Ayamari: Notes:

1) I do not own Beyblade

Chapter 5: Discoveries

Tyson shivered as two men dropped him outside his school. The sun had set hours ago and the air was chilled. Tyson stood slowly, aware of little more than pain and nausea overtaking his senses. Tyson slowly, cautiously started towards his home. "Tyson," a female voice called out. Tyson turned cautiously and spotted a young girl with brown hair coming towards him and tried to suppress a groan.

The girl raced to Tyson's side and collided slightly, causing Tyson to wince in pain as he valiantly tried to stay conscious. Tyson only managed to regain his composure when the girl squeezed Tyson as hard as she could. Tyson's soft cry of pain went unnoticed by the girl as she babbled on, "Oh Tyson! I was SO worried about You! None of those TEAMMATES believed me, NOT one! I told them you'd been kidnapped and you know what they did? They LAUGHED at ME! Like I would LIE to them about YOU! NEVER!"

The girl released Tyson's waist from her crushing hug and wrapped her hand around his wrist. Holding tighter than necessary the girl proceeded to drag Tyson to a nearby park. Tyson gently tried to pry his wrist free noticing that the girl was headed away from where he thought his home was. 'How can she claim to know I was kidnapped and then drag me to God knows where? Has she lost her mind?' Tyson's mind screamed. The girl turned, smiled brilliantly, and tightened her grip as she said, "Trust me Tyson, I have the perfect surprise for you! I know you'll love it!"

Tyson stopped struggling as tears formed in his cloudy blue eyes. His thoughts swam around his mind as he tried to keep a clear idea in his head. He knew he had to get home, and that he'd lost something important. His body ached horribly as Hilary dragged him to a seat in a nearby park. Tyson stared around, suddenly suspicious of the shadows surrounding him. 'Please let me go home Miss. I need sleep, and some pain medications can't hurt either.' Tyson thought desperately as he tried to remember if he knew this stranger girl holding his wrist.

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"They lied." Kai growled. Kenny was shaking at his side and Max was crying into Rei's shoulder. Kai watched Rei desperately trying not to cry as the small group agonized over the whereabouts of their teammate. "I'm sorry guys."

"No, Kai. If I had been chosen as leader, I would have made the same choice. Tyson's our friend." Rei said as two small tears leaked from his eyes. Rei tightened his hold on Max as though he felt Max would disappear next. Max looked up and smiled slightly as he kissed Rei in reassurance. "I just wish they'd kept their word."

"I can't stand this anymore! Where's Mr. Dickinson, he said he'd return with any information he could find! Where is HE?" Kenny near screamed as he started to pace. Rei and Max looked over in sympathy as Kai stood and went to look outside.

"Mr. Dickinson and Tyson's Grandfather will be back as soon as they have any news. They know we're as worried as they are, they'll be back with information soon." Kai said in a dead voice. The other three boys stared at him worried about their friend when suddenly Kai collapsed. Before anyone could move a small light escaped him. Rei rushed forward and gently touched Kai's shoulder before he too collapsed. Max collapsed shortly after another small light escaped Rei. Kenny watched the lights race off into the night sky for a moment before he went to Kai's side. Kai stirred and looked up at Kenny before whispering, "What just happened, and what's on my back?"

"I have no idea Kai. It was strange, first you collapsed then this light seemed to fly out of you. The same thing happened to Rei and Max, oh and Rei's on your back….just a moment and he should wake up too." Kenny said in a dazed rush. Rei stirred and quickly pushed off of Kai's back. His eyes scanned the room quickly in search of Max.

Once Rei saw him he raced to his side and gently gathered him in his arms. Max opened his eyes to see the concern burning brightly in Rei's eyes. A small smile graced Max's face as he hugged Rei in relief. Softly Max asked, "Does anyone else feel as though they've lost something?"

"Yes, but at least I didn't lose you," Rei said as he quickly kissed Max. Max hungrily returned the kiss until a loud noise distracted him. Everyone looked towards the entrance to see Mr. Kinomiya, Mr. Dickinson, and the Saint Shields. Confused, Kai and Kenny walked over to Rei and Max.

"Hello Bladebreakers," Ozuma stated a slight hint of loss in his voice. He walked over to the small group and slowly lowered himself to the floor. "Mr. Kinomiya told us that Tyson was taken and that you gave up your beyblades. We gave up ours too."

"Why? When?" Kai asked, suspicion creeping in quickly. Max and Rei looked over to the remaining Saint Shields who were cautiously staring at the group, almost asking for permission to join. Rei waved his hand, beckoning them to come and sit and they quickly joined the group.

"They trapped us this morning and it was the beyblades or our lives." Joseph said miserably. He looked at Max, sympathy and understanding standing out clearly. "I'm sorry."

