Disclaimer: Don't own Beyblade.....
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Rain poured down upon the darkened village, as the BladeBreaker's team captain stared hard at his former team mate, snarling back at him. He still had trouble believing it, but it was true.....
It was Ray. Ray was the white tiger.
The tiger snarled viciously, its slitted pupils glowing their usual scarlet as it focused mercilessly on its prey. The same scarlet as the moon, whose colour had spread across even more of the dark, cloudy sky.
Kai backed away from the snarling white tiger as it started to step forward, sensing another unfinished victim. But his gaze never left those glowing red pupils. Not once.
The teenager clenched his teeth. He knew he could just take out Dranzer, aim it at the tiger, wound it and then escape.
But......
He gripped Dranzer tightly in his palm, his gaze finally drifting from the tiger's eyes and onto the wet gravel. The rain was washing the blood away, bit by bit.
'I can't do it.....'
Suddenly, he heard the tiger roar. He looked back up again just in time to see the tiger leap forward, eager to sink its bloodstained teeth into its prey. The prey – unknown as his team captain.
It succeeded, biting down firmly into Kai's arm. Its jaws penetrated the red material on his wrist guard, and pierced his flesh, making him almost cry out. But he ended up dropping Dranzer, as the scarlet liquid started drenching his arm.
He managed to keep his signature death glare firmly focused on the tiger's eyes, despite the pain he was going through. The tiger had a look of triumph as it realized its prey was weakening and bit down harder, making Kai hiss in pain.
The team captain gritted his teeth. His arm was getting crushed in the tiger's jaws. He had to do something. But what?
Suddenly, a sickening slashing sound met Kai's ears, and (much to his relief) he felt the steel like jaws release around his blood soaked arm.
The tiger staggered back with a pained growl, and turned to face its unknown attacker.
"Max!" Kai gasped.
The Draciel Master was glaring full force, hate swirling in his bright blue eyes, dulling them a little. His blade had slashed the tiger's leg, reopening three other wounds, and making the tiger slowly sink to the ground.
"I'm not letting you get away for what you did to my Mom!" He cried, anger strengthening in his usually bright tone.
"HEAVY VIPER WALL, DRACIEL!!!"
The green blade summoned a glowing aura of purple light, and started to head full speed towards the wounded, snarling tiger, determined to strike it down.
But then, Kai saw Dranzer suddenly glow scarlet amongst the wet gravel, all the while, Draciel seemed to be slowing, bit by bit.
"Wha-?"
Draciel's balance suddenly became shaky, as Dranzer glowed brighter, and then it completely failed, spinning to a stop. The purple aura vanished as well.
Max stared in confusion. "Draciel?"
Kai let out a small breath of relief, unnoticed by Max, who walked over to his beyblade, which was getting soaked in the rain. He knelt down, and studied it, confused.
The BladeBreaker's team captain watched in silence from a distance, failing to notice the tiger slowly stalking towards the blond haired blader.
"What's wrong, Draciel?" Max asked, his hand hovering over it. "Are you okay?"
There was no response. Not that Max really expected him to do so, but he was at least hoping for some action of explanation.
Slowly, his fingers closed over his beyblade.
That's when a piercing pain flooded his back, as daggerlike claws dug in.
"NO! STOP!" Kai yelled.
The tiger completely lost interest in its prey as soon as the teenager cried out. It snarled, and retracted its claws, letting the barely conscious Max collapse.
As the tiger walked closer towards him, Kai picked up his blade in his bloodied hand. His arm still bled in long red lines of liquid, dripping to the ground, but only to get washed away almost immediately by the falling rain, whose downfall had increased.
He clenched his teeth, hissing in pain.
"You want me?"
The tiger snarled dangerously.
"Come and GET me!"
Kai spun on his heel (and almost slipped on the wet gravel) and dashed off into the bushes.
Max gasped. "No, KAI!! Stop, you'll get hurt!!"
But it was too late....Kai had disappeared into the bushes, the tiger ferociously charging after, determined to strike down its prey.
