Chapter 17
Change of Heart
Krys: Yay! My chapter! Finally! Goodie! Goodie! Goodie! Kyaaa!
A/N: Oh boy. You'll…uh…have to excuse Krys. As you can see, she's really happy…Krys! Quit bouncing around like an idiot!
Krys: I'm sorry…
Kiara: holding an ice pack to her head Do we really have to let this headache keep going? Just get on with the story already!!!
The Bladebreakers silently walked down the hall to the stadium. They could see the Majestics entering from the opposite end. Max was up first, he was against their newest member Sasuke.
"3…2…1…let it rip!" they yelled together. (Max lost! snif snif)
Kiara was next vs. Johnny. (Kiara won)
Tyson vs. Enrique. (Boo! Tyson won, wait, he's on my team…oops)
Next it was Aia vs. Oliver. (Oliver won. A/N: Shit!)
Rei was up next. He was to go up against Krys. (A/N: As you can tell, Krys wrote from this part on. That's why it is so well described.)
"Rei sure has his work cut out for him," exclaimed Kenny.
"Why chief?" asked Tyson.
"Well, look here. Krys has never lost a match, she has life practice in beyblading so she many secret skills I don't even know about." Rei and Krys took their positions at the dish. Before launching, Rei sumed up his oppnent. Krys was very pretty, making her practically look harmless. But there was no mistaking the power her right arm had.
"3…2…1…let it rip!" They both launched their blades with ferocity. As Rei had guessed, she did indeed have a powerful launch. Krys, on her part was surprised. Never was anyone so evenly matched to her, style and blade.
"Drigger! Attack now!" yelled Rei to his blade.
"Morfilleon!" shouted Krys. Even their blades were evenly matched. "Time to kick it up a notch," she muttered under her breath. "Morfilleon!" Krys's blade burst into a flurry of attacks, all of different movements, styles and techniques.
"No way! That's impossible!" shouted Kenny.
"Why? What's happening?" asked Max. Kenny pointed at his laptop.
"Here. See that? Krys is not blading with any specific stradegy. She's actually fighting with a combination of styles. Also, she's changing styles by the minute, making it impossible to predict or counter her attacks. Rei can't do much because there's no way of telling what he'll be hit with next," Kenny explained to the stunned team. Rei had heard every word of it and the chief was right. With Krys's constant changing of battle styles, it was difficult to defend let alone attack. All he could truly do was dodge the onslaught of attacks. But that was enough for Krys to change stradegy. 'Most bladers would be finished by now,' she thought, 'Oh well."
"Morfilleon, shapeshift now!" The nine tailed fox began to change form, throwing Rei completely off guard. In a few moments there were two Driggers present in the dish. With the intention to end the match, Krys attacked in full force. Rei, who spent energy attacking previously, used all Drigger's remaining power as a defense. This was enough to send both blades flying out of the dish at the same instant.
"And it seems we have a tie!" yelled DJ. "Both teams get the point!" Krys walked slowly toward Rei, a smile touching her lips.
"You're a really great blader! It's been a while since anyone has been able to draw a tie," said Krys
"Same here,"replied Rei. This made her bluch slightly. Kai then took his place at the dish. He was to go against Robert. The teams were tied and it was up to him to break it. (A/N: Oh, by the way, Kai won.)
"Yes!" yelled Kiara.
"Just one team left!" shouted Aia.
"They really like tournaments don't they?" Max whispered to Rei. He nodded absentmindedly, too occupied watching Krys leave. There was something about her, he just didn't know what. That night Kiara wanted to watch a scary movie. She took the movie out of her bag. (A/N: I'm guessing that it's the only non-Kai related thing in there.) Rei didn't really want to watch so he left to go for a walk. Kiara popped the tape into the tape player and plopped herself inbetween Kai and Aia. Max was on the other side of Aia. Kenny was on the other side of Kai and Tyson was on the other side of Max because of you know what. As far as Kiara knew, Aia didn't like horror all too much. The movie was the sort of movie horror should be. A guy chopping up people and killing some more as it went by. It finally came to a part where a couple were in bed.
"Kiara," Aia hissed, "we're in a room with guys you know!"
"Sorry, I forgot this part," Kiara said searching for the remote before Tyson got any ideas. Kai had it and pressed fastforward. Then they all realized that Tyson was snoring.
