As promised here's the next chapter. Note:I'm sorry if I confused people in the last chapter. In the manga each of the 'bladers name their 'blades (i.e. Tyson names his 'blade Dragoon, but his bitbeast is the blue dragon (Seiryu in Japanese – speaking of which…).

To the Horrors of the Day

"What was I thinking?" Kai did not realise he was thinking out loud until he heard Kenny's reply.

"What's wrong?" Kenny looked up from the computer.

Kai gave a huge sigh, "Nothing."

"Does this have anything to do with last night?" Kai, who had taken a sip of water, had almost spit it out when he heard that question.

"Don't tell me you were awake."

"You should tell her when she's conscious, not when she's half-asleep."

"Why am I even listening to you?"

"Because Hilary trusts me."

Kai sighed in defeat and sipped some more water. Putting his drink down, he walked over to his bag, which contained several weapons that he specialised in. He took the two swords out and started to rub the blades with a cloth.

Kenny's voice piped up. "You know we have coffee."

"I've never liked cof… I don't like coffee anymore." Realising what Kenny had meant by it.

Kenny smiled. It was the first time in a very long period that he had been able to catch Kai out in a way and Kai was not happy for it. In response Kai glared at Kenny and turned his back on him as he sat on the chair, continuing to polish one of the swords absentmindedly.

"…Hey… hey!"

Kai opened his eyes slowly to see the girl from before. He wanted to sit up but his body did not seem to be listening. He felt nothing other than a dull pain in his head.

"I thought you weren't gonna wake up. The man that brought you in thought so too." Why the girl was concerned was beyond him, but a part of him was glad.

He opened his mouth to speak, but no words came out. He could not even feel himself breathing.

"I'll get the doctors." She stood up and walked away.

It was not much longer before the head scientist showed up and by the look on his face it seemed he had not been expecting Kai to make it through the 'procedure' as he had called it.

He shouted out to his cronies. "Get some machines for this boy. He won't keep this up on his own!"

At that the scientists all got to work to keep Kai alive.

"…ake sure the next stage is done by 16th of this month or else."

"But sir that's the day after tomorrow. He may not recover in ti…"

"Are you questioning his authority?" Another person was speaking.

"No sir it's just that, since he's the first and only one to survive shouldn't we do all we can to make sure it stays that way?"

"That's enough! I've heard enough of you two arguing! Get him to the next stage by the 16th or you will both be punished severely."

"Yes sir!"

Kai's head was so groggy the conversation was remembered and heard, but he could not understand it at the time. "What's happening?"

The head scientist and a man Kai assumed was his assistant turned to look at him.

The head scientist, a man with brown eyes, purple hair, and huge sideburns to match, stood in front of him. "How are you feeling young Kai?"

His voice would have sent shivers down Kai's spine if he had been able to move. "I still can't feel my body."

"Sir…"

"I know!" He snapped at his assistant. "First of all the man that you heard on the screen was King Serpent. He thinks that you have great potential, but to be able to accept this you must take on a new identity. Don't worry it's nothing drastic. The only real thing that will be change is your name, but because of this treatment we think that you may change physically as well."

Kai nodded as much as he could to show he was listening.

"Good. We'll begin the second stage as soon as we're ready."

Suddenly all the feeling came back into his body, but now he was starting to wish it would go again as it felt like his insides were expanding so much that he was going to break apart from the inside. He lost control of his body as tears cascaded down his cheeks and his breathing became so fast that he could not get enough oxygen inside his lungs.

"Sir at this rate he won't make it."

"Trust me he can withstand worse than this." The man with the purple hair was in Kai's line of sight smiling so that all the lines on his face seemed to become more defined. "It won't be much longer master Kai."

Kai had little time to contemplate the man's strange behaviour before his senses seemed to shut down.

Kai shook his head trying to clear his head of the memories for the time. He set the now polished swords on the table.

"Kenny?" Kai sensed Kenny jump.

"Yeah?"

"Did Hilary tell you what happens when I fight?"

"I knew about it already. It was a new type of technology that was going to be used to make the Government soldiers invincible, but when they tested it on you they soon found out that they could not control the person once he began to fight, so the project was terminated."

"Why didn't they remove it?"

"King asked for it not to be removed because you would only need to fight when someone was attacking you. He never expected you to betray him."

"So I was his heir."

"I though you knew."

"There were rumours, but nothing that made me really suspect it. Anyway, how much longer do you think you'll be?"

"I've found a report that fits a couple of our old friends, mainly the recent death of a man named Robert."

"Who is he?"

"He was a beyblader that our team had fought when we first came together, before we won our first World Championship title." Kenny scrolled down the article.

"According to the report there were two others that got away matching the descriptions of our old friends Daichi and Johnny. Although the witnesses did have to be tortured because the Force soldiers had all been killed."

"In other words it's not very reliable." Kai finished as he stood up and went to the kitchen.

Kai heard Kenny's response; "Let's just hope they're still alive."

Kai sighed looking at the water as it slowly trickled down the drain. "Let's hope."

Kai looked through the dark clouds to see the Sun breaking through.

Tyson was silent. There was nothing to say in answer to what he had just heard. They had very few allies and the number seemed to be decreasing every day. The Government was cracking down on anyone that said any bad thing about them and punishing them in the worst possible ways.

"Can we get in touch with our old friends?"

Johnny looked at Tyson. "It would be possible, but it would be too dangerous since we don't have much power. We couldn't hide everyone."

"Have you heard anything from Hilary since I last saw her?"

Both shook their heads, but Daichi was the one to answer, "Sorry Tyson."

