School's so hard this year!!! I hardly have time to do anything! I'm sorry for not updating in so long!!!
"Takao!" Kaida called, waving at the classroom door.
"See you guys later, I promised Kaida I'd eat lunch with her on the roof today," said Takao getting out of his seat.
The two went to the rooftop and sat where the shade is.
"Thanks for the lunch Kaida…" said Takao and sighed,
"It's alright, I kind of knew you were going to today since you usually forget your lunch early in the week," said Kaida.
"So, you wanted to talk to me about something?" Takao asked while trying to get the piece of octopus with his chopsticks.
"Yeah…do you know if Olivier-Kun is gay, straight or bi?"
"How should I know?"
"Because you two seem pretty close so I thought you might know…" Kaida almost mumbled the whole thing.
"I really don't know. Why do you want to know anyway?"
"Uh…okay, just to be honest with you, Takao: I don't like seeing you spending so much time with Olivier-Kun. You just got off of a relationship; I think you should spend more time with some long-term friends such as Max, Mystel, Ming, and me."
"…I'm fine, Kaida. Don't worry about me. And besides, I know what you were trying to get out of me and I can assure you: There is nothing going on between me and Olivier!" said Takao and plopped the food into his mouth.
"Well, at least this proves he isn't dumb…" Kaida thought.
"And I'm not going back to Rei before you even say it!"
"…" Kaida closed her mouth but opened it again, "Why?"
"…Why should I?"
"Why not?"
"You know exactly why not!"
"I'm not you, how am I supposed to know?"
"I ha…e…I uh…" Takao surprised himself for not being able to finish that word, much less the sentence.
The bell rung, signaling the end of the day. Having no classes for the last period of the day, Rei was given permission to teach his culinary class instead.
"Goodbye Rei-Kun!"
"Have a good day!"
"See you tomorrow!"
Rei nodded to all of them, not much in a mood to reply verbally.
"So this is what you do when you're not busy working on the class board?" came Olivier's voice. Rei's eyebrow twitched as his eye floated over to where the voice came from. Olivier was leaning against the doorway with his arms crossed,
"You teach a class?"
"Yeah…so? What are you doing here for?" Rei asked with bitterness.
"No reason," Olivier replied and started looking around the room, "Just exploring the campus."
"Hn…"
"Wow…this room offers a beautiful view," said Olivier putting his hands against the glass of the large windows and went over to an open window to feel the nice breeze. Olivier took a quick whiff of the air,
"Are you baking cookies?" Olivier asked turning to Rei who took that question by surprise and quickly puts his hand over a plastic bag,
"Why do you ask?"
"No reason, but it smells really good. I'd say you did it during your class time and it just came out of the oven. You also have another batch in the oven right now I believe," Olivier assumed, "Any good chef can figure that out of course. But something bothers me...those students of yours seem to have a great liking to you. I heard them as they walked out, from what I've heard, you seemed to be in a very…sadden mood."
"Shut up…" Rei muttered as he waiting on the oven. Olivier shook his head and walked over to Rei,
"Want to have a cook-off sometime before I go back to France?"
"No."
"A bake-off?"
"No."
"Is something the matter? You never turn down a challenge, are you-"
"Well I am now!"
"Okay, I was just saying…"
"…"
"…"
The tension in the air was quite uncomfortable for the both of them.
"Hey…what did you and Takao do the other day?"
Takao along with Max and Kai were walking around the university. Max and Kai were looking for Rei while Takao's scanning for Olivier.
"Come on Taka, just say hi to Rei at least!" said Max literally dragging Takao along with him to one of the cooking classrooms.
"Whatever…" Takao muttered as he's being dragged across the floor.
"Let's just get in and get out," said Kai with his hands in his pockets and walking at a faster pace,
"What are you afraid of Kai? Those scary fan girls?" Takao teased and Kai grew an anime vein.
"That's not really something to tease about, Takao, they can be pretty scary…" said Max, now kind of worried as well.
