KAI

The alarm went off at seven and I got up. Ana wasn't there and her beyblade was gone. I went back in to the boy's room and put on my clothes. I woke up the rest of the team despite their reluctance to get up. It took half an hour before they were ready. "Our first battle will be in a week so we'll have to train hard for the next six days. We'll rest the day before our match."

I took them out of the room and we stopped. Snow covered footprints were leading in to Ana's room. We crept slowly in to the room.

We saw Ana on top of her bed asleep. She looked completely exhausted and was sleeping peacefully. Her clothes were on the floor and she was dressed in her nightclothes again. There were scratches on parts of her arms, legs and face we could see. I came towards the bed and folded the blanket over her.

I quietly closed the door and we started to make our way out of the hotel. "She looked as though she trained herself half to death." Rei said looking a bit sorry for her. "I'm still angry about last night but no one should put themselves through that."

"She told me she can't sleep when she's woken up after twelve Tyson. So you can't really blame her for doing that." Tyson nodded and looked guilty. "She probably did that so she was too tired to stay awake." Max said with a heavy note. We all felt sorry for her but we had some training to do.

It was ten o'clock before I decided we could take a break. It was pathetic to how they gasped and collapsed to the ground. We went to a nearby café for some breakfast. As usual Tyson ate enough for an army and we stopped being surprised about how much he ate these days.

As we came out we saw someone on the other side of the road. "Katy!" I heard Rei call. She turned to see who called her name and waved. She crossed the road and stopped in front of us. "Hi. Where's Ana?" They looked guiltily at her. "Um…she woke up and…uh…"

"Uh oh. Who woke her up after twelve?" Tyson, Rei and Max admitted to doing this and Katy laughed. "Ok, so it's not that funny. But that is the only rule with her. You wake her after twelve without a very good reason you'd better take cover. I hate it when she trains herself until she has nothing left."

"Why does she do it?" Katy shrugged. "I think she does it so she can get some much needed sleep. She only had four hours last night and couldn't get back to sleep so this was something she had to do. Being around Ana when she's really tired is not a good thing."

Katy had this strange effect on me. I didn't smile but she made me want to when she looked at me. I felt a bit strange when she ignored me but I didn't let on I felt that way. The others got on with her like a house on fire. But I think she understood that I wasn't like them. Usually small kids annoy the hell out of me but Katy wasn't like other small kids. I just couldn't work it out.

A short while after lunch Katy was in the local outdoor blading area playing a match against one of her friends. The other kids couldn't believe we were here.

Tyson and the others played with the kids. They avoided me; they seemed to know my rep. I watched them play with the children from a nearby bench. They let the tiny kids win sometimes but didn't let the bigger kids win.

KATY

I looked over to see Kai lying back on a bench looking up to the sky. He glanced at us occasionally as if he were checking up on us. I didn't think him for the caring type but he seemed to be acting like an adult. I found it sad as to someone so young could act like a grumpy old man.

After seeing him like this for a few minutes I came over to him. "Hi." He looked at me with an odd look on his face. "None of the kids here are a challenge. Do you want to battle?" He smirked and looked away. "I don't want to destroy your blade." I crossed my arms and glared at him. "Chicken." His eyes were closed and he scowled. "Brat."

"True, but at least I'm a brat who knows how to have a good time. Ever heard the saying act your age?" He opened his eyes and looked at me. I looked back with a smile on my face. "Maybe."

"Grumpy old man." I turned away and walked back to my friends.

KAI

I found my lips being tugged in to what could be called a small smile. Ana was right, Katy did have that effect on people. But just thinking about Ana stopped me smiling. What she did to herself just to get some sleep was a bit much. She probably did this knowing full well that she would be too tired to train in the morning.

We stayed there for a good hour and were about to leave when angry yells could be heard behind me. I sat up and looked over to see what had caused the commotion.

A kid no older than us was destroying all these kid's blades six at a time. The kids weren't crying and just left with the fragments in their hands. They looked shocked and almost frightened. Some left without even picking up their blades. Katy glared at this kid and went up to him.

He had short blond hair and green eyes rather like Ana's. He was dressed in a long blue coat with a red t-shirt and blue trousers. He was built slightly muscled but a head shorter than me. Justin looked crazed and wasn't to be underestimated.

"KNOCK IT OFF JUSTIN!" Katy yelled at him. "Well if it isn't the twerp. How is Ana these days?" Katy shook with anger and yelled even louder. "YOU HAVE NO BLOODY RIGHT TO SAY HER NAME! NOT AFTER WHAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM DID TO HER!"

"Care to put your blade where your mouth is?"

