Beyblade Fan Fiction ❯ Solitary Flame/A Final Spark ❯ New Beginnings ( Chapter 6 )

Disclaimer: I once again do not own Beyblade. Keeping it simple this time.

Chapter 6

I sat there as she thought about what had become of my life, what had happened to my friends...

"First off all," I said to myself, "my team ditched me for Iris. Number two, Rei's a damn liar. Number three, I feel like I want to hack someone's sorry ass off. Anything else negative in my craptastic life?" Suddenly, I heard the door creak open. I turned my head sharply and saw it was Rei, "What do you want…"

"I heard you from the hallway," he began, "and I thought you needed someone to talk to."

"Sure… Just tell me when you find someone." I snapped. Rei was taken aback.

"Well I'm here, in case you change your mind." He turned and left the room without saying another word. A tear rolled down my cheek the moment he left. I buried my head in my hands and started to cry.

"It's a good thing you're letting all of this out." A voice inside my head told me.

By dinner time at nine (A+N Ok so It's a LATE dinner…), my eyes were all read and puffy from crying. The tears still didn't stop. I sat at the table with Oliver, Johnny, and Robert playing with my food, but not eating a bite.

"If you're going to be part of this team, you've got to eat." Robert stated, obviously not aware about what I was feeling at the moment.

"Lay off, Robert." Oliver shot back. He had caught the bad mood from me earlier that day, "Everything doesn't have to revolve around Beyblading!"

"Excuse me." I threw my napkin on the table and went outside for some air. I hastily walked to the park where I knew I'd be alone.

"What a great day!" I shouted out, sarcastically. I thought no one would answer back. Not like anyone would be out here watching me…

"I know." I heard a familiar voice say.

"What do you want, Iris." I demanded, not turning my head to face her. I'd seen enough of her face to last me a lifetime.

"I want you back on the team." She explained, getting right to the point. My eyes widened as anger surged through my body.

"After all you put me through, you want me back on the team?" I yelled in disbelief, "What do you think I am, stupid?"

"Actually yes, but that's not the point." Iris said bossily, "The point is your replacement SUCKS. It's either you're in now, or you're not in ever." Iris took a step back when she saw how much anger flashed through my eyes.

"You better be scared and listening right about now," I began. Within seconds, I had her pinned against the tree by her neck. She choked from lack of air while I spoke sharply, "because I'm going to say something once. Only once. First of all, I want you to leave me alone. If I even SEE your sorry ass anywhere but at tournaments, you'll regret it. Second, you hurt me and the people around me. What makes you even THINK I'd reconsider joining Solitary Flame? Don't you get it? SOLITARY Flame. That means I'm alone. Alright? Last… I want you to put up a good fight in the finals. You know we're both going to make it. We'll see who's better then." I pulled Iris forward and let go of her neck. She landed with a thud on the ground as I left her crying and gasping for air.

I returned from the park an hour later. When I entered our hotel suit, I found Oliver waiting for me on the couch. We'd become such good friends in the past few weeks. He comforted me when I was sad, and I comforted him back.

"Hey…" He said casually with a look of sadness in his eyes.

"Hey." I answered back without meeting his eyes. I hated to see Oliver like that, "Please don't look like that. I hate it."

"I'll try," he began, forcing a smile, "it just seems like we're getting on everyone's nerves lately. With you being so depressed, Johnny being a girl freak-"

"Since when's he not?" I interrupted with a smile.

"Good point… And with Robert being such a sourpuss all the time now, it seems like we need to sort things out before we get to anything else." He sighed. I sat beside him the couch.

"It's my entire fault, I suppose." I admitted with a frown, "I've been so angry lately that I didn't think about anyone but myself."

"Don't think that," Oliver said, "If you've been thinking about anyone, you've been thinking about everyone on this team. You made a sacrifice so we wouldn't be disqualified in the preliminaries in a few days."

"Thanks."

"Get up, Mannings." I heard a voice that sounded so much like Robert's. Maybe because, it was… I think.

"But it's only 5:30! I half snored, half yelled in protest.

"Please get up?" Robert sighed.

"Give a girl some time." I whined and covered my ears. To my surprise, Robert let me sleep.

About an hour later, I finally got enough will power to drag myself out of bed. Taking my time, I brushed my teeth, combed my hair, got dressed, and headed to the kitchen.

"Well, Sleeping Beauty finally woke up." Robert snickered when I sat at the table and started eating my breakfast.

"Put a cork in it." I told him sarcastically. After a few more bites from my breakfast, I got up from the chair and headed for the door.

"Where are you going, babe?" Enrique asked.

"Weight room." And then I left. By the time I was in the elevator I asked myself.."Where's the weight room?!?!" I stomped my foot, "Maybe the third floor…" I pushed the button for the third floor and waited. When I stepped onto the floor, I found myself in unfamiliar surroundings.

"Are you lost?" a voice behind me asked. I turned around and saw that it was Rei. Big surprise!

"You always seem to find me when I'm lost." I said, emotionless, "Ok look before you say anything, I'm sorry about what happened the other day. And, if I ever do need someone to talk to, I know where to go." I gave him a smile.

"No problem. So… What are you looking for?" He asked.

"The weight room?" I answered unsure of myself. He started to lead me to the stairs.

"You're on the wrong floor."

"Shut up."

By the time we got to the weight room, Robert, Enrique, Oliver, and surprisingly Johnny were already waiting for us.

"To the weight room, huh?" Johnny commented nastily. He had heard from Enrique, Oliver, and Robert about this morning. I sighed in relief.

"Good to see you, too."

"Just what exactly were you doing for the past twenty minutes?" Oliver asked with a glint of mischief in his eyes.

"I was-"

"She went with me to the Beyblade Stadium. We had a battle." Rei cut in, obviously not wanting me to say anything… Stupid.

"Who won, babe?" Enrique asked me.

"Rei did," I answered. I saw Rei at the corner of my eye grinning heavily, "but only by a little bit." He scowled.

"I'm only saying the truth." I looked at him innocently.

A few days later, the tournament began. While Johnny waited in the stands, Oliver, Robert, Enrique, and I took our places at the tournament preliminaries. After a "short" speech from the chairman of the BBA (A+N Three guesses who…), we were all set to go.

"The first match for this tournament will be held by The Majestics and…"

Hey! I'm having a craptistic day here so I thought I'd write about my anger in Destiny's own little world. And by the way, this is NOT an Oliver/Destiny story for your information. Anyways, I'm sorry for the lack of updates again! R+R! Oh and thanks Jacquie for helping me cure my writer's block, giving me the starting line for this chapter, AND coming up with a summary! We can't forget reviewing for every chapter, too. Thanks!