{Last updated: 12/8/2012}
ONE YEAR...
ONE FREAKIN' YEAR...
AFTER ONE FREAKIN' YEAR, A NEW CHAPTER FOR THE BEYBLADE XOVER FANFIC TITLED "A FORGOTTEN SEALS" SUDDENLY APPEARS! O.o
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Okay, so... First off...
HAPPY(late) NEW YEAR 2014, EVERYONE! MAY LUCKS, HAPPINESS, AND JOY ALWAYS ACCOMPANYING OUR DAYS AT THE BRAND NEW YEAR~! (-^_^-)
.. Second...
I'M SORRY FOR THE SUPER-DUPER-EXTRA-EXTREMELY-MEGA-TRIPLE-AND-OVERLY LATE UPDATE! X_x
... No, seriously. I really, really, and REALLY sorry. For one freakin' year, I tried to write the best, but found that it doesn't fit well on this or that. There's really nothing I can say to even begin to compensate for the ridiculously long wait. I'm not even sure of how it happened. I just... drifted away from the story and slowly lost inspiration.
Not to mention that now I'm busy with school and stuff... All of this had really stop me to do other things except those that school-related, but I know these things don't excuse it, so enough of that.
I've FINALLY updated this fic. Thank you so so SO much to everyone who had read, reviewed, followed, or favourited this fic. It means so much to me and I feel awful for leaving you all waiting long. So thanks to Jackpot 2, Allycat, Luxray Lover, lolgirl32, BlackholeRaven131, The-Alizarin-Possum534, Ern Estine 13624, The-Silver-Butterfly150, Guest, MindBlowing, A Natsume Yuujinchou lover, RavenAlche, dreamlily, Matsukaze Tenma, KyoyaXSandra, DazzlerAngel, suntan140, Yuki no Tsubasa, xxHinaAngelxx, Fairy Tail Fanatic 4EVER, and GalaxyPegasus14 (AND those who've fav and follow the story). Thank you all for your lovely reviews. Your kind, supportive, and encouraging words have made me smile time and time again. You didn't deserve the wait and I'm truly sorry for that.
I can't thank you enough for not giving up on me. :') ..Once again, I apologize for the wait. (Gosh, I can tell I'm going to get lectures from some of you...) O_o
It'll be harder to post Chapters from now on, but I'll try. :)
Anyway, I hope you enjoy Chapter 10 of "A Forgotten Seals". Happy reading~! ^_^-
DISCLAIMER : I DON'T OWN EITHER BEYBLADE OR METAL FIGHT BEYBLADE SERIES. HOWEVER, I OWN THE PLOT OF THIS FIC... ^^-
A Forgotten Seals
Chapter 10 : Unexpected Outcome
Ginga, Takao, and the others finally made it to 'Fair Centre'— the building that was attacked by 'Dark Organization' for reason unknown to them.
Hiding behind the bushes, they waited for the group of black-cloaked men— which obviously 'Dark Organization's 'soldiers'— to get their guards down, so they could strike and went inside the building with no problem.
A moment later, the group noticed their chance to strike. Seeing this, Ginga brought up his launcher, and was about to attack the black-cloaked men with his Pegasis when Takao brought up his launcher, with Dragoon attached to it.
"Go, Dragoon!" The dark blue-haired teen yelled, as he launched his bey to the black-cloaked men far in front of them. When the bey was near enough with the troops, it unleashed a tornado that attacks the black-cloaked troops, which made them unconscious with a single hit.
Ginga and the others awed by this, but it didn't last long when Takao's voice was heard.
"Quick! This is our chance! Let's get into the building before other troops noticed us!" Takao said aloud, as he fled to a haste to the now-unguarded entrance of the building. Seeing this, everyone looked to one another before they nods, and followed Takao from behind...
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Meanwhile, inside the 'Fair Centre' building...
"Well, well... What do we have here?"
A man stepped out from the crowd of the black-cloaked men, making everyone there more terrified than before. A big suspicious smile could be seen with the man as he made his way to a certain yellow-haired boy who's being held by one of his troops.
"... It's nice to meet you again, little boy," the man said almost sarcastically, before grabbed the boy's chin, jerking the boy to face him.
The yellow-haired boy gulped. "B-... Barthez?"
The man, or Barthez, smirked at this. "Ah... Still remembering me, I see," the man said with a cackle. "Poor you... Did the gun scare you off, Max Mizuhara?" The sarcasm in his voice was clear.
Seconds after he did so, Barthez heard not far behind him that Max's parents— Taro Mizuhara and Judy Mizuhara— who were also being held by his men, shouting at him, telling him to let Max go. But he ignores it, as if he's just hearing things.
