I Love Beyblade

Chapter 21 – Decisions

"Please tell me, Himawari-chan!" Xue was on his knees, begging. He was tugging Kai's arm.

Kai glared at him. The two of them were with Tyson, Kenny, and Hilary at the front doors of the dojo. Xue had been there for more than hour and had been begging on his knees ever since. Quite shocking that Kai did not leave him there. "My name's not Himawari, damn it. It's Hiwatari!" Kai told him.

"Himawari-chan sounds better," Xue grinned. He went back to his teary eyes. "Please tell me!"

"I have nothing to tell you," Kai said. "And I can't help you. You're on your own."

Xue gasped, falling on his back. "No… that's… no…" he mumbled to himself. Everyone in the room was silent, just looking at him.

"The only advices I would give are battle strategies," Kai said. Xue's tears continued to steam out of his eyes.

"Anyway…" Hilary laughed nervously. "I better get back home."

"I'll walk with you," Tyson volunteered.

Hilary sticks her nose in the air. "Humph. I'll be fine by myself," she told him. "I don't need a bodyguard." Before she left, she turned to Kai with a smile. "Oh yeah, thank you Kai."

He nodded and she left.

Tyson gave Kai a flat look. "Thank you? Thank you for what?" he asked.

Kai looked at him for a moment and sighed. "Nothing really," he said.

Xue sat up, scratching his head. His ears moved when he heard a familiar voice. He smiled and rushed towards the voice. He ran to the gate and to the next door neighbor. He stops at he neighbor's gate and peeped into the yard. The door to the neighborhood's house was open and he could see the people inside.

"What's up with him?" Kenny pointed where Xue left.

"What are you doing now?" Kai questioned as Tyson walked up to Xue. The guys followed him because they were curious what made him stop begging all of the sudden.

Xue did not reply for a minute. "…I think I can hear Ruby, Eve, and Enrique's voice from next door," Xue said.

"Harumi and Rin's lives there, right?" Tyson asked himself out loud.

"You don't remember?" Kenny asked, sighing at him.

Tyson glared at him with a slight blush. "Of course I do! I meant by what Ruby and the others are doing over there right now."

Xue listened to the voices, eavesdropping. What is Ruby doing here for? He asked himself.

Harumi and Rin were sitting across from Ruby. Eve and Enrique did not sit and they were standing behind Ruby. Rin looked at her mother and then at Ruby. "So then… you're going to except her?" Rin asked, a bit stun. "That's a very fast response… just about two or three hours ago, you didn't want to…"

"I made up my mind," Ruby said. Her hands were on her lap. Her eyes stared at the ground. "What happen back there… my head was just hurting and I didn't know what to think. When I was a child… well, I don't really know what happen. Whenever I try to think back, my mind doesn't want to remember… so it was hurting. I'm sorry for my rude behavior earlier."

Harumi signed to Rin. "Mother said she understands now that you explain it. Don't force yourself to remember," Rin told her.

Ruby slightly turned her head to right. She could feel Xue and the others outside. Are they eavesdropping…? She sighed. That did not matter anyway. Rin turned her head again. "I can't really call you 'mother' at the moment. You're still a stranger to me."

Harumi smiled brightly, nodding.

"So if it's okay…" Ruby continued. "I want to call you Harumi. Just to start it off."

"Excuse me for interrupting," Enrique stepped up. "Why did you suddenly just want to come here again, Ruby?"

"I guess it won't hurt to talk about that," Ruby said. "About a more than a year ago, I started to travel around… just to search who I am. At that time, I had nothing to do. So I decided to walk around and see if I can find someone who knew about the bell I wore around my neck when I was very young. I made friends with the weirdest people and they helped me. During my search, all I wanted is to find my real parents again. I was actually happy to hear that you were my mother, Harumi. I'm sorry if I acted like that before. I was… confused."

"That's all right," Rin translated as Harumi signed.

Ruby lifted her head to the two presences. "What happen when you left, Harumi? Rin said that we were separated at sea when we were only a year old back then."

"Something attacked us when we were onboard on a big ship," Rin told her. This is a story that Rin had heard many times from her mother. "Well, it was more like something went berserk. My mother doesn't really remember what happen either or why. Mother was holding me and father was holding you. Mother and I fell into the ocean. We were saved. We were somewhere far off from where home is. We couldn't contact father after that and he just sort of… went missing after that."

"…What?" Ruby blinked. It sounded like a long story but it seems like Rin only told the short version of it. "So that's how we were first separated?"

