DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN BEYBLADE OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS. THIS IS JUST A FAN-MADE STORY!
For a whole agonising hour, Reiji had the time of his life ravishing Tsubasa's mind. He refused to give him even a second's break, forcing him to endure painful images.
He saw Kendra, insulting him, telling him that he disgusted her, that she hated his guts. He saw his parents, laughing at him and mocking his weakness.
"You were never good for anything, and you never will be!" his father said.
"We never loved you. We lived in the hope that you'd die. Shame we had to leave before you," his mother cackled.
He saw his bullies hurting his eagle, pulling its limbs and tearing its wings, reducing it to a bloody pulp that was once the glory of the skies. He saw Kendra dying, blood trickling down her chin, coating her chest, her floral dress.
"Why are you standing there?...Help me!" she cried out hoarsely before a sword was stabbed into her back, ripping out her heart.
He watched himself, getting beaten up by the bullies, being insulted and taunted, like he was nothing. He watched himself begging for the mercy he had never received, being stepped and trodden on like mere rubbish on the street.
By the time Reiji finally released him, he barely had the strength to open his eyes.
Doji stepped into the room, curious to see how his victim was faring. He saw Reiji standing up, licking his lips in satisfaction and hissing. Then he saw Tsubasa, lying on the floor in a battered heap, whimpering in fear, his face sodden with tears.
"Aaaww, poor Tsubasa," he mocked, kneeling down beside him: "What has naughty Reiji done to you, hmm?"
Mockingly, he stroked his bloodstained hair, thriving in the weakness before him.
"K-Ken...d-dra..." he murmured brokenly, more tears sliding down his face.
"Ken-Ken won't help you now. She doesn't want to be near you ever again. You'll never see her or speak to that brat again," Doji continued to stroke his hair in a false manner, smiling down at his prey.
"I don't think I've ever had ssssooo much fun in my life...!" Reiji flexed his arms contentedly, grinning down at the traumatised boy who shivered violently in his pained state.
"Tell me, Tsubasa, how do you think this will end, hm?" Doji asked softly, caressing the bloody wound in his thigh.
Tsubasa said nothing, but sweat covered his body, trickling occasionally from his forehead.
"Have you ever felt heat that was just a little too uncomfortable? Perhaps in Summer?" Doji asked.
"Ugh...w-what...?" Tsubasa managed to whisper.
"Have you ever been burnt before? Are you familiar with the pain it brings?" Doji went on.
Tsubasa shook his head, grimacing as a wave of dizziness overwhelmed him.
"You see, that is what I was planning for you...I'm going to burn you...Tsubasa..."
An hour later, Doji dragged Tsubasa in an outer court, pushing him down on his knees. He felt his stomach heave and tried his best not to vomit, his head swimming violently. Suddenly, he heard screeching and forced his eyes open to catch sight of his eagle, trapped in its cage at the centre of the court. Beside it were three guards, one of which held a machine gun in his hands.
"Before killing you, I thought it would be rather fun to make you watch your precious eagle die before you," Doji broke into laughter.
"No...please! Don't do it! Don't do it!" Tsubasa moaned, twisting his hands against the rope.
"Was he your only friend? Was he dear to you? Tsk tsk, such a shame," Doji reached out for the machine gun.
"Stop, stop it! Anything but that, please!" Tsubasa cried, his voice choked up with fear.
"Don't worry, you'll be joining it soon," said Doji, raising the gun.
Suddenly, from the corner, a pale green beyblade crashed into his hands, whipping the weapon out and sending it flying across the courtyard. Utterly surprised, they watched as the blade rebounded and slammed against the cage door, breaking the lock. Instantly, the eagle pushed open the door with its beak and flew out, spreading its wings in the air.
"Don't let it get away!" Doji yelled, making a grab for his machine gun, but the creature had already taken to the skies, flying away madly towards the horizon.
"There, now your plan is ruined!" Yu stepped out, covered in scratches and bruises, his launcher grasped tightly in his hand.
"Yu! You'll pay for this! Get him!" Doji yelled furiously.
"Tsubasa!" Yu shouted as he began running towards him.
"No! Yu get away! Run! He'll kill you! Get out of here!" Tsubasa yelled desperately as Yu dodged the guards.
"Libra! Sonic wave!" he yelled as a stream of multi-coloured light exploded from his blade, a deafening sound torturing their ears.
When the commotion subsided, Yu was gone, and so was his beyblade.