LV: Here it is! The actual story!
CL: …Wasn't this SUPPOSED to be a one-shot?
LV: …Oh, well, it was, wasn't it? ^^;
CL: --; And now we actually have a story…
Aya: ^____^ Let the story begin! *cackles, then jabs a finger at a random person* YOU! Let our work commence!
LV: Reviews first.
Aya: ;.; Awww…
Tsunami Wave~ Oh, they'll get together… eventually. Keep in mind they still have their pride and all. And thanks again for the support! ^^
Darkspider~ OO! …D-darkspider!? THE Darkspider!?! I absolutely LOVE your fics!!! They're part of the reason I like Tyka so much! *bows in reverence* Pardon this pathetic soul for never reviewing! =^^= I'm updating!
I luv Yugi and Daisuke so :p~ Such a mature penname. ^^ Jokin'. Well, here's the story. Enjoy!
Bloody Mary~ I'll have to agree with you there; they're different enough to catch the other's attention, but similar enough to hold it. Or is that the other way around? *blinks* …And what RPG character does Kai look like? Sorry, I'm deprived. XP
beyblade fanatic~ *is about to take the Tyka plushie, but Aya grabs it instead and cuddles it; blinks* Well, so much for THAT. --; (Aya: *still cuddling the plushie* How cuuuuuuute! =^______^= *points and laughs at CL* HAH! She agrees with me!) [CL: Would you quit bringing that up!?] ¬¬; If you two are done yet…
asa-chan~ Don't worry about it. =^^= Gee, you always make me blush with the compliments. And you're not an idiot; certain characters in this chapter may be, but you CERTAINLY aren't.
Rumi-Chan~ [CL: *blushes again and hides his face with his cap* Stop callin' me that!] (Aya: *is in hysterics* XD) Oo; Heh, I chose Surge for a good reason: the fact it has so much sugar in it, therefore Max must like it. ^^; A little TOO much, it seems… *cough*
eternal radiance~ OO! E-eternal radiance, too!?! *blushes and bows in reverence* Aw, I'm flattered! =^^= They are cute, aren't they? I agree with the reasons you mention in your story; I personally see no chemistry going on between Kai and Rei, whereas Tyson and Kai have more than enough… that, and I'm normally not fond of the most common pairing in a section. Heh heh… Oo;
Kiina~ Oo; Actually, in my early childhood I was closer to a not-quite-as-hyperactive Max, but now I'm almost exactly like Kai… even I wonder how that happened… Yeah, I'm from the States. Not proud of the one I'm living in, though. ;_; I liked my old state better… I wasn't as paranoid about going outside. Ya see, I have this 'thing' about snakes, which I've seen quite a few (Aya: ¬¬; Meaning about five.) in the last year and a half. Oo; All non-venomous, but you never know…
Mugs~ =^^= I'm one of the hard-to-come-by writers? Aw, thanks!
sayaka~ =^^= Thank you, too! Here it is!
LV: THIS time, *glares at Aya, who gulps and holds the Tyka plushie closer* we have the chibi Bladebreakers plushie set for the reviewers! *hands them out* Enjoy! ^^
Disclaimer: Whoever told you I own Beyblade or the Zelda influence in this story (especially the beginning half of this chapter) needs to be shoved into a mental hospital. I don't even have my own computer anymore! ; How could I afford it?
Note: Anything in … is a translation. I'm too lazy to make up a language. Oo;
Mission: Sorta Possible, but it's gonna take some work…
~Somewhere in the Lost Woods of Hyrule
A light green orb of light with wings floated up to the stump, perching ever so gently on its highest peak. A scrutinizing eye took in all in front of it, before it spoke with a high-pitched feminine voice.
"Shade! Sen! Hazel! Satu! Come on out!"
A rustle of leaves from a nearby bush alerted the fairy as a blood-eyed silver-gray lupine, known as a Wolfos, trotted out. Following the wolf like creature was what appeared to be a walking bush with eyes, better known as a Deku. There was a moment of silence before a darkly colored forest imp ran out of the underbrush screaming his head off as another orb of light, this time a pale orange, pursued him in a crazed frenzy.
