Emptiness
By: Black Dranzer
".." Speaking and Thinking
---------- Scene Change
--flashback sequences--
Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade. I only own any of the characters that you haven't seen in the original Beyblade series.
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In the last chapter of Emptiness:
((A split second later, five other beyblades, like the girl's own, except colored green, were laying in halves on the floor.
The other beyblade was still spinning full force as it jumped into the girl's hands.
"Good work Zenborg." The girl said as she regarded her blade. It was colored black and white with a silver shine on the sharp attack ring edges. In her blade's center tip, there was a snow-white swan with golden armor and razor-sharp claws.))
(("You will be called to the testing center this afternoon. Master Voltaire will be there to see your results."
"I won't disappoint you," the girl said as she stood up and looked at the screen.
The man smiled and the screen turned off.
"Father." The girl whispered with bitterness before a dark shadow passed over her face and she silently walked out of the room.))
(("You've improved Dranzer," he praised. He stood looking at his Beyblade for some time and was just about to launch it again when a voice called out to him.
"Hey Kai! How are ya doing?"))
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Chapter One: Reunion
Kazuki was lying on a small bed in a room only big enough to fit three pieces of furniture.
A desk sat on the side beside a small window, on top of the desk was a dimly lit lamp.
Beside the desk, on the wall beside it was a wardrobe in which she kept her few belongings.
And of course, the third was the bed she is currently laying on.
Just then, a voice came over the intercom, "Kazuki Balkov, proceed to Building D immediately."
Upon hearing her name, Kazuki got up and collected her beyblade from the desktop.
"It's time," she thought as she walked out of her room.
As she headed down the corridor of the dormitories, heads peeked out to stare at her.
"It's the girl," she heard them whispering to each other.
"Yeah, she's Mr.Balkov's daughter isn't she?" another asked quietly.
After weaving through the abbey's maze-like corridors she arrived at the doors to Building D. Taking a deep breath, she walked in.
Building D was made specifically for the testing of new recruits and for the monthly exams. It had a high ceiling with a glass roof and was wide enough to fit 500 people at once with room to spare.
There was also another door opposite Kazuki that lead to the underground laboratories, and standing beside them was Boris.
"Welcome, Kazuki," came a deep voice somewhere above her head. Looking up, Kazuki saw a man with long, gray hair wearing a brown cape over a business suit of the same color. The man was standing on the raised balcony that was used as an observation deck. He gave off an intimidating and powerful presence as Kazuki stared up at him.
"Master Voltaire," Kazuki acknowledged and knelt on one knee in front of the older man.
Voltaire smiled, but the smile gave Kazuki the desire to shiver, "I see you've given her exceptional training Boris,"
"Thank you, sir," Boris replied beside the door, "shall we begin the procedures immediately?"
"Of course," Voltaire replied, he then turned to Kazuki. He saw that the girl was still kneeling.
"You may get up now," the man said as he descended some staircases and walked over to Kazuki.
The girl stayed silent and awaited the arrival of Voltaire.
When the man reached Kazuki, he seemed to hesitate before talking again.
Kazuki didn't dare look up at Voltaire, but she saw the older man's hand rise up to her face.
But something stopped Voltaire from continuing to raise his hand and it fell to his side.
Boris watched in the sidelines with a frown.
"Sir," Boris said as he cleared his throat, "We should begin,"
"Yes," Voltaire said in his usual cold voice and turned away from Kazuki, but not before saying one last thing to her, "I am certain you can pass the tests, and will be waiting to congratulate you when you are finished,"
"Thank you," Kazuki replied bowing and walked over to Boris.
"Kazuki, you will start your testing here," Boris indicated to the set of double metal doors beside him. Something was still bothering the man, but he didn't let that show.
When Kazuki walked past Boris, he stopped her and laid his hands on her shoulders. He then bent down beside her ear and whispered, "Remember Kazuki, you are MY daughter,"
Kazuki didn't know what Boris meant. Of course she was his daughter. But she made no response and continued to walk through the double doors.
