Emptiness
By: Black Dranzer
".." speaking and thinking
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--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:
(("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.))
(("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.))
(("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.))
(("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,"))
((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.))
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Chapter Two: Transform
"Tyson!" cried a worried Ray as the navy-haired boy went green in the face. He can be seen stuffing plates of food down his throat as his teammates watched with amusement and, in Kai's case, disgust.
"Can we leave before Tyson eats this restaurant out of business?" Kenny asked as he watched Tyson stuff the one hundred and twenty-third plate of food into his mouth.
"But Chief," Tyson whined, calling Kenny by his nickname, "I'm not done yet!"
Despite his protests though, Kai and Ray dragged him out of the restaurant while Max and the Chief stayed behind with Mr. Dickenson to pay the bills.
Kai rolled his eyes as Tyson turned white and ran for the bathroom, "Imbecile," he said to himself.
"Give the guy a break," Ray said to Kai, "you know how he is,"
"I'd rather not,"
Ray didn't have a good response to that.
"I don't feel so well," came Tyson's shaky voice as he stepped out of the washroom.
"Let's get going and start packing," Mr. Dickenson said as he, Kenny and Max came out of the restaurant, "I'll pick you boys up in five hours to go to the airport."
The boys said goodbye and left for each of their homes; Ray left with Mr. Dickenson to his hotel.
Watching the other boys go, Kai sighed and returned what he now calls home. The kind BBA head had understood Kai's feelings regarding his grandfather's mansion, where he had formerly lived, and had rented a small apartment for him.
He packed up all of his things inside a black duffel bag and lay down on his bed.
Closing his eyes, he waited for the others to arrive.
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"You did well," Boris' voice commented Kazuki through the headset, "but don't let your guard down,"
"Yes sir," Kazuki said and walked up to the door on her left.
This one had what seemed live vines clutching at the door.
"My next victim," she thought maliciously.
Once inside, Kazuki had to avoid touching the deadly plants hanging in twines from the ceiling.
"Poison ivy," she thought.
"I see you've beaten Spencer," a boy's voice said.
Kazuki turned towards the voice and saw a boy of about 11 years old with blue hair and brown eyes seemingly appear out of nowhere from the dense bushes. He was wearing a yellow sweater with the sleeves rolled up, light blue gloves, green overalls with a parachute on each side and a pair of goggles.
"Really? By intimidating me with these useless vines?" Kazuki said in an uninterested voice indicating to the ivy.
"They're not useless," the boy replied, not much bothered by Kazuki's mockery, "And they're not the only thing that's going to bring you down," At that, the boy took out a custom gun launcher that was much like Spencer's.
"Sure, whatever you say little boy," Kazuki responded, aiming her bow launcher.
"Hmph," the boy replied, "I'm not a 'little boy'. I'm Ian, the Poisonous Chameleon. And I'll show you why!"
"Let it rip!"
Zenborg and Ian's beyblade shot with extreme speed towards each other and bounced off in different directions after compact.
Zenborg's beyblade landed on a lump of poison ivy in front of Kazuki.
When she looked up to search for Ian's beyblade, it had disappeared.
"Now do you see?" Ian smirked, "Wyborg is perfectly at home in this environment,"
"Heh," Kazuki smiled, "camouflaging won't help you much."
"That's what you think," Ian said back, "But just you wait, there's more to Wyborg than its camouflage,"
Kazuki didn't bother to find out what Ian was talking about and instead tried to locate the sound of Wyborg's beyblade.
"Wyborg! Dive Bomb now!" the boy cried suddenly.
Ian's Beyblade shot out of its hiding place and slammed into Zenborg's Beyblade, knocking it off balance.
After its attack, it had immediately flashed back to the denser concentration of vines and hidden itself again.
Kazuki frowned, maybe she'll need to use more force than she had anticipated.
"Zenborg! Emerge!" Kazuki commanded, closing her eyes.
The white swan ascended from its bit and gave a screech.
"Wyborg! Dive Bomb!" Ian commanded before the swan had time to react.
