I Love Beyblade

Chapter 7 – Betrayal?

Hilary decided to take the kids back to their homes and then met up back with Kai and the others at the same abandon store. Kai asked if she moved here or not. "I'm just here because my parents wanted to visit a sick relative," she said. "I've been here for two weeks now."

"So then what happened to Tyson and Kenny?" Kai asked. He was standing about a yard from her and the other guys were behind him. "What about Daichi, Hilary?

"He left on his own about a year ago before everyone parted ways," she replied. "I'm not sure if he's okay or not." She stared at the ground with a sad sigh. "Tyson and Kenny… I don't remember what happen but there was two people, who seemed to be our age as well, just attacked us unexpectedly out of no where."

Spencer and Bryan looked at each other and the both of them turned to Tala. Tala shrugged, "Sounds like the Empty Hearts' work to me."

"Empty… Hearts?" Hilary looked at him. "Who are they?"

"A beyblade team, you could say," Kai told her. "They formed into a group about five months ago and work for the Silver Company."

She remembered seeing something about that group on the news a while ago. "I see," she nodded.

"So then," Bryan spoke up. "What happen to those two runts anyway? Did they battle against the other two?"

Hilary nodded, staring back on the ground. "The people who battled them destroyed Tyson's beyblade. After that, there was a powerful storm that hit us, which had also just suddenly appeared out of nowhere. I must have fallen unconsciousness because of the storm. I remember hitting on head on a street light pole. Then when I came to, there was no one around. I headed to the dojo and Kenny's house, but the both of them were missing. I'm really worried about them!"

"Why would Kenny go missing?" Bryan asked, disbelieving. "What does he have that they want anyway?"

"His frog hopper?" Spencer shrugged.

"He doesn't even have a bit beast," Bryan said.

Kai ignored them and looked at Hilary. "Do you remember the two people who attacked Tyson and Kenny?" he asked.

Hilary looked away, thinking for a moment. "Two boys," she said. "One had dark blue hair, the other had red hair… that's all I can recall."

"Have Tyson and Kenny contacted you?" Kai inquired. She shook her head no. Kai turned to look at the other guys. "Well then, if those two aren't here, let's head to China and check on Ray," Kai said. "There's no point moping around here anymore."

Bryan instantly made a face that showed he did not want to, but Hilary said, "Wait, Kai. Mr. Dickenson told me to give you his message if I ever happen to see you again. He couldn't even contact you since you went missing."

"Mr. Dickenson?" Kai raised one of his eyebrows. "What does he want with me?"

"Anyone will do, really," she said. "He told me to tell you that the beybladers with bit beasts are all in danger. Not the people, but the bit beasts themselves. He said to call him." She scratched her head, thinking of the number Mr. Dickenson had given her. "Oh yeah, the number is zero-zero-two-one. He says it lead directly to him."

Kai went to grab his cell phone out of his pocket, but then it started to ring. He looked at it and read Ruby. He lifts it open and puts it near his right ear. "…Ruby?"

"Hey, Kai," her voice came on the other side of the line. "Never thought I would actually call you or see you again."

"What is it?" he asked. Hilary looked at him, wondering who Ruby is.

Ruby laughed. "Well, I thought if you could come to where I am. I need to tell you something in person. I'm in the same city as you are, but where are you exactly?"

Kai looked back at the other guys. "I'm somewhere near an abandon shop," he said. "What do you need to talk about?"

"I found some interesting information on the Empty Hearts from my friend," she said. "So can you come over to me or what?"

He looked around. "Where are you then? I'll come right over with my motorcycle."

She chuckled. "Um, I think I'm by some building… it looks taller than the rest, so I'm sure you can find me."

In his mind, he smiled. He does not really know why he would even think about smiling when he heard her voice. It just made him a little happy. He looked around and saw the tallest building, at least it looked like it. It seems a bit far but he'll make it in just five minutes. "I'll come right away," he told her.

"Great," she said. "I'll see you then."

He heard a click and turned his cell phone off. Spencer asked, "What did she say?"

"Ruby told me she got some info on the Empty Hearts," Kai said. He walked to his motorcycle and got on. "I'm going to go and find her. You guys stay here while I'm gone."

"Can I come along?" Hilary asked. She did not want to be left alone with the other three guys.

Kai looked at her. She showed an expression that she really wanted to. He nodded, "Fine." He handed her the helmet and she took it, putting it on. Kai then thought what Ruby would have done if she were here.

Hilary got on and put her arms around Kai. He started up the motorcycle and drove off.

"So then we're supposed to wait?" Bryan looked at Tala and Spencer. They nodded. Bryan sighed, frustrated.

Xue stood on the roof of a three-story building. He smiled brightly and took out a walkie-talkie, which he had always wanted to try and contact the other person. He put it up to his face and pressed the button. "Hello, hello! Chun Mei? Over!" he laughed, letting go the button.

His walkie-talkie made a static sound and the other voice came on. "Yes?" a girl's voice came out from it.

He pressed the button. "You're supposed to say over when you're done talking, Chun Mei!" he told her, faking tears. "Over!" There was no reply. "Chun Mei? Over!"

