Kerda: Before you read this chapter, there's something you should know. This chappie was originally supposed to be two chapters, but thank to the demand of a certain blue-haired guy (*glares at Tyson*) and Darina's friend, this turned out to be like one big chapter. Okay? Now, Darina doesn't own Bey Blade and unless the makes of the show is her father and giver it to her as an heirloom (I highly doubt that), she'll never own it.
Darina (*Y_Y*): I guess some dreams can't come true just like that. Well, anyway, thank you all reviewers out there for reviewing my story. And anybody who's reading this at all, enjoy:
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" Oliver, hold on!" Enrique yelled when he saw his friend falling off Amphilyon. It's been fifteen minutes now that he and Oliver were trying to fight off an attacking shadow, which kept advancing at them with every distraction. The last time it attacked, Oliver slipped and nearly fell, still hanging on to Enrique's bit beast.
" Aa!" Oliver yelled as the shadow swiped past him, missing the chance to bite off his legs. It tried the same stunt again, only this time it went for not only the legs, but the head also…
" OLIVER!" Enrique yelled as he watched the beast inch closer o the French look-alike. Amphilyon, turn over to the side to make sure that thing doesn't touch Oliver." The two-headed serpent flipped over, which was also a mistake, since Oliver nearly let go. He was now hanging at the very bottom, swinging like a child from a monkey bar…except for the fact that he was about 200 meters AWAY FROM THE GROUND!
" This isn't a good position to be stuck in," Oliver mumbled, looking down at the blood-covered ground. I just wished tha-AHHHH." At that moment, the shadow roughly hit him in the back. And comparing their sizes, that was sure to knock the green-haired blader out. Oliver felt pain cover everything…his sight, his body, his grip…
" Huh, Oliver!" Naia saw something fly down through the air. Sylvarian, use your weakest slash of wind on Oliver." The silver hawk flapped its wings as rings of wind formed around them. Once the bird put its flyers together, the wing flew strait towards Oliver.
On the ground…
" Wow!" Sanded watched in amazement as the wind slowed down Oliver's fall. Awww, I was kind of hoping to see him fall!" Kenny angrily stormed over to him.
" Pay attention!" he said, grabbing the sandy-haired boy by the metal neck collar. If you don't mind, we only have one thing missing from this spell…the Torch of Dark Rebirth." Sander looked at him, startled at what Kenny did. The symbol on the ground lost its small circle, with only the large circle being there. He noticed that Kenny took out the skull torch and drawn another cross with something yellow on the place where the torch originally stood.
" How do you know all this?!" he asked the brunette, who clapped his hand to his forehead in frustration. He pulled out a piece of paper and shoved it into Sander's face.
" You dropped this while you were busy trying to create the world's biggest disaster," the Chief replied. Now, please tell me you have a Torch of Dark Rebirth." Sander shook his head "no".
" WHAT?!" Kenny nearly went frantic. Are you telling me you can't even reverse this thing?!" His laptop sat open on the ground next to him.
" Say it like it is, Kenny," Dizzy said. Kenny gave Sander an angry stare, but then calmed down with a clear sweat at the back of his head.
" Tell me you at least know where to get one of those things," he said. Sander first smirked for some reason, but then gave a sarcastic frown.
" Nope!" he said lightly and Kenny sweat-dropped (anime style). He quickly got up and sighted.
" Naia, we have a problem!" Kenny used his loudest voice to call the brunette-haired girl. The hawk-like bit beats landed on the ground beside him and Naia hopped off, giving him a puzzled glance.
" What's up Kenny?" she asked. This guy giving you problems?" Kenny let out a long, held-in breath.
" Well, actually, he's giving me a big headache, but that's beside the point," he explained, getting more serious. Naia, to complete the spell for sending these things back underground we need a Torch of Dark Rebirth. You know where to get one, since he's totally lost on that question." Kenny pointed to Sander when he said, "he's". Naia blinked, horrified suddenly.
