Author: Whoa! Holy friggin' spit, I wrote something! Well, yeah, basically it's a fic where Kane (-) is the sort of main character, others who'll be with him are Julia, Mariam, Gordo, and possibly someone else (Shh, I'm not telling). Others who'll appear in this fic are Zeo, Raul, and others (wait for the next chapter to find out who else). I'm not sure if there will be any pairings (though I highly doubt it) in this fic. Read and enjoy; R & R; and whatever else you're supposed to do…

Warning: Yer precious Kai might not be in this fic, MWAHAHA! Though Max will be my muse! -

Max: I'm your muse?

author: Yeah, so do the disclaimer!

Max: Why do I have to do it!

author: Cuz I said so! Mwahahahahahaha!

Max: Okay, okay. the author of this fic does not own any of the characters in Beyblade.

author: If I did, Max would be a girl and I'll over throw Tyson from his spot as the main character and world beyblading champion! Mwahahahahaha!

Max: Ookaaay… on with the fic!

author: PS, if you have any questions, check the author's notes underneath, if the answer ain't there, put it in your reviews and I'll explain in the next chapter.

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Save Your Friends! Chapter 1 : Kidnappings

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A dark room, a table, two chairs. In them, sat two shadowy figures, plotting their next move.

"So, you were finally able to convince them to join us." A man in the chair behind the table spoke.

"Yes, though I'd have to say, it was harder to convince them rather than just taking 'em like we did him." A woman in the other chair replied.

"True, but we have different plans for them."

"So then, which tactic do we use for the other two remaining?"

At this the man gave an evil smile. "I suppose with the rest you could just use the easy way."

"Heh, that's exactly what I wanted to hear." And with that, the woman stood up and left the room with a smirk on her face.'Heh, easy pickings…'

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"Kane!"

"Huh?"

"Hey Kane, how have you been doing?"

The said boy turned around to be met by two familiar faces as they raced up to meet him. He had green-blue hair, blue eyes, and he wore a simple pair of jeans and a white polo with a plain brown jacket over it.

"Oh, hey there! It's been a while!" He replied to the two before him.

They both wore similar clothes with contrasting colors. One of them had orange hair, backed by long brown hair and she had light green eyes. The other one had red hair, backed by short brown hair and he had the same green eyes the girl had. They were the Spanish twins, Julia and Raul.

"So, what suddenly brings you back to Japan? I thought you were out traveling with your friends around the world?" Julia asked, a smile on her face as she brushed a few orange bangs from her eyes.

He nodded. "Yeah, we were, but we decided to visit our families for a while. It's been an entire year already, after all." He gave a small chuckle as he said this.

"So what about you two? What brings you here all the way from Spain?"

"Oh, you know, the world championships just ended, as well as that whole 'BEGA Justice 5' thing, so we just decided to hang a little while longer…"

"Our troupe even decided to perform here for a while since they came from such a long way just to cheer us on." Raul added, finally joining the conversation.

"Hm, I see…"

Just then, Julia suddenly looked around, as if searching for something, then looked back to Kane.

"If you're all visiting Japan, where are your friends?"

"Their parents picked them up at the airport already." He replied with a smile.

"Then what about you? Didn't your parents pick you up?" Raul asked, but Julia elbowed him.

"Well, my parents are currently in Australia, so I really just came to Japan to visit a few old friends."

"Oh…"

"Hey, are you doing anything?" Julia cut in.

"No, not really. Why?"

"Maybe you'd like to hang with us for a while. We haven't seen each other since the last time you visited Spain after all."

"That's a great idea!" Raul exclaimed.

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A few hours past as the three went to the park after eating lunch and doing other various things.

"Ah…" Raul stretched before slumping down on one of the parks many benches.

"Well, that was fun. We should do this more often!" Julia stated giving off a giggle as she stood beside the bench Raul was sitting on. Kane laughed with her but stopped when he spotted an ice cream stand just nearby.

"Hey, how about I get us all some ice cream? My treat." He offered.

"Sure!" Julia beamed.

"But we really could just pay for it ourselves—" Raul pointed.

"No, no, it's my treat." Kane reassured as he headed for the stand.

