Rhapsody
Nakoruru (sniffs happily): Oh, happy me.
Kai (staring at her): What are you so happy about?
Nakoruru: I get to continue this story. I finally go some reviews! I'd like to thank Catlin Wilson and Stacey Corbett for their reviews. You don't know how much I've needed motivation. And the next few chapters should be out soon cause I finished outlining them.
Tala (arms folded over chest): Question.
Nakoruru (blinks): Woah, you're here Tala? What are you doing here?
Tala (staring her in the eye): Why am I not in this story? You write a story without me, or even mention of the Demolition Boys.
Nakoruru (^ ^;;): It's not like that at all, Tala. I just didn't need you for this story so. . .
Tala: You decided to hell with me. That's fine. Don't expect me to cooperate for you anymore. (walks out the door)
Nakoruru (O_O): Uh-oh. . .(runs after him) Tala, it's not like that at all! Kai, start the story without me!
Kai: She doesn't own Beyblade, she's just using us for this story. Thank everyone who reviewed.
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Since their encounter with the psychic bladers, the Bladebreakers had been training nonstop for the upcoming battle. Who knew what to expect from them the next time they met? While the four boys practiced and trained in order to be in top shape, Kenny worked around the clock to find out exactly who these five were and why they were after bit beasts.
It didn't make sense, unless they were striving to do what Voltaire and Biovolt had once tried to do. Did they know about what had happened, or had they been planning this assault long before Biovolt? There were many questions that needed to be answered. And if anyone were to find something out, it would be Kenny. They were all on edge, because they still didn't understand the message that the girl Sakura had given them. What had she meant when she said that they would be back once the moon was full and the heavens clear? And what were the four beasts that she spoke of?
"I don't know about you guys, but nothing she said made any sense," Tyson said. Max and Ray looked at him and nodded.
"It has to have some meaning for her to say that. It's like a riddle, you know. Maybe she's not really talking about heaven being clear, but a metaphor of it," suggested Ray.
"I get it, like a certain way that you see the sky and it seems like you can see clearly to heaven. But is there a day that you would actually think that?" Max looked over at Kenny who was hard at work typing on his laptop. "What do you think, Chief?"
For a moment, Kenny continued to type, then looked up at the three around the dish, Kai had decided to train alone as usual. They had noticed that since the encounter with the Mystics, he had been a lot more brooding than usual. They knew to leave him alone when he got like this.
"Actually, I was researching that. And there is a night that has a moon alignment with the stars that makes the sky appear to show heaven because of how clear the sky looks at night," reported Kenny.
"And when does this happen?" Ray inquired.
"Hold on." Kenny checked out the information, then looked up at the three. His face was set in a grim frown. "It happens two nights from now."
"You're not serious, are you? That doesn't leave us much time to get all the information that we need. We don't even know how to find these guys and we have to be ready for them again in two days!" exclaimed Tyson.
"Well, no one said this was going to be easy, Tyson. We have no control over what happens. If we did, then this would have never happened," Ray said. His mouth was set in a frown of his own, thinking that they had to find something soon. They couldn't go in this as blind as before. He had a feeling a lot was at stake here. "I'll go tell Kai what we find out. If you find anything else out, let us know, we're counting on you, Chief."
Kenny nodded, looking at Ray for a minute, then turning his attention back to his laptop. Ray picked up his blade to go find Kai. Ray had a feeling that this was affecting Kai the most, after all, he had once been involved with a project like this. Ray wondered if he still felt some pang of guilt for it. Ray soon found Kai after not really trying. His team captain was sitting under a tree looking at his blade. Ray studied the male for a long moment before clearing his throat.
Kai looked up at him with a questioning look, as if to say it better be important otherwise don't bother him. "Kenny said he was able to figure out what that pink haired girl had meant. He said it was a certain moon and star alignment that would happen in two nights. He figures that they will attack then," Ray reported.
Kai only nodded, going back to look at Dranzer. Their (the Mystics) plan was almost exactly like what his grandfather and Boris tried to do. He had been part of their plan too. Using Black Dranzer was part of his grandfather's plan, but now that was over. Or was it? Whatever the Mystics wanted with bit beasts, it was not for a good cause. He had to stop them at all costs. He would not let the world fall to some psychos. There was a lot more to what that girl who had saved them said.
