Welcome to Chapter 1A of my reposted story...
Warnings: OCs (many, many, many OCs), cross-over-ish, and not much focus on actual blading (my blading scenes suck major monkey ass)
Pairings:
KaixOC
TyxHil
MarxMax
OcxOc
ReixMariah

Go ahead and flame me about my OC pairing. I dare you.

If you're not a narrow-minded jackass, enjoy!

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Chapter 1A
Tics and Meeting the Band

"Hey Hil, wanna check out who's playing tonight," Mariah asked her best friend; a sigh answered her.

"Why? All the bands that play there suck…" Hilary said in a resigned tone. Mariah shrugged with indifference and walked up to check the poster anyway.

"I think you better take that statement back, Hil," Mariah said in a shocked voice.

"Nande?" Hilary asked as she walked up beside her shell shocked friend. "OMG, the 'Broken Dreams' are playing here!"

"I can't believe it! We'd better go tell everyone else so we can see if we can still score some tics…" Mariah said and both raced back to Tyson's dojo. The other Bladebreakers glanced up as they raced in and fell on the ground, out of breath.

"What's up," Mariam asked.

"You'll…pant…never…pant….believe it!" Hilary managed to choke out.

(A/A/N: Naruto moment, eh?)

"Never believe what," Max asked as he abandoned the movie they had been watching.

"Broken Dreams is playing at the Tokyo Dome!" Both girls shouted at the same time.

"When!" Mariam shouted; they were her favorite band too.

"Tonight," Mariah shouted gleefully.

"We gotta go!" Mariam shouted.

"Yeah…" Tyson said, drool coming out of one side of his mouth. "The lead singer is hott…" Everyone but Daichi and Kai had a sweatdrop on their heads; Daichi agreed, but Kai was too dignified to have a sweatdrop.

"So what are we waiting for," Rei asked as he helped Mariah to her feet. Everyone else stood up and raced off to the Tokyo Dome.

3 hours later

"Man…this sucks…" Max muttered as he and the others trudged reluctantly home.

"All sold out," Mariam verified sadly. Everyone was now downcast.

"There you are!" Said a familiar voice. They all looked up to see Mr. Dickenson. "I've been looking all over for you; I've been given tickets to the show at the Tokyo Dome tonight!" Everyone (with the exception of Kai) jumped up and down happily.

"YEAH!" They all shouted (except Kai, duh!).

"Here you go! Not only are these tickets, they're back stage passes! Take care not to loose them!" With that Mr. Dickenson called his limo and got picked up.

The whole gang raced towards the Tokyo Dome and showed the gate people their tickets.

"Go ahead," they said after examining the tics.

"I can't believe that we get to meet Broken Dreams! This is so awesome!" Hilary squealed.

"So…who's who," Kai mumbled. Everyone else gaped at him before launching into a long and detailed explanation.

"Yumei is the leader and singer of the band; she helped organize all their first gigs and got the whole band together. The band, in gratitude, named themselves after her. Then there's Ken; he's her cousin, the back up vocalist if need be, and the drummer. Kero is her best friend and the bass guitarist. Kari is the electric guitar and Kero's girlfriend. Their manager is Pesadilla Sueñe-Despierto, Yumei's mom." Kai nodded in verification.

They then walked to the door marked "Performer's Lounge" and opened it. There was a lively group of a girl, a woman and two boys laughing and joking while sitting around a table. The other girl was sitting in a chair with a side table beside it and quietly eating.

"Oh, hey, it's the people who got the backstage passes!" The one boy said, and the girl at the table gave his shoulder a playful punch.

"No kidding genius," she reprimanded jokingly.

"Hi, we're-"

"The Bladebreakers, also known as the BBA Revolution; I know. Now pipe down, sit down and eat." Said the girl who sat alone in her chair.

"Consider yourselves honored; Mei rarely talks to people who just…wait, did you just say Bladebreakers!"

"No, I said Blitzkrieg Boys," Yumei replied sarcastically. The rest of the band stared at them.

"Not to mention Mariam from the Saint Shields and Mariah from the White Tigers."

"Woah…" Kari muttered. "This is something I never expected."

"Yeah, meeting the Bladebreakers in person…" Kero muttered back.

