Hi guys! Sorry, about taking a little longer to update. I was in a bit of a spot on deciding what should happen in it, and I'm still not confident it turned out ok. I think it's a bit wierd. But I'll leave the deciding of how good it actually is up to you. I hope you like this one. OK, let's go! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------

Chapter 7- Blading and Problems

Boris walked down the hall in tight steps. He was going to see his partner in this organization, who was a man that's even more tempered and powerful than he is. Sometimes he felt like this guy was the boss and not him, but really they kind of shared the job and title equally. Boris soon arrived at this partners office. He had been called to dicuss a matter, which he already knew what it was- Kai, and how to get the slatehaired blader to join their cause. The cause was really almost the same as the one before- to take over the world using beybladers and powerful, enhanced bit- beasts. Really it was getting kind of an old idea that ought to be locked up and forgotten. But Boris and his partner didn't see it that way. Although one had to wonder if they were even partners. Its hard to tell with evil guys. The plan was almost the same, but with a slight twist. That's where Kai came in, but that's also where things got tricky. Boris opened the office door and strided in, his long coat swishing.

"Arek, what's going on?" he asked.

"I thought you said that Kai has a lust for perfection and that he would jump at the opportunity to weild the bit-beast that we have for him here." said Arek, who had his chair facing the window, so you couldn't see who he was.

"Hm, yes, I did say that. But Kai wouldn't come even when I mentioned the bit-beast. However, I still intend to get him."

"Excellent. And how are you going to do that?

"Uh, that... I don't know yet."

"Well, think of something! I want that boy working for us by next Thrusday. Understand?"

"Yes, right."

And grumbling something about evil business partners being too bossy (something like that), Boris walked off to think up a plan.

Meanwhile, Tyson, Ray, Kai, and the gang were sitting in Mr. Dickinson's office, listening to him explain about their match against thst Buster Bladers that's scheduled for later in the week. Apparently, these bladers had worked their way up the ranks to second place in their country, and now wanted to take on the World Championship team. Probably for a good challenge. It was great to be back together again and just in time for a match. Tyson, of course, was the most stoked out of all of them to get started. But the others knew better than to get excited too soon. It's not a good idea to get overconfident either. Mr. Dickinson then showed them a pisture of the Buster Bladers. It was a four member team of 3 boys and a girl. They were each holding their beyblades up and wearing silver-coloured medals around their necks.

Later, remembering something about a party, Mr. Dickinson invited them for a snack with him in town. And excepted. Sanka tagged along for something to do. They chose a small little resturant that was downtown. It looked rather tiny actually, but just right for those who wanted a bite. They walked in, found a empty window booth in the far back corner, and sat down. They each ordered a little something. The boys (even Kai which was a bit surprising) all had an ice cream treat, and Sanka had a blueberry pie slice. It all looked delicious. Tyson wanted to eat it all, but quickly decided against it. He didn't want Sanka think that he was a bad-mannered pig.

"What's the matter, Tyson?" Max asked. "You haven't bugged us for our treats or ordered seconds and thirds yet."

"I guess I'm just not hungry," Tyson answered, casually shrugging.

Kenny blinked in fake disbelief. "You, Tyson, not being hungry enough for seconds? When did that happen? Hm, I guess miracles for resturants really can happen."

Tyson shot Kenny a dark look, but didn't say anything to the comment.

"Don't give him any ideas Cheif," Ray said jokingly, "or he may start eating again to try and prove you wrong."

Tyson frowned at them as he took another slow bite of his treat. He didn't think it was so unusual, everyone gets full sometimes. "Geez," he grumbled finally, "can't you guys do something else besides tease me on how much I eat?"

'Well, you have to admit Tyson," Max added, "it is one of your best qualities that we can all critisize you on."

"I guess," Tyson agreed, shrugging again. "But..."

"But what?" Kenny asked.

Tyson didn't say anything. He just glanced over at the front of the resturant. The others looked too wondering what was so interesting. 3 boys and a girl had just entered and they looked very familiar. Sanka had to hold back a sudden fit of the giggles that were creeping up on her for some strange reason or another. She knew that it was definately the Buster Bladers, but they looked very different than in their picture, and the 3 boys looked so much like to BladeBreakers. Well, almost.

The tallest boy in the group had drak blue hair and turquoise bangs. He had on blue pocketed shorts, a black tank top, gold bands high on his arms, red sports cuffs on his wrists, and red, yellow, and black shoes. He even had blue shark fins on his face; that when Sanka first caught sight of him, she thought that she was seeing Kai's twin.

The other two boys were the same height. The raven-haired one bared some assemblence to Ray even having similar golden eyes, the difference were hard to spot on him but they were there; like he didn't have long, wrapped ponytail, nor the red sash on his outfit. His outfit was a bit similar to Ray's too, but the top was shorter. He also had on a red headband, but the ying-yang was on the red sorts gloves that he wore instead. The others boy's outfit was similar to Tyson's style but still looked different. He didn't have any red in his clothes, but he did have a red, small piece of cloth tied to his left arm. He gloves were white as were his boot-like shoes. The difference betweeen him and Tyson were easy to spot, like he had funny looking symbol on his shirt that looked a bit like arrows. And as far as looks go, he did have blue eyes, but his hair was bushy, spiky, and light brown, and short. Sanka and the guys didn't know what to make of it. It was just too freaky.

