ME: I'm surprised they put up with me for so long.
CS: I'm surprised they put up with you at all.
Sweetangle: ME: Don't worry, I won't stop. CS: She has bits and pieces of writers block, but she'll manage. ME: Somehow.
Nanashi2: ME: *tries to escape from the hug* Ummm…can you, like, give me air to breath? *is let go* Phew. Anyway, I love it when Kai fights for Ty-kun. He should learn not to take Ty-kun for granted!!! *glares at Kai* Kai: What? He's mine!!! ME: Of course he's yours, but you have to work for him. Kai: Why should I? ME: I'll start writing TyTa… Kai: You wouldn't…
ME: ^__~* Try me. Kai: o0
SilveryKitsune: ME: *sweatdrops as she watches Silver run from Suichi* CS: Now that's what I call obsessed. CT: Wow, look how fast they run. ME: I think he nearly caught up with her. Anyway, I'll try and add some MaRa. Thing is, so many charas are all around, it's hard to manage.
Death stopper: ME: *ducks flying…keyboards* Hey, it's not as easy as it looks!!!
asa-chan: ME: I'll update as long as my teachers give me less homework. Seriously, we just started school and I'm up to my arms in homework.
Skittles the Sugar Fairy: ME: You're right, it can. Kai: Blasphemy!!!
CS: Kai…
Kai: Sacrilege!!
CS: ~_~;; WILL YOU SHUT UP!!!
Kai: o0 Okaaaaay.
ME: Thank you CS.
Shad0wedEmerald: ME: YAY!!! No death threats!!!! CS: Damn. And I spent so much money on life insurance.
Weeping Angel: ME: You reviewed!! *hugs you* Arigatou!!! CS: You made her day… ME: Anyway, I'm glad you got hooked so quickly. Mind you, it's a difficult fic because of the ideas surrounding it. CS: In other words, it's a lot harder than it looks.
Rumi-Chan: ME: *watches Kai struggle from getting out of the closet* We should do that more often. Kai: LET ME OUT!!!!!!! CS: Anyway, guess what she had to buy for her Formal dress? ME: *shudders* I didn't believe it until I saw it. CS: 0_0 It was THE PANTYHOSE!!!!
*lightning flashes and thunder roars* ME: What should I do? CS: Call 911!!!
D.G: ME: I was wondering when you were going to show up. CS: We missed you!!! Kai: …not.
ME: *whacks Kai with the Mallet* Don't be rude to the reviewers!! Kai: Ow!!!
ME: Who's doing the Disclaimer?
CS: Don't you do the disclaimer?
ME: I'm getting tired of doing it all the time.
CS: Let's see… *pulls in Tala* Make him do it.
Tala: o_0 Me?
ME: ^_^ Okay! Ta-chan, will you do the disclaimer?
Tala: If you let me have the closet.
CS: Why do you want—actually, I don't want to know.
ME: Fine *gives Tala the keys to the closet*
Tala: ^_^ YAY!!! Timberwolf does not own Beyblade. Nor does she own the Gangstaz (Chris, Kaleb, Alia, Jason, Allison). They belong to Angevar, who lent them to her.
Angevar: ~_~ I prefer the term 'stolen'
ME: ^^*
Mythicals—Bit-beasts
The Brethren—Tribe of People who serve the Storm Lords
Fire-Born—Tribe of People who serve the Fire Lords
Earth's Children—Tribe of People who serve the Earth Lords
Water's Creations—Tribe of People who serve the Water Lords
Ice's Adepts—Tribe of People who serve the Ice Lords
Metal's Brood—Tribe of People who serve the Metal Lords
Sky's Chosen—Tribe of People who serve the Sky Lords
All the Lords are Mythicals (Bit-beasts)
All the Tribes are human.
The Overlord rules over the Mythicals
ME: Are they still there?
CS: They're there. Just asleep.
Audience: -_- *snore*
ME: *sweatdrops*
Chapter Four
Time to decide
Tala yawned as he dragged himself out of bed. From the looks of it, it seems to be late morning. Tala groaned. Alia is soooo going to pester him for getting up late.
That's family for you.
Maybe I'll get to talk to Tyson.
Tala blushed. He was so unused to feeling for other people. He barely talked to anybody, but Alia and Wolfborg. Wicca didn't count since he was infatuated with Alia. Tala stretched himself as he made his way to the breakfast table.
