The Other Side of the Story
Summary: After the BEGA incident, Reine finds herself unable to cope with the blind side of the world which turning away from all that's been done and will happen with the sport of beyblade. As a new BBA program was set into action, she finds herself, along with her beyblade-hating town, stuck as the proto-type. The BBA program was made to help blader-haters all over the world to cope and even get to love beyblading as a sport. Reine finds herself in the middle of things when the bladers chose her school for their first experiment? What would happen when you throw beybladers at blader-hating mobs? Nothing pretty.
Disclaimer: I don't earn Beyblade. I do own my OC's as well as the plot.
Pairings: Still uncertain but I'll work it out soon so just keep reading. ;-D
Rating: T for mild swearing
Quick AN: This story is told in multiple point-of-views so the key below should help to determine what's being said. I hope it's not too confusing.
(action)
'thoughts'
"talking"
/talking with bitbeast via mind link/
Chapter 6 – Of Koalas and Bobcats
Normal POVTamayo's eyes widened upon hearing Tala's death threat. She saw his blue eyes harden and his lips tighten until they were a thin, white line. She shivered at his cold gaze. The thug had no chance.
"No chance, mate(1)," the thug drawled, his voice thickened by his heavy accent, (AN: I'm sure you know where he's from. :-D) "I got my orders. Get out of my way before I hurt youse(2). Killing youse will be a like taking a lolly(3) from a baby."
"Not a chance," Tala snapped, a feral snarl twisting his face to a mask of anger. Quickly sliding into launching position, he yanked on the ripcord and yelled, "WOLBORG!" as his white blade flew at the unsuspecting thug.
"Uh, uh, uh!" the thug reprimanded, pulling out his ripcord so that his blade would stop Tala's from slicing him, "Aren't we impatient, mate? If you're looking for a barney(4), you've got one! Plonked(5) Koala attack (AN: The name of the attack without the slang is "Drunk Koala".)! Wallop(6) him!"
The thug's burgundy blade bashed Tala's white one into the bookshelf Tala was standing beside, grinding it mercilessly against the hard wood. As quickly as the attack came, the burgundy blade backed off and wobbled crazily. Tala stared on in confusion. He hadn't attacked the blade and it was teetering on the edge of defeat. As soon as Tala blinked, the blade had disappeared only to announce its reappearance again by knocking Wolborg sharply past Tala's face, clipping him on the cheek. Quickly turning, Tala watched as Wolborg crashed into the far wall, pushed mercilessly by the burgundy blade against the wood walls, its sharp attack ring grinding slowly into his chipping defense ring.
"That's right, Kolper! Show the larrikan(7) who's his nibs(8)!"
Tala gritted his teeth in frustration. He couldn't understand the strange thug's slang-filled commands. It's putting him in a disadvantage. Tamayo, taking advantage of the situation, slipped away and hid behind the front desk and crawled into the staff's locker room. Quickly finding her cupboard, she dug through her schoolbag and took out Eris' pink razor.
"Thank god Eris persuaded me to take her cell phone with me. Her nosiness actually came in handy."
Quickly dialing Reine's home number, she heard a groggy voice grunt.
" Hello?"
"Reine? This is Tamayo. We're in trouble at the bookstore. Apparently the Skullz sent another thug to leave a warning message to the public about their comeback. Tala's currently battling him and but the look of things, loosing quite badly. Please get your sleepy arse out here! We need Esilé!"
At once the voice on the other side of the line became alert.
"Tala's battling the thug? I'll be right there. Wait for me and don't do anything stupid."
With that said, Tamayo heard Reine hang up.
Leaning back against the wooden cupboards, she contemplated what she could do to help Tala. The smartest thing to do was to not get in his way, but by the look of things, he wouldn't be alive by the time Reine got here. Remembering her beyblade, Tamayo quickly stood and rummaged through her school bag again to repair with a granite-colored beyblade and white launcher. The blade was more inclined towards attacks. Its speed was quite high because of its light build, which hindered its defense, boosted mobility and endurance. Her longer than average ripcord gave her an advantage in speed right after the launch, giving her an evasive defense rather than a solid one. Tala had worked with her mercilessly during gym, and for once, she was grateful.
Quickly sliding in her ripcord and loading her blade onto her launcher, she crept out of the staff room onto the battlefield. Tala had multiple cuts and Wolborg was only still spinning weakly. It seemed like the burgundy blade was still continuing with its 'Plonked Koala' attack. It's wobbling dangerously one minute and viciously attacking the next, almost as if it's drunk.
