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I was utterly surprised this morning as Tala and I got on BIOVOLT's private jet. I hadn't predicted flying first class on a 3 hour journey. Tala just smirked as I sat down on one of the couches.

"Isn't it dangerous to have a bey dish in the plane?" I asked with a smile as I noticed the dish near the back of the plane.

"Not really, we don't usually battle in the air. I really don't know why they put that in here anyway. People are so weird sometimes."

I shrugged as I reclined farther into the sofa. This was mildly interesting; unfortunately I saw the rest of the boys walking over to the plane with bags. I looked at Tala and sighed; they had never really accepted girls as capable bladders. I knew they might give me some trouble before I battled.

"Hey Tala, sorry we didn't tell you we were coming, but we didn't know until late last night when Boris called and told us."

"Bryan, don't apologize to Tala; he doesn't care." Spencer commented as he sat down next to Bryan.

"Tala, where's that blader? Won't he make us late for the match?" Ian said as he glared at me. "Why are you on this plane girl?"

I glared at him, the insolent prat. I felt Tala give my hand a reassuring squeeze. I decided to relax; Ian was trying to egg me on and I wasn't going to bother getting into an argument. Ian sat down really annoyed next to Spencer.

"Liza, Ian does bring up a good point, why are you flying out to London with us?" Bryan asked politely as the plane shot down the runway.

"Yeah Tala, you know the rules, no girlfriends allowed." Spencer said mockingly and Ian laughed hysterically.

"Honestly, are you really that stupid? I'm the new blader. I can't see why my father decided to include you on this trip. It's not like you have any real say if I join your team." I replied as bluntly as possible without losing my temper.

"Probably to make sure you don't do anything stupid with Tala." Ian replied rudely. I sighed, noticing that we were well in the air and on our way, pulled Wisteria out of my pocket, and tossed her to Bryan.

"Bryan, does it look like I'm fooling around?" I asked as he quickly passed the blade to Ian with a look of horror on his face.

"How did you manage to train Wisteria in one week Liza? No one has ever tried for fear of their lives."

"Not really a problem for me. Wisteria can sense if some one is good enough to bother with." I replied as Spencer chucked her back to me.

I looked at my watch, it was 6 in the morning, and I was really tired so I closed my eyes and leaned my head on Tala's shoulder in an attempt to sleep. Of course this didn't work because the others thought it was tremendously funny to make fun of Tala for having a girlfriend.

I opened one eye and growled, "At least he's got a girlfriend unlike you three. I suggest you shut your mouths."

They quieted for a time and began to talk about training techniques. Then they decided to turn on the TV to watch the progress in the tournament. It didn't seem very entertaining because most were amateurs. Then I heard the start of another battle. It was the Majestics and some other lame team.

"The other bladders know they'll lose. They're so scared, it's pathetic." I said as I observed the players. The others murmured something that sounded like agreement.

The tournament should be a piece of cake to win for the Majestics. I yawned from boredom and let sleep overtake me.

We arrived just as the semi-finals were taking place. I walked to the prep room for the challengers. The boys followed rather annoyed by all the enthusiasm that the crowd declared as the Majestics prepared for the finals. I stood by the mirror trying to make myself believe this was actually happening. First real battle against another older bit beast and I was completely confident in my ability to overthrow my opponent.

I heard my cell phone ring and looked to see who was calling right before one of the most important battles in my life.

"Liza, I have your battle strategy for you. In the first battle tie with your opponent, don't over power him. In the second battle you will wear down the enemy and do it slowly and then finish without releasing Wisteria. In the last round you will release Wisteria and quickly eliminate the blader. I want this to look convincing even though it won't be hard to win. Do you understand what I just said?" My father asked in his usual military commander voices.

"Yes sir, I will do as told and show the world that Russia is still a force to be delt with." I replied and then put my phone away.

"Excuse me; I'm looking for Elizabeth Balkov. Do any of you know her?" A slightly disgruntled staff member inquired as he walked in.

