Title : What's Our Age Again?
Authoress: XxShadow StormBreakerxX
Rating: K+
"Talking"
'Writing'
'Thinking'
"Person on other side of phone"
/Bitbeast talk/
//Bladers talking to bitbeasts//
"Russian"
Ages:
Spencer - 18
Bryan - 17
Tyson, Max, Hilary, Tala, Julia- 16
Kenny, Ian, Raul - 15
Kai, Ray - 6
Chapter 3 - Day 3
"We're going shopping, so we'll need money." - Hilary
"What do I look like? A cash register? As great as I am, I can't pull money out of my hat." - Tyson
"That's fine, I don't think anyone would want it anyway. 'Cause as great as you are, you have a lot of girls turning away." - Julia
Tyson moaned and let his head thud against the table, with Max laughing quietly.
After Ray had made a mess of the kitchen, Max and Tyson had been forced to clean it by a super-scary-devil-haired Russian, according to Tyson.
And they had finally managed to settle Ray down and put him to sleep, resting themselves. Only to get up at six that morning because of loud bangs in the kitchen. When they had gotten there, as sleep-deprived as they were, they caught hold of the sight of the ruined kitchen and a very innocent looking child with big amber eyes.
The kitchen was a mess, worse than the night before. There was flour, milk, sugar and all kinds of spices on the walls and floor. Sour cream some how made its way to the ceiling and orange juice was spread over the counters. Egg shells were scattered over the floor and the yolk covered the chairs.
Tala, of course, had them clean it up before anything else was done and now they were eating cereal. Kai was sitting quite comfortably in Tala's lap, eating carefully so as to not spill anything. Max was too busy laughing to eat, Tyson's head was still laying on the table next to his bowl and Ray, after a lot of yelling from Tyson was happily eating his cereal while Tala kept an eye on him.
The door opened and in stepped a brunette, Max smiled cheerfully.
"Hey Hilary!" Hilary smiled back, looking a little startled at seeing Tala but her eyes strayed towards the two children. She gasped.
"Kenny was telling the truth! Ray and Kai are kids!" Then, unnerving both older Blade Breaker members, she squealed.
"They're so cute!" Ray stared at her and grinned, hopping off his chair.
"Hiya! I'm Ray! You're a pretty girl!" Hilary's cheeks burned a light tinge of pink before she knelt down and picked him up.
"I'm Hilary. Awww, you are sooo cute!" She hugged him but Ray did not seem to mind at all. Tyson groaned louder and Hilary blinked.
"What's going on? Why's Tala here?" She asked and Max laughed.
"We had Tala come over here to deal with Kai and Tyson's just tired 'cause we had to clean up the kitchen twice because of Ray." Hilary laughed softly and Max added.
"I thought we should call in some help, you know some bladers who can handle children." Hilary grinned suddenly.
"I know just the two."
"Do we have to?" A male voice whined. There was sigh.
"Of course! Aww, come on little brother, can't handle two kids? Kids always seem to like you." A female voice asked sternly. There was silence for a bit.
"Fine. But, you owe me." It sounded as though the male was pouting.
"Uh huh." Came the amused reply.
"So?" Tyson asked anxiously and Hilary looked at him.
"So what?" She said slowly and Tyson scowled.
"Who's coming over?" He shifted uncomfortably on the couch. In the background Max was playing card games with Ray while Tala and Kai talked in their native language. Hilary smirked evilly and Tyson shuddered.
"Well," She drawled out, "You know both of them, they're bladers and they work great together. Oh, and they're siblings." Tyson looked thoughtful. A minute passed, two minutes and finally, Tyson moaned.
"Hilary.." He whined. "Who're you talking about?" Hilary suddenly felt like banging her head against the wall.
"Tyson. You. Are. An. Idiot."
"How long are we staying for?" The boy asked, watching the cars going by.
"As long as we need to." The girl answered, turning down a street.
"But, sis-" He started but was cut off by his sister.
"You know as well as I do, that any kids we meet thinks you're either cute or cool." She paused.
"Or both." She added, keeping her eyes on the road. The boy pouted.
"Shut up."
Kai sighed contentedly, snuggling deeper into Tala's jumper. He felt the redhead's chest vibrate as he chuckled.
"Comfortable?" The older Russian asked in amusement and Kai nodded, rubbing his eyes with tiny fists.
"Uh huh." He yawned, closing his eyes.
After a few moments of silence he opened his eyes.
"Talwa?" When Tala looked down at him, he continued.
"Where's mama and papa and big sis?" The question was asked oh so innocently complete with impossibly wide eyes. Tala sighed softly, running his hand through Kai's hair.
"They're not here," He began and Kai lowered his eyes. "But I'm sure you'll see you're big sister soon." He assured, watching Kai's face light up. He felt a small smile tug on his lips as the younger Russian grinned and giggled, leaning up to kiss the redhead on his cheek.
Kai wrapped his arms around Tala's neck.
"Thank you Tala. You're my bestest friend ever." He hugged the other tightly before curling up in his lap again. Tala smiled softly and held him closer.
"Take a nap, friend." Kai nodded and smiled sleepily.
"Mm'kay."
Hilary almost squealed again at the sight but held it back, just letting out a small sigh.
"Aww, how cute." She smiled at the scene of the two teenagers, though one was now only a kid, that were the 'mysterious, alluring' bladers ever, according to a lot of fans.
And did they ever have a lot of fans. It was almost scary how many girls would be willing to do anything for them but, of course, they didn't even get the time of day.
Just then the doorbell rang and Tyson dove out of his seat racing towards the door. He opened it and stared. And stared. And stared.
