A/N: My first Beyblades story...my first story period.

Kai: Why did you put this one up first?

Honda: Yeah, and not the ones you've been working on longer?

Waysuu: Because I felt like it! Now, shut up so they can read the fic!

Takuya: Please have pity on her! Keep the criticism constructive.

Wes/Xander: Thank you. Kai sat beside Wyatt's bed. He hadn't recovered from collapsing; using that stupid Cyber Bit Beast that doctor gave him.

This was all Kai's fault. If he had never joined that all boys academy, then Wyatt never would have gotten mixed-up with all this Beyblading tragedies. All of this was entirely his fault...

He slammed his fist on the desk beside Wyatt's bed, before standing and walking out to face the rest of his eager team.

"Is he going to be alright?" Max asked, leaning against the wall.

"I don't know," Kai said as he headed to the doors of the hospital, head down, staring at his feet.

"Where are you going, Kai?" Ray asked, stepping forward.

Kai stopped. "As far away from Wyatt as possible. I'm only a danger to him if I stay near him," Kai said before walking out the door.

"Hey! You, who are you?" a girl with a slight British accent asked, her hands on her hips, bag slung over her shoulder, as Kai left the hospital entrance.

"What does it matter to you?" Kai asked, turning and facing the young girl who had addressed him.

"Well, if you're the guy I think you are, you don't mean a lot to me, but to my brother," she said glaring at him. He's defiantly rude...he always did like the rule-breakers.

"And who's your brother, kid?" he asked as he started to walk off towards the dojo again.

"Wyatt," she said following close behind him.

"Wyatt's your brother?" Kai asked, expressions softening at the name of the younger boy.

"He's my older brother. He's never mentioned me...huh...well, my name's Marie. Mum sent me over to stay here in Japan with him for awhile," she said smiling. "And, ever since you showed up, all he can talk to me on the phone is Kai this, and Kai that."

"Well, I'm the right guy, but what do you want?"

"You, my stubborn friend, have won the heart of my big brother, and I think it's the cutest little thing," she said smiling at his reaction to her comment.

"Won his heart?" Kai asked softly to himself.

"Yeah, can't you tell? He's gaga over you," the girl said as they stepped under a streetlight. This was the first time Kai got a real good look at the young girl claiming to be Wyatt's younger sister. She had the same brown as Wyatt did, but her eyes were a dark green instead of a deep, expressive blue.

"Really?" Kai breathed.

"Yep, now, I have to go wait for my brother to wake up," she said smiling at the clueless teen before her prior to running back to the hospital.

Kai watched as she entered the hospital. Did she really mean what she said about him winning over Wyatt? He had never thought Wyatt thought of him like that. Did he actually stand a chance with the cute younger boy?

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Wyatt slowly regained consciousness. It seemed as if someone turned on an overhead light and shinned it directly in his eyes. He sat up and looked around. He saw that he was in a hospital room.

"That would explain the bright lights," he muttered to himself as he sat up in the bed and looked around. He saw that the door the room he was lying in was opened slightly. He could hear people muttering on the other side. It sounded like his sister and one of Kai's friends from that blading team he was on.

"Marie?" he asked, slightly louder than a whisper in his horse voice.

"Wyatt!" the younger girl exclaimed as she rushed into the room followed by a Chinese boy. "Wyatt, you're awake, I'm soo happy!" The girl rushed to the side of his bed and squeezed his hand.

"Where is everyone?" Wyatt asked, looking around the room and not seeing the one other person he wanted to see.

"You mean of the Blade Breakers?" Wyatt nodded. "Well, he's the only one still here. Said he didn't want me staying by myself."

The Chinese boy smiled, nodding from behind the girl.

"Thank you, Ray, for staying with my sister," Wyatt said smiling to the oriental teen.

"It was no problem. Your sister was telling me all about where you were from," he said happily. "Well, I gotta get going, team practice earlier tomorrow, you know."

"I'll see you out," Marie said smiling to her older brother who nodded. They stepped outside the hospital room and into the quiet hall. "Listen, if you see Kai, tell him that Wyatt's awake. Wyatt would want him to know."

"All right," Ray said nodding.

"Well, maybe I'll see you around," Marie said smiling.

"Maybe," Ray said as he headed out of the hospital.

Marie walked back inside her brother's room and saw that he had lain back down and had fallen asleep. She smiled and found a piece of paper and a pen on the nightstand next to the bed. She scribbled down her cell phone number, just incase he didn't remember it, and that she went to stay in a hotel.

She kissed him on the forehead before heading outside and looking around. She saw a boy with oddly colored hair; it was red and outlined in black. He had on shorts and a red shirt.

