AmTheLion:My second Kai love story. Enjoy.

Declaimers:I do not own Beyblade or any of the characters from the show. I do however own the character Reiko Munitsu, Dona and the bitbeasts Baby and Niro.

Signs used in my story:
"Text"(person is talking)
italics (flashbacks/dreams/thoughts by the one with POV)
//text// (bitbeast talking)

WARNING!!!
This chapter and the following will be darker than the first once so note that the rating is changed to M (Not suitable for children or teens below the age of 16 with possible strong but non-explicit adult themes, references to violence, and strong coarse language.)

Chapter 9: Reviling an old legend, the Spirit of Niro

(Your POV)

Your body hurts, it feels like you've been beaten up. You slowly open your eyes to discover that you're in your bed. The bedroom door is open, and you can hear voices coming from the living room. You try to move, but your body feels stiff and sore, yet somehow you manage to get up in a sitting position. You feel a bit dizzy, but not too much. Your stomach rumbles loudly. Wow I can't believe I didn't notice how hungry I am.

You get out of bed and walk out in the living room to the others. When they see you they all get up and hug you and tell you how glad they are to see that you're ok. You look at them, confused. Then they tell you what happened to you after you came back.

"You've been sleeping since then, and that was two days ago," Julia explains.

"Wow, I really been sleeping that long?" your stomach makes another loud rumble. The others laugh.

"Well at least you seem to be back to normal. Your stomach is even louder that Tyson or Daichi's!" Hillary says with a smile. You all laugh.

"Well I haven't eaten in two days what do you expect?" You all laugh even more at that comment.

"Don't worry Reiko, I'll make you a huge breakfast," Mariah says with a bright smile, before hurrying off to the kitchen.

After eating breakfast and talking about what happened to you, you go to the bathroom to change. As you pull of the T-shirt you've been sleeping in, you turn your back to the mirror to look at the marks the girls have told you about. You stand there staring at your reflection. There between your shoulder blades is what looks like a tattoo. If you didn't know better, you would think it is, but after what the girls just told you, you know it's not just a normal tattoo. It looks just like Niro.

Looking a little closer you find that it is an exact mark in the shape of him. I need to find out more about him. And what's going on with me, because for some reason I want to eat raw meat.

You get dressed and decide to visit the library to find out more about what's going on. The medallion from the church is safe in your pocket as you walk out the door, after finally convincing the girls that you're ok and nothing more is going to happen to you.

You push the huge door to the library open, and walk inside. The air is dry and feels almost as old as some of the books. You can't see anyone so you just start wondering between the bookshelves to see if you can find something that might give you some clues. You pass a lot of books with different titles, but none of them seem to have the answers you seek. As you turn another corner into a new row of books, an old man is standing right in front of you. You jump back, startled, as you almost walked into him.

"Oh, I'm sorry my dear, I didn't hear you come in. My name is Professor Dreamfall, I own this library. Are you looking for something in particular? Maybe I can help you find it," the old man says. You stare at him. He's just a little taller than you, he has a long white beard that goes all the way down to his hips. The hair on his head is almost gone and he has huge round glasses. Behind them is deep blue eyes, that seems to still be full of life and curiosity, even if the man must be close to 90, or at least 80. He is wizened, but even so he seems like he's still in his younger years. In his arms is a pile of books.

"Erm…well I was looking for some books that could explain something for me…"

You sound a little unsure, you don't exactly know what you're looking for, or how to explain that you are looking for something about marks that suddenly appear. He looks you straight in the eye.

"And what exactly do you need to find an explanation to?" he asks in a strange way that makes you feel like he already knows.

"Well…I don't really know. A few days ago something strange happened to me and…" you start but he cuts across you.

"Ah, well then, come with me my child." He puts the books in his arms on a table and starts walking down the rows of books. You follow the Professor through the library until you come to a section with very old books, that are covered in dust and spider webs.

"No one has been in this section for years. People say that the books here are filled with only legends and stories of times past. No one cares about their contents anymore. But I think you, my child, might find exactly what you're looking for in here." He looks at you with yet another mysterious and secretive expression. You look at him, a bit confused, but nod and start looking at the book titles.

"If you need anything just call for me, we're the only ones here so just yell," he smiles.

"Thank you Mr…em, what was the name again?"

"Professor Dreamfall, but just call me Professor."

"Ok, erm…thank you professor."

