Chapter One
"Tyson! Wake up!" Kenny screamed, beating his sleeping friend with a pillow several times.
All he got back in reply was. "Yeah, sure…Add on the sugar…."
"Come on! Tyson! We'll be late for school!" Kenny pleaded. "It's our first day of school! We can't afford to be late!"
"Forget it, Chief." Ray said, entering the bedroom of the BBA safe house where all five of them shared. "He isn't gonna wake up. Especially on the first day of school. Besides… Max is finishing the pancakes I made for breakfast."
"What?!" Tyson yelled jolting from the bed.
Ray and Kenny laughed as Tyson leapt out of bed, did a quick Superman change and sprinted downstairs.
"Works like a charm." Ray said as he joined them downstairs in the kitchen. Tyson was eating the pancakes like a mile-train. Max could only watch in awe while the fifth and final member of the Bladebreakers was…
"Hey, where's Kai?" Ray asked. "He was here when I went up-stairs to wake up Tyson."
Max torn his gaze away from Tyson and answered. "Oh, Kai said he was going ahead. He didn't want to be late for school."
"But…" Kenny glanced at the clock "School starts at eight. It's now only seven-thirty."
What's the whole point of going back to school? Kai wondered as he headed in direction of his new school. His school bag was slung over his left shoulder in the most casual way and his school jacket was unbuttoned.
Not only do I have to wear this dorky outfit of a school uniform but I have to be in the same school as Tyson. What's Mr. Dickenson thinking? What's the point of going back to school if it's only for a month? Besides shouldn't we be training for the up-coming tournament? I sure hope Mr. Dickenson knows what he's doing…
"It's so awesome that the Bladebreakers will be schooling here." a girl chattered loudly to her friend as they strolled down the school hallway.
"I know." her brunette friend agreed. "I think Ray is cute."
"No way!" she said. "Well, I think their captain, Kai is like so handsome. I wonder if he has a girlfriend."
Both girls were unaware that their conversation was overheard by another girl standing at her locker, retrieving her books from it.
The girl frowned to herself, her green eyes narrowing. Bladebreakers?
She slammed her locker shut and headed down the hallway, deep in thought. Her long raven hair flowed behind her. She was unaware of the attention she drew just by walking. Without realizing she walked with the grace of a dancer, dressed in the school's red skirt and jacket wore over a white blouse. She had only been in this town for a month and already she was bored.
But if the Bladebreakers are here…
She pulled out her most prized possession, her silvery blue Beyblade, from the pocket of her jacket and gazed at it almost lovingly.
Don't worry, Draizer…We'll get a workout today. I promise…
The Bit with the picture of a blue wolf engraved onto it glowed faintly and faded. She frowned to herself. Draizer is acting …strange…
It wasn't the only one. That moment in the hallway a floor below, Kai felt a rare jolt of warmth crept up his thigh from the pocket where he kept Dranzer. Surprised he pulled out his Beyblade in time to see the familiar glow of his Bit fade away.
Dranzer…it seems restless…what's wrong with it?
After what seemed like forever the last bell of the day finally rang and students poured out from the school main doors, chatting loudly.
Tyson let out a groan of relief as he slumped in his seat at the back of his class. Ray sat on his left next to the window. Kenny sat nearly in front and Max sat in front of Tyson. Now Max turned in his seat and laughed at him.
"You should check out your face in the mirror." the blonde kid said.
Tyson moaned. "I forgot what a torture school was."
"It wasn't that bad." Kenny put in as he packed his things into his bag.
"Easy to say for someone who actually loves school." Tyson retorted. "What do you think, Max?"
Max shrugged. "I think this school isn't so bad. It even has Beystadiums on the school compound."
"Oh, yeah." Tyson grinned. "I can't wait to Beybattle. I bet the bladers are awesome."
"Tyson, not today. We're supposed to meet Mr. Dickenson later, remember? It must be something important." Kenny lectured.
