AZ/DZ: Half day! I almost bought FAKE today. But I forgot my card at home and I didn't have enough cash. Grr…not fair T.T
Shuichi: A great man told me once: "Do not cry. You will get hungry if you cry."
AZ/DZ: -_-;; Does that great man happen to have a name of Ryuichi?
Shuichi: ^_^ Yes! Oh, you're so smart!
AZ/DZ: -_-;;;; On to the fic. I don't own Beyblades or Gravi, much to my dismay. I do own Hikaru, though and any other characters I'm going to make up.
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Hikaru stood up from her seat and walked to the window. The courtyard of the Water Palace lay before her sight and she stared at the people walking around. She saw a boy around sixteen with long black hair tied in a ponytail walking with another boy that had blonde hair. The latter was familiar to her and she called him.
"Max!!!" She waved at him from the window.
Max saw her as soon as his name was spoken and quickly headed towards her with a bright smile.
"Hikaru." Max said after stopping in front of the window. The other boy had followed Max and stood behind him quietly. Max turned to his companion and said. "Rei, this is Hikaru. Hikaru this is Rei."
"Hello." Rei smiled at Hikaru. "Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you, too." Hikaru turned to Max. "So what's going on with you Max? Takao said that you've been gone for a while."
"Well, I've been at the Earth Palace. Genbu-sama has been living there for quite a while now, and since I'm his Chosen, I had to stay with him." Max concluded. "Oh, and Rei is the Chosen for Byakko-sama. So why are you here?"
"Seiryuu told me to bring a message for Genbu-sama and Byakko-sama. Seemed rather important. Suzaku-sama was there, too. Anyways, one of the monks told me to wait in this room while they called them here. So here I am." Hikaru smiled.
"And there they are." Max pointed behind her. Hikaru turned around to find two men, one with long silver-white hair and another with wild green hair, sitting in a couch that faced the chair she had sat on. They sat there smiling at Hikaru.
"Um…hi?" Hikaru offered.
"I believe you have something for us, ne?" The green haired one asked.
"Yes, Genbu-sama." Hikaru dug around her cloak for a moment before finding the letter, and giving it to the water god. She stood back a moment and let Genbu and Byakko read the letter.
"Did Seiryuu, or Suzaku tell you anything else?" Genbu asked Hikaru. Hikaru shook her head. "Well, this sounds serious. We must leave at once, then."
"Well, then." Byakko said. "We should start preparing now."
Hikaru turned to Max. "Well, see you soon. I'm gone!"
"Wait a moment child." Genbu called to Hikaru as she walked to the door. Hikaru stopped and turned around. Genbu turned to the window where Max and Rei still stood. "Max, I want you to accompany her back to the Air Palace. We will follow soon enough."
"Rei, I want you to do the same." Byakko nodded to Rei. The two boys nodded and didn't question anything. Byakko turned to Genbu. "We should go inform our head priests and get ready for the trip."
Genbu and Byakko rose from their seats and left the room without another word. Hikaru turned to Max and Rei. "Looks like you guys are stuck with me."
"I'm scared." Max feigned a scared look.
"Very funny!" Hikaru frowned. Then remembered something. "Oh, I'm suppose to bring Takao back something."
"We'll take a detour on our way to the Air Palace." Max said. "It won't take long. We'd be at the Air Palace by sundown."
"Sounds great! Let's go." Hikaru said, jumping out of the window.
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Takao sighed heavily and closed his eyes. The breeze teased his long hair spilling it over his face. Takao tried to brush it off, but his movements only made him fall off his branch.
"Oof!!" Takao stood up and rubbed his butt. Dragoon's laughter filled the side of the mountain. "It's not funny!"
"I keep telling you to tie your hair. It gets in the way." Dragoon appeared beside Takao.
"I like it this way." Takao pouted. He climbed his tree once again and settled himself for another nap. He almost managed it, but Dragoon shook him.
