I won't hold you this time. I'll do the disclaimer and then you can jump right into the story.

Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade or any of it's characters

Copyright: While Kai, Tyson, and the other Beyblade characters are not mine, the original characters like Kathleen are mine and so is the plot line so please do not take them without permission.

Chapter 2 – Unexpected Visitors and Disturbing Information

"What the--," Tyson muttered, his grip on Kat's shoulder tightening as he pulled her behind him. "W-who are you?" he stammered, trying hard to keep his voice steady.

The man just continued to smile – which, by the way, was subconsciously starting to get on Tyson's nerves – as he said in a deep, rasping voice, "I wish only to offer a warning."

"A warning?" Tyson asked. His eyes narrowing, he asked, "What is this, did someone send you or what?" Something clicked in his mind. "Hey, you're not some wannabe beyblader trying to steal my title are you? 'Cause let me tell ya, buddy, it's not going to happen--,"

"One does not seek what he is afraid to find," the man interrupted.

He blinked. "Wha--?"

"Hey, my man, your peeps are here!" they heard Grandpa call from the hall. Tyson and Kat turned from the man to yell, "Okay, Grandpa!" but when their gaze went to return to him, he was gone.

"What? Where'd he go?" Tyson said, looking around cautiously.

"C'mon, Tyson, we don't have all day!" it was Rei that time.

"Yeah, we gotta go!" now Max.

He cast one last look around the yard before finally giving up and closing the door. "Coming," he said and started walking to the front of the house towards his team.

"Aw man!" Tyson yelled in disappointment; that was the fifth time Dragoon had been knocked out of the dish! He could see Max smiling triumphantly as he turned around to see Dragoon hit the dirt.

Rei laughed. "Man, Tyson, you're really off your game today! Did the world champ suddenly lose his touch?"

"Aw, c'mon guys lay off. Tyson's just a bit preoccupied, today, that's all," Kenny said smiling. Tyson silently blessed him.

"About what? What he's gonna have for dinner tonight?" Rei asked jokingly.

"Yeah, he's got more pressing matters to think about: chocolate cake for dessert or ice cream?" Max said. The boys howled with laughter, even Kai cracked a small smile.

He growled at them as he went to fetch Dragoon from the dirt. "You want a piece of me too, tough guy, huh do ya?" he challenged angrily.

"Doesn't look like there's much to go around after that last match if you ask me," Kai said from his position against the tree.

"Well, no one asked you," he snapped at him. "You want some of this too, Kai? Well, come and get it; I'll take all of you on!" he ranted. The rest of the boys just laughed. "I'm serious! C'mon, Kai, let's see you put your beyblade where your mouth is!" Tyson said, thrusting his blade out, showing it to him.

Kai got up slowly and smirked. "Alright, let's go," he said, already walking to the beydish and positioning himself for launch. Tyson reset Dragoon on the launcher and got into position.

Max counted them off, "Three, two, one!"

"LET IT RIP!" both boys yelled in union as they launched their blades. They collided in mid-air and stayed in contact with one other until they landed in the center of the stadium where they finally separated. The force of the hit caused both blades to be thrown backwards, leaving them to balance on opposite edges dish. Tyson – being himself and all – made the first move.

"Go, Dragoon, attack!" he yelled. Dragoon immediately shot forward with Dranzer in its sights.

Kai smirked; he was more than used to Tyson's head-on attacks and with him as out of it as he was now, he'd never be able to predict his next move. "Dranzer, counter it!" he commanded. The fire phoenix moved with incredible speed and grace as it carried out its master's orders. From a spectator's perspective, it was difficult to tell whether Dranzer was going to counter Dragoon's attack or try to evade it, but unbeknownst to the spectator or Tyson, that was exactly the effect Kai intended. "Pick up the pace, Dranzer!"

Tyson couldn't believe his luck; Kai – evasive-when-it-came-to-Tyson - Hiwatari – was actually initiating a head-on attack! While he didn't fully understand what kind of direct attack Kai was going for, the fact still stood that it was head-on nonetheless. Tyson adopted a very Kai-like smirk as he quickly calculated the outcome of the battle; this was going to be too easy. "Big mistake, Kai!" he said.

"Is it?" Kai asked as Dranzer disappeared a millisecond before the two blades were due to crash.

"What? What happened to Dranzer?" Tyson was baffled – the phoenix just… disappeared.

"Uh, Tyson…" Max called, looking up.

Tyson followed his gaze. His eyes widened, "No way!" There, spinning four or five feet above the stadium, was Dranzer. Tilting, it began its descent, slicing through the air like a knife.

