I Love Beyblade
Chapter 22 – The Flight
Harumi sat down on the sofa, disappointed, at her house. It has been a couple hours and within these two hours everyone is supposed to be ready to leave. She had already packed some of her belongings in a small suitcase. Harumi wanted more time alone with her daughters and live normally from the outside world. She wanted to talk to Sachi so much, just about everything. Last night was not enough even if Sachi stayed over. Harumi sighed and looked at Sachi, the cat.
You're so lucky you get to stay home… Harumi thought. She blinked. Who's going to take care of you? She sweat dropped. She had totally forgotten about her. The cat purred, licking her paw.
Outside of the dojo, the others were all discussing about what they should do about food while traveling and looking for the missing beybladers.
"Are you kidding me?" Kai glared at Tyson. "You're bringing that luggage along?"
"I need to change clothes too, you know?" Tyson grinned. The blue suitcase was right next to him on the ground, a bit too big though.
Everyone looked at him because they all just carried bags with them. What does Tyson have in there that he needs to wear? It's fall, not winter.
"So, what have you been doing all this time when you left?" Oliver asked Enrique.
Enrique chuckled, "Just relaxing… taking a break."
"From what?" Robert asked. More like demanding though.
"From you guys?" Enrique shrugged.
Hilary sighed, looking at everyone. Xue was whispering to himself something about Jamie and giggling. Rin and Sachi were talking quietly. Eve patting Spirit, who still remained out of sight from everyone, and she was talking to Mr. Dickenson. Spencer sat on a big rock, leaning on his palm. Hilary looks at Kenny.
"Aren't you feeling bad that we won't be able to go, Kenny?" Hilary asked.
Kenny was typing away on his little laptop, looking up at Hilary. "Yeah, I do," he said. "But what can we do? We'll just get in the way."
"That's not the spirit that I'm looking for!" Hilary lightly glared.
"I know, but still…"
Hilary sighed heavily, turning away to think to herself.
Eve walked over to Kenny. "Have you ever try hacking?" she asked with a smirk on her face.
Kenny looked at her. "No, actually…" he rubbed the back of his head.
"I'll teach you," Eve smiled. "I need your help to search something in the Silver Company. I have Mr. Dickenson's permission so you can come along with the group who will be heading to America."
"Really?" Kenny exclaimed, standing up. "Okay! Sure! I'll do it!"
"What?!" Hilary glared. "Hey, I can do something too! Let me come along too!"
Eve and Kenny looked at her and at each other. Kenny nervously said, "What… can you do, Hilary?"
Hilary thought for a minute. "Something," she said.
"You better think of something then," Eve told her. "I can't afford to protect you if something goes wrong."
Hilary looked at her and then smiled. "I'll just come along with you then! I'll… I'll help you in any way I can! Just please let me come along! I'm not asking for any protection at all. Really!"
"Mr. Dickenson," Eve turned her head to him. "What do you think?"
"Please!" Hilary turned to face the old man with teary eyes. "I don't want to be left behind again!" Not after what happen a year ago. She spent her whole year worrying and she does not want to feel that way again. There's just no way.
Mr. Dickenson smiled at her. "Well, if you insist… I have no choice now, do I?"
Hilary's eyes sparkled. "Thank you so much!"
"But you must stay with Eve at all times," Mr. Dickenson added. "With her bit beast's ability, I can be rest assure that you will be fine."
"I understand!" Hilary smiled brightly.
Tyson counted his fingers. "Then that makes about… seven people heading to America and five heading to China," he thought out loud.
Oliver walked up to Eve with a smile. "How old are you, Eve?" he asked.
Eve blinked for a moment. "I'm twenty-one," she said. "Why?"
Oliver smiled. "No particular reason," he said, walking away back to where Robert and Enrique were.
"Eve," Sachi called. "Can you come here for a moment?"
Eve nodded and went over to Sachi and Rin.
Oliver looked at Robert and smiled, "You heard that, right?"
"Of course I did," Robert said. He looks over at Eve. "It's no wonder she looks mature and independent."
"You like mature and independent women?" Oliver asked.
"Being twenty-one doesn't mean they're mature and independent," Enrique said. "She likes hitting guys at the back of their heads. I've been slap before, you know."
"That must means you were being immature," Robert told him. "Do you know her?"
Enrique looked away with a disgust face. "I do know her because we're distant cousins," he said.
"You should have introduce us," Robert said.
"No way."
Robert glared at him. "You will introduce us, Enrique."
"You're not shy, are you?" Oliver asked, giving Robert a teasing smile.
Spencer stood up and walked to Kai. "I heard Tala's missing," he said. Kai just nodded. "And what happen to Ruby's… I mean Sachi's arm?" Earlier Spencer heard everyone calling her that so he thought he should too.
