Here we go! I finally got to work on my beyblade story!
Everyone was quiet during lunch. Okay, everyone's been quiet since morning except when they reached land. Tara left with her team and said the Blazing Bladebreakers are on their own now since the tournament will start in a few days. After having no one saying a word during lunch, they went to their hotel rooms; Makoto and Mark in one room, Kaiya and Gou (the usual), and Cam and Rayna.
"So…what happened on the boat, Mako?" Mark asked,
"Nothing," Makoto answered plainly as he toys with his beyblade.
"Oh really?" Mark asked raising an eyebrow and went over to his friend.
"Nothing? Absolutely nothing?" Mark asked suspiciously,
"Absolutely nothing."
"Onnei-Chan, what happened on the boat between you and Mako?" Gou asked reading a book while lying on his back on the bed.
"Nothing, what are you talking about?" Kaiya asked, looking out the window balcony.
"Well…Mark and Rayna saw something and you two seemed to have been alone together for a while," said Gou. If anyone was going to figure exactly what happened and live was Gou. Kaiya threw a small crate at the door when she caught them (more pacifically, Mark) spying on her and Makoto back on the boat. Gou was probably the only one she wouldn't kill.
"Oh come on! Tell me!"
"I'll kill you…" and with that, Gou shuts up.
"Kaiya's…not a bad person," said Makoto and Mark starts choking on his chocolate bar.
"I thought you hated her!" Mark exclaimed,
"Yeah but, I got to know her better," Makoto and smiles.
"…Did she blackmail you or did you hit your head?" Mark asked.
"Neither…"
"Yeah…I'm going to go to bed and pretend you never said that. Goodnight, Mako," Mark and goes under his covers.
"You should really brush your teeth after eating that chocolate bar," Makoto advised.
"Go to bed, Gou!" Kaiya snapped.
"Fine, okay," said Gou and obeyed; he is under Kaiya's responsibility of course.
"Makoto, we will speak nothing of this to the others," said Kaiya when the two were heading back inside the boat.
"Okay, though I'm sure the others will understand. You just wanted to talk, no big deal at all," said Makoto,
"I have a lot of pride and you know it. Speak nothing of this," said Kaiya,
"Okay, if that's what you want," said Makoto and yawned.
"How can I trust you?" Kaiya asked, stopping in her tracks.
"I don't know. Even if I do mention that you can get emotional, it won't be on purpose. Look, if I break my promise, do whatever you want with me…except kick me off the team."
Makoto smiles at the night,
"She's cute when she doesn't look like she wants to kill me…" Makoto thought and turns around to walk back inside but hits the door instead and lets out a yell of pain.
"Baka Mako," said Kaiya when she heard Makoto; Kaiya was sewing something even though it was really time to go to bed. After all, she has to get her team training tomorrow.
"She's making us do laps in the cold! Gou! Your sister's insane!" Cam exclaimed,
"What can I can I do?" Gou shrugged as the team excluding Kaiya is running around in the snow. Kaiya's sewing on the side and watching everyone else run.
"Makoto, you're hurt, maybe you can get an excuse," said Mark,
"Tried, she's only giving me two laps short," said Makoto with a sweat drop.
"Then you're done when we reach there," Rayna pointed in front of her.
"Well, I'll see you guys in two more laps!" said Makoto and finishes. He went over and sat next to Kaiya,
"What are you doing?"
"Nothing now go away," said Kaiya and continues working without sparing a gaze at Makoto.
"You know, it's not fair for everyone to be training and not you," said Makoto being careful with his words as possible.
"I'll make you run another lap if you don't change the subject," said Kaiya flatly.
"Okay, okay…so what do you want to talk about?"
"I don't care," Kaiya replied, still not even looking at Makoto.
"…Do you believe that people fall in love because they want to or they just do?"
Kaiya stopped working and looked at him,
"Both. Some people want to fall in love because they want to love and be loved. Others just fall in love because it's a natural part of human life. They say its better to love and loss than to never have loved at all…I don't believe that," said Kaiya and started sewing again.
