Fallen

SN: Finally an idea has been found for my next fic!! All the thanks for this idea goes to Maeris, as she totally inspired me during one of our MSN conversations. This is an Evanescence songfic, as I must say I love them.

As with all of my fics, if you don't like what you read, just don't review it. I'd be ten times happier that way. If you have a critical remark that will help the plot development, yeah sure leave it in, but you no like, no review. Got that?! Good, now I can get off my insane bandwagon…

Disclaimer: If I owned Beyblade, V Force would not exist, and even if it did I'd make sure the animators did their bloody job right. I mean, hello??!!! What's the deal with Ray's eyes and the lack of Kai's scarf?!! Ok I'm done…

One

Now I will tell you what I've done for you

Fifty thousand tears I've cried

Screaming deceiving and bleeding for you

And you still won't hear me

A soft wind blew through the peaceful trees as two young teenage boys stood before each other ready to let it rip. Both clutched their launchers tightly in one hand, and the rip chord in the other. Their Beyblades were ready to begin. The teenager, who wore a red, blue and white baseball cap, began the countdown.

"3! 2! 1! Let it rip!!" he yelled, yanking his rip chord from his launcher and jettisoning his Beyblade into the dish. His opponent, a younger-looking blonde haired boy in orange dungarees, also let rip his Beyblade into the dish. Their Chinese friend watched on smiling, as the teen with glasses started to record data via his laptop. The older, quieter teenager just sat off from the group, not paying any attention to the match.

"You won't beat me Tyson!" the blonde jeered happily.

"Get off it Max! I'm the World Champion! I can't be beat!" Tyson jeered back in response.

"How are they doing Kenny?" the Chinese boy asked his glasses-wearing friend.

"Hmmm…they both seem to have a similar rotation speed right now," Kenny replied, looking up from his laptop. "Don't worry Ray, it'll be your turn soon."

"Excellent!" Ray grinned. "I want my chance to take a hack at the World Beyblade Champion!"

"Don't worry Ray, there's plenty of me to go round!" Tyson boasted, shooting a triumphant grin at Ray.

'Idiot,' the older teen groaned to himself. Tyson was such a child. Out of instinct, the two tone haired teen's hand delved into his pocket and clasped a small Beyblade Bit. Maybe it was out of comfort, but as soon as he realised what he was doing, he pulled his hand back, as if it burnt him. Black Dranzer. Its memory plagued his mind like a disease. He tried to banish it, but he couldn't forget it. The surge of power, the feel of total control, the knowledge that you wield the most powerful Bit Beast this planet has ever known. Three factors that had drawn Kai Hiwatari to Black Dranzer the first time they met. He yearned for power above all else, and was willing to destroy his soul to attain it.

"Hey Kai, we'll be up next," Ray broke Kai's trail of though. He snapped round and glared at Ray.

"Yes, I'm aware of that," Kai replied grumpily, his Dranzer Beyblade in one hand, the other resting on the pocket in which Black Dranzer lay hidden.

"Go Dragoon!!" Tyson called out his dragon Bit Beast.

"Two can play at that game Tyson! Go get him Draciel!!" Max then, in turn, called out his own Bit Beast, a giant turtle. The battle raged on, the Bit Beasts fighting it out above, the Beyblades slamming it out in the dish below. Kai couldn't care less.

"Hey Chief, is it me or has Kai been grumpier than usual lately?" Ray turned to Kenny as he continued to compile data.

"I will admit Kai has been a bit uptight lately," Kenny agreed. "But I suppose that's understandable. His grandfather tried to use him, and he's now doing hard time as a result."

"I remember, Voltaire," Ray gritted his teeth just remembering that old mad man. He hated Voltaire, and everything Biovolt stood for. He was more than just over-the-moon to hear that Voltaire had been caught and imprisoned. The battle tore on, neither Beyblader showing any signs of surrender. It was the two Bit Beasts that, in the end, decided enough was enough. They returned to their Bits and, in turn, sent the Beyblades back to their masters' hands.

"Sweet match, Maxie," Tyson grinned.

"Right back at ya buddy," Max smiled in his usual cheerful manner.

"Hey Tyson," Ray interrupted, stepping forward. "Do you remember what happened to Black Dranzer?" Kai's blood froze. Were they on to him already? Had he really been that obvious?

"Come to think of it, no I don't," Tyson mused, putting a hand to his head thoughtfully. "I know Kai took it from his grandfather, I saw the Bit in his Blade. But after that…I dunno. Maybe we should ask the sourpuss ourselves."

"Don't bother," Kai snapped, catching the attention of his team mates. "I don't have Black Dranzer anymore. I threw it straight back at my grandfather when I went to see him in prison last month."

