Shitza: Can anyone imagine how bored I really am right now, there is absolutely nothing going on today, or have been for the last few days. So, if anyone wonders why there is a sudden rush in updates it is not because I'm in any sort of hurry… it's because I don't have anything funnier to do then to write.

Sigh, sigh, sigh… (Goes on for ages) I really can't wait till I get home now, isn't it terrible reading something made by a miserable author. SIGH… I do long till I get eighteen, allowed to decide things at least on my own. Hopefully no mum and dad to drag me around, hurray!

Good thing, only a week left, I have survived 12 days so far, right in the middle of nowhere, by the West Coast of Sweden, with absolutely no fun around.

Anyway… this is the last ever written chapter of the Guardian of Light. Sorry if I have disappointed people about this guardian thing you might wonder about, but like I said this is just something I did create to give mysteries to the next. And to add some explanations because I had no idea in how I would have started introducing the characters, so what wouldn't be better then to introduce them as rivals. (Reminds you off Neo Borg, huh?)

Oh, this was just an awfully homesick authors foreword for today. (Giggles) I really hope you enjoy, this turns out to be a bit longer then I first thought, but I thought I would add some fun and humour into it. Not to mention, I have started some of the romance that will blossom in the sequel! (Giggles even more) this also explains a bit more about what Raya saw in Kai's eyes, something which would be able to break any curse like that.

Enjoy, and thank you so much for clicking into this fic!

Shitza

Ps: This fic stands out from my usual thank yous I've used in an extra later chapter, so called reviewers page. But I think the page would be to short if I did one. Anyway, for those who do wonders what is it, it is like a FAQ page, with complete answers from reviews on a page, not to mention responses and thanks to every reviewer I've had on the fic. The page has though, out of experience, plain rules I keep to. I had some nasty experiences with an old fic, which was taken down by fanfiction, so since then I am a bit more observant with what to write.

Pps: next time when I am going somewhere, I should remember to bring up a dictionary. Grr, I really hope I got some of the translations right here.

Epilogue and later Authors humble Thanks!

Tyson smiled as the sun shone outside the hotel room they were staying in. The last few days, ever since that incredible match against Anto Set of the Elementals, had been wonderful and the Bladebreakers had received a shock when they had found out that a sculpturer from Norway had made this fantastic sculpture of their five bit beasts. The majestic creation had been placed in the Tournaments Hall of Fame, which had same kind of sculptures all over. Each one representing a team that had won all the way through. It was like a huge memorial of skilled boys and girls that had lived and fought to gain honour and to be called the best.

This was indeed something more then merely a tournament. This was a proud tradition. On the walls hung photographs of the winners. All of the people in them smiled, holding out their blade in a victorious way. Most of the photographs held winners from the elder Elemental teams and Daichi added he felt proud being there. It shocked everyone to learn that it had been almost like a tradition within his blood to win. His mother had won her tournament 20 years ago and his grandfather had won 45 years ago. He also showed them the picture on the wall with his mum and her team. She looked a lot like her son, green eyes, red hair and the same kind of grin he usually had. She was also a lot shorter then the people around her, something more Daichi must have inherited.

A greasy haired photographer with a very old battered camera took their picture and informed them it would be placed over the sculpture very soon. Kai nodded, speaking Danish with the guy. Their captain sure had many secrets he never seemed to share with the others.

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Afterwards there had been a huge party to celebrate the end of the tour and all competitors had been invited. This however didn't mean everyone came. The Dark Bladers had disappeared almost straight after the last match and the Saint Shields had politely said no thank you. Mariam found this rather disturbing to note, but both Ozuma and Dunga's votes were against her. But most teams stayed for almost everyone wanted to talk to the winners.

The party was wonderful. At least one member from all teams went up to the dance floor. From the Bladebreakers everyone had left the table at least once to dance, incredible, as it may have sounded. Tyson danced with Hilary, Ray with Mariah and Max with his girlfriend Tenesee. Kenny finally, after a lot of persuading from dizzy and everyone else, waltzed with Emily and Daichi danced rather fierce-like with Rumoto. Even Kai danced, as the snobbish Robert challenged him to a dancing competition. Raya had been rather shocked as the two toned teen had grabbed her for a tango.

