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Riley stumbled a little from the sudden weight that was added on. The three began to approach them.

"You're brother?" Johnny questioned.

"Vince?" Atlas asked.

Riley nodded. Johnny and Kai carried him up the stairs and put him on his bed. Riley grabbed her blade with Shadow and pointed the bit chip at Vince, immediately healing his wounds.

"What do you think happened?" Atlas asked.

"He probably got into some fight with a gang." Riley sighed; she looked worried and pissed off.

Atlas ushered the guys out of the room, so Riley could have her 'alone time'. Atlas and Kai went to their room while Johnny went to his and Riley's.

Riley stared at her brother and sighed, she hoped he was alright; he was the only decent family member.

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Vince opened his grey eyes and looked around his old room. His eyes landed on Riley, who was asleep on the edge of his bed. He got off the bed and shook his older sister awake. Riley groggily woke up and saw Vince, she immediately hugged him tightly.

"Y-you're ch-choking me!" Vince managed to say.

Riley smirked. "Go take a shower, and then go downstairs for breakfast."

Vince nodded and went to the bathroom, while Riley went downstairs to make breakfast.

Vince walked downstairs and saw Johnny, Atlas, Kai and Riley eating at the table. He was pretty happy although he was still sore; he took a seat and began to eat fairly quickly.

"You know if you don't chew you're gonna choke." Riley said.

"I'm hungry..." Vince whined.

Kai and Johnny gave each other similar looks before they continued to eat. Atlas smirked; she hadn't seen Vince in over 4 years, since he didn't visit every summer like Riley.

"After breakfast we're going to have a very long talk." Riley said.

Vince nodded mindlessly, since he was still stuffing himself. Once they were all done Atlas volunteered the boys the wash the dishes while Riley and Vince went up to Vince's room to talk.

Vince sat down on his bed preparing himself for a long lecture. Riley stood in front of him and stared at him for a while. Vince looked around his room as if he hadn't seen it before.

"So, what were you doing yesterday?" Riley asked.

"I was out." Vince replied.

"Doing?" Riley asked.

"Drag racing and shit." Vince said.

"With?" Riley asked.

"The Viet's." Vince replied.

"You don't have any money on you do you?" Riley asked.

"Nope." Vince replied.

"And you got beat up because you couldn't pay them, when you lost." Riley guessed.

"Ya." Vince replied feeling himself shrinking.

"And what have you been doing the past year?" Riley asked.

"Mom went to Rehab." Vince said.

"I know that." Riley said.

"Well, I stayed here for a bit and then moved around to my friends houses." Vince said.

"And you come back here, when you heard that I'm back." Riley said. "Half starved, beat up, and without any money."

"Ya so." Vince murmured.

"So? So why didn't you call, or something." Riley scold.

"Like you would have done anything! You're the one who left to go to school and ditched me!" Vince shouted. "And you knew mom was gone, why didn't you come back to get me at least!"

"You're 16! You're old enough to take care of yourself." Riley said "Besides I thought you'd be ok." She was now starting to feel guilty.

"I've been better." Vince said.

"Well you could have gone to Alex's." Riley said.

"Well I wanted to prove that I didn't need someone to take care of me." Vince said. "And besides, I was just trying to be like you."

"You know, I've had lots of practice and training." Riley said. "And I wanted you to get good grades and actually get a better job, rather than winning money off other people."

"Ya well, I haven't gone to school in over 3 months." Vince said.

"What!" Riley shouted. "That's crossing the line! So you basically failed grade 10!"

"Well, I had better things to do." Vince said.

Riley glared at Vince for a while, now she was totally pissed.

"Ok I'll make a deal with you." Riley said.

"What kind of deal?" Vince questioned.

"You are going to go to grade 11, pass with straight A's, prefect GPA and over 90% in each class. You are going to do the same in grade 12. You're going to stay at Alex's and study your ass off. And then, when you finish high school, you are going to come live with me in Scotland and then you can do what ever you want with your life." Riley said.

Vince stared at her in disbelief trying to comprehend what she had just said. "You've got to be kidding me."

"No Vincent Clyde I am not kidding and if you succeed in all I have said, and you WILL, I'll give you a million dollars to do what you want with." Riley said, wondering if Atlas would ever let her borrow that much, and if not she could always win some money off Dragging.

"Are you serious?" Vince asked.

"I'm dead serious." Riley said.

"Fine, but you better keep you're promise." Vince growled.

Riley smirked and hugged her brother. "And I'll come visit in the summer, or you can come."

"Ok." Vince said.

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Atlas sighed, the tournament was in three days and none of them had done any training. Johnny and Kai had been meeting old friends from all over the world. Riley walked over to Atlas with a smiled.

"How'd it go?" Atlas asked.

"Well, pretty good I suppose." Riley said.

"That's good." Atlas said.

"Ya." Riley breathed.

"Common, let's train." Atlas said.

"I was thinking, do we really need too? I mean we have like the most powerful bitbeasts." Riley said.

