Here is a profile of Anya:

Anya Saigon

Age: almost 18

Height: 163 cm

Personality: Anya usually keeps her head cool, unlike her best friend Kira. She has a high self-esteem, but doesn't brag with it. She is the kind of person that does everything with feeling.

Appearance:

Anya's hair was once quite long, but it got burned badly in the incident at the abbey. Now it's the same length as Kai's basically (If you try to imagine Salima with her hair cut you might get the right image.). Anya's hair color is crimson red.

Anya wears purple capri pants, a blouse with a broad hem and sleeves, colored diagonally with medium violet-red and orchid. She has black hiking shoes.

Anya's eyes are forest green.

Other stuff: Anya has been assumed dead for the last year.

Chapter 3: A game of strip-poker

Everyone just stared. Finally Hilary opened her mouth...

"Anya?" she asked, hesitating.

"Yep," Anya said and smiled widely.

"Oh no! It can't be her!" Tyson exclaimed, earning a glare from Hilary.

"Nice to see you've missed me," Anya replied, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

"So it is really you?" Rei confirmed.

"Back from the dead," Anya joked.

Hilary let go of the remote and rushed to her friend. She wrapped her into a hug, squeezing the air out of her.

"You are most obviously glad to see me, unlike someone else," Anya stated to Hilary.

"Of course I am!" Hilary exclaimed.

"What about the rest of you?" Anya asked.

This question caused her to be surrounded by people for a group hug.
(A/N: I hate that word. I don't know why. Unfortunately I just had to use it.)

Anya was tightly circled by everyone, but there was one person she had missed very much, that wasn't there. Kai. As soon as she was free from the hug she asked Kira where Kai was.

"He's probably in his room. Up the stairs and at the end of the left corridor," Kira informed her.


Anya left and rushed up the steps, almost tripping. Finally she reached a closed door that she assumed was Kai's. She knocked before going in.

"Kai?" she asked, as she opened the door.

He was standing at the small balcony; he turned around slowly and eyed her. He had the same emotionless mask as before.

Anya rushed over to him and was about wrap him into a hug, when he suddenly blocked her off with his arm.

"Don't," he said shortly and moved away.

"Kai, what's the matter?" Anya asked.

"Nothing," he replied.

"Don't you stand there and lie to me in my face!" Anya shouted.

"It's over. Leave," Kai stated; his voice as cold and icy as ever.

"I don't understand," Anya responded.

"It is over between you and me, got it?" Kai said sharply.

"I thought you loved me!" Anya said, as tears started appearing to her eyes.

"I did. It was a mistake," he stated.

"You did? Feelings like that don't just go away," she stated and closed up on him again.

"Well, either way. It is over," Kai repeated and backed away from her.

"In that case I guess I should have just burned alive in that abbey," Anya stated.

"Whatever," Kai replied in his usual style.


Anya couldn't hold up the tears any longer and she rushed out the door, as she burst into tears. She sat down on the floor. Soon she heard footsteps from the stairs and Kira appeared. Her eyes immediately focused on her friend, sitting on the floor and crying.

"Anya! What's the matter honey?" Kira asked.

Anya tried to say something, but all she managed to do was cry.

"Was it something Kai did? I swear I'll teach him a lesson!" Kira shouted.

Anya tried to stop her but Kira was faster. She kicked the door open loudly and barged into Kai's room.
(A/N: You all know this is something he doesn't want people to do. He is usually saying "Leave me alone".)

"What the hell have you done!" Kira burst out.

"What the f#ck is your problem?" Kai snarled.

"Anya is sitting on the floor, crying her eyes of and I want to know why!" Kira stated.

"Ask her," Kai retorted.

"I did but obviously she was unable to speak," Kira retorted back.

"If you wait she might be able to speak. Now, leave," Kai said.

"No. You are going to give me the answer. What did you do to upset her?" Kira demanded.

"I told her it was over," Kai stated and walked past a frozen Kira and left the room.


Kai was gone after Kira snapped back to reality. The shock of the news was still visible on her face. Veronica came up soon, Hilary following her. Kira and Hilary grabbed their friend and practically carried her, as Veronica followed with her stuff. They went into the free bedroom, that was now Anya's. They sat on the bed with Anya.

"Talk to us," Kira ordered.

"It helps if you talk," Hilary said.

Veronica was quiet; after all this was the first time she met Anya.

Anya cleared her throat. "He said it was over. Why?" she managed to ask.

