Sapphire Vixen

SunFireVixen doesn't own Beyblade.Only the pathetic plots she makes, and that evil genius Fei, the weird driver Takato, Riza, and Sapphire.

Sun: Yay! Update! Today's wil be super short, sorry. I promise the next one will be a bit longer. Lots of luvvy fluffiness between Sapphire and Kai, too.

Sapphire: I dare you to put it up, you idiot. I dare you.

Sun: (pays no attention at all) Thank you to everybody who has read myfic and mostly to those who reviewed!

Chapter 23: Equal?

Kai stared sadly down at them. Sapphire's eyes seemed empty...dull...lifeless...

"Sapphire... not everyone is that way-" Ray started, but he was cut off.

"Humanity had it's chance. And we can't take it anymore. No more chances. The first two hurt too much. If we are hurt again, we'll slowly die suffering!" Emerald yelled at Ray. "No more...chances..."

Emerald stood, and carefully picked up Sapphire. Shetrembled in Emerald's arms. Emerald looked at them. "It's impossible to heal anymore. We slowly lose more blood as time goes by, yet...we aren't dying. So we keep on suffering."

"I will come back for Draciel." Sapphire said, eyeing Max.

Dranzer inclined her head, and Emerald carefully put Sapphire down on her back. She sat on her back also, holding Sapphire. Dranzer gave a loud screech, and took off. Kai stared up at sky until they had become only a small red dot in the sky. Kai sighed, and sat down on the steps again, his face in his hands. They all still stood, and soon walked and stood next to Kai.

"What do we do now?" Kenny asked. He had been hiding behind a pillar, frightened, the whole time.

"If we surrender Draciel to Sapphire, we won't see them again. Then she'll die." Ray said, sitting next to Kai.

Kai looked up at them. "And if we don't surrender, Sapphire will die, and soon Dranzer will weaken and disappear. The rest and Emerald will follow."

"So no matter what, Sapphire will die and our beasts will disappear?" Max asked.

"That's the thing." Kenny piped up. "Why would she want them if the same thing is going to happen no matter what the choice?"

"Wait, didn't she say that the Sacred Maiden would know when she would die? And before she dies-"

"-she would seal the beasts in a crystal orb. That means she wants to save them...before she dies." Kai said, cutting Max off. He folded his arms, and sat straight.

"So...should we?" Tyson asked, sitting on the other side of Kai's. Max sat next to Tyson.

"What if that's not her reason?" Max pointed out. "Draciel means alot to me. I can't give him up." he said, looking down at his green blade. He smiled down at Draciel's bit-chip. Kai gave him a sideways glance. He closed his eyes.

' "It's too late...she doesn't feel love. I don't think she even believes in love anymore..." ' Emerald's words echoed in his mind.

'If you could trust one more time, I'd show you that there is such a thing as love...' he thought, opening his eyes and looking down at the ground.

"I apologize that...all of this happened." Riza finally spoke up. They all looked up at her again.

"She is fragile, and gaining her trust is something extremely difficult. She is really weak right now." she looked down at Kai. "She is so weak, that her wrist bled when you held her. It is...not true aboutwhat she told you."

He nodded, and looked down at the ground again. 'Why didn't I fight for Dranzer? Why was I paralyzed? Dranzer is the most important thing to me...

...or is it? Sapphire means alot to me, too. Her past rivals mine. And she has probably suffered even more.

Somehow, she still pushes on, and lives, trying to reconstruct her life... Could it be...that I cannot choose between Dranzer and Sapphire?

They both equal the same? Dranzer has always been first...and Sapphire has taken her away. Does Sapphire really mean that much? How could she mean that much to me, if she has taken away my friend for all of these years?

No. She cannot mean that much. Dranzer will always be the first one. Always.'

He stood, and looked up at the sky. The rest of the team looked up at him curiously.

"What is it, Kai?" Ray asked, standing up also.

"I'm going after Sapphire."

"I'm going too-"

"You stay here just in case she comes back. And protect Max and Draciel." Kai said, looking straight ahead. "I'm going alone."

'Dranzer is the first one.'

He ran out the iron gates, and started running the direction they had flown away.

'...Or is it?'

Sun: The next chapter will be longer, don't worry.

Sapphire: Here's your preview:

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"You've turned goody, Emerald?" Fei said, smirking, his dark sliver eyes boring into her fake dark green eyes. Emerald's smirk disappeared. He inched closer, and took one of her silver-gold strands, rubbing it between his index and thumb fingers. Emerald stared at him, surprised. His smirk grew at her reaction.

"Thought that I wouldn't know...? I know everything that happens inside your uncontrolable brain. I created you." he murmured, stroking her cheek. "You don't know why I keep you, do you, Emerald? Don't you realize...?"

He stepped closer to her. In a whisper, he said,"Power is not the only thing I love."

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Sun: (laughs manically)

Sapphire: (rolls eyes) Well, hopefully you won't blackmail us. Please review.

Sun: Just live til sunday, and you will all know what happens!