(Here's the next chapter of my story..I'm trying to update as quickly as I can but it's really hard..too much homework!!!! Well read and review as always, and remember I DO NOT own Beyblade! But I do own Jade, Damien, Jessie, Julian, Eli, and their bit beasts..so please don't steal them!)

(Ok.In this chapter I will be introducing Jade's old teammates the Shadow- Cats! Well I just thought I'd tell everyone that I had great difficulties trying to explain what they look like. So..if you'd like to get the idea of them, I have drawn some sketches of a couple of them and their bit beasts. If you wanna check them out, just go here: http://photos.yahoo.com/lopmon_5 well hope you like the chappy!)



Chapter 11: Old Teammates!

"Rise and Shine Kenny!"

Kenny sat up slowly, as he rubbed the sleep from out of his eyes. He stretched his arms above his head, and swung his legs over the side of the bed to touch the floor. He smiled as he walked up to his laptop, which was resting on the bedroom table.

"Thanks for the wake up call Dizzi!" Kenny replied, as he looked at the screen of the laptop. He gave one last yawn, as he fixed his glasses on his head.

"I think you should be waking up sleepy head over there!" Dizzi replied sarcastically, "you don't want to be late for registration do you!?"

Kenny got a look of shock on his face, he had forgotten all about registration! Kenny quickly ran over to the bedside, and saw Tyson sprawled out upon it. His covers were wrapped around one of his arms, and his feet were hanging half way off of the bed. Kenny sighed, he couldn't even begin to imagine how Tyson ended up laying width wise on his bed. Immediately he began tugging at Tyson's nose,

"Tyson..get..up!"

Kenny continued to yell, push, and pull at Tyson; but nothing happened..he continued to lie sound asleep. Kenny shook his head in desperation, if Tyson wasn't eating then he was sleeping! Before Kenny could try his luck at Tyson again, he heard a loud knock at the door.

"Now who could that be!?"

Kenny said out loud, as he made his way over to the door. He quickly undid the dead bolt, as the door opened with a creak. Kenny gave a huge sigh of relief, when he saw Max standing at the doorway with a huge grin sweeping across his face. A couple inches behind him was Jade, who stood with her arms crossed staring it at him.

"Hey Chief...are you all ready to go!?" Max exclaimed, as he put his arms behind his head. "Registration begins in 20 minutes!"

Kenny sighed as he shook his head, and pointed towards the inside of the room.

"Tyson's still asleep!"

Max laughed as he entered the room,

"why am I not surprised!"

Kenny followed Max, as they both leaned over Tyson. He was still sound asleep, and was now starting to snore..loudly. Max took a turn at yelling in Tyson's ear, but he failed just like Kenny had before.

"You know..he really is hopeless!" Max replied, as he took a seat on Kenny's bed. "Were never going to be able to wake him up in time for registration!"

"Why don't you boys try the old water trick?" replied Dizzi.

Max and Kenny looked at each other, as they contemplated the idea. Max shrugged as he made his way to the bathroom.

"What have we got to lose."

Kenny took away the sheets that were wrapped around Tyson's arm, as Max appeared from the bathroom carrying a small bucket(an ice bucket). It was filled to the rim with water, and he held it above Tyson's head.

"Do you actually think this is going to work?" asked Kenny, glancing over at his laptop.

"Of course," replied Dizzi with complete confidence. "I'm never wrong!"

Max shrugged, then tipped the bucket over as the water poured out on Tyson's face. Kenny and Max closed their eyes; as Tyson shot up from his bed screaming.

"Guys help!" Tyson yelled, as he waved his arms around. He looked completely panic stricken. "Guys...I can't swim!"

Max, and Kenny looked at Tyson completely stunned. Obviously he had no idea what was going on, as he believed that he was drowning.

"You have got to be kidding!" Jade replied from the doorway. She hadn't entered the room, but she saw the entire incident as she leaned against the doorframe. "Is he always this pathetic!?"

"Don't tell me your surprised by this!"

