Hello! Okay, only Mizu-Tenshi helped me with some names for teams but I still need help! Mostly names for some competitors during the tournament. To refresh your memory: Name- Short description(remember, they're on other teams)- Beyblade (bitbeast not necessary)- I really do need help, I can only think up so many names and descriptions

Disclaimer: I own Kassandra and Evan. Blaze Boyz is Mizu-Tenshi's.

Enjoy the chappie

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Chapter 8

Kai awoke with a start; sweat ran down his face as he heavily panted. His eyes wandered to the rising sun that hung outside the hotel window. He closed his eyes and lay back down on the couch only to reopen his eyes. Why? Why was he continuously having these nightmares? These nightmares of his grandfather have been haunting him ever since he first arrived in Russia. They confused him, but they also tore at his heart. Having a grandfather that has taught you to feel hate, anger, but mostly, never to know what love is, it hurts you deep down. Many other children and teenagers have grandfathers who give you birthday presents, who take them to the zoo; his grandfather hated him. He did not understand why, it might have something to do with his mother, but he will never know.

Kai slowly untangled the sheet that was wrapped around him and looked up at the clock that hung on the wall. It was nearly 7o'clock. He stood up and stretched allowing the little sunlight to warm his body. He grabbed some clothes from his duffel bag to change into after a relaxing shower.

Kai allowed the icy water droplets to run down his body before warming the water slightly. It was his idea of a wake up call and it always worked. He ran his hand through his hair feeling the rhythm of the water pound against his body. It was so relaxing that the nightmare was pushed to the back of his mind.

Several minutes later Kai step out of the bathroom only to look up at the clock once again. It had been fifteen minutes and the others were still asleep. 'Typical' Kai thought as he looked around the room. Should he go and wake them up or allow them to sleep a little longer? Decisions, decisions. He decided on option number two. Question was what would he do in the mean time? Maybe he'd take a trip down to the lobby and take a look around.

Grabbing one of the keys that lay on the table, he exited the room quietly shutting the door behind him. He looked up and down the corridor; apparently he was the only one up. He didn't blame the other competitors, the tournament would be starting the next day and they probably wanted to be well rested. He wandered down the corridor looking at the doors as he past by. He didn't know why, it was just a habit he had that was useful sometimes.

He silently waited as the elevator raised several stories. The doors slide open and walked inside the wooden-framed elevator. He felt a jerk as it started down from the eighteenth floor to the lobby.

Soon he entered the western styled lobby. A receptionist stood behind the desk typing away at her computer, otherwise, the room was empty. He strolled through on of the many doors and entered a beyblade training area.

There were several beyblade dishes lined in a row in the middle of the room. Portraits hung on the wall opposite of him. One particular portrait caught his attention. It was closes to the corner of the two walls and was covered in a thin layer of dust. Wiping the dust off he took a closer look at the black and white picture of a familiar young teen that appeared to be no older than him. The name was too hard to make out but the date was written in bold underneath the photograph. It clearly stated that this boy had won the beyblade championships before he was born. It just proved that he did not know this scowling teen.

Kai tore his eyes away from the photograph to gaze at the beyblade dish closest to him. If he was too get his name up on that wall he would have to practice a great deal to become stronger. He pulled the blue beyblade out of his pocket; Dranzer was ready and so was he. Nobody would get in his way for victory this time. It was stolen from him before, but he was going to show them that he was stronger than he looked. He was going to prove to Voltaire that he was not a weak child and the strong human that he wanted him to be.

Half an hour later Kai walked into the room he shared with his strange teammates. He stopped as he spotted Evan banging against the bathroom door and yelling.

"Evan what are you doing?"

"Kassandra's sitting in there doing absolutely nothing just to bother me."

Kai rolled his eyes and turned to face the wooden bathroom door. "Kassandra get out here now."

"I'd like to see you try and get me out."

"Kassandra we don't have time for these games. We should be training not yelling through doors now get your stubborn self out here."

"No!"

Kai sighed at this; she was so annoying. An idea then came into his head. If she was going to challenge someone, she challenged the wrong boy. He whispered something to Evan who nodded in agreement. The blue-eyed teen continued banging at the door while the other went in search of something. Kai came back with one of Kassandra's hairpins clasped tightly in his hand.

He shoved the hairpin in the lock and began rotating it around. He bent down to listen incase it worked. After several attempts, it worked. A faint click could be heard above all the racket. Kai gave a quick nod to Evan who returned it and immediately stopped yelling. Slowly they opened the door.

Kassandra's eyes were closed as she continuously brushed her hair in front of the mirror. This was the perfect time. Instantly Kai ran towards her wrapping his arms around her waist and lifted her into the air. She immediately shrieked and began to swing her feet wildly in the air.

"KAI! Put me down NOW!"

Evan held open the door as Kai attempted to walk through with a wild teenager kicking him in the shins. Making it through the door, Kai dropped Kassandra on the couch like a sack of potatoes. He watched as she sat up, brought her knees to her chest and wrapped her arms around them. She could be so cute sometimes. 'Wait, I did not think that'.

"Kassandra what was that all about?"

"Evan was annoying me so I decided to get him back."

"What on earth could he have said that got you so pissed?"

Kassandra and Evan exchanged glances. A smirk lay across Evan's face; he could humiliate Kassandra right in front of Kai, or he could be nice. Looking at the face she had on, he decided to be nice.

"I said she couldn't beyblade as good as me."

Kai moved his gaze from one and back to the other. They obviously knew something that he didn't and he didn't like it at all. From their faces he doubted that they would tell him.

"Whatever. We have one more day before the tournament starts; I suggest we practice some more. Now let's go."

