Cursed Bladers
Chapter 10 : Beast
( Internal point of view : Kyoya)
In the forest, my fight continues to rage against the savage who dares to confront me.
- Sher Khan ! Special Attack, Sorcerer's Fangs ! She cries, her black tiger like the dark power arises and rushes straight on the storms of my Rock Leone, she is really powerful this kid.
- It's a waste of time kid ! You'll never beat the Lion's Stormy Roar ! I scream at her in response, her green eyes shining like those of a hunting animal, she suddenly leaps to land on the back of her tiger armed with her spear. With a bestial cry she pierces the Stormy Roar of the Lion breaking her spear at the same time, the storm around us is raging and even more after this explosion. I have fun like crazy, even more so than when I fight Gingka.
The cursed bladers are really fighters who push us to our limits, it's so exciting !
- Leone now ! I scream with the intention of giving him everything I have, Leone rides the wind to rise even higher, as high as Gingka's Pegasus can go ; Special Move, Lion's Reverse Wind Strike ! My Leone turns around to create the inverted tornado.
The savage growls with anger but doesn't back down despite my attack which violently strikes her bey : Sher Khan 145WS. With her tiger, she tries to get through the storm, scaling the many debris carried by my tornado to find shelter, I will beat her.
I'll beat that Cursed blader.
- KYOYA MY FRIEND ! Suddenly I hear, it's Benkei's voice. What is this moron doing here ? He runs towards us in the company of Nile and Damuré, I had forgotten that they had chased us so far.
- Don't dare get involved in that ! I'm about to end in style, if you intervene, I'll destroy you first, understood ? I warn them before returning to my duel, suddenly as the other girl is about to counterattack, she suddenly freezes.
I can smell a strange smell in the air. A threatening aura …
She felt it too. She decides to end our duel before I can finish her, she just looks around her.
- Hey what are you doing here ? We had a duel to finish, were you so afraid of losing ? I tell her, her gaze turns to me in a threatening way. She picks up the piece of her broken spear.
- It's true that you are strong ... Broken my spear with such ease it deserves respect, but don't kid yourself King of the Animals, you just managed to break my weapon and I was far from used all my powers against you. She declares to me with a fairly respectful tone. I don't like her haughty air towards me at all.
- Tell me, who you think you are ? I am Kyoya Tategami, I am the wildest blader in this world, it's definitely not a woodland girl like you who is going to look down on me.
- So stop screaming for five minutes ... Danger is approaching, you'd better get out of here. The scent of the cursed spinning top approaches dangerously. She answers me before returning to the forest, leaving us here in this forest. The aura becomes more and more threatening, there is a kind of dark shadow that is approaching more and more of us. Then, a pair of menacing yellow eyes floating in the air, approaching very quickly.
- What is this thing ? Nile asks intimidated, Damuré trembles with fear.
- We must leave now ! This thing is dangerous, let's go ! He shouts at us, and as this eyes go to touch me, I see Benkei grab me abruptly by my jacket and throw me back.
- Benkei ! I yell at him as I turn around, he gets up with difficulty, uttering a groan.
- I ... I'm fine, I absolutely didn't feel at all, maybe it was just a cloud of dust. He proclaims rubbing his eyes, Nile comes up to him asking him really if he's okay.
- But of course I'm fine. I just felt like I had dust in my eyes, it burns a bit. He assures us, I find him really weird. I breathe a sigh and we decide to go back to the HD academy under Nile's guidance, anyway with this weird thing, you better not go any further. Benkei was silent during all the trips, which is not normal. Him who doesn't stop talking.
He is really not in his normal state.
Suddenly there is a girl in our path, a girl who is not unknown to me at all. A girl with loose hair up to the hips in pink color, fair skin and magenta eyes, dressed all in pink t-shirt, silver waistcoat, a skirt with a pair of socks and a silver beybelt, plus a pair of silver colored boots. She also wears a pair of silver glasses with pink lenses on a pink hawker cap.
How to forget this one ?
- Platina ? What are you doing here in the US I tell her, she turns to me surprised, she hasn't changed after all her years.
- Kyoya ! What a good surprise, it's been a long time since our last duel. And hello to you Benkei. She greets, Benkei just nods to her when he would normally have jumped on her, I've known Platina for a while. We confront each other every time we meet again, I see her preparing her top. But today, I no longer feel in the mood to fight.
- Sorry Platina, let's postpone our duel until later. We have a lot of things to do ... How long are you staying here ? I ask her, she reflects.
- Things to do ? What kind ? I came to promote my father's new ice cream, and I heard about the cursed bladers. I absolutely wanted to compete against them in a tournament, that's why I'm here ! She explains to us, she too has heard of these bladers. Nile intervenes :
- It's a very bad idea to attack them, these bladers are far from friendly, even Gingka did not manage to defeat one of them. Platina agrees with Nile's words, but adds:
- I know, but I'm sure they're not all malicious, they're still bladers like us.
