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:
(("Mother! Father!" Jackie greeted as the gang returned to McGregor Mansion. In response, a man and a woman turned around to smile at their daughter.
Mr. McGregor was a tall man with the dark red hair that his children have inherited. His wife on the other hand was like an older version of Jackie, save the dark brown curls that hung down past her shoulders.
"Hello Jacqueline," the woman smiled and hugged her daughter.
"Good to see you Johnny," the man said and put a hand on Johnny's shoulder, "Your sister haven't been any trouble has she?"))
((Suddenly, as Kai's image of Jackie came through his half-closed eyelids, a picture of Changer flashed through his line of vision and replaced Jackie.
He was somewhat unnerved by the image and opened his eyes fully, only to see Jackie once again where she was before.
"Must be imagining things," Kai mused to himself, though he had never 'imagined' things before. There must be a resemblance.))
(("I don't mean harm," he said with a dry smile, "But I would like to ask a question."
"What kind of question?" Kazuki grew suspicious of the man second by second.
The man knelt down beside Kazuki and felt her tense, but he whispered to her ear, "Who is your father?"))
(("We're leaving. If you think that what you're doing is more important than Boris' direct order, then I will not consider you the Tala who used to be only loyal to BIOVOLT," he said before disappearing into a nearby shadow.
Tala stood transfixed as he watched Ian and Spencer walk away as well.
"Was I that loyal to BIOVOLT?" he thought to himself, "Have I really changed?"))
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Chapter TwentyThree: Familiar
The doorbell rang, signaling the arrival of guests.
"I'll get it!" Max shouted and bounced over to the door in his dark green tuxedo. He opened the door and smiled to the girl standing there, making her giggle.
"Hello, my name is Gabriel Weselyn," the girl said as she pushed back a loose strand of shoulder-length turquoise hair.
"I'm Max! Nice to meet you!" Max said in his cheerful voice and politely kissed her hand.
The girl blushed and followed Max as he led her into the lounge, where all the other guests were supposed to be gathered
The Bladebreakers and Majestics were all gathered there too, except for a certain Bladebreaker captain.
"Happy Birthday Jackie," Gabriel said, greeting the girl with a hug, and handed her a wrapped rectangular box.
"You're the first guest," Jackie smiled, "Do you know when the others will be here?"
"I thought I saw the Hargreaves coming up behind me," Gabriel replied as she sat down beside Max.
The doorbell sounded once again.
"That must be them," Gabriel said.
"I'll get it!" Tyson said this time, jumping up.
Standing in the open doorway was a boy and a girl.
"Hi," Tyson smiled.
"Who are you?" the boy asked suspiciously and looked behind Tyson to see if Jackie was there.
"I'm Tyson, Jackie's friend," Tyson replied.
"I'm Cain and this is my sister Merryweather," the boy introduced and followed Tyson inside to the lounge.
The same greetings took place.
By the time the last guest had entered the door, all of the Bladebreakers, except Kai, had dance dates; even Tyson.
Merryweather sat next to Tyson, listening to him boast about his Beyblade matches around the world while her brother, Cain, kept close watch.
Dorothy Catalonia, a blonde, long-haired girl sat with Ray, playing chess while Kenny watched on with interest and winced each time either player lost a piece that he knew how to save.
Gabriel laughed as Max and a boy named Raphael Illyge, with long, light blond hair, tried to beat each other at Charades.
Kai was still nowhere to be seen.
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Through a top window, a pair of eyes surveyed the merry friends.
"He's not here," Kazuki cursed. She stood in the shadows on a protruding statue in the wall overlooking the driveway with a window close-by where she had just looked through. She gave the boys and girls in the lounge one last look before turning around. What she saw on the balcony above her stopped her as she prepared to step into the light. She stopped herself just in time.
There, leaning on the balcony with closed eyes, was the person she was looking for.
Positioning herself just below the balcony so that she could see him without danger of exposure, Kazuki peered at the blue-haired boy. He was wearing a midnight black tuxedo with a white scarf around his neck, serving as a tie.
An image crowded with shadows pushed itself to the surface of her memory.
A boy and a girl ran along a field of flowers laughing as two adults followed behind with smiles on their faces.
