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Twisted Fate
Chapter 6: Perspective
(Hilary's POV)
I wake up in Tyson's dojo. That's funny; I don't remember sleeping in Tyson's dojo. Oh well. I glance sleepily at the clock. 2:30, I read sleepily. There's still three hours until 5:30 when I should wake up. I close my eyes again; ready to fall back asleep when I look quickly back at the clock. 2:30 PM!
I leap out of bed, how could I have slept in so late? I feel my stomach grumbling. "I'm hungry," I moan, and make my way over to grab some breakfast-- wait, lunch-- wait, I don't know. All I know is that I want food!
I eat, and eat, and eat some more. I can eat so much; I'm surprised. It's kind of disgusting, I think to myself, but I don't really care.
Since when don't I care?! 'Get a grip,' I tell myself, and rub my eyes. That's when I notice my hands feel different. I'm wearing gloves? Odd. I look down. I'm wearing grey pants, a yellow shirt, and a red vest. That's when I screamed. Oh, no. That's not my scream.
"Tyson! What's wrong?" Max comes running into the dojo.
I - am - Tyson. "Heheh sorry, I. thought I lost Dragoon, that's all," I say. He should believe that.
"Yeah, okay. You didn't lose it, did you?"
"'Course not," I reply. I fish around in my pockets to find the beyblade and show it to Max, with a big grin on my face. "How could you think I lost it?" Wow, this came naturally. Tyson's natural charisma was kicking in.
"Well you just said--"
"Sure, whatever, Maxie," I interrupt. Wow, I didn't think I could be that thick.
"Okay." he says, used to this kind of behaviour. "I'll battle you!"
My eyes widen. I've never even touched a beyblade before! Well, I just did when I pulled Dragoon out of my pocket, but. "You're on!" I found myself saying before I could stop myself. Shoot.
I instinctively reached for my ripcord and launcher, and my beyblade. It was weird; I just knew where they were. 'Okay, here goes,' I thought to myself as I got into position.
"3-2-1 let it rip!" I heard myself say for the first time ever, but it sounded normal since it was in Tyson's voice, and Tyson said it all the time. I pulled as hard and fast as I could. my beyblade completely missed the bey-dish. Man, this was WAY harder than I had thought.
I felt my face go bright red. "Heheheh," I laughed nervously, putting my hand on the back of my neck. "I. just woke up and am still tired."
Max laughed and Rei rolled his eyes. Kai gave me a suspicious look. I decided to try again, this time letting my instinct take over. "3-2-1. let it rip!" I this time launched Dragoon successfully into the bey-dish, smoothly and gracefully. I was so proud of myself, I felt like cheering, but I suddenly realised Tyson could do this all the time.
"Go, Draciel!" Max yelled and knocked Dragoon out of the dish. I stared in horror as the beyblade came flying towards me. I deflected it with my wrist. 'Ow,' I thought as I rubbed my wrist.
"Having an off day, Tyson?" Rei looked extremely worried. Why shouldn't he be - first I couldn't even get it in the dish, then I was defeated by Max with one hit, and now I can't even catch the thing!
"Yeah," I muttered. What could I say? "Sorry."
"Hm." I nervously looked at Kai, who was giving me a suspicious glare. At that moment, Kenny and - me - ran into Tyson's yard.
"Tyson!" Hilary yelled. That was my voice, my body running towards me, Tyson. It was a strange, once-in-a-lifetime sight to see yourself running towards you. "What happened to your wrist?" Man, - I - sounded like a paranoid mother.
"Missed the beyblade," Max answered for me. "Tyson's having an off day."
"Oh yeah? Let's see," Hilary said, hands on her hips. That - was - me. that was what I would have said.
I fumbled to get the beyblade into ready position. "Let it rip!" I yelled, and launched the grey beyblade. Wow, I really DID put on the pressure. As Tyson had told me before, I was distracting.
As soon as I had launched Dragoon, it had started to wobble. It had stopped spinning within seconds. I picked it up, embarrassed.
"That was pathetic, Tyson," Hilary yelled at me. Ouch, that hurt. Maybe I had hurt Tyson before, too. I had never thought about that. "I've never seen you do so badly in your entire beyblading career," she continued to rant.
"Yeah? Well I'd like to see you do better, miss know-it-all," I shot off. What was I doing? Arguing with myself.
"Some world champion; can't even keep it spinning for ten seconds! You really need training." Why wouldn't she leave me alone? Why didn't she realise how harsh her words were and how much they meant to me?
My eyes narrowed. "At least I'm not a bossy loudmouth that thinks we need her even though we're better off without her!" What was I saying?! Ugh. man, I felt stupid; I had just yelled at myself.
"Shut up, Tyson!" I heard Hilary yell, tears welling up in her eyes. Great, I had just hurt my own feelings, and I couldn't stop.
"Get lost, then. We don't need you here," I said coldly. What was I doing?! Rei, Max, Kenny. why aren't you stopping me?
"I don't know why I even came here in the first place," she replied. It was true; I didn't know why I started hanging out with the Bladebreakers. "I don't need you." That was a lie.
"That's good, because you're unwanted," I snapped. Why couldn't I control my anger? I felt sad; I didn't mean what I had said, but I couldn't stop. Now she was upset, and it was my fault. I cared about her.
I stormed off inside the dojo and curled up to sleep. Great, I had been awake for half an hour. I couldn't even last half an hour as Tyson without majorly screwing up. I snuggled under the blankets, but was rudely awoken.
"Tyson! What are you doing?" Kenny yelled at me.
"What's it look like?" I replied, a little ruder than I'd intended.
"You have geometry homework to do!" he yelled, shoving a huge pile of homework in my face. Ugh, the homework I had given him. I shot him a glare.
I didn't want to do geometry homework. I wanted to beyblade or hang out with my friends. Oh, no wonder I had been less school-focused after meeting the Bladebreakers! I now had. friends. but way to go, Hilary; you just told yourself to get lost.
"Just do it after what you said to Hilary," he said, sure that would get me to do it. Did Tyson, really try to make it up to me after fights?
"Fine," was all I said, and completed the stupid geometry - did I just say geometry was stupid? - so that Kenny was satisfied. "Happy now?"
"Nah," he said.
"What? Why not?" I was confused.
"You still need to go apologise to Hilary," he said as if he was talking to a 4-year-old.
"Why should I apologise to her? She started it," I defended myself. Man, was I stubborn. But. now that I think about it, Tyson was always the one to apologise. Maybe I was as stubborn as he was. or maybe more?
"You know you want to, Tyson," Max was now entering the conversation.
"Yeah, you didn't mean all those things you said," Rei had joined in.
"Fine. Whatever," I gave in. They smiled at me as I left my grandpa's beautiful dojo.
I walked through the streets until I saw her. Me. She looked sad. did I really look that pathetic? Boy was I sensitive.
"Hey, Hilary," I greeted. That was weird, greeting myself. there was no answer; she just looked away. "I'm really sorry about what I said. I didn't mean it at all. I didn't know what I was saying," I confessed. "Will you come back?"
"I don't think so, Tyson," she said coolly. Why didn't she forgive me? Was I really that cold? Ugh, my head hurt just thinking about myself.
My face fell. "Why not?" I didn't understand. she didn't answer. When I turned to look at her, she was gone.
I headed back to the dojo. I felt sad. why did I feel so sad? I felt said because Tyson was sad; I could feel Tyson's emotions. He really did like me.
"So?" Max asked, waiting for my reply of success.
"No." was all I could say. I snuggled back up in the comfort of my blanket. Kenny looked sad. Kenny was upset that I had refused to come back. Rei shook his head; he couldn't understand why I had rejected. I didn't know myself. Max looked disappointed, his deep blue eyes filled with concern. Kai appeared as if he couldn't care less, but I knew he did deep down. I hoped, anyway.
"'Night," I told them, and drifted off to sleep immediately. The last thing I heard was "but it's 3:30 PM." and I was in a dream--Tyson's dream.
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I was lost in Tyson's memories. It was strange, being in someone else's mind. Memories wove in and out of the dream. I saw flashes of how Tyson had met the Bladebreakers for the first time. Rei was an arrogant jerk. Max was a sugar-high, immature kid. Kai was cruel and heartless. They had changed so much, for the better.
I saw short clips of the Bladebreakers bonding closer together as time passed, as well as past victories in beybattles. It was amazing; all they had gone through together.
The scenes quickly faded in and out. I then witnessed Kai's betrayal. He was merciless and stole bit-beasts, all because of Black Dranzer. I felt shivers run down my spine as I witnessed the event.
I saw, then, how the Bladebreakers accepted Kai, despite what he had done. Why were they so accepting? They could forgive him, just like that? He had been a cold, cruel jerk. he had thrown away their friendship, for a stupid beyblade. I didn't understand.
Then again, I didn't understand friendship. I was polite and nice enough, but I had never had any real friends. Before the Bladebreakers, that was.
I still didn't understand why they had wanted Kai's friendship. I wouldn't have trusted him. Then again, that's why I hadn't had any friends before the ever-so-persistent Bladebreakers.
The fragments of memories from the past year wove the remainder of the dream. They were even better friends than before. I entered the dream, and I saw how much Tyson hated me. Clips of his annoyance and anger towards my very presence were shown.
I felt sad. did I really get in the way? I didn't think he meant it. apparently he had. I started to cry in my sleep.
The puzzle pieces of Tyson's beyblading career flowed through my mind. The anger towards me became less and less, and friendship finally overcame those feelings. So he really had disliked me at first. but not anymore. Tyson liked me.
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Beyblading wasn't just some silly game with spinning tops, it was Tyson's life, as Kai had explained to me. I not only believed it now; I knew it. Their bit-beasts were a part of them.
Beyblades were the cause of this very friendship, without them they would never have met. They were the cause of happiness and depression, love and hatred. Up until beyblades, I had never had excitement or fun. I hadn't experienced danger, either, but that was part of the thrill. It was then that I realised that beyblades were my life, as well.
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(Tyson's POV)
Man, I woke up early. 6:30. I dunno why, but I couldn't physically sleep anymore. I didn't want to.
I got up, to walk outside into the yard. I saw the smallest slice of sun peeking above the horizon. Why, this was probably the first time I had seen that. I stared into the shimmering pond, reflecting the sun's glittering rays. I stared a little deeper.
