Chapter 8: Max's brother
It was ten am in the morning. All the beybladers were up and were relaxing before the next day. The Kalevalans were doing morning exercising and so were the All starz. The White tigers were practicing their skills for the upcoming match between them and the Kalevalans. The Demolition boys were still in their room except Tala. And the Bladebreakers were having breakfast. But you obviously can guess what Tyson's up to.
"What good food they have here in Finland. Especially those Kalevian pies." Tyson said as he was having his fifth helping.
"That's Karelian pie. And would you at least once act polite? This is the fanciest hotel in Helsinki you know." Kenny said.
A note from Lizard 90: Since I'm Finnish I guess I should tell you what Karelian pies are. They're these small bread like things that have rice or mashed potatoes in them. They're a type of Finnish food.
"Yeah. I just wonder when is Tyson going to learn any manners." Ray said sweat dropping.
"No kidding. But I agree that these things are pretty good." Max said and then he drank some of his orange juice.
"But hey. Where's Kai?" Tyson asked.
"Where would you expect? He left again and is probably beating up amateur beybladers." Kenny said.
"That's no surprise." Tyson said as he went to get his sixth helping.
"Hey Max. Are you ok? You look worried." Ray said.
"It's about mom. After the match between the All starz and the Kalevalans, she looks all worried." Max said looking up.
"Worried? Why on earth should she be worried?" Ray asked.
"I don't know. Maybe I should ask her." Max said. He then was about to leave, but he then looked into the direction where Tyson went. Max then sweat dropped and had an anime-surprised face.
"What? What's up with...?" Ray was about to ask but he also looked at the direction where Tyson went and got an anime-surprised face and sweat dropped as well.
"Oh no! I feared this would happen." Kenny said sweat dropping.
Max, Ray and Kenny ran to where Tyson was.
"For goodness sake Tyson, get a hold of yourself!" Ray said as there were noises of a struggle.
"Don't embarrass yourself! Not in here!" Max said.
"We might get kicked out because of this!" Kenny said.
Can you guess what was going on? You should know if you know Tyson's eating manners.
Mike was sitting at a table in his team's room. He had a mess of parts with him and a tool kit. On his side were Rio and Ann's blades but they didn't have their bit chips. On his other side was a brownish green beyblade that looked a bit like his old one, except it looked improved. It had an attack ring similar to Dranzer S, except the blades were more fish-like. He was doing something to Karl's beyblade, well, what was left of it.
"I hope the others will like these improvements. I really enjoy my job as the designer and strategist." Mike thought to himself.
In the gym, the other Kalevalans members and the All starz were chatting about their past experiences.
"...So then the guy thought he had defeated me, but then I make this surprise attack and he then looks all dumbfounded and starts jumping up and down angrily." Rio said about one of the matches that made his teammates and the All starz laugh.
"Well... there was this one time I sneaked into Emily's room and looked at her diary. I then left it open on the part where she wrote that who she likes the most. When she went into her room, I listened through the door and she yelled that she's going to throttle the one who did it." Eddy said, making the Kalevalans, Michael and Steve laugh, but Emily looked as she was going to kill Eddy.
"You did it!? Don't you dare tell them, or I'll tell Judy!" Emily warned, as her face was turning red.
"Oo. I'm shaking. Do you think she's going to kick me out if I tell the others that you like..."
"AAARGH!" Emily yelled as she started chasing Eddy and was trying to hit him with her tennis racket. This made the others laugh so hard that Karl fell off the couch.
"Oh man! Ha ha! I wonder if that would have happened if I had joined the All starz!" Rio said, as he was still laughing hard.
"Really funny guys! I don't go around, looking at your private stuff!" Emily said extremely angered, as her face was red.
"Hey, guys. Tehee. Lets cut her some slack." Ann said while trying to hold her giggling.
"Tell me about it. I think we should be worried about Judy." Emily said to her teammates.
"Judy? Oh, Max's mother." Karl said as he was finally getting up from the floor.
