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 5-
Mariah jumped up, "I know you! You're from our school!"
The one with the light blue hair smirked, "Smart. The name's Bryan. Red head's Tala. Tall guy is Spencer and the munchkin is Ian."
Ian raised an eyebrow at that, but didn't say anything.
Emily coughed loudly, drawing the attention to her, "How'd you get in here?"
"We have to thank you for that." Ian smirked as well, "So... you're half-vampires? Neat."
Mariah and Emily looked taken aback. Those were not the expressions they were expecting. "That's... that's it?"
"Of course." Spencer raised an eyebrow, "What did you want us to do? Scream and tell the police?"
Emily smiled sheepishly, "Err... yeah."
"Or you could laugh and tell us we're crazy." Shura snapped her fingers, a bored look on her face. She looked on her right and saw that Yoko was slapping her forehead again and again. She chuckled inwardly,
"Considering this cave, we don't think you're lunatics at all." Tala replied, going around the room, inspecting it.
Kenny sighed, They weren't even invited and here they are making themselves at home! He chuckled at that,
Yoko tapped the crystal ball twice, which made the Demolition Boys look at her with curiosity. The crystal then glowed a bright color, before going empty again. Yoko sighed, then looked at the visitors. "If you promise not to tell anyone about this, dead or alive, I won't kill you."
"And how are you gonna kill us?" Ian challenged,
"Better do what she says, Munchkin." Mariah smirked at how the boy glared at her, "You don't know what she can do."
"Fine then." Tala nodded, "Only if you tell us the story."
"You know, I can still kill you for this." Yoko raised an eyebrow, completely forgetting the reason why she brought the girls inside the cave.
Tala leaned against a wall with his arms crossed, "My cousin's a half-vampire, too. 'Cept she got sent to the Realm of Darkness by some freak five years ago. Never saw her again."
Mariah, Emily, Kenny, Shura and Yoko all winced at the thought of the Realm of Darkness. Yoko rubbed her temples, "I guess I can give an exception." She walked over a chair made out of stone, and pointed to an empty spot. Eight bean bags appeared.
Emily, Shura and Kenny took three and moved them beside Mariah's, while the Demolition Boys sat on their own.
And the story started.
"Five thousand years ago, creatures and mortals lived together, since the creatures just ate animals then. There was a promise that the creatures shall never eat a mortal's flesh or blood. And since they haven't tasted mortals yet, they didn't have a craving for them. So there was no havoc. At that time, there were ten leaders who led the place. Five of them were creatures, the other five were mortals. The separation started when two of the leaders, who were creatures, got in a little disagreement with a mortal. It ended up in a big fight, and the next day, the bones of the same mortal was found. It seemed that the creatures were a werewolf and a vampire. The werewolf ate the flesh while the vampire drank the blood, so the bones were left. Finding that the two leaders did the crime, they were banished from their positions. But even so, the two creatures continued to kill mortals one by one. And because of them, other creatures became copy cats. So eventually, all the creatures had a craving for humans. Fighting for their lives, the mortals did everything they could to stop the creatures, thus starting a war. It was one of the biggest wars in the creature's world, so it was called Bloodshed of the Past. And that was why they were separated. The war was so big, that another world was created. Seeing that the creatures are hunting for them, the humans all traveled to that place, closing the portal behind them. And that place, is where we live today."
"Since there were no more humans to eat, the creatures got back to eating animals. But sometimes, the craving for humans got unbearable, so they ended up eating each other. And seeing that if they did eat each other, they would all disappear. That's why the Realm of Darkness, Dimension of Isolation, Portal of Dreams and other dimensions were created. The Dimension of Isolation was like a prison in the creature's world, so any creature who dares another creature, gets sent there for a century, depending on how many creatures they ate. One creature, one century. And since creatures can live for many, many years, some was imprisoned for millennias. The Portal of Dreams is a place where you can go inside your dreams and eat as much humans as you want, except it never filled their stomachs completely, since it was all in their dreams. And the Realm of Darkness is the one all creatures fear most. Once sent, you will be tortured in many ways possible. Physically, emotionally, and mentally. Anyone who got in, either died or came out with a mental problem. Dying is most common. So, Tala's cousin probably died." Tala nodded, "Any creature can send human or half-creature to the Realm of Darkness, but never full-blooded monsters."
"Ten years later, a creature accidentally opened one portal to this world, so that's why they managed to kill more humans. But the mortals in that days were much more smarter, so they ended up killing half of the creatures that dared to enter their world. Thus making the creatures only come out occasionally, in fear of getting killed. Some lived in this world, but in an isolated place."
"So, you're a half-vampire, too?" Bryan raised his eyebrow at Yoko,
Shura shook her head, "I'm a half-vampire, Mariah's a half-vampire, Emily's a half-vampire, but not Yoko. She's a Holy Bringer, and Kenny's mortal."
Kenny nodded at that, then looked at the Demolition Boys. "Do you even know what a Holy Bringer is?"
"Yep." Spencer replied,
"Tala's cousin explained it to us a year before she died." Ian added,
"So..." Yoko sweat dropped, "Can you get out now? I have something to tell these girls."
The boys all snickered but stood up anyway. "Fine, fine."
++ || ++
"You're not vad." Apricot delivered a kick by her knee to Riku's stomach, which made the girl cough out blood. "Vut you're not good either."
"Well," Riku smirked as she wiped away the remaining blood on her mouth, "Even though it's only half, I'm still human." She aimed the end of her staff to Apricot, and commanded the staff to prolong. The staff obeyed, and hit Apricot's stomach. "Returning the favor."
