Disclaimer: I do not own the lyrics to that song (the one in bold.) I don't own the beyblade, but I own the OCs and the plot, not matter how sucky it is...

Chapter7:

Krist?

"She's gone? What do you mean? That she mysteriously disappeared without any trace of where she went?"

A soft wind whirled around them; the moonlight traced their figure.

Akane sadly and slowly nodded.

'That creates a problem…' Kai sighed. He grabbed Akane's hand and quietly led her to her room. "Get some rest, you're gonna need it…" Kai said as he closed her door.

Akane sighed. 'You promised you wouldn't leave…' tears welled up at the corner of her eyes.

"Of course not…why would I leave my best friend all alone?"

'Liar…'

"We're gonna be together forever!"

'Liar…'

"You, me, Tala, Lyoto, and Xena will always be together!"

'Liar…'

"I will NEVER forget you…"

"LIAR!" Akane threw a pillow at the wall, creating a dent in it. The wall, not the pillow, mind you.

The room seemed to darken, fitting the mood she was in; as if it saddened…The window was open, showing the dark sky, but no stars shined. A wolf howled somberly at the full moon, crying its heart out, unseen tears falling down its face.

With tears falling down her cheeks, she sat down on her bed.

"Is your heart broken?" the wind whispered, watching her, sadden that it can't do anything to help.

"How can my heart break, when it wasn't even whole to begin with…" she answered with a heartbreaking voice. Her eyes showed different emotions, angered and depressed that her friend left, and confused as to why she left.

"God of reconciliation, heal our wounds in darkest times…"

Her mouth may not be moving, but you can hear her heart cry out in pain.

"In the mist of fear and violence make our lives a prayer of peace…"

She tried to stop the tears from falling, but try as she might, it was in vain. She can't cover up her feelings.

"Father of the broken hearted guide us home to Heaven's shores…"

Her cries were muffled by the door and walls. She stared at the ceiling, but not seeing what is there.

"God can help you, child. All you have to do is believe…"

"…There's no such thing as God…" she whispered. "If there was, where was he all my life?" She heard no answer.

…Somewhere…:

"LEAVE ME A-"

"LYOTO!"

A girl turned around and gasped, but then smiled. "XENA!"

They embraced each other fondly; hearts singing with joy.

"Girl, why didn't you bother to visit? Do you know how long I've been stuck in this castle on this planet, acting over and over again?" Lyoto wore a long black dress, her black hair was tied behind her, flowing softly in the breeze from the open window; her lavender eyes gleaming brightly. Xena, on the other hand, wore a white dress and she had unusual silver hair; her blue eyes shimmering happily.

"I would love to talk about you with what has happened these past 7 years but we have some SERIOUS problems." Xena said seriously.

"What?" Lyoto shooed her guards out of her room and locked the door. "Tell me EVERYTHING."

"…Krist's gone."

Lyoto raised a brow, thinking that Xena was stupid or something. "Of course she is: she's DEAD." she said.

"No, I thought she was transparent because she was an alien." Xena rolled her eyes. "Of course I know she's dead, what I mean is that she's gone. Poof, disappeared, evaporated off the face of the planet!"

Lyoto gasped. "Oh…Well, how is Akane taking it?"

Xena laughed nervously. "Not very well…"

There was an awkward silence; Lyoto was taking it in pretty well, although her insides were screaming with fear.

"And that's ANOTHER reason why we have to find her!" Lyoto grabbed Xena's wrist and led her out the door and to her garage, where a hover car waited.

"I call shotgun!" Xena cried happily.

Back on Earth:

"We have to do something." Ray said. "She's practically locked herself up in there!"

"Don't you think we know that?" Tyson said, "Right now, we need a place to stay because this mansion is a death house!"

"…wow, Tyson finally said something SMART for once…" Hilary stared.

"This is definitely NOT the time Hilary." Tyson glared.

"He's right," Kenny started typing on his laptop but then stopped and looked up, completely shocked. "Boy, that sounded weird…" and then he continued with his research.

"I think we could stay at a hotel, I mean Mr. Dickenson would love to help us, right?" Max suggested.

"I don't know, I mean, if they knew that we were here, than obviously that they're gonna find us if we're gonna stay in a hotel. Either they have some high technology with them or we have a spy on our hands." Ozuma dismissed Max's idea as he sat down.

Max sighed, flopping down a leather couch and burying his face into his hands. "This is hopeless."

"Maybe we could stay at an abandon ware house." Miriam thought.

"Pfft, no way am I staying at another one. I see rats EVERYWHERE!" Dunga glared.

"Fine, then you think of something because it's getting late and a girl's gotta get her beauty sleep on." Miriam got up followed by Hilary.

"I'm with her; don't stay up too late guys." Hilary said; they bid their good nights and stepped up the stairs.

"Beauty sleep is NOT gonna help them." Dunga snorted. A shoe came in contact with his head.

"OW! OW!" and another one…

"Stupid girls…" he mumbled as he kicked the shoes.

"We need to be more cautious of everything we do. We can't risk another battle." Kai said. He leaned against the wall and glanced out the window just to make sure they were alone.

"He's right, what we need to focus on now is where we're gonna go." Kenny nodded. "It's gotta be somewhere isolated but close to a small town where we can get supplies."

"The best place would be a forest." Ozuma walked over to a table and started shuffling papers around to find something. "Here it is." He sat back down and laid out the old worn out map. "The forest that closest to us is about 150 miles away,"

"If we go in the morning, we'd probably reach it around 5." Daichi guessed. "Maybe,"

"If we go now, we could probably get there by sunrise!" Tyson exclaimed.

"I don't know, I mean, Akane isn't in the shape to be moving around." Kenny placed his hand under his chin.

