Names:
Japanese English
Kinomiya Takao Tyson Granger
Mizuhara Makkisu (Max) Max Tate
Kon Rei Ray Kon
Hiwatari Kai Kai Hiwatari
? Kyouju Kenny
Tachibana Hiromi Hilary Tatibana
Sumeragi Daichi Daichi Sumeragi
Ivanov Yuri Tala Valkov
Kuznetsov Boris Bryan Kuznetsov
Sergei Spencer
Ivan Ian
Rai Lee
Mao Mariah
Kiki Kevin
Gao Gary
The All Starz are the same in Japanese as in English, but here's the basic info on them:
Michael Parker
Emily
Steve
Eddy
Robert Jurgen
Johnny McGregor
Oliver
Giancarlo Tornatore Enrique
Balkov/Borcloff (?) Boris Balkov
Ojiisan Voltaire (?) Voltaire (Kai's grandfather)
talking regular(Japanese)- "blablabla"
whispering or exaggurated words- "blablabla"
Russian words- ((Blablabla))
Chinese- "Blablabla"
American language- "Blablabla"
Lyrics>>
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Chapter 2: Promise Me, Koi
Rei blinked back a few tears. "I..." Driger's master began, voice shaky. Takao's eyebrows raised, gently encouraging Rei. "You, you were dead. I saw it happen...But now you're alive...? How...?" Takao started, staring at Rei. "N-nani?" Rei looked up. "You know, when you tried to stop Voltaire...But then they..." Rei's head fell so that his hair covered most of his face. Takao blinked. "Ne, wait a second. What do you mean? Voltaire didn't do anything to me. Didn't Daichi get you?" Rei sniffed before looking at Takao, sadness and confusion in his eye. (A/N: the other's covered, remember?) "Voltaire had you killed, I saw your body fall when he gave the order. And who is Daichi? Why do you keep mentioning him?"
Takao started again. "What do you mean? You're not serious are you?" Rei sighed. "I wish I was, Takao-kun." Takao snorted. "Look, Rei, I don't know what's wrong with you, but come on. I'm sure monkey boy is somewhere. Besides, I want to find out where the hell we are." Going out, Takao immediately was struck silent and still. Everything was torn, broken, buildings shattered and collapsed, houses obliterated, planes, cars, bikes, and mopeds lay everywhere. There is barely any signs of life. Takao turned around and saw why the 'roof' to Rei's 'shelter' was slanted. It was leaning against a split airplane that looked as though it had crashed there a while ago. The sky was dark, grey and red.
Rei came out from his little shelter, standing next to Takao. "Depressing, isn't it?" Takao's mouth opened and closed several times...But no words came out. This had to be a dream...It was a dream, right?
"Rei-san...how'd this happen?" Rei's eyes were downcast. "You don't remember? It was the one match...The one where Yuri defeated you, remember?" "NANI!"
Takao turned to Rei in dispair, his face mentally asking Rei if he had heard wrong. "You are...not serious are you Rei? ARE YOU?" Rei's eyes said yes but Rei only bit his lip. "I guess you must have hit your head harder than I thought...I was hoping it wasn't anything serious, but it seems that you don't remember Kai, Max, Kyouju or anything that happened to anyone, oro?" Takao's lip quivered as he tried to say something several times, but he only closed his mouth. He decided to go along with whatever was happening. Rei couldn't be serious, right? This was all some kind of cruel joke...Any minute his ojiisan and Kai, Daichi, Hiromi, Kyouju, Max and all his other friends would jump out and laugh at him...any second now...Rei saw Takao's faraway look and put a supportive arm on his shoulder. "It is...gruesome...But I can tell you everything from the beginning if you want...?" Takao, still in his own little world, nodded his head solemnly. Rei dragged Takao back under the scrap of metal he called shelter, and sat Takao down where he had been laying what seemed like hours ago. Rei looked at Takao and was about to start, but his eyes suddenly seemed to go far away, widening in their sockets. Takao blinked. "Rei-?" Said Driger-master jumped up and grabbed an old rope-like cloth; with it he grabbed at the curtain that lay draped as a door and tied it to a rusty nail that stuck out from the metal leaning against the airplane.
