The Journey Chapter 11, a beyblade fanfic

The Journey

Chapter 11

Disclaimer: Oh hey, I still don't own beyblade.

Kira's POV

I made my way back to Enrique's estate on my own. I wasn't in the mood to deal with everyone and try to explain where I had been to them. No, I had more to prepare for own my own. After getting back to the house, I made my way to the open roof. It was very spacious, had a tennis court, benches, and an amazing view of Venice. I knew I would be battling Ray tomorrow, which I honestly didn't know how to feel about that. He had completely obliterated Tyson the other day. He was very very strong, I had already known that. I knew just because we were trying to work on things, that he wasn't going to go easy on me. I was happy about that though, I would be pissed if I knew he didn't give it his all.

My only question was, was Johnny going to be battling with me? I bit my lip and walked to the edge of the roof. The breeze blew my hair towards my face, and I caught a weird scent. Was that cologne? I turned and saw Johnny standing there with his hands in his pockets.

"Johnny." I acknowledged his presence, but didn't know how to read his face. I wasn't even going to try to connect with him mentally, I was truly too tired for all of that.

"Kira, I need to explain my behavior for this past week." Wha-?

"Why are you choosing to acknowledge this now? I have been begging and begging you to talk to me. We've been best friends for how long? You can't just turn me away like that." I glared towards him and he walked to me, grabbing my hands. I tried to read what was in his eyes. Sorrow and despair? Why?

"I... I don't know what happened to me. The past week is so fuzzy. After you left the waiting room, I had some sort of awakening. The guys told me what I had been acting like, but I had no recollection of it. Like I was mentally in a catatonic state. I was aware of what was going on around me, but I had no control over myself."

"How do you expect me to believe that from you? You've blown me off for other girlfriends plenty of times."

"But this is different Kira." He sighed heavily and put his face in his hands. "I don't know what Amara did to me, but I think she somehow messed with my head."

"What...?" I looked at him in disbelief. Messed with his head? Like mind control? I knew that girl was sketchy, but if this were true, maybe I wasn't so crazy for thinking what I did about that phone call back in New York. Johnny didn't get this emotional about anything, so I guess I truly had no choice but to believe him. I closed the space in between us and grabbed him in a tight hug, and buried my face in his chest. Oh how nice this felt, and he smelled so good. "I'm happy to have you back as my friend, Johnny. But we need to prepare for our battle against the White Tigers tomorrow. I'm not too worried, but I would like to brush you up on Lee's battle tactics."

"Wait, what?" He looked down at me and I sighed.

"We're battling Ray and Lee tomorrow." I shook my head, looking down. "Johnny... do you think Amara could have any connection at all to Barthez Battalion?"

"Why would she? I mean, what reasoning do you have to believe that?"

"Back when we were in New York after the night all of this started, I was coming back from the night out and I heard her talking about me to someone named Bart. I mean, it could have been just paparazzi or something but I just don't think that's coincidence." I bit my lip and watched his amethyst color eyes. He shook his head.

"I really don't know Ki, but it makes me sick to think about." He grabbed my hand. "Let's go practice."

Normal POV

"Ray! Where have you been?!" Mariah squealed as Ray finally returned to their hotel room. He had made his way around the city, trying to get his mind off of the impending match tomorrow. Going up against Kira was going to be like nothing he had ever done before. He was honestly a little nervous.

"Trying to clear my head." He sat down on his bed and sighed, taking off his shoes.

"Don't tell me you were with Kira again. I saw you two sneak away after we got in that argument earlier. You need to forget about her and focus on us." Mariah crossed her arms and Ray glared up at her.

"You mean the us who has been trying to tear her and I apart since you first found out about us two years ago. Grow up Mariah. If I'm going to be with her, it's none of your business."

"But if it affects your ability to battle her tomorrow, it is our business." Lee chimed in from the corner, of course he was leaning against a wall near his sister.

"It's not going to. I want to beat the Majestics as much as you do."

"Then let me battle her, and you battle Johnny. I know you have beef with him." Lee stared Ray dead in the eyes and Ray lifted an eyebrow.

"Oh, you want us to have absolutely no chance of winning? Okay. I at least stand a chance at beating her. Don't be an idiot."

"Fine, but if you throw this for us Ray, you're off the team."

"What makes you think I want to be on a team with a bunch of manipulators anyways." Ray stood up and puffed up his chest.