Kazuki couldn't see their faces, but the little girl seemed somehow familiar.
Snapping back to her senses, she looked away from the teen.
"What now?" she asked herself and looked down at her flute.
Should she strike?
Biting her lip, Kazuki thought back to her father's words, "..monitor the Bladebreakers.."
Surely her father also wanted vengeance against Kai for betraying BIOVOLT? Or would he punish her for exposing herself?
She was turned out of her thoughts when she heard a female voice above her.
"Shouldn't you be down there?"
"Why would I want to? I'm already doing you a big favor by wearing this rejecting suit." Kai's icy voice replied.
"The dancing is about to start,"
"So?"
"Come on!" by the sound of the grunt from Kai, it sounded as if the girl was dragging him away, "Don't tell me you're afraid to dance," the girl mocked.
"As if I would," Kai replied and Kazuki heard a door close.
Kazuki seemed almost relieved that the boy had left. She couldn't make up her mind. Should she take revenge now? Or should she abide by her father's orders and only monitor?
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"Don't tell me you're afraid to dance," Jackie mocked as she pulled Kai off the balcony.
"As if I would," Kai snorted as he let the girl drag him out the door.
Downstairs, Kenny sat on a chair in the corner typing furiously on his laptop, trying not to be distracted by the classical music playing.
"This music is kinda old don't you think Chief?" Kai heard Dizzi's voice moan.
"Would you rather like it if we go upstairs then?" Kenny replied.
"No, maybe it isn't that bad," Dizzi said slowly and eventually started to hum to the music.
The Majestics stood in a corner talking to each other with wine glasses in each of their hands, while Johnny seemed to be a bit embarrassed over something.
"Hey guys!" Max said as he and Gabriel waltzed across the dance floor.
"This is cool!" Tyson joined in as he danced with Merryweather.
"Why don't you two dance?" Ray asked as he and Dorothy slowly danced past.
Kai looked stunned by the idea. Him, dance with HER?
"You scared?" Jackie teased again.
"No," Kai said solidly and took Jackie's hand.
"Let's see if you can dance properly," Jackie challenged.
"Try me," Kai smirked as the two moved to the middle of the dance floor.
Kai closed his eyes and went back to the past when Anna had taught him how to dance. He was eight then and had fun watching Anna waltz with an invisible person. He now used the old memories as he danced with Jackie.
She grinned at him slyly and dropped low, making it look like she was going to fall, but Kai caught her around the waist just in time and lifted her up again.
"Nice catch," she mocked.
"Next time I'm just going to let you fall," Kai retorted.
Ding-dong.
"Who could that be?" Jackie wondered as everyone looked up.
"Mr. Hiwatari?" the butler called and Kai turned away from Jackie and walked over to the butler.
Jackie had a dismayed look on her face. She had enjoyed dancing with the captain of the Bladebreakers.
"What is it?" Kai demanded as a part of him wanted to return to the dance floor.
"Someone is looking for you," the butler replied and pointed towards the doorway.
Standing in the doorframe was a man wearing a black coat.
"I wonder who he is?" wondered Jackie as she looked silently at the man from the dance floor.
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With a disappointed face, Kazuki touched down on the ground after jumping off the balcony.
"Nothing is sure anymore," she whispered to herself as she stood against the wall in shadows. Is killing Kai what she really wanted? Would that really avenge her mother's kami? And how would Boris react to her bold act? He surely would punish her for putting the abbey in danger of being exposed. But she may never get the chance to strike again.
Kazuki shook her head clear and stalked to the front of the house. When she was within sight of the front door, she froze. Standing there, looking at each other was Kai and..Kyle..the stranger Kazuki had met earlier.
"What is he doing here?" she thought to herself and watched as Kyle left, leaving Kai to stare after him. She quickly backed into the shadows as Kai walked out of the house towards the gardens.
"What did Kyle say to him?" she questioned herself.
She silently followed behind the blue-haired boy and hid in the bushes as he stopped at the fountain in the center of the garden.
