Author's Note:

Ah, chapter 20… We should refresh our minds with the summary and the disclaimer. Skip them if you want. XD I'm just refreshing…

Disclaimer: I did not create Beyblade, it was Takao Aoki, and so I don't own this Anime. Well, I think it was Takao Aoki... well, at least I know he created the manga.

Summary: Kai is 18 years old. Ever since the world banned Beyblade last year, which Kai wasn't happy about, he wasn't able to contact Tyson, Ray, and Max. He goes and searches for them and meets a girl whose fate is destined to overlap his.

A little chat with the reviewer(s):

Aki no Kaze – That probably will be soon… Like maybe in the next 4 or 5 chapters? LOL

suzanne – I can't give an definite answer for the title of the sequel. Anything could happen before I even finish with this story. If you like, I will try to remember to let you know if I decide on the title when this story is going to be over soon.

I Love Beyblade

Chapter 20 – Erased

"What happened, Tyson?" Hilary exclaimed in his face. "I saw a huge light outside and when I came out, I saw fire!"

"It's a long story, Hilary," he told her. "We'll talk about it in the morning tomorrow."

Tyson was eating on the dining table. He's back in the dojo as the others all were somewhere else. Tyson does not really know what they are all doing, but then again he could care less because he's very hungry at the moment. There's food tonight because Grandpa went and brought stuff since there were a lot of people staying at the dojo recently. Kenny was also there with Hilary and Tyson.

Hilary lightly glared at Tyson. Lately he had been saying 'it's a long story' to her whenever she asks. "Are you hiding something from me?" she leaned closer to him.

He slightly blushed, backing away from her. "Uh, no," he said, quickly stuffing his mouth. It's just a pain to explain everything to her. He thought to himself. Hilary glared and he gave her a nervous smile. "Tomorrow… I promise. You really should go back home. It's getting late."

Hilary crossed her arms. "Fine. If you don't want to tell me, I'll go ask someone else," she turned away.

Kenny looked at her as she left the room and looked back at Tyson. "Why don't you just tell her, Tyson? I'm curious too," Kenny said. "I remember seeing Johnny, but then you two just disappeared in front of my eyes!"

Tyson sighed. "Actually… I don't want Hilary to be involved with this 'battle' with the Empty Hearts. You and Hilary can get into a dangerous situation if you two knew…"

"Oh, so then… you're just worried we'll get hurt," Kenny flatly said. "Or are you just really worry about Hilary?"

Tyson blushed, quietly eating away from every dish.

"Hey, Tyson!" Grandpa entered the kitchen, holding up a kendo stick. "Don't go eating every little last thing I brought! Save some for the others!"

Ruby sat quietly as the breeze cooled her body. She had a black stare on her face, looking at the stars above her. Even though she cannot see them, she just felt like looking up. She's sitting on a bench in the little park. "Strange…" she whispered to herself. Something is missing. She was too calm, even after the barrier broke. She does not remember when it broke. What happened to Lucia and Johnny?

Xue ran around, searching for Ruby. He had not seen her for more than an hour. What happen when she left after saying she felt something strange outside of the city? He felt worried. "Ruby!" he called. He ran through the park and saw her back. He smiled brightly.

Ruby could already sense him before he called her name. She did not turn her head and just remained very still. Her head felt cloudy and her heart felt empty.

"Hey, Ruby!" Xue ran up to her and around the bench. He smiled at her, pulling out a bag of cookies. "I got you some sweets!"

"…You're only here to say that?" she asked, blinking for the first time.

He laughed, "I thought you might be hungry. After all, it's been a long time since you had sweets, right? I got your favorites!"

Ruby smiled. "No thanks…"

He gasped. "Ruby! What happen? How can you refuse something you love for such a long time?"

She shrugged. "I… used to love it?"

"Yeah," he nodded, sitting next to her. "You loved them to death that you even race to get the last bunch."

"Really?" she tapped her chin. "I remember doing that… but I don't think I love eating them anymore. The thought of eating them never crossed my mind since… last week. Probably. Hey, I think I did use to love them, huh? Strange… now I don't love them."

Xue looked at her, silent. "That isssss strange," he said after a long moment. He narrowed his eyes at her. Something's strange? What can it be? Even if he asks himself, he just does not know what happen to her. He shrugged it off, finding it not so important. "Hey, I know what can cheer you up!"

She slightly turned her head to him. "What?"

"Want to see Kai?" he asked, smiling widely.

Ruby sighed. "I don't want to see Kai."

