Shadow-Assassin: Thanks again to all the readers and to my best friend for helping me with the last chapter... I'd also like to thank ShadowWarriorJessica and The-Dark-One for adding me to their favorite authors…  =^-^=... This is a very long chapter and the stories getting near the end... But I promise you that I will have a sequel to it... It may not be put up right away however because I want to work on my other stories a bit more... I might start it when I finish my digimon story "The Tail Of The Houndmon"... Oh... I don't own Beyblades either... Doesn't that get annoying to you ppl? I ran out of ideas on how to put it into my side fic...

(Back to the sidefic)

Shadow-Assassin: AHHH!!! *Both beyblades glow brightly and the two feline bitbeasts emerge*

Ray: Haha! Go Driger!

Mariah: Get her Galux!

*Center on the bitbeasts who are now nuzzling each other gently as if they were in love*

Mariah: O_O GALUX!

Ray: O_o Driger?

Shadow-Assassin: HAHA! Ya! And love wins again! Hey Driger... *Sweet smile* Untie me and I'll give you some catnip to give to Galux.

Mariah: He's not that stupid to fall for something like that.

*Driger walks over to Shadow and rips the ropes to pieces*

Shadow-Assassin: What was that?

Ray: O_o Driger you traitor!

Shadow-Assassin: *Snaps her fingers and a box of catnip appears in her hand. She gives it to Driger* There you go... Thank you very much Driger... It's nice to know there are some good people still left in this world.

Driger: *Purrs and nudges the box over to Galux who walks over and nuzzles him*

Legend Of The White Dragon

Chapter 19 - The Truth Comes Out

"Let me go you jerk!" Mariah growls and struggles as a man in black drags her to a huge steel cage and pushes her into it roughly causing her to fall to the cold floor of the cell. She gets up slowly and painfully and looks around. She notices a slight bluish tinge to the area outside the huge cage and walks up to the bars extending her hand, "Ouch!" She yelps pulling her hand away as she gets a jolt of electricity.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you," came a laugh from outside the cage.

Mariah looks out to see Doctor Judy standing there holding the clear crystal ball that had taken her beloved from her, "You witch!"

"Tisk, tisk... That is no way to treat the person who holds your life in her hand," Judy says as she throws the crystal into the air catching it with ease.

"Stop that!" Mariah shouts in fear.

"Don't worry... Your little friend is safe in this crystal prison," Judy says.

"Why are you doing this? He is your sons friend," Mariah pleads as tears fall gently down her cheeks.

"This creature has alot of power... Power I wish to understand," Judy says.

"You make me sick!" Mariah spits.

"Why thank you," Judy smirks as she snaps her fingers and one of the guards turns off the forcefield and opens the cage. Judy roughly tosses the crystal into the cage.

"NO!" Mariah shouts as she dives and catches the crystal in her outstretched hands, "You don't deserve to live!" She shouts through her tears, gulping down her sorrows as she slowly sits up clutching the crystal close.

"I wouldn't hold that if I were you," Judy says.

"Well I'm not you!" Mariah yells.

"Fine then... Don't say I didn't warn you," Judy says as she chants something incomprehensible.

Mariah yelps as the crystal starts to glow and quickly puts it on the ground moving away in fear. The glowing expands and seems to form an image. The image slowly takes form and leaves behind a giant white... and very angry... dragon. The dragon growls and snorts turning to look at the guards and Judy as she walks out. The dragon lets out a loud roar and glows once more and pounds at the cage which sparks but does very little else.

"Please stop," Mariah says meekly, "I don't want you to hurt yourself."

The dragon turns and looks over at her. It bends low so that they are now at eye level.

"You're still in there... Aren't you Ray," Mariah smiles as she places her hand on the dragons pure white muzzle.

The dragon gently nuzzles her and she hugs it's long thin neck. Suddenly the crystal on the dragons head begins to glow. Mariah remembers when the man ripped off Ray's bandanna. It was the same crystal. She starred at it for what seemed like an eternity until the light from it blinded her and she was forced to close her eyes. When she opened her eyes again she was no longer in the cage with the great dragon. She hears the clanging of swords and roars coming from the east and looks around, "I... I remember this," She says looking around. She turns and sees Ray standing behind her. He smiles gently and takes her hand leading her to the area where all the noise is coming from. There she sees the white dragon other creatures fighting, she now realizes that those other creatures are bitbeasts. The same soldiers fight the bitbeasts along side the great dragon, "Did... Did this really happen?"

"Yes Mariah," Ray says, "This did happen and you where here." He says as he points over to a young girl watching the battle. It is Mariah herself standing there watching.

"I... I don't understand... I remember this... I had this... vision when I was at the library," Mariah says.

"Yes... We are now watching it as... Ghosts from the future you could say... No one can hear us nor see us," Ray explains.

"Why did you bring me here?" Mariah asks.

"When I said that this really happened... I didn't mean it happened in a vision Mariah," Ray starts, "This is just one part of a past that you've long forgotten."

"My... past?" Mariah asks completely confused.

"Yes... You see... We where always destined to be together... We are soul mates and will always be soul mates. This is the first time we met. You were attacked and I saved you. By this time I had already promised to protect the humans," He continues.

"Protect?" Mariah asks.

"Yes... I suppose I should start from the beginning," He says, "You see... I am a bitbeast. My real name is Reikou, the white dragon."