"Well you never know." Atlas said.

"I guess." Riley said. "Let's go practice on the roof."

"On the roof?" Atlas questioned.

Riley nodded and led Atlas up to her room; they climbed out of the window and walked onto the hot roof that felt like hot sand. The girls sat down and began to upgrade their blades before training.

"Man, it's so nice and warm." Atlas said.

"I know its best in the summer." Riley said. "Its fun snowboarding down the roof in the winter hurts like hell but its fun." They laughed.

"Well, first things first, find out who we're up against." Atlas said.

Riley opened up her laptop with the information on the other bladers.

Johnny & Kai

Riley & Atlas

Oliver & Enrique

Ray & Lee

Tyson & Max

Alex & Terence

Amber & Mark

Bryan & Tala

"Well, Johnny and Kai, I expect we'll go against them in the finals, Tyson and Max, we'll kick their arse and Ray and Lee, not sure about them." Atlas said.

"Ya, Amber and Mark will be easy, Oliver and Enrique, dunno who they are, Alex and Terence will be average, and I'm not sure about Bryan and Tala." Riley replied.

"I think we should find out our weaknesses." Atlas said.

"Easy, just find the weakness of the animal." Riley said. "I think Shadow takes too long too heal, and he's pretty big for a Phoenix, but flying won't be a problem, he's got 6 wings, and he can multi-task."

"Well, I'm not so sure about Enigma. He's intimidating, which is good, he's fast and strong." Atlas said.

"Brag, brag, brag." Riley said rolling her eyes.

Atlas smirked. "I'm sorry that you can't handle the truth."

"Ya well as I recall the last time we battle I was the one that came out victorious." Riley smirked.

"Only because stupid Phoenix's can heal." Atlas sneered. "If Shadow didn't heal I would have won."

"No! Because Shadow dodged your stupid attack before he healed, therefore; I would have won anyways!" Riley said.

"Prove it." Atlas glared.

"I will!" Riley snarled.

"Fine! I challenge you to a battle!" Atlas smirked.

"And I accept." Riley said.

They climbed back through the window and into the house; they first needed witnesses to make sure that one of them didn't cheat. Riley and Atlas looked around the house; they couldn't find anyone but Vince who was chatting on the computer. They decided that they were at the park where they first met Tyson and the rest of the blade breakers. The girls didn't talk to each other; both had the same serious yet pissed off expression as if someone had insulted them. Like they predicted the boys were at the park, with some new people. They all turned around as the girls approached.

Johnny and Kai stared at each other curiously, wondering what was bothering their ladies. They began walking towards them but a certain blonde haired blue eyed Italian beat them to the girls.

"Hello, I'm Enrique, who might you two charming ladies be?" Enrique asked smoothly.

Riley and Atlas glanced at each other and then sent each other similar mischievous grins.

"I'm like Riley." Riley said acting all ditsy.

"Hi, and I'm like Atlas." She said twirling some of her hair around her finger.

Kai and Johnny stopped in their tracks; the sickly sweet high pitched voice that Riley and Atlas were speaking in was sickening.

"Have you ladies been to Italy?" Enrique asked coyly.

"Like totally." The two replied.

"And like-"

"-Those are our boyfriends."

Enrique turned around to the direction the girls were pointing too. He smirked sheepishly and scratched the back of his head. "Er... Sorry guys."

Johnny and Kai walked over to the girls claiming them. "What's wrong?"

"Well, we've been looking around for you guys for hours." Riley said exaggerating, dropping the clutz act.

"Don't expect us to be at you call, we're not loyal dogs." Kai sneered.

"The loyal part, you should, the dogs part, that's definitely true." Riley glared.

Atlas and Johnny rolled their eyes. "Did you and Riley change personalities or something?" Johnny whispered to Atlas.

"No." Atlas said. "Riley's like this sometimes."

"I see." Johnny said watching Riley and Kai hurl insults at each other.

"So, why were you guys looking for us?" Johnny asked.

"Riley and I was going to have a battle." Atlas said. "We needed-"

"Moral support?" Johnny asked.

"Ya sure, whatever." Atlas smirked, they turned their attention back to Riley and Kai.

"Well Fuck you too!" Riley snarled, she lashed out and scratched Kai, slashing down his right arm.

He winced in pain as he tried to stop the bleeding, while Riley crossed her arms angrily. Johnny smirked and wrapped his arms around Riley trying to restrain her, but only slightly. Atlas sighed muttering something that sounded like "children".

They all walked back to Riley's house and walked into the small backyard. There was a small beydish on the ground. Riley took out her beyblade and launcher and got ready. Atlas followed suit and glared at Riley.

"Who do you think'll win?" Johnny asked.

"Atlas." Kai smirked, no doubt in his mind.

"Really I was thinking it'd be Riley."

3-2-1 LET IT RIP!

They were unaware of the eyes which watched their every move.

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DarkAvelon: Hope you liked it. Roze, you can add whatever, and what do you think? Tie? Atlas win? Riley win?

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