" You mean the only way to do that is to get that special type of torch?" her voice filled with worry.
" Yes, is that a…problem?" the Chief asked her, giving her a surprised stare. Naia hesitated, but decided to tell him anyway.
" Well, yes, it is," she said. I do know where to get it…but the problem is…it's impossible to get." Kenny gasped in shock at her words.
" But…but…but…" he stuttered. But…WHY? Why is it impossible to get?" Naia breathed in heavily, as if she was nervous.
" When I was still alive in my youth," she explained ", my father told me about all kinds of things, including that torch. He said that it could only be created by a special civilization that always kept itself hidden from others for some unknown reason,. They were still alive at my time, but there was a war between it and one of its rivals, who still do also remain a mystery. For you see, I heard that this race died out about fifty years ago." Kenny's eyes opened wide in shock. He couldn't believe what he was hearing…was there really no more hope left?
" So what you're saying is basically that…we can't do anything to stop these creatures," he asked slowly. Naia knobbed.
" If that torch is the only way, then I'm afraid so," she said. I guess the only thing left to do now is to fight these things on our own…no matter how much times they come back." Kenny noticed Johnny land next to them.
" What are you guys blabbering about now?" he asked, wiping some blood off his hand.
" Nothing," Naia said, mounding her bit beast. Johnny rolled his eyes and gave her a look saying, "Yeah, right, I'm supposed to believe that." Naia threw him back a look that had "you should" written all over it.
" Okay, spit it out, something's going on!" the red head said, annoyed.
" We can't complete the spell to put these things back into their place under the earth's core," Naia gave in. Johnny raised one eyebrow.
" Okay, what's the bad news?" he asked sarcastically. Kenny gave him an "I can't believe you" look.
" How can you joke around with something so serious?" he asked frantically.
" Well why don't you tell me why you can't complete the spell and I'll decide for myself just how serious it is!" Johnny said in an angry tone.
" OK!" Naia yelled, knowing this will get either three of them nowhere. Look, Johnny, we need to create the spell to put these dark creatures back under the earth's core. But for that, we something called the Torch of Dark Rebirth. Ever heard of it?" Johnny put his hand to his chin thoughtfully.
" White-colored wooden torch? With a blue life sign carved into it on the front?" he grinned mockingly a second later. Naia gave him an amused look.
" So you have heard of it?" Kenny asked. Johnny just shrugged, but both the Chief and Naia could see the slyness in his expression.
" I…might have," the red-haired demon said slowly. Now where was it? Oh, yah…" Naia tapped her foot impatiently against the ground.
" My father use to have one," Johnny continued, biting his time. I saw it once or twice in his room, but, then he died and, well…the torch is lost somewhere in the house."
" Then why don't you just go get it?" Kenny asked with another sweat at the back of his head. Johnny pretended to think it over.
" I don't know…" he said, sneering at them again. But what's in it for me, huh? I mean, I hate searching for something too long and I don't want to do anything without a very good purpose and…" Naia started to twitch of annoyance (*don't we all get mad sometimes?*) and took a step towards the demon to tell him off, when Kenny got to him first and started yelling so hard, the ground seemed to tremble.
" I'll tell you what's in this for you…YOUR LIFE!!!" the boy yelled at Johnny, who looked at him wide-eyed. IF WE DON'T DESTROY THSE THINGS NOW, YOU WON'T EVEN BE HERE TOMORROW!!! Now, be helpful for once and GO, IF YOU VALUE YOURSELF!!!" Naia had to cover her ears, since that was a bit too loud.
" And…you're supposed to be the quiet one…" Sander stared in shock as his eardrums nearly popped from the volume of Kenny's voice. Johnny just kept giving Kenny a look like he was crazy, but then slowly turned around and started to fly up. He was still stunned, but what the brunette said finally sunk through.
" Right…" he said, suddenly turning to look at Naia and Kenny with a dead-serious look. But…" (Naia started to twitch again because she thought he was going to take his time again) "…I may not find it as fast as you think. It's been lost for a year in my abandoned home now!" Kenny gave him a surprised look.
