Hello everyone, well I'm sorry I haven't updated in AGES, I don't know what happened, I guess there just wasn't enough time to get this chapter to you all earlier. Please forgive me!

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Thank you to everyone else who reviewed, sorry I couldn't do a personal response to all of them but I'm running out of time.

Now to the story… a few people wondered what happened to Kai after the tape incident, and guess what? You're gonna find out. Now I think it might be helpful (only if you want to though) if you re-read the end of chapter 37 to refresh your memories about what happened – that just a suggestion. Anyways hope you like it!

Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade, I only own my OCs and their Bitbeasts.

I'd also like to dedicate this chapter to all of those people affected by the London Blast attack on Thursday… My thoughts are with those families affected.

Chapter 39: Everyone has a choice Kai

Kai slowly made his way to the stadium, his head forever lowered to the ground. No one could see the torment held within his crimson orbs. For you see, Kai was contemplating Boris's last speech to him.

- Flashback Kai's POV-

The office door slowly creaked open. My time was up, thankfully I'd managed to watch enough of the tape to find out Boris had lied to me. I concluded to myself that was the only good part to this next scenario.

I dared not move, out of fear more than anything else… I knew what awaited me; I had seen how much Grandfather and Boris had disapproved of my actions. Tala's beating would be no where near as bad as what awaited me…

There was no point in trying to hide, I knew that as soon as the door began opening. Hiding only makes you look weak - in the eyes of Boris I'd be a coward to hide.

I wondered briefly whether I might be saved… it wasn't necessarily going to be Boris who came through the door. If it was either Brian or Spencer, then I could easily get passed them – it wouldn't be that much of a challenge. However, if I did escape then Boris would still brand me a coward… that wouldn't really bother me; after all I'd be a brave coward if anything, for managing to tackle down two of the Demolition Boys in order to be free. Besides which, I hardly think someone who manipulates children, by beating them, for the sake of some evil plan to rule the world, has the right to call me a coward… the word hypocrite springs to mind.

My heart sank however, when I realised I needn't have bothered with the 'what ifs' of this situation. Sure enough, there would be no chance of me even attempting to escape the person who had just entered the room… After all, I've tried all my life to run away from him, but failed miserably every time.

Cold grey eyes stared at me. I felt as if they were trying to drill their way into my mind, to haunt me - I've always been afraid of his eyes… I guess it must be psychological damage from when I was young.

He entered further into the room, never taking his eyes off me. I tried my best to remain cool, even though secretly I'm petrified of this man… yes the 'great Kai Hiwatari' can be afraid.

A smirk played on his lips… That was always a bad sign.

"I thought I'd find you here"

I remained silent, which obviously angered him slightly as his smirk wavered momentarily, but he quickly regained his composure. Gradually he made his way around the room, moving closer and closer towards me.

"Did you see anything you liked?" he asked whilst tapping the computer screen.

"…"

"I take that as a no…"

"…"

"Ah I see you managed to find the volume…"

"…"

"…It makes such better viewing with sound… don't you think?"

His smirk made my skin curl. I knew what he was trying to do; he was trying to break down my defences. He wanted me to scream or shout, anything that would show emotion… but in his eyes that would also show weakness… "Warriors do not show weakness" is what he used to say when we were young; I guess that's the reason I was always so cold to everyone… well, until I met Cassie at least.

Cassie…

My heart ached as I thought of what I'd done, but I didn't let him know that. Instead, my face was a blank canvas… I suppose Tyson would have called it something immature like my "Mr. Sourpuss" pose.

"You lied to me Boris…" I stated simply

"I did? I don't remember lying to you Kai… as I recall… I only showed you the tape; it was you who jumped to conclusions…"

"But you said…"

"I told you I had a video to show you, I also said I knew you had feelings for Cassie…"

"You said she was cheating on me!" I growled through grit teeth

"No…I told you that she was playing you for a fool. I didn't say how she was doing that – you assumed it."

"But you implied…"

"Kai you really shouldn't be so quick to jump to conclusions, you're far too hasty about some decisions…"

"You tricked me Boris!"

