Hello! I go by Jennifer to those I don't know. This is my first fic, I put disclaimer because everyone else does: I do not own beyblade or any of the character people, except for Terra, so far, and this story.

So, I hope you like it!

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Chapter 1. Clouds Of Darkness

Kai walked stiffly through the sand, his eyes staring at the ground. He didn't care that he had missed a day of training, he needed something to calm him down, to let him relax. This happened pehaps twice a month. No one cared for him, so he knew all the other Bladebreakers would probably be happy to have a rest.

The silhouette of a girl sat on a rock. Kai sauntered toward her.

Terra gazed hopefully at the full moon, her light blue trailing pants being lapped by the water. Love, she thought. That is all I ever wanted. Love, love that did not deceive.

Kai reached out. Now that he was closer, he saw the girl's features. Her back was to him, but he could see her soft, pale blond hair and pointy elvish ears. He wondered why she was sitting there, her long silky hair blowing in the slight breeze. She looked like she was lonely, too, somehow, in a awfully sad way.

Terra felt a presence behind her. She turned around in less than a second, her keen, abnormally sharp eyes scanning the deserted beach. Not the Master, not again…nor his cronies…

Strangely, Kai almost had a heart attack when the girl whipped around, large deep blue-green eyes glowing at him. He jumped back.

"Who are you?" she hissed, narrowing her eyes suspiciously.

"Let me ask you first. Who are you?" Kai answered, his eyes also reducing to slits.

Silence followed. After ten agonizing seconds, the girl laughed half-heartedly. "I can tell by the fact that you actually have thoughts of your own that you're not the Master, or his 'sons.'"

"What?"

"Nevermind." The girl smiled at Kai, brilliant pearly white teeth shining. "Hi. I'm Terra. Now, who are you?"

"Kai. Kai Hiwatari," Kai said, examining her. Long, back-length even soft blond hair, pale skin, big blue eyes that had sea green mixed in them, slightly tattered long light blue pants that almost completely covered her feet, with trailing edges and a knee-high cut in each pant leg, and a matching light blue shirt with loose hanging long sleeves and a half diamond cloth end in the front and back. He decided that she was pretty.

"So, what are you doing out here?" Terra asked brightly, her anger and panic ebbing away at the fact that she was probably safe with this slate-haired boy.

"Could ask you the same thing," Kai grunted.

"Okay, you win, I really don't have any idea who I am. Sorry…not very helpful, is it? And I have nowhere to stay…if there was a safer place I'd tell you more."

"And I'm taking a walk." said Kai flatly.

"Wow, fascinating." Terra folded her arms over her chest.

"Do you have a beyblade?" Kai asked suddenly.

"What's that…wait…I've heard of that before, where was it…well, I don't think I have one…" Terra said uncertainly. She slid down the front of the rock and slumped against it, facing the ocean lapping at the shore.

Then it happened. A bullet shot straight out of the darkened lifeguard tower, and then a loud creak was heard and the tower toppled over.

Terra sank down even lower, whimpering.

"Terra? What happened? Terra?" Kai whispered, shaking her shoulder gently.

"Bullet…my arm…the Master…uggghh…" Terra coughed and then fell over, unconscious.

Shadows were running toward them. Wasting no time, Kai slung Terra over his shoulder and ran at a swift and steady pace to the forest, out of sight.

Branches lashed at his face as he raced through the forest, but he didn't care. He was surprised at what he did care about right now. Terra. He had never felt like this before, caring so much for another when barely anyone liked him. Mother, Father, brother Alexei, Grandfather Voltaire…names and faces flashed in his mind, Mother throwing a glass vase at him in anguish when Alexei died, blaming it on Kai; Father slamming the door as hard as possible when he left Kai, Alexei and a sobbing Mrs. Hiwatari; Voltaire slapping him and screaming that Hiwataris were strong, not weak to cry…

But he cared for Terra, though he barely knew her.

Terra's Dream

A tall giant of a man leered at her, and she almost screamed with horror when she looked down at herself. Wires were attached, and then they were ripped off, for now she was no longer a normal ten-year old Terra, but an experiment 3617468. Her senses were raised to double of normal people's, and her strength and balance had been enhanced efficiently. She heard the man, the Master, speak over the bustle of awed voices. "This creation will earn millions at the Scientific Zoo Jail! Come, servants, lock it up!" Terra remembered vaguely that two years before, when she had been transported to this place, the same cruel voice saying, "We will make her into a great experiment, let her die out her human life if possible, change her leg bones and make them harder, stronger, so that she will help us conquer Earth! Lock her up!"

Back then, she had been called a she. Now it was it. A light shone in her eyes, and she was forever blinded, falling…falling…

Terra woke up with a start and screamed. That nightmare was her past, she knew it, but she wished she knew her siblings and parents and why she couldn't remember her life. Wait, this huge bedroom wasn't her cage…where was she! Then she remembered. That boy…he saved me, and the bullet went into my arm…Kai Hiwatari…this must be his house! But why would there be such a big room in a house? Wait a minute…

She scrambled over the side of the bed and was surprised to see Kai sranding there, watching her silently. Letting out an embarassed squeak, she pulled on the blanket and brought it falling down on her completely.

"Where are we?" Terra said, her voice muffled.

"My mansion," Kai replied dully, his eyes fixed on Terra. Then he showed a rare (happy, not evil) smile and threw a velvety deep violet mournful dress at the barely visible head of Terra, covering her now so she looked like a pile of blankets and a dress.

"Why do you have this?" Terra asked suspiciously, eyeing the dress.

"My mom's," Kai said automatically.

"Hn," Terra muttered, turning the soft fabric over in her hands. "It's nice."

"My mom wasn't," Kai grumbled.

Terra sauntered over to the clear glass window and pulled back the scarlet drapes. "Oh my gosh," she breathed.

Kai owned over an acre for his front yard, and two acres for his back, with an enormous pool and hot tub. The bright sun in the air shone over everything, making the sky light up and the water in the pool and hot tub sparkle. Lazy puffy white clouds rolled by slowly, adding the to the effect.

"Are you rich?" Terra asked, picking up a large porcelain teddy bear in disbelief.

"No, I'm a peasant who broke into a rich man's house who coincedentally had my last name," Kai said sarcastically.

"Fine! Didn't have to be so mean about it!" Terra said defensively.

Ha. She's actually funny, in a stupid sort of way. Let's see… Kai laughed in his head very very faintly.

"I'm going to go train," he said and turned around, heading for the door. When he didn't receive an answer, he turned his head to see what was wrong.

Terra was staring out of the window, her eyes creepily emotionless and very unlike the way they were always lit up with laughter.

"What?" Kai said. The clouds and sky were suddenly dark and eerie, as if the whole world was out of control.

"Darkness," was all Terra said before she passed out.