Lonewolf2003: Here's the next chapter folks! I'm not gonna say much here, except thank you to the people who reviewed. Thank you!

Disclaimer: I do not own anything from Beyblade, but I do own Mayo(oc) or any other oc characters that will come up in this fic.

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Chapter 4 Time's Running Out

"Welcome fellow bladers! To the Annual Cherry Blossom Mall tournament, hosted by the generous Wanda of Wanda Corporation! And here she is!" the DJ Brad Best shouted to the crowd.

The people in the audience started to cheer as Wanda made her way to the stage.

"Thank you. It's an honor to see so many strong bladers participate in my tournament." she said as a glint of light shine across her glasses. "As you all might already know, to officially be in the tournament you must pass my testes in the primary rounds. The one's who matches up to my requirements, will move up to the semi-finals, which of course only 8 could be in, and whoever's left will be the champion. The other's I'm afraid are gonna have to pack your bags." she said with satisfaction. "Is every one ready!?"

"Yeah! You bet!" the people from the crowd shouted.

"OK, may the best blader win!" she added as she left the stage. "Man, the crowd's giving me the headache." she groaned as Dr. W helped her onto her chair, where she could get a clear view of the tournament.

Up in the blenchers Tyson, Kenny, Hilary, Dandy and Zin were waiting for the tournament to start.

"Wow! This sounds tough." Tyson commended as he stuff the remaining corndog into his mouth and finished off his soda then burp. "Oops excuse me." he said as he flushed.

"Oh Tyson." said Hilary feeling embarrassed that she knows him.

"Looks like some things just never change." said Zin as he rolled his eyes.

"By the way, where's Max and Mayo?" Kenny asked.

"Out of all the days he could be late he chose today." said Dandy who was sitting between Kenny and Tyson.

"Maybe he oughta get himself one of those alarm clock thingies." Dizzi kidded.

"I don't find that amusing Dizzi." Kenny said gloomily.

"Aww, where's your pride chief?"

"I think I left it at home."

"Now that was a good one." said Dizzi, as he and Kenny started a mini conversation.

'Where are you Max!?' Tyson said to himself.

As the Blade Breakers where worrying about Max, some weird boy in a black cloak was overhearing them from behind where they were sitting at, glaring at them.

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"Come on Max, wake up!" said Mayo as she tried to shake awake her brother. The tournament was about to start and he was still in bed.

"Five more minutes please mommy." Max said in his sleep.

"Oh brother. What am I gonna do now," said Mayo worriedly, then looked at the clock that saids 9:52. "The tournament's gonna start in less than 10 minutes. We'll never make it on time there at this rate." she said as she went down stairs for some backup.

A few seconds later she came back with a what appears to be a spatulet along with one of them cooking arsenals.

"Max, WAKE UP!" Mayo said one last time as she start banging hard on the spatulet with a pair of chopsticks. The plan worked.

"Ahhhh! What in the world, my ear!" said Max as he finally got up and sat up. "Mayooo, stop it! You're hurting my eardrums!"

"Well its about time you got Mister! Have you have any idea what time it is!?" she scolded at him.

"Uhh, seven?"

"Seven? Oh, wake up Max. I told you to get to bed early, but did you listen? Nooo. You were too stubborn. Get a grip already."

"Ahh, I'm late!" Max yelled as he was now fully awake. He quickly got off of his bed and start to take off his PJ's in front of his sister.

"Ah, Max what are you doing!?" Mayo's eyes widen as she saw what he was doing, but before she could see anymore he threw his shirt onto her face. "For feet sake let me get out of your room first!"

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"Hurry." said Max, as he and Mayo were running through the busy streets. "Or we're gonna be late!"

"Well it wasn't my fault, don't blame it all on me. You are the heavy sleeper here."

"Only one minute left!" Max exclaimed.

"We'll never make it!"

"Oh yes we will." said Max as they were already at the mall's parking lot and getting near to the entrance.

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"Oh, what a tremendous knock out!" the DJ said as Victor easily knocked the other player's blade out of the ring.

"Was that all ya got? You're pathetic!" Victor mocked.

"Aww man." said the defeated blader.

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Whoops, I suddenly ran out of ideas, not. I just need a break. This chapter is currently a sneak peak of what the next chapter's gonna be like. Hope I'll get more reviews this time. The more reviews I get, the faster it'll be up. ^^ Anyway, the next chapter's call Let Tournaments Begin!