"Better Kai than me," said Takao and Kai turned around with a fist in the air. Max stepped between them before Kai made impact,
"Stop! Geez! You two act like two little kids fighting over a toy! You guys are like brothers fighting all the time! I'm so glad I'm an only child now…" said Max and shakes his head in disappointment in the two.
"WE'RE NOT LIKE BROTHERS AND WE DON'T ACT LIKE KIDS!" The two shouted at Max in unison before turning to each other,
"STOP THAT!"
"YOU STOP IT!"
"Now I really do want to get in and get out…" said Max with a sweatdrop.
The two continued to argue as the three continued their way down the hall.
"Come on guys, stop acting like children…" said Max, embarrassed.
"WE'RE NOT!" The two bit back. Max sighed, proving his point. They saw the classroom but they heard a sudden crash.
"Rei!" Max called and went from a walk to a jog with Kai and Takao's attentions turned to the sound they heard.
"What happened?" Takao asked as he and Kai followed the blonde. Max nearly slid to stop at the door and then went in,
"Rei!"
Kai also made a quick turn to get in the room faster but Takao ran past the room a bit and had to backtrack a few steps.
"Man, how do they do that?" Takao asked himself before actually enter the room. When he did, he immediately stopped from seeing the sight before him.
"Okay, Rei, calm down!" Kai shouted holding him back. Max was on the ground with Olivier. Rei made Kai release him and he angrily walked around the counter. Takao wanted to say something, but he wasn't sure how to get words to come out of his mouth. Kai was yelling at Rei who didn't look like he was listening. Max helped Olivier to a seat and Takao watches this event before him before finally asking,
"What just happened?"
All eyes turned to him and Takao felt slightly uncomfortable being stared at by 4 pairs of eyes. Rei's anger seemed to have suddenly disappeared but replaced completely by fear.
"Rei decides to be an idiot and let's his anger get the best of him," Kai stated before taking some ice out of the fridge nearby and throwing it to Max.
"I'm fine, just a bruise," said Olivier calmly and doesn't even look like he's in pain, "I would only be worried if I was attacked with some kind of weapon…"
Rei diverted his anger back in Olivier's direction,
"You're going to be if you keep talking like that!"
"Rei! Calm down or I'll make you!" Kai snapped.
"Olivier, you sure you're not hurt?" Max asked and Olivier nodded,
"I'm okay, really."
Takao let out a sigh of relief,
"That's good to hear…" he murmured to himself upon hearing that. He then heard Kai ranting on again, scolding Rei. Rei's mind looked like it was elsewhere, like he wanted to be anywhere else but here. Takao was dense, but not stupid; clearly he knew what had happened here.
He gripped his hands in fists in anger and walked up to Rei, between Rei and Kai. He released one of his fists, drew his arm back and slapped Rei so hard that his body was hit against the counter.
"You're a bastard, Kon!"
His actions surprised everyone, who all stared in surprise (yes, even Kai) and a bit of fear; though with Rei, it was more fear than shock.
"You're so selfish! Olivier didn't do anything! You jerk! I can't stand you anymore!" Takao shouted and then as quick as the slap, he turned around and bolted out of there.
No one moved, trying to plant what just happened into their heads.
Rei was the first to move, he hit the back of the kitchen counted and slid down to the floor.
"…Rei?" Kai spoke up. Rei looked away as much as he can but didn't reply.
"I'll…I'll go find Takao," said Max and left the room. Olivier went over to the counter and looked over it to see Rei sitting there and averted all gazes. Kai stepped forward,
"Rei, come on, I'm sure-"
"Leave me alone…" Rei cut in with a quiet but firm voice.
"But Rei-"
"I said leave me alone!"
Kai for once, wasn't sure what to do; Rei's never went against Kai in serious moments like these therefore doesn't know what to do.
"Kai please…just leave…" Rei nearly begged and Kai silently gave in, leaving the room with Olivier and closing the door behind them…
Rei sat there for a few more moments before standing up again to get the cookies from the oven. He put the cookies with the others in the clear plastic bag. After it was completely filled he tied it up in the blue ribbon. The cookies were shaped in cute animal heads and symbols such as bunnies and bears or hearts and stars.
