Here is chapter seven in which we can at last se our favorite group from Europe. So get a cup of coffee, tea or whatever you like to drink during reading or nothing if you don't like and get to read this new chapter which I think is quite long. Have fun. At end of this chapter comes a little extra for all of you who will make it to it ^^.

You know already that I don't own Beyblade.

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Chapter Seven: Believing in You

„So please go away" asked blonde girl in age of fifteen standing in forest while it was raining.

Yet other girl didn't say a thing. Both of them were just standing opposite to themselves. Blonde girl was looking at black hair girl with rather worried or rather shiftless look. She didn't want to do anything to her. She didn't want to hurt her. They were friends. Even through what happened they still were friends. But sides on which they were on were totally different.

"Please!" blonde girl almost started to cry.

Her clothes. A long navy blue dress with long sleeves that ended just above feet and light armor she was wearing were all wet from the rain. And so were her bow and arrows. She just came back from demon hunt so she didn't have opportunity to change her clothes. All were cover in mud and leafs. The other girl with long black her was surprised ... and angry at her. With light blue skirt that ended before knees and white armor with red emblems she was preparing to strike her with her long sword.

"You know, Mike, you were always too sensitive. Our friendship ended few years ago."

"No, that's not true. You ..." her voice was shaking and she wasn't sure if she acted ok when she would tell it. "You were just possessed then" she said with kindness in her eyes and came closer to her as her opponent lower her sword when she heard that. "But now" she patted her head and hugged her. "It's ok. Everything will come back to state from before."

"P-possessed?" she asked shocked at her words.

"Yes, that evil man was using you only as a tool in his plan and made you seal away owners of sacred beast in time when Biku started war" she hugged her even more. "But now it's all right."

"Possessed!" she pushed her away into mud. "What are you talking about?! I joined it from my very own will. Fact he told me a thing or two but I made the choice myself!" her angry eyes looked at her. "And you would never understand reason why we did what we did."

"What do you mean?"

"You never wanted to know what the reason was. You never wanted to hear us out after that. All you did was catching us and imprison. You made us the reason of your lost."

"Because it was you who made owners of sacred beast disappeared!" she yelled at her but quickly put her hand on her lips.

"See" she pulled her sword back and lower her voice. "You too think the same and as you can see we can't be friends anymore" she turned back and left that place.

"Lair!" she stood up and yelled after her. "You hear me, Mekyoni! You are a lair! I will prove you that we still can be friends and that we will make clear all that situation from before. Just give me time!" but other girl didn't react and was passing out of her sign in deep forest.

Mike was still looking if she didn't returned but there wasn't a sign that she would come back. With pain in her heart that came back when she remembered past she slowly made her way to near city. Like on her way in city wasn't anyone who would stay outside at such weather. It was late in afternoon. You could tell from big clock which was placed on tower of church. All the way to castle she was thinking with sad face what she promised. Would she keep it? Stepping in some puddles she slowly was getting near her destination. When she was before it gate she looked up. Two big main towers that looked like they were lying down outside of castle's walls because of their built. She remembered moments when she was there "helping" with building them. Well at least with what she could do when she was a five year old kid. But she was happy because she could enjoy it with her father who was the main constructer of all that. And then she met her. Mekyoni, the ambassador of foreign country who came there with king to talk about political business.

~Flashback~

Small girl with short blonde girl was training her archery skill.

"Ow" she cried when next arrow didn't hit middle of target. "Why do I keep missing?" she asked herself when she stretched next arrow. "Where do I do my mistake?" yet she still missed. "No. Why?"

"You don't concentrate. That's what's wrong" black hair girl came to her and picked arrow and bigger bow. "You think about stretching arrow, aiming and shouting" she said as she was preparing for a shoot. "You do it all too quick" she fired her arrow and it hit middle. "You must concentrate on what you want to do" she gave her back her bow and was making her way back to castle.

"Ow, yeah. But if I do it slowly I will get killed" she yelled at her but was about to quarrel when ambassador looked at her with peace in her eyes.

