-1SAM

I was asked to stand up in front of everyone as they sat on and around Ana's bed. "So what's the line up Sam?" Ana asked me. "From what i know the first match was to be me against Max. After that Ray will be facing Justin, Kai against Kara, Tyson will be against Tila and Ana-"

"Adrian." She sighed and looked at me. "Is there anything more you can tell us?"

"Not really Ana, Boris made us train by ourselves so we lost our team spirit and concentration fighting alone." I said making Ana sigh. "You think Boris would've learned by now after the way we beat him the first time." Tyson growled. "Anything else Sam?"

"From what I have seen of the other their fighting style is still the same only more powerful. They can pull off the same stunt I can."

"That's all I needed to know. Right here's the low down on my old team mates that you should know. You saw me defeat Justin but don't be fooled, he can be extremely dangerous when he gets mad. Like Gary and Galzzy." Max flinched at the memory of him getting defeated by Gary in the Asian Tournament. Ray looked a bit concerned, he knew only too well the power of Gary when he got mad. "And if I know the way Boris has been treating them Justin has got a really short fuse. He might try to throw you off at first by pretending to be a soft touch when in reality he is really dangerous. You've all seen his bit beast right?" They nodded remembering the grim reaper rising out of Justin's beyblade. "Well I'm sure I don't have to tell you to make sure he doesn't touch yours. If he does than his bit beast can paralise yours for a few seconds, it may not seem like much but that's all he'll need to knock you out of the dish."

"So how can I defeat his bit?" Ray asked looking more concerned now than he did before. Ana looked at him and went through her memories of seeing Drigger in action. "Well the match is tomorrow, so I might be able to show you a move to defend against his bit early in the morning."

"How early?" He asked and I smirked. "Don't worry it won't be at the crack of dawn Ray. More like 6:00am so you'd better get to bed early tonight." He nodded and I tried to think of what to say about Kara.

"I don't know much about Kara's style of fighting as she usually trained alone. All I can say is she's very strong and doesn't hold anything back from anyone no matter who they are." I said looking directly at Kai who nodded. "She may want to come with us but she won't let Boris know that by letting you win. Either you beat her or she beats you no questions asked. Her take no prisoners attitude makes her very dangerous."

"What makes you think she'll beat me?" Kai said in a cocky kind of way making Ana scowl at him. "If you go in there thinking that then you've already lost. I can beat Adrian which is something she's never done but she's beaten me a few times. Sam was considered the weakest link from our team-"

"Hey!" I resented being called weak. "Sorry Sam but that's what you were."

"Well he didn't seem weak to me when we were battling." Max said making me feel less angry. "You should listen to Max Kai. From what I've seen of Sam's power it's become stronger."

"How much stronger?" Kai asked, now he didn't sound so cocky. "Twenty fold. I'm not trying to scare any of you…" She said hastily, seeing the looks on their faces. "…but you have to take this seriously. Confidence is a good strength from Max's win. But over confidence will be your down fall too easily."

"Does she have a bit beast?" Kenny asked typing all the data in to his laptop as he always did. "Yes but I've never seen it. Maybe Kai might prove a worthy enough opponent to bring it out. She's learned to harness the power of her bit beast without even bringing it out. But her power will double when it does come out so I'm not sure you want it to come out." Kai smirked. "Laugh while you can Kai but be careful. Kara is a formidable opponent."

"I heard you the first time, now what about the other two?" Kai said. Ana was really starting to loose her patients with his attitude but regained her self control and turned her back on him.

"Tila is what I would call second in command. She has a list of tactics and strategic manoeuvres as long as her arm. Honestly she could write a book on what we've picked up as a team at least 1000 pages long. With her photographic memory she knows them all and uses the one she deems most suitable. You need to be a bit cautious when battling her and try to come up with some new manoeuvres of your own. It might take her off guard if she hasn't seen one of them before and that's all you'll need." For once Tyson didn't say anything and just nodded drinking in every word Ana said. "Her bit beast is a Black Panther so she's an earth Type."

She walked over towards the window and sighed. "And of course there is Adrian."

"Yeah, how can we forget about him. He's creepy, like Sanguinex (I think that's how it's spelt, if not then I'll correct it later.) was when we first met him."

"He didn't used to be." Ana sounded sad and distant. I looked at Kai to see him look at her with an odd look in his eyes. Then with a slight shake of her head she turned back to the group and Kai looked away. I sure hope this doesn't mean what I think it means because I don't think Adrian and Ana have quite finished altogether.

"Adrian's bit beast is the most frightening and powerful bit beast I have ever seen. When his bit beast comes out it takes the form of your own and has the same abilities. He can also make Shadow change in to other bit beasts he has seen and copy their abilities. But the thing is Shadow makes the power of the acquired bit beasts form grow by ten percent. But for some reason he can't seem to take the form of mine. I think it's because Fallen has no specific element, either way he will never defeat me, even if we loose our lives my blade will still be the least one spinning the dish."

KAI

"Don't talk like that." I could stop myself saying that and everyone gave me odd looks left and right. "What I mean it shouldn't come to that so don't mention it."

"Let's hope not."

"Well it won't because no one should die to win a battle. Your forgetting it's still just a game in the end." OMG I sound like Tyson. "You just don't get it." She said leaving the room. "Where are you going?" I yelled after her. "TRAINING!" She yelled back and stormed out of the hotel room.

"She's right Kai you don't understand." Sam said looking at me. "Well then, enlighten me."

"Whatever's going on between Ana and Adrian isn't over yet. Not until the final Battle will I truly be over." Sam said and left the room as well, I had a sneaking suspicion he went after Ana.

