AN: BLEH! I really .. don't like this fic right now. I think I'm just tired of it…which is why I'm afraid I'm PUTTING THIS ON HOLD!!!
Please do not ask me for an update or I will not continue at all =P
I have ideas for it… just no will to write it, so I'm putting it on hold until I at least finish Never…which I love =3 Sorry ^^ It will get done! Just not right now ^^
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"It's about bloody time they got back to normal. The drama was killing me!" Tala complained loudly.
Mariah laughed, rolling her eyes. "I'll have to agree with you on that one. Though I would have put in a less dramatic way myself," she winked, "Especially when complaining about the very same thing."
Tala shot her a dry look, yawning loudly and thumping his back against the locker next to hers. "Whatever, I'm just glad I don't have to put up with Blue's annoying mood swings, or bitching anymore. Or at least I better not have to…I'll be super pissed if I have to."
Laughing again, Mariah shook her head and closed her locker door. "Please, I'm sure there are times when he has to put up with your mood swings and bitching, and I'm sure he does it with out complaining," she said tartly, shoving him playfully.
He caught her hand and placed a flirty kiss on the top of it. "Only about you my love," he grinned teasingly. "Anyway," he then let her hand go, seeing that he was making her uncomfortable, "Where is the boyfriend this morning? Seems to me that he's been conspicuously absent as of late."
Mariah pushed down the feelings that bubbled up in her heart at his touch. Recently it had been harder and harder to resist his charms, and Mariah could feel herself falling all over again. True to his word, he never crossed the line, and he had stopped flirting so outrageously with her in front of Rei—he still flirted, he apparently refused to give it up completely—but just his presence was starting to send her mind and heart into a dizzy downward spiral. It sucked being in love with two guys at once.
"Kitty?"
She blinked rapidly, shaking her head a bit, and sending him a weak smile. "Sorry, spaced out there a moment," she answered, repositioning her backpack. "Rei's in AP classes this semester, not as many as Kai and Liika, but still enough. He's been busy with studying and homework, that and practicing for Worlds."
Tala made a small sound of understanding in the back of his throat. Inside he was cackling with glee. An absent Kon was a good Kon. "That's just too bad…"
The pink haired girl laughed, rolling her eyes. "And you sound so sympathetic too." She stated, sending him a flat look. "I was meaning to ask you, what are you doing here this early on a Saturday? I have the plausible excuse of forgetting my Bey kit in my locker yesterday."
"Actually," he winked, "I am supposed to be on the outside courts helping Blue set up for today's camp, but I saw your pretty little face walking inside and decided that I just had to follow you. After all," he paused dramatically, his grin widening, "Can't miss an opportunity to flirt with you when Kon's not around."
"I should have known." She huffed, shoving lightly and flipping her hair. "You have a one track mind you know that?"
Before she made it three feet, two hands slipped around her hips and she could feel his breath fanning teasingly over her cheek. "Again," he said lightly, his voice slightly husky, "Only about you." Then he kissed her cheek, squeezed her hips meaningfully, and was gone, swaggering down the hall away from her.
Mariah took a big breath in and let it out, trying desperately to calm her racing heart. Damn him.
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Liika couldn't help the twitch that had suddenly developed in her cheek. She wanted to throttle the flirty, obnoxious blond that was, at the moment, making it his mission in life to annoy the hell out of her. "Imoraz, go fuck yourself."
The insult didn't even faze him. Akito merely continued to smirk and lean his arm on her shoulder, placing at least half his weight on her. "I'd much rather fuck you," he cooed, leaning down so that his lips hovered over her temple and his breath fluttered her bangs.
Struggling not to groan out loud and throw a huge fit, Liika closed her eyes and clenched her fists tightly into balls. She would not hit him, she would not hit him. "Why the hell did I get put in your group?? Does Judy really hate me that bad??"
"Aww…" he said in mock sympathy, "You know you love being around me. I know you want me."
"Yeah I want you, want to hit you that is! Why don't you just drop dead jack ass!"
Just then two arms slipped around Liika's shoulders from behind and a moving chest propelled her forward, forcing her to walk with the person behind her. "Come on Liika, it's your turn." Michael's voice sounded from above her as he pushed her forward toward the bey dish.
