I'm not one hundred percent sure why I settled on this name for the story, but I feel like it's perfect lol. Some of y'all may hate it, but oh well. I'm the author! This is going to be set in the late fall/winter time, as I wanted this to fall around Christmas because I have lots of plans for this :D I hope I gain a few new readers, as well as the readers from All Around the World, and I hope you all enjoy this as much as AATW was enjoyed! As I have said hundreds of times, if y'all have any ideas you want to see done with Kira, Luna, Ray, Kai, etc... let me know! Well, enough babble, I'm sure y'all just want to read, so here ya go!

Maps

Chapter One: Returning to It All

Kira's POV

The air was heavy and cold, as to be expected in late November. The guys' had called me crazy for going on a run when it had been snowing non-stop for the past couple of days, but I desperately needed to get back into shape. Johnny was giving me shit, per usual, but had demanded that I let him come with me. I had kept my hair short; needing a refreshing new start. It was cut in an a-line asymmetrical bob, I dyed it back to just completely black but there were two blonde highlights on the left side which was the longer side of my haircut reaching past my shoulder, and the right side was slightly shorter than my shoulder.

Johnny had pretty much become attached at my hip again seeing as how the last month I had spent in Europe. I was going to be staying in Paris, since that was my favorite city...but one look at the Eiffel Tower, and just walking around that city full of painful memories sent me flying back into Johnny's arms. In the past four months, a record company had approached me from Japan and had wanted me to sign with them, and I had thought, why not? It was a way to start another side of my life that would help fulfill my parents' dying wishes. Or, what I had at least assumed would be their dying wishes since they pushed that on me my whole entire life.

"Hey, you gonna at least try and keep up with me? You keep zoning out... are you okay?" Johnny was running backwards, next to me, a curious look on his face. The citizens of Glasgow had welcomed me with open arms, after hounding me for autographs, and after I had told them I had given up on beyblading, they had stopped hounding me to battle them. I would never battle a normal citizen unless it was in the safety of a beyrink, during a championship... but after recent events.. I had decided my blading was leading me nowhere near anything good.

There.. had been an incident that had happened a week after I had arrived here in Glasgow. I had gone out to get lunch for Johnny and I, he had been at a meeting with his father, so it was left to me to go get food. I had of course gotten lost trying to find the place I had set out for, and had been pulled into an alley. Standing there were five people, all dressed in shaggy brown robes with their faces covered. What, was this some sort of cult? The man who had his hand covering my mouth had stunning blue eyes that shined brighter than anything I had ever seen before, and that was really all I could remember about him.

"Are you Kirana Dickenson?" He had a very deep voice, that matched his tall, stocky build. He could have easily been six foot five, probably around three hundred pounds, but of pure brute muscle. I grabbed his hand and forced it off of my mouth.

"Kira. What do you want from me? If it's money, I don't have any-"

"Your bitbeast." He stated simply, and I couldn't help but gasp. Draiga? Sure she was powerful... but no one had ever tried to force her from my grasp.

"What...about her?"

"Give her to us." I looked around the group, and glared.

"I don't have her on me. I left all of my blading stuff back in Japan."

"BULLSHIT. You BladeBreakers never go anywhere without your bitbeasts or blades." One of the smaller men scoffed, he had a scrawny stringy voice, that honestly got on my nerves.

"Well I guess that makes me different then, doesn't it?" I narrowed my eyes at them, and the man holding me shoved me against the brick wall behind my back. I lost my breath for a second, and felt my body start to quiver as he pulled out a knife. He pulled his arm back and shoved it into my side, causing me to scream out in pain. His minions had dissipated the second the knife made its entrance, and his face came forward next to my ear.

"Think of this as a warning, next time I run into you, you better have Draiga, or it won't be just this knife..." He pulled the knife out of my side and I fell to the ground, not even realizing what had just happened...but then the pain set in, and it was an unbearable burning feeling that grew with every passing second. I could feel him give me one last look before turning away and walking in the direction that his minions had just went. I pulled my hand from my side and winced when I saw it covered in blood. I got my phone out of my pocket and dialed the first person I could think of.

