I Love Beyblade
Chapter 24 – Little Sister
Everyone, the one that is heading to find the All Starz, was quiet in the helicopter. Tyson's stomach was making sounds, Xue's wide-awake and excited, Hilary's still upset with Rin, Eve's on her laptop, Robert's sitting in the front with the pilot, and Rin was taking a nap.
Tyson looked over to Eve's laptop. She had brought her bag so she keep her laptop in it, brining everywhere with her and stuff. He saw many windows popping up on the screen as she quickly typed on it. "What are you doing…?" he asked, hungry.
Eve stopped typing and sighed. "I'm just researching something… and trying to hack online to find out more about the Silver Company," she replied. Then she started to type quickly again. No good… she thought. She grabbed a disk from her bag and put it into her laptop. I should find more information as soon as possible… I'm worry about Ruby. She rather call Sachi 'Ruby' because she's does not call a close friend something else. It just did not sound right.
"Oh," Tyson nodded, looking away from the screen. Then he just remembered that he brought a few snacks in his big luggage that he had brought with him. And everyone thought he looked stupid bringing that big case along! He hurried to grab them, grinning happily.
A male's voice disturbed Rin's nap. Someone's voice echoed in her head. Rin… your mother has been… captured…
Rin opened her eyes when she heard a voice in her peaceful sleep. Hilary was sitting beside her and when Rin suddenly woke up, it scared her. "I-Is something wrong?" Hilary asked her.
"Yeah, but…" Rin glared at the rectangular glass on the back of her left hand. "I thought this was supposed to suppress any contact with our bit beast… so why did I hear the voice of my bit beast?"
"Voice?!" Xue leaned towards her. "You can talk to your bit beast?! Teach me!"
Rin blinked at him. She turned away, biting on her lower lip. "It said my mother's been capture…" she said.
"By who?" Tyson asked, looking over to her.
Rin closed her eyes, trying to hear her bit beast's voice. She opened her eyes again. "The Silver Company…!" she said, her hands forming into fists. "But what do they want with my mother?!"
"Wait," Eve looked at her. "If you say it's the Silver Company, then Mr. Dickenson…"
Something caught the corner of Robert's eyes. He slightly turned his head. The winged couple was back and flying towards them. "What a pain…" he mumbled. He looked at the pilot. "Speed up. We're being chase again." Even if he knows there is no use to run away, they will have to at least try their best to resist in the end.
The man looked at Robert and then nodded.
"We're being wha?" Xue exclaimed, looking out the window. He saw the winged couple and sighed heavily. "Man! They just don't give up! You guys already have Kai and Sachi! We're NOTHING to you!" Xue turned to Tyson. "Oh wait, there's you! Tyson, you should turn yourself in since you're the one with Dragoon. I don't want to be captured also. I want to see Jamie!"
Tyson glared at him. "Why would I do that?!"
Rin stood up and went to the open door that had been force open earlier by the white winged girl. Hilary stopped Rin by grabbing her arm. "What do you think you're doing?" she asked, slightly glaring.
"I'm going to help my mother," she told her. "Let go of me."
"Are you planning to jump out?" Eve asked, closing her laptop. "What do you intend to do without your bit beast?"
Rin looked at the glass on her backhand. Her bit beast can only reach her by sending her messages, but that is not the only thing that it could do. "You're right…" she went back to her seat. "Mind as well let those winged guy and girl take us to their company, huh?" She smiled. That way she will get the chance of seeing her mother in the Silver Company and once she does, she will break out and take her mother to safety.
"Can you please be more positive?" Hilary threw her arms in the air, frustrated.
Just when the winged couple had close in near the helicopter, a strong wind blew the two of them away. "What just happen?" Xue questioned, leaning against the window for a closer look. There was a golden dragon outside with two people riding on it.
"Hey, it's Strata Dragoon!" Tyson smiled widely. "Daichi! What have he been doing all this time? …And who's that girl with him?"
