Hi everyone! Here is chapter 14 for The Journey! If you're not following along with Maps, I would go follow that story. I'm probably going to stop updating this story until I finish Maps after one or two more chapters because I don't want to finish this one before that one. I'm still going to finish writing it so I'll have the chapters ready for when Maps is finished. But just wanted to give you all a heads up!
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The Journey
Chapter 14: Power
Ray returned from his practice with his gym bag hanging off his shoulder. He walked into the large abode, but the house was silent. He was almost positive that someone was home, but it didn't seem like it. As he walked deeper inside the house, he heard a TV playing from somewhere down the hall.
There was no one in sight, so he looked around, and then went on the other side of the couch, where he saw Kira laying down and passed out, with the remote barely hanging on in her hand. He couldn't help but smile to himself, as this was such a rare sight. She was snoring lightly, in gym shorts, and her sports bra. In her other hand was a pen and a note pad nearby.
He wasn't surprised one bit that she had passed out. Ever since he had met her, she was always doing something, and never really took any time to relax. She was awake even before he was most days, and he was an early bird himself.
"Mmm no... I want..." Kira snored softly and then sat up, gasping. She looked around, and spotted Ray standing next to her and held her hand to her chest. "What happened? What time is it?"
Ray chuckled softly and sat next to her. "It's almost one p.m."
"What?! Oh my gosh! I didn't even mean to fall asleep. I was just catching up on the end of the last part of-" Ray leaned over and gave Kira a long kiss, making her sigh.
"Calm down." He pulled back and smiled. "You're talking a million miles a minute. You needed the rest, it's okay to take a break. Even for you..." He watched her reaction and let his hand rest on her leg, as his thumb absentmindedly rubbed her thigh. "Actually, I had a favor to ask of you. I know you're super busy with training with the Majestics, but Lee was asking if you'd join us for training one of these days before the tournament is over." Kira raised her eyebrows and pulled out her phone, looking through her calendar.
"Umm... tomorrow? I don't really have much except training with Majestics and I can leave early from that. I'll just have Robert step in for me." Kira looked up from her phone and smiled.
"You sure? I don't wanna be in the way of your guys' success."
"Please, we train day in and day out. Me missing one afternoon isn't going to affect anything. And even if it did, do I really care?" Kira shrugged and stood getting ready to stretch, and Ray snickered picking her up and lifting her over his shoulder. "Ray! I was just gonna ask you if you wanted to go out and explore Barcelona with me."
"Sure... but first we're taking advantage of having the house to ourselves." He started towards the stairs and Kira kicked her legs.
"Ray, put me down!"
"If you don't stop kicking we're both gonna fall backwards off these stairs." Ray chuckled and walked her up the stairs, went into their room and dropped her onto the bed. "Now..." He took off his shirt and Kira sat up, smirking, watching his toned muscles gleam in the sunlight through the window.
"Now..." Kira trailed off, watching him sit on the bed and crawl over to her, capturing her in another deep kiss, his hands getting lost in her hair. She pulled herself away from the kiss, feeling dizzy from the intensity. "What's gotten into you?" She giggled, looking into his lustful eyes.
"I just love you, and want to show you every chance I get." He kissed her deeply again, and laid her back on the bed, slowly removing her shorts, and underwear, as well as his own before trailing his hand downward. She gasped as he touched her and as soon as he felt her climax, he slid his length into her and Kira cried out in pleasure.
Kira and Ray were enjoying each other's company, walking around the streets of Barcelona. Kira was wearing a short sundress she had purchased last time she was out on the town and let her hair down. She was glowing, to say the least. And Ray donned a bright smile of his own. They grabbed some street food, and made their way to the city square where people were traversing throughout the town.
"So how has it been with Mariah? Is she still bothering you a lot about everything?" Kira asked him as they leaned against a fountain and ate their croquetas.
"She hasn't been around much. It's been weird. I don't mind it because it's less I have to worry about, but definitely weird. Mmm this is good." Ray nodded, enjoying his food and Kira smiled, watching him. If only it could stay this way forever. They were acting like a real couple. It brought her back to when they were first together all over again, and she was happy.
"That's good at least.. I was sort of worried she'd be making your life hell... so tomorrow, what kind of stuff are you thinking we should run through?"
"Well I-"
"¡De ninguna manera! Eres tu otra vez!" Kira looked over her shoulder and there was Julia and Raul once again standing sort of nearby to them. Raul was waving at her.
"Oh hey!" Kira licked her fingers clean and turned to the twins, smiling and waving. "Nice you to see you guys again! I'll be right back." She set her food down next to Ray and hurried over to them. "Raul and Julia, right? I'm glad to see you two here again!"
"Are you really? How exciting!" Raul grinned, looking at his sister. She rolled her eyes and looked at Kira with a little smile on her face.
"He hasn't shut up about blading you, did you happen to bring your blade with you this time?"
"Actually..." Kira smiled and pulled out her silver blade with her launcher. "I'm more than ready if you are." Ray stood up from his spot, leaning against the fountain and hurried over to her.
"Hey what're you doing? Who're they?" Ray looked at her worriedly, and these strangers who she seemed weirdly acquainted with.
