Beyblade Fan Fiction ❯ The Battle For Everything ❯ Hilary's Secret ( Chapter 4 )

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The Battle For Everything
Chapter Four: Hilary's Secret
Distant Storm

There is a battle for everything. It's not just to determine who's the winner. There's a battle for power, for money, for love, for truth, for justice, for hate, for any little thing that makes a person or affects them in any way. It's the overall winner that determines the victory, right? Wrong. You can be the most powerful person in the world, and you will never have won the battle. The battle for everything. What is it? It's life.

Mana exited the cabin, stepping out into the brisk evening air. They had just finished dinner, and decided to get changed into some warmer clothes, seeing as it wasn't very warm in the mountains this time of year. Kira stood over by their fire, wearing her boots as well as her normal jeans with a long sleeve black shirt that clung tightly to her. She smiled at Mana, leaning back against the ground, propped up with her arms. Kai stood nearby, leaning against a tree in a navy blue hoodie that was darker than his hair color. The rest of the Bladebreakers were huddled up closer to the fire, slightly chilled. Tyson was roasting a hot dog, even though dinner had just ended. Hilary rolled her eyes and Mana smiled at her, looking from Hilary to Tyson. She quirked an eyebrow in the brunette girl's direction. She blushed a bit and nodded.

"I figured as much," Mana said, sitting in-between Kira and Hilary. Tyson looked up suddenly at the girl, who smiled a bit, messing with her black hair, pulling it back into a ponytail. Hilary chuckled nervously.

"What's going on?" Tyson asked, between bites. Daichi walked over, pulling out his beyblade and polishing it. He stole the stick Tyson had used to roast hot dogs and pulled out one of his own, sticking it into the fire.

"Nothing," Kira supplied, knowing exactly what was going on. "Girl stuff, Tyson."

"Hey," Daichi called out, inspecting his hot dog and sticking it back into the fire, "I thought we were going be doing some serious training."

"We are," Diana said from the picnic table. "Right Kira?" She looked to her captain, who nodded, gazing into the fire.

"Definitely. But first..." She turned to Tyson. "What did you think of our battle?" She asked, as he finished hammering his food.

"It was wicked! But I'm going to beat you next time." He paused, thinking about their previous battle. "I haven't had such good competition in a long time."

"Then you need to get out more," Libby said, sitting by Diana. Max was with her. "Most of the teams at tournaments are awesome, but come on. Not every team has the money or the sponsors. That's why we don't compete in tournaments too much. Money, until recently, was pretty tight."
"Yeah, but now we invest in the bank of Dickenson," Mana said. The group laughed, except Kai. Kira turned around in his direction.

"Are you still jealous of Tala?" She asked. Kai looked at her with a dark glare. She smirked.
"I'm not jealous of Tala," he said in an annoyed tone. Libby laughed.

"Ooh, he speaks," The Russian American girl said. Ray looked at Tyson, who was seemingly interested. Was Kai actually jealous of Tala?

"Okay fine, you know, if you want to sit down, I promise none of my girls bite...." Turning to the group, she whispered. "not that hard at least." The group burst out into a roaring fit of laughter. Kai stood there in his usual pose, seeming annoyed at the entire ordeal and looking like he hated being there.

Around midnight, once the boys had all gone to bed and were asleep, Kira got up and turned on the light of the girls cabin. At once, the rest of the girls got up, except Hilary, who stopped her CD player and looked at the blue haired girl in curiosity.

"Oh my gosh," Libby said. "We didn't wake you up, did we?"

"No, I was waiting to go outside and train once you all went to sleep."

"We're going to train," Kira said. "Want to come?" Mana looked at the brunette girl, confusion appearing on her features.

"I thought you didn't beyblade," Mana said, expressing her confusion. "At least that's what the boys said."

"Well, the boys don't know that I do. I've never really been very good until I started watching them. Now, I guess I don't tell them for fear of them thinking that I'm using them to get on their team." The girl pulled a beyblade from her pocket. It was bubble gum pink, with a pixie bit beast with matching wings and attire.

