Sorry for the wait!
I was procrastinating this chapter, but now, here it is!
Thanks to my friend Phoenix-Roar for the idea of the ending of this chapter. I couldn't quite remember it, but I think it's close enough
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Enjoy!
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The horse slowed down to a trot once they had lost the enemy.
The BladeBreakers had climbed out on top of the pile of hay, and were busy picking the stray pieces from their hair and clothing.
"Oh Dizzi! I missed you so much!" Kenny hugged his laptop tightly. He opened it up and turned it on, only to be greeted with a normal computer screen. "Dizzi?"
"She's gone." Kai said.
"What?!" Kenny looked like he was about to have a heart attack.
"Maybe you just need to hit it a couple times!" Tyson said, about to take the computer and whack it.
"I've already tried. Dizzi's gone, just like Dranzer." Kai showed them his empty beyblade.
"Wait a minute...you hit her!?" Kenny shouted. Kai only glared at the annoying boy.
"Yeah...all our bitbeasts are gone too!" Rei said.
The blue haired teen suddenly hissed in pain and Hilary picked some straw away from it. He was about to move away from her, but she held him down.
"It's just a scratch, I'll be fine!"
"That's a pretty serious scratch Kai." She squinted at him.
"Ahh! Don't touch it!" He almost yelled as she went back to picking out the hay.
"Where are we going anyway?" Max asked, changing the subject as Kai and Hilary continued to argue.
"We're going to the village of flame, my home." The young girl driving the cart replied. She turned around to smile at the teens.
"Her name's Kairi. Her and her family found me in the mountains." Kai muttered. He was pulling off the bandages around his arm and rewrapping them around his thigh.
"Here..." Hilary took the end of the bandages and finished wrapping his wound, and knotting it tightly in place. Blood immediately began to soak through. "What happened to your arms?"
"Yeah, and why are you dressed like that!?" Tyson added.
Kai crossed his arms over his chest, trying to hide the small black marks and cuts that trailed his forearms and biceps.
"When we found him, he was frostbitten." Kairi answered, earning a glare from the eldest teen.
"But why are you dressed like that?" Tyson asked again.
"Would you shut up!?" Kai snapped. He didn't like the outfit either, but he didn't have a choice in the matter.
"You look like Ozuma or something!" Tyson snickered.
"Tyson, stop while you're ahead..." Rei said, hearing Kai start to growl dangerously.
"The Shadow Clan was searching our village. He's in disguise. They have been looking for all of you for some time now." Kairi said.
The horse drawn cart finally entered the village and Kairi steered it into a barn, closing the doors behind it.
The BladeBreakers all jumped out of the back, brushing themselves off and getting rid of any leftover hay.
They quickly rushed across the dirt street and into another house.
"Yay! You came back!" Darian ran over to Kai, hugging his leg.
"Hey! You've found your friends!" Layla exclaimed as she followed her son into the main room. "Is everyone okay?"
"Kai's leg was grazed." Hilary replied, smiling as the teen sent a death glare at her.
Layla gasped. "Lay down now!" She rushed off to get some supplies.
"I'm fine!" He called out, but Rei and Tyson had grabbed hold of him, and were forcing him over to a makeshift couch near the fireplace.
Kai growled, demanding they let him go, but it was no use. Rei had shoved him back on the couch, and Tyson sat on his stomach, nearly knocking the wind out of the blue haired teen.
"Tyson, get OFF!" He yelled, his voice dark with anger. "You're...to.....HEAVY!"
The navy haired blader just chuckled to himself, holding the older teen down with his weight.
Everyone, but Kai, couldn't help but laugh at the sight.
Tyson eventually got off so Layla could bandage his leg more properly, and once she was done, Kai got to his feet, rushed over to Tyson, and landed his fist in his face, sending the teen to the ground in pain.
Needless to say, the laughing stopped instantly.
"So, what you're saying is that this Shadow Clan is after our bitbeasts?" Rei asked.
Kai nodded silently.
