So, I know, it's been a LONG time since I've updated :,( I'm such a terrible person! haha. I hope you guys enjoy this very long awaited update. I got hit with an idea the other day and just cannot stop writing. So I thought I'd also embellish you guys with a little info. Whenever I write, idk why, but I imagine the Majestics as One Direction (post Zayn leaving) now I'm not a directioner in any way, I only really listen to their music when it's on the radio, but for some reason when I think of the Majestics, I picture them, lol. Weird I know. So Harry-Johnny Niall (he's my favorite, idk why. He just seems so innocent and nice and always looks just so happy lol)-Oliver Louis-Enrique Liam-Robert. I'm weird, I know, I'm sorry! Anyways, here's what you guys have been waiting for.
The Journey
Chapter 9
Kira opened her eyes and winced, hello hangover central... She sighed. She turned over, feeling an arm wrapped around her waist. Johnny? She thought to herself, and sat up quickly remembering what had happened.
'Oh no... Ray...' The Asian sensation mumbled something in his sleep before slowly opening his golden eyes and blinked, then smiled.
"Well I haven't woken to something this beautiful in a really long time." He sat up and swiftly kissed her.
"Ray.. I can't.. We shouldn't have.. You and Mariah."
"...aren't really together."
"WHAT? But her ring, your guys' interview." Ray looked down at the comforter and then back at Kira's enchanting eyes.
"It...was a set up that Lee and Mariah planned to try and break you down. I didn't think it was a good idea at first, but then I saw you with Johnny and I got mad and...I don't know."
"Your stupid man brain kicked in?" Kira raised an eyebrow. Ray chuckled and nodded.
"I guess so." Ray placed his hand on Kira's and she bit her lip. "I really didn't mean to hurt you like that." She looked down and pulled her hand away.
"I really should get going, I need to get away before anyone sees. I don't need to be on the news any more than necessary." Kira half laughed and stood up, grabbing her clothes and sliding them all back on. She reached into her bag and got out her phone. "Great... My ass is screwed. See you in Italy, Ray." She walked out the door, looking down at the screen.
"Yeah I know, I'm sorry..." Kira's head shot up at the sound of a familiar voice, and she saw Amara standing outside of their room. Her arm held her phone up to her ear, and by the sound of it, she had to be stressed out by something... "I lost track of her, I don't know. I didn't expect her to leave the club like that.
'She couldn't be talking about...' Kira backed up and hid around the corner.
"I realize the implications of what could have happened but- no, I asked and the hotel staff saw her come back. Yeah but she's not in the room so who knows. Look, I've got to get back into bed before Johnny realizes I'm missing. I've got him right where I want him and I can't risk blowing my cover. You don't want to lose your eyes, do you? I'll call you later when I know more, bye Bart." She hung up and opened the door to their room after looking around.
What was she talking about, and who was Bart? How dare she use Johnny like this? Speaking of which, Kira still needed to get to the bottom of what was going on with that boy. She needed them to get over the weirdness from earlier before their next battle. Kira sighed, pulling out the keycard to her room and opened the door. All of the beds were filled, but she shrugged and fell into the middle of Enrique and Oliver.
"What the-?" Enrique shot up and Kira opened one eye to look at him.
"You touch me, you die." Her blonde teammate smiled and tucked her into the blanket next to him.
"You ma'am, have some explaining to do in the morning." Kira held her finger up to her mouth in a "ssh" manner.
"Don't...remind me.." And with that, she was once again, out like a light, without a care in the world.
But of course, that was soon to change.
"Kira! Kira wake the hell up now!" Kira groaned, trying to roll over, but couldn't really move due to the bodies lying around her.
"Noooo..." She groaned and heard more banging on the door.
"I may be tiny but I will kick this door down!"
"Shut your cousin up before I shut her up for you." Robert growled from the opposite of the room.
"Be my guest, please."
"KIRANA DICKENSON. I AM HERE FOR DAMAGE CONTROL. GET THE FUCK UP NOW!"