The three trudged down to the beyblade training area. It was still empty which meant they could spread out more, and people wouldn't be watching their every move. They spread themselves out amongst the beyblade dishes and began practicing. Kai was getting extremely annoyed at the fact that Evan continuously did the movements of the strategy wrong. He must have forgotten it over night, that's typical Evan for you.

"Evan do you remember the moves?"

"Well, hehehe, not really."

After spending a great deal of time on once again, teaching Evan the movements of the strategy, Kai was ready to work on his. As he turned around he noticed that Kassandra had disappeared. Several people had now claimed dishes at the far away from them. He let his eyes wander until they fell upon a black haired girl with lavender streaks sitting on the opposite side of the room. He walked over to her until he was standing right in front of her, but she still didn't notice him, he could understand why. She was sitting on a wooden bench with her eyes closed and music blasting out of her headphones. She sang along to the song with a soft, crystal clear voice.

"You. Don't wanna be just like you

What I'm saying is this is the Anthem

Throw all your hands up

You. Don't wanna be you.Hey!"

Her eyes snapped open as she looked up at the tall teenaged boy towering above her, holding the wire that connected her headphones with the Walkman.

"And what are you doing?"

She felt her face heat up; hopefully he didn't notice. Why was she caught singing at that particular moment? Why that specific person? What did the world have against her?

"I got bored so I decided to listen to my music. Sorry."

Kai looked down at her wide-eyed. Did she actually apologize to him? She has never said sorry to anyone that he knew. 'She does look bored and we have been practicing for a while' Kai thought. He glanced at the clock; they've been practicing for almost two hours.

"I guess I'll get back to training," Kassandra said as she began to put her stuff away.

"I have a better idea," Kai said. He turned around to face where Evan was" Evan, get over here."

"What's up?" Evan said when he reached where the two were.

"I been thinking and I've decided that we take a break and explore the city."

"Really?" Kassandra asked. Her eyes were glowing with happiness. "Like shop at the malls and check out the sites?"

"Yes."

"Alrigghhtttt. Now I can get a new skateboard, mine's really old," Evan said. He raised his arm up and down like he was pulling on a train whistle," Whooo whoooo, out of my way I gotta' go find a taxi."

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"TYSON! WAKE UP NOW!!"

Kenny's high pitched scream echoed through the hotel room and reached the ears of the two members that occupied the room other then the sleep boy and the Chief.

"Is he still not up yet Kenny? It's fifteen to eleven," Ray said as he entered the room closely followed by Max.

"He is being very difficult and is continuously moaning about something."

"Oooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm."

"See what I mean!"

Ray looked down at his blue haired friend who seamed to be half asleep. Ray shook his head; Tyson was so pathetic sometimes. Now, how would they get him up with time to practice? Kai would know how. He could always get everybody up just by threatening them. Maybe Ray could do that too, but Tyson would just think he was joking. If he sounded like Kai then maybe it will work.

Ray cleared his throat, stood up tall, and crossed his arms. If he wanted to sound like Kai, he had to act like Kai. His teammates gave him a funny look; but he just winked at them before he spoke. "Tyson," Ray said, he didn't quite sound like Kai but it will have to do, "If you don't get up this instant, there will no breakfast or lunch for you!"

It worked. Tyson shot out of his bed like lightening and was half way to the door when he stopped and turned around. His eyes moved from one boy to another, he seamed to be searching for something or someone.

"Wait a second, I can go back to bed. Kai's not here."

"No you can't Tyson, you're up and you are not going to go back to sleep," Max said. He turned Tyson towards the door and gave him a push.

"Awww, come on, a few more minutes."

After a quick breakfast the Bladebreakers headed to the training area where they would attempt to improve on their attacks. Kenny had suggested that they find several beybladers to challenge so they could practice their attacks.

Once Ray entered the room he began searching for an opponent. Nobody to tough at first, he needed to warm up a bit. He spotted a boy that looked slightly younger then him who was writing something on a piece of paper, a small beyblade lay next to him. Ray didn't like the idea of picking on younger kids but he did need the practice.

The kid looked up as he approached, his glasses reflected the light into Ray's eyes. Ray looked down at him as he withdrew his beyblade from his pocket, turning it slightly so it flashed in the light.

"Do you want to beyblade?"

The boy took one look at him then at his beyblade before asking, "What's your name?"

"Ray."

"You don't mean Ray of the Bladebreakers?" The kid asked. His eyes were wide open and were demanding an answer.

"Yes"

"Well then I don't stand a ghost of a chance. You see I'm just a beginner so I wouldn't be much of a challenge." By now the kid was shaking slightly and his hands looked sweaty. He looked extremely excited. "My name is Joe and I'm from the Blaze Boyz."

"Cool. Well I really bored and I want to battle someone, any suggestions?"

Joe looked down at the booklet he held in his hands. He began flipping pages until he stopped at one with messy writing on it. "If you're looking for a real challenge then you might want to find one of the Black Knights."

"The Black Knights, hmmm. Oh I've heard of them, where can I find them?"

Joe shook his head and shrugged. "I don't know where they are. I warn you though. If you do find them, be prepared for one heck of a battle, that's all I can say."

Ray thanked Joe and once again went to search for a opponent. He was now more determined to get stronger. Whoever the mysterious Black Knights were, and what ever they threw at him, he'd be ready.
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There we go!!!!!!!! This took me awhile cause my sister kicked me off (she likes to do that). Anyways, do you really think Ray is ready? Hhhhmmmmmmmmmm, oh well. Plz help me with the names, descriptions, and beyblades, I really need them. Team names are helpful too (see I used one in this chapter!).

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