"That would be me; what do you need?"

"Miss Balkov," he said eyeing me suspiciously, "the Majestics are ready for you. You may enter the stadium."

I looked at the boys as they stood up to follow me out to the battle field. When I got out there I heard the announcer proclaim "Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to introduce, all the way from Russia, Elizabeth Balkov."

It went very quit as I looked across the dish to see the Majestics waiting there. Robert walked over to me and offered me his hand as a gesture of welcome.

"Nice to see you again Robert." I said as I shook his hand politely.

These are my team mates Elizabeth: Johnny of Glasgow, Enrique of Rome, and Oliver of Paris." He replied as he indicated the boys behind him.

"Who will I be battling then?"

"Your opponent will be decided in a few minutes by fate. You may return to your friends or wait at the dish side."

I walked back to the battle platform rather bored by all the time they were taking.

I barely heard the rules for the best of three battle because I was staring up at the big screen monitor that was displaying my old stats. They had no idea that Wisteria was in my position. Then the screen changed to another blader's statistics. It was Oliver who I would be obliterating as my initiation.

We took out our blades and prepared for launch; remembering the plan I was to follow would be perfect. I heard the famous 3….2….1…LET IT RIP and released Wisteria with perfect accuracy. I saw Unicolion circle patiently, and I looked up at Oliver.

"Unicolion earth shake attack."

I smirked as I watched Wisteria hold her ground. Even with the giant unicorn bit putting out an enormous amount of energy I had no reason to fret about this battle. I decided to tie the battle because it was boring me.

"Attack now!" I yelled and watched Wisteria hop right onto Oliver's blade then get sent flying by the bit power.

I laughed as Wisteria landed and made its way to Unicolion. As they clashed sparks flew and then Wisteria pushed Oliver's blade out as she made herself fly out and land in my hand as Unicolion hit the floor.
"Tie, it's a tie. Bladers, five minutes till next round, prepare yourselves well."

I walked over to the visiting team's bench and placed my launcher and rip cord on the ground. I smiled as I remembered the look on Robert's face as he watched Oliver tie.

"Liza, why are you fooling around? Just beat him so we can go home already."

"Ian, be quiet. I was following a plan my father instructed me to use, but I think that I'll finish him quickly in these last two rounds."

I returned to the dish as time was called.

I placed Wisteria in my hands and thought 'Wisteria, we will defeat him without any fooling around. Now let's throw another surprise at them; bladers don't always need to use a launcher to have top performance from their bit beasts.'

'I won't let you down Liza.' Wisteria replied in my mind.

"Oliver, you don't look very confident about winning now."

"Elizabeth, I hope you're aware that you have no launcher for your blade."

Yet again the launching call rang out as Wisteria hovered above my hands and began spinning madly as if just released from a launcher. The blades were released and I watched Wisteria slam into Unicolion time after time. Oliver had a look of horror on his face as he realized he was outsmarted. I laughed as Wisteria sent his blade out of the dish and onto the ground.

"Elizabeth is the winner. If she wins again, she will take the battle."

"Show me your bit beast Elizabeth! I want to see what creature BIOVOLT mutated for you." Oliver shouted in frustration.

"You shall see Wisteria then, if that is what you wish. Prepare for the last round and then you shall see the power I control."

We readied for the last battle and launched our blades. Unicolion was released almost immediately. I let Wisteria sit for a minute and then decided to release her.

"Wisteria use Arctic Flare and show them what they're dealing with." I commanded.

Wisteria began to emerge and a blinding silvery-blue light surged from the bit core hiding Wisteria from the eyes of all. An icy cold wind spread in the room and brought small ice crystals with it. The light grew even stronger and the wind forced an Arctic Ocean cold into my body. Then the wind and light abruptly stopped and in its place was Wisteria. She gave a bone chilling cry and quickly dodged an attack from Unicolion.

