A little chat with the reviewer(s):

Iridescent Wind – For your chapter 8 review, welcome back! Thank you for your time reading when you have something you must do. Yeah, that's how I wanted Xue to be. I want him to be that kind of person cause I think it suits him in a weird way. XD Well, please take your time. I don't want to be the cause who distracts you from college homework and stuff.

suzanne – A new reviewer! Thank you for reading! I hope I can think of a way of ending this story. I don't want anything tragic but maybe I should because I want to make my readers cry. Well, I'm not good at that so maybe just a good ending. I'll think about it. LOL

Eden – Thanks! I'm not sure how many chapters there would be… but I know it will be more than 30 chapters because there's a lot going to happen to everyone. Though I don't want it too long either… I'm going to go with the flow for now. Yep.

Author's Note:

I've made a change in chapter 7. I found out Dizzi never really existed in seasons 2 and 3… is that right? (I have only watched the first season of beyblade.) Well, I changed Dizzi into froghopper beyblade thing when Spencer and Bryan were talking about Kenny. Just wanted to let you people know that so later I don't have to write about Dizzi's appearance in the future.

I Love Beyblade

Chapter 11 – Reunion

What just happen…? Ruby asked herself. Her mind went blank for a second. The chimera roared, flying around. The water was chasing after the tiger. Ruby blinked and leaned against the stand. "…Dranzer," she remembered. Bearing the pain on missing left arm, she stood up. The ground below her left foot dropped into the hole when it collapsed. She fell back down.

Leonardo glared at the chimera. "Damn, how did Ruby… even call it out?" he asked himself.

The water strikes down the chimera, leaving open wounds on its body. The tiger's blood's color is pale orange. The chimera landed next to Ruby, making the ground collapsing around them. The ceiling started to come down on them too. The chimera groaned in pain and is unable to get up. Ruby touched the tiger's forehead, looking at it. It looks so painful… is it because it's suffering from its body? She wondered. Even though it has been hit and bleeding, she could not help but think there is something more to the pain it's bearing. "…Are you okay?" she just had to ask to make sure.

The chimera glared at her, not making any sound.

Ruby let out a little laugh since it did not answer her and she stood up. She looked at Dranzer and tried to grab for it on the crumbling floor. Then she saw the water heading straight towards her. There will not be enough time to cover her face and there will not be another chance like this because of the floor.

She kept her eyes open and grabbed Dranzer, holding it tightly. She tried to pull it off from the wires on Dranzer. Her eyes stared at the rushing wave as it hit her, pushing her off the edge and along with the chimera.

Johnny had watched everything in the security room at the screens. He was surprised and stun. As he rushed to the scene, he heard the sound of a waterfall in the very same room where Leonardo and Ruby were.

"Let them go, Serpent," Leonardo's voice said.

Up ahead, the whole room no longer had any walls and doors. Johnny stood near the edge of the floor, looking over to Leonardo who is being carried by the water. "Where did she go?" Johnny asked.

Leonardo set foot on the ground and stood by him. The water disappeared behind him. "I don't know," Leonardo shrugged. He would not care too much about them, he wanted the room to be repair as soon as possible. "But judging the way it looks below, they probably won't survive for long."

Johnny glared at him and took a closer look. There he saw a river right below them, strong currents and deadly rocks. What he did not know that this whole building had a river right under them. "So that means they fell into the river?" he asked, looking back at the dark blue haired guy. He still had the same glare.

He smirked, "Yeah, that's what it looks like." He turned to walk away. "Let's not worry about them, whether they're dead or not. With Dranzer gone, I'm going to get scold at. I must find an excuse so I can get off the hook…"

Johnny could not believe that he would be so calm about this. "Weren't she our ally, Leo?" he exclaimed. "Shouldn't we go and find her? What's up with that attitude of yours?"

Leonardo glanced back with murder intent. "It seems Xue had left some influence in you," he said. "How many times do I have to say not to call me that?"

"Geez, it just came out," Johnny said. "But Ruby-"

"She didn't plan to be our ally to begin with, John," Leonardo said. "It's a shame, really, so why would I worry about her?" He smirked at him and questioned, "Don't tell me you started to like her. When did the two of you meet?"

Johnny walked away to the other direction, showing a light blush on his face. He would never answer such a pathetic question. "I'm going back to training," he said.

