SS-Yea, another chapter out!
Tym-But wasn't this supposed to be out last Wednesday?
SS-…Sorry, sorry, gomen nasai minna-san! School hasn't been very nice so far so things were a little hectic.
Tym-But she's sorry and I'll try and remind her to update sooner, especially since this fic's ending soon.
SS-Uh huh. Oh yea, and thanks for the Rei plushie Korie! *huggles it* Now I just need a Kai plushie to match. ~_^
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The Spirit Within Me
Chapter Six – Tally
DISCLAIMER: We don't own BeyBlade, so no suing of any kind!
Tym-Unless you're making us sweaters or something nice that goes with spikes.
SS-Tym…eh…never mind.
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"Don't worry Kai," Ray turned her attention to Queenie as her eyes glowed emerald green. "That bitch is going to wish she never said that...uh…whatever the hell she said. I don't know what is was, but it sounded like something she should be whipped for." Her body shook and in a flash it was still, her eyes still aflame, but on the floor in front of her was a spinning blade, and directly before her was a magnificent jade jaguar. She roared and lowered her head, bending her legs, poised to attack. But Queenie only smiled.
"Excellent."
(2:20 PM Start countdown from 10 minutes)
Queenie took out a small silver whistle from her pocket and gave it three sharp blasts. "Code 412! Restrain and capture on my signal!" Another round of piercing blasts and the men in the shadows poured out. There were about a dozen of them, six with nets and ropes and the other half held a type of gun. Ray backed up and eyed the men, making sure that all of them were in her sight. She was still ready to fight, but the odds suddenly turned against her.
Queenie smirked, dropped the whistle and cracked the whip. "Go!" The men with the guns stepped forward and pulled the trigger, but what came out wasn't what she had expected.
Kai's eyes widened. "They're launchers (1)." Six beyblades charged toward her, their bitbeasts rushing out to attack. Ray managed to dodge their first attempt, but they quickly turned as orders were called. Three chased her as the other three went to cut her off.
Rei looked up. "She needs help." Nodding Kai readied Dranzer and prepared to let it rip.
"Sorry kid." One of the men used the chain he was carrying to knock Kai's launcher out of his hands and pushed Rei to the ground. He then grabbed the bluenette around the waist and lifted him off the floor, powerless to help. "You're not going anywhere."
(9 minutes)
Kai kicked and struggled, trying to get out of his grip. It was no use; he was almost twice his size and overpowered him. Another man came and pointed to Rei. "What about him?" The first one glanced at him.
"He's nothing to worry about. Take the others and prepare to capture the girl."
"Right away." The man left, shouting to the others who followed his lead and began closing in on Ray. She was fighting off the bitbeasts, but things didn't look too good. Not only did they outnumber her six to one, but also with their increased speed and power (From the lab in the abbey), her chances were dropping. She did manage to knock two out, but it was because she had jumped out of the way and it rammed into one of the others. Still, four against one wasn't much…and she was getting tired. Not just because of the fighting, but because the source of her strength was already in the breaking point.
"Rei! Rei can you hear me?!" Kai was screaming at his fallen friend, who hadn't moved since that man pushed him away. "Rei!"
"I wouldn't be wasting my breath." He turned to see Queenie in the far corner, her twisted smile growing. "He's already in the breaking point; he'll be gone soon enough so there's no use calling out to him."
"Shut up!" He focused his gaze on Rei, determined to wake him up. "Rei get up now! I know you're stronger than this! Say something!" Nothing, the raven hair blader still didn't move. And his double was dropping fast. She roared as the vulture bitbeast drove its crooked beak into her side, sending her to the ground. "Rei! She needs your help! Wake up!"
(8 minutes)
~*~ Rei's Dream ~*~
"Ugh…" The boy groaned; he felt like a truck had smashed into him. Despite that, he got up and looked around. He was in a field, and was surrounded by nothing but tall green grass. "What 'Little House on the Prairie' book did I fall into?"
"None to my knowledge." Rei lifted his head to see…grass. "Then again, I don't even know what that is…so maybe you did." The greenery was so tall that he couldn't tell what was coming towards him. The only way he knew something was approaching him was because the grass was parting.
"Who are you?"
"You don't know?"
"Of course not, I can't see you because of all this stuff." He pushed some of it aside but more just replaced it. "Man, somebody needs to call a gardener." He heard a low chuckle.
"You could never say something without having another comment behind it, could you Rei?"
"Ok…so you know my name too. By any chance, do you know where I am?"
"Yes," He felt something breathing behind him, and turned swiftly to see, Drigger (2). "You are in the astroplane." He backed up quickly, only to trip and fall.
