Ok, I'm really sorry for the long wait. I'm not sure if it's writers block, but I've been having trouble with consistently updating my plots, so bear with me and please. PLEASE. Don't ditch the story just because you think I'm not updating anymore. I'm still alive.
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"Tala. Airport. NOW." Kai attempted to pull himself from Hilary's grip but failed yet again. The younger girl refused to let Kai go by himself after what had happen, and Kai was finally forced to explain his transportation situation to her.
"I'm going directly out that door and into my car. I'm driving straight to the airport and I'm waiting IN my car, OUTSIDE the airport, while Tala gets himself to me. The only other time I'll leave my car is when I'm coming back into the hospital with Tala, and if it's any further consolation, my car windows are bullet proof. Now let GO." Kai gave his arm another tug and managed to free himself from Hilary's grasp. Then he finally left.
Hilary stamped her foot in frustration but had to admit that Kai had put her in her place. She turned and walked briskly down the hallway, past the reception area, and into a smaller more private lobby where she found Tyson, Max, Oliver, and Enrique all standing around a vending machine. Tyson, of course, had his arm shoved up into the machine through the small opening in which one collects their purchased item. The world champion wriggled back and forth, and Hilary couldn't decide whether he was trying to get a free snack, or trying to get a freed arm.
"You idiot, why'd you go and do that to yourself?" She asked sternly while approaching the group of boys. They all turned, Max and Oliver with worried looks, and Enrique with a slight I'm-playing-it-cool smile.
"He put me up to this!" Tyson cried, jabbing his free arm towards Enrique. The Italian shrugged.
"I merely told him to go get something to eat. He wouldn't shut up after all, and I never told him to do that."
"Well he's apparently dumb enough to do it anyways." Hilary growled, putting her hands on her hips. From across the small waiting area, a nurse shushed them while giving the group a warning look. Max and Oliver suddenly decided they had somewhere to be, and took off down the hallway. Enrique was just turning to follow them when Hilary caught his arm.
"Oh no you don't, you're helping me get him out of there." She ordered, giving the Italian a hard look. Enrique swallowed nervously and complied, leaning down and together with Hilary, started shoving Tyson's arm back and forth. The world champion growled and grunted as his arm refused to come out, and finally, after a strong effort from the two assisting him, it popped out and was followed by at least four snacks falling down from the once enclosed area. Tyson scooped them up greedily only to lose them to Hilary, who claimed that there were more deserving people who should have them. Tyson bit back and unmanly whine but didn't complain.
The three started down the hallway that Max and Oliver had exited through, with Tyson rubbing his arm and Hilary tasting sweet victory after Kai had so rudely shoved defeat down her throat.
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"Took you long enough getting here." Tala called over the noise of the airport as he opened the passenger side of Kai's Ferrari. A few people glanced upwards and gawked at the beauty of the car, which Kai ignored and put his sunglasses back on. Tala noticed and snorted.
"God, Kai, you know you love that. Don't be so conceited." He said, closing the door besides him and dropping his single back at his feet. Kai grunted and shook his head.
"Please tell me you have more stuff then that." He said, pointing down at Tala's feet. The newly arrived Russian shook his head. "They had to put it on the next flight, so it'll arrive at the BBA tomorrow."
"Sure that's safe? I mean after what happened..." Kai mused, pulling out of the waiting area and revving the engine, causing a group of girls in a convertible to laugh and wave. Tala rolled his eyes.
"Yes, I'm sure that's safe. Besides, if anything happens to my stuff I can just sue them." The orange haired glance out his window and watched as Kai took every swerving opportunity that presented itself to get on to the highway.
"For what?" Kai kept his eyes on the road and smiled successfully when he beat an SUV to the onramp. "Oh, my lawyers will find something. They always do." Tala sighed, and rested his head on his hand by resting his elbow on the side of the door.
"I'm just saying that you never know when next babe with a gun starts running around corporate America." Kai sighed, sounding like he was very bored with the conversation. Tala knew he wasn't, so he kept talking. "About that, I heard she was dead." He pointed out with interest packed behind his words. Kai smiled at his old teammate's curiosity, and wondered whether or not he should reply. After a moment, he decided he had wanted to have this conversation just as much as the other did.
