{Last updated: 1/30/2014}
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Anyway, I hope you enjoy Chapter 11 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 11 : Bring Back the Spirit
15 minutes later, everyone in the 'Fair Centre' building began to cool down from their frantic and fear of 'Dark Organization'. After a moment of discussion, everyone agreed to put hold the 'International Science Fair' for now, deciding it will be held in next two months from now due to the 'absence' of some scientists and the damage 'Dark Organization' has made to the building and some inventions. It was evening when the decision made.
Once everyone thanked our good beybladers and left the wrecked building for safety— minus Max's parents— our good beybladers stay still at the building for something...
"Urgh... Dad! This 'Dark Organization' has gone too far! I mean, they took almost all Takao's friends and rivals! Can you believe it?!"
A loud sigh escaped Ginga's mouth once he said his frustration to his father— Ryusei Hagane, who were connected via video chat from Madoka's mini laptop.
"Y-Yeah, Mr. Hagane!" Madoka followed, currently standing beside Ginga. She was the one holding her mini laptop, which allowed her to can also speak to the WBBA's leader. "This revelation was too much for Takao! I think this crushed his spirit!"
"H-Hold on for a sec, Ginga, Madoka," Ryusei sighed, bringing an arm to his head. "You keep saying the name 'Takao' over and over... You don't mean the 'Legendary Beyblade Champion', right?"
"Uh... A-Actually, Mr. Hagane..." Madoka scratches the back of her head. "I-It was him we're talking about. And for your information, he's the current leader of seemingly inactive BBA company."
Ryusei look shocked once Madoka said so, almost to the point where he would fall from his seat.
"W-What?!" Ryusei brought both his hands to his head. "S-So it's really the 'Legendary Beyblade Champion' Takao Kinomiya?!"
"Uh... Dad, what's wrong?" Ginga asked in confusion, head cocked to the side.
"How come you both not tell me sooner about him?!" the red-haired WBBA leader said somewhat happily, looking at Ginga and Madoka. "I-I have no mean to get off topic, b-but, well... I-I'm a big fan of him! C-Could I speak with him...?"
Ginga and Madoka looked at Ryusei awkwardly, never thought that the WBBA's leader was a big fan of Takao Kinomiya the 'Legend'.
"W-Well, Dad," Ginga began to say, "w-we would like to let you talk to him. But..."
"T-... This isn't the right time," Madoka uttered with a frown. "'Dark Organization' just succeed in capturing some scientists from the 'International Science Fair' held at America and one of Takao's friends. To make it worse, the man named Barthez... t-told us about his successful attempt in capturing almost all Takao's friends and rivals."
Madoka and Ginga turned their heads to their backs. "A-And I think..." the brunette girl continued, "the revelation was too much for him..."
Not far from Ginga and Madoka, Takao could be seen, kneeling on the ground with his head down. Hiromi, Kenta, Toby, Zeo, and Max's parents— Taro Mizuhara and Judy Mizuhara— tried to cheer up the younger Kinomiya, while Hitoshi and the others seems to discuss about the paper Barthez had given them— the one with 'escapees list' written on it.
"Ugh... This should be hard for him," Ryusei commented with a sigh. "To see him this depressed while remembering how cheerful he was long ago really made me sad."
"Long ago?" Ginga turned his attention back to his father. "What do you mean?"
"I first saw him on TV four years ago— when the first Beyblade Tournament took place, to be exact. I think he was 13 that time... Since then, I continued to watch him on TV until the third Beyblade Tournament. But after the third Beyblade Tournament took place, there's no sign of him anymore, which upsets me," Ryusei told his son, smiling a little. "Gosh... I never thought BBA still active, and from all people, he was the leader of BBA after years passed by."
"Wait, aren't Hitoshi said that BBA helped WBBA in handling the progress of the new generation Beyblades?" Ginga pointed out. "How come you never knew about BBA, Dad? Also, FOUR years ago?! How come I never knew that?!"
"I, uh... kind of new at WBBA, you know? So there are still some important appointments that were not attended by me. Maybe one of those were from BBA," Ryusei said with a sigh. "As for the 'four years problem'... I, uh... watch the shows when you're not around? 'Cause seriously, Ginga, I acted like a 10-year-old boy every time I saw the 'Legend' in action."
"I-I see... S-So that's why..." the Pegasis' Wielder sweat-dropped, imagining an event in his head where his father becoming 'immature' once Takao shows up on TV.
"But really, Dad..." Ginga frowned a bit, getting back to the main topic. "'Dark Organization' had proven themselves dangerous and more tricky than we thought, and I couldn't stop thinking what chaos would they do next."