"This is Raul and Julia. I met them last time I was out in Barcelona. I promised Raul a battle." She screwed her blade onto her launcher and stood on her tippy toes to kiss him on the cheek.
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" He watched as she stepped forward. No blading bowl...? Who were these random mysterious bladers? And when did Kira become so trusting?
"Do you not trust me, Ray? I'll be fine. Plus, I have you if anything does go wrong." Kira watched and Raul prepped his blade, and he smirked at her. "Three."
"Dos." Raul chimed in.
"One." They said together, and "LET IT RIP!" A crowd started to form, as Ray closed in behind Kira, just to make sure no one would grab her as her dress slightly flew up from the wind.. He watched the match diligently as Kira and Raul's blades danced around each other. Draiga swiped at Raul, but he easily dodged her.
"Pegasus, Flame Saber! Sorry, Kira. My element is fire, so I think you're about screwed." Raul chuckled as his blade became swarmed by blades and cut forward towards Draiga, bouncing into her.
"You may be right, I'm at a slight disadvantage... but I've trained with Kai my whole life. I'm not worried. Draiga, Raining Light!" Kira's blade lit up, and flew towards Raul's as it slammed into him over and over with great force. Ray watched her face, as he could feel the heat forming from their blades together.
"Wow! So cool!" Random people in the crowd chimed in, and Ray smirked slightly to himself.
"Hold on Raul!" Julia ran forward and spun her blade out into the battle with Kira and Raul. Kira looked up, shocked but didn't say a word. Her brows furrowed together.
"Draiga! Ice Shield!" A beam of white light flew up from her blade and coated her blade as Julia and Raul's blades crashed into Draiga, but bounced off with ice on the sides that they hit.
"Shit..." Raul grimaced, and Ray stepped forward, his launcher in hand.
"Ray, I've got this." Kira side-eyed him but looked quickly back to the battle, making sure Draiga could maneuver through them.
"This is two-on-one, Ki. If you think I'm not gonna take a chance to fight with my girl, you're crazy." He winked at her and ripped his blade. "Driger! Thunder Claw!" Drigger flew forward with electricity flying out of it, towards Raul's blade. Julia's Thunder Pegasus tried to cut off Ray, but Drigger was just too fast and easily dodged her and crashed into Raul's blade. Raul tried to push him back, but Ray's attack weakened him immensely.
"Draiga, Heavensword!" Kira took the chance of Julia being distracted and spun towards her, crashing into her blade, spinning it out and making it bounce and land at her feet.
Raul looked in amazement at what had just happened. He knew that he didn't stand a chance against the two world champions, so he held his hand out. "Truce. I give in, you two win." He bent down and picked up his blade, and Kira and Ray did the same to theirs.
"Hey! You two did really great! And it was fun doing a double duel! I haven't had a chance to do that yet, so thank you for that." Kira smiled, walking over to them. "Actually, I was wondering if I could get a phone number for you guys. I'm meeting with my grandfather later today, and I wanted to talk to him about you all."
Raul and Julia looked at each other and nodded almost in sync, and Julia wrote down her number for Kira. "Here you go. I'm not sure what you're planning but it sounds interesting."
"I promise, nothing weird! But I think you guys will be happen if I can convince him of my plan." Kira winked and looked at Ray.
"It was nice meeting you guys, I'm sure we'll meet again." Ray waved and took Kira's hand and they started to walk around again. "How do you always manage to find trouble?" He looked at her, and raised his brow. She giggled and stopped him, placing her arms on his shoulders, and linking her hands.
"I'm not sure. Trouble does always seem to find me though, hm?" Ray looked around to make sure they didn't still have a crowd staring. He didn't care if people saw them but... kissing in front of a bunch of people was definitely awkward to say the least. He looked back down at her and smiled before kissing her.
"So your grandfather is finally here, you said?" He asked and she gave him a confused look, and nodded.
Ray gulped nervously before he knocked on the door of the estate that Kira said her grandfather was at. He had a few more people he wanted to ask for their permission, since Kira's father was no longer around. Mr. Dickenson, being one. Also one of the Majestics. He thought about talking to Johnny about it... but that was probably pushing the boundary of whatever very small, fragile friendship they had. Johnny definitely had feelings for Kira still, and he was being super cool about everything. So his next best option, Oliver? He was probably her next best friend in the group.
Finally someone answered the door. It was a butler, which Ray found strange because he didn't have this sort of service back home in Japan. The butler led him through the house to an office, where he could hear Mr. Dickenson talking on the phone. The butler announced him, and he was told to go in almost immediately.
"Hi Mr. Dickenson." He bowed briefly and Mr. D chuckled, waving him off. He was sitting at the desk, with his hands folded in front of him.
"So formal, there's no need for that, my boy." Mr. D looked at Ray, sort of confused. "Now, what is the matter at hand? Don't tell me you're dropping out of the tournament? We're getting close to the end, there's a good chance you'll be in the finals!"
"Oh, I wouldn't dream of it, sir." Ray cleared his throat and looked around at the room. He was slightly less nervous than when he talked to Kai about this, but it was still nerve-wracking. "I'm here to talk to you about Kira."
"Hm?" Mr. Dickenson waved him over to the seat in front of his desk, and watched as Ray sat down. "What's the matter? I thought you two were getting along better now."
