A/N: I'm uploading the first chapter along with the prologue so that no one's left wondering. If this gets positive reviews, I'll continue it. If you have any questions about my OC, feel free to ask. I really need advice on where to take this story, so I'd be happy to get some. I feel like I shoved so much exposition into this, it hurts. I know what I'm doing for the second chapter, but I don't know where to take it, yet. I own nothing aside from my characters and a few concepts. I plan to draw my OC soon, so people have a better idea of what she looks like.

It was a warm and sunny morning in Bey City. Two figures could been seen walking down the sidewalk, making their way towards their destination.

They were two out of the four Legendary Bladers of the Four Seasons, Kenta Yumiya and Gingka Hagane. They had grown considerably in the past four years. Kenta was no where as short as he used to be, and Gingka's bangs were starting to poke over his headband.

They were on their way to the B-Pit because they had left their Beys there overnight for maintenance (much to Gingka's distress.)

"Man, I can't wait to pick up Pegasus from Madoka!" Gingka pumped his fist into the air in excitement.

"Maybe Madoka's right, you might have some attachment issues when it comes to Pegasus." Kenta nudged Gingka in the ribs, poking fun at his friend.

"Hey, it's not that bad." Her nervously chuckled while pushing the doors to the B-Pit open. The two Bladers were surprised that Madoka wasn't there to greet them.

"Hello, um, Madoka?" Gingka called out, but got no response. They went over to the spiral staircase that lead into the basement, they knew that Madoka wouldn't mind if they walked down there themselves. Just so long as they didn't touch anything aside from their Beyblades.

However, they stopped at the top of the stairs upon hearing voices coming from downstairs. One was obviously Madoka's but, the other, while being feminine, was not. What made it stranger, is that it was not a female voice that they knew, like Hikaru. It appeared that they were having a pleasant conversation, judging by the intermittent giggles that could be heard.

Gingka and Kenta looked at each other, exchanging various 'what on earth is going on down there' expressions.

"Um, Madoka?" Gingka called out once more, finally descending the staircase. After reaching the bottom, the Legendary Blader was confronted by an unusual sight. Madoka was sitting on the couch with her back somewhat to him but, she had turned around to face him. On the other end of the couch, was a female he did not recognize.

After Kenta followed Gingka suit down the stairs, the quartet of people were silent for several moments. The awkwardness started to set in, and everyone in the room felt it. Kenta decided to break the silence.

"Uh, we came to, pick up our Beys, Madoka..."

"Ah! I'm so sorry! I guess I got so caught up in my conversation, that I didn't even hear you guys come in!" Madoka's cheeks burned a bright red with embarrassment as she stood up. Eventually, all attention shifted onto the unknown female in the room.

"I don't mean to sound rude, but, who are you?" Gingka asked her.

"Oh, she's my cousin!" Madoka chirped.

"Your cousin!?" The two Bladers spoke in unison.

"You never told us you had a cousin!" Kenta exclaimed.

"Well, it's a bit of a long story..." Madoka sweatdropped.

"Here, allow me to explain." The mystery girl spoke up, getting up on her feet. She walked over to Gingka, and stretched her hand out to start a handshake, "I'm Ayame Kaiyo. You are Mr. Hagane, correct?"

"Uh, yeah." Gingka was confused by her use of a formal address, but extended his hand and shook her hand anyway.

"And, you are?" Ayame shifted her gaze towards Kenta.

"I'm Kenta." Ayame shook his hand as well.

"It's a pleasure to meet both of you." She smiled.

Ayame was of average height, and was probably a few inches taller than Madoka. She had white hair that almost covered on of her eyes and fell to a length that was slightly below her shoulder blades. Her fair skin complimented her icy blue eyes.

She wore a simple, white blouse with a black, button up jacket that was at the moment, unbuttoned. She had a short, black skirt with white tights and, black, glossy heels. On her jacket was a pin that read 'WBBA Personnel.' Overall, she had a very professional aura about her.

"Madoka, how come you never mentioned that you had a cousin to us?" Kenta inquired. The brunette waved her arms in front of her in a defense manner and sweatdropped.

"This is probably going to sound awful but, we kind of forgot about each other." Ayame rubbed the back of head sheepishly,"My family and I moved to the United States when I was very young because my dad had a job opportunity. Chances are, I only knew Madoka for a few months before we moved, given how close we are in age."

"How close are you?"

"We're about a month apart." Ayame answered.

"Ayame contacted me about a week ago, because she wanted to get back in touch. And, it turns out she's been doing amazing things for the world of Beyblade!" Madoka added.

"What kind of things?" Kenta asked.

"To put it simply, I'm what they call a Beyblade Scientist. Or, a Bey-Scientist for short."

"Bey-Scientist?"

"Oh, um, !" Ayame turned her head to face Gingka, "If I'm not mistaken, you battled with Team Lovushka in the World Championships, correct?"

"Yeah, oh, do you mean that you're like Aleksei, and how he studies Beyblade." Gingka responded.

"Kind of. I personally work with the Beyblade Regeneration Project, or BRP."

"Beyblade Regeneration Project?" Madoka piped up.

"It goes something like this, after the Nemesis Crisis, I noticed a negative stigma associated with Beyblades. So, I wanted to find a way to prove that Beyblades can be used for more than just destroying the world, or simple Beybattles. Specifically, I started researching the potential for Beyblades to be used as a source of renewable energy."

"Really? That's so cool!" Madoka complimented her cousin, "But how would you do that?"

"All Beyblades have energy in them, especially in their rotation. If there was a way to harness that power, we could transform the energy in the into electricity, or something along those lines." Ayame explained using awkward hand motions to help get her point across.