The girl, however, looked completly different from anybody, obviously wanting to depict her own sense of style. She had on white tanks, skirt, in fact her whole out fit was white, except for some blue linings. Her hair was a greenish-turquoise colour and she had funny purple facepaint swirls on her face. A piece of her hair was tided up with a purple ribbon. The silver buckle on her belt and two purple beads on her gloves flashed when they were hit by light. Anyway, dispite her out-of-this-world appearence, she looked very friendly. She smiled and walked over to them, the boys following behind.

"Hi!" she greeted to the group.

"Kasha, how nice to see you again," Mr. Dickinson said in response.

"And you Mr. Dickinson," said Kasha politely.

"Boys, these kids are the Buster Bladers, Kasha, Greg, Kallo, and Ryall. They are the bladers you'll be facing."

"That's right. And who's this?" Kasha asked, noticing Sanka. "I don't remember seeing a girl being on the BladeBreakers."

"That's 'cause I'm not on the BladeBreakers," Sanka told her matter-a- factly.

"Then what team are you from?" Kallo, the tallest boy, asked.

"I'm from the Phoenix Team," Sanka replied. "My friends Alex, Durbon, and Kazu are part of the team too. We each have a phoenix for a bit-beast, and we're the top bladers in Phoenix City. Make sense huh?"

"I guess. But, wait a sec. There's only supposed to be one phoenix bit- beast and that's Dranzer!" Kasha stated.

"He's not the only one," Sanka argued back. "He's just the Fire Phoenix. There's also phoenix's of ice, thunder, water, and earth. Mine is Icies. Here. Check it." She pulled out her blade and showed it to Kasha.

Kasha took the beyblade and looked at the bit, where she saw a white phoenix on it. "Cool!" she said, handing it back. "But it doesn't look like it can measure up to my Peggal."

"Peggal?"

"That's my bit-beast's name, you goof."

"Hey! I'm no goof! And I'll prove it. Fight me! Right here, right now!" Sanka challenged.

"You're on!" agreed Kasha, without hestitation. "Challenge excepted!"

"Girls! Girls! You stop this right now!" ordered Mr. Dickinson. "There's no cause for..."

"Stay out of this, old man!" Kasha barked back rudely, changing her first thought friendly personality. "You ready, little girl?"

"Totally!" said Sanka quickly. "Let's get it on. And I'm not a little girl!"

"Whatever. Just shut up and let's blade!"

"Fine! We'll use that bowl over there as our dish."

The two girls prepared their blades over the medium-sized bowl. The BladeBreakers, Kallo, Ryall, Greg, and some other people joined around to watch. A waiter came over and did '3,2,1... Let it Rip!' for them and they released. The blades sped at top speed around the dish, that Kenny (who was taping the match with Dizzi) was finding it hard to keep up with them. Right now, Sanka purple blade was going circles Kasha's blue one, really nailing hard into it. But literally for every move Sanka did, Kasha had a counter maneuver. Kai was impressed. This girl, Kasha, was an excellent blader. She had obviously been blading for a long time. Kai watched along with rest, particularly paying attention to Kasha's style and technique, seeing what they would be up against for the match later. Then, Kasha and Sanka both called out their bit-beasts. Kasha's was a magificant pegasus, with large crystal wings. A very impressive sight, and Peggal was about a head bigger than Icies when it stood on its hind feet. The battle continued on, but at a whole new intense power level. Everyone had backed up and were sheilding their faces from stray winds and blasts. Mr. Dickinson was getting worried about the innocent people around them, who were still watching, and traied to get the girls to stop. They ignored him, completly focused on their match. Sanka was about to commanded Icies to do her Sonic Blizzard attack, when a blue beyblade knocked hers out of the dish. She looked to see if it was Kasha's that did it, but it wasn't; 'cause Kasha's had already been knocked out by a red one. The blue returned to Kai's hand and the red one to Kallo's. Both Sanka and Kasha were surprised and angry that their match had been interrupted, but Kai and Kallo didn't seem to notice.

"Thank you," Mr. Dickinson said to Kai and Kallo, who nodded in return. "That was totally uncalled for, girls!" he scolded.

"Sorry," they both said, apoligetically. Though one had to wonder if they truely meant it. They shock hands anyway, and smiled. They meant it.

With that over and done with, the two teams, and Sanka and Mr. Dickinson sat back down to enjoy the rest of their snack.

Elsewhere, Boris was still trying to figure out how to get Kai to join his and Arek's organization. He knew by now that Kai would never come freely and willing on his own accord. So, he would have to capture the wanted blader by force and make him join. His plan needed Kai and the new bit-beast they had in store for him, or it wouldn't work. Then, suddenly it hit him. Dranzer was the answer. Dranzer was Kai's most prized pocession (if you wanted to call it that), and if he stole the phoenix, he'd get Kai. But then Boris was faced with another problem. How was he going to get Dranzer?

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Well, how's that? I still don't think highly about this one. Just something about it I guess. But tell me what you think, and I'll catch ya later. Bye! ^_^