chapter 3: small times before the storm.
Again @natsurisartandramblingsdump here's your food!
I did start on designing them too! However I have other art wips so idk if it'll be done sooner than later lol.
The ride on the train station was quiet, Naru was sleeping on her brother's shoulder.
Drum looked away as Aiga gave him a death stare.
"Aiga, he didn't mean to scare you like that..." Valt starts, the redhead scoffs dramatically.
"J'ai oubliΓ© ton nombre de tΓ©lΓ©phone... dΓ©solΓ©." (Translation: I forgot your phone number...sorry) Drum continues.
"C'est tout bon , n'essaie pas de rΓ©pΓ©ter cela." (Translation: It's all good, don't try to repeat that), the redhead replies.
"How can you speak French though? I thought you said it was hard?" Valt asks, aiga shrug.
"Drum insisted on teaching me when I went to France for 3 months." Aiga admits as the blond looks proud of himself.
Valt suddenly remembered something.
"Wait you can speak Japanese! Why don't you?" Drum laughed awkwardly at the question.
"Ummm...I sometimes slip up and speak in my native language bc I'm so used to it..." The blond admits, earning a snort from the redhead.
"Shouldn't have learned french." Aiga joked.
"Hey! I like it when we talk in my native language!" Drum exclaims, earning a small smile from aiga.
Suddenly aigas eyes widen.
"Wait I just realized...your 9 years old....this means Hikaru is barely older than you or the same age...and hyuga is younger than you." Valt says, drum nods and aiga
"Pri and bel are children too, they should both be 7-8 years old." Aiga speculates, his eyes narrowing.
"While this means they get government protection against anything the snake pit attempts to do to them... But this also means they're not old enough to enter high stakes tournaments like the IBC." Aiga
"So this means we have everything on our shoulders. Keep them safe and try and find a way to stop this." Valt says, aiga nods.
"We need allies, from what bel told me he told his grandfather about all of this thus we have his support but...we can't just take his money." Aiga says.
"So taking a part time job or some type of gig is necessary." Valt continues, the redhead nods.
"I'll see if I can start a bey repair one."
"Your competing against Theodore and his workers in the bey repair industry though." Drum chimes in, aiga smirks menacingly.
"Drum your forgetting aigas the better bey maker." Valt says.
"I won't be shocked if Theodore tries to hire you." Valt admits, aiga nods.
"While this can open the espionage route, I can't do it bc he'd have leverage on my dad." Aiga confirms.
"Then avoiding it would be the best option." Drum says, valt and aiga nod.
Drum suddenly yawns, rubbing his eyes.He goes to where aigas sitting, and slumps on him.
"He's attached to the hip with you at this point..." Valt deadpans as aigas sighs.
"Sometimes I wish I wasn't so good with kids..." Aiga admits.
"your like a mother to them." Valt joked, aiga chuckled.
"And your the grandma." The redhead retorted back.
"Wow its been a while since we saw this city..." Valt says in awe, Aiga keeps his hood on his head, Naru behind him wearing sunglasses.
"Well stop staring in awe we need to find Hikaru and hyuga." Aiga whisperers.
"Angry much huh?" Valt asks, aiga sighs.
Suddenly aiga starts to look around them.
"Wait. Where drum!?" Aiga yells, valt and Naru immediately look around.
"there he is!" Naru says, pointing at the blond running in a building.
"Wait isn't that supposed to be the bombers club?" Valt Whispers, aiga motions Naru to go check it out.
Once Narus far away, aiga lean on valt.
"It is I've seen the building enough to know it." Aiga admits, valt nods.
Aiga and valt proceed to go to it, Naru already in it alongside drum.
"Wait we shouldn't enter immediately, I fear Naru might realize we actually all know each other..." Aiga says, valt nods.
The redhead then proceeds to knock on the wall in a synchronized manner, valt blinks as his eye widen.
"Morce code?" Valt asks softly, aiga hums.
As Aiga finishes the tap, shuffling and whispers are heard.
Two heads pop out from the corner.
Aiga smirks as the brothers both gasp at the same time.
"Aiga-san?" The older asks softly.
"In all my short glory." He says.Hikaru stares in bewilderment as aiga eye stare up at him, his face reddens.
"...you wrote: 'hikaru and hyuga Asahi show yourself right now or else I'm showing you why they call me the redheaded menace'...and your shorter than me..." Hikaru mumbles, aiga laughs.
Hyuga giggles, who then acts innocent once Hikaru stares at him.
Naru arrives, alongside drum, aiga gestures to the brother wildly.
Somehow both of them got it.
"so what are you doing here? We're currently improving this building." Hikaru says.
"were looking for a bey club to join, as apparently it's mandatory to join one..." Valt replies.
"if you want to you can join ours!" Hyuga says.
Aiga and valt look at each other, a nod.
"can't believe that went over so well..." valt admits, aiga hums as he paints the wall.