Of course Johnny went absolutely ape shit when I told him, because ever since I got back from the World Tournament, he's been treating me like his prized possession, for whatever reason that is. I had been working on my music for a while, even got a couple of music videos done to be released. There were some songs in Japanese, and also some in English - which was the coolest part to me. Finally, I wouldn't just be known as Kira the BladeBreaker anymore. All I had really wanted as of late, was a name for myself. And I know, many of you have the burning question inside of you, have Ray and I reconciled? Nope... I still haven't spoken to him, the last time was when he blew up on me at the tournament. And honestly, it still hurts deep down inside. Even though it's been almost four months, it's a little bit harder when you see their face literally everywhere and when you're walking down the street, that's all people ask you about. Not like I accomplished anything else with my life...thanks everyone for obsessing over my relationship. Thanks.

There was some sort of... relief that I had gotten when Johnny asked me to come stay with him and his family for a while. Of course, I would have to go back to Japan soon because my parents' memorial was coming up in a little over three weeks. But for now, I got my special sort of solace here in Glasgow, which was a fresh breath of air from busy, bustling Tokyo.

"Hey Kira, come check this out!" Johnny waved me over, and we stopped in front of a pub that was playing the mini-tournament in Japan that featured Tyson as the final battle. Boy, was he eating up all this "World Champion" nonsense. I pulled Johnny inside of the pub, but felt myself freeze when I saw Tyson's opponent come onto the stage. His name was Mr. X, and he was wearing the same hooded robe that the man who had attacked me was wearing. I couldn't believe it! They really were going after all of the BladeBreakers. But why? There were plenty of other championship teams out there that had won in the past... what was so damned special about us?

"Let me see your phone." I demanded to Johnny, and he looked at me curiously.

"What's... the matter, Kira?" I started dialing on the touchscreen keypad, and tapped my fingers impatiently as it rang. "Kira...?"

"Hold on!"

"Hello Johnny, my boy! What can I do for you?" My heart ached as my grandfathers' voice echoed through my head, I missed him so much that it actually hurt.

"Grandfather, it's me." It was weird to use Japanese again after a month of straight English but it also felt...nice.

"What is it, my dear?"

"That guy that Tyson is battling..."

"Was battling, the match is already over. You're probably just watching lagged playback, that was filmed almost eight hours ago."

"Kuso... that's right.. Did he.. go after Ty's bitbeast or anything?"

"Is that Kira?! I wanna talk to her!" I could hear Tyson yelling, muffled in the background, and then his voice was loud and clear. Just like it was yesterday that he was giving me multiple headaches. "KIRA! YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED!"

"Don't tell me something with Dragoon.."

"Well it's not like he stole Dragoon or anythin' but I haven't been able to get him to come to battle since the Championships. I had a rematch against the X Man, turns out his name's actually Ozuma, in the park and Dragoon just wouldn't show. But how did you guess?"

"Someone dressed similar to him attacked me a few weeks ago in an alley here in Glasgow.. and said something about me handing Draiga over to him. It wasn't that Ozuma character.. but-"

"Wait wait wait, when you say attacked what exactly do you mean?"

"He... stabbed me in the side with a knife... Look, can I just talk to my grandfather?" I felt Johnny's arm come around my side, and pull me close to him at the mention of the attack.

"Are you kidding me!? Someone tried to kill you and no one told me!? WHY DOESN'T ANYONE TELL ME ANYTHING! OWWW, Hilary stop smacking me, will ya?!" Hilary? There was more muffled noise as I heard my grandfather chuckling.

"What's going on over there?" I asked, feeling extremely curious.

"Oh nothing you need to worry about," he chuckled some more. "now what was this I heard about someone trying to kill you?"

"This is something I would rather discuss in person... Is there any way you can get in contact with the others? I feel as if they're not just ganging up on Tyson and myself... whoever this is going after our bitbeasts is dangerous, and they shouldn't be facing them alone. I know Ray won't listen to me, but I know he'll listen to you... please grandfather?"

"I think it would be a splendid idea to have a BladeBreakers reunion! I will get right on that, my dear after I have your plane ticket bought. I'll email the information to you." I smiled lightly at his tone. I really truly missed everyone with my whole heart and couldn't wait to see them again. Just..how I was going to deal with seeing Ray again was what was eating at me. I had no idea how he was going to react..or if he would even come. If he had any care for his bitbeast... he would definitely return.

