Anime: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Anya: Anime, Anime! Sorry folks, give me a minute! ***Anya gets some lighted dynamite and puts them into Anime's back pocket. A huge explosion rocks the room***

Anime: snzzt? ...................zzzzzzzzzzzz

Anya: Trying to wake this girl up is like trying to wake Tyson up on a weekend!!! Anyway, Beyblade doesn't belong to Anime, but I do belong to her and any other new characters you see! ***Throws Anime out of the window into an icy puddle***

Anime: GAH!!! That's cold!!!!!! ___________________________________________________________

Episode 3: Dark Prophecies

"I'M LATE!!!"

Tyson ran into the airport, flashing his passport at the customs officer. Panting, he stopped in the waiting room. The other Blade Breakers and Mr Dickinson were there already. Kai smirked and threw his duffel bag behind him.

"Nothing's changed. You're still late." "Where's Anya?" Tyson asked. "She's already boarded the plane, we must get on board, too", Mr Dickinson replied.

The air stewardess showed the guys to their seats. Anya was already sitting cross-legged next to a window, reading a magazine. She was wearing a tight black t-shirt that was just showing her stomach and tight black cycling shorts. She had a long, thin, pale blue sleeveless jacket with the matching belt hanging loosely at the sides and a big brown floppy cap on her head. The goggles she wore during the selection tournament were around her neck and she wore white socks and red wrist guards; black trainers with red toes and tops with white tongues and angel wings at the top instead of shoelaces were on her feet. A small white scarf tied around her neck completed her outfit. Her hair was tied in a half ponytail behind her head.

She looked up from her magazine towards the guys. "Finally, I thought the pilot was going to leave you guys behind!"

Tyson pulled a face at Anya before they sat down. The flight didn't take very long. The Blade Breakers stepped out into the Chinese sun. Ray stretched, happy to be back in his home country. A girl walked towards them. She was Chinese, with dark blue hair, which was in bangs and around her face. Her hair was in two buns, held by yellow beads. Her yellow ribbon went under her bangs and ended in a knot at the side of her head. She wore a short red Chinese dress lined with yellow ribbons. Her collar held a bell and a ribbon. She had white shorts under the dress and red Chinese shoes. Yellow beads were around her wrist. She had pale brown eyes. She held her hand out to them. Max seemed to blush, but no one noticed.

"Welcome to China. I'm Kathy." "Hi. Who are you?" Ray asked. "Ray, don't you recognise me?" "Huh?" "It's me. Kathy; Gary's cousin!" "No way!" "Yes way!" "But you were....were...." "What?" "Short and chubby....." "WHAT!"

"In a good way!"

The other four Blade Breakers plus Kenny watched this exchange. Max stepped up behind Ray. "Why don't you introduce us, Ray?"

"Oh, sorry, guys, this is Kathy. Kathy, these are the Blade Breakers and Mr Dickinson."

Max jumped in and shook hands with Kathy. Kathy ignored Max's blushing face and looked at the others.

"Lee asked me to come down and meet you. I'm to escort you down back to the village." "How come?" Ray asked. "I'll explain on the way. Gary and Mariah are waiting in the bus."

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Anya sat at the front of the bus next to Mr Dickinson, Kai, Tyson and Gary a few seats behind her and the others on the other side of the bus. Kathy was sitting across from Anya, with Max next to her. Mariah explained what was happening in town recently.

"There's a blade group going around, calling themselves the Dark Ninjas. They've been destroying other kids' blades in town. They've even attacked bladers in broad daylight!"

Ray frowned. "That's bad. So, what's being done about it?" Kathy shook her head. "Not much. You see, no one actually knows who the Dark Ninjas are."

Kathy glanced at Anya, who was reading a book on China. "Hey, what's your name anyway?" "Anya." "Hey Anya. Bet you're nervous about the up coming tournament in a couple of day, huh?"

Anya put her book down. "Not really. Actually, I'm quite confident the Blade Breakers will go all the way again this year."

Tyson cheered from behind them, waving his bag of crisps in the air. "You tell 'em Anya! The Blade Breakers aren't going to roll over for anyone!"

Gary let out a huge burp, having finished a bag of pork buns. He eyed the packet of crisps in Tyson's hand with relish. Tyson yelled when Gary suddenly tackled him for the bag. The team laughed. Max looked back at Kathy.

"Uh, Kathy, so are you in the tournament, too?" "Of course! I am the fifth White Tiger!" "Yeah, I'm tired of being the lone girl in the team. I need some healthy competition, too!" Mariah laughed.

Ray smiled at Mariah's comment. Max sat back, thinking. A White Tiger, huh. Well, maybe if I beat her in the tournament, she'll notice me....

