Last Time: The Blitzkrieg Boys, along with Kai, continued the search for Ja-rel Tsubasa and his undetectable hot spot. Unfortunately, they came across an underground laboratory with a gigantic computer; a computer possessed by a bit-beast named Frost Walrus.

Kai and his new Dranzer Rising thwarted the plans and made the laboratory a memory.

But new questions remain unsolved: Who is Kai planning on calling? And how many more bit-beasts are left?

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Chapter Title: Fire and Water

Episode 10: Happy Birthday, Emily!

-New York-

The PBB All-Stars HQ was begining a whole new day as Emily and Mariam were practicing in the beystadium.

"Sharkrash, attack Trigator!" Mariam shouted as Red Sharash chraged.

"Trigator!" Emily yelled as Trigator MS rushed in.

Both blades started by grinding each other in the middle. But then, Trigator started to gain ground on Sharkrash.

"It seems though that you've lost your touch, Mariam!" Emily said as Trigator MS started to push Red Sharkarsh.

"I guess you don't know me too well!" Mariam said, "Sharkrash isn't a PUSHOVER!" With that said, Red Sharkrash pushed back Trigator MS back to Emily's side of the dish. "I've underestimated you!" Emily replied.

Meanwhile, Max's mom, Judy, was look at the girls' charts. 'This is incredible!' she thought, 'Both blades are over fifty-thousand RPMs! If they can keep this up, the bit-beast problem will be gone on this side of the globe!'

As well, Emily and Mariam yelled as they pumped up more power into their beyblades. Sharkrash and Trigator blasted each other left and right as they rotated around the dish. Then Trigator MS took charge again as it started to grind Sharkrash again. But with a little posure, Red Sharkrash, after a little bashing of its own, pushed it back!

Before they could go on, Mariam noticed something and turned around. "Hey, Judy!" she said, "Where's Daichi and Rick? Weren't they supposed to be training with us?" "Don't worry about that," Judy said, "They just went to look for Max. It's already been two days, you know!"

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Speaking of Rick and Daichi, they were both walking down the hall.

"Don't you think we shouldn't bother right now?" Daichi asked. "No way, kid!" Rick getting fustrated, "Max has been couped up in that room for quite sometime now! He's coming out today or I'll drag him out!"

As soon as Rick and Daichi opened the door, they ducked when something flew at their head; well, actually Rick.

The object returned to a figure's hand and said, "Sorry about that. I was finishing testing out my new beyblade."

"Cool," Daichi said.

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Meanwhile, Red Sharkrash and Trigator MS were still in the middle grinding each other. Seconds later, they separated.

"I'm impressed!" Judy said, "Emily and Mariam's power are completely equal!"

"Finish her off, Trigator!" Emily yelled as Trigator MS rushed in with double the speed.

"Sharkrash, Final Attack!" Mariam shouted with Red Sharkrash flamed up with pure blue fire.

As soon as they got to a least an inch apart, a beyblade came out of nowhere. Catching Mariam and Emily's eye, the beyblade bashed both Red Sharkrash and Trigator MS out on to the floor. A minute later, the green beyblade returned to its owner's hand.

"Looks like I win!" someone said. Once the girls turned around, Mariam couldn't believe her eyes. It was indeed Max, but he looked very different. He was still wearing the same pants and shoes, but he was wearing a fully, covered green shirt with a BBA logo on it. Plus, he wore an orange, sleeveless vest; to top it off, his beyblade gear was attached to his black belt.

Mariam ran over and hugged him. "Sheesh, I've just been gone for two days!" Max said hugging her back. "I just wanted to make sure that I get to you first!" Mariam said then she saw something that looked disturbing, "Ouch! Those cuts look deep!"

"That's exactly what I said when I saw him!" Rick said. "I've never seen cuts that brutal before!" Daichi said, "Careful, Rick! You might get some too!" Rick just narrowed his eyes at him.

"Don't worry guys!" Max said, "They'll heal up! Besides, I got them because I was testing out my beyblade!" Max showed them the new Draciel and Daichi went mental! "Meet Draciel Righteous!" "AW MAN!" Daichi said, "When will I get an upgrade?"

"Oh!" Judy jumped, "That reminds me. Mariam, could you go down to the mall to get the package I order?"

"Sure, I'll go!" Mariam replied, "Emily, do you wanna come too?" Turning around, Mariam noticed that Emily was still blushing at Max. "HEY, EMILY! WAKE UP IN THERE!" Emily jumped out of her confusion. "Uh, yeah!" Emily replied being embarrassed, "I'll go!" Seconds later, the girls walked out the door.