Max stared at the bushes, dripping with fragile, beadlike raindrops as the dark rain continued to pour down upon him, hammering the gravel mercilessly.
But the blond haired blader was simply staring ahead, where Kai and the tiger had disappeared to. He was speechless.
He finally looked down at his beyblade, which lay in the palm of his hand. His back still hurt from the daggerlike claws that had dug into it earlier, but he ignored the pain. His gaze and mind was focused upon his blade.
"What's wrong, Draciel?" He asked, softly. This time, the bit chip glowed a little. Just a flicker.
If only you understood....
The purple glow vanished, leaving behind a very confused Max.
"What do you mean?" He asked softly. "Draciel...what don't you understand?"
But there was no reply from the turtle bitbeast.
'Draciel...." He whispered, then froze as he heard rapidly approaching footsteps coming from behind. He spun around, getting up, but with difficulty.
"MAX!" Tyson and Mariah were running up to their wounded friend, still struggling to properly stand. The navy haired blader's eyes filled with tears as he spotted the wounds in his best friend's back. "Max, are you okay?! Max!"
"I'm fine, Tyson..." Max was cut off as his friend hugged him tightly. He was sobbing, his body shaking violently, as tears started to drench him shoulder.
Max was in shock for a couple seconds. Then hugged back, his own tears spilling from his bright blue eyes. They were both afraid. Afraid they would lose each other. (A/N: AS FRIENDS. This is non yaoi, thank you...)
Mariah stared at the two boys, then shifted her gaze up to the glowing red moon, its scarlet rays expanding over the cloudy night sky. A tear fell from her concerned, golden eye.
"Ray...."
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Kai ran with difficulty through the lush forest, yet the nearby bushes were nothing but a blur as the tiger chased him. His stomach still hurt, but the wound had healed greatly since his unfortunate encounter. But the nearby branches that whipped his arms had done some damage. Not to mention the wound that had been gained by the tiger's bite.
But still, he charged on. The bushes nearby were lit by the scarlet moon, making them take on a more haunted appearance.
Both predator and prey were slowing down. A sharp twig had stuck Kai's side, making him wince and gasp in pain. But the tiger's old wounds were reopening from the effort of chasing. It was slowing even faster than Kai.
It suddenly sprung forth in a final attempt to bring its prey down. With one final burst of speed, Kai launched himself forth, narrowly evading the tiger's bloodstained claws.
The tiger landed hard onto the ground, letting out a yowl in response to the overbearing pain. Kai skidded and fell to his knees, hissing angrily in pain. It had become too much to handle.
Leaning himself against a tree, he slowly managed to use his tired legs to help him up. He managed to turn and face the tiger, who was still glaring at Kai with glowing, unforgiving slitted eyes, but was breathing hard. It was weakening.
Kai stared at it, concern and frustration brewing in his eyes.
"I know you're in there." He whispered.
"KAI!"
The BladeBreaker's team captain spun to see Tyson and Max running up to him. Max was thoroughly slowed by his back wounds, though.
"Kai, what are you waiting for?! Finish him! He's down!!" Tyson yelled at his team captain, who merely stared back.
The expression on his face surprised the other two bladers. It was expressionless, yet it wasn't the usual coldness as before. It looked warm, almost soft. He stared down onto the bloodied patch of land beneath his feet, eyes shadowed.
"You'd really kill him?"
Tyson and Max stared at him. Did Kai actually WANT this tiger to survive?
Suddenly, Kai let out a gasp of pain, as he felt the steel like claws slash across his back. Too late, they had talked long enough to let the tiger recover. He fell to his knees, gasping painfully.
"KAI!!" both Tyson and Max cried.
The tiger spun around awkwardly as it heard the two yell. Tyson started backing away instantly as the tiger turned on them, while Max remained frozen to the spot in fear. He stared at those tiger's eyes. They still glowed red. Bright red.
"Max!" Tyson whispered loudly. "Run! What're you standing there for?!"
But Max remained on the spot, shaking violently. He couldn't move. The tiger was slowly stalking forward. If he broke into a run, then the tiger would definitely give chase. But those wounds would be enough to slow it.....
