Tainted Blood

Chapter 11

by. SilverWolf-Ryuki

A/N: March it is. Skiing is getting out of control, as I am going down the mountain WAY too fast. Well, I guess I'm sticking to the yellow sticker. x)

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From The Last Chapter...

"No, I don't intend to. He doesn't chew on me." Mariam glared at the horse, who was trying to chew on her hair.

"It could just be because you are very attractive," Kai said dully, looking at the animals. "To non-human things, that is."

Mariah giggled and dragged the horse away from Mariam's hair.

"I guess we have our plans set out for us." Ren sighed. "Back to the mansion we go."

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"It's been a while..." Tala stretched in his luxurious velvet seat and yawned.

"Speaking of which, why were you out in the woods when we found you, and not with your family?" Ren asked, sipping green tea. "You are the son of the –"

"Ren, I'm done with the sealing," Mariam interrupted from the other room as she walked in with two small bit-chips. Ren nodded and pulled out two beyblades of the finest kind and allowed Mariam to fit the chip onto the blades.

"So where are we going first?" Mariam asked as she took her seat beside Kai and twiddled with the blades. "Russia? Italy? France? England?"

"You'll see, but I'm not stopping over grandfathers. Somehow, I know he knows exactly where I am with this trip," Kai replied.

"Germany, Italy, Scotland, France," Ren listed off. "Major royalties, and England, but I doubt they'll accept us in. Maybe Portugal and Spain, and Switzerland..."

"Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Norway..." Rei added.

"We need to visit Greece," Tala supplied. "They have a wide map of mythology, many including sacred powers."

"I'm certain that France, German, and Greece will have bit beasts. The ones we need to look out for are the Pegasus, Unicorn, Griffon, Deer, Fox and Cerberus –"

"- The one that Zeo has –"

"- yes, the one that Zeo has. We've got the Shark and Wolf." Kai finished.

"No one is going to forget the Black Dranzer, I assume," Tala added.

"I say we go to German first." Mariam declared.

"Robert's in German," Rei commented. "He has Griffolyon. Oliver's in France and he has Unicolyon. Greece...I don't know."

"Pegasus, drawing the sun and moon chariots. Lampos, Phaethon, one of them is the one that we want." Kai said knowledgably.

"After the trip around Europe, where are we going?" Mariam asked, resembling a child.

Kai looked at Ren, who looked at Tala, who looked at Rei, who looked innocently at the ceiling.

"North America," Kai decided.

"Max is there, in America," Rei smiled.

Kai sighed as he remembered the death of Tyson. "Tonight... We must land somewhere tonight. I have to prey on some innocent soul."

"What if our sacred bit-beasts are all around you? Would that control you?" Mariam asked.

"I don't know. Until a while back, the only person I knew that had a sacred bit-beast was me." Kai muttered as he closed his eyes.

"Maybe we should give it a shot," Rei shrugged. "It could work."

Kai frowned. "No, I am so used to this routine...I will be fine."

Ren nodded. "It is your decision. Bason, go check what our closest European country is."

Bason popped up and disappeared for a few moments before flying back. "Russia."

Tala's eyes darkened immediately.

"Ren, I must say, by the end of the day, we'll be closer to Germany." Bason added.

Some colour came back to Tala's face, but he frowned. "How does that work?"

"Ask the pilot," Bason shrugged.

"How fast... are we flying?" Kai asked, raising an eyebrow.

Bason sweat-dropped and gave a sighed. "Who knows?"

(A/N: Wow, for the first time, I've been able to raise my one eyebrow! Congratulations to me!)

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After a short snack, everyone filed off and onto the grounds of the Germany government house. They had arranged for Robert, a purple haired teen and the heir to the 'throne', to meet them. He looked as serious as every as he saw the 5 of them.

"Kai, Ren, Rei, Tala," He acknowledged the four boys that he knew. "Who is this girl?"

"Mariam," She introduced herself with a firm look on her face to show she wasn't threatened by his power. He nodded with respect to her.

"I have heard your name, but from where I do not remember." Robert said. "Mariam, who possesses the Shark,"

"Sure," Mariam was slightly puzzled. "If you want to call me that,"

"I am assuming you arrived here for a purpose?" Robert eyed the five.

Kai nodded. "Do not be threatened, but we're here to discuss about your family possession."

"The Griffolyon, do you mean?" Robert frowned. "I insist you stay for tonight."

"Robert, I must warn you," Kai frowned. "I have the Black-"

"I realize." He replied curtly.

Mariam shook her head. Does everyone nowadays?

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Meanwhile...

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"Is this what it is like every year?" Zeo asked, awed by the excitement and the people. Everyone was excited. It didn't hurt that he could understand Chinese, along with every other language.

"Yes," Mariah smiled. "Those are my distant cousins... and that's my mother's family there... there's the village my aunt married into..." She looked around and pointed to various people.

"Mariah, I think I know who has the rat, sheep, rooster and pig... and I suspect that Elder knows where the golden Monkey is...Mariah, are you listening?"

"Yes I am, Lee, good for you. Now we only need the snake...wow, is that it?"

"It is," Zeo confirmed.

"Great! Wait until Kai and the others hear this..." Mariah grinned.

"And I will be telling them," Lee scowled. "Since you did nothing to help anyways,"

"Sure, Lee," Mariah waved at her older brother.

"Have a dumpling, Zeo," Elder almost appeared out of nowhere. He held a bundle. "It is sticky rice and red bean paste." Elder said warmly. "I am sure you will enjoy it."

Zeo blinked and thanked Elder politely with a smile in mandarin.

"You are welcome, Zeo," Elder replied and almost immediately, he was gone.

"Zeo, can you eat?" Mariah asked.

"Yes," Zeo replied. "Although I am artificial, I am a humanized robot to the core, meaning I have the proper organs, except I do not depend on them. I have a life chip instead of a brain."

Lee and Mariah blinked, not knowing what to say.

"This is really good," Zeo said happily as he bit into the sticky rice. Mariah and Lee both sighed in exasperation and went off to look for the snake and confirm where the monkey was.

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A/N: Short chapter, I know, but I wanted to get it out soon. It's a bit suspicious every time there's a holiday; all my reviewers are on vacation elsewhere without a source of internet. It's depressing how I got one review for my previous chapter. Much thanks to KagomeHigurashi66, for reviewing and for making my evening when no one else did. VV Review this time please. It keeps me going. And wow, I'm getting baptised! Time really flies...