Chapter 4: Overture
Nakoruru (panicking): I don't have my list of titles that I wanted to use!! This was the only one that I could think of that didn't sound strange. I don't know if this one even works!! Ahhhhhh!!!! (promptly hit with mallet by Kai)
Kai (smirking): There, now you don't have to think about it.
Tyson: Um, should we start the chapter?
Kai: Maybe we should tell all her readers to go away and never come back. Wouldn't that be fun?
Kenny: I don't think that's a good idea, Kai. She's bound to wake up at anytime now. (Nakoruru is really out cold, and won't be commenting for a while)
Tyson: What should we do about the story?
Kai: Forget it. I have better things to do than her stupid story. She's not up to writing it anyway.
Rinka (walking in): Aren't you bad, Kai? Ray came and told me what you did.
Kai: Damn, her co-writer. What are you doing here?
Rinka: I'm writing the chapter for Nakoruru. I am her co-writer after all, and have the authority to do that. She would like to thank everyone for the reviews and hope you like the next chapter!!! Places boys!
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While the actions of the previous chapter went on, Tyson and the other Bladebreakers went to train for the day after much thought about the recent rumors. They were just getting back from training when they noticed a figure waiting outside by Tyson's gate. The Breakers were shocked to find Mariah, even more surprised to find her in tears.
"Mariah, what's wrong?" Ray rushed over to his friend, with much concern in his eyes.
"Ray." Mariah collapsed into his arms, and sobbed.
"Mariah, what's wrong? What's happened?"
"Ray, things are really bad, I think we should go somewhere safe and talk," Mariah said. Ray nodded and looked at the other Breakers. Tyson led them into his house and to his room. Kai took the chair by the desk, while the others sat on the floor. Mariah situated herself on the bed; Ray sat beside her.
"Mariah, where's Lee and the other members of the White Tigers? Are you here alone?" Ray inquired.
"Yes, the others stayed behind to look after Lee," she replied.
"Look after Lee? Why?"
"A few nights ago, Lee was out by himself. I knew something was bothering him, but I didn't know what. I could feel it too. He was so moody, I didn't know what to do. I tried asking him, but he just shrugged it off. I should have gone with him, at least I would have been able to help him, " Mariah cried.
"What happened to Lee, Mariah?" Ray put an arm around Mariah's shoulder.
"When I was finally able to sense it, it was too late. The others and me saw a large light source in the woods. Before we could get there, it was over. And Lee." Mariah's eyes teared up at the memory. "Oh, Ray, it was awful!"
"What happened, Mariah?" Ray urged.
"We.we found Lee laying on the ground unconscious. He's been like that for the two days. We don't know what to do about it. From time to time, he cries out for Galleon. We tried to find out what happened from Galleon, but.he's missing. And that's not all, Gallux is also missing along with the rest of the White Tigers' bit beasts. It's awful."
"Your bits are missing?" Ray looked over at the others, who were just as shocked. "So, the rumors are true."
"Rumors, what rumors?" asked Mariah.
"There have been rumors around that bladers are being approached by strange opponents and if they lose, they lose their bit beasts also," Kenny said. "I was online earlier getting information while you guys were all practicing. There's a rumor that all of the All Stars were approached and defeated."
"What about the other teams?" Max asked.
"I haven't been able to find out about anyone else. I managed to get in contact with Emily. She emailed me some information about one of the individuals in question," Kenny said, opening his laptop. "Dizzi, can you fill them in on what we were able to find?"
"Sure, Chief, it would be my pleasure," Dizzi replied cheerfully. "Emily wrote that a young girl about the age of 12 or 13 went up against Micheal. She had long pink hair and brown eyes. She had a fire based bit beast. Micheal lost to her."
"He lost against a child, pathetic," Kai said.
"I wouldn't be scoffing him too quickly, Kai, Emily said that the girl was quite the blader, the likes of which she never seen before. They couldn't analyze her data fast enough, it kept rising before they could assess the situation," Kenny remarked. "Emily also wrote that after the match, she apologized for beating him and pulled out a bottle. This bottle was what sucked Trygle from his blade."