"Hpmh!" Rick breathed, "You have that affect on girls. Don't you, Maxy?" "What's the matter, Rick?" Max asked, "Jealous?" "No way!"

Meanwhile, Daichi didn't get a clue of what they were talking.

'And they say "Parents Just Don't Understand"!'

-Commercial Break-

"Well, now that you three are done playing around," Judy began, "We have to put up decorations for the party tonight!"

"Party?" Max questioned, "What party? I didn't know anything about a party!" "Don't you remember?" Rick asked, "Today is Emily's Birthday!"

"Emily's...BIRTHDAY?" Max yelled then slapped his hand on his head, "I remember now! She turns eighteen today! I was so busy training for those bit-beasts, that I forgot! But, maybe she'll understand, since I was gone for two whole days, that I didn't get her a present." "Don't worry, Maxy!" Judy said, "I got you covered!"

"Heh!" Rick chuckled, "I've already got my present giftwrapped. What about you, Daichi?" Daichi was stopped in his tracks, with his face redder than a radish! "What the Hell is it to you, anyway?" he shouted. "C'mon, Daichi! I know you got a better present for Emily than all of us do!" "You even told me, two years back..." Max replied, "...that you've started to have a huge crush on her!" "THAT WAS THEN AND THIS IS NOW!" Daichi yelled out, "Anyway, Rick! You're just saying that because you think I'm gonna show off!"

"You wanna make a side bet!" Rick asked slyly.

While Rick and Daichi continued to argue, Max went over to his mother.

"Did you find anything yet on the bit-beasts over here, Mom?" he asked quietly. "No," Judy replied, "As much as I know that they're out there, those lights really hid themselves very wisely. I talked with Mr. Dickinson. He claims that Tyson, Rei, and Kai had their fair share of a few bit-beasts sightings."

Then Max, slightly, turned his head and started to think. 'From what Mom claims, it seems that the guys barely made their victory by the skin of their teeth! I just hope I don't have to go through something like that! The sooner that I find those bit-beasts, the sooner I go after Ja-rel! Then, I'll really stick it to him for what he put my friends through!' Suddenly, Max snapped out of his thinking in shock.

"What's wrong, Max?" Judy asked. "What's wrong with me, Mom?" Max asked. "What do you mean, sweetie?" "Uh, it's nothing." After that, Max walked to Rick and Daichi, who stopped arguing, and helped them with the birthday party. Judy had no idea what Max was thinking right now.

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Meanwhile, heading towards the mall, Mariam and Emily were discussing something.

"So, what do you think you might on your birthday, Emily?" Mariam asked. "I don't know!" Emily said, "What do you think?" "Why are you asking me? You told me that your birthday was today, couple of weeks back!"

"Well, I can definitely understand Max!" Emily replied as Mariam looked at her unquestionably, "You know how it is, being the leader of this team searching for those bit-beasts and all! Besides, when I looked at him this morning..." Mariam still looked at her, waiting for a reply. "OH MY GOSH! HE'S SUCH A BABE MAGNET!"

Mariam stopped in mid-motion and replied, "HEY! That babe magnet is only attracted to ME! I know for a fact that somebody else likes you!" "Who!" Emily asked.

Before Mariam could say anything, the girls were interrupted by a huge cloud of dust. Covering their eyes, Emily yelled, "What the heck is going on!" "Don't you see the sign?" Mariam yelled, "NO SMOKING!"

As the dust cleared, a biker on a motorcycle was right in front of them.

"Are you two beybladers?" he said. "Phat bike!" Mariam said. "Who the Hell are you!" Emily said, "Want do you want from us?"

"My name is...Quaker!" he said, "And this is my beyblade!" Quaker revealed a silver-like beyblade which the attack created a small, but blinding gleam. "I want to challenge you both to a beybattle!"

"So far, I'm not impressed!" Emily said. "Emily, look!" Mariam whispered, "Look at the bit chip!" As they looked closer, they saw something very intresting. "Mariam!" Emily said, "Is that what I think it is?" "If you think, it's a bit-beast, you're absolutely right!" Mariam replied.

"Well, if you won't accept my challenge," Quaker replied, "Then I'll make you battle me! Besides, you're no match for me and my Metallitrix!" Quaker released his beyblade send towards the girls.