- It's true, but at the moment they are fierce. As far as we know, they're looking for a cursed bey, do you know anything ? Ask Damuré, intrigued.
Platina shrugs her shoulders, telling us that she wasn't at all aware of this story but that perhaps her friend, Julian Konzern is more informed than us. She tries to contact him with us, I still keep an eye on Benkei who really does not inspire me confidence.
He turned paler than usual.
( Internal point of view : Dashan )
Here we are, arriving in France with my companions and Tsubasa, we wasted no time. Tsubasa managed to contact Sophie who asked us to join us in the apartments of the WBBA of Excaliburs, that's what we do.
Sophie and Wales greet us in a very large living room telling us that Julian is currently on the phone with someone important at the moment. We wait for a few minutes, their great colossus Klaus is not around, it's weird. Julian finally arrives in the room accompanied by his laptop which he places in front of us, he is on call with Kyoya and the others, as well as a young girl whom I have never seen before, there is even Madoka on call with us.
- Sorry for being late, but since we're all looking for pretty much the same thing and I don't feel like repeating myself, we're going to tell you all the info we have about that damn spinning top. Julian says.
We are all listening.
Julian takes a sip of his tea and begins to speak:
- A long time ago, at the birth of the Beyblade, there was a very malicious sect on the edge of a mountain village in France, these evil beings because of their crimes have awakened three powerful demonic entities, these demons representing all bad feelings that humans can engender. For a long time they plunged humans into chaos and strife, with the dark power of Ldrago taking all the attention on him, and despite the many victims who lost their lives, this other cursed period came in l utter shadow, because it only affected France. Until one day, a community of shamans decided to forge a special spinning top capable of sealing these three demons. After a long battle, they managed to seal the demons in the top and decided to keep it among their clans so that no one could access it. Ldrago having been sealed in his turn, the humans could finally live peacefully without fearing the power of darkness. Alas, what the world didn't know is that the shaman people who had sealed the demons, perished a few years later ...
- What ? Interrupts Madoka and the others surprised ; they perished, but what happened to them ?
- They would have been massacred ? Chi-yun asks, Julian shakes his head.
- Not far from there, at the time nobody knew where the shamans lived. Until a legendary blader came to tell us what had actually happened to them. The truth is that these people perished because of a dazzling disease which made them mad, they even killed themselves by wanting to resist this disease. This blader would have spoken of demonic possession, but I can't believe it.
- And who is this legendary blader who discovered this ? I ask intrigued, Julian takes another sip of his tea and reveals his name to us : Dynamis ! The one who owns Jade Jupiter and who helped Gingka defeat Nemesis.
- Where can we find him ? I add with the intention of going to see him, he must be much more aware than all of us gathered about this story.
- The last time we saw him, he was gone to the village where the demons were awakened, it was two days ago ... Maybe he's already left ? We tell Wales, Tsubasa gets up from the couch saying.
- We still have to try to go and see, do you know where this village is ? Julian finishes his tea and proposes to take us there, it's an opportunity to see this village, when the others have to look for Yu as soon as possible.
I can see that Tsubasa is also very worried about Yu, he is divided between going back to the States to find him, or staying with us to discover this village. He chooses to stay with us. We take Julian Konzern's helicopter to go towards the mistiest mountains in France, surrounded by a large forest, and from the sky we can see an imposing building at the exit of the forest. A sort of abandoned mansion.
We land at the entrance to the forest. The place is already cold in the back, I really don't like it.
( Internal point of view : Tsubasa )
Here we are in the forest, The Excaliburs are walking in front of us to show us the path to take, all are alike and the atmosphere is really heavy, but one thing reassures me, my eagle always follows me wherever I go. He watches us from the sky, showing us the path to follow and being able to warn us of the slightest danger.
I feel lucky to have a friend like him.
- Ohhhh it's getting dark, it almost looks like a horror movie. Chao-Chin comments, looking around.
- It's the atmosphere of the forest that does that, it doesn't get dark before 10 p.m. But since the trees are dense and thick here, it feels like time flies faster and it gets darker sooner than expected. Sophie explains to us, we no longer see the helicopter, only trees, leaves, the big clouds above our heads and the few birds landing in the big trees. To the right there is a large uninhabited country house with even a car to get into a tree.
- The village is right there ! Julian tells us by showing us the entrance to a very dark old-fashioned village, almost as scary as that of Koma which looks like a ghost village. There are several tree stumps with logging axes, no cars except maybe a few small old vans with bikes of all shapes and sizes.
- There is someone ? Hey oh ? Someone or a ghost, I don't know .. Yells Mei-Mei a little worried.
