Shadow-Assassin: *Lies on the grass in her front yard*
Bakura: Hello there Shadow.
Shadow-Assassin: Oh... Hello Bakura... ^-^... *Slurps up some drool*
Bakura: Have you seen Yabuki? I let him out to run around and I've lost him.
Shadow-Assassin: No I haven't seen him... Sorry.
Bakura: I do hope he doesn't get himself hit by a car or anything.
Shadow-Assassin: *Giggles* I'm sure he'll be just fine... He's smart...
Bakura: *Smiles* I guess you're right...
*Suddenly they hear a car swerve and a dog yelp*
Both: O_o Uh, oh! *Bakura runs toward the noise with Shadow close behind. They see a very frightened wolf huddling underneath a truck*
Bakura: Yabuki!
Shadow-Assassin: *Eyes the skid marks on the street... They seem to have formed the words "The authoress of this fan fiction does not own any anime" She sighs and laughs*
Bakura: *Picks up the frightened Yabuki and walks off* Bye Shadow... Sorry if I caused any inconvenience.
Shadow-Assassin: No way! Not you! *Waves with a big grin on her face* Thanks for visiting!
Ray gets up early once again to practice with Driger.
He heads to the park's beystadium and sets Driger upon his launcher. He narrows his eyes as he quickly lets his beyblade rip into the stadium.
It begins to spin in the center calmly and Ray clenchs his fists and shouts to Driger, "Tiger Claw!"
The beyblade begins to swerve this way and that leaving trenches along the way. It stops at the edge of the stadium and hovers there.
Ray smirks as the Beyblade gently flies into the air landing calmly in his hand.
Suddenly he is knocked to the ground as someone jumps into him, "Ah!" He yelps falling to the hard ground with a thud.
"Oh, I'm soooo sorry Ray!" Comes a hyper friendly voice. Ray gets up to look at Max who has a large grin on his face. The other Bladebreakers, who are also there, stand there laughing as Ray brushes himself off.
"No problem Max." He smiles.
"Long time no see buddy!" Tyson says giving Ray a high five.
"We sure missed you Ray. Things aren't the same with you around." Kenny says adjusting his glasses.
Kai sighs and crosses his arms.
"Why did you guys come here?" Ray asks.
"Well we had a vote and decided to come and visit you... You don't mind do you?" Kenny asks.
"Of course not," Ray smiles, "Come on. Lets go to my house."
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When the group reaches Ray's house they notice Mariah standing on the doorstep with her head in her hands.
Ray bites his lip remembering what had happened the day before, "Hey Mariah... You ok?" He asks in a gentle tone.
"Ya, I'll be ok," She sobs whipping the tears from her face, "What do I do now? I don't have a team and there is know way I can get a team ready in time for the next tournament."
The Bladebreakers, minus ray, are confused as they look on in silence.
"You have never given up before Mariah. What makes you think I'm going to let you give up now?" Ray asks nudging her as he sits down.
"But I had the WhiteTigers before... Now I'm all alone." She says head lowered towards the pavement.
"Hey?! What am I chop liver?" Ray says glaring at her indignantly.
"No, but how can you help me?" She asked.
Max finally realizes that Mariah is no longer with the WhiteTigers, "Why don't you join our team!" He shouts out happily.
Kai glares at him for not consulting him first, "And who said she could join?" He says calmly.
"I do!" Tyson says glaring at Kai, "Mariah would make a great addition to our team."
"Tyson's right. Her stats are just as good as all of our if not better." Kenny stats.
"And?" Kai asked, "We've got our team. We don't need any other members to bring down our ranking."
The others glare at Kai as Mariah turns away from him angrily.
"We don't need any distractions. And we all know that's all she'd be." Kai says as he leans on the tree in Ray's yard.
"Stuff a sock in it Kai. I've had enough of your pig headed attitude," Ray said with his eyes narrowed, "Your just afraid that she'd outclass you if she were on our team."
The others stare at the usually quiet Ray. Kai is wide eyed, but only for a second. His eyes narrow into a scowl as he crosses
his arms and walks off.
"WAY TO GO RAY!!" Max cheers as he jumps into the air laughing.
"Thanks you guys... but I don't want to break up your group," Mariah says smiling, "I'll find me a group of my own." And with that she gets up with new determination and walks off to find herself a new team.
"Too bad... She would have made a great BladeBreaker." Tyson says wiping his nose like he often does.
"Ya... but now she can make an even better opponent." Ray smiles as he gets up and opens the door to the house.
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The BladeBreaders stay at Ray's for the night sleeping in the living room. Ray gives Tyson his bed so that the rest of the group can actually sleep.
Ray sits by the window unable to sleep. He has a sense of foreboding, like something is coming. He looks out at the bright stars and holds his Beyblade clutched in his left hand.
