Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Beyblade or any of its characters. I also DO NOT own Toni Hikari LaVelle and her bitbeast, who belongs to Bed 'N' Breakfast and Morrigan (Ruin) Mulryan and her bitbeast, who belongs to Zadien. I DO own Laynie and her bitbeast, and Josephine Potter.

A/N: As you could read, I've borrowed Ruin Mulryan from Zadien. I just want to say that I won't even be close to make Ruin as Zadien writes her. But I'll try my best. If you want to read about Ruin where she is written the best, read Love/Hate: How thin is the line, or Love/Hate: Scar Tissues. Zadien has also written a lot of other fics that I definitely encourage you to read. I count Zadien as one of the best writers here at fanfiction.net and I'm very thankful for her letting me borrow Ruin Mulryan.

Chapter Five: Ruin It All

The night was dark and chilly when Morrigan Mulryan walked down the streets in Russia. Her black hair swirled in the wind.

[Great, it'll take me hours to get these knots out of my hair. And I'm going to look like a mess when I get to Tala…] She thought as she ran a hand through it. That was one thing she disliked about Russia. The climate.

But on the other side, there were things in Russia, which definitely filled the lacks… Like a certain redhead. Her redhead. The fact that he belonged to her was an important part. After all, being the famous beyblader he was made a lot of girls interested in him and it was hard for her to not get jealous. No, cold, self-controlled and mature Ruin wouldn't give a wimpy girl like those fan-girls something as rare as showing a weakness.

God, she even hated to admit she had weaknesses at all. But of course she had. She was a human being after all. And Tala kept reminding her it was no use running away from yourself, it would always get back to you no matter what. So she better stay and fight them. Even thought it meant showing weakness.

[But it is worth it?] Ruin couldn't help but wonder. The wind was getting heavier every second and she gazed up at the sky. The gray clouds were getting thicker and it was probably just a question about seconds before the first raindrops would fall. She better hurry up or else she would end up looking like her name told…

She was supposed to meet Tala at their usual café. It was a small and cozy place, which not so many people knew about. It suited them perfectly, since it wouldn't drag that much of attention towards Tala.

She reached the café without any rain at all, but at the exact same moment as she opened the door, a lightning struck the air and a real thunderstorm broke free.

[Wow… That's what I call timing…]

She started searching the room for Tala. It wasn't a tough job since the café was so small, but to her disappointment, he wasn't there yet. Strange, Tala was always there first, no matter where they were supposed to meet.

[I guess there's a first for everything. Wonders still happen.] Ruin sat down onto a chair next to a table near the window. She watched the rain pouring down and started to straighten her messy hair out with her fingers, her gaze absent.

When around half an hour had passed, Ruin started to worry slightly. Where was he? This was so unlike him… Even if something had kept him, he would have phoned. She picked up her cell-phone and read the display. No missed calls. No new SMS. No Tala.

She rose from the chair and walked to the counter. Maybe the waitress had seen him? Ruin doubted but asking couldn't make any harm after all.

- "Um, hello." Ruin said and tucked a strand of black hair behind her left ear. The waitress turned around and smiled at her.

- "Hello. May I help you?"

- "Yes. I wonder if you've seen a tall, red-haired boy recently?" Ruin wet her lips as she watched the waitress think.

And to her surprise, the waitress pulled out an envelope from underneath the counter. "Are you Ruin Mulryan?" She asked and Ruin could only nod.

- "It wasn't a red-haired boy who left it though, but since you're the receiver, maybe he has sent a note through someone else…?"

Ruin shrugged. "Can I have a cup of tea, please?" She said instead and pocketed the envelope. Not a chance she was going to open it in front of this nosy blonde…

- "You don't have to pay for it, it's alright anyway. Anything else?"

Ruin shook her head and thanked for the tea. The waitress turned her back at her again, to make Ruin's tea. Ruin glanced down onto her pocket where the envelope slightly could be seen. Even though it wasn't fun to admit it, but she had a bad feeling about this. A REALLY bad feeling…

- "Here's your tea, you have sugar and milk over there."

- "Thanks…" Ruin muttered and received a steaming cup with tea. She went over to the milk and sugar, and poured some milk into the hot liquid. Then, she returned to her place near the window. She sat down.

It was still raining outside, and if Ruin was superstitious, she would definitely had thought of it as a bad omen…

[This letter better contain some good news Tala, if you know what's best for you…] Ruin pulled out the envelope from her pocket and ignored the waitress's curious glances at her. She took a deep breath and used her finger to rip up the white material.

Ruin,

When you read this, I will probably be far away from you already. I don't want you to get in touch with me again that are why I'm not leaving any address or phone number. Don't bother trying my cell phone either, I have changed number. As you probably think, it's not that I don't love you any longer or something like that. But I have my reasons, and I believe it's best for both of us if we leave our relationship here. I'm so sorry Ruin, and you can't even imagine how hard it is for me to write this letter. I know you probably think this is very unlike me, but since we are not talking face to face, it's easier to say this. I won't forget you Ruin, and one day, I don't know when, but one day, I will be able to tell you everything.

Tala

Ruin stared at the letter in disbelief. Was this a joke?

But it was Tala's handwriting style, and Ruin highly doubted it was someone who had copied it.

[Fuck you, Tala. Why are you leaving me like this?] The disbelief slowly turned into anger. Anger, but mostly confusedness and sadness though. The tears pushed behind her eyelids, but she wouldn't give him that. She took a deep breath to calm down, and slowly, the threatening tears faded away.

Where had he gone?

And what the hell was the letter supposed to mean?

He wrote he still loved her, but why would he leave then? The letter had awoken a thousand of questions in Ruin, and the only one who could answer them had made sure of that she was unable to contact him.

[Bastard, and you kept telling ME not to run away from myself. Looks, who's running now, huh!]

Anger wasn't weakness. Anger was good. And it was exactly what she felt towards Tala right now. No tears. No sadness. Pure coldness. And that was how she wanted it to be from now on.

[You won't exist to me any longer, Tala.] Ruin thought.

[You don't exist.]

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I know this was short, but this chapter was only Ruin's so I will post chapter six tomorrow. I promise I will never make a chapter this short ever again!

……At least not in this fic! :D

Please, leave a review even though the chapter was short. And maybe, if you do, I'll make chapter six some pages longer ;)

Hugs, Emma