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And so... TADA!! Next chapter... completed.

You people thought I forgot about this story, please... I love this story! I'm not giving up till it's done!! XD...

Anyways, been busy... and I hope to have the next chappy soon. I haven't even started, but I look forward to write it... I just have to get school over with... I have two summative to work on... its hell...

Anyways... read...

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By: Cold Tears of the Phoenix

Chapter 18: The Evil Mind's Eye

Takara crept into the room, silently closing the door behind her. She paused for a moment, listening, only to hear the soft drumming of water from the shower. She tiptoed farther into the room, feeling her way around, searching for a bed. She knew that the bed closest to the door was Kai's, and next to his was she's and then Ray's. Now, the farther she crept silently into the room, the louder another noise became-breathing. 'Someone was sleeping in here,' Takara thought as she touched the end of the second bed and sat down. 'Wonder if it's Kai?'

Suddenly she got one of those mental images of Kai sleeping silently, tangles up in the mess of blankets, making her tilt her head to one side and awe at the kawaii-ness. But what she really wanted was to see him with her own eyes. Oh god, was she ever going to see again? Was Kai ever going to speak again? Takara tried to hear his voice in her head, but it was shattered by the sizzling sound of the shower. She sighed heavily and dropped her head into her palms.

What if? What if? She wasn't sure who had the worst part, Kai or her. Well, she can't hear him or see him, but Kai can see her but can't speak to her. The more she thought about it the sadder and angrier she became. Sad because the hope she once kept was draining itself from her heart, and angry at the Senses for doing it. What was the idea anyways? What did those bastards have against the Bladebreakers if it's the first time they ever met?

The angry and sadness began to take effect as Takara's throat began to feel like someone was choking her, and tears began to build themselves up in her eyes. A little sound slipped from her lips.

The little sound, unfortunately, did not go unnoticed. It woke the sleeping body in the bed next to hers. Kai rose as if thunder had erupted in the room to the little weeping noise, and he quickly swept the area with his maroon eyes. They settled softly on the blue haired girl. He trotted over and kneeled in front of Takara, worry sweeping over his face before he could control the emotion. Her reddish-purple orbs glittered as the tears steamed like ever flowing rivers down her soft cheeks. Frowning in concern, he lifted his hand up to wipe away the tears.

An unsuspected hand suddenly touched Takara's cheek, making her jerk and almost hit the person. That is, until she realized it was Kai, and she relaxed, letting the warm palm take way all the anger, but not the sadness. She lifted her arms and suddenly embraced Kai in a loose hug, burying her face into his chest. Kai frowned farther into concern; did Sekai say something to make Takara so upset?

"Oh Kai!!" Takara suddenly wailed. "What if... what if you never speak again? What if I'll be blind for the rest of my life?!"

Kai smirked and almost laughed. He returned Takara's hug and began stroking her head, still with a smile on his lips.

Just then...

"I'll be going to the White Tiger's Hotel as soon as-," Ray stepped out of the bathroom to see Kai hugging Takara. They seemed to not notice that the shower had stopped. "Oh... so that's what you two do when I'm not here!!"

Both teens whirled around and blushed furiously. "Wha-what?!" Takara stammered. "He was just comforting me-."

"Uh-huh," Ray face suddenly turned to a suspicious cat. "That's what you want me to think! What you really were doing was K-I-S-S-I-N-G!!"

Kai whacked Ray on the head.

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"Guys! Guys!" Kenny yelped. "Bad news!"

"What?" Tyson mumbled with a fork with French toast on the end, blowing chucks into the younger boy's face.

"Thank you Tyson," Kenny growled, whipping the food of his face. "That's just what I needed after finding out that our battle with The Sages was cancelled!"

"WHAT?" food in the hair this time.

"Then who are we going to battle?" Max questioned, handing a napkin to Kenny.

"Well after all, we go straight to the finals of the tournament now that we don't have to battle..." Kenny stuttered. "But... if the Senses win their match..." He let the possibility that was so possible hang in the atmosphere.

"WHAAAAAAAAAT?" Takara suddenly crashed into the eating area, tripping over chairs and people in the process. "REPEAAT!"

Kenny picked himself off the floor. "I said if the Senses win their battle, then we have to battle them because our battle today was cancelled!"

"OH! SHIT!" Takara dashed out of the eating area, ran into a wall, and disappeared around the corner.

"Can't say she took the news very well..." Max muttered.

"Hey, I was thinking... maybe we could go watch today's match and see if I can collect any information that may help us," Kenny yanked out a chair and sat at the table. "You never know, we might gain some interesting information."

Tyson and Max looked at each other. "That's a good idea," a voice interrupted. Ray was reading off a little sheet of paper Kai had given him. Takara's blue head bobbed behind them. Ray looked up. "Well? What are you sitting there for? The match starts in 15 minutes!!"

"Oh, and that reminds me," Kenny dug into his pocket. "Drassess is all patched up!"

Takara pushed her way through. "Oh! Thank you!" Kenny placed the blade in her hands.

