Heya, as I said before, I am so late in updating. I had expected quite a bit of homework when I went back to school, but quite a bit doesn't count as a mountain! So yeah, basically I haven't had a second to myself in ages, but an update's an update right? …Wait a sec…have I ever updated on time?
Disclaimer: Me, own Beyblade? Hah!
"What do you mean practise is finished!?"
I wince and instinctively cover my ears, really what does Hilary have against them? I'll be lucky if I can hear anything else for the rest of the day.
"Calm down Hilary, we just had to finish practise early. None of us are in any state to do any sort of training today after…that." Maxie to the rescue!
"What do you mean 'that'!?"
"That."
For those of you that haven't worked it out, 'that' is what we're now calling Kai's psycho attempted-murder frenzy after his sudden change of hair color. Why are we calling it 'that'? Well there are two reasons actually, first reason is that none of us really want to remember it, and secondly if we tried to explain the situation to Hilary then we would inevitably have to use the word 'pink', a word which is now forbidden in the dojo by law of Kai.
"Would you boys stop talking in riddles and just give me a straight answer!"
'That' isn't a riddle! It's an unreasonable and illogical abbreviation. But if I say that out loud I'd probably end up with an indent in my skull suspiciously evil-bag-of-doom shaped.I'd rather not explain at all but I'll happily tell her if it saves my skull…well I'll tell her an edited version anyway.
"Someone pulled a prank on Kai and now his hair is pi-…different. He got mad and beat us all up with a sword and claimed it was training. Now we can't train because…well it hurts to move." Max and Daichi nod along and point to various visible injuries to prove the point.
"I see…so then where's Tyson?"
Ah yes, Tyson. Well that's a whole other story, the ensuing battle/slaughter resulted in a severely beaten Tyson and Kai in an ever so slightly lighter mood. Tyson has now barricaded himself in his room and so far shows no intention of coming out. So we don't really know the extent of his injuries just yet, not that we're overly worried or anything, if he managed to make a reasonable sized barricade that stopped Hiro from entering then I doubt anything's broken.
"He's uh…recuperating." That's basically a nice way of saying 'recovering from physical and mental trauma.'
Hilary looks sceptical but she doesn't ask, thankfully. If any thing she looks thoughtful…which is equally as worrying. Luckily whatever she was thinking is interrupted by the appearance of a stuttering Kenny.
"G-guys, w-what happened to Kai? He looks insane! Who dyed his hair pi-" That's about the time when Max, Daichi and I tackle him and cover his mouth. As if bidden Kai steps through the doorway and sweeps the area with his evil-glare-of-doom. Heeeey…evil-glare-of-doom, evil-bag-of-doom, anyone else see a connection here? That's it, that's all the proof I need to show that Kai and Hilary are making some sort of evil alliance. Or if not them then at least the bag and the glare are conspiring…but that would just be weird.
Oops, complete tangent there. So yeah, it seems the word 'pink' is now a magical summoning word for Kai. Why anyone would want to summon Kai though I have no idea…well maybe the fangirls, but they don't count. Half of them are insane and the other half are psychotic in my opinion.
Kai 'Hn's' and leaves, well tries to until...
"Kaaaai! Wow that color is soooo cool! I'm going to paint my bedroom like that!"
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you the extended method of Kai-summoning, brought to you by none other than the soon to be dead, Hilary! Well if there was any conspiracies being plotted by those two there certainly won't be any more.
Despite all thoughts of honor and pride, I leave Hilary to gawk at Kai's hair and follow Daichi, Max and Kenny's example of crawling through the window to safety.
RIP Hilary. You shall be missed.
Needless to say we're all stunned as Hilary walks out the dojo, perfectly fine, five minutes later. Seeing as anyone surviving Kai's wrath just hours after 'that' does not compute, I was led back to my old ways of an incredibly superstitious White Tiger and yelling "Vengeful spirit!" (Old habits die hard.) Daichi and Max screaming "Zombie!" and Kenny calmly stating "What an odd phenomenon."
