Hello again!

Thank you for all the wonderful reviews!

This chapter, I think, is kindof long...so hopefully it turned out alright.

I wanted to do a few different things in this chapter, but they didn't happen, so I hope it's still okay. I think this chapter might of been better if I changed a few things, but I'm too lazy to try and think of how I could change it

lol

enough of my rambling. Here's the chapter!

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"3...2...1...LET IT RIP!"

"Fly Dranzer!"

"Don't hold back Murasaki!"

Kai and Hilary launched their beyblades into the dish at a rapid speed.

"Destroy her!" Kai yelled out.

His beyblade immediately began a fierce assault on her purple one.

"Oh no!" She cried as her beyblade was being pushed closer and closer to the rim of the dish.

"It looks like this will be over sooner than I thought!" Boris said to himself.

"Come on Hilary! Fight back!" Tyson and Kenny yelled behind her.

"Murasaki!"

Her purple beyblade began to spin faster and returned blow after blow to Kai's beyblade and eventually made it back to the center of the dish.

Kai growled in frustration.

"Do you remember now Kai? You taught me that move." Hilary said.

"She's messing with your mind Kai!" Boris yelled behind him.

Dranzer began to circle the dish around Murasaki.

"What are you doing?!" Kai demanded. "Attack her!"

His blue beyblade did nothing in reply.

"Kai! Quit fooling around! Finish this now!" Boris yelled.

Kai growled and cursed.

"What's going on Dizzi?" Kenny asked his laptop.

"It seems that Dranzer isn't listening to Kai! She doesn't want to battle against a friend!"

Dranzer stopped circling the purple beyblade and spun in place.

"Dranzer! I said attack her! Do it NOW!" Kai demanded, his voice full of anger.

"She wants Hilary to attack!" Dizzi said suddenly.

"Murasaki!"

The brunette's beyblade began to glow.

"Flame Shot attack now!" Hilary called out.

Her bitbeast appeared out of her bit piece with a loud roar.

Kai gasped as he looked up at the familiar sight. He could have sworn he'd seen it before. It was a large purple lion, with flames around it's neck and feet.

"M...Mura...saki?" Kai said softly. The lion looked down at the confused teen and purred.

"Focus Kai!" He heard Boris yell behind him, but Kai tuned him out.

He took a step back from his enemy's bitbeast. "Dranzer!" He called.

Seconds later, the majestic phoenix rose out of her beyblade and faced the lion. She chirped happily to see her friend.

"WOW! I've never seen something like this before!" The announcer's voice rang throughout the stadium.

Boris cursed loudly. "I knew I should have made him use BlackDranzer."

"I'm sorry Dranzer." Hilary murmured, looking at the beautiful phoenix.

Dranzer nodded and chirped.

"Do it now Murasaki!" Hilary called. Her bitbeast obeyed and rammed into Kai's.

Kai growled and clenched his hands into tight fists, focusing all his energy.

A bright light surrounded the two competitors.

"What's going on?!" Tyson exclaimed, shielding his eyes with his arm.

The light began to fade, and everyone watching the battle gasped in surprise.

"I don't believe it!" The announcer exclaimed over the speakers.

"Heh..." Kai smirked. "Still as strong as ever Hil..."

Hilary picked up her beyblade that had come to rest at her feet.

Kai watched her intently before walking over to his right and retrieving his own beyblade.

"Round 1 of the final match...ends in a tie!" The announcer exclaimed.

The crowd began to cheer and clap.

"We'll have a 10 minute break before commencing with a tie breaking round!"

"What the hell do you think you're doing!?" Boris demanded, slamming Kai up against a row of lockers in their locker room.

Kai didn't reply. He only glared back at his trainer with a smirk plastered across his face.

"Don't look at me like that!" Boris punched him across the face, splitting Kai's lip slightly.

The blue haired teen chuckled and spit some blood onto Boris's boot.

Boris cursed loudly and brought his knee into Kai's stomach, knocking the air out of him.

Kai gasped for breath as Boris let him drop to the cement floor.

"Why didn't you take that bitbeast?! You had countless opportunities, and you let them slip through your fingers!"

Once the teen regained his breath, he clutched his stomach and wiped some blood away from his mouth with the back of his hand. He began to chuckle again.

"What's so funny?" Boris demanded.

Kai didn't reply, for he feared that if he said something, he would give away the fact that Boris's mind control was wearing off again.

The older Russian stomped over to the teen and picked him up by the collar of his shirt.

"I have to get something from the van. You stay right he until I return, and don't even think of leaving!" With that, Boris threw Kai into another row of lockers, creating a loud noise that echoed through the hallway.

With that, Boris turned and walked out of the locker room, slamming the door behind him.

Hilary watched as Boris walked down the dark hallway and disappeared. She sighed with relief and quietly made her way over to the door he had just come out of.

Cracking open the door, she peered inside cautiously.