Kazuki's eyes snapped open, "To your left Zenborg! Silver Radiance!" Zenborg turned to its left immediately and gathered light into its chest jewels.
When Wyborg appeared into the open to attack, the two chest jewels shot two silver streaks of light at Wyborg's eyes, but the snake slithered out of the way and its armor reflected the light back at Zenborg.
"Dodge!" Kazuki shouted.
The swan managed to swerve to the side and dodge the two beams of light.
But it was forced into crashing against a clump of the poison ivy.
Kazuki didn't think much of this at first, but after a few seconds, red rashes appeared on Zenborg's white feathers.
"Oh, did I forget to mention?" Ian sneered, "Those are VERY poisonous,"
"Hmph," Kazuki replied, "Zenborg! Keep attacking!"
Her bit beast obeyed without protest and flew towards Wyborg that had been spinning idly on the spot.
"Wyborg! Evade!" Ian shouted.
The slithering snake glided around the poison ivy, making it almost impossible for Zenborg to touch it without encountering a strand of the deadly plant.
"You'll have to use Nightmare Shadow Zenborg! Switch now!" Kazuki called to her bit beast.
The white swan stopped attempting to lure the other bit beast out and curled into a tight ball, reemerging a moment later in its yami form.
"Nightmare Shadow! Cut those vines down!" Kazuki ordered.
The black swan abided and flew at top speed through the poison ivy and made its way towards the hidden snake.
"I still have the advantage of camouflage," Ian thought to himself, but Zenborg seemed to know exactly where Wyborg was.
In a few seconds, the snake bit beast had been defeated and retreated with a faint hiss back into its beyblade.
"How were you able to tell where Wyborg was?" Ian asked, shocked.
Kazuki gave Ian a superior look, "Yami Zenborg can sense shadows little boy, your snake can camouflage, but it can't erase its shadow can it?"
Ian looked away and recollected his beyblade before leaving through a door hidden by poison ivy strands.
"Another down," Kazuki thought to herself, "Two more to go,"
With that thought, her beyblade returned to her hand and she walked out of the room.
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"Hey Kai! We're here!"
The boy's eyes snapped open at the voice.
He got up from his bed and, with his black duffel bag over his shoulder, walked out of the room to open the door.
Four boys stood outside his door, each with his own luggage.
Tyson had a blue duffel bag hanging on his shoulder; probably crammed with food judging by the way it bulged.
Max's bright orange suitcase stood next to him on the floor, it was covered in happy face and flower stickers.
Ray and Kenny both had backpacks; a white backpack with black stripes like a tiger settled on Ray's shoulders while Kenny was busy trying to strap Dizzi, his faithful laptop bit beast, onto his own brown bag.
"Where's Mr. Dickenson?" Kai asked looking around for the old gentleman.
"We came over first to see your apartment," Max explained; he has mischievously sneaked into the living room and is now bouncing around, admiring his former teammate's dwelling.
"Cool place," Ray commented as he, too, entered Kai's home.
"Where's the fridge?" Tyson asked looking around.
Kenny, who has finally managed to attach Dizzi to his backpack, followed behind the others and stated, "Mr. Dickenson's car is coming to pick us all up here so he doesn't have to run all over the place."
"Great," Kai rolled his eyes as he looked at the four boys who were now inspecting every inch of his new home. He sighed and walked into the kitchen where Tyson was inspecting his fridge.
"Tyson, get away from my fridge," Kai commanded and pulled Tyson away from the white appliance, he then smirked, "you've got your own food bank on your shoulder."
"It's not ALL food!" Tyson countered and walked out of the kitchen, pouting.
After another fifteen minutes of exploring, the phone rang. Kai went to pick it up and was relieved to hear that Mr. Dickenson's car had arrived and is now waiting for the five boys.
"Finally," Kai thought to himself and said out loud, "Mr. Dickenson is here! Now get out!" He picked up his duffel bag and pushed a complaining Tyson out the door, Max bounced along following Kai with Ray and Kenny trailing up behind him.
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"I am pleased at how far she has come since she has started training," Voltaire complemented, "But you do realize that if she doesn't pass my test this will all be for nothing."
