A/N: Of course this if AU, and is like a fantasy/medieval/futuristic setting. There is YAOI implied, so please leave if you don't like. There are many kind of pairings, so if you don't like TyKa, MaRa, TaBy/YuriyBoris, HiHi/HilaryHiro and so forth pairings, then please do leave, I wouldn't like any flames. Yes, since this is like a fantasy, males can get pregnant, so if you don't feel right about that, then I advise you to please leave as well. But really, there will be mentions but not actually a guy has one… as of yet… I am also using the Japanese names of the characters. So help me out if I get them wrong.
Summery: Takao is 16, and is eligible to marry on his father's wishes. The problem is no one would take him as their spouse because of his son that they all call 'Demon'. Who is the father? And who would accept Takao for a husband?
Disclaimers: I don't own Beyblade the Anime or any of its characters. I'm only a fan, doing this to muse on my fanatic skills.
A Moment in Time
By: Blind Dark Fate
Chapter Three: "Falling Hearts"
There was giggling, as Julia happily watched the small boy. They were in the fields, and spring was present around the area. Tyka was tumbling around, playing with the Guardians that have daily visit him. The little boy ran around, chasing Thunder Pegasus with his little legs. Tyka caught the horse's leg, and Thunder Pegasus blinked her eyes at the boy. Then the other tiny guardians appeared, and tackled the large white horse. Julia laughed loudly. "He is so cute!" She smiled at the happy little boy. "Sure he may not talk much, but his actions shows how happy he is…"
Takao glanced at the older girl. Julia was lying on her stomach, watching the little game. They had a nice picnic, suggested by the older girl herself. Takao was on his back, watching the clouds above the blue sky. He sat up and saw his son full of energy. Takao smiled. "Actually… Takao only finds friends among the guardians. No other children would play with him, except his cousin, if he isn't in his lessons."
Julia looked at the blue haired prince. "Oh? Why not?"
Takao watched his son, his eyes glistening. "They all think his ability to talk to guardians as a sign of evil… that he is a demon."
"What?" Julia nearly yelled out loudly. Takao was surprised of her outraged outburst. "Chibi Tyka a Demon? They are crazy." She looked at the duel haired tiny boy. "You know what I see?" Takao blinked his eyes at her. "I see wings… tiny white feathery wings on the boy. Don't tell me that this boy is a demon in disguise." She looked into the prince's stormy blue eyes. "He can fly, Takao-kun. To me… he looks like an angel, ready to fly when he can. You are just being overprotective of him. Chibi Tyka is a good little kid, and he is not a demon." She smiled at him. "You know that, right?"
Takao nodded slowly. Julia sat up and stretched out, taking in the spring feeling surrounding her. She smiled brightly, and shaded her eyes, as a glare from the sun's ray shined down upon them. "Tyka-chan!" The little boy stopped from his little game, and looked at her. The Guardians also froze staring at her. "You haven't tried my cake yet. You should eat some!" she called. The boy smiled shyly, and ran up to her, with the Guardians trailing behind.
Takao smiled as she watched the princess interact with her son. She took out nice looking cake, and started to cut it. She kindly gave pieces to the guardians, but saved a big piece of the little boy. Tyka sat beside her, as they stared at the ocean view. The older girl patted his head, as they ate their cake. Takao blushed lightly, watching them from behind. 'Tyka seems to like her… Maybe she could… but…' A flash of memory entered his mind, and what he saw was the warm ruby eyes that held passion and care towards him. He blushed deeply still feeling his captivating lips upon his.
"Takao-kun?" The blunette blinked his eyes and looked at the older girl and his son. They were smiling at him. "Here, have some cake. It's really good!" Tyka nodded in agreement. Takao gratefully took it. 'There are a lot of nice people out there, and they are trying so hard to get my attention… but my heart… it was stolen.' He felt his face growing warm, and he quickly stared at his cake, concealing his reddened face.