"Then first train what I showed you, then make it faster" she smiled. "I bet that if you do it like that you will be pride of your country" with those words she left yard.

Little girl looked with amazed at doors through she went back to proceedings.

"You should listen to her" said someone from behind. "She is unofficial the best fighter in her country."

"Samalyon" she said all happy. "What do you mean by that? She is just an ambassador. This makes her just another politic that tries to make things clear and only complicates them" she crossed her hands and asked suspiciously. "Then she can't be."

"You only think like that" he patted her head and smiled. "But earlier she fought by the sword for her country and its freedom. Then when she did it she wanted to change that country. And bring it to its better times. And so she thought that joining government would be the best choice."

"So why did she became an ambassador?"

"Because she thinks that first they have to be on peaceful rights with other countries and then start to change their system. And she also wanted to see what system is in neighbors."

"So they can't do a thing if we aren't there."

"Now, slow down" he scolded her. "All say that she is able to defeat even owners. So I wouldn't act like that."

"And you?" she asked with demanding look in her eyes.

"What me?"

"So. I can't compete with her. And you? All this time you are talking about her like she was some upper being. Come on. She is just a human and you are ..." she couldn't finish because warrior covered her mouth.

"Now, now. You know that there could be spies in all places so we better leave it for ourselves."

"But."

"Don't "but" me now here" he gave her new arrows. "You would do better if you started to train again."

"Fine" she answered with resignation.

~End of Flashback~

It was some many years ago. She didn't know that in next year from that meeting they would become friends. First they started to train together, then she visited her in her country on holidays and sometimes even traveled with her. It hurt her. They treated themselves almost like family. And now? Why did this all had to change?

"What's the matter, Mike?" asked boy with green hair while slicing some vegetables.

"Huh?" she stopped from her walking and looked around.

She was so into her own thoughts that she didn't even know where she was going. She didn't even know why she went to castle's kitchen. But it didn't matter to her anymore. With waiver she sat beside table and leaned her head on it.

"Something bothering you?" Oliver asked a bit unsure if it was ok to even try and talk about it.

"Boomerang" she answered.

"Boomerang?"

"Yeah, boomerang of memories. Always when I try to throw them away they always come back. Can't just past leave me alone?!" her tone was rising.

"Well" he turned to his work and added with a little hesitation. "If we throw away our past what will make us as we are now. Thanks to past we are what we are."

"But I don't want to remember all that blood, screams and others. I don't want to remember all that war" she putted her head into her hands. "I want to forget what happened then!"

Oliver looked at her. She was just like a kid who woke up from nightmare in thunder night and there wasn't anyone beside her to calm her down. Yet he didn't know what to say. Something to salve her, but what. He never lived through some war or even conflict. He never lost someone in that way.

"You know" said Robert watch all that from doorstep. "They say that if we forgot about our past and what happened then we will be forced to live it again. You better remember this."

"Ow yeah" she tried to defend herself bit couldn't stop from crying so she didn't look at him. "You've never seen anything like that and more you've never lived through it."

"Look" he went in and took one of chairs and sat on it on the other side on table. "I know it's hard for you. I haven't lived or seen any thing like that. You have right. But that doesn't give you the right to sit here and cry."

"Hey, Robert, can't you be a little gentler!" Oliver broke in a little angry that he was so heartless while talking with her.

"Ok, so if you have another idea how about speaking out?"

"Maybe if she speaks up everything and doesn't lock it all up she will feel better" said Enrique who just came back from shopping in town with Johnny.

"What?" both Oliver and Robert asked in same time.

"Well every girl feels better when she can let it out to somebody" he smiled in Mike's direction. "So what do you say? You are going to tell us or just hold it all to yourself and agonize?"

All four looked at her with questioning look. She didn't feel assured but what he said was right. It was really tiring to hold it all for all those years. Beside she never talked with anyone about that after that incident. So what did she have to loose?

