Title: Betrayal & Comebacks
By: Moonlit Sea

Disclaimer: you know it so I ain't goin to say it!

A/N: This is my 1st full fledge Beyblade fic (so please be gentle). It takes place after Kai betrays the Bladebreakers.

-Thoughts-

All comments welcome!


She knocked on the door, wondering what to say to the occupants inside. The door opened to reveal a boy with black hair and a red band around his forehead.

"Can I help you?" he asked.

"I'm sorry I must have the wrong room." she replied.

"Sam is that you?" a voice from within the room asked.

She recognised the voice instantly, she did have the right room.

"Yeah it's me." She replied.

"Ray don't just stand there. Let her in." the voice said.

Ray moved aside and let her in.

"Well long time no see." The voice said as she walked in.

"I could say the same thing about you Mr. Dickenson." She answered.

"You know her Mr. D," Tyson asked as Ray walked back to them after closing the door.

He nodded then said:

"Boys, this is Sam Janeway. A friend of mine, she'll be staying with us for a couple of days."

"Hey." Max greeted.

"Sam these are the Bladebreakers. Tyson, Kenny, Ray and Max." gesturing to each one in turn.

"So you're the Bladebreakers huh."

"That's right." Max answered.

Sam looked at Mr. Dickenson then said to the others

"I hope you don't find this rude but may I speak to Mr. Dickenson in private." She asked.

"Sure." Kenny replied.

"We were just about to go for breakfast anyway." Tyson explained.

When they left Sam turned to Mr. Dickenson and said.

"I don't know what you expect me to do. They all look fine to me." She stated

"The reason I brought you here is so that you can get them back on track. They've been losing touch with themselves ever since a team member left." Mr. Dickenson explained.

"Must have been a pretty important team member. To do a thing like this to them." She said matter-of-factly.

"You could say that. Tyson's nearly always angry, Max doesn't pay much attention, Kenny can't be bothered to do anything and Ray…" thinking about Ray's behaviour. "Ray's just Ray."

Sam smiled.

"I think I can bring them back down to Earth. It shouldn't be a problem Mr. Dickenson."

"Good I'll check on your progress in a couple of days then. Good luck."

And with that he left leaving Sam alone with her thoughts of how to bring the Bladebreakers back down to Earth.

A few minutes later the team returned to find Sam waiting for them.

"You guys certain took your time." She said in a cool voice.

It was almost enough to make Ray shudder she reminded him of someone but he couldn't think who.

"Tyson always takes forever when eating is involved." Max joked.

Tyson didn't say anything but just looked at Max who suddenly wished he hadn't said anything.

"Come on Tyson you know it's true." Ray put in.

Sam laughed in a little.

"Hey guys don't forget you have to practice." Dizzi said reminding them.

"What's the point Dizzi." Kenny replied gloomily.

"Dizzi's right come on." Tyson said smiling.

-This I gotta see.- Sam thought.

"Mine if I watch?" she asked.

"If ya must." Tyson said going out the door.

/ At the practice dish –

"So who's going to battle me first? What about you Maxie." Tyson suggested.

Max somehow knew that Tyson would choose him, it was his way of saying 'I'm going to get you back for that comment you made earlier.'

"Ready when you are Tyson." Max replied.

"If you'll take your positions." Kenny asked.

Both Max and Tyson stepped up to the dish their Beyblades ready to launch.

"3…2…1…go!"

Both blades hit the dish and went straight for each other.

"Get ready to lose Max." Tyson said.

"In your dreams Tyson." Max retaliated.

Sam stood a little away from them watching intently as Max's blade flew out of the dish.

"Ahh man." Max said disappointedly.

"Max's blade is out of the dish, Tyson's the winner." Kenny stated.

"Yeah!" Tyson shouted.

Sam smiled –That boy is too over confident perhaps it's time to teach him not to be.-

"Come on Ray, if you take any more time getting up here I'll be an old man." Tyson said sarcastically.

"Very funny Tyson." Ray said.

This battle took a little longer than the one against Max but again Tyson was the victor.

"Yeah! No one can beat me!" Tyson shouted.

-I believe that's my queue.- Sam thought to herself.

Just as Tyson was about to pick up his spinning blade Kenny shouted.

"Tyson look out!"

Tyson looked just in time to see another Beyblade coming his way and stepped out of the way. The blade landed in the dish and went straight for Tyson's blade throwing it straight out of the dish.

