GiGi - I was so bored and I saw the season finale of the G-Force and OMG! Zeo's a robot! Gasp! Sorry to those who haven't seen the finale…. I didn't mean to ruin the suspense…. Hmmmmm…. For some reason I had predicted that Zeo wasn't human…. I'm a physic! Cool! And I have decided to put no romance in this fic…. Maybe in the sequel? *wink wink, hint hint, nudge nudge*

Kai - I think they get the point….

GiGi - Do they eh?

Ray - They do….

Kenny - Yes I believe they do to….

GiGi - Oh I see…. Let me guess…. you analyzed this too eh?

Max - What's with GiGi and the word eh?

Tyson - Maybe she's finally lost it….

Kai - I'll call the asylum! ^^

GiGi - NOOOOOOOOOOO! You'll never get me alive!!!!!!!

Kai - Wana bet?

GiGi - Ummmmmmmm…. No?

Everyone - *gets those plastic toy hammers and bonks GiGi on her head repeatedly*

GiGi - Okay…. OW! Well here's the…. OW! Second last chapter of Most Wanted…. OW! Sorry if Kai becomes a little OOC…. OWWWWWWWWWWWWW! That was my eye Tyson!

Tyson - Hehe…. Opps? GiGi doesn't own anything…. Well…. Except that eye injury….

GiGi - o( (Cyclops!) May I have a bandage?

Max - I'd be insulted if you didn't!

GiGi - I'd be bleeding if I didn't….

(Hehe…. Fairly Odd Parents RULES!) XP

Disclaimer - Only own Tara and Statix and nothing else…. But I wana! Maybe I'll get to own them for Christmas …. Hmmmm…. Hope you were listening Santa! *wink wink*

Santa - HoHoHo! Absolutely not!

GiGi - =( It was worth a try….

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"Kai?" Tara's voice rang through the halls as she saw her brother standing in front of her.

Kai and Tala both stared at the girl as their blades stopped in their tracks and just froze.

"Tara?!?!?!?"

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CHAPTER 23

No Regrets

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Suddenly a flash of light blinded everyone for a few seconds. Kai glared at the red head who was smirking for some strange reason.

"Say goodbye to Dranzer!" Tala taunted.

Dranzer rose out of its bit and was sucked into an eerie vortex coming from Tala's blade.

"What are you doing? I didn't lose!" Kai shouted.

"So what? He's still mine…." Tala smirked.

Kai was speechless as he grabbed his blade from the once-beydish.

"You filthy scoundrel!"

"Kai…. I'll get Dranzer back…." Tara nodded and Ray ran towards her. He held her tightly by the shoulders as he asked caustiously, "Are you ok?"

Tara winced as he touched one of the many cuts she had all over her body and shrugged.

"I've been better…." She answered sarcastically.

Kai came jogged towards her, still glaring with Dranzer in his hand. He quickly stuffed the blade into his pocket and held out her hands for examination.

There was a silence between the two Hitawaris' until Tara finally decided to tell him the truth….

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"Dudes! Faster! We're almost there and booby trap free too!" Tyson chanted.

"Please don't jinx us Tyson…." Kenny prayed.

"Yeah…. The last trap was a bit too close for comfort…." Max agreed.

"Awwww c'mon already! Let's save Tara!" Tyson reminded his teammates.

They nodded and broke into a sprint up the hopefully bobby trap free stairs.

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"I wanted to tell you the truth…." Tara started off. "But then I knew that I'd be putting you in danger…."

"Kinda like now?" Kai asked sarcastically

Tara smilled sheepishly and continued. "BioVault would have had it easy if I had told you cuz then there would be a lot of comotion…. So I had to keep it all a secret…. I'm sorry…."

Kai felt guilty for being mad at her and looked symathetially at his sister….

"I'm sorry too…." Kai replied as he placed her head onto his left shoulder. "I'm really sorry…. Little sister…."

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"This is just sickening…." Sneered Tala. "We tied in the last battle so I have to win to offically claim the Keeper of the Gates…."

Tara glared at the red head as Kai cleared his throat. "What?"

"Statix is the Keeper of the Gates…." Tara argued. "If he wants Statix then I'm gonna defend my BitBeast…."

