Wow, even I was beginning to wonder if I would ever get a new chapter of this wrote. The only explanation to the amount of time it has taken for this new chapter is, my interest are staring to divide among many different things, but everyone can let out that held breath now though because here is the next chapter.
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Tyson watched as Tala walked out of the room. 'Guess he's going to check on Kai's brother.' Max was talking to Mystel, every once and a while laughing about something. Kenny was sitting in the corner typing on Dizzi at a speed that made Tyson's head spin. Kai's dad was leaning against the wall, eyes closed and arms crossed, that looked familiar. Then there was Brooklyn. Brooklyn was still watching Tyson with that far off look he always had.
"You want to ask me something, go ahead." Brooklyn said with a smile, Tyson was about to ask how the other teen had known, but he let the question go. "Yeah, did you and Mystel really fake your matches." Tyson asked, catching a flicker in the other teen's normally passive eyes. "Tyson listen to me very carefully. Me and Mystel faked the entire match. We went as easy as we possibly could."
Tyson was about to say something to the insult, but then he looked into the other teens eyes again. There was a message hidden in the blue depths. "What do they have on you?" Brooklyn's smiles wavered for a second. "We protect our own." Was the orange haired teen's cryptic answer. "Ty come here!" Max called from over in the corner. Tyson hesitated, he wanted more answers but he couldn't ignore Max.
"Yeah Max?" Tyson said, standing beside the blonde teen. "Did Brooklyn say anything . . . odd to you." Tyson looked back at the teen, Mystel had went over and sat down by his teammate. "Yeah he did. Why? Did Mystel say something to you?" Max nodded, before gulping. "He said something about the others Blitzkrieg boyz." This peaked Tyson's interest. "Really what did he say?" "He said they are dead Tyson. Apparently they wouldn't betray Kai and so he killed them." Tyson's eyes widened slightly. There was no question of who 'he' was, as Brooklyn's words echoed in his mind. 'We protect our own.'
Before Tyson could say anything though, Max had continued. "Which got me thinking if they died because they wouldn't betray Kai. Why did they let Tala live? I mean of all the Blitzkrieg Boyz, I thought Tala and Kai were the closest." Tyson fell silent for a moment. "I don't think Brooklyn and Mystel threw the matches like they were suppose to." Tyson said finally, causing Max to blink.
"What do you mean Ty?" "Something Brooklyn said to me. I just don't think they threw the matches. I think that is why they are here now. I mean if they are willing to kill the Bliz boyz then don't you think they would be willing to hurt, or kill, the other BEGA bladers?" Max blinked for a few moments, not quite understanding what Tyson meant. "But why those two? Why not any of the others?" Tyson shrugged his shoulders. "To public. You know with Crushers sister, Ming Ming being a pop star, sort of, and Garland with all his family, they would have been to obvious. I don't think the BEGA bladers were willing to double cross Boris, and I think that ticked off his partner." Max blinked a few more times. "Wow Ty, you figured that out all on your own?"
Tyson blinked as well, he had no idea where the thoughts had come from. They had just sort of flowed into his mind. That's when it hit Tyson. He turned around to look at the lazy blader, he had the same passive smile he always had, but there was something behind the smile. "Tyson? Hellllloooo?" Max said waving a hand in front of Tyson's face. "Huh? What happened?"
Max shrugged his shoulders. "Don't know, one minute you were fine and then the next second you were blanking." Tyson was about to say something when a large crash stopped him midway. "What was that!" Tyson yelled. Brooklyn and Mystel shared a look before continuing their talk. All three remaining breakers looked to the other side of the room from which the sound had emanated.
"What do you think happened in there?" Tyson asked, before the sound of raising voices reached their ears, there were two voices, one was Tala, but the other. . . . the other could only be one person, Ray. Tyson looked to Max, his mouth falling open like a suffocating fish. "Was that- could that have been, Ray?" There was a scoff from the back of the room as they turned around to see Kai's father looking passively at the door. "Who else, I am sure he and his father are having a nice heart to heart as we speak." Tyson and Max both looked to the door, both slightly disbelieving that it was their, once presumed dead, friends that stood behind it's walls.