"What about her?" Michael asked.
"She hasn't been her own self lately. About when we had our battle against your team. She didn't even tell you what to do Michael." Emily said with her voice full of concern.
"I didn't mind. It was fun battling an old friend my own way." Michael said.
"What else Emily?" Steve asked.
"Well... Yesterday night when she was e-mailing Douglas I saw her looking at a photo." Emily said.
"A photo. Did you see what was in the photo?" Eddy asked.
"Well, all I saw was that she was in the picture, but was younger and she was holding something." Emily explained.
"What was she holding?" Rio asked curiously.
"I'm not sure. As I approached her, she got startled and hid the picture. I asked what was wrong but she just said that she's fine." Emily explained.
"Maybe you should ask her again. Who knows what might be wrong with her." Steve suggested. "I'm not sure about that. You, see. She looked even more depressed as I asked. So I just left her alone." Emily said.
"Say, if she's Max's mother, then why don't we get Max to ask her?" Karl suggested.
"That does sound like a good idea. But why are you helping us?" Emily asked Karl.
"One: we love helping others. Two: we are friends. Three: we got so curious that this should be worth finding out." Karl explained.
"That makes enough sense. Lets go find Max." Michael said as he got up.
The All starz and the three Kalevalans left the gym.
When the two teams left the room, Mike came and was carrying a tool chest. He looked pretty pleased.
"Hey, Mike. What have you got there?" Karl asked.
"Our new state of the art gear. Check these out." Mike said as he opened the chest and took out a silver beyblade.
The beyblade's attack ring was just like Wolborg 2's only the blades on it looked like birds. The weight disk looked somehow heavier and the blade base was the same.
"Whoa! Is that my new beyblade?" Rio asked excited.
"Correct a mundo. I have more." Mike said as he handed Rio's new blade.
Karl's blade was still blue but was completely rebuilt. Its attack ring had two large parts that looked like bear paws and had Ursor head ornaments on it. Its weight disk was wider and the blade base now had a sharp metal tip. Ann's blade was really cool looking. Its attack ring was wider and had decorations that looked like Foxor. Its weight disk was larger and the blade base was somehow different.
"Sweet. You really are a wiz at these things. I bet my blade has better defense and attack power." Karl said as he attached Ursor's bit chip on it.
"It does. I also added more endurance, so now you can battle longer, but the speed is still limited. Ann's beyblade has more defense and speed, but I didn't change the attack settings. Rio's beyblade has better defense now, but it still has its good old absorbing ability." Mike explained.
"Great job Mike. My blade looks cooler now that it's wider." Ann said as she attached her Foxor's bit chip on to the new blade.
"Nice work on my blade, but how come it doesn't have the same weight disk?" Rio asked as he attached Hawkor's bit chip onto his new blade.
"I noticed in your past matches that your blade has really poor defense. I added some weight and balance, but it's still got the good 'ol absorb ability." Mike explained.
"Thanks Mike. Now we have to find Max." Rio said as he pocketed his new blade.
"Max? Oh, the Bladebreaker kid?" Mike asked.
"Yep. The one and only." Michael said.
"Why do you have to find him?" Mike asked.
"We need him to ask Judy why she's been so full of sorrow. When the tournament started, she hasn't even paid attention to her job." Emily explained.
"Why... oh right Judy's Max's mother." Mike remembered.
"Well let's find the blond. I'm really excited about this mystery." Karl said, as his teammates made faces that told the All starz that they obviously thought that "Ok, he's weird."
As the All starz and three of the Kalevalans team left, Rio stood and was thinking of something. Ann turned to his team leader and best friend worried.
"Rio? Are you ok?" Ann asked.
"Wha...? Oh. It's nothing. It's just that Max's mother reminds me of someone. But I shouldn't worry about it." Rio said and walked ahead and Ann followed him. Rio took his beyblade out of his pocket and looked at Hawkor. "What is that makes me remember something?"
