Special message from Z-A-K: Hi everybody! Sorry for leaving the story hanging about like that...I have my final exams coming up and the syllabus is just 'sky-high'. Besides, I have been down with fever and feel sleepy all the time (which is very strange as I consider myself as an insomniac normally). So, I haven't been ignoring any updates or pms, I have just been too busy and I sincerely apologise for that. I will be functioning 100% perfectly after 10th March (promise!). Before that i might just drop i someday to ease my study-related depressions and tensions. I am so irritated with myself because I was reading 30+ stories which weren't updating for sometime but suddenly, now, they are all getting updated and then also I can't read them. I will do my best to reply to my pm-buddies. That's about me! Will be happy to hear from ya'all!

This chapter is dedicated to Mirage Enamel, who gave the idea for Hannah Abbotson and this chapter and is, of course, one of my awesome readers! Thanks, hope you are reading this and sorry for the tremendous delay!

Chapter 16

Ray cried, "Listen up, guys. I have got a worthwhile answer to our LoveSparkOnline query. This one's for Kenny. It's from a 20 year old lecturer in mechanics. I am brown haired. I have green eyes. I love beyblading. I love physics, especially mechanics. I am adept at fixing things. I am at present designing a new browser engine as side project. I don't know you and you don't know me but one thing's sure I want to know. 3..2..1.. See ya soon!

"Sounds good," said Max excitedly. He thought, "As long as it's not me."

"It's perfect. They can easily talk on the same topics," put in Hilary, from the kitchen. "And breakfast's ready."

Everybody flinched.

"Guys, can we not do this?" asked Kenny exasperated.

"No," smiled Mariah. "We have done a lot of hardwork on you three. Made profiles, put up e-banners-"

"Don't tell me there's a profile on this SparkofLove or whatever is the site's name, in my name?" Kai felt faint.

"Of course, there is," smiled Tyson witha wicked glint. "Your's was the first we made."

Kai groaned.

-FameFlame Cafe, Table for Two Near The Window and Table for Bladebreakers and Co., 2:30 p.m.

This time Kenny didn't have to wait for his date. She was already there. And Kenny liked what he saw. Hannah Abbotson was cute looking woman who was taking a huge interest in her surroundings.

"Hi," she said as Kenny approached her.

Kenny replied, "H-umm-Hi." After a moment's pause he added, "You are early."

"Yes, I was wondering if your friends were going to come too. I didn't want to not see them when they did."

Two thoughts crossed Kenny's mind. What! And those disguises work?

Hannah went on, "You see I am a huge fan of the Bladebreakers. I have watched each and every match of theirs. I have hundreds of bladebreaker sovereign. My bed is surrounded with their photos. I sleep seeing them each night. Blah blah blah."

Kenny did not like fangirls. They were dangerous and highly prejudiced. What more? They had a horrible impression of him. For them he was a pitiful squirt, who played with is laptop while others beybladed and he was a no good blader. He was not cool. Still, Kenny had learned one thing over the years and that was to not judge some one by their first impressions. Maybe deep down Hannah was more than just a fangirl. He decided to check.

"So what's your favourite topic in physics?" he asked. Hannah replied, in a lively tone, "That would be Mechanical Properties of Solids and Liquids."

"Oh me too. I believ Stokes Law is really something."

"Bernoulli's Principle."

"Modulus."

"Reynold's number."

"Critical Reynold's number."

"Equation of Continuity."

A/N I think I'll vomit if I write any more of this part of their conversation. Physics is horrible.

Somehow the conversation wandered back to the Bladebreakers. Hannah was saying, "You know when I first came across your banner online-no, it was Max's-I was overjoyed. Then I found Kai's and yours too. I had already filled in Kai's date form when I heard from a friend that Kai had behaved horribly to his earlier date. I just love Kai but I decided not to submit the form. God knows what would have happened to me. Max was a total no-no, I just totally love him but he would have very high standards since he is really handsome. Then there was the waiting list factor. Both Kai and Max would have huge waiting lists. I mean everybody wants to date them. Now, you were perfect. You must have had a short waiting list and you wouldn't want a very good looking girl." She went on but Kenny heard only snippets.

"I wonder are Ray and Tyson gay? They were the only ones who didn't have profiles on LoveSparkOnline-I have this huge fanpage on FB dedicated to the Bladebreakers-Why didn't you bring Dizzy? I love her too-I suppose Hilary is a nuisance?-I heard Max is going to marry Emily-Can you take me to them?"

So it was true. He was the not-good-enough one, as usual. Hannah didn't even like him. She was just using him to meet the bladebreakers. She was just an irritating fangirl after all. He was sick at heart. He was hopeless. He had given in. He was not going to fight against the truth anymore. He was a major loser.

"Can you take me to them?" Hannah repeated.

Kenny broke out of his thoughts, "What? Oh yeah, sure. Are you done?"

Hannah nodded excitedly. Kenny took her to the table where his disguised friends sat. Amid squeals and fanatic shrieks he exited quietly. He needed fresh air.

-Bladebreakers' Apartment, 3:00p.m.

Dizzy had just realised that Kenny had put her on "sleep" instead of "shutting her down". She yawned loudly and set to work. An idea had been growing in her mind over the days and seeing Kenny's happiness at reading the perfect girl's profile Dizzy knew it was time to implement the idea. She dialed Emily on voicemail.

