Quick message for Kainaat, The reason the grandfathers don't just leave Hilary and Kai together is because they want to be in control of the situation, they are impatient and want to be in charge of everything and Hilary and Kai are very rebellious (Kai leaving to side with the Blade Breakers and destroying the abbey, Hilary refusing her grandfathers money and hanging out with the Blade Breakers) so they knew they couldn't control them, they are also two old men, they don't want to risk the child not being born in their life time. Plus there's always a risk that Kai and Hil will break up!!
Any further questions please ask!
Thank you all my lovely and beautiful reviewers!!
Guess what I don't own... a house!! And Beyblade.
"So you're saying that Galux knew all along?" Ray asked disbelievingly as his pregnant fiancée paced angrily around the room
"Yes" Mariah nodded helplessly, her anger at her bit beast was a new feeling but she was mainly annoyed that there was nothing she could do about it "trust me she got a piece of my mind for it... well..." Mariah paused remembering that Galux had disappeared off before she could say anything "she knows I'm angry!"
"OK" Ray nodded understandingly "Did she say anything else?"
"Nothing helpful" Mariah moaned flailing her arms around her head "Just more cryptic stuff like this is a crossword in a paper and not someone's life at risk! Why can't bit beasts just be normal? Why?" Mariah glared accusingly at Ray as though he was somehow supposed to be answered.
"Um..." Ray paused feeling cornered, he felt as though he was supposed to have an answer but was somehow unable to think of one "I don't know, I guess that's just part of their mystery."
"Well it's not fair" Mariah complained feeling even angrier "Who wants mystery? We spend all our time working out the answers to mysterious stuff so it's obvious we don't want mystery... right?"
"Well perhaps we ought to get the others together in order to discuss all this properly" Ray suggested deciding that he would be less likely to suffer Mariah's wrath if he were part of a group that didn't know what to say as opposed to being on his own and knowing nothing. It appeared to be a dangerous situation to be in.
When Ray arrived at Tyson's with Mariah and Tia in tow he was surprised to find that only Kai and Tyson were home.
"Where's everyone else today?" he asked looking around, he'd hoped to find a larger group of people.
"Tala's gone with the other Blitzkrieg boys to check on the prisoners," Tyson explained "Max and Millie have gone with Julia to sort Millie's hair out, Kenny went with Dr Kim to the local hospital, they have some supplies to pick up. Apparently Mr D has an in that'll help them out. I think thats everyone covered."
"What about Renaldo?"
"Oh, he wanted to see how his businesses were going since he left, he arranged a meeting."
"So it's just us then" Ray looked at Kai who sat by Hilary's prone body just holding her hand. "Hey Kai?"
"Yeah?" he didn't turn
"We've got something we want to talk to you about, it's important."
"Fine" releasing Hilary's hand Kai turned in his chair "What's going on?"
Mariah received the nod from Ray and began to tell them everything from the first time Galux had somehow connected her to Hilary right up until the meditation session yesterday. Tyson nodded seriously throughout not totally understanding why it had happened but being very understanding of the fact that Galux had not told Mariah the full story.
"Bit Beasts don't like to interfere with real life problems" Tyson agreed
"Beyblading affects real life, as does war and..., considering how many weapons the bit beasts have been stored in I'm willing to bet that they affected stuff in real life."
"I know, I'm not saying anything against that but... they want us to learn from our mistakes, they want us to use our own initiative. They like to see themselves as guardians that make us learn and grow as people"
"Wow, that's kind of deep" Tia said smiling appreciatively at Tyson
"Yeah well..." turning a pretty pink colour Tyson stared down at his feet "I've got a real rapport with Dragoon, we understand each other."
"Wow, he used the word rapport" Ray chuckled "I'm surprised he even knows what it means!"
"Thanks for the vote of confidence!" Tyson snapped feeling embarrassed.
"What exactly did Galux say?" Kai asked cutting into the conversation, he didn't have time for petty arguments right now.
"Let me think... 'The others know of defensive angels that can aid them in this task.' I don't know if that means anything to you guys??"
"Nothing sensible, we know loads of people who might be able to help somehow..."
"She means the saint shields" Kai said quietly from the corner "It makes sense, they're more likely to understand this stuff than anyone else."
"They do understand the bit beasts" Ray agreed "Hey Mariah don't you have Miriam's number?"
"Uh, yeah" pulling her phone from her pocket Mariah searched through her contacts "Here she is... should I just call her?"
"It's probably a good idea" Ray nodded surprised by her reluctance "Why don't you want to call her?"
"It's not that I don't want to... it's just" Mariah sighed shaking her head "It just seems a little too easy, you know? Everything else has seemed to be such hard work."
"Well for all we know this may not be easy" Tia pointed out, "it could end up as a dead end."
"Good point!" seeming much more cheerful Mariah pressed a button on the phone and held the phone up to her ear.
"Hello?" the voice was surprisingly deep and masculine
"Miriam?" Mariah asked even though she was about 99% sure that it wasn't going to be Miriam on the other end of the phone.
