Ohhh groans look at the date, how long is it since i updated?

Dragon-eyes22: thanks for the review, i have sorted out the first few chapters thanks to you pointing it out, and i have slowed the tempo down slightly. and yes the name does have a significance, but you'll have to wait and see what it is!

But anyway heres chapter 10

Chapter 10

"Where is Max?" Asked Tyson looking around.

"Don't know. Maybe we should look for him…" Said Ray, "Or maybe not 'cause here he comes."

"Who am I up against?" He asked sullenly

"Ian from the Demolition boys." Said Hilary

"From the Demolition boys?" He repeated.

Max went to go but Tyson stopped him and whispered in his ear, "I know he's from the same team, but don't do anything stupid."

"Get off Tyson, I've got a match to go to." He said shaking Tyson off and going to his match.

"I'm a bit worried, I've never seen Max this fired up." Whispered Ray to Tyson.

"He's extremely pissed." Tyson replied.

"3…2….1…LET IT RIP!!"

Max launched aggressively, smashing into Ian's Beyblade before it even hit the dish, it wobbled on the end of the dish and came back in. "Go Draciel."

"Go Wyborg."

"Don't think for one minute I'm gonna give you any mercy, I won't let you take Draciel again and you'll pay for Brian hurting Mariam. Draciel, water smash!"

A small amount of water came out of his Beyblade, rotating very fast around it, creating a shield. His Beyblade smashed into Ian's, causing part of the attack ring to break off. The green Beyblade kept slamming into Ian's Beyblade. Breaking parts off.

"Wyborg, attack." Yelled Ian desperately. His bit-beast emerged and so did Max's.

"Draciel. Go!" Max's Beyblade smashed into Ian's with such force that it ended up flying out of the dish. The match was over, Ian had won, but his Beyblade had been destroyed, and the bit had been split in two.

"Wyborg?" Said Ian in disbelief, picking up the broken bit, all that was left of his Beyblade. His bit-beast disappeared before his eyes.

Max stared, at the floor. He couldn't believe what he had done, destroyed another person's bit-beast for revenge. He remembered what it was like to loose Draciel, it hurt more than anything. Like a piece of his heart had been ripped out. He couldn't believe he did it to someone after he had known what it was like.

"Ian….i'm sorry, I didn't mean to." Max stammered out. "I-"

"Save I for someone who cares." Spat Ian, walking off.

"Well since there was no winner for this match, the person that was ment to be facing the winner of this match will advance." Said the announcer.

"Max?" Said Hilary timidly, putting her hand on his shoulder.

"Get off me. Leave me alone." He said knocking her hand away and running off.

"what on earth is going on with this team lately?" said Hilary, with a sad frown shaking her head.

"Ok everyone, that's it for day one of the tournament. Tomorrow will be the concluding part." Said an announcement over the sound system

"Hey, Ray. You wanna go out for a meal tonight in the town?" Said Mariah, slightly embarrassed.

He grinned, "I thought you'd never ask. I'd love to."

"ok I'll meet you outside about seven." She smiled.

"Hey Ray." Said Mariah, dressed in a dress of her favourite colour, pink. She had put her hair down as well.

"Wow Mariah, you look lovely." Said Ray who was dressed the same as he usually did, and now felt a little underdressed.

"Thanks Ray." She said giving him a kiss on the cheek. Ray blushed and looked at the ground.

"Shall we get going then?" He said taking Mariah's delicate hand in his own, hoping she wouldn't reject him. To his relief she grasped his hand back, and he looked at her and smiled. "Umm, how are we getting there?"

"I booked a taxi silly. I did plan this evening thoroughly." Said Mariah getting into the taxi that had just pulled up at the front of the hotel, pulling Ray with her.

They got to the centre of Town and Mariah guided Ray to the restaurant when they got out of the cab.

"Where are we going Mariah?" Ray asked as they wound through the streets, he was now utterly lost as to where he was.

"Let's just say, it'll remind you of the good times." She said squeezing his hand.

She stopped outside of a Chinese restaurant, The Blue Orchid

"Ah, I see what you mean." Ray grinned, he hadn't had Chinese food in a long time, and the prospect of having a meal with Mariah gladdened his heart, it was going to be a good night.

"More practice Kai?" Said Someone from the shadows.

Kai was down by the lake practicing in the sand. It was starting to get dark now, someone joined him at his side.

"Alright?" He asked

"Mind if I join you?" Mia said.

"If you want to. But by the looks of what you did at the tournament you don't need any practice."

"Meh." She said shrugging him off and launching her Beyblade, "You can never have too much practice."

Her Beyblade sped past his and showered it with sand, just as Kai had done to Tyson the previous day.

Two little voices in Kai's head began having an argument;

Kai 1:A girl after my own heart.

Kai 2: Ahh, what am I thinking, must concentrate. No distractions!

Kai 1:But she is a good distraction….

Kai 2:Stop it now, I can't do this in a match.

Kai 1:You're not in a match, you're practicing, With Mia.

Kai 2:Shut up!

Kai 2 starts to beat up Kai 1

Kai was staring at Mia through out this time. She looked back at him, deep into his eyes.

"You know Kai, you have really nice eyes." She smiled at him

a pink tinge appeared on his face and he tried to hide it by turning the other way. Back to practice!!

He changed the subject, "What's happened to Brian?"

"He's okay now. But earlier he was scary, I just stayed out of his way. Let Tala deal with him, cause he's used to it. Man it's actually getting quite cold out here." She shivered.

"Here have this." Said Kai untying a jumper from around his waist and throwing it to her, she pulled it on. (A/n he took it out there because it was cold )

"Thanks Kai."

"um, hi. I've come to visit Mariam."

"Are you a relative?" Said the receptionist at the desk in the hospital, not looking up at Max because she was still filing her nails.

"No, I'm her boyfriend."

"Hold on, I'll get a doctor to talk to you." She picked up the phone and asked for a doctor some one to come up and see Max.

The doctor came up to Max, very sullen faced.

"What's wrong with her? Is she going to be alright?" Asked Max launching into a tirade of questions

The doctor held up a hand for him to be quiet, Max stopped immediately, "She's in a bad way. She's had a lot of internal bleeding and she had an operation. She's still unconscious at the moment."

"Will she be okay, and can I see her?" Max said quickly.

"It's touch and go at the moment. Well you can see her, but she's not in a good way."

"please, I need to see her."

"Okay I'll take you to her."

The doctor led Max the recovery ward, where Mariam was laying in a bed. Her skin was really pale, and she was covered in bandages, some of the blood had soaked through on some of them. Max tried to hold back his tears, but one managed to get through and trickle down his cheek. He sat down on a chair next to her bed and took her limp hand.

"i love you Mariam, please don't die." he said quietly