DISCLAIMER: I do not own beyblade (that's an obvious one) only the story and characters with which I have placed them in

The bladebreakers sat anxiously in their seats as the bus carrying them to their hotel bumped roughly about on the old dirt roads. They were just outside the city limits, Tyson as usual was complaining about his stomach, Kenny was typing away on his laptop, Max and Ray were playing hangman on the misted windows and Hilary was going off on Tyson about his bottomless pit of a stomach. Kai simply sat in a seat towards the back by himself, eyes closed as he concentrated on the soothing rhythm of the rain hitting the window and roof. It felt quieting to him and he listened clearing his mind for the upcoming tournament. The thunder roared occasionally in the distance as lightning slashed across the skies illuminating the muddy roads, the wet grass, and the dripping trees. They were heading for just another tournament and yet Kai felt like something strange was going on. It was as if he was missing something, something important. But what?

"Are we there yet?" groaned an impatient Tyson

"Does it look like were there yet?" Hilary retorted

Tyson was about to shoot his mouth off yet again when Max pointed up ahead through the rain at a dark figure,

"Hey guys, whats that?"

The bus came to a sudden screeching halt and stopped just in front of the cause, a tree lay over the road stopping them. The driver grumbled as he got out to look at it.

He didn't know why, but the pit of Kai's stomach tightened, as if trying to warn him. 'But what was there to warn him about' he thought.

The driver now soaked returned to his seat drenched,

"I need you boys' help moving that thing outa the way before I can drop you guys off at your hotel."

None of them looked too excited about it but Max, Ray, Kai and Tyson got out to help the driver push the log off the road.

"Kenny shouldn't you be helping them?" asked Hilary

"No, uhh..I.. thought that I should guard the bus."

Hilary merely rolled her eyes and stared out the fogging window.

Meanwhile Outside

"Let's roll it over to the side" said the driver

"Are you kidding? This things huge!" complained Tyson looking at the rather large tree in front of him.

"Lets just get this done. Its raining harder." Offered Ray drenched already.

"Yeah, and its freezing out here!" Max managed to mumble through his now chattering teeth.

All five of them lined up and slowly started rolling the log with their combined strength when suddenly a movement in the darkness of the trees caught Kai's eye. He quickly stood up looking piercingly where he had sworn he had just seen a figure.

"Kai what're you doing!" Tyson yelled as the log suddenly became even harder to push.

But Kai's attention was soon set at the bottom of the tree, it hadn't fallen because of lightning or old age, it had been sawed. Recently. This was no accident he realized but just before he could realize the full extent of the danger, out of nowhere it seemed they were surrounded by dark mysterious cloaked figures.

"Whoa are you?" Tyson demanded his voice starting to quake a bit.

There was no reply; the figures simply stared at them form under their dark concealing hoods.

The rain poured harder and harder and none of the bladebreakers could tell if the figures were armed or not.

"This isn't good." Mumbled Max as he counted them

'Ten of them.' Kai thought, 'but what do they want? They've got us, for now, but why?'

Finally one figure stepped forward. A strong gust of wind thrashed against him playing with his cape as he walked menacingly against it as he stood before them. From what Tyson could tell he had a muscular build and was a few inches taller than Kai, Tyson found himself starting to get nervous. 'What am I gonna do?" he thought wanting to panic.

They didn't notice two pairs of eyes watching from a treetop above them, whispering as they watched.

"What d'ya think Jess?" asked the first, a girl with dark (nearly black) brown hair and piercing, fiery green eyes that had a depth so deep one could stare and be lost forever within them if she didn't look away.

"Well the one in the middle is kinda.." the first started a blonde with shining green eyes that matched her sanguine personality perfectly.

"You know what I meant" cut in the other trying to hide the small grin on her face.

Jess laughed to herself, "sorry."

Angel watched the cloaked figures below them and looked back and forth between the bladebreakers and the dark figures she knew so well. As she saw their leader start towards Tyson and his team she knew what his intent was, and it wasn't good.

"Get ready to cover me okay?"

"Got it." Replied Jess noticing the tone in he friends voice.

The cloaked figure stared down menacingly at Tyson. Then flashed an evil grin as the lightning flashed revealing the lower part of his face from under the hood. as he slowly started reaching into his cloak for something,

"Goodbye, Tyson." He muttered.

Before anyone could react a figure fell from the trees above them and landed kneeling on one knee on the ground, beyblade ready to launch and a few tricks up her sleeve.

"Problem gentlemen?" she grinned

"Angel." Growled the figure," though only one other person heard it besides Angel herself "stay outa this."

"I think not."

"It's none of your concern! Now back down or you'll share their fate!"

"You'll have to get through me first!"

"With pleasure." Yelled the cloaked figure getting agitated as he pulled out his beyblade and launcher. Angel launched her blade followed by the figures. The two blades set upon each other fiercely in the mud both on the attack. Soon however, Angel proved to have more power over her blade than the figure whose attacks, she noticed, were hard but not in the least bit accurate. Seeing his blade being pushed back further and further the cloaked figure gave a signal to his men who in turn all launched their blades. All set upon Angel at once, attacking her at every angle. Angel couldn't hold out much longer but the figure wouldn't be happy with that. He would break Angel once and for all. She would fail! And then, she would rejoin his master.

The bladebreakers all reached for their beybades seeing the girl so outnumbered but they found astoundingly that they had left their blades on the bus! What could they do? They could only watch and wonder who this chic was, and hope that she would somehow miraculously win.

