I'm writing a whole bunch of chapters at once to make up for the delay. schools almost done so I can write a lot more in the holidays, thanks for the reviews.

I would also like to say that I am extremely pissed that bey blades is not on t.v anymore damn cartoon network thank god I'm and obsessive anime freak and tapped almost every episode. Well that's my rant for 2day on with the fic 

Chapter 4 long lost friends

At once the fond memories came flooding back to him when he saw the figure walk from out of the shadows.

A girl at least 16 years old stood at the top of the pathway to the beach. Her long dark purple hair was caught in the breeze. she still had the same hair cut from 8 years ago, her fringe framed her emerald green eyes but the long strips of hair that flowed down the sides of her face were longer and coloured black.

She was quite tall and fit with curves in all the right places, she was wearing black pants that fit snugly around her hips and were lose at the hem, she had a black belt on with a buckle that had a panther bearing its fangs with wings to each side, she had on a long light blue top with sort of off shoulder sleaves that looked like they had been tied up, a slender piece of blue fabric flowed down to her knees just like Kai's white scarf, she also had on her upper right arm a gold arm band that was engraved to look like an ancient mural.

"M…M…Meiley?" Kai managed to stutter out her name his eyes were as big as saucers and his face was pale with shock.

She smiled back at him "he remembers me" she thought a slightly concerned look graced her features when she saw how pale he was getting.

"Kai you look like you've seen a ghost I'm not that frightening am I?" she said taking a few steps forward.

Kai finally gained composure and stared straight into her eyes "how can you be here" his comment took Meiley by surprise she thought he would be overjoyed to see her but then again it had been nearly nine years since they had last seen each other.

"I don't get you" she said trying to make sense of his words, Kai was equally as stunned at her for not understanding why he was so shocked to see her LIVING.

"YOU DIED… I was told you died in a boat accident I saw the newspaper clippings and everything and they said that you were killed in a boat accident your body wasn't found…" . "who told you this?" Meiley cut him off before he could say anymore

"Boris and Voltaire told me six years ago. they said you were killed the night before the world championship finals" Meiley understood why he was behaving the way he was. for 8 years he hadn't seen her and for 6 of those years he thought she was dead.

She sighed and walked closer to Kai " I would have been the first person to win the championships three times in a row that year" she looked at Kai and saw that he was still freaking out a little so she attempted to explain what happened to her as well as she could.

"Kai I think Boris and Voltaire didn't exactly tell you the hole truth, you see my dad had surprised me and come home early from his business trip in Egypt to visit me at the finals and he arranged a celebration for us on this boat but there was….a….technical era and it caught fire, it exploded and my…my...dad …he…was killed in the explosion I was found a couple of weeks later on the shore"

Kai suddenly felt angry at Voltaire and Boris they had purposely not told him that Meiley had survived the explosion, her father died not her "maybe they just didn't want me to leave and try to find her, that had to be why Voltaire didn't tell me she was alive" Kai thought to himself piecing together the new information to understand what had happened in the past.

His anger felt more like sadness 'no' he felt sorry for Meiley he new how much she loved her father, while they were in the Abby he could see how close they were.

"Meiley I'm sorry…for your loss and for believing Voltaire… I really thought you were dead" Kai hung his head down so that his fringe covered his eyes "how could I have been so stupid as to believe my! Grandfather I should have known better"

Kai snapped his head back up when he heard the breaking of a twig Meiley was within arms reach now he was still coming to terms with the fact that she is still alive and in front of him.

"Lets not think about the past for now, we got a lot of catching up to do and I don't know about you but we haven't seen each other in like 8 years so I'm kinda freaking out" said Meiley trying to see his face under his fringe.

For the first time in months (or ever in Kai's case) Kai had a small smile on his face. He looked up at Meiley and her smile made his bigger she laughed a little as they both plunged into each others arms. They both joyfully laughed with each other Kai lifted her of the ground and spun around with her in his embrace, he lost his footing and they both ended up rolling down to the ground still laughing and holding each other.

Kai couldn't remember the last time felt this happy his day just got a whole lot better. He had almost forgotten all about losing Dranzer until she broke away from him and sat up still smiling.

Her smile turned into a serious look faster then he could launch a blade this put him on guard for some bad news.

