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.
----------
In the last chapter of Emptiness:
(("A necklace?" he asked unconvinced, "Since when did you want a necklace?"
"Since now," she replied, winking, "Come if you want, but I'm sure you've already got the necklace all wrapped up for me right?"
"Right," Johnny replied sarcastically, "I told the future and now I know what you want for your next two birthdays as well."
"Come on," Jackie laughed, "I was joking. But that necklace would still be nice,"
Johnny shrugged, "We're family, you don't need a present from me,"
"Fine." Jackie replied and turned away, "But it would be nice. You haven't given me a present since.." the last few words trailed off into silence.))
((ybNBAb
"Oobeevat?" he read in his native tongue. Russian wasn't used much in his daily dialect, but he knew for sure that that word means 'to put to death' or, in simpler words..
"Kill," the word slipped out of his mouth unconsciously and he mused over it for a few moments before shifting his sight over the second 'word'. But he frowned as he raised an eyebrow to the foreign kanji.))
(("Mother and Father are coming back for your birthday ball." Johnny replied with a half smirk.
Jackie jumped up, "Really?" she said excitedly.))
((It was a video camera.
Sighing, she whispered, "Why are you always monitoring me father? Is it that I have not yet gained your trust?"
In reply, a voice came out of the camera's speaker.
"It is meant as an extra precaution Kazuki,"
Kazuki froze, she hadn't meant for Boris to hear that.))
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Chapter Twenty-One: Travel
Bryan, Ian and Spencer stood outside of Boris' office. The man had called them early in the morning. No one seemed to notice that Tala was not called.
"What do you think he wants to see us for?" Ian asked the two older boys who just shrugged.
"You may come in now," an abbey guard said and opened the doors for them.
When the three boys had entered, Boris turned around in his chair and smiled at them with a cold grin.
"Ah, yes," he said, "just the three I was looking for,"
The three bowed their heads in a silent salute and remained with their heads lowered until Boris gave a signal with a grunt.
"You may be wondering why I've called you in," Boris continued, watching the boys carefully, "I have a job for the three of you."
Since their defeat in the World Beyblade Championships, the Demolition Boys had nothing to do but train and improve their skills. It was apparent to Boris that they couldn't wait to test out their new abilities.
"I am sending Kazuki to survey the Bladebreakers," Boris said and noticed the boys exchange looks, "But I need to make sure that she..doesn't meet any harm. She is to monitor them, nothing more,"
The boys knew that Boris meant for them to make sure that Kazuki doesn't disobey orders, but just said, "Yes sir," as one and saluted in a uniform manner.
"Good. Your plane will be waiting to lift off half an hour after Kazuki's tomorrow morning" Boris smiled and waved for them to be shown out.
After walking two buildings away from the office of their trainer, Spencer stopped the other two.
"Do you think we should notify Tala?" he asked being the first to bring up the suggestion.
"If Boris wanted Tala to know, he would have called him in too," Bryan pointed out with a growl.
"But if we do tell him, Boris may find out and we'll be in a tough situation," Ian said.
"What do you propose we do then? Leave Tala out?" Spencer asked.
"Just do what we're told to do, otherwise it would be disobey orders." Bryan replied coldly and walked ahead.
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Jackie quietly peeled off her gloves in her bedroom.
Johnny, who was sitting beside her, widened his eyes.
"What did you do?" he asked in wonder, "grab a porcupine? Twice?"
Jackie frowned at her left hand, she had pricked her finger about a hundred times while trying to mend Kai's scarf.
Telling Johnny was out of the question though, he would never approve of helping Kai.
"I was just practicing sewing that's all," she lied, not looking at Johnny's concerned eyes.
"I wish I could say I believe you," Johnny sighed, "What did Changer get herself into this time?"
"It's nothing!" she practically shouted, "I was just sewing!" That was partially true.
"Okay!" Johnny said surprised, "I didn't mean to get you all worked up,"
"Just let me be for a while okay?" she said, calmer.
Seeing the frustrated look on his sister's face, Johnny sighed.
"Let me know if you need anything," he said and left.
Sighing, Jackie lay down on her bed. Why had she gone through so much trouble trying to fix that stupid guy's scarf?
And he didn't even say a thank you!
She had to grit her teeth in order for Kai to not hear her 'eep' each time she poked her finger with the needle, she was never good at sewing. Not that he would've noticed, that boy was just staring off into space the whole time.
"Stupid Kai," she whispered and inspected her hands.
The needle marks weren't deep; they would heal in a few days. In the meantime, she would have to wear gloves day and night.
"Stupid Kai," she said again and rolled over, falling asleep.
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"Kazuki," the security camera said, "your plane leaves in 24 hours,"
"Yes father," Kazuki replied as she sat on her bed, sharpening the edges of her beyblade.