Harumi grabbed Rin's arm and signed more letters. "I did tell her the whole story. Just not the details of it," Rin said, shrugging. "So, Ruby…"

"Call me Sachi."

Everyone turned to her.

Ruby closed her eyes. "I… I want to be call Sachi," she said again. Harumi immediately jumped on Sachi and hugged her. "Ah! Harumi! S-Stop that!" Sachi slightly blushed.

Eve and Enrique both smiled. This is one side of Sachi that they had not seen. Eve was going to say something, but did not want to. This is Sachi's reunion with her family after all. She should not spoil it.

Rin looked at her mother and younger sister for a moment. She looked away with bitterness and felt tired.

Harumi signed to Sachi and Rin translated, "Rin and me got a kitten. We named it after you."

"Eh?" Sachi smiled brightly as the cat walked up to her. "You named the cat after me? That's so cute!" Sachi picked the cat up, laughing.

Suddenly, Xue came and jumped into the huddle, surprising everyone. "We're all happy!" he cried joyfully.

Enrique turned to look back and saw Tyson, Kai, and Kenny. "How long have you guys been listening there?" he asked with a chuckle.

The three of them looked at each other. No reply.

Tyson looked at Sachi, thinking out loud to himself. "So… about a year ago, we've met when she decided to leave and search for her real parents. What's up with the timing of everything?" he wondered.

Kai glanced at him. "You don't mean when Beyblade got ban from the world, are you?" he asked.

"That too, but…" Tyson nodded. "I don't know how to put it… It's odd, isn't it? Everything that unusual happened… about a year ago. Doesn't it connect to anything?"

Beyblade becoming ban from the world, the bit beast gaining a solid form, fusing bit beasts took place, friends being hunt down for bit beasts and the Empty Hearts members. What else could there be?

"I wonder if there's this one mastermind person planned all of this," Tyson smiled brightly.

"You're thinking too hard," Kai told him with a flat look. Even if he is, Kai could not help but think about that also. It seems too oblivious to figure that out. Too oblivious that seems too good to be true.

"Eh? You know sign language?" Rin asked.

It had already been the next day. Sachi spent her time with her mother and sister last night and slept at their house. Currently, it's early in the morning. Harumi, Rin, and Sachi were eating breakfast. The cat was under the table, drinking milk.

"Yeah," Sachi nodded. "I'm letting you know so you don't have to translate when Harumi is with me. Just as long as I feel her hand when she's signing."

"Oh," Rin nodded.

Harumi moved her hand was under Sachi's. She signed, "Where did you learn the Hand Sign Language Alphabet?"

Sachi smiled. "From… an important friend of mine. But… he's not around anymore."

Rin took a bite of an egg. Sachi turned her head to Rin with a curious look on her face. "…Yes?" Rin blinked at her.

"Have you been in your Second Form all this time?" Sachi questioned. "I've been feeling this strong strange presence from you ever since I met you. You have a bit beast, right?"

Rin dropped her fork, face paled. "How…?"

"Does that mean you're powerful?" Sachi asked, smiling. "Wow, as expected from my older sister."

"Get…" Rin stood up, backing away. "Get out of here!" she exclaimed.

Sachi jumped from her sudden loud voice. "Rin…?"

Harumi's eyes set on Rin. Rin looked away. "Sorry… I didn't mean you, Sachi… Excuse me…" She ran away out of the kitchen.

"Um…" Sachi blinked. She grabbed her mother's hand. "Explain, please."

Harumi signed, "Rin has bit beast but she doesn't like her bit beast. When she was eight years old, she came into contact with her bit beast. It caused her whole school to burn down and a lot were killed and injured… The bit beast wouldn't leave her and wanted to apologize. It just followed her around frequently when the two of us were moving from places to places. Rin quit going to school ever since."

"Burn the school down?" Sachi asked. "Was it really that powerful?"

Harumi sighed heavily. "The bit beast is from the sun," Harumi signed. "Its flames are dangerous. Sometimes, Rin does not even notice that she's in her Second Form and would usually burn things down. She used to have a short temper so she tried to be a different person. When she gets mad, flames appears around her."

"So…" Sachi nodded, slowly. "That's why she's so nice. Is she just acting to be nice all this time?"

"Yes," Harumi signed.

Sachi laughed, "Oh wow! I have an interesting sister! Hehehe…"

Harumi gave her a flat look. "Sachi, please take this seriously," she signed.

