A Beyblade Tale: Book 1

Chapter 3: Daigo Kurogami

Fable spent the morning of the next day unpacking her things and hanging out with Matt and Emma. She was determined to spend the maximum amount of time possible with brother, while leaving enough time for him to just hang out with Emma, of course. She had really missed him during the years she'd been gone. They played a few board games and Fae showed off Guardian Phantom.

Appearance wise, it was mostly grey, but one half was darker than the other. On the top layer were four scythe-like blades, mirrored by four more on the second. Beneath the X formed by the four in the first layer was the light purple figure of a hunched over skeleton: her bey's spirit. So far, Fable had discovered two of the moves her bey was capable of.

The first was one she called Ghost Crash. When her bey gathered up speed and hit the stadium wall with enough force, the eight blades would be pushed into alignment as Phantom was thrown up into the air. Then, it would fall down and strike its unsuspecting victim from above.

The second move was Guard Launch. The scythes on the top layer were all weighted differently, but this was usually balanced out by the rest of the bey. By titling her launcher and launching with enough force, she could get Phantom's top layer of blades to slide out a little further than usual. This put the bey off balance, but that, combined with the angled launch giving it extra grip on the stadium, caused Phantom to move with amazing speed and an unpredictable zig-zagging pattern. The move gave it a lot of extra power to its attacks, as well the element of surprise because it always initially looked like a miss-launch. However, the one disadvantage of the move was that Phantom had to keep attacking its opponent more frequently than usual. Otherwise it would run out of stamina too quickly.

As well as this, Fable had taken a lot of time to personalise her style of blading. To any bladers she knew from back home, she was known as "Death's Lost Love", and her title suited her well. As death sneaks up silent yet inevitably on all living things, so did Fable and Phantom on their prey. She was usually so happy and friendly, determined to openly enjoy all aspects of life. When she battles, yes she undeniably always had a great deal of fun, but she outwardly became cold and emotionless. She never once raised her voice, whispering so only Phantom could ever know if she said anything. It put quite a lot of their opponents on edge when they saw how quickly she flicked between the two polar opposite personalities, but that was just her thing and it was a very effective strategy.

After making a lunch of cheese on toast for Matt and Emma and sitting down to eat it with them, Fable decided to go to meet Principal Shinoda. She made a couple of wrong turns, but luckily she only had to stop for directions two or three times. The walk took about half an hour. It should've only taken twenty minutes, but she'd learn the route better in time . Now all she had to do was figure out where in the school the principal's office was. Not wanting to disturb any of the lessons going on, Fable quietly searched the building for a door labelled as the principal's office, instead of one of the numerous classroom names.

A short while later, she found the room she was searching for. She knocked and waited politely to be invited to enter. Standing in front of the principal's desk a few moments later, she introduced herself.

"Good afternoon, Principal Shinoda. Apologies for the strange time of my arrival – I got a little lost on the way here. I'm Fable Row– erm, Fable Little," she began, remembering to use Emma's surname at the last second. She was Emma's cousin, not Matt's sister. She had to remember that around the staff of Beigoma Academy.
"Ah, yes! A Mr Rowley called a couple of weeks ago to move you here for a few months. You're here to watch the Beyblade tournaments with his son and his partner, yes? She's your cousin, if I remember correctly?" Their conversation continued for maybe forty minutes. During it she received her timetable, learned about the rules and expectations of the school, and was told about some other minor things which she didn't care about as much. She may have possibly daydreamed her way through them. To conclude, Principal Shinoda gave her a tour of the school.