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Chapter 6- A Day With The BladeBreakers

"Tyson, would you hurry up?" Kenny called from out front of Tyson's house. "We're already late!"

"I'll be there in a minute, Chief!" came Tyson's voice.

"That's what you said half-an-hour ago," Kenny complained. "What's taking you so long?"

"Quit your belly-aching, Chief. I'm right here." Tyson said, appearing suddenly beside him.

"Finally!" Kenny said, exasperated. "We were supposed to meet Mr. Dickinson at the airport to wait for Max and Ray literally over an hour ago."

"Well, we can't keep the old guy waiting anymore. Let's go!" Tyson cheered, running off ahead.

Kenny sweetdropped and ran after him.

The two of them had invited Max and Ray over for a fun party at Tyson's place. Mr. Dickinson had informed them of a challenge given to the BladeBreakers for a beybattle and that was one more reason for Max and Ray to come, so they had accepted the invitation. Tyson, of course, couldn't wait to have them all back together again. But the team that had challenged them, 'THe Buster Bladers', had wanted the whole team of the BladeBreakers, but they couldn't find Kai anywhere, and that persented a bit of a problem. But right now, they had a problem of reaching the airport on time. Tyson was tugging Kenny along, being as he was faster than the Chief is. They dashed into the airport, spotted Mr, Dickinson, and hurried over to join him.

"Hey Mr. D!" Tyson greeted with a smile.

"Tyson! Kenny!" Mr. Dickinson said in his way of a greeting.

"Are Max and Ray here yet?" Tyson asked.

Kenny glanced around through the crowd of people, looking for their friends. "There they are!" he cried excitedly, pointing across the hall. "They're just getting off the escalator now."

"Ray! Max! Guys, we're over here!" Tyson called, waving his hands in the air to get their attention.

Max smiled and walked over to join them, Ray following somewhat behind him.

"Hey guys! What's up?" Max greeted.

"Not much," replied Kenny and Tyson at the same time.

"I suppose you know why you're here, huh boys?" questioned Mr. Dickinson.

Ray nodded. "Yeah. For a party and to fight the 'Buster Bladers'. Driger and I are totally physiced to be in action again."

"You can say that again Ray," Max agreed. "Boy, I can't wait to get started. I am just so pumped up for this."

"Well guys, shall we get going?" Tyson inquired. And then smiling he addded, "There's all that party food waiting at home to find its way into my stomach, ya know."

Max giggled. "Just remembered to save some for us, Mr. Glutton."

Tyson laughed and nodded. "I'll try, but don't count on it."

"C'mon, let's go already!" Kenny urged.

"Yeah! All right!" Tyson and Max both cheered, and started to go off with Kenny.

"Wait!" Ray suddenly said.

"What's the matter?" Tyson asked, puzzled.

Ray responded with another question. "What about Kai? Isn't he supposed to be here too?"

Tyson looked around for their leader, but didn't see him. In fact, for once, he'd fogotten all about Kai. But he knew that without Kai there, the BladeBreakers were not a complete team. Tyson looked at the others and shrugged. They sighed, but decided to head over to Tyson's place first and then search for Kai.

They came in through the front gate a short time later, and found Grandpa doing his kendo drills out there as usual. They placed their bags inside the dojo, and after dragging Tyson away from the picnic table, set off to start looking for their leader. Didn't have much luck though. A few endless-searching hours later...

"C'mon Ray, my feet hurt," Max complained. "Let's give it a rest for awhile and head back to Tyson's for pizza!"

Ray sighed and then nodded. "Oh alright," he said. "I am getting kind of hungry myself anyway."

"Now you're talkin'!" Tyson agreed. "We'll proabably search for Kai better on a full stomach."

"If you don't eat it all before us," Max teased.

"Haha, very funny." Tyson grumbled. "C'mon, let's go!"

"OK."

They all turned around and headed back. They arrived at the doji a short time later, sat down at the picnic table, and started eating and joking around. They forgot completely about Kai. Besides, he was always taking off and then returning just when you had given up lookin' for him. Tyson then stood up after they were done, and suggested that they all go down to the river for a few fun beybattles and a little practice. Ray and Max agreed with the idea. With a load cheer, the three of them charged out the door. Kenny liked the idea too. He picked up Dizzi (his laptop) and exited out the door after them.