The two teams finally found Max on the floor where the teams' rooms are. Max was laying onto a wall and looked worried himself.
"Yo. Max." Michael said and snapped Max out of a deep thought.
"Hmm? Oh, hi guys." He said in a depressed way.
"Let me guess, you're worried about you mother?" Steve asked.
"Yeah. She hasn't even spoken to me much." Max said as he looked down on the floor.
"Well, that's why we were looking for you." Eddy said.
"We need you to ask Judy about her problem. She might tell you about it and we can help her." Emily explained.
"Good plan. But why are the Kalevalans with you?" Max asked.
"We just thought we should help out. I am a friend of the All starz anyway." Rio said.
The group walked to Judy's hotel room.
"Well Max, good luck and tell us anything you know." Emily said as the All starz and the Kalevalans walked away.
Max knocked on the door. Judy came to answer, he was a bit happy that her son had come.
"Hey, mom. I came to ask you something. May I come in?" Max asked.
"Go ahead Max. You are my son and I should tell you what's going on." Judy said.
Max entered his mother's room. Max and Judy sat on the room's bed.
"Max. Me and your dad haven't been entirely honest with you. Look at this photo." Judy showed his son a photo. The photo had Judy and Max's dad in it. They were youngr, somewhere in their early twenties. Judy was holding a baby who was wearing blue clothing and had blue eyes.
"So. It's just a picture of you, dad and me." Max said a bit confused.
"(Sigh) That isn't you Max." Judy said, as her face was turning a bit teary eyed.
"What!?" Max asked surprised.
"That is your long lost brother. His name is..."
At the same time in the hotel's gym, Rio wanted to test his new beyblade, so Michael wanted to have a rematch. The battle had already commenced. Rio and Michael's power were still evenly matched.
"C'mon Hawkor! Get him!" Rio commanded as his beyblade made an effective crash.
"Hey, Mike. Your upgrades are awesome. My blade hasn't slid away because of that added weight." Rio said as he looked at Mike.
"Uh, Rio." Ann said as she was pointing at something in the beydish.
Rio looked and gasped. Michael had summoned his bit beast Trygle and Michael's blade made a leap at Rio's blade.
"Hawkor, run!" Rio commanded.
Rio was too late. As his beyblade had almost gotten away from harm, Michael's blade crashed onto Rio's blade with an effective smash and caused Rio's blade to wobble a bit.
"Ok, then get a load of this! Aero dynamo!" Rio commanded.
Hawkor rose out and screeched as a hawk. Rio's beyblade slid up the arena's edge and jumped into the air. Rio's beyblade did the same trick and started falling onto its opponent.
"Trygle, dodge!" Michael commanded as his beyblade spun away from under Rio's blade. "Ha! Seems your attack has a flaw." Michael said confidently.
"You haven't seen its second stage." Rio said as he smirked.
As Rio's blade fell on the arena with hard force, it went after Michael's blade and crashed on it. Now both blades were wobbling. Max walked into the room, but he wasn't cheerful or anything. He was followed by Judy.
"Judy! What's the matter?" Emily asked.
At the same time Rio and Michael lost concentration as Judy came in and noticed then that their beyblades stopped spinning. "And this battles a tie." Karl announced as Michael and Rio ducked their heads in embarrassment.
"So what was the problem Judy?" Michael asked as he got over his impossible tie.
"I'll tell you and I think you all should be here." Judy said.
The Kalevalans shrugged and sat down on one of the couches.
"So why do we have to be here? Isn't this a problem for your team?" Mike asked.
"Actually it has something to do with your team leader Mike." Judy said.
Rio noticed that everyone except Max were either looking at him or Judy confused.
"Me? But... why?" He asked confused.
"Tell me Rio. Do you have a mother?" Max asked.
"Of course I do. Everyone has one." Rio said, as he looked even more confused.
"No. I mean do you have a mother living with you?" Max asked again.
