There was a loud crash as the Dragoon and Oxilibra made contact and no-one was sure who the winner was going to be. Dragoon's counter attack was strong but Oxilibra's head butt overpowered him and sent him flying out of the dish. Ling was declared the winner.

"That was quick," Ling commented, obviously unimpressed but smiled in satisfaction with yet another victory.

"Look forward to seeing you in the tournament," she said and stole a quick glance at Kai before turning around and walking away with the other Dark Angels following close by.

"Me too," Tyson said softly. He was disappointed at his loss but knew he'd find a way to defeat her, someday.

"Don't worry Tyson, you'll beat her next time!" Max said encouragingly.

"She was a strong blader with a powerful bit beast. She surprised us all," Rei said

"Yeah, except me," Kai thought.

Ling was pleased that she beat Tyson, after all, he was part of the world champion team. Though the Dark Angels were seemingly dismissive at the idea of battling Tyson they were proud of Ling and they all decided to treat themselves to pizza.

They entered the local pizza place 'Cerrachio's' which was owned by Bella's uncle.

"Uncle Elio!" Bella greeted cheerfully.

"Ah Bella," A man with a strong Italian accent greeted. He was a large guy with thick curly black hair and a moustache but a friendly face. "What are you smiling about? Haven't seen you this happy since you got your first beyblade!"

"Ling just defeated Tyson from the Bladebreakers in a beybattle!" Bella exclaimed.

"Bladebreakers?" Elio asked.

"y'know, the guys that won the world tournament last year..."

"Ah yes, I see, congratulations! One large super supreme pizza comin' up, my treat!"

So they celebrated Ling's victory eating pizza.

As usual Kai got up before sunrise the day after and went to the park to practise. He met up with Ling again and they battled each other in the same dish. Both of them used the opportunity to study each others moves.

"I s'pose I'll have to get used to seeing you around from now on won't I." Ling commented.

"S'pose so," Kai replied," I've been practising this time since I was young."

"Really? Same here, I always use this same dish too."

"Why?" Kai asked slightly curious.

"It's sort of a long story but I'll tell you." Ling had a sort of distant look in her eyes as if she was reliving her story and not just telling it.

"I started beyblading since I got my first beyblade. It was the best model at the time and I've customised it since so I can still use it."

"At the time, beyblading was still considered a boys sport and people thought it was odd for me to beyblade so much. I became fairly skilled too and even beat guys older than me."

"However, there was one boy who was very serious about his beyblading. He was a bully too. When he defeated his opponents he wasn't satisfied until he completely destroyed the beyblade beyond repair."

"I wanted to be the one to defeat him and that's when I started this early in the morning. I even improved over time but his power just overwhelmed me."

"And, like the others, my beyblade was destroyed beyond repair. I was extremely upset." She had also cried too but didn't want to admit such weakness to Kai, "So instead of going home that night I sat in the centre of the dish I was defeated in, this dish. I concentrated on freeing my mind of any thoughts. I think I was meditating, I felt like I was in a trance, the yin and yang chi flowing through me in complete balance with each other. It was a strange feeling to be equally pessimistic and optimistic, not being good or bad, black or white."

"When I opened my eyes I saw a small bright blue light in the sky. It seemed to be coming closer to me. I was intrigued by it so I reached up to grab it. However, I didn't need to as it landed in my hand. The light was so bright I had to cover it until it stopped glowing. In the palm of my hand was Oxilibra. When I put the bit in my beyblade it glowed again and next thing I knew it was fixed and looked brand new without a scratch on it."

"That's why I always practise in this dish. It's where I found Oxilibra and in a sense, myself."

"Interesting," Kai said intrigued by the story she told.

"I s'pose it is," Ling said. "I can't believe I told him that story. The only person I've ever told before is Bella, why do I even trust him?" she thought.

Kai had his own thoughts, "And I thought she was odd before! She's definitely no ordinary girl if a bitbeast just comes to her like it did."

"I think I'll go now," he said and headed back to the hotel.

"See ya, Kai," She called while releasing her blade.

"Bye," he said and ran back.