Takao suddenly felt the earth beneath him quaking, not very hard, barely noticeable at first...but it grew harder and louder every few seconds. Takao looked up to see Rei crawling about grabbing things here and there, mumbling to himself: "It's here!...I can't believe I forgot to prepare for it! Takao is in no shape to defend himself against it and I barely have anything to hide us with if it tears down the slope..." "Erm, Rei?" Rei's eyes shot up to Takao as though he hadn't even noticed Takao sitting there. "OH! Takao! They musn't see you! Quickly, here!" Takao gulped. "R-Rei, what is it?"
Rei shook his head, and with a hasty-"Tell you later!"-he grabbed Takao and began to drag him over to the side that was leaning against the airplane and grabbed the knob. Takao recognized it as the emergency escape door that usually passengers on the plane would use if the plane were to crash. Rei opened it with albeit difficulty, pulling Takao through along with a large sack of food and various items he had grabbed. They made it in just in time. The piece of scrap metal, that had been hiding them from whatever It was, was suddenly blown from its spot with a large clank sound. Takao gulped, realising that if it weren't for Rei's timing, they would have lost their heads.
Rei grit his teeth. "Damn! I didn't think that he would waste his tame pawing at scrap metal! That took a whole three days to buil-!" The plane shook, and Takao and Rei only just managed to jump back as It tore the airplane in half. Rei gasped, "It's smarter! Last time-" He was cut off yet again, this time by Takao. "What the bloody-hell is It?" He demanded more than asked. "It is going to kill us, Takao! We need to get off of this plane and cover some ground! Quickly!" With that, the two ex-bladebreakers made their way towards the pilot's area (you know, AKA the front!) and ran out the entrance door. Sliding down the plane, Takao fell on his ass on dirt for the second time that day. "Damnit!" He cursed.
Rei, being the nekojin he was, landed catlike on his feet and pulled Takao up. "Come on, then! We need to go!" "Where?" "ANYWHERE BUT HERE!" Rei had had to scream the last part for It made a loud, and terrifyingly close, screech. Finally not being able to hold it off any longer, Takao turned around to see what It was; his stomach clenched with half fear, half excitement. It was...a bitbeast! This bitbeast seemed to be a mix of some prehistoric bird with a lion. Almost like a Griffin but more terrifying. It stood about the height of a regular sized house. Takao gulped. "So...that is...It..." Turning around, he realised Rei had already put five feet behind him, turning around and swiftly yelling at Takao: "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SITTING THERE FOR? TAKAO, COME ON! IT'LL KILL YOU!" Takao swiftly began running as he felt the quake as the creature lifted its foot to stomp once more upon the loose, ashy earth.
Takao panted heavily as he felt his feet pound at the dirt beneath him, causing the dust to rise and fall with a boom, or was that the creature? Rei began running once more as Takao made it within two feet of him. "NE, REI! COULD YOU WAIT A SECOND?" They managed to keep running until they came to a small, torn up town that Takao was sure was once prosporous. They both ran inside an old house that looked ready to collapse where it stood. The ground shook vigorously as the creature ran by, screeching its blood-curdling screech as it went off to hell knows where.
Takao was shaking as he kneeled next to his ex-White Tiger friend. Said raven-haired teen was slowly shifting his head to look out of the old doorway, checking to see if the coast was clear. Giving a sigh of relief, he sat back so that his back and head hit the wall in a dazed way. "We are safe...for now..." He sighed, running a hand through his shorter, rough raven hair. "I'm sorry that I couldn't give you a proper explanation...That was a...Bitbeast Metal GriffX20934...or was it 924457X?" Rei looked thoughtful...Then he heard a thud. He turned to see...something rather odd to him...
Takao had fainted.
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Takao's Dream/Flashback
"Ne, Kai! You're going to get sick if you stay out here any longer!"
Kai was leaning against the stairway rail, looking up at the stars.
It was a cold night, but Kai loved the way the moon and stars made the sky light up, looking so beautiful and mysterious...