"That's it!" Tamayo cried. Tala spared her a quick glance before the burgundy blade cut into his flesh again, making a new cut on his already battered form.
"Tala! Listen up! The blade is attacking as if it's drunk! Unsteady one minute but viciously aggressive the next! It's an attack meant to confuse the opponent!"
As Tala heard this, her words clicked. It was so simple! How could he have missed it?
"All right. Wolborg! Novae Rog!"
A huge blizzard filled the bookstore, piling snow in small drifts along the carpeted floor, soaking Tamayo to the bone. Tala smirked. He was in his element now.
"Well, would you look at that? The larrikan has skill, but can you stand up to the full power of my Kolper? VICIOUS FURPHY(9)! (AN: The name of the attack without the slang is "Vicious Rumour".)
Suddenly, the freezing winds of created by the blizzard started to whip faster around the trio. The thug looked calm as if the cold didn't effect him at all. Tamayo's lips had turned blue and she hugged her body, trying to keep as much body heat as possible. Tala stood unaffected. He's is used to these conditions from growing up in Russia.
Suddenly, voices started whispering around the room, saying vicious things. The volume increased as time went by until Tamayo lay on the floor, curled in fetal position whispering, "It's not true. It's not true. It's not true…" over and over again.
Tala fared slightly better. He was used to these mental attacks due to his harsh upbringing in the abbey.
"You're a murderer! You killed my family. You know you enjoyed slaughtering all those poor excuse of bladers."
Slowly, the voice starting to mold itself into the familiar, cold, sneering voice of Boris.
"You are useless, boy! You can't do anything right. No wonder your parents threw you out! If I was them, I wouldn't even had you in the first place!"
Shaking his head vigorously in hope of clearing it, he stared blearily at the smirking thug before him.
"The truth hurts doesn't it, mate? Ready to cark it(10)? I'll kill you first then your pathetic girlfriend."
Overwhelmed by the whispering voices, Tala felt himself loose it.
"SHUT UP! WOLBORG! SPECTER'S DANCE! (AN: I'm going to make up some moves for all the bladers because they only have one or two. It'll make things a bit more interesting, ne? For some bladers, I don't even have information on their attacks. Please bear with me. If you have any idea what attacks Johnny, Enrique, and Oliver use, please leave a review with the list or simply e-mail it to me. Thanks!)
With a blast of white light, a snow-white wolf appeared; its fierce gaze focused on the calm thug. Slowly, the blizzard began to die until the roaring winds ceased all together. Panting heavily, Tala glared at the smug man, anger burning in his usually icy eyes.
"You will pay. ATTACK!"
Wolborg began its haunting attack. Swaying from side to side, Wolborg's taunting eyes stared at its smirking prey, promising death. Little by little, the ice wolf became translucent and soon vanished, appearing here and there. You can only see it from the corner of your eyes, unable to actually pinpoint his actual location.
The burgundy blade just spun in defense position, bracing itself from the oncoming slaughter, unsure where the wolf will strike next.
"NOW! Attack Wolborg!"
"KOLPER! Raging Cannon!"
A burgundy light shot out of the blade as a huge, brown koala stared down the white wolf, its black, beady eyes full of intelligence. It mouth opened as a yellow ball of energy was gathered. Obviously, it's preparing its final attack.
"WOLBORG! Novae Rog!" Tala called, putting all his energy into to his wolf, giving him an extra energy boost.
"ATTACK!" the two bladers called simultaneously.
The huge, brown koala released its energy ball, hitting Wolborg directly as Wolborg released his blast of subzero wind, freezing the koala. With a howl, Wolborg retreated back into his blade as it stopped spinning while the burgundy one wobbled before continuing to spin weakly.
"Game over, mate, and it looks like I won. Now, you're going to cark it and the good thing is I don't need my bitbeast to kill you."
As he said this, his burgundy blade flew up to carved Tala into little pieces. Suddenly, a gray beyblade it knocked it away just as it was about to hit Tala. Surprised, Tala looked up to find Tamayo standing there with a determined look on her face, a white launcher in her hand.
"Since your bitbeast is out of commission, thanks to Tala, I can take you on! Attack!"
