7 years later.
It was a glorious summer day. In a house in Japan lived a family. This family consisted of a mother, father and two children, a boy and a girl. On this particular summer day the two children were running around in the back garden playing an on going game of tag.
"You're IT!" The little girl yelled at her brother.
"No you're IT!" Just then their mother called them in.
"Raymond and Rochelle it's time for dinner."
"Yay!" The two children completely forgot their game and ran in to the house.
"Wipe your feet you two!" Their father called from the dinning room where he was setting the last of the places for their guests. "Right," he said as his wife entered the dinning room carrying a large dish of potatoes, "Now are you sure we A; Have enough places set and B; that there's enough food. You know Tyson still like his food." He rolled his eyes.
"Yes dear there is enough places and enough food, I made sure we made triple the amount we did the last time. You DID say Tala was coming didn't you?"
"Yes I did, I've already set his place." Just then the doorbell rang. "That's them, I'll get it love." As he walked out of the door he bent over and gave his wife a peck on the cheek. "I love you."
"I know you do babe." The woman kissed her husband on the cheek and then gave him a little shove out of the door. "It's rude to keep guests on the door mat and then open the door like a pop gun." The two chuckled, remembering back to one Christmas. As the husband walked to the door he couldn't help but think about this day, why they were having all these guests come and, most importantly, how this day was important to them all. As he opened the door he smiled. I didn't do much of that when I was younger, he thought. There on the doorstep stood over twenty people, all from different parts of the globe, some from Japan, others America and four from as far away as Russia.
"You going to stand there all evening smiling like a dork Kai?" Tyson asked.
"Sorry Tyson." Kai said, stepping aside, allowing everyone in.
"Where's Kameko?" Ray asked, picking up his daughter May who was crying because she wanted a cuddle.
"Right here." Kameko said, walking out of the kitchen carrying a large bowl of soup. Tyson sniffed the air.
"Mmmmm," Tyson licked his lips. "Something smells really good."
"You say that about everything as long as it's food." Hillary said, struggling to keep a hold of her son, Tyler. Kameko noticed all of them trying to keep children under control.
"Dinner isn't going to be ready for another minute or two so we could." Kameko didn't need to finish her sentence before Raymond and Rochelle came down the stairs after washing their hands.
"Can we go back outside for a bit mama?" Raymond asked, turning his big crimson eyes on his mother, his black hair drooping in to his eyes. Kameko chuckled.
"As long as you behave and look after the younger ones Raymond, I'm counting on you." Kameko said, ruffling her sons' hair.
" I will mama!" With that he and Rochelle led the rest of the children outside.
"They grow up so quickly don't they?" Tala said, helping his little girl, Tela, out of her coat and giving her a little push to follow the others.
"Don't tell me about it Tala." Kai said, shaking his head. "Kameko's already had to buy that boy three new pairs of trousers in just two months."
"One reason was because he fell over at school and ripped one pair to shreds. The rest was because he grew out of them." Kameko sighed. "He's only seven and he's already as tall as some of the kids two years older then him."
"He's going to be like his dad then." Hillary said looking up at Kai.
"Like father like son." Kameko said.
"You can say that again." Emily said. "Max and Edward are almost identical, look's and personality. The only way I tell them apart is because one is older then the other." Everyone made their way to the living room, except Kameko who was still getting the table ready.
"So what are you doing these day's Tyson?" Kai asked. "Last I heard you were about ready to take over that dojo of your grandfathers."
"Taken over it and have way too many students to teach all at once." Tyson groaned. "I'll be glad when Tyler's old enough to take over from me."
"He doesn't mean it." Hillary said. "It's only because thing's aren't going to great at the moment. Plus," Hillary added, "He wants to get back to Beybladeing."
"Hey it's my second love Hill." Tyson said, leaning back in his chair.
"What's the first then?" Max asked. "Wait let me guess."
"FOOD!" Everyone said in unison, rolling his or her eyes.
"No. Actually your wrong." Tyson said, looking smug. "It's Hillary."
