DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING OF BEYBLADE! I ONLY REALLY OWN JUST ASHE HERSELF. HER BITBEAST ANIVIA, ISN'T MINE. SHE WAS FIRST AND FORMOST CREATED AS A CHARACTER TO PLAY IN THE GAME LEAGUE OF LEGENDS BUT SHE'S JUST SO AWESOME BUT AGAIN I DON'T CLAIM HER AS MY OWN! I'M TRYING TO NOT COPY THE DIALOGUE FROM BEYBLADE BUT I'M ALSO TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT I DON'T MAKE KAI SOUND LIKE AN IDIOT.
I'm feeling incredibly generous so I'm posting another chapter. Plus my last one left off with a big enough cliff hanger that I feel that those who are a fan of this story would be writing to me asking why I left it so.
SO HERE YA GO MY FRIENDS!
When I woke up for training I felt something heavy across my waist. I looked down to see it was Kai's arm. He had me in such a tight grip, I couldn't get out of it to train.
'Anivia, help me! Get Dranzer to wake Kai up or something!'
'I'm sorry Mistress, but there's nothing I can do. You'll just have to wait for Master Kai to either wake up or shift positions. Besides, you have to admit that you're enjoying this.'
'Well, yeah I guess...BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT!'
But no matter what I thought it didn't help my situation any. So I just shut my eyes and slept some more until my door burst open a few hours later.
"What the hell?" I yelled, sitting up with my gun poised ready to fire with Kia who had also woken up.
"Ashe, have you seen Kai? He wasn't-...Oh oops, did I interrupt something?" Tyson asked as the others came in behind him.
"Tyson, you dimwitted demented dumbass! You don't just barge into someone's room without knocking! What the hell is wrong with you?" I yelled lowering my gun.
"Well last night after you left, we planned to meet on the upper deck at eight-thirty to look for that guy, Robert." I looked at the clock to see that it was almost nine. "And when Kai didn't show up we went looking for him but couldn't find him anywhere, so we thought you might know." Tyson explained while rubbing the back of his neck in embarrassment.
"That still doesn't give you the right to just barge in here without knocking. What if I had been changing?" The guys immediately blushed.
"That'd be hott!" Tyson exclaimed as Ray gave him a smack upside the head.
"Tyson, I can personally promise you that if you ever walk in on me changing, the world will be rid of one Tyson Granger." I threatened darkly causing the cap-lover to cower behind Ray. "Kai and I fell asleep while watching a movie last night. Now out so I can change."
The guys left and Kai started to leave too but I pulled him back down on the bed as Ray shut the door behind him. Once the door shut, I flopped back down on the bed with an aggravated sigh.
"I swear to God, I'm going to have to start kicking Tyson's ass on a daily basis just to keep him from doing stupid shit like he just pulled."
"Well we both know that I was the one who fell asleep during the movie. You changed for bed and then fell asleep. Why didn't you wake me up?" Kai asked as he put on his arm gauntlets he took off the night before.
"Because I didn't care that you fell asleep. We're always sharing a bed so it doesn't bother me." I answered as I gathered my clothes and headed into the bathroom to change.
When I came out, Kai was gone. I went out onto the upper deck where I saw the ship had docked in what looked like London, since I saw Big Ben. The guys were looking over the side at the view.
"Hey look, there he is!" Tyson shouted as he pointed out.
I stood with them to see Robert heading into the city.
"C'mon, after him!" We had no choice but to grab our bags and follow Tyson off the ship.
"Uh excuse me sir, but how long is the ship going to sat on the dock?" Kenny asked a man who was sweeping the lower deck.
"Oh the ship's not planning to leave for six hours." The man replied as he gave us a smile so we headed down the ramp and onto dry land.
But before we could even get a chance to enter the city, we were stopped by a very annoying, very all to familiar voice.
"Hey babe, wait up!"
Immediately, all the guys stopped and turned fast while I sighed heavily and took my time turning around.
"Oh god." It was the guy who tried to get me to go back to his room yesterday.