Tamayo concentrated on her blade like Tala taught her to, pouring her emotions into the rapidly spinning blade as it charged the wobbling burgundy blade.
"Even without my bitbeast, I can wallop you in a beybattle! Go Kolper!"
The burgundy blade regained its spin as the gray beyblade slammed into it. Tamayo clenched her hands tightly, feeling the blood pump quickly through her veins. She felt her shirt start sticking to her as she started to sweat. Ripping off her arm warmers, her silver charm bracelet jingled. Furrowing her brows, Tamayo faintly remember deciding to put it on today because she felt the need to, not really knowing why. She had gotten it from her grandmother on her 13th birthday. Grandma had said that this charm was lucky, it was special.
As the single charm caught the light, she saw the crouched figure of the bobcat glisten encouragingly. Now determined to win the battle, and save Tala's sorry butt, she set her mouth into a stubborn line, refusing to give an inch as she barely dodged the rapid assault of her opponent.
"Scared little girl? You're no better than that larrikan boyfriend of yours."
A vein popped on her temple, throbbing dangerously.
"How dare you say that I'm that asshole's (pointing back at Tala) girlfriend! I'll castrate you with my bare hands!"
"You should be happy to be labeled as such. You wouldn't be able to get a boyfriend anyway," Tala snapped back, wondering why he's so worked up over something like that. (AN: I wonder why? xD Hehehe.)
"Shut up, Valcov. I sure as hell can get a boyfriend, one that will be much better than you!"
"Is that a challenge?"
"Yeah! Got a problem with that?"
"Hell no! You're on!"
The thug watched the exchange in amusement.
"Ah. Young love," he teased, smirking at the fuming pair.
"SHUT THE HELL UP ASSHOLE!" they shouted, both flipping him the bird.
Tamayo turned away from Tala, outraged at his insults. Channeling all her anger into her wobbling blade, it picked up its spin as it continued to batter the thug's burgundy one. A sudden splitting sound alerted Tamayo to a newfound, or in this case, an old danger. The ice incasing his large bitbeast was cracked and crumbling, releasing the brown koala from its icy prison.
"CRAP!" Tamayo cursed. She's in deep shit now. Where is Reine when you need her?
She watched with wide eyes as the huge beast bore down on her, giving her no room to escape. Meanwhile, the burgundy blade took the temporarily lull between the attacks of the gray beyblade to pummel it into a frozen bookcase, chipping away at its deteriorating defense ring. The oversized koala reached back and swiped at Tamayo with sharpened claws. Flinching fearfully, Tamayo brought up her arms to shield her face from the oncoming onslaught. Suddenly, a gray beam shot out of the charm on her bracelet. An ear-splitting roar filled the room as a huge bobcat appeared, its body covered with black spots and dark gray stripes. The tufts of fur on both its pointed ears were the color of obsidian. Its vibrant green eyes glared coldly at the opposing koala as its short tail bristled angrily.
Tamayo's POV (AN: A new point of view :D)
I looked up in surprised awe as the magnificent cat protecting me, snarling fiercely at the overbearing koala.
"Well would you look at that! The girl has claws!"
The thug laughed raucously at his joke. I paid him no heed as an eerie silence seemed to fall on me. The world disappeared so that is was just me and the bobcat.
'Who are you?' I heard myself think. The question echoed around us as if it was spoken, echoing through the dark void. The darkness pressed in on me as I stared deeply into the soulful eyes of the creature.
/My name is Ciatra and I am your guardian spirit, a bitbeast in other words./
I stared up at her in surprise as a purring voice filled my head, washing me in a wave of comfort.
'You really want me as your partner?' I asked, dumbfounded. I've never been chosen to before.
/They are foolish not to choose you./ She replied harshly as if she read my thoughts.
/Yes, I can hear your thoughts just as you hear mine. Will you be willing to fight alongside me, little one/
I can only nod stupidly as I heard her request. I can't believe that someone was willing enough to be with me, even courage enough to share mind space with me. I was known to have weird random thoughts and many of my previous classmates were unnerved by them.
/Then they are fools for fearing you because you're different. That is what makes you special. I doubt you will unnerve me because I find your thought amusing yet surprisingly deep./
I blushed at the compliment. I really like Ciatra.
/Now it is time to battle as equals. Are you ready/
Putting on a determined face, I nodded. Suddenly, my senses were attacked violently as the world came into focus. Shaking my head quickly, I reintroduced myself to the current situation. The brown koala was still towering over me as Ciatra protected me. It seemed like that conversation only lasted one second if not less.
