Anime: Hellooooooo everybody! I'm here with chapter three of MIAB and *gasp* a short chapter! I've finally decided to try to make short chapters but I'm not promising anything, you guys. This story has a mind of its own.
Rin: Three . . . Two . . . One!
All: Happy birthday, Miley!
Aya: This chapter is also a birthday gift, you guys! So, happy birthday to you, Miley! May you be lucky and have several more.
Riku: You're one year closer to death.
Hikaru and Shun: Be quiet, Riku. Birthdays are nice.
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~~~MIAB~~~
3: Scream
Fear.
Everyone has a fear, even me.
I don't have a common fear.
I don't fear death
Because I'm immortal.
I don't fear the darkness
Because I am part of it.
I don't fear chaos
Because that is what I am.
I don't fear destruction
Because that is what I bring.
What do I fear, then?
I am afraid of being alone.
I am afraid of being alone,
trapped with only my thoughts for company.
Don't leave me alone
So I can hear those lonely thoughts.
Don't leave me alone
So I can curse the darkness.
Don't leave me alone
To suffer this silence.
Don't leave me alone.
I am scared.
Alone.
Abandoned.
I have no one.
In the end, I was alone.
And I'd be alone forever.
And nothing would change that.
I'm so scared.
I want someone to help me.
Why won't anyone help me?
Why won't anyone save me?
Someone, anyone.
I need someone.
Someone to dissolve my loneliness . . .
Anyone.
I'm lonely.
Save me!
I beg you . . .
~~~MIAB~~~
Tyson woke up in a disoriented state, trying to remember when he had fallen asleep because he certainly didn't remember. He shook his head, placing a hand on his forehead as he yawned, "Man, what a really weird dream. Dragoon as a human? Gimme a break. That sounds really weird. I wonder what made me dream about that, though?"
He stretched his arms, arching his back like a cat. He yawned again and then frowned in confusion when he finally looked at his surroundings, "Okay, now where in the world am I?"
The room he was in wasn't the cell he had been in for who knows how long and it certainly wasn't his bedroom. The bed he was in was a canopy bed that had the black curtains drawn, hiding what the rest of the room looked like. The bed was massive – probably king size or something – with dark blue sheets that felt really soft. The pillows were really soft too but Tyson ignored those last two facts because he had no idea where he was. More importantly, he had no idea where Kaori and Brooklyn were at.
"Brooklyn? Kaori?" He called out as he got out of bed. He briefly registered that he wasn't wearing his old clothes. He was now sporting a black robe with golden trimmings on the edges. It was really weird because the clothes were really long so they dragged. He didn't want to know who had removed his old clothes though.
He was more interested in not tripping in these ridiculously long robes. He huffed, "Who the hell wears these kinds of clothes? It's like when I was little and I used to wear Hiro's clothes for fun and I would always trip on them."
Tyson yelped as he tripped on the hem of the robes, groaning in pain, "Geez, this sucks." He stood up and started walking again, trying to not trip again. He looked around to notice the room was dark, the only light coming from a small candle. There were no windows so Tyson didn't know if it was day or night.
"Okay, this is getting freaky." He said as he walked towards the door. He paused, wondering if it was locked. He took a deep breath and exhaled, pushing the door. To his surprise, it opened.
"Brooklyn?" He called out as he peeked his head, looking both ways but seeing only endless stairs ahead, "Kaori?"
He sighed, "Great. It seems I'm at the top of some tower." He closed the door to the room and started walking down the spiraling stairs, slowly descending because Tyson didn't want to trip on the ridiculously long robes.
"Just great. Who in their right mind would make so many stairs," He whined as he stopped descending, taking a short break, "Don't they think about others? I might keel over before finding my way out of here. And I still have no idea where Brooklyn and Kaori are at. Not to mention Takao . . ."
As he started walking down the stairs, mentally cursing the stairs and the robes, his mind drifted. He thought about everything and anything. All of his thoughts just brought back the dreams he had, the ones where Dragoon looked like a human and was hanging out with 'Chaos' and 'Night'. What were those dreams really about, anyway? And why did the name 'Chaos' sound familiar?
