Brt: Finally, an update! I can't think of a title… um, lets see…
Chapter Five:
Between A Battle, and a 'Fan' Race!
Ray stepped out of the room, closing and locking the door behind him. I got a bad feeling. He thought, as he made his way towards the elevator. As the metal doors open, he saw that it was already occupied by Kai. He seriously thought about taking the stairs, but chose to enter. Besides, taking the stairs meant taking an extra five minutes! As soon as the doors closed a feeling of dread surrounded him. "Hello Kai," he began to greet, but the dual-haired teen open his eyes, and pinned the teen with a glare, successfully shutting him up. Now those extra five minutes were looking more appealing than this!
"Zoe is here." The teen said, and Ray noticed that the temperature had dropped.
Why the hell do I always need to be right! Ray thought, wait Zeo? "How do you know?" he asked, still not able to move away from the door.
"He called Tyson yesterday. He invited him to an amusement park." Ray sweat-dropped, knowing that Kai was not amuse by that.
"Oh, w-what are you going to do?" he asked him, finally able to move from Kai's glared.
"Well, since Tyson can be an idiot sometimes, he told him that I was going with them." Kai smirked, satisfied that Tyson's idiocy was good for something; it also helped to know that Tyson was almost as dense as Max and wouldn't know that he was been asked in an indirect date, even it hit him on the head! He also knew that he was been mean, but Tyson's idiocy also made him look cute.
"I see," Ray mused, "Hey, why do you hate Zeo so much?" he ask his friend, as the doors open and they headed towards the hotel's restaurant where everyone was waiting for them. Kai shrugged.
"I don't hate him, I just hate the fact that he wants Tyson, that's all." He explain, and Ray sweat-dropped.
That's all! Ray thought. I feel like you want to chop his head off! The teen shook his head from the mental image. Maybe that's the same reason why I hate Alan. He thought, as they entered the restaurant, they immediately spotted their friends, but as Kai had mention Zeo was with them, and Michael. He also noticed that Zeo had cut his hair short.
"Hey guys, what took you?" Tyson asked them.
"Not that we missed you." both Alan and Zeo said, and Ray and Kai glared at them. Everyone missed the sparks between them, expect Michael, who pretended to not noticed. Ah, what a wise decision indeed!
"Shall we go?" he asked them, "the bus is waiting outside already." He informed them, and they walked outside. Max, Ray, Emily, Michael, and Alan got on the bus and they said goodbye.
"We'll see you in a few hours! Have a good time!" Max called from the moving bus.
"OK, same to you!" Tyson waved, and he turned to Zeo and Kai, who by now were ignoring each other. "So shall we leave too?" he asked them and the two nodded. "Great, this is going to be so much fun!" Tyson declared, as he put his arms around them in a friendly hug. With this little innocent action making Zeo blush crimson and making Kai avoid eye contact, a rose hue on his cheeks.
Damn Tyson's denseness! Both teens thought. Tyson was oblivious to their reactions.
---Ray and the others---
The bus stopped in front of the huge building, Judy was waiting outside, and Dr. Zagart was also there. They got out and greeted them; both Max and Ray were confused as to why Dr. Zagart was there. Judy must've seen their confusion as she began to explain. "You may be wondering why is Dr. Zagart here," she said, and the two nodded. "Well, since we had little time to investigate the rock's power. Dr. Zagart here has offered to help with the research." She said, as they entered the building. Soon they were shown to a room, where kids young and older were battling.
"Some of these blades," Dr. Zagart began to explain, "have a piece of the rock inside of them, but it seems that not all can call for the power of the ancient bit-beasts." He said.
"What do you say to a battle between us?" Alan challenged Ray, who was taken back by the sudden question.
"I can't, I didn't bring my blade." He explained, and it was true, the four had decided to leave their beyblades to Kenny.
"That's OK, we'll lend you one." Alan insisted, and Ray agreed. Both soon were in front of each other, and they began to battle. No sooner had their blades entered the stadium that Alan spoke. "How about we make this more interesting?" he suggested to Ray.
"How?" the Chinese blader ask.
"The one who loses has to go to the nearest store and buy the winner whatever he wants." Ray deadpanned, he thought that Alan was going to say something more along the lines of that the loser would have to forget about Max, but that was just ridiculous!