Rin slammed her fist on the wall of her bedroom. Flames burned on her wall when she hit it. "Oh no!" she panicked, waving her arms around. She hurried and sucked the flames into her body. She breathed heavily and dropped onto her bed, facing down. Her eyes looked directly at her window where the sun is about to rise. Her eyes glowed with a warm feeling as her eyes set on the sun.

The sun rose higher, time passed.

"I know you can hear me… so stop following me around," she said. "Why did it have to be me?"

"Rin!" Sachi called from downstairs.

She sat up and looked at her open bedroom door. "Yes?"

"We're going to see Mr. Dickenson at Tyson's dojo really soon!" Sachi said. "Come along!"

Rin sighed. "Okay," she quietly said.

"Hilary, what the hell are you doing here?" Tyson grumpily looked at her.

"I told Kai to call me if something's up," Hilary said, grinning. "If I asked you, you probably won't even let me know what's happening."

Tyson turned to Kai. Kai did not say anything.

Tyson, Hilary, Kai, Kenny, Eve, Xue, and Enrique were all inside the dojo. Harumi, Rin, and Sachi soon came by. Kai tried to avoid looking at Sachi. Xue went and hugged Sachi, greeting her.

"Huh? You're name's Sachi now?" Hilary asked her. Kai had told very little detail that happened yesterday last night. She was surprised that Ruby was Sachi that Rin and Harumi were talking about. A total shock!

Sachi nodded, "That's right."

Five minutes passed. Mr. Dickenson arrived with a smile on his face. Everyone went into the living room.

"Alright, straight to the point. We mustn't waste time." Mr. Dickenson started. "I have already prepared beforehand for the plan. I first want to gather the G-Revolution, the White Tigers, and the All Starz first before declaring what we will do next. The other two Majestics members are on their way here really soon so we'll wait for them. I want every single one of you to spilt into two groups and go and find the White Tigers and the All Starz."

"I call All Starz!" Xue raised his hand, smiling happily. He turned his head sharply to Sachi. "You come with me, okay, Sachi?"

"Uh…" she tilted her head, thinking about it.

"Actually, I already made a list," Mr. Dickenson said with a smile.

"What?" Xue turned to him with teary eyes.

Mr. Dickenson laughed. "Hohoho… but don't worry, you're going to America, Xue."

"Yes!" Xue threw his fist in the air. He could not wait to see Jamie, even if she's on the bad side.

Mr. Dickenson pulled out a paper and read his list. "Xue, Tyson, Enrique, and Oliver will go to America to find the All Starz and Tala. Kai, Robert, Spencer, and Ruby will meet up with Bryan in China, where the White Tigers are."

"Ruby's Sachi now," Xue pointed out to the old man.

"Wait, what about me and Hilary?" Kenny asked, pointing to himself.

"Yeah," Hilary said, nodding. "I want to come along."

"You two don't have bit beasts," Kai told them. "It's best to just stay here where it's safe."

Hilary bit her lower lip. "But…"

"Xue doesn't have his bit beast anymore though," Enrique said, smiling.

"Hey!" Xue looked at him. "I do have it!"

"But didn't you say you left your bit beast behind?" Eve asked, a bit confused.

"Ah and I are bonded mentally," Xue smiled, giving her a thumps up. "As long as I call it's real name, then it should be no problem. Even Leo doesn't know this. Ha. That's why I left it with him for a while. Too bad I won't be seeing how his expression is when Ah leaves him." Xue turned away and snickering to himself.

"Mr. Dickenson," Kai looked at him. "May I switch with Tyson and search for the All Starz?"

Everyone looked at him. "May I ask why?" Mr. Dickenson blinked.

Kai leaned against the wall. "…I don't want to work along with Robert," he said.

"Yeah right!" Xue turned to Kai. "You just don't want to be close to Sachi anymore!"

"Don't jump into conclusions," Kai glared at him. Sachi scratched her face with a sweat drop. "Also," Kai looked back to Mr. Dickenson. "Harumi and Rin might be able to help us as well."

"I refuse," Rin quickly said. Harumi nodded, agreeing with her daughter.

Mr. Dickenson looked at the two blond hair women and back at Kai. "Oh yes, you talked about them on the phone yesterday," he nodded. "But if they do not want to be a part of this, I won't force them."

Sachi grabbed Rin's arm. "Harumi doesn't have to come, but you're coming along for sure," she grinned.

Rin looked at her younger sister with a tired face, but she did not say anything.

"But I guess we'll need Harumi as well," Sachi looked at her mother. "We need you. If a chaotic battle occurs in a city where a lot of people are, we will need your Time Dimension."

Harumi looked at the ground, unsure.

