Chapter 14

"Why are we in town, guys? I thought we were supposed to be training." Kenny's whining could be heard through out the whole afternoon two days after the BBA Nite.

"Will you give it a rest, Kenny?" Tyson said irritated. "We're already in town so there's nothing you can do about it."

This's all Enrique's fault, Kenny thought. If he hadn't showed up before training started to invite us to town, we would all be training.

"Hey, did you guys notice where did Kai go?" Ray asked looking around.

"And he does it again." Tyson groaned. "What's wrong with that guy?"

While they were talking, something caught Jade's attention and she glided off towards it.


On his own, Kai found time to think as he wandered aimlessly through Florence. Anyone looking at him could never tell he was sleep deprived. It wasn't because of the training. He could take the training Kenny made for them. No, it wasn't that. It was his dreams. Those dreams that plague his sleep. All about the same girl, the one with green eyes from the abbey. But those dreams were vague, unclear like a misty window. They were like a memory locked away trying to get free.

Who was that girl? What made her so special for Boris to bring her to the abbey? And her eyes...where have I seen them before?

Triggered by those innocent eyes, another pair invaded his thoughts; those that were filled with hidden pain and sorrow.

Jade's haunted green eyes.

Kai's hands became fists. Why? Why can't I stop thinking about her...? Dammit.

Sighing he looked up to find himself in front of a pawn shop. He stared through his reflection on the store window at a sliver chained necklace with a deep red pendent in the shape of a phoenix. It reminded him of Dranzer.

Bet Jade will like that, the voice in his head said.

Kai groaned inwardly. This can't be happening to me...why can't you just leave me alone?

The voice snickered. It's a little hard to leave myself alone.

Kai growled. Great. I must be going crazy. But still...

The pendent shimmered in the light, drawing him and before he even knew what he was doing, Kai went into the shop.


It was while before they realized Jade was gone. Max was the first to notice when he turned to ask her something.

"Hey, guys. Where's Jade?" he asked.

"Wasn't she behind us?" Kenny and Tyson turned.

"She was." Ray said.

"That girl needs a babysitter." Tyson said.

Enrique piped in. "I think I know where she went." his finger pointed out a park across the road where lots of kid have gathered around the area near the fountain.

"Whoa, what's going on there?" Ray wondered aloud.

"There's a very special Beystadium there in the center of the fountain but no one so far has the skills to control their blades in that dish. It's rare to see someone use it." Enrique explained.

Tyson was already making his way across. The others had to run to catch up.

"Come on!" they heard a girl's voice as they approached. "Isn't there anyone in this whole city who can beat me?"

The five boys pushed their way to the front and came face to face with a girl with wavy aquamarine hair and grayish blue eyes. Her opponent was an older kid who was staring at his broken blade in disbelief. The girl looked smug as she called back her spinning blade from the dish in the middle of the fountain. The Beystadium was a masterpiece, made out of two dishes; the smaller one within the bigger dish. Water spilled from the bigger dish until it overflowed. The center and smaller dish has a statue of two dolphins spouting water from its blowholes.

The girl's Beyblade was just as nearly impressive as the Beystadium. Her aqua blade had a very unusual attack ring. Instead of just three attack spikes in the shape of a shark's dorsal fin, it also had three fin-like defense pointers that went alternate with the attack dorsal.

"Cool blade." Tyson smirked.

"So who would be my next victim?" the girl's eyes scanned the crowd and landed on Tyson. "How bout you, twerp?"

"Twerp? Watch it!" Tyson fumed, starting to pull out Dragoon but a sharp quite voice stopped him.

"Don't, Tyson."

He turned his head slightly and saw Jade standing next to him.

"There you are." Max said.

Tyson stared at her, startled by her sudden appearance. "What are you talking about, Jade?"

"Don't fight her." Jade said her green eyes grave and serious.

"Hold it!" the aquamarine-haired girl interrupted, placing a hand on her hip. "Hm...You seem like a more worthy opponent. How bout it?"

Jade gave a small smirk. "I ain't stupid. No thanks." she spun on her heel and started walking through the crowd which parted for her.

"What?" the girl stared at her.

"I'm not going to waste my time on some kid who likes to show off." Jade said without looking back.

Tyson ran after her. "Hold on, Jade. What's going on?"

"Me? A show off?" the girl scoffed. "At least I have something to show off about unlike you. You're just another kid with a Beyblade."

Jade stopped, pausing. Tyson wondered whether the girl's words have gotten to her. As a matter of fact it was the other way around. Jade's words had stirred the girl's curiosity. A smile replaced the smirk on Jade's face as she turned.

"You're on."

As both girls prepared to battle in the fountain stadium, Dizzi found out who Jade's opponent was and she wasn't too happy about it.

"Bad news, guys." she said.

"What's it, Dizzi?" Kenny asked, not liking his Bitbeast's tone.

"That girl Jade's about to battle, her name's Nessa Cleo. She's a member of the Block B champion team." Dizzi informed him.

"What? The Block B champion team?" Ray exclaimed.

