Meifeng wanted to storm right up to the blue haired bastard to give him a piece of her mind.
"Why are you being so difficult?!" She irritably huffs aloud before she rotates away and opts to search for Archimedes instead of a verbal confrontation with Hiro.
It did not take the silver haired woman long since the teen was in the same area previously, except this time there was an additional figure.
'If I remember correctly…he's the Blitzkreig Boys captain.' The older woman was eventually registering the boy's face and distinctive hair color to a specific team.
Her sights then narrowed in on the pair when she inwardly sensed something a bit peculiar about their auras.
'Is that a shade of…pink?' She was privately ruminating while lifting a hand upward to her cheeks at the sight before her.
An expression of awe surfaced to her face as her current thoughts were, 'Wait until I tell Akane about this!'
The young lady must have seen her since she abruptly dismissed herself from next to the young man without a single word.
"Ready?" Meifeng was questioning once Archimedes was drawing close enough to hear her voice.
The teen physically nods her head 'yes' and they both return back to the ballroom.
At the same time,
The event soon approached the conclusion since the crowd significantly dwindled from the massive mobs that was there earlier in the day.
[Barthez Battalion]
"Took you long enough," Claude was annoyingly chiding at the sight of their captain finally reentering the ballroom with a small smile on his face.
"Looks like someone's happy!" Malthida playfully teases, which earns a small yet apparent blush from the young man.
Miguel quietly sat to the right of his pink haired companion in order to maximize the distance from Claude.
"It was much needed," He was muttering under his breath right before sparing a glance at the F Dynasty table '…and worth it too.'
[Blitzkrieg Boys]
"Still playing the guessing game." Tala was curiously needling upon returning to his seat at the far end of the table.
"We've been waiting for some kind of clue or hint but…nothing. Absolutely nothing!" Ian exasperates as he tosses his hands outward.
"What'd you expect? This is Boris Balkov we're talking about! He probably can kill someone with a ballpoint pen for all we know." Spencer incredulously presumed about Boris potential shadowy past.
"So the guessing game has turned in to the waiting game, huh?" Tala was amusingly joking, which was earning "You were awfully quiet a few minutes ago."
Their captain merely sips from an eco-friendly cup before he merely downplays, "Didn't have my morning coffee yet."
A "mhmm" was escaping one of their lips in disbelief.
[F Dynasty]
"Did I miss anything special?" Julia curiously poses once she scoots closer to the metallic table. Raul then peeks over at their blonde coach, who neatly pens his signature on a fan's hands.
One lady even boldly requested for his phone number, which he politely declined with a smile on his face.
"Yeah, he's definitely smitten by this "young maiden"." She was honestly opining once their coach was placing a small kiss on her cheek and sending her along her merry little way.
"Think about it...it has to be a coach because if it was a regular woman he would've mentioned her name by now." The orange haired teen suddenly conveyed her thoughts on the matter.
"PBB Allstarz's coach is married so it has to be a coach from Yuan." Raul was using process of elimination after observing all of the female coaches that were currently in the ballroom.
His twin shrugged her shoulders and chalked it up to, "We'll have to keep a close eye out for more clues."
[Bladebreakers]
"Where's Kai?" Hiro was abruptly asking the other members of the Bladebreakers after realizing that the captain was not back from his break yet.
Max simply bounced his shoulders while Takao sarcastically verbalized, "Did you check somewhere in the field? He usually has a piece of grass in his mouth."
The other two teens humorously chuckles at the joke since it was the absolute truth about their captain.
"I see him." The older bluenette was eventually replying after spotting the slate haired teen leisurely trudging back in the ballroom.
Blue eyes then glances over at his team before he makes known, "So…Audrey and I become friends." An expression of shock swiftly surfaces to their faces from the news.
"How?! She thinks you're super annoying." The bluenette discernibly blurted out, which earned a nod from the raven haired teen.
The blonde was folding his arms across his chest, closing his hands and answering, "Chocolate bar,"
"Chocolate…bar." Takao surprisingly repeated his teammate's statement with an eyebrow raised at the specific object that was mentioned.
"So you bribed her with food?" The raven haired male bewilderingly questions along with confusion now apparent on his face.
The bluenette was loudly bursting out in to a fit of laughter before weakly commenting, "Not food,"
"Well it worked like a charm." Draciel's owner honestly remarked with a nod of his head and smile on his face.
Takao physically shakes his head while Rei voices, "Feed a girl once and she'll love you forever."
[PBB Allstarz]
"What happened to you?" Eddy enquiringly wonders once he watches their captain confidently strides across the floor toward their table.
A smirk surfaced to the blonde teen's face after he merely readjusted the bill of his cap back over his face.