"Baby, you goin' somewhere?" He said as he approached me, completely ignoring the strange looks the guys were giving him.
"Yeah. I'm off to find someone who hasn't tried to get in my pants so get lost or do I have to remind you of our confrontation from yesterday." As I said that, I began fingering my holster.
"Oh come on love, don't be like that. Besides you playing hard to get just makes me want you even more." He said as he reached out for me but before I could even react, Kai had slugged him so hard in the face he tumbled off the dock and into the water.
I smiled while the others looked freaked as Kai gave me a smirk.
"You told me to be quicker next time." I only laughed and we continued into London.
We explored the big city in search of Robert but to no avail. We finally gave up and headed back to the dock only to find the ship gone.
"Where the hell is the ship?" Tyson yelled as he began frantically looking around.
One of the guys on the dock just came up to us casually.
"Oh yeah, that ship left over an hour ago."
"Look I'm sure if we call Mr Dickinson, he can send the ship back to us or something. Let's find the London BBA HQ." Ray suggested.
So we headed for the HQ where we hoped we'd get in contact with Mr Dickinson, sadly, he was unavailable. But the receptionist did put us up in a room since we were bladers so that was nice. I sat on a bed and plugged in my I-POD to listen to 'Because of You', 'Dark Chest of Wonders', and 'Die Alive' while finishing 'Eon' when ther was a knock at the door. Kenny answered and came back with a package. Tyson opened it to reveal a videotape so he popped it into the VCR. A man's face popped up and Tyson recognized him almost immediately.
"Dad?"
The man greeted Tyson and started talking about sacred bitbeasts and how they were a symbol of great power and how they've been around for a long time. I already knew this stuff because Anivia knows it and she told me everything, so I just plugged my headphones back in and continued to listen to 'Kidnap Mr Sandy Claws' and 'Crazy Train' before Tyson suggested we go out and look for a way to Russia. For once I had to agree with him so we headed out when we were confronted by someone in a dark cloak. He started to freak Tyson out so the two pulled out their blades. But as soon as Tyson launched, the guy snatched Dragoon!
"After him!" He followed him down a dark ally. I drew my gun just in case as we cautiously rounded a corner to see the man standing over a spinning Dragoon.
"I call upon the source of my power and rebirth in this world – the Dark Blade!"
The wind picked up and the sky darkened as a mummy bitbeast emerged from the mysterious guys' blade and began smashing Dragoon head on.
"Hang on, Tyson!" Max and Ray launched their blades in an effort to help.
"Attack, Driger!"
"Go, Draciel!"
The two blades rushed foreward to aid their friend but the mummy caught them in his wrappings.
"Hey do you think if we unraveled him, we'd find the High Priest Imhotep?" I asked Kai as we prepared to launch.
"Ashe, let me launch first."
"No Kai, me first. I have a plan. Go, Anivia!" 'Let's see how far this walking bandaid can go. Lead him around'.
Anivia moved up and down the allyway's trashcans, the fire escape and many other twists and turns.
"That's right, follow the leader." I muttered as the mummy's wrappings became tighter.
"What?" The mystery guy seemed to have caught onto my plan but it was a bit too late.
The bandages were wrapped tight around everything, tangling it and holding them in place.
"Now Kai!"
"Right, go Dranzer! Fire Arrow!" Red flames comsumed the blade which burned away the bandages, freeing Driger and Draciel and sending Dragoon back to Tyson.
"You cannot hide forever for we control the spirits of evil, come Sarcophalon." The man ordered and the mummy retreated back to the blade and into his owners hand who then vanished into the shadows.
Anivia came back to me as Dranzer went back to Kai. Kenny was still a bit shakey about what just happened.
"Soooooo…now what do we do?" There was only one solution.
"We continue to travel by land."
Kai, Ray and Max seemed to agree with me and Tyson didn't seem to care as long as he got the chance to battle Robert again.
"So it's settled, we'll travel by land from this point on. World Championships, here we come!" Tyson seemed just a little over enthusiastic about how we were traveling.
