Phoenix2185- hey guys. I’m back yet again. Unless I get any more ideas to add, I think that the next chapter will be the last. So we have a lot to do in 2 chapters. I don’t really think there was anything else that I wanted to talk about so lets get started shall we?   song   Disclaimer- I do not own any of the characters from BeyBlade. Leah Khalor belongs to Nala17, Toni Hikaru LaVelle belongs to Bed ‘N’ Breakfast, Alicia belongs to herself, and I don’t own Kira Yamato….*sniff* unfortunately. Also, I do not own ‘The One You Love’ by Paulina Rubio. I do however own Riley Valkov and Elair and Sarwin Althalus. If you would like to use Riley, Elair, or Sarwin, plz let me know.    Chapter 10     

Kai’s POV

                 Looking in my mirror and straightening my dress shirt I let out a sigh. This was defiantly going to be a night to remember. I came to the conclusion last night that rejection or her brother hating me for the rest of my life would be better than going through hell not telling her how I feel. Arg, but who am I kidding? She hates me. Especially after the way I always treat her… but still… I frowned at myself in the mirror. I’m going to do this, I repeated to myself again. I have to tell her, especially before she gets too close to that guy that she was with the other weekend. My eyes narrowed as the image of her kissing him came to my mind again unbidden. I shook the thought out of my head before grabbing my keys and heading downstairs with one thought in my head: If he’s done anything to her, I swear…    

