Heavenly Flames

Chapter One: Subject Detected

Warning: This story will contain OC's, and some language.

Disclaimer: Someone tell me why we still do these, *sigh* they are so depressing. I don't own Beyblade or its characters, the only thing I own is the storyline and the OC's.

Characters: Ray, Kai and Tala, *sigh* too bad they won't let us put three.

Summary: The finals of the Bladebreakers first ever world tournament finally draws to a close and the Breakers are ready for some well deserved rest. Voltaire however has other plans. four years after the supposed destruction of subject 00-22 the past runs into the present . . . Literally and it's going to take a lot more to keep things under wraps this time around.

Chapter Dedication: To the first person who told me to put this story up. Racerrabbit, thanks.

"Put her there." Tyson said holding out his hand. Tala looked at it, confusion plainly written on his face. Finally he smiled slightly, grabbing the others hand. "Yeah." Everyone went crazy as the rivals put the past behind them.

Over on the sidelines, however, Boris wasn't quite so thrilled. "No, I have failed." He knew what that meant for him.

Voltaire could only watch as the last of his plans fell apart. "No my life's work, ruined at the hands of a petulant child." Mr. Dickinson smiled hearing the distress of the other man. "And for the good of everyone too. It's over Voltaire."

Voltaire sent a sharp glare at the head of the BBA. "What's that Dickinson?" "It took a while but we finally figured out your scheme. If it wasn't for Tyson, you and the BioVolt Corporation would be free to control everything on this planet. We had to put a stop to your plans."

Bruce cut into the banter between the two men. "You are finished. With all the evidence that Mr. Dickinson has collected, the BioVolt Corporation is finished along with anything that is linked to you. The reality is Voltaire, your facing some hard time." Voltaire growled at the insolent Granger, before Mr. Dickinson stepped back into the conversation.

"It's time to turn yourself in Voltaire." The words had barely left Mr. Dickinson's mouth when Voltaire snapped back. "Never! This isn't over; it's just a bump in the road." Mr. Dickinson turned his back to the other man. "Then buckle up. I think the road is going to get a lot rougher." Voltaire turned to leave, not hearing anything that was said afterward.

He was stalking through the tunnels that lead to where his limo was waiting. "Have Boris brought to me, I need to deal with him before things go too far." Voltaire stopped when one of his scientists ran up to him. "Voltaire sir, there is something you have to know."

Voltaire growled, tired of all the failures. "Well what is it!" He demanded. The scientist flinched away slightly but smiled. Waiving his boss to come closer, he whispered his words to his superior. A wicked smile appeared on Voltaire's face, before he burst out in a full out laugh.

"This turn of event changes the game completely. Let Stanley think he's won, when I am through there will be no doubt who the true victor is."

Two and a half weeks later

Kai walked towards the living room stretching in an attempt to wake up his stiff muscles. The rising voices of arguing people could be heard before Kai even stepped in the room. "I am not a slob!" A voice shouted from somewhere in the living area. "Suuuure whatever you say." A voice chuckled back in response. "What do you know? And why are you even here? You're not a part of this team!" Kai sighed deeply. 'Looks like Tala got up early this morning.' He thought, already preparing to play referee between the two. Kai walked in and wasn't the least bit shocked at what he found.

Tyson was standing with his hands balled into fist, Kenny and Max holding him back as he fumed at the redhead who sat unfazed on the couch. Hilary stood in between the two boys trying to reason things out. "Tyson don't be rude Tala is our guest and Tala as a guest you should really be more respectful. You are staying in Tyson's house after all." Tala just laughed at the girl. "Yeah sure whatever girly."

Red flashing in Hilary's eyes as she rolled up her sleeves ready to charge. "What did you just call me?" Kenny left Tyson to Max as he ran to secure Hilary. "I called you girly but your right that was the wrong thing to say. You are soooo not girly." Tala said, laughing yet again. "Why I ought a-"

"Enough!" Kai barked coldly, getting a bunch of sheepish glances from the Breakers as a result. "Kai, um I didn't hear you come in." Hilary said backing down quickly. Tyson crossed his arms in a huff "Kai I am going to kill that little redhead friend of yours if he doesn't quite being such a jerk." Kai rolled his eyes before leaning up against the wall. "Tyson, Tala would kill you if you even tried." Tala chuckled a little at this and was rewarded by a death glare from Kai.

"Why are you here anyways Tala?" Tyson asked, he didn't mind the redhead really, but in small doses. Tala narrowed his eyes, his humor gone. "Because I have nowhere else to go." He said, coldly glaring at Tyson. Kenny smacked his forehead, sometimes he wondered about Tyson. "Tyson, Tala is staying here while they clear up the things with Voltaire. The other Demolition Boys were sent back to their homes. Apparently kidnapping was BioVolt's favorite recruiting method, but" Kenny stopped not wanting to say anymore. Tala however finished the thought. "But not there only one."

