Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade.

Kaitlyn woke up in her bed. It was morning; glancing to her side she saw a clock proclaiming an early ten am. Her head and vision swam for a few moments, but she could tell she was back in her time, as she couldn’t feel Black-Dranzer’s presence anymore. Tossing the covers of her bed aside she got up, looking around her surroundings she noticed that her room was different. Opening the closet she quickly grabbed some clothing, her wardrobe changed too, but she liked it. Running to the bathroom she quickly changed and exited the bathroom, as she walked by the full-length mirror and froze in an instant.

Before he was her reflection, yet it wasn’t her reflection. She looked different, where her hair was dark blue before, it was now dual-colored, like Kai’s. And her eyes were solid ember brown, where they were ember brown with a hint of gold in them before. She also noticed she looked older, by two years in fact.

“What has happened?” she spoke aloud. Glancing at the calendar hanging on the wall she saw the date, it was ten years after she left. Ten years after she set the time line right.

“Sylvia! You’re awake!” A girl ran into the room, she was about six with flame red hair and Prussian blue eyes. Kaitlyn froze, she didn’t recognize the child, but upon closer inspection she realized the girl was familiar. “What’s wrong Sylvia? Don’t you recognize me?” the girl pleaded. Kaitlyn numbly shook her head, why was this girl calling her Sylvia? “Come play with me and Hitome!” the girl grabbed her sleeve and dragged her out. Kaitlyn followed her numbly.

She passed the hallways, noticing how decorated everything was, more decorated than she remembered. ‘Note to self… talk with Black-Dranzer as soon as possible, something is very wrong with this picture,’ Kaitlyn thought. In the back of her mind she felt another presence, it was weak it was the trail of Black-Dranzer, she tried to focus all her attention on the trail, but the dragging of the small red-haired girl was disturbing her focus.

They arrived in the back yard where there was a sand box, something Kaitlyn didn’t remember before; there was also a large jungle gym and all sorts of children things. A girl with black hair and golden eyes was swinging on swing back and forth; she was perhaps seven years old.

“Dianna!” the girl, Hitome, stopped swinging and ran to the red-haired girl that was dragging Kaitlyn along.

“Finally Sylvia woke up, we can play!” Dianna spoke cheerfully.

“I don’t feel like playing today, you two go ahead without me,” Kaitlyn argued. Dianna pouted but left her sleeve alone, Hitome grabbed the six-year-old and both ran off to play on the swings and the slide. Kaitlyn watched them for a second but then turned around and ran back to her room, on her way she stopped by the master bedroom of the suit, it was a bedroom clearly belonging to two people as the things scattered around the room suggested.

She glanced on the dresser and spotted a few picture frames, she approached them and smiled as her eyes fell on a group picture. It was of the people she remembered, Kai and Charly were there, she was smiling as Kai had his arms wrapped around her waist from behind.

By her side stood Vega, with Tala she had her arms around his neck, smiling widely. Tala was just grinning. Just then it hit Kaitlyn why Dianna looked so familiar, she was the spitting image of Vega, she just had Tala’s hair color, she was probably their daughter.

Rei was also there, in his arms was an unfamiliar to Kaitlyn, pink-haired girl, and both were smiling. Kaitlyn smiled too, “So Rei did move on” Kaitlyn thought, and this pink haired girl looked kind and nice, her smile was of pure joy.

And then there was Takara, she was also there, standing off to the side of the frame, by her stood Bryan a small smile on his features, he had one hand on Takara’s shoulder.

There were three more couples in the shot, one being Hikaru and Tyson, both smiling joyfully. Max and Lilly were also there, standing between Tyson and Spencer, both shying about the camera a little. Spencer was with Cleo, and had his arms wrapped around her, since he was taller, Cleo only reached about to his shoulder. Kaitlyn smiled at the photograph, “Things have worked out fine,” she thought.

Glancing at the other photograph, it was of Kai and Charly again. Kai was wearing a black tuxedo, and Charly a white long gown, both looked a little older than Kaitlyn remembered them, it was a wedding picture, both looked as happy as happy can be. Then she spotted it, a black box resting behind the photographs, she felt the presence of Black-Dranzer in that box, so she reached for it and opened it, indeed inside was Black-Dranzer’s blade. It began to shimmer when she touched it. She felt the presence of the ancient bird in her mind.

‘Welcome home Little Lady,’ the bird whispered in her mind.

“Black Dranzer, tell me… why am I here and not ninety years in the future where I belong?” Kaitlyn asked.

‘It is complex little lady, altering the past altered the future, I was unable to bring you back where you belong, because there… you no longer exist, and your soul was reincarnated earlier in this time chain, during my flight through time, your soul was being fragmented and I realized why as I neared this time frame, you were reincarnated earlier. As Lord Kai and Lady Charlene’s daughter, and not their descendant,’ Black-Dranzer explained.

“I see, so that’s why Dianna called me Sylvia… here I am Sylvia,” Kaitlyn whispered.

‘Yes… Dianna addressed you as she remembered, I could not change that,’ Black-Dranzer continued.

“Who is Hitome?” Kaitlyn wondered.

‘She is the daughter of Rei and Mariah,’ Black Dranzer responded, ‘you must know the names of the other children as they will be coming here. You will realize who is who when you see them. The daughter of Lilly and Max is Lucy. The son of Tyson and Hikaru is ironically Tyson Jr. but he likes being called T.J. Then there are little Anna and Alexis, they are the twins of Lady Cleo and Spencer,’ black Dranzer paused at that, was he about to tell her everything? ‘There is also Matthew, the son of Takara and Bryan, he is only two however.’

“What of Kenny and Ian?” Kaitlyn wondered.

‘Young Kenneth will becoming with his fiancé, and Ian will be attending with his girlfriend,’ Black-Dranzer replied.

“Much has changed, but I am happy it did,” Kaitlyn spoke.

‘Yes Little Lady, much has changed, but things are good, Lady Charlene and Lord Kai are truly happy. I allowed you to keep your previous memories so you will know the truth, you must never reveal that you are the Kaitlyn they knew before, as that would damage the time line. I know it is a burden, but I believe you can handle it Little Lady,’ Black-Dranzer spoke in a tone of authority.

“Thank you Black Dranzer,” with that said Kaitlyn slipped the blade back into its box and closed it. She turned around and glanced at the door, ‘so Lord Kai and Lady Charlene are my mama and papa now…’ she thought, ‘I’ll miss the mama and papa I remember, but I know this is for the better, this way I can keep them safe without them even knowing,’ with that said Kaitlyn allowed her childish disposition to take over as she joyfully skipped out of the room.

Author Notes: This is the short Epilogue I promised. It’s not much, but it does give closure to the fic. My friend who owns Takara is not against the whole Bryan/Takara thing, so I decided to go ahead with it. I think it’s cute!

Special: Just for the record… here is the age ladder of the kids…

Sylvia/Kaitlyn (8), Hitome (7), Dianna (6.5), Lucy (6.5), T.J. (6), Anna and Alexis (5), Matthew (2)