"Hold it."

"What?" he glared, turning his head.

Leonardo chuckled, "I have something for you to do… It's time for you to go out and do something as one of the members of the Empty Hearts. AND show us what you have been training all this time and put it to battle."

"…Now?" he asked, not wanting to. Leonardo nodded and Johnny sighed, "What is it?"

"I received rumors that Dragoon had been spotted near here, Japan," Leonardo said. "I want you to go and find him. Ask nicely for Tyson's Dragoon, but if he refused…"

"I'll use force," Johnny said, finishing his sentence for him. "Do you know where he is exactly?"

Leonardo shrugged, "I have faith in you."

Johnny glared at him. "Are you really the leader of the Empty Hearts?"

"Why yes."

"Impossible," Johnny mumbled.

Ruby held onto the chimera's neck tightly as they were being push against the strong current. In her hand, she held Dranzer. The chimera wanted her to let go and struggled. "Will you stop that?" she exclaimed. She tried to see the chimera, but her vision blurred.

The chimera glared. It would have flew away a long time ago, but its wings were broken when it was fighting the Leonardo's bit beast, whatever beast it was. Ruby was starting to annoy it and it spun around in the water and her back hit against the rock. She cried in pain as they continued drifting down the river. It wondered why she had not let go after she had hit the rock. Why would she not let go?

"What are you trying to do?" she closed her eyes. "No matter what you do, I won't let go! You hear?" Her back hit another rock again and the chimera dived under the water. You stubborn little… she thought to herself, holding her breath.

The chimera cannot hold its breath forever and back up to the surface. It growled angrily as it tried to push her to a rock again, flapping its wings in the rushing river.

"Fine! Do that all you want!" she shouted. She started to feel faint from blood loss. "If that calms you down and listen to me, then let's see who can last longer! If you can still move around in that mix aching body of yours, then this is nothing compare to your pain!" She tightens her grip, angrily wanting to choke it or something. I wonder… what kind of past did you have? She thought. What kind of wounds do you have that isn't healed yet?

The snake's head looked around in the water. It had heard what Ruby had said since it shared the same body as the tiger. The chimera stopped moving and growling. It thought about Ruby's words, but still carry the feeling of hate towards her.

Again and again, Ruby's back hit the hard rocks. When it happened again, she fainted.

"Kai?" Hilary walked around the in dojo. She wanted to know how he was doing. Knowing him, he's probably irrigated by Grandpa. He was nowhere to be found anywhere inside the dojo. Grandpa's was not around either. "I wonder where they went?"

When she stepped out of the back door, she heard her name being called from above. "Hilary," Kai said.

She turned around and looked up at the roof. Kai was sitting up there, looking a bit gloomy. She smiled, "Hey Kai!" Hilary quickly got up on the roof herself and sat with him. "What are you doing up here? Where's Grandpa?" she asked.

Kai was holding his cell phone in his hand. He shrugged, "I think he said wanted to go and look for apprentices."

"Oh," she smiled with a sweat drop. "And you…?" He did not answer, looking up at the sky. She pouted and asked, "Aren't you lonely being here all by yourself?"

"…I rather feel lonely than to be missing someone," he said.

Hilary stared at him, a bit confuse. Then it hit her when she thought of Ruby. Kai is holding his cell phone, looking through the numbers in it. She wondered if he had Ruby's number in there. Did he want to call her? He kept closing it and then opening it again. "Oh…" she nodded. "You… miss Ruby?"

"No," he glared. He put his cell phone away in his pocket. "She's an enemy."

"I know that she is," Hilary nodded. "But people can miss or like someone who is on the opposite side, you know?" Hilary does not know why she is saying this. Ruby was the one who shot her in the palm. She should hate her, but yet she's not that angry with her. Maybe because Kai had trusted Ruby before and made her feel like Ruby was never a girl who would do such a thing to a friend. "Did you go and see the new neighbor who just moved here, Kai?" she asked, changing the subject. Kai had made an angry expression when she said about the people liking someone who are on the other side.

"I don't care," he said, leaning on his back.

Hilary smiled, "You should go and meet them! I mean, they're new here and it's a thing that you must welcome them and make them feel at home. At the very least, it can help you become more sociable." She laughed.

"I think I'll pass."

