Title: Bladebreakers Reunite!
Author: sky dragon slayer
Genre: Action/Adventure
Rating: T
Summary: It's been a little over two years since the end of G-Revolution, but the BBA is back to form and is celebrating by throwing its first championship tourney since. With such fierce competition there's only one solution…
"Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, I am coming to you live from the newly established BBA Headquarters where president, mister Stanley Dickenson is giving a surprise press conference." Said the hushed voice of the one and only DJ Jazzman from a crowded room where many people of the press have gathered quickly to cover this surprise conference Mr. Dickinson.
"Oh, here he is now…" Jazzman said as Dickinson walked in the room and up to the podium where several microphones had been placed. Cameras flashed briefly until Mr. Dickinson cleared his throat.
"First off, I'd like to thank you all for coming here on such short notice. You're probably wondering the reason for this press conference, and I'll be more than happy to explain. As you know, it's been a little over two years but the BBA is finally back in business!" He began as the cameras flashed for several seconds before he continued.
"And what's more; to celebrate the resurgence of the BBA myself, as well as the rest of the committee have decided to hold the Beyblade World Championship Tournament!" The media folk roared and cameras flashed upon hearing the news.
"Begin!" Came the shout of Grandpa from inside his dojo, where his two grandsons, Tyson and Hiro, were set to begin a match in kendo.
With their grandfather's command, both brothers lunged at each other and swung their shinai. They seemed to be pretty even, but Hiro, the elder brother, seemed to have a better understanding of actions of the fight. They were having a pretty even battle until the door slid open.
"TYSON!" a loud screech echoed throughout the dojo, diverting the attention of Tyson. That would cost him, as Hiro's shinai came crashing down on Tyson's head.
"Ow!" cried Tyson.
"Your fault for not staying focused." His brother retorted. The source of the yelling came running into the room where they were gathered.
"Tyson!" shouted Daichi. It has been over two years, so Daichi, like the others, has grown and matured both inside and out. Daichi himself was taller and the scar on his forehead faded a tad, and believe it or not, he had a full pair of pants.
"Argh, Daichi!" Tyson grunted, rubbing his head where it was hit.
"You guys aren't gonna believe it but look!" Daichi exclaimed as he pulled a paper from his pocket. He unfolded it to reveal a poster, and not just any poster.
"What, no way!" Tyson shouted, looking at the poster. It was for the newly announced Tournament.
"Yeah, Mr. Dickinson just announced it a little while ago. I ran by the BBA building and picked up this poster." Daichi explained.
"I guess the BBA finally reestablished itself to the point it was before that BEGA fiasco." Hiro inquired as he took a look at the poster.
"Nu-uh, it's even better; you have to see the inside of the new building, it's way better than this dump."
"What ya say little dude?" Grandpa asked as he gripped his sword tightly.
"Nothing…" Daichi said feebly.
"You're Kenny right?" Kenny looked at the person standing in front of him. This new guy had to be about Hiro's height or maybe a hair taller; he had black hair, and green eyes. Kenny blinked, or it could be assumed that he did.
"Um yeah I am…" he said.
"Oh sorry, I'm Jack; you're the one who came up with the Heavy Metal System right? Well I was wondering if you'd have a look at my blade." The new guy held out his Beyblade. It was a HMS blade for sure, purple in color, pretty tall for a Heavy Metal System Beyblade. Kenny looked at it for a second until Jack placed it in Kenny's hand. Kenny held the Beyblade up to get a better look, and upon inspection he found the running core can rotate and its tip extends and retract accordingly. Kenny hadn't seen a Beyblade like it before and it intrigued him.
"This is a pretty unique Beyblade for sure, but why have me look at it?" He asked Jack.
"Well I was curious as to what you thought of it, but there is a problem I'm having with it. You see the bit protector won't hang on to any launcher I try to." Jack explained while Kenny continued to examine the prior's blade.
"Well, I'd love to check it out for you…say I'm heading to my friend's place right now and I have all my Beyblade equipment in my bag. Would you like to come, I'm sure my friend wouldn't mind?" Kenny suggested, handing the blade back to Jack who looked back at Kenny and smiled.
"Sure, let's go!" he said, and they were on their way.
