Title: The Cost of Inheritance.
Anime: Beyblade.
Rating: G
Genre: Romance
Secondary Genre: Tragedy.
Soundtrack to chapter:
Summary: Rei is the inheritor to the White Tiger Village, but to keep his inheritance, he must choose a mate before the 61st of the Yami Season. Traditionally, the maiden is from the village, but Rei wants someone else.
Fushigi- (03/13/04) I love you guys! Your reviews are so wonderful! I love you all! *hugs the reveiwers* I have a few ideas of what I want to do with this story, but I'm still sorting through them, adding a few, discarding a few, so, I'll be finished with this soon, hopefully.
Updates: Heaven found in Hell and Love over Life is officially completed. Disappearance is on it's final chapter, and this chapter will be the last or second to last chapter for CoI. On to my story!
Kid-My story, Fushigi!
Fushigi- Bleh!
Chapter Four:
"He died, over five years ago, Rei."
Rei stops in mid thought. What? Kai was dead? How was that possible? He just met him a few days ago. I saw him, taked to him. It wasn't his spirit! It wasn't possible! Rei's eyes glow red slightly. "You're wrong! You're lying! Kai is alive! I know he is. He's the one who bandaged my neck!" Rei hastily stands up, knocking down the chair in the process. "It had to be him.... There's no way.... It was him.." Rei shakes his head, his ponytail whipping aroundd. "Sit down! Please Rei!" "No. I'll prove it to you!" Rei looks around for the door then runs out, knocking down a few people on the way.
Rei's vision blurs. It wasn't true. Hiwatari Kai was alive. He was his mate, the only one who's body form fit perfectly with his; who's idea's contridicted him enough to make him think from a diffrent point of vew. They completely complimented each other in every possible way! How could his mate be dead?!
Unless...... Rei stops just at the Red Phoenix gete surrounding the village. The only way for Kai to be his mate was if.... If Rei himself would die.
"No! I can't. I'm the Inheiriter fo the White Tiger Village. Please," Rei drops to his knees. "Tell me I'm not going to die!" //Rei-Sama... i can't say yes or no. I don't know. That is something not even I can foretell.// Tears overflow from Rei's eyes, streaking down his cheeks.
"Rei!" Mr. Dickenson's voice comes to Rei's ears, breaking the train of thought. He looks over his shoulder, then jumping up, Rei rushes out of the gate.
"KAI! HIWATARI KAI!" A red headed boy comes out of the bushes, battle axe in hand. "Who are you? How did you get past me?! Speak up!" Rei looks around dumbfoundedly. "Where is he? Where is Hiwatari?" "Who?" "Hiwatari Kai!" "Who? Look, I'm the only one who pro-" "Johnny, there was someone else here! He stopped me from going in side, until I got hurt then he bandaged my wound!"
"I'm here." Rei spins aroun. Kai stood directly behind him. "Kai!" Behind them, Johnny looks between the two. "What the fuck? Who are you?!" Kai looks at Johnny, sending an electrifying death glare at him He growls then looks back at Rei. "Come on." He grabs Rei's wrist and pulls him away from both Johnny and the Red Phoenix Village.
"Look, Kai, I'm sorry I pulled you out, but I needed to ... Hey.. hey. Where are we going?" "Just walk." Kai says, not slowing down in his stride.
