The Other Side of the Story
Summary: After the BEGA incident, Reine finds herself unable to cope with the blind side of the world which turning away from all that's been done and will happen with the sport of beyblade. As a new BBA program was set into action, she finds herself, along with her beyblade-hating town, stuck as the proto-type. The BBA program was made to help blader-haters all over the world to cope and even get to love beyblading as a sport. Reine finds herself in the middle of things when the bladers chose her school for their first experiment? What would happen when you throw beybladers at blader-hating mobs? Nothing pretty.
Disclaimer: I don't earn Beyblade. I do own my OC's as well as the plot.
Pairings: I've got one pairing worked out and the drama is on its way. xD I'm still work the rest. If you want to find out, just keep reading. ;-D
Rating: T for mild swearing
Quick AN: This story is told in multiple point-of-views so the key below should help to determine what's being said. I hope it's not too confusing.
(action)
'thoughts'
"talking"
/talking with bitbeast via mind link/
Chapter 11 – A Kiss is a Kiss – (Proofread and Edited – Please read the Re-Posted Author's Note beneath the original one. Thanks!)
Reine's POV
'I should've known Eris was going to pull something like this,' I fumed, 'Why is she so bent on finding out? Kai would only deny it since he wouldn't have done something like that.'
"…fine. I did give her the plushie. Happy?" Kai gritted out as he pinked slightly under the pressure of the bladers' stares. I felt my jaw unhinge at his unexpected answer. Unexpected was an understatement. I couldn't find a strong enough word to express how surprising his answer was. I was flabbergasted.
'It was him? Eris was right! Oh god, why does this have to happen to me?'
I noticed Eris turn to regard me with a smug smile.
"Excuse me," I said hoarsely before hurrying out the room. I guess I wasn't the only one who's in shock seeing that everyone's faces, with the exception of Eris, Tamayo, and Mariah, held some degree of astonishment. It was almost comical how big Tala's eyes were, they seemed to bulge out of his head. Hurrying past a confused Robert walking down the stairs, I locked myself in my temporary room.
'Is he lying? Is this one of his hoaxes to rile me up?'
/He's telling the truth, little one/ Esilé said gently, humming softly as she tried to placate me.
'I guess I should apologize for my behavior back in August. I suppose he was trying to be nice when he got me Ildri and suggested that Durby accompany us to Bern.' (AN: Ildri is heer phoenix plushie.)
/An apology sounds as a good course of action./
I stared blankly at the pale, creamy ceiling of my room, contemplating how I should approach him and apologize. As time passed by, I felt myself being gently lulled to a dreamless slumber by Esilé's soft humming.
A loud blaring woke me from my sleep. Turning to look blearily at the source of the hideous noise, it took me a few seconds to absorb what I was seeing. Yelping in surprise, I dashed out of my bed before digging through my suitcase and pulling out a random pair of pants and shirt, changing quickly out of the previous day's clothes. I guess I was really tired to fall asleep before changing. Thank god I had brushed my teeth right after dinner or I would have stinky morning breath.
Shoving my clothes into my suitcase, I quickly closed the lid and locked it. Digging through my carry-on duffel bag, I grabbed my brush and toothbrush before hurrying into my personal bathroom. Running the brush hastily through my hair, I brushed my teeth before proceeding to gurgle and rinsing my mouth thoroughly with Listerine. Once satisfied with the state of my hygiene, I washed and dried my toothbrush before putting it back into my ziplock bag along with my tube of toothpaste and plastic bottle of mouthwash. Stuffing both my brush and ziplock bag back into my carry-on duffel bag, I slung it carelessly over my shoulder before lugging my suitcase out the door and down the stairs to the reception hall. Leaving it near the door, I rushed into kitchen only to bump into Oliver.
"Oops! Sorry Oliver, my bad," I said sheepishly as I pulled him up, "I was hurrying to get breakfast started."
"Ça va (1)," Oliver replied as he dusted himself off, "Don't worry about breakfast, I already made it."
I sighed in relief.