"Aw." Kameko said coming in to the room. "Isn't that sweet."
"And me saying that you're my first love isn't sweet?" Kai said, a gleam in his eye. Kameko gave Kai a sly look.
"Watch it Kai Hiwatari or you'll end up wearing dinner instead of eating it."
"What and waist good food?" Michael said.
"I thought you were bringing Jessie?" Kai said.
"She suddenly got a call from the office, they wanted her to go on some conference trip. Mary wanted to come but I didn't think it would be a good idea."
"Yeah," Eddie said, "That plane trip takes it out of me but I'd hate to see what it does to little kids. How yours made it across with out being cranky Max I'll never know." He said turning to Max and Emily.
"Neither do we to be honest Eddie." Emily said, rocking Maxine in her arms.
"I better call the children in." Kameko said. "Dinner's ready!" She shouted out the patio doors to the children in the garden. Loud whoops of glee and joy meet her ears as the children all came running in. With in a few minutes everyone was seated at the large table in the dinning room. The last person to sit down was Oliver little boy, Oscar who was the second youngest there and was having trouble getting up on to his seat.
"Would you like some help Oscar?" Raymond asked the little boy, who was starting to look annoyed.
"Yes please Raymond." He said. Raymond got down off his seat and went up to the boy, bent down and cupped hi hands in front of them. Oscar then used Raymond's hands as a step and was soon sitting next to his dad. "Thank Raymond." He said.
"Thank you Raymond." Oliver said, smiling at the young boy.
"Glad I could help." Raymond then went back to his own seat and sat down.
"You have one very helpful little boy there you two." Oliver said the Kameko and Kai.
"Kameko's to blame for that." Kai said. Kameko gave him a playful smack on the back of the head.
"I mean it Kai you WILL wear your dinner if you don't stop with the wise cracks." Everyone laughed. Kai pouted.
"I was only playing." He said.
"Daddy look silly!" Rochelle said, pointing at her father and laughing. Kai then straightened his face and then stuck his tongue out at her. "Daddy look REALLY silly!" Kai then stuck his fingers in his ears and pocked his tongue out at her. Kameko then picked up a piece of lettuce from the salad bowl and put it on Kai's hair.
"I warned you Kai." Kameko said, trying hard, and not succeeding, not to laugh. Everyone laughed at the expression on Kai's face as he looked up at the lettuce leaf, picked it up off his head and proceeded to eat it.
"I'm certainly glad that we have the original Kai now rather then the old Kai." Tala said, wiping tears from his eyes.
"I'm glad we have the original Tala back as well. The cold hearted one gave me the willies." Max said, shivering in mock fright.
"Me too." Robert said, passing the potatoes to his son, Richard. "Thank you for inviting us here Kameko, it certainly make a change to just staying at home." Everyone nodded in agreement.
"It certainly makes a change for this place to be full of people rather then just the four of us." Kameko said.
"So anyway Kai," Kenny asked, picking up a chicken leg, "What are you doing with yourself these days?"
"Mainly just doing my best to keep the B.B.A. going. There are so many new Beybladeing is actually becoming rather unpopular."
"Why on earth is that?" Johnny asked. "Thing are really going well for Beybladeing in the UK, I though they would be going on great here in Japan." Kai shook his head.
"Ever since we started getting these Beybladeing gang's things have been going down hill." Kai sighed. "I don't understand why they do some of the things they do."
"What are they doing?" Lee asked. "Don't tell me they're trying to rob old people." Kai hung his head. "They ARE!" Enrique looked dismayed as did everyone one apart from Tyson, Kenny, Hillary and Kameko. They all looked miserable.
"Not just old people Lee." Tyson said. "They're causing all sorts of trouble. They rob anyone they come across. I swear," Tyson banged his fist on the table, making all the plates and dishes jump, "There is no honour in the sport these days. OK sometimes you came across the odd team in our day who would use dirty little tricks, and no I'm not talking about you guys," He said meaning the Demolition Boys and Kai, "I'm talking about that team Psychic, the first one. The ones that tried to steal our bit-beasts. Speaking of which," Tyson turned to Kenny, "Kenny did you bring Dizzi with you?"