AAAH!! I would have screamed, out loud, but didn't. I blinked, as if it would go away, but the reflection remained. Grey eyes, staring back at me. Four blue triangles on my pale face. Even if I was screaming inside, Kai's face remained calm.
I - Kai - had come out here to think. About what? About that so-called experiment, and the people behind it. I was completely lost in thought, and wasn't interrupted.
I sat, and closed my eyes in deep thoughts. I probably sat there for hours; the sun had risen completely above the horizon when I opened my eyes again.
"Hey, Kai," I heard Rei approach. I didn't answer. why? Oh, right. I was Kai. Why doesn't Kai answer? I didn't understand. I didn't even turn to look at him.
"What do you think's going on with the experiments and stuff? I've sort of felt. like something's not quite right."
"Yeah, I've felt it too," Kai's voice came when I spoke. I almost choked, or laughed, or showed surprise in my face, but I didn't. Wait - I felt what too? Kai understood, but I didn't.
"Do you think we're being tested right now? I mean, we did go through that portal to find ourselves back to civilisation. There's gotta be some catch."
"They're testing us as we speak," I said, calmly. I felt afraid of them, the ones using us as experiments. I didn't know why I would feel afraid. As if in answer, I felt a flashback come to me.
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"But sir, it may kill him in the process, it is highly dangerous," a panicked voice protested.
"I don't care. Just do it," a harsh, cruel voice replied. Voltaire. my - Kai's - grandfather. He had no love for me; he didn't give a care about me. I suddenly appreciated my own grandpa. He was strange, no doubt, but he loved me.
I was in a cold, dark place of stone. The abbey, I knew. I could see cells with. children. in them. It gave me shivers.
I saw the scientist inject me with a needle. I felt stabbing pains all over my body, like I would explode. It was more painful than anything I - Tyson - had ever experienced; it would have killed me. But it didn't kill Kai.
I felt like screaming in the pain, but my instincts warned me not to, I would be beaten if I did. I let out a soft moan as I fell to my knees, almost unconscious.
"Get up, boy," Voltaire harshly commanded. I forced myself to my feet; it was nearly impossible but Kai did it. As I stood up, I felt a harsh blow to my face. I would have cried in pain, but not Kai. Kai remained standing, strong as ever.
"You are weak. Pathetic," he spat. Ouch. That hurt Kai as much, or worse, than the physical pain. With a final blow to the head, the flashback ended.
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I quickly snapped into reality. I was traumatised. by merely one flash of Kai's past. I was scared. Kai was not, though.
I needed to escape from the horrid memory. but how. suddenly, I remembered. Beyblading.
I took Dranzer from Kai's pocket. I launched the beyblade that was not my own. "Let it rip!"
I felt comfort surge through me, as Dranzer neatly zigzagged through the dirt. I felt happiness. it was a foreign feeling. It was powerful, agile and strong. I saw as Rei's grey blade was launched, and soon was hitting Kai's blue blade.
Sparks were flying as they launched attacks against one another. "Go, Driger!" Rei yelled, and pushed Dranzer back.
"Dranzer!" I cried out. I couldn't control the powerful beyblade. shoot. "Attack," I commanded.
Dranzer hit Driger with little force, but since Dranzer was so powerful, it made a heavy impact. Dranzer repeatedly knocked the grey beyblade, causing sparks.
"Driger!" now the beyblades were both ramming into each other, heating up. We both returned our beyblades to our hand.
"Hey, guys, what's up?" Hilary was now walking towards us. She was really cute, I found myself thinking.
"Hey, Hilary. We were just sorta talking about the 'experiment,'" Rei said.
"Yeah? Max, Kenny and I went out to get some lunch. Where's Tyson?"
"I-" Oh man, I just about said something really, really stupid there, "would guess he's still sleeping," I finished. Luckily, Kai's voice hadn't paused or wavered, it remained completely cool and smooth.
"Yeah, it's only 1:00," Rei laughed.
"Oh," she said. "Yeah, okay."
"Why?" I had to ask. Shoot, Kai didn't speak this much!
"Oh, I just. wanted to talk with him, that's all." Hilary wanted to speak with me? I felt jumpy inside. " He might know something about those mysterious people. I bet they're trying to take over the world!" Oh. Darn. I thought. never-mind.
I gave her a suspicious glance. "I'll go try to wake him," she said, a little uncomfortable under Kai's watch.
"Tyson! Get up!" Hilary yelled from inside the Dojo.
"Just another hour." I heard my voice. That was totally freaky.
"Get up NOW!" she slapped her hand on the wooden floor. I couldn't help but follow Rei into the dojo. this was too weird.
"Okay, already! I'm up!" he yelled, annoyed. Strange. the words were coming out of my mouth, with my voice, and my attitude.
"Tyson! I just wanted to talk to you!" Hilary yelled back, frustrated.
"This early in the morning?" he asked, yawning.
"Tyson, it's the afternoon, if you hadn't noticed. Which, you probably haven't." Rei pointed out, as he and Max smirked.
He paused, and thought for a few seconds before reacting. "Hey! Are you saying I'm slow?"
Man, he was dense. wait, that was me! Great. I really was stupid, sometimes.
Max nodded, still smirking. Tyson gave him a glare, and crossed his arms. "Hey, you're starting to act like Kai," Max joked. "No offence, Kai," he added quickly.
What was I supposed to think? I was Tyson, but. I found myself just giving him a look. It wasn't a glare; it was more of a "whatever," sort of look.
"Uh. so who wants lunch?" Kenny cried, desperately to break the awkward silence.
"Yeah, I'm starved," Rei said, happily.
"YEAH! LUNCH!" Tyson shouted, jumping out of the blankets - my blankets - and hitting Hilary in the face. "Whoops," he said, a little ashamed.
"Tyson!" Hilary yelled, rubbing her forehead gingerly. The others sweat- dropped.
"Heheh sorry," he gave a cheesy grin. He seemed really immature, the way he was acting. Wait! That was me, acting like an idiot.
"Here!" Kenny threw the bowls of noodles at us in an attempt to prevent an argument. Noodles landed in Max, Hilary's and Tyson's faces and hair. Rei dodged the flying noodles, causing them to fly into the wall. My lightning fast reflexes caught the bowl of noodles, without dropping a single one.
"Heheh." Kenny gave a nervous grin. He saw the death-glares aimed at him, and ran quickly out of the dojo. Rei burst into laughter as they stood there stupidly with noodles sliding down their faces. It was amusing, really. I almost smiled.
They sat there, picking noodles out of their hair, as I slowly ate my bowl of noodles. Tyson glared at me, sticking out his tongue. Wow, I was pretty immature.
"Hi-yah!" my grandpa whacked him in the head, causing the bowl on his head to break. This caused Rei to laugh even harder, and Max and Hilary started to giggle as well. Eventually, they all started laughing hysterically until near tears.
"Heheh sorry, dude," my grandpa told him. "You're outta whack; you gotta get your guard up, homie! Always be prepared!"
"Yeah, whatever, grandpa," I heard him say. I felt a pang of jealousy - how could he be so. disrespectful, I found myself wondering in shock. A flashback of Kai's past came to me.
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"You are weak, you disappoint me," Voltaire's cold voice spat out. A kick made its way to my ribs. His fist hit me hard in the face. Pain flooded through me, but I didn't flinch.
"Don't touch me," I said coldly, through gritted teeth.
He gave a harsh, cruel laugh. "Don't you talk back to me," he said with a powerful slap to my face.
"I'll do as I please," I said, although in a tremendous amount of pain. With that, his henchmen grabbed me. I couldn't fight them off, and they carried me to a cell. They literally threw me against the cold stone wall and locked me up.
"I hope this will teach you to respect me," Voltaire said, laughing as I cringed in pain. I couldn't get back up to my feet after that last slam into the wall, and soon blacked out. The last thing I saw was Voltaire's figure walking away, laughing cruelly.
My ten-year-old body lay limp in the cold, dark cell.
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I couldn't take any more. I needed to escape. I went outside to practise. I had mastered Dranzer's awesome power after the most intense amount of beyblading I had ever done.
When I finally went back inside, the sky was completely dark and the moon and stars shone in the pond. It was 11:00 PM. I hadn't eaten since lunch, but didn't care. I got into the blankets on the floor and slept a dreamless sleep. I was glad.
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(Kai's POV) I woke up feeling strange. I wasn't in the same position I had been when I fell asleep. Something was wrong.
I was feeling happy. No dark memories or thoughts clouded my mind. I felt at peace. It was unusual - I had never felt this before. There were no dark memories because my past was happy, full of love. because I wasn't myself.
I stood up and looked at my reflection. My instincts were right - I wasn't in my body, I was in Rei's. I was shocked, but quickly overcame it.
There were a few sad moments in Rei's life, but they were few and way overpowered by all the happy moments.
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Memories came to me, but not my own. I saw bits and pieces of Rei's past. All the moments were filled with joy and laughter. He was surrounded with friends and those that loved him.
As I relived Rei's past, I felt happiness flood me, even though the past was not my own. His childhood was happy and full of love. He was respected and looked up to; he was praised and had many friends in his village.
His whole life he was respected and loved, so only naturally he returned this to others. The others must have had loving families as well. I think I finally understood what a real family was. or what it was supposed to be, anyway.
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"Hey, Rei!" Hilary's cheerful voice said.
"Hey, Hilary, what's up?" Rei's voice came. It was surprising how easily words came when you were happy.
"Well, me and Kenny wanted you to try out this new practise technique we set up," she said. Okay, I'd have to use Driger. I could manage.
"Okay," I said, following her outside. I saw flat, smooth stones spread out in Tyson's pond. "You want me to have Driger leap from stone to stone across the pond," I guessed.
"Precisely!" Kenny exclaimed. "You're really observant, Rei. Go ahead!"
I swiftly launched Rei's beyblade. It was different from Dranzer, for sure, but I had adjusted within seconds. I had total control over it, and focused on Driger. It easily leapt from stone to stone, barely skimming the water.
"Yeah! Way to go, Rei!" Hilary cheered. "That was almost too easy for you!"
