Emptiness
By: Black Dranzer
".." speaking and thinking
---------- Scene Change
--flashback sequences--
Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade. I only own any of the characters that you haven't seen in the original Beyblade series.
----------
In the last chapter of Emptiness:
(("Let it rip!"
Zenborg and Ian's beyblade shot with extreme speed towards each other and bounced off in different directions after compact.
Zenborg's beyblade landed on a lump of poison ivy in front of Kazuki.
When she looked up to search for Ian's beyblade, it had disappeared.
"Now do you see?" Ian smirked, "Wyborg is perfectly at home in this environment,"))
(("Nightmare Shadow! Cut those vines down!" Kazuki ordered.
The black swan abided and flew at top speed through the poison ivy and made its way towards the hidden snake.
"I still have the advantage of camouflage," Ian thought to himself, but Zenborg seemed to know exactly where Wyborg was.
In a few seconds, the snake bit beast had been defeated and retreated with a faint hiss back into its beyblade.
"How were you able to tell where Wyborg was?" Ian asked, shocked.
Kazuki gave Ian a superior look, "Yami Zenborg can sense shadows little boy, your snake can camouflage, but it can't erase its shadow can it?"))
(("Hey Kai! We're here!"
The boy's eyes snapped open at the voice.
He got up from his bed and, with his black duffel bag over his shoulder, walked out of the room to open the door.))
(("Tyson, get away from my fridge," Kai commanded and pulled Tyson away from the white appliance, he then smirked, "you've got your own food bank on your shoulder."
"It's not ALL food!" Tyson countered and walked out of the kitchen, pouting.
After another fifteen minutes of exploring, the phone rang. Kai went to pick it up and was relieved to hear that Mr. Dickenson's car had arrived and is now waiting for the five boys.
"Finally," Kai thought to himself and said out loud, "Mr. Dickenson is here! Now get out!" He picked up his duffel bag and pushed a complaining Tyson out the door, Max bounced along following Kai with Ray and Kenny trailing up behind him.))
(("I was told by Master Voltaire to show no mercy," the boy said with a voice that matched his expression, "But of course, mercy was never my style, as I am the Wind Razor, Bryan."
"It's not mine either, so too bad for you." Kazuki sneered as she got out her bow shooter and pointed at the boy.
"Very well," Bryan said, not fazed by the threatening bow, "but take a look at the cause of your downfall," and he showed her his blade, with a falcon engraved on his bit.
"Oh, it's a cute little sparrow," Kazuki teased, "wonder how long it will last against my fearsome swan,"))
(("Zenborg! Yami form!"
Her swan was already halfway into its change, as it had read its master's mind a few seconds earlier.
Before Bryan could react, the black swan at charged at Falborg with its wing blades giving of the dark glow of menace.
Bryan stood a moment later staring at his defeated beyblade lying on the ground, not spinning.
Kazuki stood triumphant with Zenborg in front of her, smirking at Bryan.
"Guess I didn't give any mercy either," she sneered and turned around.))
((A teenage girl stood alone on the balcony of a huge mansion in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her short, red hair is blowing in the wind in messy strands that shone in the sunlight. Her lavender eyes were trained on a plane that was flying through the blue sky.
"I feel a challenge coming," she thought to herself as the plane disappeared behind a cloud.))
(("I just felt it coming," Jackie smiled at her brother and stepped behind one of the balcony curtains. When she stepped out again, another girl was in her place. This girl had long, blue hair and her irises were colored turquoise.
"Changer is out to have some fun," the girl announced and jumped off the balcony, landing perfectly like a cat on the grass below.))
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Chapter Three: Destination
"We must win this last battle," Kazuki whispered to Zenborg, "Father despises failure,"
Her bit beast soothed her mind with a black and white glow.
Looking up at her last challenge, she faced a metal door.
As she walked nearer, she sensed a drop in temperature around her.
When the door slid open, a gust of chilling wind caught her off guard.
Snow and ice covered the chamber as a few snowflakes drifted to the snowy ground. Opposite her stood a boy in a white and orange jumpsuit.
The boy's hair was a flaming red, but the color gave off no warmth whatsoever, just like his aqua blue eyes.
