Chapter 2: The Munchkins and the Wizard

TOF: Well second chapters going up. I'm not going to bother with the whole disclaimer thing since it's obvious that I don't own anything to do with the Wizard of Oz or Beyblade. And there's going to be a lot of OOCness, this is a warning so if you don't like that to bad.

Kai: Tch, if you owned Beyblade there would be yaoi couples all over the place.

TOF: (grins) Exactly. Oh, and the reason why I'm putting up another chapter so early is because it's my birthday so I'm feeling rather excited and I decided to put this chapter up since it's done. Enjoy!

When Kai slowly gained consciousness, his head was throbbing. He groaned and opened his eyes, blinking away the blurriness. "Max? Miguel?" he asked, slowly looking around as to not further agitate his head.

"Relax Kai." He heard the reassuring voice for his boyfriend. "It's over."

Now getting a good look at the room, Kai saw that the bed had been turned onto its side, the small desk and chair were broken, the window was shattered and the door hung off the hinges.

He gasped looking around the room, and then the others crossed his mind. "Where is everyone else?"

Miguel brought his distraught phoenix into his arms as they still sat on the floor. "Max went to go see how they're doing." Kai nodded finding that answer to be acceptable and stood up taking Miguel with him.

"Kai! Kai!" Max shouted running into the room panting.

"What's wrong Max?" asked Kai.

"I can't find any of the others!" he shouted, felling fear and worry grip at him.

"What?" whispered Miguel as Kai tried to figure out what could have happened.

Max continued his story. "I thought maybe they had gone outside to take a look at the damage but when I stepped outside it was like…I can't explain it."

"Ok calm down Max." said Kai calmly. "Let's go take a look."

They walked through the door; carefully stepping over fallen objects and watched the broken ones. When they stepped outside they gasped.

Everything around them was shiny and colorful; it was almost as if they were standing in a rainbow, with flowers, trees and bushes painted odd colors like pink, purple, blue and yellow. They were some things colored the natural colors like green and brown.

"Dorothy, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore," muttered Max breathlessly.

"Where in hell's name are we?" asked Kai looking at the…disturbingly bright land.

"Are you a good wizard or a bad wizard?"

The three bladers whirled around to see a blond haired, blue-eyed woman wearing a light pink gown and holding a red and gold staff eyeing them.

Kai, being who he is, was the first to come back to his senses and said, "No. I'm not a wizard. I'm Kai Hiwitari captain of Grev." He told her.

"Oh." She said. Then she turned to Miguel and Max. "Well are they wizards?"

Kai blinked cutely, trying to figure out why she insisted on asking them if they were wizards. "Miguel and Max? No, Max is my teammate and Miguel's my boyfriend." He blushed a bit.

The woman laughed. "I'm a little confused. You see the Munchkins told me a new wizard has thrown a dojo on the Wicked Wizard of the East, Boris. There's the dojo," she pointed her staff at the damaged building, "And here you are…and that's all that's left of Boris."

The three bladers stared at the black pants and sock covered feet wearing two crimson colored shoes poking out from underneath the rubble. Max gasped.

"So what the Munchkins want to know is: are you a good wizard or a bad wizard?"

"As Kai said," Miguel said, when he saw Kai's eye twitching at being asked the question again, a signal that he was getting annoyed. "We're not wizards…they don't even exist."

Some childish giggles responded to the comment but none of them could see any children.

"What was that?" asked Max.

"The Munchkins," the woman gave a motherly smile. "They are laughing because I am a witch. I'm Judy, the Good Witch of the North."

They stared skeptically at her. Kai clear his throat and said. "Well…Sorry but where we come from witches only exist in children's books."

Judy merely chuckled. "Don't worry about it. Your land must be sensible then. In all sensible countries witches and wizards have died out, but Oz is not sensible in the least." She explained.

Kai turned to Miguel and whispered, "Would you call our home sensible?" Miguel just chuckled.

Judy then turned around and called out, "It's alright. You may come out and thank them."

Then, from their hiding places in the brush and behind trees, came little people no bigger than a kid at the age of nine or ten, all wearing brightly colored clothes.

The bladders looked on in astonishment. They'd never seen so many midgets before.

Judy cleared her throat to get their attention. "These are the Munchkins. The little people you have saved from the Wicked Wizard of the East."

"We saved them?" Max repeated, his eyes wide.

"We thank you with everything that we have," replied one of the male Munchkins who has red hair and an odd mark on his forehead. "I'm Daichi, the great leader of the Munchkins, and it's thanks to you that we are free from the cruel trainings of Boris."

"He made you train?" inquired Kai.

"All day and all night." Explained Daichi. "Without any breaks and with cruel punishments. All to become his army of mini bladers. The Bastard."

"But now is the time to celebrate and give our thanks to you three." Said another. "Now we must rejoice as the Wicked Wizard is now at last dead!"

All the Munchkins cheered almost in unison, like a group of school kids whose summer vacation had just begun. Then music started up and pairs of Munchkins were dancing around and singing happily.

They sung and dance merrily, as if they no longer had a care in the world, which is probably close to the truth now that Boris is dead. Kai, Miguel and Max watched at the little people circled them still singing and dancing.

