(Well guys I'm really sorry about Chapter 6..I never realized how short it
actually was!! So, this chapter will make up for it! (I don't own Beyblade
just Jade and Dazzler)
Chapter 7: Becoming A Bladebreaker
Jade quietly slipped back into her room, as she crashed down on her bed. She thought about what had just happened, and she wasn't happy about it at all!
"Ohhhh...that guy is really starting to get on my nerves!" said Jade in frustration. "Why is he such a jerk to me!"
Jade took a hold of her launcher, as she retrieved Dazzler from her pocket. She looked at her purple blade, almost as if she was studying it. It was smaller then most blades, and it didn't look capable of doing any damage. Jade rubbed her thumb across the top of the blade, as it made it's way across the small emblazoned picture. It was Dazzler, Jades loyal bit beast. Even though the picture was small, you could see the majesty, and strength that the beast had. Dazzler had never let Jade done before,
"your probably the reason why I'm known as the top female blader!" sighed Jade. "There isn't anyone who can beat us!"
Jade's last comment was cocky, but she believed it. As long as she stayed strong, then Dazzler would be strong, and they could never lose. Dazzler glowed, as Jade picked her up and launched her in the room. The blade went spinning along the floor, as it bounced back and forth off the walls. It launched itself off of one of Jade's shoes as it flew towards the door, just as Rei and Mr.Dickinson entered.
"Hey look out!"
Jade shouted as Rei had to duck, in order to avoid being hit. Mr.Dickinson laughed as the blade hit the door frame, and bounced back into Jade's open palm. Jade scratched her head, as she continued to watch Mr. Dickinson walk into the room.
"Sorry..I know I'm not supposed to practice in the room!"
Mr. Dickinson only stood smiling with pride,
"It seems to me that you and Dazzler are becoming much stronger!"
Jade shrugged, and placed Dazzler back in her pocket. Rei was standing close to Mr. Dickinson, but hadn't said a word at all since he arrived. Mr. Dickinson took a seat on the bed, as he gave a heavy sigh.
"Well, Jade I suppose it's time that you start practicing with your new teammates. The 'Beynamite' tournament will be here soon enough, and that 'team battle' will be something of a challenge to work on!"
Rei nodded,
"I'm sure the guys are already waiting for us."
Rei didn't seem himself today, as he said his last comment rather blankly. Jade looked at Mr. Dickinson and sighed.
"Alright, let's see if these guys are worthy enough to have me on their team!"
Mr. Dickinson laughed at Jade, as he helped her up off the bed. He headed towards the door and exited into the hallway, as Rei followed him. Jade quickly put on her shoes, as she ran out the door, slamming it behind her. Before she could move another inch, she felt someone grab onto her arm as she came to a sudden stop. She looked at her side, and noticed Rei leaning casually against the wall. His eyes were closed, and his right hand was gripped tightly around her wrist. Jade looked at Rei, she didn't have the slightest clue what he was doing.
"Is something wrong Rei?" asked Jade, not knowing what to say.
"Where were you going at 6 in the morning?" Rei asked as he opened his eyes, and looked straight at her.
"What!?" Jade couldn't believe it, Rei was actually spying on her. "That's none of your business!"
"You were beyblading weren't you."
Jade couldn't believe what she was hearing, obviously Mr. Dickinson had told Rei to keep an eye on her. She shook her head as she glared at Rei.
"I can't believe you followed me!"
Rei noticed that Jade was obviously upset about him asking her all these questions. He started to laugh, as he crossed his arms around his stomach. Jade stood stunned, as she blinked a couple of times. She cocked one eyebrow and looked oddly at him.
"Why...are you laughing?"
"I wasn't following you at all Jade," replied Rei still smiling. "I only heard you left, cause I couldn't sleep either..so I figured you went out to find some amateur beybladers, am I right!?"
Rei continued to laugh, but noticed that Jade wasn't laughing with him. In fact, she looked even more upset then before.
"So you thought it would be funny, if you acted like you spied one me!" Jade's eyes flared up with anger. She hated when people messed with her business.
"Hey, come on take it easy Jade," Rei replied trying to calm her down. "I'm sorry."
Jade closed her eyes, as she took a deep breath. "Their all the same," she thought to herself. "They think everything's a big joke!" She opened her eyes quickly, when she felt Rei's hand on her shoulder.
"It wasn't a joke," he stated calmly. "I just wanted to tell you, to come and get me next time you do some early morning blading..ok?"
Jade turned her head to the side, as her eyes met his. Jade couldn't understand why Rei was so nice to her, especially after some of the things she had said to him. Yet his eyes still showed sympathy towards her. Jade couldn't help but feel some what happy, although she didn't dare show it on the outside.
"Fine!" she replied, as she started to walk down the hallway after Mr. Dickinson.
Tyson lay upon the hard concrete ground, as Kenny continued to type on his lap top. They were both waiting in front of Max's dads Hobby Shop.
"Ohhhhhhhh, where are they Chief!?"
Tyson was staring up at the sky, as he tightly clenched his fists. Kenny ignored his friend,
"did you find anything yet Dizzi?"
"Did anybody ever tell you that slow and steady wins the race?" Dizzi replied, with a sound of annoyance in her voice.
"What is she mumbling about?!" asked Tyson, as he rolled over onto his stomach. He began to scratch at the sidewalk, as Kenny turned his head to look at him.