"Are you chilled in the presence of the 'Frozen Knight'?" the boy asked with a tone that matched his surroundings.
"Not as much as you will be when I defeat you," Kazuki replied in an equally icy voice.
The boy merely smirked as he took out his gun launcher.
"Let it rip!"
Two Beyblades launched into the air and crashed against each other as the snowflakes fluttered around them.
As Zenborg and Wolborg battled on the snow, Kazuki noticed with a frown that her beyblade wasn't as sharp as usual.
"It must be the packed snow and the thick ice," she thought, "But that guy's beyblade seems fine,"
Looking closer at Tala's beyblade, Kazuki noticed that it has been equipped with a heavier defense ring in order to keep it more stable on the slippery ice.
"Hmph, he has the advantage, for now," she thought.
Back on the battle, Zenborg was sliding and slipping on the glass-like ice as well as being attacked ferociously by Wolborg.
"Enough of this foolish play," Tala announced suddenly, "Wolborg! Arise!"
The howl of an arctic wolf announced the emergence of a wolf equipped with icicle-like wings.
"Zenborg!" Kazuki called, not at all intimidated by Wolborg.
The answering call of a swan replied as Zenborg emerged as well.
The two bit beasts bashed against each other, causing sparks to fly.
Wolborg and Zenborg continued trading blows until a large icicle sticking out of the ground separated the two beyblades.
Kazuki took the chance to risk an attack, "Silver Radiance!" she commanded.
Zenborg spread its wings and sent two beams of silver light at Wolborg.
"I was waiting for this," Tala scoffed, "guess you fell for it little swan,"
Kazuki was about to snap back at Tala for calling her 'little swan' but was interrupted as Wolborg gave an ear-piercing howl.
Instantly, the snow around the chamber froze in mid-air and started to rain down as hail on top of Kazuki and Zenborg.
The girl had to cover her face to avoid the sharp frozen rain and struggled to watch the battle between the two bit beasts.
Tala sneered, "What's wrong? Did one of your precious feathers get ruffled?"
Kazuki glared at Tala with rage, no one had ever mocked her before.
"I'll make you regret that!" she growled, then, turning to Zenborg, she commanded, "Show him your Nightmare Shadow Zenborg!"
Zenborg's Yami emerged with rage, mirroring its master's emotions and charged for Wolborg with its sharpened wings.
"Wolborg, dodge then aim for the back," Tala retorted with a smirk, satisfied that he had enraged Kazuki.
Kazuki bit her lip, trying to think of a way to counter, but before she could come up with a backup plan, Wolborg had already avoided Zenborg's Nightmare Shadow.
With a howl, it shot a full force blizzard at the swan's unprotected back.
The swan screeched as the sharp shards of ice grazed its wings and feathers as it tried to counter. Before it could turn around properly though, Wolborg had pounced on top of Zenborg and had its jaws on Zenborg's neck.
"Get up Zenborg!" Kazuki cried, but her bit beast only managed a weak screech before falling to the ground.
The beyblades spinning below reflected the bit beast's states. Wolborg was still at full spin while Zenborg's was wobbling dangerously as it was pummeled.
"I don't think your little cardinal can stand much more of Wolborg's attacks," Tala laughed, "Why don't you put it back in the cage it belongs in instead of letting it struggle when it actually comes into the cruel world?"
At that, something struck Kazuki.
"I will be in a cage if I fail in this battle," she thought bitterly, "I can't fail, if I do, surely father will give me the same punishment as Alexander,"
At the thought of her father, Kazuki shivered.
Across the room, Tala stared at Kazuki's face.
"There's a fear on her face," he thought with a frown, "A fear that she's desperately trying to hide."
Out loud, the shouted, "So do you surrender?"
Kazuki snapped out of her thoughts and glared up at Tala, "I won't surrender," she hissed, "I CAN'T surrender,"
"Can't surrender?" Tala thought with surprise.
"Zenborg!" She shouted, attempting to make mind contact with her bit beast, "Get up!"
Searching for even the faintest signals from her bit beast, Kazuki awaited the faint glow of black and white she was used to seeing.
But darkness ruled her thoughts, without even the faintest of signals to guide her.