"Yes, I am aware of it," Boris replied.
"Who will be up next?" Voltaire inquired.
"Bryan,"
"Tell him to give no mercy,"
"Of course sir, he never does,"
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"Two more to go," Kazuki smiled to herself.
"The next challenge will be in the room on your right," Boris' voice instructed.
"Yes sir," Kazuki replied and walked up to the door indicated.
As she touched it to make it open, Kazuki felt a slight vibration on the metal door.
When the door opened, a huge gust of wind greeted her.
Kazuki had prepared for this, so she just stood by the frame, avoiding as much of the sharp gale as possible.
A few moments later, the wind died down and Kazuki walked inside the room.
Standing alone in the room was a 13-year-old boy with light purple-silver hair and light purple eyes. His face showed no emotion as he faced her. He was wearing a blue T-shirt, a maroon jacket and maroon pants.
"I was told by Master Voltaire to show no mercy," the boy said with a voice that matched his expression, "But of course, mercy was never my style, as I am the Wind Razor, Bryan."
"It's not mine either, so too bad for you." Kazuki sneered as she got out her bow shooter and pointed at the boy.
"Very well," Bryan said, not fazed by the threatening bow, "but take a look at the cause of your downfall," and he showed her his blade, with a falcon engraved on his bit.
"Oh, it's a cute little sparrow," Kazuki teased, "wonder how long it will last against my fearsome swan,"
"Let it rip!" both beybladers let their Beyblades fly.
"Falborg! Attack with Styrobultz!" Bryan commanded.
"Predictable," Kazuki said, "Always first to attack."
Kazuki suddenly felt a gust of wind cut through her hair. When she looked behind her, she saw that an invisible blade had cut off a small strand of her hair.
"My attacks aren't just directed at the Beyblade," Bryan snickered, "they are directed at the beyblader as well! And this is just the beginning of how my blades of gust will cut you up!"
"Zenborg," Kazuki said evenly, ignoring the extra threat, "stay on the defense until I find a weakness,"
Zenborg's beyblade stayed spinning in the center of the room while Falborg's span around it with lightning speed.
As it spun, the falcon was also sending wild gusts of sharp winds at Kazuki.
A few cuts had appeared on Kazuki's cheeks and arms like invisible knives slicing at her skin.
A sharp pain shot through her every few seconds, making her loose concentration on the battle more and more.
"See?" Bryan smirked, "You can't beat me when you have to worry about your own safety as well as your bit beast's!" Kazuki got up and saw Falborg clawing mercilessly at Zenborg, and Zenborg falling to the ground.
"A little wind won't stop us!" Kazuki said and, hearing its master's confidence in its abilities, Zenborg slowly got up.
"Your bit beast has already been weakened and you won't be feeling better than it after my Falborg is done with you!" Bryan said, "Go Falborg! Shred them!"
Falborg responded by flying up high into the air and blasting gusts of wind at both Kazuki and Zenborg.
Kazuki stood her ground and put her arms in front of her to protect her face from being hit but her clothes tore at various places and she had cuts on her arms and legs. Zenborg was flying all around the chamber trying to dodge the vicious wind but it also had cuts and bruises on its wings and body.
Falborg flew down to Zenborg to take another easy blow at its wings while it was weakened.
Kazuki saw her chance and instructed, "Zenborg! Aim Silver Radiance now!"
Her bit beast acknowledged Kazuki's orders and shot two beams of blinding light out of its chest jewels.
Falborg was hit dead on as it had let its guard down in front of its weakened opponent.
Bryan growled, "Falborg, keep using the wind!"
His bit beast obeyed, but its aim was drastically weakened by its inability to see and a few gusts of wind found its way to Bryan.
The boy had to block the gusts with his arms so his eyes closed for a split second.
Kazuki took the chance and shouted, "Zenborg! Yami form!"
Her swan was already halfway into its change, as it had read its master's mind a few seconds earlier.
Before Bryan could react, the black swan at charged at Falborg with its wing blades giving of the dark glow of menace.
Bryan stood a moment later staring at his defeated beyblade lying on the ground, not spinning.
