North South East West
-minted*candi
A/N::
Candi: ^^ I'm back guys!!! *waves arms wildly around* Did'ya miss me? Hmmm?
Mist: _ Who would?
Candi: *pouts* My lovely, lovely reviewers, of course… ^^ .___. By the way, I'm sorry I cleared up all the reviews… there seemed to be a problem when I tried to edit the chapters instead of uploading new ones… so this was the only choice… heheheh…
Mist: Hn.
Candi: Anyway, I was in this HORRIBLE writer's block, and I couldn't continue from where I was previously. So you know what I did? =)
Mist: *siiiiigh*
Candi: I re-did the whole thing! The last one was VERY VERY messed up… didn't get the directions right, didn't get the elements right… didn't get the characters right… NOR the japanese… So I've improved it… Worked on it, and made improvements here and there. The old plot is mainly there… but Aoi and Akane have different roles now… Hehehe… This making the couple choice even wider… I had a few requests to NOT include shounen-ai (-can't write Yaoi) and a few requests to do a TyKa… O_O Well guys, let's get into serious voting… I'm going to hint TyKa, but not much hinting – probably will seem natural unless you've got sharp eyes. =)
Mist: "Sharp" eyes… she defines a lot with that…
Candi: U______U
Mist: Hn.
Candi: Anyway, there are a few more complications to the story… but most of the notes would stay the same!!! Hai!!! Oh, just a side note, but I really AM a Beyblade greenhorn… most of my information on the characters come from fansites… so well… .___. Please do drop me a pointer if the characters seem weird!!! *rolls up sleeves* Atashi gambarimaaaasu!!!—Mist… the disclaimer.
Mist: It's always me… *sigh* minted*candi does not own Beyblade. If she did, the sun would rise from the west, and she wouldn't be here writing this thing.
Candi: Yay Mist… You are so original.
Mist: _ Hmph.
Candi: ^^ Anyway, I'll be using their Japanese names for this!!!
[Btw, the characters' personalities are after the G-Revo series… but yet I have not really watched G-Revo, so the storyplot won't click. O.o I must thank the Jap fansites for G-Revo info…]
Takao – Tyson
Rei – Ray
Kai – Kai
Max – Max
Kyojyu – Kenny
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+Prologue+
Long, long ago, the oracle of Creation – Tsuu created a universe. The people of this universe had lived happily and closely together, though they were on different worlds.
People that time were all-pure hearted and knew nothing much about coveting, jealousy, envy, anger, hatred, and any of the unpure virtues. But one day, for no reason – just as nearly everything in the universe come about – the people suddenly found out life was unfair.
Yes, if they did not bother about other people, if they did not obstruct people or harm people, they would not be able to achieve their goals.
During that dark era, those people of unpure heart became known as Humans. They were still pure, but not as pure as they were when they were first created.
And then, just as it suddenly began, the worlds started to repel each other – wars between various worlds, bloodshed, pain and tears.
They had to be separated.
So they were separated. That was the rule of the universe.
As centuries past, none of the world's inhabitants knew of their old friends and remembered their existence.
The worlds grew in their own way.
Each world had their own keeper, their own guardian.
Earth, one of the worlds, had one guardian – God.
Mekaiina had five guardians, since it was a larger, and stronger world. Its people had powers that the people of other worlds did not possess.
Thus, five guardians lay down an oath, to each protect one direction of Mekaiina.
Suzaku – the fire phoenix – guarded the south of Mekaiina.
Seiryuu – the water dragon – guarded the east of Mekaiina.
Byakko – the storm tiger – guarded the west of Mekaiina.
Genbu – the earth tortoise – guarded the north of Mekaiina.
And one last god – one that no one really knew about, guarded the middle. The center of Mekaiina.
The god of the center was upset. Since no one knew who was guarding the center – much less know that the center was being guarded – no one worshipped the god of the center.
In the beginning, the god of the center worked hard alongside the other 4 to make Mekaiina a better place for its inhabitants.
But after a while, the god of the center stopped.
Why work when no one recognized your efforts? Why care when no one cared about you?
The god of the center then started to plot. Stopped working and saved energy.
And when the time came, when the god of the center finally gained enough strength, the god [1] sealed off Suzaku, Seiryuu, Byakko and Genbu into their own respective directions.
No one expected this. No one was alert enough to notice it.
Thus the four gods were sealed off. And the god of the center was known. Finally.
To be one of the most cruel gods in the universe…
But Seiryuu and Suzaku have been doubting the center god – they were more alert and suspicious of the people around them than Byakko and Genbu. They had cast a spell – set a trap along with Genbu and Byakko.
