Author's Note: Well thanks to everyone that has read so far, and everyone that has reviewed!

Irn2 - Ohhh questions! Yah. Nope, she doesn't have to. Lotan and Tundra, well I actually made Tundra up, out of sheer boredom in school. In geography there is a term named 'Tundra climate' so that's how she came to be. Lotan however, I actually researched and found a grand site with hundreds of gods/goddesses with information on them. ( Shall I Reveal Whom It Is? Well I had planned it to be the very last chapter, but no worries, there's a large clue in here. Thanks for the long review. (I'm the quickest in the category -chuckles- thanks!)

kavbj - Well I didn't update as soon as I would have liked but two days is okay? Right? Well anyway thanks so much for reviewing!

d1bontemp - Yeah, I was hoping the matches weren't too bad, thankfully they weren't by your reaction! Woo, thanks for reviewing!

isthatnecessary - Yeah, evil alerts not working - working now though wooo-wooo! Tundra, yeah more in depth in this chapter... That's all I'm saying!

I forgot to mention some people has came up with the right answer... Just I don't think they know that yet.
-sniggers-

Chapter 31

The day had gone quickly as did the word about Lotan and one of his heads being ripped off by Max. They were all talking about it on the news and even fans of other beyblade stars were swooning over Max's abilities.

Max had to go to the hospital just to get his arms and hands covered in cool bandaged, they had told him not to ever apply cream since it was oil-based and it would cause his skin to blister. That was not what Max was needing right now.

Out of the BladeBreakers, Max and Rei had failed to get through another round, with Rei playing Mystel he had lost happily to him, but the battle was just as intense as Sota and Max's. Though the main topic was Sota's bitbeast. Everyone wondered if the bitbeast would be able to be destroyed if all of it's head just got swiped off.

Although everyone was happy at Max's attempts but Max was wondering why Kai had left, he was the only one that had stood up and actually left the stadium. He was now looking for the boy. Kai's own match with Matilda had pasted quickly and Kai didn't look as worn out as some other beybladers did.

At the end of that day, Kai and Tyson were the only ones that could keep the BladeBreakers - as they still liked to be named, not as much as Kai but for old times sake - the famous name in the tournament. Tyson had been joking around because he had gotten to play Garland again, and he had won, not like Garland was sore about loosing this time.

So the main round was going to be fought over with just eight people. This was when the bladers were allowed a short time off which would come in handy. Even if the person was against Sota, they would hopefully find a way to knock another head off of the beast.

Tyson, Kai, Tala, Spencer, King, Robert and Mystel were all possibilities on who Sota would be paired up with and neither of them wanted to be paired up with her. Sota had disappeared since Max's battle, being taken away by some strange looking people. They came in quickly and left with her, one person carried her as if she were just an old bag, while the other picked up her beyblade and they both left.

The whole beyblading world had been shocked that such a bitbeast had been allowed to take part, and then after seeing that Draciel could do such a thing was not something most parents wanted their children to see. The only thing they didn't know was that it was only going to get worse.

Kai stood in the locker room, thinking over what he had just noticed, what he had forgotten. What now made sense… He couldn't possibly…This only made things even more confusing and complicated, who knew someone could make something like this up to kill - to kill their own family! Kai wasn't sure but he now wanted to talk to Aton, to ask where he really got that information from. If it was who he thought it was he had solved it, if it wasn't then he was back at square one.
Just wait until I get my hands on you… Kai grumbled and hissed in his head, he now would have to leave he didn't want Max to know he had left his match to mop.

Max, didn't win. Kai knew that from the loud booing that erupted from the stadium, which meant Sota was through to the next round. That meant someone else could get hurt. Kai didn't want to leave, just in case Max wasn't just hurt but in hospital. Kai just didn't know what to do if he heard Max was in hospital because of his little sister because of Lotan.

Though he had heard a few squeals coming past, some fans were saying something about Lotan and how it must have hurt. What on earth had Max done?

Kai sighed and decided it was time for some action instead of thinking, he had been thinking all the way through this tournament and it hadn't helped him. This was the time he would through away the fact he was related to Sota away…

Walking through the narrow corridors, Kai ended up bumping into Rei. He looked fairly happy even though he had lost against Mystel. Tyson was right, Rei wouldn't have been able to beat Mystel because he didn't really want too. Simply because there was a much more powerful thing coming up… Which in a way was a smart move. At least he hadn't dropped out like Gary…

"Hey!" Rei was up-beat which meant Max was okay, Kai didn't want to ask too much just in case he was putting the neko-gin's mood down. Kai nodded and waited for the raven-haired boy to speak, which he did.

