Chapter 28: Mom's anger, Red's fury, friend's concern.
"Get your ass here!" Ashlene scowled as she was agitated by yelling at her daughter since past five minutes. The little girl came running quickly with little gasping.
"Eat your food now,"
She nodded and the four people started devouring the delicious chicken soup. Mischa was also with them, the older lady quiet and etiquette in her manners of eating. There was a general silence in the hall. Ellie was first to finish along with Mischa and later Julia. They kept their bowls in the sink and left. Ashlene tumbled suddenly and gave a nervous look as she rose.
"Are you okay?" Raul asked,
"Y-Yeah," she got up and took her phone and left,
"Are you sure you aren't forgetting anything?" Raul asked with a confident smirk and folded arms,
"Apparently, nope." Ashlene said quickly before she dashed off.
Ellie was the biggest source of nuisance tonight when Ashlene was at her table and the blunette had no bounds on her joys as she kept on playing with her new set of toys. Ashlene seethed but Ellie was impervious.
"Get out before I beat!" Ashlene yelled and Ellie stood in jolt and stared at her mom,
"What's wrong?"
"You're disturbing me,"
"I'm not disturbing. You're NOT able to concentrate," She answered coolly. Ashlene groaned and she stood from her chair and opened the door and almost kicked her daughter out.
"Stay out till you learn your manners, brat." With that Ashlene shut the door. Ellie twisted her lips and plodded towards Raul's room. He was lying simply on his bed reading some magazine. Ashlene started with her Internship and it was going smooth.
"Hey kiddo, what are you doing?" he asked as Ellie took a seat on his bed,
She sighed and explained what happened. "Oh," Raul gasped,
"Mom's gone mad. She's too stubborn sometimes,"
"Nah, mom's perfect but you're getting spoiled, honestly." Raul said looking at the shelf with smile,
"What?"
"I'm honest. I don't take sides," he giggled,
"You're wrong," Ellie whined,
"Whatever. You may ask Julia but I'm not talking to you Ell, unless you say sorry to your mom," Raul said coolly before perfectly ignoring Ellie and resuming his reading.
'Maybe I was wrong.' Ellie sighed, "Fine"
She trudged towards her room and with courage, she knocked twice. She waited at least for two minutes before the door opened. The brunette rolled her eyes,
"Now what?" Ashlene scowled before she was about to slam the door back on her face,
"Uhmm, sorry?" Ellie said with distress. She looked hopefully at the brunette.
Ashlene gave a nod before she let her in. Ellie lied on her bed peacefully till a few nostalgic thoughts hit her minds and spilling few tears she fell in a slumber.
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Next morning when everyone weren't at home and Julia was the last to drop Ellie to school, Ellie looked a little quiet and perturbed.
Ashlene went hospital for Internship. Raul went at restaurant.
"So, why is my Ellie not chirpy bird today?" Julia serenaded playfully,
"Nothing, Aunt Julia," she said lousily,
"You're hiding something?" Julia said with a confident smile,
"Mom and I had a small fight yesterday," Ellie said,
Julia remembered Raul narrating it yesterday to her. "Oh, so did you say sorry to her?"
"Yeah, I did,"
"Then?"
"Mom accepted, but I don't know I still feel sad,"
"You know what, you feel sad because you can't accept you've said those harsh words to her," Julia explained, Ellie nodded,
"Anyway, everything will be okay. Wanna beybattle?" Julia winked though she know how dangerous it could be if Ash comes to know.
Ellie smiled brightly and nodded imploringly.
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The heat of the stadium seems to be multiplying, the shock waves are radiating in amplifying magnitude, the voices of the clashing blades is thunderous, the scowls, smirks and groans of the bladers are on the peak as the first match of Red Scorchers VS PPB All Starz is going on.
"This is ferocious," Daichi hitched,
"Agree. Julyan is fiercer than I had envisaged," Kai mumbled to himself,
"Let's see who lasts till last," Max said musingly,
"Finish this battle, Trygle, Super-Fast Cannon attack," The American blonde groaned as he was preparing to kick his fist in the air.
