Beyblade Fan Fiction ❯ That's Life ❯ The End ( Chapter 11 )

Phoenix2185- hey guys. As far as I know, this is the last chapter. I have some pictures posted on deviantART from this story if u wanna check them out. My user-name on it is also phoenix2185.  Anyway, I guess we’ll get on with it now. I hope ya’ll enjoy.   Disclaimer: me- Riley, why don’t u do the disclaimer for once and give me a break?  Riley- *raises an eyebrow* You are one lazy ars did you know that? Shesh. *rolls eyes* I.h does not own any of the characters from Beyblade. Leah belongs to Nala17, Toni belongs to Bed ‘N’ Breakfast, and Alicia owns herself. She also doesn’t own the song ‘1000 Words’, which is by Jade from SWEETBOX, nor does she own Final Fantasy X-2. I.h does however own Elair and Sarwin. There, are you happy now? Now, on with the story.  Me-    ~.~ aren’t you forgetting someone? Riley- *looks around* No... I don’t think so. What makes you think that? Me- *sigh* I also own Riley. Now we can get on with the story Riley- Hey!! You don’t own me! I’m calling civil rights on you!!... Me-  ^^;;   Chapter 11        Riley’s POV     I sat gazing out my window like I had been doing all morning. When I had woken up this morning, memories of what had happened last night came flooding back unwanted. I had gotten up and wrapped my favorite leopard print blanket around me before heading over to my window seat where I still sat. I had woken up over 2 hours ago. I bent my head forward and rested it against my knees that were drawn up, closing my eyes. ‘Some birthday,’ I thought bitterly to myself. Just then, I heard a knock on my door. “Come in,” I mumbled loud enough for whomever it was to hear. It had better be important, barging in on my depressing thoughts like that. “Mornin’ Tiger. How come you’re not downstairs… or in bed still asleep for that matter?” Great, it was my lovely brother. “I couldn’t sleep and I didn’t want to go downstairs, is that ok?” I growled at him. “What do you want?” It’s not my fault that I was in a bad mood… well, then again, maybe it was my fault. I let out a sigh as I let my head fall back to my knees. “I was just checkin’ in on ya. I mean, you did leave the dance early last night. Of course, we all ended up leaving early anyway.” I looked up at him. “Why did you all leave early?” I asked, curious to know the reason. “Mr. D found the assholes in one of the corners drinking and kicked everyone out. Kai had to leave anyway. He got was going to get kicked out. The idiot.” He laughed as he told me about Kai. I raised an eyebrow. Why the hell would Dickinson kick Kai out? “Why?” “Why what? Did Kai get kicked out?” when I nodded my head, he continued. “Right after Leah told me and Oz that you had gone home, Oz was turning to leave when he ran into Kai’s fist. Knocked him right off his feet. Kai gave him a look that could have killed before he stormed off. I saw Mr. D talking to him before he got to the door.” I nodded my head once in understanding. He didn’t have to take it out on Oz; it was his own fault that he was too late, right? “Whatever, is that all you wanted? If so, get out. Please.” I said the last part as perky as I could manage considering. He cocked an eyebrow. “Shesh, I just wanted to say ‘Happy Birthday’ and give you your gift, but if you don’t want it, that fine with me, I can always keep it.” Damn my brother, he always knows how to lift my bad mood…sorta. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it my bestest best favorite brother of mine. Did I ever tell you how much I love you?” He shook his head. I gasped in mock shock (AN: hey, that rhymed lmao). “Really!! It must have slipped my mind. Tala, I looooooove you.” He was shaking his head now with a disbelieving look on his face while he held his nose. What the fuck? Why the hell is he holding his nose? “Do you smell that? Wow, that’s a LOT of bullshit!” He burst out laughing at his own joke as I stuck my tongue out at him. What a big meanie. When he finally caught his breath, he came over and lifted me up. “Tala! What the hell? Put me down ya, big meanie.” I yelled at him as I flailed around. “What, you don’t want you’re gift? If you do, hold still and STOP KICKING ME!!” Shesh, he aint touchy or anything now is he? I sighed, giving up my struggle as Tala carried me downstairs to the basement. He knows I hate the basement; there are spiders and creepy bugs and spiders and dirt and spiders and cobwebs and spiders. Did I mention spiders? I hate spiders. I let out a screen in Tala’s ear as something brushed against my arm. “GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!” I yelled as I started to kicked and squirm. “FREEZE!” Tala yelled as loud as he could. I did as I was told and tried to stay as