North South East West
-minted*candi
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This is the third chapter!!! O_O Whoa, first time I really got this far for a fic… hee hee… ^^v
Heh, I'm kinda happy that most people gave me the "Kai knows magic?" kinda reaction for a review~ Well, I'm going to be answering that question in this chappy… I hope. O_O; I… must… gain… a… better… vocab… O____O|ll
Mist: So you've finally noticed. _
*ignores Mist* And the replies to the reviewers!!!
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Kiina-sama: Heheh, great minds think alike… XDDD But I think Takao-tan's weakness won't last for that long… (But I can't give anything away… ;O;) It's ok~ People have people's likes~ I just happen to dig the Takao more because… well… the jap fansites… _ Kinda got addicted to it. And by following the jap version, it would make more sense for Kai to say "Kinomiya", since it is rather common in jap… But calling Tyson his surname, (insert surname here), would sound a little different. So I decided to follow the jap version! _ Gomen~! [Actually, I dig the Ty-chan too… O_O;; X3 - Takao fangirl]
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Wheee~ I like doing review replies!!!
Mist: Next time you can just send each of them a personal e-mail… _ Geeze, restrict yourself, this ain't a column, it's a FANFIC.
I know I know~~~ =_= Ok, disclaimer.
Mist: Minted*Candi cannot own Beyblade. If she does, it's the end of the world. So run when you get the news.
_ Well, that's creative.
Mist: I take it as a job.
… Well, anyway~ Though this is getting repetive~ Japanese name usage!!!
Takao – Tyson
Kai – Kai
Rei – Ray
Max – Max
Kyojyu – Kenny
And finally…!!!
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[Phase 1][Part 3][Kindle.Flicker.Douse]
Let the knowledge burn bright like a candle, until it burns down…
"Mmmmnnn…?" Hazel orbs opened slowly to come in contact with clear cerulean. Blink. Blink. Blink. "WAAAAAAAAHHH!!!"
"Takao-sama?"
Takao blinked, sitting up in a bed in an unfamiliar room, "Whaa…?"
Aoi smiled, "Looks like you're okay… you really got Elder Rashii and Elder Kaede worried back there... after Kai-sama killed Raimei you were just unconscious and you didn't wake up… for… two days, I think…" She blinked for awhile and counted off her fingers, "Yea, two days."
Running a hand through his hair, Takao tried to clear up the mess that was in his head. And just after he sorted it out… "Wait… did you just call Kai 'Kai-sama?" His head shot up and he stared at the Silver Wolf's user.
Blinking in confusion, he remembered that Aoi had only really called Kai 'Kai-san' and not the extremely respectful –sama.
"I had to change the name calling," Aoi smiled, "It would be disrespectful to call the Seijyutsukai of Suzaku just plain –san."
"Haaa…?" Takao looked blankly at Aoi, who just continued smiling, "Kai…? Magic?…"
Silence.
"Wha… What did you say just now?! Raimei? Dead?!" Another question hit Takao as his brain began to function properly, but he winced slightly when a sharp pain shot up his left leg.
"Don't get too worked out, Takao-sama, it seemed like you sprained your left ankle in the battle with Raimei…" Aoi pushed him down, and grimaced, "Raimei was killed by Kai-sama. He was infested by darkness."
"Kai KILLED someone?!" Takao shierked, but immediately calmed down with a slight yelp when his left foot reminded him that it needed some rest.
Aoi frowned, "Raimei would have died soon anyway… anyone infested by darkness would…"
"I don't understand…" The midnight-haired blader looked at Aoi, his eyes clouded over with confusion, "Ever since I entered Mekaiina I don't understand a single thing!"
Aoi patted him on the shoulder, "Life is like that sometimes… but today we will try and give you all the answers we can give to you. Because you are involved, and you nearly lost your life because of that." She nodded to no-one in particular, and continued, "The Elders and I don't want you and Kai-sama risking your lives for something you don't know about…"
Takao nodded, adjusting his position so his leg felt more comfortable and looked at Aoi expectantly.