Strata Dragoon faced the two winged couple. Daichi turned his head and grinned at the people in the helicopter. The girl also looked back at the helicopter. She had familiar crimson eyes. Her long black hair reached to her back. She seems to be at the age of fourteen.
The black winged guy crossed his arms as he floated in the air beside the winged girl. "…This is getting troublesome," he said.
The white winged girl giggled. "We just woke up and we're already running out of energy," she said, grabbing his arm and hugging it. "I say we retreat for now… We need to be fully recover."
He looked at her. "Are you tired?" he asked. She slightly nodded. "We'll head back then…" She nodded again, smiling. He looked up at the helicopter and Xue was sticking his head out of the helicopter and staring right at the winged guy. "I'll settle things with Saiki some other time," he said.
The winged girl looked at where he looked and saw Xue. "So, that's him, huh?" she smiled. "He dyed his hair, huh? Looks a bit attractive. Hehe."
Back on the helicopter, Tyson was nagging the pilot. "Hey, turn around," Tyson told the pilot. They were flying away from Daichi and others. He wanted to stay and watch if they were going to fight in mid air. "We can't leave Daichi behind!"
"Looks like they're retreating, Tyson," Hilary told him.
Tyson looked back and saw the winged couple leaving. "Huh? They're leaving already? Are they afraid of Daichi or something?!" he slammed his face against the window. "There's no way!"
"I don't think that's the reason," Robert said.
Strata Dragoon then flew by the helicopter and to the damaged open door. "Hey, how are you guys?" Daichi smiled, waving.
"Daichi!" Hilary smiled back. She and Tyson stood closer to the door. "…Why are you here?" Hilary asked.
"I… just owe a favor to Faina," Daichi nervously replied, pointing to the girl with the long back hair.
"Fai…na?" Tyson pointed to the girl sitting behind Daichi on Strata Dragoon.
Faina nodded. "Where's Kai?" she asked, eyes shining with hope. "I have a message that I must pass onto him."
"…Why are you looking for him?" Eve questioned, walking up behind Hilary and Tyson.
She smiled innocently. "Will you believe me if I said I was his younger sister?" Everyone quieted down. "Half sister, actually," she added, nodding back and forth.
"Oh, shit," the word slipped through Xue's mouth. "That's… shocking…"
"You're his sister?!" Hilary pointed at her. "I never knew Kai had a sister!"
"Same here!" Tyson said.
Faina giggled. "He doesn't know that he has a sister as well…" She kept giggling and could not wait to surprise Kai about it. "Oh, but is part of the reason I'm looking for him."
Rin smiled, "Another long lost sibling. Funny."
Tyson looked at Hilary. "Kai has a sister! Hilary! How should I react?" he asked, waving his arms around.
Hilary shrugged, with a weak smile. He is already reacting to this. "Uh… she could be joking," Hilary said. She looked at Faina. "…Right?"
"Faina never lies," Daichi said, giving them a flat face. "Believe me… She's really dead honest."
"If you're looking for him…" Robert said. "He was captured by the two winged people earlier. They went somewhere west when that happened."
"Thank you!" Faina smiled brightly. "Daichi! To the west!" she pointed behind her. "We must save him from the evil's clutches!"
Daichi grumbled, but nodded. "Strata Dragoon, let's go and find them," he said.
"Wait, Daichi!" Tyson called as Strata Dragoon turned around.
"We'll talk again later!" Daichi said, waving.
Tyson was speechless. Strata Dragoon had already flew far away within minutes. "Why is he listening to her for?" he wondered out loud. "And is she really Kai's sister?"
"Who knows?" Hilary blinked, still shock to hear that Kai has a sister. "Does Kai really not know that he have a sister…?"
No one answered her. If Kai did not know that he had a sister, how will he react when she tells him?
Rin leaned on her palm. She was more worried about her mother. She wished that Strata Dragoon had not gotten in the way of the winged couple, but what can she do now? There's nothing to do but follow these group of people and find the All Starz. Perhaps meeting the members of the Empty Hearts in America would not be so bad. She could get them to talk and for once in her life, she's confident in her skills if she has to fight them.