Angel was having a tough time keeping her blade spinning. 'Thank God these guys are amateurs!' she thought. Suddenly one blade broke from the pack coming straight for her! She dodged it barely in time as it slammed into the dirt just past her and stopped.

'One down' she thought.

'This is crazy!', thought the cloaked figure, 'I have her outnumbered ten to one now and still she's winning!' 'But wait!' the cloaked figure looked at Angel more closely,'shes tiring fast! There's no way she can hold out forever. Now's the perfect time to attack the bladebreakers. I know what she'll do, she'll send her blade out to protect them and in so doing she'll leave herself wide open and then, she'll be out of my way forever!' he thought grinning to himself. Suddenly he gave another signal to his men as five blades broke off from their attack on Angel and headed straight for the bladebreakers. At first Angel thought that they would simply duck and stay outa their way but then she noticed that they couldn't see them! They wouldn't see them till it was far too late; she had to help them. Instinctively, Angel sent her blade flying after the five who were now flying straight for the unsuspecting bladebreakers. It made contact with the first then rebounded hitting the second one, which knocked the third off course. She slammed into the mud only to fly out of it with even more determination as she shattered the fourth one, one more. It was now only a foot away from Kai who was now just starting to see it through the rain but before his reflexes could kick in it was slammed hard out of the way and flew over his shoulder into the mud. He gazed at the blade that had saved him then at the now defenseless girl ahead of him. Her blade wasn't going to make it back in time as the remaining blades started attacking her. She dodged them but one was flying straight for her flanked by two others. Her blade wasn't going to make it in time! What could he do? He felt so helpless! This girl had saved them an din so doing she was now going to get hurt all because they had left their blades for the first time in the bus! But to all of the bladebreakers shock and relief, a blade flew down form the trees and knocked the blades off course just as the girl's own blade returned to defend her.

"Let's finish this!" the girl screamed a she blade and the blade that had just defended her begin circling the remaining blades. They circled faster and faster swooping in and attacking at every change in angle and within second had knocked out the rest of the blades. The cloaked figures eyes blaze din fury as his blade flew landing hard in the mud before him. He picked it up and glared at Angel,

"We'll meet again!" he growled.

"I'm counting on it." Stared the blazing eyes of Angel matching his stare.

The cloaked figure disappeared then into the woods from whence they had come almost as quickly as they had come. The bladebreakers looked in awe at the exhausted figure before them some thirty feet away. She turned her head slightly to look at them.

Kai gazed as if mesmerized, at the girl. Suddenly lightning flashed and Kai saw the fire blazing in her eyes, yet in that brief second his mind memorized those eyes as they mesmerized him so.

Angel started walking towards them, blade newly caught in her hand. Her head was slightly bowed as the rain drenched her even further and the wind played with her now completely soaked hair. The darkness and rain hid most of her features, as the rest were unclear through the wind.

"Thanks for the help. Though I think we could've managed. But those were some awesome moves out there! Who are you? Can we atleast give you a lift?" Tyson started rambling as the girl got closer and closer, but to h is puzzlement she walked right past them and with a hidden glance at Kai disappeared into the gusting win and rain. Without receiving a thank you, a handshake, or anything.

"Wait!" Max called into the rain and wind, his voice lost in the thunder. But the girl had already disappeared. Faded into the rain and wind.

"Well that was weird." Began ray after a few moments.

"Yeah", agreed Max, "Who was that?"

"I dunno Max, but I'm glad she showed up." Ray nodded as they all still gazed at where she had walked away.

"Let's just move this and get to the hotel." Said Tyson already pushing against the log to no avail. Max and Ray joined him along with the completely confused driver. Kai still stood watching where the girl had just left. There was no trace of her ever being there now, but he had noticed as she had passed him that her arm was bleeding. One of the blades evidently got through. 'So she saves u, but wants nothing in return? Hn. I don't need to be saved. Yet what's it about her…' Kai's mind trailed off searching for what he was trying to explain to himself but his thoughts were soon interrupted by Tyson's screaming.

"A little help here Kai."

Kai merely grunted and soon all five of them had pushed the tree aside and once again were on their way to their hotel. Tyson, Max, and Ray talked excitedly to Kenny and Hilary about the mysterious girl and the amazing battle that had taken place in the storm outside. Kenny hadn't been able to get a clear view outside to record The battle much less see what had happened so he and Hilary were mesmerized as they began telling al of what had just happened in detail.

Kai simply closed his eyes and drifted into a light sleep. 'Those eyes.' He kept thinking as he remembered them over and over again. 'Those green blazing eyes that seemed to see right through him. Like he couldn't hide anything from them. It was like she saw right into his very soul and as if he got a glance into hers.' But before Kai could finish any of his thoughts they came to a stop at their hotel.

Everyone was dead tired as they stumbled up to their rooms. Hilary had one small room to herself that was connected by a door to a lager one that all five boys would share. The boys were too tired to fight too long over who got the beds and it ended being Tyson, Max and Kenny, who slept in the three beds, Ray claimed the small couch and Kai managed to pry a pillow away form Tyson and slept on the floor. Within minutes all were fast asleep, and Kai was still haunted by the silhouette painted against a lightning slashed sky as two eyes stared at him piercingly. They seemed to look only at him as if they both felt the same shockwave that pulsed between them. Little did he know that not far away, another was having the same dream.