Tyson quieted as he recalled why the redhead team captain was the only one staying with him. Tyson sat down on the floor opposing Tala refusing to meet the redhead's eyes. Max sighed and sat down next to his best friend. Hilary went to stand behind them. Only Kenny sat on the couch next to the wolf as he pulled his laptop out.

Kai closed his eyes. 'What's wrong with this picture?' No sooner had the thought entered his mind did the silence get interrupted by an annoying winy sound. "I'm hungry." Tyson said as if it was the end of the world. "Tyson really, is that all you ever think about?" Hilary said disapprovingly.

Max piped up coming to his friends defense. "I'm with Tyson for once on this. We haven't ate anything yet today and it's already 9:00." Kenny looked down at his computer screen. "It's that late already?" Hilary looked over strangely at the young boy. "Yeah Kenny, why?"

Kenny adjusted the glasses atop his head. "I guess it just seems odd to think it's that late already. Normally Kai and Ray would have had everyone up, feed and practicing by this point."

Everyone looked around the living area as a sudden thought hit them. "Where is Ray?" Max asked, voicing the thought that had entered all their minds. "Maybe the kitty got stuck in a tree." Tala said with a smirk, his humor returned, and was rewarded by hard looks from all the team members. "It was a joke for crying out loud." Tala said quietly. Hilary looked thoughtfully around the room once more.

"Maybe someone should go check on him. He never sleeps in this late." All the teams' eyes fell on the silent captain in the corner of the room. Kai didn't need to look to know they were all looking at him. Without a word Kai stood and walked back towards the neko-jin's room.

The dojo was silent as he made his way through the winding halls. When he finally arrived at the neko-jin's door he knocked once and entered. A mess of raven hair stuck up from under the comforter, the bed's occupant unaware of the sudden presents in his room.

Kai sighed slightly before shaking his head and speaking up. "Ray, time to wake up." The form turned in its bed before sending a pillow sailing at the door. "Go away!" A muffled voice came. Kai glared at the neko-jin. "No, you're getting up, now." Kai said in his 'I am in charge' voice. Ray sat up in bed, his golden eyes surrounded by dark shadows. "Get out!" He growled, grabbing his clock off the nightstand and sending it at Kai full strength.

The clock hit the wall and shattered by Kai's head. Kai turned away seeing the neko-jin flop back into his bed. Kai entered the living room, only to meet with prying eyes. "He's asleep." Kai said causing all the others jaws to drop. "And you're just going to let him sleep in!" Tyson yelled clearly unhappy at the turn of events. "You never let me sleep in and besides if Ray is in bed who is going to make us breakfast?"

Kai rolled his eyes. "Make toast if you're so hungry Tyson. Ray needs his rest." Tala looked smugly over at the silent captain. Kai glared daggers at Tala, daring him to say anything, before turning his response back to the group. "Kenny what time did you go to bed last night?" Kenny looked up from Dizzi long enough to register Kai's question. "Um, about three why?" "Was Ray in bed yet?" Kai asked truly curious about what Kenny had to say.

"Well he had went to bed but he had woke back up and made himself some tea. Something about he couldn't sleep, why . . . oh." Kenny said understanding. Hilary bit her bottom lip before speaking her mind. "How long has it been since he has been able to sleep?" Max looked up from his spot on the floor. "Not since he got back from the hospital so about a week now." Tyson shifted uneasily, feeling suddenly guilty about his shot at Ray sleeping in. "I wonder why he can't sleep all of a sudden?" Max asked.

"Must have a lot on his mind," Tyson said shaking his head. "Don't have to worry about that happening to you, do ya?" Tala muttered unable to keep the comment to himself, thankfully it went unnoticed. "Maybe it has something to do with the hospital. I mean they did tell us that Ray hated them for some reason, maybe it triggered a bad memory or something." Max ventured recalling Mr. Dickinson's warning to the doctors when they had taken him in.

"Kai maybe you could talk to him or something." Hilary said looking up at the crimson eyed captain. Tala couldn't keep himself from laughing. "Kai? Talk to someone? Are you for real, he couldn't talk to someone if his life depended on it!" Kai just closed his eyes and tuned out the voices of the others.

"Well Tala would you like to speak to him?" Hilary asked in an annoyed tone, Tala flashed them a knowing smiles before shaking his head. "He'll wake up eventually won't he? You're more likely to get a response out of him if you all gang up on him. You do realize that right?" Tyson opened his mouth to speak but was promptly cut off as the sound of shuffling feet entered the room.

