Beybladers Bites

Forever Hidden

"I'm ready. Kai's been dealt with and Max knows I'm back, what's next?" she kept her hands firmly on the desk making sure her presence was known by Boris. He had a habit of underestimating her and regretting it in the long run.

"Good, now we wait. I don't want you having any contact with Kai. At ALL! Do you hear me Serena?" with a brief nod she removed her hands from the desk; Boris leaned back in the massive chair that almost consumed his body. The power was beginning to drive him mad; the only problem was Boris forgot who he worked for, Kai's granddad Voltear. Serena took one glance at the door and just as she did 4 boys walked through, each one very different from the last.

"Boys, I'm so glad you made it. I know it was a little short notice for you all, Serena I would like you to meet your new teams mates you'll joining the 'Ravenous' team. I'll be entering you in a competition against the Bladebreakers very soon." His words were strong but his stance was stronger, Serena glanced up at the tall man towering over her, the man who had a firm grip on her life and what happened in it.

"All right, what do I have to do? Train with them? I can do that…" she crossed her arms before finally walking towards the door, as the boys took their seats on the sofa she began her long walk home.

"Wait a minute, I have one more task I'd like you to do for me," with a twist of her hip she turned to face Boris one last time.

"I want you to train, train like you never have before. You'll be facing the Bladebreakers and I know after a long time they have become the best, I need their beyblades and I need you to win." Her small nod gave enough away, she was going to do as she was told the only problem she had was the fact she was going against the Bladebreakers a team she once worked so closely with.

"Fine," Serena finally left and began the long walk home; as the rain began to drizzle she couldn't help but cuddle into herself, attempting to keep all the heat in her body. Her hair continued to flutter around in the wind, her once warm and dry outfit was now damp and cold.

"Why do I keep doing this to myself?" her eyes wondered to the tall hills which surrounded the town, that was her first choice of place to visit, it also happened to be her favourite. The trees were perfect shelter and the grass beneath was soft, the sky was still within view and the hill had a perfect view of the whole town. Once at the top she felt a tiny amount of success rush over her, until her memories began flooding back. Kai, he'd always come up here with her, no matter what weather was hanging over the town.

"I didn't know you still came up here?" Serena's back become tense, with a quick glance behind her she saw the shadow and felt his presence. Kai was standing over her within seconds, she could feel his chest lightly brushing her back, for a moment she felt the sudden weakness that came with being around Kai until she finally remembered what Boris had said.

"Kai please, just leave I can't see you or spend any time with you." his hand grasped hold of hers gently and it felt electrifying. "No, I need to see you okay?" as she sucked in enough breath she managed to man up and confront Kai.

"Fine, well if you won't leave then I'll leave for you." as her steps were clear and she began to stride forwards his hand tightened its grip, she wasn't going anywhere. As her eyes flickered to Kai's she finally stopped fighting.

"Kai I'm not supposed to be anywhere near you, I'm not meant to have any contact with you at all." Her voice said how sure she was the only problem was her eyes told a different story.

"I know you don't want to." With a thrash of her head she managed to get loss of his once strong grip. His eyes glanced at his empty hand, and her body.

"This isn't going to be like old times Kai, I'm not back for you and your team. The Bladebreakers mean nothing to me now."

"Tyson, can you just pay attention to me for five minutes." Hilary's shrill voice was loud and continuous you'd eventually get used to the noise she made. Tyson glanced briefly in her direction and then wondered back to the TV which was directly in front of him.

"Tyson, Kai isn't here and neither is Kenny. Don't you think we should go out and find them? They might have got hurt or something, we need to train for the match against White Tiger X." her words were forceful enough to get Max and Ray on their feet in concern, the only problem was something else was on Tyson's mind.

"What's up, you're never usually this quite." Max's hand rested lightly on Tyson's shoulder trying to get some form of communication from him. Finally he sighed; there was nothing more for him to do.

