Title: Nocturnal Maidens
Author: kawaii-kirei "KK"
Rating: PG - 13 (even though I'm only 10. ^^;; *coughs nervously*)
Pairing/s: RayMariah. MaxEmily. TysonOC. TalaOC.
Disclaimer: I don't own BeyBlade or any of it's characters. It all belongs to
Aoki Tyson. Though Riku and the plot belongs to me. Shura Mikawatsu belongs to
Card Mistress (thanks for giving me an OC, Card Mistress! ^^) and Yoko Kimura
belongs to Pisces Panda. (thanks, Panda-san! You're a real friend! =3)
Nocturnal Maidens
- chapter 2 -
Tyson growled for the umpteenth time. Why the hell did this test have to be so hard?! It's just the first day of school! He stuck his tongue out tiredly.
The teacher was up at the front, reading another History book, her glasses slowly slipping down her nose. The boy sweat dropped when he saw more than half of the class in the same condition as him. But there was something about this girl beside him...
He tilted his head slowly at the side, as to not get accused of a cheater. He almost fell out of his seat when he saw that the girl just kept on answering in a fast pace. Is she smart, or is she smart! It was more of a statement than a question.
His eyes roamed around the class again and he saw his teammates struggling also, except for Kai Hiwatari who still had that calm exterior. Tyson sighed, then leaned more further, trying to get a glimpse of the answer for question No. 12 from the girl's paper.
The girl had that long black hair that was tied up into a ponytail with chin-length bangs, and her ruby red eyes scanned the paper as if looking if she made a mistake. It was then that Tyson saw the wide grin on the girl's face and saw how she moved her paper away from him.
The girl chuckled and whispered softly, "If you think you're copying from my paper, think again."
Tyson pouted, "Yeah, well, you're not the one struggling." He didn't even care if the girl would tell the teacher that he tried cheating.
The girl just snickered, leaving Tyson grumbling about unfair teachers giving them a test on the first day of school.
"Jean Francois De Champollion."
Tyson quickly darted his head back to the girl, "What did you say?!"
"Jean Francois De Champollion[1]. Answer for #12. But that's all I'm giving yah." The girl gave him a wink before turning back to her paper,
Tyson rolled his eyes, "You're a nice guy... err... girl." Before writing down the answer. No. 13 to 20 was finally a piece of cake for him.
~~ || ~~
"So, how did the test go?" Max chomped on his chocolate bar, books on hand.
"Horrible!" Ray groaned, "Even Kai had trouble!"
Kai glared at him, but nodded nonetheless. "Hn."
"Actually, it was pretty easy to me." Tyson grinned, which earned him looks of disbelief from his teammates.
"YOU?! TYSON GRANGER?!" Max dropped his books, "ACTUALLY FOUND A TEST EASY?!"
A few passerby's looked at them, the girls swooning as they passed while the boys snickered at the blonde's outburst. The rest of the BladeBreakers had to contain the little American while Kai glared at anyone who stared at them.
"Woah, keep it down, Maxie!" Tyson sweat dropped, "You don't want those fangirls to chase us again." He shuddered inwardly at the thought,
"Oops. Sorry, guys." Max laughed nervously as he picked up his books,
"Well, Max had a good reason to shout." Ray snickered, "I can't believe you actually found that stupid test easy! What the hell happened to you during summer, ole' buddy?"
Tyson narrowed his eyes, "What that supposed to mean?"
"Just answer the question." Kai growled. His reply didn't really shock the BladeBreakers. Their old captain was finally opening up.
"Well, I did have some trouble on question #12 but the rest was pretty much easy." The team started walking once more,
"Well, what happened to 12?" Ray looked at the midnight-haired boy with an eyebrow raised,
"Some girl told me the answer."
His friends all narrowed their eyes, with playful smiles on their lips, except for Kai who had an annoying smirk, "What girl?"
"You know, that girl with the long black hair and red eyes. She was sitting beside me."
