Author's Note: Whee. Writing Beybattles that involve Bitbeasts are fun. I love how I wrote the tiebraker between the two. Hope you don't mind blood!
Disclaimer: Don't own Beyblade. Rhia and Ebonite are mine, Tani and Ikira belong to Shadow Weaver and Ikira, and Athena and Nocturna belong to Chibi Neko-Shaa.
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Deadly Nightshade
Chapter Five
Enter Nightshades.
A month later. October. Another morning. Another Ian-style awakening. Isn't it weird when you can feel people watching you? Rhia turned over, her back to the wall, but she didn't open her eyes.
"Ian, I get it already. You can stop staring at me now."
"Rhia.." It wasn't Ian, of course. Rhia's brow furrowed. It was Tala. Since when did Tala come to wake her up? She opened her eyes and looked up at his pale face.
"Tala? What's going on? Is there something bad happening?" She sat up as she said this, the white blanket wrapped around her bare feet. This felt odd.
He said nothing, but pointed at a thin white envelope on the bedtable. What was this? The girl slowly reached over, frowning. Her long fingers ripped open the top of it. It was a notice of sorts. She read it to herself. Her lips slightly moving. She was being sent out of the Abbey. Not for anything bad, no. Boris either didn't know of her little runoff, didn't care, or totally forgot. She was supposed to remain in Russia for a while, but not in the Abbey. In a hotel. After that, she would take a flight to Japan. It wasn't stated why, though.
"You're leaving tomorrow." Tala broke the silence once Rhia put the letter back on the table.
"But...I can't go! I've only been here for two months! I want to stay!" Rhia stared at him, wide-eyed. She really didn't want to go. She had become rather attatched to the cold, darkness of the Abbey. Two months wasn't enough time!
"You don't have a choice in the matter, Rhia. What Boris says goes," he looked at her, his turquoise eyes emotionless, "And the World Championship is coming up. He doesn't want you in the way."
"Not want me in the way? What the hell is that supposed to mean?!"
"What it means is that he doesn't want you interfering with whatever he has planned." He looked away, slightly. "Now come on, this is your last day of training and we should make the most of it."
Rhia sighed, then followed. What a miserable way to start a morning. She didn't ever bother clipping on her chains and belts. The clothes she slept in would be fine.
The next morning wasn't a happy one. Rhia stood by the Abbey door, her bag by her left foot. She was staring at the ground. Leaving was inevitable, of course. Even though she only had spent a month at the Abbey, and wasn't very close with the boys, she would miss this place. It was all she had, since her memory was definitely not the best. Would she ever see them again?
"Time to go," Boris said as a large, empty, white bus pulled up.
"See ya, everyone..." Rhia looked up at the boys, and waved slightly.
Tala and Ian were the only ones that waved back.
The bus rumbled off through the forest, only one passenger within it's steel covered form.
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Over in the Hotel, the one Rhia was set to arrive at, a girl sat in the lobby, in a chair that faced the revolving glass doors. She wore a trenchcoat, and only her face and hair were visible. It was the girl from the forest, with her black hair and purple bangs. She sat there, silently, barely even moving. People walked by and gave her odd looks. She didn't fit in with the bright surroundings, the sunlight filtering through the floor-to-ceiling windows. The white bus pulled up and Rhia stepped out, her bag over her shoulder. She walked through the doors and up to the counter, the sitting girl's eyes followed her every movement. As Rhia headed to the elevator, room key in hand, the other girl stood and followed. She spoke once the doors closed.
"I've been watching you."
Rhia looked at her out of the corner of her eye, not saying anything incase the other girl was crazy. She probably was.
"You and your Beyblade. I was there the night you fought Athena Caruso." She didn't even look at Rhia as she spoke, but at the elevator wall. She pushed the button for the highest floor. The roof.
Rhia narrowed her eyes at the shorter girl, "You know her. You know Athena. Why were you there?"
"I'm Tani Yamaka. I've only met Athena once. It was a Beyblade match which ended in a tie. She wasn't drunk that time," Tani finally looked Rhia in the eyes, "Now I need to battle you. I love new competition."
"Fine then." Rhia put her hand in her pocket, her fingers clasped around Ebonite. "We battle now."
The elevator doors opened, the floor of the roof lay before them. A Beyblade dish stood a few metres ahead, out of place in the bare surroundings. It was large, and a pale red color. The two girls stood on opposite ends.
