SS-Hello everyone! My name's Sleepy Sheep! Or SS for short, and I'll be your authoress for this fic.
Tym-And I'm her sidekick Tym…Tyrannomon if you want to be formal.
SS-But no one wants to be, so nicknames are fine. BTW, this is my first BeyBlade fic so be nice. I'm writing this for my friend Madison, who got me into BB in the first place. I'm still playing around with facts and events so please don't get mad if something's wrong. I suppose I've seen 10 or 15 episodes by now, and I think I know enough to get through this.
It's not AU, like all my other stories, it's set about a month after Tyson defeated Tala in the championships. All the bladers are still friends (Even Kai) and live near one another, so as you can tell, I'm not going with the next season. Give it a chance; if you don't mind me using my writer's license to make some adjustments, then stick around…you might like this.
DISCLAIMER: Let's see…so far we don't own YGO or Digimon…now we don't own BB. Wow…I wonder what other animes we don't own.
SS-We don't own any…*sigh* Oh…and this isn't one of those long chapter stories, it does have its deep areas, but it shouldn't exceed 5 or 6 chapters.
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The Spirit Within Me
Prologue/Chapter one
Dedicated to my good friend and fellow anime fanatic, M-sen (Madison)
~Key~
"Hello" = Talking
'Bye' = Thoughts/thinking
And in later chapters… [Hey] = Bit beasts talking
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'I can't recall how long I've been confined here, how long they've tortured my soul, how long those jerks have tried to harness my spirit, but I do know that it's been too long.' The figure in question opened her eyes, slowly scanning the dark, stonewall, area for any signs of those lowlifes… those humans. If she planned on escaping, she had to make sure that no one was in the vicinity.
'I have to get out today, before they electrocute me again.' She placed her paws against the glass, and then put her hind legs behind her (A/N: She's in a glass tube, but you all knew that right? Cool.). Closing her eyes, she summoned all the strength she had left in her, all the energy that hadn't been absorbed by the machine below her, and pushed against her cage.
'If I don't make it out now, I'll never be free…' Nothing was happening; the glass didn't budge. 'I can't, no…I won't stay here any longer…' It seemed to be giving way, for some of the liquid she was floating in began to leak out near the bottom. 'I won't be used like the others…they can't take my spirit…' Cracks were visible now, and the liquid seeping out was forming a pool on the floor. 'Nobody will ever have my spirit as long as I'm still standing!' The glass finally gave in, the cylinder cracked, and she fell to the floor with a loud clout. She was a mess, without the green fluid that once encased her, she was unstable, and her spirit was floating freely in around her.
'Argh…that didn't go exactly as I expected.' Her escape from the glass tube didn't go unnoticed though, as soon as she had breached, an alarm went off, and men started filing in.
'No…I've come too far, I have to…have to…assume a form.' Pulling herself together, she forced herself to take on a human form; it was her only way of escape from that dingy room.
"Here it is! The one that broke out! Hurry; hook up the spare extractor! We must put it back before it takes on a human form!" As half of the men began to boot up the spare machine in the corner, the figure that had broken out was staring at the human intently.
'Too little too late, you pathetic excuse for a life form.' Her green spirit quickly began to take shape, and assumed the form of a human girl in a matter of seconds.
"Damn it!" He turned to the others and motioned them over. "All of you; forget the machine! Restrain the girl now!" But the girl was already gone. She was racing through the halls as fast as her newfound legs could carry her.
'I have to get out of here before they catch me.' Coming across a fork in the hall, she panicked. 'Right or left…right or left…' Since she was right handed, she went that way. After a few minutes, she came across an empty room, and entered it. As she caught her breath, she took a moment to look at herself. She was pretty tall, five foot six inches approximately. She was very pale though, and had short, light blond hair that barely touched her shoulders. 'I guess I don't look too bad, for a human, but I think I'll definitely need clothes.' She scanned the room, and found some garments lying on the bed across from her. She picked up the gray-blue pants and put them on, they hung loosely on her, but they'd do. She then slipped on the matching blue T-shirt and made for the door, until something on the side of her forehead caught her attention.
