Blitzkreig50889: well, everyone, I've brought with me a rather complicated fic. It took me a long time to figure out how I was going to write this one. I hope I've managed to do a decent job with it. I never thought I would ever write one like it and now that I have…well, let's just say you might expect to see a few more one-shots like this one. Still, to get to the point, I do not own beyblade or any of its characters. So, with that said, please enjoy the fic. Oh, and just to warn you, it's going to be a long one.
Enter Wolborg Metal Survivor: The Ultimate Symbol of Friendship
Tears trickled off of the phoenix's face. It didn't want to do what it was about to do. It didn't want to leave its master behind. It didn't want to go and save someone else even if that person was a rare master bit beast controller (1). It just didn't understand.
"Go, Dranzer," the phoenix's master ordered with the remaining strength of his mind. "Go save Tala."
NO! Dranzer wanted to scream. It didn't want to do this. It wanted to stay by its master's side.
"Please…Dranzer. Go save Tala. I…I have something I need to say to him."
Dranzer wanted to scream. Couldn't its master see something was wrong with him? Couldn't its master see that if he left, there would be no one there to keep his master alive?
For the first time in what felt like weeks, Dranzer thought of itself with a gender. It thought of itself as a male. Who cared what the world thought it was supposed to be? Who cared if the world only saw the good things about the phoenix and its master and not the bad? It didn't appear anyone did.
"Dranzer, please do this for me."
Dranzer shuddered. He had no choice now. His master was forcing him away; forcing him towards Tala…and Wolborg.
With a powerful flap of his wings, Dranzer took off towards the hospital housing the comatose Tala. Tears drifted down his face and over his tail as he flew away. Two of the many tears landed on the phoenix's master's head, with no effect.
Oh, Tala, please don't be too far gone, the phoenix thought. For Kai's sake, don't be too far gone for me to save you.
Wolborg felt something tugging at its mind; something strong and powerful but also fading in its strength.
What is that? Wolborg didn't have time to dwell on it as the force let out a scream.
"WOLBORG!"
Dranzer? Wolborg tried to shake its head but found it couldn't move. Another yell from the phoenix confirmed what Wolborg's weakened mind had been attempting to confirm on its own; the phoenix was trying to get the wolf's attention.
"Wolborg, please answer me. I need your help!"
Struggling to move through the fog in its head, Wolborg reached with its mind for the obviously distraught phoenix. "Dranzer, is that you?"
"Oh, thank the heavens!" the phoenix answered. "You finally answered me."
Wolborg struggled to keep his mind clear so he could answer the phoenix back. "What's wrong?" he managed after a moment.
"Kai is dying. He won't let me help him. He sent me to save Tala, but it's hard for me to do anything when he's fading out too. I want you to try and hold him to this plane of existence. Can you do that?"
Wolborg mentally shook its head. Dranzer wasn't coming in too clear any more, but it was pretty sure the phoenix had said Kai was dying. Kai? Wolborg was pretty sure it knew who that was but it just couldn't seem to…A sudden image popped into the wolf's mind. Two-toned blue hair, amethyst eyes, a long white scarf over a dark violet and gold jacket and shirt along with the same dark violet pants and black shoes caused Wolborg to jerk somewhat in surprise. It knew who that was!
A sudden surge of strength caused the wolf to become completely alert. "I'm coming to help you Dranzer. Hang on a moment."
The phoenix's sigh of relief was all that was needed to spur the ice wolf into action. I'm not sure how to save a life, the wolf mused to himself. But I'm sure as heck going to try; for Dranzer's sake. And just like Dranzer, he thought of himself as a male alpha wolf, heading out to save one of his pack.
Salamander eyes snapped open. It didn't take much for the powerful bit beast to pick up on the distress signal. Kai? It mused to itself. It remembered who that blader was. The two-toned hair and the amethyst eyes were pretty hard to miss no matter what the Russian was wearing. Add to that the stench of phoenix, and the salamander would have no trouble picking Kai out of a crowd. Still, something was wrong.
"Salamolyon, you okay?"
The salamander known as Salamolyon ignored the voice of its griffin teammate and focused on finding Dranzer, Kai's phoenix bit beast. After a moment, he caught a whiff of the phoenix's scent…and blood.
Jerking upright and nearly bowling over its teammates, the salamander rushed out of the room and made a beeline for the nearest door. Dranzer's plan (whatever that was since the salamander couldn't' get a clear idea of what the phoenix was trying to do) wouldn't work if the phoenix tried to do this with no one but Wolborg for help. And despite the phoenix and salamander's rivalry, even Salamolyon wouldn't let something happen to another fire blader like its own. No, solitary as he may be, the salamander would never allow death to come sooner than it should to a master of fire.
Darting out a door, Salamolyon smiled to himself. It felt good to know he was doing something to save a life…even if he hadn't thought of healing in a long, long time. Now all he had to do was find the quickest was to Japan, and he'd be set. Unknown to Salamolyon however, was the fact that he was not the only one thinking of being a particular gender, and uniting with another set of bit beasts to save someone's life.
Kenny let out a sigh. He hadn't seen Kai or Dranzer for several hours now, and no matter how much Tyson, Ray, and Max searched for Kai, they hadn't been able to find him. A sudden rush of wind caused him to jump out of the chair he'd been sitting in and look over at the source of the wind. He nearly let out a cry of terror at the sight in front of him.