::Hey, White Tiger, you know wehre he's taking me?:: //To see an old friend of mine.// ::Right. So.. That would be where?:: //You'll see, Rei- Sama.// ::I told you not to call me that!!:: //Rei-sama, I have to. I can't call you anything else!// ::Fine *sigh* Gomen nasai. I didn't mean to yell at you.:: //It's okay Rei-Sama.//
"We're here." Kai says softly. Rei looks up. They were at a shrine; it reminded the Neko-jin of the White Tiger Shrine. "Rei, was it? You slightly recognize this shrine, right?" "Yeah. It looks like the White Tiger Shrine. My Shrine." Kai nods. "The White Tiger has also integrated himself with you, correct?" "Yeah." Rei says, now beginning to wonder how he knew all of this. "You're the White Tiger. I'm the Red Phoenix. You're a land animal. I'm an air animal. Even though we are different, we're the same." Kai stops, running a hand through his blue hair. He sighs. "I-"
Rei quickly interupts him. "Kai, a... Someone told me that.." He didn't want to ask. If he asked, and it just so happened to be true, Rei would have to accept it. There'd be no other way. Kai was, after all, his mate. "That I'm dead?" Kai finishes, indifference in his voice. "Yes. I died five and a half years ago today." Rei gasps, falling to knees. "How? No, you can't be dead. How can my mate be dead?" Again, Kai sighs. "Not my fault." He whispers, barely audible to Rei.
"There's a war," Rei looks up at the speaker. "Between the Red Phoenix and the Blue Whale Villages. It's been going on for years." Rei stands, shakily. Suddenly, his legs give and he topples into Kai's arms, which easily catch him as though Kai was alive. Ablush envelpes both of them, but even when Rei can stand, Kai doesn't let go. "Wh-" Kai smiles, but barely. "YOu are the White Tiger. I'm the Red Phoenix. He told me you'd be looking for me. " Rei nods. "I have." He whispers. The blue headed boy continues with his earlier story, still not letting go of the Neko-jin. "It was what killed me. I protected this village from the Blue Whale warriors." Rei furrows his eyebrows, confusion written on his face. "Don't turn around." Kai whispers into his ear gently. "Huh? Why not?"
With the last words, Rei knows. A quick pain ran through his body, starting at his neck. Behind him, he could hear shouts of congradulations. With his last breath, Rei whispers, "Kai.. I..." But is never able to finish.
Kai's vision distorts, crystaline tears forming in his blue-grey eyes. "Alive for sixteen years and a single tear was never shed. Five years into my death and it takes seeing my mates death to make me cry." He gathers Rei's lifeless body in his arms, holding it as close to his spirit as he could.
~~*~~
Mr. Dickenson sighs as he takes the final few steps into the White Tiger Village. Small huts formed an un-named shape, people scuttering here and there, trying to get their chores done so they can finally play. The shops were found in the middle, or what only one could assume was the middle. It looked like a pleasent village. Women gossiping while carrying their clothing to the river to be washed; children chasing chickens or balls around the shops, and the men working on a new, very large hut, one could only assume would be the High Cheiftains home. But barging in a home that still was being built wasn't Mr. Dickenson's style. He stands there a moment, contemplating this, before others notice him.
"Excuse me." He asks the nearest person to him. "Where can I find you're High Cheif?" The woman frowns, looking him over. "Um.. Rei-sama hasn't gotten back from... his journey." She says. Mr. Dickenson's frown deepens. "No, ma'am. You see, that's why I need to see the Cheif." She nods, worry taking over her features. She leads him over to what looked like a minture garden, but in the center was a small hut. "Here." Mr. Dickenson smiles at her as she leaves.
He goes through the garden, looking at the many flowers present. Roses, lilies, petunias, even a holly bush could be seen (a/n: you can tell I live in America, eh?). He didn't stop, but continued to walk to the hut.
"Hell?" He calls out once inside. "Hello! I'm looking for-"
"Me?" The Cheiftain comes throuh a door near the back. Mr. Dickenson nods. "Yes, I'm Albert Dickenson. I need to speak with you about Kon Rei." The Cheif offers him a seat, and they both sit. "Yes? What about Kon?" "Well.." Mr. Dickenson stops. He hated haveing to bring bad news to others. Especially when it directly affected him. He had to do it though. It would be better to hear it from someone who knew him personally, then someone gossiping. "He.. Died. In a surprise attack by a neighboring village. They were aiming for someone else and hit Kon instead. He did not survive. Gomen.. Nasai." The Cheif drops his cup, spilling the hot water. After he calms down, his eyes sparkling with unshead tears, he says "Come with me." Though he had tears, his voice was steady. "We have to tell Ryu Li, his younger brother.."