"But!" Kai argued.

Tara looked Kai in the eye…. He could see the determination she had…. He knew he could not hold her back….

"I can do this Kai…. I can…." She reassured her older brother as she hugged him again.

She walked towards Ray and whispered something in his ear. He nodded and reached into his pant pocket and took out a beyblade.

"Thanks" Tara started to walk towards Tala until something caught her wrist.

"Good luck…." Ray smiled as he held onto her wrist.

Tara nodded and walked off.

"You ready girl?" Tala sneered as he pronounced the last word slowly and clearly.

"Don't I know it. This girl is ready to kick your butt…."

"3…. 2…. 1…. LET IT RIP!"

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As Tyson, Kenny and Max continued their journey for the fifth level, they encountered more and more booby traps, creepy noises and dead ends. It seemed like an endless maze….

"Chief! I thought you had a map of the place…. Why are we lost?" whined Tyson.

Kenny started to get annoyed with getting stuck with Tyson in an endless maze and started to turn red.

"GRRRRRRR TYSON! THE MAP WAS CHANGED SO THAT WE WOULD GET LOST DOWN HERE!"

"Whoa calm down Kenny…. Inhale, exhale…. In and out…. Good…." coached Max.

Tyson "hmpf"ed and turned around.

"Hey I think I see light dead ahead!"

"YES!" cheered the three trapped boys…. Kenny especially since he was feeling clasterphobic.

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"Wolborg this is easy! Ice beam!" Tala ordered.

"Statix…. Mimic Ice Beam!" Tara called out.

Kai and Ray watched with glee as Tala's expression changed from confidence to confusion. Revenge is sweet….

"WHAT? Wolborg!" Tala stamered recklessly as he watched his own special attack be used against him.

"Statix…. Mimic Flame Saber…."

The phoniex changed its colour back to red as it used Kai's attack to melt the ice and snow around the beydish causing Wolborg to start heating up.

"Noooo! Wolborg…. Do something!"

"It's too late Tala…. You underestimated me…. so ha!" Tara glared as she watched her opponent's face fill up with fear.

"Statix! Ty-…. WHAT?"

Tala's blade had suddenly spun backwards, counterattacking Statix. Tara's blade was driven into the side of the dish, narrowly avoiding falling out.

Tara's eyes filled with fear. If she lost this battle, she would lose Statix and BioVault would be able to take over the world…. This was too important…. If Statix, Keeper of the Gates, fell into the wrong hands…. It could mean total initiation!

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"Statix…." Tara thought.

/My child! You cannot…. You know what will happen if we use it!/ Statix commented.

"I know…. But we have no choice…."

/Mistress! You cannot do this!/

"Statix…. I have to…. I'm sorry…. I know this is one thing I won't regret…."

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As Tyson, Kenny and Max rounded the corner, they heard a faint motor sound coming from behind them.

"Shit! Those robots are still following us dudes!" Tyson pointed out.

"Well duh!" Max rolled his eyes.

Kenny got out Dizzi and stuck this laser on top of the laptop.

"Chief…. What are you doing? In case you haven't noticed, we're getting chased by robots!" Tyson pointed out again.

As the motor noise got louder, Kenny opened this program and started typing ferveriously.

"Come on…. Come on!" he muttered to himself. "BINGO!"

The second the robots rounded the same corner, a laser beam coming from Dizzi shot out, blowing up the robots.

"Way cool man!" Tyson approved.

"Totally…." Max added.

Kenny smiled at his acomplishment but shook himself out of it. "Let's get going…."

GiGi - Second last chapter…. Done…. It's almost time to end this…. NOOOO!

Kai - Yes!

GiGi - *glares*

Kai - I mean…. Noooo-…. Whatever….

Ray - Have pity on GiGi…. I mean she does have mountain loads of homework….

GiGi - WAH! There's so much that I had to have it delivered by the truckload!

Tyson - Whoa….

Kenny - Aren't you lucky?

GiGi - *glares*

Kenny - =( Sorry….

Max - She needs some sugar….

GiGi - O.o OKIE!

Max - ^_______________________^

GiGi - Okie forget it….

Max - ;_____________;

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