"KAII!! Hey, Kai, where are you!?"

Tyson's voice tore through the stillness of morning. Kai had vanished. Nobody knew where he'd gone. Ray was really upset.

"We can't just leave him!" His pupils thinned, giving the wildcat look, and also giving Max the creeps. "Ray, calm down. We'll find him."

Hours passed, and still no luck of finding Kai. An emergency vehicle, a bus, finally arrived with a rescue team.

"Promise me you'll find him." Said Ray as he boarded the bus. They were off. Silence was within the vehicle. Even Tyson didn't shatter it.

They were unaware of a huge red phoenix flying just above them.

Then, diving.

It struck the top of the bus, its claws slashing into the roof. The BladeBreakers leapt up, alarmed. "What the hell is that?" Yelled Tyson.

Max looked out the window and noticed that the trees weren't there anymore.

The clouds were, though.

Ray gasped as his ears started to hurt.

"Um, guys? Our altitude is 1,871m." Dizzi quickly informed.

"Altitude?" asked Kenny. "That means-we're-"

"Flying! But how?" Ray walked over to the window. He noticed a tip of a red wing, going up and vanishing, then coming back down and appearing.

Then, he had the falling feeling in his stomach. The thing had let go.

Ray stuck his head out the window to see Dranzer.

"DRANZER! Where's Kai?"

At the very mention of his own name, Kai stopped. Time seemed to stop, as everything started flooding back to him. He looked down to see Ray.

Ray! He remembered Ray!

But then, he realized the situation he'd placed them into.

He cried out and dove towards the bus. He flung his talons forward, digging them back into the bus roof. This time, bringing them back down. Slowly.

As he descended, he started blaming himself furiously.

How could he have been so stupid? He'd almost killed his own friends!

Friends. He couldn't help it. No matter how coldhearted he'd been to them, they never left him.

He finally landed and flew off again.

There was a problem.

How was he going to turn back?

A voice rang through his mind. He used to trust that voice.

Now, he hated it. He God Damn hated it!

You did not think you had "friends," did you?

He tried to yell, "Why are you doing this?" but it came out as a bird's cry. Then, the feminine voice of Dranzer called out to him.

Talk to him in your mind. He will hear you.

Slowly, Kai tried it out.

Why are you doing this?

The voice came back.

You have made me suffer for nearly a decade.

Kai was confused.

What did I do?

Dranzer's voice sounded weak in his head.

Remember, Kai...

!@#$%^&*()!@#$%^&*()!@#$%^&*()!@#$%^&*()

Ray: THANK GOD HE DIDN'T KILL US!!!!!!

Kai: Awwwwwww.....

NG: Pleeaase review!! (Big eyes)

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