My exams are over! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Bullet: *Whacks Ritchie with a binder* Shut up and get the story started!
*Rubs head* Ow... that hurt O.. Anyhow, I find this a weird chapter -.-U, nothing much really happens, except the fact that there are more people that are important to the story coming in.
Bullet: Ritchie, you're going to give away everything that's in the chapter if you don't shut up.
Fine, fine, on with the fic!

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Disclaimer: I'm getting tired of putting this in... this is the last time I'm going to put one here because there's one on the first three chapters, k? I dun own beyblade, durnit ! The ones that you don't see in Beyblade (depending on which ones) belongs to me and my friends, k?
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Chapter Three: Midnight Talks, Practice And New Arrivals

Bullet silently sat by the Beyblading training dish with her legs dangling inside the dish. It was practically past midnight, about two in the morning, and she couldn't sleep. Well, with Tyson's constantly loud snoring, how can she sleep? That even made her wonder how the Bladebreakers even get some sleep at all.

She looked at the silver blade that lay in her hands before thinking about what the Bladebreaker team captain told her team earlier that evening:

"Act one with your bit-beasts," Kai stated. "Work with your bit-beast and you will get stronger results. Then again, it should depend on bond that you have with it."

'I share a good bond with my bit-beast, don't I?' she asked herself unsurely. 'Great, now I'm beginning to doubt myself.' Grumbling softly to herself, she closed her eyes as silence enveloped her surroundings.

"Penny for your thoughts?" Another voice asked, making her eyes snap open and jump up in surprise. Unfortunately, she wasn't really on a level flooring, so when she jumped up, she slipped and landed on her butt in the middle of the practice dish.

"Err…" Ray said, looking at her from the side of the dish. "Are you okay?"

"Ever heard of a warning, Ray?" Bullet grimaced from inside the dish. Ray just laughed as he extended his hand towards her to help her up.

"Well?" He asked again as both of them sat by the training dish, just like how Bullet was sitting earlier. "What are you doing out here? Everyone practically went to bed at about ten o' clock." (1)

"I couldn't sleep." She replied as she looked up in the sky. "Besides, with Tyson's snoring, how could anyone sleep, right?"

"You get used to it." Ray replied, casually lying down from his position beside Bullet. Silence surrounded the two teens as they sat outside in the middle of the night.

"I'm having doubts," Bullet said suddenly, breaking the stillness of sound. "Earlier, when we were just leaving to get here, I was fairly confident with my team's Beyblading skills. When we battled against your team, I've already expected my loss against Kai. It had a harder impact on me than I thought. Also, what he said about the bit-beasts, well, I'm not sure any more." She tore her gaze from the stars before looking back in the center of the dish.

"Hey, if it makes you feel any better," Ray said as he sat up again to place a hand on her shoulder. "I think your team did a pretty good job during training. As beginners for a world tournament, I think that Kai thought so too. Lei's 'Dark Raze' almost shredded Tyson's blade if he didn't order Dragoon to do 'Phantom Hurricane'."

"You know, that's a real compliment coming from a world class beyblader." Bullet said as she faced Ray. "Thanks."

"Well what can I say? I'm just telling the truth." Ray grinned back, causing both of them to laugh out, just enjoying the other person's company as they talked about the upcoming tournament.

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"Lei! Come here! You gotta see this!" The brunette girl squealed as she was looking out the window.

Lei cracked an eye open to look at the younger brunette. "What is it, Eos?" She yawned as she sat up. "Don't tell me that you're hungry again."

"No! It's not that! Well, not in this case. Anyway, besides that! Come on get up! You've got to see this!" Eos insisted, pulling Lei by the arm to get the other girl out of her bed.

"Can't this wait until tomorrow?" Lei asked groggily, "I mean, it's only two in the morning. I didn't get enough sleep last night because I was excited in coming here, plus I didn't really get to sleep on the plane." She then lied back down, closed her eyes, and snuggled back underneath her covers.