"Julia? Raul? What are you guys doing here?" He asked, a confused expression on his face. The siblings sighed softly and Hilary walked up.
"Glad you two could make it. Oh, and Tyson, Julia and Raul are going to help with Kai and Ray." Tyson's mouthed opened and closed before it snapped shut and he nodded slowly. Julia rolled her eyes and impatiently pushed past him to drop her bags on the floor. She smiled though when she caught sight of the two children. She turned to Hilary.
"Alright, Hil. If we want to get the stuff and come back before night time we should leave now." Tyson looked even more confused.
"Wait what? You're leaving?" Julia and Hilary nodded, pointing to the too long shirts Kai and Ray were wearing.
"They need clothes, we can probably guess their sizes. Not to mention food, you guys had take out last night, right?" Tyson nodded and Julia wrinkled her nose.
"Well I don't eat take out and I refuse to let Raul eat it too." Hilary suddenly looked thoughtful.
"We're going shopping, so we'll need money." She said and Tyson stared at her in disbelief.
"What do I look like? A cash register? As great as I am, I can't pull money out of my hat."Tyson grabbed his hat and tipped it upside down, as if to prove the point, Julia rolled her eyes.
"That's fine, I don't think anyone would want it anyway. 'Cause as great as you are, you have a lot of girls turning away." She put her hands on her hips, smirking and Tyson growled.
"Here." The three teenagers turned to see who had spoken. Hilary and Julia's mouths dropped.
There in front of them was Tala, the lithe redhead had Kai curled up in one arm, snuggled up in his clothing. The boy's small hands clenched Tala's jumper tightly and he looked very peaceful, sleeping quietly. In the other hand, he held a credit card out to Julia.
"Spend as much as you'd like." He smirked and the two girls quickly tried to recover. Julia took it numbly and stared. Tala chuckled dryly.
"You should go if you want to make it in time for dinner." He winked at them and the two girls felt blushes creep up their cheeks.
"You can cook?" Tyson asked in disbelief and Tala nodded, shrugging the shoulder currently not being used as a pillow.
"Yeah, so what? Let the ladies go shopping and you can take Max and go out to practice while Raul helps me with Ray." Raul nodded his agreement but Tyson looked confused.
"Why would we practice?" Tala smirked darkly, eyes flashing.
"Kai may not be here as your captain but at the moment I'm taking his place. So get to it." Julia grinned at their stunned expressions as Hilary laughed.
"Yeah, get to it." Hilary added, struggling to hold back on the laughing, not wanting to wake Kai.
The two girls soon left, laughing as Max and Tyson slowly dragged themselves outside with their beyblades. Tala turned to Raul.
"You're good with kids right?" When Raul nodded, he seemed satisfied.
"Good, you can take care of Ray while I put Kai to bed. You'll have to until the girls get back. I'll be making dinner." Raul smiled softly.
"You can get started on dinner, I can put Kai to bed." He said quietly, unsure if he should have talked at all. Tala nodded and carefully handed the sleeping boy to him. After telling Raul where the room was he went into the kitchen, watching Ray through the doorway out of the corner of his eye.
Raul carefully lowered the blue haired Russian to the bed, tugging the covers over him. The boy mumbled under his breath and curled up, his eyes opening slightly. Raul smiled unsurely.
"Hey, it's okay. Just go to sleep." He whispered, running his hand through the blue hair. Kai nodded, yawned and went back to sleep. The redhead straightened up and walked out of the room, shutting the door quietly behind him. He sighed and moved back out of the hall.
Ray looked up from the paper he had been drawing on to see the younger redhead entering the room. The boy seemed nice, calm and quiet. Ray grinned at him and ran over.
"You know me, don't you?" He asked, staring up at him curiously. Raul knelt next to him and nodded, smiling softly.
"You're Ray." Ray smiled brilliantly and then looked at him expectantly. Raul laughed quietly.
"I'm Raul." Ray nodded, then pointed at the papers.
"Wanna help me dwaw?" The black haired child asked and when Raul nodded, he tugged him over to the couch by his sleeve.
The two sat on the couch, Ray drawing, Raul watching, occasionally asking what the boy was drawing. Ray was awed. This was the first person to ever have the patience to just watch him draw and compliment him, sounding sincere.
"You'wre cute." Ray suddenly said and Raul looked startled.
"Excuse me?" The neko-jin grinned and pointed at him.
"You awe cute." He stated simply before going back to drawing. Raul sighed and watched quietly as Ray drew. The boy would sometimes glance at him but Raul pretended not to notice. Papers scattered the nearby table and floor, as well as many crayons, some broken.
Hilary looked around. Many people rustled around from store to store, the loud chatter refusing to leave any silence. Julia and herself headed to the very well known children clothes store and entered, the noise quieter in the store.
The clerk smiled cheerfully at them as they walked to the counter.
"What can I do for you two?" She asked, twirling a lock of blonde hair absentmindedly.
"We need some clothes, for two boys. They're both six." The blonde nodded and led them towards the back wall, pointing out different patterns and materials as they went.
"Alright, I'll leave you to explore." She smiled at them again and headed back to the counter as an elderly woman came in.
Julia and Hilary looked at eachother and smiled.
"You get that side and I'll get this side." Julia said, pointing and Hilary nodded, eyes alight with excitement.
Vaguely, in the back of their heads, they kept the thought of not using too much of Tala's money. It was there somewhere atleast.
So? Good? Not good? Let me know. Anyway a 'surprise' guest comes in soon, 'course she's not my character or one from Beyblade though. Anyways, hope you've liked this so far. Review please!