Mizu_Tenshi: I'm not going to quit thanks to the reviews I got, I still want people to R&R please. Oh,
and please vote on whom you think Ray should be with, Ami or Mariah? So far it Mariah is winning
two to one. Very close.
"…" Speech
'…' Thought
*…* Implied words
Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade.
'He sits alone in the cold watching others walk by, he sits alone in the cold and there he silently cries.'
********
Chapter 4: Blue triangles
Tori made his way into Biovolt as some far away clock struck eight o'clock. He knew there was a
Biovolt branch somewhere in London it hadn't been hard to miss since Biovolt was so huge.
He crept in stealthily, he knew it was crazy but he wanted answers and he wanted to talk to the insane
bastard he had once called grandfather.
He looked around and sighed. He really should have thought more about this before he had gone
charging into Biovolt, he was hopelessly lost inside the labyrinth of passages and doors.
"Long time no see, Tori."
Tori spun around, his eyes went wide. Voltaire was standing in front of him with five guards. A growl
escaped Tori's throat, he was supposed to be the one to find Voltaire not the other way round.
"You!" Tori glared and readied his launcher.
"Come on, Tori!" Voltaire grinned evilly. "Not everyone gets the honour of meeting me personally, I
usually let the guards deal with them. You tripped the silent alarms when you entered the grounds,
Biovolt security is impeccable."
"Unlike your men, Biovolt elite is nothing but a load of idiotic giants who couldn't beat up a fine year
old, they were no problem to deal with."
"Now, no one likes a bragger," Voltaire glared. "I should kill you here and now but you are my
grandson so I have something more…humiliating for you."
"Yeah, like hell!" Tori yelled and pulled his ripcord. His beyblade flew at Voltaire, slicing his cheek
Voltaire growled and made a swing at Tori; Tori dodged and as his beyblade returned to his hand.
"Guards!" Voltaire yelled. The guards rushed past Voltaire and grabbed Tori by the arms.
"Get off!" Tori struggled with the strong men.
"What's the matter, Tori?" Voltaire grinned. "Not so strong now, are you? Well, I won't kill you…at
least not now, I have something in mind for you, something much more humiliating!"
The guards dragged the struggling Tori into a large, dank room. There was nothing in it except a chair
desk with lots of needles on it. (A.N. This won't be exact but it's the best I can do.) Voltaire entered
after him; the guards flung him onto the chair and strapped him down.
"Scared yet?" Voltaire sneered. "Unfortunately for you I'm feeling bored, I don't usually waste my time
with things like this but for you I'll make and exception." Voltaire punched Tori in the jaw and blood
trickled down. He continued to punch him in the chest and stomach until Tori passed out.
~ Hotel room ~
Ami was lying on her bed next to Minako. (A.N. They weren't sharing bed I meant that their beds were
side by side.) Ami let out a depressed sigh but if Minako had heard she probably hadn't noticed how
upset Ami was.
'She's been in a dream world ever since she got back from practising a few hours ago,' Ami said to
herself. 'What could she possibly be thinking about?' Ami sighed, she couldn't stay mad at Ray or
Mariah, how were they supposed to know how she felt? 'Love's stupid,' she told herself in an attempt to
make her feel better. 'It's was just some silly crush, you should be glad Mariah was there to stop you
from saying anything stupid to Ray…then why do I feel this way?'
Suddenly the door opened and in walked fifteen-year-old girl with brown hair and matching eyes.
"Where's Tori?" the girl asked.
"I…I don't know, Sam," Ami stuttered at the sudden break in her line of thought. She could still
remember the first time she had met Sam; she had seemed mean at first.
***Flashback***
There was an old alleyway behind one of the large theatres in London, it was your typical alleyway full
of garbage and trash cans and fenced with wooden walls. A younger version of Ami walked alone
through the short alleyway when she heard a scrapping noise; she spun round as another girl came
rushing into the alleyway.
"Hey, where do you think you're going?" A fifteen-year-old version of Sam asked. Her brown hair was
much shorter and she looked a lot rougher.
"I'm on my way to the train station," Ami replied.
"This alleyway belong to the Terrabladers, you can't cross it."
"It's just a short alleyway, it'll take me less than a minuet to pass through," Ami tried to reason with the
tough street kid.