Jade turned her head to the right, and noticed that Kai was now standing beside her, arms crossed. He didn't look too pleased, as he shot a glare at Max and Kenny.

"You guys better have Tyson in the lobby in 5 minutes..otherwise I'll make your next training a living nightmare!"

After this last statement, Kai quickly left the room without even acknowledging Jade.

"Our training's are already a living nightmare!"

Kenny, Max, and Jade all focused their attention on the bed, as they heard Tyson mumble. He was now looking wide-awake, as Max smiled and tapped gently on his shoulder.

"Hey Tyson.." Max waved innocently at Tyson, as he looked up. "Rise and Shine sleepy head!"

Tyson groaned,

"come on guys...can't I sleep for a couple more minutes!?"

"Oh please Tyson..we know that your couple minutes is actually a couple hours!" Kenny replied, as he crossed his arms. "Besides, we need to get to registrations!"

"What!?" Tyson yelled as he sprang out of bed, with extreme energy. "Why didn't you guys wake me up earlier!"

Max, Kenny, and Jade sighed in desperation; as Tyson grabbed his clothes and ran out the door!



Tyson's eyes were popped open in extreme awe, he couldn't even start to imagine how many teams were lined up for registration. They had arrived at the Hong Kong battle arena, and had now taken a position in one of the endless lines. Tyson looked from line to line, as he gazed over the huge variety of beybladers. 'This is going to be so awesome!' Tyson thought to himself, as he continued to scan the area with his eyes. 'Just wait till they get a sight of you Dragoon!' Once Kenny had reached the front of the line, it took mere minutes before they were done.

"Well, know we have that all settled!" Kenny replied, with a huge sigh of relief. "You guys are officially entered in the Hong Kong tournament!"

"Yeah!"

Max and Tyson were full of enthusiasm, as they interlocked hands. They couldn't wait until their first battle.

"Oh.hey Chief, when is our first battle?" Tyson asked, as he stood pondering his question.

"The tournament doesn't start until tomorrow Tyson," Kai replied looking extremely unpleasant.

Tyson rolled his eyes,

"I know that...but it doesn't hurt to be prepared.does it?!"

"I'd have to agree with you there."

Everybody nearly fell over when they heard this. Kai was actually agreeing with Tyson?! That was something that they had never even imagined happening within a 100 years! Kai studied them all, then gave a cocky smirk.

"I just want to find out how many hours I have left to make you guys practice!"

Tyson moaned as he fell to the floor,

"I don't want to practice!"

Max's cheeks began turning a dark red, as he laughed nervously.

"Tyson...people are staring!"

A crowd had now formed around the small Bladebreaker group, as Tyson continued to complain from the hard floor. Jade shook her head, as she pushed her way past the crowd. She was not going to stick around for this. Kenny didn't spare a moment, before he took off after Jade. Jade was now walking at a steady pace, with her head hung low. The last thing that she wanted, was for people to think that she knew Tyson.

"I can't believe I'm stuck with a group of..."

Suddenly Jade felt a huge rush, as she fell backwards onto the floor. She had the wind knocked out of her, and she was struggling to sit back up. Kenny had witnessed the whole thing, and kneeled beside Jade; trying to help her get back up. Jade didn't know what hit her, but she realized that it had to be going at great speed. Her chest was in great pain, and her head was spinning in circles. She slowly got up, and winced in pain as her lungs beat against her chest; trying to take in more air. She swayed to the right, but realized after a few seconds that she didn't fall. Jade looked up, as she felt her cheeks burn slightly. She had now realized that she was leaning against Kai. Jade gave a sheepish grin, then quickly turned away from him. She couldn't believe that she had let herself fall onto Kai, but she couldn't help it. She was having great difficulties standing upright on her own. She felt like she was going to collapse again, but then she felt someone holding her up from behind.

"Thanks."

