Beyblade Fan Fiction ❯ The Real Me ❯ Chapter Three ( Chapter 3 )

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The Real Me
Chapter Three
Distant Storm

"Again!" Hilary cringed at the sound of Kai's voice. She had never been on the receiving end of the training session. Now she knew what she was like to them, she thought. Pulling the rip cord with a feverish intensity, her beyblade landed back into the dish, facing the blue one that had yet to miss a revolution.

AJ stood across from her, using a beyblade almost identical to Kai's, with the exception of the new cyclone attack ring she had put on it. "I'm not going to use my bit beast on you," AJ said calmly. "I don't want to push it."

"You should," Kai said right back. AJ shook her head.

"I should, but we've already been through ten attack rings in two weeks, so unless you're buying..." Kai rubbed his chin, realizing that this was only the beginning and that she had totaled enough goods already. Had Kenny been here, he would've had a heart attack.

"Alright, fine. Be like that."

"Okay, attack!" AJ slammed into Hilary's pink beyblade, sending it to the far corner.

"Now what do you do?" Kai asked her.

"Attack back."

"Yep, she's Tyson's type," Kai stated plainly. "Don't just charge right back, she'll knock you right out." Hilary thought about it for a moment, then allowed herself to start spinning faster.

"Come on, coz, I want a battle." AJ placed her hands on her hips.

"You think you can take me?" AJ's beyblade began to gain a bit of a cyclone from the spin on it. "I'd like to see you try."

Hilary nodded. "Dragonara, let's go." She charged at her cousin's beyblade with a renewed intensity, shoving her back a bit, before being shoved back herself. "Vortex Rush!" AJ smiled darkly.

"This is what I want," AJ stated. "Give me everything you've got."

Hilary's pink armored dragon made an appearance, before being enclosed by a series of five twisters, all of which were moving toward AJ, who took in the surrounding area, then looked to Kai, who nodded. Her beyblade glowed blue and she closed her eyes.

"Now you're in for it." Hilary was caught off guard, her attack faltering a bit. "Viatsu, final warning!" A four legged creature emerged from the beyblade, with a thunderous, yet majestic roar. It was black, with vicious stormy green eyes, like those of its mistress. Above each paw was a crown shaped titanium guard, and on its back was a green mane of fire, matching its eyes. Around it's body formed a huge cyclone of energy, which extended high into the sky. She charged at Hilary, whose beyblade was quickly eliminated from the dish. "Enough," AJ called, and the beyblade returned to her hand.

"I thought you said you weren't going to pull out your bit beast," Kai commented, watching Hilary pick up her beyblade. AJ shrugged.

"Did you think I was going to let her beat me?" Kai chuckled quietly.

"That's against your code of honor."

"Exactly." She turned to her cousin. "What's the damage?"

"It's totaled," Hilary commented. "And I noticed it long before you attacked me."

"Wait a second," Kai said casually, taking Hilary's beyblade. "You've got a dragon type bit beast, and we're letting you use a standard issue." He looked over to AJ. "She needs a build like Tyson."

"I agree. I guess it's time to go shopping."

Hilary slid open the screen door and started off into the back yard, finally hitting the woods. They had spent the entire day rebuilding her beyblade, and now it was almost completely like Tyson's, but with a bit of an extra kicker, a magnum g core. Once she no longer saw the house she was living in, she pulled out her beyblade and launcher, slipping the rip cord into the slot until it clicked.
She was going to get it tonight, and not wait until tomorrow to start training. What a surprise for them, she decided, when they wanted to start with the basics, and she already had them covered.
"Let it rip!" She pulled the rip cord quickly, watching the beyblade end up in the dirt, spinning faster than she wanted. Now, she thought, I've got to concentrate, or else I'll lose it. Start simple. Straight lines, stop, then turn. Hilary did as she had thought, and it came rather easy.

"Now, Dragonara, vortex rush!" The dragon quickly emerged from the beyblade, and Hilary swore that it winked at her before enclosing itself in the eye of a hurricane. That was different, Hilary pondered. Perhaps it was the right beyblade that brought out the real attack.

Correct, my lady.

"Sweet." Hilary raised a fist to the sky. "Tyson, I'm going to take you down!"

"Hey, Mr. D, where's Kai?" The entire BBA Revolutions team sat in his office in Japan, save one quiet loner of a captain.

"He's already waiting for you in Miami," The chairman said, flexing his right hand before beginning to write again.

"That's Kai," Max said. "One step ahead of the game." Ray and Hiro nodded, ready for what Tyson was about to ask next.

"Have you seen Hilary?" Mr. Dickenson's eyebrows went up. Tyson looked genuinely concerned, but he remembered what Hilary, AJ, and Kai had all said in Miami. He had two secrets to keep.

