Chapter 3.

Truth

Around 9:00 that night, the first meeting to the World Championship Beyblade Tounement had begun. All eight teams and their captians were present in the hall of the Grand Hotel in Moscow. Mr. Stanley Dickenson got up from his chair and made his way to the table at the front of the room.

"I'd like to thank each team and their captians for being present at this meeting. This tournament should be our best yet due to the immense talent that is within our presence, and we hope that you all have a wonderful time beyblading here during the next month and a half." Mr. Dickenson paused, and looked around at the teams and then at the reporters that were in front of him." We do however, have a few rules to change, as to ensure the safety of your Bladers. They are as such-

"1- No method of attack whatsoever, is to be used against another Blader.

2- Any illegal bey-parts found on any person or Beyblade of a competitor will be confiscated and said person, and their team, will be disqualified.

3- No double battles will be held in this tournament.

4- Any fighting outside of the arena will result in disqualification.

"These are the rules that are to be set into place, and I expect them to be followed. Now, for the tournament matches, they will be held in regular form. Three battles to a match, and the team with the most wins will go on to the next round. The tournement will begin in three days, so train as hard as you can, and give it your all. The battle match-ups will be posted in the lobby of the hotel tomorrow morning. That is all."

Mr. Dickenson left the table and walked calmly out of the room with reporters following him. All the teams looked around at each other, as if to see who was the best. After a few awkward moments, Triss, Tala, Macha, Amaya, and Mikhail got up from their seats and headed out the door. Slowly, more teams followed, until only the Blade Bruisers and BladeBreakers were left.

"So, Matti, are you going to tell us about Triss?" asked Ray. He went and sat next to the red-head, who was looking unsure whether to tell them or not. "Please, if there is anything we can do to help her, we want to know."

Hannah, their newest member, stood behind Matti and squeazed her shoulder. "I really think that you should tell them. Especially Kai. He loves her, so he most of all has every right to know what happened..." whispered Hannah. Matti nodded and ushered them all around her.

"Well, from what Triss has told me, she was origionally born with the name Alyona Raisa Vannan Senov. Her mother refused to allow her to have a Japanese last name, so Alyona took her grandmother's. She grew up with a brother- Tamello- and a sister- Aleera. Both of them are still alive. The woman with the long black hair was Aleera, and I think that boy was her son Aiden. You saw Tamello breifly a few months ago.

"When Alyona was five years old, her home near St. Petersburg was burnt to the ground, and both of her parents died. She and her siblings , I think, went to live with her mother's 'clan', of sorts. Apparently, Alyona became absorbed in her family's history and refused to beleive that she was part Japanese. She took her grandmother's title of the Bloodrose Warrior, and so she is called so today."

Hilary interupted. "So Triss, I mean, Alyona is not the original Bloodrose Warrior?"

Matti shook her head. "No, apparently it was a name that survived through the years from the ancient warriors of the Vannan bloodline, or something like that. Anyways, when Alyona was about nine, Asakura came and took her away from her family, and tried to 'turn' her Japanese. It didn't work, so instead she made her the 'ultimate weapon', and stuck her in that abby place. It was horrible. All of the scars on her back are from her years there. Macha and Amaya were sent there eventually, but they got out due to Alyona. She helped them escape, but for some reason returned to the abby to finish what she started... I think she was fourteen when Asakura took her out and began taking her along on her 'business trips'. Eventually, she just stayed with Acraina, and soon she started travelling around America, that's how she found us." Matti motioned to herself and her teammates.

Tyson and Max were speechless. They stared at Matti, who had begun to cry while retelling her friend's story. Erin and Jimmi helped her out of her seat and with Hilary following, escorted her out of the room. Hannah, however, turned to the boys and said-

"She should be better in a little while. Ray, you should come check on her in an hour or so," Ray nodded, and Hannah turned and followed her friends to their room. Ray stared at the closed door for a moment.

"Holy shit,"he muttered. "Guys, from what I can conclude, Trissy needs our help for something."

The others nodded in agreement, and then Tyson blinked his eyes. He had realized something. "Hey, didn't Triss give Matti a peice of paper? Maybe there was something important on it." He turned to Kai. "What do you think? Should we go find out what it said?"

Kai thought for a moment, then answered choosing his words carefully. "No, if there was somthing for us to know written on that paper, Matti would have told us," he stopped for a moment and looked around at the clock. 11:23. "We should be going to sleep. We have a long few days of training ahead of us." Kai closed his eyes and left the room.

The remaining boys looked at each other, then followed after their captian. Each were wondering the same thing- 'What is Kai gonna do?' It wasn't long before they left the meeting room to follow after the Russian boy.

Kai Hiwatari woke from a rough sleep. He stumbled to his feet and looked around his room until he looked his eyes on a little digital clock. 3:47. Fuck, he thought. Kai moved over to the dresser and put his clothes on. As silently as he could, Kai walked out of the room without waking Ray. Mumbling to himself about the value of sleep, he made his way to the Blade Bruiser's room. He needed to find out what the paper had said.

Mattis POV.

Knock, Knock, Knock.

I got up sleepily from the couch in the hotel room where my team and I are staying. Its a very nice hotel actually. The best I've been in. I went to the door to see who was there, and behold! The illustrious Kai, in all his tired glory, staring at me through heavy-lidded auburn eyes.

"Er, can I help you with something Kai?" I asked cautiously. Kai had been known to be a little, temepermental. "Kai?" I asked again. He really wasn't focused. I turned to go inside, but I felt Kai's hand on my wrist, and I knew better than to leave.

"That note, that Triss gave you," he whispered. "What did it say?" His eyes were at full attention, and they were lingering on mine.

Dammit Alyona, why did you have to pick the unnerving one? I thought to myself. I could've sworn I had seen Kai smirk after I thought that. "The note... the note said not to show or tell you..." I muttered. Kai's eyes fell as I said this. "But I think you should know anyways." I turned back to my room to get the note, but then stopped. It wasn't that Kai had stopped me, but rather, I felt that someone else was there. I looked beck at Kai, and I knew he felt it as well.

"Triss..." he whispered. Then Kai ran down the hallway, leaving me in his wake. I started to follow him, but decided against it. It was for him to find out what was happening to our girl, and Alyona specifically stated for me not to tell Kai.

"G'night Kai-kun!" I yelled. After standing at the doorway for a moment, I finally went inside. I walked to the other side of the living room and opened my blue bookbag. A note on a purple peice of paper lay on top of my clothes. I opened it and slowly reread what Alyona had written upon it, then ripped it up into a million little peices. "It's better this way. I'll go and see Tala in the morning."

...End of chapter...

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