New chapter and all I want to say is thanks to those who are reading my story. I hope you still enjoy it so far. Only a quick note: before Kai woke up from his coma, he, or rather his hair, looked like that of season 1; now his hair looks like that of season 3. That's basically all I had to say, so yeah, hope you guys enjoy this chapter. Until next time!

Chapter 19 – Am I not Kai?

Cindy could not believe her eyes. For so long she had to endure seeing her fiancé in a hospital bed, but right now, he was standing here right in front of her, looking healthier than ever, like he was never even in a hospital. Kai approached Cindy slowly, causing her to step back, back into the room and away from Kai. His smile slowly disappeared at seeing this reaction from his fiancée.

"What's wrong my love?"

"You are not Kai."

"What?" Kai pretended to be very shocked at this revelation. "How can you say such hurtful things, my love? Of course I am Kai, who else will I be?" Cindy just glared at Kai, still staying a safe distance away from him. Kai's sneer re-appeared with a very sadistic look in his eyes. "Come now Cindy, stop these childish games. I have missed you so much; don't I get a hello kiss?" As quick as she could, Cindy turned around making her way for the door but before she could reach it, Kai grabbed her, his left arm tightly around her waist, the other over her mouth, preventing her from screaming or calling for anyone. "That was not a very smart move, my love. I come here all the way to come and see you and that is how you repay me, you are a very naughty girl." The way Kai was talking huskily against her ear, caused jolts to run through Cindy's body and it wasn't out of fear, she just could not help it but feel very aroused at that very moment, being held so strongly against Kai's body, his breath against her skin, just like the old times. "Now, I will remove my hand only if you promise not to shout." She just nodded and then Kai removed his right hand from her mouth but still held tightly onto her with his other arm.

"Kai, what the hell are you doing, let me go, now."

"So feisty, I like that; it just makes me want you more." With that, Kai slowly started to place sensual and soft kisses on the delicate skin of her neck, moving his free hand slowly down the side of her body, making Cindy gasp as she pressed her back against Kai's chest, feeling and taking in his toned muscles. She placed her left hand on top of Kai's one as he continued his kisses in her neck, assaulting all her logical senses. Her eyes were closed but Kai had his eyes half way open, staring at Cindy's actions, enjoying having her weak and vulnerable for him.

Cindy knew this was wrong but it felt just so good to be back in his arms, but it has to stop, now. "Kai, stop." Cindy managed to remove herself from Kai's grip and turned around to face him. That's when she really took in Kai's new appearance for the first time. Still muscular as always, with his black triangle tattoos, black hair at the back, grey at the front, blood coloured eyes with a red glint within in them. 'This is not Kai, not my Kai.'

"Like what you see?" Kai smirked at Cindy while she just stared back at him in silence.

'This Kai is definitely cockier and I do not like a cocky asshole.' Cindy narrowed her eyes at Kai and slowly walked around him, looking him up and down. Kai seemed to be very amused by this action of Cindy but chose to remain silent for now. "No, I prefer the old look, black doesn't suit you."

"Well, sorry to burst you bubble, honey, but you better get used to it 'cause it's my new look." Kai turned to look Cindy direct in the eye, and the two ended up glaring at each other.

"Like I said before, you are not Kai; now, if you don't mind, I would love it if you can take a hike so that I can get my beauty sleep." Cindy could hear a low growl coming from Kai and knew that she has just angered him, it was confirmed when he spoke in a very threatening and serious tone.

"I am not going anywhere."

"Then I will make you leave!" Without thinking twice, Cindy aimed her right fist for Kai's face but he luckily dodged it, but that did not stop Cindy.

Swinging around, she used her left elbow and hit Kai full force in his stomach, but having the toned muscles that he has, didn't even make him flinch, no problem for Cindy. Without giving Kai any chance of attacking or blocking her, she swung around again and with her left foot, landed a hard kick right between his legs, and this caused him to go down on his knees, with a very pissed off look. She was not done with him, by grabbing both sides of his head, she rammed his face into her right knee that she brought up, immediately causing his lower lip to start bleeding.

"Now, I am only going to say this once so listen good, Kai: Get. Out." She turned around, making her way over to the door when Kai reached out and grabbed her right ankle, yanking it hard and causing her to fall. She started kicking with her left leg but Kai managed to grab that one also, holding both legs very tight onto the carpet. "Let me go!"

"You know Cindy, whatever you hand out, you must always be prepared so receive the same."