All other thoughts came to an abrupt halt as the tiger suddenly leapt forth with a loud roar. Max screamed and covered his face with his arms, bracing himself.
As Kai finally looked up and saw the white tiger about to strike Max, he also saw a string of electric green energy hit it aside, making it crash into a nearby tree. Hard.
"Driger." Kai whispered as the beam of energy shifted into the White Tiger bitbeast.
The other tiger was dizzied by the impact and struggled to stand up. It glared up at the bitbeast, snarling weakly in anger. But the bitbeast merely stared back down with a look of .......pity?
The tiger suddenly leapt again, aiming for Driger. It seemed desperate to wound his opponent. But the bitbeast dodged, and the tiger let out a yowl of surprise as it realized it was headed for a tree.
Driger didn't let that happen. He attacked from its other side, pinning it forcefully to the ground.
Kai watched it all, with Tyson and Max hiding behind him. The tiger was yowling and roaring in the bitbeast's grip, struggling to get free and strike down the enemy.
But then, Driger softly placed a paw on the side of the tiger's head, forcing the wounded creature to look him in the eye.
Tyson and Max stepped out from behind Kai, confused. What was going on?
The answer echoed through their minds as Driger spoke to its wounded, snarling and struggling victim.
'Master Ray.....'
The tiger froze. Its slitted eyes rounded once more, and were drained of evil red.
Of hate.
'D...Driger...'
Fear replaced the anger in the tiger's eyes. Shame and guilt soon began to mix in as Driger released its grip and exploded into green particles, drifting towards the direction of the village.
Kai stared as the tiger clumsily stood up. But its gaze remained firmly on the ground. Tears were starting to pour from the now amber eyes. They streaked through the tiger's wet, tangled fur.
The rain was ceasing, now. Bit by bit, the downfall was lessening its force on the ground below, soon becoming nothing but cold, moist air. But the white tiger's tears still came pouring down, as it stared at Kai, rare pity brewing in the team captain's eyes.
'You.....you knew all along.....'
Its gaze dropped to the ground once again as a red light suddenly erupted from its entire body, making the wounded tiger yowl in pain.
The red light flooded everybody's vision, making them all turn away, shielding their eyes. Even when the light had subsided, everyone was still blinking, out of focus.
Max tried to make out a blurred figure, standing where the tiger once was. His blue eyes blinked several times, sharpening his vision bit by bit.
He stared at the figure, and gasped when it became recognizable. Long, tangled raven hair, golden amber eyes, a white Chinese warrior outfit.....
"Ray." Max exhaled softly, as the neko jin fell to his knees, hard.
Ray was shaking. He couldn't look at anyone. Especially when Tyson and Kai's visions returned to normal, and focused upon the "tiger".
"Why.....why did you hurt her, Ray?" Max asked, his voice slightly firm with anger, but still shaky with sadness and shock. He refused to believe it. That Ray had been the one hurting everybody. That Ray had seriously wounded his mother.
Ray slowly shook his head, still staring at the ground. "I......"
He shut his eyes. "I couldn't control myself....."
He finally got the strength to look up at his three team mates. Max was staring, his eyes completely watery now, realizing how much pain Ray had gone through. Kai looked upset, only a thin trickle from his eye managing to break through his emotionless expression. Tyson's eyes were wide with shock, through Ray could see they were growing watery, bit by bit.
His gaze dropped back to the ground and sealed as his eyes closed, exhaustion taking over him. His limbs were heavy and wounded. He couldn't move anywhere, but down.
"I.....I'm sorry...." He whispered as he fell forward onto the hard ground, blood trickling from his reopening wounds.
Darkness engulfed him, as he blacked out.
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NG: (Sniff) Poor Ray, I feel real bad doing all this to him......But hey, I didn't rate this Angst for nothing......AND SORRY FOR THE DELAY!! FOR BOTH CHAPPIES!!!
Ray: FLAME HER!! YOU KNOW WHAT SHE DID TO ME!!!
Kai: YEAH!!
NG: Hey, Ray, you're supposed to be almost dead!
Ray: Oh yeah......WHAT?!
