Title: Betrayal & Comebacks
By: Moonlit Sea

A/N: thanks to all who reviewed.
Here's the chap you've all been waiting for! To see how Sam knows Kai (hope it's all okay and that I didn't disappoint anyone)

-Thoughts-

"Kai and I grew up together, we were inseparable. You never saw Kai without me or me without Kai. We were also loved to Beyblade; we'd have friendly matches between each other to see who was better. I always won though because I had a Bit-Beast." Sam began.

"Moonstar." Max said questionably from his seat.

"No." Sam shook her head; " It was a different Bit-Beast at that time." She then looked at Dranzer who was still in Tyson's hand. "It was… Dranzer."

"What!" Max and Tyson said in unison.

"It's true. Dranzer used to be my Bit-Beast."

Tyson looked at the Beyblade in his hand and as if on cue Dranzer glowed as to confirm what Sam had just said.

"So how come Kai has it." Tyson asked looking back at sam.

Sam went to sit up dragging her ankle up the bed. It was still a little sore but she gritted her teeth and bared the pain, so she could get a better view of Tyson and Max as well as the room.

FLASHBACK

"How come you always win!" A young Kai demanded.

A young Sam smiled sweetly "Its just skill I guess."

"Huh! I think it's because you have Dranzer." Kai replied annoyed, as they walked down the street.

" Don't worry I'm sure you'll have a Bit-Beast of your own to some day." Sam answered partly avoiding the question.

"You really think so." Kai asked eagerly.

"Yeah I do."

"Cool!"

"Sam…" a voice shouted out.

Sam looked around to see where the voice was coming from and saw her mother calling for her.

"Yeah" she called out in return.

"Come on or you'll be late." Her mother shouted back.

"Okay." She turned to Kai, "You are coming aren't you?"

"I can't I've got to go help my grandfather with… something." Kai replied sadly.

"What? But you promised me you'd come." Sam said tears appearing in her eyes.

"I'm sorry." He didn't know what else to say. He had let down his best friend and he felt terrible but there was nothing he could do about it.

"But…" Sam protested.

Then a rough voice shouted "Kai!" it was his grandfather.

"I have to go now. You will come by and tell me how you did won't you?" Kai asked.

Sam nodded afraid that if she spoke she'd start to cry. She then saw Kai walk off in the direction of his grandfather and shortly after she went in the direction of where her mother was.

"Isn't Kai coming?" her mother asked surprised to see her daughter without him.

"Not today." Sam replied solemnly while turning back round to look at Kai.

-Now that's strange.- her mother though.

At Kai's home –

Kai was packing his suitcase; his grandfather was sending him to Russia to become a better Beyblader. He just wished that he could of seen Sam's last match before going. He sighed and looked out at the moonlit sky.

"You never told me you were leaving." A voice suddenly said shattering the silence within the room.

Startled by the voice Kai turned round and was surprised to see Sam standing at the door to his room. Seeing the shock on his face Sam walked towards him.

"When were you planning on telling me? Is this why you couldn't come?" she asked.

Kai nodded.

"When will you be coming back? You are coming back… right."

"I don't know." Kai answered as he turned back towards the window.

"I see." Sam said, "In that case I have something that I want you to have."

She walked round him until they were face to face.

"I want you to have this to remember me by." She then took his hand and placed something in it.

Kai looked in his hand to see what Sam had given him and received the shock of his life. For there in his hand was… Dranzer!

"Sam… I… can't take this." Kai said to her still trying to get over the shock. "Dranzer's yours."

Sam shook her head "No, I want to have her. So you'll always remember our friendship, and besides I'm sure Dranzer doesn't mind. Right Dranzer."

Dranzer glowed in reply to the question.

Unknown to Kai and Sam, Kai's grandfather Voltaire was listening to their conversation and was delighted to hear that Sam had given her Bit-Beast to Kai.

"So how did you do at your match?" he heard Kai ask.

