(Notes are at the end of this chapter.)

Epilogue

Sarah looked out the bay window in the room she was staying in.  Mr Dickinson had kindly let her have a room in the same wing as the boys.  It had been done up with floral linen and curtains and it made Sarah wonder if there had been a girl here before.  Surely Mr Dickinson hadn't known she was coming and prepared it for her.  There was no way he could know about her… unless…

A sharp knock on her door snapped her out of her train of thought.

"Come in," She called lightly.

Kenny entered, carrying his laptop and walked over to join her by the window.

"I was doing some research on your link to Kai and I found some surprising results," Kenny informed her, bringing up a window of notes and pictures on the laptop screen.

"Oh?" Sarah said in an inquiring tone, looking at the words and making no sense of any of it.

"Yes.  It seems that when Voltaire's scientists transferred your memories to Kai and vice versa, they also accidentally transferred a piece of each of your souls.  This is why you can feel the link and why you can read each others' feelings."

Sarah blinked.  Part of her soul was in Kai?

"I'm not sure how they did it exactly, but it has to do with brain waves.  I think what may have happened is…" Kenny continued, but Sarah blocked him out going over the thoughts in her mind.

Part of Kai's soul was in her?  Which parts had they gotten? Would she be different now? More like Kai perhaps… or maybe she'd picked up some of his Beyblading talent?

"Sarah?" Kenny asked, making her blink.

"Oh, I'm sorry Kenny.  I wasn't paying attention.  Even if you explained it to me three-fold I still don't think I would get it."

"Well… that's okay.  No one else ever gets my ideas either.  I'm used to it by now after all of Tyson's blank stares and Max constantly asking 'huh?' when he doesn't get something… which is pretty much every few seconds."

Sarah giggled.  Kenny was actually pretty funny considering her Kai part was yelling that he was being a nerd again.

"Ah, yes.  I almost forgot to tell you.  Mr Dickinson got in contact with your mother.  She's going to pick you up soon."

Sarah blinked again.  She hadn't expected that.  Her mother had been so sad when she had sent her to Voltaire to be 'healed'.  Sarah was pretty much recovered by now, with the exception of a broken arm and some yellow-ish looking bruises.

"When is she going to get here?" she asked.

"In about half an hour is my guess.  Kai found your phone number in the book and Mr Dickinson called her a couple of hours ago.  I didn't know you lived that far away," Kenny told her.

Sarah looked upset.  She didn't want to leave.  She'd made friends with the boys and her bond with Kai made him treat her like a sister.  Of course she had friends in her hometown, but she wasn't as close to any of them as she was to the Bladebreakers.

"Well, I'll go now," Kenny said and walked out of the room leaving Sarah by herself.

Sarah got up from the chair and followed him out into the hall.  He was going down the stairs to the kitchen.  She looked down a bit and saw that Kai's bedroom door was still closed.  Ray had told her that he'd taken Tyson with him the night before and she wondered if she would be interrupting.

"Hey Sarah!" cam a cheerful voice behind her.

She turned around and found Max smiling at her.  She grinned.

"Max, good morning," she replied.

"Gonna come join us for breakfast? I think Tyson is done there already," Max laughed then said, "Maybe you shouldn't bother.  If Tyson's already there, then there won't be anything left!"

Sarah giggled, but the Kai part in her made her flick him on the nose, "Don't insult Tyson!"

Max's eyes twinkled and he poked out his tongue and ran down the stairs, "He won't mind if I insult him.  As long as there's food involved!"

Grumbling at another insult to Tyson, yet laughing at the same time, Sarah went to follow Max.  She got to the top of the stairs and then paused, looking at Kai's door.  So if Tyson wasn't in there… then she wouldn't be intruding.  She walked over and knocked softly on the door.

"What?" a cranky, sleepy voice replied.

Sarah smirked and pushed the door open and walked in.  Kai was still in bed and he looked at her through one eye.

"Gah, Sarah.  I was sleeping," he protested.

Sarah walked to the bed and prodded him with her good arm, "That's why I came to wake you up!" She grabbed his arm and pulled him as hard as she could until he tumbled onto the floor.

"AHHH!" Kai yelped, getting tangled in the bed sheets that fell with him.

Smirking, Sarah helped him out, only to get a smack over the head (a light one) from Kai.  She rubbed her head and thumbed her nose at him.

"Come on, lets get breakfast," Kai said and pulled her out of the room and downstairs before anyone got strange ideas of what they were up to.

They joined the others at the table together, receiving curious glances from Max and Ray and Sarah obtained a small jealous glare from Tyson.

"Pass the bagels," Sarah asked politely, the exact same time Kai asked for them.

The two shared a look and cracked up laughing.  The others at the table all blinked in a slightly bemused manner.

After everyone had settled with their food, Mr Dickinson spoke up.

"So Sarah, I bet you're excited to go home."

Kai looked startled, as did Tyson and Max.  Obviously Kenny had only told Sarah and Ray that she was leaving.

"I guess so…" Sarah trailed off; standing up from the table, "Excuse me."

She hurried from the room, tears threatening to ruin her good mood.  Stupid Mr Dickinson, she thought.  Why did he have to go and tell them?  Sarah was hoping that she could just leave without having to say goodbye.  It would make things so much harder now.

Sarah went outside and found a place to sit on the steps behind the mansion.  She sat down, her back resting against the building and she watched the bees flitting around in the garden of flowers close by.  With a sigh she closed her eyes.

"Sarah…" a voice said softly.

Sarah opened her eyes, startled by the sound and saw her mother standing at the bottom of the stairs with Kai and Tyson. 

Tears were clear in her eyes now as she stood up.  Slowly, she descended the stairs one-by-one, each movement getting harder.  When she reached the bottom, she couldn't hold back any longer and the tears trickled down her cheeks as her mother hugged her.

She pulled away from her mother and looked at Kai, surprised to find that he too looked as though he was about to cry.  She went to him in a daze and hugged him close.

"Goodbye Sarah…" he whispered in her ear.

"Goodbye Kai…"

Sarah forced herself to let go and with a quick wave to Tyson, she fell in step beside her mother as they walked to the car.

Her mother smiled at her, "I know that was hard… but lets go home."

THE END!

Notes: *wipes eyes with a tissue* I can't believe its over!  Oh this chapter was sooo sad! Please note that all the feelings between Kai and Sarah are purely on a brother-sister basis.  Please review and let me now what you think - Raven