At the Dance

       &nbs p;        I held back a yawn as I leaned against the far wall of the cafeteria where the dance was being held. There seemed to be a lot of people who actually took this dance seriously, dressed in expensive dresses and tuxes, jewelry, and make-up. There were some however that really didn’t give a rat’s ass if it was supposed to be formal or not. These people were found over in the corner by the back door smoking and drinking dressed in their shitiest clothes. Currently a slow song was playing, much to my displeasure. I took a glance around to see who all was dancing and with whom. Tyson and Toni were near the center holding each other awkwardly and laughing. Rei and Mariah were dancing as close as they could possibly get to each other near the back, while Tala and a very embarrassed Leah were dancing together a little ways in front of me. Tala had told me last night that he had gone over to her house Wednesday afternoon for her to help him catch up on his schoolwork. When he left Leah had agreed to go to the dance with him, so there they are. Alicia was laughing at something that Miguel had said to her, dancing near Tyson and Toni. The entrance door opened, catching my attention. When I turned to fully to see who was coming in, my breath caught in my throat. Standing at the entrance shaking out her umbrella –as it must have started to rain- was Riley. She looked up from what she was doing when Emily, who was taking pictures, spoke to her. She smiled at Emily before walking out of the way of someone behind her. My gut clenched as I caught sight of guy from the other weekend. “Shit.”     Riley’s POV       I cursed the change in weather as I walked through the door to cafeteria. It’s not that I hate the rain, I just hate umbrellas. I started to shake the rain off of the umbrella before looking up. “Wow, you look really nice tonight Riley.” I looked to where the voice had come from and smiled when I saw Emily, the school photographer. “Thank you Emily. You look nice tonight too.” She had her orange hair piled up in an elegant bun on the top of her head with pieces framing her face. Her comment meant a lot to me. Ozuma had said that I looked nice too, but he doesn’t count. I was wearing the dress that Kai had gotten me. It was a silvery blue halter dress that went all the way down the floor. I had on the matching dark blue gloves that went a little above my elbows and had my hair down long. When Ozuma had seen my tattoo, he had raised an eyebrow but hadn’t said anything about it. “Are you going to move, and let me come in, or are you gonna stand there all night?” a joking voice asked from behind me. Opps. “Sorry Oz,” I apologized as I moved out of the way. “No problem. Where do I put my coat?” I pointed over to the table where everyone had thrown their coats as I walked over to Emily. “So, what are you up to Em?” I asked as she looked up at me from fiddling with her camera. “I’m taking pictures of everyone who comes in if they want with my new camera. Do you want your picture taken?” she asked as put a new roll of film in the said camera. I smiled. That sounded like a good idea. “Sure. Where do u want me to stand?” I asked as I held my annoying umbrella in front of me. She smiled back and pointed over near the wall. When I went to set the umbrella down, she shook her head. “Oh, no. Leave that there by your feet. Ya, like that. There, that looks great. Now smile.” A gave a small smile as the flash went off. Great, now I wouldn’t be able to see for half an hour. I thanked Emily as I headed over to where Ozuma was waiting. “Hey. Do you want your picture taken too?” I asked as he took my hand into his. “Nah, no thanks. I don’t really like getting my picture taken. I have this theory that they steal your soul.” (AN- lmao did anyone see that episode of Rurouni Kenshin where Sano wouldn’t get his picture taken. Omg that was funny.) When I gave him a disbelieving look, he nodded his head vigorously. “Really, I swear.” I laughed and shook my head as we headed over to where Johnny was standing by the bowl of punch with a somber look on his face. “Hey Red. What’s wrong with you?” I asked as we stopped in front of him. He looked up with a confused look on his face before he noticed me standing there. “Huh? Oh. Hey Riley. Ozuma.” I frowned at my best friend. What was going on? “What the hell is wrong with you? You look like someone stole something from you,” I joked as I gave him a playful shove. He just sighed and looked back at the dance floor. I turned to look where his gaze was and found it on Elair. She was currently dancing with Josh, one of the biggest jerk-offs in the school; even more so than Kai. Kai knows when to stop; this guy can’t take a hint. Something wasn’t right. Sarwin wouldn’t let her dance with that jerk, where is he? “Where’s Sarwin?” Johnny gave me a sideways glance. “Home sick. How can she dance with that bastard?” the last part came out as a mumble. This gave me an idea. “Go cut in,” I said simply. Johnny looked at me shocked and I saw Ozuma shake his head out of the corner of my eye. “What do you mean cut in?” “Go ask Josh if you can cut in. He can’t say no. Then you can dance with her and keep him away from her. It’s a fail proof plan. Besides, what do you have to lose?” he looked back and forth between me and Elair before a smile spread across his face. He gave me a nod and headed over to where they were dancing. He spoke for a minute before Josh’s face got real flustered and he walked off. Elair visibly relaxed as her and Johnny started to dance. “Nice call.” I turned to see Ozuma smiling at me. I grinned. “He was making me depressed. Come on, let’s dance,” I said as I grabbed his hand and we started to dance to the last bit of the slow song that was on. Ozuma gently put his hands on my waist as I draped my around his neck. When he pulled me closer I gently turned my head and laid it against his chest and frowned. I really do like Ozuma, I do. It’s just that this feels right, and then at the same time, it feels wrong. Like I ‘m comfortable around Ozuma but as if I’m supposed to be in someone else’s arms. When a fast song came on, it pulled me out of my thoughts. Leah and Tala made their way over to us. After exchanging greetings we started to dance like we didn’t have a care in the world and I found my pervious thoughts slowly slipping away.   After about an hour of dancing I sat down beside Ozuma to catch my breath. We were having a blast so far. For a formal dance, you would never guess it if it weren’t for the dresses and suits and stuff. “Do you want something to drink?” Ozuma asked standing up. I smiled up at him and shook my head no. “No thank you.” “Alright. I’ll be back in a second,” he said as he walked off towards the bathroom. I sat there for another few seconds with my eyes closed when another slow song came on.   When you're on top of the world
Or it's got you down
When you're flying through the air 
Or you're crashing to the ground
When you're searching for the light
And it's nowhere to be found
Just phone me baby   I started to hum along when I recognized the song to be one of my favorites. “Riley?” a familiar voice snapped me out of my little world. I looked up at Kai as he held his hand out much to my surprise. “Can I have this dance?” he asked real gentlemanly like. I gave a little laugh at his politeness before taking his hand and allowing him to lead me out to the dance floor.   
      And I know we'll be the same 
The air won't tie you down
I won't ever be the broken wings
That keep you off the ground
But when you start to see
I will be the sound
Just let me baby   He put his hand somewhat nervously around my waist as I put my hand on his shoulders as he was too tall to put my hands around his neck.             “I’m glad I decided to get the dress for you. It looks great on you.” I heard him say nervously as we continued our dance. I cocked my head to the side and look up at him, a faint blush on my face. It was rare for anyone to get a compliment from Kai, let alone me.             “Thanks,” When I kept my eyes on him thoughtfully, he looked away. “Why did you buy it for me Kai?” I would have laughed at the expression on his face –he looked like he was fighting an internal battle- had I not meant for the question to be serious.   I only wanna be the one you love
I only wanna be the one you want
Come and get me baby
Let me loose inside your soul
I only wanna be your every need
I wanna be the girl in all your dreams
I'll do anything to be
The one you love