"Cougars man, cougars," He was simply uttering before receiving a facial wipe from his coach. "Thanks".
"Emily ran some figures on this leg of the tournament, we will practice after this." Judy reveals her decision to amend their schedule.
A "just great" annoyingly emitted from the silver haired teen.
[White Tiger X]
Mao was frequently peeking over at her now silent brother, who was looking as if he was a witness to some strange phenomena like a ghost sighting.
On the other hand, Master Tao seemed extremely excited almost borderline anxious.
Before she could even direct a "What's up" to the both of them, a fan politely requests for her autograph.
[Saint Shields]
"Could you stop staring at me?" Ozuma was calmly requesting while she was rolling her eyes at his response to her actions.
"Not until I figure out who slapped that goofy grin on your face." Miriam stubbornly replied as she narrowed her sights on her captain.
He simply focuses on the task at hand when he merely counters, "It's none of your business."
Joesph silently yet repeatedly peered between the two with a confused expression on his face.
[Gen POV]
An intern was checking the time before receiving the signal to swing the mallet against the gong and airing, "The Meet n' Greet has officially ended."
Audrey physically stretched her body against the metal padded chair and enthusiastically exclaimed, "It's finally over!"
Obsidian eyes were glancing over to notice that a few bladers were tidily stacking chairs up before watching a slate haired male drawing closer to that area. She quickly grabs her chair and heads over in his direction.
"Why do you want me to stay away from Tala?" The raven haired teen pointedly questions after she approaches and waits for him to place the chairs on the pile.
Kai merely cut his sights over to the captain of Yuan when he broke his silence, "Anyone that messes with the Blitzkrieg Boys ends up hurt."
Tala eventually noticed Archimedes and Kai in the midst of a conversation by the chairs so he swiftly grabbed his and neared the pair.
"Besides, Tala doesn't always show interest in just anyone." He sincerely discloses, which unintentionally causes a small blush to dust her cheeks
A familiar voice was deliberately interrupting their conversation with a simple question, "Is he bothering you?"
The slate haired teen emitted an "hm" before he tossed the chairs onto a pile and walked away from the couple.
"I can handle myself." Archimedes was sternly decreeing while folding her arms and staring at the young man to the side of her.
Tala promptly shakes his head before he clarifies his previous question, "That's not what I asked. I asked was he bothering you?"
"He told me to stay away from you…" The raven haired teen eventually revealed what was discussed between the two.
"That traitor," He vehemently hissed after he heard the warning he issued to the young teen.
Confusion momentarily materializes on her face before she poses, "I thought he was the Bladebreakers' captain?"
"He used to be our captain before he traded and went over to them." The red head elucidates about Kai's connection to him and the Blitzkrieg Boys.
The young man drops his chair on to a smaller pile right before he directs to her, "If he bothers you again, let me know okay?"
Archimedes simply nodded her head since his eyes openly radiated an unknown intense emotional reaction that she was not familiar with.
"I'll talk to you later." The Blitzkrieg captain was boldly asserting causing another blush to creep across her cheeks.
[Yuan]
"I guess ice cube's on chair duty then." Audrey sarcastically jests as her and Wenling steadily carries their table over toward the other tables.
The lighter brunette physically shakes her head and sarcastically lips, "You just couldn't help yourself, huh Aud?"
"She makes it way too easy." The dirty blonde teen was utterly admitting after sliding their table in a brown slot and dusting her hands off.
Max then waves once he spots her near the tables, so she returns it with a wave of her own hand.
"I saw that." Wenling was purposely calling out her teammate after watching her return the friendly gesture to in her words "the annoying pest".
A "pft" then "We're just friends. Besides…" was verbalized by the girl when she mysteriously divulged, "I like someone else."
The brunette visibly covers her mouth with one of her hands, cuts her eyes away and teasingly jaws, "How scandalous?!"
Hiromi folded up the rest of the chairs for Archimedes to take while the older women skillfully folded their banner and tablecloth.
"You seem irritated." Akane was dully stating after closely observing her friend's current disposition, which was instantly earning, "Men are stupid."
"Some are..." The white haired woman softly utters once she briefly diverts her sights over to the F Dynasty's section.
"Meifeng seems a bit…off." Lin abruptly commented since the silver haired woman seemed to be somewhat distracted.
Lanying was then peering over at Meifeng when curiously asking aloud, "I wonder what happened?"
Meanwhile,
"Did you talk to Hiro?" Rei abruptly enquired after he sensed a sudden change in their coach's attitude from earlier.
Takao was momentarily pausing in pushing the legs of the table in after listening the question Rei was asking him, glancing upward and confusingly questioning, "Why?"