"Be at ease, kid. I'm not going to hurt you. I only want to know if you can answer my question," a teal and gold falcon growled out in the boy's head. Kenny wanted to run for the hills. He knew who this bit beast belonged to…and he knew the bit beast's name.
Falborg, the bit beast Kenny was trying not to run from let out a sigh of frustration. Dranzer's distress signals were extremely high and to make things even more difficult, it appeared Wolborg had gone after Kai's fading spirit. Add to that the fact Salamolyon had even picked up on the phoenix's distress and Falborg was about ready to go insane; especially if Galux and Trypio found out that something was wrong. Then he'd never hear the end of it from either of them.
"What do you want?" Kenny managed to squeak out. Falborg rerouted his attention back to the boy and smiled faintly.
"I just want you to tell me if you know where Dizzi is?"
Kenny blinked. He hadn't heard from Dizzi in almost a year. Her sudden departure had left him feeling a little depressed and lonely at first, but he'd managed to recover. Hearing Falborg ask for her now, made the pain return a little.
"I'm sorry, Falborg, but I don't know where Dizzi is. She's been gone for quite awhile now."
The falcon let out another sigh before leaving Kenny with a gust of wind. I need to find Dizzi, the falcon thought to himself. I have to find her. If I don't, Wolborg and Dranzer may both be lost…forever.
Galux lifted her head up from the ground where she had been sleeping only moments before. The scent of blood and tears reached her nose with an incredible strength.
Dranzer? Galux wasn't sure if it was the phoenix or not, but she knew something was wrong. No one had seen Kai or the phoenix around for several hours, and just like the other bladers and their bit beasts, Galux was beginning to worry.
"Galux?" a voice hissed suddenly in her mind. Galux nearly jumped before getting control of her surprise and snapping back at the owner of the voice.
"What the hell do you want Salamolyon?"
"Do you feel it?"
Galux blinked. Feel it? What the heck was Salamolyon talking about? "Feel what?" she queried after a moment.
Salamolyon let out a frustrated sigh. "Fear…and death."
Galux noted that Salamolyon sounded almost afraid, but she could feel it too. Something wrong was happening to Kai and Dranzer. "Yeah, I feel it too. Is it Dranzer?"
"Yeah," the salamander answered after a moment. "I think he's trying to revive Tala."
Galux gasped and drew attention from her teammates. "You okay, Galux?" Galeon asked softly. Galux sent him a glare before turning back to her mental conversation with Salamolyon.
"Do you know where he's at?"
"No," Salamolyon answered with a slight tinge of sadness to his voice. "No matter how hard I try to find them, I can't find them. It's almost as if their scent patterns have disappeared."
Galux looked over her shoulder at Galeon who was still looking at her worriedly. "Galeon, I need to leave for a little bit. Tell Mariah I'll be back as soon as I can manage to return. Tell her…" Galux broke off before continuing. "Tell Mariah that I'm going to go and help Dranzer and Wolborg."
Galeon's jaw dropped open at that comment. Before he could say anything to stop Galux, the female wildcat had taken off down the street to search for Dranzer.
Trypio's eyes snapped open. The sensation of being stared at wasn't something it was particularly fond of.
"Trypio, you awake?"
The scorpion nearly groaned. The last thing it wanted to ever see again was a rather annoying falcon bit beast. "No, I'm still sleeping and dreaming about dancing the hula. Of course I'm awake!" the scorpion snapped after a moment.
Falborg's sudden snort of amusement however caught the scorpion off guard. "Good. I wouldn't want someone who happens to share armor blood(2.) with Dranzer to still be dreaming of dancing a dance they'll never be able to dance."
Trypio nearly groaned. Falborg's sense of humor was just as atrocious as ever. "And you would want me because…?"
"Don't try and tell me you can't feel it, Trypio."
Trypio turned its head and finally looked Falborg in the eyes. The falcon's eyes literally blazed worry and…fear? After a moment, Trypio spoke to the falcon again.
"I can feel it. I don't want to, but I do. What's going on?"
Falborg looked away. "Will you come with me?"
Trypio blinked. "Where?"
"I think I know where Kai and Dranzer are, but I need to find Dizzi to confirm it. Will you help me find Dizzi?"
Trypio tilted its head to the side. "Maybe…"
"Trypio, please!"
Trypio gaped at Falborg. It was now very obvious that the falcon was afraid of something, especially if he was willing to beg for help. "Alright, I'll go with you."
Falborg let out a sigh of relief. "Thank you Trypio."
The scorpion gave Falborg a weird look. "You're welcome, but do me a favor."
"What?"
"Don't get this weird on me again. I'd rather you be trying to kill me any day over this type of behavior you're going through now."
Falborg just blinked in confusion. Trypio let out a sigh. "Never mind. Let's go find Dizzi."
Falborg nodded before twisting around so Trypio could climb up on his back. Once the scorpion had positioned himself comfortably, for that was what Trypio was calling itself nowadays, a male scorpion, Falborg gave a powerful flap of his wings and darted into the now nighttime sky. With Galux, Trypio, Salamolyon, Wolborg, and himself at Dranzer's side, there'd be no way they'd lose Kai…or Tala.
