Kai walked at first but then started to run after them. He found the relatives getting ready for a bey battle. Saphire had taken off her hat and coat. Her eyes had become alive and happy again, they sparkled in the sun like sapphires. "How do you like to loose? Quick and painless or slow and painful?" Saphire groaned at Tyson's overconfidence. Kai watched from a distance, he had a feeling this was going to be one of those battles.
They took their positions on the sand and got ready to launch. "3…2…1…what?" Tyson stared at Kai as he did the countdown. "Nothing, I just thought you'd never do the countdown." Kai and Saphire rolled their eyes. "321 letitrip." Tyson came back to his senses and they launched after her hasty countdown. "Eugh, this is like a family squabble." She said with distaste and Tyson agreed. "Just pretend you don't know me." Saphire smiled. "That'll be easy since I do that most of the time."
"Hey!" They got back to the match and it wasn't long before their bit beasts came out. Kai didn't like the look of Black Dranzer and glared at him. Tornados of black flames and wind swirled together. After that disappeared Saphire's blade flew out of the dish with Dragoon barely spinning. "Good match." Tyson laughed and Saphire smiled.
Kai picked up black Dranzer with a scowl on his face. "How comes you're immune to it's power?" He asked Saphire who looked positively confused at his query. "You don't have to tell her Kai." Tyson spoke cautiously but Kai shook his head. "She has to know." This was driving Saphire mad. "Tell me what?" She yelled looking very angry. "Follow me." She walked with Kai along the beach and he explained. For ten minutes she listened intently with her eye's widening in shock and horror.
When the tutorial about her bit beast was over she couldn't believe her ears. "Maybe it's because he has a different effect on females?" Kai shrugged with her blade still clutched tightly in his hand. "All I'm saying is be careful, he could turn you without your knowledge."
"I understand." He handed Saphire her blade and walked away. "Kai." He stopped but didn't turn round. "Thanks for the warning." He nodded and continued on his way without her. 'Father, why didn't you tell me?' She thought sitting on the sand looking cautiously at her blade.
Tyson saw Kai coming back and asked about Saphire. "She understands the situation. There is nothing more I can say." Saphire joined them later still looking shaken by the news. "Are you all right?" Lilly asked and Saphire snapped out of it. "Yeah, I'm fine Lilly. Just fine." This made Lilly wonder even more. She never heard Saphire say anything like that before in her life. Saphire wished she could tell the little girl but thought it best to keep it strictly within her head.
Kai was keeping a very close eye on her when she trained. He was looking for indications that the darkness was taking over. At one point she got so sick of it she pretended to act like a cartoon zombie. "Must…destroy…every…thing."
"Very funny." Saphire saw Kai didn't look amused. "Well stop being my shadow! Please, just for today!" Kai wondered if she was pleading or not. She looked sincere but shook his head. "As long as you have black Dranzer in your possession I won't let you out of my sight." Saphire really hated Kai. He wouldn't let her go anywhere on her own now. So she took out her blade and challenged him to a battle. "I win you leave me alone." Kai became curious. "And if I win?" Saphire looked lost for words. "I don't know, what do you want?" Kai looked at black Dranzer and Saphire followed his gaze. "Not on your life." Kai shrugged. "That's what I want."
Saphire took a deep breath. She had never had a blade like black Dranzer before and worked hard with him. She wasn't about to sacrifice all that for a day of freedom. 'Do it.' Saphire heard her bit beast talk to her and shook her head. 'Trust me. I am not that bit beast anymore since I met you, and I feel something inside of both you and I. We can take him.'
Kai could see Saphire conversing with her bit beast. 'I thought only Tyson, Max, Rei and I could do that.' She smirked and looked at Kai. "Fine, I accept your challenge." Kai was a bit shocked that she would be willing to do this but went along with it.
"If that's what you want." He said in a dull tone. They counted down and launched on the beach away from any spectators. It wasn't long before sparks began to fly and Kai had stopped underestimating her. "You're strong." He said.
"Tell me something I don't know." Kai smirked. He found her attitude amusing. Dark and red flames erupted around them and danced together. Saphire looked around and saw the sun setting; that with the flames made it a most wondrous site. "It's so rare to see anything so beautiful anymore." She sighed and Kai agreed.
Then Saphire's flames became lighter in colour and were almost white. "What's going on?" Saphire smiled as Kai looked lost. "Black Dranzer isn't the one you used to know anymore. He's changing, and so am I." Kai looked up to see Black Dranzer also becoming lighter in colour. Saphire felt a strange sensation growing within her and laughed. "I can feel it." Kai looked at her and raised an eyebrow.
A white light started to build around Saphire and Black Dranzer. It got brighter and brighter until Kai had to cover his eyes. "Light of justice!" Saphire cried. A tower of white flames touched the sky making everyone look up.
When Kai uncovered his eyes he saw Saphire still surrounded in the light. Black Dranzer had become White Dranzer and was smiling down at them from above. The light slowly vanished and Kai saw Saphire was still smiling. Then she fell backwards but Kai was quick to act. He caught her before she hit the floor. Only then did he notice his blade had stopped spinning whilst hers kept going. It had turned in to a flawlessly white colour.
He was angry she beat him but took her back to Tyson's house. The change had drained her and she didn't wake up until the next morning. She found out who won from a very excited Tyson. 'Oh no.' She knew Kai held grudges and went to look for him. She went everywhere but found no sign of him. Saphire was still tired and close to giving up when she heard his blade spinning in an abandoned warehouse.
She could see he had been training really hard. His hair was messed up with his arms and legs covered in cuts. Even his face held a couple of cuts. He looked very angry and demolished an old car with one strike. 'This is all my fault.' She thought.
Kai didn't leave the warehouse until it got dark. "Have you been in there since yesterday?" Saphire said looking guilty and Kai glared at her. He came up to Saphire and wrapped a hand around her throat. He just held it there thinking about what to do. Saphire didn't look frightened and just let him stay there with her head bowed low. It was one thing to be beaten by Tyson. But its a whole different experience when you get beaten by a girl using you're discarded bit beast. Saphire had no idea how angry he was and didn't want to know.
He retracted his hand and looked at her. "We must have a rematch someday." Saphire nodded and yawned. "You should rest until you're energy levels are back to normal." She nodded again and Kai lifted her face to look in to his eyes. "Nothing's changed. We're still allies." Saphire smiled. "That's good to know."