Meanwhile, back at the Phoenix City Shelter, Kai had been practicing all morning with Sanka and her team. And now that it was the afternoon, he wanted nothing better than to have some time alone. He stuffed Dranzer and his launcher in his pocket and then stepped out into the hall. Kai thought that a walk around town was a good idea. He found a half open window and after checking that no one was in sight, climbed through it and outside. Encouraged by the welcoming cool breeze blowing through his hair, Kai set off. He didn't notice that Sanka had watched the whole thing. She was hiding in the branches of a tall, bushy red pine in the grounds and she had decided to follow him (like usual).

Kai walked through the streets of town with no destination in particular. He was too busy thinking about all that had happened to him over the past week. Getting kicked out by his grandfather, meeting up with Sanka and the others at the Shelter, his battle against Sanka and her Icies, the hot-tempered meeting with Boris, and so on and so forth. Now he was in a new place with new friends and away from his team. Kai was trying so hard not to miss the BladeBreakers, but it clearly wasn't working. He continued walking, looking back and forth from the sky to his shoes. Sanka was still following at a distance. She moved a twitch and accidently stepped on a pebble. Sighing, Kai stopped in his tracks and looked at the ground.

"You can stop following me now, Sanka," he said. "Now that I know you're there."

Sanka groaned and stepped out of hiding. "How'd you know it was me?" she asked.

To her surprise, Kai smiled. "Easy," he answered." Who else would follow me everywhere for no good reason? Koji?"

Sanka giggled. "Good point. Uh, where are you going anyway?"

"On a walk alone. At least I was, until you decided to follow me."

"Heehee. Cool. So, since I'm here, can I come along?"

Kai shrugged. "Humph! Why not."

"YAY!"

And the two of them set off.

On the edge of the river, Tyson was having a fun battle against Max. Ray stood next to them watching. And Kenny sat some distance away, analyzing with Dizzi as usual.

"Tyson and Max are very evenly matched," Kenny observed.

"Oh really?" inquired Dizzi. "What was your first clue? That neither can knock the other's blade out of the dish?"

"They really have improved since last time," Kenny added, ignoring his bit- beast's comments. "Look at the tension they're building up!"

Dragoon and Draciel had been colliding with each other for the last ten minutes, like two old foes. Tyson and Max weren't giving in either. Ray gave a yawn. This could go on for quite awhile yet. It was a battle of who ever lost focus or got tired first. As it turned out, Max and Tyson tired at the same time, making the match a tie. They both picked up their beyblades and smiled.

"Wow! Max, you've really improved." Tyson commented.

Max laughed. "Not as much as you, Tyson. That was a great battle!"

"Well, what do you except? I am the world champion after all," Tyson reminded him jokingly.

"You're right," said Max. "How could I forget? Considering I'm a champ too."

"Yeah, but I'm better."

"Haha. Whatever."

With that, both Max and Tyson started arguing.

"So," Ray interrupted,"which one of you champs wants to take on me?"

They stopped their quarreling at once and looked at Ray. Ray held up Driger, smiling confidently at them. Tyson and Max started doing 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' to see who would face him. But they were all were all draws, so they started arguing again. Ray groaned and looked at Kenny for support, but didn't get any. In the end, they decided to face each other all at once in one big stand off. So, they prepared their blades and at the same time, released. The 3 beyblades sped off all in a straight, horizontal line with each other.

"They used too much force on the launch," Dizzi said. "Their blades are gonna..."

Dragoon, Driger, and Draciel were moving so fast that when they tried to attack each other or do fancy turns, it sent them going haywire. They all at the same time then accidently tried to do a complete 360 degree turn and they ran smack dab into one another. Driger went flying into a lamp- post, Draciel collided with the bridge, and Dragoon would have sunk to the bottom of the river if Tyson hadn't managed to catch it. Ray and Max went to fetch their own blades. Dizzi heaved a sigh and if bit-beasts could sweetdrop, she probably would have done so.

"... crash," she concluded with a groan.

Deciding that that was enough battling and fun for now, the BladeBreakers and Kenny flopped down on to the grass for a rest. But within in minutes, they fell asleep.

Not far away, Kai and Sanka were walking by the same river for no particular reason at all. Sanka soon could tell that they were no longer in Phoenix City. She was trying to look everywhere at once to take in all the surroundings, but it made her feel too dizzy, so she stopped. Sanka also found it difficult to keep the same pace as Kai. Sometimes he would slow down when she would speed up, and then speed up when she would slow down. It was very confusing. Soon, they found themselves at the bridge. Sanka peered over the edge of the bridge and saw the fast flowing current of the river. She also saw 4 boys (the BladeBreakers, who were awake again already) joking around on the bank. Kai saw them too. He suddenly felt very let down. They didn't seem to miss him at all, but that was just his assumption.

