Hi! Things have been a bit busy around my place, but I find it boring. Anyway, I decided to take some time to post some new chapters. Wo-hoo! For some some reason, I'm going to post two chapters today. Keep up and you'll be fine. And don't forget to review afterwards ok? So, let's go! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------

Chapter 5- Treasures and a Friend

A few days had past since Boris had shown up at the shelter, and hopefully he'd take a long while before coming back. Sanka made sure she kept Kai busy over the past little while. Training out back in the dish with her and the others, going on errands in town (what a drag), and anything else she could think of. She didn't really notice it much, but she was slowly developing a strong feeling toward the slatehaired blader. Kai didn't really pay much attention to that fact. But Alex did.

One afternoon, Sanka was watching Kai practice out back again. She watched as Dranzer zoomed in between soda cans and then come back around again, hitting them all into a pyramid stack. Kai caught his blade and released it again. This time, Dranzer headed for some boards that Kai had set up and broke them all apart. It went back into his hand again and Kai smiled at a practice-run well done. Sanka stood up and held forth her beyblade.

"Nicely done Kai," she complimented."My turn!"

Sanka pulled the ripcord and away Icies, knocking all the cans into the air. Then the blade zipped up after them and broke them all to pieces. Icies used her blizzard and froze the chips of metal, before knocking them into a castle-shape. Then before it (the blade) hit the ground, Icies bouced off a tree and sped through the boards like they were made of paper Sanka caught her blade in her hand and smiled. She checked her watch and smiled even more.

"Wow!" she said. "50 seconds. My best time yet. Icies and I have definately improved."

"Impressive." Kai commented.

Sanka grinned. "Ooh, do I detect some jealousy?"

"Hah! Me? Jealous? No way," Kai said.

"You are so!" Sanka teased.

"Whatever. I got to go. Bye!"

"Ok. I'll see you later then."

Kai nodded and walked off. Sanka watched him go. She sighed and sat down on a bench in the garden. It was her favourite thinking spot and right now she had alot to think about.

"This is so weird," she thought aload to herself. "One day this new boy comes along and already I feel like I've known him forever. But I'm being ridiculous. We're bladers we can't afford to go acting silly. Aw man, Icies, what is wrong with me?"

Alex was watching from the tree above her, and heard all of Sanka's one- sided conversation. He jumped down from the tree beside her, catching her by surprise.

"The answer to that question is obvious," Alex said.

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Sanka asked.

"You know very well what I'm talking about," Alex answered. "You asked Icies, 'What is wrong with me?'. And the answer to that is obvious."

"It is?"

"Yes! You're falling for Kai."

Sanka blushed. "What?! No, I'm not!"

"You are too. You like him. That's why you don't want him to leave. You don't realize it 'cause you're falling for him too quickly."

Sanka let go a sigh that had been held up in her chest. So Alex knew and she knew that it was true. She was falling for Kai and way too fast, as Alex had put it.

"How did you know?" Sanka finally asked.

"Easy," said Alex." You don't want Kai to leave so you always give him soemthing to do, to make sure he'll come back. And what about your matches and practices out here with him, huh? You didn't think you could hide it forever, did ya?"

"No, I guess not. But it does seem ridiculous."

"Like how? Give it some time, Sanka. He only just got here a few days ago after all."

"Yeah, you're right, Alex. I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"That you had to find out so soon that I like Kai."

"Uh, well, that okay. Say, how about a quick match against me and Thundel?"

"Yeah! You're on!"

"All right!"

Sanka and Alex got set at the stone dish and released. Their blades sped all around the plate, clashing in contact once or twice and then pulling away again. Sanka then brought out Icies (her snow-ice phoenix) and Alex responded by unleashing Thundel, a yellow-golden one with orange wings and lining, and the power of thunder of course. Thundel then shot some arrows at Icies, who simply froze them up with a blizzard. The two bit- beasts then returned to their beyblades, which promptly returned to their owners' hands. It was a tie!

"Wow! Sanka, you've been practicing!" Alex said.

Sanka giggled. "Yeah, and so have you. What an evenly matched battle that was. Awesome!"

Meanwhile, Kai had come back to his room and thankfully, Koji wasn't there. He sat down on the bed and pulled his bag out from under it. For some reason, he knew exactly what he was looking for. He reached into the deep back pocket and pulled out the small box and photo album.

Kai took out the small box first and opened it. Inside, just like he remembered, was copies of the BladeBreakers beyblades. Of course they didn't have the bit-beast's pictures of Dragoon, Driger, or Draciel on them. Also in there was things the team had given him before they split up after the World Championships. A medal (the whole team got one of those), a fimo made pizza with a happy face on it from Max (heehee, what a kidder), a star with a drawing of Dragoon and Dranzer in it from Tyson along with a black pair of gloves emblazing the #1, a sculpture of Driger doing the Tiger-claw attack from Ray, and finally, a little laptop card from Kenny (the Chief). Kai then found something wrapped in a cloth. He pulled it off and found a plaque. He looked at it and saw engraved on the golden part, 'Kai, the #1 captian of the #1 team in the world. From your friends and fellow teammates, Tyson, Ray, Max, and Kenny.' Wondering why he had never noticed it before, Kai smiled and wrapped it up agian. Placing all the things back in the box, he put the lid back on and then took out the photo album, just as Sanka came into the room. Kai frowned and tried to hide it out of sight, but Sanka saw it anyway.

"What is that?" she asked.

"What?"

"The thing in your hand. It looks like a photo album. Can I look at it?"

Kai shrugged and Sanka picked it up, glancing through the photos. There was quite a few pics of the BladeBreakers individally and in groups. There was some pics of the teams they competed against in there too. Like, the White Tigers, the All Stars, the Majestics, and even the Demolition Boys (don't ask me why). There was pictures from each tournament they went to and the challenges they faced. There was even the newspaper clipping of the team after their win at the Asian Tournament. Sanka was surprised to see that Kai was actually smiling in that one.

"Is this your team?" she inquired, pointing at the picture.

Kai nodded. "Yeah, that's them. Tyson, Ray, Max, and Kenny- we're the BladeBreakers. But you already know that."

"You guys must be a great team, huh?" Sanka said, trying to hide her feelings at the same time.

"Yeah, I guess so. Hey, what's the matter?" Kai asked.

"Nothin'." Sanka quickly answered. She wasn't ready to tell him just yet. "You must miss them alot, eh?" she continued, trying to get back on topic.

"I guess."

"Why do you keep these things anyway?"

Kai thought for a moment. "Uh, because they're my..."

"Treasures?" Sanka suggested.

Kai nodded, smiling slightly. "Yeah, my treasures."

"That's nice. I must be great to be the captian of a team."

"You mean you're not?"

"No, Alex is the captian of the Phoenix team."

"The Phoenix team?"

"Yep. We each have a phoenix for a bit-beast. Mine is Icies (spirit of Ice), Alex's is Thundel (spirirt of Thunder), Durdon's is Kalkin (spirit of Earth), and Kazu's is Wandel (spirit of Water). And you have Dranzer, (spirit of Fire)."

Kai nodded again. "Makes sense."

"Uh-huh. So, Kai, are we friends now?"

"Yeah, Sanka, I guess we are."

Sanka laughed. "Hey! You actually said my name!"

Kai smiled. What a silly question. Of course Sanka was his friend. And so were the BladeBreakers...

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Well, what do ya think? Weird gifts I thought up, huh? I didn't really know what to make up for that, but it turned out all right, right? And as for Sanka, for the record, she really is 14 as well; she's just short for her age. Anywho, continue onto the next part. I guarentee you'll have fun with it. I hope. ^_~