The Phantom of the Abbey
I have decided that these chapters will be quite short, ok? Two or three pages max. There are no yaoi/slash/same sex parings in this story, and any perverted thing you read is completely unintentional. I say this because an old school friend has been reading the drafts of these stories and coming up with some rather… dodgy things. I suggest that you don't read the reviews, because they may be as dodgy, as she's reading this! And I'm working on the sequel for WTFTHTG, ok? So don't hassle me! Oh yeah, bold is a foreign language (not Russian) and bold italics are Russian. And I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but Seth has a glass eye.
And the pairings have been decided! It's KaiOC and RobertOC… I'll leave you to guess who's with whom… one is revealed slightly in this chapter!
Don't sue; COMPLAIN! (Cause then, I at least know you're reading this!)
The Phantom of the Abbey; Chapter V: Why So Silent?
"Where is he?" He yelled.
"Who?"
"Voltaire! WHERE IS HE? HE KILLED MY MOTHER!"
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"Umm… How much of this is edible?" Bryan muttered, not wanting to draw attention to himself. Tala raised an eyebrow and Spencer and Ian shrugged.
"This and this… Basically dry cereal or cooked breakfast." Seth pointed out the relevant items on the menu.
"Seth? Kai?" Ian asked. "What is all this?" He made a vague gesture to the menu.
"Read the menu and find out." Tyson said, staring quizzically at the Russians.
"Ignore the imbecile." Kai sighed, standing up. "His brain has escaped out the back of his head to try and find the food." He squatted down between Ian and Spencer and began to explain the menu to them in hushed Russian undertones.
"We can't read in English," Tala said flushing. Tyson and Ray exchanged triumphant glances.
"Has no one ever told you it is rude to crow over another's misfortune?" Seth asked mildly. "No breakfast for me f-sir." He addressed this to Voltaire. The elder opened his mouth to reply, but Seth beat him to it. "I don't eat in the morning. When you're looking back, things like three meals don't seem important." Seth stood with a sigh. "Are you coming Kasi? I can put you through your paces."
"Mariah!" Ray suddenly yelled, waving his arms around like a mad man. "You guys! Over here!"
"Seth!" Bryan and Ian hissed. "Stay! We might need your gun!" Seth's grey eye flashed discreetly and he slowly sat down.
"Ray!" Lee acknowledged as Mariah and ray embraced. "Nice to see you. Tyson, Kenny, Max… Kai." It was no mistake that Kai's name had been said last. Kai nodded his head, eyes narrowed. Tala, who was sitting last in the row of Demolition Boys, cleared his throat pointedly as he put his feet up. Seth passed his stick to Bryan, who hit Tala none to gently on the head with it.
"What are you doing with them?" Mariah asked, glaring at the Russians.
"Trust me; I'm wondering the same thing!" Ian drawled.
"Who are you?" Mariah asked rudely.
"Who was that addressed to?" Seth asked mildly, but with an unpleasant undercurrent. "I don't like your tone. I wouldn't let my son talk to me like that." Mariah was going purple with rage. "But being as you are so young, I'll let you off lightly. How about a beybattle? If I win, you have to battle my associate for our names. If you win, you receive them. How does that sound?"
"Hang on a minute," Lee interrupted, pressing his hands swiftly together in apology. "Mariah's fourteen, just a kid. You're an adult, you have a son."
"Correct. I'm thirty. However, I had a son when I was about your age, so don't judge on that. If she wants, your sister can battle on of the boys instead." Seth motioned to the four boys next to him.
"How do you know she's my sister?" Seth tapped the side of his nose. "Fine. She'll battle you."
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"How are you going to battle when you can't stand up without a stick?" Ian wanted to know as Seth slipped on another mask. "And is that make-up?"
"I prefer to call it kohl." Seth said as he shaded in the eye holes. He had swapped his usual black attire for an elegant red one and his hair was let loose from the bonds.
"You take longer than a girl to prepare!" Ian complained. As he passed, Seth shoved him playfully.
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"Ready? Three – two – one… LET IT RIP!" Mariah released her blade into the stadium. Seth followed her action in complete silence.
"Wandering child." It was a command. The room grew darker and mist began to pour from the black beyblade. The only light in the room was a sphere hovering in the centre of the dish. Mariah watched in dismay as Galux was drawn to it. An eerily familiar tune began to play.
"Galux! Let's stop playing around! Cat Bites!" She cried. Seth smiled. In the half light with his skeleton mask, he looked like a fearsome ghost. Or Phantom.
"Why so silent?" He asked sadistically. Galux gave a cry of pain and began to scream.
"That shouldn't be allowed… isn't allowed." Mariah said through gritted teeth.
"I beg to differ! Keep your hand at the level of your eyes!" Mariah cried out as she was thrown to the floor. Seth's eye gleamed with bloodlust. "Time for you to meet true power! I believe you have already met my bit beast?"
"Why are you…?"
"Prima Donna, I've barely started! Angel of Music!" The sphere of light disappeared and the music began to change. Bryan started, Kai's eyes widened, Tala fell off his chair and Ian staggered backwards, luckily to be caught by Spencer, at the sight of Seth's bit beast.
"Black Dranzer! Time to show them true strength! Music of the Night!" The dark phoenix gave a raucous shriek. Thousands of elegant candles appeared from nowhere. The song Seth has sung the first night began to play. Black Dranzer streamlined herself and dove through Galux. Mariah cried out again as her blade landed on the floor beside her. But no one was looking at her. They were all watching Seth.