"Tyson!"
Tyson jumped up in surprise, snapping out of his thoughts. That loud, obnoxious voice! It was Hilary's! Was she here too?
"Hey, Tyson!"
That was Max's voice! Why did he hear Hilary and Max's voices at the end of the stairwell? A horrible thought crossed his mind and Tyson gulped. What if they were kidnapped just like he was? What if they were being tortured right now? Well, on second thought, they might be okay. They didn't sound like they were in pain, after all. Were they okay?
"Tyson, will you hurry up?"
"Tyyyyyyysoooooon! Hurry up and get down already!"
Ray and Daichi. How had they gotten here? Tyson grabbed the edges of his robes and ran down the staircase. Were they okay? They might sound like they're fine but what if they were hurt? He wasn't taking any chances.
After the long run down the flight of stairs, Tyson reached a black door. He took a couple of breaths before grabbing the door handle and opening it. He gasped and took a step back, eyes wide.
Tyson was met with a large dining table, twelve chairs at the edges and one chair at each end. But that wasn't the reason he was surprised. He was surprised that, at the end of the table, was a male that looked and dressed exactly like him except his eyes were fiery-crimson. And, unlike Kai's, these looked as if they were burning with a mysterious fire.
His look-alike smiled, "Hello, Tyson. I'm glad you could join us."
"Us?" Tyson asked, looking around and jumping a little when he noticed three of the chairs were occupied. Kaori and Brooklyn were seated next to each other in the right side of the table, tied down by thick ropes and looking very uncomfortable as they were trying to get rid of their restraints. Like Tyson, they weren't wearing the clothes they had been in when they were kidnapped.
Kaori was dressed in an off-the-shoulder dark brown dress with sleeves that reached up to her elbows. Brooklyn was dressed in robes similar to Tyson's except they were black with silver trimmings and – Tyson noted, a little annoyed – they seemed to fit him perfectly.
A seat on the left was occupied by an unconscious girl with strawberry-blonde hair and pale skin. She was wearing a light green dress, a silver circlet and, around her neck, was a heart-shaped crystal and she looked really familiar. Tyson had no idea why he thought that. He hadn't ever met her . . . right?
"Where are my manners? My name is Chaos and I'm the leader of the Forsaken Fallen." His double – Chaos – said with a charming smirk that sent chills down Tyson's spine. He had a feeling that nothing good came from a smile like that. He was a bit frightened by the fact that he could see that Chaos had sharp fangs. "I am a bit-beast and you are my tamer." Chaos finished.
"Excuse you?" Tyson asked, raising an eyebrow, looking at the teen/bit-beast with a look of disbelief, "If I recall, bit-beasts aren't humans and what in the world do you mean by tamer? I don't even know you." Then why did he feel that he did? Maybe it had something to do with the dream he had but it went farther back than that. Why did Chaos's name sound so familiar?
"Tyson's right!" Kaori shouted, tugging at her restraints harshly, looking agitated, "What do you want with us? And you're not a bit-beast, either!"
"Oh?" Chaos asked with a dangerous looking smirk. It reminded Tyson a lot of Kai's trademark smirk but deadlier, "I am not a bit-beast? Why do you think so? You do not believe me only because I look like a mortal. Unlike those 'bit-beasts' you know, children, I . . . ah . . . borrow a human body to serve my purposes." He sat down on the seat at the head of the table with an aristocratic grace, "Besides, you do not know the limitations of the holy beasts. The creatures you call 'bit-beasts' limit their power to not harm your fragile human bodies."
Tyson stayed silent, thinking about that. He still remembered what happened to the people that tried to control the full power of the Cyber Bit-Beasts. It hadn't been a pretty sight. Would that happen if the rest of the bit-beasts would use all of their power with them? "Well, touché. But what human would let a bit-beast borrow their body for their-." Tyson stopped, suddenly realizing something. Of course! How could he forget about his doppelganger that had been taken and hadn't been seen since?
"Takao," Tyson whispered the name but it echoed throughout the quiet room, "That's what happened to him. I should've known. You're possessing Takao!"