"...No. I don't have any memories of my mother. My dad has pictures of my mother, even though I don't remember her voice or what she is like. My dad says that she's dead. But for some reason in my dreams I see this blond woman. I then feel like I'm floating in a river and then everything goes black and I wake up shocked. I just think that it's just a weirdo dream so I forget about it and fall asleep and have my regular dreams. I can just say that the woman looks just like Judy." Rio explained.
The Kalevalans and the All starz looked even more confused.
"Rio. The truth is that since you see me in your dreams, is because... well..." Judy tried to finish what she was going to say.
"Rio, you and me are brothers." Max said, making the Kalevalans and the All starz gasp.
"WHAT! But... that can't be! I don't have any memories of a little brother. I'm not American, I'm Finnish!" Rio said freaked out.
"Calm down Rio." Ann said as she held her team leader's arm.
"But Judy. You haven't said you have two sons." Emily said.
"I haven't been honest with you. You see... I had a child before Max. Me and his father, or Max's father named him Rio. But you were stolen from me when I was at the city. The police made a wide search for you, but they didn't find the one responsible. But then the police found the kidnapper somewhere in Mississippi. The kidnapper demanded money for your safe return, but the police tried to catch him, so he dropped you into the river." Judy explained as she started to cry. Max tried to calm his mother.
Rio's eyes pupils were small and shocked. He now appeared to find out why he feels like he's floating in water and sees visions of a woman he doesn't remember.
"How does Rio have his original name? It's not just coincidence that he still has his own name." Karl said as e tried to calm down Rio.
"(Sniff) Rio had his name written in his clothing. You were probably found and taken to an orphanage. You were adopted by a BBA scientist who was Finnish and worked in the BBA. I thought it was coincidence that he had named his son Rio. But when I saw you, I noticed your blue eyes and blond hair. Then I heard your name and thought it was you which was true." Judy said teary eyed.
"But... how can I be related to Finnish soldiers? I can't be American." Rio said, as he was still shocked.
"Rio, your dad is from a family of soldiers who belonged to the Swedish kings army in the 1800. You just thought you were a part of them." Mike explained.
Rio was now in such shock, as well as his team, Michael and Emily.
"So... my name's not Rio Vigor Asp?" Rio asked.
"No. Your name's Rio Alex Tate." Judy said as she had calmed down.
Rio now dropped his sword shooter he had been hanging on to. He then looked at his beyblade and its mighty Hawkor bit beast. Rio had always thought he was a Finnish boy who was the leader of the mighty Kalevalans. But he's an American orphan who was almost drowned by a madman.
"So... my life here in Finland is... a lie?" Rio asked.
Judy and Max nodded.
"I... I have found my true family." Rio said.
Rio just stared at the floor. He had always thought he was Finnish, but turned out to be the son of BBA's top researcher and big brother of a member of the Bladebreakers.
"(Sniff) Mother!" Rio said teary eyed as he ran to his mother and hugged her tightly.
"I guess we should leave." Ann said as her teammates nodded.
"Yeah. They need some time together." Emily agreed as she and the rest of the All starz left, though some of the other bladers were a bit touched.
As the two teams were out of the gym...
"I can't believe Rio's an American!" Karl said.
"Me neither. This could be bad." Mike said.
"Why's that?" Ann asked.
"Rio said that since our team represents Finland and since he's not Finnish. He could probably quit the team." Mike said in a serious tone.
"That could be." Ann said. "It's his choice guys. He hasn't seen his real mother or brother so long. But he's still the same Rio." Emily said to the three Kalevalans.
"Yeah. But it wont be the same without him. He's Finland's best beyblader. If he joins, like maybe the Bladebreakers, we're all in big trouble." Mike said.
"There might be a chance that he'll stay with you guys. He may be American, but even the Bladebreakers players are from different countries. Tyson and Kai are Japanese, Max's American and Ray's Chinese." Michael explained.
"But still. I can't think of a team without him." Ann said.
What shall be Rio's choice now that he has found his true family? How will this affect the other teams?
