Chapter three: Teams

Few hours later and both Hilary and Isis had exhausted nearly every single shop in the city. They had spent loads, every single little thing they had like they had bought.

"Wow Isis, you sure no how to have a good time!" Hilary grinned. They had both stopped for lunch in a little café. Isis once more paying for their meal. She waved her credit card at the waiter.

"It helps being a pro beyblader." She grinned. "And being allowed access to all the money you earn." She added, giving her mischievous wink.

They both giggled.

Isis checked her watch.

"Aw man! This is so unfair!" She moaned, "Look Hil, I've got an appointment I've got to keep. I'll see later okay?" She asked; Hilary looked disappointed.

"Okay then, tomorrow. Bye!" They both gave each other a parting hug and left.

Hilary sighed and began to walk over to Max's house. It wasn't that far away on the bus. When she finally arrived Max, Ray, Tyson and Kenny were outside. Talking, as per usual, about their bitbeasts.

"Hey Hilary! I thought you and Isis went shopping?" Max asked her, looking for any trace of shopping bags.

"We did, Isis paid for the shops to bring them back home." She grinned, "Saves us carrying them."

"I'm guessing you bought a lot then?" Ray asked.

"Yup, she, unlike all of you, as access to all the money she earns from touring." She told them. She sat down next to Kenny.

"So where is Isis?" Tyson asked.

"Didn't she tell you? She has an appointment with some other team she's thinking of joining."

"Oh."


Meanwhile...

Isis walked up the dark alleyway. She ignored the dark stares off other bladers as she made her way to her goal.

"Ah, welcome, are you one of the bladers auditioning for part in the Espanola Angeles?" A girl dressed in black appeared behind her. She wore chains draped around her baggy trousers. She smiled showing her tongue piercing. Isis smiled back, the same deadly, mysterious one as the girl did.

"Yes, I am."

"Good. My name is Nina Diablo. Yours?"

"Isis Kinomiya."

"Ah, yes, you are on the list. Do you speak any Spanish by any chance?"

"Yes, I do."

"How much?"

"A fair bit." She told her. Nina nodded, no emotion in it, leading her to a warehouse.

"The Espanola Angeles will not only test you on you beyblading skills but on your ability to get out of trouble." She told Isis, "As you probably know already there are a lot of organizations who spend a lot of time kidnapping teams and putting them under intense pressure." She eyes Isis as though hoping to get a reaction from it. Isis stared defiantly back.

"I know." She said, her voice determined. Nina nodded once more, a glint of approval in her eyes.

"Can I tell you're doing well so far?" She revealed, Isis nodded, her face serious.

"Tell me why you want another member."

"So far we are a group of four; we have been invited to do something called island training. We need one more member to join so we are a suitable team for it basically. That is all you are getting." She told her. Isis looked down, remembering what Kei had said the previous night.

"We need five blading members for some tour he wants us to go on."

"That sound's like something the Bladebreakers are going on." She mused out loud. Nina stopped, looking at her intently.

"How did you know that?"

"Kai told me. I'm Tyson's cousin." She said, cursing silently. Nina nodded and began walking again.

"So you know the Bladebreakers huh? You've just put yourself a lot higher up in our list Isis." She revealed.

"What?" Isis was confused. Nina rolled her eyes.

"That means you know their secrets. Their dreams, you can tell us all of them." She told her. It was Isis's turn to stop.

"But that's cheating."

"We need all the help we can get Isis." Nina looked at her, "We need to beat the Bladebreakers; we must become the world champions." Her voice became clouded with ambition; a poisonous snake willing to bite anything to get to her dreams. Isis shook her head, backing off slightly.

"That's wrong! I'm going to betray them because I want to be part of some team who's hell bent on becoming the champions! Forget it," She told Nina, who just stood there, no attempt to try and persuade her.

"Then you are weak person Isis Kinomiya, you have no right to even think about becoming an Espanola Angele." She told her. Isis gave her a dark look and walked off. Not bothering to retaliate. "No right!"