Perfectly Incompatible
Summary: A few of the mothers from his hometown think it's time for him to settle down, but Michael can't stand the girl they chose for him; Mariasha! What happens when he gets into a fight with Mariasha and ends up lost in a snow storm? Who will come to his rescue?
Pairings: Michael/Kai
Disclaimer: I don't own the Anime Beyblade or any character associated. I do own Mariasha "Maria" Evans. She is an original character and all likeness to people living or dead is purely coincidental. This character is not on based one anyone else's character design, again if any likeness, it's purely coincidental. There are also minor Ocs in this story as well, eg; Michael's mother and great aunt.
Warnings: Kai is a girl in this story. The use and introduction of a female Original Character. Any fans of OCs and OC pairings should leave now. Anti-OC pairings and blatant bashing of my own character. I created her; I can do what I want with her. And I plan to.
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AN: Hello there. Thank you very much to; mimic shalle, DarkBombayAngel, First Lady Lestat, The Cattan Wolf, CleverPhoenix, FlyingShadow666, Rapunzelle, kaitouahiru, marishka91, van, angelvan105, and Elemental Gypsy for reviewing the last chapter.
And now, what you've all been waiting for, the confrontation between Kai and Mariasha! Will Kai lose her temper? Will Mariasha be sassy enough to get one over Kai? Read on to find out ^^
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Chapter 8:
"You're the bitch who's been causing trouble in town."
That was quite a greeting, and from Kai had heard from countless stories around town, this greeting from the famous Mariasha was quite appropriate and the nicest one she's ever going to get.
Studying the purple haired female in front, Kai could not see what was so extraordinary special about her; she wore clothes that were inappropriate for the time of year and had dysfunctional personality that was not even the tiniest bit appealing. Only a self-righteous egotist would storm up to a person they've never met before in the middle of the street and call them a bitch within two seconds of meeting them.
Although the 'greeting' made her bristle, it also made Kai understand Michael just that little bit better. If this side of Mariasha was what he saw often, no wonder he hated so intensely.
Noel wisely took a couple of steps back, not wanting to be involved in this argument that he knew was going to erupted. Mariasha had one hell of a temper when she's not in the company of the town biddies.
Kai, on the other hand, simply slammed the boots of her 4WD shut and moved to step away from the vehicle, casually folding her arms under her bust and giving Mariasha a look of boredom.
"You're also the one who has been trying to steal Michael away from me," Mariasha stated with her green eyes narrowed into a fearsome, blood chilling look. It was a glare that could stop stampeding cattle dead in their tracks and she was legendary for getting people to tell the truth with just one look.
However, Kai was not even remotely intimidated, in fact, finding her glare to be substandard.
"I would never steal anything or anyone," Kai said calmly and slowly, trying to be diplomatic. What she really wanted to do was to slam Mariasha's head repeated against the bonnet of her car, but it wasn't very realistic. She was trying to help Michael, not make things worse by getting into an all out physically brawl in the middle of the street.
"It's hard to steal someone when they welcome your company willingly, isn't it?" she asked, mildly aware that although Noel had backed away, he was still in hearing distance, eager to hear what they have to say. In fact, a few shop windows around them suddenly became preoccupied with 'customers'. "Not that you would know what it was like to be in Michael's company. He can't stand you longer than three seconds."
"Excuse me?" Mariasha practically hissed at her, her brow furrowing with deep wrinkles of anger. "Don't you know who I am? I am the Mariasha Evans, those who are dear to me call me Maria, but don't you dare call me that. You have no right."
Kai rolled her eyes at the introduction. If she didn't want her to call her Maria, why did she add it in anyway? Was it suppose to make her feel unwelcomed that she wasn't allowed to refer to her by her nickname.
"Anyway, I'm sure you've heard about me," Mariasha continued as she casually and quite arrogantly flicked a strand of hair over her shoulder, lifting her nose into the air. "Even brainless harlots like you would have heard of me."
"You do realize that Maria in Hebrew means 'sea of bitterness'?" Kai asked as she continued to look frustratingly indifferent to Mariasha. "Is it a mere coincidence that you are a very bitter and petty individual?"