"So how's this tournament supposed to work?"
"That's a very good question madam, allow me to explain…" began Mr. Dickinson in response to the question he was just asked.
"Eight teams will have to earn their place in the tournament by winning Qualifying Tournaments that will be held in various locations throughout the world. These Qualifying Tournaments will play out like team tournaments have previously with three members from each team participating in one on one battles in a best of three format."
"But sir, what of the Championship Tournament itself, how will that be different from tournaments before?" DJ asked.
"That will all be explained before day one of the Championship Tournament and…." Came Mr. Dickinson's answer over the television in Tyson's home, where he, his brother, grandfather and Daichi have gathered.
"Wow, it sounds like the BBA is going all out for this tournament." Tyson said.
"Well it has been two years since any serious tournaments have been held; the BBA must be making up for the time spent on recovery." Hiro assumed before he got up and left the room.
"Hey we're gonna need a team if we want to compete in this thing." Daichi said, looking at Tyson. Suddenly louder noises were coming from the TV, catching the boys' attention.
"Yes, it is true that the former BEGA bladers from the Justice 5 Tournament have registered for the first Qualifying Tournament that will be taking place in a week, and are in fact calling themselves The Justice 5." Mr. Dickinson said through the TV.
"What!" Tyson shouted over the news.
"Well home boy if I remember correctly those BEGA guys lost in that tournament." Grandpa reminded Tyson who looked down.
"Yeah, but I doubt that they'll want to team up again." The champion beyblader said.
"But what about Kai, he doesn't belong to any team after that Justice 5 tournament." Daichi suggested.
What about Kai. Tyson thought to himself as he looked outside to see a bird fly away.
"Okay Hilary just go up to him and ask him." Said Hilary to herself, as she watched her target from across the street. This target of hers was on the tall side, perhaps a little shorter than Hiro, well-built frame, wild gray hair in the front with slicked black hair in the back; it was none other than Kai.
Kai was walking down the street with a shopping bag in his hand with a carton of milk sticking out. Hilary assumed he was just doing some grocery shopping since he lived alone in his apartment on the other side of town. As she watched him she began to get nervous.
"Come on, it's not like you're asking him out or anything…" She whispered to herself again before she got up from the bench she'd been sitting on and took a deep breath.
"Okay here goes nothing." She whispered before shouting.
"Hey Kai!" getting his attention, Hilary walked over to him. Now over the past two years or so Hilary made the change all girls do from a kid to a young woman. Like said previously all the characters have grown and matured over the time passed.
"Hilary?" Kai blinked as she walked up to him. She pushed her longer brown hair behind her ear.
"Hey Kai, didn't expect to see you walking around town." She said cheerfully as usual, but Kai just looked at her without saying a word.
"Well Kai there's actually something I wanted to ask you…" she said looking away, but when she brought her gaze back up Kai was already walking away.
"Hey get back here!" she yelled as she ran after him and cut him off.
"What do you want Hilary?" He asked, fidgeting with his left ear.
"Hey I didn't know you had an earring, and where's your face paint?" Hilary asked.
"I only wear it when I beyblade, now what do you want?" He asked like he was in some sort rush.
"Oh, um well Kai, I was wondering if…" Hilary began to trail off again and when she looked up again she found Kai was down the street.
"Now where are you going!" She hollered making Kai jump. He resumed running straight ahead as Hilary trailed him.
"Get back here Kai!" She yelled as she ran after Kai through bushes, hedges even down some alley ways. Hilary was on his tail until she seemed to have lost him after a sudden turn.
"Where did he go?" she said quietly to no one in particular before she began to hear a few cats meowing past a wall of bushes surrounding a tall tree. From what she could tell there were a handful of cats nearby and she decided to investigate. She slowly walked up to the bushes and when she pulled a section of them back she found a surprise.
"Kai?" She blurted out when she saw Kai giving the milk she saw in his shopping bag to a few stray cats. Her sudden shouting caused Kai to jump, resulting in the cats fleeing the scene.
"What are you doing here?" He shouted back, his face red in embarrassment.
"Well I was going to ask you something before you ran off, but now I have more questions on my mind." She explained as she stepped out from the bushes, towards him.
