Love The Way You Lie; Chapter 17. The Ex-Team
"You are an idiot."
"And how many times have you said that now?" Pearl rolled her chestnut brown eyes as she sat down on the ground helplessly, trying to ignore the aching sensation dwelling within her weak body. It was gutting enough to know that this girl couldn't beyblade practise anymore until she was healed. "I am an idiot who is good at beyblading."
Got that fucking right – The Hiwatari thought to himself and loaded his launcher to begin the training session with his injured partner. "Pft." Was all that left his mouth, as for the first time in a long time, he tried something old with a twist. Reverse spun his beyblade.
Raising an eyebrow at the worthy rival, she curiously watched his every move to absorb some new knowledge into her brain. Watching the handsome Russian launch his Dranzer in this quiet home country of his, to only allow a prideful grin appear on his dry lips when Kai registered his beyblade was spinning so much faster and viscously.
"I have never seen that before." The Liberty holder explained and tilted her head. "Have you ever used that in a battle?"
The bluenette nodded a yes then began to play with the environment he was given, smashing rocks, leaving marks on the ground and setting fire to objects for a moment, it was good training for him. But still, though he'd never admit it, the Hiwatari would prefer his worthy rival to get off her injured arse and show him a trick or two to absorb.
Why is he being stuck up today? – Pearl asked herself quietly and rolled her chestnut brown eyes. Except when he kept his back at her view, she grinned cheekily and began to load her launcher quietly, then pushed her crutches aside. Silently, the tomboy aimed her beyblade into the direction of his and mentally did a count down.
Within a split second of a blink, the Bladebreaker leader bit his lower lip impatiently when he heard the sound of his beyblade crash into another. It obviously was Pearls, that injured girl will never take it easy. "Do you mind?" Kai snapped and glanced his fiery crimson eyes over his broad shoulder.
"Not really. I am bored as hell Kai." Pearl smiled sarcastically and placed her launcher down on the ground next to where she was sitting. "Besides, I wanted to try out the reverse spin thingy." She paused to excitedly watch her purple beyblade fly around the environment like an uncontrollable lunatic on the run. "It takes practise huh?"
A sweat drop dangled itself at the side of her head when this injured owner had no control of her powerful weapon. Even worse though, it was vulnerable to Kai's wrath, which he really was going to take advantage of. "Dranzer, kill it." The lone-wolf snarled and clenched his fist.
Pearl's chestnut brown eyes widened and her helpless body just went numb. "Don't you dare! You evil twat!" She threw a fit when the blue beyblade knocked hers out completely. Then when the Liberty beyblade trickled itself over to her shoe, the blonde sulked stubbornly.
"Wow, you really are shit at dodging huh?" Kai smirked and glued his attention back to his beyblade to hide the slight amusement on his pale face. "Do me a favour, stay away from the training until you are fit enough."
The tension in the atmosphere at this point was becoming quite playful yet irritating for the ex-couple. But still, they both did their best to adapt to this change.
"Well, I aint sitting here all day bored out my skull." Pearl announced and picked up her beyblade, noticing there was no damage upon it. "I am going to go watch television in the hotel."
Struggling to get up onto her feet, the strong beyblader then began to sulk about this fact as right now, she looked like a penguin slipping on ice, but yelped like a puppy when she landed.
"Urghhh." Kai hissed under his breath.
But just when she was about to stand up onto her feet, a familiar unexpected sound registered within her eardrums. The ring tone of her mobile phone. Finally, some entertainment! Someone loves me! – Pearl smiled to herself and pulled the gadget out her pocket to open the text message. "Its from Tyson." She announced slightly concerned, as he never really text her unless he was desperate. Sad, but true.
"So?" The loner shrugged, not really bothered.
Suddenly the blondes mouth went dry and her now numb figure began to shake with shock. "No way. Kai you have to come look!" Pearl added and shifted her stunned chestnut brown eyes at the man she depended on sometimes. "Its my old team. Apparently the guys have just seen them wipe the floor with the Blitzkrieg boys. Why?" She explained, knowing the stubborn and selfish bluenette didn't want to know unless it was important enough to disturb his beyblade training.
This time, it did catch his attention. Kai raised his hand up into the air to catch hold of his beyblade and turned around fully to face her, revealing a intrigued facial expression on his pale face. "Why?" He repeated what his ex-girlfriend said with his eyebrow slightly raised. "Isn't it obvious." He spoke dryly and then approached her with his hands sliding into his pockets.
"Not really? My friends were so faithful and fair." She answered and lowered the phone, not really knowing what to do or say at this point.
He sat down beside her and picked up the phone from her hands dominantly. "Its obvious why Pearl. Their fighting for a title just like everyone else." Kai explained and re-read the text to notice that Tyson added more information within the past few minutes.
'They've slaughtered them easily. Tala is on his way to the hospital and were with him. Do you think this will affect our match next week?'
A proud grin appeared on the Hiwatari's lips. For the first time in a long time, he was grateful for Pearl encouraging him not to leave for that team as right now; he'd have been out the tournament along with the Blitzkrieg boys. But that didn't mean he was curious to know how strong this new rival American team were. "No doubt they will be replacing the Blitzkrieg boys in this next match coming up." He explained and handed her back the phone, keeping his cool.
Not really understanding what was going on right now behind closed doors, the injured girl just placed her hand over her mouth and began to sink into a deep thought, staring at the trails Kai's Dranzer had left on the ground. "They can't be talking about the American Evolutions." The blonde was convinced about this, but everyone else was ready to argue that with her by what they'd witnessed.
"Is that your old teams name?" The Hiwatari asked and glanced at her for a moment, noticing she looked so shocked with what she heard. "Tyson is probably over exaggerating." But its not often Tala gets sent to hospital with his team so easily – The Hiwatari had to remind himself. "We will have to wait and see."
"It doesn't surprise me if it was them sending the Blitzkrieg boys to the hospital though. When you see my ex team beyblade, they wont go down until their black and blue. Kai, they are very good. Sometimes I even question if coming here was the right decision after hearing later they were being entered into the world championships." Pearl commented, still staring. "I'm actually frightened, especially of my old leader."
What the… Kai slapped his forehead. "Frightened?" He repeated, with a hint of curiosity in his voice.
"He used to be a leader of a really strong beyblade gang in New York City. That guy has been through some dark stuff." She smiled weakly and shrugged it off. "Mark knows what he's doing and never gets it wrong after his experience."
"Anything else?" The Hiwatari snarled sarcastically. "You'll forget them quickly after they beyblade us."
It was obvious that the Russian wasn't to fussed about this situation that was happening. But his ignorant mind was about to prove him wrong, especially when he sensed the disturbance on body presence.
"Watch us on youtube Kai. We were amazing and unstoppable."
"Er. No." He snapped and stood up in a prideful. "I have better things to do than research a bunch of nobodies."
That's when another text came through her phone.
'I just phoned Mr Dickinson to explain what happened. He's going to pass the information to the BBA and let us know what's going on. Apparently he's also manager of this American Evolutions. Bring it on!'
All the Hiwatari could think about right now, was; after himself threatening to leave from all the bullshit drama happening. Would this girl do a runner too? She had the same ambition and stride as he did. Surely there was passion in her heart if she desired what he did too. Fuck!
Authors Note: I am sorry this chapter is a little shorter and I am sorry for the long wait. I have been super busy! I just got a puppy and university has overloaded me with work, so I rarely have enough time to squeeze in an update sometimes xD. But I will try my best. Thanks for your patients and thanks to everyone who reviewed in the previous chapters! Love – XOANN13OX.