Chapter 6: A Friendly and Unfriendly Meeting

Disclaimer: I still don't own beyblade, and hate disclaimers...

And Sora is NOT A MARY SUE!!! In fact, I may write a tragic past for her someday, but it's technically not my character...

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They rushed into the lobby, Luke in the lead. "SO WHERE IS HE???" He shouted.

"Who said it was a he?"

They turned and saw a familiar face. Kai smirked knowingly. "Hey, Sora."

"Good to see you, Kai. You owe me a re-match."

"Any time."

"I see you've already met young Sora here," Mr. Dickenson said.

"Oh, we've met, all right," Frank replied, dangerously calm.

"Don't be sore losers. After all, we ARE on the same team. In fact... I could probably help you improve a bit."

"IMPROVE?!? Why, you...!" Two pairs of hands instinctively held Luke back. "LEMME GO!! She wants to be on our team, and she can't say anything good about it!"

"Luke," Kai warned, shooting him an icy glare.

Luke stopped flailing helplessly, and Frank and Fred released him.

/This is going to be a long day,/ Kai thought wearily.

~~1 month later~~

"Alright, the order is Fred, Frank, Luke, me, and Sora," Kai told his team.

"Fine," Sora replied.

"Hmmph," Luke grunted, turning away from Sora.

"Fine with me," Frank answered. Fred nodded in agreement.

"Then let's practise. We still have 3 days before the tournament starts," Kai announced, despite the fact it had already grown dark.

They nodded in agreement, and went out to the practise dish, which was just a basic dish that had been built by the hotel they were staying in. Kai called, "Fred, Luke."

Both boys stepped up. They launched and both blades automatically went on the offensive. They crashed against each other just as Fred ordered, "Metal ball defence!"

Dragoon was knocked out of the dish, hard and fast. "Aw, NO WAY!!"

Kai called, "Sora!" Sora stepped up to the dish. Fred picked up his blade for another battle. They prepared to launch.

Just then, three figures shot out of the bushes. They were clothed in black, and Kai thought they had a resemblance to the one he saw near his house. Kai glared. "What do you want?"

"So... you're Kai," the tallest one said. He seemed to be the leader.

"What, you don't remember me? You WERE spying on me," Kai replied coldly.

"Oh, you mean HIM. He failed to do his task. He has been... removed."

"Look, what the hell do you want? We're busy," Kai snapped.

"So are we, Kai, so... are we."

"What do you want?"

"You are the last."

"Last?"

"Yes... die!" They all swiftly pulled out launchers and launched at Kai. Only one person's reflexes saved Kai. Sora's blade did an swift knocking down of all three blades, sloppy compared to her normal precision.

"Not bad," the leader said.

They all glared at him. "What's your problem?" Frank questioned.

"Our problem... is you," the leader replied, pointing at Kai.

"What do you want from me?"

"All in good time, Kai. All in good time..."

"Aw, get lost, losers!" Luke yelled.

"Maybe we should... but..."

"I know," Kai cut him off. "You'll be back, right?"

"Hey, how'd he know?" One of the black-clothed people asked.

"Lucky guess," the other one muttered.

"Silence!" the leader ordered.

They both fell silent. One of the followers pulled an object out of his pocket, and threw it to the floor. The Bladebreakers stared at it.

"You idiot!" The other one screamed. "Wrong one!"

"Well, SOR-RY! You were the one that was supposed to refill it!"

"Don't go blaming this on me! It's your fault!"

He took a few steps to stand directly in front of him. "Oh, really?"

"Yeah!"

He threw a hard punch at the other guy's head, but it hit the leader's palm. "What do you think you're doing?!?"

"Sorry, sir," they both apologised.

The first follower picked up the object on the ground, and pulled out another one. He threw it to the floor. Smoke surrounded them. The Bladebreakers coughed, but the smoke cleared after a minute. All three of the figures appeared to be halfway through their escape.

The second follower exclaimed, "I told you we should have brought the bigger one!"

"Yeah, uh-huh... You may have pockets the size of the Grand Canyon, but I don't!"

The leader cut off the other's reply. "You two disgrace the name of evil! Forget the smoke, let's just get out of here."

The first one started, "Not as dramatic, or evil, but-"

The other cut in, "Whatever you say, boss!"

They walked calmly away from the Bladebreakers. They scratched their heads.

Luke asked, "What was that all about?"

"Dunno," Frank replied.

"They're weird," Daniel said.

"I guess," Fred agreed reluctantly.

"Whatever. Just forget about them. Let's get back to training," Kai ordered.

"Alright," they responded. Fred stepped up to the dish again.

Kai called, "Sora!"

They looked around. "Hey," Frank asked, "where's Sora?"

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Please review! Oh, and the smoke scene thing, that was just sort of for a laugh, you know.