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Diana swore all the victims she killed, she will one day add Kai’s corpse in her collection. “D’ARVIT!!!!” She swore loudly. She decided to counteract with another reply

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And may I ask what the f*ck is wrong with saying that? Or is it illegal to the Great Kai Hiwatari’s Language? Tsch..i bet you and Ivanov are alike. Hooray for you two, Dumbass and Jackass… And I sense that you are hiding something. But since I promised not to pester you about it then I won’t but that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t find out about it. And if I can take a hunch then I would say that Miki is buying baking utensils.
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What the-? Kai had heard of temperamental people, but Diana... well, she was taking 'temperamental' one step further. //Whatever, Murphy. Oh, and you guessed right: Miki's buying baking stuff.//

Miki nodded at Kei's question, and replied “Yes, I don’t think Oniichan has any so I thought I could do something for the meantime. Do you want to come Kei-san?"

Miki turned to Kai and noticed a smirk on his face and tilted her head in confusion “Oniichan, is something wrong?”

Miki's voice snapped the slate-haired teen out of his mental conversation with the dark-haired Diana, and he tried his best to wipe the smirk from his features. "...No, don't worry, Miki. Everything's just fine. Your friends back at the apartment - especially Murphy, it seems - are bored."

Silent, Kei watched the exchange between siblings. It was scenes like the one playing out before her that made the brunette wish she had siblings of her own. But wishing was one thing; she didn't think she'd be able to handle having a younger brother or sister. But it was nice to think of just the same. But she was forgetting something...

Oh, yes! Miki's question!

"...come where, Miki-san?" Kei said, by way of reply. She wanted to come, but she didn't know exactly where these two were going, aside from inside "Dolce Pastries and Cakes", so she wanted to know.

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Houka sat up with a start when Diana swore. She couldn't remember her Russian very well, but from the tone of her roommate's voice - roommate? Was that even right? - she could tell that the brunette was now pissed off rather than just irritated because of boredom.

"...Murphy? Y'okay in there?" she asked, getting up from the couch and making her way to the bedroom. So she was acting a bit uncharacteristic; hey, she didn't want to be in the line of fire when Diana lost her temper, having learned a little something from their match earlier, so she was...treading softly for the time being.

“It’s ok Kei-san, if you don’t want to come then it’s fine. And also, you are not intruding. Like you said when I intruded your training session with Oniichan earlier this morning.” Miki smiled reassuringly. Miki gently opened the door and waited for the two to follow inside.

Kai gave an inaudible sigh, moving towards Miki. He took the door handle from her and held the shop door open, gesturing with his head towards the interior of the shop.

Kei blinked, then moved towards the door. Strange that just minutes after she left, she was setting foot in the store again. Once inside, she half-turned, this time waiting for the twins to go in. May as well tag along... she thought. Now that both had, in a way, invited her to, she couldn't refuse without offending someone. Besides, she could ask Kai about tomorrow's training session - if there was one - the moment the opportunity presented itself.

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Diana sighed in frustration and looked at Houka who seem to be rather…not wanting to interrupted her tantrum. She gave a soft cough and turned to her “Sorry about that. I kinda had a small talk with Hiwatari. A mental chat. So basically I am just mad since he said something that irritated me”

"...a mental chat, eh?" Houka looked interested now. "And Hiwatari kinda got under your skin..."

She shoved one hand into her pants pocket, leaning against the wall behind her - the picture of casualness. "And because of that you swore, ate a whole bag of chips and chugged one soda can." The auburn-haired teen grinned mischievously. "Man, if that's how you react when irritated...makes me wonder what happens when you're well and truly mad..."

Miki gave a nod and looked at the two ribbons she held and back at the ones in the racks. There was a gold ribbon with black edges, a Christmas ribbon since it has bells and the trademark red, green, gold and white colors, a red ribbon with a sparkled red shade with white stripes. So many to choose! She decided to get one of each (except the pink one with hearts since she isn’t found of that particular color). She went to another part of the decoration sections.

