The heart of the phoenix

by MissMisteryy

It is morning and the twilight stops fighting against the impending sun while the clear sky fills the small lanes of the village. Yes, because Japan, despite its grandeur, remains a small picture overflowing with small and delicious little boroughs of its own. A blue head runs fast on the bank of a river, together with it a slender but tenacious little body keeps its head at its to

7. Chapter 7

POV Writer

A gentle trail of dust hovers in the center of the suite, the windows large enough to project enough light to properly illuminate the corner of the adjacent walls. One hand carefully turns a brand new black and white beyblade, perhaps a few slight streaks along the edges, but no serious damage to be noted. Voices not too far from the other room ring in the girl's ears. A woman and some men speak in tight Russian, almost a village of some future trips abroad, China perhaps. You can hear footsteps similar to many pins, a shoe with a heel. In fact, leaning out of the threshold is the woman, who looks at the young girl sitting at the bedside of the window with that strange toy of hers, she looks at her and a faint smile embellishes her face recognizing in the small figure her own somatic features: clear eyes; high cheekbones; small and slightly upward nose and fleshy lips. Yes. That was his daughter. He slowly approaches her by placing a pale hand on her shoulder, tenderly caressing the area and then moving on to her left arm as she sits on the armrest of the red velvet armchair.

-They phoned this morning to warn us about the first leg of the beyblade championship, held in China a few miles from the capital. –

-Will you come too? - comes the reply from the girl turning to her mother.

-Maybe I'll follow you for a few stages, but if it gets too long I'll have to go home, the butlers will take care of you then. –

-All right, when do I get to meet the team? -Okay. –

-This very afternoon at 4:00 p.m., you are requested at the BBA offices for the acceptance of documents and medical check-ups. - the girl only nodded as she silently got up to prepare her suitcase. Taking a quick look at the clock on the wall of the room, the woman noticed that only a few hours were missing and a 40-minute taxi ride was required to reach the building. She got up sighing

POV KAI

The meeting with the BBA officers has only just started and those idiots are already snickering at each other between statements. Mr. Dickenson left momentarily after receiving a phone call, probably an old friend hearing the old man's tone. Just as we are discussing safety and seriousness disappears, I would venture a good example.

POV REI

While the staff continue to explain for over half an hour what "saving a person in an extreme emergency" means, our tutor returns to the room accompanied by a girl, the same as yesterday morning. In fact, the man had repeatedly mentioned his presence on the team, perhaps a family acquaintance given the way he treats her. On the other side of the table I see the Russian stoic becoming (if possible) even paler than normal, I am almost about to ask if something is wrong when Mr Dickenson starts talking.

-Well guys, this is Nives, you've already met her yesterday, so we'll skip the introductions and I'll get straight to the point, informing you that she'll be officially part of the team as a reserve, in case any of you for whatever reason can't sustain a fight. Is that all right? - All of us guys agree while one by one we get up to introduce ourselves, she was the only one who showed up yesterday so it's time to return the favor. Everyone gets up except Kai, no one seems to notice, but after a while, here's Takao's voice railing on the older boy

-Oh but come on! I can understand you're such a grumpy guy with me and the others, but also with a girl!?

No one dares say anything, Takao will surely have the wrong tone, but I'm sure everyone in this room has the same thought I can see how the Russian's shoulders and biceps stiffen to the question, his eyes slightly wide open as he stares his opponent in the eye.

-You don't have to. -It doesn't matter. He'll have his own time and manner. - The girl's voice gets a little low, we all turn to her. Takao almost seems to want to protest, he'd never let Kai come out of an argument so easily, but then he's silenced with us No one expected him to defend himself, and mostly immediately!

-Well! -Well! That's the spirit I like! He's absolutely right guys, you'll surely get to know each other better in the next few months, so now I'm asking you to follow closely what me and my managers have to tell you about the championship. - assails the man as he goes around the big round table and fills out some paperwork for us. Nives sits between me and Max, a strong perfume runs down my nostrils, I look at her as she bends over the sheets and follows with her right hand, a rather beautiful and tidy handwriting.

-Passiflora. –

-Hn? - I look at her confused.

-The perfume I'm wearing, it smells like Passiflora flowers, it's very strong.- she says giving a tiny smile to the paper, I smile back at her even though I'm not sure she can see me. I keep filling out my paperwork in silence. After handing over the paperwork and listening to various recommendations all of us guys are sent back to the hotel, the first flight to China will be this weekend, until then we will have days off to organize our luggage and spend time with our families. Arriving at the lobby outside the building we greet each other while Nives and I take different taxis, turning around the well-known boss Kai staring at the shape of the girl as she gets into the service car. Those two are definitely hiding something. But as they teach us as children, time to time, don't they?