"Stars who have lived for so long. I ask of you to protect our lowly little planet. I know that something draws near, but I still cannot see the danger yet. Please guide us safely to our destinies." He says as a kind of gentle aura surrounds him. He smiles and lies down to sleep once more looking at the locket he always kept hidden under his clothes. He knows that he will need the rest. The time was drawing nearer by the second.
He soon falls into a dreamless slumber...
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"AHHH!" Tyson yells out as he jumps into the air and ran for the kitchen.
"The hot pepper trick works every time." Ray laughs as Tyson chugs down glass after glass of water.
"You should really work on your waking up skills Tyson... Before we have to start pumping your stomach of peppers." Max laughs.
"I don't really think the peppers are that harmful." Kenny says.
"Chief! Where trying to get him to wake up in the morning... You're not helping you know." Max says exasperated.
"Oh, sorry Max." Kenny says.
Kai shakes his head... He is getting tired of these four... He can't wait till he can ditch them and go home.
"So you guys want to head to the park to practice?" Ray asks.
"Oh ya!" Tyson says as he quickly grabs his beyblade and run out the door.
The group laughs, except Kai who grabs his blade and walks out after Tyson.
The others grab their blades as well and walk out.
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"AH, NO!" Max yells in protest as his Blade gots flying into the air and lands next to him on the soft sand.
"I win!" Tyson yells jumping for joy.
"Man... I can remember when I was better then you... What happened?" Max says picking up his Beyblade.
"Your lost your touch and I got better!" Tyson says laughing.
"Ha, ha!" Max says sarcasticaly.
"Come on Max... You did great... Just think about it this way... If it weren't for your help I wouldn't be such a great Beyblader... So you can sort of blame that loss on yourself." Tyson says trying to cheer his friend up.
"I guess you right." Max laughs.
"Ok, who's next?!" Tyson asks.
"I am!" A voice says from the back of the group. They all turn to see a brown haired girl about Tyson's height. She is wearing a pink top and a white jean skirt.
"Hey there Kansas." Ray says.
"Hey, Ray." She replies.
"Ok then... Let's battle shall we?" Tyson says.
"Are you sure about this Kansas?" Ray asks looking the girl over, "The last battle you had, you lost... And Tyson here is pretty good."
"It'll be a good experience. If I don't battle then how'm I suppose to get better?" She asks.
"Ok then. Good luck." He says smiling at her determination.
"It says here that Kansas's Beyblade has the ability to knock an opponent off guard with her defense." Kenny says as he reads what it said on his laptop.
"In other words... The more power the farther you fly." Dizzi says.
"Thanks you two... But I can handle this." Tyson says readying his Beyblade.
Kansas smiles and sets her Beyblade atop her launcher, "I am going to teach this little birdie how to fly." She says with a smirk.
Ray is astonished at Kansas's determination. She'd never been so sure of herself before. He wonders what had changed her so much.
"Ok let's do it!" Tyson yells out, "LET IT RIP!"
The two bladers release their beyblades into the beystadium. They watch as the two blades spin around.
Kansas smirks at Tyson as he sends his blade on the attack, "Get her Dragoon!" He shouts.
The beyblades collide and Tyson's blade goes flying backwards while Kansas's blade still spin where it had been before.
Tyson narrows his eyes and clenches his fists, "DRAGOON! DO IT! STORM ATTACK!" He shouts out.
His beyblade begins to spin faster and a hurricane forms around it. Kansas gasps in shock as her beyblade is lifted from the stadium. It gently fall to the sandy ground and she lowers her head in shame.
"I lost... again." She sobs.
Tyson picks up the beyblade and walks up to Kansas, "Great battle. You almost had me." He says handing her orange beyblade back to her.
She smiles at him and take the blade, "Thanks... It was fun. I knew I never had a chance, but I also knew that I'd learn allot from battling the best."
"I can see that you've been training allot for the past little while Kansas. It shows." Ray says smiling to her. Kansas smiles back with a nod.
Tyson smirkes, "Maybe we can battle again some time Kansas." He says extending his hand. The two shake hands and Kansas turns to walk away.
The others says goodbye to her and wave as she walks out of sight.
"She's not really a bad blader." Kenny says as he updates his info on Kansas.
"I hope I get to battle her sometime." Max says grining.
"That was pathetic. You nearly lost to an armature." Kai says with his arms crossed and eyes closed.
"Come on Kai... Like the Chief said... Kansas isn't a bad beyblader." Max says.
"Maybe to another armature like him." Kai replies as he turns and walks away.
"That was just rude Kai!" Max yells to his teammate.
Kai just ignores him and walks off.
"Don't worry about it Max. I'm use to it by now. It's just the way Kai is." Kenny says.
"CAN WE GO EAT NOW!? Tyson shouts all of a sudden.
The group laughs. By now they are use to this. They all smile at Tyson and walk towards the nearest restaurant.