Crimson: 'Suup, peoples?
Okay, this fanfic is for Little. A. Granger. By the way, you should all go check out her Kissing Booth fics, which are really cute, if you ask me. ^^
Okay! So, um... *checks list of Metal Fight Beyblade characters* Pluto, Rago! You guys do the disclaimer!
Team Nemesis (my little name for Pluto, Rago, Johannes, Doji and the people who worked for/with revival of Nemesis): Crimson-san does not own Metal Fight Beyblade nor Taka Atchins the OC, who belongs to Little. A. Granger! She only owns parts the plot and OC Echo Alegre Solsken.
Crimson: Yup! Also, characters are 16, here (Gingka, Madoka, Tsubasa, Kyoya, Ryuga, etc.). Yu, Yuki and Kenta are... whatever age they are in the series. Enjoy 'The Lion Tamer'!
Name: Taka Atchins
Origin: Japanese
Age: 16
Closest Friends: Gingka, Tsubasa, Zeo
Family: Mother, father, older brother (Tamaki)
Rival(s): Zeo
Description/personality: Blonde hair, brown eyes/Rebellious tomboy attitude
History: Daughter of a successful and old-fashioned businessman who has arranged her marriage when she turns 18. Does not like her husband-to-be and doesn't think about marriage. Never cares for schoolwork, instead, beyblading to be number one. Big brother's a bugger, but would always help her in times of need.
"Zeo! Where are we going?" I whined as my best friend and rival dragged me by my wrist.
I just won a tournament organized by the local gyms when the auburn-blond male came to drag me to... wherever.
"The gym. Masamune came back from visiting Gingka and the gang in Japan. In fact, they came here!" he replied.
"Seriously?" I asked, pleasantly surprised. Gingka and Tsubasa were my closest friends from Japan, my birthplace, and I was so happy they were here. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!" I started running ahead of him, my lean and muscular legs helping me sprint faster.
"W-wait! Taka-kun! I can't run that fast!" I heard Zeo complain, but I ignored him and instead, blasted into a full sprint.
In a few minutes, we, well, more like Zeo, were panting and my rival-friend collapsed, sighing.
"Man, I'm not that fast, you know!" he glared and slightly pouted, knowing I play softball, American foot-ball, a bit of broom-ball and lacrosse. I was fit!
"Suck it up, buttercup." I grinned, re-tying the laces from my black, dark blue and yellow Jordans. When I finished, I wiped the invisible dust on my tan knee-length khaki capris and Detroit Tigers' T-shirt and marched inside.
"YO!" I shouted, smiling when I saw the familiar faces of my friends and fellow gym partners.
"Hi, Taka-chan!" A small boy came running to me and wrapped his arms around my waist. I hugged him back.
"Hey, Yu-kun! Whatcha' doing here?"
Kid, now dubbed "Yu", looked up at me, his eyes sparkling and a smile stretched wide. "Basa-san (my nickname for Tsubasa) needed to come for some work or whatever and because he and Masamune were coming to America, we decided to come, too!"
I grinned and ruffled his hair. "Great to see ya, kiddo."
I used to live in Japan. In fact, I loved it. But I had an old-fashioned business man of a father who was strict and didn't like me beyblading. He despised it. He runs a real estate business. When I was thirteen, two years ago, my dad had planned an arranged marriage. On the day I turn 18, I was supposed to marry some heir to another company or whatever.
Yeah. Good luck with that, Dad.
So I moved to America and lived as an exchange student to a prestigious school. Though I hated school-work, I worked hard to get a scholarship here. I saw a beyblade gym and fell in love with it. There, I met Zeo. He told me the story about how Masamune left for Japan to face Gingka, who won the Battle Bladers tournament, about their sick friend, Toby, and the pact they made to become number 1.
Despite my tomboy attitude and dislike for romantic or sappy stuff, I found it cute.
Zeo and I became fast friends... and fast rivals. When he would return from that HD Academy place he went to and when my school day was over, we'd practice in an old tennis field or battle in a park stadium. I also visited Toby many times and we became pretty good friends, too.