"I see... W-Well, I'll try to help you by gather information from the internet and the people around about this organization," Ryusei decided, closing his eyes. "I-I don't know, but... Ginga, p-please be safe, alright? I-I couldn't stop thinking about your safety..."
Ginga smiled. "I will, Dad. Thank you. Be safe there," the red-haired blader said, watching his father gave him a firm nod as the transmission cut off.
"Ginga," Madoka called the red-haired blader as she closed her mini laptop, "I'll go to Hitoshi and the others to help them with the paper that Barthez man gave us. In the meantime, can you check on Takao? Somehow, I believe you can bring his spirit back."
Ginga looked at the brunette mechanic for a moment before he nods. "Alright. You can count on me, Madoka."
"Yeah, I know," Madoka said with a light chuckle, before she turned around and jogged to where Hitoshi and the others were.
Ginga whirled and made his way to the depressed Takao. Hiromi, Kenta, Toby, Zeo, and Max's parents still tried to cheer up the younger Kinomiya.
"Takao, how many times do we have to tell you?" Zeo sighs, scratching his head almost in frustration. "Barthez was wrong about this being you fault— it's obviously 'Dark Organization's fault!"
"Y-Yeah," Toby followed, a little more calmer than Zeo. "S-So cheer up a little, okay?"
"Right," Kenta said with a nod. "Everyone was worried about you."
"Especially me," Hiromi frowns, looking down, "and your older brother, Tyson."
"S-... So what?" Takao said, his voice still shaking. "C-Can't you all see...? I-It's MY fault! It's b-because of me that 'Dark Organization' stealing freedoms from t-those I've known! I-If only I willingly come to Barthez, Max won't be—!"
"N-No, Takao! W-We clearly understand the situation!" Taro Mizuhara told the depressed blader.
"T-This isn't your fault, Takao! We weren't mad at you!" Judy Mizuhara followed, worry filled her eyes.
"B-But Max and almost everyone I've known... T-They're..." Takao trailed off, wrapping his arms around himself as he began to tremble again. This made those who tried to cheer him up worried of his mental state.
Haven heard the 'conversation' between Takao and those who tried to cheer up the dark blue-haired teen, Ginga stopped halfway to reach them, appearing to think of something as he gazed down to the ground.
But a moment later, Ginga brought his head back up, suddenly brought up his launcher and attached his Pegasis on it.
Without a word, Ginga launched his Pegasis, letting it flew past Takao's head before it land on the ground right in front of the depressed teen. This startled Hiromi and the others, while the dark blue-haired teen sighs.
"Ginga... I'm not in the mood for—" Takao began to say, but was cut off by the Pegasis' Wielder... However, the words said by Ginga next startle the 'Legend'.
"'I have returned because you've never give up hope! As long as you believe in me, Takao, I can do anything!'"
A low gasp escaped Takao's mouth, knowing very well of the words said by Ginga. Slowly, the dark blue-haired teen standing up and turned around, looking at the red-haired blader in shock.
"Do you remember those words?" the Pegasis' Wielder smiled, silently commanding his bey to go back to him. "I know it from the book Toby gave to me— 'The Dragoon's Wielder'. There, it stated that those words were said the first time you became the 'Beyblading World Champion' by the spirit inside your bey— Dragoon— when the spirit realized how strong the 'bonds' the spirit could make with you out from all people the spirit had met."
Ginga brought up his right hand, and in instant, Pegasis jumped into his right palm.
"You don't believe in us? Or worse, not believe your Dragoon anymore?" Ginga uttered, head cocked to the side. "Dragoon told you to never give up hope, but look what you did now, Takao... I don't think everyone will be happy with you depressed like this, especially Dragoon."
Takao let out a light gasp from his mouth, quickly dug his hand into his bey container and pulled out his beyblade— Dragoon.
A heavy feeling suddenly appeared at the dark blue-haired teen's chest. Takao's eyes widened once he realize that the heavy feeling was not really from his chest...
The heavy feeling... is coming from his right hand— the hand that currently held Dragoon.
"D-Dragoon..." Takao brought his head down, his bangs hiding his eyes from view. "I-... I'm sorry..."
Tears began to stream out of Takao's eyes that hidden from view. "I-I shouldn't have let Barthez playing with my feelings..." the dark blue-haired teen's voice shows a little spirit in it. "Oh, dang it... I can't believe this. Barthez has gone too far."
Takao brought his left arm up and using it to rub his eyes. Seconds later, he looked up and gave Ginga a smile.
"... But it doesn't matter," the Dragoon's Wielder said aloud, his smile grew wider. "I still have you guys and Dragoon. So as long as we stick together until the end, I know we can stop 'Dark Organization' for good!"
