A/N:: Okay, I am in the mood to write, I got a bowl of strawberries next to me, and various tracks of beyblade music playing into my ears, so I will write the next chapter to my sequel. I bet you can all tell that the sequel has a lot more chapters than the first one, but that's alright, it's getting good ^^. hope you enjoy chapter nine ::laughs like a maniac, causing everyone in the room to look at her::

"Days of Storms and Fire"

Chapter 9

The red and blue moons were brightly shining in the sky, as they stars blinked lightly, as if sympathsizing the two fallen boys that were now unconsious in two seperate tents. The slate haired boy, who's arms and chest were somehow covered in burn marks from when he fell to the ground inside the volcano, was lying in bed, sleeping, though his breaths were a bit raspy. The black haired neko-jin sat by the bed, laying cold rags on his burn marks to try and bring relief to them until Max came in with the bandages he needed. The look on his face was covered in concern, worry, and sadness. It was true that they had finally released three of the four gods, but it was like releasing them caused a toll to be taken from the four boys. Rei seemed to be thinking this over. What if they conditions of the four boys are determined on how many times the ancient power inside was used to save them from either a dangerous situation, or a death experience? He held onto the thought, as he brought another wet rag to a new burn mark that he found on his koi's chest.

While the chinese boy was caring for the Russian, the navy haired boy was sitting in the tent, finally wrapping the wound that had been inflicted to the dragon guardian's neck. He was so relieved that Dragoon was back, but the boy's condition was leaving him back in the worry he had when the sea blue haired boy had disappeared. He gently laid his bronze skinned fingers on the slightly older's boy neck, the place where the strange fangs were. It was easy to find them while they were wrapped, since two marks of red appeared on the white cloth. His storm eyes were soft with worry, as he continued to watch over the beautiful ryu. He began to get up, in attempt to go and get himself and the orange eyed boy some water, when something grabbed his wrist, keeping him in place. His eyes slightly widened in surprise, and turned, seeing the pair of firey eyes that he adored so much half open, and the boy pulled up some, as his sea blue hair slightly spilled into his face. A smile flew across the navy haired boy's face, as he turned on one heel, and make a quick dash to the boy, throwing his arms around him, causing Dragoon to fall onto his back in surprise. He blinked, but hesitantly laid a hand on the boy's head.

"Dragoon, you have no idea how worried I was about you. I was so afraid you would be hurt very bad, and you wouldn't come back alive..." Tyson whispered.

"...Right now, I kinda wish I didn't..." The boy mumbled.

In shock, the dragon child lifted himself up, looking into the firey orbs with his widened storm, "What did you just say?! What do you mean by that? You realize how lost I'd be if I didn't know if you were alive or not?"

"How can you feel like that for me when I'm nothing but a unclean bastard?!" The orange eyed boy growled in anger.

"...What are you talking about?"

"Cereberus...he...he raped me...while I was in his castle..."

The storm eyes widened in shock at the words that flooded his ears like a flood of water. He could see the silver beginning to gather in the dragon guardian's eyes, as he had his hand laid on his chest, trying to cover the blood that had been caked there. The navy haired boy felt the concern fill his feelings once again, as he looked at the beautiful orange eyes with his. Dragoon turned his head back to the slightly younger boy in front of him, seeing the look in his eyes, making him look confused. It seemed the sea blue haired boy was about to say something, when Tyson laid a hand over his mouth, keeping him from saying anything.

"I want you to answer me one thing, Dragoon... Did it happen willingly, or were you forced against your will? Did you want him to do the things he did to you, or not?"

"..." The young ryu made himself look down at the bed, as he finally spoke, "I...didn't do it of my own will...he had me tied up, and pinned to the place where he had me...I...I didn't want that to happen...I didn't..."

The storm eyed boy smiled lightly, laying his arms around the boy that was about to break into tears, "Then there's no reason that I would hate you, Dragoon. There's no way I could ever start to hate you, after all, I love you, Dragoon." He whispered into the pale skinned boy's ears.