"I saw what happened."
Rei nearly had a heart attack when he heard another voice in the room. There he saw Tek sitting by the open window.
"How did you get up there?" Rei asked,
"I climbed. You don't know what I can do."
Tek put her feet on the floor and walked up to Rei,
"These look nice, for your precious Takao-Kun I assume?" Tek guessed. Rei didn't reply but only looked away.
"But I guess after you attacked Olivier-Kun like that, and having the others walk in when in happened, I can see why you can't just go and give it to him, huh?"
"…"
Tek glanced at the bag of cookies and swiped it,
"Hey!"
"I'll take it to him, I won't eat it," said Tek putting it out of Rei's reach.
"You expect me to trust you?" Rei asked giving her a look,
"I am Kaida's friend," Tek reminded making Rei calm down a bit.
"When you give it to him…give him my apologies as well," said Rei and Tek nodded and left the room by door this time.
When Tek was alone in the hallways, she opened the bag slightly to steal one cookie. She stopped when all the feelings from that one cookie rushed through her body.
"Mmm….I can feel his sweet love…"
Tek tied the bag the way it was before and continued on her way,
"I can never compete with that. I felt it, which means it's true and pure. Rei-Sempai…I felt so warm and happy just from that one bite and those cookies weren't even for me. Just how much, do you love Takao-Kun? How much of that wonderful felling will Takao-Kun have when he eats this?"
Rei went straight home after that awful afternoon.
"Rei!" came Mao's voice,
'What's wrong?" Rei asked as Mao ran up to him looking worried,
"Rei! Look at this!" Mao handed him a letter and Rei looked it before turning slightly pale.
"…"
"Rei?"
"…Mao, do me a favor will you?"
Takao was extremely pissed. Rei was like a boomerang, no matter how far he's thrown, he comes right back except someone gets hurt just like boomerang when someone doesn't catch it. Everyone's been trying to the two back together but of course, Takao proudly admitted to himself that he was stubborn and proud of it.
Takao kept thinking about the horrible moment in life he's going through as he walks home. Max already gave him that lecture that Takao doesn't even remember what it was about.
"I hate this! I just want to move on with my life! Does everybody think Rei has to be part of my life?! Even Nii-Chan started talking about 'second chances' dammit!"
Takao took in a deep breath and let out a sigh,
"Even though…as much as I don't show it, I really do want to give him another chance…Ah! What am I saying? I'm supposed to be moving on here!"
"Yo! Takao-KUUUUUN!" came a high-pitched yell. Takao turned around to see a very cheerful Tek waving at him.
"O…kay…." The last thing Takao needed for the day was a fan girl.
"Takao-Kun! Hi!" Tek greeted skipping up to him.
"Hi," Takao replied bluntly.
"You know me, right? That blonde girl that follows Kaida around?"
"Yeah…I've seen you around," said Takao and continues walking with Tek following.
"Guess what?"
"What?"
"Rei-Sempai has a huge crush on you!"
"Uh huh…"
"Wow, you don't have much of a reaction," said Tek,
"That's because I already know that!"
"Oh…then why aren't you two going out?"
"Because I hate him!"
"Hate's such a strong word…and he went through all the trouble of baking these delicious and cute cookies for you!" said Tek and pulled out Rei's small bag of cookies.
The strong scent caught Takao's nose and his eyes drifted to the bag Tek was holding and he stopped walking.
"…He made those?" Takao asked, trying to sound as if he didn't care.
"Oh yes! But he wasn't feeling too good today when I saw him so I volunteered to deliver this for you!"
"Today…wait, what do you mean he wasn't feeling good?" Takao asked with a sense of worry in his voice.
"Oh he's fine! Well I think he was. I think he went straight home afterwards. He'll definitely be fine!" said Tek trying to sound reassuring.
Takao looked from Tek to the bag of cookies.
"…It does smell good…"
"And it is! I tried one!"
"And Rei said it was okay?"
