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:
(("This is a cup of specially brewed drink, you may ask me one question before you take it."
Kazuki asked without a second thought, "Is it your wish that I drink it?"
"Yes," Voltaire said, not letting the satisfaction of the answer reach his voice.))
(("Look who's here," a voice said from behind them.
The Bladebreakers turned around to see their host in his usual punk attire.
"Hello to you too Johnny," Kai sneered at his redheaded rival. Johnny shot a glare at Kai and daggers seemed to fly between them.
"Come on guys," Ray said stepping in between them, "we're on vacation, loosen up a bit."))
(("Ahhh!" Tyson screamed as the girl landed in front of him, she was about the same height as him but her glaring eyes made her seem taller than she normally was.
In a moment of silence, she studied Tyson and each of the Bladebreakers in turn, stopping at Kai.
"A worthy opponent," she made a mental note to herself as she landed her lavender gaze on Johnny.
A smile spread across her face that matched the one on the red-headed beyblader's as she introduced herself to the surprised Bladebreakers, "Hello, I'm Jackie McGregor."))
(("She is doing well?" Voltaire asked as Boris exited from his lab.
"Perfectly fine," Boris replied, "I will be ready to begin the, 'enhancement', soon,"))
(("The side effects will make you a bit uncomfortable," Boris informed her, "these two 'mecha-spiders' will just be there to help you control your new abilities, nothing to be concerned about,"))
((Robert just had enough time to look at her long, blue hair and turquoise eyes that shone in the dark before the girl spoke up.
"So you're the famous Robert I've heard so much about," she said indicating to the person in question and then, turning her attention to the other two, acknowledged, "and you're his teammates Oliver and Enrique are you not?"
"We are," Robert replied politely and then, raising his hand to the girl, said, "and you are?"
"My name is best kept a secret," the girl said simply, then, noticing that the older boy wasn't satisfied, she added, "but you can call me Changer."))
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Chapter Five: Bitter
In her new clothes, Kazuki knocked on Boris' door.
"Come in," a voice answered
Boris was sitting at his office desk with Voltaire sitting in the seat opposite him. When Kazuki came in, they both turned around to look at her.
"I would like to congratulate you on your successful completion of the test," Voltaire complemented.
"Thank you," Kazuki said bowing automatically.
Voltaire turned to look at Boris and when their eyes met, they nodded.
"I will be leaving now," Voltaire finally said and left the room.
Kazuki watched him leave then turned to look at her father.
"We were both very pleased with your skills," Boris said.
Kazuki didn't say anything, "There is no point in replying," she thought as she stared at her hands.
"You know of the Beyblade World Championships held here nearly eight months ago?" Boris questioned.
"Yes," Kazuki replied.
"Then you would know the betrayal by Master Voltaire's grandson, Kai Hiwatari?" Boris continued.
"Yes," Kazuki repeated, she had been led through the story by the videos one of the abbey workers had given to her of the battles.
"Then follow me," Boris said and got up from his seat.
Kazuki followed her father out of his office. They walked down the torch lit hall without speaking.
Boris stopped at a large, metal door. There was a security lock on the right side of the door and Boris entered a number code.
A hall of locked doors lay behind the door. Beside each door, there stood an abbey guard who bowed to Boris and Kazuki as they passed. They finally stopped outside one of the doors at the end of the halls. The guard who stood there handed Boris a small key, which he used to open the locked door.
"Now Kazuki," Boris said slowly, "I'll allow you to speak a few words with your brother." He gestured inside.
A small boy was sitting on a chair. He had light brown hair and his eyes were light purple as he looked up at his visitors.
"Alexander," Kazuki whispered and, for the first time in the two months that she had returned to the abbey, she smiled. It wasn't a smirk or a mocking smile, but a warm smile that she only showed to her younger brother and maybe a few close friends, though most of them had left her.
The bitter memory made her smile lessen, but she couldn't let Alexander see her frown, so she kept her smile as light as possible.
"I'll leave you now," Boris said quietly and walked out. Kazuki had her back to the door and Boris so she didn't notice him giving Alexander a piercing look before he closed the door behind him.
Alexander shivered.
"Are you ok?" Kazuki asked in a soft and gentle voice, not the hard and cold voice that she used for others.
"I-I'm f-fine," Alexander stammered.
Kazuki gave him a quizzical look.
