Title: Betrayal & Comebacks
By: Moonlit Sea
-Thoughts-
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In the hotel restaurant –
"Tyson slow down or you will make yourself sick again." Kenny said with worry.
"No way chief." Tyson replied.
"Yeah, that's what you said last time." Max said.
At that moment Ray appeared with Sam.
"Hey Ray." Max greeted, "I told you we'd still be here." referring to the comment he made before he left their room.
"So you decided to join us huh." Tyson said sticking a piece of food in his mouth.
"Sam's decided to tell us how she knows Kai." Ray said ignoring Tyson's comment.
"Really?" Max asked.
Sam nodded.
"Well come on don't keep us in suspense." Tyson said impatiently.
"Would you mind if I told you after I've eaten?" Sam asked.
"Of course. You must be hungry." Kenny answered before Tyson could say anything more.
Sam smiled "Thanks."
She took a seat next to Max while Ray sat next to Kenny. After they had all eaten Tyson asked.
"Now will you tell us?"
Sam looked round then replied "Perhaps I could tell you somewhere that's not so public?"
"You're stalling. I don't think you want to tell us at all." Tyson stated.
"Oh Tyson, stop being so impatient." Kenny said.
Sam stared at Tyson, just because she wanted to be careful he thinks that she's stalling.
"Fine then Tyson. If that's the way you want it I won't tell you. See I dam care!" Sam said standing up then she ran off.
"Sam wait!" Ray called out.
"Way to go Tyson." Max said annoyingly.
"What'd I'd say?" Tyson asked shocked by Sam reaction. That was the second time he'd done that to her without knowing it.
"For your information Tyson, Sam was going to tell us." Ray said with a little anger in his voice.
"Now she'll probably never tell us!" Kenny said sadly.
They all looked at Tyson with angry looks on their faces.
"Hey, I'm sorry okay." Tyson said a little intimated by the looks he got.
"It's not us you have to apologise to." Ray stated.
"Fine then I'll go talk to Sam." Tyson said getting up, "By the way anyone know where she went?"
"I think she went back up to our room." Max answered.
"Why don't we all go back up." Kenny said.
"Good idea Chief." Ray replied.
So they all headed back up to their room hoping that Sam would be there. Unfortunately for them she had run out of the hotel and was trying to forget what just happened.
Somewhere in the town –
-Stupid Tyson! What does he know anyway!- Sam thought as she walked along the streets. –I knew it was a bad idea to tell them. So why was I going to?-
She reached a little wooded area just beyond the town's limits. She then took out Moonstar and looked at her for a while then sighed.
"Time for a little exercise Moonstar." And launched her Beyblade.
Moonstar ripped through the trees like they were toothpicks, to help try and relieve some of her master's anger. Sam smiled Moonstar had always found ways to cheer her up whenever she was feeling like this. Then her thoughts when back to the conversation she had with Ray in his room.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Ray asks as he sits on his bed.
"Yeah I'll be fine. Its just…" again Sam sighed, "… never mind."
"If you ever need to talk I'll be here." he offers which kind of surprises Sam as no one has ever offer to be there for her if she needed them. He then smiles softly at her.
"So you're the new kid huh." A voice says bringing Sam out of her thoughts.
Sam turns to see who it is only to receive the shock of her life.
"K…K…Kai?"
There stood Kai right behind her, Sam was so shocked she didn't know what to say.
"So I see you've returned." Kai said coldly.
"Grrr." Sam was becoming angry again and as if on cue Moonstar appeared in front of her.
"I see you haven't changed Kai. You're still as cold hearted as ever."
" Oh I've changed all right." Kai said coolly. "The question is have you changed? From what I hear you look just like me when you battle." Then he gave an evil grin.
"Well then if you wanna find out. You're going to have to challenge me." Sam said smugly.
"Why should I waste my time on someone like you?" Kai asked irritated.
"Find then I guess you won't find out." Sam said as calmly as ever. She then picked up Moonstar and started to head off.
"Going back to that loser team I used to be with." Kai said as Sam walked away.
His comment made her stop in her tracks and she turned to face him once again.
"What happened to you Kai? Why did you abandon them? Back when we were young you'll never do that."
Kai didn't reply to Sam's question he just stared at her. Finally Sam sighed and said.
"Actually their not as bad as you might think."
"Give me a break, they couldn't do anything without me." Kai answered.
"You just keep on believing that Kai. But mark my words all of them are better than you'll be any day!"
"Fine then. I will challenge those losers just to prove you wrong!" Kai shouted angrily.
"Oh you won't be proving me wrong Kai…" and with that she again started to walk off.
She had only got a little way when a Beyblade appeared in front of her. She turned back to Kai.
"What exactly do you think you're doing?" she asked a little anger in her voice.
"What's it look like I'm doing?" Kai said answering with a question.