"Max ended up beheading Lotan." Rei grinned when he saw the confused and shocked face of his old captain. Rei decided to clear what had happened up, because he had noticed the slate-haired teen had left before the match actually got anywhere.

"Come on the match-ups are going to be starting." Rei wanted to know who Tyson and Kai were up against and who was up against Sota. Kai walked with him, rather quickly they came to the main hall again and the computer, yet again flung out names.

Kai verses Mystel

Kai was thankful that he was going to get a challenge, but not a challenge that would - if it could, kill him. He was wanting to delay any match he had with Sota for as long as possible. He still wasn't sure if he had it in him to hurt his sister purposely. Even if it was Lotan that was controlling her.
Mystel looked over at the frowning teenager, he was relieved that he wasn't facing the younger Hiwatari. Mystel chuckled, he wondered what Kai would do if he found out people were more scared of his little sister than they were of him.

Tyson verses Spencer

Tyson smiled, he was getting easy games, but was slightly unnerved on who would be landed with Sota. He didn't care who it was he just hoped that they would be okay and live through it. Supposedly Miguel still was not awake - and still on the life support. When Kai had found out about this he mentally cried, what if Miguel… Died? His sister would be carted off to prison and he would be alone… Again.
Spencer gave Tala a grim look, no one had beat Granger in three years… Spencer knew that his own skills were not up to such a high standard. Though he was happy, or rather more content to loose to Tyson than he was to Sota.

Tala verses King

Tala practically would have smiled if he hadn't been for the fact so many people were around. He was seeded with an easy win one that wouldn't take longer than a few minutes for each round. Then again, after their match… Sota would be playing, would he be kind enough to cause the match to go on a little longer for whomever was facing her? King frowned, but then smiled, he was happy he wasn't against that blue-haired freak. He was against an easily angered opponent which would be easy to fall into mind games.

Robert verses Sota. Everyone thought 'poor Robert' meanwhile Robert himself didn't seem to bothered that he had an eight year old killing machine to beat. He looked calm and didn't bother to look at anyone that happened to give him sympathy looks. Sota was nit even in the room.

The matches went okay - meaning that no one was hospitalised and no one was scorched to the brink of inhalation. Robert had managed to take one more head off of the beast. Lotan appeared even angrier because now his seven heads were down to five. Though his attempts to take another one off were stopped when Lotan ended up clawing his hands and arms, he could hardly move them and therefore he was eliminated from the tournament. There was only a few people left and everyone was wanting the best seats in the stadium. Kai, Tyson, Tala and Sota had managed to make it through to the next round. Whoever was facing who, it was going to be one hell of a match. This round would be more than fierce.

Aton was wondering around the corridors wondering why he was here, he was here for… Support - to support his brother, right? Was that all he could do…? Aton frowned, why was he the only one kept in the dark, that had no idea about anything. Even this game was slightly new to him. He just felt lost and helpless, and he was beginning to feel resentment for his younger brother yet again, he always seemed to get the sympathy. Sota was his little sister too, why wasn't he asked if he was okay? Hell, Aton didn't even know if he was okay, just so many thoughts and feelings that just were not supposed to be there were. Out of all of the times he could pick to be moody or depressed, he had to pick now. When everyone was struggling…

He may as well go and call, just to check how his mother was doing at least that would comfort him. That was if she was any better than before… Aton sighed as he slowly made his way out of the large stadium, he passed a few girls that were chatting away as if nothing were wrong.

"You just know that Tyson and Kai will be playing each other!" One of the pink-haired girls squealed, happy that she got to mention her two favourite beybladers ever.
"I know. Sota's just there to add some pressure, it's like so obvious that she's just going to drop out because of some weird unknown reason. You know!" The girl's friend agreed, giggling and joking as if there was no real danger. This was what made Aton's mood even worse.

People didn't even know what would happen if Sota won the Championships, she'd probably be used to destroy landmarks or something, unless Boris got what he wanted. Sota was weak, yet Lotan was so powerful, did these girls not see the obvious thing that Sota was being used. That this all was not Sota's fault but some maniac sitting at the sidelines.

Aton reached the phone box that was conveniently just outside, which made his journey a little shorter. Still he dialled the wards number, he had written it down, just in case.

"Hello," Aton heard the busy hospital nurse talking to someone in the background, a doctor or someone that was asking something.

"How is Enya Hiwatari doing?" He stated, while holding onto the phone more tightly, hoping he wasn't calling to be told about something that had gone wrong.

Kai on the other hand was trying to find his sister again, hoping that she was okay - he wanted to know what happened to her after she collapsed and was taken by those weird men. But he bumped into someone that he was not expecting.