"So what, are you going to hit me? Let me go Kai!" Lying on her stomach, Cindy kept on struggling to get out of Kai's hold, as he slowly pulled her closer to him. Suddenly Kai sat on top of her, his legs on both sides of her body, releasing her legs but quickly took hold of her arms, pressing them down next to her body, and with the weight on her back, Cindy was forced to let her head rest on the carpet. Having her legs free did not help much at this point as they could not reach Kai's head to kick it. Kai leaned forward onto Cindy until he was at her left ear; feeling his breath against her, just resulted in another set of pleasurable jolts going through her body, an unconscious reflex.

"Now you are going to listen to me Cindy, I will leave when I feel like it; you will not make me. I am your fiancé and I want you by my side, whether you like it or not."

"I am the fiancée of Kai Hiwatari, not you, whoever you are." This just angered Kai even more, hearing her say that he is not Kai.

"I am warning you, stop this nonsense of me not being Kai, of course I am him."

"Stop lying. The Kai I knew did not look like this." Cindy was surprised to feel Kai get up off of her, and she turned onto her back, perching herself on her elbows. Cindy looked on as Kai walked over to the window, leaning against it with one arm, just looking out into the storm that was raging outside. There were a few minutes of silence between the two until Kai decided to speak.

"In case you have forgotten Cindy, not so long ago I was dead, gone. You can't expect me to be the same person I was before it all happened, I know my appearance have changed but I am still Kai." Cindy finally stood up and walked over to Kai, but still keeping a safe distance away from him.

"You killed innocent people, Kai. Families are in mourning right now because of what you did."

Kai could not help but snort at this. 'If only you knew how many people I have killed, you will not even come near me.' "I admit it, I did kill those people but people die every day Cindy."

"Not by your hands Kai. This time I am going to ask you nicely, please leave." Kai turned around, the red glint in his eyes brighter, and glaring at Cindy, and spoke in a very deep voice.

"Make me." Cindy just sighed and without thinking twice, she again attempted to hit Kai with her right fist, which he caught flawlessly, but Cindy is a skilled fighter and is not going to be stopped this easily.

This time Kai did not hesitate to return the fist but luckily Cindy managed to block it successfully with her front arm. Kai made another attempt to hit her with his other fist but again she evaded it, this time by ducking, more like doing a back flip, in which she achieved to land a kick just under Kai's chin as her legs went up. Cindy regained her composure quickly and just in time because Kai lunged himself towards Cindy, almost knocking her on her back. Blow was matched with blow, being successfully blocked by both opponents and continuously failing to land on their target. Kai was very surprised at just how skilled Cindy really was. Getting frustrated with not managing to hit Kai, Cindy retorted to kicking. She landed one powerful kick on his left side which Kai did not expect and it did make him gasp a little, but he did not return the kick as Cindy had expected. She attempted another kick but this time her leg was kicked away with Kai's foot. She slapped him unexpectedly with a right back hand right across his cheek, which Kai returned, the first blow he landed on her face but she did not seem fazed about it. Cindy aimed another fist towards Kai but this time he dropped down onto his feet and with one swift movement with his right leg that he kicked out, he managed to kick both of Cindy's feet out from under her, making her lose her balance and falling on her back but before Kai could get on top of her, she kicked him hard in his chest with both feet, sending him falling backwards onto his back but with a simple fighting style and kicking out of the legs, he managed to be up again, the same time and the same manner Cindy did it in. The two just glared at each other, both slightly panting; Kai with a slightly bleeding lip and Cindy with a very red cheek, both of them starting to sweat. Kai made the first move towards Cindy, tackling her right onto the carpet. Cindy allowed herself to get tackled, quickly working out the appropriate movements in her head of what she can manage to do to him in this position. She landed on her back with Kai on top of her but she managed to wrap her legs tight around his waist and with this position, she grabbed him by the front of his shirt to lift herself up, and wrapping her right arm around his neck, but doing it from behind, and with her left elbow, she continuously hit him in the upper back full force. All Kai could do was hold on tight to her waist until he could manage to get back up on his feet.

Kai rammed Cindy against the wall the moment he got back up on his feet, causing her to stop hitting him and releasing the grip around his neck. Using this to his advantage, he grabbed both her wrists and pinned it above her head, keeping her pressed up against the wall with his body, Cindy still with her legs wrapped around his waist. They came face to face and glared directly at each other, panting and sweating.

"Let me go so that I can continue kicking your ass Kai."