He said in a more confident voice, "I'm fine, really." He was afraid that Boris would torture him if he failed to do as he was told.
Kazuki seemed satisfied and gave him a hug, "I've missed you," then asked as she looked around the room, "why are you here?" The room was small with a wooden bed, table and chair; it looked sort of like a prison cell, not to mention the lock to add to the thought.
Alexander hesitated, should he tell her the truth?
"No," he thought to himself, "father will surely throw me out of the abbey..But lying to Kazuki..is that right?"
Out loud, he said, "It was because of the traitor," and watched with guilt as he saw an angry glint in Kazuki's eyes.
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"Changer?" there wasn't a single hint of recognition in the three voices that repeated the mysterious girl's name.
"Yes," the girl said and hooked her Beyblade onto a launcher, "but like I said before, my name is not important, it is your skill that interests me,"
Robert smiled, "I take that as a challenge," he was about to take out his Beyblade when Oliver stepped in front of him.
"Let me battle her Robert, I haven't had a challenge since I battled Tyson and Ray," he said and readied his Beyblade as well, facing the girl.
"Let it rip!" they both announced and two Beyblades flew into the air.
Changer's blood red and Oliver's dark fuchsia bashed against each other, causing sparks that lit little corners of the dark alley.
Once in a while, a piece of debris blocked the two's path and they had to break apart, but in the end, they always found each other again.
After what seemed like almost twenty minutes of even competition, Oliver grew impatient and called, "Unicolyon show changer your elegance!"
Immediately, a pure white unicorn rose out of Oliver's dark fuchsia Beyblade and charged towards the opposing blood red Beyblade.
Oliver saw Changer's expression change, but not to fear, instead to a kind of satisfactory smirk.
"Emerge! Spectrya!" she called. The blood red Beyblade's bit shone a bright shade of purple as a black figure started to form.
Oliver and the other two boys closed their eyes as the figure's light shone in their eyes and when the light finally died down, there hung in mid-air an orb of black and violet.
Oliver stepped back a step before regaining the attack and ordered, "Unicolyon! Attack!"
The white unicorn neighed a battle cry and charged towards the opposing bit beast.
"Use Illusionist's Eye!" Changer countered after hearing the offensive gesture.
At once, the black ball seemed to open as it took the form of a giant eyeball with a violet pupil.
The purple iris shone a light on Unicolyon, freezing it in mid-charge.
Oliver gasped as the eyeball called Spectrya started to reshape itself into an exact duplicate of his own Unicolyon except with a black with a purple aura.
"Now Spectrya! Charge it!" Changer said and the dark copy Unicolyon charged towards its original.
"Show her that the original bit beast is better than any copy!" Oliver insisted and his Unicolyon charged as well.
The two bit beasts clashed against each other and a flash of violet and red light was seen mingling together, creating a giant explosion that blinded everyone in the alley.
"Such power," Robert thought.
The smoke rose around them, making the winner of the battle unclear.
But, as it cleared, it could be seen that Oliver's Beyblade was lying on the ground with a blood red Beyblade spinning beside it.
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"The traitor?" Kazuki asked, "Who is that?"
Alexander tensed at the lie he was about to say, but Kazuki took it as a tensing of fear and bitter memories.
"It was because of Kai," he finally uttered.
Those five words sank into Kazuki's memory.
"Kai?" she asked, "What does he have to do with this?"
Alexander took a deep breath and avoided Kazuki's eyes, "It was before the World Championships. We were all training in the courtyard when father," he paused at the mention of his father, remembering the little talk before Kazuki had come to visit him.
He gulped and continued reluctantly, "When father brought five boys out to meet us. He told us all that they were the Bladebreakers and that they were world-class beybladers. Father then asked one of us to come out and beybattle one of them. He chose me."
"And then what?" Kazuki asked.
Alexander looked up, he saw concern for him in his sister's eyes, but with that concern, there was a hatred for the one whom she supposed had been responsible for his current condition. He continued with much effort, "One of the Bladebreakers also stepped up," he paused again, but when Boris' fierce glare came up on Alexander's mind, he faltered.
"Who was it?" Kazuki asked.
"Kai," Alexander whispered and looked at his feet, not wanting to meet his sister's eyes. "We beybattled. I tried my best, and it seemed I was winning," he continued, telling as much of the truth he dared. "But he came back with a furious attack and knocked my beyblade out of the dish," He stopped, not wanting to continue.