"Oh my God Luna, I am coming!" Kira jumped out of bed, totally just in her underwear and opened the door.
"What's going on?" Johnny groaned.
"Nothing important baby, just go back to sleep." Amara pulled him back down.
"What's going on?" Kira asked, shutting the door behind her, wrapping herself in a blanket.
"Why don't you tell me? Didn't I send you to that club for JOHNNY?" Luna shoved her phone in Kira's face and Kira winced, holding it away for her eyes to focus, as they widened she brought the phone closer.
"Oh...my God... I am going to kill him."
"A SEXTAPE KIRA? Please tell me you didn't know about this!"
"You're kidding me right? Of course not!" She felt nauseas, pissed off, betrayed, light headed, and plenty of other emotions, all at the same time. "I can't believe he would to this to me!"
"Do you really think it was him though, and not a psycho little crazy ex girlfriend of his?"
"I really don't know what to believe at this point...I just... I don't know..." She sighed, holding her head.
"You're telling me! It's everywhere! I knew I should have went out with you last night and this never would have happened..." Luna sighed.
"Look I'm sorry this happened, but I'm also not sorry. It's not like I was with some random guy I don't know. Yeah this is on the news and it'll look bad temporarily, but it's not like my fans won't have my back. Plus... I may know how to use this to our advantage."
"Are you insane? This could ruin you." Luna rolled her eyes and Kira smiled.
"Well if this was done by who I think it was, then that was what they wanted. Let's go grab some coffee, breakfast...anything to get out of here. I need to get away from Mr. and Mrs. Smith."
"Fine but you're buying!" Luna scoffed, grabbing her cousins hand who laughed and followed after her.
"So how have things been with Kai since you two have reunited?" Kira asked, while innocently looking at her cousin.
"I don't know what you're speaking of." Luna avoided her glance and Kira rolled her eyes.
"Sure, but you weren't glowing like that before we got here to New York. I can tell you've been sleeping with him." Kira laughed. "Plus, I know you two. Remember? I spent like six months with you two while we were on the road together."
"Ki, I can't have people thinking I'm weak... He really hurt me when you guys left."
"Well how do you think I look? My tits and vagina are all over the Internet by now probably. Besides, you two are engaged. Everyone knows he loves you. This tournament is just something he needs to do, just like I do. Have some faith." Kira smiled.
"Are you sure that's all this is? This is finally your and Johnny's chance to see if what you two have is more than just some weird connection that neither of you can explain. You never had that with Ray or Koharu." Luna raised her brow as she took a bite of her breakfast. Kira sighed and leaned back biting the inside of her lip.
"Not like I even have that now. Amara has him wrapped around her little finger. It's like he can't even look at me without disgust, and God only knows what he'll think after the guys find out about the damn sex tape."
"Please, like he's so innocent. He went to a private school, Ki. We both know what happens there. Besides, I've always thought you two were end game. And who are you to give up so easily? You're Kira Dickenson. You dominate everything you go after. Who are you to let some floozy steal your childhood best friend. It's practically written that you guys were meant to be... If that's what you want." Kira looked at Luna.
"You're right." She sighed. "But then again last night was amazing. I just... I don't know what to do."
"Well Ms. Dickenson, you need to figure that out. Who do you want to be after this is said and done? You yourself said this is your last tournament. Do you see yourself being Mrs. Kon or Mrs. McGregor?" Kira took out her wallet and set down some cash for their breakfast.
"Don't you think you're getting ahead of yourself there?" She stood up and sighed seeing the paparazzi standing outside of the restaurant.
"I might be, but it's truly something to think about. I'll see you in Italy, cuz. We're flying out today." Luna reached in and hugged Kira. "Plus there's a stop I need to make before we take off."
"Well be safe and don't do anything I wouldn't do!"
"Can't say I won't because I'm going to do that right now." Luna giggled and Kira scowled and her purple haired cousin winked as she walked out the door and through the paps.
"Gross..."
"Ms. Dickenson? You can go through the kitchen and out the back if you'd like." Her server smiled and Kira sighed with relief, setting down some extra cash.