Tala jerked awake. It was that dang dream again! Struggle as he might he couldn't figure out why he kept having it. He'd been out of the hospital for months now and still it kept plaguing him. Even when he was in his coma, he'd had that dream.
Shaking his head, Tala quietly got out of bed. A quick glance at his alarm clock told him it was only two in the morning and that it was stupid for such an odd dream to have him up. Sighing, he put on warmer clothes than the ones he had gone to bed in and walked out onto the small balcony of the hotel room Mr. Dickenson had placed him and his fellow Blitzkrieg Boys in. A full moon blasted down on him, as did the rather frigid air.
Tala shivered. It had been nearly four months since B.E.G.A had been defeated. He still remembered the almost acrid smell of Apollon's Radiant Thunder attack. He still remembered the pain of the attack. He still remembered what he had told Tyson that day. And he still remembered the blackness that had occurred just before he went into his coma.
Glancing back at the room where he was supposed to be sleeping, Tala wondered if Tyson remembered what he had been told. He doubted it, but then again, who knew what Tyson chose to remember or forget. He sure as heck didn't.
Glancing up at the moon again, Tala wondered where Wolborg had gotten to. Dranzer and the other bit beasts that had disappeared for a few weeks up to a few months had completely returned last week. All except for Wolborg, anyway.
Letting out a sigh, Tala turned and walked back into his bedroom. Tomorrow he'd have to go see Kenny. There was no way around it. Mr. Dickenson would only hound him about it until he finally gave in and went anyway.
Sighing yet again, Tala walked back into the room and crawled into the bed. He closed his eyes and hoped the dream would not come back again. He didn't even care he was fully dressed. Still, Tala didn't have any luck, and the dream returned, as if it hadn't even ended.
Galux ran with as much speed as she could muster. I have to get to Salamolyon, she thought viciously. I have to or Dranzer, Wolborg, Kai, and Tala could be lost forever.
Rounding a bend in the road, Galux nearly ran over said salamander. "Whoa!" Salamolyon yelled just before Galux actually bowled him over.
"Sorry," Galux managed once she caught her breath and had gotten off of the now very dazed Salamolyon. "Uh…are you okay?"
Salamolyon rolled to his stomach and shook his head to clear it. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just next time, try not to run me over."
Galux blushed before saying, "So, where's Dranzer and Kai?"
Salamolyon shrugged. "I don't have a clue. There's still no scent trail for me to follow."
Galux let out a growl of frustration before a thought suddenly hit her. "Do you know where Falborg is?"
Salamolyon blinked in confusion. "Falborg? Why do you want to know where he is?"
"So he can help us find Dizzi, who should then be able to help us find Dranzer."
"Isn't Dizzi in Kenny's laptop?" Salamolyon sounded a little confused.
Galux sighed. "No, she's not there anymore. For some weird reason she just up and disappeared."
Salamolyon's soft "Oh," did nothing to make Galux feel any better.
"Well, let's go find Falborg then," the salamander said after a moment. "At least I can manage to smell him."
"Good. Let's go," Galux ordered the salamander before running back in the direction Salamolyon had been going. She already knew Falborg wasn't in the other direction or she probably would've heard him. Salamolyon simply sighed before following after Galux. It looked like it was going to be a really long night.
Dizzara, AKA Dizzi, let out a growl of frustration. Trying to stay away from Kenny for a whole two years was proving to be more difficult than she had initially thought it would be. Still, it seemed to be doing him some good. He was already becoming an incredible person. It wouldn't be long now before he was really something to see.
Sighing softly to herself, Dizzi turned herself into a dragon; a butterfly dragon to be exact and smiled faintly to herself. If anyone managed to find her in this form, than she'd eat one of her very lousy attempts at making chocolate chip cookies.
"DIZZI!" a voice yelled, knocking her out of her reverie. Dizzi's head snapped around as she searched for the voice. She was pretty sure that voice belonged to Trypio…but how in all living heaven had the scorpion managed to come to this area. Trypio wasn't exactly one of the more adventuresome bit beasts around.
"Dizzi, are you out here?" Another voice queried. Dizzi sighed. At least now she knew how Trypio had managed to get out here. With Falborg carrying him, the scorpion probably wouldn't give a damn what was going on.
"Trypio, are you sure Dizzi's around here?" Falborg snapped.
"Yes! She's probably just sleeping or something. Her digital signal wouldn't be out here and be clear if she weren't here anyway."
Dizzi nearly groaned. That explained how Trypio knew to start yelling for her. Giving up on trying to hide, Dizzi transformed herself into an angel and went to go see if she could manage to find Trypio and Falborg before they found her.
Tala jerked awake as his alarm clock went off. Cursing the annoying buzzing and the dream that kept plaguing him, he jumped out of bed and slammed the clock into a wall not caring that it was the fifth alarm clock he'd been through that week.
"Why can't I get these dreams out of my head?" Tala wondered. "Why do they keep coming back?"
"Hey, Tala, are you up?" Ian yelled from the hallway. Tala sighed. At least Mr. Dickenson had made sure each Blitzkrieg Boy had their own room or Ian probably would've been nearly killed a dozen or more times already.
Instead of yelling back through the door, Tala walked over and opened the door to an open mouthed Ian. Obviously the younger blader had been about to yell for him again.