"Dragoon!" Tyson said and picked up his blade. "Hey!" he shouted his anger near boiling point.

They all looked in the direction of where the blade came from and were all surprised to Sam walking towards them holding a Beyblade launcher. (A/N is that what those things are called?)

She then picked up her blade and said.

"You guys are really pathetic you know that."

At that comment Tyson's anger exploded.

"You think you're so tough! We'll see how tough you are!"

"Is that a challenge Tyson." she said calmly.

"You bet it is." Tyson replied his anger clear in his voice.

"Then I accept." Sam smiled.

But there was something about that smile that worried the others something that said Tyson was going to lose.

"Tyson be careful." Max said.

"Don't worry Maxie this battle will be over before you know it." Tyson said staring at Sam.

"I wouldn't be so sure about that Tyson." Ray commented.

Tyson was about to ask Ray why when he heard.

"So you ready? Or are you chickening out." Sam teased.

"Grrr… bring it on!" Tyson shouted, no one called him a chicken and got away with it especially a girl he just met a couple of minutes ago.

"3… 2… 1… go!"

Both blades hit the dish and went straight for each other.

"Go Dragoon."

For a moment it looked like Dragoon was winning. Sam's blade was nearly out of the dish. Then she yawned.

"yawn Are you done yet?" she asked.

On the side lines Kenny, Max and Ray were wondering what Sam was up to.

"If she's trying to get Tyson even madder I'd say it's working." Kenny said to Max and Ray.

"Yeah but the question is why? Why would she want to get him mad in the first place?" Max asked.

"That's a good question Max." Ray said.

(Back at the match)

"Grrr… on the contrary I'm just getting started… Dragoon Phantom Hurricane!" Tyson shouted.

Then a massive tornado appeared in the dish and Sam's blade was caught up in it, flying through the air.

"Impressive." Sam said coolly as if she'd seen it before. "But is that it?"

"Huh? Wha?" Tyson said a little dumbfounded.

Sam sighed.

"It appears you aren't as good as you claim to be. Now if you've finished I believe it's my turn."

She smiled but there was something about that smiled that shocked Tyson he'd seen it before. It was the exact same smile that Kai gave when he was about to beat an opponent.

-But how can that be?- Tyson thought.

"Moonstar playtime is over." Sam shouted bringing Tyson out of his thoughts.

Then out of Sam's Beyblade came a really mean looking dragon Bit-Beast. It had flames coming out of its tail and two sprouting out the top of its head on either side. (A/N for simplicity sake lets just say it looks a little like Charizard from Pokemon.) It was glowing dark blue.

"Whoa!" Max said surprised.

"That's one mean looking Bit-Beast." Kenny said.

"You ain't kidding." Dizzi said.

Within a few seconds Moonstar had dispersed Dragoons Hurricane and was falling back down to the dish. It landed a little way from Dragoon and just stayed spinning on the spot.

"What do you think of my Bit-Beast Tyson." Sam said seeing the shock on his face.

"Pretty scary but that's not going to stop me from beating you." he stated.

"Oh really I believe Moonstar thinks differently. Am I right Moonstar." She said.

At that moment Moonstar went towards Dragoon and nearly knocked him out of the dish.

"She's toying with him." Ray said a little annoyed.

Then Moonstar went back to its original position in front of Sam.

"You ready to lose Tyson." Sam said coldly repeating what Tyson had said earlier to Max.

Tyson didn't know what to say he looked at the others who all shrugged. All he could do now was watch; Sam smiled again which sent shivers down his spine. How was she able to copy Kai so easily? Did she even know she was doing it or who Kai was?

"Moonstar Flaming Wreath attack!"

Everyone watched in amazement as a circle of fire appeared round Dragoon, which stayed there while Sam said

"Looks like you lose Tyson." Then the flames converged on Dragoon and engulfed him, a few seconds later Dragoon stopped spinning.

"Dragoon." Tyson said softly hoping he hadn't been deep-fried.

Seeing the concerned look on Tyson's face, Sam picked up both blades and headed over to Tyson.

"Don't worry he'll be okay. You're a pretty good blader." Handing Dragoon back to Tyson.

Tyson looked at Sam and saw that she was sincere in what she said.

"Apparently not good enough." Tyson replied.

He then took Dragoon back and they both headed towards the others.

"Wow!" Max said, "I think that's the best bey battle I've seen so far!"