So that if they were to be destroyed, or sealed off, after a decade 4 of their chosen ones would come from another world to unseal them, and defeat the center god.
And now… one decade had just past… The time has come…
+End Prologue+
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[Phase 1][Part 1][Fire.Water.Seijyutsukai?]
The more you know, the more you don't know…
"Uwaaaa…! Gotsusosamaaaa---!!!" [gotsusosama – something you say after you've finished eating… it's like a courtesy thing for Japanese…]
"You eat too much, Takao…" Max looked at his best friend, and the mountain of plates in front of him.
The midnight-blue haired boy looked at Max, and raised an eyebrow at the blond, "Food is one of my only pleasures of life… don't deprive me of it… and I'm not that fat anymore…"
"It isn't whether you are fat or not that matters…" Kyojyu pointed out, but Takao waved an arm to silence him.
"Come on, we should get going… end of lunch…" Rei stood up, trying desperately to change the topic.
Takao had lately been quite argumentative when it came to food and him, and Rei made it a point to stop the usual one-hour debate to begin once more.
Takao blinked, looked at the chinese blader, blinked again, before grinning and standing up – the argumentative thoughts evaporating from his brain.
Kai stood up next, not speaking, not doing much, and as usual, not showing much expression.
And it was at this moment that the light flashed. Twice.
Once, blue. Once, red.
It wasn't anything special. No one really did anything much. Just the flashes of light…
… And the two were gone, leaving their friends rooted the spot in surprise.
"Takao!? Kai!?"
The time has come…
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"Oooowww…" Takao blinked, and a blue sky came into focus. His head hurt, and his vision slightly blurred. His hands wandered in a circle around him, feeling grass and tiny wildflowers. Funny. Weren't they in a café eating lunch just now?
Frowning, he propped himself up on his elbows, and took a better look at his surroundings.
Lush green trees, shrubs, bushes and wild grass.
Did the café just get a makeover?
He shook his head – of course not. He was just somewhere else.
How much logic that sentence made he did not really bother to think through.
Running a hand through his messy fringe, he stood up shakily. Taking in his surroundings once more, confirming his guesses.
He wasn't in Japan anymore – let say the café – he was somewhere else.
Where, though?
The silence in the clearing was rather alarming, and the midnight-haired world champion [2] felt his muscles tense as a breeze blew by, rustling tree leaves and bushes.
He looked around him – the atmosphere had changed, the blue sky was no longer blue, more grey than blue now.
Even if he wasn't in Japan, there was no excuse for such a weather condition…
He swallowed. Funny how the change in atmosphere could affect him this badly. It just didn't feel right. He had never really felt like this before…
Something was wrong. Something was missing. Something was…
"Kinomiya! Down!" [3]
It was as if his subconscious mind took over as he threw himself flat on the ground just as the voice reached his ears. The tone of the voice made him fall straight away into the command.
Just a millisecond after he threw himself down, a gust of wind swept past his head, and a dull thud was heard somewhere else.
He blinked, not daring to move. What was that?
A pair of shoes came into view and he looked at them incredulously. Waaaiiit a minute, why did this pair of shoes look like…
"Kai?"
"Hn."
"What are you doing here?" Takao pushed himself upward with his free hand. Nope, he definitely did not like to be 'kissing the ground' when Kai was near him.
Kai shrugged, "Just as you are here, so am I."
Takao blew at his fringe – even Kai did not know – he might as well forget about being able to get answers. Then he remembered.
Looking ahead of him, the area from which he had heard the dull thump previously, he saw a row of fallen trees. Had the gust of wind done that? He walked forward cautiously until he was at the stump of the closest tree that had fallen. It seemed as though something of great force had hit the tree, caused it to fall, and past through the other trees in that particular row.
"It could've been you." Came Kai's silent comment as he watched the boy gape.
"But…" Takao looked at the older boy next to him. But he could not sort out the questions in his mind.
"…Thanks." He mumbled. If he couldn't ask, he could at least express his 'gratitude'. No matter how much he didn't like to admit it, Kai Hiwatari had saved him from the fate of being like those fallen trees, and Takao Kinomiya did not like to deny the fact that someone had saved him.
"Welcome." Kai shrugged off the remark.
"What was that… thing… though…?" Hazel brown eyes blinked in confusion.
"Magic," Kai bent down near the closest fallen tree and ran a finger along the place where the bark had split. "Wind magic."
"Haaa…?" Takao raised an eyebrow, "Magic? Kai, seriously, are you alright? First you are saving my life, then you're trying to tell me that it was magic that…"
In midsentence Kai had already leapt next to him and pushed him down onto the ground once more.
Takao did not like the ground.
Takao did not like Kai pushing him to the ground.