"Kai!" Lita gave a sigh of relief, at last! She had found him, he had disappeared whenever she caught sight of him and that had been going on for days, was he avoiding her?

"Lita? Why are you still here?" He narrowed his eyes hoping that she would hurry up and say what it was she needed to say, otherwise he could get back to looking for Sota.

"Em…Could I talk to you?" She looked around, she hoped no one would be able to hear them, and most of all she hoped no one would follow them if Kai agreed to listen to her.

"Not now." Kai snapped, not meaning to sound so cruel but with his headache now throbbing, causing his very skull to ache it made socialising even harder.

"But-." Lita was interrupted by the fact Kai was walking away and wasn't even going to listen, her mind screamed and was yelling at her to call after him and to make him listen. But that wouldn't help. He was going somewhere and she was sure she would be able to hold this information off for another round. That was until he was up against Lotan.
She sighed and clapped her hands together lightly, "It's important…" she whispered to herself. She would tell Kai eventually she just hoped he wouldn't yell at her because she hadn't been able to get a hold of him quick enough.

Lita shouted to the retreating back of Kai, "It's about Sota!" Kai stopped dead in his tracks and turned around to glare at the girl, she gave a nervous smile. "It's about Lotan really… Kind…of…Well… Beyblading…" She laughed nervously when Kai came back to where he had been standing only seconds ago.
He glared at her, "What do you know?" Lita looked around wondering it was even safe to speak within the walls of the stadium, who knew who could be listening in. She sighed, and motioned him to follow her. Going into one of the main locker rooms.

Kai slammed the door, and glared at the black-haired girl who was looking around the room, Kai coughed and raised an eyebrow when she still hadn't started explaining.
"Okay, but just promise one thing…" Lita said carefully, eager to tell the boy in front of her what she had found. Well, not found… Just had and knew.

"What?" Kai snapped again, his headache was doing nothing for him and Lita's slow replies were just irritating him more and more.

"You cannot hurt anyone…Or tell anyone that you know about this, or even… If you have something - that I'm going to give you. They can only be used against Lotan… Okay?" She knew she wasn't making any sense at the moment, and the confused frown that Kai was displaying only made her worry, and think about how to explain this to him.

"Em…okay." She started off, unsure if Kai really did understand, then again most people wouldn't with what she had just said. "Get to the point." Kai wasn't in the mood for chit-chat nor was he in the mood to stop looking for Sota.

Lita laughed nervously, and continued in telling the two-toned haired boy what she knew.
"Well. Tyson told us all his… Smart theory and Kenny and Selene decided to look into it. They ended up finding who sealed Lotan away…"

Kai blinked wondering what they had found out. Why was he the one being kept in the dark when he really needed, really wanted to know what was happening. "Which was…?"

Lita shrugged, not really knowing how to explain anything was not good especially when things were going to get one-hundred percent more confusing. "Some goddess named Anath…. Which isn't exactly alive…Now." She frowned at the end, trying to remember the long explanation Kenny had given them all. This was something Kenny should have came to do, not her.

"So then Tyson's theory is wrong… We can't defeat Lotan…" Kai leaned against the wall his mind drawing blank, so there was no way to save his sister, there was no way his sister would live? Lotan just would live forever?

Lita shook her head, "On the contrary… You still have Tundra right?" Kai frowned, had he ever mentioned Tundra to any of them, not unless Rei had told everyone about her. Which would have been a good guess, but it was not true in this case.

"…How did you know -." Kai went to ask, but was interrupted as Lita suddenly knew why Kai was asking questions, she still wouldn't tell him that she was actually forced into being friends. Though that did sound rather ad, she enjoyed his company more than most.

"- I travelled with your mum for a while; I do know about her, okay, but seriously you still have her, right?" Kai glared for a moment wondering whether to bring up the topic on why Lita would have been travelling with his mother. There families were not great together and it had appeared that Selene and Lita had spent more time with his mother than he had.

"Yes, why?" Kai wasn't sure whether Lita was going to say something bad or good, he didn't really know what to expect, but already Aton's information was being pushed to the side.

"Well… We don't exactly know how it happened but… We kind of think… Well hope that Tundra is Anath." Lita laughed nervously again, thinking that Kai was going to start asking her questions that she just wouldn't be able to answer. Only Kai, just stood there frowning in deep thought.

So her normal form was… Anath before she was changed? Why would someone change something that could help save the world…?

With the frown still in place Lita decided to clear something up, whatever happened to be on his mind. "Okay, I know you're probably thinking that it's impossible or stupid but whoever did make Tundra like that may have been hoping to damage her so she couldn't destroy or seal Lotan away."

