Heya peeps, time for another update! Once again it's taken a while to write this chapter, but I do have a valid reason. I haven't been very well recently so I haven't been able to update. Anyways let's get onto my very patient reviewers.

Beyblade-gal: Wow about thirty times! That's a lot of reading, well glad you like it so much. I'll try to update faster in future; it will probably be once a week though. Hope that's fast enough for you.

Ms.SoUrPuSs: Yeah I find the character of Kai can be very mean sometimes, of course that only makes it more fun to write lol.

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blade-luver: I'm glad you liked this chapter. I have to say chapter 29 was one of my favourite chapters to write, although I've been looking forward to writing this one too. Enjoy!

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Babyboo108: As I explained before I haven't been very well, so that's why I haven't been updating as often as I did before. I hope this means I don't have to be hit by your plastic hammer lol

Ilovecake2: Now where to start…. Firstly I apologise for the gril thing lol, I didn't even spot that when I checked the chapter over three times, there was something else I'd typed wrong as well, but no one picked that up thankfully. Actually, originally all chapter 29 was going to be was the café scene, but it wasn't very long and decided to put in the opening ceremony as an introduction to the tournament, glad you liked that. Yeah I'm thinking about the whole Kenny thing you mentioned… what sort of bitbeast do you think he should have? I like Tala too, he seems a cool guy, he should get a bigger part in this fic later on… but you will have to wait and see!

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BunnyHugz: You'll find out what happens to Tyson and Kai in this chapter… enjoy!

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Now let's get onto the story… It took me ages to come up with a title for this chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade, I only own my OC's and their bitbeasts.

Chapter 30: Burning Memories

Tyson sprinted through the crowds of people in the BBA building as he tried desperately to catch up with Kai. There was no way he was going to let Kai get away with treating Cassie like this…

'First he left her to return to Russia, then he broke her heart by not even bothering to call her and now he even has the cheek to completely blank her at the tournament… To think I even considered him as a worthy captain of my team! He's gonna pay when I get hold of him!' thought Dragoon's master

Tyson came to a halt; he was now short of breath from all of the running.

'Damm… lost him' cursed the navy haired boy

Suddenly he heard a group of screaming fan girls across the large hall.

"We love you Kai!"

"Over here Tala!"

"Wow he smiled at me!"

"It wasn't you he was smiling at! It was me!"

'Bingo' thought Tyson as he sprinted over to them.

He arrived just in time to see the end of a white scarf enter a hallway. In front of the entrance, a security guard was desperately trying to hold back the hoards of screaming fan girls.

As the boy tried to follow his old friend, another guard stepped in front of him.

"Sorry kid… only participants of the competition can go down there," replied the guard in a gruff voice.

"No problem. I'm Tyson Granger of the BBA Revolution," Tyson went to continue down the hallway but the guard put his arm out.

"Hang on… anyone could say they are a member of a team. I need ID as proof."

The boy was beginning to get agitated. Every second he was wasting with this stupid security guy, meant another second for him from reaching Kai. How could the guy not know who the Beyblade champion was! Quickly he shoved his security pass into the face of the guard, who shortly let him past.

A growl escaped the throat of the boy as he ran down the passage. There was no sign of Kai. Several doors lined the blue tunnel like hallway.

'Maybe he's gone through one of them…' considered Dragoon's master.

It was then that he spotted a sign stating the training room and team rooms were straight ahead. Tyson was now certain Kai would have gone straight ahead. He increased his speed as ran down the corridor.

The passage opened up onto a large three story area. Tyson found himself on the bottom floor, around the edge of the room he could see the two balconies of two further stories circling above him. In the middle of the room was a glass wall parting.

It was relatively empty in the room apart from a few attendants that were tidying up and preparing for the tournaments to begin. Tyson looked straight ahead where he saw his captain about to go into a lift on the other side of the room.

"KAI!" shouted Tyson

Everyone, including Kai, stopped what they were doing and turned to the panting world champion.