But he was grateful once more as this time two gusts of wind swept past, falling a few more rows of trees.
But then again, he did not like being saved by Kai twice in a row. He just didn't like it. [4]
"What in the world is happening…?" Takao started, annoyed and visably confused.
"Stay down." Came Kai's reply – not answering his question in any way or another.
Afew more torrents of wind – each getting stronger and following the previous gust at a quicker interval.
"We've got to get ready to run soon…"
"Why?"
Another question unanswered.
Kai growled and leapt away from his spot on the ground, a blast of wind forming a dent in that exact spot. Takao gulped.
He wasn't very, very good at these kind of games…
… In fact, he knew where the next blast was going to hit… so…
… Wait a minute…
He cocked his head to his right as the blast of wind swept past, leaving him untouched.
He knew. He knew where the source of wind was coming from. He knew where it was going to hit next.
He knew how to stop it.
The time has come, chosen one of Water…
[5]A voice… And his mind went blank.
"Kono yo no naka no subete no aoi mono: Umi, ame, kawa yo. Ima, koko ni, aoi no ryuu no na wo kake, mizu no chikara wo ware no mono ni nare…!"
[6]"… Kinomiya…" Kai's eyes widened, watching the world champion in front of him glow blue – or was it still Takao? The voice was different, the look was different…
The aura emitted was different.
This wasn't Takao.
'Takao' evaded blast after blast of wind with ease and flowing simplicity, seemingly experienced and more calm than usual. Then he stopped, a bright blue ball of energy forming around both his hands.
"Seiryuu! Chikara wo dase!!!"
[7]Two clean swipes, causing two blurs of blue energy to sweep through the air, crashing into a nearby rock, shattering it in one blow and the creature beneath it.
Kai only nodded, confirming his guess at the second's glimpse of the creature – a large scorpion, missing the dim flash of blue light that flickered thrice around Takao, and the large blue dragon that appeared for a millisecond.
The pale blue light around Takao ceased as he collapsed onto his knees, blinking wearily.
"Kinomiya… you…" Kai looked at the younger blader who had regained his usual aura.
"I…?" Takao ran a hand through his hair and plopped down on the grass, panting slightly, "What happened? Waaa… I'm so tired…"
Kai paused to look around him – the threatening aura that was once around the area had died down, the creature of Wind probably defeated… by Takao?
It didn't make sense.
Takao did not know magic of any form…
… Right?
"OIIIIIII!!! YOU TWO OVER THERE!!!"
"Hn?" Kai turned around, only to see a girl with pale blue hair waving at both of them, appearing seemingly from the clearing.
Weird, Kai remembered not sensing any presense of a human just now…
"Waaahhh… and to think Elder Rashii sent me here to rid this Scorpion beast AND I see YOU…" She looked at Takao to further state her point, "Kill it just like THAT. You must be some lord of some clan, right? And such a strong Seijyuu too!"
"Me…?" Takao blinked at the girl, drained of nearly all his energy to be able to speak full sentences. "…Seijyuu…?"
"Yes. Seijyuu." The girl looked at the confused boy, cocking her head to one side, "You don't know what a Seijyuu is?"
"No." Takao stated simply, looking at Kai expectantly, "Kai…?"
"Seijyuu… holy beast…" Kai looked from Takao to the girl, "But what has that got to do with Kinomiya…?"
"What has it got to do?!" The girl shierked, "He just cast such a strong WATER spell and you ask me what has it got to do!? He's a very very strong Seijyuutsukai, a very strong one… Only caught a glimpse of his Seijyuu though… didn't really see what it was…" The girl soon started to mumble to herself, leaving a very confused Takao and a frowning Kai looking at her.
She paused through her rambling, then blinked at them.
Silence.
"Aheh… ooops…" She grinned sheepishly, scratching the back of her head, "I should explain it all, but not here… Follow me to my village – Jyuukei, village of the Seijyuutsukai… You look tired anyway," She beamed at Takao, who blinked back cluelessly at her.
"Follow you?" Kai raised an eyebrow, "In this state?" He motioned to Takao, who attempted to stand up – to no avail.
"You people have a weird way of looking at things here…" The girl cocked her head, "I mean teleportation of course! Jyuukei is miles away from this area!"
Teleportation…? Takao looked at the girl, gaping.
What was this talk about magic? First Kai, then this stranger who came running up and calling him a what? … Seijyuu-something…
Before he could muster up the strength to ask another question, the girl was already scratching a chalk circle around them, before standing in the circle as well.
"Shiroi ookami yo, kono yo no subete no kaze yo… ware wo koko ni dasu! Jyuukei e!"
[8]A flash of pale lavender light surrounded them, and in a flash, the trio disappeared from the clearing.
