Beyblade: Triple Heart
By: ChocolateEclar
Disclaimer: I don't own any part of 'Beyblade,' which includes all teams and their bitbeasts, etc.
Claimer: I only own 'Triple Heart,' Palara, Mr. and Mrs. McClane, and the evil team Divine Intervention.
To Swimming Angel: I'm glad you liked this! ^_^ Eventually, I'll try my hand at writing a DBZ fanfic but until then I hope you like this chapter!
To ereadalot: Thanks for the compliments!
To anonymous: Thanks a lot! ^__^
To everyone: Thanks a bunch for all the nice compliments and for reviewing all together! ^____-
A/N: And now onto chapter 5! *is pointing at nothing in particular and looking rather stupid*
The Bladebreakers: *all sweatdrop* -__-;;;;;
Chapter 5: Fate's Hand
"So, why are you late?" a girl with large glasses and short orange hair asked Tasha.
The Bladebreakers turned to see Emily, a member of the All-Starz, standing beside them. "How can I answer this in a civilized manner?" Tasha muttered. She walked up to Emily and yelled, "Why the hell would I tell you?! You're a member of a data stealing enemy team!"
Emily smirked. "Temper, temper. So did you miss your plane or something again?"
"That's none of your business, Emily," replied Tasha bending down and petting Palara gingerly.
"Do you two know each other?" Rei asked.
"The other All-Starz and I met 'Tipsy' at a tournament in England and we defeated the lone blader," replied Emily.
"Urgh! For Pete's sake, I was only nine years old, Emily! And do I really have to tell you not to use my grandfather's old pet name for me?!" shrieked Tasha standing up again.
"You're thirteen now and you're still the same old loudmouth," snapped Emily.
The corner of Tasha's mouth twitched. "Am I now? Well, you'll just have to back that up in the dish, now aren't you?" And with that said Tasha sat down angrily on the bench.
Emily smirked. "Another win for me. You could never control your temper."
Tasha bit her lip to keep herself from screaming. "I'm controlling it right now, aren't I?" she inquired.
Emily dismissed the barb with a wave of her hand. "Whatever, Tipsy," she said. "By the way, in that match in the British Tournament years ago, didn't you fight all by yourself, then join a team afterwards? I mean after you recovered from that accident, of course. Whatever happened to them? Did they get tired of your irritability?"
Tasha's limited control on her moods couldn't stop her from reacting after that insult. She jumped up furiously and it took both Rei and Tyson to keep her from tackling Emily. Meanwhile, Palara was snarling as if she herself had been offended.
Seething Tasha took her seat again and closed her eyes. "If you don't leave right now, Emily, Palara will bite you, you know?" she pointed out softly.
Emily eyed the snow leopard bitbeast thoughtfully. The other Bladebreakers doubted they could stop the bitbeast. Palara looked larger somehow while she displayed her fangs. Her tail was beating into the ground threateningly again and her eyes showed signs of turning red.
"I have to go anyway," said Emily calmly. "Even though you may not exhibit too much rage, your bitbeast does that for you anyway. You really should learn to control that temper of yours more. Bye!"
Palara growled and Tasha's mouth twitched once more as Emily walked away. "Are you alright?" Max asked Tasha.
"Fine, mentioning my old-no-a particular team just irritates me," responded Tasha. By then, Palara had calmed and lain down again.
The other Bladebreakers exchanged glances. They hadn't had any idea Tasha had been on another team at some point.
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"I don't like this," mumbled Max later that day.
"Neither do I," said Rei.
"Aren't you atleast a little curious about Tasha's old team though?" Kenny questioned, his laptop on his lap and his fingers running over the keyboard.
"Kenny," Dizzi stated, "the BBA data base says Tasha is a former member of some team called 'Divine Intervention.' It also says she was kicked off because of her unwillingness to sever her mysterious bond with Palara."
"Well that wasn't very nice of them," said Max.
"You don't know the half of it!" continued Dizzi. "She was kicked off right before that year's championships."
"Meaning she couldn't go to the tournament and compete then?" Kenny asked.
"Exactly," replied Dizzi. "It also says something about 'Divine Intervention' damaging her beyblade right before giving her the boot."
"That's harsh. I can see why she doesn't wanna talk about it," said Tyson.
"Precisely, Tyson, and now I'm going to lecture all of you for going behind my back," said a soft voice. Tyson, Max, Kenny, and Rei all jumped and gazed at Tasha guiltily. "You could have just asked, guys," added Tasha, her arms folded in front of her chest. "I would have told you, you are my friends after all. When Kai said you guys were in here doing something stupider than usual, I figured you were doing something like this."
"We didn't mean to," muttered Max uncomfortably.
