Fiona stifeld a laugh as she flew by Tyson, face buried in the snow again, on her snowboard. A little behind her she heard Kai snicker, then hit a rock. Fiona stopped and spun around, Kai was tangled in his skis. She laughed and helped him up,"You're SUPPOSED to be good at this."
"Shut up,"Kai hissed,"I'm just rusty."
"Well, rust bucket,"Fiona teased,"maybe you should take a break."
"Never."
"Ugh."Fiona took off down the mountain.
"Brat."Kai followed her, and nearly ran right into Max,"Ugh, watch it!"
Max jumped in suprise and fell over his skis,"Ouch."
Kai rolled his eyes and helped him up,"Ameture."
"Sorry."Max said weakly.
'Hey Kai.'
~*~Down the mountain~*~
Fiona stopped in front of Mariah,"What are you looking for? Wait, I already know, Nadia?"
"Yep."Mariah smiled,"We made a promise to help."
"I know, I know."Fiona rolled her eyes,"I think I saw her by the ski lift." 'Hey Kai.'
'What?'Kai's voice entered her mind,'I'm kinda busy.'
'Can you hunt down Max?'
'Way ahead of you, I almost crashed into him.'
'Ok. keep an eye on him, Mariah's dragged me into playing match maker.'
'Poor girl.'
'I know.'
"There she is!"Mariah yelped, dragging Fiona along behind her,"Hey Nadia."
"Hey Mariah, Fiona, what's going on?"Nadia asked, looking at the two girls.
"You're a part time instructor, right?"Mariah asked.
"Yeah, why."
"A friend of ours needs a little....help."Fiona said weakly,'I don't believe I'm doing this.'
'Hey, I'm helping too.'
'Go away Kai.'
"Who?"Nadia asked, looking at Fiona,"And is it normal for her to zone out like that?"
"Yeah, it's normal,"Mariah said dryly,"his name's Max."
"Alright,"Nadia smiled,"lead the way."
At that moment Kai skied up behind them,'Well?'
'Where's Max?'
'About half way down.'
'Thanks bro.'
"Hi Kai."Nadia said, following the Fiona and Mariah on the ski lift.
Kai just nodded and watched them go,'You're nuts.'
'I know.'
The three girls reached the top of the mountain and, with Fiona leading, made their way to the slope.
"Ok,"Fiona said, like a general breifing an army,"your target is somewhere on this slope. You have precisely half an hour to find and aid the target, then you are to spend the rest of your time aiding, understood?"
"Yes sir!"Nadia said playfully,"I mean ma'am."
"Good,"Fiona smirked,"dismissed."
Nadia saluted and took off down the mountain side.
"If I didn't know any better I'd say you were enjoying this."Mariah teased.
"Are we gonna follow them or not?"Fiona said,"A true leader goes with the soldiers into battle."
"Now I see why they made you the leader of the Angels."Mariah smirked as the two girls took off into the trees.
~*~Somewhere else on the mountain~*~
Max hit a rock and went flying,'Ugh, this is hopeless.'
"Need a hand?"
Max looked up to see Nadia standing over him, hand out steretched,"Yeah, thanks."He began blushing furiously.
Nadia pulled him up and smiled,"You need to stop leaning back for one, and two you need to relax, it'll come." Max nodded as Nadia looked down the mountain side,"Follow me." She took off down the mountain.
Max followed her, trying to relax, to little avail. This time another skier shot by him and knocked him off balance. He flew into a snow drift.
"HEY!!! WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING!!!!!"he heard Nadia shout,"Creep."
Nadia pulled him out of the snow again and smiled.
"I'm never gonna get this."Max hissed.
"Sure you will,"Nadia said sweetly,"it took me nearly a month to learn to ski right, and I still mess up, everyone does."
"Ok,"Max said, looking down the mountain side,"I'm gonna kill myself."
"Not while I'm here you're not."Nadia said feircely, taking his hand,"Just relax."
Max went red again and followed her order. She gently pulled him down the mountain side after her.
