Three

Disclaimer: Maybe I do own Beyblade…you'll never know…ah alright I don't. Man I can't lie for long…don't sue me for pretending and failing, cos I need the money to go away on holiday, and I do a really evil job so don't make me suffer!! XP Me no own!

How can you see into my eyes

Like open doors

Leading you down into my core

Where I've become so numb

Without a soul

My spirit sleeping somewhere cold

Until you find it there and lead

It back home

A young woman sat alone at a table in a busy café in the city. Her chin was resting in her hand as she drummed her fingers softly on the metal table. Strands of her red hair that had fallen loose from her bun fluttered delicately on the wind. She watched uninterested as the residents and workers of the city went about their daily business, waiting as patiently as possible for someone to arrive. A few minutes later, a young man joined her at the table.

"I scoped out the house," the young man said to the young woman, pulling his cap down over his eyes so as not to be recognised. "Seems Kai kept hold of Black Dranzer after the Russian Tournament."

"Really now?" the woman said, removing her hand from her chin and laying it flat on the table. "Why do you insist on telling me things I already know?"

"S-sorry, but you told me--"

"I know what I told you!" she bit back sharply, her hand clenching into a fist. After a short time she loosened her fingers and adjusted the spiked choker around her neck. "What else did you find out?"

"He isn't alone. Kai has friends," the young man replied, almost hesitantly.

"What?!" she hissed, getting to her feet. "I always thought with that attitude Kai would never get near anyone! I was sort of banking on that…oh well, no matter. I doubt they'll be too much trouble, especially if one of them is that kid Tyson who beat Tala in Russia."

"What exactly are you planning on doing with this information?"

"Well I'm going to wait and watch the fireworks," she sneered, relaxing and sitting herself back down. "My Pantharas helped to re-awaken Black Dranzer's dormant dark spirit after all. If the phoenix fails me, I'll just have to go in and take Kai out myself."

"I hope you know what you're doing, Ruin," the man said, rising to his feet and walking away, leaving the woman alone.

"Oh don't worry, Brian, I know exactly what I'm doing," Ruin let a dark smile creep onto her lips as she watched the young man walk away. "Oh yes…now is when Voltaire's family shall pay…"

Kenny had been hacking away at his computer all day, trying his best to decipher the dark secrets of Black Dranzer and the power it seemed to hold over Kai. He had to work swiftly, or else Kai could lose it again, and things could turn out a lot worse than they had done the last time.

"Why in the world would Kai keep such a dangerous bit beast anyway?!" Kenny asked out loud, not expecting an answer, but he was surprised when he received one.

"Well, from what I've heard he's been obsessing over that thing since he was a kid," Dizzi replied from within her metal and wire prison. "Obsessions like that don't go away so easily, Chief."

"I know Black Dranzer is quite possibly the most powerful bit beast in existence, so would that contribute as to why Kai kept it?"

"Why, cos he's a power-mad maniac? That could work."

"He's not power-mad Dizzi! He just…strives to be perfect. Seems to me like ultimate power is Kai's main goal in life, and he won't feel contented until it is attained by whatever means necessary."

"Kenny!"

Kenny froze, his diligently working fingers halting rapidly above the keys of his computer. Something, or someone, had called out to him from somewhere.

"W-who's there?" Kenny asked, a twinge of anxiety evident as he spoke. He spun around on his desk chair and looked around his room, sharply turning from left to right, examining every corner, the window and the door. Nothing.

"You alright Kenny?" Dizzi asked.

"Y-yeah…must have just been my imagination…" Kenny replied, trying to reassure Dizzi, but even he wasn't convinced due to the trembling in his voice.

"Your goal is the same as mine…to be the best."

"OK now who the hell is there?!" Kenny snapped, whipping round. "Tyson is that you playing a joke on me?! Or is it Max?! Ray?! Kai?!!" there was no one there.

"Kenny, sweetheart are you alright up there?" Mrs Dion called up to her son, worried at the sudden raise in the volume of his voice.

"I…er…I'm OK mom! Don't worry about it!" Kenny had to think quickly of an excuse to give his mother, but that was all he could come up with on the spot. Everything went quiet, so Kenny assumed his mother had accepted his excuse and gotten on with her work.

"Are you spending too much time at the computer Kenny?" Dizzi asked. Kenny turned back to face his computer, a hand on his forehead.

"Maybe I am…I keep hearing this voice talking to me…" Kenny replied, his voice now sounding weak and shaky.

"You'd never tell that idiot Tyson, but you want to be a Beyblader."

