GOG: Another one finished! Now, you should know how I write now so I won't go through that nonsense. And keep guessing on that note! Lol

Yet again, I do not own Beyblade.

blah Bitbeast speaking

/blah/ Person talking with Bitbeast

----------A Blast From The Past----------

Kinta couldn't hold it in anymore. So she cried, openly, for the second time in thirteen years. Kai rubbed her arm, trying to comfort her. A single tear went unnoticed as it ran down his cheek.

After a few minuets, Kinta's tears had stopped and she was able to speak again.

"Friends, this will determine the fate of so many. Will you help me fight this battle against evil?"

Glances were exchanged throughout the room. Soon, she received nods of approval from them all. Yet something, or someone, was missing. Kai and Bryan hadn't answered. Kinta looks at the two. It was almost as if she was looking into their souls.

"Bryan? Kai? Will you help?"

The two Russian's did not look at her. The room was filled with silence, waiting for a reply. Kinta could see Bryan's lips part, like he was going to speak. But before he could, an explosion was heard. The large group of beybladers ran outside and onto the front lawn. Kai and Darcia helped Kinta to the door. When they reached it and saw what made the noise, they all gasped. A huge pilled of smoke engulfed the already gray sky. No one knew where it had come from on such short notice.

"Where is the smoke coming from?" Hilary gasped out.

Bryan and Kai were surprised when Kinta broke away from their support.

Kinta's eyes went wide, along with Darcia's.

"Stay here!" She yelled as she ran down the streets to the attack.

Darcia soon followed. "Wait up!"

The others looked at each other. "Should we stay here?" Ray asked.

Kai looked at the ground, clenching his fists. (Damn it Kinta! Stay out of trouble for once!) Without saying a word, he ran after the two.

Robert, along with the others, watched as the three ran toward the smoke. "Yes. We would only interfere."

Serena turned around. "Let's head back. If they don't come back soon, we'll go after them." She started to walk down the road when she saw something running their way at a high speed. As the creature came closer, it took the form of a horse. It's white fur shown through the thick air.

"Watch out!"

The horse whizzed by the group and in the direction Kinta, Darcia and Kai went.

Serena gasped. "Was that...?"

"Chesa?" Kida finished.

"Did Kinta ever call for her?" Bryan asked.

Kida shrugged. "I don't remember her doing so. Maybe it's instinct. Ya know, to protect."

"Well, it's not out problem, so let's forget about it and go back to Kinta's house." Lee said.

The others nodded and went back to Kinta's house.

---Downtown Bucharest---

Kinta leapt from rooftop to rooftop, avoiding the smoke and heading deeper to the explosion. Her once short stubby tail, which grew into it's longer self within minuets, now swung in the breeze. As she neared the source, she found it hard to breath, even when she was with the others. It must be from the fusion with Freedom. She knocked the thought from her mind when she saw fire. "I hope everyone has evacuated. I don't want to be seen in this form."

Why not master?

/Freedom? Is that you?/

Yes, it is. Now why don't you want to be seen in out fusion? Is it that shameful?

/No! I mean, not at all. I'm grateful that we are fused, just not the way it was done. And as to why I don't want to be seen fused with you is because normal humans don't know that humans and sacred spirits can become one./

I understand now, master... Earlier you wondered if there was anyone left.

/And what's the answer?/

Not everyone escaped.

/So are they...? Did they...?/

Die? Yes, I'm afraid.

A pause went between the two.

/How many?/

Over 100

/Well, we need to find out what, or who, caused this. I don't want another September 11th happening./

Then I will follow and protect you forever.

/...Thank you./

Their link was cut off and she continued. She stopped when the fire became bigger and engulfed the surrounding buildings.

"Oh my God..." Kinta could only gasp as the building that she was standing on caught fire; yet she did not move.

---With Darcia---

Darcia on the other hand, was stuck on the ground and had already covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve, hoping it would ease his struggle for air. His eyes were becoming blurry from the dust swirling around him and his feet were sore from running on the uneven surface of the road. While shielding his eyes with his other hand, he looked around for any signs of Kinta, or anybody for that matter. When he looked on the rooftop of a building, he saw a slim figure standing there.

"Kinta?"

He started to run to her when he saw that fire was heading toward her.

"Kinta! Move! You'll get burned!"

She didn't hear him.

---With Kai---

"Damn it's thick."

Kai struggled against the wind and heat of the smoke and, from what he could tell, fire.

"Where there is smoke, isn't always fire. But I have a hunch that this time, there is."

This is when his scarf came handy. He wrapped it around his nose and mouth to vent out some dirt in the air. He looked at his surroundings. The windows of buildings were blown out and some were destroyed. Kai had also seen a body back a few blocks.

"Where are they?"

Just when Kai said that, he heard a neigh from behind him. He turned his head to come face-to-face with a horse, Chesa she stood up on her hind legs and neighed.

"What are you doing here? Do you know where Kinta is?"

The horse only nodded and huffed.

