Enter the King Tiger: Lee Kon
"The Mark of the Void"
Lei was practically running down the streets towards the Louvre Stadium, where the Black Tigers' matches would be held. He was in a serious panic, and that was NOT the fact that Takao had suddenly gone fasting.
It was the REIKI.
It was so powerful he immediately opened his eyes and sat up on his bed, panting heavily. Perspiration was coursing down the sides of his face, and he never felt so TERRIFIED in his WHOLE life, prior to that reiki outburst.
***It was full of sheer anger and HATRED…*** Lei thought as he ran down the last street leading to the Louvre Stadium proper. ***Its sole intent is to DESTROY. What…what was IT?!***
He turns the corner, and saw Shao and the rest of the Black Tigers' Team head out of the backdoors, skilfully avoiding papparazzi and pesky reporters. Lei clenched his fist, his amber yellow eyes narrow, and went after them.
They were about to board the black limousine that was to take them back to their own quarters when Lei screeched to a halt, and faced them, his amber yellow eyes very narrowed and serious (translation: VERY gorgeous! **^o^**). "SHAO! What was THAT~~~?! Don't TELL me you've KILLED all those –Holy Beasts-!"
"You're PRETTY perceptive." Shao stopped, then turned around to face him. "Yeah, we killed 2 –Holy Beasts-. So what's it to YOU?!"
"!!!" Lei was shocked, his eyes very wide. "No…Mao…you DIDN'T~~~?!"
"The guy was boring me anyway, I HAD to do IT." Mao made a show of stifling a small yawn with her left hand. "I still let a little of his spirit live, but I guess he's too maimed beyond recovery. So THERE."
"…" Lei's eyes narrowed, and he shook his head in confusion. "Mao…?"
"Look, if you don't have ANYTHING else left to say, you spikeass, we're LEAVING," Shao told him. "Good day."
Lei couldn't believe this. "Shao~~~"
"I said LEAVE, didn't I~~~?!" Shao turned around to face him again, then smirked. "I guess you want to know what caused that TERRIBLE reiki surge?"
"It's not what I~~~"
A black blur shot out, and Lei's eyes widened, as he jumped out of the way. It succeeded in tearing the left side of his cheongsam, and it was cut VERY deeply.
Lei knelt before Shao, holding his deep wound with his right hand, thick rivulets of blood spurting out of it in torrents. Shao whistled. "Oops. I think I might have cut the spleen wide open. I am MOST terribly sorry."
"Y-you…"
"HAHAHAHA! I thought I'd never see the day the leader of the White Tiger Clan should kneel before me and beg for his puny life." Shao's red brown eyes widened, and it had a terrible crazed glassy look to them. "So what'll it BE, Lei Kon?"
"N-NEVER!" Lei tried to stand up, but the pain was forcing him not to, and he grimaced as he fell down again. He glared at Shao, his eyes VERY very narrowed. "I would NEVER bow down and beg my life from YOU~~~!!!"
"Such brave words." Shao shook his head. "But alas, such bravery ends short. See you in paradise, spikeass."
Eander, who materialized in his hands from nowhere, shot straight towards Lei. He glared at it. If he was to die, then at least he would have to die with the full dignity of a White Tiger.
"LEI~~~!!!"
A dark red blur shot out, and deflected Eander's attack. Kai appears, his expression very murderous. "You make me SICK. I thought you Black Tigers have a sense or even a shred of decency in them, but I guess I was WRONG. Very WRONG."
"Oh? You want Dranzer to die, too?" Shao grinned wickedly. "So be IT!"
Eander started shooting around, Dranzer narrowly missing its attacks. The Black Tiger and the Red Sparrow shot out, and Lei was surprised that it had already evolved: the Red Sparrow had become full-grown, like that of Takao's Dragoon, its wings spanning the entire length of the limousine. Mao and Ying's eyes went wide.
The flames encircled Dranzer, as the Red Sparrow screeched, flapping his wings that scattered glowing red feathers about the battlefield. Kai's eyes widened.
"DRANZER~~~!!! RED SNIPER~~~!!!"
The Red Sparrow screeched again, and shot towards the Black Tiger like a flaming projectile. Several tendrils of red flame surrounded the Red Sparrow, and went through Eander like a blinding flame shaft. Several red glowing feathers scattered.
"~~~!!!" Mao and Ying's mouths were hanging open.
"Heh…hehehehehehe…HAHAHAHAHAHAHA~~~~!!!" Shao laughed manically. "So THAT is the power of the legendary Guardian of the South!" He swipes his arm. "EANDER~~~!!! JUDGMENT BOLT~~~!!!"
The Black Tiger roared, and went towards the Red Sparrow, several Chinese characters glowing about it, and went through Dranzer.
Kai's eyes widened.
"DRANZER~~~!!!"
The Bey shattered, but the ruby crystalline bit glowed and shielded the Red Sparrow from its fate. Shao's eyes narrowed, and he became angry. "WHAAAT~~~?! How did that HAPPEN~~~?!"
"…" Kai got his ruby crystalline central bit, his eyes expressive. "Dranzer…"
"You'll pay for THAT~~~!!!" Shao's eyes flashed murderously. "EANDER~~~!!! DEATH CRUSHER~~~"
"That's ENOUGH, Shao."
The Black Tigers and both Lei and Kai turned to see who it was. A young man wearing an oyster colored full cheongsam with amber braid, and a pair of dark blue baggy trousers upon his legs. He had a pair of kung-fu sandals on his feet, and an intricately embroidered White Tiger curling up from the bottom of his left side and up his left chest. The White Tiger had an intricate Chinese Emperor crown on top of his head, with peacock feathers flowing gently, along with several swinging pendants.
He had long fine silvery-white hair that flowed way past his waist, tied back with an oyster colored clasp. But what caught their attention were his slanted amber yellow eyes that were so much like Lei's.
Their eyes met. Lei couldn't explain it, but…
"LEE~~~!!!" Shao was indescribably furious. "What are you…?!"
"Hello, Shao. Geiger missed you TERRIBLY." The young man smiled at him, his eyes closed happily.
"~~~!!!" Shao hurled his Eander toward the curious young man. "EANDER! DEATH CRUSHER~~~!!!"
The Black Tiger roared towards the young man, whose eyes suddenly opened and were narrowed and set. "GEIGER! KING'S BLADE~~~~!!!"
The deep maroon Bey shot out of nowhere, and a deep maroon light shot up from its central bit. A purest White Tiger shot out, roaring, its peacock feathers fluttering behind him, the crown on its head glinting in the light. It was HUGE, and had a proud mane with undertones of silver about its head, and gold armor and leg guards everywhere. It was also sabretoothed, and its tail swished behind its back, with a burning silver flame on its end. Each of its paws were surrounded by the same flames, and sparks of purest white lightning.
Kai's eyes went wide. "That IS~~~!!!"
Lei's eyes went wide as well. "KING TIGER~~~!!!"
It shot towards Eander, an ornate and gracefully bent sword like a scimitar appearing in its mouth. The –Holy Beast- threw the sword into the air, roared again, and sent a hail of sowrds along with white spears of light towards Shao's Bey.
It got thrown off. Mao was wide-eyed.
"What…"
"Leave." The young man's eyes narrowed even further. "And don't even think of trying to get back at THEM. I would be watching YOU."
Shao got his now stopped Bey, glared at the young man, and bid his other team members to leave. Lei was looking at the stranger, wide-eyed, his wound forgotten.
"Who…who are you?"
"…" The young man got his Bey then smiled at Lei. "My name is Lee Kon. I have been waiting 10 years to see you again…my brother."