With no time to spare, Emily and Mariam launched their own beyblades. "Attack, Trigator!" Emily as Trigator MS sped very fast at Metallitrix. Once a critical hit was made, Metallitrix felt nothing, which made Emily absolutely confused. Then the silver beyblade bashed Trigator MS back making Emily get knocked off her feet. Just barely, she recovered.

"Emily!" Mariam said looking back. "It seems that your friend is having problems already!" Quaker said laughing. 'Damn! That was Emily's opening move, and yet she got blasted back!' "Fine, it's my turn now! Go, Red Sharkrash!" Red Sharkrash rushed forward grinding Metallitrix with everything it got! "Is that the best you can do?" Quaker asked as Metallitrix moved back, "I'm not even breaking a sweat!" With that, Metallitrix grinded Red Sharkrash, the same way, and then gave it one good hit! Mariam was pushed back instantly, but she felt to one knee holding her upper right arm.

"Mariam, are you alright?" Emily asked. "Afraid not!" Mariam said cringing in pain as streams of blood fell between her fingers. Emily, shocked, gritting her teeth at Quaker. 'What kind of bit-beast is this!' she thought, 'Everytime we attack, Metallitrix repeats the same sequence!'

"My turn!" Quaker said slyly, "Go, Metallitrix!" Metallitrix rushed forward to attack Trigator MS. "Don't worry, Mariam!" Emily said standing in front of her, "I'll protect you!" Hoping that Trigator would take the direct hit, Mariam came back up in front of her as Red Sharkrash took the full blow of Metallitrix's attack! That blow caused major scratches on her arm! "Mariam!" Emily replied. "Go for the sides!" Mariam replied back. Emily nodded in agreement as the girls move in blinding speed.

Red Sharkrash and Trigator MS were on opposites side of Metallitrix. Appearing on both sides of the street, the girls held out their hands creating vibrations. "Go!" Mariam yelled out. Emily did the same thing as both blades slammed into Metallitrix and gave it a good grind to slow it down. "Give up yet?" Emily shouted to Quaker, but instead forced Metallitrix to blast Sharkrash and Trigator off of it. That caused Emily and Mariam to be pushed back as well. "Guess not!" Mariam replied.

"You're finished!" Quaker shouted, "SHARD SHOT ATTACK!" Instantly, pieces of metal flew from Metallitrix's attack ring and began shooting down Trigator and Sharkrash. Where Emily and Mariam were standing, explosions came out of nowhere knocking them down to the ground. "So, this is the first time that I've put you down! I'm impressed that you've stayed up longer than I thought!"

"Ah man!" Emily began rising to her feet, "Ridiculous! This is not the way I wanted to celebrate my birthday!" "No kidding!" Mariam said getting up.

"SHARD SHOT ATTACK!" Quaker shouted as Metallitrix flew pieces of metal at them again, but this time they were ready for it. Mariam rolled out the way, with Red Sharkrash was still intacted, while Emily and Trigator MS flew into the air. "Emily, BEHIND YOU!" Mariam shouted. Emily turned around as Quaker appeared behind her and made her shriek. "Got you!" Quaker said as Metallitrix came out of nowhere and clocked Trigator MS. Emily fell from the sky, instantly, luckily Mariam caught her.

"Face it!" Quaker said reappearing on ground again, "You're puny blades can't stand up against my Metallitrix!" "We'll see!" Mariam said. 'If the boys don't hurry up, we're gonna be the first victims of a bit-beast, who seems to be invincible!'

-Commercial Break-

Back at the PBB All-Stars HQ, Rick and Daichi were arguing about where to put the decorations. Max, on the other hand, stared out the window thinking.

'What happening to me? I suppose to be like this water, I'm drinking now.' he thought as he put glass of water down. 'The water means gentle: To keep calm. But for the past twenty-four hours now, I can help feel anxious about facing Ja-rel! I know patience is never our strongest asset, but am I as gentle as the water itself, or something maddening?'

Then suddenly, an alarm went off.

"Mom!" Max yelled out, "What's happening!" "I've got a lock on a bit-beast sighting!" Judy said. "Finally, some real action!" Rick said. "Where's Mariam and Emily?" Daichi asked, "Shouldn't they get the memo too?" "According to the computer, they're battling the bit-beast as we speak; but they are not doing very well!"

"Well, let's give them a hand!" Max said as Rick and Daichi agreed.

