Team Darkness Chapter 3, a beyblade fanfic

Team Darkness
Chapter 3
Takao's Songs

"Um, how about Crash and Burn, by Savage Garden?" the blonde known as Raia suggested.

Takao smiled. "Sure." He leaned back into the seat, and began to sing.

When you feel all alone
And the world has turned its back on you
Give me a moment please to tame your wild wild heart
I know you feel like the walls are closing in on you
It's hard to find relief and people can be so cold
When darkness is upon your door and you feel like you can't take anymore

Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone

When you feel all alone
And a loyal friend is hard to find
You're caught in a one way street
With the monsters in your head
When hopes and dreams are far away and
You feel like you can't face the day

'Cause there has always been heartache and pain
And when it's over you'll breathe again
You'll breath again

When you feel all alone
And the world has turned its back on you
Give me a moment please
To tame your wild wild heart

"Wow, that's amazing, Tyson! I didn't know you could sing!" Max gasped in amazement as soon Takao sang the last words softly. Takao smiled, nodding his head in thanks as Daichi stood up and started bouncing around the limousine.

"Tyson, how dare you never tell us? That's not right, we're friends, aren't we? Friends are supposed to share everything!" the young monkey-like boy shouted in annoyance, ignoring everyone's shouts to calm down so the driver could concentrate on driving.

"Daichi, if you don't sit down back in your seat you're off the team," Kai lectured, opening his eyes and glaring at the youngest team member, crossing his arms across his chest. Daichi shut up instantly, not daring to press anymore of Kai's buttons than he already had.

As Daichi sat down, an uneasy quiet settled over the limo, as Takao's two groups of friends gazed at each other, one group in curiosity at the people they'd only heard of and only seen, and one group trying to get past missing a vital part of Takao's life though they'd known him for several years. For Takao, he'd never had the option of keeping his SUA friends out of knowing about his real friends, as they were world-wide champions, known by anyone who kept up with the Beyblade world, which his team clearly did, considering they were trained in Beyblading at the SUA. As for his real life friends, he'd never even thought to tell them about the SUA, for it was a non-spoken rule among the staff and students to not speak of it to outsiders, for fear of losing the sense of camaraderie the training and competitions brought to all involved. So, when he noticed that his Beyblading friends were hurt by his negligence, he knew he had to do something to make it up for them.

"Look, guys, I know you're mad at me for not telling you about the SUA, I'm sorry, I just never felt it was important. It didn't impact my Beyblade career, so I didn't think you'd be interested," Takao sighed and he pulled his legs up to his chest, wrapping his arms around them.

Ray sighed. "Tyson, the apology helps, but it still doesn't change the fact that you lied to us for four years. Even if you never thought it mattered, you should have told us. None of us have kept a secret like that; look at Kai. We found out everything he had to go through as a child, as horrible as it was; yet you keep something like this away. It just hurts, Tyson, and only time is going to heal that."

"If it makes you guys feel better," the boy with tri-colored hair spoke up, "it's going to be worse for my friends. Like Tyson, I'm well known. I'm Yugi Moto, the King of Games." He continues, ignoring the gasps at shock that came with his introduction. "Here I'm known as Yori, but that's besides the point. See, I held a millinium-old spirit inside that puzzle I used to wear around my neck – it's a long story – and I kept the SUA from him, even though he could hear my thoughts and what I was doing every day. Yami is not going to be happy about that," Yugi explained, muttering the last part under his breath.

"How'd you manage to keep a secret from someone who could see inside your mind? That should be scientifically impossible," Kenny, or Chief, as he was often called, asked the Dueling Champion in confusion. "It's just not logical."

Yugi (1) laughed. "That's because I didn't do it with science, I did it with magic. You see, in Ancient Egypt, there were a few select people who could use something called Shadow Magic. Yami, who's called the Nameless Pharaoh by archeologists and historians, was one of those people. Because he was connected to me, I can use it, as well, only I'm not near as powerful as Yami. But I was strong enough to block the SUA from him without him being aware of it, so it's good enough for me."

"So, is he still around? I mean, you're not wearing your puzzle anymore," Ray pointed out as the limo entered the outskirts of Domino City.

"No," Yugi smiled, "he is, but he and the other spirits, which we Hikari's, or keepers, call Yami's, were granted their own body by the power of the gods. (2) Right now they think I'm visiting an old family friend. It's getting really hard to go away every weekend without Yami getting suspicious, but my Grandfather, who knows I attend SUA, has told everyone that I'm helping an old friend of the family who is sick."

A few minutes of silence passed by before Raia spoke up once again. "Takao, sing Hinder's Lip's of an Angel, I'm bored again."

Takao laughed. "Alright."

Honey why are you calling me so late?
It's kinda hard to talk crying now.
Honey why you´re crying? Is everything okay?
I've gotta whisper 'cause I can't be too loud

Well, my girls in the next room
Sometimes I wish she was you
I guess we never really moved on
It's really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words just makes me weak

And I don't
never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

It's funny that you're calling me tonight
And, yes, I've dreamt of you too
Does he know you're talking to me?
Will it start a fight?
No I don't think she has a clue.

And I don't
never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

It's really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words just makes me weak.

And I don't
never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

Honey why are you calling me so late?

As the song ended, the limo pulled up to a store called the Kane Game Shop.

"Where are we?" Max asked.

"We're at my Grandfather's game store. I've live upstairs with him since my parents died in a car accident when I was three, and now Yami lives with us, as well," Yugi explained as the group of fifteen crawled out of the limo in a never-ending stream of bodies.

"Yugi, who are these people? What's going on, Aibou?" a tall teenaged boy who looked almost identical to Yugi asked as he exited the game shop. "I thought you were in Tokyo visiting that sick friend of yours."

Yugi sighed, running a finger through his hair anxiously. "Yeah, about that… there is no sick friend. I've been attending a school called School of the Unique Arts since I was seven, and that's where I've been going every weekend."

(1) I know I'm calling Tyson by his SUA name, but I can't do that with Yugi, sorry for the discrepancy! It's just a lot harder to do, considering Takao is what Tyson is called in Japan, but Yugi is not called Yori, so it's just not natural for me to type that instead of the real name. Again, sorry!

(2) Does anyone know the name of the God who took away the Yami's? I can't remember, and I'm not sure how to look it up at the moment… I'm sick, so my brain isn't working very well tonight. Gomennasai!