"You will arrive on March 5th," Boris continued speaking through the camera's microphone, "the Bladebreakers will be staying at McGregor Mansion, where a ball will be occurring, I suspect that that is no problem for you?"
"No father," Kazuki said, looking up at the camera.
"Good," Boris said and the connection cut off.
"Yes father," Kazuki whispered with a bitter smile, "Good,"
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"Do we have to?" Tyson whined as the Bladebreakers walked down the streets of Edinburgh, shopping for tuxedos.
"Yes Tyson, for the last time!" Johnny said with annoyance.
"But those suits make me itch," Tyson continued to pout.
"Give me a break already!" Enrique said, "Johnny, just let him wear what he wants! It's not like any girls would like to dance with him!"
"Yeah Johnny!" Tyson started to agree, then replaying Enrique's last few words, he turned red, "Hey! Are you saying that I'm not good enough?"
"No, I'm just saying that all the girls would be dancing with me," Enrique smirked.
Tyson crossed his arms and muttered about, "Stupid bishonen..dumb girls..no one dance with me..who cares.." and so on.
Kai rolled his eyes. He actually agreed with Tyson on the fact that tuxedos weren't the first item he wanted in his wardrobe.
"We're here," Oliver announced and stepped inside a large building.
"Where?" Ray asked.
"My personal clothes factory," Johnny said matter-of-factly.
"Personal WHAT?" Max asked astounded.
"We all have our clothes made especially for us and us only," Robert said as if this was everyday stuff.
"Man, you guys really are RICH," Tyson stated.
"I take that as a compliment," Johnny said and entered the building with the other three Majestics.
Inside, Johnny conversed with an important looking man and pointed to the Bladebreakers.
"Come with me sirs and madam," the man said indicating the Bladebreakers, Majestics and Jackie.
Each of the boys was directed into a different stall while professionals measured them from head to toe.
Jackie on the other hand, was directed into the main lounge where she sat looking at a category of prom dresses.
Kai was the first to finish and stepped out of his stall, mostly because his glare made the measuring process very quick.
Having nowhere else to go, he stepped inside the lounge and sat at the only sofa in the room, as far from Jackie as possible.
Jackie noticed this and frowned, "Am I poison ivy or something?" she asked Kai.
"No, but you're worse," Kai replied.
Jackie growled at him, "And this is the thanks I get for sewing-" she stopped herself just in time.
Kai though was listening carefully, "Sew? Since when did you sew?"
"Never mind." Jackie said and looked back at the catalog.
Kai was just about to question further when a blond jumped in front of him and laughed, "You're done already? What color suit did you choose? I chose dark green, too bad they don't have bright colors or I would have chosen bright or lime green!"
"Am I supposed to care?" Kai asked with a cold look.
"Don't waste your time on him Max, talking to him's harder than conversing with a steel wall." Tyson said as he walked out of his own stall, "At least it doesn't shoot rude comments back,"
"That may be an improvement over Tyson," Kai mocked.
"Nothing can be better than me!" Tyson shouted back and stuck out his tongue, "Plus, Dragoon and I'll beat that wall to a pulp!"
"Chijin, you're really the only person I know who'd waste their time defeating a wall," Kai grumbled and crossed his arms with his eyes closed.
Jackie then looked at Kai again, "What's his problem? Always shooting thorns with his words,"
Sighing, she looked back at the catalog and noticed that she was reading it upside-down.
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It was 9:00 a.m. and Kazuki was sitting in a small jet plane, waiting for the pilot.
She had a new outfit on. Her original black half-sleeve sweater matched with a dark gray short skirt over dark blue cargo pants. A short belt wound around her neck while a wolf fang necklace hangs down to her waist. From her left ear, there was a wolf fang earring.
Impatiently, Kazuki tapped her foot as the time went by.
Where was that bakamono?
Wanting to pass the time, Kazuki took out her ever-present wooden flute and checked the left end of it. A glint of metal met her eyes.
Her sliding dagger was ready. It was the tip of a broken dagger that Kazuki had found and inserted into the end of her wooden flute so that she will be ready to strike at anytime.
Ichinichihenji.
The padding of footsteps signaled the arrival of the pilot.
"Finally," Kazuki grumbled and snapped at the pilot, "Let's get this aircraft off the ground and head for Scotland. We better get there on the scheduled time,"
The pilot silently nodded and started up the jet.
Kazuki leaned back in her seat and closed her eyes. This was going to be a long trip, she will need some rest. As she closed her eyes, she didn't notice the pilot's icy blue ones looking at her once in a while during the long flight to Scotland.
--To be continued
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Definitions:
Bishonen: pretty boy; good looking guys
Chijin: idiot; another word for baka
Bakamono: stupid PERSON, not just idiot, but a stupid PERSON
Ichinichihenji: a short time; mostly like 'soon'
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 necklace?" he asked unconvinced, "Since when did you want a necklace?"
