Hey again!
WOW!!! I haven't written much lately...and it feels weird!
Hopefully this update will be alright...

Thank you for all the great and wonderful reviews!

Guess what?! Tala's in this chapter!
I know Droopy1389 will be happy about that!
Of course...knowing me...he's probably OOC like Kai!
....ugh.
oh well

Special Thanks To :

naomi - That's a great suggestion! Thanks! I'll be sure to use it in a later chapter!

Phoenix-Roar - oh don't worry about Boris...he'll get his from our favorite bishie! MUAHAHAHA!!!

Alright...enough of my blabbering.
Hopefully this chapter isn't boring...I tried...

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Chapter 4

"Kai! Where have you been?!" Tala demanded to know as his blue haired friend walked into the training 't find her." He whispered in his ear.

"You missed lunch again...if you keep this up, you're going to collapse!"

Kai's crimson eyes glared at his friend. "I rather die than have anything bad happen to that girl...."

"Heh..." Tala closed his icy eyes and sighed. "Better get to training...before Boris comes in."

Kai nodded, pulling out his beloved Dranzer and connecting it to his launcher.

With the sounding of a loud buzzer, the two beybladers launched their blades into an earthen stadium, dust kicking up as they swarmed around the dish.

A soft movement from above caught Kai's eye.

The teen glanced up toward the ceiling, where an office hung as a loft. The darkened windows revealed a shadow, with two glowing red orbs.

"Boris..." Kai snarled, sneering up at the shadow.

"Wolborg! Attack now!"

Tala's voice brought Kai back to the battle.

"Dranzer! Evade!"

The ice wolf charged at the fiery phoenix, who flew up into the air just in time.

"Flame Sabre!" Kai yelled out his attack.

A swirling fire formed around the blue beyblade as if fell from the sky, heading straight for it's enemy.

"Wolborg!"

Dranzer slammed down on top of the grey blade, but miraculously, it still kept spinning.

Tala sighed with relief. "Throw him off!"

The red head's blade obeyed immediately, tilting to the side so that the attack ring hit the bottom of the dish.

The grey beyblade was thrown into the air with the recoil, sending the blue enemy off in another direction.

Kai cursed. "That's new..."

"I thought you would like it." Tala smirked at his friend.

Dranzer crashed against the side of the dish, but managed to recover.

"Let's end this Dranzer!" Kai cried out.

With a screech of approval, a crimson phoenix rose out of the blue beyblade, ready to attack.

"Wolborg!" Tala called to his bitbeast.

The howling of a fierce wolf echoed throughout the training room as a snow white beast rose out of its bit, snarling at the legendary phoenix.

"Go!"

"Attack!"

The two beyblades rushed at each other.

"Dranzer! Inferno!" Kai called out his attack, a bright fire forming around his blade.

Suddenly, seconds before the two blades collided, the flame faded, and Dranzer disappeared back inside its bit with a loud cry.

"Huh?" Tala was shocked. Why did Kai recall his bitbeast?

The grey blade couldn't slow down, and ended up slamming into its opponent, sending it back at its master's feet.

"Kai?" He looked over at his friend, who was breathing heavily, and trembling slightly.

Kai exhaled loudly, his eyes going wide.

"Kai?" Tala's voice rang in his ears.

The red head rushed to the other side of the beyblade dish, just as his friend fell on his knees, gasping desperately for air.

"Kai?" Tala's voice asked, full of concern.

The blue haired teen grabbed at his shirt, as if it was the cause of his lack of breath.
His friend reached out to him, but he quickly snapped at him.

"Don't touch me!"

Tala backed off, sighing sadly.

Kai's gaze shifted up to his opponent after a moment.

Tala was still staring down at him, concern covering his normally stern features.

"Kai! What happened?!"

The blue haired teen tried to reply, but couldn't find the energy to.

He was sweating badly, and his muscles trembled under his skin.

"Kai, you're....."

Tala looked up at the darkened windows above them, seeing no figure behind them.

He cursed under his breath.

"What the hell was that?!" A furious voice demanded.

The red head's attention shot over to his right to see a foreboding figure stomp over to them.

"That had to be the WORST performance from you, Hiwatari, than I have ever seen from ANYONE!!!"

Kai hissed, unable to bring his head up to face his trainer.

With an ominous growl, Boris' hand slipped under his coat and brought out a coiled whip.

"Sir!" Tala started.

"Out of the way Ivanov!" The purpled haired Russian shoved the champion blader away as he approached the fallen teen.
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"Ugh!"

Sounds of pain and struggle rang throughout the dingy hallways, but no one that heard them seemed fazed.

"What the hell is wrong with you Hiwatari?!" A dark voice demanded.

Another cry of pain was heard after a loud crackle.

"Boris!" Tala's voice exclaimed once again, attempting to stop the torture.

Kai looked up from the ground he had fallen on to see his one and only friend, Tala, standing next to him at attention.

Boris lowered his whip slightly. "What?!" He snarled, not like being interrupted.

"I'm....I'm sure he's sick...or something. He hasn't been eating either...." Tala knew Kai would kill him for saying something like that, but he had to take the chance....maybe Boris would go easy on him this time.

"Is this true?" Boris glared down at the injured teen, who refused to look at him.

"Answer me!"

"Ahhh!" Kai cried out in pain as the leather whip contacted against his back again, sending him flat on his chest.

Suddenly, the conflict was interrupted with a beeping.

Boris looked down at his belt to see a red light blink furiously.

"I grow tired of all this....throw him in the dungeon! I have other matters to attend to."

With that, Boris threw his whip down and stormed out of the room, leaving the injured Kai and Tala alone with only a guard.

"I'm sorry my friend..." The red head whispered, bending down to help his friend up.

The guard came over and grabbed Kai by the back of his torn shirt, forcing him to his feet and pushing him toward the door.

"Hey....Tala?" He started, coughing slightly as he slammed against the door. "Watch the girl...keep her safe for me..."

Before he could say anymore, Kai was pushed out of the room and down the hallway, headed for his punishment.

The red headed Russian sighed, his shoulders drooping slightly.

"What's going on with you Kai? You haven't been the same since that girl arrived....."

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Okay...I'm stopping here...this was going to be a LONG chapter! Didn't want to bore anyone.

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