All right folks, I'm back with another Beyblade Fanfiction. I haven't been watching any of them due to my staying up so late and not understanding what's going on, so this is going to be running off my last known understanding of the series. This story will have many of my usual twists in it, and Hillary will be in it (although she won't know Kai). So, sit back, relax and review!

Honorable Measures

By: Immortal Sadness

Rating: PG 13

Summary: Kai's grandfather turns him away, stripped of his home and family name. With no where to go Kai turns to life on the streets, fighting where he has to and running when needed to survive. Soon his street life is noticed by a concerned teammate, who tries to help Kai, but after being alone and fighting for survival can Kai truly go back to being who he was before?

Prolog

The death of Voltaire Hiwatari came as a shock to everyone within the world of Beyblade, including those who had known his grandson Kai. The man died alone in his mansion at the age of seventy-seven and when a search of the premises found no trace of the young charge of the man. The room that once belonged to the young Hiwatari was scorched and an investigation was conducted but that only stated that it was a controlled fire and if there was a body in the mass of rubble it was so badly charred no remains could be found.

So, those who were close the young man held a memorial for him, and now go to his marker but there is not actual body to give his friends closure on the fact that he is truly gone. Some still hold out some form of hope that their friend escaped and is held up somewhere awaiting the death of his despised grandfather and just hasn't heard the news or he just doesn't care. Whatever the case maybe, the team he once led and his old friends from the Abbey have basically moved on with their lives, but the memory of Kai is not far in the back of their minds. One old Bladebreaker in particular, Rei Kon hasn't given up hope that his once friend was still alive, something was telling him not to give up, so he didn't. He moved to Japan, knowing that if Kai was still alive that's where he would be, because he once told the Neko that he loved Japan because of the Cherry Blossoms and the parks where he could just go and get lost. He loved it because the Culture has been the same for thousands of years and it seemed indestructible, unlike his native Russian people. It's in Japan where their paths will cross once more, and truths will be learned and trust will have to be regained.