Okay, this chapter is all me. It came from my own muse... may Vampirium Necrolai's rest in peace.

Chapter 3

I open my eyes. It's all come back. I remember everything. I look up at the sky. A crescent moon is in midsky; it's midnight. I rise slowly, moving muscles that feel like they haven't been used in months. After stretching, I carefully leave the graveyard. At the gate, I turn and bow.

~Thank you Master Hiwatari. You have restored what I thought lost to me forever.~ I pray silently, bowing again.

I turn and silently leave the mountain, heading through the village. As I walk through, I stay silent, careful not to wake anyone. As I enter the woods, I hear a voice.

"Nyru? Are you really thinking of leaving without saying good-bye?"

I turn around, looking for the one who spoke.

"Up in the tree."

I look up. Sitting on one of the branches, one leg hanging down, is Kage. I sigh before signing to him.

Sorry Kage. But you know I won't be 'saying' good-bye. And yes, I was thinking of leaving without saying good-bye.

Kage sighs and jumps out of the tree.

"Why?"

I've regained my memory. I'm off to find my twin brother Kai, and possibly my old friends, Saryia and the other Shadow Children. I have a promise to keep.

I turn around to continue on my way.

"Wait! Nyru, did you say 'your twin brother Kai'?" Kage asks.

I can hear a hit of excitement touched with confusion in his voice. I turn around.

Yes. I sign.

"There's something I think you should see." he says. "Come with me."

I follow Kage back into the village. My eyes narrow as he heads toward Silk's house.

"Silk? Silk, you were right. She did try to leave. I brought her back because I want her to see one of those tapes you're always recording." Kage calls.

"Whatever for?" Silk asks, coming into view.

"Kai." one word leaves his lips.

"Kai? The leader of the Bladebreakers? He's a good blader, but what does that have to do with her?" Silk asks, puzzled.

"Nyru claims that Kai's her twin brother. It makes some sense, from those rumors you told me." Kage says.

"What? I had a feeling you would be leaving after such a long absence, but I never thought you would regain your memory." Silk says. "Well, at least your comas will stop now."

What? I sign in shock.

"Oh, did I forget to tell you? When you first came here, my sister Scarlett told me you would slip in and out of comas until you regained your memory." Silk says.

~Well that's one mystery solved.~ I tell myself.

What is this about rumors? The ones that Kage mentioned?

"Oh, that. Before you came here, Scarlett told me stories of two children who lived in Moscow, Russia. Their names were Kai and Nyru; they were twins. They lead a street gang together, stopped street brawl between other gangs; a whole bunch of stuff. Nyru had special abilities; so did Kai, but Nyru had more."

That was me!

"I know. After you hit your head and got amnesia, you were brought here."

"Okay, enough idle chat. Silk, the tape please?" Kage says, annoyed.

Silk rummages through some of her stuff as Kage turns on the t.v. When Silk finally finds the tape, Kage takes it and puts it in the v.c.r.

"3…2…1…LET IT RIP!" two boys shout.

A teenage boy with bluish-gray hair launches a red blade as another teenage boy with black hair launches a black blade.

"Dranzer! Attack!" the boy with the bluish-gray hair shouts.

"Galeon! Attack!" the black-haired boy yells.

I stare at the blue-gray haired boy and fall to my knees.

"Kai." I gasp.

"What?" asks Kage.

"I think I'm having hearing problems. Did I just hear you say something?" Silk asks.

I look up at her and nod. Silk is looking into my eyes, gazing past the hard, emotionless, pupils and into the pain I feel.

"You really do know him, don't you?" she asks.

I nod again as I look at the t.v. Getting up, I steady myself before slowly moving to the door.

As soon as the moonlight hits me, I run for the woods. I gasp as I run, tears falling for the first time in my life. I keep hearing Silk's words in my head.

'The leader of the Bladebreakers? Leader? Bladebreakers? Kai? Kai, the leader of the Bladebreakers… Bladebreakers… Bladebreakers… Bladebreakers…'

~It's impossible.~ I tell myself. ~Impossible. Kai was taken by those… those brutes. Taken away. Taken to some place that there is no return from.~

I lean against the first tree I reach. Whipping tears away from my eyes, I slowly move deeper into the woods.

"Nyru! Nyyyruuu!"

I look behind me. I can hear Kage shouting for me, and I know I should let him know where I am. I look at the path ahead of me, then back to where Kage's voice is coming from.

~I really should let him rot here in the forest. He's the one who caused me all this pain.~ I tell myself. ~But then again, I would have to feel this pain sometime.~

I sigh and turn around, following Kage's voice. I find him sitting on a log, and decide to mess with him.

I hide in some bushes and rustle around a bit.

"Nyru is that you?"

I snort, sounding a bit like a wild pig and laugh silently.

"Nyru, this isn't funny. I'm scared."

I come out of the bushes. I'm ashamed of myself. I look at Kage. He looks a little like a scared puppy. I start to sign to him that I'm sorry, but Kage stops me.