"Thank you Oliver, I don't know what I would've done without your thoughtfulness. I woke up late. Imagine waking up and seeing it's already 4:30 and having to cook for approximately 50 people, not mentioning Tyson and his tremendous appetite, before leaving for the airport to catch our plane at 7."
Oliver laughed at my panicked expression.
"Relax! I knew that we would have to feed about 50 people, including you, Eris, Tamayo, and Toji of course. Why don't you and wake everyone else up? Tyson might take a while."
Nodding, I ran back upstairs. As I walked by the Bladebreaker's rooms, I heard two voices coming from Max's room. Curiosity getting the better of me, I leaned in and placed my ear against the cold, oak doors.
"…I can't wait to see them again! I'm so happy Mr. Dickenson got them to join us in Switzerland."
"Yeah. Chief and Hilary will be a great asset to Operation D.T.S., but we better ask Reine before filling them in."
Suddenly, the door flew open causing me to fall into the room in a heap.
"Ow," I moaned as I rubbed my forehead where it hit the ground.
"Reine?" I heard someone ask questioningly. Laughing nervously, I looked up to see Max and Ray, fully dressed and ready to go.
"Uh…hi? Well, you must be wondering what I'm doing here, right? I'm here to wait everyone up so you guys can go eat breakfast," I blabbered as I tried to control my panic from rising.
'Shit! I got caught eavesdropping! They must think lowly of me now!'
"Geez! Calm down," Max said, raising his hands to gesture for me to stop and take a deep breath. Taking in a deep breath, I got up and dusted myself off.
"So you guys coming down for breakfast, or what? Need help with luggage?" I asked as I finished.
"Yeah, we'll be down in a second," Ray replied as he walked across the hall into his room.
"Say Reine, did you hear anything just now?" Max asked curiously as he walked into his closet of his light green room only to appear a few seconds later with a black suitcase and a green duffel bag.
"Um…yeah. Something about this 'Chief' and 'Hilary' being a good asset to Operation D.T.S.," I replied sheepishly, admitting that I had been eavesdropping.
"That means we don't have to ask you later," Max replied cheerfully as he followed me down the hall towards Tyson and Daichi's rooms, "So what do you think about telling them?"
I paused for a second before answering, "I have to meet them first. I want to judge for myself. We don't want more people getting involved if it can be helped. It'll only put them straight into the path of danger."
Max nodded understandingly before we lapsed into silence. It was broken shortly by a ground-shattering snore.
"What was that?" I asked, startled out of my wits.
"That was Tyson," Max answered. I started to feel bad for Tala.
"You know, that dare last night was pure evil," I said pointedly. Max only shrugged.
"It's not my fault he chose dare instead of truth. I dared to him to sing and dance first but seeing he couldn't, well he got landed with this one."
Remembering last night, I ventured to ask Max, "What happened after I left the room?"
Max just shrugged, "Nothing really, everyone left to return to their respective rooms. Apparently the only reason Mariah, Tamayo, and Eris wanted to play Truth and Dare was for Kai to confess either one of two things."
"Which were?"
"Whether he was the one to give you your phoenix plushie or if he liked you."
I cocked an eyebrow at his statement.
"Why am I not surprised?" I stated dryly just as we stopped in front of Tyson's room.
"Well, good luck with waking Tyson. He can sleep through anything. I'm going to go downstairs and eat breakfast. See ya!"
Leaving me to face the dead-to-the-world Tyson alone, Max raced down the hall and down the stairs.
"Traitor," I muttered as I knocked on the door. Hearing no response besides another ground-shattering snore, I resorted to try the handle. After jiggling it for a bit, it was obvious that the door was locked. Left with no other option, I started banging on the door vociferously, shouting "GET YOUR LAZY ARSE OUT OF BED TYSON!" over and over again.
"Where's the fire?" Daichi asked sleepily as he ventured out his room, yawning widely.
"What's the deal?" an equally tired Eddy asked as he popped his head out of his room a few rooms down.