Jade muttered, finding it hard to speak. Rei smiled, as she leaned herself gently against him. Tyson and Max, were also standing close to Jade as they eyed the girl who was now standing in front of them. She was rubbing her head, and groaning at the same time. She had jet-black hair which was tightly pulled up into a ponytail, and was tied with a long orange ribbon; which swirled all the way down to her stomach. She had short bangs, which covered most of her forehead, and 2 small pieces, which framed either side of her face. She was wearing a Chinese tank top, which was criss crossed with 3 tiny clips. It had a short collar, which had a star upon either side. It was white in color, but was lined with an orange strip. She had orange shorts on, and a band of white training tape crossed over her right elbow. As she looked up towards Tyson and Max, they noticed that she had dark lavender eyes. She gave an embarrassing smile, as she continued to rub her head with her right hand.

"I'm really sorry about that..it was my fault!"

The girl studied the members of the Bladebreakers closely, as she focused her eyes on Jade. Everyone watched, as her face was drawn into complete surprise.

"Jade!?"

Jade took a couple deep breaths, and tried to focus her energy on the girl facing her. She shook her head to clear her dizziness, and squinted. Jade's face took on the same appearance as the girls, as they both stared at each other with disbelief. All of the Bladebreakers focused their attention on Jade, as they all looked rather confused.

"Jade.do you know her?" Tyson asked, as he looked from the girl to Jade.

Jade opened her mouth in a motion to say something, when they heard a boy's voice yell out from the crowd.

"Jessie!"

The voice was yelling, but it was calm instead of being upset. Jessie covered her ears with her hands, as she tried to ignore the oncoming voice.

"Jessie...how many times do I have to tell you, look before you run!" A boy had made his way out of the crowd, as he carried something underneath his arm. "Do I look like your baby-sitter!?"

He had dark navy hair, which spiked out in all directions. His outfit was rather different, in terms that he wasn't wearing a traditional Chinese outfit like Jessie. He was wearing a dark gray shirt, which was bearing a giant red R. His shirt was rather unusual in the fact that his right arm was covered with a long sleeve; whereas his left arm wasn't covered at all(the shirt was cut off at the shoulder). Upon his left hand he wore a beige glove; and his pants were black, with a couple of red patches here and there. He stood beside Jessie, as his dark chestnut eyes scanned the group of six. He too noticed Jade, as he gave a slight smile. Jessie's face turned red, as her eyes turned to a shade of dark indigo.

"You are NOT my baby-sitter Eli," replied Jessie with infuriation. "But..I do believe that Damien told you to watch after Julian..where is he?!"

Eli's eyes burst wide open, he had totally forgot about Julian. In the meantime, the entire Bladebreaker team was looking rather confused.all except for Jade. She had now risen to an upright position, and was no longer leaning against Rei. She didn't know what to say, her old team was standing here.right in front of her, and she was at a loss of words. Jade's thoughts were interrupted, as she heard Tyson yell.

"Hey, my beyblade..it's gone!"

Tyson was in frenzy, as he reached into all of his pockets trying to find his precious blade.

"It's just like you to lose your blade, you are completely irresponsible!" Kai replied rather obnoxiously.

Suddenly they heard a tiny giggle, as a little boy pushed his way past Max and Rei. He was laughing with incredible enthusiasm, and he stopped just short of Jessie and Eli. He smiled at them, while holding his hands behind his back.

"Were you guys looking for little ol' me!?"

Replied the small boy, in a cute little innocent voice. He was quite smaller than the others, and looked to be around the age of 10. He had dark blonde hair, which was covered over by a black bucket hat (I don't know if this is what their called!); except for a couple pieces poking out on either side of his face and his forehead. He had a white T-shirt, with the exception of a couple stripes of red running across the main chest. He wore black shorts, and around his neck was a jet-black bandanna. He had soft brown eyes, which resembled that of a puppy's. Eli nearly started crying, as he wrapped his arms around the small boy's neck.

"Oh thank you!" Eli yelled, as if thanking heaven for delivering the small boy.

Jessie expression was quite the opposite, as she crossed her arms and examined the boy.

"Julian..give it back!"

Tyson immediately redirected his attention at the boy, as he held his fists in the air. "You stole my blade.you little brat!"

Tyson lunged at the small boy, but was caught dead in his tracks as Max and Kenny held tightly onto his arms. Kai looked at Tyson and gave a smug smile.