"Rules are rules," Sam folded her arms stubbornly.
"Fine, I'll go the long way round," Ami sighed and tried to go back but Sam blocked her path.
"You've already stepped onto Terrablader territory, and as a Terrablader it's my job to fight you!"
"That's crazy!" Ami cried and stepped back a few paces. "I don't wanna fight you I just want to get to
the train station!"
"Well you're gonna have to blade if you don't want it destroyed." Sam challenged. "C'mon, or are you
too scared to fight me?"
Ami gritted her teeth together; she hated being called chicken or weak, she was always the peaceable
type but that didn't mean she couldn't fight.
"Fine!" She shouted and attached her purple and silver blade to her launcher and Sam did the same.
"3…2…1…Let it rip!" Sam yelled at the top of her lungs, the two blades clashed throughout the
alleyway knocking over garbage cans and slicing through bags of rubbish.
"Ara, attack with boulder ball!" Ami commanded. A purple python rose from her blade and curled into
a ball.
"Binah, dodge it!" Sam cried, her blade tilted to one side and avoided the attack. "Okay, now attack!
Whip lash!" The red puma emerged from its blade; its tail turned into a long whip and it stuck the
snake with its tail.
"Burrow, Ara!" Ami yelled. The snake obeyed its master and drilled a hole into the ground and
disappeared.
"That's impossible!" Sam gasped. "How can it travel through concrete?" Sam was really confused, even
her bitbeast was looking a little unsteady.
"We've got 'em!" Ami grinned. "Attack!" The snake rose from right under Sam's blade.
"Nice move but by burrowing you've left your own blade completely exposed. Binah! Use rock claw!"
The puma's claw seemed to harden as it attacked Ami's blade. It was hard to say which attack hit which
blade first. There was a flash of purple as Ara hit Sam's blade but also a flash of red as Binah hit Ami's
blade. As the smoke and dust cleared they knew who had won.
Ami's blade had stopped while Sam's blue and red blade was wobbling dangerously.
"That…that was a close one!" Sam said with shock in her voice. "I hate to admit it but you've got
talent, the only person I've ever lost to is Tori, the Terrabladers leader."
"You still won though," Ami replied modestly.
"That means you'll have to turn back and go home…sorry," Sam added.
Ami lowered her head so that her eyes were concealed by the shadows. "I…I haven't got a home…I'm
an orphan."
Sam blinked, an orphan? She could feel a pang of guilt wash over her. "If you have nowhere else to go
then you could always join the Terrabladers," she offered, "you use earth elemental attacks, right?"
"Thanks but no thanks," Ami shook her head. "I don't like fighting."
"Hey, I insist that you stay here!" Sam stamped her foot. "As my prize for winning you must join the
Terrabladers, besides, you have no where else to go, right?" Ami nodded and smiled.
***End of flashback***
"Great, just great," Sam flopped down on a bed next to Minako. "What's up with her?" Sam asked,
seeing the far away look in Minako's eyes.
Ami shrugged. "I don't know, she's been like that ever since she came in."
"I don't care if he beat me…" Minako sighed dreamily.
"Whoa! Did I just hear what I thought I heard!" Sam laughed. "Did I just hear Minako Hoshino say she
didn't care if she got beaten? The same Minako who would hit anyone who beat her?"
Minako sighed again, apparently unaware Sam and her remarks.
"I'll go look for Tori," Ami offered. She needed to get some fresh air and she needed time alone to
think.
~ Biovolt ~
Tori woke up drowsily, groaning in pain he opened his eyes and looked down. A strangled cry escaped
his throat, his precious beyblade was lying on the ground battered and damaged.
"That's not the worst of it," someone said from the shadows.
"Who are you?" Tori yelled at the figure hidden by shadows.
"Call me Boris," the figure smiled and emerged from the shadows. As he approached Tori tensed his
muscles; Boris undid the restraints around Tori's arms. Tori jumped to his feet and tried to punch Boris
but every time he did he felt a burning pain in his chest.
"Do you want to know what we did to you?" Boris asked. Tori clutched his stomach in pain as he
approached. "This!" Boris yelled and ripped Tori's shirt. There were four blue triangles on his
stomach, each one pointed inwards.