"You are an angel!"
"Sorry! I know I'm super late!" Kira sighed running into the New York BBA's gym. Luckily most of the teams had left for Europe already so they'd have the place to themselves. Everyone else wanted to get their sights in, but obviously the European natives didn't need that
"Do I even want to ask where you were?" Robert asked, crossing his arms. Kira sighed and pulled her hair into a ponytail.
"Look, I'll talk to you guys about that later, but for now we need to practice. We have no idea who we'll be going up against in... Where's Johnny?"
"Well, he happens to be busy on a date. Since he thinks you aren't taking this whole team thing seriously, I guess he isn't either." Enrique offered and Kira's eyes dropped to the ground.
"I know you guys are disappointed and this looks bad, but I honestly didn't know they were recording, or that they even knew I was going to be there. I didn't even know myself... It was a mistake."
"Well luckily for us, skill is going to win us this tournament, not votes from our fans. And you have more skill than anyone else I know." Oliver spoke up. "People make mistakes Kira, it's okay."
"Look, it's not just that. I... I think I'm losing him you guys. I've never felt so disconnected from him in our whole lives. Not when we got in that huge fight when we were nine, not when I moved to Japan... It's scaring me."
"Well, we're all growing up, and he just got into his relationship and you guys have never had to deal with that before." Oliver sighed, walking over to Kira. Her cerulean eyes were brimming with tears.
"There's something weird about Amara, it's not just a jealous girlfriend thing. I deal with that with Mariah on a daily basis... Can I get you guys to help me win him back? We're not a team unless we have him in this with us..."
"Well.. that depends, really. What exactly did you have in mind, Ki?" Enrique asked her.
"Do you remember the days when we used to perform together?" She smirked, crossing her arms and Robert groaned.
"Not this again..."
A few days later they were on their way to Europe. People would stare at Kira, which of course made her uncomfortable, but this whole ordeal had to be ignored. Her grandfather's lawyers were working on getting the video retracted and finding someone to sue. Although honestly, she just wanted to forget that all of this happened.
"Ki... you might want to see this." Kira shook her head and looked around to see Robert looking at her. She looked at the TV screen to see what he was watching and saw Mariah on the Graham Norton talk show.
"Traitor.." She whispered, and Robert chuckled.
"So tell me again, Mariah, why you released Kira's sex tape. Why would you hurt her and your teammate Ray in that way?" Kira narrowed her eyes.
"That grimy little bitch."
"I didn't do it to hurt Ray, I did it to help him. He doesn't realize that being with her or fawning over her is just hurting our team. He needs to realize that the BladeBreakers are in the past. The time for the White Tigers X is now! She's always had a past over him, I mean, I couldn't help the fact that I discovered her sex tape! I can only imagine what would have happened if she had released that video on her own terms." Graham raised his eyebrow at the comment.
"So Kira...is the one who made the sex tape?" And Mariah nodded her head.
"Precisely." Kira felt a fire burning in her chest as rage started to build.
"Uh oh, her ears are turning red, that's not a good sign." Enrique winced and Kira looked back at him with anger burning in her eyes.
"Kira!" Ray smiled as he caught up to Kira as she was walking down the cobblestone path. Kira sighed and turned around, looking at him in the eyes. She felt a pit in her stomach growing as she saw the look he was giving her. (I just want to let you guys know, while I was writing this, I listened to Hanging On by Ellie Goulding. Ugh my fave song right now. I might use it later on in the story too)
"What do you want Ray?"
"I just...wanted to talk. What's wrong?" He stepped closer to her and she took a few steps back and shook her head.
"I can't... I can't do this anymore. You saw what Mariah did to me right? She humiliated me because of you. All you do is bring me pain. I should have never forgiven you or tried to put this back together after we fought back in Russia. That's when this was over. You need to let go."
"It certainly didn't feel over last night." Kira bit her lip and looked the other way. "You know I'm right." Looking to the side, Kira felt her eyes water as she looked back at him and saw that cute little puppy dog look he was so good at.
