~*~ Troubled Waters ~*~

~*~ Chapter Two: Something familiar ~*~

Kon Residence:

"RAY!! Hurry up. Honestly, you're gonna be late for you're plane." Said Mrs. Kon. "Nope mom, don't worry, that's Tyson's specialty." Ray answered smirking.

"Oh honestly Ray." Said his aunt Marina. In Ray's house lived him his parents and his Aunt Marina. His Aunt Marina was his mom's best friend. But after she had married his gave birth to a baby girl and she had divorced her husband cause of some reason Ray never knew. Though Ray secretly had a crush on this girl his Aunt gave birth to. He had once heard her and his mom talk about them planning him and Marina's daughter's wedding if Marina was still with her husband. Marian always had wanted Ray to fall in love with her daughter, but she knew it was impossible, since she lived so far away and her daughter didn't even know she was alive.

Ray smiled at Marina. Even though she was his mom's best friend he liked to call her his aunt. He quickly grabbed his bandana and slid down the railing of the stairs, at the bottom of the stairs he nearly gave his butler a heart attack. The Kons were very rich. All the Blade Breakers were actually, since they went to the most expensive school in Japan.

"Ray come-on!! Hurry up." Called his dad honking the from the car. Ray jumped of the railing and grabbed a toast and made his way out of the doors to the steps of the Manor towards his dad's sports car. Which was pretty cool, for a dad that is. He turned around and saw Marina and his mom waving. Marina's light red colored hair fell from her bun and on her shoulder. Her bright yellow eyes shined proudly and her pale skin was as pale as ever. Ray waved back.

"Come-on dad. Step on it. Or else Kai will kill me." He said as he jumped on to the car. His dad smirked. "Okay, okay. Chill." He answered.

~*~

SCHRECH! A grand black limo made its stop on the airport of Japan. A blue haired teen around his teens came out of it. Kai Hiwatri looked around to look for his teammates. 'Uhgg! Where are they?" he thought.

"Kai!" He grandfather Voltaire exclaimed.

"Yes grandfather." He answered through clenched teeth.

"Good Luck. And remember you must win no matter what. Wining is what you are for. Don't disappoint me boy." He said as he got back in the limo and it drove off. Kai glared and went to look for his good for nothing teammates.

~*~

"WHERE THE HECK IS TYSON!!!!" screamed Kenny. All the blade breakers were inside the plane except for Tyson that is. Yep, you've guessed it. He was, as usual, … late.

"Remind me to buy that guy his one thousand seven hundred and sixty ninth watch." Said Max sighing as he sat down.

"Oh, come-on guys. He hasn't let us down, YET." Said Ray as he sat beside Kai. Kai was on his seat still staying quite.

"He have to leave now." Said one of the air hosts.

"Oh, no." Kenny panicked.

"Don't worry Kenny. I'm sure young Tyson is on his way." Said Mr. Dickinson. They were about to close the plane door when they heard a voice.

"HOLD THE DOOR!!" Tyson screamed as he entered the plane and everyone stared at him.

"Sorry grandpa had trouble waking me up." He said as he sat beside Max. As the plane took off there was a rather loud tantrum on it heard?

"AHH!! I FORGOT MY TOOTHBRUSH!!" Tyson screamed.

~*~

Mariah stepped on the grounds of Canada. It was pretty hot, but it was beautiful. She smelled the fresh air. She heard Melody sigh behind her. Harmonica screamed.

"OHMYGOD!! It's beautiful." Harmonica screamed. Emily rolled her eyes, and Hillary nearly looked like she wanted to kill Harmonica.

"Yes, I'm back to home sweet Canada." Harmonica said. Melody tried to calm Harmonica down only getting pissed of her.

"WOULD YOU SHUT UP!!" Melody screamed, angry rising in her eyes. Mariah shook her head annoyingly. Mariah suddenly caught sight of another beyblade team and… Mr. Dickinson! Mariah suddenly forgetting her teammates ran over to the other team and Mr. Dickinson. She ran over to him pushing past a boy she didn't notice and slightly brushing past him.

"Mr. Dickinson!" Mariah exclaimed as she hugged the old man. "Why Mariah dear." He said laughing slightly. "Where is Mrs. Davealion?" He asked the pink haired girl.

"Well she said she was gonna be here already and help with the tournament. That's what you get for having the member of BBA for a sponsor." She said giggling. 

"Where are Melody, Emily, Harmonica, and Hillary?" He asked. "Oh, fighting. Harmonica got hyper and Melody lost her cool." She said sighing.

~*~

As Ray was walking towards his team with his luggage a girl brushed past him. His eyes widened. She was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. She had long light pink hair, big cat like eyes, and pale skin. She really was pretty. She wore a white tank top and white baggy shorts, with white sandals. He stood at the same spot he had when she went past him. She went over and hugged Mr. Dickinson daughterly. He heard the word Mariah. 'Must be her name.' He thought. "Mariah" he repeated softly and quietly, the name came out automatically and naturally. As if it was made to be said by him. But there was rather something familiar about her.

~*~ 

Mariah called her teammates over to her. They came up to her and The Blade Breakers. "Hello I'm Emily, their data keeper." Emily said smiling.

"Em's let us introduce us to them first." Said Harmonica smiling. Hillary rolled her eyes.

"Hey, we are the Eliminators." She said rather in a bossy sort of way. Tyson snickered. "Think its funny do you. No needs to know whom YOU are. Why of course the show offing Blade Breakers." Hillary answered rather nastily.

"Uh... Don't mind Hillary. She's just upset." Said Emily. Max smiled warmly at her. "Anyways, let me do the introduction." Max said as Mr. D went off to find Melody who was checking for their luggages.

"We are the Blade Breakers. I'm Max, this is Tyson, that's Kenny, that's our master, I mean leader Kai, chill Kai joking. And that's Ray." He said smiling.

Mariah's eyes fluttered at the name Ray. She finally noticed the silent, quite, mysterious raven-haired boy standing beside Kai. To her he was breath taking for some odd reason. He wore baggy black pants and a tight white sleeve-less shirt. But there was rather something familiar about him. Ray caught her looking at him and she quickly turned away.

"I'll introduce for us. I'm Emily, that's Hillary, Harmonica, she's rather hyper, and that's Mariah, where is our boss?" Emily asked.

"Mr. Dickinson is getting her." Hillary answered huffing. "Hey you guys!" said a cheery voice. They turned around and saw Melody laughing along with Mr. Dickinson.

"Hey, Melody." Mariah said. Melody walked past Kai without noticing him but as soon as she went past him and slightly brushed past she looked up at him. Their eyes met, chocolate brown verses mahogany. They didn't care about the world around them. Their teammates were talking and noticing about their captains' one slight bit. Everything became a blur. They only looked at each other's eyes for the longest time.

~*~

'Melody.' Kai thought as the pink haired girl called. 'Nah, it couldn't be. Not her, oh please not her.' He thought begging. 'Anyone but her.' He finally decided to look up as someone brushed past him. The feeling was something familiar. He looked, and there in front of him was none other than Melody Malfoy. He couldn't believe it, his worst nightmare was right in front of him. His face paled as he looked into her eyes.

~*~

As Melody brushed past someone she looked up. The feeling was so familiar. She looked up and was met by familiar mahogany eyes. "Hey Kai, wasup dude?" The guy she knew as Tyson asked. 'Kai.' She repeated in her mind. Her face paled. Her worst nightmare was coming back to haunt her. 'Oh-no' she thought. 'This can't be happening.

- Anime4u2 ^_~

To be continued….