"Why not? I believe it," said Makoto,
"Because…love is more complicated than the way it sounds. Love can make someone the happiest person in the world. Love can also end lives in different ways. If someone loves and lose the person they loved, then they might never want to love again at all. Afraid to be hurt again and afraid of the consequences…"
"Wow…that's deep. What got you thinking so deep into this subject to know exactly how to answer me?"
"I get bored days too you know. Why did you ask about this in the first place?" Kaiya asked,
"…I was bored and that was the first question that came into my head," Makoto answered.
"Whatever, now go start blading with the others and do it good because it's going to be a long two hours," said Kaiya and puts her things aside to watch the others beyblade.
"Check out this hand," said Makoto playing poker with the guys along with Rayna and Cam. A little young to be gambling, but it's really not that bad.
"This is so unfair!" Cam exclaimed,
"So…can this hand beat Makoto's?" Rayna asked, new at this game.
"Ace, King, Queen, Jack-Rayna! You get so lucky!" Cam exclaimed.
"Darn it! I wanted the Smarties!" Makoto exclaimed. Unfortunately, ever since Rayna and Cam joined the boys, Makoto has been losing all his candy to Rayna. Kaiya looked up from the bed were she was sewing,
"You might actually need it because gambling candy is the most ridicules idea I have ever heard," said Kaiya.
"What else can we gamble with?" Mark asked,
"Beyblade parts," Kaiya replied.
"Oh come on sis, we hardly have any to spare," said Gou.
"Okay then, how about training hours?"
"Not a bad idea!" said Mark.
"In that case, then I'm in," said Kaiya and puts her stuff aside to move to the ground.
"But you don't even train with us!" Gou pointed out.
"Which is why I won't let you guys win," said Kaiya joining the circle.
"Hold on. Kaiya, how about just you and me only? If I win, you train with us and do everything everyone else does. If I lose, you do what you usually do during training hours," said Makoto with a smirk.
"Why would I want to do that?" Kaiya asked,
"Because, it'll make our pain far less more painful," said Makoto, half joking.
"You're on, Kinomiya. Except if I win, I get to double your training hours," said Kaiya.
"Don't do it, Makoto!" Mark, Gou, and Cam exclaimed.
"It's not that bad," said Rayna.
"How can you not feel the pain?" Gou asked and Rayna shrugs.
"Okay, pick your card game. Are we sticking with poker?" Kaiya asked,
"Nope," and with that Makoto held up two cards.
"Whoever picks the Ace card three times wins. If we both end up picking three Aces for the three rounds then we'll just have a final round. Understand?" Makoto asked.
"I guess," said Kaiya shrugging and reached out for a card.
"Ace of Hearts," she said in n a bored tone of voice. Then she picked up the Joker and another Ace and held up the two cards, with the back side of the cards facing Makoto.
Makoto looked between the two and thought for a while and finally picked the card on his right.
"Ace!"
It was back to Kaiya and she picked the card on her left.
"Ace."
Makoto's turn again. He had to pick the right one or risk losing. Kaiya's pretty good at card games. Makoto took a deep breath and reached for the car on his left, but stopped and took the car on his right again.
"Oh look Kaiya, a big red heart."
"Lucky," Kaiya mumbled. Makoto picked up the Ace and the Joker. Kaiya only has two choices so it almost doesn't matter which card goes where but it's still a good idea to think about it. Makoto held up the two cards. The pressure was mostly on Kaiya since she has to get the Ace just to stay in the game now. Kaiya took in a deep breath and reached out for the card on her right, but is now afraid to look. She flipped the card around,
"Joker…"
"Looks like you have to train with us from now on," said Makoto with a grin waving the Ace card in his hand that Kaiya was aiming for. .
"Shut up…"
The boys and Cam cheered for Makoto's victory. Rayna just smiled, it's nice to see her two team captains getting along so well.
A blade was launched into the night.
"Go Dranzer!" Dranzer wasn't pulling off the maneuver she wanted.
Kaiya sighed, today just wasn't her day. A thunder was heard and all of a sudden, rain started pouring. Nope, wasn't her day at all. After about 10 minutes, it was hail.
"We're not going to skip our night training, Dranzer! Let's go!"
After about 20 minutes, Kaiya was getting cold and shivered,
"Forgot we're in Russian…" she mumbled as she holds herself. Another 10 minutes, Kaiya gave up and recalled Dranzer; it was getting too cold in the night. Dranzer flew back towards her hand but as it hit, Kaiya's hand was too numb to catch it.