/Call out my special attack./ I heard Ciatra whisper soothingly.
'But I don't know what it is!' I heard myself panic over our mind link.
/Just clear your mind and focus. It'll come to you./ Her voice faded into the back of my mind ask I felt it clear. A sudden rush of power poured over me as I heard myself shout, "CRY OF THE WILDBEAST!"
Ciatra gave a feral growl before she pounced on the startled Koala, pinning it down on the ground. Without hesitating, it gave an ear-splitting roar, different from the previous one. The one, before, reflected anger while this contained triumph. I wasn't sure how I could tell the difference, somehow, I just knew.
As the roar died down, a series of smaller roars filled the air. Suddenly many forest spirits appeared and started attacking the defenseless koala as Ciatra continued to pin it down. It gave a cry in agony as a particularly ferocious badger bitbeast bit him on the ear. More and more woodland animals appeared. Some flew while others slithered, but regardless of shape, size, and ability, they were all were constantly attacking the unfortunate bitbeast. With a final cry, the koala bitbeast disappeared back into its blade as the burgundy blade stopped spinning from the bashing the gray one gave it.
Snarling ferally, the bobcat turned towards the defeated thug whose jaw was hanging open at the display of power.
"It's not possible! You can only have one bitbeast!" he managed to splutter, obviously scared now that his overgrown bear wasn't there to defend him.
"I do. I have Ciatra," I heard myself reply calmly, "The rest of the spirits showed up because that's my attack. Ciatra is the queen of the woodlands and these are her subjects. They come to her aide whenever she calls."
'How do I know that?' I thought, startled.
/Because your sharing my mind just as I'm sharing yours. It's an equal trade/ came her warm reply. I nodded in acknowledgement. /Don't worry little one. I shall watch this pitiful creature. Examine your friend for wounds./
I nodded and headed over to where Tala had fallen earlier from the brute's bashing. He was gaping wide-eyed at me.
"You have a bitbeast?" he managed to ask.
"No, that's just some apparition made up by your imagination due to your lose of blood," I said sarcastically before rolling my eyes, "Of course, that's my bitbeast! What did you think it was? A pet?"
He glared angrily at me.
"So what are we going to do with him?" Tala asked and jerked his head at the trembling figure.
"We can unmask him and torture him until he tells us what we need to know. You guys can take him for questioning. I can't really keep him at my house. It's not as if I can go home and say 'Hey mom! I brought home a thug for dinner to interrogate. We'll be up in my room!'"
"Do me a favor and just shut up," Tala mumbled as he pulled himself up, dusting the snow off his jeans.
"And this is the thanks I get for saving your sorry arse," I muttered, glaring at his retreating back as he walked up to the thug. Pulling off the mask revealed an orange-haired teen about our age.
'I thought he was a man!'
I gaped at him as he smiled apprehensively.
"Uh…g'day(11)?"
"What's your name?" Tala asked coldly as the teen grinned nervously.
"Durby. I'm Durby Bulloch."
"What are you?" I asked curiously at his slang and dialect.
He beamed at my observation. He's quite strange for a rogue blader.
"I'm an Aussie!" he declared proudly as I 'oh'ed in recognition.
"Who do you work for?" Tala continued, ignoring my indignant glare.
He grimaced as he pulled up the sleeve of his leather jacket to show a tattoo of a skull.
"So you are a Skullz member, just as I thought," I said, my voice turning cold upon remember what happened yesterday. He may be strange, but he's just as cruel as the four brutes Reine fought off yesterday. Durby only nodded in response, bowing his head as if he's ashamed of it.
"I'm calling Robert to come pick him up and interrogate him. He might have vital information on their leader, which might lead us to their sponsor organization.
"I have Eris' razor in my bag. It's hot pink. You can't miss it."
I saw him shrug in response before I turned to look at my new partner. I felt myself glow with pride. Appearing a few minutes later, Tala returned and announced, "Robert will be here in five with some of the others. I'm going outside to meet them."
I stood up and glared at him.
"No you're not. I'm going to be the one waiting outside because I'm not the one who looked like I've been to hell and back. People might get suspicious. Ciatra will watch Durby for me when I'm gone. You can join her."