still as possible, though I still squirmed a bit at the thought of a spider of something else being on me. Tala reached over me and picked up what on my arm and put it in front of my face. I squeezed my eyes shut, scared to see what it might be. I felt his chest rumble as he let out a growl. “You killed my ear because of this? Riley, remind me to kill you later.” I slowly opened one of my eyes to see what it was. I then opened the other and grinned sheepishly at what was dangling in front of me. “He he, I guess I’m shedding eh Tala?” a hair must have fallen out, and when it did, it had tickled my arm, thus scaring the shit out of me. I’m tellin’ ya, I’d make a great lion with the amount of courage I got. Ya right. Tala shook his head before he dropped the hair on the floor and continued on his way. When we got to the far end of the dark and dreary dungeon, there was a big box with a bunch of holes in it. Oh ya, I forgot to mention that we got mice too. I could have my own little zoo down here. He set me down on my feet and pointed towards the tattered box. “There ya go. Happy Birthday.” I looked back and forth between the box and my deranged brother. Wow, a box. Wanna go racing anyone? Hey, don’t look at me like that. Im-ag-in-aaaaaaaaa-tion. (AN: lmao Sponge Bob lol, sorry. I just had to put that in there. It was too hard to resist.) “Gee, a box. Thanks Tala, but you really shouldn’t have.” He rolled his eyes at me. Hey, I should be the one rolling the eyes, I mean, come on. A box? “Look in the box ya nut.” My mouth went like an ‘o’ in understanding as I took a cautious step towards the box. I gingerly reached out and was about to pull the top flap back when the box moved. Moved! Since when did boxes start moving? I jumped back so quick that I fell on my poor behind. I scrambled to my feet as fast as I could; you never know what could be on these floors… there could be spiders. “Tala, I swear ta hell, if there’s a fucking rat in that box I am going to slice you open and feed your intestines to my enemies, the crows,” I growled at him as I tried to peek in the box without getting too close. “Riley, grow up. It’s not a rat. Now if you don’t go see what it is in the next 5 seconds, I’ll keep it for myself,” he threatened me while mumbling something about crazy sisters with psychotic problems that needed to be dealt with. Hey! I thought I was his sister……oh. I let out a sigh of defeat as I lifted up the flap and peered in. There, sitting on its haunches was the cutest little black Doberman puppy. His little beige ears perked up when he noticed that someone was looking at him. He stood up and put his front paws against the box trying to reach me; his little stubby tail going as fast as if could. “Awwww! Aren’t you just the cutest!” I cooed as I reached in and picked him up. He wiggled in my arms from excitement as he licked at my face. “Stop that, it tickles,” I giggled out as I pat his little head. I turned around and gave Tala the best hug that I could with the little puppy in my arms. “Thank you, thank you, and thank you, Tala. I love him. Thank you.” He crossed his arms across his chest and had a self-satisfied smile on his face. “No prob. He doesn’t have a name yet, so you get to name him I guess. Unless you want me to.” He joked. I raised an eyebrow at him. “I don’t think so. Thanks anyway.” I looked down at my new friend trying to think of a name as he gazed intently back at me. It was then that I noticed his eyes. They were a dark onyx with swirls of silver. I had never seen a dog with eyes like that. Think; name, name, name. What could I call him? Oh! I know. I’ve always liked the name Rioku (AN: Re-o-ku). “I think I’ll call you Rioku. What do you think of that boy?” I asked as I scratched behind his ear. He gave a little bark and licked my fingers. I let out a laugh. “Rioku it is then.” I sat him down on the floor and turned back to Tala. “Gee, thanks Tala. Way ta make me feel bad.” When he gave me a confused look, I just started to go upstairs, motioning for him to follow. Rioku scampered along, chasing after my innocent feet. When we reached my room, I went in and Tala stopped at the door. I walked over to my dresser, opened up the bottom drawer and dug around for what I was looking for. I heard Tala playing with Rioku, before Tala gave a little yelp. Rioku must have bit him. I’ll have to give him a doggy biscuit later. I smiled in triumph as I found the little box I had hidden a couple of weeks ago. I straightened up and walked over to Tala and put my free hand against my hip, waiting for him to notice me. He was currently too busy playing with the feisty pup to notice me, his dear sister. I cleared my throat to catch his attention. When he finally noticed me