"No," He lied, feeling somewhat guilty. It wasn't the same, he thought, as lying about AJ having a boyfriend, or about Kai's address being the same as hers. The paparazzi would get over it. Tyson still looked kind of down.
"She's in the US somewhere," Ray said. "But Max hasn't seen her..." Suddenly he looked to Tyson.

"Is she with Kai?"

"No," Dickenson said suddenly. Everyone looked at him, like he had said something he shouldn't have. "I guess," Dickenson said, "Kai said that he got your message, but he didn't feel like answering you unless he found her."

"Typical Kai," Hiro said, "God forbid he have contact with anyone."

"I'd love to see the day he gets a girl," Max said. "She'd have to be quite the controlling little b-"

"Maxy!" Tyson and Hiro yelled at the same time. "Daichi!"

"What were you going to say?" The youngest boy asked. Max shook his head.

"Nothing. Nothing at all." Ray started snickering and Max joined in.

Dickenson cleared his throat. "Your flight leaves in a week, you'll be flying with me, in my private jet. And be ready for a few challenges. I'm sure some people will be rearing for a battle with the champions."

"I wonder how many challenges Kai's got," Kenny wondered.

"Probably none," Ray said.

"Yeah," Daichi continued. "They'd catch a look from him with his launcher out and run away in terror screaming for their mommies!"

Kai entered the large mansion quietly. It was indeed late, and he knew that the two of them were probably sleeping. His friends had just arrived in from their flight, and he had lost track of time between dinner and friendly matches. However, when he opened the door, he noted that there were voices coming from the kitchen. He padded to the doorway, quietly, knowing that someone else was here, and it wasn't just Hilary and AJ.

"Mom, Dad, how long are you going to be back for?" AJ sat at the bar, facing the doorway which Kai had just appeared at. She smiled at him and motioned for him to come into the room.

"Only for a few days." Mr. Carson caught sight of Kai and smiled warmly, extending his hand. Kai shook it, and sat down next to AJ. "How've you been, son?"

"Good." Hilary looked surprised. Since when did Kai let anyone call him that? Not even his blood related family members called him 'son.' Well, she thought, at least Voltaire didn't.

"I'm sorry Hilary," Mrs. Carson said, with a sad smile, "We're going to miss the tournament. I wish we could see it." She put a hand on Kai's shoulder. "I hope you've been treating my daughter well," She said with a hint of laughter. He nodded.

"Yeah, except apparently I'm too smart for him, so he dumped a bottle of that sun-in crap over my head."

"Would you let it go?" He asked her. She shook her head. "It's not my fault you had it out. You did shove me in the pool. It is gone now anyway."

"How are the boys?" Hilary asked him. He shrugged.

"Same as usual, Tyson's all depressed because his girlfriend hasn't come home, that kinda thing."

"Oh... Hey!" Kai looked at her with a smile, a sight she still wasn't quite used to. It quickly changed to a smirk, which caused both girls on each side of him to bat one of his muscular arms.

"I'm glad you three are right at home here," Mr. Carson stated. "At least now I don't feel so worried, since they've got a chaperone."

"Shouldn't a chaperone be older?" Kai asked. "If you ask me, we're the ones babysitting." Hilary slapped him again, this time a bit harder. "What?" He asked, innocently.

"I'm going to blackmail you with this one day," Hilary said. "Once I get it through Tyson's thick skull that I'm just as good as he is."

"I hope she knows that we're better than Tyson," Kai whispered to AJ. "She could probably take him on right now."

"Well," Mrs. Carson said, grabbing her purse, "How about we go out and get something to eat?" AJ looked at Kai.

"Is that cool?" He nodded.

"I was training with the guys for the past five hours. I'm starving."

"Good," Mr. Carson said, picking up the keys to his suv. "I'm driving."

Kai looked over at AJ and then back to her father. "I was planning on taking AJ out afterwards. Do you mind if we take my car?" Hilary knew that meant that they were probably going to go get ice cream and then hit the beach. He was actually a pretty sensitive guy. Who knew?

Hilary looked like if someone blew at her, she would fall over. "You- he just asked permission? AJ, what did you do to him?"

Mr. Carson shook his head, and Kai turned around and looked at her. "I'm not a badass all the time, contrary to popular belief."

"Although," AJ whispered to Hilary, "He does have a pretty bad ass, if you know what I mean."

Hilary jumped up, running to the other side of the room. "Eww! Too much information! I think I'm going to be sick!"

"Oh chill out. We'll meet you, well, where are you going anyway?"

Kai turned off the truck, taking off his shoes and watching her do the same. He turned on the radio, letting the music of the new Rascal Flatts CD he had bought her resonate out of the speakers. She got out of the car, leaving her window open.