Takao came out and saw his boyfriend's position on the railing. Grinning, he decided to take advantage of the situation at hand...Creeping up slowly behind Kai, he began to stretch his arms wider, and wider, and wider still, as to engulf Kai in a large, loving hug. He did, and he felt Kai stiffen...but when Kai realised who it was, he stood still, leaning back into Takao's embrace.
(They say that when a star dies...another is reborn...When a love dies...can it be reborn as well? Another?)
Kuchibue ga kikoeru kinou yori tooku de
Togiretogire no kakera o atsume
Migite ni nigirishime sotto me o tojite
I can hear whistling from distant yesterday.
I collect the scattered pieces
I
hold them tightly in my right hand, and softly close my eyes
Sighing in satisfaction Kai turned his head so that he could see his boyfriend's face.
Who'd ever guess that he, Kai Hiwatari and Takao Kinomiya, would be koibitos? It proves that...Love is love...
(Love can be against elements...Fire and wind. So different...but both need the other.)
NAIFU no you ni tsukiakari ga furidasu
Chiheisen mo itetsuku yoru sa
Hiza o daite sonna kouya ni ima hitori
Kaze no uta ni mimi o sumashiteru
Knife-like moonlight rains down
On a night that freezes even the horizon.
Alone in that wilderness, hugging my knee
I strain to hear the song of the wind.
(Fire spreads and destroys...but it also creates and nourishes...)
Takao slowly walked backwards until he fell into a chair, Kai falling onto his lap.
Everything...so perfect. Kai looked up to him, a soft look in those usually sharp, glaring eyes. "Promise me Takao..." He whispered. Takao shivered as Kai's breath ghosted across his neck.
Nemuranai yoru o shiranai yatsu wa
Tsuyoku wa narenai sore ga RUURU sa
Those who do not know a sleepless night
Cannot become strong; that is the rule.
"Promise what, koi?" Takao asked.
A simple question to a not so simple answer. "Promise that...you'll never leave me...Promise that, we'll never forget each other. Promise me, Takao, koi." Takao looked surprised. Why did Kai want him to promise that? Sure, Kai had his insecurities, but it was still an odd question for him. "Heheh, why's that, koi? You know I'll never leave you!"
(Wind fuels fire...without wind, the fire goes out...)
Kuchibue ga kikoeru hoshizora yori yooku de
Sore wa dare ka no inori no kotoba
Migite ni nigirishime sotto me o tojite
I can hear a whistling from distant yesterday.
It's the words of someone's prayer.
I hold them tightly in my hand, and softly close my eyes
"Onegai...Please love...?" Kai whispered, his blood-red eyes transfixed on Takao's own blue eyes. Takao smiled. "Sure, why not?" Taking a deep breath and looking serious, Takao held Kai's hand in a gentle, firm grasp.
(When you say 'I'll always be with you' , how do you know?)
"Kai, koi...I'll never leave your side. Our hearts will beat as one forever. No matter how far away, no matter those who try and come between us, no matter of those who look upon us with hatred, or jealousy, and nor if our minds drift apart slowly...our hearts will always be bound." Takao kissed Kai's hand.
"I promise...Forever..."
Kodoku yori mo motto sabishii mono wa
Sono kodoku ni kizukanai koto
Donna hieta yoru no daichi mo sono shita ni
Atatkasa o kakushite iru no sa
A thing that is even sadder than lonliness
Is not realizing that lonliness
No matter how freezing the night, under the earth
Warmth is hidden.
Kai smiled. "A lot of words coming from you Takao-koi..." He turned over in Takao's lap so that they were face-to-face, Kai straddling Takao's hips. "Arigato...Takao-koi...I promise..."
(How can you promise a love for eternity...How can you see the future? You can't...)
Kabu ni torawareta tori de iru yori
Namae mo shiranai ishikoro ni nare
Rather than being a bird that is trapped in a cage,
I would become a nameless stone.
Takao glanced up at the night sky, a half-asleep Kai in his arms.
"Takao-koi...?" Takao looked down at Kai. "Kai-koi?" Kai's arms grasped at Takao's shoulders. "You'll truly love me forever? How long, for you, is forever, Takao-koi?"
