CHAPTER 2 A New World

Kai slowly opened his eyes. "Ow...My head." he grunted. He stood up. "Where am I?" he blinked. Looking around, he appeared to have spirited away to a strange looking town. He spotted a sign that read "Welcome to Traverse Town". ""Welcome to Traverse Town"?"he blinked. That's a weird name for a town. I have to find the others! he thought.

Meanwhile, Tyson was looking for Max. He'd already met up with Ray. They, too, had encountered the creatures that attacked Kai on the night Japan was swallowed in darkness, and like Kai, they had their own key weapons.

"Man, I wish Kai was here. He'd tell us what to do." Ray sighed.

"Don't worry, dude. I'm sure we'll find him. Maybe he knows what those weird looking things are." Tyson beamed.

"TAKE THAT!" a voice yelled.

"That sounds like Max!" Ray exclaimed. They drew their weapons.

"Let's go!" Tyson cried, as they started running.

"Max!" Tyson called, when he and Ray finally found him.

"Tyson! Ray! How'd you two get here?" Max cheered.

"We should be asking the same to you!" Ray grinned.

"Can't talk now! Got some weird looking things to fight!" he added. They noticed that Max was fighting with a weapon similar to theirs. The two leapt into action.

Finally, after a harsh battle, they could talk.

"So, how'd you two wind up here?" Max asked.

"Not sure. Ray and I woke up seeing that there was a storm, and we found some creepy looking things outside." Tyson replied.

"We tried using our Beyblades, but that didn't work. Then, they transformed into some odd looking weapons. Turns out that they were the only way to beat those creatures." Ray explained.

"We went to look for you, Hilary and Kai, but we couldn't find you anywhere. Then we got sucked into a portal, and arrived here. And now we've just met up with you." Tyson finished.

"Huh. Now that you mention it, the exact same thing happened to me." Max announced.

"Maybe's it's contagious!" Tyson grinned.

"Or maybe something strange is going on. I suggest we find Kai. Maybe he knows where Hilary is." Ray replied. They nodded.

Kai...I hope you're OK, Max hoped.

At the same time, Kai had encountered a man armed with a gunblade. After an intense battle, Kai defeated him, but soon collapsed from exhaustion.

"Aww, you're slipping, Leon." a young girl teased.

"I went easy on him. But, still, looks like things are worse than we thought. A lot worse." the man, Leon, replied.