"It certainly was interesting." Ray said.

"In more ways than one." Tyson said looking at Sam.

"You never told us you could Beyblade." Kenny said as they started back to the hotel.

"No one ever asked." She laughed.

"You okay Tyson?" Ray asked seeing he was lounging behind all of them.

"Yeah I'm fine Ray. I'm just thinking about something." Tyson replied.

"Does it hurt?" Max asked jokingly.

"Very funny Max."

/ Back at the hotel –

" Are you serious?" Kenny asked as Tyson told them the way Sam looked during their battle.

"Have you ever known me not to be." Tyson said.

"That's debateable." Kenny answered.

"Gee thanks for the support Chief." Tyson said a little hurt by what Kenny just said.

"He might just have something there. Now that I think about it." Ray said thinking back to when they had just come back from breakfast.

"Huh? How do you mean Ray?" Max asked curious.

"Perhaps we should ask her…" turning in the direction of Sam who was staring out the window.

"But what if she doesn't want to tell us?" Max asked.

"Then we'll just have to force it out of her." Tyson said in a determined voice.

"Tyson you can't do that." Kenny said amazed at what Tyson had just said.

"The Chiefs right Tyson. We can't force her to tell us." Max said.

"Tell you what?" a voice said from behind them.

They all turned round startled by the voice and saw Sam standing behind them.

"How long have you been standing there?" Ray asked.

"Only long enough to hear that you all want to ask me something. So what do you wanna know?" she asked again.

But they just all stood there looking at each other wondering who would ask why she looked Kai when she battled.

" I don't bite you know." She said jokingly and smiled this was a soft smile not like the one Tyson had seen earlier that day. Which made Tyson wonder if she knew she was doing it.

"Go on Tyson ask her." Kenny said.

"What do you want to know Tyson? If you want an answer you're going to have to ask me. I'm not a mind reader you know." Trying to get Tyson to ask her.

"Okay um why did you look like Kai when we were battling?" Tyson asked a little nervously.

"K…K…Kai?" Sam replied a little shocked.

"What's wrong? You look like you've just seen a ghost." Max asked with concern.

"Um… I'll be okay…don't worry about me… I'm fine." She said trying to calm down.

"Did you used to know Kai or something?" Tyson asked intrigued by Sam's reaction to his earlier question.

"You could say that." Sam said as she sat down.

She felt that if she didn't sit down soon that she would fall down.

"What happened?" Ray asked sitting next to her.

Sam sighed it had been a long time since she had last thought of Kai or even seen him for that matter.

"It doesn't matter." She said her voice returning to normal but Ray thought he heard a hint of anger in it. "So how do you guys know Kai?" she asked.

"He used to be our team captain until he betrayed us." Tyson said with anger in his voice.

"So he's your missing team member huh," Sam said with a little anger in her voice.

"Yep" Max replied.

"So how do you know Kai Sam?" Kenny asked.

"Oh you could say we've known each other for a long time." Sam said walking toward the window and looking out of it once again.

"So how long has he been with you guys?" she asked changing the subject back to them again.

"Stop changing the subject Sam." Tyson said.

Sam turned back round to face them all.

"I'm sorry I just don't wanna talk about it that's all. It was all a long time ago. Sigh if you don't mind I'd like to rest. Where am I to sleep?" she asked solemnly.

"The only spare bed we have is Kai's." Kenny stated.

"Hm typical, but it's a bed I guess."

"It's in the same room as me I'll take you there." Ray offered.

"Thanks Ray." Sam said.

When Sam and Ray had left Tyson asked.

"Why do think she got so upset when I mentioned Kai?"

"I dunno, maybe it has something to with them when they were younger. She did say they knew each other for a long time." Max answered.

"But what could be so bad that she doesn't want to talk about it now?" Kenny said.

"Maybe he betrayed her just like he betrayed us." Tyson said trying to think of a reason.

"I don't think that's it." Ray said walking back into the room.

"Then what?" Max asked.

"When she's ready, she'll tell us." Ray replied.

"Man I'm starved." Tyson said suddenly changing the subject.

"Oh Tyson… we're talking about what's wrong with Sam and all you can think about is food." Kenny said annoyingly.

"Hey I can't think on a empty stomach." Tyson retaliated.

"Tyson you're never full! But I suppose you do have a point. I am a little hungry myself. How about you Chief?" Max asked.

