Heavenly Flames
Chapter Seven: Catch me if you Can
Warning: Some language, possible character deaths, implied themes (You know what themes I'm talking about)OC's will be used in this story and they will be important.
(Warning For this Chapter) There will be a tiny bit of Tyson/Hilary but not much. (Just a warning)
Disclaimer: Beyblade is not my creation, while this storyline is, the characters involved, with the exception of OC's, are not.
(Now using OpenOffice as my program, hopefully it will work)
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Kai ran Linra's words over in his mind as he searched his friend's abandoned hospital room. He froze as a sudden surge of power flooded through the room. Kai followed the pull and pushed away the bed. Sitting discarded underneath the covers, was a cracked beyblade with a tiger bit in the middle.
Kai picked up the beyblade, popping out the bit chip. It was glowing bright green, the heat poured off it in waves. 'Dranzer,' Kai thought, calling out to the phoenix. "Yes, master Kai?" Kai felt Drigger slowly cooling off. 'Dranzer, can you try to contact Drigger. Find out what is happening?' "If you want me to."
Kai waited as Dranzer tried to contact the white tiger. The tiger bit was now glowing and dimming randomly and Kai didn't take that as a good sign. "Master Kai?" Kai tightened his grip on the bit. 'What did Drigger say?' Dranzer fell silent as the tiger bit heated up again. "He has been shot, Kai. I am not sure how bad the gun shot wound is, but Drigger can not talk to me. He is straining himself to keep his child alive. I fear your friend may be on his last life." Kai didn't say anything back to his bitbeast.
She had to be wrong. There was no other explanation for it, but the proof was in his hands. In the form of a tiger bit that was slowly giving out from the strain. If Drigger gave out that could only mean one thing. Kai shoved the tiger bit into his pocket. As long as the heat kept on radiating from the bit, Kai knew his friend was alive.
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I stood in the chopper, the blades still spinning in the unbreakable pattern. I looked down at the still form beneath my feet. I had shot him through the chest, about 5 millimeters from his heart. The shot, was near fatal, in fact if left unchecked in about five minutes he would bleed out. It had only taken about 20 seconds for the shock to wear off, and another 40 seconds for him to finally give in to the pain and fall into a near death state.
He was at my mercy and I wanted nothing more then to just let him bleed out. I knew that wouldn't be good for me though. After a few more seconds of watching his precious life's blood seep to the floor beneath my shoes, I went into action.
I shrugged off my jacket, wincing slightly as it slid over the claw marks on my shoulder, damn Neko. I then wrapped the jacket around his chest tightly. It was then I noticed that his arms were still wrapped to the elbows in bandages. I decided those would be a better suppressant then my coat. After a few more moments I had taken the wraps from his arms and wound them tightly around his chest.
It wouldn't last long, but it would last long enough for us to get to our destination. I heard the chopper blades slowing down and I knew we were there. I looked down at my shoes. My shoes and pants legs were stained with neko blood. A sight that almost brought a smile to my face. I heard rushing out side the helicopter and I decided it was time to play my role of emotionless dictator. I jumped out of the helicopter and came face to face with none other then our sadistic leader, Boris. "10704, did you secure project zero?" I about made a mistake and let my disgust be known to the man.
"Yes sir, but he is in need of medical attention." I could see the panic flare up in Boris' eyes. How cute, he's worried about his sick little pet. "What did you do?" He demanded. Normally I would have growled back, but Boris was in charge and I was simply meant to obey.
"I shot him." Boris punched me in the face, almost breaking my nose, but I didn't care. Watching that half human bleed was worth it. "You stupid boy. We need him alive! I would have thought even your dense mind could understand that fact." I felt my anger flare back up. He didn't even care that I was hurt. That stupid cat hadn't come without a fight, but did Boris care? No! What did we need that stupid halfbreed for anyways? I was just as good as him, if not better! Boris was too close minded to see that though.
"My apologize." I said, gritting my teeth. Boris glared at me. "For your sake, boy, you better pray he lives." With that Boris stomped off and I watched as the men dragged the tiger's body from the helicopter. "Yes, sir." I hissed. Wiping the blood off my racked cheek I watched as Boris looked over the halfbreed like a worried parent.
I knew the true reason he cared about the halfbreed, and it made me sick just thinking about it. Of all the people in BioVolt, it was Boris' infatuation with the halfbreed that anger me. His painfully obvious favoring, his sick lusting after something that wasn't meant for him. It was both pitiful and disgusting. I reached into my pocket and felt the edges of my blade. "Someday, halfbreed, I'll make you pay for stealing my father from me." I hissed, sending one last look to my father before I turned to head inside to have my own wounds checked out.