"Since now," she replied, winking, "Come if you want, but I'm sure you've already got the necklace all wrapped up for me right?"
"Right," Johnny replied sarcastically, "I told the future and now I know what you want for your next two birthdays as well."
"Come on," Jackie laughed, "I was joking. But that necklace would still be nice,"
Johnny shrugged, "We're family, you don't need a present from me,"
"Fine." Jackie replied and turned away, "But it would be nice. You haven't given me a present since.." the last few words trailed off into silence.))
((ybNBAb
"Oobeevat?" he read in his native tongue. Russian wasn't used much in his daily dialect, but he knew for sure that that word means 'to put to death' or, in simpler words..
"Kill," the word slipped out of his mouth unconsciously and he mused over it for a few moments before shifting his sight over the second 'word'. But he frowned as he raised an eyebrow to the foreign kanji.))
(("Mother and Father are coming back for your birthday ball." Johnny replied with a half smirk.
Jackie jumped up, "Really?" she said excitedly.))
((It was a video camera.
Sighing, she whispered, "Why are you always monitoring me father? Is it that I have not yet gained your trust?"
In reply, a voice came out of the camera's speaker.
"It is meant as an extra precaution Kazuki,"
Kazuki froze, she hadn't meant for Boris to hear that.))
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Chapter Twenty-One: Travel
Bryan, Ian and Spencer stood outside of Boris' office. The man had called them early in the morning. No one seemed to notice that Tala was not called.
"What do you think he wants to see us for?" Ian asked the two older boys who just shrugged.
"You may come in now," an abbey guard said and opened the doors for them.
When the three boys had entered, Boris turned around in his chair and smiled at them with a cold grin.
"Ah, yes," he said, "just the three I was looking for,"
The three bowed their heads in a silent salute and remained with their heads lowered until Boris gave a signal with a grunt.
"You may be wondering why I've called you in," Boris continued, watching the boys carefully, "I have a job for the three of you."
Since their defeat in the World Beyblade Championships, the Demolition Boys had nothing to do but train and improve their skills. It was apparent to Boris that they couldn't wait to test out their new abilities.
"I am sending Kazuki to survey the Bladebreakers," Boris said and noticed the boys exchange looks, "But I need to make sure that she..doesn't meet any harm. She is to monitor them, nothing more,"
The boys knew that Boris meant for them to make sure that Kazuki doesn't disobey orders, but just said, "Yes sir," as one and saluted in a uniform manner.
"Good. Your plane will be waiting to lift off half an hour after Kazuki's tomorrow morning" Boris smiled and waved for them to be shown out.
After walking two buildings away from the office of their trainer, Spencer stopped the other two.
"Do you think we should notify Tala?" he asked being the first to bring up the suggestion.
"If Boris wanted Tala to know, he would have called him in too," Bryan pointed out with a growl.
"But if we do tell him, Boris may find out and we'll be in a tough situation," Ian said.
"What do you propose we do then? Leave Tala out?" Spencer asked.
"Just do what we're told to do, otherwise it would be disobey orders." Bryan replied coldly and walked ahead.
----------
Jackie quietly peeled off her gloves in her bedroom.
Johnny, who was sitting beside her, widened his eyes.
"What did you do?" he asked in wonder, "grab a porcupine? Twice?"
Jackie frowned at her left hand, she had pricked her finger about a hundred times while trying to mend Kai's scarf.
Telling Johnny was out of the question though, he would never approve of helping Kai.
"I was just practicing sewing that's all," she lied, not looking at Johnny's concerned eyes.
"I wish I could say I believe you," Johnny sighed, "What did Changer get herself into this time?"
"It's nothing!" she practically shouted, "I was just sewing!" That was partially true.
"Okay!" Johnny said surprised, "I didn't mean to get you all worked up,"
"Just let me be for a while okay?" she said, calmer.
Seeing the frustrated look on his sister's face, Johnny sighed.
"Let me know if you need anything," he said and left.
Sighing, Jackie lay down on her bed. Why had she gone through so much trouble trying to fix that stupid guy's scarf?
And he didn't even say a thank you!
She had to grit her teeth in order for Kai to not hear her 'eep' each time she poked her finger with the needle, she was never good at sewing. Not that he would've noticed, that boy was just staring off into space the whole time.
"Stupid Kai," she whispered and inspected her hands.
The needle marks weren't deep; they would heal in a few days. In the meantime, she would have to wear gloves day and night.
"Stupid Kai," she said again and rolled over, falling asleep.
----------
"Kazuki," the security camera said, "your plane leaves in 24 hours,"
"Yes father," Kazuki replied as she sat on her bed, sharpening the edges of her beyblade.