The tear filled orange eyes began to soften as he heard the soft and sweet words go into his ears. He lifted his head to be able to look into the storm eyes above him, but that only rewarded him with something that left him in shock. His eyes were wide as he found Tyson's lips pressed against his in a soul tearing kiss. He didn't even fight back, in fact he seemed to be enjoying it, since it was the dragon child, and not the lavender haired god. The sea blue haired boy gently laced his arms around the boy in front of him, and pressed against his lips in response to the kiss. The dragon guardian fell back onto the bed, pulling the navy haired boy down with him, as they began to deepen the kiss that they were sharing. After a minute or so, the two of them finally sperated from the beautiful moment of sweet bliss, and looked into each other's eyes, the orange eyed boy raising his hand to carass the Japanese boy's face.

"I love you too, Tyson..." He whispered.

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Outside of the two tents where Rei, Kai, Tyson and Dragoon were inside, the others were gathered around the father, looking at the silver haired boy that was sitting there, awaiting anyone to start to talk to him. His bronze eyes slightly narrowed as he began to look at the boys and girl that were looking at him. The red haired boy sat there with his arms folded, his emerald eyes keeping a straight gaze at Gabriel. The blonde was keeping his eyes concentrated on the phoenix guardian, seeing the intense look on his face. The tiger guardian and the turtle guardian were sitting by each other, looking into the orbs of bronze that was looking around that them. The five of them seemed to sit there for several minutes, until the red haired boy finally spoke up.

"Alright, so who are you exactly? We know you were working for Cereberus, but why did you go against him, and bring Dragoon to us?"

"My name is Gabriel, and the reason I helped your friend escape from the castle where Emil, Dragoon's father, and Cereberus is now, is only because I couldn't stand the torment he was putting your friend under. I bet if it was me, you might have done the same thing, am I right, Dranzer?" The silver haired boy huffed, folding his arms slightly.

That seemed to step on one of the emerald eyed boy's nerves, as he was about to go over there, and knock some sense into him, but his blonde koi held his arm, giving him the signal to settle down. The emerald stared into the pools of cerulean, before he gave up, and sat down. The silver haired boy smiled at Max, as if saying 'thanks for saving my ass there.' The blonde shrugged, as if it wasn't a big deal. The silver and green haired boy stood up from his spot, and looked over at Gabriel, bright bronze meeting up with the silverish gold eyes. The red eyes of Draciel watched as they looked into each other's eyes, as if looking into each other's souls.

"Is there a different reason that you helped Dragoon escape the castle?"

"...Not really, but I wanted to escape from there, finally get a glimpse at the world, since I had been trapped in that castle since I was a baby."

The three guardians and the child of turtles look at each other, understanding what the silver haired boy was talking about. The castle that Cereberus had before he was sealed into the Earth many years ago was in the middle of a dusty air filled void in the Spirit Ward, and a certain couple that had been cursed with the seal of Gabriel was brought there to give birth to the child they would give the ancient name to, and that happened to be the silver haired boy in front of them. He seemed like a gentle boy, but he didn't seem to want anyone to get the edge over him. The deep purple haired girl seemed to tell that these were the things that made him the way he was. After a while, they all finally decided to go to bed, since they were going to go to the floating mountain to release the final beast god, and be able to get rid of the god, Cereberus once and for all.

Max quickly went in to see how the chinese boy and the slate haired boy were doing since they had camped out from the trip to the Phoenix Volcano. His cerulean eyes made out the black haired neko-jin sitting on one of the small stools, his head laid on the bed, as he was already asleep, but his hand hand a tight grip on the red eyed boy's fingers, as he laid there, breathing softly. He blonde smiled, and closed the flap to the tent, and made his way over to the tent that held Tyson and Dragoon, and peeked in, seeing a different scene. The two boys were laying in the same bed, the dragon guardian having his arms wrapped around the navy haired boy, keeping him in a warm embrace, as they enjoyed the sweet bliss of sleep that they were now getting. The navy haired boy snuggled into the warmth of the ryu, softly breathing.

