Hey guys! Well, my exams are finally over! I can't keep the grin off my face! I'll update as much as I can from now on, I'm going on a 3 day camp next week, some school thing at Myall Shores, should be fun, gonna throw a little party with my friends, seeing as one of them will have their birthday on during the camp. Well, sorry for the wait! I've answered all your reviews, so enjoy!
Disclaimer: Don't own Beyblade, just my OC's and the bit-beasts that you don't recognize from the show.
One Fateful Night
Chapter Twenty-Five: Time To Get Holocaust Back
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(Aya) leaned back in her chair as she clicked send on her email to her pen pal who lived in the country of Far Away From Here. It was like a ritual for her at every Computer Studies lesson. If she got a dollar every time the teacher lectured her about not being allowed to use the internet for email and other recreational purposes, (Aya) would've been a millionaire. But for some reason, even if there was a lack of reply, (Aya) still continued to send the emails. After all, she knew what it was like find an empty inbox. It made people feel crap and non-existent.
But, getting back to Computer Studies…(Aya) quickly dodged a paper airplane. The teacher had made the unwise decision about leaving the classroom, and it was now in total chaos! Scrunched-up balls of paper, paper airplanes, pens and textas flew in each and every direction.
At that moment, a paper airplane landed on (Aya's) keyboard. (Aya) picked it up. She was about to throw it when something on one of the triangular wings caught her eye. (Aya) inspected the plane more closely.
Read it
(Aya's) eyes looked up and met Zane's.
"Read it!" the boy mouthed, a demanding look in his eyes.
(Aya) slumped back into her chair. It could say something disgusting and sleazy, like about that kiss that happened weeks ago, or a threat about getting Kai back for knocking him out, or a threat for her, that worse was to come, or…could it be something about Holocaust?
(Aya) shrugged to herself. What did she have to lose? (Aya) carefully unfolded the paper airplane and read Zane's message.
Meet me at the staff car park after Computer Studies.
Come alone, or risk losing your bit-beast for good.
(Aya) looked up at Zane. His feet were one the desk as he leaned back in his chair. He was smirking at her; the glint in his eyes was both triumphant and arrogant at the same time.
(Aya) rolled her (hazel) eyes and scowled. Then she scrunched up Zane's message and threw it. The screwed up ball of paper landed in the bin. At that moment, the teacher walked back into the classroom. And a pen hit him, smack, right on his forehead.
"RIGHT, THAT'S ENOUGH, SETTLE DOWN!" the teacher bellowed.
The class did as they were told. At least, for now.
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After the bell signalled the end of class, (Aya) walked downstairs and waited for all the students and teachers to disappear. The staff parking was out of bounds to students, and the results of being found even lurking around the gate entrance were deadly.
'As if anyone would be stupid enough to nick a teacher's car during school, besides, all the teachers have shit cars anyway.' (Aya) thought to herself.
Finally, the coast was clear. (Aya) slipped into the short corridor and through the open gate. Slowly and cautiously, she walked out onto the car park.
"Zane?" (Aya) called out, as the raven-haired boy was nowhere in sight.
Suddenly, Zane stepped out from behind a van, coming nose to nose with (Aya).
"You rang?"
(Aya) gasped in surprise and jumped back, putting distance between her and Zane.
"Oh, did I scare you?" Zane smirked.
(Aya) rolled her eyes. "Whatever Zane, just get to the point."
"Tell me, what's it like, losing a bit-beast, does it make you realize how pathetic you really are?"
(Aya) closed her eyes for a brief moment as she willed for her temper to cease.
"Quit the bullshit Zane, you're wasting my time."
"As if it were of any value in the first place, but, very well…"
(Aya) scowled and folded her arms across her chest as she waited for Zane to continue.
"What would you say if I told you…that there might be a way to get Holocaust back?"
"Where is she Zane, where's my bit-beast?"
Zane let out a harsh laugh. "Far away from here, that's for sure!"
(Aya's) jaw tightened. "Well, go on then, how do I get my bit-beast back?"
"Simple. You return to Russia."
"The Abbey? But Kai said that it was destroyed-"
"Such places can be relocated and rebuilt."
'Unfortunately.' Zane thought bitterly.
(Aya) scoffed. "Come on, there's got to be more than that. I can't just go there, get Holocaust and get out."
"Of course not. You have to stay there."
(Aya's) mind froze. It felt like she had stopped breathing. There was silence between the two, only the sound of cars driving on the nearby highway could be heard.
"And if I don't go?" (Aya) finally asked.
