Beyblade Fan Fiction ❯ A Hero Journey ❯ Chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )

Yayness! People actually like my story! Thanks go out to everyone who reviewed and especially Ms Hobgoblin for telling me what color everyone's eyes were! Um…what's left to say? More peeps will be introduced this chapter…ano…there's nothing else!

Maoz-that was a pathetic author's note.

Hush up you…. here are the responses to the reviews!

Feelin Glayish and TechonoRanma: Thank you for the nice comments! And Dragoon isn't necessarily a baby…you'll find out in this chapter the truth behind them…

Crescente Nuwedes: Thanks!

Crystal Pheonix: Your vote is counted

Dragona15: Thanks! Will you still read my fic if it's both?

Ms. Hobgoblin: Thanks a lot for telling me their eye color! It's going to help a lot! Will you still read if it's both?

Niner: your vote is counted

Silver-chan: thanks! I'm glad you'll still read this if it's only ty/kai…I must admit, I'm leaning towards that pairing more simply because I'm more comfortable with it and I haven't found a really really really good MaRe fic to figure out how they are connected. So if I find one, I will definitely put them in as well

For now, however, it will mainly be Ty/Kai with perhaps a hint of Ma/Re…. Thanks to everyone who voted!

Maoz-you done yet?

Hai…let's get on with chapter!

`Thoughts', "talking", Kin-Golden, Kiyoshi-quiet, Hideaki-wise, Masato-justice

A Hero Journey-Chapter 3

A snowy white tiger cub gleefully pounced on an imaginary bug. Opening his oversized paws, he discovered that the bug had disappeared. Frowning slightly, he put his pink nose to the ground and began to sniff around for its new friend. Nose to the ground, the cub began to walk forward, sniffling furiously. Only paying attention to the smells around him, the tiger didn't notice a slipper clad foot until he had run smack dab into it. He looked up, offering the owner of the foot a small yowl of protest. Said owner let out a gentle laugh.

"I shouldn't be the one apologizing Driger," he chided softly. "You were the one not looking where you were going". Driger sniffled slightly, looking displeased. There was another quiet laugh. "All right, all right, I'm sorry".

There was another yowl of protest.

"What?"

Frowning slightly, the snow-white cub battled at the slipper-clad foot, determined that his `friend' was under there. Driger's master sighed softly, lifting his foot off the ground and moving over a few steps. "Better?"

The tiger seemed to grin brightly and put his nose to the ground and started to sniff around for his friend. The raven-haired teen chuckled softly to himself while sitting down on the soft green grass in front of his cabin. Today seemed perfect…the sun was shining and the air was just cool enough to enjoy comfortably. Perhaps he should plan a trip to see Hideaki and Kin soon…. He smiled warmly at the thought of the blonde haired beauty…the trip was sounding better and better every second. A cold nose being pushed against his palm rudely interrupted the plan.

"What now Driger?" the amber eyed teen asked curiously, gently running a hand over the soft fur on the tiger's head. The tiger let out a soft purr, pushing his head against the hand willingly as a small piece of paper drifted out of his mouth and floated to the ground. "What's this?" he asked softly, removing his hand from his pet's head and reaching down to pick up the paper. It was a map…the one he used to go visit Kin and Hideaki last time. As he looked at it more closely however, he noticed one thing was different. Last time, there hadn't been a small blue dragon on the top corner of the map.

The raven-haired teen let out a soft gasp as the pieces began to fall into place in his head. "Does this mean that…dragoon…no…. I have to go see them now" he said firmly, a flash of determination in his amber eyes. Standing up quickly, he made his way into the cabin. Driger let out a tiny roar of happiness before trotting after his master. He *loved* going on trips…

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An awkward looking bird that was no larger than a baseball with wild red and orange flames sparking at the end of its tail spread his wings (that looked much too large for its body size) and gave them a few clumsy flaps. With a determined glint in its eyes, it launched itself into the air and flapped them experimentally a few more times before falling to the ground in a rumpled heap. The creature let out a few ear piercing shrieks on the descent, and they continued long after it had stopped falling.

"Dranzer, stop complaining" a cold voice called out. "You know very well that you can't fly in that form". The phoenix stopped its shrieking and cast a forlorn glance at its master, who was standing in the mouth of the cave that they called home for the moment.

