ERALDA: Thank you!

Sorry it took so long…I'm just not good at these things…I hope its okay…

Just a little, tiny question. Is Dranzer a girl or a guy? I'm not sure and if you know I would love it if you told me!

"Ready?" he asked. Natalie gave a smirk, "Ready when you are" Adam came between the two and chanted, "3…2…1 Let it RIP!"

Both blades hit the dish and immediately charged after each other. When they hit sparks flew off from their attack rings showing a strong attack. Natalie looked up at Kai and smirked. "Is this all you've got?"

Kai smiled, "Just warming up"

Kai's blade slammed into Natalie's, catching her off guard and almost pushing her out of the dish. Natalie arched and eyebrow, "So you want to fight huh? Well then I'll show you real power. Avian!"

At the sound of her name Avian came out of her blade in blue light. Kai watched the massive bird come out of the blade in amazment.

The bird was huge, about the same size as Dranzer. Her feathers were a nice shade of dark blue, with a black beak and eyes. Her tail was twice as large as her body and when she moved white dust flew behind her.

Seeing them all gaping at Avian she smiled and raised her hand, "Everyone meet Avian. Avian these are my friends"

Avian cooed happily. Natalie's eyes suddenly narrowed and she glared at Kai, "Now that that's all over lets get back to the battle, go Avian!" she ordered. Avian narrowed her eyes and her feathers flared as she charged toward Kai's blade. Kai smirked, "Its not going to be that easy. Dranzer!"

A red phoenix came out from his blade in a red light. Natalie smirked, "This is going to be interesting," she said under her breath. "Avian, snow storm now!"

Avian halted and started to flap her wings rapidly. When she did, sharp snowflakes started to fall toward Dranzer hitting him and making him screech in pain. "Dranzer!" Dranzer shook off the sharp snowflakes from his wings and charged for Avian. She did the same and when they hit bright light engulfed the dish and bladers.

Both Kai and Natalie covered their eyes with their arms to make sure that the light didn't blind them. When the light died down and when it was safe to look, Natalie gasped at the sight. The dish was destroyed and both blades had stopped spinning and were on there sides.

Kai and Natalie blinked before picking up there blades.

Natalie rolled her thumb over the new crack that Avian had got from the battle. She smirked, "Well this is a first" Kai cocked an eyebrow, "What do you mean?"

Adam ran to his sister and she gave her blade to him, smiling at the expression he had when he saw the crack. "Usually I always beat my opponent before they even lay a scratch on Avian. You are the first to ever tie with me" Hearing this Kai became proud.

Tyson's jaw was hanging, Rei and Max looked like a dear in headlights and Hilary clapped. She had never seen a battle that intense. When Natalie, Adam and Ski started to walk back to the hotel she yelled and ran to catch up with them, not wanting to stay with the boys.

"So, the almighty Kai got defeated huh?" said Tyson eyes in slits. Kai glared at the black haired boy, "I was not defeated!" Tyson jumped behind Rei for protection. Rei rolled his eyes.

Kai snorted then walked away leaving his teammates behind.

The sun was setting and Kai still wasn't at the hotel. He didn't care though, not like they were worried about him. He rested his arms against the railings and looked at the yellow and orange lake. His thoughts trailed to the battle that he had with Natalie this morning. She was good he had to admit but the only reason he lost was because he went easy on her.

The sun was almost completely gone behind the water. Maybe he should go back to the hotel. It was getting dark. He shook his head. Not yet, just had to think a few things over. Like Natalie and her bitbeast Avian. She looked almost identical to Dranzer only with blue feathers and ice attacks. He sighed. Natalie was a strange girl and knew hardly anything about her yet; he always wanted to be near her.

He sighed one last time before heading back to the hotel, still thinking about Natalie.

Kai made a silent entry, making sure that he wouldn't wake anyone up. As he walked down their hallway he noticed that a light was on at the boys door. Curious he walked closer. When he was close enough he could see Natalie sleeping underneath the lamp with a book resting on her legs.

'She was waiting for me' he thought. Not wanting to leave the girl alone in the hallway he picked her up in a bridal stride and carried her all the way to her room. Surprisingly when Ski had noticed him he did nothing but wag his tail. He placed her on her bed and tucked her in.

A smile crossed her features as the blankets warmed her up. He smiled happy that she was comfortable. Giving the wolf a pat on the head he turned out the light, walked out and headed to his bed ready for a goodnights sleep.