"No, I have had enough of these ridiculous games." Just then Kai pressed his lips against Cindy, but she did not return the kiss. Squirming in his hold, Cindy could not succeed in getting out of her position but then something came over her, the feeling of familiarity, and it was coming from Kai's lips. Finally she started to return his kiss, not caring that she could taste his blood from his broken lip, the two became locked in a very passionate kiss. Kai licked her bottom lip and Cindy immediately allowed him access, their tongues starting to explore each other's mouths, just like the old times. Cindy tightened her legs around Kai's body and he in return released her wrists but took hold of her hands, their fingers becoming entwined together. Their crotch areas pressing hard against each other, the panting increasing, until they could no longer kiss and had to pull away for air, but keeping their lips close to each other. Cindy was suddenly filled with sadness and had to fight hard to keep the tears away for now. Kai then started to whisper softly against her lips, his breath tingling her lips.

"I don't want to fight anymore Cindy, I just want to hold you, that is the only reason why I am here, to be with you." Kai pulled away slowly to look into Cindy's eyes and she could see that they were filled with love, despite the new eye colour and the glint, Cindy could still see the love, the same love she saw before everything happened, the look that told her that she was his only true love and the only woman in his heart. She could no longer stop the tears and with tears starting to escape her eyes, she started to kiss Kai again, which he gladly returned but soon she was the one that stopped and talked softly against his lips.

"Show me that you are still the Kai that I love with all my heart, show me that you still love me just like you did before everything happened." With a soft kiss placed on her lips, Kai pulled them both away from the wall and carried Cindy over to the bed and placed her gently down. She shifted up and lay on her back, Kai slowly making his way over her, placing his hands beside her head. Cindy cupped his face and gently pulled him down to her where their lips met in a passionate kiss. Kai lowered himself as the kissing grew more intense, and it did not take them both long before they were completely naked, bodies entangled with each other as they made love to each other.

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Tala arrived at his and Kai's secret spot and was relieved to see that Kai's axe and bike was still in the large safe. Tala has braced the storm so that he can find some peace for himself as he has felt very uneasy the whole day, worried that Kai might have come and taken his murder weapon. Kai killing those people at the hospital was a clear sign to him that Kai is not the same anymore, that he has changed and unfortunately it is not for the better. Sure, the Kai he knew was a heartless killer but he would never have put himself in danger of getting caught, not like he did today. After Tala and the rest returned from their search, they went by the police station and asked whether it was possible to see the footage of Kai killing those people and Tala was kind of impressed at how flawlessly Kai moved among the three doctors with only a scalpel as a weapon. Those three never had a chance; within seconds all three of them were down, bleeding from the deep slashes in their necks, Kai made sure to sever their aortas, giving them no chance of survival. Even the nurses didn't stand a chance against Kai. Bryan, Ian and Spencer did not appear shocked at the footage; luckily they all can handle blood and violence; if only they knew just how much innocent blood both Kai and Tala has spilled in the streets of Moscow. Kai is not the only killer among them all. Only difference between himself and Kai at the moment is that Kai was careless enough to let himself get caught on footage, luckily there is no way it leads back to the X-twins, and Tala is not about to go to the authorities and confess everything to them. Just because his partner is not by his side anymore and that there is no way out of this situation for Kai, he is not about to bring more trouble onto his friend, neither on himself. It pains Tala knowing that his friend is in this much trouble and there is no way to get him out of it, the evidence against Kai is just too strong to try and prove his innocence. Tala looked around the safe one more time before locking it and heading back home.

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The storm has subsided fairly, only soft rain falling on the roofs of the houses, an extra cold air filling the skies of Moscow. Two naked bodies were laying close together, the covers only covering the bottom parts of their bodies. The room was dark but the curtains were drawn open to allow in the reflecting light of the lightning in the distance. Kai was resting halfway against the headboard, with Cindy against his chest, her one arm draped over his waist while his one arm is draped over her shoulders. The two lovers have recovered from their intense passionate love making session and were just enjoying each other's naked bodies and presence.

"Kai, what happened and please don't tell me nothing because we both know that is a lie."

Kai sighed softly, knowing that he has to explain it to her, if only to her. "First of, I am no longer a child of the light, Cindy."

"What do you mean?"

"You know how all humans consist of spirit, soul and body?"

"Yeah?"

