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Bleeding Tears
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Chapter Three
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'Good afternoon, Akuma...'
The teen nodded in reply, energy sapped from bringing two bitbeasts out. Hell, one wasn't even his, it was his sister's. But the siblings shared a blade, meaning the bitbeasts shared a blade.
Just like Akuma and his sister shared a body.
Xircon and Vaska watched him curiously as he seemed to drift away. Probably one of those flashbacks he and Zenrei always had...
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Six and a Half Years Ago
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Shiryou curled up on the plain white bed, shivering madly. She was sick, but no one could figure out what was wrong with her. She kept having hot and cold flashes, each one stronger than the last. Her heart beat was highly irregular, speeding up until it was painful and slowing down until it was barely beating at all. She kept heaving, but there was nothing left in her stomach, except torn stomach tissue. There wasn't even that much stomach acid left, she'd thrown it all up. Her stomach was tearing from all the heaving. Her throat was raw from all the acid, and her gut hurt immensely. She couldn't eat, even though she was starving. She couldn't sleep, even though she was dead tired. And she kept hearing voices. More correctly, one voice. Finally, she succumbed to the whispers and retreated far into her mind, now blank sea green eyes staring across the plain hospital room.
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The black-haired eight year old looked around the dark room in confusion. One minute she'd been in the hospital, sick as anything, the next she was here.
Catch me as I fall
Say you're here and it's all over now
Speaking to the atmosphere
No one's here and I fall into myself
This truth drives me
Into madness
I know I can stop the pain
If I will it all away
"Zenrei. You've finally come."
She spun around when she heard the voice, and immediately spotted the only other person in the room. She looked somewhat like her, in features anyway. Other than that they were complete opposites. She has pale skin, he had a deep tan. She had black hair, he had white. She had blue-green eyes. He had red-orange. She swallowed, backing away, only to find she backed into a wall that seemed to come up out of nowhere.
"I thought you would never arrive. I had only hoped it would have been before your body began to try to reject my spirit."
"Who...?" She whispered, sliding down the wall to sit, trembling, as she pulled her legs up and clutched them as if the world would fall away if she let go. Trying to make herself smaller. "Who are...you...?"
Don't turn away
Don't give in to the pain
Don't try to hide
Though they're screaming your name
Don't close your eyes
God knows what lies behind them
Don't turn out the light
Never sleep never die
"My name is Akuma." He walked over to where she was curled up, and knelt beside her. She winced when he reached out, but he only brushed a lock of hair away from her eye. "And you are Zenrei."
She stared at him for a moment, before slowly shaking her head. "...no, I'm Shiryou. I am, and I always will be." He chuckled.
"Zen. I always thought you were stronger than this. You've forgotten all your memories from your past life, haven't you?" When he received a blank look, he smirked. "I thought so."
I'm frightened by what I see
But somehow I know
That there's much more to come
Immobilized by my fear
And soon to be
Blinded by tears
I can stop the pain
If I will it all away
"In our past life, we were brother and sister, dark and light, good and bad. I was supposed to be your brother in this life too, but something went wrong. I died in our mother's womb. Did she ever tell you that you had an older brother? Older by seven minutes. My spirit would have died right then and there, but you saved me...mother recognized this. She named you Spirit. She always called you Iki, did she not?"
Ry trembled as she slowly nodded. "It's my middle name. One of them. Just in Japanese. Shiryou Hikari Mente Morte. Mente is—"
Don't turn away
Don't give in to the pain
Don't try to hide
Though they're screaming your name
Don't close your eyes
God knows what lies behind them
Don't turn out the light
Never sleep never die
"Italian for spirit, I know. I'm not stupid." He gave her a look and she snapped her mouth shut. "Father was Italian. Mother was Japanese. They met in America. I know. I'm your twin, Zen. I know this." She gulped as she stared into his eyes. He was telling the truth. They were in her mind. Their mind. "Your body won't accept my spirit as its own. It can't hold both." He continued casually.
Fallen angels at my feet
Whispered voices at my ear
Death before my eyes
Lying next to me I fear
She beckons me
Shall I give in
Upon my end shall I begin
Forsaking all I've fallen for
I rise to meet the end
"Oh god, this is real..." She whispered. "Oh god...you're not going to kill me, are you?" Akuma could see fear clearly written in her eyes.
"Zen..." He murmured, raising a hand to cup the side of her face. "I'm your brother. Do you think I would do that?" As she stared into his eyes, she felt a swell of trust grow inside of her, before she slowly shook her head. "That's right. We're yin and yang, light and dark, good and bad. I would never kill my other half."
Don't turn away
Don't give in to the pain
Don't try to hide
Though they're screaming your name
Don't close your eyes
God knows what lies behind them
Don't turn out the light
Never sleep never die
Slowly, timidly, she removed her arms from her knees and wrapped them around him.
He smiled, hugging her back.
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Present Time
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Akuma fell to his knees, wiping a small tear from his eye as he remembered his and Zen's first encounter. He still couldn't remember how she managed to cause her body to finally accept him. She'd gotten better, her body's rejection of his spirit having made her sick in the first place. Xircon and Vaska watched him for a moment, before returning to the wobbling blade below them. It stopped and a transparent Zenrei appeared beside her brother. He smiled at her, before he slowly faded away, disappearing just as Zen became solid once more.
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Authoress' Rant
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TR: Okay, so this is basically an explanation chapter...what happened to them...all that crap...oh and since I forgot the first two chapters, I don't own beyblade or Whisper by Evanescence. I only own Shiryou, the two souls within her; Zenrei and Akuma, and their bitbeasts; Vaska and Xircon. SO BEAT IT YOU DAMN LAWYERS! There will be plenty of Michael in the next chapter. Hopefully. Oh ya, and if anyone is wondering, there will probably be minimum if not any Bladebreakers in this story until the end which I've already written even though it needs a lot of work. It has the D-Boys in it for sure, as well as the All Stars, but I'm not sure about the Bladebreakers. (shrugs helplessly)
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Review Replies
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Anime Chrisy: Thanks again, and yes. Yes they do. She kicks very hard. As do I. My poor boyfriend gets kicked by me whenever he does something wrong...but its so damn fun! And as for the languages, there're only two, Japanese and Italian, French might be thrown in later on just for the hell of it. They're explained in this chapter.
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