Disclaimer: ......don't.......own.....beyblade.......-_-;;.........(Twitch)
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Max literally flew out of bed, leaving his sheets in a tangled mess as he grabbed Draciel V and ran desperately over to the door. He unlocked the several bolts that barricaded it and rushed outside, leaving the door open behind him, slowly swinging shut.
He took off through the night, gravel crunching rapidly beneath his bare feet, not even caring that they were starting to bleed from the rough surface that penetrated his skin with every quickening step. He knew his mother's scream very well. And he was stopping at nothing to find her and stop whatever was frightening her.
The moon was glowing even more brightly than before. The scarlet rays were expanding across the usually navy blue sky. The stars were doing their best to shine through the evil moon's red light, but they were failing miserably. They couldn't even hope to dominate the evil scarlet light that had taken over the once gentle giant's normally peaceful glow.
Max kept running, he breathing quickening. He was starting to tire. It was well around past midnight, and his brain was slowly giving in to sleep.
But he put up resistance. His mother was in trouble, and he was stopping at nothing to find out what was happening. He couldn't give up. Never.
He was still running with huge difficulty when he realized the gravel beneath his feet wasn't the only thing crunching through the night. He stopped abruptly, only to hear the other gravel sound keep going for a minute, but then, seemed to make a scraping noise and stop altogether. Max looked around, trying to find the source of the similar noise.
His sleepy yet alert blue eyes scanned the area with tiring effort. If it was the tiger tracking him, he knew he would be too vulnerable to even launch Draciel. He was so exhausted.
"No!" He told himself firmly. He shook his head free of the increasing sleepiness that had been quickly taking over it. He scanned the darkness again, this time, with more ease.
Suddenly, he heard someone gasp. He spun around, his blond hair whirling at the sudden movement.
"Mariah?"
The pink haired blader was staring wide-eyed at Max, her eyes full of fear and sadness. Her hair had fallen into the flow of the increasing wind, as well as her cloak, as she took a step back, her golden eyes shedding tears.
"You shouldn't be here Max....."
She spun on her heel and ran through the night, disappearing into the darkness before Max could stop and question her.
The Draciel master stared in shock of what had just happened.
"WAIT! Mariah! What are you doing out here?!"
But there was no answer from the Mountain Cat blader as the sounds of crunching gravel faded into the distance, then stopped, followed by the sound of a door slam.
Max stood there, stunned for a moment as he let it all sink in.
Mariah? Was Mariah hiding something?
A loud roar sounded from the hut right next to him, making all thoughts of suspecting Mariah vanish from the blond haired blader's mind, recollecting the thoughts that had surfaced there earlier.
He rushed up to the front door, which had been completely torn open. Blood completely stained the gravel around it, as well as red paw prints that led up to the destroyed door. Splinters of wood, different shapes and sizes, covered the bloodied gravel nearby.
Max whipped out his blade, and launched it, sparks flying as the ripcord was finally released from the launcher, as well as Draciel, which destroyed the remnants of the door, making it clear for its master to get in.
The sight that met the blond haired blader's bright blue eyes left him staring in terror for at least a minute.
Judy Tate lay upon the poorly carpeted ground. Blood stained her white lab coat, leaving a pool of blood flowing slowly from the unfortunate victim. She was unconscious, and a smashed laptop lay upon the ground several metres away-
-where the white tiger stood, snarling viciously at the intruder. Blood streaked down its muzzle, staining the once-white fur with a dullish scarlet.
Max stared at the horrific sight, for what seemed like forever. At first, his blue eyes glimmered with sorrowful tears, as he stared at his weakened mother. His gaze suddenly snapped to the white tiger, who was breathing hard, its huge sides heaving in and out, as wounds started to open up again. It had been through much pain.
Yet, when it glared at Max, it realized he wasn't going to show ANY pity for it.
Pure hate had replaced the sadness in the Draciel Master's bright blue eyes, as the boy clamped Draciel back into his launcher, and aimed it mercilessly at the tiger's side.
"You won't get away with this....." He said, his voice shaking with anger.
He yanked the ripcord.
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As Kai stealthily approached the front door of the hut Max had disappeared into, all the while wincing in pain from his closely healed wound, he heard it again. The roar of pain.
Kai's eyes widened, as a scream emerged from the pained roar. The same scream he had heard several nights ago. It rushed through his mind, piercing it like it had done back then. The scream that had made him tense around a certain team mate.
The scream - Ray's scream.