"Guys, calm down. This is all from the stress of the tournament." Gary sweatdropped. You could literally cut the tension in the room with a knife. "Ray, maybe you should get some rest, Lee go for a run or something."

"Good job Johnny! Lee is very fast, almost as fast as Ray so you just need to game up on your dodging." Kira cheered as her and Johnny's blade spun around their practice arena.

"His speed is definitely higher than Johnny's but that shouldn't be a problem." Lucy tucked her hair behind her ears as she studied the duo's blading. "Your defense is way higher Johnny. Kira kick it up a notch." Kira nodded and smiled at her old friend.

"Ready?" Johnny gulped as a fire burned inside of Kira's eyes. He noticed something was different about her, something that he hadn't seen in a long time.

"Yeah, may as well get this ass kicking over with." He sighed and Kira laughed.

"Draiga! Show Salamolyon how it's done!" Kira's blade lit up a white color as it spun faster and faster around Johnny's. Lucy turned her head to look at the hallway as the rest of the team finally decided to show up.

"What're these two up to?" Robert asked, taking off his jacket as he sat down next to Lucy.

"Looks like Kira is about to give Johnny a well deserved ass kicking." Oliver smiled and Johnny glared at him. Johnny's blade darted towards Kira's but she easily dodged his attack.

"Get ready.." Kira whispered, and Johnny looked back at her. "Heavenly Strike!"

"Flaming Death!" Johnny retorted, and just as Kira's blade dodged his attack, his swerved right back around and blasted hers out of the arena. She caught it in her right hand, and she smiled at her teammate.

"You're ready." Kira nodded.

"Sweet! Now let's go pick up some babes. I haven't had any Italian action in a long time!" Enrique cheered and Kira stuck her tongue out in disgust.

"Gross, Enrique. Although I could use a little unwinding." Kira looked over to Robert. "What do you say to one drink downtown?"

"Do you guys mind if I invite the All Starz? I think they could use some cheering up." Lucy offered and Kira smiled.

"Go for it! Sounds like fun."

The girls got all dolled up, ready to take on Venice's nightlife. Neither one really knew what was in store, except for that Italy could party. Clearly having Enrique as a representative of that.

"Were those hickeys on your neck that I saw, Ki?" Lucy asked as they were finishing up their looks. "Do you and Ray having some explaining to do, or you and Johnny?" Kira's face lit up bright red, even through her makeup and she sighed. Her and Ray were definitely going to have to be more careful.

"Ray and I reconnected...recently. I guess I just had enough of having my feelings pushed around by Johnny and Amara." Kira was filling in her eyebrows as she suddenly had a disturbing thought, if Johnny had been in a 'comatose' sort of state since the night at the club back in New York, that meant he didn't know about the whole sex tape situation with Ray yet... Kira really didn't know how he was going to react to that. Especially since his last coherent memory of them was them having sex while she was sick. Kira sighed heavily and Lucy looked over at her.

"What's wrong?"

"I just thought about how Johnny more than likely doesn't know about the sex tape with Ray." Kira forced a smile. "And the last memory he probably has of me and him is us having sex."

"Well, this might be shitty to say, but maybe now you have a chance to see who your heart truly wants. They're both great catches, and they both obviously want you. But you need to know for yourself, Kira, who you will be happy with." Kira looked over at Lucy and rolled her eyes.

"What kind of world do you think I live in?!" Kira stood up and brushed herself off. "Well, let's head down into my impending doom." The beauty was dressed in a deep maroon slouchy long sleeve shirt that showed the middle of her black lace bra. The cleavage of her shirt went down, almost hitting her belly button. She paired it with tight black leather pants, and black wedges. Her deep red hair was down and curled and her lips were painted a maroon color, with black eyeliner and eyeshadow. Lucy was wearing a white see through lacy shirt with a black bandeau bra underneath, and high waisted blue jean shorts with tan wedges. She had very natural makeup on, and her hair was up in a slick ponytail. "Max is just going to die when he sees you, Lucy. You're beautiful." Kira smiled, and Lucy rolled her eyes.

"Me? Just wait til Johnny sees you. He's going to make Ray run for his money. I bet if Johnny knew about Ray... he would step up his game."

"Yeah I'm not trying to make it be the beyapocalypse tomorrow. Let's just keep that to ourselves for now, shall we?" Kira laughed nervously as they grabbed their wallets and headed downstairs to meet the others.