With that said, I turned on my heel and walked out the door only to double back and ask, "What car are they driving?"
Tala rolled his eyes as he replied, "Silver Mitsubishi. (AN: I don't know cars and I'm only saying a familiar name so don't get mad at me if I write something wrong.)"
Nodding once, I returned outside to look for a silver car driven by a purple-haired German. I don't know much about cars so that's what I have to go by. If they change drivers or the color of the car, I'm screwed.
A few minutes later, I caught sight of a silver car park by the sidewalk a couple of feet away from the shop. I looked on curiously as I saw Robert, Kai, Johnny, and Brooklyn step out of the car and head towards me.
"What happened to you? You look like shit," Johnny said bluntly as I glared at him.
"Oh, just kicking some Skullz ass and saving Tala's sorry butt," I replied carelessly, ignoring the incredulous looks they shot each other. As they walked in, I realized that I forgot to warn them about Ciatra.
"Also, don't worry about the huge bobcat! She's with me!" I called after their retreating back only to hear an ear-splitting roar break the silence of the street. Visibly wincing, I walked in after them. The sight that met my eyes was hilarious. Tala had turned to tell them about Durby when Ciatra roared so Robert and Johnny, who were in the lead, ended up on the their butts. They lay sprawled on the icy floor, using their arms to prop themselves up. Kai and Brooklyn had their eyes wide open as they both took her in, stepping back only to bump into me.
"What? I warned you," I said sourly, rubbing my shoulder where Kai had bumped it into a protruding corner of a bookcase.
"Warning are meant to be given early, not when you happen upon the subject of the warning," Robert said faintly, still staring at my new bitbeast.
I shrugged.
"Sorry. I forgot," I said simply, walking up to Ciatra. I stooped down and picked up Durby's fallen blade. I walked up to him and held out my hand.
"Launcher," I said simply as he handed me his light brown launcher, his hand shaking profusely as he raised it.
"Thanks."
Turning back to face Ciatra, I established a mind link again.
'Thanks for your help, Ciatra.'
/It is my honor and pleasure, little one./
With a bright flash, Ciatra disappeared back into her blade before it flew back into my hands. When no one moved, I snapped, "You can secure him now. No more big bitbeasts to attack you and eat you alive."
"Ha. Ha." I heard Brooklyn laugh dryly.
I rolled my eyes and walked into the staff's locker room.
"Tala, someone has to clean the shop before the workers of the next shift arrives."
"What! Why do I have to do it? What about you!"
"What about me? I saved your sorry ass didn't I? Be grateful and cover me this once. Reine was supposed to be here 20 minutes ago and she hasn't arrived yet. What if Durby wasn't working alone? I need to see if she's okay."
I looked up as I walked back out with my stuff. Tala was staring at me.
"Reine's coming here?" he asked incredulously.
"Yeah. I called her when the stupid koala was bashing your blade. She told me she would be here in ten minutes, but it's been 30 and she still isn't here. I'm worried. Something might've happened."
Tala nodded.
"Okay, I'll cover for you."
I beamed at him.
"Thanks Tala!"
Just as I was about to walk through the door, I felt a hand grab my shoulder. I turned around to see Kai and Brooklyn.
"What?" I asked.
"We're coming with you," Kai said as Brooklyn nodded, "You might need our help. If Tala was defeated, then there might be more of them like that out there. Tala is one of our best bladers. You're not experienced and this win might've been a fluke. No matter how powerful the bitbeast it, it's only as strong as it's human partner."
I looked solemnly at him and nodded.
"We mustn't waste anytime. Time is of the essence. Who know what trouble Reine is in now? She might be powerful, but she's only human."
They nodded and Brooklyn called back, "Tala! Robert! Johnny! Kai and I are going with Tamayo to check on Reine. I think you guys can handle the punk, right?"
"Right. Be careful," Robert said as he securely tied Durby's hands behind his back.
"I have his blade and launcher so he shouldn't have anymore weapons on him. Pat him down, anyway, incase there are more," I advised, knowing very well how brutal the Skullz organization is.
'They'll hit you when you least expect it,' I thought darkly.
Turning around quickly, I ran through the door followed by Kai and Brooklyn. It was getting dark. Quickly glancing at my wristwatch, I saw that it was 7:15 p.m. Cursing under my breath, I picked up the pace and started on mile journey through the city towards the Tanaka household.
'Wait for us Reine. We're coming!'