"Takao? Yes, my puppet always said that that was his name. What an odd child." Chaos said with a wistful look, staring at something in the distance. It really weirded Tyson out, considering that this 'bit-beast' looked a lot like him.
"A puppet? You call Takao a puppet? That's just twisted!" Tyson shouted at him. He suddenly realized why Takao had looked so scared, so lonely, so lost. Who knows how long he had been under Chaos's control. Any ordinary person would crack and Takao was an ordinary person. Even strong-willed people would crack.
"You're sick!" Kaori yelled and Tyson and Brooklyn looked at her with admiration at seeing her passionate and fiery mismatched eyes. Tyson was oddly reminded of all the females he had met and befriended. Even though most of them were deadly, Kaori looked deadlier, "What kind of a bit-beast are you, huh? Arion, Dragoon and Zeus would never try to possess our bodies to fulfill their own agendas! Speaking of agendas, why the hell did you kidnap us for?!"
"My, such manners, Kaori," Chaos rolled his eyes, acting like an annoyed teenager rather than an ancient bit-beast. Tyson wondered briefly if that's how he looked like when Hilary was nagging at him. Now that he thought about that, where were Hilary, Daichi, Ray and Max? He had heard their voices coming from down here, didn't he? So where were they?
"To hell with manners!" Kaori yelled as she struggled harshly against her bonds, "Never gave a shit about them before so why start now, huh?"
Chaos stared at her with an unamused look before rolling his eyes again, turning to look at the unconscious girl that was sitting on the left, "Watch your tongue and your volume. Geez, no wonder you're perfect for Nemesis. She had a foul mouth too. Besides, you'll wake up poor little Ann."
"A-A-Ann?" Kaori and Tyson questioned at the same time, turning to the unconscious girl on the seat. Tyson felt a throb in his head and he flinched, holding it. Ann. That name sounded so familiar.
"Do you think Ann will be okay?" Brilliant blue eyes. A dark chamber. A weird smell lingering in the air. Arms wrapped around him.
"She'll be fine, Rin-nii!"
Tyson shook his head and Chaos stood, walking towards Ann. He smiled at the girl with an oddly gentle smile, "A very powerful mortal capable of many things. She was the first to survive Yami Suzaku's attack when the other three died. An interesting mortal. Well, not really a mortal at the moment, of course."
"What do you mean?" Kaori asked, her voice softer and questioning. Brooklyn wondered if all women had the uncanny ability from going to extremely angry to calm and collected. He should really start recording the oddness of females. Well, normal people were odd in general. He should start observing the normal people and compare their behavior with the people he knows.
Chaos placed his hand in Ann's shoulder and the girl's eyes opened softly, revealing stunning light blue eyes. They appeared glassy, as if she wasn't really there. Chaos grinned, "Not many humans can survive being possessed by so many holy beasts."
"Shut up, Chaos." Ann spoke but Tyson, Kaori and Brooklyn flinched when they heard several voices speak. It was like eleven people said that in unison. Ann stood up and smiled, "I see you have found your tamer along with Nemesis's. Although, who is that spare mortal?"
"First of all, rude," Chaos interjected and the three prisoners could've sworn that he was pouting, "Second of all, he is not a 'spare mortal'. He's Zeus's tamer. Thanks to him and my tamer, we woke up from our slumber ten years early. All of us except Night, though. He's still under the seal."
"Typical. They made Night's seal the strongest to destroy. And Zeus? I thought he went rogue on us. Never choosing to side with the light or the dark." Ann said and the trio still thought her "voice" sounded eerie. Those were a lot of voices talking. How many bit-beasts were inside that body? Poor Ann.
"Well, this time, we'll make him choose." Chaos replied before turning his narrowed eyes at Brooklyn. Brooklyn stared at him defiantly. They weren't going to make him do anything.
"Are you gonna ever answer my question?" Kaori asked loudly. Brooklyn had a feeling she was trying to keep their attention away from them. It apparently worked as Chaos and "Ann" turned to her. Kaori narrowed her eyes, "Why did you kidnap us, huh? What are you up to?"
