Chapter 2: Meet the competition
The Bladebreakers were in their hotel. They were having their first day in Finland. It was only 16:21 pm. Since they left Japan at night in Japanese time. The Bladebreakers had a bit of a jetlag, but they were not so tired. They had just met a mysterious beyblade team called the Kalevalans that appeared to be extremely strong bladers. Tyson had lost his first match as the world champion to Rio and his Hawkor bit beast. Kai tied against Karl and his Ursor beast.
"I wonder what kind of rules the tournament has. Finland is a pretty different country." Max said, sitting on a chair in their hotel room.
"Dizzi just checked on it. I'll show you Max." Kenny said. They were both sitting next to a table. "I read that the Finnish tournament rules are that each team has three bladers battle another three blader in a one, one-on- one match. Only the teams with the most victories go to the top, from where all of the top team members battle at the same time. The team with the most surviving beyblades is the winner." Kenny explained.
"Sounds like fun." Tyson said as he also listened.
"But there is one more thing to keep in mind. The teams that lose must go through two tournaments next year to get a chance to become world champions again. Meaning if we lose, we lose our title as champions and must go through two tournaments again. The victorious team then just waits for the next championships in this country." Kenny explained again.
"Oh man. I don't think I can go through that. I think we shouldn't enter." Tyson said in a cowardly way.
"Are you chickening out?" Kai asked, laying on one of the beds. "That would be pretty dumb. The world champions should always go against any challenge. Even if it means losing our title."
"He's right Tyson. And it's too late to back out. We have already been signed up." Ray reminded.
"Well, sorry guys. I just have a bad feeling if we have to go against the Kalevalans. You saw how incredible they were." Tyson said.
All the Bladebreakers saw a flashback when Dragoon battled Hawkor and when Dranzer fought against Ursor.
"Hey, Tyson. I know it sounds scary. But it's not like we're going to become bad bladers. If we lose we just travel around the world again and fight whatever team wins this tournament." Max said.
"How about if we go outside again. It's boring in here." Ray spoke up.
"Yeah. I wish the tournament would start already." Tyson said, putting his shoes on.
The Bladebreakers went outside.
"So what do we do here Ray?" Max asked Ray.
"I haven't really thought about that yet." Ray said, scratching the back of his head.
"Hey, look over there." Max pointed at two kids on the other side of the sidewalk.
One of the kids wore a green coat, blue jeans, a white headband with a blue line in its middle and black biker gloves. His hair was light brown and he had cool anime eyes. (Like Tala's.) There was a taller kid too. He wore a blue coat, black winter pants and a white winter hat. There was a small beyblade arena on a cardboard box in their middle. They both had their shooters ready. The one in blue clothing had a white shooter with a blue ripcord and it had a silver colored beyblade attached to it. The taller kid had a shooter colored like a soldier's fatigues and had a green ripcord and the beyblade attached to it was greenish brown.
"Ready Mike?" The boy in blue clothing asked?"
"I'm ready Rio." The taller kid said.
"Let it rip!" They both said loud.
"Yo! Rio!" Tyson called out from the other side of the street.
Rio and Mike halted their beyblade launches. Tyson and the others walked to the two kids.
"Oh. Tyson. What are you doing here?" Rio asked.
"We came outside from our hotel. There isn't anything to do around here." Max said.
"Well, where is your hotel?" Mike asked
"Right there." Tyson said as he pointed at their hotel.
"So you're staying in the same hotel as us?" Rio asked.
"You mean you guys don't live in Helsinki?" Ray asked the two.
"No. Well, technically I live near here." Mike said.
The kids stopped their conversation as a minivan taxi parked in front of the hotel. After the taxi drove away, there were four kids standing on the sidewalk. They didn't look Finnish at all. They all wore brown, Chinese robes.
"So that's our hotel?" Said a boy with black hair and his voice sounded a bit more like an adults. "A bit too high class for my taste, but it'll have to do."
"Hey, Ray. Aren't those the White tigers?" Max asked Ray.
"You're right. Hey, Lee! Over here!" Ray called out and waved to his former teammates.
"Hey look guys. It's Ray." Kevin said.
The White tigers went up to the Bladebreakers.
"I didn't know you guys have entered." Ray said surprised.
"I guess we didn't tell you that our team was counted in the best results." Mariah said.
"What have you been doing for these two months?" Tyson asked the team
"We've been improving again." Gary said.
"That's good to know. I don't know how improved skills you'd have to have if you go against the Kalevalans." Tyson said.
"The who?" Lee asked.
"The Kalevalans. Their this country's star players." Ray said.
"How do you know about them?" Kevin asked curiously.
"Two reasons." Tyson started. "One, we met and battled them yesterday. And two, two of them are standing right here." Tyson said and turned his head to where Rio and Mike were standing.
"Hi. I'm Rio and this is Mike." Rio introduced.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Lee and these are Mariah, Gary and Kevin." Lee introduced.