"So, do they know why this girl wanted their bit beasts?" Ray queried.
"The girl never got the chance to say, before Eddy and Steve tried to take her on. That's when two other people appeared. They told her to take Trygle away, and they would handle the situation."
"Any information on them?"
"Emily said that one was a young man around the age of 17. Short brown hair and dark brown eyes. The other was a girl, approximately the same age. Long maroon hair in a long plait and violet eyes," reported Kenny. "They didn't take the time the girl did to blade them. As if they were in a hurry or something."
"So, we have a group of mysterious bladers on our hands. Sounds interesting," smirked Kai.
"This is no game. Whoever these bladers are, they will be coming for us soon enough. We should be on our guards," Kenny said. "I think it's best that we don't separate at a time like this, or we could be the next to fall victim."
"What difference does it make?" Tyson said. The other bladers looked at him with a surprised expression. "I mean, will it make a difference if we're together or not. They came after the All Stars with all their members together, right? I don't think we're safe even while we're together. If they want us, they'll come and get us. Regardless."
"For once, Tyson has a point," Max admitted. "I don't think it matters to these bladers if we're together or not. We have to worry about whether or not we can withstand their power. They plowed through two of the best teams we've ever fought without breaking a sweat."
"You have a point, Max," Ray said. "They have to be amazingly strong to do that."
"No worries, we always pull through when things are at their worst. We'll defeat these mysterious bladers and get back all of the bit beasts that were stolen!" boasted Tyson.
"I hope you're right, cause if we can't hell will really break loose. I just can't imagine what anyone would do with so many bit beasts?" Ray said.
"We'll find out sooner or later. This isn't over yet," Kai said.
Meanwhile as our heroes are discussing more of the situation, they are unaware of the three bladers that are closely watching Tyson's house. The girl with maroon hair sat on the roof of one of the houses waiting for the instructions to attack. She looked at the male sitting beside her with one arm propped up on his leg. He was whistling a tune she didn't recognize.
"Hey, Ash, do you think that we'll see some action soon?" The male smiled silently. "Ash?"
"Be quiet, Katsy. I'm listening," he said.
The girl stared at her leader with confusion. "Listening? Listening to what?"
"The time to put things into action is near. Tohru is here in Japan. He's bringing news on our next steps." The male pulled out a blue and black beyblade with red streaks on it. The male got up from his position and looked behind him. A young boy with black hair was taking a nap on the next roof over. "Cody, wake up, it's almost time!"
"What?" The boy opened one viridian eye to look over at his team captain. "Is it time we took on the Bladebreakers? I was having this hot dream about a buffet with everything in it. Chicken, lobster, cake, sweet potatoes, shrimp, sushi, watermelon, pizza, hambur-"
"That's enough, ugh," groaned Katsy. "If I have to listen to anymore of your buffet dreams, I'm going to hurl." Katsy stood up from where she was seated also. "We have more important things to think about than food. The time has come for us to show the Bladebreakers real fear. Can you pinpoint exactly where Tohru is, Cody?"
"Yeah, but I really don't want to," the boy said with a yawn. "If Tohru wants to find us, he'll do it without my help."
"Cody," Ash said. "Could you find Tohru for me?" Ash turned a brown eye to the young male.
"Y-yeah." Cody closed his eyes concentrating his focus on picking up the thoughts of his arriving teammate. The young boy was an exceptionally strong mind reader. He could pick up any thoughts within a seven-mile radius if he wanted. "I.I can sense him. He's telling me for us to be ready. He'll be here within several minutes. The boss says that it's time for the next phase in the plan."
"Good, I need some action," smirked Katsy, pulling out her blade.
"Thank you, Cody," Ash smiled. "I know I can count on you."
"Any time, Ash."
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"Mariah, do you think you're going to be alright?" inquired Ray for the second time. "You sure you'll be alright in a hotel alone? You don't need me to stay with you do you?"
