Natasha sat up and looked at her clock. It was ten o'clock.

/Desitiati......speyat-li oni vse eshie? (Ten...are they asleep yet?)/

The white-haired girl stood up and looked around for her suit-case. It was standing by the small table. She opened it, and took out a pair of pajamas.

/No locks....chert (shit) /

A chair by the desk caught Natasha's attention. She took it, and dragged it to the door, trying not to make a lot of noise.

/I used to use a chair to keep Kira out of our room.....Let's see how it will work here...../

Natasha inserted the back of the chair under the door handle.

/Otlichno(Perfect)/

No one would be able to open the door, unless she removes the chair. And they can't break the door either. Natasha thanked God for Boris's love for metal doors. The girl smiled to herself weakly, and went into the tiny bathroom.

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"She locked the door somehow." announced Yuri after ten minutes of pointless turning of the door handle.

"Kak? (How?)" asked Kai. As far as he knew there was no hidden locks in the door.

Yuri shrugged.

"Maybe the chair?" hinted Bryan, who had just arrived.

"What about the chair?"

"She used it to keep the door handle from turning. Quite smart."

"Daje ochen umno (Way to smart)." murmured Yuri. There were going to be a lot of problems with having a girl on team. He realized that yesterday, and know his guess was confirmed. Angrily, he kicked the door.

"Natasha, open up!!!!!"

No answer.

"Natasha, open up!!"

No answer. Yuri cussed a little and turned around to Bryan and Kai.

"What are we suppose to do now? You know what will happen if she doesn't show up."

Nobody really wanted to really think about it, so they turned their thoughts back to opening the door.

"Maybe we shouldn't try to open it. She might be still asleep!"

Bryan went into a neighboring room. He took a chair and hit the wall with it.

/What does THAT remind me off......../

There was some noise coming from Natasha's room and then it stopped again. The next second the boys thought they heard sobs, but when they started to listen more carefully it stopped.

"Wake up, Natasha" said Bryan.

"Oh, atstante (leave me alone)......." a weak voice said from the other side of the wall.

"The training will start soon!" inserted Kai.

There were some more sobs and "Fine....." coming from the other side.

Five minutes later Natasha came out, dressed in a T-shirt that was too big for her and blue jeans with a hole covered by a sawed-on jeans pocket.

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"I guess you are ready for a practice battle" Bryan told Natasha. Her eyes, red from crying the whole night, lit up with expectation. She waited a whole day yesterday and today for this moment.

"Yuri!" Bryan called to the boy, who was fighting Kai in the next dish.

"Wrap it up and come here!"

They were training in the yard today, and the sun was shining on Natasha's pale skin. She would have enjoyed this only a few days ago, but now she was just too depressed. And the training took all of her attention. She was determined to be as good as the boys.

Flashback

"I can't do it!" she almost screamed at Bryan. He had been pushing her to hard, way to hard. Now she broke down. Only after two hours of training.

"What can you do then!?" asked Yuri, angry and annoyed. Boris was just a stupid fool, thinking THIS girl could ever learn to beyblade. She never would be able to do anything useful!

"I can do something!!!" Natasha screamed. "I can work on the computer! I can make professional web sites! And you can't! And I will be as good as any of in beyblading! Just watch me!" She finished screaming, and stared at the stunned boys.

"As you wish. Let's continue training" said Bryan calmly.

End of the Flashback.

Bryan was remembering the same moment too. After that Natasha haven't became less depressed, but her training was moving at an impressive speed. She was already good enough to have a practice fight.

Yuri and Kai had dropped their battle, and walked over.

"Chego? (What?)"

"She is ready to have her first fight. I will fight her. And you should help her."

Yuri thought it was too early for Natasha to have a fight, but said nothing. After the girl burst out her emotions, he and Kai went away to fight, leaving Bryan completely on his own. It was time to see what he had done to Natasha.

Kai decided to act as a judge.

"Bryan, Natasha take your places! Ready? Let it rip!!!"

Natasha confidently used the launcher the way she was shoved, and the blade flew into the dish, spinning and hitting Bryan's.

"Now attack" said Yuri. Natasha did so. Bryan wasn't fighting even to the half of his real ability, but defended that attack with ease.

"Hit him stronger." advised Yuri. Natasha did so, but Bryan defended that too. The girl started to get angry. She let her blade spin around the dish for a while, constantly changing direction, and then suddenly attacked. Bryan was caught of guard, and his blade got hit, but there wasn't enough force in the attack to kick the blade out of the dish.

"Good, very good." but Natasha still seemed upset.

"Why didn't I beat him?"

"You didn't hit with enough force. You need a bit beast."

The girl hopelessly looked at Yuri. For a second it seemed that she thought she will never get a bitbeast. But then her memory brought back the events of the morning. Her expression changed. Natasha's eyes suddenly flashed purple.

"I do have a bitbeast......" she said in a very confident voice, that didn't sound like anything they had heard from her before.

"Go Sarael!!!!!!!!!"

Her blade flashed purple, and a shining, violet bird appeared above it.

She looked like Dranzer at first, but when everyone got a closer look, the bird seemed to be completely different. She was much more graceful. Her head was so elegant, with long feathers decorating it, and bright, piercing, silver eyes. Her slim body and large wings were covered with long feathers too, each one purpled-colored with a strip of silver decorating the ends. Despite the beauty, they looked like sharp knives that would pierce you right throught. The claws on each leg were incredibly sharp and shining silver.

This was Sarael- Natasha's bitbeast. None of the children had ever seen anything so beautiful. Natasha gasped.

"Wow........"

Bryan took his eyes away from the miracle. He attacked Natasha's blade, and the girl didn't have time to react. Her blade flew out, but Sarael just calmly landed in front of Natasha, spreading out her wings to protect the girl from the pieces of gravel flying out of the dish. The bird wasn't really big, even shorter than Natasha. She still locked dangerous thought.

Bryan walked over. He broke the silence.

"You have beybladed before! No one could call out their bitbeast at the first battle!"

Natasha stared at Sarael. She still couldn't believe she had a bitbeast. And that she was so wonderful.

"I told you. I dunno..." Sarael flashed and disappeared. Natasha picked up the blade, dropped it and sweared silently.

"It's hot!"

"Of course it is! You should wait before you pick it up" Kai told her.

"Let's go fight again" said Bryan. Natasha didn't object.

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This day was very long for Natasha. She was getting better and better with every fight, but so tired, that Boris, who showed up to oversee their training at eight, told her she could leave for her room. For the first time in four days she felt something like happiness and satisfaction. Now there was only one thing she wanted to know.

What the hell was she doing here.

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And that's enough for today!!! You will find out what Natasha is up to in the next chapter- "Database"!

How do you like Sarael? It's my own, original bitbeast. I hope you can imagine her the way she is- beautiful and dangerous. The descriptions might suck thought- it's kinda hard describing something that doesn't exist. ^_^

Plz, review, and check out my other story, Necromancer Boys!

Peace out

Asha