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"And what are you doing here?" Kai Hiwatari asked as he set his mahogany eyes on his former team, the Bladebreakers.
"We're here to visit you," a boy bearing the appearance of a tiger replied as he set his golden eyes on Kai. The boy had long, black hair that was tied up in a long tube, along with a red bandana on his forehead. He had a white Chinese style shirt over a blue t-shirt and blue pants to match.
"Aren't you glad to see your old teammates?" piped up a blond boy with deep blue eyes. He was wearing a green t-shirt and orange overalls with a happy- go-lucky expression on his freckled face.
The Bladebreakers had separated and went their own ways after claiming the title of the "Beyblade World Champs" at the Beyblade World Championships in Russia and hadn't seen each other since then.
"Whatever," Kai replied with his usual frowning line.
Just then, the other two boys stepped up.
One had navy hair that spread messily around his head and navy blue eyes with a baseball cap on his head. He was wearing a yellow t-shirt, red jacket and blue shorts.
The other boy had a pair of goggles perched on his brunette hair and carried a laptop under his arm. He had on a white shirt with a short, green tie and purple shorts.
"Mr. Dickenson has arranged a reunion for us five," the brunette boy started to explain.
"Yea!" cut in the navy-haired boy who couldn't keep silent any further, "We're going to Europe!" He held up five air tickets to show Kai.
"What makes you think I'm coming?" Kai replied with a growl, "You guys should just leave," He turned around and started to walk away.
"Oh come on Kai!" the blond pleaded as he bounced over with amazing speed and took hold of Kai's arm, "We all know how much you want to come. Right Ray?" He looked to the Chinese boy for support.
"Max is right," the boy named Ray said, indicating to the blond on Kai's arm, "besides, it's time for a little reunion time and the Bladebreakers won't be complete without our captain."
"Please?" the navy haired boy spoke up again and looked at Kai with puppy dog eyes.
"Give me a break Tyson," Kai retorted, "why would I want to come? I've got to train,"
"Well, technically, training alone won't help much as you can't exactly challenge yourself," Kenny said in his know-it-all voice, then added, "But I think there's a new beyblader who's been around lately in Scotland and I've also heard she's undefeated. You could train against her, it wouldn't hurt for new challenges right?"
"I doubt she'll be even worth my time," was his reply.
"I heard she's got a pretty strong bit beast," Kenny said, moving on to Plan B.
"Hmph," Kai said, but he added, "Fine, I will come, but if I find out that this blader isn't as strong as you say she is, then I'm flying straight back. And you guys better have enough money to pay for an air ticket,"
The four other boys smiled, "Way to go Kenny!" the one named Tyson said, "So it's decided, the Bladebreakers are going on holidays!"
"Bladebreakers?" Kai said with annoyance, "I never agree.." he didn't get to finish his sentence because, just then, a black limousine pulled up beside the boys.
An old man with white hair and moustache stepped out of the shiny car. He had a brown hat on his head, a brown suit and was holding a cane looking amused.
"I see you've found Kai, boys," he said as his glasses turned towards the blue-haired boy, "has he agreed?"
Before Kai could speak up, the blond Max jumped up and down in front of him, blocking the old man from seeing Kai and said, "Yup Mr. Dickenson! We're all going to Europe!" He continued to jump up and down, never giving Kai a chance to speak.
"Good," Mr. Dickenson said, "I'm sure you will meet your friends, the Majestics again,"
"I can't wait to see Oliver, Enrique, Johnny, and mostly, Robert!" Tyson exclaimed as he remembered his rival, Robert, captain of the European Majestics.
The Bladebreakers had already been to Europe once, they had run into the Dark Bladers, a group of 'monsters' with evil bit beasts and were chased by them all across Europe. At the same time, they had met each of Europe's best beybladers; Oliver from France, Enrique from Rome, Johnny from Scotland and Robert of England.
