LHS 16

I Own Nothing,

Chapter 16: Darkness Inside

Madoka moves a crate of beys from her desk to a couch. As she does, she hears a sound of running feet behind her. She turns and watches the room. She blinks and checks around the room. Nothing seems to be there so Madoka continues to work. The more she does, the more she feels like she's being watched.

As she stands, she finally sees a shadow to the side of her and turns sharply. A cute Asian boy sits on her couch, legs crossed. From his relaxed state, he shoots her a two finger salute and says in terrible Japanese: "Sup Babe."

Madoka screams and drops her things. She backs into the corner as he tries to calm her down.

"Woah, sweetheart, let's calm…" He freezes and his face contorts in pain as he says. "Down…" He falls over in a fetal position while Madoka pants heavily over him. Thank God her dad made her keep a baseball bat down in her office in case…He breathes labored and she rolls her eyes.

"I only hit you in the stomach!"

"No you didn't…" He pants and rocks back and forth. "You hit lower…"

"Oh." Madoka empathized with him…even for a girl… that hurt. And she hit him…with a baseball bat… "I'm so sorry!"

"It's okay." He continues to rock back and forth for a few minutes… Well she just killed his future descendants. After a while, he moves to his knees.

Madoka stares at him with a worried expression. "Are…are you okay?"

"I will be." He breathes. "Please don't do that again."

"I won't." Madoka moves the bat back to its hidden spot behind her desk. "So why were you breaking and stalking me?!"

"….You're Amano, Madoka…right?!" He asks. She blinks and nods.

"Why?"

"I'm a friend of King…"

"Eh?!"

"Yeah. He came to us and said that you guys needed help." He stands and takes a couple of deep breaths. "I'm Chao Xin from the Chinese Beyblade Team: Wang Hu Zhong."

Suddenly, a flash of red zooms into and a big busted girl stands between them. "Chao Xin!" She begins yelling at him in Chinese while Madoka stands by, confused.

"Mei Mei." Chao Xin stops her with a hand over the mouth. "Sorry, Madoka. This is Mei Mei. She's a member of the team."

Mei Mei turns and pouts. She looks up and down Madoka before bowing. She rattles off something in Chinese and waits.

"Um…" Chao Xin saves Madoka and talks to Mei Mei . The brown hair mechanic realizes that he's saying she speaks Japanese and not Chinese. Mei Mei nods and blinks as she thinks.

"Nic…Nice to Meat you?"

"meet not meat…" Chao Xin corrects.

Madoka chuckled awkwardly and suddenly a battle cry was heard. A brown haired man raced down the stairs before falling on his face. He stood and raced at the new kids with his bat. The kids squealed and Madoka stopped the man.

"Dad, wait!" She cried. He blinked sleepily and rubbed his eyes. Swinging the baseball bat at the kids, he threatened them.

"Sir…" They sweatdropped.

Yu sat, kicking his legs. He dangled and simply watched Madoka and the others. He shook his head. "I warned you…" He somersaulted backwards and dusted off his clothes. As he walked back towards the roof door, he paused.

"And now, you'll face our wrath." Yu spun and sighed heavily.

"King-Kun?" The others stared at King. King rubbed the back of his head and chuckled.

"Hey guys. These are some friends of mine. I asked for their help to bring our team back together."

"I'm Dashan." The leader introduced. "This is Mei Mei, Chao Xin, and Chi-Yun." The other three bowed.

"And you're gonna help us get our team back together?" Gingka questioned. He leaned against his bedframe and clutched the covers.

"Yep." Chao Xin said. "As long as your friend doesn't pull out any more baseball bats." Madoka apologized again and the two shared a chuckle.

"We start as soon as your friend Tategami-San is home from the hospital." Dashan smiled. "You guys had better be ready for some harder training than you've had before."

"Oh, I'm sure we can take it." Benkei smiled largely.

"Well, we only have a short time to prepare you for your next match." Chi-Yun folded his arms into his sleeves. "When does Tategami, Kyoya return home?"

"They're releasing him in a couple days, I think." Madoka answered.

"Good, then we'll start then."

Kyoya laid in the hospital. His leg wasn't broken or fractured, by some sort of miracle. However, they wanted to keep him another day or two just for tests and to make sure his arm was healing correctly.

As Kyoya closed his eyes, he heard a dragon's growl. He looked around the room for the sound but found nothing. As he closed his eyes once more, he heard it again. This time though, he saw a pair of red eyes in the dark shadow across the room.

"Who's there?" Kyoya demanded. Out from the shadows walked Tsubasa with a wicked smile.

"Tategami…." Tsubasa's eyes glowed purple and he held out a small bey. "Face our wrath."

A scream echoed in the room as a cackle sounded. Doctors and nurses rushed into the room.

Kyoya laid on the floor, curled in a fetal position. Tsubasa was nowhere to be seen except for an open window.

"Tategami-San!" Doctors tended to the teen. He laid, groaning and clutching his heart.

As the hospital staff rushed to care for him, Tsubasa watched from a distance. And now, he would face their wrath…

Hey guys, it's Bunny. I really apologize. I didn't mean to be gone for 2 months out of nowhere. I've been so busy with work and school. I'm so sorry. However, I was able to get a lot written ahead so no worries. I'll be back two weeks from now. Thank you guys for your understanding. *bows* Bai Bai.