"Tyson?...oh never mind, I'm afraid to ask what your doing!" Kenny placed Dizzi on the ground beside him, as he stood up and stretched his arms. Suddenly they heard a small bell ring, as Max emerged from the hobby shop. He smiled with pride as he held up his green beyblade.
"Alright guys, I'm ready to take on the world!"
The blade glistened in the sunlight, as Max took a step forward and caught his foot on Tyson's side.
"Oh no!" Kenny moaned as he placed his head in his hands.
Max automatically stumbled and came crashing down, right on top of Tyson. His Draciel blade went flying in the air, as Kenny safely caught in his hands. Max couldn't help but laugh, as he looked up at Kenny.
"I guess I should've been watching where I was going...eh Chief!"
Kenny nodded as he himself smiled. They heard a loud moan coming from underneath Max, and they knew it had to be Tyson.
"You guys are so worthless!"
Max and Kenny looked over to the left, as Kai stood looking quite upset. His arms were crossed and he stared at the 3 them. Max quickly jumped up from off of Tyson, as he put his hands behind his head.
"Oh, hey Kai...how's it going!"
Kai looked over at Max, then shot his gaze down at Tyson. He rolled his eyes, as he steadily made his way towards them. He finally stopped as he stood in front of Tyson, and sighed.
"I don't know why I'm asking, cause I don't even care!" Kai replied in disgust. "But, why is Tyson laying on the ground!?"
Max and Kenny sort of glanced towards each other. If they told Kai that Tyson was laying on the ground for no reason, he would most definitely say some rude comment.
"It's funny that you should ask that Kai!" answered Max, as he laughed nervously. "Well..you see, Tyson heard that if you launch your blade from flat off the ground...the..ummm...accuracy would be a whole lot better!"
Kai cocked his eyebrow, and couldn't believe what he was hearing. Kenny looked at Max with confusion.
"I don't think that there's any scientific explanation for that Max!"
Max quickly elbowed Kenny in the side, as he looked at him frantically.
"Kenny!" Max mumbled, as he tilted his head trying to hint at Kai.
"Oh, yeah that's right!" Kenny replied, as he finally understood what Max was doing. "It's also known to increase the speed of the blade too!"
"I don't think so Chief, Tyson's laying on the ground because he.."
Dizzi was immediately cut off, as Kenny reached back and closed his lap top with his foot. Her heard it slam shut, and he knew that Dizzi wouldn't be happy with him once he opened her again.
Kai looked from Max to Kenny as they smiled nervously at him. He closed his eyes, as he gave a smug smile.
"It doesn't matter what Tyson tries..he's never going to be a worthy beyblader!"
"What was that Kai!?"
Everyone was quite startled, as they heard Tyson's angry voice yell out. He was still lying flat on his stomach, with his arms stretched out in front of him. He looked like a pancake, except for his head, which was now looking up at Kai.
"I dare you to say that again Kai!" Tyson yelled as his face turned a dark shade of red.
"I don't have time to play your little name games Tyson!" Kai shot back, his hands held tightly in fists.
"Ohhhh, that's it!"
Kenny and Max looked at each other then nodded. They suddenly threw themselves upon Tyson, as he slammed back down onto the hard concrete.
"Hey..what are you guys doing!? Get off of me!!"
Tyson yelled as he squirmed around, trying to get free. Kenny sighed as he sat on Tyson's back,
"we know what's going to happen if we let you up Tyson."
Tyson stopped moving around as he rested his head in his right hand, looking like he was bored. Max nodded, as he too lay flat on Tyson.
"Yeah, if we let you up..you're going to get into a big fight with Kai! Then you'll be so upset that you won't be able to blade!"
Tyson knew his friends were right, and he hated it. Kai shook his head, as Tyson glanced up at him.
"How pathetic! I don't know why I ever agreed to rejoin this team!"
Tyson clenched his teeth tightly together, as he tried to keep his anger inside of him. Kenny looked down at Tyson, then patted him on the back.
"Just take it easy Tyson.."
Max noticed Tyson getting extremely red in the face as he laughed.
"Hey, Tyson...you look like you could blow up!"
Tyson couldn't hold it in any longer, as he suddenly sprang up with a load of energy. This of course, caused Max and Kenny to topple over as they lay in a big heap on the ground. Tyson stood in front of Kai with his fists clenched, and Kai just smirked.
"Alright Kai, I've had just about enough of you and your bad attitude!"
"Yeah...so tell me, what exactly are you going to do about it?" Kai asked rather obnoxiously.
"I'm going to.."
"He's going to do nothing!"
Tyson was interrupted, by that all to familiar voice of Mr. Dickinson. He stood a couple inches away from Tyson, and on either side of him stood Jade and Rei. Mr. Dickinson shook his head as he began to speak again.
"Tyson, you have got to control that temper of yours!"
"What!?" Tyson couldn't believe it, he was the one getting in trouble, instead of Kai. He groaned, as he crossed his arms and stuck his tongue out at Kai. Kai didn't even acknowledge it, as he stared at Jade with disgust.
"Well, I can see that we haven't changed at all since the last time we were together!" Rei laughed as he walked up to Tyson and gave him a nudge.
Max and Kenny were still stuck on the ground, as they tried to untangle themselves. Jade shook her head as she walked over to the two, and held out her hands. Kenny took a hold of Jade's left hand, as Max smiled taking a hold of her right.
