The (not really) long awaited rewrite of Beyblade: Rise of the Night! The way the fic was previously going was... not satisfactory, so I've been working on the rewrite for the better part of two months now, and here we are with the prologue! I hope you guys enjoy it!
"There they are. Dynamis! Tithi!" Tsubasa Ootori raised his hand into the air, waving to catch the two Legendary Bladers' attention. Tithi noticed them first, cheering and weaving through the crowd towards the trio standing on the curb.
"Tithi!" Yuu Tendo bounced up and down, meeting his friend in a hug, "It's good to see you, buddy!"
"It's good to see you too, Yuu! I'm so excited to be back here! Do you think we can battle later?" Tithi, Legendary Blader of Venus, was practically vibrating in excitement.
"Oh, you know it!" Yuu grinned.
A groan caught the two young teens' attention, and they turned in sync to see one Kyoya Tategami rubbing his temples. Tithi yelped and scrambled to put Yuu between him and the Leone Blader.
"You little brats… it's not even been five minutes! Can't you keep it down?!" Kyoya glared at them.
"Kyoya…" Tsubasa sighed, exasperated, "It's been a while since they've seen each other. They're entitled to be a little loud."
"It's not even nine in the morning yet, though! Kakeru's not this loud and he's one of the most energetic people I know!"
"Oh, pipe down, Yoyo," Yuu frowned. "You aren't exactly the best person to be around with on a Saturday morning, either."
"What?! You little runt, take that back-"
"I hope I'm not interrupting anything," Dynamis said, amused, as he finally joined the group. He adjusted the bag over his shoulder, "Tithi, how many times do I have to tell you not to run off without telling me where you're going?"
"Sorry, Dynamis. I got excited!" Tithi smiled up at his guardian. Dynamis rolled his eyes and shook his head.
"Then I guess, it's understandable, this time," Dynamis mused.
"It's good to see you again, Dynamis," Tsubasa said, holding his hand out. Dynamis shook it, smiling a little.
"I wish, it were under better circumstances," Dynamis sighed. "It seems, every time we see each other, it's because of a competition or, in this case, a potentially world ending catastrophe."
"You were pretty vague in the video call," Kyoya pushed aside his annoyance to the two younger teens for a moment, stepping up join the conversation. "Pretty much all you said was that you were getting on the next flight here to Japan and you needed to talk to Gingka and Ryo as soon as possible."
"Indeed," Dynamis nodded. He glanced around, warily, "So, if it's not too much trouble, perhaps we could get going? I promise, I'll explain everything to you once I'm sure we're away from where anyone could possible listen in."
Tsubasa and Kyoya shared a look, before Kyoya pulled a set of keys from his pocket, "Best we get going then. Director's waiting on us, after all."
Tsubasa nodded, and turned, "Yuu. Tithi. Come on now, you two can chat while we drive."
"Dynamis!" Gingka Hagane exclaimed, the redhead's ever present smile on his face when he noticed his fellow Legendary Blader enter the office, "And Tithi too!"
"Gingkie!" Tithi squealed, and rushed forward to hug the redhead.
"Oof, you've gotten big Tithi! And strong too! Has it really been that long?"
"Almost a year, Gingka," Madoka Amano said, dryly.
"Gingka can we battle?" Tithi looked up, puppy eyes in play.
"Uh… Maybe later, Tithi," Gingka laughed. "Right now, uh, the adults kind of need to talk."
Tithi pouted, "But Gingkie…!"
"I'll be more than happy to take you boys out for ice cream," A voice spoke up, and all heads turned to see a teen rise from one of the couches nearby. He had red hair, but the roots were black, and piercing blue eyes. He pulled a messenger bag over his shoulder, and gave the group a small smile, "I think it's best someone watch them at least."
"Really, Akira?" Tsubasa asked, skeptically, "You sure you can keep up with these two hellions on a sugar rush?"
Akira Akuryo raised an eyebrow, and looked at the two young teens, "I know Kenta is down at the Bey park, if you want to see him too."
Both Yuu and Tithi let out twin cheers, and rushed out the door. Akira laughed and followed them, "I'll call if they get to be too much. But come on guys, let them be kids before they become too aware of the next potential world ending disaster."
"Your father helped in two of them," Kyoya rolled his eyes, ducking when a pen went flying towards his head. "Hey!"
"You know the rules Tategami. Keep your mouth shut about he who shall not be named," Akira deadpanned, and then smiled and waved as he walked out the door. "Later guys!"
