--Flashback--
A six year old Kali stood by a beydish in the yard of the Abbey, after defeating the fifth trainee that morning she was bored.
"Serkovsky," she heard a familiar man's voice call out to her. She turned around to see Boris Balkov, the tall man with the sunglasses that the other kids admired as well as feared. She felt nothing towards him, but then again, she didn't feel anything towards anyone.
Standing next to him was a young boy about her age. He had two-toned blue hair and wore blue combat pants, a black sleeveless top and a long white scarf. Usually Kali could tell what others were feeling by looking at their expression. However with this boy she couldn't even tell when staring into his chestnut brown eyes.
"I'd like to introduce you to five year old Kai Hiwatari." Boris said.
The surname sounded vaguely familiar but that wasn't her main thought. She frowned, "Boris, you know I don't battle younger opponents."
Boris just smiled suspiciously and said," Trust me, this is a battle you won't forget."
Kali remained unconvinced but she agreed to the battle anyway. The two children were lead into the Abbey building where there were larger beydishes with a better surface. They took their places by the dish and had their launchers ready to pull.
"3, 2, 1 let it rip!" Boris shouted.
The beyblades were released into the dish. Both of them moved rapidly until Kali went in for the attack. Her beyblade managed to push Kai's to the edge. It seemed like she had the advantage, but Kai remained calm, like he had something up his sleeve.
"Something is not right," Kali realised.
"Ok Dranzer, attack!" Kai ordered.
As soon as the words left his mouth the beyblade started to glow and then a large red bird-like creature appeared from the beyblade.
"What the-" Kali exclaimed in shock and in awe.
Kai smirked with satisfaction, "That, my friend is a bit beast. The spirit of the red phoenix Dranzer is trapped within my beyblade."
Kali watched as her beyblade was being crushed by the bit beast powered beyblade. It was clearly obvious who the victor of the battle would be.
"Ok Dranzer, finish it off!" Kai commanded. The phoenix screeched and went in for the 'kill'. Kali's beyblade was knocked out of the dish.
She bent down to pick it up and just as Kai turned to walk away Kali asked him, "Where did you get your bit beast?"
Kai stopped in his tracks, "You fool, you have to earn the right to control the spirit of the bit beast," he replied, "It's not going to be handed to you on a silver platter!"
--Flashback ends--
Kali never forgot that comment although she had forgotten who had said it. However it had lost all meaning to her. She smiled at the thought and looked at the bit chip she held in her palm, the one that Boris had given to her.
Meanwhile Oliver was still battling Peter from the Ozirulz team. It was hard to see what was happening in the Great Sandy Desert based dish.
"Eat my sand!" Peter shouted and laughed like a maniac with his eyes bulging out.
Oliver was a little sickened by this display. "Ok, Unicolyon, that's enough fooling around. Let's start fighting seriously." Unicolyon headed towards the opposing beyblade with a great force. Sparks flew from the collision and Swanzer was forced to defend himself.
Oliver could see that Peter was gritting his teeth, He sensed an attack coming.
"Swanzer, show yourself and fight!" Peter shouted. A freaky looking indigo swan appeared with his wings spread and let out an angry squawk as he dove for Oliver's blade.
Unicolyon, the graceful white Unicorn emerged. He lifted his front hooves up and the two bit beasts fought viciously.
"Whoa, look at them go!" Tyson exclaimed, "The bit beasts look madder than their owners!"
"Dude, that's some crazy behaviour!" Tyson's Grandpa commented.
The other Bladebreakers and Mr Dickenson were all amazed at what they were witnessing but they weren't the only ones. Everyone else sat in silence and watched in complete awe. Suddenly one boy cheered, "Yeah, fight, fight, fight!" and soon many others joined him in the chanting.
The two bit beast fought each other but they were too evenly matched.
'This could be a problem!' Oliver realised and frowned.
"Oliver, you can do better than that!" Enrique called out to him.
Oliver turned back and looked down on his friend and team mate, "Enrique?"
Robert stood up next to Enrique and stated, "Remember, we formed out own team to work together and support each other."
"You better make it worthwhile!" Johnny added and smirked.
Oliver smiled with a new found confidence, "thanks guys," he thanked them silently and gave them a thumbs up. "If I give up now I'll never defeat Peter and Swanzer," he thought, "Unicolyon, attack and give it all you got!" he commanded.
The beyblade pulled back and then went straight for Swanzer with an increasing acceleration. The resulting force was so powerful that Swanzer was knocked out of the dish,
"Oliver is the victor which means that the Majestics advance to the next round!"
Everyone cheered and the Majestics bowed in appreciation.
Kai rolled his eyes, "Royalty," he thought, "they never change!" but nevertheless he was pleased that they won anyway.
"Hey Chief, their technique seems to be different from when we battled them," Rei commented.
"That's true," Kenny answered, "They've improved a lot since then. Not only are they planning their strategies more carefully but they're working together as a team instead of individually."
"I wonder if we'll battle them," Max wondered.
"It would be hard to defeat them," Tyson said.
They were interrupted by DJ Jazzman's announcement, "Don't go away, we'll be back shortly with more exciting battles! In the meantime snacks are available from the Cafeteria!"
"Hello Max," Judy greeted, Emily was with her.
"Hey mum," Max replied, "What are you two doing here?"
Emily answered, "We figured since we're already out for the count we thought we'd assist you guys. Afterall, if it wasn't for you we'd never have realised that spirit mattered in a beybattle."
Emily sat in an empty seat next to Kenny, "Did you and Dizzi get any stats off the last battle?" she asked.
"Yeah we did, right Dizzi?" Kenny said.
"You said it Chief!" Dizzi replied and the three of them discussed technical details about the physics of the beyblade motion.
Across the other side of the stadium during the intermission a group of girls sat amongst the many enthusiastic spectators. They noted every move and strategy used by the competitors. They were known as the Dark Angels. The four girls had become accustomed to being recognised in public. However on this particular occasion they did not want to be recognised so they cleverly disguised themselves with conventional outfits, make-up and wigs.
"That girl we met yesterday. She seemed to be all over Kai," Kylie noted.
"You mean Kali right? She was quite pretty though," Sara admitted, hinting a little of jealousy.
"True," Bella said, "but she also looked a bit scary too. There's something not quite right about her."
Ling was deep in thought, "You're all right, so I think we should keep an eye on her, in case she's up to no good," she suggested.
Just then DJ Jazzman made another announcement, "Ok, it's time for the second match of the day. This time it'll be the Demolition Boys from Russia against the Creepy Crawlies."
The crowd cheered enthusiastically.
"I didn't know the Demolition Boys were battling!" Tyson exclaimed, sincerely surprised.
Mr Dickenson frowned, "this can't be good news," he thought.
"The first battle will be Ian from the Demolition Boys against Adam from the Creepy Crawlies!"
"Ian and his bit beast Wyborg are small but they pack a hell of a punch in battle."
"Adam doesn't have a bit beast but his incredibly strong beyblade makes up for that."
"The dish used is based on the Riverlands in South Australia. The miniature Murray River flows through the centre and along the banks are reeds and mangrove trees with undergrowth."
"Ok, 3, 2, 1 let it rip!!"
The beybladers simultaneously pulled their ripcords and their beyblades hit each other before they landed. However none of them were knocked out of the dish and they moved speedily around the dish.