"Whatever, let's just head back to the hotel, I missed a whole day of training because of this little detour. And if we're taveling by land, my training's going to be even more restricted." I growled as I turned and headed out of the alley with Kai beside me.
We went back to the hotel in silence but that broke when Tyson burst through the room and immediately began ordering room service.
"Do not order a lot of food, Tyson." I warned. "We're only spending the night here." Tyson huffed and rolled his eyes but he knew better than to piss me off…well even more so now seeing as I was already pissed by being led on a wild goose chase.
The food arrived and the rest of the night was uneventful. We headed down to the train station the next morning and found one that was going to be heading under the English Channel so we'd be going towards Russia thankfully.
"Alright let's go!" Tyson was way too cheerful this morning and it was starting to give me a headache.
We found a boxcar that was empty so we settled there as the train started moving.
"Sweer, we could have a party in here!" Tyson started bouncing in his seat as a movie came on the flatscreen. "Alright movie time! Anybody bring popcorn?" If my head didn't hurt so much, I would've face palmed.
"Try and get some rest, Ashe. It might help your head some. The next town we come to, we'll get you some asprin."
Knowing Kai was right, I pulled my seat back and tried to take a nap but the movement of the train didn't help the situation. So I tried to watch the poorly made black and white horror movie in hopes that would help but it didn't.
"I'm going to see if I can find a stewderess who has some asprin." I said, standing up.
Kai nodded and I headed out the back door of the car into another but there was no one there. I passed the bathrooms and still didn't see a living soul.
"Great I think we hitched a ride on the Haunted Express." I grumbled as the train suddenly came to a sharp stop.
"What the hell?" I grabbed the back of a seat for stability when my eyes caught movement outside.
I pulled out my gun and found an exit out of the train and into the tunnel.
'Caution Mistress, for I sense that we are not alone.'
Knowing Anivia was right, I cocked the gun and switched the safety, ready to fire at any second. Multiple sets of footsteps came towards me from all directions and I couldn't focus as my head started to pound even harder. Suddenly, a black figure in a cloak appeared in front of me. I fired three shots before all I could see was black after a pain to my neck.
NORMAL POV
After the train stopped in the middle of the tunnel, the guys started to get a little suspicious. Especially when Ray came back from the bathroom,.
"Uh guys, there's no one else on the train." Kai immediately stood up.
"Ray go check the captain's room, I'll go to the navigation compartment." He ordered and the two rushed off without a word to anyone.
Just as Ray said, there was no one else on the train.
'Where'd Ashe go?'
Kai thought as he headed back to the others.
"Well whoever was driving the train's gone now." Ray said as he came back.
"And there's no one in the navigation room either. Did Ashe come back yet?" The others shook their heads.
"No we haven't seen her since-." Tyson was cut off by the sound of three gunshots.
"ASHE!" They realized and found a way outside the train and headed in the direction the sounds came from.
"Ashe! Where are you?" Ray called out but the only answer they received was Tyson tripping.
"Ow…hey what the hell- OH GOD!" Tyson stood up and help the object he tripped over.
"It's Ashe's gun!" Max realized and worry spread across Kai's face but it went unnoticed by the others.
Tyson held the gun out for Kai, fearing what might happen to him if he held it and Ashe found out.
"Here you hold onto it." Kai said nothing as he placed the gun in his pocket.
Suddenly, they heard an echoing cackle. They turned and saw three cloaked figures just like the man they encountered the day before.
"Who are you?" Tyson asked as they all fingered their blades.
"We are…the Dark Bladers." Kenny stood crouched behind them all, shaking while clutching Dizzi.
"Where's Ashe?" Kai demanded loudly.
"Don't worry about your little friend. She's safe and sound…for now." One of them said as a fourth cloaked figure appeared, carrying an unconscious, limp Ashe in his arms.
He wrists and ankles were bound and her mouth gagged.
"YOU BASTARDS! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HER?" Kai yelled which shocked the others since they never really heard Kai yell like that before…only at Tyson when he accidentally caused Ashe to burn her hand.