"Oh no! We need to find them before they do then!" Max exclaimed.
"But how?! They could be anywhere, and who knows if they would recognize us!" Kenny replied.
"Our bitbeasts are the guardians of four different villages...Drigger at the village of the mountains, Draciel at the village of water, Dragoon, at the village of the wind, and Dranzer...here, at the village of flame." Kai said. "They're most likely somewhere around there."
"Each of those villages have a stone statue in the center of the animals you've described." Kairi said.
"But, you must remember that the Shadow Clan is also after your lives!" Layla said.
"That's right. They want all of us dead, so we won't be able to reclaim our bitbeasts." Kai added. "They plan on capturing them and using their power to take over the world."
"Sounds just like BioVolt!" Rei said.
Kai nodded sadly.
"BioVolt? What's that?" Hilary asked.
Everyone looked over at the blue haired teen, almost fearing to answer.
"BioVolt was an evil organization, training beybladers to steal bitbeasts so they could dominate the world." Kai stated, breathing in deeply at all the memories.
"I heard one of those capped freaks saying that you trained there Kai!" Darian said softly.
"Really?" Hilary looked at Kai again, sadness growing in her ruby eyes.
Kai nodded again. "Unfortunately, I did. My Grandfather was the owner...."
Hilary gasped. "I...I never knew..."
"That Marik guy seemed desperate to get to you too!" Rei said suddenly.
"I know...he....he's familiar somehow...I can't put my finger on it, but I swear I've seen him before." Kai said.
"You don't think he has anything to do with Voltaire or BioVolt, do you Kai?" Max asked.
"I honestly don't know...."
"Hey guys...what's up?" A drowsy voice asked.
Tyson walked into the room and collapsed onto the makeshift couch. Kai's punch had knocked him out, and now he had a black eye and swollen lip. His nose had almost been broken, and Kai seemed slightly disappointed about it.
"Well, the only thing to do now is go and find out bitbeasts!" Rei said, standing up.
"Before you do, we better get you some different clothes. You'll be less easy to recognize." Layla stood up and headed into another room. Moments later, she brought back 5 pairs of fresh clothes for the rest of the team.
Hilary's outfit was very similar to Mariam's, while Kenny's looked more like Joseph's.
Tyson and Max's clothes looked like Dunga's, but the sleeves were short and neatly cut. Rei's outfit was close to Kai's but the colors were different and the tunic was much longer.
Everyone felt awkward in their new clothes. Kai had gotten used to it, but still felt slightly uncomfortable with his bare chest being exposed.
"Tyson, I would hide your hat." Max said.
"Aww...but why?"
"Just do it Tyson!" Kai growled.
The navy haired blader frowned and began mumbling to himself about how unfair everything was when suddenly, screams and shouts were heard from outside.
Everyone rushed out the front and peered around the house, trying to see what was happening.
And ear shattering cry rang throughout the village and a fierce wind blew dust up into the sky.
"Quick! Before it gets away!"
The BladeBreakers' eyes went wide as they saw a familiar, fire red bird struggle as capped men tossed ropes around her neck and claws, trying to anchor her to the ground.
"Dranzer!" Kai called, rushing over to his beloved bitbeast.
"Kai!" Hilary started to chase him, but Rei held her back.
"No, not yet." He said.
She nodded slightly and continued to watch the scene.
"Let her go!" Kai yelled, launching his beyblade at the ropes, severing them and freeing the phoenix from the ground.
Dranzer cried out, knocking her assailants into a house with her wings.
"Dranzer!" Kai yelled up to his bitbeast, standing directly in front of her.
She looked down at the blue haired teen, her eyes glowing red in anger.
"Dranzer?" Kai looked up at the majestic phoenix, confusion in his crimson eyes.
The bitbeast let out another piercing cry and began to glow. Flames danced up from between her feathers.
Kai glared into his bitbeast's glowing eyes and clenched his hands into fists. "Dranzer! Stop!" He called again.