"Bullet's outside with Ray."

Lei's eyes instantly snapped opened at the four words that Eos said. "You're kidding, right?"

"Nope." Eos replied, shaking her head. "If you don't believe me, look outside to see for yourself."

Lei whipped the blanket away from her before heading towards the window. Sure enough, Bullet was outside with Ray and it looked like they were just talking.

"We'll tease her about it tomorrow. I'm surprised that she gets along with him okay." Lei said as she walked back into her bed. "There are only a few guys I know that she gets along with."

"That's true, but doesn't she-"

"Got to bed, Eos." Rina, whose voice was muffled through the blankets, cut in. "Or else I won't give you any more sweets."

"Okay, fine. I'll go to bed." Eos sulked as she slumped to her bed. "Don't you think-"

"GO TO SLEEP!" Rina snapped, obviously getting touchy about the sleep issue.

"Guys keep it down. Eos, Rina go to sleep. You're getting Bullet's crankiness and I don't know if that's such a good thing, Rina." Lei said as she buried herself more into her blanket.

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The sun shone through the cracks of the window in the two team's room. The Bladebreakers room was almost empty, considering the fact that Tyson was still sprawled over his bed with his snores getting softened by the pillow in front of his face. Max then emerged from the bathroom, dressed in his usual overalls and green shirt while towel drying his bushy blonde hair. He then sighed exasperatedly before stepping beside Tyson's bed and poking him in the arm.

"Tyson?" He asked as he poked harder. "Tyson?"

With an annoyed sigh, he set down his towel on his bed before running down the stairs.

"Any luck in waking Tyson up?" Kenny asked, looking up from his laptop as soon as Max entered the kitchen. Max shook his head as he looked at his team.

"Nope," He said, "I poked him and he's still sleeping like a rock."

"Have you tried dumping ice cold water on him?" A female voice piped in, making the guys present look towards their direction. The rose haired girl entered the kitchen and then sat down on one of the chairs by the table.

"That usually works when Eos sleeps in." Rina smirked as Eos came into the kitchen with her hair completely drenched and flat. She then saw Rina sitting by the table, smirking. Eos then shot her an annoyed/pissed off look.

"What happened to you?" Max asked curiously as Eos stomped passed Rina.

"She," Eos said as she pointed a finger at Rina, "Had 'accidentally' spilled juice on me a few minutes ago before she headed here in the kitchen. Now, if you guys don't mind, I'll just go back upstairs and change."

When Eos exited the kitchen, Ray looked at Rina with a touch of interest.

"Why did you spill juice on her?" He asked, shifting from his spot from the table, "She didn't look like she did anything wrong."

Rina scoffed as she shifted her vision to the dark-haired Chinese boy. "Her? Innocent? Yeah riiiiiiiight!!!" She stressed out. "That girl is the prankster of our team. If you hear Bullet scream for seemingly no apparent reason, you know that she has struck."

"Aaaaaaahh!!" A scream erupted from the second floor.

"Hmm… as much as I would like to say 'see', I can't. That didn't sound like Bullet's scream."

"I guess that it's all right to say that Tyson is up." Kai said as he stood up from his seat. "I better get him and make sure he stays awake." With that, Kai walked off to the stairs to get Tyson.

"Huh, being with you guys really changed him, didn't it?" Rina asked with a small grin tugging at the corner of her mouth. "And I thought that his kindness was just a gimmick."

The three members of the Bladebreakers present chatted with Rina, before Kira and Lei entered the kitchen. Lei took a drink from the fridge before her playful eyes landed on Ray.

"So, What did you and Bullet talk about last night?" She asked with a knowing grin. Ray was midway in eating the plum in his hand before he stopped and looked at Lei. "Anything interesting you want to tell us?" She continued.

"What are you talking about?" He asked as he took a delicate bite from the fruit. "We just talked, that's all."