"We are.." Ray coughed awkwardly and cleared his throat again. "I... erm..." He dug around in his pocket again and pulled out the ring box, holding it out to Mr. D who took it out of his hand and opened it. "I wanted to... ask your permission, to ask her for her hand in marriage." Ray was looking down, and felt himself start to sweat as Mr. D was silent. Was he pissed? Revolted? Happy? Ray swallowed a large lump in his throat and Mr. Dickenson was staring at the box surprised, and as he blinked, tears started to form.
"You... you want to ask Kira to marry you?" Mr. D sniffled and smiled at Ray. "Finally! You two, have put each other through hell, you know that? You were the one I always saw her ending up with. I didn't see it when you all first started your journey, but you both strengthen each other in ways that... I just..." Mr. Dickenson stood and walked to the other side of the desk offering Ray a hug. "If she says yes, and I'm sure she will, I'm proud to have you as part of my family." Mr. D patted him on the back and wiped his eyes again. "She has been through so much in her young life, she needs a good man like you."
"Thank you sir, it really means a lot." Ray breathed a sigh of relief, smiling, and put the ring box back in the chair. He sat back in the chair and he and Mr. Dickenson had a little talk for a little bit.
The next day, Kira and the girls had their practice at the arena, and then Kira went to practice with the Majestics. She bladed against each of the boys, and then they all kind of went their separate ways in the gym. "Okay, Robert. I'm gonna head out. I would just do maybe another thirty minutes here and then we should be good for today."
"Wait, where are you going?" Johnny stood from his benchpress station and walked over. "I thought we were going to work on bonding our bitbeasts more."
"Erm... I.. I thought I told you. I'm going to the White Tiger's gym for a little bit to help them out." Kira bit her lip, looking away. She heard Johnny give a sharp sigh. Even though they had cut off their connection, Kira winced feeling Johnny's rage building.
"I'm trying to be understanding here, Kira. But you're dating the enemy. Why the hell are you gonna go help them out when you should be practicing with us?" Kira rolled her eyes and Johnny glared at her response.
"We already bladed against them, and won. I'm just doing them a favor this one time. Besides, you were the one who said we should cool it on the connecting, remember? If I'm ever injured or can't battle, Robert would step in for me, so maybe you should bond with his bitbeast a bit more." She started taking the weights off of her waist and legs and set them down, grabbed her bag, and started walking towards the locker room. Johnny stood, calling out her name again.
"Kira!"
"See you back at the house, guys!" She waved as she ran off, and Johnny huffed, looking at the others who were staring at him.
"The hell are you staring at?!"
Kira sighed, after getting changed. She did feel a bit guilty, but honestly she didn't know what else a little bit more training was going to do for them. They were both pretty much maxed out, but she didn't want to tell Johnny that because he would lose incentive to train together.
Ray's gym wasn't that far from where she was training with the Majestics, and she made good time by traveling on foot. She was honestly sore as hell already, but that was nothing a hot bath wouldn't fix later. After getting inside, she made her way upstairs where she could hear their heavy footsteps stomping above her. "Found 'em." She crept in, and watched as they practiced. Currently, they were practicing a bit of Kung Fu. Kira watched in awe as they moved around each other, Ray having no issue dodging all of their attacks.
"Hey Kira." Gary called out and Kira almost fell to the floor in embarrassment from getting called out, as she walked out from where she was watching them.
"Hey guys. It's really impressive what you all were doing." She looked at Ray and smiled. "No wonder you're so quick." He winked back at her and crossed his arms.
"Alright, Kira here has agreed to train with us today. She's taking time out of her own practice to do this so... make sure you're not wasting her time." Ray looked directly at Kevin when he said the last part and Kevin looked around dumbfounded.
"Me?"
Kira giggled and walked over and stood next to Ray. "Alrighty boys. Ready to learn how to kick some major ass?" Kira pulled out her blade and the boys cheered.
A bit later, Kira was watching them run some basic drills. She was walking up and down the line of them, watching their form, making sure to correct any faults, and basically cheer them on. She walked over to Ray who held his hand out, and his blade came right to him.
"Hey, thanks for doing this. I know you probably caught some flack from the Majestics so... it really means a lot." Ray reached out and touched the side of her face, rubbing it lovingly.
"Johnny was a little pissed but... we were pretty much finished anyways." She shrugged and smiled at him.
"Absolutely ridiculous! Ridiculous! Ray do you know how much of a traitor you look like right now?!" The group all looked over at the door when Mariah came stomping into the training room. Her phone in was her hand and she stopped when she saw Kira. "What the hell is she doing here?!"
"Mao." Ray said in a sharp, warning tone. "Lee asked her to be here, she's helping us train."
"Tch! Sure he did." Mariah rolled her eyes and shoved her phone in Ray's face. "Did Lee also ask you to do this?!" Ray took Mariah's phone from her hand after glaring at her and saw an article 'Ex-Lovers Ray and Kira demolish amateur team in unofficial match'.
"Damn..." Ray looked at the page, handing the phone back to Mariah, and then looked at Kira and smirked. "We really should clear that up that we're not ex-lovers anymore." Kira covered up her smile and giggled and Mariah huffed in response.