It takes at least ten minutes for Hilary to convince us that she was not a ghost, zombie, fangirl in disguise (Daichi's theory), or an immortal witch. Well to be honest I'm not totally convinced, but my suspicions will have to wait.
"So boys, since Tyson wont be coming out of his room for a while…and since you've got no practise….how about helping me learn how to blade again?"
We all exchange worried glances, after all Hilary is a scary blader, but if she could survive Kai's wrath unscathed then none of us are sure if its worth the risk saying no. So really it's all just a matter of which way we'd prefer to die, by Hilary or by her blading skills. Talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place.
"So Hilary…how come Kai didn't ki-….get mad at you?"
"Oh I promised I'd get him some blue hair dye next time I go shopping. But don't change the subject Rei! Will you teach me to blade or not?"
Ha! So that's how she did it, bribery! But no that question wasn't for nought, now I know that it's safe to make an escape attempt since she didn't manage to defeat an angry Kai. Now just for an excuse….
"Hey Kenny…I think you got an email from Mr Dickenson for me." This is a little trick I picked up from Kevin some time ago, let's see if it works. The five steps of making a reasonable excuse. Step one: mention someone of great importance that no one wants to question.
"No I di…"
Step two: Interrupt anyone that tries to object before they deny anything.
"Yeah, that really important one, he said he wanted to see me ASAP about the scheme." Step three: Mention an event connected to the someone of great importance and imply urgency.
"I said I didn't get any ema…."
Step four: find someone to back your claim up. I give Daichi a significant look, and am quite impressed that he understands. Evidently he and Kevin use similar methods of coming up with excuses/escaping life and death situations.
"Oh yeah! That one, you better get there pronto! I'll come too…uh…there might be fangirls about, you'll need someone good-looking to grab their attention while you escape."
I feel a bead of sweat on my head and I'm pretty sure I have a disbelieving look on my face. Only Daichi could save my ass, plan his own escape while inflating his ego, insinuating he's better looking and acting heroic all in a single sentence. And they say only girls can multitask. Ok, maybe not only Daichi; Tyson could probably do the same, seeing as I'm certain he donated half of his brain to Daichi. Really, they act far too much alike for it to be anything else.
"Yup, that's right." Yes I know I just agreed that Daichi was better looking than I am but I don't really care right now. It's time to go! "Well we don't want to keep Mr D waiting, let's go!"
And finally step five: make a speedy exit. We can hear the remaining three choking on dust that we kicked up on our way out…oops, maybe too speedy. Oh well, good luck to Max and Kenny.
"Sorry Hilary, but you see my dad's getting some new stock in today at the hobby shop, I should probably go help or he'll be working overtime."
Correction; good luck Kenny. Maxie's come up with his own excuse and is racing away to freedom. Poor Kenny, I hope he's remembered to bring a hard-hat again or we'll have another to add to the casualty list.
"Come on! Let's get out of here before the Chief spills the beans!"
Ah, that's a good point. Kenny knows that there was no email, meaning that he could tell Hilary any minute and then…well then Daichi and I might end up on the casualty list twice in one day. Is it just me or do I seem to be running away from a lot of stuff recently? Must just be my imagination.
"Hey Rei, that's the second time you've lied!"
Wow he's right, I hope I don't get and bad karma for that or anything. "Well it wasn't a total lie; I am going to go see Mr D about something for the BBASUB. I just didn't get an email. I asked Kenny a little while ago what he thought would improve the team and he asked for new beyblade analyzing software." Yes I know the idea of the scheme is to make the team members get along better, but when I said that to Kenny he told me that he and Dizzi had been having arguments about how slow the program was running or something, I don't really know, but the bottom line was that he insisted that this would be beneficial.
"Well have fun with that!" Daichi starts walking away and I'm rather confused, didn't he say he'd distract any fangirls or something?
"Where are you going?"
"To buy more hair dye stupid! I need to switch it with whatever stuff Hilary buys for sourpuss!"
I chuckle and try and imagine what Kai's face will look like when he realises he can't dye over his new pink hair color. It's going to be funny but I think I'll wear a few extra layers of clothing tomorrow for padding just in case.