"Ow…" Kaiya shook her hand, then held it. The only good thing was the hail turned into snow some time ago.
"You know, I find it a lot more reasonable to train with the whole team than alone at what, midnight?" said Makoto picking up Dranzer for Kaiya and hands it to her. He wore a warm brown coat holding an umbrella. He stepped closer to Kaiya so she'll be shielded from the snow too.
"What are you doing out here?" Kaiya asked she stuffed Dranzer into her pocket.
"I wanted a glass of water and I saw a figure outside. I kind had this weird feeling that it was you. Then I thought that it had to be, who else would be stubborn enough to go out into the cold at night?"
"You're getting smarter, I'll give you that," said Kaiya and holds herself for warmth.
"Come on, lets go inside," said Makoto and the two started heading back towards the hotel. Halfway through, Makoto started shivering too.
"How the heck are you cold? You have a warmer coat than me!"
"I hate the cold, okay? Give me a break! I get affected more easily for some reason," Makoto defended himself.
"You didn't even wear gloves or even a scarf. Don't be so careless!"
"You should, talk, Kaiya."
"Yeah, but I don't mind the cold."
"You're the one freezing to death!"
"I'm the one that was training to resist the cold!"
"I only came out here because you're out here!"
"…What did you say?" Kaiya asked and stopped walking.
"Huh? I said I only came out here because you're out here," Makoto repeated.
"…That's good enough for me. Come on, or we might both catch a cold," said Kaiya and walked on.
"Uh, okay," said Makoto and followed.
The day of the tournament was here. The Blazing Bladebreakers were looking at what they were up against.
"That's not a lot of teams," said Mark,
"I know, not a lot of competition," said Gou.
"But remember, the best of the best beyblading teams are here. It's going to be tougher than you guys think," Rayna reminded and pointed out.
"So Cam, are you preparing for line-ups?" Makoto asked,
"Yup," she replied, typing away.
"So, which team is Tara's team?" Mark asked Kaiya,
"Not sure," Kaiya replied,
"Aren't you two friends or something? How could you not know?" Mark asked,
"We're NOT friends! We're rivals…"
"…Okay, but you didn't have to shout," said Mark and shrugged it off.
The tournament has officially begun and Makoto is planning to take his team to the top!
In China, the Bai Hu Tzi team was watching the event with interest.
"They might actually make it," said Minkah.
"It's a maybe; tell me when they reach the final round. If they even get there," said Dien reading a book.
"Big brother!"
"What do you want, Rin?" Dien asked, annoyed.
"You still owe me for not telling me that Gou was at our village!" the pink haired girl scolded. Wearing a pink/light pink outfit and has her hair tied like pigtails but is braided; the hair ends somewhere above her waist.
"I couldn't! You were out with Mother! And you wouldn't get up early enough to see the team leave the next day!" said Dien angrily.
"I couldn't say hi to Rayna Gieh-Gieh either…" Rin pouted.
"Come on, Rin. Be happy that your sister and her team made it so far," said Chang and the rest of the team nodded.
"But it's not fair! She gets to travel with Gou!"
"Well maybe you can get the chance to too if you beyblade some more," said Dien and went back to his book.
"Oh my, Kaiya looks just as beautiful as I remember," said Dante. The Majestics were gathered and watching T.V. in a very luxurious room.
"Rayna looks just as cute too," said Laird.
"You boys need to grow up," said Roger.
"But they are right," said Quennel and continued eating his box of sweets and Roger sighs.
"Big Brother, Markie! You better not lose after losing to me!" Mary exclaimed. She was holding a mini radio to hear what's going on in Russia. Mary wanted to be there personally so she's currently on a flight to Russia with a flight attendant escorting her safely there. Mary would call or something but she really wanted to be there for her brother.
"Alright, who stole my last cookie from my cookie bag?" Makoto asked showing his empty bag of cookies.
"Mark stole the cookie?" Cam asked,
"No! Was not me!" Mark argued back.
"Gou?" Makoto asked,
"Don't look at me," said Gou shaking his head.
"Over there," Rayna pointed.