"Johnny," Kai thought to himself as the others chatted excitedly to each other about the trip. Johnny, the redheaded and not to mention infamous 'King of Sarcasm' was one of the only beybladers in the world to have defeated Kai. Only a select few have ever managed to manage that feat.
Kai's thoughts were interrupted by a loud, grumbling sound. Nobody was surprised that the sound had come from none other than Tyson's belly.
"Uh, guys?" Tyson started.
He didn't need to finish as Max laughed and said to Mr. Dickenson, "Let's go eat Mr. Dickenson! Before Tyson triggers an earthquake with his stomach!"
Mr. Dickenson laughed amusingly and agreed, "Why don't I give you boys a drive?" he said and welcomed the five Bladebreakers into his limousine.
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"There are four tests for you to pass. Each test is behind one of the doors. When you have passed all four tests, you may enter the last chamber through the largest door," Boris explained to Kazuki from a miniature headphone.
"I understand," Kazuki replied into the mouthpiece.
Checking her surroundings, she familiarized the four doors that surrounded the circular chamber she was in and also the larger fifth door that stood directly opposite her.
She walked to the door closest to her on her right and looked up at it.
She caught sight of a blue symbol of a water droplet before the door automatically slid open.
A tall, dark figure stood opposite her in the shadows of the dimly lit chamber.
A second later, the door behind her slid closed and a hissing sound was heard.
"We'll have our battle underwater," the figure announced and took out a gun shooter from his pocket.
At that, Kazuki realized that the room was slowly filling up with water and the hissing sound was made by the sprinklers on each side of the room.
"Fine by me," Kazuki replied and got out her bow shooter.
The figure seemed to wait for the water to completely fill the room before stepping out of the shadows. Kazuki saw a boy of about 16, with blond hair and blue-gray eyes. He was wearing a green jacket over an orange T-shirt and light blue pants. Across his forehead was a green and light blue bandana.
She wasn't interested much in her opponent thought, as she was taught to only treat every opponent as an enemy and not to show any mercy.
"It won't be easy beating me, Spencer, the Water Titan!" the boy said and showed Kazuki his Beyblade. It was light blue and in the center of the Beyblade was a golden whale.
"I do not care much about who you are, as I just wish to crush that little goldfish of yours as soon as possible," Kazuki said with mockery in her voice, "Zenborg and I are going to have fried fish for lunch. Though I don't think it is big enough to fill our stomachs."
"Don't you dare insult Seaborg!" Spencer bellowed with rage. By then, the water was up to both bladers' chins.
"Let's see if it was an insult or the truth after I slice it in half," Kazuki smirked.
"Let it rip!" both bladers announced and the two launched beyblades spun on the surface of the water for a few seconds before submerging below water.
Slowly, the water filled up the whole chamber and both beybladers were submerged.
The two were surrounded by darkness as the lights in the room had been turned off.
This also added to the disability of not being able to see anything and not being able to breath.
Kazuki closed her eyes and concentrated on Zenborg's timing.
"I'll have to finish this quickly," she thought, "I can't stay underwater for more than two minutes without breathing,"
Hearing the vibrations of Seaborg's beyblade in the water, she commanded with her thoughts, "Zenborg! Arise and shed your light!"
A screech came from Kazuki's beyblade accompanied by a bright light, which slowly took the form of a pearly white swan.
Spencer stared at the swan and the girl.
"How did she manage to call upon her bit beast without speaking?" he thought. He himself had to use a special device that would allow him to speak underwater.
But while he was thinking, the blinding light the swan was giving off had exposed Seaborg's beyblade.
"Attack him," Kazuki ordered with her mind.
The swan screeched and cut through the water towards Seaborg.
The two beyblades clashed and made a small typhoon as they spun around and around each other, trying to force the other into submission.
"Seaborg! Come out and use Voda Impact!" Spencer ordered.