"Apparently Tyson isn't waking up," Kai replied as he walked out of his room fully dressed, his hair slightly damp from his morning shower. He had a black duffel bag slung carelessly across his shoulder while he lugged a small, dark maroon suitcase.
More heads popped out as exhausted teens heard my uproar. With one last frustrated cry, I kicked the door, hard.
"Shit!" I yelled as I hopped on one foot, nursing my throbbing toes. Kai shook his head at my antics before disappearing downstairs.
"You have to do better than that to wake up Tyson," Emily said as she walked by, fully geared.
"You don't say," I muttered sarcastically as I glared heatedly at the accursed door that's preventing me from getting to Tyson, "I'm seriously thinking of bringing a machete and chopping you down."
"Getting desperate now, aren't we, to start talking to inanimate objects as if they're alive?" I heard Kai taunt.
"What're you doing back? Aren't suppose to be downstairs eating breakfast along with everyone else?" I said angrily as I continued to glare holes into the sturdy, oak doors. I've got to hand it to whoever made these doors, they are extremely well made.
"It looked like you needed help," he replied as he shrugged, "If you don't want my help, I'll just leave and, as you put it, 'be downstairs eating breakfast along with everyone else'."
I openly fumed at him as he smirked at me.
"Fine," I bit out, "Let's see what you can do."
Backing away from Kai, I saw him saunter up to the room, jiggling the handle expertly.
"It's locked," I said sourly, "I already tried it. Why do you think I was banging on the doors?"
"Bobby pin," Kai said simply as he turned back to look at me expectantly.
"What? Do you expect me to wear bobby pins?" I asked him, raising an eyebrow at the tone of his voice.
"I take it you don't?" he asked impatiently.
"No, I'm just with holding them from you for my own benefit," I answered sarcastically, "Of course I don't wear bobby pins. Eris, on the other hand, does. Go ask her for some if you want them so badly."
He turned and glared at me.
"If you want to wake up Tyson then you will go and get me bobby pins."
Shrugging slightly, I stared at the door contemplatively. Finally I said, "If Tyson can't wake himself up, then we will leave him behind. We can substitute someone to do his job. It isn't hard, that's why Tyson was given the job."
"If you feel that way," Kai said languidly as he stepped back from the door. Realizing that we were alone, I hesitated before I called to him.
'I might as well get the apology out of the way. We need to work together on Operation D.T.S. to make it successful.'
"Kai, wait."
He turned back and looked at me expectantly.
"I would like to…apologize for my behavior back in August. What I said to you was uncalled for. Please forgive me."
Bowing slightly at the end of my apology, I turned to walk past him, not expecting him to reply. Suddenly his hand whipped out and grabbed my wrist stopping me in my tracks.
"I guess I was being 'cold jerk', as you put it," he replied quietly before turning his smoldering crimson gaze onto me. I felt my breath hitch in my throat as I drowned in his eyes. Snapping out of my trance, I nodded slightly before trying to untangle my wrist from his grasp. When he didn't release his hold on me, as I continued to struggle, I grew frustrated. Getting impatient, I turned to snap at him for being in my personal space again only to be stopped by his lips brushing lightly against mine. He stared at me with unfathomable eyes before striding away quickly, his face shadowed by his slate-colored bangs. Reaching up to touch my lips, I finally registered what happened. I felt myself growing warm with embarrassment and…happiness? A loud click startled me as I heard Tyson's sleepy voice drift out, "I smell food…"
I didn't notice someone slip back into the shadows of the hall, observing me with a knowing smirk when I turned to snap at Tyson to hurry up and get dressed.
"…and everyone's already eating the breakfast Oliver prepared! Now hurry up and get your arse in gear! I expect you to be downstairs within ten minutes! It's now 5:30! The bus will be here in 15 minutes to take us to the airport!"
With one final huff, I stomped down the stairs and into the kitchen to eat my breakfast, careful to avoid Kai's eyes.
