blackamber- I'M BACK!!!

Thea- So soon! Wow...

Dimitri- HEY! We're the main characters!! SICK!!

Keith- I'm in this too! I bet you all forgot about me XD

Jayden- Why am I surrounded by such idiots...

blackamber- At least that wasn't directed at me :D

Jayden- You're the biggest idiot of them all

blackamber- T.T You're as mean as Kai...

Thea- usual disclaimer from We Will Fall Together and Move Along

Dimitri- Oh! And blackamber got the names for Kai's and Tyson's kids from the last chapter of the manga.


Summary- Eight years have passed since the kidnapping and now it's Thea's and Dimitri's turn to enter the world Beyblading tournament in the BBA's new team. After a rough meeting between them and their two new team-mates, Jayden and Keith, the twins have to learn to work together to survive the tournament. But wait, there's one more addition to the team? Enter Aya Iwasaki, the teams tech expert. Things don't seem to be going so smoothly when Thea and Jayden are pinned together for tag-team battles, especially when Jayden refuses to work with her first under the assumption that she only made it onto the team because of her uncle, and then, simply because she was a girl. What awaits the new BBA team on their journey to become the next World Champion.

Cause when push comes to shove
You taste what you're made of
You might bend, till you break
Cause it's all you can take
On your knees you look up
Decide you've had enough
You get mad you get strong
Wipe your hands shake it off
Then you Stand, - Rascal Flatts


"We have just landed in Tokyo, Japan; please remain seated until the pilot has switched off the seatbelt sign. We hope you have enjoyed your flight and thank-you for flying Air-Tokyo," one of the many flight attendants voice cracked over the speaker as rubber tires hit asphalt at break-neck speed.

A twelve-year old boy with hair that was two shades of blue let out a sigh of relief to finally be back on the ground; he had inherited his fear of flying from his mother. "Hey, Thea, we're here," he beckoned to his sister sitting beside him, shaking her awake.

His twin yawned, stretching in her seat. She opened her silver grey eyes and peered around the plane as people ignored the flight attendants orders to remain seated and began fetching their overhead luggage. "That took less time than I thought it would," she said, fiddling with her seatbelt.

"Well, you were asleep for most of the trip," teased her brother as he reached for his carry-on bag at his feet.

"At least I didn't spend the entire trip gripping the seat like he was about to fly out the window at any moment. Eh, Dim-ka?" she said retorted with a mocking smile.

Dimitri scowled at her as the plane finally stopped moving and he got up from his seat. "It's nothing to be ashamed of," he said calmly, "mom hates flying to."

"Yeah, but she doesn't show it like you do. You're just pathetic when it comes to flying," Thea giggled.

Dimitri shot her a glare, punching her arm, "Just get your bag." He stalked off with the crowd, stepping off the plane and heading towards the luggage retrieval portion. It didn't matter that he left her behind, after all they were heading in the same direction. I wonder if uncle Kai is picking us up…? No… it's probably auntie Miya.

He squeezed his way up to the roulet, waiting patiently for the bags –and a certain carrier- to come out. After a few moments he felt a small smack on the back of his head and turned to see his sister's scowling face. "You could have waited," she huffed.

"If I had known you were going to do that, I would have," he grumbled, rubbing the now sore spot. The twins turned their attention back to the roulet as it began to move, it would take both of them to lift the carrier off. Even though Skye was only a puppy and they could carry him easily, the airport didn't have any small carriers left so they were left putting him in one that was much too big for one of them to carry.

Thea fished Skye's leash –what used to be Nicol's leash- out of her bag as Dimitri pointed out the carrier heading their way. With a low grunt the two lifted it off the conveyor belt and placed it on the ground; greeted by the happy whimpering and barking of their puppy.

"Okay Skye," Thea said, "just hand on a second." She undid the cage door, grabbing his collar before he could race out and hooking the leash to it. Pretty soon, the rest of their baggage –one bag for each of them- came around and they were on their way out.

"Any idea where we're supposed to meet them?" Dimitri asked as they followed a large group of people towards the arrivals section of the terminal.

"Momma just said that they'd be there to great us," his sister responded, holding tightly onto Skye's leash as the young pup proceeded to trudge ahead of the twins, leading them and sniffing everything.

"It's a lot warmer here than back home," commented Dimitri as they reached the waiting area, which earned a nod from his sister.

"Dimitri! Thea!" the familiar voice of their younger cousin greeted them.

"Hey Cuz!" Thea beamed, ruffling his –very much like his father's- hair.

"Hi there Goh," Dimitri smiled and nodded in greeting.

"Mom asked me to fetch you guys," he said as though they had asked what he was doing here.