"Ray, don't be such an old hen. I'll be fine. You guys should take care of yourselves. These people will be after you soon. Be careful," Mariah said.
"But-" Ray started.
"Don't worry, everything will be alright. I believe in you." Before Ray could ask another question of her, she ran into the hotel entrance. For a moment Ray thought about going after her, but then decided that she would be fine. She had always been a lot stronger than he realized at times. Turning to his teammates, he gave them a sigh.
"I guess I am an old hen. But I'm really worried," he admitted.
"Well, we all are. This is a serious matter. If we can't stop these people from stealing bit beasts, then who will?" Max smiled. "The only thing that we can do is be on guard. So.let's go out for pizza!"
"Great idea, Maxie!" agreed Tyson.
"Pizza? How's that going to solve this problem?" Kenny wondered.
"Well, we can't protect our bit beasts on an empty stomach can we?" Max replied. "We don't know where to find them, so the best thing to do is wait for them to come to us. So while we're waiting, we'll have some pizza."
"What childish notions?" The remark did not come from Kai, which surprised them. This was another male's voice. Looking in front of them, they find a male with dark red hair staring at them, a sneer on his lips.
"Who the hell are you?" demanded Kai.
"It won't matter in a few minutes. If you're that curious, then follow me." The male took off before anyone could blink. The Bladebreakers looked at each other then decided to follow the male. Their chase led them through downtown, until they reached an abandoned warehouse, where they lost sight of him.
"Come out and show yourself!"
"Do you really want to know who we are? If so, then it shall happen." The lights in the warehouse mysteriously came on, revealing four figures standing by a beyblade dish.
"Are you the ones who have been stealing bit beasts from their owners?" shouted Tyson.
"So, you have a little knowledge of us, Bladebreakers. Guess we have to introduce ourselves then. I'm Ash Nadhi, leader of the Mystics," smiled the blond.
"I'm Cody, nice to meet you. Too bad this meeting will only be brief," grinned a boy with black hair, as he clashed his hands behind his back.
"To my right is Katsy Lafey, and you already know Tohru," Ash said. "So now that we know each other, let's get down to business." The male pulled out his beyblade and launcher. His team followed his notion, as well as the Bladebreakers.
"So, this is going to be an all out battle, fine with us," said Tyson.
"Don't think you're our equals! Tohru, Katsy, Cody!! Destroy them, but make sure not to hurt the bits. We need them out of the way!" ordered Tohru. The Mystics launched their blades at the same time as the Bladebreakers. "Katsy, you know what to do."
"Right." The girl closed her eyes, concentrating her energy. A gust of cold wind blew within the warehouse. Each of the Mystics' blades begun to glow.
"What's happening? Where did this wind come from?" Ray covered his eyes. "We'll have to end this quickly. Drigger!!" Ray's blade started to glow as the white tiger bit emerged from its blade, and shot at the enemy blades.
"Tohru!! Now!" shouted Ash.
Tohru's eyes seemed to glow as he focused on the white tiger bit trying to attack. The blade stopped in motion, and was pushed back. For a moment the blade looked as if it would surrender to the power, but then started to fight back. "It's stronger than I would have thought."
"Katsy! Give more support to Tohru. Cody, we're going to attack them. Get ready to do as we practiced."
"Right!! Laijin, it's time we got this started." The boy's blade begun to glow with an unnatural black energy, it was completely unlike anything the Bladebreakers had sensed before.
"I don't like the way this feels guys. We have to be careful. I can see why Emily and the others had such a hard time with them. They're psychic bladers," Kenny said.
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Rinka (grinning): Oh how I do love suspense! Bet you guys are all wondering what will happen next huh! Well you'll have to stay tuned to find out. And again thanks to everyone that reviewed, we appreciate it a lot.
Kai: Whatever. The next chapter better come soon or I'll hit you with this mallet too. (holding up mallet)
Rinka (backing away): Um.yeah. We'll see you later then, everyone. Hopefully.
