Jaheira1000: Here you go peeps. This story is taking a seriously strange turn. Sorry it took so long to get it up…I lost internet access, plus I almost forgot about this fic. (I probably would have if it wasn't for all my wonderful reviewers reminding me about it!) Gomen! Anyway…I hope you enjoy and remember to vote on your favourite pairing! Miguel is also now officially in the running!

Disclaimer: I wish…

Dedication: This Chapter is dedicated to KaiLover2006, Lioku and Demoness-MarlstonWells69ner. Thanx 4 getting me off my behind guys!

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CHAPTER TWO: Dancing Contest?

Two days later, Mr. Dickenson had decided to send all the teams to Hawaii where they would be staying for about a month. This announcement went down well with everybody. This would give all contestants one month plus a long boat trip to make an impression on Kai. None of the contestants had decided on temporary alliances yet.

As they were boarding the ship, Kai was surprised to see how many of his friends were glaring at each other, while the others just looked amused.

Shaking his head, he boarded. What did he care if they were acting weird? He had never cared about it before.

Once they were all on board, they made their way to their cabins. Everybody was thrilled to see that they had their own cabins. Each cabin had a picture of the owner's bit-beast on the door to indicate which cabin belonged to whom.

Mr. D had also decided to separate the teams, so that they could get to know the other teams. This was actually Kai's suggestion, and what he had spoken to Mr. D about. The cabins were in groups of three, and each 'team' would sit together for meals, and participate in events on board together.

Surprisingly, this was also Kai's idea. He wasn't very good at expressing his emotions, but that didn't mean he didn't have any. He really liked his friends, but he couldn't tell them. He showed them in his own subtle way.

The teams were as follows: Tyson, Johnny and Emily; Kevin, Steve and Ray; Gary, Eddy and Ian; Enrique, Mariah and Bryan; Kenny, Tala and Michael; Spencer, Max and Oliver; Kai, Lee and Robert. All the 'judges' sighed with relief that Kai wasn't in a group with any of the 'contestants'. That would have caused too many problems. As they all made their way to their cabins, the groups separated so that they could unpack in their cabins before lunch.

It had been a week since the cruise started, but none of the contestants had made any progress. They couldn't think of any good ways to approach the phoenix. Today was the first day that they would be stopping at a port. The ship would remain there for two days before sailing again. They were all planning different was of getting Kai to go sightseeing for the day. Little did they know what chaos would ensue.

As soon as the ship docked, everybody left the ship as a group before grouping together to decide what to do. Kai was looking around warily. He had experienced a very disturbing dream, and was very concerned because he couldn't remember what had happened in that dream.

He had always had the unusual ability of knowing beforehand if something bad was going to happen.

They all decided to go for a walk in town looking for somewhere interesting to go. As they made their way down the road, they came to a beautiful park. They all walked into the park in an unspoken agreement. As they reached the centre of the park they noticed a stage that was set up.

A young man had stepped forward with a microphone and a large crowd had gathered around it. He had light green hair, matching green eyes, and an outfit that looked as if he was some form of entertainer. As the bladers reached the stage, the young man started speaking.

"Ladies and gentleman! My name is Andrew and I am here to present you with the newest dance technology! This is a special stage that uses up-to-date technology to determine the best dancer. It has a selection of music originating from the last fifteen dancing world championships! To celebrate this wonderful step forward for the world of science we are holding a dance competition!" Cheering could be heard from the crowd.

Kai however, decided against attempting this. He had turned to leave when the mans next words caught his attention.

"I understand that all the best Blading teams are present here today and I would like to issue a special challenge to each member!" Kai whipped around to see the mans gaze directed at him. His eyes narrowed and he stepped forward along with the rest of the bladers.

None of them could refuse a challenge like that.

As they moved forward, the were surprised to see another team step forward. It was the Barthez Battalion! Somehow they had also ended up here. The teams silently acknowledged each others presence. After they all reached the stage, Andrew motioned for them to stand in the centre. Once they were all there, his assistant who was seated backstage pressed a few keys and the stage started moving. Walls made of one-way glass shot up, allowing the crowd outside to see inside while everybody inside couldn't see out. Andrew hastened to reassure them.

"Don't worry, it's necesary for the machine to pick up all the movements inside. Now if you all make your way into this room, you can pick your outfits!" They all made their way into the room he was gesturing towards and most of them gasped in surprise. There were outfits of all different shapes, sizes and colours there! As they all looked around for the outfits that would suit them the best, Kai was standing staring transfixed before a specific outfit. One he had designed himself. As he was staring, Andrew came up behind them.

"As you can all see, we have outfits from all the previous World champions as well as the participants who ranked until tenth place so there is plenty to choose from!" Seeing which outfit Kai was standing in front of, Andrew smirked.

"You have very good taste. This is the outfit of the last World Champion. He won for three consecutive years and he always wore that outfit. He was also hailed as the best dancer of the millennium." Kai only vaguely registered his words. He reached out his hand and made his decision. He would not participate. It would bring about too many memories. He noted that there were quite a few of the bladers who decided not to participate. After these few had changed, Andrew led them back to the main area. He set the requested music and motioned the first dancer forward.

"Let's begin!" As he spoke music blasted out and the first dancer, Mariah, started swaying. She wasn't bad, but she also wasn't the best. This continued until all the voluntary participants Mariah, Tyson, Max, Emily, Kevin, Steve, Michael, and Ian had finished. Smirking, Andrew came forward and spoke in a slightly snobbish tone.

"Now it's my turn." He flung off his jacket and signalled that he was ready. As the music came through, he started moving. All the bladers save one stared in awe.

They saw him twirling gracefully, but the one critical pair of eyes watching him picked up every mistake, flaw and imperfection in his obviously well practiced routine.

He came to a stop and bowed with a flourish. The blading teams congratulated him and made their way to the exit only to find it locked. They turned towards him and pointed this out to him only to receive a grin in return.

"Nobody will be leaving just yet since we're not done here." They looked shocked and demanded an explanation, which he was happy to give them.

"Well, to put this simply, my life's ambition is to beat the world's best dancer, but since nobody knows who he is it's almost impossible to find him. He always danced wearing a mask, which he never removed. I did some investigation through the years, but the only useful information I managed to discover was that he or she had become a world-class beyblader. After discovering that, I made use of my fathers many resources to trace all of you. After finding out that the BBA would be sending all of you here on a cruise I decided to use this opportunity. Since Barthez Battalion wasn't originally included, I forged some false invitations from the BBA to get them here too. All this was done so that I could find my new rival. That means that nobody is leaving until I find that person." They all watched in morbid fascination as his face took on a slightly crazy look. Tyson voiced his thoughts openly and without consideration to the consequences.

"Dude, you're getting this worked up about DANCING against somebody. Get a life!" Andrew turned furious eyes towards Tyson.

"What would you know about it? You dance as if you have two left feet!" With that, he made yet another signal to his assistant. Before Tyson could even think of speaking again, he found himself restrained, attached to the wall with metallic clamps over his wrists. Andrew chuckled darkly.

"Oh yes, one more thing. This is just a bit of motivation for all of you. If any of you refuse to dance then the big-mouth over there will get the shock of his life." As he finished speaking, an ear-splitting shriek was forced from Tyson's lips as and electric shock ran through his body.

Everyone stared in horror, including the spectators watching from outside the glassed-off walls. Andrew turned back towards them.

"So…who wants to go first?"

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Jaheira1000: There you go people. I'm very sorry about the lateness and the short chapter, but if I added the next part on it would have had the added length of another chapter. I'll update sooner this time. Promise. Ja ne:P