yes, I'm alive! I'm so so sorry this took longer than usual! (a lot longer!). Apparently, writing endings during the end of summer is sort of tough on me. Especially when your mother breaks her shoulder during the last week of August. I am now in High School! (Chibi Black Cat dances happily). I'll try to have the next chapter up sooner, but no guarentees because of my homework...beh.

But who cares! I'm back!

Chapter 48: End Battle Pt. Two

"Huff…Huff…where…are we going…anyway?" Tyson asked, as the group trudged up the long flight of steps.

"Look outside." Chaos answered, nonchalantly, gesturing to a nearby window. Tyson obeyed. "At the sky, you idiot!"

"Now you know what I've been going through my entire life." Tyson gave his sister a hurt glare, then followed Chaos' instructions.

"Hey…why aren't there any stars?" Tyson asked, seeing the pitch black sky.

"Oh, they're there…they're just behind that pitch black orb."

"What pitch black orb?"

"It's blending in with the sky, you nitwit!" Chaos and Tysa yelled at the same time, surprising Tyson greatly. Ray sighed and Kai put his palm to his forehead (ever feel like you're the only normal one in a room?).

"So, that orb is the darkness?" Ray asked. Chaos nodded, grateful that someone else had a brain besides Tysa and Kai.

"That's right." Chaos said, turning forward again.

"So…what's up here?" Tyson asked.

"There's a machine Karsen built, just in case something happened where the darkness couldn't be controlled. And so, we're going to activate that machine. But to do that, Tysa needs to operate it."

"Why me?" Tysa asked.

"I don't know. Before I…partially destroyed the lab, I read 'dive into the heart'. You probably have to shoot your beyblade there." Chaos answered.

That'll do…don't want to worry her or anyone.

"There's a door!" Tyson gasped happily. Chaos stopped them first. "Hey, what's—" Chaos turned around to the group.

"Ok. First, we'll decide which one of you three is going to beyblade. And for those with slow brains, I mean Tyson, Kai, and Ray."

"I'll go!" Tyson declared.

"You sure, Tyson?" Ray asked.

"Yeah, why not?"

"Tyson…" Tyson turned to his sister. She put a hand on his shoulder and glared at him. "If you lose, I will pummel you. Got that?"

"Uh…sure…" (obviously, tearful goodbyes are not Tysa's strong suit…or maybe it's gentle encouragement) (note: pummel means strike with the fist repeatedly. Tyson probably knows what that word means) A circle of doom soon spread around Tyson. Chaos blinked.

I don't think she ever gave anyone an encouragement without a threat…and oddly, it seems to work… she thought.

"Alright then, Tyson. You're next." Chaos said, turning around and walking through the door. The others followed.

"About time you got here. I was waiting." Ciro's voice stated.

"Who gives a crap." Chaos responded. She nodded towards Tyson. "You know, all you really have to do is keep him busy until we get to the top." Tyson nodded in response.

"Remember, Tyson. Pummeling." Tysa said with a confident smile. Tyson shuddered.

"Alright then. Let's go." Tysa, Kai, and Ray followed Chaos up the new set of stairs, leaving Tyson with Ciro. Ciro bowed.

"It's an honor to face the Líng Luán's brother."

"Er…yeah." Tyson said awkwardly. He took out his Dragoon. "So, are you ready to beyblade or what?"

-Hilary's house-

Hilary was peacefully sleeping in her bed. She had managed to convince her parents that Shinsei was just a cat, and was taking a long deserved rest, until a batting paw started to gently hit her cheek.

"Urm…" Hilary opened her eyes. "Shinsei?" she asked groggily.

"Mraa, mraa!" Shinsei cried. Hilary sat up and rubbed her eyes.

"What is it, Shinsei? What's wrong? Can't you…mind talk with me or somethin'?" Shinsei shook her head.

"Mraa…"

-BEGA tower-

"Let it Rip!" Tyson and Ciro shot their beyblades into the ring.

"Dragoon!" Tyson called, immediately releasing his bit-beast. His blue dragon came out immediately and on cue, his beyblade started to attack.

