Hello Interwebs! Here's chapter 2 because my lovely reviewers Joker444 and Coughdrop asked that I continue! Thanks so much u guys!

I'll be responding to reviews at the end of the chapters, so here goes...

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Fight for the Phoenix

Chapter 2- New beginnings and annoyances

Kai leaned back on the grassy hill then inhaled deeply. It was about one in the afternoon and he was in the local park watching the sapphire sky and entrancing greyish clouds.

Shortly after the world tournament, Voltaire and Boris had been tried for abuse of children in the abbey and plotting against humanity. They were found guilty and given life sentences. Kai thought back to how he felt when he first heard this, an overwhelming rush of relief came over him and his muscles had untensed suddenly.

As if the great weight on the phoenix's shoulders was very much literal, as well as metaphoric.

After the trial, Tyson and his family had offered Kai a home in the form of the Granger's dojo. Max and Rei would also be staying with them for a time as a sort of holiday after their stressful saving of the world. At first, Kai said no but with much persuasion and persistence from the Granger's and Mr Dickenson, the Russian grudgingly accepted.

"Where do I go from here?" Kai thought, his eyes closed and hair swaying against a soft breeze. True, he had become a bit more open with his team in the month after the tournament but...he still had his own goals.

Kai still wanted to be the champion blader, it was in his nature, his pride. If one thing is certain, the moody teen was a very proud perfectionist. But his experience with...Black Dranzer...had taught him a very important lesson;

It wasn't worth it to be the best if there was no fairness in it. It also wasn't any good to be a champion if you had no one close to guide you there and maintain this fairness. He also learned that nothing could be achieved alone. You only gain true pleasure and pride for being the champ if you've earned it.

He sighed and placed his hands behind his head. Kai felt strangely relaxed, more relaxed than he had been in a long time. Taking steady breaths, the arms of sleep was pulling him into her warm embrace...

"KAI! Seňor Hiwatari!"

Sleep fell away again as he sat up, immediately reacting to the call. The voice was unfamiliar, so that caught him off guard. It was also heavily accented in Spanish.

The voice called again, now he saw a man with glimmering emerald eyes, brown curly hair and an unbelievably cheery expression. He was running towards Kai.

"Hola! Soy España! Estoy muy bien, y tu?" The man ran up the hill and reached Kai, breathing heavily from the run up the tall hill. Kai stayed frozen, unsure of how to react. Also, Kai didn't know any Spanish.

"Sorry. Spanish just comes so naturally to me! Anyway, I am Spain, the country of passion! I've come to see how you were, great phoenix!" Spain introduced, suddenly grabbing Kai's hand and shaking it eagerly.

Scowling, Kai suddenly snatched his hand away. Spain's smile dimmed a little but did not fall "So cold, mi amigo, so cold."

Kai did not care. And why was he called Spain? No one's name was a country right?

Another voice. A loud, cocky, arrogant laughing rang through Spain and Kai's ears. As the two looked up, a helicopter was spotted with a young man falling from it. The stranger pulled a cord and a parachute flew up, adorned with the American stars and stripes.

As he landed, Spain spoke up "America, I was here first." Ignoring him, the man walked up to Kai, his colourful parachute trailing behind.

"'Sup dude, I'm America! Good old U S of A! And I'm the most heroic of all us countries of course!" Kai scowled and stepped back. He didn't need this, so he would leave it. These guys had to be playing some kind of joke, claiming they were countries.

As Kai began to leave the situation, he could hear the two strangers bickering over him. Wait...why were they bickering over Kai? He knew the Bladebreakers had fans but usually he would be stalked by females and none of them would call themselves countries...as insane as they were.

Walking faster, Kai tried to clear his head and forget about the whole incident.

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As Kai stepped through the dojo gates, he heard a soft melody of a finely played piano. He stopped to listen for a moment. Unknown to most, Kai did in fact enjoy music just not the mainstream hip hop shit that Tyson and Max listened to.

Wait...since when did Tyson have a piano?

More importantly, when did he ever give a shit about classical music?

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Here it is! I hope you guys liked it : ) I'll respond to reviews now;

Joker444: Well here it is! I hope you liked it. I'm not really sure about pairings since I suck at writing romance. Hmmm...I'll have to see.

Coughdrop: I'm really glad you like it! This was just a random plot bunny that wouldn't go away so...yeah : P

Please review! Oh and...internet cookies to anyone who knows what Spain was saying in Spanish.

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