"You planned this, didn't you," Pesadilla said, turning to see her daughter more clearly. Yumei merely smirked.

"Perhaps…" She replied and returned to eating her soup. Sighing, Ken stood and walked up to her. Before anyone could see what had happened, he took her soup and was walking away. Yumei stood up, sighing.

The next thing anyone knew, Ken was on the floor, on his butt, and Yumei was contentedly eating her soup again.

"And you wonder why she said defense class was so boring…" Ken grumbled as he stood up, despite his sore tush.

"What can I say? Me and egg drop soup is like Hiei Jaganshi and sweet snow," Yumei said with a smirk.

"You like Yu Yu Hakusho?" Hilary asked in surprise.

"Like it? No…love it is a better way of putting it."

"Seriously?" Mariah, Mariam and Hilary asked at the same time.

"'Course! Hiei Jaganshi is my fave character!"

"Mine too," Hilary said and plopped down next to her. The other two girls followed suit and soon they were having an enthusiastic discussion about demons, Spirit World and the hotness of Hiei and Kurama.

"There was this one story I read where someone calls him a, 'hot strawberry lovin' youkai'," Yumei said, and they all burst out laughing.

"Just what have you been reading on that computer of yours," Pesadilla asked.

"Nothing rated mature, I assure you," Mei muttered and that set them all off again. Time passed and they all learned about each other's personalities.

Yumei started to distance herself from the others and they had no idea why.

'I can't take it anymore!' She thought and quickly performed a handseal and teleported to her dressing room.

"Where'd she go," Hilary asked in confusion.

"No idea…" Max sighed.

"I didn't even get to ask her what you guys were talking about…" He grumbled.

"What," Hilary asked.

"You guys have tried to explain it to me but you only make me more confused…I figured she'd probably be better at explaining…" All the girls, Mariam included, shot death glares at him. He sweatdropped and hid behind Tyson.

"I'm gonna see if I can find her," Mariah said and stood. Leaving the room, she wasn't surprised to note that Hilary and Mariam were following her.

They were walking past the dressing room door when it opened.

"What," Yumei asked when they looked at her.

"Why'd you run off?"

"You really want me to explain?"

"Yeah…" All three girls answered. They trooped inside and Yumei shut the door. Settling down, they all found places on the various pieces of furniture scattered through out the room.

"Well, to start it off, I've never told anyone else. That and you'll probably think I'm crazy. You see, there was a time when we were just starting off when I vanished for a couple of months…"

"I remember that! There was a headline that said, "Future Pop Princess Disappears". Personally, you don't look like a pop princess to me," Hilary said with a frown; that caused Yumei to smile wryly.

"Anyway, I had been on a short hiking trip in the middle of nowhere with my mom, my cousin, Kero and Kari. We had been chased by wolves and ran to the edge of a cliff. I didn't stop in time, and I went over…" She sighed and took a deep breath.

"The next thing I knew, there was a man with a mask and a hitai-ate. Then he introduced himself as Kakashi and told me to call him Kakashi-sensei. After that, he checked me out of the hospital and took me to the leader of the town, the Hokage. I was told that if I wanted to, I would learn how to be a ninja along side people my own age. Kakashi was to teach me and I would be working with his group, if I was going to." At this point, Yumei paused and slipped a hand into her pocket to clench her blade.

"I trained with them, spent a lot of time with them…it felt like I had known them all for my whole life. The three other ninja-in-training were Haruno Sakura, Uzamaki Naruto and…Uchiha Sasuke. I developed a crush on Sasuke…then, after about three months, we were given a REAL mission. We were to escort this man back to his home, but then we found out that the mission was way too hard for us. We stuck with it anyway, and were attacked by ninja seeking to take the old man's life."

/You can do this, Yumei…I have faith in you…/ Her bitbeast told her solemnly.

"During the second skirmish with the enemy ninja…Sasuke…" She stopped and closed her eyes as though she was in pain. "…he was killed…" Yumei whispered as tears gathered at the corners of her eyes. "And that's not the worst part…"

"What is," Mariam asked.

"Kai has almost the same personality as Sasuke did…that's why I had to get out of there…I've already had an emotional breakdown since I got back…I don't need another…" She roughly wiped the tears off her cheeks, effectively smearing the make-up.