Kenny grinned and congratulated me. "Yeah, I had set up the challenge using data from Dizzi so that it would be difficult."
Oh.
"Good job, anyway," he said, since I had become silent. I smiled. It was a natural thing to do for Rei.
"Hey, guys!" Max's happy voice came.
"Oh, Max!" Kenny said excitedly. "You're just in time to try a new challenge!"
"Bring it on!" he grinned. He launched his beyblade onto the smooth stone. It made the first two, but plunged into the water after missing the third stone.
"Aw, man, now I gotta go get it," he laughed.
"Ooh, hadn't thought about that one, chief," Dizzi said from her laptop. Wait. Dizzi was gone. this wasn't right. Something was definitely wrong - this wasn't real. That would explain the whole different perspective thing; it was all a dream.
As soon as I figured this out, I felt things were changing. The dream was ending. I found I didn't want it to end, I envied Rei and the others. I longed for happiness, but I was haunted by my abusive past.
I felt sad inside.
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(Rei's POV)
It was sunny out when I woke up. I beamed with happiness like the sun shone. I walked into the bathroom to wash my face. man, was I ever freaked out when I saw those blue eyes staring back at me in the mirror.
I looked down at myself to make sure the mirror didn't lie. Nope, it wasn't lying. Oversized shirt, with blond hair to match the stars. I'm still dreaming, I thought to myself.
"Hey! Maxie! Hurry up!" Tyson was banging on the bathroom door. Maxie? Okay, I wasn't hallucinating. I splashed water in my face to make sure I was fully awake. Yep, I was officially Max.
"Hello?!" Tyson continued to forcefully bang on the door.
"Just a sec," I shouted. Oh. that was Max's innocent voice. I took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled. Here I go.
"Max!" Tyson's voice came again. I swiftly opened the door. Smack! The door hit Tyson in the face.
"Sorry, Tyson." I started.
"That was mean," he whined childishly.
"I--" I started, but stopped as I saw Tyson chuckling.
"Hey, Maxie! Don't sweat it!" Tyson grinned, rubbing his forehead.
I felt relieved. I didn't want to start anything that might hurt our friendship; the Bladebreakers were my best friends in the whole world.
Oh, now I was confused. I was thinking Max's thoughts, and feeling what Max felt. Now I understood Max that much better.
"Hey, Max! Let's go!" Tyson said anxiously, pulling his beyblade out of his pocket.
"You're on!" I said. Oh, why did I have to say that? Draciel was a totally different type of blade than Driger. Here goes.
We walked outside into the bright afternoon sun. Great, they were all watching me. Okay, I can do this, I told myself. "3.2.1. Let it rip!" I launched Draciel as Tyson fired Dragoon.
"Go! Draciel!" I yelled. It wasn't so hard, after all, after all a beyblade was a beyblade. "Attack!"
"Wow, Maxie, feeling aggressive today, are we?" Tyson laughed. Oh, right. Max was a defensive type. whoops.
"Keep on the attack, Draciel!" I commanded.
"Huh?" Tyson was surprised.
"Now Draciel, while his guard is down!" I yelled. Draciel obeyed, and sent Dragoon flying into Tyson's hand.
"What?!" Tyson was shocked. "I."
"Good job, Max," I heard - me - say. Okay, I was officially freaked out. I saw Rei looking at me, smiling.
"Max took you by surprise," Kai explained to Tyson. "Be ready for anything."
Tyson suddenly smiled. "Yeah, you're right, Kai. Good job, Max!" he held out his hand.
I stood there. Oh, right! I was Max! I beamed and took his hand.
"Yay, Max! You were awesome!" Hilary's cute voice said. I couldn't find anything to say, so I grinned.
"Wanna go get some lunch?" Tyson asked. "I'm starved!"
"Yeah, as usual," I laughed. "Let's go!" We walked down the streets of Japan. We were ordering our lunch. Tyson ordered everything on the menu.
"Tyson!" Hilary gave a disgusted look.
"What? I'm hungry!" he glared at her.
"You're embarrassing us!" Kenny cried out.
"Oh, really? Well sor-ry!" Tyson said sarcastically.
"You should be! You're acting like a pig!" Hilary shouted.
"Oh, yeah?" Tyson grabbed a milkshake and dumped it on her head. She was outraged.
"TYSON! That's it! I've had it with you!" Hilary stormed off.
"Tyson! That was unnecessary!" Kenny yelled.
"Yeah?" Tyson grabbed his other milkshake and dumped it on Kenny's head and started to laugh.
"That. wasn't funny." Kenny stuttered. He looked like he was about to cry.
"Kenny, Tyson didn't--" Rei started, but Kenny had already run off.
"Oh, I sure did mean it. Why does everyone always take Hilary's side?" he said angrily.
"Because you always act without thinking," I saw myself say.
"You wanna milkshake too?" Tyson yelled.
Rei sighed, exasperated, and left the restaurant. Tyson crossed his arms and walked out, leaving me all alone in the restaurant, as Kai hadn't come.
Could this day get any worse? The waitress came with a huge mound of food, and handed me the bill, in answer.
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"Uh. Tyson?" I knocked on the door of his dojo. He came out, a scowl upon his face. "Umm, well I was just wondering if I could, you know, still sleep here? I don't have anywhere to sleep," I explained, sheepishly.
"Fine," he said, reluctantly, an angry tone still evident in his voice.
I snuggled into the warm blankets on the floor, but the warmth was artificial. My friends were fighting.
I felt lonely. Max's parents were separated, and although he didn't show it, it was really hard for him. I felt his frustrating sadness wash over me. I felt alone in the world.
Maybe that's why Max was usually so optimistic. It was his way of facing reality.
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(Max's POV)
I woke up to find myself in someone else's bed. That was weird. I hopped out of bed, and felt about a foot shorter. BROWN hair covered my face. Oh man, this was too weird. I couldn't see properly. I reached on the bedside table and put my glasses on.
Glasses?! I didn't have glasses! But, when I put Kenny's glasses on, I could see. Oh dear. I looked in the mirror, and nearly fainted.
"AAAH!" I yelled. Oh my. That was Kenny's scream.
"Kenny, dear? What's wrong?" I heard a woman yell from downstairs.
"N-nothing," I stammered. I. was Kenny. I ran downstairs.
"Bye, dear," Kenny's mom said. "Oh, Kenny, your tie! Let me fix it for you." She quickly did up the tie properly; I was relieved. I hadn't known how to do it up.
"Thanks. mom," I remembered, running out the door.
Oh, great. I didn't know which way Tyson's dojo was. I slapped my forehead in annoyance.
I wandered the streets of Japan, lost. Well, it couldn't be that far, I mean Kenny walked to Tyson's all the time.
"Hey, Kenny!" Hilary yelled from down the street. Oh, thank goodness. I had been wandering for a few hours now.
"Hello, Hilary," I said, relieved.
"Where are you going?" she asked, suspiciously.
"Uh. I was just taking a walk," I said, nervously. "What about you?"
"I was going to your house," she pointed behind me. I felt so stupid. I had been wandering for hours and had ended up back in front of Kenny's house! "We were waiting for you, for hours!"
"Oh, sorry. I was just busy, thinking. about Dizzi, she's broken," I said, hastily.
"Oh, really? That's too bad," she sympathised.
"So, let's go, then, to Tyson's," I said quickly.
"Okay. Want me to look at Dizzi? I know I don't know much, but I might be able to help," she offered.
"Uh, no thanks. Wanna go get something to eat?" I didn't want her to look at Dizzi; she was perfectly fine.
"Sure. Your parents' restaurant is right there!" she pointed out. Shoot. Smart move.
"Then again, we should go to Tyson's before they panic about us," I said, quickly. Sorry, Kenny, I just made you look completely stupid in front of Hilary.
".Okay?" Hilary said, confused.
"Let's go!" I said, starting to walk, but was held back.
"Uh, Kenny. Tyson's is the OTHER way."
Groan. "Oh, right. I knew that." I was seriously agitated.
"Oh, yeah, Kenny. We have training today," Hilary told me. I felt like I was gonna kill someone.
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I couldn't breathe and felt pain throughout my body; I collapsed in exhaustion. Man, I hated exercise.
"Come on, Kenny!" I looked up to see my own blue eyes staring back at me. "I did it, so can you!" Haha. that was so not funny.
"Kenny, you've only been running for five minutes," Tyson smirked. I saw and Rei and myself crack a smile. I would have glared at them, but they would just laugh at me.
Instead, I just sat there, looking really stressed out. "Aargh!" I was subconsciously pulling my hair.
"Uh." Tyson had stopped smirking.
"Kenny's a little stressed. Dizzi's broken," she said. That was a lie, but hey, it worked.
"Hey, let's all go try and help!" Tyson suggested. They all smiled and nodded in agreement (except for Kai, of course). Oh no.
"No! I - I'm sorry, I'm just a little overprotective of Dizzi and don't want anyone messing with her," I quickly made an excuse. I hoped they would buy it.
"Yeah, okay, we understand," Tyson said, a little disappointed.
"Uh, sorry, but I think I'll take a break from training and try to go fix Dizzi, okay?" I didn't want to do anymore exercise. Ever.
"Sure thing, Kenny," Rei smiled. I started to walk away quickly.
"Kenny!" I stopped, hearing Tyson's voice. "Your house is THAT way," he said, pointing. Oh, man. Not again.
"Yeah, I know." I quickly turned around and started to walk.
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"Kenny?" Hilary's voice came. "What's up?" I was lost - again. I was happy to see her. but annoyed at the same time. I didn't want to look even more of a fool than I already had.
"Oh, I fixed Dizzi!" I said, trying to sound happy. "I was just going, out for a walk, that's all."
"Again?" her voice was suspicious.
"Yeah, to make up for the missed training," I laughed nervously. It was true - I had walked several hours today, lost.
"Okay. it's really late out, though!" she said. I looked up and finally noticed just how dark the sky was, and how tired I was.
"Yeah. uh. what are you doing?" I asked her.
"I'm going to Ty--" she stopped, and hid a small wrapped gift behind her back, quickly, but not before I noticed it. She must have just realised I hadn't been invited.
Ouch. My day had just got even worse. I felt so left out! Tyson was having a party, and I wasn't invited. Even Hilary, who Tyson tried not to show that he liked her, was invited! And I, was his "best friend," Kenny.
