Kai: *Frowning as Anya unwound the bandages from Anime's mouth* I still think this is a bad idea.

Anya: Hey, not my idea. But if it means we get out of trouble with the site administrators, then it has to be done.

Kai: I still think this is a bad idea.

Anime: *When the last bandage came off* 'gasp' I don't own Beyblade!!! And I'm so sorry for the announcement writing, Oh Great Administrators of the Wonderful Fan Fiction website!

Anya: I guess that means I should get on with the fic again.

Anime: WAIT! It's my fic! I should be writing it! Don't lay a finger on.!

*Kai stuffs a wad of bandages into Anime's mouth.*

Kai: Shut up, sit back and let us get on with it.

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Episode 8:

Ray's eyes snapped open when he woke. Getting out of bed, he smiled at the still snoring Tyson. Max and Kenny were no better, although they weren't trying to eat their bed covers. Ray's smile faltered slightly when he noticed Tyson's pillow missing. Maybe he finally managed to eat a pillow in his sleep for once, Ray thought.

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In the next room, Anya stared at her ceiling. She was already dressed. A room service tray with what was left of her breakfast was on her vanity table. Sighing, she pushed herself off her bed and looked out of the window. Tearing her eyes from the scenery, she pondered whether to give the boys a wake up call.

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CRASH!!!!

"WAH, Attack!!! Beybladers and food first!" "No! The Revolution is starting again!" "Cool!" "Calm down guys, it's just Anya."

Anya smiled at the startled faces of the boys. Sweeping the hair on her face aside like she always does, she folded her arms and leaned on the door frame.

"I hope you didn't break the door, Anya," Kenny spoke up, "Who knows how much the hotel may charge us!"

Anya pushed herself off the doorframe and picked up her still spinning blade off the floor next to the door handle she smashed off. She gave a one sided smile to the boys.

"You have one hour before breakfast is all eaten by the other people in the hotel."

That was all Anya needed to say for chaos to run through the room; in the form of you-know-who. Ray and Max dove out of Tyson's way, but poor Kenny got pushed off his bed as Tyson scrambled for the bathroom. Anya sniggered to herself. Ray and Max looked up, annoyed at Anya.

"You could've broken it to him more gently!" Ray snarled as he pushed himself up. "Yeah, Anya! That wasn't funny!" Max added, although a small smile did try to creep up his mouth.

Anya just smiled and left the room, waving behind her.

"By the way, good morning and hurry up. The tournament starts in a few hours. Kai's downstairs waiting for the bus."

She used her foot to kick the door handle from the door aside and closed the door behind her. The boys looked at each other, possibly thinking the same thing about Anya. Before any of them could make a comment, Tyson kicked the bathroom door down as he tried to put a shoe on his foot, an arm through his t-shirt and his cap on his head, all at the same time. The boys laughed when Tyson fell over.

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Tala sat in his new bedroom, in his new home. He picked up his beyblade and left his room, walking out of the apartment building. He found the rest of the Demolition Boys there; Spencer, Ian, Brian and Alexander. Tala felt himself smile. He'd been doing that a lot in the past year, ever since Boris Balkov, Alexander's father, ran out of Moscow, escaping the police. They had never heard from Boris since. Tala was de-programmed and allowed to return to normal human life, and the other boys slowly learnt to live life themselves, rather than with orders.

Tala led the boys onto a nearby bus, which took them to the Formerly Known Biovolt Stadium.

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Ray jumps off the bus after Max. Kai went off to register the Blade Breakers into the tournament. Anya wasn't around, having wandered off again.

"Is it just me, or does Anya spend too much time disappearing on us?" he sighed.

"Well, yeah, but think about it from her point of view. After all, she IS the only girl in the Blade Breakers." Dizzi pointed out. "She might not want to hang around too many boys; a girl does need some time away from boys!"

"How about you, Dizzi? Don't you feel left out, being a girl and all?" Tyson asked.

"Hello! I'm a bit beast stuck in the laptop of a geek! I don't think Anya feels like chatting to a computer screen."

"I resent being called a geek, Dizzi!" Kenny cried, snapping his laptop shut.

The guys laughed as they entered the stadium.