"Excuse me!" she yelled as she ran over to him. "Excuse me."

"Yeah, can I help you?" he asked. His eyes where an odd shade of green, Marie noted.

"Well, you wouldn't happen to know where a hotel is, would you? Preferably close to the hospital," she asked hopefully.

"Yeah, follow me," he said smiling slightly.

"Thank you," Marie breathed.

"So, why are you wanting a hotel by the hospital?" the boy asked, curiosity getting the best of him.

"Well, my brother is in the hospital for collapsing during this stupid game he plays...something with spinning tops and launchers," she said shrugging, not concerning herself with details.

"Beyblade?" the boy asked over his shoulder.

"Yeah!" Marie said smiling. "Do you play?"

"It's more than a game to me. It's life and death to me," he said quietly.

"Oh," she said nodding, thinking to herself that this guy was crazy. "Then you do blade?"

"Yes. Who's your brother?" he asked in a pathetic attempt to change the conversation.

"First, I think you should know your name," she said sighing.

"It's Azuma," the boy said, turning to see her face.

"Azuma. Well, my brother's name is Wyatt," Marie said.

"Wyatt...yeah, I remember now. I was there when he fainted," Azuma said, recalling the event that happened that day.

"What? What happened?" Marie asked hurriedly, grabbing his arm.

"Wait a second," Azuma said looking around.

"What?"

"Get down," he told her.

"What, why?"

"GET DOWN!" he yelled, pushing her down.

A Beyblade swished past her head. Azuma caught the blade and examined it. It started to spin in his hand, and then it flew back in the direction it came to the person who launched it. He was sitting in a window of an abandoned building. The boy looked at two teens, one standing and one on the ground, before he smiled.

"Who are you?" Azuma yelled angrily.

"I would think any one of the allusive Saint Shields would be a little smarter than to walk around by themselves."

"Who are you?" Azuma yelled again.

"I am Sylvester. I have a bit beast from the ancient rock. I have come with two others who have bit beasts from the rock as well," the teen said as he jumped down from the second story window, landing with out any sign of injuries.

"How'd he-," Marie started to ask.

"Don't ask," Azuma told her sternly.

She nodded, not daring to speak. Another Beyblade came out of now where and sped towards Marie, but a white blade came out of nowhere and deflected it away from the transfixed girl. Both blades went flying back to their owners. The owners stepped out of the shadows, and as turned out, one was Ray.

"What are you doing here? You left the hospital way before I did," Marie said, her accent shinning more clearly in her confusion.

"Well, I gave Kai a call, telling him that I was leaving the hospital. He asked if you were still here. I told him I just left you behind, and he said to follow you. He told me that there were three creeps following you," Ray said smiling as if this sort of thing was normal. He held out his hand to help the girl up, who indeed accepted the offer.

"Well, that's a nice thought...but you were stalking me?" Marie asked outraged that someone would do such a thing. Ray blinked, then nodded.

"DID YOU FORGET ABOUT US?" the third one said, launching his blade at Ray, Azuma, and Marie.

Ray pushed Marie out of the way before jumping out of the way him self. Azuma loaded and launched his blade in what appeared to be one smooth movement. It hit the other one and sent it flying back at the boy. He was so surprised that it hit him in the face and knocked him out.

"Now, get out of here before we do the same to you two," Ray said, glaring at the other two bladers.

They looked at each other before running out of sight.

"Are you okay?" Ray asked, offering Marie a hand.

"Yes," Marie said sighing as she was helped up. She brushed her shirt and skirt off. "Who were they?"

"Those were people working for the creeps who put Wyatt in the hospital," Azuma said before walking off.

Marie looked at Ray, who nodded. She picked up her bag off the ground. "I haven't even been in this town for two hours, and I've already been attacked. That's not right, don't they have any manners?" Marie asked angrily.

"Well, where are you staying?" Ray asked, trying to change the subject.

"I was going to stay in a hotel, but now I think I'm going to go back to the hospital and see if I can stay with Wyatt," Marie said, looking back towards the hospital.

"Why don't you come stay with Kai, myself, and the rest of the Blade Breakers?" Ray suggested.

"I don't know, this trouble all seems to come back around to you guys. I don't think it's safe their," she said sighing, thinking about what had happened to Wyatt, and what just happened to herself.

"I'll personally sleep at the door to your room if you think you'll be safer...Trust me, it's one of the safest places in town," he said smiling.

Marie smiled too. "All right," she said, finally giving in.

"Follow me," Ray said, taking her bag from her.

"Looks like chivalry isn't dead," she said smiling.