"This is such bullshit, Ray!" Mariah cursed at him in Cantonese, "You're ruining the reputation of our team."
"I'm doing no such thing." He responded, also in Cantonese. "Not only do our fans love Kira and I together, it looks better if we have an alliance."
"So this whole thing with her is just for the sake of the team?" Mariah switched back to English and smirked. Kira looked over at them, and furrowed her brows. Ray looked at Kira and shook his head.
"Do not twist my words, Mao." He looked back down to Mariah with a warning look. She narrowed her eyes at him and then turned to Kira with a smile.
"It's okay Kira, he uses all of us at some point to get what he wants. After all, remember how he ditched you after the last tournament, I wouldn't be surprised if he does it after this one, too." Ouch. Ray's eyes widened and Kira winced and looked away from the two. That was still definitely a sore spot and an insecurity that she was still trying to work through.
She couldn't be right... right?
"A..alright let's run through some battles shall we? Wh... who wants to go first?" Mariah smirked at Kira's weak tone. That would definitely create a fight between them. Just in time for her to put her plan into action, too.
"You need to go." Ray stood behind Mariah, glaring a hole into her back. "Now."
"Gladly." She smirked and waved at the boys and walked right back out the door she had just come in. "Bye Kira!"
"Hey, you know she doesn't know what she's talking about, right?" Ray walked over to Kira and put his hand on her shoulder.
"Y-yeah.. Ray.." Kira gave him a weak smile and shook her head. "Okay, I want everyone to pull out their blades." Kira ripped her blade into the blade bowl, and looked at the boys. "Alright, come on. Not you Ray. I want you to watch for any weaknesses or inconsistencies." Ray nodded and stood to her side.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Lee asked her. "I mean you saw how Ray and I kicked Tyson's ass-"
"I'm not Tyson." Kira cut him off and crossed her arms, tilting her head, giving Lee a smile. "I know what I'm doing."
"The best way to face up and get ready to battle Tala and Kai without directly facing them is Kira." Ray explained. Kevin, without a second thought, launched his blade into the bowl. "He's got the spirit!"
Lee frowned, still feeling a bit sore from losing to Kira and Johnny the other day. Kira looked at him, offering reassurance.
"I know it's hard to accept help, but that's what I'm here to do. Besides, you asked for me to come here, right? Let me help you guys." Kira nodded and Gary ripped his blade, then shortly after, Lee, ripped his own blade into the bowl. "Well.. come on! Give it your best shot!"
"I just feel like we're ganging up on you.. this doesn't feel right." Gary said, scratching the side of his face, and Kira sighed.
"Guys, she's asking you to. She can handle it, I promise." Ray started to feel the annoyance creeping up on him. One by one, the White Tigers all looked at each other and smiled.
"You asked for it, Kira!" Lee called out. And all at once the White Tigers sent their special attacks at her, but without even making any effort, she dodged them all. They all stared at her dumbfounded. "H-how?!"
"You guys are too predictable." She shook her head, and gave them a smirk. "Better watch out."
The rest of the White Tigers had left, so it was just Kira and Ray cleaning up the rest of their mess and materials.
"That was fun, thanks for inviting me." Kira smiled at Ray, watching him pick up the beybowl to move it out of the way, his muscles flexing as he did so.
"Of course, I'm glad you could come. It was nice to watch you destroy my teammates." Ray chuckled lightly. His eyes were sparkling with amusement. "It was also nice to get to help build their strength in a different way than usual."
"I'm glad you found it useful." Kira looked at him and then looked away. She leaned back against the wall behind her as he finished up, and he walked over to her, tucking a piece of hair behind her ear.
"I'm not going to do what Mariah said, Kira. You don't need to worry."
"I'm not." She gave him a small smile, but her voice was also small and soft.
"Hey." He lifted her chin to look at him and she did for a second before diverting her eyes. "Kira." He said in a more commanding tone, and she looked at him, letting out a short sigh. "I know it's hard to believe in me after everything. Believe me, I regretted stepping on that plane back to China from the moment it happened. But I won't be doing that again. Mariah would kill to not see us together again. Please.. have faith in me..." While he spoke, his golden eyes changed from commanding, to soft and pleading. He could see tears forming in her eyes and she nodded.
"I do Ray. Believe me, I do. I wouldn't be here helping your team right now if I didn't. It just still hurts, everything we went through. I don't solely blame you, we both messed up."
"No one ever said love was easy, but I'm glad I have you to go through it with." Ray gave her a small smile, and kissed her softly. "Wanna go grab dinner before we go back to the house?"
"Not tonight. I still need to go speak with my grandfather. He was in a meeting yesterday I guess, and I couldn't get around to seeing him. So I'm gonna do it today, while he can't tell me no."
"I'll make dinner then." He smiled knowing she couldn't resist or say no to his cooking. She sighed, laughed and shook her head.
"You know me too well, Ray Kon. Fine. But call Luna and ask what she wants because she's been dying for you to cook something." Kira bent down to grab her bag, feeling a slight sharp pain in her hip area and winced, but grabbed her bag and shook it off. "I'll see you in a bit." She kissed Ray on the cheek and hurried off to her grandfather's temporary office.