For all of a split second, Tyson stood there, mind and body numb. If he didn't do something fast Dragoon was going to be brutally knocked from the stadium and sustain excessive damage; but that was only if he was lucky. If Kai was battling at full strength… It was probably best that he focus on the task at hand. Promptly snapping out his stupor, he did the only thing he could think of: "Move, Dragoon!" Tyson's knowledge of beyblading was put to the test he was reminded that every second counted in the heat of battle as Dranzer mercilessly slammed into the blue dragon.

Time seemed to stop as Tyson watched Dragoon being launched out of the stadium. He felt it wiz past his ear as a few strands of hair were severed from bangs and floated softly to the ground, totally unaware of the inhumanly savage defeat he had just suffered at the hands of the older beyblader. In his mind's eye, he saw Dragoon fall to the earth hard, summoning a dust cloud large enough to remind of the nuclear bombs that had been dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In the back of his mind, he briefly played with the idea that he believed he had lost so badly that he reminisced a history lesson that he had slept through. Though he knew was blowing the entire situation out of proportion, as he looked back at his defeated comrade, he recalled a scene very similar to this. The beyblade in question, however, was a deep orange and looked to be coated in something. It looked like –

"Hey, Tyson!"

Tyson blinked and pulled himself from his memories – at least, he assumed it had been a memory. He glanced at Max, who had called him, and the other Bladebreakers before swiftly claiming Dragoon from the dirt. After gazing at it with glazed eyes for a few moments or more, he wordlessly tucked the beyblade in his pocket along with its launcher and ripcord. Smiling sheepishly, he turned to face his teammates; all that big talk and he had lost – badly. Carefully avoiding eye contact with anyone, he forced a small chuckle and slowly walked up to Kai. He put a hand on each of his shoulders and grinned at him. Then, without warning, he began laughing loudly earning startled gasps and yelps from the other Bladebreakers and a flinch from Kai as he started patting the boy on the shoulders.

"Great battle, Kai!" he congratulated him. "But next time I'm gonna win!"

Eyes closed in their usual fashion, Kai reached up, grabbed Tyson's wrist, removed his hands from his shoulders, and then broke contact with him altogether in one fluid motion. He opened his eyes and stared at him for a moment, a calculating look in those normally cold crimson-brown pools. He then smirked at him, crossing his arms cockily. "Next time, Tyson, pay attention and maybe you won't get your ass handed to you on a silver platter."

Tyson's smile didn't falter. He knew Kai was right; he had been preoccupied all day, hence, his current losing streak. He had to get his head back in the game; he had to forget all about those stupid dreams, that stupid guy, and his stupid warning. He looked over Kai's shoulder and grinned at his friends. "Hey, guys, lunch at my house, okay?"

Rei grinned back and said, "You know, it's not really lunch if you eat all the food."

"Yeah, leave some for us," Max agreed.

"It would be nice to actually eat this time," Kenny put in.

"Don't worry," Tyson assured them. "There'll be plenty for everyone this time; Kat will make sure of that." He glanced noticeably at Kai. "Or at least, she'll make sure that there's enough for Kai," he said with a sly smile.

"Hmph," was Kai's response as he began to walk in the direction of Tyson's house.

Rei, Kenny, and Max exchanged grins as they followed their blue-haired captain. Tyson, however, hung back; a smile trying to make itself known on his frowning features. He was glad they could be so carefree; they had no idea what was happening and he intended to keep it that way. If they knew, then they would only worry and he didn't want his problems to be theirs. They were, if anything, aware that he had been distracted throughout the day; but, other than that, everything was perfectly fine in their world. Too bad his had been in chaos for the past few week because of those troublesome dreams. They was also the matter of that guy and what he had said; what did he mean by –

"C'mon, Tyson! Let's go!" Rei called to him.

"Huh? Oh, uh, yeah," he said quietly, becoming aware of his surrounding once more.

Ever he had started having those weird dreams life seemed to be getting stranger by the day; first the dreams themselves, then that dude and his damned 'warning' – or whatever the hell you want to call it.

He sighed. Maybe it'll get better somehow, he thought, and I won't have to deal with anymore unexpected visitors and disturbing info like this morning.

He started after his friends as a cry of "Wait up, guys!" escaped his lips.

Maybe…

A/N: Yes, yes, I know, this chapter wasn't all that good. First I make you wait forever, then when I finally post, I post a bad a chapter. Well, I suppose this was more a filler chapter; I need something to set up the next couple of chapters. Oh, well, anyway, be sure to review; I have two reviews and that's it. If you people are really reading this and want the next you must review. That's why I was on hiatus before u. Just a head's up, I'll only continue this story if I receive at least two more reviews; if not, then I'll go hiatus again until I get 2 reviews. Okay, I think that everything I wanted to say, so, bye.