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Dark: I decided to write a Beyblade fanfic! How about that? There's not much to say but read on and please review in the end! Thanks!

Disclaimer: I do not own anything!

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~*The Battle of Passion*~

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Chapter 1

Waters skimmed against the hard metal surface. The water-cooled the sides of the ship, but the sun baked it in its intense rays. The fluffy clouds floating in the air hung in the sky like a map. A map that the ship was following as it broke through the waters of the Atlantic Sea.

The soothing sights were being watched by hundreds of eyes. Five pairs of those eyes were looking with more amazement then any of the other travelers. Young and spirited, these five boys looked out to the horizon. One of them, a boy with dark blue hair and a cap fit tightly onto his head, raised his hands and exclaimed.

"This place is great!"

His four companions looked at him, three of them smiling.

"I'm glad you're taking in the sights Tyson. For once you have your mind off blading," a short boy with large glasses and dirty blonde hair said.

"Well, he did have his mind off it Chief," pointed out a boy with black hair and fierce yellow eyes. "But you just reminded him. Right, Max?"

A hyper boy with yellow hair and orange overalls laughed. "Yah, I agree with Ray. Man, Kenny! You should know better than that!"

Kenny poked at his glasses. "Oh, sorry. Tyson, forget everything I just said."

"Huh? You say something Chief?"

Kenny smacked his forehead. "Useless."

The fifth boy, standing a little farther away from the group, looked at the crowd of laughing boys in disgust. They were all fooling around. As usual. His silver and blue hair shone brightly, reflecting the rays of the sun. His white scarf tugged at his neck as a gentle breeze past by him and back into the ocean air. The cool breeze. Like a memory returning.

"Hey Kai!"

The boy looked over to his companions. Tyson was calling him. Kai sighed.

"What?"

"We were thinking of going down and getting some food. You wanna come?"

Looking at Tyson's glowing face, Kai almost though it would be a good idea, but he remembered, he wasn't their friend. He was only there to help the team and be an instructor. Who ever said about being kind and a friend?

"No. I'll pass," Kai said.

"Ok, Kai," Max said. "But you'll know where to find us!"

With that, the anxious group of boys rushed to the stairs to go down a level to the diner. Leaving the solitary Kai by himself to stare at the horizon alone.

Tyson burst through the doors and stood, staring at disbelief at the glittering food before him. His three friends looked at him oddly, before passing him and going to a table. Like he hadn't even noticed that his friends had already sat down, he smacked his fist in his hand and licked his lips.

"Food Paradise!"

"Tyson!" Max yelled waving his hand. "Come over here!"

Tyson smiled and joined his friends. He sat beside Kenny who had brought his laptop out and laid it on the table. Turning it towards him, Kenny lifted the top and stared happily at the screen.

"Hey Dizzy!"

~Hi Kenny! Oh, staying closed up for so long, I thought you had forgotten about me!~

"Never Dizzy!" Kenny said.

Tyson put on a weird face. "Hey Chief, why did you bring Dizzy out? We're eating, she might get dirty."

"Well," Kenny said. "I don't want Dizzy to be lonely."

~Oh boss, I'm so glad you feel that way! You're so nice! You know Tyson, it isn't really fun being stuck in a place where you can't decide on much. You try it someday.~

"Well, if I was a Bit Beast, maybe I could, but even so, I wouldn't." Tyson said picking up a menu and scanning it furiously. A waitress came by and dropped off water for them.

"Come on you guys," Ray said. "Don't fight."

"Yah," Max agreed. "Save your energy for something else.like eating!"

'Not what I had in mind,' Kenny thought. "So, you guys, I have decided this to be the best opportunity to talk with you about our training program."

Tyson nearly choked on his water. "Training_Program_?"

"Yes," Kenny said looking at Tyson. "I have been planning something for a couple weeks now. I just couldn't decide on the best methods we could use to boost up everyone's power, strength, skills, etc. Dizzy has helped me quite a lot."

~Always glad to help Kenny! Don't go giving me all the credit, you did a lot of the thinking~

Kenny's cheeks were tinted in red. "Thanks Dizzy."

"So," Max said leaning back in his chair. "What exactly are the methods you and Dizzy decide to use to buff us up?"

"Well, I have decided that the main training will start with working on weaknesses. Tyson's laziness for example."

Tyson glared at Kenny. "What do you mean, my laziness?"

Kenny smiled bitterly. "It's a fact Tyson. No offense, but you're not the work constantly, blood and sweat type of person. We have to work that into you."

Tyson pouted. "Well, what about Ray and Max??"

"I have other training for them. Everyone had different things they need to work on," Kenny snickered. "You just might have to work harder everyone else."

"That's not fair!" Tyson said. "What about Kai? I bet you don't ask him to do this training stuff!"

"Kai has his own way of training Tyson," Ray explained. "He is more capable than any of us. We have to do as he says and if he wants to train his own way, then he can."

Tyson crossed his arms in defeat. "Fine."

The waitress returned and pulled out a pad of paper. "Ready to order?"

The group of boys quickly picked what they wanted and handed her the menus.

"Thank you," she said and walked off to the kitchen.

"So, you guys excited about the Canadian Beyblade Tournoment?" Max asked.

"Who isn't?" Tyson said chuckling. "I am so boosted up for this tournoment! All the people, all the challenges, all the victories!"

"That's if we train well," Kenny reminded Tyson.

Tyson shoved it off. "Noooo! We can whip anyone's butt without training!"

"Was that what you were thinking the first time we met Robert and he beat you?" Ray smirked.

The blue haired boy pretended that he had not heard it and looked at the kitchen to see a tray full of food coming their way.

"That was fast," he said grinning. "But good all the same."

As Tyson began to gobble down his food, Kenny began to talk with Ray and Max.

"I heard that they have an all new team for Canada," Kenny said.

"Really?" Max asked. "Well, are they tough?"

"That's the problem," Kenny said sadly. "I have no information on them whatsoever. Not even their team name! We're going to go against a team that we don't know anything about!"

"That could be a problem Chief," Ray said thoughtfully.

"No kidding," Matt said. "If we know nothing about them, then how are we suppose to know what to defend against?"

"We won't know. All we can asume is that the team is really good and can take us out easily, or they will be easy and there is nothing to worry about. I know, being me, that I will not risk the failure f our team, so whether they are good or not, we are going to train like we've never trained before."

Tyson groaned. 'I hope he doesn't want to train right after lunch."

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