"Hey grandfather, I'm here! And I come bearing gifts!" Kira knocked, then pushed the door open to the office.
"Ah, Kira my dear. What brings you here this evening?" Mr. Dickenson put away some papers that he was working on and smiled at her. He looked down at her left hand and noticed there was no ring, and quickly looked back up at her and smiled.
Kira looked at him confused, and looked down at herself. "Do I have something on my leg? I thought I cleaned up after practice."
'She has no idea...' Mr. D chuckled silently to himself. She sat down across from him with an array of small Spanish snacks and foods. She pulled one out and started munching on them. "I met these bladers a few days ago. I really think you should talk to them. I think they'd be good competition to fill in for those cheaters.. also, super entertaining. They're quite interesting."
"Ah, is that so? How did you meet them?"
"I met them here actually! In downtown Barcelona."
"I see, I see... well can I ask are their names Julia and Raul?" Mr. Dickenson looked at her and Kira was stunned silent for a moment before opening her mouth.
"Uh... yes actually. How did you-?"
"We actually signed them on not too long ago after Barthez Battalion was disqualified. You may not remember them but they were runners up for the tournament. I imagine you, like myself, knew we needed a replacement."
"Tyson's not going to be happy..." Kira trailed off, and the old man chuckled.
"I think he'll manage. He's always loved a good amount of competition. Now - why don't you catch me up on what is going on in your life. I feel like I haven't been able to sit down with you in weeks."
It was finally the day that they all had been waiting for, Spain edition. The past few days, everyone was kept busy with training and prepping for Kai and Luna's wedding. Ray and Kira hadn't seen much of each other, and Kai had been with the Demolition Boys, practically from sun up until after Luna was already passed out.
The wedding was still fairly hush hush, but a few fans had figured it out from the shops that everyone had been going to and the places they had been visiting.
"God, I'm so nervous. Is this normal? This can't be normal." Hilary was bouncing back and forth on stage with jitters. The stage they were on would rise to where the crowd was when it was time. The girls were all wearing varying versions of the same black camo outfit. Kira had on baggy pants with a camo bralette and combat boots her hair was down and straightened, Lucy had on a full length tank top with shorts that looked like Kira's pants with the same combat boots. She had dyed her hair completely black and had it down and straight. Luna was wear a camo jumpsuit that was loose around her stomach to hide any sign of the pregnancy. She also had on a thin dark blue and black headband around her head as usual, her hair was down and straight. Finally, Hilary was wearing a dark blue bodysuit that had cutouts at her waist, and a dark blue and black camo floor length shawl that matched the pattern of the other girls' pants. She had extensions in so her hair was also matching the other girls.
Kira looked over at her and laughed. "Hey, it's gonna be okay. This is totally normal, but once we get into it, you won't even realize you're performing, and the cheers of the crowds will pump you up!"
"Yeah if they even cheer for us..." Hilary frowned and Kira placed her hands on Hilary's shoulders.
"I wouldn't have asked you guys to join me if I thought people were going to dislike the performance. It's going to be fine!" Kira reached out to Luna and Lucy. "They're also brand new to this, you're not alone!" The girls all joined hands and closed their eyes. "Let's do this, guys!" Above them, they could hear DJ Jazz's voice booming over the speakers.
"Time to get into place girls! This is it!" A bit more muffled yelling, and the crowd went ballistic! (The songs in order are Salute, Power, and finally Reggaeton Lento by Little Mix. There's a live performance of Power & Reggaeton Lento together if you would like to listen on YouTube! It's the one with the lyrics that pop up)
The girls got into position with their dancers also doing so, and felt the stage begin to raise. The arena was pitch black, and the music started. With every beat, lights flashed on stage, and when Lucy started to sing, a spotlight was put on her.
"Ladies all across the world, listen up, we're looking for recruits. If you're with me, let me see your hands stand up and salute." Luna took over, and Lucy sang emphasis on certain words. "Get your killer heels, sneakers, pumps or lace up your boots, representing all the women, salute, salute,"
"Salute," The girls sang in unison and all started to dance. "It's who we are, we don't need no camouflage... It's the female federal, and we're taking off, if you with me, women, let me hear you say..."
"Ladies all across the world, listen up, we're looking for recruits. If you with me, let me see your hands stand up and salute." Hilary shakily started, but once she heard them cheering for her, her confidence grew. Kira smiled and danced next to her, boosting her even more. "Get your killer heels, sneakers, pumps or lace up your boots, representing all the women, salute, salute."
Kira stepped forward, "You think we're just pretty things, you couldn't be more wrong."
The girls came up behind her and sang the background vocals. Her voice was more powerful than theirs, so she had no problem with them singing over her. "We're standing strong, we carry on. Knock us again"
Kira continued with the other girls harmonizing the secondary verses, "Knock us but we keep moving on (we're moving up, yeah), Can't stop a hurricane, ladies it's time to awake (yeah)."
There was a quick stop in the music, and then a dance break hit. The girls hit every beat, and Kira turned to face a different direction. Each of the teams were standing on a small platform, watching the performance, so she was dancing in front of Ray. She smirked, seeing his face and winked at him and he smirked right back at her. The stage suddenly went dark, but music from their next song was playing. After about fifteen seconds, there was the sound of a motorcycle revving and then Kira was on stage, a spotlight shining on her, and she was wearing a completely different outfit.