"Zenborg," she pleaded, "If I lose, then I lose everything I have. And that isn't much. But you're the last one by my side that I treasure, I don't want you to be one of the first things I lose."
At that thought, she was greeted through her vain search by the light she had awaited.
With a screech and an explosion of light, Zenborg broke through Wolborg's ice cage and soared up and around the chamber.
Tala looked on with surprise. The only other person he had seen who could revive their bit beast was Tyson, and he had lost bitterly in that battle.
"Your bit beast may have broken through my ice, but it is still very much damaged," Tala pointed out.
It was true, Zenborg, even though soaring mightily around the chamber had very visible bite and scar marks on its body accompanied by the fact that its beyblade was still just hanging on to rotation.
Gritting her teeth, Kazuki gathered all of her concentration to keep her beyblade spinning.
"I can't lose," she repeated over and over to herself.
As if answering to her pleas, her bit beast and beyblade strengthened just a little.
Tala grew tired of Kazuki's struggles and shouted, "Finish them off! Buzzalog!"
By far the largest blizzard sent by Wolborg during that battle was sent hurling at Zenborg.
"Zenborg! Counter attack!" Kazuki shouted for all she was worth, trying to send every bit of power she had to her bit beast.
The swan replied with a screech of determination and set itself in a low- lying position, avoiding the worst of the storm. Despite this, the blizzard still damaged its wings and body.
After hitting Zenborg, it continued to advance on Kazuki.
Feeling the sharp shards of frozen snow scar her arms and face, she stepped back a few paces.
After the blizzard died down a bit, Kazuki looked around for the two beyblades.
She spotted them slamming against each other while chipping the ice below their bases.
Surprised that Zenborg was still spinning, Kazuki tried to think of another way to defeat the strong opponent.
Glints of ice caught her eye.
"Reflection.." she thought with a smile, "That's it,"
"I see you've survived," Tala spoke up, "You're only the second person to have stood up to my strongest attack. But don't gloat over it as I don't plan on letting you win,"
"Same here," Kazuki replied.
"She seems to have found a way to beat me," Tala thought, "Then I must finish her off before she can try,"
"Wolborg! Attack again!"
"Zenborg! Silver Radiance!" Kazuki shouted.
In a flash, Zenborg's Hikari had switched into control and was gathering light into its chest jewels.
Just as the raging ice wolf was about to fire its blizzard attack, the silver swan let loose its twin beams of light.
But as it neared Wolborg, it seemed to veer off course towards another destination.
"You've got poor aim," Tala stated, "But I won't let a mistake to unnoticed,"
Kazuki just smirked, "A mistake? Look and see for yourself the 'mistake' I've made,"
As she finished those words, the two seemingly randomly shot beams have bounced off icicle after icicle and onto the other reflective surfaces of ice, forming what looked like a net of intertwined beacons of light around Wolborg.
"How did that happen?" Tala said in disbelief, "I thought that attack would only blind the opponent,"
"Guess you thought wrong then," it was Kazuki's turn to mock.
Tala just growled, "That pathetic excuse for a net won't keep Wolborg trapped for long,"
But he was proven wrong as his bit beast continued to struggle inside the light-made net.
"My two beacons of light will continue to bounce off any reflective surface and as long as all this frozen junk is here, my net will become thicker and thicker," Kazuki explained in a superior manner.
Then, changing into a serious expression, she added, "But I won't play around for too long, father doesn't like to be kept waiting. Zenborg! Nightmare Shadow!"
Tala watched as the inevitable end of the battle was carried out with Zenborg Yami emerging and tearing through both the cage of light that Zenborg Hikari had created and Wolborg with its shadow blade.
In a matter of seconds, Wolborg had retreated into its bit and stopped spinning.
"I lost because I underestimated you," Tala growled at Kazuki as she turned her back to him, "But next time we battle, I won't lose,"
"Don't be so sure," was all Kazuki offered as she left the chamber with Zenborg clutched tightly in her hands.
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A black jet plane bearing the symbol of the BBA landed softly on the private runway of the McGregor household.
"Johnny sure has a lot of things," Tyson muttered as he looked out from his window seat, "including his own private runway."
