HEY GUYS! Okay I AM REALLY SORRY that its taken ages for me to update, but I suffered from some seriously bad writers block and I ain't kidding. I was just two pages into the chapter whenI slammed into a brick wall at fifty mph (not literally!)
Anyways, I'm not so sure about this chappie sinceI practically forced myself to write itso tell me what you think okay?
Disclaimer: I DO NOTOWN BEYBLADE ONLYMY OWN CHARACTERS AND MIRROR CHANG BELONGS TO TRUBLE. Okay?
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Eye of the Storm
Chapter Thirteen: Oh no, NOT YOU!
"I'M IN!" I heard someone shriek. I rolled over in my bed, but well, I haven't been receiving the best luck lately so its no wonder I tumbled straight off the bed and landed with a painful thump on the floor.
"Who's in?" I grumbled into the duvet wrapped around me.
"MEEEEEE!" someone squealed above me, and I vaguely recognised the voice as Mirror's.
And trust me, that's a major accomplishment for when I'm half asleep, wrapped up in my duvet and sprawled across the floor. You seeing my point here?
"GET UP CASS!" she screeched, yanking on my duvet.
"OWW! Alright, jeez, Mi!" I yelped as cold air hit my skin.
She looked at me with a smirk and raised eyebrow. "Do you always sleep in an oversized t-shirt and Tweety boxers?" she asked.
"Uh…yeah," I replied, heaving myself to my feet. The Tweety boxers I had bought for Max as a joke and he had told me I could keep them. I'm rather fond of them actually…
"What are you doing here anyway?" I groaned, rubbing my eyes.
Suddenly she was back to hyper mode. She jumped up and down, squealing again.
"I'VE GOT A PLACE AT YOUR SCHOOL!" she screamed.
I blinked.
I blinked again.
And again—oh okay, I'll get on with it shall I?
"REALLY!" I screamed back.
Mirror's been trying to get a place in Tatisana High ever since she got here and there hasn't been much luck seeing as Mrs Jackson is reluctant to let her in, due to the fact she was expelled from her old school for blowing up the gym.
Does that sound like Buffy to you? I hope she doesn't chase vampires in the middle of the night, but knowing Mi, she probably does on the off chance she might meet Angel.
That sounds like fun actually.
"YEAH!" Mi grinned, waving about a letter. I grabbed it and skimmed through it.
"WICKED!"
"Tell me again…why are we in the mall on a perfectly nice Saturday morning?" I groaned.
"You call cold nice?" Kara raised an eyebrow.
"Its not that cold, you should try being in New York for winter!" I protested.
"We're not in New York though so its completely irrelevant," Mirror chirped.
We stared at her in shock.
"Did you just use the word irrelevant!" Destiny gasped in mock shock.
"Yeah…" she replied, looking at us as if we're mad. Which, by the way, we're not.
Okay, maybe a little bit.
Oh, who am I kidding? WE'RE MAD AND PROUD OF IT!
Ahem.
"Wow, Mi is actually growing a brain! Maybe you lot will get the hint and do the same!" Holly grinned.
Pause.
"HEY!"
"Slow lot aren't you?" I smirked, before spotting my favourite clothes shop and squealing.
"Oh yeah," Kara grinned. "Lets go!" she yelled, grabbing my hand as we darted ahead of everyone else and ran to the clothes shop.
Yes, the shop is THAT great.
"Hey, check this one out!" Mariah yelled over to me about ten minutes later. I put down the silver halter top I was looking at, and headed over to the pink haired girl.
And I gasped.
"Oh. My. God,"
"Yeah, I know," Mariah grinned in triumph. "Its perfect for you, after all, your party is gonna be fancy dress!"
"Huh?" Well, that was news to me.
"Well, duh," she said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Which to her, it probably was. "We haven't had a fancy dress party yet and its nearly Christmas!"
I forgot about that. It's a rule around here: one fancy dress party before Christmas, one during Christmas and two after Christmas. Weird, but fun.
"Okay, that's cool," I agreed happily, running my hand over the silky material.
"Go on, say it. Say you loooooove me!"
"I looooove you Mariah!" I giggled, grabbing her hand and heading towards the changing rooms.
Ten minutes later and I was out again, ignoring the girls pleads to let them see me in the dress.
"Nope," I chirped for the hundredth time. "You're gonna have to wait for the party gals, otherwise there'll be no surprise,"
"Awwww," they chorused.
I grinned.
"Fancy a quick spin in the skate park?" Mirror asked, twirling a strand of black hair in her fingers.
"Sure," Kara agreed.
"Would I ever," I grinned, dropping the shopping bags and letting Viper, my skateboard, drop to the floor.
Kara, Destiny and me shot off on our skateboards, skidding over the ramps and whizzing high through the air as everyone sat down, Mirror and Holly pulling on their roller blades as Mariah and Mariam just settled down to watch.
"I have approximately five seconds to shut down," Mariam groaned, flexing her tired limbs.
"You should get more exercise," Mariah smirked, looking perfectly happy.