The doors suddenly opened, and the occupants saw a raven-haired neko-jin enter, smiling to himself. Yuriy raised a brow at his youngest brother, seeing that goofy look he had. Rei plopped down on to the couch of the library. He sighed happily, and looked over at his questioning brothers. "What?"
"Where have you been this whole morning?" Yuriy asked.
Rei smiled at him. "I don't know what you are talking about. I was in my room the whole time."
"Sure." The redhead snorted at his youngest brother.
"He was probably with that blonde servant, Mizuhara-san." Kai said monotonously, keeping his attention mostly to the book he was reading. The Hiwatari brothers were hanging out in the Ecliptia Castle's library. It was big, but not as large as their back in Ceres. But, it did have many rare books that they have never read before.
Rei blushed brightly, glaring at his brothers. "Yeah… whatever. Like I'm trying to do my part in winning Takao-kun's heart. Yuriy has that Lieutenant Kuznetson, and you Kai, have no attention or emotion into this. Boy isn't Grandfather going to be happy with us." Yuriy looked away from his youngest brother, secretly blushing, and Kai sneered at the mention of their grandfather.
Kai slammed his book on to the coffee table in he room. He stood up enraged. "I think his orders are bull-"
Yuriy lifted a hand, and Kai stopped mid sentence. The older Hiwatari sighed. "We all know what grandfather asked us to do is too extreme. I wouldn't want to do this to Kinomiya-kun, because of his kindness he has shown us." He stood up from his seat, and had his eyes closed. "We'll have to just face consequences when he comes here on the Mochidzuki Festival." He slipped his hands into the pockets of his pants. "What we can do now is…" he opened his icy blue eyes and looked into his brother's eyes. "Try and protect Takao-kun and prevent the second Holy War."
Rei's eyes widened. "You mean…?"
Yuriy narrowed his eyes. "Grandfather has known for sometime that Kinomiya-kun is the descendent of Storm." He said flatly. "On the Mochidzuki Festival, he will be chosen to summon the Light. Because he is the Descendent, the Light will truly come, and that is when Grandfather will take the Light, and Kinomiya-kun."
"How…?" Rei turned his head away, clenching his fists. Rei looked up in confusion as he saw Kai silently stood up and walked out. "Hey, where are you going?" He called.
Kai paused from where he was, but didn't turn to face his brothers. He just walked on out of the library. Rei stood up to go follow, but Yuriy stopped him. "Just leave him… Kai was the one who told me what grandfather's real attentions was." Rei looked at him. "In any way we can, we'll try to prevent this all, even if we are going against grandfather's wishes." Yuriy walked from his spot, walking up the stairs of the library. Rei just stared at his brother.
He was blushing uncontrollably. Takao glanced at the duel haired man sitting beside him, but quickly looked away. 'Er… this should be easy for me. Why am I having a hard time trying to talk to him? I mean…' He bit his lip fidgeting, not knowing what to do.
Kai was enjoying this. He smirked to himself, as they sat there on the edge. They sat with their feet in the running waterfall that surrounded the castle ground's edges of the hill that fell. The source of the water was magical, and no one really knows how the water fell all around. He closed his eyes, and the wind from where they where, were playing with their hair. "Is something wrong, Kinomiya-kun?" The smaller prince shook his head, and gave him a shaky smile.
The duel haired prince took the smaller boys face into his larger hands, and brought it closer to his. Their foreheads touched, and his eyes were closed. Takao was glad he couldn't see his beat red face. He saw the growing smirk turn into a smile. "Tell… tell me what it is that attracts me to you…" he whispered.
"I… I…" He blinked his stormy blue eyes. "Don't you think this… this is too fast, Hiwatari-kun?" He said in a whisper. He stared at the tempting lips. Kai saw this, and captured the boy's soft lips into his. Takao froze with widened eyes. He closed his eyes, and let him kiss him, but he didn't return it. Takao was still confused on what to feel… 'There are still others, I didn't give them their chance. But, Hiwatari-kun is so…' He pulled away blushing madly. He looked up into Kai's ruby eyes. "We… we can't yet… I…" The smaller prince got up, and stumbled backwards. Kai got up and helped the blunette from the floor. Takao shook his head, and slipped his hand from the older prince. "I…" He turned and ran away still flushed at the moment.