"Oh yeah." Kenny then pulled out his old laptop. "I haven't used Dizzi for a while, one simple reason for that is that I've been busy at work and kept forgetting." Kenny flipped the lid of his laptop up and said. "Hey Dizzi, you still there?"
"Not like I'm going anywhere else Chief."
"Man I haven't been called that in a while." Kenny said, getting a far off look on his face. "How have you been any way Dizzi?"
"OK, I needed the break actually Chief. So where am I anyway?"
"Kai and Kameko's house." By now all the children at the table were staring at Kenny's laptop.
"Wow! Mama Uncle Kenny's talking to a computer!" Raymond said, a huge smile on his face. "And he's calling it Dizzi. Dad is THAT THE Dizzi you talk about when you tell us stories about the championships?" Kai chuckled and ruffled Raymonds' hair.
"Yes Raymond THAT is Dizzi."
"And who is that tall man over there next to the woman with green hair chief?" Dizzi asked.
"That's Kai and Kameko Dizzi."
"NO WAY!" Dizzi shouted. "There is no way that's the same Kai I knew when he was captain of the Bladebreakers is it?" Dizzi sounded disbelieving.
"No joke Dizzi it's them." Tyson said.
"Kenny how long have I been off line?" Dizzi said. Everyone laughed. The meal went on, the subject pf mortgages and loans cropped once or twice, the subject of schools came up a lot, especially the adults' days at school, after they had retired from Beybladeing. All the while Dizzi made comments and answered questions that the children asked. When the meal was over everyone went upstairs to the large A.V. (Audio Visual) Room, where Kenny plugged Dizzi into one of the projectors. As soon as Dizzi was set up Kai stood up in front of everyone.
"I'm sure most of you are aware of why we are here don't you?" Everyone, apart from the children, nodded. "In that case we may as well get this over and done with. Dizzi old friend hit the greatest hit's button will you?" AS Kai sat down and the light's dimmed Dizzi started re-playing all the battles that they had all been in. The first battle was Kai versus Tyson.
"Wow!" Tyler and Raymond said in unison.
"You could say that." Tyson said, giving Kai a sideways wink. The clips went on, for two more hours.
"I hope," Kai said once the light went up, "You will all accept my offer and stay the night?" Everyone nodded.
"Why not?" Ray said. "After all that last time I stayed here was that Christmas that Robert here wore that stupid hat."
"Yeah." Kai asked. "Why DID you wear that thing?"
"You really want to know Kai?" Enrique said. Kai nodded. "You two better tell him." Enrique pointed to Robert and Kameko who rolled their eyes.
"You were in on it Kameko?" Kai asked, looking puzzled.
"The reason Robert wore that hat."
"Was to make you laugh. Kameko requested that I wore it so that you'd cheer up. According to her," Robert went on, "You had been acting very sullen and were drifting back in to old habits, you know," Robert crossed his arms and put on a sullen face, "The old 'I'm Mr. Sourpants' routine." Everyone started laughing at the impression of Kai. Kai blinked and then started to laugh.
"I didn't act like that all the time did I guys?" Kai asked everyone in the room.
"All the time." Ian said. "Half the time you'd have your eyes closed to so that when we were at a match we'd think you were asleep."
"What made you think I wasn't?" Kai asked, raising an eyebrow in query.
"The fact you weren't snoring dear." Kameko said. "Anyway," Kameko said turning to her two children, "I think it's time for bed for little heads."
"Oh mama!" Raymond whined. "Just a few more minutes."
"Is that line in the universal children's dictionary or something?" Mariah said, looking down at her son, Rodger, and daughter, May. "I get that line EVERY night."
"We all do." Emily and Hillary said. Steve rolled his eyes.
"I get it from Sarah every night to, especially at the weekends." He sighed.