Sam looked back at the Beyblade that was spinning in front of her. Something about it was different but she couldn't tell what it was. She turned back to Kai and answered.
"Sorry to disappoint you Kai but I don't accept."
"Did I say you had a choice." He said coldly.
"No I did." Sam replied just as coldly.
Then Sam felt a sudden pain in her ankle; she looked down to see blood coming out.
"Kai that was totally uncalled for!" she shouted while trying to assess the damage to her ankle.
"Was it? I don't think it was." He then picked up Black Dranzer and turned to go. He only got a little way before saying " Oh and tell Tyson I he can keep Dranzer." And with that he went off.
"Grrrr…KAI!" Sam shouted.
She knew that there was something strange about that blade he had. It wasn't his normal Dranzer; she made a mental note to ask Tyson about it later. But for now she had to make her way back to the hotel before passing out from blood loss. She bandaged up her ankle as best she could and started back toward the hotel. She just hoped she could make it; she had to she just had to!
In the Bladebreakers hotel room –
"I'm starting to get worried. She's been gone a long time." Tyson said.
"Well if you hadn't upset her in the first place. Maybe she'd be here." Max answered.
"Did you have to remind me about that Max" Tyson said sighing. "I already told you I didn't mean it."
"Sorry Tyson." Max said.
"Where's Ray anyway?" Kenny asked changing the subject.
"He said he wanted to get some air." Dizzi answered.
Wherever Ray is –
Ray walked along the streets hoping to find Sam so he could tell her that Tyson was sorry and to come back. But he wasn't expecting to see her looking half dead and dragging her ankle, which was pouring with blood.
"SAM!" Ray shouted and began to run towards her.
"Must keep going, must keep going." Sam kept saying to herself. She looked up to see where she was going and saw Ray coming towards her. "Ray…" she said before collapsing.
"Sam!" Ray said as he started to run faster. When he reached her he picked her up and asked " Sam are you okay?" (A/N yes I am aware that, that is a stupid question considering she looks half dead. But isn't that the first thing you normally asked, even though you can see their not.)
Sam opened her eyes and tried to smile then said "Kai…" before passing out.
"Sam! Sam!" Ray said while shaking her gently.
But he got no reply and Sam's eyes stayed shut. "We have get you to a hospital." Ray said stating the obvious. He then got up and ran toward the nearest hospital.
In the Bladebreakers hotel room –
"Do you think we should have gone to look for her?" Max asked with concern, as Sam still hadn't turned up.
"You're only thinking of that now?" Dizzi asked with sarcasm.
Then the phone rang.
"I'll get it." Tyson said. "Hello?"
"Tyson." An out of breath voice said.
"Ray? Are you okay?" Tyson asked concerned about his friend.
"Never mind about me. Sam's in hospital…"
"What! How? Why? What's wrong?" Tyson interrupted.
"I don't know they won't tell me what's wrong yet. Listen get Max and Kenny and get down okay." Ray said.
"Right we'll be there faster than you know it." Tyson answered and put the phone down.
"What's wrong Tyson?" Kenny asked.
Both he and Max were worried as soon as Tyson had said 'Ray? Are you okay'.
"Sam's in hospital." Tyson replied.
"What!" Max said, "Why? What's wrong?" repeating the exact same thing Tyson had said to Ray.
"Come on we've got to get down there!" Tyson said walking out the door.
"Right." Kenny said.
And they all headed off towards the hospital.
At the hospital –
Ray sat down and tried to catch his breath. He then closed his eyes while sighing. A couple of minutes later he heard someone shout out " Hey Ray, we're here!". He instantly recognised the voice as Tyson's. He opened his eyes and looked towards the entrance.
"Hey guys." He answered in as cheery voice as possible.
"So do you know anything yet?" Max asked.
"No not yet. But there one thing that kinda puzzles me."
"What's that?" Tyson asked.
"Well before Sam passed out her last word was… " Ray paused afraid of how the others might interpret it.
"Was what Ray?" Kenny asked.
" 'Kai' " Ray answered.
"What? You mean Kai's responsible for this." Tyson said his anger near boiling point.
"I'm not really sure what she meant Tyson." Ray said shaking his head.
"Well I say it's pretty obvious what she meant."
"Calm down Tyson. If you're right getting angry isn't going to help her." Max stated.
"Guess you're right." Tyson said then noticed that Kenny was missing. "Hey where'd the Chief go?"
"I went to see if they know what's wrong with Sam." Kenny answered walking back to them.
"And…" Ray asked.
"They said that she passed out due to the amount of blood she lost. But they can't figure out how she got such a deep cut in the first place." Kenny explained.
"Bet I know how." Tyson said coldly.
"Can we see her?" Max asked trying to ignore what Tyson had just said. The way he said had sent shivers down his spine.
"Sure, but the doctor said we can't stay to long as she need to rest. Follow me." Kenny said and started to walk towards Sam's hospital room.