"Is that the only reason?" Kazuki asked suspiciously, she knew her father was ruthless, but he wouldn't throw Alexander in this cell for only a minor loss.
Alexander bit his lip, "Then, about two days later, he returned to the abbey and seemed to have switched to our side. But as we found out later, when he went to steal his former teammates' bit beasts, he came back as a traitor to us instead.
At that time, everyone in the abbey was warned to be on the lookout for him and to stop him from getting away. I was my luck to be the first to sight him. I tried my best to block him, but he just pushed me aside with a laugh and crushed my defeated beyblade under his foot before running out. When father found out I had lost to him again and that he had escaped, he became very angered and landed me in this place." With a sigh of relief, he finished his story and looked at his sister.
Kazuki was angered but she remained calm, "Don't worry Alexander," she promised, "I will try to get you out of here, I'll convince father."
Alexander felt guilty at lying to his sister and his face showed worry. Kazuki, though, saw it as worry that she might not succeed and grew angrier with Kai. "He was the cause of this," she thought, "I'll get him no matter what,"
A knock came at the door before Kazuki can say more and Boris entered. Alexander cowered at the sight of his father.
Boris had been listening to their conversation outside the door and was satisfied that Alexander had come through with his plans. He gave his son a cold smile and turned to Kazuki.
"It's time to go," he said and Kazuki turned to leave. Before she exited, she turned around and whispered to Alexander, "I'll avenge you my brother," Alexander gave her a weak smile and the door closed.
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"Is everything going according to plan?" Voltaire asked Boris after he had returned to his office.
"Yes Master Voltaire," Boris replied, "Kazuki is now in her daily training sessions, she seemed to be greatly affected by Alexander's story."
"Good,"
After the Voltaire had left, Boris turned around in his office chair and placed his hand on one of the wall tiles. Instantly, a secret compartment inside the tile opened, revealing a stack of papers.
Boris took these papers and smiled to himself, "Yes Master Voltaire, my daughter will be going after Kai, but she is not only going to do it and achieve vengeance for you, but she will also be gaining the title of legal heir to your fortune. That is, after the first heir disappears."
--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:
(("This is a cup of specially brewed drink, you may ask me one question before you take it."
Kazuki asked without a second thought, "Is it your wish that I drink it?"
"Yes," Voltaire said, not letting the satisfaction of the answer reach his voice.))
(("Look who's here," a voice said from behind them.
The Bladebreakers turned around to see their host in his usual punk attire.
"Hello to you too Johnny," Kai sneered at his redheaded rival. Johnny shot a glare at Kai and daggers seemed to fly between them.
"Come on guys," Ray said stepping in between them, "we're on vacation, loosen up a bit."))
(("Ahhh!" Tyson screamed as the girl landed in front of him, she was about the same height as him but her glaring eyes made her seem taller than she normally was.
In a moment of silence, she studied Tyson and each of the Bladebreakers in turn, stopping at Kai.
"A worthy opponent," she made a mental note to herself as she landed her lavender gaze on Johnny.
A smile spread across her face that matched the one on the red-headed beyblader's as she introduced herself to the surprised Bladebreakers, "Hello, I'm Jackie McGregor."))
(("She is doing well?" Voltaire asked as Boris exited from his lab.
"Perfectly fine," Boris replied, "I will be ready to begin the, 'enhancement', soon,"))
(("The side effects will make you a bit uncomfortable," Boris informed her, "these two 'mecha-spiders' will just be there to help you control your new abilities, nothing to be concerned about,"))
((Robert just had enough time to look at her long, blue hair and turquoise eyes that shone in the dark before the girl spoke up.
"So you're the famous Robert I've heard so much about," she said indicating to the person in question and then, turning her attention to the other two, acknowledged, "and you're his teammates Oliver and Enrique are you not?"
"We are," Robert replied politely and then, raising his hand to the girl, said, "and you are?"
"My name is best kept a secret," the girl said simply, then, noticing that the older boy wasn't satisfied, she added, "but you can call me Changer."))
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Chapter Five: Bitter
In her new clothes, Kazuki knocked on Boris' door.
"Come in," a voice answered
Boris was sitting at his office desk with Voltaire sitting in the seat opposite him. When Kazuki came in, they both turned around to look at her.