"But then again," Max said, grinning form ear to ear, "WE used to use that exact same line on OUR parents, well I used to."
"Come on you little munchkins," Kameko said to all the children, "I'll show you to your rooms." Kameko led the children out of the room, some grumbled, others yawned and some just about made it out of the room.
"So Kai," Tyson asked once all the children were gone, "Any ideas as to how you're going to deal with the problem of all these rogue gangs?"
"None what so ever Tyson." Kai said, putting his head in his hands and shacking his head. "I can't think of what to do."
"Does anyone have an idea?" Tyson asked the group of ex-bladders. Some shrugged while others just shook their heads.
"Why not make it compulsory to sign up with the B.B.A. Kai?" Hillary suggested. Kai shook his head.
"I tried that when it first started up but that still doesn't stop them." Just the Kameko walked in to the room.
"What's this about?" She asked.
"Trying to brainstorm." Steve said. "How to stop these gangs."
"I have an idea." Dizzi said.
"And what's that Dizzi?" Kameko asked. No one else was listening to the computer, as they were too bust going over different methods of trying to stop them.
"Why not hold a tournament?"
"DIZZI YOU'RE A GENIUS!" Kameko shouted. Everyone looked at Kameko as if she'd gone mad. "Dizzi just said why not hold a tournament Kai?" Kameko said.
"How would that help Dizzi?" Kenny asked.
"Simple pimples people," Dizzi said, "If we get the gangs to join in a tournament then they will stop trying to rob little old ladies and steal candy from babies." Kai slapped his forehead.
"I must be getting stupid in my old age."
"Come off it Kai you're not THAT old." Tala said. "I think it's a great idea. Maybe," he added with a wry smile on his face, "An excuse to actually bring out the old blades and battle."
"Oh yeah!" Tyson yelled.
"I knew this would happen." Hillary said.
"We can have different tournament Kai." Kameko said. "One for the kids and one for the adults. I must admit," Kameko smiled, "I've been wanting to get Arelea out of her box for a while now.
"ONCE A BEYBLADER," Johnny yelled, "ALWAYS A BEYBLADER!"
"No one can argue with that." Max said.
"What do you say Kai?" Tyson said. "Hold a reunion tournament and a 'try and stop the gangs' tournament at the same time? Please say yes!" Kai laughed.
"OK Tyson." Kai laughed.
"All right!" Tyson then pulled something from out of his pocket. It was Dragoon. "How's about a battle, for old times sake?" Kai smirked.
"You wan to battle now Tyson?" Kai asked. Tyson nodded. "OK on your head be it."
"Like Johnny Said," Kameko sighed and shrugged her shoulder in resignation, "Once a Beyblader always a Beyblader." Everyone followed Kai and Tyson to one of the rooms on the next floor up. In it was a selection of different Beystadiums. Max pointed to one of them.
"Hey I know that one!" He said pointing to a stadium that looked lie the Whit House. "I actually played in the dish!"
"I know you did Max." Kai said. "That's why I brought it. That an the fact that it was being auctioned off for charity." Kai and Tyson though went over to a plain red Beystadium. "Remember this one Tyson?" The dish was covered in scratches and scuffmarks. Tyson nodded and smiled. "Good." Kai then went over to a cabinet and pulled out a launcher and his Dranzer. Kai placed Dranzer in to the launcher and walked back over to the dish. Tyson loaded Dragoon in to his launcher and stood ready to battle. "Still as ready as ever are you Tyson?" Kai said, smirking.
"You bet I am!" Tyson said. "Hey Kai." Kai looked at Tyson. "You're finally getting that re-match you wanted when I beat you all those years ago at the regional tournaments." Kai laughed.
"Weather I win or not this time all depends on weather this old dish can handle it."
"With that done then let's get this match going," Kameko said, smiling, "3.2.1.LET IT RIIIIIIIP!" With that the two blades were launched in to the dish to the sound of eight-teen people cheering on the two friends. So ends one story and so starts another. Join me next time for the 'Next Generation Tournament' story.