Kai smirked in amusement. 'Why is it I've fallen to him when I haven't known him well. His presence… it's so familiar.' He frowned, and casually walked back to the castle. 'It's like I see him in Kinomiya-kun.'
"No Otou-san! Onee-san! Onii-san! Kyoujyu-chan!" He pulled himself up, sitting up, gasping for air. He brought his face into his hands, and tried to recall the past event. 'I was at the castle, and there was fire everywhere. Hiromi-chan and I were running with Kyoujyu in her arms. We went into the library and then…' He looked up and his blue eyes widened. 'There were explosions and… I'm here.' He blinked his eyes, and looked around his surroundings. He was wrapped in bandages, and he was in housed in a tent. A brown wool blanket was over his legs, and her could hear murmuring voices from outside. 'Where am I?'
Takao saw some shadows from the cracks of the opening. He quickly lay back down, throwing the blanket over his head. He strained his ears to hear. "Listen, I want you to take care of this boy." Said a man, guessing to be in his forties.
"Why do I have to?" asked a dull deep voice of a younger male, maybe around his teens.
The man growled. "Don't play with me, boy. This kid is still young, and I know you have the skills to teach him to fight. He could be useful to us in the war. Plus he has this rumored power in him that somehow eliminated the Demon flanks that raided Ecliptia."
There was silence, and he shut his eyes tightly, as the tent entrance was drawn back. Takao hoped who ever was out there would just leave him alone. He curled his legs close to him. His blankets were suddenly drawn back, and Takao looked up, and glared at the thief. Empty wine colored eyes stared icily at him. Takao shivered. The guy was frowning at him. "You're awake. Come, you need to eat then train." He said flatly, and then turned to leave.
Takao was bewildered. He sat up, angered. "Train? Train for what?" He did receive a reply. Takao growled, and looked around. He found some kind of jacket, and quickly put it on. He also found some shoes and put those own as well. He ran out of the tent, and froze. The skies were clouded black and blood red. They were in the mountain area, and it was freezing out. Takao shivered, and hugged himself. There were many tents lined up around. Soldiers, and injured people were all shelter here. 'A refugee camp, but where?'
He was rudely shoved to the side, and Takao glared. The men ignored him, carrying more injured bodies in a stretcher. Takao suddenly felt sick, seeing the decapitated limbs and awkwardly placed bodies. A hand came down on his small shoulder, and the boy shrieked. He turned around to see glaring red eyes. Takao shuddered at the icy stare. The older teen frowned deeply at him. "What are you doing? I told you to follow." Takao glared back, and obeyed. He followed the taller teen through the camp. 'I guess I have to hide my identity here for now. I don't want them to know I'm the prince of Ecliptia…' Then he sagged his shoulders. 'Was a prince… if it's not all in ruins by now…' He shook his head. 'No, it's still there. Ecliptia is still there, and my family is waiting for me!' He said with determination.
The little boy ran up to walk up beside the older teen. He had to pick up his pace to walk in the same rate the older one was walking in. "Um… hey… do you know what happened to Ecliptia?" he asked timidly.
The guy didn't answer for some time. "It's in ruins, like all other kingdoms." He replied.
Takao paled, and looked down. 'So then I have no home anymore… but where is Otou-san and Onii-san?' He pushed back the tears there were threatening to escape from his stormy blue eyes. "Uh… do you know where we are?" He asked again.
The guy just glared, and they went inside a bigger tent. There were some people in here, all eating solemnly. He could see many young soldiers, in their teens. Takao grimaced, suddenly feeling very small. "Eat, and I'll be back to get you." The guy said coldly, and then left the boy by himself.
