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:
(("Don't give it a second chance!" Kazuki commanded, "Nightmare Shadow!"
The yami appeared and finished off the wolf howling in pain.
Tala stood there looking at his non-spinning Beyblade with a frown, but picked it up and went over to stand beside Bryan at the shore.
"Two more to go," Kazuki said, "And this time, I'm doing it myself,"))
((Spencer clenched his teeth as Seaborg fell and dissolved before it hit the surface of the frozen ice.
The light blue Beyblade fell to the blond boy's feet and, picking it up, he walked over to join the other two boys.
Before the last boy could react, Kazuki had already started to shift her glance at the last remaining survivor, Ian.
An evil smile crossed her lips.))
(("Your experiment was a splendid success," Voltaire commented, "But how come she stopped the battle form right in the first battle?"
Boris frowned, "She probably doesn't feel used to using the system," he replied, "But I'm sure it will become more useful in future battles."
Voltaire smiled, "She will surely be the one right for the job," he turned his eyes on Boris' red lens behind the mask, "but don't inform her of the plans yet, not until I find my devious little grandson and make sure that she strikes at the time I want her to."))
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Chapter Fourteen: Caution
The Majestics and Bladebreakers crowded around a computer being operated by a man in a suit.
"So, like I said.." the man was explaining to the boys the details of the Scottish Beyblade Battle Bash.
The boys watched the screen in silence.
None of them noticed Kai leave the room.
None of them of course, except Jackie.
"What's he up to?" she thought as she silently slipped into the hall after him.
Upon exiting the room, she saw Kai's scarf disappearing around a corner.
Jackie smiled to herself and followed stealthily behind her archrival.
Kai walked down the hall, searching for the registration database.
He wanted to find out if Changer was registered and who she was.
He looked at each of the passing doors.
None of them indicated to him where the database would be.
He continued walking until he reached a half closed door with the words 'Staff Only' written in Scottish on a steel plate.
Kai smiled, "Make it more obvious,"
He cautiously creaked open the door and looked inside.
No one was there.
Good.
He sat down in front of the computer on a desk and double-clicked the 'Registered Beybladers' file.
"I knew this seemed a little too easy," Kai frowned as a password window popped up.
Kai thought for a while before typing in a few letters.
The computer paused for a minute and Kai held his breath.
"Password Accepted" the computer said and Kai smiled.
"Maybe it was too easy after all," he looked down the list and tried to find the name he was looking for, "Changer,"
As he was about to give up, he saw what he was looking for.
"Changer, I've found you," Kai smiled and was about to click on the button when he sensed someone standing behind him.
Turning around, Kai glared at the intruder.
"You?" Kai said surprised and stood up straight.
The girl looking at him smiled and said, "You were expecting someone else?"
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"Attack the snake!" Kazuki commanded and watched with amusement as Ian tensed.
"Don't let it catch you!" Ian called to his bit beast in vain.
But it was too late.
Zenborg had already reached down and grabbed Wyborg with its talons.
The snake bit beast hung helplessly in the air as Zenborg flew in circles, causing its opponent to grow dizzy.
"Drop it!" Kazuki called.
The black swan dived at top speed towards the frozen lake, zipped at a ninety degree angle to avoid the solid surface and dropped Wyborg onto the frozen lake with a crash.
"Wyborg!" Ian called.
The snake bit beast gave on last attempt to get up but was stopped by Zenborg's claw on its body and fell down again.
In a matter of seconds, it had disappeared back into its bit and the Beyblade stopped spinning.
"Come Zenborg," Kazuki said and caught the Beyblade that had jumped into her hand.
Ian looked beaten but he had expected defeat anyway.
Crack!
Ian's eyes widened and he looked down at the frozen river's surface that he was standing on.
There were cracks on it, caused by the bit beasts' power and the addition of Wyborg's fall.
Crack! Crack!
"Move back you bakas!" Kazuki said as she pointed towards the shore.
Ian stood rooted to the spot in shock.
"Don't just stand there!" Spencer called over to Ian.
Ian snapped to his senses and started to run towards the others, but as soon as his foot landed on the first block of ice, it would sink, slowing him down.
In a few moments, the boy stopped short as he found that he was stranded on a lone island of ice that was sinking fast.
"Swim back!" Tala called.
"The lake's freezing!" Ian called back with a frown, "And I think my feet are stuck to the ice."
Kazuki, who had almost reached the ground, looked behind her and saw Ian struggle to get away from the ice.
Kazuki's eyes went out of focus and the image of her own brother replaced Ian, sinking below the icy water.
