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Oh, man....
What's happening? What was unleashed upon me? I....I don't know what's going on...
It's as if...it's happening all over again. It's as if I'm cursed. A second time. I can't believe it... I don't know what's happened to me. I don't even know HOW it happened. It's so...
Unbelievable. I feel as if something else has happened ages ago. Something terrible. I...don't wanna think about it... Why was I given this? Why did the same person who cursed me...give this ability?
This is so amazing, but...I-I...It's so unnerving as well...
What do I do, now? Show up like this?
I can't. No, it wouldn't be right. Show up in the form that almost tried to destroy them. I couldn't. But I...
How can I turn back? Do I have to stay like this forever? Do I?
Oh, man...I know something terrible happened...to my home...I...I saw it in my dreams...
N-no...I can't face it... It couldn't have happened...It just couldn't have...
What can I do, now?
Guys...Driger, Kevin, anybody...
What's going on?
Kenny charged around Tyson's dojo, searching from room to room. Panic was written all over his face as he rushed around, his footsteps shaking the entire building as he ran.
"Hey Chief, what's up?" Max asked. He had just come in from outside, where he had been practicing a technique with Draciel. It had barely been any success, though. The V model beyblade was chipped in places from crashing into rocks.
"Ray's still missing!!" Kenny cried, still racing around the place like it was the end of the world. "I can't find him anywhere!!"Max blinked. "Relax. I think he's still a little bummed about this morning. And besides, he might've taken a long walk to clear his mind about those nightmares 'n stuff." The blond haired blader shrugged.
"Yeah, Kenny." Tyson said, after finally dunking the broom into the bucket for the very last time. (His grandfather had forced him to clean the entire floor of the dojo.) "Maybe he just wants a little break from us. Just calm down, okay?"
"Relax?! How can I RELAX?! We've just been notified of another exhibition match with the White Tigers and we're leaving for Beijing TOMMORROW!!!"
Tyson and Max paled, as their frantic team mate continually searched each room repetitively, becoming more frantic by each passing second.
"When you put it that way..."
The Dragon and Turtle bladers suddenly rushed forth, equally panicked as their stumbling friend, joining him and searching from room to room.
Their cold team captain watched, amused, from a distance. His dark grey eyes shifted back outside, distaste swirling around inside their clear depths, as their screams became a little too chaotic.
Biting his lip, he pulled Dranzer out of his pocket, a warm, red glow surfacing within the bitchip. He smiled privately to himself, as he held a long and meaningful gaze towards his faithful companion.
Giving one last irritated look at his hyperactive team mates, he turned and walked off, deciding to look outside for his missing team mate. It was better than hanging around a group of idiots.
A pain rose in his heart as he mentioned it within his mind, but he dismissed it almost instantly.
He walked out the doorway, sliding the door shut behind him and making the sounds of screaming and yelling more muffled behind him as he made his way across the veranda, the cool, gentle night breeze stroking his body as he took every step, strengthening around him as he walked.
He inhaled with a small, content smile. His grey eyes gleamed excitedly. He, like his neko-jin team mate, appreciated the night. The stars, sparkling wondrously in the deep blue sky, dull, yet comforting to all those who laid eyes upon it. The majestic, silvery moon. Shining like a gleaming pearl. The calm, more wise duplicate of the far harsher sun.
He stopped, staring up at it. Staring up at this magnificent sight. In wonder.
His grey orbs strayed from every star, from every sparkling speck. Strayed away from their alert selves.
Oblivious.
Completely oblivious.
Unprepared for something. Something brewing within him. Something reawakening.
Something...deadly.
Kai's attention towards the stars suddenly faltered as a dull pain slowly started to develop, within his head. Within the walls of his relaxed mind, stirring it up with confusion and anxiety.
Narrowing his eyes in slight pain, he rubbed the back of his head, biting his lip. At first, he dismissed the thought, pronouncing it as a headache. The inference was short-lived however, when the pain began to grow sharper. More irritating.
At first, Kai was slightly annoyed, rubbing his head again, trying to ease the pain, swirling around in his thoughts. But as it strengthened, the pace of his heart began to quicken rapidly, as he began to grow anxious.
It wasn't like a normal headache. Not at all.
A thought began to surface within the surface of his pained mind, but he abruptly pushed it down again. As hard as he could.
It couldn't...He tried to avert his thoughts back onto finding Ray, but the pain in his head refused to lessen. In fact, it grew sharper. Stronger. Dominant.
