Rei: Hello!! This is my first Beyblade fic so go easy, ok?

Rath: Yeah, R+R. She doesn't like flames. Don't flame unless you want to see her take out her anger on me.... *Shudders*

Rei: It's not my fault you're so mean. *Hits Rath with computer monitor*

Rath: Owww... X__X what was that for?

Rei: *pulls out a very annoyed looking Kai. * Do the disclaimer.

Kai: Hn, why should I?

Rei: If you don't I'll make this into a Kai torture fic.

Kai: Ummmm... Neither Rei nor Rath owns Beyblade or any of it's characters.

Rei: *Happy* Thank you!!

Rath: -__- told ya she's weird...

Rei:*cuts Rath with a katana*

Rath: OWWW!! Where'd ya get that?!

Rei: It's a secret... Well, any ways on with the fic!!

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Rei's POV

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It was near 7:00 am when Tyson finally woke up and dragged us all to go eat. We were currently living in a cabin in the woods. It was set in a huge clearing, with one other cabin, which was currently empty. Mr. Dickenson brought us here to train.

A little ways over toward the edge of the clearing the cabin was in was a trail that led to a training area. It was complete with beyblade dishes and everything. The thing that caught my eye the most, other than the training camp itself, was the beautiful scenery. Trees white with snow surrounded us in every direction. The ground was white with fresh snow that had fallen last night.

I was dragged out of my thought by the sight of Tyson eating, which, as we all know, is not pretty. Tyson's probably the only one who could fit 3 pancakes in his mouth and still be able to chew.

Forcing my eyes away from the sight I studied the other team members. Kenny was typing something into his laptop, Dizzi was talking to Kenny about something, and Max was bouncing around from too much candy. Kai, on the other hand, was doing nothing. He sat in his chair arms crossed eyes closed, distant as usual.

'I wish he would open up a little, let us get close. Let me get close. Wait, where did that come from?' Shaking my head to rid myself of all those confusing thoughts I glanced around again. Mainly, at Kai.

Crimson eyes opened and studied Tyson, who was still eating. "If you're done stuffing your face, Tyson, it's time to go train." He stated simply, in his monotone voice, then he stood and stalked towards the exit. Tyson frowned, finished chewing and swallowed. Then he stuck out his tongue at the retreating captain and turned back to us muttering something about a baka captain. Mr. Sourpuss and needing a new leader.

I smiled at Tyson's immaturity and, once again, had to be the voice of reason.

"Guys, we really should go practice and Kai is our leader." 'And a really hot one at that. Wait, NO. Stop it!!!' I sat there arguing with my thoughts when Max's voice interrupted me.

"Hey, guys, before we go I need to go grab Draceil. Tyson dragged me out of bed so fast I didn't have time to grab her," he chided.

"Heh heh sorry 'bout that, I was starving." Tyson countered.

"I thought you were always starving." Kenny said to the dragon blader.

Still chuckling from Kenny's joke Max grabbed his blade and we were off.

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Regular POV

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Once outside, Rei was the only one who noticed Kai leaning against the wall of the cabin until the cold voice said, "Took you long enough." Tyson jumped about 2 feet in the air and yelled at Kai for sneaking up on him. Kai smirked, and led them off towards the training area.

* 5 hours later *

After 5, nearly non-stop, intense, hours of training, under the cold-hearted leader that went by the name of Kai Hiwatari, a grumpy Tyson, a tired Max, a sluggish Rei and a brain-dead Kenny all trudged back to the cabin. (A/N everyone is the opposite of what they usually are because they used their skills too much. Like when you think too much and your brain hurts.)

"Hey, who're they?" Tyson asked suddenly, pointing to a group of kids emptying out of a taxi.

"I'm not sure. They're probably some amateur bladers staying in the other cabin." Kenny reasoned. Tyson nodded and waved at the group who had spotted them. Soon, Max, Rei and Kenny joined in the waves and smiles. If fact, the whole Bladebreakers team, excluding their captain, of course, was waving and smiling.

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Across the Clearing

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"Who's that?" Sakura asked suddenly, nodding towards the group of tired looking teens across the clearing, heading towards the other cabin.

"I'm not sure, but I think they're the Bladebreakers-" the team leader, Keiko, was cut off as Hinoki spoke up.

"It IS the Bladebreakers! The team that won the Asian and American tournaments!"

"Yeah that one with the black hair is Rei, the master of his tiger bit beast, Drigger. The one with the blue hair is Tyson. He has Dragoon, a powerful dragon bit beast. The blonde is Max. His tortoise bit beast Draceil is a master of defense." Kaede said.