It was a glorious summer day. In a house in Japan lived a family. This family consisted of a mother, father and two children, a boy and a girl. On this particular summer day the two children were running around in the back garden playing an on going game of tag.
"You're IT!" The little girl yelled at her brother.
"No you're IT!" Just then their mother called them in.
"Raymond and Rochelle it's time for dinner."
"Yay!" The two children completely forgot their game and ran in to the house.
"Wipe your feet you two!" Their father called from the dinning room where he was setting the last of the places for their guests. "Right," he said as his wife entered the dinning room carrying a large dish of potatoes, "Now are you sure we A; Have enough places set and B; that there's enough food. You know Tyson still like his food." He rolled his eyes.
"Yes dear there is enough places and enough food, I made sure we made triple the amount we did the last time. You DID say Tala was coming didn't you?"
"Yes I did, I've already set his place." Just then the doorbell rang. "That's them, I'll get it love." As he walked out of the door he bent over and gave his wife a peck on the cheek. "I love you."
"I know you do babe." The woman kissed her husband on the cheek and then gave him a little shove out of the door. "It's rude to keep guests on the door mat and then open the door like a pop gun." The two chuckled, remembering back to one Christmas. As the husband walked to the door he couldn't help but think about this day, why they were having all these guests come and, most importantly, how this day was important to them all. As he opened the door he smiled. I didn't do much of that when I was younger, he thought. There on the doorstep stood over twenty people, all from different parts of the globe, some from Japan, others America and four from as far away as Russia.
"You going to stand there all evening smiling like a dork Kai?" Tyson asked.
"Sorry Tyson." Kai said, stepping aside, allowing everyone in.
"Where's Kameko?" Ray asked, picking up his daughter May who was crying because she wanted a cuddle.
"Right here." Kameko said, walking out of the kitchen carrying a large bowl of soup. Tyson sniffed the air.
"Mmmmm," Tyson licked his lips. "Something smells really good."
"You say that about everything as long as it's food." Hillary said, struggling to keep a hold of her son, Tyler. Kameko noticed all of them trying to keep children under control.
"Dinner isn't going to be ready for another minute or two so we could." Kameko didn't need to finish her sentence before Raymond and Rochelle came down the stairs after washing their hands.
"Can we go back outside for a bit mama?" Raymond asked, turning his big crimson eyes on his mother, his black hair drooping in to his eyes. Kameko chuckled.
"As long as you behave and look after the younger ones Raymond, I'm counting on you." Kameko said, ruffling her sons' hair.
" I will mama!" With that he and Rochelle led the rest of the children outside.
"They grow up so quickly don't they?" Tala said, helping his little girl, Tela, out of her coat and giving her a little push to follow the others.
"Don't tell me about it Tala." Kai said, shaking his head. "Kameko's already had to buy that boy three new pairs of trousers in just two months."
"One reason was because he fell over at school and ripped one pair to shreds. The rest was because he grew out of them." Kameko sighed. "He's only seven and he's already as tall as some of the kids two years older then him."
"He's going to be like his dad then." Hillary said looking up at Kai.
"Like father like son." Kameko said.
"You can say that again." Emily said. "Max and Edward are almost identical, look's and personality. The only way I tell them apart is because one is older then the other." Everyone made their way to the living room, except Kameko who was still getting the table ready.
"So what are you doing these day's Tyson?" Kai asked. "Last I heard you were about ready to take over that dojo of your grandfathers."
"Taken over it and have way too many students to teach all at once." Tyson groaned. "I'll be glad when Tyler's old enough to take over from me."
"He doesn't mean it." Hillary said. "It's only because thing's aren't going to great at the moment. Plus," Hillary added, "He wants to get back to Beybladeing."
"Hey it's my second love Hill." Tyson said, leaning back in his chair.
"What's the first then?" Max asked. "Wait let me guess."
"FOOD!" Everyone said in unison, rolling his or her eyes.
"No. Actually your wrong." Tyson said, looking smug. "It's Hillary."