He staggered into one side of the doorway, not in pain, but in shock, as something struck him, hard. Something that drained strength from him, and made him gasp in horror. Thoughts flooded through his mind, trying to find a different explanation for it all. But it kept coming up with the exact same thing.
Something he seriously wanted to doubt.
His stomach muscles tensed, causing just a little bit of his wound to reopen. But he didn't even notice it. He was so surprised. He let out another shaky breath. It made sense, now.
The disappearances at night.....
~Itaimi oruko, aruno mai...~
The wounds repetitively appearing after each night....
~Ontoya, ashonu, iru marasai....~
The scream through the roar....
~Irunshu alonti, saki larin....~
The unusual behavior.....
~Sushuno asite, urno jin....~
The white tiger rushed out of the hut, new slashes drenching the creature in the crimson life's liquid, staining its dullish white fur, no longer pure due to the older blood staining it. Many of the scars had been completely reopened. Max had done some damage.
The tiger glared at the nearby team captain, who merely stared back, his crimson eyes still filled with shock.
The tiger's glowing glare managed to even pierce through Kai's sharp yet stunned mind. Closing his eyes, he let out a breath to finally calm himself from the much bitter and unwelcoming shock that had completely flooded his mind, and lessening the vulnerability in his crimson orbs, which reopened to find the tiger had dashed off.
He barely saw the All Starz rushing past him, into the hut, followed by several village medics. They too, were followed, only by the curiosity of the village.
His eyes shifted to the nearby bushes, where the tiger was being chased off. Gunfire erupted after it, only just managing to damage its leg. Its running suddenly became a maddened limp as it struggled to escape.
Kai's eyes widened. "No...."
Suddenly, a pink flash of light streaked through the bushes, along with the yowl of a cat. The villagers who had been firing at the white tiger backed in surprise as several trees suddenly lost their lifelong connection to the ground and fell, blocking the gunmen's fire, and confirming the white tiger's safety.
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"Ray's still missing, you guys! He's been missing for two days!!"
Kenny slammed his fist upon the wooden table, making everybody jump, but only making Kai open his eyes from his usual leaning against the wall position.
Tyson sighed. "Maybe he's hiding, Chief. You know, from that tiger....."
"Or maybe he's gone off to get help." Max suggested, then frowned. "Nah, he's too wounded to walk THAT far....."
Kenny sighed, as he read an e-mail from his computer. Then looked at the Draciel Master.
"Max, I got a report from the hospital. You mother...she's got back injuries. She won't be walking for a month."
Max stared hard toward the poorly carpeted floor, his blue eyes shining with grim determination.
'I'll get that tiger.' He thought, angrily. 'No one hurts my mom like that!'
Everyone stared at the tense Max, his eyes shadowed.
Kai sighed softly, recalling the night a couple days before. The blond haired blader had been devastated. He had been crying until dawn, when the rest of the BladeBreakers did their best to comfort him.
And now it was very likely that he would cry again.
Just then, several gasps were heard from outside, but they claimed no interest from the down stricken beyblade team – until they heard Lee cry out, "RAY!"
The five bladers's eyes widened, and they dashed out of the hut to see an unconscious Ray being helped towards a nearby hut by Mariah, Gary and Lee.
Ray looked awful. Blood stained his torn white clothes, and dulled his blue pants. Bits of his long, raven coloured hair was free from the white material that held it place. He looked so pale from the blood loss. His body was covered in slashes, all shapes and sizes, and drenching the unfortunate teenager in life's liquid.
"Ray..." Max gasped.
They were all surprised when Ray's eyes flickered open. Those amber orbs looked so dull, completely lacking the bright yellow they once were. He looked so exhausted. He opened his cracked, bleeding lips and managed to speak.
"Guys....." He gasped.
Then, he fainted again before anyone could reply.
The three members of the White Tiger team continued to help Ray into the medic's hut. As the raven-haired neko-jin disappeared into the hut, Kai followed stealthily behind, before anyone questioned him.
He peered through the door, right after the White Tiger team had been ushered out by the nurse. He stared at Ray, who stirred uncomfortably in his sleep, as the doctors began to bandage the wounded blader.
"See you tonight, Ray...." He whispered as he walked off.
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Ray stirred in his sleep. Sweat beaded his scarred forehead as the sun slowly sunk towards the horizon. His breathing became quickened as the sky grew darker.
Suddenly, he abruptly sat up in bed with a cry.
Kai stood by his bedside, his steely crimson eyes staring firmly upon the sweaty and wounded neko-jin, who stared back up, breathing hard.
"K-Kai?"