Mr. Dickenson rubbed his chin, thinking for a moment.

Eve then remembered something. "Hey, Enrique, why didn't you help Tyson and Kai when Johnny attacked last night?" she asked.

Enrique blinked. "Oh… that's just because Johnny's a friend, right? I couldn't do it," he said, sounding really sarcastic. "Or maybe I just didn't feel like it. I'm sure the others would have been fine without me."

"Since when did you lack battle sense?" Sachi said, glaring. Tyson really got hurt. Did that not mean that they needed more help?

Enrique smirked, shrugging. "Don't look at me. Eve's a got bit beast and she didn't help either."

"Eh?" Eve blinked. Everyone looked at her. "Oh… it didn't occur to me that Spirit should fight… Can you fight, Spirit?"

The cat just purred.

"Spirit's doesn't seem to be an offensive bit beast," Hilary said, narrowing her eyes at Enrique.

"But bit beasts all can do something with battling," Tyson said, looking at Kai to hear his opinion. "Isn't that right, Kai?"

Kai did not say anything. He was not so sure himself. Spirit looked vulnerable if it actually went into battle.

Mr. Dickenson looked at Harumi and Rin. "Kai and Sachi are right. Will you two not lend us a hand?" he asked, smiling.

"No," Rin told him. "You guys are going to search for the other Beybladers around the world right? They will join with Tyson and them. You have all the people you need already. There's no need to involve me and my mother."

"Um… Rin," Tyson waved at her with a blank face. "That's true but they're not here yet. You can at least help us find them first. I'm sure Mr. Dickenson will send you two back home after that."

"You two don't have to decide now," Mr. Dickenson said. "Please think over about it. I would love it if we have more people with bit beats on our side."

Harumi nodded with a determined look on her face.

Rin looked at her mother. "That was a fast response, mom! You're kidding!"

"Because…" Harumi signed. "They'll need the help they can get, correct? I think it's about time to put Tenshi to use. Who knows if it really becomes a 'chaotic' battle like Sachi said? I don't want to lose her again if she decides to leave with them. Let's help, Rin."

Rin sighed, looking away. "If that's what you decide… fine," she said. I can't go against what you wish anyway. I never did. She sighed again.

Sachi smirked. "Alright, Mr. Dickenson! We got them!"

Eve looked at Sachi silently. She remembered the talk they had last night when Sachi wanted to talk to her. Sachi's real intention of wanting Mr. Dickenson's help is to search deeper into the Silver Company. She also wanted Eve to find out more about what is going on behind the company. Even if Sachi told Eve she wanted to get into the main base of the Silver Company, Eve just can't help it but it seem Sachi's hiding more from her.

"Ho, ho, ho," Mr. Dickenson smiled. "Alright then, let's do this over again. Harumi, if you don't mind, you will come with me. I want to see your Time Dimension and research it. The group who will find the All Starz and Tala are: Tyson, Xue, Sachi, Eve, and Rin."

"Yeah!" Xue jumped to Sachi's side.

Eve blinked. "…Me too?" She was not so confident if she could be any of help. She would rather search through info on her laptop.

"Research the Time Dimension?" Rin asked, looking at the old man.

"If we find the secret of its ability, perhaps we can find a way not to rely on Harumi in the future," Mr. Dickenson said. "And as for the group who will meet up with Bryan in China are: Kai, Robert, Spencer, Oliver, and Enrique."

"Why did I get switched?" Enrique asked. "I want to be on Sachi's side."

"Stop complaining," Sachi flattened her eyes. "Mr. Dickenson made up his mind so he's not going to change it. And so, let's us prepare to leave tomorrow."

Enrique pouted.

"Actually," Mr. Dickenson smiled. "I was hoping to leave today." Everyone looked at him.

"That's even better," Sachi smiled.

"Why so sudden?" Hilary asked. She would not be able to go but they were leaving so soon. She does not want to see them go just yet because if they were not, she would probably find a way to convince Mr. Dickenson to let her go as well.

Mr. Dickenson looked out the windows upon hearing helicopters. "Oh, they are already here," he smiled.

"They?" everyone looked outside.

Mr. Dickenson walked outside and everyone else followed. One of the helicopters slowly came down as the others stayed higher in the sky. A rope drops down from it and Spencer came down with Robert and Oliver above him. The three of stood on the ground and looked at Mr. Dickenson. Robert looked stiff as usually, Oliver just smiled, and Spencer sighed.

"What do you want us to do next?" Spencer questioned, looking at Mr. Dickenson.