Hello all. Thanks for all of the reviews.

Ms.SoUrPuSs: Well if I'm honest I don't really know who the voice was. I thought it could just have been Kai's concious, but hey I suppose it could have been Dranzer. In fact lets say it was Dranzer cause that sounds better, you think? I don't spose it matters though, I'm not planning on having the voice return later on but then again I might change my mind when I come to write the future chapters.

Luna RavenCroft: Wow you actually thought of my story when you saw the panther in the book? COOL!!!! I'm chuffed to bits! Hey thanks for letting me know what Black and Panther means, I found it interesting. I research stuff for my story too, like the names of my OC's further on in the story, they all mean something, but you'll find out about them later on. Its funny cause while I was looking at OC names I looked up the names of some of the characters of Beyblade and here's what it came up with:

Kai means Ocean and its a Hawaiian name - funny cause its the oposite of fire lol
Tyson means Explosive and its French - well his temper is kinda fiesty
Ray means Wise Protector its French/ English - sounds like Rei I think
Max means Greatest and its Latin - well it is Maxie
Tala means Wolf and its Native American - only thing is its a girls name apparently bt it explains why Wolborg is wolf like.

Well there's some useless information for you all lol. Thanks to Diamond Core and Devi Of The Wolves for reviewing too.
Anyways on with the story. Enjoy!

Chapter 12: Some Things Never Change

The gang were sat down in a ring, after a hard mornings training. Preparation for the county tournament in a weeks time was their main priority. They trained as often as they could. Conversation flowed freely, though it was mainly about beyblades.

Kai sat to the side of Cassie, with his arms locked tightly around her waist. This was a common sight the rest of the gang had got used to since the couple had announced they were going out. However their first reactions to the news had been of shock and disbelief.

- Flashback -

Rei, Max and Tyson stood preparing their blades for training. Hilary was standing by the dojo window, impatiently tapping her foot. Kenny also looked anxious and glanced ocasionally at his watch whilst typing on Dizzi.

"8 o'clock we said!" snapped Hilary. "That usually means Kai turns up at 7.30."

"Hilary, its only 7.59," pointed out Max.

"That's exactly my point though, he's late! I mean even Tyson's here before him!"

"And what's that supposed to mean?" asked the offended Tyson

"Your lazy, and usually the last to be here," answered the girl airily.

The navy haired boy was about to reply when he saw something so shocking, he was left speechless. Noticing the frozen boy, the others turned to where Tyson was looking.
They all gasped in shock.

Kai had just walked in... holding hands... with Cassie!

"No way!" exclaimed the world champ blinking in disbelief. "I must be dreaming!"

- End Flashback -

Cassie smiled to herself at the memory. It had taken ages to persuade Tyson that the pairing wasn't a prank to fool him. Even now he doubted the relationship, even though Cassie and Kai had been together for a week now.

Arguing voices filled Cassie's ears causing her to snap out of her trance.

"Yes you are."

"No I'm not!"

"Yes you are!"

"No I'm not!"

Once again Tyson and Hilary were 'debating' about something pointless. Cassie looked her boyfriend for the source of the arguement.

"Hilary thinks Tyson is the biggest pig she's ever known," explained Kai with a slight smirk.

"Yes You Are!"

"No I'm Not!"

"You know you two would make a great couple," smirked Cassie - that shut them up.

However it wasn't long before they started again, this time the subject was whether Hilary was the bossiest person in the world.

"Tyson you don't even know every one in the world!" screamed Hilary

"Maybe so, but that doesn't mean your not the bossiest person in the world."

"I am not!"

"Are too!"

"Am Not!"

"ARE TOO!"

Their friends sweatdroped anime style.

"Nice to see some things never change," said a cheery voice.

The Beybladers turned to see an old friend standing in the doorway.

"Zeo!" cried Tyson

The teal haired boy smiled as Dragoon's master came to greet him.

"Man Zeo we haven't seen you for ages, where'd you been?"

"I decided to take a break after the championships to er... get to grips with what I am."

"You mean who you are," interupted Rei

"Yeah Zeo, Rei's right, to us you'll always be human."

"Thanks guys that means alot to me," smiled Zeo.

The boy gazed around the room.

- Zeo's POV -

Everything's just like I remember. Tyson and Hilary are still at eachothers throats 24/7, Max is still hyper and super smiley, Rei's still as kind as ever, Kenny still carries Dizzi around everywhere he goes and Kai still insists on sitting away from the group... Hey who's that?

- Normal POV -

Zeo's eyes fell upon an unfamiliar face. He was greeted by a pair of friendly, yet curious lilac eyes.

"Hi, I don't believe we've met. I'm Zeo," said the boy as he walked up to the girl. He out-stretched his hand.

"Cassie, I'm Hilary's friend," she said as she shook Zeo's hand.

"And Kai's girlfriend," added Max with a grin.

"And the newest member of the Bladebreakers," concluded Kenny.

"Whoa! Information overload!" joked Zeo as he pulled a confused face. "A lot's happened since I've been away hasn't it?"

"It sure has, but hey we'll fill you in buddy."

Once Zeo had been informed of the previous weeks happenings, the group began to talk about their usual topic of conversation - beyblading.

"So Zeo you gonna enter the tournament next week?"

"I really want to Max but I was looking at the requirements for it, and you need a partner to enter."

"You do?!" exclaimed Tyson

"Yeah Ty. It's a tag team tournament."

"Hey Chief, how come you didin't tell us that we needed to be in pairs?"

"I did Tyson, but you obviously weren't listening."

"He did tell us Ty," insisted Max.

"Oh sorry Chief... So what are our pairings again?"

"We haven't sorted them out dumbo! Me and Kenny were gonna talk to you guys first."

"Hey! Who you calling dumbo Hilary?"

"You Tyson!"

"Now, now lovebirds, don't start arguing again," joked Cassie.

Tyson and Hilary glared at their friend but held their tongues.

"Anyway... I think its time to discuss the partners for the team."

"Rei's right. As captain I feel it is my responsibility to decide on the tag teams. I've thought about it long and hard, so here's what I suggest. Rei will go with Max, I will go with Cassie, and Tyson can go with Zeo."

"You mean, you want me to be part of the team Kai?"

"Your a strong blader Zeo, you proved that in the last tournament... So I'm inviting you to be on our side this time. Do you accept?"

"Yeah! I mean if its ok with the rest of the team..."

"Of course it is! Hey you and me are gonna be unstopable at the tournament."

"You shouldn't be so cocky Tyson." scolded Cassie. "Don't forget you'll have to beat us four first. And in the last mini competition we had, who beat you? - 5 times!"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah! So you beat me before Cass, so what? I've improved since then."

"But so has everyone else," pointed out Kenny. "Lets just wait and see what happens shall we?"

Well there's that chapter, Zeo's back in town! Hope you like Zeo, if you don't then let me know and he'll disappear in a few chapters time. Ah the power of writing lol.
Um I've already written chapter 13 (unlucky for some) so it should be up soonish. I'll probably wait for a few reviews before I update it though.
Please review - the sooner you do the sooner I update.

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