"Kai I have a few reasons for being here" she said to him turning her face to the sea where the sun was about to rise the orange glow was highlighting her face, Kai couldn't help but stare at her contently, she looked at him in the corner of her eye and he quickly turned his face to the sea as well, feeling the blush find its way to his face.

She smirked and returned her gaze to the ocean. "I came to give something back to you, something that you poured your heart and soul into" Kai was reluctant to turn and face her again so he to looked at her in the corner of his eye with a blank emotionless expression on his face, at least she knew he was listening.

"I watched your battle with Brooklyn so I know what happened to dranzer. I though what you did was very noble. I was also incredibly impressed with how good you've gotten at blading you could even be a challenge to me" she said teasingly at the end.

"oh" Kai looked away, he didn't want to be reminded of the heart ache of losing his dranzer especially when he was beginning to feel peace at last.

"so what was it that you want to give me that I have poured my heart and soul into?" Kai said curious to know where she was going with this and to get of the subject of dranzer.

"you don't know, haven't even guessed?" she replied as if it were painfully obvious

"no" Kai said with annoyance in his voice guessing games wasn't one of his favourite past times.

" think Kai what's the one thing that you have devoted your entire life to?" she raised her eyebrows at him he could see in her eyes that the answer was obvious and it was.

"beyblading what else" he said "exactly beyblading. Your whole purpose at that abby was to become the worlds greatest beyblader right!" said Meiley eagerly

"yeah but that pretty much went out the window when I defeated Brooklyn I can never bey battle again" Kai sat up straight he was becoming angry and upset his friends had all tried to stay of the subject of dranzer because they all new how much it hurt him to talk about it.

Meiley new that Kai had been quite depressed since the battle against Brooklyn and didn't want to make him to upset but what must be done must be done.

"You still love it tho the only reason you are so depressed is because you miss the thrill of blading and truly believe that you can never battle again…"

"THAT'S NOT IT" Kai cut Meiley off he could hardly contain himself he was struggling to keep his emotions in. if it had been Tyson he would have simply walked away and not said anything, but he couldn't do that to Meiley, he never ignored her like he did the others.

"then what is it then?" she new what the answer was she only needed to hear it from Kai,

this was it he couldn't turn and run that would be cowardly he could always lie but for some reason he suspected that she already knew what was troubling his mind.

He sighed and gave into to her and for the first time told someone the reason for his depression.(not like it wasn't obvious or anything)

"its not that I miss beyblading, I could always get a new blade, but there's no substitute for Dranzer, so what's the point in starting over if I know that I'm never going to be as strong as I was with dranzer by my side, and besides……….dranzer was more then just a bit beast to me" the sadness in Kai's face almost made Meiley cry she wanted so badly to hug him and comfort him but she let her pride get the better of her.

"you miss dranzer that's the reason isn't it" even though his facial expressions practically spelled that out she still needed it to be confirmed from Kai that the loss of his most loyal friend and partner was the reason for his depression. Kai didn't say anything at first then he gave her a nod that put her need to know at ease.

She smiled at him seeing his expression had softened. "you know Kai she misses you too!" Kai jerked his head upwards who was she? "huh who's she ?"

Meileys grin expanded and started to laugh a little at how curious he had gotten "heh heh dranzer she misses you"

Kai stared at her blankly 'she was all cryptic a few moments ago and now so perfectly frank what the hell' Kai thought scanning her eyes for answers but finding none.

"ok now I'm confused do you mean Dranzer MY bit beast Dranzer?" Kai said in a loud and bewildered tone

"Mmmmhmmm" a sly smile crept up one Meileys face. She acted relaxed and lay on the slop of the hill with her back to the ground and her elbows supporting her upper body so her head faced the sea.

Kai only wanted to hear her speak he wanted to know what she was going on about, how does she know all this was the only thing racing in his mind.

"how can you possibly know that Dranzer misses me and that she is a she have you forgotten already… Dranzer was destroyed the bit chip was destroyed I saw it shattered into a million pieces DRANZER IS DEAD!"

Kai unintentionally yelled the last part his emotions were running high which he felt was an unusual thing for him he didn't like it but he also couldn't help it. His eyes were burning with dried up tears his eyes widened at Meiley who was now starting to laugh.

