Hello again, for every one reading, I NEED MORE OCS!

Now that that's out of the way, I would like to say thank you to DazzlerAngel, Graceful Amaryllis and RedPhoenix10123780 for sending in OCs. You can send in more if you like.

OCs that will be used so far:

Sierra Crystals (DazzlerAngel)

Ninel Lucia Velasquez Bychkov (Graceful Amaryllis)

Blaze Markura (RedPhoenix10123780)

Now for the chapter:

Chapter 2: Friends or rivals?

Max waved from the side of the cruise ship to his Mum. As the cruise left he continued to wave, cry and shout goodbye.

Some of the kids looked at Max strangely and walked away.

Once the cruise was too far away from the pier for Max to see his Mum he quickly bolted to the buffet.

Max drooled as he saw all of the food in the 'All-You-Can-Eat' section.

Max took a plate and began creating a tower of food. Once again, some kids near by looked at Max strangely and walked off.

When Max was done he went to walk to a table. He saw a nice empty one in the corner and chose it.

When he was walking near a table with two girls sitting on it, he slipped on a small puddle of water, he apparently didn't see the 'wet floor' sign and he fell to the ground with a thump, while his plate flew into the air.

The two girls on the table laughed until Max's plate of food came down and landed on the first girls head.

Mashed potatoes, salad, cheese, shrimp, and a lot of other foods fell from the plate and splattered all over her face.

The second girl laughed but stopped when the first turned and gave her a death stare. She then stood up and walked over to Max who was lying on the ground.

The Girl wiped the food away and wacked him with the wooden spoon she was eating with.

"Ow!" screamed Max.

"Don't get food on people," said the Girl.

Max stood up, rubbing his head where the Girl had hit him. Max looked at the Girl and examined her. She was wearing a black leather jacket over a dark purple T that had a V-neck. Her jacket sleeves were rolled up to her elbows and she was also wearing a black mini skirt with black boots that reached her knees.

Max looked at the second Girl and examined her also. She was wearing a black sleeveless dress that reached her knees. She wore a silver version of the Butterfly Cage by Lei Sang Bong over the dress. She was wearing a pair of silver strapped platform sandals and had a silver snowflake pendant on as well as a pair of black fingerless gloves.

"Sorry," said Max with a big smile.

"That's okay," replied the Girl. "Sorry about your food."

"I can always go back for more," replied Max.

"Who are you?" asked the second Girl as she stood up.

"I'm this academies Number 1 Blader," declared Max.

"Impossible," replied the Girl.

"Excuse me," said Max.

"Its impossible that you're Number 1 because I'm Number 1," replied the Girl.

"I thought we established that I was Number 1," interrupted the second Girl.

"That was years ago," said the Girl sternly. "This time I'm going to win."

The second Girl just sniggered at the Girls' remark.

"Then I'll prove I'm the best," suggested Max. "Who will battle me?"

"I'll take you on and win," stated the Girl. "Let's go."

The three walked onto the deck were there was a bey arena.

Max stood on one side while the Girl stood on the other. The second Girl just stood to the side to watch.

"Allow me to introduce myself," said the Girl. "I am Sierra Crystals, but my friends call me Era. And this is my bey Thunder Angel, the ultimate attack type bey."

Sierra took out Thunder Angel and held it up. Max saw that the bey was mainly blue and appeared to have sharp edges. Printed on the face bolt was a pair of wings and the performance tip was made of rubber. Finally, the spin track was red and had three claws.

"Sweet bey," complemented Max. "Well my name is…"

"Uh excuse me," interrupted Sierra's friend. "But Sierra, aren't you going to introduce me?"

"Oh sorry," replied Sierra. "This is Ninel Lucia Velasquez Bychkov, my friend."

Max tried his best to pronounce her name but had no such luck.

"Don't worry," said Sierra. "It took me some time to remember her name as well."

"Okay then," replied Max. "I'm Max Smith. My friends call me the Prince of Fire, and this is my bey, Flame Swordsman."

Max held out his bey for Sierra and Ninel to see. It was mainly red and yellow and had a red energy ring that looked like a razor. It had an orange spin track and a yellow performance tip. The face bolt was yellow and had a sword with flames printed on it.

'Interesting bey,' thought Ninel to herself. 'It looks familiar.'

"All right Prince of Fire," said Sierra. "Watch as I make you blood run cold."

"I don't think so," replied Max. "This battles about to get a lot hotter."

The two readied their beys and prepared for battle.

"3!" cried Ninel.

"2!" added Sierra.

"1!" finished Max.

"Let it rip!"

Thunder Angel and Flame Swordsman spun into battle. The two beys circled the arena before Max decided to attack.