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Kai walked into the room where Doctor Kaberlin was treating Linra's wound. "Linra, who attacked you." Kai demanded, his hands were clenched into fist. Linra met Kai's crimson glare with a fierce look of her own. "You are asking the wrong person Hiwatari. If you want to know who is behind this ask the old abbey worker."
Kai turned his gaze to Doctor Kaberlin. Kaberlin sighed. She hadn't expected to get away without someone putting the pieces together. "Who was it." Kai damaged again. Kaberlin took a relaxing breath. "The one that took Ray was . . . my son. Mine and Boris' " Kai allowed himself to look shocked. He hadn't ever even considered the possibility that the maniac could spawn.
"You and Boris, had a son. How do you know that it is him?" Kai asked, his mind trying to process everything correctly. "Because my son is the only one who could have pulled this off in the middle of the day. My son is smart, smarter than many give him credit for. Many including his father." Linra had a dark look in her eyes as Kaberlin spoke. "I don't understand you." She said, her gaze resting on the floor. "If you had a son, why take care of me and Ray?" Kai looked to the girl. He had thought she had all the answers, apparently she didn't.
"Because Boris took my son away from me. He turned him into something that I couldn't even recognize. Then Boris turned his attention to Ray, and I couldn't let another child get poisoned by his ways." Poisoned, it was the word that Kai knew well. He had heard the word used towards Tala many a times. "Tainted," Linra spat coldly, her eyes sharpening into a glare. It was a glare, however, that wasn't directed at anyone in the room.
Kai's blood ran cold as the heat disappeared in his pocket. He pulled the bit out of his pocket. The bit no longer glowed the bright green, in fact it didn't glow at all. 'Dranzer!' There was a small pause as his bitbeast thought. " I know Kai." 'Dranzer what is going on?' "He is gone. I no longer have a connection with Drigger." Kai could hear the sadness in his bitbeast voice. He had known the two bitbeast shared a bond for a while now, but he hadn't thought about what that meant. 'Do you mean that Drigger is gone?' "It means that Drigger has left this world."
Kai looked at the bit and then at the other two people in the room. He wasn't going to share this information with them just yet. 'Please let this all be a bad dream.'
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Tala stopped in his tracks. Something was wrong, he couldn't tell what yet, but something was very wrong. Max and Kenny looked over at the redhead with a questioning look. Tala did a 360 sweep of the area. 'Where are you.' Tala thought.
He was use to being paranoid, but it isn't paranoia if someone is really out to get you. And since someone was after him 85% of the time, he concluded that he wasn't paranoid, at least that is what he told everyone.
"Tala wa-" Tala held up his hand, effectively cutting Max off. "Max, listen to me very closely," Tala whispered. It took Max a moment to decide whether he had really heard the wolf or not, but catching Tala's face he decided he had. "When I say run, grab Kenny and go. Don't look back no matter what."
Max was about to question the wolf when he saw Tala slipping Wolborg from his pocket. "Ready," Max nodded and prepared himself to run, already grabbing Kenny's arm. Tala caught his target. A man with dark blonde hair and bright green eyes had stood from a cafe table and was moving towards them with short controlled steps. "RUN!" Tala yelled launching his blade at the man's head, knowing full well he would have backup around.
Max did as Tala had told him, dragging Kenny after him he ran without ever looking back. Tala saw Max and Kenny slide around a corner and out of sight. He was able to fight the first guy off without a problem, and the teenage girl that had followed him. It was the third one that had messed Tala up. He hadn't seen him coming and he had been able to knock the wind out of the wolf.
Tala didn't have enough time to regain his breath before he was knocked over the head. Tala had just enough time catch a glimpse of the sharp amber eyes before the darkness over came him. The three attackers stood over the wolf's form for a moment, before the blonde haired female spoke.
"Vale, are you sure this is the right one." The blonde haired male, the girls copy, spoke in an irritated voice. "Yes Ixion. This is him, now stop questioning me." "I was jus-" "Enough," The oldest of the three growled, his voice low. "It's him. Ixion go after the two that just ran. We can't have any loose ends. Vale go after the girl and boy that took the kid. I'll take care of the wolf here. We meet at the base after we are done, understand?" The amber eyed male kept his voice low the whole time.
They couldn't afford mistakes in this mission. "If you say so." Vale said, his green eyes flashing before he took off after the ones that had left earlier. "This is a bad idea, you know that right?" Ixion asked. The amber eyed one looked the girl in the eyes. "We don't have a choice in the matter." Ixion thought about it for a moment before she sighed and ran off.