"That's right." Dizzi said. "They're known as the Titan Bladers from Greece and from what I had collected on Nessa, she has a Bitbeast and its specialty is water."

"Water?" Max gulped.

"That can't be good." Enrique put in.

"Yup. And although I hate to say this but, things are not gonna look good for Jade." Dizzi concluded.

"Come on, guys." Tyson said. "It's Jade. She'll pull through. I know she will."

"Ready! 3, 2, 1! Let it rip!" Nessa shouted as she pulled on her rip coil setting her blade loose.

Jade launched Draizer into the smaller dish with dead accurate, impressing the crowd. But not Nessa.

"Beginner's luck." Nessa smirked. "Go, Neptune!"

"Draizer, move in!" Jade ordered.

Both blades slammed into each other. Nessa's blade retaliated under the blow of Draizer.

"Why don't you just give up, Jade?" Nessa said.

"In your dreams." Jade replied.

Nessa laughed scornfully. "Fine. In that case, Poseidon, appear!"

The center of her Bit started to glow and a man figure rosed from it.

"Wow!" Tyson gaped.

The Bitbeast that had appeared was in the form of a merman with a trident in his hand.

"I can't watch!" Dizzi said panicky. "Close my lid, Chief!"

Jade stared at the Bitbeast. Oh no. Draizer doesn't stand a chance against that Bitbeast. We have to attack now!

"What's the matter, Jade?" Nessa sneered. "You're looking a little pale. Maybe you need to cool off!"

Jade glanced at her blade, still withstanding the other blade's advancements. "Draizer, Flamethrower!"

Her Bitbeast appeared, baring its fangs. It opened its jaws and let loose a steam of fire on the other Bitbeast. Poseidon merely pointed its trident at the rush of fire and a blue beam shot from it. The beam went right through the flames, dissolving it into nothing before it hit Draizer. The blue wolf let out a growl as its blade shook under its attack.

"Draizer!" Jade called out to it. "Hang it there!"

"It's over for you, Jade." Nessa said. "Poseidon, Tsunami Wave!"

Her blade speeded up the slope of the dish, building momentum. At the same time, the water from the bigger dish started to churn and rock, creating a big wave that rosed over the blades.

"Now!" Nessa shouted.

Following Poseidon's lead, the wave came crashing down on Draizer. Jade could only watch helplessly as the wave overwhelmed Draizer, completely overpowering it. Her blade was washed out of the dish, landing it her feet with a defeated click. Jade could only stare in shock.

I lost...

Nessa laughed shortly, savoring her victory. "I won and you lost. My blade is undefeatable." she summoned back her blade, turned on her heel and walked off, leaving behind a stunned group of Bladebreakers.

Tyson made a face after her. "What a show-off."

Ray looked at Jade as she slowly picked up her blade. "Hey, Jade...are you alright?"


Chuckling under her breath, Nessa started humming a song as she walked away from the crowd.

"Well, Nessa. I heard you put on quite a show back there." a voice said.

She turned facing her leader and the rest of her team flanking by his sides. "You were watching, Nicky?"

"We all were." a pretty girl with long luscious brown hair said.

"You're such an idiot, Nessa." another boy snapped.

Her eyes narrowed. "Excuse me, Christopher. In case you haven't noticed, I won that match."

"Yeah but you didn't realized who that girl was." Chris short for Christopher retorted.

"Chris, be quiet." Nicky cut in. To Nessa, he said. "Chris is right."

"You can't be serious." Nessa gasped.

"In case you haven't noticed, that girl is a member of the opposing team, the Bladebreakers." the brown-haired girl said.

"Shut up, Megan. "Nessa snapped. "If she is a Bladebreaker, then her team can't be all that strong. I did after all beat her."

"True." a girl with blonde hair and sweet blue eyes said. "But from what I heard about them, they have a certain ability to recover from their lost."

"And now that they what you re capable of, Nessa, your next battle won't be so simple." Nicky lectured.

"Blah blah blah." she rolled her eyes. "Don't worry. The Championships is in the bag with the Gods on our side, of course."


Ray has never seen Jade like this before. She stared at her blade wondering silently what went wrong.

"Hey, Jade." Tyson tried to comfort her. "That match didn't count."

"You don't get it do you, Tyson?"

"Huh?" Tyson looked up. "Kai!"

Kai walked up to them, his gaze fixed on Jade as she looked at him with unreadable eyes. "You don't get it." he repeated.

"What do you mean?" Max asked.

"It means we're not the strongest team around anymore." the bluenette said.

"What? Just because Jade was beaten by a member of the Titans?" Tyson argued. "It wasn't a fair battle. Her Draizer was overpowered by that water Bitbeast."

"That's no excuse for a lost." Kai said harshly.

Ray cut in before Tyson could have his say. "He's right. This could have happened to any of us."

"We have to improve our power by next week." Max said.

"That means you guys are gonna need all the help you can get." Enrique said.

"We have to train hard and I mean really hard." Kenny said. "Dizzi and I'll do our best to find out what we can about the Titan Bladers."

Tyson pumped his fist. "No matter what, the Bladebreakers will always be on the top!"