- Mei- Mei ! You are crazy to scream like that, and if someone could hear us, we don't know what is here ... Chao-Chin growls, grabbing her by the mouth to silence her.
- Stop both, we must remain discreet ! Calm Dashan, it's then that while advancing a little, I see a silhouette sitting head down on the fountain in the heart of the village. A little blond boy in white clothes, I recognize him.
- YUUUU ! I scream running towards him to hug him, he doesn't seem to hurt, but he's unconscious. His Flame Libra spinning top does not appear to have taken any damage. I shake him a bit, smacking his cheek lightly.
- Come on Yu, wake up, wake up. It's me Tsubasa. I tell him, he finally reacts. He finally opens his eyes.
-… Hmm… You're hurting me Tsubasa, I heard you. He moaned, rubbing his eyes.
- Yu ! Are you fine ? Mei-Mei asks him, Yu gets up quickly on his feet while answering.
- Yes, I am very well, there is nothing to worry about. But what are you doing here ?
- We came to seek information on the cursed top and also to find Dynamis, and you what are you doing here ? Julian asks, Yu's eyes suddenly widen.
- Ahhhhhh I understand everything now, well you've come to the right place. My big sister Rosalina and Dynamite left a few moments ago to look for answers, they asked me to stay there until they come back and I have met someone who has all the answers to our questions ! He tells us all playfully. His words intrigue me a bit, so I ask him for more explanation.
- I met a girl on my age in this village, I asked her lots of questions and she seemed to know all the answers, but when I asked her if she was a blader, she replied that she no longer had her bey, so I couldn't face him. Yu tells, Julian raises his eyebrows.
- It's impossible, no one has lived in this village for a very long time, I can hardly see a little girl living here alone without anyone having heard of her ...
- Well ask her, she is right there ! Hey Kirara, come on don't be afraid these are my friends. Suddenly yells Yu looking at the roof of the house right next to us, we all look in the same direction as him, and we see someone sitting on the roof.
A little girl of Yu's age with very long hair as black as her eyes, dressed all in snow white and very pale skin. My eagle howls and flaps his wings violently at its presence, wanting to warn me of a serious danger. I can feel it inside me, its very threatening aura ... This little girl is dangerous.
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( Internal point of view : Jack )
The girls have only been here for a few days, and I have never known such a lively atmosphere at the new HD academy, the girls stay together all the time during meals, whenever they come to eat with us, we invites out, sometimes even come to our rooms to discuss combat and Beyblade tops with us. At the same time, I got very close to Rochelle Paris. This girl is the same as me, a real muse in my eyes, besides being powerful, she is endowed with an unusual artistic sense, and her cursed blader powers are too great. She can materialize anything she wants with her imagination.
I love this girl.
- Jack, can you tell me what you think of this drawing ? She comes to ask me as she approaches me, I can feel her soft skin against me, it makes me blush in an instant.
- Hmm, of course I'm coming right away ! I say to her, stammering like a fool, I come to take a look at her drawing, she has just drawn a bey that seems familiar to me. An all-white Twisted Tempo-like spinning bey with three dark symbols around it.
- I have already seen this bey somewhere ... I mumble, looking at it attentively, now I remember it ; But yes, I recognize it, it's the bey that Damian brought back from his trip to France, he told me to have found it in an antique shop with a pretty pocket watch, and as they seemed to have worth both, he bought them. You, do you know this spinning bey ? I ask her, Rochelle sighs, she turns to me with a sincere look.
- Jack, I'd rather be honest with you. I don't like deception so here it is, our goal for us, Pandora, Kelly, Yuki, Camellia and I is to find this spinning bey, and from our advanced research we know that it is somewhere here.
- I knew you were a cursed blader like the others, but ... the reason why you are here is because you suspect that the cursed top that Dr. Ziggurat and Doji are looking for is here ? But ... what are you going to do to us? I ask him intimidated.
Cursed bladers are known to be quite violent.
Rochelle hastens to resume a softer expression.
- Ah, forgive me I didn't mean to scare you, but I need you to understand Jack. She speaks to me with a worried tone ; this spinning bey is very dangerous, its power is harmful. Many unconscious have perished under the power of this spinning bey, we have to take it and seal it somewhere where no one can ever activate it again. You understand ? Rochelle's words resonate with sincerity in my mind.
The same when Ziggourat told us about this bey, it immediately seemed dangerous to me ... I have a bad feeling, if Damian is the one who has it ... What could happen to him?
I get up abruptly to go knock on Damian's door, no answer and his bedroom door is locked. Usually ... he tells me all the time when he's gone and he never closes his room when he knows I'm at the HD academy, since our rooms are face to face. He may have gone to Ziggourat's office ... But, I would have heard him come out of his room otherwise, I've been here for two hours, and Damian too ... What's going on ?
