Kay: Okay, someone owes me an explanation! I only got one review for the last chapter, and that was from my best friend, who doesn't even like anime. ((sob)) What's the matter? ((sob)) Doesn't anybody like me any more? ((sob))Do you hate me? ((breaks into histerical crying))

Jen: There, there, Kay, I'm sure there's a reason for it.

Jes: Yeah, maybe it's not you. Maybe it's them. Maybe they all died.

Kay: ((Sob) That doesn't help. ((sob))

Chapter 5
Plane Ride Meeting

Damn it, Matt, when I get my hands on you…, a 15 year old girl thought as she looked around the gate. She had midnight black hair with blue highlights that reached the middle of her back, and dark brown eyes. She wore a lime green t-shirt, black, baggy pants with a chain hanging from where the belt would usually be, and a black sweatshirt with the word MADE across it in light blue.

"Mel, we're over here," a voice called form the back of the gate. The speaker was Char. She was a pretty young girl of about 15, with short, black-brown hair, and hazel eyes with glasses. She wore a yellow t-shirt and a green and purple jacket. She was sitting on the floor and had her laptop open, and it was linked with Matt's.

Matt and Char were the two geniuses of the team. It was because of Char's ingenious strategies and Matt's beyblade know-how that the team had gotten as far as it had. Char made strategies for the team to use; Matt upgraded the beyblades when necessary. Jake was sitting in a chair, asleep and snoring, and Nick was standing behind his sister, looking over her shoulder.

"Matt, please tell me this is the last time I'll have to wake up this early," Mel said, looking at her friend.

"Sorry, Mel, but that would be lying, and you know how I feel about lying. Sleep on the plane. We've got a long flight ahead of us," Matt said, never once looking up from her computer. "Can I see your beyblade?" she added.

"Sure. Do you want my launcher, too?" Mel asked, handing her blade, Soar-ex.

"Yeah. While you're snoring like a lawn mower, I'm going to be doing some major, major upgrading," Matt said.

"I do not snore!" Mel said. This was a really old argument. Matt sighed and rolled her eyes.

"Whatever."

"Whoa! This is the first time you haven't argued over the subject. Call the infirmary, you feeling alright, sis?" Nick asked. "Knowing her, no," Jake said, waking up suddenly.

"Jake, lay off, would you?" Mel said, enjoying the fact that, for once, Matt wasn't giving her a hard time.

They had been good friends ever since they were kids, but Matt and Char felt that "friendship" as beginning to be an understatement for Mel and Jake.

The two girls exchanged looks. They had a plan. This was the first time they were leaving home, and they were going to take every chance they could to get the two together. This was going to be a very interesting trip.

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"Okay, didn't you say something about a meeting while we're on the plane?" Jake asked, looking at his sister.

"Huh? Oh, yeah, right," Matt said, looking up from her laptop. It had been a few hours since they had gotten on the plane. It was a really nice, BBA owned plane. It was small, with six seats in the passenger section.

"Yeah. It's about our bit Beasts. There's a pattern to it. I got a fox, and Jake got a wolf. Foxes and wolves are both part of the dog family. Char got an owl, and Mel got an eagle, both of which are birds. It means something, I know it," Matt said.

"Now there's a king sized bone for the dog to chew on," Jake said.

"Anyway, there are some rules we need to be aware of for this tournament. We all need to train really hard, because we're all going to be competing. And we're going to have to team up with a team from another country. We've been assigned to the Blade Breakers, the Japanese team and current world champs," Matt said, showing her teammates her laptop, which had the data on the team on it.

"Hmm, that Kai guy looks like he might be your type, Matt," Char said, a sly smile spreading across her face.

"I was just teasing her about that last night when she showed me the data!" Jake said triumphantly, stealing a glance at his sister.

"Shut up," Matt said. "He does look… interesting, but still, looks aren't everything."

"Yeah, you're beautiful, but poisonous," Jake said, under his breath.

"Hey, every rose has it's thorns," Matt said, cooly.

"Yeah, right. You, a rose?"

"What was that, Little Bro?" Even though she was only older by 15 minutes, it still intimidated him.

"Nothing!" Jake said, blushing.

For the next few hours, Matt surfed the net, exchanged e-mails with Char, worked on upgrading Char and Mel's blades, slept, stared into space, and drew. Jake and Mel slept, sang along to Good Charlotte songs, and talked, and Char slept, surfed the net, exchanged e-mails with Matt and worked on strategies. Other than the occasional laugh, singing, conversation or snore, the plane was dead silent.

Kay: He-heh. I hope you all liked it. I had to change the rating because Mel is bassed on my best friend (after Charmaine), who swears so much it would make your grandma have a heart attack. And sorry about the emotional breakdown at the begining of the authors notes, but it's to be expected. When I posted the first chapter, I got a review 5 minutes later. Please, review people. Please? At least to tell me you're alive?