Was that a shocker to you writers? You can tell me that did you like this idea of Rio being Max's older brother? Tell me about it in Fanwork feedback.
It was ten am in the morning. All the beybladers were up and were relaxing before the next day. The Kalevalans were doing morning exercising and so were the All starz. The White tigers were practicing their skills for the upcoming match between them and the Kalevalans. The Demolition boys were still in their room except Tala. And the Bladebreakers were having breakfast. But you obviously can guess what Tyson's up to.
"What good food they have here in Finland. Especially those Kalevian pies." Tyson said as he was having his fifth helping.
"That's Karelian pie. And would you at least once act polite? This is the fanciest hotel in Helsinki you know." Kenny said.
A note from Lizard 90: Since I'm Finnish I guess I should tell you what Karelian pies are. They're these small bread like things that have rice or mashed potatoes in them. They're a type of Finnish food.
"Yeah. I just wonder when is Tyson going to learn any manners." Ray said sweat dropping.
"No kidding. But I agree that these things are pretty good." Max said and then he drank some of his orange juice.
"But hey. Where's Kai?" Tyson asked.
"Where would you expect? He left again and is probably beating up amateur beybladers." Kenny said.
"That's no surprise." Tyson said as he went to get his sixth helping.
"Hey Max. Are you ok? You look worried." Ray said.
"It's about mom. After the match between the All starz and the Kalevalans, she looks all worried." Max said looking up.
"Worried? Why on earth should she be worried?" Ray asked.
"I don't know. Maybe I should ask her." Max said. He then was about to leave, but he then looked into the direction where Tyson went. Max then sweat dropped and had an anime-surprised face.
"What? What's up with...?" Ray was about to ask but he also looked at the direction where Tyson went and got an anime-surprised face and sweat dropped as well.
"Oh no! I feared this would happen." Kenny said sweat dropping.
Max, Ray and Kenny ran to where Tyson was.
"For goodness sake Tyson, get a hold of yourself!" Ray said as there were noises of a struggle.
"Don't embarrass yourself! Not in here!" Max said.
"We might get kicked out because of this!" Kenny said.
Can you guess what was going on? You should know if you know Tyson's eating manners.
Mike was sitting at a table in his team's room. He had a mess of parts with him and a tool kit. On his side were Rio and Ann's blades but they didn't have their bit chips. On his other side was a brownish green beyblade that looked a bit like his old one, except it looked improved. It had an attack ring similar to Dranzer S, except the blades were more fish-like. He was doing something to Karl's beyblade, well, what was left of it.
"I hope the others will like these improvements. I really enjoy my job as the designer and strategist." Mike thought to himself.
In the gym, the other Kalevalans members and the All starz were chatting about their past experiences.
"...So then the guy thought he had defeated me, but then I make this surprise attack and he then looks all dumbfounded and starts jumping up and down angrily." Rio said about one of the matches that made his teammates and the All starz laugh.
"Well... there was this one time I sneaked into Emily's room and looked at her diary. I then left it open on the part where she wrote that who she likes the most. When she went into her room, I listened through the door and she yelled that she's going to throttle the one who did it." Eddy said, making the Kalevalans, Michael and Steve laugh, but Emily looked as she was going to kill Eddy.
"You did it!? Don't you dare tell them, or I'll tell Judy!" Emily warned, as her face was turning red.
"Oo. I'm shaking. Do you think she's going to kick me out if I tell the others that you like..."
"AAARGH!" Emily yelled as she started chasing Eddy and was trying to hit him with her tennis racket. This made the others laugh so hard that Karl fell off the couch.
"Oh man! Ha ha! I wonder if that would have happened if I had joined the All starz!" Rio said, as he was still laughing hard.
"Really funny guys! I don't go around, looking at your private stuff!" Emily said extremely angered, as her face was red.
"Hey, guys. Tehee. Lets cut her some slack." Ann said while trying to hold her giggling.
"Tell me about it. I think we should be worried about Judy." Emily said to her teammates.