"It's alright. I'm going to go and see her. Maybe she can help us."

Tyson walked down the streets hoping to find someone who knew her. He had cleaned himself up and he carried around their old beyblade team picture hoping that someone would recognise an older version of the girl, but like most of his recent plans it had not worked out.

Tyson sat at an abandoned café debating what he should do. There had been no leads on her, so he was right back to where he started. Then only place left to go was Kai's grave and he somehow doubted she would go there after what he had said to her. He brought his head to the table and whacked it on the aluminium surface before resting his head, trying to control his anger at both himself and the situation.

"Why are you hurting yourself?"

Tyson moved his head to the side to see a girl looking at him with an amused, yet her deep blue eyes had a slightly worried expression. She had her creamy light hair tied back with a few little curls in her face. She looked around four or five.

"Did you lose something? My dad always hurts himself when he's too frustrated, but Mom always stops him from hurting himself too much."

"I can't find an old friend of mine that I haven't seen in a while."

"Well if you haven't seen her in a while I doubt that you'll find her by just sitting here, especially since you have your head buried; well it's not really buried, but you get what I mean. Right?"

Tyson felt a small smile come to his face, "Thanks kid."

The girl grinned in return. "Anything to help you. Can I help you look for her as well?"

Tyson smiled. It was obvious the girl wanted to talk to someone. "How old are you?"

"I'll be four very soon." She grinned at him and held up four fingers to emphasise her point.

"You're pretty mature for a three year old." Tyson said getting up and kneeling to her height.

"I'm not three I'm three and three quarters!" The girl puffed out her cheeks a bit to show she was annoyed.

Tyson laughed and got up. "I really need to find my friend now. Thanks for cheering me up."

"I know where one of your friends is." Somehow the girl had snatched the photograph and pointed to Kai. "Follow me."

The girl started to run and Tyson ran after her. "Come on kid this isn't funny. Give me back that picture."

"I saw him just a few minutes ago." The girl was running quite fast, which was strange considering she had such small legs.

Tyson followed the girl to the place where Kai's grave was. He watched the girl crouch behind the trees and motion for him to do the same. There was man standing there with sunglasses on staring down at the gravestone that had Kai's name on it. Tyson watched at the young man traced the letters and Tyson recited the inscription under his breath.

"The lone wolf with a special place in our hearts."

It was the only thing they could all agree on at the time, but watching this man read it made it seem that much more corny.

Suddenly there were shouts and the man was partially surrounded by other men who looked pretty mad. "Well if it isn't the mighty Phoenix. You don't look so powerful now that your army isn't backing you up."

"Phoenix?" Tyson's voice was barely above a whisper, but the girl had heard it.

"My Dad says that the top Government Force soldiers have code names that come from animals of legend."

Tyson looked at the girl and back to the man that was ready to defend himself. He stood up ready to do something. He felt a tug at his sleeve.

"It's too dangerous. He will kill you along with them."

"What?"

Tyson turned to hear gunshots and what he saw shocked him. Every man except for Phoenix was on the ground either hurt or unconscious. Tyson watched as Phoenix picked up the gun and decided to act.

"Put it down." With lightening speed Tyson had taken out his own gun and was aiming it at Phoenix's head.

With one swift movement the two guns were pointed at each other in a stalemate.

"Well?" Phoenix seemed to have an aura of confidence that Tyson usually only associated with the Government soldiers that were inexperienced and did not know what they were getting themselves into, but he was different.

Tyson answered by knocking both of their guns away and going for his family sword, which he had cleaned up after the fighting got really bad. It seemed that Phoenix also knew what he was doing, as he brought out two swords, crossing them, so they gleamed in the Sun as one light.

The first clash was made and both swords were still ringing when they were pulled away. Tyson noted Phoenix had only used one to block his attack. Phoenix smiled as he effortlessly brought the swords down at different times, making Tyson have to work twice as hard to move his sword from side to side.

Finally Phoenix anticipated Tyson's movement and pushed one of his swords onto Tyson's so it was sandwiched with the ground. The other went straight for Tyson's neck.

There was another musical clash as Tyson barely managed to move his sword up to block the attack with the handle, moving his hand away just before the blow. Tyson, who was panting heavily, looked up to see that Phoenix had yet to show he was even interested in the fight.

Growling, Tyson straightened himself and ran at the man. Again Phoenix seemed to effortlessly dodge and parry his attacks. Tyson almost wondered if the young man was really this calm or if that was the reason he hid his eyes.

Tyson backed away, knowing the only thing that would save him was Seiryu. He concentrated all of his energy into his sword, which started to glow a light blue colour. A smirk grew on his face as his opponent backed up slightly.

"Seiryu!"

A giant gust of wind would usually have sent his opponent back, but the young man more or less held his ground. His shirt ripped in places as the wind cut it. Tyson knew it was not right to attack someone with his bitbeast, but he had learned a while ago that going easy on opponents only hurt him in the end.

Tyson watched as Phoenix jumped up where the wind attack would not reach him and used the handle of his sword to knock the wind out of him, both literally and metaphorically. Tyson fell to the ground trying to draw breath in as Phoenix landed gracefully on the ground.

"Have you decided to give up yet?" The man's smirk only made Tyson angrier.

Tyson was still on the ground thanks to the blow in the stomach as Phoenix moved closer. Tyson looked up to see one of Phoenix's swords being swiftly brought towards his head.

Yes I am stopping here. Say what you like (to an extent). The thing Tyson did with his bitbeast will be explained in further chapters, so please don't review asking how Tyson did that.

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