After they got their team name, the Blazing Bladebreakers, everyone went to pack their things for the next day's trip. Everyone except for Rayna that is, she went straight to the airport afterwards.
In the morning, Mark's grandfather dropped Mark and Cam off and was the first ones to meet with Hiro.
"Hey!" the three turned their heads to see Gou waving and walking with Kaiya who looked very…annoyed.
They talked for awhile but they're going to miss their plane if a certain male team captain doesn't get here soon!
"Where is that boy?" Kaiya asked with her arms crossed,
"Does this happen often?" Gou asked,
"Yup," said Mark eating an apple,
"Sound like Gou when he oversleeps for training. Wakes up when he's suppose to be training. Then he wastes even more time trying to hide the two dolls he sleeps with at night that he thinks I don't know about," said Kaiya plainly,
"KAIYA! That is a complete lie! First off, they're stuffed animals, not dolls. Second, I stopped sleeping with them a year after our parents started going in and out of our home everyday. Third, I left my dragon and phoenix in Russia," Gou using his fingers to prove his point and blushed from embarrassment.
"I wasn't talking about your stuffed phoenix and dragon, I was talking about your 2 stuffed cats!" said Kaiya gesturing with one arm.
Gou didn't bother to argue this time; he just stared for while then turned his back to her and lowered his head trying to hide his face.
Mark had to bite his hand hard to keep himself from laughing. Cam just thought how much Makoto and Tai acted was similar to this. Hiro just shook his head and kept his look-out for his nephew.
"Okay, if we want to catch our flight, we have to get on in five minutes," said Mark looking at his watch.
"GUYS! SORRY I'M LATE!" Makoto shouted running towards them.
"Where have you been?" Cam asked the panting Makoto with his hands on his knees.
"I (pant) had to (pant) say bye to (pant) my mom and (pant) Grandpa. Except (pant) I couldn't find him (pant) for a while (pant) so-"
"Forget it, Makoto! Come on! We're going to miss our flight!" Mark exclaimed and grabbed his bag. The others followed up on that and they dashed to catch their flight.
One the plane:
"Hey Hiro, where's Rayna?" Makoto asked when he realized they were one Chinese girl short.
"She went to China ahead of us," Hiro answered.
"Oh, are we going to meet her there?" Makoto asked eating some of the snacks the plane is serving. Hiro nodded.
For the whole ride, they slept, they ate, Gou and Mark played cards, Cam checked on Makoto's beyblade and upgraded it, Cam did finishing touches on Mark's new blade, Hiro lectured a bit about the tournament, and Kaiya stared out the window.
After 4-5 hour plane ride, they landed in China. Makoto expected to see Rayna waiting for them or ready to pick them up or something, but Hiro lead the way. After picking up their bags, Hiro lead them through the streets.
"Wow! China's so cool!" said Mark seeing all the Chinese works and art.
"Yeah, except I don't understand any Chinese," said Makoto,
"I know basic greetings in Chinese," said Cam,
"Kaiya and I know some of the language, we just can't use the big words!" said Gou with a smile.
"Really? I didn't expect you guys to be Chinese. I mean, Cam's smart so I'm not surprised she knows a couple of words but you two?" said Makoto raising an eyebrow.
"Our mother is partial Chinese, moron," said Kaiya walking a bit faster ahead of Makoto.
"Well, gee, I'm sorry, I didn't know! But you didn't have to be so rude about it!" said Makoto angrily.
"It's true, we kind of picked up the language after hearing our mother speak Mandarin so much on the phone. And I like it, why do you think my shirt is Chinese styled?" Gou asked showing his shirt.
"Not to mention your long and very thick hair," Kaiyaadded without looking back at them.
"I like my rattails," said Gou in a kiddy way teasing his sister,
"Oh be quiet, I hate it when you talk like a little kid!"
"But I'm your little brother," Gou kiddy whined some more on purpose because he's not making a whiny face so Makoto and the others could tell he's just messing with her.
"You're 11 almost 12 years old. Grow up!"
