Tyson Interviews The Fanfiction Community
~Never Have I Ever~
Skimming through the card notes in his hand, the talk show host began to reveal a few interesting facial gestures as the information started to process in his short-attention spanned mind. He was cringing, squinting, tilting his head and even lowering his bottom lip – yep, despite that Tyson hadn't muttered a single word, everyone in the studio could tell exactly what the retired champion was thinking.
'This is gonna be fun, yet hard work.'~
"I cannot believe I am going to ask all these questions to you guys. It's going to be interesting to see who the rebellious underdog is." The Japanese male stated as he lifted his head to skim his eyes across his stage, "But I cannot believe the studio have crammed you all onto one small sofa. Seriously!? Have we had a budget cut or something? Jeez, it's a good job all you guys get on." Tyson wriggled his eyebrows cunningly; he then teased, "Well, I'd hope you all got along..."
"Stop causing trouble and get on with this. I am so out of my comfort zone right now..."
"Stop causing trouble? And this is coming from you Ann?" Tyson waved his script cards in his producers face, "Have you read some of these questions?! Hehe, I expect full honesty from each of you."
"Oh Tyson, you will get nothing less than honesty from us." MasKaiHilFantic winked, "In fact, I very much doubt that you are prepared for what you're about to hear."
NoEarlyBird then smiled and nodded, "Yea, I think we are all ready to shock the entire community. But it will be nice to see everyone's true colours tonight." She shuffled to attempt to get herself comfortable, but in the end, she sat on the floor beside Little A Granger who couldn't bare the idea of being so close to so many people on a cramped sofa.
"Then you guys will make my show exciting for everyone then. I'm glad to hear it." Tyson stuck up his thumb and turned around to face the camera crew, "We are ready when you guys are!"
But just "And we are live in, 3… 2.. 1. Action!"
However just as the champion turned on his heel to face the audience, he couldn't focus on the script because his ears were too tuned into the authors who were sitting behind him.
"He's just so cool." CuteTyHil blushed whilst nudging Droplets Of Blue Rain, "I'm so glad to be on the stage again, I have missed the atmosphere."
Droplets Of Blue Rain placed her hands together, she was super excited about this interview. She turned to CuteTyHil and responded with, "I know what you mean, I just had to comeback. I even got in contact with the producer after reading all the love I have received from the previous episodes. Aw, I just adore them all so much. I will ask Tyson if I can have 5 minutes at the end of the show to thank them all and tell them to read my next update."
Rubbing his forehead, Tyson was just ready to cut to the chase, "Today, I am joined by a handful of authors and these amazing people are, CuteTyHil, Droplets Of Blue Rain, MasKaiHilFantic, NoEarlyBird and Little A Granger." The host paused for a brief moment to let the audience do their thing – cheer excitedly.
MasKaiHilFantic waved at the applauding audience, meanwhile Droplets Of Blue Rain blew kisses.
"Today guys we are going to play a game that I have 'borrowed' from the Ellen Show..." He stopped in his tracks when the crowd's cheers got louder, "Ohhh, it sounds like you guys already know what it is. So let's play 'never have I ever' with these guys who are sat on my stage."
Eyeing up either side of their paddles, the authors got comfortable a they braced themselves for the questions that Tyson had prepared. Each side of the paddle contained an answer (I have or I have never) that the authors were going to use to respond to Tyson's questions.
"I'm actually not nervous." NoEarlyBird stated as she wriggled, "Ask away Tyson."
The host tilted his head to the side and he picked out his first question from the script cards in his hands, "Have any of you guys shop lifted then?" Tyson dived straight in to pick out the most awkward questions there was – he knew the authors were going to expect a build up, but Tyson was going for the kill for the sake of the rates and time limit of the show.
The whole studio then went silent as the authors looked at one another for a brief second. But it didn't take long for the ball to start rolling once Fran (NoEarlyBird) turned her paddle around to reveal her answer - 'I have never.'
CuteTyHil nodded and she turned her paddle to reveal the answer, 'I have never.' She went on further to say, "Feh! Never!"