"Come on, we'll help you," Hil said, and the three stood up. Soon she was surrounded by girls with make-up items and momentarily disappeared underneath it all. "All done." Hil exclaimed cheerfully and spun the chair around to face the mirror.

"Wow…thanks you guys!" Yumei told them, staring at herself like she couldn't quite believe it was her. "Hey, after the concert, if my mom will allow it…do you wanna have a sleepover?" Her announcement was greeted with a shocked silence. "Well, if you don't wanna, that's ok, I-"

"We'd love to!" All three girls almost shouted and she fell out of her chair.

"OMG are you okay," Hil asked as they helped her up. She fell over again, but this time it was from laughing so hard.

"It's been a while since I've had a good laugh," she confided in them as they all stood up and returned to their respective chairs. "Promise you won't tell anyone?"

"Promise!"

"Hey, I know this is random, but do you blade," Mariam asked.

"Yeah, my bitbeast is right here," the girl replied, pulling a blade out of her pocket and showing it to them all.

"You have the Immortal White Dragon," Mariam asked, her eyes wide.

"Uh…yeah…"

"She's the legendary of the legendary!"

"Really?"

"Yeah, there's supposed to be eight legendary bitbeasts, actually. Four guys and they're female counter parts…I wonder who'll be paired off with who," Mariam said slyly.

"What do you mean," Yumei asked naïvely.

"The guys' female counter part is also the person they love," Mariam said.

"I hope it's not Kai," she muttered sulkily.

"I think it is," Mariam said sadly.

"What do you mean?"

"I like Tyson," Hil admitted, blushing.

"And I like Rei," Mariah said, blushing profusely.

"Max," Mariam said calmly.

"Just kill me now," she complained, falling down on the couch in the dressing room dramatically.

There was a knock at the door.

"Hello," Pesadilla asked.

"Hi mom. We're all in here," Yumei shouted.

"Honey?" She opened the door. "What are you four doing?"

"Having a heart to heart, Mrs. Sueñe-Despierto," Hilary said.

"How," said the baffled Pesadilla said.

"We're kindred hearts. Do you mind if after the concert we have a sleepover?"

"No, not at all. But…you must invite the boys as well. Your cousin and best friend can surely entertain them…"

"Does that include me," Yumei asked in a tone filled with dread.

"Yes. They will be your guests too."

"What if I told you the reason I left the room is connected to what happened during the time I was missing." Mrs. Sueñe-Despierto just gaped.

"Y-You spoke of it," she said, almost fainting.

"Yeah, I did. I told them what happened to me; they understand why I'm a little awkward about spending time with the Bladebreakers."

"You actually told them! What is wrong with me or Kari for that matter? Why can't you trust us," a frustrated Mrs. Sueñe-Despierto asked.

"Los que sueñan por día están enterados de cosas ese escape los que sueñen por noche."

"Fine." With that, Yumei's mom walked off.

"What did you say," Mariam asked.

"Los que sueñan por día están enterados de cosas ese escape los que sueñen por noche; those who dream by day are aware of things that escape those who dream by night."

"Isn't that an old saying," Mariah asked.

"It is; it's my favorite saying and my reply for anything I don't feel like answering. I guess my mom is glad I'm starting to act like I used to, but annoyed I'm doing it at some of the most inconvenient times," smirked the girl.

"I bet," the other girls replied, smirking themselves.

"Shall we go and invite the boys," she asked, masking a yawn.

"I don't see why not," Mariam said.

"Then… vayamos!" Noting their confused looks, she grinned sheepishly. "Estoy apesadumbrado; let's go."

"Um…what does "estoy apesadumbrado" mean," Hil asked.

"It means "I'm sorry" in Spanish. It's the one language I managed to learn that my mom wanted me to," her tone was rueful, but the girls could tell she was proud of having defied her mom. "She wanted me to become a diplomat."

"That's foolish," Hil said. "Being a diplomat-"

"Is the most boring thing in the entire world? Believe me, I know!" The talk ranged from boys to clothes and anime as they all trooped back into the room where the boys were. Yumei mockingly cleared her throat, even though she had the attention of everyone in the room the moment she entered.

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Oh, and there's a lot more Spanish where that came from...
Keep your eyes peeled for 1B.

Hope you enjoyed.

Emma