"Kaida!" A huge white dragon emerged from Ciro's beyblade (for those who don't remember, Kaida was the one that took Salima's place in Chapter 15) and was practically three times Dragoon's size. "I hope your tiny dragon can put up a fight."

"You can count on it." Tyson growled. "Dragoon, attack!" Dragoon started to make failing efforts to attack Kaida. "Urr…come on Dragoon!"

-BEGA staircase- (anything else you like to add, Sakura? -- A closet maybe?)

"Do you think Tyson will be alright?" Ray asked.

"Sure. Why not?" Chaos responded.

"Yeah. Sure, Tyson's an idiot, but he's a tough idiot." Tysa added, although she inwardly shuddered. Please let him be alright…

-BEGA tower- (still in the previous battle…)

Tyson and Dragoon were still making failing efforts to defeat Ciro.

Grr…come on, Dragoon…Tyson thought, growling, we can do it!

"Dragoon!" Tyson called and in response, the dragon roared and started attacking again.

"Don't you give up!" Ciro called. "You've lost this! Kaida!"

Errr…no! I'm not going to give up! I didn't lose this yet!

"Go!" Tyson declared. Dragoon, although beaten (as in physically) and battered continued to fight Kaida.

"Eeerrr…I've had it with you! Téng Qiáng Feng!" (Dragon Gale!) Kaida let loose a blast of wind, with destroyed Dragoon. "And that's the end of your dragon!"

"D-dragoon!" Tyson cried, kneeling to the floor.

I've…lost this…

-Hilary's house-

"Shinsei, what is it?" Hilary asked, impatient with the cat-dragon. "I wanna get back to sleep!"

"Mraa, mraa!" Shinsei cried, knocking over a book, and flying out the window

"Hey!" Hilary hissed as she picked up the now open scrapbook. She looked at it for a while, then gasped with gentle surprise.

-BEGA tower- (and it's still going!)

"Hmph. That's it? I thought a demi-god could pack more of a punch." Ciro said to the now broken Tyson. "You can't even stand up anymore!"

Dragoon…please come back…

"Well, I'm feeling generous. I'll finish this quickly than prolong your suffering." Ciro stated, as his beyblade aimed for the stationary spinning Dragoon.

Please…come back…

"Come back, Dragoooooon!" Tyson cried.

"Mraa!" Both Ciro and Tyson looked up at the huge cat-dragon that came through the window to Tyson. "Mraa." It said softly.

"Did…did Hilary send you?" Tyson asked. The huge dragon shook its head. Tyson sighed, then nodded. "Right. Go!" Shinsei flew to the bit beast position.

"Mraaa!" It hissed viciously at Kaida. Kaida growled in response. Ciro flinched a bit. Shinsei and Kaida were the same size.

"Now, Shinsei…er…uh…attack!" Tyson commanded.

"Mraaaa!" a blue-white beam shot out from Shinsei's mouth towards Kaida, damaging greatly the surprised bit-beast. Kaida let out a growl of pain and disappeared.

"Alright!" Tyson declared triumphantly. Shinsei let out a triumphant 'mraa'. "Ok. Now I can…" Tyson cut himself off, hearing the laughter of his opponent.

"You fool…" Ciro laughed. "You really think you won this?" Ciro appeared to be wobbling back up as a harsh wind blew around the room.

"Wh-what's going on!" Tyson asked, becoming nervous as the wind blew harsher.

"M-mraaa!" Shinsei cried.

-End Battle-

-End Dragoon Flashback-

-Hilary's house-

Hilary sat down on her bed as she looked at her photo album. It was old, but the pictures looked like they were taken yesterday. On the very front page, there was her as a kindergartener, in between her two best friends. One was a boy with semi-long blue-black hair was a goofy smile. The other one was a girl with long blue-black hair past her waist and a happy smile. The younger Hilary was smiling as well. At the bottom of the picture was a caption: Shayou, Hilary, and Mizuki.

And that's the 48th chapter! Now, I have three more chapters to go until the second series, which I have been thinking of how to start, because I might be a little confusing for you all. But, I'm so glad I'm back!