Okay, if you just happened to stray upon this story, stinks to be you. (Not really.) Just read this warning.
WARNING!:This chapter is very long(31/2 pgs. to be exact) Do not read ifwords scare you, type scares you, romance scares you, punctuation marks scare you, I scare you, or if you have strange allergic reactions to bananas dancing thecan-can.
Disclaimer: Dancing bananas! Just kidding. Don't own Beyblade.
"I haven't told this to anyone. Nobody." Rei looked at her. "You can tell me." He smiled. Sage returned it, reluctantly. Sage inhaled. Here it goes.
(A gray battle field. A bloodied and torn Sage looks around and sees the fallen comrades of the Asakura army. Her foot taps something. "Father!" Sage's father, the captain, is bleeding and there is not much life left in him. "Sage. Please. Do not leave the Asakura name. He will be looking for you. Run." "Who?" Sage's eyes well up. "Who? Father! No! Father! Don't leave me! No!" Her father takes his last breath. "Sage. Please. I will be there with you. Always. I love you. Please, Sage. Run." His last breath is expelled. Sage's eyes widen. "Father? Father! No!" She lays her head on his chest. Death is all that courses through his weak and pale body. She pulls his sword out of his hand and lays it on his chest when she hears a deep voice. "Hm. One more piece of trash gone from this planet. Sage's eyes narrow. "Saito. You-…You did this! ' "Good thing, too. Asakura trash has been on this earth for far too long." Sage's eyes widened. She stands up." You-why did you do this?" Saito's eyes narrow. "I've explained it." Sage runs at him. "You will pay for what you did!" Saito grabs her by the throat. "Good. One last strike of my knife and you will be gone. Like your good for nothing father. Goodbye, Asakura trash!" He pulls back his knife and presses it into Sage's flesh. "Good for nothing. Just like your father." Sage's eyes slitted. "My father was not good for nothing! He fought against your evil to stop it from spreading! If there's anybody here that's evil, it's you!" Saito's shoulder's shrugged. "Ha! Evil! "The only thing that is evil is you, and your filthy family!" He laughed, clutching onto Sage's throat. "Rrr, that's IT!" Sage pulled an arrow out of her quiver and stabbed it into Saito's heart. He gasped, but sneered. "Is this what your father would've wanted you to do? Hm. Some daughter you are." Saito fell onto the bloodied ground. His 8 guards immediately leap into action. Sage pulls the arrow out of his heart ,puts it on her bow and shoots each of the guards furiously. "You will pay for the pain you've put me through! Feel this? You will die! I want you dead!" When the last guard had fallen, Sage glared at the fallen enemy. Her eyes fell onto the body of Saito. His last words reverberated in her head. Is this what your father would've wanted you to do? Her eyes traveled to her father's body. Is this what her father had wanted? Her kind, loving father. The man who would always surprise her with small gifts, the man who would bring each member of her family something, even when they were short on money. The man who had supplied her and her family with everything, even in the worst of times. Sage fell, kneeling on her bloodied knees. "No. This is not what he would've wanted. I killed him. Even if he was evil, I, I sunk to his level. I murdered innocent people." She looked at her hands and her bow. "The blood of evil has washed onto me. What have I done?" She walks over to the end of the battlefield, but something blocks her path. Sage's eyes widened. There, before her, lay the bodies of her family. Her father, her mother, and Taisato, her 5 yr. old brother. "No. No!" Sage looks all around her. The soldiers, the families ,the natives of the Asakura dynasty. "No. NOOO!" Sage falls to her knees, Sakata, her staff, lying at her knees. Sakata was the sacred staff of the Asakura dynasty. It was a silver metal staff with a carved tiger on the blade. The tiger was Toran, her bit beast. Sage's tears blended with the blood on the blade of the staff. The black tiger inscription blazed blue once Sage's tear hit it, but went black soon afterwards. Sage saw this. "I've disgraced my dynasty, my spirit, and, my family. There is no way I can go on." She picked up her staff and aimed at her heart. The tiger gleamed red. Sage knew what this meant. "Saito. He's not dead." She looked back at his body. The spirit of him and his guards rose up. "You will die, young Asakura. We'll make sure of it." The 9 spirits flew into the gray sky and disappeared. "Not for long." Sage whispered.