"You think he'll get his own airport soon?" Max joked, then, imitating a pilot, he said into an imaginary intercom, "Welcome everyone, aboard the Johnny Express Line leaving from Johnny McGregor Airport in Scotland to Johnny McGregor Airport in another country,"
"That could happen," Ray laughed from his seat beside Kai.
Their team leader was silent as usual and had his eyes closed.
"Guys," Kenny complained, "Can we get off now? I'm kind of airsick,"
Ray laughed along with Max and Tyson at Kenny's greenish face.
"We're here boys," Mr. Dickenson said from his seat in the front, "You can unbuckle your seatbelts now,"
The boys did as they were told and got up to leave.
Upon walking out of the jet plane's doors, they saw a carriage waiting for them below the stairs.
"And he has a carriage too," Tyson pouted, "Why can't we get our own carriage?"
"Tyson," Ray pointed out, "You don't need carriages back in Japan, plus, what would you do with a carriage in a city full of cars?"
"Oh, right," Tyson, replied, "I guess I don't have to have a carriage then,"
"Can we get moving?" an annoyed voice asked from the back of the group.
Everyone turned around to see Kai crossing his arms as he waited for Tyson to move along.
"Fine, fine!" Tyson said rolling his eyes as he replied to Kai, "I was just having a conversation with Ray and Max, there's no need to get annoyed just because I'm talking okay? But I've got to say Kai, why don't you ever join in on any conversations between us? It's like you never talk, that bugs me. You should talk more often you know? Put a bit more of sunshine into your life. Seriously, I wish you won't be so qui-"
Before he could finish, a shadow passed overhead followed by a light thump at the bottom of the stairs.
"If you don't move, I will," Kai said after standing up from jumping over Tyson, Max and Ray.
The three boys stared open-mouthed as their team leader turned around with a grunt and headed towards the carriage.
"Did he just jump over us?" Tyson asked, "I mean seriously, I think only a cat could've done that. Wait, can cats jump that high? Or maybe it was a mountain lion? No, a lynx? Or maybe a-"
"TYSON!" both Ray and Max yelled, "Just get off the stairs! You're blocking everyone else's path!"
--To be continued
By: Black Dranzer
".." speaking and thinking
---------- Scene Change
--flashback sequences--
Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade. I only own any of the characters that you haven't seen in the original Beyblade series.
----------
In the last chapter of Emptiness:
(("Let it rip!"
Zenborg and Ian's beyblade shot with extreme speed towards each other and bounced off in different directions after compact.
Zenborg's beyblade landed on a lump of poison ivy in front of Kazuki.
When she looked up to search for Ian's beyblade, it had disappeared.
"Now do you see?" Ian smirked, "Wyborg is perfectly at home in this environment,"))
(("Nightmare Shadow! Cut those vines down!" Kazuki ordered.
The black swan abided and flew at top speed through the poison ivy and made its way towards the hidden snake.
"I still have the advantage of camouflage," Ian thought to himself, but Zenborg seemed to know exactly where Wyborg was.
In a few seconds, the snake bit beast had been defeated and retreated with a faint hiss back into its beyblade.
"How were you able to tell where Wyborg was?" Ian asked, shocked.
Kazuki gave Ian a superior look, "Yami Zenborg can sense shadows little boy, your snake can camouflage, but it can't erase its shadow can it?"))
(("Hey Kai! We're here!"
The boy's eyes snapped open at the voice.
He got up from his bed and, with his black duffel bag over his shoulder, walked out of the room to open the door.))
(("Tyson, get away from my fridge," Kai commanded and pulled Tyson away from the white appliance, he then smirked, "you've got your own food bank on your shoulder."
"It's not ALL food!" Tyson countered and walked out of the kitchen, pouting.
After another fifteen minutes of exploring, the phone rang. Kai went to pick it up and was relieved to hear that Mr. Dickenson's car had arrived and is now waiting for the five boys.
"Finally," Kai thought to himself and said out loud, "Mr. Dickenson is here! Now get out!" He picked up his duffel bag and pushed a complaining Tyson out the door, Max bounced along following Kai with Ray and Kenny trailing up behind him.))
(("I was told by Master Voltaire to show no mercy," the boy said with a voice that matched his expression, "But of course, mercy was never my style, as I am the Wind Razor, Bryan."
