Chaos: Ok finally done! Couldn't decide how I wanted this one to end. Too many possibilities.

Spencer: It's true. She almost broke the keyboard from typing and erasing so much.

Tala: You could see smoke coming out of her head cause she was thinking too hard.

Chaos: Hey! They didn't need to know that *blushes*

Tonya: It's ok. I'm sure they smelt the smoke themselves.

Chris: There there *comforts author*

Chaos: Anyways! I'd like to thank those again who've kept up with the story and those that have recently favored it! Bryan I dub you to do the disclaimer this time!

Bryan: It was bound to happen sooner or later. *sigh* Chaos doesn't own Beyblade or its characters. Just her OC's and temporarily Chris.

~*Ambush*~

"It's not my concern. They left, end of story. So it shouldn't be a problem right? Then why can't I get them out of my head? Especially her." Kai growled as he sank to his knees in the snow.

It had been months since the end of the world championships. Within that time they'd heard no word from Mr. Dickinson. The boys just went about their business and managed to push the girls out of their minds. But whenever Kai was alone, like now, she would resurface. He knew that he hadn't pushed her from his mind entirely. Just to a small corner that stayed quiet until his mind had nothing else to focus on. He could never push her out of his mind, especially knowing what he did.

"Why can't I just forget her?" Kai asked as he leaned up against a tree

'Or that you just refuse to forget her.' A soft feminine voice chimed inside his mind.

"You're not helping." The bluenette snapped as he just hung his head.

'Think about it Master Kai. This is the first girl you've ever had a connection with. Maybe it's because you two share a common past. Maybe it's because she gives you a challenge as an opponent. Or maybe it's because you two are alike as people. Either way, she has awakened something in you that has been long since suppressed. And if you think you're the only one you're wrong.' Dranzer said as her energy began to warm him. The temperature was dropping since the sun had set.

"Is that so?" Kai asked as he rolled his eyes.

'Yes. Wolborg has told me that Tala has been feeling the same way you have. He can't function when he has free time. All he can think of is the girls. One in particular like you.' Kai could almost feel the comforting look she would be giving him right about now.

"That doesn't mean anything." Kai looked up into the night sky trying, unsuccessfully, to put the image of a certain albino out of his head.

'Just because you lie to yourself, doesn't make it the truth.' Dranzer replied, a little snippy. But she reluctantly let it drop. She didn't wish to anger him.

As much as Kai wanted to deny it, he knew Dranzer had a point. He couldn't think of anything else that made sense. She had been the only one to ever break his shell. The only girl to ever get close to him, the only one who could understand his pain. He shook his head weakly, unable to admit the truth out loud as he sat there in the snow. He could hear snow crunching as someone drew near. Only a few people knew where he was, and only one would bother to come looking for him. Kai glanced up to see Tala standing over him with the same look on his face that Kai wore.

"What?" He finally managed to ask.

"Check it out." Tala replied in a dead voice as he flung a letter to Kai. He opened the letter and read the few simple words that were on the paper.

Go to where Kai is now

"And this is supposed to mean?" Kai asked as he crumpled up the paper.

"Well you two were the ones who asked to see us." Two female voices said from within the trees.

Both boys turned to where the voices had come from. Two familiar girls emerged from the shelter of the trees, both wearing a small smile upon their faces. The boys were surprised to see the two standing there before them as if they'd never been gone. As much as the two wanted to ignore the emotion they felt building inside of them, neither could contain the relief they felt at seeing them again. The most they could do was keep their emotions from showing upon their faces.

"What? No hello?" Chris smirked as she did her best to keep her emotions in check.

"They look like they've seen ghosts." Tonya said when neither one would reply.

"Why?" Was all Tala could manage as he looked at the girl who'd plagued his dreams. He could still see the little girl she once was, a bloody mess with a defiant look in her eye.

"Why did we leave? Simple, because we could." Tonya replied as she kept her eyes hard.

"Then how come you're here now?" Kai finally said as he looked at the two girls. He could tell this was just as hard for the girls as it was for them.

"To deliver a message to you two." Chris looked to away as she did her best to keep her composure.