(AN: It's getting interesting, no? xD)
Normal POV
The group filed out of the bus as they arrived at the Bakuten airport at exactly 6:15, giving them enough time to go through luggage check, baggage deposit, and all that good stuff. Tala was forced to swap his ticket with Tyson's unfortunate seat partner, which turned out to be Reine. She tried to reassure him that it was okay, but he wouldn't have it. He insisted that he had to do the dare or he will be forced to cross-dress and go out with a guy. Finally agreeing to swap tickets with him, Reine found that her new seat number was J34. Suddenly the P.A. blared to life with an ear-grating shriek.
"Will the passengers boarding plane JC304 please approach gate 34C now? Repeat, will the passengers boarding plane JC304 please approach gate 34C now? Thank you."
With a click, it was silent once more.
"Hey guys, I think that's our plane," Max called to the 49 other teens as he studied his ticket. They quickly made their way to the terminal, each flashing a ticket for the flight attendant to examine. The flight attendant sent each teen a smile and said, "Hope you have a nice flight," before allowing them to board the plane. Their tickets showed that they were traveling in economy class rather than business class, like the bladers were accustomed to. Stepping onto the plane, Reine made her way down the aisle, counting the numbers overhead as she went by.
"H23…I23…J23. Oh! Here's my row."
Making her way to the row, she placed her carry-on duffel bag into the overhead compartment before settling down in her window seat. Staring out the window, she noted sourly that the wing of the plane obstructed the view. Huffing in annoyance, she pulled out her iPod mini and a set of earphones from her left jacket pocket before proceeding to listen to her entire playlist. She vaguely noticed her seatmate when he placed his luggage, beside her bag, in the overhead compartment and sit down, with a small grunt, in the seat beside her. An hour later, her curiosity got the better of her as she turned to see who her seatmate was only to freeze upon seeing Kai sitting calming beside her, his arms crossed over his chest as he leaned back into his seat with his eyes closed.
"K-kai?" she spluttered as she tried to figure out what he was doing there. He opened one eye and grunted at her before closing it again.
"What?"
"Why are you sitting there?" she asked stupidly, still not comprehending the entire situation.
Opening both his eyes lazily, he glared pointedly at her.
"This is my seat, Tanaka," he replied.
She only stared numbly at him.
"God just fucked me over," was all she managed to say before turning to stare out the window, trying to ignore Kai's overbearing presence as he shifted beside her. The ride passed in silence as Reine contemplated what she could do throughout the fifteen-hour flight to Paris, where they will switch planes.
Three hours into the flight, Reine grew bored. Squirming noisily in her seat, she craned her neck to see who was sitting near her. Sitting in the pair of seats in front of her was the bulky blonde and the pale, lavender-haired teen that had accompanied Tala to the Bakuten Citywide Tournament. She learned later that their names were Bryan and Spencer and talking to them was like talking to a brick wall. Sitting behind Kai was Mariah, who was dead asleep, and Lee, who was sitting quietly beside her, staring intently out the window, careful to remain quiet so he doesn't wake her.
Staring across the aisle, she could make out Enrique's prone form as he snored quietly. Huffing silently, she settled down in her seat before turning off her iPod and stuffing it back into her pocket. She had already listened to every song already and it was starting to get on her nerves. Sighing deeply, she was lulled to a state between awareness and sleepiness as the plane rocked gently in the air. A few minutes later, her head fell softly against Kai's shoulder as she fell into a deep slumber, exhausted by the morning's events. Kai gazed at her quietly as he took in her peaceful expression. She smiled serenely in her sleep, unlike the usual sarcastic smirk or mischievously grin she often wore in her state of consciousness. Reaching out and brushing a strand of stray hair from her face, he smiled softly before falling asleep too, his head resting on top of hers.
The flight attendance's voice woke Kai from his light nap when she asked Lee and Mariah what they wanted for lunch. He immediately righted himself as Reine woke up, still a bit groggy from her sleep.
"Sir, what would you like for lunch? We have chicken rice and beef noodles."
Choosing chicken rice, she handed him a sealed tray as she moved on and asked Reine what she wanted.