But suddenly there was an explosion and a huge mass of purple-black smoke appeared in the middle of the town. The Munchkins all ran and hid as another figure appeared from the smoke.

He was dressed in a black suit, holding a black and purple staff. He had long white-gray hair, cold steely eyes, and a wrinkly face and looked old enough to be some ones grandfather.

The stranger looked around for a moment before his gaze fell on the dead Wizard of the East.

"Wh-who's he?" stammered Max.

"That's the Wicked Wizard of the West, "replied Judy. "He's even more dangerous than the Wicked Wizard of the East was…"

"Who killed Boris?" he asked coldly, similar to Kai's cold voice when he is extremely angry about something. "Who killed the Wicked Wizard of the East?!" he roared.

Some of the Munchkins screamed at the loud voice. The stranger then looked at Kai, Max and Miguel.

"Was it you?!" he spat.

"We…we didn't mean to. Honestly." Pleaded Max.

"So what if we did?" challenged Kai stepping in front of Max protectively. "What are you going to do about it?" he asked glaring at the stranger.

"Do not test me boy!" he leered at Kai, causing Miguel to step closer to Kai and protectively wrap his arms around the enigma.

"Aren't you forgetting about the crimson shoes Voltaire?" asked Judy coolly.

"The shoes…" muttered Voltaire as if he had just remembered. "Yes…the shoes…"

He turned to take them only to see that the shoes were no longer on Boris's feet. "What is the meaning of this Judy?!" he shouted in rage. "Give them back or I'll-"

"It's to late." Judy said calmly. She pointed her staff again, this time at Kai's feet. "There they are, and there they'll stay."

Kai looked down and gasped when he saw that the crimson shoes now replaced his old ones.

"I'm the only one who knows how to use them boy," said Voltaire his voice rising in anger. "Give them to me! They're of no use to you! Give them back!" he roared sounding like a child who wants his old toy back after giving it away.

"Keep tight inside them Kai." Whispered Judy in his ear. "They're powerful. That's the only reason why he wants them so much."

Voltaire turned angry eyes to the blonde witch. "You stay out of this Judy!"

"Rubbish." She snapped back. "There's no way I'll let you get that kind of power; now be gone, before someone drops a house on you too!"

Voltaire involuntary snapped his head up to look at the sky. "Fine then. I'll just bide my time. As for you boy," he snapped his head towards Kai. The look on his ugly face caused Miguel to step slightly in front of Kai as if to shield him and Max (who was still behind Kai's protective form). "True, I can't kill you with my bare hands, but just try to stay out of my way. I'll get you boy, and your little friends to!"

There was another crack of an explosion, and then he was gone in the mass of purple-black smoke.

"He's gone now," whispered Judy to the bladers, "I'm afraid you've made a dangerous enemy of the Wicked Wizard of the West. He won't leave you alone until he gets the crimson shoes…the only thing I can suggest is to get back to your world before that happens. However, there are only two ways for you to get home and both are rather far from here. One is to go see the Good Wizard of the South, a friend of mine. But he's very hard to get to because everyone wants to see him. The other is to go see the great and terrible Wizard of Oz himself." She explained.

"The Wizard of Oz?" asked Miguel, still keeping his arms around Kai's waist, causing said blader to blush lightly. "Who's he?"

"Is he good or wicked?" asked Max.

"He's very good but very mysterious." She told them. "But he lives in Emerald City which is very far from here. Do you have broomsticks with you?"

Their faces blanked and they shook their heads. Really how many times did they have to repeat it? They're not wizard's damnit!

Judy shrugged. "Then you have quite a walk ahead of you. Just follow the yellow brick road." She explained pointing to a yellow red that led out of Munchkin land. "It will lead you straight to Emerald City. And remember," Judy looked pointedly at Kai. "Don't take off the shoes. Not even for a slight moment, or you will be at Voltaire's mercy." She warned.

Kai nodded in understanding. Then he, Miguel and Max took their first steps onto the yellow brick road.

Miguel then turned to the witch. "But what if we-"

"Just follow the yellow brick road." She repeated before disappearing in a gentle guest of pink smoke.

Miguel then looked to Kai. "Man, people come and go quickly here."

Kai shrugged. "Let's getting going then, the sooner we start the sooner we get home."

"Hey Kai, do you think the others are ok?" asked Max looking back at what was left of the dojo.

Kai nodded and smiled reassuringly at the small blonde that he saw as a little brother. "I'm sure they're fine."

Then hearing the yells of goodbyes and good luck from the Munchkins behind them, the three bladers started their journey down the yellow brick road.

TBC

So what did ya think? Do you like it so far? I know I made Daichi a Munchkin but oh well. And the reason Judy is the Good Witch of the North is that I wanted an adult to go against Voltaire and be the one to explain everything. Originally I was going to make either Hilary or Mathilda the good witch.

Kai: You made me the target of the bad guy again.

TOF: (shrugs) So? Anyway, please send me some reviews and I'll get the next chapter up. The next one is where they meet the scarecrow. Can any of you guess whom I made the scarecrow? (grins)

So R&R!