OMG my fist fic I thought it would be like 10 chapters at the most, here I am chapter 20!!!!!

Thanks to everyone who has stuck with me for this long you must all be bored with my crappy writing but hey your still reading and reviewing so I guess thats a good sign!

I do not own Beyblade

Kenny weakly pulled himself up on his stretcher, looking around he saw Loman sitting dejectedly on the ground beside him, Kenny was confused he couldn't remember how he got there. He was surprised to see the man beside him seemingly wipe a tear from his eye, Paul Loman was a tough guy a regular soldier with a square jaw and a crew cut. Tyson had nicknamed him GI Joe!

"Loman?" the man looked up

"Kenny lay down, you've lost a lot of blood, you need to lie still"

"Why are we still here?"

"We have wait for a bit, their sending out the nearest team to pick us up." Loman looked at the brunette concerned "Lie down, you need to rest! I won't lose any more of my men today"

"Who's dead?" Kenny lying down again,asked confusedly and then it all came flooding back. Max telling him to run, the explosion as he left the building "No, Not Max!" Loman didn't even look at him, he didn't need to.

Kenny pulled himself up again, over Lomans shoulder he could see the destoyed building. Kenny began to stand but his legs wouldn't obey him, he went crashing to the ground.

"Kenny LIE DOWN" Kenny felt himself being lifted and placed back on his stretcher

"We have to go lookfor Max" he said fighting the blackness of unconsciousness

"Theres no point, no one could have survived that" those were the last words Kenny heard as he slipped away into a world of dark dreams.

Hilary stood in the graveyard tears pouring down her cheeks, this was the third visit she had made this week. She hated it this feeling of loss, this need for a friend, the sorrow that she had never got to say goodbye. She rubbed one hand across her eyes, in her other hand she held a large bouquet of yellow roses.

"Hilary?" Hilary turned surprised

"Jim?" her mothers fiancé stood behind her holding a matching bunch of yellow roses,

"Her favourite flowers" Jim stated noticing what they were both holding.

"Yeah" Hilary knelt down and arranged her flowers by her mothers gravestone, "Hi mum"

"I should have guessed that you would be here, her anniversary"

"Yeah, I've been here a lot lately" Hilary gave him a weak smile and stood up, moving a little distance away she watched as Jim placed his flowers next to hers.

"Hi sweetheart," they stood awkwardly for a moment "look Hilary and I have been alone together for..." he looked at his watch "at least thirty seconds..."

"and we're not fighting" she finished for him they smiled at each other

"First time for everything" Jim walked over and gave her an odd look,

"Hilary, please don't take this the wrong way but… have you been eating a lot? I know I haven't seen you in years but I remember you being kind of skinny" Hilary laughed

"Tactful as ever Jim, I have been eating a lot lately but that's what you do when your eating for two!"

"Eating for two? Oh God" Hilary watched with amusement as Jim dazed backed away from her, "your… you are…..are you?"

"Pregnant" Hilary finished for him "yes 6 months gone now"

"Hilary, who's the father"

"Kai Hiwitari, you know the one mum thought was impolite and cold"

"He was impolite and cold," Jim and Hilary laughed together

"Yeah he still is most of the time"

"Are you two still together?"

"Sort of, its complicated"

"Complicated as in it involves other people, or complicated as in it involves crazy people and kidnapping again?"

"Crazy people and kidnapping" Jim smiled in any other family the answer would have been involves other people, but he had been therewhen Hilary's mother had sobbed for her lost daughterwhen they had gone missing. He had known real fear when they had realised that Hilary was at the center of the storm Brooklyn had created during the Begashowdown.

"Right!" he smiled over at her, for a while they both stood silently

"I just wish mum was here" tears poured down Hilary's face, "I really miss her right now, I could do with having her around, even if it was just to tell me that it will all be OK"

"It will be" Hilary looked at Jim surprised

"How do you know that, you don't even know the full story"

"No but… Hilary if you ever need help, I don't care what it is call me" Hilary looked at Jim and saw that he was holding a business card.

"Thank you" Hilary was grateful, the card had his personal and business phone number, it also had his email address "I could email you updates, tell you when the baby is born, it's going to be a boy"

"I'd like that. You know Hilary I always thought of you like a daughter… I know we didn't always get along..."

"Fathers never get along brilliantly with their daughters" Hilary smiled thinking of her father and Jordan "I'm sorry I always gave you and mum such a hard time, it was just hard to see her falling for you. Having to share her, kind of selfish I guess!"

"I gave you a hard time too, your mum always talked about you, you were more important to her than anything. I knew no matter how long we were together, no matter how many kids we may have together you would always be her favourite."

"Thank you, I actually really needed to hear that" she was crying harder than ever before "sorry I'm a bit weepy these days" Jim smiled

"Your mother was the same when she was pregnant with Elizabeth" Jims voice trembled as he mentioned the daughter who had died after only a few hours of living. Hilary slipped her arm around his shoulders

"I always was so sorry about Elizabeth, but I guess she and mum are together now"

"I like to think that" Jim took a deep breath "I miss her so much" he shuddered as he said this,

"Hear that mum? We both miss you and we both love you. I wish you were here." Jim grinned at the young girl,

"Hey you want to go get something to eat?"

"Jim you never have to ask a pregnant women whether or not she wants to eat. The answer will always be yes!"

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"You will tell them that we are sorry" Mr Tatibana looked at Hiro who nodded slowly, he left the office where they stood and walked down the hallway. Sitting at the end of the corridor Tyson Rick and Ray sat laughing and joking. Tyson looked up and saw Hiro trudging slowly towards them, jumping up he ran forward.

"Bro' what's up?" behind him Ray and Rick stood their faces filled with concern.

"We've had news from Rome"

"Max and Kenny are alright aren't they?" Ray walked forward he got no response "Hiro?"

"The last we heard they ran into trouble Kenny is in a bad way, we've sent Kai's team out to get him back here for urgent medical attention. They were in the area."

"What about Max?" Rick moved forward angry "Is he OK, your avoiding the important part aren't you?" They all watched as Hiro ran a hand through his hair and licked his lips,

"Max was in the building when it came down, apparently there was no way he could have survived. I'm so sorry guys."

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