"Is that your team?" Sanka asked.

Kai nodded, trying not to smile. "Yeah, that's them."

"Well, come on then," Sanka urged. "Let's go say 'Hi!'"

Laughing, she grabbed a hold of Kai's arm and tugged him off.

Down on the bank, Kenny and the others were resting yet again (sort of). Kenny was busy typing on his laptop again, while Dizzi complained about not being allowed a break. Max lay beside him, staring at the the sky and naming all the cloud shapes he could see. Ray was polishing Driger nearby. And Tyson was skipping stones across the water. Max then decided to have a contest with him over who could skip their stones the farthest. Ray came over and joined them in the contest. Tyson won. All 3 of them glanced over at Kenny, who had fallen asleep again, much to Dizzi's relief. Smiling mishchieviously, Tyson, Max, and Ray scooped up some water in their hands and walked over to Kenny. On the count of 3, all at the same time, they dumped the water on him. Kenny whooped and sat right up, glaring disapprovingly at them. Then, they all burst out laughing. Tyson appoligized and took off his jacket, handing it to Kenny, who accepted it greatfully.

"Do they always behave like that?" Sanka asked Kai as she pulled him along.

"Most of the time," Kai replied. 'I sure wish I could do it too,' he thought to himself. But with a grunt, he pushed the thought out of his head like always.

Sanka finally let go off Kai and ran over to the group. Kai followed behind at his own pace.

"You guys haven't changed," Kai said, catching the whole team's attention. "You're still goofing off."

"KAI!" Tyson, Ray, Max, and Kenny shouted all at once.

Tyson ran over to give him a hug and Kai backed away. Startled, Tyson suddenly had two left feet and he tripped, going face first into the river. He came up sputtering and dog-paddled back to shore, where upon his friends all pulled him onto the bank. Tyson laughed and then shivered, accidently sending water spraying over everyone else. They dried themselves off with the long grass on the edge of the road or Tyson's jacket. Grinning, Kenny went over and handed the dripping wet thing back.

"Here," he said, giving it to him.

Tyson frowned. "It's all wet!" he whined.

Kenny smirked. "Yeah, well, serves you right for dumping water on me."

"Ok, Cheif, Ok!" Tyson said, waving his hands in the air in protest. "We're even. No need to get all huffy."

"Heehee, you guys are a riot!" Sanka chuckled.

"Who are you?" Max asked.

Sanka shot Kai a look for not introducing her, before turning to Max. "My name is Sanka. I'm from the Phoenix City Sheler and am a memeber of the Phoenix team. I'm with Kai. Nice to meet you."

"Cool," Max said. "I'm Max. That's Tyson and he's Ray. And that's Kenny- the Cheif."

"I know," Sanka answered, catching them by surprise. "Kai told me 'all' about the BladeBreakers."

"Really?" Tyson inquired. "You his girlfriend?"

Sanka blushed as Kai shot a glare at Tyson.

"And what have you beeen up to Kai?" Tyson asked, trying to change the subject (and get Kai's gaze off him).

"Not much," Kai answered plainly.

"You've probably been practicing your trade mark, right? Giving people the cold shoulder?"

"Only to you, Tyson. Only to you."

"Oh yeah?"

Then, Tyson and Kai broke out into an argument. Ray sighed, giving Max a look that clearly said, 'Here we go again.' Tyson just seemed to like three things lately: eating, beyblading, and arguing. Sanka looked totally bewildered as to what was going on, and Kenny obviously, just wanted to stay out of it. Kai and Tyson finally stopped their nonsense bickering. Tyson then suggested that they get in touch with Mr, Dickinson and also head back to his place for the rest of the party. Sanka and Max loved the idea. Ray managed to talk Kai into coming along. And with that, all 6 of them walked off, leaving the river bank quiet once more.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ See? What'd I tell ya? Didn't I get carried away with my funny business? I know I started out with Tyson and the gang looking for Kai, but in the show they never do. He always finds them when it counts, so it made more sense to do it this way. Besides, wasn't it fun? Don't worry, I'll get back on track in the next chappie. I hope. Maybe even bring Boris back into the picture. Well, we'll see. Til then! Ciao! ^_^