"That…" Kai glanced over to Sachi. She wore her dark red coat and white pants with the black tank top. "That I do not know."
After an hour, everyone gathered in front of the dojo. Harumi left the cat with Grandpa, telling the cat's needs of proper care. Grandpa said he would give everything he has to feed the cat. Kai decided to leave his motorcycle with Grandpa as well.
"You sure?" Sachi grinned. "I thought it was precious to you. You wouldn't even leave it behind before we met Tala and the others."
Kai ignored her.
Tyson, Kenny, Hilary, Rin, Eve, and Harumi got into Mr. Dickenson's van. The driver is his assistant. Kai, Sachi, Robert, Spencer, Oliver, and Enrique got into two taxis. They all drove off to find a bigger area to get on the helicopters without disturbing the neighborhoods. There were ropes but it would probably be best to drive out of the city.
"Did you seriously have to come along?" Tyson gave Hilary a flat face. "You're so persistent." He, Kenny, and Hilary were sitting in the back of the van.
Hilary smiled, "I can't let you guys have all the fun now can I?"
"This isn't a game," Rin said. She, Eve, and Harumi were sitting in the middle seats. Mr. Dickenson had the front as his assistant drove.
Behind Mr. Dickenson's van are the two taxis. The first one that is right behind the van sat Sachi and Spencer. Sachi took the front seat, Spencer sat behind the driver, and Kai's beside him. The second taxi sat Robert, who had the front seat with the driver, Oliver and Enrique, in the back seats.
"Hey," Enrique turned to Oliver. "Amphisbaena can fly. Why can't I just ride on Amphisbaena and follow you guys from the sky?"
"You'll just cause a crowd," Oliver told him, chuckling after that.
"Kids will probably think it's cool," Enrique said, grinning.
"Stop being stupid." Robert sighed.
In the other taxi, Sachi and Spencer were chatting a little. Kai was silent.
"Oh, you're blind?" Spencer asked. "You didn't look like it because you look like you knew where you were walking."
Sachi grinned. "I'm talented, I guess. Hehehehehe…"
"Actually, I heard from Kai earlier. I already knew."
Sachi paused. "What else did that guy said behind my back?" she suspiciously turned her head to the back seats. She was talking like Kai was not here and it ticked him off a bit.
"…That's all there is," Spencer told her.
"Uh-huh," she turned back to the front.
Spencer sighed. "Did you expect him to comment on your looks?" he asked.
"Be quiet, Spencer," Kai mumbled.
Sachi felt the same emptiness in her chest again. The missing emotion is not coming out. She blinked, silent. "No… not really," she said. "He's not that kind of guy, is he? I wasn't really expecting anything at all. …Did you talk to Xue?"
Spencer nodded, "Yeah. That kid said a lot of weird stuff and told me to tell them to you, just to see if you any kind of reaction. He told me to tell you Kai likes you. Kai thinks of you everyday… that kind of stuff. Of course, these are lies that Xue told me."
Kai glared and looked outside. "That little whining kid…" He meant Xue.
Sachi paused again. "…When did you have the time to talk to someone you don't even know, Spencer? Especially when you just arrive today?"
After leaving the city and driving far from it, the vehicles stopped. Everyone got out and the two helicopters flew their way. Mr. Dickenson and Haurmi stayed inside the van as the two taxis left. The helicopters landed.
Mr. Dickenson waved good-bye before leaving down the other road and Harumi smiled and waved to her daughters. "Please be careful," she signed. And then they left towards the horizon.
Tyson, Xue, Rin, Sachi, Eve, Hilary, and Kenny are the group who are to search for the All Starz and Tala. They walked to one of the helicopters and entered it. Kai, Robert, Spencer, Oliver, and Enrique are the group who are to search the White Tigers and they entered the other helicopter.
As the two helicopters floated off into the air, Kai looked out of the window. He looked at the helicopter that is leaving for America. He could not see Sachi inside and turned away since he couldn't.
"Jamie, Jamie, Jamie!" Xue whispered excitedly to himself, sitting between Tyson and Sachi in the back.
"You're that crazy about her?" Tyson asked.
"Yeah, he is," Sachi chuckled. "Almost everyday he thinks of her… too bad she doesn't see how kind Xue is towards her."
Xue smiled brightly. "One day she will realize my love!" he said, throwing a punch in front of him.
Hilary was sitting by Tyson's other side, by the window. "But Jamie's an enemy. How will you confront her?" she asked.
"I'll…" Xue was still smiling. "The first thing I'll do is jump on her! And then tell her how much I missed her!"
Kenny sighed. "Can't really imagine that happening… I don't even know how she looks like."
"She almost looks like Eve," Xue said.