"Hey! Wait! I'm here.. No...... Wait. I'm not. I'm .. I'm dead." Rei's spirit comes to veiw after Mr. Dickenson and the Cheif leave. "But I died outside of the Red Phoenix Village. Why am I here? Where's Kai!" Rei frantacly looks around, then turns to face the White Tiger's Spirit. "This is a whole new journey. A new beginning for you Rei-sama. You start back at where it began." Rei furrows his brows, thinking about this. "What about Kai?" He asks. The White Tiger smiles, then sighs. "He, too, was taken back to the beginning, just like you. You have to find each other again." "What about the village?" "It's still yours. Only though.... Well, you'll see, soon enough." Rei nods, having a strange feeling of understanding sweep over him.
Rei. Ryu Li. Go to him." the White Tiger's spirit disappear, leaving Rei to rush after the retreating forms of Mr. Dickenson and the village Cheif.
As he's running a shrill scream echos through the village. "Mariah?" Rei assks himself. "She must have just heard." Rei shrugs, slowing down to a slow jog. Ryu Li was just getting the news.
"What?" Ryu Li gasps. "How?...Why? He was supposed to come back! With his mate!" Mr. Dickenson sighs, putting a comforting hand on the boy's shoulder. "Ryu Li," says the Cheif after a few minutes of silence. "Do you know who his mate was? Maybe he told you after a while. Wrote to you maybe."
"Hiwatari Kai." Rei wgispers. At that moment, Ryu Li looks up, searching the air. "Rei?" The Cheif looks at the boy. "What?" Ryu Li smiles, nodding to Rei as if he could see him. "His mates name is Hiwatari Kai." "That's impossible!" Mr. Dickenson closes his eyes, then shakes his head. "Why is that so impossible?" Ryu Li's brows furrow in confusion. "Kai was dead. Had been dead for over five years, Ryu Li."
"The Legend..." The Cheif says, disbelief heard easily in his voice. "Two people, one alive, one dead, find each other while looking for mates. When the one who is alive loses his life, both will be taken back to their villages to find each other again. It will be served as a test. If they were really meant to be, they'll find eath other again. It's a legend passed down in the Kon family, but others knew it." Rei listens carefully, knowing, just as the Cheif and Mr. Dickenson did, that he had to find Kai again. Rei smiles. "Ryu Li! Ask if Mr. Dickenson knows if Kai is still in the Red Phoenix Village." And he does. But the answer wasn't what he wanted. "No. He's been taken back to the abbey in Russia." Rei'l mouth drops. "RUSSIA!! How am I.. No.. I'll get there. I have to."
The White Tiger appears, out of a bit of mist, beside Rei. "Again, will you make this journey Rei-Sama?" Rei nods, determination in his golden eyes. "Then I shall accompany you. I can help you. Teach you things. Let's go, Kon Rei." Rei nods again. "Wait. Don't you have another name other that the White Tiger?" "Yes. Drigger." A smile ghosts momentairaly on Rei'l lips before an even deeper frown presents itself. Soberly, he kisses his little brother on the cheek. Ryu Li shivers then smiles saddly. "I'm ready." Rei whispers. Drigger nods and begins to walk twoards the outside of the village. "Then let's go, Rei-Sama." Rei follows the White Tiger.
Fushigi (4/20/04): Hooray for me! I finished it!! Yes, yes, I'll make a sequel for this. But only if you ask me to. ^-^.
Kid: *pushes Fushigi out of POV* Still *my* story. Get out! Now, if the paragraphs are too short, then it's because I first wrote this in my notebook. Gomen nasai it took so long to type. I've had it written for a while, but I'm just now finishing the typing, as you can tell. Homework. See you next time. Bai.
