All the teams gathered in the arena, amongst them were the Bladebreakers, the White Tigers, the All Starz, the Majestics and the Dark Angels.
The announcer turned out to be DJ Jazzman, as expected. He said that during the ceremony the competitors would parade around the Arena so they could be introduced to the spectators. He read out the names out in alphabetical order, which was the order the teams would parade in. The five teams parted as there teams were called out.
"Hey, do they look familiar to you?" Kylie questioned, looking at the team behind them.
The girls turned around to inspect the team behind them.
"I think they're the Demolition Boys, but their captain Tala isn't with them," Bella replied.
"Yeah, wonder what happened to him," Sara commented.
Ling shrugged but didn't comment and looked away from the Demolition Boys. They seemed rather menacing. She thought of the battle she witnessed between Tala and Tyson at the World Tournament. It was the most incredible battle she ever watched, even if it was on TV. The two beybladers were transported into another dimension by the power of their bitbeasts and Tala was defeated despite his 'army' of bitbeasts. It didn't seem to make any sense.
'Could Tyson really be that powerful?' Ling wondered.
Meanwhile Tyson was conversing with none other than Tala, captain of the Demolition Boys. However it seemed that he was no longer a part of that team and had left the Abbey.
"So you've decided to leave the Demolition Boys," Tyson commented.
"Yeah, after battling you last year I realised there was more to battling than winning. I also realised that what the Abbey is doing is wrong, so I quit."
"Good for you, so what's the team you're in now?"
"My new team is the Black Sheep."
"That's an odd name," Max joined in.
A small smile spread across Tala's face, "True, but it's the only thing we could think of, besides the three of us are all black sheep in a way, so it suits."
"Is that so eh? What gives?" Tyson asked.
"Well, it's simple really, the three of us were all part of other teams before, only the others were rejected from their former teams whereas I left mine."
"We had very different styles on beyblading and couldn't think of anything that described us, so Black Sheep it was."
"Speaking of which, where are your companions?" Rei asked
Tala looked around for his team mates. "They said-"
He was interrupted by DJ Jazzman who announced that the teams were in the right order and they had to stay in the preparation area before they were ushered team by team into the Arena.
"Um, you were saying, Tala?" Tyson asked.
"Well, my team mates said they were going to get a drink or something," Tala replied and looked around.
"Tala!!" A girl's voice called from a distance.
"There he is!" A guy's voice was heard next, this time closer. Soon the two young people could be seen approaching the group.
The girl was rather small and skinny. She looked younger than most of the other competitors. Especially with her messy light brown hair tied in two high ponytails. She was wearing an oversized v neck T-shirt over a long sleeved top, shorts, scrunched up socks and sneakers.
The guy was average height (about Tyson's height) and also had his orange hair messy, but it was styled with gel to look cool. He wore a shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows and it was tucked into a pair of trousers and wore black leather shoes.
"Hey, where have I seen you before?" The girl asked in a loud voice.
"Alyssa, I'm surprised. As if a beyblader doesn't know of the Bladebreakers!
"Well I was busy beyblading to be stuffed watching TV!" She said as her comeback and stuck her tongue out.
Tala laughed, "These two are always like that. Bladebreakers, I'd like you to meet my team mates Alyssa and Nathan."
"It's an honour to make your acquaintance." Nathan greeted politely.
"Yeah, nice to meet cha!" Alyssa said and smiled cheesily.
Just then one of the staff working at the stadium approached the group. "Black Sheep, you're up next!" the guy said and led them to the entrance of the arena.
Tala turned back and said," Well, guess we'll see each other later!"
Nathan also turned around and nodded a good bye before heading off with the others.
Soon it was the Bladebreakers turn. They were near the entrance to the arena, then they heard an announcement on the speakers "And now, presenting last years World Champions, the Bladebreakers!"
"Guess that's our cue," Kenny said so they all walked out and waved to the spectators who were screaming, applauding and basically making a commotion.
"This is mad!" Max exclaimed.
"Tell me about it," Kenny replied, "They're screaming is so loud!"
"Tyson seems to be enjoying it," Rei commented and the three of them watched as their friend waved frantically at the fans with a huge smile on his face.
Kai was observing the spectators and noticed a number of banners. Amongst them, some had 'Bladebreakers' written on them. Others had 'I love Rei' or 'Tyson rules'. He found these mildly amusing and couldn't help but smirk a little.
After some other teams also paraded until it was the Dark Angels turn. "Now for the team you've all been waiting for, give a big welcome to the Dark Angels!" DJ Jazzman announced.
As soon as the Dark Angels came through the door the fans started screaming. They were by far the most popular of the competitors. The four girls waved at the crowd, Sara even blew a few kisses which got some guys wolf whistling at them. Even Ling, who usually chose to hide her emotions couldn't help smiling at the attention they were all getting.
None of them noticed that there was another figure with the Demolition Boys who were behind them. The figure wore a hood that covered the face and smiled with satisfaction, things were going as planned.
Who is this mysterious figure?