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Street Life

Chapter 12

Far, far away from the dirty town where the survivors stayed, a large mansion sat in silence. The evil owner of the mansion was currently away on a trip to Russia to meet up with Boris Balkov to report the news personally that the Balkov family had the rights to his money and property come the day he died. He planned to stay for a good few months. With the master gone way, the servants of the mansion had left for a break of their own. No one stayed at the house, except one.

Selena sighed, tiredly as she finished cleaning the house, there was not much else for her to do and someone had to keep the place clean while everyone was away. Still it took her the whole day to clean the mansion by herself. You would have thought she would have a holiday like the others that worked there, but in truth she had nowhere to go, so what was the point in leaving?

As she finished for the day, Selena started her way up the stairs. She made her way up three flights before coming to the floor she wanted. Slowly she made her way down the corridor and stopped in front of a door. She took out a key and unlocked the door and went inside.

Kai's room hadn't changed in the six days he had been gone. Voltaire had asked for the key to this room but Selena had lied and said Kai had had it. She managed to get him to believe that there was no way in and Voltaire was too lazy to do anything about it. She was glad, she didn't want that monster touching any of Kai's stuff and she continued to take great care of it all.

Gently, she sat down on the black-sheeted bed in the room. She had come here every night after Kai was taken away. It was here where she sat and tried to figure out what to do. Should she leave the Hiwatari Mansion? Leave and go looking for him? But what if he was already gone? Dead? Oh, why had she done nothing that day he had been taken, why hadn't she helped? Could she have helped? Not really…but she would have done otherwise…

Selena looked over to Kai's bedside table, his bag with it's possessions were still there. She hadn't looked at them since Kai left. Gently, she reached over and picked the bag up. There it all was again. The things that meant the most to Kai…his spare arm guards and scarf, the photos…and Dranzer.

Selena knew Kai had loved Dranzer. He had not always been loyal to her, but he had never hated Dranzer, never. Dranzer had gotten Kai through many traps and Kai had been thankful every time, Kai had always been fair to Dranzer and Dranzer helped him in return.

Suddenly the Beyblade began to glow red. Selena looked at it oddly, it had never done this before! What on earth?

Reluctantly, Selena reached into the bag and pulled the blade out. It glowed brighter and brighter and began to shake in her hands, until the light took up her whole vision, causing her to close her eyes…

Selena carefully opened her eyes again and they widened. She was suddenly standing on a dirty street, the blade in her hand. The place was run down and ruined, a nasty place indeed.

"…he's here…" came a rich, females voice.

Selena looked up and saw a majestic red bird above her head. She knew instantly that it was Dranzer.

"What?" What did you say?" she called up to the BitBeast.

"…You will find him here…"

Selena looked around, she didn't need to ask who 'he' was. She knew. She looked around at the town in front of her, trying to memorise it in her head. She spotted a sign to the right of her: Don's Corner Shop…

There was another flash of red light and the scene changed.

Selena was now standing in front of a large dojo. It looked old but very sturdy, quite a nice place to live…

"…go here, they will help…" came Dranzer's voice once again.

Selena studied the dojo as she had the run down town. She would do as Dranzer said. Come to this dojo, find help and then she would find Kai. Dranzer thought he was alive then so would she and she would find her…son. He was practically her son…

The light flashed once again and Selena was back in Kai's room in Hiwatari Mansion., Dranzer clutched in her hand. She stared at the blade until the glowing stopped completely.

Selena couldn't describe the feelings in her. All at once she felt strength, determination and…love? Yes, she felt love. She loved Kai as her own, she had always treated him as such and now she would find him. She would find the help Dranzer showed her, find her son and take him away from all the pain and hopefully one day…Kai may even see her as his mother…

Without thinking, Selena thanked Dranzer, placed her in her pocket before dashing down the mansions stairs. She would go now, she would start now!

She ran out of the mansion, heading towards her small car parked at the back, but then she stopped. She pulled out a chain of keys, 'This will teach you, Voltaire…' she thought to herself.

She walked over to one of Voltaire's shiny cars, one with many seats inside and unlocked it. She fearlessly got behind the wheel of the car and started it up. She placed Dranzer on the head board.

"Dranzer, please show me the way, please"

The blade seemed to hear her, because it glowed again but this time in the shape of an arrow, which pointed out the mansion gates.

"Thank-you, great bird…"

She was out of the gate before any reasoning could stop her………

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It was very late evening at the Granger dojo. A storm was raging around the building, thunder and lightning, almost as if it wanted to match the feelings that were inside the actual building. The dojo literally radiated grief, shock and confusion. For the people inside had just come home from an awful event. The funeral of their friend, a funeral that shouldn't have happened for a long time.

Inside the building sat five teens. Their individual faces supported expressions of the deepest sadness, two of them still cried from the day they had. Every one of them had cried at some point that day, it couldn't be helped. In their eyes their friend had been taken from them so unfairly, they had no idea that when their friend left six days ago was the last time they would see him, forever…

The group were all sat inside the living room of the dojo and barely noticed as the door of the room opened slowly and an old man walked in. The man looked around sadly, it truly was a depressing sight. The five teens unwilling to move in their grief, the room seemed lifeless.

The man sighed, he didn't blame them at all. Today, the teens had to endure going to a funeral for their team captain, had to watch as they put up a gravestone, there was no body to bury. They had to listen to the priest going on about how he had been too young, still had a life to live and all that stuff that you heard that meant nothing, you barely heard it, too busy mourning.