Takao frowned, and looked around. He went up to where the servers were. He really didn't have a clue on what to do. He saw the big woman, standing in front of the steaming food glare at him. Suddenly there was another boy who appeared beside him, and handed him a tray. It was a blonde guy, who was almost the same age as that ice guy. He smiled down at him. Takao pouted seeing how short he was.
"Hey, you okay, kid?" Takao blinked and followed the guy, and copied what he did to get his food. The blonde chuckled at him. "You're new here, aren't you, kid? You seem like you're a pampered noble or something." Takao shrunk back. The blonde laughed again, and led him to an empty table. "So, what's your name, kid? They call me Aphelion, but that's what my Guardian's name is." He stuck out his hand to the small boy.
Takao blinked his eyes, and stared at the blonde. He hesitantly reached out and shook the blonde's hand. "Um… I'm… Tyson." He said, laughing nervously to himself. 'Ha. Ha. Ha… where do I come up with these things?'
Aphelion eyed the kid. "Say, how old are you? You're wearing a soldier jacket on, you know."
Takao, now Tyson, blinked his eyes. He blushed in embarrassment. "Uh… I'm ten." He said shyly.
"Holy shit, no way! But you need to be thirteen to be a soldier. You don't even have a Guardian, do you?" Aphelion was stunned.
"Um…" Tyson was still flushed, and he bent his head down. "I do have a Guardian." Aphelion widened his eyes. "His name is Dragoon." He smiled at the blonde.
Aphelion laughed. "Well… what do you know, you're like the youngest member of the Crusader Army, and the only one I know to receive a Guardian before thirteen. You amaze me, Tyson. I think you and I will be great friends." Aphelion leaned on his elbow, close to the small boy. "Say… who is your instructor?"
Tyson shrugged his shoulders. "This mean, ice guy… With creepyred eyes?" He furrowed his brows.
"Wow, you got it tough." Aphelion felt sorry for the kid. "His name is Blaze, and pretty strong dude as well. He's like a high rank officer in the Crusaders, and he is only, what, sixteen!" Takao shrunk. "But don't sweat it kid." Aphelion ruffled the boy's hair. "You got me, and my friend Unicolyon to help you out." Takao frowned, suddenly feeling sick. 'Oh Megami-sama, I'm going to die, aren't I?'
"Tell me, Kinomiya-kun, what do you really like to do on your spare time?"
Takao smiled softly at the blue colored rose. He blushed lightly, not wanting to look up at the kind eyes the strawberry blonde had on him. He started to touch the rose, and swung his legs to and fro, as they were sitting in the courtyard. "Well… I enjoy dragon riding." He smiled widely. "I like the feeling that I can fly in the air. I… I also like to Bey Battle. I don't know… I like the thrill of using skills and fighting with my Guardian."
"Ah." Brooklin glanced at the blue haired prince. "I like Bey Battles as well. We should have a round one day?"
Takao looked up at him, with shining blue eyes. "Really?"
Brooklin laughed, and nodded. Takao smiled, with a tint of red on his cheeks. 'Wow, Brooklin is such a nice guy. He's trying so hard to get my attention, ever since.' He looked down at the rose. 'He must really want to marry me…' Then he frowned slightly. 'Why? At least he's taking things slowly, right?' A hand touched his chin, raising it to meet azure eyes. "You think too much, you know? It's bad to get lost in your mind, then you'll get lost with so many unanswered questions." He smiled at him, and Takao felt his body weaken. He shivered. "You should be carefree… you're so innocent Kinomiya-kun, even if you were faced with so many trials and destructions." He whispered. Takao felt like his eyes were in a trance because the older prince's gaze was captivating.
