A/N: a big thanks to those who reviewed the first chapter.

Always and Forever.

Blast from the past.

Her eyes narrowed as the ice blue Blade hit each Abbey guards knocking them out. She held out her hand and the Blade returned she then quickly grabbed the red haired boy and ran before any more trouble found them.

' What the hell happened, back there?' Tala questioned as they ran into the Hotel where Kimberly was staying.

' That's not important now' she said stopping then looking around her eyes lingered on a large group of people talking excitedly.

' Come on, let's see what's going on' she said grabbing Tala's hand and dragging the boy over to the crowd.

' Please can you show us your Blade?' a small boy asked looking very excited.

' Hmm, sure why not' a very familiar voice said loudly, Tala smirked he knew Tyson when he heard him and that was defiantly Tyson, Tala knew Tyson's wining the tournament would go strait to the blue haired boys head.

' Yeah champ, why don't you show us your Blade' Kim said pushing through the swarm of people, she still held Tala's hand and it didn't seem she was letting go.

Once Kim had pushed her way through the crowd she and Tala were facing the Blade breakers, who really didn't seem to notice the two newcomers well Tyson and Max didn't but Kai, Kenny and Ray saw them.

' Tyson we've got company' Kenny nudged the said boy who turned towards Kim and Tala his eyes going wide in surprise.

' K…Kimberly is that you' he asked dropping his Blade which annoyed Kenny greatly as he bent down and retrieved Tyson's Dragoon Blade.

' You seem surprised,' she said

' Well yeah… I mean last I heard you where with my dad' he said scratching his head and grinning.

' Look meet me in the Hotels restaurant in twenty minutes' she said pulling Tala towards the lifts, as they past the Blade breakers and their fans a few people snickered at Tala who blushed.

' Something funny?' Kim glared and immediately they shut up looking quiet intimidated by her.

Twenty minutes later found the Blade breakers sat around a table waiting for Kim and Tala who had not yet arrived.

' So Tyson who was that girl?' Max asked the question that was on everyone's mind.

' Her name is Kimberly Granger my cousin, she's my uncles child' he answered

' How come we've never seen her before, what I'm mean is, how come she doesn't live with you and Grandpa?' Max asked looking very curious.

' Do you want the long story or the short' a voice said behind them. They turned looking into the dark blue orbs of Kim, Tala stood besides her not looking at them.

' I didn't mean to pry' Max said hastily not wanting to offend her.

She shrugged ' they died when I was two in a car aciddent or so I'm told, I was taken into…' she puased as if not really knowing where she went.

' A…big family with lots of other kids like me, I geuess you could say it was an orphanage as it were' she said shaking her head and smiling softly, she sat down next to Kai and gestured for Tala to sit by her.

Once evry one was seated and had ordered their food she checked to make sure their were evesdpoppers and once satisfied she relayed the mornings avents of finding Tala but for reasons unkown she didn't tell them about knocking the guards out with her Blade, in fact she didn't even mention her Blade at all.

' Do you think the others are okay?' Kai asked looking Tala in the eyes.

' Brian and Spencer should be fine; they will proberbly head here or to the BBA. But it's Ian I'm worried about he's the youngest and he was unwilling to be left alone but I think he too will head here' the red haired Blader said his eyes reflecting his emotions which had hit him full throttle,

' You okay?' Kim asked her eyes showed concern for Tala even through she bearly knew the boy, but somewhere deep inside Tala and Kai felt a deep familiarity with Kimberly but why neither of them knew or really cared about at this point in time.

' When are you leaving Russia?' Kim asked them civilly.

' Friday why?' Ray asked his eyes held Kims with a little suspision.

' Hmm…that's gives us three days' she said more to herself then the others who were looking at her in confussion. 'We need to find Ian, Brian and Spencer, so would you guys mind helping' she asked regarding them carfully.

' Why do you want to find them so much' Kenny asked peering over his laptop.

' Because I was told they would escape in a letter I recived a few days ago, I contacted the BBA who I work for and they told me to get them out of Russia and over to England and their they will stay with me, well if they want that is' she said then took a sip of her tea.

