, Julia. They were all taken. And he wasn't going to date Queen.
There were those two new Russian girls, Jess and Katt. But both of them were really pretty. Neither of them would ever consider going out with a neko-jin like him.
Lee sighed and turned the page in his book.
He would never get a girlfriend.
Raul curled up like a cat on the sofa.
"Where's my sister?" He asked Queen.
"Upstairs. With my brother." She replied snootily.
"I'm beginning to wish we hadn't played that dare game with them." Raul muttered.
"You aren't the only one." Queen grinned and put her headphones back in.
Raul sighed and looked out the window. Since they had arrived in the Scottish hotel in readiness for the BBA Christmas Ball, King and Julia had done nothing but skive off and… well, do what couples do. Legal stuff, Raul hoped.
Raul wasn't letting himself worry about anything other than how bad he was going to look in a tux. He wouldn't let him think of, well you know. The girls and stuff. And it was going to stay that way.
Apart from in his dreams.
"Ici, print us a list of all the boys in beyblading!" Jess ordered. Ici furrowed his eyebrows, but did as his eldest sister asked. He handed Jess the printout.
"Right…" Katt said with a grin. "Kai, taken. Tala, taken."
Couple of Hours Later
"Tyson?" Katt asked Jess.
"Do you want me to choose with your face?" Jess asked Katt.
"Raul?"
"Let me see." Katt handed Jess a printout.
"You like?"
"He's cool. I like his smile." Jess mused. "What about you?"
"Me, next time." Katt shrugged. "We can only release one Morgan!" The girl's hi-fived each other.
Next chapter is solely on the ball people! Enjoy!
