Like I said in the 4th chapter of Sinful Perfection, I am currently suffering from writer's grave. That's when I call it when someone loses drive to write. Therefore, there will most likely be a lack of posting. Yeah...srry bout that.
Chapter 38: Festival
Ray and Tysa arrived at the festival the next night first.
"I haven't been to one of these in years…" Tysa gasped. "I almost forgot how bright the lights were…"
"They're not that bright…"
"You didn't run into a lantern when you were four."
"Actually I did." The two looked at each other for a while. Then Ray took Tysa's hand. "Come on. Let's go."
"Uh…where are we going?"
"Here." Ray led Tysa to a booth.
"Huh? One of those water ball games?" (You know, one of those games where you have a rod and try to get a ball out the water. I don't remember the name right now.)
"Yeah. Ever play one?"
"I have, but I'm sort of…bad."
"Try." Even though Tysa knew perfectly well that she was horrible at this game, somehow Ray encouraged her.
"Um…ok." Tysa put the rod in the water and automatically went for the white and black one. Unfortunately, she lost it. "Aww…"
"Here, you're pulling too hard. Try again."
"Kay…" Tysa tried again, taking Ray's advice this time. "Um…hey!" Tysa held the ball out of the water. "I did it!"
"See?"
"Yeah…" Tysa made a small blush as she looked at the ball. "Thanks, Ray..." Ray smiled.
"No problem. Come on. Let's go practice more games you're 'bad' at."
"Funny, Ray." Tysa said with a smile on her face as he held her hand.
"Darn, I lost sight of her…" Hilary said to herself.
"Hilary?"
"Tyson? Er…what's with that bag?"
"Oh, this?" Tyson looked at the bag he was holding. "It's food. I forgot how good Chinese food is at festivals." He took out a dumpling and held it towards Hilary. "Want one?"
"Sure…" Hilary took it and continued looking around.
"What are you looking for?"
"Uh…nothing." Hilary lied, mentally hitting herself. She had wanted to see Tysa's first date, but now she was stuck with Tyson.
"Holy—Look! A shooting game!" Tyson exclaimed as he looked to the side. He ran towards the booth. Hilary looked at it and immediately looked towards the prizes. A bunny was displayed as one of them. She gulped. That was her weakness.
"Hey, what's wrong, Hil? Tyson asked when he turned around at her.
"Oh, um…nothing, Tyson." Hilary said, although she was still looking at the bunny. Tyson then turned back to the booth, said something, and played the game. Then, Tyson won with top marks.
"Man, I forgot how good I am at this." Tyson said. Hilary went up to Tyson.
"Um, Tyson…can I…"
"Here you go." The person working there gave Tyson an egg.
"Oh. But I wanted the—huh?" the person disappeared. "Darn it…"
"What were you going to get, Tyson?" Hilary asked.
"I was going to get that bunny for you. You looked like you wanted it." Tyson told her. Hilary made a small blush.
"Oh, well…thanks, Tyson…"
"But what am I going to do with this?" Tyson asked, looking at the egg. "It's seems too big to eat…"
"Is food all you ever think about?" Hilary asked, narrowing her eyes.
"And some other things as well, Hil." Tyson smiled. "Here. I don't really know what it is, but you can have it." He gave Hilary the egg.
"Thanks, Tyson." Hilary said, smiling.
"Sure." Tyson smiled.
Max looked around the festival. His friends were no where to be found at all, but there was one person in particular he was looking for…
"Hey, Max."
"Mariam!" Max exclaimed as he turned around. Mariam was in the same outfit from the other day.
"Um…I'm not late, am I? Not that I'm worried that I am, but I'm just…"
"It's ok. I'm just early." Max told her.
"So, have you ever been to a Chinese Festival before?"
"Nope."
"Good. Neither have I."
"Huh? B-but you live here…"
"Not exactly 'here'. Where we live, we couldn't really go out in the open until recently. So, this is my first time."
"Oh." Max said.
"I'm still surprised about what Hitoshi found out…"
"Ah!" Quickly, Max remembered about their conversation. "Y-you didn't tell…"
"No way I would tell." Mariam told him. Then she turned her head and blushed. "You told me not to." She muttered.
"Oh, um…right." Max realized, sort of embarrassed. "Well, uh…where do you want to go first?"
"I don't know…um…hey, there's a beyblading ring." Mariam pointed out. One the edge of the festival, there was indeed a beyblade ring. Mariam took out her beyblade and smirked at Max. "Wanna play?" Max smiled and nodded.
Kai walked around the outskirts of the festival. He felt no interest to go inside, and it was too noisy for his taste. As he walked in the forest area, a lake caught his attention.
"Huh…this is interesting." The lake was crystal blue and round. He walked closer to it, intrigued by the odd perfection of it.
"Kai?" Kai looked to the side and saw Tysa looking at his curiously.
"Tysa." He said, looking back into the lake. "Thought you had a date with Ray."
"Oh, I did—er, do. Just that, he said he needed to talk to someone real quick. He said I could look around, then I saw a sign that said 'Moon Lake'. I was interested."
"Really." Kai said as Tysa sat down next to him and looked in the lake.
"…It's so clear. You can see the moon perfectly in here." Tysa said wistfully. Kai looked at Tysa from the corner of his eye.
"You like the moon?"
"Well…sort of. Both mom and dad said I was just like the moon. I only show my brighter side."
"Apparently, they did not realize that their daughter has injured many if they called you 'bright'."
"You're just mad because I hit you with a garbage can."
"And a rock. And a beyblade. And your fist. And a—"
"Ok, ok, I get it." Tysa said, annoyed. "It's not really my fault if you frustrate me enough to throw things at you." Kai didn't have a retort to that one. "Awww, Kai can't answer me back this time."
"Shut up." Kai said, both annoyed and embarrassed.
"Heh heh heh. Whatever, Kai." Both were silent for a while. "You know, that sign also says this lake grants wishes when the moon is full."
"I don't need any wishes. Everything I want, I get myself."
"Come on, isn't there one thing you need help getting? A brain? Even a brain cell?" Kai's face twitched as his annoyance turned to aggravation. Then, he calmed down.
"Maybe…there is."
"Really? Tell me!"
"If I tell you, it won't come true." And, it's not really something I want you to hear yet…
"Boo." Tysa pouted. "You're no fun." She looked up at the sky. "Well, I know what I'm wishing for."
"What?" Tysa smirked.
"If I tell you, it won't come true."
After a while, the Bladebreakers entered their hotel room and an anxious Hitoshi greeted them.
"Thank goodness you guys are back! I just remembered what I was supposed to tell you! It's—" he cut himself off when he looked at Hilary holding the egg. "Hilary? Where'd you get that egg?" he asked worriedly.
"Uh…at a booth." Hilary stated, both Tyson and Hilary a bit too embarrassed to admit the truth.
"That's one big egg, Hilary." Tysa said, looking at it.
"It looks like an ostrich egg with stripes." Kenny pointed out. "It's not heavy, Hilary?"
"Actually, no. It's really light…"
"Um…that's because…I don't think it's a normal egg." Hitoshi said.
If you have read two of the chapters in Tyson's Twin One Shots, you probably know what that egg is. If you don't, well, you don't have to read the One Shots. Just wait until the next one when I recover.
Mizuki Sakura