Kenny did what he could to block out the voice, but a part of him refused to ignore the haunting words.

"I can help you get there Kenny…I can help you be what you want to be…"

Sweat was dripping down Kenny's forehead as he continued to persevere against this mysterious voice.

"The box Kenny…open the box…"

Upon hearing this instruction, Kenny knew who it was who was talking to him: it had to be Black Dranzer.

"Black Dranzer!" Kenny called out in surprise. He looked over to the box as it began to emit a dark glow, that filled the room with a spine chilling coldness. "Please…don't ask this of me…I'm not strong enough…"

"Exactly my point…foolish little boy…don't you understand? If I can control someone like Kai, you're easy prey! Resistance is useless!"

Kenny's body suddenly went numb, and his eyes started to fog. It was almost as if he were being ripped from his body and replaced with something a lot more sinister in intent.

"Kenny?! Kenny answer me!!" Dizzi implored desperately.

"You're mine Kenny…all mine…though just a pawn in my game you will serve your purpose appropriately…destroy the phoenix…destroy…"

As if being awakened from a nightmare, Kai bolted upright, only to find he was alone in his bed, with Dranzer softly glowing at his side. Had Black Dranzer's possession been a mere figment of his subconscious? It couldn't have been. It felt too real for it to have been a dream. Outside of his door, Kai could hear soft whispering.

"He's been out for a long time," one voice whispered.

"Do you think we should go in and check on him?" asked another in a hushed voice.

"No way!" a third hissed as quietly as he was able. "We should know better than to barge in on Kai when he's like this! He'll tear us apart! He'll find out about Ray calling Voltaire and that we saw him at what he'd call a weak moment!"

"Yeah Max, for once Tyson has a point," the first voice said, obviously belonging to Ray now that the other two had been identified. "Kai is totally against public displays of weakness and he'd go insane if he knew we were around during his Black Dranzer possession phase."

"He'll hit the roof if he finds out Kenny has Black Dranzer now!" Max gasped, suddenly remembering that his bespectacled comrade now had the black phoenix in his possession. Upon hearing this, Kai pulled himself out of bed and ran to the door, opening it so swiftly that Tyson, who had been leaning on it quite heavily, fell in on him. Ray and Max had to hold back small giggles as Tyson lay on top of Kai, but it wasn't long before Kai pulled himself together and shoved Tyson off of himself viciously.

"Where's Kenny?!" Kai asked sternly. Lying to Kai now would result in immediate and even painful death, so Max did what he had to do: he sung like a love-struck canary.

"Kenny's at his house and he has Black Dranzer with him!" Max blurted out in a panic, before realising what he had just said and who he had just said it to and clamped both hands over his mouth. Anger flared in Kai's eyes as he stormed past his team mates to get out of the house and to Kenny's as quickly as he could.

"Way to keep your mouth shut Max!" Tyson groaned, looking at the blonde American in a scowling manner. "You do realise Kenny is going to die now, right?"

"Yeah…but at least we'll live to see another championship…"

"MAX!!"

Kai burst through the door to the Dion family noodle restaurant looking like a desperate escaped convict. Mrs Dion looked frightened, and her husband looked no braver. Kai eyed the room carefully before he spotted the stairs and made a bolt for them. He had to get up to Kenny and get Black Dranzer away from him. Black Dranzer was his problem, not theirs.

"What about Kenny?!" Mrs Dion asked her husband as Kai made his way frantically up the stairs.

"Kenny's a big kid now, he can take care of himself!" Mr Dion replied, his voice still trembling.

Kai came to a stop outside Kenny's bedroom door, and didn't hesitate to barge right in. the moment he walked in a wall of cold air seemed to smack into him, knocking him back against the door and closing it.

"Kenny!! Black Dranzer is my problem not yours!" Kai growled furiously. "Give it back to me!"

"I was wondering when you'd get here…" Kenny replied. Kai knew automatically that he was too late to rescue Kenny.

"Kai!! Kai what's going on here?! Kenny's acting so strange!!" Dizzi called over, her circuits could be heard to be faintly shaking.

"Black Dranzer your business is with me, not with Kenny!" Kai snapped.

"Kenny is a lot less resistant to me than you are," Kenny replied. "What if I were to say I liked it here? Kenny's mind has everything I need to do what I have to do."

"I really don't care what your stupid objectives are, I just want you gone! Leave Kenny now!" Kai ordered. It was almost too fast for Kai to evade, but he managed to in the nick of time as Kenny lunged forward to punch him.

"If you want me gone, Kai, you'll have to risk hurting Kenny!" Kenny hissed, as he lunged at Kai again and missed.