Oh well, I can worry about that later, right now I need to get another one of these BBASUB suggestions out of the way. The sooner this scheme is over the better for me. I take out my notepad to record my new mission. Let's see…so far I've done Daichi's suggestion, Hilary's and now Kenny's. Is that all? Jeez I still have Max, Tyson, Kai, and Hiro to ask…This may take a while….
Half an hour later and after a record breaking four fangirl attacks I'm inside the new and half-built BBA building and discussing the recent developments and happenings of inside the dojo (edited version of course) with Mr Dickenson. A little while later we're joined by Daichi who tries his best to look innocent while carrying around a massive bag of hair products.
We quickly explain Kenny's suggestion and before we know it Mr D has called on some woman from research and development to whisk us away to find whatever technical mumbo-jumbo we need.
And that's when things started to get confusing…
"…this specialised system battle analyzer is only portable on operating systems which have…"
Cue headache.
"…with one of the most advanced graphical user interfaces…"
Cue need for painkillers.
"…only compatible with machines with memory of…."
Cue brain explosion. Ok, not really exploding, but its starting to feel like it.
"So boys, is this the kind of program your looking for?"
Daichi and I stare blankly ahead, eyes swirling from information overload. "Um…well it's not really our computer so…do you have a phone we can borrow?"
The R&D lady (BBA can't even afford name tags yet, pff) directs us to a phone, and after several minutes of combined effort we manage to get it to work. What? Give me a break here, the most recent 'invention' back home in China was a washing line. Really, I'm not kidding. And I don't think wherever Daichi came from is much better off either.
The phone rings several times before someone finally picks up.
"Yo, wazzap who ever dawg you are."
Ugh, why can't anyone talk in a way that I understand?
"Uh….hi Gramps, it's Rei."
"Yo lil' dude. You're chillin' in ma crib dawg so speak like it."
…You're kidding me right? I think Gramps is a bit more insane than usual today, must be because we made a mess of his martial arts class this morning or something, it's his way of revenge.
"Um…ok…I mean, yeah. So…Gramps dude…could I speak to…a homie….?"
"Now you're rockin'! Sure thing dawg!"
Phew, I hear some scuffling on the other end of the phone line till eventually…
"Hey Rei…dawg. Gramps tells me you're 'in da hood' now."
"Very funny Hiro, why does he keep calling me 'dawg' anyway, I'm a neko! Not a dog!"
"It's just his way Rei, anyway where are you? Why'd you call?"
"Oh right, yeah I'm looking for Chief. Could you put him on the phone for me please?"
"Sure, just a minute while I track him down."
I decide to give a bit of friendly advice.
"Follow the sound of clicking keys."
A few more minutes and then…
"Rei! You left me alone to try and teach Hilary! I almost lost an eye and Dizzi's screen is chipp…"
Whoever came up with interrupting was a genius, a rude genius, but a genius nonetheless.
"I'm at the BBA headquarters trying to track down new software for Dizzi, but I need to know if your laptop has enough something or other."
"What something or other?"
Well that's caught his interest.
"Um…hold on let me ask Daichi what the woman said, I can't remember."
I put the phone to the side then ask Daichi, who doesn't give much of a helpful answer. But eventually, between the two of us we manage to come up with something. I pick up the phone again
"Hey Kenny, it's me again. We need to know how many big meals your laptop can get out of a sheep."
"…"
"Yeah I know, it confused me too, but that's what the woman said…well somewhere along the lines of it."
"…you don't mean Gigabytes of RAM by any chance do you Rei?"
"Yeah that sounds a lot more like it." I'm quite impressed actually, Kenny's not a technical wiz for nothing, being able to discern that technical blabber out of my blabber is quite a skill.
"Anything else you need to know Rei?"
"Um…quite a bit actually…"
This is going to take a very, very long while.
Well that was an odd chappie if I do say so myself. I kinda liked it but I wanna know your opinion! Oh, and also I'm going to aim to get the next chapter up in 10 days, after all I don't want to fall into bad habits and have even later updates. Oh well, R&R, give me your opinion…and I'll go start my English homework. Till next time!