"Okay, our spirit comes from God Himself, which is His temple inside all of us, where He communicates with the religious people. No one can exist without a spirit, and it will always belong to Him, always; even the most horrible people on this planet have His spirit inside of them. Our souls are the result of when God gave us our spirit, something like a spiritual chemical reaction inside the body. Our souls can either belong to God or to the devil, depending on the type of lives we choose to follow. Our souls are our emotions, thoughts, memories, all those stuff; our bodies are just the vessels which carry out the actions our souls decide to do, do you still follow me?"

"So far, yeah."

"Good. I still have my soul but my spirit I received from God is gone and is replaced by a spirit the devil has made."

Cindy immediately shot up at this shocking statement. "How the hell is that possible? As far as I know he is incapable of giving life."

"I know but I am living proof. I am a child of the darkness, my spirit belongs to the devil; my soul is still mine, all the memories I still have, but because of the dark spirit in me, some emotions are gone, replaced with dark ones, and yes, that makes me a very evil person Cindy, with no conscious, I am all for the bad now."

Cindy remained seated, very shocked of what Kai was telling her. "But, why Kai, why you?"

"That was my own stupid mistake I made when I was a very young and naive boy. I was seven when I received Dranzer, I was taken to this other realm where I came face to face with this old man, I had no idea who he was, all I cared about was this magnificent phoenix before me and I just had to have her. He told me I can have her but it comes with a price; Dranzer has a dark side and the only way for her to exist in our realm is if her dark side, Black Dranzer, is also allowed. I immediately agreed, not realising to what I was agreeing. Light cannot exist if there is no darkness; that is the balance of life. The light will later have to give up its place so that the dark side can also get a chance to be displayed. Well of course, I had no idea by allowing the beast spirit into our realm, I was bonding my spirit to her, making us one, meaning if she ceases to exist in this realm, so will my spirit. I was brought under the impression that I will have a full life until my old age until the darkness has to take over, that I will be born again but with the dark spirit, but that was never the case, just shows you one can never believe a word from the devil. Unfortunately, my time of the light came to an end very quickly. So there my love, that's the basics of what is going on."

Cindy just looked at Kai, unable to say a word, too shocked to think of anything to say. She did not know what to make of what Kai had told her, here he was, her fiancé, telling her that he is now a dark person, evil and all because he wanted a bit-beast. Cindy was brought back to reality when Kai gently stroked her cheek.

"Hey, relax my love, I'm still the same Kai that will always love you, no matter what goes on inside of me; my heart will always belong to you, it is just that, the darkness is controlling my actions and I will never ever be a good person again, but I promise, I will never ever stop loving you and our daughter."

"Kai...I, I just don't know what to make of all of this. I have one question though, that day in the stadium, what happened?"

"I died, or the light side of me died, it had to happen so that the darkness can get a window to take over. Dranzer, along with the light of me is gone, never to return again. I had to go through that, and I knew that it was the day for the process to begin and there was nothing I could do about it; I made a deal, and a deal is a deal." Cindy finally laid back against Kai's chest, listening to his heart beat. "Black Dranzer is the reason I am healed, and thanks to him healing me, I get to see you." Kai placed a kiss on her head. "I will always love you Cindy, no matter what happens. No amount of darkness will ever destroy my love for you, never."

Cindy leaned up to kiss Kai softly on his lips and whispered against his mouth, "And I will always love you, no matter if you are on the light side or the dark side." The two became locked in another passionate kiss, with Cindy slowly making her way on top of Kai, straddling his lap, both of them overcome with lust and desire for each other, Cindy taking the lead this time and taking control of the love making which continued onto the early hours of the morning.

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"I already told you Hilary, if I am not going to get marks on those extra methods of calculating, I am not doing it!"

"You are such an idiot Tyson, stupid and lazy! It is for your own good! It is just to help make it easier for you!"

"I don't care!" Tyson and their tutor, Hilary, are at each other's throats over math calculations; there is one way of doing it according to the text book, but Hilary has found an easier way, although it might be a bit longer, but is much easier in finding the answer. Tyson, of course, does not care because it means more work for him and he would much rather skip the whole thing.

"Stop being so stubborn you stupid boy!"

"Who are you calling stupid, you witch!"

"Guys, chill, it is not the end of the world."

"Shut up Kenny!" Hilary and Tyson yelled in unison at Kenny who was just trying to get them to calm down. Ray and Max just watched in amusement how the two continued yelling at each other.

"I give up, I declare this lesson over; feel like a battle?"

"Heck, why not, are you coming chief?"

"Right behind you." Ray, Max and Kenny got up and left the study without Tyson or Hilary noticing anything, they just continued yelling and insulting each other.

