For the first time ever Tyson was actually out of bed before the others. He was determined to improve before the tournament.
"You're up early," Kai said and smiled a rare amused smile of his.
"I can't believe she beat me so easily yesterday!" Tyson exclaimed, "I gotta get better!" Tyson only seemed a little pissed off at his loss.
Kai thought, "He's taking it a lot better than I would have, that's for sure." Kai admired this quality of Tyson although he wouldn't admit it. After all, the guy was still a relatively new beyblader.
The two of them practised with each other until breakfast time when they met up with the others at the restaurant.
As they were eating Mr Dickenson approached them.
"Hello, how are you?" he greeted
"All right," Kenny replied
"Been better," Tyson said.
"Oh, why's that?"
Kenny explained how he got defeated by the captain of the Dark Angels. Mr Dickenson's reaction came as a surprise to them all as he burst out laughing and when he calmed down said to them, "Oh, don't be too disappointed. The Dark Angels have a reputation for being one of the best teams around. By the way, the tournament starts tomorrow but there's an opening ceremony today that all the contestants have to attend."
"That's odd," Rei commented, "They never did that before."
"This is the first time for Australia to hold an official beyblade tournament so they thought they'd give it their own touch."
"I see."
"Oh yeah, did I mention that it starts in less than an hour?" Mr Dickenson asked.
"What?!" Kenny, "We've got to get ready!"
At that, the Bladebreakers got their light blue BBA cloaks and caught the BBA bus to the Beyblade Stadium. When they arrived they saw a lot of other teams in their varying coloured cloaks.
"Rei!!" a familiar female voice called out.
"Mariah!" Rei greeted and they gave each other a loving hug that suggested more than friendship. She was followed closely by Lee, Kevin and Gary, all of them wearing their orange cloaks.
"Weren't expecting to see you guys here!" Tyson said.
"Coming second in the Asia tournament last year meant we qualified for this one," Lee explained.
"Interesting," Kai thought, "Does that mean that they qualified too..?"
"I saw the All Starz earlier and I heard the Majestics were competing too." Kevin stated.
"Interesting," Kai said out loud, "guess they did," he thought.
"Speak of the devil," Tyson said as both teams the All Starz in their hot blue cloaks and the Majestics in their purple ones approached the group.
"Hey guys!" Tyson said and waved.
"Hi!" they replied simultaneously.
"Thought you guys didn't like teamwork," Kai stated in a questioning way (if that makes any sense!) to the Majestics.
"We've been training as a team these past few months and out teamwork skills have improved since we last battled," Robert said.
"Yeah, don't expect an easy battle with us this round," Enrique smirked.
"Emily, Where's my mum?" Max asked.
"Oh, Judy hasn't arrived yet, she's got some business to take care of back in America but she'll be here tomorrow for the tournament," She replied.
Before he could reply all the bladers noticed a crowd gathering near the entrance.
"Wonder who just arrived," Tyson thought.
"Could it be...?" Kai wondered.
"Hey! The Dark Angels are here! I gotta see them!" a young boy shouted as he ran past the group.
"Yeah, I wanna see Sara, she's pretty!" another boy said as he followed the first one.
"Thought so," Kai thought.
The group headed towards the large gathering of fans and made their way through the crowd and just as Kai expected, the four members of the Dark Angels were standing together looking rather smug. The blonde one, Sara was even waving at the fans. They were all wearing dark blue cloaks.
Ling scanned the crowd for a familiar face, she saw the Bladebreakers amongst some other teams and set eyes on Kai who was looking straight at her. She felt her cheeks go hot and looked away, "why am I blushing?" she wondered.
"Ling is so cool!"
"Sara is so pretty!"
"Kylie's an inspiration!"
The Bladebreakers and the others heard many comments about the famous Dark Angels.
"They can't be that good." Michael commented dismissively.
"Yeah," Eddy agreed," They don't look so tough!"
"You can't judge people by their appearance," Oliver said.
Sara saw the Bladebreakers amongst the crowd and waved a greeting, "Hey guys!" She called out with a smile and sauntered towards them. The other Dark Angels also followed. All the guys were staring at Sara which she thought was hilarious.
"Hey gorgeous, will you go out with me?" Enrique asked with an attempt at sounding husky.
Sara giggled," I'll think about it Enrique." She replied, she wasn't as dumb as the stereotypical blonde. He looked dumbfounded but the other guys ignored him and greeted the Dark Angels.
"You've got a lot of fans," Tyson noted, sounding a little envious.
"You could say that," Sara said, "but it isn't such a good thing, you should know, right?"
"People know us but everyone talks about you guys here," Tyson said.
"All competitors please make your way to the arena." An announcer called out through the speakers.
"I guess we have to go then," Sara said and flashed a smile at Tyson as she put her arm through his and lead him to the door. Rei and Mariah walked side by side holding each others hands. The others headed there too along with the other beybladers competing.
What will the opening ceremony be like? Find out next time.