"Which is?" Kai stepped forward, almost as if he could close the gap with that one step.

"Leave us alone." Tonya's cold voice commanded. Unlike Chris, she was able to severe her emotional ties easily. Even though it hurt her to do so. "We know you've been snooping into our past. It's not your concern. You don't have to worry about us anymore. We're big girls, we can take care of ourselves. So you can just go back to life like you never knew us. Trust me, it's better that way." She turned around and motioned for Chris to follow her. Neither girl realized how hard this would be. But they had to. They couldn't drag anyone else into their problems.

"You just expect us to forget you, just like that?" Tala growled as he looked at the snow. Even though it had only been for a short time, a connection had formed that he just couldn't ignore. And he knew Kai felt the same way. "Well guess what? It doesn't work that way." He looked up and saw her standing there with her back to them. Chris hadn't moved and just continued to stare at the ground.

"Why can't it? You did it once before Tala. So it shouldn't be that hard to do it again." Tonya said softly as she looked over her shoulder. Her cold eyes faltered and revealed for a second just how much it was hurting her to walk away like she was trying to do.

A small breeze whistled through the trees as the sun finally set over the horizon. It was turning dark and if the girls had any chance of getting away, they would have to leave now. But before anyone could move, all turned when they heard crunching snow coming from a different direction.

"Hello ladies." Everyone turned to see Craig enter the small area with Adina following right behind him. "Oh, and it seems you have guests."

"What the hell do you want?" Tonya snapped as she took up a defensive stance.

"Someone's snippy." Adina sneered in her high voice. She winked at the two boys and Chris growled as her hands curled into fists. She would've loved nothing more than to knock that look off her face.

"Adina." Craig glanced at her and she reluctantly wiped the look off her face. "I apologize for her."

"How did you find us?" Chris asked, taking up a defensive stance as well.

"Simple. We knew you'd come back to your little boy toys sooner or later. It was all a matter of patience." Adina said in her high pitched voice.

"Now let's do this the easy way. Aio wants his two girls to come home." Craig smiled as he looked at Tonya who just held her glare.

"Home?" Kai asked as he looked to Tala who just kept his eyes on the two new comers.

"If you're referring to that hell hole we escaped from two years ago, you're crazy if you think we're going back there." Tonya growled as she eased down lower into her crouch. She could feel a more feral force inside of her, ready to spring forward at any minute.

"Wait, do you finally remember?" Craig asked as he took a step forward, his eyes locked on Tonya as Kai and Tala took a step as well. Chris fought to hide her surprise as she tried to stay focused on the task at hand. She wondered exactly how much Craig knew about them.

"Not all of it. Only bits and pieces. And you're out of your fucking mind if you think we're just going to go back there." Tonya moved beside Chris as the albino crouched down, preparing herself for a fight.

"I see. You're going to make us do this the hard way aren't you?" Craig asked in a softer voice as he shook his head. Before the girls could answer, he snapped his fingers.

Spotlights were shined on everyone, temporarily blinding them. Without saying anything, both girls shot their energy out to destroy the lights so they could see again. When they were able to focus, they could see that they were severely outnumbered. Tons of guards were all holding guns and were all pointed at them. All four pulled out their blades and launched them before the guards had a chance to fire. Their blades began taking out the guns while the four teens took down as many guards as possible. Bullets filled the air, grazing or flying through the teens. The four fought back the pain as best they could as they continued the fight. They had no time to be nice if they wanted to live. They didn't bother holding back and didn't feel any pity when they snapped a few bones in the process. All were a bloody mess from head to toe, but kept fighting and dodging bullets, not even beginning to tire out as they cut the numbers in half. In a way though, it felt good to be fighting back to back with each other. None of them had to say anything as they fought. They could easily direct each other with their eyes and in the midst of the battle they even found themselves smiling at each other. Unfortunately, their luck couldn't last.

"Argh!" Chris cried out in pain as she was struck in the shoulder by a small dagger. It lodged itself in pretty deep and before she had time to try and pull it out, two more got lodged in her leg and other shoulder.