"Shingle, Sand storm," Julyan smiled calmly,
As Trygle was thrown with vigor in the air in fury with rapid waves tending to move him back, he still continued. Shingle spun with increasing speed and creating an expeditious sand storm circling all over in dish and howling Trygle away. Trygle clashed badly against the dish floor. Michael groaned and wimped in pain. Trygle re-gained its status and rose from its position and trotted towards Shingle.
"Go Trygle," With one strong kick Shingle was thrown at the edge of the dish,
"You play well, Michael. I misjudged you," Julyan smiled and said surprisingly,
Michael smirked,
"I think Michael should end this quickly," Max suggested,
"Michael, finish him with Canon ball!" Judy shouted,
Michael roared before he yelled, "Fierce Canon Ball, Trygle!"
Trygle blew in air, almost flinging in air and kicked Shingle. The cobalt haired blader almost ouch-ed.
Michael did this for twice and he was confident that this battle was going to be soon over and he was feeling the victory coming already.
"Julyan, do something," Lyan scowled loudly,
"Fine Lyan," Julyan smirked.
"Stop pestering him. He has his tricks," Nyhan rolled his eyes and sink deeper into his seat,
Lyan smirked at him.
Trygle kicked harder and Shingle flinched. "Go on, you're doing fine," Julyan said cheerfully glancing at Michael, keeping an eye at his own blade. Within the next minute, Trygle was weirdly drained off its energy and had a hard time launching any kick.
"W-What's going on?" Ray was puzzled,
Michael blinked and tried summoning energy but he felt everything heavy and he couldn't even move anywhere except that Trygle could just spin vaguely.
"Oh shit! Shingle had had snow trapped in Trygle. It's heavy and cannot move!" Emily said in worry.
"No!" Judy's eyes widened,
With few strong clashes, Shingle threw Trygle out of dish and it stood as sole victor of the dish,
"Amazing." Max was stupefied. His eyes never shrunk normal.
"And it's over! The first victory goes to Red Scorchers. Congrats Julyan!" Brad yelled enthusiastically,
Julyan smiled back at Brad and headed to his team.
Congrats Julyan," Nyhan smiled and Lyan gave him a brief hug.
"I'm going next!" Lyan said enthusiastically and hopped till the dish.
"And here we have Emily coming up from All Starz and Lyan from Red Scorchers!"
Emilie looked stern and hard on her face and she walked calmly still towards the dish.
Lyan gave a sarcastic smile to her with rolling eyes. Emilie ignored and examined the dish. She stared at Trygator for some time till it's the time to launch. Both the bladers launches the blade at the same time and clashes centrically at the dish. Waves push them back and they growl.
"Trygator, hold on," Emilie says firmly,
"Pribnow, let's finish this battle. I promise I will treat you a pizza. I can't stand these waves!" Lyan cursed,
"Water smash attack!" Emilie roared,
Lyan widened his eyes and backed but to his own surprised his blade was floating on water with visibly NO water created around Pribnow. He almost laughed and gave a nervous look to the girl standing in front of him who is totally shocked in frustration.
"H-How?" She asked herself in astonishment,
"Even I don't know how, Emilie," Lyan giggled,
Emilie gave him a scornful look. Emilie stared at the water and the spinning blades for few seconds before her confusion turned into smirk.
"Huh?" Max raised an eyebrow,
"I just wish Tyson was here with us right now," Daichi expressed,
"I guess he's having his wonderful time there; hopefully," Kenny gave a smile,
After floating for long, Pribnow attempted to attack Trygator but no avail.
"Pribnow can't touch water, Lyan," Emilie gave a smug smile,
Lyan cringed his lips in fury and made violent movements. Pribnow couldn't touch water and so it couldn't touch Trygator in water.
"Pribnow, c'mon, finish this," Lyan said in mundane. Nyhan gave him thumbs up as he deciphered that Lyan got the trick to end this.
With vigorous round circling, Pribnow managed to create an air storm and Trygator flew away from the water interface.