    &nbs p;       He opened his mouth as if he was going to say something, but then shut it again. “Kai?” he took a deep breath before he started. “Riley, remember what I said last year…?”     Johnny’s POV     I smiled as I handed Elair the glass of punch I had just gotten her. I sat down in one of the chairs along the back wall near the bathrooms. I let out a gasp of shock as Elair sat down on my lap. She turned her head to smile at me when she lost her balance and almost fell off. My arm reached out and grabbed her around the waist. “Opps, sorry. I have really bad balance.” She apologized as she leant back against my chest must to my pleasure and shock. “Don’t worry about it.” Just then, something caught my eye. Dancing near the middle was Riley and Kai. When Kai found out what we had been hiding from the others, he was really upset, and something finally clicked with me. I had noticed how over the last two years or so that he had been picking less fights with Riley, his revenge was not as brutal, and name-calling not as hurtful; while Riley seemed more perturbed whenever Kai did say something hurtful, and didn’t seem content unless Kai was there to spar with. I think I’m finally starting to see that these two friends of mine might possible be head over heals for each other. Just as this idea started to sink in and I was about to say something to Elair about it, Ozuma walked out from the bathroom. I frowned at him. I may have accepted him, but that didn’t mean that I trusted him 100%. In fact, it seemed odd to me that after only one weekend of knowing her he had asked Riley out. It defiantly smelt fishy. He glanced around the dance floor, noticing that she wasn’t in her seat where he had left her. When he spotted her with Kai and dancing, he narrowed his eyes before he started over. “I’ll be right back,” I whispered into Elair’s ear as I stood up, not failing to notice the shiver that ran through her. I smirked to myself as I went into a light jog to catch up with Ozuma. “Hold on!” I reached out and grabbed him by the arm. He turned around with a glare, but when he saw that it was just me, I could see that he tried to hold it back.   “What do you want McGregor? ‘Cause if it’s nothing, I would like to go ask my girlfriend to dance,” he bit out as he yanked his arm back and waited for me to inform him of what I wanted. I walked around to stand in front of him. “In case you hadn’t noticed, Riley is already dancing with someone so why don’t you go sit down and wait your turn?” he was about to push me out of his way , when Rei came up from behind me with Mariah in tow. “Yes, I do believe that it is rude to interrupt two people that are dancing and in deep conversation,” Rei agreed moving to stand beside me. I heard Mariah move to my other side. I smirked as Ozuma sent us each a glare and then heading over to the chairs. I turned around to my helpers. “Thanks guys. I thought he was just going to ignore me and go ahead.” “No prob. We saw you stop him and the heard your convo. What do you think Kai’s up to? I saw him ask Riley to dance.” Mariah asked nervously as she stole a glance over at the two dancing. I shrugged. “I don’t think he’s up to anything Mariah.” Rei gave me a knowing smile before the three of us headed over to get a drink.     Riley’s POV      “Riley, remember what I said last year, about what Tala was doing?” Why was he bringing this up? He knew that when he told me, that it had hurt. I nodded my head nervously. “Ya….Why?”   Baby you can tell me everything
The secrets of your heart
If you could look inside of me 
You'd see how beautiful you are
I wanna show you everything
Each and every part of me is yours
Just take it baby