"Where the hell did this dish come from?"
"I put it here earlier. I overheard the name of the hotel that you were going to."
"You must have some messed up hearing skills. Unless you were in the building at the time."
Tani smiled slightly. It was the first time Rhia had seen her smile, and it looked odd on her face, like she rarely held that expression. "Let's get started."
Rhia growled slightly, this girl was creeping her out. "Alright." She locked Ebonite in place. Tani locked in her dark purple blade.
"Three, two, one...LET IT RIP!"
"Go, Ebonite!"
"Ikira!"
The blades spun around on opposite ends of the dish, neither making any other moves. Until Ikira suddenly stopped that motion and headed for Ebonite. A shower of blue sparks shot out as the two blades made contact.
"Let's finish this quick, Ebonite!" The navy blade quickly dodged the other one, and backed up. "Summon Ice Daggers!" As the two blades were on opposite sides, Rhia's shot forward and hit Ikira at an angle, attacking the base. Ikira was quickly shoved out of the stadium.
Tani bent and picked up Ikira, as Ebonite returned to Rhia's hand. "That was good, Rhia. But you won't win the next round."
"We'll see about that." They both launched their blades, each one immediately heading for the other as they made contact.
"Quickly, Ikira! Black Fire!" Tani obviously wanted to finish this round quickly. A semitransparent flame surrounded the purple blade as it inscreased in spin speed, the black marks disappearing. Overwhelmed by the purple metal. Ebonite tried to circle around and attack, but Ikira expected it, and did the same motion. She repeatedly retracted, and shot forward, hitting Ebonite with her sharp attack ring. After ten seconds of such a beating, Ebonite shot out of the stadium, and came to rest in Rhia's hand.
"Well shit. You were right." Rhia smiled. She was enjoying this.
"I sure as hell did!" Tani joined in the swearfest. She found something she had in common with the tall girl, swearing. "Tiebreaker's next."
"I think I'll win this one," Locking Ebonite in place, Rhia winked at Tani. Who gave a short shake of her head. Tani was gonna win.
"Three. Two. One...Let it rip!"
Rhia wasted no time sending out Ebonite. She really wanted to win. A beam of blue light erupted from the center of her blade, it was thin at first, then thickened. A shape became visible. A raven. Ebonite. Tiny flakes of ice swirled around her, mixed with a chill wind which lifted her feathers. The wind ruffled the two girls' hair, making rustling sounds in their ears. Ebonite's wings stretched out to their full length, as she let out a loud, raspy, and slightly choked caw.
"A bitbeast. Of course. That must be the only way you tied with Athena. Blades without Bits lose easily to ones that have them." Tani's purple blade circled around, ready for another shot at Ebonite. Thick, black smoke unfurled from the bit chip, seemingly unaffected by the slight wind Tani's blade caused. As some hung low to the ground, the rest spiraled upward to form a purple beam of light. Thus making Ikira appear. She was a large, bipedal dog-like thing. Black furred with odd spikey patterns on her limbs and chest. She had shoulder-length hair, purple with black tips. Her wing membranes and tail fin were purple, and parts of her were wrapped in white bandages. She released a sound like a desolate howl mixed with a rough growling sound, which sent a chill down Rhia's spine. Her wings flapped as she headed towards the raven.
Ebonite let out a long caw, quieter than the first, and flapped her own wings, dodging the demonic dog. Ikira braked and looked up, her pupils smaller slits than they had started at. She flexed her claws and hissed, leaping back at Ebonite. The large corvid didn't dodge this time, but lowered the impact of Ikira by sticking her talons out in front of her, which caught Ikira's back legs. The two floated in midair, wrestlin with eachother. The show was mixed with a nice orchestra of angry animal sounds.
"This is more like it," Tani raised her arm in the air, "Ikira, Devil's Claw!" The demon listened to her Blader, letting go of Ebonite's neck to slash at her feet, dislodging her back legs from their grip. Ebonite screeched in protest as Ikira slashed at her feathered chest, blood slightly staining the canine's claws. Down in the stadium, the purple blade was on a slant, whacking the base of the navy one, which was letting out a shower of blue sparks.
Rhia growled slightly, her breath ragged and pupils slightly smaller, "Ebonite! Don't let that thing get to you so easily, Avalanche of Alpine! Now!" The navy bird recovered from the slashing, opening her beak. She raged towards Ikira, and bit down on her neck. Although Ebonite had a beak that looked like it had fangs, it didn't fatally hurt Ikira, the attack slightly weakened by her bandages and thick fur.