~*~I the trees~*~
"God, he is bad."Fiona whispered, dodging a tree,"And this is a pain."
"You're the one who wanted to do this."Mariah said, pulling a tree branch out of her hair.
"Yeah, yeah, don't start."
'How are you doing?'Kai asked, coming into Fiona's head again, making her crash,'Sorry.'
'Other than that I'm fine.'Fiona mentally hissed,'Now get out of my head!'
~*~Two hours later~*~
Nadia and Max stood at the top of the mountain, looking down at Tyson and Kai, who were busy with a race.
"They do that alot, don't they?"Nadia asked.
"Yeah, if Kai's not competing with Tyson, it's Phoenix."Max rolled his eyes,"It never fails."
"This was really fun."Nadia smiled sadly,"Too bad you have to go back to Japan."
"I know,"Max returned the smile,"between this, and the adventures in the mountains, and watching Kenny and Eries fight with Adikah and Dizzi, this place is awesome. If you were on a Beyblading team, we could see eachother alot."
"Yeah,"Nadia smiled,"but the Angels is the Norwegian team, I probably couldn't beat them anyway."
"Maybe,"Max's eyes gleamed,"if you COULD beat one of the Angels, they would have you take her place, with Phoenix's permission."
"You wish,"Nadia teased,"I couldn't beat them."
"Actually,"Fiona said, coming up,"thte other Angels are extreamly weak, they win because of their charm, you could beat them easily, I think it's a great idea. I was planning on going back to Japan after the tournament."
"How long have been there?"Max asked, trying to hide his blush.
"Long enough Max,"Fiona smirked,"Nadia, if you can beat one of the girls on my team, you can take her place, it'll be nice to have a girl with a brain, on my team, besides Eries."
"Wait, why would you be going back to Japan?"Max asked, looking at Fiona,"This has something to do with Kai, doesn't it?"
"I'm going back to my family Max, I was born in Japan and lived there till I was seven and my parents split. My dad and I came here while my brother somehow ended up with our grandfather."
"Kai's your brother, isn't he?"Nadia asked,"You two look exactly the same."
Fiona nodded,"We switched places when we were little, Kai was supposed to go with our father. He's the one who gave me my bit beast."
"This is too weird."Max groaned,"But you'd actually have Nadia join your team?"
"Gladly,"Fiona smiled,"Kai's got it easy, his team is one of the greatest I've seen, and even he's proud of how far you've come, even if he won't admit it. I have a team full of monsters, Nadia would be a wonderful addition. Now we better get down the mountain, Eries got an email from her dad, they cancelled the tournament, you guys have to leave tomorow. Nadia, do you have anything you need to do?"
"No, why?"Nadia asked.
"You better have your Beyblade with you,"Fiona smirked,"because you'll be coming with us. Welcome to my team."
Nadia smiled and hugged Fiona,"Thanks."
"This doesn't get out to anyone, Max."Fiona hissed,"I'm still going to act like the Phoenix you know around the others, I just need to get brother dearest to lighten up."
"Let's go!"Max shouted, taking off down the hill.
"Well, he's getting better."Fiona smirked,"I forgot to mention that Debora got kicked off the team for causing trouble, she was replaced by some girl named Hiakowa, she's supposed to be really good."
"Then there's just one more to go."Nadia smiled, taking off after Max, closely followed by Fiona.
~*~An hour later~*~
Fiona, Kai, Nadia, and Max walked into a large mall.
"How do you intend to find them?"Kai asked, looking at his twin.
"Easy,"Fiona smirked,"look where all the boys are."
Fiona pushed her way into a crowd of boys, and found her 'team',"There you are."
"Phoenix, what are you doing here?"Debora asked, walking up to her former leader.
"I'm here to get rid of another one of you."Fiona snarled,"Nadia."
Nadia walked up behind her, beyblade in hand,"Kimi, I challenge you to a beybattle."
"Why should I accept your challenge?"a girl with short blonde hair snarled.
"Because the winner will hold a permanent spot as my second in command on my team."Fiona snarled.
"And the loser will have to leave the team."Kai added.