Eos then re-entered the kitchen, her shirt changed into a black t-shirt. "Are you sure?" she asked, nudging Ray on his side, as if telling him not to lie.

"She just told me her thoughts on the upcoming tournament, that's all." Ray said dismissively as he finished eating his plum. He stood up to get rid of the pit when Kai came into the kitchen with a very bleary looking Tyson.

"Had enough sleep yet, Tyson?" Max asked the sleepy boy. Tyson mumbled incoherently before waving a dismissive hand. Kira looked at Tyson closely and noticed a light red droplet mark on the corner of his mouth. Getting her curiosity get the best of her, she thought about how she was going to ask Tyson about it before she asked, "Is that hot sauce at the corner of you mouth, Tyson?"

"I think so," He replied as he ripped open a carton of milk and quickly draining its contents. "Yuck, my mouth feels like it's stuffed with a cotton ball on fire. Blech!"

Hot sauce? Used as a method to wake up people? Where have the girls see that before? Three pairs of knowing eyes looked in one particular direction, towards the young female brunette who was innocently playing with the strands of her hair.

"Ladies and gentlemen, prankster Eos has struck again." Kira said in an announcer type voice, similar to Brad Best.

"I gotta agree with you on that one, Kira," Rina replied, imitating AJ Topper. "And it looks like her most recent victim is a member of the Bladebreakers, namely Tyson."

Everyone in the room that shows emotions snickered as Tyson tried to glare while emptying the contents of the milk carton.

"Typical, yet effective." Ray commented as Tyson face contorted into a scowl. "Just like when I gave him that hot pepper three years ago."

"Great," Tyson muttered, "Why don't we just play 'Let's pick on Tyson today', huh?"

"Come on, Tyson, you know we're just playing with you." Max said, nudging the half-asleep boy playfully.

"Oh! By the way," Eos said to get everyone's attention, "Bossy is already outside, practicing. I think she wants to make up for her loss against her battle with Kai."

'Hmm… These girls are more diligent than I thought. At least that's a plus for this tournament.' Kai thought. "Since we're all up, let's go outside. We'll try the team battles and we'll do the pairing at random." Kai said out loud before heading out of the kitchen.

"Hey Eos," Tyson called out as the girls walked out after Kai, " This isn't over yet."

Eos looked at Tyson with a knowing glint in her eyes and she had a small smirk on her mouth. She then blew a raspberry at Tyson before running past everybody towards the training dish.

Tyson then just stared after her, occasionally blinking his eyes in confusion. Ray laughed at his friend's surprise. He placed a hand on Tyson's shoulder before saying, "Calm down. If we didn't know any better, you'd think that the both of you are secret lovers or something." Ray said that in a tone that was so similar to Kai, which made Tyson cringe at the tone.

"One Kai is enough, Ray." Tyson said flatly as Ray was laughing at him as they headed outside to the training dish.

"Right. Now that you two are here, these are the pairings that Dizzi and Kenny picked up." Kai said, crossing his arms and then facing the two teams. "Rina and Ray, Tyson and Lei, Bullet and Max, and finally, me and Eos." After Kai finished saying the pairs for the training, Bullet squelched down a laugh and cough instead as she walked to where Max was standing.

"What's so funny?" Max asked intriguingly as he noticed the glimmer of amusement on Bullet's eyes. Bullet just waved a dismissive hand before asking, "Kai likes winning, right?"

"Right."

"Does he like it when his orders are misinterpreted?"

"Not really, why?"

"Oh this is going to be fun." Bullet said with an impish grin on her features and a familiar devious twinkle in her eyes that the girls knew so well. Max shook his head, not really understanding what's going on in this girl's mind or her team. Then again, they only met them yesterday, so he can't say that he and the other Bladebreakers knows a lot about the girls. Shrugging the thought away, he waited for Kira and Kenny to announce what's going to happen next. Bullet was still grinning as she was toying with the necktie that she was wearing.

A loud shrill whistle got the eight teens attention before Kira stepped up.

