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 great help! =3)
Nocturnal Maidens
-chapter 3-
"Um... Emily?" Riku tried to tap her friend from her position on the ground. Mariah, Emily and Kenny were currently walking around the campus, trying to find Shura Mikawatsu, with Riku tagging along. That is, with Emily dragging Riku along from the black-haired girl's shirt.
"Yes?" Emily feigned innocence, but a knowing smirk was on her face, though Riku couldn't see it.
"Care to... um... let me go? You're kinda... choking me."
"That's it?"
"And... uh... people are staring and it's very uncomfortable."
"Oh, you'll get used to it."
Riku glared up from her position, "Is that suppose to have some hidden meaning?"
"Maybe." Emily grinned,
"Maybe usually means yes."
Kenny purposely coughed, "Will you two please stop bickering? Mariah already found Shura."
"And now all we're waiting for is you two." Mariah tsked as she walked towards them with a scowling Shura beside her.
Riku raised an eyebrow at her, "I take it that you're in a bad mood, Shura-chan?"
Shura twitched and clenched her fist, before unclenching it again. "You may call me by my first name, but don't ever add a suffix to it or die." She muttered under breath, glaring at the other half-vampire,
Riku coughed nervously. "Err... right."
Mariah sighed, and her face broke off into a sheepish grin as she rubbed her temples. I can't believe I'm stuck with these two.
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Yoko sighed, then put her potions down. "I only need a dead crow's blood and some red herbs." She whispered to herself,
She then went to the other side of her cave, and picked up a thin sharpened stick. She tapped it on the table twice, and black ink sprouted from the end of the stick, before sticking to the stick. She then took out a piece of parchment. Writing a few symbols down, she smiled a little. Who knows if anyone can still translate this language? She was still writing, when something glowed behind her. She dropped the stick.
Turning around slowly, she saw that the crystal ball was glowing a deep color of red. Blood red. Yoko quickly went to it's side, Red cannot be good. She laid out her palm and touched the crystal. The ball only glowed brighter, before showing numerous pictures.
Yoko choked, Oh my...
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"Okay, so let me get this straight... If we want to contact Yoko, all we have to do is speak through this... uh... amulet... or whatever this is... whenever we want to...?" Mariah raised her eyebrow, her eyes gazing over a small piece of crystal that was hanging from a black string around her neck. Inside the crystal was a pink mist surrounding it.
"Bingo." Shura held a bored look. Her necklace had the same crystal, except her mist was black.
All of them had the same piece of crystal's, except different colors of mist. Emily's mist is orange, while Riku has hers colored purple. Even Kenny has one, except his mist is light green.
Kenny, Shura and Riku all tucked their crystal's beneath their shirts, but Mariah and Emily showed it out.
"And if Yoko wants to tell us anything, she can do it telepathically." Emily finished off, glad to finally understand.
"And Yoko would give us our missions from time to time, whether it's killing vampires or stealing stuff from vampires. And since we're already together, I'm guessing that we won't get much sleep anymore." Shura crossed her arms, her voice as flat as ever.
Kenny sighed and leaned against one locker tiredly. And here I was hoping that I can get some 24-hour sleep on the weekends. "And my job is to train you guys... right?"
"Yep." Riku grinned at the group, "Physically and mentally. There are vampires who drink blood, but others too who drains energy. When a vampire drains our energy, our way of thinking is broke, so we need to strengthen it somehow if a energy-draining psycho shows up."
Emily stared weirdly at her, "Ri~ight."
Riku was about to talk back when Mariah stepped in between the two girls, "We all love to chitchat, so let us save our voices and go to class before the teacher makes us stand in the halls."
Emily and Riku pouted, but nodded nonetheless. "Hai."
Shura leaned over towards Kenny, "Are they always like this?"
Kenny just sighed, "Sadly, yes."
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After running around through numerous halls, the group finally found themselves getting closer to the classroom. Just one more turn to the right, and the run is finally over.
Just then, a voice purred, "Well, long time, no see, Mariah, Emily, and sweet, little, Kenny."
Correction, just one more fight, one more turn to the right and the run is finally over.
Mariah, Emily and Kenny all froze and turned back slowly and stiffly. Riku and Shura exchanged glances, but both of them just shrugged to each other. They watched from the sides.
