Tigeria: Hello, and welcome back to Returning Traveler whoaooooo

Tumble weed….crickets chirp….wolves howl

Tigeria: cough, well….uh…Rei, wh-why don't you do the disclaimer right now

Rei: Since I'm more mature than those other losers, I'll do it without you bribing or blackmailing me

Tyson: Haha, Rei is a poopy-pants!

Rei: (anime veins pop up) Tyson, you'll snot-nosed, little, weasel. You promised to keep that on the down low. Now I'm gonna have to go medieval on your ass! (flames in his eyes)

Tyson: Wah, Rei has a machine gun, and he's gonna kill meeeeeeeeee! (cries some more)

Tyson and Rei in the background are destroying everything. Rei has the machine gun on high and laughing manically.

Tigeria: (sweatdrops) Screw this, I don't own Beyblade. If I did, Kenny wouldn't have those ridiculous glasses, I mean joints could pick up HBO.

Rei: MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!

Tigeria: Oh yeah Rei, REAL mature.

2 days later

All the teams that had signed up for the tournament have been practicing a lot for the last two days. Even Kai and the Demolition Boys are tired. During the training of our five favorite bladers, they seemed quieter and more withdrawn than usual. Their teammates thought they were slacking off, but why would I write that? That's just saying, "Please come to my house and beat the crap out of me" tch, please. They weren't doing well, because they were thinking about Hilary. And here to help you with what they're thinking is some POV's.

Tyson's POV

These last days of training before the tournament have been tough. Epically with Grandpa breathing down my back, the old fart. But I don't care, my mind has been out of it since the party. It's great to see Hill again, but something doesn't seem right with her beyblading. I just hope she knows what she's doing.

Daichi's POV

Hilary is back! Hilary is back! Hilary is back! Hilary is back! Hilary is back! It is so awesome that our girl Hill is back. Good thing too, 'cause I was starting to get bored with just Ty to talk to all day. And don't even get me started on Grandpa, I shiver at the thought. I was so seriously psyched when I found out she can blade! Honestly, that's great. I wish I could go against her and see what she's made of.

Max's POV

Wow, Hilary looks… HOT! I never would've guessed that was her. Man, it's good to see her again. I don't know about the guys, but when I heard that she was entering in the tournament, I was shocked out of my life. Hill! A blader! Who would've thunk it eh? Well, if she blades as good as she looks, I needs to watch out. But man, she was looking all kinds of good with that cute vest, and those boots…..(drool)

Rei's POV

Even with all the meditating I'm doing, I still can't clear my mind. Why? Does it have to do with the fact that Hilary has returned? I still haven't told my teammates about her arrival yet. They probably think I'm stressing because I've been working too hard. Do they have it wrong. I think I'm stressing, because I don't know how powerful Hilary is. Yeah, that's it. I mean, yeah she's a first time blader and she can get a little crazy; but she is a fast learner, very strong person, and dedicated to whatever she sets her mind to. So I guess in the tournament, I'm gonna have to watch out for you Hilary.

Kai's POV

Sigh. Why am I acting like this? Why do I feel so… distracted? Is it because Hilary is back? NO, never have I let a person get in my way before, and I don't intend to now. But, when I saw her two days ago, I got this weird feeling in my chest. I had that feeling when I first meet her, and then every day I knew her it grew. It was like my heart was beating fast and slow at the same time. And my vision was perfect and blurry all at once. No person could do this to another. Can they? And why do I fell this way, how can one person make me let my guard down? Maybe if I battle her I'll find out, maybe if I battle her I'll stop feeling like this.

Pool Rounds

"This is DJ Jazzman here on the mizic ready to tell you that the Pool Rounds of the AD&J Tournament are about to begin. As you already know the pool rounds don't really count. They just exist to get the bladers acknowledgment with their competitors. The teams for the first round are: Silver Wolves vs. White Tiger X; All Stars vs. Jewels; Demolition Boys vs. Wild Thangs; BBA Revolutions vs. Shark Attack; Saint Shields vs. Majestics; team Psychic vs. team Wildfire. Remember, these rounds don't count so just have fun with it."

Oh and fun were they going to have. Each of the teams went up to a dish and got in launching position. "3…2…2…let it riiiiiippppppp!" All the blades gracefully landed into the dish nearly at the same time.

Silver Wolves vs. White Tiger X

Mariah and Rei decided to do a two-on-two battle with two of the other team. A boy with chestnut hair and honey eyes, and another boy with gray hair that probably just got out of bed, lookin' a hot mess. Even though Rei and Mariah were the best of the best, they were having a little trouble with this new team. But to make matters worse, the other team was taunting them. And coincidently (coincidently my right eye), DJ Jazzman came to their dish to commentate.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it looks like Silver Wolves are giving White Tiger X a run for their money. Typical came of cat vs. dog, and man so early into the game and there is already trash talk." Indeed there was, but unfortunately Silver Wolves didn't know to NEVER insult Mariah. "Yo Jason, this White Kittens X team isn't too bad, but we're still better." Shouted the gray haired kid. Their insults and jeers were already getting on Rei's nerves, but it was the other ones comment that made Mariah snap. "Yeah, I guess their okay, Chavez. Even if they do got a girl on the team. Hahahahahahah." Suddenly, Mariah got real quiet and dropped her head. When she picked it up again, her fangs were barring and she had flames in her eyes. Rei steeped back in pure panic. He had only seen Mariah this mad once before, and he didn't want to get in her way again. He shuddered at the memory. With a quick battle cry to her blade, she went psycho crazy on those boys' asses.

