DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN BEYBLADE OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS. THIS IS JUST A FAN-MADE STORY!

The air inside the damp, dark cell was starting to get cold. Kai's hysterical sobs had subsided, to be replaced with silent tears. He couldn't get over the shock of finding out that his parents were dead. How could anyone have such a cruel and unfeeling heart as to murder the parents of a little boy, depriving him from ever seeing them again? No, however he did it, he was really going to make the demon pay for his heartless actions, even if it was the last thing he ever did...

Not wanting to keep wallowing in this ocean of grief, he tried his best to sleep, but his pressing thoughts would not leave him at rest. Instead, they kept returning to remind him of the terrible loss, and he could do nothing to ignore it, however hard he tried.

Finally, he drifted off to sleep, and was fortunate enough to have a dreamless one. But in the late hours of the following morning, Boris returned.

"Kai wishes to see you," he said.

Kai, thought Kai angrily, he'll never be me. Never.

He was marched off to a large, brightly lit room where Evil Kai was waiting. He didn't look to see Kai enter. He merely remained gazing out of the large window which overlooked the city. It was only when he heard the door closing and the lock turning that he finally turned to look at his prey.

"You know, I'm afraid I'm not entirely sure how to greet you," he said: "I would say Good Morning but, it's not gonna be a good one for you."

"What do you want from me?" Kai asked angrily.

"Oh nothing. Just to have a little fight, see who's the best. Yeah, I know, I hardly need to since it's pretty clear that I'm way better than you but still, I'd like to take you on," said Evil Kai.

"Well I'm not gonna decline," said Kai, glaring all the while at his unwanted clone.

"So tell me Kai, how does it feel to be a nobody?" asked Evil Kai with a smirk.

"Huh?" said Kai.

"Well I'm Kai now, which makes you a nobody. Ha ha ha! You don't even have you loser parents around to make you feel-"

But he couldn't say another word because Kai suddenly flung himself at him and aimed a harsh punch into the evil impostor's face.

Evil Kai staggered, and whipped around to glare dangerously at Kai. He shot at Kai and began fighting with inhuman speed and superhuman strength, which Kai could only half manage to block. But Kai wasn't short of fighting techniques himself. He did not only practice Beyblading, he also trained hard in the area of hand-to-hand combat, and was quite skilled. Infact, in his battle with Garland during the time BEGA had still been standing, he had succeeded in impressing Garland himself with a splendid show of blocks and punches.

And his skills came quite in handy now. Because Evil Kai was not going to hold anything back. He struck Kai with the forceful intention of injuring him, or even, to literally massacre him.

The two were engaged in serious combat before Evil Kai struck Kai hard on the head, making Kai dizzy. Taking the opportunity, Evil Kai punched Kai hard in his gut and then squarely in his face. Kai fell back and hung down his head, blood gushing out of his broken lips, colouring them red. Evil Kai leered at him, enjoying his apparent weakness.

"My my, you sure are good for nothing, aren't you? I don't even feel the slightest bit tired and there you are already shattered! Ha!" Evil Kai laughed with satisfaction.

But then-

"Who's tired out?"

Evil Kai stopped laughing and stared angrily at Kai, who was standing upright, his eyes hidden by the black shadow that his thick bangs cast over his eyes, a confident grin on his face.

"You really think this (he pointed at his bleeding lip) is going to stop me? Do you have any idea what I've been through...all my LIFE?" and with that Kai dashed towards Evil Kai and hit him wherever he could reach. He received a good blow in the nose which gave him a nasty nosebleed, but he showed this fake beast who the real Kai was around here!

That is until Evil Kai showed his true colours...