"Dr-Drigger?" The white tiger grinned and nodded.
"Hello Rei." Still in disbelief, the boy reached out slowly to touch him. The tiger didn't wait though and met him halfway, nuzzling his blader's hand affectionately. He smiled.
"Wow…you're real."
"Yes, and so are you."
"I am?!" Rei pulled his hand back and pinched himself. "Ow." A small red mark appeared on his hand. "Wh-what's going on?!"
"I told you, you're in the astroplane, a plane that coexists with yours. It's where we stay until you need us." He rubbed his hand.
"We? Who's we?"
"We as in, me and all the other bitbeasts." He looked up and Rei did the same, that's when he saw a large red bird circle over them and land beside him. "Like Dranzer."
"Dranzer?!" The phoenix nodded.
"There's no need to pinch yourself again young Rei, I'm real too."
"Young?" Drigger nudged him.
"She calls every human young. Well…everyone except Kai."
"That's Master Kai Drigger." He nodded.
"Yea, yea."
"So…wait…why am I here? Does that mean I'm not…back there?" Rei motioned downwards, towards what he thought was his world.
"No, you're still down there, but you're going fast." He didn't understand his bitbeast.
"What do you mean?"
"He means…you're dying."
"?!?!?!?!"
"Dying from lack of energy; Ray is draining you, and you're slipping fast." He looked at his hands and furrowed his brows in confusion.
"Then…why am I here?" Drigger sat beside him so he could have something to lean on.
"You're here because I want to help you Rei." The boy did lean against the strong tiger, trying to take in everything.
"You can stop me from dying?"
"…Not exactly. Only if Ray drinks that preserver thingy or if she pulls that tabby thingy and you get your energy back will you live."
"Then how…"
"Oh Drigger you drag everything out. Listen young Rei; Drigger is going to give you some of his energy so that you can stay up long enough to help Ray. However, once the battle's over, you'll lose the boost. So make sure you get your double that preserver so that your strength will return." Drigger stared at her.
"I was about to say that Dranz."
"Well you weren't fast enough. I mean, Draciel says things faster than you."
"What do you expect? He hangs with Dragoon all day; if he doesn't voice his opinions quickly he'll never get his word in."
"You shouldn't blame others for your own faults." He glared, which was useless because Dranzer's stare was deadly. He cringed slightly.
"So that's where Kai gets it from…or do you get it from him?" The phoenix looked at the young boy.
"I prefer to think that we strengthen each other's good qualities." The white tiger quirked an eyebrow.
"Good qualities?"
"Yes." They ended their little argument when they sensed that time was running out. "Anyway, young Rei, there isn't much time left."
"How do I get back?"
"A voice will guide you." She flapped her massive wings and took off. "Good luck, and send my regards to Master Kai." He waved, only to have Drigger paw his shoulder.
"Drig?"
"There's no time. Close your eyes Rei, it's time to leave."
"But…I wanted to talk-"
"I know, but not now; maybe in another dream." He closed his eyes and felt a shot go through him. There was a warm feeling, but it soon went away as he heard someone shouting…
~*~ End Dream ~*~
(6 minutes)
"Rei! Rei wake up already! This is no time for a catnap!" He saw the boy's arm move, but he wasn't sure. "Rei? Uh REI GET UP IT'S TIME TO PRACTICE!" This time he was sure, he saw him turn his head and shake it.
"No…no Kai it's too early…"
"YES! Rei get up or it's extra practice for you!" He stirred, slowly bringing himself up to his knees.
"Ok…ok…just give me a few minutes…" Ray noticed her double getting up and knocked the bear bitbeast out of her way to see him. However, the blade went flying and accidentally smacked Rei's head. He winced and looked over to the source. His eyes landed on the blade that had hit him, and then moved to battle and then he realized where he was. "Wow…ok that was some wake up call."
"You! Restrain him!" The man holding Kai yelled out, the second ran past them and was about to grab the neko-jin until Kai stuck his leg out and tripped him. "Argh…somebody get him!" The captain took his chance and elbowed him in the ribs. The man doubled over and dropped Kai, who grabbed his launcher and ran towards Rei.
"Are you ok?"
"Yea…actually, I feel just fine."
"You look pretty fine too."
"Huh?" He turned before the Chinese blader could notice the blush and set Dranzer.
"Never mind, you got your blade?"
"Uh, yea."
"Then let's go." Rei nodded and set Drigger. "Let it rip!" Both blades went flying towards the others and the combined momentum knocked the bear blade out instantly. The playing field was level now, three to three.
(5 minutes)
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Tyson, Max, and Kenny rounded another corner and leaned against the wall, catching their breath. Once they had left the lab, guards had caught sight of them and chased them throughout the corridors of the abbey. After their last attempt, the trio figured they had lost them.