"Takao, in the southern horizon, look." Dragoon pointed. Takao opened his eyes and sat up. Something huge and red was coming his way. And it was getting larger and larger by the minute. Takao jumped down from his perch, not taking his eyes off the approaching figure.
"What is it?" Takao asked his Bit Beast. Dragoon stayed silent for a while, and then…he laughed. Takao looked at Dragoon. He didn't know what was funny. He looked back at the red form. "Dragoon? Why are you laughing?"
Dragoon shook his head and said nothing. Takao tried to grab his Bit Beast, but before he could, Dragoon began to shimmer. He turned into a blur of blue and before Takao knew it, there in front of him stood another boy who looked two years older than him. The youth had long blue hair like his master, blue eyes and a scar across the bridge of his nose. His blue tunic, made of silk, had Seiryuu's crest on it.
'Must be someone pretty important that Dragoon knows, if he's willing to turn into his human form.' Takao thought. The fast approaching figure was getting clearer and clearer by the second. To Takao, it appeared to be a large phoenix. Also someone was riding it. Takao waited for what felt like an eternity, anxious to see whom it was Dragoon was trying to impress.
The phoenix was there and it landed on the small mountaintop near the tree. Takao saw that a youth was riding the phoenix. He had gray and blue hair. He was dressed in red armor that was similar to Takao's own armor, except Takao's was blue. The youth got off the phoenix and in a red blur, the phoenix had turned into a young woman around Dragoon's age. She had short spiky red hair, high-lighted with gold. Her dress was made of some red gossamer material that seemed to shine whenever she moved.
"Hello, Dragoon." The girl's deep, warm voice made Takao feel like he was in the presence of a goddess. Dragoon walked towards her and stopped in front of her dropping to his knees. He took the girl's hand and kissed the back of it.
"Nice to see you, Dranzer." Dragoon stood up in front of her staring into her eyes. And then before Dranzer could say anything back, Dragoon glomped her.
"Ack, Dragoon. Baka! Get off me!!!" Dranzer struggled to get the other Bit Beast off of her. Dragoon laughed for a minute and then let her go. The two stood up with and irritated looking Dranzer and a very please looking Dragoon.
"Takao, this is a good friend of mine, Dranzer. She is the resident Bit Beast at the Fire Palace and Suzaku's right hand man. Er, lady, or girl…" Dranzer hit Dragoon in the back of the head. Dragoon just laughed and hugged her. "I love you too, Dranzer."
Takao (sweat dropping through all of this) finally understood why Dragoon had turned into a human. He had heard many stories from Dragoon about the old days, when even the need for Chosens was not necessary. Dragoon and Dranzer, along with Draciel and Drigger the Bit Beasts of the Water Palace and Earth Palace, were old friends. But that was a long time ago. Takao then turned his attention to the boy who rode Dranzer. 'This guy must be Suzaku-sama's Chosen.'
Takao walked towards the boy with a smile. "Hi, I'm Takao and I'm Seiryuu's Chosen. You must be Suzaku-sama's Chosen. Nice to meet you."
The boy stared at Takao coolly, his crystalline ruby eyes staring at Takao.
"I'm Kai, your rival." He said in a cold, stoic monotone.
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AZ/DZ: ^__________^ I just got a new sn for AIM. It's "kaitaka tyka fan". Dontcha just love it? LOL Ok, well…Thank you to Rem for reviewing. Means a lot to me. You might notice, Dragoon sound like a four year old or something in his human form. Well, just think he's kinda like…Ryuichi from Gravi, or even Tsuzuki from Yami no Matsuei. ^_^ Ok, well, if anyone is reading this, I gotta ask a couple of questions.
1. Should Dranzer and Dragoon be romantically involved, or just be like brother and sister?
2. Should I pair Mariah and Rei up? I know I said it would me Rei/Mariah, but I'm starting to rethink it.
3. Should I pair Max up with Emily? Or someone else? If someone else, tell me whom you think would be good with Max.
Erm, ok, that's it. R&R peeps. Ciao!