Three days have already passed since the escape of Kai. There is still no news on Kai, and luckily for his family's sake, he has not been caught yet. The authorities have made it very clear that they will not show any mercy for Kai once they caught him. Everyone in the Hiwatari mansion decided to start living again and going back to their daily routines. Alec, Mila and Voltaire are still in Moscow but are back at the office. Miguel also went back to work. It won't do them any good just sitting around and waiting for better days because it is not going to happen any time soon. The Bladebreakers are also back to studying. The Hiwatari family has suggested they can still stay if they want to, and they all agreed, even Hilary agreed to stay with them until the boys decided to go back to Japan.

Kai has been visiting Cindy every night so far to spend time with her and Ciara, but Kai asked her not to say a word to anyone about him coming to her. Cindy has kept to herself the last few days, trying to avoid everyone. They all think it is because she is still in shock over what Kai has done, but that is not the case at all. During the day she would take her daughter and spend the day somewhere else and at night time, she would just be in her room all night, just seeing everyone else at dinner but even then she would just say the necessary; not even Ray or Solange could get her to talk and say what is wrong.

The search for the X-twins has been put on hold for now while the police concentrate on finding Kai, and besides, there hasn't been any decapitated bodies for more than a month, and not knowing what to make of it, the police and investigators decided to pursue Kai first as they have solid evidence against him.

The Blitzkrieg Boys, along with Tala, have gathered at Spencer's house, just relaxing and watching movies, but Tala's mind wasn't totally focused on the movie that was playing at the moment.

'If only I could speak to Kai and ask him what is going on with him, why he did what he did at the hospital, and also how in the hell did he get healed so quickly over night. One moment he was complaining about his chest paining, and the next I hear he managed to kill 9 people without breaking a sweat, moving like someone who has never had any serious injuries in his life. I sure do miss my friend a lot, but I am almost certain he does not feel the same way otherwise he would have tried to contact me by now, that's what he always did in the past; just another sign that Kai is not the same anymore. I should have realised something is very wrong that day he defeated Brooklyn, wait, Brooklyn...'Just then Tala got an idea.

"Hey guys, I have an idea; why don't we go to London and go pay our dear friend Brooklyn visit? I am sure something happened in that funnel thing and only he can tell us, and maybe, just maybe we can finally figure out what is going on with Kai."

The other just looked at him, not knowing if the red head was serious or just pulling a joke.

"Err Tala, have you forgotten what Kai has done to the poor soul? Brooklyn's mind is fried. Even if he did witness something that day, I seriously doubt he is in any condition to tell us about it."

"Ian is right Tala, Brooklyn is of no use to us so there is no need to go all the way to London to talk to a vegetable."

"We will never know if we don't try. I say let's fly there tomorrow, I will try and find out at what institute he is held exactly and what is needed in order to see him. I would say that you can stay if you want to, but I would really appreciate it if you guys would join me." The other three just all grinned at Tala.

"You know we would always join you on a quest, just make sure we are allowed to visit him." "I'll get on it as soon as I can, and thanks guys, that you are willing to come with me. I just know Brooklyn has witnessed something."

Tala took Solange's hand in his and gave it a squeeze. "We all are worried about Kai and if there is even the slightest chance we can help him, I am willing to do it."

"That is why I love you so much." Solange placed a soft kiss on his cheek.

"That, and I am absolutely gorgeous and it is impossible to not love me." Tala smirked at Solange and she just had to roll her eyes at him, with a playful smile on her face.

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"Mr Ivanov, the pilot has just informed me we will land shortly so if you can all just fasten your seatbelts, please."

"Thanks Samantha, we will do so." The Blitzkrieg Boys, Bladebreakers and Solange have all flown to London in the Ivanov's private jet to join Tala on his mission. The red-haired Russian has received permission to come and see Brooklyn, but the director of the institute has warned Tala that Brooklyn does not act his age at all. They all agreed that only Tala will speak to Brooklyn but they will support him and wait for him while he speaks to the admitted young man.

They arrived at the institute and Tala was taken to Brooklyn's room. When he entered his room, Tala was slightly taken aback by what was in the room; huge playing blocks, number posters, posters with the major colours on it, colouring crayons, everything that one would expect at a children's crèche. If one would walk into the room without knowing who occupies it, one would expect a three old boy, but no, here was a grown man, playing with the blocks like a small boy. Tala could not believe that the once arrogant and obnoxious young man was reduced to this. 'What have you done to him Kai?'

