Well here's the third chapter of my fic and it's really long so it might take a while for you to read it. Thanks to Tru-Lone-Wolf for reviewing my work I appreciate it Anyway on with chapter 3….

Chapter 3

The coach pulled up in front of the house around twelve. The Bladebreakers had agreed to give Mia and Katrina a lift to the hotel. They boarded the coach, Kai took his usual seat at the back, Tyson, Kenny, Ray, Hilary and Katrina and Max sat together. Mia sat just behind. They were all talking except Kai (surprise, surprise) who was listening to his music. After Katrina began to flirt outrageously with Max, who looked slightly uncomfortable to say the least, conversation began to lag. Mia stood up and walked to sit next to Kai.

Tyson laughed, "Give it twenty seconds and she'll be back. Kai hates anyone sitting next to him."

Twenty seconds passed and Mia didn't return. Tyson looked slightly sheepish.

"Looks like Kai's made a new friend." Dizzi beeped from Kenny's laptop.

"Kai, and Mia sitting in a tree." Sang Tyson, before stopping when Hilary hit him

"Tyson leave them alone. You know Kai never usually makes friends. It's really sweet." She said

"Well it's about time Kai stopped being an ice block." Said Dizzi.

"I can still hear you!" called Kai from the back.

Everyone chuckled quietly, not wanting Kai to hear them.

They arrived at the hotel car park an hour later. Max had relaxed slightly around Katrina and had found he got on pretty well with her. Tyson, as usual, had fallen asleep and Hilary had to shout at him to wake him. Kai and Mia had not moved and Kai looked unusually content with his current company.

The departed the bus and took their bags from the boot. Max offered to take Mia's because she was still suffering from a twisted ankle. To the surprise of everyone Kai told Mia to lean on him, so she could get in quicker. She gratefully accepted while Tyson began singing, "Kai and Mia…" again, before a cold glare from Kai silenced him and a look from Mia suggested that she was going to hit him again if he continued.

From the outside the 'sunrise hotel' looked nothing special, but inside it was very luxurious. It had a swimming pool, gym, Jacuzzi, sauna and sports hall, as it was part of a sports complex. The Bladebreakers looked around in awe at the entrance hall. It was large and carpeted in royal blue. In the center was a large ornate fountain, there was a grand staircase at one side leading upstairs and the reception desk at the other. The woman at the reception desk smiled and asked them to come over.

"Can I have your names please." she said with a smile that looked a little forced.

"Us six are the Bladebreakers." Said Kenny pointing out his team.

"Okay." Said the receptionist typing out something on her computer. "You are in rooms, 121, 122 and 123." She handed them the keys. "Third floor, and down the corridor to the end. Leave your bags down here and I'll get someone to bring them up for you."

"We're the Red dragons." Said Katrina, pointing at herself and Mia.

"Room 119, same place. I've already given your key to your teammate.

"Kai I can walk now if you want." Mia said to him

"I don't mind." Kai grunted. Which cause many a raised eyebrow. Kai had never acted like this before.

Kai helped Mia to the lift and pressed the button. Tyson made to follow but Kenny stopped him.

"Uh-uh Tyson, all of you have to take the stairs. You need to get into shape. All of you do." He said making for the stairs. Max and Ray followed without complaining.

"Hey! Why do I have to walk this is so unfair. Kai gets to go in the lift!" He protested and followed after Kenny.

"Well Kai is helping, and he's much fitter than you" Kenny called back

He arrived at the top of the stairs huffing and puffing, well after everyone else. Kai, Mia and Katrina were standing near the lift, there rest of the Bladebreakers were leaning on the railing at the top of the stairs.

"Come on Tyson, you're such a wimp." Hilary laughed at him

"Yeah, yeah. At least I'm not lazy like Kai" Tyson said in-between gulping in huge quantities of air.

Kai gave him another icy stare.

"Right lets get into the rooms." Said Ray who led the way down the corridor. Everyone followed with Tyson bringing up the rear, still tired from his little exercise. Kenny unlocked the door to one of the bedrooms. It was huge, there were two single beds in the room; a Sky television; an en-suit bathroom with a large bath, shower and toilet; a large wardrobe; and a massive window that had a view of a lake. The other two rooms were much the same. Tyson declared that he was going to share with Max, and Kenny said that he was happy to share with Hilary. Which left Ray and Kai sharing.

