Crimson Demon (Beyblade FF)

Chapter Seven||Training and Ice Cream

Recap:

Night wakes up and looks around, noticing a certain shadow walker leaning against the wall, asleep. She lifts him up and places him where she was sleeping at before going to make breakfast with Shu. As they are waking everyone up, Night stops Shu before Ukyo is awakened. After breakfast, Night goes to get changed and Ukyo walks in. After that incident, Night asks everyone if they want to go to the bey park with her and everyone makes up an excuse to leave until Night offers to Ukyo to go, which he accepts.

Ukyo and I quickly arrived to the beypark, where we both took out our beys.

"Alright, Ukie, it's Crimson Heart versus Uber Unicrest. Who do you think will win?" Ukyo appeared to be in thought as he studied the two and looked at me, silently.

"I think Unicrest will win. Crimson appears to be close to 'waking up' as one would say. She should be a bit shaky until then." I nodded.

"Let's test your theory! I think Crimson will win, cuz we have gotten stronger!" We bits grinned and laughed.

"3..! 2..! 1..! Let it... rip!" The two beys flew into the stadium, their speed quicker than yesterday. We were going full out.

"Crimson! Powder Launch!" The stadium became clouded and Ukyo just smirked. I adjusted my ears to the sound and heard our beys moving. Sometimes close, but never hitting.

"Demon Launch!" Crimson quickly turned and sped at a faster speed to Unicrest.

"Alicorn Launch!" Unicrest sped out of the way and attacked Crimson. She wavered. My eyes widened. Then I heard the sound of my bey hitting the stadium as the clouded area cleared. It was a survivor finish. One point to Ukyo...

"Good job, Ukie!" I smiled, "But let's continue this match once more, 'kay?" He nodded.

"Yeah. This time, don't hold back, and neither will I." I smirked.

"No need to worry, Ukie." I've gotten stronger, and as have you. Funny, when one of us levels up, so does the other.

"3..! 2..! 1..! Let it... rip!" The beys attacked each other and Unicrest flew out of the ring.

"Again! I shall win!" So, we did. At least, until Unicrest finally bursted Crimson after three draws.

"Good luck next time, Night." Ukyo smiled a soft smile at me. I quickly walked up to him and put my hand on his cheek. His face quickly flushed into a deep red. I stared at him directly in his eyes and leaned towards him. Then I...

Said, "My hands are those of Death." His face was still flushed as I stepped back.

"Night, why did you do that?" His voice was soft as he asked me a question, looking like he was about to blow a fuse.

"Uhm, I wanted to make you embarrassed while doing something funny?" My voice raised in pitch towards the end. Ukyo facepalmed and said, "You still shouldn't do such things. What if you did it on someone other than me and they took advantage of you? You're too innocent to be doing those things." I pouted.

"First, don't do that! You'll get facial-brain-damage! Second, I'm not innocent! I can also take care of myself!" Ukyo shook his head.

"How about we train some more?" I nodded.

"Mk! This time Crimson Heart will be sure to beat Uber Unicrest!" Ukyo smirked.

"We'll see about that."

"3..! 2..! 1..! Let it... rip!" And off went the two beys! Crimson hit Unicrest and they both flew back a bit.

"Crimson! Flame Spin!" Flames we're surrounding Crimson.

"Alicorn Launch!" The two beys collided, and Unicrest bursted.

"I told you Crimson had this!" Ukyo smiled.

"Good job, Night." I grinned.

"You wanna get ice cream, Ukie?"

"Sure." I cheered. Ice cream is the best! After cookies and tomatoes., that is. I grabbed Ukyo's hand and began to drag him to the ice cream shop/arcade. The two of us entered the ice cream shop and got our favorite flavor of ice cream, and went to pay.

"I'm gonna pay, Ukie!" Ukyo shook his head.

"No, I am. You invited all of us into your home, it's only fair I repay the favor."

"Nope! I'm gonna pay, and that's final!" The shadow walker shook his head once more as he refused my offer.

"No, Night, it's my turn to do something for you." The lady who was the cashier laughed. I turned to her.

"Ma'am, may I ask what it is that you find so funny?" The woman nodded.

"It's because the two of you are such an adorable couple! You rarely see people who are dating that will argue about paying for things!" Mine and Ukyo's faces flushed a deep red. I could feel the heat radiating from us.

"Ma'am, we're not dating... We're just really close friends." Ukyo's voice came out at the same time as mine, as the two of us denied it. What is this feeling? Why do I feel like crying? How is it that my chest feels as if it's being constricted, and my heart aching? The pang in my chest when I see his eyes held the hurt mine did confused me. What is this supposed to be?

A feeling of being heartbroken? That's how many others would describe this, but I find it to be something difference. I mean, there's now way I could ever love Ukyo in a way greater than being friends. Right..?