The next morning I snuck out of the house before Hilary woke up. I cruised down along the beach on my skateboard feeling the sea breeze blowing against my face.

I spotted some other kids from my school with Kai training on the beach. 'Must be testing their blading skills on the sand.' I thought as I watched them trying to control their blades. Kai seemed to have no problems but the others found it a challenge. I recognised the team as the blade breakers but kept on going.

Sure I liked to blade, but I wasn't the famous people fan type.

I came back to the beach later to see they had gone so I decided to do a little training myself. "Come on Shadow! Let's see what you can do!" I launched my blade and concentrated as it zipped along the sand effortlessly. I had trained hard on many different ground types and even had a flair for blading on air and water too.

But I could feel I wasn't alone. I turned to see a boy with long green hair looking at me. "Hey you're pretty good, fancy a battle?" I looked from his hopeful face to his blade and shrugged.

We took our positions and got ready to launch. "Hey Zeo!" He looked over to see Tyson and the others running towards us. "What ya doin?" I glared at him for interrupting so Zeo hastily got on with it. "3…2…1…Let it rip!"

KAI

Ebony and Zeo launched their blades on to the sand controlling their blades very well. "You could learn from them Tyson." He growled and I smirked. The battle was slow and easy at first but was quickly becoming more and more powerful. Ebony stood there with her arms crossed and her eyes closed. Zeo crouched down with his eyes on his blade.

"Cerberus! ATTACK!" Zeo yelled and his bit beast came out. Ebony opened one eye and was unfazed by the power his bit beast held. "Shadow, dark force strike." She said and the clouds swirled above us. It became dark and the wind howled. We shielded our eyes from the sand as the fighting went on.

A dark tornado came down from the clouds above and struck their blades. The impact blew them back a few yards. Ebony did a back flip and grinded backwards on the sand for a few inches. Zeo fell on to his back and was slow to get up.

The dark tornado fell away but both blades were spinning. Hilary came running up to us and yelled for us to stop the match. Zeo was coming back towards their blades looking very impressed. But Ebony looked very pissed and the growl of an animal left her lips. She started to run up to the dish at terrific speed.

"Don't let her jump up!" Hilary cried. But Ebony was already up in the air. Shadows had come from nowhere and attached themselves to her. Ebony came down like a bullet and a terrific bang was heard making our rears ring. A ray of dark light exploded up to the sky and dissipated as quickly as it had come.

The match was over and Zeo fell to the ground. "Zeo!" Tyson called and ran to aid his friend. Ebony caught her blade and walked away as if nothing had happened. "Hey! Where are you going?"

"I've done my training so now I'm going to relax." Ebony said simply and continued with her walk. "Is that all he was to you? Training?" Ebony stopped and turned round. "I suppose so, why?" Tyson glared at her with Zeo in his arms. "People aren't just here for your amusement you know."

"Then what are we here for?" Tyson growled and looked away. "You can't just treat people like garbage!" Trust Rei to finish one of Tyson's statements when he can't do it himself. Ebony shrugged her shoulders. "How can you be so careless?" Max yelled. "Easy, like this." Ebony walked away without saying another word. "What the hell is wrong with that girl?" Tyson growled looking at Zeo who woke up. "Man, that was a great battle."

"Save your strength, I'm going to take you home." Hilary stepped in and looked at everyone in an uncomfortable sort of way. "I know why she acts this way…she's my cousin."