While everyone was looking at the rooms, Kai had helped Mia get to her room. Katrina knocked at the door. A boy answered. He was the same height as Kai, he had Blonde hair that was spiked up with gel. He was quite good looking. His blue eyes lit up when he saw Mia, and he smiled.

"Are you alright? Are you hurt?" He said quickly. Then his gaze fell onto Kai and gave him a really Icy stare. "Who is this?"

"Kai meet Matt my team mate. Matt this is Kai, part if the Bladebreakers and a guy who just happened to be around at the right time." She smiled at Matt but he didn't return a smile instead he stared at the fact that Kai had his arm round Mia.

Oh Matt's jealous, thought Katrina, she turned round as she heard someone coming, And here comes the loving brother, Kai's really for it now.

"Mia? What's wrong?" There was a voice that was instantly recognized by Kai, and it didn't belong to anyone he liked. Kai turned his head and confirmed his thoughts. It was Tala.

"I'm fine Tala, just a little accident." She said to reassure him. Tala looked and saw Kai. He gave a look that, at the least, he was not at all happy to see Kai.

"Hiwatari?" he said with as much disgust as humanly possible. "What have you done to my sister?"

"Your sister?" breathed Kai quietly, then he realized that was who Mia looked like; Tala.

"He didn't do anything." Said Mia, sticking up for Kai, which surprised him because no-one usually stuck up for him.

"Whatever, it wouldn't surprise me that the accident was his doing." He spat, "Anyone around him usually gets hurt." He brought himself right up to Kai's face, "If you ever, ever touch my sister again, you are dead."

He shoved Kai backwards causing him to become sprawled on the floor in a very undignified manner, took Mia's arm and walked her into the room, slamming the door behind him.

The Bladebreakers all went back into their rooms not wanting Kai to know they had seen. Kai walked into his room that he was sharing with Ray.

"Ummm, Kai," Began Ray but was cut off.

"Just leave me alone Ray." Kai snapped as he sat on his bed and fell backwards. He shut his eyes and closed himself off from the rest of his team. Ray sensing Kai wanted to be alone left the room and went into Tyson's and Max's.

"is Kai Ok?" Hilary asked as the room had become the central meeting place.

"Just the same as normal. But he looked a bit depressed." Said Ray

Tyson had been reading a booklet about the competition., and had just finished.

"This tournaments kinda weird." He said frowning

"How so?" Kenny asked.

"Well as well as Beyblading challenges they have physical challenges. Like they want to assess you in your best sport. And they want to time you in either cross country run or swimming. And then they have giant inflatable games. As well as speed, attack, defense and endurance challenges."

"The giant games are for fun it says Tyson," said Kenny holding up the booklet. "And there's a formal party thing at the end. 'a congratulatory party for the competitors where the results are read out.'" He quoted from the book.

"Oh, swish! So what's first? I mean which part of the competition" Said Max excitedly

"Well there's a welcome event that's on today, then tomorrow there's the assessment of your sport."

"Sport? I don't have a sport?" Max said worriedly. "If you don't count Beyblading."

"Um, I'm not really sure what you could do Max. Maybe, soccer?" Kenny suggested

"Yeah I kick major butt at soccer." Said Max cheerily

"Tyson you can do your marshal-arts. Ray, You could probably do some badminton I've seen you play before. And Kai, well Kai can figure out his own thing." Said Kenny typing on his computer.

"Ray plays badminton? I didn't know that." Tyson said raising his eyebrows

"Found I had a knack for the sport ever since I moved from China. I've beaten Kenny on many occasions."

"Moving swiftly on…Ah! The welcome event starts in five minutes!" Kenny yelled chucking down the booklet.

Kenny rushed from the room. Followed by the rest of the team with Ray bringing up the rear. Ray knocked on the door of his room.

"Kai, we're going to the welcome event, do you want to come?"

There was no answer so Ray took it as a case of Kai not wanting to come. He ran off in the direction the rest of his team had taken.

Kai sat in the room thinking after Ray had left.

It made sense that Mia was Tala's sister, she looked like him and she bladed like him. But what Kai didn't get was why Tala hated him so much. He knew that there might be a little bit of resentment because of last year, when he had taken over the demolition boys because of instructions from his grandfather. And it wasn't like he had actually done anything with Mia to make Tala be so protective.

