Chapter VII

Disclaimer: If I owned Beyblade, then no Tyson lovers would ever watch it coz he'd die in the first episode… and if I owned Beyblade, Kikyo and Relena wouldn't exist. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

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From last time

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A bright light shone from the sword, and all 4 closed their eyes. They felt the earth shift slightly beneath them. When they opened their eyes, it was a whole different place. It seems like they landed right in a creature's nest. The creature roared furiously and snapped his big jaws.

"So…got any ideas?"

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Mariah whimpered and Ray put a hand on her shoulders. "Are we even on earth?" he asked no one in particular.

"I doubt it…"

"Huh?" all 3 of them turned to look at Kai, who just shrugged. "Knowing my grandfather and his…group, I doubt we're in the real world. I think we're in is virtual world of the bit beasts." He said, not taking his eyes off of the roaring creature, which took steps nearer.

"World of the bit-beasts…" Mariam repeated numbly. "We're in a world where bit beasts are going to attack us like real creatures? This is nuts…is it even POSSIBLE?"

"What did I say? I believe 'question my judgment' was not part of it." Kai growled. He reached into his pocket to pull out a Beyblade, and got out dark Dranzer. Kai looked at it, frowned, and put it back. Black Dranzer will do too much damage… he thought as he pulled out Surai. He put it on his launcher and let it rip.

"Surai! Get rid of this stupid thing…whatever it is…" Kai gave the order, which Surai gladly followed. He took out a dagger and stuck it into the big roaring creature's heart. The creature exploded into dust, dust that flied away. The spinning blade jumped back into Kai's hand. He turned to his friends, who stared at him with their mouths open.

"What are you idiots staring at?"

Ray whistled. "So, you kill them with a fight, bit-beast to bit-beast…sweet…"

Kai glared at his black-haired teammate. "No, it is not 'sweet'. It's a matter of YOUR strength. If you have power, then your bit-beasts become stronger. It is also important to have a strong bit-beast, of course. If your bit-beasts get too weak, then you will have to battle them yourself."

Mariah's eyes widened with suspicion. "Battle them yourself? With what?"

"It depends. If you have a weapon, like a dagger, or a knife, then you can use those. But if you don't…" Kai smirked "…you can either get dirty, or run." Mariah gulped.

"Come on you guys, we have to find the others, don't we?" Mariam called out from ahead; she started walking already. "Lets hurry up so we can get out of here sooner."

Mariah nodded and ran to catch up. Ray and Kai followed.

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"AAAAAHHH…my freaking BACK!!!"

Ozuma opened his eyes after hearing a loud groan. He looked around; there was Joseph, Dunga, Tyson, Hilary, Kenny, Max, Kane and Salima. Tyson sat up and tried to rub his aching back without any success. Everyone stretched as they stood up. There were cracks as some cracked their knuckles, necks, or even backs.

"Where are we again?" Ozuma asked, and then he remembered: falling down the hole after Kenny…

"G-g-g-g-g-guys…" Kenny whined.

"Gosh Chief, relax…now what is it?" Tyson walked up Kenny and looked into his laptop.

"We're in another dimension! We're in this virtual world…Dizzy, tell them…"

"Well, according to my calculations – which are always right – we are in an semi-virtual world where bit beasts are almost real beasts…unless they are trapped in something…AKA laptops and Beyblades."

"And the free ones try to kill you?" Salima said.

"YES SALIMA! Wow, you are becoming smarter and smarter!" Dizzi beamed.

"No Dizzi…" Kane said. "There is a beast trying to attack us…"

Everyone slowly looked up as the beast headed towards the group.

"RUN!!!!" Max yelled, no one objected, except Joseph, Ozuma and Dunga.

"You said they were bit-beasts, right?" Ozuma asked.

"YES! And you better go too, if you don't want them to eat you alive!" Chief yelled from a distance away.

"Bit beasts can be killed by bit beasts…FLASH PANTHER!" Ozuma launched his black and red blade out, and a panther appeared. "ATTACK HIM!" Flash panther growled, and his body seemed as if it was on fire. He bit the giant dinosaur-like creature and flame engulfed both bit-beasts. The creature exploded into dust. Flash panther gave a final growl and returned into the blade.

"You catch on fast, young one," a voice said from what seems like the sky.

"Who are you?" Ozuma growled and looked around.