"But Kaiya…"
"If you don't stop whining now I'll……."
"You'll?"
"Tell you what, stop making that annoying kiddy voice to get me irritated, and I'll get you sweets, my pay," said Kaiya and walked faster again to be next to Hiro.
"Score!" Gou cheered in a whisper.
"Do you do this often?" Mark asked,
"Occasionally, if she owes me," said Gou,
"Why does she owe you?" Cam asked,
"Well, she embarrassed me back before we left at the airport, and she took my candy stash and kept it for herself," Gou explained.
"Oh…So do siblings fight and embarrass each other all the time?" Makoto asked,
"Yup," Mark answered,
"And how would you know?" Cam asked,
"Uh, no reason," Mark replied quickly.
"She wasn't asking for a reason," Gou pointed out,
"Uh, just forget it!" said Mark and ran to catch up with Kaiya and Hiro.
"I wonder, how does my uncle know where he's going?" Makoto asked and Cam just shrugged.
Five minutes later:
"I'm hungry!" Makoto whined.
"Good, because we're here," said Hiro stopping in front of a 3 stories building. The kids looked up and realized it wasn't a building. It was decorated in red and the logo seems to be a white tiger.
"I don't know what it says," said Makoto turning his head to the side when he saw the five big lettered Chinese characters,
"Bai Hu Tzi Chzan Ting."
They all looked at Gou,
"What? I learned how to read too," said Gou,
"Okay…what does it mean?" Mark asked,
"'White Tiger Restaurant,' or 'The White Tiger Restaurant,'" Kaiya answered not even looking at the sign, just staring out in space until they start walking again.
"Why are we here?" Cam asked,
"Who cares? I'M HUNGRY! LET'S EAT!" Makoto shouted and dashed towards the restaurant but Hiro grabbed him before Makoto could even grab the doors.
"Slow down there Makoto, we don't want to draw attention," said Hiro and let's go of him when Makoto stopped moving forward.
Thanks to Gou and Cam's laptop/Dizzi's Chinese translations, they ordered their foods and they were served within minutes.
"Oh wow! It looks so good!" said Makoto nowdrooling.They were at a big table; in the center there was a big circle or a wheel that the food was put on. The wheel can be spun around so everyone can pick the food they want.
"It's a like a buffet, except we don't have to get up," said Mark and tried to use chop sticks was but was failing miserably.
"Oh yeah, Mark can't use chopsticks!" Makoto laughed between mouthfuls.
"Shut up," said Mark and took a fork to get what he wanted.
"But you live in Japan, don't you use chopsticks?" Gou asked eating some shrimp,
"…no, I gave up on practicing chopsticks when I was little because it was so hard," said Mark a bit embarrassed.
While they chat and ate amongst themselves, Hiro looked over at the two doors where chefs, waiters, and waitresses come in and out. Rayna stepped out wearing a tradition Chinese-styled waitress outfit with black and red colors. Hiro nodded to her and she nodded back.
Afterwards, after everyone stuffed their bellies, Hiro called out to Rayna for some tea; though, he didn't call 'Rayna' he just said,
"Some tea please!"
The others thought it was just some waiter or waitress, never has Rayna crossed their minds as being a waitress here.
Rayna came over as Hiro flipped over his small cup letting her pour.
"I'm full…" said Makoto,
"Me too," said Mark,
"You shouldn't eat that much, you're going to get a stomach ache!" said Cam seeing the boys groan.
"That was good, but our mother's fried rice was better, right Kaiya?" Gou asked after finishing up his lunch.
"Yeah, guess so," said Kaiya and flipped her tea cup for Rayna to pour. Yeah, she noticed Rayna.
"You guys should've saved room for the dessert!" said Gou with a smile.
"Chinese desserts?" Cam asked,
"Yeah! Translating, Kaiya and my favorite dessert are called Almond tofu. Then there are some Jell-O, green bean bun, red bean bun, and ice cream. There are other desserts too that you should try," said Gou listing the desserts out with his fingers.
"I would love to but…I'm so full!" Makoto groaned.