"Same as usual." Came Sam's reply.

"You mean you won? Again?"

There was no answer so he assumed she must have nodded.

-Hmmm… perhaps I could use her skills to my advantage.- he thought evilly.

He walked in on them both. When Sam saw Voltaire she was immediately uneasy for she knew that he wasn't best pleased about her friendship with Kai. –That's probably half the reason he's sending Kai away!- she thought.

"Have you come to say goodbye?" Voltaire asked seeing the Bit-beast in Kai's hand.

"Yes I have." Sam replied.

"Hey Sam, why don't we have one last battle before I go." Kai asked knowing he would win.

Sam laughed, "Only because you know you're gonna to win."

Kai gave a cheeky smile. Which made Sam laugh even more, she wanted to accept straight away but was afraid Voltaire wouldn't let them battle.

"That sound's like a wonderful idea!" Voltaire said surprising them both.

"Huh?" they said in unison

"Really grandfather?" Kai asked.

"Yes" he replied.

"Well how we do it tomorrow. I have to go home soon." Sam said.

"Would you like stay here? I'm sure Kai would like to spend to as time with you as possible before he goes." Voltaire offered surprising Sam even more.

"Er… I don't know." Sam replied a little uneasy.

"Pleeeeease" Kai pleaded.

Sam laughed somehow Kai always knew how make her laugh. He also always knew how to win her over in anything he just begs like he was doing now.

"Okay okay I'll stay." Sam gave in.

"Excellent." Voltaire said pleased.

He then left the room. That night Sam couldn't sleep she had a bad feeling about something but she didn't what. She went over things in her head about what could be wrong.

-Let's see… did I tell mum that I was staying over Kai's? No Kai's grandfather did that for me. Um…could it be that I'm just nervous about the match against Kai tomorrow? Why should I be? It's just Kai, we've battled before.-

Then a voice in Sam's head said but you've always had Dranzer.

That's true. I guess I feel a little uneasy fighting without Dranzer for the first time. She replied.

So you're just going to let him win? the voice asked.

What did you mean?

You said it yourself earlier to Kai 'only because you know you're gonna win.' the voice said

I… I…

So I ask you again are you just going to let him win?

Huh! No way! Look out Kai 'coz even without Dranzer with me I intend to win!

END FLASHBACK

"So that's how Kai got Dranzer." Max said.

"Yeah." Sam said sadly.

"You gave it to him out of friendship. And now…" Tyson started to say.

"Please Tyson don't say it." Sam pleaded.

Outside Sam's hospital room –

Ray sat down –How could Kai do that? Why did he do that?- he thought.

Then Kenny came out of the room and asked

"Are you okay Ray?"

"Yeah I guess so Chief." Ray replied.

"So why did you leave the room?" Dizzi asked.

"To be honest. I don't really know I just felt like I had to get out of there." he sighed.

"I must say it doesn't sound like him to do what he did to Sam." Kenny said voicing his thoughts.

"In case you haven't noticed Kai's not exactly been acting himself lately." Dizzi commented.

"Dizzi's right. I mean you saw the way he treated the White Tigers and the All Stars." Ray said.

"I guess anything is possible when Kai is involved." Kenny said.

"If only we knew how they knew each other. Then maybe it would make more sense." Dizzi said.

"Yeah… but thanks to Tyson we'll probably never know." Kenny answered.

"I'm not so sure about that Chief." Ray said.

"What do you mean?" Kenny asked.

"Well she said that Tyson was right. That was she was stalling, so maybe will tell us. We just have to give her time." Ray explained.

"That's a big maybe." Dizzi commented.

"Ray's right Dizzi. Who knows she could be telling Max and Tyson right now."

Ray then stood up and said

"I'm going back to the hotel to get some rest."

"That's a good idea. I think I'll do the same."

So they headed back towards the hotel leaving Tyson and Max with Sam. They didn't want to say anything in case they might be interrupting something.