"It's Ozuma" the deep voice responded with a chuckle "Who's this?"
"It's Mariah Wong..., Ozuma look, I have something really important to ask you about and I can't tell you the full story over the phone."
"OK, well I'll help as best I can but if you wanted Miriam..." Ozuma sounded worried, as though he was going to be dragged into some sort of embarrassing feminine conversation
"No" Mariah interrupted quickly "You'll be able to help, it's bit beast stuff"
"Oh" Immediately Ozuma was in his comfort zone. "Ask away"
"Ok... lets say someone wanted to create the perfect blader, now obviously they'd do all the genetics work, now just for a hypothesis imagine they found two DNA strands that, when mixed, would create the perfect blader. Do you think it's possible?"
"I think it's more than just possible, if you pick the right people it's highly probable"
"Highly probable?"
"For centuries the members of two bloodlines were able to connect with bitbeasts in a way that no one has since been able to replicate the bond, we have tried."
"Who were they?"
"This may sound odd but it is thought that it was the Tatibana and Hiwatari families"
"So Hilary and Kai could have been part of that line?" Mariah nodded pleased that her theory was being confirmed
"It's an idea" Ozuma agreed "You see the Tatibana and Hiwatari bloodlines are thought to be the bloodlines of old!"
"The what-what of what?" Mariah asked
"It's a legend"
"Oh it always is with you!" she snapped angrily "Why can't legends and myths just stay legends and myths? Everytime you guys come onto the scene it's all 'ancient this' and 'prophecy that' I swear to god if one more…"
"Hi Ozuma!" Ray grabbed the phone from his fiancée and began speaking to the saint shield "Sorry about that, pregnancy's kinda shortened her temper."
"I'll shorten your temper!" Mariah yelled angrily
"It also appears to have affected her ability to form intelligent insults" Tyson said smoothly earning a death glare from Mariah for his troubles!
"So what were you saying?" Ray asked speaking calmly down the phone
"Look there were two ancient bloodlines that stood out in the times when Bit Beasts were common use in battle, I always knew that Kai was one of them, he had such an affinity with Dranzer and of course, the Hiwatari men were known for having ocean coloured hair, but Hilary I wasn't so sure of… I mean, she couldn't even see them at first. And then she stunk at…"Ozuma sounded mystified but immediately he remembered that this was bound to be a sensitive subject and he immediately became apologetic "Sorry… look I didn't intend to sound mean or anything…"
"It's ok" Ray interrupted, he didn't like that Ozuma was being so sensitive when there was nothing to be truly sensitive about. "What else is there to know?"
"Well… the Hiwatari and Tatibana families were mainly men, there were rarely any females born into it, both families were small ones. They were either only children or just two kids, at a time, during that era it was very odd for clan leaders to have so few children, a lot of kids died at a young age so usually families would have several children just in case. Most people figured that the lines died out."
"So working on the hypothesis that they didn't die out would you agree that the two bloodlines combined could still create the perfect blader?"
"Well I don't know, they'd have a definite affinity with bitbeasts. That would help them… Tell you what, my village is having a big ceremony tonight, we communicate with the bitbeasts and they help us as they see fit, afterwards I could speak with one of the village elders, they may be able to tell me more information and..." There was a pause as Ozuma seemed to be thinking about the matter "why all the questions? Why now?"
"Um…" Ray sighed, it didn't seem to matter how much they intended or tried to keep all this a secret the amount of people that knew about it just seemed to get larger and larger. He looked around at the others and decided that he might as well tell Ozuma the whole story "Hilary's alive"
"What?"
"Hilary's death was faked, it's a long story and I can't get into it right now, she's in a really bad way, the people that abducted her really did a number on her but she's alive and we're gonna keep it that way."
"Wow… where is she?"
"Here, Tyson's place, she was being held prisoner by some old friends of ours."
"Old friends?"
"Boris, Voltaire, even Dr K was there."
"Wow, that's a real blast from the past, get a few other people in and it's like an episode of this is your life!"
"Tell me about it! Look I didn't want to drag you guys into this but…"
"We'll be on our way as soon as possible, who else knows all this?"
"Blitzkrieg, Blade breakers a few other people. You don't have to come…"
"It the ancient lines are involved I need to be there." Ozuma told him sounding serious "the elders will advise me… Hilary and Kai. They were together. If they get together then… this is the biggest thing to happen in our history, in anyone's history."
"I guess I'll see you soon then" Ray smiled into the phone "It'll be good to have you guys around"
"Ugh. Don't get soppy on me" and with that the saint's shield team mate hung up.
"They're coming?" Kai asked abruptly as Ray handed Mariah's phone back to her
"They think it's important, they were going on about bloodlines and stuff like that"
"When will they get here?"