"We'll do this practice as if it was a real tournament, two on two. Lei and Tyson versus Eos and Kai, then it's Rina and Ray versus Bullet and Max. Let's get this practice tournament started people!" Kira said, clapping her hands together.

"First match-up is Lei and Tyson versus Kai and Eos." Kenny announced. The four said players stepped up to the dish, determined looks played across their faces.

"Players ready?" Max asked, raising an arm over his head, as the four teens raised their arms in sync with their launchers and beyblades at hand.

"Three!"

Kai's eyes narrowed as he was focusing his energy on his beyblade. Tyson had a smug grin as he was facing Eos.

"Two!"

Lei quickly looked over her blade before gripping her launcher firmly, yet she still looked like she was having fun.

"One!"

Eos stuck her tongue out at Tyson as he had a smug grin. Again, another challenged was silently passed, though the prize was still the same as last night.

"Let it rip!" Max yelled, slicing the air with his hand. The four teens tore the ripcords from their launchers simultaneously and the blades swiftly landed on the dish. The white and light purple blades smashed audibly against each other, intent on winning. On the other hand, Lei's blade was having a tough time in dodging the barrage of attacks that Kai was using against her.

"Give up?" Kai asked in a cocky tone, but then blinked as Lei winked at him.

"This maybe a practice run, hun, but I'm not giving up that easily." She grinned as her blade started glowing like its dark color. "Daemon, get away from Dranzer!"

Prior to her order, the black blade took the split second of Dranzer's mid-attack to get out of the way from its current position.

"Nice try, Lei, but it's over." Kai stated. "Dranzer, Fire Arrow!"

"Uh-oh! Daemon, counter it with Dark Raze!" Lei ordered frantically after Kai called out his attack. Fire Arrow. That attack has been known to destroy blades and only a few are known to actually withstand its attack with very minimal damage to the blade. With the modifications that she made yesterday, she wasn't quite sure if the parts that she used were strong enough to withstand the force of the blow.

Kai's blade came down at full force with a spiral of fire following his blade. Tyson and Eos both yelped and ordered their blades to quickly get out of the way. Kai's blade dropped down to the dish like a meteor blazing in fire, plummeting down to earth. After the flame descended to the dish, a black blade with pale yellow lining flew out of the dish, with a faint trail of smoke following it. Lei quickly grabbed the blade as it was flying towards her, but then gasped as she started juggling the blade with both hands.

"Yow! Hot! Hot! Hot!" She cried as she was blowing on her hands in between juggling. Rina and Bullet then both scowled at Kai.

"Used enough fire power there, Kai?" Rina asked with a light glare.

"You know, you didn't have to go to that extremity." Bullet muttered, glowering at Kai while Kenny ran inside the house the get a small tub of water to cool down Lei's blade.

Kai shrugged off the looks that the two girls were giving him, and then smirked at Tyson. "One down, one more to go." Dranzer then started spinning near the edges of the dish as Tyson and Eos reinitiated their battle which was now back into the middle of the dish.

"Gazet! Let's go! Shattering Voice!" Eos yelled out.

"Dragoon storm attack!"

Both blades started glowing their respective bit-beast colors. A loud roar came from the white blade, while gurgled laughter came from the light purple one as both beasts came out of their confines.

A strong gust of wind blew around the surroundings of the backyard before creating a funnel of wind in the middle of the dish, while an unearthly screeching howling laughter was amplified up to at least five times from what the guys have heard yesterday.

"You are so going down, Eos!" Tyson declared, as he seemed to glow with determination, just like his blade.

"Not when I get rid of you first," Eos shot back. "Gazet!"

"Let's go, Dragoon!"

Both blades met head on, pushing at each other, when a blur of blue that was glowing red smashed against both blades, making them break apart.

"You didn't forget about me, now did you, Tyson?" Kai asked in a mocking tone.

