Rei: I'm baaack.

Rath: *sigh* Too much sugar... I think she had like 4 lollypops in the last hour.

Rei: . IT WAS ONLY 3!! Anywayz, thanx to my 7 reviewers. ^_^ *Pulls out Kenny* Do the Disclaimer

Kenny: Rei does not own Beyblade, or any of it's characters.

Rath: What no threat?

Rei: Yeah.. I had one all ready and everything... I was gonna say 'If you don't, I'll make Dizzi have a short circuit for a few days...'

Kenny: Oh well. On with the fanfiction.

Rei: By the way, I realize I have made some mistakes in the writing. Please try your best to make sense of them and ignore them. Most are just silly mistakes that could have been prevented, but being the lazy bum that I am, I was just too, well, too lazy. Thank you!!

Rath: By the way, Mai's bit beast, Presea is pronounced Pra-see-uh.

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"You're a team player. A save-the-day-super-hero. I hate people like you." Hiei

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Kai's POV

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I watched with mild amusement as Rei and Tyson battled. Rei was winning, since he was patient and didn't rush Tyson... Not that I can say that much for Tyson.

"Go Dragoon!!" Tyson yelled at his bit beast.

"Drigger!! Now!" Rei shouted in response to Dragoon's sudden rush.

Drigger skillfully dodged Tyson's blade and as Dragoon shot past, the tiger emerged from its blade. With a sudden burst of speed, Rei caught Tyson off guard and sent the dragon blade careening out of the dish and into the snow.

Rei grinned that seductive grin of his as he caught his blade. Tyson seemed disappointed but still kept that annoyingly cheery grin of his.

"Hey, guys, I want one of you to battle Mai. I need to get some information on her strengths and weaknesses." Kenny said.

"Alright, who's she gonna go against?" Tyson asked..

"Me." I stood and strode over to the dish, and glanced at Mai. She met my gaze evenly and judging by the look in her eyes she knew I just wanted to see battle my old training partner once again.

"Alright. Ready?" Max asked as we stationed ourselves at the edge of the dish, launchers poised, ready to send out blades flying.

"GO!" Max shouted and with a smooth, quick flick of my arm Dranzer was flying through the air. I shot a glance at my twin and saw she had done the same thing.

Her bit beast, Presea glinted in the light as it landed in the bowl. We immediately started circling, each waiting for the other to make the first move.

We used to pull this same exact stunt, in the past. Mai was patient, she could continue circling until I was dizzy. So I would have to make the first move.

I commanded Dranzer to rush at her. At the last second she dodged me.

How can she do that? She didn't used to be that fast. 'Arghhh stop living in the past!! She probably trained hard! As in improved!' I scolded myself silently.

I cursed silently as Presea charged me. "DRANZER!" I yelled, and she emerged. The red phoenix I call my bit beast. Amazing really. I'm the only one who can control her.

"Presea!" Mai said and the familiar silver wolf emerged. Graceful as ever.

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Normal POV

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Kai sent Dranzer after Presea with a flurry of attacks that would have taken any body out. But Mai was the exception. Presea was matching every attack with one of her own.

After another clash of blades and bit beasts, Presea and Dranzer were sent flying, but both landed in the dish and kept spinning.

Rei, Tyson, Max, Kenny and Dizzi watched. Each of them were speechless.

"Woah. She's good." Max managed to say as the two blades crashed again.

Neither Kai nor Mai would let up on the attacks. Neither would admit they couldn't gain the upper hand. Both sent their blade to crash into the other, only to be met by an attack of equal force. Equal. Not more, not less. And that was the exact reason why neither could win. They were equal in strength and speed.

Neither the phoenix nor the wolf would admit they were even in power. Finally, they charged with a force so great that it would have beaten Tyson, Max and Rei all at once and collided in the middle of the dish.

The force of the collision sent both bladers flying back. Kai landed and looked up in time to see his blade fly past. Mai landed with a soft grunt but never allowed her gaze to leave the dish, or what was left of the dish, and this was why she noticed her blade fly into the air. It landed beside her and she sighed.

She shot a glance at Kai who was picking up his own blade and sighed again. She didn't lose, but she didn't win either.

Kai sported that same look: the look of one trying to decide whether to be happy that they didn't lose or sad because they didn't win.

"Hey! That was amazing!" Tyson exclaimed, bouncing over.

He received a "Hn." from both the Hiwataris. Even so, Tyson kept up the compliments.

"Where'd ya learn to blade like that?" he continued.

"Same place as Kai."

Rei came over, and looked at Mai. "So your bit beast is Presea?" "Yeah." "A silver wolf..."- Rei mused.

"Man, check out the spinning velocity of Mai's blade!" Max interrupted, looking at Dizzi's screen.