Behind her, Noel snorted but kept quiet and the customers around them seem to wince, expecting what is about to occur. Inwardly Kai was proud of herself for not getting riled up so quickly, but realized from the beginning of this discussion, that she won't be without inner rage for long.
For a moment, Mariasha remained silent; utterly surprised that someone actually insulted her, to her face! Didn't this bitch know who she was dealing with? Was she that stupid and brainless to insult her like she did?
Unbelievable! Well, two can play at that game. She'll show this Kai person who the real spitfire in town was, and it most certainly wasn't her!
"What did you say? How dare you?!" Mariasha sneered at her as she clenched her hands into fists by her sides. "What kind of name is Kai, anyway? That's a guy's name, if you didn't know."
Mariasha immediately felt smug, knowing that she was right and there was no way this bitch could talk back to her now! She was well known for her ability to immediately stop an argument or conversation with one sentence. No one dared to talk back to her, she was that respected.
"Actually, in Japanese Kai is a girl's name that means forgiveness," Kai quickly informed her with a casual flick of her tongue. "And it's also a Navajo name, which means Willow. True, Kai is a boys names, but it is also a girl's name."
"I don't give a shit!" Mariasha yelled as she bristled, her flawless, slender frame becoming tense and stiff. "Do you have any idea who you're talking to?"
"Oh, I've heard all about you," Kai said as a sly smirk appeared on her face.
"Oh?" Mariasha said with a sense of smugness and straightened her posture, almost acting like a parrot to puff her chest out and make herself appear more important. "I guess you know how Michael are I are together then?"
Kai simply placed a hand on her chest and shook her head. "From what I understand, the two of you aren't together at all," she stated as she gave the female before her a look of annoyance. "In fact, I dare say Michael despises you with all that he is. A lot of people do."
Mariasha immediately lost the smug look and began to stutter, mortified that anyone had the gall to say something like that to her. She could not believe what she just heard; this bitch actually inferred that she wasn't that popular or liked at all! Who the hell did she think she was, saying such bullshit?
She could not believe the lengths some of these...whores would go to to get what they wanted! It was disgusting how they would make those around them appear like they were the bad guys when in reality she was the bitch!
Michael was her boyfriend, her future husband! He belonged to her and no one else. No one could even compete with her; she was that special and loved by everyone. The town adored her for her wit, Marly, Michael's mother loved her for her sassiness and even Michael was in awe of her feminine strength! To have some strange little tart who was a stranger to this town tell her that she wasn't liked by everyone was the ultimate insult.
"I beg your pardon? What did you just say?" Mariasha hissed at the brainless fool in front of her. "I don't know who the fuck you think you are, but stay away from my boyfriend, you slut!"
Kai rolled her eyes at the insult, amazed at how some people automatically fall into swearing to get their point across. Really? Slut? Bitch? They were so overused, they lost all meaning. Such petty insults did nothing to get under Kai's skin. She has been called so many things in her life that only very creative insults would surprise.
But, she expected just as much from Mariasha here.
"Really now?" Kai asked as she moved in her stance, bending one knee and tilting her hip outwards in a no-nonsense stance.
"Yes, Michael belongs to me," Mariasha said through gritted teeth, her face turning to an alarming shade of red from trying to keep her temper in check. It seemed, even though the world revolved around her, she had enough sense to realize that they have an audience.
"Michael is not an object to be owned, he has the right to make his own decisions," Kai quickly interjected, momentarily glancing around at her surroundings and noticing a few winces and grimaces before turning her narrowed gaze back at the purple haired girl in front of her. "People like you should not tell a grown man what to do, no matter how sassy you are. Or in this case, aren't."
Mariasha physically reeled back in surprise at the bitterness of Kai's voice and the venom of her words. She just could not comprehend why someone would actually speak to her in such a foul and harsh manner. She was the town's sweetheart, why would anyone treat her like this?
"We are together!" she finally snarled after she gathered herself, trying to get the point across as bluntly as she could. "Everyone knows that."
"Ah," Kai said in a mocking, overly dramatic way and gave her this look that she did not believe a thing she said. "But do they also know how much of a fake you are?"