The attack seemed to have a slight effect on Tani as well, who clasped her hand over her neck as Ebonite attacked her Bitbeast. This happened in the battle with Athena as well. Both girls used their Bits in the last round, and it was as if a fraction of what happened to the Bitbeasts, happened to them. Rhia had the same effect on herself, as well. Tani hissed slightly before yelling out her command, "IKIRA! COLD SMOKE!"
Down in the stadium, the purple blade let out more of that black fog, but at a much faster rate, and a higher amount. The smoke rose up into the sky, advancing towards the Bitbeasts. All that was seen before the smoke covered everything, was Ikira punching Ebonite in the gut, removing the jagged beak from her thick neck. Rhia swiftly looked around within the murk.
"Ebonite! Stay alert, don't let Ikira surprise you!" But in that thick, black fog, it was hard to stay alert. A grumbling roar sounded, followed by a shrill crow as Ebonite flew backwards from within the fog, her wings thrust forward in reaction. Rhia was also thrown back, but she scrambled to regain her balance before she could fall. She stood there, hand clutching her torso as a thin trickle of blood leaked from her mouth. She spit whatever blood had collected in there before speaking. "This is it, Tani. You are going down! SUMMON ICE DAGGERS!" Rhia spread out her arms as she called out the command. Wind from her blade blasted upwards, filled with ice crystals. It struck the black smoke, thinning it out, and making vision once again possible. Ebonite shook her head, the cybernetic shield which covered her eyes glinted in the sunlight. The shield, similar to the one Ikira had, relayed simple information, and was now targeting a spot that would be a better spot to hit. Ikira's lower gut. No bandages, and thinner fur.
Ikira lifted her arms, claws ready to strike again. Ebonite flew forward, the bladed tips of her wings nice and ready. She flew upwards, Ikira contracted her muscles and leaped upwards, ready to attack. But Ebonite had expected this and swiftly brought her wings towards her body, going down enough so that Ikira's belly was straight in front of her. The dog demon grunted slightly, not having the time to react to the raven's sudden change in elevation, and let out that desolate howl of her's as Ebonite slashed at the soft skin, the razors of her wings spattering blood down onto the girls.
Tani fell to her knees, clutching her stomach with both arms, her neck still slightly dripping onto her gray pants. Blood was seen on the purple of her shirt, slowly finding it's way through the fabric. Her eyes remained focused on the battle, as she whispered her command, not wasting more of her energy, "Hell's Jagged Shade."
Ikira, who was previously gnashing at Ebonite, stopped, and flapped her bat-like wings to get above the corvid, who finally got a chance to shake the blood that now weighed down her wings. Ikira's own cybernetic eye shield calculated the exact position of her opponent, and how high she'd have to fly to strike. Ebonite was still trying to lighten her wings as Ikira plummeted from the sky. The raven looked above and was only able to move a foot, not a long distance for such a large creature, before the demon's foot claws slammed into her lower spine. Ebonite's ragged caw of protest was stopped as she fell and crashed into the floor of the building, kicking up dust.
As this happened, Rhia was knocked forward, slightly bouncing off of the floor as her head was the first to collide with it. More blood leaked from within her jaws as her head let out some blood of it's own. She couldn't get up, the pain in her spine was unbearable. "Ebonite, this is the last I ask for this battle...Snowstorm of Underworld..."
Ikira, who was emitting a monotonous growl of victiory, stopped as she saw Ebonite stir in the rubble. The long feathers on her shoulders stuck out of the rubble as it was thrown off of her. A sudden wind kicked up around the bird, quick but powerful, which knocked off all the debris. Her head whipped around to face Ikira, her silver, pupil-less eyes cold and angry. This was one angry raven. She stood on her talons, flexing them over the rocks that were scattered over the floor. Blood dripped from her own beak as she let out a shrill, choked caw, louder than the one at her arrival. She lifted her wings as Ikira braced herself. Ebonite's motions were slow, so it surprised everyone when she shot up off of the ground, her head colliding with the bottom of Ikira's ribcage.
The black-haired girl screamed, blood visible at the back of her throat, she looked away from the battle, on her knees and ready to fall forward onto the ground.
