And yet again I suffered from the my-computer-died-on-me blues. (note to self destroy evil computer and steal new one from school) Yay! Thanks for the review got my exam-meeting in a week so I've got next to no time to write and even less for reviews! SO A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL MY REVIEWERS! WITH COOKIES AND BEYBLADE PLUSHIES OF YOUR FAVOURITE GUY/GIRL (if I could afford them)

Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade. I do own my OC's, if new OC's enter this story their names will be displayed, under the disclaimer in the chapter in which I introduce them. Simply cause I'm to lazy to type them up every chapter, so there.

New OC:

-Ruben, Amber and Jade's older brother who has died.

The reviews:

Random reader: Thank you! Here's the next chappie

Beatenbutnotbroken: thank you, thank you, thank you. I try to crawl into the skin of the person I write about in order to put more feeling in my writing. One of my favourite authors Charles Dickens did that too, it makes the story seem as if you're right there with the main characters when you read it. Charles Dickens is my great role model, I want to become as good an author as he was or at least as close to it as possible.

Mrsalexwatkins: Eh……Maybe, then again maybe not. Only time and this chapter will tell. Thanks for the review!

Thank you for reviewing: VGMaster and Lunar Fire.

Chapter 3, ghosts of the past

It was 9:45 and Kai was fidgeting nervously with the buttons on his tux trying to get the rose in it's place.

"Oh for gods sake, give me that. Geeze dad! Stop fidgeting already!" Kayla said as she snatched the rose from Kai's hands and put it in it's place.

"Kayla, try to be a little understanding. This is going to be hard for your dad. Seeing them again after all that time and especially like this isn't exactly easy on him." Amber said as the limo pulled up and they got in.

"I know, I'm sorry. The dress is getting on my nerves and it's making me a little bitchy." Kayla said ruffling her dad's hair after her mom tried so hard on getting it to look a little more tidy.

Kai smiled sadly this wasn't just hard on him but on them too.

Kayla didn't have many friends because the night Kai had lost his ability to walk meant that she had to have at least one guard or her parents around at all times. This morning had been the first time that she was going somewhere unguarded, but she was at Tyson's and chief had promised to keep an eye out on them after Kai called him. So he knew she'd be safe there. But it was hardest on Amber she had to chose between her older brother and her family and chose for the later, killing Ruben so she could save her husband and child. Luckily her younger brother Jade had been there to help them through.

"Kai…Kai honey we're there." Amber said bringing Kai back from his troubled thoughts.

Kai sighed deeply as he got out. Kayla got out after him and ran ahead to find her friends and if he wasn't mistaking a bathroom to change in to HIS old battle-outfit, god only knows how she stuffed it in her handbag complete with shoes, belt and scarf.

"You'll be fine." Amber said as she pushed his wheelchair a little.

"I hope so. Is there a way I can get out of this before it's to late?" Kai asked more to calm himself then to joke.

"No way, you made me wear a dress for this you're going in even if I have to push you myself." Kayla said as she reappeared behind him all of a sudden and started pushing him towards the entrance.

"Okay, okay I give up!"

Inside everyone was talking amongst themselves. Ray had finally managed to escape the crowds and find his old friends and was listening to a conversation between Max, Tyson, Kenny and the girls. Their children had run off on their own to find the closest bey-dish. How he missed playing with the gang, the feeling of his launcher in his hand and the sound of Drigger ripping up the dish and it's opponent. Maybe he could persuade the others into a round for old time's sake when Kai finally arrived.

Just then the announcer called in the Hiwatari family. Ray turned to see his old team captain.

"K-Kai?" He stuttered upon seeing said person.

The others now abandoned their conversation to see why Ray was stuttering out Kai's name.

"Man Kai what the hell happened?" Tyson blurted out.

Hillary hit Tyson over the head and glared at him.

No one else spoke and all eyes were on Kai.

"What hasn't anyone ever seen a man in a wheelchair before? Geeze get a life already." Kayla said in such a way that all spectators except for the blade breakers turned away with red faces and started talking again.

"Well she certainly has a way with words, doesn't she?" Mr Dickinson said as he joined the blade breakers.

"Yes, and an attitude to back it up." Kai mumbled.

"Why don't I take you kids to a more private room so we can discuss this?" Mr Dickinson said.

"Well the children are outside at the bey-dish and I don't think we'll here from them anytime soon so why not" Ray said looking at his son who going against Tyson's son.

The bladebreakers, Amber, Mariah, Miriam, Hillary and Lesley followed Mr Dickinson to his office. No one said a word during their walk there and they all sat down quietly as Mr Dickinson closed the door.

"Okay, now I'm sure you all with exception of Kai, Amber and Kenny would like to know what happened, so I'll leave this to you and I'll go keep an eye on those youngsters of yours." Mr Dickinson said as he left the room again.

In Mr Dickinson's office everyone looked at Kai and Amber. Kai said nothing he just stared ahead angrily, not sure what to say or where to begin. Amber put her arms around his neck and smiled at him.

"You can do it, I'll be right here to help if you want." She whispered softly to him so no one heard.

Kai sighed and looked at his old friends then he slowly started to tell them his story.

"13 years ago, Boris and Voltaire escaped from prison and they haven't been captured since. The BBA called Amber and myself immediately because they suspected them to want revenge on me and…" Kai stopped when the door opened again.

"Hey Mr Dickinson said you were here. Sorry to interrupt." Tala said as he and his wife sat down.

"Why is he here? OW!" Tyson said.

As Hillary once again hit him on the head for his stupidity.

