A/N Once again thanx to my beta...-drumroll- Mafianerd! She's the coolest!
Ignoring Tala the figure continued, "It is you! I just knew I would find you!" the tone had changed showing great excitement and joy.
Kami turned to face the figure her features showing her surprise, shaking her head she stared unbelieving at the teen in front of her. "Micah? How the hell did you?" her brows furrowed in concentration as she tried to work out all the details of the current situation.
"It doesn't matter! The only thing that matters is that I'm here and you're here and now we're together!" running forward the boy through himself at the small girl wrapping his arms around her lithe body. Pulling her into a tight unexpected hug while talking about how much he'd missed her and shooting questions of her well-being at her left and right. Reality hit and Kami instantly wrenched herself free from the warm embrace, cursing herself for allowing it in the first place. Clearing her mind she inhaled deeply before focusing on her mind's earlier questions. Taking a step back she ignored all the looks she received from the rest of her team and continued with her earlier train of thought.
"Micah. How the hell did you get here? And what in GOD's name do you want?" her eyes narrowed as she read the stunned features of the boy.
"Well Kam, first I took a plane and then a taxi and now I'm here. And what do you mean 'what do I want?' I wanted to see you! Me and dad were sittin' at home and we were watching the news when we saw you and your team had entered in the pre-tournament line-up. Naturally I had to come to find you and I guess the rest was up to fate." he grinned brightly once again trying to get close.
Kami seemed to have other plans as she shied away from him her eyes showing the untold emotions that were racing through her brain. "Micah go home." she spoke steadily as she looked up to meet his joyous gaze. Turning on her heel she walked down the desolate hall and was almost out of sight before it hit the other.
"Go home? But why?" his voice showed how hurt he was as he watched the retreating back of the one whom he had come for. "I don't understand." he spoke more to himself than to any other. "Kami wait!" he yelled starting off after her but was stopped as the imposing form of Spencer blocked his path.
"Look kid I don't know who you are but when she get's like that it's best to leave her alone. That is unless you have an early death wish." he insisted looking down and taking in the fair features of the other.
"But-"
"No buts. Now like I asked before who the hell are you?" Tala stepped up glaring at the slightly smaller form.
The boy called Micah seemed to perk right up as he turned to face the rest of the remaining Russians. "Oh how rude of me! My name is Micah Austin Kotai. I'm Kami's brother, her twin actually. But just so you know I'm the older and wiser one, obviously." he answered his voice once again cheerful and friendly.
The others barely heard anything after the word 'brother', it was like a hard smack in the face. Kami had never mentioned a brother before, except the one who had died of cancer when she was younger. But this boy was obviously not dead so how could they not know about him? Casually looking him over they frowned at the lack of resemblance between the two, this boy was exactly the opposite. Weren't twins supposed to be at least somewhat alike? Kai seemed to find his voice first as he spoke to the boy before any of the others had a chance, "Brother?"
"Yep!" he grinned at the others before cocking his head to the side slightly, seeming to be deep in thought. His grin widened as his eyes scanned over the rough boys standing in front of him, "So your my sister's team then huh? She hasn't been much trouble has she? When we were younger she was constantly getting into trouble, always beating up the older boys and lighting just about everything on fire." his eyes glazed over as his mind churned in the early form of remembrance.
Kai couldn't help but smirk at the thought, 'I guess she hasn't changed all that much then.' he smirked before looking up to meet the smiling gaze of the other. He heard a noise next to him and shifted his eyes to see the rest of the team looking the boy over while giving disapproving scoffs and glares. Their judging orbs settled back to meet the shinning blue of the other as he stared at them blankly not really understanding why they were looking at him so intently. Mustering up some courage he turned to the one with the red hair and smiled slightly. Tala who was somewhat taken' off guard by the recent news stared back at the other boy not really knowing what to do next. His stare quickly turned to a glare when the other smiled at him in a friendly manner.
"So then if you are her brother, where have you been all this time?" Tala questioned sceptically.
"Well when our parents split my dad took me with him, so I've been back in Russia living with him. We always sent Kam, letters and presents but she never replied. We thought maybe she had..." his voice trailed off as he let the sentence go unfinished. "Are you guys sure she'll be okay? I mean she seemed pretty upset." changing the subject his eyes wandered back to the hallway longingly.