"Oh, I remember her!" Max clapped his hands, "She was the one that spaced out in our earlier History. You know, the one that was asked about the World War 2."
"I wonder what happened to her cheek and wrist. It has some bandages on them. What do you think happened?" Kai had a thoughtful look, though his arms were crossed on his chest.
"Who knows? That girl is pretty mysterious." Max shrugged his shoulders,
"I don't think so. She was kinda nice and cheerful when we talked." Tyson had a thoughtful look,
"I guess so." Max replied,
"Ditto, Maxie." Ray had a coy smile on his lips,
And Tyson fully knew what that smile meant, "...Put the foolish thoughts about the stupid love stuff down the drain, Ray."
"TYSON!!!"
~~ || ~~
It was finally midnight. Riku's eyes glinted as she held one sharp arrow tightly in her hand. The bow hung on her back with more arrows and a small dark red staff stuck to her belt. She wore black shorts and a dark blue spaghetti strap, with a long, opened, sleeveless, black coat reaching her knees above it. Her fangs shone darkly under the moonlight, Time for some hunting.
She disappeared within a flash and reappeared in a quiet river, with three occupants besides her at the side.
The vampires hissed as they looked at the girl with annoyance. "Itz you!" One vampire had short messy blood red hair, the other had short black hair straightened up in spikes, while the last had long wavy blonde.
"I'm flattered to know that I'm kinda famous." Riku grinned,
"Vell..." The one with the blonde hair licked his lips, "Vinally zumthing good for zinner."
Riku smirked, then calmly position her bow and arrow, "If you think I'm gonna be your dinner, then you must stupider than I thought." She released the arrow, and the item hit the blonde on the stomach, going right through it. The vampire hissed once more before vanishing by bits.
The other two watched with shock. They hissed angrily when their companion completely disappeared. One glint in their eyes and they were suddenly surrounding the girl. "You zink you can veat us. Hah! Vat a laugh!"
Riku then disappeared once more and reappeared behind the redhead, just a few centimeters away from the back of the leaning vampire, "You think you can outsmart me? You're better off in your coffin if you're gonna underestimate your enemies like that!" She elbowed him on the back, and the vampire vanished into thin air.
Only a half-vampire can kill a full-blooded one by just elbowing him on his spine. The last nocturnal creature growled, "So, you're a half-vampire."
Riku landed back on her feet with ease, her bow and arrow fixed on her back once more, "Wow, how smart." She spat sarcastically with a grin, one hand inside one pocket of her coat, while the other held on tightly on the small staff beneath the fabric, as to not let the vampire see.
"You better watch that mouth of yours if you wanna live!" The creature spat back, but his had an angry tone,
"Hm, let's see. How about... no." And with one swift movement, her hand took out the staff, which quickly outstretched, making it's end hit the vampire's stomach. In just one second, the vampire was gone.
Riku sighed tiredly, putting her staff back into place, "That was easy." Unlike last night.
~~ || ~~
"Oh man! I'm poofed!" Mariah slumped down to the ground, her back leaning against the trunk of the old tree. She was wearing black baggy pants and a dark red shirt, her daggers scattered through the grass. Her hair was put down, due to a vampire ripping her ribbon
"This mission was tiring and damn long." Emily groaned, rubbing her sore bottom. It happened when one vampire threw her to the ground, and her bottom was the first to hit the cold pavement. She was wearing black leather shorts and a dark green shirt.[2] Her gun was put on her lap as she sat beside the pink-haired girl underneath the tree.
Kenny showed a weird look, "You can say that again."[3]
"The mission was tiring and damn long."
Then, a noise was heard. The two girls quickly scurried to their feet, weapons on hand as every nerve inside them stood alert. The Chief ran at the very back, millions of sweat drops on his head as he nervously fumbled with his laptop.
Dizzi squeaked, "Shut me down! I'm scared too, you know!" Forcing back a chuckle, Kenny shut her down.
The bushes shook and the girls scanned the area. It was then that a figure calmly stepped out of the shadows.
Emily aimed her gun at her, "Who are you?!"
