The Fourth Tournament

Or

Hijacked by Astro V

This is what you could call parallel time. It will focus on what the other two members of Astro V were doing whilst Katt was out singing (Is it only me that is reminded of 'Wishing you were somehow here again' from the Phantom of the Opera when I read that?) and it will have a few mentions of other cast members.

Chapter 11

Jess sighed and turned the TV over.

I'm bored. She told Ici.

Do something then.

Like what? If you have a gun, I might go and shoot Tyson… Do you have a gun?

Do I look like I have one?

Well, you might…

She tried Katt, but all she got was a blank screen. It was kind of like MSN, Jess thought. Your brain tells you who's online and who's not.

"Jess?" Ici said nervously. Jess sighed again and turned to Ici, switching the TV to mute.

"What?"

"Well… There's something I want to do… You don't have to come, but I would feel better…"

"I repeat: What?"

So he told her. She didn't like it.

"I don't believe you are so stupid! He won't be asleep…" Jess trailed off as she clambered inside the Blitzkrieg Boys apartment. She didn't believe it. They were all asleep.

Don't talk so loud, Ici implored her. He might hear you.

Then you'd have to give up this stupid plan of yours. She watched as he launched Virgo so she was circling the sleeping Bryan.

Close up, he didn't look so tough. Sure, he was what, an inch taller than her? And yeah, his glares were creepier than hers. But that didn't mean he was as freaky as she had thought. His face was still marred with abrasions that Ray had inflicted upon him.

"Virgo!" Ici murmured softly. "Castles of Air!"

Jess was scared that somebody might wake up and hear the slow gentle song. She guessed she was jumpy, Virgo had never sounded that loud before. As she watched, the scars on Bryan's face faded and softened.

That's all I can do.

Why? Can't you do something about the scars, not just heal them up?

Why are you pushing this? I thought you hated him?

Yeah, but… oh to hell with you! It just seems sad that he'll have to live like that. Jess was heavily aware of the fact that Ici was laughing at her. Suddenly, something struck her attention on Bryan's arm.

There were four methodical looking cuts on Bryan's arm. They looked old, they didn't have the freshness that all his other cuts did, and it was evident that they hadn't opened. In tiny biro, there was a little Russian symbol under each cut. It was hard to read them, even as she watched one of them split and blood began to drip down his arm.

I…K…S…T… She stared at them, wondering what they could mean. It was the K one that was bleeding. Bryan moaned slightly and turned over, his face now facing Jess. Something stirred within her and she acted completely on impulse. Bending down, she pressed her lips to his forehead.

And then she was away again, thumping Ici as she passed and swinging out the window.

Bryan sat up suddenly, his lavender hair falling in front of his eyes as he did so. He squinted into the darkness and made out a faint shape.

"Kai?" He murmured, checking the time on the clock. "It's 1:00 AM! Where the hell have you been?"

"Out." Kai muttered, pulling his shirt over his head and curling up on his bed. But it was obvious that he knew Bryan wasn't going to drop the subject, as he hadn't bothered to pull the covers up, so Bryan could see the vicious whip marks that scarred his back.

"Who with?"

"Suzy… and Katt Morgan from Astro V…" Bryan couldn't see Kai's face in the darkness, but he would bet his beyblade that he was blushing. "Plus, all of my old team."

"Bladebreakers, old team?"

"No, Sharks old team."

"Well, Hiwatari! I wouldn't have taken you for that sort of man!" Bryan chuckled as Kai chucked all the things that came to hand at him.

"You bloody pervert, Bryan Kyznetsov!" He said furiously, turning around and pulling the covers up. Bryan rolled his eyes and lay down to go back to sleep, and then realised something.

He switched on the table light, which resulted in all his team-mates waking up in various stages of depression and exhaustion.

"What the hell?" Tala muttered blearily. Ian muttered something indistinguishable, and probably not too nice, under his breath. Spencer just turned around and tried to get back to sleep. Kai hadn't moved. Knowing him, he was probably asleep.

"Sorry!" Bryan apologised, which was a thing in itself. Well, this is Bryan Kyznetsov we are talking about. "I just wanted to check something." Bryan squinted hard at his arm, he couldn't believe it. "Tala, do you see something weird about my arm?" The red head looked at it.

"You don't have all those scars that Ray got you… oh no, they're still there, but… hey! They've all healed up!" Kai sat up in shock, clambered out of bed and grabbed Bryan's arm roughly.

"Hey! Ow!" Bryan muttered, but visibly quailed under the look Kai gave him. Kai scrutinised his arm thoughtfully.

"This stinks of that trick that Ici played on Hester." He growled, before clambering into bed.

"What? But-" Bryan stopped as he was assaulted by four pillows. "Ok! I can take a hint!"

Jess.

Huh? Katt? Where are you?

Downstairs.

So why you wake me up?

Sheesh! What's your name, Carlotta?

Shut it, Katryna Naioka Morgan!

You use the names, so can I, Jessrayvhen Cassandra Morgan!

Whadyawant?

They kinda won't let me into the suite. Rules are all bladers in by ten.

And what time is it now? I can't find my watch… no wait, I hit it with my baseball bat yesterday.

1:00 AM

Ok, cool… Hey! You wake me up at 1:00 to say that you've decided to get yourself locked out!

Hurry up! It's cold… And they said that they would set security on me…

Hey guys! Sorry it's short, but I really wanted to get this up! Naioka1992 – Happy now? Jess has mentioned it!

See you round. And guys, please review, I know how many people are reading this.

The Wicked Witch of Dinglewell