Rayna reached Makoto and flipped his cup for him and poured tea into it,
"So I guess we won't have to go through decorating the cake for you guys to eat if you can't eat them," she said.
"Cake? What ca- RAYNA?" Makoto exclaimed.
"Rayna!" Cam and Mark said in unison happily.
"Hi!" said Gou and Kaiya just puts a hand up for a 'hi.'
"What are you doing here?" Cam asked,
"I work here," she answered,
"Aren't you a little young to be working?" Mark asked,
"This restaurant belongs to my dad. Actually, he's the one that got me working here in the first place," Rayna replied with a smile.
"Don't you have a choice of whether you want to work here or not?" Cam asked,
"Yeah, but, after working here for a few days with my father, I started to enjoy it! I meet new people, I get good tips, a learned how to cook so when I'm not serving, I'm cooking, and my dad pays me," Rayna explained.
"Speaking of your father, is he here?" Hiro asked when he finished his tea,
"Um…yeah, I'll take you to him," said Rayna.
"Um, can I have some Almond Tofu?" Gou asked before she walked off with Hiro,
"Make that two please," said Kaiya without looking at them.
"I'll get someone to get that for you two," said Rayna. While putting the tea back, she asked a waiter she knew well to serve two Almond Tofu for table 11.
Rayna took Hiro to the elevator and they went up to the third floor. But first, she got some desserts and two drinks and puts them on a trey and brought it with her.
"Good business?" Hiro asked on their way up,
"Yeah, this is how my father expanded this place from a one floor restaurant to a three floor restaurant," said Rayna and took him down a hallway. They reached the only door at the end of the hallway.
She opened it and led Hiro in.
It was a big room, the boss's room. There was a table in the center, and sitting at the table were no other than team G-Revolution, excluding Daichi and Kenny.
Rayna went over and served the food to them.
"Thanks Rayna," said Max when Rayna served him and Tyson the cake.
"Yeah! You got me two more slices right?" Tyson asked reaching for the fork,
"Yup, here you go Mr. Granger/Kinomiya," said Rayan giving him the second plate.
Rayna walked over to her father and Kai,
"Lei Bah Bah, your drink," said Rayna giving Ray the Chinese soda he asked for (its good! Tastes like coke but a bit… stronger in a way).
"Thanks Xiao Sen," said Ray,
"Your welcome. Here's your drink Mr. Hiwatari," said Rayna.
"Thank you," he said taking it.
"Lei Bah Bah, I brought Hiro of the BBA here. He wishes to see you," said Rayna.
"HIRO!" Tyson exclaimed almost choking on the food. Hiro looked around,
"I thought Kaida was going to be here," said Hiro.
"She's walking somewhere on the streets of China Town," said Kai sarcastically even though it was kind of literally.
"Are you having marriage problems, Kai?" Hiro asked,
"No…"
"Kai's blinking a lot! He's lying!"
"Tyson calm down! You're acting like a kid again! Sheesh! We shouldn't have given him so many sweets!" said Max shaking his head.
"I'm sure Kaida's fine, I lead her to the back door a while ago, she shouldn't run into the kids and she knows here way around here. The kids are here, right Hiro?" Ray asked and Hiro nodded.
"Yeah, they all seem to get along nicely, except for Kaiya," and with that last comment he looked at Kai and Kai just shrugged like he knew nothing.
"Xiao Sen, pull up a chair for Hiro please," Ray asked,
"Yes Lei Bah Bah," said Rayna doing a small bow and went to get a chair on the other side of the room.
"Nice daughter you have there," said Hiro walking over waiting for his chair,
"She was easier to raise than Xiao Dien," said Ray,
"I have to ask, Ray, we call her Rayna, but you call her Xiao…what was it?" Tyson asked wiping his mouth with a napkin.
"Xiao Sen, that's her Chinese name. The only reason why you guys and everyone else call her Rayna is because Tyson had the idea that my name should be in her name," said Ray.
"Oh yeah…" said Tyson rubbing his head.
"Here you go Mr. Granger/Kinomiya," said Rayna pushing the chair in for him.
