Beyblade Fan Fiction ❯ Solitary Flame/A Final Spark ❯ Blue Hair ( Chapter 10 )

Disclaimer: I told you already; I DON'T OWN BEYBLADE! *Cry*

Chapter 10

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

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Casually shoving my hand in my pocket and leaving the note there, I gave a small wave and walked away from Rei and his friends.

"Kenny's cute...I can't believe I said that! No, I don't like him...I don't want to get hurt again..!" Jacquie sighed while we walked back to our hotels.

"What do you mean," I asked her, "Jacquie?"

"Um, look I'll tell you later," Jacquie checked her watch, "I'll meet up with you tomorrow, okay? Thanks for coming with me shopping today."

"You're welcome." We had arrived on Bruce Street, where we would have to separate in order to get to our hotels, "I'll see you tomorrow after the match, alright?"

Jacquie nodded and smiled, "Yup. Bye!" as usual, she set off dashing and turned the corner.

"Bye...." That was strange, I thought, what was up with her? What did she mean?

"Now," I thought aloud, taking my mind of Jacquie, "time to find out what Kai slipped into my hand back at the mall." I reached into my pocket to find a folded piece of paper. With curiosity, I unfolded the paper and read his message.

`Meet me in the stands after your match tomorrow. If you can't find me; I'll come find you instead.

~Kai

P.S. Come alone, and don't tell anyone what we're up to.'

"What…" I thought, "this is… weird…" when I had reached the doorstep, I decided that it couldn't hurt to meet Kai after the match. I ran up to our hotel room, opened the door, and fell heavily onto the couch, letting my bags fall with me.

"I see you had a good shopping trip." Oliver chuckled at the sight.

"Honey, I'm home!" I yelled, sarcastically of course, loud enough to wake up Enrique and Robert in the next rooms. I heard a groaning sound and another that sounded like a `thud' on the floor… "Whoops…" I stated with an innocent look.

Oliver laughed and sat down beside me, "Please don't do that when I'm asleep…"

I smirked, "Well you never know. Hey you know the Bladebreakers don't you?" I asked.

"Well I know their basic personalities from the last time we met, yeah." Oliver said, "Why do you ask?"

"I want to know about Kai… He seems so-"

"Distant? Unfriendly? That's just his outside layer. Inside he's just as nice as the rest of them." Oliver smiled.

"So he's not… dangerous or anything?" I asked.

"Nope," Oliver answered, looking to the ceiling as if he were recalling a very fond memory, "wouldn't hurt a soul. Why do you ask?"

"Nothing, I was just curious." I lied. Fortunately, Oliver didn't catch my fib. He went to his room and started to get ready for bed.

After a few minutes of awkward silence, I got up from the couch and strolled into my room, sitting straight on the computer chair.

Choose Your Destiny has just signed in.

taritaroKai@hotmail.com has added you to his/her buddylist.

Kai: Tyson; your degree of idiocy surprises me says: Destiny?

Choose Your Destiny says: Well this is awkward. How'd you get my email?

Kai: Tyson; your degree of idiocy surprises me says: Rei.

Choose Your Destiny: Thought so. What's with the note at the mall earlier?

Kai: Tyson; your degree of idiocy surprises me says: I need to talk to you about stuff.

Choose Your Destiny says: Like what?

Kai: Tyson; your degree of idiocy surprises me says: You're an Aquarius aren't you; that's your horoscope sign.

Choose Your Destiny says: Yeah, but what does that have to do with anything?

Kai: Tyson; your degree of idiocy surprises me says: I'll explain it tomorrow.

Kai: Tyson; your degree of idiocy surprises me has just signed off.

Choose Your Destiny says: But Kai!

The previous message has not been sent.

"Damn."

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"Today's match will be held against The Elements and The Majestics. Let the battle begin!" shouted the DJ.

The crowd let out a big cheer and our battle begun.

"I'll go first," Robert began, "and then Enrique will follow. Oliver, Destiny… flip a coin or something…"

"How strategic!" I yelled sarcastically as Robert Rolled his eyes and headed for the stadium. I looked at Oliver.

"Well I don't want to battle!" Oliver commented.

"You think I want to?" I shot back.

"How about we flip a coin? I'll call it." Oliver suggested.

"Well that's not fair!" I argued.

"Why not?!" he argued back.

(Credits to the writers of the hit show "Threes Company" for coming up with the next few lines! Copyrighted them; not me)

"Can't you see? It's because you get two choices and I get none!" I blurted out quickly.

"All these years it seemed fair…" Oliver scratched his head in confusion.

"Enrique, go!" I heard Robert's voice say.

"Well how about Rock Paper Scissors? We're running out of time…" I urged him to hurry with his decision.

"But-"

"Hey Babe, Oliver, one of you two; GO!" Enrique shouted over the loud roar of the spectators in the stands.

"Oh fine, I'll go!" I relented, grabbing my beyblade and walking to the dish.

"You lost THAT quickly?" I heard Oliver ask humorously from behind me.

"I WON you piece of-"

"And now, we have Destiny Mannings and Jacquie Anuson who will battle for a spot in our semi-finals round."

"Jacquie?" I looked up and saw my friend who I went shopping with just yesterday, "When you said you'd see my match I didn't know you meant up close and personal…"

"Neither did I," she began with a half smile, "the team you were supposed to battle today got disqualified because they were one teammate short."

"Well… may the best win then?" I asked.

"Thanks, don't worry! I intend to!" she grinned.

I grinned back… "3"

"2"

"1"

"LET IT RIP!"

With one graceful movement, my blade was launched into the dish along with Jacquies. Already tensed, I forced myself to relax.

Suddenly, Jacquie's bitbeast, Nakia, brought down all her might onto Drallex. With all the force put into the attack, both beyblades showed sign of stopping, but fortunately they kept on spinning.

"A.C.I.D Swipes!" I cried out to my blade suddenly, starting to panic for the first time in my life.

The attack hit Jacquie's blade from the base, which caused even more damage than it would have if it were hit from the top.

The blade wobbled, and started spinning partially on its side… Just a few more seconds and… Yes, it stopped!

"Destiny and The Majestics proceed onto the Semi-Finals this weekend!" the DJ shouted loudly with the help of his microphone.

Jacquie dropped to her knees and picked up her beyblade. She then stood up and curtly turned around. She walked out of the stadium, staring at the floor - like it was the end of the world.

I made a mental note to talk to her later...or better yet now. I walked back over to the bench and exchanged congratulations with my team. Then I told them I was going to look for Jacquie.

I started to look for her at the bench opposite ours. Her teammates shot me a dirty look and told me she had left in a hurry.

Desperate to find her, I went into the stands full of thousands of people, and started to look for her there.

After fifteen minutes of searching, a miracle occurred. I saw her only a few stands away. Starting to run, I tried to avoid hitting the passing strangers. All the while my mind flooded with phrases to say, or should have said.

Only a few feet away from Jacquie, I tripped over some stands. Due to everyone rushing out of the stadium, no one noticed me. When I turned to face where Jacquie was standing last, she was gone.

"No, no!" I scolded myself. Curse this unexpected clumsiness of mine!

"Destiny!" I heard a voice call. I searched the crowd and found a young man with blue hair.

"Kai…"

Hello all readers! I've been working on my story a lot lately and I finished another chapter just now. Enjoy the read and don't forget to review!