"Aw." Kameko said coming in to the room. "Isn't that sweet."
"And me saying that you're my first love isn't sweet?" Kai said, a gleam in his eye. Kameko gave Kai a sly look.
"Watch it Kai Hiwatari or you'll end up wearing dinner instead of eating it."
"What and waist good food?" Michael said.
"I thought you were bringing Jessie?" Kai said.
"She suddenly got a call from the office, they wanted her to go on some conference trip. Mary wanted to come but I didn't think it would be a good idea."
"Yeah," Eddie said, "That plane trip takes it out of me but I'd hate to see what it does to little kids. How yours made it across with out being cranky Max I'll never know." He said turning to Max and Emily.
"Neither do we to be honest Eddie." Emily said, rocking Maxine in her arms.
"I better call the children in." Kameko said. "Dinner's ready!" She shouted out the patio doors to the children in the garden. Loud whoops of glee and joy meet her ears as the children all came running in. With in a few minutes everyone was seated at the large table in the dinning room. The last person to sit down was Oliver little boy, Oscar who was the second youngest there and was having trouble getting up on to his seat.
"Would you like some help Oscar?" Raymond asked the little boy, who was starting to look annoyed.
"Yes please Raymond." He said. Raymond got down off his seat and went up to the boy, bent down and cupped hi hands in front of them. Oscar then used Raymond's hands as a step and was soon sitting next to his dad. "Thank Raymond." He said.
"Thank you Raymond." Oliver said, smiling at the young boy.
"Glad I could help." Raymond then went back to his own seat and sat down.
"You have one very helpful little boy there you two." Oliver said the Kameko and Kai.
"Kameko's to blame for that." Kai said. Kameko gave him a playful smack on the back of the head.
"I mean it Kai you WILL wear your dinner if you don't stop with the wise cracks." Everyone laughed. Kai pouted.
"I was only playing." He said.
"Daddy look silly!" Rochelle said, pointing at her father and laughing. Kai then straightened his face and then stuck his tongue out at her. "Daddy look REALLY silly!" Kai then stuck his fingers in his ears and pocked his tongue out at her. Kameko then picked up a piece of lettuce from the salad bowl and put it on Kai's hair.
"I warned you Kai." Kameko said, trying hard, and not succeeding, not to laugh. Everyone laughed at the expression on Kai's face as he looked up at the lettuce leaf, picked it up off his head and proceeded to eat it.
"I'm certainly glad that we have the original Kai now rather then the old Kai." Tala said, wiping tears from his eyes.
"I'm glad we have the original Tala back as well. The cold hearted one gave me the willies." Max said, shivering in mock fright.
"Me too." Robert said, passing the potatoes to his son, Richard. "Thank you for inviting us here Kameko, it certainly make a change to just staying at home." Everyone nodded in agreement.
"It certainly makes a change for this place to be full of people rather then just the four of us." Kameko said.
"So anyway Kai," Kenny asked, picking up a chicken leg, "What are you doing with yourself these days?"
"Mainly just doing my best to keep the B.B.A. going. There are so many new Beybladeing is actually becoming rather unpopular."
"Why on earth is that?" Johnny asked. "Thing are really going well for Beybladeing in the UK, I though they would be going on great here in Japan." Kai shook his head.
"Ever since we started getting these Beybladeing gang's things have been going down hill." Kai sighed. "I don't understand why they do some of the things they do."
"What are they doing?" Lee asked. "Don't tell me they're trying to rob old people." Kai hung his head. "They ARE!" Enrique looked dismayed as did everyone one apart from Tyson, Kenny, Hillary and Kameko. They all looked miserable.
"Not just old people Lee." Tyson said. "They're causing all sorts of trouble. They rob anyone they come across. I swear," Tyson banged his fist on the table, making all the plates and dishes jump, "There is no honour in the sport these days. OK sometimes you came across the odd team in our day who would use dirty little tricks, and no I'm not talking about you guys," He said meaning the Demolition Boys and Kai, "I'm talking about that team Psychic, the first one. The ones that tried to steal our bit-beasts. Speaking of which," Tyson turned to Kenny, "Kenny did you bring Dizzi with you?"
