Isa do not own any of Beyblade... but i wish I owned Ty-Ty!

Chapter 1: Another Reunion of Friends, new and

Old

It was a great day. Tyson, Kenny, and Hillary were all excited because their friends (and for Kenny and Tyson: team members) were coming to visit them. Tyson and Max were like best friends, as were Tyson and Ray. Kai was another story. He never was really one to open up to people, even if he had known them for a while. That's just the way he was. Then, Hillary and Kenny would get to see the guys again, too. They were apart of the team, even if they didn't beyblade great nor at all. It was self-evident that they were all excited to see Max, Ray, and Kai. Hopefully, those three would be happy, also, to see Tyson, Kenny, and Hillary.

The three sat on Tyson's front porch, waiting and waiting and waiting.

"Aw man! It feels like forever! It can't take them that long to get here! Unless they're walking!" Tyson said, stretching his arms out and putting them behind his thick head as he sat on the porch beside of Kenny. Hillary clenched her fist at Tyson's remark and had her own remark for him,

"Listen buddy! If you don't quit complaining… I swear I'll hit you so hard that you'll forget all about beyblading and actually WANT to learn!"

"You two! Please stop your quarreling. Just chill out. They'll be here soon, and then Tyson, you can stop your complaining, and Hillary.. You can stop your threatening." Kenny said, fed up with the two. Hillary and Tyson always fought with each other, and they probably wouldn't ever stop. "Man.. You two are going to be old and grumpy and STILL fight with each other." Kenny added that last part in.

Dizzi, Kenny's computer, had a remark for the situation too. "You know, Chief… those two will probably end up marrying each other WHILE they fight."

"Yeah… no doubts about that. "Kenny agreed. "HEY!" Hillary and Tyson objected to the comments. Then, they glared at each other and looked away, in opposite directions. Kenny sighed, "You two are impossible."

Suddenly, two figures appeared to be getting larger as they approached. Kenny stood up, placing Dizzi down on the porch. "MAX! RAY!" Kenny called out as a smiling Max, and a happy Ray came running to a stop right in front of Tyson, Kenny, and Hillary.

"Hey Ty'! Hey Hill'! Hey Chief!" Max said, greeting them separately.

Ray greeted them all at once, "Hey guys. What's up?"

"Oh, you know. The same old things. Hillary and Tyson are still fighting as much as ever. And what about you guys?--- And where's Kai?"

"Oh. Kai?---well.. He said he didn't want to come… I don't know why.. He wouldn't tell us…" Max answered, as he looked at Ray.

"Yeah… apparently he doesn't really want anything to do with us."

"Oh, well.. That ol' sourpuss needs to lighten up little up. He wasn't ever exactly the life of the party, was he?" Tyson said, trying to make a little joke.

"Yeah. That's true." Max answered with a smile. "So… Tyson, ol' buddy. What have you been up to?"

"OH, me? Nothing really… it's boring without you guys around! There's never anything to do!"

"That's not true, Tyson!" Hillary shouted.

"Hi Hillary!" Max said.

"Hey Max! Hey Ray. What's shakin'?" Hillary asked, walking over to join the group.

"Nothing really. I was in my village for a few months checking up on everyone there and they seem to be fine. Mariah, Lee, Gary, and Kevin didn't exactly want me to leave, though. I had to promise Mariah that I'd come back." Ray remarked.

"Oh. So…. Speaking of that Mariah girl, Ray…. Is she your girlfriend?" Hillary asked Ray, with a huge smile on her face.

"WHAT! Mariah? My--my--my girlfriend? No! We're just really good friends! That's all!" Ray's cheeks looked like a rose. Everyone laughed slightly.

"It's okay Ray… but… you know she right. You and Mariah are too close to be just friends anymore." Kenny added.

"Hn. Oh yeah? And what about you and Emily, chief?" Ray smirked, now turning the joke back around.

EMILY!" Tyson gasped. Max chuckled just a little.

Kenny's faced turned a deep red, "I've only been keeping in touch with her through e-mail. We're not "dating", as you people suspect we are!"

You could tell that everyone was happy to see each other again. It was like one big reunion. Except, some of the individuals of the group had their own ideas about what they were going to be bringing upon each other. There might be some unexpected news to be brought upon the optimistic set of teenagers. The Bladebreakers might be in for a rough next few days.

"So… you don't know where Kai is at all?" Kenny asked, as the five of them sat down in the dojo.

"No… not really. We think he might be somewhere in the city, but we really don't know." Ray answered.

"I got a letter from him two days ago. It said that he's retiring, again. And… he said… he doesn't want to be apart of the Bladebreakers anymore. He wants to be left alone. He also said that he had other things in his life that he had to get straightened out." Max reported.

"It just sounds like, to me, that he just doesn't want to be around us at all." Tyson said, shortly.

"TYSON!" Hillary said, getting angry with him AGAIN.

"Will you two cut it out!" Kenny asked, being very exasperated. The two sat there, with their mouths closed.

"So… what's up Max? Your mom said that she wanted us to look at something." "

"OH! RIGHT! My mom had some beyblade upgrades that she wants us to look at. There's one for all of our Beyblades." Max said, scrambling for a box in his bag. "Here we go." He muttered, opening the box. "Tyson… here's Dragoon's.--And Ray… here's Driger's.--- Here's Dranzer's, even though it wouldn't matter since Kai's not here.-- Then, here's mine." He handed the upgraded Beyblades to each person, except for Kai's. He put Dranzer's upgrade back in the box.

