Ah I know, late again. Things have been a bit hectic around here lately and a series of events left me practically computer-deprived for far too long. And what's worse that I have to inform you about possible further delay on the next chappie because I have to go back to school on Tuesday (we have really dodgy holidays here). So yeah, oops. I'll try my best to keep updates regular though!
Disclaimer: Don't own Beyblade…bummer.
Need…sleep. Really need sleep, sleeeeep. Really, I guesstimate that it's around about 4am and I've just spent the better part of the day/evening/night cleaning up the mess Kai caused while on his little rampage of destruction. So it should be no surprise that I'm completely utterly exhausted. Despite all that I just can't seem to sleep. Even after counting several thousand sheep (which only succeeded in giving me an odd craving for cotton candy) and drinking several pints of warm milk (which did more harm than good, seeing as it decided to come back up after the first 3 pints.)
So why have I suddenly turned into an insomniac? Well I think it might be because Daichi refused to tell me what prank he'd pulled off on Kai and only told me I'd find out in the morning. Which is a neko-jin's equivalent of hell, or at the very least a form of mental torture. I need to know what he's done, so I've ended up staying awake the whole night –granted I would have been up half of it cleaning up anyway – and have received nothing but a headache.
Kai just got up a few minutes ago so I'm practically holding my breath. Did Daichi mean early morning or the regular kind of morning when the sane people wake up? Well only one way to find out I suppose. I get up quietly and stealthily sneak around the rest of the sleeping Bladebreakers. Minus Tyson and Hiro of course, seeing as they have their own rooms. Well, in Tyson's case I'd say his room is more of a dumpster, but it's too early in the morning to get technical.
I sneak down the hallway and keep all my senses alert for any sign of Kai. Ha, I hear water running, I guess he must be in the shower. I tiptoe outside the bathroom door for a while, after all, the bathroom would be the best place to set off a trap, since Kai would be the only one using it at this time in the morning.
I decide to make Kai's morning coffee (with extra added sugar of course) just so I have something to keep me occupied. Its a much better idea than letting my curiosity get the better of me and peaking under the door to see if the prank is taking place, because that would be pretty weird.
Sure enough after busying myself around the kitchen doing nothing in particular for about ten minutes, Kai makes an appearance. And what I see makes me choke on my tea. Kai gives me an odd look, which means that he isn't aware of what's happened. Wow, I'd say Daichi is as much a genius as Kenny…just in a different way.
"You know Kai…you might want to reconsider the face paint."
No Daichi hasn't messed about with the face paint, but that would also have been a good idea. Note to self, put something in Kai's face paint sometime soon. I barely manage to keep a straight face as I watch him turn around and leave, I assume to look in the mirror in the bathroom. Only when the door is closed do I collapse into hysterical fits of giggles…which quickly turns into loud evil maniacal laughter. Cue well placed flashes of lightning in the background. What? I can be evil…really.
A loud and angry roar is heard from the bathroom, I guess Kai discovered what's happened.
"WHAT THE…." The following is censored for younger viewers who can understand bad words and their meanings in several different languages. "WHO THE…." Yet more censoring, please bear with me. "I'M GONNA…" Ok this might take a while… "AND KILL WHOEVER DID THIS!" Ok I think I can stop censoring stuff now, I think he's done.
"AND AFTER THAT…" Ok, maybe not. More censoring.
Kai storms back into the kitchen and I struggle to keep a straight face once again at his new, bright and scarily Mariah-like pink hair. Well the front of it is more like the shade of Mathilda's hair, you know, sort of bubble-gum like. And of course since Kai has two toned hair, he now has a lovely shade of darker Mariah-coloured hair at the back. Hence why I told him to reconsider the face paint, it just doesn't match anymore.
"Who did this!?" Eep, glare of doom! Everyone take cover, every man for himself! No one else hide under the table, that's my spot!
Well of course I knew Kai would be pissed off, well pissed off isn't exactly the word. More like…angry to the extent of murderous intent, or something like that. But still, I still have a trick up my sleeve.
"How would I know Kai? I mean, since you captured and crammed everyone in that tiny cupboard yesterday they all have a reason to want to get back at you."
Ta daaaa. And just like that I've managed to get myself off the list of suspects and now I can act as Daichi's alibi if someone attempts to place the blame on him. I amaze even myself sometimes.
Kai looks crestfallen at the news. I understand why, he's disappointed that he doesn't know which one of us to tear limb from limb. The only reason he wouldn't try and get revenge on all of us is that we need at least four healthy bladers for the match next week. Really, the timing for everything couldn't have worked out better.
Now, time for step two of my innocence act. Act sympathetic. "Don't worry, maybe it'll wash out." I know for a fact it wont, Daichi is no amateur. I doubt nothing short of getting his hair bleached and dyed back will get that stuff out…and even then. But hey, what he doesn't know won't hurt me. "If not then you can just dye over it." I wonder if adding one color on top of another is like mixing paint? If so then I'm fairly sure Kai will have a lovely Oliver-green in time for the fundraising match.
"Hn." Kai grabs the coffee that I set out for him and drinks it all in one. I'm pretty sure that that's burned his throat raw because it was practically bubbling in the mug. Oh well, he doesn't seem bothered, in fact he's not even commenting on the sugar dosage – I've been steadily increasing it. By next week there will be more sugar than coffee.