"I'll take that as a yes." So Kai pulled himself up onto the back of the creature and sent her off running.

"Take me to Kinta, Chesa!"

At the speed he was going, the dust didn't affect him as much. As Chesa took him away, he looked around for either Darcia or Kinta. After a five-minuet ride, Chesa stopped.

"Is Kinta here?"

Yet again, the horse nodded.

Kai looked around. He could see the fire clearly now and saw two figures close to it.

"Is that Darcia and Kinta?"

The white horse nodded her head a few times and went charging to the figure on the ground.

"Stupid horse." Kai looked up at the other figure on the rooftop. The building that they were standing on was starting to catch fire. Without thinking, he ran to her, he knew it was Kinta. Only she would do something that stupid.

---FLASHBACK---

"Leave them alone!" A five-year old Kinta yelled at the man who held Kai by his hair. The boy was squirming to get free, but with every twitch came a tug.

"I said let go!" Kinta yelled once more and kicked the man in the knee. She was fairly tall for her age and just as flexible. In reaction, the man through the young Kai to the wall, which caused him to slightly pass out.

"Why, you brat! You'll pay for that!" Kai didn't dare open his eyes for fear that the evil man would hurt him again. He could only hear the screams of his close friend as she was taken away. He sobbed, but didn't cry, as he knew that Kinta would be all alone with the man with the piercing red eyes.

---End Flashback---

Kai shook his head from the memory and ran to the foot of the building.

"Kinta! You have to get down! You'll burn to death!"

He saw her look at him and she only winked. She closed her eyes and walked into the fire.

"Kinta!"

---Normal POV---

Darcia was petting Chesa's head when he saw his 'sister' walk into the blaze.

"Kinta, you idiot!"

He stared at the fire for the longest time before he saw something more from the corner of his eye.

"Is that...Kai?"

Chesa butted him in the back with her head and neighed. It seemed like she wanted him to go to the Russian.

Darcia only nodded and ran to Kai.

"Kai! You alright?"

Kai turned around when hearing his name being called.

"Darcia?"

"The one and only."

"Did you see Kinta go into the flames, or was it just me?"

Darcia nodded. "I saw it too."

"Good. Then I'm not going crazy."

The two paused and looked at the growing fire.

"What are we going to do? We can't just leave it." Darcia asked.

"Where the hell are the firemen? They should've been here by now."

Darcia shrugged. "Who knows, all I know is that we can't do much."

Kai turned at the Romanian and raised an eyebrow. "So what you're saying is that we should let Bucharest burn to the ground?"

"Of course not, but what can we do to stop it? Nothing, that's what." Darcia didn't look at Kai and turned to the fire. "What's that?"

Darcia looked closer at the blazing fire and noticed a black figure in the midst of it.

"That's Kinta!"

She seemed to be waving her hands in a circle and whispering. Slowly, the flames moved closer and closer to her floating body. She let out a mighty roar that sounded like it flew into the wind and was carried throughout the land. When the echo of the first scream had ended, she roared again.

Kai and Darcia both had to cover their ears. "What's wrong with her?" Kai yelled/asked.

"I have no idea! Let's keep watching and see what she does."

They returned their gaze at the fused girl and saw that the flames were literally being sucked into Kinta's body! The boys could see she was shutting her eyes hard, but they didn't know if it was from pain or something else.

Within minuets, the once tremendous fire was no more and only ash was left in its place. Darcia and Kai noticed that Kinta stayed up in the air for a bit before floating down to earth.

"Kinta!" The boys said together and ran to their friend. They were surprised to see her just standing there and zoning out.

Kai grabbed her shoulders lightly to shake her from her daze but immediately removed them.

"She's fricking hot!" Kai looked at his hands and saw that they were red and emitted smoke.

Darcia's eyes went wide. "Holy crap. That must be the heat of the fire. How can she still be alive even?"

"I don't know and we'll find that out later. But for now, we need to cool her off."

Kai and Darcia looked around for water, ice anything to relieve Kinta of the heat. Unfortunately, they found nothing.

"We should try to take her back to the house. There we can place her in the tub and cool her off." Darcia instructed.

Kai nodded in agreement. "Good idea, but how will we get her there? She's scorching and if we touch her, we'll get burned."

"We can use our cloths to protect our hands."

"Whatever."

Being decided, Darcia and Kai took of their shirts and wrapped them around their hands before touching Kinta. Surprisingly, it worked. Kai grabbed her upper body while Darcia took her legs. It would be a long walk back to Kinta's house.

---END---

GOG: God, I take forever to update. I need to have a talk with my band teacher. He's working us like dogs! I mean, try carrying a big-ass bass drum on your shoulder (while it's leaning on your groin) for like 2 hours! I've got bruises to prove it! shows bruises on shoulders and upper thigh

Kai: Agh, God! No one wants to see that!!!

GOG: teary eyed I knew that! But you didn't have to be so...so...MEAN! crys

Kai: Jesus Christ...look, people, just review so I won't drown!