He smiles at you again, before he disappears between the book shelves. You can't help but smile a little yourself. What a strange old man. But he seems to understand what I'm looking for, so maybe…

You read some of the titles on the old books, "The creatures of time", "Curses of men", "The power of water" and other strange and mysterious titles. Some of the books don't even have a title or it's too unclear to read. I might as well start with this one, this is going to take some time.

You pick one of the books and take it down from the shelf. The dust tickles your nose, making you sneeze. You start looking through the book for something that might give you some answers.

For the next couple of days you spend almost all your time in the library searching for answers. The professor brings you tea and hot chocolate, he even gives you some sandwiches when it's lunch time. The two of you become good friends and you end up telling him what happened to you.

"Hmmm, that is strange. But you say this Niro creature spoke to you?"

"Yes, the first night, and some times I can feel his presence. He affects my blading too. I've become a lot stronger since I found him, and I feel stronger to," you explain.

"Hmm, I think I know which book you should look in."

He gets up and rolls the ladder to a far away part of the shelves. He goes all the way to the top and comes down again with a big, grey, old book. He places it in front of you so you can read the title.

"The curses and nightmares of ancient bitbeasts."

He nods, "What you tell me seems like something that can be in this book, I'll help you look."

You open the book and start looking over the pages. The book is really old, the pages are yellow and filed with beautiful old hand written curly letters and drawings. You turn the pages and look at all the weird things that's in it, from cursed fish to dead elephants. You turn another page, away from the salamander beast, and stop.

"Found it."

You stare at the drawing in front of you, which looks just like the creature in your dream, or whatever it was.

"Really? Let's see…"

On top of the page with big beautiful letters are the words:

"The legend of the cursed batpanter."

"He is a creature of the night, cursed by the Devil. He is a dark being of both good and evil. An essence of power only the chosen one can control. The creature chooses his master, but to serve he needs control. A bond between creature and man, that is never to be broken before the death of man. The creature will leave a mark, with out it the human will not survive. Part vampire bat, part panther, a being of night and fire, the name is as dark as himself, a black essence of night. His powers and desires as his master. Craving for blood, existing for power, that is the curse of the vampire batpanter Niro."

You finish reading the legend and stare at the picture next to the text. It's a horrible portrait that makes Niro look like a monster. It's defiantly him…this means that Niro has combined with me, I'm his new master. But…it also mean that if Niro is taken from me…I die.

You think back to the pain you felt when Niro gave you the tattoo, if you could call it that. I've never felt anything like that. And in the last days it feels like I've changed. I feel stronger and I have to admit it, more rebellious, but it feels good though.

You can't help but smirk a little. I can't wait to play with the boys in the tournament.

You find some other books that explains more of Niro's appearances throughout time, and you even find one that explains the church and the skeleton you found. It turns out that it belonged to Niro's last master.

He was bound and stabbed in that church because they thought he was a demon. Wow, Niro really has a bloody history behind him. Seems like almost every master or mistress he's had has been executed or killed one way or another. Because someone wanted the power, or because they've been taken for monsters and demons or wizards and witches.

You find more and more about him now that you have the basic legend, in fact it turns out that you've already read about him, you just didn't know because he's rarely mentioned by his real name. Well I think I found out more than enough for now.

You put the books back in place and gather the notes you've taken, before heading for the door.

"Bye Professor. I'm off now. I'm going back to train with the other girls. The tournament starts in a few days you know, so I think I should get in some serious training, because I still haven't gotten full control yet."

"Ah yes, that would be wise. I'll come see you play in the tournament. I'm glad I had the books you needed."

"Yeah, thank you professor. I think I understand now, and I think I now know how to get the best control and use of Niro's power."

"Good, but be careful my dear. That friend of yours is powerful and I have no doubt many would like to have that power we read about. So I suggest you keep it a secret for as long as you can."

He looks at you with a serious look. You nod.

"Yeah, I think you're right, I still haven't told the girls either. Well Bye Professor, I don't know when I'll get time to visit you again, but I'll see you later."

"Don't worry about it my dear, I'll see you at the tournament. Bye."

You leave the Library and head back home. Niro the creature of night and fire. Now we're one and we'll show the world exactly how powerful we can be.

AmTheLion:That was chapter 9 of my second Kai love story. Look out for chapter 10- Dark Fairytale appears

Author: AmTheLion
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