Please
read this! The
story is written for fun - I do not intend to offend anyone. If it happens, I’m
really sorry, I never meant that to happen.
Disclaimer: Nope, I don’t own Beyblade. Takao Aoki
does. Neither do I own the characters from Visions of Escaflowne. Mizuyah owns
Rubi Munoz.
The Grumbling Room: Chapter 35
“Can
somebody tell me what’s with those plays?” Yuri snorted. “We don’t do any at
school!”
“They
do…” muttered Kai. “They do.”
“But
why are they almost always Romeo and
Juliet or Much Ado about Nothing?”
the redhead continued. “Is that the only thing they’ve seen?”
“It’s
the only thing they’ve seen,” the dual-haired teen corrected. “People don’t go
to the theatre these days, unless somebody forces them.”
“They
could take Molier for once…” sighed Rei.
“You
think any of them knows who Molier is?” snorted Kai.
“Guys?”
Takao chimed up. “Who is that Mole-guy?”
“You
explain it to him, Rei,” the garnet-eyed ‘blader said. The black-haired Chinese
sighed and proceeded to tell the current World Champion that Molier was a
French comedy writer from the XVI century.
“Hey,
why are we called White Tiger X in the G-Revolution dub?” Kiki asked annoyedly.
“This sounds so lame!”
“Don’t
you know the grand rule of naming things?” Ivan rolled his eyes. “If there’s an
X, it sounds more mysterious, cool and sells better.”
“But Beyblading is an amateur sport!” the
green-haired boy protested.
“Who
wants to be paired up with
“He’s
a psycho…” Boris snorted.
“As
if you weren’t,” muttered Mao.
“Didn’t
he get over it?” mused Mariam.
“Once
a psycho, always a psycho,” Kiki declared authoritatively.
“Nobody
ever asked me and I still got to be paired up with him,” Rei sighed. “
“Me
too,” sighed Kai. “I don’t understand it – I just had two bey-battles with him
and I get paired up,” he rolled his eyes, “and there wasn’t anything hinting I
might be interested in him anyway!”
“You
also got paired up with Daichi,” said Takao smirking. “I never expected that, but I must say it’s quite fitting
– the two most annoying people I know together…”
“Wouldn’t
they drive you nuts?” Boris snorted.
“Eh?
I thought they’d finish off themselves?” the blue-haired teen blinked.
“You’re
the hero, Kinomiya,” Kai groaned.
“You’re not supposed to invent such evil plans.”
“Aww…
Don’t be a spoilsport Kai!”
“You
want that I get finished off – that’s enough of a reason to be a spoilsport.”
“I think
they’re going to pair him up with everything which moves soon; like they did
with us,” Boris shrugged. “After all they already paired him up with me…”
“…and
as we all know this is a sure sign of fangirlism and utter lack of common
sense,” snorted Ivan.
“No,
it’s not,” Takao sighed. “It’s making a couple out of my brother and Zeo. Does
this make sense to any of you?”
“Not
much,” Kai shrugged. “Somebody liked shota and couldn’t think of a more
sensible pairing.”
“Well,
I prefer that it’s some Zeo and your brother instead of me and Balkov,” Yuri
said. “At least I don’t end up as a poor abuse victim for God-knows which
time.”
“I
hope they will stop portraying you as an abuse victim,” the blue-haired
Japanese muttered. “That way you may become more sensitive to others hurt.”
“Idealist,”
Mao muttered.
“Wonder
if the people who pair him up with Kain actually mistook the poor guy for
Salima?” mused Kiki pointing at Rei.
“Do
you see any other reason?” his pink-haired teammate asked.
“Hmm…
Kain wears nice torn jeans and later on probably leather?” the small Chinese
suggested.
“That’s
a reason to pair him up with Kai as well,” stated Yuri.
“They
even did that, Wolfie,” the dual-haired teen said looking at the other as if
daring him to react.
“Oh,
I didn’t notice that, Ego-Man,” the blue-eyed Russian snorted.
“Well,
I hope you know you got to be Ralf’s ‘beloved’,” Kai retorted.
“Like
you didn’t!”
“Hn.”
“Hn-yourself!”
“I
wonder why’s he so different in the manga?” wondered Takao.
“Yuri?”
Rei gave the other a curious look. “Come on, he does go psycho in G-Rev!”
“Only
during beybattles though,” the current World Champion answered.
“They
recognized a fangirl attracting chara,” the black-haired Chinese shrugged. “So
they worked on his personality and made him more likeable.”
“But
Beyblade was meant for guys!”
“They
figured girls would watch it anyway.”
“Well,
why did they change Boris, smart guy?” Ivan inquired.
“Because
they needed the psycho and since Yuri wasn’t one anymore, he took the place,”
Rei answered casually. “And I do mind.”
There
was a short knock at the door and, before anyone could answer, it was flung
open. A tanned, blue-eyed, red-haired girl came in, giving haughty looks to
everybody. She appeared chubby and her red clothes only attracted attention.
