Beyblade Fan Fiction ❯ Solitary Flame/A Final Spark ❯ Palm Secrets ( Chapter 9 )

Disclaimer: Beyblade… not mine… loving key words…

Chapter 9

The sky was teemed with light as I looked off her hotel balcony. Slowly, I turned my gaze to the bright and yellow sun, absorbed in thought. I was so glad things were finally straightened out with my new teammates. If only I could get Iris out of my life forever, it would be too soon. I was jolted from my thoughts as I heard someone coming up behind me on the balcony.

"Hey Babe," Enrique winked, "the Head Honcho scheduled us for an interview and some photo shoots for our fans back in Europe. May I have the pleasure of accompanying you to the shoot?"

I paused, then scratched my head, "Um.. no but you can come with me to the interview place, thing…"

Enrique sweatdropped, "Erm… yeah sure…"

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"So, Miss…"

"Mannings."

"Miss Mannings." The reporter nodded, "What is your history with Iris Dierra?"

"Must we," I began, "talk about this?" I tensed and squirmed in my seat. I was so glad this wasn't on tv…

"Well if you don't want to," the reporter began, "I guess we could end the interview now."

"Alright then." I got up and left her with a shocked expression on her face.

"Stupid reporters…" I grunted. I looked around for the rest of my team but to no avail, "They must still be being interviewed…"

"Destiny Mannings? Is that you?" I heard a voice call. I turned to see it was Jacquie. I smiled.

"Hey! What are you doing here?" I asked.

Jacquie sighed, "Interviews; what else? Why are you here?"

It was my turn to sigh, "Photo shoot just a while ago, then I ditched the interview lady." I shrugged.

"Oohh… not a good idea…" she shook her head, "anyways the reason I called you over was to see if you wanted to go shopping with me before our battles tomorrow morning."

Did I hear the word shopping? A smile lit up my face, "Duh!"

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After hours of shopping, and not to mention hundreds of shopping bags, Jacquie and I had literally shopped `till we dropped. We both collapsed heavily onto a mall bench and rested. A half hour passed with us barely saying a word.

"Say," Jacquie began, motioning over to her left, "who's that cutie over there…"

I looked towards the direction Jacquie was pointing to and I saw… "Rei?" He turned upon hearing his name, searching the crowd for a familiar face. I waved, and he saw.

"Hey!" he began, "I had no idea I'd see you here, Destiny."

"Well, fancy seeing you here." I smiled, "Oh this is Jacquie." I motioned to my friend beside me.

"Hey," Rei greeted, shaking her hand, "These are my friends. I'll let them introduce themselves…"

"Hey! I'm Tyson Granger, you know, the world champion? Do you want my autograph? I'll be glad to sign something for you!" a dark haired boy with a red and white cap bragged.

"And I'm Max Tate!" a blonde haired boy greeted next. He was wearing a blue shirt with a star on it.

"I-I'm Kenny." The next boy introduced. He wore big round spectacles (A+N Glasses… hehe) and had brown hair. He took Jacquie's hand and shook it. Before long, they were engaged in a conversation about intense beyblading techniques.

I looked at the older boy with blue hair. He leaned against the wall, arms folded, eyes shut, not willing to say anything, "Hi."

"Kai Hiwatari." He answered, motionless, "You're Destiny Mannings, aren't you. The new girl with the Majestics who's replacing Johnny for a while."

"Yeah… How'd you know?" I asked, immediately remembering that I had gone public with them in the last match.

"I'm not stupid, everyone knows." He retorted, giving me his all-famous death glare, "Besides, I saw your friend Iris on TV who told the whole story."

"She isn't my friend!" I half yelled at him, "She was my old teammate, who got my other teammates to backstab me and told the public a fake story so they'd pity her, instead of me."

Kai grinned, "Alright. I saw your backstabbing ex-friend on TV who told the whole story from her point of view. Happy now?"

I gave a smirk and stood up grabbing my bags, "Couldn't be better. Anyways, we'd better be going, I've got a match to worry about tomorrow. Hopefully we'll bump into each other again before we have to go our separate ways."

Jacquie stood up with me, "Yeah, it was nice meeting you all."

"Either way; I'll see you at school every day. Woah," he began, "I just rhymed. Well I'll be sure to try and watch your match, Destiny. Good luck!" Rei smiled. I nodded, smiled back, and started to walk away.

"Wait," Kai began. I turned and he shook my hand, leaving something in the palm of my hand, "nice to meet you, too."

Hmm I wonder what's up with Kai? Actually, I don't have to wonder because I already know! I hate to leave all you readers with a cliffhanger, but I just let the story write itself and it seemed only natural to end it here. I had a lot of fun writing this chapter, coming up with ideas for the NEXT chapters! Hehe… I hope that made sense. Anyways a big thank you to Jacquie who helped me come up with a REAL plot… You'll see what I'm talking about in the next chapters! Read and review you guys!