Ikira also roared. Ebonite retracted slightly and headbutted the canine's lower jaw, clamping it shut and causing the teeth to go a bit too far together, making the gums bleed. Ebonite wanted to end this, and lifted her black talons, her long, feathery tail swishing out behind her. With one final slash Ikira fell, her own tail flapping behind her, her wings tattered, not allowing any flight. As Ikira crashed, the purple blade slowed and stopped. Rhia won. Ebonite, with a few final flaps, stayed aloft. But then gave in and toppled after Ikira. Landing in her previous crater.
Tani, blood gurgling out of her mouth, collapsed, her arms slashed and bleeding. Rhia, already on the ground, slightly looked up at Tani. Blood that leaked from her head pooled in her lower eyelid, stinging her eyes and making sight really difficult. She saw the two Bitbeasts fizzle out and return to their Beyblades. Very much needing to rest. Rhia coughed a bit, and spit out whatever blood was still in her mouth, before she blacked out, the pain in her body overwhelming.
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"Man, what did you two do to get like this?" Athena sat in a chair, centred between two beds. She was in the hospital. Rhia and Tani were found on the roof of the hotel not long after they passed out. It wasn't everyday you find two girls, almost bleeding to death on the roof of a hotel, without anything that would've caused such a thing. It was on the six o'clock news. Athena immediately took a bus to the hospital hey were being kept at. The two girls lay there, bandages covering their waists and faces. Both had tubes in their noses, hooked up to respirators. Blood still leaked through the gauze pad on Rhia's forehead.
"I can assume this was because of a Beyblabe battle," she looked up at the two Beyblades on the bedtable between them. The Blades were in pretty bad shape, yet they lay there, slightly gleaming in the sunset that filtered through the window. A nurse had told Athena that they were alive, but out. They'd lost a lot of blood. Athena solemnly stared at the cream-colored wall, her bangs falling over her crystal-blue eyes, no longer weighed down by alcohol. She was smart not to be drunk in a hospital.
A slight stir to her right caught her attention. Tani was waking up.
"Athena?" Her violet eyes were barely open as her vision slowly returned. She winced slightly as she tried to move her body, "What are you doing here?"
"Hey, you two are the only people I really know here. I was obligated to come," Athena smirked slightly, "What are YOU doing here?"
Tani made a sound that was rather like a painful chuckle, "It was a Beybattle between me and Rhia. Bitbeasts and everything. We went all out. You tied with me, but she beat me," Tani made long pauses before she started a new sentence, her ribcage still throbbed with pain, "I'm surprised she's still out."
As she said this, Rhia let out a tiny groan.
"Well speak of the devil.." Athena and Tani looked over at Rhia, who had her eyes slightly open.
"Mmph...Tala?" The other two girls exchanged confused expressions as Rhia's vision cleared from what must've been an extreme blur. "Oh! Athena, it's you! Tani, you alright?"
"Fine, Rhia." All three girls smiled slightly.
"Now tell us, Rhi. Who's this Tala?" Athena had a slight grin playing over her face.
"What? Oh!," Rhia blushed slightly, but it was half covered by bandages. She saw through just her left eye. "He was at the Abbey. Captain of their local team. I trained with him."
"So it's a he, eh?" Tani grinned.
"Ah, shutup!" Rhia would've thrown a pillow at her, had she not needed it to support her neck, and her arm not be connected to a bag filled with clear fluid.
"Girls, I've been thinking." Athena changed the subject, to Rhia's relief, and looked at the two of them. "Thinking about our Beyblading skill."
"...We should start a team!" Rhia grinned.
"Exactly."
"Dude! That's a great idea!" Tani wanted to leave this hospital NOW, the prospect of a Beyblade team got her all revved up.
"I call captain!" Rhia called out.
"Damn. Fine, Second Captain!" Athena held Nocturna in her hand. The bit chip let out a slight swirl of green light. None noticed it, though.
"Aww, crap." Tani pouted, "Oh well. At least I'm on the team."
Rhia was with Tani, also wanting to leave the hospital, "Let's call ourselves..." the three pondered for a short while, thinking of a name that sounded cool, but wasn't too complicated.
"The Nightshades!" Tani called out. All three grinned.
"Girls! SHH! This is a hospital!" A nurse scowled at them as she passed by the open door. The three girls glared at the doorway once she left. They were the Nightshades.
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Whoa, 7 pages! O_O; I'm amazed.
