Fighting the Fears
Sacred Phoenix
Summary
A powerful new team arises at the Beyblade World Championships. Their mysterious leader seems to know Kai, and he, her. What secrets do their pasts hold? Destiny has made their paths cross for a reason… a reason too great for them to comprehend. Will wounded hearts be healed? Or will they be stabbed at again and again, until they shatter? Will new love form? Or will they be pierced before they've even begun?
Abruptly, their world splits apart with the speed of a slamming door. Safety turns to fear, peace turns to war, and happiness turns to panic. A normal day becomes a nightmare… because an old enemy has returned to haunt them, with secret devices and weapons they cannot even begin to understand.
Two more teams comes to their aid and the 16 teenagers embark on the most dangerous and testing journey of their lives. They've got no weapons, except courage; they got no defence, except determination; they've got no help, except each other… they've got no choice, but to fight. Together, they learn the values of trust, loyalty, honour, hope, faith, teamwork, friendship and even love.
The enemy closes in, cold and relentless. They invade, they destroy… they kill. When hot courage meets icy death, which will win through?
Suddenly, it's not just about them anymore, the fate of the world rests in their hands. Their mission? Simple: Stay Alive.
Pairings: KaiOC, TalaOC, JohnnyOC, ReiMariah, MaxEmily, OzumaMariam, KaneSalima
SP: This is my first fic so don't flame me!
Kai: Flame her! Her stupid story's about me!
SP: You're so mean...sniffs It's not about you, it's about Allyssa...
Kai: Hn. Whatever.
SP: Rei, you're nice, can you please do the disclaimer?
Rei: Okay... Sacred Phoenix does not own Beyblades coz if she did she would-
SP: You can stop there!!! And on with the story.
"" – Talking
- Thinking
Chapter 1: Her Name was Dawn
There he was, standing on the other side of the training ground, white scarf billowing in the wind, as impassive as ever. There was Kai.
Flashback
A dark figure ran silently, a white scarf trailing along behind him, further and further away from the Abbey, never to return. A raven-haired girl sank down onto her knees on the other side of the gate, clinging to the cold, dark steel that had separated her from her life source.
Tears blurred her vision as the poured down her cheeks, like a dam that had sprung a leak.
"I love you Kai... I'll never forget you, no matter where you are..."
End of Flashback
Allyssa tore her eyes away from across the training ground back to her team, They are who truly matter to me, not distant memories that burn into me every time I remember them... but they have become part of me, a burden that I have to carry for eternity...
She smiled grimly, "This is it guys, tomorrow is the finals, and this is the last training session we're going to get, so go for it! Corinne, you're with me, Leila, you battle Sharon, but go easy on each other, I don't want to be fixing your blades when I'm supposed to be resting tonight! And remember, no one knows what our bit beasts are, and it's going to stay that way."
"Gotcha," said Leila, pulling Sharon off to a dish.
"You saw him, didn't you," a voice asked gently.
Allyssa sighed and nodded, she could never hide anything from Cori, "Yeah."
"I know how you feel... but for now, you need to put all those feelings aside and do what we came here to do, win!" Cori said, worried about her friend and team leader, "At least wait till after the tournament, then, as your friends, we'll help you..." She added, in a softer tone.
Ally smiled and patted Cori on the shoulder, "Don't worry, I know why I'm here, and it's not because of Kai. It's because, together, the Shadow Rangers will have victory!" They walked over to a dish and prepared to battle.
Flashback
"Come on Cori! I'll battle you!" A 7 year old Ally said to a similar aged Cori.
"But you're supposed to be battling Sharon! She's so much better and if Voltaire catches us we'll be in big trouble!" Cori answered, looking worried.
"Sharon can battle Leila and I'll take all the blame, come on!" Ally wasn't one for giving up.
"Oh... OK..." Cori gave in
End of Flashback
"3,2,1, let it RIP!" They said in unison.
Two black blades were launched into the dish, they were almost identical apart from the colours framing the covered bit chip. Ally's was red while Cori's was white.
The two blades spun towards each other and clashed, then rebounded, then started to spin towards each other again. As soon as the battle began, Ally felt much better,
This is what I was born to do, what I was trained to do... what I came here to do! It makes no difference who I battle in the finals, it doesn't matter if it's Kai... I will not forget my purpose, I will win.
"Sorry Cori, time's up!" Ally called her blade to spin onto the edge of the dish and then jumped high into the air.
"Watch out!" Called Cori, but it was too late.
"Now! Land!" Ally instructed. The black blade gained speed and with a flash of red, it landed on top of Cori's blade. Cori's blade lost balance and began to wobble, Ally's blade immediately spun off and stayed at a distance.
