No doubt the story left you feeling rather confused, right? If so, then you should read this. No, it's not an additional chapter to the story; rather, this is where I, the authoress, explain a few things that were tackled in 'Revelation'.

I'm sure that for most of you, the really confusing part of the story was that pertaining to the destruction of Balkov Abbey being nothing but a 'programmed memory', so to speak. Intertwined with that is the tale of Kai's father being banished because of his love for Beyblades and Beyblade designing; in the course of this, Kai's father is forced to abandon his son.

The latter is actually the true tale of Kai, having been revealed in the comic book, or manga version Bakuten Shoot Beyblade, particularly Volume 3. In that volume, during the finals between Kai and Takao, the former said that his intention was to beat Takao and claim Dragoon for himself, and afterwards, claim the other two sacred beasts, Draciel and Driger; then, he would utilize the four beasts' power to ultimately destroy all Beyblades in existence. His reason: three years ago, Souichirou/Souchirou Hiwatari (I'm not so sure of the spelling), had banished his son – Kai's father – because he was 'shirking his duties to the company. That time, Kai's dad (I don't know his name) was an employee of Hiwatari Enterprises, obviously the family business. However, he was more interested in designing and producing a particular Beyblade – which in the manga, is actually what we know as Dranzer S – the prototype of which he'd promised to give to Kai when it was finished.

Also in the manga, it is revealed that both of Kai's parents are very much alive – although his mother doesn't appear very much, and when she does, readers have absolutely no idea who she is – whereas the anime portrays him as having mysteriously appeared out of nowhere, which leaves a lot of viewers wondering about his true heritage: is Kai Japanese or Russian? Some fanfiction writers (myself included, initially) believe the latter, but it is in fact the former that is true. For those of you in America who are lucky enough to have several volumes of Beyblade comics, I suggest you take a look at Volume 3 and look for the woman whom Kai is reaching for in one of the panels in the flashback – Yup! That's Kai's mom.

As for the memory modification thing, the idea just came to me one day. See, I was trying to relate the 'Balkov Abbey Incident' – Kai's past in the anime version – and the real (manga) version of his past. I was having trouble tying the two together. And then it hit me: memory modification. Balkov, being the genius (!) that he is, could be capable of such a feat, and I decided to just associate the two (Balkov and Souichirou), so that the former would have a reason to perform such an experiment on Kai.

As for the other elements in the story, they're just that – fiction.

I hope that cleared up some things for you. If you're still confused, kindly leave a review or contact me via email and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

Thank you, and God Bless! Dewa matta!