"I sort of figured that out on my own," Mariah says, "But please continue."

Ray smiles, "Bitbeasts aren't just spirits... They are a whole other race from a parallel universe. On the bitbeast home world I was... Well... A prince."

"A what?!" Mariah blurts out.

"A prince. I was the youngest of many children. Bitbeasts, you see, live for a very long time." He says.

"Does that mean you'll live longer then me?" Mariah asks.

"Only if I want to... We are able to control our age to a certain limit. We cannot grow up too quickly but we cannot live forever either," Ray says.

Mariah smiles and nods to him to continue.

"I am... Different then most bitbeasts... I have more powers and they are stronger then most bitbeasts. When my father found out about it he planned to marry me off to the princess of another area of our world. I, of course, did not want that and ran away," Ray continues.

"And that's when you came to earth?" Mariah asks.

"Not right away. Most bitbeasts despise humans... Why? No one can remember... At that time I too thought of humans as most bitbeasts did but when my father almost found me for the third time I decided that I couldn't run anymore. I decided to leave and go to earth knowing my father would never look for me there," Ray says.

"How did you get here?" She asks.

"I used my special powers to get here though it drained much of my strength. I was very weak and could barely stand. I believed I wouldn't make it until a young boy found me. His name was Ray," he explains.

Mariah goes wide eyed confused, "What do you mean his name was Ray?"

"I'll get to that," Ray smiles, "This young boy lived near to where I was and came everyday to take care of me. He fed me and brought me water and nursed me back to health. That is when I learned that the stories about humans were false and that humans were caring creatures."

Mariah smiles and winks, "Of course we are."

Ray laughs a bit and continues, "I decided to stay with Ray from then on. I possessed the beyblade that he brought around with him everywhere and we began to fight as a team. Back then beyblading wasn't a sport... It was a way to survive... Ray's father had been a captain of a great army and Ray had always wanted to be just like his father. We trained and soon we were unstoppable... We were even let into the ranks of the castle guards... Until..." Ray turns away a bit.

"Until what Ray?" Mariah asks turning his head towards her.

"There was a great battle... Many people died in that battle... Ray... and father died that day... His mother died soon after from a broken heart," Ray says gulping down a tear.

"Oh Ray," Mariah says hugging him gently, "What happened next?" She asked looking up at him still holding him close.

"Ray had a grandfather... He was a kind man and also the only one Ray had entrusted with the knowledge about me. Ray and his mother were the last family he had and I felt terrible that I couldn't do anything to help him cope with this loss. Then it struck me. I'd learned of another legend... It said that there had been a group of bitbeasts that had the ability to turn into humans. I decided to give it a try and focused all my energy and all my faith into changing into a human. It worked... I had taken the image of my closest human friend and had molded myself into an exact copy of him. I'd become Ray," He says looking down at Mariah and hugging her back gently.

"And what happened after that?" Mariah asks snuggling close to Ray's chest.

"I went to see Ray's grandfather, who, by that time already knew about the death of his family. He was confused at first as to how his grandfather had survived but then I told him who I really was and he asked me to stay with him. I agreed and I stayed with him until the day he died. After that I left and traveled alone fighting to protect the innocent like Ray and his family. Eventually I made my way to this very battle where I met you. We soon fell in love... You'd seen me first as a dragon yet you still loved me," Ray smiles down at her.

"Of course I still loved you," she sighed hugging him closer still.

"Our souls were intertwined from that day on. Life went on and we soon died. We where both reborn somehow though. I was reborn and by the age of ten remembered all from my past life with you. I wasn't sure how I'd been reborn but I didn't care... all I knew was that I had to find you... I could feel in my heart that you too were reborn. I searched for you yet again and eventually found you... Things went on like that for a very long time... We died and found each other again and died together and were reborn... It never seems to end and I am so very glad of that," he says looking up at the sky.

"How did you end up in our village?" Mariah asks.

"My heart led me there," He smiles, "When I got there I felt a strange presence... One I knew... I found out later that that presence was Driger. On the bitbeast home world Driger had been head of the army. Me and him had been close. He'd taught me to fight and how to put my abilities to good use. I was glad that we had been reunited. Driger told me that he and several other bitbeasts had come to earth in search of me. Those bitbeasts were those from the Bladebreakers team and the Bladettes team."

"Galux knew you?" Mariah asks.

Ray blushes a bit, "Ya... Driger introduced us and we became friends."

"Driger introduced you to Galux?" Mariah asks confused.

"Ya..." Ray says rubbing the back of his neck, "Driger and Gulax are... well... mates."

Mariah goes wide eyed and laughs, "That's so sweet. Our bitbeasts in love."

"Ya... The funny thing is... You know Galeon?" Ray asks.

"Yes... That's Lee's lion bitbeast," Mariah says.

"Well... He's there son," Ray says with a grin.

Mariah giggles and smiles, "I wish this moment never had to end."

Ray looks down at her, "I'm afraid it has to... I can't keep us here much longer... I just want you to know that I love you with all my heart and soul... The curse that Judy put on me keeps me in my dragon form but I promise I will find a way to get rid of it."

"I don't care what you look like... I will always love you Ray... Reikou," She smiles hugging him close. She closes her eyes again and opens them. She smiles as she hugs the dragons muzzle gently.