"Never mind that, what did you want to ask me?" He said shaking his blush off.
"Um, well I was wondering if…teach me how to beyblade!" She finally got it out of her. Kai looked at her confused.
"Why?" He replied.
"Well I've been watching you guys do it for a few years now, and I've never been any good at it on my own..." She explained.
"No, I meant why should I?" He asked crossing his arms. Hilary was thrown off a bit by his rudeness but she came back strong.
"Well if you don't I'll tell the others about what I just saw, Mr. kitty cat." She said making Kai's face get red again, this time some anger was thrown in with the embarrassment.
"Argh, fine! You want to learn how to beyblade huh? Then come by my place at six." He said as he walked past her.
"Wait Kai its almost six now." She said. Kai stopped walking but he didn't turn around.
"Oh I'm sorry, I meant six in the morning!"
"Wha…"
"You know where I live, so don't be late." Kai snorted before he began laughing cruelly as he walked away.
"What did you get yourself into Hilary?" She muttered as she slumped down while the cats Kai was giving milk to came back.
"Okay here we are." Kenny said as he and Jack arrived at the dojo. They walked around with Kenny leading the way.
"Tyson!" He called out.
"In here chief!" Kenny heard Tyson's reply as he led Jack into the room with him.
"Tyson did you…"
"We know chief, we just watched it, the BBA is holding another tournament. And what's more, Brooklyn, Garland and the others are going to compete." Tyson said.
"What, b-but those guys are some of the best bladers around!" Kenny shouted in surprise.
"Wait that Justice 5 rumor is true? Oh man that's going to be fun to see." Jack said, stepping out from behind Kenny.
"Who the heck are you?" Daichi said abruptly.
"Me, oh I'm Jack, Kenny is taking a look at my beyblade for me. So you're Tyson and Daichi of that G-Revolutions team?"
"Yep that's us, so what wrong with your blade guy?" Daichi asked.
"Well, it's just a minor problem but I ran into your friend Kenny on the street and since he created the HMS blades I figured he'd be the one to go to." Said Jack as he held out his blade for the others to see.
"Hmph, never seen a blade like that before." Tyson said, leaning in to get a better look.
"Wow a heavy metal blade, you must be pretty good to control one of those." Daichi exclaimed leap frog jumping over Tyson.
"Thanks, actually everyone on my team has a heavy metal blade." Jack said before handing his beyblade to Kenny.
"You're on a team?" Daichi asked.
"DAICHI!" Tyson shouted angrily as he got up from Daichi's little stunt.
"Yeah I…" Jack began until…
"Team Phalanx, right?" came another voice. Everyone turned to see Hiro, now in his street clothes.
"Uh, yeah how did you know?" Jack asked.
"Let's just say I keep a close eye on beyblading. I've heard of you guys; you've been tearing up underground Beyblading for the past year or so, winning minor tournaments left and right." Hiro explained.
"Wow I'm surprised you knew all of that, um…Hiro right?" Jack said.
"Yeah that's my name don't wear it out." Hiro said just as Kenny got up and handed the beyblade back to Jack.
"Okay the new bit protector should fit into any launcher now." Said Kenny.
"All right, Toku is back in action." Jack said looking at his beyblade in his hand.
"Toku?" asked Daichi.
"Oh, that's the name of my bit beast. It's actually the spirit of an ancient samurai that's been in my family for generations." Jack explained.
"Geez, with all of that goin' for ya, you should compete in one of those qualifying tournaments." Tyson suggested.
"Don't worry; my team and I are signing up for one of those qualifiers. The first of the two that's going to be held here in fact; you should come out and see us and scope out the competition." Jack said.
"We just might do that Jack." Hiro said.
"Right, well it was great meeting you all, and Kenny thanks for fixing up my blade, I appreciate it." Jack said before he let himself out of the dojo.
"Speaking of tournaments, we need to figure out what we're going to do." Hiro said walking over and sitting next to Tyson.
Meanwhile an airplane landed in the nearby airport, and a ferry docked in the city harbor. In the airport walked a young man with blonde hair and blue eyes, and in the harbor another young man with long black hair bound in a white wrap. They both gathered their things and looked out to the setting sun.