Well, I have no idea why I decided to do a Beyblade story as my first FanFic but
I thought it'd be fun. I hope you'll like it! Set after G-REV.
This is a KAI/OC pairing and I'm bringnig in Brooklyn.
DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING OF BEYBLADE.
June 23, 2008
"Xian (Pronounced: See-On), look over here!" The cameras flashed as Xian (See-On) continued posing for the press before taking her seat, Mr. Dickenson copying her movements. She was at a conference with Mr. Dickenson to talk about a new and upcoming World Beyblading Tournament.
"May everyone please take their seats? The press conference will begin shortly." An announcer stated.
"Thank you to all of you for joining us this evening, Miss Mori and I have great news about a new Beyblading Tournament that will take place in two months. We have been discussing this kind of event for many months and we have finally decided to put it in gear." Mr. Dickenson announced from Xian's left.
"What kind of new tournament will this be? If you say this is "new" then how is it different from the normal Beyblading tournaments in the past?" Someone from the crowd asked, directing most of it to Mr. Dickenson.
"This question should be directed to Miss Mori, here, she was the one to come up with the whole idea." Mr. Dickenson passed the mic over to Xian.
"Thank you, Mr. Dickenson. Yes, I did share my ideas with my partner, here, and this tournament of mine is different in many ways." Xian smiled, pushing her hair to the side while straightening her back and bringing the mic to her mouth to speak once again. "This tournament is for the best of the best. We have high standards for this tournament and will only accept the best bladers out there. There will be five bladers coming from each continent, excluding Antarctica, of course, five each from Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, and Australia. All thirty contestants are on their own once they make it to the final tournament, survival of the fittest. No teams. Alliances will probably be made and some broken. Both male and females will be able to compete. For more information about the tournament please visit the website. Applications and registering can be found on there, also." Xian explained to them, they continued running their cameras and writing their notes.
"How will you choose these bladers for the tournament?"
"Well, we will be holding small open competitions in different areas that will prove who are eligible to enter and come compete at the pre-finals."
"Where will this tournament take place?"
"That's a surprise Mr. Dickenson and I have. We will reveal that when the time comes."
"Will you be entering the tournament, Xian?" Xian thought for a while.
"I will most definitely be competing. I will first have to compete for the position to be one of the lucky five, of course, just like everyone else." She said, smirking into the camera for them to capture her expression.
"How do you feel about G-Revolution not competing in the Worlds last year? Do you think the outcome of last year's win would have come out differently?"
"People have their moments, once in their lifetime, and I do believe last year was my team's time to shine. I was disappointed to hear that G-Revolution weren't competing but I respected their choice, though I was looking forward to battling them. Maybe one of them will join my competition and we'll finally have that battle our fans have been looking forward to. So, if any of you, G-Revs, are out there watching this, call me." Xian smiled and winked into the camera.
"Is there a prize for the winner?"
"There's always a prize for the winner." Xian smirked. "The winner will receive a large sum of money and a trophy but the real prize is the bragging rights of winning the first Continental Beyblading Tournament." Just then, one of the Xian's bodyguards, a big bulky man, walked up to her and whispered into her ear.
"We need to wrap this up." He whispered and she nodded.
"I guess this conference is over. Thank you for joining Mr. Dickenson and I today and please check out the website, if any bladers out there are considering to enter the tournament, for more information. You've all had great questions. Thank you once again." Xian stood and bowed to them before leaving behind the bodyguards.
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A boy turned off the TV after watching the news. Sighing as he ran his hand through his blonde locks, staring ahead of him, thinking.
A new kind of Beyblading tournament? I wonder if the others have heard about this. This, Xian, girl seems really interesting. She was looking forward to battling one of us last year, but last year we just really wanted to settle down with our lives and miss out on just one competition. And this girl becomes the new face of Beyblading? So much can happen if you don't compete in one tournament. Maybe it'll be good for us to compete in her continental tournament? But only five can represent each continent, what do we do? She said, she would be competing and there are four of us. I should really talk to the others about this. Maybe we could just miss out on one more tournament.
The phone ringing pulled him from his thoughts, as he went to pick it up, sighing once more when he looked at who it was.
"Hello," He answered.
"Max, did you see the news about the new tournament?" It was Tyson.
"Yeah, but it's an individual competition."
"I heard. Well?"
"Well, what?"
"Are you thinking about entering? I bet Ray and Kai would." Tyson asked.
"I'm not sure; there are four of us, Tyson." Max replied to him.
"What's your point?"
