"Lexi's Choice"

Lexi watched the battles between Steve and Tyson in great worry when she saw that the greenette was pushing himself far past his limits to win and if he continued, then he would need to be placed in a hospital because of a heart attack, making her and the other All Starz yell at him to calm down and stop trying to force himself.

Lexi didn't care if they won or not, she wasn't going to risk Steve's health for it!

Tyson wound up winning the match and Lexi quickly rushed to her teammate's side to help him back to the bench to sit and get checked out, Eddy helping her carry the quarterback as she went all mother hen mode on him for not thinking of his heart problem before going into that crazy attack he did.

The scientists all went to Steve's side to check him out and Lexi backed away, not trusting them at all.

She had always tried her best to never get sick because she didn't trust anyone in lab coats, they gave her the chills, as if she had a bad experience with them once before when she was younger, but couldn't remember since she lost her memory.

The last round was between Max and Michael and the navy haired girl looked over at the red head as he was debriefed on what to do, worry in her red eyes as he looked over at her and sighed.

"Look Alexis, I know you don't like this, but it's happening. I won't hold back on him just because he's your baby brother." Michael stated placing a hand on her shoulder.

"I would kill you if you ever did go easy against someone. Just don't show off like a jerk and I won't care. That's always been the issue, Parker." She said crossing her arms as she turned around to watch as her brother walked up to the new beydish, which was baseball style to fit Michael's beyblade.

Max met his sister's eyes and he smiled at her.

She smiled back, happy that he was so eager to battle and sat back down next to Emily to watch the match between the two boys.

She nearly bit through her lip as she watched Trygle and Draciel fight each other and she cheered for both boys, not really caring who would win this tournament, as long as it finally ended and she could tell everyone what she chose to do and maybe get her claws in Douglas for that stun he pulled to make her battle one of her friends.

In the end, Max won, even after Michael had used all of his power on him.

After the Breakers congragulated each other, the All Starz all walked over to them, ready to hear what Lexi had decided.

"Lex, did you see me?" Max said jumping over to her throwing his arms around her in a hug that she returned happily.

"You were great, Maxie. In fact, everyone was." She said looking at Tyson, Ray, Steve and Michael.

"But." She rounded on Steve.

"If you ever pull a stunt like that and give me a heart attack again, I will break every bone in your body. Do you have any idea how worried sick we were about you? What in god's name mad you do something like that?" she said with her red eyes burning.

"Look, it was my fault." Michael said shocking her and Judy.

"What do you mean, Michael?" Judy asked the captain.

"Well, Alexis said that she was offered a spot on the blade Breakers, but we didn't want her to go." Eddy said.

"We all realized that we weren't being very fair to you and Michael came up with the idea that maybe if we started acting like a team and friends for once, that maybe we'd win and you would decide to stay with us." Emily said smiling for once instead of using her smug grins.

"So that's why you guys didn't want me to battle Ray. You all wanted to show me how much you changed just so you could keep me on the team. You guys actually did all this…for me?" Lexi asked staring at them with wide red eyes that turned a light ruby color to express her surprise.

"Yeah, after all, you're the one who always keeps us together, even when we piss you off." Michael said.

The other three gave him a look.

"OK, when I piss you off." He relented.

Lexi shook her head and laughed at that as she pulled the four of them into a hug, shocking them all.

"I love you guys. But if you ever do something like that again, I will kill you."

The All Starz laughed at that, even though they knew she was serious, and hugged her back, the Breakers watching them with smiles, happy that they finally became friends.

"But wait? Does this mean you're gonna stay on the All Starz team?" Tyson asked breaking the mood.

The five teens pulled away from each other.

Lexi put her hands on her hips as everyone stared at her, waiting for her answer.

"Let's just put it this way. I am not someone you can easily tame and if you try to make me do things I don't approve of, you'll find out the hard way how wild I can get." She said with a smirk.

"Uh, what does that mean?" Tyson asked with a clueless face.

"It means she's joining our team." Kai said walking pass him to standing by his sister.

"That should have been obvious. Douglas is always trying to get you to do things you don't like, so it figures you wouldn't want to work for him anymore. I can respect that." Emily said with a shrug and a smile.

"Is that true, Alexis?" asked Kenny.

The navy haired girl looked at him with a smile and winked.

"Oh, yeah. I'm one of you guys now." She said happily.

Tyson and Max laughed in joy and tackled the girl in a hug as the other three members of the team just smiled at having a new member.

"Welcome to the team, Lex." Ray said.

"Yes, I must say that it will be a pleasure to have you join us on our way to Russia." Said Mr. Dickinson as he walked over, a mad Douglas behind him.

"That isn't going to happen! Alexis Tate is under contract to be a part of the All Starz team." He said.

Lexi pulled away as she and her brother sent him matching deadly glares that made him jump back in fear at how fierce and frightening they were.

"That may be. But Alexis Tate isn't her real name. Her birth name is Alexis Hiwatari and she is the twin sister of Kai Hiwatari, therefor she can join our team if she wishes." Mr. Dickinson stated as he pulled out some paper work to show the man who deflated and relented.

Lexi was then officially claimed as the newest member of the Blade Breakers team and had a formal good bye with her old team before she packed up a bag of her things for the cruise and hugged her former teammates goodbye, wishing them all well before she met up with the others and they boarded the ship, ready for the new tournament and to form a strong bond with each other.

Lexi took out her blade and smiled down at her Bit Beast.

"Well, it looks like our story's only just begun now, Dramon." She said.

Dramon glowed purple for a second and cried out in agreement before her master turned to follow the boys to their rooms and enjoy the cruise, ready to take on anything that life threw at them.

TBC