As he suspected, everyone was already at the table. But something caught his eye.
Well, well, well…
There was his cousin in all her glory, talking to a Fire-Born! And judging by the amount of blushing they were doing, they were quite taken into each other. He approached them, flashing his most evil smirk.
"Good morning Alia. I see you didn't miss me much." He said pointedly, staring at Kaleb. Alia fixed her glare at Tala, "My dear Tala, nobody missed you THAT much. However, I must say you have great timing." Tala followed her eyes and saw Tyson come into the hall.
Without Kai.
"Later." With that he made his way towards Tyson. Alia grinned slightly as she turned back to Kaleb. But she kept her eyes on Tala and wished him luck
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Tyson came into the hallway. He was still reeling from the kiss Kai gave him and he was trying to understand Kai's words from yesterday.
The stars protect us from ourselves.
Who is the real enemy here? Difference? Revenge? Hate?
Tyson's heard of the stories where the tribes turned on themselves. Always they were defeated. Always, they died.
Always they lost.
Time is something I can't give you.
Is Kai foretelling something? Tyson recalled his vision. He saw Kai and he saw a war. So many were dying. There was crying as tears bathed the battlefield. Tyson clutched his hair tightly. He felt so helpless…unable to fight the tide that was sweeping him away.
He longed to be in Kai's arms, to feel safe and secure.
It's been a long time since he's ever felt like that.
He sat on the dining table and sighed. Suddenly, he saw darkness.
"Guess who?"
A slow smile formed on his lips as he said, "Ka—,"
The smile died on his lips. It was Tala.
Tala pulled a chair next to him, "Did you sleep well?"
Tyson nodded, unable to say anything.
Tala smirked as he placed a finger under Tyson's chin, "What's wrong? You look upset."
Tyson avoided looking into Tala's eyes, "I…why doesn't Kai like you?"
Tala was taken aback by the question. Quickly, he composed himself, "We ran into each other once and after that, we…couldn't stand each other."
"Good thing too."
Tyson whirled around, "Kai." He breathed.
Tala gritted his teeth. How he longed to wipe that annoying vampire like smile off his face.
Tyson sensed the tension between the two. It was so thick; it clouded the air around him.
Finally he got fed up. Stepping between them, he tried to calm things down, "Um…can you two settle this elsewhere?"
Tala leered at him, "If you want us to, Dragon."
Tyson shivered. The look Tala gave him…
Kai stepped in front of Tyson, "Go away Tala. Nobody wants you here."
Something unknown flashed in Tala's eyes as he retreated.
Tyson let out a sigh of relief.
Kai faced Tyson angrily, "How could you talk to him?!"
Tyson faced Kai's rage head on, "Excuse me, but you can't tell me what to do!" he snapped.
Kai sighed exasperatedly, "You can't trust him."
"Then whom am I supposed to trust? You?"
Tyson spun on his heel and walked off.
Am I supposed to trust you?
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"You really put your foot in your mouth this time."
"Shut up Chris."
"Kai, stabbing your fried egg with a fork isn't going to help."
"It makes me feel better."
"It would make you feel much better if you stabbed Tala."
"Now, why didn't I think of that?"
"Kai, seriously…go over to Tyson and make up instead of stabbing your breakfast!!"
"You've got to be kidding."
"I was kidding about the 'stab—Tala' thing, but not about this."
"…"
"Kai, if I meet someone like you, I'll declare him a miracle."
"Very funny."
"Now just go there and say 'I'm very sorry and I'll never do it again'. The girls always go for that."
"Of course it doesn't help matters if Tyson is a boy!!"
"Forgot that. It's hard to make out with all that hair"
"…"
Chris leaned back on his chair, "Look, just get done with it soon, ok? Otherwise, who knows? Tala might still have a chance…"
Kai slammed his fist on the table, "If he lays a hand on my Tyson…"
"He won't be yours for long if you don't make up soon."
Kai got up from his table, "And that's just what I'm going to do."
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Hanna pushed strands of her sea green hair behind her ears. She glanced at Farren and sighed.
Boys…
Can't live with them,
Can't live without them,
Can't turn them into jackasses. [1]
She nudged Farren hard. He suddenly woke up from his 'beauty sleep'
"Huh? What happened?"
She gave him a pointed look,
"You were drooling on the table," she commented dryly as Farren blushed.