The most important thing had to be the four beasts she had mentioned. Four beasts that would rise up to lead the others to a path of resurrection or destruction. Were those others she was referring to, the other bit beasts her team had captured? So if the other bit beasts were going to be led, who were the four beasts that she referred to. Kai frowned slightly, thinking how it sounded familiar. He slightly remembered hearing something close to it as a kid, but he didn't remember all of it. He remembered his grandmother telling him about four god animals of legend that stood above all others. There was. . .
"Suzaku. . .Byakko. . .Genbu. . .Seiryu. . ." Kai muttered.
"What?" Ray looked at his team captain with a questioning look.
"That's it!" Kai got up quickly and headed for where Kenny and the others were with Ray close behind him. If what his grandmother had told him was correct, then he understood exactly why the Mystics would be back for them.
"Kai?" The other members of the Bladebreakers looked at their leader as he walked over to Kenny. Max and Tyson gave Ray a look, but all he could do was shrug.
"Chief, I want you to look up Japanese myths and legends," Kai said, his mind still working on the importance of the names.
"Japanese myths and legends? Um. . .okay." Kenny rapidly typed in something and looked back up at Kai. "What exactly are you getting at?"
"Find information on four beasts that were of higher power than other animal spirits and gods." Kai watched Kenny type something else in, and glance over the information. "So?"
"The only thing I get are the four saint beasts. Suzaku, Byakko, Genbu, and Seiryu. What does that have to do with anything?" Kenny inquired.
"Tell me, what are the forms of these saint beasts."
"There. . ." Kenny typed something in, then his mouth gaped once he found out what Kai was getting at. "I understand. But. . .how did you figure it out?"
"What's up, Chief?" Ray asked. He had a feeling that they had hit a break through point. Kenny turned to look at the others with a hint of worry.
"Kai has figured out why they were after us with such relentless force. They need our bits to complete their plans. It has to do with what that girl had said about four beasts leading others to resurrection and destruction. Those four bits that she mentioned are the saint beasts of legend. Suzaku, Byakko, Genbu, and Seiryu," Kenny said.
"So what does that have to do with us and our bits being the leading piece that they need?" Tyson asked not getting it.
"The four beasts that she mentioned. . .Genbu the turtle, Byakko the white tiger, Seiryu the dragon, and Suzaku the phoenix. Do you understand now, Tyson?" Kenny looked at Tyson, who's mouth was gaping open.
"You mean that. . ." Ray started.
"Exactly. Our bits supposedly are originated from these four saint beasts. Which means that it's not just because of the fact that Mr. Dickenson that we're a team. Some fate or something pulled us together because of the power of our bits," Kai responded. "Which means that if they get their hands on our bit beasts, the power that they hold will be unleashed to destroy the world. We can't let that happen."
"Yeah." The Bladebreakers nodded to one another, just as Kenny made a sound.
"I think Dizzi and I found something on them." Kenny turned his laptop to the boys, showing them what he had found. The boys saw a picture of the girl, Sakura along with the boy with red hair with a man with dark red hair streaked with gray. The man wore a sort smile that seemed to hold no warmth whatsoever. Both kids looked as if they were made to be in the picture, nor liked the male so much. "This picture was take almost two years ago."
"Well, what does it say?" Max wondered.
"Dizzi, tell them what it says," Kenny said.
"Alright. For starters, the man in the middle is named Nigel Landstren. He runs a big corporation on the other side of the Tokyo district. The corporation is known for its funding of medicine and treatments of different types of illness, its also deals with bio-genetics. The two kids in the picture are his niece and nephew, Tohru Landstren and Sakura Landstren. Their parents died in a plane crash when they were young. He took them in and cared for them since that time. There's a report about him taking in three other children also."
"Do you have any pictures of them?" Kenny asked.
