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~^ Chapter 8 – The Hunter ^~
"I'm guessing you told him then?"
"Ya I told him Dana." Ruby replied with a sigh. The moment she had walked through the door of her household, Dana came running up the pathway, yelling about god knows what. It was certainly better than having to look for her.
"Azura told me you kicked Max's ass in a battle a few minutes ago. Is this true?" Ruby snickered slightly.
"Yep, lodged his blade in a tree." Dana grinned triumphantly. "So do you think Kai will tell the others?"
"I sure hope he does." Ruby's shoulders slumped. "Then I won't have to wear that damn hat anymore."
"Ya! And then I can play with your ears whenever I want to!" Dana smiled and started tugging slightly on one of Ruby's ears, causing it to twitch in annoyance.
"Don't do that!" Ruby swatted away her friend's hand and smacked her over the head with one of the pillows they were sitting on.
~^ The next day (Sunday) ^~
Today was the total opposite for Ruby. Instead of Dana leaving her, she left her friend, but the activities she would be doing for the day, were unknown to the other girl, for now.
Dana however, would have to endure a day with Tyson and the rest of them. She didn't mind Kai, or any of them for that matter; it was only Tyson that annoyed her. But the glint in Ruby's eyes when her friend had told her about a 'surprise', she decided to cope with the boy, for the day. The first thing on Dana's list was to find out if Kai had told the others about Ruby, and if not, she would make him, or tell them herself of course.
"Kai, have you told Tyson and the rest of them about Ruby yet?" She had asked the boy once she had dragged him away from the rest of them, who were to engaged in watching a battle between Max and Tyson to even notice.
"No not yet, but I was planning to tell them today." Kai sighed and walked back to the others with Dana close behind.
"Well if you're not going to start to tell them, then I will!" Dana whispered before she sat down on a near by bench, and began cleaning her beyblade.
Kai beckoned everyone to stop the match and listen to him. But before they could, there was a murderous laugh, and a blinding white light, which blinded all of them. And just as soon as it appeared, the light had vanished, but so had all six teens that had been there moments before.
Ruby, however, was in her kitchen, but not alone. Leaning on the counter beside her, was an all to familiar redhead, with bright, ice blue eyes.
"So, how's the little kitty been?" He asked, poking Ruby's ears.
Ruby quickly swatted away his hands, just like she had done with Dana the night before. "Damn it Tala. It's bad enough Dana pokes at my ears but why do you have to do it to!"
"Where is Dana anyway?" Tala cocked his head to the side.
Ruby raised a slender eyebrow and walked over to him, "And you would care why?"
"Uh. N-no reason!" Tala quickly replied, looking anywhere but in Ruby's eyes. Suddenly, Azura appeared behind Ruby, a mix of fear, and worry in her crimson eyes.
"I don't know how, but Kano found you, an-and he got the others!" The panther stared into her mistress's eyes. They were filled with hate, hate for the man that had done the thing she dreaded most. He was using her friends against her. He was using them, as bait, and she was the fish.
"Azura. You can sense where Vivoria is right?" Ruby asked her bit-beast, her teeth and fists clenched tightly.
"Yes, I can." Azura nodded.
"Hey, I'm coming with you." Tala walked in front of Ruby, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"Okay, that would actually be a good idea." Ruby smiled. She then went up into her room, and took a beautiful, ruby and silver sword off of the wall. Encircled around the handle, was a ruby incrusted panther, and the sides and tip of the blade, were made out of pure diamond. Ruby put the sword into a black sheath, and tied it, so it was on her back.
"Azura, you know what to do." Ruby muttered and laid one of her gloved hands on the panthers back, Tala did the same, and in a quick wisp of silver smoke, the three were gone.
Kai was the first to wake up. His entire body was aching, and when he laid his hands on the floor to lift himself from the ground, he felt the cold surface of the tile flooring underneath his fingers. He then sat up, and surveyed his surroundings. Scattered around him, were his companions, they were in a large room...no, not a room, more like a prison. For one of the four walls, was a bulletproof glass. On the other side of the transparent wall, Kai could see darkness, and nothing else. The room that they were in was dimly lit, with only a few lamps hanging from the ceiling. And in the far off corner, was an air vent, which was far too small for even Kenny to fit through, let alone his laptop.
"Where am I?" Kai heard Dana faintly whisper as she too began to wake. Soon after, the others began to lift themselves from the ground as well, all of them rubbing their temples, trying to relieve the pain that was throbbing in their skulls like a horrible earthquake. After everyone was wide awake, still trying to subside the aching pain in their bodies, the lights in the room behind the glass were turned on, and a young man, no younger than about 25 came into view. He had piercing silver eyes, with slits for pupils, his black, silver-streaked hair, was pulled pack in a small, loose pony tail, and poking out from underneath his hair, were pointed, elf like ears. The man was wearing what seemed to be the type of clothing that ninjas would wear. Except his sleeves were tied at the end by a white bandage. And finally, at his side, was a sword, which at that moment, was safely in its sheath.