This time, the sign said “Chocs and Nuts”. Browsing through the small boxes, she each examined the boxes. In her left were Almonds and in her right was Coffee Toffee Balls. She decided not to pick any and chose a box filled with Dark chocolate bits. Dark chocolate wasn’t that particularly sweet and it doesn’t taste that bitter. And knowing her and Kai not being that fond of too sweet stuff, she chose dark chocolate.

Then thinking she went to another part and saw some chocolate sprinkles. Some were white, plain dark, mixed and colored. She turned to Kei and asked “Kei-san, which kind of sprinkles do you think is better?”

"Hmm..." Unwittingly, Kei had been following the blue-haired blader while she went through the various sections and making selections. That she was asked for her opinion again caught her off-guard - she, too was looking at the various decorations and other baking supplements and whatnot - but the brunette recovered soon enough to take a good look at the sprinkles Miki was considering.

"Either the dark sprinkles or the mixed ones," she said, at length. "The colored ones are too... bright." She shrugged nonchalantly, at the same time hitching her small backpack into a more comfortable position. "But that's just what I think. You're the one doing the baking, and you know whom you're giving it to, so it really depends on your own taste, Miki-san."

Kai stood up from the glass panelling, a tad bored now. He never was patient enough to bake something, let alone cook a proper meal, so he never bothered with these sorts of things. He could have gone off in search of something more...attention-grabbing, but he didn't. He didn't want to leave just yet; Miki was still preoccupied with her shopping, and the slate-haired teen didn't think it wise - or polite - to just leave her there, even if he did plan on coming back. It was the principle of the thing.

Finally, he strode over, partly out of curiosity - just what were these things Miki was looking at, and what was she looking for? - and to voice the question that had entered his mind just moments earlier.

"Miki, how much longer are you going to take?" No, not irritation, not annoyance. Just plain boredom. Heh. And just moments ago, Murphy was talking your mental ear off about her boredom...

Diana gave a frown and went back to a calm expression “Miki knows I hate sweets. So she bakes only if she thinks it’s necessary. But I like her dishes. Between me and her, she could be winning 1st prize 5 years in a row”.

"I see," Houka replied, becoming a bit more serious as well. She was through playing the 'friendly-and-all-smiles' card; it just wasn't her. "Then are you saying you cook, as well?"

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Miki gave a small wave at Kei “See you next time Kei-san."

Miki's parting words reached Kei's ears just before the glass door swung shut, and so, to show that she'd heard, the brunette stopped, turned, and waved to the twins, then began walking again. She hung on to her paper bag of cream donuts, although she made no move to take another one out and start munching on it.

She struggled not to let the prospect of training by herself the next day bother her. She hadn't spent time with the slate-haired teen before only recently, and she'd trained by herself for the most part of her Beyblading life; she could certainly deal with one day of the same.

Back at the shop, Miki looked at Kai who seem to be disturbed. “Oniichan, we can go now if you feel uncomfortable here. These are all I need.” Miki gave a look of concern and continued to look at her older brother. “Big brother…did i…do something to upset you again?”

At the concern in Miki's voice, Kai locked gazes with his slightly younger twin, if only for a moment, then shook his head. "Don't worry; you did nothing to upset me." He didn't bother smiling, because he knew it would be fake, and Miki would know, too. "Let's just say dealing with people in general isn't my strong point..."

He'd been about to say 'dealing with girls', but the blue-haired blader looking at him might have taken offense. And besided, it wasn't a lie, anyway; Kai did have a few problems in dealing with his peers, opposite gender or no.

Shinja was estatic to feel the presence of so many bit beasts. in such a small area of the city. She directed Sho to go to a park so they could win some battles to take his mind off of his past. she asked Sho " Why is it bothering you now? it never bothered you before."
Sho thought back to Shinja "i do not know. just drop it!" as he started to sprint faster.
Shinja was hit acrossed the face with that out burst. it was the first insult that ofended her ever sence she teamed up with Sho. thinking to her self am i getting emotions, it can't be! humans and bits can't share and inter twine like this. it is descusting that i am becoming more like this soulless husk of flesh and bone.
jumping off a roof top in to the center of a park. he landed in the middle of a walking path where kids of all ages were hanging and blading. closing his minds eye he was able to see the sounds of all the blades around them.
a little kid no older then 6 tugged on his cloak saying "hay mister. hay mister. will you battle me?" Sho did not reply but walked over to a near by dish. "Ok mister, lets do this, the game is on! get your blade out!" drawing his sword he let Shinja loose she landed in the middle of the dish. with out missing a beat the kid ripped his blade. it made contact with the edge of the dish. it circled the edge three times before desending into the dish. as it zoomed a round the dish in a spiral getting closer to shinja.
Sho yelled in his mind now to Shinja "now!" Shinja shot out her tail like it was an arrow with such force it shattered the little kid's blade into hundreds of tiny pieces showering the defeated boy.