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Meanwhile, Mariam and Emily were lured into a deserted parking lot. In front of them, Quaker stood laughing.

"There's no where you can run now!" Quaker replied, "You can't escape!" Suddenly, a beyblade came out of nowhere and struck Metallitrix from behind. "What!"

Then the blade stood in front of the girls. "Is that...?" Mariam asked. "...Draciel Righteous!" Emily finished. "In the flesh, babe!" Max said appearing in front them, "You two ok?" "For better or worse," Emily replied. "We choose worse!" "Don't worry," Rick said appearing in front of them. "We'll take over from here!" Daichi replied.

"So, you want a piece of me too, huh?" Quaker said. "No, we're just here to take you down!" Rick said, "Right, Daichi?" "Hell yeah!" Daichi shouted.

"LET IT RIP!"

"Show'em what you're made of Rock Bison!" Rick shouted.

"Gaia Dragoon!" Daichi shouted, "Show no mercy!"

"Draciel, defenses on high!" Max shouted.

Rock Bison, Gaia Dragoon MS, and Draciel R rushed forward against Metallitrix. Rock Bison started off first by bashing and grinding the silver beyblade. But, the offense didn't do so well, as Metallitrix pushed back Rock Bison with the same amount of power. "What the...!" Rick replied as his beyblade was bashed backwards.

"You maybe good, but it's no match for the hard, raw power of Gaia Dragoon Metal Spike!" Daichi replied, "Attack now!" Gaia Dragoon MS's stragety was different; instead of grinding, it bashed the silver beyblade left to right, right to left. "Can you kids come up with better ideas?" Quaker said smiling as Metallitrix bashed Gaia Dragoon back with no effort. "You've got to be kidding me!" Daichi said.

"Alright, then!" Max said rushing forward, "I'll give it a try!" Knowing that Draciel R was rushing forward, Quaker readied Metallitrix. Both blades clashed at each other causing lighting sparks everywhere. Then Draciel got its second wind as it bashed the silver beyblade back to its owner's side. But Max dropped to his knees nearly passing out. "Ah man!" he said, "That blade is like punching an indestructable steel wall! It hurts!"

Quaker laughed as he said, "I admit, you're yellow-haired friend here, got the best of me! But still, I'm gonna win!"

"I've had enough with this guy!" Rick replied. "I, very well, agree!" Daichi replied.

"DROP ROCK!"

Rock Bison sped even faster as pieces of pebbles transformed the beyblade into a indestructable boulder.

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Daichi, with arms crossed, powered up as Gaia Dragoon appeared in the background. After his eyes grew smaller, he thrusted his arms creating a very powerful shockwave. Meanwhile, Gaia Dragoon fired a super-sized fireball from his mouth which contained Gaia Dragoon MS.

"SPIKE SAW!"

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Both attacks grinded Metallitrix, pushing it back even more. "Impressive!" Quaker said seeing his beyblade on the brink, "But not good enough!" With every little effort, the Drop Rock and Spike Saw attacks were decimated causing both blades to stop spinning. "No way!" Daichi yelled. "Damn it!" Rick replied.

"Man!" Max replied, "What is this guy doing right, that we're not?" "I think I know!" Emily replied, "Any energy that we throw at this guy, he's repelling it back with more strength! That why our attacks ain't scratching this guy!" "So, what do we do about it?" "Simple: Reverse Psychology! Repel his energy with a little strength of our own!"

"Then you two, go ahead!" Mariam replied, "I would help, but my beyblade stoppe spinning a long time ago!" As Max and Emily agreed, Emily said, "I'll go first in the honor of stopping "Biker Breath"!"

Trigator MS stood poised as Quaker smiled. 'Finally! I have a chance to beat all of them!' he thought. Metallitrix rushed in trying to take out whatever's left of Emily blade. "Gotcha!" Emily replied, "Trigator, Reverse Spin Attack!" Suddenly, Trigator MS switched from right to left spin. "What!" Quaker responded in surprise, "What's going on!"

"She just stopped your beyblade in its tracks!" Max said as Draciel R came up out of nowhere and bashed Metallitrix back. "What's happening!" Quaker shouted. "Simple! Your beyblade has a bit-beast that's controlling you!" Emily replied. "And we're here to put a stop to it!" Max shouted, "Draciel! Execute, R-Axis Gear!" Draciel's gears kicked in as it rushed in for a final attack.