Taking out her flute, Kazuki held it to her chest, "I will strike soon," she thought with determination, "there is no point in putting it off further,"
--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:
(("Mother! Father!" Jackie greeted as the gang returned to McGregor Mansion. In response, a man and a woman turned around to smile at their daughter.
Mr. McGregor was a tall man with the dark red hair that his children have inherited. His wife on the other hand was like an older version of Jackie, save the dark brown curls that hung down past her shoulders.
"Hello Jacqueline," the woman smiled and hugged her daughter.
"Good to see you Johnny," the man said and put a hand on Johnny's shoulder, "Your sister haven't been any trouble has she?"))
((Suddenly, as Kai's image of Jackie came through his half-closed eyelids, a picture of Changer flashed through his line of vision and replaced Jackie.
He was somewhat unnerved by the image and opened his eyes fully, only to see Jackie once again where she was before.
"Must be imagining things," Kai mused to himself, though he had never 'imagined' things before. There must be a resemblance.))
(("I don't mean harm," he said with a dry smile, "But I would like to ask a question."
"What kind of question?" Kazuki grew suspicious of the man second by second.
The man knelt down beside Kazuki and felt her tense, but he whispered to her ear, "Who is your father?"))
(("We're leaving. If you think that what you're doing is more important than Boris' direct order, then I will not consider you the Tala who used to be only loyal to BIOVOLT," he said before disappearing into a nearby shadow.
Tala stood transfixed as he watched Ian and Spencer walk away as well.
"Was I that loyal to BIOVOLT?" he thought to himself, "Have I really changed?"))
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Chapter TwentyThree: Familiar
The doorbell rang, signaling the arrival of guests.
"I'll get it!" Max shouted and bounced over to the door in his dark green tuxedo. He opened the door and smiled to the girl standing there, making her giggle.
"Hello, my name is Gabriel Weselyn," the girl said as she pushed back a loose strand of shoulder-length turquoise hair.
"I'm Max! Nice to meet you!" Max said in his cheerful voice and politely kissed her hand.
The girl blushed and followed Max as he led her into the lounge, where all the other guests were supposed to be gathered
The Bladebreakers and Majestics were all gathered there too, except for a certain Bladebreaker captain.
"Happy Birthday Jackie," Gabriel said, greeting the girl with a hug, and handed her a wrapped rectangular box.
"You're the first guest," Jackie smiled, "Do you know when the others will be here?"
"I thought I saw the Hargreaves coming up behind me," Gabriel replied as she sat down beside Max.
The doorbell sounded once again.
"That must be them," Gabriel said.
"I'll get it!" Tyson said this time, jumping up.
Standing in the open doorway was a boy and a girl.
"Hi," Tyson smiled.
"Who are you?" the boy asked suspiciously and looked behind Tyson to see if Jackie was there.
"I'm Tyson, Jackie's friend," Tyson replied.
"I'm Cain and this is my sister Merryweather," the boy introduced and followed Tyson inside to the lounge.
The same greetings took place.
By the time the last guest had entered the door, all of the Bladebreakers, except Kai, had dance dates; even Tyson.
Merryweather sat next to Tyson, listening to him boast about his Beyblade matches around the world while her brother, Cain, kept close watch.
Dorothy Catalonia, a blonde, long-haired girl sat with Ray, playing chess while Kenny watched on with interest and winced each time either player lost a piece that he knew how to save.
Gabriel laughed as Max and a boy named Raphael Illyge, with long, light blond hair, tried to beat each other at Charades.
Kai was still nowhere to be seen.
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Through a top window, a pair of eyes surveyed the merry friends.
"He's not here," Kazuki cursed. She stood in the shadows on a protruding statue in the wall overlooking the driveway with a window close-by where she had just looked through. She gave the boys and girls in the lounge one last look before turning around. What she saw on the balcony above her stopped her as she prepared to step into the light. She stopped herself just in time.
There, leaning on the balcony with closed eyes, was the person she was looking for.
Positioning herself just below the balcony so that she could see him without danger of exposure, Kazuki peered at the blue-haired boy. He was wearing a midnight black tuxedo with a white scarf around his neck, serving as a tie.
An image crowded with shadows pushed itself to the surface of her memory.
A boy and a girl ran along a field of flowers laughing as two adults followed behind with smiles on their faces.