Grandpa Granger never approved of letting kids go to funerals, they were young and it wasn't fair on them. This was how they always turned out and sometimes it scarred them as much as the actual death. Sometimes it felt like the person was dying all over again and he never saw the point of it…

Grandpa sighed deeply, "Hey little dudes," he said in his usual talk, that didn't hold nearly as much oomph as it usually did, "How about you come have some chow. You kids ain't eaten diddly all day."

No one moved, made no effort to answer the question. Kenny and Hilary still had silent tears.

"Come on dudes, you must be rumbling in those bellies, I'll make your fav, huh, how about it?"

Grandpa watched as Tyson lifted his head, but it wasn't for the food. He looked at his Grandpa and shook his head slowly before drooping it again.

Grandpa sighed again, "Okay, dudes. When ever you're hungry, come find me…"

With that he left the room, giving the kids the space they needed, the time to grieve together as a team, it was what they needed.

The team sat in the silence for minutes on end. It seemed all they had had all day was silence but it suited the mood so well, they allowed it to continue. What could they say anyway? From this point on, everything had changed, and not for the better…

"Okay, guys, I can't stand this anymore, one of you do something, we have things to sort out!" came a mechanical voice.

The group turned to look at the laptop placed on Kenny's lap. The lights flashed in the dark room as the trapped bit beast talked.

"Look, guys, I'm upset too, you know, but we have to get over it, or this team is toast, you got me?"

"…she's right…"

They then turned to the Chinese blader. They watched as he took a deep, shuddering breath and let it out with a loud whoosh.

"We…we can't be upset forever…we…we have to let things get back to normal…"

"Normal? How will it ever be normal, Ray? Our team Captain is gone…our friend is gone…things will never be the same…" Tyson said, blocking more tears, he had cried enough that day.

"I know things wont be the same, but we can't let it take us over. Kai…wouldn't want us to stop everything he helped us get ready for just because he…isn't around anymore…"

Max nodded, "You're right…Kai…trained us well…we can't let all his training go in vain. I think none of us would be this good at beyblading…if he had never been there…"

There was another silence, until Tyson said quietly, "…but now…he is never there…"

"…sniff…which is why we can't let him down, we have to carry on…sniff sniff…" Hilary said through her sobs.

"That's better guys, it'll take a while but we'll be over this in time." said Dizzi.

"But how? We don't have a captain anymore, how can the team possibly carry on…" Kenny had spoken for the first time that day. First time since Kai left, actually.

"We have to try…Kai would want that…" said Ray

"I…guess you're right…he would want us to carry on being the world champions…"

"…I hate to bring this up guys," said Dizzi, "But no use putting it off, who is going to be the next team captain?"

This statement sent a jolt of emotional pain through the group, so bad it was visible on their faces.

"I'm…sorry…I shouldn't have…"Dizzi started.

"No…it's okay Dizzi, you're right, we need a new…team captain…"

"I vote for Ray…" said Tyson

Ray looked confused, "Why me?"

"Because except for Kai, you're the most experienced and down-to-earth guy on the team, you'd make a good leader…"

"You think?"

"I agree," Hilary piped up, finally stopping her tears.

"So do I, it's the best choice," Max added.

Kenny went back to being silent and just nodded.

"Now that's settled, I think I'm gonna head to my room, I'm tired, maybe I'll wake up and it'll all be a horrible nightmare…" Tyson muttered as he got to his feet.

"Don't we all Ty, don't we all…Come on guys, lets all get some rest…" Ray said.

"If you say so, Captain," Max said and sent Ray a sad smile. The teens all got to their feet and headed to the training room of the dojo where they were sleeping, except Tyson who went to his room. He would usually sleep with his team-mates but lately, he enjoyed sleeping alone.

Grandpa Granger watched the teens go to bed, each of their faces still sad and pained. He shook his old head, it would be a while for the teens to get over the loss of their team captain and though he hadn't been the friendliest guy on earth, he had been a good friend who had helped them when they had needed it. The team now had a gaping hole in it, that wouldn't ever go away…it could be patched over but never forgotten.

Grandpa made his way back into the kitchen and settled himself down at the table with a steaming cup of coffee. He just took a sip, when a knock at the door startled him. He chocked on the coffee slightly before getting up from the table.

'Who on earth could that be at this hour?' he thought

He made his way over to the front door, picking up his kendo sword (is it kendo?) on his way over.

Warily, he took hold of the door handle, turned it and creaked the door open.

He was surprised as he came face to face with a woman in about her mid-forties. The woman was soaked to the bone from the storm outside but she didn't seem to mid.

Placing the sword down again, Grandpa asked, "May I help you?" he abandoned his lingo when talking to strangers.

The woman spoke, "Is there anyone here, who knew of a Kai Hiwatari?" she asked.

Grandpa was even more surprised, "Erm, yes, we were at his funeral just today…"

She smiled brightly, "Thank goodness I found the right house, please I need your help, it's about Kai"

"You knew the little dude?"

She nodded enthusiastically,

Grandpa looked at her suspiciously, "Do I really trust you?"

" Please, this is important, I was told to come here. Look, here is his beyblade…"

Grandpa looked down at he outstretched hand and instantly recognised to fire bird in the middle of the blade, she had to be telling the truth…

"I think you had better come inside…" he said slowly

And that's it!

Oooo, that's a sort of cliff-hanger isn't it?

Awww, the BladeBreakers were so sad, but their friend did just 'die'.

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Drentai Dragon