*** MISTY ***

by: DarkTwilightZero

DISCLAIMER: First of all, I don't own Beyblade or any other related material. This story of mine was inspired by the box-office hit, "THE RING", so there might be some similarities, and I don't own them either. I, however, do own Samantha and Tani Brown. "Misty" is a suspense-thriller story, (or at least that's how I planned it to be), hence the rating. Enjoy! ~DTZ

*** PROLOGUE ***

The Murderer

18-year old Samantha is the best player the BB Training Bldg. has to offer. At a young age, she already surpassed her seniors and excelled in every training the facilitators gave her. Her fellow colleagues admired her for this, and was the envy of the entire place. It was said that she even rivaled the skills of the future phoenix blader Kai, who was still a mere infant at that time.

Samantha is what you can call the perfect female. With her fair skin, her chocolate brown eyes and her wavy black hair, she can catch the attention of every boy that passes her way. Add to these are her height: 5"7, and her cheery disposition. Because of these, she captured the heart of every male blader in the facility. Including a certain Tani Brown. Tani is the 2nd best blader next to Samantha. Tall, fair and handsome, his skills in beyblading is just another addition to his seemingly naughty disposition. Girls would often dream about him as their boyfriend.

But not Samantha...

Not the woman that he chases after...

If you could only see how Tani fancies her, it's like that she's his whole life...

In fact, she really is. You would find him in his room writing love letters to Samantha everyday, every now and then. Because of him, Samantha receives a bunch of them almost every week. A hundred, to be exact.

"If only you'd respond to my love, I swear I will be the man you always dreamed of. I'll make you the happiest girl on the face of the earth," Tani said to her in one of his letters. Sighing, she crumpled the paper and threw it into the garbage can. "That boy never knew when to give up."

Three knocks on her door broke the romantic atmosphere that almost embraced her. "Samantha, it's time for your daily training," said the man outside. She rose from her bedside and went for the door. "But he's nothing compared to my dreams...I'll be the best blader the world has ever seen!" Little did she know that, the time she closed her bedroom door to train will be her last...

ooooOOOOoooo

"Hey Samantha!" Tani greeted, just as she finished blading. She could feel her eyebrows jerk at the sound of his voice. "How's it going?"

She turned around to face the boy, not wanting to ruin his day. "It's fine, thanks for asking," Samantha replied with a tone of boredom. "What's the matter now, Brown?"

The boy nervously scratched his head. "Um...did you received the letters that I sent yesterday?"

"Yes," she replied flatly. "Is that all? Listen, I have to go - "

"WAIT! Um...if you don't mind, would you like to battle with me?" he asked.

"What?" Samantha almost squeaked before she threw herself into laughter. "We've battled lots of times before and you never stood a chance against me, and now, you want to battle me again?" Then a thought suddenly flashed in her mind. Maybe if I defeated him again, I can tell him to stop bugging me, she thought. Her expression of annoyance turned into a sly smile. "Sure. Let's do it, but if I win, can I ask you a favor?"

"Of course!" Tani excitedly replied. "Any favor will be fine, as long as it's for you, baby!" He gave her his trademark naughty smirk. Samantha gave a fake smile before rolling her eyes. They went to the big arena in the middle of the training hall. Tani gave the rules. "This will be a one-round battle. Is that fine with you?" The former nodded.

"Okay! Let's go...3, 2, 1, LET IT RIP!" Tani signaled. Their blades bounced into the arena and charged furiously at one another. His blade threw attack after attack at Samantha.

"Hmm…you've gotten better," she remarked, "but you won't stand a chance against me! Let's finish this quickly!" And in one blink of an eye, Tani's blade was thrown outside the arena, landing with a crash at his heels. Satisfied with her victory, Sam picked up her still spinning beyblade and faced him. "Hey, you've still haven't forgotten our deal, do you? If I win, I can ask you a favor…and that is…" She clutched her bey and bit her lip in frustration. "…THAT YOU STOP BUGGING MY LIFE FOREVER! I DON'T LOVE YOU, TANI BROWN, I DON'T EVEN LIKE YOU! STOP FANTASIZING ABOUT ME AND GET ON WITH YOUR DAMN LIFE! STOP SENDING ME LETTERS, CAUSE IF YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU'RE JUST A HASSLE TO MY DREAMS! OKAY?"

Tani stood there shocked, his mind and heart shattered by her explosion. His face darkened, nodded slightly and walked away. Samantha watched his figure disappear in the darkness of the corridor. "Now that I've gotten him off my back, it's time that I focus on my dream…and that is to become the best blader in the world!" she said to herself.

ooooOOOOoooo

Back at his room, he looked to see a rather serious picture of Samantha on his study table. Irritated, he smashed it right through his window while crying out loud, "Darn you, Samantha! I swear I will make you pay! You've ruined my life for what you had done…and I swear you won't get away with it..!"