Kai sat up his head still very bogged down with thoughts. He looked through the information booklet on the small coffee table and noted the times. He decided to go for a walk. The sun was shining and reflected off the lake into Kai's eyes as he walked around it. The scenery was beautiful. The light shimmering off the lake was casting light patterns on the trees around the edge of the lake. There was a wind blowing that caused small waves to break on the shore by Kai's feet. As he walked he stared at the floor watching the tiny waves washing over his feet. He looked up as someone called his name. He searched around for the source of the voice, but didn't find it until the voice called again. Katrina was standing by the side of the lake just ahead of Kai.

"Mia wanted me to find you."

"Right." Was all that Kai said, Katrina carried on

"She says sorry about Tala, and that he's only over protective because their parents died. She didn't want to come to see you herself because of what Tala might do. What he might do to you. She seems to care enough for you to see that you don't get hurt. That's all I wanted to say." She turned and left leaving Kai even more confused than he already was. He began walking again after a while back towards the hotel, planning to go to the welcome event.

At the entrance to the conference suite, where the welcome event was taking place, the woman from reception that morning was taking names and telling people where to sit.

"Name?" She said to Kai

"Kai Hiwatari, from the Bladebreakers." He answered. The woman ticked him off from the list, then pointed out where the rest of the team were sitting around a round table. Kai walked up to them and sat down. Most of them were not surprised to see Kai as he usually turned up out of the blue like this, but Tyson didn't look to happy.

"What is your deal Kai? You think you can just turn up out of the blue like that all of the time. It's not fair on us, why the hell are you even on this team if you don't want to be on it." He pounded his fist on the table.

"Tyson that was a little unfair." Said Kenny intervening before there was a fight.

Kai sat there quietly not saying anything. It was his way not to get involved in fights. Someone interrupted before there was anymore fighting.

"Hey Ray, long time no see." Said Mariah

Ray looked in disbelief, It was his former team-mate Mariah surrounded by the rest of her team the white tigers. Ray's heart leapt, he had not seen Mariah in a very long time, and he thought she had grown even more beautiful.

"Mariah? It's great to see you." He said still in shock.

"Hey Ray." She smiled at him.

The rest of the white tigers greeted him too. Ray excused himself and went to sit with the white tigers. Kai looked around the room, there weren't many teams he knew. But he spotted someone he knew.

"King and Queen? What are they doing here?" Kai growled. He had a score to settle with them, a while ago they had completely trashed his Beyblade.

"Right settle down." Said a man who had just stepped up to the front. He was a tall man with greying hair, his eyes were black and his face was very pointed. They guy gave Max the creeps. The room hushed as everyone found a seat. "Hello my name is Mr. Raine. Welcome to England and the ranking competition. Special welcome goes to our Reigning world champions, the Bladebreakers." He nodded in their direction. Tyson waved as heads turned in their direction. "As you know this event not only tests your Beyblade skills but your physical skills as well. Today is the day to relax, you can use any of the facilities here and there is a map on your table. Tomorrow the physical tests begin. You will need to pick a sport that you are good at, and tell us at the end. Then you will either partake in either swimming or running." Many groans arose from the crowd, the loudest of all being from Tyson. "The next day you will have the morning off then the Beyblade tests will begin that afternoon, you will have a practical and theory test. Then that evening your scores will be calculated and read out to you along with your rankings at the party. More about that tomorrow. If you want to use the Beyblade practice room you have to book with me. Now, you can find all the information you need in the packs in your room, or alternatively you can come and find a member of staff. I just need team captains to come and sign in at the front with their team's chosen sports for tomorrow. Dinner will be served at seven in the dining hall."

He stopped speaking and the room filled with an immediate babble. Team leaders rose and went to the front. Kenny told Kai what sports they were doing, and Kai went to the front.

"Hello Kai." Said Ozuma of the saint shields.

Kai nodded his head in greeting, not wanting to talk much. Kai went to the desk and gave in the information.

"We're going to go to the pool Kai, you wanna come?" Max asked him

"Yeah sure." He answered

"Didn't think so. Hey wait a minute, you said yes." Tyson

"Of course I did." Was Kai's only reply, Tyson stared at him open mouthed. Kai was definitely acting very strangely. It's because of that girl! Thought Tyson

Well it was a long chapter ne? It took so long to write as well. I'll put chapter 4 up soon and please review.

Thanks Emma-Chan