"You don't have to. Your eyes speak for you." he says.

I look up at him, then look away.

"Anyways, Silk says she wants me to stay with you."

I look up at Kage in surprise.

"So lets go find your brother and those Shadow Kids of yours." he continues.

Shadow Children. I correct.

"Ya them."

I turn around and head back to the path. Plans of how to get to Moscow are already forming in my mind.

"So, where are we going?" Kage asks.

Moscow.

"Moscow? Like as in Moscow, Russia?"

Yep. You heard Silk. That's where I came from. You don't think I'd be heading for Moscow, Canada, do you?

"So you're going to try and find Kai first?"

No. My thoughts were on the Shadow Children, on the promise I made the day I came here. I sign absently.

"Oh I thought we where going to look for Kai, since he lives in Russia."

What?

Kage has my full attention now, and I stare at him.

"Ya. He lives in Russia. Don't know exactly where though."

I sigh as we step out of the woods and into a meadow. I motion for Kage to quiet down. As I do, I hear a sparrow cry.

"Why?" he asks curiously, voice just above a whisper.

We're in dangerous territory now.

"We are?" he whispers, just as another sparrow returns the call.

Don't talk. Use sign language. I motion to him. The very trees have ears and the birds are all spies.

"What?" Kage lips.

We're in Darkstar territory. Until we reach the gate at the end of this meadow, we have to be careful.

Dark-who? Kage signs.

Darkstar. A group of bladers who take offense to anyone who steps on this meadow.

"And if you want to cross the meadow, you'll have to get through us."

A young girl appears in the grass, closely followed by several other children.

You can understand me? I ask her.

"Not just me, but all of us. We knew the minute you stepped in the meadow thanks to him." the girl says, motioning to a tree behind me.

I look in the tree. A young boy, the same age as her, and looking like her sits there.

Your twin?

"Yes. How'd you know?"

You look alike. I motion to her. Now I have a question. Do you share the mental link that allows you to read each other's minds?

"Yes of course. Why do you want to know?"

I'll get to that in a minute. Now tell me, if you and your twin got separated, what would you do?

"Why, I'd search the world until I found him of course. And I'd demolish anyone who got in my way, that is, if they didn't move." she says.

Then would you mind moving out of my way? I ask.

"Whatever for? And you still haven't answered why you wanted to know about our mental link."

Maybe your brother can answer that mentally for you.

I watch the expression on the girls face change from one of confusion to one of recognition.

"Oh, now I get it. So, do you have any idea of where to look for your brother?"

Kage speaks before I can answer.

"Ya. We're heading for Moscow, not only to find her brother, but to find some old friends of hers." he says.

I wave my hands, trying to tell him not to say anymore, but he continues.

"You called your friends the 'Shadow Children' or something like that, didn't you Nyru?" he asks me.

I smack my forehead.

"Did you… say… the Shadow Children?" the girl asks.

Yes he did. I sign.

"The Shadow Children are well known street bladers among us urchins. They're the best. Every street blader wants to be part of them, or like them."

I use to lead them with my brother… that is we did… before I fell out of a window in Moscow and lost my memory… and my brother. I sign sadly.

"Darkstars assemble! We're going to help you get to Moscow!" the girl says. "By the way, my name's Star."

Thank you Star.

"Come on. So how do you plan on getting to Moscow?" Star asks as we run through the field.

Flying.

Flying? As in planes? her brother signs to me.

Yep.

Cool! Can I go sis? Can I, can I, can I? Pleeeease?

I know the last part is suppose to be private, but in his excitement, I think he forgets not to sign.

"No Hoshi. The only reason we're even going near the airport is to help Nyru." Star says.

I wonder for a moment how she knows by name before remembering that Kage said it in front of them.

You've never been in the airport?

"No. Our parents died in a plane crash. We've refused to step in the airport since."

That's awful. I don't know what happened to my parents. I'm supposed to be dead. So is my brother.

What happened that was supposed to kill you? Hoshi asks.

My brother and I found a place where some people were trying to take the spirits of animals. I sent Kai to get our mom, but in truth, I was sending him away from danger. I set the place to explode, freeing the animals. I should have died in the blast, but the animals protected me. Everything within a five-block radius was destroyed, so, since I was suppose to be dead, and there was no way my bro was going to just leave me, we hit the streets. It's rumored that my bro died by throwing himself off a cliff, insane with my loss.

"That's intense. I think I would have gone insane." Star says.

Hey, how come you don't speak Hoshi?

…

"Hoshi hasn't spoken since our parents died. He took their deaths rather hard." Star says sadly.

How come you don't speak? Hoshi asks me.

I haven't spoken since I was eight. I fell out of a window and hit my head. The result was a loss of memory and intelligence. I sign. I was brought here to Japan, and for a while, Silk tried to teach me to talk. When I refused to, she decided to teach me sign language instead. I said my first word since coming to Japan today, and that was only out of shock.