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Emily raised her hands in the air as Trigator MS tranformed into an aquatic sphere. Wtih Trigator and a giant tsunami behind her, she fired the sphere turning it into a powerful beam.

"RAY WATERS!"

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Using the Ray Waters to boost its speed, Draciel R thrusted his power to Metallitrix.

"You're done, Quaker!" Max shouted, "Say goodbye...to your bit-beast!" Without Quaker saying a word, Metallitrix was automatically cut in half! Then the silver beyblade exploded.

"All right!" Daichi said, "You guys kicked butt out there!" "I could of done better!" Rick said. "Says you, Rick!" Mariam said, "Your G-blade is nothing compared to Max's!" While everyone was talking, Emily turned around. "Hey! Where did Quaker run off to?" she asked. Searching the lot, Max replied, "I guess he can't take the shame of losing. Wherever his is, I just hope he's alright."

-Commercial Break-

Returning to the HQ, everyone, including Emily, was into her birthday party.

"Wow!" Emily replied, "This is the best birthday party ever! And thanks for the new customary grip launcher, Rick!" "Ah, it was the least I can do!" Rick replied.

"Eh...sorry, I couldn't get anything expensive for you, Emily," Max replied, "I just hope that this'll make up for it." Then he placed a red rose in front of her. "Oh, Max!" Emily replied, "It's beautiful! I love it!"

"Well, if you love that," Judy began, "You'll go nuts over my present! Considering that I have been evaluating you performances, I've decided that you will be the third member to join Rick and Daichi in this year's World Beyblading Championship!"

Emily couldn't believe her ears; she was going to be in the World Championships this year!

"This is the best gift ever!" she replied, "I can't wait!" "Then you should wear this!" Mariam said revealing a brand made All-Stars jacket, "This is present I made for you! Your team will be wearing this jacket in the championships." "It's beautiful, Mariam!" Emily said hugging her. Then Daichi walked up to her last. "Huh?" Emily breathed out.

Daichi felt a little embarrased but kept his cool. "Happy Birthday, Emily!" he said then kissing her on the cheek, which made her blush, a thousand! Touching her cheek, Emily just looked at him. Daichi just closed waiting for any indication for Emily to slap him, but instead, she kissed him back...ON THE LIPS! "Thank you, Daichi," she said finishing up.

"Ooooooooooooh, Daichi! You sly dog!" Rick said poking fun at him. "Get off my back, OK!" Daichi shouted. Max just smiled minutes later then started to walk out of the room.

"Hey, Max!" Daichi said, "Aren't you gonna get some of this cake?" "I will! Don't worry," Max replied back, "I just need to check something."

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Returning to his room, Max noticed that his phone was ringing and picked it up.

"PBB All-Stars Headquarters, Max Mizuhara speaking," he replied but then his faced turned serious, "Huh?"

-The Next Morning-

While Emily, Rick, and Daichi were begining their practice, Mariam walked in and asked Judy for something.

"Judy, have you seen Max anytime this morning?" she asked. "Not at all," Judy asked, "Why?" "I went into his room, and I noticed that his bed hasn't been slept in." "Well, there was no way Max would of left the building without seeing me first. I'm always the first one awake around this time."

Mariam started getting suspicious and worried at the same time.

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Meanwhile, Max stood poised on one side of an abandoned, outside beystadium arena while clouds of dust appeared in front of him.

Suddenly, two pairs walked from the other side, then stopped.

"You're earlier than expected!" one of the voices said. "Funny!" Max replied back, "But, I didn't expect you to challenge me..."

"KAI HIWATARI!"

As the dust cleared, it was revealed that it was Kai and Tala; with Kai covering his face with his scarf.

"What's the matter, Kai?" Max asked, "Was Tyson, too much of a challenge for you?" Kai just chuckled.

"You Wish!"

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Narrator: Why has Kai challenged Max to a beybattle just a week after the bit-beasts exploded from the rock? Has he been corrupted by one as well? Or perhaps that he has plans of his own? But knowing that Kai is a tough beyblader to defeat, has Max's two day training been enough? One things is for sure: Whoever wins, they know for a fact, that one of them will face Tyson Kinomiya in the future.

One day...

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-NEXT EPISODE-

Kai: Why? Why did I choose to fight you Max, instead of Tyson? The reason is: I can't say. All I know is...I must battle you in order to achieve my objective. Max, I know that you've been through some changes. You'll be pretty hard to beat.

But win, lose, or draw; regardless, I'll give it my best shot in defeat you; or fall trying...