Ginga smiles brightly, happy to know that Takao was back from his depressed state. But soon, a chuckle escaped the Pegasis' Wielder's mouth when he saw Hiromi ran and 'locked' Takao to a tight hug, making a yelp escaped the Dragoon's Wielder mouth as the force from Hiromi brought the two to the ground, with the brunette girl crying and tell Takao to never ever scared her like that again.
Meanwhile, Madoka had her mini laptop on as she searched for information of the names written at the 'escapees list' from Barthez through the web.
"Wow... Most of the 'escapees' are great beybladers!" Madoka uttered, collecting the informations into a new folder. "Though, I still couldn't understand what that Barthez man wanted for real."
"That's a mystery to solve, really," Hitoshi commented, looking to the other side. "... Hmm? My, look at that. My lil' bro is back to his old self."
"Oh? Guess I can really count on Ginga after all," Madoka said with a smile, then handed her mini laptop to Hitoshi. "Here. I've copied all information about the 'escapees', just like what you asked me."
"Alright. Thanks, Madoka," the older Kinomiya accepts Madoka's mini laptop, before then began explaining about who the 'escapees' really are to the others. Zeo, Toby, Kenta, Max's parents, Hiromi, Takao, and Ginga joined the group a second later, hearing Hitoshi explaining about the 'escapees'...
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A few minutes later...
"... You guys understand?" Hitoshi inquired, finishing his explanation.
"Well, I bet we all did. But..." Kyouya crossed his arms. "Do you have any idea where these 'escapees' might be?"
Hitoshi put his hand under his chin in thought. "Well... Actually, I don't know. But chances are, these 'escapees' might haven't gone too far from the places or countries they come from."
"So... Where do you think we should go to first?" Wales inquired the older Kinomiya.
Hitoshi opened his mouth, and was about to answer Wales' question when a beeping sound came from Madoka's mini laptop.
"Huh? I wonder..." Madoka uttered, opening her mini laptop.
"Oh!" Madoka gasped, her eyes widened in surprise. "It's a video call from China! Da Xiang Wang and Chao-Xin are on the line!"
"R-Really?!" Chi-yun and Mei-Mei rushed to Madoka's side, looking at the laptop's screen that shows two familiar faces from Team Wang Hu Zhong of China— Da Xiang Wang and Chao-Xin.
"Hello, Madoka. Me and Chao-Xin were wondering if..." Da Xiang trailed off, noticing Chi-yun and Mei-Mei. Both he and Chao-Xin seems shocked to see them both.
"Chi-yun! Mei-Mei! You both were save!" Da Xiang let out a loud, relieved sigh. "I-I'm glad to know you're both okay!"
"Uh... Mind to tell us what's going on?" Chi-yun inquired in confusion. "Because, well, you seems worried about me and Mei-Mei as if we're in danger or something."
"But you both are!" Chao-Xin exclaimed, arms flailing around. "The tournament you both followed at Japan was broadcast to all around the world! Of course me and Da Xiang saw what happen there!"
"Tournament? What are you..." Chi-yun trailed off, a realization hit him like a ton of bricks.
"They must have talked about the first time 'Dark Organization' makes an appearance and attempted to abduct us all," Mei-Mei uttered, frowning. "Ugh, it's kind of embarrassing to remember that we submit to the sleeping gas' effect."
"Y-Yeah. We've tried to stay awake, but..." Chi-yun trailed off, lowering his head.
"H-Hey, it's alright, Chi-yun, Mei-Mei," Da Xiang uttered. "You both are safe now and that's all the matters."
"Except one thing, though," Chao-Xin announced, with Da Xiang nodded in agreement. This brought curiosity to Chi-yun, Mei-Mei, Madoka, and the others.
"Well, you see," Da Xiang began, "two unfamiliar faces show up at Beylin Temple, fatigued and covered with wounds. Right now, they were given treatment on their wounds. But me and Chao-Xin were wondering if any of you knew them."
"Hmm..." Chi-yun looked down in thought, before then shifted his gaze back to the laptop's screen. "... Can we see them?"
"Uh, yeah. I think the treatment on their wounds were done. Wait for a sec," Chao-Xin said before he stormed off, while Da Xiang stays.
"... Chi-yun, Mei-Mei," Da Xiang called out, sounding serious, "what exactly is 'Dark Organization'?"
Da Xiang's seriousness startle Chi-yun and Mei-Mei, but both decides to answer their leader's question.
"Well... We're not really sure," Mei-Mei began, putting one hand under her chin. "For now, all we know is that they're a group filled with bad people, and Barthez was the group's vice-leader."
"The leader of this organization and what they're up to are still a mystery," Chi-yun followed. "But we had a feeling that they'll reveal their true intentions soon enough."
"Hmm... I see..." Da Xiang uttered, nodding.
