Ok, nothing much to say, new day, new chapter. I'm trying to finish the rest of the chapters as soon as I can as my O Level's almost over (when I'm writing this fic, that is!) tomorrow's the final day!!!

Tyson: Yeah, yeah...

Max: On with the fic already... I don't feel like popping up only in this section...

Ray+Kenny: Yeah.

Oh, so I'M the one to blame?! :p Serves you guys right!

TyrentFlame: Uh... sis, it's unfair to ignore the rest of the casts. I'd say you put them in more frequently from now on. Okie? ^_^+

-.-;; Yes, Ms. Editor...

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Kai didn't know why but he felt very hungry that morning and he was just about to start on a third helping when he noticed all eyes fixated on him. He pretended to ignore them and went on eating.

"Uh... Kai?" Max inquired uncertainly. Kai looked up at him. "Are you feeling all right?"

"Yeah." He replied in a matter-of-factly.

"Do you realise you just had a third helping?" Kenny asked. Kai nods.

"And that's MY standard of eating and not yours?" Tyson piped in. Kai shrugs.

"You're not sick are you?" Ray raised an eyebrow. Kai shakes head.

Everyone went silent and Kai suddenly lost his appetite when everyone stared at him like some wild beast that has just been captured which is on display in a zoo on its first day. He stopped eating.

"No, no, go ahead, Kai. We didn't mean to disturb you." Max said. "Right guys?" he asked, turning to Tyson.

Tyson went, "Oh sure! It's not everyday we see the immortal 'I-don't-have- to-eat-Kai' eat like a pig! OW!!!"

Max, Ray and Kenny looked away as they retreat their legs under the table after hitting Tyson square on the shin. Kai smirked and went on eating anyway.

"Actually boys, it's rather natural to eat more now." Dizzi suddenly blinked to life.

"Dizzi?" Kenny said.

"It's the climate. When it gets too cold, you tend to burn more fat in an attempt to keep your body warm." Dizzi replied. Somehow, as everyone was listening to Dizzi's little tutor, Kai was flushing - he had something ELSE in mind about keeping 'warm'. He suddenly wondered what she might be doing now.

His trains of thoughts were disturbed by a conversation which Ray suddenly brought up.

"The Demolition Boys will be there too..." he informed and looked at Kai, "I don't know what they're up to this time but we gotta like... practice more and improve our skills, the works." Everyone (except Kai) nodded.

"Dizzi, that's your field of expertise." Max said, turning to the plasma screen. To his surprise, (and Kenny's) Dizzi was shown to be at a virtually twisted condition. "What's the matter, Chief?" he inquired.

"I think Dizzi's breaking down... again." He said, shutting the small laptop. "She's broken down several times before as we sailed across the Atlantics. I haven't been able to find the root to the problem but my guess is it's the temperature."

"What...?" Tyson, being Tyson, just HAD to have a clearer explanation.

"What I'm saying is, Dizzi can't function in a very cold or hot place. Otherwise, her system will suffer a breakdown." Kenny explained simply.

Tyson leaned on the table, "Well, that's not much of a problem. Now, let's discuss the agenda for today, shall we?"

"You mean you're done eating?" Max teased.

Tyson waved his fist in the air, "What did I do to YOU Maxy?!"

"Hey, hey, chill..." Max laughed.

Kai was just about to excuse himself when Ray piped in. "Ok, what was it that you called all of us for, Tyson?"

"Yeah. You sounded real serious over the phone." Kenny added. Kai didn't know of this and the question showed on his face so, Kenny filled him in, "You don't know of this, Kai but Tyson called us here for a reason."

"And we're just about to find out." Ray said.

"Ok, the first one is... the Demolition Boys. Unfortunately, we don't have our trusty laptop so, we'll discuss that later. Game plan will be lead by Kai, as usual." It wasn't everyday they get a chance to see Tyson so in control and get some Beyblading business in his head rather than food for once so, everyone; including Kai; paid attention.

"Second agenda on the line will be about this sudden call my dad gave." Everyone sat up. "One thing for sure, we all know it's not some stupid pranks he cooked up out of boredom - no. BUT, I have a nagging feeling that something's not right."

"How do you mean?" Kai asked.