Golden eyes hone in on the small yet visible smirk on Hiro's face when he honestly renders, "He seems happier than when we were at the airport."
"I didn't say anything…but he is pretty cheerful." He ultimately confessed that he had yet to speak with Hiro about his feeling but sensed the exact same thing as his teammate.
His blue eyes then roams over to Yuan to see Hiromi, which brings a smile to his face until he unexpectedly spots Meifeng. 'She looks angry.'
"This is making my head hurt!" The young man frustratingly groaned about being in the middle of adult problems when he was just still a kid himself.
A few minutes later,
Mr. Dickerson and his Assistant were soon entering the ballroom only to notice the bladers actively moving furniture: stacking chairs and folding banners.
"Tell the interns to go on to their break." The elderly male relays his order to the young male, who in turn sends it via their radio walkie talkie headpiece.
The BBA President did not immediate announce his presence until he presumed that they were close to finish. "Why thank you everyone for cleaning up the area. I'm sure the interns would want me to say thanks as well."
"You all are free for the rest of the evening. Thank you for your hard work and participation as always. See you all tomorrow at the arena." He dutifully spiels to the group prior to his departure.
The beyblading teams eventually parted ways from the ballroom and headed to their respective destination.
"Hey let's hang out later ladies!" Max eagerly shouts over at the Yuan girls. A "sure" slipped from Hiromi's lips right before they separated from each other.
Wenling was waving bye to Lee, who was remaining competely mute after their conversation. Audrey merely smiles at the sight of Ozuma as his words rings through her ears.
Archimedes was lost in her own thoughts about the day's event, "Anyone that messes with the Blitzkrieg Boys ends up hurt."
An hour later,
Sights of a slate haired teen eventually entered his peripheral so the young man casually approached him to demand, "A word".
The other male did not instantly verbalize an answer instead he merely follows behind the young man.
Once they were out of the nosy crowd's earshot, Tala casually leans his back against a wall to ask "What is your problem Kai?"
Kai was narrowing his sights on his former teammate before finally speaking, "You're playing a dangerous game by involving that girl in it."
He visibly rolled his eyes and annoyingly huffed, "You're not even a member of the Blitzkrieg Boys anymore. Why are you so suddenly interested in what we're doing?"
"Is it because of her?" Tala was bluntly alleging about his former captain's recent behavior around a certain female teenager.
Silence naturally ensues between the two before the red head verbally comes out with, "You've always been selfish, Kai. Whenever someone gets what you can't have, you just have to try and take it away from them."
"You know Boris will never allow…" The other young was about to affirm before being rudely interrupted, "I don't care about Boris and obviously you don't either because you left the Blitzkrieg Camp so don't you use him as an excuse."
Tala then physically pushed off the wall, drew closer to him and sternly opined, "I'm not going to let you ruin this one for me."
The red head was instantly dismissing himself from their conversation.
An "idiot" tetchily slipped from the Bladebreakers captain's mouth before he returned to his room for the evening.
[Bladebreakers & Yuan]
"Whoa, this place is huge!" Max was loudly yelling since they were currently on an exploration mission of the host hotel.
"More like ginormous!" Audrey noisily pronounced once she speedily caught up to the blonde male.
"They're like little kids." Wenling mockingly renders about the two blondes' overt excitement for the mere size of a building.
"It's not often the BBA book such a high-class hotel, right Takao?" Rei was directing to the bluenette after emerging out of the sliding doors along with Hiromi right next to him.
The teen, name Takao, shook his head a "yes", which earned a response from the teen girl, "It's usually a quaint little inn on the countryside but that'll probably come a bit later."
"Did your coach say anything about Hiro?" The younger Kinoyama grandchild abruptly questions once his eyes diverts from the group in front of them and on to her.
A neutral expression materialized on her face before she honestly responded, "From what I sensed, she seemed a bit upset after she came back from her break."
The bluenette wearily groaned at her answer before he woefully expressed, "Maybe it's a hopeless cause, Romi!"
"Hurry up, you slow pokes!" Audrey's voice suddenly surfaces them from their private conversation with each other.
"Come on before you get left behind lovebirds." Max was teasingly chiding earning a bright yet visible blush from the two teenagers.
Takao slightly faced her with a blush on his face when he asked, "Shall we?"
[Blitzkrieg Boys]
"What was up with Tala during the event?" Ian was nosily posing to his fellow teammates since their captain was acting extremely out of character.
Spencer was swiftly shushing him before annoyingly whispering, "Your loud mouth is going to get us caught!"
The silver haired male slowly peeks his head back around the corner only to see Boris still in the same spot with today's paper within his grasp.
"No change," The taller teen immediately reported an update on their coach's lack of movement.