He stood there, an almost masochistic look on his face. Black Dranzer flew around the man, growing closer every time. Eventually, she encircled him with her wings, sharp beak nuzzling at his neck, preening his long grey hair. Seth closed his eyes, his mask making him look ominously fearsome. It was impossible to see where Phantom began and phoenix ended.
"Black Dranzer was destroyed!" Tala said, finding his voice.
"You can't destroy true power." Seth replied crisply, eyes still closed.
"Black Dranzer gets its power from stealing other people's bit beasts!" Tyson protested, breaking the spell. Seth's steely grey eyes snapped open.
"I'd rethink your words. Black Dranzer is one of the five." The Biovolt element of Seth was beginning to surface. "If Black Dranzer is merely a parasite, then how did I manage to beat your friend?" All eyes swivelled to the Demolition Boys. Tala shrugged.
"Don't look at us. All our bit beasts are in our pockets." They then turned to Kai, as their resident ex-Black Dranzer wielder.
"I've never seen her act like that." Kai admitted, He held out a hand. "May I?" Seth inclined his head and tossed the black beyblade over. Kai looked over it with the experienced eyes of a professional. "You've made some improvements." Kai squinted at the object which haunted his nightmares. "Ball bearings." Seth watched him with something akin to humour in his grey eye.
"So is pinkie going to battle me or shall I start training?" Kasi tapped her foot impatiently. By now, quite a crowd had gathered. Robert suddenly stepper out.
"I'll battle you." He said. Kasi swallowed a coloured discreetly.
"You fancy him, don't you?" Kai said with a smirk.
"I do not!" Kasi protested, playing with the plait that hung down her back.
"She so does!" Seth and Kai hi-fived, much to the surprise of the others.
"Fine. I'll battle you." Kasi inclined her head.
"Now this should be good." Bryan muttered to Tala. "I've always wanted to see our good Master Jagen taken down a few pegs!"
"Hey, Robert's decent." Tala whispered back. "It's not his fault his name begins with the same letter as Rays!"
"Shut your mouth before I do it for you!" Kasi retorted, tapping her beyblade launcher, a piece of rope attached to a strong cane, on the ground. The two boys took a step back and mimed zipping their lips. Beside Ray, Kai shifted uneasily.
"What's wrong?" Ray hissed.
"The last time I saw Kasi blade was when I still had Black Dranzer. She smashed my head in and was about to finish me off when she suddenly had a change of heart and told me to embrace my destiny, before disappearing into the wilderness." Kai pulled back his thick blue fringe to reveal a blood encrusted indent. Ray wrinkled his nose.
"I thought she was supposed to be your sister?" Kai caught Kasi glaring at him and kept quiet.
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"Three – two – one… LET IT RIP!" Griffolyon and Black Onyx crashed into the dish.
"Griffolyon! Wing Dagger!" Robert felt an alien emotion for the sixteen year old in front of him. It made him want to finish the battle quickly, but Kasi didn't seem affected by his attack, and the raven spirit grew stronger.
"Scarlet Eye of Vengeance!" Kasi yelled. Robert cried out in pain. It felt like red hot needles were being driven into his body. With a swift movement, Griffolyon was knocked out of the dish. Robert dropped to the ground, tears of pain falling from his eyes. He could hear his team gathering around him, but he could see another gathering.
Someone else had collapsed – and it wasn't Kasi.
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"Why so silent, good Madame?" Kai's father danced into the cottage. Kai looked up from the picture book he was reading and waved.
"Are you drunk?" Kai's mother asked, turning around. Kai's father took her in his arms and waltzed around the cottage.
"Prima Donna, first lady of the stage… Your devotees are on their knees to implore you…" He sang. Kai's mother shook her head and hit him on the head with a wooden spoon.
"Please stop spoiling these wonderful songs for me." She teased. In fact, Kai's father had a very good singing voice. "Why are you singing songs from the best show in the world?"
"Two reasons, my good lady. First, I have booked three tickets to see The Phantom of the Opera ™ in time for your birthday and secondly… I have acquired myself a part in the stage musical!" Kai's mother hugged her husband as he began singing another song. "Past the point of no return…"
"Let me go you imbecile! I need to cook dinner tonight!" Kai's father sat down beside Kai.
"So… whatcha reading? What language?" He asked, as if Kai was his age.
"I'm reading Alfie, daddy. In Indonesian. Mummy said I needed to put the Russian stuff away and read some more of my mudder tongue."
"Is that right? So, what's Alfie up to?" Kai's father lifted him up onto his knee.
"Nothing! He's boring!"
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Kai was brought down to earth with a bump as Tyson emptied a bottle of water over him.
"You are going to pay for that." He growled, pushing his sodden fringe out of his eyes. Then, a thought struck him. "Seth, what language do you speak? Aside from English and Russian?"
"Japanese, Spanish, French and Indonesian. Why do you ask?" The man looked at the teen curiously.
"How come I know Indonesian?" Kai murmured, clutching his knees.
"More to the point – how did you know I know Indonesian?"
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Ooo! Slight cliffy! It was great fun writing Kai's flashback! And all those references to POTO are making my head spin! It was the first time I've written a bit beast/ human pairing… I quite liked it actually… And I love Alfie LOL! And, for some odd reason, it made me laugh every time I wrote about Seth's eye… maybe because I'm used to writing 'eyes'!
So review please! I want at least five before I update!