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Guardian

The Forest

The eyes looked like they were walking towards them before a figure shot out from the ground as Guardian transformed from his Cat form to his Human form.
"Just how many kinds of stupid are you two?" Guardian asked as he approached them, his pony tail swishing behind him as he walked and stopped in front of them his hands on his hips.
"My patience is running thin...I tell you your in danger...your either real brave or real stupid...do you have a message or anything? I'm supposed to kill you...the Witch wants me to kill you and your blond friend is intended to be my replacement and you have to start by killing me...if I fail".

Guardian looked at them both, his eyes slits with anger.
He felt his control slipping, he wanted to tear there throats out although something held him back.

"Guardian, please, can we sit down and talk this out?"
Max sat down and Tyson joined him.
Guardian sighed angrily and sat down cross-legged in front of them.
"I noticed you looked hungry, kinda weak the other day so...we...we made you this".

Max took the lid of the Bento and handed him the box.
Guardian gasped as the smell of the food and the look hit his nose.
"Its for you...a peace offering".
Ray picked up the spoon and started to eat quickly.
They watched as he spooned down the rice then started at the salad eating the lettuce with his bare hands and the sweetcorn.
He picked up the fish and ate it with his bare hands and them the pieces of chicken, Guardian must have spent a good ten minutes eating before he stopped and wiped his mouth on the back of his right hand.

"Thank you, I've not eaten that well in over five hundred years" he said. He handed back the box to Max who nodded in appreciation.

"We want you to trust us so we can help...this is my Dragoon Beyblade" Tyson said handing him the spinning top, Max pulled his out of his pocket.
"These mean almost the world to us and we give you them as a sign of our trust".

Guardian looked at the spinning tops in the palms of there hands and took them.

"If they mean so much to you, why give them to me?" he asked curiously still not believing they wanted his trust.

"I'm serious dude, we want to help, you need our help" Tyson said with an honest look on his face.

"We don't even know each other, why would you want to help a stranger?" Guardian asked again.

"You've been out of the loop for five hundred years, we were taught a lot about humanity and compassion for others in danger at school, how we should all look out for one another" Tyson said with an almost proud and determined look.
Max nodded in agreement.
"So, dude, your name, tell us what's wrong".

Guardian sighed.
"My former name...Raymond Kong...Kon...Ray Kon; the Witch took my old name and gave me Guardian...its not my name any more...its really my fault I'm stuck in this situation...my father sent me out into the forest to cut down trees for firewood...little did I know I was stepping onto her territory...I had cut down three of the same kind of tree when she came out of nowhere screaming with anger, she used magic to restrain and crush me and she said I had cut down the sacred Yew Trees and as my punishment I would have to serve as her Guardian and the Tree's she asked me my name, I was terrified...I gave her my name and she laughed saying one thing; I was now Guardian...if I were to run away...I'd die...she said I'd feel her pain and that if she died I'd die...and I felt weird and passed out." That was about five hundred years ago but I can still remember it clearly". Guardian stopped speaking.

"Well Ray we can help you" Tyson said.
He raised a fist in triumph but Guardian growled.

"That's not my name...she stole it from me".
Tyson lowered it.

"So...so you trust us now?" Max asked and Guardian looked thoughtful for a moment and nodded.

"Yes, yes I trust you both".
Guardian nodded to confirm what he had said and pocketed the two Beyblades after looking at them for a moment.

"What's the source of her powers?" Tyson asked.
He asked because he knew that would be the weak spot to aim for.

"Six Yew Trees stand...she needs them for something, I don't know what exactly but they seem important to her, take those out and you might have a chance but if she dies...I die".
That was the truth, sure they'd free Ray but kill him in the process.
"Although...I think death would be a welcome release after life with her...a complete misery...the trees are near her house...in that direction...remember that" He pointed to show them and they nodded.
"Come tomorrow, I'll lead you the rest of the way, prepare to fight her, I'll do my best to defend you and take her down but in the end it has to be me who deals the final blow...I'm the only one strong enough" Guardian stood up.
"I came to Japan with my family when I was ten years old, we were escaping a local movement who weren't too happy with us breathing; We thought we'd be happy here...guess we were wrong".
Guardian turned and sprinted through the forest, in a moment he was gone.
The sound of his quick footsteps had vanished almost instantly.

Max and Tyson stood up looking at each other unsure of what to say.
It was a moment before Tyson finally broke the silence.
"Looks like we got a Witch to kill".
The two boys back tracked once again to head there separate ways at the edge of town.

Guardian returned to his outside "bed" and lied down on the sheets pulling them over, they were still slightly damp but he didn't care.
It wasn't long before he fell into a deep sleep, his stomach filled with food.

Max and Tyson returned to there homes.
It was only now that they were getting worried by realizing the full gravity of there situation.
They were taking on an ancient and powerful witch, death was no option.
Neither of them would get much sleep, something they could very much regret later in the day.

The school day for them was more of a distraction.
Hilary caught Tyson out numerous times but Tyson just put it down to his usual illnesses which she didn't believe, it was the same for Max although he had managed to get some more sleep than his now witch hunter friend.

After they had finished eating, they excused themselves from Kenny to go to the library and research witches; something they had agreed to in the corridors earlier in the day to no avail.

Once school was finished they went to there homes agreeing to meet an hour later, Tyson swiped his Grandpa's axe and Max managed to get a hold of an old rarely used axe from there garden shed.
Tyson was a little concerned he would be stopped by the authorities although since it was nearly Halloween he could easily be excused as a trick or treat-er.

"Ready to go Maxie?" Tyson asked and his blond friend nodded and gave him the thumbs up.
There path was now more visible because of the times they had walked it.

As the two boys stepped into the forest, it was lighter than normal but Tyson still carried his torch with fresh batteries and some spares.
They knew this night blood could be spilled, if it was there own, they wouldn't know until it happened.

Deeper and deeper they went into the forest when they heard the familiar following footsteps and Guardian stepped out of the bush looking concerned.

"Brave or stupid, I wont know...follow me and be quiet" he said leading them onwards.

"Brave or stupid? Were helping him and he insults us?" Tyson asked and Max shushed him as Guardian led them forwards, his long pony tail swishing with every footstep.
The three walked in absolute silence but Tyson could easily detect the apprehension in Guardian's footsteps and his body language seemed off.
This was a major off put to Tyson.
He noticed the bulge in his pocket, the Beyblades were still intact.

This was the deepest they had been in and it felt like they had been walking for hours despite only being about half an hour.
Finally there goal came into view...the Yew Trees.
They stood tall and proud, far different from the other trees in the woodlands.

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