"Beef Noodles sounds good," she yawned as she stretched. The flight attendant handed her another sealed tray before moving on to Brian and Spencer.
"Had a good sleep?" Mariah asked as she leaned forward, trying to converse with Reine through the gap between the seats.
"It was okay," she replied as she unwrapped her tray. Taking out a pair of chopsticks, she twirled the noodles expertly around it before putting it into her mouth. Wincing a little, she began to chew slowly before swallowing the food. With a disgruntled voice she said, "This food tastes like plastic. It's all leathery."
Mariah laughed.
"What'd you expect? It's airplane food. In the business class, it's a bit better."
Reine nodded as she took another bite of her noodles before blanching again.
"Remind me to bring food the next time I ride a plane," she said as she viewed her food with disgust. Kai smirked at her reaction as he placed a forkful of rice in his mouth.
"How can you eat the stuff?" Reine asked as she looked at him strangely. Kai shrugged before saying, "I've tasted worse," and swallowing another forkful of rice. Reine wrinkled her nose slightly before turning back to her "meal" and eating some more. After five more bites, she decided she had enough of the bland food as she shoved her tray away, refusing to touch the food again. Shortly after a flight attendant passed by holding a plastic garbage bag for people to throw away their trash.
"I'm never eating airplane food again," Reine stated as soon as the flight attendant was out of earshot. Mariah giggled at her statement.
"So what do you want to do? We still have ten hours to kill."
"We can watch a movie," Mariah suggested as she showed Reine her DVD player.
"Ooh! What movies?" Reine asked excitedly.
"Let's see, War of the Worlds, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, all the Harry Potter ones, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, and what the hell! Barney?"
"Barney?" Reine asked as she looked over incredulously at Mariah, "Why the hell do you have Barney?"
"Must be my baby cousin's," Mariah said as she shoved it back into her DVD bag, "So what movie will it be?"
"Put on Pirates of the Caribbean," Reine called over her shoulder before turning to look at Kai. Noticing her gaze on him, Kai turned and asked, "What?"
"Will you switch seats with Mariah, please?" she begged as she looked at him pleadingly. Kai grunted as he unbuckled himself and stood up, giving Mariah room to slip into his seat, before sitting down next to Lee. Nodding in greeting, the boys lapsed into silence as the girls started to watch the movie.
"Orlando Bloom is so hot!" Reine whispered, avidly watching as Will Turner started fighting the pirates. Kai cocked an eyebrow at her comment while Lee stared at him with an amused expression.
"Johnny Depp looks really weird, don't you think?" Mariah asked, watching as Jack Sparrow wobbled around the beach drunkenly, trying to get Elizabeth to drink some rum with him.
"Yeah. He looks weird in all his movies. Remember Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory? He looked just plain creepy!"
Nodding in agreement, Mariah turned her attention back to the movie.
"You know, Kai, you've got it bad," Lee said teasingly.
"What do you mean?" Kai asked gruffly, staring intently at Lee.
"You got jealous when she said she thinks a movie star is hot," Lee pointed out causing Kai to glare at him.
"I don't get jealous," he replied coldly causing Lee to squirm in his seat uncomfortably.
"Whatever you say, Kai," Michael drawled from behind Lee, "From what I can tell, with the plushie and all, you have a thing for her."
"Do me a favor, Parker, and shut up," Kai replied as Michael smirked at his back.
"You're in denial, dude," was the last thing he said before turning back and discussing how baseball was better than basketball with Eddie. The last ten hours passed excruciatingly slow. The girls had finished the movie and were currently gossiping quietly. When dinner came around, Reine blatantly refused to touch her food. After Mariah finished eating, she turned to stare intensely at Reine.
"How do you feel about Kai?" Mariah asked quietly, scrutinizing Reine's face carefully. Reine reddened remembering their kiss before. Mariah's eyes twinkled as she caught the blush on her face.
"Something happened, didn't it?" she whispered excitedly, eager to hear all the juicy details.
"N-no!" Reine stammered, trying to get her quickening pulse under control.
