Tyson's Twin made a C2! This has been a lucky few days for this series. And, I had enough of China. Time for a change to old scenery...and warning, for those who just can't wait to see Tysa getting paired up (yes, I know you exist), there will be a vicious cliffhanger for you. You're warned. The rest of you, have a nice day.
Chapter 41: Home, back to previous problems, home.
"Aah, it's good to be back in Japan." Max said cheerfully as they walked back in the Granger residence.
"Mraa?" Shinsei looked around the wooden house questionably, looking around the new area. Hilary put Shinsei down on the floor, letting her explore the room.
"So, we should start to get ready for the final round, you guys." Ray suggested.
"Or we could eat first. That plane ride made me hungry." Tyson offered.
"Everything makes you hungry, Tyson." Tysa said, narrowing her eyes.
"Not everything!" Tyson said defensively.
"Well, we should start to prepare for the final round." Kenny told them. Suddenly, Shinsei let out a hiss near the door.
"Speaking of which." Ozuma said as he walked through.
"Ozuma! What are you doing here?" Tyson asked.
"I came to talk to you, Tysa." Ozuma nodded at Tysa.
"To me?" Tysa asked surprised. Later, Tysa and Ozuma were standing in a forest clearing. "So…what do you want Ozuma?"
"If you didn't know, Mariam went to check out the situation in China. Nothing's been happening. Yet."
"So…why do I need to know this?" Tysa asked, suspiciously. Ozuma then gave Tysa a look she couldn't read.
"Tysa…get everyone to drop out of the final round."
"What? Are you nuts? No way. Just because you're my opponent, you're trying to—"
"This isn't about being your opponent!" Ozuma yelled, stopping the girl's rants. Tysa blinked. "Listen, I'm asking this as a favor. Please drop out of the final round."
"But, Ozuma—"
"Oh, wah wah wah. The evil is coming. Quick, as a last resort, let's save the Lady Kairi. Pfft. Like she's that dismissive." Tysa and Ozuma looked up at a tree to see Chaos sitting in it.
"You!" Tysa gasped.
"Hello, my dear other half. Where've you been? I've missed you." Chaos smirked. Tysa glared.
"You two have already been separated?" Ozuma asked.
"No, I'm just their long lost triplet. Hi there." Chaos waved her fingers at Ozuma. "Now, if you excuse me, I need to talk to my other half. Alone."
"Like I'm going to do that!" Ozuma said, shooting out his beyblade. Chaos put on a disapproving face and dodged the 'blade. Ozuma scowled and the 'blade bounced from behind towards Chaos, who knocked it out of the way with her own beyblade.
"I'm going to say this one more time. Leave." Chaos commanded. Ozuma glared shakily.
"If you think I'm going to—"
"Ozuma." Ozuma looked behind him to see Tysa looking at him rather calmly. "Just…listen to her. We'll talk later, ok?" Ozuma looked at her, but nodded. "And don't tell my friends, ok? They might be…" Tysa looked up at Chaos. "…concerned." Ozuma got up and walked away reluctantly. When sure he was gone, Chaos jumped down from the tree.
"I'm surprised you got him to leave so quickly."
"I guess I'm good at getting what I want. So, what do you need to talk about?" Tysa asked quietly.
"You're rather calm." Chaos said. Tysa didn't answer as a gentle breeze flew by, brushing the two girls hair to the side.
"So…what do you want, Chaos?"
She's…matured. That's the only word for it. There's an unreadable sadness in her eyes…
"Are you pitying me?" Chaos asked based from her thoughts.
"Should you be pitied?" Tysa said in a way that sounded like it was in a breath. Chaos sighed.
"Listen, you can take Ozuma's advice or not. I really don't care. But." Chaos added, seeing Tysa's face. "Only one way will end up in the betterment. You know that, right?"
"…Yes. Is that it?"
"Oh. So you already know what the betterment is?"
"…No. No, I don't. I'm just going to trust myself. I realize I haven't been doing that a lot lately, but…that's what I'm going to do. The Bladebreakers are going to battle in the final round." Chaos sighed, but this time out of acceptance.
"The winning team battles team BEGA."
"Really?" Tysa asked, half of surprise, half of knowing.