"How about the winner gets a date with you too."Kimi smiled seductively.
Kai rolled his eyes,"Fine, if you win, I'll go out with you."
'You're putting alot of faith in Nadia.'
'I know she'll win.'
The teens made their way to an arena set up in the center of the mall. Everyone moved away as Fiona and Kai led the way to the dish. A judge stood by the dish as Nadia and Kimi took their places on either side.
"3......2......1.....LET IT RIP!!!!"
Nadia and Kimi launched their blades into the dish. On the sidelines Max cheered Nadia on, and Kai and Phoenix even gave a little support. The battle was quick, Kimi ended up getting hit with her blade.
"AND THE WINNER IS NADIA!!!"
"But......but......NOOOOO!!!!"Kimi fell to the ground crying.
Nadia ran to Max and hugged him tightly. Max returned the hug without a thought. Fiona snickered and Kai rolled his eyes. Max and Nadia broke apart, blushing.
Nadia ran to Fiona and hugged her,"Thank you thank you thank you!!"
"Calm down, lover girl,"Fiona smirked,"you earned it Nadia, you're one of us."
"Great job Nadia."a girl with waiste length blonde hair and trusting blue eyes said, walking up,"You were awesome."
"But I just kicked your friend off the team."Nadia sighed,"I'd expect you to be mad."
"Why would I be mad, Kimi was a bossy jerk, I only hung around her so I had an excuse to get out of the house."the girl explained.
"I guess you can stay Yukina."Fiona sighed,"You are the only one I could ever deal with."
"Thanks Phoenix,"Yukina smiled,"you don't know how wonderful that sounds."
'See, I'm not the only one going soft.'Kai mentally teased.
'Shut up.'"Now, we better get home and get some sleep,"Fiona smiled,"we're leaving for Japan in the morning."
"Japan?"Yukina yelped.
"Yeah,"Fiona's eyes sparkled,"I need to stay near my brother, plus you two would like to see the world."
"Would we ever!"Fiona's two teammates shouted.
"Ok, we meet at the air port at seven am sharp, and I beleive,"Fiona gave a warning glance at Eries,"that Hiakowa already knows."
"She does."Eries smiled.
"Shut up,"Kai hissed,"I'm just rusty."
"Well, rust bucket,"Fiona teased,"maybe you should take a break."
"Never."
"Ugh."Fiona took off down the mountain.
"Brat."Kai followed her, and nearly ran right into Max,"Ugh, watch it!"
Max jumped in suprise and fell over his skis,"Ouch."
Kai rolled his eyes and helped him up,"Ameture."
"Sorry."Max said weakly.
'Hey Kai.'
~*~Down the mountain~*~
Fiona stopped in front of Mariah,"What are you looking for? Wait, I already know, Nadia?"
"Yep."Mariah smiled,"We made a promise to help."
"I know, I know."Fiona rolled her eyes,"I think I saw her by the ski lift." 'Hey Kai.'
'What?'Kai's voice entered her mind,'I'm kinda busy.'
'Can you hunt down Max?'
'Way ahead of you, I almost crashed into him.'
'Ok. keep an eye on him, Mariah's dragged me into playing match maker.'
'Poor girl.'
'I know.'
"There she is!"Mariah yelped, dragging Fiona along behind her,"Hey Nadia."
"Hey Mariah, Fiona, what's going on?"Nadia asked, looking at the two girls.
"You're a part time instructor, right?"Mariah asked.
"Yeah, why."
"A friend of ours needs a little....help."Fiona said weakly,'I don't believe I'm doing this.'
'Hey, I'm helping too.'
'Go away Kai.'
"Who?"Nadia asked, looking at Fiona,"And is it normal for her to zone out like that?"
"Yeah, it's normal,"Mariah said dryly,"his name's Max."
"Alright,"Nadia smiled,"lead the way."
At that moment Kai skied up behind them,'Well?'
'Where's Max?'
'About half way down.'
'Thanks bro.'
"Hi Kai."Nadia said, following the Fiona and Mariah on the ski lift.
