chapter 2: Broken metal and duality of champions.
Flow state arrived and wrote this faster than I expected lol.
I'm also currently designing their designs for this au! (I'm still using the rewrite design of aiga so if he looks like a different character that's why) Alongside some funny art!
Aiga stays silent as valts question echoes around them.
"I- i- I was imprinting on this piece of metal." The redhead stutters, his posture tense.
"With blood on your hands and a flickering signature?" Valt deadpans, aiga simply stares at him.
"Blood is the best way to imprint successfully on a piece of metal, it helps familiarize it with the resonance." Aiga says, valt sighs.
"I'm not. I'm just saying."
"Aiga. Last time you and pri made a nuclear weapon using a bey. And gave it to bel."
"In case someone tried to hurt him."
"Not to mention the one time you somehow found a way to steal somebodys resonance!"
"That was to stop threats! And I was funded by the Wbba...and Raul helped me."
"You freaking made pris Pandora actually sentient. And Pandora's an ai bey spirit!"
"Because pri has no signature thus she can't resonate. I improved Pandora to help pri feels more welcomed and happy. Also I was one upping pax."
Valt groans at the redheads defenses."Let's just go...and treat your hand."
Valt scolded, aiga shrugs.
The redhead stayed silent as Naru patched up his hand.
"how did it happen tho? Your usually very good at avoiding injuries like this." The younger girl asks.
"when I was climbing valt scared me suddenly and I fell, my hand hit a rock as it cut..." aiga replies, words sounding normal enough.
The younger akaba nods, the lie falling perfectly into place.
"Just...be careful next time..." Naru says.
Aiga nods as he pats her head with his free hand, the girl giggles.
"Naru...im sorry..." Naru looks up to see aiga, his face guilty.
She immediately averts eye contact, her face showing sadness.
"I shouldn't have yelled at you...it made mom distressed... and I hurt you..." Naru admits, aiga immediately stutters apologies.
"N-NO! I have to say sorry! I should've told you I wanted to beyblade! I should've also told mom and dad too! I'm sorry for that okay...i just want to keep you safe."
"Just get me bear mace or any good pepper spray and those guys are going down."
"their mouths are faire game." Naru replies
Aiga sudden laughs out louds, as Naru giggles.
"alright you got me. I'll get it. You need to tell dad thought."
Valt wakes up with panick, he feels hair sticking to his head.
He sneaks around the house, reaching the front door.
He immediately runs to the shed.
There lies aiga, tapping on a machine with ease.
"Same sleep schedule huh?" Aiga turns his head to a disappointed valt.
"I couldn't sleep." He replies, valt sighs as he looks over to the desk.
Coffee powder. In an bowl.
"Your going to end up 6ft under at this point." Valt admits, aiga shrugs.
"How can you handle the taste?"
"Have you tried eating an unripe fruit? It tastes worse."
"Aiga that's not the point! That much caffeine is going to cause you a heart attack!" Valt yells, aiga yelps as valt takes the bowl.
Unfortunately for him valt heard.
"You. Are officially banned from coffee powder. In fact no anything that has caffeine in it. It's unhealthy for you."
"Aiga... your barely a teen chill out." Valt says. Aiga huffs.
"Why do you care so much?" Aiga starts.
"Because your still youn-"
"IM NOT A KID VALT!" aiga explodes. Sitting up form the chair, causing valt to back away slightly.
"Were trapped here and we need a game plan, we need stability and safety without those goons trying to recruit us for their nefarious purposes we need-"
"Aiga. For gods sake your not alone! I'm here! I should be the one doing all of this not you!" Valt exclaims, aiga simply sighs. Looking away;
"i-i...im sorry. I shouldn't have exploded like that..." Aiga admits softly.
Valt simply walks up to him and hugs him, the red head squirming for a bit before stopping.
"why do you like hugs so much?" The redhead asks, valt simply hugs tighter.
"Dad used to hug me before he goes for flights. He always did it to show me how much he loved me, to 'whenever you miss me remember how much I hugged you so that you know how much I love you.'" valt confesses. Aiga laughs a bit.
"Alright now let's go to bed. We need you energized and healthy." Valt says, the redhead shakes his head.
"I'm too awake right now, I cant." Aiga admits.
"You always couldn't. Remember the intervention?"