"Brooklyn, I have brought someone to play with you, okay?" The nurse turned back to Tala. "I will leave you with him for a few minutes alone, and don't worry, Brooklyn is really very friendly. See you soon."

"Thank you."

Tala approached Brooklyn slowly who has not acknowledged him up until now. "Hi Brooklyn, how are you?" Then for the first time as if coming back to reality, Brooklyn looked up at Tala with a huge child-like smile on his face.

"Hi. My name is Brooklyn, what is your name?" Tala could not help but be shocked of how innocent the man looked, like a real child trapped in a grown-ups body.

"I am Tala, do you mind if I join you?"

"Please, come sit with me. My fort of blocks just fell down, but I can rebuild it. I am a big boy and can fix it, the nice people are very proud of me, they say I am smart for building it on my own." Tala just could not get over the fact that this was once the young man that caused their blood to boil to the max, the sadistic and sly Brooklyn Masefield that caused them so much grief.

"I will help you rebuild it if you want me to."

"Yes, please, then it can be our fort, and we can play together, trying to protect it from the cars that just want to attack it, they are very naughty." Tala started to build the fort along with Brooklyn, just watching the orange haired man. 'Well, at least he can talk, but will he be able to remember anything at all?' They were still busy building when Brooklyn seemed to go in a trance and just sat there for a few minutes, just staring at the wall.

"Brooklyn, are you okay?" There came no response until Tala shook Brooklyn gently by his shoulder and then he snapped out of whatever trance he was in. Brooklyn looked at Tala, again with the child-like smile on his face.

"Hi, I am Brooklyn, what is your name?" Tala could not help but gasp at this reaction. Just a few minutes ago they were playing together, and now all of a sudden, Brooklyn acts like he is meeting him now for the very first time. 'What has Kai done to you, Brooklyn?' "I want you to meet my teddy, his name is Eddy, and I love him very much." Brooklyn got up and made his way over to his bed to take a seat and hold on tight to a blue coloured bear. Tala watched as Brooklyn held the bear in his hands, stroking it and murmuring to it. Tala took a seat next to him on the bed, still not knowing what to make of the whole situation. Can he even risk it asking about Kai, will he even know who he is; well, the only way to find out is if he does it now.

"Brooklyn, I want to ask you something, okay? But if you don't know then it is fine, do you understand?"

"I like questions, Eddy can also answer if he knows it."

"Yes, he can also answer."

Tala took deep breath, trying to get his words in order. "Brooklyn, do you know someone by the name of Kai?" Tala watched as Brooklyn kept on smiling and stroking his bear until he stopped and an expression of fear came over his face. He threw the bear onto the floor and then grabbed Tala by the front of his shirt, gripping on tight to the material, and fear clear in his eyes.

"Tala, Kai is evil, stay away from him, he is going to kill you all." Tala was beyond shocked; here was the real Brooklyn in front of him. He gently took hold of his wrists to remove them slowly from his shirt.

"Do you remember, Brooklyn?"

"It is what destroyed me Tala, you have no idea what your friend is. No one is safe from the destruction of Kai and Black Dranzer."

"Black Dranzer?"

"His sacred spirit beast."

"Brooklyn, what happened that day in the stadium, what did you see?" Brooklyn turned away from Tala, and then took a deep breath to start telling what he saw that day in the funnel.

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Brooklyn watched as two huge glowing red eyes and a glowing red mouth descended on him and he grabbed his head to embrace himself for whatever might come. With his eyes closed shut, he waited for any form of attack on him but nothing came. He slowly opened his eyes and lifted his head and was confused as of where he was. He was on his knees, sitting on soil, black soil. There was nothing in sight, just a plain as far as the eye can see, no trees, stones, mountains, nothing in sight. The sky was not blue, it was red. He took a bit of soil into his one hand and let it sift through his fingers but then noticed his hand was covered in blood after the soil was out of his hand. He did the same with the other hand and the same thing happened. He heard footsteps behind him and flung around, seeing Kai standing there, with a huge Black Phoenix behind him. Kai looked like Kai but also not like him; his blue triangle tattoos are now black, his hair was black at the back, reaching to just below his shoulder, his hair at the front being grey; his eyes were glowing red, no irises or sclera's visible. The black phoenix looked exactly like Dranzer, except the black feathers and this one had crystal blue coloured eyes.