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Anya walked through the corridors of the stadium, taking in the surroundings. She turned a corner. Someone rammed straight into her. Anya managed to keep her balance, but the other person fell to the ground. Anya adjusted her cap which fell onto her face, and held a hand to help up the boy.

"Sorry, I didn't see you..."

Alexander looked up and smiled. "That's okay...huh?" "Alexander." Tala said, coming up behind the two. Tala stopped as well and stared at Anya.

Anya stood back. Tala and Alexander stared. Anya frowned and folded her arms.

"Look, I know I'm not your average-looking girl, but that's no reason to gawp like that!"

Alexander got up off the floor. "Uh...what...what are you doing here?"

Anya frowned some more. "What do you mean? I'm here for the Russian Tournament."

Tala approached Anya. "But...what's your name?"

"Anya."

Anya turned around. Kai had turned the corner and stood with his team- mate. The rest of the Blade Breakers were behind Kai. Tala and Alexander gave Kai a questioning look, but Kai shook his head.

"No...It's not her."

Tala and Alexander nodded. "We need to get going; I need to brief the team before the start of the tournament."

With that, Tala and Alexander walked off. Tyson looked back to Kai.

"What was that about?"

"I'll explain some other time. C'mon."

Kai lead his team away. A man looked around the corner, having heard the exchange between the two Demolition Boys and the Blade Breakers. He adjusted his glasses and ran his hand through his dark hair. He mumbled to himself as he removed a notepad and pen from his pocket.

"There they are..."

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"LADIES AND GENTLE MEN!! WELCOME TO THE FORMERLY KNOWN BIOVOLT STADIUM!!! IT'S FORMERLY KNOWN, BECAUSE NO-ONE KNOWS WHAT TO RENAME IT AS!"

The audience sat in their seats, getting ready for the tournament. The Blade Breakers were in the team tunnel, waiting to walk out towards the dish.

"Wait!"

The team turned towards the voice. A man wearing a pair of glasses ran towards them. He wore a trench coat and had dark eyes and hair. He had a notepad and pen ready. Panting, but smiling, the man introduced himself.

"Hello, my name is Roger Anderson; I'm a reporter for the BBA Official. I was wondering if I could speak to your team."

Anya folded her arms. "Why would you want to do that?"

"Since last year's big tournament, the Blade Breakers have been big news. I'd like to know about the Blade Breakers of today."

"Be quick about it." Kai snapped.

Roger grinned, happy.

"Well, I guess I'd like to know a bit about the White Tiger of the team. Ray?"

"Er...Well, my last name is Kon, I lived in the mountains in China...and er, I have a French Uncle."

Roger wrote all this down furiously. "Great! How 'bout the real Ray; the Ray when he's not blading? What do you do in your spare time?"

"Hmm..."

"AND NOW, LET'S WELCOME THE TEAMS!!! THE SIBERIAN TIGERS, THE BIG BABOOSHKAS, THE DEMOLITION BOYS AND LAST YEARS CHAMPIONS-THE BLADE BREAKERS!!!

Kai turned to his team. "C'mon guys, let's get this show on the road."

The team followed Kai out of the tunnel. Another team of 'unusual' proportions ran up from behind Roger, nearly flattening him. =======================================================================

Anya: *stretches* Right, that's all I'm doing for now. Sorry everyone for such a boring return, but check out the other fic!

Kai: Hmph.

Anya: Don't see you doing any better, Kai. In fact, I don't see you doing anything.

Anime: *Spits bandages out of her mouth* WHAT DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING!? MY FIC!! MY PRECIOUS FIC!!

Kai: *drop kicks Anime's chair, sending her falling backwards* Can it, authoress, you need your rest.

Anya: *sigh* Well, you do keep Anime in check I suppose. Guess the reviews should come next.

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Mizu_Tenshi - What gave you that idea?

Ssykes4000 - You did comment on chapter 6, but it was my writing, not Anime's!

Rena - That's okay, and I'm glad that you like me.

DragonMasterEmerald - Well, not if myself and Kai have anything to do with it.

ShadowYami - Thanks for the Oreos. Kai wasn't keen on them, and I was starving; and Anime? I believe the term is 'Nil by Mouth'. Kai: Hn, if you think I feel threatened, you're wrong.