"I got one!" Lee cried, tugging at his line.
It had been two weeks since Mariah's birthday, and the group was going fishing. All the members of the White Tiger Village were chosen to learn some type of skill from birth, so they would be good at many things. Lee and Ray knew how to fish, Mariah was learning to cook, Gary was being taught to fix things, and Kevin's skills, due to his small size, were in sneaking around.
As Lee pulled in yet another fish by the dynamic duo, Gary opened the crate. Mariah was preparing a fire to cook them on, her skills teacher, Naoko, watching over. Kevin was actually creeping around in the water, trying to grab a fish.
"Aaah!"
Kevin actually managed to grab one and accidentally threw it up in surprise, slipping in the water and drenching himself. Instantly, Ray jumped out and caught the fish, throwing it into the bucket with Lee's fish.
Gary took a look in the bucket and announced that they had enough fish for now. The others agreed and the boys took off to get the soaking wet Kevin a towel and a change of clothes. Mariah stayed to finish the fire.
Once dinner was finished, everyone with a Beyblade, aka, everyone except Kevin, began a battle.
It was a tag-team battle, Ray and Mariah vs. Lee and Gary. It was made this way to make it 'even'.
As it turned out, Ray and Mariah were a great tag-team, whereas Lee and Gary were not. The aforementioned team absolutely trounced the latter.
"Yeah!" Ray and Mariah cried hi-fiving and cheering. Kevin smiled, sincere but sad, and Lee noticed it.
"Kevin, come here" he said, "I have something for you"
Kevin got up from his seat on the ground and walked over to Lee, who took something out of his pocket. Kevin gasped.
A Beyblade!
"Really?" Kevin asked, and Lee nodded.
"I got it for you, and I wanted to make sure you really wanted it before I gave it to you"
Kevin screamed and jumped up and down. He spun around in circles and threw his arms up in joy. His Beyblade was a pale lavender, but he didn't care.
"Hey guys" Mariah said, "Does this mean we're a team?"
"I think it does" Lee observed, looking around at everyone.
"Yeah" Kevin said, finally calming down.
"Shouldn't we have a name, then?" Gary asked.
"I guess" Lee said.
"But what?" Mariah asked.
"What about the White Tigers?" Ray spoke up for the first time.
"Like the village?" Lee asked.
"Exactly"
"I like it!" Mariah stated.
"Me, too" Gary agreed.
"Me three" Kevin said.
"Make that four" Lee added.
"Then it's settled!" Ray proclaimed, "From this moment on, we're the White Tigers!"
The five raised their Blades to the sky.
"YEAH!"
Author's Notes: Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! That's so ADORABLE! Omg, it's gonna kill me when Ray leaves. But, luckily, that won't be for quite a while. I'm gonna make sure of that, even though the next chapter's gonna be a few year later. I'm so happy; I get to watch the White Tigers grow up. Even better, I get to create them growing up! Well, bye, and pink hair ribbons to all female reviewers, and Lee's necklace to boys!