standing there impatiently, he stood up and gave me his full attention. I rolled my eyes at him. “Here. It’s not as good as the gift you gave me, but hey, I tried right? Happy Birthday bro.” He took the small box out of my hand and opened it. A grin spread across his face as he took the object out and looked it over, before hanging it around his neck. It was a medium sized silver wolf on a silver chain. On the back of the wolf, ‘Howl on Bro’ was inscribed. I had wanted to add a bit of my own touch and the howling thing was an inside joke with the two of us. “Thanks Riley, I love it.” I could tell that he was being sincere from the genuine smile he had. I gave him a big bear hug. What can I say? I love that big lug of a brother of mine. “Anyway, I gotta go. I’m already late. I told Leah I’d pick her up 5 minutes ago.” So, he’s finally paying attention to Leah eh? Interesting. “Really now? And where would you be kidnapping my friend off to?” He nervously rubbed the back of his head as he started to back out of my room. “Umm, I’m taking her horseback riding and then we’re going to a movie later. What’s it to you?” Reeeeeally now? How very interesting. HeHeHe, time to make brother dear squirm. “Tala? Are you chrushin’ on Leah Khalor?” I asked as seriously as I could with an equally serious look on my face. A look of shock crossed his face and he turned to leave as fast as he could so he wouldn’t have to answer my question, but he tripped over Rioku, who was still by his feet, sending him in a crumpled pile on the floor. Rioku! My poor puppy! “Awww, Rioku, are you ok babes? Poor puppy. Did that mean guy step on the pretty puppy? Aww. Tala! Watch where you’re going from now on ya big puppy bully.” He was looking at me like he didn’t know what in the world to do. I think he was still freaked about my question and then stepping on my poor puppy, and now me growling him. I let out a laugh. “What are you doing sitting there? Aren’t you supposed to be picking Leah up?” I asked calmly. “Shit. See ya later sis.” He swore as struggled to his feet and raced down the hall. I rolled my eyes to the heavens. I called Rioku into the room, before I shut my door back up. I walked over to my stereo and turned it on, not caring what cd or what song came on. I flopped onto my bed, and reached over and picked up Rioku when he started to whimper.   I know that you're hiding things,
using gentle words to shelter me.
Your words were like a dream,
But dreams could never fool me.
Not that easily.   I smiled to myself when I realized it was one of my favorite songs. In fact, I had begged and pleaded with Alicia since she got here to download it for me since my computer was being a bitch. She’s such a good friend, instead of only one song on the cd, she filled the whole thing. To tell ya the truth, I actually cried when I first heard the song along with the little concert when I was playing the game. It was so sad about what happened to Shuyin and Lenne; and I guess in a way, Yuna and Tidus. *sniff* so sad (AN: yup, I cried, I’m a big sap. But it was so sad. Oh well, I wont say anything more about it in case anyone is playing the game. I don’t wanna ruin it for ya.).   I acted so distant then.
Didn't say goodbye before you left,
But I was listening.
You'll fight your battles far from me.
Far too easily.   Johnny called me last night after I came home. He wanted to make sure that I was all right; I actually think he wanted to know if someone did something to me. He gets pretty protective at times. One time, someone said that we’d make a cute couple because of how protective he can be. We had just looked at each other, turned to the person and laughed in their face. Anyway, I could tell when I first introduced him to Oz that he didn’t really trust him, and then on the phone he pointed something out to me that I hadn’t really put much thought into. It did seem a little on the odd side that after only knowing Ozuma for less than one weekend that he asked me out.   "Save your tears, 'cause I'll come back,"
I could hear that you whispered as you walked through that door,
But still I swore to hide that pain when I turned back the pages.
Shouting might've been the answer.   I lay back, folding my arms behind my head. I was about to close me eyes, when something in my closest caught the corner of my eye. Sitting up on my elbows, and pushing Rioku out of my view with my foot, I tried to see what it was. A big box that I had packed away a few years ago was nearly hidden in the corner. ‘Why did that box catch my eye? A box of all things,’ I thought to myself as I got up and walked over to it. Reaching down, I picked it up with a grunt; it was heavy.       What if I cried my eyes out and begged you not to depart?