"Hey, thanks a lot Jade...the Chief and I would've probably been there all day trying to untangle ourselves!"
"I know," Jade replied with no expression as she quickly let go off their hands. Kenny quickly ran over and picked up his lap top, as he slowly opened the lid.
"Oh...so you finally came crawling back!" Dizzi's voice rang out, which now sounded quite angry. "Well no way Chief..let's see how you like being ignored for awhile!"
Everyone stared over in Kenny's direction, as looked at them embarrassed.
"Come on Dizzi, you know I didn't mean to hurt your feelings!"
Kenny pleaded with Dizzi, but to his surprise she totally shut down his computer. Kenny sighed in desperation as he closed his lap top once again. Tyson nudged Rei in the side, as he whispered in his ear.
"Looks like Kenny's having girl problems!"
Rei shook his head, grinned slightly. Max walked over to Kenny and put his hand on his shoulder.
"Hey, don't worry Chief..I'm sure she'll get over it sooner or later."
Kenny shrugged,
"yeah...if you say so Max."
Kenny moaned as he sat down on the sidewalk, placing his head in his hands. "Oh, what I have done!" he muttered to himself. Jade actually felt sorry for him, she watched him, as she stood beside Mr. Dickinson. The silence was driving Tyson nuts, as he looked from person to person. He then focused his gaze at Jade and then Kai, as he smirked.
"Hey, Kai..we forgot to tell you who our new teammate is!"
Tyson recalled when Kai had first seen Jade in the park, and he knew that this announcement would really get him upset. Everybody knew what Tyson was talking about, and they all looked towards Kai(except for Kenny). Kai began to feel anger grow inside of him, as he looked at Jade. She was staring back at him, wondering what he would say about their earlier encounter. Kai crossed his arms, as he looked up at Mr. Dickinson.
"I already know."
Kai stated blankly, as he pointed his right index finger towards Jade. Mr. Dickinson was quite surprised to her this news, along with everyone else.
"Well, I suppose we have that all settled now!" Mr. Dickinson replied as he clapped his hands together. "I think perhaps it would be wise if you started training for the 'team battles!'"
"Yeah!" Tyson shouted with extreme excitement. "Ohhh, we are going to kick some major butt at that 'Beynamite' tournament!"
"Tyson, stop taking it as such a big joke!"
Tyson was stunned, as he looked over at Kenny who was now standing up, staring right at him. He looked really angry, as he clenched his lap top tightly under his right arm.
"I'm sorry Kenny.." Tyson replied, not knowing what else to say.
"Oh, just forget it!" Kenny said as he turned away from the others. "I'm not feeling very well..I'm going to go home."
He slowly began to head down the street; Tyson cupped his hands in front of his mouth as he yelled after Kenny.
"Hey, come on Chief..come back!"
"Just let him be!" replied Kai coldly. "He obviously doesn't want to be around us right now!"
Rei sighed,
"I guess that little argument with Dizzi, really got to him."
"Well, hopefully it gets resolved soon," replied Max as he shrugged. "We could really use Kenny's help with this!"
Everybody fell into a silent state, and wondered whether or not they should say anything. Jade understood why everybody was quiet, but she figured it was a waste of time.
"Either we do something..or, I'm out of here!"
Rei looked over at Jade and smiled. "She has such a way with words," he thought. Tyson decided to join in as he pumped up his fists,
"Jade's right! We're not going to get anything done standing around here all day!"
Max laughed as he flung his arms around Rei and Tyson's necks.
"Yeah..I'm so stoked about this team battle thing, we just gotta try it!"
Mr. Dickinson chuckled, as he watched the spirit of his team start to rise again. He knew that they should start training right away, but he had one problem. Which of the 4 should he pick for the teams of two?!
Kai sat silently across the table from Mr. Dickinson. He kept his closed and his arms crossed, as he tilted his chair slightly against the wall. It was only Mr. Dickinson and himself who were now at the restaurant, the rest of the group decided to go for a walk, and he was totally against hanging out with them.
"Well Kai," Mr. Dickinson said, as he leaned his arms on the table top. "As team leader, I think it's only fair of me to ask your opinion about the team battles!"
Kai cocked one eyebrow up, but refused to open his eyes.
"What exactly do you mean!?"
Mr. Dickinson rubbed his chin in thought,
"well I need to decide which 5 of you will be working together as partners...quite a hard decision on my behalf."
Kai relaxed himself as his chair came rocking forwards.
"I don't see why you'd need my opinion."
"Well, actually..." Mr. Dickinson sounded quite nervous, as he finished the sentence. " You see Kai, I was planning to place Jade and you as partners; and I didn't know how you would react to..."
Suddenly Kai threw himself up, as he stood staring down at Mr. Dickinson. His eyes were full of anger, and he clenched the end of the table with his hands. Mr. Dickinson could see the hate inside the boy, as he tried to calm him down.
"Now, now Kai...there's no need for this kind of behaviour!" Mr. Dickinson replied as he stood up. "I think that you and Jade could be very successful as partners, and I also believe that the two of you could learn a lot from each other!"
"Forget it!" Kai shot out coldly. "There's no way I'm working with any of those amateurs..especially Jade!"
Mr. Dickinson got a stern look upon his face,
"your teammates are very worthy bladers Kai, and I must say that Jade herself is a worthy blader; if you'd only give her a chance."
Kai shook his head then walked towards the door,
"I'm team leader...and that's all I want to be!"