"Uh…we're supposed to go downstairs. Mr. Dickenson sent me up to tell you," Ian gulped out at the sight of the death glare Tala was giving him. Ian had arrived in Japan shortly after Tala had been hospitalized and hadn't left since. Rolling his eyes, Tala turned and walked back into the room while leaving the door open. After quickly brushing his teeth and grabbing a rather old nearly destroyed beyblade simply from habit, Tala followed Ian out the door and downstairs.
"Good morning, Tala," Mr. Dickenson greeted. Tala just grunted in reply before walking out the hotel's main doors. He already knew where they were going; to Tyson's dojo.
After riding in Mr. Dickenson's limousine for about half an hour due to traffic, they limo finally pulled up in front of Tyson's dojo. Tala gave it a wary look. He was about to walk into what could possibly be one of the most dangerous places for a still recovering coma patient.
"Tala?" Bryan queried from beside him. Tala simply shook his head at the slightly older blader and got out of the limo. It looked like it was time to face the others.
Mr. Dickenson gave Tala an encouraging smile before leading the Blitzkrieg Boys up to the dojo's front door. A fairly loud knock from Mr. Dickenson earned them an almost immediate response.
"Hey, Mr. D., How ya doing?" Tyson asked as he answered the door. "How's…" Tyson broke off at the sight of the Blitzkrieg Boys. "Hi, guys. How've you been?"
Tala blinked in confusion as he watched Tyson force the door all the way open. It was obvious they were having difficulty with it.
Once the door had been dealt with, the Blitzkrieg Boys entered the dojo. Tala wanted to groan. It appeared every team from the championships, including some he hadn't seen before, were all gathered in the building.
"Welcome back, guys," Max said cheerfully.
"Yeah, it's good to see you all again," Ray added.
Tala sensed a small shift his teammates before Bryan spoke.
"Thanks, I guess…" the silver haired teen murmured. Fairly large smiles broke out in the room and before Tala knew it, him and his entire team was surrounded by the others.
"Welcome back, brothers." Tala would've smiled if he'd been able to. It appeared Kai was doing just fine.
"Yes, welcome back indeed. You guys were missed," a female voice said softly in Tala's head. Tala recognized the voice as belonging to Galux just before a small piece of the dream Tala had been having earlier roared to life in his mind.
"Damn it!" Salamolyon growled. "We're running out of time!"
Galux nodded. "I know. I can feel it too, but we have to find Dizzi. We can't help Dranzer if we don't know where Kai even is."
Salamolyon let out a snarl of frustration. "This would be some much easier if I knew what the hell Dizzi's scent was."
Galux let out a snort. "If you're sense of smell was that great, you'd probably realize we're about to run straight into Falborg and Trypio."
"Say what?!" Salamolyon yelled before nearly bowling over both Trypio and Falborg.
"Hey!" Trypio yelled. "Watch where…oh, sorry Salamolyon."
Salamolyon simply did a bit beast imitation of an eyebrow raising before glancing over at a cursing Falborg…and Dizzi?
"Dizzi?" the salamander queried after a moment. His sudden query caught Galux's attention.
Dizzi let out a sigh. "Yeah, Salamolyon, it's me. And Galux, please close your mouth before something unpleasant ends up in it."
Galux hurriedly closed her mouth before sending glares in Salamolyon, Trypio, and Falborg's directions before speaking directly to Dizzi. "Have Falborg and Trypio told you about what's going on?"
Dizzi nodded. "Yeah, they have. Let's go though before it gets any more difficult to do this." A nod from the other four bit beasts told Dizzi all she needed to know. These guys were more than willing to set their differences with Dranzer and Wolborg aside to help them.
"Tala, you okay?"
Tala jerked as he realized he'd been staring off in no particular direction. "What? Yeah, I'm fine."
Several raised eyebrows said the others weren't so sure, but they didn't press him. Taking a quick glance around, Tala noticed the dojo seemed more…festive…than usual. "Uh, what's going on here?"
"Did you forget it's December?" Kai's sudden remark took Tala by surprise. December? Already? When had that happened?
"I think that's a yes," Johnny murmured softly. Tala glanced over at the Scot and was met with instant respect. Surprised, but grateful, Tala offered that same respect back and got a small smile out of the Majestic; along with another unwanted memory of that dream.
Salamolyon let out a snarl as Dizzi in her angel form stepped on his tail. "Damn it, Dizzara, watch where you're freaking walking!"
Dizzi sent him a glare before continuing on as if the Salamander hadn't spoken at all. "Okay, this here is the area where we need to be in order to save Dranzer and the others."
Salamolyon tilted his head to the side slightly before giving Dizzi a skeptical look. "Outside a recycling factory?" he queried.
Dizzi nodded. "Yeah. It's the easiest thing to set on fire."
"WHAT?!" Galux yelled. "Are you crazy?"
"No, by setting up a spot where a fire can burn we're giving Dranzer some extra energy. He can't pull Tala out of his comatose state if he doesn't have some extra energy to keep him going," Dizzi answered.
Salamolyon sighed. "In other words, you want me to burn the place down?"
"Precisely."
Salamolyon just shook his head. "Alright then. Everyone stand clear."
Galux and Trypio exchanged looks before scurrying back as far from the building as they could get and still be able to keep the other three bit beasts in sight. Falborg was flying in the air with Dizzi sitting quietly on his back. Salamolyon was right outside the door of the recycling factory and working up the strength for a vicious fire.