"Uh…yea….No. Don't tell him, I was hungry! I only took one I swear!"
"Okay, calm down, I won'! So…that good huh?" Takao asked and Tek nodded surprising fast.
"I guess…this will be the last thing I accept from him," said Takao reached for the bag of cookies. But he suddenly felt a bit guilty when he touched it; should he accept something from Rei in this kind of situation?
"Try one! It's really good!" Tek encouraged as Takao stared blankly into clear bag. Takao wasn't sure, that guilty feeling was still there.
"These are fresh; it smells like they just came out of the oven an hour ago or something. But that means…Rei was making these today, while he was in the classroom," Takao thought worriedly.
"Aren't you going to try?" Tek asked after a bit of silence from Takao.
"I'm not sure…Rei's going through all this trouble for me no matter how much I push him away. That idiot…why can't he understand I want nothing to do with him anymore!?"
"Why would you push him away if he's trying so hard for you?"
"Didn't Kaida tell you anything that's happened? I'm tired of being hurt!"
"Then what the hell do you think Rei-Sempai's going through right now?!" Tek snapped, giving Takao a surprise.
"Well he deserves it, plus, I don't care!"
Tek gasped that Takao would say such a thing. Then, water started to form in Tek's eyes. She shuts her eyes and then with an angry shout, made her fist come in contact with Takao's face making Takao hit the ground. Tek didn't even give Takao a chance to respond to that when she started shouting at him.
"YOU'RE AN IDIOT KINOMIYA!!!" Tek shouted at him.
"Don't you realize your mistake?! I've loved you for so long…I've always loved you. But then when I came here I found out you don't exactly look at girls! How heartbroken did you think I was? I was very heartbroken even though I didn't show it! It isn't easy to move on, and even if you forced yourself to move on, your heart may not have!"
"What the hell do you know?! Rei never truly cared! Why would he?! Don't go pointing fingers at me-" Takao started to argue back but Tek cut in.
"Shut up, Kinomiya! You're a fool…I've seen it; I've seen Rei-Sempai pour his entire heart out for you! Can't you see you're everything to him!? Rei-Sempai loves you more than I ever could! Do you know how hard it is to admit that?! Hiwatari-Sempai, Max-Sempai, Kaida, my friends…they could never understand because they either have someone or they never did have someone. I've moved from one boyfriend to the next, one crush to the next, so I know what it's like!! It's hard and painful! I know that! But those relationships were my own fault because I was being an idiot…how could you do this to Rei-Sempai? He made mistakes; everybody makes mistakes both big and small. Why can't you forgive him?! Are you that much of a coward?!"
"Coward…? Hey! I'm no coward! Don't go around calling me a coward!"
"Well you are! You're so stubborn that you yourself can't even get through your own big fat head! You just won't admit it will you? You say you hate him, but your heart is telling you something else. You're not just pushing Rei-Sempai away; you're pushing away your own feelings! Why are you so afraid of pain? I imagined the beyblade champion to be much tougher than a wimp!" Tek scolded in anger.
"Hey! Shut up! You don't know anything about how I feel!"
"I know that you're afraid to go back to Rei-Sempai because of one stupid fight! And believe me, I understand you more than anyone else could. Can't you understand? Rei-Sempai loves you so very much that I could taste that love in his cookies. And those aren't even meant for me yet I still felt them!"
Takao lifted up the bag and looked deeper in the treats.
"You're so afraid of being hurt, so you think its okay to make Rei-Sempai go through this?
"…"
"Well it's not okay! If you're trying to get even, well it's already even!"
Takao silently sighs as he stared at the ground. That must've been the guilt he felt.
"Takao-Kun!"
Tek and Takao looked in another direction to see Mao running up to them.
"Mao-Chan? What's wrong? You look worried," said Takao. Mao stopped and started to catch her breath.
"Takao-Kun, you have to…" Mao had to take breaths between words, "You have to go to Tokyo Tower…right away!"