"Okay uh, So the BBA suspected them to seek revenge on me. That very same day Tala came over to offer his services as my personal bodyguard. I told him to keep an eye out for trouble. The BBA kept a close eye on you guys and I mailed Kenny to ask him to keep me posted on what happened here in Bey-city. For 3 years we didn't hear anything from Boris and Voltaire and our attention slowly slipped. Until one night 10 yeas ago, when they suddenly appeared in our house. Voltaire came for Kayla, he wanted to take her away from me and use her to do gad knows what. We tried to stop him but…" Kai stopped talking as his voice seemed to fail him at the moment overtaken by the pain of having to relive the nightmare.

The others remained silent knowing their friend was in pain and needed them now more then ever to be understanding of him and give him time.

With a deep sigh Kai sat straight again and started to talk, telling them the story of that faithful night where he almost lost what he loved the most in life.

Flashback

"…There stood the lonely prince on the ice in front of his former friends and their battle companions. The prince had fought hard but he lost from them even though his beast of darkness was stronger then their battle companions, his friends had won and the lonely prince knew why. Not because they were strong but because they were a team, because they were friends. The lonely prince felt sorry for what he had done and wanted to return to his friends but he wasn't sure they'd still want to be his friends.

Then suddenly the ice around the prince cracked and the part he was standing on sunk into the cold dark water taking the lonely prince with it. The 4 brave knights yelled for the prince to jump, but the prince was scared and his feet were frozen to the ice below him by the water. Then his friends formed a chain and the annoying dragon knight held out his hand and yelled for the prince to grab hold. The lonely prince was confused after all the mean things he said and did they would still help him? They never stopped being his friends. At the very last moment the lonely prince reached out and grabbed the hand held out to him and the 4 knights pulled him out of the water." Kai said holding his daughter in his arms and putting her in her bed.

"Did the Lonely pwince go with the bwave knights to fight the evil, daddy?" Asked the small girl her big crimson eyes opened wide with excitement.

"No not yet, the lonely prince still had something to take care of, so he told them to take care and left. The lonely prince went back to the evil castle and destroyed the evil place and the weapon that held the beast of darkness. Now he was ready and he returned to the battlefield to fight with his friends. They had a long and hard battle ahead and the first battle was between the lonely prince and the evil demon of the sea, who was actually a prince but the evil king had put a spell on him." Kai went on.

"But the lonely pwince won didn't he?" Kayla asked.

"No he didn't it was a hard fight and once he almost won. Then the evil king tried to talk the lonely prince into using the beast of darkness, but the prince would rather die in an honest battle then betray his friends again. So he destroyed the beast of darkness and fought with his true battle companion the beast of fire. But the enemy was to strong and the prince lost, but he felt happy because he knew that he did well and he could count on his friends to win the war for him." Kai said with a smile.

"And they did, huh daddy?" Kayla said with a big smile and sparkling eyes.

"Yes they sure did." Said a voice out of nowhere.

"Voltaire!" Kai spat pulling Kayla against his chest.

"Aren't you happy to see your old grandfather, Kai? My she sure had grown since I last saw her." Voltaire sneered as he reached out to touch Kayla.

"What do you want, Voltaire?" Kai said stepping back.

"Her!" Voltaire said as he grabbed Kayla from Kai

Kai stepped up to grab his daughter back but a gunshot rung through the air and a stinging pain in his upper leg sent him crashing to the floor.

"NO KAYLA!" Kai yelled.

"You're weak Kai you couldn't even save your daughter. You are useless, but she…she will make a fine new slave I will have my revenge on you yet my grandson. When your daughter kills you!" Voltaire laughed and left the room. He jumped up ignoring the pain and found himself staring down the barrel of a gun held by Boris who laughed maniacally. From behind him Kai saw his wife come up and she threw a vase at Boris' head. Boris fell to the ground and fired a shot before passing out.

"AAAAAAAHHHH!" Kai yelled as a burning pain penetrated his body from his hip.

Just then Tala burst through the door holding the 5-year-old girl closely to him he too had several bullet wounds.

"Voltaire brought company and I'm not talking about Boris." Tala said giving the child to it's mother and helping Kai up from the ground. "I managed to stay hidden until Voltaire passed me and steal Kayla from him. Next time I tell you, you could use a bodyguard listen to me. By the way they placed a bomb in your living-room can't be moved or touched or it goes off, we got to go now!"

"Sorry but I can not let you leave. Hand me the girl and I will let you leave this place if not you will all die either I kill you or the bomb does." Said a ruby-haired young man as he walked into the bedroom.

"Ruben? Why…Why are you doing this?" Amber asked in tears holding her own gun up to use if need be.

"One minute sis, what'll it be? Me or them." Ruben said. "He killed my family I won't let him kill my brother and sister, either kill me or give me the girl Amber. For your and Jade's sake!" Ruben yelled tears were streaming down his face as both he and his sister had to make an impossible decision.

"Oh Ruben…I'm sorry!" Amber yelled through her tears as she pulled the trigger.

Then she picked up Kayla and ran to the window while Tala did the same with Kai and they jumped out and covered themselves as the house blew to pieces. Soon police firemen and doctors swarmed around them and they were taken to the hospital. Where Kai heard that those 2 bullets had done some serious damage leaving him paralyzed, probably for life.

End flashback

Kai sighed deeply again before burying his tearstained face in his wife's chest as she put her arms around him again, her face equally stained with tears. Tala looked at the others with a grave look on his face, rubbing his upper arm where a scar still was as reminder of how close he'd come to losing his life. No one spoke for a long time as they all let the story sink in. A deadly silence hung in the room as no one knew what to say next.

Well this is where I leave you people. Now you know the story, please review and let me know what you think. Stay tuned for the next chapter filled with more trouble.