"Kai!" she shouted. "Just go and see them at least! They're not going to bite you! I already met them. They're really nice people." He turned away on his side. She grabbed his arm, pulling him up. "Kai-" her hand slipped on his arm and started to fall backwards. He quickly grabbed her hand and pulled her to balance on the roof. Then she fell on him. "Ah," she blushed as she moved away from him. "Sorry about… that."

Kai had a slight blush too, but turned away. "Y… Yeah…" he said. Then he heard a cat's meow and looked around. "How did that get up here?" he looked at the golden furred kitten. It walked to Kai and purred against his arm.

"Hey, isn't that…?" Hilary pointed at the cat.

"Sachi!" a girl's voice called. "Where are you?"

Hilary and Kai looked down the roof and saw a blond haired girl walking around the streets. The bell on her wrist ringed. "Rin!" Hilary smiled, waved. "Sachi's over here!"

Rin looked at them and smiled back. She hurried into the back yard. "You know her?" Kai asked, remembering this girl from the other day. The girl with the same bell as Ruby.

"Yeah," she nodded. "She's one of the two people who moved right next door. The people who I was talking about that you should visit."

Kai and Hilary got down with the cat as Rin grabbed it from Kai's arms. "My mother and I just brought Sachi and she's already causing trouble for other people," Rin smiled. "Sorry if she trespassed here."

"It's no problem," Hilary said. "Grandpa wouldn't mind… I think."

Kai stared at Rin's bell bracelet. It really did look like Ruby's. Is it common with girls at their ages these days? Rin notice his eyes on the bell and giggled. "You like it?" she asked, jingling the bell on her wrist.

"That's not it," he said, looking at her. "…Mind if I ask you something?"

"Yes," she nodded, patting on Sachi's head.

"Did you buy that bell from somewhere?"

Rin shook her head no. "My mother gave it to me when I was born," she said. "It's one of her rare treasures so it's really precious to me."

Hilary looked at Kai. "Why did you ask that for?"

He looked away. "No particular reason," he replied. He did not know why he would ask in the first place. He was just probably curious. Nothing more.

Hilary looked at Rin and touched the kitten's chin. "You know, Sachi's a pretty good name. Did you name it?" she asked with a smile.

Rin smiled, "My mother named it."

"It means happiness, right?" Hilary asked.

"Yes," she said as the kitten purred. "My mother said it was my sister's name…"

"You have a sister?" Hilary asked, smiling. "Where is she?"

Rin stopped smiling. "Well… I don't know. My mother never told me where she is. I never even met my sister."

"Oh, I see…" Hilary said. "I'm sorry if I asked."

"That's alright," Rin waved her hand at her. "It's not like a secret or anything."

Kai looked at the bell again. The same bell… Rin's missing sister. He could not help but think about this strange connection. Ruby never talked about her family or past to him before so he cannot be sure about it. But then he asked, "Did your mother tell you anything else about your sister?"

Rin thought for a moment. "It's been a long time since she talked about Sachi," Rin said. "But mother said that we were twins… and that she also had a bell, just like mine."

He looked at her. Ruby and Rin do have something similar about them. Hilary seems to get where Kai was getting at and remember Ruby had a bell around her neck, but she was not sure if it's the same bell or not. They do look a bit alike though, just different hair and eye color. "I think…" Kai started. "I think I know who your sister is."

"You do?" she asked, smiling a bit. "You seen a girl with the same bell too? Because mother told me that these two bells are the only ones in the world right now. Sachi's bell should have a little Japanese characters writing on it with her name on it." She gave the kitten to have Hilary to hold. She took off her bracelet and showed them. "You see this? My name is on this."

Hilary nodded. "So then the other name, Sachi, should be on the other bell?"

"That's correct," Rin smiled. "Have you guys checked the bell before and read Sachi on it?"

"No…" Hilary said and looked at Kai if he knows.

"I don't know," Kai said. "But I'm very sure that she had the exact same bell."

Rin started to dance around happily. "Oh my god! I have to tell mother about this!" she said, smiling. "I'll be back!" she rushed off.

Hilary laughed and looked at Kai, who seemed trouble. "Kai? Aren't you happy that she found her lost sister?" she asked. "Well, we're not so sure yet, but Ruby might be their…"

"Did you forget what Ruby did to you?" he looked back at her. "What if they found out that she's working with a dangerous group of people? How do you think they will feel about this?"