"It's not mine either, so too bad for you." Kazuki sneered as she got out her bow shooter and pointed at the boy.
"Very well," Bryan said, not fazed by the threatening bow, "but take a look at the cause of your downfall," and he showed her his blade, with a falcon engraved on his bit.
"Oh, it's a cute little sparrow," Kazuki teased, "wonder how long it will last against my fearsome swan,"))
(("Zenborg! Yami form!"
Her swan was already halfway into its change, as it had read its master's mind a few seconds earlier.
Before Bryan could react, the black swan at charged at Falborg with its wing blades giving of the dark glow of menace.
Bryan stood a moment later staring at his defeated beyblade lying on the ground, not spinning.
Kazuki stood triumphant with Zenborg in front of her, smirking at Bryan.
"Guess I didn't give any mercy either," she sneered and turned around.))
((A teenage girl stood alone on the balcony of a huge mansion in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her short, red hair is blowing in the wind in messy strands that shone in the sunlight. Her lavender eyes were trained on a plane that was flying through the blue sky.
"I feel a challenge coming," she thought to herself as the plane disappeared behind a cloud.))
(("I just felt it coming," Jackie smiled at her brother and stepped behind one of the balcony curtains. When she stepped out again, another girl was in her place. This girl had long, blue hair and her irises were colored turquoise.
"Changer is out to have some fun," the girl announced and jumped off the balcony, landing perfectly like a cat on the grass below.))
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Chapter Three: Destination
"We must win this last battle," Kazuki whispered to Zenborg, "Father despises failure,"
Her bit beast soothed her mind with a black and white glow.
Looking up at her last challenge, she faced a metal door.
As she walked nearer, she sensed a drop in temperature around her.
When the door slid open, a gust of chilling wind caught her off guard.
Snow and ice covered the chamber as a few snowflakes drifted to the snowy ground. Opposite her stood a boy in a white and orange jumpsuit.
The boy's hair was a flaming red, but the color gave off no warmth whatsoever, just like his aqua blue eyes.
"Are you chilled in the presence of the 'Frozen Knight'?" the boy asked with a tone that matched his surroundings.
"Not as much as you will be when I defeat you," Kazuki replied in an equally icy voice.
The boy merely smirked as he took out his gun launcher.
"Let it rip!"
Two Beyblades launched into the air and crashed against each other as the snowflakes fluttered around them.
As Zenborg and Wolborg battled on the snow, Kazuki noticed with a frown that her beyblade wasn't as sharp as usual.
"It must be the packed snow and the thick ice," she thought, "But that guy's beyblade seems fine,"
Looking closer at Tala's beyblade, Kazuki noticed that it has been equipped with a heavier defense ring in order to keep it more stable on the slippery ice.
"Hmph, he has the advantage, for now," she thought.
Back on the battle, Zenborg was sliding and slipping on the glass-like ice as well as being attacked ferociously by Wolborg.
"Enough of this foolish play," Tala announced suddenly, "Wolborg! Arise!"
The howl of an arctic wolf announced the emergence of a wolf equipped with icicle-like wings.
"Zenborg!" Kazuki called, not at all intimidated by Wolborg.
The answering call of a swan replied as Zenborg emerged as well.
The two bit beasts bashed against each other, causing sparks to fly.
Wolborg and Zenborg continued trading blows until a large icicle sticking out of the ground separated the two beyblades.
Kazuki took the chance to risk an attack, "Silver Radiance!" she commanded.
Zenborg spread its wings and sent two beams of silver light at Wolborg.
"I was waiting for this," Tala scoffed, "guess you fell for it little swan,"
Kazuki was about to snap back at Tala for calling her 'little swan' but was interrupted as Wolborg gave an ear-piercing howl.
Instantly, the snow around the chamber froze in mid-air and started to rain down as hail on top of Kazuki and Zenborg.
The girl had to cover her face to avoid the sharp frozen rain and struggled to watch the battle between the two bit beasts.
Tala sneered, "What's wrong? Did one of your precious feathers get ruffled?"
Kazuki glared at Tala with rage, no one had ever mocked her before.