This time she was wearing a skin tight bodysuit. It was completely white with a lilac-purple colored fabric hanging off onto her left leg. There were two triangular cut outs at her hips and tassels hanging off of the bodysuit.
Power
"Hold up, no, you didn't bow, bow." The music stopped and she sang the first line, her voice echoed through the stadium and you could hear people start cheering all over, and she was still facing The White Tigers. "I ain't the chick to walk behind you 'round town." Again, she sang with ferocity and her voice echoed. "Just 'cause you're packin', packin', whoop, down south," she swung her hips and dropped into a squat, then stood as the next line finished. "That don't mean I'm ever gonna take it lying down, baby." Kira winked at Ray again and dance-skipped over to the other side of the stage as a spotlight shone down on Lucy who sang the next part.
Lucy smirked walked forward, singing and rested her arm on Kira's shoulder. "Oh, I'm a machine when I do it, I'll be catching fire, gasoline when I do it."
Kira joined her for a harmonized "Uh huh." and then sang her line again.
"Just 'cause you're packin', packin', whoop, down south, that don't mean I'm ever gonna take it lying down."
The next spotlight shone on Luna and Hilary who were standing on the other side of the stage.
Luna started, "You're the man, but I got the, I got the, I got the power. You make rain, but I make it, I make it, I make it shower. You should know, I'm the one who's in control, I'll let you come take the wheel, long as you don't forget." Her voice hit a beautiful high note, and there were a bunch of cheers and "whoops" from the crowd.
A deep male voice came over the speaker saying "HOLD UP-" and then the dance chorus started and the girls all danced in sync, dancing around different parts of the stage with the dancers.
Again, a dance remix of the song started, with different beats, and the girls hit every single one.
"My turn!" Hilary stepped forward. She took a second, Kira let out a "whoop!" and the crowd went crazy as Hilary lifted the mic to her face. "I make this look easy, tick Tick, boom, like gasoline-y, Yeah, they call me Lamborghini, 'cause I know just what I'm worth. Z-z-z-zero to a hunnid, b-b-body make' em stutter." Kira looked out into the crowd, and saw Tyson staring at Hilary in awe. "Start my engine, push the button, 'cause I'm gon' be coming first,"
Lucy stepped forward, "Yeah, I'm a machine when I do it, I'll be catching fire, gasoline when I do it."
Kira, Lucy, and Luna all sang the next line together. "Just 'cause you're packin', packin', whoop, down south, that don't mean I'm ever gonna take it lying down."
Then, the stage went black again.
"Un reggaeton lentooooooo!" Kira sang out, beautifully holding the last note as the music started, playing a completely different song, (Reggaeton Lento) the stage lit up with flashing lights and there were four males directly behind Kira, Hilary, Lucy, and Luna. Finally the lights settled and the performance continued.
The boys held up their mics and sang in unison as the girls danced in front of them in a salsa style dance. "It started when I looked in her eyes, I got close and I'm like "Bailemos", hey. La noche está para un reggaetón lento."
"De esos que no se bailan hace tiempo." Luna sang with the boys.
"It started when I looked in her eyes, I got close and I'm like "Bailemos", hey. La noche está para un reggaetón lento, de esos que no se bailan hace tiempo (Bailan hace tiempo). Yo sólo la miré y me gustó, me pegué y la invité. "Bailemos?", hey." The boys all continued singing together.
"So now we dancing un reggaetón lento (Reggaetón lento), Just get a little closer, baby, let go." Kira sang with the boys in unison.
"Excuse me baby boy, just had to dance with you now. See there's nobody else that comes close to you, no. Your hands are on my waist, my lips you wanna taste, come-" It was Lucy's turn.
"muévete, muévete, muévete" Lucy sang in unison with the boys. The guy dancing and singing with Kira ground up on her, and squeezed her buttcheek before continuing her dance, making her jump away from him, getting a bit disoriented.
"Our bodies on fire, fill me with desire," the girls were dancing, mostly swinging their hips. The guy dancing with Kira was singing and circled around her, lifting her chin with his finger. "If you feel what I feel throw your hands up higher," He smirked in her face and then the boys moved away from the girls as he dance/skipped towards the cameras "and to all the ladies all around the world, go ahead and-"
"muévete, muévete, muévete." The boys all sang in unison. Hilary and Luna made a grossed out face at Kira.
The girls and guys all sang the chorus together again, each girl getting their own solo chorus part to harmonize with the boy group.
The boys moved back over toward the girls but Lucy spun Kira out of the way over to her own dance partner, as she could see Kira was uncomfortable. Lucy danced with Kira's partner instead as he took over singing again, but still, he moved around Lucy and decided to stare down Kira again as he sang.
"You know I like it when I take you to the floor, I know you like this reggaetón lento. This ain't stopping, baby, 'til I say so, come get, come get some more, ahh"
"Ohh, boy, I wish that this could last forever," Luna was about to sing but Lucy took over, got in the guys face, and poked the guy in the chest as she sang Luna's bit, "'cause every second by your side is heaven." Luna sang Lucy's bit, "Oh, come give me that, give me that boom, boom, boom, oh."