Once the door was shut, the mood in the office shifted from the light-hearted one it was, to a more serious one. Dynamis took the time to survey the people gathered: Ryo and Gingka Hagane, Hikaru Hisama, Madoka Amano, Yuki Mizusawa, Ryuga Katashi, Kyoya Tategami, and finally Tsubasa Ootori.
"I'm sorry for gathering you all on short notice," Dynamis said, sorrowfully. "But as soon as I realized the stars were aligning, I knew I had to tell you about this."
"Hey, what's another world ending catastrophe? We've handled how many now?" Kyoya asked, "Two? Three if we count Ryuga and the Dark Power?"
Ryuga glared at him, "You're not that funny, you know."
"Now, because you said this would be another global thing," Ryo spoke up, and turned to the computer screen behind him. He clicked a button, and several tabs appeared, each one an open video feed with most members of the Legendary Bladers, and a few of the World Championship Bladers, "Thank you all for waiting, and I apologize if some of you are sacrificing your sleep schedules for this."
"No trouble at all," Da Xiang Wong of Wang Hu Zhong spoke. Next to him was Aguma Ji, and Kuro Blackheart.
"What's sleep?" Zeo Abyss asked, dryly. The rest of Team Dungeon was with him, including King, Chris and Christina Cadelle. Zeo cracked a grin, "Nah, you're fine. It's just after eight here."
"Oh, mood," Nile Storm muttered. "Neffy is gonna kill me when she discovers me being up this late.
Kyoya snorted.
"Time is an illusion," Julian Konzern sighed.
"Nero?" Kuro asked, with a wolfish smirk.
"He's grounded and no I will not say why," Julian deadpanned. "He gets so upset when Lucas isn't here, and I blame that on the fact he practically worships the ground Luke walks on. Now ,what's this about another global threat?"
Trust the business man to get straight to the point. Dynamis cleared his throat and stepped forward.
"Yes, well, I'll put it simply… another deity of evil is set to rise within the next four months," Dynamis began. "This one… Is Nyx, goddess of the night. Where as Nemesis set out to cause destruction and raise the Black Sun, Nyx is different. If history repeats itself, she'll set out to cause a never ending night over the world."
"Never ending night… that sounds significantly better than the world falling into chaos," Aguma mused. Next to him, Kuro shook her head.
"Think again, big guy," Kuro said. "Never ending night means no sun. No sun means nothing can grow. You're talking about famine and death coming in within weeks."
Yuki nodded, "Miss Kuro is right. Also, a never-ending night implies the moon will be brought into the equation. The moon controls the ocean's high tides. If a never-ending night does in fact come into fruition, we're talking about rising water levels and floods globally as well."
"Not to mention the change in gravity," Julian commented. At the looks he received, "Hey, I can control gravity with just a few words, don't look at me like that. Going off of what Yuki said, the gravitational pull of the moon with the ocean tides will also change the gravity on Earth as well. Instead of being focused on one point, it'll pull harder on the entire Earth's surface itself."
"Okay, so how do we prevent this from happening?" King asked, "Is this another Legendary Blader deal?"
"Not a Legendary Blader situation, I'm afraid," Dynamis shook his head with a sigh. "But the Elemental Seven."
There was a beat of silence.
"Care to elaborate?" Nile asked, tiredly, "Who are the Elemental Seven?"
"A set of warriors that originally defeated Nyx, back when she first made herself known," Dynamis explained. "Seven Bladers, each of them with the power of a certain element on their side: Earth, Nature, Death, Life, Water, Air, Fire, and Darkness."
"That's eight," Kyoya pointed out.
"Darkness was the fraction of power that went to Nyx's guardian herself, so I can expect the same for this situation," Dynamis told him.
"Like what happened with King Hades and Nemesis," Chris commented, thoughtfully. "How do we find these Bladers, now?"
"An upcoming meteor shower, within the next week. It's called Perseids Shower," Dynamis said. "At the max peak of this shower, the Seven's elements will reveal themselves. A comet will fly over the chosen warrior, but unfortunately, it will not be a star fragment like it was for we of the Legendary Bladers. The comets themselves will have a specific color to them show off the element, and I can't say there will be any 'evolutions' to the Bey itself, only an increase in power."
"Any idea what the colors will be? So we have a way to narrow down the element we're looking for in each country?" Julian questioned.