"Oh, so it's just you and your mom who came to pick us up?" Thea asked as Goh offered to take something from her. Rather than passing him on of her bags, she gave him Skye, knowing that it was what he really wanted to hold.

"Nope, dad's here to," he corrected, petting Skye as the young puppy barked happily at meeting a new person. "Mom wouldn't let him leave the house until he agreed that he wouldn't go to the BBA office. I think my uncle Tyson said that mom has him whipped."

Thea and Dimitri laughed as they followed their eight-year old cousin to his parents. As soon as they were in view, they were pulled into a bone-crushing embrace by their aunt as a greeting.

When she finally released them, Miya took a step back to get a good look at the twins. "Well, you have certainly grown, I almost didn't recognize you. How was your trip?"

"It was fine," Dimitri answered shortly.

"You've inherited your mother's fear of flying huh?" Kai smirked as Dimitri flushed in embarrassment.

Thea threw her brother a teasing grin as Miya spoke up, "Well, let's get you home, shall we? That way, you two can get settled and Goh can show you around town."

"And I can try to get some time in the office," Kai muttered under his breath.

"What was that, dear?"

"Nothing."


"So, how's the shooting going Goh?" Thea asked as they –being she, Goh, Dimitri and Skye- walked down the streets of Tokyo after they had unpacked at the Hiwatari estate.

"Dad says I'm getting really good. Who knows, maybe in a couple more years I'll even be a match for you two!" Goh grinned.

"Don't get your hopes up," Dimitri mocked, earning an elbow to the ribs and a harsh, "Dimka," from his sister.

"I've always wondered this… how come you two have accents when auntie Amy doesn't? And uncle Tala's has faded a lot too…" Goh asked as they reached one of the hottest shooting spots in town.

"Our mom says it's because we grew up learning the Russian language, like dad. Mom grew up in an English speaking country, so she has a bit of an accent of her own, except when she's speaking Japanese. And dad's has faded because of all the traveling shooters have to do when in the Bey-blading tournaments. So, ours will probably fade a bit as well," Thea explained.

"So… this is where the shooters come to play, huh?" Dimitri grinned, already reaching for Hein. Just as Wolborg was passed down to Thea, Dimitri had been given Hein. In fact, from what Hein had told him, he insisted to his mother to be given to Dimitri.

"We're barely in the country for an hour and already he's looking for a beybattle," his sister sighed, following him out into the field. Goh was walking excitably at their side, pointing out bladers he had beaten or who were decent fighters.

"You'll want to watch out for Jayden though," he said, while holding Skye's leash with one hand and Thea's hand with the other.

"Oh… and why's that?" Dimitri asked over his shoulder.

"He's really tough. Dad even thinks so, says he'll probably be the first to make it onto the new BBA team for the tournament," explained the young Hiwatari.

Dimitri grinned vehemently, "Well then, guess I'm going to have to challenge this Jayden guy. Where is he?"

Goh scanned the rows of bladers, "Over there! He's the one with the dark brown hair and spiked wrist bands."

Dimitri followed Goh's pointed finger towards were a circle of onlookers watched the latest bey-battle between the hometown ace and his newest victim. As the battle ended Dimitri stepped forward.

"Come on, Goh, we'll find some other people to trounce," grinned Thea, leading Goh in the opposite direction. If Dimka wants to be all macho and try to prove that he's hot stuff, then I'm not going to stop him. I just hope he doesn't come crying to me if his blade gets trashed.

"Hey kid!" Dimitri beckoned to the boy that his cousin had described, "you Jayden?"

"So what if I am?" the boy retorted icily.

"I heard you're pretty hot stuff in the bey stadium," smirked Dimitri, taking out Hein, "what do you say, 'pal', wanna dance?"

Behind him, Dimitri heard some people muttering about his 'strange' accent. Some girls fawning over it saying, 'He sounds so foreign! And he's not too hard on the eyes either.' This encouragement only swelled his already swollen ego.

"Alright, pal," Jayden mocked, "I'll… dance." Placing his blade back in his launcher and readying his ripcord.


"You don't want to watch Dimitri?" Goh asked.

"Do you?" countered Thea.

"Yeah! I wanna see how Dimitri does!" Goh said.

"Alright…" Thea sighed, turning around and walking back in the direction they had come from.

"Hey, Goh!" a boy who looked quite a bit like Tyson ran over, "some new kid has challenged Jayden to a bey battle!"

"I know," Goh said, "that's my cousin."

"And unfortunately my brother," groaned Thea, "I'm Thea Volkov by the way."

"Makoto Granger," the boy introduced himself, as he escorted them to the circle of bey blade fanatics.