And finally Hilary got her chance to sing! "I tell you, baby, you, baby, you get me hotter. Loving made me sick, made me sick, you my doctor."
"Don't you know you're playing with fire tonight, can we get it right here one more time, yeaaaaa." Kira sang the last bit and again, held the final note beautifully as the rest of the group on the stage resang the chorus one last time.
When they were about halfway through with the chorus a dance remix started in the song with different beats being emphasized. Kira handed her mic to one of the dancers, and the boys joining Kira followed her dance moves as Luna, Lucy and Hilary moved off the stage. Two of the boys stood behind Kira, lifted her up, and tossed her in the air. The crowd cheered, and on the last few beats, they tossed her up again, except this time she did a flip in the air and landed right as the song ended.
"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Ray was clapping along with the crowd, but it was clearly visible in his face that he was pissed, and he was staring down the man who was flirting with/messing with Kira during the last song of the performance. Kira hurried off the stage after waving to the crowd and hearing DJ Jazz come up on stage. He laughed awkwardly.
"Weellllll I wanna thank DNDO for coming out to perform with the ever-talented Kira Dickenson and her friends!"
"Wow, did you see that Ray? She literally had no problem dancing and flirting with other men right in front of you." Ray's eyes followed the man, as he pushed past to Mariah follow him into the back halls of the stadium. Johnny watched Ray's reaction from somewhat near where they were standing and also followed him into the halls, signaling to the rest of his team.
Kira was no longer in the halls, but Ray followed after the group of boys, pushing past dancers and other backstage crew. "HEY!" He yelled out harshly causing the boy band to stop, and the guy who had harassed Kira turned. He saw Ray and smirked, whispering something to his band mates.
"Something the matter, amigo?" He asked, and Ray charged forward, getting in his face.
"How dare you embarrass her like that? She did you guys a favor by bringing attention to your band and-" Ray swung his arm forward with great force, punching the guy square in the face. "you had the audacity to treat her like that? I don't think so." The guy flew back, not expect such force to be behind his punch, and one of his band mates helped pick him up.
"You're such a dumbass." One of the teammates standing pushed their sleeves back. "It's one against four, you really wanna destroy your pretty face right before you go back on TV?"
"I'd rethink that number if I were you." A deep voice said from behind Ray and the boy band tilted their heads to look behind Ray.
Kai, Tala, Tyson, Max and the All Starz, Johnny and Majestic's, White Tigers (minus Mariah), Lucy, Luna, and Hilary were all standing behind Ray in different parts of the hallway. Kira looked out from her dressing room where she covered herself in a short silky robe and saw the whole commotion going on.
"Guys..." She whispered.
"Even if I were alone I could beat your asses. I suggest you get the hell out of here before one of us risks going to jail." Ray told them with a sneer as Tyson cracked his knuckles from behind Ray and pounded his fist into his open palm.
"You mess with Kira, you mess with all of us. No one gets to treat her like that." Tyson glared at the boys and they rolled their eyes.
"I thought you guys were all broken up and what not? What gives?" One of the bandmates commented. The man who harassed Kira waved his hand like everything wasn't a big deal.
"It wasn't even that serious! It's not like anything even-"
"You sure didn't pull anything like that during rehearsals-" Luna cut in and stepped forward. "And as far as I'm aware you didn't ask for her consent to try anything like that."
"Her reaction told us that you didn't." Lucy chimed in, crossing her arms over her chest. Kai stepped forward to stand next to Ray and Johnny stood on the other side of him. The lead singer of the boy band waved his hand next to his face.
"Suficiente para me. Vamos." He murmured to the other boys. Kira leaned against the doorframe as the boy band walked by her door and she smiled, waving her fingers.
"Adios."
Ray turned to the others and shook his head. "Thanks guys," He sighed.
"No worries!" Enrique smiled. "Tyson's right. No one gets to mess with Kira and embarrasses her on international television."
"My lawyers are going to be having a chat with their management..." Robert murmured pulling out his phone, and the groups all dissipated back to their spots to wait for their turn. Ray remained in the hallway watching them walk away and Kira walked up behind him.
"Hey.." She tapped him on the shoulder and he turned to look at her. "Thank you. I didn't know what to do on stage and-"
Ray grabbed her in a hug and sighed. "I'm sorry I lost my temper like that, just seeing your face on stage and remembering what happened to you before." He shook his head. "I lost my cool." He pulled back from the hug and kissed her lightly. "Are you okay?" She nodded as he pulled away.
"Yeah... I feel a bit taken advantage of, but I'm okay. I have my wonderful boyfriend to defend my honor." She smiled. Kira heard Brad and AJ coming over the speaker and looked up, cursing. "Shit. I should be changed by now." She stood on her toes and kissed him again. "See you out there." She smiled and ran back to her dressing room to change.
The crowd was going crazy as usual as DJ Jazz welcomed the bladers all on stage.
"Welcome welcome welcome to the Spanish leg of the WORLD TOURNAMEEEEEENNNT!" He yelled excitedly making the crowd go even more wild. "First to introduce to you all, we have the one, the only BBA REVOLUTION!" Tyson, Daichi, Kenny and Hilary all walked on stage with some intense music in the background.