"What the hell?" Tori spat in disgust. What was the point of putting triangles there?
"Do you want to know what those triangles mean? They're the symbol of Biovolt," Boris said without
waiting for a reply from Tori. "You are now the marked property of Biovolt, we *own* you. That is the
most humiliating part of it all! You have been marked, you're not human, you're property, just like
Kai!"
"You don't own me!" Tori yelled angrily, "what did you do to my brother?" He tried to attack but
Boris dodged easily and continued talking.
"I did nothing!"
"Then why can't he remember me?" Tori clenched his teeth in anger; he had given up trying to hit
Boris and was just glaring at him dangerously.
"It's not my fault the little runt stole down to play with a beyblade too powerful for him! If you really
want to know what I did to him I made him strong, that's what I did and look at how he repays me!"
"Get these…*things* off of me!" Tori demanded. His voice was lower than a whisper but Boris heard
him perfectly.
"You can't get them off, once you've been marked you're marked for life!" he hissed and called for the
guards to come and restrain him again. Tori wasn't waiting for them, he picked up his battered blade
and ran. To his surprise Boris stepped aside to let him pass, Tori winced from the pain, it felt as if he
was burning. He ran as far away from Biovolt as possible until he finally passed out on the streets.
~ Office in Biovolt ~
"Yes Mr. Hiwatari, he escaped." Boris said down a walkie talkie.
"And you just let him go?" Voltaire's voice came through the other end.
"It's a necessary sacrifice in order to gain true power, we can always capture him again once he's
served his purpose."
~ Hotel ~
(Ami's POV)
The moon's already up…full moon…so romantic. I shake my head in an attempt to get rid of those
feelings but I know it's futile. Why did I have to fall in love? Is it even love or is it just one of those
stupid crushes Minako gets every day?
"Stupid!" I mutter angrily to myself, I'm supposed to look for Tori, I hope he hasn't gone to look for his
grandfather. I kick a small stone with my frustration, look at what love's doing to me; I never used to
get angry so easily, I never used to get angry at all. I walk along the training grounds, there's no one
here now that it's night so I have some privacy.
"Ray…" I whisper that name to the wind and my eyes widen as I hear Ray's voice but I can't quite
make out what he's saying
I know it's none of my business but my curiosity and dread makes me take a few more steps in the
direction of Ray's voice. I hide behind some bushes and watch, gosh, I look like a stalker but I don't
really care right now. My eyes open wide at the sight before me. 'This has to be a dream,' I tell myself
but it's not, this is reality, cruel reality.
******
Mizu_Tenshi: What did Ami see? Vote on the pairings you want, who you want Ray to be with or if you think I
should pair Kai or Tori with someone else, anything. Anyway, I WANT MY REVIEWS PLEASE! If
there's something wrong with this fic then please tell me. Here are the replies to all of those people
who have reviewed.
jack - Yeah, thanks, I will keep writing.
starwolf - That must be annoying. Anyway, I reviewed one of your fics and it was good! Your review
really chhered me up. Dam yaoi! Sorry for to those people who like yaoi, I'm just pissed 'cos it's
stealing my reviews.
Sphinxqueen127 – Thanks, you really didn't get any reviews for three months? Well, if I see one of
your stories I'll be sure to review it.
heather – Good point. I'm doing everything I can to stop Kai from going too OOC but it's so hard! I'll
make Kai more antisocial 'cos that's what he's like in the anime, right? I know Tori didn't get to kick
Voltaire's ass but he will one day.
Christina - I don't know, I'm not very smart when it comes to Mary Sue's, if anyone can tell me more
about what makes up a Mary Sue then please tell me.
Galux Kitty - Thanks, you're review really cheered me up! I hate yoai too. Thanks a load for this
review.
Sakura88 - Thanks, I'm glad some people liked it, I was getting really discouraged with so little
reviews.
By the Stars - You're welcome! I love your fic! Thanks for this review please tell me what pairing
want.
Angelfire - Yeah, the song was from my poems 'cos I couldn't find a song to fit with what was going
on. Thanks so much for the review, it really cheered me up, I won't delete it now.
matchmaker - Course I remember you! And it looks like Ray will be with Mariah, please keep
reviewing. Ray and Mariah get to kiss *finally* in the sixth chapter of Beyblade meets Simpsons. R&R
please!
and please vote on whom you think Ray should be with, Ami or Mariah? So far it Mariah is winning
two to one. Very close.