Another deep breath. Kai acting nervous was not a good thing, and it was making me nervous. “Remember when I said that I should know?” He looked away from me and I furrowed my eyebrows together. “I said that because I was one of the guys that Tala told off.” The sway of my hips slowed as the full meaning of what he just said sunk in. Tala told me after I had confronted him that had only threatened guys that he heard first hand that they had a crush on me or they were planning on asking me out. Then…then that means…. I stopped dancing completely as my eyes widened. Kai turned his head to look back at me when I had stopped dancing.   I only wanna be the one you love
I only wanna be the one you want
Come and get me baby
Let me loose inside your soul
I only wanna be your every need
I wanna be the girl in all your dreams
I'll do anything to be
The one you love   “But…then…y ou…why?” I managed to pathetically stutter out. “Riley I didn’t mean for what happened to you at the dance a few years ago. I didn’t do that, I would never do something like that to you. I…” I let out a little gasp as what looked like a faint (very faint) blush crept onto his face. “I guess what I’m trying to say Riley is that… oh Hell! That I like you Riley! I fucking like you! (AN. O.o such language is so unbecoming *tsk tsk tsk*)   Let me be the lover
You want to uncover
Let me be the one you love

Hey baby


I…I didn’t know what to say. I was having those thoughts about him the other day at the mall and the time at Ozuma’s when we were watching the movie and I came to the realization that I had a slight attraction to my arrogant blue headed classmate. I had said to myself that I liked another guy while I’m going out with Ozuma, and it confused me to hell and back. But now Kai turns around and says that he likes me too, and I’m even more confused.   I only wanna be the one you love (I only wanna be the one you love)
I only wanna be the one you want (The one you want)
Come and get me baby (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Let me loose inside your soul (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
I only wanna be your every need (I only wanna be the love you want)
I wanna be the girl in all your dreams (The one you want)
I'll do anything to be (Yeah, yeah, baby baby)
The one you love (Yeaaaah)