"Here goes," the salamander muttered. "Emerald Deity Flames!" The building burst into bright green flames at Salamolyon's roar.
"Hey, Tala, get over here!" Ian yelled suddenly. Tala jerked and lost the memory. He moved towards Ian, but not before he noticed a faint smile cross Johnny's face. It seemed Johnny knew what was happening to him but was wisely keeping quiet.
"What do you want Ian?" Tala grumbled once he reached his younger teammate."
"I don't want anything, Tyson and Kenny do."
Tala nearly groaned. Just what he didn't want to have to deal with. Walking quietly over to both bladers, Tala wondered what they wanted. As he walked, another memory from the dream assaulted his mind.
Dranzer let out a gasp of pain and exhaustion as he attempted to tear apart the wall that was keeping Tala from regaining consciousness. So far, he hadn't managed to succeed and was beginning to wonder if he was going to even leave a dent in the wall.
"Dranzer, you might want to hurry. I can't hang onto Kai's fading spirit much longer," Wolborg warned.
Wolborg, the phoenix thought. If I don't manage to succeed here, we may both be lost. Shaking his head, Dranzer prepared himself to slam up against Tala's unresponsive mind. Again, he met only a wall.
"Damn it!" the phoenix yelled, breaking his rule about swearing in any shape or form. "Why the hell can't I manage to get through to you, Tala?"
Tala, however, didn't in the slightest bit respond. He remained as silent as he'd ever been over the past month.
Sighing, Dranzer pulled back from the coma wall he'd been slamming into for most of the night. It was over. There was nothing else he could do.
"Don't you dare give up yet, Dranzer!" a voice snapped. "I didn't set fire to a building for you to go and quit now."
Salamolyon, Dranzer thought. What the heck was he doing here?
"That's right," another voice added. "We didn't come all this way for you to throw in the towel at this point."
Trypio? Now Dranzer really was confused. Where the heck had the salamander and scorpion come from? Neither one was remotely close, yet both were there with him.
"You can thank us later for helping out," another voice jumped in. Dranzer clearly recognized this one as belonging to Falborg. "We'll put it on your tab."
Dranzer would've sighed at the falcon's lousy humor had another voice not interrupted. "They're right Dranzer. We're here to help you out. You can't do this without us."
Galux? Dranzer only had a second to wonder why she was there. Weird, the phoenix thought to himself. It seems almost as if all the bit beasts that rate as seconds (3.) are here to help me. All of them except for Wolborg of course. He's a powerhouse (4.) bit beast.
Shaking his head, Dranzer let out a yell to all of them. "Thanks! I needed that pep talk."
"Well, glad we're all able to be of service, including me!"
Dranzer let out a gasp. "Dizzi!"
"Yep, that's me alright," Dizzi answered back. "Miss me?"
Dranzer would've laughed if he wasn't in charge of saving two of the most powerful beybladers around. "You better believe it!"
Dizzi let out a laugh. "Good. I'm coming back in a few months…probably around Christmas to give Kenny the shock of his life."
"Good. Kenny's been nothing but a pain in ass what with all those freaking stats of his."
Dizzi simply shook her head. "Well, I'm going to go and help Wolborg out. Give a holler if you need me."
"Got it," Dranzer answered back before focusing on Tala's coma wall again. You're going down wall! The phoenix took a deep breath and flew straight for the wall.
Tala jerked himself back to the present time. He didn't know why these memories of that dream kept happening, but they did. And they were beginning to earn him some odd looks from the other bladers.
"Hey, Tala, are you okay? You look like you're spacing out about something," Tyson murmured.
Tala just nodded his head before finishing his walk over to them. "I'm fine. What did you want?"
Kenny gave Tala a nervous look before glancing in Kai's direction. With a sigh, Kai got out of his chair and walked over, picking up an odd object on his way over.
"I think this is yours, courtesy of Kenny, Tyson, Max, Ray, Hilary, Daichi, and me," came the soft mental remark.
Tala gave Kai a confused look before looking down at the object in Kai's right hand. His jaw dropped at the sight.
"It's called Wolborg Metal Survivor," Kenny said nervously. Tala just stared at the blade in shock. Why in all hell would Kenny give him a Hard Metal Beyblade? It didn't make any sense…at least, not until the bit suddenly glowed.
"Wolborg?" Tala's sudden murmur caused Kai to actually reach for Tala's right hand and shove the blade into it.
After giving a quick look and receiving a nod of the head, Tala took a greater look at the beyblade now in his own hands. It was a brilliant white. He'd never seen a blade this white in his life! On top of that, it was actually smaller than any other beyblade he'd seen before too. The bit gave off a faint glow of reassurance and Tala knew that Wolborg had finally returned long before the other bit beasts…he'd just been hiding waiting for Tala to be well again.
Sensing someone behind him, Tala glanced over his shoulder. Mr. Dickenson stood there smiling proudly. "Kenny made that beyblade around the same time he made the other original five. Yours is the sixth original blade."
"We were going to have you as our fifth blader against B.E.G.A if you managed to wake up in time," Daichi stated proudly. Tala just blinked in surprise at that comment.
"Hey, Daichi," Kai growled. Daichi tensed up before answering.
"Yeah, Kai?"
"Go do a few laps around the dojo so you stay out of Tala and the other Blitzkrieg Boys' way."