Rei saw this as clearly in his head as though he had lived it. He soon came to the realization that he was sitting next to a murderer. He felt, though, that he had to help her. He was about to speak when he heard it. It sounded like a high pitched scream. Rei felt Sage go rigid in his arms. Her face was very pale and her eyes were slits. "They're here. The Splainchildren!" Rei saw a black pool on the ground in front of them, not too far off. Rei jumped up. "Sage! We have to go. Now!" She seemed frozen. Rei pulled on her. "Sage! We have to get out of here! Come on!" Fear reflected in her amber eyes. "I-I can't. I can't move." Rei heard the screaming get louder. So loud it hurt his ears. Sage's eyes widened as 3 figures pulled out of the whirlpool of darkness. Sage blurted out last words as the freezing spell took effect. "Rei. Run." Rei figured that if he couldn't run, he'd fight. But with what? Rei blinked. Right! I brought the ancient sword that was passed down to me as part of my costume. If I'm dressed like Kenshin, I might as well fight like him ,too. Rei grasped his sword. The head Splainchild , the heart haunter, came forward and laid his hand on Sage's cheek. "Ready to leave, young child? You must come, to rid this world of you." He spoke in a voice that sent shivers down Rei's spine. He stepped forward. "Get away from her!" He pulled out his sword. Even though this thing was over 500 yrs. old ,it could still do some serious damage.(Like Kari) The Head Splainchild laughed. Not really a laugh ,a series of shrieks and wheezes. "So , Asakura. This is your chosen guardian? This is the one that will protect you? Ha. Weakling." Sage stepped forward. "No. He is not." Rei blinked. What? Sage stepped up to the Splainchild. " I have no need for a guardian. The light will protect me." Once again ,the Splainchild laughed. "Really? The light did nothing to protect your father or your dynasty. Light is weak. You are weak. Just like your father." Sage's eyes slitted. "Stop saying that!" Rei stood in front of her ,sword bared. The Splainchild spat at Rei. "Fine. If you want to protect that piece of filth ,go ahead. I'll just kill you also!" The Splainchild pulled out a black sword that was surrounded by purple auras. He aimed it at Rei. Rei put up his sword in defense ,but felt nothing against it. He looked in front of him. "SAGE!" Sage was standing in front of him, sword embedded in her heart. Her face was pale ,and the purple auras surrounded her. She had a fierce look on her face as she grasped the sword. Then, her body went limp and she collapsed. Rei dropped his sword to catch her. The Splainchild laughed, and his sword appeared in his right hand. "Ha. Foolish girl. Thinks she can beat us by using the 'Power of Light'. Ha! What idiot would think that! Ha!" Rei looked up with a look of hatred and loathing on his face. His eyes were slitted and his fangs bared. "You'll pay for that! Come on, Driger!" He lunged at the Splainchild ,his sword shining bright green in Driger's light. The Splainchild moved out of the way ,and Rei stabbed another Splainchild. His sword stuck in the Splainchild's body and was overtaken by the darkness. Driger roared as the shadows overwhelmed his body. The head Splainchild turned. "I've had enough of your weak attempts. I will be back. Don't you worry." The Splainchildren disappeared and Rei's sword lay on the ground ,covered by the purple auras." Driger, come back." Driger disappeared into Rei's blade. Rei knelt down and picked up Sage's body. He could feel her heartbeat ,her will to live. "Sage. It'll be okay… I promise…please Sage, stay within the light… Sage…" Rei leaned down and stroked Sage's cheek. Tyson stepped outside, Seiya beside him. "Whoa, Rei! What happened?" Seiya kneeled down beside the battered Rei. "W-what happened? Rei, what happened?" Rei saw Seiya's melancholy expression and told the story. Seiya shook. "Why didn't she tell me? I'm her best friend… why didn't she tell me?" Seiya stood abruptly and turned sharply. "Seiya! Wait!" Tyson followed her. Seiya sat on a bench on the far side of the garden. Tears ran down her cheeks. "She didn't tell me." She looked at Tyson. "Tyson, why didn't she tell me?" Tyson smiled weakly. "Seiya, I'm sure she'll be alright. If I know Rei, he'll take good care of her. "He put his arm around her shoulders and whispered in her ear. "Seiya, everything will be okay… I'm here… don't worry. I'm here. "He laid a soft kiss on her cheek as she lay in his arms. "Seiya , everything will be alright." Seiya clenched Tyson's arm. "What about later? If she thought she couldn't trust me now, what about later on? Tyson, I… I don't want to lose her… She's my best friend… Oh, Tyson, I'm so scared…" Tyson blinked, then softened. He gently lifted her chin and looked into her eyes. "Seiya… Everything will be okay, now and in the future. Sage trusts you, but there are just some things you can't tell. She trusts you and holds you in a very high place as her friend. A bond that sturdy won't break this easily. Just stay here, Seiya." Tyson laid a kiss on Seiya's lips as she relaxed in his arms. "Thank you, Tyson. I guess I'm kinda shaken up right now…" Seiya tried to go on, but Tyson's lips caressed hers and ceased all conversation. Seiya closed her eyes, warm and relaxed in Tyson's hold.
Shadow:If you happened to ignore the warning and are having strange reactions(twitching, convulsions, uncontrollable urge to dress up like MingMing and clean windows in public, etc.) uh,well...
(strange, pink,meowing, seven legged creature with multiplestomachs walks up)
Shadow: O O! Oh, well, just talk to Tyson here and he should be able to help you!
Tyson: (muttering)stupid Chinese curses...
Max: R&R!
Tyson:MEOW!
Shadow,Rei, and Kai: - -U
Rei: Don't worry, guys! I'm a professional cat speaker! He said, "If you run around Japan screaming three times, your most wanted wish will be granted!"
Shadow: I don't think that's what he said, Rei.
Rei: Oh, okay. He said, "If you do dress up like MingMing, you have problems."
Shadow: That's probably true, but...
Kai: This is going nowhere! He said "No Yaoi"!
Rei:Really? I could' ve sworn he said something about MingMing...
Kai: - -U We're gonna be here for a while...