Okay so this story, before anyone freaks, is still top priority to me but it is going to have to share update time with my new story Heavenly Flames, I am hoping to have an update every other Saturday, sorry if that seems like forever a wait.
Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade, come on if I did would I really be writing fanfiction?
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"Well there is our little phoenix now. Say hello to the villagers Kai." All eyes turned to me as Leonid called on me. This was so not good.
I held my breath for what felt like an eternity, as all eyes fell on me. They had to be kidding me, this guy prances in here, makes a huge scene, practically holds a kid hostage, and I'm the one they are all worried about? Go figure. "He's one of them?""No, he is the phoenix." I heard lots of people whispering things like that.
I was about to sink away to keep from being blamed for this when I heard Ray growl next to me, since when could he do that? "What are you doing here?" He snarled. Leonid wasn't the one to answer Ray however, it was Brooklyn. "Ray I don't understand why you are so stressed, we weren't going to harm anyone."
Was he freaking kidding me? I looked at the kid that was standing with his arm twisted behind him. "That's why the kid screamed, right?" I asked coldly, narrowing my eyes into a glare. Brooklyn smiled at me and I couldn't suppress the chill that ran up my spine. Whatever my grandfather it couldn't be good, not with Brooklyn involved at least.
Brooklyn left Leonid's side and reached into his pocket. I tensed up instinctively and did a quick scan of the area. Deciding what could be a weapon and what was a threat, things like that. Brooklyn stopped a few feet in front of Ray and I. As his hand began to leave his pocket however the kid let out an ear splitting scream.
Everyone turned their attain back to the Leonid. The kid was on the ground, his arm twisted around and popped out of the socket, tears in his eyes. Ray tensed noticeable, I hadn't been around him long but I knew how protective he was over little kids. Leonid didn't know what he had just started. "I'm sorry everyone, I really didn't want to hurt the boy, it's just, well, I needed to speak with Kon and my beloved nephew alone." I heard a chores of gasp sound from the crowd, but the blood pumping in my ears cut off any talk that followed.
I turned to look at Ray. His eyes betrayed every ounce of his surprise. Crap well that is so not how I wanted him to find that out. Ray opened his mouth to speak but whatever he was going to say was lost, as Leonid began to speak again. "If someone would please direct us to a more privet location, I would appreciate it." Leonid said tightening his grip on the kid's wrist.
Ray walked past Brooklyn, not even glancing my way. "You want to talk Leonid, alright we can talk, just follow me." Leonid let the child go and he wasted no time in running behind Ray. "Dǎoshī, don't trust him, he's a bad person." Ray smiled ruffling the kids hair. "Don't worry, I won't." He looked up at Leonid. "Let's go," I followed silently behind Ray, there would be no time for me to explain it to him, not until we could get rid of Brooklyn and my wonderful uncle.
Ray led us all the way back to his place, it made sense really, no one would bother us at his place. Ray held open the door and waited as the rest of us entered. When the door shut, that's when the real fun began.
Ray's POV
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Let's see how much betrayal can one family cause? When it's the Hiwatari family, a lot! I shut the door as I walked in, taking a few deep breaths. If I kept my cool through all this, I would have surprised myself. "Alright," I hissed, turning around to face the others. "Talk." I ordered, who I was ordering, I really don't know but someone needed to start explaining something to me.
"It's simple really." Leonid began, settling onto one of the chairs. "I am here on the behest of my father, to invite you both to join the tournament being held here in China." I scoffed, he was joking right? "Invite? Alright, so why is he here?" I heard Kai ask, there was an edge in his voice as I am sure memories of his past fights with the pale teen filled his memories.
"Brooklyn is here as . . . insurance. To make sure you boys corporate." I gritted my teeth as I flashed back to my mother's dead. He had said almost the same thing to her then. I had known for a while now that Leonid had been the one to murder my mother and father for that matter, but him saying that only help strengthen my resolve. "How do we corporate?"
