This is the final chapter of 'The End of an Era.' There will be an epilogue posted, but it wont be very long, so this is pretty much it. A big thank you to everyone who reviewed. You guys are the best! So without further ado...

Promise for Revenge

Kai awoke to the smell of cooking. "Great I'm becoming like Tyson." He mused as he sat up.

He looked over to the other bed, where Tala was still asleep. Smiling slightly he quickly padded out of the room, closing the door silently behind him.

"Ah, you are finally up, huh?" Isabel picked up the frying pan from the stove and brought it over to the table, tipping its contents onto one of the plates. "Eat up, you're only skin and bones. Honestly what do parents do nowadays? It's as if they forget their children are hungry… by the way where is your friend?"

"He's still sleeping. He deserves it, though, since he was up most of the night before you found us." Kai said as he took a sip of the tea she had made.

"You two seem to have a strange relationship. Are you actually friends?"

Kai looked as the now empty cup of tea, "Not really. Tala and I aren't what you would call close, but the circumstances have forced us to settle our differences a bit."

The woman nodded in understanding, looking at the child as he began to speak again.

"We have looked after each other, well he has done most of the looking after actually. I've mostly been getting in the way. I don't think I had ever felt my age until he started watching my back so much." Kai looked up to Isabel's face; "Tala's easier to get along with than I am. Even though he can be pretty mean when ordering around his team, he does care about them and they care about him."

"Are you saying that is not the case with you?"

"Yes and no." Kai paused before continuing. "My team always cared a lot about me, even if I didn't return the feelings. I learned to trust them when they saved my life; even after I had betrayed them."

"Are you worried that you have lost their friendship?"

"Well, I haven't exactly tried to stay in contact with them. I have not had many opportunities to contact them, but I probably should have left them a note or something. I've never been very good with goodbyes."

It was then that Kai remembered the pendant that Tyson's grandpa had given him. Sticking his hand into his pocket he pulled it out again. He was lucky he had not lost it when they were trying to escape.

Closing his eyes he thought back to everything he had done since the World Championships. His life had never been the best, but that did not mean that he should let it take over. He had had enough of taking orders without really thinking, so his next big decision had to be his own.

The two talked for some more while waiting for Tala to wake up. It felt weird, but Kai found that he felt a lot better talking to Isabel about things.

"Listen son, no matter what happens live your life the way you want to, otherwise I guarantee that you'll regret it even more in the end."

A gunshot followed by Lupus' barking brought the two out of their conversation. Kai rushed outside to see one of the last people he wanted to: Boris. A guard was on either side of him, both carrying rifles.

Lupus was growling between Kai and Isabel, white teeth bared at the attackers.

Isabel was the first to speak, "What do you want here?"

"I don't want anything of yours, my dear. The only thing I want are the two boys that are staying with you." Kai felt everyone's eyes turn to him, "So Kai, where is Tala?"

A slice went through the air before one of the guards had his gun knocked out of his hand. Kai was quick to react knocking out the other guard as Lupus jumped onto thefirst one, growling.

"Do you do this to me just so I can miss all the action, Kai?" Tala stood in the front door and caught his beyblade as it returned to him.

Kai rolled his eyes before the two turned their attention to Boris. "I am impressed with the two of you. I have to admit I underestimated your teamwork skills, but you have yet to defeat me. You see this is far from over."

The two boys watched in surprise as Boris walked away as if that was all he had come to do. Kai turned to look at Tala.

"What was he talking about?"

"He already has his next scheme ready to take over beyblading."

"Oh. You know he could have told us that by calling us or something."

"You know Boris, he loves to keep us guessing."

Kai looked towards the horizon where he could just make out the buildings over the forest. "Tala, we need to get going."

Kai looked at Tala, who had suddenly found the ground below him very interesting. "What is it?"

Tala looked up, "If Isabel wouldn't mind I'd like to stay here with her. I like it out here and there's nothing really keeping me in Moscow. Just tell the police that I'm safe OK?"

"Sure thing and Tala?"

"Hm?"

Kai nervously stuck out his hand with an uncertain smile on his face. "I'm glad that I was able to get to know you better. I don't know if we can think of each other as friends, but I'm glad you were there for me, so thanks."

Tala shook the younger boy's hand smiling, "The same to you."

Isabel watched smiling at the two, "I would love you to stay with me Tala. You'd be a huge help. Kai, you have to at least stay for lunch. I won't let you leave without filling your stomach and saying a proper goodbye. I also want you to take Lupus with you; he knows his way back here and he'd be a good companion."

"Well, this is it. It was very nice to meet you." Isabel smiled at Kai as he stood ready to leave.

Kai nodded to her and Tala stepped in front of him. "Whether we will ever truly be friends or not I don't know, but Iagree and we can both say that we understand each other a bit better than we did when this crazy thing started. If you ever get tired of being a Bladebreaker, the Demolition Boys will be glad to make a space for you."

"Thanks Tala." The two beybladers shook hands before he and Lupus set off.

As the two walked along Kai thought back to his conversation with Isabel.
"I knew I recognised your name, Hiwatari. A few months ago a man with that name stayed with me. He said he had come to Russia for some kind of tournament… oh I can't remember exactly what it was for, but I'm sure you would know. Anyway, I asked him why he was going and he replied by saying that he was going to watch his son, who had got to the finals with his team.

"I persuaded him to stay with me and Lupus, of course, and after the first day he said he was leaving again. I wondered why he had wanted to leave so early, but I was not about to question his choice on the matter.

"However I did ask him if he had seen his son. He replied by saying that he had and that his son had lost his match. I could see his disappointment at first, but he soon smiled at me and laughed. He told me how proud he really was that his son had made his own decision to not take up his grandfather's offer and to fight for what he believed in, even though he had known he would most likely loose.

"He said to me that he thought his son was fine without him and that it would be better for both of them if he did not come back into his son's life."

Tears built up in Kai's eyes and he stopped for a bit to regain his composure. Lupus noticed this and walked over, licking his hand as if to ask if he was alright. Kai patted the wolf's head in reassurance, "Don't worry, I'm fine."
"Looking at your face I'd say he was wrong, but I respected his decision then and I still think he had his reasons to leave."
"I'll be fine."
"It's up to you if you wish to find him or not, but don't let it take over your life, or you might well miss everything else life has to offer. There are too many people who give up on their lives only to find the thing they have been searching for has changed while they were gone. Sometimes the good memories cloud even the worst experiences."
Kai looked down at Lupus, "Come on, let's go."

The two began walking again and it was not long before Kai could just about make out the tall buildings towering over the city.

Just to clear this up because my explaination was not great: Lupus is just going with Kai until he gets to the city then he will go back to Isabel.

Only the epilogue to go (nothing too exciting, just Kai and his family talking). Well, nothing else to really say, but "review please."