"Oh yeah." Kenny then pulled out his old laptop. "I haven't used Dizzi for a while, one simple reason for that is that I've been busy at work and kept forgetting." Kenny flipped the lid of his laptop up and said. "Hey Dizzi, you still there?"
"Not like I'm going anywhere else Chief."
"Man I haven't been called that in a while." Kenny said, getting a far off look on his face. "How have you been any way Dizzi?"
"OK, I needed the break actually Chief. So where am I anyway?"
"Kai and Kameko's house." By now all the children at the table were staring at Kenny's laptop.
"Wow! Mama Uncle Kenny's talking to a computer!" Raymond said, a huge smile on his face. "And he's calling it Dizzi. Dad is THAT THE Dizzi you talk about when you tell us stories about the championships?" Kai chuckled and ruffled Raymonds' hair.
"Yes Raymond THAT is Dizzi."
"And who is that tall man over there next to the woman with green hair chief?" Dizzi asked.
"That's Kai and Kameko Dizzi."
"NO WAY!" Dizzi shouted. "There is no way that's the same Kai I knew when he was captain of the Bladebreakers is it?" Dizzi sounded disbelieving.
"No joke Dizzi it's them." Tyson said.
"Kenny how long have I been off line?" Dizzi said. Everyone laughed. The meal went on, the subject pf mortgages and loans cropped once or twice, the subject of schools came up a lot, especially the adults' days at school, after they had retired from Beybladeing. All the while Dizzi made comments and answered questions that the children asked. When the meal was over everyone went upstairs to the large A.V. (Audio Visual) Room, where Kenny plugged Dizzi into one of the projectors. As soon as Dizzi was set up Kai stood up in front of everyone.
"I'm sure most of you are aware of why we are here don't you?" Everyone, apart from the children, nodded. "In that case we may as well get this over and done with. Dizzi old friend hit the greatest hit's button will you?" AS Kai sat down and the light's dimmed Dizzi started re-playing all the battles that they had all been in. The first battle was Kai versus Tyson.
"Wow!" Tyler and Raymond said in unison.
"You could say that." Tyson said, giving Kai a sideways wink. The clips went on, for two more hours.
"I hope," Kai said once the light went up, "You will all accept my offer and stay the night?" Everyone nodded.
"Why not?" Ray said. "After all that last time I stayed here was that Christmas that Robert here wore that stupid hat."
"Yeah." Kai asked. "Why DID you wear that thing?"
"You really want to know Kai?" Enrique said. Kai nodded. "You two better tell him." Enrique pointed to Robert and Kameko who rolled their eyes.
"You were in on it Kameko?" Kai asked, looking puzzled.
"The reason Robert wore that hat."
"Was to make you laugh. Kameko requested that I wore it so that you'd cheer up. According to her," Robert went on, "You had been acting very sullen and were drifting back in to old habits, you know," Robert crossed his arms and put on a sullen face, "The old 'I'm Mr. Sourpants' routine." Everyone started laughing at the impression of Kai. Kai blinked and then started to laugh.
"I didn't act like that all the time did I guys?" Kai asked everyone in the room.
"All the time." Ian said. "Half the time you'd have your eyes closed to so that when we were at a match we'd think you were asleep."
"What made you think I wasn't?" Kai asked, raising an eyebrow in query.
"The fact you weren't snoring dear." Kameko said. "Anyway," Kameko said turning to her two children, "I think it's time for bed for little heads."
"Oh mama!" Raymond whined. "Just a few more minutes."
"Is that line in the universal children's dictionary or something?" Mariah said, looking down at her son, Rodger, and daughter, May. "I get that line EVERY night."
"We all do." Emily and Hillary said. Steve rolled his eyes.
"I get it from Sarah every night to, especially at the weekends." He sighed.