"Judy? Oh, Max's mother." Karl said as he was finally getting up from the floor.
"What about her?" Michael asked.
"She hasn't been her own self lately. About when we had our battle against your team. She didn't even tell you what to do Michael." Emily said with her voice full of concern.
"I didn't mind. It was fun battling an old friend my own way." Michael said.
"What else Emily?" Steve asked.
"Well... Yesterday night when she was e-mailing Douglas I saw her looking at a photo." Emily said.
"A photo. Did you see what was in the photo?" Eddy asked.
"Well, all I saw was that she was in the picture, but was younger and she was holding something." Emily explained.
"What was she holding?" Rio asked curiously.
"I'm not sure. As I approached her, she got startled and hid the picture. I asked what was wrong but she just said that she's fine." Emily explained.
"Maybe you should ask her again. Who knows what might be wrong with her." Steve suggested. "I'm not sure about that. You, see. She looked even more depressed as I asked. So I just left her alone." Emily said.
"Say, if she's Max's mother, then why don't we get Max to ask her?" Karl suggested.
"That does sound like a good idea. But why are you helping us?" Emily asked Karl.
"One: we love helping others. Two: we are friends. Three: we got so curious that this should be worth finding out." Karl explained.
"That makes enough sense. Lets go find Max." Michael said as he got up.
The All starz and the three Kalevalans left the gym.
When the two teams left the room, Mike came and was carrying a tool chest. He looked pretty pleased.
"Hey, Mike. What have you got there?" Karl asked.
"Our new state of the art gear. Check these out." Mike said as he opened the chest and took out a silver beyblade.
The beyblade's attack ring was just like Wolborg 2's only the blades on it looked like birds. The weight disk looked somehow heavier and the blade base was the same.
"Whoa! Is that my new beyblade?" Rio asked excited.
"Correct a mundo. I have more." Mike said as he handed Rio's new blade.
Karl's blade was still blue but was completely rebuilt. Its attack ring had two large parts that looked like bear paws and had Ursor head ornaments on it. Its weight disk was wider and the blade base now had a sharp metal tip. Ann's blade was really cool looking. Its attack ring was wider and had decorations that looked like Foxor. Its weight disk was larger and the blade base was somehow different.
"Sweet. You really are a wiz at these things. I bet my blade has better defense and attack power." Karl said as he attached Ursor's bit chip on it.
"It does. I also added more endurance, so now you can battle longer, but the speed is still limited. Ann's beyblade has more defense and speed, but I didn't change the attack settings. Rio's beyblade has better defense now, but it still has its good old absorbing ability." Mike explained.
"Great job Mike. My blade looks cooler now that it's wider." Ann said as she attached her Foxor's bit chip on to the new blade.
"Nice work on my blade, but how come it doesn't have the same weight disk?" Rio asked as he attached Hawkor's bit chip onto his new blade.
"I noticed in your past matches that your blade has really poor defense. I added some weight and balance, but it's still got the good 'ol absorb ability." Mike explained.
"Thanks Mike. Now we have to find Max." Rio said as he pocketed his new blade.
"Max? Oh, the Bladebreaker kid?" Mike asked.
"Yep. The one and only." Michael said.
"Why do you have to find him?" Mike asked.
"We need him to ask Judy why she's been so full of sorrow. When the tournament started, she hasn't even paid attention to her job." Emily explained.
"Why... oh right Judy's Max's mother." Mike remembered.
"Well let's find the blond. I'm really excited about this mystery." Karl said, as his teammates made faces that told the All starz that they obviously thought that "Ok, he's weird."
As the All starz and three of the Kalevalans team left, Rio stood and was thinking of something. Ann turned to his team leader and best friend worried.
"Rio? Are you ok?" Ann asked.
"Wha...? Oh. It's nothing. It's just that Max's mother reminds me of someone. But I shouldn't worry about it." Rio said and walked ahead and Ann followed him. Rio took his beyblade out of his pocket and looked at Hawkor. "What is that makes me remember something?"