Okay, loved that chapter XD The Nightshades are here!....in chapter 5! XD;;;; Took them long enough.
*is proud of self*
Disclaimer: Don't own Beyblade. Rhia and Ebonite are mine, Tani and Ikira belong to Shadow Weaver and Ikira, and Athena and Nocturna belong to Chibi Neko-Shaa.
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Deadly Nightshade
Chapter Five
Enter Nightshades.
A month later. October. Another morning. Another Ian-style awakening. Isn't it weird when you can feel people watching you? Rhia turned over, her back to the wall, but she didn't open her eyes.
"Ian, I get it already. You can stop staring at me now."
"Rhia.." It wasn't Ian, of course. Rhia's brow furrowed. It was Tala. Since when did Tala come to wake her up? She opened her eyes and looked up at his pale face.
"Tala? What's going on? Is there something bad happening?" She sat up as she said this, the white blanket wrapped around her bare feet. This felt odd.
He said nothing, but pointed at a thin white envelope on the bedtable. What was this? The girl slowly reached over, frowning. Her long fingers ripped open the top of it. It was a notice of sorts. She read it to herself. Her lips slightly moving. She was being sent out of the Abbey. Not for anything bad, no. Boris either didn't know of her little runoff, didn't care, or totally forgot. She was supposed to remain in Russia for a while, but not in the Abbey. In a hotel. After that, she would take a flight to Japan. It wasn't stated why, though.
"You're leaving tomorrow." Tala broke the silence once Rhia put the letter back on the table.
"But...I can't go! I've only been here for two months! I want to stay!" Rhia stared at him, wide-eyed. She really didn't want to go. She had become rather attatched to the cold, darkness of the Abbey. Two months wasn't enough time!
"You don't have a choice in the matter, Rhia. What Boris says goes," he looked at her, his turquoise eyes emotionless, "And the World Championship is coming up. He doesn't want you in the way."
"Not want me in the way? What the hell is that supposed to mean?!"
"What it means is that he doesn't want you interfering with whatever he has planned." He looked away, slightly. "Now come on, this is your last day of training and we should make the most of it."
Rhia sighed, then followed. What a miserable way to start a morning. She didn't ever bother clipping on her chains and belts. The clothes she slept in would be fine.
The next morning wasn't a happy one. Rhia stood by the Abbey door, her bag by her left foot. She was staring at the ground. Leaving was inevitable, of course. Even though she only had spent a month at the Abbey, and wasn't very close with the boys, she would miss this place. It was all she had, since her memory was definitely not the best. Would she ever see them again?
"Time to go," Boris said as a large, empty, white bus pulled up.
"See ya, everyone..." Rhia looked up at the boys, and waved slightly.
Tala and Ian were the only ones that waved back.
The bus rumbled off through the forest, only one passenger within it's steel covered form.
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Over in the Hotel, the one Rhia was set to arrive at, a girl sat in the lobby, in a chair that faced the revolving glass doors. She wore a trenchcoat, and only her face and hair were visible. It was the girl from the forest, with her black hair and purple bangs. She sat there, silently, barely even moving. People walked by and gave her odd looks. She didn't fit in with the bright surroundings, the sunlight filtering through the floor-to-ceiling windows. The white bus pulled up and Rhia stepped out, her bag over her shoulder. She walked through the doors and up to the counter, the sitting girl's eyes followed her every movement. As Rhia headed to the elevator, room key in hand, the other girl stood and followed. She spoke once the doors closed.
"I've been watching you."
Rhia looked at her out of the corner of her eye, not saying anything incase the other girl was crazy. She probably was.
"You and your Beyblade. I was there the night you fought Athena Caruso." She didn't even look at Rhia as she spoke, but at the elevator wall. She pushed the button for the highest floor. The roof.
Rhia narrowed her eyes at the shorter girl, "You know her. You know Athena. Why were you there?"
"I'm Tani Yamaka. I've only met Athena once. It was a Beyblade match which ended in a tie. She wasn't drunk that time," Tani finally looked Rhia in the eyes, "Now I need to battle you. I love new competition."
"Fine then." Rhia put her hand in her pocket, her fingers clasped around Ebonite. "We battle now."
The elevator doors opened, the floor of the roof lay before them. A Beyblade dish stood a few metres ahead, out of place in the bare surroundings. It was large, and a pale red color. The two girls stood on opposite ends.
"Where the hell did this dish come from?"