"We were never meant to be a "forever" couple Ray. We're in the past just like the BladeBreakers. Stop trying to force this when its not working. I'll always love you, but not in the way you're hoping.." Kira sighed. "After this tournament is over I'll be out of the beyblading world and we'll have no reason to see each other or talk again... Goodbye Ray. I wish you luck in the rest of this tournament." Ray stared, watching her leave with wonder in his eyes. His heart was breaking, but who was to blame? Could he blame anyone?
Ray got back to the hotel where the White Tigers X were staying and Mariah's head perked up as he entered the room.
"Oh hey Ray!" He didn't say anything as he walked past them and sat down in a chair. "Are you... okay?"
"I want you all downstairs... in the gym...practicing now." He looked Mariah directly in the eyes. She felt her heart fall into her stomach and stood up.
"Um...let's go guys." Gary and Kevin followed after her and Lee stood up and walked over to Ray.
"What's with you, man?"
"Go downstairs, I'll meet you down there." Lee shook his head and sighed walking out the door.
As they pulled up to the arena in Venice, Kira looked out the window. The venue was empty, for now at least. It was hard to saw how she was feeling. Excitement to battle, anxiety at how everyone was gonna react to her. Johnny was still being distant, and they NEEDED teamwork to be able to succeed. Sure, they were both strong, but anyone in the BBA could change up how they were battling. And if Johnny reverted to how they were before Kira rejoined them, they wouldn't be competing for much longer.
She looked over to him and saw Amara wrapped around him, actually make that him wrapped completely around her. Kira shook her head and looked back out the window as the limo came to a complete stop. The driver came around and opened their door and Kira was the first one out. Oliver followed behind her and she slowed her pace to walk with him. "Is everything ready?" She asked. Oliver nodded.
"Yep, and he hasn't a clue. If this doesn't awaken him, I don't know what will. One of our most popular songs from childhood, come on." Kira smiled and looked at her friend.
"Let's hope you're right."
"Oh Miss Dickenson! Let's get you into wardrobe and makeup." A woman with a clipboard hurried up to her.
"Good because she needs it!" Enrique called out and Kira stuck her tongue out at him as she followed after the woman.
"So are you excited for today? Your grandfather told me of your plans, sounds exciting!"
"Well... let's hope everyone else thinks so." Kira looked around nervously as the woman smiled.
"Oh don't worry. You're Kira Dickenson. All of this mess will pass before you know it. I've heard that the White Tigers are receiving more hate than anyone or anything."
"That's not what I want though. I just want everyone to get along and that's just not a possibility. I just need to get through this tournament and I can be done with everyone."
"Not with me, I would hope." A deep voice came from behind her, and she jumped on her vanity stool and turned to see Kai standing at her door.
"How do you do that!? I swear, you're made up of smoke."
"Do you mind if we have a minute?" Kai looked at the assistant and she blushed, nodding and walking out of the room. After the woman left he made sure the door was shut and walked over to Kira. "You're a mess right now."
"Well you would be too if you were me."
"If I were you I wouldn't have allowed for that to happen."
"Ok, Mr. Perfect. What would you have done then?"
"You should have never opened yourself back up to Ray. You really screwed yourself there."
"Yeah well, I was drunk..and confused...and he just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time." She shrugged her shoulders and her face fell into her hands. "I never meant for this to happen Kai.
"How's your wound?" He asked, and she sat back up, slightly lifting her shirt to reveal the bandages.
"Healing.. I guess." She looked around and then back into his eyes which were baring into her soul. "I heard something weird the other day, after everything with Ray. It was Amara."
"What about her?" Kai asked.
"Umm...well she was on the phone...talking about how she lost sight of someone.. she was talking to someone named "Bart."" It was silent for a few seconds.
"I mean...it could just be paparazzi or something, Ki. I wouldn't think too much of it."
"How can I not when this," she motioned to her waist "happened to me? When people have threatened me for beyblading! I don't understand. It's just a sport!" Then she gasped "...Bart...Barthez... Do you think?"