"Chris!" Kai hollered as he ran to her side being the closest to her.

Tonya turned to try and help her friend, but was struck down as well. Two daggers hit her upper thigh, but Tonya was able to block out the pain temporarily. She looked over to see Kai using his body as a shield to protect the injured albino. Chris looked up, expecting to see Tonya near her. But instead it was Kai. He was a bloody mess, just like her. But he was taking the pain and easily blocking it out as he stood there protecting her. He looked down to see Chris weakly staggering to her feet until she was standing beside him. Following his friend's lead, Tala moved beside Tonya as the two stood back to back. Their blades were still causing a distraction, but were getting badly damaged in the process.

"Whatever you do don't kill them! We still need them!" Craig hollered to the remaining men as they closed in on the girls.

"What about the boys?" One man hollered as he took aim at Tala.

"If you can, take them alive. Aio can use them." Adina yawned as she pulled out more daggers. Kai helped Chris over to the other two as they tried to find a way out of their situation.

"It's obvious we're not all going to make it out of here." Tonya said as she held her position. All of them looked at her, already knowing what she was suggesting.

"I'm not leaving you. We're sticking together." Chris mumbled as she managed to put her back to Tonya's.

"We are too." Tala said as he scooted closer to her.

"If one of us can make it out, then we have a chance. But if they catch us all there's no guarantee that we'll ever make it out alive again. I'm not letting it come to that." Tonya kept her eyes on the guards, a plan already formulating in her mind.

"She has a point. We have to think logically about this. If we can avoid capture then we can still find help for the others." Kai spoke up, ignoring the glare Chris was shooting him. As much as she knew that Kai was right, she wasn't going to abandon Tonya.

"But we can't just leave you here. I'm staying t—" Chris shrank back from the look Tonya shot her. Clearly it wasn't up for debate. "Ok. But you better not die."

"Don't worry. I don't intend to." The last few words came out as a growl as Tonya's eyes changed from their normal honey color to the eerie yellow and red that belonged to a dragon. "Kai, Tala, don't let anyone get to Chris and protect yourselves as well. Remember she'll be spared. You two won't be so lucky. Now go!" Tonya could feel something feral growing inside of her as she listened to them retreat.

"I'd say it's time we show them just how violent we really can be." She turned, surprised to hear another voice. Tala stood there with an excited look in his eyes.

"I thought I told you to run." Tonya hissed as the guards began to close on them. Tala glanced at her out of the corner of his eye as his trade mark smirk appeared.

"As if I'm going to listen to you." He focused back on the guards as Tonya couldn't help the smile forming on her lips.

"Guess I should've known that. Alright then, just stay out of my way." She said as another low growl escaped.

"Funny, I was going to tell you the same." Tala said as he picked up the daggers that Tonya had pulled out of herself.

At any other time, Tonya would've suppressed the feral feeling building inside. But her usual cautious self wasn't in control anymore. As if she were breaking chains, the beast growing inside was released. A snarl erupted from her as she dove towards the closest guard and slashed at him with nothing but her nails. She easily cut into his arm, sending blood flying into the air as she cut it clean off. Before any of the others could move, she made her way to the next one and cut him just as easily. Tala did the same, slashing away with the daggers as their blades continued to cause havoc. Both were drawing blood from every guard they attacked, not too worried about them. Only caring about their survival. Chris and Kai dove into the woods and tried their best to block out the sounds of flesh tearing, men screaming, and the snapping of bones that were coming from behind them. Chris could feel something feral inside her, wanting to break free and join in the carnage. For a second, she stopped and considered releasing it. Something almost felt right as she began to loosen her control over it. Kai turned around, still able to see the two fighting off the guards. He watched as Tala took out the last one as Tonya set her sights on Adina who was launching more daggers at her. Tonya easily knocked her over, slashing at her with her nails and drawing blood from her shoulder. But before she could any more damage, Craig threw a small metal ball that exploded and unleashed a metal like rope that wrapped around Tonya, pinning her arms and legs to her body. Small metal prongs dug into her skin, causing Tonya to cry out in pain as the rope just tightened around her body as she hit the ground hard, her blood already pooling around her staining the white snow. Tala ran to help, but was easily taken out when Adina threw daggers through his legs. As much as Chris wanted to run back and save her friend, she knew that Tonya would be furious if she got herself caught as well. She felt the beast inside slowly die down as Kai did his best to pull her away from the scene before they were caught. The two slowly, painfully, turned their back on their friends' pained cries as they ran for freedom.