"I put it here earlier. I overheard the name of the hotel that you were going to."
"You must have some messed up hearing skills. Unless you were in the building at the time."
Tani smiled slightly. It was the first time Rhia had seen her smile, and it looked odd on her face, like she rarely held that expression. "Let's get started."
Rhia growled slightly, this girl was creeping her out. "Alright." She locked Ebonite in place. Tani locked in her dark purple blade.
"Three, two, one...LET IT RIP!"
"Go, Ebonite!"
"Ikira!"
The blades spun around on opposite ends of the dish, neither making any other moves. Until Ikira suddenly stopped that motion and headed for Ebonite. A shower of blue sparks shot out as the two blades made contact.
"Let's finish this quick, Ebonite!" The navy blade quickly dodged the other one, and backed up. "Summon Ice Daggers!" As the two blades were on opposite sides, Rhia's shot forward and hit Ikira at an angle, attacking the base. Ikira was quickly shoved out of the stadium.
Tani bent and picked up Ikira, as Ebonite returned to Rhia's hand. "That was good, Rhia. But you won't win the next round."
"We'll see about that." They both launched their blades, each one immediately heading for the other as they made contact.
"Quickly, Ikira! Black Fire!" Tani obviously wanted to finish this round quickly. A semitransparent flame surrounded the purple blade as it inscreased in spin speed, the black marks disappearing. Overwhelmed by the purple metal. Ebonite tried to circle around and attack, but Ikira expected it, and did the same motion. She repeatedly retracted, and shot forward, hitting Ebonite with her sharp attack ring. After ten seconds of such a beating, Ebonite shot out of the stadium, and came to rest in Rhia's hand.
"Well shit. You were right." Rhia smiled. She was enjoying this.
"I sure as hell did!" Tani joined in the swearfest. She found something she had in common with the tall girl, swearing. "Tiebreaker's next."
"I think I'll win this one," Locking Ebonite in place, Rhia winked at Tani. Who gave a short shake of her head. Tani was gonna win.
"Three. Two. One...Let it rip!"
Rhia wasted no time sending out Ebonite. She really wanted to win. A beam of blue light erupted from the center of her blade, it was thin at first, then thickened. A shape became visible. A raven. Ebonite. Tiny flakes of ice swirled around her, mixed with a chill wind which lifted her feathers. The wind ruffled the two girls' hair, making rustling sounds in their ears. Ebonite's wings stretched out to their full length, as she let out a loud, raspy, and slightly choked caw.
"A bitbeast. Of course. That must be the only way you tied with Athena. Blades without Bits lose easily to ones that have them." Tani's purple blade circled around, ready for another shot at Ebonite. Thick, black smoke unfurled from the bit chip, seemingly unaffected by the slight wind Tani's blade caused. As some hung low to the ground, the rest spiraled upward to form a purple beam of light. Thus making Ikira appear. She was a large, bipedal dog-like thing. Black furred with odd spikey patterns on her limbs and chest. She had shoulder-length hair, purple with black tips. Her wing membranes and tail fin were purple, and parts of her were wrapped in white bandages. She released a sound like a desolate howl mixed with a rough growling sound, which sent a chill down Rhia's spine. Her wings flapped as she headed towards the raven.
Ebonite let out a long caw, quieter than the first, and flapped her own wings, dodging the demonic dog. Ikira braked and looked up, her pupils smaller slits than they had started at. She flexed her claws and hissed, leaping back at Ebonite. The large corvid didn't dodge this time, but lowered the impact of Ikira by sticking her talons out in front of her, which caught Ikira's back legs. The two floated in midair, wrestlin with eachother. The show was mixed with a nice orchestra of angry animal sounds.
"This is more like it," Tani raised her arm in the air, "Ikira, Devil's Claw!" The demon listened to her Blader, letting go of Ebonite's neck to slash at her feet, dislodging her back legs from their grip. Ebonite screeched in protest as Ikira slashed at her feathered chest, blood slightly staining the canine's claws. Down in the stadium, the purple blade was on a slant, whacking the base of the navy one, which was letting out a shower of blue sparks.
Rhia growled slightly, her breath ragged and pupils slightly smaller, "Ebonite! Don't let that thing get to you so easily, Avalanche of Alpine! Now!" The navy bird recovered from the slashing, opening her beak. She raged towards Ikira, and bit down on her neck. Although Ebonite had a beak that looked like it had fangs, it didn't fatally hurt Ikira, the attack slightly weakened by her bandages and thick fur.