The White tigers and the two members of the Kalevalans shook hands. Karl and Ann came up to the group.
"Karl, Ann. Where have you two been?" Mike asked.
"I was at the town square and Karl slept in again." Ann said.
"Again? That's the third time this week." Rio said.
Karl's left eye twitched.
"It's all a lie I tell you!" Karl finally said loudly.
The Bladebreakers and the White tigers felt like laughing.
"Oh, the Bladebreakers. And who are these?" Ann asked.
"We're the White tigers. I'm Mariah. Nice to meet you." Mariah greeted Ann.
"I'm Ann. And now I remember your team. You guys are my favorite team." Ann said.
"I'm Lee."
"I'm Gary."
"I'm..."
"I know, you're Kevin. Nice to finally meet you guys." Ann said.
Kevin blushed a bit.
"How do you guys like Finland?" Rio asked Lee.
"It feels like a nice country, but we haven't really gotten to see much." Lee said.
"I hope we can battle each other at the tournament. I'm always excited about blading against expert beybalders." Karl said.
"Hey look. Another taxi's, heading this way." Max said.
Max was right. Another minivan taxi parked in front of the hotel. The kids tried to see that who were in the taxi, but the sunshine reflected the sky onto the taxi's windows. When the taxi drove off, there were three teenage boys, a younger girl and woman in her early thirties stood on the side. The teenagers wore light purple jackets with the letters BBA in the back and the woman wore a brown fur coat. The teenagers were all holding sports equipment. They also had some little luggage.
"The All starz." Tyson said.
"Mom! Over here!" Max called out.
"Hello Max." Max's mother said.
Max's mother and the All starz walked up to the Bladebreakers and the White tigers.
"Well, we seem to keep running into each other nowadays." Michael said.
"You got that right." Tyson said. "I didn't know the All starz entered." Max said to his mom.
"Well, we have good a good amount of points to enter and we never back out from a match." Max's mother said.
"How have you guys been doing?" Michael asked Lee.
"We're doing fine. We've been improving our beyblade skills for this tournament." Lee said.
"I hope Mariah and Emily will get along this time." Max said in a joking way.
"Emily?" Rio thought to himself.
"Well I don't like to be called a small potato." Mariah said a bit annoyed.
"That was a joke, get it." Emily said.
"Oh no, not again." Kevin said, looking that the two girls already stopped talking to each other.
"Who are those four guys standing behind you?" Eddie asked Tyson.
"Let us introduce ourselves." Rio said and continued. "We're the Kalevalans. I'm Rio; I'm the captain of this team. He's Mike, he's the brains of the team. This is Karl. He's normally our starter in beybattles. And she's Ann."
"Hmm. Rio? Are you familiar with some kid whose name is Rio Asp?" Michael asked.
"Asp? That's my last name!" Rio said confused.
"Wait a minute Michael. Are you saying that HE is the Rio Asp we knew?" Emily asked.
"It's possible. He does look a little like him. From those biker gloves, the headband and those blue eyes." Michael said.
"Rio, do you really know those two?" Ann asked.
"Don't recall. Let me think." Rio said.
(Flashback)
An eight-year old Rio lost a beybattle to a kid the same age. Rio's kneeling down on his blade that flew out of the small arena.
"Ha! Told you I'd win. And you just say you're good and great since you come from another country." The kid who beat Rio said.
"You should know you forced me to challenge you. I have only been beybattling a year, that doesn't make me the best." Rio said. "And the other reason was that you want my beyblade."
"That's right, now hand it over." The kid said.
"Never!" Rio said and pocketed his beyblade. Two other kids grabbed Rio and punched him on the stomach. The bully took Rio's beyblade and pushed him on the ground. A boy wearing a baseball cap, green shorts and a blue t-shirt walks up to Rio who's still sitting on the ground. The boy had reddish hair and was two years older than Rio.
"You ok?" The boy asks.
"No. That jerk forced me to beybattle him and now he took my beyblade. I've had that thing since last year. It was a gift to me and now I lost it." Rio said looking down on the ground.
"That guy always forces other kids to a battle. Say, if you have any money I could show you a place where they sell really good, state of the art beyblades." The boy said.
"Well, I was going to go buy a new beyblade to improve my old one." Rio said as he got up.
"Great. I'll show you where the shop is. Oh and by the way, name's Michael." The boy said.
"And I'm Rio." Rio said.
The two boys walk to a small store with a huge sign that says BEYBLADE. They go to a shelve full of brand new beyblades.
"Witch one should I pick?" Rio asked Michael.
"Take this one." Michael suggests and hands Rio a package with a silver colored beyblade inside. (No, it's not the one Rio uses now.) "His beyblade is an attack type, so this endurance type should win it."
"Thanks. It's even my favorite beyblade color." Rio said.
A bit later, Rio and Michael walk up to the bully.
"What do you want?" The bully asks.
"I've come to get my blade back." Rio said taking his shooter out.