Deep midnight blue hair whipped around the teens head, sending strands into his ocean blue eyes . A ferocious wind snapped at his face. The world was encased in darkness, the only light to grace the world was the eerie blue glow that shown from the child. "Hello? Hello, is anyone there?" He said turning on his heels to look around the black world. The teen felt a strange heat flow around him as red waves of light flew by his feet and gathered into a form in front of him. The form had the same midnight blue hair, but his eyes were what showed they were not the same. Dead blue eyes, like that of a corps stared back at the teen. Waves of red energy pulsed from the other teen, sending shocks of heat through the first teens body.
"Who are you!" The teen demanded, feeling a since of calming chill, like that of a crisp autumn morning chasing away the heat of summer. "Silly child do you not recognize me? I am you, well the stronger you that is. I am the side of yourself, that you have always wanted to be. I am the darkness that lives insides of peoples hearts. The sins that cause them to doubt." The teen narrowed his eyes at the other before they sprung open in recognition. "Black Dranzer." The other teen smiled before flames engulfed him.
His midnight blue hair grew longer, turning to a chard ash color as his dead blue eyes went black. Red tattoos of dark symbolism appeared on his face. A scar ran from right under his neck to down below his collar bone. The dark teen wore a black, open neck, long sleeve shirt. Red engraftments trailed up the arms of the shirt before crossing over his chest from the shoulder to a red sash that was tied loosely around his waist. Black paints that were tucked into some old boots completed the look.
"Took you long enough, you really are totally incompetent, did you know that Kagen Hiwatari?" Kagen moved his head to the right, something seemed off here. Kagen couldn't quite put his finger on whatever it was, but it was something, and that something was about to become very important. "What are you really after?" Kagen demanded of the dark bit.
"Tsk, tsk Kagen, you should already know that by now. I want what you want, I am the darkness inside your heart, the desires that sleeps within the black reaches of your soul." Kagen shook his head. "I have never wanted the things you have done! You're nothing more then a liar who wants nothing more then to hurt people." Black Dranzer laughed slightly, his movements were smooth and precise making the figure practically glide across the darkness. "Really? You never wanted anything I did? Now who's the liar, you know the darkness in your heart. That darkness is the only reason I didn't disappear when Kai rid himself of me. It is your desperate need for vengeance that keeps me alive."
An image flickered in through the darkness bright blue eyes, shone like stars in a pitch black sky. The image was of himself, a very young boy sitting in the corner, his eyes downcast as people came and went into their home. Kagen could see his mother's still body on the couch, as his father and Grandfather, yelled and debated over what it was they should do with her. His older brother was nowhere to be heard of.
Kagen felt all the emotions flood back into him as he looked at the scene. "That day, that was the day you let me into your heart. I dealt with the pain, the grief. I sheltered you from the hurt, and in return you feed my darkness." Kagen shook his head, causing the image to disappear. "No, I never . . . did that." He finished weakly, but already a new image was forming. This one was a few years old. He was only nine or so, sitting on an all white table in the middle of a sterile lab. He saw some men in white coats walking around, whispering in hushed voices to one another. Just then his Grandfather came in, a smile faked upon his face. "Well Kagen, today is the big day. As soon as this is done, you can join the other boys in Japan and battle along with your brother without having to worry about that illness of yours."
Little Kagen shifted on the table. Kagen recalled having doubts even then about going through with the surgery, but how could he have ever said that to his grandfather. It wasn't until his grandfather was gone and they had strapped him down to the table did he actually began to worry. When the first needle went in however, that was when he wanted it all to stop. Kagen turned to the dark image in front of him. "Stop this now, I remember this day fine. I don't need you to remind me about it, thank you very much." Black Dranzer smiled, motioning with his head at the scene. "Oh, do you really?"
Kagen turned back to the scene just in time to see his father come back into the room. His heart sank even farther as he saw the man he had always put so much faith in walk in. He remembered him walking in, but a part of him had always hoped he had been wrong. Then he saw the younger version of himself close his eyes, and fall prisoner, allowing Black Dranzer to take full control. It was then that Kagen realized why Black Dranzer was showing him this, after he feel "asleep" for the first time, he hadn't recalled what had happened.