Farren tried to protest, "I was tired."
Hanna snorted as she opened her mouth to retort back, when a flash of slate grey caught her eye.
It was Kai.
And he was walking towards Tyson.
Hanna licked her lips. This ought to be interesting.
Tyson hadn't noticed Kai yet. He was busy talking to Max. Kai cleared his throat.
Tyson stopped. Max glanced at Kai, a sparkle in his eye. Tyson turned to face him.
"Kai."
Kai tried to speak, but no words came out.
Tyson's expression turned from neutral to puzzled, "What's wrong?"
"I'm…"
"Yes?"
Max chuckled. This was worse than when Ray tried to apologize for falling on top of him.
At least he tried to make a decent excuse.
Tried.
Kai took a deep breath, Come on Kai, you can do this! What would Dranzer say if she saw you now?
"I'm sorry."
There he said it.
Chris and Kaleb heard him though.
Chris: I must be dreaming.
Kaleb: I need new eardrums. I'm sure I misheard.
Tyson smiled and whispered, "See, now that wasn't so hard now, was it?"
Kai glared at him and huffed, crossing his arms across his chest, "Just don't make me do it again."
Tyson chuckled lightly.
Meanwhile…
Chris: 0.0
Kaleb: 0.0
Let's wait till they get over the shock. ^__^
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Calyph watched as the separate tribes headed their separate ways. He snorted.
Weaklings.
Calyph's ice grey eyes flitted from side to side. He fingered the silver sword, hanging by his waist. He's probably doing the impossible. But thoughts of his girlfriend invaded his memory.
He did this,
It's his entire fault.
"Calyph, are we doing the right thing?"
Calyph regarded the youth with cold disdain, "We are."
Nathan swallowed, "He's the—,"
Calyph spun around, his face suffused with rage, "I don't care! He's going down."
Nathan stared back defiantly, "All legends have some truth."
Calyph calmed down considerably, "You're right, of course."
A twisted smile made his way on his face, "But we can do it."
Nathan's eyes hardened, "We can."
"We can destroy the Overlord."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*
Alia ducked as Tala flung a large pillow at her.
"Will you quit that?"
Tala cursed under his breath as he looked for his armband.
"Your bad mood has really increased."
Tala scowled and threw another pillow at Alia. She dodged it with ease.
"One day, I'll kill Kai with my bare hands."
"Oh, really? Last time I checked, he beats you up with his hands tied behind his back."
Tala growled and flung another pillow at her.
"How many pillows do you have?"
Suddenly Tala stopped. Sighing, he sat down on his bed and buried his face in his hands,
"Can anyone actually love me?"
Alia's clear amethyst eyes softened.
She sat next to him, "I love you. Does that count? Even when you hurt me or push me, I always come back. And your mother loved you more then I could ever describe."
Tala buried his face in Alia's hair, fervently wishing.
Wishing she was Tyson instead.
Tyson…
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It was a large room.
There were eight corners and on each corner was a pulsing gem of their symbolic color.
Fire had a large finely cut ruby, which held the dancing flames.
Water had a soft oval shaped turquoise gem, which showed the essence of purified water.
Earth had a topaz, which looked like trapped sunlight in a stone.
Storm held a gemstone, which whirled with the chaos of storms.
Dark had a gem that no glimmer or light could be caught.
Sky, with their colors of the rainbow.
Metal with their shiny metallic grey gemstone.
And Ice, a gem that held the icy coolness of the North.
The tribes sat in their various corners. It was a circular table, decked with silver strands of threaded moonlight. They waited.
The middle of the room had a stream of sunlight coming through.
Suddenly, beams of pure energy shot out of the gems.
They overlapped each other in a symphony of lights.
And they became one.
Tyson's breath caught in his throat.
Kai's sunken garnet eyes glinted. Max flinched as Ray growled.
Chris remained impassive as Kaleb drank in the sight with wide eyes. Alia's face had grown hard as Tala tightened his fist.
A large cloak of shimmering rainbow decked this…man. He had a soft, almost cherub face. His hair was a colour that even the greatest of artists could ever hope to describe. His eyes were filled with a power that overshadowed light and dark. On his arm was a tiny crest. It was blurred and Tyson could see that the original shape and design had all but faded away.
I see you have all made it. Start with the introductions please. Be brief.
Tyson, Hanna and Farren rose first.