The team captain nodded, closing his eyes.
Ray suddenly tensed. "What time is it?!"
Kai's eyes shot open. 'I knew it.....'
The neko jin's desperate stare became a glare.
"Answer me, Kai!" He cried.
"5:57."
Ray's eyes slitted in fear and he let out a frightened cry, as he leapt out of bed. But in the action, several wounds reopened, forcing the teenager onto his scarred knees.
He stared up and Kai, desperation and anger swirling in his amber eyes.
"I know, Ray. I know what you've been trying to hide...."
"NO!" Ray clumsily got up, glaring almost desperately into Kai's steely crimson orbs, which neither flinched nor blinked at this sudden action. "You-you don't know a thing! You can't!"
"Ray, you can't hide it anymore. I know what you are."
Ray's eyes turned from a firm glare to a fear filled stare, as they shifted over to the window, towards the moon.
It was starting to glow red. Bright red.
Ray suddenly made an dash for the door. He had to leave Kai.
But he was suddenly yanked back from his escape. He struggled as Kai binded his arms with his own, trying to still the neko jin.
"NO! Kai, let me go!!"
Pain surfaced in his head, as the moon grew more scarlet. Kai was strong. He couldn't move his arms at all. But he kept struggling. He had to escape.
"Ray!" He only just heard Kai's voice through his rage.
"SHUT UP!!" Ray kicked his team captain in the stomach, making him release his grip on the neko jin. He fell to his knees, gasping. Ray had completely winded him.
He sat there, gasping for a few minutes and trying to catch his breath. As his mind cleared up and recovered from the pain, he realized that Ray had escaped.
He stood up, and ran outside into the night, scanning the darkness for the raven haired blader. He couldn't have gotten far; he was still wounded.
Suddenly, a loud roar erupted from the bushes. Kai spun around to see the wounded, yet fierce white tiger leap out of the green vegetation.
Kai faced it, his steely crimson eyes managing to pierce through the glowing red ones.
"I know what you are, Ray..." He whispered softly.
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Ray: Busted......-_-;;
NG: And if any of you guys don't even know who the tiger is yet....you're just plain stoopid! :P XD Nah, if you STILL don't know who it is, then it's okay.....
Kai: He's gonna kill me...O_o
NG: Maaaaayyyybbbeeee......
2BC
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Max literally flew out of bed, leaving his sheets in a tangled mess as he grabbed Draciel V and ran desperately over to the door. He unlocked the several bolts that barricaded it and rushed outside, leaving the door open behind him, slowly swinging shut.
He took off through the night, gravel crunching rapidly beneath his bare feet, not even caring that they were starting to bleed from the rough surface that penetrated his skin with every quickening step. He knew his mother's scream very well. And he was stopping at nothing to find her and stop whatever was frightening her.
The moon was glowing even more brightly than before. The scarlet rays were expanding across the usually navy blue sky. The stars were doing their best to shine through the evil moon's red light, but they were failing miserably. They couldn't even hope to dominate the evil scarlet light that had taken over the once gentle giant's normally peaceful glow.
Max kept running, he breathing quickening. He was starting to tire. It was well around past midnight, and his brain was slowly giving in to sleep.
But he put up resistance. His mother was in trouble, and he was stopping at nothing to find out what was happening. He couldn't give up. Never.
He was still running with huge difficulty when he realized the gravel beneath his feet wasn't the only thing crunching through the night. He stopped abruptly, only to hear the other gravel sound keep going for a minute, but then, seemed to make a scraping noise and stop altogether. Max looked around, trying to find the source of the similar noise.
His sleepy yet alert blue eyes scanned the area with tiring effort. If it was the tiger tracking him, he knew he would be too vulnerable to even launch Draciel. He was so exhausted.
"No!" He told himself firmly. He shook his head free of the increasing sleepiness that had been quickly taking over it. He scanned the darkness again, this time, with more ease.
Suddenly, he heard someone gasp. He spun around, his blond hair whirling at the sudden movement.
"Mariah?"
The pink haired blader was staring wide-eyed at Max, her eyes full of fear and sadness. Her hair had fallen into the flow of the increasing wind, as well as her cloak, as she took a step back, her golden eyes shedding tears.
"You shouldn't be here Max....."
She spun on her heel and ran through the night, disappearing into the darkness before Max could stop and question her.
The Draciel master stared in shock of what had just happened.
"WAIT! Mariah! What are you doing out here?!"
But there was no answer from the Mountain Cat blader as the sounds of crunching gravel faded into the distance, then stopped, followed by the sound of a door slam.