A yellow glow came from his beyblade and a golden whale emerged from it.
It gave a deep bellow and sent its tail crashing for Zenborg.
Kazuki smiled to herself, "He shouldn't have let his bit beast out, now it will be all over for him," Then, to Zenborg, she thought, "Dodge and blind him! Silver Radiance!"
Zenborg obeyed his master by flapping its wings in front of it to propel itself backwards and dodging the whale. Then, once again spread out its wings, but this time, light was gathered to the two jewels on its chest.
Spencer watched in surprise as two beams shot out of Zenborg's chest jewels and hit Seaborg in the eyes.
The large whale screamed in agony and started to thrash out of control.
"Finish him off Zenborg! Nightmare Shadow!" Kazuki thought. Zenborg curled itself into a ball, when it uncurled itself again. Now it was no longer silver-white but a midnight-black.
Spencer backed off a bit and watched as Zenborg spread its now black wings and charged towards the thrashing Seaborg. As it neared, the black swan's wings turned into sharp, black swords with a dark glow to them. When the dark wings made contact with Seaborg, the blades made an even large typhoon that sent the lamps to fly off the walls. Both bladers put their arms in front of their faces to protect against the wild water.
When everything had settled again, Spencer saw that Seaborg's beyblade had been badly chipped and that it had stopped spinning.
The boy stared at his beyblade for a few more seconds before standing on the bottom of the water-filled chamber and pushing a hidden switch on the wall.
Immediately, the water filtered out and Spencer left the room through a back door.
Zenborg's still-spinning beyblade returned to Kazuki's outstretched hands and she exited the chamber with a satisfactory smile.
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"It has been long since I've seen that swan," Voltaire muttered out loud in the observation room.
"Voltaire-sama," he frowned, "I think it is best if we leave this topic at rest.."
"I don't need you to tell me that," Voltaire growled.
"Yes sir," Boris said.
But in Boris' mind, the picture of a woman appeared and faded in the flash of a second.
--To be continued
By: Black Dranzer
".." Speaking and Thinking
---------- Scene Change
--flashback sequences--
Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade. I only own any of the characters that you haven't seen in the original Beyblade series.
----------
In the last chapter of Emptiness:
((A split second later, five other beyblades, like the girl's own, except colored green, were laying in halves on the floor.
The other beyblade was still spinning full force as it jumped into the girl's hands.
"Good work Zenborg." The girl said as she regarded her blade. It was colored black and white with a silver shine on the sharp attack ring edges. In her blade's center tip, there was a snow-white swan with golden armor and razor-sharp claws.))
(("You will be called to the testing center this afternoon. Master Voltaire will be there to see your results."
"I won't disappoint you," the girl said as she stood up and looked at the screen.
The man smiled and the screen turned off.
"Father." The girl whispered with bitterness before a dark shadow passed over her face and she silently walked out of the room.))
(("You've improved Dranzer," he praised. He stood looking at his Beyblade for some time and was just about to launch it again when a voice called out to him.
"Hey Kai! How are ya doing?"))
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Chapter One: Reunion
Kazuki was lying on a small bed in a room only big enough to fit three pieces of furniture.
A desk sat on the side beside a small window, on top of the desk was a dimly lit lamp.
Beside the desk, on the wall beside it was a wardrobe in which she kept her few belongings.
And of course, the third was the bed she is currently laying on.
Just then, a voice came over the intercom, "Kazuki Balkov, proceed to Building D immediately."
Upon hearing her name, Kazuki got up and collected her beyblade from the desktop.
"It's time," she thought as she walked out of her room.
As she headed down the corridor of the dormitories, heads peeked out to stare at her.
"It's the girl," she heard them whispering to each other.
"Yeah, she's Mr.Balkov's daughter isn't she?" another asked quietly.
After weaving through the abbey's maze-like corridors she arrived at the doors to Building D. Taking a deep breath, she walked in.
