Disclaimer: I do not own anything other than the plot. All characters belong to the handsome and talented Takao Aoki, who made us all care about a show with spinning tops...

Alright, Alright! I know that this chapter is SEVERELY late. Simply put...I've been so busy, my regular life has so jam-packed that I've been saying "fuck sleep" a lot. But I have been writing! Currently been writing the last 3 chapters of Borderline! I'm so excited! Many of you have been asking when Kai and Tyson will get together...it will be before the last chapter.

This week in the life of RPS, my daughter is back at her daddy's, but it looks like my writing time will be severely cut in half as work has been getting more busy, I have more friends and I'm trying to squeeze in work-outs, and I still have to work on driving lessons so I can hopefully get my driver's licence next month. Borderline is my top priority, but my other stories will be taking a backseat, at least until I'm driving. After I have my licence, then I'll be looking for a second job. So I know it's going to be a little crazy, but please just bear with me. :)

Thank-you to Violet Hiwatari, , Tyka's Flower, FlamingIce94, CorynofHoole, aquabeauty, Little A Granger, R. and to the readers for all your amazing support. I laughed at how much you guys were cussing out Nathan, and how mad that some of you were upset that Kai didn't just kill him. I thought about it, but ultimately that would destroy all the progress Kai and Tyson have made. Kai handing the punishment over to Tyson, was a sign of respect and trust. Believe me, Tyson knows the way things could have ended and is immensely proud of Kai.

So looking at my original notes, I realized I let you all off easy last chapter, as it was supposed to end in a cliff hanger...then again with the dark themes in the last chapter, maybe it was just as well I made that mistake. Hope you all enjoyed the little-breather, because we're rolling right back into the action with this chapter! A huge thank-you to my younger brother PieAnimeOtaku, for helping me come up with beyblade names at 1:00 in the morning.

Warnings: None for this chapter...Might make you guys swear a little.

Enjoy!


The following morning, after some shameless cuddling, both males got up, had breakfast, fed the cats and then walked to the dojo to meet up with Max, Ray, Kenny and Hilary for training.

"Woah. The Chief isn't here yet?" asked Tyson, not seeing their bushy-haired friend. This was not like him, he was usually one of the first people to come to training sessions.

"He must've fallen asleep while working on our blades." Reassured Ray.

"Awww, let the guy sleep." said Max, "We have serious training to do, right Kai?" he asked, smiling at their Captain.

"Hn. Drop and give me a hundred."

It was early afternoon when a knock on the door broke Grandpa Kinomiya from his meditation. He got up and answered it, surprised to see a haggered Mrs. Saien.

"Somethin' I can help you with home girl?" he asked.

"Is Tyson here?"

Nodding, he escorted the woman through the family home into the garden where the boys were practising. At one look at the woman's weary form, everyone stopped what they were doing and Hilary approached her. "What's wrong Mrs. Saien?" she asked gently.

The mother burst into tears. "They took him. They took my Kenny!" she sobbed, handing a letter to Tyson, before wrapping her arms around the elder Kinomiya, sobbing into his chest.

"There, there." said the old man as he comforted the weeping woman. He looked to his grandson. "What does the letter say T?"

"If you want your friend back, then you and your other little friends better meet me at the pier at 3:00pm tomorrow." he crumpled up the note and growled, "Sighed: Boris."

The only thing that could be heard was the broken mother's wails as everyone soaked in the devastating news.

"He's gone too far this time." Stated Max, clenching his fists.

"So, what do we do? It's obviously a trap." reasoned Ray.

"Then we'll be ready. We'll call up the strongest bladers we know and take down Boris and his goons." There was a determined fire that illuminated the Dragon Master's eyes.

Stepped forward, Kai said, "Before we do anything, we need proper blades."

Ray, Max and Tyson glanced at each other nervously. They had all given their blades with their bitbeasts for Kenny to fix...

"Think there's a chance they might still be there?" Max asked Ray.

Hilary stepped forward. "I can't promise that the blades will be there, but I know where Kenny keeps your guys' bitbeasts. Follow me!"

The newly-reformed Bladebreakers followed the girl to Kenny's house and up to Kenny's bedroom. They gasped when they saw that the room was in chaos. There were books ripped, clothing everywhere, drawers emptied...it was obvious someone had been searching for something.

Hilary was careful not to step on anything as she crossed the room to Kenny's computer desk and pulled out one of the drawers, then lifted a secret panel and revealed her companion's bit-chips intact with their bitbeasts.

"Yeah!"

"Way to go Hil'!"

That was when the tip of her finger brushed against something else. She pulled out a folded-up piece of paper and her eyes widened. "We need to go to Kai and Tyson's place."

"What? Why?" Questioned Tyson, but Kai could see the fear in her eyes and turned on his heels.

"Let's go."

When they were all safe inside the Hiwatari-Kinomiya residence, Hilary wordlessly handed the note to Ray. "What does it say?"

Ray was surprised to see that the note was in Chinese, it surprised him further that the note contents were instructions in case the Beyblade Mechanic ever went missing. "According to this, we need to text Emily with the words 'Need to open the oven' and she HAS to reply back with 'Grabbed the oven mitts.'"