Abandoned home, the Chief thought. So that's why he though it would take him that long…
He snapped out of his thoughts to see Johnny fly away. Naia then walked up to Kenny and placed a hand on his shoulder.
" Thanks Kenny, if it wasn't for you, I don't think he's get how serious this would be," she said approvingly.
" Yah, but next time, could you do it a little quieter? My hard drive is still shaking from that last yell," Dizzy suddenly said and Kenny sweat-dropped (anime style again). He let out a nervous laugh.
" Never trust the quiet ones," Sander walked over to them with his hands crossed. What?" He asked when he saw Naia ad Kenny giving him dangerous stares.
" Okay, okay, geez," Sander said, putting his hands at his sides. Where's that list you found?"
In the air…
" Okay, almost there," the stranger said as he noticed how close he was to where the misty figures were lying. Oh, no…" Just now, he also noticed that the figures were…dissolving!
" I have less time than I thought," the red head made a note to himself. I need to try and get there as fast as I-whoa!!!!" Something dark swept past him as the teen saw a shadow glaring at him, its eyes glowing, its mouth open, fangs dropping with dark red…saliva?
They're flesh-eaters, the boy realized, staring at the crimson liquid fall through the air again from the creature's mouth. This is bad…
" EAAAAA!!!!" the shadow suddenly yelled as it began moving strait towards him, its jaws wide open.
" Uh-oh!" the teen said as he quickly swept aside, sent backwards by the wind created when the beast flew by. Oh, god…" The shadow noticed he was still alive, so it began heading right in his direction.
" If I stalk any longer, those two will never-AH!" when the stranger swept aside, one's of the shadow's claws dipped itself into his chest, leaving blood free to pour out. Black blood…
" You bastard!" the boy pushed the claw out, covering his wound up with his hand. Sorry, but I can't play with you. There are people to help …" With those words, the teen quickly raced up to the misty figures. But the shadow wasn't about to let him off so easily…
" UH!" Robert said, seeing as something black dropped on his face. What's this?" He swung his sword, flying behind the last willing to fight demon, and knocked him out.
They never learn, the purple-haired guards thought, wiping the black, sticky liquid from his face. I've used the same move over and over and yet…oh, god, what is this stuff?!
He wiped off the last of it and looked over the substance in his hand. It's too dark to be blood, he thought, observing the color of the liquid…to dark to be normal blood, anyway. Yet it has the same…qualities…
" No…way…" Robert looked up into the air, frantically scanning the sky for the source of this substance. This is blood, all right, he thought, gritting his teeth in worry. But it I'm correct and this blood came from…one of them, we may have more to worry about…much more…
~Johnny's POV~
I still can't make sense of HOW a kid like that could yell so damn, freakin loud! Oh, well, I guess I'm away from him now…
Why in the world did I even agree to DO THIS?! I mean, it's not like I care for any of them…
~Normal POV~
" Hey, Johnny, over here!" a guy with black hair called out from around the corner. Johnny grinned as he saw who it was…
" Carter, what's up?" he asked, flying down to the gangster. Where're Chad and Simon?" Carter frowned.
" Chad needed to go buy some cigars and Simon just went to another club," he said, looking over Johnny. Why are you carrying a sword anyway? Don't tell me you went to fight that war." Johnny didn't answer, he just pushed past his friend and began heading towards an abandoned house.
" Hey, why are you going to that old place?" Carter asked him. Johnny didn't reply at first, but then he said:
" This used to be my home…" before Carter could say anything else, Johnny kicked one of the boards of the house and entered inside.
I wish I never had to come here again, the red-haired demon said. I wish…
" Wait up!" Carter entered after him, but instantly had to run to catch up with Johnny. He found him in a room, searching around for something…
" What are you looking for here?" he asked, confused.
" Something that used to belong to my father," Johnny said in a rather upset voice.