Tyson folded his arms, "I'm not so sure..." he replied, head down. "I'm sorry for alarming you guys over something which can be actually just nothing but... I just gotta' tell you guys that whatever it is, it's got something to do with our bit-beasts. So, I'd like all of you to keep an eye on your bit-beasts the whole time, ok?"

Everyone knitted their eyebrows. It did sound as though Tyson was simply paranoid but, there's no harm in listening to him. Besides, each and every one of them was pretty over-protective and one could even go to the extent of being obsessive on their beyblades and bit-beasts.

"Aw, don't worry about it, Tyson. You know we'd ALWAYS keep our eyes on our beyblades," Ray took out his Driger out of his pocket.

"Same here." Max beamed his usual cat-like smile.

Suddenly, Kai slapped his pocket, found it empty, stood up and ran to his cabin, leaving 4 confused beybladers on the dining table.

"I wonder where he's going in such a hurry?" Ray asked.

"Let's find out." Tyson stood up, along with the others, to follow Kai.

In his cabin, Kai didn't expect to see a cleaned room but he did. And he was sure it wasn't done by the maids. He rushed to his duffel bag and searched - not there. That was when he paniced.

"AAAHHHH!!!!" Kai yelled, throwing a tantrum. Though it surprised himself to realise he actually HAS a tantrum.

"What? What?! WHAT?!" Tyson and the others flooded in one after another, holding their Beyblade in a ready to launch position. To their surprise, Kai turned to them.

"Someone stole my Beyblade and bit-beast!!!" Everyone couldn't believe it: Ever cool Kai throwing a tantrum? What's the world coming into? Suddenly, they heard Max spoke up,

"Um... Kai, forgive me if I'm wrong. Were you with a girl last night?" he asked. Suddenly, tension filled the air as both Tyson and Ray turned to wait an answer from Kai.

'Saynosaynosaynosaynosayno...' they both chanted quietly.

Kai simply shook his head with a 'what-a-stupid-question' look - looks can be deceiving. Max put a hand behind his head.

"Really?" he asked nervously.

Tyson chipped in, "What's the big idea, huh, Max?"

"Yeah! Kai'd NEVER do ANYthing like that." Ray added hotly, shifting his gaze to Kai.

'Wanna bet?' Kai thought to himself, arms folded. But said nothing.

"What made you say that, Maxy?" Kenny asked.

Max blushed slightly, "Uh... I got a feeling this note is from a girl..." he said, holding up a note with Kai's name on it.

Kai felt like an idiot for not noticing the note sooner and quickly went over to where Max was standing to snatch it from his grip. The note was simple:

"I know you took my bit-beast. I'll hold on to yours until we reach an agreement of exchanging it. - V.D"

Kai instinctively reached to his pants' big side pocket and took out the coin-thing which saved his head from the baseball bat attack earlier that morning. It was a bit-beast.

"Hey, where'd you get that?" Tyson asked, peeking over Kai's shoulder. Kai simply shrugged.

Ray took it from him and examined the bit-beast. "It's a shark." Kai's vision wandered around the room and for the first time since he got there, noticed his Beyblade on a chair with an empty space at the bit-beast slot. He bent down to pick it up, eyes narrowed. He gritted his teeth.

'How dare she take my Dranzer... She'll pay for this...'

"... Are you listening, Kai?" Kenny asked. Kai turned to see them. "I said... WHOA!!!"

Suddenly, the ship rocked violently from side to side; throwing them to the walls; and an announcement suddenly sounded, "Attention, all passengers, this is the captain. We are now entering a bad weather zone. Please remain calm and be well tied in your cabin. Once we get out of this, we will arrive in Alaska."

The Bladebreakers quickly dashed to the safety nets on the wall and luckily, was just enough for them all to buckle up.

"I HATE boat rides!!!" Kenny whined as his sea sickness kicked in. The ship continued to rock and sway vigorously...

To Be Continued...

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Ok, that's a wrap boys!

Kenny: Man... I don't EVER wanna be in THAT situation.

Ray: You hate us that much, huh?

Don't look at me like that, Ray or I'll fall in love with you... ^___^

Kai:...

Uhm... Like I would!

Max: I think she's taking revenge on us.

Kai: How dare she take my Dranzer...

Hey, Kai, that WAS your line from up there, wasn't it? Anyway, I hope you'll read and review, everyone!

TyrantFlame: (is crying) HOW DARE YOU!!!! NO MORE HINTS OF RAYxKAI!!!!! ;_;

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