"You cannot find me, you are in my world. Therefore, I have the advantage."

"You must be the one who made that whole we fell through…" Joseph caught on.

"And you created this world…" Dunga guessed.

"Correct…Kai should see this…there is someone who is nearly as fast as him in the brains." The voiced chuckle evilly.

"And who are you, Kai's admirer?" Tyson scoffed.

"No I am his trainer."

"Trainer? Training in the local gym? Kai works out? He has a trainer for Beyblade?" Tyson snickered. "No wonder he is so good at athletic stuff…"

"Tyson, Tyson, Tyson, no wonder Kai hates you. Kai does not train at the gym, and he does not need a trainer for Beyblade. Good luck in the virtual world."

"WAIT!"

No reply.

"Thanks a lot, Tyson, I was going to ask him if Mariah, Ray, Mariam and Kai was here as well…" Kenny whined.

"Well, I say we go to start looking…" Kane offered and a few people nodded in agreement. Salima and Kane caught up with what was left of the Saint Shields, until Ozuma suddenly stopped. His eyes widened as part of his body started to disappear.

"What on Earth?" Dunga roared, as his hand seemed translucent. Joseph's body also started to fade away.

"OZUMA! DUNGA! JOSEPH! MOVE!!!" Max yelled, but it was no use. The 3 seemed as if they were frozen, paralyzed, not by fear, but by some invisible force. Ozuma looked at Tyson. "Get yourself out of here!" he yelled and disappeared totally. Dunga tried to move again, but was rewarded with his whole body disappearing. Joseph was long gone before the rest could say anything.

"3 more of them…" Hilary whimpered. "They are gone…"

"I wonder who is next…I know, lets stick together so if were in a trap, we'd to together…" Max suggested.

"No…" Kane said quietly. "That voice, he is the one who controls everything, which means if he wants, we'll be separate no matter what…"

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Kai sensed something, as if it was to warn him. He knew what it was, for some reason…

"3 more are separate…" Kai said quietly in a subconscious manner. Mariam looked back at him.

"What?"

"3 more, the rest of the Saint Shields, they've been separated from the rest of the group…"

"How is that possible?" Mariah gasped.

Ray looked more puzzled then he was before. "How do you know?"

"I just…do…" Kai muttered. "It's like a 6th sense you develop if you've been in this world for a long time…"

"A-are they going to be ok?" Mariam asked cautiously, she didn't want to know the answers for some reason. She couldn't bear to realize that the rest of the saint-shields were in trouble, especially Joseph…her only family left in this world…

"They are going to be fine." Kai said confidently. He was sure that everyone, especially Mariam's little brother Joseph, was going to be fine. Especially since they've mastered the fact that they have to kill the bit-beasts in order to survive. Kai thought. He didn't say that out loud, in case the others thought of him as freakish.

"It's the others I'm worried about…I'm sure they are strong enough…but they might be separated, then Kenny and Hilary will be in danger, because they have no bit-beasts…and they can't fight physically." Rei said with a worried look on his face.

"No…" Kai said. "Voltaire and Boris, they don't plan to kill us, they plan to torture our minds…and separating us would be extracting the so-called 'fun'." Kai growled.

Mariah looked as if she just came out of a horror movie. "How could someone be so cruel?" she asked.

"They can…" Mariam said with newly found anger in her voice. The anger powered up her strength, which was just what they needed, especially with what Voltaire is going to send them… "Those monsters…they will pay…"

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"Ozuma? Dunga?"

"We're right here."

Then came a grunt, which Dunga used to make sure that they knew he was alive.

The sun rose surprisingly fast, actually, it just popped onto the sky. "This world is weird…" Dunga said, observing the orb that just appeared in 5 seconds carefully.

"We got separated from the rest…" Ozuma said as he looked around where they were; grass that was up to his knees and the sea of green were as far as he could see.

"Great, we're stuck in the middle of a field of grass…" Joseph grumbled. "Joy…"

"Welcome, boys, you should be glad that you were chosen for this experience…" the voice said again.

"What do you think we are, lab rats?" Ozuma growled.

"To me you are." The voice chuckled.

"Bastard…" Dunga spat out.

"Now, the glory of the experiment…"

Ryuki: Hey! Well, that was a lot of talking…I got to start to re-plan the later chappies…considering I added some thing that weren't supposed to be there. Well, that's all…RR!