" You used to live here?" Crater asked, confused. Johnny, you never told me that! Where's your father then?" Johnny sighted as he stood up from where he was digging and walked over to a very old drawer pushed into the corner of the room. He opened it and pulled out something in an old white, dirty frame.
" He's gone," Johnny said as Crater looked at the photograph in the frame. He'll never come back." They both stared as a man with flaming-red hair smiled at them with a look-alike boy in a yellow, over-sized gangster jacket from the picture…
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" Almost…there…" back in the battlefield; the stranger struggled to fly up, while at the same time, avoiding the shadow that kept trying to bite his head off. He nearly reached the boundary between the world of the spirits and the world of the living.
But before the teen reached the boundary, another ear-shattering scream came from behind him. His eyes opened wide and he was about to turn around, prepared for another attack, when another swipe of a claw got him on the side.
The boy hissed from the pain, but kept on flying, trying to ignore the black drops that came from his body.
" They're…almost…gone," he could barely see the two spirits on the surface of the boundary. And the shadow was still behind him.
" ARGH!" a yell echoed in the air as the teen entered the boundary at the same time the shadow smashed against him…
~Naia's POV~
" ARGH!!!!" My ears quickly picked up a scream, which seemed to come from the air. Searching the sky, I wondered where it came from…
" What are you looking for?" Kenny asked, seeing as how Sander completely started to become annoying.
" I heard somebody scream," I said slowly, still keeping a look out. Kenny gave me a surprised look.
" We've been hearing screams for the past five hours," he said. I watched it all…the demons that still wanted to fight are dead…well, all except Voltaire, but that's beside the point. I mean, the war between the angels and demons was either put aside for a while or forgotten because the shadows cause a bigger problem. Besides, many of the people from both races are now trying to work together…" I looked away; knowing that everything he said was true.
" You're right," I mouthed. But then…why do I pay attention to just one scream…when so many already echoed into the air…
" NAIA! KENNY!" a voice from the air yelled and a familiar red-haired demon landed on the ground. I nearly died of excitement as I ran up to him, jumping in my shoes.
" Johnny!" Kenny trotted after me, trying to stay as calm as possible. But his face gave him away.
" Well, did you get it?" I asked, throwing a look to Sander, who was watching with sudden interest as he walked up to us.
" Hmph!" Johnny suddenly got stubborn. Don't people these days just begin with a hello or something?" Before I blew up, he took something out of a small leather bag he was carrying and put a white, wooden torch into my open hand. I was stunned at first, with what, I don't know…
" Record time," Kenny checked some weird shaped watch. You're been only gone for fifteen minutes."
" It's not that far from here, you know," the other replied. Three minutes there and three minutes back."
" Yah, and nine minutes searching," I teased. Johnny just mumbled something, but we all seemed to be satisfied. All except Sander, which is something I found out in the next second…
~Normal POV~
" I'll take that, thank you very much!" Sander snatched the torch out of Naia's hand. She and Kenny gave Sander a surprised look, while Johnny gritted hit teeth.
" Give that back, you cheat!" he said while Sander snickered. The sandy-haired boy twirled the wood playfully between his fingers, making the demon even angrier.
" Yeah right!" he said. Now that I have this little key, I can finally control the dark beasts." He raised the torch up in the air and the mark on it glowed a bright green color, forming yet another hurricane around the place.
" Sander, you're making a…big…mistake!" Naia yelled to the boy, trying to knock some sense into him. Those thing won't listen to you…" Sander just laughed…
Up in the air again…
The shadow that chased the stranger now brooded in front of the border, looking for the meal it possibly missed, while on the surface, a hand was touching the two nearly gone sprits…
" I made it just in time," the hand was connected to a boy lying banged up on the ground. That's…perfect…" He kept showering the two figures with strange purple light. His wings were folded at his side, but he didn't put them away.
" Almost…" the teen coughed out when he saw the two spirits were becoming clearer. He sighted, still lying on the ground beside the them, when a pair of reddish-brown eyes opened.