The legendary phoenix flapped her wings, sending a strong gush of wind at Kai, nearly knocking him from his feet.
"Get away Kai! She's going to attack!" Rei yelled, approaching his captain slowly.
"No! Stay back!" Kai called back.
"Do it now you morons!" One of the cloaked men exclaimed as he regained consciousness. The men aimed their weapons at the bitbeast, willing to attack it.
Dranzer let out one last ear shattering screech and unleashed a giant fireball, engulfing everyone who stood in her way.
Kai's arms went up defensively, shielding his face from the fire, but he felt no pain. His eyes went wide, and he looked about him. The cloaked men were quickly incinerated, leaving their accomplices stunned.
"Kai!" Hilary cried, running over to the teen surrounded by the mystic fire.
"No Hilary!" Tyson grabbed her arm, stopping her in her tracks.
Tears were pulling at the corner of her eyes as she watched Kai struggle in the fire, but amazingly, he didn't appear to be burning!
"Dran.....zer!" Kai clenched his teeth, trying to break out of the flames, but they seemed to anchor him to the ground.
The majestic phoenix looked down at her master with loving eyes. She chirped happily before jumping into the air.
"No! Don't!" Kai extended his hand, reaching out to his phoenix, but the flames surrounding his body immediately began to burn, as if warning him not to make another move. The teen cursed as more cloaked men tried to overpower Dranzer, but the phoenix released another wave of fire, forcing her attackers to run off before they were killed.
The mystical fire bird chased every last member of the Shadow Clan out of the village before disappearing in the darkening clouds above.
The fire slowly began to dissipate, and Kai fell to his knees, his skin and clothes slightly singed.
"Kai!" Everyone rushed over to their captain, eager to see if he was alright.
"That was freaky!" Tyson exclaimed.
"Kai? Are you alright?" Hilary looked curiously at his crimson eyes, which seemed to be lost in the clouds.
He clenched a fistful of dirt as his body began to tremble slightly.
"No......Dranzer...." Kai murmured. "DRANZER!!!!!"
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Don't forget to review!
I was procrastinating this chapter, but now, here it is!
Thanks to my friend Phoenix-Roar for the idea of the ending of this chapter. I couldn't quite remember it, but I think it's close enough
XP
Enjoy!
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The horse slowed down to a trot once they had lost the enemy.
The BladeBreakers had climbed out on top of the pile of hay, and were busy picking the stray pieces from their hair and clothing.
"Oh Dizzi! I missed you so much!" Kenny hugged his laptop tightly. He opened it up and turned it on, only to be greeted with a normal computer screen. "Dizzi?"
"She's gone." Kai said.
"What?!" Kenny looked like he was about to have a heart attack.
"Maybe you just need to hit it a couple times!" Tyson said, about to take the computer and whack it.
"I've already tried. Dizzi's gone, just like Dranzer." Kai showed them his empty beyblade.
"Wait a minute...you hit her!?" Kenny shouted. Kai only glared at the annoying boy.
"Yeah...all our bitbeasts are gone too!" Rei said.
The blue haired teen suddenly hissed in pain and Hilary picked some straw away from it. He was about to move away from her, but she held him down.
"It's just a scratch, I'll be fine!"
"That's a pretty serious scratch Kai." She squinted at him.
"Ahh! Don't touch it!" He almost yelled as she went back to picking out the hay.
"Where are we going anyway?" Max asked, changing the subject as Kai and Hilary continued to argue.
"We're going to the village of flame, my home." The young girl driving the cart replied. She turned around to smile at the teens.
"Her name's Kairi. Her and her family found me in the mountains." Kai muttered. He was pulling off the bandages around his arm and rewrapping them around his thigh.
"Here..." Hilary took the end of the bandages and finished wrapping his wound, and knotting it tightly in place. Blood immediately began to soak through. "What happened to your arms?"
"Yeah, and why are you dressed like that!?" Tyson added.
Kai crossed his arms over his chest, trying to hide the small black marks and cuts that trailed his forearms and biceps.