The attack seemed to have a slight effect on Tani as well, who clasped her hand over her neck as Ebonite attacked her Bitbeast. This happened in the battle with Athena as well. Both girls used their Bits in the last round, and it was as if a fraction of what happened to the Bitbeasts, happened to them. Rhia had the same effect on herself, as well. Tani hissed slightly before yelling out her command, "IKIRA! COLD SMOKE!"
Down in the stadium, the purple blade let out more of that black fog, but at a much faster rate, and a higher amount. The smoke rose up into the sky, advancing towards the Bitbeasts. All that was seen before the smoke covered everything, was Ikira punching Ebonite in the gut, removing the jagged beak from her thick neck. Rhia swiftly looked around within the murk.
"Ebonite! Stay alert, don't let Ikira surprise you!" But in that thick, black fog, it was hard to stay alert. A grumbling roar sounded, followed by a shrill crow as Ebonite flew backwards from within the fog, her wings thrust forward in reaction. Rhia was also thrown back, but she scrambled to regain her balance before she could fall. She stood there, hand clutching her torso as a thin trickle of blood leaked from her mouth. She spit whatever blood had collected in there before speaking. "This is it, Tani. You are going down! SUMMON ICE DAGGERS!" Rhia spread out her arms as she called out the command. Wind from her blade blasted upwards, filled with ice crystals. It struck the black smoke, thinning it out, and making vision once again possible. Ebonite shook her head, the cybernetic shield which covered her eyes glinted in the sunlight. The shield, similar to the one Ikira had, relayed simple information, and was now targeting a spot that would be a better spot to hit. Ikira's lower gut. No bandages, and thinner fur.
Ikira lifted her arms, claws ready to strike again. Ebonite flew forward, the bladed tips of her wings nice and ready. She flew upwards, Ikira contracted her muscles and leaped upwards, ready to attack. But Ebonite had expected this and swiftly brought her wings towards her body, going down enough so that Ikira's belly was straight in front of her. The dog demon grunted slightly, not having the time to react to the raven's sudden change in elevation, and let out that desolate howl of her's as Ebonite slashed at the soft skin, the razors of her wings spattering blood down onto the girls.
Tani fell to her knees, clutching her stomach with both arms, her neck still slightly dripping onto her gray pants. Blood was seen on the purple of her shirt, slowly finding it's way through the fabric. Her eyes remained focused on the battle, as she whispered her command, not wasting more of her energy, "Hell's Jagged Shade."
Ikira, who was previously gnashing at Ebonite, stopped, and flapped her bat-like wings to get above the corvid, who finally got a chance to shake the blood that now weighed down her wings. Ikira's own cybernetic eye shield calculated the exact position of her opponent, and how high she'd have to fly to strike. Ebonite was still trying to lighten her wings as Ikira plummeted from the sky. The raven looked above and was only able to move a foot, not a long distance for such a large creature, before the demon's foot claws slammed into her lower spine. Ebonite's ragged caw of protest was stopped as she fell and crashed into the floor of the building, kicking up dust.
As this happened, Rhia was knocked forward, slightly bouncing off of the floor as her head was the first to collide with it. More blood leaked from within her jaws as her head let out some blood of it's own. She couldn't get up, the pain in her spine was unbearable. "Ebonite, this is the last I ask for this battle...Snowstorm of Underworld..."
Ikira, who was emitting a monotonous growl of victiory, stopped as she saw Ebonite stir in the rubble. The long feathers on her shoulders stuck out of the rubble as it was thrown off of her. A sudden wind kicked up around the bird, quick but powerful, which knocked off all the debris. Her head whipped around to face Ikira, her silver, pupil-less eyes cold and angry. This was one angry raven. She stood on her talons, flexing them over the rocks that were scattered over the floor. Blood dripped from her own beak as she let out a shrill, choked caw, louder than the one at her arrival. She lifted her wings as Ikira braced herself. Ebonite's motions were slow, so it surprised everyone when she shot up off of the ground, her head colliding with the bottom of Ikira's ribcage.
The black-haired girl screamed, blood visible at the back of her throat, she looked away from the battle, on her knees and ready to fall forward onto the ground.