"My point is, is that we can't all compete as Asia at the tournament, it's like battling as a team when it's an individual tournament. It's unfair."
"So?" Tyson said.
"We should all discuss this at your place, Tyson. Let's hear what Ray and Kai have to say about this, Kai is, after all, the team leader."
"Yeah, I'll call them up. Be here in two hours."
"Yeah, see you then." Tyson said.
"Bye." The call ended. Max, once more, sighed.
"I already know what I'm going to do." Max murmured to himself.
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Xian sat on her bed, her laptop in front of her. She decided to log onto her tournament's website and e-mail to check how things are so far. She turned up some music to rid the silence of her hotel suite.
"Wow, over two-thousand applications in already." She said, amazed that in over two hours of revealing the new tournament, so many have already entered. She had all applications and registration e-mailed to her to look over and her inbox is as full as ever. But there's also the business letters, replies from her parents, and crazy fan mail.
Looking over about three e-mails, she heard her ring tone from behind her. Digging her hand around her purse for her phone she finally answered after the fourth ring.
"Hello?"
"Xian, hey." A male voice greeted her.
"Hey Koji, what's up?"
"How's the tournament planning going?"
"It's fine, just today; we already have over two-thousand registered to compete."
"That's amazing." He said.
"Yeah, I can't wait for it. The opening is in five weeks and the real tournament begins three weeks after that."
"Cool, I'll be rooting for you the whole time." She frowned.
"You're not competing?"
"Nah, I'd rather watch you blade then be up there kicking your butt." He joked.
"Whatever, you better come to each of my battles." She demanded.
Xian and Koji have been friends since the day they met, and gathered up their own Beyblading team for the competition last year, the one the Bladebreakers didn't compete in. They called themselves the AEON Bladers. It was Xian, Koji, and their friends, Knox and Gale. Knox and Gale went on to pursue their own thing while Koji stuck by Xian's side after their win.
"You already know I will." Xian felt his smile from the other side of the line.
"Are you doing anything tonight?" She asked him.
"No, but I was thinking I take you out to dinner. What do you say?"
"Tempting…" She said.
"Do you have something else to do?" He said, feeling a little gloomy at her answer.
"No, just wanted to see how you would react if I were to say that." She giggled into the phone.
"Oh, well that was embarrassing." Koji said and she giggled again.
"It's alright, I thought it was cute. Pick me up at seven?"
"Seven it is." Xian through her phone down and sighed. She has six hours until her dinner with Koji.
"What should I do?" Xian asked herself. She glanced at the laptop.
Inbox (2,397)
She groaned and threw herself down to lie on the bed.
Inbox (2, 341)
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"Glad you all made it." Tyson said. Kai, Max, Ray, Hilary, Kenny, Hiro and his self were all situated outside of his house in the courtyard. "So you probably all know about the new upcoming tournament, am I correct?" They all nodded.
"I got to thinking." Max began. "…Well, let me hear what you have to say first Kai." He said, forgetting about what he was going to say and thought about what the team captain thought of first.
Kai was silent. Leaning against the wall, arms crossed, and eyes closed. Everyone stared at him, waiting. He opened his eyes and looked at each one.
"I don't care what you guys want to do. It's your decision if you'd like to join or not. I'm not forcing you to. But I want to be the first winner of the Continental Beyblading Tournament, so I'm entering."
"Then I am too." Tyson said, standing up and sticking his nose in the air and pointing his thumb to his chest.
"I will enter too. If this will give us a chance to battle each other in a tournament, I won't pass this down." They all looked to the last Bladebreaker.
"How about you, Max?" Hilary questioned.
"Yes Max, will you be entering?" Kenny asked.
"Well…yeah." He answered.
"Alright!" Tyson cheered. "All of us, as Asia's -"
"No," Max interrupted. Everyone looked at him questioningly. "If all of us enter and do make it to the final tournament, it won't be fair for others who have tried. There are four of us and only one spot left."
"So what are you saying?" Ray asked.
"I'm saying, for this competition, I think I'll be going back to America and compete there to make my way back here. Only to make it fair for others."
"But why -"
"Stop," Tyson was interrupted once again but by Kai this time. "If Max wants to leave, so let him. We have to respect his choice. It is only fair that one of us backs down for someone else to have a chance." Tyson and the rest of the group nodded.
"Thanks for understanding guys. I hope to see you in the competition."
"Yeah, well you better make it back here to battle." Ray joked.
"Well, I guess this meeting is over, let's go register." Tyson said.
So review and tell me what you think so far. I hope to get the
next chapter out by next week!