Emily's face showed. Her hair was open and the way it was fluttering, it seemed that she was sitting her balcony. Kenny would have had a heart attack seeing her like this or maybe he would have just rolled his tongue back and looked pointlessly at the ceiling.

"Hi. Where's Chief?" Emily asked, smiling.

Dizzy replied in her sternest voice, "On a date." She had the pleasure of seeing Emily's mouth drop open. Continuing, "And this time, I think, he likes the girl."

Emily answered after a long silence. "I am happy that things are working out for him. Excuse me, I just remembered-"

"Why are you crying?" asked Dizzy sharply. Emily replied in an icy tone, "I am not." Her lower lip trembled.

"Look, seems like you and Chief both are idiots. None of you is ever going to profess your love for the other. The way things are going, I doubt there is going to be a happily ever after," said Dizzy.

Emily looked at her computer screen aghast. "He-he-loves me? Why didn't he ever say so?"

Dizzy made a clicking noise with her virtual tongue, "Do you love him or not?"

Emily answered, "I do." All her storehouse of tears came pouring down now. "Hi, don't cry. Why are you blubbering?"

"Because it's no use. He doesn't like me anymore. You, yourself, said he liked his date this time."

"Well," said Dizzy sheepishly, "I never said that he's in love with her, right? Wait till he comes back and then we'll give him the surprise of his life. Teenage love beats old age love anyday."

-Bladebreakers' Apartment, 4:15 p.m.

After getting politely rid of the over excited fangirl and realising the absence of Kenny the Bladebreakers trudged home. Tyson and Max battled for ringing the doorbell, seriously some people never grow up. "Maybe Chief went to sleep," ventured Mariah after several futile attempts. "Oh," Tyson slapped his forehead, "I forgot the keys inside. Kai, do you have?"

When Kai turned his head away silently, as if he had heard nothing, it was evident he did not have the keys. Ray smiled at his friends' predicament, "If you would let me get a word in I would tell you that I have enough sense to take the keys before locking myself out." Mariah once again fell in love with her hero and planted a kiss on his cheek.

"Yoohooo, Chief? Where are you?" asked Tyson after which both Tyson and Max had to sing Scooby Dooby Doo, Where Are You? At the top of their voices causing Kai to wince in pain. Hilary interrupted their cacophony, "Chief's not here. Come to think of it I am sure even he didn't have a key so it's next to impossible for him to be here."

The Bladebreakers nodded. "Maybe," said Mariam seriously, "the date didn't go that well."

Max drew a breath, "So, what do we do now? Oi, where are you off to?"

Kai's voice echoed back, "Going to look for him."

What sounded like a dozen voices bid him "Aye Aye Cap'n."

Meanwhile Kenny was roaming around in Kyoya (couldn't resist putting that here) Park. Kenny was flustered, badly. He had already talked himself out of going to live in Alaska and dying of insufferable cold because, well, it was too damn cold there. He had cut off poison from the list too. After all people did all those horrible twitching after taking poison (Kenny had watched a couple of detective movies recently). After a number of other useless to do away with himself ideas he finally agreed on being the sacrificing lover and forgetting about his first and last love: Emily.

Now, you may wonder how did Kenny rotate from Hannah to Emily. It was simple, actually. His unpopularity as a member of the Bladebreakers had caused him to remember his earlier thoughts. He was sure that Emily liked Max. He even had proof for this hypothesis, he never formulated a theory without proof. Emily was always happy to see Max, Emily bladed Max, Emily had gone to coffee with Max, Emily knew Judy and who was Judy's son? Max! Emily fought with Max (didn't people in love fight each other? Example Tyson and Hilary), she was always hyper defensive around Max. With Kenny she was sweetness personified. He flinched as he remembered Hannah say, "I heard Max is going to marry Emily."

No, Kenny had decided it was byebye PPB because if he stayed around Emily he would never be able to forget his love for her. He had earned enough to support himself and it wasn't as if he had a family to support. He was going to Kai's flat and packing his things and running away. He would leave Dizzy with Max. Max might as well take everything away from him.

With a heavy heart he marched to his temporary home. There the Baldebreakers had returned from their searches exhausted. It was Mariam who opened the door, because no one else would get up and because she was a girl with refined manners. Kenny continued his silent march and walked to his laptop and out of habit switched it on. Dizzy dialed Emily in a jiffy.

"Hi, Chief," came Emily's voice and video. "Been on another date?"

Kenny replied in a tired voice, without looking at his beloved, "Goodbye, Emily. You'll get your promotion letter tomorrow."

"Looks like she wasn't that good. Well, when you try to look for a duplicate me that's what you get: a cheap duplicate," continued Emily.

Kenny asked suspiciously, "What do you mean?"

Emily replied, while Dizzy gave a cackling backdrop, "Let's just say Dizzy and I had a most enlightening talk. Are you going to say you love me or I have to wait some more years?"

Kenny opened and closed his mouth like a fish. "Go On, Chief, don't be shy," snickered Dizzy.

Kenny managed, "I love you a lot, Emily. I could disprove all the Newton's Laws for you, dear." Talk about adding a personal touch.

While Emily blushed and stammered her I Love You, Too, the Bladebreakers hooted and celebrated.

Before leaving I would like to call your attention to two statements. Tyson whooping, "I am such a good matchmaker." and Emily reminding Kenny, "Now, what were you saying about the promotion letter?"

That's all for now, folks.

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