Rei and Tyson looked and after much oohing and awing, Rei looked back at the dish.

"Hey, guys? I don't think we'll be able to practice much more. The dish is ruined." he stated slowly.

"Oops." Mai said under her breath.

"Yeah!" Tyson yelled, "Let's go eat lunch!!"

Kai grumbled about having to stop training so early but Mai seemed to have other ideas. Grinning, she said, "Kai, c'mon, let's go practice somewhere else."

Kai nodded and surprising enough, smiled. It was amazing enough that Mai seemed to know Kai's every thought, but she also got him to smile. Not that sly smile or a smile of victory, but a smile of happiness. 'Just like old times.' Mai thought with a smile of her own.

Rei, Tyson, Max and Kenny looked on in amazement. "Guys? Is it just me, or is Kai smiling?" Max asked uncertainly. Tyson nodded as they slowly made their way back towards the cabin.

Rei silently wished Kai would smile more often. It made his look.... well hot was one thing, but to Rei, Kai was always hot. So it made him look less predatory. It almost seemed as if that simple smile counteracted the predatory look that his blue triangles gave.

'Weird' Rei thought as he followed Tyson and Max back to the clearing in which the cabin stood.

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That afternoon

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Mr. Dickenson arrived around 6. About a hour after Kai and Mai returned. Although, they had undoubtedly trained the whole time, neither seemed tired or touched by sweat. They looked just as they had when they left.

Introductions were made between Mai and Mr. Dickenson, who was somewhat shocked that the girl he hired was not only Kai's twin sister, but a blader of equal strength. Kenny replayed the battle for him and sheepishly admitted that they had ruined the dish.

Mr. Dickenson was agreeing to pay for repairs when a knock sounded on the door.

Tyson went to answer it and came back with a group of for chattering girls. At this Rei, Max and Kenny sweat dropped.

"Hi! We were just wonderin' if it was you guys that trashed the bladin' dish." Hinoki declared.

"Yeah, that would be me. Sorry." Mai admitted.

"Wow,wow,wow,wow!Youdidthat?That'samazing!Whowereyoublading?Didyouwin?" Sakura asked, definitely very hyper at the time.

Every one sweat dropped as Mai tried to sort out the questions in her head. With a sigh Keiko stepped forward. "What she means is, it's amazing that you could ruin the dish like that. Only strong bladers could do that."

"Yeah and who were you blading?" Hinoki asked.

Mai pointed at Kai who was in the same corner as last time.

"By the way, I'm Kaede." Kaede said.

"Oops sorry, I'm Hinoki."

"Sakura!"

"Keiko."

With a smile Mai replied, "And I'm Mai."

"How come ya look like him?" Sakura asked suddenly.

"Errr. He's my twin brother."

"Oh."

By this time Kenny and Mr. Dickenson had started a quiet conversation about he upcoming tournament.

"Oooh, a tournament?!" Sakura exclaimed, hearing the Chief's words.

"Yup! We're gonna participate in a tournament in Europe in a couple months!" Tyson said, happy to brag.

"COOL!!! Will it be on T.V.?" Hinoki asked.

"Uhhhh... I think so...." Tyson supplied.

"We'll be watchin'!!" Sakura decided.

Everyone sweat dropped, except Kai and the chatter continued.

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Two hours later

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"Well boys, you should start getting ready to sleep." Mr. Dickenson said as the 4 girls left. "Why?! It's not like we gotta practice tomorrow... The dish is broken." Tyson complained.

"We can find other ways to train." Mai answered.

"Awwww, can't we relax for one day!?" Tyson whined.

"Tyson, stop complaining, you got off easy today. We had only trained for a hour when the dish was ruined." Max added.

"Whatever. I'm going to bed." Kai said indifferently.

"Yeah, me too." Mai decided.

"Fine! I'll go!" Tyson muttered.

Max giggled and followed.

Rei smiled and looked at Mr. Dickenson. "When do you think the dish'll be fixed?"- he asked.

"It should be done in a few days."- came the reply.

Rei nodded, stifled a small yawn and followed the rest of the team.

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Rei: Another chapter that has no plot besides the basic plot that I'm following, but can't tell you because that would spoil it all and I don't wanna do that.

Rath: That made no sense what-so-ever.

Rei: You're mean.

Rath: *smiles* and your point is?

Rei: errr, never mind. Just review people!! Pretty please?! Onegai?! Errr ummm.. That sux! I can only say please in 2 languages. Grrrr... For someone who can get straight A's I'm really stupid. Oh, and the quote at the beginning is something I'll start doing from now on. Hiei is the bestest..... closely followed by K'rama though. Well review minna-san!

Rath: *quietly* Yes!! 1 whole fic and I didn't get hit with anything and Rei has that damn katana on her belt but she still hasn't drawn it!! I set a new record!!!!