Hey everyone! Sorry if some of you read my other beyblade fic and got confused . . . it WAS confusing. . . and stupid! Anyway, this is my new one and I'm hoping it'll be better then my last one!

This takes place right after the 2nd World Championships, and I mean right after Tyson's battle with Zeo. Also, in V-Force, Kai has gray eyes, but I wanted him to have the same eyes as the first season. I hope no one will mind. I like Kai's crimson eyes better than the gray.

Well, on with the fic!

S-S scene change " " talking ' ' thinking - - flashback - POV - well...duh! -- -- dream

Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade

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Before Beginnings

Chapter one - A Bite of a Problem

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The Blade Breakers and Zeo were all standing around and talking about the previous match in the beyblading locker rooms.

"That match was awesome, guys!" Ray exclaimed. He smiled as Tyson and Zeo both held smiling faces of a battle-well-done. They were definitely soaking this all up.

"Yeah!" Kenney cried opening his laptop to see the scene over again.

"You guys both rock! That was the best battle I've ever seen! And congrats, Tyson, for winning yet again!" Max said putting an arm around his fellow team member.

Everyone laughed as the tension from the last few days subsided, but it all stopped as they heard shouting coming from outside the door.

"What's going on?" Hillary asked as the shouting was followed by a thud.

"Don't know. Let's see," Ray said opening the door quickly as another thud sounded; this time it was louder.

Everyone gasped as they all saw a two-toned, blue-haired blader being held roughly by the arms by two bulkier boys. Both of them had strained faces as they kept their strong grip on the teen's arms. Two others lay on the floor unconscious.

The teen looked a mess. His shirt was hanging off of one bruised shoulder, while a bruise was forming on the side of his cheek.

Kai winced as the boys threatened to break both of his arms off.

Their leader walked over to Kai. He wore a long tan turban. His eyes were a sickening yellow color, and his pupils were diamond-like, like a snake's. Just looking into them made Kai want to vomit. He stopped right in front of Kai and stroked a painted, purple cheek with a firm hand before he slapped the blue-haired blader viciously. Kai's head jerked to the side as blood spirt to the ground.

"Kai!!"

He heard the familiar cries of his friends as he was slapped. His head jerked toward them. They all had horrified expressions on their faces. Kai glared at them.

"Get out of here now!" he yelled as the teen in front of him turned to look at the horrified bladers.

"Well, well," the yellow-eyed blader said mockingly. He cupped Kai's chin in his hand and forced him to look him in the eyes. "Looks like I found them anyway, huh, Kai?"

Kai answered by trying to bite the odd-blader's hand. He was slapped again in return. This time it left him dazed, his ears ringing, and his sore cheek throbbing.

"Kai!" Ray cried. "Leave him alone!"

"I have a question for your team, Kai," he said ignoring Ray's holler. "Gag him so he doesn't speak out!" the leader commanded.

The teens nodded.

Kai struggled as the boys tried to slip a cloth between his teeth. Unfortunately, it only made matters worse. They finally got it after a few more tries, each holding an end and pulling it farther back to where it began cutting the sides of his mouth.

The Blade Breakers watched on helplessly as the two bulky boys slipped a piece of cloth between Kai's teeth. Why didn't they want him speaking out? What was going on?

The blader that stood in front of Kai looked at them, his yellow eyes flashing. He smiled in a way that made everyone shiver.

"What's going on?" Hillary asked breaking the silence.

"Oh. I just wanted to ask the Blade Breakers if they would care to battle my group? But Kai here wouldn't let us and he's been very stubborn," the leader said glaring at Kai as if he were scolding the teen. Kai glared back.

"If it's just a beybattle, why not? Sure, we accept," Tyson said.

Kai gasped.

- Kai's POV -

I gasped, and he looked over at me, a questioning glance played on his face.

I thought I would've died right there as soon as Tyson said those words. My knees started buckling underneath me, but I forced myself to keep standing, even though it was giving me a cramp in my hip from the weight pushing on my arms. Not to mention the cloth kept cutting the side of my lips, making them bleed.

I could feel the blood rush from my face to my feet as Cobra looked into my eyes with triumph. He had won.

"Looks like I won, Kai. And if you do anything to stop this from happening, I'll mark you, or better yet. . . one of the others," he threatened.

I stiffened. He wouldn't. . . would he?

"We'll all battle in three weeks. Be a good boy, Kai," he said patting my cheek and walking off. Once he was out of sight, the two holding me and the two on the floor disappeared.

I fell to the floor without the support. I just let the coolness of the floor try to get my arms feeling again. The cloth in my mouth tasted like sand and left a bad taste as I spit it out. I couldn't move my arms but winced as I felt the blood rushing into them again.