She stared at him, knowing what he meant. "I know… but… I feel like I can trust Ruby. For some odd reason, I do trust her. Didn't you trust her too, Kai? Didn't you see it in her eyes? She looked like she had to do it. She must have done it for a reason."

Kai did indeed see it. "That doesn't change the fact that she shot you and stole Dranzer," he countered. She giggled and he gave her a weird look. "…What?"

Hilary smiled, "I could see that Ruby liked you. I know I only met her once, but I guess this is just a girl thing." She remembered when she did not shoot Kai when he was walking up to her as she held her guns at him. She looked like she had fallen for you… No girl will ever hurt someone they love… right?

A woman with short blond hair rushed to the back gate of the dojo and breathed heavily. Behind her is Rin. The mother opened her mouth but no sound came out. She brought her hand to Kai and started to move her fingers quickly. Kai realized that this woman is trying to communicate with him with her hand sign language alphabet letters.

"Are you mute?" Kai asked. The mother nodded.

Rin had watched her mother's hand signs and looked at Kai. "My mother's asking, 'you two said you know where Sachi is? Where is she?'"

"With the Empty Hearts," Kai told her.

"Kai!" Hilary elbowed him.

Rin's mother looked at them, shock. "What?" Rin asked, standing by her mother.

"You know them?" Kai asked.

"Not really," Rin said. "Two friends of ours said that the Empty Hearts were after a bit beast which belonged to them and they had been hiding with us ever since."

Hilary's heart jumped. "Two…?" she asked.

Rin's mother started to hand sign again. "We locked the two of them up,'" Rin translated. "'Tyson kept wanting to go and see his Grandpa in the area, but I can't let him. It's too risky.'"

"Tyson!" Hilary dropped the cat, which it landed on her four legs. She grabbed Rin's mother's arms, nearly crying. "You know Tyson? He's with you two right now? Please, let me see him!"

"Kenny and Tyson?" Kai asked Rin.

Rin nodded. "Yes… you two know them?"

"They're our friends," Hilary told her.

"In that case," Rin smiled. "Want to go and see them?"

Hilary nodded back and forth. "Please?"

"Let… us… out!" Tyson growled angrily, kicking the door back and forth. He and Kenny were down the basement and the door locked them in, a metal door. "Dragoon!" he called, but his bit beast refused to come out. It agreed with Rin's mother not to show up in the open just yet.

Kenny sighed, "Forget it Tyson. We will just have to hide down here for the time being." He was sitting on the stairs that lead up to the door.

"For how long!" Tyson shouted, punching the door. "We've been hiding ever since we met these two women! I need to go out there and take action!" He had another reason why he wanted to leave so bad. There is a certain person who he wanted to see so much, besides his Grandpa. Just as Tyson was ready to kick, the door finally open, but he could not stop his kick and hit someone's leg.

"Ow!" Hilary lifted her leg, jumping back and forth. "What the hell are you doing, Tyson?!" she glared, grabbing for his throat.

Kenny stood up and a sweat dropped, not knowing what he should do about this situation. Tyson started to choke. "H-H-Hil…" he tried to say her name, but she would not let go. She stopped choking him and tightly hugged him. "…Hilary?" His arms were in the air.

"I'm glad…" she buried her face on his chest. "I'm so glad you're all right…" He had to idea how much she missed him. It has been almost a year since she last saw him. She had been worry sick ever since. "I… missed you so much…"

Tyson smiled and slowly wrapped his arms around her. "Hey…" he chuckled. "I also missed…" he trailed off when he saw Kai standing there. "…Kai?" his eyes widen.

"Tyson…" Kai slightly smiled, happy. Tyson was safe after all and now there is nothing for him to worry about this guy anymore.

Tyson looked at Kai strangely with his eyes even more widen and poked Kenny back and forth. "Hey, Kai's smiling! Smiling! Something doesn't look right!" he panicked. When they parted ways, Kai was cold toward everyone all the time. "Our Kai has CHANGED!" he pointed. Hilary let go of Tyson and laughed, wrapping her arms around his arm. Kenny only sighed, but surprised as well.

Kai shot Tyson a glare and walked away. "Just how lame can you get?" he mumbled. He worried about him for no reason. Tyson still had not grown up yet. How annoying.