_._._

A few hours later…

'Chris…Chris…Christine…You must wake up.' A wispy voice said softly, trying to nudge his master awake.

"Dai….Daikairi?"

Chris slowly opened her eyes and immediately felt lightheaded. She moved slowly as she tried to move into a sitting position. Pain shot through her body and she couldn't hold back her cry. She glanced down at her arms and saw dried blood caked on them. She gently pushed herself as her dizziness grew. Chris felt something slide off her and looked down to see what it was. A dark blue jacket was lying on the ground beside her. She picked it up, wondering who it belonged to.

"You're awake." A relieved voice sounded to the left of her. She turned and saw Kai sitting near the fire, making sure it hadn't gone out. Kai moved slowly to her and placed a cool hand on her forehead. To her it felt good and helped counteract her dizziness. "And your fever finally broke."

"How long have I been out? And where am I?" Chris asked as she relaxed her body to keep the pain at bay.

"You've been out for a good twelve hours." Kai said as he sat beside her. He stared off into the fire, not wanting to make eye contact quite yet. "A blizzard began to pick up outside when we first got here. It was safer to camp out in a cave for the night."

"I see." Was all she could say. For the first time she looked at her surroundings to see nothing but stone all around her.

"Who were those people?" Kai asked as he watched her. "Why did they attack you?" Silence. "Chris it's ok, I'm here."

Kai grabbed her shoulder lightly, trying to turn her towards him. Chris knocked it away hard not watching her strength. Kai hissed as he felt one of his fingers almost snap. He watched as she stood up and moved away from him. Kai stood up, wondering what was wrong. His patience was running thin and his anger began to rise. Chris remained silent as Kai grew furious. He couldn't hold his anger back any longer and just threw his self control out the window.

"I see. More silence. Guess it's not a big deal to you. Especially since you were silent for months. I guess this is the thanks I get for taking care of you. I wonder why Tala even bothered trading places with you when you're refusing to even help either one of them by acting like this." Kai spat as he turned his back on her.

"Don't…Don't you dare try and lay a guilt trip on me!" Chris hollered as she turned around to face him.

Kai glanced over his shoulder and was surprised to see her eyes brimming with tears that threatened to fall at any second. Her eyes were full of pain and fear, but from what Kai didn't know. She turned her back on him as the first tear slowly trickled down her cheek. Kai had never seen anyone this vulnerable, but he never thought he'd ever see her like this.

"No one told you or your friend to play the hero." She hissed as Kai slowly turned to face her. "If you'd just kept your nose out of our business…You wanna know why we didn't say anything to anyone? It's because we didn't want them getting involved. We knew you guys had found out about some of our past. And we knew that because of what we were, it wouldn't be long before we went after our 'creator'. Or before they came for us. And we couldn't risk anyone getting hurt because of us."

"So that's why they attacked." Kai said softly as he thought back at just how many guards it had taken to try and take them in. This Aio person must've known about Tonya's powers, and possibly Chris's hidden power, and that's why he'd sent as many guards as he had.

"And now they're gone. If we hadn't run off, maybe we could've stopped them!" Chris hollered as she looked away, more tears spilling over her eyes.