"When we found him, he was frostbitten." Kairi answered, earning a glare from the eldest teen.
"But why are you dressed like that?" Tyson asked again.
"Would you shut up!?" Kai snapped. He didn't like the outfit either, but he didn't have a choice in the matter.
"You look like Ozuma or something!" Tyson snickered.
"Tyson, stop while you're ahead..." Rei said, hearing Kai start to growl dangerously.
"The Shadow Clan was searching our village. He's in disguise. They have been looking for all of you for some time now." Kairi said.
The horse drawn cart finally entered the village and Kairi steered it into a barn, closing the doors behind it.
The BladeBreakers all jumped out of the back, brushing themselves off and getting rid of any leftover hay.
They quickly rushed across the dirt street and into another house.
"Yay! You came back!" Darian ran over to Kai, hugging his leg.
"Hey! You've found your friends!" Layla exclaimed as she followed her son into the main room. "Is everyone okay?"
"Kai's leg was grazed." Hilary replied, smiling as the teen sent a death glare at her.
Layla gasped. "Lay down now!" She rushed off to get some supplies.
"I'm fine!" He called out, but Rei and Tyson had grabbed hold of him, and were forcing him over to a makeshift couch near the fireplace.
Kai growled, demanding they let him go, but it was no use. Rei had shoved him back on the couch, and Tyson sat on his stomach, nearly knocking the wind out of the blue haired teen.
"Tyson, get OFF!" He yelled, his voice dark with anger. "You're...to.....HEAVY!"
The navy haired blader just chuckled to himself, holding the older teen down with his weight.
Everyone, but Kai, couldn't help but laugh at the sight.
Tyson eventually got off so Layla could bandage his leg more properly, and once she was done, Kai got to his feet, rushed over to Tyson, and landed his fist in his face, sending the teen to the ground in pain.
Needless to say, the laughing stopped instantly.
"So, what you're saying is that this Shadow Clan is after our bitbeasts?" Rei asked.
Kai nodded silently.
"Oh no! We need to find them before they do then!" Max exclaimed.
"But how?! They could be anywhere, and who knows if they would recognize us!" Kenny replied.
"Our bitbeasts are the guardians of four different villages...Drigger at the village of the mountains, Draciel at the village of water, Dragoon, at the village of the wind, and Dranzer...here, at the village of flame." Kai said. "They're most likely somewhere around there."
"Each of those villages have a stone statue in the center of the animals you've described." Kairi said.
"But, you must remember that the Shadow Clan is also after your lives!" Layla said.
"That's right. They want all of us dead, so we won't be able to reclaim our bitbeasts." Kai added. "They plan on capturing them and using their power to take over the world."
"Sounds just like BioVolt!" Rei said.
Kai nodded sadly.
"BioVolt? What's that?" Hilary asked.
Everyone looked over at the blue haired teen, almost fearing to answer.
"BioVolt was an evil organization, training beybladers to steal bitbeasts so they could dominate the world." Kai stated, breathing in deeply at all the memories.
"I heard one of those capped freaks saying that you trained there Kai!" Darian said softly.
"Really?" Hilary looked at Kai again, sadness growing in her ruby eyes.
Kai nodded again. "Unfortunately, I did. My Grandfather was the owner...."
Hilary gasped. "I...I never knew..."
"That Marik guy seemed desperate to get to you too!" Rei said suddenly.
"I know...he....he's familiar somehow...I can't put my finger on it, but I swear I've seen him before." Kai said.
"You don't think he has anything to do with Voltaire or BioVolt, do you Kai?" Max asked.
"I honestly don't know...."
"Hey guys...what's up?" A drowsy voice asked.
Tyson walked into the room and collapsed onto the makeshift couch. Kai's punch had knocked him out, and now he had a black eye and swollen lip. His nose had almost been broken, and Kai seemed slightly disappointed about it.
"Well, the only thing to do now is go and find out bitbeasts!" Rei said, standing up.