"Well she won't be moving around! The car's doing all the work!"

"Hey Tyson, do you have a driver's license?" Ray raised a brow.

"…No…"

"That's what I thought…"

Ding!

Everyone turned their heads to Kai who was currently staring out the window. But of course, he could feel their stares. He sighed in defeat. "Yes, I do have a driver's license…"

With Akane:

Akane's POV:

I stared out the window. I looked outside; I thought that I could find the answers to my questions. But all I saw was white: frozen white water: snow. I felt a soft breeze coming, but I didn't mind, I found it—dull…My watery eyes turned to the sky.

"Why?" my voice cracked and more tears fell. It's been a long time since I cried. The sky seemed to darken in my question. Truly, I wanted to die at that very moment. I'd rather die than be left alone. I'd rather be one of the dead, trapped in your coffin under the ground than have to suffer all of this pain. But I knew that it wasn't right. Committing suicide does not solve anything; that's the cowards' way out.

Although my heart was in pieces again, I am determined to find out why she ditched me like that. After all that we've been through, I just can't believe that it meant NOTHING to her. I just can't make myself believe that. We've fought the undead, we suffered the deaths of loved ones, we experienced rejection. No one is that heartless, we all have a soul, no matter what everyone says.

As a matter of fact, we made a promise on this day; all of us. 12 years ago, and everything looked exactly like this.

Flashback:

"Look everyone! It's snowing!" a little silver headed girl ran outside in the snow, dancing and laughing wildly.

"Wait up!" cried a little black girl. She ran after her best friend but she tripped over a white rock.

"AH!" she fell down, crying silently.

"Are you okay, Lyoto?" a kind, soft, male voice asked her. She looked up, wiping the tears away.

"I'm fine…" she said, sniffling. He lent her his hand, smiling warmly. "Thank-you…"

"No problem!" the redhead gave her a tender hug.

"Aww…Looks like somebody's in love!" They turned their heads and saw the smiling ghost.

"We are not Krist!" they blushed.

The delicate snow lightly fell onto their bodies, "It's so beautiful…" Akane whispered. The snow seemed to have a white glow outlining its figure, giving it an angelic presence. "Do they come every month?"

"No silly!" Krist laughed. "They only come when it's really cold! And that's usually December."

"Hey everyone," they saw the redhead, smiling gleefully. "Lyoto's making snow angels!"

They grinned and trotted after him through the snow. The group of friends all lied down in the snow, staring at the starry sky.

"I wished this day wouldn't end…" he sighed.

"Me two…" Lyoto said as she snuggled closer to her "future boyfriend".

"…Do you think that we'll be together in the future?" Xena whispered.

"Of course!" Krist said. "Right everybody?"

"Yeah," Akane grinned childishly.

"Yup!" Xena beamed.

"Always," Lyoto and Tala said.

"Then it's settled; no matter how far we will be apart in the future, our hearts will always be intertwined together. Let the stars and the Heavens above be our witness."

End Flashback:

I wish it was still like that; I wish that we were still together, laughing, playing in the snow, hijacking cars and playing pranks on the innocent civilians. We would never have to worry about anything, we would always be together. I laughed out loud. My voice sounded cold and hollow, just like my heart.

Ha, 'always be together', what a bunch of b.s. I can't believe that we were actually naïve enough to believe that we would always be together. Time moves on, it doesn't wait for anyone, but my time stays in one place, I don't get older, I don't get younger, I'll never die, and I'll never really live. Because I'm not human, I don't need emotions, I'm better off without it. That's who I wanted to be, that's who I became, and that's who I am.

With Krist:

"KRIST!"

"What?" she asked, annoyance showing very well in her voice. Krist walked up to the man sitting on the throne, her foot tapping on the ground. "What is it you want? New shoes? A new throne? Maybe a BRAIN!"

"Don't you speak to Father like that!" Kusanagi yelled. "Show some respect!"

"You better shut that trap of yours 'cause I do what I want whenever I want! I chose to come here and help you freaks of nature and I can choose to leave so you better watch what you say to me!" Krist smirked.

"Kusanagi, she's right, do not anger her or our efforts will be in vain." Father said.

Growling, Kusanagi walked away, his arms were crossed, so was his face.

With the Bladebreakers:

"Alright everyone, grab the things that are important," Ray ordered, and then turned to Tyson and Daichi, giving them a warning glare, close enough to kill them, but we know how nice Ray is, no? "And that DOESN'T include junk food,"

"Aw…" they whined, putting the chips and donuts back.

Kai got up and walked towards the stairs when Ray stopped him.

"Kai, tell the girls too," Kai nodded and paced up the steps.

KNOCK KNOCK!

Kai waited patiently before the door, waiting for the vampire to let him in. A few more minutes of waiting…just a few more…not yet…keep on waiting…okay, now. He opened the door and stepped into the dark room. "Akane?" he said, looking around.

She sat near the window, staring out at the twinkling Heavens above. "Hey," he whispered, walking towards her. "I thought I told you to get some rest, as in sleep."

"Hmm…" she muttered with little interest in the conversation.

He grabbed her shoulder and pulled her up. "Come on, we have to go, it's too dangerous to stay here."

Akane nodded, strolling towards the door. After she left, Kai sat on the bed, sighing deeply. He could sense the tension in the room. 'All this time she was worrying about Krist. About why she left, about the past, about her crappy life so far.' He sighed again.

A crash was suddenly heard from downstairs.

'What the hell was that?' Kai opened the door and trotted down the stairs, followed by Hilary and Miriam. The three of them gasped at the scene before them. There she was, standing in front of the broken window, a grim face plagued her features. Akane stood in the middle of the room, frozen to the spot, her breathing came out ragged and heavy.

"K-Krist?"