"…" Speech
'…' Thought
*…* Implied words
Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade.
'He sits alone in the cold watching others walk by, he sits alone in the cold and there he silently cries.'
********
Chapter 4: Blue triangles
Tori made his way into Biovolt as some far away clock struck eight o'clock. He knew there was a
Biovolt branch somewhere in London it hadn't been hard to miss since Biovolt was so huge.
He crept in stealthily, he knew it was crazy but he wanted answers and he wanted to talk to the insane
bastard he had once called grandfather.
He looked around and sighed. He really should have thought more about this before he had gone
charging into Biovolt, he was hopelessly lost inside the labyrinth of passages and doors.
"Long time no see, Tori."
Tori spun around, his eyes went wide. Voltaire was standing in front of him with five guards. A growl
escaped Tori's throat, he was supposed to be the one to find Voltaire not the other way round.
"You!" Tori glared and readied his launcher.
"Come on, Tori!" Voltaire grinned evilly. "Not everyone gets the honour of meeting me personally, I
usually let the guards deal with them. You tripped the silent alarms when you entered the grounds,
Biovolt security is impeccable."
"Unlike your men, Biovolt elite is nothing but a load of idiotic giants who couldn't beat up a fine year
old, they were no problem to deal with."
"Now, no one likes a bragger," Voltaire glared. "I should kill you here and now but you are my
grandson so I have something more…humiliating for you."
"Yeah, like hell!" Tori yelled and pulled his ripcord. His beyblade flew at Voltaire, slicing his cheek
Voltaire growled and made a swing at Tori; Tori dodged and as his beyblade returned to his hand.
"Guards!" Voltaire yelled. The guards rushed past Voltaire and grabbed Tori by the arms.
"Get off!" Tori struggled with the strong men.
"What's the matter, Tori?" Voltaire grinned. "Not so strong now, are you? Well, I won't kill you…at
least not now, I have something in mind for you, something much more humiliating!"
The guards dragged the struggling Tori into a large, dank room. There was nothing in it except a chair
desk with lots of needles on it. (A.N. This won't be exact but it's the best I can do.) Voltaire entered
after him; the guards flung him onto the chair and strapped him down.
"Scared yet?" Voltaire sneered. "Unfortunately for you I'm feeling bored, I don't usually waste my time
with things like this but for you I'll make and exception." Voltaire punched Tori in the jaw and blood
trickled down. He continued to punch him in the chest and stomach until Tori passed out.
~ Hotel room ~
Ami was lying on her bed next to Minako. (A.N. They weren't sharing bed I meant that their beds were
side by side.) Ami let out a depressed sigh but if Minako had heard she probably hadn't noticed how
upset Ami was.
'She's been in a dream world ever since she got back from practising a few hours ago,' Ami said to
herself. 'What could she possibly be thinking about?' Ami sighed, she couldn't stay mad at Ray or
Mariah, how were they supposed to know how she felt? 'Love's stupid,' she told herself in an attempt to
make her feel better. 'It's was just some silly crush, you should be glad Mariah was there to stop you
from saying anything stupid to Ray…then why do I feel this way?'
Suddenly the door opened and in walked fifteen-year-old girl with brown hair and matching eyes.
"Where's Tori?" the girl asked.
"I…I don't know, Sam," Ami stuttered at the sudden break in her line of thought. She could still
remember the first time she had met Sam; she had seemed mean at first.
***Flashback***
There was an old alleyway behind one of the large theatres in London, it was your typical alleyway full
of garbage and trash cans and fenced with wooden walls. A younger version of Ami walked alone
through the short alleyway when she heard a scrapping noise; she spun round as another girl came
rushing into the alleyway.
"Hey, where do you think you're going?" A fifteen-year-old version of Sam asked. Her brown hair was
much shorter and she looked a lot rougher.
"I'm on my way to the train station," Ami replied.
"This alleyway belong to the Terrabladers, you can't cross it."
"It's just a short alleyway, it'll take me less than a minuet to pass through," Ami tried to reason with the
tough street kid.
"Rules are rules," Sam folded her arms stubbornly.