"You ask the right questions," Ann spoke, "We kidnapped you because you are our tamers. As Chaos has said, we'll be borrowing your bodies to complete our plans that should've been completed millenniums ago."
"You can forget it." Brooklyn replied.
Chaos chuckled, staring at them with his deadly eyes. "Oh, you're all just adorable." He grinned. He shared a look with Ann before addressing them again, "You think you have an option. Make no mistake, you three. Joining us isn't your choice to make. It is ours."
"That's happening over my dead body." Kaori shouted.
"We're going to avoid doing that," Ann replied, "But if you do not submit willingly, you will be forced to do so. And if you still will not comply, there is a possibility that you will die."
We need to get out of here, Tyson thought with a shiver, and now before it's too late. Kai, Max, Ray, Daichi, everyone . . . please. Find us soon. We might not make it if you don't.
~~~MIAB~~~
Bey City, Japan
Rin and Kai were outside of the Granger dojo, both staring at the building but not making a move to enter. Kai held the trembling Dranzer blade on his hands while Rin held Black Dranzer's bit. Kai glanced at it before looking at the dojo, "I wonder how they're coping with the disappearances."
"I'm sure that they're fine. Your friends are very strong people." Rin replied coolly as he gripped Black Dranzer's bit tighter, "Now, would you mind getting inside the house?"
Kai nodded and opened the door. Rin raised an eyebrow, staring at the shoes in the entrance, "Those are a lot of pairs of shoes, Hiwatari. I thought only Kon, Tate, Sumeragi, Saien, Tachibana, Granger-sama and Hiro were here. Wait a minute . . . those shoes. . . Oh no." Rin took a back and Kai grinned at the familiar looking shoes. He knew one girl that could terrify Rin and she was here.
"Aya!" Kai called out, "Are you here? I brought Rin with me!"
Rin paled and turned around, walking to the exit slowly as if to not make any loud noises. Kai snickered to himself, enjoying this moment. It wasn't every day that you see the mighty Rin Mizushima running away from the infamous Aya glomp. Well, he had experienced it once. He felt a small sliver of pity for Rin.
Kai heard loud footsteps approaching and then he saw the familiar blonde hair race past him, followed by the familiar voice, "Riiiiiiiin!"
Aya ran and tackled Rin into a backwards hug, making the raven-haired teen fall face-first into the ground with Aya on top of him, grinning wildly, "Rin~! It's been so long since we last saw each other! More than two weeks because you cancelled our get together! You should visit more often!" She blinked, "Oh dear, what are you doing on the ground?"
"Aya, get off me." Rin mumbled as he tried to get up.
Aya grinned widely at him and got off him, standing up, "Sorry but it's been a long time! I don't think I've heard anything from you since we discovered that the Forsaken Fallen were back."
Rin stood and Kai snorted upon seeing Rin pouting at Aya, "Aya, it hasn't been that long. I'd notice if that'd happen."
Aya rolled her eyes, "Anyways, you're a little late, aren't you?"
"I'm never late. Everyone just came early." Rin replied back.
Aya rolled her eyes again and smiled at Kai, hugging him, "It's good to see you too, Kai! You do realize you're allowed into the Orikasa estate, don't you? Don't be a stranger and just come in! You might be my husband one day!"
Kai noticed Rin rolled his eyes and proceeded to enter the house, muttering something about the "big brother test". Kai sighed, "I've been busy. By the way, how did you get here?"
"I met your buddy Max on the streets," She replied before wrapping an arm around Kai's, grinning widely, "He brought me here and he, Ray, Hilary, Hikaru, Shun, Riku and I have been discussing things about the Forsaken Fallen." She paused in the doorway, suddenly serious, "Did Rin fill you in on everything?"
"Yes." Kai responded coolly. Aya unlinked their arms and began to stare at her bare feet. Neither teen spoke for a while, not having anything to say.
"You know everything, then?" She asked suddenly, looking up, "Did he tell you that the reason he wanted you to hate him was because he was chosen to be Dark Dranzer's tamer?"
Kai nodded and Aya smiled softly, "After all these years . . . he finally told you. So, did you tell him? That you forgive him?" When Kai didn't respond, Aya pouted, lightly punching him in the arm, "You didn't do it, did you?"
