Disclaimer: I don't own beyblade… honestly if I did I wouldn't be writing fanfiction I'd be writing the actual anime .

Running With Wolves
By Darks Light

…Kai's POV…

I stare out the window of the bus as it slowly winds its way through the mountain pass. We had been given a free vacation, courtesy of Mr Dickinson, at a cabin up in the middle the mountains or the middle of nowhere as Kenny put it due to the fact that there would be no internet connection. I should have said no to the offer, there will most likely be no place amongst all of this snow for me to train and being stuck up in the mountains for nearly a week with Tyson is not what I would ever call a vacation.

However, I didn't say no in fact I just nodded my head slightly before heading to my room as I usually did when they asked my opinion on things such as these, though now as Tyson and Max's excitement builds up a begin to wonder why I agreed to this. I sigh, I know why, it's the dreams I have and have been having since some time after I left the Demolition Boys. Running down snow covered mountains and through snow-covered forests each night it's the same and I'm running with wolves and one in particular intrigues me. The one with the golden bronze fur. From my schooling years I've learnt that wolves don't come in such colours, though I guess it's my minds way of telling me it's a dream even if it feel so real.

I continue to gaze out the window, it's only been six or so months since the championships when Tala faced of against Tyson and lost. I smirk finding the situation I'm in quite amusing, it was I who had decided to leave and it's been to whole six months yet I still cant help thinking about them, 'are they alive? What's become of Tala?' After Biovolt had been defeated they shut down the Abbey, this is probably one of the reasons I'm always thinking of them… 'where would they have gone?' I push these thoughts out of my head; I doubt any of them would be thinking about me after what I had done to Tala by leaving even though every day I wake up regretting it.

The bus slows to a halt bringing me out of my thoughts as I look at the remotely located cabin we would be staying at; it's huge. We file out of the bus and stand in the snow gazing up at the two story log cabin that stands before us; I can hear Tyson and Max cheer as they wave good bye to the driver; I wonder if they'll still be cheering when they discover that there's no TV's out here.

…Normal POV…

The Bladebreakers stood standing on the wooden veranda in front of the large oak doors before Kai walked up and opened them, the hinges groaning slightly under the weight of the timber but to the onlookers Kai seemed to open them with ease. The other members of the team gasped in amazement as Kai lead the way into the large downstairs room complete with Kitchen – located to the right – and large living or lounge room as some would call it – located to the left – complete with a large fire place with already lit fire which spread a welcoming warmth through out the room to those who had just come in out of the snow.

Kai glanced around this was a two story cabin so where was the… he spotted it, the stair case he assumed would lead to the bedrooms ran parallel along the back wall near the kitchen until half up the height of the wall it took a 90º turn running towards the front of the cabin. Glancing over his shoulder and noticing that the rest of his team-mates where occupied with the fire, Kai grabbed his bag and began to quietly climb the wooden stairs. Reaching the platform of the second story, Kai took in his surroundings in front of him was a room that by the look of things concealed a bathroom. Turning to his right Kai walked down the small walkway between with bathroom room's wall and the wooden railing, pausing briefly to glance down through the large square gap in the floor that was marked by the start of the staircase in one corner, the end in the diagonally opposite. Rei had just walked past into the kitchen, 'Probably to see what he had to work with for dinner' Kai thought; Rei did most of the teams cooking.

Kai walked to the end of the railing where the small walkway continued towards the opposite end of the house, on each side of it was two doors. Kai left his bag where he was standing before opening the door on his left that shared a wall with the bathroom; it was small with a small single bed. Kai shut the door and walked across the walkway and opened the next door it, the room was around the same size – maybe a bit larger – with a double bed, he walked back out the door and picked up his bag and chucked it into the room for the moment; he doubted that there would be any better rooms. However Kai walked down to the two other rooms one of which consisted of two single beds, the other, another double. Kai shrugged heading back to the room he had previously claimed, he'd keep this one, it was close to the stairs offering a quick escape from Tyson or anyone who came for him.

Rei walked up the stairs just in time to see Kai vanish into one of the rooms before walking along the walk way and past the bathroom, the sound of Tyson and Max running up the stairs reached his ears as he pulled open the door to the bedroom next to the bathroom; just great a single.
"Alright! A double! I've got dibs on it!" Tyson voice rang out clearly along the walkway as Rei looked over at Tyson and Max as they walked into the room next door to his.
"Tyson you know you're probably going to have to share that room with someone!" Hilary called out as she and Kenny came up the stairs and onto the second floor.
"I wouldn't open that door if I were you," Rei warned Kenny as he turned towards the room across the hall from his, "Kai's already claimed it," he explained.

Kenny nodded heading to the room across from Tyson's one.
"I guess you and me will be sharing this one then, unless you want to spend the night with Tyson's snoring," Kenny commented to Hilary indicating to the room with two single beds.
"Tyson you'll be sharing that bed with Max!" Hilary called out walking into the room followed by Kenny.
"Aw…ok, well I'm going to go see how good this snow is for snowballs!" Tyson called out in reply as he grabbed Max's arm dragging him past Rei and down the stairs.
"Hey! What the hell are you guys doing here!"