Kai: This is really short.
TT: I know!!! cries But I have to go back to school tomorrow, and I just can't seem to get in the mood to write on this thing!!!
Kai: Now look what you people have done! You've made her cry. begins handing out chocolates as a reward
TT: sobbing I DON'T WANNA GO BACK TO SCHOOL!!!!!! I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GET UP EARLY AND GO TO THAT PLACE AGAIN!!!
Kai: She doesn't want it to interfer with her important fanfiction reading fest... you know, the one she's had for about three weeks? Where's she'd been staying up to 3 am to read people's work?
TT: I CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE!!! I'S NOT FAIR!
Kai: Don't you have a pile of homework in your back? You know, that you were supposed to do?
TT: O0 Eeep! I have maths homework!!!
Kai:... We REALLY need some help, here...
Disclaimer: So this side, times this COS symbol thing-y, equals that side?! Or was it the other way around? No, wait! I'm supposed to use the SIN symbol thing-y...
Kai: ... Amazing that she managed to pull a high C in her maths class last semester, isn't it?
TT: Would have been a C, but my school doesn't do that... Why doesn't it?
Kai: Just do your homework.
Black Dranzer wasn't sure when it had happened, but the other bitbeast had managed to overpower him. There was no chance of being able to claim energy more quickly- the energy inside Kai was becoming depleted.
Refusing to admit the possibility of loosing, however, the creature drew what little strength the host still had, oblivious to the harm it would do, and with a cry charged once more.
Kai had let out one last cry, almost in sync with Black Dranzer's, before falling forward, unconscious. The remaining teens exchanged looks, not sure if they should be worried or relieved that Kai wasn't in any more pain. They settled for concerned.
In the sky, it was Dranzer who took the brunt of the other phoenix's attack. Sheer determination to help Kai, however, gave him strength, and dived straight into its counterpart as the other bitbeasts attacked from all sides.
Flailing in exhaustion and pain, Black Dranzer screeched, trying to shield itself from the attacks unsuccessfully. Then, all at once, its strength was gone, and it fell towards the ground before disappearing into its beyblade.
The black beyblade wobbled, then fell over onto the ground, the bit chip inside it shattering into tiny fragments.
Their job done, the other bitbeasts returned to their own realm as well, Dranzer hesitating, staring anxiously at its partner, before disappearing after the others into its own bitchip.
Kai's unconscious face twisted into one of agony for a moment, before relaxing, leaning further back into his teammates embrace as he went deeper into his lifeless state.
For a moment, there was nothing. Just... nothing, not even darkness, nor light. Then, pain, greater than any pain he could remember, as his he were being torn in half. Screaming again, Kai was shocked to find another cry along with his own... Well, actually, it was a screech.
Soul being torn in two, Kai resisted the pull that was trying to take Black Dranzer, for fear of being taken with the bitbeast to... well, wherever the dark phoenix was going.
Even through his closed eyes, Kai could see the red glow, shining brightly in front of him. Then, as he pried his eyes open, Dranzer appeared, and Kai clung to his bitbeast, squeezing his eyes closed against the pain.
It could have been seconds, or it could have been millennia, Kai had lost all sense of time. All he knew was the excruciating hurt that was his soul been torn in half, and the vague comfort that Dranzer crooning gave him.
Kai didn't know how, but clinging to Dranzer, he lost the possibility of being pulled down with Black Dranzer... But, that didn't stop the pain that wracked his frame as he clung to his bitbeast, arms around the phoenix's neck and hands fisted around the warm, red feathers.
Finally, with one last painful tug, something gave way, and Kai felt Black Dranzer's bond tear away. Almost sobbing in relief, Kai collapsed, curling in on himself as his consciousness hid in the shadowed corners of his mind.
Black Dranzer was gone... But, all the things he'd done under the creature's influence... His hands had caused so much damage... All because he wasn't strong enough to resist the dark phoenix's temptation that first time...
Kai couldn't find the strength to forgive himself.
The BladeBreaker's looked up briefly as their friend, now lying in his bed, moaned and murmured Dranzer's name. And, behind closed lid, tears of shame began to well up in Kai's crimson eyes.