I heard Kai ask in a cold tone, we would so have to talk later. "You two boy's will come with me. Neither of you have a choice in that part, you Kai are now the most hated person in this town and you Ray, because of my actions, Kai will be thought to blame, so you have the choice of either coming with me or dying, simple really. " Of course he would know about that, why wouldn't the psycho know about a death agreement, I hate my life sometimes.
"Once we have left this lovely village, you two will contact that team of yours and tell them to sign up for the tournament and you two will meet them there. You two will then proceed to stay with BioVolt's new team, where Brooklyn will keep an eye on you, understand?" Everything in me wanted to punch his lights out, the energy flowing through me told me I really wanted to Barbeque him, but I knew better.
After a few moments of tense silence in which none of us would give, Leonid broke the stalemate. "Tell me do either of you boys know why the Phoenix is so very hated here?" Um, what? Okay that wasn't random at all. I didn't like it when Leonid jumped topics like that; it always meant he was planning something, fishing for a certain answer, well maybe if we didn't answer at all. "No," Well there went that plan. I thought glaring at Kai.
"It is because the phoenix, unlike the other spirits, is reborn with every host. The phoenix that followed Voltaire burned out when he passed it to me, just as my phoenix burned out when I passed it to you, Kai. So you see unlike other Bitbeast that carry on a family's lineage, each phoenix is personal to its chosen. It only knows life with that one person, and will only know life with that one person. That is why they hate it, because it is unpredictable. You see Dranzer may be good but in her past life with me . . . I'm sure she can still taste the blood."
I felt the energy flooding up through me, but it was fire that struck at Leonid, just barely missing his feet. "Shut up." Kai said in his darkest coldest voice, a streak of black however stopped everything, as Zeus slammed into the wall by Kai's head, fell to the ground, and started to circle him. Leonid smiled before glancing over at the lazy teen. "Like I said, he's insurance." No way were they destroying this home, I don't care if it is a piece of crap. The second I moved Brooklyn turned his blade to track me, I had more important things to worry about however.
"Leonid, as you so kindly pointed out we have no choice, so why don't you stop destroying my home so we can leave already." Leonid smiled at me before motioning to Brooklyn to recall his blade. "Sensible as always young tiger, just like your father. It's a pity he didn't get to see you grow up, I'm sure he'd be proud."
This time it was my turn to lose it. A flash of light flashed through the room, blinding everyone for a moment before reviling Leonid's burned shoulder. The fact that he looked completely shocked at the shot almost made up for the pain of having Zeus rip open my side, almost. I took a sharp breath, grabbing at my side to check damage and stop the blood flow.
"I must admit Ray that was far better than I expected from you." Leonid said looking at his shoulder, before pulling away some of the burnt skin. "But still not good enough to win, little tiger." Out of the corner of my eye, I caught sight of Kai. He had on one of his unreadable mask, but I didn't really care at this moment.
"So are we ready to leave then?" Leonid asked flashing a smile, man did I hate him. Brooklyn recalled his black blade. He wiped it off on a rag before placing it back in his pocket, wouldn't want my blood to stain those perfectly white clothes of his.
Brooklyn looked over at Leonid with that ever carefree look he had. "I am leading them back to base right?" Leonid smiled once before walking over to the door. "Yes Brooklyn you are, I have other matters to attend to. Are there any questions before we get going?" I let my gaze fall on Kai long enough to see him giving Leonid 'the look', I must say that made me feel a little better about the situation.
"Alright than, no question? Good let's go." Leonid said opening the door. We all walked out, first me than Kai, Leonid, and finally Brooklyn. "Oh, one last thing." I stopped to look at Leonid who was, literally, right beside me. "Brooklyn torch the place."
I began to make a move at Brooklyn only to feel someone grab me. One arm was around my waist, resting on my injury, while the other wrapped around my mouth, sending a sickly sweet liquid down my throat. Within seconds I was losing consciousness and my home was engulfed in flames. I struggled to keep my eyes open, the last thing I saw however made everything worse, as I saw Dranzer soar skyward, collapsing my home as she soared back to earth. It was the second time I had watched the phoenix bring down my whole life.