Kazuki stood triumphant with Zenborg in front of her, smirking at Bryan.
"Guess I didn't give any mercy either," she sneered and turned around.
Her beyblade followed her and jumped into her hand.
Looking down at her beyblade as she exited the chamber, she saw Zenborg's bit shine and smiled, "Another victory."
She walked out of the third chamber with Zenborg clutched in her hands.
"That battle was fought well," Boris said over the earphone.
"Thank you father," Kazuki replied.
"But remember this, Kazuki," Boris informed her, "The most important test is what happens after the last challenge."
"I will remember," Kazuki obeyed.
"Good luck then, my daughter," Boris said and the connection cut off.
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A teenage girl stood alone on the balcony of a huge mansion in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her short, red hair is blowing in the wind in messy strands that shone in the sunlight. Her lavender eyes were trained on a plane that was flying through the blue sky.
"I feel a challenge coming," she thought to herself as the plane disappeared behind a cloud.
Almost immediately, someone's footsteps are heard as a boy with the same hair and eyes as the girl appeared behind her.
"What are you doing here Jackie?" he questioned as he stood beside her. He was wearing a blue t-shirt with a yellow jacket over it. The sleeves of the jacket were torn off and he had on white shorts. On his head was a lavender bandana that matched the color of his eyes.
"Oh, hi Johnny," the girl named Jackie replied, "I'm just watching the planes go by." She paused, "What are you doing here big bro?"
"Hey, this is my house too," Johnny said and sat down on one of the white balcony chairs, crossing his arms.
The red haired boy looked around to make sure no one was listening before continuing, "The Bladebreakers are coming here soon for vacation," he paused and looked at his younger sister and then grinned, "Guess you have a new challenge."
"I just felt it coming," Jackie smiled at her brother and stepped behind one of the balcony curtains. When she stepped out again, another girl was in her place. This girl had long, blue hair and her irises were colored turquoise.
"Changer is out to have some fun," the girl announced and jumped off the balcony, landing perfectly like a cat on the grass below.
--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.
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In the last chapter of Emptiness:
(("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.))
(("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.))
(("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.))
(("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,"))
((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.))
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Chapter Two: Transform
"Tyson!" cried a worried Ray as the navy-haired boy went green in the face. He can be seen stuffing plates of food down his throat as his teammates watched with amusement and, in Kai's case, disgust.
"Can we leave before Tyson eats this restaurant out of business?" Kenny asked as he watched Tyson stuff the one hundred and twenty-third plate of food into his mouth.
"But Chief," Tyson whined, calling Kenny by his nickname, "I'm not done yet!"
Despite his protests though, Kai and Ray dragged him out of the restaurant while Max and the Chief stayed behind with Mr. Dickenson to pay the bills.
Kai rolled his eyes as Tyson turned white and ran for the bathroom, "Imbecile," he said to himself.
"Give the guy a break," Ray said to Kai, "you know how he is,"
"I'd rather not,"
Ray didn't have a good response to that.
"I don't feel so well," came Tyson's shaky voice as he stepped out of the washroom.
"Let's get going and start packing," Mr. Dickenson said as he, Kenny and Max came out of the restaurant, "I'll pick you boys up in five hours to go to the airport."
The boys said goodbye and left for each of their homes; Ray left with Mr. Dickenson to his hotel.
Watching the other boys go, Kai sighed and returned what he now calls home. The kind BBA head had understood Kai's feelings regarding his grandfather's mansion, where he had formerly lived, and had rented a small apartment for him.
He packed up all of his things inside a black duffel bag and lay down on his bed.
Closing his eyes, he waited for the others to arrive.
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"You did well," Boris' voice commented Kazuki through the headset, "but don't let your guard down,"
"Yes sir," Kazuki said and walked up to the door on her left.
This one had what seemed live vines clutching at the door.
"My next victim," she thought maliciously.
Once inside, Kazuki had to avoid touching the deadly plants hanging in twines from the ceiling.
"Poison ivy," she thought.
"I see you've beaten Spencer," a boy's voice said.