He quickly walked out of the restaurant, as the door slammed behind him. Mr. Dickinson sighed as he spoke to himself,
"what am I going to do with that young man."
The wind rustled the leaves of the trees slightly, as the bladebreakers found themselves battling in the park once again. Although this time, Tyson and Max decided to play a friendly battle against each other. Rei was laying on the green hillside, that was just inches from the battling dome. His eyes were tightly closed, as he gathered in the warmth of the sun. Jade on the other hand, took it upon herself to spectate the ongoing battle. She actually found herself enjoying the battle, as the two boys exchanged attacks with their blades. Tyson jumped into the air as he ordered Dragoon to attack Max's Draciel blade. Max leaned in as far as he could, and watched Draciel disappear in Dragoon's storm attack. Tyson got that cocky look on his face, thinking that the battle was over. But of course he was wrong, as Max gave a huge sigh of relief. The storm had disappeared, and Draciel was still spinning strong in the middle.
"Wait a go Draciel!" Max shouted with pride. "Keep it up buddy!"
Tyson sighed, he was slowly becoming frustrated with this battle. No matter what he did, he just couldn't knock Draciel out of the dome. Jade continued to study the battle, as she noticed her eyes switching from Tyson's blade to Max's blade. Once again Tyson told Dragoon to attack, as it hurled itself at Draciel. It crashed into the side of Max's green blade, although it didn't faze it too much. Suddenly Jade perked up, as she noticed Tyson's blade leaning slightly more to the left. She glanced over at Max, who didn't seem to notice it at all. Jade sighed,
"tell Draciel to attack."
Max and Tyson both looked at Jade, they were so busy with their battle that they never even realized that she was standing there. Tyson looked at her dumb-founded,
"where did you come from?"
Jade threw her head back in desperation, these guys were so hopeless.
"I've been here the whole time Tyson!" Jade replied as she pointed her finger at Tyson's beyblade. "Now, do as I say Max..tell Draciel to attack."
Max followed Jade's arm down, as he fixed his eyes on Tyson's blade. He couldn't understand why Jade was telling him to attack. Was she trying to trick him? Suddenly his blue eyes lit up, as he finally acknowledged what Jade was pointing out. He couldn't help but smile, as he flicked a piece of his hair from off of his face.
"Sorry Tyson, but looks like Draciel and I will be taking this match!"
Tyson couldn't understand what Max was talking about. There was no way that this battle was over..was there? Max announced his attack, as Draciel spun steadily at Tyson's blade. Before any of them could say another word, Tyson's blade shot out of the dome and landed a few inches behind Tyson. He was stunned at what just happened, his jaw hung down as he tried to talk. Max laughed, as he reached in and picked up his blade.
"Hey, awesome battle Tyson!"
Max walked up to his friend, as he patted him on the back. Tyson was still stunned, but overcame it as he sported a huge smile.
"Yeah, that was quite a move that you pulled on me just now...I didn't even see it coming!"
Max smiled as he pointed directly at Jade,
"if it wasn't for her, this battle would've gone on all day!"
Tyson nodded as he walked over to where Jade was standing,
"how did you know that Max should attack?!"
Jade gave a cocky grin,
"I guess I'm just good, that's all!"
Max laughed, as he in turn ran up and threw his arm around Jade's neck. This was quite a shock for both Jade and Tyson. Jade was about to throw Max's arm off of her, but something made her stop. She didn't know what was wrong with her, but she actually felt somewhat happy to be apart of the Bladebreakers.
"Well, it looks like your starting to like our little team already!"
Jade jumped as someone brushed by her right side. She tilted her head and saw Rei standing next to her, his eyes were glowing with happiness. She gave a slight grin, but tried not to make it too obvious to the others. Jade hardly knew these guys at all, and yet she seemed to like being around them. Especially Rei, she felt really close to him, as if they had been friends for a long time. Jade finally pulled away from the group, realizing that she had to go back to being the outcast member. She wasn't ready to be so close to them..not yet.
"Hey, guys...you gotta check this out!"
Nobody noticed that Tyson had made his way over to one of the street lamps, positioned in the park. He was staring at it, with a huge smile. Max looked at Jade and Rei as he shrugged.
"I dunno about you guys, but I don't find street lamps all that exciting."
Tyson got frustrated as he banged his head against the pole.
"Stop being such a smart alec and get over here would ya!"
Max, Rei, and Jade slowly made their way over to Tyson as they focused their eyes on the pole. Plastered on top of it was a vibrant colored poster, announcing a beyblade tournament.
"Awesome!" Max shouted as his eyes danced along the poster. "We just got to enter this!"
Rei scanned the poster, and stopped once he found where it was located.
"It says here that the tournament's being held in Hong Kong." Rei paused for a moment then continued. "That's funny, I don't remember hearing about this tournament back at home."
"That's cause it's held in my district." Jade replied as she recognized the poster instantly. "I use to enter it all the time."
"Well I say we should go to it!" Tyson stated as he held his arms in the air. "It'll be good practice for us!"
"I agree with you there Tyson," replied Rei as he nodded. "We need to get back into the spirit of real competition."
Max smiled,
"Well then what are we waiting for...let's find Mr.Dickinson and tell him the great news!"
Jade watched the others as they continued to read about the Hong Kong tournament. She wished she could be as happy as the others, but she wasn't. She loved entering tournaments, but she was hoping to avoid this one...especially one team who she knew would definitely be in it!