"Man…he's been reading the newspaper like forever!" Ian miserably grumbles with his chin in his hand and blows out a sigh.
"We just have to be patient." The ever so quiet giant stoically conveyed.
[Lounge]
Miguel speedily closed the magazine once he heard a soft "plop" followed by "I'm tired" being wearily voiced by his guest.
"Even a hard working woman like you need to relax every now and then, Julia." The blonde sincerely advises her after he glances over in her direction only to watch her stick her tongue out at him.
"These two legs have been lightweight." The orange topped teen effortlessly downplayed her schedule to him.
"We'll both be pretty busy real soon during the European leg of the tour." The Barthez Battalion captain says while he observes Julia frequently closes her eyes.
"Sorry if I nod off but this has been the best ten minutes ever since I've arrived here in China." She was genuinely confessing before stifling a yawn and lazily leaning back in the seat.
Her honest admission earned a blush from the blonde as he reopened the book, read and occasionally checked on his fast asleep guest.
[Ozuma]
"Chieftain, grandson Ozuma is here to speak." A guard dutifully announced before he received a signal and pulled back the leather flap that served as door.
Ozuma casually steps through and properly greets his Chieftain, which earns, "I see a great deal has changed in you, young man."
"That's because I've been able to travel the world and interact with others." He explained once he was given permission to stand to his feet.
"A great deal of wisdom you've managed to acquire, grandson." The elderly man was proudly complimenting while nodding his head forward.
"Which is why I have come to selfishly request you to postpone the ceremony." The younger of the two boldly proposed with a serious expression.
His grandfather shakes his head, releases a sigh and solemnly divulges, "I cannot do that….the invitations were already sent and guests have started to arrive."
"May I pose another selfish request then?" The young man was hastily dropping another request to the older man. "May I wholly fulfill my duty as both the captain of Saint Shields and the Chinese Representative?"
The Chieftain knowledgeably imparts some wisdom to his flesh and blood, "Do remember that just because one path closes before you another will open."
"Thank you Chieftain."
[Yuan's Coaches]
"Do you feel like talking?" Akane dully probed since the silver haired woman was visibly angry ever since the end of her break during the Meet n' Greet.
Meifeng then extends her arms outwardly while she questions, "Why is liking a guy so difficult?!"
"I mean they're completely and totally blinded by physical assets instead of the truth." The taller of the two was judgmentally ranting before aimlessly tossing her hands in the air while repeatedly pacing back and forth.
"You're going to give yourself a headache." The powdery white haired woman colorlessly advised after she watched her continuously paced back and forth.
"Some men are pure idiots being so easily led by lust." She repeatedly sustains once she momentarily halts in her stride until her face falters.
"Yet why do I feel compelled to stop him from publicly embarrassing himself?" The silver haired woman was bewilderingly expressing while glancing up at her friend.
"It's simple...you love him." Akane cleverly surmised the name of the intense rush of emotions her friend just felt.
[White Tiger X]
"Master Tao…Lee's still lost in the twilight zone!" Mao was stridently shouting up to their sensei after checking on her older brother.
"And it's really weird!" Kiki scarily agreed with the pink haired teen's comment since he currently sat behind Gary this time instead of Lee.
Master Tao was lazily waving his hand before mysteriously elucidating on the situation, "He's just on his own sabbatical right now. He'll snap out of it eventually."
The other three were nervously staring at their captain, who was incoherently mumbling something underneath his breath.
'Wenling…you sure know how to put my poor ignorant student in a bind.' The elderly man privately muses along with some chuckles, 'This will be an interesting leg, eh Lee?'
[Gen POV]
Mr. Dickerson and his assistant was soon entering the ballroom only to notice the bladers actively moving furniture, carefully stacking chairs and neatly folding banners.
"Tell the interns to go on an early lunch break." The elderly man relays his order to his assistant, who in turns sends it via walkie talkie.
The BBA President did not immediately announced his presence until he presumed they were close to finish, "Why thank you everyone for cleaning up this area, I'm sure the interns would want me to say thanks as well."
"Any who, you all are free for the evening. Thank you for your hard work and participation as always. See you all tomorrow at the arena." He said prior to his departure.
The beyblading teams were eventually parting ways with the ballroom and heading to their respective destination.
"Hey, let's hang out again, ladies." Max loudly shouts over at the Yuan girls.
A "sure" instantly slipped from Hiromi's lips as they separated away from the World Champs on their way out.
Wenling waves at Lee, who remains mute after their conversation. Audrey merely smiles at the sight of Ozuma as his words rings through her ears.
Archimedes was lost in her own thoughts about the day's event. "Anyone that messes with the Blitzkrieg Boys ends up hurt."