Kai just nodded and watched them go,'You're nuts.'
'I know.'
The three girls reached the top of the mountain and, with Fiona leading, made their way to the slope.
"Ok,"Fiona said, like a general breifing an army,"your target is somewhere on this slope. You have precisely half an hour to find and aid the target, then you are to spend the rest of your time aiding, understood?"
"Yes sir!"Nadia said playfully,"I mean ma'am."
"Good,"Fiona smirked,"dismissed."
Nadia saluted and took off down the mountain side.
"If I didn't know any better I'd say you were enjoying this."Mariah teased.
"Are we gonna follow them or not?"Fiona said,"A true leader goes with the soldiers into battle."
"Now I see why they made you the leader of the Angels."Mariah smirked as the two girls took off into the trees.
~*~Somewhere else on the mountain~*~
Max hit a rock and went flying,'Ugh, this is hopeless.'
"Need a hand?"
Max looked up to see Nadia standing over him, hand out steretched,"Yeah, thanks."He began blushing furiously.
Nadia pulled him up and smiled,"You need to stop leaning back for one, and two you need to relax, it'll come." Max nodded as Nadia looked down the mountain side,"Follow me." She took off down the mountain.
Max followed her, trying to relax, to little avail. This time another skier shot by him and knocked him off balance. He flew into a snow drift.
"HEY!!! WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING!!!!!"he heard Nadia shout,"Creep."
Nadia pulled him out of the snow again and smiled.
"I'm never gonna get this."Max hissed.
"Sure you will,"Nadia said sweetly,"it took me nearly a month to learn to ski right, and I still mess up, everyone does."
"Ok,"Max said, looking down the mountain side,"I'm gonna kill myself."
"Not while I'm here you're not."Nadia said feircely, taking his hand,"Just relax."
Max went red again and followed her order. She gently pulled him down the mountain side after her.
~*~I the trees~*~
"God, he is bad."Fiona whispered, dodging a tree,"And this is a pain."
"You're the one who wanted to do this."Mariah said, pulling a tree branch out of her hair.
"Yeah, yeah, don't start."
'How are you doing?'Kai asked, coming into Fiona's head again, making her crash,'Sorry.'
'Other than that I'm fine.'Fiona mentally hissed,'Now get out of my head!'
~*~Two hours later~*~
Nadia and Max stood at the top of the mountain, looking down at Tyson and Kai, who were busy with a race.
"They do that alot, don't they?"Nadia asked.
"Yeah, if Kai's not competing with Tyson, it's Phoenix."Max rolled his eyes,"It never fails."
"This was really fun."Nadia smiled sadly,"Too bad you have to go back to Japan."
"I know,"Max returned the smile,"between this, and the adventures in the mountains, and watching Kenny and Eries fight with Adikah and Dizzi, this place is awesome. If you were on a Beyblading team, we could see eachother alot."
"Yeah,"Nadia smiled,"but the Angels is the Norwegian team, I probably couldn't beat them anyway."
"Maybe,"Max's eyes gleamed,"if you COULD beat one of the Angels, they would have you take her place, with Phoenix's permission."
"You wish,"Nadia teased,"I couldn't beat them."
"Actually,"Fiona said, coming up,"thte other Angels are extreamly weak, they win because of their charm, you could beat them easily, I think it's a great idea. I was planning on going back to Japan after the tournament."
"How long have been there?"Max asked, trying to hide his blush.
"Long enough Max,"Fiona smirked,"Nadia, if you can beat one of the girls on my team, you can take her place, it'll be nice to have a girl with a brain, on my team, besides Eries."
"Wait, why would you be going back to Japan?"Max asked, looking at Fiona,"This has something to do with Kai, doesn't it?"
"I'm going back to my family Max, I was born in Japan and lived there till I was seven and my parents split. My dad and I came here while my brother somehow ended up with our grandfather."
"Kai's your brother, isn't he?"Nadia asked,"You two look exactly the same."
Fiona nodded,"We switched places when we were little, Kai was supposed to go with our father. He's the one who gave me my bit beast."
