Hello everyone again! Thanks for all the reviews!

I'm finally back from my trip, and I'm trying to get going on all my stories again!

oh! And to Lychee Fairy: Thanks for all the reviews. I got alot of them from you ^_^ Oh, I don't live in Kyoto. I live in America...I don't know where you saw that. heh I wish I lived in Japan though!

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anyway...on with the next chapter!

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Hilary snuggled into the warmth of the white scarf around her neck. Living in Japan all her life, she wasn't used to it being this cold! The temperature in Quebec was average, but it still felt freezing to her.

"I see why Kai loved this thing so much." Hilary thought to herself. The scarf was about 5 years old. Kai had worn it all the time, right up to when he first met Tyson and when the team was formed. He had given it to Hilary years later on a snowy day, just a few weeks after the battle with Tyson and Zeo. He didn't wear it then, and thought Hilary could use it. Later on though, he got a new one, a much longer one which wrapped around his neck twice, and floated down to his knees in two tails.

"Hey Hilary!" Tyson's voice knocked her out of her thoughts.

She looked up.

"We're going to check out this place over there!" Tyson pointed to a shop down the street. From what it looked like, it seemed to be an arcade.

"All right, I'll meet you there in a little bit. I want to check out the stores down here." Hilary replied smiling.

Tyson and Kenny ran off to the store.

"Hey, you okay?" Rei asked, concern in his eyes.

"Oh yeah! I'm fine!" Hilary reassured.

"Alright...." Rei replied and headed after Tyson and Kenny.

Hilary giggled as a man on a scooter almost ran Tyson down. They were shouting at each other now, and Rei was pulling Tyson inside the store.

She turned a corner and continued walking down the street.

She paused by a window and peered inside. Beyblade merchandise lined the shelves in the back. In the front window shelf, was a plastic beyblade stadium, a TV showing a taped battle of Tyson VS Zeo, as well as a hand full of beyblades, each arranged on a stand. She gazed at them, and her eyes finally rested on one. It was blue and red, and in the center, a beautiful phoenix.

Next to it were replicas of Rei's Drigger, Max's Draciel, and Tyson's Dragoon.

"Kai....his beyblade is so much more beautiful than that one." Hilary said softly. She remembered how it used to glow with radiance, and sparkle after attacking with fire.

She suddenly felt a rumble in her pocket. She rummaged through and found her purple beyblade.

"What is it Murasaki?" She asked.

Her bitbeast was restless for some reason. Hilary glanced up and saw a familiar figure in the reflection of the glass. She gasped and turned around, just as a person walked around the corner on the other side of the street, further down from where she was standing.

"K....Kai!" She called out.

The person stopped suddenly, and turned to look at her. Hilary could see his crimson eyes flashing in the morning sunlight.

"Kai! It really is you!" Hilary cried out, tears forming in her eyes.

Kai just stood there. He didn't say anything, or move at all!

"Kai? What's wrong?"

She could hear Kai gasp, and start to speak, but no words were coming out of his mouth. His hand raised up, as if to reach out to her, but suddenly, 2 arms came out of no where and pulled the blue-haired teen into an alley.

"Kai!" Hilary called out again, running across the street over to where Kai was. She looked down the wet alley and saw a black van, it's side door open. A purple haired man, probably middle aged or older, shouting at Kai in Russian. Kai shouted back, apparently angry. The elder man suddenly hit Kai across the face. The teen didn't move.

Hilary gasped softly. The man and Kai suddenly jerked their heads and stared at Hilary.

"Oh no..." Hilary told herself.

The man glared at her, then shouted something in Russian. He grabbed Kai by the collar of his shirt and threw him inside the van. The man glared at Hilary dangerously and slowly climbed in behind Kai and slammed the door.

"Kai!" Hilary shouted, starting to run through the cluttered alley.

Suddenly, a figure appeared in front of her, stopping her.

"Let me through!" Hilary commanded.

The figure moved into the light. He had fire-red hair and bright blue eyes, shining with sadness. He appeared to be a little older than Hilary, but not by much. His skin was somewhat pale, kindof similar to Kai's.

He shook his head objecting Hilary's request.

"Please....don't interfer....you'll just make him suffer more." The teen's voice had a thick Russian accent, but he spoke perfectly to Hilary.

"What's happened to Kai? Why doesn't he reconize me?!" She demanded.

"I....I don't know....I must go....please....stay away!" The red-head turned and got inside the van and it began to pull away swiftly.

Hilary shivered. The look in that man's eyes was frightening....and almost evil.

What had happened to the Kai she once knew? She had to find out.

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