"Fine, it wont hurt to get two blades in one day." The bully said and took out his beyblade and shooter.
Michael said when to start.
"3... 2... 1... Let it rip!"
Rio and the bully launch their beyblades, but Rio does a slamming launch and causes his new blade to slam the bully's beyblade out of the arena in seconds.
"Take that." Rio said.
The bully gave Rio's blade back.
"Thanks Michael. If it wasn't for you, I probably would've never gotten my old blade back." Rio thanked.
"No prob. Lets beybattle against each other sometime." Michael said.
(End of flashback)
"Oh yeah. I remember. Aren't you the guy who helped me get my very first beyblade back?" Rio asked Michael.
"You really are the Rio I know. It's nice that you have gotten yourself a whole team." Michael said.
"So that means you are the Rio I helped to improve his beyblade." Emily said.
"Oh right. I remember. I was having a hard time making a new beyblade for myself outside and then Emily got curios as she saw me and helped me." Rio said. "Good to see you two."
"Hey, Emily. Is there any data about him and his team?" Steve asked.
"Not a thing. I've never heard of the Kalevalans. Must be since they didn't enter the American tournament." Emily said.
"Our team was in Brazil when the American tournament was held. It was pretty hard, but we pulled through." Mike said.
"We even entered an extra tournament that was being held when the world championships were on. We didn't enter for a reason." Karl said.
"So I suppose your good. You should be since your team entered this tournament." Emily said.
"That's true. I even have my own bit beast now. As well as Mike, Karl and Ann." Rio said as he showed his beyblade with the picture of Hawkor in the middle.
"So you've made some modifications." Emily said looking at the silver colored beyblade.
"Y' know, if you would have stayed in America, you could have became a member of the All starz." Michael said.
"Well I had to move back here. And it's really nice here." Rio said.
"I never would have guessed that Rio shares history with Michael and Emily." Max said.
"I'm glad he didn't join the All starz, we would have been thrashed if Rio would have battled and if he would have had an artificial bit beast." Ray said.
"Well how does Finland look to you guys?" Ann asked Emily. (She befriends with other girls very fast.)
"It's cold." Emily said.
The other All starz and the Kalevalans laughed.
"Well, I hope we battle in the tournament. I always like new challenges." Karl said.
"Well be careful what you hope for. We're gonna rock the house. Cause I'm the best." Tyson said a bit selfishly.
"So you still think you're the toughest, mister super-blader?" Eddie asked.
"Don't make us do that blade treatment like we did in Russia." Lee said.
"You mean like this?" Mike asked.
Mike fired his beyblade on to the ground. The blade started circling around Tyson's feet. Tyson started running around with Mike's beyblade chasing him. Everyone laughed.
"That still make's me laugh." Lee said looking at Tyson running around.
"Say, Michael. I hope we get to battle in the tournament. Just like we did back then." Rio said.
"I'm sure of it. And this time I'll be tougher to beat." Michael said.
"Make it stop! Make it stop!" Tyson yelled as he was still running around with Mike's beyblade chasing him.
"Don't bet on it! Serpor only stops when he wants to!" Mike said to Tyson loudly.
Everyone laughed again, but not so hard.
Suddenly a bus parked in front of the hotel. Again a group of four came out. (Can you guess who they are?)
"Why in the world is Tyson running around like crazy?" One of them asked. He was a blond haired boy who was wearing a yellow shirt, green pants and a red vest. He spoke in an Italian accent. (At least I think he does.)
"Probably since there's a beyblade chasing him." Another boy said. He had light green hair and looked kind of girlish.
"I knew we were going to see the Bladebreakers sooner or later again." Another boy said who sounded older. He wore a white, long sleeved shirt and a green vest. His pants were red and he also wore light brown, fingerless gloves. His hair wads purple and he spoke in a British accent.
"Hey, it's the Majestics." Ray said.
"I know it's them! But what about saving me from this crazy beyblade?!" Tyson asked, still running.
"Oops, sorry." Mike said as he held out his hand.
Mike's beyblade spun back to its owner's hand.
"So even you entered." Max said.
"Yes. A good competition against the best teams in the world is a pretty good reason." Enrique said.
"So, you're the European champions." Rio said.
"That's true. And who might you be?" Robert asked.
"We're the Kalevalans. I'm Rio and these are Mike, Karl and Ann." Rio introduced again.
"Big deal. You're just another bunch of little people." Johnny said rudely.
"What?! Are you mocking me and my team?" Rio asked, as he was getting angry.
"You see what happens when you act so rude Johnny." Oliver said.
"So what?" Johnny said.
"Why you! You're talking to a guy who comes from a long line of soldiers who fought for our country!" Rio said angrily.
"Well, I come from royalty! Unlike you!" Johnny also said angrily.
"This could get ugly." Enrique said sweat dropping.
Rio and Johnny continued their argument.
"You may come from royalty, but you're just a royal pain in the butt!"
"How dare you talk to me like that, you son of an underling!"