Ikira also roared. Ebonite retracted slightly and headbutted the canine's lower jaw, clamping it shut and causing the teeth to go a bit too far together, making the gums bleed. Ebonite wanted to end this, and lifted her black talons, her long, feathery tail swishing out behind her. With one final slash Ikira fell, her own tail flapping behind her, her wings tattered, not allowing any flight. As Ikira crashed, the purple blade slowed and stopped. Rhia won. Ebonite, with a few final flaps, stayed aloft. But then gave in and toppled after Ikira. Landing in her previous crater.
Tani, blood gurgling out of her mouth, collapsed, her arms slashed and bleeding. Rhia, already on the ground, slightly looked up at Tani. Blood that leaked from her head pooled in her lower eyelid, stinging her eyes and making sight really difficult. She saw the two Bitbeasts fizzle out and return to their Beyblades. Very much needing to rest. Rhia coughed a bit, and spit out whatever blood was still in her mouth, before she blacked out, the pain in her body overwhelming.
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"Man, what did you two do to get like this?" Athena sat in a chair, centred between two beds. She was in the hospital. Rhia and Tani were found on the roof of the hotel not long after they passed out. It wasn't everyday you find two girls, almost bleeding to death on the roof of a hotel, without anything that would've caused such a thing. It was on the six o'clock news. Athena immediately took a bus to the hospital hey were being kept at. The two girls lay there, bandages covering their waists and faces. Both had tubes in their noses, hooked up to respirators. Blood still leaked through the gauze pad on Rhia's forehead.
"I can assume this was because of a Beyblabe battle," she looked up at the two Beyblades on the bedtable between them. The Blades were in pretty bad shape, yet they lay there, slightly gleaming in the sunset that filtered through the window. A nurse had told Athena that they were alive, but out. They'd lost a lot of blood. Athena solemnly stared at the cream-colored wall, her bangs falling over her crystal-blue eyes, no longer weighed down by alcohol. She was smart not to be drunk in a hospital.
A slight stir to her right caught her attention. Tani was waking up.
"Athena?" Her violet eyes were barely open as her vision slowly returned. She winced slightly as she tried to move her body, "What are you doing here?"
"Hey, you two are the only people I really know here. I was obligated to come," Athena smirked slightly, "What are YOU doing here?"
Tani made a sound that was rather like a painful chuckle, "It was a Beybattle between me and Rhia. Bitbeasts and everything. We went all out. You tied with me, but she beat me," Tani made long pauses before she started a new sentence, her ribcage still throbbed with pain, "I'm surprised she's still out."
As she said this, Rhia let out a tiny groan.
"Well speak of the devil.." Athena and Tani looked over at Rhia, who had her eyes slightly open.
"Mmph...Tala?" The other two girls exchanged confused expressions as Rhia's vision cleared from what must've been an extreme blur. "Oh! Athena, it's you! Tani, you alright?"
"Fine, Rhia." All three girls smiled slightly.
"Now tell us, Rhi. Who's this Tala?" Athena had a slight grin playing over her face.
"What? Oh!," Rhia blushed slightly, but it was half covered by bandages. She saw through just her left eye. "He was at the Abbey. Captain of their local team. I trained with him."
"So it's a he, eh?" Tani grinned.
"Ah, shutup!" Rhia would've thrown a pillow at her, had she not needed it to support her neck, and her arm not be connected to a bag filled with clear fluid.
"Girls, I've been thinking." Athena changed the subject, to Rhia's relief, and looked at the two of them. "Thinking about our Beyblading skill."
"...We should start a team!" Rhia grinned.
"Exactly."
"Dude! That's a great idea!" Tani wanted to leave this hospital NOW, the prospect of a Beyblade team got her all revved up.
"I call captain!" Rhia called out.
"Damn. Fine, Second Captain!" Athena held Nocturna in her hand. The bit chip let out a slight swirl of green light. None noticed it, though.
"Aww, crap." Tani pouted, "Oh well. At least I'm on the team."
Rhia was with Tani, also wanting to leave the hospital, "Let's call ourselves..." the three pondered for a short while, thinking of a name that sounded cool, but wasn't too complicated.
"The Nightshades!" Tani called out. All three grinned.
"Girls! SHH! This is a hospital!" A nurse scowled at them as she passed by the open door. The three girls glared at the doorway once she left. They were the Nightshades.
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Whoa, 7 pages! O_O; I'm amazed.
Okay, loved that chapter XD The Nightshades are here!....in chapter 5! XD;;;; Took them long enough.
*is proud of self*