"WOAH! This is awesome!" Tyson yelled, out of excitement.

"Wow, Max… your mom really went all out, didn't she?" Ray questioned.

"Yeah… she's still thinking about you guys. I do too. And my Dad always asks when the Bladebreakers are going to do something together, like another tournament. The only thing I can tell him is that I don't know." Max said, his voice having some sadness. There was a few moments silence, then Ray stood up.

"Guys… there's something I've got to tell you."

"Wh-what is it Ray?" Hillary seemed a little worried and yet a little suspicious about what Ray was going to say.

"You guys… I'm quitting the Bladebreakers."

"WHAT! Ray! You can't do that! We're a team! We can just all-of-a-sudden split up!" Tyson said, scrambling to stand up.

"Tyson… I quit. I'm going to re-join the White Tigers."

"RAY! But---why?" Kenny asked.

You could tell that Tyson was upset. His fist was clenching around the Beyblade upgrade of Dragoon's recent blade. "UGH! And what's going to happen to us? We're not gonna be the world famous Bladebreakers anymore! You can't just split us up like this!" Max stood up as Tyson finished.

"Tyson… He's not the only one quitting. Kai quit too, and… I'm quitting. I'm sorry. But we're just not a team without Kai nor Ray… there's no use in even having a Bladebreakers team if the original team members aren't there anymore. I'm joining the All Stars… My mom wants me to, plus… That's where I belong if there aren't going to be any Bladebreakers anymore."

"OH MY GOD!" Tyson said, throwing the Beyblade to the ground. "You guys are such wimps! I guess I'm the only one that's gonna hold the title of Bladebreaker! God!" Tyson was fed up. Kenny stood up, with Dizzi at his side in his hand.

"Tyson! You're not the only one upset by this! I'm still a Bladebreaker even though I don't really Beyblade that much! But, sheesh! You need to learn to respect Max and Ray's decision."

Hillary finally stood up. She was silent. Ray and Max looked away from Tyson. Tyson finally said one last thing before leaving to go to his room,

"I thought you two were my best friends. Apparently… I was totally wrong." And with a slam of the dojo door, Tyson left. They were left in silence. Ray and Max looked at each other, then they looked at Kenny and Hillary.

"Well… guys… I hope that you have fun with your new teams…" Hillary said, her eyes watering just a little, then she slowly left the dojo and headed home.

"Hill-" Ray started after her, but Max stopped him. "Don't…! It'll only--make it---worse." "

"MAX!---I… I just can't believe what we've done." Ray said, feeling as though he had let everyone down, including himself. And he was right. He HAD let everyone down. But, so did Max. It was going to be hard, being with different teams when they beyblade. It would DEFINITELY be different. Max looked down to the ground, feeling bad. Ray looked down too as he spoke to Max,

"Look, don't blame yourself. It's both of our faults. They'll get used to it soon."

"..Yeah.." Max barely said, as he looked back at Ray then turned back to look at Tyson's figure gone.

"Man, he's gonna hate us forever now, Ray. I mean… he was my first friend when I moved here, and he was my best friend. I remember how we got along so well. And the one thing we had in common was beyblading. That and food.--- Don't you remember all the fun we used to have when we were all a team? Like when we were heading to the Russian Tournament- and we missed the boat? We had so much fun finding our way there.--- There's going to be no more of that. That's it…. All those good times... gone." Max had restored those memories back to Ray's own mind.

Ray went quiet for a few minutes, looking as though he was in a state of nostalgic times. "Max… don't. I don't want to remember that stuff anymore. It's over… the Bladebreakers are done." He turned to leave. "I'm going back home. I'll see you around." As his figure disappeared,

Max had a sad look on his face. "Ray…" He whispered. "Great… now we're all going to be "enemies" from now on. Geez. It seems like lately I can't do anything right. First I upset Ty, then I upset Ray… What's next?" Max said, as he plopped down on the floor. "Kenny… what am I going to do?-- You're still my friend, right?"

"Yeah, Max. I'm still your friend. As for Tyson, I really don't know why he's acting this way. I mean… I can see why he's upset, but he doesn't have to leave because he's upset. It doesn't make much sense.--- I'm sorry he's acting this way, Max." Kenny apologized.

"It's okay. I can understand him, being upset and all. I guess I'd better leave. I need to get to my Dad's so he knows that I'm here. I'll stay there for the rest of today and tonight, but I'll be leaving in the morning."

"HEY!" Kenny said, an idea popping into his head. "Why I don't get Tyson to come with me to the air port and I'll get you two to talk things out before you leave. How does that sound, Max?"

"Yeah. Thanks Kenny. That sounds like a good plan. But do you really think it will work?"

"It might. We'll just see in the morning." Max stood up.

"Bye. I'll call you with the details about my flight later."

"Alright. Bye Max." Max left and started to head home, to his home in Japan where his dad was. Kenny left, taking Dizzi with him, to find Tyson.

Hey! Woot! It's my first Beyblade fan fic! Yay! Please excuse any errors that I've skipped over, and please bare with me since it's my first beyblade fic! Please r&r.