A few days had passed, and I was heading to the airport with Johnny firmly attached to my side, once again. He wasn't happy about me leaving when I had just arrived a few weeks prior, but there were more important matters at hand at the moment.

"Are you positive you want to go back there? There's no telling what will happen if you do."

"Johnny, it's not like I'm going to be by myself.. the rest of the BladeBreakers will be there and I'm sure Tyson's blabbed his mouth to everyone about what happened by now. If anything you should be more worried about the press getting to me once they get wind of it..." I sighed and rubbed the bridge of my nose in annoyance. The media hadn't exactly been the nicest people to me in recent days. Someone had found out about me going back to Japan with the BladeBreakers, and somehow it was 'controversial' that I was hanging around with Johnny. Big fucking whoop.

"Mmmhm, besides she's got me there with her, and I won't let anything happen to her." My newest addition to the team, smiled. I looked over to her and smiled in return. Her name was Lucy Tanabara, originally from America, but with Japanese descent. She had light brown hair, almost a reddish color that ombréd out to a dark chocolate brown with light orange bangs that feathered over her beautiful crystal blue eyes. She had on a red v-neck tanktop with a stark black leather jacket over it with white skinny jeans, and a black belt hanging off of her hips. How she was still single completely baffled me. She was gorgeous...but I kind of had a feeling that her and Max would get along very, very well. She wasn't a blader like us though, just very good at repairing and customizing blades. Let's call her my... secret weapon that I've been hiding away all these years.

"Yeah, well I'm holding you to that Lucy, if anything happens to her, it's your ass I'm coming after." Johnny grunted, crossing his arms and I rolled my eyes.

"Johnny, stop it! I'm going to be fine. I'm so sorry Lucy, if I had known he was going to be on you like this, I wouldn't have let him come." Lucy smiled though, her eyes held a teasing glint.

"No it's totally fine, Kira. If he wasn't so in looove with you he wouldn't care." She giggled holding her hand up to her mouth and I sighed. What was I getting myself into?

Finally we had arrived at the airport, checked in, and Johnny walked us to our gate, insisting despite my many, many objections.

"Now remember not to push yourself too hard." He placed his hand on my wound and caressed it, and I suddenly felt very self-conscious. What if there were reporters around? This didn't look very 'just friends' if I had seen this as a passerby. "We don't want this wound opening back up."

"Johnny.. I'm going to be practicing again and I've told you how hard they push me. I. Will. Be. Fine. I promise." I sighed, and finally reached the courage to look him in the eyes. He honestly looked very sad, and like he didn't want me to go.

"Alright you love birds, let's get this going. The plane's taking off in thirty minutes, everyone's boarded already, and you will have to knock me over the head to make me wait for another plane with you two." Lucy clapped her hands and I couldn't help but giggle. Johnny sighed and grabbed me in a tight hug, and I returned the gesture holding my passport and plane tickets in my left hand.

I was going to be leaving my sanctuary and solitude to head back into the crazy world of the BladeBreakers. Was I ready for it? I couldn't really tell you at that moment, but I knew it was necessary.

"Please don't forget about me." Johnny whispered into my ear, which sent my goosebumps into overdrive. I leaned back and tapped his forehead.

"You never let me, remember?" He grinned, with his pearly whites gleaming and did something I hadn't expected. Our lips met, and this time... there was electricity... there was a connection.

Oh man.. what was I to do?

There's chapter one, yaaay! I know this is a hell of a lot shorter than it usually is. And a major change, if you noticed the rating! This one and probably G-Rev are definitely going to be Rated M. I know I was pushing it on the last fic, so I just want to stay safe with this one! Sooo Kira and Ray's reunion, how do you all think it's going to be? And Luna and Kai? Can't forget about them! Also, my newest character is all thanks to MrsBradSimpson, she gave me this idea for an OC a looong ass time ago and I had promised her I'd feature her in V-Force, so here ya go chick :) I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, I know there was a LOT to take in, but I love my drama in a story! So please review, and follow me and my stories so you know when I update/post new things! Thanks for reading, review review review, and I'll see y'all next chapter!