The blonde haired kame grinned, and began to make his way back to his tent, closing the flap on his way in. The red haired emerald eyed boy was lying in the comfort of the many blankets, already in a deep sleep. Max gave a soft smile, and made his way over, laying down by the phoenix, and giving him a gentle kiss on the forehead, before lacing his arms around him, nuzzling into his warmth. He would always seem to feel a bit safer when he was in the arms of his koi, as he finally allowed himself to drift off to sleep. The emerald eyed boy opened his eyes for a minute to see the blonde haired boy laying next to him, his slightly frail arms wrapped around him, as if wanting to stay close to him for the rest of his life. He gave a soft smile, which was different from his usual frown that he gave off, and laid his strong arms around the boy, letting himself fall into a deep sleep.

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The golden eyed boy could feel the rays of the white sun beginning to pour mercilessly onto his eyelids, ordering him to wake up from his dark sleep that he seemed to be enjoying. He was about to ignore it and go back into his deep sleep, when he felt something clutching his black gloved hand. He opened his eyes, and lifted himself up from the bed to see the pair of rouge eyes looking down at him. The slate haired boy had one of his hands laying themselves over the shoulder that had a burn mark on it, as if trying to relieve the pain running through it. The neko-jin seemed overjoyed that the older boy in front of his was finally awake, and he immediatly threw his arms around him, knocking the both of them to the other side of the cot, causing a soft groan to come out of the slate haired boy's lips. He began to ignore his pain for the moment, and stroked the black haired boy's back, as he felt the slightly younger boy nuzzle him happily.

"Glad to see you too, Rei." He smirked lightly.

"Kai, I was so worried about you! Are you alright now? How did you pass out? Do you remember?" The chinese boy spoke a bit too fast.

"Okay, okay, slow down a bit." The Russian took a breath, "I'm feeling a lot better now, so don't worry about it. I don't really now how I passed out. While I had finally helped release the phoenix god, I felt as if a burden was lifted from my shoulders, but at the same time, the heat of the volcano began to sufficate me, and it began to feel like it was eating my skin as I felt myself collaspe...I think it had to do with the power that was sealed in me being brought out to put in the phoenix."

"I figured that was the case..." Rei took in a breath.

"Excuse me?"

"I had a feeling that the removal of the power inside us had a connection to the conditions we were all in when it used it's powers to protect our lives back on Earth. Max lived through drowning, so he only had a slight collaspsion. You went through many tortures when you lived with your grandfather, but lived through them, so that explains why there were so many burn marks all over you. And me...it kept me from dying when Mural and her gang beat the living tar out of me, and when I fell off that cliff a few days ago..."

"So...what do you think is going to happe to Tyson?"

"I don't have any idea, really...I never asked if he had any near death experiences...I guess we'll find out sooner or later, right?"

"It would seem so..."

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"WHAT?!?! What do you mean that Gabriel and Rumil are no longer in the castle?!" A fist of the lavender haired boy slammed into the table in front of him, growling in rage.

"I can't find Gabriel anyway in the castle, and Rumil is no longer in your chambers anymore..." Aeriol explained.

"That damn boy...when I get my hands on him, I'm going to wrap my hands around his lithe throat until he breathes his last breath..."

With that being said, the black eyed boy stormed off, heading for his chambers. He slammed the sliding doors shut, growling in rage that the bronze eyed boy had betrayed him and escaped with the dragon guardian. He went by the back of his room, and lifted his hands, as a violet light began to swirl around his hands, forming a circle in them. Then, he was suddenly holding a deep violet sphere, that was glowing with a eerie light. He began to concentrate, as a image began to appear in the sphere. As he looked into it, he began to get a image that made him smirk cruelly. He saw the four children, the four guardians, and the silver haired boy riding on the back of the phoenix god, bringing them to the floating the mountain so they could release the dragon from it's seal. He smirked, closing his hands, making the sphere disappear in a blink of an eye. His black eyes glared into the wall. (If your eyes could melt walls, the wall would already be gone -_-)

"You will pay, Gabriel...pay for your betrayel..."

A/N:: Okay, that's all I have for now. I hope you people like how it's coming. Okay, tell me straight. You want me to have Cereberus kill Gabriel, or just injure him badly? I leave it all to you fans. Enjoy, and r/r on your way out. bye bye ^^