The other voice came on with a sigh. "How is it over on your side? …Over…"

Xue smiled and did a thumps up in the air. "Ruby had given the signal. Kai Himawari-chan is heading over to her right now. It's only a matter of time! Over!"

"It's Hiwatari, over," she told him.

He laughed, "Himawari sounds better, over!"

Chun Mei sighed again. "I'm going to start the action now. Over."

"Be very careful, over!" Xue said, worried about her.

"I know…"

"You didn't say over, over!" he complained. There isn't more respond from her side and he put the walkie-talkie to the side of his pants. "…I hope your plan works, Ruby." He and Ruby had talked to Chun Mei before and talked about Ruby said she will join them. Joining is part of the plan and he hopes they will not mess it up.

Kai stopped the motorcycle in a free parking lot. Hilary got off and gives him the helmet back. "Who's Ruby?" she asked.

He stood up and put the helmet on his motorcycle. "…A friend who I trust," he replied.

"Oh…" she nodded to herself.

"Hey Kai!" Ruby's voice called. She ran across the street and to where he was. When she stopped in front of him, she stood a few yards away from them. Then she looked at Hilary. "What's your name?"

"Is that the first thing you ask when you see someone you don't know?" Kai questioned, rather curious if she does.

Ruby nodded. "Introductions are important, Kai." She looked back at Hilary and smiled. "Well?"

Hilary smiled back, putting her arms behind her back. "My name is Hilary," she said.

"And I'm Ruby," she gave her a little wave.

Kai looked at Ruby. "Okay, that's over with, what information did you receive from your friend? Your friend who wanted the chimera, right?"

"That's him," she nodded. "It's not much but he told me one of the members from the Empty Hearts is in this city. We should go capture that person and ask him or her questions!"

He asked, "Why didn't you just tell me over the phone? This does not sound like anything that needs to be discuss in person."

"May I see your Dranzer?" she suddenly asked. "My friend told me you have a phoenix bit beast and I wanted to see how it looks like."

Hilary turned her to Kai, silent. Kai looked at Ruby, who seems to be acting a bit weird. Even though she wanted to see it, there's no way he would let it out in the open so easily. "Can't do that," he told her. "Now, about the Empty…"

"Why can't you let me see it?" she asked. "Just once, Kai." He lightly glared at her and she smiled. Her eyes slowly looked at the motorcycle, remembering he had once hid the chimera chip in there somewhere. Maybe it's in there. She thought.

Kai followed her eyes and knew what she was thinking. "Ruby, what are you up to this time?" he started to really glare at her.

"I told you already," she said. "I just want to see it."

"You're not a very good liar, you know," Hilary said, knowing what seemed to be going on. Ruby does not seem the girl who would just want to see it. It's in her eyes that she can tell she is looking for trouble. "It's all written over you face…"

She looked at Hilary and back at Kai. Ruby had considered herself a good actor when it comes to lying but she is unable to lie to them. What's wrong with me? She asked herself. Is it because I'm with Kai that I can't lie anymore…? She laughed and put her hands in her pockets. "Geez, don't you trust me? Are you thinking that I might steal it?" she asked them.

"I really don't know," he said. "We've just met not long ago after all."

Ruby bit her lower lip and pulled out two guns in each hand. "Look, are you going to give it to me or not?" she glared.

Hilary stepped back behind Kai and he glared at the golden-eyed girl. "What are you doing?" he asked. "And where did you get that?"

"Did you forget?" Ruby smirked. "I have friends in high places. I get what I want and get it my way. If you're not going to give me your Dranzer, I'm going to shoot the two of you. So you better stay back and get your Dranzer out and then give it to me." She can just go and check the motorcycle out, but she did not want to lose her guard while she searches for it.

Kai and Hilary both stood where they were. "Who are you?" Kai glared.

"Get out of the way," she said. "If you're not going to get it, I'll do it myself. Stay back over there." She pointed to her left. Kai walked to her in normal pace. "I'm telling you to stay back!" Ruby yelled, lightly glaring at him. He continued to walk towards her and she fired a bullet right pass him. Hilary jumped from loud sound of the gun. Kai did not flinch and kept walking.

Ruby thought firing would scare him at the very least but that did not work. The guns in her hands started to shake and she just stared at him. He stood right in front of her, the guns pointing on his chest. She silently looked up at his serious, calm eyes. She took a step back, looking away and still pointing the guns at him.

"I know you won't shoot me," he said. "Now, answer my question. Who are you? Why are you doing this? Were you lying all along ever since the time we met?"

Ruby pushed him away. "Yeah, yeah I was. I work for Silver Company to tell you the truth!" she glared. Kai stood very still. I need to act myself together! She shouted in her mind. If I don't do this correctly, I won't be able to save Eve. She quickly ran pass Kai and grabbed Hilary, pointing a gun to her neck.

"Ruby, you!" Kai glared. She moved too swiftly and he could not stop her. He thought she was going to do something else but Ruby took Hilary as a hostage?!

"If you think I won't shoot this girl…" Ruby glared, her tone switching to a dangerous voice. "Think again. Now, get Dranzer out."

Hilary silently let out a cry, afraid. Kai… she looked at him.