"Well, my ancestors had fought not just for their land, but their whole country!"
"Whatever! Your ancestors were obviously cowards!"
"Lets settle this!"
"Alright you're on!"
"Wow. No ones ever argued with Johnny like that." Enrique said.
"Alright, Johnny! In the hotels gym in ten minutes!" Rio said angrily as he walked off into the hotel.
"Tell me Mike. Has Rio always been a hothead?" Tyson asked.
"Nearly his whole life. I think." Mike said.
"Johnny, where are you going?" Robert asked.
"I'm going to go change into my armor. I agreed to a beybattle against that Rio guy." Johnny said as he carried his two bags into the hotel.
"Judy, now's our chance to get data about Rio." Emily informed.
"You're right. Alright lets get ready to record." Max's mother said as she and the All starz walked to the hotel.
"Maybe we should see how that match is going to turn up." Lee said to his team.
"Hey guys. Lets go see how Johnny will go against Rio." Tyson suggested.
Later. Inside the hotels gym. The room's walls were regular white and there was a big beyblade arena in the room's right side and on the other side there were gym machines. There were also a few couches to sit on. All the teams had gathered in the room to watch Johnny's and Rio's match. Johnny was wearing his suit of armor and had his axe shooter and beyblade ready. Emily had her computer ready to record Rio's battle moves. Rio came to the gym but he now had a scabbard attached to his belt.
"What with the sword?" Max wondered.
"That's not just a sword. That's a beyblade shooter, it's resembling a sword." Ray said.
Rio pulled the sword out of the scabbard. The sword was long and its blade resembled a beyblade shooter ripcord. There was a blue square device attached to the blade and on the device were the things that Rio attached the beyblade onto.
"Nice costume Johnny. Is it real iron or is it made out of recycled tin cans?" Rio asked.
Johnny didn't say anything. Enrique was the judge.
"Are you ready?" He asked Johnny and Rio.
"I'm always ready." Johnny said.
"Not for this." Rio said as he went into a position like he was going to swing the sword.
"3... 2... 1... Let it rip!" Enrique announced.
The two shot their beyblades into the arena. Rio launched his by swinging the sword really fast and his beyblade flew off the object on his sword. Johnny's beyblade went straight into attacking. The two blades kept crashing onto each other.
"Are you picking up anything Emily?" Max's mother asked.
"All I can say is that Rio's beyblade seems to be absorbing Johnny's blade's spin power. That explains the loose tip." Emily said.
"Enough child's play. Salamulyon, attack!" Johnny commanded.
Johnny's bit beast rose out of his blade. Johnny's attack started getting effective against Rio's blade, even if Rio's blade had a loose, sharp spinning tip.
"So, you're trying to beat me with an overgrown salamander?" Rio asked.
Johnny just smirked. Salamulyon shot purple fire out of its mouth and Johnny's blade knocked Rio's into the edge of the arena.
"Now I'll show you my bit beast! Go Hawkor!" Rio called out.
Rio's Hawkor rose out of the beyblade.
"Aero dynamo!" Rio commanded.
Rio's beyblade rushed at Johnny's and started emitting jolts of electricity. Rio's blade crashed onto Johnny's blade and caused it to fly out of the arena and hit the wall. Johnny was shocked.
"How did you like that, mister I'm-so-cool-since-I-come-from-royalty-and-it- gives-me-the-right-to-be-rude?" Rio asked as his beyblade spun out of the arena and landed onto Rio's hand.
"How's that possible? He beat me so easily." Johnny said, still shocked.
"I think we're in trouble if we go up against that." Kevin said amazed.
Actually, everyone except Karl, Mike and Ann were amazed. They had never seen anything like that. Even Emily was amazed.
"What did you pick up Emily?" Max's mother asked.
"I recorded all the moves Rio used. Rio seemed to use half of his maximum power and he won since he used the element of surprise and that aero dynamo attack." Emily explained.
"Rio seems to be a real pro in this sport. No one has ever defeated Johnny that fast." Robert said.
"Time?" Rio asked Mike.
"Six minutes and forty-seven seconds. Not bad." Mike said, looking at his timer.
"That was an impressive move you have there." Lee said to Rio.
"Hey, thanks. I bet I'll see your specialty in the tournament. It begins in four days." Rio said.
"So we have four days to prepare and find a way to beat Hawkor's aero dynamo and Ursor's lunar slash." Kenny said to the Bladebreakers.
"Well I'm getting bored. Why can't the tournament start earlier?" Tyson whined.
"Tyson. The later the tournament starts, the better. We need training if we want to win." Kai said.
"Kai's right. And don't forget, we're also going up against the White tigers, the All starz and the Majestics." Ray reminded.
"Yeah. So we should get started now." Max said.
Suddenly the gym's door opened. Everyone in the gym now looks angry, surprised or even terrified.
"I can't believe it. It's them." Tyson said.
Kai, the All starz and the White tigers are angrily looking at the four people who walked in.