Max found himself shivered again at the touch of the gun's tip against the right side of his head. "B-Barthez... Y-You won't get away with this."
"Hmph. Let's see if you're right, little boy," Barthez said with a smirk, before removing his hand from Max's chin and looked up to his soldier who held Max.
"Hold the boy still, soldier," Barthez told his soldier, pulling out what it looked like an electroshock device. "We can use him a bait to get Ginga Hagane... or even better, 'him'."
Max's eyes widened at the sight of the device, which he believed is turned on now— proven by the sparks coming out from the said device. "W-... What? W-Who's Ginga Hagane? And who's this 'him' you're talking about...?"
Barthez smirked. "You'll know soon enough, Max Mizuhara."
Barthez began to brought the electroshock device to Max, but hadn't gone far when suddenly, a beyblade came out of nowhere and knock away the electroshock device from Barthez's hand.
"Agh!" Barthez hold his hand, which had small cut on it. "W-Who...?"
Barthez watched the beyblade turned around to the other way, and he quickly looked to where the bey gone to.
It was Takao, Ginga, and their friends, with the bey revealed to be Ginga's as it jumped to his right palm. Their appearances were so unexpected that gasps of shock filled the whole room, and whispers came from one person to another.
"Look, look!" a woman's voice was heard. "Wasn't that the 'Legendary Beyblade Champion' Takao Kinomiya?"
"And standing beside the 'Legend'..." another woman's voice came. "Was that Ginga Hagane, the 'triumph card' of 'Gan Gan Galaxy' and the current well-known Beyblade Champion?"
"Speaking of 'Gan Gan Galaxy'," a man's voice came, "all the members were here!"
"How did they knew about the problem here?" another man's voice was heard. "And wow, I can't believe I saw the 'Legend' and the current well-known Beyblade Champion with my own eyes!"
"Hey, we're trapped here! This is not the right to be hap—!" a woman's voice began, but was cut off by Barthez.
"BE QUIET, YOU FOOLS!" Barthez shouted aloud, silencing the whispers from the people around.
"T-Takao? What are you doing here...? You should have—!" Max began to say, but was cut off when he felt the man holding him brought the gun's tip harder against the right side of his head, quickly silencing the frightened yellow-haired boy.
"Max!" Takao gritted his teeth, and shot a glare at Barthez. "Let Max go, Barthez!"
"Oh, my... I can't believe this," Barthez chuckled evilly. "You finally have the courage to reveal yourself, hmm, Takao?"
"Shut up!" the dark blue-haired teen snapped, eyes narrowed to the evil man far before him. "If only the BBA's guards didn't complain about my well-being, I would have gone for you sooner!"
At Takao's remark, a collective gasps came from the people around as they whispered to one another again.
"Wait, what? BBA?" a man's voice whispered in shock. "I-I thought they're inactive as soon as WBBA came!"
"Maybe BBA still exist to help WBBA in handling the new generation Beyblades?" a woman's voice guessed.
"Well, I guess that could be ri—" another woman's voice began, but is soon cut off by Barthez.
"COULD YOU FOOLS JUST SHUT UP?!" Barthez yelled, silencing the whispers from the people around.
"What do you want with these people... Barthez, isn't it?" Ginga asked, hands clenched to fist at his sides.
"Why should I tell you if you work for the other side?" Barthez said, holding out his hand. "But I could tell you my reasons... if you and Takao willingly come with me."
"Not a chance!" both Takao and Ginga replied quickly, looking angry.
"Hmph, I suppose you don't take me and my men too well," the evil man cackled. "But well... If I couldn't get either you or Takao, then I guess I should take a... replacement."
Ginga got confused at this. "W-... What are you—"
Suddenly, sound of sparks could be heard, and Takao, Ginga, and the others suddenly got a bad feeling...
"M-MAAAX!" two voices of a man and a woman were heard, and Takao quickly gasped when he realized the voices belonged to... Max's parents.
"NO!" the dark blue-haired teen turned his head to the other side, watching in horror as his yellow-haired friend screamed in pain due to the electroshock device that aimed by one of Barthez's men to the boy's chest.
"T-... Ta-... Takao..." Max uttered weakly once the electroshock device was brought away from him. "H-... Help..." the yellow-haired teen couldn't continue more than that as he fell unconscious.
"H-Hey! That's cheating!" Masamune protested, looking angry. "You attack the boy when he's unaware of it! That would be done only by a coward!"
"Yeah! Play fair, you coward!" Kyouya followed, glaring at Barthez.