"What shocked you so much that you spoke?" Star asks curiously.

I saw my brother on t.v. And not just that. He leads a Beyblading team… and not just any Beyblading team – the Bladebreakers.

Wait. Did you just say the Bladebreakers? Hoshi signs.

I nod.

"That means your brother is… Kai Hiwatari! I didn't know he had a little sister!" Star exclaims.

I'm not his little sister. I'm his twin.

"Impossible Kai is what, fifteen. You look around eleven."

Looks can be deceiving. I'm actually fifteen. I've spent most of my life in comas, so I haven't been able to age properly.

Whoa! Freaky! Hoshi signs.

I hear a roar and look up. A big, silver jet plane has just taken off and it's soaring over our heads.

How do we get in?

"Hoshi, you stay here with Ronin, Takiya, Ami, Yasuo, and Nyo. Ken, come with me." Star says.

Ah, man. Hoshi complains as the others nod.

I follow Star and Ken, with Kage close behind me. Star stops suddenly and I run into her.

"Here. The gate isn't attached to the pole like they think." she says.

"They?" Kage asks curiously.

"They. The airport patrolmen." Ken answers.

"P-Patrolmen? I'm not so sure about this Nyru." Kage says nervously.

Come on Kage. You're not going to chicken out on me now, are you? I ask.

Kage straightens up and looks me in the eye.

"Of course not. Who said I was chicken?" he says.

I turn to Star.

Thank you so much Star. You don't have to go any further. You've done enough for us already, getting us into the airport.

"Okay, and good luck." Star says, waving to us as she turns to leave. "Come on Ken."

Ken looks at Kage as he squirms through the fence, then back at Star. I notice he seems torn. I walk over to him.

"Hey Nyru, come on." Kage calls.

I motion for him to hold on. I want to know what's wrong with Ken, but I'm torn between my vow not to speak and Ken's distress. I've conveniently forgotten that Ken knows sign language.

"Ken, come on." Star calls.

I pick up a stick and touch Ken's shoulder.

'What's wrong?' I write in the dirt.

"I want to go with you, to see what's beyond Darkstar Fields, to see the world, but Star and the Darkstars are like family to me." Ken says sadly. "I don't know what to do."

I brush out my message to write a new one.

'Follow your heart. Look within yourself and follow where your heart leads you.'

Ken looks at the message (and me) for a moment, then closes his eyes.

"Ken, hurry up. We're waiting for you." Star calls again.

Ken opens his eyes and smiles at me.

"Go on with out me. I'm going with Nyru and Kage." he calls back.

I hear a crash and the sound of someone rushing through the bushes.

"What!"

Star appears in front of Ken and starts shouting.

"What did you say?" Star demands.

"I'm going with Nyru and Kage."

"Why?"

"Because." Ken says, shrugging his shoulders.

"Because…" Star prompts.

"Just because."

"That's not an answer!"

"Look, I was caught between going with them and going with you. Nyru gave me some good advice and I'm following it." Ken says.

"And what was that?"

"To follow my heart. She said to look within myself and follow where my heart leads me. My heart says to go with Nyru."

Star sighs and shakes her head.

"I can't force you to stay if you don't want to. Just promise me you won't forget us." Star says.

"I promise. Nothing could make me forget what you've done for me Star." Ken says as he hugs her.

"Ah, guys. I think you should hurry up before a guard spots me." Kage says nervously.

Ken hugs Star one more time before slipping through the fence. I thank Star again for her help, then follow Ken and Kage through. Before I'm all the way through, we hear a whistle. The three of us look up as one.

"Ah, crap. It's one of the patrolmen." Ken shouts.

I pull my leg the rest of the way through the fence and motion to run for the building.

"Another patrolman coming in from the right." Ken shouts.

"Code red. Code red. We got a break-in; three kids are heading for the building." I hear the patrolman say.

Kage. Tell Ken to go right. You go left. If you two need to, use your blades as distractions.

"Ken…" Kage starts.

"I caught that. Are you forgetting that I know sign language?"

I watch Kage turn left and disappear into the distance. I turn my head just in time to see Ken disappear around a corner. I continue to run straight, right into the building. My ears are immediately assaulted by a loud riot. I cover my ears before pulling my hood up and running into the crowd. I look back every few seconds to make sure the patrolmen can't see me; like they'd even be able to find me in all this mayhem.

CRASH!

I fall to the floor and hit my head. My arms sting; my head hurts too.

"Watch where you're going kid." I hear someone say.

"That's Kai for 'Sorry for making you fall.'" another voice says.

I rub the back of my head and my hood falls down.

"Whoa, cool. Look at his hair. It's pure white."

I gasp and pull my hood up, looking at the person I run into. I gasp again, just as Ken and Kage run into us.

"Hey, you're alright." Kage says.

I would have been, but I fainted the moment I laid eyes on the boy above me.