"What are you doing!" Came an outraged voice. And Kagen had to hold back a cry of joy as he realized it was his father. "Alexei sir, wha-what are you doing here?" One of the scientists stutterer. "The better question is what is my son doing here?" The scientist all exchanged looks of fear, before they turned back to the angry man before them. "We are just following our orders sir." "Who's orders!" He snapped bitterly. "Vol-Voltair's sir." He stepped past the men, taking the wires from Kagen's arms. "No sir, you can't do that. We have to finish the processes!" Alexei glared at them quickly before he turned his attention back to his son. If only he had been a few moments quicker to react.
Dead blue eyes gazed up from under dark blue bangs, as Black Dranzer took control of their shared body for the first time. "No matter, the boy is weak enough that I can control him without my full strength." Alexei jumped back startled by the new voice his son had acquired. "Who are you?" Black Dranzer smirked, sitting up and stretching his new body. "Why father, I am insulted that you don't recognize me." He said a low chuckle forming in his throat. "You aren't Kagen." He said simply, Black Dranzer shook his head, jumping down to the ground. "No of course I'm not, but that doesn't mean that you didn't create me." Alexei's eyes widened. "Black Dranzer." He said with a sense of loss. "But how?" Black Dranzer smiled. "It's amazing how dark a child's heart can be."
Kagen turned back to the present Black Dranzer that stood across the dark void from him. "Why do this, why show me what you did in my stead. It makes no sense." The form shrugged, it's body masked by the shadows around it. "It makes no difference now whether you know or not of the hand I have played in fate, for you see you are never going to return to the world of light again." Kagen opened his mouth to protest, but he felt himself falling into the void. The shadows encasing him. He screamed, and struggled. Attempting to break Black Dranzer's control as he plummeted to the neverending shadows that filled the bottom of the void. Just as he thought he had reached the bottom, he felt his breath leave him in one loud whoosh, and his energy flood from his body as the shadows encompassed him completely.
Black Dranzer smiled as he felt a surge of power as the last of the child's energy became his own. "I hope that you find your prison to your liking. I have worked hard on it." Black Dranzer whispered, as he saw a glowing form breaking from the shadows. "Zodia, how kind of you to join me." Zodia's eyes blazed as she held her hand out. "Let him go now Black Dranzer." Zodia said, her voice a deadly calm sound in the darkness. Black Dranzer smiled, closing his eyes with a shake of the head. "I am afraid I can't do that Zodia. It's times for the final fight to began, do you really what the child stuck in the crossfire?" Zodia sent a ball of energy towards Black Dranzer only to have it dissipate before it ever reached him.
"Honestly Zodia, is that the best you can do? I had hoped to at least have some fun with this." Zodia clinched her hand into a fist at her side. "Don't worry, that isn't even close to what I am capable of."
Kagen looked around the eternal darkness he was still falling, he had been for a while now, and so the adrenaline that came with falling had long since wore off. Finally after what felt like ever, there was something other then dark around him.
It was another memory, another one of Black Dranzer's memories.
Boris strode in front of a small form, the boy was sitting up properly in his seat. His eyes trained on the tall form of Boris in front of him, a cold glint that reflected from the back of the dead blue eyes. "You understand you're part in this I presume." The boy's eyes darkened yet again as he drew a long dagger from a sheath at his side. "Boris, do not presume that you control my actions. Remember you are not talking to the child that normally inhabits this body. I can break you with just a flick of my wrist and you will do well to remember that." Boris promptly shut his mouth, as the dead blue eyes sent a shiver up his spine. "Of course, I was simply stating-" "I know exactly what you were stating Boris, now let's get this over with shall we?" He said holding up the dagger.
Kagen covered his eyes as a flash of light blinded him, as the sudden entry of light blanketed the darkness. In a second the light was gone replaced by another scene.