We all filed out of Ana's room and did our own thing. I went up to the roof to be alone and think on Sam's words. They really hit me and I didn't know why. 'You like her, admit it!' You again? Didn't I tell you to get lost? 'How can I get lost in your own mind?' Stop talking to me, it's to weird! 'Then admit your feelings and I will.' OK! I LIKE ANA! THERE YOU HAPPY NOW? 'Yes.' Now will you leave me alone?

The voice didn't answer and I just realised what I said. But there was more than one problem with this. First of all Ana doesn't like me, second she's not quite finished with Adrian and third this wasn't like me. I mean I'm Kai, I don't admit my feeling to anyone…even myself until now.

I didn't know how long my mind was chewing this over. I was brought round from my thoughts by the sound of the roof door opening behind me.

Ana was walking to the other side of the roof away from me. I don't think she saw me because I would be blocked from view by the door. She stood by the edge leaning on the concrete slab running along it reaching her elbows in height. She put her arms in a folded position on it and gazed at the view from it. The strong breeze whistled past her and she shivered.

I came towards Ana to see her shiver again. I soundlessly took off my jacket and put it around her. She must've been thinking some really deep thoughts because she jumped when the material touched her ear. "Oh, hey Kai." She wasn't surprised to see me here. But she was surprised as to why I put the jacket on her. "We cant have you getting sick before tomorrow. We need your advice for our matches."

"All you need to know is Kara's fighting style is similar to yours. You change your strategy and she might have. But then again she is very resourceful too so it could go either way. Like I said you and her are near enough a perfect match."

"Why are you up here?"

"The same reason you are Kai, I came to think." Am I that predictable? 'You are always thinking, I'm surprised I can get a word in now.' I thought I told you to- "You wanna go back inside?" My thoughts were interrupted by her voice I hungered for her lips but resisted the temptation. "Cold?" She nodded. 'Chicken.' Shut up! Mind you I wasn't so warm myself. After giving Ana my jacket goose bumps appearing on my arms. Ana noticed and handed me back my jacket. "I think you might like this back. Don't want you catching another cold now do we."

"No." I growled and she rolled her eyes. She was still making fun of me over that? If I could count the number of times she teased me about that it would a number well over thirty.

We went back down to our hotel room to see The Emeralds going down a corridor at the end of ours. Adrian stopped behind them and looked at Ana who glare at him. 'Two days' he mouthed and she nodded making him walk after his team again. Tila telling him to hurry up as she clutched his arm. It was like a silent challenge has passed between them and she sighed. "I know you can take him."

"You'd better believe it." She growled. But I knew that wasn't what was worrying her.

ANA

Thanks for scaring the shit out of me on the roof Kai! That guy is a fucking ghost sometimes he really is.

As I saw Adrian passing in front of me and confirmed out battle date in the finals. Kai and Ray would be battling tomorrow whereas my battle with Adrian was the day after.

I remembered our times together in every detail and the love we shared. But that all died when he beat me senseless so I don't know if I could take him back. Maybe as a friend but anything more? I didn't have a clue and lay back on my bed trying to clear my mind about it. But no matter how hard I tried I couldn't.

There was a knock at the door and Kai was standing there. Why does he always seem to show up when you don't need him? He's like the police, there when you don't need them but impossible to find when you do. "What?" I wasn't in the mood to be polite. "I came in to tell you Ray's gone to bed and it might be wise for you to do the same thing."

"No shit Sherlock…Sorry." I added seeing his face. "Thanks."

KAI

'Go on, ask her what's wrong.' Shut up! I already knew what was wrong anyway and it seemed stupid to ask. Ana looked like she wanted to get something off her chest. But somehow I knew I wasn't the one to do it. Oh what the hey, it couldn't hurt could it? "Uh…"

"Yeah?" I paused looking at her as she lay there on her bed expecting an answer. "Nothing." She gave me one hell of an odd look as I closed the door after me. 'You big fat fuckin chicken!' I thought I told you to- "Hi Kai." Sam! Of course, if anyone could talk to Ana it was him. Great timing kid! "Sam, I think Ana needs to talk to someone."

"Huh?" I think he was a little confused by my request but something appeared in his eyes I couldn't quite register. "We spotted Adrian not too long ago and they shared silent words."

"Oh, I'll get right on it. I'll talk to her before she goes to sleep, she always tells me stuff at that time." Why was he bloody telling me this? "Well you'd better do it now because she's going to bed." He went up to the door and paused. "Try not to get in the way when Ana and Adrian come down to it." I turned to answer him but all I saw was a door coming to a close. 'I wonder what he meant by that?' Shush!

It was only when I entered my room did I know what the kid meant. SHIT! THAT LITTLE SOD KNOWS HOW I FEEL? WHAT IS HE A FUCKING MIND READER? 'Guess I was wrong. You can't hide your feelings from every-'SHUT UP! JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP! I DON'T NEED YOUR STUPID FUCKIN OPINIONS! I JUST NEED YOU TO LEAVE ME ALONE SO I CAN THINK! The voice left me alone again and I breathed a sigh of relief.

I jammed on my head phones and turned my music up full blast blocking out anything. Even that annoying little voice in the back of my mind. 'I heard that.' I sighed, will I ever get rid of you. 'No.' Will you just- 'Ok, ok. Calm down tall dark and broody. I don't need another headache right now because I'm still recovering from the last one with you yelling at me in you head.' I smirked when I felt him go away.

How long I spent listening to my music I hadn't a clue. All I could see now was black. 'Hmm, must've fallen asleep. Oh well.' I thought letting the darkness over take my mind.