Chapter 7: Becoming A Bladebreaker
Jade quietly slipped back into her room, as she crashed down on her bed. She thought about what had just happened, and she wasn't happy about it at all!
"Ohhhh...that guy is really starting to get on my nerves!" said Jade in frustration. "Why is he such a jerk to me!"
Jade took a hold of her launcher, as she retrieved Dazzler from her pocket. She looked at her purple blade, almost as if she was studying it. It was smaller then most blades, and it didn't look capable of doing any damage. Jade rubbed her thumb across the top of the blade, as it made it's way across the small emblazoned picture. It was Dazzler, Jades loyal bit beast. Even though the picture was small, you could see the majesty, and strength that the beast had. Dazzler had never let Jade done before,
"your probably the reason why I'm known as the top female blader!" sighed Jade. "There isn't anyone who can beat us!"
Jade's last comment was cocky, but she believed it. As long as she stayed strong, then Dazzler would be strong, and they could never lose. Dazzler glowed, as Jade picked her up and launched her in the room. The blade went spinning along the floor, as it bounced back and forth off the walls. It launched itself off of one of Jade's shoes as it flew towards the door, just as Rei and Mr.Dickinson entered.
"Hey look out!"
Jade shouted as Rei had to duck, in order to avoid being hit. Mr.Dickinson laughed as the blade hit the door frame, and bounced back into Jade's open palm. Jade scratched her head, as she continued to watch Mr. Dickinson walk into the room.
"Sorry..I know I'm not supposed to practice in the room!"
Mr. Dickinson only stood smiling with pride,
"It seems to me that you and Dazzler are becoming much stronger!"
Jade shrugged, and placed Dazzler back in her pocket. Rei was standing close to Mr. Dickinson, but hadn't said a word at all since he arrived. Mr. Dickinson took a seat on the bed, as he gave a heavy sigh.
"Well, Jade I suppose it's time that you start practicing with your new teammates. The 'Beynamite' tournament will be here soon enough, and that 'team battle' will be something of a challenge to work on!"
Rei nodded,
"I'm sure the guys are already waiting for us."
Rei didn't seem himself today, as he said his last comment rather blankly. Jade looked at Mr. Dickinson and sighed.
"Alright, let's see if these guys are worthy enough to have me on their team!"
Mr. Dickinson laughed at Jade, as he helped her up off the bed. He headed towards the door and exited into the hallway, as Rei followed him. Jade quickly put on her shoes, as she ran out the door, slamming it behind her. Before she could move another inch, she felt someone grab onto her arm as she came to a sudden stop. She looked at her side, and noticed Rei leaning casually against the wall. His eyes were closed, and his right hand was gripped tightly around her wrist. Jade looked at Rei, she didn't have the slightest clue what he was doing.
"Is something wrong Rei?" asked Jade, not knowing what to say.
"Where were you going at 6 in the morning?" Rei asked as he opened his eyes, and looked straight at her.
"What!?" Jade couldn't believe it, Rei was actually spying on her. "That's none of your business!"
"You were beyblading weren't you."
Jade couldn't believe what she was hearing, obviously Mr. Dickinson had told Rei to keep an eye on her. She shook her head as she glared at Rei.
"I can't believe you followed me!"
Rei noticed that Jade was obviously upset about him asking her all these questions. He started to laugh, as he crossed his arms around his stomach. Jade stood stunned, as she blinked a couple of times. She cocked one eyebrow and looked oddly at him.
"Why...are you laughing?"
"I wasn't following you at all Jade," replied Rei still smiling. "I only heard you left, cause I couldn't sleep either..so I figured you went out to find some amateur beybladers, am I right!?"
Rei continued to laugh, but noticed that Jade wasn't laughing with him. In fact, she looked even more upset then before.
"So you thought it would be funny, if you acted like you spied one me!" Jade's eyes flared up with anger. She hated when people messed with her business.
"Hey, come on take it easy Jade," Rei replied trying to calm her down. "I'm sorry."
Jade closed her eyes, as she took a deep breath. "Their all the same," she thought to herself. "They think everything's a big joke!" She opened her eyes quickly, when she felt Rei's hand on her shoulder.
"It wasn't a joke," he stated calmly. "I just wanted to tell you, to come and get me next time you do some early morning blading..ok?"
Jade turned her head to the side, as her eyes met his. Jade couldn't understand why Rei was so nice to her, especially after some of the things she had said to him. Yet his eyes still showed sympathy towards her. Jade couldn't help but feel some what happy, although she didn't dare show it on the outside.
"Fine!" she replied, as she started to walk down the hallway after Mr. Dickinson.
Tyson lay upon the hard concrete ground, as Kenny continued to type on his lap top. They were both waiting in front of Max's dads Hobby Shop.
"Ohhhhhhhh, where are they Chief!?"
Tyson was staring up at the sky, as he tightly clenched his fists. Kenny ignored his friend,
"did you find anything yet Dizzi?"
"Did anybody ever tell you that slow and steady wins the race?" Dizzi replied, with a sound of annoyance in her voice.
"What is she mumbling about?!" asked Tyson, as he rolled over onto his stomach. He began to scratch at the sidewalk, as Kenny turned his head to look at him.
