Sapphire Vixen
SunFireVixen doesn't own Beyblade. Only the plots she makes, and Fei, Takato, Riza, Emerald and Sapphire. And Aquamarine. (Thanks, ghostymangarocker!)
Sun: I'm apologize that I didn't update Sunday like I promised! My family and I drove down to L.A. for the weekend, and I wasn't able to update.
I got that 6th Harry Potter book, by the way! And I finished it under 20 hours! -giggles insanely-
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roxanne - I'm so happy that you liked it.
lil' angelgrl - XD I'm sorry you didn't see this up Sunday.
FallenTruth - It's great to have everyone on good terms.
That was nice of you to say about me! -tacklehug-
frosticdranzergal - yeah. I'm reading one of your stories.
o.o good thing Peanuts moved out and Sapphire quit her job! I would have been strangled by now!
COOKIES! -picks up cookies from floor-
bladebreakers - yeah. Emerald's safely (and sadly) out of Fei's scary lab.
-pokes Tyson in the stomach-
-Tyson giggles-
Yeah! You heard what she said!
Kyogue - Thank you! And I wll, don't worry.
Shadw - Sapphire's mother doesn't have a bit-beast. She wasn't very good at thesport, so instead she took ballet-
Wait... you can't know yet! You'll know more about that in a very long time.
Odango-chan - Thank you! I'm happy she got out of that weird state...
Let's all hope nothing very serious happens! Or we will all round Takao in alley and smooch him as punishment from all of us fangirls!
T.T It's a... week? I guess I could change it once again, but meanwhile, you have Copied Hearts and My Guardian Angel II to entertain you throughout the week! See? I'm nice.
p.s.: You rule.
p.p.s: Update your fic soon! -whine-
ghostymangarocker - XD Go Emmy! Bad Fei! -kick-
Thanks for reminding me! -gives you a cookie-
I guess Sapphire's father (Sapphire flinches in the background) might have almost the same appearance as Kai... but who knows..
Okay. No more hints. And no more slanted writing either.
-dances in circles- Wheee...
Thank you so much to every single one of you who reviewed, and also to everyone who has read this fic of mine's out there.
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Sun: Oh, yeah, let's all root for J.K. Rowling, the best author ever! Her latest book, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince was incredible! (I apologize to anyone who dislikes or is somehow against these series.)
Another thing is that I have added summaries on my profile and also other things about all my stories that i'm currently updating. It says all the times I will update, estimte of chapters, and the current status. It is updated every two days. Go and take a look if you haven't seen it yet!
Well, here's the continuation of Sapphire Vixen, enjoy!
Chapter 26: A New Name
Their blades jumped onto the floor, and immediately Sapphire's blade started to attack. Tyson groaned in pain as she gave him absolutely no chance to attack back. Sapphire's blade rammed against Dragoon, pushing him into the steps. Sapphire smirked at Tyson.
"You don't stand a chance, Tyson. It's not surprising. I don't have experience, but I have natural talent."
A piece of Dragoon snapped off. They stared as Tyson took a step back as Sapphire's blade kept ramming into him.
"Tyson! Call it off! Dragoon is getting trashed out there!" Kenny yelled at him, his face sweaty. Hilary, Max, and Ray stared down at Kenny's laptop. Tyson's spin number began to decrease very quickly at each tackle of her blade into Tyson's.
"No! Dragoon!" he called out, and the center of his blade srtarted to glow. Sapphire's blade backed away from Dragoon. The light grew, and Dragoon appeared.
Sapphire smiled as Dragoon attacked her blade. Her blade kept spinning, in between them. Dragoon kept attacking her blade.
"Tyson, it's no use!" Kenny yelled at him, Tyson glared at Sapphire's blade. Kenny stared down at his laptop again. "It's velocity...it's amazing...it going so fast that his attacks have almost no effect..."
"Isn't there something Tyson can do?" Hilary asked, staring down at the computer screen as Sapphire's spin very slowly descended.
"Well, we can try and find a weak spot, but i'm not sure." Kenny mumbled, a droplet of sweat traveling down the side of his face.
