Still using the Japanese-version names.

Disclaimer: I don’t own Beyblade and I definitely don’t own the ‘Advanced Learner’s Dictionary’. And I still don’t want to offend anyone and am writing this for fun.

 

The Grumbling Room: Chapter 6

 

-         Too old to have sex. – answered Kai. – Don’t remember how old exactly, though.

-         Bis is gwoss! – spluttered Takao, almost spilling the food he had in his mouth. He noticed the annoyed look Kai was giving him and decided not to push it. The food was swallowed quickly and the blue-haired boy smiled at his teammate innocently. – I said, this was gross. I’m trying to enjoy the food here!

-         I thought you were trying to break the world record in eating fast and messy... – muttered Yuri, who had been just robbed of another cake by Ivan.

-         Hey! Where did the busty babe go?! – wailed Ivan. He was holding Rei by his impossibly long hair.

-         Let go! – snapped the former White Tiger. – I just wanted to check, if Takao and Kai still don’t pay attention to their waiters. – he glared at the long-nosed boy, while checking his hair band.

-         Rei? Nice to see you buddy! – grinned Takao, quickly returning his attention to the food on his plate.

-         Say, don’t they pair them? – asked Yuri.

-         Yeah... – blushed Rei. – I like Mao more.

 The captain of the Demolition Boys smirked at his teammate. Kiki hung his head and sighed.

-         Soo, you like him? – indagated the red-head, one eyebrow raised.

-         Err... What are you suggesting? – the black-haired boy gave the Russian a suspicious glance.

-         Nothing. – said the Demolition Boy, trying to sound innocent, which obviously failed. – I’m just looking for a proper interpretation of your words. – he grinned wolfishly. – Would you go to bed... OUCH!

 Takao yet again had to use his practice sword. This time he hit the red-haired beyblader in the head.

-         Really! Nobody was trying to coax you into admitting you go for Kai... or me, or even Ivan. That was enough! – the blue-haired boy waved the sword threateningly and sat down again. Yuri rubbed his head.

-         Humpf! Idiot! I land in love triangles, as if I didn’t have enough trouble and he just has to bug me, when I’m having a little fun. – he growled. – And they’re usually me, Kai and Rei. 

-         As if I liked you. – grumbled Kai. – You get annoyed to easily. And as for Rei... – he sighed. – Friendship doesn’t have to change into anything. And it usually doesn’t.

-         And I’d prefer Mao. – said Rei. – She’s easier to cope with.

-         I’ll pretend I didn’t hear this. – drawled the boy with the scarf. – Or maybe you would like Kyouju more. He would be even ‘easier to cope with’.

 Kiki started giggling and Takao almost spilled out the stuff he was currently eating.

-         I’m not sure... – Rei made thoughtful face. – He would rather go on about beyblading, repairing beyblades and poor, little me would die from not enough sex. – he wiped a fake tear from his cheek.

-         Speaking of Kyouju’s obsession, don’t you think that the plan of Voltaire Hiwatari was rather... stupid? – asked Olivier, his eyebrow cocked.

-         Huh? – Ivan looked quizzically at the green-haired Frenchman.

-         How was he going to conquer the world with all those bitbeasts? – the Majestic filled in.

-         Now, when you say this, it does sound stupid. – agreed Takao. – It’s not as if you couldn’t kill the blader with a gun or something. One real army and... POOF! End of the conquest.

-         It’s very comforting to know what a madman of a grandfather I have. – muttered Kai.

-         And to think that several adult people fell on it... – Kiki shook his head. – The plot of this show is awful. But than, it wasn’t aimed at a more sophisticated audience...

-         The audience part reminded me of something. – said Olivier. – How some people manage to spell some names wrongly is beyond me. I understand when they write Sangwinex instead of Sanquinex – must be the influence of the German dub, or when they twist Lupinex into Lupanex, although it still makes me shudder, but how they manage to make mistakes in Kai’s name?

-         You’re wrong. – said Kai. – All mistakes in names are equally bad. But it is curious how they keep spelling my name Kay.

-         Since we’re talking about grammar, did you notice how they abuse Robert’s ‘uncouth’? – Takao shook his head. Suddenly Ivan took out a book literally out of nowhere and started leafing through it. Kiki bent over to check the title.

-         ‘Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary’ – he read. Meanwhile the small Russian found what he was looking for.

-         Uh-huh! Uncouth: (of a person or their behaviour) rude or socially unacceptable. There is no such word as couth, however. – he closed the dictionary and hid in to the same unkonwn space.

-         Besides, he used it only once in the show and in some stories he uses almost in every sentence. – said Yuri. – But anyway, has one of you any idea, why do they make Boris (Boris/Bryan) a vampire?

-         He’s pale? – suggested Kiki. – And bad?

-         As if we didn’t have enough trouble with him! – growled Ivan.

-         Really, you’d think one vampire is enough. – added Olivier. Meanwhile Yuri was looking at Rei. His expression betrayed that whatever he was up to wasn’t good.

-         Hey, cat-man! – he called the Chinese Bladebraker. – You know somebody wanted to pair you up with Boris?

-         WHAT?! – Rei screeched and fainted. All the other beybladers looked at each other confusedly.

-         My. – was everything Olivier managed to say. Kai glared at the red-haired Russian, who raised his hands.

-         I was joking! – he claimed. – Really!

-         I will take him to the toilet. – interrupted Olivier. – It doesn’t look too serious. – he looked at the table. – I see, you’ve finished your meals. Good bye!

-         Bye bye! – Takao wave cheerfully. – Never mind what happened, I’m sure you didn’t mean that to happen. – he smiled at Yuri.

-         Back to the Room. – announced Kai.

 

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