"Who do you guys think you're going to battle this time?" Oliver asked Kira who was fidgeting with her belt. "Gah, let me help you." Oliver rushed over to her and fixed her up. Kira looked at Johnny who was staring up at the stage waiting for their turn.
"Them." She looked over at Tyson.
"Are you nervous?" Robert asked her, and she stared at Tyson who looked serious... but then broke his hold and waved at some fans screaming his name.
"NEXT UP, WE HAVE THE STRONG, THE SCARY, THE MYSTERIOUS DEMOLITION BOYS!" Kai walked out with his team, Tala immediately to his right.
"A bit. But we could really face anyone, so..." Kira shrugged. Once the Demolition Boys took their spot, she heard DJ Jazz again.
"Next up, we have the majestic, the fancy, the undefeated MAJESTICS!"
"Is that really the best he could come up with?" Oliver laughed as Kira and Johnny led their way up, and Kira looked back at him and laughed as they walked up the stairs to their spot. Kira looked from Kai to Tyson and sighed silently.
Who are we fighting next?
DJ Jazz announced the rest of the teams until every group was on stage except-
"Alright everyone! Give one last cheer and we will-"
"Not so fast! Not so fast!" Mr. Dickenson's voice came over a microphone, shocking DJ Jazz.
"What the-" Jazz cut off and Mr. Dickenson appeared on a small platform above a part of the audience.
"We have one more team, a surprise addition, if I may, to the competition." As Kira expected, Tyson was pissed. Not only that, but Johnny was also pretty angry. Tyson was cursing, but you couldn't really hear him over the gasps and cheers of the crowd. "I would like to introduce, F-Dynasty!" Mr. Dickenson held his arm out as more intense music played and Raul and Julia walked out in identical outfits.
"Holy..." Johnny whispered, and Kira looked over and saw Johnny's jaw drop, his eyes were centered on Julia.
"You're telling me..." Oliver whispered, and he was looking at Raul.
Kira's eyes widened and she covered her mouth, and then smiled, looking back towards the audience trying to keep her composure.
Ray looked at her from across the stage and made a confused face, and she slightly shook her head in response and tried not to laugh. She looked at Johnny again and bumped him with her shoulder.
'She's cute, yeah?' She asked him in his head and his face started to redden and she laughed.
"Alright, NOW is the time you've all been waiting for!" DJ Jazz started again.
The battle decider spun and spun and spun until the first two team names popped up. The White Tigers X vs... F-Dynasty. Lee looked nervously at Ray who nodded at him, reassuringly. Next up was Demolition Boys vs PPB All Starz. Max gulped and looked at Kai, who didn't even blink an eye. Kira looked at the board and sighed. Finally, even though everyone knew who it would be, Kira looked at Tyson as the board lit up with the names the Majestics vs BBA Revolution. Tyson looked from the board to Kira and smirked.
Finally, a battle worth his time.
White Tigers X and F-Dynasty had battled. Ray defeated Raul but Lee lost to Julia. Actually Julia completely destroyed Lee without even an effort.
It was two days later, and the next day Kai and Max would go head to head, as well as Kira and Tyson.
Kira was training hard with Johnny and Robert in preparation. Lucy was out with Max on a date, and Kai and Luna were doing more wedding things when Kai wasn't training. Robert had been out, getting them some smoothies, and he rushed in.
"My lawyer told me to put the TV on." Robert hurried over and switched the TV on. Kira and Johnny took a break from what they were doing, and sat back on the floor, watching. It was basically a TMZ type channel, but still showed entertainment news.
"In other news, DNDO has been blacklisted after a recent event involving beyblade's Kira Dickenson." A clip of them performing came on, and you could see the lead singer touching her in unwanted ways, and the look on her face said everything.
"You know, as talented as the group is, I'm glad this is happening. Men need to start learning there are consequences for making unwanted advancements on women."
"You're so right, Linda. You're so right. You know, he may want to rethink doing something like that, especially when we just received word about Kira's... pregnancy!" Kira gasped as they said the words, crushing whatever she had in her hand, and she felt as though the room was closing in on her...and then she felt herself growing hot, and her vision turned red.
"These screenshots were sent to the station," a few different images of messages that looked like they were from Kira to different people such as Lucy and Luna said different things like "I don't know who the father is," "Is it Johnny or Ray?" "I'm so scared" "have to keep it a secret" appeared on the screen, along with a picture of a pregnancy test. It was a picture that Luna had sent to her from the day that she found out, and messages that Luna had sent to Kai and to her but most of the messages weren't even real. The news casters kept talking and talking but she couldn't hear anything they were saying.
"Kira... KIRA!" She felt Johnny shaking her and heard his voice as she was brought back to reality. "Hey! Are you okay? Y-you're not..."
"I'm going... to kill her..." Kira stared at the TV, shaking with anger as the people on screen continued talking.
Yikes! Did Mariah cross the ultimate line? Do you guys think this will cause problems with Kira and Ray?! The possibilities are endless, hehe.
Also what do you think of Julia and Johnny? I saw some art of them together the other day and thought they looked cute together .
Anyways, thankyou all for reading, don't forget to let me know your thoughts! I'm always curious :)
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