"Do you think we're in the clear guys?"
"I don't know Tyson, but let's keep going just incase." Kenny was typing on Dizzy, trying to retrace their steps so that they could get to the others.
"I think…it's this way." He finally said, pointing down the right hall.
"You sure Chief?" He closed his laptop and fixed his glasses.
"Well, there's only one way to find out."
"Over here, I'm pretty sure they went this way." They tensed and began running.
"Well let's find out now." They dashed down the dark corridor, praying that it was the right one.
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Ray looked over at the two blades racing towards her and smirked. [All right, reinforcements have arrived.] Rei and Kai ran over to her body and took in the battle, devising out a plan of attack. The jaguar raced over to her friends and prepared to attack.
"Ok Rei, you and Drigger take care of the guys around us, no doubt they're planning on capturing us. Join us when you're done."
"I'm on it."
"Ray, you and I will go on the attack; they won't stand a chance with us helping you." The jaguar nodded and charged at the vulture bitbeast, Kai's blue blade not far behind. "Time to bring out the heavy artillery," As it neared the mammoth-like beast, the blade glowed. "Go Dranzer!" Upon hearing the boy's voice, the brilliant phoenix rose and let out a cry. "Take them down, Fire arrows!" She didn't need to be told twice, Dranzer flapped her wings as she neared the mammoth and released the arrows. They hit with dead accuracy.
Queenie glared at them. "No…what's going on?" With a few more hits, Dranzer had knocked the mammoth to the stonewall, its blade slowing down. Kai smirked and glanced at Rei and Drigger, making sure that they were ok.
"Drigger!" The tiger quickly charged out and headed for the men surrounding them. "We need to disarm them Drig!" He looked around for a quick way to take them all out rather than facing each one by one. The large dangling chandeliers above them were only too perfect for the job. "Drigger let's turn off the lights! Tiger claw!" The green/gray blade flashed briefly and then scaled the wall. About half way up it jumped off and severed the chain holding up the lights. One effect that Rei hadn't anticipated however was that because of his actions, he had eliminated all the radiance in the room. The eerie lab had grown pitch black, with the only sources of light being the bitbeasts and a light glow from the tubes around them.
"What's going on?" One of the men cried out.
"How should I know-Wha!" The chandeliers came crashing down with a deafening bang, narrowly missing the men. The blade glowed and returned to Rei's hand.
"Ok…not one of my most brilliant ideas, but it did the job." Kai glanced back at where he thought Rei was and called out to him.
"You think? As if we weren't in the dark already."
"Well you don't have to worry about being captured now." The captain could tell the raven-haired blader was grinning like mad.
"Great. Now get over here…if you can find us." Rei jogged over, able to see the bluenette from the light that radiated from the bitbeasts.
"Of course I can find you Kai, I could spot your glare from a mile away." He set Drigger in his launcher and let it rip. "Now let's join the battle!" The white tiger quickly emerged from his blade and rushed over to Dranzer, who was fighting off a mammoth and what looked like an over-sized eel. "Tiger Claw!" With a roar Drigger attacked the eel that was nipping at the pheonix's talons and nailed him to the floor.
Queenie's eye twitched. "Stop playing around! Take those bitbeasts down now!"
"You heard her guys; we can't let a bunch of kids push us around. Denki, black lightning!" The eel wriggled under Drigger's paws and let out a surge of dark electricity. It hit the tiger with full force, knocking him down and causing the blade to wobble.
"Drigger!" Kai had to hold Rei back to keep him from running out to his fallen bitbeast, who was being circled by the fish. "Get up Drig!"
"Take him out now!" Denki tackled the tiger before it could get up, sending him flying into the wall. Dranzer turned when she heard her friend crash into the wall.
[Drigger…] Her inattentiveness cost her though, as the mammoth she was fending off took the opportunity to ram into her, causing her to land beside him. Kai called out to her.
"Dranzer!" They both struggled to get up, the two approaching bitbeasts preparing to finish them off.
[And h-here I thought you were always alert.]
[Shut up Drigger. We h-have to take them out quickly.]
[Double team?]
[No…we have to wait.] Drigger starred at her.
[Wait?! Why?] He followed her gaze to the boys, and he sighed. [Oh yea…you never do anything without Master Kai's permission.]
[I'm sure he has a plan. If we charge now we'll be at a disadvantage.]
[Excuses…]
[Shut up!] While they argued the two opposing bitbeasts combined their attacks and hurled them at the BladeBreaker's bitbeasts.
[Well if you aren't going to admit you're whipped, can you at least put up a defense?]