She took in a deep breath, and began her explanation, "Someone who is infested by darkness, is someone who has pleged loyalty to Ragiel, the god of the center. This person would gain power boosts, but would sooner or later die if their body cannot withstand the large amount of darkness in them. Most people can't withstand it, and Raimei certainly would not have been able to…"
"But Raimei… he seemed so… well…" Takao stopped, unsure of what to say next.
"Nice?" Aoi finished for him, her expression troubled, "Raimei used to be a very nice person… but he soon got ignored by all the other elders of the other villages because his beast was weak… he must've turned to Ragiel then… for more power…"
"And Ragiel told him, by defeating me, Seiryuu would become his beast, and he would gain all the power he wants?"
Aoi looked at Takao, slightly startled, "Takao-sama, you knew about it?"
"I could more or less make sense of what was happening through bits and chunks of his speech," he let out a slight sigh, "It's really kind of sad… what had happened."
"It would be more sad," Aoi added firmly, "If Kai-sama had not saved you. Raimei, whether he was good or bad or neutral last time, became infested. And that was a bad sign. He threatened your life, and the only path for someone who threatens the chosen one of a god is death."
"Kai… he is also a user of a Holy Beast?"
Aoi nodded slowly, "And it's Suzaku at that, the Fire Phoenix."
Takao blinked, "Where's Kai, anyway?"
"He's…" Aoi trailed off, "Resting. He, uh… kind of collapsed after defeating Raimei… Elder Rashii said he used up too much of his magical capacity…"
"Where is Kai?" Takao repeated, this time slightly more forceful.
"…The room," Aoi pointed to the corridor and then turned her finger to the left, "On the left…"
"Thanks," With that, the chosen one of Seiryuu pushed himself out of the bed with his right hand, and limped out of the door.
"Takao-sama? Do you need any help…?" Aoi looked after the slowly limping figure of the boy, slightly worried.
"I'm okaaaaayyy… Whoaaa…!" A dull thump, and Aoi rushed out of the room, only to see Takao pushing himself up from the ground and continuing with his limp to the room a few metres away from where he was.
"You don't look okay," Aoi sighed and helped him to stable himself by holding on to his arm, "And your foot doesn't seem like it needs all the extra pressure."
Takao blinked, then turned to Aoi and grinned, "With Kai injured, I can't just lie in my bed… I've got to go… and look…" He broke away from Aoi's grasp, and limped over to the door, grabbing at the door frame in an attempt to balance himself, "At the pathetic him."
Aoi smiled back, "Okay then." She looked at Takao once more, and let out a slight giggle, "People from another world…"
Takao looked at her in surprise, not really understanding what she meant, but she shook her head and walked away, waving an arm at him to tell him to go about his business. He grinned and limped into the room.
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"Kaaaaiiii…" Poke. Poke. Poke.
"Mrrgh…"
"Kaaaiiiii?…" Poke. Poke. Poke.
"Kinomiya. Stop it."
"You're awake!" Takao beamed down at the wine-red-eyed [1] boy, waving down at him.
Kai growled, running a hand through his hair and pushing himself up, only to be pushed back down by Takao.
"You. Rest." He stuck out his tongue, hazel coloured orbs flashing slightly, "I talk. I ask. You answer."
Kai snorted, "Not much of a rest if you're going to be talking."
Insulted, Takao retorted, "Well, if you're just moving your mouth, you'll be gaining more rest than if you're going to be walking or anything…"
Silence.
Takao took that as a consent, and began, "Firstly, how do you know magic? I mean… I only knew when I came here, and my magic," here he made actions with his hands to emphasize his point, "Sucks. But from what I heard, it seems like you're rather experienced…"
"Not as stupid as you act, Kinomiya," Kai snorted again, then sighed, "If you must know, I've been here before."
"Ha…?"
"I take back my words, perhaps you are stupid."
"Hey!"
"When I was very young… around 4 years old, I accidentally came into Mekaiina. Met a person here who taught me about my magic. Then I was sent back, since it was a mistake that I came here… I was only supposed to come now… a decade after the 4 gods were sealed off."
"Ah…" Takao nodded, "Who was that person?"
"Don't know. He didn't tell me his name."
"How did he look like?"
