Blackamber- yay!!! another chapter! Disclaimer please... MAX!

Max- blackamber does not own Beyblade or any characters created by the people who created Beyblade... like me... oh and she doesn't own anything from Tsubasa

Blackamber- now... who haven't I made talk from Brook's team... they can say what I do own... hmm... oh well... Mel, you do it

Melissa- Blackamber owns me and my bitbeast!!

Blackamber- and?

Melissa- and what?

Courtney- (sigh) you should've let me do this... ahem.. Blackamber owns the entire Silver Fang (that's our team) team... and the bitbeasts Voltier, Madeen, and Skart


Amy watched the sun rising over the Outback. She relaxed in the plains, sitting with her legs stretched out in front of her. Beside her the blazing figure of Hien stood, his muzzle was thrust towards the sky in fascination.

"Today seems… optimistic," the wolf stated, "I think they will do well today."

"You think?" asked Amy, turning towards her bit beast.

The wolf nodded, "Wolborg believes so too."

"I forget, you can talk with the others," Amy smirked, "so they really believe their bladers are ready huh?"

"Or at least Wolborg does," the wolf smiled at his blader.

"I thank you for all this, my friend," Amy bowed her head to the wolf.

"There is nothing to thank… my master." The wolf returned the bow.

"I thought you didn't like the thought of being a servant to beybladers… that you didn't see the blader as your master." Amy smiled.

Hien dropped his muzzle to the ground and nudged Amy's arm, "in your case, I'll make an exception."

"Hey Aim, what are you doing out here?" Tala's voice came from behind her.

"I thought I said you cannot call me that," growled Amy.

"You said Brian could never call you that, you weren't that specific towards it," Tala smiled.

"Well, it was directed towards all of you." Amy shot him a glare as he slung her arm around Hien's neck.

Tala looked quizzically at the fire wolf, attempting to figure out how the bit beast could possibly be out of its blade when it wasn't in battle. "Um… your bit beast?"

"He's untamed," Amy answered, "the laws of the tamed do not apply to him."

"Untamed?" Tala cocked his head to the side. "Tamed?"

"The tamed are bit beast who are confined to the laws of the bey blades. They are unable to leave their blades whenever they wish, only when the blader wills it or when they are in battle. Untamed are free bit beasts, who can come and go as they please. If ever they choose, they can leave their blader permanently, or not even join a blader." Amy closed her eyes and buried her head into the wolf's flaming fur.

"There are some of those?" Tala asked with interest, sitting beside her.

"Yeah. Bit beasts… are like regular animals in a way. Some choose to be tamed and run with whoever finds them. Others, choose their bladers and choose to leave them when ideals change." Amy scratched Hien's neck as she spoke. "The untamed are hard to understand and hard to earn the trust of. But if they like you or are interested they'll try to run with you."

"They sound kind of like you," mused Tala.

"That's why I chose her," Hien turned his glowing head towards the crimson haired boy, "we are the same… but for different reasons. I helped her when she was freezing in the snow of Russia, and lead her to a ship that took her away from where a great injustice was done to her. I left her briefly after, only to discover that her illness had drawn her to a new danger. A man who believed he could fix any "problems" a child my have."

Tala looked at Amy, the pieces slowly falling into place. "He stopped your stammering… how?"

"Abuse," Amy and Hien answered at the same time.

Something dawned on Tala as soon as they said it, "your dream last night. Was it about..."

"Your observational skills are amazing," teased Amy as Hien returned to her blade.

"What happened in it?" Tala asked, "I know it's none of my business… but…"

"I was trying to escape one night while I was tied to a pole. I was being too… spirited and fighting them every step of the way… so they tied me to a metal pole, beat me, and left me to starve and freeze in the rain. It was my third night outside and I started trying to break free… when one of the guards caught me he slammed my head into the pole and then struck me across my jaw with his revolver. I had a seizure shortly after that, so I don't remember much else," Amy explained.

"Think the memory could have triggered the seizure?" Tala suggested.

Amy nodded, "it's possible." She had shrugged, inhaling deeply the crisp smell of morning. "Hmm… this is why I miss home," she muttered.

"What?" Tala questioned, turning towards her.

"Back home, when the sun has risen you can smell the crisp forest and the dew resting on the leaves. The swirling leaves, the coming rain or snow. The brisk winter days with the ice covered trees… nothing can compare," Amy sighed at the memory.