Daichi let out a groan, but did as told anyway. At the youngest blader's disappearance, the whole room relaxed visibly. Even Ian looked glad Daichi had left for once.
"So what do you think of your blade, Tala?" Tyson queried.
Tala looked back over at Tyson. "Thanks. It's…surprising," he managed after a moment. Tyson smiled and gave Kenny an elbow to the ribs.
"See, what did I tell you Chief? I told you he wouldn't throw it back at you."
Kenny let out a sigh. "I didn't say he'd throw it back at me, I said he might not take the blade at all."
Tala shook his head and walked away from the now bickering duo. Walking towards the door, he ignored the other bladers and walked outside for a breath of fresh air, hoping it would keep him more alert and no more dream memories would haunt him. He had to fight with the door to get out, but it wasn't too much of a fight. Once outside, he closed it and stood leaning on the one area that actually had a railing to lean on. Once sure he was alone, he glanced down at his new blade.
"Wolborg Metal Survivor, huh?" he muttered under his breath. "I wonder why Kenny named it that."
"Because that's what you and Wolborg are; survivors."
Tala's head snapped up. "Kai."
Kai walked out the door the rest of the way and leaned on the same railing Tala was leaning on, but at about a meter from the red-head. "Were you having dream memories in there?"
Tala jerked. Leave it to Kai to know what was going on. "Yeah," he answered back, using their mental connection. "How did you know?"
"You kept spacing out. I did the same thing just before Dranzer returned to me, but just not as severe. Do you actually understand what the memories are trying to tell you?"
At that comment, Tala actually looked directly at Kai. "What do you mean by that?"
"Just relax and let the memories finish. I don't think you've seen them all yet…at least not completed anyway. They'll tell you why your blade is named like it is."
Tala just shook his head in slight confusion before complying. In a matter of seconds the dream memories were back.
Wolborg let out a grunt as he struggled to hold onto Kai's spirit. Dang, this kid is tough whether he's alive and breathing properly or dying, the wolf thought in annoyance. I wish he'd stop fighting me and allow me to pull him back.
Dizzi was hanging onto Kai's spirit with him. Wolborg wasn't sure where the heck the female bit beast had came from, but she was there now and that was all that mattered.
C'mon, Dranzer, Wolborg wanted to growl. Hurry up already!
A sudden flash of light caused the wolf to jerk in surprise. Where the hell had that come from? Surely he hadn't just imagined it.
"Dranzer has broken through Tala's coma wall. You should be able to pull Kai back now," Dizzi supplied.
Wolborg simply blinked before tugging on Kai's spirit…back in the direction of Tala's now strengthening one.
"Wolborg?" Dranzer's voice was faint and Wolborg instantly worried about the phoenix. It was weird for him to worry now, but worrying he was.
"Dranzer, you okay?" Using his paw to hold Kai's spirit, the wolf quickly asked after Dranzer.
"I'll be alright. I just need to rest for awhile. You'll explain things to Kai and Tala for me, right?"
Wolborg was confused. "Dranzer, what are you talking about?"
"He used too much energy busting open Tala's coma wall. He's burning himself to ashes in order to restrengthen himself," a voice that Wolborg clearly recognized as belonging to Salamolyon answered. "And I may just do the same. I think I burned myself out setting that fire and helping him blast through that wall."
Wolborg tensed up. Salamolyon was burned out? Dranzer was burning himself to ashes to regain strength? What the heck was going on?
"They're right Wolborg. We've worn ourselves out. There's not much left we can do. Trypio, Galux, and I can't hold this pathway open much longer for the rest of you to pass through." Falborg's voice was faint and just a little shaky.
Can this really be happening, the wolf mused. Are we really dying from helping these two out?
"Not dying, Wolborg," Dizzi said softly. Obviously she had been reading Wolborg's thoughts. "We're simply fading out for a little bit to regain our strength. We'll be back."
Wanting to sigh but unable to, Wolborg reached down with his teeth before telling Dranzer with his mind, "Go! I'll take care of these two."
Wolborg sensed a smile from the phoenix before he heard, "Thank you. Now hurry! Kai needs to get back where he belongs or we'll have wasted our energy saving these two for nothing."
Wolborg let out a growl of consent and pulled on Kai's spirit with all of his might. This time, the spirit didn't fight him. This time, the spirit followed him back willingly.
The next day, Wolborg could sense Tala's spirit. It was alert but still very weak. Dranzer had done well, and there was no way the wolf would ever forget that. Out of all the bit beasts to go in to save the two boys, he was the only one to come out whole. It was odd, but true.
Glancing across the room, Wolborg noticed Kai walk in. The blader was covered almost literally from head to toe in bandages and stitches. His right eye was covered as well, a sure sight Zeus had done some damage to it. He could only thank Galux for filling him in on what had happened before she had faded out to regain her own strength.
Feeling a sudden surge of strength coming from Tala, Wolborg glanced back over at his own blader. It wouldn't be long now. Tala's strength was returning quickly. Soon he'd be awake, the wolf was sure of it. In the mean time, he decided it was probably best for him to rest too. After all, if what Galux had told him about Tyson and Brooklyn's possible match was true, Tyson was going to need all the help he could get. And that meant when Tala actually woke up, he'd have to be ready to fight alongside Dragoon.
