In response to my reviews:

Issini: ^_^ Kai/Rei is the best pairing ever! I love them!

Jade-tiger: Kai/Rei is always a bonus! It makes even the best stories, better!

Anime Fan: Yup. Bastet is going to be the leader of the team. And you'll see why they won't let Bastet out of the palace grounds. ^-^

Tikira: I used the name Bastet in one of my yu-gi-oh stories ^-^ I love the name, and thought I'd use it again.

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Kai stared up at the ceiling of his room. He was lying on the bed in his new room, thinking. The palace was a really nice place, but he wasn't used to it yet. A knock at his door caused him to stand up. he wasn't sure who could want him, after all, he had barely met anyone yet.

He got up and opened the door, finding a woman wearing a maid uniform standing there. She bowed to him. "Sir Kai. Dinner is being served." She said, before bowing again and walking away.

Kai shut the door and went to make sure he looked relatively presentable. He didn't know why he cared, but he did it anyway. When he was done, he left his room, heading toward the main dining room. The other members of the team were seated with Phoen and Grotto at a long table.

"Ah, Kai. Take a seat." Phoen said, motioning to a chair next to Bastet. Kai nodded and sat. there was a large amount of food on the table, and Kai thought about how happy Tyson would be if he were here.

"So Kai." Cent said, as Kai served himself some dinner. "What's your story?"

"My story?" he said. "Well, I lived with my grandfather until he kicked me out."

Bastet nodded. Now that Kai was closer, he could see her hair was very dark purple and silver, not black as he first thought, she turned to him and smiled. "Is this is the first team your on?"

Kai shook his head. "No. I was on another team."

Bastet took a bit of food and looked thoughtful. "And they let you go?"

Kai shrugged. He doubted the others missed him at all. They wouldn't care. All they would care about was getting a new teammate. "I didn't tell them. I just went."

Bastet looked a little disturbed. "You didn't even say goodbye?"

Kai shook his head. Why should have even bothered? They didn't care about him.

She got a far away look in her purple eyes. "That's sad. I'll bet they really miss you."

Phoen coughed lightly and spoke up. "Lets not dwell on the past, Bastet. After dinner, I want you and Kai to get in a practice match."

Cent started to whine. "Hey, why can't I go first?"

"Because she is the captain. And she has seniority." Grotto said.

Bastet stood. "I'm going to go get changed." She said, starting to leave the room. "Kai, I'll meet you by the dish."

Kai looked around, and for the first time, noticed everyone was dressed rather fancily. Feeling slightly uncomfortable, he focused on his food.



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After he finished eating, Kai headed back to his room to get his Beyblade. He was pretty eager to see Bastet's Beyblade, as she was the captain. It was kind of an odd feeling having someone else be the captain of the team, he was used to being in charge.

Picking up his blade, he looked at it thoughtfully, trying to block the images of his former team from his mind. He didn't miss them. Not at all.

He sighed, knowing that wasn't completely true. He missed Rei, but didn't want to.

Leaving his room, he headed toward the garden, where he had been informed the dish was. The sun was starting to set, darkness creeping over the palace grounds. When he reached the dish, he found the rest of the team, as well as the Lord and Grotto waiting.

Bastet was standing at the edge of the dish, the sun making her silver hair look red. A breeze blew her bangs away from her face, reveling the mark of a crescent moon on her forehead. She had changed into baggy black pants and a black shirt. When she saw him arrive, she smiled.

"I trust the Lords judgment, but I still want to see what you can do." She got into position. "I hear you kicked those gang guy's ass."

Grotto growled a warning to her about cursing, as Kai got ready. He watched Bastet carefully, waiting for the countdown.

" This will be a best of three. 3…2…1…GO!"

"Lets fly, Dranzer!" Kai yelled as his Beyblade shot into the dish. Bastet's blade, a silver and purple one, hit the dish only seconds after Kai's.

The two blades made contact, sending sparks flying. Bastet's blade drew back suddenly, heading around the outer rim. Seeing the move, Kai decided to take advantage. He quickly sped up, heading the other way to intercept. Contact was made again, but Kai managed to push Bastet out.

Bastet smiled as she picked up her blade. "Not bad. I'll admit I'm impressed. But it's a best out of three remember?" the moon of her forehead which had been black, now turned glowing purple. "Kai! I'm going to let you meet Illuser!"

"3…2…1…GO!"

The two blades shot into the dish once again. Kai was pretty confident he would be able to beat Bastet again, so he wasn't too worried. The blades made contact, each straining against the other, but neither was able to win. Bastet smiled.

"I'm not captain for nothing. Illuser! Freeze him!" Illuser, a beautiful purple and silver phoenix emerged from her blade. Within seconds, Kai could tell it was definitely an ice phoenix. The air got cold right away.

"What?" Kai looked down in shock. His Beyblade was frozen to the dish. It wasn't moving anymore. "No way."

Bastet smiled. "See?"

Kai looked at her. "I'll admit that was pretty good."

Bastet smiled. "I'm glad you can at least respect my win." She handed him his Beyblade. "Honorable."

Kai prepared his Beyblade, which was now unfrozen. He didn't want to get caught in her ice trap again.

The next round was a quick one. When Grotto counted down, the blades launched into the dish, making contact immediately. Kai gritted his teeth. The two kept pushing, but neither was overpowering the other.

Bastet watched closely. Kai sure was strong. She coaxed Illuser to give it some more power. Kai responded by adding more power of his own. Bastet pulled back, getting momentum, before slamming into Kai.

The dish erupted into a blast of smoke, and neither blade could be seen. When it finally cleared, Kai and Bastet gasped.

Both blades were lying on the ground, motionless. Kai moved forward to pick his up, realizing that it was a draw.

When he straightened up, he found Bastet standing in front of him, smiling. She stuck out a hand.

"I'm impressed, Kai-kun." She said. Kai blinked, before grasping her hand. "I foresee us being friends."



There we go. Chapter 3. Please review, you guys. ^-^