"Coward or not, at least I got my replacement for the two of you... for now," Barthez smirked, eyeing the shocked Takao and Ginga. "But really... It is your fault that this Max kid got into this mess, Takao Kinomiya."
"B-Barthez, you..." Hitoshi gritted his teeth, glaring at the evil man while fearing of his little brother's mental state.
"To make it clearer that all this was your fault, Takao Kinomiya," Barthez continued, and snapped his fingers, "I present you this."
Suddenly, the roof of the building exploded, making a large hole at the top and the people around panicked. Coming down from the hole above was a big black helicopter, with 'DO' written at the side.
It was when the helicopter's door opened that a collective gasps filled the whole room, and Takao couldn't help but let his eyes grew wide as saucers...
... especially after he saw that almost all his friends or rivals were inside, unconscious.
"E-E-... Everyone..." Takao felt a terrible guilt filled his heart, making him brought a clenched fist over his chest as he fall to his knees.
"T-This is insane..." Chi-Yun uttered in disbelief.
"H-He... He did this just to get Ginga and Takao in his hands?" Tsubasa followed, his eyes wide.
"H-Hey... Isn't this a bit too much?" Mei Mei stammered. "Y-You're hurting Takao mentally and physically, y-you know?"
"So what?" Barthez said with a humph. "Besides, some of his friends were manage to escape... Want to know who were the escapees?"
Barthez pulled out paper that rolled and tied with a black ribbon, and threw it to the group. "Just see what written on the paper."
With that, Barthez turned around and made his way to the big helicopter, with one of his men bringing the unconscious Max along.
"B-Barthez! Sto—!" Hitoshi cried out, but was cut off when three of Barthez's men threw three black ball-like thing that create thick black smokes, blocking everyone's view.
"T-Takao! Use your bey to get rid of this smokes!" Hitoshi cried out, desperately trying to get the smokes away.
Upon receiving no response, Hitoshi grew confused. "T-... Takao?"
The sound of whirring machine was heard, and in instant, the smokes were cleared, with the big helicopter out from everyone's reach. The helicopter's door was still opened, showing a grinning Barthez, one of his men holding an unconscious Max in his arms, and some other of his men holding some of the scientists from the fair.
"I'll 'borrow' them and the boy for a while," Barthez said evilly. "Until we meet again, group of heroes-wannabe..." he added with a cackle, before then burst to an evil laugh as the helicopter set off high into the air.
Hitoshi gritted his teeth, obviously annoyed to know Barthez succeed this time. But all his anger was soon vanished when he eyed his little brother, who was trembling, the paper from Barthez was seen on his hands.
"L-Lil' bro...?" Hitoshi walked and kneeled at the right side of his trembling little brother.
"I-I ruined it... I-I brought danger to everyone. I-It's... It's all my fault," Takao said, his voice shaking. "T-The ones written here... a-are the only ones left that weren't captured yet by Barthez and his men..."
"T-Tyson... C-Calm down. I-It's not your fault..." Hiromi walked and kneeled at Takao's left side, and embraced him in what she hoped would comfort the trembling teen.
"Y-... Yeah. Don't let his words get into you," Ginga said, hoping Takao would get his spirit back.
Hitoshi mutter out thanks to both Hiromi and Ginga as he took the paper from Takao's hands, and began to read the paper's contents :
Attention to all 'DO' members.
We currently had escapees on pursuit. Here's the list of the escapees, with their photos printed beside their names :
- Kai Hiwatari
- Tala Valkov
- Rei Kon
- Mao Chou
- Ozuma "Saint Shields"
- Mariam "Saint Shields"
- Miguel Lavalier
- Mathilda Alster
All 'DO' members were assigned to capture all the names mentioned above. Don't take chances; if you see them, GET THEM! All for the glory of 'Dark Organization'!
Signed,
Leader of 'Dark Organization'
Barthez had done so far by capturing almost all of Takao's friends and rivals, with some manage to escape! How will our good beybladers put a stop to 'Dark Organization'...? And more importantly, what is the reason of 'DO' labeling Ginga and Takao as their main targets?!
Stay tuned for more Chapters~! ;)
By the way, thank you for the reviews and supports, everyone! That means a lot to me~ :'D ..I'm glad you enjoyed this story, even though I always make you all annoyed by the late updates... X_x
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You know what they said; "Nobody's Perfect". So I beg your pardon if there's some errors and 'weird' sentences in this Chapter. Thank you to you all who've read, fav, follow, and review this story! :) ..Well, as always, next Chapter is in-progress. So stay tuned for more Chapters, everyone! Cheers~! ^^-
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