"I know and that's why I'm going to set you guys straight about Divine Intervention," said Tasha gruffly. "They were a really tough team that saw potential in me after the British tournament years ago. I joined them for six months, and then they started acting weird. They told me my connection with Palara was unholy and wicked. But when our bond stayed even after they tried to separate us, the jerks kicked us off the team!"
Palara, who was standing behind Tasha growled slightly. The memory was still painful to the duo and they both shuddered.
"What did they do to you guys?" Tyson asked.
Tasha's expression hardened and she answered, "They tried to yank us apart physically. We-" here her voice broke so she started again. "We can't be more than a few yards from each other or it hurts like heck. They had discovered this and locked me in a room while they dragged Palara away. We couldn't take it! It-It hurt so badly! It was as if they were crushing our lungs. Our link held though and they gave up on us. They banged up my blade and threw us out!"
"So when you two were struck by lightning you were mentally attached then?" inquired Kai who had appeared in the doorway.
Tasha nodded, turning to Kai. "Exactly. I never want to go through that again, that's for sure!" she exclaimed.
Palara chocolate eyes were darkening and her ears were trembling involuntarily. Tasha grimaced and eyed her bitbeast. "They're at the tournament," she said softly. "We're going to show them what they're missing out on," she added, smirking at the other Bladebreakers.
Tyson, Rei, Max, Kenny, and Kai nodded. It was time to defend their new member's honor.
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"Maxy!" yelled Judy, Max's mother, when the Bladebreakers arrived in the All-Starz training ground.
"Hey, Mom!" shouted Max running up to his mom. He was still feeling rather unwell but he held back a cough and embraced Judy.
Tasha smirked. 'How cute,' she thought.
Palara raised one black eyebrow at her master and purred. This obvious display of communication didn't go unnoticed by Tyson, Rei, Kenny, and Kai who all gazed puzzedly at Tasha. Tasha's only response was her grin widened, but otherwise her face remained neutral.
Max was having trouble keeping his coughs at bay and now his mother had detected his illness. She began the habitual pampering and led Max away to take care of him. Meanwhile, the All-Starz were all walking over to the Bladebreakers. Tasha refused to make eye contact with Emily, who was beaming triumphantly.
Michael, grinning smugly, said to Tasha, "So Emily was right, you are that little squirt that tried to defeat everyone on her own a few years back."
Tasha glowered and snapped, "Indeed. Now, if I remember correctly, I defeated Emily herself at that particular tournament, now didn't I?"
Emily glared at Tasha and Michael smirked. "You haven't changed much," he remarked.
"That's what you think," said Tasha grinning. Her eyes were set purposely and Palara was sitting erectly at her feet.
"So, have you seen Divine Intervention yet?" Emily asked.
Tasha scowled and retorted, "No. Why would I want to?"
"They were your old team after all," said Emily.
"And your point is?" Tasha questioned.
"I believe her point is you should be happy to see us, Triple Heart," said a young man coming towards them. He was adorned all in white, a white long-sleeve shirt and colorless jeans. His hair was raven-colored and his eyes, which were a watery yellowish color, were studying Tasha scrutinizingly.
Tasha's expression went from angry to wrathful in seconds. "Melvin!!!" she mumbled darkly as if it were a death toll.
"In the flesh, dear Tasha McClane," said the man smirking.
"You invited him, didn't you?!" roared Tasha turning to Emily. While Tasha raged, Palara had turned noticeably rigid. Kai was the only one who really paid attention to the bitbeast's reaction though. He stared into Palara's fearful eyes and nearly drowned in their waves of terror.
"Calm down, wench," interjected Melvin. "Emily summoned all of us of course."
Tasha's head snapped around. "A-All of you?" she stammered. That was when she saw them and, like Palara, her body stiffened. "God, I thought I could handle seeing all of you again…but I was wrong," she muttered.
"So you remember Hadrian, Irving, and Alexandra as well," remarked Melvin.
Tasha and Palara stared unblinkingly at the three new figures. Hadrian, a tall teenager with jet-black hair was glowering threateningly while another boy, Irving, who had dark eyes and even darker tresses, was gazing unemotionally. Their only female partner, Alexandra, who had short carroty locks, was smoothing her long white skirt.
"It's been awhile, Triple Heart," said Alexandra. She walked towards Tasha leaving the other Divine Intervention members to watch.
"So it has," muttered Tasha. Her throat had gone dry and Palara had jumped into her arms to reinforce their link.
"Why have you allowed a worthless wench onto your team?" Alexandra inquired turning to the other Bladebreakers.
"Maybe because she has more worth than you give her credit," retorted Rei.
Alexandra lifted her head up higher, so that her nose was in the air, and giggled. "You foolish, imbeciles!" she yelled. "Nothing comes of siding with your demonic bitbeasts!"
Palara, who had snarled at the insult, now rapidly withdrawed into Tasha's pink beyblade. The Bladebreakers frowned, their beyblades were glowing slightly as if all the bitbeasts had taken offense at the affront.