Mariah glared daggers, Emily was gritting her teeth, while Kenny was muttering some pretty long insults under his breath, though no one could hear it.
In front of them stood three girls. Lizeth, Dana and Mimi. The names made the trio want to gag. Of course, they have no grudge against the names. Only a grudge for the people whom those names belong to.
Lizeth has long, firey, red hair tied up into a high ponytail, and green eyes. Dana has long, blonde hair that she kept down and blue eyes, while Mimi has long, wavy light brown hair and brown eyes. A smirk was on their faces as they looked over the trio before them.
Mariah smirked back at them, "The last time we saw each other was only 11 hours. Aw, you missed us that much? Very flattered."
"Nice to know that we made someone happy, without even trying." Lizeth snorted,
Emily just sighed, but her smirk widened even more, "It's nice to hear people laugh, Lizeth, including you. But please, don't snort. You'll make yourself look like a pig even more."
Mimi glared at her, "Look who's talking. Heh, you may look smart, but now I know that the quote looks can be deceiving is true."
"Try telling that to those boys over there. I think that the quote applies well for you." Kenny pointed to a group of boys leaning on the lockers, one had a soccer ball in his hand.
"Lookie, the little Professor spoke. Can you say, Da-na?" Dana smirked,
Riku sighed as she heard the bell ring. She looked at Shura, who nodded wordlessly. Sighing once more, she put on her best cute, fangirl-ish, face. She then tapped Dana on the shoulder.
Dana turned back, and raised an eyebrow at her. "Yes? Your face seems unfamiliar in my photographic memory."
Riku put on a wide smile, and spoke in a voice that is definitely not hers. "Are you Dana, Lizeth and Mimi? Oh, I've heard so much about you! You're practically my role models! You've inspired me greatly! I know that this isn't the time to say this since with you and you're fight and all, but I really can't help it! I just had to talk to you!" She put on a puppy grin,
Mariah and Emily stared at her with wide eyes. At the same time, Kenny's jaw dropped. After fixing his jaw, he turned to Shura, who still had a blank look, but had a look of mischief in her eyes. Shura caught Kenny's eyes and just sent him a look that clearly says just-watch-and-you'll-know. Kenny just nodded slowly and fixed his eyes back on the scene.
"Well, at least somebody here appreciates us." Dana smirked, "What's your name?"
With the puppy grin still on, Riku bounced about. "Riku Azuki, ma'am!"
Mimi and Lizeth grinned, "Another fan, perhaps?"
"Oh, yes!" Riku nodded in a happy way, "But did you know that popular blondes are usually beauty and absolutely no brains?[1] And also redheads! Ugh, they are so violent[2]. And Mimi, your hair's so wavy! It's a wig, right?[3] And Lizeth, that short so has gotta go! And then that shirt! Oh Dana, My boyfriend is cuter than your boyfriend?[4] Do you even have a boyfriend?! Also Mimi, that earrings seems to be bigger than your head! I'm amazed that your ears haven't fallen off yet!" And yet, she still had that wide innocent smile on,
While Mariah, Emily and Kenny were laughing too much that tears were already coming out of their eyes, Lizeth, Dana and Mimi were twitching furiously. Shura smirked at the scene.
"Yo, kid." Mimi gritted her teeth, "What the hell are you trying to prove?"
"Oh." Riku's voice turned back to normal, and a smirk of triumph waved over her features, "That looks can really be deceiving."
Mariah grinned, "Touché, Riku."
Kenny followed suit, "Now that's using your brain!" He chuckled,
"Why you little idiot!" Lizeth made an attempt to strangle her, but Emily reached for her wrist, held it firmly and tugged her back.
"Didn't the teachers here teach you that no violence is allowed in school?"
Lizeth glared at her. "Let go of me."
Emily immediately let go. "Touchy. Someone woke up on the wrong side of bed, aye?"
Dana growled, "Fine then. Two can play it that game. Just watch out, we promise we'll repay you back somehow." She then smirked, before pushing her two companions out of the scene.
