From the desk of Elvengirl10.

Hello everyone. It's been a long long time, hasn't it? I was thinking about this fanfiction recently, and about my existance in the beyblade fandom in general. And, after a long hard thought process, I have decided to stop writing this fanfiction.

My reasons are as follows:

-I've grown away from Beyblade. I believe I started watching it around grade seven. I'm in grade eleven now. That's four years, and really, I think I started drifting away in grade ten, finding myself more interested in different anime. I hardly watch the show anymore, I don't know what time it's on, and when it is on, I'm usually working, out with friends, or engaged in something else. I collect the manga and that's about it.

- This fiction was my first. I published it on April 8th, 2003. It's three years old and very badly written. Not bad for a first attempt, but still, I find my later works to be much more enjoyable. Plus with my drifting away from the fandom, I'm finding it much to hard to continue.

Since this was my first fanfiction, I'm not going to delete it, but leave it up here, as a marker to show where I began when I started writing. That's why I'm puttng up this ending and sending it on it's way.

I'd like to thank everyone who supported me in this fic, either through supplying an OC, reviewing, or just reading the fic. To all those who leant me OCs, I give them back to you know with my thanks. And with that, I leave you all. I doubt you will see another Beyblade fanfic from me.

Again, thank you all.

Let it rip!

Elvengirl10.

Bryan lay back in his chair, absorbing the launch of the plane. It was hard to believe that a month had passed, and that he and the other Demolition Boys were on their way back home to Russia. Exploring Canada had been a fun trip, and he smiled thinking of all the memories he had and the friends he had made.

Like when they had first landed in Newfoundland, and he'd gotten to see Mariah again, along with everyone else. And the tournament where it had been his turn to defeat Rei. As well as meeting Michael's old team...that had been fun as well.

Or in Nova Scotia, when they had gotten lost in the woods with the All Stars and found their way to that cow pasture. 'I really should email Leiko when I get home,' Bryan thought, a small blush coming over his face when he thought of the girl he'd met there. Meeting Kai's cousin had been fun to.

Then in Prince Edward Island, they had met Miris, the skateboarding champion, and Sam, his number one fan. He remembered the trip to the dairy farm, where Gary had beaten most of the Majestics in an ice cream eating contest. There had also been a trip to Green Gables, the home of Anne of Green Gables. He was still trying to understand the game of golf and wasn't planning on playing with the Majestics anytime soon.

New Brusnwick was still fuzzy in him memory. He remembered something about swords and samurai, and that was about it. He wondered what he ate that could've caused such a weird dream. It was also here that Michael's old team had joined them on their trans-Canada journey.

Quebec gave everyone a chance to learn about the French roots in Canadian history, and to rely on Oliver to get them around. Everyone else's french was needless to say, limited. It was also Michael's turn to meet a girl, Aurora, who had also helped them around Quebec city and Montreal.

In Ontario, they were able to learn about how Canada's political system works (or doesn't, depending on your perspective). There was also a chance to see Toronto, Ottawa (which included a tour of the Parliment buildings, as well as far to many political jokes) and ferrying about on the Great Lakes. Tala had made friends with Dyana and they had also met Kari and Ryoko. The Dracounous team, Michael's team's rival, had shown up for a rematch, but where quickly dispatched.

Manitoba was the begining of the prairie provinces, and a good introduction to the flat part of the country. They'd spent a few days at Clear Lake, in several cottages. The cottage that the Demonlition boy's cabin had been built on a slope, and was less-than-fun to stay in. They'd stopped in Winnepeg, the capitial city, and Eirika, who was rather attached to Tala, and Minni, who became rather close to Max. On the way out of the province, they'd stopped in Russell, Manitoba, the home of the Hockey player Theoran Fluery.

Across the border in Saskatchewan, they stopped in Landanberg, the home of hockey player, Kelly Brookburger. It was here that Hillary realised that she'd left one of her shoes in Russell, and had not Kenny calmed her down, that they probably would've had to go back and get it. Saskatchewan was very flat, except for the southern part, the Cypress Hills. Exploring old Fort Walsh had been fun. In Regina, they'd had fun with Tiashia.

Alberta presented a similar landscape, but Edmonton, and it's ever present rival, Calgary gave everyone a break from the fields of wheat and canola that they'd seen. In Edmonton, Bryan had met Aliena, a shy girl with a love of reading and Shakespear, that had inspired him and everyone else to participate in the River City Shakespear festival. Rei met Shura in Calgary, and she'd given everyone a tour of the big city, including a trip to the Calgary tower. They'd also had fun in the Rocky Mountains, and Eddy was sure he'd seen the Sasquatch.

British Columbia had been exciting. They'd come down from the north, down a very steep gravel road, into the small town of Belacoola. The expierience had been harrowing. They'd driven very slowly through a rock slide zone, and then found themselves in an avalanche zone. The ferry to Port Hardy did a good job of calming everyone's nerves. In Vancouver, Tyson made Hillary jelous by growing quite close with a girl named Akuira. Then they'd driven through the Okanogan valley, where Rei and Kai met Rini and Roxy in a small village known as Naramata. While swimming in Lake Okanogan, Enrique was certain that he'd seen the Ogopogo, the resident lake monster. Johnny also took the opportunity to get back at Robert and the chess wars, by owning him at golf.

Again the direction turned north, and they headed into the Yukon. In Whitehorse, they had a discussion with Christina about what you called a person from Whitehorse. A Whitehorsien? A Whitehorser? Whitehorseshite? (Got that from CBC radio program DNTO.)

They'd headed east through the Northwest Territories, and cleared up many stereotypes about the Inuit people that lived there with help from Indigo. This continued in Nunavut, where they learnt more from Rieena and Brandon.

'This was certainly an adventure,' Bryan nodded to himself, as he tuned into the inflight movie, 'Maybe we'll all come back this way again someday. There's only a few more months until the next world championships. I wonder what adventures will await us there.'

Across Canada - End.