She groaned, allowing her head to slump back against his chest. "I love you."
He laughed, letting her go and stepping back. "Just doing what any good human would do."
Akito silently glared at the tall maroon haired teen. He hated it when people got in the way of his goal. Oh well, there would be other times. They were in the same group for the next two days, and that meant that he could torture her to infinity.
And such plans he had for her. If she thought she hated him then, well she hadn't seen anything yet. By the end of the week she would revile him completely and utterly, but she would be thinking about him. If all went his way—which it would, it always did—she wouldn't stop thinking about him for a long time.
Served Hiwatari right.
"You don't actually like that little loud mouth do you?" Kankurou's voice drawled lazily from just behind him.
Akito turned tilted his head slightly backwards. "Don't be absurd. She's flat as a board, not to mention dirt poor. I like my women tall and leggy with a body that doesn't look like a five year old boy's. Oh and rich." He scoffed, as if the idea really were absurd.
Kankurou's eyebrow's furrowed in confusion. "Then why bother?"
"To piss of Hiwatari of course," he stated as if it was clear as day. "Kai is incredibly possessive and I know for a fact that he doesn't like other men infringing on his territory, and that little bitch is his territory. Or at least he sees her as such, I think she has other ideas."
Kankurou rolled his eyes. He should have known better than to ask. For some reason unknown to Kankurou himself—he hadn't really been around when Kai was at Abbey, as he was in a lower grade—Akito had a weird fascination with Kai Hiwatari, or rather with ways to make him miserable. He hated Kai, and Kankurou didn't know why. He had heard they parted on good terms two years before. Of course he hadn't been at the National tournament last year, and there were rumours that something went down during the two captains' match in the semi finals.
"Anyway Sanderson, it really isn't any of your business. You stay out of it and all will be well," Akito said casually. However the threat was clear in his voice.
Kankurou snorted. "Che, as if I'd bother messing with your affairs."
Akito smirked. "Good then, we're on the same page."
The stocky boy shrugged, watching carelessly as the lanky blond strutted away to stand beside the dish and the pink haired manager that was over seeing the drills being performed in it. He really didn't like Akito sometimes. Of course he knew for a fact that his older brother really didn't like the blond, especially when he saw fit to pick on the older Sanderson's girlfriend, which was a lot of the time. Akito was really obnoxious.
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"Ok guys, listen up! The next drill I want you to do is a simple launching drill. I'm sure you all know the basics of launching, but this time, to strengthen your wrists and make you're launches faster and more powerful, I want to add weights to your ripcord wrist and I want you to move your arm up and backwards as you are launching." The girl named Tenten explained firmly, her hazel eyes moving over the group of nine that stood in front of her. "Any questions?"
Mariah held up her hand, tilting her head. "Are we grouping or pairing off and supervising each others launches, or are we just doing it by our self?"
The brown haired girl smiled, glancing down at her notebook quickly. "I think pairs should do. Me and Sakura originally planned to do it singularly, but now that you bring it up, I think that groups of two or three could be beneficial. I can't be everywhere to see your mistakes. You can choose your own partners." She said, waving her hand dismissively.
"I suppose I don't even need to ask where you are bounding off to," Kai said sardonically just as Tala began to slink away.
Tala tilted his head backwards, shooting a wink and an arrogant grin at his best friend. "How well you know me! You don't mind do you?"
Kai rolled his eyes, smirked and waved at him. "Whatever, go get your jollies. Sanderson?" He turned his eyes to the shorter red head that stood a few feet away.
Gaara tilted his head in Kai's direction and stepped over, just as Tala saluted Kai and bounded off, practically oozing over to Mariah who received him a shake of her head.
The two waited in silence while Tenten handed out the weights, deciding that each pair would get one set, as it was rather redundant for a pair two have two sets. When Kai received his and Gaara's weight set he threw the red head a look that read" 'You or me?' Gaara shrugged and took the weights from Kai's hands, strapping them to his rip cord wrist, and beginning the monotonous drill the brown haired girl was having them do.
Kai knew that Gaara didn't really need him to watch his every move and so allowed his mind and eyes to wander. His auburn eyes moved over the various members of his group, all having paired off with someone or another and were performing the drill with varying amounts of success. He then found his eyes searching out the girl that occupied his mind more often than not, and found her on the other side of the bey court, scowling fiercely and looking as if she were about to rip someone's head off. Kai felt a scowl creep over his face.