Kazuki turned towards the voice and saw a boy of about 11 years old with blue hair and brown eyes seemingly appear out of nowhere from the dense bushes. He was wearing a yellow sweater with the sleeves rolled up, light blue gloves, green overalls with a parachute on each side and a pair of goggles.
"Really? By intimidating me with these useless vines?" Kazuki said in an uninterested voice indicating to the ivy.
"They're not useless," the boy replied, not much bothered by Kazuki's mockery, "And they're not the only thing that's going to bring you down," At that, the boy took out a custom gun launcher that was much like Spencer's.
"Sure, whatever you say little boy," Kazuki responded, aiming her bow launcher.
"Hmph," the boy replied, "I'm not a 'little boy'. I'm Ian, the Poisonous Chameleon. And I'll show you why!"
"Let it rip!"
Zenborg and Ian's beyblade shot with extreme speed towards each other and bounced off in different directions after compact.
Zenborg's beyblade landed on a lump of poison ivy in front of Kazuki.
When she looked up to search for Ian's beyblade, it had disappeared.
"Now do you see?" Ian smirked, "Wyborg is perfectly at home in this environment,"
"Heh," Kazuki smiled, "camouflaging won't help you much."
"That's what you think," Ian said back, "But just you wait, there's more to Wyborg than its camouflage,"
Kazuki didn't bother to find out what Ian was talking about and instead tried to locate the sound of Wyborg's beyblade.
"Wyborg! Dive Bomb now!" the boy cried suddenly.
Ian's Beyblade shot out of its hiding place and slammed into Zenborg's Beyblade, knocking it off balance.
After its attack, it had immediately flashed back to the denser concentration of vines and hidden itself again.
Kazuki frowned, maybe she'll need to use more force than she had anticipated.
"Zenborg! Emerge!" Kazuki commanded, closing her eyes.
The white swan ascended from its bit and gave a screech.
"Wyborg! Dive Bomb!" Ian commanded before the swan had time to react.
Kazuki's eyes snapped open, "To your left Zenborg! Silver Radiance!" Zenborg turned to its left immediately and gathered light into its chest jewels.
When Wyborg appeared into the open to attack, the two chest jewels shot two silver streaks of light at Wyborg's eyes, but the snake slithered out of the way and its armor reflected the light back at Zenborg.
"Dodge!" Kazuki shouted.
The swan managed to swerve to the side and dodge the two beams of light.
But it was forced into crashing against a clump of the poison ivy.
Kazuki didn't think much of this at first, but after a few seconds, red rashes appeared on Zenborg's white feathers.
"Oh, did I forget to mention?" Ian sneered, "Those are VERY poisonous,"
"Hmph," Kazuki replied, "Zenborg! Keep attacking!"
Her bit beast obeyed without protest and flew towards Wyborg that had been spinning idly on the spot.
"Wyborg! Evade!" Ian shouted.
The slithering snake glided around the poison ivy, making it almost impossible for Zenborg to touch it without encountering a strand of the deadly plant.
"You'll have to use Nightmare Shadow Zenborg! Switch now!" Kazuki called to her bit beast.
The white swan stopped attempting to lure the other bit beast out and curled into a tight ball, reemerging a moment later in its yami form.
"Nightmare Shadow! Cut those vines down!" Kazuki ordered.
The black swan abided and flew at top speed through the poison ivy and made its way towards the hidden snake.
"I still have the advantage of camouflage," Ian thought to himself, but Zenborg seemed to know exactly where Wyborg was.
In a few seconds, the snake bit beast had been defeated and retreated with a faint hiss back into its beyblade.
"How were you able to tell where Wyborg was?" Ian asked, shocked.
Kazuki gave Ian a superior look, "Yami Zenborg can sense shadows little boy, your snake can camouflage, but it can't erase its shadow can it?"
Ian looked away and recollected his beyblade before leaving through a door hidden by poison ivy strands.
"Another down," Kazuki thought to herself, "Two more to go,"
With that thought, her beyblade returned to her hand and she walked out of the room.
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"Hey Kai! We're here!"