"As a matter of fact I do, Chief." Dizzi pulled up pictures of the other members of the Mystics, as they attended some sort of banquet with Mr. Landstren. "The other girl with the maroon hair is named Katsy Lafey. The young man with the blond hair is named Ash Nadhi. And the young boy with black hair is named Cody, no last name given. They were all adopted under Mr. Landstren's wings when they were still young. Which means he has had time to train them and get them ready for this."
"So, he's like Boris." A frown of disgust showed on Kai's face as he looked at the picture. The other Bladebreaker members looked at their captain and knew that he would not be letting this one go.
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Mr. Landstren walked into the room that his niece, Sakura was being held in. He saw the girl sitting in the corner with her legs drawn to her chest. Her hair curtained her face. She didn't move, even when the man called out her name. She knew what he wanted from her, but she didn't want to read anymore dreams. The words of the blue haired Bladebreaker, Tyson still sounded in her mind. She had sensed a lot of goodness in him, when he had spoke to her. She had felt at ease with them. *If I want to make a difference, I'll have to stand on my own and make my own decisions without fear. But can I really do it?*
"Sakura, will you not answer your dear uncle?" Mr. Landstren walked up to the girl and stood over her. "I need you to go under for another dream seeing. Will you do that for your uncle?"
"No," she whispered.
"What was that, Sakura?" Mr. Landstren felt a growl rising in his throat. Had she just told him she was going to be disobedient?
"I said no. I won't do it anymore!" Sakura looked up at her uncle with slightly defiant eyes. "It's wrong what you are trying to do. You remember Biovolt tried to do the same thing, and look what happened to them!"
Mr. Landstren yanked her up by her hair. Sakura yelped as she was forced to stand to look into the furious eyes of her uncle. "But we are different, my little niece. We will succeed where they failed, because I have you. And once I have the four saint beasts in my control, nothing can stop me! So it does no good to resist me now. We've come this far, you can't turn back now." To show her that he was right, he pulled out a remote. Sakura's eyes widened, realizing what it was. The last thing she saw before everything went completely dark was the true face of the man who was her uncle.
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A/N: Okay. This chapter is officially done! Thank you all for the reviews and the next chapter should be out ultra soon! Bye!
Nakoruru (sniffs happily): Oh, happy me.
Kai (staring at her): What are you so happy about?
Nakoruru: I get to continue this story. I finally go some reviews! I'd like to thank Catlin Wilson and Stacey Corbett for their reviews. You don't know how much I've needed motivation. And the next few chapters should be out soon cause I finished outlining them.
Tala (arms folded over chest): Question.
Nakoruru (blinks): Woah, you're here Tala? What are you doing here?
Tala (staring her in the eye): Why am I not in this story? You write a story without me, or even mention of the Demolition Boys.
Nakoruru (^ ^;;): It's not like that at all, Tala. I just didn't need you for this story so. . .
Tala: You decided to hell with me. That's fine. Don't expect me to cooperate for you anymore. (walks out the door)
Nakoruru (O_O): Uh-oh. . .(runs after him) Tala, it's not like that at all! Kai, start the story without me!
Kai: She doesn't own Beyblade, she's just using us for this story. Thank everyone who reviewed.
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Since their encounter with the psychic bladers, the Bladebreakers had been training nonstop for the upcoming battle. Who knew what to expect from them the next time they met? While the four boys practiced and trained in order to be in top shape, Kenny worked around the clock to find out exactly who these five were and why they were after bit beasts.
It didn't make sense, unless they were striving to do what Voltaire and Biovolt had once tried to do. Did they know about what had happened, or had they been planning this assault long before Biovolt? There were many questions that needed to be answered. And if anyone were to find something out, it would be Kenny. They were all on edge, because they still didn't understand the message that the girl Sakura had given them. What had she meant when she said that they would be back once the moon was full and the heavens clear? And what were the four beasts that she spoke of?
"I don't know about you guys, but nothing she said made any sense," Tyson said. Max and Ray looked at him and nodded.
"It has to have some meaning for her to say that. It's like a riddle, you know. Maybe she's not really talking about heaven being clear, but a metaphor of it," suggested Ray.