Xue looked back outside. "I seriously know that guy with the black wings," he quietly said, rubbing his chin. "Where have I met him before?"
The truck, which held Kai and Sachi, drove along the empty trail far from the city. Goldman and some other men had taken another route to another place, bringing Mr. Dickenson and Harumi along with them. Two men in white suits were in the trunk, taking their jobs seriously, are bringing the two captives to their destination safely.
Inside the truck, Sachi had fallen asleep due to the 'cold'. Kai shouted her name over and over. He tried to call out to the men who were in the front but no one heard him. "Damn it," he cursed angrily. He looked down at her. "Ruby, stay awake! If you don't open your eyes, I'm going to bite on your ear until it bleeds! Open your eyes!! Ruby!!"
Her face became paler by the minute and the more he became worried.
He glared. He rubbed his cheek on her cheek, trying to warm her up. "Dranzer…" he called. "I need you now!" The rectangular glass on his cheek, located close to his right eye, started to glow.
Sachi's eyes twitched when she felt warmth coming back to her.
"Huh?" Sachi stood in a dark hallway. "Where am I?" she looked around. The halls were dark and the walls were made out stone bricks. "Wait a second! I can see now! Oh my gosh, why?" She looked at herself, astonished.
A little boy quietly ran down the hall.
Sachi turned around and her mouth drop. The kid had the blue triangles on his face. "…Kai?" she pointed. That's got to be him. He's the only boy to ever have paint on his face! Her eyes widen in shock.
The boy did not look at her and kept running. It was as if he did not even see her there. Then when he got closer to her, he ran right pass into her and continued down the hall.
"…Huh?" she looked at her hands. She touched the walls and her hands went right through it. "Am I a ghost?" she questioned herself. "Where the hell am I?"
The area flashed. She closed her eyes.
She reopened them again and she was in another different area. "Where am I now?" she looked around. She walked and looked at the center of the room. There was a dark beyblade all chained up. She went to take a closer look. It looked like Dranzer, but black. "…Dranzer?"
The same boy entered the room. He smiled and walked up to the Black Drazner.
Sachi was confused. Was this an illusion she's seeing? Is this… Kai's past? Sachi scratched her face, wondering if she's right about that. "Unless this is Kai's son… in the future," she said, cracking a smile. She could not possibly imagine him with a child. "They look so alike!" she giggled to herself.
She looked up before the little boy reached for the beyblade. She saw a little girl standing behind a large object, hiding herself from being seen. The girl had black hair and black eye color. She was staring at the little boy who looked like Kai. Sachi looked back at the little boy and back at the little girl, her face had no emotion. The moment the boy touched Black Dranzer, a blast burst and destroyed it's surroundings.
Sachi covered her eyes from the light. She thought her whole body was going to be destroyed, but she was still in one piece. "Who… was that little girl?" Sachi questioned. "Is this Kai's past…? What happened… here?"
Kai stood in of an old Buddhist temple. He looked around, confused. There were many flowers around him. "Where… am I?" he asked himself. He heard a little girl crying behind him. Turning around, the girl was sitting on the ground, sniffing. She had brown hair and golden-yellow eyes. She had bruises on her arms and legs. She looked familiar.
"Sachi!" a little boy cried from close by.
A boy with brown hair ran through Kai from behind. "What the…?" Kai looked at his own body. It was like he was an illusion. Or was this an illusion? He looked at the boy, whose back was towards him. "Sachi?" Kai looked at the girl. Is she Ruby? No way. The name must just be common. "…What's going on here?"
The little girl looked up at the boy. "S-Saiki…" she sniffed. "It hurts…" she said, rubbing on her bruises.
The little boy patted on her head. "Sorry…" he said, sounding like he was going to cry as well. "I wasn't there to protect you. I will tell mom and dad to stop hitting you!"
Kai walked around them, stun. "Why am I seeing this?" he asked himself. "Why am I here? For what purpose?" He looked at the little boy. He had brown eyes and he looked younger than the girl since he's shorter than her. The two little kids hugged each other. "Why am I…?"