"Tyson?...oh never mind, I'm afraid to ask what your doing!" Kenny placed Dizzi on the ground beside him, as he stood up and stretched his arms. Suddenly they heard a small bell ring, as Max emerged from the hobby shop. He smiled with pride as he held up his green beyblade.
"Alright guys, I'm ready to take on the world!"
The blade glistened in the sunlight, as Max took a step forward and caught his foot on Tyson's side.
"Oh no!" Kenny moaned as he placed his head in his hands.
Max automatically stumbled and came crashing down, right on top of Tyson. His Draciel blade went flying in the air, as Kenny safely caught in his hands. Max couldn't help but laugh, as he looked up at Kenny.
"I guess I should've been watching where I was going...eh Chief!"
Kenny nodded as he himself smiled. They heard a loud moan coming from underneath Max, and they knew it had to be Tyson.
"You guys are so worthless!"
Max and Kenny looked over to the left, as Kai stood looking quite upset. His arms were crossed and he stared at the 3 them. Max quickly jumped up from off of Tyson, as he put his hands behind his head.
"Oh, hey Kai...how's it going!"
Kai looked over at Max, then shot his gaze down at Tyson. He rolled his eyes, as he steadily made his way towards them. He finally stopped as he stood in front of Tyson, and sighed.
"I don't know why I'm asking, cause I don't even care!" Kai replied in disgust. "But, why is Tyson laying on the ground!?"
Max and Kenny sort of glanced towards each other. If they told Kai that Tyson was laying on the ground for no reason, he would most definitely say some rude comment.
"It's funny that you should ask that Kai!" answered Max, as he laughed nervously. "Well..you see, Tyson heard that if you launch your blade from flat off the ground...the..ummm...accuracy would be a whole lot better!"
Kai cocked his eyebrow, and couldn't believe what he was hearing. Kenny looked at Max with confusion.
"I don't think that there's any scientific explanation for that Max!"
Max quickly elbowed Kenny in the side, as he looked at him frantically.
"Kenny!" Max mumbled, as he tilted his head trying to hint at Kai.
"Oh, yeah that's right!" Kenny replied, as he finally understood what Max was doing. "It's also known to increase the speed of the blade too!"
"I don't think so Chief, Tyson's laying on the ground because he.."
Dizzi was immediately cut off, as Kenny reached back and closed his lap top with his foot. Her heard it slam shut, and he knew that Dizzi wouldn't be happy with him once he opened her again.
Kai looked from Max to Kenny as they smiled nervously at him. He closed his eyes, as he gave a smug smile.
"It doesn't matter what Tyson tries..he's never going to be a worthy beyblader!"
"What was that Kai!?"
Everyone was quite startled, as they heard Tyson's angry voice yell out. He was still lying flat on his stomach, with his arms stretched out in front of him. He looked like a pancake, except for his head, which was now looking up at Kai.
"I dare you to say that again Kai!" Tyson yelled as his face turned a dark shade of red.
"I don't have time to play your little name games Tyson!" Kai shot back, his hands held tightly in fists.
"Ohhhh, that's it!"
Kenny and Max looked at each other then nodded. They suddenly threw themselves upon Tyson, as he slammed back down onto the hard concrete.
"Hey..what are you guys doing!? Get off of me!!"
Tyson yelled as he squirmed around, trying to get free. Kenny sighed as he sat on Tyson's back,
"we know what's going to happen if we let you up Tyson."
Tyson stopped moving around as he rested his head in his right hand, looking like he was bored. Max nodded, as he too lay flat on Tyson.
"Yeah, if we let you up..you're going to get into a big fight with Kai! Then you'll be so upset that you won't be able to blade!"
Tyson knew his friends were right, and he hated it. Kai shook his head, as Tyson glanced up at him.
"How pathetic! I don't know why I ever agreed to rejoin this team!"
Tyson clenched his teeth tightly together, as he tried to keep his anger inside of him. Kenny looked down at Tyson, then patted him on the back.
"Just take it easy Tyson.."
Max noticed Tyson getting extremely red in the face as he laughed.
"Hey, Tyson...you look like you could blow up!"
Tyson couldn't hold it in any longer, as he suddenly sprang up with a load of energy. This of course, caused Max and Kenny to topple over as they lay in a big heap on the ground. Tyson stood in front of Kai with his fists clenched, and Kai just smirked.
"Alright Kai, I've had just about enough of you and your bad attitude!"
"Yeah...so tell me, what exactly are you going to do about it?" Kai asked rather obnoxiously.
"I'm going to.."
"He's going to do nothing!"
Tyson was interrupted, by that all to familiar voice of Mr. Dickinson. He stood a couple inches away from Tyson, and on either side of him stood Jade and Rei. Mr. Dickinson shook his head as he began to speak again.
"Tyson, you have got to control that temper of yours!"
"What!?" Tyson couldn't believe it, he was the one getting in trouble, instead of Kai. He groaned, as he crossed his arms and stuck his tongue out at Kai. Kai didn't even acknowledge it, as he stared at Jade with disgust.
"Well, I can see that we haven't changed at all since the last time we were together!" Rei laughed as he walked up to Tyson and gave him a nudge.
Max and Kenny were still stuck on the ground, as they tried to untangle themselves. Jade shook her head as she walked over to the two, and held out her hands. Kenny took a hold of Jade's left hand, as Max smiled taking a hold of her right.
"Hey, thanks a lot Jade...the Chief and I would've probably been there all day trying to untangle ourselves!"