"Whatever." He said, and no sooner had he said that, that he saw his blade flying out of the stadium. Wow, that was fast! What the hell happen? Ray thought.
"I win!" Alan exclaimed, as he smiled at Max, who didn't know who he should congratulate or cheer up. "And that means that you have to go the nearest store and buy me something!" he was happy to say the least, and Ray sighed.
"Fine, which way to the nearest store?" he asked, and Emily stared at him.
"What are you talking about? The nearest store it's about an hour from here." She said, and everyone was silent.
T-that bastard! Ray thought, trying to stay calm. "I-it doesn't matter, I lost. Can you tell me the directions?" he asked Emily, and she nodded.
"If you want I can draw you a map so you won't get lost." She offer and Ray offer her a fake smile.
"Why, thank-you." he force out.
"Ray, if you want I can go with you." Max offer, and Alan glared at Ray, while the raven-haired teen smile at the blond.
"Nah, it's OK Maxi, I won't be too long." He said, and left.
"Now, don't take too long!" the brunette called at Ray, and the teen turned to glared at him.
"Don't worry, I'll be back." He force out, and it was official now, Alan had moved to Ray's payback list right besides Kai's name. Kai can wait. Ray thought, but Alan is goanna pay soon! He declared stepping outside.
---Kai and the others---
It all went fine as the three entered the amusement park, and started to just look at the games and rides. But the problem began when Tyson suggested riding the roller coaster, both Kai and Zeo wanted to seat next to him. Luckily, or unlucky, the problem was solve when a girl cut them in line and sat besides the midnight-haired teen who didn't mind at all. That left for the two teens to seat next to each other, not happy at all of course. And that's how they spent most of their time, neither getting a chance to talk to Tyson alone. Soon, they were seated at one of the food stores and Tyson left to buy some ice-cream, and leaving the two teens behind in total silence.
"You know, I'm not happy that you're here." Zeo finally broke the silence, and Kai glared at him.
"You took the words out of my mouth." He said, damn, he has gotten blunter. Kai thought, trying to ignore the other teens' presence.
"You know, I have been trying to be alone with Tyson since we arrived here." He said, and Kai sweat-dropped.
"Yes, I have noticed that." He replied, as he tried to figure out what Zeo was getting to with this whole conversation.
"But I can't, since you interfere and you're always close to him." Kai was officially lost.
"Wow, I hadn't noticed that." Kai said sarcastically, he stood up from his seat, "I'm going to buy something to drink." He said, as he walked towards the vendee machine. Zeo smirked, and stood heading towards a group of girls who were chatting.
"Excuse me," he said, and the four girls turned to stared at him, "but would you like to know where's Kai Hiwatari?" he asked them, giving them his sweetest most faked smile. The girls' eyes widen.
"You mean Kai from the Bladebreakers?" they all asked, and Zeo nodded, pointing at the dual-haired teens' direction, in less than a second he was standing alone, as he heard Kai's more than colorful language. He turned, and sweat-dropped seeing the girls forming a circle around the glaring teen.
"What's going on?" he heard Tyson's voice ask besides him. He turned and smiled at him.
"Nothing much, it seems that Kai was somehow recognize by his fans." He said, as both saw Kai trying to get away. Not succeeding at all. "Oh, he also said that we should leave, since it's almost time to meet the others." He lied to Tyson, and the mention teen stared at Kai.
"Are you sure, but what about Kai?" he asked his friend, and Zeo merely smile.
"Don't worry, he knows the way there." Tyson looked doubtful, but in the end agreed. Zeo mentally cheered. While Kai mentally curse, seeing Zeo grabbing Tyson by the hand, and guiding him towards the exit.
Damn, that bastard! Forget about getting blackmailing material for Ray! Zeo is first! He thought, seeing that the number of girls had multiply, "Oh fuck this!" he said as he moved away from the girls, but the girls seemed glued together, making it impossible for him to get away. "Hey look, there's Tala!" he shouted, and the girls turned the way he was pointing.
"Tala where?" they all asked, and of course saw nothing, "there's no one there." they said, turning around and founding that Kai was gone. "Where is he?" they asked, and one girl pointed towards the exit. "There he is! Get him!" she shouted, and they all run towards Kai, who wasted not time to run himself.