"I'll make you regret that!" she growled, then, turning to Zenborg, she commanded, "Show him your Nightmare Shadow Zenborg!"
Zenborg's Yami emerged with rage, mirroring its master's emotions and charged for Wolborg with its sharpened wings.
"Wolborg, dodge then aim for the back," Tala retorted with a smirk, satisfied that he had enraged Kazuki.
Kazuki bit her lip, trying to think of a way to counter, but before she could come up with a backup plan, Wolborg had already avoided Zenborg's Nightmare Shadow.
With a howl, it shot a full force blizzard at the swan's unprotected back.
The swan screeched as the sharp shards of ice grazed its wings and feathers as it tried to counter. Before it could turn around properly though, Wolborg had pounced on top of Zenborg and had its jaws on Zenborg's neck.
"Get up Zenborg!" Kazuki cried, but her bit beast only managed a weak screech before falling to the ground.
The beyblades spinning below reflected the bit beast's states. Wolborg was still at full spin while Zenborg's was wobbling dangerously as it was pummeled.
"I don't think your little cardinal can stand much more of Wolborg's attacks," Tala laughed, "Why don't you put it back in the cage it belongs in instead of letting it struggle when it actually comes into the cruel world?"
At that, something struck Kazuki.
"I will be in a cage if I fail in this battle," she thought bitterly, "I can't fail, if I do, surely father will give me the same punishment as Alexander,"
At the thought of her father, Kazuki shivered.
Across the room, Tala stared at Kazuki's face.
"There's a fear on her face," he thought with a frown, "A fear that she's desperately trying to hide."
Out loud, the shouted, "So do you surrender?"
Kazuki snapped out of her thoughts and glared up at Tala, "I won't surrender," she hissed, "I CAN'T surrender,"
"Can't surrender?" Tala thought with surprise.
"Zenborg!" She shouted, attempting to make mind contact with her bit beast, "Get up!"
Searching for even the faintest signals from her bit beast, Kazuki awaited the faint glow of black and white she was used to seeing.
But darkness ruled her thoughts, without even the faintest of signals to guide her.
"Zenborg," she pleaded, "If I lose, then I lose everything I have. And that isn't much. But you're the last one by my side that I treasure, I don't want you to be one of the first things I lose."
At that thought, she was greeted through her vain search by the light she had awaited.
With a screech and an explosion of light, Zenborg broke through Wolborg's ice cage and soared up and around the chamber.
Tala looked on with surprise. The only other person he had seen who could revive their bit beast was Tyson, and he had lost bitterly in that battle.
"Your bit beast may have broken through my ice, but it is still very much damaged," Tala pointed out.
It was true, Zenborg, even though soaring mightily around the chamber had very visible bite and scar marks on its body accompanied by the fact that its beyblade was still just hanging on to rotation.
Gritting her teeth, Kazuki gathered all of her concentration to keep her beyblade spinning.
"I can't lose," she repeated over and over to herself.
As if answering to her pleas, her bit beast and beyblade strengthened just a little.
Tala grew tired of Kazuki's struggles and shouted, "Finish them off! Buzzalog!"
By far the largest blizzard sent by Wolborg during that battle was sent hurling at Zenborg.
"Zenborg! Counter attack!" Kazuki shouted for all she was worth, trying to send every bit of power she had to her bit beast.
The swan replied with a screech of determination and set itself in a low- lying position, avoiding the worst of the storm. Despite this, the blizzard still damaged its wings and body.
After hitting Zenborg, it continued to advance on Kazuki.
Feeling the sharp shards of frozen snow scar her arms and face, she stepped back a few paces.
After the blizzard died down a bit, Kazuki looked around for the two beyblades.
She spotted them slamming against each other while chipping the ice below their bases.
Surprised that Zenborg was still spinning, Kazuki tried to think of another way to defeat the strong opponent.
Glints of ice caught her eye.
"Reflection.." she thought with a smile, "That's it,"
"I see you've survived," Tala spoke up, "You're only the second person to have stood up to my strongest attack. But don't gloat over it as I don't plan on letting you win,"
"Same here," Kazuki replied.
"She seems to have found a way to beat me," Tala thought, "Then I must finish her off before she can try,"
"Wolborg! Attack again!"