"Anytime." Katy got ready to launch. Her blade was light purple in colour without a bit beast. I got up and came over to Tyson and the others.

We watched helplessly from the sidelines as they launched their blades. Justin looked as though he thought this would be a walk over and didn't even try to block her attack. But Katy had a surprising amount of skill for someone so young. "Huh?" She nearly knocked his blade out of the dish.

At one point Katy had lost control of her blade and grinded near the edge of it. "Oh no." Justin just laughed and went for the kill. "Ha! You fell for it!"

"What?" Katy moved just in time and Justin was using all his concentration to not fly out of the dish. "You're a good actor, but now it's time to stop playing around!" Katy looked worried. Justin's blade glowed and his bit beast came out. Now Katy was really worried and seemed to fear the very thing that came out of it. She turned pale and gasped at the site. A bit beast in the form of the grim reaper appeared and came close to touching her. All the colour drained from her face as thought fear itself was consuming her.

"Say good bye to your blade!" Katy cringed but there was no time to launch our blades. Then a new blade crashed in to Justin's "What? Who dares to-" He was cut short when we caught sight of Ana walking towards us. She was still a bit scratched but looked rested.

JUSTIN

"Hello Justin." She said in her usual cold way that made the hairs on the back on my neck stand up. "A-ana?" She glared at me. "What have you been up to?" She looked around at the fragments of the kid's blades on the ground. "Been picking on those that are weaker than yourself again? Your pathetic."

She went over to Katy and picked up her blade. "Don't be afraid to blade again…ok?" Katy's face turned pink again and she nodded. Ana turned back and glared at me with those eyes of hers. God did I hate those eyes. They were as cold as ice but burned with a never-ending fury.

My blade was still spinning in the dish and kept away from Ana's. "You want to pick on someone? Pick on me; at least I'll be someone worth fighting."

"I-I…Y-yes! I'll do that!" What the hell was I saying? I had never beaten her once when we trained together. But I was stronger than before and I could probably beat her now. But I knew in the back of my mind that she had grown stronger as well, and yet here I was. "I've come this far and I will win."

"Keep telling yourself that."

KAI

Ana stood in front of the dish with hatred in her eyes. "Go Reaper!" Ana dodged his attack and called out her bit beast. "Fallen! Make this guy pay for his grievances!" Black feathers started to swirl around the dish going faster and faster with each passing second. Till it came to a point where all you could see were the feathers swirling in a thick cloud.

Then two gigantic wings appeared and opened out. There was a human in the middle with black clothes, hair and eyes. She shot a fire ball at the Reaper making the bit beast back off. Fallen flapped her wings causing a tornado of her razor sharp feathers to attack the blade.

The reaper was beaten and vanished back inside Justin's blade. It stopped and I could see it was black and red. It had the same make as Ana's who was still glaring at him.

"Justin." All the colour drained from the boys face. There was a boy older and taller than me. Justin shook with fear and looked at him. "Adrian." Ana said looking with even greater hate at this boy. I looked him up and down. His hair was an icy blue colour shaped in a spiky kind of way. He had a long black coat with a blood red shirt, black trousers and black trainers. His eyes were green as well.

"You still looking like a vampire?" The boy smirked and started to walk around her. "Hello Anastasia." We were going to come to her aid but Katy shook her head. He moved the hair from her face and tried to kiss her. Ana breathed deeply and moved her head away from him. "You wont get around me that easily." Adrian frowned and walked away with Justin trailing behind him.

Ana watched them until they were out of site. Then she swayed dangerously and fell to her knees. "ANA!" Katy ran up to her and kneeled in front of Ana looking in to her eyes. Ana stroked Katy's hair and smiled with tired eyes. "Are you still tired?" Ana shrugged her shoulders. "You haven't eaten all day have you?"

"Only because I saw you were in trouble. I was on my way to get something when I saw what Justin was about to do to you." Katy hugged Ana and kissed her cheek. "You're so soppy."

"Only when I'm around you remember? Even though we have different blood, you are my big sister." Ana sighed and shook her head. "You still remember that?" Katy laughed and got up. "Come on, let's get you something to eat."

"I'm not hungry." Katy crossed her arms. "Liar!"

I didn't know about Ana but Tyson's stomach growled. The others turned and laughed. Ana smiled and tried to get up without falling down. Rei came over and helped Ana to her feet. She looked completely exhausted, Rei kept her upright until we sat down at a table in a nearby restaurant.

Ana kept her head up with her left arm propped up on the table. She managed to eat something but didn't look as though she had the energy to finish it. So she gave it to Tyson instead and he took it willingly. I think she was surprised he could eat so much without being sick.