"Kaiya stole my last cookie?" Makoto exclaimed. Kaiya did indeed; she was chewing a chocolate chip cookie while waiting for their turn to battle.
"Kaiya! You stole Makoto's last cookie!" said Mark going up to her,
"So?"
"Kaiya! That's mine! Did you even ask?" and Makoto reached for his cookie.
"I already ate 1/4 of it...here," Kaida broke another 1/4 of it form where she already bitten it and gave the remaining half to Makoto.
"Uh…thanks. But you should've asked first!" said Makoto,
"You should've asked before you took some money from my wallet just to buy those cookies," Kaiya pointed out.
"…How did you find out?" Makoto asked with a nervous smile.
"I have my ways, Mako," said Kaiya and stood up, walking out into the stadium when their team name was called. Makoto just stood there.
"Come on Makoto!" Mark pushed him forwards to get his friend moving.
"She…"
"She what?" Mark asked,
"She called me, 'Mako.' She actually called me bymy nickname?" Makoto asked out loud.
Mary stepped into the stadium just in time to see Mark defeat his opponent and gave his team a victory.
"That was awesome Mark!" Cam complimented.
"Thanks!" said Mark and puts his arms around her shoulders and they walked together. Cam blushed madly for some reason.
"Big Brother, Markie!" Mark turned around just in time to be glomped by his sister.
"Hi, Markie!"
"Mary? What are you doing here?" Mark asked and lets her down.
"Do I at least get a greeting?" Mark asked, pouting.
"Hi, Mary! I'm so glad that you're here!"
"That's better. I'm here to cheer you on of course!"
"Really? That's sweet of you. Thank you, Mary," said Mark and offered her a piggyback ride.
In the waiting room, a man then came in.
"Excuse me, but which one of you is Kon?" he asked,
"Me," said Rayna and stood up.
"There's a phone call for you," the man said pointing at the phone in their room.
"Hello?"
"Nee How, Rayna! It's Minkah!"
"Minkah! So good to hear from you!" said Rayna happily. Gou flinched and bit and turned around from where he was sitting to see Rayna in a very good mood, a very very good mood, while talking to Minkah…
An anime vein appeared on his head,
"Tell me if I heard right: is that person she greeted Minkah?" Gou asked,
"Yes," Kaiya answered while sewing and the vein grew larger.
"What's wrong?" Kaiya asked,
"Nothing," Gou answered while gritting his teeth and turned back around and crossed his arms.
"Okay, what's wrong?" Kaiya asked again.
"Nothing!"
"Right, just who are you kidding?" Kaiya pointed out.
"But it's nothing important," said Gou,
"Then quit acting so jealous of that Egyptian…though he has pretty amazing blue eyes," said Kaiya and Gou just looked at her.
"No way, did a guy actually catch you eye?" Gou asked,
"He has a nice tan too," said Kaiya and continued working.
"I'm not jealous by the way," Gou added before they end their conversation.
"Whoa, did I just hear that Gou is jealous of someone?" Makoto asked as he leans on the couch from behind.
"NO!" Gou immediately answered.
"Wow really?" Mark asked and stood next to Makoto with Mary on his back and Cam walking into the room as well.
"No! I'm not jealous of anyone! Why would I be?" Gou asked and the boys just shrugged.
"GOU!" Mary exclaimed and jumped off Mark's back and onto Gou. Kaiya puts her stuff aside.
"Hey! Brat! Off my brother!"
"When did she get here?" Makoto asked,
"She came to cheer me on, arrived today," explained Mark.
"What's going on?" Rayna asked who was done talking on the phone.
"Who was it?" Makoto asked,
"Minkah. He and the rest of my team are wishing us good luck. Well, he pacifically said he was cheering me on which was sweet of him but I'm pretty sure he meant all of us," said Rayna and smiled.
"What?" Gou asked after Kaiya got Mary to stop suffocating him.
"What about?" Rayna asked,
"Nothing…" Gou mumbled and sat up straight.
"Hey guys! E-mail from the Majestics," Cam announced from her computer.
"E-mail? You gave them your E-mail?" Makoto asked,
"Yes, in exchange for theirs," said Cam.
