DISCLAIMER: I do not own the anime series Beyblade, it belong to its respective owner. I do however own the plot.

On the fine hours of the dusk, mist covered the only graveyard in Bakuten as it gleamed mysteriously. Suddenly an inky- black tentacle sliced through the mist.

"What is this thing?", Tyson said as he dodged being whipped by it.

"That's not important now!", Kai barked at him as he too avoided being slammed.

"I don't know exactly what it is, but this creature looks like a result of necromancy. The black slimy thing it is made-of, came from those graves", Ray explained ever-so-calmly from his hiding spot, his eyes were closed as if he is meditating. He is clutching his left arm which has turned grey, it felt cold and heavy. This is what happens when your skin came in contact with those tentacles.

Tyson shuddered at in disgust as he realized why it smelled like rotten meat.

A gun-shot resounded, as a tentacle about to reach Tyson was blasted. He blinked and stared at the source it came from.

"Focus, you idiot !", Kai said through gritting teeth, he didn't like that the pathetic thing is taking this much of his time. He loaded his guns and fired the hydra-like creature, it swelled and splattered in every direction. Tyson's reflexes kicked in as drew his katana to shield himself from the goo. He glared at their self-proclaimed leader(in his opinion), "A heads-up will be good next time." Kai simply blew the smoke from his guns.

"Watch out!", Ray's alarmed voice cut through the silence.

The slime was moving on its own to rebuild itself taking pebbles, grasses and anything on its way. Soon the creature started to regain its shape, thrashing its arms in every direction. Tyson slashed it many times but the thing keeps regenerating, it started to expand. Kai discarded his empty guns and points his right hand to the creature.

"Oh great spirit of fire! The one who rise from its own ashes. Light my way and BIND!", he chanted as the ring in his hand glowed red and flames surrounded him. The flames took form of the Phoenix which flew towards the creature forming a fiery dome successfully binding it.

Tyson had his eyes closed and was clutching his katana with both hands. He muttered something under his breathe and raised it over his head. The winds started to howl and a tornado formed around his katana, the dragon seal in its grip shined blue. He heads for the creature and strikes it. A boom resounded as smoke filled the air clouding their vision. They coughed and covered their mouth.

Without warning the creature rose again.

"Shit!"

Just as they were preparing for round two, a crackling of thunder stopped them. The creature was finally dead and Ray stood amidst the smoke, holding a lance with tiger's head by his uninjured hand.

"Phew.. That was close" Tyson said as he poked it with his sword, "Yuckk! look at this stuff",. Ray dropped his lance and put his hand on the gunk, Tyson was making a gagging gesture behind him. Yellow energy layers radiate from him, after that he points his hand in a direction.

"There, he is running away."

"Very well, Tyson go around and I will give him a chase.", Kai said as he already started running. Tyson doesn't need to be told twice, he moved right away. Even though Ray was injured, he know standing there isn't gonna help so he followed Kai.

After sometime, they could see a figure limping ahead of them. "Hey, stop right there" But that only made him faster, not that it was difficult to catch up to him the person was injured after all. Kai managed to grab the back of his shirt but the person shoved him off, whilst a sword-tip was pointed right at his nose.

"Check and mate", Tyson said cheekily, "now let's see who you are"

Kai lifted his hood and was a little surprised.

"Carlos"

"What did you expect? Think you could let me off the hook for being your old buddy", Carlos wiggled his eyebrows at him.

"The only people he'll be buddy-buddy is us. Not you slimy little gunk controller", Tyson punched him. Kai give him a WTF look.

"What?",Tyson asked indignantly.

Kai stared at him, "Just don't let him escape", he said as he answered a phone call.

Ray shook his head.

"Mr. D? uuhuh, we caught him ... Right"

Moonlight filtered through the window of Tate household, casting a silver glow to the room as a blonde teenager unpacks the last of his belongings. Finally he is moving back with his father,not that he don't like being with his mother. He love her but he longed for his homeland, he missed his father, the memories they had here, friends he made here and the scent of breeze, it gave an strange sort of contentment. Yet he'll be here only for three years, she still want him to graduate from an american university. He'll make the best of these three years though, he thought as he smiled to himself.

"Max!", a voice called

"Coming Dad", he replied as race down the stairs.

Just as the door of the room shut itself, a shadow appeared out of the window forming a monstrous silhouette. The shadow tried to sneak in but an invisible barrier kept it outside. The family of two enjoyed their supper unknown to the danger looming outside.

"Just don't move it too much and it'll be fine after a day or two", said Kenny Saien, the brains of their little team and also a rough and ready medic.

"Thanks Kenny", Ray said as he eyed the runes written on the bandages.

Kai was sitting on an office chair with a hat on his face and his feet on the table.

Tyson burst through the door catching everyone's attention.

"Nope, he didn't say a word about what he was doing", he made quotes in the air wth his hands, "manipulating mass of gunk around" he answered to everyone's stare.

"Remind me why we couldn't get rid of him for good", Kai commented as peered through his hat.

"Because he did not harm anybody,we stopped him before he could", Ray stated.

"So next time we'll wait 'till he kills somebody", Kai sassed, earning a very annoyed look from Tyson,who ready to jab but Kenny cut him off.

"What are they going to do with him now?",he asked very much eager to avoid any conflict.

"Well ... They said something about rehabiting", Tyson scratched his head as he tried to remember, " rehabilitating yupp that was it", as he nodded to himself in satisfaction,"you know so he can return to being normal"

"Wow ! I' m surprised you know it's meaning", Kai rolled his eyes.

"Ha! Ha! is learning to be funny" he retorted, " Anyway, Mr. D said we should go home"

"Huff! what a waste of time "

"Come on we've school tommorrow", Ray said making his way out.