There was even more to the night. People literally got drunk as there had been served fountains of wine and loads of stronger drinks as well. Johnny, who usually was quiet and strict, had after ten bottles of wine, asked a hiccoughing Olivia, the Danish girl from the Vikings, if she wanted to marry him. But he had barely said the first words before tumbling down the chair he was standing by falling into a rather loud sleep. Ian, who seemed to be able to take a lot more then most people, had sneaked out a camera into the party, which he now used to take some really crazy pictures. He was thinking about using them for black mail later. Enrique, the blonde flirt, was walking around kissing every girl he laid eyes upon, making him receive at least ten bitch slaps on each cheek. On a red velvet couch, Salima and Kane sat kissing each other, closely being spied on by Kevin.

When all the food, wine and other mixtures of party spirits had slowly been emptied people slowly made their ways back to their hotels. Some though, for example Steven who was a lousy drinker, Matilda, who had received a bad hiccoughing, King, who was planning to many exhausting evil tricks and Ming-Ming who had after singing her latest single to everyone listening and now stood almost asleep in the doorway, barely made it to the cars without being carried or dragged away from the house.

As the turmoil and the noise slowly died, the DJ (not Jazzman) played the last song, the cleaners made their way in to tidy up, and the silence soon fell upon them, Kai of all people couldn't help to smile. It had been long since he had been able to act so freely as he had done today. Even if he was still the anti-social sourpuss as Tyson called him, his insides had been blooming with joy watching people around him dance, being able to laugh and enjoy life with his friends. No one would even be able to remember him being as anti-Kai as possible since everyone, even the hard-to-beat-in-drinking-games-since-he-seemed-to-be-able-to-drink-a-hole-house Tala, had taken to much and was now probably fast-asleep somewhere. This was life, and he shifted slightly. Strands of red hair from another blader fell down from his shoulder, coming from Raya, who had fallen asleep, head resting on his shoulder. The girl and him had had a very interesting conversation before exhaustion had fallen upon her.

Kai sighed, but this time he was kind of worried. He had taken a sort of friendly liking of this girl, she reminded him about Kim, but she didn't share this sort of mother attitude and revengefulness that girl possessed, which often had driven him nuts in the past. Raya had more fierce temper yet she was still sweet as honey if she wanted to. She cared about people, she didn't try to make everyone's life wonderful, something he knew Kim loved. That girl meddled a bit too much for his taste. No, Raya was nice, friendly, loving, beautiful…

He suddenly stopped in his tracks… what on Earth was he thinking! Beautiful… loving… where had those words coming from? He cursed softly, he would have to restrain himself from these thoughts. He couldn't go becoming this soft, he simply couldn't.

Raya mumbled softly as he slowly removed himself from the sofa they had been sitting in. He let the girl rest, continue sleeping before turning facing the door. Stepping outside the night was rather chilly and the warmth in his heart slowly disappeared. He would not forget this night, not for a long time. It had brought him some really good memories about his friends, and about people he might consider more…

NOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH HIM! Cursing as he walked back to the hotel he simply couldn't get the pictures out of his head. Tried to reattach the mask upon his face but for the first time in his life he simply couldn't. A smile still rested upon his face. Sighing again he slowly walked back, struggling with his outside as well as his inside.

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The days continued with wonderful shining weather and loads of sightseeing and fun. The bladers travelled together in a big bus. Most teams kept for themselves, for example Neo Borg and Saint Shields, but there was really a mass of new friendship. Mariah often was seen sneaking over to talk with Salima, Zeo sat together with his team almost as much as he walked pass the Bladebreakers and stopped for a chat. Garland and Daichi could be seen talking with the members from the Elementals. Garland about different material arts and Daichi about news from the valley. Whatever the red haired teen planned, it was something of a come back.