"Kai!!" I heard my teammates yell as they formed a circle around me.

Ray helped me sit up but caught me as I started falling backwards from the lack of support. My body felt weak and my arms felt numb.

"Kai, are you OK?" Ray asked worried.

I nodded slightly and tried to stand up but failing miserably. Tyson and Ray caught me before I fell to the floor again. With their support, we walked slowly to the Blade Breakers's locker room.

- Normal POV -

They sat Kai down on a chair before pulling up one themselves.

Ray went off to go wet a towel and get an ice pack for Kai's injuries.

Everyone looked at Kai. He owed them an explanation, and they wanted it now.

Before anyone could speak, Kai cried out.

"Tyson! Why did you have to accept their challenge?! I tried to tell you not to! Why didn't use your common sense?! If I was fighting them then I must've had a good reason! You should've said NO!"

"Kai? What's going on?" a voice said from the doorway. Mr. Dickinson stepped into the room, a trophy in one hand and a cane in the other.

"Kai was in a fight with some guys outside for some reason over just a beybattle, and he's blaming me for accepting their challenge!" Tyson exclaimed glaring at Kai for blaming him for something he had no idea what it was about.

"Kai - "

"He accepted a battle from the Cobra Blades!!!!" Kai cried rubbing his pale face.

"What?!" Now it was Mr. Dickinson's turn to yell.

"What's going on?" Ray asked as he made his way through the door and stood beside Mr. Dickinson. A wet towel was in one hand, and two zip-locked packs of ice and a role of white gauze sat in the other.

"Kai-" the BBA president said.

"Here, Kai," Ray said as he began wiping the blood from the sides of Kai's lips.

Kai pulled away. He didn't feel like cleaning the blood off right then. All he wanted to do was kill Tyson.

Ray got the hint and laid the items next to the stotic blader before sitting beside him.

"I'm confused," Zeo said scratching his head.

"Who are the Cobra Blades?" Max asked.

Kai rubbed his eyes before answering, "The Cobra Blades are street-bladers from Africa. They came to Japan while traveling to Europe when they saw the Championships. Now they want to blade the Blade Breakers because we've won two years in a row. I told them that we wouldn't because of how they blade and we got into a little fight. That's when you guys showed up."

"But, Kai, what did he mean by 'marking' you?" Kenney asked opening his laptop.

Kai stiffened at the memory.

"Kai?" Mr. Dickinson said worriedly.

"Marking, for the Cobra Blades, means that they . . ." Kai trailed off lost in a horrible memory.

"What?" Tyson demanded wanting to know what it was.

"They bite the leader of the next team that they choose, leaving a mark, and that mark resembles a victim of theirs. Anyone who battles their victim will die instantly. The mark also gives the victim extreme pain and makes them lose energy and strength. By the time they battle the 'marked' victim is a walking zombie, barely able to hold themselves up and fight," Mr. Dickinson said on Kai's behalf.

Everyone was speechless.

"You mean," Ray started, "that if Kai tries to prevent the battle from happening in any way then he'll get marked and be able to barely beyblade?"

"If that's the rules."

Ray looked at Kai's pale and tired face.

"Well, then no worries!" Tyson exclaimed a grin on his lips. "We'll just beat them at their own game!"

"How, Tyson? You can't street-blade! You don't even know how they blade! How are you going to even know when to attack and when to defend?" Hillary exclaimed. She was getting tired of Tyson's cockiness. Just because he won the World Championships two years in a row doesn't mean he's unbeatable.

"Well, we'll learn how to street-blade!" Tyson was getting too full of himself. He was already visualizing himself as the victor. Laughing brought him back to reality. He looked over at the weakly laughing teen. Kai looked at him full in the eyes.

"You can't just learn how to street-blade in three weeks, Tyson. Street- blading takes years to learn!" Kai shouted. He sighed and got up. "Anyway, I think I may have a way on helping you guys with battling them the right way. We need to get started. Kenney, I need you to make a few calls for me." He walked over and handed the young teen a piece of paper with numbers on it. "I need you to call this number and tell him I need him over here. Also, contact the Majestics. I need them to be here as well. Got it?"

The brunette nodded and went off to find the nearest phone.

"Let's go," Kai called to the others from the doorway. "We're going to a special place. A place where you'll learn how to really blade." With that, he left, followed closely behind by everyone, including Zeo.

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Well, first chappie completed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope you guys like it! Sorry it's so short. . . The next one will be longer! Read and Review please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Taijiya Mizu signing out!