Takao didn't know what to do. He licked his lips, and opened his mouth to say something, but no words came out. Brooklin brushed some strands from the blunette's face, and then traced his fingers to his lips. Takao felt the trails left off from his touch tingle. 'What… what is he… doing to me…?' His mind whispered. "You're so beautiful." Then his hands left the small prince's face, causing him to become numb. Brooklin stood up and smiled down at the prince. He offered his hand, and Takao timidly took it. "Why don't you show me the beautiful gardens? I'd really want to know what kinds of wonderful flowers there are." Takao nodded, and led him through the castle, with his arms around Brooklin's.
"Well… it seems like we are down to four people, with the help from Tyka-chan and Max-kun. The others either left home, or stayed until the festival." Hiromi looked up at her husband, who sat on the chair of his desk. He was leaning his head on the propped hands, with his elbows as support. The brunette sighed a bit, and sat on the top of the desk. She reached over and took the young king's hands. "What's wrong, koi?"
Hiro sighed, and looked up at his wife whit his chocolate brown eyes. "It seems that there are rumors that the country of Quagmire is plotting a conspiracy for another war. There are already frictions between the Quagmire country and with four others, Asitari, Ronan, Ferianon, and Nyzenith. Quagmire cut off their trading policies, and cut off roads into their country. They stopped their supply of oil and wheat with many countries… I'm afraid a war might begin again, but we are not sure when…"
"But… isn't the prince of Quagmire still here? Does he know what's been going on for the past weeks in his country?" Then Hiromi gasped and placed a hand on her mouth. "What if they know…?" She looked at Hiro, and took his hand. "What are we going to do?"
Hiro looked down. "It's Takao's choice to choose whom he wants to betrothed to. All we can do, koi, is protect him and hope he chooses well." Hiromi bit her lip, and leaned forward to embrace her husband's head close to her.
"Won't be a matter of time til we get that little boy's powers on the Mochidzuki Festival. Once on the full moon, we can take the summoned Light and take that Holy Descendent. We can finally take over the world, just like the kingdom of Darcia has failed to do, but now we have the power in our hands."
There was a silent sigh. "Don't you think Ceres is after the power too? After all, Hiwatari-sama of Ceres did sign for an alliance, didn't he?"
"Yes… but honestly, do you think we can trust them at all? He would want the power all to himself… but I won't let him." There was silence. "Tell me son, have you reached that boy let, is he falling for you already?"
He turned his face away, not wanting to look at his father from the communicator. His cheek was resting on his propped hand. His eyes softened. "Brooklin, answer me."
The prince reached over to the communicator and turned it off. "No matter how hard I try, he won't love me… his heart was already taken by that Hiwatari prince. It's very obvious, and everyone else knows it, but the oblivious little prince himself." He stared out at the night sky, his room already darkened by the night. He sighed. "What's even more hurtful is… I think I've fallen for him…"
Panting hoarsely, his stormy blue eyes scanned the area for any detection of his target. He widened his eyes, and went to swing his arm with a dagger in hand behind him, but his arm was caught. "Too slow." Then he was knocked on his back, causing him to fly forward into the dirt. "You're too weak… you won't survive in a battle." Spoke a low tone, voided of any emotion.
Tyson was panting very hard, and he struggled to push himself up, but his arms gave in, and he fell back to the ground. He had many bruises, and cuts on him. Some open wounds, and dirt all over him. He was tired, and his head was spinning. 'I need to do this… I can do this. I'm not weak! C'mon Takao, get up and show that sensei you are not weak!' He took in a deep breath, and he sat up with what little ounce of energy left. He raised his head to see his instructor's back turned away from him. His clothes were a bit tattered and ripped, and there were some visible bruises and cuts. Tyson was able to touch him, but it didn't do any good to be able to ware him out.
Blazesighed. "We're done for today. Go and get your self fixed up." The older boy walked away, leaving the small boy on the ground. Tyson sighed, and fell back to the ground. He turned over to his back, and stared at the blood red and black sky. His eyes slowly dropped, letting himself stay on the ground then going to the nurse to let his wounds heal. 'One day… I will see my family again and prove I'm not weak in front of sensei's eyes. I will also make the sky blue again…'
"Ah, Ty-chan! What you doing there lying on the ground? You should go to Mariam-chan to get those wounds healed." Tyson forced to get his eyes open and saw his familiar friend, Unicolyon standing above him with a worried look. Tyson smiled weakly before blacking out.