"Hmphh..serves you right!"

Julian smiled with pride, when he heard Kai's last statement. He held Tyson's blade in his right hand, as he tossed it up into the air teasingly. Rei looked at the boy, as his yellow eyes narrowed.

"Give him back his blade kid..you shouldn't be stealing other peoples blades."

Julian stuck his tongue out at Rei, raising his anger a little bit. Jade's eyes softened, as she couldn't help but smile. She slowly made her way up to Julian, as she kneeled upon the floor in front of him.

"Give it back Julian." Jade replied calmly, as she looked directly at his eyes.

Julian couldn't believe who was talking to him, as his eyes began to water. He slowly wrapped his arms around Jade's neck, and hugged her. As much as Jade liked being with Julian, she had to pull him away from her. She was with the Bladebreakers now.not the Shadow-Cats. Julian looked at her, as her brown puppy eyes lit up with happiness. He quickly ran over to Tyson, and held the blade out to him. Tyson looked at the boy with suspicion, as he quickly snatched his Dragoon blade back and scanned it with his eyes to make sure it was his blade. Jade stood up slowly as she looked from Jessie, to Eli, to Julian. Max walked up to Jade, and whispered close to her ear.

"Do you know these guys Jade?!"

Everyone was still in shock from seeing Julian hug Jade. She nodded without taking her eyes off of her old teammates. Jessie took a step forward, as she eyed the five boys who were standing behind Jade.

"Is this..your new team?"

Jessie fumbled with her words, trying not to believe what she was seeing. Jade sighed, and nodded once again. She felt completely torn apart.

"That's right...Jade's with the Bladebreakers now!" Tyson added, as he took a position beside Max. "And who are you?"

Jessie flipped her ponytail with arrogance, and glanced over at Tyson.

"Were the Shadow-Cats! The number one beyblading team!"

"Dream on little girl!"

Jessie looked to her right, and noticed Kai who was standing arrogantly behind the others. She sneered at him, as Eli took a step forward.

"Let me guess..you must be the obnoxious team leader..am I right!?"

Kai's eyes narrowed in fury, as he looked at Eli with disgust. Eli gave an innocent smile, and waved at Kai. This caused him to become even more furious, as he turned his back on Eli.

"Eli, stop...please."

Eli shifted his gaze over to Jade, who was now looking at him with pleading eyes. He shrugged and nodded. The two teams continued to stare at each other, as Jade refused to lock eyes with anyone and stared at the ground. Julian watched Jade closely, he still couldn't understand why Jade had left them for another team.

"I've had enough silence...why don't we see whose the number one beyblading team!" Tyson replied, breaking the silence.

"Sure..count me in!" Jessie answered, eyeing Tyson.

Everyone else kind of stood by, not to sure whether or not they should join the battle. Kenny sighed and shook his head,

"no Tyson."

"Why not Chief?!" Tyson asked confused.

"Kenny's right," Rei added, as he walked up to Tyson. "We'll battle them when we meet in the tournament."

"What a bunch of wimps!"

Julian had finally spoke out, causing everyone to look downwards. He had his arms crossed, and he looked greatly determined. Eli shrugged as he took out his blades, expressing that his answer was a yes to the battle. Jade remained still, not sure of what to say. She couldn't bear to watch the two team's battle. 'Where's Damien?' Jade thought to herself, as she tried to block out the other voices. 'He'd put a stop to this!'

"Put your blades away!"

Jade shot her head up, as she recognized the all too familiar voice. Damien was standing but a few inches in front of Jade, with his arms crossed in front of his chest. He had somewhat spiky hair, which ran down to his shoulders(like Bakura's from Yugioh), and it was light blue in color. He had a white bandanna wrapped around his forehead. The ends of the bandanna hung behind either side of his ears, and reached all the way down to his thighs. He wore a black tank(very similar to Kai's), but was separated by a red strip. Above the red strip, it was white and had 4 small red buttons. He had a light gray belt, which held up his black baggy pants. He had a dark red band wrapped around his biceps, and only on his left wrist was a dark red wristband. He stood with complete authority, as he focused his attention on the Shadow-Cats. Jessie, Eli, and Julian all turned around and looked at him sheepishly. They knew all to well who it was, and they knew better then to make him angry. Like obedient puppies, they ran and stood on either side of him.