Nakoruru (panicking): I don't have my list of titles that I wanted to use!! This was the only one that I could think of that didn't sound strange. I don't know if this one even works!! Ahhhhhh!!!! (promptly hit with mallet by Kai)
Kai (smirking): There, now you don't have to think about it.
Tyson: Um, should we start the chapter?
Kai: Maybe we should tell all her readers to go away and never come back. Wouldn't that be fun?
Kenny: I don't think that's a good idea, Kai. She's bound to wake up at anytime now. (Nakoruru is really out cold, and won't be commenting for a while)
Tyson: What should we do about the story?
Kai: Forget it. I have better things to do than her stupid story. She's not up to writing it anyway.
Rinka (walking in): Aren't you bad, Kai? Ray came and told me what you did.
Kai: Damn, her co-writer. What are you doing here?
Rinka: I'm writing the chapter for Nakoruru. I am her co-writer after all, and have the authority to do that. She would like to thank everyone for the reviews and hope you like the next chapter!!! Places boys!
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While the actions of the previous chapter went on, Tyson and the other Bladebreakers went to train for the day after much thought about the recent rumors. They were just getting back from training when they noticed a figure waiting outside by Tyson's gate. The Breakers were shocked to find Mariah, even more surprised to find her in tears.
"Mariah, what's wrong?" Ray rushed over to his friend, with much concern in his eyes.
"Ray." Mariah collapsed into his arms, and sobbed.
"Mariah, what's wrong? What's happened?"
"Ray, things are really bad, I think we should go somewhere safe and talk," Mariah said. Ray nodded and looked at the other Breakers. Tyson led them into his house and to his room. Kai took the chair by the desk, while the others sat on the floor. Mariah situated herself on the bed; Ray sat beside her.
"Mariah, where's Lee and the other members of the White Tigers? Are you here alone?" Ray inquired.
"Yes, the others stayed behind to look after Lee," she replied.
"Look after Lee? Why?"
"A few nights ago, Lee was out by himself. I knew something was bothering him, but I didn't know what. I could feel it too. He was so moody, I didn't know what to do. I tried asking him, but he just shrugged it off. I should have gone with him, at least I would have been able to help him, " Mariah cried.
"What happened to Lee, Mariah?" Ray put an arm around Mariah's shoulder.
"When I was finally able to sense it, it was too late. The others and me saw a large light source in the woods. Before we could get there, it was over. And Lee." Mariah's eyes teared up at the memory. "Oh, Ray, it was awful!"
"What happened, Mariah?" Ray urged.
"We.we found Lee laying on the ground unconscious. He's been like that for the two days. We don't know what to do about it. From time to time, he cries out for Galleon. We tried to find out what happened from Galleon, but.he's missing. And that's not all, Gallux is also missing along with the rest of the White Tigers' bit beasts. It's awful."
"Your bits are missing?" Ray looked over at the others, who were just as shocked. "So, the rumors are true."
"Rumors, what rumors?" asked Mariah.
"There have been rumors around that bladers are being approached by strange opponents and if they lose, they lose their bit beasts also," Kenny said. "I was online earlier getting information while you guys were all practicing. There's a rumor that all of the All Stars were approached and defeated."
"What about the other teams?" Max asked.
"I haven't been able to find out about anyone else. I managed to get in contact with Emily. She emailed me some information about one of the individuals in question," Kenny said, opening his laptop. "Dizzi, can you fill them in on what we were able to find?"
"Sure, Chief, it would be my pleasure," Dizzi replied cheerfully. "Emily wrote that a young girl about the age of 12 or 13 went up against Micheal. She had long pink hair and brown eyes. She had a fire based bit beast. Micheal lost to her."
"He lost against a child, pathetic," Kai said.
"I wouldn't be scoffing him too quickly, Kai, Emily said that the girl was quite the blader, the likes of which she never seen before. They couldn't analyze her data fast enough, it kept rising before they could assess the situation," Kenny remarked. "Emily also wrote that after the match, she apologized for beating him and pulled out a bottle. This bottle was what sucked Trygle from his blade."
