Two

Disclaimer: Maybe if I were to get Fairy Godparents I could wish I owned Beyblade, but I am not Timmy Turner, and no matter how much I wish I had Cosmo and Wanda so I could have Beyblade, I don't. I don't own nothing man. Don't own Evanescence, Fairly Oddparents, or some of the craziness I have in here that I heard on TV from the likes of Duel Masters and Dave the Barbarian.

I'm going under

Drowning in you

I'm falling forever

I've got to break through

"Er…Ray…won't Kai, oh how do I put this as nicely as I can, murder you for calling up Moscow State Prison??!!" Tyson yelled, his anger levitating as he reached the end of his sentence. Ray was leafing through a copy of the International Phone Book. Tyson's grandpa had ordered it from the Tele Marketing Channel, and until today it had only proven useful as something to keep the table balanced in the hallway.

"He can't kill me if he doesn't know," Ray grinned, looking up all the numbers filed under 'State Prisons'. "Besides, what harm will it do to give Voltaire a call?"

"Oh, I don't know, maybe he'll just get one of his friends on the outside to CHOP US INTO FLOOR SAUSAGE!!!!" Tyson fumed. He wasn't sure about this at all. Sure, Kai was a moody guy and he wanted to know what was up just as much as Ray did, but the thought of getting in touch with Voltaire was something he wasn't exactly wild on.

"Found it!" Ray beamed victoriously, placing his finger over the number in the book and grabbing Tyson's house phone. "Hey can I use this for a while Tyson? I promise I won't be long."

"Oh sure, go ahead, run me up a huge long distance phone bill. It only costs 8.99 a minute!!" Tyson grumbled sarcastically.

"You should switch long distance providers," Kenny suggested, adjusting his glasses and lifting Dizzi's lid.

"I don't need you to tell me that Kenny," Tyson said to his shorter friend. "I get people calling at dinner who tell me that!"

"Geez, Ty, you're super tweaked today!" Max commented. "What's gotten into you? Kai got you all worked up yesterday, and now you're getting mad at the Chief and Ray?! What's the deal?!"

"This is the deal!!" Tyson replied, pointing to Ray who was punching in the phone number. "This is wrong you guys!! We want Kai to trust us right? So we can't just go calling up after him whenever he goes and does something mysterious!!! If we kept doing that, not only would people start to think we were his parents, but my long distance bill would be enormous! Then grandpa would force me to go out to work, I'd have to slave away at a fast food restaurant all day and not be allowed to eat anything I serve, then my grades would drop--"

"Which would be hard to really tell anyway Tyson, cos you're grades are as low as they get," Kenny commented.

"Ha ha real funny Kenny," Tyson frowned at being interrupted. "OK then fine, my grades would continue to suffer as usual, but then my Beyblading skills might get worse cos I won't have time to train, then some little eight-year-old punk ass will beat me and take Dragoon away and then storm out in search of world conquest!!!"

"…Over dramatise much?" Ray asked, frowning as he brought the phone up to his ear.

"Ray no!!" Tyson hissed.

"Er, hello is this Moscow State Prison?" Ray began. Tyson slapped a hand to his forehead. They were in for it now. "Hi there, my name is Ray Kon…yes from the Bladebreakers…" there was a long pause, in which Ray rolled his eyes several times. "Well that's great but I really need to speak to someone about a man in you custody called Voltaire." another long pause. Ray drummed his fingers on the now unbalanced table, almost knocking everything flying.

"Ray be careful!!!" Tyson whispered angrily.

"Yeah, well I actually want to talk with him about his grandson Kai…yeah I know Kai is one of my friends…have you ever tried talking to Kai? Getting an answer out of him is like trying to drain blood from a stone." Max couldn't help but release a small giggle. Ray stood there nodding as the Prison Guard on the other end of the line started to give him instructions. "Ok then…I know I have to be brief…yeah I'll hold." and with that Ray put a hand over the mouth piece of the phone. He had a huge grin on his face. "We're getting put on to Voltaire!! Only for a few minutes though."