"What is he doing?" Emilie pondered as she tried to stabilize Tryagtor,
"Let's show you," Lyan ordered Pribnow to continue. The next minute he had emptied the dish and all the water has been thrown out. Before Emilie could use Water Smash again, Pribnow has used it magnetic pull and push move and weakened Trygator within seconds.
"No…" Emilie was worried and was horrified.
"Sorry, but there is end to everything," Lyan said smugly and Pribnow has kicked out Trygator out of dish.
Emilie stood stupefied. Judy and Michael stood speechless.
"W-What?" Ray looked spooked.
"T-This is the same that happened with Kai..?" Max appalled,
"And it's over very fast! Lyan's awesome move! Red Scorchers WIN this battle!" Brad yelled,
"Oh, that was really awesome, Lyan. No words to express my delight on your moves," Jazzman said enthusiastically,
Kai seethed and he walked away.
"And we have our eventual battle. G-Revs VS Red Scorchers, tomorrow. So be patient and make sure you don't miss any of it!"
Kai nodded to himself.
Ray saw Lyan standing there and looking at Kai walking away with that look on his face, See you tomorrow Kai… I hope you'll battle better.
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"Guys, it's like this." Max tried to get their attention, "I'm sure Nyhan will battle first seeing Lyan and Julyan already played,"
"I will handle him," Ray said with deep look,
"Nyhan! No. I'm battling first!" Daichi popped in and he dared.
After an intense staring contest between the monkey boy and the Chinese, the latter gave up and sighed. "I win!" Daichi grinned,
"Fine." Kai nodded,
"Julyan will come second; that's the guess, I've strongly predicted and I hope that better turns out that way," Kenny said cautiously,
"Kai, are you sure you're gonna battle round 3 only?" Max asked,
"I'm battling against Lyan." Kai declared.
"And it will be for your best if Lyan battles in round 3," Ray gave a bare smile.
"Kenny, you heard from Tyson?" Daichi asked,
"Yep. He called me an hour before and told me everything is fine with him. Tyson got very fine job and I'm happy about that." Kenny rejoiced,
Kai gave a scornful look before he rolled eyes.
"Guys, look. In case anything goes against the predicted order, please adjust. Kai, you will battle only against Lyan. You know him. Ray, you will go against Julyan. And Daichi will handle Nyhan."
Everyone nodded.
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"We are officially interns now and we do have night shifts, so please, we've to cooperate," Hilary barked in when the arguments between her two friends seemed unstoppable.
"I know." Delia said in mundane,
"Fine, I will make the lunch now and Hilary you carry the dinner," Margot said,
"Fine," Delia happily walked towards her bed and slumped in a deep sleep,
"She must have been tired,"
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Hilary examined the forty year old patient sitting comfortably on the chair through stethoscope and nodded.
"You're fine. Just take these antibiotics." She prescribed them on the paper,
"Ciprofloxacin," The patient read,
"Yeah, if you still feel the headache, you can come back anytime," Hilary said cheerfully,
"Thanks Doctor," The patient smiled before striding out,
"Hilary, if you're free, can you please examine my patient, I already have a few waiting," Delia peered through the brunette's cabin and asked urgently. Hilary nodded and Delia ushered the patient in.
"Please take your seat,"
The woman nodded,
"So what's your name?"
"Ria,"
"So, what's your chief complaint, Ria?" Hilary asked
"I'm having nausea since past week and headache with fever. And also, I feel giddy re-currently," Ria sighed,
Hilary nodded as she checked the pulse and the heart rate, "Okay, just lie down there, I'll give you a bottle of normal saline," Hilary declared.
The patient nodded and with Hilary's orders the nurse prepared the bed while Hilary injected the required medicine in the saline and prescribed medicines, meanwhile the nurses introduced the needle in the vein.
"I've written some medicines. Your glucose has the anti-nausea medicine, so you can eat something after you go home," Hilary blinked as she remembered something, "Or you can have this vanilla milk if you like," Hilary grinned as she took out a milk pack from her desk,
Ria smiled and nodded.
"And, there are some mild painkillers and a few medicines I've written. Just take care that you have a proper meal before you take them and eat well." Hilary said politely.