I felt sad. I realised suddenly that I wasn't his best friend, but he was my best friend. I felt jealous of. me, Max.
"So, I'll see you around," Hilary said, a little uncomfortably and headed off quickly.
"Uh, wait!" I yelled. "Which. which way's my house?" I asked, extremely embarrassed but I would never find my way otherwise.
She stared at me blankly, not sure whether I was joking or really serious. I HAD gone in the wrong direction twice already, today. "That way." she pointed, a little worried about my sanity.
"Thanks, Hilary," I said, and headed off. "Have fun at the party," I added bitterly.
I walked into my parents' restaurant, which wasn't actually that far. "Kenny! How was your day?" a man, whom I assumed to be Kenny's dad, asked kindly.
"It was fine," I managed to say, although somewhat miserably. Both of Kenny's parents looked at me; they knew I was lying, but didn't say anything.
I walked up to Kenny's room and scrambled into bed, falling asleep to thoughts of jealousy and loneliness.
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(Kenny's POV)
I woke up in someone else's room. Cute and pretty things swarmed me; I felt a little scared. I looked in the mirror in the room. I screamed. I was a girl.
"Hilary, dear! Are you okay?" I heard a woman say. Oh my goodness, I wasn't just any girl. I was Hilary!
"Fine." I stuttered. I started to panic, but eventually calmed down. Okay. so what to do? Uh. change out of my pyjamas, for starters. Oh no.
I selected some clothes from Hilary's drawers. I quickly took off the pyjamas and put the clothes on over her undershirt and underwear. Okay, now what? I glanced at her vanity table. Brush my hair, of course.
I brushed the brown hair until it was smooth and neat. I put a neat hair- band in. There!
I looked at my reflection. I was pleased, I looked neat and tidy and ready to face the Bladebreakers.
I walked from Hilary's house to Tyson's dojo. "Hey, Hilary!" Tyson's grandpa greeted me. "Those are some pretty rad threads, homie!" he said, smiling.
"Thanks!" I went out back to meet the Bladebreakers. They stared at me, their eyes wide. All of a sudden, they all burst into laughter. I waited for them to stop, but they kept laughing.
"Wow, Hilary, get dressed in the dark this morning?" Tyson said, gasping for air from laughing so much.
"Man, Hilary, are you feeling okay?" Rei gasped, still snickering.
"I'm fine." I didn't get it.
"Did Kenny dress you this morning?" Max asked, and they all started laughing again.
I looked down, and didn't understand. What was wrong with a white blouse, stockings, and plaid skirt with matching hair-band and tie?
Okay, maybe the tie was a little too much.
"Hey, I heard there were some beyblade parts on sale at the mall," Max suddenly remembered.
"Yeah! Let's go!" Tyson yelled out. Thank goodness, the attention was off of me now.
"Yeah, and while we're at it, get Hilary some new clothes," Rei laughed. They all burst into laughter again. Grr.
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It was a nice mall. I hadn't really been there before, except to buy computer stuff. I hadn't come, apparently I was at home working on a new program for Dizzi. That was strange, but I probably would have passed out if I saw myself.
We wandered through the mall, actually acting like normal teenagers. It was a strange feeling. We were a little bored though; the beyblade sale had been a disappointment.
"Hey!" Tyson suddenly said. "I challenge all of you to find the best outfit for Hilary! I mean, it can't get much worse," Tyson laughed. "Let's meet back here at the food court in 30 minutes, okay?"
"You're on!" they laughed; they didn't have anything better to do.
"What about me?" I asked, curiously.
"Go wait in line for movie tickets," Tyson said, pointing to the enormous line. "Let's go!"
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Wouldn't you know it; the movie had sold out just before I got there. It had been half an hour, I was supposed to meet back at the food court. I could pull this off.
"Hey! Hilary!" Tyson yelled, waving to me. All four of them stood there with bags and boxes. Oh great. Even Kai had participated? He leaned against the wall, a bag beside him. I hadn't expected that.
"Uh. here's mine!" Max shouted. He thrust the bag into my arms as I walked into (shudder) the girls' change room.
I opened the bag and found a purple shirt with a white diamond pattern, a black denim skirt, a necklace with a purple gem, purple hair clips. I was doing fine until the hair clips. They didn't even come with an instruction manual!
I fiddled with them for a few minutes. I finally got how they worked, and put them in. There! I walked out; Hilary really looked cute. Eheh.
"Wow! Much better!" Tyson exclaimed. Rei nodded. Max grinned.
I was happy; I wanted to impress. who?
"Here's mine!" Tyson smiled and handed me some boxes and shoved me back into the change room.
A short halter dress with turquoise pattern. Great. how was I supposed to put it on? I struggled, eventually getting the darned thing on. When I finally got it on, however, I had to admit it looked cute.
Oh great, I was thinking like Hilary. There were some silver sandals, so I slipped them on. I walked out of the change room, almost losing my balance in the slightly heeled sandals.
"Nice," Rei commented.
"You look great, Hilary," Max said.
Tyson beamed, he was proud of himself for his outfit to be successful. "Ha, I bet I won!"
"As if," Rei said, laughing. "Here," he handed me a pile of bags and boxes.
I walked into the change room and put them on. A green halter-top with gold trim; a white skirt with matching gold trim; a pair of strappy golden sandals; gold and green bracelets, a matching headband and a gold and white hair ribbon.
"Okay, I take that back," Tyson said as he saw the outfit.
"Extremely cool," Max commented. It was. Rei smiled.
"Hey, there's still Kai's," Tyson pointed out. He threw the bag into my arms. I walked into the change room, wondering what the heck Kai would get.
It was weird; I didn't expect this from Kai. A slim-fitting, deep red sleeveless top that stopped just above the waist; a pair of slim black cargo pants with flared legs; a black belt woven with red stones; a choker necklace with red and black; black wristbands.
"Wow!" They were really impressed. Even I had to say it was the coolest outfit ever, and I (obviously) didn't know a thing about fashion.
"That is so freaking cool!" Max exclaimed.
"Whoa! Kai, you know your stuff!" Rei laughed. "You look great, Hilary!"
"That's sweet!" Tyson agreed. "Okay, Kai wins." The others nodded in agreement. Kai smirked; of course he would win, he won everything.
I looked at the numerous boxes and bags full of stuff - for me. That's when I realised they were all trying to impress me. Why? Well duh, Kenny, they liked Hilary! Whether in "crush" sense or friendship, they all did.
I recognised that their outfits reflected them and their bit-beasts. I smiled, how sweet. I felt a little annoyed. maybe because they showed that they liked Hilary. Hilary was my friend!
"So, what d'you wanna do?" Rei asked. Now that the challenge was over, we were back to having nothing to do.
"I dunno," Max said.
"I'm hungry," Tyson said. As usual.
"Let's get ice cream!" Max suggested, happily. He loved anything sweet.
"Okay," Rei nodded. We walked to the ice cream store and looked at all 36 flavours.
"I'll have one of those," Tyson ordered, pointing to the giant sundae on display. It was HUGE.
"I'll have the mango sherbet," Rei said, smiling as he remembered having it in China when he was little.
Kai just stood against the wall with his arms folded and eyes closed. The ice cream lady waited for him to order. "And you?" she asked, staring at him.
"Don't worry about him," Max said. "I'll have that kind!" he said, pointing to an incredibly bright rainbow ice cream of red, blue and yellow. "And a strawberry sundae," he added.
Max handed me the sundae; he was so sweet! Haha, no pun intended. Whoa, what was I thinking?! Hilary's thoughts, obviously.
"Ooh! Someone likes Hilary," Tyson teased. I could detect the jealousy in his voice.
"Thanks, Max!" I said, happily eating the delicious ice cream. Kenny didn't like anything except for plain vanilla, but Hilary thought it was delectable.
I felt a pang of jealousy again. Max had just bought Hilary ice cream. They were having such a good time without me.
"Too bad Kenny isn't here," I said. I was hopeful towards how they would react.
"Yeah, but Kenny wouldn't like it here. Kenny doesn't even know what fun is!" Tyson said. "He probably has fun fixing computers!" Hey, what was wrong with that?
"Let's go to the arcade!" Max suggested, finishing his vibrant ice cream. The others agreed and headed off.
I watched as Max, Rei and Tyson played the games. Tyson and Max were really good.
"Hey Maxie, I'll play you. this one!" he said, pointing to a game.
"You're on!" Max said. They played furiously and intensely. I could see the sweat and the look of determination on their faces. They played for what seemed like forever.
"Yeah! I won!" Tyson shouted after a while.
"Yeah, but I was close!" Max defended.
"I'm the best! Oh yeah! I can beat anyone!" he was getting full of himself again.
"Yeah?" Kai suddenly spoke. It sounded awfully like a challenge.
Tyson stopped his rant. "What, you think you can beat me?" he laughed.
Kai smirked and nodded, grabbing a controller. When Tyson finally realised he was serious he grabbed the other controller.
Kai went on to cream Tyson in twenty seconds flat. Tyson stared in shock, along with Rei and Max.
"Wow," I finally whispered. Max and Rei nodded.
"Huh? But." Tyson knew that he had tried his hardest, he wasn't caught off guard. Kai was just good. Tyson was annoyed; he had just been humiliated in front of us, who he had just been bragging to.
"Not so full of yourself now, Tyson," Max smirked.
"Yeah, you were beat pretty fast for 'the best'," Rei laughed.
"Oh, shut up." Tyson had wanted to impress Hilary I realised.
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"See you guys later!" I waved as I stood on Hilary's doorstep with tons of bags and boxes. It was dark out, and I had just had the most fun I ever had in my whole life. Except, it wasn't my life; it was Hilary's.
I dragged the pile of stuff into Hilary's room. I lay in bed, staring at all of it. I felt jealousy surge through me as I fell asleep.
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(Normal POV)
All of the Bladebreakers woke up at exactly the same time. They felt emotions flow through their minds as they lay in the sand, deep in thought.
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Okay, that was the longest chapter ever! Review please, I wanna know what you thought. Don't worry, there'll be much more action in the next chappie! (Note the 'sand' hint.)