Messy black hair fell over half closed golden eyes, the dark rings around them prominent. He hadn't even bothered to wrap his hair so if fell loosely around his shoulders. "Morning Ray, are you feeling alright?" Ray blinked a few times before turning to look at the brunette girl that had addressed him. "Yeah, I'm just really tired."

Tyson walked over to stand by the neko-jin. "We can tell. Do you want to go back to bed?" Ray looked over at Tyson, his eyes falling closed as he spoke. "I'll be fine, just give me a few minutes to wake up." Hilary sat down on the floor beside Max looking up at Ray.

"Ray I have some sleeping pills if you think that would help you at all." Ray sat down on the couch beside Tala pulling his legs underneath him and digging his head into his arms. "No thanks Hilary, medicine and I don't mix well." Kai opened his eyes and decided it was time to ask the question everyone had been avoiding.

"Have you recovered yet or not?" Kai demanded. No one needed to be told what Kai was referring to. The finals to the world tournament were still fresh in everyone's memories and so was the list of injuries that Ray had sustained in his fight against Bryan.

"I'm . . . recovering." Ray said after a moment of thought. Tala shifted uneasily in his seat, he knew the neko-jin had forgiven his team for what they had done, he was one of the few, but part of Tala still felt guilty over the events that had taken place in the finals.

"I'm sorry." Tala mumbled not looking Ray in the eyes. He caught Ray shaking his head though. "Don't be the past is in the past." Ray looked to the group. He knew that most the team still felt bitterness to the Demolition Boys for what had happened to him. That was something that would only go away in time, but he was intent on doing everything in his power to speed up the process.

"Someone told me a long time ago that if we were meant to hold onto the past then wounds would never heal." All the group looked at Ray strangely, not understanding the meaning of his words. Ray sighed; he was tired and not really in the mood for explaining, but still part of him felt he owed them.

"When you're injured it hurts but it heals, eventually, and then the pain goes away. The only time the pain comes back is when you think about getting hurt in the first place. This person said it was the same with the past. Sure it hurts when it happens, but in time it will heal and the only thing that can make it hurt again is for you to think of the injury in the first place." Tala looked over at Ray. He had developed a true admiration for the blader's style after his battle with Bryan, but his take on the past only strengthened Tala's respect.

Everyone nodded slightly showing they understood, or as close to it as they would get, what he was trying to say. There were a few moments of silence before Ray stood up from the couch. "Guys, do you mind if we go out to eat? I'm really hungry and I really don't feel like cooking anything."

Tyson jumped up at the mere mention of the word food. Kai rolled his eyes and Tala crossed his arms over his chest in a huff. "You just had to say the word 'eat' around the walking stomach didn't you?" Tala mumbled, earning himself a, not so threatening, death glare from Tyson.

"So can we go?" Tyson asked looking to the person who kept all the teams money. "Hn," Kai said pushing away from the wall. Tyson grabbed Max and Kenny and ran at the door, translating Kai's sound into a yes. "SWEET FOOD!" Tyson cackled as he ran out the door. Hilary rolled her eyes and walked out behind them stopping by the door for a second. "Ray, are you sure you are alright?" Hilary asked.

Ray nodded once and smiled at the girl. "I'll be fine soon." Kai walked up behind him lowering his voice so low only Ray could hear. "If you don't start sleeping soon I'll take you back to the hospital myself, understand?" Ray smiled at his team captain, he did have a heart. "I understand, give me one more day and if I can't sleep, then you can take me back to the hospital."

Tala came up behind the two and slapped them in the back. Ray winced a little at the contact but kept it mostly hidden, while Kai shot a death glare at Tala. "We better go before the walking stomach eats you out of house and home." Ray grabbed his shoulders and nodded. "Tala's right, we better go."

The three remaining bladers walked out of the dojo taking a few moments to locate the others that had already left. "Hey guys come on I'm wasting away to nothing over here!" Tyson called loudly.

Tala rolled his eyes and muttered under his breath. "He couldn't waste away if he wasn't feed for a month." Ray rolled his eyes and smiled. "You know muttering only works if people don't hear you." Tala looked over at the neko-jin and smiled. "True, but you won't rat me out Ray, and Kai was thinking it even if he didn't say it out loud."

Part of Ray wanted to laugh, but the other half of him won out telling him not to encourage Tala.

I was sitting in the blacked out surveillance truck. I had been given the task of watching subject zero and reporting to the superiors the subject's condition. It was a boring and tedious task but the end result would be in my favor, as long as nothing changed that is. I saw the four figures run out of the building. I waited a few moments and soon enough three others followed them out.