"Shatei.."
Her eyes came back to focus and without a backward glance, she threw her Beyblade to Tala, who caught it instinctively, and cautiously walked on the cracked ice towards Ian, who was now desperately trying to chip the ice with his rifle shooter.
CRACK!
With a final crack, the ice broke loose and Ian was submerged underneath the freezing mass of liquid.
Not thinking twice, Kazuki followed Ian into the glacial water with a dive.
Tala's eyes widened with shock.
Kazuki had just leaped into water that could have frozen solid any normal human being in a few seconds. He himself wasn't even able to stay in that water for more than half a minute. And, the most shocking of them all, was the fact that she had jumped in to save Ian.
Beneath the water, Kazuki ignored the numbness and searched around for Ian's body. She found it floating peacefully a few meters below where she was. He had been weakened by the cold.
Kazuki swam deeper and grabbed Ian's wrist, pulling him up with her as she propelled both of them to the surface, not having to worry about lack of air.
A large splash was heard as Kazuki's head splashed above the surface.
She pulled Ian's face up and swam with one hand towards the other boys.
The astounded boys just stared as the girl emerged in front of them with Ian. She was dripping wet from the water but she didn't seem to be freezing.
Dumping the boy onto Spencer, she took her Beyblade from Tala's hands, and muttered a quick, "He should watch himself," before leaving the boys staring after her.
Tala snapped out of it first and took the lead towards the abbey, "Let's take Ian back first, and leave other things for later."
"Right," Spencer and Bryan nodded and followed their leader, each with questions plaguing their minds.
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"What are you doing here?" Kai asked in an annoyed voice as he closed the file he was looking through behind his back.
"Same goes for you," Jackie replied with a sly grin. She had inwardly sighed in relief as she stopped Kai from looking through Changer's files.
"None of your business," Kai answered casually and stalked out of the room.
He wasn't pleased. He was so close to get into Changer's registration information and who she really was, but this troublemaking girl had to just pop up out of nowhere.
"Whatever," Jackie said back to him and followed him back to the room where the others were.
As they reached the door, Johnny stepped out and almost crashed into Kai.
"Watch where you're going!" he snapped as he spotted Jackie following close behind.
"Humph," Kai replied and leaned against the nearest wall.
"We were just leaving guys," Enrique said as he followed the rest of the boys out the door.
"We're going to play golf at Johnny's personal golf course," Oliver said as he resumed his position next to Jackie as they walked out of the office.
"Golf?" Jackie asked in disbelief.
"You don't like it?" Robert asked.
"N-no," Jackie sighed and continued to walk back.
Kai was walking in the back and was more concerned with what was inside Changer's registration file.
"Kai," Kenny whispered as he fell into step with the older boy.
"What?" Kai asked still disturbed by his near-success.
"I've found out where the e-mail was sent from," Kenny continued.
"Ahem," came Dizzy's familiar voice.
"Dizzy and I have found out where the e-mail was sent from," Kenny corrected himself as Dizzy gave a satisfied, "Mm-hm"
Kai tensed at the mention of the upsetting e-mail, "Who?" was his simple question, but he could almost guess the answer.
"You may not like the answer," Kenny started and looked nervously at Kai.
Kai returned his gaze with a glare from his fiery-red eyes.
"Gulp. Well, the signal Dizzy had traced back said it was from Russia.." he trailed off, not wanting to finish.
"BIOVOLT," Kai answered for Kenny.
Kenny just nodded.
Just then, Max' voice called out, "Hey Chief! Come here for a sec! Tyson wants to know the record for stuffing hamburgers into your mouth."
"Got to go!" Kenny said glad that he was saved from the blue-haired teen's glare.
Kai just thought about what he had just learned, "Great, now Boris is back in the picture..along with my so-called grandfather. I wonder what else could go wrong."
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"You have given her the SANE treatment haven't you Boris?" Voltaire asked as he watched Kazuki save Ian from the frozen waters of the river.
"Yes sir," Boris replied, "the Safeguard Against Natural Elements, or 'SANE', enhancement has been injected into her bloodstream when she was in my lab."
"This proves that both experiments have gone well," Voltaire indicated when Kazuki rose out of the water showing no signs of weakening.
Boris nodded silently and turned the screen off.
He then returned to his position in front of his computer.
"I will come back for another check in a few days," Voltaire said and left the small room.
Boris bowed.
When he looked up again and made sure that Voltaire was gone, he flashed an evil grin at the presently blank screen.
--To be continued
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Definitions:
baka : idiot; stupid (person)
shatei : my younger brother
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:
(("Don't give it a second chance!" Kazuki commanded, "Nightmare Shadow!"