"I know," Jade replied with no expression as she quickly let go off their hands. Kenny quickly ran over and picked up his lap top, as he slowly opened the lid.
"Oh...so you finally came crawling back!" Dizzi's voice rang out, which now sounded quite angry. "Well no way Chief..let's see how you like being ignored for awhile!"
Everyone stared over in Kenny's direction, as looked at them embarrassed.
"Come on Dizzi, you know I didn't mean to hurt your feelings!"
Kenny pleaded with Dizzi, but to his surprise she totally shut down his computer. Kenny sighed in desperation as he closed his lap top once again. Tyson nudged Rei in the side, as he whispered in his ear.
"Looks like Kenny's having girl problems!"
Rei shook his head, grinned slightly. Max walked over to Kenny and put his hand on his shoulder.
"Hey, don't worry Chief..I'm sure she'll get over it sooner or later."
Kenny shrugged,
"yeah...if you say so Max."
Kenny moaned as he sat down on the sidewalk, placing his head in his hands. "Oh, what I have done!" he muttered to himself. Jade actually felt sorry for him, she watched him, as she stood beside Mr. Dickinson. The silence was driving Tyson nuts, as he looked from person to person. He then focused his gaze at Jade and then Kai, as he smirked.
"Hey, Kai..we forgot to tell you who our new teammate is!"
Tyson recalled when Kai had first seen Jade in the park, and he knew that this announcement would really get him upset. Everybody knew what Tyson was talking about, and they all looked towards Kai(except for Kenny). Kai began to feel anger grow inside of him, as he looked at Jade. She was staring back at him, wondering what he would say about their earlier encounter. Kai crossed his arms, as he looked up at Mr. Dickinson.
"I already know."
Kai stated blankly, as he pointed his right index finger towards Jade. Mr. Dickinson was quite surprised to her this news, along with everyone else.
"Well, I suppose we have that all settled now!" Mr. Dickinson replied as he clapped his hands together. "I think perhaps it would be wise if you started training for the 'team battles!'"
"Yeah!" Tyson shouted with extreme excitement. "Ohhh, we are going to kick some major butt at that 'Beynamite' tournament!"
"Tyson, stop taking it as such a big joke!"
Tyson was stunned, as he looked over at Kenny who was now standing up, staring right at him. He looked really angry, as he clenched his lap top tightly under his right arm.
"I'm sorry Kenny.." Tyson replied, not knowing what else to say.
"Oh, just forget it!" Kenny said as he turned away from the others. "I'm not feeling very well..I'm going to go home."
He slowly began to head down the street; Tyson cupped his hands in front of his mouth as he yelled after Kenny.
"Hey, come on Chief..come back!"
"Just let him be!" replied Kai coldly. "He obviously doesn't want to be around us right now!"
Rei sighed,
"I guess that little argument with Dizzi, really got to him."
"Well, hopefully it gets resolved soon," replied Max as he shrugged. "We could really use Kenny's help with this!"
Everybody fell into a silent state, and wondered whether or not they should say anything. Jade understood why everybody was quiet, but she figured it was a waste of time.
"Either we do something..or, I'm out of here!"
Rei looked over at Jade and smiled. "She has such a way with words," he thought. Tyson decided to join in as he pumped up his fists,
"Jade's right! We're not going to get anything done standing around here all day!"
Max laughed as he flung his arms around Rei and Tyson's necks.
"Yeah..I'm so stoked about this team battle thing, we just gotta try it!"
Mr. Dickinson chuckled, as he watched the spirit of his team start to rise again. He knew that they should start training right away, but he had one problem. Which of the 4 should he pick for the teams of two?!
Kai sat silently across the table from Mr. Dickinson. He kept his closed and his arms crossed, as he tilted his chair slightly against the wall. It was only Mr. Dickinson and himself who were now at the restaurant, the rest of the group decided to go for a walk, and he was totally against hanging out with them.
"Well Kai," Mr. Dickinson said, as he leaned his arms on the table top. "As team leader, I think it's only fair of me to ask your opinion about the team battles!"
Kai cocked one eyebrow up, but refused to open his eyes.
"What exactly do you mean!?"
Mr. Dickinson rubbed his chin in thought,
"well I need to decide which 5 of you will be working together as partners...quite a hard decision on my behalf."
Kai relaxed himself as his chair came rocking forwards.
"I don't see why you'd need my opinion."
"Well, actually..." Mr. Dickinson sounded quite nervous, as he finished the sentence. " You see Kai, I was planning to place Jade and you as partners; and I didn't know how you would react to..."
Suddenly Kai threw himself up, as he stood staring down at Mr. Dickinson. His eyes were full of anger, and he clenched the end of the table with his hands. Mr. Dickinson could see the hate inside the boy, as he tried to calm him down.
"Now, now Kai...there's no need for this kind of behaviour!" Mr. Dickinson replied as he stood up. "I think that you and Jade could be very successful as partners, and I also believe that the two of you could learn a lot from each other!"
"Forget it!" Kai shot out coldly. "There's no way I'm working with any of those amateurs..especially Jade!"
Mr. Dickinson got a stern look upon his face,
"your teammates are very worthy bladers Kai, and I must say that Jade herself is a worthy blader; if you'd only give her a chance."
Kai shook his head then walked towards the door,
"I'm team leader...and that's all I want to be!"