"You're lying!" Mariah hissed, poking her in the arm, "Tell me what happened!"
"Nothing happened!" Reine hissed back, managing to keep her voice from wavering.
"What's up guys?" Eris asked as she stood in the aisle beside an intimidating Mariah.
"She won't tell me what happened between her and Kai," Mariah pouted as she glanced at Eris before to turn and stare menacingly at Reine.
"Kai! Lee! Move," Eris commanded as she stood towering over the two boys, "We need serious girl talk and I don't think you guys would want to listen."
Seeing that Kai was about to protest, she quickly added, "Not that we'll let you listen anyway. Do we have to use force or will you move when we ask you nicely?"
Lee saw the glare his sister threw his way before getting up hastily and stepping over Kai's knees.
"Well, I'm going to go talk to Garland. I'll see you guys later," he said quickly before dashing across the plane to where Garland was sitting, occupying Eris' seat.
"Kai?" Eris drawled boredly, sending him a piercing glare. Kai glared at her as he stood up reluctantly and headed over to where Tala was sitting tensely beside Tyson, deciding to keep his friend company. He settled himself into Tamayo's vacated seat as she left to join the gathering of girls. Breathing a sigh of relief, Eris plopped into Lee's seat while Tamayo sat down in Kai's.
"Now spill," Mariah said as she prodded Reine, sending her a meaningfully glance.
"Why don't you tell us about what's going on between you and Ray," she retorted as Mariah blushed furiously, "Don't think that we didn't notice you two getting close and lovey-dovey."
"That's beside the point," Eris interrupted, "We're here to hear about your love life."
"Don't you mean lack of love life? I don't have a love life," Reine replied tersely.
"Oh don't bullshit us!" Tamayo snapped, "Don't tell me that he got you that phoenix plushie for no reason."
Reine blushed as she brought up the plushie.
"Seems like we found a weak spot," Tamayo crowed triumphantly as she started to barrage the unfortunate girl with questions regarding the toy.
"Speaking of it, where is it now?"
Reine shifted uncomfortably.
"Ildri is in my carry-on duffel bag in the overhead compartment."
"Ildri?" they asked questioningly.
"It's the name of my plushie," Reine explained, "It means Fire and Peace. It's a Scandinavian name. I guess it's appropriate since a phoenix represents fire and Kai probably gave it to me as a peace offering."
The girls 'oh'ed before lapsing into silence. Finally Eris spoke up.
"From what I can tell, you like him back."
"What?" Reine asked as she stared incredulously at her twin.
"You keep his gift instead of burning it, like most girls would have done if someone they hate gave them something, not to mention to you named it after his action."
Reine looked startled as Eris pointed that out.
"B-but…I-I…y-you…" was her comeback as she drifted off lamely.
"Did I mention that you didn't slap him when he kissed you this morning?" Eris said offhandedly. Mariah and Tamayo gasped before turning and glaring at Reine.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Tamayo asked threatening as her expression darkened.
"It wasn't really a kiss," Reine said, desperately trying to find a way out, "I didn't even realize what was happening!"
"A kiss is a kiss," Mariah answered stubbornly as she drilled holes into Reine's head with her glare.
"How did you know?" Reine asked Eris suspiciously as she backtracked their conversation, checking to see if she mentioned it. Finding that she didn't, she looked expectantly at her.
"I saw you," was her simple reply as she stared smugly at the red Reine.
"You saw that?" she asked faintly as she stared at Eris with wide-eyes. Suddenly the flight attendant's voice was heard overhead, announcing their arrival in the City of Lights.
"Please return to your respective seats and buckle up as we land. Thank you for traveling with Japanese Airlines."
"We're not finished," Tamayo warned as she headed back to her seat. Eris sent one last smirk in her direction before returning to her seat beside Garland. Reine stared at her retreating back, mortified, barely noticing that Kai had returned.
"You've got some explaining to do," Mariah hissed through the gape in the seats causing Lee to shift uncomfortably. Kai raised an eyebrow at her questioningly as she glared at him.