Kagen looked as he saw his own body being dragged through the corridors, bloody and beaten. The man was being surprisingly careful with his prone form. As they got closer to a door at the end of the corridor, the man changed his handling of the boy, becoming more careless and far more brutal. He swung the child onto the floor beside another form. A Chinese child, looked on in horror, as Kagen saw himself let out a whimper in pain. The boy, that Kagen recognized as Ray, cradled his head in his lap. Ray and his Grandfather spoke back and forth for sometimes. Ray glancing occasionally down at Kagen's body. Finally he stood, being careful to place Kagen's head gently to the ground. He stood strong, and held out his hand Voltaire. After a few more seconds a man came into the room and escorted Ray from the room. After a few more seconds a groan of pain came from Kagen and he sat up from where he laid. Putting a hand to his head, as he tried to regain his sight. "I am going to kill that Boris." He muttered darkly. Voltaire smirked lightly, propping his head on his interlocked hands. "You put on a very good show Black Dranzer." Black Dranzer pushed his hair back, rolling his shoulders back to work out the stiffness. "You got what you needed I suppose." Voltaire smiled, nodding his head once before turning to look at his desk. "Yes, the second the boy saw his beloved cousin hurt he was willing to agree to just about anything"
Black Dranzer smiled, his eyes taking in his own form. "I wonder," He mumbled, his eyes closing as he thought over things. "You wonder?" Voltaire repeated, but Black Dranzer waved him off. "It's nothing to be bothered with. So what is that other thing you needed me for?" Voltaire nodded his head, taking a folder from the bottom draw of his desk. Handing the folder to Black Dranzer with a smirk. "What do you think?" Black Dranzer nodded his head a few times before allowing a smirk to play across his face. "Oh yes I think this will work quite nicely."
Kagen felt the image falling away as darkness pulled at the corners of his contentiousness. He wouldn't allow himself to fall asleep yet though, he was to close to discovering the truth. If he could just hold on a little longer, when he finally broke free from this prison he would finally be able to help the others.
The image of himself flickered once again into view, the small red head standing right beside him. "Kagen are you sure about this, what about Kai?" Kagen shook his head quickly. "We can't help Kai from in here, and this might be our only chance to get out, come on Tala haven't you always wanted to escape, now is you're chance." Tala thought about it for a long minute before finally making a decision. He nodded his head, stealing himself to run. "Alright so what is the plan exactly." Kagen unrolled the make-shift map he had formed of the Abbey. "It's simple we will take these back halls until we can get into the vent system on the west hall, it's the only one that leads outside. If we get separated, we can meet at the corner about two blocks from the Abbey." Tala nodded, they had already went over all the other details. "Ready to go then?"
Kagen watched the scene with wonder, since when had Black Dranzer learned to act like him? A better question was, since when had Tala not been able to see past Black Dranzer's ruse? He watched as the possessed him and Tala ran through the corridors. Then all of a sudden he stopped, Black Dranzer dropping something to the floor, before he 'tripped'. Tala turned around in a sudden panic and Kagen couldn't help but feel a sudden burst of anger at how manipulative Black Dranzer truly was.
"Kagen are you alright?" Tala said running back and helping Kagen up. Black Dranzer looked up, a faked panic in his eyes. "Tala run!" The second the words came from his mouth a group of guards came around the corner, Tala looked down, torn for a second as of what to do, but as they got closer Tala took off. "I'll be back Kagen, I promise." He yelled taking off down the final stretch to the vents. As the guards approached Black Dranzer picked himself up from the floor. "The others are in place on the other side of the hall?" The lead guard nodded his head, looking down the hall. "They will corner him and force him into the vents. Boris and Leonid have already been informed that he will be arriving shortly and they will give out the necessary information at that point."
Kagen felt his stomach sinking with each new memory he witnessed, how much had he really been a part of. How many times had Voltaire used Black Dranzer to manipulate his body, and in turn manipulating every one that he was connected to. "Black Dranzer," He hissed as another image began to form in his vision, a determined fire lighting in his core.