"What? Why?" Takao asked, confused,
"Takao-kun, please understand this: Rei would do anything and everything for you! He'd move mountains for you and will give his life for you at any time! Rei is offering to give up being…" Mao's eyes drifted to Tek,
"Oh don't mind me, I was just going," said Tek and jogged off.
"Rei is willing to give up being a thief for good if you'll take him back," Mao explained.
"What…?" Takao thought he didn't hear clearly. Rei is willing to give up his passion, his hobby, the one thing he loves the most doing; just so they can be together again?
"But…he loves being this great thief of this century," said Takao, as if protesting,
"…He said he loved you more…" Mao replied.
"…What does, um, what does Tokyo Tower have to do with this?"
"Rei is being black-mailed, he's meeting someone there. I'm really worried; he wanted me to deliver that offer to you. But the way to told it to me, it's as if he won't be coming back…"
"Wait a minute! What do you mean he's being black-mailed? Tell me in exact detail!"
"A letter came, asking for Rei. Whoever this person is knows Rei's other identity and his relationship with you. This person might also know about the incident that you went through at Tokyo Tower as well but that's not really important. Rei is supposed to meet this person there tonight as a thief, if he doesn't show up…well…the letter said you'll be killed!"
Takao turned slightly pale. Death? If Rei doesn't meet this person, he'll end up dead?!
"That's so unfair! Why am I dragged into this?!"
"Did Rei…leave yet?"
Mao hesitated but nodded,
"When I left to find you, he was already putting on his costume…"
Rei waiting on top of the tower until the sun fully set and the tower is closed. Rei let's out a sigh, he wanted to clear his mind before confronting this person. While he was at it, he wanted to know who this person could be. Who could've known about him, Takao, and his other identity? Before he knew it, darkness hit Tokyo and Rei slipped his way into the, now closed, tower.
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Takao dropped everything off at home and quickly ran for his life.
"Nii-Chan's a jerk! I said I needed a ride! By the time I make it to Tokyo Tower, it'll be closed!"
After getting some cheap transportation, he did get there…but it was closed.
"Dammit! Now how will I get in?!"
"Hm, that's weird, all the power is off. Well it makes getting past security easier for me."
20 Faces was then forced to walk the stairs since the elevator was off. When he reached his destination, middle of Tokyo Tower with the best view of the city, he looked around and a small smile spreads across his lips,
"Wow, this is where the BBA School Detectives got their first case and formed the agency because of it…aah, good memories. Hard to believe everything changed for me in junior high school. Meeting Kai and Max when I transferred, becoming the greatest thief of this century, joining the Class Board, forming the BBA School Detectives, and……meeting Takao…" The smile went away quickly and he lowered his head, disappointment, sadness, the pain only grew inside him…
"What's the matter, Thief? Miss your old lover?"
20 Faces turned around and stood guard, he saw another figure at the other side of the room.
"Who are you and what do you want?!"
"This person…he, yes a male, seems familiar…"
The figure was leaning on the wall, he left the walls' support and walked towards the thief steadily, arms crossed.
"You know who I am; I believe we met shortly before…"
"-Damn, you're right, he does look like a girl .-"
"All I want is revenge…"
"-What? It's not like he can understand me-."
"Everything was taken away from me…"
The masked man didn't want to believe it, he stepped back,
"It's you…Yuri?"
Takao paced around the entrance, trying to figure out way in without risk getting in jail. Takao did the next best thing: he tried the door.
"Oh come on! It was open the whole time?!"
He soon got very annoyed when the elevator wouldn't work and was forced to take the stairs.
"This…better…be…worth it!" Takao said out loud between breaths as he ran up the stairs.
Halfway up the tower:
Takao sat down to take a breather,
"I forgot why I'm doing this…" he thought and started to walk the rest of way up as he slowly gets his strength back. As Takao slowly closes in to his destination he felt a chill,
"It's freezing up here! Well, since the power doesn't seem to be working I can see why…"
Takao finally reached saw the entrance and was relieved he made it. He took one step but suddenly, icicles burst out nearly sending Takao falling down the stairs, but that very fear for himself made him think of someone else.
"Rei…!"