Without a word, Kai pulled Chris to him. He couldn't fight the overwhelming feeling of wanting to comfort her. To take her pain away so she would feel better. Chris was surprised when Kai wrapped his arms around her protectively. She didn't know what to do. Part of her wanted to push him away and yell at him for what he was doing. But a bigger part of her wanted to stay in his warm arms. This was as new to her as it was to him and though she would never admit it, it scared her. She looked up at Kai who looked down at her. Neither knew what they were doing as their faces drew closer and their lips touched. Kai pulled back after the first touch, unsure if she was comfortable with this. All Chris knew was that when their lips had touched it'd sent a warmth through her body that she'd never felt. Without a word the two kissed again and this time deepened the kiss. Both of their tongues eagerly explored each others' mouths as they pressed even closer together, tightening their grip on each other as they did so. As much as Chris wished to stay pressed up against Kai, her body screamed in protest. Her wounds were stinging and her mind began to grow hazy again. Kai felt her grow weak in his arms and held her tightly as he helped her down. Kai placed his jacket back over her body as she laid her head on his lap. The last thing she felt was Kai gently stroking her hair before she fell asleep. That night, her sleep was plagued with nightmares of what had happened only a few hours ago.

A few hours later…

It hadn't taken them long to hike out of the woods and back in to town. It was still dark and not too many people were out and about. Both fought hard against the cold as they trudged up the final stretch to Kai's mansion. Lights were on inside and the two could hear voices inside. Kai saw an unfamiliar car parked outside his house and wondered who was there. He pushed the thought away as he helped Chris slowly make her way to the warmth and safety of the mansion.

"Kai! Chris!" Both looked up to see Spencer running towards them. He didn't say a word as he easily picked Chris up and carried her inside with Kai right beside them.

"We were worried about you two."

Kai looked up to see Bryan smile at them from the top of the stairs. He watched as Spencer turned down the hall and headed to a room. Kai wasn't too far behind, wondering which room Spencer was going to put her in. Kai peeked his head inside and saw a doctor and nurse already attending to Chris as Spencer put her down gently.

"She'll be fine. Come on." Bryan gently led him away. "You mind explaining what happened since Tala's out cold?"

"Wait, Tala's here?" Kai asked as Bryan slowly nodded.

"He was worse off than you two. He came stumbling out of the woods last night barely conscious. He's been out since." Bryan sighed as he looked down the hall to where Tala was asleep in another room. "I suggest you spill. Not right now. But after you rest up you better fill me and Spencer in got it?"

"Yeah…thanks Bryan." Kai said softly as he made his way slowly to his room, ready to crash again as soon as he hit his bed.

_._._

'Where am I? Why is everything so dark?' Tonya asked herself mentally, unable to find her voice.

"How is she doing?" A lyrical male voice asked. The voice sounded far away to her as her senses slowly began to pick up again.

"She is taking longer than we anticipated to heal. Her body is counteracting the poison on the daggers and prongs first. Only part of her energy is focused on her wounds." A rougher voice replied. "But she will make a full recovery. As for how long it will take, I'm unsure."

'Who's there?' she wanted to ask. 'Will someone tell me where I'm at?'

"Sir, brain activity has picked up in container 01." A female voice called this time.

"I can see that. All of you leave us now." The man commanded. Tonya could vaguely make out the shuffling of feet as the people left. "It's just us now. I know you can hear me my dear."

'Who are you?' she asked, knowing that he couldn't hear her.

"Open your eyes Tonya. I know you're dying to see who I am." She could hear the eagerness in his tone.

Tonya willed her eyes to open. Her eyelids felt like lead as she slowly forced them open. At first, everything seemed foggy. Probably from the painkillers they'd given her to help numb the pain. As her eyes opened fully, she could feel something soft and cool against her skin. Blue liquid surrounded her and she was surprised to see that she wasn't in her clothes. She was naked, floating in some blue liquid attached to different monitors. As much as she wanted to freak out, the painkillers wouldn't let her. Most of her senses were still numb as she slowly took in everything around her. Finally, her eyes fell upon the man who'd been speaking to her. He had long white hair that was kept in a loose braid that fell to his waist. His skin was a creamy white and his teal eyes were full of delight to see her looking at him.

'Wait, you're…'

"I'm Aio. Welcome home my dear."

As I said before, there was way too many outcomes for this chapter. A few things were left unexplained which I'll get to in later chapters. But the main goal of this one was to get my main evil guy into the story finally. The next one may take awhile. I'm gonna take a few days rest and then get back at it. For now let me know what ya thought!