"Mmm. Manasa revoked the darkness in their hearts. Most of it is towards your team."
"Well, that's obvious." Tysa said in the airy tone again. There was more silence between the two girls. "Why are you helping me?"
"Because, if you die, I die. We are one and the same. Neither of us can exist without the other. So, my concern for your wellbeing is a concern for mine. Don't take it that seriously." Chaos answered. Tysa gave a small smile regardless. Chaos couldn't help smiling a little too. Her other side had grown up, even the tiniest bit.
And maybe she had too.
"Hey, Chaos, where are you going?" Tysa asked as Chaos started to walk away.
"Oh, nearby, far away…guess where ever I feel." Tysa smiled a bit.
"…Chaos?"
"Yeah?"
"I think…that if the situation was different, we could be friends." Chaos kept her back to Tysa, but smiled.
"I think so too."
Chaos wandered around until night, seeing that she had a lot of memories to relieve. This was where most of her husbands had proposed to her—in the forest, and where she stubborn other halfs had said yes for the first time—most of the time. She smirked a bit. In this fourteen-year-old's body, she felt more alive and alert. Tysa was younger than the rest, but she was stronger too. Chaos sighed. It would soon come—the day where she was gone. Would Tysa be the one to do that? Would she become—
"Chaos." Chaos was surprised from the voice behind her, but smirked.
"Heh. Do you ever sleep Kai?"
"Once and again."
"Of course. So," she looked over her shoulder. "Is there something that you want?"
"Well, I never thought you could have such a nostalgic face." Chaos face front again.
"Is it too much to ask for you to be nice once in a while?" she sighed. Kai then noticed that her leg faded, then came back.
"Wait…what was…are you ok?" Chaos turned to Kai and smiled.
"No…I'm not ok."
"Your…your body…"
"It's been doing that, hasn't it?" Chaos turned her expression to the side. "You saw the other day…my arm. I've been doing this ever since I've separated. I am…real and not real and the same time. I'm a spirit, a ghost, or a passenger, sent to watch my other half's lives. It's the only way I live. I was with Tysa, but…well, now, I'm not. If I'm still not…" Kai wasn't sure if he should still hate her, or feel sorry for her. Chaos sighed. "…Kai, I have to know something."
"What?" Kai asked. Chaos gently kissed Kai, then separated.
"You didn't feel anything from that, did you?" Kai shook his head. He didn't. Tysa was the one he felt something from, not anyone else. Maybe he had learned something too. "Well, then…I'm not sure whether to call Tysa lucky or unlucky." Chaos said while walking away.
"Hey, what does that—" Kai started to chase after her, but Chaos was gone. A black feather fell from the sky and he caught it. It had a white dot on the top of the feather.
"What's that, Kai?"
"I don't know—huh?" Kai looked over his shoulder and saw Tysa looking at the feather. "It's nothing." Kai put the feather in his pocket quickly.
"…Chaos was here, wasn't she?" Tysa asked. Kai wasn't sure if she was calm or upset—both of which were rare. Kai nodded. Tysa sighed. "So, I just missed her." She sat down against a tree. "This is going to sound strange, but…I wanted to know more about Chaos."
"It's not…that strange." For some reason…I want to know more about her too, but… "That's one of your similarities."
"Huh? How?" Tysa asked, looking up at the older boy.
"You both have things in your past that you don't want to share."
"Like you were before I pummeled them out of you?" Kai growled to Tysa's cocky grin.
"You didn't pummel me!"
"So…what do you call getting the crap nearly beat out of you?"
"Arrgh…sometimes you annoy me so much…"
"Whatcha gonna do 'bout it?" Tysa teased. Kai could feel his control slipping…"Hey, Kai?"
"What now?"
"Remember a few weeks ago…when I asked you how you felt…are you going to tell me now, or do I still have to wait?" Kai could feel himself blushing greatly as his heart raced faster and faster. He couldn't tell her…not yet…or maybe…
"Tysa…I…"
see? There it is! Will he say it? Will he not? Only I decide! Wa ha ha ha ha! (fans: what! -takes out various sharp objects- Me: -twitches eye- uh...-runs-)
Mizuki Sakura