Thea rolled her eyes at the swooning girls; she always found it disgusting how girls did that around her brother. On the other hand, his opponent wasn't too hard on the eyes. "Try not to get your ass whipped, Dimka," she called to her brother, laughing as he cringed at the name.

"Yeah, it would look bad if you got beat in front of your girlfriend, Dimka," Jayden sneered.

The Volkov twins gave him a look of utter disgust. "Dude, that's just gross, she's my sister."

"Yeah, but if you lose, Dimitri, that will be Hein's first loss won't it? After all, mom never lost a bey battle. That's a lot of pressure…" Thea teased.

"You know… you are supposed to be showing me support!" Dimitri hissed back at her.

"Yay, woo, now just get this over with," Thea said unenthusiastically.

"Three… two… one…" the ring of children chanted.

"LET IT RIP!!" the two bladers launched their bey-blades into the plastic dish.

"GO HEIN!" Dimitri yelled, "Volcanic Rage!"

AAARRROOOOO!! Hein howled, as a tornado of fire swirled up from the blade. With his gold horn gleaming in the summer sun, he cut through the inferno, hovering- in all his blazing glory- over his blade. His fur blazed brightly and then burst into a river of liquid lava, attacking Jayden's blade and sending it flying backwards.

"Heh, is that all you got, Dimka," taunted Jayden, "go, Terrador!" With a loud roar, a velociraptor like bit beast appeared over Jayden's blade, it's large claw moving in a sort of tapping motion –ready to gouge if ordered.

The blades clashed with one another, the bit beasts circling and snapping at each other. Back and forth, they pushed, neither one showing signs of backing down. The on lookers watched in amazement, no one had lasted this long in the dish with Jayden.

"So, you got a bit beast to, huh?" Dimitri smiled at him, "good, that means you are a decent challenge."

"I wish I could say the same thing about you," growled the dark haired boy, "Terrador, finish this!"

"Hein! Counter it!" ordered Dimitri. The blades shot back from one another, then turned and raced towards each other once again. Just as they were about to collide a new blade shot into the fray, knocking both blades out of the dish.

"Opps… guess I shouldn't have cut in like that mate, just thought it was an interesting fight, that's all," a blonde boy with an obviously fake Australian accent apologized.

"Keith," Jayden growled at the blonde as he retrieved his fallen blade.

"Aww, don't look at me like that, Jay, it's not like I meant for your blade to get knocked out of the dish," the boy uneasily scratched the back of his head.

"Who's he?" Thea asked her cousin.

"That's Keith, the only guy around here who is close enough to Jayden to actually be considered his friend," Makoto was the one who explained.

"And why is that?" Dimitri asked after fetching Hein.

"Keith is the only one who seems unaffected by Jayden's attitude," Goh shrugged.

"Next time, idiot, don't cut into a bey battle," Jayden scolded.

"Oi! I'm not an idiot," argued Keith, before turning towards the Volkov twins. "Hi there! I'm Keith Walker, by the way, and this jerk is Jayden Taylor." He turned his full attention to Thea, "And who are you, fair maiden?"

Thea laughed at how ridiculous his fake accent sounded, "I'm Thea, Thea Volkov, and this is my brother Dimitri."

"Volkov?" Keith echoed, "as in Tala and Amy Volkov's kids?"

Jayden looked over in surprise at the mention of one of the former top bey bladers of the world's surname.

"That's right," Dimitri said, stepping between Keith and his sister.

"That means… you're the chairman's niece and nephew…?" Keith asked.

"Yup," the twins nodded.

"MY MOM KNOWS YOUR MOM!!" Keith cheered, pumping his arm in the air.

The twins blinked at him, what did that have to do with them being the niece and nephew of the chairman?

"Who's your mom?" Thea asked after recovering from her confusion.

"Claire Walker!" Keith yelled. The twins were surprised at how the boy could be so loud.

"Hey, idiot! Let's go!" Jayden barked.

"What about our bey battle?" Dimitri called after him.

"I don't have time to waste with a loser like you," the boy sneered.

"What!?" snarled Dimitri about to charge at him.

"Let it go, Dimka," Thea said, holding him back, "he's just scared 'cause you almost beat him."

"What was that?" Jayden asked, rounding on her.

"You heard me," growled Thea, "you're shaken by the fact that you almost lost to my brother so you're resorting to anything to make yourself feel better, AKA name calling." She wore a triumphant smirk on her porcelain perfect face.

Had Jayden not been so infuriated by the fact that she had just insulted him, he might have blushed at their proximity or even at the fact that her smirk was more cute than triumphant –it was really the expression in her eyes that carried the triumph.