Shortly afterwards, Droplets of Blue Rain turned her paddle to 'I have never' and justified her answer, "Nope, I never have stolen anything from any shop. Because it doesn't suit a decent young lady."
That's when all the curious eyes in the room turned to Little A Granger and MasKaiHilFantic – who both had their paddles revealing the answer 'I have.'
"Oh boy." Tyson laughed lightly along with the crowd, "What happened Mas?"
Smirking, the male author shrugged, "Well, as I kid I always wanted toys, especially action figures or peculiar toys. Among the latter category was an acrobatic monkey that I saw in front of a toy shot near my house. I'd visit that shop every day and even kind of befriended the shopkeeper. One time I tried to take the toy away from him, telling him that I was borrowing it from him. He immediately told me to take my hands off of it, which I promptly did. I asked for the price he said it was 600 rupees, with a heavy heart I left the store and never walked in it again. And much to my chagrin when I came back a few years late to see if the toy was there, it wasn't. It was sold! Who in the fuck would even buy a six hundred rupee toy anyway?!... Besides me, but that's a story for another questionnaire." MasKaiHilFantic explained in a cool tone.
With the audience clapping to show they admired his honesty, but the atmosphere tensed again when Ann smiled goofily. A sweat drop had now appeared in the corner of her forehead and her cool was slipping away quickly, "Okay, okay. I pinched a few things when I was a kid: bracelets, bubble gum, strawberries, pop and… yea. I knew it was wrong, but I was really little when I did all that. I wouldn't dare do it now." She retorted, trying to sound innocent despite that it wasn't working.
"You pinched strawberries?!" NoEarlyBird gasped looking confused, "Why would anyone steal strawberries!?"
"Because I wanted to taste them for the first time." Little A Granger answered before she laughed, "I can remember my Dad shoving one in my trap once because I was playing up in the middle of the shop for some. Oh man."
"Who am I to judge? You bad egg. But well done to you guys for following the law. You were good mini citizens." Tyson's lips twitched as he brushed his eyes over the next question on his script cards, "Okay guys, get your paddles ready for the next question, which is: have you ever fallen in love at first sight?"
Breaking the tension immediately, CuteTyHil turned her paddle to, 'I have never' and revealed the harsh truth that nobody was expecting to hear, "Fell in love at first sight? Lol! Not so naive! ;) I have not even fallen for Tyson at first sight! XD" This of course got many reactions from many of the people in the studio.
But Tyson's reaction was the one who everyone was focusing on, he looked gob smacked. "How can you not fall in love with me at first sight?! I'm a hunky beyblade champion!" He persisted with his jaw falling to the floor.
"I have to get to know a person in order to like them Tyson." Simy giggled innocently, "But I still think Hilary and you make the perfect couple."
Cackling like a hyena, Little A Granger turned her paddle around to reveal that she had never fallen in love at first sight. But Tyson wasn't interested in that, he was too busy trying to sweep his ego up from the stage floor.
"Okay, Droplets Of Blue Rain, who did you fall in love with at first sight with?" The Dragoon wielder questioned, keeping the conversation flowing as he read her paddle stating that she had fallen in love with someone at first sight. "Was it Kai?"
"Yeah...there's someone. But hey, it's my personal matter, I won't tell! Hmph!"
Nobody really knew what to say to that. So Tyson just diverted his attention to another author who would talk to him. From the second his innocent chestnut brown eyes locked onto the person who shared the same gender as him, Tyson was hooked on to MasKaiHilFantic – especially as Mas' paddle revealed that he had fallen in love at first sight before.
"Mas! (MasKaiHilFantic) My man! Who made your knees weak when you first saw them?" He questioned, making a few members of the audience chuckle.
"Be it sexy school teachers, cute actresses, hot wrestling divas, or loyal and caring authors, I have fallen in love at first sight every time I saw a woman who was perfect. Asides from the divas and actresses who were virtually unattainable, I have really had my heart let go for the teachers and the authors, literally in the palm of their hand and saw it subsequently being broken or thrown down the ground. But ever the sick lovebird that I was, I'd always find someone new, until recently. Love really doesn't mean to have boyfriends and girlfriends; it can be in all sorts and in all forms. I love Allah, my Prophet Muhammed, it can be his loyal and ever so respectful Sahabas for whom I'd do anything, the Sufi Saints, my parent, my siblings, my teacher and his cute baby daughter. It can be loving myself, as well loving the friends I come across in my life, and in fact it can be you too, dear read. I love you. I really love you. And all I ever wanted, was love. So that's that (and it was a huge burden off of my chest, believe me I'm not myself these days)."