"That's a duress code." Stated Kai.

"Do you think he was being threatened?" asked Max with wide eyes.

"We're about to find out." The Russian pulled out his cellphone. "What's Emily's number?"

Max pulled out his phone and checked his contacts. "671-217-5315"

The Captain quickly typed in the number and send the code. The room was eerily quiet until a 'ping' was heard.

/Grabbed the oven mitts. I'll be there in an hour./


A little under an hour later, the red-haired beyblader arrived, and when she walked in she saw the somber expressions of the usually positive and energetic Bladebreaker team. Even Max, who was infamous for staying upbeat in any situation looked like a kicked puppy. This was the first time she really realized how much Kenny meant to these boys.

Surprisingly, Kai was the first one to speak. "Tell us everything you know."

She sighed. This wasn't going to be for any of them to hear. She sat on the couch as all eyes landed on her, waiting for an answer. "It was the first day of the tournament, and when the judges made those crappy judgement calls, Kenny thought something was up. So he decided to dig deeper. He pulled up backgrounds on all the BBA judges and discovered they all had ties to Gideon."

"Well that certainly explains a lot." said Ray, glancing at Kai. "You knew didn't you?"

"I had my suspicions."

Tyson turned back to Emily. "Go on."

"Anyways, there was a day when he was using the washroom and he heard Dr. K's voice and Gideon's. They were arguing about how they needed to upgrade the blades for their players and how they were already pushing the limits of their technology. It was then Gideon said "If a 16-year old can produce amazing beyblades from scratch, then Dr. K and her scientists weren't trying hard enough."

Kenny realized then that he may become a target, but also realized one major weakness in Gideon's team. So he messaged me that night and told me what was going on and we began working on a secret weapon." She unzipped her white bag and pulled out 4 blades in glass cases and handed each one to their new respective owners. "Guys meet the Heaven Series! Dragoon Heart, Draciel Hailshot, Drigger Howling Claw and Dranzer Hellfire. Kenny and I designed each one from scratch, with the new core he designed. Before I came here, I tested each one myself. They put the MS blades to shame. They're ready to spin."

Each of the boys looked at their new blades in awe. They appeared to be about the same size and weight as the Metal Series blades, but they looked fiercer...more dangerous.

"Why didn't Kenny tell us about any of this?" Demanded Hilary with tears in her brown eyes. "We could have helped!"

"He didn't want any of you to worry, in case he was just being paranoid."

"Well, I for one won't just sit here and do nothing." said Tyson, rising to his feet. "We\re going to get Kenny back, so I say we get reinforcements and train till we've mastered these babies. Then we'll go in there and take Boris and his ugly goons down."

The other got up out of their seats as well. "Sounds like a plan, Ty." said Max.

Ray glance down at the blade that rested in his hands. "What can you tell us about these new cores Emily?"

"Nothing. Only Kenny knew what they were capable of."

"Well then," Kai pulled out his launcher and loaded his new blade, "there's only one way to find out." Having a feeling that they were similar to the MS cores, he concentrated on his emotions, remembering why he called himself a beyblader. He recalled the battle he had with Tyson and that place amongst the stars and he pulled the ripcord. "Let it rip!"

BOOM

Dranzer shot out like a bullet and hit the earth with a mighty crash. When the dust had settled, Dranzer was spinning in place in the middle of the 10ft long crater. His entire body was shaking from the recoil. Such power! He had never felt anything close to this!

The other's mouths hung open in amazement.

"I gotta give it a try now!" exclaimed Tyson, readying his launcher. "Let it rip!"

The recoil nearly blew him off his feet as Dragoon blasted off the launcher.

BOOM

The white blade had created a similar crater next to Kai's, Dragoon was wobbling slightly before straightening out. "Woah! This power rush is amazing! A little bit of practice and we'll be old pros at this!"

Hilary glanced at the clock, it was 2:48pm. "Alright guys, we have roughly 12 hours before we have to meet with Boris."

"Then we better get to work." The World Champion whipped out his cellphone from his back pocket and dialled a number, "Hey Hiro, could you and Brooklyn come over here? It's an emergency."

Kai followed suit and disappeared into the kitchen and called his vice-president. The phone rang twice before the Wolborg wielder answered."Tala, I need you and the boys over here. Boris made his move."

"What about the company?"

"Fuck the company. Put the most competent person in charge and get your ass over here." He heard an unmistakable moan. "Are you seriously fucking on my desk?"

"...no?"

"FOR FUCK SAKES TALA!"

"It was Bryan's – Ah – fault." the red-head moaned into the phone.

The CEO pinched the bridge of his nose. "Whatever. Asses here in 20 minutes or I'll give your job to Lelouch and demote you to janitor!" He slammed his thumb down on the 'End Call' button in anger. "Fucking Russians."


Around 20 minutes later, Rick, Hiro, Brooklyn, Ian, Spencer, Tala and Bryan were all gathered in t living room, the latter duo's hair and clothes were in a disarray. Tyson addressed the new team.