Tyson, who was frowning, snapped, "How would you know?"
"Because it is Heaven's will and Melvin has proclaimed it!" responded Alexandra evenly.
Tyson, Rei, Kenny, and Kai all glanced at Tasha. Tasha looked as if breathing was a bit of a chore, her eyes clamped tightly shut. She slowly opened her cerulean eyes and gazed with perpetual dread at Divine Intervention.
Eddy, another member of the All-Starz, protested, "Will you guys leave the girl alone?! She's obviously afraid of ya!"
Alexandra turned her lavender eyes on the basketball player/blader and said, "This is none of your concern."
"It may not be his, but it is ours," yelled Tyson his fists clenched.
Tasha seemed to awaken somewhat at the comment and shook her head lightly. "Please," she whispered. "Leave us alone, D.I."
"Why should we do such a thing, Tasha?" questioned Melvin.
Tasha stared at him, before blinking repeatedly. Afterward, her eyes focused and her pupils dilated. "Because," she choked, "I can't take this again!"
Melvin shrugged. Tasha's tone had been that of a small deeply upset child and her face now had the appearance of someone years older than she really was. Melvin smirked and ordered, "Irving, Hadrian, show Miss McClane how serious we are."
Tasha's face froze, her features locked in an immobile state of terror.
Irving and Hadrian stepped towards Tasha with incredibly speed and, before the other Bladebreakers could do anything at all, Irving had grabbed Tasha's beyblade, yanked it off her belt, and had attached a strange blue tube to its top. "No… Don't!" yelped Tasha, finally reacting.
Moments later, Palara was thrown from the blade howling in pain. Hadrian grabbed the flailing snow leopard bitbeast with two massage hands and squeezed her abdomen. Palara cried out and Tasha gasped, both in abject pain.
"Stop it!" yelped Tasha falling to her knees in agony.
Tyson, Rei, and Kenny rushed to Tasha's side while Kai gripped Hadrian's arms and attempted to pull the bitbeast from his grasp. It was no use though so Kai stepped back and launched his beyblade at the teenager's arms. Hadrian's yowled and let Palara go as Kai's blade bashed into his appendages.
Palara wheezed and collapsed onto the ground. Kai grabbed his blade and scooped Palara into his arms. The bitbeast had fallen into unconsciousness and Kai walked over to the winded Tasha. Tasha looked up weakly and took Palara into her own arms. She cuddled the bitbeast protectively to her chest and allowed her fatigue to take her. She went into a peaceful sleep almost instantly.
The conscious Bladebreakers glowered at Divine Intervention and Rei carried Tasha and Palara to the BBA bus. The last one to leave was Kai who stopped and said dangerously, "Don't you ever lay a hand on any of them ever again." Then, he turned and left with his teammates.
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"Are they goin' to be alright, Mr. Dickenson?" Max asked later that day. The male Bladebreakers and Mr. Dickenson all were sitting in various chairs surrounding Tasha's bed. Palara had been laid on a blanket at Tasha's feet and was curled up tightly.
"They'll be fine, Max," replied Mr. Dickenson. "I saw them after D.I. tried to separate them and, believe me, they looked far worse then."
"They're looking better now," noted Kenny.
"Naturally," said Tasha's grandfather. "Now that Palara's safe and they've settled, they both should be simply a little bruised."
"Tasha wasn't kidding when she said they were linked that's for sure," remarked Tyson.
"Yea," added Rei. "They both looked like they were in a lot of pain. I guess that guy was holding Palara really tightly."
"No joke," muttered Tasha opening her azure eyes. Palara was also awake; she was stretching and gazing at them with her coffee-colored eyes.
"Are you all right?" Kenny inquired.
"We're relatively fine," answered Tasha yawning.
"Why did those guys do that to you?" Tyson asked.
"They wanted to make a point and they did a bang-up job of it," replied Tasha flicking one of her jagged colorless bangs out of her face. "That cylinder-thing Irving used on Palara was one of Melvin's inventions, it forcefully pulls bitbeasts out of blades.
Palara growled slightly and stared at Tasha. Their gazes met and they both nodded. It was payback time.
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A/N: This chapter was a bit longer than my usual ones but I wanted to put in the part where Hadrian hurts Palara, causing Tasha to get hurt as well…
A/N 2: So don't forget to review! In the next chapter, Fate's hand has been dealt and now the Bladebreakers are preparing to go up against Divine Intervention! Review and I'll write faster! ^_^
Tasha: *choking Emily*
Choccy: -__-;;;;
Emily: *gasping for air*
Choccy: Why is it that the character with my name (i.e. Emily) isn't very nice?! Seriously I hate Emily! Because of this, I'm having Tasha torture the girl!
Tasha: *running after the yelling Emily*
Emily: *yelling*
Choccy: ^__________^ Now I feel better! Bye!