Normal POV
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Tyson and Max both gaped at this. They didn't even know this kid and here he was claiming things like that. "I'm sorry what?" Kagen took a deep breath; this was going to be harder than he had thought it would. "Look I know this doesn't make sense, I don't really understand it myself, all I know for a fact is earlier your Bitbeast decided to play around inside my head and I need them to stop."
Tyson couldn't help himself, he started laughing. Kagen however wasn't one you laughed at, within seconds Tyson found himself face down on the ground, a boot placed firmly on his back, with his arm twisted behind him, ready to come out of the socket. "Aha, alright I give, I give, let me go." Tyson cried out and Kagen let him up.
Max when to help Tyson up and so Kenny began the questioning. "So you are saying that for some reason Dragoon and Draciel have decided to contact you and you want Tyson and Max to get them to stop, am I right?" Tala sighed, he saw this was going nowhere fast and decided to try and speed it along.
"Look Bitbeast are insanely powerful creatures, so powerful that normal people can't handle the stress they put on our minds. That is why even the chosen ones don't hear from the Bitbeast that often. Once in a while is fine for your Bitbeast to talk to you, sure, but it isn't just one Bitbeast talking to Kagen, it's four." Kenny turned to look at Kagen, so far everything was fitting. "Why do you think it is Dragoon and Draciel though? It could be any Bitbeast right?" Kagen took a deep breath; here is where things got sticky. "Because Zodia told me it was them."
Kagen took a cord out from around his neck, a bit hung around the cord. "Zodia?" Tyson asked standing up. "This is Zodia." He said clenching the bit tighter. The bit began to glow a bright gold. Kagen closed his eyes as his Bitbeast slowly began to emerge.
It was a great bird with six tails made of clear ice, tipped in silver, it's wings were a soft blue, the tips a soft silver, its body was blue as well but much darker, to the point of being black. Its head was the black-blue as well, with piercing golden eyes. "Wow," All three Breakers said at the same time.
Kagen opened his eyes as he felt the Bitbeast wrap it's wings around him, protectively. "Yeah, pretty much. Zodia is my guardian Bit, that is how I know she isn't lying to me about this." Tyson and Max looked at each other. "Should we?" Max asked hesitantly, Tyson however had no such problems. He grabbed Dragoon and launched him without a second thought, calling the great Dragon forth.
"Aha, Tyson, Max this hotel room isn't large enough for three Bitbeast." Kenny said ducking behind the table, a book falling on his head as he did. Max however didn't listen and called forth Draciel as well.
"You should not be here." Kagen heard a voice whisper in his mind. He grabbed at his head, the pain already coming again. "DRAGOON ENOUGH!" This voice however didn't come from within Kagen's mind.
He looked up to see his Bitbeast had spoken allowed, for all to hear. "Wa- What? Did the Bitbeast just talk?" "Yes young dragon I did. The things I must say can not be spoken through my chosen, you must hear them yourselves." Max and Tyson looked to their Bitbeast expectantly. "Zodia, do you realize how many laws you, we, are breaking by speaking like this?" Dragoon asked lowly.
Zodia chuckled slightly before turning serious again. "I realize Dragoon that this is dangerous. I also realize that you are harming my child, and I will not stand for it." There was a sudden drop in temperature as Zodia proved her meaning. "Dragoon what is she talking about?" Draciel spoke for the first time.
"It is simple young dragon. We did speak to the child, but we were confused at the time." Kagen stepped out of Zodia's wings into the presence of the other two Bitbeast. "Confused about what? You called me a thief and an imposter, I want to know why?" Draciel once again was the one to answer. "You my boy, have been blessed with an awesome gift. This gift however is many times abused by others, we believe that without your knowledge this has happened to you."