"Well I suppose I could use a little snack."

"Great then let's go." Tyson smiled heading toward the door.

Just as he was about to leave Max turned to Ray and asked

"Hey Ray, you coming?"

"I think I'll go and check on Sam first and join you guys later." Ray replied.

"Okay knowing how Tyson eats we'll still be there." Max joked.

"Max you coming?" Tyson yelled from down the hall.

"Hold your horses Tyson I'm coming." Max shouted back walking out the door and closing it behind him.

Ray smiled those guys could be a right laugh at times. He then headed towards the room Sam was in.

/

In Ray and Kai's room (now Ray and Sam's room) –

(Sam's POV)

I sighed, what am I to tell them? I can't avoid the subject forever I'm going to have to face it sometime.

"What do you think Moonstar? Should I tell them or not?" Moonstar glowed at the question I just asked her. I smiled "Well you're a lot of help." I replied to the glow.

Did I look like Kai when I was battling Tyson? If I did then all that stupid training is still apart of me. I sighed again things were all so easy back when we were young. We had no troubles at all just two friends playing with Beyblades in friendly matches against each other.

I haven't thought of Kai since I left although he couldn't have cared less even if I'd stayed. Mr. Dickenson knew this would happen, he knew that it was Kai that 'left' it was his team for goodness sake! He knew how I tried to put the past behind me, and to bring me here now has just brought it all up again.

I lay back on the bed what was I to do? Even since I got Moonstar I promised myself things would be different that I wouldn't end up like Kai. But it appears that nothing worked I still look the same as him when I battle. Huh they should know he's been with them for goodness knows how long! I'm surprised that he didn't drive them nuts with his gloomy routine.

Just then someone knock on the door.

"Yes?" I ask while sitting up.

"May I come in?" a voice asked.

I recognised it instantly to be Ray's.

"Of course you can come in. It is your room Ray." I reply.

He walks in and said "I didn't want to walk in on you in case you were changing or something."

I smile and replied "If I was going to change I would do it in a room where there's a lock." And look at the door seeing no lock on it.

"Are you sure you're okay?" he asks me as he sits on his bed.

His question shocks me a little. I wasn't really expecting someone to ask me that so soon after Max had.

"Yeah I'll be fine. It's just…" again I sigh, "… never mind."

"If you ever need to talk I'll be here." he offers which kind of surprises me as no one has ever offer to be there for me if I needed them. I guess it shows in my face as he smiles softly at me.

I then get up and walk towards the window not really looking at the view. "You know I haven't really thought 'bout Kai since I left." I say to him surprised that I just told him that. Dam training why did I have to go there in the dam first place. Now he's going to ask me how I met Kai. I swear I'm goin to get Mr. Dickenson for dropping me in this.

(End Sam's POV)


(Ray's POV)

I knock on the door after which I hear a "Yes?" come from within the room.

"May I come in?" I ask hoping I'm not interrupting anything.

"Of course you can come in. It is your room Ray." Comes Sam's reply.

I walk in and say "I didn't want to walk in on you in case you were changing or something."

Sam smiles at me and replies "If I was going to change I would do it in a room where there's a lock." She then looks at the door to show that there is no lock on it.

I can tell she's still trying to get over what Tyson asked her earlier about looking like Kai so I decide to ask her "Are you sure you're okay?" as I sit on my bed.

"Yeah I'll be fine. It's just…" she tells me then sighs and continues, "… never mind."

I can tell that she wants to tell me something but there's something that's stopping her from telling me. I try to reassure her by saying "If you ever need to talk I'll be here." I guess I must have surprised her a little as she looks a little shocked. I give her a soft smile to show that I'm being sincere.

She then gets up and walks towards the window I can tell she's not looking at the view. She then surprises me by saying "You know I haven't really thought 'bout Kai since I left."

Why was she telling me this? She didn't speak after that sentence it was like she was expecting to ask her something about Kai.

(End Ray's POV)


Just then Moonstar glowed Sam looked at her Bit-Beast in amazement then realised what she was trying to tell her. These people wanted to help her and in turn she could help them. She turned back to Ray and asked

"Is everyone still here? I believe it's time you guys knew the truth about Kai and I."

"They went to get some food." Ray answered wondering why she suddenly decided to tell them everything.

"Sounds like a good idea to me. I am a little hungry myself."

Ray smiled she had used the exact same words Max had before he left.