"Umm..." Kira started.

"Is he seeing someone?" Anya asked.

"NO!" Hilary cut in.

"I think I know why," Kira continued.

Everyone's eyes were on her.

"I woke up one morning and I went to check up on him. He mumbled some words. Something like "No. Not again. I don't want you. Not anymore. Just go." I think," Kira said.

"What could it mean?" Hilary asked.

"It means he doesn't want me anymore," Anya stated, about to cry again.

"No, not necessarily. I have been thinking of it and now that you're back in the picture it makes a lot of sense," Kira stated.

"What do you mean?" Anya asked.

"Well, since spies have to learn to think like the enemy, they have to know how to figure out what their thinking. I've had my share of experience and I haven't failed yet. Although I must admit that my brother is a tough call," Kira explained. "Imagine yourself in his position. Not having much any social life and then you reach out to someone and trust them and they leave you. What happens?"

There was a little silence.

"You lose your ability to trust," Veronica whispered.

"That's right. Since love needs trust, love and doubt can't live in the same heart," Kira stated.

"I have to earn his trust," Anya stated blankly.

"Yeah, but it won't be easy. Remember that," Kira said.

"I can do it, I will do it. Someday, somehow we will be together again," Anya declared and a smile came to her face as hope filled her mind.

"Okay. Now that you are happier we can move on to other things," Hilary said. "School is starting tomorrow and we have to teach Anya the ways in this place."

"You're right. Especially the stuff about Stacy," Kira cut in.

"You of course want to know what has happened since we last saw and vice versa," Hilary continued.

"We want to know what has happened to you in the past year and we'll have to introduce you and Kitty properly," Kira said, going hyper.

"Okay, okay. Slow down, please," Anya said.

"We should start by getting you two to know each other," Kira said, pointing to Anya and Veronica.

"So this is Veronica Meridian aka Kitty. Her hobby is ballet and she also likes to sing, although she is very shy," Kira stated and Veronica blushed. "Stacy constantly tries to pick on her. Obviously since she is jealous. Veronica here is what you might call a true aristocrat. From her blood to her mind."

Veronica's blush deepened.

"Okay Veronica, ya listening?" Kira asked.

She nodded.

"This is Anya. She has been presumed dead for a year now, but came back. She is good at cooking and is a fabulous singer. Hers is the beyblade that contains the most powerful bitbeast in the world, at least in my opinion," Kira explained.

She walked to a locked box and took of her necklace, where there was hanging a key. She opened the box and took out a beyblade.

"Dremix!" Anya squalled and jumped up to get her blade.

Once the blade was on her hand it glowed brightly.

"It's me Dremix. We're back together," she said.

"So let's move on. We have lots to talk," Hilary hurried.

"Right," Anya replied.

"I'm tired of talking. Someone else can do it," Kira stated.

"Okay, I'll tell you guys now what has happened to me in the past year or so," Anya said. "The obvious thing to start with would of course be how I got out of the burning building. First I have to say that I don't have much memories from that time. I remember an explosion of some sort, which broke a whole into the wall. It wasn't easy to get out and I got VERY serious burns and I have still a few scars. I couldn't show myself like that. I looked monstrous. I couldn't even recognize myself in the mirror, after the burns. My hair got its part too. That's why it's so short. My skin was replaced with implants."

"It must have hurt," Veronica said, compassion rising from her voice.

"Like hell," Anya answered.

"Now you know what has happened to me. What about you?" Anya continued.

"Well there isn't much to tell. The same old. Kira teaching lessons to Tyson and so on and so on," Hilary explained.

"You and Max aren't together anymore though," Kira said quietly.

"I'm so sorry it didn't work out with you two," Anya said, hugging her friend.

"It's alright. We aren't bitter about it. It was a wonderful experience," Hilary said.

"Life goes on," Veronica added.

"Right you are. Even if you are picked by the meanest bitch in the whole wide world," Kira stated with a sarcastic voice.

"Who might that be?" Anya asked.

"Stacy of course!" Kira exclaimed in surprise.

"Oh, I was thinking someone in this room..." Anya retorted and smirked at Kira.

"Why you..." Kira started, but was cut of by a flying pillow.

Hilary smiled innocently. That started a huge pillow fight, in which everyone in the room took part and that was heard through the house. Thanks to the high-pitched screams. They all took at least one hit. After a while they calmed down.