~ Penguin Pop ^-^
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Twisted Fate
Chapter 6: Perspective
(Hilary's POV)
I wake up in Tyson's dojo. That's funny; I don't remember sleeping in Tyson's dojo. Oh well. I glance sleepily at the clock. 2:30, I read sleepily. There's still three hours until 5:30 when I should wake up. I close my eyes again; ready to fall back asleep when I look quickly back at the clock. 2:30 PM!
I leap out of bed, how could I have slept in so late? I feel my stomach grumbling. "I'm hungry," I moan, and make my way over to grab some breakfast-- wait, lunch-- wait, I don't know. All I know is that I want food!
I eat, and eat, and eat some more. I can eat so much; I'm surprised. It's kind of disgusting, I think to myself, but I don't really care.
Since when don't I care?! 'Get a grip,' I tell myself, and rub my eyes. That's when I notice my hands feel different. I'm wearing gloves? Odd. I look down. I'm wearing grey pants, a yellow shirt, and a red vest. That's when I screamed. Oh, no. That's not my scream.
"Tyson! What's wrong?" Max comes running into the dojo.
I - am - Tyson. "Heheh sorry, I. thought I lost Dragoon, that's all," I say. He should believe that.
"Yeah, okay. You didn't lose it, did you?"
"'Course not," I reply. I fish around in my pockets to find the beyblade and show it to Max, with a big grin on my face. "How could you think I lost it?" Wow, this came naturally. Tyson's natural charisma was kicking in.
"Well you just said--"
"Sure, whatever, Maxie," I interrupt. Wow, I didn't think I could be that thick.
"Okay." he says, used to this kind of behaviour. "I'll battle you!"
My eyes widen. I've never even touched a beyblade before! Well, I just did when I pulled Dragoon out of my pocket, but. "You're on!" I found myself saying before I could stop myself. Shoot.
I instinctively reached for my ripcord and launcher, and my beyblade. It was weird; I just knew where they were. 'Okay, here goes,' I thought to myself as I got into position.
"3-2-1 let it rip!" I heard myself say for the first time ever, but it sounded normal since it was in Tyson's voice, and Tyson said it all the time. I pulled as hard and fast as I could. my beyblade completely missed the bey-dish. Man, this was WAY harder than I had thought.
I felt my face go bright red. "Heheheh," I laughed nervously, putting my hand on the back of my neck. "I. just woke up and am still tired."
Max laughed and Rei rolled his eyes. Kai gave me a suspicious look. I decided to try again, this time letting my instinct take over. "3-2-1. let it rip!" I this time launched Dragoon successfully into the bey-dish, smoothly and gracefully. I was so proud of myself, I felt like cheering, but I suddenly realised Tyson could do this all the time.
"Go, Draciel!" Max yelled and knocked Dragoon out of the dish. I stared in horror as the beyblade came flying towards me. I deflected it with my wrist. 'Ow,' I thought as I rubbed my wrist.
"Having an off day, Tyson?" Rei looked extremely worried. Why shouldn't he be - first I couldn't even get it in the dish, then I was defeated by Max with one hit, and now I can't even catch the thing!
"Yeah," I muttered. What could I say? "Sorry."
"Hm." I nervously looked at Kai, who was giving me a suspicious glare. At that moment, Kenny and - me - ran into Tyson's yard.
"Tyson!" Hilary yelled. That was my voice, my body running towards me, Tyson. It was a strange, once-in-a-lifetime sight to see yourself running towards you. "What happened to your wrist?" Man, - I - sounded like a paranoid mother.
"Missed the beyblade," Max answered for me. "Tyson's having an off day."
"Oh yeah? Let's see," Hilary said, hands on her hips. That - was - me. that was what I would have said.
I fumbled to get the beyblade into ready position. "Let it rip!" I yelled, and launched the grey beyblade. Wow, I really DID put on the pressure. As Tyson had told me before, I was distracting.
As soon as I had launched Dragoon, it had started to wobble. It had stopped spinning within seconds. I picked it up, embarrassed.
"That was pathetic, Tyson," Hilary yelled at me. Ouch, that hurt. Maybe I had hurt Tyson before, too. I had never thought about that. "I've never seen you do so badly in your entire beyblading career," she continued to rant.
"Yeah? Well I'd like to see you do better, miss know-it-all," I shot off. What was I doing? Arguing with myself.
"Some world champion; can't even keep it spinning for ten seconds! You really need training." Why wouldn't she leave me alone? Why didn't she realise how harsh her words were and how much they meant to me?
My eyes narrowed. "At least I'm not a bossy loudmouth that thinks we need her even though we're better off without her!" What was I saying?! Ugh. man, I felt stupid; I had just yelled at myself.
"Shut up, Tyson!" I heard Hilary yell, tears welling up in her eyes. Great, I had just hurt my own feelings, and I couldn't stop.
"Get lost, then. We don't need you here," I said coldly. What was I doing?! Rei, Max, Kenny. why aren't you stopping me?
"I don't know why I even came here in the first place," she replied. It was true; I didn't know why I started hanging out with the Bladebreakers. "I don't need you." That was a lie.
"That's good, because you're unwanted," I snapped. Why couldn't I control my anger? I felt sad; I didn't mean what I had said, but I couldn't stop. Now she was upset, and it was my fault. I cared about her.
I stormed off inside the dojo and curled up to sleep. Great, I had been awake for half an hour. I couldn't even last half an hour as Tyson without majorly screwing up. I snuggled under the blankets, but was rudely awoken.
"Tyson! What are you doing?" Kenny yelled at me.
"What's it look like?" I replied, a little ruder than I'd intended.
"You have geometry homework to do!" he yelled, shoving a huge pile of homework in my face. Ugh, the homework I had given him. I shot him a glare.
I didn't want to do geometry homework. I wanted to beyblade or hang out with my friends. Oh, no wonder I had been less school-focused after meeting the Bladebreakers! I now had. friends. but way to go, Hilary; you just told yourself to get lost.
"Just do it after what you said to Hilary," he said, sure that would get me to do it. Did Tyson, really try to make it up to me after fights?
"Fine," was all I said, and completed the stupid geometry - did I just say geometry was stupid? - so that Kenny was satisfied. "Happy now?"
"Nah," he said.
"What? Why not?" I was confused.
"You still need to go apologise to Hilary," he said as if he was talking to a 4-year-old.
"Why should I apologise to her? She started it," I defended myself. Man, was I stubborn. But. now that I think about it, Tyson was always the one to apologise. Maybe I was as stubborn as he was. or maybe more?
"You know you want to, Tyson," Max was now entering the conversation.
"Yeah, you didn't mean all those things you said," Rei had joined in.
"Fine. Whatever," I gave in. They smiled at me as I left my grandpa's beautiful dojo.
I walked through the streets until I saw her. Me. She looked sad. did I really look that pathetic? Boy was I sensitive.
"Hey, Hilary," I greeted. That was weird, greeting myself. there was no answer; she just looked away. "I'm really sorry about what I said. I didn't mean it at all. I didn't know what I was saying," I confessed. "Will you come back?"
"I don't think so, Tyson," she said coolly. Why didn't she forgive me? Was I really that cold? Ugh, my head hurt just thinking about myself.
My face fell. "Why not?" I didn't understand. she didn't answer. When I turned to look at her, she was gone.
I headed back to the dojo. I felt sad. why did I feel so sad? I felt said because Tyson was sad; I could feel Tyson's emotions. He really did like me.
"So?" Max asked, waiting for my reply of success.
"No." was all I could say. I snuggled back up in the comfort of my blanket. Kenny looked sad. Kenny was upset that I had refused to come back. Rei shook his head; he couldn't understand why I had rejected. I didn't know myself. Max looked disappointed, his deep blue eyes filled with concern. Kai appeared as if he couldn't care less, but I knew he did deep down. I hoped, anyway.
"'Night," I told them, and drifted off to sleep immediately. The last thing I heard was "but it's 3:30 PM." and I was in a dream--Tyson's dream.
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I was lost in Tyson's memories. It was strange, being in someone else's mind. Memories wove in and out of the dream. I saw flashes of how Tyson had met the Bladebreakers for the first time. Rei was an arrogant jerk. Max was a sugar-high, immature kid. Kai was cruel and heartless. They had changed so much, for the better.
I saw short clips of the Bladebreakers bonding closer together as time passed, as well as past victories in beybattles. It was amazing; all they had gone through together.
The scenes quickly faded in and out. I then witnessed Kai's betrayal. He was merciless and stole bit-beasts, all because of Black Dranzer. I felt shivers run down my spine as I witnessed the event.
I saw, then, how the Bladebreakers accepted Kai, despite what he had done. Why were they so accepting? They could forgive him, just like that? He had been a cold, cruel jerk. he had thrown away their friendship, for a stupid beyblade. I didn't understand.
Then again, I didn't understand friendship. I was polite and nice enough, but I had never had any real friends. Before the Bladebreakers, that was.
I still didn't understand why they had wanted Kai's friendship. I wouldn't have trusted him. Then again, that's why I hadn't had any friends before the ever-so-persistent Bladebreakers.
The fragments of memories from the past year wove the remainder of the dream. They were even better friends than before. I entered the dream, and I saw how much Tyson hated me. Clips of his annoyance and anger towards my very presence were shown.
I felt sad. did I really get in the way? I didn't think he meant it. apparently he had. I started to cry in my sleep.
The puzzle pieces of Tyson's beyblading career flowed through my mind. The anger towards me became less and less, and friendship finally overcame those feelings. So he really had disliked me at first. but not anymore. Tyson liked me.
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Beyblading wasn't just some silly game with spinning tops, it was Tyson's life, as Kai had explained to me. I not only believed it now; I knew it. Their bit-beasts were a part of them.
Beyblades were the cause of this very friendship, without them they would never have met. They were the cause of happiness and depression, love and hatred. Up until beyblades, I had never had excitement or fun. I hadn't experienced danger, either, but that was part of the thrill. It was then that I realised that beyblades were my life, as well.
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(Tyson's POV)
Man, I woke up early. 6:30. I dunno why, but I couldn't physically sleep anymore. I didn't want to.
I got up, to walk outside into the yard. I saw the smallest slice of sun peeking above the horizon. Why, this was probably the first time I had seen that. I stared into the shimmering pond, reflecting the sun's glittering rays. I stared a little deeper.