The yami appeared and finished off the wolf howling in pain.
Tala stood there looking at his non-spinning Beyblade with a frown, but picked it up and went over to stand beside Bryan at the shore.
"Two more to go," Kazuki said, "And this time, I'm doing it myself,"))
((Spencer clenched his teeth as Seaborg fell and dissolved before it hit the surface of the frozen ice.
The light blue Beyblade fell to the blond boy's feet and, picking it up, he walked over to join the other two boys.
Before the last boy could react, Kazuki had already started to shift her glance at the last remaining survivor, Ian.
An evil smile crossed her lips.))
(("Your experiment was a splendid success," Voltaire commented, "But how come she stopped the battle form right in the first battle?"
Boris frowned, "She probably doesn't feel used to using the system," he replied, "But I'm sure it will become more useful in future battles."
Voltaire smiled, "She will surely be the one right for the job," he turned his eyes on Boris' red lens behind the mask, "but don't inform her of the plans yet, not until I find my devious little grandson and make sure that she strikes at the time I want her to."))
----------
Chapter Fourteen: Caution
The Majestics and Bladebreakers crowded around a computer being operated by a man in a suit.
"So, like I said.." the man was explaining to the boys the details of the Scottish Beyblade Battle Bash.
The boys watched the screen in silence.
None of them noticed Kai leave the room.
None of them of course, except Jackie.
"What's he up to?" she thought as she silently slipped into the hall after him.
Upon exiting the room, she saw Kai's scarf disappearing around a corner.
Jackie smiled to herself and followed stealthily behind her archrival.
Kai walked down the hall, searching for the registration database.
He wanted to find out if Changer was registered and who she was.
He looked at each of the passing doors.
None of them indicated to him where the database would be.
He continued walking until he reached a half closed door with the words 'Staff Only' written in Scottish on a steel plate.
Kai smiled, "Make it more obvious,"
He cautiously creaked open the door and looked inside.
No one was there.
Good.
He sat down in front of the computer on a desk and double-clicked the 'Registered Beybladers' file.
"I knew this seemed a little too easy," Kai frowned as a password window popped up.
Kai thought for a while before typing in a few letters.
The computer paused for a minute and Kai held his breath.
"Password Accepted" the computer said and Kai smiled.
"Maybe it was too easy after all," he looked down the list and tried to find the name he was looking for, "Changer,"
As he was about to give up, he saw what he was looking for.
"Changer, I've found you," Kai smiled and was about to click on the button when he sensed someone standing behind him.
Turning around, Kai glared at the intruder.
"You?" Kai said surprised and stood up straight.
The girl looking at him smiled and said, "You were expecting someone else?"
----------
"Attack the snake!" Kazuki commanded and watched with amusement as Ian tensed.
"Don't let it catch you!" Ian called to his bit beast in vain.
But it was too late.
Zenborg had already reached down and grabbed Wyborg with its talons.
The snake bit beast hung helplessly in the air as Zenborg flew in circles, causing its opponent to grow dizzy.
"Drop it!" Kazuki called.
The black swan dived at top speed towards the frozen lake, zipped at a ninety degree angle to avoid the solid surface and dropped Wyborg onto the frozen lake with a crash.
"Wyborg!" Ian called.
The snake bit beast gave on last attempt to get up but was stopped by Zenborg's claw on its body and fell down again.
In a matter of seconds, it had disappeared back into its bit and the Beyblade stopped spinning.
"Come Zenborg," Kazuki said and caught the Beyblade that had jumped into her hand.
Ian looked beaten but he had expected defeat anyway.
Crack!
Ian's eyes widened and he looked down at the frozen river's surface that he was standing on.
There were cracks on it, caused by the bit beasts' power and the addition of Wyborg's fall.
Crack! Crack!
"Move back you bakas!" Kazuki said as she pointed towards the shore.
Ian stood rooted to the spot in shock.
"Don't just stand there!" Spencer called over to Ian.
Ian snapped to his senses and started to run towards the others, but as soon as his foot landed on the first block of ice, it would sink, slowing him down.
In a few moments, the boy stopped short as he found that he was stranded on a lone island of ice that was sinking fast.
"Swim back!" Tala called.
"The lake's freezing!" Ian called back with a frown, "And I think my feet are stuck to the ice."
Kazuki, who had almost reached the ground, looked behind her and saw Ian struggle to get away from the ice.
Kazuki's eyes went out of focus and the image of her own brother replaced Ian, sinking below the icy water.