"Five…"
"Honestly, Mariam, if you got more exercise…"
"Four…"
"…then you wouldn't have problems…"
"Three…"
"…with the boys…"
"Two…"
"…throwing you around all the time…"
"One…"
"…so really, it's your own fault," Mariah finished off.
"Shut down complete," Mirror grinned, as Mariam groaned and fell off the bench.
Which was just as well since the next thing I heard was a slight whizzing sound and a thud as an arrow embedded itself into the bench where Mariam had just been sitting.
Mariah screamed.
"What the fuck?" I yelled, skidding over to the arrow. It was only then I just realised there was a piece of paper pinned down by the arrow.
Really, have you ever heard of a message by arrow nowadays? Whatever happened to the good old-fashioned TALKING!
"Weirdo," I breathed, ripping out the arrow and chucking it aside as I grabbed the paper.
Remember me?
That's what it said.
"WILLOW WATCH OUT!" Mirror suddenly yelled, pointing to something behind me.
I whirled around, only to have my feet swept from under me. On pure reflex I grabbed the person and pulled him down with me.
Sheesh, this dude needs to lose weight.
"I've always admired your reflexes Tate,"
I froze at the sound of his voice. A voice I hadn't heard for two freaking years.
"JAMIE?"
Alarm filled me, and old ways I had thought I would never need here sharpened clearly, and the next thing I knew I had kicked Jamie clear off me and had jumped to my feet, adopting the typical fighting stance.
The black haired boy smirked.
"Oh, so you do remember me?"
"I could never forget you even if I woke up from a coma with amnesia," I snarled.
"I'm honoured," he laughed, unhooking his bow and arrows and letting them drop to the floor. "Really Tate, don't you trust me anymore?"
I cringed.
"I never trusted you,"
"Liar," he said immediately.
Why, oh WHY, does he have to be here!
"You trusted me," he continued, "May have taken a while, but I gained your trust,"
"A very vague one," I replied, warily letting my fists fall back to my sides.
"What the hell are you doing here!" Holly suddenly shrieked, having FINALLY found her voice.
Why is everyone so slow today!
"Holly!" Jamie greeted enthusiastically, "How have you been?"
"Oh great, thanks for asking," Holly growled, "But you haven't answered my question,"
"Of course I haven't," he said lightly, and the next thing I knew I was sprawled across the ground with a smarting cheek.
"HEY!" Mirror and Kara yelled.
"Shouldn't have let your guard down, Willow," Jamie tutted, "You haven't been practicing have you?"
I think that was when Kara lost her cool.
"LISTEN YOU WEIRDO, I HAVE NO IDEA—hmmph!"
"Don't worry, this is normal," Holly said lightly to Kara, slowly releasing her hand from over her mouth.
"No, but you obviously have," I replied, jumping to my feet and adopting the fighting stance again. "Did you wish to fight me?"
"I did, but not when you obviously haven't trained,"
"I'll take you on anyway," I growled.
I guess you guys want an explanation huh? Jamie, or James Hearn as he's known to most, is a half Japanese, half American nineteen-year-old martial artist that I knew from New York. It's a long complicated story that I'd rather forget but I would never be able to. Anyway, the main point is that before he joined the Martial Arts Dojo I was the best- a black belt unbeatable fourteen year old. When Jamie joined, at sixteen, he beat me. Thus began the roller coaster ride.
"Oh no," Holly groaned.
"Oh no what?" Mirror asked curiously.
"They're gonna fight,"
"So?"
Holly gave her a look.
Mirror backed off pretty quick.
"If you say so," he sighed, but his golden coloured eyes were dancing in anticipation.
"What are the stakes?" I asked, pulling my hair up into a ponytail.
Then he smirked. And that is NOT good.
"If I win, I want you back,"
"NO!" I immediately yelled.
Who the hell does he think he is!
"I'm taken and it's staying that way thanks," I ground out.
"And we all know that you'll drop him after a while," he smirked, taking a step closer.
WHO THE HELL DOES HE THINK HE IS?
"I don't think so. We've been together for nearly three months,"
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, NO!
"Johnny!" I cringed, as the redhead appeared with Tala, Ray, Max, Ozuma and Enrique.
"Oh shit," Holly breathed.
"What's going on?" Tala asked.
"Hearn?" Max blinked, "James Hearn? What the heck are you doing here?"
"Challenging your lovely sister to a fight," Jamie replied lightly.
"Oh," Max cringed at the thought. He turned to others, "Whatever happens, don't interrupt," he warned.
God, kill me! I haven't trained since last Sunday! And that was practically nothing, just punching a stupid punching bag without gloves, which was a doodle. And Jamie's obviously been training by the looks of him! He never used to be able to punch me without me actually noticing his fist was heading towards me. I was sprawled out on the floor before I realised what was happening!
"I just want one date Willow," Jamie smirked, "Y'know, catch up,"
"And if I win?"
"I'll leave,"
I took a deep breath.
"Deal."
"WHAT!" yelled several people.
"Willow, you can't win!" Holly cried out.
"Oh thanks a bunch sis," I grumbled sarcastically, "You think I don't know that already?"