Eve smiled. "I… really going to see her, huh?" she asked herself, but rather out loud. "It would probably feel awkward… I haven't seen her for a long time now." Eve felt worried and sad at the same time. What made Jamie wanting to join the Empty Hearts in the first place?
"Don't worry," Sachi told Eve.
Spirit snuggled against Eve's cheek, purring softly. Eve smiled and patted on Spirit's head. Eve looked out the window and noticed something. "What the…?" she slowly got up from her seat.
A girl in a silver and golden suit with white wings on her back flew right into their helicopter after slamming open the door. The girl appeared to be as tall as the girls and she had long silver hair that reaches to her back. She had a silver, bird-like mask on and it covered her face besides her mouth.
"Who are you?" Tyson exclaimed, jumping from the unknown girl's presence.
The girl in the silver and golden suit smirked. She quickly grabbed something out of her pouch around her waist. She moved around in the helicopter, randomly placing a rectangular glass on Tyson's right cheek, one Eve's right wrist, one on Xue's neck, one on Rin's left backhand, and one on Sachi's forehead. It all happened too quickly.
"What are these?" Eve looked at the rectangular glass on her wrist. Then she realized Spirit was no longer on her shoulder. "Spirit? Where did you go?" she looked around.
"What are you doing?" Hilary glared at the unfamiliar girl.
The silver hair girl flew right out and under the helicopter. She turned, flying on her back, and grabbed the helicopter's skid and slowly turning it's destination to another direction.
Sachi touched the small glass on her forehead, thinking. I didn't even sense that person flying this way… She thought. And what's this? It's like… it's surpassing my energy from… Sachi stood up and walked to the broken door. She sticks her head out, feeling another presence back at the other helicopter where Kai and the other group were.
Eve stood up and walked to the driver. "Hey, this isn't the way to America, is it?" she asked.
The man was sweating. "I can't control this thing!" he said, nervously. "That girl… that girl must be dragging us somewhere else!"
"What do you mean?" Kenny asked.
Tyson looked at Hilary and Kenny, who did not receive the small glass on their skin. Why did they not get one on them? Tyson looked at the other helicopter, the one that planned to go to China but it is also turning to the same where they were being force to go. "Hey, there's a guy with wings under that helicopter!" Tyson pointed. "What's going on?"
Xue looked outside also, slightly pushing Tyson aside. There was a guy in a black and blue suit with a black bird-like mask on. He had black wings and black hair. "That form… is it the Second Form?" he blinked, confused.
"Are they one of the Empty Hearts then?" Hilary asked. There was not anyone else who would be in any Second Form because it's supposed to be hard to control.
Xue shook his head. "I don't know. I never seen them before… but…" he touched the small glass on his neck. "This thing… I don't think we can call our bit beast as long as we have this on our skin… When did the Silver Company start on a new devise to keep us from summoning our bit beasts?"
Hilary looked at Xue, remembering the time when Xue had put a glass on the Dranzer's clip. "You mean, it's the same one when you put one on Dranzer before, right? That must means they are from the Empty Hearts!"
On the other helicopter where the guy with the black wings Kai was trying to call out Dranzer. Nothing happen. He touched the rectangular glass that is on his cheek, close to his right eye.
"Why is Amphisbaena not answering me?" Enrique glared, slamming his left arm against the chair. He had the same small glass on his left arm. His left sleeve was torn because he was struggling with the strange guy who had just suddenly appeared out of nowhere and crushing the door open. "What is this thing on me anyway?"
Robert's small glass was on his left cheek. Even Griffolyon was not appearing. Spencer and Oliver looked out the window at the other helicopter. The small glass is on the back of Spencer's neck and one is on the back of Oliver's right hand.
Kai glared and stepped out of the broken door. He knew that the helicopter was being pull to another direction, upon seeing that the other helicopter is being pull by the girl with the white wings. He carefully stepped down and grabbed the skid, hanging from it. He looked at the other guy who was holding onto the other skid. "Who are you?" Kai demanded.
The guy with the black wings ignored him and kept pulling the helicopter to the same direction.
Kai glared at him. He swings himself and kick the other guy off, but the he held on tightly. The guy with the wings let go anyway and kicked Kai back, sending a powerful shadowy wave to Kai's face.
Kai covered his eyes, his hands letting go of the skid. He opened his eyes and stared up at the helicopter as he was falling down. His eyes blur and everything darken and then back to normal. He closed his eyes. Then he felt a hand with sharp nails grabbing his hand. He opened his eyes again and looked at Sachi, stunned.
She had long and narrow wings, black and orange. Her fingernails were sharp. He could also see her toenails that pierced through her boots. Her eyes stared at him, as if she was never blind. She smiled at him. The small rectangular glass on her forehead had been cracked into three uneven shapes but it still stayed on her skin.
The both of them floated in midair. Kai stared back at her in complete shock. "…Ruby?" What happened to her?