Fucking Imoraz.
The blond was all over her, touching her, running his hands down her arms, over her back, leaning in and whispering things in her ear, laughing. Something snapped within him, and he felt a twitch develop in right eye. He was two seconds away from crossing the court and stomping Akito Imoraz's head into the pavement.
"He's only doing it to piss you off."
Kai's gaze snapped from the disgusting scene to his partner who was staring at him with placid turquoise eyes. "It's working."
Gaara smirked a bit, pushing the rip cord into his launcher once more. "He does it with Sakura as well. He has an innate need to piss people off, especially people he hates. And he hates you. Violently."
Kai snorted. "The feeling's mutual, I assure you. Lift your wrist a bit." He replied, nodding at Gaara's right wrist. "What about you? Why does he bother with your girlfriend?"
The red head did as was suggested and then yanked the rip cord as hard as he could. "Doesn't like me." Was the simple reply. "She chose me over him. That, and I beat him multiple times at summer training camp."
The blue haired captain couldn't help but snicker. "I don't think Akito likes anyone really. Or that anyone likes him for that matter. But," he paused, sobering, "I'm going to get violent if he doesn't leave my girl alone."
Gaara threw him a look. "Don't let it bother you. It's what he wants. You get violent and he'll just get worse." He pulled his rip cord again. "Besides," he smirked, "It looks as though she's taking care of herself well enough."
Sure enough, just as Gaara spoke the words Liika stomped on Akito's feet and elbowed him sharply in the gut, causing the tall blond to clutch his stomach and wheeze. It was extremely amusing to watch him glare at her as she flounced away, sticking her tongue out at him as she went.
He really did love that girl.
Kai chuckled, shaking his head, his smirk growing. "You make a good point Sanderson."
Gaara snorted, pulling the weights off his wrist and handing them to Kai. "Of course I do. I have experience. Sakura's the same way."
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Jade once again rolled her eyes as she caught her orange haired friend making googily eyes at one of the blonds in the middle of the outdoor beyblade court. She glanced at the said blond only to find him throwing goofy grins back at the mousy girl, earning a blush and a giggle in return.
"Oi oi, keep your mind on the game Parker!"
Jade shot a slightly reproachful look at her boyfriend, who was scowling in annoyance, half glaring at the enamored girl. "Ian's right Em, you need to focus. Aren't you always the one complaining about the rest of us not paying enough attention to crucial drills?" She said sighing.
Emily blinked, snapping her gaze towards her two group members, her blush growing slightly. "Sorry." Was all she said before turning her attention back to the dish where three blades circles.
Ian scoffed, folding his arms over his chest. Jade smiled at her shorter boyfriend and tossed him a wink, earning a slight blush of her own. In effort to deflect his slight embarrassment Ian turned his attention to the fourth member, hoping to gain support for his cause. What he found, however, was even worse than the day dreaming girl.
Rei was also staring off into space, but his look wasn't one of flirty contentment, but one of pure rage. His fists were clenched tightly at his side, and his chest was heaving up and down, his breath hissing through grinding teeth. Even his beyblade reflected his obvious anger, as it was glowing a low yellow and its spin had increased.
Ian rolled his eyes, throwing up his hands, before extending one and recalling his blade. "When you people actually want to blade, get back to me. Until then, I'm going to watch how Robert's holding up with the Abbey fools." With that he walked away, getting curious and annoyed frowns from the girls, but not inciting any sort of reaction from Rei.
Emily huffed. "I said I was sorry! And I wasn't that distracted!"
Jade frowned, looking to Rei to see his reaction, just to find what Ian had found. Her eyebrows scrunched. What was wrong with him? She had never seen Rei so obviously upset. He was normally so good tempered and calm, almost always the voice of reason on his team. What could have changed that? "Rei…what's wrong?"
The black haired teen ground his teeth audibly, his eyes narrowing. "That." He stated sharply, nodding to something on the far end of the court.
Both girls turned their heads to see what he was talking about, their heads tilting in confusion when they didn't see anything out of the ordinary.