" Wha…oh god, I feel like my head's going to split into two," a patch of black hair suddenly sat up, rubbing its golden eyes. Am I still alive?" He let go of his eyes and blinked in confusion as he noticed Kai sitting up next to him.
~Rei's POV~
What just happened? Wasn't I supposed to die?
" How can we still be here?" Kai asked, baffled. I looked around just when I noticed another person lying at my side. His icy blue eyes stared at me hard, but somehow, didn't want to threaten me.
" Who is…" Kai's eyes opened up wide as he walked over the guy. He kneeled down next to the guy, examining him, while gaping widely at something.
" Kai, what is i…" my voice was cut off when I noticed something that nearly swept me off my feet…
~Normal POV~
" Yes, come here my servants!" Sander yelled as the shadows swept around the wind. The three other on the ground watched in horror as the beasts began to land.
" Sander, no!" Naia yelled, seeing his position, followed by another screech from the animals and a scream. Nobody knew what happened until a second later, when the beasts flew up again, red liquid dripping from their mouths. Oh the ground was the sword that Sander carried around.
" They…they…ate…him…" Kenny choked on his words as he watched one of the creatures chew something up, with red, sticky-looking liquid pouring though its teeth. There was a loud crunch coming from its mouth, which made Naia positively horrified.
" As well as they ate the torch…" Johnny hissed in anger.
" Naia, what do we do now?" Kenny asked in terror. The ghost gulped, not knowing what to answer.
" I…I don't know…" she muttered, as if speaking only to herself. Now we'll never put those things back, she thought…
~Rei's POV~
I flew beside Kai in the air, looking for our bodies. God, I certainly hope they didn't get destroyed. Otherwise…
" So what you're saying is that if we don't get back into our bodies in the next ten minutes, we'll completely die," I looked at Kai, who was talking to the strange boy he was now carrying. I had to admit, the new comer did seem banged up, but it was still unbelievable…
I mean, the guy had black wings. Black A-N-G-E-L wings! I mean, there are white angel wings, but BLACK?!
" So, what's your name anyway?" I asked him, making sure to remember to ask WHO he is next.
" Tala…" he replied in a voice that seemed to hint to us that he didn't talk much.
" I'm Rei," I replied, then pointed to the demon that was carrying him. And that's Kai." To my surprise, Tala just nodded.
" I know," his nod was followed by a short reply. I've been watching everybody for a while." I gave him a startled look.
" But exactly, what the heck are you?" Kai asked before I could bring that question up [without the "heck" part]. Tala sighted, which told me he was for some reason probably not willing to answer that.
" I'm a Dark Angel," he answered with a tone of unwillingness in his voice. You may not have heard of that kind, since it was before your time. Besides, we never exactly wanted the normal angels and demons to find out about us. We were in hiding, deep underground."
" What do you mean, before our time," I frowned, suspecting what the answer might be.
" I'm the last Dark Angel left," Tala hung his head down sadly. The others are…dead." Kai suddenly stopped in the air.
" There're our bodies," he said quickly. I looked, just to catch the sight of us on the ground covered in blood. But not our blood…
" You must hurry," Tala said as we swept down and I was so relieved to see everything again, I nearly kissed…WHOA!!! I stared as some kind of a creature went through me.
" What the heck are those things?!" Kai appeared just as bewildered as I was.
" Needless to say, this was your pal, what's his name…Sander's work," Tala said sarcastically. Kai snorted at the thought of his greatest rival being our…pal.
" Why am I not surprised?" he grouched. Just at that moment, I noticed that we were about to go THROUGH the ground if we didn't stop descending.
" But Tala, why can't anybody see you with us?" I notified the black angel, noticing that nobody even knew he was there.