The person glared, "Put the gun down."
Emily glared back, "Answer the question."
"Shura Mikawatsu. Half-vampire, like you. Happy now?!" The figure tapped her foot impatiently. She had long blood red hair that was simply put down and her blood red eyes matched it. She wore a black skirt that was just below her knees and an abnormal black blouse to go with the skirt.
Mariah frowned, "How did you know what we are?"
"A... friend of mine sent me to get you three."
Emily narrowed her eyes, "How do we know if we can trust you?" But the girls laid down their weapons, nonetheless.
"You don't."
Mariah shrugged, "Proof enough."
~~ || ~~
"M-M-Mariah, Emily. This place is sp-spooky." Kenny stuttered, hugging his laptop closer to him, almost crushing it. He was clutching on to Emily's shirt for dear life.
"You can say that again." Emily smirked as she received a glare from the person clinging to her shirt.
"Hey, Mikawazzu or whatever your last name is, how long does this tunnel go, anyway?!" Mariah growled, annoyed.
"It's Mikawatsu." Shura glared, "And... we're here." They stopped at a dead end,
"What is this?!" Emily huffed, "Some kind of joke?"
"Stop being so snappy, will yah?!" Shura scowled, "It's not like I'll kill you or something."
The two girls just glared. Shura rubbed her temples tiredly, "What do you think, Watson? Secret passage." She kicked the stone wall as gentle as she could twice , then elbowed it once. The wall then slid up slowly.
~~ || ~~
Riku walked down the riverbank, yawning for the umpteenth time. I'll just go ask Yoko if I can have a week break. I haven't slept for days! She looked at her reflection on the water, Well, as much as I don't like wearing make-up, it can be pretty useful hiding these dark circles.
She yawned again. Yoko Kimura was a powerful priestess, hanging in the middle of a bloodline of Holy Bringers. She's the one that gives Riku her missions through telepathic conversations. Riku just replies since she really isn't telepathic.
A Holy Bringer stands on the side between creatures and mortals. They help attain peace, having willing mortals that has half blood of a creature to kill whoever threatens the human race. And believe the Holy Bringers or not, killing creatures hurts them more than it hurts the immortal.
Riku shook her head, cutting her train of thoughts. She growled in frustration, and opened her eyes. She squeaked as she saw a huge stone wall in front of her. She chuckled softly to herself before knocking on it twice, and slapped it once. The wall then slid quickly to the sides.
Sighing, Riku walked in. As soon as both her feet stepped on the cold ground of the room, the entrance immediately closed itself. In the middle of the room was a crystal ball, almost the same height as a newly-bought, sharpened pencil. And as wide as the same pencil laid horizontally. The crystal ball was stuck in a hole, that was dug in a stone holder.[4]
The whole room was covered in stone walls. At the sides was shelves that contained bottles of different colored liquids. A girl then was arranging some of the potions on one shelf. The girl had waist-length black hair held back into a low ponytail and bright, lively, blue eyes. She was wearing a traditional priestess uniform[5] and a sword hung from her white obi.[6]
"Yo, Yoko. Wazzup?" Riku looked over Yoko's shoulder, and saw that her friend was shaking the potions one by one. "What's with the shaking?"
"So that the potions won't lose their powers."
"...Oh."
"So what brings you here?" Yoko finally turned around, leaving her potions unattended.
"Err..." Riku fumbled with her hands, "I was wondering... if I can have a week off."
Yoko raised her eyebrow and chuckled. Typical Riku... Lazy. "Let me see." She walked over to the crystal ball and tapped it lightly. The ball then shone brightly. Various pictures appeared on the glass, mostly empty places. "Yeah. You can take your break."
Riku practically jumped, "Yahoo!"
Just then, another wall slid upwards. Yoko walked towards it, leaving Riku with her celebrating. Four figures then stepped into the room.
"Ah, I see you've brought them here safely, Shura." Yoko smiled gratefully,
Riku froze, "Shura?" She chuckled, "I thought you disappeared, ole' buddy!"