"Ok, so let it be" she raised her head and rubbed her eyes. "So all started when I was ten years old. Like always I was messing up thing at building place where my father was working. At that time ambassador of foreign country, which recently got back its independence, visited our castle like every four months. Just for regular proceedings. That ambassador was my friend. Miss Mekyoni, like Samalyon said "unofficial best fighter of Panja"" she laughed to herself. "I was so proud that I looked down at her first time we've met. But Samalyon quickly scolded me for what I said. It was like he held big respect for her. I asked him then why he would be afraid of her. He was the holder of spirit so she could do nothing to him. But now as I think of this. I think I was in big mistake and Samalyon knew about it but never told me."

"So what was so different about her?" asked Johnny when he found a place to sit, which was next to the place where Oliver was making his meal ( getting earlier food I see ).

"Well, when I was five at our first meeting she looked like seventeen old girl. And when we were meeting each other on different occasions through next five years she didn't get old."

"What?!" asked Enrique shocked at what he heard.

"What do you mean?" green hair boy turned to them and Johnny took the opportunity and stole a piece of meal.

"Well, she just didn't age. All what change in her appearance was that her hair grew longer. That's all."

"But how?" Robert gave question.

"I don't know. I think that no one knows in our country. But it didn't matter. She was an ambassador and one of my friends. And sometimes I even wished she would be someone to be a mother for me because mine died year after my birth."

"But what happened next. I don't believe that you feel like you feel right now because of these memories."

"Robert" all said with resignation in their voice as answer to his cold tone questions.

"No. Just like I said. When I was ten our city was attacked by some unknown group. "Sealers" was what they named themselves but soon they were named "Betrayers of countries" by others" she paused for a moment to take a deep breath. "And Mekyoni was in that group" this time she didn't allow to interrupt. "They came and wanted to seal away spirits. But at the same time demons from nearby forest came to town. We had to have power of spirits with us. If we didn't have it we would lost that fight. That's what we told them, but ..." she remembered the look of Mekyoni that didn't take any other way than hers own. "They said it didn't interest them and if anyone got in their way they wouldn't look who it was and would fight with them. And so we were attacked from two sides. One we had to defend against demons and we had to make sure that "Sealer" wouldn't do anything. As "Sealers" didn't aim at us directly we could focus on fight with demons. Or rather part of our army. I was one of kids who were supposed to make sure owners of sacred spirits were safe from other group."

"How could a bunch of kids like you protect them?"

"Well we had a spell put on our arrows which caused paralyze. All we had to do was aim opponent and shoot" a picture of torn down building and dust came to her mind. "I was looking for them and I was running through demolished part of city when I found Samalyon. He had several wounds but still held himself on his legs quite good."

~Flashback~

"Samalyon! Samalyon!" girl ran up to wooden warrior. "What happened? Where are others?" but she was pushed away as fireball came in their direction.

The explosion wasn't big. It was just like to make sure girl was away from him.

"You know. To run away from me" young girl's voice asked.

"Run away?" he asked rubbing his blood from face and smiling. "I just changed surrounding for my advantage."

"What?" she asked surprised.

But that was true. For someone that felt the best near fire or warm and hot places, burning building were the best place to score battle.

"Now you see. Fire rod!" he screamed as he shot his fire attack at construction that was above her and was connecting two buildings.

It collapsed at her. She couldn't dodge her. Heavily breathing he stood and watched result of his doings. Soon he came closer to ruins and looked at them with tired look. But they started to shake so he jumped back and prepared to fight.

"You know" she said with smirk on her face as she was walking out of it. "I see that sometimes when in danger you start to think" blood was dripping from her forehead. "But it is too late" she rubbed her hand her forehead and looked at that blood. "It was too late when you were left alone."

"Damn it" he cursed. "Who are you?"

"Does it matter" she started to go in his direction. "Look, I will seal you, get rid of those demons and leave city."

"Shit, why are you ..." he asked but felt that all his strength was leaving him.

"You really wouldn't unders..." but arrow hit her left arm.

"Samalyon, run now!" Mike screamed but he didn't react. "Wha-?!"