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//Listen to your heart… user of fire…//
Kai sat up, looking around him cautiously. He just had a strange dream. Something that he could not really remember…
"Ah! Kai! You're awake!"
The crimson-eyed blader turned to see Takao, happily sipping some kind of tea on a cushion while the girl whom they had met just now brought in another cup of tea, setting it down before him.
He took in his surroundings in one glance. A normal house, rather small, complete with a table and a few cushions around it, and he himself was sitting upright in some kind of makeshift bed.
"You guys really are weird… Couldn't take the strain of teleportation… the first time I've seen people like that…" The girl motioned to the cup of tea, "Go on, drink… no poison, if that's what you are worrying about…" She answered automatically at Kai's slight frown.
Kai picked up the cup, never losing eye contact with the girl's cerulean depths, and took a sip.
Tasted ok, no signs of poison.
"Told you so," The girl shrugged and rolled her eyes a bit, "Have no motive to poison you anyway."
"Naa… Could you please just explain about this thing? I'm terribly confused…" Takao asked the girl, seemingly impatient to let out all his questions.
"I would, and I could… but for one thing, I would like to ask a question. You guys aren't from Mekaiina, right?"
"Meka…?" Takao looked at the girl, raising an eyebrow.
"No." Kai shook his head, "Earth."
"Ah… Earth…" The girl nodded, taking a sip out of her cup of tea, before spitting it out.
"EARTH!?"
Takao, overwhelmed at her reaction, backed away slightly, sweatdropping, "Eh… yes…?"
Wiping her mouth with the back of her hand, the girl regained her composure before bowing to them, "Pardon me for being rude, Isekai no Seijyuutsukai-sama." [Isekai no Seijyuutsukai-sama – The Seijyuutsukai from another world. –sama is added to implement great respect.]
"Haaa?…" Takao looked from the girl to Kai. He thought he could never be any more confused.
Now he had gotten more confused than possible.
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[Tsuzuku!]
Haaaaaiii… *rubs neck* That took me a while… If you guys noticed, this chapter is a little different to the old first chapter… a little more complicated, if you ask me… I had problems finding the right words to use… O_o
Also, though this isn't really a debut fic now… I still could save some pointers… I mean… KAI IS SO HARD TO GRASP!!! ;___; It's hard not making him speak…
Also, I've still not thought up on what couples I want to use… Most probably a TyKa, this one… but as you could see… I didn't drop any obvious hints… Depending on what my readers want, this may become a Takao/OC, Kai/OC and so on… Doesn't really matter to me. Heh.
Please R&R for me… I need comments to improve… ;____; Comments, suggestions, constructive flames = welcome, idiotic flames will be extinguished by Takao-chan! ^.^~
Side notes, nonsensical stuff, and author notes:
+I have a lot of these, ne?+
[1] Sorry for the continuous usage of "the god of the center"… I don't want to give away any information on this god, so pardon my vocab usage. Hehehe…
[2] If I'm not wrong… Takao won the world championships twice in a row…? O_O - idiot with STM… ;___; Gomen if I got this wrong, let's just pretend, ne?~ ^^***
[3] As a major problem in my previous chapter 2… Kai never calls Takao Takao… he either goes Kisama or Kinomiya in the jap version. I'm a loyal jap version fan… eheh… [According to those TyKa fansites, Kai DOES call Takao Takao during certain moments… I don't know… *shrugs*]
[4] I doubt Takao-chan's pride would really allow that… eheh…
[5] Well, ignoring all the conflict I had in the previous 2 chapters, what with Seiryuu being wind or something, for this story, I've set Seiryuu as water… sorry if I'm wrong and all, but there was just too much conflict for that topic. Just in case, I'll write here, Suzaku is fire, Byakko is Thunder and Genbu is Earth. If I'm wrong… Let me stay wrong… Sorry guys… *bow*
[6] Mainly my miscellanous jap blabberings… This phrase mainly means…
All the blue things in this world: The ocean, the rain, the rivers and streams. Hereby, in the name of the blue dragon, I shall wield the powers of water.
[^The above english sentence was not totally directly translated, as the direct translation would seem weird. I'm also a greenhorn in jap, correct me if there are any errors in this… heh.]
[7] Another jap blabbering… Mainly means, "Seiryuu, unleash your power!" Simple enough.
[8] I'm so fond of jap blabberings… O_o Mainly means, "White wolf, all the winds of the world, take us away from this place! Jyuukei!" The name of the place – Jyuukei, in this case – will determine the teleportation's main direction of transportation. Heh. I make no sense sometimes.
[Next chapter we get the answers!!! To most things, anyway… X3]