The Bladebreakers were at the booth in the arena next to the dish preparing for their battle against the Outback Kids. On the opposite side of the dish were the three teens from the Outback Kids.
The girl wore a checked shirt tied in a knot at the bottom around her waist. She also wore faded jeans and boots and her hair was tied loosely in a braid. One of the guys had a wide brim hat on. He also wore a checked shirt, except his was more yellow colour, over a pair of jeans. The last guy was tall and wore a simple white fitted T-shirt and like the others also wore a pair of jeans.
"It's too bad we don't know who's up first." Kenny noted.
"Damn, forgot about that," Kai thought.
"I'll go first," Max said.
"Alright," everyone agreed.
"Ok, now we have the Outback Kids against last years World Champions the Bladebreakers!"
"First up is Josephine against Max!"
The girl and Max both stepped up.
"Josephine wins her battle by endurance, she just spins her way to victory!"
"Max is a defence specialist. With Draciel as his bit beast he is a tough opponent to defeat!"
"The dish is designed like the bushlands with lots of gum trees on dry land!"
"Ok, lets battle, 3, 2, 1 Let it rip!!"
Max and Josephine launched their beyblades. Both of them were speedily weaving their way amongst the gum trees.
"Dammit, the Outback Kids will feel right at home in the bushland!" Kenny exclaimed, "They have the upper hand!"
They were all worried. "Will Max be able to defeat Josephine?" Kai wondered.
"C'mon Max, you can do it," Tyson silently cheered for his friend.
For a beyblader without the assistance of a bit beast Josephine was fairly skilled. Her beyblade spun around the dish and throughout the trees with great speed.
"Attack!" She ordered.
"Draciel, fortress defence!" Max commanded.
The purple turtle like bit beast came out of the beyblade and called out as it defended himself.
Josephine's beyblade was very strong and despite Draciel's efforts to defend himself he started to wobble and ended up ceasing to spin.
Josephine was declared the winner of the match. Max was extremely disappointed, "Defeated by an amateur!" he whined.
"This is great!" Kai said sarcastically, "Now we'll have to win the next two matches."
"I'll go next." Rei stated, "If there are no objections."
"None here," Tyson said, "I wanna go last."
"Ok then, it's agreed," Kenny said.
Soon DJ Jazzman announced the match between Ben and Rei. The guy with the hat stood up and so did Rei.
"Ben specialises in defence and he defends his way to defeat his opponent."
"Rei and his bit beast Driger make a great team. Together they are almost unstoppable!"
"For this battle the dish is based on the Australian countryside freeway. There's a road that goes around the dish and alongside is dry grass which will make movement hard for the beyblades."
"Are you ready? 3, 2, 1 Let it rip!"
With that Ben and Rei released their beyblades and watched as they spun and circled the road in the beydish.
"Driger, Tiger Claw attack!" Rei commanded. The yellow tiger emerged fro his beyblade and roared as it went in for the attack. Ben's beyblade tried to defend itself but Driger's attack overwhelmed him and pushed it onto the grass and soon it stopped spinning.
"That was a speedy match and victory goes to Rei!"
The spectators cheered, the girls were particularly loud. "Hmph!" Mariah grunted, a bit annoyed.
"The final match will be Jason up against Tyson. Folks, this is going to be one interesting battle as both of them specialise in attack."
"It'll be Jason and his bit beast Dengo against Tyson and his bit beast Dragoon."
"This time the beydish will be like roller coaster tracks. If the beyblade is fast enough it can go through the loop without falling off."
"Lets not waste any more time, let the battle begin, 3, 2, 1 Let it rip!!"
The beyblades were launched and Dengo appeared to be chasing Dragoon.
Jason smirked, "For an attack specialist you seem pretty wussy."
This angered Tyson, "That's it Jason," He shouted, "Dragoon attack!" As soon as the words left his mouth Dragoon turned around and crashed into Dengo knocking him onto another track.
Dragoon headed towards the loop. "Ok, Storm attack!" Tyson commanded. Dragoon went halfway around the loop and used the storm to float down to the bottom of the same track as Dengo and went in for the attack.
"Dengo, counter with growl attack!" Jason ordered. An orange/yellow dingo appeared from he beyblade and growled. It was ear-piercing but wasn't enough to stop Dragoon's storm attack. The storm picked up Dengo and threw him out of the dish.
"What a match! And the winner is Tyson!! The Bladebreakers advance to the next round."
"Alright, go Tyson!" Max cheered and ran to slap his friend's back.
"That was great Tyson!" Kenny exclaimed.
"It was indeed an excellent battle," Rei said.
Kai nodded, "Way the go Tyson," he thought and smiled.
"Hey Tyson!" Sara called out a greeting and ran to hug him, "That was a great match!"
"What's with this girl?" Tyson thought rather shocked "It was alright I guess," he said.
The other members of the Dark Angels approached the Bladebreakers.
Ling said to Kai, "I'm impressed. Apart from Max your team seemed to win effortlessly."
Kai said coolly, "Yeah, I suppose so."
"Rei!" Mariah called out and jumped on him in a hug. He hugged her back and they kissed affectionately.
"That is so sweet," Kylie commented
"Yeah," Sara sighed in agreement. Ling rolled her eyes and Bella laughed at her friends' reactions.
Lee, Kevin and Gary also came a bit later. There was another match that day with two teams they didn't know against each other. The Bladebreakers were tired from their battle while Mariah and the Dark Angels were bored. The White Tigers wanted to stay and watch so then they parted ways.
Just as the Bladebreakers and the others were about to leave the stadium a girl came up to them from seemingly nowhere and started chatting Kai up.
"Hi, I just wanted to congratulate you on your team's battle, it was great to watch," She talked really fast," Oh sorry, how rude of me...my name is Kali."
Normally in this situation Kai would tell her to leave him alone but for a moment he just stared at the girl named Kali.
She was one of the most beautiful girls he had ever laid eyes on. Her deep purple hair reached past her shoulders and had light violet bangs in a side part with one side longer and covering the right side of her face. The left side of her face showed she had large red eyes and pale skin with two purple streaks painted diagonally across her cheek. She wore a short blue sleeveless skivvy that revealed her midriff and black hipsters with a grey sash. She also had white gloves that reached her elbows and knee high brown leather boots.
Kai snapped out of his trance and replied, "I suppose you already know who I am then."
"Yeah, Kai Hiwatari, captain of the Bladebreakers!" She said and smiled, "It's an honour to be able to talk to you."
"Haha, you can say that again," Tyson interrupted, "Normally he wouldn't talk to strangers."
"That's true," Kai thought, "but somehow I feel like I've met her before, but where?"
"Are we gonna go or what!?" Mariah asked impatiently.
"Yeah," Kai said, "Um Kali..."
"Sure, go ahead. We can talk some other time," she said and smiled before waving goodbye and dashing off.
The Dark Angels showed the others the sites of Sydney that were around the Darling Harbour anyway. They generally had a good time. However Kai couldn't stop thinking of Kali, 'why does she seem so familiar?'
Ling looked at Kai who appeared deep in thought, 'You're thinking of that girl aren't you?' she thought. "Kai," she whispered.
In a hotel room somewhere in Sydney Kali, the pretty purpled haired girl looked out the window into the dark of the night. "Kai Hiwatari, why do I feel like we've met before," she thought.