Disclaimer: I don’t own Beyblade. This story was written for fun. I didn’t have any serious reason and didn’t want to annoy anyone.

 (*something*) – means muttering or whispering.

 

The Grumbling Room

 

 Once upon a time there was a room. But it wasn’t just any ordinary room – it was something more. You see, it was in a special realm – The Realm of Complaining Characters! Every time some heroes of a book, movie, series or game felt annoyed with whatever had happened to them, they would appear in this realm. It was easier to keep all the people from revolting – after all the loosing, tortures, bashings and pointless sappiness. This room here was the Grumbling Place for the characters from an anime known as Beyblade. Right now there were five persons in the room: a boy with longish navy blue hair in a baseball cap, a teenager with blue triangles tattooed on his cheeks, a green-haired kid with violet eyes, a teenager with red hair in orange-white clothes and a small boy with a long nose.

-         It’s not my fault I have a long nose! – snorted the long-nosed one.

-         The happy idiot has to complain too? – the red-head ignored the smaller boy.

-         I’m the one who annoys him with such comments Yuri. – calmly stated the boy with tattoos.

-         What are YOU – out of all people – doing here Kai?! – snarled Yuri – It’s not as anything really bad happened to you! You kept your name and people don’t think you are girl. (And undoubtedly you’re going to make some smartass comments.)

-         Well, they did change my name. – muttered the green-haired boy.

-         And mine! – piped in the one in the baseball cap.

-         Yours doesn’t sound androgynous now. – answerd Yuri. – I think Kevin sounds much more manly then Kiki. – he added with a smirk.

-         Kai, isn’t Yuri a name for girls? – asked Takao (or the boy in the baseball cap, if you like).

-         In Japan – yes. – answered the other Bladebraker. – And it also means something else. – he added smirking. Takao covered his mouth in a futile attempt to stop from laughing. Unfortunately, it didn’t work.

-         Bwahwahwahwa!!! – the current beyblade champion was rolling from laughter.

-         Huh? What’s that all about? – asked Ivan.

-         Yuri equals femslash. – answered Kai, his voice as serious as usual.

-         WHAT?! – Yuri didn’t seem to be in a good mood. – This is so unfair! I get a name which is male in my land, but it’s female somewhere else AND means femslash!

-         Actually it means “lily”. It’s only used as term for femslash anime and manga. – muttered Kai.

-         And than in the American version I get a name which is neither male nor female. – continued the red-head, not really paying attention to what Kai said – And it sounds like some Hawaiian dance.

-         At least you’ve got female fans... – grumbled Ivan.  – And they put some effort into changing your name. I swear, they’re still taking their revenge for the Cold War.

-         You don’t really have a reason to complain about YOUR name. – growled Takao. – What kind of a name is Tyson, anyway! It sounds like a surname. And speaking of surnames, why is mine Granger?! I’m Japanese for goodness sake!

-         At least you HAVE a surname. – snorted Ivan. – Do they think I popped out of nowhere?

-         They might. – said Kai impassively.

-         Say, Kai? – Takao spun around, to look at the older boy. – Why is your grandfather’s name Voltair? Isn’t that a European name?

-         French, if you’re interested. – answered the captain of the Bladebrakers. – I guess, I had some French ancestors. Or really weird ones.

-         Knowing you and your grampy, I’d go for the latter. – snickered Kiki.

-         Grampy? – Takao looked genuinely puzzled.

-         The guy is probably usually grumpy, isn’t he? – Kiki looked quizzically at Kai. The Bladebraker nodded. – And one of the short forms of grandfather is grandpa which sounds sometimes like “grampa”. So grumpy + grampa = grampy!

-         A bit far-fetched. – muttered Kai.

-         Uh, don’t give my grandpa any “pet names”, ‘k? – pleaded Takao.

-         Wonder why they didn’t they change Kai’s and “grampy’s” names? – pondered Yuri. – Or why didn’t they go so badly on Balkov? He just got a first name...

-         That’s not the worse what happens to us. – grumbled Kai.

-         Oh, you mean some pairings, right? – Kiki raised his eyebrow – the visible one. – Well they can get annoying...

 

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  A blushing Mao in a swim suit goes out with a very red Rei in swimming shorts. They’re carrying a banner with a sign “Who’s who:

Takao = Tyson

Kai = Kai

Kiki = Kevin

Ivan = Ian

Yuri = Tala

Mao =  Mariah

Rei = Ray

Bloody Mary thanks you for reading and asks you to review. She wants to get the guys to complain about other things like pairings, Mary-Sues and etc. If you have any specified wishes ask (as long as they aren’t aimed at another person). So review, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty please, with chocolate and cherry on the top?”

 They look, drop the banner around and run away.

                                                                                          T.B.C.

 

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