Kai stared at Sapphire's blade as kept on spinning, almost as if nothing was happening, that Dragoon wasn't even touching her. Dragoon stopped attacking, and went back to Tyson's blade. Sapphire smirked.
"Tired, Tyson? I didn't expect that from a champion for two years in a row." Sapphire said, her blade going into attack again.
"Tyson! Attack from above!" Kenny suddenly shouted.
Sapphire's eyes suddenly widened. She stopped her attack, and quickly backed away.
"What? Why?" Tyson asked, giving Kenny a questioning sideways glance.
"Just do it!" he shouted.
Dragoon charged at her blade, and suddenly jumped, landing on top of hers. Sapphire groaned in pain, and took a step back. Her blade moved around, trying to shake off Dragoon. Tyson grinned, and the rest smiled.
"Sapphire's blade has excellent defence on the edges, and the amazing velocity...it makes a great defence combo...but it's attack-" Kenny started, but he was cut off.
"It's going so fast that it breaks anything that touches it. But she concentrated on the edges too much...and she forgot her defences from above." Kai said quietly from the other side.
They stared at him in confusion. He smirked, and went back to the match. Dragoon grinded Sapphire's blade into the ground. Sapphire's blade was slowly making a hole into the ground, sinking under Dragoon. Sapphire groaned, and shook harder, until Dragoon finally was thrown off.
Tyson grinned. "Well? Aren't you going to release your bit-beast?"
Sapphire smirked. She panted heavily, tired. Tyson panted also, and stared at Sapphire with a tired smile.
"I don't...need her...to beat you." Sapphire spoke between heavy breaths.
Kenny stared down at his laptop. The spin number of Sapphire's blade kept descending, until it slowed down until a little bit lower than Tyson's spin.
"You sure about that?" Tyson yelled, and Dragoon jumped again, but Sapphire's blade dodged before Dragoon could touch her. She rammed her blade into Dragoon right before he could touch the ground, sending him flying somewhere behind Tyson.
Dragoon crashed into a pillar, making a crater into it, landed on the bottom, and started to wobble. Tyson made Dragoon regain his balance, and went on attack again. Sapphire's blade tried to dodge his jump, but Dragoon landed firmly on top of Sapphire's blade, grinding it into the floor again. Sapphire groaned again, and glared at Dragoon.
"Just hold on for a little bit longer, Dragoon!" Tyson yelled to Dragoon.
"That last attack Sapphire did on Dragoon took out a big bite out of Tyson's spin. But now that Dragoon is crushing Sapphire's blade, they are practically both the same." Kenny murmured, typing on Dizzi.
Sapphire's blade started to wobble first, and Tyson jumped off. Sapphire panted heavily, sweating. Tyson suddenly rammed into Sapphire's, and she and her blade were sent flying, and Sapphire landed on the floor, next to her blade. Her blade kept spinning, with little left. So did Dragoon.
Tyson glared at Dragoon. "Come on, Dragoon!"
Dragoon stopped first, then Sapphire's. Tyson gaped stupidly. "Dragoon!"
Then Sapphire's blade shattered, the pieces flying everywhere. There was a small sound, which sounded like fragile glass being tapped on the cement. Sapphire slowly sat up, and stared down at her blade. She slowly picked up the pieces. They all ran over, and Sapphire slowly stood up, her broken blade's pieces in her hands.
"You okay, Sapphire?" Ray asked, and she nodded.
She smiled at Tyson. "That was a great match, Tyson." she held out her hand.
Tyson picked up Dragoon, and stared up at Sapphire. He smiled. "Yeah. You are really good." He accepted her hand, and shook it.
Sapphire laughed. "I think you should have won, Tyson. My win...was probably just a fluke."
"No..you really are good. But what about your blade?"
"It's broken, but it's because my mother didn't really practice much, and she didn't like the sport much, so she gave up on it. I still wish it didn't broke... it is my mother's."
"I'll fix your blade for you, Sapphire...don't worry." Kenny said, closing his laptop.
Then Sapphire's eyes stared at something shiny on the ground. She crouched down, and picked it up.
"What's that?" Max asked curiously, his big eyes looking down at her.
