Beyblade Fan Fiction ❯ Silent Tears ❯ Walking, running, battling... ( Chapter 2 )

DarkFangs: me knows this chapter's shorter, but it had 2 b... hope u guys like it. Dun own nothing, I'm just enjoying myself ^^

italics = thoughts

:: ... :: = bit beast talking

“...” = normal speech

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Chapter 2... Walking, running, battling...

In the house, everything was quiet. Not a sound. Except for the loud snoring coming from Tyson, and the soft breathing of the rest of the teenagers. Everything was calm, until...

:: Kai! ::

`Hn? What? Can't it wait?! It's like... 3 in the morning!' Kai mentally snapped at one very nervous-sounding Fire Phoenix.

:: Kai, something is not right. A dark force is there somewhere... I can feel it... I think I know what it is, but I can't identify it. I am not completely sure. ::

“What force?” two voices questioned out loud. Hang on, two?

Kai looked at his left and found himself looking into the most beautiful silver blue eyes he had ever seen.

“Sorry if I woke you up...” Iris muttered.

“Dranzer was the one who woke me up, actually.” He shrugged.

“Did he say something about an evil force?”

“Yeah, he did; why do you ask?”

“Well... Lugiohan told me the exact same thing.”

Kai looked away, lost in thought. What was that force?

“Do you... think we should investigate?” Iris spoke up, seeing that he didn't say anything else.

“Yeah. I mean, Dranzer is normally calm, but when he told me, I felt his worry. It must be serious. Maybe Dizzy knows something; she's a bit beast herself after all.”

“Err, who's Dizzy?”

“Know that laptop that Kenny is always carrying? In it, there's a trapped bitbeast-” Iris gaped at him, “-Named Dizzy, that is able to talk. With her help, Kenny can analyse our beyblade's, their speed, technique and strategy. She's very helpful to the team.”

“I didn't know that that was even possible...” her eyebrows rose.

Only now did they look down. And both blushed faintly. Kai was on his left side, arms around her waist, as if he was pulling her close to him. Iris, on the other hand, was on her right side, facing him, her right hand on his chest; the other resting on his right side, almost at his hip; her legs were straddling his right one.

They quickly separated.

`How did we end up like that?!' was the exact same thought of them both. However, they failed to notice the soft shinning of their respective bit chips, on the nightstand.

Soon after, Kai glanced at the digital clock on the wall. “It's already 7.00am. I'll take the bathroom first, if that's okay with you.”

“Sure, go ahead. Just one more thing, when's Hilary coming? I need to change...” she pointed to the clothes she was still wearing.

“She's coming at 7.45. You'll have to stay here, `till we're back from school though. Tyson, Kenny and Hilary are coming at 13.30. But Ray and I are back at 12.00 (a/n:. I'm putting my school's schedules. Tyson, Kenny and Hilary got out at 13.20, which give `em time to get home in 10min. Kai and Ray leave at 11.40, to get to the house 20min after, `coz the school's a lil' more distant. Classes start at 8.20). The house is yours to visit.”

“Okie, thanks.”

~*Half an hour later, in the kitchen*~
“Hey,” Tyson suddenly said with his mouth full, making Max fall over his chair with laughter, “Tha footh'sh gread! Ya cook reelly vell, Irish!”

“Yeah... Err, thanks.” Iris replied, after a bit of translating, “I like to cook. It's the least I can do, after you guys let me stay.”

“Don't worry about that! You're one of us now!” Max said happily after getting up.

She gave a small smile, “That's true.”

“Sorry to break the mood guys, but we're gonna be late.” Ray sighed. It was already 8.00.

“Kuso, time flies when we're having a good time...” Tyson grumbled. “Fortunately, this is the last week, and then... SUMMER HOLIDAYS!!”

“Shut it, Tyson.” Kai threw over his shoulder as he opened the door.

And the morning passed that way. All of them were at school, as Iris was looking around the house, and doing some training in-between. At midday, as Kai had said, he and Ray were back. After the others arrived, they all sat down, eating lunch calmly.

As the girls went out for the promised shopping from yesterday, the boys were... yup, you guessed it, training. The two of them passed their afternoon chatting about each other, shopping, and eating some ice-cream. Hilary told Iris that the boys were going without her, and that the plane wasn't direct; it had a stop at Geneva, Switzerland, and from there, to Porto.

“Porto? You mean the tournament is in Portugal?”