"Wisteria, finish this with your Tele-kinesis attack." I yelled and watched her advance on the attacking blade with aggression. She paused as her eyes glowed a vibrant icy blue. Unicolion stopped dead in its tracks as if frozen like a statue. I watched semi amused as Unicolion was surrounded in the blue light and then was picked up off the ground as it thrashed in fright and confusion.

"Finish it Wisteria."

Unicolion went crashing into the wall behind Oliver, scaring the fans in the first few rows. When the smoke had settled Oliver's blade was stuck in the wall, but still spinning. I decided it was high time to take my leave and to report back to my father and continue my training.

I walked out of the arena followed by Spencer, Bryan, Ian, and Tala. I had not failed to notice however that Kai was following us as well. As he caught up to us he placed his hand on my shoulder and spun me around so I could look him in the eyes.

"Liza, I can't believe that you've joined up with the Abbey. I have always thought you were better than that. You owe me an explanation of what you thought you would accomplish by defeating one of the Majestics."

"I owe you nothing Kai. It's none of your business what I do with my life."

"Elizabeth! Why did you join up with those low life scums? This isn't like you at all. You used to be so righteous. I can't accept this in the least."

"Robert it isn't your life. I did what I had to do to survive in the world so I would appreciate it if you wouldn't insult my friends."

The look of astonishment on my brothers' face was so enormous I couldn't help but smile at the Blade Breakers and the Majestics, which had just joined the missing member of their teams. I saw one of them pull out his blade and attach it to his launcher.

"Kai as a team leader you should have better control over your team mates. If one of you do want a battle, I suppose I'm up for it." Tala mentioned smirking at the battle ready blader.

"I don't want to bother with you Tala, your other team mate should prove far more of a challenge than you." The blonde replied defensively.

"If you want a battle, you're going to have to make it to the World Championships." I said calmly placing my hand on Tala's shoulder to calm him down before he got too riled up. "Let's go. We've got better things to do than stand around and chat."

We walked away leaving the 9 boys standing there with quite a bit to think about.

As we boarded the jet and took off, the others were excited to have verbally insulted their rivals. I sighed as I watched them; they could pass for normal teens when they were like this. It was a change that I hadn't seen in a long time. I stared out the window into a starry, cloudless sky. I recalled the look on my brother's face as he saw me with my team. He had looked so ashamed of me; it was saddening to me as I thought of it more and more.

It was late when we arrived back at the BIOVOLT training center. Ian and Spencer went to train for lack of anything else better to do. I felt mentally drained from the battle today. Unfortunately it happened to be a side affect of Wisteria's Tele-kinesis attack. Tala and stood around for a while as we waited for everyone else to leave. We decided it would be best to go home and sleep to regain strength.

When I had set my bag in my room and turned on some of the lights to make the interior a little cozier. My father was still at the Abbey, no doubt in a meeting of some sort. It seems kind of creepy in the house without anyone else here. I picked up my cell phone and dialed Tala's number.

"Liza, what's up….can't sleep?"

"I didn't wake you did I?"

"Nah…. Want some company?"

"Yeah…. Come over and we can watch a movie and have a popcorn fight."

"I'll be over in a few minutes."

"See ya then." I replied as I put my phone on the counter as I rummaged around for junk food in the cupboards.

We ended up talking and eating popcorn and talking because we couldn't decide on a movie to watch. Talking would actually be an over statement. We didn't talk much either. We spent a good amount of time throwing popcorn at each other.

"You did great today, I am very proud of you. Your father will be proud of you as well." Tala said smiling softly with that look of innocence in his eyes.

I looked Tala in the eyes and whispered "I didn't battle for my father; I battled for you."

"I know. That's the best thing anyone has ever done for me." He stated, blushing slightly.

This was such a typical ending. Yes this is a Tala/Liza paring so far…………. I don't know where this story is going exactly so……………..untill another posting……….ciao.