[Fine, but I'm NOT whipped.] Dranzer started flapping her wings, creating a smoky barrier between them and the raging attack.
"Drigger!"
"Don't worry, they're safe for now. But we're going to have to double team them to take those guys out." Rei gazed from Kai to the battle. Currently their bitbeasts were fine, but he didn't know how long Dranzer could keep it up.
"Ok, what's the plan?" Kai looked at him.
"Double teaming them and taking the out." Rei face faulted.
"That's it?!"
"Got a better idea?"
"…Ok let's go for it then."
"Dranzer evade and get on top of them!"
"Attack from behind Drig! Get a combo going!" Barely hearing the commands, the two got ready.
(3 minutes)
[Ha! I told you we were going to have to double-team them!]
[…Just get ready to run.]
[Hehehehe…] Dranzer smacked him with her wing and dropped her defense.
[Go!] They both ran out of the way and circled the enemy.
[Catch you later Dranz!] The comment slid off her as she rose above the others and prepared to attack.
"Flame Saber!" The two enemy bitbeasts backed away, trying to avoid the onslaught.
"Zoki, Denki (3), get ready to counter attack!" The mammoth and eel ran further from Dranzer's fire assault, needing to get away to be able to charge into her.
[And where do you think you're going?] Drigger asked, cutting them off. [The party just started boys. And it would be rude to run from the hostess!] He tackled both of them to the ground, holding them down as best he could until his teammate could go in for the kill. [Hurry up Dranz! I can't hold them forever! And to think you called me a slowpoke!] He grinned as the phoenix glared.
[Just shut it and move!] He complied as she hit the two dead on, taking them both out and knocking the blades out of the battle. Drigger grinned.
[Well that wasn't too hard.]
[Hmph…]
[Man, now you're starting to talk like Kai…that's just weird.] She narrowed her gaze on him, making the tiger cringe. [Or it's great. Yea, great, great.] She didn't lift her withering stare so he just turned his head. [Uh…let's see how Ray's doin-ouch!] He rubbed his head while Dranzer gave a hearty laugh. He turned in the direction the hit came from and found that Ray had taken out the vulture bitbeast and its blade was what had collided with his.
[Sorry Drigger!] He glowered at her as the phoenix beside him continued snickering.
[Just watch where you knock your enemies next time, would ya?!]
[I promise.] She joined them and turned her gaze to Queenie, who was yelling at her men for failing.
"Two kids and a run-a-way bitbeast! How could you imbeciles lose to two kids and run-a-way bitbeast!?" One of the guys was brave enough (Or stupid enough) to answer.
"We're…we're sorry?" She blew up.
"You're sorry? Sorry?!!? There's no room for apologies here! What are you going to ask for next, a second chance?!" Again, one had the audacity to speak up.
"W-Well…now that you mention it-"
"Out, out, OUT!" They quickly fled the scene while she returned to the trio that had caused all of this. "Well, that just proved that you should never send a man do a woman's work. As she snapped her fingers one of the red tubes in the corner suddenly went dark and the fluid began to drain out. Everyone looked over in time to see it open, revealing a well built young girl with flaming red hair and striking blue eyes. She didn't notice them though, and walked straight to Queenie, bowing upon reaching her.
"What do you wish?" Queenie smirked and pointed to the three bitbeasts before her.
"Eliminate them." The girl finally glanced at them, no emotion crossing her pale features.
"It would be my pleasure." Kai squinted to get a better look at her, it was so dark even with the light from their bitbeasts that he could only make out a few things about her, but it was enough. Those eyes…the hair…it was so familiar. And then she began to glow.
"What's going on Kai?" Before the captain could respond a wolf-like bitbeast appeared in front of their own, bearing its teeth and pawing the ground.
"Looks like we're about to find out Rei." Queenie noted the confusion and shock in their eyes and smirked.
"You've met your match…Tally, attack!"
(60 seconds and counting)
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(1) Like the one that Tala used in the World Championships.
(2) Is it one 'g' or two? I was thinking two like Tigger…but I don't know. Let's just stick with two ok?
(3) Zo is elephant and Denki is eel, I just added the –ki suffix to Zo to make it look like they have something in common like Dranzer, Drigger, Dragoon, ok?
SS-Well there you go, it's not the end…actually I think I have two more chapters to go, unless you want me to squish it all into one big chapter and then have an epilogue. Which will it be?
Tym-Yes doooo tell. And FYI, that Tally part just came to her head while she was typing, so we didn't expect that. But you all probably know the deal with Tally right? Right? Well it'll be explained so don't jump to any conclusions. And remember, there'll be no…well, that would give it away now wouldn't it? Plz review! It'll make us both happy campers.