Well I'd say that despite the lack of sleep, today is looking to be a pretty good day. Let's take a look at the scoreboard shall we…Rei: 2. Kai: 228 ….well, at least its progress.
Kai storms out of the room, probably to rewash his hair. "Kon, wake the others up. Training is starting early."
Ok, maybe this isn't as good a day as I thought. I don't even know what sort of training activity our captain and coach have come up with for today. Well I guess I'll soon find out.
"Wake up Granger and the old man too. I want everyone ready by the time I'm done showering."
What the hell…why would he want to wake Gramps up? I mean, Kai avoids that guy whenever possible. Then again Kai avoids everyone whenever possible so, well I guess I'd better get a move on anyway. I really don't want to question Kai when he's in a mood like this.
"Why do we have to be up at this time, Rei? It's 4:30! I haven't even had breakfast!"
"Kai's in a really bad mood this morning. Trust me Tyson, its better if you just do as he says."
Maxie decides to then jump into our conversation. "Wait just a sec, Kai is in a worse mood than usual? What could have happened to get him so worked up?"
Daichi and I share a nervous glance just as Kai walks in.
Silence.
…followed by lots of hysterical laughter. I guess he didn't manage to wash the pinkness out then, not that I'm surprised.
"All of you shut up or I'll Blazing Gig you in your sleep."
Back to silence. Needless to say, the laughter quickly stopped. Hiro and Gramps appear a few seconds later, probably wondering why most of us aren't breathing just in case it's loud enough to evoke Kai's wrath.
"Yo lil dawgs. Your days training is hap'nin' in ma crib. You do as I do and you'll be tip-top rockin' bladers rippin' up the dish, you dig homies?
Sorry Gramps, I don't think I completely 'digged' it. Or should it be 'dug'? Does that messed up slang even have a past tense? Wow…I'm mean when lacking sleep, I'd better watch my tongue today.
"Wait! You mean we're all training under you today grandpa!?"
Thanks for the translation Tyson, I was kind of stuck there…Wait a second…please tell me that was a translation error or is Gramps really going to be our teacher for the day? I don't think this is what Hilary meant by a change in the routine but…if I mention it then Kai will kill me. Yup, best stay silent and alive, even if it will probably cost me my sanity by the end of the day.
"That's right ma man. Now which of you dawgs has ever swung a sword before?"
I hesitantly raise my hand, as do Tyson and Hiro. The rest of the group keep their hands down.
"What's this got to do with beyblading any how? Getting ourselves stabbed isn't going to help us win any matches." Good point Daichi, even if it could have been phrased a bit better.
"Actually we're working on the idea that not getting stabbed will help you win matches. Martial arts should increase your reaction time, allowing your beyblade to move faster and more accurately, especially in rough terrain dishes with lots of obstacles. Your strength should increase too, and the motion of swinging the sword should also help your launch technique. Oh, and we're not using real swords, we'll be using the bamboo kind so no need to worry." Hiro makes a surprisingly great fill-in for Kenny when he's not around.. Yeah Kenny and Hilary are still at home in their beds, seeing as neither are needed right now and I doubt their parents would be happy if the phone started ringing so early in the morning. Lucky bums, I'm jealous.
"Right, now we're going to split into groups. Tyson and Rei, since you both know what you're doing…" Hey I agreed that I'd swung a sword before, I didn't say nothing about knowing what I was doing. "…you two pair up and spar. Gramps and I will show the rest how it's done."
…I have a bad feeling about this.
My neko senses were right once again. An unarmed Kai is bad, an unarmed angry Kai is hell on earth…so who came up with the idea to give him a bloody weapon!? Wooden or not, getting hit by that thing hurts.
After a mere ten minutes our new psycho pinkette prodigy joined Tyson and I in the intermediate section, seeing as he'd already made mincemeat out of the beginners. It was horrible, poor Maxie and Daichi didn't stand a chance. I was his next sparring partner and I think I must have already suppressed the memory seeing as its all one big painful blur to me. At least I know that from now on I'll be subconsciously more aware of anything pink.
Max, Daichi and I all tend to our wounds as we watch Kai and Tyson get into position. It seems that Kai decided to have revenge on all of us after all, and what a better way to do it than this? He can beat the prankster to a pulp without even knowing who it is, all in the name of training. I'd feel guilty if he hadn't made me almost drown on several occasions.
Tyson looks terrified.
"Tch, I bet he's not even a beginner, he's probably been doing this sort of stuff longer than Tyson."
I'd have thought the same as Daichi, what with having Voltaire as a grandfather and all I'd expect Kai to be trained to use every weapon under the sun. But Kai's far too blunt and straightforward to lie about something like that. Plus he'd have been the first to show his superiority…well he's kind of done that anyway, what with practically obliterating us and all.
"I dunno, Kai is pretty skilled in everything he does. He's a bit like Brooklyn in most areas, a prodigy."
Also a reasonable suggestion Max, but…well from what I've seen from the last couple of matches, he's good but he's certainly not perfect. The technique is at a minimum and he's using brute force and speed more than anything else.
Putting all this information together I can only come up with one solution. "It's killer instinct."
We all hold our breath as Hiro does the countdown. I think Tyson is praying. "3…2…1…Fight!"
The following scene is censored due to insanely unreasonable amounts of violence and some minor gore.
Well I really don't know what to make of that, so tell me what you think! R&R! Once again apologies for this late update and any more in the future, I promise I'll try my best!