'Ow…I forgot about that.' She reached up and fingered the tab coming out of her temple. 'I have to hide that.' Grabbing hold of the bed sheet, she ripped a piece off it and wrapped it around her head, tying a tight knot in the back, letting her pale hair cover it. 'There, that'll do, at least until I can find a decent human to assimilate (A/N: It'll be explained more in depth later.). There's no way in hell I'm absorbing someone in this dump.' And with that last thought; she bolted, using her incredible speed to slip through the security and out into the world. It was cold, but she didn't care, as long as she was out of that prison she was happier than a puppy with a million bones. As soon as she had gained some distance, she turned and took one last look at her 'home'. The alarm was still on, and she smiled knowing that she had outwitted them.
'Good bye and good riddance, I hope I never have to lay my eyes on you again.' With that, she ran, ran far, far away until she collapsed from exhaustion beside a tree. It might not have been a comfortable place to sleep, but at least she was away from that despicable abbey.
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'Oh man! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late…and now I'm starting to sound like the rabbit from Alice in Wonderland!' A boy in a loose Chinese top, baggy, blue pants, and long dark-colored hair dashed out of his house and onto the streets, clutching his blade in one hand, and a bag of chips in the other. 'Man, Kai is going to kill me if I'm late for practice…again!' He rounded the corner and continued running at his blistering pace, narrowly avoiding trees, animals, and people…well…most people. "Ahh!"
Landing on his side with a thump, the boy groaned softly, and rolled onto his back. "Oh man…somebody get the license of that car…huh?" Pulling himself up to a sitting position, he noticed just exactly what he had tripped over…or more specifically, whom he had tripped over.
"Oh…ahh…" A girl around his age with short, snowy blond hair and pale skin sat up rubbing her arm, obviously from where the boy had run into her.
"Oh man…" He moved closer to her, putting a hand on her shoulder. "Hey, are you alright? I'm really sorry…I was in such a rush I wasn't looking where I was going. Are you ok?" The girl looked up into the boy's mahogany eyes, as if studying him for a moment. "Uh…you're not hurt are you?" She smiled, shaking her head to answer him.
"I'm…ok. I'm not hurt." He smiled in relief and stood up, brushing the dirt off his clothes before offering her a hand.
"That's good. Once again, I'm so sorry." She took his hand and got up, and then dusted herself off while he continued. "See, I'm supposed to meet my friends this afternoon and I kind of…forgot. And once I did remember, I just bolted. However, that doesn't make up for what I did. I hope you can forgive me." She looked at him again, taking in what he said and thinking carefully before replying.
"It's alright. I'm not hurt. I'm supposed to meet my friends, so…"
"Oh, you are? Well then I guess both of us should be going, huh?"
"Uh…I forgot where…can you…?" The boy blinked, closed his eyes and nodded.
"Oh, do you need help finding your friend's house? Are you new here?" She nodded. "No problem! If you tell me the address I can get you there-oh man!" He checked his watch and panicked.
"Is there a problem-ahh!" Before she could finish her sentence, the boy had grabbed her wrist and started running.
"I'm sorry, but I really have to get to my friend's house! Once we get there, we can all help you get to your friends. By the way, my name's Rei."
"M-my name's Ray." He looked over his shoulder for a second.
"Really? Wow, what a coincidence. Well we're almost there Ray, I bet my friend's will love to meet you!"
"Really?"
"Sure! I mean you're just like me! And they like me, so they'll like you!" She smiled and kept up with his pace.
'It looks like I picked the perfect person to assimilate.' She sighed as they turned the corner and began to slow down a bit. 'Everything's going to be just great.'
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SS-Well there we go. The first chapter's out and I can start the second one. Actually, I was going to cut it off when the girl fell asleep by the tree and call that the prologue, but it was barely two pages…and that's just too short. So I combined the prologue with half of chapter one.
Tym-That doesn't qualify as a mistake…but this one might. Isn't the girl form of that name Rei? And the boy form's Ray?
SS-Well, I'm used to seeing the neko-jin as Rei, and spelling them both that way would be too confusing, so that's how it's going to be.
Tym- v_v;; Fine…it's your fic.
SS-Exactly! So please review people!
Tym-Constructive criticism is fine, but flames will be doused, so…yea ^-^ Ashes dudes and dudettes!
SS-…you just had to add in that last part didn't you?
Tym-Of course! It's my closing!