“Yeah. The guys didn't tell you?”

“They probably did, but I was still a bit dizzy from everything that had happened... In that case, when it's over, I could stay there.” The black-haired girl grinned.

“Wait, wait, you mean you know that city?”

“Course I do! I was born and grew up till I was six there, till they kidnapped me.” Her eyes flashed a dangerous red colour. Hilary didn't fail to notice the emphasis on the word “they”.

“Alright, it's already 17.45.. We should go back.”

“Yup.”

When they got back, Hilary told them the news.

“But that's great! That way, we don't even need a guide.” Chief concluded, as they all followed him inside the big house. Except the captain.

“Aren't you coming, Kai?” Iris looked up at him.

“Wouldn't you rather take a walk then go inside? There aren't many days like this, you know.”

“Alright, I guess... A walk will do me some good.” she gave a small shrug.

He walked away, and barely hesitating, she followed. They started walking away from the mansion-like house.

“Where are you taking me?”

“You'll see.”

“How so?”

“Sometimes I just need get away from everything. And in my wandering about, I found a perfect place for that. Which I want to show you.” He pointed to an old path marked by small, square, two palms sized rocks. He started to walk along the sandy path, with Iris close to him. After a bit, the path started to raise a little, and big, tall trees sprouted on both sides of it. They reached to a flat level of land that looked like some kind of upland. To their right there was a mountain around ten feet tall.

“Tall, but it's easy to climb. Follow my lead.” Kai assured her, as he stepped forwards. When he reached the top, he helped Iris with the rest. After dusting herself off, she looked at the sight in front of her, and gasped. The sight was simply breathtaking. Far, far away on the horizon, there was the most beautiful sun-set she had ever seen in her entire life, colouring the sky in deep reds, soft purples, dark oranges and beautiful dark-blues. And all around, was the neighbourhood, bathed by the big yellow star.

“It's beautiful, Kai!!” she breathed.

Kai saw her eyes change to silver, pure silver as she awed. She was the one beautiful... “Every time I feel like I can't take it anymore, I come here. It's calm enough to even calm me down.” His voice wasn't louder than a whisper, making it seem like the place would disappear if he spoke a bit louder.

“Well, when you get angry, I don't even want to imagine, huh?”

Behind them there was a small forest with trees bigger than those from the path from where they came. `Oaks,' Iris realised after she gave them a second look. Kai entered the forest and stood beside an enormous tree among all the others, its branches low enough to climb on easily.

“This is the oldest tree that's here. The birds on it, its leaves and the darkness of it all, makes me relax. It's like it actually soothes my soul and spirit.”

“I'm sure of it. It's old, but still beautiful. In my home country there aren't many places like this one...” she confessed sadly. Looking up at the ancient tree, she rested a hand on its trunk. Carefully, almost as if she feared she was going to break them, she climbed the branches, sitting in one of the upper ones. Looking down, she called, “Aren't you coming?” But she didn't see him. Frowning, she tried again; “Kai?”

“Yes?” a breath was felt at her ear. Her arm quickly pulled back to elbow whoever it was, but a stronger hand caught it, “Calm down, it's just me.”

“I advise you *not* to do that again if you want to keep your face the way it is...” she lowered her arm, leaning against the trunk, looking at him warily, but enjoying the quiet.

“Guess I'll have to remember that, huh?” he sat beside her, smirking, “I appreciate the caring advice, but I do know how to take care of myself.”

“Suit yourself.”

After almost two hours later, they arrived at the house.

“Meh, I gotta take a shower...” Iris had started to walk up the stairs, when Kai spoke up.

“You need to take care of those wounds, you know. Want some help with that?”

“Yes, if you don't mind. Just give me an hour or so to bathe.”

“Will do.”

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“Sorry for causing this much trouble to you guys in only my second day with you.” The Lusitanian girl broke the silence, as she lay on the bed in only a bra and a pair of short shorts, after a relaxing shower.

“Tyson's appetite gives us more trouble, believe me.” He replied after returning from the bathroom, a first-aid in his hand. She chuckled at that.

“If you don't want me to do this, I can get Hilary.”

“No, do it yourself, please.” Her decision didn't budge. Even if her voice wasn't all that sure, she continued, “I ought to do this, to stop being so afraid. I need to go on with my life, and forget the past.”