"Is that all you do?" Gingka inquired.

"Of course not, I also work with using different materials for Beyblades, study Beyblade behavior, and, I'm working on a personal project of mine, the ultimate Beyblade."

"The ultimate Beyblade?" Everyone in the room perked up, as the subject matter seemed to be important.

"Well, it stems from the Regeneration Project but, the idea is that it's the most ideal Beyblade for the job, and can support us for years into the future.

"Ayame, you sound like a pretty cool person. I hadn't even though about Beyblades being used for the future like that." Gingka rubbed the back of his head.

"Thank you, Mr. Hagane."

"Call me Gingka." He chuckled.

"You said you lived in America, but what are you doing here in Japan?" Kenta asked.

"Oh, I'm staying here for the summer so I can spend time with Madoka. They just transferred all of my work to the WBBA headquarters here. I'm staying at an apartment complex a few blocks down from there." Ayame giggled, "That reminds me of something. Ginkga, I would like to ask a favor of you."

"Yes?" The red-head answered.

"Even though it's not a part of my official work, I'd like to study the 'Blader Spirit' and the effects battles. And, since I had heard you have the fieriest Bey Spirit, I was wondering if I could observe your Beybattles from time to time." Ayame suggested.

"I don't know. I don't really want to be your lab rat. I won't have to run around on those spinning wheels, will I?" The Legendary Blader trailed off as he thought about the pros and cons of accepting her offer.

"Oh well, that's a shame. I was going to get you hamburgers after every time I observerd your battles."

"Wait! Did you say, hamburgers?" Gingka did a full 180 and looked at Ayame with expectant, puppy-dog eyes, "I don't think I would mind, as long as hamburgers are involved!" This caused everyone else a good laugh.

It apperared that Madoka had told Ayame a few traits about her friends.

"Well, to do that, you're going to need to pick up your Beyblade, silly!" Madoka gestured to the table where the two Beys were sitting neatly. The Beyblades had been polished as well, as the glinted like stars. The two bladers and ran over to the Beyblades, and picked them up.

"Who's a good Pegasus? Yes you are! Yes you are!" Gingka rubbed his Beyblade up against his cheek in an affectionate manner, gushing over it.

Everyone else in the room sweatdropped.

"You're also going to need an opponent." Ayame pointed out.

"Well, then I'll be his opponent!" Kenta declared, "What do you think, Gingka?"

"Yeah! It'll be some good practice!" The fellow Blader replied.

"So, can I meet the two of you at the nearest Beystadium from here in about two hours?" Ayame asked.

"You can count it!" Gingka replied.

"Go, Pegasus!" Gingka shouted triumphantly, urging his Bey to charge hard against its opponent.

"I'm not going to give in that easily!" Kenta shouted back, "Sagittario!"

While the two Bladers battled hard, Ayame and Madoka sat in the stands, chatting while they observed the Beybattle.

"We're also looking at ancient civilizations that had a strong connection to Beyblades. It's never bad to know about the history of what we study now." Ayame commented while jotting down information.

"Like the one on Mist Mountain?" Madoka replied, taking her eyes off of the Beybattle to adress her relative.

"Yes, exactly!" Ayame put a surprising amount of emphasis behind her words. Both their ears heard the sound of metal hitting metal rather roughly, which turned their attention back to the Beybattle.

"Pegasus! Cosmic Tornado!" The Pegasus wielder's Bey started to spin circles rapidly, gaining speed.

"Watch it, Sagittario!" But, it was too late to escape. Pegasus crashed into the other Beyblade with tremendous force, knocking it out of the stadium.

"Man, Kenta, that was great! You're really becoming a harder and harder opponent to beat!" Gingka complimented his friend, letting Pegasus return to his hand.

"Yeah, but, just you wait, Gingka! One of these days, I will be able to beat you!" Kenta declared, pointing his index finger at the other Four-Seasons Blader.

"Well, I've got enough for today. How about I go and make good on that promise of mine!" Ayame looked up from her papers to face Gingka, whose mouth was already watering at the thought of a hamburger.

"You might want to be careful eating the burger, Gingka. You're going to get ketchup everywhere." Madoka giggled nervously as the man next to her nearly annihilated the burger in his hands.

"It must be a good burger, he looks like he's about to cry." Ayame laughed while sipping on her soda.

"You really didn't have to treat us all out to lunch, Ayame, really." Kenta said, munching his fries.

"Eh, I guess you could say I want to make a good impression." She replied, idly fiddling with her pen while looking at her data she had collected.

"You sure wrote down a lot of stuff, what are you going to do with out of it?" Madoka asked.

"I'll analyze everything once I get back to my apartment. It'll take a while before I can tell you anything concrete, though." Ayame continued to sip on her soda slowly.

"Ayame, you told me you were worried about meeting everyone, because you weren't sure you would fit in with the group. Because you didn't own or battle with a Beyblade of your own." The brunette recalled.

"Wait, you study all of these amazing things about Beyblades, but you don't even own your own Beyblade!?" The red-haird Legendary Blader was a little shocked, to say the least.

"I guess it's a little weird. I love to study Beyblades, but having battles with other people isn't really my thing."

"But, why would you think you wouldn't fit in with us? Madoka's a part of our group, but she isn't a Blader." Kenta pointed out. A bit of color rushed into Ayame's cheeks.

"Well, that's true..."

"Don't sweat it, Ayame." Gingka spoke up, "As far as I'm concerned, you're already a part of the group." He smiled at her, winking at her and giving her a thumbs up. Ayame wound up returning his smile.

"Thank you, Gingka."

A/N: The science Ayame talks about makes no sense, don't question it. Probably super lame first chapter. Tell me what you think of it.