'Drassess?'

Eh? What? Oh... AH! Hey! What's up?

'Glad you're back, I missed you.'

Ah... okay... is that all? Cuz I was haven a nice nap.

'Yeah, that's it.'

Okay then, kid. And by the way, I NEVER want to be in Kenny's pocket again. You'll never imagine the stuff he carries in there.

'Oh, I can imagine. Lots in lots of gadgets.'

Err... wrong. A lot worst.

'Okay not asking.'

Yep. Maybe one day I'll tell you to freak you out. Heh.

'Okay.' Takara wasn't sure she wanted to tell Drassess the true story behind Cho. Maybe one day.

"AH! 10min!" Kenny exclaimed. "What are we standing here for?"

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"We made it on time!" Kenny exclaimed. The Bladebreakers made their way to a row in the front. It was pretty easy to find seats; apparently the Senses weren't very popular.

"Sorry for the delay! The Beyblade Dish wasn't operating properly," suddenly the announcer said. The Bladebreakers sweat dropped. "Anyways, on with todays match! The Senses vs. the Mind's Eye."

"What is with these people and their strange team names? 'The Senses', 'The Eve of Essence', 'The Mind's Eye'..." Tyson exclaimed. "Why can't they have a normal name like 'The Bladebreakers'?"

Max nudged him with this elbow and giggled. "Silly, that's because the name's already taken!"

"First up, Daniachew against Reed!"

The boy named Reed from the opposite team seemed to be quite angry as he walked up to the Beyblade Dish. As He approached he jabbed his finger at Daniachew and roared. "The Sense have betrayed out Village! For that, we have come to take what rightfully doesn't belong to you anymore! Those are the Elders' orders!"

Daniachew blinked for a few moments. "The Elders. The Village... I betrayed them?" He looked extremely upset.

Abdelahi scowled from behind him. "Don't listen to Reed, Daniachew! What you are doing is right! Defeat him and take his hearing!"

The strangest thing happened next, Daniachew went into some sort of trance and his eyes fluttered shut. When he opened them again, his eyes were dark, as if he were possessed.

"What the..." Ray blurted. "What's happening?"

"I dunno," Takara muttered. "Aren't you supposed to tell me? What is this about betraying a Village also?"

Kai frowned as he looked upon Abdelahi, watching the other boy's movements. 'Maybe...' Kai thought. 'Maybe that is his power...'

Mean while...

'Drassess, can you see anything?'

Not really. But I can feel this strange power. I've felt it before, I just can't remember where.

'Strange power?'

"I'm gonna end this quickly!" Reed exploded with anger. "Ehmitare! Rise!"

"The guy has a bit beast?" Kenny cried in wonder.

"Black hole! Absorb his bit beast!" Reed seethed. A black and while giraffe leapt gracefully out of the blade. The Bladebreakers then realized it was no average giraffe at all, it had two heads. One head was where it normally would be, which was white, the other at its rump, which was coloured black. (A/n: If you watch pokemon, there's one similar.) The black head opened its mouth and a vortex seemed to extend like a tongue to suck up Daniachew's blade.

"Papla, Sonic Blast," Daniachew mumbled, in a robotic tone.

The Breakers braced themselves as the beast emerged from the blade. But to their surprise, it was nothing but a simple diamond shaped crystal with a large horn seemed to come out from the top. It made this glass sound as it slowly turned towards the two headed Giraffe called Ehmitare. The Black hole slithered through the air, searching for the crystal. Papla made another glass sound, and the black hole turned its attention to the sound.

Kai found himself shaking now. He gripped his seat as if it would save his life. The others were doing the same, even Takara who couldn't see. The power off the two beasts was enormous.

Papla began to vibrate, and the glass sound began to get louder and louder. Eventually so loud that it shattered the glass of the window high over the stadium. The Breakers as well as the rest of the audience cupped their ears to resist the sound, but it was futile.

Ehmitare's black hole began be forced back by the sound, then suddenly, the black nothingness just exploded and disappeared. Ehmitare itself could not withstand the sound, and escaped into its blade.

PAPLA'S POWER! Drassess suddenly cried. ITS NOT ITS OWN! ITS BEING FEED!

'WHAT? BY WHOM?'

I-I DON"T KNOW... BUT WHAT EVER POWER IT IS, IT'S THE SAME POWER I FELT... IT'S THE SAME POWER I FELT WHEN YOU BATTLED ABDELAHI! I THI--

The noise kept growing and growing, growing so powerful, it blocked out Drassess's voice in Takara's head. Suddenly, Reed's blade just shattered into a thousand pieces and through Reed from the Dish.

"WHOA! And Daniachew takes the match!" the announcer called. Suddenly a girl from the Mind's eye came up and waved a small card at the announcer. "Hum? It seems the Mind's Eye forfeits their match! The Senses pass to the finals against the Bladebreakers!"

The shaken Breakers stared down at the Senses, who looked back up at them. All of the sudden, it seemed they all seemed to loose hope.