"Then you lose Holocaust. For good."
"And what about Kai?"
"What about him?"
"Well if I choose to go to Russia, he'll want to come with me."
"If that were so, then my grandfather and Boris would say that all is going according to plan."
(Aya's) eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "What?"
Zane merely stared at (Aya), not saying a word. Realization then hit.
"It's not me you want, it's Kai, it's been that all along, hasn't it?"
Zane smirked, triumph glinting in his duo-coloured eyes.
"Kai's the one you really want, I'm just the bait to lure him in, right?"
"Beautiful and smart."
"So, tell me Zane, enlighten me, after they get Kai, what becomes of me?"
"Well, they, as you call them, have generously decided to leave your fate in my hands."
(Aya) growled lowly. "So when do you want an answer?"
"Today. Sunset at the park. The same place Holocaust was taken from you."
"Hm…" (Aya) looked sideways to the ground, thinking.
"Well, did you have anymore questions or are you satisfied?"
"Almost." (Aya) said quietly.
(Aya) turned away. She then spun around in a flash, catching Zane off guard as she landed a sharp right-hook on his jaw. Zane snarled as he swiped away his blood with the back of his hand. (Aya) looked at him coldly with loathing and anger before turning away and leaving the car park.
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"Hey, did you get kept in for detention. Again?" Kai asked as (Aya) sat down next to him under the gumtree, their usual place to sit during the lunch breaks.
"No." (Aya) replied as she shook her head, looking miserable.
"(Aya)? What is it? What's wrong?"
(Aya) sighed downheartedly in reply. "If I said "nothing", you'd know I was lying, right?"
"Right, so spill." Kai said firmly.
So (Aya) told Kai about the message that Zane had sent her during class. She told him about meeting Zane in the car park and what Zane said about having to return to the Abbey to get Holocaust back. She told him about what Zane said about Kai being the one Voltaire and Boris really wanted, that she was just being used to lure Kai into an undoubtedly cruel trap. And she told him that she only had a few hours to give her answer.
"Did he say that you had to come to the park alone?"
"No."
"I'll go with you then. I wouldn't put it past my cousin to take advantage of the situation if you were to come alone."
"Thank you."
So…Zane said that the Abbey was rebuilt?"
"Yes."
"And he told you that it's been my grandfather and Boris' plan to get me all along?"
"He as good as admitted it, yeah."
"Hmm…odd." Kai mumbled.
'Plans made by my grandfather and Boris are usually kept secret until the time comes for it to be found out, my cousin would definitely know not to just blurt out their plans like that. Something's not right about this…I smell a rat.'
Kai frowned as he got lost into his realm of deep thoughts.
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After school, Zane made his way down to the corner shops to contact Boris via payphone.
"This better be good." Boris said in a low, threatening voice.
"I did it. I told her."
"Just as planned?"
"Yes sir."
"And has she told you her answer yet?"
"No sir."
"Well don't call me back until you do!"
Zane sighed as the dial tone droned on in his ear. He hung up the phone. Zane reached into his pocket and pulled out a photo that was the size of his palm.
The girl into the photo was about 8 years old. She had skin as pale as Zane's, long black hair and a pair of unbelievingly piercing eyes. Pale lavender flecked with blood red. The teenage boy's eyes clouded over with sadness.
'I'll be with you soon, I promise.'
Zane was jerked out of his thoughts as a scruffy-looking young man rudely pounded on the glass door of the payphone.
"Come on man! Get outta there, I need ta make a call!"
Zane sighed downheartedly as he pocketed his photo and stepped out of the phone booth. The scruffy guy roughly knocked into him as he entered the booth, but Zane couldn't care less. The wind gently tugged at his hair and clothes as he walked down the street.
'Yuka…'"I miss you." Zane whispered, his voice carried away by the wind.
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#Flashback#
A small girl about 4 years of age is clambering over the sun-warmed rocks of a beach. Her short black plaits dance slightly as she jumps from rock to rock, her wide pale lavender flecked blood red eyes full of innocence.
"Zane! Zane! Wait for me, Zaney!"
The older boy whom she was trying to catch up with just shouted over his shoulder.
"Move faster, Yuka!"
"But Zaney, it's not fair! You're bigger than me!"
"That's why I'm called a big brother, now come on!"
"You better stop being mean to me, Zaney, or I'll tell Mama and Papa!"
"I'll give you a piggyback ride on the way home if you stop whining, and stop calling me Zaney!"
"Zaney, Zaney, Zaney!"
"Yucky, Yucky, Yucky!"
