THANK YOU TO: DARKER DUSK, THE-GRAY-NINJA AND AZURE BLUE EPSEON! YOU ALL GET… what was it? A DA XIANG PLUSHIE! EENJOY THE GIANT HAIR!

I think you'll like this chappie. Kyoya appears again! Finally…

AI YAA YAA! … THE AUTHORESS IS LISTENING TO AIYAH YONSENNEN, AKA AIYAH FOUR THOUSAND YEARS, A HETALIA CHARACTER SONG FOR CHINA BECAUSE SHE THINKS IT IS AWESOME.

I DO NOT OWN BEYBLADE OR POKEMON, ONLY MY OCS AND THEIR BEYS!

Blading Brings People Together

Chapter 7: With Kyoya's Help?

"WHAT? You lost?" The other three members of Rock Lightning Storm screeched, as Charice finished her explanation of her battle against Aaden.

"Well… it's only because…"

"Because what?"

"Because I was right! Their beys, or at least Aaden's, are Arachnids! I'm dead scared of spiders!" Charice admitted.

"Spiders?"

"Yeah!"

"So? It doesn't explain why you lost!" Miku huffed.

"During the battle, I just froze: I couldn't more, let alone issue an order to Wyvern! How was I supposed to fight Aaden when I was frightened of his bey?"

Silence took hold of the room.

"Guys! Charice was right! Their beys are Arachnids!" Nile burst in through the door, panting.

"We just heard." Miku deadpanned.

"How?"

"Charice here battled Aaden, and lost."

"WHAT? You lost?"

"I don't want to have to go through it again…" Charice groaned. "I'm going to bed, night." She left.

"It's only four o'clock!" Nile yelled.

"Meh!"

-XD-

"Is Charice alright? I mean, she's locked herself in her room and she won't come out." Nile asked.

"It must be a shock, losing so badly." Alex answered. "I wouldn't be surprised if she's not the same for the next few days."

"That's not good! We might need Charice for the competition, and she can't fight as the empty shell that she is right now! We need to get her out of there!" Miku shouted, leaping on to the sofa, striking a hero's pose. "Nile, Alex, you two launch your beys at her bedroom door! That way, we'll be able to get her out of there! Ok?"

"Is that really necessary?" Alex and Nile sweatdropped.

"Yes, yes it is!"

-XD-

"What? Where is she?"

Nile and Alex had bust down the door, only to find that Charice wasn't in there.

"But… we didn't see her coming out…"

"Look! The window's open!"

"This can only mean one thing…"

"She was kidnapped! By aliens!" Miku cried.

"Um… no."

-XD-

Out of the corner of his eye, Kyoya noticed a certain purple-haired girl sneaking out of the hotel.

He decided to follow her since she didn't seem to want to be seen, something had to be wrong.

Kyoya tailed after her, trying to act casual (basically stuffing his hands in his pockets, keeping his head down and closing his eyes).

Charice walked into a shopping mall.

'Shopping? Great, just what I need.' Kyoya thought bitterly.

Still, he followed her in, attempting to ignore the fact that he was in a shopping mall, a place where he swore that he would never enter without a good reason.

Charice soon stopped at a KFC, and went to order some food.

Only when she had sat down to eat a triple-layer burger, Kyoya entered, sitting next to her.

"Kyoya? What are you doing here?"

"I followed you since you were sneaking out. I thought that something was wrong." Kyoya grunted.

"Hmm? Nothing's wrong, don't worry."

"Is that so? You're stuffing your face with a triple-layer burger."

"Good point. You're right. Something is wrong. I'll start from the beginning."

So Charice explained to Kyoya what had happened, while Kyoya listened intently.

"My teammates seem to think that I'm so strong that if I lose, we have no hope whatsoever!" Charice finished, burying her head in her burger.

"And all this has happened because of a fear of spiders." Kyoya thought for a moment. "Come with me."

"Why?"

"I might just have the perfect solution."

-XD-

"A plush spider? Seriously? You're buying me a plush spider." Charice sweatdropped.

"It's from an anime, Pokémon or something like that. Ariados? Yeah, that's its name." Kyoya held up the plush. "It's supposed to make you feel more used to spiders. Charice? Where are you?"

He found her hiding behind a shelf, quivering.

"Spider…" She pointed at a small eight-legged creature dangling from the ceiling.

"…Ok, we're going to need another plan."

-XD-

"Come on, Charice, get in there! I'm trying to help, you know."

Now, they were outside a pet shop (which sold spiders, fortunately), and Kyoya was trying to convince Charice to even go into the shop.

"Nuh-uh! There's loads of spiders in there!"

"Charice! Do you want to be able to fight Aaden and win?"

"How'd you find out about that?"

"I have my ways. Now get in there!" Kyoya smirked.

"Grr… fine!"

She entered the shop.

A second later, she ran out squealing.

"They were all staring at me with six eyes each!" She squeaked.

"Of course they were staring at you: they can't blink!" Kyoya facepalmed.

-XD-

"Ok, I'm going to show you a picture of a spider, and you're going to tell me what scares you."

Kyoya had grown so desperate that he decided to take Charice to a specialist.

"Everything!"

"Ok, this isn't working…"

-XD-

"Nuh-uh, no way."

"Charice! If you want to win against Aaden, you have to at least try to get over your fear! Or are you really that much of a wimp?" Kyoya knew that if he could just provoke her enough… "I guess you really are a coward. A scaredy-cat. A weakling. A chicken."

"SHUT UP!" Charice screamed. The ferocity of her shriek surprised him. "JUST SHUT UP! YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING!"

"What don't I know?"

"How much I've had to go through… just to prove my strength…" Suddenly, Charice went quiet. "All the sweat and blood… they… they never… made it easy… I HAD TO GO THROUGH SO MUCH PAIN!"

NYEH HEH HE! CHARICE HAS LOST IT! I'M SO EVIL! Yeah, it'll all be resolved next chapter. Maybe. :3

I'll give you… a Chao Xin plushie if you review? Cuz I mean, that review box is such a nice shade of blue… X3