Looking at the shattered pieces of glass on the floor, he came up with a dark plan…and with this, he's sure that he'll have her all to himself… Chuckling evilly, Tani's laughter echoed in the dark spacious bedroom, along with a chill that can run down anybody's spine.

11:00 pm… Samantha was at the library downstairs, reading her favorite blue book in order to fall asleep. She was at the halfway of the book when she felt her eyelids drooping slowly. "I must be getting tired…" Reaching for her pockets, she pulled out a shiny blue ribbon and placed it at the middle of the book as her mark. Standing with a shrill squeak from her chair, and with sleepiness conquering her body, she placed the book along with the file information of the building, including the bladers that trained in it.

Along the way to her bedroom, she spotted Tani waiting for her beside the door.

*Yawn* "Tani, what are you doing here?" she asked groggily. She got an evil chuckle as a reply, and the next thing she knew, her lights went out. Samantha didn't even felt that she was carried by him all the way to his bedroom, before finally raping her. (A/N: =shudder= Scary! At least for me…what do you guys think? O.o;)

ooooOOOOoooo

It was unusually misty that night. Tani's heavy footsteps could be heard at the very basement of the facility. In his arms was a great long bundle, with Samantha's body in it. His eyes were as dark as ever, for after raping her, he took the long sharp piece of glass that was broken and killed her, plunging it right at her heart. Finding a hollow yet big hole in one of the walls, he placed the dead Sam's back against it. And before going upstairs, he sealed the wall with some conveniently placed bricks and cement.

"You should have lived long Samantha," he said to her, "if you only accepted my love, this would never happened." He leaned closer to the wall. "And guess what? Now that you're gone, I'll be the best blader in this building now! Well, good for me ain't it? Ha ha! You're dead now, Sam! Too bad that you can't watch me as I make my way to the top!" He took the gas lamp that he carried downstairs and headed for the door. "Rest in peace, baby…"

The sound of the wooden door slamming put a close to the legendary blader that was used to be unbeatable in the building. Nothing could be heard in the basement, other than the squeaking of the rats…and the desperate cry of revenge of Samantha's soul.

ooooOOOOoooo

Three months have passed, and the mysterious disappearance of Sam was forgotten in due time. It was then that Tani was now considered as the best blader in the building. Opportunity knocked in his life one day, when the officials announced him as the chosen representative who will battle in a certain beyblading tournament. "His skills just surpassed those of Samantha's," said his trainer, and tapped Tani's shoulder. "He's best suitable for this. Make us proud, Tani. The competition will be tomorrow. You've succeeded all of the training and guidance that we gave you. I'm sure you can do it."

"I won't disappoint you, boss," he assured with a smirk. "I swear I won't lose."

Time passed by swiftly, and soon, the clock chimed 11:00 in the evening…

"Well, I guess my bey's ready for the competition tomorrow. I should take a rest now." He yawned as he lifted the covers of his bed and slumped himself underneath it. Seconds later, he felt strange…like his room was inside a gigantic freezer. "Strange…I thought that the aircon's set to not so chilling," he thought. As he checked the switches, which was near his mirror, he saw a strange white woman, with long hair standing right behind him in its reflection. Terrified, he turned around, slowly…

"S-Samantha?" he staggered to speak. The woman raised her head, as the hair covering her face parted, showing her dark brown eyes… (A/N: eek! Samara! O) Tani's pupils dilated, as the figure 'whooshed' her way in front of him. "NNOOOOOO!"

ooooOOOOoooo

"...that's right, officials, we'll cancel our participation in the tournament...yes, you've heard right, Tani isn't feeling very well," said the trainer, and covered the phone's mouthpiece as he watched his student being carried by the doctors of the Asylum for the Mentally Damaged. He was yelling like crazy, trying to free himself from the strap jacket that they slipped on him, and yelling something like, "HELP! SHE'S GONNA GET ME! SHE GOING TO KILL ME! AAAHHH!" He was crying maniacally as he was put into the ambulance. All of the bladers inside the building heard what happened to him, and can't help feeling sorry for him.

Except one…Samantha…for deep under the basement, her soul laughs hysterically for what happened to her murderer. Now, no one can beat her, the best blader in the world. No one can steal her dream anymore…

And ten years have passed…

So, how was it? Was it good? Please review and kindly tell me what you think. Flames are allowed, as long as they don't make me cry too much! Heck, after all I've slaved over this. Please be kind! Review!