"Senny-poo! Come back to me!" The orange fairy wailed as she continued to chase the imp.
"Not on your life! Get AWAY from me, demon!" He cried as he ran around in circles trying to throw the overzealous fairy off. The Wolfos brought up a paw to hide the snickering but failed spectacularly, collapsing in a hysterical heap, the green fairy following her example immediately afterward. The Deku shook his leafy head at the two escapades.
"I knew it," He muttered, "I'm the only sane one here."
The vicious-looking lupine snorted, "Nah, you jus' don't know 'ow ta 'ave fun." The green fairy nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, Hazel, you're almost as bad as my charge," She huffed, "Lunie can be SUCH a killjoy."
"Aya, I thought she didn't like being called that?" The orange fairy blinked, halting her chase whilst the imp had fallen on his knees thanking the Goddesses. [1]
"She doesn't," Aya grinned, "That's why I call her that, Satu. Really riles her up. It's fun to get her mad." She turned to the imp, "And stop that, Sen. It really makes me wonder if you really ARE a Skullkid." He huffed and stood up.
"Well, I don't see you telling Shade over there to get up!" He griped, pointing to the Wolfos, who was still in a heap from her laughing fit earlier. Shade gave him a toothy grin before pulling herself on all fours.
"Wha', no insults? Too tired ta 'ave a decent comeback, eh?"
"Why you no-good flea-bag…! I oughta--"
Aya whistled loudly, catching everybody's attention, "Quiet down! I called you four here for a reason!" The four looked at each other before giving the green fairy their full attention.
She eyed them carefully, "As you know, Lunare, CL, and I have been watching over other realities for some time now. However, a troubling incident in one particular has caught my attention.
"Apparently, two people are having trouble with their relationship. Everyone believes them to be friendly rivals, at the very most, but over time, a bond has formed. They're in love with each other, but they're afraid to admit it for fear of being rejected or out of discomfort and pride. Their three closest friends know, but their techniques have failed; they're about to give up."
Shade looked at her seriously, "Who are they? Wha' world?"
"And what does this have to do with us!?"
"Sen, 'less ya WANT ta be my next meal, SHUT IT!!"
"Shutting up."
"Thank you, Shade," Aya nodded, throwing a glare Sen's general direction, "We call the world 'Beyblade Reality' because it's in the world of Beyblade--"
Hazel's eyes bulged, "WHA!!? I'm not doin' yaoi! Nuh-uh! Nada! No way in the burning pits of--"
"SHUT THAT SNOUT NOW, KINDLIN'!!! THERE'S CHILDREN READIN' THIS!!" [2]
"Sorry, Shade. *squeak*" He, well, squeaked as he fell back on his Deku accent. He mostly had it covered, but it did slip out every now and then, mostly when he was threatened or extremely ruffled.
"As I was SAYING," Aya seethed, now adding the Deku into the glare, "You might know these two. Very well, in fact. Anyone want to take a guess?"
Satu's hand bolted up, "Ooh, I know! It's the two blue haired people in the Bladebreakers, right?"
"Yep! Tyson Kinomiya and Kai Hiwatari!"
"Tyson 'n Kai?" Shade blinked, before breaking out in another toothy grin, "Cool. Always thought the two were perfect for each other." Sen stared at her in amazement, "Wha's wrong wit' ya?"
"You actually said a complete sentence without your accent," He gaped. Shade rolled her eyes and thwapped him with her tail.
"But I agree with Senny. What does this have to do with us?" Satu blinked. Aya smiled widely.
"Allow me to explain," She stated, "Normally, I'd take a job like this myself. However, Lunie flat out refuses to let me go; she doesn't like me putting my nose in other people's business, you see. Her idea is to let things run its course and hope for the best. That's obviously not working for these two.
"You four are my top students. I'm giving YOU the job of bringing the two together. Do what you must, but no killing." She pointedly stared at Shade as she said that.
"Wha' ya lookin' at ME for?!"