Mariasha stilled and furrowed her brow in confusion. "What?"
"You act all sweet and gentle in front of a crowd, but you're really nothing but a selfish brat who believes the world revolves around you," Kai simply stated, no anger in her words, only a sense of seriousness, her tone giving the indication of what she just said was a matter of fact.
From the snort behind her from the store clerk, Kai realized it to be true, everyone else was just too afraid to say it out loud themselves.
A stunned silence fell over Mariasha and she appeared shocked. However, that soon gave way to rage and her expression quickly turned into anger. "How dare you?!" she exploded.
"Listen closely, everyone will see how much of a bitch you really are and they will turn on you," Kai said in a hushed tone, finding Mariasha's defiance and reluctance to except defeat utterly irritating. "They will feel betrayed by how you've played them, used them."
However, Mariasha appeared ready to strike at her, the only thing stopping her was the audience. "They love me!"
"Yes, but for how much longer?" Kai asked.
"I'll tell them about you," Mariasha hissed threateningly at her through clenched teeth, her body trembling with barely suppressed hatred. "I'll tell them that you're the bitch who's trying to get in-between Michael and me. They'll run you out of town."
She'll teach this bitch a lesson; teach her not to make fun of Mariasha Evans. This town adored her; she was loved and cherished by all. Was it her fault that the town biddies were easy to manipulate into doing what she wanted? A sweet word here, a tearful glance there; they were eating out of her hands.
This slut won't know what hit her.
"Tell them," Kai said, not even remotely intimidated by the threat as she wasn't brought up in this town, she had no connections other than Michael and the ranch. She knew what Mariasha was trying to do, provoke her in a rage where she will lose her temper, hence making the biddies in town think that she's too violent for Michael and increase their attempts to get him together with Mariasha.
She was not going to let that happen. Michael was his own person, capable of making his own decisions.
No, she was going to show their small group of random nosy parkers who the trouble maker in town truly was. Make them realize how self-centred Mariasha really and truly was.
"Prove to them how much of a petty bitch you are," Kai hissed back at her with equal force, causing Mariasha to literally reel back in intimidation. "Know this, Mariasha, not everyone in his town likes you. Can you really afford to lose more friends?"
Mariasha was stunned by what just happened. This girl was not in awe or intimidated by her at all. She wasn't impressed by her natural beauty and sassy wit. It was unbelievable. She just couldn't believe it, and what made matters worse, no one from their small audience came to her aid.
Shouldn't someone immediately slap this bitch across the face and telling her never to show her face around here again? Why weren't they helping, why were they letting this go on? For fuck's sake, she was Mariasha! They are supposed to worship the ground she walked on and come flying to her aid!
No, wait, they were just waiting for her to put this bitch in her place with her acid tongue, that was all. Yeah, they do love her immensely and Kai was only being a slut and playing mind games, that's all. After this she'll gain more admiration for running this troublemaker out of town and proving how much Michael, although nowhere near as special as she was, was the one for her.
Yeah, that's right.
"...I suggest you back the fuck off," Mariasha stated firmly as she straightened her posture and narrowed her eyes.
"No, I suggest you back off," Kai snapped back, quickly realizing that it was useless talking to someone as egotistical as Mariasha and was quickly losing her temper. She could feel her eye starting to twitch, a sure sign that she was reaching boiling point. "I'm not someone you can threaten or intimidate at all, Mariasha. I'm not afraid of you in the slightest. I don't care what type of influences you have over everyone else, but you can't trick me."
"I do no such thing!" Mariasha immediately screeched. "How dare you make such an accusation? I would never threaten of trick someone. I am merely a young woman who tries her best and everyone likes me for that."
"I'm sure," Kai said with her tone full of sarcasm. "But as I said before, would they like you when they learn the truth of all the pain you've put Michael through for all these years?"
"Pain I've put him through?" Mariasha repeated but then started to laugh outrageously, like the sheer idea alone was something utterly deranged that it was simply not possible. "Don't be ridiculous! I've done absolutely nothing wrong!"
That was it; Kai officially snapped and lost her temper. "Then stop using his father's name in vain!" she yelled, not caring if everyone could now hear them. "What kind of heartless bitch would insult someone's deceased father, who they loved with all their heart, in front of them?!"