"Mike" Mekyoni pulled out arrow and threw it. "You should stay away from this."

"But spell ..."

"Mike, run" warrior said weakly.

"Like we said" opponent said as she was phrasing something.

"RUN!"

"All who get in our way will be fought" she said with assassin's look. "No matter who it is."

And all place disappeared in strange ball of light.

~End of Flashback~

"And after that there wasn't any owner in out country left. Others say that "Sealers" got rid of monsters and left. But now we have to defend from demons more often then before. Now our live became more dangerous" she ended quietly.

"And you still consider her as friend? Come on. That's a lie" Johnny protested.

"Well. Now I don't know. I thought she was possessed and use by that man but when he isn't here now" she clutched her hands. "She told me she did that from her own free will."

"You met her?!" asked Oliver warning him with knife not to eat more.

"Yeah, couple of minutes ago. When I was returning from hunt."

"Now she has got guts to do something like that. If I got her I would make sure she wouldn't get near here for next few years" said Enrique. "And of course" he grabbed her hand and patted it. "Make sure she would never hurt you again."

"Still the same" all agreed.

"Well, thank y..." she started but suddenly stood up causing him to fall. "Miss Mekyoni" she said with surprised as she recognized person in open window.

Rest looked in direction of window. Black hair girl stood there holding package in her hand. They couldn't see her face. They only know her hair from which came out of hood. She jumped into room.

"Hey, stay away!" Johnny jumped in front with his mouth dirty from food.

"Jonathan" Oliver said a little irritated with knife in his hand ( don't you ever eat anything that wasn't on the table before Oliver doesn't finish it ) but hot-headed boy didn't respond to him.

"We don't want somebody like you here!"

"What a pity" she said calmly. "And I was going to give you these cloaks so you couldn't be harmed by demons' poison outside. But I see you don't want them" she said as she was going back.

"Wait!" Mike busted out. "You" she asked hesitatingly. "Really mean that you are."

"Look" she pulled the hood down. "That time I fought for what I believed and it wasn't to help Biku army and others like him but to prevent from something worse. So now. I'm too against Biku's daughter, Riku."

"Mekyoni" she said happily as she felt warmer at heart.

"Hey, get yourself together. There is no place here for drama queen. This is too important" she said when she was attacked by hug from her. "Cut it OUT!"

"Now, this is getting more and more complicated" Johnny rubbed his head.

"Well, let's hope everything will turn up ok" added green-haired.

"More complicated, you say?" told blonde. "Here a gentle and noble girl with heart of gold and trusting nature. And black hair warrior with strong will to fight for what she believes in" he quieted for a minute. "It's decided."

"What do you mean "It's decided"?" asked Robert analyzing all situation.

"Well, since I can't decide I will protect them both" he said triumphal and caused that all looks were set on him.

"Enrique" Oliver sweatdropped.

"He never changes."

"Thank you" Mike told.

"Try and I won't guarantee for myself" Mekyoni answered harshly.

That made a little silence in room.

"Well I'm off" she putted her hood on and leaving items.

"But you said" Mike cried out.

"I said I'm on your side but I have my own job. We will meet eventually. So ..."

"Wait!" again Enrique prevented her leaving ( not so quick ^^ ).

"Damn, what now?" she yelled mad.

"We still have one important question."

"We have?" rest asked clueless.

"Yes."

"Ok, ask if you must" she said with recognition.

"The question is" the atmosphere was getting tenser. "How old are you?"

And so the rest of them cried in fear.

"ENRIQUE!" rest of team pulled him back. "Don't you know that you never ask about female's age!" they scolded him but soon went silent and they looked at her waiting for her answer.

"Excuse me" she asked turning back angry but tried to stay calm but it didn't turn out great.

"Nothing, nothing" Mike defended them but she soon started the topic by herself. "It was just that we ..." she looked at others that were scared. "I mean I ..." she looked at her who wasn't in best mood. "You know, I know you so long yet you still didn't change a bit. So I just wanted to" but she felt hand on her head.