She held up something shiny in between her index and thumb fingers.
"What is it?" Hilary asked, as they stared at the small object.
She held in the shade of her hands. "It's a crystal." she murmured. They all stared down at it.
It was transparent crystal, almost glass, shaped like a fox sitting down, it's fluffy tail covering it's small feet. It almost seemed alive, looking up at them with it's pointed face. It's eyes were the only color that was different from the rest of its body. It was a sapphire-blue color.
"It's a fox! How cute!" Hilary said, smiling.
"It's the family's mascot. Well...it used to be the white pigeon, but they changed it once my grandmother was cursed. Now it's fox, as it represents our curse."
"How come it's eyes are diferent?" Max asked, pointing at it's eyes.
"The family changes the fox's eyes everytime a new familiy member is born. The color depends on it's eyes. I'm the youngest, so it has my eyes."
"Your whole family has colored eyes."
They all stared at Kai. He stared down at Sapphire. Her face slowly turned scarlet.
She nodded. "It's a small gift we have. Every family member has a different colored eye, and name that matches, a precious stone. The eye color changes everytime."
"And your mother had dark red eyes, right? So that means she was called Garnet or something?" Ray pointed out.
Sapphire smiled. "You were close. Her name was Ruby. Her eyes were a dark, almost blood, red. My grandmother had light green; Peridot. But the colors didn't change much. I'm actually the third 'Sapphire' in my family."
Sapphire then laughed. They all looked curiously at her. She smiled at the fox. "It was tradition for each daughter to be named after a stone. But my mother didn't like it."
"Why?" Max asked, stepping closer.
"She became bored with the tradition. The day Konnosuke declared his love for my mother, he asked her is he could give her a new name. One only he would call her."
"What did he call her?" Hilary looked up at Sapphire again.
"Apple. I remember my mother once that he told her, 'Because you are the sweetest one on the tree, and because no matter how many times you fall of the tree and bruise, you will always be sweet.'" Sapphire closed her hands around the small crystal fox, and picked up her blade's pieces again.
"It meant that she was always nice, and that no matter how bad someone treated her, she would forgive, no matter how many times," she sighed. "I'm nothing like her." she added, her thin and small hands tight around the crystal fox, her knuckles white. "She kept it inside...probably for me to find it." she said, smiling.
She looked up at them. They smiled at her, she stared back at them surprised.
"Don't compare yourself to someone else, Sapphire. Just take it as something you have to improve on." Ray said, smiling, one of his pointed teeth showing.
Kai stared somewhere else, farther away from them. He smiled, careful that no one else saw.
"Let's go inside, it feels cold out here now." Hilary said, stepping closer to Tyson. Sapphire nodded, and Tyson, Hilary, Ray, Max and Kenny stepped inside. Sapphire stared at Kai, who was still there, his back turned.
"You okay, Kai?" she asked, stepping closer. He didn't turn around.
"Are you feeling better?" he asked, his head lowering.
Sapphire stared confusedly at dark blue hair on his neck. "Why?"
"Are you?" he said quietly. She watched as the cold air blew at the dark blue hair. She felt her own hair being blown by the wind, thin strands covering her face.
"Yes, I guess." she smiled, looking at the ground.
Kai turned around, and cupped her face. "I told you that crying would make you feel better."
"Eh?" she said, looking up at him with big confused eyes. He smiled, and hugged her, holding her in a tight embrace.
She smiled, and leaned on his chest. Then he bent down, and whispered in her ear, "Will...Will you let me give you a new name?"
Sun: -faints-
I'd love for a guy to say that. That is sweet.
Yeah, sort of a cliffhanger. But now the real thing begins! That's right! We aren't even half-way through with this story! Weird eh?
But i'm positively sure that we've got a long way to go. This is somewhere between 2/3rds or something. But I'm bad at calculating.
Well, please review, and i'll update next sunday, and if I fail, you may take this plushie with my face on it and whack it.
-passes around plushies-
don't whack em too hard, I've got... uhh... children to feed... -cough-
I'm just kidding. whack em all you want. They don't hurt me in anyway.
-passerby sets plushie on fire-
-Sun dies-