"Wow, that was pretty deep." Tyson nodded positively, "Thanks for sharing that with us dude. But now, NoEarlyBird, Fran, come on. What happened?"
"Oh Tyson, you sure know how to make someone feel relaxed. Even if they are sat on a stage in front of an audience of many." Fran flattered with her eyes glowing with enthusiasm, "He was a friend of my friend's brother and a group of us were going to the movies. He climbed over a row of chairs to sit next to me, claiming he had a better view from there. That was obviously bull, so without looking at him I thought "What a weirdo" and focused on the movie. Afterwards we rode home in the same car and that was when he officially introduced himself and I actually looked at him for the first time… And that was it. I was hooked!"
"He sounds like a charmer. Did you ever get together with him?"
"Yes, we dated for 9 months... but broke up after I returned to Germany. Too young for a long distance relationship of that caliber I guess. When I went back two years later he totally swept Me off my feet again. But again: California is just too far away and we did both change over the past years and so it didn't work out after all. Once in a while we still talk though."
"Aww." The host loved hearing stories like this, but he had to move onto the next topic, "Have any of you experimented with drugs?"
MasKaiHilFantic, Droplets Of Blue Rain and CuteTyHil turned their paddles around to state they had never touched drugs. But the other two authors (Little A Granger and NoEarlyBird) just looked at one another and burst into a fit of laughter.
"So, Droplets Of Blue Rain, why haven't you experimented with drugs? Does it just not appeal to you…." Tyson was interrupted by the strong author, who made her point very clear with a sharp answer.
"Nah, good girls don't take drugs. Besides I know how to deal with depression. Hope I won't need those poisons in future also." She smiled gracefully and gleamed with the spotlight in her eyes. "I am strong."
"And you sound like a rolemodel for the younger generation to follow alright. But Droplets Of Blue Rain, can I just add that not all people who take drugs are depressed." Tyson then grinned devilishly and he turned his head to face the 'naughty' girls who had their paddles turned to reveal that they had tried drugs. "Everyone knows that Ann has, but NOEARLYBIRD!? WHAT!?"
"This is why we are laughing." Ann mumbled, "Her story is hilarious."
"I was a young, stupid college student on a trip to Amsterdam… Yep, I'm that cliché. I shared a brownie with a friend - I didn't really feel anything, but my friend reacted really badly to it. Haven't touched anything since. Unless you count booze! In that case, guilty as charged."
Tyson took a deep breath, still, that playful smile wasn't leaving his lips anytime soon. "Oh man, I am a little shocked by that, I won't lie." He murmured with honesty pouring from his heart.
"I feel like I have revealed a true colour that nobody was expecting to see. But I have come clean." Fran explained, unsure if that was a idea to admit the answer to this question, "However that is all I have touched and I would never encourage it, especially if the drug is illegal."
"That's what we like to hear on this show Fran." Tyson winked. However, his tongue soon dived into his cheek when he addressed Little A Granger's paddle, "Go on, name all of them and then say, drugs are bad kids, don't try them."
Twisting her glossed lips, the blonde cleared her throat. "I haven't tried loads you know. Actually, I'm too scared to touch them. But I have tried, weed and laughing gas – they were rubbish. I do smoke now and then and I do like a drop of alcohol once every blue moon. When I was 19 I would self harm and take medication to numb and suppress my body because I was suicidal whilst suffering with really bad anxiety. However, now I am a grown woman who has to set a good example to protect my job. I have really turned my life around in sucha short amount of time. So really guys, don't touch drugs because they're crap and they make you so ill." She explained in a sincere voice.
"Ha, and she's somehow pulled a police officer..." Tyson sassy comment didn't finish as Ann just over powered his negativity with a cute comment.