"Whatever," Reine managed to mutter before turning and staring out the window, once again cursing her bad luck.
Reine's POV
'I'm in deep shit now. How can Eris have seen that? God I'm stupid!'
Banging my head against the window of the bus, I admired Paris' lights with blearily eyes. The bus stopped with a screech as we piled out and entered the terminal where we will catch a local plane from Paris to Bern. Remembering how horrible the plane food was, I rushed to a vending machine before popping in a couple of Euros and buying a bag of baked chips.
Going through the usual baggage routine, I found myself on a plane once more, except I had decent food this time. Popping open the bag of chips, I devoured them hungrily. Max, my new seatmate, looked on amused.
'Thank god it's not Kai!'
Speaking of the devil, he's sitting beside Ming-Ming, looking rather annoyed by her incessant chatter. Grinning to myself, I turned towards Max and started to ask him various questions about America. Looking around as he explained, I noticed none of the girls seated near me. I sighed in relief as I turned my attention back to Max. I know my relief is short-lived, but who says I can't enjoy myself before they return to interrogate me?
"…I guess it's the atmosphere. In Japan it's a bit less hectic than the usual New York traffic…" I listened to Max say but it started to go in one ear and out the other as I felt jet leg starting to claw at my consciousness.
'I'll only close my eyes for a few minutes,' I thought as I drifted off.
It felt like it was only five minutes later when Max shook me awake, saying that we've arrived. Stretching my cramped muscles, I winced as my spine popped a couple of times. Standing up, I grabbed my duffel bag from the overhead compartment and followed everyone off the plane.
"Oh Reine…"
'Oh shit! I forgot about them!'
Turning around slowly, I laughed nervously at the expression Mariah and Tamayo were sporting. They, each, grabbed one of my arms and started to drag me away from the rest of the group.
"We have some things to discuss."
'Gah! Someone save me!'
"What are you guys doing?" Miguel asked curiously as he caught sight of us.
"Nothing," Mariah and Tamayo replied innocently as I shook my head furiously.
'No! Don't listen to them! Help me!'
"Okay, if you say so," he said skeptically as he took one last look in my direction before turning back and talking with Claude.
'No…I'm doomed.'
Suddenly, I heard a voice call out.
"Hey wench!"
Tamayo noticeably tensed as she sighed exasperatedly.
"What?" she asked as she turned around and looked at Tala irritatedly.
"Remember your dare last night? I'll pick you up tomorrow and you'll have to spend the entire afternoon and evening with me," he replied with a smirk as she paled, "I'll see you at 3 sharp."
(1) ça va – It's French for "It's okay".
List of Teams and members:
Barthez Battalion – Mathilda, Miguel,
Claude, Aaron
Blitzkrieg Boys – Tala, Bryan, Spencer,
Ian
Bladebreakers – Kai, Daichi, Tyson, Max,
Ray (Soon to add Hilary and Kenny).
PPB All Starz – Steve, Rick, Michael,
Emily, Eddy
Justice 5 – Ming-Ming, Mystel, Garland,
Crusher, Brooklyn
Team Zeo – Zeo, Gordo
King and Queen – King, Queen
Majestics – Enrique, Oliver, Robert,
Johnny
Saint Shields – Ozuma, Joseph, Mariam,
Dunga
White Tiger X – Lee, Mariah, Kevin, Gary
Team Psykick – Kane, Salima, Goki, Jim
F-Dynasty – Raul, Julia
Author's Note:
I've lost some of my writing inspiration. I feel like my writing is starting to sound forced. :-( I might not update as frequently until I get back into the groove. Sorry for the crappy chapter. (It seems that way to me).
I guess there was some Kai/Reine fluff in these two previous chapters for you fluff lovers out there. xD In the next chapter, Kenny and Hilary make their appearance! What will happen on Tamayo and Tala's date? –hint hint–
Re-Posted AN: I would like to thank xAvenirYuinax for giving me the correct translation for "It's fine". :D I really appreciate your help!
Thanks to fruit salad2 for the review!
Please R&R!
Rand-chan