I shook my head as tears of frustration made their way into my eyes that I knew were reflecting all my emotions at once. This was just too much to handle. I took a step back out of Kai’s hold. “I…” I started, but couldn’t finish as I ran away from him out to the built on balcony of the cafeteria to think and try to sort things out. I grabbed onto the rail and took a deep breath of the moisture heavy air. It had stopped raining at one point; I could still smell the dampness in the thick air. A sob escaped my mouth as I rested my forehead against the rail between my hands. My knuckles had gown white from clutching so hard and were started to cramp. But I didn’t notice. I didn’t notice anything. If there was anyone here with a more fucked up life than mine, by all means, speak up. I…I like Kai, but what about Ozuma? There was no way that I would be able to have both of them. There was no way that I would have the both of them. Under all those harsh remarks and practical jokes, Kai had actually liked me. That’s why he stood up for me at the mall and why he bought the dress, the dress that I had on at this moment. I sighed as another sob racked through me. Kai was too late, I was Ozuma right now. If only he…” “Riley?” I heard Kai from right behind me as he put a hand on my shoulder. I turned around to face him, looking him in the eyes. His emotionless eyes held a look of worry and…and fear, while my own, I’m sure, showed hurt and sorrow. “Riley, don’t cry.” I turned my head away from him. “I’m not crying.” I told him stubbornly. Just because I was out here going through hell and sobbing didn’t mean that I was crying right? Right? He reached out and cupped the side of my face and wiped my tears away with his thumb. “Yes, you are.” When I turned back to face him I was met with his lips against mine. I let out a little gasp and he took advantage of it as his tongue slipped into my mouth. Instead of pulling back and punching him like I should have, I just stood there… and kissed him back. His other hand came up and cupped my other cheek as he pulled gently on my lower lip with his teeth. I…I shouldn’t be doing this. But why not? Isn’t this what I had secretly been wanting? Something in the back of my mind told me that there was a reason, a good reason, but I just pushed it back. God, he was a good kisser, way better than Ozuma. Ozuma! Oh God. What am I doing! Kai had over a year, he too late now. I’m with Ozuma. I can’t be doing this. But… I pulled back with such force that a stumbled slightly. Kai blinked at me, a questioning look on his handsome face. I shook my head as a felt more tears start to fall. “Kai… I can’t. I’m with Ozuma. You’re too late.” The last part came out no louder than a whisper. And then I did something that I’ve been doing a lot lately. I ran.  I ran out of the school, and through the parking lot. I ran down the street ignoring the looks people were throwing at me. I let out another sob as I tripped on my dress and fell to my hand and knees. I had just made the biggest mistake of my life and I knew it. As soon as it had come out of my mouth, I regretted saying it. But I couldn’t take it back, it was already said. I slouched lower to ground as I was completely taken over by my pitiful sobs. I could feel the dirt and grim from the pavement sticking to my tear streaked face, but I didn’t care. I didn’t care about anything at the moment other than the horrible mistake I had made. “Riley?” a soft yet familiar voice asked from in front of me. “Riley Valkov?” I looked up through blurry eyes to see who it was. I wiped the back of my hand across my puffy eyes a few times until I could clearly see the figure that knelt before me. He had reasonably short brown hair with it styled so that a part of it fell across one of his eyes, which were a dark amethyst. He was wearing a reasonable dressy black shirt with the white collar turned down. The sleeves looked like they were half cut off and were held on where it was cut by red buckles, with a red shirt on under. He was wearing dressy turquoise pants and a pair of dress shoes. Why is he dressed up so fancy? Then I noticed that we were in front of the theater. “You don’t remember me do you?” he asked as a look of hurt crossed his face. Where did I know that face from? And that voice? I closed my eyes trying to figure it out, but when I did, the image of Kai’s face when I ran away was all that came. “I’m sorry,” I cried out. “I… I’m really sorry, I can’t…” “Hey, it’s ok,” he interrupted me. “It’s Kira, Kira Yamato.” “Kira! Oh, Kira is it really you?” I asked as I flung my arms around his neck and gave my old friend a hug now that I remembered him. A couple of years ago when I was into horseback riding, I met Kira at a big competition. I kick his ass, but we became good friends. He chuckled lightly beneath me. “Ya, it’s me.” He gently pulled me back and frowned at me. “What happened?” I took a deep breath and told him what happened, but I left out names. He sat there and listened patiently, even though I just realized that he’s missing his movie. When I finished, he was quiet for a moment. “Oh Kira, what am I going to do? I just feel so lost.” This summer has really taken its toll on me. Listen to how pathetic I sound crying my heart out on the side of the street. “It sounds to my Riley, that you should follow your heart. From when I knew you, you always worried about what others would want or think, but this time, I think you should do what you want. I can’t tell you what to do, you gotta figure that out for yourself.” Follow my heart? What did my heart want? “You’re right Kira, thanks.” He gave me a little smile as he took hold of my arms and helped me to my feet. “No problem. Come on, I’ll give you a drive home if you want.” “Yes, that would be great thanks.” I followed him over to his car and sat down in the passenger’s seat. “Do you have a cell phone Kira?” I asked, remembering the others at the dance. He nodded his head as he reached in his pocket and pulled it out and handed it over to me. I dialed Leah’s number and had to wait a few seconds before she picked up. “Yo, Leah here. What can I do ya for?” I shook my head at her antics. “Do you know how wrong that sounds?” “It depends on how ya take it. Where are ya Lee?” “I’m on my way home. Can you tell Tala and… and Ozuma for me please.” “Ya sure. Are you ok?” “I’m fine, just tired. I’ll talk to you tomorrow probably. Bye.” And with that I hung up and handed Kira his phone back and mumbled my thanks. He pulled into my drive a few minutes late. I got out and walked over to the driver’s window that he had rolled down. “Thanks for the drive and…and for earlier.” “No problem Riley. And good luck.”  He waved as he backed up and drove back the way he had come from, no doubt going back to the theater. I slowly headed up to my room for a fitful night of sleep.     Phoenix2185- well, there ya go. Lol I would like to make one little alteration in my story that needs to be done. In chapter 7 Riley said that her birthday was in June. I’m going to change that ok? It is now Saturday, the day after the dance. You’ll see why I changed it later. Ok then.   Well, I’ll talk atcha’s later   R&R plz