"Thanks, Rayna, and you can call me Hiro. That way, my brother and I won't get confused by who you're calling," said Hiro,
"Yes Hiro," said Rayna doing a small bow.
"Xiao Sen, why don't you go back to the others, this conversation is going to take a while," said Ray,
"Sure," said Rayna and did a small bow before she left.
"Remember, Rayna, you have to keep quiet about us," said Max putting his finger up to his lips.
"I will Mr. Tate/Mizuhura…um, if you don't mind me asking Mr. Hiwatari, you sure Mrs. Hiwatari will be alright out there?" Rayna asked and Kai just nodded.
"She's fine! Don't worry, after Kai starts missing her, he'll go out to find her himself!" said Max,
"Shut up," said Kai.
"Well, alright,"
"But remember, not a word about us," Max reminded again.
"Of course!"
"I want to go down too! My son's down there!" Tyson exclaimed and leapt from his seat. Kai grabbed him and Tyson fell over.
"You can see your son when he beybattles at the championships in Russia," said Kai and lets go.
"Ow…Fine!"
Rayna made her way downstairs again.
When she did, she saw that the Hiwatari siblings already finished their desserts and the others are still full. She sat down and joined them in their conversation.
Later, Hiro came back down and discussed the tournament.
"Now, I'm sure your parents have told you about their first tournament at least once. We're following the same rules that apply." Hiro got into explaining and talked about the things that stayed the same after the years, and the small adjustments made for now.
"Just stick with me guys, I know this place like the back of my head," said Rayna and everyone just agrees. Hiro let them explore China for a while as long as they get back to him before dinner. Rayna also mentioned that she'll take them to her home, White Tiger Village. While walking, they saw a blade that tried to attack them and the blade headed towards the alley.
"What was the big deal!" Makoto yelled and everyone puts their hands on their ears because of Makoto's very loud voice; Makoto was about to go after that blade when his friends stopped him.
"I forgot to mention, around here, there's a lot of street blading," said Rayna.
"Street blading? Hey, I've heard of that…now can I go teach whoever launched that blade a lesson!" Makoto asked but didn't wait for an answer and headed for the alley.
"Makoto! WAIT!" his friends cried and followed him.
There they saw a bowl with the same blade that attacked them. Then a boy appeared with messy light green (not too light so it's not lime) hair stepped out wearing traditional green Chinese clothing and called back his blade.
"Hello Xiao Sen, long time no see…traitor!" The others looked around,
"Who?" Makoto asked.
"He means me, Makoto. My Chinese name is Xiao Sen," explained Rayna.
"Oh okay…tell me why you attacked us you jerk!"
"My name is Chung-Chung and-"
"Or Jon-Jon if you're not used to Chinese names," said Rayna,
"I don't care! His blade almost hit me!" Makoto exclaimed.
"You're all talk," said Chung-Chung,
"WHAT?"
"Sen, I can't believe you. You actually went ahead and made this team?" Chung-Chung asked angrily,
"Well, I didn't make this team by myself! Of all people I thought my childhood friends and my brother would understand what I want to do with my life!"
"So…they know each other right?" Gou asked making sure he knows what might be going on.
"Do you know how upset Xiao Dien and the rest of us were?" Chung-Chung asked,
"Yes…I did. But I was even more upset that you guys went against what I wanted to do!"
"So…so we just sit back and watch them argue?" Gou asked and the others just shrugged.
"Just because you got Driger in the end, doesn't me-"
"It's Sen!"
Everyone looked over by the entrance to the alley they were in.
"Xiao Sen!" this tall boy with black hair and an orange jacket around his waist called out to her and ran up to her. Then he hugged Rayna hard.
"Ouch…hi, Xiao Tzi," she said.
"You're back! I missed you!" said Xiao Tzi and let's go of her,
"So did I," Rayna replied with a smile.
"Wait until Min-"
"You're actually happy to see her?" Chung-Chung asked,
"Of course!"
"Am I the only one siding with Dien?" Chung-Chung asked himself.