"Shatei.."
Her eyes came back to focus and without a backward glance, she threw her Beyblade to Tala, who caught it instinctively, and cautiously walked on the cracked ice towards Ian, who was now desperately trying to chip the ice with his rifle shooter.
CRACK!
With a final crack, the ice broke loose and Ian was submerged underneath the freezing mass of liquid.
Not thinking twice, Kazuki followed Ian into the glacial water with a dive.
Tala's eyes widened with shock.
Kazuki had just leaped into water that could have frozen solid any normal human being in a few seconds. He himself wasn't even able to stay in that water for more than half a minute. And, the most shocking of them all, was the fact that she had jumped in to save Ian.
Beneath the water, Kazuki ignored the numbness and searched around for Ian's body. She found it floating peacefully a few meters below where she was. He had been weakened by the cold.
Kazuki swam deeper and grabbed Ian's wrist, pulling him up with her as she propelled both of them to the surface, not having to worry about lack of air.
A large splash was heard as Kazuki's head splashed above the surface.
She pulled Ian's face up and swam with one hand towards the other boys.
The astounded boys just stared as the girl emerged in front of them with Ian. She was dripping wet from the water but she didn't seem to be freezing.
Dumping the boy onto Spencer, she took her Beyblade from Tala's hands, and muttered a quick, "He should watch himself," before leaving the boys staring after her.
Tala snapped out of it first and took the lead towards the abbey, "Let's take Ian back first, and leave other things for later."
"Right," Spencer and Bryan nodded and followed their leader, each with questions plaguing their minds.
----------
"What are you doing here?" Kai asked in an annoyed voice as he closed the file he was looking through behind his back.
"Same goes for you," Jackie replied with a sly grin. She had inwardly sighed in relief as she stopped Kai from looking through Changer's files.
"None of your business," Kai answered casually and stalked out of the room.
He wasn't pleased. He was so close to get into Changer's registration information and who she really was, but this troublemaking girl had to just pop up out of nowhere.
"Whatever," Jackie said back to him and followed him back to the room where the others were.
As they reached the door, Johnny stepped out and almost crashed into Kai.
"Watch where you're going!" he snapped as he spotted Jackie following close behind.
"Humph," Kai replied and leaned against the nearest wall.
"We were just leaving guys," Enrique said as he followed the rest of the boys out the door.
"We're going to play golf at Johnny's personal golf course," Oliver said as he resumed his position next to Jackie as they walked out of the office.
"Golf?" Jackie asked in disbelief.
"You don't like it?" Robert asked.
"N-no," Jackie sighed and continued to walk back.
Kai was walking in the back and was more concerned with what was inside Changer's registration file.
"Kai," Kenny whispered as he fell into step with the older boy.
"What?" Kai asked still disturbed by his near-success.
"I've found out where the e-mail was sent from," Kenny continued.
"Ahem," came Dizzy's familiar voice.
"Dizzy and I have found out where the e-mail was sent from," Kenny corrected himself as Dizzy gave a satisfied, "Mm-hm"
Kai tensed at the mention of the upsetting e-mail, "Who?" was his simple question, but he could almost guess the answer.
"You may not like the answer," Kenny started and looked nervously at Kai.
Kai returned his gaze with a glare from his fiery-red eyes.
"Gulp. Well, the signal Dizzy had traced back said it was from Russia.." he trailed off, not wanting to finish.
"BIOVOLT," Kai answered for Kenny.
Kenny just nodded.
Just then, Max' voice called out, "Hey Chief! Come here for a sec! Tyson wants to know the record for stuffing hamburgers into your mouth."
"Got to go!" Kenny said glad that he was saved from the blue-haired teen's glare.
Kai just thought about what he had just learned, "Great, now Boris is back in the picture..along with my so-called grandfather. I wonder what else could go wrong."
----------
"You have given her the SANE treatment haven't you Boris?" Voltaire asked as he watched Kazuki save Ian from the frozen waters of the river.
"Yes sir," Boris replied, "the Safeguard Against Natural Elements, or 'SANE', enhancement has been injected into her bloodstream when she was in my lab."
"This proves that both experiments have gone well," Voltaire indicated when Kazuki rose out of the water showing no signs of weakening.
Boris nodded silently and turned the screen off.
He then returned to his position in front of his computer.
"I will come back for another check in a few days," Voltaire said and left the small room.
Boris bowed.
When he looked up again and made sure that Voltaire was gone, he flashed an evil grin at the presently blank screen.
--To be continued
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Definitions:
baka : idiot; stupid (person)
shatei : my younger brother