"This is too weird."Max groaned,"But you'd actually have Nadia join your team?"
"Gladly,"Fiona smiled,"Kai's got it easy, his team is one of the greatest I've seen, and even he's proud of how far you've come, even if he won't admit it. I have a team full of monsters, Nadia would be a wonderful addition. Now we better get down the mountain, Eries got an email from her dad, they cancelled the tournament, you guys have to leave tomorow. Nadia, do you have anything you need to do?"
"No, why?"Nadia asked.
"You better have your Beyblade with you,"Fiona smirked,"because you'll be coming with us. Welcome to my team."
Nadia smiled and hugged Fiona,"Thanks."
"This doesn't get out to anyone, Max."Fiona hissed,"I'm still going to act like the Phoenix you know around the others, I just need to get brother dearest to lighten up."
"Let's go!"Max shouted, taking off down the hill.
"Well, he's getting better."Fiona smirked,"I forgot to mention that Debora got kicked off the team for causing trouble, she was replaced by some girl named Hiakowa, she's supposed to be really good."
"Then there's just one more to go."Nadia smiled, taking off after Max, closely followed by Fiona.
~*~An hour later~*~
Fiona, Kai, Nadia, and Max walked into a large mall.
"How do you intend to find them?"Kai asked, looking at his twin.
"Easy,"Fiona smirked,"look where all the boys are."
Fiona pushed her way into a crowd of boys, and found her 'team',"There you are."
"Phoenix, what are you doing here?"Debora asked, walking up to her former leader.
"I'm here to get rid of another one of you."Fiona snarled,"Nadia."
Nadia walked up behind her, beyblade in hand,"Kimi, I challenge you to a beybattle."
"Why should I accept your challenge?"a girl with short blonde hair snarled.
"Because the winner will hold a permanent spot as my second in command on my team."Fiona snarled.
"And the loser will have to leave the team."Kai added.
"How about the winner gets a date with you too."Kimi smiled seductively.
Kai rolled his eyes,"Fine, if you win, I'll go out with you."
'You're putting alot of faith in Nadia.'
'I know she'll win.'
The teens made their way to an arena set up in the center of the mall. Everyone moved away as Fiona and Kai led the way to the dish. A judge stood by the dish as Nadia and Kimi took their places on either side.
"3......2......1.....LET IT RIP!!!!"
Nadia and Kimi launched their blades into the dish. On the sidelines Max cheered Nadia on, and Kai and Phoenix even gave a little support. The battle was quick, Kimi ended up getting hit with her blade.
"AND THE WINNER IS NADIA!!!"
"But......but......NOOOOO!!!!"Kimi fell to the ground crying.
Nadia ran to Max and hugged him tightly. Max returned the hug without a thought. Fiona snickered and Kai rolled his eyes. Max and Nadia broke apart, blushing.
Nadia ran to Fiona and hugged her,"Thank you thank you thank you!!"
"Calm down, lover girl,"Fiona smirked,"you earned it Nadia, you're one of us."
"Great job Nadia."a girl with waiste length blonde hair and trusting blue eyes said, walking up,"You were awesome."
"But I just kicked your friend off the team."Nadia sighed,"I'd expect you to be mad."
"Why would I be mad, Kimi was a bossy jerk, I only hung around her so I had an excuse to get out of the house."the girl explained.
"I guess you can stay Yukina."Fiona sighed,"You are the only one I could ever deal with."
"Thanks Phoenix,"Yukina smiled,"you don't know how wonderful that sounds."
'See, I'm not the only one going soft.'Kai mentally teased.
'Shut up.'"Now, we better get home and get some sleep,"Fiona smiled,"we're leaving for Japan in the morning."
"Japan?"Yukina yelped.
"Yeah,"Fiona's eyes sparkled,"I need to stay near my brother, plus you two would like to see the world."
"Would we ever!"Fiona's two teammates shouted.
"Ok, we meet at the air port at seven am sharp, and I beleive,"Fiona gave a warning glance at Eries,"that Hiakowa already knows."
"She does."Eries smiled.