"Well what does it say?" Mark asked,
"A lot of things but mainly Roger said that he hopes the best for us. Quennel wishes us luck too and gave some advice. Laird and Dante asked Rayna and Kaiya if they would go out with them…"
"NO!" Kaiya and Gou answered. Well, Gou answered for Rayna but she was going to say no anyway so she didn't add anything else.
"I'll just e-mail them back your answer," said Cam and typed away.
Battle after battle, they're on their way to the final round.
"Almost there! I am so proud of Makoto!" Tyson exclaimed,
"Keep it down. They might actually hear from all the way up here," said Kai looking down at the battle field.
"I'm sure we're all proud, Taka," said Kaida and hands him the drink that he asked for.
"Thanks! Hey Kaida, you didn't call Hilary about my brother leaving them in France did you?" Tyson asked,
"Of course I did," Kaida replied and handed Kai his drink.
"Good, that means my brother is in trouble!" said Tyson in a sing-son voice.
"But Hilary sounded pretty angry about how you swiped 5,000 yen from her wallet and not confronting her about it," said Kaida and Tyson had anime tears slide down his face.
Rei and Max came back with food,
"Just like old times except we're usually the ones doing the beybattling," said Max.
"Very true, too bad Daichi's not here with us though," said Kaida,
"What do you mean? He will just get on my nerves!" said Tyson and took a bite out of his snack.
"Well that's because you two are close. Like brothers," Rei pointed out.
"Are not," Tyson mumbled.
"Too bad Kenny couldn't come either," said Max,
"I wish my old team members could," said Kaida,
"No!" Kai snapped at her,
"I mean, my old friends that don't include Tek," Kaida corrected and Kai calmed down a bit.
"I'll call a divorce if you invite that crazy blonde girl anywhere near me!"
"Kai, she's too busy being a great super model. Ulrich is busy being that new rock star that every girl is going crazy for and Chris…I don't have the slightest clue where he's been. He hardly keeps in touch anymore," said Kaida and looked up thinking.
"Actually, Kaida. Tek's too busy loving Brooklyn, Ulrich is too busy with Ai and Chris…I don't who he married. Who did he marry?" Max asked,
"He never had a wedding, so, I guess he's not married," said Kaida and shrugged.
"Do you think they'll win?" Tyson asked looking down where the team is coming out.
"Of course they will, with Kaiya and Gou on their team. I would also like to remind you that I want our rematch after the tournament," said Kai and picks up a book.
"No problem, I've been waiting ages for out rematch!"
"Oh my gosh, Yuri really does have a daughter," said Max looking at the red-head who just came out into the stadium. Kai looked over,
"Definitely belongs to Valkov/Ivanov. That hairstyle of hers was picked off from her father, no questions," said Kai and went back to his book.
"Okay we're up against the toughest team in Russia. The Blitzkrieg Neoborgs. And since the day's almost over, we only have time for two rounds. So, I'm putting Mark up first and depending on whether Mark wins or not, Kaiya will either win as the Championships or tie the match up for us. Good?" Cam asked,
"What about me?" Makoto asked,
"I'll see if we need a third round or not, Mako," said Cam, raising her hand up to say she's not arguing.
"Okay! I'm up for it!" said Mark and picked up his blade.
"Go Big Brother Markie!" Mary cheered holding two Japanese fans.
Mark was up against Bryce and the battle begun in a dish full of snow. While that was happening, Makoto was shivering like heck.
"Hate the cold! Hate the cold! Why did the battle have to be outside even though it's not snowing?" he asked and tries to keep himself warm.
"Because it tests the skills of the bladers," Kaiya replied.
"Then how am I supposed to battle in the cold?" Makoto asked,
"That's your weakness I guess…we all have weakness'," said Kaiya and walked up to him and sticks her hands out.
"What?" Makoto asked,
"Take it!" she said impatiently. Makoto looked down at the item she was holding. A very delicately made scarf with the shades of blue and white as the theme, was folded neatly in Kaiya's hands.
"For me?" Makoto asked,
"Take it before I change my mind!" Kaiya snapped and Makoto could spot a slight red color painted across her face. Then it hit Makoto, for a while now, Kaiya's been sewing something during her spare time. She must've found out he hated the cold back on the island when he started feeling the cold before she did, plus all the shivering he did back on the boat when they were talking outside. Maybe Kaiya really has a change of heart for him; either that or she hit her head on something really hard that got her to act nicer towards him. Either way, Makoto's happy.