NG: Going now!
2BC
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Rain poured down upon the darkened village, as the BladeBreaker's team captain stared hard at his former team mate, snarling back at him. He still had trouble believing it, but it was true.....
It was Ray. Ray was the white tiger.
The tiger snarled viciously, its slitted pupils glowing their usual scarlet as it focused mercilessly on its prey. The same scarlet as the moon, whose colour had spread across even more of the dark, cloudy sky.
Kai backed away from the snarling white tiger as it started to step forward, sensing another unfinished victim. But his gaze never left those glowing red pupils. Not once.
The teenager clenched his teeth. He knew he could just take out Dranzer, aim it at the tiger, wound it and then escape.
But......
He gripped Dranzer tightly in his palm, his gaze finally drifting from the tiger's eyes and onto the wet gravel. The rain was washing the blood away, bit by bit.
'I can't do it.....'
Suddenly, he heard the tiger roar. He looked back up again just in time to see the tiger leap forward, eager to sink its bloodstained teeth into its prey. The prey – unknown as his team captain.
It succeeded, biting down firmly into Kai's arm. Its jaws penetrated the red material on his wrist guard, and pierced his flesh, making him almost cry out. But he ended up dropping Dranzer, as the scarlet liquid started drenching his arm.
He managed to keep his signature death glare firmly focused on the tiger's eyes, despite the pain he was going through. The tiger had a look of triumph as it realized its prey was weakening and bit down harder, making Kai hiss in pain.
The team captain gritted his teeth. His arm was getting crushed in the tiger's jaws. He had to do something. But what?
Suddenly, a sickening slashing sound met Kai's ears, and (much to his relief) he felt the steel like jaws release around his blood soaked arm.
The tiger staggered back with a pained growl, and turned to face its unknown attacker.
"Max!" Kai gasped.
The Draciel Master was glaring full force, hate swirling in his bright blue eyes, dulling them a little. His blade had slashed the tiger's leg, reopening three other wounds, and making the tiger slowly sink to the ground.
"I'm not letting you get away for what you did to my Mom!" He cried, anger strengthening in his usually bright tone.
"HEAVY VIPER WALL, DRACIEL!!!"
The green blade summoned a glowing aura of purple light, and started to head full speed towards the wounded, snarling tiger, determined to strike it down.
But then, Kai saw Dranzer suddenly glow scarlet amongst the wet gravel, all the while, Draciel seemed to be slowing, bit by bit.
"Wha-?"
Draciel's balance suddenly became shaky, as Dranzer glowed brighter, and then it completely failed, spinning to a stop. The purple aura vanished as well.
Max stared in confusion. "Draciel?"
Kai let out a small breath of relief, unnoticed by Max, who walked over to his beyblade, which was getting soaked in the rain. He knelt down, and studied it, confused.
The BladeBreaker's team captain watched in silence from a distance, failing to notice the tiger slowly stalking towards the blond haired blader.
"What's wrong, Draciel?" Max asked, his hand hovering over it. "Are you okay?"
There was no response. Not that Max really expected him to do so, but he was at least hoping for some action of explanation.
Slowly, his fingers closed over his beyblade.
That's when a piercing pain flooded his back, as daggerlike claws dug in.
"NO! STOP!" Kai yelled.
The tiger completely lost interest in its prey as soon as the teenager cried out. It snarled, and retracted its claws, letting the barely conscious Max collapse.
As the tiger walked closer towards him, Kai picked up his blade in his bloodied hand. His arm still bled in long red lines of liquid, dripping to the ground, but only to get washed away almost immediately by the falling rain, whose downfall had increased.
He clenched his teeth, hissing in pain.
"You want me?"
The tiger snarled dangerously.
"Come and GET me!"
Kai spun on his heel (and almost slipped on the wet gravel) and dashed off into the bushes.
Max gasped. "No, KAI!! Stop, you'll get hurt!!"
But it was too late....Kai had disappeared into the bushes, the tiger ferociously charging after, determined to strike down its prey.
Max stared at the bushes, dripping with fragile, beadlike raindrops as the dark rain continued to pour down upon him, hammering the gravel mercilessly.