"Don't remember. I was 4 afterall. Why are you asking?" Mild annoyance.
Takao blinked, looking at Kai, then answering as if it was of the most basic question possible to be answered, "So we can look for that person. Whoever who taught you magic must've known quite a lot about this… Ragiel god and all…"
"Dead."
"Ah."
Silence.
"Ha?"
Kai snorted again, "Dead. He died, just before he managed to send me back."
"A…aa… sorry…"
"It's okay."
More silence. Takao scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, then he remembered.
"Oh, Kai…?"
"Hn?"
"… Thanks again… for saving me…"
"… I can't have you dying on me."
"Ha…?"
"… Never mind."
"I see you're awake, Kai-sama," Elder Rashii walked into the room, Elder Kaede next to him, followed shortly by Aoi, who shut the door behind her.
"I see you guys have finally decided to talk," Kai's eyes narrowed. It wasn't a comment. It was a demand.
"We will, we will," Elder Rashii laughed his laughter once more, and then looked at Takao, "And we'll have a question section just for you later too…"
Takao nodded, adjusting his position at the side of Kai's bed. Kai shifted to allow him to sit crosslegged on the bed, when Elder Rashii began.
"Mekaiina has 5 guardians to guard the world… just as your world, Earth, has 1 guardian, known as God. These 5 guardians were respectively Suzaku, Seiryuu, Byakko, Genbu, and Ragiel. They were very very good friends, and protected Mekaiina well. But no one noticed that the center had a god, they only thought that North, South, East and West had gods. They only worshipped those four directions… Ragiel was upset. I heard that that was not the only reason she turned on them…"
Takao cut in, "She?"
Kaede nodded, "Ragiel was a female god… just as Suzaku was one… The rest were all male gods though."
Takao looked at Kai incredulously, "Kai… is there something you need to tell us?"
Kai shot a death glare at Takao, "Just because the god that chose me was a female, doesn't mean I am a female."
Takao stuck out his tongue and made a face, Elder Rashii laughed, then continued after clearing his throat,
"But either way, Ragiel turned on them. She stopped doing her duties as a god and reserved her powers while the other four very nearly overworked themselves. And when the chance finally came, she sealed the four gods away. However, she did not know that Suzaku and Seiryuu had already suspected her, and, along with Byakko and Genbu, sealed their powers into four sacred items that now lie protected in four shrines, and made it so that, after a decade, if they were still sealed and were unable to release themselves, their chosen ones would arrive in Mekaiina, find the four sacred items and the four parts of the Summon Book to summon them. And put an end to Ragiel's tyranny."
Kai nodded, "I have heard that before."
"I take it you've been to Mekaiina?" Kaede asked, not as obnoxious as before, though she was still rather stiff about being polite to Kai.
"Yes… According to the person who told me and taught me about my magic, I cam e here by a flaw Suzaku had in her spell. The person returned me to Earth and told me I was soon to return when a few more years past." Kai sighed, and Takao blinked.
"Eh… question!"
"Yes, Takao-sama?" Elder Rashii looked at him, "It's question time."
"So, in order to go back to Earth and, or, save your world, we have to kill Ragiel."
"Yes," Kaede nodded.
Aoi fiddled around with a strand of her hair in the corner.
"And how do we do that?" Takao looked at the Elders, confused.
"You will need to do a few things. First, you – Takao-sama – have to pay the Seiryuu shrine in the East a visit, and find 'Seiryuu's Orb' and the 'Blue Spell Book' there. The 'Blue Spell Book' contains one out of four parts of an important spell, and many other spells that work with Seiryuu. And Kai-sama will have to pay the Suzaku shrine in the South a visit to find 'Suzaku's Feather' and the 'Red Spell Book'. 'Seiryuu's Orb' and 'Suzaku's Feather' are both items vital to the summoning…" He paused, and took in a deep breath, while Kaede continued for him,
"And then, you will have to find the chosen ones of Byakko and Genbu. If they don't have their sacred items and spell books you would have to help them. Then finally, one person – the spellbooks will choose who – out of you four chosen ones, would have to piece the spell together, and use it in the battle against Ragiel."