Once they were out of earshot, Riku immediately banged her head against the wall. "HOLY MACARONI!!! Tell me I didn't do that! I hate sickly sweet voices! I can't believe I did that! Well, I don't mind cussing those girls off, but THAT'S NOT THE POINT!! Please tell me I didn't make those sweet faces! Please!" And she resumed on destroying the wall.
Just then, an amused voice rang out, "I don't know what would break first. The wall or your head."
Riku paid no attention to them, and continued her activity. "Whoever you are, I am having an emotional moment. Though I don't know if this is emotional, but you get the point. Now leave me alone."
Tyson raised an eyebrow at Riku, "What's gotten into her?"
"Long story, short." Kenny just shrugged,
"We have time." Ray said,
"The bell already rang." Mariah chuckled,
"So?" Max grinned, "We were supposed to cut class anyway."
Emily raised an eyebrow, "What for?"
"Training." Tyson simply shrugged,
"Hate to interrupt," Everyone fixed their eyes on Kai who was looking at Riku with a bored look, "But Riku won't stop banging her head on the wall. The wall is breaking, and her head is bleeding."
Emily sighed, "I'll handle this."
Mariah groaned, "Here we go again!" The BladeBreakers looked at her, but she paid no attention to them.
Emily took Riku again by her shirt and dragged her all the way across the hall. Of course, Riku tried to get away. "E~mi~ly~! Let me go~! I need to break some more walls!"
The rest of the group sweat dropped. Shura sighed, then followed Emily and Riku to the clinic without a word. The group sweat dropped some more.
"Okay... so, um..." Ray trailed off,
"Care to tell us what made Riku have the urge to break a wall?" Max laughed nervously,
Mariah sighed, "She faked some sickly sweet voices and looks to make some people leave us alone. Weird enough, Riku hates sickly sweet voices and looks."
Tyson scratched the back of his head, "O... kay."
"Hating those stuff is understandable, but hating them so much to make you bang your head on a wall is utterly crazy." Kai had a thoughtful look,
Kenny sighed and fixed his goggles, "I definitely agree."
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Yoko felt tears falling down her cheeks, as one of her hands clamped her mouth. The other gently trailed over the pictures on the crystal ball. This... can't be. She choked a bit, and took a shaky breath. These girls are just too young! They're much too young to have these kinds of sickness! They can't have been cursed since birth! They're much too young to die!
[1] Oh, my Goddess! I am so sorry to all blondes out there! I have no grudge against blondes, but it was all in the plot. I'm really sorry if I offended you guys somehow! GOMEN!!! ^^;; If you want, I can remove it.
[2] Please read [1], except put redheads instead of blondes. Still, GOMEN NASAI!!! .
[3] Sorry also for those wavy-haired people! I didn't mean to offend! GOMEN!!! I can remove it if you guys want it, though.
[4] I got this from a shop at the mall, Artwork, so there are some who probably wears this. Again, I'M SORRY!!!! . Gomen if you have this shirt, it was the only idea I could think of at the moment. ~_~;; Again, if you want, I can remove it.
Author's Notes: Ayah... It's 2:05 AM here, and I'm still not sleepy. *sniff* Well, sorry for not updating sooner! ^^' Now, I'm not really sure if they're really gonna cut the internet, but there's always possibilities. o.O I hope that they don't cut it! I'd be hell for me! ;_; *sniff* Well, lez just hope that they aren't mean enough to really cut it. ^^;; Oh yeah, the Demolition Boys might come out in the next chapter so watch out for it! =3
And now, the reviewers! ^^
*Saffron - Aw, thank you. =3 And yep, I got the same reaction when I found that out. *sobs* And don't worry, I'll try to update faster! ^^'
*Shura - 'Sank yuu! ^o^ Hopefully. *grimaces* Makes me twitch every time I think of it. *twitch* And yep, I'd do the same. *sniff*
*starry-eyed, chubby faced girl - Don't worry about it! ^^ I know how ya feel. My sister does that to me all the time. T.T And thanks for reviewing!
*Mirrored Soul - Aw, thank you. *blushes* Heh, well, I got into the chapter. I didn't even realize that it was that long. o.O;; I did that once... When the internet was cut before, I stayed up in my room all day torturing the TV. O_O I guess somebody took pity on the TV and brought back the internet. *snickers*