I’m using the Japanese-version names (at least those I know).

Takao Kinomiya = Tyson Granger

Kyouju = Kenny/Chief

Rei Kon = Ray

Max Mizuhara = Max Tate

Rai = Lee

Mao = Mariah

Gao = Gary

Kiki = Kevin

Ralf = Robert

Giancarlo = Enrique

Yuri = Tala

Ivan = Ian

Sergiey = Spencer

Boris = Bryan

Disclaimer: I don’t own Beyblade, nor X (the characters from X are: Seiichiro Aoki, Daisuke, Kanoe-sama, Yuuto Kigai and Hinoto). Miaka is mine.

 

Kai’s Birthday: Chapter 11

 

-         Well, I knew once a girl, - started Giancarlo, earning some loud groans from his teammates. – who was really... YAW!

-         Don’t start this one! – barked Johnny, who previously hit the Italian very hard in the back. – It’s stupid.

 The blond boy glared at the Scott, who produced a very threatening scowl.

-         Lovely. – muttered Kai.

-         Would you both stop? – pleaded Olivier.

-         Yes, we are guests and you shouldn’t act like this. – added Ralf. The other two ignored them and kept trying to bore out holes in each others sculls. Suddenly they found themselves staring at someone’s hands.

-         Stop it. – said Takao. – We’re trying to have fun and you two are spoiling everything.

-         OK – muttered Johnny gruffly. Giancarlo nodded.

-         Just don’t tell us to shake hands. – he said.

-         Can’t any of you remember any funny stories? – asked Michael.

-         Well, I have an uncle. – started Takao. – He’s really nice, but very scatterbrained. And there’s also Daisuke-kun – my much older cousin – in this story. You see uncle Seiichiro once took Daisuke to fly kites.  They had fun and it was pretty OK, until uncle Seiichiro went to buy some ice-cream. When he came back Daisuke was nowhere to be seen. But my uncle noticed that the kite was suspiciously near one tree...

-         Tree? – asked Steve. – Where did the tree come from?

-         They went somewhere, where there are trees, obviously. – sighed Emily

-         Can I continue? – the Japanese glared at the Americans. – So he went to that tree and heard Daisuke calling him from somewhere above him. He looked up... and there was my cousin – on the highest branch of the tree. How he got there, nobody knows till today.

-         Takao, is the surname of your uncle Aoki? – asked Miaka.

-         How do you know? – wondered the blue-haired boy.

-         My daddy knows him.

-         Now I remember a good one. – said Steve. – You see, Micheal here is one those happy people, who think sex is a sport competition – the more the merrier.

-         You made me sound like an old participant of thousand orgies. – muttered the American captain.

-         Shuddup Mike. – sniggered the football player.

-         Don’t call me Mike.

-         Sure. Anyways, what I meant is, - the green-haired teen continued. – that Micheal changes girlfriends like... er... underwear? So once he saw that girl: large ‘eyes’ and the greatest legs I’ve ever seen. So he walks up and stars talking. But the girl doesn’t seem to like brainless sportsman... So Michael asks, if she read any book by Aghata Christie (because he read one and keeps bragging about it). She looks at him and says: ‘No, I like Sir Connan Doyle more.’ So Micke’s...

-         Don’t. Call. Me. Mike.

-         ... jaw falls down almost to his knees and than somebody clears his throat behind him. So he turns around and there stands a large girl with muscles like Mr. Universum and says: ‘What do you want from my girlfriend?’. So Micheal stutters a few words and woosh!.. He’s gone.

-         You invented this because you’re jealous, girls like me more than you. – huffed Micheal.

-         Would I ever do something like that? – Steve said, trying to sound hurt, but it was clear he was amused.

-         Yes, you would. – sniggered Emily. – But it doesn’t mean that Michael doesn’t deserve it.

-         Oh yeah? – growled the pitcher. – Should I remind you what happened when your family wanted to go to Australia for holidays?

-         No! Not that! – the football player looked horrified.

-         How was it? ‘Are there any hippopotamus races?’ – mocked the maroon-haired teenager. – And what was the answer? ‘That large triangle south of Europe is Af-ri-ca. Au-stra-lia is that large island on the Pacyfi... Never mind. The hippopotamus races take place every Tuesday night at King’s Cross. You should come naked.’ And didn’t your dad fall on that?

-         Sheesh. Like you knew what animals are in Australia before! – snorted the stockier boy.

-         You didn’t know that? – Kai sounded surprised. – What were you doing at school? Sleeping?

-         Why should I be interested in Australian animals? – Steve seemed shocked by the idea. – I’m not going to be a biologist!

-         Never mind. – muttered the Japanese.

-         Emily? – Max patted the orange-haired girl on the arm.

-         They’re idiots, I know! – she sighed. – If somebody wouldn’t watch over them they’d mistake their right sides with their left.

-         Er... I didn’t mean that! – the blond boy raised his hands.

-         No?

-         No. I wanted to ask, if that all really happened. – he laughed.

-         Yeah... You should have seen Michael, when he run away from those girls. – she sniggered. – The big one looked as if she were going to tear him apart.

-         And the story about Steve?

-         That too. He’s probably really upset he told it us back than. – the girl said still smiling.

-         Nah. – Max grinned. – He seems to have really much fun.

 

Meanwhile, Yuri sneaked out to the balcony. It wasn’t that he minded crowds, but surely nobody expected him to sit in the room all the time? He leaned on the railing.

-         Mind if I sit down here? – he jerked his head left to see Miaka pointing at the railing.

-         Er... If you think it’s comfortable? – that kid was defiantly weird. She looked at him and sat down, facing him.

-         Eh?... My daddy went once on the treetops to the Yamatoe station. – she giggled.

-         He did WHAT?

-         Should I repeat? – the girl cocked her head, still smiling.

-         Could you tell me about your family?

-         Sure. My mummy is called Kanoe-sama and my daddy’s name is Yuuto Kigai. They were never married. – she waved her legs. – Mummy has a sister – Aunty Hinoto. Aunty’s funny... She says I’m not ambitious enough. She’s jealous, because she won’t ever get married.

-         Maybe stop talking about your family? – the red-head asked. – My head is spinning.

-         Huh?

-         You’re really chaotic. – he added.

-         Sorry! – the girl smiled apologetically. – What about your family?

-         I don’t have a family. – he muttered.

-         Oh! – Miaka probably wanted to say something, but the Russian swiftly covered her mouth with his hand.

-         Don’t tell me you’re sorry or something like that. – he removed his hand. – You can tell me something different instead.

-         What? – the girl looked at him, her eyes opened widely.

-         If you knew a really evil person and could punish him any way you want, how would you do it? – now the red-head looked rather serious, but his behavior betrayed curiosity.

-         Eh?.. – the girl touched her chin with one finger, thinking. – I’d make him good.

 Yuri gaped at her. What kind of a punishment is that?

-         You’re joking?!

-         No. – the Japanese gave him a surprised look. – If that bad person became good, he’d feel sorry for all the bad things he’s done. And he wouldn’t do anything bad anymore.

-         That makes... some sense, I guess. – he shook his head. – How good are you at beyblading?

-         Very lousy. – she giggled. – I can’t aim. But I can play chess really well.

-         You can play chess?

-         Yes! And some similar games like go and shogi. – she grinned proudly.

-         Sho-... what? – the Russian captain stared at her blankly.

-         I could show you! – Miaka jumped off the railing. – But it’s rather complicated.

 Yuri peeked into the room. The other beybladers didn’t seem to do anything especially interesting.

-         OK.

 

 

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