He tried to step forward, tried to ignore this mysteriously suffering state. His head was starting to throb violently, and his heart raced. He tried to...
He staggered forward. He clutched his head with one hand, gripping tighter, tighter, as the pain grew. Grew unbearable.
A pained gasp escaped his throat. Dizziness was flooding his entire body. Striking it. Forcing it down. Down onto all fours. Trying to dominate his own free will.
Kai shook his head. No. 't...
The thought he had been trying desperately to push back down into the depths of the forgotten began to surface. He was facing away. He was refusing to believe it. He felt the ground swirling beneath him, but he faced away from the truth. The truth he could not accept. The truth he thought was impossible.
But all doubts abruptly faded from his mind, as he snatched a final gaze up towards the starry skies above, before collapsing down to the ground with a cry of terror, pain and resignation.
The moon was glowing red.
In the dimly lit streets of Tokyo, the cold wind of night streaked throughout the roads, wailing. A haunting call, echoing throughout the alleyways, sending a shiver down the spine towards anybody standing in its path.
It swirled around, panicked, and its terror grew, as well as its strength. It started to toss lifeless brown leaves, twirling them consistently, eventually throwing them away into the sky, as if it had already lost interest, like a child with a new, yet unsatisfactory toy.
It the rushed through streets, tossing crates and boxes away. Tearing through them, as if trying to find something. Trying to uncover a hiding object.
Until it finally uncovered something unusual.
Ray staggered back, surprised by the unsettling wind, tearing away his hiding place.
He suddenly snapped back to reality, abruptly, when he realized his cover was blown. No one was going to just glance at him without a second thought. No one was going to leave him alone if they saw him. Like this.
The wind streaked through his black and white fur and he shivered. He was freezing. He'd been out here for hours, in this form. Hiding. Trying to find out what to do.
But he'd dozed off in his hiding place. He'd forgotten about it.
But he knew he hadn't wandered far from Tyson's dojo. Only a couple of blocks. He wouldn't have been stupid enough to just run away. Maybe he needed his friends by his side, in order for this one to be figured out. He knew he would have some explaining to do, but it was better than just hanging around here, trying to think.
Quickly, yet stealthily, he raced towards the open street, prepared to race back out of sight again if anyone was near. But the street he came upon was completely deserted. Not one living person in sight.
Quickening the pace, he raced through the street. He ran past parked cars, and flickering lamps. Everyone was at home. He didn't need to worry about anything.
Tyson's place came into view quicker than expected, so he screeched to a halt, anchoring his long claws into the ground.
He remained in that position for a while, his heart thudding.
He was still anxious. Still unsure.
Unsure if he should return.
His amber eyes scanned the area in front of the entire dojo, making sure he wasn't being followed or see by anybody, then, certain that the coast was clear, he walked, cautiously, into the archway.
His amber eyes scanned the darkness, pupils rounding as they adjusted to the dark.
At first, everything seemed normal. The bushes were there, the trees lining the wall of the dojo (One area was smashed, which was where Tyson had firstly launched his killer attack) and the small glimmering pond in the centre of the courtyard.
But as he looked closer at the pond, he noticed a small, red gleam.
Blinking, he walked up towards it, confused. A red light? In the pond? Had Kai dropped Dranzer in there or something? He didn't know.
He grew more anxious as he approached the gleam. The scarlet light. What was it?
He reached the edge of the small pond, and stared into the water. But all he saw was his reflection –
Wait. His eyes slitted.
He did see his reflection. His human reflection. His former self, staring back up at him, a shocked look brewing within his expression. His raven hair floating slightly, caught in the flow of the restless wind. But when his gaze snapped back down towards his body, he was disappointed to see that his large white paws were still there. Still a tiger. Inhuman.
His gaze traced back to the pond, where his human face lay, rippling and distorted. But then, he saw the red gleam again. But this time, he realized it wasn't coming from the pond alone.
It was a reflection, too.
Ray's throat grew completely dry as he let in a shaky gasp. One of horror, and twisted realization.
It was a reflection of the moon. The scarlet moon.
His gaze snapped upwards, terror filling his amber eyes as they slitted, towards the sparkling sky. Yes, there it was. The moon was glowing red. Blood red.
But that was impossible. His head didn't hurt or anything. He didn't feel dizzy or strange. He didn't feel hate brewing in his heart like he usually did under the spell.
