143Chapter 1: First Encounter
Disclaimer: I am saying this once and ONCE only *sticks tongue out* I don't own Beyblade, but I do own a spinning top *pointz*
Authour's Notes: Hey everyone! No one probably knows me since I haven't submitted a thing forever…so I am Leina. Now about this fic…itz a dare-fic… sorta of. I don't really expect a lot of people to be interested in it since it's such an awkward pairing, but I think Kai/Mariah can work, LoL ^^ Plus, I wanted to be the first to introduce this couple to the Beyblade section! If you haven't already figured it out, it's a song-fic for the song Everywhere by Michelle Branch. Anyway, hopefully it sounds okay so far…no flames please, only constructive criticism *wink* I've never written a Beyblade fic before so don't expect this to be oh-so-wonderful, got it? Neway, onto the fic!
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Kai woke up to the sound of Tyson yelling excitedly. He looked up groggily to find him and Max playing cards.
"YES! I win again! Time to pay up buddy," laughed Tyson as he held out his hand.
Max bit his bottom lip as he looked at his friend innocently, "er…well…how about we play one more time?"
"WHAT AGAIN?!" exclaimed Tyson, as he threw his cards frantically into the air. "That's the third time you've said that!"
"Eheh…yah I know…" smiled Max uncomfortably. "It's just…I never really expected you to win…" his voice trailed off.
Tyson raised an eyebrow as he stared at his friend, "where exactly are you getting at?" he asked.
The blue-eyed blonde let out a nervous laugh as he put an arm behind his head, "basically, I don't really have anything I can pay you with," he admitted with a lopsided grin.
Tyson crash fell off the bed, but almost instantly rose up again, madly waving his fist. "Well you owe me for winning seven games!" he yelled loudly.
Max waved his hands in front of himself defensively. "Chill out Tyson!" he scratched his light hair thoughtfully for a moment and then suddenly jumped up. "Hey I know! How about you get my dessert for a week? One dessert for each game you won, how does that sound?"
Tyson's eyes widened as he glomped his friend happily. "OH YAH! You're the best pal anyone can ever have!" he declared laughing. Max soon joined in as the two of them continued with their hysterics.
"Bunch of babies," Kai scoffed as he pulled himself out of bed.
"Oh! G'morning Kai!" Tyson greeted him cheerfully.
"Did you have a nice sleep?" asked Max with a smile.
"Until you two woke me up," he retorted. "I'm getting out of here. I don't know how much more of this I can stand."
Before Max or Tyson could say anything back to him, Kai had disappeared through the door.
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Mariah walked through the streets as she stared at the sidewalk. Lee was really nagging her about the match she lost yesterday, she just had to get away from it for a while. The pink-haired teen tightened her grip on her Beyblade as she remembered his words.
"You are disgracing the White Tigers Mariah. Our team is supposed to be the best in Hong Kong and ever since the competition began, you've been on a complete losing streak. You are jeopardizing our chance for victory in the Asian Tournament. I better see some changes soon or else."
Mariah cringed at the thought of what 'or else' could be. She knew she hasn't been at her best during the tournament, but she couldn't help it. Ever since she saw Rei again, her emotions kind of got wild on her. She missed him, well, not him in particular, but just having someone close to her like he was. Sure they were still friends, they never broke that promise to each other, but Mariah just wished she had someone to be close to again. Seeing him just really made her miss the old times when she had someone who was always there for her.
The golden-eyed White Tiger finally looked up, just as she was passing a stadium. 'Hm…I guess I might as well train,' she thought to herself, as she changed her direction towards the open door of the big arena.
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Kai heard the metal door open and he turned his head to see who it was. A girl with pink hair soon entered the training area. 'Oh it's her,' he thought boredly.
'Oh Lord,' sighed Mariah as she noticed who else was in the stadium with her. 'Great. This is just perfect. Well it's not like he owns the place, I can train here if I want to,' she thought firmly.
Mariah continued walking towards a separate dish as she ignored Kai's presence. Swiftly, she launched her Beyblade onto the metal ground and began concentrating on training. For about thirty minutes or so there was nothing but silence except for the sound of their blades spinning, which was a good thing because neither of them wanted any distractions. Mariah continued to focus all her attention on her blade as she watched it fiercely circle the bowl shaped field until a voice suddenly broke the silence.
"You were better last year," Kai spoke out bluntly.
Mariah blinked out of her trance as she looked up to see Kai standing beside another metal bowl with his arms crossed, "like that's any of your business," she retorted.
Kai smirked, "I'm just saying that you seem to have lost your edge during this tournament."
Mariah's jaw dropped as she stared at the arrogant blader, "who are you to insult me like that?" she demanded, her voice rising. "You don't even KNOW me! You have no right to judge me."
Kai cocked an eyebrow as he held his hand open to let Dranzer fly onto his palm. He slowly walked over to Mariah and locked his eyes on her's, "I don't have to know you to notice how your Beyblading skills have decreased," he stated simply. "If you really cared about your team, you'd let you're other teammates fight the matches. Save them the embarrassment of having a weakling like you battle."
Mariah stared at him in shock as her cat-eyes became fully obvious. "Take that back!' she shouted, half angry and half hurt.
Kai scoffed, "I don't have to take anything back. As far as I'm concern, I'm doing you a favour by being upfront about it with you. Now you know the truth."
She stared at him furiously, not knowing what to say in response. Her mind went way-wire, trying to think of a comeback, but with no such luck. All of a sudden, she noticed the Beyblade in Kai's hand. Mariah quickly snatched it and took off towards the front door.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!" exclaimed Kai as he immediately ran after her.
"Giving you what you deserve!" she yelled back, her voice matching his irritated tone exactly.
Mariah quickly ran to the open door leading outside and as soon as she got there, she threw his Beyblade out into the bushes as hard as she could. She could hear him quickly closing in on her, so without thinking, she grabbed the metal door and slammed it shut, only coming face to face with a whole new nightmare.
Kai finally caught up to her and began to yell furiously, "what did you do with my Beyblade?!" he demanded. Mariah remained voiceless as she kept her back facing him. Impatiently, Kai grabbed her and turned her around roughly, "well?" he stared at her.
Mariah looked at the floor apprehensively as she pointed to the metal exit. The blue-haired teen gave her a short puzzled look right before he directed his attention to the door. Kai's eyes widened as he read the sign that was posted there: "DO NOT CLOSE. CAN ONLY BE OPENED ON THE OUTSIDE"
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Author's Notes: So? Wuz is majorly sucky or only sucked a bit? LoL, hopefully I gave you some entertainment ~^ I usually write more than that, but I have an essay to start that's due tomorrow *criez*. So until next time, happy reading!