"I would like to congratulate you on your successful completion of the test," Voltaire complemented.
"Thank you," Kazuki said bowing automatically.
Voltaire turned to look at Boris and when their eyes met, they nodded.
"I will be leaving now," Voltaire finally said and left the room.
Kazuki watched him leave then turned to look at her father.
"We were both very pleased with your skills," Boris said.
Kazuki didn't say anything, "There is no point in replying," she thought as she stared at her hands.
"You know of the Beyblade World Championships held here nearly eight months ago?" Boris questioned.
"Yes," Kazuki replied.
"Then you would know the betrayal by Master Voltaire's grandson, Kai Hiwatari?" Boris continued.
"Yes," Kazuki repeated, she had been led through the story by the videos one of the abbey workers had given to her of the battles.
"Then follow me," Boris said and got up from his seat.
Kazuki followed her father out of his office. They walked down the torch lit hall without speaking.
Boris stopped at a large, metal door. There was a security lock on the right side of the door and Boris entered a number code.
A hall of locked doors lay behind the door. Beside each door, there stood an abbey guard who bowed to Boris and Kazuki as they passed. They finally stopped outside one of the doors at the end of the halls. The guard who stood there handed Boris a small key, which he used to open the locked door.
"Now Kazuki," Boris said slowly, "I'll allow you to speak a few words with your brother." He gestured inside.
A small boy was sitting on a chair. He had light brown hair and his eyes were light purple as he looked up at his visitors.
"Alexander," Kazuki whispered and, for the first time in the two months that she had returned to the abbey, she smiled. It wasn't a smirk or a mocking smile, but a warm smile that she only showed to her younger brother and maybe a few close friends, though most of them had left her.
The bitter memory made her smile lessen, but she couldn't let Alexander see her frown, so she kept her smile as light as possible.
"I'll leave you now," Boris said quietly and walked out. Kazuki had her back to the door and Boris so she didn't notice him giving Alexander a piercing look before he closed the door behind him.
Alexander shivered.
"Are you ok?" Kazuki asked in a soft and gentle voice, not the hard and cold voice that she used for others.
"I-I'm f-fine," Alexander stammered.
Kazuki gave him a quizzical look.
He said in a more confident voice, "I'm fine, really." He was afraid that Boris would torture him if he failed to do as he was told.
Kazuki seemed satisfied and gave him a hug, "I've missed you," then asked as she looked around the room, "why are you here?" The room was small with a wooden bed, table and chair; it looked sort of like a prison cell, not to mention the lock to add to the thought.
Alexander hesitated, should he tell her the truth?
"No," he thought to himself, "father will surely throw me out of the abbey..But lying to Kazuki..is that right?"
Out loud, he said, "It was because of the traitor," and watched with guilt as he saw an angry glint in Kazuki's eyes.
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"Changer?" there wasn't a single hint of recognition in the three voices that repeated the mysterious girl's name.
"Yes," the girl said and hooked her Beyblade onto a launcher, "but like I said before, my name is not important, it is your skill that interests me,"
Robert smiled, "I take that as a challenge," he was about to take out his Beyblade when Oliver stepped in front of him.
"Let me battle her Robert, I haven't had a challenge since I battled Tyson and Ray," he said and readied his Beyblade as well, facing the girl.
"Let it rip!" they both announced and two Beyblades flew into the air.
Changer's blood red and Oliver's dark fuchsia bashed against each other, causing sparks that lit little corners of the dark alley.
Once in a while, a piece of debris blocked the two's path and they had to break apart, but in the end, they always found each other again.
After what seemed like almost twenty minutes of even competition, Oliver grew impatient and called, "Unicolyon show changer your elegance!"
Immediately, a pure white unicorn rose out of Oliver's dark fuchsia Beyblade and charged towards the opposing blood red Beyblade.
Oliver saw Changer's expression change, but not to fear, instead to a kind of satisfactory smirk.
"Emerge! Spectrya!" she called. The blood red Beyblade's bit shone a bright shade of purple as a black figure started to form.
Oliver and the other two boys closed their eyes as the figure's light shone in their eyes and when the light finally died down, there hung in mid-air an orb of black and violet.
Oliver stepped back a step before regaining the attack and ordered, "Unicolyon! Attack!"
The white unicorn neighed a battle cry and charged towards the opposing bit beast.
"Use Illusionist's Eye!" Changer countered after hearing the offensive gesture.
