Ello! I am back with another new story, woohoo! This one will probably be shorter than Lost in the Echo was, but I wanted to post it since the idea for it has been in my brain for... About two years, at least. Maybe it's been two and a half or so. Somewhere around there. Anyway, enjoy!

Many people over the years have wondered what kept Beyblade alive. Some might say that it was the Legendary Bladers, but this is only partially true. While we did help the sport recover, and are at the center in the media, we aren't the ones keeping the sport alive. We did protect it, like a suit of armor, and you can count on us being the ones on the front lines when a threat comes, but the sport can and will live on when we're gone. No, we aren't the heartbeat of the sport, but we do create it, as every blader does. Our beys are the heart of Beyblade, and every clash they make with each other is the heartbeat. As long as beys continue to clash around the world, the sport will survive. However, if those clashes, those heated battles ever stop, then the sport will die.

"Class, please open your textbooks to page 205. Today, we will be entering a rather unique area of the world's history, a time where people could supposedly control a certain type of spinning top with their minds. Before we get started, are there any questions?"

A red-haired teenage boy in the front row raised his hand.

"Yes, Kuro?"

"How is that possible? We can't control things with our minds, can we?"

"Historians and scientists have puzzled over that question for a long time. They speculate that these people may have been superhuman, or there may have been some special physical enhancement, or the tops themselves may have been somehow enhanced with a technology lost to us today. We don't really know the answer to that question. Any others? Then let's begin."

The question remained in Kuro's mind for the rest of the day, however. After school, he sat on a bench in the nearby park, his blue eyes focused on the ground.

"Are you alright, Kuro?"

The redhead glanced up. "I'm fine Shiroi, i was just thinking."

Shiroi sat down next to her brother. "About what?"

"Well, did you have a lesson in history class today about these weird spinning tops that people could control with their minds?"

"Yeah, we did."

"I was just wondering how they were able to control them. The teacher didn't know, and apparently professionals don't either."

"Well, we do have that report about someone in that time that we have to get done."

"Ughh, don't remind me. I hate writing papers."

"But the research part for this one will be interesting."

"Yeah, i know."

Shiroi sighed. "Should we go to the library, perhaps?"

"Yeah. Suppose so. We may as well get started on this." Kuro said, standing and walking off.

"What do we do? We can't take over the world with you-know-who in the way."

"Of course not. It simply can't be risked or we'll have to wait even longer."

"Exactly."

Glowing red eyes flashed in the darkness for an instant before fading away.

"We will succeed. We merely have to find the right person to take them down."

"I shall get working on that."

"Good. You'd better. And you'd better make it fast."

"Of course."

"History… History… Hi. Stor. Y. You'd think it'd be easier to find, sheesh." Kuro commented quietly as he and Shiroi walked through the enormous library.

"Should we ask for help finding it?" Shiroi asked.

"No, I can find it." Kuro insisted.

Shiroi sweatdropped. "Suuuuure you can. I'm going to find a librarian." she said, turning and walking off.

"Suit yourself, but I'm going to find it first!" Kuro called quietly after her, earning himself a sharp 'Shh!' from a few nearby people.

"Suuure." Shiroi chuckled under her breath, looking around until she spotted an old woman with long white hair wearing glasses and digging through one of the virtual files in one of the sections.

"Excuse me." Shiroi said.

The woman turned. "Yes, my dear?" She said in a voice that sounded slightly younger than her apparent age.

"Can you help me find the history section?"

"That would be right down this aisle I am working in now. Is there any information in particular you are looking for?"

"Well, me and my brother have to do a report on someone from about two hundred and fifty years ago, and we heard in our class today something about these spinning tops that people could apparently control with their minds. Is there any information on that?" Shiroi asked.

The librarian's eyes flashed brilliantly in an ironically-placed beam of light from a window above them.

"You wish to know about the era of Beyblades?" she asked.

Shiroi blinked. "Of what?"

"Those spinning tops you mentioned. They are known as Beyblades." the librarian said. "Or, they were. Many people today do not remember that name, however."

"You know about them then?" Shiroi asked, interested.

A faint smile appeared on the woman's wrinkled face. "I know a lot more than your teachers likely do." She said.

Shiroi fiddled with her necklace, a hexagonal-shaped piece of who-knew-what with a strange design that nobody had ever been able to decipher. "Could you perhaps help me and my brother with our reports then?" she asked.

"That is what my job is to do. Where is your brother? You keep mentioning him but I do not see him around."

Shiroi looked around. "He was determined to find the history section on his own but I don't see him now."

"Shall we go loo-" the librarian was cut off by a loud girly scream.

Shiroi blinked, then gasped. "Kuro!" She ran towards the sound, the librarian hobbling quickly along behind her. Kuro raced out of one of the longer aisles of data shelves and skidded to a stop as he nearly ran into the two.

"Is something wrong, young man?" The librarian asked calmly.

"T-there's something back there! It flew at me!" Kuro exclaimed.

"Please keep your voice down, sir. You say something flew at you?"

Kuro nodded frantically. "It was like a big dark shadow. With teeth. Lots of teeth."

"Are you sure it was not one of our creature holograms?" the librarian asked.

Kuro nodded again. "I've seen holograms. This wasn't one."

"Some of our holograms are extremely realistic. Please calm down or I will have to ask you to step outside." the librarian said.

"She knows about the spinning top things, Kuro. She can help us." Shiroi said.

Kuro blinked. "Really?"

"Yes, I know quite a bit about them." the librarian said in the same calm voice. "Please, come this way and I will show you the materials we have in the library."

"Alright! Thank you, Mrs, umm…"

"Please, just call me Nari." the woman said.

"Okay Mrs. Nari." Shiroi said, following the woman as she headed off down an aisle of data shelves, her eyes flashing sharply even in the dim light.

"I will catch them… Eventually, I will succeed in my plans."

Yay for first chapters! Yay for being able to update on time despite being busy with a bunch of activities at my college campus before school starts! Hopefully I'll be able to keep my updating schedule regular, but classes start next week, so I don't know if I will be able to. However, I shall definitely try! Until next time, Galaxy out!