Chapter 4: Strange Occurrences

Disclaimer: Yeah, I know... (*sigh*) Don't and never did and never will own beyblade... Still Kai's POV... Sorry, I finished this chapter quite a while ago... It's just my internet got disconnected and we're not allowed to do that kind of thing at school. Anyways, it's almost twice as long as usual, so it evens out! ^_^

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I launched, feeling a harsh breeze from Dranzer's fast rotation. My blue hair shivered slightly, but I was used to it. I caught Dranzer and launched again. I tried different strategies: reverse launches, sideways and upside-down launches. Even filling my home-made dish with water. Dranzer used a heat attack to make the water evaporate. I caught Dranzer again.

I was just about to launch again when I heard a slight rustle in the bushes behind me. Most people wouldn't have noticed it, but I wasn't like most people. My senses and reflexes were better. I pretended I was launching again, then turned, watching my blade fly into the bushes.

I heard a dull thud and "Oof." I was beside the bushes in a blink of an eye. I reached into the bushes and felt a hard object. I pulled it out. I threw it onto the floor. Dranzer lay on the floor. I grabbed my blade and dragged the thing I pulled out of the bushes inside. As soon as I got in, I threw the thing on the living room floor and placed Dranzer with my launcher on the table gently. I flicked the light on. A hooded and cloaked figure lay on my floor. I pulled the hood off. Another hood lay under. I pulled it off.

Another hood. I kept pulling and pulling. I had already gone through like 10 and I didn't know how many more there were. It was starting to move. I grabbed my launcher and Dranzer, jumping behind the couch in one quick, fluid motion. I aimed at the thing getting up and got ready to launch. It got up and seemed to look around. It made a movement.

"STOP!" I cried. It looked at me (if it could see).

I went on in a stony and tough voice, "I'll knock you out again if I have to. Now... tell me... who are you, and what were you doing out there?"

I heard a slight gasp. "M-Master Kai?? M-M-Master!! Master Kai!!" I could hear sobs now, barely audible.

I was confused. Who or what was this?? What did it want? And HOW did it know my name?? The phone rang.

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The room glowed.

"It's happening..."

"Not again..."

"It can't be..."

"Tell me it's not true..."

"Say it's not so..."

"'Fraid it's real... it's happening..."

"There's nothing we can do..."

"All happening over again..."

"No..."

"Please, no..."

"So pointless..."

"Don't hurt them..."

"Please, it was their last wish..."

"We beg you..."

"They didn't want it to happen again..."

"Don't do this..."

"We can do nothing against you... but..."

"We will if we have to..."

"They did..."

"They did it for us..."

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"Mom, I'm hungry!!"

"Luke, we had dinner 10 minutes ago."

"Yeah, and I'm hungry again!!"

"Well, what do you want me to do, honey?"

"Please, Mom, call a pizza place, please? Pl-ease??"

"Oh, I never could resist those eyes."

"ALRIGHT!!! 5 party size with pepperoni, triple cheese-"

The woman sighed. "You mean the usual, right?"

"Yep!"

"(*sigh*) Alright, Tyson-uh, Luke. I always want to call you Tyson. You certainly inherited his stomach."

"MOM!!! THE PIZZA!!! TALK LATER, EAT NOW!!"

"Oh, right, the pizza."

5 minutes later, the pizza arrived, and "Tyson" stuffed his face.

Luke's mom watched, blinking, as her son ate 5 party-sized pizzas in under 5 minutes. "Dear, shouldn't you work on that little school play of yours??"

"Yes, Mom. I'll phone Kai and see if he found what we were looking for... Wait a second, Kai never did and probably never will give me his phone number... Mom, pass me the phone book."

Luke flipped through the pages. "Hiwatari... 169 Gunders Street... 306 Octale Ave... 583 Bridges Road... Hold on, where DOES Kai live??"

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Fred Koiver stared at a book, as he sat on his bed in his room. He wasn't really reading it. None of his friends had called today and he was SO bored. Plus, his parents had hidden the sugar somewhere. Maybe he'd call one of the "Bladebreakers" and ask how they were doing on the project. He called Luke's house.

Beep, beep, beep. He shook his wearily, and put the phone back down. Fred wondered when Luke was planning on getting a separate phone line. "Knowing him, he's probably calling a pizza place. His order's gonna take forever."

He knew Frank had a family reunion and he didn't want to interrupt it. Daniel was busy tonight with technical matters, he knew that. So that left... Kai. Fred didn't have his number, so he used his Yellow Pages program on his computer. His dad had taught him how to use it for a lot of things. Within 5 minutes, he had a phone number. He dialled it tentatively. Ring... Ring... Ring...

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"Lalala..." The radio blared in Chinese. Over 40 people, old and young, short and tall, were gathered in a large room, talking and laughing, joking and eating. A certain boy with interesting black hair and old (obviously inherited) white robes. He had a red headband on and his hair dangled back in a long ponytail.

"Frank, c'mere!" The 11-year-old boy heard someone call out. He followed the voice to find his mom talking to someone he didn't recognise. She (the one he didn't recognise) seemed much older than his mom and had grey hair.