"Kai…you better look at this," said Max over the phone, very worried.
"Alright, I'm turning the T.V. on now," said Kai tiredly from his end. It was late and Kai wasn't in a good mood, the only reason he even got up was because Max sounded as if someone had died or was going to. But Kai snapped awake when he saw the live news coverage.
"Live at Tokyo Tower, it looks as if a blizzard had hit. Everything from the top and middle is completely frozen over. Police will be investigating this very shortly…"
Rei's friends at home watched in worry and horror of what could've happened.
"Rei…please be okay…" Mao prayed,
"Rei can hang in there, he's strong," said Rai, reassuring his sister, rubber her shoulder
Hitoshi stood up from his seat,
"Takao!"
When Takao didn't come home, Hitoshi stayed up to wait only to find out he's most likely at that very scene on T.V.!
Kaida was called up by Tek and as soon as she saw the news, she got up and dressed to rush to the scene along with what Kai and Max are doing at the very same time.
Daichi tiredly walked down the street-well, he's been chasing this thief for years, no surprise why he shouldn't be there.
Some ice chipped off, but the leg was frozen solid. Rei couldn't budge no matter how much he tried. Rei stopped trying to free his left leg that was caught in the attack when he tried to crawl away from the attack. The clothing was cut, lost the cane, lost his beyblade and the match, bells fallen, hair out, and mask torn. Rei wasn't sure how much more he could take, the fiery, yet cold, red-head just wouldn't let up on the assault. He was freezing just being in the room, but not his leg is going numb. He sat there, shivering,
"I d-didn't do anything t-to you…" said Rei making some last attempts to save himself.
"You didn't…but the great 20 Menso did!" Yuri snarled, "I will take everything away from you just as you did to me!"
"I didn't do anything! It was the generation(or two) before me! The great 20 Menso doesn't hurt anyone…whatever happened to you was an accident…"
"Just like what you said to Kinomiya was an 'accident' too?"
Rei stiffened, how can he argue against that?
"Kai told me what happened between you two. Kind of sad really. When I dug deep and found you who you were, I expected a great thief to hang onto something he stole! But apparently not…but the info was good enough for me to dig even deeper and discover your relationship with young Kinomiya that's been going on for some time now. I believe it happened when you stole his birthday present all those years ago; or at least, around that time. Wonder what Kinomiya will think after today…"
"Shut up! And don't you even dare lay even a hair on him!" Rei growled in anger, "I'll kill you first before you do!"
"…I would never kill Kinomiya, he's got nothing to do with this. Just because I dug low doesn't mean I sink that low. From what I heard from Kai, he's a nice boy with good friends and a great talent in beyblading. Too bad he got involved with someone like you. Wonder what kind of life he would've lived if he never met you…Better think of some last thought before I put you to eternal sleep!" Yuri raised his arm, and readied his beyblade.
"Then Takao would be alone…like now…" Rei answered to himself, "And if I never met him, what kind of person would I have become? What kind of person, am I now? Would Takao really have been better off without me? No…he needed me, but that was back then…what about now? Was my purpose in life…to pull him out of his hole and out into the world? Is that it?" Rei felt tears forming, "I want…to be more than that to him. I want to be so much than that to him…Takao…" Tears dropped from his face and onto the iced floor,
"Takao…" Rei cried and sniffed, "I don't want to die now…not yet, just one last time, I want to say to him…"
The stair's entrance burst open with a powerful wind revealing Takao holding his launcher.
Yuri quickly fixed his hair, messed up from the wind, before looking,
"Kinomiya!' Yuri exclaimed in surprise.
"Takao…" Rei barely said above a whisper,
Takao couldn't believe what he saw before him.
"REI" Takao cried out running for Rei. Yuri growled under his breath,
"Wolborg!" Yuri commanded his blade and ice started climbing its way up Rei's legs. Rei hardly felt it as he moved what he can to get even a few inches towards Takao. The ice finished his legs and now stuck his knees to the floor. Rei stretched his right arm out, hoping to get even a slightest warm touch from his dragon.
"Rei!"