"Wow, Kaede, since when did you become such an expert on them?" Sakura teased. "But who's that anti-social guy?"

"Oh, that's Kai. His bit beast is the phoenix, Dranzer. He's supposed to be the strongest on the team. He's the team captain. That's all I know about him." Kaede offered.

"Hey, Keiko? Can we go meet them later?" Hinoki asked, knowing she could easily convince her, if need be, using her cute puppy-dog-eyes. "Ugh, all right, just don't give me those eyes!!"

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Back to the 'Heroes'

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"Hey guys! I just got an Email from Mr. Dickenson." Kenny exclaimed, interrupted the unusual peace that came with Tyson being too tired to say anything. Forgetting their weariness suddenly, Max and Tyson jumped up asking "What's it say?!" Rei looked up from his book. Kenny smiled and said "Here I'll read it out loud:

Dear: Kenny,

Please spread the news. I have entered the Bladebreakers in a tournament held in Europe. You needed another team member in order to compete so I got a temporary member.

Her name is Mai and besides that, all I know is that she is an excellent blader who will commit to the team, if only for a short time. She should arrive tomorrow morning and has agreed to immediately start training that day.

The tournament will take place in 2 months. In that 2 months you must gather data on her blading strengths and weaknesses or you will not be able to use them to her full potential in the tournament. I'll come by tomorrow afternoon to meet Mai myself. Until then, train hard.

Mr. Dickenson"

Kenny finished reading, a slightly shocked look on his face. "Hey, that's great!" Rei exclaimed. Tyson was excitedly jabbering to Max about how great it would be to get to know someone new who would be on their team. That, and how he hoped she is cute.

Kai seemed to give no reaction to the news whatsoever so Rei decided to try to get him to talk.

"Hey, Kai! Isn't that great?!" "Hn. Whatever." was the only reply. Rei sighed inwardly, but then again, he hadn't really expected anything more. Tyson, however, seemed to think Kai he could force Kai to talk.

"Hey Mr. Sour pants. You're the team captain! You have to think something about getting a new member!" "Shut up, Tyson." "Not until you tell us how you feel about the new member."

And so the War of Words began, -- and ended. "Fine, if she's any good, I'm thinking about replacing you. Happy now?"

Tyson was obviously NOT happy but he had said he'd back off if Kai told them how he felt. And whether it was true or not, Kai had told them....

At that moment a knock sounded on the door and Rei went to answer it. Opening the door he was greeted by a group of girls whom he reconized as the girls staying in the other cabin.

"Umm. Hi?" Rei said, wondering why they were here. "Hi!" one of the girls replied.

"Uhhh, come in?" Rei continued uncertainly. The girls happily complied and Rei led them to where everyone else was. Startled by the sudden visitors, Tyson and Max got up off the floor, where they had been wrestling for some unknown reason. Tyson shot Rei a 'you-could-have-warned-me-so-I-didn't-make-a-fool-of-myself' look before looking at the girls.

There were 4 girls, one looked young, almost 12 or 13 at most, with light brown hair and innocent amethyst eyes. Another looked older, but not by much, and had black hair and chestnut eyes. The third was the oldest looking, more so because she seemed more mature, less star stuck and less, well, less hyper than the others. The fourth was calmer than the first two, but still very energetic. She had dark brown hair and sparkling emerald green eyes.

"I'm Sakura Kimura. Nice to meet ya!" the youngest exclaimed suddenly.

"Hinoki Kitahara!" the slightly older one announced.

"Kaede Matsumoto here!" the the calm yet still energetic one proclaimed.

"Keiko Mihara." The oldest one said quietly.

The group of girls and the Bladebreakers, minus the silent Kai, struck up a conversation almost immediately. And it lasted for hours into the night.

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Rei: Review!!

Rei Kon: Hi!! *smiles* Its official! This is a me/Kai fic. Rath wanted it to be a me/Mai fic but how can it be if me and Kai think of each other like that??

Rath: Hn. Both of you suck and I hate you.

Rei Kon: *hits Rath with Drigger*

Rei: *slashes Rath with katana*

Rath: Urrrk.. x_x No fair!! You two are armed!!

Both Reis: *smiles innocently*

Rei: Reviews are much appreciated!! Flame if you want, but I'll just use them to light torches to hit Rath with.. I don't think she'll like that very much.....

Rath: Grrrrrrrr