"Before you do, we better get you some different clothes. You'll be less easy to recognize." Layla stood up and headed into another room. Moments later, she brought back 5 pairs of fresh clothes for the rest of the team.
Hilary's outfit was very similar to Mariam's, while Kenny's looked more like Joseph's.
Tyson and Max's clothes looked like Dunga's, but the sleeves were short and neatly cut. Rei's outfit was close to Kai's but the colors were different and the tunic was much longer.
Everyone felt awkward in their new clothes. Kai had gotten used to it, but still felt slightly uncomfortable with his bare chest being exposed.
"Tyson, I would hide your hat." Max said.
"Aww...but why?"
"Just do it Tyson!" Kai growled.
The navy haired blader frowned and began mumbling to himself about how unfair everything was when suddenly, screams and shouts were heard from outside.
Everyone rushed out the front and peered around the house, trying to see what was happening.
And ear shattering cry rang throughout the village and a fierce wind blew dust up into the sky.
"Quick! Before it gets away!"
The BladeBreakers' eyes went wide as they saw a familiar, fire red bird struggle as capped men tossed ropes around her neck and claws, trying to anchor her to the ground.
"Dranzer!" Kai called, rushing over to his beloved bitbeast.
"Kai!" Hilary started to chase him, but Rei held her back.
"No, not yet." He said.
She nodded slightly and continued to watch the scene.
"Let her go!" Kai yelled, launching his beyblade at the ropes, severing them and freeing the phoenix from the ground.
Dranzer cried out, knocking her assailants into a house with her wings.
"Dranzer!" Kai yelled up to his bitbeast, standing directly in front of her.
She looked down at the blue haired teen, her eyes glowing red in anger.
"Dranzer?" Kai looked up at the majestic phoenix, confusion in his crimson eyes.
The bitbeast let out another piercing cry and began to glow. Flames danced up from between her feathers.
Kai glared into his bitbeast's glowing eyes and clenched his hands into fists. "Dranzer! Stop!" He called again.
The legendary phoenix flapped her wings, sending a strong gush of wind at Kai, nearly knocking him from his feet.
"Get away Kai! She's going to attack!" Rei yelled, approaching his captain slowly.
"No! Stay back!" Kai called back.
"Do it now you morons!" One of the cloaked men exclaimed as he regained consciousness. The men aimed their weapons at the bitbeast, willing to attack it.
Dranzer let out one last ear shattering screech and unleashed a giant fireball, engulfing everyone who stood in her way.
Kai's arms went up defensively, shielding his face from the fire, but he felt no pain. His eyes went wide, and he looked about him. The cloaked men were quickly incinerated, leaving their accomplices stunned.
"Kai!" Hilary cried, running over to the teen surrounded by the mystic fire.
"No Hilary!" Tyson grabbed her arm, stopping her in her tracks.
Tears were pulling at the corner of her eyes as she watched Kai struggle in the fire, but amazingly, he didn't appear to be burning!
"Dran.....zer!" Kai clenched his teeth, trying to break out of the flames, but they seemed to anchor him to the ground.
The majestic phoenix looked down at her master with loving eyes. She chirped happily before jumping into the air.
"No! Don't!" Kai extended his hand, reaching out to his phoenix, but the flames surrounding his body immediately began to burn, as if warning him not to make another move. The teen cursed as more cloaked men tried to overpower Dranzer, but the phoenix released another wave of fire, forcing her attackers to run off before they were killed.
The mystical fire bird chased every last member of the Shadow Clan out of the village before disappearing in the darkening clouds above.
The fire slowly began to dissipate, and Kai fell to his knees, his skin and clothes slightly singed.
"Kai!" Everyone rushed over to their captain, eager to see if he was alright.
"That was freaky!" Tyson exclaimed.
"Kai? Are you alright?" Hilary looked curiously at his crimson eyes, which seemed to be lost in the clouds.
He clenched a fistful of dirt as his body began to tremble slightly.
"No......Dranzer...." Kai murmured. "DRANZER!!!!!"
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