"Oh yeah she'll be fine. No doubt she was upset but it's best to let her work these types of things out by herself. One wrong step and you could be eating from a tube the rest of your life." Bryan replied thoughtfully.
"If you say so."
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Kami sat quietly on the roof of the hotel, questions flooding her usually clear mind. Thinking was all she could do to keep herself from going insane and jumping from the twelve story building. 'Why? Why did he have to come back? I can't deal with this shit.(a/n wow I never realized this but 'this' and 'shit' both have the same letters that are just rearranged...amazing) And I definitely don't want to have anything to do with Kino.' referring to her father by his first name had grown to be habit, it's not like she knew him.
Sighing she looked over the edge watching the flashing lights, smog covered the night sky leaving nothing but the filth of the world to gaze at. Letting out a deep breath she leaned over further and watched as lights began to brighten and others dim. Turning to her right she noticed a poorly carved gargoyle-like dog, fangs barred, and claws out as if it was ready to fight the devil himself. Standing she walked along the concrete ledge making sure her balance was always her first priority, brother or no brother she wasn't going to let something as silly as stress be the end of her. It was true sometimes she wanted to die, even thought about it often, but she'd be damned before she'd die by falling off a twelve story roof.
Strong hands clasped her shoulders tightly and pushed her forward slightly but held still making sure she didn't actually fall off, just intended to give her the scare of it. Out of sudden fear she pushed her weight back on her stalker which ended up in them both tumbling to the roof top with a sickening, 'thud. Sitting up she swore aloud rubbing the back of her head while searching around for her guest. Looking down she found herself staring at the golden orbs of Ray who was now positioned under her.
"Ray what the hell did you think you were doing?" she hissed angry he'd managed to startle her.
"Oh don't worry I'm okay, concrete broke my fall." he joked standing up after giving her a big grin. For some reason when he did that he reminded her of that damn Cheshire cat from 'Alice in Wonderland' (a/n I don't know why but that movie always used to scare me. Probably the freaky queen who's face turns all red and then she yells, "OFF WITH HER HEAD!" damn rhymes...)
"Ray..." she growled warningly glaring at the slightly larger boy.
"Well I'm staying here and came up for some fresh air." his eyes twinkled instantly fading when he noticed her slightly depressed look.
"Oh yeah." Kami sighed, she had almost forgotten that the reason they were staying at this hotel was because free rooms and meals were offered to all competitors in the tournament, meaning the place would probaby be overflowing with teams and adoring fans.
"Hey something wrong?" moving to stand in her way Ray stared her down with concern.
"No."
"But you look like you're, oh I don't know…preoccupied?" throwing the word down he waited expectantly for her reaction.
"Well I'm not." her tone was quiet and soft, not at all like her usual attitude.
"You sure?"
All the questioning seemed to hit a nerve sending Kami over the edge, "Yes Ray, I'm sure. Nothing is fucking wrong with me and even if it was there is no way in hell I would tell anybody. Let alone you!" venom dripped off every word, extra thick on the other's name.
Wincing Ray stepped back as if she had slapped him, moving his gaze he stared intently at the ground. His golden eyes reflected pain and he let out a deep sigh. "I was only trying to help you." he spoke calmly letting the words flow past his lips like a morning breeze.
Kami felt the sudden feel of guild overtaking her, "Dammit Ray, don't use that voice." pausing for a moment to recollect her thoughts she continued with a softer tone, "I know. But I don't think you can help." sigh "I'll c'ya later k." side-stepping the tiger she moved to door not bothering to wait for a reply.