"WHAT'S SO FUNNY?" Kai said loudly feeling the anger run through him. He was sitting up straight and gazing at her intensely letting her know her toying with him like this was becoming unbearable.

Satisfied with her old friend's interest in her, she finally decided to talk and put him out of his misery.

"you my friend is what I find so funny, you must have really loved dranzer for you to react like this" Kai only gazed on at her wanting her to continue not saying anything until she did.

"dranzer loved you to, she told me so when her spirit returned the matriarch… who is kind of like Dranzers mother all I can tell you is that when a bit beast can no longer be maintained in the bit chip the spirit returns to the spirit that created it, this spirit is the matriarch. When the bit beast returns to the matriarch it is given the choice to remain on earth and be reborn as the same bit beast but untamed and with new abilities or the spirit can go to paradise in its own world which is also guarded by the matriarch. its kind of complicated to explain"

Kai was in awe he had read nearly everything there was about blading and bit beasts but this was something new to him the most he new was that there was I higher power in which all bit beasts were born from. Meiley continued.

"when your bit chip was destroyed Dranzer could no longer be contained and was forced to leave, she to returned to the matriarch and was given that choice but the thing about dranzer was when she arrived she had full memory usually on the passing to the matriarch's world there memories are lost forever and are able to make the decision without regret. The reason Dranzer had her memory was because of you Kai"

she looked at him with reassurance the next part she knew he was going to enjoy.

"she remembered everything of her spirit life with you and the sacrifice you both made in that battle this made it hard for her to make a decision because she had no way to tell you what she wanted"

"what did she want?" Kai said the first thing that crossed his mind while processing all the information Meiley was telling him about his bit beast. Meiley looked at him in the eye and smiled slightly

"she wanted to be with you as your partner in blading and as your friend, her spirit resembles yours and in a way, she is part of your soul she didn't want to be alone and without purpose so she chose to stay on earth the only problem was she had no way to get to you so she has been with Ra… I mean the matriarch building her strength so that she may independently fly to you but to do that you need to want her and call for her to strengthen your bond so you can be reunited once more, with a power beyond your wildest dreams. Its important that you know that only certain types of bit beasts can do this Kai…"

Kai looked at her in shock what she was saying could only mean one thing…Dranzer was alive and wants to return to him!

"but how…how can Dranzer…"

Meiley cut him off knowing what he was going to say next

"dranzer is a phoenix this makes her a very unique bit beats because the legend of the phoenix is that at the end of a day the phoenix fly's into the sunset and dies in its own flames but the following day at sunrise it is reborn from its ashes symbolising a new cycle of time and life Dranzer is no different except she is a spirit and cannot die like a living being does. she used all her energy with you in that battle that symbolised her burning into ashes and since she is part of your soul you are her ashes and with the rising sun she will be reborn with you"

she pointed to the horizon where the sun peaked over the sea It wouldn't be long before it would be fully up and it would be day time.

Meiley stood up and dragged Kai with her she let go of his arm and faced him.

"are you ready Kai this is the gift I was talking to you about…my gift to you is the return of your Dranzer all you need to do is accept it"

and with that she held out her hand and presented Kai a state of the arch beyblade unlike any he had seen it was blue and just a little bit bigger then his last blade (if you have seen g-rev episodes then you know which blade im talking about) it was incredibly powerful and the centre of the blade where the bit chip is placed was a black bit chip made of a metal Kai didn't recognise, but it looked strong, strong enough to hold the new dranzer that was about to be imbedded in it.

Kai looked at it for a moment then stared Meiley in the eyes "is this for me?" he asked unsure what to do.

Meiley nodded and handed him the blade he took it in his hands and caressed the surface with his thumb.

"the bit chip is made of an extremely durable but light weight metal perfect for a bit beast as strong as Dranzer with plenty of room for her powers to grow, it won't break as easily as your regular bit chips either it would take a force 10 times as strong as Zeus (Brooklyn's bit beast) to make a dint in it"

this brought an evil looking grin to Kai's face, "all it needs now is Dranzer" Meiley said to him seeing the expressions on his face she assumed he was day dreaming about battling Brooklyn or Tyson with his new blade.