I missed my childhood friend, Tsubasa, and my aniki, Tamaki. I met Tsubasa at a real-estate meeting at the age of six. His family, which was just him and his divorced mother (THIS IS BY ME! NOT TRUE TO THE SERIES!), had bought a small estate to live on. The deal was on and off because other people made better deals. When my mother, who was also an old-fashioned person, saw how Tsubasa and I got along (we had bey battles while the adults were chatting), she coaxed my father into signing the deal with Otori-san.
We were really happy. We grew super close, and I loved him like a brother. His feelings were mutual. But nobody could compare to my wonderfully annoying older brother, Tamaki-onii-san.
Like me, he has blond hair and was very athletic, playing for his university's varsity team; lacrosse and base-ball. His eyes were more of a hazel than brown. He's 24-years-old, and would've had to have an arranged marriage, but he got married without our parents' permission when he was 18, before the arranged marriage date. His wife, my sister-in-law, was a French woman named Rouge. She was a kind woman and I liked her. Since my parents didn't... "believe" in divorces, they jumped to me, their youngest. So I was stuck with the arranged marriage. I didn't blame my brother, though. He finally found someone, excluding me, who actually cared and gave him love. I was happy for him.
Now, you're probably wondering who I'm supposed to marry. Yeah.
Despite having a lot of ties to beyblading, I was supposed to marry Julian Konzern, the tough, Gravity Destroyer blader. I wasn't supposed to know who I was marrying, but my dear aniki Tamaki was eavesdropping and informed me. I met the super rich blond kid many times; his family bought estates here and there, and my father was the one who sold them. I didn't like him. I found him a very arrogant and also old-fashioned or whatever. Not my type. But what irked me most was his comment on my bey, Angelic Volanus of Volans the Flying Fish constellation.
[flashback-2 years ago]
An awkward silence covered the room. At the moment, Julian and I were supposed to socialize more between each-other, no doubt it was because of the arranged marriage. I was lying on a sofa with me feet propped up in an un-ladylike fashion while the blond stared out one of the huge windows facing the pools and garages of the Atchins estate. I sighed loudly, bored, and took out my bey. I played with it, twisting it's fusion wheel so it switched from a balance to an attack-type bey.
"What bey is that?" the male broke the silence, slight curiosity lacing his voice.
I hesitated before replying. "Angelic Volanus." Why would he care? He's never shown a bit of interest in me.
"Volanus... Now which constellation is that from...?" he muttered. "Oh! Volans the Flying Fish constellation, am I correct?"
I nodded. 'Course he'd know; he's a prodigy kid.
"Hm. Why would you get a bey based on a fish constellation?" he asked.
"Why would you get a bey based on a dead hero?" I retorted defensively. My bey meant a lot to me. My deceased grandfather gave it to me.
"Heroes are the legends, models and the symbol of my country. Many heroes in Greece are well-known. Perseus, Theseus, Paris and Helen of Troy, Hercules..."
"It's actually Heracles; Hercules is his Roman form. Theseus also isn't that much of a hero, too; he promised Ariadne that he would marry her, but then left her on an island. Mythology says that the Greek deity Dionysus found her and married her. Besides, she's the one who helped Theseus escape from the Labyrinth." I stated. My previous tutor was a huge mythology fanatic, so I knew a lot about it. Besides, a lot of beys are also based on Greek and Roman mythology. (A/N: Julian's: the hero who killed Medusa, Damian's: Hades Kerbecs ((Gates to the Underworld and Cerberus)), King's: Mars, the Roman god of war, Aguma's: the Titan Kronos with the scythe he used to kill his father, Ouranos, etc.)
"While Theseus' story may be that way, there are still great heroes that have represented Greece. Heroes are strong; they're meant to be warriors."
I frowned. "Then what about all of the beys around the world? They're not all based on heroes. You saying my fish isn't tough enough?" I stomped away. Why would I marry such a stuck-up jerk?
[flashback end]
Stupid, stupid, stupid arranged marriage! Ugh...
So I ran away and left to America. For the first year, I lived with my great aunt. But she died in the beginning of the second year. I then joined HD Academy... Until I found out what their plans were. But I couldn't really escape... Until the US's team in the Beyblade World Championship lost.
Zeo, Toby and Masamune took me in, afterwards. I also thanked Gingka and Tsubasa and the rest of GanGan Galaxy for defeating America's team and giving us our freedom, now that we know Ziggurat is gone.