"I get it, like a certain way that you see the sky and it seems like you can see clearly to heaven. But is there a day that you would actually think that?" Max looked over at Kenny who was hard at work typing on his laptop. "What do you think, Chief?"
For a moment, Kenny continued to type, then looked up at the three around the dish, Kai had decided to train alone as usual. They had noticed that since the encounter with the Mystics, he had been a lot more brooding than usual. They knew to leave him alone when he got like this.
"Actually, I was researching that. And there is a night that has a moon alignment with the stars that makes the sky appear to show heaven because of how clear the sky looks at night," reported Kenny.
"And when does this happen?" Ray inquired.
"Hold on." Kenny checked out the information, then looked up at the three. His face was set in a grim frown. "It happens two nights from now."
"You're not serious, are you? That doesn't leave us much time to get all the information that we need. We don't even know how to find these guys and we have to be ready for them again in two days!" exclaimed Tyson.
"Well, no one said this was going to be easy, Tyson. We have no control over what happens. If we did, then this would have never happened," Ray said. His mouth was set in a frown of his own, thinking that they had to find something soon. They couldn't go in this as blind as before. He had a feeling a lot was at stake here. "I'll go tell Kai what we find out. If you find anything else out, let us know, we're counting on you, Chief."
Kenny nodded, looking at Ray for a minute, then turning his attention back to his laptop. Ray picked up his blade to go find Kai. Ray had a feeling that this was affecting Kai the most, after all, he had once been involved with a project like this. Ray wondered if he still felt some pang of guilt for it. Ray soon found Kai after not really trying. His team captain was sitting under a tree looking at his blade. Ray studied the male for a long moment before clearing his throat.
Kai looked up at him with a questioning look, as if to say it better be important otherwise don't bother him. "Kenny said he was able to figure out what that pink haired girl had meant. He said it was a certain moon and star alignment that would happen in two nights. He figures that they will attack then," Ray reported.
Kai only nodded, going back to look at Dranzer. Their (the Mystics) plan was almost exactly like what his grandfather and Boris tried to do. He had been part of their plan too. Using Black Dranzer was part of his grandfather's plan, but now that was over. Or was it? Whatever the Mystics wanted with bit beasts, it was not for a good cause. He had to stop them at all costs. He would not let the world fall to some psychos. There was a lot more to what that girl who had saved them said.
The most important thing had to be the four beasts she had mentioned. Four beasts that would rise up to lead the others to a path of resurrection or destruction. Were those others she was referring to, the other bit beasts her team had captured? So if the other bit beasts were going to be led, who were the four beasts that she referred to. Kai frowned slightly, thinking how it sounded familiar. He slightly remembered hearing something close to it as a kid, but he didn't remember all of it. He remembered his grandmother telling him about four god animals of legend that stood above all others. There was. . .
"Suzaku. . .Byakko. . .Genbu. . .Seiryu. . ." Kai muttered.
"What?" Ray looked at his team captain with a questioning look.
"That's it!" Kai got up quickly and headed for where Kenny and the others were with Ray close behind him. If what his grandmother had told him was correct, then he understood exactly why the Mystics would be back for them.
"Kai?" The other members of the Bladebreakers looked at their leader as he walked over to Kenny. Max and Tyson gave Ray a look, but all he could do was shrug.
"Chief, I want you to look up Japanese myths and legends," Kai said, his mind still working on the importance of the names.
"Japanese myths and legends? Um. . .okay." Kenny rapidly typed in something and looked back up at Kai. "What exactly are you getting at?"
"Find information on four beasts that were of higher power than other animal spirits and gods." Kai watched Kenny type something else in, and glance over the information. "So?"
"The only thing I get are the four saint beasts. Suzaku, Byakko, Genbu, and Seiryu. What does that have to do with anything?" Kenny inquired.
"Tell me, what are the forms of these saint beasts."
"There. . ." Kenny typed something in, then his mouth gaped once he found out what Kai was getting at. "I understand. But. . .how did you figure it out?"
"What's up, Chief?" Ray asked. He had a feeling that they had hit a break through point. Kenny turned to look at the others with a hint of worry.