Ok, calling Mariasha a heartless bitch loudly in the middle of the street was not the brainiest thing she had ever done and she immediately regretted it. However, much to her surprise and disbelief, Mariasha was so full of herself that she actually admitted to doing it!
"What I said was true!" Mariasha screamed as she stomped her foot on the ground, appearing on the verge of a temper tantrum.
"Oh, hardly!" Kai said loudly as she threw her hands into the air in a sign of frustration, her eyebrow twitching and her body trembling. That was it, she was officially angry and it will take a good few minutes to stop her body from shivering from the intensity of her emotions. "Have you no respect for the dead?"
"He provoked me!" Mariasha said as she wildly threw her arm out to the side, the other moving to grasp at the thin material of her shirt over her heart. "Don't forget he actually assaulted me, or did he forget to tell you that?"
"You provoked him so much to the point that he lashed out at you," Kai sneered, not buying the innocent victim act at all. It was taking all her willpower not to lunge forward and punch Mariasha in the face. Michael wasn't kidding when he said she would give her more reasons to hate her.
It was kinda scary how close she was to mangling this idiot, brainless retard in front of her. How the hell did everyone put up with this shit day in and day out?
"You deserved it all," she hissed. "You got off lightly in my opinion. If that was me, I would have pushed you out the window."
When that threat left her lips, Kai realized that she needed to get out of here before she really lost her cool and do something rash like she did with that stupid girl who claimed was pregnant with his kid. She needed to leave, now!
Again, Mariasha physically reeled back in shock at the threatening tone in Kai's voice and pressed her lips together tightly, appearing trying not to cry. "...Michael is mine," she said as she swallowed thickly. "And there's nothing you can do about it."
"Michael is not a possession to be owned, and until you realize that, he will never, ever be yours," Kai said as she took a moment to gather herself and glared at Mariasha, telling herself that she was not worth getting riled up over. She was an egotistical fanbrat, nothing more. There was nothing Mariasha could say or do that would redeem the way she was treating Michael and everyone else around her.
"Get over yourself," Kai said as she turned around to leave, heading for the driver's side door of her car, her body trembling with anger ever so slightly. She was sure that once she got in the car and really thought about what happened, the trembling wouldl really take over. She might have to pull on the side of the road for a while before going home; she does not want Michael to see her so worked up like this. He might confront Mariasha himself, making his already frayed nerves worse.
"Where the fuck are you going?!" Mariasha screamed. She did not want this to end on a sour note, with her copping the brunt of it! She was the sassy, feisty one; she was suppose to say a witty one-liner and be the one to walk away, happy in the fact that she put yet another bitch in her place.
"This conversation is over," Kai said as she dug through her bag to look for her car keys. "I'm through with talking with you. I get a more intelligent response out of a brick wall. Go and tell all the town mothers what I said if you want; I'm sure you'll tell them a warp version of what happened."
Even though they had an audience for their first official confrontation, that won't stop Mariasha from spreading more lies about what happened. But, despite everything, Kai was mildly surprised that none of the town biddies came storming out to defend their precious Mariasha. Were they in shock of what happened? There must have been something that prevented them from interfering, but at this point in time, Kai was too irritated to think rationally and wanted nothing more than to get away from Mariasha.
Now, she truly understood the pain of what Michael had to go through every day.
"You know what, I don't care," Kai said as she opened the door to her car and turned to face the red faced and glaring young woman. "I've done nothing wrong and I would never, ever do anything to hurt Michael. But know this, if you ever hurt Michael again, I will make your life a living hell."
And she meant that. If Michael comes to her house early in the morning after yet another fitful night's sleep, she's going to become very, very violent.
She then turned to Noel and bowed her head in a sense of gratitude in his direction. "Thank you, Noel, for all your help."
Noel suddenly smiled and nodded his head. "No, thank you," he said as he turned around and hurried back to the store, the passersby's around them scattering in every direction as Mariasha turned on her heel in a diva size hissy fit and stormed away.
Ooh, boy...the gossip is going to hit the fan tonight, Kai thought as she got in behind the wheel of her car.