He quickly walked out of the restaurant, as the door slammed behind him. Mr. Dickinson sighed as he spoke to himself,
"what am I going to do with that young man."
The wind rustled the leaves of the trees slightly, as the bladebreakers found themselves battling in the park once again. Although this time, Tyson and Max decided to play a friendly battle against each other. Rei was laying on the green hillside, that was just inches from the battling dome. His eyes were tightly closed, as he gathered in the warmth of the sun. Jade on the other hand, took it upon herself to spectate the ongoing battle. She actually found herself enjoying the battle, as the two boys exchanged attacks with their blades. Tyson jumped into the air as he ordered Dragoon to attack Max's Draciel blade. Max leaned in as far as he could, and watched Draciel disappear in Dragoon's storm attack. Tyson got that cocky look on his face, thinking that the battle was over. But of course he was wrong, as Max gave a huge sigh of relief. The storm had disappeared, and Draciel was still spinning strong in the middle.
"Wait a go Draciel!" Max shouted with pride. "Keep it up buddy!"
Tyson sighed, he was slowly becoming frustrated with this battle. No matter what he did, he just couldn't knock Draciel out of the dome. Jade continued to study the battle, as she noticed her eyes switching from Tyson's blade to Max's blade. Once again Tyson told Dragoon to attack, as it hurled itself at Draciel. It crashed into the side of Max's green blade, although it didn't faze it too much. Suddenly Jade perked up, as she noticed Tyson's blade leaning slightly more to the left. She glanced over at Max, who didn't seem to notice it at all. Jade sighed,
"tell Draciel to attack."
Max and Tyson both looked at Jade, they were so busy with their battle that they never even realized that she was standing there. Tyson looked at her dumb-founded,
"where did you come from?"
Jade threw her head back in desperation, these guys were so hopeless.
"I've been here the whole time Tyson!" Jade replied as she pointed her finger at Tyson's beyblade. "Now, do as I say Max..tell Draciel to attack."
Max followed Jade's arm down, as he fixed his eyes on Tyson's blade. He couldn't understand why Jade was telling him to attack. Was she trying to trick him? Suddenly his blue eyes lit up, as he finally acknowledged what Jade was pointing out. He couldn't help but smile, as he flicked a piece of his hair from off of his face.
"Sorry Tyson, but looks like Draciel and I will be taking this match!"
Tyson couldn't understand what Max was talking about. There was no way that this battle was over..was there? Max announced his attack, as Draciel spun steadily at Tyson's blade. Before any of them could say another word, Tyson's blade shot out of the dome and landed a few inches behind Tyson. He was stunned at what just happened, his jaw hung down as he tried to talk. Max laughed, as he reached in and picked up his blade.
"Hey, awesome battle Tyson!"
Max walked up to his friend, as he patted him on the back. Tyson was still stunned, but overcame it as he sported a huge smile.
"Yeah, that was quite a move that you pulled on me just now...I didn't even see it coming!"
Max smiled as he pointed directly at Jade,
"if it wasn't for her, this battle would've gone on all day!"
Tyson nodded as he walked over to where Jade was standing,
"how did you know that Max should attack?!"
Jade gave a cocky grin,
"I guess I'm just good, that's all!"
Max laughed, as he in turn ran up and threw his arm around Jade's neck. This was quite a shock for both Jade and Tyson. Jade was about to throw Max's arm off of her, but something made her stop. She didn't know what was wrong with her, but she actually felt somewhat happy to be apart of the Bladebreakers.
"Well, it looks like your starting to like our little team already!"
Jade jumped as someone brushed by her right side. She tilted her head and saw Rei standing next to her, his eyes were glowing with happiness. She gave a slight grin, but tried not to make it too obvious to the others. Jade hardly knew these guys at all, and yet she seemed to like being around them. Especially Rei, she felt really close to him, as if they had been friends for a long time. Jade finally pulled away from the group, realizing that she had to go back to being the outcast member. She wasn't ready to be so close to them..not yet.
"Hey, guys...you gotta check this out!"
Nobody noticed that Tyson had made his way over to one of the street lamps, positioned in the park. He was staring at it, with a huge smile. Max looked at Jade and Rei as he shrugged.
"I dunno about you guys, but I don't find street lamps all that exciting."
Tyson got frustrated as he banged his head against the pole.
"Stop being such a smart alec and get over here would ya!"
Max, Rei, and Jade slowly made their way over to Tyson as they focused their eyes on the pole. Plastered on top of it was a vibrant colored poster, announcing a beyblade tournament.
"Awesome!" Max shouted as his eyes danced along the poster. "We just got to enter this!"
Rei scanned the poster, and stopped once he found where it was located.
"It says here that the tournament's being held in Hong Kong." Rei paused for a moment then continued. "That's funny, I don't remember hearing about this tournament back at home."
"That's cause it's held in my district." Jade replied as she recognized the poster instantly. "I use to enter it all the time."
"Well I say we should go to it!" Tyson stated as he held his arms in the air. "It'll be good practice for us!"
"I agree with you there Tyson," replied Rei as he nodded. "We need to get back into the spirit of real competition."
Max smiled,
"Well then what are we waiting for...let's find Mr.Dickinson and tell him the great news!"
Jade watched the others as they continued to read about the Hong Kong tournament. She wished she could be as happy as the others, but she wasn't. She loved entering tournaments, but she was hoping to avoid this one...especially one team who she knew would definitely be in it!