Shrugging, he started to attend to the wounds of her legs, taking off her previous bandages and cleaning the gashes. He reached her thighs, and continued his work. And as lightly as it was, he felt her muscles tense as he treated her.

`Iris, you have to relax. Only that, relax... You can trust him... Lugiohan trusts him, isn't that enough?' That wasn't helping all that much. Kai stopped when her breathing became irregular and heavier.

“I told you, you didn't have to do this.” He sat beside her on the bed.

“I'm sorry...” she sighed deeply in frustration, “I'm so stupid for being afraid of something so bloody normal!”

“No, you're not. It's normal to be fearful of a being who bad-treated you for almost all your life, even if it wasn't properly me. You already bear more than enough upon your shoulders.” His voice had that wise tone we all know of him. He was greeted by silence. “Do you still want to go on?”

“Yes.”

Kai stood again and started to attend the small of her back. This time she didn't even flinch. `Damn, what a strength of will she has...' He touched her as softly as he could, not only to make her feel secure but also as not to hurt her anymore than she already was. Her back seemed to be the place where she was mostly beaten.

“They beat you a lot, I see...” he commented, as to break the silence, even if it wasn't a very pleasant subject.

“Almost every day. I couldn't give them Lugiohan; that'd be the end of her. Even if they capture me again, which I doubt, they will never have her.” Her eyes kept changing to blood red and back to silver.

“I'll have to unclasp your bra.” She had a diagonal gash since her left hip, to her right shoulder.

“Do it.” She replied calmly.

As he did it, she tensed. “Where did you get this?” she could almost see his eyes flash in anger.

“They... It was a whip, in the last night I passed there.” She answered.

Kai stayed silent. He was almost sure he would lose his cool if he didn't, and the last thing he needed was to have a girl on his team scared to death of him. And the rest of said team would surely barge in and see their... peculiar position at the moment. If that happened, Kai would never hear the end of it by Tyson's part. And that was damaging his reputation. Out of the question! He clasped her bra again.

“Turn around.” He spoke a bit too abruptly. She looked into his eyes, searching for the reason as to why he had spoken to her like that.

He shook his head, eyes shinning with something that she couldn't even begin to name. She nodded, understanding he didn't really mean that. He continued his job, skipping her breasts. “The wounds on your chest aren't serious, are they?”

“No, only bruises and bites, I think...”

“Bites?” his eyes widened, stopping momentarily, “Who was the fucking beast that bit you?!”

“The one who raped me...” she whispered, not sure of what he was going to do.

His eyes drifted close as he finished quickly. Sitting on the bed, he let his head lower, his bangs covering most of his face. His lips curled up in a snarl, “Cowards...”

“I know...” Iris quickly dressed, sitting just behind him. At first, she hesitated, but then she shrugged that off. Her hands applied a pleasant amount of pressure upon his shoulders, as she massaged them deftly. Soon enough, the tension she felt there eased. “Come, let's train with the others!” Iris stood up after some minutes.

“Train?” he opened his eyes lazily. He had been lying down on the bed, as she massaged him.

“Yes; if we don't wanna lose that tournament of yours, we gotta train. Or have you forgotten that? C'mon, let's find the others.”

“Hn.” They descended the stairs. Kai was almost hit by a flying pillow, but his blading skills made him turn to the left and easily catch the offending item. An uneasy silence followed his movement. The area was a mess; the coffee-table was on its side, pillows everywhere and the couch was also turned.

Kai was already angered by what Iris had to go through in her past, and this was the final straw. “What the heck do you think you're doing?!” he snapped.

“Umm, pillow-fight?” answered Tyson, not really using his brain.

“Fine. I'm going to pretend I'm not seeing this...” Kai started to trail around the room, his fiery temper rising along with his voice, “And within FIVE minutes, *ALL* of you will be downstairs in the training room. With this mess clean.”

“What! Are you crazy?? In five minutes, we can barely *be* downstairs, let alone with this clean...” Tyson complained.

Kai immediately turned to his direction and launched Dranzer, making Tyson ran for his life. Even in this strange situation, the rest of the guys (excluding Tyson, who was running, and Kai, who was commanding Dranzer and smirking at Tyson's reaction) laughed.

After this, (the rest of the BladeBreakers convinced Kai to stop Dranzer and spare Tyson), they all were ready to train.

“Max, you'll compete with Iris, Ray with Tyson. The winners of both encounters will combat each other, and the winner will battle me. After all Dranzer already had a good warm-up.” He smirked at Tyson, “Is that understood?” They all nodded.