"You will arrive on March 5th," Boris continued speaking through the camera's microphone, "the Bladebreakers will be staying at McGregor Mansion, where a ball will be occurring, I suspect that that is no problem for you?"
"No father," Kazuki said, looking up at the camera.
"Good," Boris said and the connection cut off.
"Yes father," Kazuki whispered with a bitter smile, "Good,"
----------
"Do we have to?" Tyson whined as the Bladebreakers walked down the streets of Edinburgh, shopping for tuxedos.
"Yes Tyson, for the last time!" Johnny said with annoyance.
"But those suits make me itch," Tyson continued to pout.
"Give me a break already!" Enrique said, "Johnny, just let him wear what he wants! It's not like any girls would like to dance with him!"
"Yeah Johnny!" Tyson started to agree, then replaying Enrique's last few words, he turned red, "Hey! Are you saying that I'm not good enough?"
"No, I'm just saying that all the girls would be dancing with me," Enrique smirked.
Tyson crossed his arms and muttered about, "Stupid bishonen..dumb girls..no one dance with me..who cares.." and so on.
Kai rolled his eyes. He actually agreed with Tyson on the fact that tuxedos weren't the first item he wanted in his wardrobe.
"We're here," Oliver announced and stepped inside a large building.
"Where?" Ray asked.
"My personal clothes factory," Johnny said matter-of-factly.
"Personal WHAT?" Max asked astounded.
"We all have our clothes made especially for us and us only," Robert said as if this was everyday stuff.
"Man, you guys really are RICH," Tyson stated.
"I take that as a compliment," Johnny said and entered the building with the other three Majestics.
Inside, Johnny conversed with an important looking man and pointed to the Bladebreakers.
"Come with me sirs and madam," the man said indicating the Bladebreakers, Majestics and Jackie.
Each of the boys was directed into a different stall while professionals measured them from head to toe.
Jackie on the other hand, was directed into the main lounge where she sat looking at a category of prom dresses.
Kai was the first to finish and stepped out of his stall, mostly because his glare made the measuring process very quick.
Having nowhere else to go, he stepped inside the lounge and sat at the only sofa in the room, as far from Jackie as possible.
Jackie noticed this and frowned, "Am I poison ivy or something?" she asked Kai.
"No, but you're worse," Kai replied.
Jackie growled at him, "And this is the thanks I get for sewing-" she stopped herself just in time.
Kai though was listening carefully, "Sew? Since when did you sew?"
"Never mind." Jackie said and looked back at the catalog.
Kai was just about to question further when a blond jumped in front of him and laughed, "You're done already? What color suit did you choose? I chose dark green, too bad they don't have bright colors or I would have chosen bright or lime green!"
"Am I supposed to care?" Kai asked with a cold look.
"Don't waste your time on him Max, talking to him's harder than conversing with a steel wall." Tyson said as he walked out of his own stall, "At least it doesn't shoot rude comments back,"
"That may be an improvement over Tyson," Kai mocked.
"Nothing can be better than me!" Tyson shouted back and stuck out his tongue, "Plus, Dragoon and I'll beat that wall to a pulp!"
"Chijin, you're really the only person I know who'd waste their time defeating a wall," Kai grumbled and crossed his arms with his eyes closed.
Jackie then looked at Kai again, "What's his problem? Always shooting thorns with his words,"
Sighing, she looked back at the catalog and noticed that she was reading it upside-down.
----------
It was 9:00 a.m. and Kazuki was sitting in a small jet plane, waiting for the pilot.
She had a new outfit on. Her original black half-sleeve sweater matched with a dark gray short skirt over dark blue cargo pants. A short belt wound around her neck while a wolf fang necklace hangs down to her waist. From her left ear, there was a wolf fang earring.
Impatiently, Kazuki tapped her foot as the time went by.
Where was that bakamono?
Wanting to pass the time, Kazuki took out her ever-present wooden flute and checked the left end of it. A glint of metal met her eyes.
Her sliding dagger was ready. It was the tip of a broken dagger that Kazuki had found and inserted into the end of her wooden flute so that she will be ready to strike at anytime.
Ichinichihenji.
The padding of footsteps signaled the arrival of the pilot.
"Finally," Kazuki grumbled and snapped at the pilot, "Let's get this aircraft off the ground and head for Scotland. We better get there on the scheduled time,"
The pilot silently nodded and started up the jet.
Kazuki leaned back in her seat and closed her eyes. This was going to be a long trip, she will need some rest. As she closed her eyes, she didn't notice the pilot's icy blue ones looking at her once in a while during the long flight to Scotland.
--To be continued
----------
Definitions:
Bishonen: pretty boy; good looking guys
Chijin: idiot; another word for baka
Bakamono: stupid PERSON, not just idiot, but a stupid PERSON
Ichinichihenji: a short time; mostly like 'soon'