"Looks like another Kai!" Tyson muttered under his breath, as Max snickered.

"Make fun of me all you want," Damien replied hearing exactly what Tyson said. "As team leader, I'm here to make sure that my team doesn't do anything against the rules!"

"I didn't know that a friendly battle was against the rules!?" Rei added, eyeing Damien suspiciously.

Damien shot his eyes over at Rei, and smirked.

"You should know all about that Rei..the White Tiger team had the same rules!"

"You.know who he is?" Kenny asked in shock.

"Who doesn't..the White Tiger team is one of the best teams in China!" Damien replied smoothly.

"Second to us..of course!" Julian added with a cocky grin.

Damien held his hand in front of Julian, immediately causing him to shut- up. Damien looked at Jade, as his golden eyes turned slightly soft. Jade couldn't help but focus on him, as she tried to shake away her past feelings.

"I see we meet again Jade." Replied Damien, as he addressed her.

Jade nodded slowly, but refused to speak. Damien shook his head,

"I can't believe you got accepted by another team!"

"Hey.what's that supposed to mean!?" Tyson replied, as he started to get angry. "Jade's an awesome blader!"

"Yeah right..she may be a good beyblader, but she's not awesome!" Damien replied coolly. "Once she left the Shadow-Cats, she lost all of her spunk..and skill!"

"How pathetic do you actually think that your little "Kitty" team has skill?!"

Kai's voice was finally heard again, as he stood dominantly in front of Jade. He had his arms crossed as usual, and his eyes were set glaring at Damien.

"If you ask me..Jade was better off without your little team!" Kai replied with a smirk.

Everyone stared wide-eyed at Kai, everybody on the Bladebreakers team that is. Kai was the last person that they had ever imagined to stand up for Jade, but he was doing it now. At least.it looked like it. Kai's comment didn't even faze Damien, as he shook his head and laughed.

"You can believe whatever you want..but, we'll just see who comes out victorious in the end!" Damien replied as he quickly turned his back on the Bladebreakers, causing his bandanna ends to blow in the breeze. "Let's go guys!"

Eli shook his head, and obediently followed behind Damien. Jessie stood for couple seconds longer then turned her back on them as well. Julian was the only one left facing them, as he stared up at Jade. He didn't want to go, he was finally reunited with Jade..and he wanted to stay with her so bad. Before he could say anything, Jessie took a hold of his arm and led him away. Once the Shadow-Cats were completely out of sight, Jade turned to face her team.

"Well guys, you've just met my old team...the Shadow-Cats."

She didn't seem too enthused about telling them this, as she looked at them with a blank expression. Tyson shrugged and sported a huge smile.

"I think they were kind of cool...except for that little brat!" Tyson was twisting his hat in his hands, as he thought about how Julian stole his beyblade. "But what I don't understand..is why Kai stood up for you?!"

Tyson nudged Kai in the side, and gave a mischievous grin. Kai's cheeks turned a slight shade of pink, but was far too light for any of them to notice. He knocked Tyson away from him, as he quickly stormed off. Max laughed as Tyson shrugged,

"I totally don't understand that guy!"

With that Kenny, Max, and Tyson started to head off in the direction that Kai was going. Jade stared at the spot where her old team was just standing. As much as she liked the Bladebreakers sticking up for her, she still couldn't help but miss her old team. The Shadow-Cats were like her family, they were there for her when no one else was around. She sighed in desperation, as she felt someone softly touch her shoulder. She noticed Rei had stayed by her side from the beginning, and she looked up at him slowly.

"Hey don't worry about," Rei replied in a comforting voice. "I know what it's like to see your old team again."

Jade nodded, and smiled slightly at him. Without saying another word, the both of them headed off to catch up with the others.