"So, do they know why this girl wanted their bit beasts?" Ray queried.
"The girl never got the chance to say, before Eddy and Steve tried to take her on. That's when two other people appeared. They told her to take Trygle away, and they would handle the situation."
"Any information on them?"
"Emily said that one was a young man around the age of 17. Short brown hair and dark brown eyes. The other was a girl, approximately the same age. Long maroon hair in a long plait and violet eyes," reported Kenny. "They didn't take the time the girl did to blade them. As if they were in a hurry or something."
"So, we have a group of mysterious bladers on our hands. Sounds interesting," smirked Kai.
"This is no game. Whoever these bladers are, they will be coming for us soon enough. We should be on our guards," Kenny said. "I think it's best that we don't separate at a time like this, or we could be the next to fall victim."
"What difference does it make?" Tyson said. The other bladers looked at him with a surprised expression. "I mean, will it make a difference if we're together or not. They came after the All Stars with all their members together, right? I don't think we're safe even while we're together. If they want us, they'll come and get us. Regardless."
"For once, Tyson has a point," Max admitted. "I don't think it matters to these bladers if we're together or not. We have to worry about whether or not we can withstand their power. They plowed through two of the best teams we've ever fought without breaking a sweat."
"You have a point, Max," Ray said. "They have to be amazingly strong to do that."
"No worries, we always pull through when things are at their worst. We'll defeat these mysterious bladers and get back all of the bit beasts that were stolen!" boasted Tyson.
"I hope you're right, cause if we can't hell will really break loose. I just can't imagine what anyone would do with so many bit beasts?" Ray said.
"We'll find out sooner or later. This isn't over yet," Kai said.
Meanwhile as our heroes are discussing more of the situation, they are unaware of the three bladers that are closely watching Tyson's house. The girl with maroon hair sat on the roof of one of the houses waiting for the instructions to attack. She looked at the male sitting beside her with one arm propped up on his leg. He was whistling a tune she didn't recognize.
"Hey, Ash, do you think that we'll see some action soon?" The male smiled silently. "Ash?"
"Be quiet, Katsy. I'm listening," he said.
The girl stared at her leader with confusion. "Listening? Listening to what?"
"The time to put things into action is near. Tohru is here in Japan. He's bringing news on our next steps." The male pulled out a blue and black beyblade with red streaks on it. The male got up from his position and looked behind him. A young boy with black hair was taking a nap on the next roof over. "Cody, wake up, it's almost time!"
"What?" The boy opened one viridian eye to look over at his team captain. "Is it time we took on the Bladebreakers? I was having this hot dream about a buffet with everything in it. Chicken, lobster, cake, sweet potatoes, shrimp, sushi, watermelon, pizza, hambur-"
"That's enough, ugh," groaned Katsy. "If I have to listen to anymore of your buffet dreams, I'm going to hurl." Katsy stood up from where she was seated also. "We have more important things to think about than food. The time has come for us to show the Bladebreakers real fear. Can you pinpoint exactly where Tohru is, Cody?"
"Yeah, but I really don't want to," the boy said with a yawn. "If Tohru wants to find us, he'll do it without my help."
"Cody," Ash said. "Could you find Tohru for me?" Ash turned a brown eye to the young male.
"Y-yeah." Cody closed his eyes concentrating his focus on picking up the thoughts of his arriving teammate. The young boy was an exceptionally strong mind reader. He could pick up any thoughts within a seven-mile radius if he wanted. "I.I can sense him. He's telling me for us to be ready. He'll be here within several minutes. The boss says that it's time for the next phase in the plan."
"Good, I need some action," smirked Katsy, pulling out her blade.
"Thank you, Cody," Ash smiled. "I know I can count on you."
"Any time, Ash."
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"Mariah, do you think you're going to be alright?" inquired Ray for the second time. "You sure you'll be alright in a hotel alone? You don't need me to stay with you do you?"