Max laughed when Tyson made a face. "Chill out, Chief. Besides it's Tyson. I'm sure Mr. Dickenson will understand."
"Besides one match never hurt anybody. Right, Ray?" Tyson turned to the Chinese boy staring down at something through the window. "Ray?"
"Something is going on down there." Ray said without turning.
Curious, Tyson and Max went to the window and looked down. Below, a crowd had gathered around something or someone and they were looking excited.
"Maybe it's a fight." Max suggested.
"Come on." Without waiting, Tyson shot out the door like rabbit leaving the others to catch up with him.
When they arrived, they had to push their way to the front of the crowd to get a better view of what was going on. To their surprise, the crowd surrounded a Beystadium where an older boy was pointing across at a dark-haired girl.
"I ain't leaving until I get my rematch!" the boy was saying to the girl.
The girl's eyes narrowed dangerously. "Then maybe you're not leaving." She turned on her heel to leave.
"What's going on?" Kenny asked a kid nearest to them.
"The boy flustered to have a Bladebreaker speaking to him. "That's Keith. He was the best Beyblader in school until recently I heard he lost to that new girl. Now he wants a rematch."
"No way." Ray said slightly surprised.
"Who's she?" Tyson asked. But the kid shook his head.
"Whoever she is, she must be good." a familiar voice said.
They looked over their shoulders to find Kai leaning casually against a tree with his arms crossed in front of him.
"Kai!" Tyson said surprised. He had not seen Kai the whole morning because he had over-slept and because Kai had been in a different class from the whole team for some reason. "You know who she is?"
Kai studied the girl. "I never heard of her. She's in my class but I didn't catch her name." There was one thing he was sure about her. She was beautiful. And judging by the way she carried herself, she was a person easily mistaken as weak if not for the fierce intensity in her emerald green eyes. He felt intrigued and drawn to her
But why?
From the corner of her eye, she realized she had special guests. The crowd had drawn the Bladebreakers to her battle.
Fine then. I'll give them a battle they'll never forget.
Keith was still going on about his rematch when she turned abuptedly. "Alright, Keith. You get your rematch."
He grinned. "That's more like it."
"Although I must warn you; you are gonna loose. Again." she smirked.
"We'll see about that." Keith said and pulled out his newly fixed blade. "When this is over, there'll be nothing left of your Beyblade. I'm gonna destroy it so badly there'll be –."
"Nothing left of it." she finished for him in a bored tone. "Whatever. Enough with the yakking and let the Beyblades do the talking. Ready?" she held up her loaded black launcher.
"Ready!" he said. "3, 2, 1! Let it rip!"
With a yell he fired his yellow blade into the stadium. The girl's blue Beyblade followed in suit. Her blade hit the stadium ground and moved in at once for the kill, attacking from the front. Most people would think her crazy or desperate but she knew exactly what she was doing.
A blink of an eye as the Beyblades made contact and a blade went flying over the heads of the shocked crowd. Keith's Beyblade left the stadium whole and landed in pieces.
"No!" he wailed.
The girl's blade was still spinning in the center of the stadium until she held out a hand and it flew back into her hand.
"What a waste of my time." she muttered, returning to leave.
"Hold it!"
Stopping at her tracks, she glanced over her shoulder as Tyson made his way to the stadium, Beyblade in hand.
As she recalled he was World Champion but to her, he was just another annoying kid with the Beyblade. She kept walking.
"Hey, I'm talking to you!" Tyson said heatedly.
He was beginning to get on her nerves. She flashed him her best faux cheerleader smile. "Oh. I'm sorry. Did you not realize I was ignoring you? Wait. Is this better?" She tossed her long raven hair back and spun away from him so that her back was completely to him.
A few in the crowd snickered while Tyson turned red from embarrassment and anger. Kai felt a rare smile on his lips, actually enjoying this.
But that wasn't going to stop Tyson. He recovered faster than they expected and shouted to the girl. "Hey, I challenge you to a battle or are you just too scared?"