"Well, you ARE the predator of the four of us…" Hazel reasoned before turning to Aya, "But we're not even human! How can we do it WITHOUT getting seen?" Aya smirked wickedly.
"Why, with these, of course!" She chirped, somehow holding up three masks, all with the appearance of a human face. Hazel facefaulted.
"Oh yeah, that'll fool them. No one can see our face. And where's Satu's?" Aya glared at him again.
"You dolt; they're MAGIC masks! Y'know, like CL's Deku mask and all!?" She glowered at him, who still gave her a skeptical look, "And Satu doesn't need one! Or did you forget that fairies have magic? Hmm?"
Shade struck a pose, "Well, I'm game! 'And me a mask, Aya!" Sen stared at her weirdly.
"Someone needs to keep an eye on you; count me in, as well."
"If Senny's goin', then I'm goin'!" Satu exclaimed. Hazel gaped at them.
"What!? You guys are ACTUALLY doing this!? But what if you get caught? Or seen WITHOUT the masks?"
Aya smirked pitilessly at him. "Well, then, you're gonna have to go along to make sure that doesn't happen, since YOU'RE the careful one," She replied logically, false sweetness dripping from her voice.
Hazel sputtered helplessly before breaking out in a flurry of Deku curses, the funny part being that his accent, which kicked in again, was censoring it all up.
"…And your *squeak*in' mother's a *squeak* and a *squeak* and your *squeak* father smells like *squeak* so bad that *squeak* *squeak* *squeak*…" [3]
Aya rolled her eyes, "While someone's ranting, take him and the masks into that log. The portal's in there, and it'll bring you to the woods right outside the Bladebreakers' hotel." She cackled, "Let Operation: Cupid's Arrow begin!"
Shade, with the still-raving Hazel in her mouth, and Sen, holding the masks, a spellbook, and Satu perched on his shoulder, made their way into the log, where a bright light blinded them almost instantly…
* * * * *
~Somewhere in the woods surrounding the Bladebreakers' hotel
Shade blinked a few times to clear her vision. She groaned and sat up before realizing what happened.
The masks had merged into them while they were in the vortex.
She looked down at herself to see a pair of knee-high black boots, a dark gray skirt that reached a little above her knees, and a white short-sleeved shirt that was slightly unbuttoned at the top, revealing a bit of the black tank top underneath. She noticed her silver-gray hair had stayed the same, the spiky bit between her ears becoming bangs. She ran her fingers through her hair, freezing as she noticed a black wristband on her right arm. As a Wolfos, she had a black stripe there, so she assumed the marking must've reverted to a piece of clothing, one that couldn't be removed. She shrugged, then attempted to stand shakily. She stumbled a few times, before grabbing onto a tree to keep balance.
"'Ow do humans WALK wit' two 'egs? I'm 'avin' a hard enough time STANDIN'!" A groan to her right alerted her. She turned to see a short boy sitting up, rubbing his head gingerly, "…Haz'? That you?"
"Ughn… Shade?" He winced as he rubbed his back. He looked down at himself and his face darkened at the knowledge he was human.
He was wearing a pair of brown shoes, baggy blue jeans, a brown long-sleeved shirt and a forest green T-shirt over that. He noticed his complexion was slightly tanned--probably from the fact that, being half-plant, he needed lots of sunlight to stay healthy. His bushy bark brown hair reached down to his waist, clipped back by a leaf green hair band at the nape of his neck. He stood up, only loosing balance once due to his pants, and dusted himself off before looking up at Shade and smirking.
"Trouble?" He asked innocently, fully aware he was annoying her with this. She snarled at him.
"In't MY problem that I'm not used ta two 'egs," She huffed, before eyeing his height, "Say, you be a TAD short, y'know?"
It was true. He barely reached Shade's shoulders, and it was only with his wild bangs that he even reached THAT high. He pouted at the much-taller girl. Just as he was about to retort, a scream filled the air as a dark-skinned boy a tad shorter than Shade ran past, followed by a girl a bit shorter than him.