" Because I'm using as special technique that allows me to become dead like you for a while," Tala replied rapidly. Now come on, you only have a few more minutes left to get into your bodies." I knobbed and laid down into my flesh and skin…
~Naia's POV~
" Naia…" a voice came somewhere behind me. I froze, immediately recognizing it. No, I must be dreaming…it can't be him, he's…
I took a deep breath and span around, now face to face with a white shirt…
~Normal POV~
" Hey," Rei said, staring down at Naia, who was gaping widely at him. How are you, Naia?" He smiled his usual smile, chocking back a laugh from the expression on the ghost's face.
" Naia, where…" Kenny turned around, nearly falling backwards from the sight. He pointed a quivering finger at Rei, as if he saw something frightening.
" Well, don't look at him like he's a monster or something!" Kai said in a grumpy voice, walking right past Kenny. The brunette just pointed a shaking finger at him also as an explosion seemed to take place inside of him.
" KAI!!! REI!!!" he suddenly burst with happiness as he seized the unsuspecting Kai by the waist. The other gave him a bewildered look, but quickly pried him off with one hand.
" You're back," Johnny's eyes were as big as globes.
" I guess so," Kai gave him his usual stare. Meanwhile, Naia was gripping Rei so tightly; he could barely breathe.
" You're alive!!!" she bounced up like a ball, filled with sudden joy. But…but HOW?!" She gave Rei an excited look…
~Rei's POV~
" It was thanks to this guy over here," Kai answered for me with his cool, calm voice. Naia looked at the person he laid on the ground and gasped. Well, same reaction as me. Maybe I'd better explain.
" Naia, Kenny, this is a…"
" Dark Angel!!!" Naia finished it for me suddenly. Before I could say "yes, how did you know?" she ran up to the guy, sitting in front of him on the ground, looking over him like he's the greatest thing since electricity.
" How…" she asked as I walked over to her. But, they're supposed to be dead…" Tala gave her a hard stare, but sighted.
" Don't worry, if you want me dead so much, you won't have to wait much longer," he said coldly. You could just let me lie here and I will, eventually. If I prefer to." Naia blinked in confusion.
" No, no, no, no, no," she put her hands in front of her in defense. That's not at all what I mean, er…" I knew she was looking for a name to call him.
" How about Tala?" the red-haired guy seemed to read her thoughts as Naia knobbed and took another deep breath.
" Tala, I don't want you dead, it's just that…we thought all of you were gone a long time ago," she said. Suddenly, Tala laughed an icy, bitter laugh.
" Only fifty years," he said roughly. But for you ghosts, that shouldn't really be a long time." I raised an eyebrow. I guess at some point, he and Kai could really get along.
" H…how did you…" Naia asked with wide eyes and for the first time I wondered how he knew she was a ghost. Maybe it had something to do with him being able to turn into a ghost…
" I have my ways," the dark angel replied mysteriously. Now, what are these things?" Johnny snapped out of his trance.
" I don't know how you guys got back, but I guess…" he rubbed the back of his head, a little uncomfortable for some reason. I mean, I think…it's fine that you're back and all…" I smiled when I understood him. This demon, I guess, never actually said he cares about somebody. Did he?
" Thanks Johnny," I replied. Kai just snorted. Well, there goes Kai again…heh, and I actually like that guy! Queer.
" Oh, those things are creatures from the underworld," Kenny said, still looking curiously at Tala. The new comer knobbed, while I noticed Naia saying something to herself.
" And the darkness will disappear when the angels that were created from it will revive again," I heard her mutter slowly. I was about to ask what was up, when she put her hand in the air with a sudden speed.
" Bingo!" she said, now clapping her hands together. It's just like the prophecy says…" Err, what prophecy?
" Tala," my ghostly friend skipped over to the dark angel. I want to ask you a favor. You do know about something called the Torch of Dark Rebirth?" Tala nodded.
" Yes, we're the ones who create them," he stated. Why?" Did I miss something?
" Oh! Oh, can you please make one?!" Naia suddenly squealed like a little kid. Tala just shrugged.
" Okay," he replied calmly.
" NO!" a voice came from the air. We turned to see Robert landing right beside us. I was about to state how glad I was to see him, when he rushed over to Tala.