The next day, Wolborg waited and listened. Tyson and Brooklyn were battling in what was becoming another dimension. It creeped the wolf out big time.
A roar from Dragoon caused Wolborg to stand up. Tala twitched slightly, catching the wolf's attention. Could it possibly be? Was Tala going to wake up after being in a coma for a month?
Wolborg turned his attention back to Dragoon's roars. It almost seemed as if the dragon was calling for help to his ears. At the sounds of a roar from Draciel, Wolborg knew Dragoon needed help.
A sudden surge in arctic cold energy reached the wolf's tired body. Tala was awake!
"Tyson!" Tala yelled suddenly while sending Wolborg a mental command, "Help them Wolborg!"
Wolborg let out a roar and charged into the fray. Draciel's water spouts froze on the spot and gave Brooklyn a shock.
"Thanks, Wolborg," Dragoon said softly. "I'm glad you decided to help me."
Wolborg nodded. "Glad to be of service. Now, knock Brooklyn's mind back down to Earth."
Dragoon nodded. "Will do. Thanks again, Wolborg."
Wolborg simply gave a small wolfish smile before running back towards Tala. It was time he worked on regaining his own energy. He had a few bit beasts to go find…and then, he was going to rest for a little while. And when he was done, he'd return to Tala…but there was one thing he had to do first. He had to speak to Kenny.
Tala shook his head as the final memory of the dream went through his head. Glancing down at his blade, he finally understood what was going on.
"Do you understand now, Tala? Wolborg and you are considered walking miracles. No one has ever did what either of you two has done. You've literally saved the entire world."
Kai's voice caused Tala to just shake his head in wonderment. Finally, after all these months, he understood where Wolborg had been. Finally, he understood the dreams that had plagued him. Finally, he understood why he and Kai were so close.
"You ready to head in now, Brother?" Kai queried. Tala smiled before looking at Kai.
"Yeah, let's head back inside. I have some things to say that need to be said."
Kai simply smiled. Truly smiled as he only did around his close friends…and Tala was one of those close friends. "Wondered when you'd finally come to your senses."
After a quick jab to Kai's ribs, Tala took off inside, a small smile on his face. Several people glanced in his direction when he entered the dojo again. Walking quickly, Tala walked up to Kenny and Tyson who were holding a conversation about the Hard Metal Beyblades.
"Tyson, we have to tell him!" Kenny could be heard protesting. "He needs to know."
"Chill out, Chief. I'm pretty sure Tala already knows," Tyson reassured. "After all, Kai did follow him outside. I'm pretty sure Tala found out from him."
"Actually," Tala interrupted, "I figured it out on my own." Tyson and Kenny jumped at Tala's words.
"You mean, you know what your beyblade means?" Kenny asked. Tala tilted his head to the side slightly.
"Actually, I don't know what it means, but I understand why I have it. I understand that without certain sacrifices none of us would be here now. I understand that everything was put on the line to make sure beyblading would stay the way it was supposed to be. And I'm grateful for that and thank you for it."
Silence greeted Tala's ears as he finished and the blader realized the others in the room had stopped talking. It seemed the others were waiting for him to say something as well.
"And based on that," Johnny stated, "Can you figure out what the meaning behind your beyblade is? Each HMS Beyblade has a meaning behind it."
Tala blinked and thought about the possible meanings for his. All those that came immediately to mind were rather rough.
"Let me give you a hint," Mariah said. "Take a head count of everyone in the room and tell us the number of people in the room."
Tala blinked before doing a mental count around the room…or attempting to do one.
"There's thirty-four people total," Kai mentally supplied.
"There are thirty-four people," Tala answered a little quickly. Mariah raised an eyebrow at the speed with which he answered her, but she didn't say anything. "Thanks, Kai. I owe you one," Tala sent mentally.
"No problem…brother."
Tala turned his head and sent Kai a glance, but didn't say anything.
"Anyway, Tala, figure it out yet?" Johnny teased. Tala sent him a glare before answering.
"Yeah, actually I do think I know what you're talking about now." Tala paused as he turned back to Kenny. "This blade's theme is Unity, isn't it?"
Kenny smiled. "Yeah."
"When you fell against Garland and went into that coma, you brought everyone together to defeat Boris and B.E.G.A. Because of that unity, we were able to take down Boris and his plan to take over the world. You also showed the world that when it comes down to it, friendship is the strongest thing a person can have when they're beyblading," Kai explained. "Add to that, we are now completely connected mentally thanks to our bit beasts swapping places to save our lives. I think that says a lot."
Tala turned and offered him a small smile. "Thanks for the unneeded information…brother."
Kai flashed a grin before walking out of the dojo. Tala made a mental note to talk to him more later. Right now, he needed to finish what he was saying to Kenny. "Anyway, what I was trying to say before I had to figure that all out was…Thank you."
Several smiles signified the other blader's gratitude. "Welcome back, Tala!" Tyson cheered. "And do you remember what today is?"
Tala grinned. "Yeah, it's Christmas, which means you'd better hide or you'll be covered in snow!"
A large round of laughter broke out at that comment. Unnoticed by Tala was the shared smile between Mr. Dickenson and his teammates. Even Kai shared in on the smile.
"Hey, Wolborg, Thanks!" the fire blader called to the arctic wolf.
"Any time," the wolf answered.