She blinked and squinted at Frank. He stared back apprehensively.

His mom spoke up. "Frank, this is your great-grandmother Yu-Leng." She continued in a whisper to Frank. "Really amazing she's still alive. Over 130..."

Frank's mouth fell open. 130 years old! He wondered how she survived so long? He extended a normal greeting of courtesy and respect. She still eyed him, with strange surprise and wonder.

Finally Yu-Leng spoke. Her voice was curiously clear, but seemed distant, in a way. "R-Ray??" She hugged him family-like and let go, staring, her eyes shining bright with recognition.

She started talking, almost to herself, but showed that she was talking to "Ray." She almost spoke incomprehensibly at times. "Ray!! Ray!! It's been so long, Ray!! They said you died, but I didn't believe a word, Ray!! I knew I would see you again!! Why, you seem almost the same age, maybe even younger than the last time! You've been taking care of yourself," she said approvingly with a nod. She went on for quite a while, with "Ray" hanging off every word. After all, this woman might have the answers that no one else would say.

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"Alright, Dizzi. We'll talk to Kai, then. Search address and phone number."

"Already on it." The sound of processors SHUTTING DOWN was heard.

"Dizzi! What's going on??" The brown-haired boy started to type faster than the speed of light.

"My main computer is shutting..."

"Down!! What happened???" Daniel started freaking out. "AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"

"DANIEL!!" His parents came running full speed into his room, worried looks on their faces.

They stopped in the doorway, seeing nothing wrong. His dad blinked. "What's wrong?"

Daniel had a horrified expression on his face. He murmured sadly, "My computer shut down..."

His mom seemed relieved. "Oh.... I see..." Daniel's parents cast meaningful glances at each other.

Daniel's father merely said, "Uh... we'll leave you to repairing it then. Good luck... Call if you need anything..."

He put a hand on Daniel's shoulder. "And try not to scare us like that again, k, kiddo?"

Daniel merely nodded sadly, still staring at his laptop. His parents left his room with amused expressions, closing the door behind them.

~~~~~~~Kai's POV~~~~~~~.

"You stay right there," I snarled, not taking an eye off that hooded... thing. I walked over to the phone, still watching... it

It responded, "Of course, Master Kai. I will always respect your wishes. My life is to serve you loyally."

I picked up the phone. "Hello?" I asked, sighing inwardly. Who could be calling at such an inconvenient time?

A very hyper-ish and fast voice answered, "Hi, Kai!!! Did you find that information!?!!?! I tried calling Luke, but his line was busy!!! Frank's got a family reunion thingie, and Daniel's busy, upgrading Dizzi!!! Hey, that rhymes!! Daniel's busy, upgrading Dizzi!!"

"I'm busy!" I spat through the phone.

"Oh... sorry, Kai." He sounded really sad...

"Er... listen... tell you what... I'll... um... call... call you back later, ok??"

"OK!!"

I snickered inwardly as I hung up the phone. I didn't have his number... Now, for that thing...

"Tell me who you are, NOW." I held Dranzer at the ready threateningly.

"M-Master Kai, hast thou forgotten me?"

"Can't you talk NORMALLY??"

"By the gods, Master Kai. Wherever did go your accent?"

I blinked. "Accent?"

"Speak of the gods!! You looketh thy same as thou always looketh'd but thou speaketh and act so much more commoneth. How hast this happeneth, o greateth master??"

"Talk so I can understand you." I was getting impatient. This thing was obviously spying on me, then blabbers and speaks some gibberish thing.

"Speaketh in thy layman's language? Whatever hast thou sank to... master?"

I sighed. "Be it so." I paused and my eyes widened in horror. I was starting to talk like him.

IT gasped. "I beg thee, Master Kai, speaketh more, so I may be assured that thou hast truly not changed or been possesseth by some unspeakable demon!"

"Speaketh more of what, pray tell?" My mouth fell open. Not only was I talking more and more like IT, my voice was sounding with a slight, but noticeable accent.

It kneeled. "I am your most loyalest servant once more, and thou'st may commandeth me as thou wish it."

I tried to ask how it knew my name, but it was as if I couldn't control myself anymore. "Very well, my servant. I hath heard thou loyal vow and oath to me. Serve me well, and thou'st will be treated as thy highest of my noble court, for you are but the first to return to my rule."

"Master, I neither needeth nor requireth any reward for the greateth honour is but to serve you loyally."

"Thou art wise, indeed. And few men could resisteth such a thing, but thou art to be one of the greateth under my rule, for I knoweth such things. But, pray tell, however did thou find me in such a commoneth place?"

"'Twas a longeth and hard road, master. But 'twas my greateth dream, to serve thee well, and prove my loyalty once more... o great king."

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(*panting*) 6 pages!! And besides, I beat my friend at a rowing contest at the science centre today!! ^_^ But you didn't need to know that. Anywayz, you best review. That chapter nearly killeth me, especially thy oldeth English. Oh, great!! Now I speaketh like this!! I besteth get reviews for this!!