"What is this place Kai, where have you taken me?" Kai was standing with his arms crossed over his chest, glaring at Brooklyn, and finally spoke but it was a deep, almost growling voice, saying some very unsettling things that did not really make sense.

"The blood of the innocent shall water my sand

The decomposing bodies of the pure at heart shall nourish my soil

The cries of the kind-hearted shall be silenced by removing the three organs that allow their kindness:-their minds, tongues and their hearts

Those who dare to oppose the darkness will have the light ripped from their very flesh

The time for the darkness to take its rightful place and to reign over everything has finally come"

Without saying anything else to Brooklyn, Black Dranzer made its way over to Brooklyn and with a loud screech, everything exploded, and Brooklyn was back in the stadium but his mind was too shocked of everything that has just happened and his mind just repressed everything he ever knew or remembered.

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"I will never be the same again Tala. Kai has destroyed me and he is going to destroy everything and everyone we ever loved and knew and there is no way of stopping him, not with that beast by his side. You are lucky that I was able to tell you what happened, please use the information to do something, even if it is just by protecting yourselves."

"Thanks Brooklyn, for telling me, and I just wish there was something I could do to help you."

"Don't feel sorry for me, it's better this way, it lets me forget those horrible images, in some way I am glad my mind has shut down the way it did, but hearing Kai's name has triggered the memories but hopefully I will return to the child I was, I cannot live my life being constantly haunted by those images. Kai is from the devil Tala, and that makes him dangerous, very dangerous, stay far away from him, as far as you can."

"I'll try Brooklyn. I knew that by coming to you I will get some answers and I am not disappointed at all."

"I am glad I could help."

"I guess then I will be on my way, take care Brooklyn." Brooklyn just smiled at Tala and then suddenly went back to being in some sort of a trance, the same that Tala saw earlier; Brooklyn just sat there, staring at the wall. Tala left, not waiting for another episode of Brooklyn asking him who he is, which is just too much for him to handle. Tala could not believe what Brooklyn has told him, he described Kai the exact same way he looked now, with all the black. 'Black Dranzer, where have I heard that name before? I am sure Kai has mentioned that name before, but I just can't seem to recall it anymore.' Tala was so lost in thought that he did not even realise he walked right past his friends who were waiting for him. They had to call out to him a few times before he was brought out of his train of thoughts.

"So, what happened?" Tala signed and then told them of how Brooklyn really is, and everyone felt sorry for the orange haired young man, but the sympathy was quickly replaced by shock after Tala told them what had happened in the stadium and what Kai told him. As Solange was listening she suddenly remembered what she saw that night after Kai has defeated Brooklyn. 'How could I forget about that? I will tell Tala about it when we are alone, that dark phoenix he spoke to, it might be Black Dranzer that he spoke to. It all seems to fit together.' The friends soon left the institute to wander a bit in London for some sightseeing and to get something to eat before they fly back to Moscow. Tyson of course was thrilled about the eating part, Hilary just had to scold him about his horrible manners. The two's fighting was a private entertaining show to the others, just watching how Tyson and Hilary were at each other really caused some amusement for the others, seeing as both Hilary and Tyson are evenly hot headed people.

The group of friends have finally found a restaurant and were enjoying their meals. Tala has not really eaten, just playing with his food. He just could not remember where he has heard about Black Dranzer before. Tyson snorted at something Hilary has said and it was just then that Tala remembered, seeing the moment play out in front of his eyes.

FLASHBACK

Tala and Kai were invited to a party for the night, not your regular party, but one filled with drugs and orgies. The two got separated at some point during the night but Tala finally found Kai after almost an hour of searching for him. Tala stood at the doorway, watching Kai sitting between two gorgeous women, quite a few years his senior, as they had their hands all over him as he just snorted up two lines of coke. He fell back against the couch, just enjoying the new found high. One of the women, the plum haired one, got on top of him, straddling him, starting to kiss him in his neck while the blonde haired one enjoyed the show in front of her. Kai and the woman on his lap started kissing, lust filled. Tala just could not take it anymore. Kai is high and will not get his mini-Kai at attention, no matter how horny he is. Tala gently pulled the woman off of Kai, leaving her pissed.

"Sorry love, but Mr Hotshot here will not be able to rock your world tonight, sorry. Come on Kai, let's get you home." Kai didn't even hesitate and without saying anything to anyone, he just got up and let Tala lead him out the door. They were struggling out of the building, Kai hanging on Tala's one shoulder.

"You know what Tala, you are my best friend, just like me. The day Black Dranzer and I take over, you will join us, be by my side."