"Takao…" Rei felt so weak, ice covering half of his body,
"Takao, I'm so sorry…" Rei felt numb and dizzy, His body and his arm lowers, almost at the floor. "Please forgive me…I love…you……"
His arm was the last thing to freeze over,
"REI!" Takao only touched cold ice when he landed on his knees and grasped Rei's hand.
"Rei…?" Takao waited for a reply, "Rei? Rei…"
Takao couldn't believe it. Rei, no, 20 Faces, defeated?! He never thought that could be possible. The greatest thief ever, was brought down after all this time? Rei didn't have any pride left, Takao could see that when he laid eyes on the neko. He never looked so pitiful, especially after clearly seeing his crimson eyes that were once bright yellow and pure. How many restless nights did it take to run out of tears…?
"He isn't worth your time, Kinomiya! How the hell did you even know that he was here?! Nothing can break my ice, he'll eventually die, frozen to death. Don't bother trying!" Yuri shouted. Takao only felt the rough ice as he traced the ice over Rei's body.
"You go through all this…just for me? So matter how much I push you away, you won't leave will you? You're such a fool! Baka! I never asked for this! Why would go so far for me idiot!" Takao screamed in his head as he felt tears of guilt, "…You love me. That would've been your answer wouldn't it? Yes…that would've been your answer…"
"I'm sorry for hurting you, Rei, I'm so sorry…" Takao whispered as some tears slid down his face.
Yuri watched and looked away,
"I'm leaving this sob story…" he muttered and jammed his hands in his pockets after catching his beyblade and started to walk away.
"Not so fast!" Takao shouted standing up and wiped away his tears,
"I have no more reason to stay, nothing can break the ice unless you bring in some giant metallic breaking ball or something…"
"I won't let you leave! Battle me right now! I'm letting you get away with this!"
Yuri stopped and turned to face him,
"Why would I want to waste more time here?"
"Because, I'm the youngest son of the Kinomiya family. I have money and I have a good reputation. I can stay here, cut myself up a bit, and easily put the blame on you for what happened to me. I'll let you get away if you can beat me…"
Yuri's eyes shifted from Takao to the outside and then back to Takao,
"Very well…I shouldn't pass the chance to the battle with the beyblade champion himself should I?"
Takao only gave him a most deadly death glare. As the two prepared to launch.
Next: Takao and Yuri battle it out in Tokyo Tower. But while that was happening, the Tower is crowded on the outside. Whether Takao or Yuri wins, how can the identity of 20 Faces be saved?
Notes:
-Yuri is obviously Tala
-20 Menso: The original Japanese title for "Man of Many Faces" is "20 Menso Ni Ogenai!" Basically, the original name for 20 Faces is 20 Menso which I think means "20 Masks" but it's basically the same as 20 Faces to me. So yeah, basically, the thief has 3 different names but means the same thing.
-Hey, you didn't think I just threw Yuri in the story back in chapter 2 just so he can say Rei looks like a girl? Nope, he had a reason for being here and here it is! Wonder who saw that coming…
-The BBA School Detectives met their first damsel in the Tokyo Tower. Go read "BBA School Detectives" for the full story.
-Rei and Takao met in "Neko-Jin of Many Faces" which happens at the same time as "BBA School Detectives" making it sort of like a flip story.
-Since this is a beyblade story, I always try to actually put beyblading in it. A think a beyblade story makes no sense or shouldn't be a beyblade story if there's no beyblading in it! Okay fine, some are really good stories even without actually beyblades in them. Kai's kitty's stories a great example, not all of them have beyblades in them and they're still so frik'in(my brother started saying that so now I am and not sure how to spell it) good!!!
-I don't know how Max woke up to see the news before you ask. I planned everyone else's but Max's…
-I've never been in Tokyo Tower but I've seen the insides from different anime so if my information of the whole stairs, elevators, and ways to get in and out of somewhere is incorrect, please don't be mad!
-Cookies idea from the dub Sailor Moon movie "Black Dream Hole." I think it's very sweet.
Please R and R!!!