Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade or any of its characters. I only own this little fanfic and my original characters, Amy, Erika and Sephoracle.

Isa Koliki: I'm glad you like Erika and Amy! Before I started writing chapter 2, I didn't even plan on including them until the last minute!

Erika and Amy: "Wow! We have a fan!"

Flaller: It was my pleasure to thank my first reviewer, that's you! I'm glad you think my fic is interesting so far. Nothing too exciting happens in this chapter, but don't worry, things will get interesting once the time travelling begins!

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Chapter Four-Time for Some Training!

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With Black Dranzer in one hand and Sephoracle in her pocket, Erika followed Amy and the Bladebreakers towards the lab. They walked down a few city streets before coming to the forest where Kai had been training. Eventually, they approached the sliding glass doors of the lab where they found Kenny and Emily, who were still busying themselves with the laborious task of developing time travel technology.

Kai was standing against a wall with his arms crossed and eyes closed, deep in thought as usual. He took a quick glance from Amy to Erika when he heard two unfamiliar voices in the room. 'Who are these people and what are they doing here?' he thought. 'They don't look like crazy fangirls or anything like that, but whatever they're here for, they'd better not be just loitering around!'

"Now look what Tyson and the gang have brought in," Kai grumbled, annoyed with the presence of strangers.

"Dude, chill out! They're just friends of ours!" Tyson retorted.

"We also think that they might be able to help us with the time travelling stuff," Ray replied.

"Hmph, whatever," Kai remarked. "Just make sure that you keep your 'guests' out of trouble."

At this, Amy and Erika looked to the floor as they began to feel a bit awkward being around the world champion beybladers. They began to wonder whether or not they should have come, as what Kai said was true. They really didn't have any business coming here and were just amateur bladers whom Tyson, Max and Ray just randomly happened to meet in town that day. Noticing that they weren't really comfortable in their new surroundings, Max, Ray and Tyson decided that they should try to make Amy and Erika feel more at ease.

"Hey, don't worry about Kai," Max smiled. "You know how he is, right guys?"

"Who does he think he is to criticize our guests? Why I oughta-"

"What Tyson means to say is, Kai is a little on the antisocial side and he likes being alone. But don't be put off by that, he really is a good guy once you've earned his respect," Ray cut in.

"Yeah, so don't worry about it if you don't get along with him right away," Max added. "He'll get used to you guys eventually!" With that, Max gave Amy and Erika a thumbs-up and winked.

"Anyways, go ahead and make yourselves comfortable" Ray suggested.

"And don't look like you guys are gonna be interrogated or something. Kenny or Emily will call you over when they're ready!" Tyson announced cheerfully. "In the meantime, feel free to explore the lab or even train in one of our specially designed beydishes."

Amy and Erika gave each other sideways glances. They were still unsure of what to make of their situation and still felt a bit awkward, even after the Bladebreakers had reassured them. They furtively began exploring the lab, amazed by all the resources and equipment that the Bladebreakers had access to. Soon, they began to wonder why they had been brought there and whether or not they would be able to succeed in that purpose. Suddenly, their thoughts were interrupted.

"Hey Erika, can you come over here for a second?" Emily called. Erika and Amy advanced towards her, awaiting Emily's instructions. "Launch your beyblade into this metal dish here."

Erika pulled out Sephoracle and attempted to launch it into the dish. However, the dish was small and Erika didn't have the greatest aim, so Sephoracle was sent skittering across the floor a few times before Erika actually managed to land her into the dish. Emily sighed.

"Finally! Now can you call forth Sephoracle?" Emily asked doubtfully.

"I'll try, but I'm not sure if I can do it," Erika replied with hesitation.

"I take it that you haven't been beyblading long."

"That's right . . . Erika and I only got started last week" Amy explained.

"Come out Sephoracle!" Erika called uneasily.

Kai watched with curiosity as Erika made an effort to summon her bitbeast. He chuckled to himself a little when her attempts were to no avail. 'I wonder what made the others so certain that this girl could help us?' he contemplated. 'She can barely launch her blade for crying out loud, let alone thread her ripcord properly; so how can they expect her to summon a bitbeast?'

Meanwhile, the purple beyblade continued to spin in the center of Emily's dish, oblivious to Erika's commands. Emily frowned and tapped her foot impatiently as she watched Erika shout at her beyblade hopelessly.

"Girl, you need some training," Emily declared. "This device that I have created will only work if you're able to summon Sephoracle. This special dish acts as an absorbent for the energy wavelengths that your bitbeast will emit, once it has emerged from your beyblade of course."

"I'm sorry . . . " Erika apologized. "I know I'm not a very good blader and I can tell that you were really depending on my bitbeast for your, uh . . . time thingy. But when I do become better, I promise I'll come back and help you if I can!" That's when Kai decided to get up from the spot where he was leaning on the wall.

"It will take more than just a little training to get you in the game," Kai cut in. "Learning to summon a bitbeast is different from the technical stuff, like say, pulling off a good launch. It requires an entirely different aspect of concentration and focussing your energy."

"Huh?" Erika was confused.

"In other words, you need more experience and confidence in yourself. I kinda doubt you'll be able to grasp that for now, especially for an amateur such as yourself."

"Then what do you suppose we do, Mr. Smartypants?" Tyson inquired.

Kai had turned his back and was about to walk away, but stopped in his tracks at Tyson's question. He paused for a bit, then turned around again.

"I'll train her," he stated coolly.

"You'll what?" Tyson asked, surprised.

"You heard me right. I said I'll train her, seeing as that's our only option right now."

Tyson's jaw dropped as Max, Ray and Kenny came upon the scene.

"Hey, what's happening?" Ray asked.

"Kai just volunteered to train Erika so she can summon her bitbeast!" Tyson replied, still gaping at Kai's offer.

"Dude, that's so generous of you, Kai!" Max exclaimed, patting Kai on the back.

Kai grinned. "Don't push it, lil' Maxy!"

"So you're going to train me?" asked Erika curiously. "Thanks so much! When do we start?"

"We can start right now, if that's okay with you," Kai remarked. "However, I'm doing this on the condition that you'll do everything exactly as I tell you. Ca piche?"

"I'll do my best, but I'm afraid I can't promise anything!" Erika said, grateful for Kai's assistance.

"Here, I'll help with the training too," Ray added. "You can follow along as well if you'd like, Amy."

"Count me in! Nothing like learning from the experts!" Amy cheered.

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In the All Stars' specially rendered training area, Kai began to school Amy and Erika on the basics of beyblading.

"Show me how you launch your blade" Kai commanded.

Erika fumbled with her ripcord as she threaded it through her launcher. She attached Sephoracle to the base then held out her launcher in her left hand and grasped the ripcord with her right. With a quick jerk, Erika launched her beyblade into the dish.

"Okay, so that's not the greatest launch I've ever seen, but that's what we're here for," Kai announced. "Here, watch me."

Kai pulled Dranzer out from his pocket and with one swift motion, had his ripcord threaded and Dranzer in place, ready to go. He extended his arms in front of him and pulled off a clean launch right into the center of the dish.

"Err . . . could you repeat that in slow motion?" Amy asked.

Kai sighed as Dranzer flew back to his open hand. He rethreaded his ripcord through his launcher, allowing Amy and Erika to take in his movements. 'This is gonna take awhile' he thought.

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Can you believe that Kai, of all people, was the one who offered to train Amy and Erika? We'll see how successful he is next chapter!