A/N: Well, here I go with another fic! I hope it turns out well; i'm just writing out sudden idea that hit me...

CHAPTER 1

It was a beautiful morning, with a gentle breeze and fluffy white clouds in the sky, passing merrily like flocks of sheep. Since it was so early, it wasn't too sunny. All in all, perfect weather.

At the G Revolution mansion, all was usually still at this time, but today, strangely, it was a flurry of activity. A large van was standing outside, with a young man of about 20 sitting at the wheel, honking impatiently every few minutes. This was Hiro Granger, G-Revolution coach. After the Justice-5 tournament, he had left BEGA League and rejoined the G Revolution.

Beside him, biting his nails nervously was a short boy with hair that covered his eyes, and glasses. This was Kenny, resident computer genius. His laptop, Dizzi, was on his lap. Taking off his glasses to wipe them on his shirt, he said, "Coach, they should all hurry up! At this rate, we'll miss the cruise."

"Relax," said a calm voice from the back of the van. It came from a boy with slate coloured hair and blue shark-fins on his cheeks. He didn't seem to share Kenny's edginess, as he was sitting with his eyes closed, legs crossed and arms folded. "We still have time." This was Kai Hiwatari, one-time world beyblading champion and one of the best bladers in the world.

"Oh, I sure hope so," replied Kenny. Then, looking out of the van, he pointed excitedly. "Look! There's Ray and the white tigers!"

A boy with long black hair put one foot on the steps of the van, and then stopped as he heard a pink haired girl calling to him: "Ray, wait up!" This was Mariah; she and her elder brother, Lee, were Ray's oldest friends. He flashed a smile at Mariah and waited for her to catch up. "Lee and Kevin are having an argument about who sits with Gary," said Mariah. "I say Kevin should, because Gary takes up a lot of space and Kevin is smaller than Lee. Lee can sit with me. But he doesn't want to because he thinks I'm hyper."

"He may have something there," grinned Ray. Mariah flushed and entered the van, taking a seat right behind Kenny. Ray sat down on a seat somewhere in the middle, and watched in amusement as Kevin and Lee entered the van, absorbed in an argument.

"I have to sleep, man!" exclaimed Lee.

"Oh, and I don't?" Kevin fired back.

Both of them were interrupted by Gary's good natured voice (Gary had just entered the van): "Why don't you both sit together and let me sit with Mariah? I'm not sleepy." And so, an agreement was reached and Gary joined Mariah up front. Kevin and Lee dropped off almost at once.

Ray settled back into his seat but suddenly opened his eyes as he sensed someone sitting down beside him. He opened his eyes and saw Miguel, formerly of the Barthez Battalion, sitting beside him. Behind him sat Aaron and Claud; Matilda was behind the driver's seat. "The rest are coming in a second," she said to Hiro, who just honked again. Looking toward the door, Ray saw it opening and a group of people bursting out. First came Raul and Julia, the twins who came third in last year's beyblading championships.

They seemed to be morning people, because they were walking pretty fast and entered the van before anyone else. Raul went and sat next to Matilda, while Julia sat alone.

After them, Tala, Bryan and Spencer entered. Everyone had been very happy when they found out they were joining the G-Revolution. The more the merrier, right? Bryan and Spencer made their way to the long seat at the back to sit beside Kai. Tala, however, made his way to where Julia was sitting. "Is this seat taken?" he asked.

"No," said Julia in evident surprise. "But aren't you going to sit with Kai and the others?"

"Not really," replied Tala, sitting down. "I'd rather get some sleep. Not that any of them are great talkers, of course."

They were followed by the former PPB all stars. Emily made her way to the front and sat with Kenny, where she soon got him talking about Dizzi. Everyone was very grateful, because Kenny had been annoying them by behaving like a total worry-wart. Max andRick sat behind Gary and Mariah, and Eddie and Michael sat opposite Ray. Last of all came Tyson and Hilary. Hilary was scolding a sleepy Tyson.

"You almost made us late! Don't you ever think about anyone else but yourself?"

"'Course I do," replied Tyson. This answer showed that he still wasn't fully awake. Hilary, surprisingly, didn't say anything else. She just took a seat. Tyson sat beside her and immediately dropped off.

"And we're off…" said Hiro, starting the van. "Finally…"

A/N: So? How do you like it? Next chapter will be longer! R & R!