A knock was heard from the door. Kira went to open it.

"Hi Max. What's up?" she asked.

"Food's ready," he replied shortly and left.

"Hey guys, let's go get a bite to eat," Kira stated and they all went downstairs.


A chair had been added to the table, so that there was room for everyone. The seating arrangement had its dangers. The table they sat around was right-angled.
(A/N: I couldn't really find another word. I hope you understand what I mean.)

There were three chairs on each side of the table and one on each end. This is how they sat: Kai at one end, Kira on his right side and Anya on his left. Next to Kira there was Tyson and on Tyson's other side there was Hilary. Veronica was sitting at the other end. This would mean that Hilary was on her right side and Rei on her left, leaving Max the chair between Rei and Anya.

At first there was an awkward silence and every one of the boys (A/N: except for Kai of course) looked at Anya constantly, but avoiding eye-contact. Finally Kira lost her patience.

"Stop staring at her! She isn't some zoo-animal," she exclaimed.

"It's alright," Anya said. "You want to know what has happened to me."

Everyone was staring at her. Even Kai seemed interested.

"I've been gone for a year. You guys thought I was dead, but I wasn't. I can't deny there were times, when I wished I was. But then I remembered all the friends that were missing me. I couldn't let you down," Anya explained.

She looked at Kai and let her glance circle the table. "It hurt me to think how hurt you must have been." She stopped to take a breathe.

"Why didn't you come back earlier?" Max asked.

"I managed only barely to escape from the abbey, but I got burned badly. You wouldn't have recognized me. I hardly recognized myself in the mirror. I went through a chain of painful surgeries. My nerves had to be repaired and I had to get skin implants," Anya explained.

Silence landed into the room after Anya stopped talking.

"I have a suggestion," Kira said, breaking the silence.

"What?" Hilary asked, as everyone waited for Kira to reply.

"What do you guys say about a game of strip-poker?" Kira asked.

They all agreed, nodding and cleaned the table.


They sat down around the table in the living room.
Kira dealt the cards and the game started. Each round the person with the worst cards would lose one piece of clothing.

It was soon clear that both Kai and Kira were good with cards.

The first to lose was Veronica, who gave up her shoes.
The next loss went to Veronica as well. This time she lost her socks.
She blushed furiously as she lost for the third time in a row and had to give away her shirt.

After that her luck changed for a while as Tyson was the one to be nailed next and Rei after him. They both lost their shoes.
The game went on and Veronica lost her skirt, leaving her with only her lingerie.
Then it was Hilary's turn. She lost her shoes and Max followed her the next round.

Kai, Kira and Anya were the only ones, who hadn't lost anything.
Things advanced quickly and Hilary was stripped to her skirt.
Tyson had only his underwear, like Veronica.
Rei was able to hang on to his pants, while losing his shirt.

Anya lost her shoes and socks.
Max was down to his shirt and underwear.
Kai and Kira had still all of their clothes.
Tyson was the first to be out of the game and left the room.

The game continued and Anya lost her blouse. Max was the next victim and he gave up his shirt. Rei was after him and it was of with his pants. Max lost again and he was out of the game. Hilary lost her skirt. The next round went to Anya, who lost her pants.

Rei had to lose one more round and he would be out of the game.
Anya, Hilary and Veronica had to lose two rounds and they would be out of the game.
Kira and Kai hadn't still lost even once.

Hilary was to lose her bra first. Everyone in the room blushed lightly.
Next it was Veronica's turn to strip and there was blushing seen all around the room and especially on Veronica's face and on one certain blader's face.

Hilary was kicked out of the game after the next round.
After that Anya lost two times in a row and left the room.
Rei lost the next round and was out.
Veronica lost after him and left quickly.

It was down to Kira and Kai. Who would win?

"I have a suggestion," Kira said. "Why don't we ask them back? It would be more interesting."

"Sure," Kai said as both he and Kira smiled evilly at each other.

Soon the whole bunch of them were back at the living room.

Kai lost his shoes and Kira followed him the next round.
After that Kai lost three times in a row, which left him with his pants.
Then Kira's luck changed as she had now only her lingerie.
Next was Kai's turn to lose his pants. He had only his boxers now.

"One loss and you're done," Kira stated.

"Don't relax yet," Kai warned.

Kira lost her bra and blushed, her face turning deep red.
The next round would decide the winner.
The two siblings stared into each others eyes.
The cards were shown.

Kai won.