"I'll protect you," Saiki said, determined. His voice was quivering too. "No matter what happens, okay?"
Sachi nodded.
The light from the sun brightens and Kai covered his eyes. What the hell is going on here?! He thought out loud to himself.
Kai and Sachi found themselves back tied up together in the truck. Kai blinked and looked at Sachi. The both of them remembered where they were.
"I feel a little better now," Sachi said after moment of an awkward silence.
"…Oh," he only said. He was still stun by what he say before the light appeared.
Sachi closed her eyes. She felt another presence within her. She could feel another bit beast inside the chimera. Or is it really in the chimera? Was it that bit beast's ability that I was able to see that weird illusion? She asked herself in her head. "Oh wow," she said.
"What?"
"I think there are total of three creatures in my bit beast," she smiled excitedly. "Although, it seems like I'm back in Viper's form. I'm getting cold again."
Kai had no idea what she's getting at, but worried she will pass out again. The ropes around them had weakened all of a sudden. He did not wonder why and tried to get out of it. "The ropes are loosening," he said.
Sachi smiled brighter. "Really? Hurry and get us out of here!"
"You do something," he glared at her. "We both in this mess."
Sachi thought for a moment. "Oh yeah," she remembered. "But they were after you because of Dranzer, right? It's not exactly my fault. Anyway, can you try your best to take off one of my boots?"
He stopped struggling in the ropes. "Why?" he asked.
"There is a hidden knife in each one."
"Why didn't you mention that earlier!" he glared at her. The two of them could have gotten out of the ropes earlier and thought of something to get out of the men's trunk. "Geez, how do you want me to get one of your boots off? Kick it off?"
She thought for another moment. "…Good luck," she smirked.
"You're not helping, Ruby," he gave her a flat face.
"Why are you still calling me by that name?" she pouted. "Call me 'Sachi'! That's the name you should be calling me."
Kai looked at her again. Calling her by that name did not suit her. It gave her a different energy of some sort. And there was another reason why he would not call her by any other name. "That's because…" he trailed off at the beginning of his sentence.
The truck suddenly jumped. The two of them were bounced off into the air and back down. Sachi hit her head and she groaned painfully. "Ow… What just happened?" she exclaimed angrily.
The both of them listened quietly. There were voices and the men who sat in the front of the truck opened their doors. Sachi could feel three other presences through her Aura Ability. There was a bit beast and two other people who she does not recognize. Then a couple of footsteps hurried away. Suddenly, a wind slices through the truck, cutting it in half. The truck became unbalanced and titled. Kai and Sachi slide down and stopped midway. They both looked and saw the blue sky.
"Kai?" a familiar voice called.
Daichi came in and looked at them. "Daichi?" Kai looked at him, surprised. "What are you doing here?"
"The first thing you say is that?" he glared. "You should be thanking me for saving your ass!"
"Daichi, huh?" Sachi smiled. "Nice to meet you, I'm Sachi. I saw you on TV once. Thanks for helping us. It would also be a big help if you come and untie this rope around us."
Daichi grinned. "Maybe I won't. It's a good view of Kai from here." Kai shot him an irritated glare. "But since you ask so kindly… haha," Daichi laughed and went over to them. He dragged them out of the truck and on the ground. He looked up at Strata Dragoon. "Help me out here, Strata Dragoon."
Strata Dragoon summoned a faint sharp wind and it cut the ropes behind Kai's back. He quickly got off of Sachi and helped her stand up. "Finally," she stretched.
Kai looked at Daichi but then saw a girl with long hair. She looked at Kai with teary eyes. "Who…?" he looked at the young girl.
"And what's your name?" Sachi looked over to the soft warm presence from the little girl.
Faina ran to Kai and hugged him. "Big brother! I have finally found you!" she cried happily.
Kai and Sachi were silent. "…What?" Kai looked over to Daichi and Sachi. His mouth was still open from his question. Daichi grinned, amused by Kai's expression, and Sachi only made a puzzled look. Kai looked back at the younger girl, who hugged him even tighter. "…What?" he asked again.