" I saw everything," he said. No time for small talk, I am extremely glad you two are back, but right now, there's no time for a happy reunion. Look, whatever your name is, you can't do that, you know you'll…" He didn't finish, but I knew it wasn't anything good he was going to say.
" Yah," Tala just shrugged again. I gave both of them a strange look. Really…what is going on?
" Why, what'll happen?" Naia asked, seeing as how frustrated Robert got.
" You see, making that torch is a very expensive thing," the guard replied, putting his hand to his forehead. The maker himself…has to be sacrificed to create it." I felt myself tense. I DON'T think we should sacrifice him. I mean like really…
" Then no, how can we," Naia exclaimed in worry. Tala, and why are you being so agreeing about this?! It's you life we're talking about."
" And if not, then all of your lives," Tala suddenly hissed at her. Look, whoever you are, I have no family left in this world. There's not even another Dark Angel, so, I figured…it would be better if I went along with the others."
" But isn't there another way?" Robert asked, but I think that got Tala mad, since he slowly stood up to his feet and stepped up right in front of Robert.
" Look, demon, if I wouldn't be sure about this, I would have been long gone by now," the guy yelled. Besides, it's better for all of us if I'd be sacrificed, you, to save everybody left, me, to not be by myself in this world." Naia sighted and placed a hand on Tala's shoulder.
" Okay, but I don't want you to die," she said. And I'm sure nobody else around here does." I nodded, taking Naia side. Tala sighted.
" Fine, if it makes you fell any better, when I will sacrifice myself, I will try survive, but…" he said, making me wonder just HOW did I know there was going to be a "but". I will appear in a different place kilometers or miles away. Who knows, I may not even appear in this dimension." He gave Naia a look saying, "Will THIS at least satisfy you?"
It seemed to because Naia agreed, unwillingly, but still agreed. She knew he wasn't going to change his mind any time soon.
" So where should I make it?" Tala suddenly asked. I looked at Naia and Kenny with the same question.
" Over here!" Johnny pointed to a strange mark on the ground. I had about a million questions running through my head, but decided to ask them later. Tala just sat down at the center of the mark and his hand began to glow blue, forming a ball of energy.
" You okay Kai?" I asked once Kai came to take a closer look. He stared at me hard at first, but then said:
" You should be more concerned about yourself." There was a short pause.
" Rei, why did you do that back there?" he asked, baffling me about what he was talking about. You know, when we were about to die." It took me while to realize he was talking about that kiss. Flushing, I looked down at my feet.
" I guess…I just did what my…heart told me to do," I finally got the words out. Kai was about to say something, when a gigantic light blighted nearly blinded us. I barely opened one see to see it coming from around Tala's body.
" I hope to meet you guys again," the dark angel yelled and everything became swallowed in blue flames…
Will Tala succeed in making the torch? Will he have time to escape before he'll be sacrificed completely? Will the shadow be finally destroyed? Will life ever be the same for the angels and demons? Stay tuned for the next chapter to find out.
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Kerda: I'm going to cheer for Tala! He HAS to succeed!!!
Tyson: Err, he doesn't HAVE to really. Only if the next chapter allows him too.
Kerda: He does so have to. Besides, the future of my career depends on it.
Tyson: What do you mean, you're going to be hosting almost every story Darina writes.
Kerda (*shaking lip*): ALMOST every story?
Tyson (-_-;;;;;;): Okay, if it makes you feel ANY better, then every story.
Kerda: Wait, you will be hosting with me, right?
Tyson: As long as it's a Bey Blade story.
Kerda: But if it isn't…NOOO!!! You guys are my best friends.(*hugs Tyson, then runs up to Max and hugs him, then to Kai and hugs him also. Big mistake about Kai…*)
Kai: Please take your slimy hands off of me.
Kerda: If it's not a Bey Blade story, I will even miss your grumpiness Kai!
Max: Okay, calm down. Well, thanks for watching everybody and have a great day…or night, whenever you're reading this.