"I can't believe that Blaze-san, wearing out this poor boy. And he is only seven years old! How can someone so cruel put a poor tiny boy into the army!" a female growled in anger.
"Eh, Mariam-chan… Ty-chan is ten…" a male voice said.
"Nani? But look at him he's so… small…eh… all a long I thought Ty-chan was seven, heh, heh. My bad…" Slowly Tyson opened his eyes to find himself in white the medical tent There standing beside his bed side was Mariam, the head nurse, and a young one, of their army. Sitting on a chair was Tyson's friend, Unicolyon. "But really… this boy need to eat a lot more in order to grow…" She sighed and shook her head. "I'm going to have to speak to the Lieutenant and try to assign Ty-chan to a much less sever instructor."
"No… I can take him." The blue haired boy said weakly, and sat up.
"Aiya! Ty-chan, you're awake!" Unicolyon got up from his seat and went up to the small boy. "Are you okay?" The boy nodded.
Mariam pouted, and placed her hands on her hips. "What do you mean you can take Blaze-san? Look what he's doing to you, Ty-chan. Everyday you end up here in the hospital, and you even have your own bed here in this tent! Ty-chan I'm just looking out for you, and you're only young. I'll talk to the Lieutenant and just let you be my assistant here."
Tyson bowed his head. "No… I want to do this. I can be strong, just you watch." He then turned his head a bit to the edge of his bed. "Plus… I want to save my family. I know they're out there, waiting for me, until this war ends. And I'm going to help end this war anyway I can." He tightly clenched on to the blanket. "I want to show them all I can do this… I can fight. Sure I may be small and young, but I was given a Guardian for a reason…"
Unicolyon frowned. "But you are only ten years old, Tyson-kun…children that young aren't meant to face the truth of the war…you'll be scarred for life with all the bloodshed and deaths. That's not right for a child like you, Tyson-kun." He said softly.
Mariam bent down and leaned on to the small bed. She took the small boy's hands into hers. "Ty-chan… It's not too late to back down, but if you choose to keep fighting, then I'll be there to back you up." She smiled at the boy, but then her face fell into a sorrowful look. "You're like my brother… he's probably a bit older than you are, but you seem the same. Josef died in the eve wars… And now, I'd like to think of you as my otouto-san…" Tyson smiled at her, and nodded.
Unicolyon smiled, and ruffled the boy's short hair. "Then I'll be there to support you as well. I'll do what ever I can to prevent you from dying on me before this war ends, you got that?" Tyson smiled and nodded. He lay back down, and closed his eyes. 'Maybe… there is a way to change sensei…'
To Be Continued…
((Whoo! There's another chapter done. Looks like the good stuff has just began! I'm starting to place in Takao's past during the war times, and how he got his son. I bet you already know who some of those people really are, but I cant' reveal them to you quite yet. Okay I don't make sense now… looks like Brooklin really loves Takao after all, and Kai is falling for Takao as well, but has mix feelings because he has someone else in his heart already? What about Takao, is he falling for Kai, or will he choose someone else? Looks like the countries are plotting something, and will there be another war? And what's the deal of this Mochidzuki Festival? You'll find out sooner or later. .
Characters from the past:
Takao (10)- calls himself "Tyson"
Red(14)- Captain in the Crusader Army, and assigned instructor to Takao. ((Takao calls him sensei))
Mariam (18)- A nurse in the army, who takes care of Takao. She lost a brother in the war and sees herself as Takao's older sister
Unicolyon (19)- A soldier in the army, and befriends Takao.
Aphelion (19)- A soldier in the army, and first friend when Takao enters the Crusaders