Takao looked perplexed, "I think I get it… Think."
Elder Rashii let out another laugh, "You will get it all when the time comes Takao-sama."
"Question," This time, it was Kai, "Where is this Ragiel?"
"Center. Just as the Seiryuu Shrine would be in the East, and the Suzaku Shrine in the East, Ragiel's Shrine is located in the very center of Mekaiina. No one has been there though," Aoi answered his question this time, seemingly extremely bored just having to stand in a corner.
Kai nodded, and Takao massaged his temples. All the information was killing him. He wouldn't be able to remember all that…!
Elder Rashii now looked rather serious, "We would like to accompany you on your journey, but we have to stay in Jyuukei to guard the village just in case Ragiel feels like destroying it to kill boredom…"
"Aoi will accompany you, we send her on errands quite often, so she knows this area quite well," Kaede nodded at Aoi, who suddenly looked uncomfortable, "We will provide the money you will need, and a few supplies. And of course, directions. It is a definite must to travel in a group. Soon, Ragiel will know about both your arrivals, and she will stop you, if that is all it takes to keep her control on Mekaiina… Since Jyuukei is near the East of Mekaiina, try the Seiryuu Shrine first – Takao-sama might find the 'Blue Spell Book' helpful, then head to the Suzaku Shrine…"
"And fate will definitely bring the other two chosen ones to you two…"
Takao suddenly felt as uncomfortable as Aoi looked. This wasn't any video game. It was the fate of a whole world and his own life that was loaded up on his shoulders. Everything seemed so confusing, and dangerous. He did not like Mekaiina. He did not like pressure. And he certainly did not like so much information.
"We will head off…" Kai looked expectantly at the Elders.
"Tomorrow," Kaede smiled grimly, "We will have all your supplies ready. Today both of you have better rest."
Takao nodded. He felt dizzy.
"Now, if you would excuse us," Elder Rashii stood up, and with a polite bow, he exited the room with Elder Kaede.
Aoi stared after the door, then looked at Kai and Takao, her expression pained, "I…"
Kai cut in, "Don't worry. The pressure is something we should all have."
Takao nodded fervently, "At least we have 2 other people to share our pressure with na! I'm sure it would be alright!"
Aoi nodded weakly, "Jaa, Takao-sama, Kai-sama, I'll excuse myself. Need to pack for tomorrow."
Kai nodded and Takao waved, "See ya Aoi!"
With a soft click of the door, Aoi exited.
Takao sighed, "I hate lying."
Kai shrugged, "We all lie, sometime or another."
Running a hand through midnight bangs, Takao managed shakily, "I hate lying to trick others – though I think Aoi wasn't really reassured… But I hate lying to myself even more."
"Hn."
"… …"
"It'll be alright," Kai looked at Takao, who looked back, hazel eyes searching the older boy's face.
He closed his eyes, took in a deep breath, and nodded, "Yea. It will be."
The day was still long. And they were still lying. But they had somehow or another spoken their thoughts. Only one fact remained a silent echo in their hearts:
They would be alright. So long as they were together.
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Tsuzuku!
Awawawawa… corny ending… sorry guys that this seemed so hurried… I hate explanation chappies… I always end up confusing the reader somehow… @.@;;
Dropped a few more hints here… and a very very corny ending. X___x I need to commit ritual suicide. X3
More or less their quest is laid out… and yes, a few more questions remain unsolved… but more or less… ^^
Heex… this reminds me of an RPG game naaa… X3
Anywaaaayyyy… I hope to get up Chapter 4 soon naa! This chapter was boring naaa…? m(_ _)m Gomenasaaaaiiii…
Anyway, please, just drop a Review? So I can improve? Your review makes my day naaa~ R&R!
Side notes, nonsensical stuff, and author notes:
[1] Why did I suddenly switch from Crimson to Wine-red? O_O? Ah well… I just got influenced by this japanese fanfic naaa… sorry guys! Adjust! Eehhh… Crimson and wine-red are similar colours…?
Very little notes for this chapter naa~ ^^***
[Chapter 4 in the making! Gambatte gambatte gambatte!!! X3 Thanks all for your support!!!]