"Nice," Kira said. "Come on, we can't leave this light on forever, I'm sure Kai isn't asleep yet, so we gotta get outta here before he comes to check things out."

"Why would he care?" Libby asked.

"He's got a heart," Hilary said. "It's just surrounded by a ton of ice." Kira could only nod, knowing it was the truth.

"Let's go," Diana said. "I want to get the heck out of here."

"Hilary!" Kira called, watching the girl take on Diana. "Swing wide and take her out!"

"Sure, thanks, I thought we were the team mates here!" Diana said. "Vaprix! Sandstorm!" From Diana's beyblade, an armored armadillo emerged, causing a funnel of sand to form.

"Armada! Star force!" From Hilary's beyblade, the pixie bit beast emerged, with both palms extended toward the armadillo and it's sandstorm. Suddenly, the sandy color changed to a white pink color, glowing with light, as stars joined the sand mix, slowing it down. "Eternal charm!" Suddenly, the beybattle came to a close, leaving Hilary's beyblade spinning weakly, and Diana's caught in a pile of sand. Hilary recalled her beyblade, excited that she had beaten another person.

"Good job," Diana said, shaking the girl's hand. "I didn't expect too much from you, but I was wrong. Awesome bit beast."

"Same to you. The two former opponents sat down near the lake where they were training, facing the other three girls. Kira made the first move, holding out her launcher.

"Want to take me on, you two?" The other two girls were happy to oblige, extending their arms, as well as their launchers. Mana held hers straight out, while Libby held hers somewhat close to her body. Kira held her launcher straight up, extended to the skies, which were a bit cloudy. They used the light from the nearby Ranger Station as well as the bumpy road that campers used to get there and back.

"Okay, but don't expect to win, chica," Mana said. "Me and Libby are ready to take you out!"

"Ready?"

"Yeah."

"Three,"

"Two,"< br>
"One!"
All the girls yelled loudly for the next one, "Let it rip!" Hilary watched in awe as Kira evaded countless attacks, both combined and single. Eventually, she held out her palm toward the other two girls, then lifted her hand to the sky, two fingers extended upward.

"It's time. Rogue, you're up!" From out of her beyblade, a mighty falcon emerged, shrieking into the dark night."

"Severa!" Libby's beyblade began to glow, as she named her bit beast.

"Luna major!" Mana yelled, watching as a bright, almost blinding light came from her beyblade, like a shock wave. Mana's attack combined with Libby's sabertooth bit beast to create a strong attack that pummeled Kira's beyblade, and sending the bit beast flying.

"You won't win that easily," Kira said calmly, though she had been hit hard. "Rogue, aqua rising!" Both of the girl's opponents cringed, knowing that her attack would be that one.

"She used that one on Tyson," Hilary commented to Diana. "And he lost to it, at least, that's what he thinks happened.

"Aqua rising is one of her secret attacks. Most beybladers can't stand through Rogue's storm. Tala was beaten by the storm. For bladers like us, we're trained to make it through the storm, and then there's Tyson, who's got the strength to outlast it with a twister of his own. Aqua rising is amazing, watch." Both girls turned their attention back to the battle, which was beginning to light up.

A bright blue twister formed, accentuating Kira's eyes. Though it was obviously water, it had air mixed in, so that it was basically an infused attack, like a waterspout, but with more power. Both Libby and Mana were beginning to rise up off the ground, while Kira did so with more grace than the others.

"Severa, come on!" The sabertooth was surrounded and enclosed by an amethyst color, which resonated well with the blue twister.

"Iniaquia, your turn!" Mana yelled. Her black hair flew behind her as her jade colored lynx bit beast appeared. The two charged into the water twister, only to be repelled back later by their floating opponents.
"Looks like I win," Kira said patiently, as the others panted, out of breath. "Good job though, you're getting better."
"Wow," Hilary commented. "I didn't know that you could fly like that!"