"It didn't seem it was appropriate at the time."
Aya huffed and turned around, some of her hair hitting Kai, "Men are all the same." She began to walk inside without another word and Kai followed after her. They didn't wait long to spot Rin just looking at a picture that was hanging on the wall, his eyes soft.
"Hiro-nii was right after all," Rin muttered, his voice sounding wistful, "His mother was beautiful." Kai knew what photo Rin had come across. He had seen it often when he came to the dojo and he often found himself staring at it. The picture was of Yoshie Granger, Hiro and Tyson's late mother.
Yoshie Granger was a very beautiful woman with long navy blue hair similar to Tyson's and had it in a ponytail. Her eyes were similar to Hiro's but they looked playful, like her youngest son's. She was smiling at the camera and waving at it. She was dressed in a short-sleeved green shirt and khaki pants.
"She definitely is pretty." Aya smiled and then patted Rin's shoulder, grinning wildly when Rin flinched at the contact, "Hey, you shouldn't have gone on without us! You don't even know where the others are at. Chief came here and he brought on a lot of research with him! Not to mention that Nami, Hiro-nii, Daichi, Grandpa Granger and Kurumada-san are coming here soon! We might get leads of Tyson, Kaori and Brooklyn!"
"Leads, huh?" Rin muttered and tightened his grip on Black Dranzer's bit. He felt a shiver run down his spine when he felt something inside his head. He shook his head, lips tight.
Aya looked down and frowned, "Rin . . . What is that?"
"You'll see. Lead the way, dorogoy."
Kai shot Rin an odd look as Aya walked on ahead, raising an eyebrow. Rin narrowed his eyes and began to walk, "Don't tell her what I just said. It just slipped."
"Of course, lyubovnik mal'chika." Kai replied with a smirk as he began to walk next to Rin. The other began to walk faster
Rin rolled his eyes, staring at the back of Aya's head and avoiding Kai's eyes, "I see Aya as nothing more than a sister, staryy drug. Any relationship beyond that would be odd."
Aya turned around and crossed her arms in front of her, the two males stopping when she did, "Ma varipari chu jaba rusi ma kura roknuhos." She had a stern look that the two half-Russians couldn't take seriously. It was like a Chihuahua trying to intimidate two Doberman.
Rin chuckled and muttered something under his breath while Kai raised an eyebrow, wondering what in the world the blonde had said. Aya pouted at the raven, "Don't laugh at me, trottel."
"I couldn't resist teasing you, liebling." Rin said as he began to walk away in the direction they had been heading in. As he passed Aya, he ruffled the girl's hair, much to her annoyance. Still, Kai could notice the blush on her cheeks and he sighed. It was a shame he hadn't bothered to learn German when he had the chance.
"About time ya showed up!" A loud voice yelled and the door to the dojo slid open, revealing a grinning Hikaru. Rin walked past him without a word, merely ruffling Hikaru's head. Hikaru rolled his eyes, "A simple hello would work, you weirdo. Who ruffles people's hair as a sign of hello or affection?"
Kai and Aya entered the dojo, where Hilary, Riku, Ray, Max, the twins and Kenny were waiting, several papers sprawled out in front of them. Kenny's laptop was resting on Shun's lap as the quieter twin was discussing something with the bit-beast trapped in the laptop – Kai knew that Dizzi had returned – while the genius was discussing with Riku and Hilary. Ray and Max were leaning over some papers and it was obvious that Hikaru had been with them.
When they had entered, Hilary smiled, "Hello Kai. And you must be the infamous Rin we've heard of that is going to marry Aya one day."
"I'm afraid the last part is a lie, Miss Tachibana." Rin replied as he walked towards Riku and ruffled the boy's hair affectionately, "Aya will not marry me. I believe that she'll make a better match with Tate or perhaps Hiwatari."
"That's what I told Aya-nee." Riku muttered and smiled weakly at Rin. Hilary seemed surprised at that, Kai noted. Well, he had learned a lot about Riku – Rin told him everything about the male when he found out that Riku was in the Granger dojo – and he knew it was a rare occurrence whenever he smiled.
