Disclaimer: I don't own Hercules or Beyblade in any way, I only own my OCs Kiri, Pyro and Carlyle. I have permission from Smiffyizdabest to use Hiroko and John. Anything else is purely coincidental.

Chapter 12: Everything Goes Wrong!

"Something got your friend worked up." said the voice of the person Kai's eyes were narrowed towards. The man jumped down from where he had been standing and approached Kai. "Name's Pyro, Lord of the Dead."

Kai frowned and turned away saying "Not interested."

"Hey, give me a second, Mate. This won't take long. I have a major important deal in the works and you, my grey haired friend, are constantly getting in the way of it." said Pyro as he tried to get Kai's attentions.

"Do me a favour would you and get lost. You have the wrong guy." said Kai as he again turned away from Pyro, resisting the urge to hit him in irritation.

"Hear me out, you little...um, just hear me out, yeah? I'd be grateful if you took a day off from the hero business. Monsters, natural disasters, they can wait right?" said Pyro as he also tried to keep calm.

"You're out of your mind." said Kai and pushed Pyro away and began to walk away.

"Not so fast, as I do have a little leverage." said Pyro with an evil smile. He pointed to the side of the stadium arena where Kiri appeared, confused.

"Kiri." said Kai in anger and tried to head over to her location.

"Kai, don't listen to hi..." she started, but Pyro used his powers to make her disappear and re-appear on one of the seats tied up with ropes of, what looked like, harmless fire.

"Let her go!" shouted Kai and made a dive for Pyro, but the evil god avoided the dive and Kai landed with a slight skid against the ground.

"Here is my deal, Kai: you give up your miraculous strength for a day, say the next 24 hours and your little bird is free and safe from harm. What do you say?" asked Pyro with an evil smile.

Kai looked down in thought then looked back up. "People will get hurt won't they?" he asked.

"Nah, it's a possibility I suppose, it's a war after all. What do you owe them? Isn't pretty Kiri more important than them?" asked Pyro as he went over to Kiri and stroked her cheek.

"Stop!" shouted Kai angrily.

"Well, isn't she?!" exclaimed Pyro.

"You have to swear she'll be safe from any harm." said Kai.

"Fine, you can have that one. Kiri will be safe or your strength returns in a flash. Done, shall we shake on it?" he asked and held his hand out. Kai hesitated. "I really don't have time for you to think this through, I have plans, so, going once, going twice..." added Pyro.

"All right, we're agreed." said Kai.

"Perfect! I'm there!" exclaimed Pyro as he took Kai's hand and chuckled evilly. There was a flash of blue light and Kai groaned in slight pain and fell to his knees. "You might feel a little weak, it's perfectly natural. Maybe you should take a seat!" said Pyro and sent a beam of light which made Kai fall flat on his back. "Now you are just like everyone else. How does it feel?" he asked with a chuckle.

He moved over to Kiri who was looking sad that Kai's strength was now gone.

"Oh, Kai, you'll love this." Pyro said and turned to Kiri. "Kiri, Sweetheart, a deal's a deal. You're off the hook." he added and released her from the fiery ropes. She gasped as she could breathe freely again. "Oh, Kai, is she the perfect actress?" asked Pyro with a smirk as he placed an arm around Kiri's waist and pulled her to her feet in front of himself.

"No, Pyro, stop." mumbled Kiri and she avoided eye contact with Kai.

"What? What do you mean?" asked Kai weakly as he shakily got his balance on his feet back.

"Your little girlfriend has been working for me all along. I mean, you poor, naive boy." said Pyro as he taunted Kai.

Kai gasped and looked sad. "You're lying...it can't be!" he exclaimed in sadness at the truth.

Pyro shrugged with a smirk as Kiri closed her eyes and looked down. Carlyle and John ran over laughing.

"'So strong'." John taunted Kai as Carlyle laughed at him.

Pyro smirked and held Kiri closer to him as if to kiss her. "I couldn't have done it without you, my girl." he said.

Kiri pushed away from him. "No! It's not like that..." she said and went over to Kai. "I didn't mean to...I'm sorry..." she said and looked down with tears forming in her eyes as Kai refused to look at her in sadness and betrayal.

"Hero's a zero. A zero, a zero!!" taunted Carlyle in a taunting voice as John laughed.

The two minions jumped up onto Pyro's transport as he prepared to set off. "Well, I gotta go, there's a cosmos waiting to be conquered with my name on it. Be prepared for the main event!" he shouted as he took off.

Kai was kneeling in despair and tried to stop tears coming to his eyes while, across from him, Kiri fell to her knees crying...


High above, up in space, the planets were finally aligned. On Earth, above a stormy green sea, down in the bottom of a pit, were growling monsters trapped in an prison of golden electricity. Pyro smiled down at them as John and Carlyle cowered behind his legs.

"The mighty Titans! Look at you trapped in your useless prison. Who put you down there?!" he shouted down to the monsters.

"The god Susumu!" they all shouted in anger.

Pyro's hands and arms glowed in power and he channelled energy down into the prison, breaking the electricity and letting the Titans out.

"Now that I set you free, what is the first thing you will do?" he asked.

The Titans smashed their way out of rocks and water and all shouted "Destroy him!"

"Just the answer I expected." said Pyro and smirked evilly with his eyes narrowed evilly...