"That was all me." His smile grew as Tala shook his head, his body language screaming 'go figure'.
"How many times did she shoot the kid?" Kai narrowed his eyes and stopped smiling at this question. "I think three times. None fatal, but the blood loss almost got him." He shook his head and sighed, less for the neko-jin's sake and more for his own. "I'm just worried that paper work will eventually be bumped to me." Tala snorted and looked over at Kai with slight disbelief.
"You really are conceited." He spat, fully knowing that any and all insults he came up with would have no effect on the Russian driving. For the rest of the drive, the two either sat in silence or continued on with their disagreement in the stocks their company would invest in. By the time they finally arrived in the hospital, they had finally decided to buy minimum shares in both Nike and Macintosh. "But next time, I'm choosing what we invest in." Tala said evenly. Kai, worn down by talking so much, ignored the comment. He could always pick back up on the disagreement next time.
"What's the limo for?" Tala pointed towards a black stretch limousine on the far side of the hospital parking lot.
"Hell if I know." Kai mumbled. Tala smiled faintly. "Maybe someone shot Kevin Federline."
"That ass hole you play poker with when you go to Vegas?" Kai asked, climbing out of the crimson Ferrari and closing the door behind him. The chirping of the auto-lock made him smile. "And LA. He sucks at it, too." Tala pointed out with a smirk on his face. The two entered the hospital, a few young nurses turning bright red at the sight. Kai frowned and removed his sunglasses.
"They didn't turn that red when I first got here." He grumbled under his breath, feeling Tala gloat besides him.
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Kevin shuffled through his iPod looking for a decent song to play. Out of the 763 songs on the four gigabyte nano, he couldn't find anything that he really wanted to listen too. Just as he was about to give up and try sleeping, he heard the door to his room open. Assuming it was either Mariah returning from her coffee run or Tyson with some new idiotic scheme of how to spend their time, the neko-jin didn't look up from his iPod.
The next thing he knew, he was being smothered by neither Tyson nor Mariah, but a younger female with light blue hair and a delicate grip. Kevin easily squirmed out of her grip and turned to face her. In doing so, his eyes widened and his jaw dropped in utter shock.
"Ming-Ming?!" He cried in disbelief. The world famous singer merely put a finger to his to shush him.
"The second I heard about what happened, I just had to come out here!" She sobbed dramatically. The shock disappeared from Kevin's face quickly and was replaced with a looked of annoyance. He narrowed his eyes and sighed, as the super start continued on.
"Oh, you must be in so much pain!" She sobbed, leaning in to hug Kevin again. The neko-jin leaned out of her way, his eyes still narrowed.
"No, really. I'm fine." He said in a bored monotone, glaring down at Ming-ming as she attempted yet again to wrap her arms around him.
"That woman had some nerve! Shooting someone as cute as you, where did she come off?" Kevin rolled his eyes.
"Get help." He mumbled bitterly, as Mariah raced into the room and pried the famous backwash singer off of the younger neko-jin. Mariah had never liked Ming-ming, no matter what the situation. So seeing the girl practically strangle her best friend boiled the hatred and caused Mariah to get a little territorial.
"Get away from him, Barbie." She hissed, sliding in between the two younger teenagers. The singer just pouted before turning on her heals and leaving the room in a huff. Kevin breathed a sigh of relief and flopped backwards on his bed.
"Don't these hospital doors lock?" He asked, sounding very winded. Mariah smiled and pat Kevin's chest before going to warn Hilary about the new arrival.
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Rei looked down at his stitches and frowned. Of all the things that had happened the other day, this was the worst. It wasn't a fatal shot, but it did enough damage to keep him away from the Beyblade arena for a good while. When Lee first mentioned it, Rei felt like he wanted to curl up and cry. At the thought of the emotion, Rei mentally slapped himself for being so pathetic.