"Until we figure out who shot you and what happened, I can't say anything. I should probably get going though. Luna's gonna wake up wondering where I am." Kai stood up and Kira shook her head laughing and he left in a matter of seconds.
"Just like smoke.."
Kira stood in the shadows as she watched the stage crew prepare for the boys' performance. She was so excited! The Majestics' hadn't been together, performing since they were in school! Since she had transferred to Japan. She had a headpiece on with a microphone, and Oliver's voice came over it. "I do have to let you know, Johnny isn't excited about this."
"Oh he'll be fine. Just as long as he gets back up on that stage."
"It was very smart of you, Kira can't perform because of her injury. Oh you and that brain of yours."
"Alright alright, time to focus! You guys are about to go up!" Kira's long maroon hair was down and straightened, she had black cat eye eyeliner and a dark maroon lipstick on. She was wearing a long black tanktop that was longer in the back and shorter in the front, with rhinestones around her chest. She had dark blue destroying jeans on that cut off at her ankles and were rolled up, showing off her tanned calves. 'Please let this work...' She saw the lights start flashing, and DJ Jazz's voice echoed throughout the building. She made her way to the pit where they would be standing while waiting to battle, luckily no one could see her.
The boys walked up onto the stage and the music started. They walked out and Johnny started the song off. (Drag Me Down - One Direction if you wanna listen to the song)
Kira looked and saw Amara standing there watching them. The girl looked distant as she watched them, which Kira thought was weird behavior for a 'loving' girlfriend. She sneaked over beside the girl, and Amara jumped when she realized Kira was next to her.
"Look at them, they look so content up there."
"I know, I used to perform with them." Kira pushed a button on the head set as a microphone came out and Amara scoffed.
"I should have known you were behind this." Her voice faded as Kira ran out onto the stage with the boys' and the crowd went ballistic, Oliver was currently singing right before the chorus. She hopped over in between and in front of Johnny and Enrique.
'What are you doing?' She heard Johnny's voice in her head, and she smirked as they started their dance and the crowd went wild again. After the chorus was over, Oliver was singing again and Kira danced up next to him mouthing the words, and was just plain having fun on the stage, and once again it was Johnny's turn.
"If I didn't have you there would be nothing left," Kira ran up to him and mirrored his movements. "Shell of a man who could never be his best. If I didn't have you I'd never see the sun, you taught me how to be someone." Kira and Johnny stared into his eyes before backing up, clapping helping the audience get pumped up, and jumped up onto the railing, doing a backflip off of it.
"Go Kira!" Kira looked and saw Luna cheering in the crowd, standing next to Kai who was shaking his head watching the performance. Kira blew them a kiss. Finally it came to the end of the song, and Kira joined in singing Johnny's solo parts of the chorus, rivaling his voice.
'KIRA!' He yelled at her as the song ended.
'It's about time you noticed I existed again.' She stared into his eyes and he blinked, but the crowd's cheering brought him back down to Earth and he stuck his hand up, waving at the crowd. He walked off stage back to Amara, but not before looking back at Kira.
She definitely noticed, and gave a small smile as the other guys jumped around her excited. Except for Robert of course. He was too cool for that.
"That was such a rush, is that how you feel after every performance?!" Enrique asked her and she laughed, nodding. They went to sit on the sidelines and DJ Jazz waved them back on over.
They all stood in the main circle as they waited to see who would be battling who. This was the Majestic's home court so the fans were definitely on their side, but it was still nerve wracking. Would she be going up against Kai? Tyson?
"Are we ready to find out our competing teams this round?!" DJ Jazz screamed out and the crowd cheered. The camera flashed to all the teams' faces, and the board above them showed the teams again. The names were blinking across as the first ones to show were... The Majestics versus White Tigers X. Kira felt her heart drop into her stomach and looked up, linking eyes with Ray.
Finally got the chapter finished! Pls pls pls leave me some reviews and I promise I'll update as soon as I can! I hope y'all enjoyed!