In only a few seconds, she whipped the boys' blades out straight to their stomachs. They had almost doubled over when the wind was knocked out of them. She simply smirked and said, "If you know what's good for you, you'd rethink your sexist ways because there's a lot of girls in this tournament who've heard what you just said. And believe me, I went easy on you compared to what these other girls would do."

All Stars vs. Jewels

Emily was already engaged in a battle of her own. 'Damn, these girls may appear to be beauty queens, but they can really blade. I'll have to put more thought in my tactic.' Then she ordered her bitbeast to go on the defensive to conserve energy. The blond chick she was fighting pulled a smart move, she followed Emily's example and switched to store energy. When she had enough, Em switched to offensive and went in for the attack. Unfortunately, she wasn't fast enough. Just in time, the blond chick swerved to the left, came up behind Em, and knocked the blade out of the ring. The battle was over.

Demolition Boys vs. Wild Thangs

Tala was already pissed about losing the Terrain Grip to Tyson, so he was in a bad mood (who knew boys could PMS). He was getting madder that a team of fruity, sissy team of bladers called the Jewels were kicking his butt, and in front of everyone. It's humiliating! And to add insult to injury, one of the girls was flirting with him! So disgusting. Tala and Wolberg's energy was draining fast and the girl he was against seemed to be getting faster. Then her blade just seemed to disappear into thin air. He was startled then, closed his eyes to listen to hear the whistling of the blade. But despite his acute hearing and skills, he couldn't tell where the blade was. Suddenly out of nowhere, the girls blade flew right into his, making it lose its balance. Like an eagle she moved in for a final attack. She got closer and closer and then…Tala regained his composure and slammed right into her. Her blade flew out of the dish near her feet.

(A. Note: I'm tired of writing the battles, so I'll just tell you who won. BBA won, team Wildfire won, and Saint Shields won. On with the fic.)

"Now that that's over, lets go for the second round," the Jazzman's voice came over the intercom, "the next teams are: Fallen Angels vs. Reptiles; and Knights vs. M.I.A. Would you please step up to the dishes." The following teams did as they were told. In the stands closest to the dish that Hilary's team was at, were Kai, Rei, Max, Daichi, Tyson, and Kenny. Chief wanted to gather stats at Hill and her team blading, but mostly just wanted to just see how good she is. "So Chief, how do you think our girl Hill will do?" "I don't know Dizzi, we can just hope for the best."

"3…2…1…Leeett iiiittt riiiiiipppp" The Fallen Angles choose one of the pinkette chicks to blade, Tohru.

The little girl was just so excited, she couldn't stop jumping and flipping all over the place. The guy she was going up against was getting frustrated. "Grrr, WILL YOU QUIT JUMPING UP AND DOWN, IT'S DISTRACTING!" Tohru just laughed and kept on jumping. Her purple blade was following her every move, jumping, flipping, and zigzagging. It was as if the blade and her were one. The boy was getting more and more frustrated with her jumping. 'Hm, my plan is working, he's distracted by movements so now I can stop playing around and move in for the kill.'

"Alright Serpent, time to strike, GO!" Her blade started to spin in a circle around the boy's blade. He couldn't see a way out as she closed the circle, then finally his blade was knocked out. Finally it was Hilary's turn to blade. The boys were excited about this, each wondering what tactic Hilary would us.

Hilary looked down at her blade and walked up to the stadium. She just placed the spinner and got into position without a word. A purple-haired boy walked up to the stadium across from her was just as quiet.

Then, at super speed, both blades flew into the dish and went at it with each other. Hill and the boy seemed to be playing a game of 'catch me if you can', 'cause the boy was trying to keep up with every direction Hillary was going. It almost seemed like a game to him. "Tyson, it seems like that kid is toying with her. No matter how many times she tries to shake him off, he just follows her even stronger" the genius exclaimed. It was true, even when she revved up to attack him, he just dodged and followed her in the dish.

'This is getting embarrassing,' Hillary seethed in her head, 'I didn't come this far to be mocked in the pool rounds. Well if he thinks he's going to get me, he has another thing coming.' Secretly, she shut her eyes and her blade began to spin faster. Being the idiot that boy was he kicked it up a few notches hisself. Finally, when she was going as fast as she allowed and the boy was close behind her, she stopped dead in her tracks. The other kid not seeing her plan tried to stop as fast to but failed.

"Who, guys did you see how fast she stopped?" Max sputtered, flabbergasted.

"I know Maxie, clean in her tracks, she's smooth." responded the quiet Chinese kid.

As soon as the kid started to slow down, Hilary's blade flew up into the air and made a nosedive straight for the unfortunate blade. Since the boy just finally stopped, he had no time to move out the way. When her blade struck his, the battle was over making Hill the winner.

Tigeria: For all those who read my fic, I'm truly sorry for taking forever to update my story. I've had some good news and bad news. Bad news is since there are three weeks of school left, I'm going to have to study for finals soon (unless I'm exempted, which I hope I am). But the good news is that my master for my Tae Kwon Do class says my form is improving. Yay me!

P.S. Thank all of you for not coming to my house to kick my arse.