"And he's gorgeous! Aw, Tyson, leave him out of it. He knows I am a good girl… most of the time."
"Pfft. But really, well done on turning your life around. I guess you CAN be a role-model when you wanna be." The Granger huffed playfully, "Right. The next question is have any of you guys experienced paranormal activity?"
Mas spoke exactly what half of the authors were thinking and replied with, "Who hasn't?" He had faced his paddle to reveal that he had witnessed a paranormal activity and he defined the event, "When I was a child… (Seriously though why all these things happened when I was a child? Why it can't be like yesterday I saw the ghost of Lady Diana and President Kennedy smoochin out at the back of Bin Laden's house whilst the ghost of Kurt Coblain played fitting music to the romantic scene. I'd like to see that transpire one day…)…Anyways when I was a child it was a night where it was dark and I was scared. So I walked towards the bathroom so I could dig a tunnel all the way to Kat Dennings' bedroom where she was doing the naughty with Christina Hendricks and Shakira (just making sure you're still here), when I failed to find the appropriate shovel what would dig to my destination in one scoop, I got out of the bathroom. I felt as if somebody was watching me. I walked around the dark room and when the voices got a bit louder I screamed! Only to see that it was my father who had come to check in on me. But for a moment I almost ended up doing what I had to do in the bathroom."
A cringe walked through the retired champions figure and he closed his eyes, "That is a messy scenario man. But thanks for sharing that with us. Now, over to you Little A Granger, what have you seen?" He somehow didn't feel comfortable about discussing this, especially as he was a man who had never had the privilege to witness this.
"I went to visit an old prison in my local area with a friend. It was rumoured to be haunted because people were executed there." Ann lowered her paddle and sat up straight, "And I just remember standing in a prison cell on my own because my friend had walked into another room. Then out of nowhere, I felt something tap my shoulder. I turned around expecting to see someone, but there was nothing." She paused to laugh nervously, "I *beeb* (shit) myself. Seriously, it scared the life out of me. Oh man, I have a few ghost stories I can share with you. I used to even text my boyfriend because I used to witness some paranormal activity at my last job…."
"Noo, please don't share anymore. Jeeeez." Even some members of the audience were shivering at this point, "Why has the room suddenly gone quiet and cold? Come on guys, this stuff cannot be true? Right? Urgh, what did you witness CuteTyHil?"
"It's a different experience to everyone elses. Mine is more to do with predictions and wishes coming true." CuteTyHil stated and looked over to her fellow authors with an innocent gesture.
NoEarlyBird however sat quietly to listen to the stories that her fellow community members were sharing. It was all strange to her and she wasn't shy of showing that with her paddle, Fran was telling everyone that she had never recalled a memory of her experiencing some paranormal activity in her lifetime.
Tyson was taking some deep breaths at this point to keep his 'strong' facial gesture stained on his sculptured face, "Finish us off Droplets of Blue Rain. What did you see?" He couldn't wait to finish this discussion.
"Yes. Once I was studying in late night for my exams. Then all on a sudden, I felt there was something or someone following me. Every horror story that I had ever read was remembered by me at the same night. Although there was nothing. From that night, I feel really awkward to sleep alone. *Shudders*"
"I'm so glad you went last." Tyson cracked a weak smile, "Because that was so light hearted. Now, who's been in a physical fight then? Wow, me and Kai had a few of those in our time."
NoEarlyBird flashed her paddle to demonstrate that she had been in a physical fight and the cameras soon zoomed into the brunette's reddening face. "I have! But it was nothing serious, don't get too excited." She explained quickly, diverting the host's attention to the other guests, whom too admitted that they have been in a physical fight.
"That story sounds so much nicer than mine." Droplets Of Blue Rain piped up confidently, "One day my cousin badmouthed my crush. Then I hit him with my badminton racket ruthlessly."
Unsure where to put his face, the Granger just took a deep breath and took a few steps towards his producer for safety. "She beats her family to impress her crush, wow. That's savage. Well, they must have really been horrible towards your crush." Tyson then bit down onto his lower lip and looked down to his producer whom was on the floor.
