Me: YAY! I finished! :D Sorry for the late update, I was at my great aunt/uncle's house and just got back yesterday. ^^;
Hanako: *Sarcasm* Yay, I have a TRAUMATIC PAST. -.-'
Miu: Oh come on Hanako! No spoilers! Anyways, on to ze reviews!
Star-Razor - What can I say? Yuki can do the impossible. XD
Fallenbey - Alec probably collected around 90 eggs, maybe more maybe less. And all will be explained with the villains when the time has come. :3
BlackCatNeko999 - I wanted to have a character that would be able to troll real badly, thus Yuki's personality! XD Also, they didn't know how many eggs there were, so they wanted to see if they could collect them all before Yuki won. ;)
Leodasdragon - BWAHAHAHA! Amnesia was awesome...while it lasted. XD Anyways, you'll see more of them soon enough~!
XPawnbergonX - It's okay if you haven't reviewed in a while, so long as you at least read it. ;D Oh, and eventually, I'll tie the eggs with traps into the story...eventually...
Yuki: The title of this chapter isn't very...relevant to the chapter.
Angel: So...the first arc was eight chapters, and now we're just beginning the second arc?!
Kiyoko: T-this arc is o-only f-four ch-chapters long...
Me: I do not own Metal Fight Beyblade, enjoy~!
Chapter 9 - Sapphire Water
Kiyoko rubbed her eyes as her new partner, a teal lion named Flair, brought her to the cafeteria.
"r 'ornin'." Kiyoko said sleepily. Yuki rolled her eyes, and gave the sleepy girl a can filled with orange juice. She opened it up and chugged it all down in one go, throwing it at the trash can and getting it in.
"She has amazing accuracy for being sleepy..." Someone commented. She had long blue-green hair and sapphire eyes that was knee length. However, one eye was dull as she had a giant scar, most likely from a fire, over her right eye. Her skin was slightly tan, though otherwise pale. Water spun around her left wrist like a bracelet that wouldn't come off.
"Uh..." They all stared at her, other than Kiyoko, who had fallen asleep.
"Who the hell are you?" Kyoya asked, before being scolded by Madoka.
"Ah! Sorry! I'm Seigyoku, though I like to go by Sei. Nice to meet you!" The girl said, doing a slight curtsy.
"Eh? Sei? Do you mean...as in the Sei who is the top of the water AND ice classes?!" Hikaru asked, surprised.
"So people are starting to spread rumors..." Sei muttered, then louder, said, "I'm not exactly on top of those classes, though I'm apparently the best..."
"Can you show us?" Dragel asked eagerly. Sei nodded, raising her hand with the water bracelet. The bracelet seemed to supply infinite water, as a giant water beast arose from it.
"Whoa! That's cool!" Crystal said, her eyes sparkling. Sei smiled, as the water withdrew back to the bracelet.
"What symbol do you have?" Gingka asked purely out of curiosity.
"...What are you talking about?" Sei tilted her head to the side in confusion. Yuki narrowed her eyes and looked at her arm band. The blue haired girl had nothing but a snowflake and a water drop.
"She doesn't have one. Instead, she somehow absorbed the power of the animal instead." Yuki said, "Either that or she's should be dead." Everyone, other than the spirits, Sei, and herself gave her a weird look.
"Ehehe, you guessed right." Sei said, looking slightly sad, "I am supposed to be dead. Spirits die when their partner dies. My partner, a water dragon, died when I was supposed to and her powers were given to me. I used to only use ice powers, though she gave me her water powers."
"So basically you're considered a foreign object to the universe..." Madoka mused. Everyone looked at her, "What? I like sci-fi!"
"Anyways, if it's not too personal, how'd she die?" Hikaru asked.
"Well...there was a giant fire at my hometown when I was about 4. It was also the day I summoned my spirit." Sei started, "What happened was that she was actually not supposed to be summoned, ever in my lifetime, and I was fated to die on that day, which is why she made me summon her. The fire is also the reason I got this scar." She pointed at her right eye.
"Must've been tough." Alec said. Before she could reply, a familiar noise echoed through the whole school.
The bell.
"CRAP! We're going to be late!" Hanako shouted, running off, "See you guys later!"