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Max ran as fast as he could. When he didn't hear anyone behind them, he began to slow down. Kenny stopped beside Max, breathing heavily. "Max, what's, going, on." Kenny panted, still clutching Dizzi closely to his body. Max took a deep breath. "Not to sure chief, Tala just told me to ru-" Max trailed off as he caught sight of a blonde girl waving at him.
She wore a black tank-top and short sleeve jean jacket over some black low ride jeans. Her long blonde hair was pulled back in a low pony tail, with a few pieces hanging in her emerald green eyes. Her eyes were slightly more narrow then most people and they had a slightly cat-like sense to them. Max blinked once, and pointed to himself, as if to make sure she was waving at him.
She covered her mouth with her hand as she laughed, and nodded. "Hey chief hang here for a second." Kenny was about to protest when he saw the girl as well. "Max! Now is no time to be flirting with some fan girl." Kenny scolded. Max was a flirt, there was no denying that, but normally Max knew when it was time to be serious. "Just give me one second Kenny." With that Max ran off, finding the blonde girl standing with her back against the brick building behind her.
"Hi ya." She said with a smile. Max blinked again, looking closer at her. "Do I know you?" Max asked cautiously. "No you don't. At least not unless we met in a past life. I know you though, Max Tate of the world champion team the Bladebreakers. Am I right?" Max smiled, she was just another fan girl. "Yep, that's right. And your name would be?" Max asked extending his hand. She grabbed his hand and smirked. It was then Max noticed the small fangs that poked out slightly and the pointed ears that were visible just beneath the hair.
"I am . . . . going to keep that secret." Max tilted his head slightly, what game was this girl playing? The girl leaned in a little closer to him. "So Max wanna play?" She whispered right next to his ear. Max blushed a brilliant shade of red as the girl smirked again. "Hope so, because you don't have a choice." The girl pulled back suddenly, throwing something up and down in her hand.
Max began to search his pockets frantically, coming up with nothing he stared at the girl. She smirked as she pocketed Draciel and took off down the street. Max stood in momentary shock before racing after her. "She's got Draciel chief!" Kenny watched as the girl and Max both took off past him. He waited a few more seconds, processing everything before . . . "Wait for me Max!"
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Tyson settled into the couch as Hilary showed Sam where he would be staying. It had been surprisingly easy to convince Hilary's parents to let Sam stay. Seemed Mr. Tatibana had always wanted a son and due to Sam's 'make-over' he could easily pass for a Tatibana. Tyson pulled Dragoon from his pocket. His bitbeast seemed restless, as it glowed brightly. "Dragoon what's wrong with you?"[1] The white blade continued to glow as Hilary walked back into the room.
"Well Sam is finally all settled in. Thanks for walking us back Tyson." Tyson stuffed Dragoon back into his pocket. "Hey no prob, you know I'm always there for you." Hilary smiled slightly. It was times like these that she remembered why she liked hanging out with Tyson. After he had introduced her to the others, not to long after they won the first worlds, they had welcomed her in. Of course Ray had a little more trouble since he was in the hospital at the time and couldn't really 'welcome her in the correct fashion' as Ray had put it.
"Tyson, do you think Ray is going to be alright?" Hilary asked, surprising Tyson slightly. "Of course he will. What makes you ask?" Hilary just looked down, not able to look the positive blader in the eyes. "How do you know?" Hilary cried, feeling tears swell up in her eyes. "I mean he is sick and with those people after him . . ." Tyson pulled the girl into a hug and let her cry on his shoulders. "It's alright Hil, Ray is really strong. He didn't give in when Bryan was trashing him and he is not going to give in now." Tyson said, hugging the girl closer. Hilary sniffed slightly. She didn't have a right to be this upset. She hadn't know Ray for that long even. Everyone else, the ones that should be falling apart, were all staying strong.
"We'll have to tell the white tigers soon enough." Tyson said more to himself then to Hilary. Hilary looked up into the caring brown eyes that looked down at her. "Hilary I know this is hard. Trust me I feel the same way, but right now isn't the time to cry. Right now, Sam needs someone to be there for him. Right now, we have to focus on keeping our friends safe and on keeping that blade from the bad guys." Hilary took a deep breath, putting on a tough face. "Your right Tyson. I'll pull it together and take care of Sam. I know you guys will take care of everything." Tyson smiled pulling the girl tighter one last time. "I'll see you later, Hil," He said turning to leave. "Goodbye, Tyson." Hilary whispered as Tyson walked out the door.