"What does a girl know, huh? Everyone knows they can't beyblade," Jayden scoffed.

"You wanna test that theory?" snapped Thea ready to whip out Wolborg in an instant.

"Okay! Time-out!" Keith intervened, stepping between the two before it turned ugly, "we're all civilized people here, so shake hands and apologize. Jay, you first."

"Why me!?" he demanded.

"'Cause you insulted a lady," Keith stated simply.

"A lady, huh? I don't see a lady here just a little bit-

SLAP!

"Woah, Thee… nicely done," Dimitri commented with a whistle.

Goh stared at his cousin in awe, Thea was never one to get pushed over the edge like that. Sure, she got angry, especially when one played the sexist card towards the beyblading sport. Sure, there were some decent girl beybladers, but never amazing ones. Well, his aunt and their team was an exception, but they had never publicized their skills, so outside of Canada no one really knew of their skill.

Thea raised her hand as if to strike him again, but then huffed and lowered her hand again. "Come on, let's go. I've had enough jerk for one day," she scowled, giving Jayden a look so full of disdain that one could practically see the anger resonating off of her.

Dimitri gave a small nod, ushering Goh forward. He waited a moment turning to Jayden who was still staring at the spot Thea had been standing in with utter shock. "I'm not going to apologize for my sister's actions, in my opinion, you deserved it. Just so you know, at the tournament. I'm going to wipe the floor with you for saying that to her," he snarled, slamming his shoulder against Jayden's before marching after his sister and cousin.

Keith beamed after them, waving ecstatically. "See you at the tournament!" he called happily. "They seem nice," he smiled at his friend, "oh, and you did, kinda, deserve that slap, Jay. Now stop looking as though it was the first time you were slapped and let's blow this pop-stand."

Jayden blinked a few times, Keith was wrong, it was the first time he got slapped. No girl had the gull to talk to him before Thea- or if they did, it was nothing but incomprehensible gibberish mixed with random giggles. It was a new experience for him, and one that he'd rather not repeat. After all, nothing bursts an ego more than getting slapped by a girl and then not doing anything about it.

"Yo, earth calling Jay! Are we going or what?" Keith demanded, waving his hand in front of Jayden's face.

"Stop that!" snapped the boy, swatting the blonde's hand away.

"Finally a response!"

"Hn… idiot."


"ARGH! I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT JERK!" Thea screamed at the top of her lungs.

"I can't believe she slapped him," Makoto whispered to Goh, who nodded.

"Is he always like that, Goh?" Dimitri asked, meaning Jayden.

"Yeah, but Keith usually intervenes before it gets like that," Goh said.

"Someone has to teach that boy a lesson in respect," Thea huffed.

"Don't worry Thee, I'll protect your honor!" Dimitri grinned, puffing his chest out proudly.

"HELL NO! If anyone's fighting that jerk it's me!"

"Well, they pick the opponents at random so… maybe," Goh shrugged.

A nod passed between the twins, "It'll definitely be one of us to face him."

"What will happen if you have to fight each other?" Makoto asked.

"Oh, it will probably turn out like it always does, me winning and Thea not," smirked Dimitri.

"Says the boy who hasn't won a match against me since we were four," countered his sister.

"Harsh Thee," pouted Dimitri, his ego being even further deflated.

"I gotta get home, see ya Goh! It was nice to meet you Thea, Dimitri," Makoto bowed to them before racing off.

"Why'd he bow?" Dimitri asked, confused.

"Oh, it's a traditional thing, you guys don't have to worry about it," said Goh.

"Oh."


"So what did you kids do today?" Miya asked at the dinner table.

"I took them to the beyblading spot," Goh said, "and Dimitri challenged Jayden to a match."

Kai looked up at the mention of the protegy beyblader's name. "Who won?"

"No one, a boy named Keith interrupted before we could really get going," Dimitri said, "I have a feeling Jayden wasn't trying his hardest in that match though."

"I have high expectations for that boy, he's very skilled in the sport. I'm hoping he will be the captain of the new BBA team once it's formed," stated Kai.

"That jerk, pah, I feel sorry for his team-mates," Thea grumbled.

"Well, if you two are as good as your parents, I'm hoping you will also be on that team," Kai smirked, loving the way Thea's face turned from scowling to her jaw hanging open in an almost shocked state.

"Oh, and Thea slapped him today," Goh added.

Miya looked at the twelve-year old girl in surprise as she flushed and refused to meet the woman's gaze.

"He had it coming, mouthing off like that," growled Dimitri, "he almost called Thee a bit-

"Dimka!" Thea snapped, silencing him.

Dimitri cast his gaze down to his dinner, playing with it with his fork.