"Well whoopee," Tyson grumbled, stomping over to the door. "Just remember this is my long distance bill you're running up Ray." and with that he opened the door and was about to go out to train when…

"Hey Tyson, I'm putting this thing on loudspeaker," Ray said teasingly. Tyson skidded to a halt and turned around, rushing back indoors and to the table where the phone rested.

"This I have to hear," Tyson grinned.

"What about all your ethics Tyson?" Max asked, almost mockingly.

"Screw 'em," Tyson replied shortly before pressing the loudspeaker button and waiting to hear Voltaire. Before long, the grizzly old man was on the other end of the line.

"Who in the world is this?!" he asked angrily.

"Er…Voltaire? I know you're not exactly pleased to hear from me…but it's Tyson Granger," Tyson said uneasily. "You know, the one that kicked your team's butt at the World Championships and blew up your hopes of world domination."

"Nice way to kick off the conversation Tyson!" Max hissed.

"You little worm!! Why in heaven's name are you calling me??!!" now Voltaire was beyond angry.

"We just want to know what went on between you and Kai when he came to visit you last," Ray replied, trying to maintain a level of calm, but Tyson could tell in his voice that he was nervous.

"Visit??!! That little brat??!! My grandson hasn't come to see me once since I was put in this wretched place!! And if he ever dares to come and see me I'll make him regret making a fool out of me!!!" Voltaire growled furiously. Tyson's mouth was agape. Kai hadn't been in Russia? He had lied?

"Ok thanks for that see ya," and with that Tyson slammed down the receiver and cut off the call.

"He…he lied to us?!" Max cried.

"Tell me something I don't know," Ray replied. "Just like Kai to pull a fast one a lie to us."

"Kai is Kai you guys," Tyson said. "There has to be something he doesn't want us to know, and I'm really starting to think that Ray is right. It has to be Black Dranzer."

"There's only one way to find out," Max said, almost hesitantly. "We have to confront Kai about it."

"I don't understand!!" Kai paced about the room in confusion. "I left this stupid thing up in my room!!"

"Is there a problem, master Kai?" a servant walked in and asked at the door.

"No, there's no problem," Kai replied, retaining his calm. The servant excused himself and Kai sat down, running his hands through his hair.

"Did I…" he stopped in realisation and stared at the Bit on the table. "Did I…pick it up without realising it?"

"It has begun…"

"Who said that?!" Kai snapped, standing to his feet and looking around. He was unusually on edge after finding Black Dranzer in his pocket.

"You're all mine…all mine…"

"Listen! I belong to no one you freak!! Come out here and show your face coward!!" Kai challenged the voice outright, reaching for his launcher only to curse inwardly at the fact he had left it upstairs: an unforgivable error on his part. He never usually left Dranzer behind. What was wrong with him?

"It has begun…you belong to me now…you're all mine…"

"This really isn't funny," Kai growled furiously. suddenly his attention was drawn to the Bit on the table. It had started to glow softly, like it was communicating with him, or at least trying to. "What…are you?" Kai asked softly, focusing on the black Bit before him.

"Come closer…yes, yes come closer…all it takes now are a few more steps…and I will have you where I want you…"

"You. Have. To. Be. JOKING!!!" Tyson cried in awe and amazement as they passed through the main gates of Kai's estate. "This place is enormous!!!"

"I'll say!!" Ray commented. "This must be twice the size of The Abbey!"

"I'd say it was about the same size as the Biovolt stadium!!" Max said, his jaw dropping.

"Ok now that could be an exaggeration," Kenny noted. They stepped out of Mr Dickinson's car and walked towards the front door.

"Thanks for the ride!" Tyson called back as the car drove away. Mr Dickinson hadn't accompanied them, but he had given them his car and his driver to escort them to Kai's, as Tyson's grandpa driving was a death trap waiting to happen. The four stood on Kai's doorstep and Tyson hesitantly run the bell. an elderly man in a suit answered.

"May I help you?" he asked.

"Uh…we're here to…uh…see Kai?" Tyson asked, a small sense of foreboding growing in his soul.

"Of course gentlemen, right this way and I shall take you to master Kai," the man replied, opening the door wider so as to allow the Bladebreakers entrance. He then closed the door and leas them into the living room, where Kai was stood in the middle of the room as if he were frozen.