But now I'm not afraid to say what's in my heart.   I waddled over to by bed and dropped it before I could break my back. “I should have stretched before I attempted that eh boy?” I ask my little companion who was sitting on the bed watching me with curious eyes. I turned my attention back to the overly heavy box in front of me. ‘The beginning of the end’ was written on the side of it, and a vaguely remember packing it up. I remember the night of the dance that the paste was dumped all over me, I came home crying and threw everything that had to do my pervious friendship with Kai into the box in a blind fury.   'Cause a thousand words called through the ages,
They'll fly to you, even though I can't see.
I know they're reaching you, suspended on silver wings!   I reached over and opened the flap and took out the item that was on the very top, which happened to be a heart shaped locket. I opened it carefully, already knowing what was in it. One the left side was a picture of a group of us taken when we were just little. The picture included Tala, Kai, Johnny, Leah, Rei, Elair, Sarwin, and Me. I remember that day well. I was Tala and mines 10th birthday. We had all done to the park to roller blade, skateboard in the guy’s case. Dad had taken the picture, and just as we were about to cut the cake, a sudden downpour came down on us, soaking us to the bone and ruining our cake.   Oh, a thousand words.
One thousand embraces...
Will cradle you, making all of your weary days seem far away.
They'll hold you forever.    On the right side was a picture of Kai and me. It was taken the same day, after it had started to rain. We had been running in order to get out of the rain. Kai was running close beside me, holding his coat over my head. I smiled as I closed it back up and set on my bed and reached back into the box and pulled out the next thing. My hand brushed against something soft and furry, so I grabbed at it. Pulling it out, I saw that it was a grey and white stuffed cat. When my cat, Mousu had died, I was really upset. I had even called up all my friends that night. When I had gone to school the next day, everyone was there except for Kai. When we were leaving to get on the buss, he came running up to us, breathing heavily as if he had just run a marathon. He had handed over the stuffed kitty that had looked just like Moushu, right down to the eyes. He told me that he knew it couldn’t replace Moushu, but that it might help. I remember that I had given him the biggest hug I had ever given anyone and then turned and hurried onto the buss because I didn’t want anyone to see me. I was crying.   Oh, a thousand words [A thousand words...]
Have never been spoken, [Oh, yeah.]
They'll fly to you,
They'll carry you home and back into my arms, [Carry you home...!]
Suspended on silver wings! [On silver wings!]   I sat down on my bed hugging the old stuffed toy to my chest. Had it really been a good idea to stop being friends with him just because of some stupid prank. A stupid prank that I hadn’t even known if it was him or not. Rioku nudged his nose against my arm, either in a comforting manner or looking for the attention to go to him and not the stuffed cat. I unwound one of my arms and pat him on the head.   And a thousand words, [Ooh...]
Called out through the ages, [Called through the ages.]
They'll cradle you, turning all of the loving into only days... [Only days.]
They'll hold you forever.

Oh, a thousand words...   I was snapped out of my thinking when my phone started to ring. I reached over and turned my stereo off, before going over and picking up the blue and silver cordless phone. “Hello?” I asked into the phone as I took a slipper away from Rioku that he was trying to chew on. “Hey. ‘Sup ‘lil friend-o-mine?” Alicia’s perky voice came from the other end. “Hey Alicia. I’m just looking through some… old stuff. You?” “Nothin’ much. That’s why I called ya, I was bored.” I rolled my eyes. “Gee thanks. So now ya need to be bored in order to talk to me do you?” I asked sounding offended. “Well, I figured that since I was bored- which rarely happens with my constant hyperness and randomness- then you would probably be bored too. Besides, I wanted to check on ya. You left last night with out saying goodbye to anyone. Oh! And Happy Birthday by the way.” I laughed at her rambling. “Thank you. I was just really tired last night and wanted to leave.” “How did you get home?” she asked bewildered. “I was going to walk…” “Walk! Are you crazy!? In the middle of the night all by yourself. Riley…” “ALICIA!! Shut up and left me finish, shesh.” When she didn’t say anything, I continued. “I was going to walk, but I met an old friend before I got too far and he gave me a drive. I might have walked a block at the most.” “A male friend eh? Anyone I might have met yet?” “No, no one else knows him. We met and became friends a few years ago when I was in horse riding competitions. I hadn’t seen him for a few years until last night.” Thinking about Kira, brought back the memories of the conversation I had had with him. I was so lost in thought, that