"Alright, but if you do want to talk I'm in room 348. 348 DID YOU HEAR ME!" he shouted after her as she disappeared through the door leading to the stairwell. He watched after her before barely catching a "Yeah yeah I heard ya." Smiling he shook his head and started back down to dinner. His foot nudged something and instinctively he looked down to find a silver necklace lying on the ground. "A locket?" speaking aloud he bent down to pick it up. The exterior was dull silver, certain spots were worn leading him to believe someone had owned this for quite a long time. Looking at it carefully he turned it over in his hand still not bothering to open it, there was a picture of a rose engraved on the front and the back was left bare. Taking a quick glance around he made sure nobody was watching before suspiciously opening it. Gasping he traced his finger over the smiling faces in the picture, there was a man with ghost white hair and bright violet eyes his arm draped over a beautiful woman with shinning blue eyes and jet black hair. But what really caught Ray's eye were the small children in the middle, in all there were three. One was only an infant, his hair was neither that of the man's nor the woman's instead there were a few rusty strands contrasting with his bright purple eyes. Next there was a boy probably around the age of 4, bright blue eyes with the same pearly mop as his supposed father the boy sporting a wide grin. Allowing his eyes to wander to last of the smiling bunch his eyes widened in shock, the child was also probably 4 with long ebony hair and bright violet radiating eyes the face being completed with a full on smile. The girl held the infant child and had one arm slung around the other boy in a half embrace. Turning his attention to the other side of the open locket he squinted his eyes in order to make out the small text, growling he closed it when he found the wording to be russian.
"Damn I really need to learn russian!" he complained aloud before tightening his grasp around the small necklace and sliding it into his deep pocket.
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Many bladers had assembled down in the dinning hall, all starved from their long trip. Senseless chatting was being exchanged between old friends and new. Sighing Kami turned around in her seat and watched as her own team sat stiffly in their spots all reading over their menus and letting out disapproving sighs at the selections. Well actually only Spencer and Bryan were reading their menus. Tala and Kai were fighting over a menu, there was one for each but they both insisted on having the same one. Their squabbling was driving the others crazy but nobody spoke a word of it to the fuming teens.
"Kai don't be an ass and give it back."
"Shut your trap and get your own."
"That is mine."
"Mine now."
"I said GIVE IT!"
"And I said NO!"
"Kai I swear if you don-"
That was it, she couldn't take anymore! And she was gonna kill someone! Standing up she effectively gained the attention of just about every other person in the room, her chair screeching across the hardwood floor. Reaching across the table she snatched the menu away from Kai getting surprised glances from all watching. But she didn't stop there, grabbing either side of it she tore the item straight down the middle with a furious nature After that she shoved a piece at either boy and stormed away but not before stopping in front of them and sneering, "There happy now? You keep up your bickering and I swear to GOD I'm gonna shove those things straight up you ass!"
The whole room was left in an awkward silence, Bryan and Spencer covering their mouths in a desperate attempt to stifle their laughter. Eventually they failed miserably and both bust out laughing, slamming their fists on the table. Everybody else looked at them surprised yet again, 'what in the world is going on here?' seemed to be the thought of the minute. Another sound of screeching echoed before a startled Micah jumped up and dashed after his sister, "Kami wait up!" he yelled confusing everybody even more.
"What the fuck just happened?" Kai and Tala agreed for once on something, their words slicing through the uncomfortable air like a knife.
A/N
Hey all! I bet your weren't expecting that. I hope you all liked it and want to continue reading the story! I added in the little Ray scene too, cause frankly I always thought Ray was awesome! When I first started watching Beyblade I couldn't decide if I liked Kai or Ray better, but obviously I settled on Kai. Which got me off on this whole 'bad boys' kick. Therefore leading me to Tala, Bryan and Spencer! If you have any requests for the next chapter then feel free to tell me!
Sorry but I might not be able to update right away cause my aunt is in town and I have to let her stay in my room, and the computer I use to type the chapter is in here. -sitting in my bedroom- well actually I'm lying on my bed with the keyboard in front of me. But since she has taken over I won't be able to start working right away but will do my best to update as soon as I can!
Sorry for all those who don't have an account cause I'm not allowed to reply to reviews at the beginning of my stories anymore. I got this P.M. from this person who said they'd report me if I didn't start following the rules so for the sake of my story I had no choice but to oblige to her wishes. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause anybody...stupid tattle tales...
Well I'd love to stick around but I wouldn't let myself get up to go to the bathroom until I finished and now I think I may wet myself if I don't get up and go! Oh and please if you have any ideas tell me cause I'm running short! -begs-
This is Tawnie trying not to pee on my bed. -crosses legs and tries to type faster-
Oh p.s. I'm gonna add a little intro thing in for Micah. Like I did for Kami at the beginning. So that will be the next update coming soon!...ya know this is kinda cool, i've never done a 'p.s.' during this story. I think I rather like it!