"Sure Kai, I will do it, with you and that black what?"

"Black Dranzer, my companion of the dark world, the one that will conquer this pathetic planet with me, helping me take it over. We are the darkness and soon we will show it to this entire world."

"Sure thing Kai but first we have to get you home. Then you can tell me all about your plans to take over the world with Black Dranzer."

END OF FLASHBACK

Tala told everyone at what Kai said that evening. "I didn't make anything of it at that time because I just thought it was the drugs speaking, making him hallucinate like that, but now I see that he has known that this is going to happen. Kai is darkness and whoever this Black Dranzer is, is just as dark as Kai."

"But are you sure Black Dranzer is just like Dranzer?"

"Positive. Brooklyn said the only difference was the colour of the feathers and the eyes. I think we have to brace ourselves for some heavy shit that will soon be going down. What I heard from Brooklyn and what I remembered, it all comes down to the same thing: something dark is about to take this world and it will all be thanks to Kai and his black phoenix."

"I also had a similar experience you guys." They all turned their attention to Solange and then she told them what she saw that night after Kai and Brooklyn's battle.

"That settles it then, the time for the darkness to take its place has finally arrived. Now just one question, how the hell are we going to fight against something like that? No one knows what we are really up against, all I know is that my best friend has crossed over to the dark side and is planning on taking over this planet with his beast, and there is nothing I can think of on stopping that from happening." Solange placed a re-assuring hand on Tala's shoulder.

"There will be a way, my love. There always is; soon we will have the old Kai back and then everything will be back to normal, just give it time." All Tala could do was smile at his girlfriend. He really wants to believe her but a major part of him knew that it is over and there is nothing they can do in bringing Kai back; his best friend died more than a month ago and no one can rise up from the dead.

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The softly lit hotel room looked warm and serene; the only presence present in the room was that of two figures occupying the large bed. A pleasure filled scream broke the silence that moment, two bodies climaxing together as the other figure gave out a deep grunt. Kai and Cindy remained in their position, heaving heavily. Both were sitting on their knees, Cindy facing the headboard, her hands on the edge of it, and Kai behind her with his hands placed on her hips. Cindy leaned back against Kai's chest, neither of them saying anything as they were too out of breath to say something; bodies clammy and exhausted. The two remained in that position until they could breath normally again and just collapsed onto the bed, laying and smiling at each other. "It feels like more."

Kai just chuckled at Cindy."Give me a few more minutes then we can go again."

Now Cindy was the one chuckling. "We are going to kill each other one day, I am sure Viagra was made from your DNA." Kai broke out in laughter, Cindy joining him. Kai pulled Cindy closer to him and the two just held each other tightly, cherishing their time together. "Kai, have you thought of talking to Tala and the others?"

"Yeah, but I would rather continue avoiding that confrontation for now."

"Why?"

"Spend enough time in their presence than you will hear for yourself. They are still in denial over what I did at the hospital, they all think something is wrong with me."

"But there is something wrong with you Kai." Cindy said in a playful tone.

"Yeah, there is, it is me loving you too much." Cindy started to giggle as Kai started tickling her neck with his mouth and they started wrestling each other, making turns of dominating one another. Laughter filled the room as the two lovers enjoyed playing with each other. Finally Kai succeeded in pining Cindy on her back, holding her hands pressed down onto the bed, next to her head. The two stared each other, just smiling. Kai leaned down to kiss Cindy and she gladly returned the kiss, which soon deepened into a passionate one, tongues dancing, heads moving perfectly with each other as their heads changed from side to side every now and then. With their hands laced together and bodies being filled with desire and lust, it did not take long before the two were once again engaged in another love filled love making session.

It is another three days that has already passed since Tala and the others talked to Brooklyn. Kai told Cindy to start warming up to the others, she agreed but it has not been so easy so far; all Cindy wants to do is take Ciara and disappear with Kai forever. She misses him too much during the day and night time they have to be careful to not make too much noise, she can't even go on a picnic with Kai and Ciara as Kai is still wanted by the police.

Tonight Solange has agreed to watch over Ciara. Cindy just told her that she wants to get away for a while, she needs some time alone to get her thoughts in order; that of course not being the truth at all. She booked a room at a hotel and Kai somehow found a way to come in, he is rather skilled in sneaking into places, for example like when visiting Cindy every night. No one, not even the security guards, has spotted anything. So far no one has the slightest idea that Kai has been visiting Cindy every night since his escape from the hospital.