Little A Granger knew Tyson was looking at her for support, so she cut in to define why her paddle had revealed that she had been in a physical fight. "You'll be pleased to know who I beat up deserved it. There was this one girl who was bullying me at school for a really long time because I was a size bigger than her in weight. Then one day in class, I was sitting with my guy friends in science, we were having a really good time until she walked over. She humiliated me to the point where I felt so small and my friends just didn't know where to put their faces because they weren't trouble makers. Still, something inside me snapped that day because I provoked her to slap me and luckily enough, she did. I sat there and took it. But as she walked away with a victorious smile on her face, I ran up to her from behind and I tackled her to the floor. I will never forget her screams as I wrapped her hair around my fist and smashed her head off the concrete floor. Seriously, I was ready to kill her for making my life hell…." She stopped when the room went quiet and smiled nervously.
"You were going to kill her?!" Tyson's face went white and he soon stepped away from her too, "What the hell Ann!?"
"I just saw red and my teacher had to drag me off her because I just couldn't stop myself." Little A Granger huffed anxiously, "It takes a lot for me to do that, but once I snap, I will go for the kill. That was my nastiest fight, the others were nothing compared to that."
"Oh man. Don't *beeb* (piss) her off guys.." Tyson whistled awkwardly and turned to face MasKaiHilFantic's paddle, "Go on, finish us off Mas, what happened to you?"
The dark haired male picked up a glass of water from the coffee table beside him and took a gentle sip before explaining his story, "I have been too, and they were quite a lot if I remember. This one particular story comes to mind from the seventh grade. I was talking to a monitor who was a very good friend with me when suddenly this guy who was my class fellow and got better grades than me interrupted us and began talking to him. I hit him, he hit me back we fought. I told me teacher they should e in their limits, she replied you shouldn't say things like that you are a good boy, I cried. And I was even transferred to another class in the eighth grade for a day before switching back. Yeah I was rough and I stood my ground and I still do."
"Jeez, you authors can be quite sharp huh? Yet you guys all come across as friendly guys in the community." Tyson switched his script cards and then read out the next question, "Okay, this will lighten the aggressive mood a little. Who has fantasized about a beyblade character then?"
Taking a deep breath, NoEarlyBird refused to take her paddle down because she too had fantasied about a few beyblade characters. "Of course I have! I write fanfiction! Sometimes I spend all day in one of my stories. Gets awkward at times, when someone suddenly walks in and I don't switch back to German in time haha." She laughed when Tyson's little face lit up in a starstruck manner.
"She may fantasize about yaoi or the stories she writes. But guys, she still fantasizes about me. I love this girl." Tyson stuck up his thumb and pointed to himself confidently. "Come on, I know she aint' the only one. CuteTyHil, who do you fantasize about then."
Glowing a bright red, the innocent author nodded a yes and replied, "Oh! I day dream a lot about this guy called Takao Kinomiya. *_* He is just amazingly amazing!"
"Too be fair, he does have a nicer bum then Kai's." Little A Granger winked, "I will honestly admit I have fantasized about you Tyson, why would you want second best Hiwatari when you can have the champion..."
"Oh Simy and Ann. Jeez." Tyson flared up a bright red to match his jacket, "I can see why you and Simy co-author together now."
"And we love doing it." CuteTyHil high-fived Little A Granger and laughed, "But no Ann, you need to read the next chapter of that story, I worked really hard on that..."
"I know, I've just been really busy, I'm so sorry." Ann gulped, "I've moved house and I'm waiting for the wifi to stable up so I can get everything done properly. Ohhh, I don't wanna give you my life story, but ask Fran for the details."
NoEarlyBird then woke up from her daydream and looked over to the two authors, "What about me?" She muttered in a confused tone.
"Nothing, she just said that you fantasized about me." Tyson laughed, "So Machu, who have you fantasized about?"
"I have had to fantasize about Hilary and Kai to write my lemons." MasKaiHilFantic replied without a care, "I like my imagination to be heavily involved in my works because I am very passionate."
"Hilary and Kai?" Tyson swallowed the saliva in his mouth and nodded, "That would be my vision of hell, those two in my head. But anyhow…. Droplets of Blue Rain is holding up her paddle to reveal she doesn't fantasize about beybladers. Really?"