"Oh no!" Rio thought.
The Bladebreakers were in their hotel. They were having their first day in Finland. It was only 16:21 pm. Since they left Japan at night in Japanese time. The Bladebreakers had a bit of a jetlag, but they were not so tired. They had just met a mysterious beyblade team called the Kalevalans that appeared to be extremely strong bladers. Tyson had lost his first match as the world champion to Rio and his Hawkor bit beast. Kai tied against Karl and his Ursor beast.
"I wonder what kind of rules the tournament has. Finland is a pretty different country." Max said, sitting on a chair in their hotel room.
"Dizzi just checked on it. I'll show you Max." Kenny said. They were both sitting next to a table. "I read that the Finnish tournament rules are that each team has three bladers battle another three blader in a one, one-on- one match. Only the teams with the most victories go to the top, from where all of the top team members battle at the same time. The team with the most surviving beyblades is the winner." Kenny explained.
"Sounds like fun." Tyson said as he also listened.
"But there is one more thing to keep in mind. The teams that lose must go through two tournaments next year to get a chance to become world champions again. Meaning if we lose, we lose our title as champions and must go through two tournaments again. The victorious team then just waits for the next championships in this country." Kenny explained again.
"Oh man. I don't think I can go through that. I think we shouldn't enter." Tyson said in a cowardly way.
"Are you chickening out?" Kai asked, laying on one of the beds. "That would be pretty dumb. The world champions should always go against any challenge. Even if it means losing our title."
"He's right Tyson. And it's too late to back out. We have already been signed up." Ray reminded.
"Well, sorry guys. I just have a bad feeling if we have to go against the Kalevalans. You saw how incredible they were." Tyson said.
All the Bladebreakers saw a flashback when Dragoon battled Hawkor and when Dranzer fought against Ursor.
"Hey, Tyson. I know it sounds scary. But it's not like we're going to become bad bladers. If we lose we just travel around the world again and fight whatever team wins this tournament." Max said.
"How about if we go outside again. It's boring in here." Ray spoke up.
"Yeah. I wish the tournament would start already." Tyson said, putting his shoes on.
The Bladebreakers went outside.
"So what do we do here Ray?" Max asked Ray.
"I haven't really thought about that yet." Ray said, scratching the back of his head.
"Hey, look over there." Max pointed at two kids on the other side of the sidewalk.
One of the kids wore a green coat, blue jeans, a white headband with a blue line in its middle and black biker gloves. His hair was light brown and he had cool anime eyes. (Like Tala's.) There was a taller kid too. He wore a blue coat, black winter pants and a white winter hat. There was a small beyblade arena on a cardboard box in their middle. They both had their shooters ready. The one in blue clothing had a white shooter with a blue ripcord and it had a silver colored beyblade attached to it. The taller kid had a shooter colored like a soldier's fatigues and had a green ripcord and the beyblade attached to it was greenish brown.
"Ready Mike?" The boy in blue clothing asked?"
"I'm ready Rio." The taller kid said.
"Let it rip!" They both said loud.
"Yo! Rio!" Tyson called out from the other side of the street.
Rio and Mike halted their beyblade launches. Tyson and the others walked to the two kids.
"Oh. Tyson. What are you doing here?" Rio asked.
"We came outside from our hotel. There isn't anything to do around here." Max said.
"Well, where is your hotel?" Mike asked
"Right there." Tyson said as he pointed at their hotel.
"So you're staying in the same hotel as us?" Rio asked.
"You mean you guys don't live in Helsinki?" Ray asked the two.
"No. Well, technically I live near here." Mike said.
The kids stopped their conversation as a minivan taxi parked in front of the hotel. After the taxi drove away, there were four kids standing on the sidewalk. They didn't look Finnish at all. They all wore brown, Chinese robes.
"So that's our hotel?" Said a boy with black hair and his voice sounded a bit more like an adults. "A bit too high class for my taste, but it'll have to do."
"Hey, Ray. Aren't those the White tigers?" Max asked Ray.
"You're right. Hey, Lee! Over here!" Ray called out and waved to his former teammates.
"Hey look guys. It's Ray." Kevin said.
The White tigers went up to the Bladebreakers.
"I didn't know you guys have entered." Ray said surprised.
"I guess we didn't tell you that our team was counted in the best results." Mariah said.
"What have you been doing for these two months?" Tyson asked the team
"We've been improving again." Gary said.
"That's good to know. I don't know how improved skills you'd have to have if you go against the Kalevalans." Tyson said.
"The who?" Lee asked.
"The Kalevalans. Their this country's star players." Ray said.
"How do you know about them?" Kevin asked curiously.
"Two reasons." Tyson started. "One, we met and battled them yesterday. And two, two of them are standing right here." Tyson said and turned his head to where Rio and Mike were standing.
"Hi. I'm Rio and this is Mike." Rio introduced.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Lee and these are Mariah, Gary and Kevin." Lee introduced.