"We'd better get him out of here before was continue," suggested Kiara attempting to throw him on his bed. Max helped her and they sat back down. Kai pressed play and the movie continued. The girl let out a loud scream before getting her head cut off. Max jumped and he felt Aia tighten her grip on his arm. Kiara laughed at them and Kenny, well, he just fainted.
"Are you okay?" asked Aia. Kenny just twitched. Max pushed him away a little.
"Oh shit! Aia, don't look!" warned Kiara but it was too late. Aia saw the part with the dead guy who had an axe embedded in his head, walking around with his intestines sticking out of his stomach. Aia fainted right across Max's lap. He didn't exactly know what to do. (A/N: Seriously, that's what I do. I've fainted like five times already and ask Kiara. She was there for one of them, in school! I'll be glad to answer anyone who wants to know why. Krys: Why? A/N: One word: Biology Krys: dawn of understanding Ooh, I get it…) Kai and Kiara rolled their eyes and went back to the movie. When it ended, Max lay Aia on her bed and went for a shower. While Kiara and Kai went to the dining hall for a late night snack.
Rei went to see Mariah and ask her if she'd come with him but she wasn't in her room.
"She went to the park," explained Kevin. Rei walked alone through the streets and turned into the park. He saw Mariah but she wasn't alone.
Mariah gazed up at the trees. She heard someone come behind her. Turning around, expecting to see Rei but instead saw Lee.
"I love you," Lee said in a barely audible whisper. He softly placed a hand on Mariah's cheek. He then moved closer to her lips. Rei stared at them in disbelief. Watching them kiss was too heart breaking to endure. (Krys: Awww) He dashed down the street back to the hotel, trying to get as far as away from them as possible. He walked through the hall, blinded by silent tears. He looked up and saw a blurry figure before him. Rei squinted and saw that it was Krys. She examined his tear streaked face.
"Are you alright?" she asked, her voice was full of sympathy. Rei shook his head.
"No." Krys smiled but it was a sad smile. It was one of shared pain.
"Come into my room. The guys are gone," explained Krys opening the door to her room.
"What happened?" she asked, letting Rei sit on one of the beds. He noticed that even though she asked, she didn't force. He knew that if he didn't answer, she'd accept his silence. Krys still waited patiently, Rei was grateful for her understanding.
"I…I went to the park to meet Mariah but she was…was with Lee," he said slowly. Krys knew what he meant and immediately sympathized. Rei looked into her face, her eyes were full of compassion.
"…Krys…" he began.
"I know how you feel. It happened to me," she said, staring with a distant gaze. Without her realizing, tears welled in her eyes and began to fall. Krys quickly turned away, hiding the tears that fell. Rei stared at her a moment longer, got up and walked toward her. He turned Krys to face him, even crying, Rei still found Krys beautiful. He raised one hand and wiped away her tears. It was only then that he realized that the two of them were nearly body to body. Krys was still and blushing profusely. Rei stared into her sapphire eyes and asked himself, 'Is this love at first sight?'. He decided that question didn't need to be answered. Of course it was, he had feelings for her. Like the ones he had for Mariah, only stronger. Not caring how Krys reacted, Rei leant forward and claimed her lips with his. Krys was completely surprised, she couldn't believe it. Rei, his lips, warmth, tight embrace and love, he was giving it all to her. But suddenly he broke the kiss quickly, his face was flushed. Rei must have fully realized what he did. Krys didn't care, she leaned against him and hugged him. Rei jumped a little, he must not have expected that. He smiled warmly, raised her chin and gently kissed her again. Krys wrapped her arms around him and he did the same. She rested her head on his chest.
They spent the rest of the night together and when it was close to midnight, Rei reluctantly left. He quietly tip toed back to his room. It wasn't hard to be very quiet because there weren't that many sounds that could rival Tyson's snoring. Rei silently got into his bed and went to sleep.
A/N: Finally Krys gets to be part of the family.
Krys: What's that supposed to mean?
A/N: Just in case you were wondering, Krys only found out about our story a couple of chapters before. That's why her Rei fantasy is so rushed.
Krys: Yeah…I still have to kill for not telling me about this story earlier.
A/N: sweatdrop
Kiara: changes subject So Krys, what's your outfit.
Krys: I wear a sleeveless blue trench coat (kinda like Olivers) over yellow turtle neck T-shirt. A white skirt on top of black pants and red gloves that go past my elbow. They have dragons on them. -
Rei: Interesting color combination.
Krys: Yeah, well they're your colors.
A/N: We kinda noticed. But who cares about you, see ya next chappie and don't forget to review!