Kai clutches his fists and stood where he was. "You wouldn't…" he glared. Ruby grabbed Hilary's arm and fired a bullet into her palm. "Hilary!" Kai shouted.

Hilary cried out in pain and Ruby pointed the gun to her neck again. Ruby's body started to shake from Hilary's screams but tried hard to hide it in front of Kai. "I can get pretty violent, you know," she said, her voice weakening a bit. A couple of people from afar heard the gunshot and hurried off to get the police or something. "Now, is this convincing enough? Get Dranzer, Kai!" she looked fiercely at him.

"Who are you?" Tala asked when he saw a girl walking up to him and the other two.

The girl gave him a small smile. She had untied black hair, which reached to her back, and she dark brown eyes. She wore a Chinese sleeveless dress with rose designs on it and the background is green. "Hello, Blitzkrieg Boys," she slightly bowed. "My name is Chun Mei." A sudden rapid wind surrounded her. "I'm one of the Empty Hearts."

Bryan glared at her. "Hey! Aren't you one of the two people who attacked us four months ago?!"

"Oh you do remember me," Chun Mei calmly said. She whistled on her two fingers and the wind forcefully came together like a tornado between her and the guys. The sound of a bird sung in the sky. The three guys all looked up at the sky and a nine-headed bird flying down towards them.

Tala glared at girl with the long black hair. "So you're here to take our bit beasts?" he asked.

Chun Mei just smiled, not answering to his question.

"Tsk," Kai glared at Ruby. "I trusted you, Ruby…"

"That was when I wanted to come to Japan," she pointed out. "This is now. If you don't get Draner right now, I'm going to shoot her other hand."

Kai grunted and hurried. He pressed a little button and a blue beyblade come out. He took it and showed it to her. If he's going to give it to her, he had to look like he really is going to give it up. Then when Ruby takes it, he would somehow take the guns away or take Hilary away and take it back. "Here's Dranzer," he said, glaring hard at her. "Let go of Hilary."

The ground started to shake around them and something came out of the ground. A big mole, the size of a school bus, crawled out of the ground. "Hey!" Xue climbed out of the hole where the mole had created. "Let's get out of here, Ruby!"

Is that also a bit beast? Kai wondered.

"Xue, take Dranzer," she told him. Xue looked at Kai and back at her. "Kai, if you do anything funny, I won't hesitate to shoot again," she told him. She looked at Xue, "Will you hurry up already?"

"Okay, okay," he nodded. He walked towards Kai, slowly. They looked at each other and Xue smiled at him. He stopped walking and looked back at Ruby. "You like him because he's cute, right? Was that why you were about to break down when I told you we're going to steal Dranzer away?"

Ruby slightly blushed when Kai looked at her. "Keep your mouth shut, Xue!" she shouted.

Xue purred and grabbed Dranzer. He grabbed a little chip of Dranzer out of the blade and gave the blade back to Kai. Then Xue took a clear-looking chip and put it on Dranzer. "There we go," he nodded.

"What are you doing to Dranzer?" Kai glared.

"In case it comes out with its flames," Xue said. "This clear chip prevents bit beasts from being summon by its beloved master." He looked back at Ruby and winked. "Mission is almost complete!" he hurried back to the hole. "Let's get out of here, Ah and Ruby!" The mole nodded, it's name is Ah. Xue quickly grabbed a walkie-talkie and send a message to Chun Mei.

"What about that girl, Chun Mei?" she asked when she saw Xue grabbing the walkie-talkie. Ruby should not even be worry about someone who is from the Silver Company, but Chun Mei just did not look like a bad girl to her.

Xue talked to Chun Mei on the other side and put it away after a little chat. "Did you forget what I told you before all of this? She's keeping the Blitzkrieg Boys busy," Xue explained. "So if we leave now, I'll give her the signal where we are after leaving and we can all can be together in the end."

"Oh, okay," Ruby nodded. She looked up at the sky and saw a tornado coming down. "Is that her…?" she wondered. It would be strange to see a tornado falling from the sky all of a sudden so it had to be her or either Bryan's bit beast.

Kai glared at Xue and then at Ruby. So, this was their plan from the start… separating me from the guys. He thought, watching Ruby slowly dragging Hilary close to the hole where the mole made. "Let her go, Ruby!" he shouted angrily.

Ruby pushed Hilary away and rushed into the hole with Xue. Kai hurried to Hilary as the mole also retreated after Ruby and Xue. The earth started to shake again and the hole that was made by the bit beast closed in. Kai help Hilary sit up. "It hurts," she said. Her hand, where is bullet had gone through, shake back and forth.

Kai heard the sounds of the police and waited for them to get here, putting his blade in his pocket. "They'll fix up your wound," Kai said, meaning the police who will eventually take her to some hospital or something. That would take off the worry for him and he's wondering about how Tala and the others are doing right now. I need to go and check on them… he thought, but waited until the police get here to help Hilary.

Just a second ago, he thought he heard Ruby's bell ringing and echoing near by. He looked around and nothing in his view found anything that would look like it would ring like a little bell. "…" He looked back at where he last seen Ruby.