A/N: So here begins a new story, my first OC, btw. This is kinda exciting!
As a disclaimer, I only state that I own nothing but the OC stuff, not a single thing from the one and original Beyblade.
This story takes places after the events in Lake Baikal, before the World championships.
About pairings, read this, a warning inside: KaOC, KenEm, many others but also light TyMa, but it should be so subtle that it can described as friendship, so don't abondon this story just for this, please!
Well, here it begins. Hope you like it.
Loud snoring was the only voice in the Russian hotel-room as the Bladebrakers were resting after a hard day of training. They'd all fallen into the bed and been asleep before their heads even hit the pillows as soon as they'd came back to the hotel.
All except for one, that is.
Standing by the window, staring out where snow rain falling heavily over the autumn-coldened city, Kai had a slight frown upon his face as he wrapped his arms tightly around himself. He was just as tired as everyone else, perhaps even more so after having to yell and threaten Tyson to keep on training, and running after the incurably-lazy Dragon several times as the boy was stupid enough to think he'd be able to escape Kai. But… For some reason, Kai just couldn't sleep.
It wasn't insomnia, at least not in the most traditional meaning. Unable to understand why, Kai felt too anxious to sleep. It was like he was sensing something coming; good or bad, that he didn't know. And that feeling made him wrestles, especially now that they were in Russia, where the shadows of his grandfather and Boris were haunting him wherever he went.
' You seem troubled, Master', Dranzer's voice suddenly echoed in his mind.
Kai's frown deepened. ' I'm not sure why, but… I feel that something's happening'.
And as if to confirm his words, there was a quick, frantic knock on the door. Kai tensed, the gaze of his burgundy eyes shooting at the door.
' Be careful!' Dranzer warned him, sounding deeply worried.
Kai smirked slightly, approaching the door. ' Whenever have I not been?'.
Dranzer made an irritated sound and sighed. ' I don't even bother answering to that one'.
By then Kai was at the door, debuting whether to open it or not. Suddenly he heard steps and doors opening as his teammates had apparently woken up by the knock.
" Who the heck dares to show up at this hour?" Tyson, whose arms were around extremely drowsy-looking Max's waist, yawned, sounding irritated.
Having some dark ideas of his own, Kai reached his hand out to open up the door. Let's find out.
As soon as he cautiously opened the door, something feel into his arms, and without his fast reflexes strained to their extreme, 'the thing' would've fallen roughly to the floor. For a long moment, they all stared at the quivering hump in Kai's arms, speechless.
" It's… it's a girl", Max finally stammered, bewildered.
Not bothering to retort the somewhat unintelligent comment, Kai carefully kneeled down to the floor, gingerly holding the girl. Investigating her condition, he discovered that she wasn't doing too well. Her wounds weren't that bad: some bigger and smaller bruises, cuts and wounds, three or so longer and deeper lacerations in her arms. She was drenched wet and exhausted, so badly that she'd collapsed, her breathing sounded ragged and she was alarmingly pale, and apparently she was also cold as she was shivering like a leaf in his arms. She was in a need of a lot of rest, Kai realized. But despite her condition, he reluctantly found himself thinking she was beautiful. She was wearing a pair of black fingerless gloves, a midnight-blue top (a ridiculous choice of garment in such weather) and black leather-pants. Her deep-purple hair fell a long way down her back.
Shaking the thoughts of her looks out of his head, he carefully shook her, trying to wake her up to ask some questions. " Hey, can you hear me?". He shook her again, a bit more forcefully this time, and gradually she opened her sapphire-blue eyes and gaped at him, seeming disoriented. " Can you hear me? Can you talk?".
" Y – yes…", she whispered. " Sleep…".
Kai nodded, relieved to hear her speak. " I know you're tired, but try to stay awake for a little while longer, 'k?".
The other Bladebrakers gave each other astonished looks. Never before had they seen this soft, tender side of their captain.
" What's your name?" Kai asked the girl, who was just barely remaining her consciousness.
" D – Dara".
" Dara", Kai repeated, suddenly puzzled. That name… It sounded so familiar to him… Shaking the thought away, he focused on the girl once again. " Do you know where you are?".
Dara nodded weakly. " Y – yes… The Bla – Bladebrakers… Had… to… w – warn…". She winced, obviously in pain. " H – hurts…".
Kai's mind was a whir. What had this girl came to warn them about? " Who hurt you?". He could see that she was passing out again. " Dara, who hurt you!".
Her eyes slipped closed. " U – uncle…". Then she was out, falling limp into Kai's arms.
For a while, the gang stared at the unconscious girl, not quite sure of what to do with her.
" What should we do?" Ray finally voiced, seeming confused.
Standing up with Dara still in his arms, Kai gave them a stern look. They were all amazed to see that his mask had slipped just a little, allowing them to see that he was worried about the girl. Giving a small grunt, he walked pass them towards the room he and Ray shared. " She needs rest, and we can't kick her out on the street in this condition. I'll let her sleep in my bed for tonight".
" Then where are you going to sleep?" Tyson asked, but the door of the room already closed after Kai.
About an hour later, after tending Dara's wounds and making sure she was warm, Kai emerged the room with a yawn. The others had already gone back to bed, deciding that there was no reason to stay awake since Dara couldn't answer their questions before she'd wake up. Even Ray didn't seem to mind too much sleeping in the same room with the girl for one night.
Standing still, Kai's eyes suddenly picked something on the floor, glittering in the pale moonlight. Frowning, he approached and discovered that the mysterious object was in fact a blade.
Probably Dara's, he realized.
Taking the blade into his hand, he carefully studied it. It was the same deep shade of purple as Dara's hair with some black stripes, and seemed impressively strong. Looking more closely, he noticed that it had a bit-chip with a picture of a magnificent, emerald-eyed black panther. Kai lifted an eyebrow.
So this girl can control a bit-beast…Suddenly he found himself shivering as he realized that the bit-beast – the entire blade, actually – seemed alarmingly familiar to him. His shivering became even more violent when he understood that he had came across this blade – and Dara – before.
" Zeba…", he whispered and brushed the bit-chip with his fingertip, memories flooding into his mind.
/ " Dranzer, ATTACK!".
" Zeba! PANTHER'S BITE!".
With a deafening roar, the black panther attacked the phoenix. /
Kai gasped and stared at the blade, eyes widened. Apparently it wasn't just his imagination that Dara had seemed so familiar. But… Where had he seen that girl? When had he battled her? He should've been able to remember that much.
Unless…
Shaking his head with a sigh, he lifted himself standing up and stretched. He wouldn't get any answers that night, so he might as well sleep for a couple of hours before the morning would rise. Then he'd have some serious questions for Dara…
With those thoughts he walked up to the couch, carefully placed the blade on the table nearby and laid down, closing his eyes. Soon enough, sleep claimed him.
Unbeknownst to Kai, Dara's blade glowed on the table for a brief moment, almost like recognizing the boy who'd held it a moment earlier, before it returned to normal.
TBC.
A/N: A new girl in town, I see. But who is she?
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