The bus took them around Scandinavia to give them both a cultural and historical background about the different countries. The journey started in Sweden where they visited different museums, they went to the highlands in the Northern parts, the plain landscapes in the South. They also tested a lot of weird food, for example cinnamon buns, which seemed to exist in every café wherever you went and it was often served with either coffee, tea or some sort of sweet fruitdrink that had been mixed with a LOT of water. It was quite popular among small kids, but Tala wrinkled his nose as he sniffed it and ordered a Whisky.

They journey proceeded to Norway, then down to Denmark where Mathilda was forced to drag Miguel from the pub and the pilsners. It continued to Finland where the guys had an evening of fishing in one of the many lakes, and the most successful person turned out to be Mariah, who beat Raul with 43-42. (Shitza: Sounds familiar, huh? All LotR fans knows where I took those digits from) Then there was a Flight to Iceland were the teams all enjoyed some wonderful baths in the warm mudbaths found all over. Tyson took this as an opportunity to give Daichi a little extra treat as the red haired boy had splashed mud all over him. Daichi scared hell out of everyone emerging completely drenched.

Chief of course took this as an opportunity to tell everyone about the wonders of the countries… but no one listened to his endless babble. After a while however it all stopped and chief seemed to b avoiding Emily for some odd reason. No one knew what had happened, but they didn't complain. Still, as soon as Emily entered a room with Kenny being inside. The shorter boy fled, ears burning red. Rick and Steve tried to ask her about it, but she simply tossed her hair and ignored them, sitting with a laptop in her lap, grinning.

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The last few days however were sadder. People who had made quite decent friends gave each other hugs and kissed each other's cheeks. Enrique took this as an opportunity, which both Johnny and Claude put an end to, feeling slightly sick by the look of him. The European teams were first to disappear as they had short journeys home. Then The US teams took their flights back. The All Starz dragged one day longer then the Black Cats since Judy didn't seem to be such in a hurry recalling them. Max didn't follow though, he and the other Bladebreakers had an appointment with Mr Dickinson once they got back to Japan.

Tenesee had said her goodbyes with tears in her eyes, and spent every second before the last call off her flight with Max, whom she wouldn't see for some weeks. Tyson and Daichi couldn't resist teasing afterwards.

Some days after that the White Tigers, Saint Shields, Psychics not to mention Zeo's team where going home, yet it seemed like team Zeo, who also were reconsidering changing name, would have to leave without their captain. Dr Zagart called his son two minutes before the plane would lift telling him he needed help with some unfinished business opportunity. A very annoyed and muttering turquoise haired teen appeared minutes later at the entrance of the airport, hand in his pocket and bag over his shoulder. Whatever Zagart wanted no one else ever managed to find out.

The greatest shock however, still it wasn't too surprising, was when the Elementals stood waiting for their flight. The Bladebreakers had assembled to say goodbye to their newfound fiends. It turned out so that Daichi was also leaving, and he explained it easily enough saying he hadn't bee home for years and now was the right time to do so. Tyson and the others nodded, shook hands with their ex-teammate and stayed until they saw the plane lift. The gang wondered if they would ever see their red haired friend again.

Well, they would have to wait and see what destiny had in store for them.

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But even so, as their final day came and their plane was about to lift, Zeo among them his father's business finally fixed, the endless friendship and the endless blading would continue. They had no idea what was about to wait them, and as the plane rose higher into the air, the day became night and the all soon fell asleep, something was about to happen that would change their lives forever. New adventures waited them as the flew over the magnificent forests of Russia. It all would start with a simple message, and loads of shocking experience.

But this we can leave till later, for the adventures they had been through, has ended right here.

End of Guardian of Light…

Summary for the sequel, the Protector of Darkness: The Bladebreakers are flying home from their adventure of the Elite Tournament when suddenly the plane crashes in the cold ice of Siberia. New mysteries unfolds as the find their way to a place no stranger had ever walked upon, and no one has ever made their way alive from.