"I see you have all woken up, very good." He grinned.
"Who the hell are you?!" Dana growled at the man, her fists clenches so tightly, that her knuckles were turning white.
"No need to yell. I am Kano." The man bowed slightly.
"But what do you want us for?" Tyson called out, asking the question every other person in the prison had on his or her minds.
"Oh, I'm simply using you as bait." Kano snickered slightly and laughed chuckled under his breath.
"For what?" Rei gritted his teeth together.
"For a friend of yours. You will see soon enough..." Kano closed his eyes and allowed an evil sneer to spread across his face. His ears then twitched, when he heard a huge bang erupt from many rooms away from the one they were in.
"Just on time." And with that, the man was gone, but the lights in the other room were still shining brightly, giving the imprisoned teens just a little more light. Dana was staring where the young man was standing moments before. Her eyes were wide, and her skin was slightly pale, her fists were trembling, with both fear and anger.
"Crap." She muttered through clenched teeth. "Not him again." Dana's statement had caused everyone in the room to turn to her, all of their eyes filled with curiosity on what she had just said.
"That Kano bastard is using us as bait for Ruby." Dana's fists trembled more as she almost impossibly clenched her fists harder. "He's going to try and kill her again."
"What?!" Everyone gasped, horrified by Dana's conclusion.
"That asshole has been after Ruby ever since her and I escaped from the abbey last..." Dana stopped, and quickly shut her mouth. But she then decided to continue, since there was no point in not telling them.
Dana let out a long sigh, and started to explain everything. "Ruby was taken to the abbey for training when she was six years old. I met her there two years later, when I too was sent there. And that's how we actually know Tala. But just last year, Ruby helped me escape. Ever since then, Kano has been chasing Ruby, trying to kill her."
"But why?" Rei asked.
"Well, I'm sure you all have heard of demons right?" Dana watched as all of them nodded, except for Kai, who already knew what she was about to say. "Ruby, is, well, a half demon. And we think that Kano is either working for Voltaire, or is a demon hunter, which is highly unlikely, since he is a demon himself."
Before any of them could reply to Dana's explanation, Azura smashed through the walls on the other side of the prison, with Tala close behind. The panther took one look at the glass, and easily broke it with her two flaming front paws.
Kano then appeared behind the seven teens, and one panther, his face, arms, and legs all ripped open, with dark red blood staining his clothes.
"How dare you try to escape behind my back!" He roared at them.
"And how dare you turn away from a battle, and kidnap my friends in the first place!" Everyone then saw Ruby at the doorway, holding her right arm tightly, with blood trickling through the gaps in her fingers, and dripping onto the floor. "Azura, get them out of here!"
"But mistress! What about you?!" Azura trembled in fear of what could possibly happen.
"You know that I'll be fine! Now go!" Ruby ordered. Azura simply nodded, and draped her wings around the seven teens around her, and quickly disappearing from sight.
"Kano, you've terrorized my family for an entire year, using my friends as my weakness. Well, it ends here!" Ruby un-sheathed her sword, and charged. Kano did the same with his own sword, and the two demons clashed together, causing a wave of power to erupt from their battle.
"You will never win against me you half-breed!" Kano snickered as he leapt backwards; Ruby's diamond edged sword just grazing his arm.
"But I already have." Ruby snickered. She was now behind Kano, surprising him; she took her opportunity, and put her sword right through the retched demon's heart. "Even that will kill a full demon. Now, time to dispose of you." Ruby placed her hand on Kano's bloodied back, as a slight emerald glow surrounded her hand, and in a flash, all that was left of Kano, was his puddle of blood on the floor, and a stream of silver-green smoke.
"Shit." Ruby winced as she put her sword safely back in its sheath, and gripped both her arm and stomach. During her last battle with the hunter, she had received a rather painful slash across the stomach. And before that, Kano had somehow gotten his sword right through her arm.
"Hope these are better by tomorrow."
"How could I just leave her like that?!" Azura was pacing back and forth in the basement of the Black's household. "I should've stayed behind."
"Settle down Azura. I'm sure that Ruby has already taken care of that asshole. And besides, you shouldn't be so hard on yourself; you did what you had to do. We're all just as worried as you are, right guys?" Dana stroked Azura's black fur, as she turned to Tala and Kai.
'I sure hope she's alright.' Kai thought as he sank back into the couch he was sitting on, crossing his arms as he did so. "Ya."
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Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade, only my oc's. (God, damn it this is so repetitive!)
~^ Chapter 8 – The Hunter ^~
"I'm guessing you told him then?"