"That's not possible." Kai shook his head, if someone was able to change Tundra, then someone in his own family would have to have replanted it back in his room. That was just what was worrying Kai.

"Why?" Lita was worried because of the worried look that had suddenly appeared on Kai's face, something very bad must of happened to make the cold teen show emotion like that. Not unless those chips were acting up again.

Kai shook his head leaving his thoughts and coming back to the world of reality and decided it would be best to tell Lita a little of what had happened. "There was a fake policeman, he ended up finding Tundra. He knew exactly where it was."

"So…? He got told where it was." Lita thought that was simple, but there seemed to be an underlying meaning of what Kai was trying to say.

"That's my point, only seven people know where my room is." It was huge house and to know exactly which room was his and where Tundra had been, it was unnerving, someone from the inside must have told them about it. Not even the BladeBreakers were certain where it was.

Lita stood still for a moment and thought about what Kai was saying, she didn't have any answers to give him, she may as well ask some questions to see if he knew anything.

"So who do you think told?" Out of the seven people, well there wouldn't be very much suspicion around Sota because she herself had not been taken, and turned into Lotan's personal slave.

"The Butler, maybe." The one that had supposedly not given the ambulance a ring when his family needed help and the one that had taken the plane to some strange unknown location. Lita smiled and turned around and began walking towards the door, the action puzzled Kai. She was leaving…?

"I thought you had something to give me." Kai watched as Lita laughed nervously yet again, this time he raised an eyebrow wondering why she was so nervous speaking to him. Maybe it was because he had bitten her head off almost a few minutes ago.

"Oh I do. Just, it can wait…." She smiled and went to turn around before she heard Kai muttering to himself, as if he wasn't really wanting to ask the question.

"Do you know where my sister is?" No wonder he hadn't wanted to be heard he was almost asking for help which was something Kai would never do - not unless the problem was of a colossal size… Lita's smiled dropped off her face, just as quickly as Lotan's head had been pulled off. Kai was looking at the ground finding a very interesting piece of carpet.

"It would be best not to look for your sister Kai…" She muttered back, Kai's head snapped back up and he stared at the girl. She knew more than she was letting on, it was certain.

"Why?" Kai's eyes narrowed and he waited for the girl to answer, though Lita just stood still and waited for Kai to stop glaring at her. But he didn't.

"She…She's worse," Lita started off, which caused Kai to stop leaning against the wall and stand up-right, towering over the girl.

"What do you mean!" He yelled, not wanting to have anymore lies kept. He didn't know what he had done to deserve all of his life covered and coated with them. He was sick of it. A wave of hate, despair washed over the boy, he was worried that Sota may be dead, but there was something at the back of his mind that told him, she wasn't.

"She's not herself… Lotan's…" Lita trailed off, her quiet voice completely stopping, she would not say what she was going to or else that would have made Kai very angry. He didn't need anymore stress than he already had.

"Used her to get his energy back." The horrible sense of defeat washed over Kai once again, had he already lost this battle? Had he lost his sister completely was there any point in trying anymore… Lita picked up on the negative vibe and decided to try to comfort the boy, somehow.

"I'm sure she'll be fine but you might distress her even more if she sees you and can't even talk to you." Kai was angered by the lack of worry from Lita, why was he the one left to worry about everything and had to deal with everything.

"But what am I meant to do! Sit back and wait till my match with her." Lita stopped walked and turned around. Lita put on a serious face, one that she rarely showed, unlike Selene.
"Yes. That's all anyone can do." She turned around and walked off, hoping that Kai would still mange to go through with fighting Sota, that was if Tyson didn't beat him to that. Who really knew who would be matched up with who. It was strange to have so many peoples fate in the hands of a computer that picked out random names.

When the door closed Kai sighed, "Who to believe, her or Aton…" Most of the things Aton had told him was basically there was no hope in getting Sota back alive and that he, if he wished should sacrifice Tundra or even Dranzer. Now Lita had told him that Tundra would be able to destroy Lotan and Sota would hopefully be okay. With taking into account that Tundra had said, from her own mouth that she was created to destroy Lotan…
Aton's information was proving to be wrong.

Author's Note: So who do you believe, little Lita or big brother Aton? Well, if you can answer that then you possibly know whom the evil baddie is even though you may be thinking "WHAT! HOW COULD--!"
That was a clue too… -.-'' Kind of. Sorry for the missing of the matches but… Their really hard to write and I'm trying to focus on the up coming ones… Which are really important -.-''anyway please review tell me what you think!