"It was last week after practise, I came home and granddad told me I had a guest. It was a girl about our age, and she seemed eager to talk to me. I have a funny feeling it was Serena. I think she came here before ending up in hospital. It's been eating me up for days, I just don't know what to do about the whole thing." You could feel Max squeeze slightly when he heard Serena's name.

"I saw Serena yesterday, she was running past my shop my mum bumped into her. I didn't manage to keep up with her though and she got away from me, I wish I ran faster." His innocence was soft and calming but you'd always know that Max went well.

"What? Why didn't you tell us earlier? She's been making appearances all over town I actually saw her walking off with this dark haired boy yesterday, she seemed hurt." Ray's input had begun to alter the way everyone was thinking.

"She's in town then, but why hasn't she tried to get hold of any us? I just don't understand why she's like this for; she was fine when we went to Russia. It was only after…" Tyson's eyes landed straight on the ground, he knew the answer to the question and suddenly everything began to click into place.

"It was only after she met Boris, everything seemed weird with her after that. I mean we were barely able to get Kai back from him how on earth are we going to get Serena back?" his voice reflected his worries, just as the others glanced at what could only be the one spot on the floor that seemed to attract their attention, Hilary stood patiently while they continued to think quietly to themselves.

"Oh my god, what on earth are you all thinking about that could possibly be that important?" Max's eyes were the first to flicker up to her sudden interruption.

"Hilary, have you ever met Serena?" she shook her head while tilting it slightly to the left and then Max continued.

"Well once you meet her you'll understand, her presence is enough to make you back down. She can make any battle seem like a warm-up she even makes Tyson look like an amateur at times. She's one of the best Beybladers in the world and she just happened to be interested in our team, probably due to Kai. Once we went to Russia everything changed, Boris got to her. Since then she hasn't been the same girl." As his head shook in her unbelief Hilary still didn't seem to understand.

"I just don't understand why she's so special to you all though, I understand Kai's reason. Did she and Kai have a thing going on or something?" Ray nodded, Max shook his head and Tyson didn't respond.

"Is that a yes or a no?" Ray eyes Max from the corner of his eye. "Well I think she did, and Kai seemed to always jump to her defence, he said he used to spend a lot of time with her so surely..." but Max had a different idea.

"No, he said they were close but he never said they did anything personal when together." For another half an hour the boys continued to argue about Serena and Kai not knowing who was right until finally a thumping noise on the door caught their attention.

"Tyson, it's your friend he's hurt!" it was his granddad who had come barging into the room holding Kai in his arms and right behind him was Kenny who looked slightly roughed up as well.

"Kai, what the hell happened to you?!" in the background you could hear Hilary gasping away and trying to find the right words for the situation, Tyson ran straight to Kai's aid and gazed over at Kenny. Ray was on the other side of Kai and brought them over to the bed that was laid out in the room.

"I had a beybattle, urgh." As Kai managed to prop himself up against the wall he began to regain some consciousness.

"Kenny? Can you tell us." And with that Kenny began to spit out what happened the only problem was his words were shaky and hard to understand.

"I was on my way here and all prepared for practise today then I caught a glimpse of Kai so I went after him, once I caught up with him I noticed we weren't in the streets anymore we were in a back alley on our way here. There was a large group at the other end, once we got there we saw who blading. It was some dark haired boy going up against the younger bladers around here." With a quick gasp of air he continued, "The boy got mouthy when we went to leave and Kai basically stood up us and challenged him, that's when everything got serious. They were both really going at it until they called their bitbeast's out; Dranzer has taken quite a few damaging hits. Everything was going well and Kai was battling with everything he had, then this boy brought his partner into the battle, I never saw their face, but their blade was strong. It thrashed Dranzer, and Kai. I had to carry him all this way and just as we got close Dranzer smashed to pieces; it was like he couldn't take the damage anymore." Everyone was gob smacked and could barely keep their thoughts straight, until Tyson glanced at Ray.

"Do you think it could have been?" before Tyson could even finish they knew who had ambushed their team mates and as Kai tried to gain what little energy he had left they formed a plan and how they would enter the competition. They needed a plan and a good one, and fast.