' Wait you said something about a letter' Tala broke in suddenly looking suspicious.

' I did, and before you ask whom it was from well I can't answer that question' she said pulling out an envolope from her pocket and handing it to Tala.

His eyes went over the text a few times and then he frowned looking rathier puzzled

' What's wrong?' Kai asked and Tala passed him the letter.

Kimberly

Go to Russia and help the demolition boys; they will be set free from their prison. Ask the BBA for help they will know what to do, please help them get out of Russia you're the only one I can ask to help them.

Someday I may be able to look upon your face and see how much you have changed my little saphire.

' Hmm' Kai frowned his eyes sweeping over the letter once more as he tried to make sense of it. 'Strange.' he mumered folding the letter and handing it back to Kim.

' Hey enough with the suspense already, tell us what's so strange' Tyson said impatiently banging his hand on the table and causing a few nearby people to look at them.

' One there is no way to trace the writter because it was typed and two it wasn't even singhed so it could be from anyone, whoever wrote this letter were obviously trying to help the Demolition boys to saftly' he said then went quiet a thoughtfull look crossing his face

' HEY YOU LITTLE PUNK WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING' the Blade Breakers, Tala and Kim looked around as a big beefy man pushed a smalll boy out of his way. The boy ignored the man and looked around the tables' wildely.

His eyes landed on Tala and he ran over to the red haired boy in a panicked state.

' Hide they're after me, please come on Tala lets go' the small boy was clearly in panicked half to death as he tried pulling the older boy. 'Ian calm down your not making any sense, ' Tala said but to no avail the boy just wouldn't calm down.

Kim stood up and bent down Ian's level, she looked worriedly at a large gash on his arm bleeding steadily. The boy looked at Kim in the eyes and once dicideding he could trust her. His eyes fluttered closed with exhaustion and he had fallen asleep in her arms.

' Let's go to my room, I need to clean his wound ' she picked Ian up and held his securely in her arms, they walked out of the resturant reciving a few curious stars

As they passed. Kim entered her room and she walked strait into one of the bedrooms and gently placed Ian on a bed, then she gently removed his top clothing. She gasped at the bruises on his torso and arms, there were also a few more small gashes scattered around his upper body but the deepest by far was the one on his left arm.

She walked into the Kitchen and poured some hot water into a small basin and added some cold so it was Luke warm, she grabbed a clean cloth and a bandage and some antiseptic cream and headed back to the bedroom.

Poor boy she thought as she gently clean his wounds then she took the cream and applied it gently to the large gash on his arm, the boy grimace in pain each time Kim touched his body, a small tear fell down his cheek and he cried out in pain.

Once Kim was down she placed the covers over him and left the room, hoping the boy would feel more comfortable and sleep peacefully for a while, the one thing she wanted to know was who did that to the poor boy. But even as she thought about who did it, deep down she knew it must have been the Abbey guards.

' How is he?' Tala asked when Kim walked into the lounge room, her eyes narrowed in anger as she described Ian's condition to the others, the Blade Breakers and Tala where as shocked as Kim was when she first saw Ian's injuries.

' Physicaly he should be fine in a few weeks, but mentally I'm not so sure' Kim concluded sitting down next to Ray and rubbing her forehead.

' You look shattered' Tyson said observing Kim who yawned.

' Yeah, it's been a long day' she said but didn't make a move to go to bed.

' How are you feeling, Tala?' Tyson asked

Tala looked up at the blue haired boy in surprise and shrugged 'not too bad, it's strange though' he said thoughtfully

' What's strange?' Max asked also looked tired.

' It's just, I'm used to being in the Abbey and it feels weird not being there' he said his eyes movining to Kim who was leaning on Ray, Tala smiled when he saw she was asleep.

' We'd better get some sleep if we're going to look for Brian and Spencer tomorrow' Kai sai and everyone nodded there agreement save Kim who was sleeping deeply.

' We'll crash here tonight, Kim said there's two bedrooms each with three beds' Tyson said giving a big yawn. Tomorrow was going to be a big day, they all needed to be well rested.

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