Kai used the bench in front of the lockers to stand up. He almost collapsed, but caught himself on the lockers. He wiped the blood away from his mouth again and began to walk toward the center of the room.

"Kai?" Hilary started with a small voice.

The blue haired teen jerked to a stop and turned slowly to look at her.

"Hilary..." He looked away quickly.

"You remember me now?" She asked, stepping inside the room and closing the door silently.

Kai took a moment to reply. "...yeah...I remember..."

He looked up and saw Hilary rushing toward him, tears in her eyes. She threw her arms around his neck and hugged him like her life depended on it. She laughed and kissed him, not even caring that his lip was cut.

Kai was shocked. "You still...care about me...after everything that's happened?"

"I don't just care about you...I love you! I never gave up! I knew you would return one day!" Hilary was beaming with joy.

"But I hurt you..." He started.

Hilary put a finger over his mouth. "You couldn't help it. This was Boris's fault, wasn't it."

"Yes..." Kai replied softly. "But I let him..."

"Would you quit taking the blame for everything?! It wasn't your fault!" She murmured as she kissed him again.

Kai closed his eyes and slipped his arms around his girlfriend's waist.

A few minutes later, Kai's eyes shot open. He broke the kiss.

"What's wrong?" She asked.

"Shhh...he's coming back. You need to hide!"

Kai led her over to a locker and opened it quietly. It was big enough for Hilary to fit inside. "Stay in here and don't make a sound." He gave her a quick kiss and closed the door, just as Boris re entered the room.

"Dranzer isn't going to listen to you anymore, so you will battle with this." He handed Kai a black beyblade.

Kai stared at it for a moment. "..no...I'm not going to use it again."

Boris growled and hit Kai across the face, sending him into the row of lockers once again.

"You will use it!"

"What makes you so sure that I will win with this? The BladeBreakers have been up against it before, and defeated it!"

Boris eyed Kai suspiciously for a moment.

"Hmm...let's just say if you don't use it, I'll kill every member of that team." The older Russian smirked.

Kai clenched his hands into fists.

He extending the black beyblade to the teen again.

Kai looked away from it, not wanting to set his eyes on it again.

"Should I throw Tala into the mix?"

The teen growled and grabbed the beyblade from the evil Russian's hand.

He chuckled. "That's a good boy." He ruffled Kai hair and turned to exit the room.

"Don't disappoint me again Kai, or you'll pay dearly." Boris said as he disappeared in the hallway.

Kai waited a few moments before letting Hilary out of her hiding place.

"Are you alright?" She asked worried as Kai sighed and flopped down on the bench. She took out a napkin from her pocket and dabbed at the blood oozing from Kai's lip.

"Hilary....you have to forfeit the match." Kai said suddenly.

"Wha? You know I can't do that!" Hilary replied.

"Please! I don't want to fight you anymore..."

Hilary took his face in her hands and forced him to look her in the eyes.

"Whatever happens, we'll get through it together." She said.

"You don't understand...He's making me use BlackDranzer for this round." He showed her the beyblade he was forced to take. "If I loose control of it, he'll destroy you, and take Murasaki from you!"

"Murasaki is willing to give up her freedom to get you back, that's why I'm here now, and I'm not turning back."

"Will everybody please take their seats as the teams make their way back to the stadium? The final round will begin shortly." A voice appeared over the intercom.

Kai opened his mouth to say something, but a loud banging from outside interrupted him.

"Kai! Get out here now! Boris is getting angry!" Tala's voice called from the hallway.

"I'll be there in a minute Tala!" He replied in Russian as he stood up.

"Please...I don't want you to get hurt." Kai said as he dug in his pockets. After a moment, he found what he was looking for. "Give these back to Max and Tyson, and tell them I'm sorry for everything that happened." He dropped 2 bit chips into Hilary's hand.

"How did you...?" She started, but Kai cut her off.

"I swiped Draciel out of Boris's pocket when he tackled me before the match began, and Tala gave me Dragoon. He doesn't know I have them....yet. Now, hurry and get out of here!" He said as he exited the room and entered the stadium.

The audience began to cheer as he stepped back up to the edge of the dish.

"Remember what we talked about young Kai." Boris said.

"Well, it seems that Kai is ready to battle, but where is his opponent?" The announcer's voice came over the speakers again.

"Please don't show up..." Kai thought to himself.

After a couple of minutes, Hilary ran into the stadium. She went over to Tyson and Kenny.

"Where were you?!" Kenny demanded.

"No time to talk. Here!" She dropped Dragoon's bit into Tyson's hand.

"Dragoon?! How did you get this?!" Tyson asked.

"Shh....Kai got them back for you. Give this to Max too." She said in a low voice handing the Draciel bit piece to Kenny.

She turned and walked over to the dish.

Kai's head dropped and he shook his head sadly.

"I'm ready to battle Kai!" She said readying her launcher.

"I'm sorry Hil..." Kai prepared his launcher, and waited for the referee to start the battle.

"Bladers ready? 3...2...1...LET IT RIP!"

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