"Ray, don't be such an old hen. I'll be fine. You guys should take care of yourselves. These people will be after you soon. Be careful," Mariah said.
"But-" Ray started.
"Don't worry, everything will be alright. I believe in you." Before Ray could ask another question of her, she ran into the hotel entrance. For a moment Ray thought about going after her, but then decided that she would be fine. She had always been a lot stronger than he realized at times. Turning to his teammates, he gave them a sigh.
"I guess I am an old hen. But I'm really worried," he admitted.
"Well, we all are. This is a serious matter. If we can't stop these people from stealing bit beasts, then who will?" Max smiled. "The only thing that we can do is be on guard. So.let's go out for pizza!"
"Great idea, Maxie!" agreed Tyson.
"Pizza? How's that going to solve this problem?" Kenny wondered.
"Well, we can't protect our bit beasts on an empty stomach can we?" Max replied. "We don't know where to find them, so the best thing to do is wait for them to come to us. So while we're waiting, we'll have some pizza."
"What childish notions?" The remark did not come from Kai, which surprised them. This was another male's voice. Looking in front of them, they find a male with dark red hair staring at them, a sneer on his lips.
"Who the hell are you?" demanded Kai.
"It won't matter in a few minutes. If you're that curious, then follow me." The male took off before anyone could blink. The Bladebreakers looked at each other then decided to follow the male. Their chase led them through downtown, until they reached an abandoned warehouse, where they lost sight of him.
"Come out and show yourself!"
"Do you really want to know who we are? If so, then it shall happen." The lights in the warehouse mysteriously came on, revealing four figures standing by a beyblade dish.
"Are you the ones who have been stealing bit beasts from their owners?" shouted Tyson.
"So, you have a little knowledge of us, Bladebreakers. Guess we have to introduce ourselves then. I'm Ash Nadhi, leader of the Mystics," smiled the blond.
"I'm Cody, nice to meet you. Too bad this meeting will only be brief," grinned a boy with black hair, as he clashed his hands behind his back.
"To my right is Katsy Lafey, and you already know Tohru," Ash said. "So now that we know each other, let's get down to business." The male pulled out his beyblade and launcher. His team followed his notion, as well as the Bladebreakers.
"So, this is going to be an all out battle, fine with us," said Tyson.
"Don't think you're our equals! Tohru, Katsy, Cody!! Destroy them, but make sure not to hurt the bits. We need them out of the way!" ordered Tohru. The Mystics launched their blades at the same time as the Bladebreakers. "Katsy, you know what to do."
"Right." The girl closed her eyes, concentrating her energy. A gust of cold wind blew within the warehouse. Each of the Mystics' blades begun to glow.
"What's happening? Where did this wind come from?" Ray covered his eyes. "We'll have to end this quickly. Drigger!!" Ray's blade started to glow as the white tiger bit emerged from its blade, and shot at the enemy blades.
"Tohru!! Now!" shouted Ash.
Tohru's eyes seemed to glow as he focused on the white tiger bit trying to attack. The blade stopped in motion, and was pushed back. For a moment the blade looked as if it would surrender to the power, but then started to fight back. "It's stronger than I would have thought."
"Katsy! Give more support to Tohru. Cody, we're going to attack them. Get ready to do as we practiced."
"Right!! Laijin, it's time we got this started." The boy's blade begun to glow with an unnatural black energy, it was completely unlike anything the Bladebreakers had sensed before.
"I don't like the way this feels guys. We have to be careful. I can see why Emily and the others had such a hard time with them. They're psychic bladers," Kenny said.
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Rinka (grinning): Oh how I do love suspense! Bet you guys are all wondering what will happen next huh! Well you'll have to stay tuned to find out. And again thanks to everyone that reviewed, we appreciate it a lot.
Kai: Whatever. The next chapter better come soon or I'll hit you with this mallet too. (holding up mallet)
Rinka (backing away): Um.yeah. We'll see you later then, everyone. Hopefully.