Anime: Beyblade.
Rating: G
Genre: Romance
Secondary Genre: Tragedy.
Soundtrack to chapter:
Summary: Rei is the inheritor to the White Tiger Village, but to keep his inheritance, he must choose a mate before the 61st of the Yami Season. Traditionally, the maiden is from the village, but Rei wants someone else.
Fushigi- (03/13/04) I love you guys! Your reviews are so wonderful! I love you all! *hugs the reveiwers* I have a few ideas of what I want to do with this story, but I'm still sorting through them, adding a few, discarding a few, so, I'll be finished with this soon, hopefully.
Updates: Heaven found in Hell and Love over Life is officially completed. Disappearance is on it's final chapter, and this chapter will be the last or second to last chapter for CoI. On to my story!
Kid-My story, Fushigi!
Fushigi- Bleh!
Chapter Four:
"He died, over five years ago, Rei."
Rei stops in mid thought. What? Kai was dead? How was that possible? He just met him a few days ago. I saw him, taked to him. It wasn't his spirit! It wasn't possible! Rei's eyes glow red slightly. "You're wrong! You're lying! Kai is alive! I know he is. He's the one who bandaged my neck!" Rei hastily stands up, knocking down the chair in the process. "It had to be him.... There's no way.... It was him.." Rei shakes his head, his ponytail whipping aroundd. "Sit down! Please Rei!" "No. I'll prove it to you!" Rei looks around for the door then runs out, knocking down a few people on the way.
Rei's vision blurs. It wasn't true. Hiwatari Kai was alive. He was his mate, the only one who's body form fit perfectly with his; who's idea's contridicted him enough to make him think from a diffrent point of vew. They completely complimented each other in every possible way! How could his mate be dead?!
Unless...... Rei stops just at the Red Phoenix gete surrounding the village. The only way for Kai to be his mate was if.... If Rei himself would die.
"No! I can't. I'm the Inheiriter fo the White Tiger Village. Please," Rei drops to his knees. "Tell me I'm not going to die!" //Rei-Sama... i can't say yes or no. I don't know. That is something not even I can foretell.// Tears overflow from Rei's eyes, streaking down his cheeks.
"Rei!" Mr. Dickenson's voice comes to Rei's ears, breaking the train of thought. He looks over his shoulder, then jumping up, Rei rushes out of the gate.
"KAI! HIWATARI KAI!" A red headed boy comes out of the bushes, battle axe in hand. "Who are you? How did you get past me?! Speak up!" Rei looks around dumbfoundedly. "Where is he? Where is Hiwatari?" "Who?" "Hiwatari Kai!" "Who? Look, I'm the only one who pro-" "Johnny, there was someone else here! He stopped me from going in side, until I got hurt then he bandaged my wound!"
"I'm here." Rei spins aroun. Kai stood directly behind him. "Kai!" Behind them, Johnny looks between the two. "What the fuck? Who are you?!" Kai looks at Johnny, sending an electrifying death glare at him He growls then looks back at Rei. "Come on." He grabs Rei's wrist and pulls him away from both Johnny and the Red Phoenix Village.
"Look, Kai, I'm sorry I pulled you out, but I needed to ... Hey.. hey. Where are we going?" "Just walk." Kai says, not slowing down in his stride.