"All I did was let you believe what your imagination came up with… nothing more, nothing less. If there's anyone to blame, then it is you Kai."

My body seized up when the thought struck me – he was right. All he had done was shown me the tape. It was I that presumed she had cheated on me; I was to blame for my actions… me.

I couldn't take this dose of reality. I felt weak, my knees gave way and I collapsed to the floor, silently cursing to myself. I could feel Boris's joy at my grief.

"What have I done?" I whispered

"That's a very good question Kai, one in which your Grandfather has been asking recently… what exactly have you done? I hope you haven't endangered our plans Kai, because I will not tolerate that."

"I don't care about your stupid plans…"

Boris let out a menacing chuckle.

"Once again Kai, we'd already perceived you'd say such a thing. You're so predictable, it's pathetic."

He kicked me in the side and I let out a small groan.

"Nevertheless Kai, you will co-operate with me, otherwise your friends will suffer -especially Cassie."

"What? B-but you said – you said you wouldn't touch them if I obeyed you!"

"Ah but you haven't obeyed me, have you? Remember, the deal was to never speak to any of your friends again… I believe you have already broken that promise…"

"B-but, that was your fault! You knew I'd confront Cassie! That's why you showed me the tape! I know you did!"

A smirk formed on Boris' lips as he folded his arms.

"You can't prove that. However, I can prove that you went against our agreement."

I let out a low growl. Inside, however I was panicking… Boris was right, I couldn't prove that he'd tricked me, but Boris could use my 'treachery' against me… I had failed at the one thing I had constantly tried to do; protect my friends, but now they were in great danger.

Boris lifted my chin with his rough hand, his eyes piercing my own.

"No listen carefully Kai, you will defeat Tyson in tomorrows battle. You will use all your strength, and you will show no mercy towards him. To help you, we have developed a new Dranzer that is twice as powerful as the old one, here."

He placed the cold beyblade into my right hand. For some reason I shivered; there was something evil about this blade.

"Now I expect you to use this tomorrow… It will be no match for Tyson's pitiful Dragoon, plus, it has a few surprises…"

I got up and carefully examined the beyblade, running my fingers along its smooth edge. I winced as the edge suddenly cut my finger. Blood trickled gently out of the new wound. I glared angrily at my arrogant coach; he seemed to be beaming with pride.

"Made from the strongest metal alloy known to man… it will simply shred Dragoon to pieces."

"It's not within the legal standards," I stated

"Your point?"

"I can't battle with it, I would be cheating if I did."

"You will be using it tomorrow Kai, because if you don't, then I may just have to try my plan B."

"And that it?"

"Your friend Cassie has a very powerful bitbeast… its power would certainly make us the strongest team in the world… I could get Tala to take it from her…"

"No! You can't!"

Boris scoffed

"And why not?"

Once again I began to panic; I didn't want Boris to know of Cassie's situation, I didn't want to tell him just how close Cassie was to Patiere… I mean, if he knew what stealing her bitbeast could do to her… But then again, Boris isn't capable of murder... is he? Maybe telling him is the only way to save her.

"B-Because if you do she'll die!" I yelled

The purple haired Russian stopped in his tracks. He looked hard into my crimson eyes to look for traces of deceit, but found none. For a brief second he contemplated on the situation, before smirking.

"In that case, you know what you have to do Kai."

He immediately turned out of the room, leaving me with an awful feeling in the pit of my stomach. Suddenly I began to feel I had made things a whole lot worse.

- End Flashback -

Normal POV

Kai stood as silent as a statue before the beydish. His head was bowed, letting his bangs partially hide his eyes. He had a choice to make… to either use the illegal beyblade or risk endangering Cassie's life.

Either way his morals were being pushed to their limits.

He could hear Tyson busily preparing Dragoon, and figured he had better do the same. Kai was so absorbed with his blade that he failed to hear Tyson speaking.

"Hey Kai? Kai! KAI!"

The boy's head shot up

"What!" he snapped, there was something in his voice that showed Kai was tense.

"Err… I just wanted to know if you're ready."

A simple nod was all Jazz Man needed to get the battle underway.

"3…2…1…Let it rip!"

"Go Dragoon!"