"When am I going to be able to rid myself of this weak vessel Voltaire." Voltaire smiled at the form of his youngest grandson. "Soon, you just have to be patience. Eventually Kai will be drawn in by the black power that you possess and you will be able to take your true host once again." Black Dranzer frowned, his hands opening and closing by his side. "What's wrong?" Voltaire asked noticing the boys discomfort. "The brat is trying to regain control." "Is that a problem?" Voltaire asked, his eyes narrowing in suspicion. "As a normal rule, no it wouldn't be. But my power is still divided among my blade and this child's body. If I had my full power, controlling this vesicle would be mere child's play." Voltaire smirked, knowing that the ploy in Black Dranzer words was intentional. "Child's play it is
Zodia fell to the ground, her power all but exhausted. She was determined not to lose this fight, not to him. Black Dranzer smirked, lifting a hand to his eyes. "Come now Zodia, when are you going to give this up? This boy, he can't really be worth saving to you. He is a vessel, a pawn in the ultimate goal of the guardian's. Surly you of all bit beast must understand my plight." Zodia pushed herself up to a kneeling position.
"You're plight? The only plight you have is the one you are going to have with me if you continue to harm my child." Zodia said, her eyes glowing a deep blue, the temperature dropping steadily with every passing second. Black Dranzer scoffed. "If that is how you want it, then so be it." "Enough talk!" She said, wings erupting from her back, as blue light surrounded her, "It's time you atone for your sins Black Dranzer" A black light began to encase Black Dranzer as he dropped his hand from his face. "Fine with me." "Black flame." Came a dark growling voice.
Black fire shot forth, slamming into the blue glow. A scream like the cry of an eagle tore through the area. As the blue bird flew backwards with the attack. She shook it off, her golden eyes blazing with an contained fury. "Ice Tempest!" Zodia screeched, ice clouds formed around her, a blizzard of ice in the form of a tornado flew at Black Dranzer at speeds even he couldn't have predicted. The ice ripped through his secondary feathers, sending a shock wave of pain through him. "You will pay for that." He growled, his wings turning into flames. "Shadow spiral!" In a moment a helix of black fire was racing at Zodia, she flew to the right and left to avoid them all. An arrow ripping into her right wing, and tearing at the feathers.
Zodia let a scream of frustration out as, she landed gentle on the ground. Her wings held above her. "This isn't over, not now Crystal Arrows!" She screeched, a flurry of arrows went racing at Black Dranzer. "It's time for this to end."
The room felt unnatural, almost a dead like atmosphere controlled the silent room. Tala kept his gaze down, unwilling to look at the view behind him and unwilling to look at the form beside him. Eventually though Tala looked over at the form asleep in the bed next to him. It was then he noticed the almost invisible blue light radiating from the bit that hung from the boy's neck, along with the black glow of the blade that sat off to the right.
"Kagen?" Tala whispered, sitting down in the chair beside the bed and shaking the youth slightly. "Is something wrong with him?" Tala turned around catching sight of Shun, standing beside him. "Not sure, Zodia is acting up and so it Black Dranzer." Shun looked at the bit thoughtfully for a moment. "Strange." Tala nodded his head, looking out the window. "You know what is causing it?" Shun sighed, sitting on the edge of the bed. "My guess is that Black Dranzer is finally ready to try and push Zodia out." Tala too a deep breath. "What do you think we should do." Shun just smiled, but it was a smile without humor. "Well, I don't think there is really anything we can do aside from wait and see what happens. Don't worry to much though, Zodia is a strong guardian and will do everything in her power to protect her child."
Tala looked back to Kagen's still form for a moment, thinking over what Shun was saying. 'Wolborg?' Tala waited for a few seconds before finally feeling the presence of his bit beast. 'I need you to help Zodia, I know how strong Black Dranzer is, and Zodia can't win by herself.' Tala waited for a few minutes, expecting the same assuring presence that always told him his bit had heard him, but it never came. 'Wolborg?" Finally something came. "I will protect him my pup, I promises you that. Just be patient and when the time comes, be ready to fight." Tala was surprised by the sudden appearance of his bit beast voice but he didn't let it bother him. 'Of course, and thanks Wolborg."
Zodia closed her eyes as she tried to find Black Dranzer in the darkness around her. All of a sudden she felt something, but it wasn't Black Dranzer she felt. "Wolborg?" She thought, not trusting herself to words.
