Me: Groan... (hits head against the wall)

Hikaru: What's wrong now?

Me: I've been an idiot!

Sora: Well we already knew that.

Me: Not like that you...idiot! I mean it's been days since I last updated this.

Hyoma: Hey, you cna't blame yourself for a weekend of nightmares.

Tsubasa: For you anyway.

Me: What do you mean 'for me'?

Tsubasa: I mean we took the oppotunity to go for a break.

Me: A break?

Hyoma: Yeah, we decided to escape this torture chamber and head down to the beach.

Me: You all went down to the beach... Humm...

Hikaru: Oh no! Now she's thinking up more ideas! Good going Hyoma!

Hyoma: If you're going to kill me, kill me now.

Tsubasa: Huh? Why?

Hyoma: Because according to this plot line I'm in this chapter.

Hikaru: Really? Are you having another nightmare or has your suspitious friend Shouta pushed you over a cliff or something.

Hyoma: (Unfolds paper with plot line on it) Let's see...

Me: Give me that! (Attempts to grab it but Hyoma holds it out of reach) Now Hyoma! Or I'll use my powers as an author, the author, to punish you in the most painful way possible!

Hyoma: Eeep! (Throws plot line at her and runs away)

Me: And order is restored. (Folds plot line and put it in her pocket) Anyway, which one of you two is going to the do the disclaimer?

Tsubasa: Let's try Rock, Paper, Scissors.

Hikaru: Oh not this again! Fine!

Tsubasa and Hikaru: Rock, Paper, SCISSORS!

Hikaru: Alright! Rock over scissors! I win!

Tsubasa: ... (Sweatdrops)

Hikaru: Okey dokey! Ahem! Sharkey52 doesn't own Metal Fight Beyblade, but does own Shouta and Pavo.

Me: And now we begin!

The Light and Darkness Chronicles

Chapter six - Shopping

Hyoma groaned as sunlight streamed through the blinds, warming light on his face awakening him.

"Not now!" he groaned, rolling over "It's a Saturday." It was a Saturday…wasn't it? All these waking up in the middle of the night sagas were taking their toll. He felt like nine days had passed in the last two. He sat up, clutching his head and leant back into the sofa. Wait...sofa? Why had he fallen asleep on the sofa when his bed was like...only five metres away? What had he done to tire himself out that badly? He groaned as a million other questions floated into his pounding head. He looked at the clock on the wall. He frowned. Was it just him, or did that say 11:10? No, it was 11:10...AM. He groaned again, his sleeping patterns had been thrown haywire.

"Sleep well?" Hyoma turned his head and looked at Hokuto and Aries, both standing a few metres away by the table, looking expectant. Hyoma sighed.

"I know what you're thinking, no, there wasn't any nightmare that time. They're quite erratic, come and go when they like. So I can't be prepared for one." Aries bleated it's concern.

"He's got a point" Hokuto nodded "It makes no difference whether you have a nightmare or not if the previous one tires you out to the point of you collapsing on the sofa and being asleep for 17 hours."

"Really?" Hyoma asked, then noticing he was still dressed in his clothes from yesterday "Oh, I'd better get changed." He walked over to the wardrobe and was just opening it when he looked over his shoulder and realised Aries and Hokuto were still baring their eyes into his back.

"Seriously, do you guys have to stare at me?" he asked.

"We're just concerned" said Hokuto. Aries bleated in agreement.

"But can't you guys...um...you know...step outside? Please?" Hyoma asked. Aries bleated.

"What do you mean 'what's the issue'?" Hyoma frowned, Aries responded "Yes, I know we're all guys here but still..."

"Oh fine!" Hokuto snorted "We'll be outside. But no trying to escape out the back window!" Both dog and bey spirit headed outside. Hokuto walked out the dog-flap, Aries just walked through the door like it wasn't there. Hyoma wasn't crept out, he was use to it. But one thing Hokuto wasn't use to doing, was waiting. Hyoma was just pulling on his socks when a loud voice called:

"Some of us WOULD like breakfast before lunch you know!"

"Alright, alright! You can come back in!" Hyoma called back. He shook his head in exasperation as Hokuto with Aries in tow re-entered the house. Hyoma went to the fridge and groaned. There was barely anything, not even enough for an omelette. The only shelf with anything on it, beyond the eggs, was the bottom with all of Hokuto's dog-food on it.

"Great" Hyoma sighed dryly, opening a fresh bag of dog-food for the annoyed Hokuto. He wasn't exactly in the mood for shopping, but considering it was either that or starving he didn't have a choice.

"What day is it?" he asked. Aries answered since Hokuto was busy eating.

"Wednesday?" he echoed "Market Day, good." It was easier to go to the weekly market than try and travel to the nearest store. He slipped on his coat and shoes before looking at Hokuto. No way was he coming along, he was too preoccupied.

"You coming Aries?" Hyoma asked. Aries nodded and vanished as Hyoma picked up his bey and slipped it into his pocket with his wallet. He then left and locked the door, just in case Hokuto had any ideas of following.

"I'll have three please." Hyoma handed over the coins and took the small plastic bag with the oranges in it. He then moved along the to the apples and was debating on whether to buy one or two when Aries materialised and bleated.

"Anything else?" Hyoma asked "Well, there's always the meat for if Shouta ever comes over." Aries bleated lowly and shook it's head. Hyoma paused. He knew Aries was a bey spirit and therefore couldn't eat or be eaten, but it had always had this ting against meat, in particular lamb. Hyoma had never minded, he'd been a vegetarian for as long as he could remember. But although Shouta had taken with easily, Ginga had had many an argument with the ram spirit over it.

"What colour?" he asked, pointing at the apples "Red, green or yellow?" Aries bleated a response.

"Red, of course you'd choose that" Hyoma snorted. He chose three red apples and two green. They turned to leave when someone walked straight though Aries, the ram going a blurry red colour for a few seconds. He bleated with annoyance.

"What's wrong?" he asked "I thought you didn't feel it?" Aires bleated "Looks weird? Well yeah, I could imagine that." Aries was trotting at his heel and asked something.

"I don't think Pavo's coming over" Hyoma shook his head "Shouta's busy." Aries sighed was disappointment.

"Tell you what" Hyoma smiled "How about a race home." Aries bleated unfairly.

"I know I'll win" Hyoma smiled "But I promise not to beat you by too much, okay?" Aries sighed again and agreed. Whether anyone in the village though it was strange a 14-year-old orphan boy talking to thin air and then racing himself up a country path, he didn't stop to find out. Predictably, the smaller-legged Aries found it much harder keeping up as they headed down the curving path to the house.

"Ha! Try and keep up Aries!" he laughed. But, if it was possible for him, Aries would have been smiling. Hyoma was happy, and as his bey spirit that made Aries happy too.

But then something went wrong. Something to the right in the forest seemed to swell in a big black hump. Before Hyoma had time to think, there came the sound of an explosion and he was flung off his feet. He heard Aries cry out to him before he hit his head and it all went black.