"Satu! Show some DIGNITY!"
The girl's lower lip quivered, "But Senny, I LOVE you!"
"Then stop trying to--" He was cut off as Satu flung herself at him, knocking them both down.
Sen had on brown shoes, baggy gray jeans, a dark gray shirt and a black T-shirt over it, much like Hazel's. A brown belt with a bronze buckle rested loosely on his waist, and his bronze manacle was in its usual spot around his left wrist. Satu was wearing a pale orange ¾ sleeved shirt with baggy white overalls and brown boots. Her pale blond hair was streaked with pale orange and held in a pair of cute pigtails. She snuggled into him and smiled.
"You're even cuter when you're human!"
Sen's eye twitched and he looked to the sky in a pleading manner, "Goddesses, save me NOW!"
His prayers were answered.
"Hey, who're you guys?"
~
Max blinked as Tyson threw himself onto the bed, mumbling about something under his breath. He couldn't STILL be bummed about losing their scuffle earlier that day, right?
"Hey Tyson," He said, "You okay?"
There was a snort, "Okay? Oh, I'm okay… if you count losing an arm wrestling match to Kenny, losing a beybattle to a complete stranger on the street, losing a wrestling match to you because you CHEATED, and then, to top it off, Kai drags you off to train for THREE HOURS STRAIGHT in the pouring RAIN because you lost to said stranger OKAY!!!" Max winced; he wasn't used to the pensive and easily aggravated Tyson.
"Hey, cheer up! At least you were with Kai for three hours straight. Alone. In the pouring rain. With him soaking--" [4]
"Max…" Tyson grumbled through the pillow, "I'd rather NOT add a nosebleed to the list."
He smirked as he feigned innocence, "What?"
Tyson growled several curses under his breath as he stalked out the door again, making sure to slam it behind him.
Today just wasn't fair. Ever since the little match he had with Max, when he had lost because he had been so distracted by his brooding thoughts, things had gone downhill. During lunch, he had jokingly challenged Max and Kenny to an arm wrestling match. Max refused, claiming that the victory earlier had been enough. Kenny had agreed, and quite surprisingly to the other four, including himself, had won with relative ease. Several times in a row. To bring his spirits up a little, Tyson accepted a challenge from a ten-year old girl to blade. The girl didn't even have a bit-beast, yet she won, even if it WAS a lucky fluke, which she admitted herself. Kai had immediately dragged him off to a secluded spot to train, after rubbing in the GIRL'S victory. To add insult to injury, it RAINED the entire time they practiced, making it even harder--three straight hours of dodging puddles and avoiding slippery patches of pavement while also dealing with Kai's rough training.
Sometimes he wondered why he liked the guy so much.
//You know why, you just don't want to admit it.// A voice snickered. Tyson blinked as he recognized the voice.
/Hey, I never asked for your opinion, Niyt. I don't even know WHY you still hang around; I haven't been to Hyrule since I was ten!/ At this, a dark blue fairy [5] flew out of Tyson's cap.
"Y'know, I'm NOT the first fairy to leave their homeland for their charge!" Niyt huffed as he crossed his arms in front of him, "And I'M not the one who needs the protection and guidance!" Tyson smirked.
"Well, I'M not the one who's so paranoid of getting caught that I talk telepathically."
"You respond!"
"Only because I don't want people to think I'm mental."
"Why? You are!"
"What!? Why you rotten little glo--"
"Hey Tyson!" A very familiar voice called out. Startled, Tyson grabbed the blue fairy and shoved him in his pocket, earning a yelp of surprise from him, and turned around with his trademark grin.
"Hey, Rei, what's up?" He beamed as the taller blader gave him a suspicious look.
"I heard you arguing with someone, and it wasn't Kai." He looked around, but saw no one as Tyson laughed.
"Oh, that," He chuckled, "Just some weird little kid in the bushes. Ran off when you came."
// 'Weird little kid'!? Why I oughta--//
/Zap me, and YOU'RE explaining to Rei why I have a guardian fairy from another reality./ Knowing that he would carry out the threat, the blue fairy sulked as Tyson finally saw the small group behind Rei.