"The one where you tied me up?" Aiga deadpans, valt laughs.
Suddenly valt yawns, earning a smile from the redhead.
"Go to sleep, I'm just finishing up Achilles."
Aiga says, valt shakes his head.
"Not until your fast asleep." Valt replies.
Aiga mumbles as he break away from the hug, looking at the desk.
The machine buzzes, and aiga walks to it and pulls out a layer.
While It had the cho z system, it looked oddly similar to cho z Achilles.
"Skipping z Achilles entirely huh?" Valt asks, aiga nods.
"To be honest z Achilles was me bulshitting around. I wanna make sure Achilles has a strong bey. Especially bc of how concentrated the metal was."
"What did you do this time?" Valt asks."It's not as bad as when I made that nuclear bey...or when I made quattro' and nearly got myself in trouble bc It almost didn't pass Wbba laws...or that one time zest Achilles was almost banned bc it was too strong..."
"Your forgetting the fact you also made a Belial and Pandora so strong they also almost got banned, not to mention encouraging Hikaru to 'go crazy' and he ended up making the fusion mechanic with Helios and Hyperion...that almost got him and huyga banned too..."
"Are you saying I'm crazy?"
"I'm saying your unhinged."
Aiga looks at valt with bewilderment.He sighs.
"You not wrong." He confirms.
Valt notices the leftover peice of metal.
"What that for?" Valt points at it.
"Its the metal I'm using for pris Pandora. She asked me if I can make it bc bel wasn't as familiar nor experienced with layer making as I am." Aiga explains.
aiga was chilling on the bed when his phone suddenly rang.
He held it up to see an oddly familiar number.
'wait a minute...is this jiji's phone number??'
He hesitantly accept the call, putting the phone on his ear.
"why do legends suffer?" Aiga almost fell at the question.
"Bel?! Is that you?!" He exclaims. A laugh is heard from the phone.
"So you do remember! Good to know!" A sudden female voice was heard.
"Pri you too?" Aiga says.
"Answer the question! Or we don't trust you." Bel says, aiga groans.
"I'll do you a better one and say answer it yourself." Aiga says. Bel and pri stay silent for a minute.
"legends suffer because it's an neverending cycle to keep the elements at peace." Pri answered, bel huffs.
"legends suffer because of me! The dark prince!"
"alright good to know you both memorized it."
"WHAT DOES THAT MEAN HUH!?" bel exclaims, as aiga laughs.
"BEL I SWEAR TO GOD IF YOU EVEN FAIL AT HIDING PRI IM MAKING SURE YOU-"
"Aiga-san stop! He's doing a good job."
The redhead huffs at the phone.
"You told me there's missing posters everywhere of you, pax is not relenting from now. "
"I'm just wondering why he's doing this..." Pris laments, bel simply scoffs.
"He tried to sell you to the snake pit because they needed something with no signature. He's as horrible as last time." Bel says, Pri nods, her eyes tearing up.
"Pri, don't worry were here for you. You just...have to accept pax was always selfish..." Aiga voice rang through, soft and comforting.
Pri wipes her tears away, mood ruined."It's hard...I thought he changed..."
"He only cares about becoming a legend and his injured arm, he only stopped once he got what he wanted." Aiga says, bel nods at the sentiment.
"It's weird. I'm still not sure how to feel about him trying to find me..." Pri admits.
"He's probably scared for you. You and bel are both very young, once we're in the clear, let him know your safe and don't want anything to do with the snake pit. He might be an ass but he's still a brother. A bad one but still." Pri laughs at the redheads tone.
"You really have it out for him huh?"
"Your like my little sister. All of you are like my siblings... except valt...but let me know if there's anything you need!"
"I do need something...can you make me a Pandora?" Pri asked, bel looks at her offended.
"HUH!? why him!? I can make you one!" Bel exclaimed.
"Alright." Aigas sudden agreement stunned bel further.
"DONT SPOIL HER!?" Bel yells.
"as if you aren't spoiled yourself." Aiga retorts further, bel blushing in embarrassed as pris laughs. Aiga takes a bottle of water, sipping the liquid.
"oh yeah! Aiga! Grandpa wants to talk to you!" Aiga almost chocks on the water.
"you told him?" Bel immediately starts to protest.
"he did." Pri admits, aiga sighs.