Xue blinked. "Um, you really won't see him anymore because you're blind, Ruby. I'm sure he wants to talk you since he's been looking like, 'I want to talk to Ruby' all day today."

She sighed again. "What is there to talk about?" she asked. It's not like she dislikes him but is there really something to say to him? She would rather keep her thoughts to herself.

"Well, you do like him, right?" he smiled. "You can't hide that."

Ruby flattened her eyes. She could feel Kai behind them. Xue probably does not realize that Kai is only about a few yards from them, but she could definitely tell that it's him. She remembered how his presence feels through her aura ability.

What am I doing? Kai asked himself. He stood motionlessly. Since when did he get so anxious about eavesdropping? This is not like him. Even if he wanted to say something at the moment, but Xue had already brought up about 'liking him' and to him it would be embarrassing to speak up now.

"Sure, I like him. But just as a friend, Xue. Get that. There's nothing between us."

Xue and Kai silently looked at her.

"What? Does he like me or something?" she asked, leaning on her palm.

Kai move back and stood still again.

"Ruby…" Xue smiled weakly with a sweat dropped. "Do you really mean that? So then… why were you crying over about stealing Dranzer? Wasn't that love?"

"Maybe, but I don't feel that way about him anymore," she said, standing up from the bench. "It's not like we have any of that kind of relationship in the first place. I'm not going to tell him anything if he wants to ask me about what happened when I was at the Silver Company. I'm not trying to be rude, but I don't like guys who don't talk to me face to face about this kind of thing. It's pointless to even talk to him if he asked you to come instead."

Xue smiled nervously. "Um… he didn't tell me to come," he said.

"Oh," she turned away. "Anyway, I have to think about if I want Mr. Dickenson's help or not. I'm going to talk to Eve about this and see what she thinks."

"Huh? Help with what?" he asked.

"To do something about the Silver Company," she said.

Xue watched her leave. He rubbed the back of his head. "What happen to her?" he wondered. "It's like she had a change of personality… She likes working alone most of the time… now she's deciding to seek help from Mr. Dickenson?" Xue looked around confused. Then he saw Kai when he turned.

Kai walked away. He let out a light chuckle, covering his face with his hand. What was I so excited about? He thought bitterly. It's not like I care… He grunted, biting his lower lip.

He thought Xue would follow him and tease him, but Xue did not. He sat where he was and watched Kai go.

Kai returned to the dojo.

"Oh, Kai!"

He looked up. Hilary quickly walked up to him from the dojo's front gates. He stopped walking and looked at her. "What?" he asked.

She put her hands on her hips, half glaring. "Tell me what happened an hour ago!" she demanded. "Tyson wouldn't tell me anything! So you better tell me! I'm part of this too, you know?"

Kai backed away from her shouting. She was seriously meaning it because of her serious look on her face. He slightly smiled at her. "Every little detail of it?" he asked.

She gave him a firm nod. "That's right!"

Kai smirked and walked pass her to the dojo. "Let's talk about it inside," he said.

She smiled and followed him.

Ruby entered the inn's room. She felt Eve and Enrique in the next room and went to talk to them. "Hey, Eve…" Ruby started as she entered the room.

"Ruby!" Enrique waved. He looked at her and became shock. "Ruby! You're walking as if you can see again! Are your eyes back to normal?"

Eve turned away from her laptop and looked Ruby. "Whoa, that's odd. Didn't Xue bring you back here?" Eve questioned.

Ruby laughed, "I met up with him… but he didn't follow me."

"So how is it possible for you to walk and know where you're going?" Enrique asked again. He's sitting next to Eve on the sofa. Her laptop is on her lap.

"I still can't see," Ruby said. "Though, thanks to my bit beast ability that I'm able to kinda see where my surroundings are."

Enrique narrowed his eyes at her. Just this morning, she had a difficult time walking around. "Did you just learn your bit beast's ability today?" he asked. "And you can already use it that well?"

Ruby nodded. "Yeah."

Enrique thought for a moment and looked away. "Well… your bit beast is man-made so maybe…"

"Huh?" Eve and Ruby said at the same time.

Enrique smiled. "Ruby, it seems you're already good at the Second Form with your bit beast. Impressive. I think I've fallen in love with you more."

Eve sweat dropped. "Um, Enrique…" she looked at him. Eve knew Ruby for a long time and knows that Ruby does not like it when a guy tells her that. She will probably snap at Enrique at any second now…

Ruby sat on the ground on her ankles in front of Enrique and looked up at him. "Really? Second Form? Is that really it?" she smiled.