The White tigers and the two members of the Kalevalans shook hands. Karl and Ann came up to the group.
"Karl, Ann. Where have you two been?" Mike asked.
"I was at the town square and Karl slept in again." Ann said.
"Again? That's the third time this week." Rio said.
Karl's left eye twitched.
"It's all a lie I tell you!" Karl finally said loudly.
The Bladebreakers and the White tigers felt like laughing.
"Oh, the Bladebreakers. And who are these?" Ann asked.
"We're the White tigers. I'm Mariah. Nice to meet you." Mariah greeted Ann.
"I'm Ann. And now I remember your team. You guys are my favorite team." Ann said.
"I'm Lee."
"I'm Gary."
"I'm..."
"I know, you're Kevin. Nice to finally meet you guys." Ann said.
Kevin blushed a bit.
"How do you guys like Finland?" Rio asked Lee.
"It feels like a nice country, but we haven't really gotten to see much." Lee said.
"I hope we can battle each other at the tournament. I'm always excited about blading against expert beybalders." Karl said.
"Hey look. Another taxi's, heading this way." Max said.
Max was right. Another minivan taxi parked in front of the hotel. The kids tried to see that who were in the taxi, but the sunshine reflected the sky onto the taxi's windows. When the taxi drove off, there were three teenage boys, a younger girl and woman in her early thirties stood on the side. The teenagers wore light purple jackets with the letters BBA in the back and the woman wore a brown fur coat. The teenagers were all holding sports equipment. They also had some little luggage.
"The All starz." Tyson said.
"Mom! Over here!" Max called out.
"Hello Max." Max's mother said.
Max's mother and the All starz walked up to the Bladebreakers and the White tigers.
"Well, we seem to keep running into each other nowadays." Michael said.
"You got that right." Tyson said. "I didn't know the All starz entered." Max said to his mom.
"Well, we have good a good amount of points to enter and we never back out from a match." Max's mother said.
"How have you guys been doing?" Michael asked Lee.
"We're doing fine. We've been improving our beyblade skills for this tournament." Lee said.
"I hope Mariah and Emily will get along this time." Max said in a joking way.
"Emily?" Rio thought to himself.
"Well I don't like to be called a small potato." Mariah said a bit annoyed.
"That was a joke, get it." Emily said.
"Oh no, not again." Kevin said, looking that the two girls already stopped talking to each other.
"Who are those four guys standing behind you?" Eddie asked Tyson.
"Let us introduce ourselves." Rio said and continued. "We're the Kalevalans. I'm Rio; I'm the captain of this team. He's Mike, he's the brains of the team. This is Karl. He's normally our starter in beybattles. And she's Ann."
"Hmm. Rio? Are you familiar with some kid whose name is Rio Asp?" Michael asked.
"Asp? That's my last name!" Rio said confused.
"Wait a minute Michael. Are you saying that HE is the Rio Asp we knew?" Emily asked.
"It's possible. He does look a little like him. From those biker gloves, the headband and those blue eyes." Michael said.
"Rio, do you really know those two?" Ann asked.
"Don't recall. Let me think." Rio said.
(Flashback)
An eight-year old Rio lost a beybattle to a kid the same age. Rio's kneeling down on his blade that flew out of the small arena.
"Ha! Told you I'd win. And you just say you're good and great since you come from another country." The kid who beat Rio said.
"You should know you forced me to challenge you. I have only been beybattling a year, that doesn't make me the best." Rio said. "And the other reason was that you want my beyblade."
"That's right, now hand it over." The kid said.
"Never!" Rio said and pocketed his beyblade. Two other kids grabbed Rio and punched him on the stomach. The bully took Rio's beyblade and pushed him on the ground. A boy wearing a baseball cap, green shorts and a blue t-shirt walks up to Rio who's still sitting on the ground. The boy had reddish hair and was two years older than Rio.
"You ok?" The boy asks.
"No. That jerk forced me to beybattle him and now he took my beyblade. I've had that thing since last year. It was a gift to me and now I lost it." Rio said looking down on the ground.
"That guy always forces other kids to a battle. Say, if you have any money I could show you a place where they sell really good, state of the art beyblades." The boy said.
"Well, I was going to go buy a new beyblade to improve my old one." Rio said as he got up.
"Great. I'll show you where the shop is. Oh and by the way, name's Michael." The boy said.
"And I'm Rio." Rio said.
The two boys walk to a small store with a huge sign that says BEYBLADE. They go to a shelve full of brand new beyblades.
"Witch one should I pick?" Rio asked Michael.
"Take this one." Michael suggests and hands Rio a package with a silver colored beyblade inside. (No, it's not the one Rio uses now.) "His beyblade is an attack type, so this endurance type should win it."
"Thanks. It's even my favorite beyblade color." Rio said.
A bit later, Rio and Michael walk up to the bully.
"What do you want?" The bully asks.
"I've come to get my blade back." Rio said taking his shooter out.
"Fine, it wont hurt to get two blades in one day." The bully said and took out his beyblade and shooter.