"Kai… I think you have some explaining to do!" panted the boy

"He doesn't have to explain anything to you kid," retorted Tala

"Silence!" snapped the former Bladebreaker captain.

Tyson smirked

Kai went to leave the lift, but Tala put him arm out against the lift wall, preventing Kai from continuing.

"You not going to talk to him are you!" exclaimed the red haired boy

"Move," stated Kai simply

"But Boris said we had to train immediately!"

"That can wait… you carry on,"

"I don't think you should go Kai"

"Are you questioning my decision," growled the Russian

"Err no Kai… It's just, you know what Boris is like when you disobey him,"

Kai grunted as he pushed past him team mate.

"I'll make sure it's only me that gets punished," he muttered before the lift doors closed.

Slowly Kai walked towards an irritated looking Tyson. He stopped a few feet away from his former friend, folding his arms and closing his eyes.

"What do you want Tyson?" Kai sounded bored and irritated

Tyson clenched his fists.

"I want to know what gives you the right to treat Cassie like you have."

Kai raised an eyebrow.

"I don't know what you mean,"

"Oh yes you do Kai! You broke up with her out of the blue… and today you just ignored her… Do you know what that's done to her? You should see her Kai, she can't stop crying – all because of you!"

The Russian looked solemnly at the floor.

"I had no choice Tyson…"

"What?"

"Forget it, I've said too much already," Kai turned to leave. "Believe me Tyson, its best for everyone if you just drop the subject."

"Hey! Don't you dare turn your back on me Kai! I'm not leaving until I get some answers,"

Kai continued to walk to the lift.

"Oh that's it, walk away Kai… just like you always do! To think I even respected you as our leader, you're just a coward who can't face his own problems,"

Kai stopped and span round to face his cocky friend.

"You have no idea what you are talking about Tyson," growled Kai

"Oh really? Well Maybe you'd care to fill me in on why you left the girl you loved…"

Kai shut his eyes and looked away, he sighed in defeat. Tyson was always the persistent one of the team.

"I had to… they'd hurt her if I didn't,"

"Who?"

"Boris and Voltaire…"

"But why?"

"They want the Demolition Boys to win this tournament… no… distractions were allowed… They said if I stayed in contact with any of you then they'd make sure that you'd never distract me again… I had to protect Cassie and the rest of you… breaking up with her was the only way I could make sure Voltaire wouldn't hurt any of you…"

"You could have told us that was the reason,"

"I tried to tell Cassie, the night she phoned, but Voltaire hung up the phone."

"Couldn't you have contacted us?"

"If Boris forbids you to do something, you make sure you don't disobey him… I learnt that lesson when I was young."

"But you're disobeying him now to speak to me…"

"Hmm and I'm sure I'll regret it… Listen Tyson, I'm sorry I hurt Cassie, it breaks me to know that… but please you must understand you can't contact me during the tournament, I don't want any of you to be in danger… Boris will stop at nothing,"

- Flashback -

Two men rummaged through Kai's bags. They took out any reminder of the Bladebreakers, including magazines with them on. These and photo's were put onto the raging fire in the main room.

Kai stood at the side watching with hatred in his eyes, another man had the boy's arms pinned behind his back so he couldn't move. The two toned haired boy glared at his grandfather who was sitting calmly, on a nearby armchair.

Boris was also in the room. He smirked at the obvious pain the boy was in. He tapped the framed picture in his hands. Casually he strolled up to the struggling boy.

"Now, now Kai, there's no point in trying to fight… you can't possibly win. I hope you understand mine and your Grandfather's actions… you see we want you to be the best, we can't allow you to have any distractions."

He held the picture in front of the boy. It was a photo of Kai and Cassie in the park. One of the few where Kai was actually smiling; it was the only one that Boris hadn't burnt.

"Take a last look at her boy… it will be the last time you see her for a while."

Kai growled as Boris tossed the picture onto the fire. The evil man came closer to the boy.

"From now on, you are to make no contact with her or any of you other friends. If you do, you will certainly regret it… we wouldn't want any… accidents to happen to them now would we?"