The two teams finally found Max on the floor where the teams' rooms are. Max was laying onto a wall and looked worried himself.
"Yo. Max." Michael said and snapped Max out of a deep thought.
"Hmm? Oh, hi guys." He said in a depressed way.
"Let me guess, you're worried about you mother?" Steve asked.
"Yeah. She hasn't even spoken to me much." Max said as he looked down on the floor.
"Well, that's why we were looking for you." Eddy said.
"We need you to ask Judy about her problem. She might tell you about it and we can help her." Emily explained.
"Good plan. But why are the Kalevalans with you?" Max asked.
"We just thought we should help out. I am a friend of the All starz anyway." Rio said.
The group walked to Judy's hotel room.
"Well Max, good luck and tell us anything you know." Emily said as the All starz and the Kalevalans walked away.
Max knocked on the door. Judy came to answer, he was a bit happy that her son had come.
"Hey, mom. I came to ask you something. May I come in?" Max asked.
"Go ahead Max. You are my son and I should tell you what's going on." Judy said.
Max entered his mother's room. Max and Judy sat on the room's bed.
"Max. Me and your dad haven't been entirely honest with you. Look at this photo." Judy showed his son a photo. The photo had Judy and Max's dad in it. They were youngr, somewhere in their early twenties. Judy was holding a baby who was wearing blue clothing and had blue eyes.
"So. It's just a picture of you, dad and me." Max said a bit confused.
"(Sigh) That isn't you Max." Judy said, as her face was turning a bit teary eyed.
"What!?" Max asked surprised.
"That is your long lost brother. His name is..."
At the same time in the hotel's gym, Rio wanted to test his new beyblade, so Michael wanted to have a rematch. The battle had already commenced. Rio and Michael's power were still evenly matched.
"C'mon Hawkor! Get him!" Rio commanded as his beyblade made an effective crash.
"Hey, Mike. Your upgrades are awesome. My blade hasn't slid away because of that added weight." Rio said as he looked at Mike.
"Uh, Rio." Ann said as she was pointing at something in the beydish.
Rio looked and gasped. Michael had summoned his bit beast Trygle and Michael's blade made a leap at Rio's blade.
"Hawkor, run!" Rio commanded.
Rio was too late. As his beyblade had almost gotten away from harm, Michael's blade crashed onto Rio's blade with an effective smash and caused Rio's blade to wobble a bit.
"Ok, then get a load of this! Aero dynamo!" Rio commanded.
Hawkor rose out and screeched as a hawk. Rio's beyblade slid up the arena's edge and jumped into the air. Rio's beyblade did the same trick and started falling onto its opponent.
"Trygle, dodge!" Michael commanded as his beyblade spun away from under Rio's blade. "Ha! Seems your attack has a flaw." Michael said confidently.
"You haven't seen its second stage." Rio said as he smirked.
As Rio's blade fell on the arena with hard force, it went after Michael's blade and crashed on it. Now both blades were wobbling. Max walked into the room, but he wasn't cheerful or anything. He was followed by Judy.
"Judy! What's the matter?" Emily asked.
At the same time Rio and Michael lost concentration as Judy came in and noticed then that their beyblades stopped spinning. "And this battles a tie." Karl announced as Michael and Rio ducked their heads in embarrassment.
"So what was the problem Judy?" Michael asked as he got over his impossible tie.
"I'll tell you and I think you all should be here." Judy said.
The Kalevalans shrugged and sat down on one of the couches.
"So why do we have to be here? Isn't this a problem for your team?" Mike asked.
"Actually it has something to do with your team leader Mike." Judy said.
Rio noticed that everyone except Max were either looking at him or Judy confused.
"Me? But... why?" He asked confused.
"Tell me Rio. Do you have a mother?" Max asked.
"Of course I do. Everyone has one." Rio said, as he looked even more confused.
"No. I mean do you have a mother living with you?" Max asked again.