"K-Kai?" Tyson began, slowly approaching the team captain. "Kai we're real sorry to come to your house and all--"

"Then why are you here?!" Kai hissed, a sinister tone to his voice. The team all took a shocked step back.

"Listen, Kai, we're sorry--" Tyson began again, but he was once again interrupted by Kai.

"No you're not!!" Kai growled, his fists clenched. "I knew I never should have agreed to continue coaching you losers. It's not like anything good will ever come of it."

"Kai! Now that's just out of order!" came Kenny's rebuke.

"Does it look like a care what a four-eyed computer geek thinks of me?!" Kai sneered, turning his face slightly towards his team mates. All of them noticed that something was very wrong with Kai. It was almost as if…he wasn't Kai at all.

"You're not Kai…are you?" Ray asked slowly.

"What makes you think I'm not Kai?" Kai asked, a twinge of frustration to his words.

"Well, the bad-ass attitude was the big giveaway," Ray replied angrily.

"Yeah, Kai is mean, but he's not that mean!" Max added.

"Oh, looks like I upset you then. Well isn't that too bad. Cry me a river, build me a bridge and get over it!!" Kai snapped. The four Bladebreakers stared in disbelief as a black flame seemed to encircle their captain.

"You're…Black Dranzer!!" Tyson called out as realisation dawned on him. The black flame now seemed to burn in Kai's eyes. It was as if all life in his body was gone and replaced with an incomprehensible darkness: an evil filled with so much malice and hate it was difficult to overcome.

"Black Dranzer!!" Ray yelled furiously.

"You were right Ray, Kai kept it!!" Tyson fumed. "Black Dranzer!! Leave Kai alone!!"

"No!!" Kai retorted, the black flame around him growing. "He's all mine now! He always has been he just never accepted it!!"

"Ka you can fight this!!" Max called out to encourage Kai.

"Come on Kai!!" Ray added.

"Don't let this jerk beat you Kai! Tyson said. "You've never just dropped down and taken a fall for someone!! So don't let him drag you under!! Break through Kai!! You've got to break through!!"

"You can try all you want!" Kai sneered. "He can't--" suddenly Kai dropped to his knees, his hands on his head, looking as if he were in deep pain.

"Kai!!" Tyson and the others ran to their captain's side.

"Kai you can do this!" Max encouraged him. "Don't quit!" Ray looked over to the table and saw the light from the Bit. It was starting to flicker and fade. Ray got an idea and grabbed the Bit, hiding it beneath a pillow. Within seconds, Black Dranzer's hold on Kai was broken, and Kai fell unknowingly into his teams' arms. He was breathing heavily, but unconscious.

"Where did you hide it Ray?" Kenny asked.

"Under there," Ray pointed to the pillow under which the evil phoenix was now hidden. Kenny walked forward, took the Bit chip out from underneath the pillow and placed it in a small box, putting the box in his pocket.

"I'll keep hold of this: for Kai's sake," Kenny said. Then they all reaffixed their attention onto the exhausted older teen. "He was able to fight him off this time, but who knows what will happen next time."

"Kai's completely drained," Ray noted, touching his captain's pale face gently. "His temperature has dropped."

"He'll be fine Ray," Tyson reassured his Chinese friend. "He'll be fine…"

"Kai? Kai are you alright?" the voice of a red phoenix echoed in Kai's empty room. The phoenix had felt a sharp pain in its heart only a few minutes ago.

"Kai?"

There was no answer. Dranzer gulped in fear.

"All these long months I have done what I can to subdue my brother from controlling Kai. I fear now that he is too strong…and I may not have enough time to save my master…my friend…oh what have I done?"

So go on and scream

Scream at me I'm so far away

I won't be broken again

I've got to breathe

I can't keep going under

SN: That's part 2! For Dangalf who was apparently going insane . Thanks are in order for Penguin Pop, Maeris, Soul Clara, TyKa Forevermore, Mezurashii, MasterFranny and Dangalf for my first reviews. More lyrics are here from Going Under by Evanescence. Me no own! You no sue!