AAAH!! I would have screamed, out loud, but didn't. I blinked, as if it would go away, but the reflection remained. Grey eyes, staring back at me. Four blue triangles on my pale face. Even if I was screaming inside, Kai's face remained calm.
I - Kai - had come out here to think. About what? About that so-called experiment, and the people behind it. I was completely lost in thought, and wasn't interrupted.
I sat, and closed my eyes in deep thoughts. I probably sat there for hours; the sun had risen completely above the horizon when I opened my eyes again.
"Hey, Kai," I heard Rei approach. I didn't answer. why? Oh, right. I was Kai. Why doesn't Kai answer? I didn't understand. I didn't even turn to look at him.
"What do you think's going on with the experiments and stuff? I've sort of felt. like something's not quite right."
"Yeah, I've felt it too," Kai's voice came when I spoke. I almost choked, or laughed, or showed surprise in my face, but I didn't. Wait - I felt what too? Kai understood, but I didn't.
"Do you think we're being tested right now? I mean, we did go through that portal to find ourselves back to civilisation. There's gotta be some catch."
"They're testing us as we speak," I said, calmly. I felt afraid of them, the ones using us as experiments. I didn't know why I would feel afraid. As if in answer, I felt a flashback come to me.
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"But sir, it may kill him in the process, it is highly dangerous," a panicked voice protested.
"I don't care. Just do it," a harsh, cruel voice replied. Voltaire. my - Kai's - grandfather. He had no love for me; he didn't give a care about me. I suddenly appreciated my own grandpa. He was strange, no doubt, but he loved me.
I was in a cold, dark place of stone. The abbey, I knew. I could see cells with. children. in them. It gave me shivers.
I saw the scientist inject me with a needle. I felt stabbing pains all over my body, like I would explode. It was more painful than anything I - Tyson - had ever experienced; it would have killed me. But it didn't kill Kai.
I felt like screaming in the pain, but my instincts warned me not to, I would be beaten if I did. I let out a soft moan as I fell to my knees, almost unconscious.
"Get up, boy," Voltaire harshly commanded. I forced myself to my feet; it was nearly impossible but Kai did it. As I stood up, I felt a harsh blow to my face. I would have cried in pain, but not Kai. Kai remained standing, strong as ever.
"You are weak. Pathetic," he spat. Ouch. That hurt Kai as much, or worse, than the physical pain. With a final blow to the head, the flashback ended.
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I quickly snapped into reality. I was traumatised. by merely one flash of Kai's past. I was scared. Kai was not, though.
I needed to escape from the horrid memory. but how. suddenly, I remembered. Beyblading.
I took Dranzer from Kai's pocket. I launched the beyblade that was not my own. "Let it rip!"
I felt comfort surge through me, as Dranzer neatly zigzagged through the dirt. I felt happiness. it was a foreign feeling. It was powerful, agile and strong. I saw as Rei's grey blade was launched, and soon was hitting Kai's blue blade.
Sparks were flying as they launched attacks against one another. "Go, Driger!" Rei yelled, and pushed Dranzer back.
"Dranzer!" I cried out. I couldn't control the powerful beyblade. shoot. "Attack," I commanded.
Dranzer hit Driger with little force, but since Dranzer was so powerful, it made a heavy impact. Dranzer repeatedly knocked the grey beyblade, causing sparks.
"Driger!" now the beyblades were both ramming into each other, heating up. We both returned our beyblades to our hand.
"Hey, guys, what's up?" Hilary was now walking towards us. She was really cute, I found myself thinking.
"Hey, Hilary. We were just sorta talking about the 'experiment,'" Rei said.
"Yeah? Max, Kenny and I went out to get some lunch. Where's Tyson?"
"I-" Oh man, I just about said something really, really stupid there, "would guess he's still sleeping," I finished. Luckily, Kai's voice hadn't paused or wavered, it remained completely cool and smooth.
"Yeah, it's only 1:00," Rei laughed.
"Oh," she said. "Yeah, okay."
"Why?" I had to ask. Shoot, Kai didn't speak this much!
"Oh, I just. wanted to talk with him, that's all." Hilary wanted to speak with me? I felt jumpy inside. " He might know something about those mysterious people. I bet they're trying to take over the world!" Oh. Darn. I thought. never-mind.
I gave her a suspicious glance. "I'll go try to wake him," she said, a little uncomfortable under Kai's watch.
"Tyson! Get up!" Hilary yelled from inside the Dojo.
"Just another hour." I heard my voice. That was totally freaky.
"Get up NOW!" she slapped her hand on the wooden floor. I couldn't help but follow Rei into the dojo. this was too weird.
"Okay, already! I'm up!" he yelled, annoyed. Strange. the words were coming out of my mouth, with my voice, and my attitude.
"Tyson! I just wanted to talk to you!" Hilary yelled back, frustrated.
"This early in the morning?" he asked, yawning.
"Tyson, it's the afternoon, if you hadn't noticed. Which, you probably haven't." Rei pointed out, as he and Max smirked.
He paused, and thought for a few seconds before reacting. "Hey! Are you saying I'm slow?"
Man, he was dense. wait, that was me! Great. I really was stupid, sometimes.
Max nodded, still smirking. Tyson gave him a glare, and crossed his arms. "Hey, you're starting to act like Kai," Max joked. "No offence, Kai," he added quickly.
What was I supposed to think? I was Tyson, but. I found myself just giving him a look. It wasn't a glare; it was more of a "whatever," sort of look.
"Uh. so who wants lunch?" Kenny cried, desperately to break the awkward silence.
"Yeah, I'm starved," Rei said, happily.
"YEAH! LUNCH!" Tyson shouted, jumping out of the blankets - my blankets - and hitting Hilary in the face. "Whoops," he said, a little ashamed.
"Tyson!" Hilary yelled, rubbing her forehead gingerly. The others sweat- dropped.
"Heheh sorry," he gave a cheesy grin. He seemed really immature, the way he was acting. Wait! That was me, acting like an idiot.
"Here!" Kenny threw the bowls of noodles at us in an attempt to prevent an argument. Noodles landed in Max, Hilary's and Tyson's faces and hair. Rei dodged the flying noodles, causing them to fly into the wall. My lightning fast reflexes caught the bowl of noodles, without dropping a single one.
"Heheh." Kenny gave a nervous grin. He saw the death-glares aimed at him, and ran quickly out of the dojo. Rei burst into laughter as they stood there stupidly with noodles sliding down their faces. It was amusing, really. I almost smiled.
They sat there, picking noodles out of their hair, as I slowly ate my bowl of noodles. Tyson glared at me, sticking out his tongue. Wow, I was pretty immature.
"Hi-yah!" my grandpa whacked him in the head, causing the bowl on his head to break. This caused Rei to laugh even harder, and Max and Hilary started to giggle as well. Eventually, they all started laughing hysterically until near tears.
"Heheh sorry, dude," my grandpa told him. "You're outta whack; you gotta get your guard up, homie! Always be prepared!"
"Yeah, whatever, grandpa," I heard him say. I felt a pang of jealousy - how could he be so. disrespectful, I found myself wondering in shock. A flashback of Kai's past came to me.
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"You are weak, you disappoint me," Voltaire's cold voice spat out. A kick made its way to my ribs. His fist hit me hard in the face. Pain flooded through me, but I didn't flinch.
"Don't touch me," I said coldly, through gritted teeth.
He gave a harsh, cruel laugh. "Don't you talk back to me," he said with a powerful slap to my face.
"I'll do as I please," I said, although in a tremendous amount of pain. With that, his henchmen grabbed me. I couldn't fight them off, and they carried me to a cell. They literally threw me against the cold stone wall and locked me up.
"I hope this will teach you to respect me," Voltaire said, laughing as I cringed in pain. I couldn't get back up to my feet after that last slam into the wall, and soon blacked out. The last thing I saw was Voltaire's figure walking away, laughing cruelly.
My ten-year-old body lay limp in the cold, dark cell.
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I couldn't take any more. I needed to escape. I went outside to practise. I had mastered Dranzer's awesome power after the most intense amount of beyblading I had ever done.
When I finally went back inside, the sky was completely dark and the moon and stars shone in the pond. It was 11:00 PM. I hadn't eaten since lunch, but didn't care. I got into the blankets on the floor and slept a dreamless sleep. I was glad.
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(Kai's POV) I woke up feeling strange. I wasn't in the same position I had been when I fell asleep. Something was wrong.
I was feeling happy. No dark memories or thoughts clouded my mind. I felt at peace. It was unusual - I had never felt this before. There were no dark memories because my past was happy, full of love. because I wasn't myself.
I stood up and looked at my reflection. My instincts were right - I wasn't in my body, I was in Rei's. I was shocked, but quickly overcame it.
There were a few sad moments in Rei's life, but they were few and way overpowered by all the happy moments.
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Memories came to me, but not my own. I saw bits and pieces of Rei's past. All the moments were filled with joy and laughter. He was surrounded with friends and those that loved him.
As I relived Rei's past, I felt happiness flood me, even though the past was not my own. His childhood was happy and full of love. He was respected and looked up to; he was praised and had many friends in his village.
His whole life he was respected and loved, so only naturally he returned this to others. The others must have had loving families as well. I think I finally understood what a real family was. or what it was supposed to be, anyway.
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"Hey, Rei!" Hilary's cheerful voice said.
"Hey, Hilary, what's up?" Rei's voice came. It was surprising how easily words came when you were happy.
"Well, me and Kenny wanted you to try out this new practise technique we set up," she said. Okay, I'd have to use Driger. I could manage.
"Okay," I said, following her outside. I saw flat, smooth stones spread out in Tyson's pond. "You want me to have Driger leap from stone to stone across the pond," I guessed.
"Precisely!" Kenny exclaimed. "You're really observant, Rei. Go ahead!"
I swiftly launched Rei's beyblade. It was different from Dranzer, for sure, but I had adjusted within seconds. I had total control over it, and focused on Driger. It easily leapt from stone to stone, barely skimming the water.
"Yeah! Way to go, Rei!" Hilary cheered. "That was almost too easy for you!"