"I'm sorry, can I be excused?" Thea asked, glaring slightly at her brother. Both her aunt and uncle nodded, watching as she slid from her chair and disappeared up the staircase to the upper floor.


"Of course, we might be put on the same team," Thea ranted to herself in the safety of her room, "and I make a great first impression. Well… he didn't make the best impression either, saying stuff like that!" She let out a loud sigh, flopping down on her bed, "Why are all the cute ones jerks? Why can't I end up like mom and dad? Find a nice guy right off the…" She stopped herself, remembering what her mother said to her when she was younger.

"Umm… how'd you and daddy meet?" Thea asked.

"Oh, you don't want to hear about that," laughed Amy, the non-to-fond memories of her first meeting with the team formally known as the Demolition Boys still fresh in her mind.

"I do though," argued Thea, "pwease momma!"

Amy sighed in defeat, "The first time I met your father… I was about your age and living in that creepy old abbey."

"Why?"

"'Cause your uncle Kai and mine's grandfather- your great-grandfather- sent us there to train and become better bey-shooters."

"Was it wove at first sight?" asked Thea excitedly.

"Not exactly… we hated each other when we first met. It wasn't until I was fifteen and he was seventeen that we actually started to get along."

"Why'd you hate each ofer?"

"Your father wasn't the nicest to me when we were little."

"Why?"

Amy shrugged, "Boys can be quite childish when they're little and can be quite cruel."

Thea groaned, burrowing her face in her pillow. Mom, you have no idea how right you were…

There was a small tap at her door and she looked up to see her uncle standing in her doorway, looking quite uncomfortable –meaning her aunt had told him to go talk to her.

"Anything you want to talk about?" he asked.

"Not really…" she responded.

"Look… I know Jayden can be a bit of an ass, more so to girls than anyone else, but he is a good shooter. The only thing he's lacking is knowing how to work as a team, and I think you and your brother can help along those lines. You both can be tolerant… when you want to be. Understand, I'm not putting you on a team with him to torture you, I just think it's something he could- you all could benefit from," Kai said.

"What makes you so sure we'll make it onto your little team?" Thea asked.

"You and Dimitri aren't rookie shooters. You were taught everything by two of the best –course you could've learned a lot more from me, but I'm sure your parents did a fine job. You shouldn't have any problems making it through the tournament, well... Keith and Jayden may give you on hell of a fight, but you'll manage." Kai gently ruffled her hair, earning a small smile from the little girl. "So, can I count on you in this?"

"I guess… I mean, teaching him some manners will be for the good of the nation, so I call it my good deed for the month." And who knows, maybe I'll do such a good job he'll want to thank me some way…

"Huh, and it's not because it's a good chance to go global with your beyblading?" Miya asked from the doorway. What went unsaid was, 'and you find him moderately attractive', but both the twelve year old and the thirty-one year old were aware of it.

"Well, there's that too," Thea admitted to both questions, said and unsaid.


"Sooo… that girl was cute," Keith commented, joining Jayden for dinner in his house for the umpteenth time that month.

"Why are you here,?" Jayden asked.

"Well… your dad's not home and both my folks are working late, and it's good for friends to hang out," beamed Keith, "now… back to Thea."

Jayden snorted, "If you want her, go ahead."

"You're not interested in the least?" Keith asked in shock, "dude… it is not every freakin' day that an attractive, girl arrives in Tokyo… let alone one with a hot accent! … Or are you still sore that she slapped you? You know, you gotta hand it to her, she's got guts."

"How come you knew of her mother?" Jayden asked.

"Oh, my mother used to be her guardian's intern," Keith explained, "if I remember, Dimitri's blade belonged to his mother. Apparently she was really good at blading."

The blonde haired boys friend snorted again, "Yeah right."

"I'm serious, apparently she could beat the chairman and her husband in a beybattle," Keith explained, "had an all girl team too… "

Jayden rolled his eyes, "I doubt it."

"Hey, man, just 'cause your mom walked out on you doesn't mean you have to hate on every member of the opposite sex that you come across."

"Shut up, idiot."

"Fine, I'm just saying… those eyes of hers were something huh… what were they, cobalt?"

"Silver-grey," corrected Jayden. His hazel eyes widened almost immediately afterwards, realizing his mistake as his friend laughed, "Ha! I knew it!"

"Just eat your dinner… annoying twit…"


blackamber- So... how was that for a first chapter? Also, thanks again Windy for helping me think of a title!

Windy- T T recognition... sooo nice...

blackamber- Oh, and helping me give Keith and Jayden elements. XD Which are Jayden- Rock and Keith- light

Dimtri- I got my dad's job! R&R