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"Awe...man!" Tyson groaned. He sluggishly picked up Dragoon along with the rest as they marched to the Practice arena. Kai was making them practice.

"Would you rather be crushed under the Senses and have any of your senses taken away for you?" Ray snapped. "I will do anything to revenge the White Tigers."

"The thing that confuses me the most was the conversation between Reed and Daniachew," Takara mused. "Something about a village. And the Senses betraying it."

"Don't worry," Max said nicely. "Whatever it is, I don't think it's our problem. It's the Senses."

Takara chose to ignore him. "Maybe the Senses were from the village Reed mentioned. Maybe the Senses were sent to do something, but chose to do something else? Like steal other peoples senses..."

Kai was sort thinking the same. But what was on his mind was Abdelahi. He was fitting the pieces of the puzzle in this head. 'I bet... all these problems are because of him.'

The Breakers practiced all afternoon, until it was dinner time.

I keep thinking about it... Drassess mused in Takara's head. It had to be it. It felt so Evil... the same Evil...

'Okay, spit it out. You've been like that ever since those matches.'

Alright. Well, remember when you battle Abdelahi? Well, when I faced his bit beast, I was completely focused on it. I only so much as noticed the jerk watching me with this really strange stare. For a moment I though he though I was beautiful-can't argue there--- but then my body went completely numb, and I couldn't move a bit. I felt as if an evil force had washed over me so cold that it locked me in some invisible ice cube. I was completely exposed.

'Really?'

But I always thought it was his BEAST that did that. But then I realized today, that his beast wasn't out, and I felt that same evil. I thought at first, that maybe all of the Senses bit beasts possessed this evil. Then I saw the crystal beast, Papla. Even if it doesn't appear to have eyes, I saw it look at me, and it moaned in pain. It was like it was being given something that it didn't like. I saw there was no evil in the beast. I been thinking about it all after noon, and then I realized, Adbelahi's Bit beast also was not evil, if I looked at the signs correctly.

The evil wasn't comming from the beast. It would almost be obvious is if were. But the source was somewhere near by. The same goes for the fight with Abdelahi, the evil didn't come from his beast... anyways...

I've just been thinking... maybe the evil is not the beast, but one of the Senses themselves? Well, I thought if the Senses take other peoples senses to increase their own, then what would be the Senses, senses? If Daniachew is hearing, then his hearing would be increased. Jawara is voice, so his voice would be amplified. Gyamfi is touch, so his own physical abilities could have become heightened. Dzibode is smell, so he can probably smell things normal people can't. But what about Abdelahi? I figured he could have amazing eyesight... but the name of the other team 'the Minds Eye' made me realize, what if he can see into people themselves. Maybe his sense is so powerful, he's physic.

Takara fell silent. 'Then...' She thought silently. 'Then he's using his own power to control his teammates?'

Yeah.

'That's just terrible! Then maybe the Senses aren't really evil after all. Maybe it's just Abdelahi!'

Bingo.

The Breakers come to their room and ate their instant noodles for dinner. Everyone got ready to go to sleep.

Takara found her way to her bed and sat down. She listened quietly to foot steps around her. One pair went to her left, the other to her right. 'It's now or never.'

"Umm... hey guys," She spoke up, all cheerful. She swore someone through daggers at her with his eyes with her cheerful voice. Must have been Ray, he had been in a bad mood all day. "I was just thinking..."

Puh, more like I was the one thinking.

'Shut-up.'

"WHAT?" Ray seethed.

"Jeez, Ray, chill," Takara snapped back. "I was just thinking about something..." She told them what Drassess had told her. "So?"

Kai nodded. That was just what he was thinking. Ray was silent.

"Okay... I was just thinking if Abdelahi is physic... then if we want to win tomorrow, we have to distract him somehow." (A/n: she's been thinking a lot...)

"How would you distract a Physic person?" Ray asked quietly.

"With another physic person. Fire verses Fire," Takara smiled.

"Where in the world would you find another Physic person?" Ray looked up, confusion diffidently evident in his voice.

"I know of one," Takara laid down. "I'll take care of that tomorrow, right now, let's get some sleep."

"Awe!! Tell me! Don't leave me in the dark!" Ray whined. Kai shook his head and turned off the lights.

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"Oh! Really, you'll be there?" Takara squealed. "Oh! Thank you! I'll owe you big time! No seriously. I think we all would owe you. Alright, okay, bye!"

"Who was that?" Tyson asked while munching on his cereal.

"Somebody," Takara dragged the word. She smirked and skipped happily out of the room, nearly running to the wall.

"Today, she's in a good mood," Max commented. "Even when she knows today we're facing the Senses!"

"She's strange," Tyson muttered.

"HEARD THAT!" A voice called.

"Wonder who she called?" Max pondered. "Hey! Maybe if we press redial, we'll figure out who it---."

"AHH!!" A whining voice cried. "We're going to be late!" A short red head boy ran passed the table. (A/n: haven't you noticed how they're always going to be late?)

The Breakers sighed and headed out to go to the stadium.

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