Kenny grinned and congratulated me. "Yeah, I had set up the challenge using data from Dizzi so that it would be difficult."
Oh.
"Good job, anyway," he said, since I had become silent. I smiled. It was a natural thing to do for Rei.
"Hey, guys!" Max's happy voice came.
"Oh, Max!" Kenny said excitedly. "You're just in time to try a new challenge!"
"Bring it on!" he grinned. He launched his beyblade onto the smooth stone. It made the first two, but plunged into the water after missing the third stone.
"Aw, man, now I gotta go get it," he laughed.
"Ooh, hadn't thought about that one, chief," Dizzi said from her laptop. Wait. Dizzi was gone. this wasn't right. Something was definitely wrong - this wasn't real. That would explain the whole different perspective thing; it was all a dream.
As soon as I figured this out, I felt things were changing. The dream was ending. I found I didn't want it to end, I envied Rei and the others. I longed for happiness, but I was haunted by my abusive past.
I felt sad inside.
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(Rei's POV)
It was sunny out when I woke up. I beamed with happiness like the sun shone. I walked into the bathroom to wash my face. man, was I ever freaked out when I saw those blue eyes staring back at me in the mirror.
I looked down at myself to make sure the mirror didn't lie. Nope, it wasn't lying. Oversized shirt, with blond hair to match the stars. I'm still dreaming, I thought to myself.
"Hey! Maxie! Hurry up!" Tyson was banging on the bathroom door. Maxie? Okay, I wasn't hallucinating. I splashed water in my face to make sure I was fully awake. Yep, I was officially Max.
"Hello?!" Tyson continued to forcefully bang on the door.
"Just a sec," I shouted. Oh. that was Max's innocent voice. I took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled. Here I go.
"Max!" Tyson's voice came again. I swiftly opened the door. Smack! The door hit Tyson in the face.
"Sorry, Tyson." I started.
"That was mean," he whined childishly.
"I--" I started, but stopped as I saw Tyson chuckling.
"Hey, Maxie! Don't sweat it!" Tyson grinned, rubbing his forehead.
I felt relieved. I didn't want to start anything that might hurt our friendship; the Bladebreakers were my best friends in the whole world.
Oh, now I was confused. I was thinking Max's thoughts, and feeling what Max felt. Now I understood Max that much better.
"Hey, Max! Let's go!" Tyson said anxiously, pulling his beyblade out of his pocket.
"You're on!" I said. Oh, why did I have to say that? Draciel was a totally different type of blade than Driger. Here goes.
We walked outside into the bright afternoon sun. Great, they were all watching me. Okay, I can do this, I told myself. "3.2.1. Let it rip!" I launched Draciel as Tyson fired Dragoon.
"Go! Draciel!" I yelled. It wasn't so hard, after all, after all a beyblade was a beyblade. "Attack!"
"Wow, Maxie, feeling aggressive today, are we?" Tyson laughed. Oh, right. Max was a defensive type. whoops.
"Keep on the attack, Draciel!" I commanded.
"Huh?" Tyson was surprised.
"Now Draciel, while his guard is down!" I yelled. Draciel obeyed, and sent Dragoon flying into Tyson's hand.
"What?!" Tyson was shocked. "I."
"Good job, Max," I heard - me - say. Okay, I was officially freaked out. I saw Rei looking at me, smiling.
"Max took you by surprise," Kai explained to Tyson. "Be ready for anything."
Tyson suddenly smiled. "Yeah, you're right, Kai. Good job, Max!" he held out his hand.
I stood there. Oh, right! I was Max! I beamed and took his hand.
"Yay, Max! You were awesome!" Hilary's cute voice said. I couldn't find anything to say, so I grinned.
"Wanna go get some lunch?" Tyson asked. "I'm starved!"
"Yeah, as usual," I laughed. "Let's go!" We walked down the streets of Japan. We were ordering our lunch. Tyson ordered everything on the menu.
"Tyson!" Hilary gave a disgusted look.
"What? I'm hungry!" he glared at her.
"You're embarrassing us!" Kenny cried out.
"Oh, really? Well sor-ry!" Tyson said sarcastically.
"You should be! You're acting like a pig!" Hilary shouted.
"Oh, yeah?" Tyson grabbed a milkshake and dumped it on her head. She was outraged.
"TYSON! That's it! I've had it with you!" Hilary stormed off.
"Tyson! That was unnecessary!" Kenny yelled.
"Yeah?" Tyson grabbed his other milkshake and dumped it on Kenny's head and started to laugh.
"That. wasn't funny." Kenny stuttered. He looked like he was about to cry.
"Kenny, Tyson didn't--" Rei started, but Kenny had already run off.
"Oh, I sure did mean it. Why does everyone always take Hilary's side?" he said angrily.
"Because you always act without thinking," I saw myself say.
"You wanna milkshake too?" Tyson yelled.
Rei sighed, exasperated, and left the restaurant. Tyson crossed his arms and walked out, leaving me all alone in the restaurant, as Kai hadn't come.
Could this day get any worse? The waitress came with a huge mound of food, and handed me the bill, in answer.
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"Uh. Tyson?" I knocked on the door of his dojo. He came out, a scowl upon his face. "Umm, well I was just wondering if I could, you know, still sleep here? I don't have anywhere to sleep," I explained, sheepishly.
"Fine," he said, reluctantly, an angry tone still evident in his voice.
I snuggled into the warm blankets on the floor, but the warmth was artificial. My friends were fighting.
I felt lonely. Max's parents were separated, and although he didn't show it, it was really hard for him. I felt his frustrating sadness wash over me. I felt alone in the world.
Maybe that's why Max was usually so optimistic. It was his way of facing reality.
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(Max's POV)
I woke up to find myself in someone else's bed. That was weird. I hopped out of bed, and felt about a foot shorter. BROWN hair covered my face. Oh man, this was too weird. I couldn't see properly. I reached on the bedside table and put my glasses on.
Glasses?! I didn't have glasses! But, when I put Kenny's glasses on, I could see. Oh dear. I looked in the mirror, and nearly fainted.
"AAAH!" I yelled. Oh my. That was Kenny's scream.
"Kenny, dear? What's wrong?" I heard a woman yell from downstairs.
"N-nothing," I stammered. I. was Kenny. I ran downstairs.
"Bye, dear," Kenny's mom said. "Oh, Kenny, your tie! Let me fix it for you." She quickly did up the tie properly; I was relieved. I hadn't known how to do it up.
"Thanks. mom," I remembered, running out the door.
Oh, great. I didn't know which way Tyson's dojo was. I slapped my forehead in annoyance.
I wandered the streets of Japan, lost. Well, it couldn't be that far, I mean Kenny walked to Tyson's all the time.
"Hey, Kenny!" Hilary yelled from down the street. Oh, thank goodness. I had been wandering for a few hours now.
"Hello, Hilary," I said, relieved.
"Where are you going?" she asked, suspiciously.
"Uh. I was just taking a walk," I said, nervously. "What about you?"
"I was going to your house," she pointed behind me. I felt so stupid. I had been wandering for hours and had ended up back in front of Kenny's house! "We were waiting for you, for hours!"
"Oh, sorry. I was just busy, thinking. about Dizzi, she's broken," I said, hastily.
"Oh, really? That's too bad," she sympathised.
"So, let's go, then, to Tyson's," I said quickly.
"Okay. Want me to look at Dizzi? I know I don't know much, but I might be able to help," she offered.
"Uh, no thanks. Wanna go get something to eat?" I didn't want her to look at Dizzi; she was perfectly fine.
"Sure. Your parents' restaurant is right there!" she pointed out. Shoot. Smart move.
"Then again, we should go to Tyson's before they panic about us," I said, quickly. Sorry, Kenny, I just made you look completely stupid in front of Hilary.
".Okay?" Hilary said, confused.
"Let's go!" I said, starting to walk, but was held back.
"Uh, Kenny. Tyson's is the OTHER way."
Groan. "Oh, right. I knew that." I was seriously agitated.
"Oh, yeah, Kenny. We have training today," Hilary told me. I felt like I was gonna kill someone.
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I couldn't breathe and felt pain throughout my body; I collapsed in exhaustion. Man, I hated exercise.
"Come on, Kenny!" I looked up to see my own blue eyes staring back at me. "I did it, so can you!" Haha. that was so not funny.
"Kenny, you've only been running for five minutes," Tyson smirked. I saw and Rei and myself crack a smile. I would have glared at them, but they would just laugh at me.
Instead, I just sat there, looking really stressed out. "Aargh!" I was subconsciously pulling my hair.
"Uh." Tyson had stopped smirking.
"Kenny's a little stressed. Dizzi's broken," she said. That was a lie, but hey, it worked.
"Hey, let's all go try and help!" Tyson suggested. They all smiled and nodded in agreement (except for Kai, of course). Oh no.
"No! I - I'm sorry, I'm just a little overprotective of Dizzi and don't want anyone messing with her," I quickly made an excuse. I hoped they would buy it.
"Yeah, okay, we understand," Tyson said, a little disappointed.
"Uh, sorry, but I think I'll take a break from training and try to go fix Dizzi, okay?" I didn't want to do anymore exercise. Ever.
"Sure thing, Kenny," Rei smiled. I started to walk away quickly.
"Kenny!" I stopped, hearing Tyson's voice. "Your house is THAT way," he said, pointing. Oh, man. Not again.
"Yeah, I know." I quickly turned around and started to walk.
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"Kenny?" Hilary's voice came. "What's up?" I was lost - again. I was happy to see her. but annoyed at the same time. I didn't want to look even more of a fool than I already had.
"Oh, I fixed Dizzi!" I said, trying to sound happy. "I was just going, out for a walk, that's all."
"Again?" her voice was suspicious.
"Yeah, to make up for the missed training," I laughed nervously. It was true - I had walked several hours today, lost.
"Okay. it's really late out, though!" she said. I looked up and finally noticed just how dark the sky was, and how tired I was.
"Yeah. uh. what are you doing?" I asked her.
"I'm going to Ty--" she stopped, and hid a small wrapped gift behind her back, quickly, but not before I noticed it. She must have just realised I hadn't been invited.
Ouch. My day had just got even worse. I felt so left out! Tyson was having a party, and I wasn't invited. Even Hilary, who Tyson tried not to show that he liked her, was invited! And I, was his "best friend," Kenny.