"Fine, I'll go the long way round," Ami sighed and tried to go back but Sam blocked her path.
"You've already stepped onto Terrablader territory, and as a Terrablader it's my job to fight you!"
"That's crazy!" Ami cried and stepped back a few paces. "I don't wanna fight you I just want to get to
the train station!"
"Well you're gonna have to blade if you don't want it destroyed." Sam challenged. "C'mon, or are you
too scared to fight me?"
Ami gritted her teeth together; she hated being called chicken or weak, she was always the peaceable
type but that didn't mean she couldn't fight.
"Fine!" She shouted and attached her purple and silver blade to her launcher and Sam did the same.
"3…2…1…Let it rip!" Sam yelled at the top of her lungs, the two blades clashed throughout the
alleyway knocking over garbage cans and slicing through bags of rubbish.
"Ara, attack with boulder ball!" Ami commanded. A purple python rose from her blade and curled into
a ball.
"Binah, dodge it!" Sam cried, her blade tilted to one side and avoided the attack. "Okay, now attack!
Whip lash!" The red puma emerged from its blade; its tail turned into a long whip and it stuck the
snake with its tail.
"Burrow, Ara!" Ami yelled. The snake obeyed its master and drilled a hole into the ground and
disappeared.
"That's impossible!" Sam gasped. "How can it travel through concrete?" Sam was really confused, even
her bitbeast was looking a little unsteady.
"We've got 'em!" Ami grinned. "Attack!" The snake rose from right under Sam's blade.
"Nice move but by burrowing you've left your own blade completely exposed. Binah! Use rock claw!"
The puma's claw seemed to harden as it attacked Ami's blade. It was hard to say which attack hit which
blade first. There was a flash of purple as Ara hit Sam's blade but also a flash of red as Binah hit Ami's
blade. As the smoke and dust cleared they knew who had won.
Ami's blade had stopped while Sam's blue and red blade was wobbling dangerously.
"That…that was a close one!" Sam said with shock in her voice. "I hate to admit it but you've got
talent, the only person I've ever lost to is Tori, the Terrabladers leader."
"You still won though," Ami replied modestly.
"That means you'll have to turn back and go home…sorry," Sam added.
Ami lowered her head so that her eyes were concealed by the shadows. "I…I haven't got a home…I'm
an orphan."
Sam blinked, an orphan? She could feel a pang of guilt wash over her. "If you have nowhere else to go
then you could always join the Terrabladers," she offered, "you use earth elemental attacks, right?"
"Thanks but no thanks," Ami shook her head. "I don't like fighting."
"Hey, I insist that you stay here!" Sam stamped her foot. "As my prize for winning you must join the
Terrabladers, besides, you have no where else to go, right?" Ami nodded and smiled.
***End of flashback***
"Great, just great," Sam flopped down on a bed next to Minako. "What's up with her?" Sam asked,
seeing the far away look in Minako's eyes.
Ami shrugged. "I don't know, she's been like that ever since she came in."
"I don't care if he beat me…" Minako sighed dreamily.
"Whoa! Did I just hear what I thought I heard!" Sam laughed. "Did I just hear Minako Hoshino say she
didn't care if she got beaten? The same Minako who would hit anyone who beat her?"
Minako sighed again, apparently unaware Sam and her remarks.
"I'll go look for Tori," Ami offered. She needed to get some fresh air and she needed time alone to
think.
~ Biovolt ~
Tori woke up drowsily, groaning in pain he opened his eyes and looked down. A strangled cry escaped
his throat, his precious beyblade was lying on the ground battered and damaged.
"That's not the worst of it," someone said from the shadows.
"Who are you?" Tori yelled at the figure hidden by shadows.
"Call me Boris," the figure smiled and emerged from the shadows. As he approached Tori tensed his
muscles; Boris undid the restraints around Tori's arms. Tori jumped to his feet and tried to punch Boris
but every time he did he felt a burning pain in his chest.
"Do you want to know what we did to you?" Boris asked. Tori clutched his stomach in pain as he
approached. "This!" Boris yelled and ripped Tori's shirt. There were four blue triangles on his
stomach, each one pointed inwards.
"What the hell?" Tori spat in disgust. What was the point of putting triangles there?