"The winters don't sound too different from Russia," pointed out Tala, "we have brisk snow-filled days, blizzards, and the ice covered everything." Tala soon became homesick as well.

"Ah, but does it have swirling leaves and crisp dew filled mornings?" grinned Amy.

"Touché," Tala returned the grin.

"You ever go swimming?" Amy asked.

"Of course, I've not missed out that much in my life," Tala sarcastically stated.

"In a lake?" Amy pushed.

"Once again, touché," sighed Tala.

"Alright," Amy grinned, "let's go."

"What? You… want me to go swimming… with you?" Tala checked.

"Yeah… either you go swimming now… you may have to be on guard for getting pushed in the water for telling anyone what I told you about my past," threatened Amy.

"I just wanted to make sure that you actually want to go swimming," Tala assured.

"Why would I not want to go if I asked you to go, you're a very confusing person Tala Valkov." Amy shook her head slowly, standing up.

"I'm confusing? You're the one who told me you hated me," grinned Tala, jumping to his feet.

"So," Amy looked at him with a playful smile that reached her eyes, "what are you going to do about it?"

Tala returned the smile, following her quickly.


"Maybe they're jus tout practicing," Ian suggested, a little intimidated by Kai's seething anger.

"Yeah, I mean, the two are partners," Spencer agreed, "she's probably just teaching him an easier way of learning to counter-balance the elements."

Kai shot a dark glare at the two, silencing them.

"She hates him anyway," Brian spoke up, "there's no way they'd do anything… unless it was all just an act." Brian smirked at the Kai, loving the anger he had towards the team leader. Personally, those two have been alone together too often to be just partners.


"You sure there are no crocs in here?" Tala asked, wading in the water beside Amy.

"Hien searched the area, not a sign or scale of them," Amy reassured, "besides, I'm use to going swimming like this, in the middle of no where, nothing but the wilderness around me."

Tala raised an eyebrow at her, the image engrossing his mind.

"Tala!" Amy seethed, splashing him with water, knowing exactly what he was thinking.

"What? I told you not to say stuff like that!" laughed Tala. He paused before going to splash her back, "you know, something's been bugging me about this. If you hate me… why are acting so friendly."

Amy sighed, she had seen this coming, yet expected it sooner. "Even a wolf, who's had the greatest injustice thrust upon him, must learn to forgive his pack, if they are truly sorry, to survive another year." Her expression was serious and her words deep.

Tala looked at her oddly, not quite understanding what she meant.

"Hien said that to me this morning, before dawn. He thinks it's about time I let the past go and move on for the sake of our… uh… pack." Amy scratched the back of her head, "he believes it was my untrusting and anger that was preventing proper balance and counter-balance, so I am willing to try and forgive."

Tala just nodded his head along, "forgive and forget huh? Sounds good enough." With his question answered, he went through with splashing her back.


The two lay in the plains, staring up at the clouds passing over head, side by side.

"You were up before dawn," Tala commented, "did you get any sleep after your seizure?"

"Nope," responded the girl beside him, her eyes half closed.

Tala didn't remark to that, just stared up at the sky. The sun was more than half way through the sky, it was past noon. They were completely dry now, having dried off in the sun for a few hours now.

In the distance, some cicadas let out their humming chirp in the Australian heat, disturbing the, almost, silence. That was one thing Tala could never hear in Russia, cicadas; for they only admitted the hum in heat, like the summer of the Americas, or in African plain… and, of course, in the Australian Outback.

He glanced over at the girl beside him and noticed immediately that her eyes were closed and her breathing even. She was asleep. He smiled, resting his arms behind his head. The heat brought drowsiness upon him as well, he found it harder and harder to keep his eyes open, and it wasn't long before, he too, fell asleep.


Kai- (twitch... twitch)

Blackamber- hmm.. you should probably get that checked out

Kai- YOU! (points at me)

Blackamber- WAHHH! What did I do!?

Kai- Why are they sleeping together!?

Blackamber- They are not! They fell asleep together... you have a dirt mind...

Melissa- He's over-protective big brother setting is working in overdrive right now

Courteny- tis tis

Kai- SHUT UP!

Melissa- R&R!

Brian- hey wait?

Blackamber- what are you doing here... You're not allowed in my disclaimers/r&r reminders!

Brian- too bad :P... anyway... doesn't Tala usually say R&R?

Blackamber- Shhh... don't use the T word around Kai... he's angry

Brian- but where is he?

Blackamber- sleeping... duh! did you read this chapter? God