They had all stopped. There didn't seem to be anything else any of them could do in the moment of surprise. After that moment though, when they had all started to gather their thoughts, that's when their actions started to differ. Amara immediately sprinted forward towards the stadium they were battling in, wearing the biggest, most excited grin either of the others had ever seen. Ilary's posture rose as she took a deep breath and you could almost see the fire that had been lit in her eyes – a refuelled determination shining out of them. Luna took an excited step forward, just to shrink down almost immediately; She didn't want to bother them, or seem obtrusive. At the same time, Dree was looking at them, making a strange face that seemed to say "Hm". She then turned towards Luna and smiled, a hint of nervous in it.

"They're already going there so…"

As Amara ran up to the stadium with her admiring eyes fixed on the bladers in mid-battle, the two bladers exchanged looks between one another about the newly arrived team. Tyson's eyes smiled. He liked the attention after all, and didn't mind her admiring. Kai on the other hand just glanced at him, annoyed that his sparring partner's focus was being divided. To prove his point, Kai quickly struck Tyson's blade while his eyes were on the girls. The silver white blade dashed across the stadium, and up towards its owner, where it was quickly caught by a gloved hand.

"Oh, come on, Kai. We have an audience. We should have given them a show!" Tyson pouted, as eager to impress as usual.

"Then you shouldn't have lost concentration" Kai commented, voice slightly icy, as he caught his own Beyblade. A rosy colour snuck up on Tysons' cheeks as he turned his head, obviously embarrassed by his teammates comment.

"So who are you guys?" Max said as he and Ray came around the stadium to be able to see their new viewers. Spinning to face them, Amara's smile grew even more.

"We're the OddSquad!" she proclaimed, gesticulating towards the others. Luna suddenly felt very embarrassed over the name she had chosen so carelessly, and as she looked down on the plastic covered floor she could feel her cheeks heating.

"You're a new team?" Ray asked, looking at them calmly and kindly.

"Yup. Just registered" Dree answered him, having dragged Luna closer to the champions. She herself was rather nervous, but she used everything in her power not to seem so – unlike her frozen friend whom she held the arm.

"First competition?" Tyson smiled at them, jumping down from the podium the stadium was on. Ilary's reason – unlike Luna's – for staying quiet was not nervousness. She carefully looked at all the members at the team as they interacted with them.

"Y-yes." Luna answered after a hit in the back from Dree, quickly looking at the ones she was answering. "We're actually an entirely new team…" She nervously looked down at the floor again, too nervous to do anything else. Ray laughed, slightly nervous himself, due to her nervousness. Tyson on the other hand seemed to soak in the fact that someone acted so nervous because of him. "However." Everyone else looked at her in surprise at the sudden steadiness of her voice. She looked up at them again, this time with a determination in the eyes slightly hidden beneath her fringe. "That doesn't mean we're not going to a challenge."

Dree and Amara smiled, confident in their teammate's new confidence. Even onto Ilary's lips did a small smile sneak. At least now they didn't appear as incompetent.

Even the champions smiled, happy to be challenged.

"In that case" Max said, looking at his teammates.

"We'll be looking forward to meeting you in the finals" Ray finished his sentence, three of them smiling towards their new opponents.

Now even Kai came down from the podium and looked at the girls, not quite as impressed by them as his teammates.

"I hope you can keep what you're saying then" he said, looking straight at them. "It's not going to be easy." He looked at all of them, each at a time, but when his eyes reached Ilary, they rested a little longer. "For example, do you have any Bit Beasts?"

"Of cause!" Amara exclaimed, being backed up by a confident smile from Dree and a confident nod from Ilary.

"I don't…" Luna whispered to herself and the floor. Her head flew up when she noticed that her team was looking right at her, scared to realize that her whisper had not been as quiet as she had thought.

Kai looked at her and almost nodded before turning towards one of the exits.

"You need to train a lot."

With those words and a wave of the hand, he made his departure.

"Don't mind him!" Max hurried to say, and they all came a little closer to Luna.

"Yeah. Kai is just very realistic" Kenny added, just joining the group after having been sitting at the stand, analysing.

"You don't need a bit beast to be a great blader" Ray added, smiling encouraging, her teammates joining in.

"I know" she smiled carefully. "You think I'd join a world competition without knowing that?" She looked at the people around her with a bit of teasing smile. She then smiled properly at them. "Thanks."

A little further away, Kai turned to have one last look at the group by the stadium.

"There is something familiar about that girl" he said quietly, inspecting Ilary one last time before turning around and walking towards his private training.

"Don't even think for a second that we're not going to be a match in the tournament because of that." Everyone's eyes turned towards the black haired girl, slightly surprised as that was first time she had actually spoken until now. Recovering from the chock the fastest, Tyson clenched his fist and smiled towards her.
"Not a chance!" he answered.

Thank you so much for reading my second chapter! It's kind of late right now... thus, if there's anything that I've done incorrectly please do tell me. I also welcome constructive criticism! ^^