Twisted Fate

Well, this is another fanfic from me, Kutory! This time a beyblade fic. *sigh* It just seems that I'm insprired at the moment. And I hope I can finish this fic before school starts. Or it'll take forever before I'll be able to finish it. ^^ Well, this is the first chapter (Kinda long, but I didn't know where to stop it...)! Enjoy! Oh yeah, I DO NOT OWN BEYBLADES!

~*~

Tyson yawned loudly, earning him a death glare from Kai. Tyson gave him a lopsided grin, "Good morning, Kai!" The only response was a small grunt of irritation, followed by Kai leaving the room. Max sat up and rubbed his eyes. "What's going on?" Tyson merely slapped him on the back and greeted him, "Good morning Max, I hope you had a good night's sleep cuz we're gonna need it!"

Max looked at Tyson and yawned again. His glanced swept the room and at once he noticed something wrong. "Where's Ray?!" Tyson looked around also and shrugged, "I don't know." Max continued, ignoring Tyson's un-informative answer, "What's that?" He pointed to an envelop sitting on Ray's pillow.

~*~

Ray continued towards the high mountain. He had been there many times before and it was one of his favourite places to train. Maybe... he would get back his white tiger there. He frowned. Not maybe. He *had* to get it back. There was no other way he could be worthy of being on the Blade breakers if he didn't have a bit beast. He narrowed his eyes. His face set with determination.

~*~

Kai looked out to the mountains. Ray was definitely going to go there to train. Kai closed his eyes. He found himself worrying about Ray. Kai frowned, the corner of his mouth turning down. He wasn't sure how he felt. His ears perked up. It looks like Tyson and his friend had just found out Ray was gone. He stood straight and walked over to them, "What are you three still doing here? If you know what's good for you, you should be training." Tyson looked defiantly toward the leader of the team, "If you didn't notice, we're short one member." Kai looked away, towards the mountains again, "I wouldn't worry about Ray. He isn't a baby anymore. He isn't the type of guy who would just give up his bit beast like that. He'll get it back. And then he'll come back" Kai was surprised at himself. But he was careful not to show it to the others. He wasn't even sure about his words. He walked away.

Max looked from Tyson to Kai. Tyson was pretty hyped up about all of this. Kai, however, was taking this rather good-naturally, which surprised Max a bit. Max smiled to himself. Kai wasn't very good at hiding his feelings though, that for sure. Even if he said he wasn't worried, Max could tell he was. Max smiled but it quickly faded when he saw Tyson stomping away. "H-hey Tyson! Where're you going?" Tyson turned around, "What else? I'm going to drag Ray back over here! Even if it's the last thing I do!" Max wasn't so sure this was a good idea, but he knew better than to argue. He followed Tyson, sighing at his anger management problem.

~*~

"COME ON, DRIGGER!"

Back in the depths of the tall mountains, Ray was training. So far, it wasn't very successful. His blade wasn't very powerful without Drigger. Ray sighed. This was going nowhere. At this rate, all he was going to accomplish was trashing his bit beast. His thoughts wondered off as he bent over to pick up his beyblade. Had he done the right thing, leaving the Blade breakers? When he had set off that morning, it gave him a sense of deja vu. At first, he couldn't pinpoint how, but now he had figured it out.

//FLASHBACK//

A smaller version of Ray was standing in the back alley of a grocery store. Behind him, younger versions of Mariah and Lee were watching him. Ray was faced with an opponent older than himself. The boy, whose name was Will, was supposedly undefeated. Ray smirked, until now. He positionned his beyblade, while his opponent did the same.

"Three! Two! One! LET IT RIP!"

Both beyblades landed in the wok. Sparks flew as the onlookers watched with anticipation. Mariah cheered Ray on, while Lee looked on, a hint of jealousy in his eyes. Ray suddenly flared up, "Ok Drigger, time for games is over! Attack!" The white beyblade attacked, sending Will's beyblade over the top of the wok. Will collasped to his knees, unbelieving, "I-I lost..." Ray's blade also flew out of the wok, landing neatly in his hand, "Good battle." He turned around and left the alley, Mariah and Lee trailing after him, one madly complimenting him on his skills while the other watched him with comtempt and envy.

Ray sighed as he walked home, alone. Mariah and Lee had left, each heading back to their home. There was no challenge anymore. Every one of his challengers were easy picking. He could defeat anyone. He looked down at the beyblade in his hand and smiled faintly. He had always been proud of his talents as a beyblader. And now, there was only one more victory. One more victory until he had a hundred victories in a row. Undefeated.

"So, you must be Ray."

Ray whirled around. The person who spoke was a tall boy, maybe two or three years older than himself. He held out his beyblade. On it was a engraved picture of something that looked like a shark. The boy continued, "My name's Tiern. And I've been looking for a challenge." Ray smirked looking in the eyes of his opponent, "Prepare to be defeated." Nothing else was need to be said.

They placed themselves on each side of a wok that just happened to be there (Author's note:ehehe, I know that lame but whatever!). Ray lifted his launcher, placing his beyblade carefully. The other boy did the same.

"THREE! TWO! ONE! LET IT RIP!"

The other boy's beyblade landed in the stadium first, giving him a slight advantage. Ray gritted his teeth, it was only a slight advantage, he told himself. "Drigger! Attack!" His blade did. But the other boy's beyblade was just as powerful. It countered him, blow for blow. Ray was getting quite nervous now. He had never faced such an opponent before. 'He's good... I don't know if I can be able to beat him. No one's stood this long against me before. Well... maybe except Lee...' He shook away those thoughts and concentrated on the battle.

Tiern grew tired of playing games, "Sharkon! Enough games! Attack!" A glow emitted from the center of the beyblade. Ray stepped back, slightly afraid, slightly from reflex. "What's... going on?" His opponent just smile and chuckled. Suddenly there was a burst of blue light and a huge shark appeared. Ray gasped.

"Razor Bite, now!"

The huge shark lunged for Ray's white beyblade, smashing into two neat pieces. Both pieces flew out of the wok, Ray's eyes widened. "W-what?" Tiern turned away, "Hm... didn't even count as a warm up." He walked away slowly, leaving Ray in a state of confusion and humiliation.

//END OF FLASHBACK//

Ray tighned his grip on his beyblade. He yelled, to no one in particular, venting out his anger, "THAT WAS YEARS AGO! I'VE LEARNED! I'VE CHANGED!" He launched his beyblade at the rock again, hoping that his anger would somehow help his beyblade crack the rock.

~*~

Tyson ran towards the mountain, Max following clsely behind, "Hey Tyson! Where are we going?" Tyson motionned the mountains with a frantic wave of his arm, "The mountain! Duh! Where else?!" Max stopped beside him, "H-how can you be so sure he's up there?" Tyson turned to him, a totally serious look in his eyes, "I don't know, I just *know* he's there. Kind of like a sixth sens." Max stared at Tyson for a minute then, "Alright then. I guess we should start *somewhere* and that mountain does seems like a good start." Tyson and Max ran towards the tall mountain, the morning fog envelopping the scene.

~*~

Whee! I've written two fanfics! Hehe, anyway, this is probably going to last 4-5 chapters. At least, that's what I'm aiming for. I hope I don't drag things though. -_________- I tend to do that sometimes.