Michael said when to start.
"3... 2... 1... Let it rip!"
Rio and the bully launch their beyblades, but Rio does a slamming launch and causes his new blade to slam the bully's beyblade out of the arena in seconds.
"Take that." Rio said.
The bully gave Rio's blade back.
"Thanks Michael. If it wasn't for you, I probably would've never gotten my old blade back." Rio thanked.
"No prob. Lets beybattle against each other sometime." Michael said.
(End of flashback)
"Oh yeah. I remember. Aren't you the guy who helped me get my very first beyblade back?" Rio asked Michael.
"You really are the Rio I know. It's nice that you have gotten yourself a whole team." Michael said.
"So that means you are the Rio I helped to improve his beyblade." Emily said.
"Oh right. I remember. I was having a hard time making a new beyblade for myself outside and then Emily got curios as she saw me and helped me." Rio said. "Good to see you two."
"Hey, Emily. Is there any data about him and his team?" Steve asked.
"Not a thing. I've never heard of the Kalevalans. Must be since they didn't enter the American tournament." Emily said.
"Our team was in Brazil when the American tournament was held. It was pretty hard, but we pulled through." Mike said.
"We even entered an extra tournament that was being held when the world championships were on. We didn't enter for a reason." Karl said.
"So I suppose your good. You should be since your team entered this tournament." Emily said.
"That's true. I even have my own bit beast now. As well as Mike, Karl and Ann." Rio said as he showed his beyblade with the picture of Hawkor in the middle.
"So you've made some modifications." Emily said looking at the silver colored beyblade.
"Y' know, if you would have stayed in America, you could have became a member of the All starz." Michael said.
"Well I had to move back here. And it's really nice here." Rio said.
"I never would have guessed that Rio shares history with Michael and Emily." Max said.
"I'm glad he didn't join the All starz, we would have been thrashed if Rio would have battled and if he would have had an artificial bit beast." Ray said.
"Well how does Finland look to you guys?" Ann asked Emily. (She befriends with other girls very fast.)
"It's cold." Emily said.
The other All starz and the Kalevalans laughed.
"Well, I hope we battle in the tournament. I always like new challenges." Karl said.
"Well be careful what you hope for. We're gonna rock the house. Cause I'm the best." Tyson said a bit selfishly.
"So you still think you're the toughest, mister super-blader?" Eddie asked.
"Don't make us do that blade treatment like we did in Russia." Lee said.
"You mean like this?" Mike asked.
Mike fired his beyblade on to the ground. The blade started circling around Tyson's feet. Tyson started running around with Mike's beyblade chasing him. Everyone laughed.
"That still make's me laugh." Lee said looking at Tyson running around.
"Say, Michael. I hope we get to battle in the tournament. Just like we did back then." Rio said.
"I'm sure of it. And this time I'll be tougher to beat." Michael said.
"Make it stop! Make it stop!" Tyson yelled as he was still running around with Mike's beyblade chasing him.
"Don't bet on it! Serpor only stops when he wants to!" Mike said to Tyson loudly.
Everyone laughed again, but not so hard.
Suddenly a bus parked in front of the hotel. Again a group of four came out. (Can you guess who they are?)
"Why in the world is Tyson running around like crazy?" One of them asked. He was a blond haired boy who was wearing a yellow shirt, green pants and a red vest. He spoke in an Italian accent. (At least I think he does.)
"Probably since there's a beyblade chasing him." Another boy said. He had light green hair and looked kind of girlish.
"I knew we were going to see the Bladebreakers sooner or later again." Another boy said who sounded older. He wore a white, long sleeved shirt and a green vest. His pants were red and he also wore light brown, fingerless gloves. His hair wads purple and he spoke in a British accent.
"Hey, it's the Majestics." Ray said.
"I know it's them! But what about saving me from this crazy beyblade?!" Tyson asked, still running.
"Oops, sorry." Mike said as he held out his hand.
Mike's beyblade spun back to its owner's hand.
"So even you entered." Max said.
"Yes. A good competition against the best teams in the world is a pretty good reason." Enrique said.
"So, you're the European champions." Rio said.
"That's true. And who might you be?" Robert asked.
"We're the Kalevalans. I'm Rio and these are Mike, Karl and Ann." Rio introduced again.
"Big deal. You're just another bunch of little people." Johnny said rudely.
"What?! Are you mocking me and my team?" Rio asked, as he was getting angry.
"You see what happens when you act so rude Johnny." Oliver said.
"So what?" Johnny said.
"Why you! You're talking to a guy who comes from a long line of soldiers who fought for our country!" Rio said angrily.
"Well, I come from royalty! Unlike you!" Johnny also said angrily.
"This could get ugly." Enrique said sweat dropping.
Rio and Johnny continued their argument.
"You may come from royalty, but you're just a royal pain in the butt!"
"How dare you talk to me like that, you son of an underling!"
"Well, my ancestors had fought not just for their land, but their whole country!"
