I can't believe we're on chapter ten! I'm so happy to have y'all reading, and I just want to thank every single one of you for sticking with me through this story! I see this going maybe another ten, fifteen chapters, and then we will be onto V-Force and then G-Revolution! Eeeek. I already have a LOT planned for those two stories, a lot of angst, betrayal, and heart break! Hahahah, in the meantime, enjoy the BladeBreakers enjoying themselves ;) OH! And I decided to come to a happy medium for the whole Rated M thing. I will be posting the "Rated M" version of things on Adult Fan Fiction, but I will let you all know when that actually happens!

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All Around the World

Chapter Ten: Discovering the Past

Kira nodded, smiling at Robert. "I am, and I'm proud to say that, Robert. How could you possibly call us amateurs when we've won two championships already? Have you not been watching the BNN?"

"I have, but I did not see you battling once. These people you call teammates must have bored me from watching anymore television." Robert yawned, patting his mouth with his hand, and Kira shook her head laughing softly.

"Well maybe I should show you," she pulled out her blade and tossed it up and down in her hand, "what you're up against. I haven't battled you in quite some time, and I'm very interested to see how much better you've gotten."

"How do you know this guy?" Ray asked her, his eyebrows raised.

"He's one of my old teammates." She told him as she walked forward towards the beyrink, and everyone besides Luna and Max gasped.

"What?! You were on a team before us?!" Tyson yelled in exasperated shock. "What a traitor!"

"How does that make me a traitor if...you know what, forget it. What do you say, Robert?" Robert's ruby eyes bore into Kira, a characteristic that oddly reminded her of Kai.

"Fine, but do not complain to me when you lose." Robert bent down and picked up his blade, and Kira's cerulean eyes narrowed as everyone went silent.

'There's that arrogant attitude again...' She walked forward as everyone formed a circle around them in anticipation of the battle. "I really don't think we'll have to worry about that."

'I'm interested to see what you'll do against old teammates, Kira. Will you falter as Ray did?' Kai watched them silently, as usual.

"How do Kira's stats stack up against this guy's?" Max bent over next to Kenny, eyeing the information that flew through his computer.

"It's hard to say right now. Once they start blading it'll be easier to read. Kira uses a different strategy every time she blades, and every time I've seen a different energy and power level." Kenny frowned, typing and then looked up to see Kira preparing herself.

"Did you know she was on another team before us?" Ray asked Luna as he walked forward to join them, handing Kenny the drink that Kira had made for him. Luna nodded, her amethyst eyes widening.

"You mean she didn't tell you?" Ray shook his head and looked down at the lavender haired girl and then over at Kira.

'I guess there's a lot more to her than I thought...'

"3,2,1" Max counted out for them, and the two ripped their blades simultaneously. There was obvious tension between the two as they stared each other down. Ruby eyes met cerulean beauties, and Robert smirked.

"Let's not waste any time, Grypholyon!"

"That's what I was thinking, Draiga, take him down!" The two blades clashed creating a wave of energy that flashed across the room. "You've gotten stronger... I'm impressed."

"Of course, you do not think we've wasted the past three years dillydallying, do you?" Robert's eyebrows furred as Grypholyon sent out an attack to Draiga but she dodged it expertly.

"Please, all you boys do is 'dillydally.'" Kira rolled her eyes. "Draiga Shockwave Pulsar!" That should have ended it...but Grypholyon was still spinning, strong.

"Maybe in the old days Kira dearest. But that was when we were young. Everything has changed since then."

'H-how did he just avoid Kira's attack like that? It should have obliterated him...' Kenny stared down at his laptop in shock, and looked up to see a look of frustration on Kira's face. Apparently she was thinking the same thing.

"I never doubted that you were a strong blader Robert." Kira shook her head as she stared down at Draiga who was spinning near her master. The blade started to glow and seemed to be letting out spurts of energy. "Actually, you're one of the best I've yet to face, which is why you took my spot when I left the Majestics as captain." Again, there was a gasp from her current teammates, but she half ignored them, letting herself focus on the battle at hand. "Yet you always seem to forget that I know your every weakness and strength. You may have changed as a person, but your blading is exactly the same. You don't know how to grow." Her blue eyes lit up with a look of determination and a smug smile slid across her face.

"You don't seem to have changed either, you're still the same teenage girl we all once knew."

"Maybe, but I'm definitely not the same blader you once knew. Draiga, Heavenly Strike Turbo!" Robert's eyes widened as he looked worriedly down to his blade below. He knew he didn't stand a chance.