Tyson had just closed the door when a voice pulled him from his recollections. "Aw, how cute the world champ's got himself a little girlfriend." Tyson whirled around to face the voice. The person looked to be about 18 with dirty blonde hair and catlike forest green eyes. His blonde hair wasn't quite long enough to hind his pointed ears. "Who are you!" Tyson demanded, but then Tyson really looked at him. He was sitting on the tall fence for the backyard. His ripped up, washed out jeans, and black shirt that had 'I'm smiling because you have finally driven me insane' written across it, in crazy white lettering.[2] Really made it hard to see him as a threat.
The guy jumped down, landing almost silently. "Depends. I could be your best friend, or I could be your worst enemy, the choice is up to you, Tyson Granger." Tyson was slightly taken back at first. "Alright, you know my name, so what's yours?" The teen smiled, putting a hand to his chin as if in thought. "I think I'll just keep that my little secret for now, what do you think?"
Tyson crossed his arms. "I think that puts me at a disadvantage." The guy rushed Tyson. Spinning behind him he flipped him by his arm. Tyson spit out ground as he glared up at the guy. "What the-" He stopped short when he saw the thing in the teens hand. He was tossing Dragoon from hand to hand. The same happy smile plastered on his face. "Hey Tyson how about you and me play a game. You catch me and . . . I'll tell you my name, and give you back Dragoon. Don't catch me and well . . ." The teen laughed at the thought.
Tyson stood up in anger. "How about we don't and you give back Dragoon now!" The teen tilted his head as if he was thinking again. "Um, nope. I like my plan better. Catch me if you can!" The teen yelled before dashing off. Tyson growled in frustration before taking off after the teen. The other teen was obviously a neko-jin, which meant that he could forget catching him, it was going to be a pain just keeping up with him.
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Amber eyes looked down at the figure at his feet. The redhead hadn't woken yet and if their luck held up, which he was praying it would, the wolf wouldn't wake up until they had completed their mission. He put a hand to his ear piece. "Vale, report."
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Vale heard his leaders voice come over the headset, just as he got to the top of a chain-link fence. "Target is in pursuit. And I must say he is keeping up pretty well." Vale added, as Tyson began climbing the fence. "How long till arrival?" Vale jumped down from the fence and started taking off. "About five minutes, if I make the path a little harder." Vale saw Tyson get to the top of the fence, and just in time, too, as Vale was about out of his sights. "Alright, good job Vale, just don't lose him." Vale took a sharp left and took off down the alleyway. "Yes sir." Vale said with a smirk.
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The leader sighed, Vale could be a hand full sometimes. The leader shook his head before switching his attention to the third member of their group. "Ixion, fill me in."
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Ixion jumped over a car in front of her. "Would love to fearless leader, but the blonde one is fast. We lost the other one but I didn't think, oh shoot!" Ixion said as another car came at her fast. She jumped onto it's hood and ran over the top. She could see the blonde one making his way through the traffic. Since the cars were stopping because of her, he wasn't having as much trouble.
"Ixion!" She blew a strand of hair from her eyes as she jumped down. "I'm fine, as I was saying. Didn't think the other kid mattered and if I run any slower the blonde one will catch me. He is a determined little bugger, I'll give him that much." She got to the other side of the street and glanced back. When she saw he was still with her she took off again.
"How long?" She looked to her left and right trying to decide on something. "I can take a cut in be there in about five, if I take the long way then about ten." "Take the cut, Vale is due in five and we need you both here for this." She took a sharp right making sure Max saw her do it. "Alright will do captain. See you in five."
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The leader massaged his temples with one hand while the other hand fingered at a pendent around his neck. "Come on you two. Let's get this over with." He said looking into the distance. Everything was changing so fast in their lives, after everything had been the same for so long. He looked back at the clock before sitting Tala up against the wall. "Well wolf, it's almost show time. Hope you are ready for a party."
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Kai clenched his fist around the bit in his hand. "That's Drigger isn't it? He just gave out, right?" Kai turned to face Linra. He didn't know how she knew the things she did, but it bothered him somewhat. "Yes, Linra, could you please tell me what you were trying to earlier, about the dark bitbeast?" Linra nodded.
"The dark bitbeast are uncontrollable. A normal human is driven insane after just a brief exposure to them. Voltaire discovered, however, that Neko-jin's weren't effected like that. Although we can't control a dark bitbeast, we can survive them for a time. Because of this he has used us to keep them strong. This wasn't practical however, that is why he made black Dranzer. He took his strongest Dark bitbeast and merged it with a cyber copy of Dranzer. By doing this Black Dranzer was linked to you instantly, which took out the headache of trying to find someone who was compatible. They were hoping that by merging the two bits, they would be able to keep the dark bitbeast powers without the side effects."