Kira and Lucy laughed as they walked down the stairs, and Johnny and the others were standing in the foyer downstairs waiting for the girls. The floor tiles were an orange color, and there were white marble pillars holding the second floor up. Johnny looked up hearing their heels and his eyes almost popped out of his head seeing Kira in her ensemble.

"Lookin' good ladies." Enrique winked at the two and Lucy rolled her eyes.

"Put your dick back in your pants! There are girls at the club that you can scam on. You know by now not to waste your breath." Johnny walked up to Kira as Lucy was chewing out Enrique, and he took her hand and placed a soft kiss on it.

"Every time I see you, I never think you could get any prettier...but here you are." Kira smiled lightly and pulled her hand away quickly.

"Thank you Johnny. Where is Amara?"

"We thought those two could use a little bit of space from each other for a little while." Oliver chimed in with his hands in his pockets. He looked adorable with a little purple beret, black button up shirt, and black slacks.

"Sounds like a good idea to me, let's get going." Kira went to grab for her jacket, but Johnny beat her to it placing it on her shoulders for her. They all piled into a limo and headed to downtown Venice where the clubs were jam-packed with people. Then again it was Friday night so it was completely understandable. They ended up at a place called Piccolo Mondo, a smaller bar/nightclub in Venice.

"Hey you guys!" Kira laughed as she saw the All Starz sitting at the bar and Lucy ran up to grab Max in a tight hug and he plopped a big wet kiss on her lips.

"Wow Max, excited much?" Kira smiled and Max returned the smile sheepishly.

"I couldn't help myself, Lucy's just so beautiful."

"What can I get you guys?" The bartender was a gorgeous brunette with big boobs and Kira smiled.

"I'll have a-"

"She'll have a mango mojito and I'll have a screwdriver." Johnny chimed in and pulled out his wallet.

"Johnny I can get my own drinks." Kira crossed her arms and he smiled.

"Let me pay you back for being an ass these past couple of weeks. You didn't do anything to deserve that." The rest of the boys put their orders in and after clinking their glasses and a cheers they all started to drink. Kira honestly felt herself letting go, which was nice. She had been ridden with anxiety and it was nice to feel free...ish.

"Excuse me, Ms. Dickenson, may I talk to you?" A man tapped her on the arm and Kira turned to look at him. He had a heavy Italian accent and Kira recognized him as the DJ.

"Sure, what's up?" He smiled at her answer.

"A lot of people have been requesting me to play your music, but I noticed you were here. So I was hoping you wouldn't mind.. to um... perform something?" Kira looked around and bit her lip.

"You wouldn't happen to have a guitar on you would you?" The man smiled and ran back towards his DJ booth.

"What's going on?" Enrique asked her, "Is everything okay?"

"Yeah, I'll be back." She patted him on the arm and he went back to flirting, unsuccessfully, with the bartender. While walking towards the DJ booth, Kira noticed a pink head bobbing through the crowd. 'Oh please don't let it be...' and then she noticed the rest of the team. 'What are they doing here?!' Kira sighed to herself and walked up on the stage after being handed the guitar.

"Oh you've got to be kidding me!" She heard Mariah's squeaky voice come over the crowd, which had died down in noise.

"Hey everyone," Kira said nervously, smiling. "I heard a lot of you guys were asking to play some of my songs... and this wonderful DJ asked me to come on stage so I hope you all don't mind if I play something for you. Also... it's a bit slower, but it's something I've been writing these past couple of days. Well... here goes." Kira started to strum the guitar and adjusted the microphone stand. Kira's eyes connected with Ray's before she started to hum with the song.

(This song is by Pentatonix, it's called Water and absolutely beautiful. Also, I picture Kira's voice to sound like Kristie's so it's kinda perfect. Go look it up if you haven't heard it!)

It's 10 past 2, still up thinking of you
If I showed you all I really want to
Would you stay, dare to push me away
I just can't return anymore

Timid heart, hide my scars
Make me stronger

I can't take this any longer
I need, I need you like water
It's on the tip of my tongue
I'm not asking for much
Just your love and not another
Cause your embrace keeps me warmer
Could I tell you this time
How I wish you were mine

My voice cracks, I wait for it to pass
Heart beats fast for words I can't take back
And so I pray I don't drive you away
Cause I'm scared of what I have to tell you

Timid heart, hide my scars
Make me stronger

I'll take you higher, take you high
I can make you come alive
Open your eyes, change your mind
I'll take you higher, take you high

How I wish you were mine.