Reine's POV
A shrill ringing sound broke my peaceful slumber. Grumbling to myself about stupid phones destroying precious naptimes, I reached out and groped for the phoned on my nightstand.
"Hello?" I mumbled sleepily, disgruntled that my beauty sleep was disturbed.
"Reine?" a frantic voice called, "This is Tamayo. We're in trouble at the bookstore. Apparently the Skullz sent another thug to leave a warning message to the public about their comeback. Tala's currently battling him and but the look of things, loosing quite badly. Please get your sleepy arse out here! We need Esilé!"
By now, I was wide-awake.
"Tala's battling the thug? I'll be right there. Wait for me and don't do anything stupid," I commanded, knowing that she would anyway. I hung up and started searching for some dark clothes.
'That girl never learns.'
After pulling on a black turtleneck sweater and black sweatpants, I quickly brushed my hair.
'Ugh. I hate having bed heads.'
Grabbing my blade and launcher from my nightstand, I slipped into my black converses and headed out. I paced myself to run the mile to her bookstore.
'Please be okay Tamayo,' I silently begged.
/She'll be fine little one./ Esilé spoke soothingly, her seven melodious voices responding simultaneously in a perfect chord.
'I hope your right, Esilé.'
Halfway there, I heard the sound of a spinning blade as I passed a dark alley. Doubling back, I squinted deep into the shadows. A cry of pain echoed from the farthest end. Thinking no further, I darted inside.
"You are pitifully weak!" I heard a malicious voice snarl as a whimper of pain broke the silence once again.
"Now die!"
Quickening my pace, I saw two figures under a dim streetlight at the dead end of the alley. A girl with short pink hair was crouched there while an onyx beyblade attacked her, drawing blood every time it touched her flesh. A soft, evil chuckle came from the cloaked figure standing before her. I faintly noticed a pink beyblade lying off on the side
"Go in for the kill!" I heard the cloaked figure command.
Without wasting time, I slid in my ripcord and attached my beyblade before launching hastily to knock away his blade. My orange and white blade spun protectively in front of the injured girl.
"Who dares to interrupt Destruction as he kills his victim?" I heard the voice snarl.
'Definitely a male,' I noted, knowing that it might be handy later on if I had to look him up. Stepping out of the shadow, I stared boldly into his face. He was wearing a metal mask representing a skull.
'He's a high-ranking Skullz officer. He probably has a strong bitbeast. Esilé, be ready for anything.'
/I'm ready young one. I'll appear as you call./
"I dare," I spoke boldly, watching his body for signs of what he might do next. He started to chuckle again.
"Two deaths in one day. What mighty fine luck I have."
I gagged at his statement.
'How can anyone enjoy murder so much?'
"In order to kill me, you have to defeat me first," I said coldly, keeping one eye on him and the other on his onyx blade.
"We'll see, girly. Obstruction! Attack!"
Instead of heading for my blade, his blade headed straight more me.
'Crap! He plays dirty!'
Quickly dodging the blade, I silently commanded mine to attack me. As the onyx blade headed for me again, I ducked and allowed my blade, which is spinning so quickly that it's an orange blur, slam into his onyx one forcing against the brick wall behind me. The onyx blade quickly broke away and started to climb up the wall and fire escape. I made Esilé follow him. Suddenly, he flipped off the wall straight at me. Moving quickly, what should've been a deep gash in my abdomen turned out to be a thin cut down my thigh.
'Another set of clothes down the drain. I really need to stop wearing my favorites.'
I faintly heard Esilé roar in anger. Mentally pacifying her, promising her revenge once he attacks again, I slowly made my way over to my spinning blade. As his blade rebounded off the opposite wall to attack me again, I heard myself shout, "Esilé! Block him now!"
Esilé slammed the blade towards the masked man causing it to leave a deep mark on his steel, skull mask.
"You will pay, girl, for your insolence," he threatened lowly as he removed it from his face, "No one attempts to hurt Destruction and lives."
'Doesn't he like to talk in third person?'
/Now's not the time to joke around, little one/ Esilé snapped.
'Sorry. It's my way of calming myself down. I've never faced a high ranked Skullz member before. From what I see, they are a lot more power than the grunts.'
/Yes. I can feel a powerful evil aura emitting from the blade. It feels…tainted./
I eyed the man wearily.
'I don't know if I can take him down alone.'