But the blond haired blader was simply staring ahead, where Kai and the tiger had disappeared to. He was speechless.
He finally looked down at his beyblade, which lay in the palm of his hand. His back still hurt from the daggerlike claws that had dug into it earlier, but he ignored the pain. His gaze and mind was focused upon his blade.
"What's wrong, Draciel?" He asked, softly. This time, the bit chip glowed a little. Just a flicker.
If only you understood....
The purple glow vanished, leaving behind a very confused Max.
"What do you mean?" He asked softly. "Draciel...what don't you understand?"
But there was no reply from the turtle bitbeast.
'Draciel...." He whispered, then froze as he heard rapidly approaching footsteps coming from behind. He spun around, getting up, but with difficulty.
"MAX!" Tyson and Mariah were running up to their wounded friend, still struggling to properly stand. The navy haired blader's eyes filled with tears as he spotted the wounds in his best friend's back. "Max, are you okay?! Max!"
"I'm fine, Tyson..." Max was cut off as his friend hugged him tightly. He was sobbing, his body shaking violently, as tears started to drench him shoulder.
Max was in shock for a couple seconds. Then hugged back, his own tears spilling from his bright blue eyes. They were both afraid. Afraid they would lose each other. (A/N: AS FRIENDS. This is non yaoi, thank you...)
Mariah stared at the two boys, then shifted her gaze up to the glowing red moon, its scarlet rays expanding over the cloudy night sky. A tear fell from her concerned, golden eye.
"Ray...."
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Kai ran with difficulty through the lush forest, yet the nearby bushes were nothing but a blur as the tiger chased him. His stomach still hurt, but the wound had healed greatly since his unfortunate encounter. But the nearby branches that whipped his arms had done some damage. Not to mention the wound that had been gained by the tiger's bite.
But still, he charged on. The bushes nearby were lit by the scarlet moon, making them take on a more haunted appearance.
Both predator and prey were slowing down. A sharp twig had stuck Kai's side, making him wince and gasp in pain. But the tiger's old wounds were reopening from the effort of chasing. It was slowing even faster than Kai.
It suddenly sprung forth in a final attempt to bring its prey down. With one final burst of speed, Kai launched himself forth, narrowly evading the tiger's bloodstained claws.
The tiger landed hard onto the ground, letting out a yowl in response to the overbearing pain. Kai skidded and fell to his knees, hissing angrily in pain. It had become too much to handle.
Leaning himself against a tree, he slowly managed to use his tired legs to help him up. He managed to turn and face the tiger, who was still glaring at Kai with glowing, unforgiving slitted eyes, but was breathing hard. It was weakening.
Kai stared at it, concern and frustration brewing in his eyes.
"I know you're in there." He whispered.
"KAI!"
The BladeBreaker's team captain spun to see Tyson and Max running up to him. Max was thoroughly slowed by his back wounds, though.
"Kai, what are you waiting for?! Finish him! He's down!!" Tyson yelled at his team captain, who merely stared back.
The expression on his face surprised the other two bladers. It was expressionless, yet it wasn't the usual coldness as before. It looked warm, almost soft. He stared down onto the bloodied patch of land beneath his feet, eyes shadowed.
"You'd really kill him?"
Tyson and Max stared at him. Did Kai actually WANT this tiger to survive?
Suddenly, Kai let out a gasp of pain, as he felt the steel like claws slash across his back. Too late, they had talked long enough to let the tiger recover. He fell to his knees, gasping painfully.
"KAI!!" both Tyson and Max cried.
The tiger spun around awkwardly as it heard the two yell. Tyson started backing away instantly as the tiger turned on them, while Max remained frozen to the spot in fear. He stared at those tiger's eyes. They still glowed red. Bright red.
"Max!" Tyson whispered loudly. "Run! What're you standing there for?!"
But Max remained on the spot, shaking violently. He couldn't move. The tiger was slowly stalking forward. If he broke into a run, then the tiger would definitely give chase. But those wounds would be enough to slow it.....