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Lee and Kevin came out to greet the bus. Ray and Lee shook hands and spoke to each other as the others came out of the bus. Anya stepped off last, taking in her surroundings. The White Tiger village was quaint, and Anya could feel the mountains' serenity around her. She looked over her shoulder when the bus pulled away. She frowned. Tyson called to her.

"HEY, Anya! C'mon, what's up!?" "Nothing!"

Anya ran to join her team. The group sat in Lee's house, eating some dinner. Anya, Kai and Ray expertly handled the chopsticks, whereas Kenny and Max were having trouble hanging on to anything; Max trying to get Kathy to teach him how to use them. Tyson on the other hand, abandoned cutlery all together. Anya looked at Lee.

"Have the Dark Ninjas tried to wreak your blades?" "No. Luckily, we haven't been targeted as of yet."

A crash from outside caught the group's attention. Lee ran outside. He looked around and noticed a smashed pot next to the door. The others came behind him.

"We'll have to be extra cautious tonight. I think we have unwanted visitors."

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Anya waved goodnight to the guys before she went to bed. Tyson stopped her.

"Hey, aren't you staying in the same room as us?" "Hey, I'm the only girl here. I'm entitled to my own room!" "You're a Blade Breaker, so you stick to the other Blade Breakers!"

Tyson and Anya tried to stare each other out. Ray came in between the two.

"C'mon guys, don't argue. Howabout we just put up a screen between your bed and ours, Anya? That way, you'll be separated from us guys, but still be in the same room." "Yeah, with those Dark Ninjas the White Tigers told us about, it might just be a good idea that we aren't separated," Kenny added.

Anya sighed. "Fine, just don't come jumping to my side."

The team settled down for the night. Anya suddenly sat up, looking out of the window. She frowned. Grabbing her Draphiel blade and launcher from under her pillow, she slowly walked to the window. Looking outside, she saw nothing but a couple of trees and the other houses. She was about to go back to bed when she heard a shout from the other room.

"Kenny?"

Anya ran out of the room before the others got up. She skidded into the side room Kenny was working in. He was on the floor, clutching his laptop, his papers and blade parts scattered around him. He stared, open mouthed out of the window. Anya looked out. A person shaped shadow was there, holding a launcher. He noticed Anya and ran. Anya helped Kenny get up.

"Kenny, what's the matter?" "That guy, he just appeared out of nowhere! I looked up from my laptop and there he was!"

Anya let go of Kenny and ran outside, her blade and launcher at the ready. A snap of a twig caught her attention and she ran. She soon found the intruder, trying to climb over a wall. This guy is so stupid Anya thought, put a hand over her face; I mean, there is a sizable gap just under him! Deciding to give him a helping hand, she released Draphiel and hit her target. The shadowy figure yelped and tried to rub his butt, but that caused him to fall on the ground. He turned and faced Anya, a launcher and blade already at the ready. Even though he wore what looked like a ninja mask, Anya could see he had a blonde fringe, at least, with dark brown eyes. Anya picked Draphiel up and looked at the intruder.

"I have a feeling you're a Dark Ninja, right?" "You should go with your feelings more often, they seem to be right," was the gruff reply.

Anya loaded Draphiel into her launcher. "I challenge you to a match!" The Dark Ninja laughed. "You!? A girly in her pyjamas!?"

Anya looked down at her pyjamas. She didn't see anything wrong with them. True, standing in the back of a farmhouse in a set of pale blue pyjamas with black ribbon lining the edges and one yellow star on the end of her short sleeves and long pyjama bottoms didn't make for a threatening sight, but hey, it was HIS fault for dragging me out of bed!

"3, 2, 1, BATTLE BLADE!!!!"

They launched their blades. Draphiel and the other blade smashed into each other. Anya and the Dark Ninja cheered their blades on, but Anya was the better blader. With a burst of strength and speed, Anya knocked the other blade over the wall. Anya smiled and cheered. The Dark Ninja's face went white, but he snarled at Anya before running away. Anya picked up her blade and faced the other Blade breakers behind her.

"Who said girls can't take care of themselves?"

Kai walked and stood level of Anya, looking at the direction the Dark Ninja was running.

"I wouldn't celebrate just yet, Anya. I have a feeling we'll see him and his team at the tournament." ___________________________________________________________

Anime: I guess you'll be wondering why the third chappie is already up. Well, I just felt like off loading it. Still, I wouldn't mind five reviews before the fourth chappie...

Anya: Yeah, I wanna kick that guy's butt again, literally!

Anime: Anyway, hope you enjoyed reading this, now, REVIEW!!!