"She's just unconscious is all. We haven't done anything to her…yet." Kai clenched his fists so hard, his knuckled turned white.
"Let her go! NOW!"
"Sorry but we can't do that." Kai pulled out Dranzer and placed him in the launcher.
"Then, we'll battle for her freedom." The others readied their blades for battle as well.
The man placed Ashe on the ground beside the train and readied their own blades. The cloaks came off to reveal four creepy looking guys, they looked almost like the monsters from a horror movie. The battle comensed and the bitbeasts of the Dark Bladers revealed themselves to be copies of their masters. A vampire, a werewolf, Frankenstein, and of course the mummy.
"Dizzi, can you help us any?" Kenny asked as he opened her up.
"Aaahhh! Chief warn me the next time you're going to show me scary bitbeasts." She complained.
"Dizzi, focus. Ashe is in trouble and the guys need our help!
"Alright, well let's see…since the bitbeasts are like horror movie monsters then can't you beat them the same way the hero's do in the movies?" Kenny's face brightened at her idea.
"Dizzi, you're a genius!"
"I do what I can." She responded.
Apparently the others caught wind of her idea because Tyson and Max combined their forces to create light which vanquished the vampire bitbeast. Ray called back Drigger and attached a silver dollar to his blade before launching again this time getting rid of the werewolf bitbeast. Before Kai could do anything to the mummy or Frankenstein, the sound of an ambulance and it's flashing lights caused them to retreat.
"This isn't over!" They called as they disappeared into the darkness of the tunnels.
As soon as Dranzer retreated back to Kai, he immediately bolted for Ashe who was still unconscious. He took off the gag, unbound her wrists and then her ankles. He checked her over for any other injuries but saw none. As the others came over with the paramedics, he picked her up in his arms bridal style.
"Hey Kai, is she alright?" Max asked as the EMT's tried to take her from his arms but he wouldn't release his grip.
"She's fine, now back off." He growled so the EMT's backed away as the gang piled into the back of the ambulance.
Kai laid Ashe so her head was in his lap and she stayed that way until she woke up.
ASHE'S POV
I felt like hell as I opened my eyes after being knocked out by…whoever the hell it was.
"What the hell happened?" I groaned as I shifted to find myself laying in Kai's lap in what looked like an ambulance. "Oh god, we're not going to the hospital, right?" I asked as I held my hand to my eyes to shield them from the bright overhead lights.
"No, but they came looking for us when the train station contacted the police when they realized the train we were on wasn't scheldueled to leave when it did. And when no one answered the call from the station, they panicked. What about you, are you alright? What happened?" Kai asked me as I gazed into his luscious eyes, my heart pounding as hard as my head.
"Well, I was about to head back to you guys after I explored and found no one, when the train stopped. I saw movement outside and went to check it out. But before I knew it. I was surrounded and something hit the back of my neck and that's the last thing I remember before waking up here."
The others explained to me what happened while I was knocked out…which just sounded really weird. We arrived back in London where the station manager promised us a real train ride to Paris in the morning. After finally locating some asprin, we checked back into the BBA London HQ for the night. As soon as we got up to the room, I immediately claimed my side of the bed.
"Ashe, are you sure your ok?" Kai asked as he sat down beside me.
"Yeah I'm fine, Kai. Really, just a little tired." I said as I took off my coat, gloves, boots, and gun belt before flopping back down on the bed while pulling out my I-POD. "Just try to keep the noise down to a minimum." I yawned as I shut my eyes and fell into a dreamworld to 'Can You Feel The Love Tonight?'.
So we had some slight Kai/Ashe fluff and don't worry. More is to come. Some of the best fluff parts will begin happening in chapter 15!
Because of You – Kelly Clarkson
Dark Chest of Wonders – Nightwish
Die Alive – Tarja Turunen
Kidnap Mr Sandy Claws – Nightmare Before Christmas
Crazy Train – Ozzy Osborne
Can You Feel The Love Tonight? – The Lion King