"Hey, who're they?" Rei suddenly remembered the group.
"Oh, them. I found them while I was exploring the woods," He explained, gesturing to the four people behind him, "The gray-haired girl's Shade. The blonde's Satu. The small kid's Hazel; no offense meant, of course," He added quickly, seeing him scowl, "And the black-haired boy's Sen."
Satu smiled at him before holding out her hand, "Pleasure to meet you, Tyson." Tyson shook it eagerly as the others stepped up as well.
"You're cool," Sen nodded as Shade elbowed him roughly.
"'Ey, 'Senny', I thought you were already taken by Satu o'er there?" She smirked wolfishly as he glared at her.
"Okay, one: I'm NOT interested in him! Two: SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!!!" [6]
Hazel winced, "You don't have to shout so loud."
//Hey Tyson, I get a funny feeling from the blonde girl. I think I may know her.//
/Right. And Kai's gonna walk up and confess his undying love for me./
//You never know. Why not ask?// He mentally shrugged. //Just keep the noise down tonight. I need my sleep, and I'd rather not listen to you two scre--//
/NIYT!!! Don't you DARE finish that sentence!!/ [7]
"Tyson? What're you doing out here?" Another familiar cold voice, oddly hinted with concern, made itself known, as its owner stepped up to the six.
"You're supposed to be resting from training," Kai added coldly, giving Satu his icy glare as she realized she was still holding Tyson's hand. Blushing slightly, she dropped it like a hot potato, shuddering as the threatening, hidden message in the crimson-eyed boy's fierce, glacial look echoed in her mind. A threat that he WOULD carry out.
"Sheesh, NOW you're worried about me? After THREE HOURS in the RAIN?!"
{Don't remind me.} Kai groaned mentally. The image of a soaking wet Tyson still hadn't left his mind. On the brighter side, at least his clothes weren't clinging to him anymore, revealing his figure. {I hope I don't get a stupid nosebleed over this kind of thinking…}
"You needed the training. Loosing that pathetically to an amateur? Please, I KNOW you're better than that. We can't win anything with THAT kind of slacking off." Kai immediately wished he hadn't said that when Tyson's face darkened with anger and indignation.
"So beyblading IS all you still think about," He hissed with ire as he stormed off. Kai watched him, but made no move forward, afraid of offending him more. Rei looked at Kai disappointedly before shaking his head and gesturing the four behind him to follow so they could check into the hotel. Hazel looked at the others with a concerned look on his face, who nodded sadly, the same thought on their minds.
~This is gonna be a lot harder than we first thought…~
~End chapter.
LV: *head hits desk* FINALLY! It took me THREE DAYS to finish this thing!
Aya: We'd like to apologize for the extra-long first part and the fact the Bladebreakers weren't in this much, but it'll get better from here on out!
CL: So, the actual story in underway. What'll happen now that the four "master matchmakers" have a big task ahead of them? Can they succeed?
Aya: *suspicious* Why are you doing that? I thought you hated romance!
CL: ^^ I do. I have better things to do than suck faces with some girl. I'm just doing this since we don't have an actual announcer.
Aya: Oo;
[1]: For the people who've never played Ocarina of Time or the like, the Goddesses are Din, the Goddess of Power; Nayru, the Goddess of Wisdom; and Farore, the Goddess of Courage. I'd give the whole legend, but it'd take too much space. Oo;
[2]: Well, there's ONE way to keep it PG. Oo;
[3]: O_o; Y'know, for a walking, talking bush, Hazel sure knows how to get his point across…
[4]: Heh, NOW we know what Tyson meant by 'perversely hinting' in his chapter earlier. Oo;
[5]: Sorry about the third fairy. Tripped on a piece of writer's block… ¬¬; (By the way, Niyt=Night)
[6]: Oh, sure Sen, that's what they ALL say… ^.~
[7]: This seem familiar, asa-chan? ^^ That was TOO good a concept to leave out, so all credit goes to you! Heh heh…