I felt sad. I realised suddenly that I wasn't his best friend, but he was my best friend. I felt jealous of. me, Max.
"So, I'll see you around," Hilary said, a little uncomfortably and headed off quickly.
"Uh, wait!" I yelled. "Which. which way's my house?" I asked, extremely embarrassed but I would never find my way otherwise.
She stared at me blankly, not sure whether I was joking or really serious. I HAD gone in the wrong direction twice already, today. "That way." she pointed, a little worried about my sanity.
"Thanks, Hilary," I said, and headed off. "Have fun at the party," I added bitterly.
I walked into my parents' restaurant, which wasn't actually that far. "Kenny! How was your day?" a man, whom I assumed to be Kenny's dad, asked kindly.
"It was fine," I managed to say, although somewhat miserably. Both of Kenny's parents looked at me; they knew I was lying, but didn't say anything.
I walked up to Kenny's room and scrambled into bed, falling asleep to thoughts of jealousy and loneliness.
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(Kenny's POV)
I woke up in someone else's room. Cute and pretty things swarmed me; I felt a little scared. I looked in the mirror in the room. I screamed. I was a girl.
"Hilary, dear! Are you okay?" I heard a woman say. Oh my goodness, I wasn't just any girl. I was Hilary!
"Fine." I stuttered. I started to panic, but eventually calmed down. Okay. so what to do? Uh. change out of my pyjamas, for starters. Oh no.
I selected some clothes from Hilary's drawers. I quickly took off the pyjamas and put the clothes on over her undershirt and underwear. Okay, now what? I glanced at her vanity table. Brush my hair, of course.
I brushed the brown hair until it was smooth and neat. I put a neat hair- band in. There!
I looked at my reflection. I was pleased, I looked neat and tidy and ready to face the Bladebreakers.
I walked from Hilary's house to Tyson's dojo. "Hey, Hilary!" Tyson's grandpa greeted me. "Those are some pretty rad threads, homie!" he said, smiling.
"Thanks!" I went out back to meet the Bladebreakers. They stared at me, their eyes wide. All of a sudden, they all burst into laughter. I waited for them to stop, but they kept laughing.
"Wow, Hilary, get dressed in the dark this morning?" Tyson said, gasping for air from laughing so much.
"Man, Hilary, are you feeling okay?" Rei gasped, still snickering.
"I'm fine." I didn't get it.
"Did Kenny dress you this morning?" Max asked, and they all started laughing again.
I looked down, and didn't understand. What was wrong with a white blouse, stockings, and plaid skirt with matching hair-band and tie?
Okay, maybe the tie was a little too much.
"Hey, I heard there were some beyblade parts on sale at the mall," Max suddenly remembered.
"Yeah! Let's go!" Tyson yelled out. Thank goodness, the attention was off of me now.
"Yeah, and while we're at it, get Hilary some new clothes," Rei laughed. They all burst into laughter again. Grr.
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It was a nice mall. I hadn't really been there before, except to buy computer stuff. I hadn't come, apparently I was at home working on a new program for Dizzi. That was strange, but I probably would have passed out if I saw myself.
We wandered through the mall, actually acting like normal teenagers. It was a strange feeling. We were a little bored though; the beyblade sale had been a disappointment.
"Hey!" Tyson suddenly said. "I challenge all of you to find the best outfit for Hilary! I mean, it can't get much worse," Tyson laughed. "Let's meet back here at the food court in 30 minutes, okay?"
"You're on!" they laughed; they didn't have anything better to do.
"What about me?" I asked, curiously.
"Go wait in line for movie tickets," Tyson said, pointing to the enormous line. "Let's go!"
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Wouldn't you know it; the movie had sold out just before I got there. It had been half an hour, I was supposed to meet back at the food court. I could pull this off.
"Hey! Hilary!" Tyson yelled, waving to me. All four of them stood there with bags and boxes. Oh great. Even Kai had participated? He leaned against the wall, a bag beside him. I hadn't expected that.
"Uh. here's mine!" Max shouted. He thrust the bag into my arms as I walked into (shudder) the girls' change room.
I opened the bag and found a purple shirt with a white diamond pattern, a black denim skirt, a necklace with a purple gem, purple hair clips. I was doing fine until the hair clips. They didn't even come with an instruction manual!
I fiddled with them for a few minutes. I finally got how they worked, and put them in. There! I walked out; Hilary really looked cute. Eheh.
"Wow! Much better!" Tyson exclaimed. Rei nodded. Max grinned.
I was happy; I wanted to impress. who?
"Here's mine!" Tyson smiled and handed me some boxes and shoved me back into the change room.
A short halter dress with turquoise pattern. Great. how was I supposed to put it on? I struggled, eventually getting the darned thing on. When I finally got it on, however, I had to admit it looked cute.
Oh great, I was thinking like Hilary. There were some silver sandals, so I slipped them on. I walked out of the change room, almost losing my balance in the slightly heeled sandals.
"Nice," Rei commented.
"You look great, Hilary," Max said.
Tyson beamed, he was proud of himself for his outfit to be successful. "Ha, I bet I won!"
"As if," Rei said, laughing. "Here," he handed me a pile of bags and boxes.
I walked into the change room and put them on. A green halter-top with gold trim; a white skirt with matching gold trim; a pair of strappy golden sandals; gold and green bracelets, a matching headband and a gold and white hair ribbon.
"Okay, I take that back," Tyson said as he saw the outfit.
"Extremely cool," Max commented. It was. Rei smiled.
"Hey, there's still Kai's," Tyson pointed out. He threw the bag into my arms. I walked into the change room, wondering what the heck Kai would get.
It was weird; I didn't expect this from Kai. A slim-fitting, deep red sleeveless top that stopped just above the waist; a pair of slim black cargo pants with flared legs; a black belt woven with red stones; a choker necklace with red and black; black wristbands.
"Wow!" They were really impressed. Even I had to say it was the coolest outfit ever, and I (obviously) didn't know a thing about fashion.
"That is so freaking cool!" Max exclaimed.
"Whoa! Kai, you know your stuff!" Rei laughed. "You look great, Hilary!"
"That's sweet!" Tyson agreed. "Okay, Kai wins." The others nodded in agreement. Kai smirked; of course he would win, he won everything.
I looked at the numerous boxes and bags full of stuff - for me. That's when I realised they were all trying to impress me. Why? Well duh, Kenny, they liked Hilary! Whether in "crush" sense or friendship, they all did.
I recognised that their outfits reflected them and their bit-beasts. I smiled, how sweet. I felt a little annoyed. maybe because they showed that they liked Hilary. Hilary was my friend!
"So, what d'you wanna do?" Rei asked. Now that the challenge was over, we were back to having nothing to do.
"I dunno," Max said.
"I'm hungry," Tyson said. As usual.
"Let's get ice cream!" Max suggested, happily. He loved anything sweet.
"Okay," Rei nodded. We walked to the ice cream store and looked at all 36 flavours.
"I'll have one of those," Tyson ordered, pointing to the giant sundae on display. It was HUGE.
"I'll have the mango sherbet," Rei said, smiling as he remembered having it in China when he was little.
Kai just stood against the wall with his arms folded and eyes closed. The ice cream lady waited for him to order. "And you?" she asked, staring at him.
"Don't worry about him," Max said. "I'll have that kind!" he said, pointing to an incredibly bright rainbow ice cream of red, blue and yellow. "And a strawberry sundae," he added.
Max handed me the sundae; he was so sweet! Haha, no pun intended. Whoa, what was I thinking?! Hilary's thoughts, obviously.
"Ooh! Someone likes Hilary," Tyson teased. I could detect the jealousy in his voice.
"Thanks, Max!" I said, happily eating the delicious ice cream. Kenny didn't like anything except for plain vanilla, but Hilary thought it was delectable.
I felt a pang of jealousy again. Max had just bought Hilary ice cream. They were having such a good time without me.
"Too bad Kenny isn't here," I said. I was hopeful towards how they would react.
"Yeah, but Kenny wouldn't like it here. Kenny doesn't even know what fun is!" Tyson said. "He probably has fun fixing computers!" Hey, what was wrong with that?
"Let's go to the arcade!" Max suggested, finishing his vibrant ice cream. The others agreed and headed off.
I watched as Max, Rei and Tyson played the games. Tyson and Max were really good.
"Hey Maxie, I'll play you. this one!" he said, pointing to a game.
"You're on!" Max said. They played furiously and intensely. I could see the sweat and the look of determination on their faces. They played for what seemed like forever.
"Yeah! I won!" Tyson shouted after a while.
"Yeah, but I was close!" Max defended.
"I'm the best! Oh yeah! I can beat anyone!" he was getting full of himself again.
"Yeah?" Kai suddenly spoke. It sounded awfully like a challenge.
Tyson stopped his rant. "What, you think you can beat me?" he laughed.
Kai smirked and nodded, grabbing a controller. When Tyson finally realised he was serious he grabbed the other controller.
Kai went on to cream Tyson in twenty seconds flat. Tyson stared in shock, along with Rei and Max.
"Wow," I finally whispered. Max and Rei nodded.
"Huh? But." Tyson knew that he had tried his hardest, he wasn't caught off guard. Kai was just good. Tyson was annoyed; he had just been humiliated in front of us, who he had just been bragging to.
"Not so full of yourself now, Tyson," Max smirked.
"Yeah, you were beat pretty fast for 'the best'," Rei laughed.
"Oh, shut up." Tyson had wanted to impress Hilary I realised.
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"See you guys later!" I waved as I stood on Hilary's doorstep with tons of bags and boxes. It was dark out, and I had just had the most fun I ever had in my whole life. Except, it wasn't my life; it was Hilary's.
I dragged the pile of stuff into Hilary's room. I lay in bed, staring at all of it. I felt jealousy surge through me as I fell asleep.
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(Normal POV)
All of the Bladebreakers woke up at exactly the same time. They felt emotions flow through their minds as they lay in the sand, deep in thought.
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Okay, that was the longest chapter ever! Review please, I wanna know what you thought. Don't worry, there'll be much more action in the next chappie! (Note the 'sand' hint.)
~ Penguin Pop ^-^