"Ya I told him Dana." Ruby replied with a sigh. The moment she had walked through the door of her household, Dana came running up the pathway, yelling about god knows what. It was certainly better than having to look for her.
"Azura told me you kicked Max's ass in a battle a few minutes ago. Is this true?" Ruby snickered slightly.
"Yep, lodged his blade in a tree." Dana grinned triumphantly. "So do you think Kai will tell the others?"
"I sure hope he does." Ruby's shoulders slumped. "Then I won't have to wear that damn hat anymore."
"Ya! And then I can play with your ears whenever I want to!" Dana smiled and started tugging slightly on one of Ruby's ears, causing it to twitch in annoyance.
"Don't do that!" Ruby swatted away her friend's hand and smacked her over the head with one of the pillows they were sitting on.
~^ The next day (Sunday) ^~
Today was the total opposite for Ruby. Instead of Dana leaving her, she left her friend, but the activities she would be doing for the day, were unknown to the other girl, for now.
Dana however, would have to endure a day with Tyson and the rest of them. She didn't mind Kai, or any of them for that matter; it was only Tyson that annoyed her. But the glint in Ruby's eyes when her friend had told her about a 'surprise', she decided to cope with the boy, for the day. The first thing on Dana's list was to find out if Kai had told the others about Ruby, and if not, she would make him, or tell them herself of course.
"Kai, have you told Tyson and the rest of them about Ruby yet?" She had asked the boy once she had dragged him away from the rest of them, who were to engaged in watching a battle between Max and Tyson to even notice.
"No not yet, but I was planning to tell them today." Kai sighed and walked back to the others with Dana close behind.
"Well if you're not going to start to tell them, then I will!" Dana whispered before she sat down on a near by bench, and began cleaning her beyblade.
Kai beckoned everyone to stop the match and listen to him. But before they could, there was a murderous laugh, and a blinding white light, which blinded all of them. And just as soon as it appeared, the light had vanished, but so had all six teens that had been there moments before.
Ruby, however, was in her kitchen, but not alone. Leaning on the counter beside her, was an all to familiar redhead, with bright, ice blue eyes.
"So, how's the little kitty been?" He asked, poking Ruby's ears.
Ruby quickly swatted away his hands, just like she had done with Dana the night before. "Damn it Tala. It's bad enough Dana pokes at my ears but why do you have to do it to!"
"Where is Dana anyway?" Tala cocked his head to the side.
Ruby raised a slender eyebrow and walked over to him, "And you would care why?"
"Uh. N-no reason!" Tala quickly replied, looking anywhere but in Ruby's eyes. Suddenly, Azura appeared behind Ruby, a mix of fear, and worry in her crimson eyes.
"I don't know how, but Kano found you, an-and he got the others!" The panther stared into her mistress's eyes. They were filled with hate, hate for the man that had done the thing she dreaded most. He was using her friends against her. He was using them, as bait, and she was the fish.
"Azura. You can sense where Vivoria is right?" Ruby asked her bit-beast, her teeth and fists clenched tightly.
"Yes, I can." Azura nodded.
"Hey, I'm coming with you." Tala walked in front of Ruby, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"Okay, that would actually be a good idea." Ruby smiled. She then went up into her room, and took a beautiful, ruby and silver sword off of the wall. Encircled around the handle, was a ruby incrusted panther, and the sides and tip of the blade, were made out of pure diamond. Ruby put the sword into a black sheath, and tied it, so it was on her back.
"Azura, you know what to do." Ruby muttered and laid one of her gloved hands on the panthers back, Tala did the same, and in a quick wisp of silver smoke, the three were gone.
Kai was the first to wake up. His entire body was aching, and when he laid his hands on the floor to lift himself from the ground, he felt the cold surface of the tile flooring underneath his fingers. He then sat up, and surveyed his surroundings. Scattered around him, were his companions, they were in a large room...no, not a room, more like a prison. For one of the four walls, was a bulletproof glass. On the other side of the transparent wall, Kai could see darkness, and nothing else. The room that they were in was dimly lit, with only a few lamps hanging from the ceiling. And in the far off corner, was an air vent, which was far too small for even Kenny to fit through, let alone his laptop.
"Where am I?" Kai heard Dana faintly whisper as she too began to wake. Soon after, the others began to lift themselves from the ground as well, all of them rubbing their temples, trying to relieve the pain that was throbbing in their skulls like a horrible earthquake. After everyone was wide awake, still trying to subside the aching pain in their bodies, the lights in the room behind the glass were turned on, and a young man, no younger than about 25 came into view. He had piercing silver eyes, with slits for pupils, his black, silver-streaked hair, was pulled pack in a small, loose pony tail, and poking out from underneath his hair, were pointed, elf like ears. The man was wearing what seemed to be the type of clothing that ninjas would wear. Except his sleeves were tied at the end by a white bandage. And finally, at his side, was a sword, which at that moment, was safely in its sheath.
