The girls left the hospital to see Tyson battle. This time, Alexis and Sakura came with Hilary to the BEGA building and watched the navy-haired teen take on Garland, a Beyblader whose Blading style was based around kickboxing. It was an exciting match and the ninja and the Obelisk Blue student loved every minute. They cheered the loudest when he won, congratulating him along with the rest of the team.

They headed back to the dojo after that. Everybody was buzzing from Tyson's victory.

"We're now officially tied at three wins apiece," grinned Ray. "All that remains is the final battle."

"That's right," Alexis agreed. "If you win that one, BEGA's finished!"

"Then that jerk Boris would be locked up for good, right?" Sakura asked.

"You bet," Max assured her. "He deserves it after all he's done!"

"Yeah and it'll be for Tala, the Blitzkrieg Boys, Kai and all the Beybladers that have helped us to get where we are now!" declared Tyson.

Daichi laughed. "You said it, dude!"

Hilary paused. She turned to her friends. "I'm going to see Kai. Anyone coming with me?"

"Let's all go," Kenny suggested.

Everyone concurred and they did so.

Kai was a little taken aback by all the visitors but soon regained his composure. They talked to him about Tyson's match, how he was doing and Kenny gave him a new Dranzer MS. The phoenix Bit Beast had returned. The silver-haired Russian was pleased to have both his beloved fire-bird and Beyblade back.

Sakura and Alexis were introduced to him. Sakura told him that it would be a week or less before he was out of hospital thanks to her jutsu. This was good news to everybody; Tyson would get to battle him sooner than he had expected and Hilary would get the opportunity to tell him her feelings.

Sakura's statement to Kai proved true. In less than a week, he was released from the hospital along with Tala, two days after the ground-breaking, climatic battle against Brooklyn. Things were hectic and busy; various parts of Bay City were being rebuilt due to the vast destruction Brooklyn had caused. Other places around the world were doing the same. If the G-revolutions and the other Beybladers had not combined their power to defeat him, it would have been much worse. Everybody was relieved and glad it was over; BEGA was no more, Boris had been imprisoned and the BBA was back in business, starting afresh in a quaint venue whilst its headquarters were being reconstructed.

The G-revolutions and the other Beybladers were relaxing after their ordeal. Tyson and Kai had agreed not to battle since Kai had not been out of hospital long and they were helping the BBA, deciding to give it a month so everything could settle down.

They were presently at the park, Tyson and Daichi engaging in mock battle with some rookie Beybladers and Kenny videoing with the built-in camera on his laptop. Alexis and Sakura sat either side of him on a bench watching the screen in fascination; after getting past the shock of meeting the Bit Beast trapped inside the computer, they had been impressed by the Chief's knowledge and amazed at the many things he and Dizzi could do.

The Beybladers who had helped the G-revolutions were spread about the place in small clusters. Rick, Max, Michael, Raul, Julia, Mathilda and Miguel were battling each other as well as some amateur Bladers. Lee, Ray and Mariah were talking animatedly and it was hard not to miss Ray's muscular arm around his pink-haired friend.

Sakura tore her eyes from Kenny's screen to glance behind her. Kai sat in the dappled shade of a tree, leaning against the trunk, a long blade of green grass in his mouth. His eyes were closed lazily beneath his silver fringe. Hilary was next to him, hugging her knees to her chest. Sakura smiled. The brunette had never let him out of her sight nor left his side since he had been discharged from the hospital.

She caught a pale pink petal as it floated on the warm spring breeze. The blossoms that were her namesake were in full bloom on most of the trees in the park. They probably were back at Konoha too. Her emerald gaze took in the couples; Ray and the feisty but kind magenta-haired Mariah, Miguel and the sweet, shy Mathilda who reminded her somewhat of Hinata and then there were Kai and Hilary. They resembled the relationship between her and Sasuke.

"Sakura." Kenny addressed her.

She looked back at him. "Yes?"

"Would you like to see a video of Kai and Tyson having an all-out battle?" the Chief asked.

"Definitely," the pink-haired ninja responded eagerly.

"Okay…" He searched for the file and readied it for playback. "It was recorded during the finals of the Beyblade World Championships. As I've explained an official Beyblade match can consist of one to three battles - in this video, Tyson and Kai had already fought two and both were ties. The chairman decided for them to share the title because of their exhaustion and minor injuries but they had none of it…they wanted to have a winner."

Sakura chuckled. Those two were so like Naruto and Sasuke. "I bet Tyson complained first."

"Actually, Kai did. It surprised everybody. Tyson agreed with him and the crowd did too. Outvoted, all Mr. Dickenson could do was concede. The battle began."

Kenny played the video file. Sakura watched it in awe; the power Tyson and Kai unleashed was incredible. The battle she had witnessed almost a week earlier was nothing compared to this. She remembered the fight between Naruto and Sasuke on top of Konoha hospital three years ago; there was no doubt things would have ended up like they were in the video if Kakashi and Jiraiya had not stepped in and stopped the boys. What would have happened to her? She would have been caught in the crossfire and killed, if not badly hurt.

She and Alexis watched Tyson and Kai sway with exhaustion. Tyson only just managed to stay on his feet. Kai was not so lucky - he collapsed. Kenny stopped the video, explaining how there had been no bitterness nor hard feelings between the two although their rivalry would still remain strong. She hoped one day it would be that way with Naruto and Sasuke.