Max looked to his Bitbeast. "What type of gift is it that you and Dragoon would step in?" Dragoon found his way behind Tyson. "Maybe it would be better for them to speak to us on a more even level. " Dragoon said. Before anyone could ask what was going on, there was a flash of light and the three Bitbeast disappeared, in their place stood three teenagers.
The first was a young samurai, he had on a silk blue kimono, his hair was pulled back in a ponytail, stormy gray eyes that shown with years of knowledge stared back at the kids. The second was a young man, his outfit fitting one of an explorer, almost Indian Jones styled, blond hair poked out from under the teenagers fedora, energetic sea green eyes flashed as he looked over the other. The third was a young woman she wore a long ice blue traditional Chinese dress that had silver swirls wove into the fabric, she had long black hair the was pulled up in a bun on the top of her head, some of the hair however still trailed down her back, loving crystal blue eyes looked sadly at the children.
Kagen was the first to regain his voice. "Z-Zodia?" He asked, looking at the young teenage girl in front of him. "Yes, it is me. We believe that this form is better for you." Tyson got his voice back finally. "Dragoon? You are like my age." Tyson said astounded. Dragoon smiled weakly at Tyson. "Yes, I am actually, you see we age with our Chosen. For every year you age, I do as well, than when we change chosen it starts all over." Zodia looked at the kids before smiling. "Young wolf, there is no reason for you to hid yourself, we will not harm you. If you wish for answers as well call forth your own guardian. She will answer, I assure you."
Tala stopped for a moment not really sure what to do, but eventually he called forth Wolborg. The bit began to glow brightly, before eventually coming from its bit. Wolborg appeared for a moment in beast form before a flash of light filled the room. When the light dulled another was standing in the room.
She wore silver armor that was streaked with blue; her long white hair flowed behind her reaching mid-back, piercing blue eyes that matched Tala's exactly stared back at the kids. "You called on me, my Tala?" Wolborg asked she had a lulling voice, but the edge in it was harsh. Zodia put a hand to Wolborg's shoulder. "Calm my friend, the boy wants answers, as do they all. We can no longer keep our Chosen in the dark, they must understand what they have been chosen for."
Max spoke addressing the Bitbeast. "So tell us already, what is going on? Why can Kagen hear you two?" Dragoon answered for the group. "He can hear us because he is the vessel." Tala spoke for the first time sense the Bitbeast had appeared. "The vessel for what?" Wolborg answered for the group, a harsh light in her eyes. "The vessel of destruction. He will end this world, whether he knows it or not."
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And there it is. Alright so the next chapter of this will most likely be up in two weeks, sorry if that seems forever away. If you all get really antsy, just PM me and I might be able to update it sooner.
Alrighty on to reviews
Suzanne: I'm glad you thought so, I was trying to give this story a little humor, I'm sorry to disappoint though, Ray was found. But you can hop e for the best right? Hope you keep enjoying. XD
Mimi 007: Sorry no death, yet. Hehe hey I said the reviews saved A character, not all characters. Killing Boris, fun proposal, I will keep it in mind in the upcoming chapters, actually I already have something planned for him, so be happy. Good to know you love me anyways though, *Tries hard not to laugh evilly, fails* Man I got to get over that. Yay! Good Grammar! I happy. I am also glad you like the Bitbeast part, poor Kagen he still has no clue what's going on. Also I can't say anything about your poor, white teen, yet. (I like that word)I think you will be surprised at what I have in mind, tehe. Your right Tala's laugh to me says crazy dude more than psycho evil. (Why are your replies always the longest? Oh yeah your reviews are the longest, XD duh) Hope you liked this chapter.
Racerabbit: Yay for crazy people! I like them waaaaay to much so don't worry they will keep coming.
My Own Demise: Yep! Kagen had, split personality, hearing voices, and a killer illness, don't you just wish you were really him As I have said I tried to add a little humor, glad it worked. Kagen's line was cool admit it, you soooo would say it. But that isn't saying much is it, XD. Have fun with the code names, They really will help though. You know I will bro!