"It isn't really flying," Kira said. "Aqua Rising creates a twister, which is like a vacuum, which sucks things up, so you're basically propelled by the force of the storm into the air."

"Well anyway, I still got to get better," Hilary said, determination spiking her features. "I have to get good enough to take you, and the boys on."

"Then train with us," Libby said. "We won't tell." The other three nodded, and it was done. First Strike had a new alliance with a member of one of their biggest rival teams.

The next morning, Hilary was the last one out of bed, throwing on the clothes she had worn to train the night before and going outside into the refreshing woodland air. The group was scattered around the camp site, with the exception of Kai and Kira.

"Where did those two go?" She asked, looking at Libby, who smiled.

"Fire wood," Max said. "Although I think they might end up a bit late, so I got some too."

"Why would they be late?" Daichi asked, halfway through a plate of scrambled eggs. Tyson looked up and said something of an agreement with his mouth full of food. Hilary rolled her eyes.

"Tyson! Talk without food in your mouth! It's disgusting." The other three girls, as well as Max and Ray nodded. Tyson crossed his arms and chewed deliberately.

"Did anyone notice how wierd they are around each other?" Ray asked. Mana looked up from her plate and nodded.

"Ever since Kai dumped Kira, she worked really hard to be a better beyblader, and a better person, and a more beautiful person at that." Mana took a sip of orange juice and continued. "I think Kai has to realize that though Kira won't admit it, I think she did it because he didn't like her as the opposite."

"She really liked old sourpuss that much?" Max asked. He sat at the picnic table with Mana, Libby, and Ray. Diana, Tyson, Hilary, and Daichi sat on the ground near the fire.

"Secretly," Libby said, looking to the other two girls on her team, who nodded, meaning it was okay to say, "we think she loved him, and maybe she still does."

Tyson looked up at Libby, who looked at Diana.

"How could anyone love Kai? He's so mean!" Daichi stuck his tongue out.

"He always made her feel safe," Diana said, suddenly. "No one ever messed with her, and she never had to stick up for herself. He always made sure she was taken care of, and they were only like thirteen. Can you imagine, thinking of what both of them have become, how that could still be true now?"

The group nodded. It was very true. Not one of them felt that they were in that terrible of danger when Kai was around. It always worked that way. Kai was the way tough comfort blanket that they all could use once in a while.
Kira stepped up the trail briskly, not wasting any time. Kai followed along behind her, watching her move gracefully between trees, picking up wood and handing it to him.

"Why did Tala give you that Mustang?" He asked, after a while. She obviously wasn't going to start a conversation, and he figured that things were about as awkward as they would be getting. He figured he'd find out what Tala's motives were, before he said anything that could mess up the orange haired Russian's relationship with Kira.

"He rented it," She said finally. "When we were leaving my place, he dropped it off and asked me to use up the last week of his rental on it, since he was going back to Russia." She handed the boy a piece of wood, which he set down, making a pile, and leaned against a nearby tree. They had almost made it to the lake where the girls had trained the night before. "I think we've got enough wood," she said. She sat down on the forest floor, looking up at the trees, which were covered in sprouts of green leaves. "You know, for someone who's not jealous of Tala, you sure bring him up a lot. I didn't make you gay, did I?"

Kai looked at her like she had three eyes, and she exhaled in relief. "No," he said, returning to his quiet self. Kira got up and extended him a hand. He looked at her again like she was insane.

"I'm just trying to help you up," she said, apparently annoyed. "Obviously, everyone knows that you and I have some history, and I'm willing to just forget that we were ever together and move on, if you do the same." She clicked her tongue and continued. "It's awkward enough just trying to get you to respond to someone, much less someone who obviously you know pretty well."

"I thought you said I didn't know you very well anymore." He raised his head from where it was tilted toward the ground and met her gaze challengingly.

"You don't, but it's not like I'm completely a different person. I may have changed, but all my morals are the same. And you know them pretty well." She looked around, her had still extended to him. "Can we just move on? I'd rather just get this whole awkward thing over with. It's really annoying me and everyone else. They aren't stupid."