The two beyblades landed in the dish; Dranzer remained in the centre whilst Dragoon circled it constantly. Tyson smirked.

"You up to something Kai," he commented

Kai made no effort to respond, he merely stood emotionless with his eyes closed. His mind was elsewhere. He had made his decision… but was it the right one?

"C'mon Kai, you gotta attack me sometime…"

No reply.

"Fine! Then I guess I'll just have to attack you instead! Go Dragoon."

The silver blade began it assault on Dranzer. However Dragoon simply rebounded off the stationary blue blade, which seemed completely unfazed by the attack.

"What!" Screamed Boris

"Sir what's wrong?" asked a concerned Spencer.

"Your captain had once again disobeyed me,"

"He has?" asked Brian.

"Yes, he is not using the new Dranzer that was specifically prepared for him."

"But how do you know that? You saw that Dranzer was unaffected by Tyson's attack… surely that means he has…"

"If Kai had been using the new Dranzer, then Dragoon would have been shredded to pieces when it attacked. Therefore you can assume Kai has once again gone against my orders."

Just then, Tala saw something sparkle on the far end of the bench. He smirked when he realised just what it was.

"Your suspicions are correct sir… Look what I found."

Tyson growled. No matter how hard Dragoon attacked, Dranzer remained strong and unaffected.

"Should have known your team would have tried something like this Kai… but I never thought you'd be part of something so low."

Kai's eyes snapped open.

"Don't lecture me Tyson… you don't know all of the facts."

"Maybe not, but I do know this; I know how you're team has secretly been recording everyone else. How you've used this to over come our every strategy… how you've betrayed you friends…"

"I had no choice."

"Everyone has a choice Kai… but only the strong realise it, the weak simply follow orders, no matter how corrupt they are."

"Don't you dare imply I'm weak Tyson! You don't know how many times I've had to disobey Boris in order to keep you and the others safe… How I'm disobeying him this very second, and risking everything in doing so. I could have used a blade today that would have guaranteed me victory, but I chose not to. Do you know why?... It's because I don't believe in cheating… Like you, I'm trying to prove to Boris that there are other ways to win… that I can win honestly. If only you knew how much trouble I'll be in for giving you a fair battle…"

"Well that's very noble of you Kai, but it still doesn't justify what your team did."

"Maybe not, but I'm trying to redeem myself by doing this fairly… Go Dranzer!"

"Dragoon!"

The two blades clashed with one another. Slowly but surely Dranzer gained the upper hand.

"Dranzer, Fire Assault!"

A fiery haze appeared around the blue blade that quickly covered the whole of the dish. The flames began to spiral upwards as Dranzer's speed increased. Both boys had to shield their faces from the intense heat emitted from the dish. As soon as the flames reached the top of the stadium, they ceased.

Tyson eagerly searched the dish for Dragoon, but found only a lone Dranzer spinning in the centre. Looking to the floor he spotted his blade a few feet away. He was too shocked to do anything but pick up his beloved blade. Kai observed his old friend as he summoned back Dranzer.

For a brief second they made eye contact, before Tyson broke it, to look down at Dragoon.

"I'm sorry Tyson, but I had to win… everyone's safety depended on it."

Tyson watched as Kai make his way back to Boris. He noticed how Kai had quickly glanced at Cassie, who sat behind the BBA Revolution's bench; and how sadness had filled those usually cold eyes. Although Tyson didn't understand everything he knew one thing… it hadn't been Kai's choice to cheat, that, was the work of Boris.

Well I hope you all enjoyed that chapter… I had fun writing it! Now then I may not be able to update for a while; it all depends on how fast I can write.

You see I'm away all next week for a Biology field course… and well I'm only going to have a few days from when I come back before I'm off again. You see I'm going for an operation on the 20th to get rid of my tonsils that have been causing me so much grief over the past few months.… I should be back home the next day providing everything is ok, but I don't know if I'm able to get to the computer or not. I'll try my best!

I know what will happen in the next chapter… It's not the battle, but its something I've been planning to happen for a long time!

Please review and I'll update as soon as I can. To everyone who is going away for summer, "Have fun!"

Wreckless Spirit