"No! Grypholyon!" Kira's blade glowed a white as it started moving erratically around the beybowl, slamming into and smashing Robert's blade. Pieces of the blade started to fall of and disintegrate, as Kira moved in her hand in a crossing motion across her chest.

"Enough." Draiga flew back up into her hand and Robert fell to his knees grabbing his blade in his hand. Kira walked over to his side of the bowl and kneeled down next to him.

"I didn't want to destroy you, but I had to prove a point. The damage is not unfixable. I know you'll have your best people on the job." She placed a hand on his shoulder, as his ruby eyes met her cerulean ones. A small smile lit up her face. "It was really great seeing you again."

"You are going to stop and visit everyone aren't you?" Robert asked her, and Kira's gaze was diverted elsewhere.

"Uhhh, we don't really have the time.. We need to get to Russia as soon as possible." She stood up along with Robert and she played with her hands behind her back nervously.

"You know Johnny would have a fit if you didn't at least stop by. And Oliver's feelings would never be amended."

"Oh they would be fine." Kira placed her hands on her hips making a face up at him. Robert certainly towered over her, being almost, if not more than six feet, when she barely reached five three.

"And Enrique, Lord only knows what he would do if he ever heard..."

"He's got so many girls that he's wrapped up in he's good until he dies."

"That's not the point Kira and you know it." She blinked, suddenly feeling aware of everyone's eyes on them. "You're the glue that holds us together."

"Well you guys seemed to be doing perfectly fine when I went to visit Johnny in January!"

"...you were in Europe in January?" Robert asked, honestly in surprise. Kira's eyes widened, realizing she said just a little bit more than she should have. "That little hog..."

"Ehhh uhhh, I'm going to go lay down. I clearly need some sleep." Kira shook her head holding her hand up to her forehead. She walked out of the training room as everyone watched her leave, Luna's eyes narrowed following her dear old cousin out of the training hall.

"You never told me you went to go visit Johnny in January!" Luna whispered harshly as her and Kira made their way through the ship towards the elevators. Kira turned to look at her, a sad look in her eyes, but she kept walking.

"I had to go Luna... I had to get away from the media circus that was my life in Japan. Johnny asked me while he was visiting with his family for the funeral if I wanted to come back and stay with them for a while, and so I did. I don't think I could have mourned for my parents in the right way if I had stayed. Johnny helped me through it and I am ever grateful to him for it."

"So that's why you were gone from school for like two weeks. Look, I don't blame you for needing to get away from everyone and everything for a while after all you had gone through because I would have done the same thing... but this thing between you and Johnny is a lot deeper than I had thought. You need to tell Ray before he misunderstands it as something else. He's extremely sweet and understanding, and I can't see him holding something like this, especially since it's completely out of your power, against you." The two girls rode their way up the elevator to the thirtieth floor.

"I know, I plan on talking to him about it, believe me."

"Especially since I believe now that Robert knows about you being in Europe, it is inevitable for you to run into the others and you know how they can be." They arrived back to the loft and Kira sighed, digging for her key.

"I didn't ask for any of this you know… it kind of just happened." Luna crossed her arms and nodded with a slight smile on her face, her beautiful lavender hair glowing in the sun that shone through the window.

"I know, Kira. You've been blessed with a wonderful curse. I'm sure Ray will come to accept it. He may not like it or even understand, but I don't think he'll resent you for it. He's one of the sweetest guys I've ever met. You got really lucky." Kira looked up at Luna and smiled.

"Believe me. I know. I can only hope this will bring us closer together and not drive us apart. I'm gonna take a nap, but I'll meet you guys down there later before dinner. I heard their hosting some sort of twenties thing.

"What do you want me to tell Ray if he asks?"

"I doubt he will because he still doesn't want Kai to know about us…but he can come up if he wants. I will in no way complain. I'm gonna move everyone's luggage to their rooms. Do you want a top or bottom room?"

"Girl, you know I always take top?" Luna winked and waved to Kira as she walked back down the hall towards the elevator.

"That was more than I needed to know!" Kira called out before scoffing in disgust and shut the door. Luna laughed and went back down the ship and found everyone lounging out on the deck near the large pool at the center. Well, Kai and Ray were there sitting next to Kenny. Kai and Ray both had their shirts off, with swim trunks on and Kai was sitting with Ray Bans covering his eyes, his arms crossed over his chest. Luna laughed to herself as she saw some girls from across the deck staring at the two boys, giggling and whispering to themselves.