Shura glared at her, "Shut it."
"W-w-where are we, anyway?" Kenny shivered,
Yoko smiled at him, "Even though you're not a half-vampire, I'm grateful that you decided to help these two girls in their hunting." Kenny blushed,
"So, who are you, where are we, and what are we doing here?" Mariah raised an eyebrow,
"Yoko Kimura. You're in a Holy Bringer's cave, and you're half-vampires, are you not?" Yoko walked back to her crystal ball,
That's when Emily spotted the other person beside the ball. The long black hair... red eyes... bandages... "It's you!"
Riku turned, "Huh? Oh, I knew it! I knew that you two were vampires too! I was right!" She grinned in triumph,
"You're the one I bumped into! Don't tell me you too?!" Mariah sighed exasperatedly,
"Sorry to inform you, but I am!"
"Okay, so what's a Holy Bringer?" Kenny stopped his shivering,
It was Shura who spoke, "A Holy Bringer is the one that wants peace between creatures and humans. They're the one that gives the half-blooded creatures the missions through telepathic conversations when they're out of reach."
"I... see." Emily looked thoughtful,
"So... That means that you would be the one giving us our missions from now on." Mariah showed a tired look,
Yoko simply nodded, "You can say that."
~~ || ~~
"It's History again." Ray sighed,
"Yep. So, Tyson... Looking forward to seeing your girlfriend again?" Max grinned,
"MAXIE!! I barely even know her!" Tyson pouted,
"I don't think that would be for long." Everyone looked at Kai, who simply pointed to a girl fixing her locker.
Tyson raised an eyebrow, "Yeah, that's her."
"Well, go ahead!" Ray pushed him forward,
"Wha~ hey! What do you want me to do?!" Tyson scowled,
Max rolled his eyes, "Talk to her, you idiot."
"Ask her name or something, even though you already know her name."
"What?! KAI!! You too?!"
Kai shrugged, "I'm just here for the hell of it."
Tyson grumbled, "Fine, fine. But I do not like her like THAT."
"Yeah, yeah, Tyson."
Hmph. And they call themselves my friends. The midnight-haired boy pouted. A few more steps and he finally found herself behind the girl. He gulped, but narrowed his eyes at his teammates. He tapped the girl on the shoulder, "Hey."
The girl spun around, "Huh? Oh, it's you, Champollion." She grinned,
Tyson pouted, "Don't tease."
"Heh, I was just kidding. So, what's up?" The girl then closed her locker, her books already on her hand.
"What's your name again?"
The girl blinked, "Me? Riku Azuki."
Tyson took out his hand, "And I'm-"
"Tyson Granger. I know." The girl laughed but shook his hand, nonetheless.
"How'd yah know?"
"You're like the most popular kid here, pal. Don't tell me you don't know that. I'm just a new student here and I've already heard about you."
Tyson sweat dropped, "Err... yeah." He then grabbed Riku's wrist, "Come on, I'll introduce you to my friends."
Riku just chuckled as she was led to a group of boys. Truth was, she already know Tyson's friends. The group was famous here in the city. She rolled her eyes inwardly but smiled, nonetheless.
The two finally stopped, "Guys, I'd like you to meet Riku Azuki."
"Yo."
"Hiya."
"Hn."
"Riku Azuki, here's the BladeBreakers. Blondie is Max Mizuhara, the Chinese guy is Ray Kon and that two-toned fellow over there is Kai Hiwatari."
Max gave her a thumbs up, "So, I heard you gave Tyson the answer to No. 12."
Riku chuckled, "Why are people making such a big deal about that question?" She snickered,
"You know, you really shouldn't spoil Tyson like that." Ray grinned, ignoring the death glare from the midnight-haired boy,
"Aa[7], that I'll keep in mind."
Kai looked over her. What's up with the bandages? "What happened to your cheek and wrist?" He watched carefully as the girl's eyes widened slightly, but quickly returned back to its original size,
Hearing the question, Riku cursed under her breath. Shoot! "I got stuck in a garden of roses while in vacation." She then laughed nervously for effect,
The captain raised his eyebrow but nodded slowly, Liar.
