Defying The Fates

Chapter 8

Today was the day of registration . Everyone was excited except for Pearl who was disgusted at herself for ever agreeing to this . No matter how much she relished the feeling of power she felt while combining with Fulmina, she could never come to a point to forgive herself .

" Pearl there is a garden at the back of the office . Would you like to go there ? " Hillary asked with Kenny by her side .

" Yeah sure . Let's go ."

They were at the BBA headquarters . Hundreds of beyblading teams had arrived for registrations and some teams hadn't even arrived .

" HILLARY !" . A shrill voice was heard and to their surprise , a girl with cute pink hair and dazzling smile hugged hillary from behind .

" Maraya is that you ? " Hillary shouted and turned herself to hug her .

" Kenny !" She untangled herself from Hillary and hugged her like she had lost her a long time ago .

" There she is . " A gruff looking boy in said looking at Maraya's direction .

" Hey Lee. " Hillary waved at him and went towards him to share a hug .

His team mates also came with him and as they were uniting , Pearl slowly slipped herself out of the room and proceeded to go towards the back of the office .

She knew the nooks and corners of the place . How wouldn't she ? After all this building was her and Liam's solace . It had been renovated to some extent but nothing much of a change was made . The ceilings had the same mosaic patterns and the colour of the walls were untouched like as if the walls were afraid to lose its identity .
But the floors were highly polished and you could even see ones reflection in the white tiled floor .

The building belonged to her grandfather who believed in beyblading . It was a three storey building and it wasn't grand but it gave out a vibe of peace . Her grandfather had sold it for the purpose of spreading the love of beyblade around the world . It was seven years ago .

As she neared the back door of the building she held the Knob of the door but before she was able to open it , it opened from the other side with such force that she fell flat on her butt.

"Oww! What the ..... " She locked eyes with the Kai Hiwatari himself .

Again she saw the hate in his eyes . He glared at her and pushed the door further causing the door to collide with her feet .

" Aah. What the hell? " She screamed and tried to get up but because of the pain , she was again seated on the floor cursing the fates to even cross paths with him .

" Serves you right . Oh wait ! You deserve million times worse than this ." He spat and walked past her with an ice cold aura .

" You wish " she spat back .

He was surprised at her outburst but kept on walking through the long corridor

" I am not one of those who keep on wishing for something to happen . But I am one of those who make it happen in reality no matter what the price . " He replied with a cold voice which shuddered Pearl to her core .

" And I mean it Phi . " He turned back and looked at her in the eyes shooting the most disgusted glare towards her and then he took a turn and went towards the main office .

All these while , Pearl just sat on the ground with various emotions swirling inside her . Why did his actions hurt so much . He was right . She deserved worst but just not by him . She was ready for all the torture but not from his hands . Not because she feared him but because she respected him .

Tears threatened to fall from her eyes as she stared at the place where kai had stood a few minutes ago . He knew the truth didn't he ? So why was he doing this to her ? She wondered bitterly . Not being able to stand his thoughts further , she got herself up with difficulty as the door had hit her I injured leg .

She then wiped her tears and looked around to see some unwanted shelves containing a pen and a paper but she highly doubted that there would be one .

To her surprise ,there was a ball pen and few crumpled sheets of paper which she took with relief and went outside through back door to the garden which she had missed for so long.