"If that's what I have to do…" Kai growled, clenching his hand into a fist. "Then I'll do it!" and with that he sent his fist into Kenny's face, impacting hard. Kai didn't realise that upon this impact, Black Dranzer had left Kenny and was working his way back into Kai's mind. It only took a millisecond before Black Dranzer gained control, for it was easy to control someone who was being ruled by anger.

"Kai…what's going on?" Kenny asked, a slur in his voice, as if the whole time he had been unaware of what had been going on.

"Chief! Chief get out of here!" Dizzi cried out desperately to him. Kai shot her an icy stare and walked slowly to the desk on which she rested. He closed the lid carefully, then slammed his fist into it, leaving a large indent and loud cracks and sparks in its wake.

"Dizzi! No!" Kenny wailed in despair as Kai lifted the now destroyed laptop and hurled it across the room. It hit the wall with a loud crash and crumbled to the floor in pieces. "Dizzi!" Kenny looked over to where his laptop had fallen, tears welling up in his eyes and trailing down his cheeks.

"Give it back, Kenny," Kai said sharply, reaffixing his attention on Kenny.

"G-give what b-back?" Kenny asked, trying his best to display some sort of bravery, but failing spectacularly.

"Black Dranzer. He's mine. His power is mine. Mine and mine alone!" Kai yelled furiously, punching Kenny in the gut. Though winded and in pain, Kenny stayed on his feet.

"Black Dranzer is t-too p-powerful…you c-can't control it…" Kenny replied, clutching his stomach in agony.

"And I suppose you can then, hmm?!" Kai gritted his teeth, a malicious fire burning brightly in his eyes as he threw volley after volley of powerful punches at Kenny. Small rivers of blood drained out of the corners of Kenny's mouth, but still he was on his feet. He wiped the blood away with the back of his hand and lifted his gaze to meet Kai's.

"Look at what it's done to you Kai!" Kenny's voice was able to break through the pain that threatened to overwhelm his weak form. "You've become exactly what it wanted you to be!"

"Does it matter anymore Kenny?! I was brought up to wield this power! I'm the only one who can, so just back off!" Kai was growing ever more angry with every passing moment that Kenny chose to defy him. A few sharp, well-honed hits later and Kenny was on his knees, battered, bruised and bleeding.

"Kai…try to…fight it…please don't fall to it…" Kenny uttered his last words before he lost consciousness and fell heavily to the floor. Within seconds, Black Dranzer released Kai into a state of shock.

"What…what just happened?!" Kai was confused and furious. He had no idea what had happened after he first punched Kenny. It was as if he had blacked out, or had once again deliberately blurred out the memory. He looked down at Kenny and took a step back. Had he done that to Kenny? He looked down at his own hands, which were tinged red from all the times he had hit Kenny, and even slightly stained in the young teen's blood. Kai's hands started to tremble slightly as realisation dawned on him. "I couldn't…I didn't…no…no! No this isn't happening! This can't be happening!" In a wild act of desperation, Kai looked over to the window and decided it was best if he just left as quickly as he could. Although he would be a coward to leave Kenny like this, he still was finding it hard to accept that he had hurt the young teen so badly. He clenched his fists and went to the window, opening it and sliding down a drainpipe and out onto the street. He was going to call for help, but he was going to do it from as far away as he could possibly get.

Wake me up inside

Wake me up inside

Call my name and save me from the dark

Bid my blood to run

Before I come undone

Save me from the nothing I've become

SN: OK, so it took a while, but I've been a bit busy with work and all. Thank you to all of my patient reviewers, and to my little fan club who seem to review all my stuff I love ya! I don't own Ruin, Riece owns her, cos Riece wanted to have a part in the story so I gave her one . She'll be skulking around here and there. And yeah, I find Kai to be a bit OOC towards the end, you can kill my muses for that [hides Dante away from Riece] NO YOU CAN'T HAVE HIM!

This is a note for all: if you want to be a character, be it minor, major or just a cameo, in any of my fics at all let me know! Chances are I'll put you in, as long as you give me details of how you want to be portrayed.

And due to my upcoming holiday mixed in with the visiting of my relatives and my return to school (into a major exam year no less) updates for all fics may be slow, but I'll do my best! Well, cheerio! XD

Fallen Chapter Three for Garnet Leonheart, one of my best friends. I'm sorry I'm gonna miss your quinceañero (did I spell that right?) cos of my holiday back to England, but I send you all the best birthday wishes in the world, and I hope you have a killer day. Send me photos!