"But then again," Max said, grinning form ear to ear, "WE used to use that exact same line on OUR parents, well I used to."
"Come on you little munchkins," Kameko said to all the children, "I'll show you to your rooms." Kameko led the children out of the room, some grumbled, others yawned and some just about made it out of the room.
"So Kai," Tyson asked once all the children were gone, "Any ideas as to how you're going to deal with the problem of all these rogue gangs?"
"None what so ever Tyson." Kai said, putting his head in his hands and shacking his head. "I can't think of what to do."
"Does anyone have an idea?" Tyson asked the group of ex-bladders. Some shrugged while others just shook their heads.
"Why not make it compulsory to sign up with the B.B.A. Kai?" Hillary suggested. Kai shook his head.
"I tried that when it first started up but that still doesn't stop them." Just the Kameko walked in to the room.
"What's this about?" She asked.
"Trying to brainstorm." Steve said. "How to stop these gangs."
"I have an idea." Dizzi said.
"And what's that Dizzi?" Kameko asked. No one else was listening to the computer, as they were too bust going over different methods of trying to stop them.
"Why not hold a tournament?"
"DIZZI YOU'RE A GENIUS!" Kameko shouted. Everyone looked at Kameko as if she'd gone mad. "Dizzi just said why not hold a tournament Kai?" Kameko said.
"How would that help Dizzi?" Kenny asked.
"Simple pimples people," Dizzi said, "If we get the gangs to join in a tournament then they will stop trying to rob little old ladies and steal candy from babies." Kai slapped his forehead.
"I must be getting stupid in my old age."
"Come off it Kai you're not THAT old." Tala said. "I think it's a great idea. Maybe," he added with a wry smile on his face, "An excuse to actually bring out the old blades and battle."
"Oh yeah!" Tyson yelled.
"I knew this would happen." Hillary said.
"We can have different tournament Kai." Kameko said. "One for the kids and one for the adults. I must admit," Kameko smiled, "I've been wanting to get Arelea out of her box for a while now.
"ONCE A BEYBLADER," Johnny yelled, "ALWAYS A BEYBLADER!"
"No one can argue with that." Max said.
"What do you say Kai?" Tyson said. "Hold a reunion tournament and a 'try and stop the gangs' tournament at the same time? Please say yes!" Kai laughed.
"OK Tyson." Kai laughed.
"All right!" Tyson then pulled something from out of his pocket. It was Dragoon. "How's about a battle, for old times sake?" Kai smirked.
"You wan to battle now Tyson?" Kai asked. Tyson nodded. "OK on your head be it."
"Like Johnny Said," Kameko sighed and shrugged her shoulder in resignation, "Once a Beyblader always a Beyblader." Everyone followed Kai and Tyson to one of the rooms on the next floor up. In it was a selection of different Beystadiums. Max pointed to one of them.
"Hey I know that one!" He said pointing to a stadium that looked lie the Whit House. "I actually played in the dish!"
"I know you did Max." Kai said. "That's why I brought it. That an the fact that it was being auctioned off for charity." Kai and Tyson though went over to a plain red Beystadium. "Remember this one Tyson?" The dish was covered in scratches and scuffmarks. Tyson nodded and smiled. "Good." Kai then went over to a cabinet and pulled out a launcher and his Dranzer. Kai placed Dranzer in to the launcher and walked back over to the dish. Tyson loaded Dragoon in to his launcher and stood ready to battle. "Still as ready as ever are you Tyson?" Kai said, smirking.
"You bet I am!" Tyson said. "Hey Kai." Kai looked at Tyson. "You're finally getting that re-match you wanted when I beat you all those years ago at the regional tournaments." Kai laughed.
"Weather I win or not this time all depends on weather this old dish can handle it."
"With that done then let's get this match going," Kameko said, smiling, "3.2.1.LET IT RIIIIIIIP!" With that the two blades were launched in to the dish to the sound of eight-teen people cheering on the two friends. So ends one story and so starts another. Join me next time for the 'Next Generation Tournament' story.