Max stood there, stunned for a moment as he let it all sink in.
Mariah? Was Mariah hiding something?
A loud roar sounded from the hut right next to him, making all thoughts of suspecting Mariah vanish from the blond haired blader's mind, recollecting the thoughts that had surfaced there earlier.
He rushed up to the front door, which had been completely torn open. Blood completely stained the gravel around it, as well as red paw prints that led up to the destroyed door. Splinters of wood, different shapes and sizes, covered the bloodied gravel nearby.
Max whipped out his blade, and launched it, sparks flying as the ripcord was finally released from the launcher, as well as Draciel, which destroyed the remnants of the door, making it clear for its master to get in.
The sight that met the blond haired blader's bright blue eyes left him staring in terror for at least a minute.
Judy Tate lay upon the poorly carpeted ground. Blood stained her white lab coat, leaving a pool of blood flowing slowly from the unfortunate victim. She was unconscious, and a smashed laptop lay upon the ground several metres away-
-where the white tiger stood, snarling viciously at the intruder. Blood streaked down its muzzle, staining the once-white fur with a dullish scarlet.
Max stared at the horrific sight, for what seemed like forever. At first, his blue eyes glimmered with sorrowful tears, as he stared at his weakened mother. His gaze suddenly snapped to the white tiger, who was breathing hard, its huge sides heaving in and out, as wounds started to open up again. It had been through much pain.
Yet, when it glared at Max, it realized he wasn't going to show ANY pity for it.
Pure hate had replaced the sadness in the Draciel Master's bright blue eyes, as the boy clamped Draciel back into his launcher, and aimed it mercilessly at the tiger's side.
"You won't get away with this....." He said, his voice shaking with anger.
He yanked the ripcord.
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As Kai stealthily approached the front door of the hut Max had disappeared into, all the while wincing in pain from his closely healed wound, he heard it again. The roar of pain.
Kai's eyes widened, as a scream emerged from the pained roar. The same scream he had heard several nights ago. It rushed through his mind, piercing it like it had done back then. The scream that had made him tense around a certain team mate.
The scream - Ray's scream.
He staggered into one side of the doorway, not in pain, but in shock, as something struck him, hard. Something that drained strength from him, and made him gasp in horror. Thoughts flooded through his mind, trying to find a different explanation for it all. But it kept coming up with the exact same thing.
Something he seriously wanted to doubt.
His stomach muscles tensed, causing just a little bit of his wound to reopen. But he didn't even notice it. He was so surprised. He let out another shaky breath. It made sense, now.
The disappearances at night.....
~Itaimi oruko, aruno mai...~
The wounds repetitively appearing after each night....
~Ontoya, ashonu, iru marasai....~
The scream through the roar....
~Irunshu alonti, saki larin....~
The unusual behavior.....
~Sushuno asite, urno jin....~
The white tiger rushed out of the hut, new slashes drenching the creature in the crimson life's liquid, staining its dullish white fur, no longer pure due to the older blood staining it. Many of the scars had been completely reopened. Max had done some damage.
The tiger glared at the nearby team captain, who merely stared back, his crimson eyes still filled with shock.
The tiger's glowing glare managed to even pierce through Kai's sharp yet stunned mind. Closing his eyes, he let out a breath to finally calm himself from the much bitter and unwelcoming shock that had completely flooded his mind, and lessening the vulnerability in his crimson orbs, which reopened to find the tiger had dashed off.
He barely saw the All Starz rushing past him, into the hut, followed by several village medics. They too, were followed, only by the curiosity of the village.
His eyes shifted to the nearby bushes, where the tiger was being chased off. Gunfire erupted after it, only just managing to damage its leg. Its running suddenly became a maddened limp as it struggled to escape.
Kai's eyes widened. "No...."
Suddenly, a pink flash of light streaked through the bushes, along with the yowl of a cat. The villagers who had been firing at the white tiger backed in surprise as several trees suddenly lost their lifelong connection to the ground and fell, blocking the gunmen's fire, and confirming the white tiger's safety.
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"Ray's still missing, you guys! He's been missing for two days!!"
Kenny slammed his fist upon the wooden table, making everybody jump, but only making Kai open his eyes from his usual leaning against the wall position.
Tyson sighed. "Maybe he's hiding, Chief. You know, from that tiger....."
"Or maybe he's gone off to get help." Max suggested, then frowned. "Nah, he's too wounded to walk THAT far....."