End Notes: Guess now why I didn't post the summary earlier. You are going to hate me for that, but the summary is as fit as ever. There is a lot more to this story then meets the eye, and the sequel will be an explainer to perhaps a dozen questions in your heads. Summary can be found below.

Also, please forgive this authors lack of interesting knowledge when it comes to Norway, Finland and Iceland. It just so happens to be that I've never been in Iceland or Finland and the little I've seen of Norway can be described as Geilo and Lillehammar. I've been in Denmark more often, passing by as my family enjoyed many trips down to the southern countries (France and Spain in particular) and we took the car all the way down. Plus there has been tons of weekends as it's a short trip, outside Sweden too :)!

Anyway, I really hope you have enjoyed reading this fic, and if I should say it myself, for once I think I didn't manage to make Kai entirely OOC. I hope not. You never know what Kai is thinking, that is tricky.

Ps: for the last three chapters I am, as you already may know, sitting by a "stupid" Mac computer. This computer however seems to think it's funny to change blader into bladder before I even know it. Please excuse it, I will remember to recheck the chapters when I get home.

Stupid computer…

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Before this starts, let me remind you the easy rules about this corner. This "page" is only meant for answering of questions from new or old reviews, thank yous for the reviews and hints off things that are about to come. If anyone does want to chat with me then I suggest you mail me and ask for my MSN, sorry to say don't have AIM anymore, because I know these things aren't impossible if you review anonymous. Jus that you know, don't try to chat, I never answer for chats in any ways. All kinds of questions and comments about this fic are allowed, but I guess that is the ways it goes.

Shitza

Ps: this doesn't mean I report people or so, but since the day I did indeed receive a warning concerning one old fic, which never had occurred to me, I am dead frightened that my account will be banned. I have worked a bit too much to want that to happen.

Pps: Thank you everyone for the reviews! Love you all!

Storms-winter: thank you for the first encouraging reviews I received on this fic, one first review always helps out!

Blazoner: well, it looks like I didn't stop, doesn't it. Thanks for the encouragement and for the great reviews. I have to say though your reviews where never boring, looking back now they kept me going, didn't they.

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KittyKittyHunter: Thank you for the help, the advices and for the wonderful review. My grammar is horrible, sorry for that. I am still learning as much as I can, but as I said, I am horrible.

Blazoner & Frozen Tempest: You know, I rarely give review replies to the same person, but that review was really sweet and I am really happy you kept on reading, even if you weren't at home. (hugs both)

fastblurd: thank you for the endless amounts of encouragement and reviews. I am really touched you liked it. (Sniff)

anonymous: Oh, my intention in everything I do, is to make sure my readers reads something mostly out of the ordinary found. I have always, and I mean always kept to my own fantasy and my own ideas. Okay, inspiration can appear from other fics, but I never copy or publish something from someone else. That would be cheating in the art of writing. No need to worry, the upcoming fics are my own.

Z Star: Thank you for the wonderful reviews, it really looks like this fic had a good ending. But there will be more to come, so please just have a little patience as I'll just summon the details and write some more notes before starting. Lol

pandabudd: Oh, thank you for the nice comments. However there aren't just one sequel, I can declare this as official as there are four more fics to come. I could name the titles and summaries now, but let's not spoil the fun shall we?

storm-of-insanity: Thank you for the wonderful reviews. I really hope you have gotten a bit more tolerate look on Daichi now, for believe me, this wasn't the last of him. I am also quite happy you like my Kai/Raya pairing, and I hope you don't think I have made him OOC this time. I did try to retain the old character. He will try to ignore, but we'll see.

A lot more Kai/Raya in the next fic. Don't ask me how though, spoils too much.

PhoenixDemonElite: /Blushes horrible) Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Reika: I am really flattened, all though I don't think this fic is short enough for just an episode. Perhaps a movie, but it would be a bit too personal as my future ideas leans to much towards fantasy then towards reality, but I will try not to make things too hard to understand. Still, thanks a lot for the review!