"Do you want to know what those triangles mean? They're the symbol of Biovolt," Boris said without
waiting for a reply from Tori. "You are now the marked property of Biovolt, we *own* you. That is the
most humiliating part of it all! You have been marked, you're not human, you're property, just like
Kai!"
"You don't own me!" Tori yelled angrily, "what did you do to my brother?" He tried to attack but
Boris dodged easily and continued talking.
"I did nothing!"
"Then why can't he remember me?" Tori clenched his teeth in anger; he had given up trying to hit
Boris and was just glaring at him dangerously.
"It's not my fault the little runt stole down to play with a beyblade too powerful for him! If you really
want to know what I did to him I made him strong, that's what I did and look at how he repays me!"
"Get these…*things* off of me!" Tori demanded. His voice was lower than a whisper but Boris heard
him perfectly.
"You can't get them off, once you've been marked you're marked for life!" he hissed and called for the
guards to come and restrain him again. Tori wasn't waiting for them, he picked up his battered blade
and ran. To his surprise Boris stepped aside to let him pass, Tori winced from the pain, it felt as if he
was burning. He ran as far away from Biovolt as possible until he finally passed out on the streets.
~ Office in Biovolt ~
"Yes Mr. Hiwatari, he escaped." Boris said down a walkie talkie.
"And you just let him go?" Voltaire's voice came through the other end.
"It's a necessary sacrifice in order to gain true power, we can always capture him again once he's
served his purpose."
~ Hotel ~
(Ami's POV)
The moon's already up…full moon…so romantic. I shake my head in an attempt to get rid of those
feelings but I know it's futile. Why did I have to fall in love? Is it even love or is it just one of those
stupid crushes Minako gets every day?
"Stupid!" I mutter angrily to myself, I'm supposed to look for Tori, I hope he hasn't gone to look for his
grandfather. I kick a small stone with my frustration, look at what love's doing to me; I never used to
get angry so easily, I never used to get angry at all. I walk along the training grounds, there's no one
here now that it's night so I have some privacy.
"Ray…" I whisper that name to the wind and my eyes widen as I hear Ray's voice but I can't quite
make out what he's saying
I know it's none of my business but my curiosity and dread makes me take a few more steps in the
direction of Ray's voice. I hide behind some bushes and watch, gosh, I look like a stalker but I don't
really care right now. My eyes open wide at the sight before me. 'This has to be a dream,' I tell myself
but it's not, this is reality, cruel reality.
******
Mizu_Tenshi: What did Ami see? Vote on the pairings you want, who you want Ray to be with or if you think I
should pair Kai or Tori with someone else, anything. Anyway, I WANT MY REVIEWS PLEASE! If
there's something wrong with this fic then please tell me. Here are the replies to all of those people
who have reviewed.
jack - Yeah, thanks, I will keep writing.
starwolf - That must be annoying. Anyway, I reviewed one of your fics and it was good! Your review
really chhered me up. Dam yaoi! Sorry for to those people who like yaoi, I'm just pissed 'cos it's
stealing my reviews.
Sphinxqueen127 – Thanks, you really didn't get any reviews for three months? Well, if I see one of
your stories I'll be sure to review it.
heather – Good point. I'm doing everything I can to stop Kai from going too OOC but it's so hard! I'll
make Kai more antisocial 'cos that's what he's like in the anime, right? I know Tori didn't get to kick
Voltaire's ass but he will one day.
Christina - I don't know, I'm not very smart when it comes to Mary Sue's, if anyone can tell me more
about what makes up a Mary Sue then please tell me.
Galux Kitty - Thanks, you're review really cheered me up! I hate yoai too. Thanks a load for this
review.
Sakura88 - Thanks, I'm glad some people liked it, I was getting really discouraged with so little
reviews.
By the Stars - You're welcome! I love your fic! Thanks for this review please tell me what pairing
want.
Angelfire - Yeah, the song was from my poems 'cos I couldn't find a song to fit with what was going
on. Thanks so much for the review, it really cheered me up, I won't delete it now.
matchmaker - Course I remember you! And it looks like Ray will be with Mariah, please keep
reviewing. Ray and Mariah get to kiss *finally* in the sixth chapter of Beyblade meets Simpsons. R&R
please!