The boy's eyes snapped open at the voice.
He got up from his bed and, with his black duffel bag over his shoulder, walked out of the room to open the door.
Four boys stood outside his door, each with his own luggage.
Tyson had a blue duffel bag hanging on his shoulder; probably crammed with food judging by the way it bulged.
Max's bright orange suitcase stood next to him on the floor, it was covered in happy face and flower stickers.
Ray and Kenny both had backpacks; a white backpack with black stripes like a tiger settled on Ray's shoulders while Kenny was busy trying to strap Dizzi, his faithful laptop bit beast, onto his own brown bag.
"Where's Mr. Dickenson?" Kai asked looking around for the old gentleman.
"We came over first to see your apartment," Max explained; he has mischievously sneaked into the living room and is now bouncing around, admiring his former teammate's dwelling.
"Cool place," Ray commented as he, too, entered Kai's home.
"Where's the fridge?" Tyson asked looking around.
Kenny, who has finally managed to attach Dizzi to his backpack, followed behind the others and stated, "Mr. Dickenson's car is coming to pick us all up here so he doesn't have to run all over the place."
"Great," Kai rolled his eyes as he looked at the four boys who were now inspecting every inch of his new home. He sighed and walked into the kitchen where Tyson was inspecting his fridge.
"Tyson, get away from my fridge," Kai commanded and pulled Tyson away from the white appliance, he then smirked, "you've got your own food bank on your shoulder."
"It's not ALL food!" Tyson countered and walked out of the kitchen, pouting.
After another fifteen minutes of exploring, the phone rang. Kai went to pick it up and was relieved to hear that Mr. Dickenson's car had arrived and is now waiting for the five boys.
"Finally," Kai thought to himself and said out loud, "Mr. Dickenson is here! Now get out!" He picked up his duffel bag and pushed a complaining Tyson out the door, Max bounced along following Kai with Ray and Kenny trailing up behind him.
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"I am pleased at how far she has come since she has started training," Voltaire complemented, "But you do realize that if she doesn't pass my test this will all be for nothing."
"Yes, I am aware of it," Boris replied.
"Who will be up next?" Voltaire inquired.
"Bryan,"
"Tell him to give no mercy,"
"Of course sir, he never does,"
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"Two more to go," Kazuki smiled to herself.
"The next challenge will be in the room on your right," Boris' voice instructed.
"Yes sir," Kazuki replied and walked up to the door indicated.
As she touched it to make it open, Kazuki felt a slight vibration on the metal door.
When the door opened, a huge gust of wind greeted her.
Kazuki had prepared for this, so she just stood by the frame, avoiding as much of the sharp gale as possible.
A few moments later, the wind died down and Kazuki walked inside the room.
Standing alone in the room was a 13-year-old boy with light purple-silver hair and light purple eyes. His face showed no emotion as he faced her. He was wearing a blue T-shirt, a maroon jacket and maroon pants.
"I was told by Master Voltaire to show no mercy," the boy said with a voice that matched his expression, "But of course, mercy was never my style, as I am the Wind Razor, Bryan."
"It's not mine either, so too bad for you." Kazuki sneered as she got out her bow shooter and pointed at the boy.
"Very well," Bryan said, not fazed by the threatening bow, "but take a look at the cause of your downfall," and he showed her his blade, with a falcon engraved on his bit.
"Oh, it's a cute little sparrow," Kazuki teased, "wonder how long it will last against my fearsome swan,"
"Let it rip!" both beybladers let their Beyblades fly.
"Falborg! Attack with Styrobultz!" Bryan commanded.
"Predictable," Kazuki said, "Always first to attack."
Kazuki suddenly felt a gust of wind cut through her hair. When she looked behind her, she saw that an invisible blade had cut off a small strand of her hair.
"My attacks aren't just directed at the Beyblade," Bryan snickered, "they are directed at the beyblader as well! And this is just the beginning of how my blades of gust will cut you up!"
"Zenborg," Kazuki said evenly, ignoring the extra threat, "stay on the defense until I find a weakness,"
Zenborg's beyblade stayed spinning in the center of the room while Falborg's span around it with lightning speed.