"Zenborg! Silver Radiance!" Kazuki shouted.
In a flash, Zenborg's Hikari had switched into control and was gathering light into its chest jewels.
Just as the raging ice wolf was about to fire its blizzard attack, the silver swan let loose its twin beams of light.
But as it neared Wolborg, it seemed to veer off course towards another destination.
"You've got poor aim," Tala stated, "But I won't let a mistake to unnoticed,"
Kazuki just smirked, "A mistake? Look and see for yourself the 'mistake' I've made,"
As she finished those words, the two seemingly randomly shot beams have bounced off icicle after icicle and onto the other reflective surfaces of ice, forming what looked like a net of intertwined beacons of light around Wolborg.
"How did that happen?" Tala said in disbelief, "I thought that attack would only blind the opponent,"
"Guess you thought wrong then," it was Kazuki's turn to mock.
Tala just growled, "That pathetic excuse for a net won't keep Wolborg trapped for long,"
But he was proven wrong as his bit beast continued to struggle inside the light-made net.
"My two beacons of light will continue to bounce off any reflective surface and as long as all this frozen junk is here, my net will become thicker and thicker," Kazuki explained in a superior manner.
Then, changing into a serious expression, she added, "But I won't play around for too long, father doesn't like to be kept waiting. Zenborg! Nightmare Shadow!"
Tala watched as the inevitable end of the battle was carried out with Zenborg Yami emerging and tearing through both the cage of light that Zenborg Hikari had created and Wolborg with its shadow blade.
In a matter of seconds, Wolborg had retreated into its bit and stopped spinning.
"I lost because I underestimated you," Tala growled at Kazuki as she turned her back to him, "But next time we battle, I won't lose,"
"Don't be so sure," was all Kazuki offered as she left the chamber with Zenborg clutched tightly in her hands.
----------
A black jet plane bearing the symbol of the BBA landed softly on the private runway of the McGregor household.
"Johnny sure has a lot of things," Tyson muttered as he looked out from his window seat, "including his own private runway."
"You think he'll get his own airport soon?" Max joked, then, imitating a pilot, he said into an imaginary intercom, "Welcome everyone, aboard the Johnny Express Line leaving from Johnny McGregor Airport in Scotland to Johnny McGregor Airport in another country,"
"That could happen," Ray laughed from his seat beside Kai.
Their team leader was silent as usual and had his eyes closed.
"Guys," Kenny complained, "Can we get off now? I'm kind of airsick,"
Ray laughed along with Max and Tyson at Kenny's greenish face.
"We're here boys," Mr. Dickenson said from his seat in the front, "You can unbuckle your seatbelts now,"
The boys did as they were told and got up to leave.
Upon walking out of the jet plane's doors, they saw a carriage waiting for them below the stairs.
"And he has a carriage too," Tyson pouted, "Why can't we get our own carriage?"
"Tyson," Ray pointed out, "You don't need carriages back in Japan, plus, what would you do with a carriage in a city full of cars?"
"Oh, right," Tyson, replied, "I guess I don't have to have a carriage then,"
"Can we get moving?" an annoyed voice asked from the back of the group.
Everyone turned around to see Kai crossing his arms as he waited for Tyson to move along.
"Fine, fine!" Tyson said rolling his eyes as he replied to Kai, "I was just having a conversation with Ray and Max, there's no need to get annoyed just because I'm talking okay? But I've got to say Kai, why don't you ever join in on any conversations between us? It's like you never talk, that bugs me. You should talk more often you know? Put a bit more of sunshine into your life. Seriously, I wish you won't be so qui-"
Before he could finish, a shadow passed overhead followed by a light thump at the bottom of the stairs.
"If you don't move, I will," Kai said after standing up from jumping over Tyson, Max and Ray.
The three boys stared open-mouthed as their team leader turned around with a grunt and headed towards the carriage.
"Did he just jump over us?" Tyson asked, "I mean seriously, I think only a cat could've done that. Wait, can cats jump that high? Or maybe it was a mountain lion? No, a lynx? Or maybe a-"
"TYSON!" both Ray and Max yelled, "Just get off the stairs! You're blocking everyone else's path!"
--To be continued