"Hell no." She replied, "I don't do that Tyson."
"And now the final question." Tyson licked his lips and tucked his script cards into his belt to fold his muscular arms across his toned chest, "Have any of you ever pretended to 'like' another fanfiction author?"
A confident smile then flared across NoEarlyBird's lips as she swung the paddle around to reveal; 'I have never.' She had nothing to hide there, but her face dropped when a few other authors had no shame in admitting their shameless acts.
Droplets Of Blue Rain had turned her paddle around to face, 'I have.' Yet so did Little A Granger, who by now was pulling up her glittery blue dress to hide her face behind it.
"Don't ask." Ann muttered sounding humiliated, "Because I cannot lie to save my life."
"Ooooh no, I am going to ask." Tyson grinned, "But first! It's good to see that NoEarlyBird, MasKaiHilFantic and CuteTyHil hasn't pretended to like another person in the Beyblade Fandom. They are just really honest or really friendly, unlike you two. So, Droplets Of Blue Rain, who are you pretending to like?"
"Well, I am with Little A Granger on that one. I'm not going to discuss who I am 'pretending' to like because I won't discuss it. But I have already spoken to Ann and Mas, they are fully aware of everything. So I am going to pass on this, if you don't mind."
"Ohhkay." The Granger shrugged and turned his eyes to the producer whom was hiding behind her dress, this made a few people burst out into fits of laughter as she wasn't coming out of her shell. Even Tyson was chuckling, "Ann, spill the beans. Come on, who is it?"
"Tyson, please..."
"Ann, don't lie or disappoint me."
A huff left the girl's peached lips as she revealed her reddening face – she was embarrassed, yet she couldn't stop laughing. "Don't you emotionally blackmail me Granger." The blonde's shoulders were shifting up and down because she couldn't control her nerves.
"You don't have to if you don't want to Ann. But you have to tell me in a private message later." MasKaiHilFantic winked, "Tyson leave her alone."
"I wouldn't defend her if I were you because she's not as innocent as she looks." Tyson snorted, "Come on Ann. Cough up some name."
"Tyson, I would love to tell you who it is, but I really can't. Besides, it's not just one person, there are several..."
"Several!?" CuteTyHil gasped with her eyes widening, "Wow. Ann."
"Oh man. This is gonna sound really bad now. Believe it or not, I'm a really nice person." Little A Granger gulped a little, "Some people know how I feel about them because we avoid each other completely to spare the awkward tension in the community and I will never approach them unless I have to. These people feel the same way about me too, trust me, we hate each others guts and we aren't afraid to show it either..."
"You're not going to tell everyone are you..." Tyson interrupted, cutting her little speech short, "Fine."
"Ask me one to one and I won't deny anything." Ann anxiously rubbed her heavily make-up'd face and she let her anxiousness do all the speaking, "But all I want to do right now is keep the community together because it's been a long time since this has happened."
Tyson rolled his eyes, "I guess that is fair enough, it's a Granger response alright, honest yet safe. Ehm. So CuteTyHil. Why do you not pretend to dislike someone?" He then turned his attention to the innocent author to save his producer.
"Pretended to like a fan fiction author? Hahaha! Never. I have been always honest. But yeah! My favorite authors are Droplets of Blue Rain, Little A Granger, Indigo Jupiter, Julia F H, Clusterofdreams and Yueliang Litch. Oh! I kinda have amazing time with these guys! So sweet of you all! Of course there are others I think I have forgotten right this moment but if you are wondering, then let me say you, yes I meant you too! :3"
The crowd then clapped at the friendly author who shone brightly. "Isn't she lovely?" Tyson announced, making the audience cheer encouragingly.
"Aw shucks guys." Simy mumbled with her rosie cheeks revealing a few dimples, she was smiling so brightly, "I think you're all lovely too."
"And on that note guys, I have to end the show there." Tyson then smiled confidently at the camera that was now zooming into his presence. "I'd like to say a massive thank you to my guests today, especially as you guys have been such a pleasure to have on my show. Seriously, I can't wait to see you again in the future. Take care and I will be back again soon to interview Fryua."~
~The End