“Okay... Ready? Annnnd 3........... 2............. 1!! LET IT RIIIP!!!!” incited Tyson to the first round, Max versus Iris.

They both made an excellent launch. Iris started circling Max, as if she was testing him.

“Hey, stop that! I can't get out...” the blond muttered to himself, thinking of a way to get out of the circle. Iris was tightening the pressure and space on him, making sparks appear all over the place. “Draciel!”

Draciel rose, the metal turtle trying to strike the black top. Although, Iris kept smirking in a sinister way as her blade started spinning faster and faster; she was spinning so fast that a black circle was all that they were able to see, making it impossible for Draciel to know where she was. And suddenly, she attacked, harsh and fast, making Draciel spin in the air for a few moments and land out of the beystadium, lightly smoking.

“Wow... Umm, and the winner is... IRIS!!”

Now, it was Tyson and Ray's turn. Max took Tyson's place, even if he was still a bit dizzy by the fastness of his female opponent. “Ready? 3...... 2......... 1................. LET IT RIIIPP!!”

As soon as Drigger touched the stadium, he started spinning around it, much like Iris had done. Dragoon landed in the middle. The battle was short; when Drigger tried his trademark attack, Tyson used it to pass through it and counter-attack him quickly. A victory well-deserved for a watchful blader.

Iris and Tyson prepared for their combat.

“You're going down!”

She smirked, “You wish...”

The beyblade's met, the attack rings grinding, as sparks flew. They were neck-on-neck, trying to get the upper hand.

“I admit you're good, but I don't admit defeat. Dragoon!” the blue dragon appeared with a mighty roar.

The girl rolled her eyes, “You want to win too damn fast. And that'll only lead you to your own defeat by doing such stupidity. Beyblading is a game of wits, just like chess. You need to know when to attack, when to dodge,” Lugiohan easily dodged one of Dragoon's moves while she talked, “What your opponent will do. You need to *be* in the battle, in the heart of it. Be one with your bit beast, help him out. Only then, will you know what he needs. You'll help him that way. And you'll be victorious.” She grinned, as her blade delivered a harsh clash to Dragoon's side, almost sending him off the stadium, “Patience, perseverance and faith in your bit beast. That's all you'll ever need to know.” In a clean move, Dragoon was sent to Tyson's outstretched hand, “Remember that next time.”

“Well, it seams that it's Iris and Kai again... Good luck for you both.”

“Thanks, Chief. But I doubt I'll need it.” Iris's eyes moved to her captain's, “Now, let's make it even, Kai. Last time, it was a tie.” In reply, he only smirked.

“3......... 2............ 1...................... LET IT RIIIIIIIIIIIIIP!!!” Tyson and Max shouted at the same time.

Both bladers launched their beyblade's perhaps with a bit more force than necessary. Maybe that was the reason why the stadium cracked a bit when the blades made contact. Both of them landed on the edge of the field, but as soon as they were stable they charged and grinded together. The bits were shinning, asking their masters to let them rise.

But the teens didn't dare to look away from each other's gaze. Neither wanted to give in to a battle of nerves like this one. They didn't want to call their bitbeasts just yet. They continued attacking each other, none of them backing away once. The audience soon figured that this wasn't properly a simple training, as they saw the grace each beyblade showed, the sheer determination in their eyes... The very much alike technique they both used.

“What do you think?” Iris's voice broke the silence.

“Fine by me. Dranzer!!”

“Lugiohan!”

The bitbeasts made their spontaneous appearance once again, surrounding each other, screeching and clawing one another, going up in spiral. But then, even if their respective blades kept battling, both phoenixes stopped. And started shinning even more intensely. Both players backed away, protecting their eyes, like the rest of their friends were doing. A beam of light shot upwards from the heart of the battle, up to the sky. As soon as it started, it ended.

The gang quickly approached the stadium (if you call some pieces of metal of irregular size and positions a stadium). The blades were slowing down, smoking, until they stumbled to the side, stopping at the exact same time.

Kai and Iris picked up them up from all the rubble and examined them.

“You destroyed my attack ring...” Kai looked up at her, as a slate brow rose in surprise.

“And you practically melted my weight ring..” they locked eyes.

“Weird. Another tie... I wonder..” Kenny looked at Dizzy, as everyone else looked at him.

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