Kai turned his head as every blader in the dojo, and outside the dojo joined into the snowball fight between Tala and Tyson. Smiling, Kai walked into the fight and added his own skills. Hey, it was Christmas after all.
Later…
Wolborg smiled to himself before speaking to the other bit beasts present. "Well that worked well, don't you think?"
Dranzer let out a laugh. "Yeah, if you considered everyone was covered in about three feet of snow by the time that snow ball fight was over."
A round of laughter filled the air. "Yeah, they were pretty silly looking by the end of that," Trypio admitted.
Galux at that point added her own comment. "It was worth it guys. Everything we went through, it was worth it all."
Dranzer and Wolborg nodded in agreement. Galux was right. It had all been worth it.
"You guys have to admit it though, it was kind of funny at the end," Salamolyon added with a grin.
A round of laughter from the bit beasts probably would've woken everyone up had not everyone crashed from exhaustion after the snow ball fight. "Salamolyon's got a point. The Blitzkrieg Boys faces were pretty hilarious. Even Kai relaxed and allowed himself to laugh for once. It looked pretty silly too what with all the snow covering him," Trypio admitted.
Dranzer chuckled. "Let's just put things this way. The reason both Kai and Tala are around now is because of those facial expressions you saw earlier. I couldn't allow Tala to die any more than I would allow Kai to die. Those two have been best friends for what feels like forever to Wolborg and me. It just wouldn't be right to save one and leave the other to die."
"That's right. Those two needed a reminder, and by doing everything we did, we gave them that," Wolborg added. "They needed it."
Falborg, who had been silent, finally spoke. "Yeah, they did need it. And they now of the proof in Tala's new blade to remind them of it."
"Well, looks like we did two good things," Dranzer murmured. "We not only saved two bladers and in turn the world, but we gave that world true knowledge."
"Uh, Dranzer, are you taking lessons from Dizzi?" Salamolyon queried. "I don't have a clue what you just said."
Dranzer laughed. "You know what I mean. Well, let's close down. Who knows when everyone will wake up again?"
"But before we go…" Trypio trailed off and in doing so gained the others attention.
"What is it Trypio?" Galux asked.
"If we unite together then not only is Wolborg's new blade a symbol of unity, but then we are too."
"And this from a scorpion who is originally from a team who wasn't big on unity. Impressive. I like it; let's do it," Falborg supported.
"Falborg's right; let's do it," Galux agreed before looking at the others. "Well, you guys up for this?"
"Tails and claws in?" Wolborg suggested to Dranzer.
"Let's do it," the phoenix answered. A swift rustle of wings and fur occurred while the bit beasts intertwined their tails or paws. "You in Salamolyon?"
Salamolyon hesitated. "This isn't my type of thing but…I guess I could join in this time," the salamander said with a small smile before adding his tail to the mix.
The entire crew gave each other smiles before finally breaking apart. Each walked away with small smiles on their faces and each knew, they had made the best choice in the world.
Unknown to the six bit beasts, a certain red-head had been listening in. He smiled himself before glancing at his new blade. Yeah, there was no way he'd ever forget what they had done for him. He'd always make sure beyblade stayed pure. Nothing would ever change that. No, he was free now, and no one was taking that away from him. No, Wolborg Metal Survivor was a symbol of friendship. And with great pleasure on his part, unity. Smiling, Tala closed his eyes and let himself relax. Whoever said years ago Christmas didn't bring miracles? It sure looked like it did to him!
Blitzkreig50889: (ducks random objects) ah! Don't kill me! I warned you it was going to be a long one-shot…although I won't tell you how long it actually is. Anyway, what I intend to do now is put this one and the original version of this one-shot up. I'm then going to let people pick which one they like most. Sound good? Anyway, hope you liked the fic and please remember to review. And sorry for the length of the fic. I didn't intend for it to be as long as it is. And now for the final part of the fic. Explanations for the numbers throughout the fic.
A master bit beast controller in my fics is someone who can control all bit beasts. Tala in the first season of beyblade controlled several bit beasts. I just figured it fit him to be a master controller of the bit beasts.
Armor blood is something that'll pop up in a later possible fic. But basically this is when too bit beasts share a blood tie that allows them to achieve greater power either mentally or physically. In Trypio's case, he becomes stronger physically and mentally from his blood tie with Dranzer. He becomes more confident and he can move opponent from one area to another easily with his tail. Dranzer in turn, gains some extra mental strength and is better able to understand bit beasts with some cyber connections.
A bit beast that ranks as a second, is one that is particularly passionate. This rank consists of Galux, Trypio, Salamolyon, Falborg, and Dranzer amongst the teams. There's also three other ranks known as starter (Galman, Trygator, Unicolyon, Wyborg, and Draciel's rank), shifter (Galzzy, Tryhorn/Rock Bison, Amphylyon, Seaborg, and Driger's rank), and powerhouse.
Powerhouse bit beasts are much like starters, shifters, and seconds. These bit beasts are the strength of the team (and consist of Galeon, Trygle, Griffolyon, Wolborg, and Dragoon). Seconds are the heart and soul of the team. Starters are the brains of the team. Shifters act as the glue that hold the teams together. In any of my fics this is the rank that I'll use for the bit beasts.
Blitzkreig50889: now, with that said, I hope you like the fic and please remember to review and let me know what you think of the first version of this one-shot.