"...No. I don't have any memories of my mother. My dad has pictures of my mother, even though I don't remember her voice or what she is like. My dad says that she's dead. But for some reason in my dreams I see this blond woman. I then feel like I'm floating in a river and then everything goes black and I wake up shocked. I just think that it's just a weirdo dream so I forget about it and fall asleep and have my regular dreams. I can just say that the woman looks just like Judy." Rio explained.
The Kalevalans and the All starz looked even more confused.
"Rio. The truth is that since you see me in your dreams, is because... well..." Judy tried to finish what she was going to say.
"Rio, you and me are brothers." Max said, making the Kalevalans and the All starz gasp.
"WHAT! But... that can't be! I don't have any memories of a little brother. I'm not American, I'm Finnish!" Rio said freaked out.
"Calm down Rio." Ann said as she held her team leader's arm.
"But Judy. You haven't said you have two sons." Emily said.
"I haven't been honest with you. You see... I had a child before Max. Me and his father, or Max's father named him Rio. But you were stolen from me when I was at the city. The police made a wide search for you, but they didn't find the one responsible. But then the police found the kidnapper somewhere in Mississippi. The kidnapper demanded money for your safe return, but the police tried to catch him, so he dropped you into the river." Judy explained as she started to cry. Max tried to calm his mother.
Rio's eyes pupils were small and shocked. He now appeared to find out why he feels like he's floating in water and sees visions of a woman he doesn't remember.
"How does Rio have his original name? It's not just coincidence that he still has his own name." Karl said as e tried to calm down Rio.
"(Sniff) Rio had his name written in his clothing. You were probably found and taken to an orphanage. You were adopted by a BBA scientist who was Finnish and worked in the BBA. I thought it was coincidence that he had named his son Rio. But when I saw you, I noticed your blue eyes and blond hair. Then I heard your name and thought it was you which was true." Judy said teary eyed.
"But... how can I be related to Finnish soldiers? I can't be American." Rio said, as he was still shocked.
"Rio, your dad is from a family of soldiers who belonged to the Swedish kings army in the 1800. You just thought you were a part of them." Mike explained.
Rio was now in such shock, as well as his team, Michael and Emily.
"So... my name's not Rio Vigor Asp?" Rio asked.
"No. Your name's Rio Alex Tate." Judy said as she had calmed down.
Rio now dropped his sword shooter he had been hanging on to. He then looked at his beyblade and its mighty Hawkor bit beast. Rio had always thought he was a Finnish boy who was the leader of the mighty Kalevalans. But he's an American orphan who was almost drowned by a madman.
"So... my life here in Finland is... a lie?" Rio asked.
Judy and Max nodded.
"I... I have found my true family." Rio said.
Rio just stared at the floor. He had always thought he was Finnish, but turned out to be the son of BBA's top researcher and big brother of a member of the Bladebreakers.
"(Sniff) Mother!" Rio said teary eyed as he ran to his mother and hugged her tightly.
"I guess we should leave." Ann said as her teammates nodded.
"Yeah. They need some time together." Emily agreed as she and the rest of the All starz left, though some of the other bladers were a bit touched.
As the two teams were out of the gym...
"I can't believe Rio's an American!" Karl said.
"Me neither. This could be bad." Mike said.
"Why's that?" Ann asked.
"Rio said that since our team represents Finland and since he's not Finnish. He could probably quit the team." Mike said in a serious tone.
"That could be." Ann said. "It's his choice guys. He hasn't seen his real mother or brother so long. But he's still the same Rio." Emily said to the three Kalevalans.
"Yeah. But it wont be the same without him. He's Finland's best beyblader. If he joins, like maybe the Bladebreakers, we're all in big trouble." Mike said.
"There might be a chance that he'll stay with you guys. He may be American, but even the Bladebreakers players are from different countries. Tyson and Kai are Japanese, Max's American and Ray's Chinese." Michael explained.
"But still. I can't think of a team without him." Ann said.
What shall be Rio's choice now that he has found his true family? How will this affect the other teams?
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