Kenny sighed, as he read an e-mail from his computer. Then looked at the Draciel Master.
"Max, I got a report from the hospital. You mother...she's got back injuries. She won't be walking for a month."
Max stared hard toward the poorly carpeted floor, his blue eyes shining with grim determination.
'I'll get that tiger.' He thought, angrily. 'No one hurts my mom like that!'
Everyone stared at the tense Max, his eyes shadowed.
Kai sighed softly, recalling the night a couple days before. The blond haired blader had been devastated. He had been crying until dawn, when the rest of the BladeBreakers did their best to comfort him.
And now it was very likely that he would cry again.
Just then, several gasps were heard from outside, but they claimed no interest from the down stricken beyblade team – until they heard Lee cry out, "RAY!"
The five bladers's eyes widened, and they dashed out of the hut to see an unconscious Ray being helped towards a nearby hut by Mariah, Gary and Lee.
Ray looked awful. Blood stained his torn white clothes, and dulled his blue pants. Bits of his long, raven coloured hair was free from the white material that held it place. He looked so pale from the blood loss. His body was covered in slashes, all shapes and sizes, and drenching the unfortunate teenager in life's liquid.
"Ray..." Max gasped.
They were all surprised when Ray's eyes flickered open. Those amber orbs looked so dull, completely lacking the bright yellow they once were. He looked so exhausted. He opened his cracked, bleeding lips and managed to speak.
"Guys....." He gasped.
Then, he fainted again before anyone could reply.
The three members of the White Tiger team continued to help Ray into the medic's hut. As the raven-haired neko-jin disappeared into the hut, Kai followed stealthily behind, before anyone questioned him.
He peered through the door, right after the White Tiger team had been ushered out by the nurse. He stared at Ray, who stirred uncomfortably in his sleep, as the doctors began to bandage the wounded blader.
"See you tonight, Ray...." He whispered as he walked off.
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Ray stirred in his sleep. Sweat beaded his scarred forehead as the sun slowly sunk towards the horizon. His breathing became quickened as the sky grew darker.
Suddenly, he abruptly sat up in bed with a cry.
Kai stood by his bedside, his steely crimson eyes staring firmly upon the sweaty and wounded neko-jin, who stared back up, breathing hard.
"K-Kai?"
The team captain nodded, closing his eyes.
Ray suddenly tensed. "What time is it?!"
Kai's eyes shot open. 'I knew it.....'
The neko jin's desperate stare became a glare.
"Answer me, Kai!" He cried.
"5:57."
Ray's eyes slitted in fear and he let out a frightened cry, as he leapt out of bed. But in the action, several wounds reopened, forcing the teenager onto his scarred knees.
He stared up and Kai, desperation and anger swirling in his amber eyes.
"I know, Ray. I know what you've been trying to hide...."
"NO!" Ray clumsily got up, glaring almost desperately into Kai's steely crimson orbs, which neither flinched nor blinked at this sudden action. "You-you don't know a thing! You can't!"
"Ray, you can't hide it anymore. I know what you are."
Ray's eyes turned from a firm glare to a fear filled stare, as they shifted over to the window, towards the moon.
It was starting to glow red. Bright red.
Ray suddenly made an dash for the door. He had to leave Kai.
But he was suddenly yanked back from his escape. He struggled as Kai binded his arms with his own, trying to still the neko jin.
"NO! Kai, let me go!!"
Pain surfaced in his head, as the moon grew more scarlet. Kai was strong. He couldn't move his arms at all. But he kept struggling. He had to escape.
"Ray!" He only just heard Kai's voice through his rage.
"SHUT UP!!" Ray kicked his team captain in the stomach, making him release his grip on the neko jin. He fell to his knees, gasping. Ray had completely winded him.
He sat there, gasping for a few minutes and trying to catch his breath. As his mind cleared up and recovered from the pain, he realized that Ray had escaped.
He stood up, and ran outside into the night, scanning the darkness for the raven haired blader. He couldn't have gotten far; he was still wounded.
Suddenly, a loud roar erupted from the bushes. Kai spun around to see the wounded, yet fierce white tiger leap out of the green vegetation.
Kai faced it, his steely crimson eyes managing to pierce through the glowing red ones.
"I know what you are, Ray..." He whispered softly.
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Ray: Busted......-_-;;
NG: And if any of you guys don't even know who the tiger is yet....you're just plain stoopid! :P XD Nah, if you STILL don't know who it is, then it's okay.....
Kai: He's gonna kill me...O_o
NG: Maaaaayyyybbbeeee......
2BC