"I'm not yucky!"
"Of course not, you're my little brat sister."
Soon, the two children reached the end, where all the rocks suddenly stopped, showing that if one were to step off the edge, a long plunge to the deep blue below would meet them.
Yuka grabbed her brother's hand. She would never admit it to him, but sometimes she was afraid that a huge wave would crash over the rocks and drag her down into the sea.
Zane glanced down at his sister. He had to admit, she had guts for always coming out this far on the cliff with him. Zane gripped his sister's hand tightly. His parents had told him that he had to look after Yuka, as he was her big brother. They'd used a really big word to describe it, was it responsibility? Zane couldn't remember, but he knew that it was important, it made him feel that way too.
The two children watched as the waves crashed against the rocks, sending up a spray of water as they did so. Suddenly, a big wave crashed up the rocks. A really big wave. Yuka squealed as a shower of salt water splashed over her. The little girl frowned down at her partly soaked clothes.
"Zaney, I'm wet!"
"Yeah, well so am I. And besides, salt water can't kill you."
"But Zaney, Mama said not to get my sandals wet!"
"Well it's too late now!"
Yuka looked down and her lower lip started to tremble. Zane sighed with exasperation and scratched his head.
"Come on, we'll go dry off on the beach before we head home."
Zane turned around and crouched down. Yuka jumped onto his back and wrapped her arms around his neck with a big grin. He was giving her a piggyback ride as promised. That's what Yuka loved about her brother. He always kept his promises. Another thing Yuka loved about her brother was that he was teaching her how to beyblade.
"Zaney?"
"Yes, Ka-ka?"
"While we dry off, can you give me another beyblading lesson?"
"Alright Yuka."
"Yay! Thank you Zaney!"
"Yuka?"
"Yeah?"
"Are you ever gonna stop calling me Zaney?"
"I don't know Zaney."
All the boy could do was sigh as he continued to carefully jump from rock to rock, carrying the priceless cargo on his back. Once they reached the beach, the two looked for something to substitute a beydish.
Yuka found a wide plank of driftwood. Not exactly world class, but it would do. Yuka carefully loaded her candy pink beyblade into her yellow launcher. Zane smiled to himself as he loaded his emerald green blade into his navy launcher. Yuka was always so focused when it came to beyblading, like she wanted to prove that she was worth teaching. And she was, Zane wouldn't deny that.
"3!"
"2!"
"1!"
"LET IT RIP!" they shouted.
"Vathek!" Zane cried out.
Zane's bit-beast, a dark blue wolf, howled as it emerged from its bit-chip. The wolf was evil-looking, but the thing that made it evil-looking the most were the wolf's eyes. Green slits that glowed sinisterly.
"Vathek! Mauling Claw!"
"Dodge the attack!" Yuka cried out.
Amazingly, the candy pink blade did so. Zane's eyes widened. Even he was impressed.
"Very good Yuka, but I don't know if it's good enough! Vathek! Attack!"
The blue wolf howled and did so.
"Back at ya, Zaney!" Yuka cried out as the pink beyblade rammed into Zane's green one.
"Vathek! Mauling Claw again!"
Vathek let out a deep, bloodthirsty growl as he took out the candy-coloured beyblade. The pink blur clacked to a stop at Yuka's feet. She blinked down at it in surprise before frowning.
"Aw! Not again!"
Zane held out his hand to catch his beyblade.
"But you've gotten way better Yuka! You should be proud of it!"
The little girl smiled as she picked up her beyblade and brushed the grains of sand off it.
"I am. I can't wait to tell Mama and Papa!"
Zane and Yuka walked further up the beach before falling back onto the sand, looking up at the clear blue sky.
"Zaney?"
"Yes, Ka-ka?"
"When will I get a bit-beast of my own?"
Zane remained silent as he took his Vathek out of his pocket.
"Zaney?"
Zane held up his beyblade in front of him, emerald green clashing with azure blue sky.
"Zaney?"
"Yuka, one day, Vathek will be yours."
"Huh! But how come? Vathek is your bit-beast."
"He won't be for much longer. Grandfather said that his company is working to create a really powerful bit-beast. He said that I'll get it one day. The day I get it, will be the day you get Vathek."
Yuka looked up at the beyblade clutched in her brother's hand. She blinked. Did the bit-chip just glow pale blue? Yuka reached up and placed her hand around her brother's.
"Don't worry Zane, I'll look after him."