Enrique patted on her head. "Of course!"

Eve looked at Ruby, who did not explode. …What? Has she changed the way she acts now? She thought. That was very unexpected. "Oh, Ruby," Eve remembered. "I just got the equipments you wanted. I put them in your room."

Ruby stood up. "Thanks, Eve," she hurried away, skipping.

Eve noticed Ruby's boots before she left the room. There were little holes in the front. What did she do with them? Eve blinked.

Enrique chuckled and looked at Eve. "Don't you think it's strange?" he asked.

Eve sighed, "Of course it is. She would have snap at you."

"That too, but…" he rubbed his chin. "Is it even possible to learn a bit beast's ability that fast? It's just not because it's a chimera made by humans, right?"

Eve turned to him. "What do you mean?"

"Remember what Xue said about the Second Form?" Enrique reminded. "The closer you are to your bit beast and learn some abilities, you become stronger. Sachi only just met the chimera. There's no way their bond can be that strong in such short amount of time. It sounds a bit impossible, doesn't it?"

"Wow, you're really thinking hard, aren't you?" Eve smirked. "But I see what you mean. Maybe it is the way the chimera is?"

Enrique shrugged. "Maybe. I just hope it won't hurt her."

Eve smiled. "Wow, you're really worried about her?"

"Of course I am," he said, grinning. "You don't even know me enough. It's been more than eight years since we last met after all. Heh."

"That's right, isn't it?" Eve nodded, chuckling. "It was a total shock when I saw you at your vacation home. You still have the same hair style back then."

Enrique smirked. "Come to think of it, you haven't even thanked me yet when I saved you."

Eve typed on her laptop. "Be quiet, I'm trying to work here."

Enrique sighed but shrugged it off. That's how she is when they talk. She has not change a bit. He stood up and walked towards the kitchen to get something to eat. He opened the refrigerator and smiled at strawberry yogurt. He grabbed it and closed the refrigerator. Grabbing a spoon, he open up the yogurt and started to eat it. "Hmm, tasty," he licked.

"Hey, Enrique," Eve walked into the kitchen. "Why don't you go and find Xue? I need to…" she trailed off when she saw him eating the yogurt. "What the hell are you doing?!"

"…What?" he looked at her, innocently.

"That's Ruby's!" Eve walked up to him. "Xue brought that for her earlier! What am I going to do if she finds out and throws a tantrum?"

Enrique shrugged. "It's just yogurt," he told her. "I can always buy her more."

"Eve?" Ruby's voice called down from the hallway. Eve jumped and grabbed for the yogurt. But Enrique backed away so she could not reach for the yogurt that he had not finish eating yet. "Can we talk about Mr. Dickenson…?" Ruby stood at the doorway to the kitchen and turned her head at Enrique's way. She was wearing new black boots.

"Ah!" Eve slapped the yogurt from Enrique's hand to the ground. "He didn't mean to eat your yogurt! Please forgive his stupidity, Ruby!"

"Yogurt?" Ruby blinked. She felt the cool aura that came from the ground. "Oh…"

"…" Enrique gave a pity look at the yogurt that spill on the ground. "I'm not cleaning that up."

Ruby blinked at them once again. She laughed, "Haha, geez. Why are you so worry about? I know Xue brought that for me, but it doesn't matter now does it?"

Eve stared at her, blankly. "…Huh?"

Ruby walked to pick up the yogurt and held it to the blond hair boy. "Hey, there's still some left. You can finish it if you like."

Enrique changed his mind about eating. "No thanks," he said, leaving the room. "Damn, what's your problem, Eve?"

"Eve," Ruby turned to her. "So, do you have time to talk?"

She slowly nodded. "Yeah…"

"Great, I'll see you in the living room," Ruby smiled. "I'll just clean this up here."

Eve watched her grab a long napkin and cleaning it off. She was very surprised of how Ruby did not react to how she usually would. Sweet foods were like part of Ruby's life! What in the world could have happen to her when it was just yesterday that she was screaming at a stranger who knocked her ice cream to the ground? Ruby loved sweets and she's not getting angry about it.

Is it even possible to learn a bit beast's ability that fast? It's just not because it's a chimera made by humans, right?

Sachi only just met the chimera. There's no way their bond can be that strong in such short amount of time.

I just hope it won't hurt her.

That's what Enrique had said a few minutes ago. Eve could not help but think about it. It's very disturbing. Looks like I have some researching to do… Eve thought to herself.