Aya huffed and sat down next to Hilary, who looked at Aya in confusion. Aya smirked at her, "Here's my darling Prince Charming minus the shining armor and minus the charming."
"I don't think a prince should always be wearing armor that is obviously outdated." Rin retorted, "And I happen to have charm. Isn't my 'charm' the reason you're smitten with me?"
"Shut up," Aya replied and stuck out her tongue.
"Well, if anyone cares," Hikaru spoke up and they all turned to him. He pointed at the documents that Max, Ray and he had been looking at, "We've been reading articles on the 'Abduction Year', trying to find a connection between the children that were kidnapped. So far, we've found none. There wasn't anything out of the ordinary for the Forsaken Fallen to kidnap the kids."
"Keep searching, Hikaru. You might be onto something if you keep it up," Rin replied and turned to Aya, "Have you found out anything?"
"Nope." She shrugged, before resting her head on both of her hands, "Nothing at all, Rin. There were no leads on the recent kidnappings. They left nothing behind that could give us a clue to where they took Kaori, Tyson and Brooklyn."
"Shun?"
The younger twin looked up from the laptop he had been hunched over. He bit his lower lip before he responded, "Well, what we found out are things we already know about. Dizzi-san, Kenny-kun and I are trying to find out what triggered the awakening ten years ago and what caused them to fall into that deep slumber again. If we find that out, we might be able to make them sleep again."
"What about you, Rin? Find anything interesting?" Aya asked and they all looked up to look at Rin and Kai. "You were gone doing your own research about this that I know that you discovered something. What is it, then?"
Rin sat down and Kai followed suit. Rin brushed some of his bangs back before responding, "Kai and I have been trying to find out why we were targeted, similar to what Hikaru, Tate and Kon are doing at the moment. I found out that people from same families can possess a bit-beast and, if something were to happen to the original tamer, the bit-beast may find another tamer in the same family its previous tamer was from."
Aya groaned, "So that means if I were to die now, one of my cousins could become Dark Draciel's tamer?"
"Precisely. That's exactly what I am talking about," Rin nodded and Aya grinned because of the praise, "This led me to look into my family tree and I found out one of my ancestors married into the Kumai family."
"That means that you're a distant relative of Kaori Kumai, another tamer of the Forsaken Fallen." Ray inputted. Ray looked Rin in the eye, calculating the other boy's actions. Rin gave Ray an affirmative nod.
"That is not all. I found out that I am also a relative of Boris Balkov," Rin watched several of the occupants flinch and continued, "which lead me to retrieving this." He opened his palm and Max took a sharp intake of breath upon seeing the bit that was resting on Rin's palm.
"Black Dranzer." Ray whispered. Only Hilary was staring at the bit with confusion. Out of all of them, she hadn't experienced the power of the dark bit-beast. Ray narrowed his eyes at Rin, "Why-?"
"Did I get it?" Rin finished, "Kai asked the exact same thing. The answer is that Black Dranzer is a dangerous bit-beast, one of the most powerful ones in the world. Only the combined powers of Dragoon, Dranzer, Draciel and Driger were able to defeat him. If he fell in the hands of the Forsaken Fallen, they'd be unstoppable. After all," Rin closed his eyes and sighed, "that was their plan."
"What?" They all asked.
"We did a little more research on Black Dranzer as soon as we got him," This time, it was Kai speaking, "Several phoenixes were created during biblical times and Black Phoenix was created by Lucifer to carry out his war needs. If you recall, Lucifer is the ruler of Hell and there are several deities that are rulers of some variation of Hell. In Norse mythology, the goddess Hel. In Roman mythology, the god Pluto. In Greek mythology-."
"Hades," Hilary gasped, "A member of the Forsaken Fallen."
Rin and Kai nodded. Max placed a hand under his chin as he tried to connect all the dots, "Hades created Black Dranzer so it was similar to Dark Dranzer and Dranzer but with unlimited power. A perfect bit-beast. A perfect beast to destroy the sacred spirits and give the Forsaken Fallen an advantage."