Though they never got the chance to notice the spark of recognition in the brunette's eyes.
Yuki, being the person she was, wasn't in class. She and Sky were resting in one of the many gardens at the academy. She was sitting against a tree, in the shade, with Sky laying next to her. Oddly, there was a red glow from Yuki, and it looked...mysterious and dangerous, yet it was enchanting.
"Whoever you are, I know you're there." Yuki said, her eyes closed.
No response.
Yuki sighed, opened her eyes, and she raised her hand. A beam of ice shot out at a bush, and someone jumped out of the way. However, before Yuki could do anything, they were gone. She gritted her teeth and narrowed her eyes in annoyance, a feat that not many people had been able to make her do.
"Tch, and then they're going to tell the others that their working with about the curse..." Yuki muttered, closing her eyes. The red glow had disappeared sometime during the few seconds that had passed.
Flames flickered, as the smell of burnt flesh and ashes reeked. Her legs were stuck in place. Pain surged from her legs. She looked down, and saw that her legs were...burned severely. She doubted that she would ever recover. Tears trickled down her face.
'Why is this happening to a four year old?' She thought. Her brown hair was stained red with blood, and black from ashes and burns. Her whole body was covered in burns. Burning branches from trees scattered around the town fell. She gathered all of her strength to move, and all of her courage to not run away from the fire. She started to run, even though the pain made her feel even worse. However, she stopped as she saw someone's dead body.
Her older sister's. She had the same pink eyes and brown hair. However, her eyes were dull and her brown hair was covered in blood. The fire danced around the six year olds' body.
"Hanako!" She could hear someone call her name.
"Hanako!"
Hanako's eyes opened. Tears welled up in her eyes. Her teacher was giving her a strict look. Hanako was shaking, and fear was in her eyes.
"Hanako Carpenter, how many times must you be told to pay attention in class?" The teacher asked strictly, obviously not noticing that Hanako was traumatised by whatever dream she had. Hanako would've usually retorted, but this time, there was silence. Except for the sounds of shaky breathing. The teacher turned to look at the girl. Hanako had her hands on her head, while her eyes were wide. Tears slipped from her eyes every now and then.
"Honoka..." She whispered, the image of her dead sister in her head again. She shrieked. Then the whole world went black, and the last thing she remembered was her head hitting the floor, seeing the worried faces of her teacher and classmates.
Aurora ate her lunch quietly, while thinking. She and the others had heard about Hanako.
'Why wouldn't she say anything about being traumatized by something that had happened before? Or...had she tried to get herself to forget that incident?' Aurora thought, trying to figure out something that seemed like an unknown puzzle, 'Did she not trust us? ...That could be possible, but what about the others? She's known them for a great deal of time...'
"-ora! Aurora!" Dashan said, waving his hand in front of his younger sister.
"Huh?" Aurora blinked, not realizing that she was so deep into thinking about Hanako's past.
"I thought something happened to you, you weren't responding." Dashan said.
"Sorry, I was thinking." Aurora replied, "Anyways, how is she?" Dashan knew who she was referring to.
"Hanako's fine, but it might take her a few days to recover. Whatever happened to her in the past traumatized her for life." Dashan sighed, "For some reason, there is a possibility that she will not be mentally stable once she recovers, and may possibly forget about us."
"W-what?!" Aurora was surprised, to say the least. However, Dashan wasn't finished.
"And there is also the possibility that she may no longer be the same Hanako we once knew." Dashan said.
Me: So...yeah...erm...I kind of have to finish this quickly because Kiyoko and Miu might lose their hold on Hanako.
Hanako: I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU REGRET THIS!
Miu: HURRY UP!
Kiyoko: W-we can't h-hold her b-back for m-much longer...
Me: Eek! I'm hurrying!
FUN FACT: Gingka's name means "galaxy" in Japanese(It's actually Ginga in Japanese), and it's also a slang term for "a red haired person", and his last name, Hagane, means steel.
QUESTION OF THE CHAPTER: If you could have any ONE power in the world, what would it be?
Me: I'd choose either control over fire or having psychic powers~!
Miu: Look out! SHE'S LOOSE!
Me: Seeyounexttimebye!