"Go now Flame Swordsman!" commanded Max.

Flame Swordsman charged towards Thunder Angel, but Sierra just smiled.

"Counterattack!" commanded Sierra.

Thunder Angel charged also and the two beys hit dead on. Suddenly Flame Swordsman was pushed back and Thunder Angel continued to attack it.

"Push harder!" cried Max.

But Flame Swordsman continued to be knocked around by Thunder Angel.

"So," said Ninel to herself. "Sierra is using the powerful strength of the ultimate attack bey to push Swordsman back. Her usual strategy, but if this guy is as good as he says then he should be able to counter in some way."

"This is not good," stated Max.

"See," said Sierra. "I am Number 1."

"This isn't over!" declared Max.

"Might as well be!" replied Sierra.

Thunder Angel charged and Max commanded his bey to dodge. Flame Swordsman did just that and the moved behind Thunder Angel and attacked.

Thunder Angel was pushed away from Flame Swordsman's attack.

"Hey!" snapped Sierra as she attacked again.

Once again, Flame Swordsman dodged the attack, moved behind and attacked Thunder Angel.

"I see," said Ninel. "Flame Swordsman is able to move quickly, and then by attacking from behind, the power Thunder Angel used for the charge is turned against it. Incredible strategy."

"How do you like that?" chuckled Max as Flame Swordsman attacked yet again.

"Not bad," complemented Sierra. "But I have more then one trick. Go! Thunder Angel! Special move! Lightning Assault!"

Lightning flashed in the sky and struck the arena. The lightning created cracks in the arena while Flame Swordsman attempted to dodge the lightning.

"You can't run," stated Sierra.

Finally, the lightning struck Max's bey and lost its balance.

"Dang it," said Max.

"Go now!" shouted Sierra.

Thunder Angel charged and smashed into Flame Swordsman, knocking it away and causing it to fall into a crack.

"Oh no!" panicked Max. "Flame Swordsman's caught in the crack!"

"So Sierra's using her special move to not only damage the opponent with lightning but also cause the bey to get trapped in a crack," said Ninel. "What will Max do to get out of this one?"

"Time to end this," commented Sierra and her bey began to circle the stadium at high speeds, building up power.

"Go now!" commanded Sierra.

Thunder Angel charged forward but Max just smiled.

"Go now!" cried Max as his bey spun faster. "Special move! Flame Sword Slash!"

Flame Swordsman covered itself in flames and a knight in red armour appeared. It was wielding a giant flaming sword and the knight was covered in flames.

As Thunder Angel charged, Flame Swordsman slashed at the opposing bey with a mighty force, sending Thunder Angel flying into the other side of the arena.

"Amazing," commented Ninel. "He countered with an a special move, and now the flames from the attack have spread through the cracks, trapping Thunder Angel."

Ninel was right, as the cracks now had fire coming from them, Thunder Angel was surrounded by fire.

"No way," said Sierra.

"Oh yes way," replied Max. "Now spin faster!"

Flame Swordsman spun faster and eventually created even more fire. The bey then shot up into the air and absorbed the fire from the cracks.

"Go again!" commanded Max. "Flame Sword Slash!"

Flame Swordsman launched downwards at Thunder Angel. The flaming knight appeared and swung its blade. Flame Swordsman smashed into Thunder Angel from above and there was an explosion of flames.

When the dust cleared, Thunder Angel was at Sierra's feet.

'That bey beast,' thought Ninel. 'I've seen it before somewhere. I know it.'

"Not bad," said Sierra as she picked up her bey.

"You're pretty good too," replied Max as his bey returned to him. "But it appears I'm Number 1."

"I wouldn't bet on it," interrupted Ninel.

"Huh?" said Max.

"She's right," said Sierra. "I wasn't using my full power in this match. I was just seeing your strength."

"Well I'll win next time," said Max.

Sierra smiled at Max's comment and the three walked back to the buffet.

'That bey beast,' thought Ninel. 'There was something strange about it. Something I couldn't quit put my finger on. Oh well. But this Max kid might just make this year at the academy an interesting one.'

Unbeknown to the three, a blader that was standing on the top deck had been watching the battle.

She was wearing a black tank top underneath a grey and white sleeveless hoodie. She also wore grey combat boots with one left hand half finger glove with bandages above and a chain bracelet on her right hand.

"The Prince of Fire huh," said the Girl with a smirk.

To be continued: So, the 2nd chapter had some action in it. And it appears Max, Sierra and Ninel will be friends. But we have one question on our minds:

Why does Ninel find Max's bey so familiar? And who was the person watching the battle? I know that's obvious but still.

Anyway, please read and review! And please send in more OCS! I NEED THEM!