I sighed heavily before grabbing a walkie-talkie out of one of the surveillance draws. Waiting a moment for the line to clear I spoke into it.

"Sir 00-22 has left the building. 10223 and 10533 have left with him. Should I engage?" I said into the walkie-talkie. There was a moments pause as the other end went silent. "No, do not engage. Continue with surveillance and make sure that they do not see you understand?" I was silent for a moment.

"I understand, continue to observe, do not engage." I answered coldly. "Correct, if anything changes in the subject's condition notify use immediately." I relaxed back into my chair, scanning the screens again. The voice crackled over the walkie-talkie, one last time. "10704 know you will be rewarded greatly for your service."

I looked down blankly at the walkie-talkie, rewards and things of such were only distraction they used for the weak, not something I was in need of. "Of course sir, may I go?" I could picture the smile plastered on my superiors face. "Of course," My superior clicked off the other end and I threw the walkie-talkie in an open draw. I turned back to the screens and resumed monitoring them. The one I was focused on, however, flickered as the people on the screen began to move. I moved for the walkie-talkie but froze midway; there was no need to notify my superiors of this. I was told to alert them if subject zero changed condition, not if he changed location.

I ran a hand over the metal identification bracelet that hung around my wrist. "You deserve this." I whispered to myself, before looking back at the screen. "All of you deserve this." I sneered, leaning back in my chair as I flipped camera angles to follow my targets.

I am the predator, you are the prey, I'm 6 and 0 and this is your first game. I continued to think over the conditions of this new task. When I saw the targets stop I tapped into the restaurant surveillance cameras, and smiled "I will not lose this game."

The group decided on an all you can eat buffet just a few blocks from the dojo.

Tyson came back with yet another plate piled high with food. If it wasn't for the fact that they were world champions now it was possible Tyson would have gotten them thrown out. Hilary looked over at the neko-jin that sat in the corner of their both. He was curled up and had yet to touch his first plate.

"Ray are you sure you're alright? You said you were hungry, but you haven't even touched your plate." Ray only partway heard the comment from the brunet girl. "I don't know." Ray said honestly in reply. Tyson sat down with another plate and began to once again shove food down his throat. Max looked over to his left just in time to see Ray sliding out of his seat. "RAY!" Max called grabbing his friends arm and pulling him up.

Ray blinked a few times looking at the blonde apologetically. "Guys, I'll be right back." Ray mumbled, standing suddenly from the table. Max looked at his neko-jin teammate in concern. "Where are you going?" Ray began to walk away from the table, the group barley catching the word 'bathroom' as he walked away.

Kai stood as soon as the neko-jin was out of sight. "Max, call Mr. Dickinson, tell him something is wrong with Ray. Hilary watch Tyson. Tala come with me." Kenny looked at the silent team captain. "Is there anything I need to do Kai?" Kai shook his head once. "Just be ready." Tyson looked up from his plate long enough to look at Kai.

"Be ready for what?" Kai didn't answer, instead he locked eyes with Tala and the two Russians walked off. "So why am I coming with you?" Tala asked after they were a few steps away. Kai opened the bathroom door before answering Tala. "Because I might not be able to carry him alone." Tala looked into the bathroom and saw what Kai meant. In the middle of the floor was the unconscious form of Ray.

A/N

And that is the first chapter of this new story. Hello everyone it's nice to see you all as always! Lalalala I am so excited about this new story!

A few things about this story. It will most likely have three endings; One will be the real ending, the one I wanted from the beginning, this one will have a OC paring in it. Two will be a alternative ending (with possible Oc's ending and Cannon/Cannon parings, I am not above taking input for the couples in this ending), and the third ending will be my secret ending, without any parings at all.

Okay so important information for this. I know that Hilary comes in at V-force; I also know I have this starting right after the first season. So please just go along with it. If that is going to bother some people intently, than please don't read this just to tell me that. I have worked hard on this and don't really care in the end what you say.

I really hope everyone liked this and enjoyed the first chapter. I am going to try to put a new chapter up every other week, at least until one of my other stories is finished.

NEXT CHAPTER: Deadly Reaction

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" All the Bladebreakers turned to where the question had come from.

"I don't know why it's started again, but it has." Ray's words were muffled by the oxygen mask but Kaberlin heard them

"You speak Chinese?" Kenny gaped.

"Intelligence mission?" Tala and Kai nodded at the same time.

Kai looked over at Tala, saw the smile, and sighed. "What are you so happy about Tala?"

He didn't deserve to have her; he didn't deserve anything he got.

(So last new thing I was working on. I have wanted to do this preview thing for a story for a while now, let me know what you think of it.)