"Maybe."
Then, another guy with messy black hair that goes to his neck wearing a white shirt and black vest with white pants saw them in the ally. He walked towards them.
"Hey! Chung-Chung! Xiao Tzi! What are you doing here in the-XIAO SEN! Is that you?" he exclaimed.
"Hi Chang," she said with a small wave and a smile.
He went over and gave her a small and gentle hug,
"Reunion?" Gou asked the others and they just shrugged again.
"How have you been?" Chang asked,
"Great!"
"That's good, we missed you,"
"Thanks,"
"Is this your dream team?" Chang asked looking at the Blazing Bladebreakers.
"Yup! This is my dream team!" Rayna replied.
"Cool! Are you going to bring them to White Tiger Village?"
"Yeah, after I show them around first," Rayna answered,
"Maybe we can join you, then we can go to the village so M-" Chang was cut off by someone after he puts an arm around Rayna and ready to show her and her team around China.
"Why are you all here? We should be heading back to the village."
Everyone's eyes laid on a serious looking boy with his arms crossed in a traditional white and black Chinese outfit. He had cat yellow eyes, black hair that was tied in a down ponytail that reached the center of his body or his chest if the hair was in front, and hair bangs resembling Rayna's.
"Xiao Dien! It's Xiao Sen! She's back!" Xiao Tzi exclaimed.
"Yeah, and she's on her dream team!" Chang added happily.
"I'm not that happy to be honest," said Chung-Chung and walked over next to Xiao Dien who was staring at Rayna.
"You actually came back with a team?" he asked not changing his expression,
"Yes…Guh Guh,"
"Big brother?" Gou whispered to Kaiya.
"Guess so," she replied.
"They do look kind of alike," Gou added.
"…Are you participating in the tournament?" Xiao Dien asked once again, not changing the expression on his face.
"Well duh! Why else would we be here?" Makoto asked only to receive a death glare from Dien.
"I don't think we should mess with him," Mark whispered to Makoto,
"If you ask me, he's just doing the tough guy act," said Makoto,
"We'll see who's playing tough guy at the tournament. I'll see you there, Little Sister," said Xiao Dien turning around and walking off. The way he said 'Little Sister' wasn't a very nice way.
"Bai Hu Tzi! Let's go!" said Xiao Dien like it was a command,
"Yes, Xiao Dien," they all replied and followed him.
"Bye!" said Xiao Tzi to Rayna,
"See you at the village! We'll let our Egyptian friend know you're here, okay?" said Chang and winked at her.
"I know what you're thinking Chang! I don't like him like that!" Rayna shouted at Chang while blushing,
"He still thinks I like him…" Rayna mumbled crossing her arms,
"Like who? Does he mean himself?" Gou asked out of the blue.
"No, Chang's my cousin and he's talking about someone I'm friends with back at the village," Rayna replied.
"It sounded like you have enemies here," said Cam a bit scared,
"Yeah, guess I do," said Rayna sighing. She sighed again about five seconds later,
"Come on, we'll look around some more and I'll take you to the village," said Rayna and walked out of the alley.
F.Y.I.-If my story was dubbed from Japanese, Xiao Tzi would be Ash, Chung-Chung would be Jon-Jon, I'm not sure what Xiao Dien would be, maybe Chi. Chang would be the same. When Rayna said 'Guh Guh' to Xiao Dien, she was calling him 'Big Brother.' For both Chinese and Japanese, it's respectful to call your older siblings by Big Brother or Big Sister instead of their first names. When Rayna called her father, Ray, 'Lei Bah Bah' she was saying 'Father' with higher respect. In Chinese, saying Bah Bah is the same as saying 'Dad,' 'Daddy,' or 'Father' depending on your age or how you want to say Dad. Rayna added Ray's first name 'Lei' before Bah Bah making her say 'Father' but with more respect showing how well Ray has raised her and how much she respects and loves her family.
Sen and Dien are Chinese words. Sen Dien means lightning, but by themselves they also mean lightning.
If this was an anime or manga series, Rayna would be spelled: Rena.