"They'll be travelling tomorrow, by then things should be different" Ray muttered moving to stand beside Hilary raising his hand he brushed away some of her hair "she should be awake"
"She will" Kai muttered "By the time they get here she'll be awake"
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Ozuma had stood before the elders of his village twice in his lifetime, the first time had been when her had been chosen to leads the team that would retrieve the sacred bitbeasts, the second time had been when he and his team had been asked to explain why they had returned without the four sacred bitbeasts.
To say that the council had been displeased with his decision had been the understatement of the millennium.
Standing making his case to the elders Ozuma could feel his heart hammering in his chest. If it wasn't such an important matter he wouldn't have ever thought to speak with them again, it killed him to even look at the disapproving men. Behind him Miriam gave him a nudge, she was the only one standing by him on this one. Dunga and Joseph were away and no one else in the village seemed willing to back him up. It probably had something to do with the mess he had made of his last mission. As it was Miriam only had the courage to be here because she was anxious to see for herself if Hilary was really alive.
"How sure can we be of this Ozuma?" the head clan member asked "I know that this boy has wielded Dranzer but he would not be the first non Hiwatari to carry Dranzer."
"Miriam will back me up that Kai is definitely a member of the Hiwitari bloodline, his skills in the dish and his relationship with Dranzer certainly proves that, Hilary... she had a no affinity with bit beasts and she has no talent for beyblading whatsoever, I do in part doubt her..."
"Her family kept her away from all that for years, it's no wonder she has none of the expected skills" Miriam jumped in suddenly trying to explain everything "Her grandfather gave her explicit instructions to stay away form all that, she rebelled, ahe was drawn into the world of beyblading and one time when Joseph's Vanishing Moot was invisible she could see it, she made it so that everyone could see it."
"That's true" Ozuma nodded his agreement
"Miriam, you were not pleased with your last mission and the decision that Ozuma made to leave the bit beasts with their current owners. Were you?"
"No sir, I believed that the bit beasts would be safer with us."
"And yet you are willing to follow Ozuma back into a similar situation?"
"Yes"
"You must be reasonably certain that he is right"
"I'm more than just reasonably certain sir, I'm almost positive that he is right in this case" it wasn't necessarily the truth but it was the only way she'd be able to get to visit Hilary without having to scrape the money together herself. Besides... he might be right.
"Then we shall approve of you going but..." the elder cut off the mini mental victory dances Miriam and Ozuma were doing "Miriam, you shall be the leader on this mission. Is that understood?"
"Sure" Miriam nodded happily, Ozuma's look of distaste only increased her pleasure with the way things had been arranged.
"Does this suit the elders?" the head of the clan turned to look at the rest of the people around the table. Luckily for Ozuma the elders were in a particularly good mood, the ceremony that had taken place earlier required a certain amount of imbibing and as a result was that the men, with the exception of the head, were more than a little tipsy.
"We have no quarrel with this decision" one of the more sober members spoke for everyone.
"Very well then" the head nodded before signalling that they should all bow their heads, everyone did so, "We ask that the sacred bit beasts protect the young ones of the bloodlines of old. They do not yet know what they will be asked to do but they must be prepared for the sacrifice they will be asked to make. Keep them well and safe. Do what needs to be done until we can reach them to protect them ourselves."
For once Miriam felt that the final prayer had done some good, she felt comforted and ready.
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A lot can happen in thirty six hours, you can watch one and a half series of 24, you can fly around the world, according to George Seaton and Roald Dahl it's the amount of time it takes to convince a man he's suffering from amnesia and get him to spill important war plans.
Of course there are often cycles of thirty six hours in which nothing happens.
This had been one of those cycles.
A full thirty six hours had passed by and the one event Kai had been waiting for had not happened,
"What's the verdict?" Kai asked looking up at the doctor.
After running some cursory checks Dr Kim looked up at the expectant young man with a wry smile "It's been over thirty six hours" Dr Kim finally told him "Thats the longest any of the people who had the serum injected into them stayed asleep without remaining asleep."
"I know"
"So you also know that it's unlikely she'll ever wake up."
"I have faith in her" Kai whispered laying his head down on the bed "She will come back to me" Shaking his head Dr Kim left them alone.
Kai shook his head, the doctor didn't understand, Hilary was different, she had survived so much she couldn't just die, Hilary was too stubborn for that. That was part of the reason he had fallen for her, she was like the wind, wild, unmanageable, you could place things in her way but she would simply move around the obstacle and continue on. Resting his mouth near Hilary's ear Kai whispered
"Hilary? Come back to me, don't leave me all alone."
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Far away in a small town in Nova Scotia two young boys were beyblading, they were good friends training and hoping that one day they would be a part of a team like the Blitzkrieg Boys or the Blade Breakers. Their beyblades spun rapidly as their bit beasts circled above their dish.
"You're going down!!"
"Yeah right!"
Suddenly in two simultaneous flashes of light their bit beasts disappeared.
The boys stared cluelessly at each other.
"What the hell just happened?"
Ok this is the last chapter for a few weeks, I really have to revise now.
Please R&R