Kai looked up at her unsure on how he was going to get Dranzer into the blade as far as he knew he was given Dranzer already sealed in a blade when he was a very young child, he never bothered to ask how Dranzer got their.

"how do I do it. How do i call dranzer into the blade" he said in an eager tone

at that moment she handed Kai a launcher that matched his blade "just do what you were born to do and let it rip"

he understood he took the launcher and prepared to launch. As soon as the sun's warm ray's hit his face he launched his blade in the air directing it towards the sun. the feeling was so right he felt a rush of energy run through his every nerve, the power he felt rushed through his lungs and out his mouth DDDDRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNZZZZZZZZZZZEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRR!

A loud screeching roar was heard from a distance, with each moment the sun rose higher into the sky the louder the roar became, the sun peered over the horizon and at that point a bright burst of light blinded the two friends on the shore, Dranzer appeared from the centre of the sunrise and flew with lightening speed into Kai's new beyblade roaring with happiness Kai heard a faint female voice in his head that he didn't recognise "master Kai I have returned I missed you dearly" "I missed you too Dranzer"

The fiery phoenix fuzzed with the blade in the air sending a final burst of light and flame in to the sky and came safely down to the ground then spun into Kai's open hands.

The once blank bit chip now had the picture of a phoenix on it, Kai smiled down at his blade all thoughts and feelings of depression melted away he felt the presence of another person behind him and turned to face Meiley who was peering over his shoulder, it was because of her that Dranzer had returned to him though he didn't know how she did it but at the moment he really couldn't care all that mattered was that she and Dranzer were with him his closest friend and partner returned to him all in one day he felt stronger and happier then ever and it was all thanks to Meiley.

He set his pride aside and threw his arms around Meiley in a tight embrace, this caught her off guard for a moment but returned the hug reassuring him this wasn't a dream, Kai buried his head in her shoulder Meiley heard a mumbled "thank you" tickle her skin she cringed a little and smiled in delight reflexively tightening her hold around his neck, grabbing a bunch of his scarf under her hand and tilting her head towards his.

"your welcome" she replied through a smile.

They held onto each other for a while Meiley knew Kai wasn't the most affectionate person so moments like this were extremely rare so she let him hold her even though she felt the blood race to her cheek's making them turn bright pink.

Almost instinctively Kai's cheek's began to do the same thing becoming aware of his actions Kai finally broke apart from his childhood friend.

he turned his face away to try and stop his cheek's from turning even more red. Once he gained composure he looked at Meiley and thought of something to say, a thousand questions leaked into his head in an effort to organise his thoughts he said the first question that came into his mind.

"Meiley"

"yeah"

"this Matriarch…what does it have to do with you? you said that Dranzer spoke to you when she returned to the matriarch but you never said how you linked to it how do you know so much about it?"

Kai didn't know it of course but that was a very difficult and painful question for Meiley to answer, the happy expression on her face disappeared and became serious she looked away for a moment thinking of a good answer then returned her focus on Kai.

"I can only tell you that the bloodline of my family binds with the matriarch, she appears on our family crest and is sort of like my families guardian angel so when dranzer went to the matriarch she also found me and she remembered me from all those years ago back at the abby. do you get what I'm saying it's kinda complicated for me to explain and I've already said to much about it"

Kai nodded he figured the matriarch was something like a loyal spirit to her family. He decided not to question her anymore about her family it was clearly a touchy subject for her.

"will you promise me that you won't repeat any of this to anyone, everything I have told you must stay between us" Meiley looked at him with a deadly serious look on her face.

"its important that nobody finds out to much about the matriarch and me otherwise everyone I know including you will be put in grave danger. I can't explain why so you'll just have to trust me"

Kai heard the urgent tone in her voice he wasn't planning on talking to anyone anyway so her secret was safe with him "I promise" he replied and gave her a small reassuring smile.

The sky was now turning light blue the sun was up and a new day began. The two sat and watched the spectacular sunrise that began a new era in their young lives.

I think im gonna stop there cos its getting kinda long so im gonna put the rest in the next chapter. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE REVIEWS I love it when I get reviews so keep it coming. Im gonna start the next chapter now or else my friend is gonna kill me