"Hey, Riku!" The group turned around to see three persons heading their way.
Riku grinned widely, "Oh, it's you."
Mariah pouted, "How come you didn't tell us sooner?!"
"I figured it would be more fun if you found out for yourselves."
"But how are we gonna find that place when we need to?" Emily asked, the trio completely oblivious to the BladeBreakers.
"Oh, Yoko has her ways."
"Hey, guys...?" Kenny fumbled with his goggles, "I saw Shura just a while ago, maybe we could ask her for more information considering that she studies in the same school as us."
"That's fine." Riku chuckled, "But first, let me introduce you to some people." And after this, it's the Fate's turn.
The BladeBreakers all raised their eyebrows, while Mariah, Emily and Kenny followed suit. "Mariah, Emily, Kenny, let me introduce you to the BladeBreakers." Riku repeated what Tyson had done with her and his friends,
"Max Mizuhara is blue eyes, Ray Kon is in the Chinese outfit, Tyson Granger is the midnight-haired one, and Kai Hiwatari has two-toned hair." Riku then turned to the BladeBreakers, "BladeBreakers, I'd like you to meet Mariah Yin, Emily Watson, and Kenny.[8]"
"Oh." Mariah put on a smile, Note: kill Riku later for introducing me to the popular group. "Nice to meet yah." She and Ray shook hands,
Emily did the same with Max, "Sorry to break up the party but we gotta go." She bowed apologetically and practically dragged Riku and Kenny away, while Mariah followed them.
"Well, see yah later, Tyson!" Riku called back before disappearing through the crowds,
The BladeBreakers all stood their dumbfounded, before Ray nudged Tyson on the hips. "Told you Riku likes you."
Tyson glared, "And what makes you say that?"
Kai was the one who replied this time, and with a smirk. "'Coz when she said her goodbye, she only addressed it to you."
"So? What's wrong with that?" Tyson stuck out his tongue,
Max just rolled his eyes, "Nothing, Tyson. But I have to admit, that Emily girl was kinda cute." He grinned,
"And Mariah was pretty hot." Ray chuckled,
Kai just groaned, Damn love-sick puppies.
[1] Jean Francois De Champollion is from France and the first to study Hieroglyphics. XD But you guys probably already know that. ^^;;
[2] Yep, all dark colors, huh? XD It's just so that it would be hard for people to spot them if they'll blend in the with the darkness. *chuckle*
[3] Sorry, guys. I can't imagine the Chief in black. o_O
[4] Hey, I don't know what to call it. x.X
[5] Think Kikyou from Inuyasha.
[6] Obi is like the belt from the kimono... I think...
[7] Aa is yes in Japanese.
[8] Can someone tell me his last name? ^^;;
Author's Notes: Holy crap! I can't believe I wrote all that! o.O Well, anyway, I just heard news that my parents might take off our internet. Mou! I don't know if I can live with that!!! O.O So here I am, trying to update as much chapters as I can before the day I most dread is gonna happen. ;_; NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO- *frying pan hits her head* - HEY!!!
Well, thanks again for the reviewers! Trust me, people, reviews keeps me alive. XD
*Saffron - Well, here's Max and Ray! ^^;; And don't worry about Riku, she's just plain weird. XP And gomen, but I've read many fics like that. *sweat drop* I like keeping things kinda original, don't I? ^^;;
*Galux Phoenix - Thanks! Yep, vampires just interest me. *chuckle* And don't worry, I'm already reading it! XD
*Mirrored Soul - I thought the last chapter was still kinda short, so I hope this makes up for it. *chuckle* Hmm, not really... I'm focusing more on Mariah, Emily, Kenny, Riku, Shura and Yoko. ^^;; But the BladeBreakers would still play an important role. And Riku? I guess this chapter already answered it, but she's a half-vampire too... ^^'