As Kai kept on running, he found himself wishing that Ray was having a worse time than him. Isn't that nice?
---Tyson and the others---
Zeo and Tyson entered the building and they immediately saw Max and the others. "Hey guys!" Tyson cheerfully greeted, and the others did the same.
"Where's Kai?" Max asked Tyson, and Zeo answered him.
"He was found by his fans, he's probably running right now." H explained.
"Where's Ray?" this time Tyson asked Max, and Alan answered.
"He's at the nearest store, buying me something." He said, and they all missed as Alan and Zeo smirked at each other in triumph, all except Michael, but again he chose to ignore it. Showing that he was wiser than what he let out. (1).
---Ray at the store---
"This fucking sucks." The neko swore as he stepped outside the so called nearest store, a bag of junk food on one hand. Hey, Alan hadn't said what he wanted. "He's so goanna pay for this little stunt!" he kept on mumbling to himself as he walked towards the building again, but just as he rounded a corner, he collided with someone, sending them both down to the cold pavement. "Watch where you're going, you idiot!" he yell, rubbing his ass, as the fall did hurt, and not to mention that the so called idiot had landed on top of him.
"What did you say, Ray?" he heard the person said, and he open his eyes, and found himself been glared at. Wow, if looks could kill, he would've already been three meters down with flowers on top of him, and the Father saying the prayer for his soul! Yep, Kai looked scary.
"Nothing!" he quickly said, Kai stood up, and Ray noticed that Kai's cheeks were a little red, and that he looked winded. It almost looked like he had been running. "Where's Tyson and Zeo?" he asked him, "and where's your scarf?" he asked, seeing that the infamous white cloth wasn't around his captain's neck.
Kai looked behind him, and noticed that the girls were still after him. Don't they ever get tired! He thought, "I rather not talk about it, where are you going?" he asked him, and Ray show him the map and the bag.
"I'm going back to the building, you?" Kai stared at him and he smirked.
"Same!" he said, taking the things from the stun teen as he run away from Ray. "Have fun!" Kai called to Ray, who merely stood there.
"What the hell was that all about?" the neko said to himself, "I guess is truth about the whole love makes people do crazy things." He said, as he rubbed the back of his neck. A yell made him stopped his thoughts.
"Oh my god, it's Ray!" mention teen turned and curse, "But I don't see Kai." The same girl said disappointed.
"It doesn't matter, Ray is also hot!" another girl said, "Get him!" Ray didn't need to think as he run the same direction Kai had gone, thankful that he had memorize the map.
---Kai and the others---
As the dual-haired teen stepped through the doors he saw his friends waiting at the lobby of the building. Tyson was the first to see him. "Kai!" he exclaimed, as Zeo turned and glared. "What took you so long?"
"Nothing really, here." He handed Max the bag, and the blond blinked confuse, "I saw Ray, he asked me to give you this."
"But Ray was the one suppose to bring it!" Alan protested and Kai raised both brows.
"And your point is?" the brunette said nothing.
"Where's Ray?" Max asked a bit worry.
"Don't worry; he'll be here soon enough." Kai reassured him, and not sooner had he said that, that Ray appeared, looking as though he had run a marathon.
"Ray!" Max greeted, running up to Ray and hugging him, glad to know that his friend was alright. "Where's your headband?" the blond asked him.
"…Hey Maxi, I rather not talk about it." Ray fought to keep his cool, as he glared at Kai. Soon, everyone was talking about their day, while Kai, Ray, Zeo, and Alan glared at each other. A look of challenge was written on their eyes, each knowing that war had been declared. All missed this, except one. Michael rolled his eyes, as he saw the challenge in their eyes, and he turned to stared at Max and Tyson, who were oblivious to it all.
This isn't going to be pretty. He thought, as he grabbed a bag of chips that Ray had bought. Besides, why let them go to waste?
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(1) I'm no trying to bash him!
Brt: I'm done! I also tried to make the chapter longer, hope I accomplished it, also I'm not bashing Tyson either! Yey, now we're getting to the 'fun' part! Hope you liked reading it, and thanks for your reviews!