All other thoughts came to an abrupt halt as the tiger suddenly leapt forth with a loud roar. Max screamed and covered his face with his arms, bracing himself.
As Kai finally looked up and saw the white tiger about to strike Max, he also saw a string of electric green energy hit it aside, making it crash into a nearby tree. Hard.
"Driger." Kai whispered as the beam of energy shifted into the White Tiger bitbeast.
The other tiger was dizzied by the impact and struggled to stand up. It glared up at the bitbeast, snarling weakly in anger. But the bitbeast merely stared back down with a look of .......pity?
The tiger suddenly leapt again, aiming for Driger. It seemed desperate to wound his opponent. But the bitbeast dodged, and the tiger let out a yowl of surprise as it realized it was headed for a tree.
Driger didn't let that happen. He attacked from its other side, pinning it forcefully to the ground.
Kai watched it all, with Tyson and Max hiding behind him. The tiger was yowling and roaring in the bitbeast's grip, struggling to get free and strike down the enemy.
But then, Driger softly placed a paw on the side of the tiger's head, forcing the wounded creature to look him in the eye.
Tyson and Max stepped out from behind Kai, confused. What was going on?
The answer echoed through their minds as Driger spoke to its wounded, snarling and struggling victim.
'Master Ray.....'
The tiger froze. Its slitted eyes rounded once more, and were drained of evil red.
Of hate.
'D...Driger...'
Fear replaced the anger in the tiger's eyes. Shame and guilt soon began to mix in as Driger released its grip and exploded into green particles, drifting towards the direction of the village.
Kai stared as the tiger clumsily stood up. But its gaze remained firmly on the ground. Tears were starting to pour from the now amber eyes. They streaked through the tiger's wet, tangled fur.
The rain was ceasing, now. Bit by bit, the downfall was lessening its force on the ground below, soon becoming nothing but cold, moist air. But the white tiger's tears still came pouring down, as it stared at Kai, rare pity brewing in the team captain's eyes.
'You.....you knew all along.....'
Its gaze dropped to the ground once again as a red light suddenly erupted from its entire body, making the wounded tiger yowl in pain.
The red light flooded everybody's vision, making them all turn away, shielding their eyes. Even when the light had subsided, everyone was still blinking, out of focus.
Max tried to make out a blurred figure, standing where the tiger once was. His blue eyes blinked several times, sharpening his vision bit by bit.
He stared at the figure, and gasped when it became recognizable. Long, tangled raven hair, golden amber eyes, a white Chinese warrior outfit.....
"Ray." Max exhaled softly, as the neko jin fell to his knees, hard.
Ray was shaking. He couldn't look at anyone. Especially when Tyson and Kai's visions returned to normal, and focused upon the "tiger".
"Why.....why did you hurt her, Ray?" Max asked, his voice slightly firm with anger, but still shaky with sadness and shock. He refused to believe it. That Ray had been the one hurting everybody. That Ray had seriously wounded his mother.
Ray slowly shook his head, still staring at the ground. "I......"
He shut his eyes. "I couldn't control myself....."
He finally got the strength to look up at his three team mates. Max was staring, his eyes completely watery now, realizing how much pain Ray had gone through. Kai looked upset, only a thin trickle from his eye managing to break through his emotionless expression. Tyson's eyes were wide with shock, through Ray could see they were growing watery, bit by bit.
His gaze dropped back to the ground and sealed as his eyes closed, exhaustion taking over him. His limbs were heavy and wounded. He couldn't move anywhere, but down.
"I.....I'm sorry...." He whispered as he fell forward onto the hard ground, blood trickling from his reopening wounds.
Darkness engulfed him, as he blacked out.
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NG: (Sniff) Poor Ray, I feel real bad doing all this to him......But hey, I didn't rate this Angst for nothing......AND SORRY FOR THE DELAY!! FOR BOTH CHAPPIES!!!
Ray: FLAME HER!! YOU KNOW WHAT SHE DID TO ME!!!
Kai: YEAH!!
NG: Hey, Ray, you're supposed to be almost dead!
Ray: Oh yeah......WHAT?!
NG: Going now!
2BC