(Love can surpass the ages...or it can crumble and die. A once beautiful star...falling forever.)
Kuchibue ga kikoeru kinou yori tooku de
Togiretogire no kakera o atsume
Migite ni nigirishime sotto me o tojiru
I can hear whistling from distant yesterday
I collect the scattered pieces
And holding them tight in my right hand, softly close my eyes.
Takao's smile shone like a light in the darkest of nights.
(We all make promises...But a promise is like a valuable vase...If broken, it cannot be fixed the same.)
How long is forever?
Kuchibue ga kikoeru hoshizora yori yooku de
Sore wa dare ka no inori no kotoba
Migite ni nigirishime sotto me o tojiru
I can hear a whistling from distant yesterday
It's the words of someone's prayer.
And holding them tight in my right hand, I softly close my eyes.
"I'll stop loving you," Takao began softly,"When every last star in the sky dies...and never shines again..."
(All stars die...but they are born anew. Stars can never truly disappear...unless the sky is gone.)
Kai smiled...He fell asleep in his koi's lap that night.
Migite ni nigirishime sotto me o tojiru
Holding them tight in my right hand, I softly close my eyes.
Takao and Kai never promised that they wouldn't forget each other...
(Is it possible...for a star to forget its original glow?)
"Takao-kun! Open your eyes! Onegai!"
END DREAM/FLASHBACK
Takao's eyes fluttered open and he looked up to see Rei, sweat trickling down the side of his face as he looked down at Takao worriedly. "Thank goodness! I didn't know what happened. You just blacked out all of a sudden...I was really worried!" Takao groaned as he sat up, rubbing his sore head. "Hai, arigato Rei." Rei smiled. "No problem, you'd do the same for me, wouldn't you?" "Of course!" Takao answered without hesitation. "Ah, so the blue-haired on is up?" Takao glanced over at the voice and saw an old woman lying in a cucoon-like bundle of blankets.
Rei smiled. "Hai, he's rather stubborn, Takao is." The old woman coughed into a filthy-looking handkerchief before turning to the right. "Jin, honey, our guests have awoken!" The young man named Jin walked into the room. He wore torn clothes that fit tightly to his body, his brownish-red eyes piercing through the soul between a scarf covering his mouth and cloth wrapped around his head. Takao could see a long, pale-blue ponytail hanging from the back of the bandages around his head. Takao's face went to that of a gaping fish when he realised that the man, so called "Jin", was actually...
"A-aniki? H-Hitoshi-san!"
Wary dark eyes surveyed the tattered and destroyed are before him, sneering. (("Child's play...")) the hoarse voice hissed. Smirking, Voltaire turned to Balkov, who was also surveying the area. (("Well done, Balkov...Well done.")) Boris smirked. ((Thank-you, Voltaire-sama. But it was YOUR plan.")) Voltaire nodded. (("You upgraded them well...I expect more results like this. Today has been a glorious victory.As it has been for three years.")) Voltaire turned away and began to walk towards his vehicle, but he stopped only for a minute. (("I want Kai, not Neoborg, to destroy the next town, Balkov. Is that clear?")) (("Yes, of course..."))
When Voltaire had left, Balkov turned towards his own vehicle where a figure sat in darkness, red glowereing eyes emotionlessly scanning the grounds. (("It is time...Kuro Kaizer...Let us go hunting for tigers..."))
END CHAPTER 2
MissesLadyLuck: whelp, that s it for now...BTW, I'm working on the revised version of Blue Oleander (BO) if you're all interested. I'm also working on doujinshi and I may change the title of this story! So beware!
onegai means "Please"
koibito means "lover/lovers" and koi is a short term for it...I guess koi would be like calling someone "love".
kuro means "black" and Kaizer is the combination of "Kai&Dranzer" so, get it? 0
SONG FOR CHAP. 2:
Kuchibue o Kikoeru
(I Could Hear Whistling)
Lyrics by: Takayanagi Koi
Sung by: Hiyama Nobuyuki (Hiei)
PLZ R&R