Kazuki couldn't see their faces, but the little girl seemed somehow familiar.
Snapping back to her senses, she looked away from the teen.
"What now?" she asked herself and looked down at her flute.
Should she strike?
Biting her lip, Kazuki thought back to her father's words, "..monitor the Bladebreakers.."
Surely her father also wanted vengeance against Kai for betraying BIOVOLT? Or would he punish her for exposing herself?
She was turned out of her thoughts when she heard a female voice above her.
"Shouldn't you be down there?"
"Why would I want to? I'm already doing you a big favor by wearing this rejecting suit." Kai's icy voice replied.
"The dancing is about to start,"
"So?"
"Come on!" by the sound of the grunt from Kai, it sounded as if the girl was dragging him away, "Don't tell me you're afraid to dance," the girl mocked.
"As if I would," Kai replied and Kazuki heard a door close.
Kazuki seemed almost relieved that the boy had left. She couldn't make up her mind. Should she take revenge now? Or should she abide by her father's orders and only monitor?
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"Don't tell me you're afraid to dance," Jackie mocked as she pulled Kai off the balcony.
"As if I would," Kai snorted as he let the girl drag him out the door.
Downstairs, Kenny sat on a chair in the corner typing furiously on his laptop, trying not to be distracted by the classical music playing.
"This music is kinda old don't you think Chief?" Kai heard Dizzi's voice moan.
"Would you rather like it if we go upstairs then?" Kenny replied.
"No, maybe it isn't that bad," Dizzi said slowly and eventually started to hum to the music.
The Majestics stood in a corner talking to each other with wine glasses in each of their hands, while Johnny seemed to be a bit embarrassed over something.
"Hey guys!" Max said as he and Gabriel waltzed across the dance floor.
"This is cool!" Tyson joined in as he danced with Merryweather.
"Why don't you two dance?" Ray asked as he and Dorothy slowly danced past.
Kai looked stunned by the idea. Him, dance with HER?
"You scared?" Jackie teased again.
"No," Kai said solidly and took Jackie's hand.
"Let's see if you can dance properly," Jackie challenged.
"Try me," Kai smirked as the two moved to the middle of the dance floor.
Kai closed his eyes and went back to the past when Anna had taught him how to dance. He was eight then and had fun watching Anna waltz with an invisible person. He now used the old memories as he danced with Jackie.
She grinned at him slyly and dropped low, making it look like she was going to fall, but Kai caught her around the waist just in time and lifted her up again.
"Nice catch," she mocked.
"Next time I'm just going to let you fall," Kai retorted.
Ding-dong.
"Who could that be?" Jackie wondered as everyone looked up.
"Mr. Hiwatari?" the butler called and Kai turned away from Jackie and walked over to the butler.
Jackie had a dismayed look on her face. She had enjoyed dancing with the captain of the Bladebreakers.
"What is it?" Kai demanded as a part of him wanted to return to the dance floor.
"Someone is looking for you," the butler replied and pointed towards the doorway.
Standing in the doorframe was a man wearing a black coat.
"I wonder who he is?" wondered Jackie as she looked silently at the man from the dance floor.
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With a disappointed face, Kazuki touched down on the ground after jumping off the balcony.
"Nothing is sure anymore," she whispered to herself as she stood against the wall in shadows. Is killing Kai what she really wanted? Would that really avenge her mother's kami? And how would Boris react to her bold act? He surely would punish her for putting the abbey in danger of being exposed. But she may never get the chance to strike again.
Kazuki shook her head clear and stalked to the front of the house. When she was within sight of the front door, she froze. Standing there, looking at each other was Kai and..Kyle..the stranger Kazuki had met earlier.
"What is he doing here?" she thought to herself and watched as Kyle left, leaving Kai to stare after him. She quickly backed into the shadows as Kai walked out of the house towards the gardens.
"What did Kyle say to him?" she questioned herself.
She silently followed behind the blue-haired boy and hid in the bushes as he stopped at the fountain in the center of the garden.
Taking out her flute, Kazuki held it to her chest, "I will strike soon," she thought with determination, "there is no point in putting it off further,"
--To be continued