"Finish it off!" Ally commanded, her blade ripped down the curve and smashed into Cori's blade, Cori's blade spun slower and slower and finally stopped. Ally's blade returned to her gloved hand. Surprisingly, Cori's blade had not taken any damage, it was still as black as ebony and as white as snow.
"Great defense," complimented Ally, absently mindedly touching the red triangles on her cheek.
"Great battle to you, as usual," grinned Cori, "we're definitely going to win."
"You actually are going to try to beat us?" Asked a bored voice behind them.
Ally spun around with Cori behind her. She found herself face to face with a blue haired, chubby boy, he was stuffing his face with a chocolate ice-cream.
Leila and Sharon joined them. Ally's lips slipped into a smirk, "Arrogance, tut... tut... all the more reason to teach you a lesson tomorrow. But before then, I suggest you keep stuffing your face with food and find someone with as low IQ as yourself to annoy."
She turned to leave and smiled with satisfaction as she heard Tyson choking on his ice-cream in anger.
"Tyson! Calm down! Why did you come to annoy them anyway?" A brunette carrying a laptop asked.
"Thalivnoapeal!" Exclaimed Tyson.
"When I want blabber thrown at me Tyson, I'll ask for it," a cold voice said.
Ally froze, her whole body tensed, she stood rooted to the spot. Her heart stood still. Ally knew that voice.
"Come on Ally," Cori whispered urgently.
"I can't move," Ally admitted, turning 72 shades of red.
"Um, sorry for Tyson's behavior, the Bladebreakers did not mean to insult you in any way. On the contrary, maybe we could be better acquainted," an ebony haired boy said, stepping towards them, his long ponytail swinging behind him.
Ally slowly turned around and smiled at Rei, using every last bit of control, not to look at Kai. She knew that if she did, she would not be able to look away. "Yeah, we could do with friends like you. Rivals for tomorrow, friends there after?"
"Done," replied Rei, smiling back, "Let me introduce my team: I'm Rei, you already know Tyson, but really, he's not that bad."
"Hn," Kai snorted and closed his eyes.
Ally clenched her fists, digging her nails into her hands.
"Ah... that's Kai, he's unsociable, but really, he's loyal, honorable and a great blader."
Ally forced a grin.
A great blader maybe, but loyal? After what he did? As loyal as Judas was to Jesus! And honorable? If the likes of him are regarded as honorable, then I'd hate to see the kind of people they regard as dishonorable. Rei, you have a lot to learn about Kai.
"This is Max," continued Rei.
Max gave his cutest puppy dog eyes so Ally had to laugh with the rest of them.
"And last but not least, this is Kenny. He's a really important part of our team, I don't know where we would be without him."
Kenny bowed and Ally did so too.
"I'm Ally, and this is Cori, Leila and Sharon. Together, we make the Shadow Rangers." Ally introduced quickly. Her mind was a mess, so many emotions all entwined together, twisting and turning. She wanted to leave as soon as possible.
"So I guess we'll meet you in the arena then," Rei said, sensing there was something wrong.
"Yeah, good luck to you and your team, though even luck won't save you tomorrow," joked Ally.
Rei chuckled and left with the rest of the Bladebreakers. Ally finally looked up and saw the two toned dark blue and slate hair – Kai.
That night, Ally tossed and turned in her sleep.
Dreams of her past haunted her, but they weren't the worst. The worst was dreaming about what could have been, what might have been if Kai hadn't abandoned her, what would have been if he hadn't broken his promise.
Dream
"There's got to be another way!" Kai whispered furiously.
"Kai! Just go! Once Voltaire and Boris find out, you won't get a second chance and all our planning and all our actions will have been for nothing!" Ally answered, tears filling her violet eyes.
"I'm not going to just leave you here!" He exclaimed desperately. "Kai... Kai..." Ally looked up at him as a single tear rolled down her cheek, "Kai, just promise me you will never forget me."
"I promise you Dawn, I promise," Kai assured her, placing her hand on his heart, "And I swear by Dranzer I'll get you out of this rat hole! I swear I'll get you out if it's the last thing I do!"
End of Dream
"But you didn't... But you didn't... You broke your promise..." Whispered in her sleep, rolling around, her hand tightly clasped around her triangular choker.
Kai couldn't sleep. All he could think about were the Shadow Rangers and their mysterious leader. He felt uneasy when she never once made eye contact with him and she reminded him so much of someone he once knew... but he couldn't remember who.
I know her, I have this gut feeling that I do. The red triangles, the red bandanna, and especially those gleaming violet eyes, they belong to...
Kai dug through his memories like a dog searching for a bone amongst a mountain of trash, finally he found one chipped piece of memory,
Her name... her name was Dawn...
SP: How's that? R&R please!