Building D was made specifically for the testing of new recruits and for the monthly exams. It had a high ceiling with a glass roof and was wide enough to fit 500 people at once with room to spare.
There was also another door opposite Kazuki that lead to the underground laboratories, and standing beside them was Boris.
"Welcome, Kazuki," came a deep voice somewhere above her head. Looking up, Kazuki saw a man with long, gray hair wearing a brown cape over a business suit of the same color. The man was standing on the raised balcony that was used as an observation deck. He gave off an intimidating and powerful presence as Kazuki stared up at him.
"Master Voltaire," Kazuki acknowledged and knelt on one knee in front of the older man.
Voltaire smiled, but the smile gave Kazuki the desire to shiver, "I see you've given her exceptional training Boris,"
"Thank you, sir," Boris replied beside the door, "shall we begin the procedures immediately?"
"Of course," Voltaire replied, he then turned to Kazuki. He saw that the girl was still kneeling.
"You may get up now," the man said as he descended some staircases and walked over to Kazuki.
The girl stayed silent and awaited the arrival of Voltaire.
When the man reached Kazuki, he seemed to hesitate before talking again.
Kazuki didn't dare look up at Voltaire, but she saw the older man's hand rise up to her face.
But something stopped Voltaire from continuing to raise his hand and it fell to his side.
Boris watched in the sidelines with a frown.
"Sir," Boris said as he cleared his throat, "We should begin,"
"Yes," Voltaire said in his usual cold voice and turned away from Kazuki, but not before saying one last thing to her, "I am certain you can pass the tests, and will be waiting to congratulate you when you are finished,"
"Thank you," Kazuki replied bowing and walked over to Boris.
"Kazuki, you will start your testing here," Boris indicated to the set of double metal doors beside him. Something was still bothering the man, but he didn't let that show.
When Kazuki walked past Boris, he stopped her and laid his hands on her shoulders. He then bent down beside her ear and whispered, "Remember Kazuki, you are MY daughter,"
Kazuki didn't know what Boris meant. Of course she was his daughter. But she made no response and continued to walk through the double doors.
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"And what are you doing here?" Kai Hiwatari asked as he set his mahogany eyes on his former team, the Bladebreakers.
"We're here to visit you," a boy bearing the appearance of a tiger replied as he set his golden eyes on Kai. The boy had long, black hair that was tied up in a long tube, along with a red bandana on his forehead. He had a white Chinese style shirt over a blue t-shirt and blue pants to match.
"Aren't you glad to see your old teammates?" piped up a blond boy with deep blue eyes. He was wearing a green t-shirt and orange overalls with a happy- go-lucky expression on his freckled face.
The Bladebreakers had separated and went their own ways after claiming the title of the "Beyblade World Champs" at the Beyblade World Championships in Russia and hadn't seen each other since then.
"Whatever," Kai replied with his usual frowning line.
Just then, the other two boys stepped up.
One had navy hair that spread messily around his head and navy blue eyes with a baseball cap on his head. He was wearing a yellow t-shirt, red jacket and blue shorts.
The other boy had a pair of goggles perched on his brunette hair and carried a laptop under his arm. He had on a white shirt with a short, green tie and purple shorts.
"Mr. Dickenson has arranged a reunion for us five," the brunette boy started to explain.
"Yea!" cut in the navy-haired boy who couldn't keep silent any further, "We're going to Europe!" He held up five air tickets to show Kai.
"What makes you think I'm coming?" Kai replied with a growl, "You guys should just leave," He turned around and started to walk away.
"Oh come on Kai!" the blond pleaded as he bounced over with amazing speed and took hold of Kai's arm, "We all know how much you want to come. Right Ray?" He looked to the Chinese boy for support.
"Max is right," the boy named Ray said, indicating to the blond on Kai's arm, "besides, it's time for a little reunion time and the Bladebreakers won't be complete without our captain."
"Please?" the navy haired boy spoke up again and looked at Kai with puppy dog eyes.