Narrowing its fire colored eyes, the bird proceeded to remove itself delicately from the pile of dried leaves it had landed in and picked its way cautiously over to the blue-haired teen, navigating slowly through small, loose rock shards on the cave floor. The boy regarded the phoenix with narrowed red eyes. "Are you finished?"

The phoenix simply turned its head away from its master and began to preen at the ruffled feathers on its wings. Sighing at the helplessness of his beast, the boy turned his attention back to the wintry world outside. Something was going on…he could feel it in the air and he could tell it wasn't going to be good for him.

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Kai prowled through the streets of Moscow, looking for some sign of the Demolition boys or Biovolt…either one would do and while he was searching, he was trying to figure out why the hell he couldn't get his mind off a certain blue hair blader that currently was unconscious… `Get a grip' he told his mind coldly. `You should be thinking about...hell…I don't know what I should be thinking about. Why am I even trying to find these idiots? Would it make much difference?'

The captain was so deep in thought that he didn't hear the sound of footsteps approach him from behind. The captain was so deep in thought that he didn't hear the heavy breathing behind him. The captain was so deep in thought that he didn't notice the shadow of a club until it was too late. Whoever was behind him, brought the club down hard on Kai's head, knocking him unconscious as well. The attacker let out a soft sigh as another pair of hands helped him pick up Kai up and carry him off into the shadows.

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"Hideaki!" a female voice called throughout the village. "Hideaki!" One annoyed villager stuck his head out of his hut.

"Stop yelling Dizzi" he chided softly. "Hideaki is with Kin". Dizzi nodded and dashed off towards the blonde's house, her light blue dress flapping in the breeze she created. From a small hole in the back of the dress, a bushy, deep red fox tail, complete with a white tip, protruded and among the cascade of deep brown curls covering her head, there were 2 identical deep red fox-like ears, also complete with white tips. To top it off, 3 scars complimented each side of her face that could easily be mistaken for whiskers. The villager merely sighed before pulling his head back inside and closing the window. She raced along the dirt path before skidded to a stop in front of a tidy looking cabin. Without bothering to knock, Dizzi opened the door and walked over to the 2 boys who were staring at…something.

"Hello!" she stated cheerfully, peering over their shoulders. "What are you looking at?" For a response, she received a pair of screams as they hadn't heard anyone come into the room. Once their heart rates had returned to normal, Hideaki managed a small glare at his best friend.

"Dizzi!" he exclaimed. "What have a said about doing that?"

She shrugged. "Not to do it…but that's not the point" she replied with a wave of her hand. "What are you looking at?"

"It's Dragoon" Kin replied helpfully, gesturing towards the small dragon that was peacefully sleeping on Tyson's stomach. Dizzi's blood red eyes widened drastically and her tail began to twitch in excitement at the thought of seeing the legendary dragoon. Her excitement soon turned to disappointment as her eyes landed on the baby dragon.

"That's *him*? But…but…it's only a baby!"

"Don't judge him by size Dizzi" Hideaki replied impatiently. "Dragoon is the greatest of warriors and he'll save us all". The half-fox-half-human glanced over at the blue puffball.

"Look like he's the greatest at naps at the moment" she replied dryly, ears flicking back and forth; a sure sign she was annoyed at the situation. "We need to tell Masato and Kiyoshi [1] ". Both Kin and Hideaki let out a soft shudder at the second name. "What? Something I said?"

"Kiyoshi won't care" Kin replied knowingly. "He's living in Hyouden at the moment…how can we trust someone who lives there?"

"We may not have any choice," Hideaki said a few minutes later with a soft sigh as he just realized the full extent of the situation they were in. "The others will know that Dragoon is awake so they'll come to challenge us. We're dealing with an outsider that doesn't know how to control his beast and a beast that was just born. We don't know when Masato is going to arrive and Draciel won't be able to hold off Wolborg and the others on her own. Face it Kin…we need Kiyoshi whether we like it or not."

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[1]-woohoo! And Kai makes his first entrance….

Wow…short chapter…but I really, really, really wanted to get this out like I promised. So…I hope everyone liked it and maybe the next chapter will come sooner…

Thanks to DoC for being my beta reader…trust me, nothing would make sense if I didn't have her to look over things! I owe you one….

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