"Alright guys, Boris has taken Kenny hostage." There were a few gasps. "He has asked us to meet him at the pier at 3:00 tomorrow and there is a good chance that it will be a trap. But Kenny is my friend and he has stuck by me from the very beginning, even when no one else has." Ray and Max shifted their feet uncomfortably, recalling how they had left their team to pursue their own dreams, while Kai just stood with his arms crossed over his broad chest as Tyson continued. "He has been a dedicated beyblader and teammate. One way or another, we're going to get him back."

"Yeah, but why would they bother to him?" asked Brooklyn, yawning.

"Isn't it obvious?" replied Hiro. "Kenny is the best Beyblade Mechanic around. Besides being an easy target since he doesn't have a bitbeast, he has the potential to help them create a whole new kind of beyblade technology. The real question is why we didn't see this coming?"

Kai glared. Of course Hiro's first move would be to guilt trip everyone, making them feel like it's their duty to go on this mission. "None of that matters now. Our only question should be what to do if it is a trap?"

Max spoke up. "Well Boris' obvious target is our bitbeasts. He and Gideon have resorted to cheap tricks in the past to get their hands on them, going as far as isolating us from each other, so we can't help each other out." He recalled the day where he had battled Cyber-Draciel. Gideon had not only made it possible for Cyber-Draciel to keep healing itself, but he locked the rest of the team in a indestructible glass cage, so that none of them could interfere with the battle. "Maybe we should all pick a partner, in case they tried to split us up or something."

Hiro folded his muscular arms over his chest. "That's actually not a bad idea. How do we decide who goes with who?"

"Kenny usually decided that..." said Max sadly.

"Alright, how's this then?" asked Hilary. "Spencer and Ian go together, Max, Rick and Ray are a group, then Bryan and Tala, Brooklyn should go with Hiro and lastly Kai and Tyson."

The elder Kinomiya frowned, not liking that his brother would be so close to Kai. "What's the logic behind that?"

"Simple. Out of everyone, you and Brooklyn work together the best, Max has been teammates with both Rick and Ray so he know how to work with both of them, Bryan and Tala won't listen and just go together anyways, Ian and Spencer know each other's moves off by heart now, since they have been blading together for so long, and Kai and Tyson are the best as a tag team."

As Hiro's eyebrow twitched in irritation, Kai had to hold back a snicker. Hilary had really put the stubborn jerk-wad in his place.

"Fine then."


The beybladers trained throughout the night, and into the early morning, but Tyson remained apprehensive. Everything just felt like calm before the storm. Again and again he launched his blade, trying to master the new core. Kai took notice of Tyson's uneasiness, and trained right beside him as a silent support until Grandpa forced them all to go to sleep at 6:30 in the morning.

"You gotta keep the mind sharp dawgs. Fancy moves and fancy spinning tops mean nothing without brains."

"Pffft, explain how Tyson keeps beating us then." scoffed Bryan.

Not another word was spoken after Ryu Kinomiya smacked the silver-haired Russian hard enough to render him unconscious for 20 minutes. When the Falborg-wielder came to, everyone was already in their sleeping bags, sound asleep. Not wanting to feel the old man's wrath for a second time, he meekly crept into the dojo and crawled in beside Tala.

When they all were well-rested, Kai handed everyone a filtered mask. "Gideon likes using sleeping gas. When we get in, put them on and don't take them off for anything." He went to hand one to Hiro, but the man shook his head and pointed to the metal mask that was covering his nose and mouth.

"Has one already equipped."

The dual-haired blader raised an eyebrow. "Impressive."


The eleven bladers reached the pier at exactly 3:00 pm, surprised that it was empty. No boat. No one to 'greet' them.

"Keep your guard up." Kai ordered, using his sharp eyes to look around the area, expecting someone to jump out and attack. Subconsciously, he stepped closer to Tyson.

"Looking for me boys?"

Everyone looked up and their mouths fell open.

"Well, I guess we know what Gideon has been working on all these years." said Tyson, clenching his fists.

"Something tells me everything just got a whole lot more complicated." commented Bryan.

It was a massive star ship; Something like the boys thought only existed in movies. It was triangular in shape and had to be nearly a thousand feet long. This was a whole new game now.

The door opened.

The teens just stood there, staring at it like it was poison.

"Come on in gentlemen. Don't you want to save you're friend?" came Boris' sickly sweet voice.

"Looks like we don't have much of a choice." said Tyson. He looked over his shoulder. "If anyone wants to back out, now would be the time."

Ray put a hand on his shoulder. "None of us are backing out. We all want to save Kenny just as much as you do."

"Well, I'm just here to punch Boris in the face to be honest." said Bryan.

Tyson smiled. He could understand why Kai enjoyed hanging around the crazy Russian's so much. "Alright guys, this is the fight that we've been waiting for! You're gonna wish you were never born, Boris!"

With one last reassuring glance at each other, the beybladers stepped into the heart of darkness.


Ok, I'll update as soon as I finish typing the next chapter...I promise! Feedback would be awesome :)