Suddenly, he remembered. He recalled his aunt's words.
"I cannot say another spell will avoid your life or a friend's...."
He tensed. Hard. Spitefully.
My friends?That's when he heard it. That's when he heard a cry. A cry of terror and pain.
He spun around, eyes narrowing abruptly into slits. Behind him, was a recognisable figure, curled up into a ball on his side, on the ground. Breathing hard. Gripping his head in major pain.
KAI!!Ray cried out.
The team captain stopped moving, though he was still shaking. Still in pain. One eye slowly opened, which to Ray's horror, had the faintest glow of scarlet swirling around their grey depths.
"R..Ray...?" He whispered, weakly.
The white tiger stared at his pained team captain, shakily.
N...No....
Kai's eyes snapped back closed, as another spasm of pain racked throughout his brain, making him hiss in anger, and fear.
Ray snatched his gaze back up towards the glowing moon, seemingly taunting the white tiger. Seemingly trying to make hate resurface in his heart. But Ray didn't fall for it. He knew Kai was in the scarlet moonlight. He was in danger of transforming if he stayed there.
Ray reacted and did the only thing he could think of. The absolute first thing that came into mind.
The former neko-jin tackled the team captain out of the scarlet rays of the cursed moonlight. Out of the way of the spell.
Kai let out a small gasp, as he impacted upon the surface on the hard, wooden, veranda, Ray sprawling a few metres away from him, yowling in pain.
A high pitched, screeching sound suddenly filled both their ears as Ray suddenly caught sight of the moon. The scarlet was abruptly lessening. Fading until it just became normal white. Pearly and calm. As if nothing had happened. As if it had remained this way, the entire time.
The tiger blinked in confusion. Had he imagined it all? Had Kai really been in that much pain?
But then, he heard a small moan behind him. Kai was trying to get up, but shakily. His breathing was laboured, and his eyes were clouded with fear and confusion. Completely lacking their usual sharpness, when Ray lay his own amber orbs upon them.
He only succeeded as going up as far enough to his knees, before staring back at his neko-jin team mate. His eyes regained a hint of sharpness and steeliness as he did so.
"What...? Ray, how did you...?" His voice was only a whisper. He was still taken aback from what had happened.
The white tiger slowly shook his head.
I-I'm not sure...His eyes shut, tightly.
I don't know if I can change back...The team captain stared at Ray, total sharpness beginning to resurface within his grey orbs, as he finally succeeded in standing up.
"How did this happen, Ray?" He asked. His tone was still a little unsure, and even cautious, but most of its usual characteristics had returned.
The neko-jin thought back, about whenever he was in the forest. Whenever he was human, completely unaware of anything that was about to happen to him. Remembering the words of his aunt. Remembered how he was unable to accept it all...
He remembered observing the stars as a human. Remembered how his face would light up in wonder every time he laid eyes upon his parent's watchful sparkling orbs. Stare up in excitement as he spotted the gleaming white moon, a calm glow ruling the starry sky...
Abrupt dizziness clouded his mind, and he staggered back, breathing hard. He was forced to release his thoughts of the night sky. Something was brewing. Inside him. He could feel it. Something was trying to release itself from the depths of the white tiger. Trying to resurface.
He could barely hear Kai call out to him. He could barely hear the slam of the door being hurled open, his worrying team mates rushing out. He could barely hear Driger, trying desperately to tell him to remain calm.
But it was too much. The dizziness was taking over his body, as a white light completely engulfed him. Consumed him. Forcing his true self to resurface, and the white tiger to retreat back within.
He was forced back upon two legs, gripping his head as his claws shrank and became fingers. He felt his canines shorten. He felt himself – his true self – resurface.
"Argh!"
He felt the white light subside. He felt the dizziness leave him.
But he felt so heavy. Exhausted.
His legs buckled and he fell to the ground with a moan. Hard. Painfully.
Ray's amber eyes were open for a few seconds, but not long enough to see him friends rush forward to his aid...
NG: Ah, so Ray's got an ABILITY now....AND WHAT THE HELL'S HAPPENING TO KAI?!
Kai: Crap. You did make me a wuss!
NG: But I'm not gonna stop there, mister! Ho-No...XD
Kai: Oo;;
NG: I'm sorry I updated late again...I have EXAMS!! :o
So I'll probably be late again....XD
2BC