Kai's group was separated into groups of two, or in the case of Tyson, Max and Enrique, three. However, when their eyes landed on a familiar red and pink headed duo it clicked in their minds what Rei was so upset about. Tala and Mariah were working together, laughing together as Tala wrapped around her shoulders to show her the correct way to launch.
"Oh," Emily murmured, cringing and turning away. Jade too flinched, grimacing.
It was common knowledge that Tala was after Mariah again, but no one actually thought Mariah was going for it. Of course, no one really knew where Mariah stood on the issue, but everyone just assumed that she was smarter than to involve herself with Tala once more, and that she was head over heels with Rei.
"Ian was complaining about there being a problem here." Robert's stern voice cut through the obvious tension.
Jade and Emily sighed. "Ask him," Jade said, motioning at Rei.
Robert glanced at the fuming boy and sighed also. He already had an idea what was wrong. Why did high school love drama have to permeate even Beyblade practice? "Go join the others; Riley's explaining a new drill before we break for lunch." He said, waving the girls away.
Both girls nodded and scurried away, both rather glad to be away from the sticky situation.
"You shouldn't be threatened by Valkov, that's what he is going for."
Rei snapped his gold eyes from his girlfriend to the tall purple haired boy. "How should I not be threatened? He's all over her! And worst of all, she's letting him!" He growled angrily.
Robert moved his eyes to the scene calmly, taking in the flirting. "He's merely showing her how to correctly perform the drill."
"Bullshit!" Rei almost yelled, earning himself a few raised eyebrows.
"Calm down Kon." Robert stated firmly, frowning. "Yes, so it's obvious that he is flirting with her. However, you know what he wants, and that he will stop at nothing to break you and Mariah up. By getting mad you are playing his game. He is trying to break you up, I'm sure that much is obvious."
Rei took a deep breath, and willed his anger down. It was hard considering he was practically seeing red.
Robert obviously wasn't understanding. He wasn't mad at Tala, oh no, he already knew that Valkov was a slimy bastard, but he had thought better of his Mariah. The girl that owned his heart. She was the real one he was angry at. She was just letting the red haired bastard hang off of her, and was even encouraging him with her flirty smiles and coy looks! How could she do that? And with him in plain sight! It was bad enough that she probably flirted heavily behind his back, but now she was doing it right in front of him!
"Look," Robert sighed heavily, his annoyance growing at the situation, "I'll go talk to Kai. He can deal with them in whatever fashion he likes. I'll express your complains, as well as remind him that it is causing us problems as a group."
Before Rei could reply Robert was off, stalking across the court to the other group.
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"Hiwatari."
Kai glanced up to see a frowning and annoyed looking Robert standing a few feet away. "Yeah?"
"May I talk to you?"
Kai sighed and nodded, inclining his head towards his partner who nodded back. He then stepped over to Robert. "What?"
"I must request that you do something about Valkov. He's distracting a member of my team and thus causing problems with the flow of our group." Robert explained quickly and to the point.
Kai's eyebrows arched, his gaze moving past Robert to his group, and Rei. "Kon flown into a jealous rage? Not surprising, I knew. Fine. I'll deal with him."
Robert nodded his thanks and strode away, back to his group.
Kai grumbled under his breath. Why did his best friend have to be in love with a girl he couldn't have? "Red! Get your lanky ass over here." He yelled, not even looking up.
Tala stopped, blinking, then shrugged, jogging over. "What is it? I'm a little busy."
"Apparently. Your 'business' is effecting one of the other groups and causing complaints. I want you to pair up with Sattiay, and send Low to me." Kai's tone explicitly stated that he was going to put up with no arguments.
"Fucking Kon," Tala cursed, throwing a glare towards Group 2. "Jealous bastard."
"Can you really blame him?" Kai questioned, "What would you do if someone was all over your girl?"
Tala shot his best friend a dark look. "Someone is."
Kai stared back, rolling his eyes. "Whatever, just do as I asked. After lunch we're going on a run with Group 1, you can flirt with her all you want then. Though don't make it so fucking obvious. You'll get me in trouble."
Tala grinned, winking. "Thank you cap'n!"
"Oh and Red?"
The red head paused, looking over his shoulder as he went to move back to his soon to be ex-partner.
"This doesn't mean I agree with it."
Tala smirked and saluted. "You never did!"
Kai only muttered.