All in all, it caused Yuri to glare at her in annoyance. He was also first to
say what he thought about her:
“Don’t
tell me you’re my long lost sister!”
“No,”
she answered. “I’m Spanish. You want me to be your sister?”
“No way!
I had enough of those!” the redhead snarled. “You happen to have red hair and
blue eyes like me, that’s enough to feel alarmed.”
“Spanish?
But Spanish people usually have dark hair and eyes!” Kiki joined the
conversation.
“Not
my fault,” the girl shrugged. “At least I don’t look like a retarded elf, who
can’t find Santa.”
“Well,
at least I’m not some tart, who’s fishing for a husband early,” the
green-haired boy shot back.
“Why
you!” the girl growled.
“’scuse
me!” Mao chimed up. “What’s your name?”
The
girl was too busy to answer, since she was still fuming over Kiki’s comment.
“Hey?
Can you tell me what your name is?” Mao asked again, this time louder.
“Rubi
Munoz,” the girl answered huffily.
“Sounds
kinda like Ruby Moon…” muttered Mariam.
“Somebody
like me deserves a pretty name,” Rubi answered haughtily.
“Well,
I’d poke fun at a person who’s named Rubi… or Ruby,” Ivan said smirking.
“You
don’t have any angsty past do you?” Takao asked.
“Eh?”
the red-haired girl blinked confusedly.
“Do
you suffer unbearable pain because your mother died before your eyes?.. Or
something like that?” Ian cleared sounding quite sarcastic.
“No,”
the girl blinked. “My mother didn’t die.”
“Well
what other terrible tragedy did befall you?” asked Kiki sarcastically.
“Why
should I tell you that?”
“At
least she won’t bore us with not at all plausible sob-story,” shrugged Ian.
Before
Rubi could reply the door was opened by a black-haired teenager, who was
followed by two girls: one with short brown hair and green-eyes, the other very
cat-like complete with fur and a tail. She was the first to speak up.
“Lord
Van would beat you all!” she
declared.
“Merle…”
sighed the other girl.
“Don’t
tell me you don’t believe in it, Hitomi!” the cat-girl appeared outraged.
“It’s
not that, Merle,” Hitomi answered. “We shouldn’t annoy them, that’s what.”
“Who
are you?” inquired Takao.
“I’m
Kanazaki Hitomi,” the brown-haired girl bowed while saying that.
“Van
de Fanel,” the black-haired teen introduced himself.
“Merle!”
the cat-girl announced.
“So they
crossover us with series were cat-people have fur?” asked Yuri.
“And
tails!” added Takao pointing at Merle’s tail.
“What’s
the big deal?” Kiki shrugged. “They make us
have tails, so why not introduce people with fur!”
“I
swear those people are nuts!” moaned Rei.
“You
haven’t seen people who are nuts yet,” muttered Van darkly. “Dilandau would
beat them all.”
“Don’t
be so sure,” answered Kai. “I bet he can’t invent anything really crazy… Like
Kinomiya being a rape victim for example.”
“It
wouldn’t stop him from burning you to a crisp,” the young prince growled.
“That
wouldn’t stop Wolborg from freezing his ass off,” Yuri snorted disdainfully.
“You
think, you’d be fast enough?” Van asked gruffily and the Russian shrugged
giving the other a look which indicated it was a very stupid question.
“I
don’t understand why make crossovers with their show, though,” Hitomi said.
“They can’t possibly get to Gaea without an energeist and putting everybody in
a high school wouldn’t work out well…”
“See
if they care,” shrugged Ian.
OC
evaluation: Rubi Munoz; result: not a Mary-Sue, but needs some working on
The
loud cackling was the only warning the Beyblade villains got, before the door
of the teahouse was kicked open. Then a few rude phrases followed as somebody
squeezed himself inside, without knowing how to do it properly.
Finally,
a young man with silvery hair and red eyes appeared. He glared at the gathered
people and smirked.
“Another
old man as the main villain?” he asked with disdain.
“Ah…
Another jealous child which wouldn’t be able to think of a better plan then
‘destroy everything’…” Souichiro Hiwatari answered.
“But
burning everything is the best!” the teen protested. “Everybody knows that!”
“Not
another one…” sighed Doctor Zeggert. Doctor K. gave him an annoyed look, but
didn’t dignify him with an answer.
“There’s
more to life than destroying,” said Balkov. “There’s also control.”
“Eh?”
the pale teen looked at him, as if he grew horns. “Only old geezers say that,
because nobody would listen to them out of their own will.”
“I
wonder who’d listen to such a brat out of their own free will,” snorted the
violet-haired Russian. “Surely some imbecile.”
In
an instant the youth drew his sword and pounced on the man like a tiger, his
teeth bared. However, he didn’t cut off anything only stopped a few inches from
Balkov’s neck.
“Do
not insult my Dragon Slayers!”
A/N:
The
silver-haired boy is Dilandau Albatou.