The next morning, Kira was up early. She went downstairs to the practice rink inside of Enrique's mansion.

"Are you nervous?" A deep voice made her jump and she turned around to see Robert.

"I'm not sure what I'm feeling, honestly. If it's nerves, my heart... I'm just not sure."

"Is this about Johnny?" Robert sat down next to Kira and looked her in her eyes.

"I... don't think so. Everything he did and said... even if it wasn't him in some weird way, it really really hurt. I tried not to take it to heart, but it's hard." Kira looked down at Draiga in her hands. "Honestly Robert, I came back to the Majestics fully expecting to see where Johnny and I could take whatever we had but I'm not sure I have it in me anymore to find out. Obviously I want to finish this tournament and see how far we can get but..."

"I understand. If you ever need a break from all this." Robert took Draiga from her hands and squeezed it. "Just let me know and I'll stand in for you." Kira smiled and looked down at the floor.

"Thanks Robert, but I don't think any of the BladeBreakers would forgive me if I didn't battle them myself."

"Have you figured out your strategy for today? Who's going against who?"

"As long as they let me, I would like to fight Ray and have Johnny fight Lee, but knowing the White Tigers they'll try to flip the script. Although, I could beat that whole team with my eyes closed...across the country." Kira giggled and Robert grabbed her in a hug.

"Don't overdo it, Ki. You push yourself so hard all the time."

Finally it was time. Kira had her hair pulled back in a high ponytail with some burgundy bangs pulled out. Kira had a lose chiffon tank top with a low v that showed off her cleavage, and some tight leather pants with some white hightop sneakers. She was sitting with her back against a couch in their waiting room, watching the coverage live. They had been at the stadium for a while, and the hype between the Majestics and White Tigers X's battles was insane. Honestly though, there were a bunch of people protesting their battle because they thought it was 'cruel' to make her and Ray battle. Truth be told, Kira couldn't be more excited. She knew Ray was a strong contender, and would be a challenge. Johnny was sitting next to her and was fidgeting with his phone.

"Lee is extremely quick, almost as quick as Ray. He's also very strong, but that you don't have to worry about because you're stronger. Just make sure you keep an eye on his blade, but I don't think you really have anything to worry about."

"You said that when we tied against Barthez Battalion, and we almost lost." Johnny crossed his arms, looking at Kira.

"And I still don't understand what happened there, but we're not going to lose, Johnny. Just... don't pull a Tyson and get your ass kicked."

"You guys, it's time." A woman with a clipboard came into the room, smiling. "Kira, Johnny...are you ready?" The two nodded and the woman spoke into her headset. Kira and Johnny stood up and they all followed her out to the arena.

(So I found this song by Skillet, and I really think it fits this situation, called Undefeated by Skillet. It also really reminds me of beyblade when I listen to it. Such a good song!)

As Kira and Johnny led the Majestics, the White Tigers X were already standing there. Kira smirked, pulling her hair down as it fell in waves down her back.

"Who would have guessed we would be lucky enough to witness this, Kira vs Ray! The two old starcrossed lovers, face to face!" AJ said excitedly.

"Well..we all did because it was announced yesterday AJ." Brad laughed as the teams bladers came onto the screen their stats being read aloud.

"Alright! Johnny, Lee you two are up first!" DJ Jazz announced throwing his hand up into the air. Johnny started to walk forward, and Kira grabbed his hand.

"Remember Johnny, what I told you. Don't take your eyes off his blade." Johnny nodded and smirked.

"You remember who you're talking to, Ki. We've got this." He walked back to face his opponent, who was glaring into Johnny's soul.

"Let's just get this over with." Lee grumbled and twisted his blade onto the releaser as did Johnny.

"THREE."

"TWO."

"ONE..."

"LET IT RIP!" Everyone yelled out in unison, and Kira gasped watching as the blades flew into the rink and clashed into each other, sparks flying. She watched as the boys battled back and forth, as her eyes drifted to Ray. Their eyes connected, and Ray furrowed his brow. Kira smiled, and bit her lip, scooting back and pulling down the front of her shirt, deepening the cleavage. She saw Ray shift and cross his legs and laughed.

This was definitely going to be an interesting battle.

Hey guys, hope y'all are enjoying the story. I'd love to get some reviews, let me know what y'all think!

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