Miki continued the silence and walked faster, since Kai was indicating that she needed to hurry up. She walked towards him and continued their stroll back. She looked back at her brother to see a certain thing that caught her eye. “He must be disturbed by the silence” she thought silently to herself. Miki understood anyway. He wasn’t the type to talk that much. Even with the presence of someone else, he needed his silence.

Miki couldn’t help but smile at her right actions. Sometimes it helps being able to at least get a hint of what your twin is thinking about. Guess it is just the secret language that they shared. Something only they could speak towards each other. She sometimes wished she could have Diana’s telepathic abilities but she wasn’t granted the privilege of possessing them.

She clutched the small bag of item with her two hands as she continues to walk beside him. Until finally, they reached their destination and proceeded to walk inside to their respective quarters.

Bit by bit, Kai relaxed. With every step that brought them closer to the apartment complex, his breathing slowed, his posture less inwardly rigid. It was only when he and Miki stepped through the entrance and made their way towards the elevator that the dark-clad blader realized he'd been on guard, alert for anything that may have posed a threat to either of them - Miki most of all. Now that he knew of her abilities and that Soichirou wanted her back at all costs...

That knowledge certainly had a way over protectiveness levels. Even though he knew Diana would help should anything happen - the brunette and Miki were friends, after all - it did little to hearten him. The metal doors slid open with a hiss of air, then the twins stepped onto it, and Kai pressed the button for their floor. The actions were mechanical, robotic; still neither had said a word - Kai because he didn't want to nor did he know what to say; and Miki, simply out of respect for this. The slate-haired teen was glad of this. Not many knew the phoenix wielder well enough to leave him to his thoughts when he got like this.

The elevator stopped, the doors opened, and Kai and Miki stepped out. Out of a habit acquired when they were younger, Kai reached out to where he knew the blue-haired girl would be, grasping his sister's free hand gently in his own, a physical sign of their connection, their togetherness. Had he done this on the street, it would have been due to his protectiveness, an action that meant he didn't want her parting from him. Now that they were indoors, the gesture may have conveyed so much more apart from the unwillingness to be separated, such as impatience ("C'mon, walk faster,") or paranoia ("I wanted to see if you were really beside me, that this isn't a dream,"). But no. It was just that gesture in itself, no underlying meanings or messages save for this: "Here. Let me hold your hand."

Kai, of course, would never have said such a thing, being who he was. But it was almost a certainty that Miki would get the message, and wouldn't take his actions any other way.

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Diana continued her game and finally finished it and lay on the couch and stretched her arms. Placing them on the back of her head, she couldn’t handle the boredom anymore and decided to fall once again to slumber.

Houka slid the drawer shut as quietly as she could, and then got up and slid her spare pair of boots into the closet, where her denim jacket hung, so far the only thing on the hangers provided therein. She could no longer hear the soft slap of stiff paper against wood, which meant that Diana had finished her game of Klondike. The gray-clad girl stepped out of the bedroom, noting in passing that her roommate had fallen asleep on the couch, out of boredom perhaps.

She gathered the cards to her, taking her place once more on the ottoman, and laid them out in the familiar arrangement for solitaire. It was probably the first one-person card game she'd learned; her father had taught it to her purely for fun, but she had developed it into a kind of strategy game. Often in the past, when she joined a tournament, she'd play solitaire at least three hours before her first match; it helped to relax her mind and sometimes, she would get ideas for maneuvers during the Beybattle itself. She didn't know why or how, it just happened.