"They must have never had the chance to use him, though," Aya continued and everyone turned to face her, "We all know that Black Dranzer is the strongest bit-beast around. He could defeat the sacred spirits easily."
"Rin is related to Boris, who found the Black Dranzer, right?" Riku interjected and they all turned to him now. "Rin said that bit-beasts could cling to members of the same family so did Dark Dranzer tell Boris where to find Black Dranzer? Did they manipulate him into finding it?"
"You're all right, of course," Rin answered, "But Dark Dranzer was dormant when Boris found Black Dranzer. The one who was still conscious of the world around him was Chaos. He helped Boris find Black Dranzer so, as soon as they were released, they'd know exactly where to find him. It also helped their cause that Boris and his scientists perfected the bit-beast."
"Damn." Hikaru muttered.
"So what are we going to do with him?" Hilary asked, "Aside from keeping him away from the Forsaken Fallen?"
"None of us but Kai are capable of wielding Black Dranzer's power so using him against the Forsaken Fallen is out of the question. But I have a better idea." Rin smirked at the bit and Kenny noticed Shun, Hikaru and Aya shivered at the sight of it. This might mean good or bad news.
"Rin thought that it'd be wise if we trapped Black Dranzer in some sort of seal but it might work if there were at least five bit-beasts around to do so." Kai responded, "That's why he decided to come here."
"But where are you going to seal him?" Hikaru asked, "It's a nice plan but where exactly are you going to seal him away?"
Rin sighed, "You make it sound like I didn't think things through, Hikaru. I know for a fact that there is an object in this household that has enough strength to contain this bit-beast and it's here in this room."
"Kenny's laptop?" Riku offered and both Kai and Rin face-palmed at his seriousness. Riku pointed at the laptop that was currently resting on Shun's lap, "Dizzi is in there, right? It must be a powerful object if it can contain a bit-beast like her. You're talking about the laptop, right, Rin?"
'As flattering as that is,' Dizzi inputted, 'I'm not sharing this laptop with that destructive creature. We don't know if he's angry at the thought of being sealed. And I'm not planning on testing his mood!'
"Riku, we're not going to discuss the possibilities of putting the most powerful and destructive bit-beast in this world inside a laptop. It wouldn't work." Rin replied tensely, massaging his head in a manner that Kai recognized. It was when he was close to getting a headache. Kai didn't blame him for it.
"Not with that attitude." Riku responded.
Kai groaned, running a hand through his spiky hair, "Oh, for the love of everything holy, we're talking about sealing Black Dranzer inside the sword that Dragoon used to be inside of!"
Everyone blinked and turned to look at the old Granger heirloom that was resting on top of an altar. The crest that was between the hilt and the blade was empty but they all knew that it had once held Dragoon's image before the beast entered Tyson's beyblade.
"Oh, that makes more sense than trapping Black Dranzer in a laptop." The twins said in unison, cocking their heads to the side at the same time. Everyone in the room was so used to them speaking entire sentences at the same time that they didn't even look surprised. All eyes were currently on the sword.
"Will it work?" Kenny asked, turning to Rin. The young tycoon hesitated before giving the genius a nod. Kenny gulped, "Well, I suppose we can give it a shot. We have nothing to lose."
"Let's just hope it works." Aya muttered.
~~~MIAB~~~
Anime: Not much to say here. Except sorry to Granger-sama for the Ann OC. I just couldn't resist. And the Black Dranzer information is legit, I think. I did my own research. Also, which character do you think is the one who is afraid of being alone? I gave hints to his identity. Do you know it? As for Rin ruffling people's hair as a sign of hello and affection . . . that's one of my weird quirks. That's all for now. Wait for the next chapter, okay? See ya!
~~MIAB~~
Translation:
Rin (Russian): dorogoy = darling
Kai (Russian): lyubovnik mal'chika = lover boy
Rin (Russian): staryy drug = old friend
Aya (Nepali): Ma varipari chu jaba rusi ma kura roknuhos = Stop talking in Russian when I'm around.
Aya (German): trottel = jerk
Rin (German): liebling = darling
~~MIAB~~
Chapter 4: Awake and Alive
Song: Awake and Alive by Skillet