"But Kai, I've been in touch with Tala ever since the World Tournament. He hasn't seen you anywhere in Russia!" Tyson argued.

"Does Tala need to have me tagged or something?! I'm my own person Tyson, I don't need to be watched every moment of the day!! Now if you'll excuse me, I have better places I could be, and better things to do with my time!" and with that bitter retort, Kai got to his feet and walked away.

"Dude! That guy needs a serious personality transplant!" Tyson said angrily, watching on as Kai walked out of his front gate. "I mean, after all the hell he put us through in Russia, we stuck by him. And this is how we're thanked! So much for what you give you shall receive!"

"This is how Kai has always been Tyson," Ray said. "He's never been the most friendly of people, and I think that if he suddenly made a huge personality flip I wouldn't respect him as much as I do."

"Hmph! Fine! Kai can go be a jerk!" Tyson scoffed, folding his arms.

"We're not even technically a team anymore Tyson!" Max pointed out. "We were super lucky to get Kai to take over our training again!"

"He only took over because I pleaded with him to," Kenny added. "I almost had to resort to a bribe!"

"What did you tell him Chief?" Ray asked.

"I just told him that Tyson is starting to slack back on his training, and is no doubt an easy target to beat. That's all it took really," Kenny replied, lifting his gaze from his laptop screen. "Though I had to reiterate this point several times to remind Kai why he was putting up with us."

"Easy target?!!" Tyson growled. "Gee, thanks for that Kenny."

"I get a feeling sometimes that Kai's hiding something from us," Max said, looking over to the gate where they saw Kai last.

"Me too Max," Ray agreed. "And I have a feeling its related to Black Dranzer…"

Kai made it home in good time, considering how far away from Tyson he actually lived. A couple of bus trips was all it took. It looked like all of the staff were busying themselves elsewhere in the house, so Kai was able to sneak upstairs unnoticed and unquestioned, for once. He made it to his room, closing and locking the door behind him. He placed Dranzer on the desk by his door and sat down on his bed. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the Black Bit. The dying rays of sunlight reflected off of its surface, and almost made it appear to glow in his hand.

"Black Dranzer…" Kai muttered under his breath. He knew all too well that he had lied to them, but he didn't care. They'd go mental if they found out he'd kept it. He hadn't gone to Russia last month. In fact, he hadn't been since the World Championships ended, and the last person he'd want to visit was his grandfather. It was, after all, his grandfather's fault that he had become obsessed with Black Dranzer to start with. He had been young and impressionable the first time he met Black Dranzer. His Dranzer had been in his family for many generations, and according to Voltaire it had belonged to his mother before it was his. Whoever she was. Kai didn't have any idea what his mother looked like, or his father for that matter. He didn't know if they had loved him or not. But he had come to the conclusion that they obviously didn't, otherwise why would they have sent him to The Abbey?

"Master Kai?" a familiar voice came after a knock on his bedroom door. "Master Kai, are you home?"

"Yes," Kai replied. His undisturbed bliss was over.

"Are you hungry?" the voice, belonging to a man, on the other side of the door asked.

"No! Leave me alone!" Kai ordered, seeming irritated. He heard footsteps as the man walked away. He was alone again. Alone with his thoughts. Alone with Black Dranzer. He looked down on it, and felt a cold shudder shoot up his spine. He knew all too well that this Bit Beast was evil, but a part of him refused to neglect it. Refused to let go. As if a part of his heart clung to it like a child would to its mother. Kai frowned.

"I am strong enough to do without you," Kai said to the Bit, putting it down on the small table beside his bed and walking out of his room, insuring that the door was closed after him. He hated the staff snooping around his things. If the door was closed, that meant no entry. If the door was open, then they could come in. The door was open on very rare occasions. Kai liked to keep to himself. He continued on down the hallway and back down the stairs. He walked down a long corridor to the living room and sat down in a chair, closing his eyes. He was tired. He hadn't slept as much as he would have liked recently. Over the last few weeks strange dreams had been disturbing his sleep. A familiar, cold feeling coursed through his veins. He only ever felt that way when he had Black Dranzer nearby, and he'd left that thing in his room. As a precaution, maybe as a reaction to this coldness, he put his hand in his pocket, and was shocked into silence at what he found in there. He removed from his pocket a black Bit.

"But…I left you upstairs…"

Don't want your hand this time I'll save myself

Maybe I'll wake up for once

Not tormented daily defeated by you

Just when I thought I'd reached the bottom

SN: That's that then friends. All lyrics in this chapter were from Going Under by Evanescence. And no matter how much I wish I own them, I do not. And that goes for Beyblade too, as I said earlier. Later days!