#End Flashback#
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Slowly, a pair of differently coloured eyes opened. One was blood red, the other pale lavender. Those eyes still looked as serious as they did 4 years ago, but they had gotten a cold, cruel edge to them, from seeing things that no one should see, knowing things no one should know.
Zane closed his eyes and breathed in deeply as a breeze blew past. He had promised Yuka that he would get freedom for the both of them. And here he was, keeping his promise. Zane looked up to the skies. They were fading into pale shades of forget-me-not blue and mauve.
"Sunset." Zane whispered to himself.
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As Kai and (Aya) approached the park, Zane came into view. Before they drew any closer, Kai touched (Aya's) shoulder. She stopped and turned to face him, surprised.
"Yes, Kai?"
"Do you know what to say?"
"Yes."
"So you've made up your mind, then?"
"Yes."
"Are you sure?"
(Aya) sighed and pressed her lips together before looking up at the sky. Her (hazel) eyes looked at Kai once again.
"I hope so."
Kai gave a slight nod and held (Aya) in a tight hug. Then he let her go. Watched her walk away, becoming more unreachable with every footstep. Kai reached into his pocket and held tightly onto Dranzer as he struggled to resist the urge to run after (Aya) and pull her away from here.
Kai gritted his teeth as he loaded Dranzer into his launcher. If Zane showed any sign of wanting trouble, Kai would well and surely give it to him.
"Well, here I am. Sunset, at the park. As promised."
Zane smirked. "Hn. So you are. But did you bring your answer with you?"
(Aya) closed her eyes. This was it, no turning back now. Her eyes opened, hard with certainty.
"Yes, I did."
"Ah, so you were able to make up your mind, impressive. Given the options and the short amount of time to choose."
(Aya) said nothing, she just stared.
"Well? What have you decided?"
(Aya) glanced down at the ground. "I've decided…"
Time seemed to slow down. The breeze stopped, all was silent. Then, (Aya) spoke again.
"I've decided not to return to Russia."
Zane's face was unreadable. "You have?"
"Yes."
"Fine. More bit-beasts for the Abbey then!"
Zane turned away and started to walk.
"What did those bastards do to you, Zane? Why aren't you the same boy I remember?"
Zane stopped, but didn't turn around. "You don't expect me to act like a 5 year old forever, do you?"
"No, it's not that, it's just that…well, what pisses me off is that the guy standing in front of me isn't Zane Hiwatari, it's a complete stranger. Someone else."
"Yeah, I know. It pisses me off too."
(Aya) blinked. She hadn't expected that quiet reply.
"So why are you doing this?"
There was no reply from the raven-haired boy. Zane just looked up at the sky. When (Aya) heard the cry of a bird, she too looked up at the sky. The bird was too far away to identify, all that could be seen was black, its wings spread out as it gracefully rode the air currents. Silently, Zane and (Aya) watched the bird fly away.
"As my mother said once, birds aren't meant to be caged, they're free spirits, made fro flying far away, out of harms reach."
Then, Zane continued to walk. (Aya) bowed her head.
'Poor bugga.' (Aya) thought as she walked back over to Kai.
"How was it?" Kai asked.
(Aya) thought before speaking. "Different."
"Different as in…"
"Different to what I expected."
"How so?"
"Well, at first, he was smug, as per usual, but then, he went different."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, at that moment, I realized that he was human. Zane's not our enemy Kai, it's those other prats. Those old pain-in-the-bum prats."
"Then why does he obey their orders like a dog does its master?"
"Why did you?" (Aya) shot back.
Kai growled lowly.
"Exactly. But you know better now. Zane's yet to find the right way himself."
"I still don't get it though…why?"
(Aya) and Kai watched a nearby bird do a crazy flying dance as it tried to catch its dinner, a moth. The moth dodged and ducked away from the bird's sharp beak. Suddenly, the bird sped up. Snap! The moth was caught. It wriggled like crazy, but the bird swallowed it whole.
"It's tough in the wild, you do what you can to survive." (Aya) said quietly.
"But still, something's just not right." Kai muttered.
(Aya) looked to the sky. Birds were lucky. They got a really good view of everything.
"Maybe we're not getting the whole picture."
"Maybe." Kai took (Aya's) hand.
"Let's go, it's getting darker."
(Aya) shivered as she shrugged into her jacket. "It's getting colder too."
Kai untied his scarf and wrapped it around (Aya's) neck. He kissed her forehead and took her hand.
"Let's go home."
(Aya) interlaced their fingers.
"Let's."
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Ok, done! Wow, that took longer than I expected. Then again, I was distracted by a movie on telly…ah well! Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
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