Chao-Xin returned a few minutes later. "Sorry to make you all wait. They're here now."
Chao-Xin looked at Da Xiang and move away from the screen while gesturing his leader to step aside. As Da Xiang nods and do as Chao-Xin gestured, two new faces shows up on the screen.
The first one was a male teenager, while the second was a female teenager. They had bandages all over their bodies.
The male teenager has long black hair that tied with long white warp, and gold cat-like eyes. He wears a red headband and red fingerless gloves with Yin-Yang signs on it, and Hong Kong-styled outfit— which mainly colored white with black and red color at some parts.
The female teenager has long pink hair that tied to a ponytail with bright pink cloth, and gold cat-like eyes. She wore a Chinese-styled outfit with pants, which mainly colored pink with different shades at certain parts.
"Uh..." the male, black-haired teenager began, his voice is low and sounded tired. "... H-Hello?"
"I-I don't think they know us..." the female, pink-haired teenager uttered, her voice is shaking.
Takao's ears perked up at the voice. "Wait a minute..."
"That sure sounds like..." Hitoshi muttered, as he and his little brother looked to one another.
Both Kinomiya siblings gasped as a realization hit them. They quickly rushed to Madoka's side, with Chi-yun and Mei-Mei move away to let the Kinomiya siblings looked at the laptop's screen.
"R-Rei! Mao!" Takao cried to the laptop's screen, a wide smile on his face. "I-I can't believe it! I'm so happy to see you both!"
The black-haired male and pink-haired female gasped at the sight of the Kinomiya brothers.
"T-Takao?!" the black-haired male— Rei Kon— was the first to recover from shock. "H-How did you get outside the BBA building? I-I thought you're—!"
"It's a long story, really," Takao said, expecting his black-haired friend to be surprised by his appearance. "Rei, Mao... What happened?" the dark blue-haired teen asked. Even though he had the answers in his head, he want to make sure.
Rei was about to spoke, but suddenly winced and hold his right side. Seeing this, Mao decided to answer Takao's question.
"W-We... We had no idea," Mao replied, looking a bit terrified. "T-This group w-who called themselves 'Dark Organization' suddenly came to our village... T-They destroyed almost everything... A-And what worse is, they took all beybladers at our village..." Tears began to fell down from the pink-haired girl's golden eyes. "A-And they also got... m-my older brother. E- *sob* Even with a lot of beybladers they've c- *sob* captured from the village... t- *sob* they're still p-pursuing... f-for us. W-We still had o- *sob* our beyblades, but the c- *sob* condition doesn't look so good..."
At the answer, Takao, Hitoshi, and everyone gasped, never expecting 'DO' would do something extreme again.
"T-That group... Couldn't they just stop doing things like this?!" Sora cried out, looking annoyed. "Just what they're up to really?!"
"No idea. But what I know for sure is," Sophie looked up to everyone, "if we're not hurry to find those written at the 'escapees' list, then that organization would get them!"
Takao gritted his teeth, obviously angered by the fact that 'Dark Organization' had ruined a village just to take away the beybladers at the village. He's relieved to know Rei and Mao manage to escape from the organization's pursuit, but only time will tell when the organization would find them again.
"Rei, Mao," the dark blue-haired teen began, sounding serious, "stay where you are. Try to ask for help in repairing your beyblades even though it'll be hard knowing our beyblades are those from 'old generations', but I'm sure there are some who knows. Just don't move from where you are right now... We'll coming for you."
"T-Takao..." Rei winced again for the big wound at his right side. The fact that it had already treated still can't make the pain go away. "Y-You don't need to go, you know? I-I mean—"
"Geez, Rei. Don't remind me of those strict BBA members who keeps commenting about what will happen if I go on my own," Takao said, rolling his eyes. "Look. The point is, stay where you are and don't do anything risky. We all will come for you two, Rei. Understand?"
Rei sighs, looking at his dark blue-haired friend. "... T-Tell me how you leave the BBA building later?"
Takao chuckled. "Yeah, yeah. I will. Now get some rest. You and Mao deserve it after all you both have been went through."
A small smile made its way to Rei's face. Closing his eyes, the black-haired teen still keep his left hand at his throbbing right side. "T-Takao... Everyone... Thank you," Rei uttered, and with those words, the transmission cut off.
Takao stood up instantly, making everyone's attention focused on him.
"Alright, team!" the dark blue-haired teen began, swinging his right arm to the side. "Prepare yourself! Our next stop is Beylin Temple of China!"
Our good beybladers found two people that written at the 'escapees' list, and now on their way to China! What will next to our good beybladers? Will good things happen, or 'DO' up to no good again?!
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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Have a good day, buddies~! :3