"Tyson Dragoon."
"Hanna Iris."
"Farren Cyro."
"We are the Brethren."
Kai, Kaleb and Chris rose.
"Kai Dranzer."
"Kaleb Kryote."
"Chris Cerebus."
"We are the Fire Born."
Ray, Jamal and Allison rose.
"Ray Drigger."
"Jamal Jik."
"Allison Benni."
"We are the Children
Max, Jason and San-fah rose.
"Max Draceil."
"Jason Hammero."
"San-fah Dyla."
Alia, Tala and Wicca rose.
"Alia Seline."
"Tala Wolfborg."
"Wicca Unni."
"We are the Adepts"
Kenny, Eden and Pei rose.
"Kenneth Dizzara."
"Eden Lastoll."
"Pei Vayuk."
"We are the Chosen."
The other tribes started to rise, but the Overlord gestured to them. They sat down.
You need more than empty words here. Do you truly desire peace? Not only for your sake, but for your clan as well. If you truly want peace, then you must work for it.
Silence sank over the tribes as the Overlord's statement made its way through their heads.
"But you're the Overlord!!" Tyson burst out, "If you tell them, they wouldn't dare to break your law!"
Youngling how noble of you to believe that. But Mythical nature is not unlike human nature. They both turn on themselves.
"Please," Tyson whispered, "I'm—We're so tired of the wars. The tribes get along, but the Mythicals are another thing all together. Please."
"Surely you can do something," Ray growled.
No. Only you can do something.
"So you've failed us again."
Everyone's heads turned to this new voice.
Calyph smirked. His ice grey eyes were deadly serious.
Define fail youngling.
Calyph narrowed his eyes.
"You know exactly what I mean," he spat out.
The other members of the Metal Brood stood up.
Kai scowled. Something's wrong…
Calyph still had that twisted smile on his face, "So this is payback."
Several things happened at the same time.
A large gray ball materialized in the center of the room.
"Traitor," Chris yelled as he called upon his powers.
Similarly, the other tribes gathered their power.
"No, I don't think so."
Suddenly, the gems shattered and everyone collapsed.
At the same time, Calyph and his tribe vanished.
Kai winced as he found himself on the floor, "What the name of Sora [2] happened?"
Kenny groaned, "He shattered the Elemental Stones. Is he mad?"
Eden held the side of her ribs, "Kenny, shattering the stones won't bring about world destruction, would it?"
"No."
"Thank you."
"It would destroy the barriers instead."
"WHAAAAAAAAAATTTT!!!!!!!!!"
Ray spat the blood out of his mouth. Some of the injuries were more serious then they looked.
"Do you mean the barriers that protect our capitals?'
"The same."
Alia tried to stand up, "We have to warn everyone. The Metal Brood might attack our homes!!"
Max rolled his eyes, "You make it sound so easy. How are we going to warn anybody if we can't even move?"
Do not worry. I will heal you. But you must hurry. Already The Mythicals are preparing for the last war.
"The last war?" Tyson whispered.
The war that will end everything. You need not ask youngling. You saw it. You know.
Tyson started to tremble. The vision he had.
Was it finally going to come true?
Kai slowly reached for Tyson's hand, "We'll make it."
Tyson saw the fierce determination in Kai's garnet eyes and swallowed his fear.
The Overlord lifted his hand. His eyes began to glow. But Kai detected a flicker in the Overlord's form. Could the gems hold the essence of the Overlord?
Find your future younglings.
They vanished in a burst of light.
ME: Okaaaaayy.
CS: Last time you write a fantasy fic. See what happens.
ME: Yeah well. What happens next? Will Tyson and Kai finally be separated? What will Tala do to get Tyson? And will the last war destroy the world? (I hope not.)
CS: We need a better announcer.
ME: Nobody was available for the job. I even tried bribes.
CS: What did you bribe them with?
ME: Plushies.
CS: 0__0 And they still refused?
ME: Reviewers receive—
CS: Elemental stones!!!
ME: Can be used as attractive lamps. And they come in fire, ice, storm, etc.
Kai: They're going to use them for lamps?!
Tyson: At least she isn't giving away plushies of me. I'm getting tired of those flash floods.
CS: *hangs her elemental stone* Review!!
[1] One of my favorite quotes. See if you can figure out the writer! ^_^
[2] My made up goddess: Sora, the Lady of the Universe.