"Kaiya, thank you…"
"Don't speak of this to the others," said Kaiya and turned her attention to Mark's battle. Makoto wrapped the scarf around his neck,
"So warm, she did a good job…" said Makoto in a whisper. His thoughts were interrupted by Mary's shouting.
"Yay! Great job Big Brother Markie!"
"Mark won?" Makoto asked the others and received positive replies.
"You're up, Kaiya," said Cam.
"Fine," she mumbled.
"Hello, Hiwatari," Tara greeted.
"Great, I'm up against you," Kaiya muttered.
"I saw you coming up so I decided to be the one battling you and I wanted to battle in the most dangerous dish they have so we can get this battle started," said Tara and smirked.
A fairly large dish came up. In it was a broken factory-like theme. Smoke, moving gears, weak metal, dangerous things, you name it. The tallest poles were above Kaiya's height, then again, Kaiya didn't expect this to be a walk in the park…okay, she did think so but changed her idea now knowing she's up against Tara.
"Wolborg!"
"Dranzer!'
"Icicle Assault now!"
"Phoenix Flamethrower!"
"Nice! Fire melts ice!" said Makoto,
"Well duh, everyone knows that!" Mary stated.
The fire seemed to have caused an explosion in the dish.
"There's real gas in there?" Kaiya asked herself, she has to be more careful. A few moments later, half of the broken factory fell over. Tara wasn't kidding when she said the most dangerous dish.
"Kaiya! Careful! That pipe over there is about to snap!" Cam warned.
"What pipe?" Mark asked,
"Over there! That piece! The one that's got steam or whatever it is coming out!" Cam pointed. If that thing snaps, the pipe will be sent flying. It's safer if the length of it was long so it won't got flying as fast but if it snaps and is a short length, someone could get hurt.
"It's a little hard, Cam," said Kaiya but tried to keep the battle away from that area.
"It's over! Wolborg! Avalanche Hunt!"
"Dranzer! Volcano Emission!"
"Kaiya you're in insane! The pressure from the attack will shake up the entire dish!" Gou shouted. That's when Kaiya just realized what she just did. The pipe bar snapped and Rayna shuts her eyes, knowing she can't get away fast enough.
"Rayna!" her teammates shouted.
Back in China, Dien shot up and stared at the T.V. Everything seemed to have slowed down for him and he wanted to look away, afraid of the outcome.
The crowd gasps and Kai shot up into a stand as Kaida just stares with tears almost ready to flow.
"…Gou!" Rayna shouted as she grabs a hold of Gou when he was about to fall over.
"Gou!" Kaiya did one thing a Hiwatari never does: she abandoned the battle and ran to her brother's side.
"Gou! Speak to me Gou! Gou!" Kaiya gently shook Gou until he opened his eyes and looked up at her.
"Sorry, Onei-Chan. For doing something reckless and stupid again. But I couldn't just stand back and let Rayna get hurt. I'm a Hiwatari, I have pride and I'm stubborn. Hey Rayna, you okay?" Gou asked but was breathing a bit heavily.
"Gou, why the heck did you do that?" Rayna asked even though Gou already gave an answer to his sister.
Makoto reached for Gou's side, where the metal was sticking out.
"DON'T!" Mary shouted.
"What, why?" Makoto asked,
"Don't Makoto, if you pull that out, it could lead to uncontrollable bleeding," Cam explained.
"Yeah, but it looks like it's about to kill Gou in a matter of minutes!"
"He'll die in a matter of seconds, or faster minutes, if you pull it out!" Mary argued.
"Gou, stay with me. Come on, don't fall asleep or you're going to scare me to death! Gou! Listen to me! Gou!" Kaiya shouted, trying to keep him with them.
"Gou…" Rayna whispered between her tears.
"…What kind of sister am I? If I can't even protect my only sibling?" Kaiya asked as tears flow down. Gou has passed out and everyone was growing sick from being worried.
"GOU!"
I hope I didn't make it so bad. Review please?