Sam's hospital room –
Sam lay on the hospital bed thinking about what had happened -Why was Kai acting like that? And what did he mean by 'tell Tyson he can keep Dranzer'? - She wondered. She was so deep in thought that she didn't hear someone knock on her door.
"Sam?" Kenny said as he poked his head round the door.
They all walked in to see Sam staring out the window.
Tyson went up to her and said "Sam? Are you okay?"
"Hm? Oh! Tyson…" Sam said shocked to see Tyson suddenly standing in front of her.
"Sorry I didn't mean to scare you." he apologise.
"That's okay I guess I wasn't really paying attention."
"So are you?" Max asked.
"I'm I what?" again a little surprised to see all the team in her room.
"Are you okay?" Kenny repeated.
"Sigh I guess so" she replied.
"What happened?" Ray asked.
"Er… I… fell over." She lied.
"Then why was your last word to Ray 'Kai'?" Tyson asked half knowing what the answer might be.
"It was?" Sam asked a little shocked.
Ray nodded and Sam again sighed.
"What happened Sam?" Ray asked.
"Okay… After I ran out of the hotel, I found myself just wondering the streets trying to forget what happened…" Sam recounted.
"Oh yeah I meant to apologise for the way I acted earlier. I never meant to upset you or anything." Tyson said interrupting.
Sam smiled "That's okay Tyson. You know in a funny way you were right, I was stalling."
"So what happened? How did you get that cut? I doubt it was just by roaming the streets." Max said trying to get the conversation back on track.
"You're right, I didn't get it by just walking the streets." Sam answered then looked out the window once again.
"So how did you get it?" Kenny asked as he opened up his laptop.
"And what's Kai got do with it?" Dizzi asked.
"I continued to roam the streets until I came to a wooded area. I thought it would be a good place where Moonstar could have a little exercise. Then…" Sam paused for a moment thinking about what happened next. She was actually waiting for Tyson to say 'then what?' but it never came so she continued, "Then Kai appeared."
Ray saw that as she said that sentence she clenched her fist as if to relieve some anger. Whatever Kai did to her it certainly made her angry.
He decided to ask, "What happened between you?"
Sam then closed her eyes trying hard not to relive the moment in her mind and begin to answer Ray's question.
" We talked… then he called you guys 'losers'…"
"What!" Tyson shouted out "Just you wait until I get my hands on him! I'll show him who's a loser!"
"Tyson… calm down… let's hear the rest of what Sam got to say." Kenny said.
Tyson nodded trying to control his anger. (A/N now there's something you don't see everyday, Tyson trying to control his anger. Someone catch me I think I'm going to faint falls straight to the ground well you guys are a lot of help! Lol --)
"Go on" Dizzi said.
"I told him that he was wrong. That you guys were better than him any day."
"I bet he didn't like that." Max commented.
Sam then opened her eyes and said "No he didn't. As I started to walk off a Beyblade appeared in front of me."
Everyone looked at each other they all knew what was coming. They had seen it in the stadium; the way Kai had so easily beaten the All Stars and the White Tigers and taken their Bit-Beast.
"I told him I wasn't going to except his challenge. He then told me that I didn't have a choice. And when he saw that I still wouldn't battle him he…"
"What what'd he do?" Max asked with great concern.
Sam looked down at her ankle and said, "He did this. I told him it was totally uncalled for, but he didn't seem to think so."
At that point Ray went out of the room.
"Hey where you going Ray?" Tyson asked but Ray was already gone by the time Tyson had asked the question.
"I'll find out where he's gone." Kenny answered and headed out the door to find Ray.
"There's just one thing that puzzles me." Sam said looking at the door.
"What's that?" Tyson said curiously.
"Kai said 'tell Tyson he can keep Dranzer.' What did he mean by that Tyson?" Sam asked confused.
Tyson and Max both looked at each other with sad looks on their faces.
"Well you see Sam when Kai…" Max started to explain.
"Betrayed us to the demolition boys, we tried to go and see what he thought he was playing at…" Tyson continued.
"Tyson managed to find him and ask him." Max added.
Sam listened intently to what Max and Tyson were saying. In a way she knew what was coming.
"He said that he didn't want to be part of team anymore and threw me Dranzer." Taking Kai's old blade out of his pocket and showing it to Sam. "He said that Black Dranzer was way more stronger or something."
Sam felt like she was going to cry. Kai had not only betrayed his team but her friendship as well.
"I see…" Sam couldn't speak for a while as she tried to fight the tears that were threatening to come out.
"Are you okay?" Max asked seeing that she looked upset.
"Yeah why shouldn't I be." She then looked at Dranzer in Tyson's hand.
"Do you know when Ray and Kenny will be back?" Sam asked.
"Not really." Tyson answered.
"Why?" Max asked.
Sam smiled at what she was about to say.
"It's time you know the truth." She replied.