I've been away in Japan!!! Forgive me!!!

Tears Of Betrayal

Prologue

"Thanks you guys, for everything. I'll really miss you." She whispered while hugging each of them. "I almost forgot. I have a special present for each of you." She dug around in the little pouch slung over her shoulder. She pulled out red, light blue and fiery yellow amulet necklaces. "These are special. We can talk to each other telepathically through them. But you must never let anybody else take them off. Not your mom, dad, girlfriend or anybody. Ok? If you do then the magic will go away." She slipped the red one around Kai's neck. It had a crystal Dranzer inside. The light blue one went around Tala's neck. It had a crystal Wolborg inside. And finally the yellow one went around Johnny's neck and had a crystal Salamulyon in it. "Trust me the magic does work. I'll show you when I get to my house. Oh my gosh I'm gonna miss you guys." She hugged them all again, then waved and disappeared through the gate.

The guys had tears welling up behind their icy eyes but they wouldn't let anybody see that. They would especially not let themselves cry in front of each other. As soon as she disappeared they turned their backs and departed.

That had been when they were 12 and 13. This part of the story takes place when they're 16 and 17...

Chapter One

She had felt them slip during the summer when they were 17. They were all together again though. Friends, sort of. The first to go was Kai, then Tala and finally Johnny. She had felt them happy but distant when they left. She knew what they had done. They had let someone else take off the amulet. First the amulet would lose it's glow and shine, no matter how many times they polished it, it would never shine and glimmer the way it had before. Then their bitbeasts that were inside the amulets would start to melt and fade inside the little droplet like amulet. It would swirl into the ugly meaningless jewel. It would slowly become nothing.

It worried her that they probably forgot about her. They hardly ever talked to her as soon as they turned 15. At 15 they had drifted away from her, from each other. They had once been best friends. When she was 12 and they 13 they had been the best of friends. They protected her when she was being beaten up and they were always laughing together. They had taught her to skateboard and roller blade that summer. But that was only for 2 months, and then her family went back to Shikoku.

After that, in the middle of the school year Tala moved to Russia to live at the Balkov abbey, and Johnny to Scotland to live in his castle like mansion. Kai had stayed in Kyushu, Japan and slowly became cold, and distant. She had watched them battle each other with their blades. She felt it when Johnny and Kai fought each other. She felt that, deep down; they knew each other but couldn't remember. Had they just seen each other's amulets and they would have remembered. But Kai's was hidden in his pocket and Johnny's in a box somewhere in his mansion. Tala had hid his in the pillow of his bedroom/cell type thing.

Next when they were at the world championship she had watched as Kai mercilessly took his friends bitbeasts. She had watched as Tala did the same. And Johnny sat in the stands doing nothing. They couldn't remember each other only deep inside themselves did they hide the true thems.

She missed them dearly; she had visited them for a short period of time before she went to China. After that, she never saw them again. Now that she couldn't feel them she knew something was wrong. She needed to see them, and quickly.

"Mother!!! I need to go and find Johnny, Kai and Tala. Could you enrol me in Bakuten for the school year?" she pleaded.

"Of course." Her mother looked at her quizzically. She had noticed that during the second month of summer her daughter had become considerably pale and distant to the family. She thus gave her anything she requested. Even though she did nothing to help the family. Her twin, Kohiro, had become a model and her older brother, Seito, was inheriting her fathers business. There really was nothing for her other daughter to be.

She watched as the perfect figure's back receded. Taira Tachiro shook her head but called to make the arrangements. Her daughter would be going to a public school for talented beybladers and now that she was 16 she was vulnerable. But she knew that her daughter wouldn't do that. How could she even think that? 'Oh well.' She sighed and made the call.

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