Heya thanks to all of you who have reviewed so far, I'm so chuffed you liked it. So heres the update you asked for, its the longest chap so far. Enjoy

Chapter 3: Patiere

When the girls arrived, they found Kenny analysing a battle between Kai and Rei. Tyson and Max were sitting at the side watching, although they were both looking rather bored.

"Cassie, you came!" exclaimed Max with a big smile spread across his face.

Rei looked up to greet the girls; this gave Kai the opportunity to knock Drigger out of the stadium.

"You shouldn't be so easily distracted Rei," said Kai fiercely.

"Well its rude not to acknowledge a guest Kai," then he thought silently 'not that you'd care'.

Kai grunted something before relaunching Dranzer, presumably to train individually.

"Let me know when your ready to train then," muttered the captain. Rei rolled his eyes and joined the others nearby, leaving Kai alone.

"Sorry for making you loose Rei. I knew I shouldn't have come, I'm only..."

"Cassie its no big deal, honest. I'll just beat him next time."

"And ignore Mr. Grumpy Guts over there, he's way too uptight." This comment from Tyson earned him a death glare from Kai, secretly the captain was listening to their conversation.

"How come you two aren't training?" Asked Hilary to Max and Tyson

"Tyson forgot to reserve two stadiums, when I'd asked him to. This was the only ring free." Replied Kai simply even though there was a hint of annoyance in his voice.

Tyson was about to reply to Kai's comment but Max put a hand over his mouth. The blonde boy didn't want his friends to argue, especially when they where in front of Cassie.

- Cassie's POV -

I could see that Kai obviously wanted the team to train together, right here, right now. From what Hilary had told me on the way here, Tyson hadn't trained for a while now because he went to some all-you-can-eat buffet, or something. I glanced over at two boys practicing at the stadium across the room from us. A thought crossed my mind. This was my chance to prove to Kai that I was a friend not foe.

"I'll be back in a minute guys," I said before strolling up to the two lads who couldn't have been more than 11 years old.

They were both fairly short and young looking; the taller one had short pale brown hair and wore a blue T-shirt and shorts. The other boy had short red hair, and had on a green T-shirt and shorts, which made him look like a leprechaun. I could feel my new friends watching me even though I had my back to them, I just hoped my plan would work.
The two boys watched as I approached them.

"Hey there fellas, listen can ask you guys a huge favour?"

"Depends on what that favour is," replied the taller one, rather smugly.

"You see my friends over there," I said gesturing towards the Bladebreakers, the two boys nodded. "Well they really need to train; and I wondered if you two gentlemen would kindly let them use this stadium."

"No way!" said the other boy shaking his head.

"Very well, I had hoped I wouldn't have to do this... but I guess you leave me no choice," I replied casually.

- Kai's POV -

I saw the two boys shake their heads, then I noticed Cassie pull out something from her pocket. It seemed to glisten purple in the light, but I couldn't tell what it was. Whatever it was, it made the two boys faces pale considerably, their smug expressions disappeared. The taller boy said something as he marched up to Cassie, but the other boy began to pull him back. She seemed as calm as ever.

- Normal POV -

As the two boys stomped off, Cassie returned to the stunned Bladebreakers.

"You two can use that stadium over there now," she said smiling.

"How'd you get them to leave? I thought they weren't gonna budge!" exclaimed a puzzled Tyson.

"I thought they wouldn't either, but in the end I persuaded them."

"What exactly did you do?" asked Kai, obviously suspicious of the girl.

"Oh I just challenged them to a beybattle."

"You Beyblade!!!" exclaimed everyone in unison.

"Yeah... though not as much as you guys do."

"So I suppose, that thing you showed those two boys was your beyblade," continued Kai

"Yep, I guess it must have looked impressive or something, cause when I showed them it they scappered pretty sharpish," the girl smirked at the memory.

"Can we see it," Hilary gave Kai a look that said 'Be Nice' making him add a reluctant "please" to his previous question, causin Cassie to raise an eyebrow.

"Um... yeah, I guess,"

From her pocket the girl pulled out her blade and handed it to the stern looking captain. He took it and examined it closely. The blade looked like Tyson's only it was a deep violet colour.

"This is Patiere, or Patiere Noir if you want her full name" (Patiere is pronounced pa-tea-er)

"Black Panther," whispered Rei, saying his thoughts out loud by accident.

"Very good Rei, you know your stuff," Cassie's smile caused him to blush slightly.

Taking a closer look at the blade, Kenny could see her bit chip had a picture of a black panther engraved on it. It appeared to be standing in purple flames. Unlike most Bitbeasts, Patiere had no armour, it looked just like a real panther with silky fur that was pure black. Her most distinguishable feature was her bright yellow cat eyes.