She paused and turned. She studied him tilting her head slightly as if wondering whether he was insane or had a death wish. "Fine. You're on, 'champion'."
"Be careful, Tyson." Ray warned. "She's not what she seems."
Tyson pinched his nose confidently before he held up Dragoon. "Don't worry, Ray. She's mine."
"You should listen to your friend, Tyson." she taunted, holding up her launcher.
"Ready?" he asked.
"Ready when you are." she said. Well,…I did promise Draizer a workout….
"3, 2, 1!" Tyson yelled. "Let it rip!"
Both Beyblades landed in the stadium at the same time and raced around it, attacking each other.
"Come on, Dragoon!" Tyson shouted. "This will be a easy win!"
Kai wasn't so sure. He averted his gaze to the girl. She was watching the battle with one hand on her hip. She looked…distracted…
What am I doing? , she thought. Why am I wasting my time on an amateur? Yeah sure he's World Champion but he isn't the toughest Beyblader around. How did I let his talking get to me? Dammit…I'll just have to prove to them that he isn't unbeatable.
She focused on her Beyblade. "Move in!" she ordered.
For some reason Kai knew Tyson was in trouble now. But obviously Tyson didn't realize it until the girl's blade started attacking Dragoon, leaping back and attacking again with amazing speed. Dragoon began to wobble under its continues attacks.
"Hang in there, Dragoon!" he yelled.
Max turned to Kenny. "Chief, do something!"
Kenny was typing franticly into his laptop. "I'm trying!"
Realizing Chief was no help, Max shouted to Tyson. "Tyson, do something fast!"
Time to bring in the big guns, Tyson thought. "Dragoon!"
His Bit glowed in a bright blue light as his Bitbeast appeared, growling.
"Phantom Hurricane!" Tyson shouted.
A whirlwind burst from his blade surrounding Dragoon. Dragoon roared as it lunged at the other blade.
The girl didn't even batter an eyelid. "Fire Spin!" she ordered.
Without warning a cyclone of blue fire erupted from her Beyblade. The crowd was shocked and pleased. This was turning out to be a better show than they had expected.
"What the-?" Kai gasped in surprise. How was it possible her Beyblade could perform a move similar to Dranzer's Spiral Survival?
"Blow it out, Dragoon!" Tyson commanded.
"Tyson, no!" Ray's warning came too late.
Dragoon came too close to the other Beyblade and suddenly the cyclone burst into brighter and stronger flames. The hot air caused by the heat and wind from the impact began to lift Tyson's Beyblade off the ground.
"Go!" the girl ordered.
Her Beyblade moved in, slamming Dragoon completely of the ground, sending it flying.
"Dragoon!" shouted Tyson.
His blade landed a few feet outside the stadium with steam coming out of it. Tyson bent to pick it up but quickly redrew his hand, dropping it.
"Ow!" he yelped blowing at his hand.
"What's wrong?" Max asked concerned.
"It's hot!" Tyson exclaimed. The heat had gone through his glove to his skin. It was amazing his Beyblade didn't melt.
"Man, what just happened?" Ray asked. "Tyson, are you okay?"
"I…don't know…"he muttered as reality hit him.
"You lost." Kenny pointed out dryly.
Leave it to Kenny to point out the obvious.
Kai looked at the girl and her Beyblade. It was still spinning in the stadium. The flames were gone and it was as if nothing happened. At her silent command, the Beyblade returned to her and she caught it in her outstretched hand. If her Beyblade was scalding hot like Tyson's, she didn't show it or maybe she was immune to it.
I never seen a Beyblader that powerful. She beat Tyson without even calling out her Bitbeast. Who's she?
That moment she looked at him and their eyes met.
Shock jolted through his body like electricity.
Those eyes…I know those eyes…but where…when have I seen them before?
Her eyes narrowed darkening and she turned away. He watched as she disappeared into the crowd. No one stopped her. No one dared stopped her.
Who was she?
Author's note: I cleaned it up a bit so it would be easier to read. Enjoy!