"Mr. Dickinson and Mr. Kinomiya told us they've had no word yet, they just wanted to drop by and make sure you four were still alright so we asked for a lift." Mariam added. She looked at Rei and said, "We were hoping to get here before you guys gave in. Guess we were a little late."

"Don't worry about it." Rei replied as he tightly hugged Max. Max gratefully returned the hug with a small smile.

"They took Tyson to get ours, what did they do to get yours?" Kai asked. Silently the Saint Shields looked to each other before they all stared at the floor. Finally Maraim looked up and stared heatedly at Kai.

"They threatened me……not just threatened you see, they trapped me in a small dead-end alley. One guy threatened to shoot me, while…." Mariam said.

"They wanted more. We gave them our blades in exchange for my sister," Joseph said in a strained voice. His sister hugged him close for a moment then returned her stare to Kai. Kai looked at the ground unable to talk.

"They threatened to take Tyson's life," Rei muttered.

"And they hurt him bad. They gave us his jacket, and it was torn to shreds and covered in blood. They let you go as soon as you gave over your beyblades?" Max asked softly staring at Mariam. Mariam looked at them and nodded slowly. "Then why keep Tyson?"

"Maybe because he didn't have his beyblade and he wouldn't tell them where he hid it. Maybe he chose to fight." Kai suggested dismally.

"That would be our Tyson." Max said with a small bit of false cheer. Kenny and Rei smiled at Max as Mariam hugged him.

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"Tyson?" The girl asked as Tyson started to slip off the bench. The girl grabbed his arm and pulled herself close to his side. Tyson stared at her warily, trying to free his arm. A soft glow was shining in her eyes as she leaned in. Tyson drew back slightly and glanced around for an escape route.

"Can I…." Tyson started before the girl kissed him. Tyson drew back slightly but failed to get far as the girl grabbed his head and deepened the kiss. Tyson started in shock and tried to pull away. The girl ignored his attempts to squirm away as she continued to enjoy the kiss. The girl slowly pulled away breathing deep. She only moved a few inches and smiled lovingly at Tyson who was desperately trying to catch his breath. The girl watched Tyson's eyes looking for love. Softly Tyson whispered, "I need to go home. I don't know who you are but I just want to go home."

"Hilary, silly. Your acting foolish love," The girl said before she leaned in and captured Tyson's lips again. Tyson pushed back Hilary's shoulders knowing he was unable to do anything much. Exhausted Tyson surrendered and hoped Hilary would stop. Hilary bit his lip and Tyson cried out softly in pain. Hilary took advantage of his open mouth to insert her tongue. Tyson found the strength to push her away and fell off the bench. Hilary cried out in shock, "Oh Tyson you okay? You're not hurt are you?"

"Yes, and I'm going home." Tyson said as he pushed himself up. He started walking home, suddenly desperate to be as far from Hilary as humanly possible. Hilary stared after Tyson for a moment before she raced to his side. She grabbed his hand and roughly spun him around.

"Tyson, your surprise," Hilary said as she kissed him again. Tyson pulled back and glared at her. Hilary pulled a small condom from her pocket and waved it around, "Your surprise. Don't you want it?"

"No," Tyson said before he turned and ran away praying to every deity in the sky that the girl would be unable to catch up. Tyson stopped shortly after passing the school and moaned in agony. Tyson started coughing until he felt his lungs would burst. When he finally stopped he muttered, "I'm coming home, wait for me."

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"Well. The other bitbeasts came easily, what's wrong with Dragoon?" a tall man demanded as he glared at a slim woman. She shook her head and stared at the bitpiece in her palm. "Well?"

"I can't explain it. I don't understand it myself. We've been trying since this afternoon when we finally got the bitpiece, nothing has worked." The woman said as she stared at the papers in her hands. She shuffled through the data and looked at all then returned her gaze to the man before her. "Doctor Willst it makes no sense. All our data suggests it should have worked."

"Increase the power, use every thing we have. I WANT Dragoon! Do you hear ME?" Doctor Willst screamed. The lady turned and left with a curt nod. She walked down a long corridor and started the project once again.

"The boy will die if you use that much power!" another man said as he read the power level. The lady nodded and brushed away a small tear, "That poor boy. It's going to feel as though we're ripping out his soul. I pray he falls quickly, no one deserves the pain we're sending his way."

"We're getting soft, but I agree. We've made him suffer so much, for so long for the moment of Dragoon's release." the lady whispered as she flipped the last switch the whole room brightened and the two stared intently at the beyblade, waiting for Dragoon's release. Slowly the image of Dragoon appeared above the glowing beyblade. Both scientists held their breath waiting for the final stage to begin.

A loud, anguish filled scream filled the night sky.