Before Apricot could recover, Riku jumped up and elbowed Apricot's head, making the vampire's head hit the ground. Riku then jumped again, using Apricot's head as her floor, and landed in front of the creature. She sent a kick on the side of Apricot's face, sending the woman to the wall. She was sure that Apricot's body made a dent on the stone.
Gasping for breath, Apricot stood up again. Blood dripped down her face, yet she still held an annoying smile. "Zon't get your hopes up." She snapped her whip at Riku's direction, but Riku jumped once more. Apricot quickly sent the whip to encircle Riku's ankle, which sent the girl falling to the ground with a crash. The vampire then took her whip back, and slashed Riku's back over and over.
Ignoring the pain, Riku gritted her teeth and turned over. The whip now slashed her face. But it only made contact with her skin twice, before Riku grabbed the whip and used it to throw Apricot above her. Apricot landed, and Riku swore she heard a cracking of bones.
Standing up quickly, Riku positioned her hands. The staff disappeared, replaced by a bow and arrow. Releasing the arrow, the object hit Apricot's shoulder. But Apricot just hissed in pain, and took the arrow out. Riku's eyes widened, That can't be! Any creature who gets hit by my arrow should disappear by now!
As if reading her mind, Apricot glared at her. "You zink zis pieze ov crap iz gonna kill me? I'm zifferent from ozer vampires!" Ignoring the pain from her shoulder, Apricot threw the arrow at Riku.
Riku was too shocked to move, so the arrow hit her arm. She gasped, and fell to the floor, and threw the arrow somewhere on the ground. She clutched her shoulder and tilted her head to the side, wincing at how shocked the BladeBreaker's face were. I'm so sorry.
++ || ++
"So, now that those freaks are gone," Shura looked sharply at Yoko, "What's wrong?"
"You..." Yoko bit her lip, "You, Mariah, Emily and Riku..."
"Yep?" Emily raised an eyebrow, while Mariah leaned forward on her bean bag. Kenny fixed his eyes on the Holy Bringer.
"You four girls..." Yoko sighed, "Only have a year and half more to live."
"...WHAT~?!" Kenny screamded,
Yoko's lip trembled, "Shura has a weak heart, Mariah has a weak body, Emily has poison in her body and Riku has lung cancer."
"N-nani?!" Emily's eyes bulged out, "How the hell did this all happen?!"
"Shura was born with a weak heart, and Mariah has too much stress that her body couldn't take it. And Emily, when some vampire bit you on the leg, her fangs had poison in it. And Riku was from second-hand smoking."
"Does Riku know this?" Shura asked, calm as ever.
"I don't know." Yoko shook her head, "I haven't told her, but I'm pretty sure that she knew her sickness before I did."
"I see." Mariah's hand shook,
"Is there... anything we can do to cure this all?" Kenny was hugging his laptop tightly against his chest,
"I'm afraid not." But seeing as how all the other people in the room's eyes widen, Yoko hastily added, "But I'll do some research."
++ || ++
Riku closed her eyes and felt Apricot nearing her. I give up. I'm going to die next year anyway. She didn't move when she felt a weight above her. Opening her eyes, she saw Apricot looming above her with a smirk on her face. Her arms and legs were pinned to the floor by Apricot's body, and she steadied her gaze on the vampire's eyes.
Apricot raised an eyebrow, "Give up already? And it was just starting to get interesting."
"Go ahead and kill me. I'm getting impatient." Riku growled. She looked at her side slowly and saw the BladeBreaker's eyes widen.
Apricot smirked, "As you wish." She stood up, but still pinned Riku down with her magic. She moved back a good five feet away from the girl, and used her magic once more to raise Riku up, making her stand. Her magic stopped. "I guess you won't be hesitating, huh?" Riku just scowled. "I thought so."
Apricot clapped her hands twice, and spread them apart. A black ball with electricity surrounding it appeared between her hands. She spread her arms wide, and the ball became larger. She then continued to transfer her power into it.
Riku's eyes were blank, and her head was bowed. It irritated her to no end that she is actually giving up. To a vampire, no less.
"R-Riku... W-What are you doing?" Tyson shakily asked, afraid of what might happen.
"Dying." Riku said simply,
"W-why?! D-Don't do this! You can't give up now! What about your friends? Family?!"
Riku smiled warmly at him, "I have my reasons, Tyson. Besides, my friends, if I have any, would probably understand. And I have no family."
"But still! You just... You can't... Don't do it! Please! Riku!" Tyson tugged at his shackles helplessly. The rest of the BladeBreakers held their breaths.
"Sorry, Ty." Riku gave a peace sign and smiled weakly, "Sayonara." Apricot smirked and sent the ball slowly towards Riku. Riku closed her eyes.
"NO!!!"
The ball came closer.
"DON'T!!!"
And closer.
"RIKU!!!"
Just a few more inches.
"I LOVE YOU!!!"
Riku's eyes opened.
Author's Notes: Okay... I really need to get some sleep now. It's almost 11 PM here. ^^;; Oh yeah, after Riku's fight, I'd probably pair Tyson and Riku sooner that you would've thought. XD After that is Emily and Max. ^^;;
I have nothing to say, so... yeah... Eep...
*Pisces Panda (too lazy to sign in) - well, you got your answer. ^^;; Well, via e-mail anyway.
*Lomelindel - Hm, I guess so. ^^' Well, hopefully. XD And thanks for reviewing!
*GaluxCat in school - Well, I did use half of your idea. ^^' I mean, I couldn't help it! You give great ideas. XD