"the equipments pretty old too, but it's a blessing we even have equipment in decent condition." Aiga says.
"well we're almost done painting... where are the others though?" Valt asks while dipping the brush into the paint, Aiga shrugs.
"I don't know...probably getting some-"
Suddenly the door swings opens, as a tall woman with red hair enters, a man with dark blue hair trailing behind her.
Aiga and valt immediately stop what they're doing and enter a combative stance, aiga raise his left leg defensively while valt raise his fists.
"put those fists and legs down boy, we arrived with food." Aiga and valt stare in bewilderment.
"really? you expected my son's and their freinds to eat without you?" She asks.
"I'm not that hungry...also I don't really eat dinner..." aiga admits.
"I have bread my mom made for me! So I thought me and aiga would share it." Valt says.
The woman -terumi Asahi- stares at them.
Aiga and valt look at each other.
"I can't let this pass, your both getting fed. I fear you'd both die of starvation if I leave you alone for a week." Aiga and valt immediately start to defend themselves, earning a giggle from Naru.
Aiga and valt sit at the Asahi restaurant, looking at documents.
"so you bought the entire building?" Valt asks, Hikaru and hyuga nod.
"it was cheap due to apparently 'there are better buildings out there with better equipment' then we convinced mom to buy it." Hikaru confirms, aiga nods.
Valt arrives with terumi, the woman having a stern look on her face.
"alright I talked with your new teammates and apparently you have no place to sleep. I'm going to prepare spare rooms for all of you." Terumi says.
"what do we have to do in return?" Aiga asks, terumi shakes her head;
"nothing. Our restaurant is booming and we have enough food to feed all of you." Aiga and valt immediately start to protest.
But a quick stern look from her makes them stop.
They are then left alone, aiga sulking in the corner.
"they're treating us like we are kids..." aiga complains.
"we are kids though." Valt says.
He sighs as the redhead keeps sulking.
"aiga, would you like to have a small beybattle?" The redhead blinks at the suggestion.
"yeah...i guess..." aiga admits.
"Great! I know an area where there's a bey stadium for everyone!" Valt exclaims as he drags aiga away, the redhead protesting.
"are you sure about using a public stadium?" Aiga asked, looking around to see a decent amount of bladers.
"why not? We need to show people that we are friendly! And also not be too secretive." Valt explained.
"just have fun!" Valts adds in, aiga looks up and smirks.
Both bladers take a launching stance, aiga a couple of meters away from the stadium.
Some bladers took notice at the odd stance.
"3!" Valt spin around as aiga runs to the staium
"2!" Aiga does a handstand, and pushes himself upwards as valt prΓ©pares hug left leg
"1!" Valt slams his left leg on the ground as he aims the launch to the stadium, aiga spins in the air and he prepares himself.
"Go...shoot!" Valt and aiga booths launch with surprising force, Achilles blades coming.
Both beys land with a noticeable thud, immediately rushing to the middle.
The beys separate, then clash again.
A crowd forms around the two, as aiga keeps his focus on the stadium.
'should've known a crowd would form...' he thinks.
He shakes his head as Valkyrie staring spinning around the stadium borders.
"Valkyrie!" Valt yells as Valkyries glows. Aiga takes a deep breath as he noticing Achilles glowing a bit.
"ACHILLES!" aiga releases a war cry as his bey glows red, his hair following suit.
The beys clash, and a strong gust of wind surroundes them.
Both beys get knocked out of the stadium.
"MAN that was fun! See how fast they went!" Aiga laughs as he wheezes out a breath, valt pants as he smiles widely.
"it's always fun battling you! Man i really need a round 2!"
"wanna go again?" The redhead asks, valt nods rapidly.
"the video went viral..." Hikaru deadpans as aiga stares at the tablet.
"this means it reached Theodore's radar..." aiga speculates.
"while this means we have good pr...I fear the snake pit will attempt something..." Hikaru admits, aiga turns to look at valt and hyuga deep asleep.
"this means you and I have to do something..." aiga says, Hikaru nods.
"bel contacted me today after you and valt left. He's arriving with pri to join our club and also to get the official sponsor papers done." Aiga nods at the older asahis words.
"alright...so after bel and pri join close club registrations." Hikaru nods, though his face shows hesitance.
"if you need confirmation as to why...I fear a mole is getting sent our way." Hikaru hums in response.
In a dark room far away, a man sits, eyes observing the video in front of him.
"that boy was the one our scouting team kept failing to recruit." He confirms, a group of masked people behind him.
"we need a way to reach him...a way to lower his guard...alongside getting valt aoi and pri forsythe. Red eye." He orders suddenly as the one in question walks ahead.
"send in you student. The one with a advanced bey." He orders as red eye nods.
That was a fun ride ig! Chapter will take longer from now on mainly bc my writing can sometimes be fast or slow depending on my motivation or interest in writing about it.