At once, the black ball seemed to open as it took the form of a giant eyeball with a violet pupil.
The purple iris shone a light on Unicolyon, freezing it in mid-charge.
Oliver gasped as the eyeball called Spectrya started to reshape itself into an exact duplicate of his own Unicolyon except with a black with a purple aura.
"Now Spectrya! Charge it!" Changer said and the dark copy Unicolyon charged towards its original.
"Show her that the original bit beast is better than any copy!" Oliver insisted and his Unicolyon charged as well.
The two bit beasts clashed against each other and a flash of violet and red light was seen mingling together, creating a giant explosion that blinded everyone in the alley.
"Such power," Robert thought.
The smoke rose around them, making the winner of the battle unclear.
But, as it cleared, it could be seen that Oliver's Beyblade was lying on the ground with a blood red Beyblade spinning beside it.
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"The traitor?" Kazuki asked, "Who is that?"
Alexander tensed at the lie he was about to say, but Kazuki took it as a tensing of fear and bitter memories.
"It was because of Kai," he finally uttered.
Those five words sank into Kazuki's memory.
"Kai?" she asked, "What does he have to do with this?"
Alexander took a deep breath and avoided Kazuki's eyes, "It was before the World Championships. We were all training in the courtyard when father," he paused at the mention of his father, remembering the little talk before Kazuki had come to visit him.
He gulped and continued reluctantly, "When father brought five boys out to meet us. He told us all that they were the Bladebreakers and that they were world-class beybladers. Father then asked one of us to come out and beybattle one of them. He chose me."
"And then what?" Kazuki asked.
Alexander looked up, he saw concern for him in his sister's eyes, but with that concern, there was a hatred for the one whom she supposed had been responsible for his current condition. He continued with much effort, "One of the Bladebreakers also stepped up," he paused again, but when Boris' fierce glare came up on Alexander's mind, he faltered.
"Who was it?" Kazuki asked.
"Kai," Alexander whispered and looked at his feet, not wanting to meet his sister's eyes. "We beybattled. I tried my best, and it seemed I was winning," he continued, telling as much of the truth he dared. "But he came back with a furious attack and knocked my beyblade out of the dish," He stopped, not wanting to continue.
"Is that the only reason?" Kazuki asked suspiciously, she knew her father was ruthless, but he wouldn't throw Alexander in this cell for only a minor loss.
Alexander bit his lip, "Then, about two days later, he returned to the abbey and seemed to have switched to our side. But as we found out later, when he went to steal his former teammates' bit beasts, he came back as a traitor to us instead.
At that time, everyone in the abbey was warned to be on the lookout for him and to stop him from getting away. I was my luck to be the first to sight him. I tried my best to block him, but he just pushed me aside with a laugh and crushed my defeated beyblade under his foot before running out. When father found out I had lost to him again and that he had escaped, he became very angered and landed me in this place." With a sigh of relief, he finished his story and looked at his sister.
Kazuki was angered but she remained calm, "Don't worry Alexander," she promised, "I will try to get you out of here, I'll convince father."
Alexander felt guilty at lying to his sister and his face showed worry. Kazuki, though, saw it as worry that she might not succeed and grew angrier with Kai. "He was the cause of this," she thought, "I'll get him no matter what,"
A knock came at the door before Kazuki can say more and Boris entered. Alexander cowered at the sight of his father.
Boris had been listening to their conversation outside the door and was satisfied that Alexander had come through with his plans. He gave his son a cold smile and turned to Kazuki.
"It's time to go," he said and Kazuki turned to leave. Before she exited, she turned around and whispered to Alexander, "I'll avenge you my brother," Alexander gave her a weak smile and the door closed.
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"Is everything going according to plan?" Voltaire asked Boris after he had returned to his office.
"Yes Master Voltaire," Boris replied, "Kazuki is now in her daily training sessions, she seemed to be greatly affected by Alexander's story."
"Good,"
After the Voltaire had left, Boris turned around in his office chair and placed his hand on one of the wall tiles. Instantly, a secret compartment inside the tile opened, revealing a stack of papers.
Boris took these papers and smiled to himself, "Yes Master Voltaire, my daughter will be going after Kai, but she is not only going to do it and achieve vengeance for you, but she will also be gaining the title of legal heir to your fortune. That is, after the first heir disappears."
--To be continued