A flash of silver came beside Zodia and from it emerged the form Wolborg. Her white hair, showing the winds true power as it tore her hair around her. "Zodia," She said, her voice still edged, as it always was, with a hint of ice. Zodia looked down at her. Her wings flaring out. "What are you doing here?" She said, panic rising in her voice. Wolborg held her gaze though, drawing her blade from the scabbard at her waist. "I am here to end Black Dranzer."Zodia let her wings fly open. "Wolborg this is dangerous, we have never had to do this before if we lose, we have no idea the repercussions this may have on you."
"Come on now Zodia, you don't think that I don't realizes this already?" Silver light spilled into every corner of the area, pushing Black Dranzer from his shadows. In the place of the silver clad warrior now stood the power hungry from of the white wolf. "Let's end this Zodia!" She growled ice forming around her head. Zodia pushed into the sky, her wings beating twice before her eyes began to glow gold. "If you are sure of this Wolborg then I agree, let's end this."
The dark chuckling from the corner more then alerted the two bitbeast that Black Dranzer wasn't planning on waiting any longer. "You ladies want to fight, then let's fight. " Black Flame." He called his voice low. Zodia closed her eyes, "Let's go." She whispered to Wolborg. "Icy Blizzard" Wolborg called, as Zodia spread her wings and a call of her own. "Ice Tempest" The two icy blast collided with the black fire and the resounding explosion knocked all three beast backwards.
Wolborg smiled the wolfish grin that only she could accomplish. "Guess this is going to be a little bit harder then I thought." Zodia prepared another attack with a nod of her head. "So it would seem."
Finally Kagen had stopped falling, the darkness held at bay by the dull blue light that shone from his body. Now that he knew the truth, he would stop Black Dranzer, his grandfather and everyone else that planned on using the bit beast for any purpose but for the better of the world they protected.
"Zodia," Kagen whispered, finding it hard to speech in the oppressing silence. "I get it now. I understand what you guardian's have been sent to do. I promises you Zodia that as soon as I am free from here, I'll do what I have been chosen to do." Kagen looked up, his eyes darkening but retaining the bright edge. "You're going to pay for everything you've done Black Dranzer I'll make sure of that."
Mimi 007:
Alright that was a little . . . strange, but that's alright. Yes memories are hard to understand when you don't know who has the real ones and who memories are . . . eh not so trust worth. Haha so you don't like Tala and Rei's "friendship", haha I can deferentially see why. What you say about Kai's dad is true he may not be "Evil" but he definitively isn't good either. I like the chapter name too, for the reason that it is 100% true. I hope this chapter explained a little bit more of the Brooklyn thing. I am pretty sure I explained it well, but, eh who knows. YAY, no criticism(This time)! Oh wow I have missed our evil laugh talk, I agree with what you said, about the family, it is either going to make or break you type thing. And it is sad that Boris can laugh as well as he can, but it is a totally true. I know right with Bryan! I heard his voice and was like, Oh my gosh are you kidding me! Season 3 his voice was a little better but in the end his laugh was just awesome. Oh and don't worry you could never ruin you're farewell! Loves you!Chaseha – Wing: Since what you put is really more questions and comments that I think I have at least started to answer in this chapter there isn't really much to say to you. Although I am glad that you are liking this, and you're right he never saw the finishing blow. Hehe hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Suzanne: Yeah sorry that it took me soooo long to have the reunion with Ray and his dad, but I just couldn't get inspired for it, but I am glad you liked what I did. You will also learn more about the deal in the next chapter so just keep you're eyes out for it alright?
Racerabbit: Well if I wasn't slow before I am reeeeaaaaaalllllly slow now, but now that I have got re-inspired for this story the updates should become a little faster. I am glad you liked Ray changing to Chinese, to me people who speak two language are always more comfortable with their native tongue, and when you're upset you want whatever is easiest. Oh and thanks for the criticism, I will deff look into it, and hope you like this chapter.
Vee-sama: Hey thanks for the complement, hope that you keep on liking that story.
JinxXNeko: Um I don't think that I ever responded to or not but I am really glad that you liked the first chapter and I know what you mean about the Yaoi, to be honest I really don't like it either. I am happy that you were able to see the starts of the friendship and if you read this I hope you have continued to like it.
Thanks for all the love guys and hope you keep on enjoying it.