Soon all of them left the room leaving the door open. From outside the door the name plate on the desk can be seen, it reads

'Bureau of Paranormal Investigation and Exorcism

Japanese Branch

Chief Detective Mr. Kai Hiwatari'

Kenny came back panting, he turned off the lights and closed the door.

"Wait for me!"

" You know Maxie, the door isn't going to open itself", Taro Tate said as he watched his only son with amusement.

Max nodded and gulped, sure he was excited for his first day of senior high yesterday, as it made him feel almost like being an adult but boy is he nervous. He stared as the crowd of rowdy teens wearing Blue coat and pants with white dress shirt and blue tie made their way to the school building.

sigh

He has to do it one way or another, he took a deep calming breathe and step out of the car.

'Bakuten Senior High' reads the schools sign board.

"Here goes nothing", he muttered as he started walking.

Taro was a little disappointed but Max has grown up now he shook his head. Why does it feel like he is forgetting something.

Max makes an abrupt turn and ran back to his father surprising him.

Before Taro can make a comment Max hugged him, "Love You Dad"

"Love you too son", he could feel sting at the back of his eyes its been a long time since he dropped Max to school like that. He ruffled his son's hair affectionately, at the same time the bulbs on his head light up and he remembers what he was forgetting.

He gave Max a thin rectangular box, "Here your grandmother wants you to keep it, think of it as a lucky charm for the first day"

Max opened the box revealing a golden pendant,"Wow, its amazing Dad, Thank you grandma", he said as he put it on and tucked it under his school shirt.

"Bye Dad!"

"Bye son!"

Now his previous nervousness gone, he headed to the school with a bounce in his steps.

Once the school entrance ceremony is over, everybody started to move to their homeroom. Everything was going great 'till then, Max even made a few new friends. Tyson as usual was fashionably late and was arguing with a girl named Hillary who wasn't even present, he didn't realize that until another girl with really long braided black hair pointed that out.

Max wished Tyson had came to school earlier so they would've greeted each other properly, he still waved enthusiastically to his best friend,who was ready to tackle him in a hug.

"AAAAaaaaaaa..", a high pitched scream rang through the building.

"BLOOD BLOOD! HE IS DEAD!", somebody cried.

Be it the class room or the school or the people in it, everything was in chaos. Everybody was running around screaming people step over one another. Max stayed on his seat unsure what to do.

"SILENCE! STOP WHERE YOU ARE", the voice of the principle boomed through the speakers, her voice was old but the authority it held made everyone freeze on their spot.

"Very Well, Pay Attention. All the students must form a queue move out of their classrooms, Class Presidents must maintain the discipline and make sure not to leave anyone behind. Teachers please report to the school auditorium. I Repeat-"

"What do you think might've happened Tyson", Max asked him as he looked deep in thought, the Tyson he remembered as a child would have already started to run toward the direction scream was heard.

"I-", suddenly his eyes grew wide as he started to run in opposite direction to everyone.

"Hey Tyson, we were supposed to go this way", Max called after him, but Tyson simply waved at him.

He knew he'll regret it but he followed him nonetheless.

Outside the school Kai and Ray waited as everyone safely move out.

"Where is Tyson? literally everybody was out of school", Ray said in a worried tone as he looked around. Kai was staring at the building intensely.

"Hey Mathilda! Do you know where Tyson is?", Ray asked as he saw the younger girl looking around worriedly.

"Nope! Teach is gonna kill me I'm supposed to be responsible for the class", Mathilda said in a worried tone.

"He already left", Kai said without breaking his stare.

"Really! Does that mean I can go home", the pinkette asked.

Ray scratched back of his head, " Yeah you should"

The girl waved at them and left. Ray turned to Kai, " Why did you lie?"

"He always seeks for troubles", Kai said still not looking away.

"More like trouble seeks him. Should we go inside?"

Kai shook his head.

Tyson heard footsteps behind him and found that Max was following him, he skidded to stop.

"You shouldn't have followed me Max", he told me.

"You do realize, you're in no position to tell me that"

Realizing there is no way to talk him out of this, he said, " Fine but don't blame me when you freak out and keep it down"

They can hear hushed voices as they neared the school auditorium.

Max was so busy focusing on them that he bumped into Tyson, who put his forefinger on his lips and beckoned him to follow. They tiptoed to the sitting area and dunk behind the seats. From there Max can see that some police officers had gathered around an unconscious boy at the stage, and some of them are interrogating teachers and a girl who was sobbing loudly. When the officers move and clear-out of their view he felt a sick feeling in his stomach, his inside were wrenching and the bile felt like it wants to come out. He dunk his head and put a his hands on his mouth. As if sensing his discomfort the pendant around his neck started to feel warm and comforting, like its telling him that i'm here for you.

After mustering up his courage he peeked over the seat and take in the seen. The boy now he recognize is Miguel, he is a year older than them. A rope was tied around his waist and he has a horrible wound on his stomach and chest as if an animal had attacked him blood was stained the floor and his clothes. And then Max saw it on the stage, there something written with blood.

'Close the school

or by the fortnight

not a single soul related to it will survive'

He gulped as he felt like something was stuck on his throat. Just as the medics were moving Miguel to the stretcher, he sits up abruptly with wide eyes, the blood dripping from his mouth made him look more sinister as he said, "In case you think it's a lie, I assure you of your suspicions", he points challengingly to the principle, who didn't look least bit worried.

The medics have moved away from him in surprise. Then as to prove his point, he took out a knife and starts to stab himself. Max was about to call him to stop when a pair of hands clasped around his mouth. A brave police officer tried to stop him and almost started screaming, his hands were sporting burn marks. The old woman marched to him and stared him down, Miguel falls with a thud his eyes closed but a creepy smile on his face.

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

special thanks to AnnieJD29,