"It feels so peaceful here," She said quietly. He nodded, and took her hand, something he didn't do in public. To them, P.D.A. was overrated. For now at least. Eventually, they'd have to say something, but for now, it was his off-season, and he planned on enjoying it without the paparazzi. After all, Ray and Mariah had some issues for quite a while before they decided to keep their relationship under wraps.

"Definitely." They sat down at the uneven edge of the water, waves nipping at their toes. After a while, Kai looked at her, noticing that she had let her unruly hair down, something he enjoyed more than most others. "It was good to see them," He decided, thinking of his team mates.

"I'm glad," she responded. "You could've hung out with them tonight, I wouldn't have minded. I didn't know that Mom and Dad were coming back. They just kind of show up unexpectedly."

"I did want to spend some time with you," He said gently. "I know that with the tournament coming up, it's going to be hard to see you too much without them being suspicious."

"That's why you live with me."

"Hn." He paused. "They got pissed when I made them stay at a hotel. I told them I lived in a small apartment and that there wasn't much room." She laughed, and he smiled. "Tyson said he'd be afraid to see where I lived. Said it'd be a cave."

"Well, I'd have to say that my place is far from that." He nodded in agreement. They walked on.

A few minutes later, the sound of another person startled the two of them, who were halfway through making out. "Shit." He stood up, waiting for the person to show themself from the dark.

"Kai, is that you?" He froze. Kai knew that voice. AJ motioned for him to go ahead. The White Tiger wasn't dumb, he knew the car.
"Ray." Kai approached the silhouette of a person who was about ten feet away. "What are you doing here? It's late."

"I could ask you the same thing." Ray smiled. "I didn't know country was your thing."

"Hn." Kai looked beyond Ray. "Are they with you?"

"Nope. They're sleeping already." He looked at Kai, then down at his feet. "You're not wearing shoes," He commented. "Are you okay?"

"Yes." Kai was about to walk away, when Ray put a hand on his shoulder.

"Hiding something?" Kai shook his head.

"No."
"Hey, is that another person over there?" Kai stood rigid for a moment. If Ray got any closer, he'd realize that he wasn't alone.

"No," Kai said, shrugging. "Probably some kid left something here."

"You were right next to it, what was it?" Ray smirked one of Kai's trademark smirks. "Unless..." Ray sidestepped to the right to dodge his captain, who got back in front of him. "Okay, now I know you're hiding something. Ray made a move to the left, and Kai followed, but the Chinese boy was faking and went to the right, getting around Kai, who was shocked that Ray had tricked him.

"Okay, okay..." Kai sighed.

"Dude, whatever it is, it's gone now." Ray looked around, and Kai did as well, catching the figure near the lifeguard stand that cracked a wry smile at him.

Kai approached the life guard's stand. "What're you doing?" Ray asked, concerned.

Kai reached out a hand to someone Ray couldn't see. Or something, he wasn't quite sure. "It's okay," Kai said to the thing. He turned to Ray. "Do you want to know why I'm here?"

"Yeah, I guess."

A slender hand reached out to grab Kai's, and he took a step back, exposing the young woman in the pale moonlight. "A challenge. Ray, this is AJ Carson, the US champion. AJ, this is Ray Kon, one of my team mates."
"Well Kai, challenging girls on a beach with country music playing? This looks more like a date... holy crap it is a date!"

AJ made a face that said 'no shit, sherlock.' "Thank you captain obvious," AJ said.

"Wait until the guys hear about this one," Ray said. "They won't believe it!"

"That's why you aren't going to tell them," Kai implied. "With Tyson and Daichi and their big mouths, I might as well get a billboard and announce to the public that I've been with AJ here since the last Championships."
"So that's why you didn't want us staying with you. You share an apartment with her, don't you? Just how long have you been with her anyway?" Ray smiled slyly. He'd be getting out of some hardcore training for a while. This wasn't blackmail, this was beyond that point.

"No, I live with AJ at her mansion in Miami. Her parents are never home, and her cousin lives with us. And it'll be a year in forty-one days."

AJ looked at Ray, who was at a loss for words. "Please don't tell them, we have had enough issues with Dickenson, who wants the world to just know and get it over with, but I'm not into the whole paparazzi thing. Think about what happened with you and Mariah."

"You- she- you told her about that?"

"I didn't have to. It was on every newspaper in the world." Ray growled in annoyance at Kai's statement.

"Okay, secret's safe with me. But you two owe me."

Kai shrugged, "Get lost. If you haven't registered the thought, I'm on a date here, Kon."

"Sheesh. I could tell Tyson..."

"But you won't," AJ said. "Or else I'll guarantee you won't know which way is up."