"we did it yesterday. We felt too guilty hiding it from him..." bel adds.
Aigas groans were heard from the phone;
"that the best option I'll admit. I'll let it slide but don't tell anybody okay? We can't have Theodore discover this." Aiga scolds the two, bel and pri nod.
"AND that what happened basically." Aiga says, valt nods.
"I do wonder what's happening to pax though."
"he's being as ass like usual, too salty about his arm to even care about pri." Aiga replies, voice saltier than usual.
"your still that spiteful?" Valt asked.
"what he did to Pri was unforgivable." Aiga replies. Valt sighs.
"you really can't let this go?"
"valt. You and me differ. I'm not as forgiving as you. Nor as kind..." aiga says, valt stays silent.
"You kept the title with sheer kindness and love for the game. I kept mine with... questionable power trips and my love of the game." Aiga says, laughing awkwardly at the end.
"said power trip is you breaking the record for longest time the title was held. Also with you tying Arthur on a long tree and having him be stung by the wasps there..." Valt replies, aiga simply gave him a "I told you so" stare.
Aiga then gets the leftover metal, gesturing to the hammer.
Valt nods as he goes to pick up the hammer.
"6 hours for a beyblade....how can you work for so long?" Valt wheezes out, panting on the ground.
Aiga simply shrugs, his legs somehow not giving up.
"zest Achilles took me 24 hours to complete. Its all about how much gimmick and mechanics the bey has alongside the parts if your custom making them too." The redhead explains. Valt gives a weak thumbs up.
Suddenly taiga appears, a cup of coffee in his hand.
Aiga immediately hides Pandora's layer under his jacket, somehow the older akaba didn't notice.
Taiga simply looks at the finished cho z Achilles.
"hmmm...impressive for a first time. I've seen experts fail at making beys." Taiga says and he picks up Achilles and Inspects it, noticing the holes on the side.
"those are burst stoppers." Aiga immediately replies. Taigas eye widen.
"burst stoppers? You figured out a way to implement it?" Taiga asks, aiga nods hesitantly.
"why? Is it banned?" The redhead inquires, taiga shakes his head.
"its not that it's banned, it's just that..."
"Theodore never managed to make a bey with burst stoppers."
"wait really? He never figured out how?"
"he might be a genius but he's so dependant on his machines and bey trainers. In fact he tries to recruit me to make him one with burst stoppers." Taiga says.
"is that another reason to why his bladers tried to recruit me?" Aiga asks. His father nods.
"he's trying to kill two birds with one stone. Take you in to have a potencial strong blader to make red eye stronger, and have leverage on me to accept his demands." Taiga explains.
"which is why I need you to stick with valt." Aiga and valt stare at each other.
"valt from what Kris told me your planning on going to a secluded beach side city."
"it's has low rates of the snake pit being in it. So it has more freedom, alongside the fact that once Kris gets bc sol settled we have a city we can actually get out of... considering the snake pit is doing anything to delay flights..." Valt explains, aiga looks stunned for a second before nodding.
Taiga nods, and he turns to aiga.
"aiga. Naru is going with you for safety reasons. I expect you to not only be responsible but be a good role model." Aiga give a thumbs up.
"and lastly, aiga me and Raul made a driver called dimension. While no bey was able to use it while testing back then due to how strong and speedy it was. I'm giving you it to have xtend as a backup driver." Aiga nods.
"tomorrow should be the day you leave. Righ?" Valt nods at taigas question.
"then relax for today. Tomorrow is a big one."
"can't believe we're actually going to a city near the beach!" Naru says, aiga pats her head.
They're walking in the train station, aiga -begrudgingly- carrying both of their luggage.
"I do wonder where valt is..." aiga mumbles, Naru hears him and starts to look everywhere.
"Found him!" Naru says, tugging on her brothers sleeve.
Aiga turns to look at the direction she's pointing at.
Valt seems to be awkwardly talking to someone.
Aigas brain mentally crashes for a second.
Fast pace who? I'm super Sonic pacing rn lol.
That's the end for now. Chapter 3 is not even started so it should take longer to finish.
I still hope this chapter was a fun read! Even though barely anything happens in it.
Plot is still moving but no bey battles...im am planning a small bey battle in chapter 3!
Edit: oops almost forgot, @natsurishizukixd08 I went godspeed on this lol.