"Give me a break Tyson," Kai retorted, "why would I want to come? I've got to train,"
"Well, technically, training alone won't help much as you can't exactly challenge yourself," Kenny said in his know-it-all voice, then added, "But I think there's a new beyblader who's been around lately in Scotland and I've also heard she's undefeated. You could train against her, it wouldn't hurt for new challenges right?"
"I doubt she'll be even worth my time," was his reply.
"I heard she's got a pretty strong bit beast," Kenny said, moving on to Plan B.
"Hmph," Kai said, but he added, "Fine, I will come, but if I find out that this blader isn't as strong as you say she is, then I'm flying straight back. And you guys better have enough money to pay for an air ticket,"
The four other boys smiled, "Way to go Kenny!" the one named Tyson said, "So it's decided, the Bladebreakers are going on holidays!"
"Bladebreakers?" Kai said with annoyance, "I never agree.." he didn't get to finish his sentence because, just then, a black limousine pulled up beside the boys.
An old man with white hair and moustache stepped out of the shiny car. He had a brown hat on his head, a brown suit and was holding a cane looking amused.
"I see you've found Kai, boys," he said as his glasses turned towards the blue-haired boy, "has he agreed?"
Before Kai could speak up, the blond Max jumped up and down in front of him, blocking the old man from seeing Kai and said, "Yup Mr. Dickenson! We're all going to Europe!" He continued to jump up and down, never giving Kai a chance to speak.
"Good," Mr. Dickenson said, "I'm sure you will meet your friends, the Majestics again,"
"I can't wait to see Oliver, Enrique, Johnny, and mostly, Robert!" Tyson exclaimed as he remembered his rival, Robert, captain of the European Majestics.
The Bladebreakers had already been to Europe once, they had run into the Dark Bladers, a group of 'monsters' with evil bit beasts and were chased by them all across Europe. At the same time, they had met each of Europe's best beybladers; Oliver from France, Enrique from Rome, Johnny from Scotland and Robert of England.
"Johnny," Kai thought to himself as the others chatted excitedly to each other about the trip. Johnny, the redheaded and not to mention infamous 'King of Sarcasm' was one of the only beybladers in the world to have defeated Kai. Only a select few have ever managed to manage that feat.
Kai's thoughts were interrupted by a loud, grumbling sound. Nobody was surprised that the sound had come from none other than Tyson's belly.
"Uh, guys?" Tyson started.
He didn't need to finish as Max laughed and said to Mr. Dickenson, "Let's go eat Mr. Dickenson! Before Tyson triggers an earthquake with his stomach!"
Mr. Dickenson laughed amusingly and agreed, "Why don't I give you boys a drive?" he said and welcomed the five Bladebreakers into his limousine.
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"There are four tests for you to pass. Each test is behind one of the doors. When you have passed all four tests, you may enter the last chamber through the largest door," Boris explained to Kazuki from a miniature headphone.
"I understand," Kazuki replied into the mouthpiece.
Checking her surroundings, she familiarized the four doors that surrounded the circular chamber she was in and also the larger fifth door that stood directly opposite her.
She walked to the door closest to her on her right and looked up at it.
She caught sight of a blue symbol of a water droplet before the door automatically slid open.
A tall, dark figure stood opposite her in the shadows of the dimly lit chamber.
A second later, the door behind her slid closed and a hissing sound was heard.
"We'll have our battle underwater," the figure announced and took out a gun shooter from his pocket.
At that, Kazuki realized that the room was slowly filling up with water and the hissing sound was made by the sprinklers on each side of the room.
"Fine by me," Kazuki replied and got out her bow shooter.
The figure seemed to wait for the water to completely fill the room before stepping out of the shadows. Kazuki saw a boy of about 16, with blond hair and blue-gray eyes. He was wearing a green jacket over an orange T-shirt and light blue pants. Across his forehead was a green and light blue bandana.