::Hey, White Tiger, you know wehre he's taking me?:: //To see an old friend of mine.// ::Right. So.. That would be where?:: //You'll see, Rei- Sama.// ::I told you not to call me that!!:: //Rei-sama, I have to. I can't call you anything else!// ::Fine *sigh* Gomen nasai. I didn't mean to yell at you.:: //It's okay Rei-Sama.//
"We're here." Kai says softly. Rei looks up. They were at a shrine; it reminded the Neko-jin of the White Tiger Shrine. "Rei, was it? You slightly recognize this shrine, right?" "Yeah. It looks like the White Tiger Shrine. My Shrine." Kai nods. "The White Tiger has also integrated himself with you, correct?" "Yeah." Rei says, now beginning to wonder how he knew all of this. "You're the White Tiger. I'm the Red Phoenix. You're a land animal. I'm an air animal. Even though we are different, we're the same." Kai stops, running a hand through his blue hair. He sighs. "I-"
Rei quickly interupts him. "Kai, a... Someone told me that.." He didn't want to ask. If he asked, and it just so happened to be true, Rei would have to accept it. There'd be no other way. Kai was, after all, his mate. "That I'm dead?" Kai finishes, indifference in his voice. "Yes. I died five and a half years ago today." Rei gasps, falling to knees. "How? No, you can't be dead. How can my mate be dead?" Again, Kai sighs. "Not my fault." He whispers, barely audible to Rei.
"There's a war," Rei looks up at the speaker. "Between the Red Phoenix and the Blue Whale Villages. It's been going on for years." Rei stands, shakily. Suddenly, his legs give and he topples into Kai's arms, which easily catch him as though Kai was alive. Ablush envelpes both of them, but even when Rei can stand, Kai doesn't let go. "Wh-" Kai smiles, but barely. "YOu are the White Tiger. I'm the Red Phoenix. He told me you'd be looking for me. " Rei nods. "I have." He whispers. The blue headed boy continues with his earlier story, still not letting go of the Neko-jin. "It was what killed me. I protected this village from the Blue Whale warriors." Rei furrows his eyebrows, confusion written on his face. "Don't turn around." Kai whispers into his ear gently. "Huh? Why not?"
With the last words, Rei knows. A quick pain ran through his body, starting at his neck. Behind him, he could hear shouts of congradulations. With his last breath, Rei whispers, "Kai.. I..." But is never able to finish.
Kai's vision distorts, crystaline tears forming in his blue-grey eyes. "Alive for sixteen years and a single tear was never shed. Five years into my death and it takes seeing my mates death to make me cry." He gathers Rei's lifeless body in his arms, holding it as close to his spirit as he could.
~~*~~
Mr. Dickenson sighs as he takes the final few steps into the White Tiger Village. Small huts formed an un-named shape, people scuttering here and there, trying to get their chores done so they can finally play. The shops were found in the middle, or what only one could assume was the middle. It looked like a pleasent village. Women gossiping while carrying their clothing to the river to be washed; children chasing chickens or balls around the shops, and the men working on a new, very large hut, one could only assume would be the High Cheiftains home. But barging in a home that still was being built wasn't Mr. Dickenson's style. He stands there a moment, contemplating this, before others notice him.
"Excuse me." He asks the nearest person to him. "Where can I find you're High Cheif?" The woman frowns, looking him over. "Um.. Rei-sama hasn't gotten back from... his journey." She says. Mr. Dickenson's frown deepens. "No, ma'am. You see, that's why I need to see the Cheif." She nods, worry taking over her features. She leads him over to what looked like a minture garden, but in the center was a small hut. "Here." Mr. Dickenson smiles at her as she leaves.
He goes through the garden, looking at the many flowers present. Roses, lilies, petunias, even a holly bush could be seen (a/n: you can tell I live in America, eh?). He didn't stop, but continued to walk to the hut.
"Hell?" He calls out once inside. "Hello! I'm looking for-"
"Me?" The Cheiftain comes throuh a door near the back. Mr. Dickenson nods. "Yes, I'm Albert Dickenson. I need to speak with you about Kon Rei." The Cheif offers him a seat, and they both sit. "Yes? What about Kon?" "Well.." Mr. Dickenson stops. He hated haveing to bring bad news to others. Especially when it directly affected him. He had to do it though. It would be better to hear it from someone who knew him personally, then someone gossiping. "He.. Died. In a surprise attack by a neighboring village. They were aiming for someone else and hit Kon instead. He did not survive. Gomen.. Nasai." The Cheif drops his cup, spilling the hot water. After he calms down, his eyes sparkling with unshead tears, he says "Come with me." Though he had tears, his voice was steady. "We have to tell Ryu Li, his younger brother.."