"Hey guys, you go train. I'm just gonna analyse Patiere's stats on Dizzi.... If thats alright with you Cassie,"

"Sure thing. Hey Max I'll be over to see you beat Tyson in a minute,"

With that Max and Tyson went with Hilary to the newly aquired stadium, while Rei and Kai resumed their original game. Kenny and Cassie sat down to analyse Patiere. It took no more than ten minutes after the Chief had asked Cassie a few questions. The Korean then went over to an over confident Tyson and his not so cocky friend.

"How you doing Max?"

"Drawing, this games the decider, but at the moment he's beating me."

Max was right. Dragoon had almost pushed Draciel to the edge of the ring. Cassie studied the match carefully, Draciel was begining to weaken. She went up to Max and whispered something in his ear.

"Will that work?" he asked

"Should do, I think. It's worth a shot at least."

The blonde boy shrugged and summoned Draciel to zip round Dragoon. The green blade headed at high speed to the opposite edge of the ring, Dragoon followed but stopped in the centre of the ring.

'There's no need to attack,' thought Tyson, 'At the rate Draciel's going hes gonna fly out the ring by himself!'

But he was wrong, Draciel was going so fast that when it came to the edge of the ring it flew vertically up, when it came back down it landed directly on top of Dragoon. The force of Draciel sent Dragoon crashing out of the stadium. Max emerged victorious.

"Yes!" shouted Max puching the air. "Told you I'd beat you buddy!"

"Lucky shot," muttered Tyson

"Man that was awesome Cassie. How'd you know that would work?" asked the blonde boy

"Um, I dunno," replied Cassie modestly. "It was a guess really."

"Well I thought it was a brilliant guess" added Hilary cheerfully

"Haha, well I'm gonna see how Rei's getting on, speak to you later."

--- At Rei and Kai ---

The two boys had finished their battle which had ended in a draw. Kenny now wanted to test their stamana and had asked them both to see how long their two blades could keep spining, whilst circling in the dish; so far they were both spinning very strong. Kai looked up at the approaching girl. She smiled a dazzling smile at him. It held him for a split second before he shook his head and returned to watch Dranzer.

"What was all the commotion over there about?" asked Rei still trying to focus on Driger

"Oh I just helped Max beat Tyson" replied Cassie

"Good for you," Rei gave her a slight wink

"Not that I don't enjoy seeing Tyson loose or anything; but the whole point of training is for them to find out new techniques for themselves," snapped Kai

Cassie bit her lip. "Um... I... I was only trying to help Kai," she sounded a little deflated. "Sorry."

"Hmph"

An awkward silence fell upon the teens. Cassie continued to watch the blades spinning, Rei seemed annoyed at his captains bluntness whereas Kai seemed unfazed.
The girl looked at her watch.

"I better be going now, I told my Aunt I'd be back at 7pm and its already half past! I'll just go say bye to the others and then be off."

"Oh ok. It was lovely to see you again Cassie, see you soon." replied a smiling Rei.

"Bye Kai"

But Kai ignored her. This obviously hurt her feelings, though she didn't say anything and continued to walk over to the others.

Rei summoned Driger back to him and folded his arms. He was frowning heavily.

"Ok Kai, please tell me what your problem with Cassie is."

"I don't have a problem with her," anwered Kai as he caught Dranzer.

"Then why were you so rude to her?"

"I wasn't."

Rei raised an eyebrow, he was now really annoyed with his friend.

"Well I didn't mean to be if I was."

"Well you were, and I think you should appologise to her. Or is the great Kai too proud to admit his faults?"

This earned Rei a death glare, but he didn't flinch and continued to stare staright back at his captain.

"I'm waiting for an answer Kai."

The blue haired boy looked over at the new girl; she was smiling but he could see the hurt in her eyes. For the first time in his life, Kai felt guilty about his actions.

"Fine, I'll apologise," he grunted.

"See ya soon guys" waved Cassie.

She began to head out of the BBA building, suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder. When she turned round she saw the hand belonged to Kai.

"Hey I'm... I'm sorry if I was rude to you earlier. I didn't mean anything by it." Kai was half expecting the pretty girl to laugh in his face, but she just smiled gently.

"It's ok, thank you for apologising Kai."

"........"

"I better go now, see you round Kai." She turned to leave.

"Which way you going back?"

She stopped and turned to look at the boy. "Um, through Wickens Alley."

"I'll come with you."

"Kai you don't have to, I've accepted your apology."

"I know that but its getting dark... you shouldn't go through there alone, it can be.... erm, dangerous."

"Oh. Well if your sure, thank you."

Kai and Cassie left the building, leaving their friends completly stunned. They had watched the whole conversation between the teens, and it shocked them. Never before had they seen their captain apologise to... well anyone!
So how'd you like it, plz review, I'd be soooooooo grateful. In the next chapter you'll find out a bit about Cassie and her sad past, the next update should be soon. Until then

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