- Got a problem Jack ? Rochelle asks me worried.
- He's my friend ... Damian, normally when I'm there he never locks his bedroom door with a key, and he hasn't been out since ... I'm starting to worry, I have a very bad feeling. I explain to her.
- Jack, don't worry. If so he just wanted to sleep peacefully. Try to reassure me Rochelle, she is probably right. But deep in my heart I feel that something is wrong, there is a kind of very cold draft circulating under Damian's door, I knock several times.
- Damian ? You are here ? I call him, no answers but I hear something, the wind blowing in his room, he would have left his window open and I start to hear the barking of the guard dogs outside ... Suddenly, Rochelle pushes me, she brings up a key and opens the door, the window is wide open and what I see is something I never imagined seeing in Damian's room. Everything is a mess, the mirror in her bedroom and the screen of her television have been smashed, her bed turned over, her desk upside down, her many crumbling homework, there are scratch marks on the walls where I can see unfortunately a torn nail stuck in the wall, not a trace of Damian and the dogs continue to bark outside.
- Oh my God ... I mumble shocked, I see Rochelle take out her phone and call someone.
- Pandore ... Call the girls, I know where the cursed bey is. She declares before hanging up ; Jack, you stay here, you will only embarrass us. Then she leaves, leaving me there in the incomprehension, I return in the room to try to find the slightest trace of my friend, I only find damage and even a quantity of blood in his sink, he is injured. Looking out the window, the dogs have stopped barking but their eyes are pointing in the direction of the city beyond.
I don't think for a moment, I grab my car keys and hurry into town to find him.
( Internal point of view : Kelly )
With Pandore, Rochelle, Yuki and Camélia, we left in the direction of the city, where the darkness is most present, Damian Hart would have fled through the window of his room, which is on the 5th floor of the new towers of the HD academy ... Moreover, his presence has made the guard dogs bark aggressively, everything suggests that we have to do with the dark powers of this cursed spinning top. I grab my cell phone to send a message to Masamune and Zeo, warning them to be careful, that there is a danger lurking in town.
- Kelly, stay focused, we need to find him as soon as possible. Pandora told me, I sigh.
- Excuse me ... I was just warning my friends. I justify, she answers me that I do not have to worry, that very soon we will stop the danger and recover the cursed top, just this name gives me goosebumps, as if a dark shadow was behind me, waiting in the darkness for me to be within reach.
- Hey Pandore ! Suddenly a voice calls, it's a boy next to Ryutaro.
A boy with pale skin, purple eyes, and dark blue hair that protrudes slightly from his shoulders. Much like Ryutaro who has red markings under his eyes, he has light blue markings under the outer corners of his. In addition, he wears a wooden kendo sword on his belt. This is Ranmaru Fukami, he is a cursed blader like Pandore, he is a good field agent thanks to his discretion, I remember that he also attended the HD academy for a while, but afterwards we never saw her again. So he's Ryutaro's brother.
- Ranmaru ! What a pleasure to see you, thank you for being present. Do you have any news ? Pandore asks, Ranmaru's gaze hardens.
- Several people claim to have seen a young boy with blue hair in terrible condition, he would cause a lot of damage in the city, but none of them managed to catch him, he is very fast. They explain.
- Where did he go ? Comes to ask Rochelle, Ryutaro deploys his fan to answer.
- Fate seems to guide us towards a terrible tragedy ... I have a feeling that this poor boy is not the only one to be touched by this terrible curse that hangs over our heads. This time around, our lives are threatened by far more powerful than Nemesis.
- Make it short Ryutaro ! Ranmaru intervenes with a sigh, Ryutaro growls annoyed before answering us.
- He seems to be heading towards the Dungeon Gym ... He starts, my blood only turns.
- ZEO ! I scream before rushing off to the Dungeon Gym.
It only takes me an hour to get there, but before I can reach him I see Damian in front of me ... I paralyze with fear in front of him, he gives off a terrifying aura.
- Damian ...? I call him in dread, he turns his head very slowly towards me, his gaze is blank with red veins in the whites of his eyes, with his mouth covered in blood, my heartbeat quickens, I have the impression of seeing a real bloodthirsty monster. Zeo leaves the gym at the same time and remains frozen in front of Damian.
- … Help me. Damian whispers, when suddenly a small dart gets lodged in his arm and he crumbles in front of us.
- It's over for today ... We're going home. Declares Doctor Ziggurat with a smile.
And that's it ^^ That's all for today and in addition we meet Ranmaru Fukami who belongs to Eternal Nexus Warriors ^^ Thank you for lending me and my apologies for my long absence. We hope you will like this chapter ^^ Big kisses to you.