"Ok, ok" she patted her. "I knew you would ask one day. You want to know my age, right?"

"Yeah, and what the way to stay like that" said blonde who was soon quieted by his teammates ( rage of female ^^ ).

"Man, isn't he nosey" that hurt him. "So come here" she whisper to her which caused her quite a surprised.

"WHAT?!" she couldn't hold back her surprise. "Can't" she looked at her friend but all she did was nod. "But."

"What's the matter?" asked Oliver when he came closer.

"Don't be so shocked" she smirked at her.

"What did you told her" he asked but paused when she started to tell him the same as her and causing the same result. "Can't be!"

"But is" she answered proudly.

"Ahem" Enrique, Johnny and Robert reminded of themselves. "Could you tell us."

"She" he corrected himself. "I mean Miss Mekyoni" he looked at her with look that was more likely asking for permission but all she did was another nod with same pride. "Miss Mekyoni is 72 years old" he stated calmly.

Silence.

"Could you repeat" asked Johnny stunned.

"Well" Oliver wanted to tell once more but black hair girl interrupted.

"Now I have to get back to my work. See you sometimes" she was about to jump out of window when ...

"Mekyoni!" but it was too late.

She fell out uncontrollably again into branches.

"What now?" she cried and almost started to cry because she couldn't leave that place.

"Will you explain it to us someday?" asked Mike looking out of window with rest.

"When we will be all together" she said and stood up on the nearest branch and waving she made her way outside of town.

Now Mike's spirit cheered up and now she knew that she had to do all to hear explanation in the shortest amount of time. So thought the rest. To make it the fastest. Just to hear what they wanted.

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*looks at others* Well, it took a bit ^^;. *congratulates everyone that made it this far* I hope that you had fun.

And now

Extra lines: Let's relax, a bit! Direct feelings

All: 72?!

Mekyoni: Yes! *standing triumphal* And I'm proud of it.

Enrique: What cosmetics do you use?

Mekyoni: None.

Robert: *stands with roses* Oh please take this flowers. Now I know that only with such a mature woman I can be happy.

Mekyoni and Enrique: O_O

Enrique: Robert, I didn't know that you could be so direct.

Robert: I know that these flowers can't be compared to your beauty, but ...

Enrique: Robert, she doesn't listen to you.

Mekyoni: *passes Mike who fixes cuts on Johnny*

Johnny: Oliver how could you T_T?

Oliver: It was your fault. *looks at Mekyoni* Can I help with something?

Mekyoni: Which is Robert's? *holds suspicious looking substance*

Oliver: I'm not going to let you poison one of my friends!

Robert: *getting closer* But please.

Mekyoni: *doesn't have any other chance* Oliver *looks at him and catches* Sorry. Robert: What does this mean?

Mekyoni: I'm sorry *says while faking tears*

Johnny: She is good at it.

Oliver: Sorry about what? @_@ Don't confuse me.

Mekyoni: But I think I fell for Oliver here.

Rest: What? O_O Mekyoni: Sorry *runs crying*

Robert: Oliver *gives him a sword* We will solve this like men *drags him outside and screams can be heard*

Few minutes after

Johnny: Why did you do that?

Mekyoni: *thinks a bit but after a minute she hugs Johnny* I'm sorry I just didn't want you to get hurt. If I told right away that ...

Robert: So that's you way with women.

Mike: *to Mekyoni quietly* You knew he was coming back?

Mekyoni: You are asking like you didn't know *grins*

Robert: Asking her to lie just to be safe like this. *holds up sword* I won't tolerate that! Johnny: Robert, wait! *starts to run* You are wrong. I can explain!

Robert: Then stop and explain that to me! *runs out*

Enrique: Now that's dangerous *looks at Mekyoni as she smiles to him* Ow, no. Don't you even think of that! *runs away while Mekyoni leaves that place*

Mike: But *looks around* Ow well I think I should go and do something about this *gets first-aid kit* Now where could he be?

End of extra ^^ Please R&R.