"Are you sure about that?" He took her hand and she helped him up. A smile graced her face again and she picked up half of the wood.

"Well, I don't know too much about Tyson and Daichi, but everyone else is smart enough to figure it out." Kai nodded, retreating into his quiet aura again. Kira too became quiet for a moment. "I'm glad that's over," she said suddenly. "Now I won't feel like I'm having a grudge match the next time I kick your ass to the curb."

"You can't beat me, Kira. I know you well enough to beat you."

"And I know you even better. I watched all of your bey battles for a year, pal. I know how to read you like a book." She moved ahead quickly, leaving him no time to answer.

Kai shook his head. He could have sworn he saw something different in her eyes. Maybe it was because they had finally just settled the awkwardness, he didn't know. But something told him he should be getting in touch with Tala. Just to make sure he isn't with her or anything...

"Tala, I just don't know what his problem is," An exasperated Kira said, talking on the phone well past midnight. The girls were outside training, and Kira had decided to take that time to use the phone, which surprisingly got good service at that time. The charges were definitely going to be bad, but she figured it would be worth it. "Hang on." He heard a shuffling sound and then Kira's annoyed yell, "We're trying to win here, Lib, get a little more offensive, would you?"

"Ahh, such a good coach... although, you shouldn't be on the phone while training your team." She chuckled.

"Yeah, and I'm calling you, fo all people for advice. How bright am I?"

"Hey, no degrading yourself while on the phone. How much weirder than usual is he acting?"

"I told him that we should just act like nothing ever happened, and that it's done and over with. And he agrees, I think, you know how he never really gets to the point... But then when we were training, Kenny asked him to go against me, and he starts making some stupid mistakes. He lost on purpose Tala, what the hell is his problem?"

"The same one you have." When she didn't respond, the boy figured he would have to be completely honest. "Can I ask you a question?"

"Yeah, shoot."

"You promise to be completely honest about this?"

"Why wouldn't I?" She seemed kind of annoyed by his asking of her honesty. "Tala, I can tell you anything, and I'm always honest. Trust me."

"Alright, but you won't like it.."

"Just get on with it, boy!" She said, causing the four other girls training with her to stare. Kira never lost her temper that often, so this was obviously Tala was getting under her skin.

"Do you love him?"

"Honestly, Tala?"
"Yes."

"I don't know. Truly, honestly, I just don't know." Tala sighed.
"I expected as much. I should ask him the same thing."

"He thinks you're madly in love with me. He thought you gave me the rental for keeps." Both shared a moment of laughter.

"Kira, you know I love you, but sadly, I don't think our love is meant to be. Plus, I don't really think I could afford it. My action figure sales are down this month..."

She laughed and cracked a smile. "Shut up." His laughter joined hers as well. "You know you're the only one I can tell all of this to."

"I know. I'll call Kai or something once you guys get done with this trip thing. Just act like nothing is going on and if he takes it easy on you, make him do it again until he actually tries. Take charge, Kira, you're good at that." He paused, then took on a more serious tone of voice. "Be on the lookout, Kir, something is up. Some of the old B.I.O.V.O.L.T. soldiers are talking about Voltaire having a new group of beybladers. They're out for the Bladebreakers, and whatever action they can get. Someone might show up where you guys are. How much longer are you there anyway?"

"Two days, one night. It's kind of an extended weekend thing, now that I think about it. If anything happens, I promise you will be the first to know. Then we'll rally the troops if we have to."

"I hope we don't. Be careful, and don't worry about Kai too much. I'll talk to you later."

"Alright, say hello to the boys for me."

"I will, and I'll talk to you later."

"Oh, and Tala?"

"What?" He asked, curiously.

"Thanks." She paused. "I'll call you later."

"Anytime, Kira, bye."

She shut her phone and stood up. "So, which one of you girls is going to be my next victim?" Hilary stood up from where she was on the opposite side of their training area.

"Let's go."