"Heh, he sure hasn't changed, hasn't he?" Julia laughed.

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Kane stood before the ice cream stand as he ordered three ice cream cones, each with three layers of vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry.

As he waited for the man behind the stand to finish scooping up the ice cream on the cones, a black helicopter flew over, a bit too low to the ground for comfort.

'What on earth is a helicopter doing, flying so low to the ground?' But before he could even finish his thought, the helicopter flew down, straight towards where Julia and Raul were.

"Julia! Raul!" He screamed as he ran after the chopper, leaving the ice cream man in his bewildered state.

But before he could even get within a meter of them, one of the helicopters doors slid open and a person jumped out and grabbed Raul and quickly got back on before Julia could even stand up from where she fell when the helicopter descended.

"RAUL!" They both screamed.

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"Let go! Let go of me!" Raul struggled before a woman with black hair came up to him, and knocked him unconscious.

"So he really was just here." She said as she looked at Raul's unconscious form, a smirk on her pallid features. "If that's so, then we might as well pick up our last target."

Kane ran as fast as he could, but the chopper already flew up. 'Darn it!' He gritted his teeth as he kept his eyes on the helicopter.

His eyes then widened at who he saw in it. 'Isn't that…' "Dr. K!" 'What's she doing there?'

His eyes widen even more as he realized where the chopper was headed. 'No! We've got to stop them!' He then ran over to Julia and helped her up.

"Quick! I know where they're going!"

"But how'd you--?"

"No time to explain, let's go!" Kane cut her off, as he ran off.

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Zagart residence, in it lived Zeo and his father and their loyal butler.

Zeo was by the window of his study, practicing his violin. His eyes were closed as he listened to his own melody filling the air as he concentrated carefully.

"ZEO!"

His eyes shot open at the call of his name. He looked out the window and saw Kane and a girl, running towards his house. He opened the window, his now short, teal colored hair, flying around his face due to the sudden strong wind.

"Hi Kane!" He waved.

"ZEO!" Kane screamed even louder in distress. "LOOK OUT!"

"Huh?" All of a sudden, the sound of a helicopter was heard up above as he saw a black helicopter descending down above his roof. "…?"

"ZEO!" Kane yelled frantically.

Then, out form the chopper, the same person that took Raul, came down with a rope ladder, and grabbed Zeo out from his window.

"Aaaaah!"

"I'm coming!" Kane yelled as he grabbed the very bottom of the ladder that was sagging towards the ground, and started to climb it.

"Kane! Look out!" He heard both Zeo and Julia scream. He looked up to see Dr. K pointing a gun in his direction. And before he could hardly react, she shot him.

The bullet hit him straight in the knee and he fell off, falling hard on the ground.

"KAAANE!" Julia screamed as she ran to where he fell.

"Oh no, you don't!" Two more voices yelled from the trees, and out jumped two figures, aiming for the ladder.

"Mariam! Joseph!" Kane looked on from where he lay on the ground, his wound bleeding endlessly, Julia trying to prevent it.

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Joseph reached the helicopter first and quickly climbed in. But as soon as he stood, Dr. K brought the bottom of her gun, down hard on his head, then quickly brought it back and hit him on the side of his face.

Zeo watched in horror as the one who tried to save him was beat up and thrown out the helicopter. He struggled, wanting to help, but to no avail, he too was hit unconscious. The last thing he remembered hearing, was the laughter of Dr. K and Joseph's sister, Mariam screaming for her brother.

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"JOSEPH!" Mariam cried as she saw her brother tossed out, and how he fell down, down to the hard ground.

"Look out!" She heard someone scream as a bullet whizzed past her, making her lose her grip, and fall.

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End of Chapter One

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A/N: Well that's the end of the first chapter.. anywho. If you're wondering why Kane, Julia and Raul know each other, it's cuz I think that there's a possibility of that since Kane and his gang travel 'round the world and meet different bladders along the way. They might have met each other in Spain you know…

What Mariam and Joseph were suddenly doing there? Wait for chapter 2

As for Kane's parents being in Australia, it's 'cause I've heard that Kane is actually half-Japanese, half-Australian… Well, that's all. Hope you review! -