"I'm afraid not," Dynamis sighed. "But, considering we're on a shorter time crunch to find these Bladers than we were for the Legendary Bladers, we should figure out a way to find them faster and train them so they are prepared. After all, some of us only had a couple of weeks between when the star fragment awakened and when we battled Nemesis to get where we needed to be."
A few glances towards Chris where given. Chris glared at every member of Team Dungeon, "Don't be giving me that look, how was I supposed to know I was the Winter Blader?!"
"How about… Orion?" Christina asked her twin, sarcastically. She ducked when he tried to swat her upside the head.
"Not to mention, our less than stellar… teamwork," Dynamis said. This time, looks towards Aguma, Kyoya, Ryuga, and Chris were given. Ryuga and Kyoya glared, Chris sighed in defeat, and Aguma had the decency to look ashamed.
"But we should stay on the look out for abnormal, or brighter than usual, colors in the comet shower as it passes over the globe," Yuki commented. "And tell everyone who isn't present here currently about it, as well."
"I'll call Ryuto," Ryuga sighed.
"I'll be sure to tell Aleksi and the Russian team," Madoka nodded.
"And I'll pass the message on to the rest of Excalibur," Julian said.
"Quick question," Kyoya raised a finger. "Is there going to be another Hades Curse situation?"
"The Curse of Death," Dynamis answered. "The user of the element of Death may feel a pull to join Nyx, only because his or her element is something that Nyx could use to her advantage. Whoever the element of Death ends up being, we should keep a close eye on for any changes in personality or who their associates may or may not be."
"Lovely," Nile muttered. "Now, next order of business: How do find these guys on such short notice?"
"I believe I have an answer to that," Ryo spoke up, having listened to the conversation up until this point. He crossed his arms, "However, what I tell you can't be told to anyone besides those you trust, since it's confidential WBBA information, as of now."
"What is it, dad?" Gingka asked.
Ryo inhaled deeply, "There's going to be a new Beyblade World Championships, with the championships starting in roughly three weeks."
A pin could be heard in the silence that followed. Ryo rushed to be heard before the clamor could start.
"Anyone who previously competed in the World Championships can't enter. The age limit has been raised to twenty one, and the Legendary Bladers that weren't in the last tournament have already been secured a spot on almost every country's team," Ryo continued. "Yuki, you'll be on the Japanese team."
Yuki yelped and went red, stuttering nonsense.
"Dynamis, you'll be on the African team," Ryo looked at the Jupiter Blader, who's eyebrows had gone up.
"King, you'll be on the EU team, since you're from Greece, originally," Ryo said, looking back up at the screen. "Chris, you'll be on the American team, and so will Tithi. Aguma, you'll be on the Chinese team. After that, there can be up to four other members on the team, plus a mechanic, so there could be a total of up to six members per team."
"Oh, this is gonna be epic!" King cheered.
"Aw, no fair, that means I can't compete!" Masamune whined.
"Da-ad, why didn't you tell me this before?!" Gingka exclaimed.
"Why aren't I on the Japanese team?" Ryuga frowned.
"Because you came in as Gan Gan Galaxy's savior in the finals," Ryo pointed out. "Also, all those who were in the qualifier tournaments can compete, but they aren't guaranteed to get a spot. The WBBA board are discussing getting the numbers up for each qualifying tournament, so that at least more people will compete. The finals scores will be run, and those who haven't previously competed will get the spots for each team."
"Kenta's gonna hate to hear that," Madoka sighed.
"An interesting set up," Julian mused. "But I see the reasoning behind this."
"Like I said, tell no one of this unless you trust them to keep it to themselves. The official announcement doesn't come for another two weeks, and the qualifiers start in three," Ryo crossed his arms. "Am I clear?"
Ryo got various forms of affirmation, before he nodded. He turned to Dynamis, "Is there anything else you need to share with us?"
"Only that when the meteor shower happens, to be on the look out for meteors that stand out," Dynamis sighed. "Let's hope that we have better luck with defeating Nyx than we did with Nemesis, my friends."
"There's a big difference in between the Nemesis situation, and the Nyx situation," Gingka said, smiling.
"And what's that, Gingka?" Kyoya asked.
"At least this time, we know about her and can prepare for her."
No one argued his statement, and with that, Ryo ended the conference call.
Yeah, we've got a different feel, and we aren't even into the first official chapter yet. Hope you guys enjoyed and will leave a review!