"You're going to get such a weird tan if you keep your arms like that. Where are Tyson and Max?" Luna asked, taking a seat in a lounger next to Kai, pulling his chair closer to hers. He grunted in response and Ray chuckled, leaning back in his lounger sipping on some sort of drink.

" Tyson pushed him into the pool, so he's kinda in a bad mood." Ray told her, and she shrugged.

"Nothing, any different than usual." She smiled, and saw Kai twist his head in her direction, and even if she couldn't see it, she could feel his death glare burning through her skin which made her laugh, and Ray joined her.

"Max and Tyson both went up there to zipline across the ship because Tyson feared for his life."

"He better keep both eyes open tonight." Kai murmured, cracking his knuckles which made Luna laugh again. No matter how hard he tried, he could not stay angry around her. It seemed as though when she just so much as entered his vicinity all feelings of anguish, sadness, anger, or stress just faded from him. The feeling exemplified with her touch. It was unexplainable to him. Sure, he'd been with girls before, but he never had a longing to be around them like he did her. He watched her from behind his sunglasses, feeling secure that she couldn't tell that he was watching her. She conversed casually with Ray and Kenny so damn easily. It honestly made him jealous. Not because she was talking with Ray and Kenny, although he definitely preferred her attention on him, but because casual conversation was so easy for her. Though, he definitely never wanted to initiate it in the first place. He would never admit it aloud, although he was pretty sure she already knew. She turned to look at him, and smiled, and he secretly returned one as well. Damn, he'd been busted. But really, who could give two shits? He definitely didn't.

"WOOOOHOOOOOO!" Kai's eye twitched in annoyance as he heard two screams that were way too familiar for his liking.

"Woooah that looks like so much fun!" Luna stood and smiled as Tyson and Max flew past and above them down the tether line to the other side of the ship.

"You can't reach me up here Kai! HAHAHAHA!" Tyson yelled, clearly bragging that he was out of Kai's reach. But only for the time being. He definitely didn't feel as annoyed currently as he could have been, but of course, that was all thanks to Luna.

"Good GOD, if that isn't the most obnoxious thing I've ever heard…" Kai rolled his eyes.

"Aww c'mon Kai they're just having a little fun. Maybe you should try it for once." Ray smiled taking a video with his phone.

"Yeah, I don't think so." Luna smiled, watching Kai act annoyed. She knew for a fact he would never admit it, but he was having fun…and he also super top secretly loved his teammates. She was sure of it.

The humming of the machines. The beeps continue repeating. Where was I? Where am I? What am I? Who am I? I blinked my eyes open and looked around. Everything seemed so large, so big compared to my obvious small size. The last thing I remember… training… Kai…battle… Tala? Why? Who are these people? Bryan…Spencer… Giorgio… Kahoru…

Who are these people surrounding me? What is going on? I can't feel anything going on around me… every word they speak sounds muffled…

I feel my eyes droop shut as a wave of sleepiness drifts over me again.

OW. A sharp pain in my neck. I feel my body start to flail around involuntarily. WHAT IS GOING ON? WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?

Kira shot up in her bed, it was way past dark by now. She looked over at the little clock sitting on the nightstand next to her bed. She was drenched in sweat, and her breathing was ragged. It was three fifteen AM.

'Why didn't anyone wake me up? I missed dinner.' Kira frowned, looking over and saw a figure lying next to her in the bed, and immediately recognized it to be Ray. She smiled, and stroked his hair as he softly rolled over, groaning lightly in his sleep.

"Sorry, didn't mean to bother you.." She whispered, pulling the covers from her body and stood up walking to their private bathroom. She hopped in the shower and turned on the hot water and soaked herself clean. The hot water felt great on her aching muscles, an obvious side effect of all the training. After she felt satisfied, she climbed out and went to her duffle bag and slipped on some yoga shorts, and an oversized t-shirt she got in Hawaii. She brushed out her hair, and let it air dry, heading into the living room of the loft, and searched through the fridge. The closest thing resembling food was some fruit, which would make due well enough for her right now. She peeled the oranges and apples and snacked on them, which satisfied her small appetite for the time being. There was no way she was going to order room service this late at night anyways. She eyed the piano again, sighing heavily as she tried to focus on something, anything else in the room. She noted that it was raining. Kira found that comforting, she had always loved the rain. But her mind drifted back to the piano, and she couldn't ignore the pull to it. Her legs seemed to move on their own, and she found herself sitting at the bench of the piano once again. She lifted the key cover and once again found herself running her fingers over the smooth texture of the keys.