"I see you have all woken up, very good." He grinned.
"Who the hell are you?!" Dana growled at the man, her fists clenches so tightly, that her knuckles were turning white.
"No need to yell. I am Kano." The man bowed slightly.
"But what do you want us for?" Tyson called out, asking the question every other person in the prison had on his or her minds.
"Oh, I'm simply using you as bait." Kano snickered slightly and laughed chuckled under his breath.
"For what?" Rei gritted his teeth together.
"For a friend of yours. You will see soon enough..." Kano closed his eyes and allowed an evil sneer to spread across his face. His ears then twitched, when he heard a huge bang erupt from many rooms away from the one they were in.
"Just on time." And with that, the man was gone, but the lights in the other room were still shining brightly, giving the imprisoned teens just a little more light. Dana was staring where the young man was standing moments before. Her eyes were wide, and her skin was slightly pale, her fists were trembling, with both fear and anger.
"Crap." She muttered through clenched teeth. "Not him again." Dana's statement had caused everyone in the room to turn to her, all of their eyes filled with curiosity on what she had just said.
"That Kano bastard is using us as bait for Ruby." Dana's fists trembled more as she almost impossibly clenched her fists harder. "He's going to try and kill her again."
"What?!" Everyone gasped, horrified by Dana's conclusion.
"That asshole has been after Ruby ever since her and I escaped from the abbey last..." Dana stopped, and quickly shut her mouth. But she then decided to continue, since there was no point in not telling them.
Dana let out a long sigh, and started to explain everything. "Ruby was taken to the abbey for training when she was six years old. I met her there two years later, when I too was sent there. And that's how we actually know Tala. But just last year, Ruby helped me escape. Ever since then, Kano has been chasing Ruby, trying to kill her."
"But why?" Rei asked.
"Well, I'm sure you all have heard of demons right?" Dana watched as all of them nodded, except for Kai, who already knew what she was about to say. "Ruby, is, well, a half demon. And we think that Kano is either working for Voltaire, or is a demon hunter, which is highly unlikely, since he is a demon himself."
Before any of them could reply to Dana's explanation, Azura smashed through the walls on the other side of the prison, with Tala close behind. The panther took one look at the glass, and easily broke it with her two flaming front paws.
Kano then appeared behind the seven teens, and one panther, his face, arms, and legs all ripped open, with dark red blood staining his clothes.
"How dare you try to escape behind my back!" He roared at them.
"And how dare you turn away from a battle, and kidnap my friends in the first place!" Everyone then saw Ruby at the doorway, holding her right arm tightly, with blood trickling through the gaps in her fingers, and dripping onto the floor. "Azura, get them out of here!"
"But mistress! What about you?!" Azura trembled in fear of what could possibly happen.
"You know that I'll be fine! Now go!" Ruby ordered. Azura simply nodded, and draped her wings around the seven teens around her, and quickly disappearing from sight.
"Kano, you've terrorized my family for an entire year, using my friends as my weakness. Well, it ends here!" Ruby un-sheathed her sword, and charged. Kano did the same with his own sword, and the two demons clashed together, causing a wave of power to erupt from their battle.
"You will never win against me you half-breed!" Kano snickered as he leapt backwards; Ruby's diamond edged sword just grazing his arm.
"But I already have." Ruby snickered. She was now behind Kano, surprising him; she took her opportunity, and put her sword right through the retched demon's heart. "Even that will kill a full demon. Now, time to dispose of you." Ruby placed her hand on Kano's bloodied back, as a slight emerald glow surrounded her hand, and in a flash, all that was left of Kano, was his puddle of blood on the floor, and a stream of silver-green smoke.
"Shit." Ruby winced as she put her sword safely back in its sheath, and gripped both her arm and stomach. During her last battle with the hunter, she had received a rather painful slash across the stomach. And before that, Kano had somehow gotten his sword right through her arm.
"Hope these are better by tomorrow."
"How could I just leave her like that?!" Azura was pacing back and forth in the basement of the Black's household. "I should've stayed behind."
"Settle down Azura. I'm sure that Ruby has already taken care of that asshole. And besides, you shouldn't be so hard on yourself; you did what you had to do. We're all just as worried as you are, right guys?" Dana stroked Azura's black fur, as she turned to Tala and Kai.
'I sure hope she's alright.' Kai thought as he sank back into the couch he was sitting on, crossing his arms as he did so. "Ya."
Whoa. Holy crap. That's the longest chapter yet! Over 2000 words! Go me go! Anyway, ya see that little button down there, well if ya press it I will uh, um, I dunno, do something! Come on just review!! Reviews make me wanna write more, and more writing means quicker updating.