Tyson groaned inwardly as he realized what was up. If he doesn't do anything soon, they're going to double team against him and that would be the end of the match, unless… Tyson's face lit up as a small grin tugged at his lips while looking at his opponents.

"Well guys, the match has been fun, but now it's time for me to get serious."

Kai scoffed as he arched an eyebrow. "Serious? You? Don't make me laugh."

As they were watching, Kira poked Kenny at his side to get his attention. "Is it just me or is Kai a schizoid? Earlier and yesterday, he seemed nicer."

Kenny shrugged as he looked at the match. "That's just him. He has a different attitude when he's Beyblading, so don't mind him."

Back in the match, Tyson still had that look on his face before replying. "You'll see what I have in store." He grinned mysteriously.

That comment got Kai's attention, making his eyes narrow at the baseball cap-wearing boy.

'Well then, let's see what you're planning, Tyson. I've known you long enough to make predictions of what you intend to do.'

"Stand your ground, Dragoon!" This was Tyson simple order in reply to Kai's narrow gaze.

"Gazet, try shattering voice again!" Eos called out.

"Dranzer, let's fly!" Kai ordered.

Tyson's grin grew as the two blades approach Dragoon, clearly waiting for the events to go underway.

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On another side of town, the final teams are about to meet. A tall purple haired man with red goggles and a black trench coat was waiting by the gateway for the bus to arrive (2). Within a minute's time, a familiar white bus came into the complex as four teenage boys came out of the place.

"Is that them?" the tall redhead asked before crossing his arms. Boris nodded. "Yes. This is the team that we are fused with, Tala. Ah, you must be Madame Galaxia."

Boris greeted the woman that came out of the BBA bus. She had blonde hair that was tied up into a bun; she had red eyes that had a seemingly cold, yet welcoming air to it. She was wearing a green high neck dress with matching gloves that went up past her elbows. She extended her hand towards Boris, who took her hand and kissed it. (YUCK!)

"Enough small talk, Boris." She said, taking back her hand. "My school is going to participate for one reason, and one reason only. And that is to win this poor excuse of a tournament. Frankly, I never cared for team tournaments, but since this one calls for it, I guess that I'll just have to go with it. I assume that your team is good?" She said, looking at the four boys that were standing behind Boris.

Boris' eyebrow twitched at the tone of her voice and the way that she was judging the Demolition Boys. "My boys are world class beybladers, if that's what you're asking. Where is your team?"

"In the bus. Check for yourself." She replied nonchalantly as she walked towards the Demolition Boys and then circling around them like a wolf would prowl around for its prey. Tala shot Boris a look, in which the older man just shrugged it off as he peered into the small bus. Sure enough, there were four figures that were inside walking around to get their stuff.

"All girls?" Boris asked with a raised eyebrow. Galaxia turned her head to face Boris. "Yes, got a problem with that?" Boris turned his head again before turning back to see the girls look at him. Four pairs of eyes looked at Boris intently they all simultaneously nodded their heads to Galaxia as they filed out of the small BBA bus.

To be continued...

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1- I know, I know. That's too early, even for me -.-U
2- Why would anyone wear a winter trench coat in the middle of the summer? O_o

Gah! That was a horrible way to end the chapter -.-U. Tell me the truth, that chapter was pretty boring, wasn't it? You'll get more info on the four girls and Madame Galaxia, plus the redhead boy was suppose to come again in this chapter, but I decided for him to come in the next one instead. Sorry if you're getting confused, but I'm (slowly) getting to the part where everything is going to pick up.

Oh, and this rant is kinda off topic from this series, but I got this review in "Blader Boi" that i just wanted to make straight. First off, i didn't say that it was going to rhyme, and secondly, I based it on the beat of the song. I'm sorry if it wasn't up to that person's expectation, but as I've said on the song-fic itself, 'It's made by a fan for fun'. Sorry to the people that is reading this rant, but I just had to let it out. Erm... see you in chapter four ^^;;;

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