/But you're not alone, child. I'm here with you./
I sent a thankful wave through my mind link.
'I know I'm never alone and never will be.'
"Obstruction! Dark hole!"
Quickly examining my surroundings, I noticed that he's now attacking both blade and blader. A black fog started to surround all three of us, enclosing us from the outside world.
"Welcome to my world where all your nightmares come true!" he cackled maniacally. A dark violet beam shot out of the center bitchip of his blade to reveal an obsidian king cobra. It hissed dangerously, its think coils wrapped around the laughing man. Its body was a thick as a sapling oak and from what I can see, it's 100 percent muscle.
"Scared, little girl? Don't have a beast to protect you? Your mistake, now you DIE! Obstruction! Venom Fang!"
As his king cobra struck at me, I shouted, "Esilé! Mist of Illusion!"
An aqua beam shot out of my blade to reveal my hydra bitbeast, all seven of its magnificent head roaring dangerously at the snake. A thick fog rolled in and hid us from sight. Taking the chance to go and help the pink-haired girl, I rushed over and helped her to her feet as well as snatch up her pink beyblade. A hiss informed me that I'm not alone. I looked up to stare into the dilated yellow pupils of the king cobra. I was rooted to my spot, trapped by its seducing gaze.
Normal POV
Tamayo, Kai, Brooklyn was halfway to Tanaka household when a mysterious fog rolled in and obstructed their vision. A loud cursing came from Tamayo's right as Kai ran into a pole. Tamayo and Brooklyn snickered only to curse in pain when they both ran into a parked car. Now it was Kai's turn to smirk, but they wouldn't have been able to see it because the fog was so thick that they can't see their hands if it was a foot in front of them. Cursing their luck, all three of them picked themselves up. Walking a lot slower than usual, the trio made their way down the street until Brooklyn cursed as he walked into the wall of an alleyway. As Tamayo doubled-over laughing, she heard a familiar roar down the alley.
"Hey isn't that Esilé?" she asked out loud.
"Esilé?" Kai asked.
"Oh, oops. I forgot you guys didn't know. Esilé is Reine's hydra bitbeast. I know you heard Reine talk about her a couple nights ago as she told you about Thomas and Celia. She didn't really elaborate on what kind it was. Just to let you now, it's huge"
"Are you sure that it really is Esilé?" Brooklyn questioned.
"Yes. I know that it's Esilé. No bitbeast has a call like that. It sounded like it came from farther down in the alley."
The bladers groped their way down the alley. The farther they went, the denser the fog seemed to be. Suddenly, the group can make out give figures in the fog ahead. Two of the figures were standing together, one supporting the other. The third figure stood off to the side, it was a lot taller then the previous two. The two remaining figures were a lot bigger and they were long and coiled, obviously bitbeasts.
A sudden gust of wind revealed a seven-headed sea serpent and what made Tamayo's eyes widen was the sight of Reine supporting a pink-haired girl with a huge obsidian king cobra towering over her ready to strike.
"Is that Mathilda?" Brooklyn asked.
"If she is, then both Reine and Mathilda are in serious danger," Kai said gravely, pulling out his launcher followed by Tamayo and Brooklyn.
Everyone's Guide to Australian Slang:
(1) Mate - a
general greeting term and familiar greeting amongst men whether a
friend or total stranger
(2) Youse – You
all; kind of like the Texan "y'all"
(3) Lolly –
candy
(4) Barney –
fight or argument
(5) Plonked –
drunk
(6) Wallop –
thrash in a fight
(7) Larrikan –
a rowdy irresponsible and rascally boy or young man
(8) His nibs –
the boss, or the head of a group
(9) Furphy – a
rumour
(10) Cark it –
die
(11) G'day – hello
Author's Note:
I guess I'm addicted to cliffies. xD It makes more people keep reading.
The plot thickens when a high-ranked officer is sent out to set an example. Is there a particular reason why someone so important to the organization is sent to do a grunt's work? Why is Durby so different? Is he really what he's makes himself as? (Foreshadow) Wait for the next update to see what happens to Mathilda and Reine to see if they live through Obstruction's attack.
Thanks DaCow Takao and whyamidoingthis01 for the reviews! And for the rest of you readers out there, I would really like it if you guys also review. :-( I really want some feedback on how my story's going and how I can make it better. Thanks to those of you who have sent in suggestions!
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Rand-chan