"Hey! Wait! I'm here.. No...... Wait. I'm not. I'm .. I'm dead." Rei's spirit comes to veiw after Mr. Dickenson and the Cheif leave. "But I died outside of the Red Phoenix Village. Why am I here? Where's Kai!" Rei frantacly looks around, then turns to face the White Tiger's Spirit. "This is a whole new journey. A new beginning for you Rei-sama. You start back at where it began." Rei furrows his brows, thinking about this. "What about Kai?" He asks. The White Tiger smiles, then sighs. "He, too, was taken back to the beginning, just like you. You have to find each other again." "What about the village?" "It's still yours. Only though.... Well, you'll see, soon enough." Rei nods, having a strange feeling of understanding sweep over him.
Rei. Ryu Li. Go to him." the White Tiger's spirit disappear, leaving Rei to rush after the retreating forms of Mr. Dickenson and the village Cheif.
As he's running a shrill scream echos through the village. "Mariah?" Rei assks himself. "She must have just heard." Rei shrugs, slowing down to a slow jog. Ryu Li was just getting the news.
"What?" Ryu Li gasps. "How?...Why? He was supposed to come back! With his mate!" Mr. Dickenson sighs, putting a comforting hand on the boy's shoulder. "Ryu Li," says the Cheif after a few minutes of silence. "Do you know who his mate was? Maybe he told you after a while. Wrote to you maybe."
"Hiwatari Kai." Rei wgispers. At that moment, Ryu Li looks up, searching the air. "Rei?" The Cheif looks at the boy. "What?" Ryu Li smiles, nodding to Rei as if he could see him. "His mates name is Hiwatari Kai." "That's impossible!" Mr. Dickenson closes his eyes, then shakes his head. "Why is that so impossible?" Ryu Li's brows furrow in confusion. "Kai was dead. Had been dead for over five years, Ryu Li."
"The Legend..." The Cheif says, disbelief heard easily in his voice. "Two people, one alive, one dead, find each other while looking for mates. When the one who is alive loses his life, both will be taken back to their villages to find each other again. It will be served as a test. If they were really meant to be, they'll find eath other again. It's a legend passed down in the Kon family, but others knew it." Rei listens carefully, knowing, just as the Cheif and Mr. Dickenson did, that he had to find Kai again. Rei smiles. "Ryu Li! Ask if Mr. Dickenson knows if Kai is still in the Red Phoenix Village." And he does. But the answer wasn't what he wanted. "No. He's been taken back to the abbey in Russia." Rei'l mouth drops. "RUSSIA!! How am I.. No.. I'll get there. I have to."
The White Tiger appears, out of a bit of mist, beside Rei. "Again, will you make this journey Rei-Sama?" Rei nods, determination in his golden eyes. "Then I shall accompany you. I can help you. Teach you things. Let's go, Kon Rei." Rei nods again. "Wait. Don't you have another name other that the White Tiger?" "Yes. Drigger." A smile ghosts momentairaly on Rei'l lips before an even deeper frown presents itself. Soberly, he kisses his little brother on the cheek. Ryu Li shivers then smiles saddly. "I'm ready." Rei whispers. Drigger nods and begins to walk twoards the outside of the village. "Then let's go, Rei-Sama." Rei follows the White Tiger.
Fushigi (4/20/04): Hooray for me! I finished it!! Yes, yes, I'll make a sequel for this. But only if you ask me to. ^-^.
Kid: *pushes Fushigi out of POV* Still *my* story. Get out! Now, if the paragraphs are too short, then it's because I first wrote this in my notebook. Gomen nasai it took so long to type. I've had it written for a while, but I'm just now finishing the typing, as you can tell. Homework. See you next time. Bai.