DJ Jazzman soon made an announcement, "Now it's time to introduce our next contestants!" he said, "The Demolition Boys have a new member but first let's introduce the Creepy Crawlies captain Brendan. This guy's no pushover and with his bitbeast Bullantis he'll be especially hard to defeat!"

Brendan was a tall and lank guy with tanned skin and dressed in a single white singlet and dirty jeans.

"He looks overconfident, I'll show him," she thought.

"...and now lets introduce the new captain of the Demolition Boys..." DJ Jazzman spoke.

"Guess that's my cue," she thought and smirked as she stood into the light.

"Kali!" He announced.

There were many cheers from the crowd and many comments could be heard.

"She's so beautiful...." the girls said and the guys hooted loudly.

She smirked, "There's more to me than just a pretty face." She then stared into her opponent's eyes, her look was intimidating and she sensed fearful vibes from the taller guy.

The Dark Angels were surprised.

Kylie said, "When we met her that time and she said she knew Kai I sort of thought she was, like, just a huge fan of his or something."

"Maybe she is and she wants to battle him so she joined the Demolition Boys," Sara commented.

"That's a strange thought," Bella commented.

Sara was taken aback a little, "Um...well, that was my attitude somewhat when I watched Tyson defeat the former captain last year at the World Championships, y'know..."

At that moment DJ Jazzman started the countdown, "3, 2, 1, Let it rip!!" he called out.

The blades were released and already Kali's silver blade appeared to have the advantage in speed and manoeuvrability.

"Wow, she's good," Sara exclaimed.

"True," Ling noted, "But her technique is rather unusual."

"What do you mean?" the others asked, puzzled by this comment.

"Well, I can't say for sure what her trick is but notice how she's watching Brendan, instead of the beyblades..."

Meanwhile, the Bladebreakers were watching in shock and awe at Kali and her strange beyblading skills.

"Oh my god, she's with the Demolition Boys!" Tyson cried, "That is so uncool..."

Emily, who had decided to help the Bladebreakers earlier, looked puzzled at the expressions of the Bladebreakers.

"Kenny, can you check on her power levels?" she asked.

"This doesn't seem to make sense..." Kenny replied as he did the necessary calculations with Dizzi.

"It appears that she is somehow hiding her potential power, these figures show that they are quite low but as you can see, that is not the case," Dizzi noted.

Kai was lost in his thoughts, "There is only one person I know who watches their opponents like that in a battle...those bright red eyes...Kai Serkovsky."

--Flashback--

A young Kai was intensely training with the Abbey's top facilities in the gym. He was powerful, and he knew it, especially with his bitbeast Dranzer.

Suddenly he heard footsteps in the gym. He turned around and stood face to face with a girl with two toned purple hair and red eyes. This was the girl he had beaten when he first came to the Abbey.

"What do you want? Can't you see I'm busy," he said and with that he launched his beyblade into the beydish once again. He expected her to leave him alone, like most of the other children did. However, she stayed put and waited for him to retrieve his blade before taking out her own blade and launcher and said," I challenge you to a rematch, Kai."

"And why should I accept?" Kai asked challengingly, "You're just a mere girl who can hardly beyblade." Once again he launched his beyblade into the dish but this time another beyblade flew in and, catching Dranzer off guard, knocked him out.

"I refuse to leave until I battle you," she stated. Her voice was calm but firm and her message was clear.

Kai looked into the girl's eyes and they were as red as ever but now they were also somewhat fiery. Kai could tell this girl was serious, which meant that if he was to be rid of her presence he'd have to battle her. In his opinion, the girl, who he remembered Boris refer to as 'Serkovsky' was determined, he gave her credit for that. In fact he was almost impressed by her determination, almost being the keyword. "Defeating her should be a piece of cake," he thought.

Rolling his eyes he finally agreed to what he thought would be another pointless battle. The girl proved him wrong as the two beyblades fought with almost the same power level. "How can this be?' he wondered, 'How can someone without a bitbeast be so powerful?!" While he was distracted the girl had knocked his beyblade out of the dish.

In response to the unanswered question the girl replied, "This is what they call skill."

Kai stared at her, he was completely speechless and he realised that he still didn't know her name. Once again it seemed like she read his mind with another comment.

"You'll be sorry you ever battled Kali Serkovsky!" she hissed and ran off.

--Flashback ends--

Kai snapped out of his trance and watched the battle between Kali and Brendan who were both battling hard.

Brendan's brown bitbeast, the bull ant-like creature had already emerged form the bit chip and was continuously spitting poison at Kali's beyblade. However, it seemed like Bullantis wasn't aiming properly as the silver blade skilfully avoided every shot.

"Skill," Kai thought, "that's all you need to win a battle."

Brendan was becoming red with fury while Kali watched him intensely with her red eyes and kept her cool. She smiled a little, which was all it took to scare Brendan out of his skin. Brendan commanded Bullantis to attack but Kali was unaffected.

"Ok, you know what to do," She quietly whispered to her beyblade in the beydish.

In response the blade let out a dark aura. One bump to the opposing brown beyblade was all it took to stop it in its tracks. Brendan didn't stand a chance. She knew it from the beginning and now he knew it too.

"Kali takes this battle!" DJ Jazzman announced excitedly. The crowd cheered as he continued, "Which means the Demolition Boys advance to the next round!"

All but the Bladebreakers and the Dark Angels were pleased with this result.

A loud rumbling could be heard where the Bladebreakers sat. Tyson blushed a little as he announced his hunger, "I was so eager to get here today that I haven't had anything to eat since breakfast!"

"Y'know, we could go get something to eat. I'm feeling a little hungry myself," Max said.

They all decided to go except for Kenny who wanted to stay and watch the next battle with Emily, "That way we can prepare ourselves to battle the winning team," he said.

The rest of them decided that was a good idea and stood up to go out when they realised they were missing their blue-haired captain.

"Er, guys...where's Kai?" Rei asked.

No one had noticed him sneak out as soon as Kali won her battle against the Creepy Crawlies captain. He had a strange feeling of familiarity ever since he met her the previous day. Kali Serkovsky...his former acquaintance from the Abbey...memories of his forgotten childhood flooded his mind and he knew he needed to talk to her. He was running so fast he had almost no idea where he was going. The guy was tired; he was puffing as he slowed down to look around. There weren't many people where he was. In fact, there was no one in sight.

It was then when a female voice came from the shadows, "Kai, what a pleasant surprise to see you here so soon."

"Who are you?!" Kai demanded, he was annoyed and pissed off, "Are you such a coward that you won't even show your face?!"

He could sense the hesitation of the other person but she stepped out into the light to reveal that it was none other that Kali Serkovsky.

"Actually," she said, "I had the feeling you'd be here."

Kai was speechless. He knew he wanted to speak to her again but now that she was standing there in front of him he didn't know what to say. It was as if all the questions he had for her were lost.

The other Bladebreakers were happily chatting and eating. Amongst them was Tyson who although was acting as cheerfully and ate as plentifully as usual he couldn't help but stop and wonder where Kai had went off to, and why.