Before he knew it, he would be strong enough to blade again, and he and Driger would come back with a band. The neko-jin still felt sorry for Kevin, who wouldn't be blading in any serious match again for months. Still it was better then him dying.
Rei lifted his eyes to find Kai and Tala entering the lobby area with Hilary and Tyson following close behind. The two Russians were still discussing something quietly, so Rei assumed the topic of stocks had been brought back up. From behind the new arrival, Tyson was eagerly waiting for a chance to challenge Tala to a quick match. Rei narrowed his eyes and frowned, fully knowing that the Russian would ignore Tyson until the world champion gave up.
"I'm only saying that for someone so young to do something so stupid like that... She was hot, she could have made plenty of money without shooting the little parasi-"
Tala stopped in mid sentence when he noticed Rei glaring at him. The neko-jin crossed his arms over his chest gingerly and intensified the hard look when Tala rolled his eyes. Kai smiled, knowing that Tala was no where near apologizing. He had never been one to express regret, even in the situations in which he should.
"Hey Tala," Tyson cut in, ending the awkward glaring contest, "How's about you and I go outside and have a little Beyblade match? I promise to go easy on you!"
Tala replied by completely ignoring Tyson, which made Rei break off his glare and smile. The world champion's jaw dropped, eye's narrowed, and steam practically spewed from his nostrils and ears before turning – defeated – back towards the hallway in which he had entered the lobby through.
Hilary watched him go with fake interest before turning back towards the three boys, each one seeming to want to rip the others head off.
Kai and Tala were on poor terms after an argument about stocks, Rei was irritated with Tala for calling his friend a parasite, Kai was annoyed with Rei for thinking that he was to blame for the neko-jin getting shot, and Rei was irate with Kai for that very reason. Tala was annoyed by Rei for the glare, and even though it was a passing flame, it was enough to have the three boys seething towards each other.
Hilary pulled herself out of trying to figure out who hated who for what, and stepped between them before someone started strangling someone else.
She opened her mouth to explain why they should all be getting along, when out of the corner of her eyes, she saw something that made her gut freeze over. Light blue hair with pink fluffy hair ties bounced back and forth around a delicate face that had such an overdose of cosmetics that it could very well be flammable enough to blow up the whole hospital. A black mini skirts with two mink hearts on both hips fluttered around tanned, feminine legs, which met up with a pair of high-heals that were a shade of pink that matched the hearts on her skirt. He blouse, also black, had a large pink heart in the middle of the chest area, which glittered when light touched it.
Ming-ming.
Hilary was in battle mode instantly, ready to fire out insults and defend herself against annoying comments about how many split ends she had. She had completely forgotten about the three boys around her, who at this time were all staring at the pop star with horrified looks.
In a flash, all three of them were gone, none wanting to be a victim of another flirting crisis. It left Hilary alone to fence off the harpy.
"What are you doing out of your crypt?" She asked bitterly as Ming-ming approached. The super star ignored her completely and skipped right on by, which brought Hilary to an even more boiling rage.
"What's your deal?!" She asked, thrusting a finger towards the younger teen. This comment caused her to turn, and face the outraged mess that was Hilary.
"I don't like you, that's all. Do you know where Rei went?" She asked as though there was nothing wrong with it. Hilary fumed, ignoring the shushing of the nurses.
"DON'T LIKE ME?!" Hilary could barely control the volume of her voice, and finally two male nurses dragged her away, leaving Ming-ming smirking after her in the lobby.
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xChewy; Aw, damnit. Sorry for the delay, I was watching the South Park movie.
Kevin; I love that movie! Classic.
xChewy; I know! Blame Canada, eh?
Ming-ming; No, seriously. Where's Rei?"
Hilary; I hate you... Both of you...
xChewy + Ming-ming together; KYLE'S MOM IS A BIG FAT BITCH SHE'S THE BIGGEST BITCH OF ALLLLL!!
Kevin; She is, but Kyle is my favorite character.
Hilary; Hate... Haaatteee...
xChewy + Ming-ming + Kevin; :backs away slowly: