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Chapter 8

The doctors had forbidden Rei to even partake in the tournament, insisting he needed to rest and heal for the World Championships in Moscow, Russia.

Turns out that Emily was apart of the All Starz, so was Michael a brunette baseball player, Steve a rough green haired football player, Eddie an African-American basketball player. And Emily was the tennis player. Strangely enough, they used sports equipment for their launchers, making them a formidable force to be reckon with. And right after Rei got out of the hospital, Emily apologized on behalf of the All-Starz. She had no idea that the program would go crazy. Luckily, Rei kindly accepted her apology.

Now that the tournament was over, Grandpa Granger returned to Japan, while the Bladebreakers, the White Tigers and Mr Dickenson prepared to leave for Moscow Russia where the World Championships would be held in two months. But, for some reason, Kenny, Tyson and Max weren't at the docks. And the ship was to set sail any minute.

Finally, the missing three ran up to the group. "Sorry we're late. But Chief wouldn't leave his laptop alone." Tyson teased as Kenny turned red. Rei chuckled. And they quickly scrambled on board just as it set off.

Gary headed for the buffet, Kevin to the arcade, and both Lee and Mariah headed for the pool on the upper deck. Kenny instructed the Tyson needed to work on his defense, and Max his offense. Both Kai and Rei were at an even level with their offense and defense. So the two snuck off when Kenny wasn't looking. Poor Tyson and Max, Rei thought with a chuckle.

Rei just wandered off until he accidently ran into someone. Ouch. "Sorry about that." Rei mumbled, helping the person he ran into up. "It's okay." When Rei had a chance to look up. All he caught was a tall figure with slicked back dark purple hair going around the corner. He was confused. /Who was that?/ He asked. Driger was thoughtful. I think that was Robert. London's Champion. And his bit beast Gryfolion is pretty strong. Not even Dragoon can take him on and win.Rei gave a low whistle.

Impressive.

Rei stretched gracefully and carefully let his magical aura flare up around him. The silverish aura warmed him up. But he frowned. Powerful Heartless signatures were coming his way. Cursing, he dissipated his aura before anyone could see it. Before Rei could move, a blast of dark energy, about the size of a basketball, slammed into him from out of nowhere, sending the poor teen crashing through the safety railing. But, before he could plunge into the icy cold water below, a strong gloved hand grabbed his.

Bluish white met crimson red.

The young man known as Robert gave a thin smile and spoke in a deep voice. "I had a feeling you were in trouble," he grunted. "And it would seem I was right." Rei smiled weakly but his eyes grew wide as he picked up on a second blast heading for Robert. "Look out!" He cried. Robert cried out in pain as another blast hit him in his back. Hard.

KER-SPLASH

Both teens plunged into the icy water and surfaced, gasping for air. "Well, this is just great." Robert grumbled, giving Rei a dirty look. Rei glared at him. "Believe me, this was not my idea." He muttered.

Up on the deck, everyone had heard the loud splash. "Uh, guys?" Kenny began uneasily. "Where's Rei and Kai?" Tyson and Max exchanged horrified looks before sprinting towards where they heard the loud splash. Upon arriving, the trio saw that some of the railings were indeed missing.

Rei looked up in time to see a slightly light green creature dive over his head. He knew what it was and what it looked like. It's head had the shape of a torpedo, that is if you counted the slight darkness from where it opened in the front with glowing yellow eyes, a very thin green body with webbed feet and wicked claws. They usually carried spears in their claws.

A Screwdiver. One of the few aquatic Heartless.

"DIVE!" Rei yelled. Robert saw the frantic look in Rei's eyes and the number of Screwdiver's circling them and hastily agreed. So, they both took deep breaths and dove under water, to see over twenty of the said Heartless, each waving a rather nasty looking spear.

What are those things?! Robert wondered.. He stared in awe as Rei held up his right hand, golden energy cackling dangerously around there. Rei brought his hand down sharply and the duo were greeted with raspy cries of pain as the Screwdrivers burst into dusts and only Rei saw the heart crystals flying off. Rei pointed upward and Robert nodded as the two surfaced.

They were soon brought back on the dry ship. "What happened?" Mariah asked as she handed them towels. Rei and Robert exchanged looks and Robert saw that Rei wanted to keep this quiet. For now. "Nothing happened Mariah." Rei said quietly.

"Nothing at all."

"What happened to the boat that was just here?" Tyson asked frantically. They had arrived in London for some supplies. And had returned six hours later, only to find the ship was missing. "Sir, do you know what happened to the ship that was here earlier?" Max asked to a nearby police officer. "Yeah, it sailed away about an hour ago." And left.

Tyson, Kenny, and Max made a face. "We'll never get to Russia at this rate." Kenny whined. Lee and Rei exchanged grins. They knew what to do. "How about we head to the Beyblade Federation Association?" Lee suggested. "The what?" Tyson asked. "It's like a private government just for us Beyblader's." Rei explained. "Race ya Rei!" Lee teased, taking off in a run towards the British BBA. Laughing, the elder neko-jin raced after him. Also laughing, the other three White Tigers ran to keep up.

HONK

Lee's eyes widen as a huge truck came towards Rei who was in the middle of crossing the street. "Look out!" He cried. Rei looked up sharply, before his form blurred and he reappeared on the other side of the street. Perfectly safe. The eight teenagers felt their jaws drop down in shock. Since when could Rei move that fast?

Rei tilted his head. "Well? You guys coming or what?" He asked. They face faulted, but they got up anyway, following him to a large building. Once inside, Rei asked a secretary if they could talk to Mr Dickenson. Unfortunately, they could not. So, the secretary got them a hotel room for the night. Tomorrow they would head to Paris on a high tech train.

After getting some hot chocolate, Mariah noticed the slightly glazed look in Rei's strange eyes. "Is everything okay?" She asked softly, sitting next to him. He looked up and turned a light pink. "Sorry." He mumbled. He sighed and glanced up to see the others looking at him in concern. Yes, even Kai was worried. "I know this may sound weird," he began. "But have any of you noticed that we seem to be having a lot of bad luck?" He pressed on. "Almost as if we were being targeted by someone."

Kenny frowned. "It is possible," he started out slowly. "That the home team may be behind this. Ooh, I really don't know." Kenny said unhappily.

KNOCK

KNOCK

Tyson looked up in curiosity. "Who could that be?" Max wondered. Kenny got up and answered it to reveal no one. He looked down to see a simple brown package sitting there. "Weird." He picked it up and closed the door. "What do you have there?" Lee asked, interested. Out popped a video.

"Let's see what's on it." Tyson suggested. Kai popped it into the tv that was in the room and instantly the image of a man with similar features to Tyson appeared on the screen. "That's my dad!" Tyson said in shock. "Your dad?!" Kai and Rei echoed. "I'm guessing that he's in Egypt." Kenny mused. "He's an archeologist." Tyson muttered.

On the video, Mr Granger explained that bit-beasts were ancient scared spirits and that people would tend to use them for evil and destroy life itself. When the video ended, everyone was stunned. "Bit beasts are that old and powerful?" Kevin squeaked. Rei was silent. He remembered reading that bit-beasts were as old as time and were probably considered Gods among ancient civilizations.

Chapter 9

The Next Day

Five hours before their train would arrive, they chose to eat at a café for breakfast. "Why would people want to steal bit-beasts?" Max asked. "I just don't get it." Tyson gave a reassuring smile that Max, Kai, Kenny and Rei did not believe for one minute. "Don't worry guys! We'll beat them no problem!" He said cheerfully, holding up the Dragoon blade.

Rei tensed, and Lee saw why. In a blur, something very shiny had embedded deep into their table. It was a very sharp dagger. Tiny droplets of black liquid splashed onto the cherry wood table.

"What gives?!" Kai said angrily. Suddenly, a tan beyblade crashed into Tyson's hand, forcing his own white beyblade to go flying into another man's waiting hand. Tyson growled angrily. All the group could see that the person was very tall, had bandages covering their entire arms and glowing yellow eyes. The man seemed to smile.

"Give me back Dragoon ya creep!" Tyson yelled, chasing the man. Rei sighed. "We better follow before he does something really stupid." They nodded and took chase.

When they reached Tyson, the creep who took Dragoon had lead them into some kind of alley. It was a trap! And now Kenny had a good sight of the man's bit beast. A very tall, and scary mummy was slamming its fist on the white beyblade. "It's trying to force Dragoon out." Tyson said slowly. "So, where's the guy that took Dragoon?" Gary asked curiously. Rei's pupils dilated into slits as he scanned the shadows and frowned.

Aww nuts.

That was when the mummy decided to stop pounding on Tyson's beyblade and did something the group was never going to forget.

Snake like bandages reached out through the air and wrapped themselves firmly around Rei's throat. Rei choked as he was lifted into the air by the mummy bit beast. It was getting a little hard to breathe with the mummy cutting off his air supply."Rei!" Mariah cried. "Let him go ya creep!" Lee roared. The bandages dug deep into Rei's neck, drawing his black blood.

"Can't...breathe..." He rasped out.

"No."

Out of the shadows came the same man who took Dragoon and was slowly suffocating Rei to death. Those piercing yellow eyes locked onto Rei's fading blue ones. Did this man see the darkness that was the Heartless in him? If so, he was in big trouble. The mummified man that is.

"Go Gallon!" Lee roared out as he released the powerful black lion on the man, furious that he was hurting Rei. "You too Galux!" Mariah ordered. "Help them Galin!" Kevin cried. "Teach that jerk a lesson!" All three echoed The leopard and the monkey rose from their beyblades and rushed at the man, only to bounce off. Much to the White Tiger's anger.

Suddenly, the man cried out, and was clutching his right arm, hissing in pain. And they saw why. A long, bloody red scratch marred his arm. As was the mummy's right arm. Rei landed on all fours and stood up, wincing slightly, rubbing his throat. Deep cuts ringed his throat. Black blood was still flowing, but Rei looked at the man with icy bluish white eyes. It gave him an eerie look, which made the man shiver slightly. "Leave." Was all Rei said.

And he did.

The gang did fail to see the cuts pulsing as a soft green mist washed over them, leaving behind fresh, clear skin. At least, Rei thought no one did. However, Kai saw the faint green light around the cuts. His eyes narrowed. The puzzle that was Rei Kon just got more interesting.

That very same afternoon, they were getting ready to take an high speed train to Paris, France. "So, how fast is this train Kenny?" Max questioned. "Pretty fast. We'll be there in two hours." Kenny explained. Lee gave a low whistle, showing that he was impressed. "Then let's go!" Tyson cheered as they piled on. "After you Kai." Rei teased. "Hn." Kai grunted. Rei scowled, but just as he was about to climb on, he hesitated. "Are you okay?" Kevin asked quietly. Rei shook his head.

"Yeah. I'm fine." He muttered back.

Rei took a seat towards the back, the other four White Tigers to the middle, and the Bladebreakers to the front. /Something doesn't feel right Driger./ Rei said uneasily as the train took off and a creature feature began. Why don't we go take a look?Driger suggested. Rei agreed and slipped away from everyone without them noticing.

His strange blue eyes searched every room only to find no one else was on this train. /Odd. You think other people would be here./ He mused. You're right.Driger agreed, also uneasy. Rei glanced at one of the tables in the dinner cart and was surprised to find a silver dollar.

/Cool. Someone left this behind./ He told Driger who blinked in confusion. Rei picked it up and flipped it. /Heads I go back to the movie. Tails I freak out by being on a ghost train./ It landed on his hand and he looked at it and sweat dropped. /Tails. Figures./ He said dryly. And quickly headed back to the main cart.

Lee looked up, hearing the soft footsteps of Rei. And blinked when he realized that something was wrong with his friend. "Is something wrong Rei?" He asked gently. The others turned to see what was wrong.

Rei took a deep breath. "Guys, I don't think there's anyone else on this train." He said slowly. "This is a joke." Tyson scoffed. "Probably Kai's doing anyway." Kai and Rei exchanged looks before they both broke into a run to opposite sides of the train. Kai to the navigation side and Rei to the pilots.

In the pilots seat, Rei found no one and was genuinely worried. /This isn't good./ He whispered. Before Driger could answer, something hard slammed into the back of Rei's head and he slumped on the console in an unconscious heap.

Kai also found no one at the navigation systems and ran back. "No one is piloting this train." He said grimily. Suddenly the train lurched forward, sending them flying. And the lights were shut off.

"Where's Rei?" Mariah asked frantically. "Let's hope he's outside." Lee groaned, standing up. Wincing, they got up and slid the door open and stepped out into the eerie tunnels.

CREAK

Kai's eyes narrowed. "We're not alone." He hissed as a pair of blood red, icy blue, and gleaming emerald eyes glowed from the shadows and three men in their early twenties slithered out of the shadows. One man with pale skin and slicked back black hair, another man with shaggy dark blue hair and the last was a bit taller than the others and had unruly dark green hair with bolts on his neck?!

"Who are you?!" Tyson demanded rudely, if not frantically. The man with the ruby red eyes grinned, revealing needle point fangs. "Forgive our manners," he began in a honey coated voice. "I am Sanquinex." The blue haired man grinned nastily. "And I am his little brother Lupinex." And the last man spoke in a very deep, cruel voice. "And among human kind, my name has always been Xan."

Lee's eyes widen in horror. "Human kind?!" He repeated. "Are you guys saying your some kind of monsters?!" Max squeaked. "And you shall know me as Cenotaph." The two teams whirled around to see the bandaged man from earlier standing behind them. "I believe you are looking for this person?"

And he threw an unconscious Rei at their feet. Rei groaned, but did not stir. "If you defeat us, we'll let him go. If not, we get your bit beasts. Doesn't that sound good Bladebreakers and White Tigers?" Lee and Kai froze. How do they know our team names? They thought at the same time. "Agreed." Tyson said reluctantly. The dragon blader glanced anxiously at his unconscious friend, hoping Rei would wake up soon and help them. But he did not.

3...2...1...Let er rip!

Pretty soon, a lion, a leopard, a grizzly bear, a spider monkey, a phoenix, a dragon and a large turtle were battling some of the fiercest monsters of all times. For Sanquinex it was a hungry vampire. Lupinex a deadly werewolf and Xan Frankenstein's monster. While the two teams were slowly losing, Rei was rapidly gaining consciousness. His pale colored eyes fluttered open and without Cenotaph noticing, sat up. Hm. Should he do it? Rei grinned slyly. What are you up to?Driger asked curiously. /You'll see soon enough./ Rei promised.

Come on Dragoon, you can do it. Tyson thought grimily. They were losing and Tyson knew it. Suddenly, Cenotaph was thrown into a very surprised Xan and they both crashed into one of the tunnel walls. Everyone gaped. "What the-?!" Max yelped. Rei came from behind them, eyes cold. "You okay?" Kenny whispered to him. Rei merely nodded and pulled not only his launcher from his pocket but what also appeared to be a silver dollar.

"Hey wolfie!" Rei called. Lupinex growled darkly at the nickname. "Heads or tails," he flipped the coin into the air and Lupinex whimpered in fear. "You loose!" The coin landed neatly into the bit and Rei released a very pleased white tiger into the air. Instead of his usual green glow, Driger was glowing a molten silver. "Argh!" Lupinex howled as his beyblade was thrown from the match, still smoking. That only left Sanquinex and his vampire.

Kenny suddenly yelled out a way to take out Sanquinex. "And how do you defeat a vampire?!" He yelled. Max's eyes widen. "A cross! Of course! Draciel!" Tyson soon caught on. "Dragoon!" He yelled. "DOUBLE TEAM NOW!" Both boys shouted as one.

The white beyblade and the green one launched themselves into the air, blurred together and formed a huge, glowing white cross in the air. The vampire was soon out of the match. "We won!" Kevin cheered. Just then, an SUV pulled up and some medical people poured out. "We'll meet again." Sanquinex hissed, and soon all four Dark Bladers disappeared into the shadows. Fading out like ghosts.

"Is everyone alright?" One med asked. "Who was driving this train?" Another demanded. Tyson gave a weak smile. "It's a long story sir." He told them. As they drove towards their destination, Rei was lost in thought.

Those Dark Bladers aren't human, he thought. They were defiantly after the two teams bit beasts. They'll be back. I know they will. His eyes harden. And when they do, I'll be ready for them.

Chapter 10

Paris, France

The Following Day

"I can't believe you made us miss breakfast Tyson." Kenny grumbled. When the two had woken up in their lucius resort rooms, everyone else was already gone for the day. "Where are the others anyway?" He continued.

"Let's see, Max said he was gonna go shopping and Rei and the other White Tigers said something about getting a real home cooked meal." Kenny was surprised. "Their loss. What about Kai?" At this, Tyson scowled and pulled out a note to read it out loud. "'I've gone ahead to do some training. Go ahead without me.'" Tyson growled. Kenny sighed. Sometimes Tyson was a little too childish for his tastes. Besides, they all agreed to meet at the Eiffel Tower that very same afternoon.

Actually, Tyson had been wrong. Only Re had chosen not to go with the White Tigers to Lee's Uncle who owned a restaurant. Rei leapt from building roof top to roof top and landed on the ground with a liquid grace.

Hn.

Now I know I heard Riku's voice back in China, Rei thought. Could they really be here, in this world? He sniffed the air. Riku's musky scent, Donald's scent, and Goofy's scent was still lingering in the air. So they must be close by. Rei activated the black Scan visor and peered around his surroundings.

Hm?

Rei looked down to see that the ground was shaking dangerously. What the - - ? His thoughts were broken off as he looked up sharply, horror etched upon his handsome face. Besides thousands of Shadow Heartless rushing for him, there was another set of Heartless mixed in with the Shadows.

They were ugly Heartless. Having tiny heads with glowing yellow eyes, body was covered in dark purple and dark blue stripes, one huge clawed hand and one short clawed hand, and in the short hand, wielded a large shield that had a black lion face on it. The eyes glowed a cruel yellow and would shoot out fire or ice, depending on the glow of the eyes.

Defender Heartless.

Aww nuts.

Rei whirled around and started running at top speeds. All the people of Paris saw was a mere red and black blur rushing past them and heading for the Eiffel Tower. Rei leapt into the air and caught the ledge of a building. Desperately holding on for dear life. Rei closed his eyes tightly. Someone help! His mind screamed. He felt Driger panicking inside of him.

"Sora!" Yelled a voice.

Rei's eyes flew open. Riku! His mind realized. "I can't hold on Riku!" He wailed. Riku, Donald and Goofy were standing on the roof of a nearby building. Riku's aquamarine eyes were wide with horror. "There's too many Heartless!" Goofy cried. "We have to help Sora, he's the only one who can stop them." Donald said grimly as he raised his staff.

Rei yelled out in fear as both sets of Heartless slammed repeatedly into the building he was holding on too, when all of a sudden, the building collapsed and Rei plunged towards the sea of Heartless.

"WIND!" Donald screamed out. Rei was caught by a hazy white mist as the wizard struggled to put Rei to safety. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the Eiffel Tower and quickly guided the floating Rei towards one of the highest beams on the tower. And luckily he managed to do it on time.

Angry that they had been robbed of their meal, the Shadows and Defenders focused their attention on the trio. Donald was breathing heavily from using the wind magic for so long. "Get out of there!" Rei screamed from where he was.

Unfortunately, for the trio, the Heartless slammed repeatedly into the building they were standing on before it caved in, sending them plunging for the ground.

Rei looked frantically for them. Come on, where are they? Where are they?! He wondered worriedly. He grew relieved as he saw all three take huge leaps for the tower and began to climb towards where he stood safely. They're alright. He thought weakly.

What Rei did not see, was a shapeless shadow with glowing red eyes, hovering over the trio and with a gleeful snicker, yanked all three off. Riku was stunned as he felt an invisible hand shove him off the tower. Apparently, the same thing happened to both Donald and Goofy. Sora, I'm sorry, was the last thing he thought before all three plunged into the Heartless. And soon, the Heartless were all over them. Rei's eyes widen as he felt his heart break in two.

"N-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!!!!!!!!" He wailed in anguish.

After having a nice hot meal, the White Tigers joined up with Tyson and Kenny at the Eiffel Tower. "Say, where's Rei? I thought he was with you?" Tyson asked, looking around. Lee shrugged. "We have no idea." He muttered. Kevin peered over the side and frowned. "Look down there." He said softly.

Huh?

All six peered over the edge of the railing to see a sea of black, dark purple and dark blue surrounding the bottom of the tower. "That's strange. I've never seen something like that before." Kenny mused. "It's weird." Tyson agreed.

"N-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!!!!!!!!" Wailed a familiar voice.

The voice was filled with grief and anguish. Gary stiffened. "That sounded an awful lot like Rei." He said grimily. "And he sounds really upset." Tyson said worriedly.

Silence rang in the air.

After the Heartless faded, Rei quickly jumped down from his spot and landed on the ground with a bit of a stumble. Dust swirled in the air and he coughed heavily on it. "Riku!" He called through cupped hands. "Donald!" He coughed again. "Goofy!" His eyes widen in shock and disbelief as his eyes made out the prone forms of three bings.

Oh no.

Rei slowly walked over and knelt down at a seemingly sleeping Riku's side. He looked down at Riku's peaceful face and wondered why. Why did this happen? "Riku, please, please wake up." He pleaded, his voice cracked slightly. He scrambled up to his feet. "Somebody! Help!" He cried. Silence. "Anybody." Still nothing.

"Help." Thick pearly white tears began to trickle down his pale face as he turned back and knelt before the lifeless bodies of his best friends. He curled up into a ball and cried hard into his knees. "Rei?" Rasped a deep voice. Rei looked up with red eyes to see Driger, in human form, sitting next to him. Still crying, Rei reached out a hand to the spirit who simply hugged him gently.

"Why Driger?" Rei whispered. "Why did they have to die? They were my best friends." More tears streamed down his face. "I'm truly sorry for your loss Rei. But do not let their sacrifice go in vain. Keep fighting these creatures for them. I know they'll be proud of you." Rei looked into Driger's kind yellow eyes and realized that the tiger spirit was right. He wiped his eyes and gave a sad smile. "Alright Driger. I'll keep fighting the Heartless to the day that I die." He vowed. Driger looked over Rei's shoulder and froze. "Is that supposed to happen Rei?"

Huh?

Rei's head whirled around, just in time to see three crystallized hearts leave his friends body. Two were pure red while the other was a greyish black. Riku's, Donald's, and Goofy's bodies were instantly digitized. "No..." Rei whispered, eyes wide.

Then something amazing happened.

All three crystallized hearts, hovered in front of Rei, before sinking into his own chest. Rei stumbled back as he felt an incredible warmth flood his system. That was when his friends memories slammed into his head. Whimpering, he clutched his head until the pain passed.

"Rei, are you alright?" Driger asked worriedly. Rei blinked, still trying to sort through all the memories. "I-I'm fine." He said slowly. "What happened?" The tiger spirit wondered. "I think that my friends refused to leave me and left me their memories and that their hearts merged with mine." He smiled wildly. "I have a feeling they're with me right now." His body grew warm and he knew he was right. His friends would always be with him.

"We better go Rei." Driger said suddenly. Rei nodded. "Right." He agreed and faded out, leaving people who were watching gaping in shock. Actually, Rei simply moved at a high speed, making it appear that he faded away.

Rei chose to stay in the shadows of their hotel as he waited for the gang to return. Mariah had taken one look at his rumpled clothing and his redden eyes from crying and knew something was up. All Rei did was smile sadly and say:

"Everything is just fine."

Rei walked down the streets of Paris the following day. Yesterday, Lee told him about Oliver, the French Beyblade Champion. It was Oliver who allowed them to stay extra longer in the city of love.

He sighed heavily. It would be a long time before he would get over Riku, Donald and Goofy's death. When out of the blue, he accidently slammed into someone. "Oof!" Rei grunted. He looked up, wondering who he had bumped into.

A woman in her early twenties was rubbing her sore bottom. She had wavy auburn hair and warm green eyes. She was dressed in a simple yet elegant lilac dress suit. Helping the woman up were two more identical women. Each dressed in an elegant dress suit. One was wearing a rose colored suit and the other in a dark green one.

"We have found our main attraction!" Squealed the one in red. Rei raised an eyebrow. The one in lilac blushed. "Allow me to introduce ourselves. I'm Lily." The one in red gave him a warm smile. "The names Rose cute stuff." Rei blushed. "And I'm Ivy." Said the one in green.

"We're fashion designers and we have a show that's going to go on in about two hours and we've been searching everywhere for a main attraction. And guess what sugar pie? You're it." Said Rose. Rei turned a very deep shade of red. "A little problem, I can't in it." This caused some distressed cries. "Why not?" Ivy asked.

Rei gestured to his red and black hair, long fangs and his eyes. "Someone might recognize me." He pointed out. "Simple. A little hair dye and contacts, and no one will recognize you." Rei sighed. Women, stubborn sometimes. "Alright." He grumbled. "You'll need to use a different name." Rei suddenly grinned wickedly.

"Sora."

2 hours later

The Bladebreakers and the White Tigers were given free invitations to Oliver's fashion show. Rei's lucky he doesn't have to be here, Tyson thought with a grumble. Lily then stepped on the stage and smiled warmly at everyone. "I'm sure you have read stories about warriors who fight and protect innocent people, right?" Confused, the audience nodded. Lily's smile widen a bit. "We have our very own warrior here! Please welcome Sora!"

Out of the shadows, stepped a handsome male teenager. He had unruly long dark cinnamon hair and cold blue green eyes. He was dressed in a simple pair of black leather jeans, a white tee-shirt, a black leather jacket, fingerless black gloves, and dark brown army boots. "Rei?!" Max gasped. Lee shook his head.

No.

Not Rei.

Just as Lily was about to continue, a familiar arrow to Kai was embedded in the wall, quivering inches from Lily's ear. Also stepping out of the shadows was a tall black hooded man. Sora turned and scowled heavily. And both Beyblading teams had a bad feeling that this was not suppose to happen.

"You're fight is with me, not with them!" Sora snarled, his voice rich and deep like that of an aristocrat. The 'man' reached out a rotting grey hand to the young teen. {"Sora..."} It rasped. "That guy needs our help!" Tyson insisted, getting up. Oliver silenced the dragon blader with a glare. Suddenly, dark purplish black mist swirled around Sora lazily. What no one knew, was that Sora was powering up for a mega spell. Sora raised both his hands up; his hands were surrounded by the eerie mist, and roared out:

"FORCE!"

A humongous ball of purplish black energy slammed onto the head of the 'man', crushing its body onto the ground. Sora pulled out a gleaming silver katana and brought the weapon down in an arc and the so called 'man' was digitized in tiny glimmers of black light. Sora fell to one knee, breathing heavily from the powered up Gravity spell.

He stood up and gave a cheesy grin and with a wave of his hand, he disappeared from everyone's view. "You don't suppose he works for the Dark Bladers, do you?" Kevin asked as they watched Sora disappear like the Dark Bladers did. "I hope not Kevin. I really hope not." Lee said slowly.

'Sora' reappeared in the hotel the two teams were staying at. Slowly, dark brown hair melted into pure ebony black with red high lights and blue green eyes became eerie bluish white. Rei smirked, his fangs gleaming brightly under the room's lights.

Magic was fun to use.

He looked up to see Kai entering with a suspicious look in his crimson mocha eyes. "Where were you?" He asked icily. Rei frowned. "Out." Was all he said. "Pack your things. We're heading to Italy first thing tomorrow." Kai ordered and left. Rei sighed.

Italy, here we come.

I know they are coming out fast, but I'm still working on revising and finishing up the second story of the series.