Now, however, as she laid down card after card, or flipped and transferred them, she wasn't thinking of Beybattles or other related things; this was purely for the fun of the game, despite its solitary nature. And to ward off boredom, of course.

Miki stepped inside and smiled at her brother, a thank you gesture. She waited for him to close the door and raised a question “Oniichan, thank you for taking me out again. Although you don’t seem to like going out that much, thank you.”

Kai shut the door, locked it, and then set the parcel of food on the counter - it was just a few steps away from the door. "You're welcome," he returned. "As for going out...it doesn't bother me that much, as long as I have an actual reason for doing so. Going with you to register is such an example."

The slate-haired teen walked over to the couch and sat down, allowing himself to lean against the backrest. As he often did when he was [relatively] alone, he went over everything that had happened that day, noting with displeasure the encounters with - who else? - Sayka. He couldn't help but think that the blonde's offer to spy on Balkov and his cronies - which meant her teammates were included - was just a ploy, a ruse to get 'in' with him. While it was good to know those against the power-crazed Russian would be informed as regularly as possible regarding his actions so they could devise a way to thwart his schemes, he didn't look forward to meeting with the fangirl - there was no other way to describe her but that.

Ever since Day 1, he'd taken something of a disliking to her. First the encounter in the park, where she'd introduced herself, blabbered on about something and then volunteered her services as - of all things - a ninja. Then there was that incident earlier where she'd just barged in and started yelling at Diana about making fun of him.

Kai rolled his eyes at that one; they'd just passed each other in the corridor less than an hour before that, and somehow the dratted blonde had known where he and the others - Kei and Miki at first, then Diana as well - had transferred, giving her the image of being a stalker of sorts. The phoenix blader had to wonder if she wasn't one, really. And kidnapping Miki just so she, Sayka, could battle him? Pathetic! She didn't even have any skills worth paying attention to, as far as he was concerned, yet she'd wanted to show off to him. Show off what? That she could actually launch? Oh, very interesting. Pfft. Right.

At least his battle with Kei - ordered, of course, by Ivanov as an initiation test of sorts for the brunette blader - had been more attention-grabbing; if anything, it showed that the new recruit was resilient, determined and focused, at the same time humble and willing to learn what was needed in order for her to improve her game. In some ways, she reminded Kai of Rei, and the neko-jin had been a good teammate and an even better blader. Perhaps this was a sign of sorts that the slate-haired teen's decision to 'urge' her to sign up with the Blitzkrieg Boys, though made on the spur of the moment - with little to go on save the battle in the park and a hunch - had been a wise one. Of course, only time would tell, but if that day's training session was anything to go by, it didn't seem so unlikely.

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Diana continued her slumber and then again her mind was invaded yet with another dream.

A young girl no older than 11 sat silently on a swivel chair, looking out of the pouring rain storm from the window of her office. She liked rain. She felt sadness in its drops. And then a young man, no older than 20 came into the door. He was in average height, dark raven hair and very, very white skin. His eyes were dark brown, but his gaze was piercing. He wore a long black cloak, inside was a long sleeved shirt, red in color and black pants. “Elizabeth, do you wish to go outside?” his voice was mature, but young.

The girl shook her head as she continues to stare outside “No but thank you Vlad. I am fine.” And the man nodded and closed the door behind him.

Her real name was Diana but to her co-workers, she was Elizabeth. Mainly because her co-workers were assasins. Killing people for business. Mostly, her jobs were to kill wives who cheat and lie behind their husbands backs and their men wanted them to die. They do stuff for their clients whatever the client couldn’t bring himself to do while they handle the murder process.

It was always like that but Vlad had his own method of killing. He bites people by the neck so hard that their necks have bite marks. But he wears a special plastic to cover his mouth so saliva won’t be detected on the marks so the forensics won’t notice. So does the rest of the group.

But her method was far beyond human nature. She could control the blood of humans. She could just make the heart stop beating or get drained of blood by making all the arteries and veins broke loose and internal bleeding. She wondered if this will be her life. As she gazed upon the rain, she couldn’t think no more and she punched the glass making her hand have a mixed of shards, blood and rain.