"C'mon on then, what are we waiting for?" Jamie said pleasantly. Of course, by then I had leapt into the air to dodge the low kick.
Time to play.
I twisted around, sending a roundhouse kick that was meant for his stomach but he had back flipped out of reach, landing nimbly on his feet and sending a low kick that I jumped over, finally landing a hit as my foot connected with his jaw.
"Haven't quite lost it, have you?"
"I thought you were here to fight, not chat,"
"Have it your way,"
Almost at once I had to throw myself to the ground to avoid a kick that was meant for my chest, rolling over and jumping up only to have a rather brutal punch slam against my shoulder.
"WILLOW!"
"Stay outta this Johnny!" I gasped as pain seared through my body, at the time I tried to push away Johnny.
"You're hurt though!"
"You think I don't know that?" I snapped, pushing myself to my feet. "Get back Johnny," I growled, my eyes never leaving Jamie's.
He listened, but did so rather half-heartedly.
"What have you been doing the last two years Willow? Two years ago a punch like that wouldn't have deterred you for even a second,"
"Is he kidding? He practically dislocated her shoulder!" Mirror exclaimed.
"He's right though," Holly breathed with wide eyes.
I ignored both of them. Cos I knew Holly and Jamie were both right. Two years ago I would've never hesitated to respond but now I'm crippled with pain.
"Damnit," I grumbled.
"Damnit indeed," Jamie agreed.
Jesus my shoulder HURTS!
"I'd love to see what Master Takashi is gonna do when he finds out," Jamie commented.
"MASTER TAKASHI IS HERE TOO?"
And here's me thinking that there's nothing interesting about our small town…
"Of course…didn't you know? That dudette…whatsername…Kina Chang? She lives here, they're old friends,"
"HEY!" Mirror suddenly yelled with wide eyes. "That's my aunt!"
"Wow," I remarked, squeezing my eyes shut and placing a hand against my shoulder. "It's a small world," and with that, I pushed my dislocated shoulder back into place. And boy did that hurt.
"OWWWWW!"
"Really?" Jamie raised an eyebrow at Mirror's stunned face, and completely ignored my pain. Okay, so most people would totally say that ignoring someone in shear pain was horrible but really, I'm totally used to it. Pain is something you can chose to scream and cry about or take it into stride and get on with it.
"WILLOW!"
"WOULD YOU STOP FUSSING!" I screamed at my frantically worried friends and boyfriend.
"Urgh!" Jamie yelled out as my fist lashed out and struck his jaw, quickly followed by my foot ramming into his chest, sending him flying backwards. "That's better!" he growled, leaping up and lunging at me. I quickly blocked his punch, ducked under a high kick and yelped as his elbow caught my stomach.
This was bloody brutal for someone who hasn't trained in…a year? Well, properly trained anyway.
I responded with a low kick that he dodged, a punch he blocked and a fist that struck home, causing blood to flow from his nose and down his chin. He wiped it away impatiently as I gasped for breath.
This soooo sucks.
"Why are you here anyway?" I gasped at the black haired boy, jumping backwards to dodge another kick that went within inches of my chest. I responded with a blow that could've done serious damage if it had landed.
"Training…with Master Takashi…he stopped by to visit that Chang woman…" he replied, grunting with pain as he took another blow to the chest.
"You're…still…training…!"
"Duh,"
"You're bloody mad!"
"I know, you've told me about a million times already,"
"Not in the last two years,"
And with that came the final blow, a punch that struck my cheek so hard I fell to the ground and couldn't get up again.
"I guess you win," I said in a choked voice against the cold grass, and instantly I felt Holly and Max pull me up, Max shifting me so that my weight rested against him.
"You okay?" he said, wiping away the small trickle of blood escaping from the corner of my mouth.
"Yeah, I'll be fine," I replied, feeling light headed.
"So I'll pick you up after school on Monday shall I?" Jamie asked, raising an eyebrow and trying to stem the flow of blood trickling down his chin. Holly finally took pity and gave him a tissue.
"Yeah, okay,"
Jamie began to walk away, nodding once to Max and smiling briefly at Holly and Mirror.
"Hey Jamie!" I called after him.
"What?"
"Its nice to see you," I smiled.
He smiled back.
Soooo, new character. I wasn't sure about the whole martial arts thing, but recently I've started reading Inuyasha (I THINK I'M IN LOVE WITH HIM!) and Ranma 1/2, and thats whereI got the inspiration. Actually it was mostly from Ranma, but Inuyasha can kick some serious ass.Hehe.
Anyways, thanx to everyone who reviewed. AndI think several people wanted to know whats happening with Kara (Wow, shes pretty popular!). Kara WASN'T at themeeting whenthey decided to play Kai, but that was only because she was with Max at the time, remember? And yes, she will be supporting Willow and Mirror instead of her own brother.
Should be interesting huh?
Well, once again thanx to everyone who reviewed. AND JOHNNY IS NOT IN LOVE WITH WILLOW!I thought I'd clear that up.
Soooo...yeah.I think thats it.
Ciao dudes and dudettes,
Chiya