"Side effects meaning death." Kai said seeing where this was going, Linra nodded. "Cherserb was the one they merged Dranzer with. It was the perfect plan, except for the fact that it almost killed Ray in the process. Cherserb almost drained Ray completely in order to keep it's original strength after they merged the two. If it hadn't been for the fact that Voltaire had other plans for Ray, my brother would be dead."
Kai's interest was sparked once again. "What did Voltaire have to do with Ray surviving?" Linra smirked. "He cut Ray's bond with that demon bitbeast. He was going to reestablish it after Ray recovered, but, you see, Ray 'died', and that kind of killed his plans." Kai wanted to ask a question but Linra continued before he had a chance. "Not to long after that, Cherserb went missing, and that was that. There are four other dark bitbeast though, and if Voltaire get's his way, he is going to make Black copies off all the Abbey bitbeast."
Kai thought about it for a moment. Everything so far had made sense, except why would they shoot him? It was the only thing that wasn't adding up in his head. Kai looked back down at the tiger bit in his hands. He wasn't even going to consider the idea that Ray was dead. It just wasn't possible. "I am going to figure this out." Kai whispered, before he noticed Linra standing by him.
"Come on Kai, we need to get back." Kai nodded, and they began to exit. 'We are already going to be late, but it can't be helped. Vale, Ixion, Captain, you better have figured all this out.' Linra thought, fingering the coin that hung around her wrist.
She glanced up at Kai. The truth was she hated doing this to him. So far he hadn't pressed for anything that he hadn't had to know. 'Maybe this is the wrong thing to be doing. . .' Once again she snuck a glance at the stoic captain, and then she took another glance down at the coin around her wrist. 'No, Ray first. Then everyone else. Besides, Captain said that no one was going to get hurt.' Linra took a deep breath as they stepped out of the hospital.
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[1] This story is a slight AU in the fact that Ray get's Drigger far before the anime shows he does (Sorry) This fact is the reason that Kai and Ray can talk to their bitbeast outside of battle and Max and Tyson can't. As there bond grows they will become able to.
[2] That is my favorite shirt ever! I have no idea why I said that, but it is.
Also I have now introduced all the OC's that are going to matter in this story! Took me long enough, it's only, what? Chapter 7 . . . oh well at least I finally did it! Whether you remember them all or not, *Shrugs shoulders*
Reviews:
Racerabbit: Well you were the first to review this time so it makes up for not reviewing last time. You asked all these questions that I really can't answer you without ruining the story. So you just have to keep reading. Although I am glad Hilary is a likable character in this (I was trying to make here that way) Also I thought Tyson would be sweet because, as I pointed out, he has an older brother. The not random number thing is actually going to be explained in this story. So you will known eventually! Oh and no worries about the reviews, I am just happy you review!
Black wolf-kot: Linra just can't win, although she kind of got done this time. You will find out more about "I" coming up, he is a important character in this fic.
Glowinthedarkbat: Updating now! And as often as I can. Thanks sooo much for the review means a lot to me.
Mimi 007: deja vu can occur often when you have goldfish memory (I know it does for me!) That must have been funny at first, knowing what was going to happen. Oh and you reviewed which means you are amazing! Yes, it's Cherserb *Face palm* I still can't believe I did that. The numbers are important for later in the story, so don't forget them (Also remember Linra's number) I actually loved my last ending as well, which is kind of scary because I SHOT my all time favorite character! You and M.O.D team up on me to often, just thought you should know. Yes it is a very bad habit, oh BTW M.O.D. Told me you HAVE to read his review! (I started laughing!) Your right it isn't nice but hey, you two teaming up on me isn't nice either, yet you still do. As always thanks for reviewing and making me laugh.
Mrskon-hiwatari: That long Chinese spill is pretty much a lot of cuss words and a few little rant things(That will be reviled later) Sorry I can't give exact translations yet. Also as I said at the top, I am using OpenOffice now, but thanks for the advice. Oh and Major thanks for the review!
My Own Demise: You're right I am a very messed up person, but since you like reading it, you are messed up to, so there! Haha I love you sometimes, it is so funny to read what you write, Oh and I sent her to read the review. You are cold, funny and strange all at once. We are twins!
NOTE: There are no previews this time because the next chapter isn't done yet. I am putting this up now because my school starts on Monday and I have a hard year ahead, so I figured I would give you all this now.
ALSO NOTE: To all those who have put this story on fav or alert list, you all make me sooooo happy, even if you don't review you have showed me that you like it! Thanks everyone! This story is making me happy!