"Kai has figured out why they were after us with such relentless force. They need our bits to complete their plans. It has to do with what that girl had said about four beasts leading others to resurrection and destruction. Those four bits that she mentioned are the saint beasts of legend. Suzaku, Byakko, Genbu, and Seiryu," Kenny said.
"So what does that have to do with us and our bits being the leading piece that they need?" Tyson asked not getting it.
"The four beasts that she mentioned. . .Genbu the turtle, Byakko the white tiger, Seiryu the dragon, and Suzaku the phoenix. Do you understand now, Tyson?" Kenny looked at Tyson, who's mouth was gaping open.
"You mean that. . ." Ray started.
"Exactly. Our bits supposedly are originated from these four saint beasts. Which means that it's not just because of the fact that Mr. Dickenson that we're a team. Some fate or something pulled us together because of the power of our bits," Kai responded. "Which means that if they get their hands on our bit beasts, the power that they hold will be unleashed to destroy the world. We can't let that happen."
"Yeah." The Bladebreakers nodded to one another, just as Kenny made a sound.
"I think Dizzi and I found something on them." Kenny turned his laptop to the boys, showing them what he had found. The boys saw a picture of the girl, Sakura along with the boy with red hair with a man with dark red hair streaked with gray. The man wore a sort smile that seemed to hold no warmth whatsoever. Both kids looked as if they were made to be in the picture, nor liked the male so much. "This picture was take almost two years ago."
"Well, what does it say?" Max wondered.
"Dizzi, tell them what it says," Kenny said.
"Alright. For starters, the man in the middle is named Nigel Landstren. He runs a big corporation on the other side of the Tokyo district. The corporation is known for its funding of medicine and treatments of different types of illness, its also deals with bio-genetics. The two kids in the picture are his niece and nephew, Tohru Landstren and Sakura Landstren. Their parents died in a plane crash when they were young. He took them in and cared for them since that time. There's a report about him taking in three other children also."
"Do you have any pictures of them?" Kenny asked.
"As a matter of fact I do, Chief." Dizzi pulled up pictures of the other members of the Mystics, as they attended some sort of banquet with Mr. Landstren. "The other girl with the maroon hair is named Katsy Lafey. The young man with the blond hair is named Ash Nadhi. And the young boy with black hair is named Cody, no last name given. They were all adopted under Mr. Landstren's wings when they were still young. Which means he has had time to train them and get them ready for this."
"So, he's like Boris." A frown of disgust showed on Kai's face as he looked at the picture. The other Bladebreaker members looked at their captain and knew that he would not be letting this one go.
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Mr. Landstren walked into the room that his niece, Sakura was being held in. He saw the girl sitting in the corner with her legs drawn to her chest. Her hair curtained her face. She didn't move, even when the man called out her name. She knew what he wanted from her, but she didn't want to read anymore dreams. The words of the blue haired Bladebreaker, Tyson still sounded in her mind. She had sensed a lot of goodness in him, when he had spoke to her. She had felt at ease with them. *If I want to make a difference, I'll have to stand on my own and make my own decisions without fear. But can I really do it?*
"Sakura, will you not answer your dear uncle?" Mr. Landstren walked up to the girl and stood over her. "I need you to go under for another dream seeing. Will you do that for your uncle?"
"No," she whispered.
"What was that, Sakura?" Mr. Landstren felt a growl rising in his throat. Had she just told him she was going to be disobedient?
"I said no. I won't do it anymore!" Sakura looked up at her uncle with slightly defiant eyes. "It's wrong what you are trying to do. You remember Biovolt tried to do the same thing, and look what happened to them!"
Mr. Landstren yanked her up by her hair. Sakura yelped as she was forced to stand to look into the furious eyes of her uncle. "But we are different, my little niece. We will succeed where they failed, because I have you. And once I have the four saint beasts in my control, nothing can stop me! So it does no good to resist me now. We've come this far, you can't turn back now." To show her that he was right, he pulled out a remote. Sakura's eyes widened, realizing what it was. The last thing she saw before everything went completely dark was the true face of the man who was her uncle.
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A/N: Okay. This chapter is officially done! Thank you all for the reviews and the next chapter should be out ultra soon! Bye!