"Whatever! Your ancestors were obviously cowards!"
"Lets settle this!"
"Alright you're on!"
"Wow. No ones ever argued with Johnny like that." Enrique said.
"Alright, Johnny! In the hotels gym in ten minutes!" Rio said angrily as he walked off into the hotel.
"Tell me Mike. Has Rio always been a hothead?" Tyson asked.
"Nearly his whole life. I think." Mike said.
"Johnny, where are you going?" Robert asked.
"I'm going to go change into my armor. I agreed to a beybattle against that Rio guy." Johnny said as he carried his two bags into the hotel.
"Judy, now's our chance to get data about Rio." Emily informed.
"You're right. Alright lets get ready to record." Max's mother said as she and the All starz walked to the hotel.
"Maybe we should see how that match is going to turn up." Lee said to his team.
"Hey guys. Lets go see how Johnny will go against Rio." Tyson suggested.
Later. Inside the hotels gym. The room's walls were regular white and there was a big beyblade arena in the room's right side and on the other side there were gym machines. There were also a few couches to sit on. All the teams had gathered in the room to watch Johnny's and Rio's match. Johnny was wearing his suit of armor and had his axe shooter and beyblade ready. Emily had her computer ready to record Rio's battle moves. Rio came to the gym but he now had a scabbard attached to his belt.
"What with the sword?" Max wondered.
"That's not just a sword. That's a beyblade shooter, it's resembling a sword." Ray said.
Rio pulled the sword out of the scabbard. The sword was long and its blade resembled a beyblade shooter ripcord. There was a blue square device attached to the blade and on the device were the things that Rio attached the beyblade onto.
"Nice costume Johnny. Is it real iron or is it made out of recycled tin cans?" Rio asked.
Johnny didn't say anything. Enrique was the judge.
"Are you ready?" He asked Johnny and Rio.
"I'm always ready." Johnny said.
"Not for this." Rio said as he went into a position like he was going to swing the sword.
"3... 2... 1... Let it rip!" Enrique announced.
The two shot their beyblades into the arena. Rio launched his by swinging the sword really fast and his beyblade flew off the object on his sword. Johnny's beyblade went straight into attacking. The two blades kept crashing onto each other.
"Are you picking up anything Emily?" Max's mother asked.
"All I can say is that Rio's beyblade seems to be absorbing Johnny's blade's spin power. That explains the loose tip." Emily said.
"Enough child's play. Salamulyon, attack!" Johnny commanded.
Johnny's bit beast rose out of his blade. Johnny's attack started getting effective against Rio's blade, even if Rio's blade had a loose, sharp spinning tip.
"So, you're trying to beat me with an overgrown salamander?" Rio asked.
Johnny just smirked. Salamulyon shot purple fire out of its mouth and Johnny's blade knocked Rio's into the edge of the arena.
"Now I'll show you my bit beast! Go Hawkor!" Rio called out.
Rio's Hawkor rose out of the beyblade.
"Aero dynamo!" Rio commanded.
Rio's beyblade rushed at Johnny's and started emitting jolts of electricity. Rio's blade crashed onto Johnny's blade and caused it to fly out of the arena and hit the wall. Johnny was shocked.
"How did you like that, mister I'm-so-cool-since-I-come-from-royalty-and-it- gives-me-the-right-to-be-rude?" Rio asked as his beyblade spun out of the arena and landed onto Rio's hand.
"How's that possible? He beat me so easily." Johnny said, still shocked.
"I think we're in trouble if we go up against that." Kevin said amazed.
Actually, everyone except Karl, Mike and Ann were amazed. They had never seen anything like that. Even Emily was amazed.
"What did you pick up Emily?" Max's mother asked.
"I recorded all the moves Rio used. Rio seemed to use half of his maximum power and he won since he used the element of surprise and that aero dynamo attack." Emily explained.
"Rio seems to be a real pro in this sport. No one has ever defeated Johnny that fast." Robert said.
"Time?" Rio asked Mike.
"Six minutes and forty-seven seconds. Not bad." Mike said, looking at his timer.
"That was an impressive move you have there." Lee said to Rio.
"Hey, thanks. I bet I'll see your specialty in the tournament. It begins in four days." Rio said.
"So we have four days to prepare and find a way to beat Hawkor's aero dynamo and Ursor's lunar slash." Kenny said to the Bladebreakers.
"Well I'm getting bored. Why can't the tournament start earlier?" Tyson whined.
"Tyson. The later the tournament starts, the better. We need training if we want to win." Kai said.
"Kai's right. And don't forget, we're also going up against the White tigers, the All starz and the Majestics." Ray reminded.
"Yeah. So we should get started now." Max said.
Suddenly the gym's door opened. Everyone in the gym now looks angry, surprised or even terrified.
"I can't believe it. It's them." Tyson said.
Kai, the All starz and the White tigers are angrily looking at the four people who walked in.
"Oh no!" Rio thought.