Hilary's attention diverted as she received a phone call,
"Yes?" Hilary asked mundanely,
"Nyhan speaking,"
Hilary's eyes widened, "Oh Nyhan, hey, how are you,"
"Awesome, I'm having my battle against the G-Revs, so wish me good luck," He smirked,
"Oh wow! Awesome!" Hilary said nervously as Tyson's image popped in her mind,
"Make sure you watch my battle," Nyhan said enthusiastically,
"Yeah, s-sure. Uhmn, by the way, are you battling first?" Hilary asked,
"Yeah, I wanted to battle Tyson, but he's not here," Nyhan sighed,
"WHY?" Hilary almost yelled and Ria looked at Hilary. Hilary bowed in apology and strode out.
"How am I supposed to know?"
"Oh yeah, right."
"By the way Lyan is playing in round 3, so I guess he will be facing Kai, that arrogant guy with blue paint, you know him?"
"Uhm yeah, sort of," Hilary said wryly, her mind was puzzled completely,
"Kai seems to have a score to settle with Lyan and so I guess he will be beybattling in round 3,"
"Oh," Hilary just wanted to shut the call and bombard Tyson about his whereabouts and reasons for being not there,
"Nyhan, I will call you later, I've a patient right now,"
"Uh sure,"
Hilary disconnected the call and dialed Tyson's number furiously,
"Hey, Hilary," The champion greeted warmly.
"TYSON GRANGER, DO YOU CARE TO EXPLAIN WHERE YOU ARE!" Hilary yelled,
"Hey, calm down. What happened?"
"First, answer my question." Hilary demanded,
"I'm at the tournament, why?" Tyson lied,
"Don't lie to me!" Hilary warned,
"Oh-Okay, I'm in Japan right now because I gave my interview for job and they called me during the tournament and I'd to go," Tyson explained breathlessly waving his hands in defense,
"Are you crazy? You know what; Kai is battling in round 3. I guess you KNOW that, already. Explain" Hilary's fury was rising.
"Fine, yeah, we all had five on five battle which decided who will battle in round 3 and Kai won so yeah,"
"So yeah? What does that hell means?" Hilary shook her head, "How on the earth did you lose and what is this all about!"
"I lost. Simple. I came to New York but before we actually battled, I'd to leave for Japan." Tyson said nonchalantly,
"Tyson, you ARE a big JERK. I mean it." With that, Hilary hung the phone. Tyson heaved a sigh on the other side. The guy had the idea that his friend was fuming up and concerned, on the other side and he wonders how come she knows about him and all. But that's not majorly on his mind, his thoughts are mixed. He notes that Hilary seems to be forgetting Ryan and he has a flight tomorrow morning to New York.
He prepares himself to leave for tomorrow. He has finished all the official formalities by now and got permission for the leave to tournament and he's glad about it.
A/N: Thanks so much for the previous reviews! Yep, you will see the battle starting in the next chapter. It doesn't end there, however. There is an important event in the next chapter (Title: Unheralded gazes and battles). Make sure you don't miss it. Look, Kai is a strong blader, and even Tyson is, though I admit he didn't work hard in the actual series quite much. Lyan is a strong blader, you've seen that. As far as Nyhan is there, there is just one battle of him, and you don't get to see his power in depth, like you'd have seen in more battles if there were there. If you want battles of Nyhan more, let me know. I'll add a chapter before the next. So, I can't promise that there will be a settled scores ahead. Just don't get me wrong XD
Since Nyhan is almost living in Florida, Hilary and company thought to take his help, because Bladebreakers are in Japan most of the time. Whereas Hilary and her friends in Florida.
And one more thing, I said there were 2 or 3 Flashbacks head, but, there's just a correction. Since the chapters were large enough, I'd to split. So there will be probably five chapters of Flashbacks.
If you want more battles of Kai, please let me know. I'll add more parts of that. Thank you!
Reply to guest: Thanks so much for reviewing! ^_^ Haha, Delia would certainly look cute! They were just joking though. Nyhan wouldn't come to their room, because he is in New York right now the tournament. ;D
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