I wasn’t really paying attention to Alicia asking something about him being hot or something like that. “Riley? You still there? Earth to Riley, come in Riley.” “Huh? What? Sorry, I wasn’t listening.” I could almost hear her roll her eyes. “Obviously. I was telling you about how Kai punched your boyfriend last night.” I think I had finally come to a decision. “Ya, I heard about it already. Tala told me. Listen, I gotta go. I’ll talk atcha later ok? Bye.” I hung up the phone and walked over to my dresser. I needed some air. I went though each drawer about 5 times each before I decided on what to wear. I pulled on a burgundy sweatshirt and a pair of formfitting (but not too tight) black jeans with a chain hanging loosely around my waist. Instead of putting my hair into it normal ponytail, I left it down and put on a blue headband to keep it outta my face. Taking my other slipper from Rioku, I grabbed my roller blades and then picked up my phone again. ‘It’s time to follow my heart,’ I thought to myself as I dialed a familiar number.     I glided around the park on my roller blades as I thought about the phone call that I had just made. I still can’t really believe that I had really done it. I skidded to a stop as two little kids ran across my path holding hands before they collapsed, the little boy tickling the poor little girl. I smiled halfheartedly at them before I continued on my way. It was a nice day out actually. It was clear and cool, but not too much so. The air still smelt like the rain from the night before, mixed with the sweet sent of pine from the trees in the park and a gentle breeze. I bladed around the circle a few more times, before I decided that I had better head home. I had left Rioku at home, not wanting him to get lost. He was probably both angry and crossed legged, or just plan angry with me for leaving him home all by himself. As I was about to turn around to head back, someone called out my name. I turned around slowly, recognizing the voice. He was slowing down from a light jog, and by the time he reached me he was walking. When he did finally reach where I was, I lowered my eyes for the pavement. “Kai, I…” I started, but he interrupted me, telling me to shush. He walked behind me and fiddled with something, before raising it over my head, moving my hair out of the way, and hooked the ends together. When he put my hair back in place, my hand automatically reached up to examine what it was. It was a pretty blue sapphire on a silver chain. It was the most beautiful stone that I had ever seen. When I lifted my shocked eyes to meet his, he gave me a half smile. “Happy Birthday Riot,” he said before he started to walk off. I started off at him with a look of confustion. ‘Why are you just standing here? Go to him. Apologize for what happened at the dance. Tell him… tell him that you broke up with Ozuma.’ These thoughts were all running through my head at the same time as I tried to make sense of them all. But one thing was clear, I was supposed to be following my heart. “Kai! Wait!” I yelled after him as I dug the toe of my roller blades in the pavement to push off. He turned around just as I got to him. I couldn’t get stopped in time and I almost kept going right by him, falling and breaking my neck, when his arm whipped out and grabbed around the waist. The momentum swung me around and I flung my arms around his neck to keep from falling. I breathed heavily into his chest, trying to catch my breath and hold back more stupid tears. “Kai, I’m… so sorry. I … I mean about what I said last night.” I managed between gasps of breath. I shut up for a moment to catch my breath and steady myself, but I kept my arms around his neck, and his stayed on my waist. “Kai, I really am sorry. I was just so confused, and I didn’t know what to do.” I looked up into his eyes that were gazing down into mine with patience and curiosity. “Kai, please, give me a second chance. Please.” I begged with my voice, I begged with my eyes… I begged with all my heart. When he didn’t answer, I was about to pull away and apologize the whole thing, when his lips crashed down on mine, catching me off guard. I sighed in relief as I kissed him back with all my heart. After what seemed like a lifetime, we parted to catch our breath. He leant his forehead against mine. “Everyone deserves a second chance, right?” he asked as he captured my lips in another breathtaking kiss. This summer has turned out quite interesting. My parents divorcing, Tala going missing and then coming back, having a boyfriend and breaking up with him, and now making out with my ‘worst enemy’. Yup, this has definitely been an eventful summer full of a lot of surpises, but I’m starting to learn, that That’s Life.       Phoenix2185- well…. There ya’s go, what do you think? I’m actually quite proud of myself. I’m really pleased with how this turned out. I hope you all enjoyed it  welp, I guess that’s it. I’ll talk atcha’s all later… And there IS a sequel. Keep ur eyes open for it. It’s called Life Goes On.

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