Kai's eyes widened in fear.

"You wouldn't dare…" he spat

"Oh wouldn't I? Just remember the Abbey Kai… I can dare to do anything I want to achieve success."

"Yeah, I remember all the cowardly things you did."

"SILENCE!" shouted Boris as he slapped Kai around the face.

There was a quiet knock at the door, before it opened to reveal the Hiwatari butler. He looked concerned for the boy. Kai's head was drooped so that his hair hid his bruised face. The butler turned to Voltaire.

"Sorry to disturb you sir, but a Miss Greendale wishes to speak to master Kai…"

"Is that her?" asked Boris as he pointed to the burning photo.

Kai nodded solemnly.

"Tell her he is busy," answered Voltaire. "But I shall speak to her… its time to end her relationship with you, my grandson."

"Please don't Grandfather…" pleaded the boy

"Trust me Kai it's for your own good… this girl would only divert your attention from blading… and we can't have that happening, can we?"

Kai head dropped forward in defeat as his grandfather walked past. He thought this time, things might have been different if he returned to Russia. Oh how he was wrong.

Boris followed Voltaire, not forgetting to stop by Kai and whisper sinisterly,

"Welcome back to Russia boy,"

- End Flashback -

"I thought Boris had burnt all of the photos I had… but I found one, it must have fallen on the floor…" mumbled Kai

From inside of his top he pulled out a folded photo of him and Cassie inside the Dojo.

"I only have the photo and this to remember her by…"

Kai pulled out his Yang necklace.

"Boris doesn't know they exist, so he can't confiscate them from me…" he smirked as he placed back the two items back to their hidden spot.

"I never stopped thinking about her Tyson… but it pains me even more now that I've seen her but can't tell her why all of this has happened. Can you do me a favour?"

"What?" asked a suspicious Tyson

Something caught Kai's eyes as he looked up to the balcony behind Tyson. Without warning, Kai grabbed Tyson's T-shirt and span around so that Tyson was now pinned to the glass wall by Kai.

"Hey! What's the big idea?" exclaimed a shocked Tyson

"Keep your voice down…Boris is up there…" hissed Kai

Tyson looked up to see the evil man looking down on the two.

"Just act as if I'm threatening you," whispered Kai

Tyson nodded momentarily.

"How many times Tyson do I have to tell you? I've left your team for good!" shouted Kai

"Some captain you are!" retorted the boy

"Your team's not worthy of me…" snorted Kai. "Oh and I don't appreciate your pay-offs either,"

Kai thrust an envelope into Tyson's hand. A puzzled look came onto the world champion's face.

"Play along…" Kai hissed through gritted teeth.

"Oh, yeah well it would have been a waste of money if you'd accepted anyway!"

Kai lifted Tyson up by the shirt.

"Give Cassie the letter, it will explain everything… I've got to go now, I'm already in trouble. Sorry about the shirt… makes it look authentic," he whispered

Kai threw Tyson against the wall. Unfortunately for Tyson it was a little too authentic, and the groan he let out was with genuine hurt.

"Don't bother contacting me again Tyson and you can tell your pathetic friends that too!" sneered Kai as he walked into the lift that Tala had previously been in.

Before the doors closed Kai nodded to Tyson, who smirked back – Boris couldn't see this bit. When the doors shut, Tyson staggered to his feet. He let out a convincing yell of annoyance before glaring at Boris, who simply walked away smiling.

Tyson stormed off with a frown on his face… it turned into a smile as soon as he entered the corridor where he ran to tell his friends the news about Kai, and to give Cassie the letter that would hopefully mend her heart.

Wow that was quite a long chapter, but I got in everything I wanted to explain about. This has got to be one of my favourite chapters so far. Hope you're all happy you've finally found out what's happened to Kai since he's been in Russia. Well I suppose you only find out a bit of what happened… but anyway that will be all for now.

Hope you enjoyed it. Please review. I'll update when I can.

- Wreckless Spirit -