I'm gonna admit it; a lot of Gingka's friends were... hot. Including Tsubasa, Dashan and Xaochin from Wang Hu Zhong. But the one who really caught my eye was Kyoya Tategami. He's from Japan, but he joined the Wild Fang team in the Championship.
Whenever I would visit Japan, or my friends would come to America, we would get into a verbal, sarcastic battle and it would result to a beyblade battle. During those battles, I couldn't help but feel attracted towards him. But he's a lone wolf; he made that very clear.
Anywho, Gingka told us about a trip to Japan to attend a competition. I was confused as to why we needed to go to Japan. We had plenty of mini tournaments here in America. But then he told us how he was gonna be like an assistant MC for a tournament in the city he's staying in now, not at his hometown in Koma City.
So I decided to go, but Team Dungeon had to stay back and skip this one. They were pretty busy. After hanging out for awhile, I packed my things, left Zeo's and went to fly to Japan. I also wanted to confess my feelings for Kyoya to him.
But when the Star Fragment fell from the sky, that's when things changed.
And that's how I joined Gingka, Madoka and the others on an adventure I'll never forget.
It started when Kyoya left the arena furiously, Benkei following. I had no clue why he was mad; I had just arrived from my Tsubasa's place, where I stayed during my visits to Japan. So I decided to go see what the lion bitbeast holder was up to. Tsubasa and Yu were, supposedly, on a training adventure.
By the time I caught up, Kyoya and his follower were looking down at a short kid laying on the ground, clutching at Kyoya's leg. He had brown hair and wore a suit and tie outfit, and little round glasses adorned his face. Kyoya scoffed at something the boy said and left quite rudely.
I went up and helped the kid to his feet.
"Thank you for helping me, um...?"
"Atchins. I'm Atchins Taka." I bowed, remembering the Japanese customs.
"Arigato, Atchins-san. I'm Mizusawa Yuki. I need to talk to Mr. Gingka."
"Gingka? Um, I know where he is..." My voice trailed off as I heard my name being called in the distance.
"Taka! Hey, Taka! Where'd you go?" Gingka asked.
"To try and find Kyoya." I replied simply.
"Are-are you Mr. Gingka?" Yuki asked.
"Um, yeah?" said person replied.
"I have something very important to tell you!" He then proceeded on telling us about a Star that fell to Earth and how it shattered into ten fragments and landed in different people's beys. He also explained that an evil force wants to use it to revive Nemesis, the god of destruction.
... I'm just gonna point this out; Nemesis is the Greek goddess of revenge.
So Gingka agreed on helping, when a strange man named Johannes appeared. And when I say strange, I mean psycho strange.
He wouldn't stop acting like a cat...
A woman was also with him. She could've easily been our age. Her name was Echo Alegre Solsken. There was a battle. Johannes had a Lynx bey and Echo had a Dolphin bey.
Johannes had dark hair covered by a tall floppy hat, that resembled a priest's hat, that was white with golden-yellow accents and baggy clothes of the same style. He was also tanned.
Echo had short, dark purple hair that reached to her chin and was layered with long bangs. Her eyes were a grey-silver with white pupils and she had pale skin. She wore black oval-framed glasses and her outfit was similar to Ruby's from RWBY the show. The difference was the colour and a bit of the style; Echo's dress was white with jade green laces, and the corset string was also of that colour. She had white knee-high combat boots with green laces, no stockings and the dress was a halter style, a jade green cape covering most of her bare shoulders. It clung at the top, due to the corset, and sorta flared out from the hips down, again, like Ruby's, and ended just a bit above her knees. Brown gloves adorned her hands.
After awhile, they disappeared. And I mean literally disappeared. There was no signs of them leaving.
From there on out, we set our eyes on saving the world from destruction.
Crimson: Here it is! Probably gonna turn out into a short story of about a dozen chapters. *shrugs* Who knows? *grins* Placed after Metal Masters. I'm actually thinking of starring Metal Fury in this story. Metal Fury with a twist; Taka Atchins! Hm... Yeah... That's a great idea! Now I'mma have to re-watch all of the episodes for the details. Depends if I have the time...
R&R, fellow bladers! NO FLAMES, THOUGH! Never with the Flames... I do accept constructive criticism.
Sorry for the wait, Little. A. Granger! Hope you liked this! :) And stay tuned for the possibility of more chapters! I feel like this one is short and rushed due to last minute thinking.