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Ray's keen sense of hearing caused him to wake, the first thing he heard was the angelic melodies of the piano from the living room. He cursed his ears and squinted his eyes shut, feeling for the sleeping girl next to him – except that she wasn't actually next to him.

'That must be her playing then.' He slowly sat up, rubbing his eyes to rid them of sleepiness. He had come in earlier, to come and wake her for dinner, but she looked so perfect and innocent sleeping there, and he also knew she hadn't been sleeping very well the past few weeks. So he decided to skip on dinner too, and took what he thought was supposed to be a short nap with her, but according to the clock was an eight hour one.

He quietly stepped out of the room and saw her with the lights dimmed, but she was definitely playing. There was no one he knew that could master those keys like she did. (In my head she's playing The River Flows in You and Kiss the Rain by Yiruma the Love Instrumental which has rain in the background) He bent over the balcony, and leaned his arms on the posts as he watched her, his golden orbs glowing in the moonlight. He felt at ease, listening to her play a different remix than the one he remembered. He made his way down the stairs and sat next to her on the bench, to which she slowed down and looked at him with a smile, but didn't stop. In fact she started playing her next song. (Kiss the Rain) He let his hand rest on her thigh, and closed his eyes.

"Ray.." Her soft voice stirred him from his deep meditation he had found himself in, and he realized she wasn't playing anymore.

"Hm?" He asked, blinking his eyes, and looked to her.

"I need to talk to you."

"Sure, let's go sit over there." He pointed to the couch in the middle of the room, and she nodded standing, and went to sit on the couch. He joined her moments later, and pulled her close to him, savoring this moment. They didn't get them often, but when they did, he never wanted to let go. "What's up?"

"…There's something I need to tell you. I don't know how you're going to take it, but I need to tell you before we get to London." Ray's breath caught in his chest as the possibilities of what it could be ran through his mind. He wasn't often insecure, but Kira had a habit of bringing out his insecurities. "Gosh, where do I even start… As you know, I was on a team before the BladeBreakers."

"I don't ever remember you telling me about that." Ray spoke into her ear, and his voice sent shivers down her spine.

'I don't know if he's doing that intentionally, but it's driving me nuts.' She pouted and shook her head softly, regaining her train of thought. "I did. On the first night, remember? When we were sitting on the porch at Tyson's?"

'Oh yeah… Does that make me a bad boyfriend for not remembering? Wait, scratch that, she's not even my girlfriend.' He nodded, her hand in his own, he stroked the back of her hand with his thumb. "Yeah… now I do."

"Well, they're all like my brothers. Their name is the Majestics. Johnny, Robert, Enrique, and Oliver. I've known them all since I was about two, our parents were all really good friends, and we kind of grew up around each other until I moved to Japan. Well, while I had a close relationship with everyone, I was extra close with Johnny. He's been my best friend since day one. Well, we "dated" for a few years back a while ago. I don't know.. I just didn't want you to think that we still have anything between us. We're strictly platonic now.. but Johnny and I do have a special connection."

Ray felt a small, tiny, itty bitty twinge of jealousy pull at his heart at that last sentence. "What kind of...special connection?"

Kira frowned, trying to figure out how to explain. "I... honestly don't know how to explain it to you. If I didn't experience it myself, I wouldn't understand. But basically.. we've been able to practically finish each others sentences, and sometimes it seems as though we can read each others minds. I don't know, like I said it's weird, and I don't know how to explain it. But when we battle together we can feed off each others energy... ever since I came back from that camp..." Kira's words trailed off, and she frowned, realizing she was talking in circles. "He helped drag me out of depression after my parents' passing... and if it weren't for him I may not be here right now. I just know that Enrique likes to tease us about it, and I didn't want you to get the wrong idea. I feel nothing for him more than friendship. Basically that's all I wanted to say."

"Kira, you know you talk too much, don't you?" She turned around and made a face at Ray when she heard the amusement in his voice, and he pulled her against him, laughing. "Don't worry about it, I don't have a jealous bone in my body."

"Well that makes one of us." Ray smiled, and pulled her lips to meet his.

There's chapter ten! I hope I explained Kira and Johnny's connection correctly so I don't confuse anyone. -_- anywhooo, next they will be going to London, and then the craziness really starts :) I can't wait for you all to see what I have planned! Don't forget to review, and favorite and follow this story!

Oh, I also have another beyblade story posted. It's a little bit different than this one, and almost an AU fic. It's entitled "In Fate's Hands". Go check it out if you like!

BTW, I hope you all have a wonderful labor day weekend.

Thanks for reading!