She wasn't interested much in her opponent thought, as she was taught to only treat every opponent as an enemy and not to show any mercy.
"It won't be easy beating me, Spencer, the Water Titan!" the boy said and showed Kazuki his Beyblade. It was light blue and in the center of the Beyblade was a golden whale.
"I do not care much about who you are, as I just wish to crush that little goldfish of yours as soon as possible," Kazuki said with mockery in her voice, "Zenborg and I are going to have fried fish for lunch. Though I don't think it is big enough to fill our stomachs."
"Don't you dare insult Seaborg!" Spencer bellowed with rage. By then, the water was up to both bladers' chins.
"Let's see if it was an insult or the truth after I slice it in half," Kazuki smirked.
"Let it rip!" both bladers announced and the two launched beyblades spun on the surface of the water for a few seconds before submerging below water.
Slowly, the water filled up the whole chamber and both beybladers were submerged.
The two were surrounded by darkness as the lights in the room had been turned off.
This also added to the disability of not being able to see anything and not being able to breath.
Kazuki closed her eyes and concentrated on Zenborg's timing.
"I'll have to finish this quickly," she thought, "I can't stay underwater for more than two minutes without breathing,"
Hearing the vibrations of Seaborg's beyblade in the water, she commanded with her thoughts, "Zenborg! Arise and shed your light!"
A screech came from Kazuki's beyblade accompanied by a bright light, which slowly took the form of a pearly white swan.
Spencer stared at the swan and the girl.
"How did she manage to call upon her bit beast without speaking?" he thought. He himself had to use a special device that would allow him to speak underwater.
But while he was thinking, the blinding light the swan was giving off had exposed Seaborg's beyblade.
"Attack him," Kazuki ordered with her mind.
The swan screeched and cut through the water towards Seaborg.
The two beyblades clashed and made a small typhoon as they spun around and around each other, trying to force the other into submission.
"Seaborg! Come out and use Voda Impact!" Spencer ordered.
A yellow glow came from his beyblade and a golden whale emerged from it.
It gave a deep bellow and sent its tail crashing for Zenborg.
Kazuki smiled to herself, "He shouldn't have let his bit beast out, now it will be all over for him," Then, to Zenborg, she thought, "Dodge and blind him! Silver Radiance!"
Zenborg obeyed his master by flapping its wings in front of it to propel itself backwards and dodging the whale. Then, once again spread out its wings, but this time, light was gathered to the two jewels on its chest.
Spencer watched in surprise as two beams shot out of Zenborg's chest jewels and hit Seaborg in the eyes.
The large whale screamed in agony and started to thrash out of control.
"Finish him off Zenborg! Nightmare Shadow!" Kazuki thought. Zenborg curled itself into a ball, when it uncurled itself again. Now it was no longer silver-white but a midnight-black.
Spencer backed off a bit and watched as Zenborg spread its now black wings and charged towards the thrashing Seaborg. As it neared, the black swan's wings turned into sharp, black swords with a dark glow to them. When the dark wings made contact with Seaborg, the blades made an even large typhoon that sent the lamps to fly off the walls. Both bladers put their arms in front of their faces to protect against the wild water.
When everything had settled again, Spencer saw that Seaborg's beyblade had been badly chipped and that it had stopped spinning.
The boy stared at his beyblade for a few more seconds before standing on the bottom of the water-filled chamber and pushing a hidden switch on the wall.
Immediately, the water filtered out and Spencer left the room through a back door.
Zenborg's still-spinning beyblade returned to Kazuki's outstretched hands and she exited the chamber with a satisfactory smile.
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"It has been long since I've seen that swan," Voltaire muttered out loud in the observation room.
"Voltaire-sama," he frowned, "I think it is best if we leave this topic at rest.."
"I don't need you to tell me that," Voltaire growled.
"Yes sir," Boris said.
But in Boris' mind, the picture of a woman appeared and faded in the flash of a second.
--To be continued