As it spun, the falcon was also sending wild gusts of sharp winds at Kazuki.
A few cuts had appeared on Kazuki's cheeks and arms like invisible knives slicing at her skin.
A sharp pain shot through her every few seconds, making her loose concentration on the battle more and more.
"See?" Bryan smirked, "You can't beat me when you have to worry about your own safety as well as your bit beast's!" Kazuki got up and saw Falborg clawing mercilessly at Zenborg, and Zenborg falling to the ground.
"A little wind won't stop us!" Kazuki said and, hearing its master's confidence in its abilities, Zenborg slowly got up.
"Your bit beast has already been weakened and you won't be feeling better than it after my Falborg is done with you!" Bryan said, "Go Falborg! Shred them!"
Falborg responded by flying up high into the air and blasting gusts of wind at both Kazuki and Zenborg.
Kazuki stood her ground and put her arms in front of her to protect her face from being hit but her clothes tore at various places and she had cuts on her arms and legs. Zenborg was flying all around the chamber trying to dodge the vicious wind but it also had cuts and bruises on its wings and body.
Falborg flew down to Zenborg to take another easy blow at its wings while it was weakened.
Kazuki saw her chance and instructed, "Zenborg! Aim Silver Radiance now!"
Her bit beast acknowledged Kazuki's orders and shot two beams of blinding light out of its chest jewels.
Falborg was hit dead on as it had let its guard down in front of its weakened opponent.
Bryan growled, "Falborg, keep using the wind!"
His bit beast obeyed, but its aim was drastically weakened by its inability to see and a few gusts of wind found its way to Bryan.
The boy had to block the gusts with his arms so his eyes closed for a split second.
Kazuki took the chance and shouted, "Zenborg! Yami form!"
Her swan was already halfway into its change, as it had read its master's mind a few seconds earlier.
Before Bryan could react, the black swan at charged at Falborg with its wing blades giving of the dark glow of menace.
Bryan stood a moment later staring at his defeated beyblade lying on the ground, not spinning.
Kazuki stood triumphant with Zenborg in front of her, smirking at Bryan.
"Guess I didn't give any mercy either," she sneered and turned around.
Her beyblade followed her and jumped into her hand.
Looking down at her beyblade as she exited the chamber, she saw Zenborg's bit shine and smiled, "Another victory."
She walked out of the third chamber with Zenborg clutched in her hands.
"That battle was fought well," Boris said over the earphone.
"Thank you father," Kazuki replied.
"But remember this, Kazuki," Boris informed her, "The most important test is what happens after the last challenge."
"I will remember," Kazuki obeyed.
"Good luck then, my daughter," Boris said and the connection cut off.
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A teenage girl stood alone on the balcony of a huge mansion in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her short, red hair is blowing in the wind in messy strands that shone in the sunlight. Her lavender eyes were trained on a plane that was flying through the blue sky.
"I feel a challenge coming," she thought to herself as the plane disappeared behind a cloud.
Almost immediately, someone's footsteps are heard as a boy with the same hair and eyes as the girl appeared behind her.
"What are you doing here Jackie?" he questioned as he stood beside her. He was wearing a blue t-shirt with a yellow jacket over it. The sleeves of the jacket were torn off and he had on white shorts. On his head was a lavender bandana that matched the color of his eyes.
"Oh, hi Johnny," the girl named Jackie replied, "I'm just watching the planes go by." She paused, "What are you doing here big bro?"
"Hey, this is my house too," Johnny said and sat down on one of the white balcony chairs, crossing his arms.
The red haired boy looked around to make sure no one was listening before continuing, "The Bladebreakers are coming here soon for vacation," he paused and looked at his younger sister and then grinned, "Guess you have a new challenge."
"I just felt it coming," Jackie smiled at her brother and stepped behind one of the balcony curtains. When she stepped out again, another girl was in her place. This girl had long, blue hair and her irises were colored turquoise.
"Changer is out to have some fun," the girl announced and jumped off the balcony, landing perfectly like a cat on the grass below.
--To be continued