TT: *asleep on the keyboard*

Kai: She's been at school for three days... THREE DAYS! And it seems that it has not only zapped her energy, but her insparation as well.

TT: Zzzz... But mum, FLB's supposed to feed the cats today... zzz....

Kai: -_-; Right... Needless to say, she won't be updating very often for a while. Just dont' ask me whether it will be a short while or a long while...

TT: Zzz... Ooo, reviews *drools slightly* yay... *snores quietly*

Kai: Who knew she talked in her sleep... For the note, I sell videos of this moment, for blackmail purposes only. If you're interested, email me and I'll send the the prices- be warned, they're not cheap.

TT: *mumbles* Ooo, Kai, you don't hate me after all! ^^ *glomps Kai in her sleep*

Kai: O_O;;; GET HER OFF! GET IT OFFA ME!!!

TT: *wakes up* Huh? What? Where's the fire... I like fire...

Kai: Let go of me!

TT: Ooo, I'm glomping Kai! ^_^ *glomps harder*

Kai: *turns blue*

TT: Oh, alright... *lets go and falls back to sleep*

Kai: Thats it! I'm out of here! *tries to run, but gets choked by his scarf because TT's clutching it tightly and won't let go* x_x

Disclaimer: ...Zzzz...

***

The BladeBreaker's stared with a mixture of shock and horror as Black Dranzer rose up from Kai's beyblade, unable to turn their gazes away from the sight in front of them.

The bitbeast gave a cry, and for a moment stared right at them- piercing into their souls- before in a flash of black it returned to whenever it had come from.

Down below, Kai stirred, getting to his knees and holding his head with a groan.

***

Kai wasn't sure what happened, one moment he was trying to call Dranzer out of it's beyblade, the next he was laying on the ground with a bad headache. '... What happened?'

He froze as a string of memories came back to him... He'd being trying to call out Dranzer... but the phoenix hadn't come... Instead, Black Dranzer had suddenly appeared out of his blade... What had happened after that?

Kai could remember, just after Black Dranzer appeared, he'd felt so exhausted that he didn't think he could stop himself from falling... In fact, he had fallen, but he must have become unconscious before he hit the ground.

Black Dranzer... How on earth had the bitbeast come to him? He didn't even have Black Dranzer anymore! He couldn't feel a bond with the dark bitbeast either, or any other sign that would indicate a link of any sort.

So where had Black Dranzer come from? Kai didn't know, he couldn't explain it. There was no explanation for why Black Dranzer had suddenly appeared when it had.

Still, it did explain why Dranzer hadn't come out. Was this why Dranzer wasn't responding to him? Because of a link with Black Dranzer?

Kai found his thoughts going in circles, but receiving no answers or explanations to his questions. He frowned, brow creased, as he continued to ponder these thoughts for a few more moments. Still he was unable to come up with any reason for the strange turn of events.

Kai ran his hand down his face, wishing he could believe it was some kind of dream. But, no sooner than he had considered than he remembered the last time he had suffered severely from such nightmares, and almost immediately took it back.

Getting to his feet, Kai glanced up towards the balcony window that was attached to his team's rooms. There was no sign of the others as far as he could tell. Had they scene Black Dranzer appeared from out of his blade? Were they even there at the moment? Deciding to try and think positively for once, instead of assume the worst, Kai pretended to believe they knew nothing of what had just happened.

He just couldn't make himself believe that. Maybe he was paranoid, or maybe his life had been so full of disappointment he had learnt to never get his hopes up, or maybe he just knew his team, but he had a suspicion they already knew what had happened.

If that was true, then what was his team going to say? How long would they be nagging him for answers he didn't have? How long would it be before they left the subject alone?

He could answer the last one: Too long. Knowing them, far too long.

Kai turned his attention back to the dark blue beyblade lying innocently in the dish in front of him. Dranzer's chip sat in the beyblade. There was nothing to suggest anything was even wrong except that the chip didn't seem to have that slight glow Kai was used to seeing from it.

Giving a slight sigh and picking up his blade, Kai walked off, not heading anywhere, but just trying to get away from it all.

***

"You did see that, right? I'm not seeing things, am I?"

"No Tyson, I'm sure we all saw Black Dranzer come out of Kai's blade." Kenny answered, watching the other teen pace the room.

"I mean, how did Kai even get Black Dranzer anyway?? And we all know his beyblade, it has Dranzer's chip in it, not Black Dranzer, and I doubt Kai could have switched them without our knowing-"

"Should we be worried that Tyson's turning blue?"

"No, he'll breathe eventually. He has a point though, where did Black Dranzer come from?"

The others were silent, no one had an answer.

"Do you think that Black Dranzer's the reason that Kai's been acting so strangely lately?" The others turned to Ray.

"I'd say so, I would explain it, at least." Kenny said thoughtfully after a moment.

"Hey, you guys, do you think that Kai knew he had Black Dranzer, and that he called it out on purpose? I mean, its kind of hard not to know what bitbeast you have..." The others turned to Tyson, looks of horror and disbelief on their faces.

"No way, Tyson! Kai would never do that. Not after last time."

"Max is right, Kai knows better than to go back to Black Dranzer."

"I know guys! I want to believe that too, but... But I can't help but wonder..."

The others continued to argue, trying to make themselves believe, truly believe, that Kai would never do such a thing. Trying to ignore that little voice in the back of their heads that was saying 'Maybe...'