No I'm not back in America. I'm in Taiwan and I'm allowed to save my documents on my cousin's computer. So I'm able to update! You don't have to wait two months for those that even know about me being gone! But I wasn't able to meet anybody famous while I was in Japan sadly. But I bought a bunch of Beyblade DVD's (they were on sale) and they have the coolest cover of Rei on one of the G-Revolution DVD's. He actually looks like he wants to kill someone! Oh! Okay, in Chinese, most of the characters in Beyblade have good voices. Max's voice in particular sounds like it's in between his English and Japanese voice! Hitoshi/Hiro sounds older than the English in my opinion. Kai's got a good voice, but needs a better actor sadly. Daichi sounds a tad too younger than he's supposed to be, either that or I'm used to his English voice. Am I missing anyone…uh, if you know Naruto, Neji sounds like a girl in Chinese when you first hear it!

"I should've known you were behind this, Ivanov/Valkov!" Kaiya grabbed Tara by her long white jacket's collar.

"Behind this? I'm here to save your sorry behind, Hiwatari!" and with that she got Kaiya to release her and fixes her outfit.

"Yeah right! Then explain why you're not hiding out like we are!"

"Simple, I know my way around here. My father used to take me here all the time over the summers but then Biovolt came along and took almost the entire island over. I can't believe you of all bladers would walk straight into their trap."

"Go blame the team I'm on. I'm stuck with idiots with the exception of Rayna and Cam."

"Look, Hiwatari, I'm here to get you and your team out of here because my job right now is to stop Biovolt," said the Russian red-head,

"Give me one reason I should believe that," Kaiya stated with a very doubtful tone.

"H-Hey, Tara, maybe we should-"

"Would you just stay out of this, Bryce?" Tara snapped at her teammate who just rolled his eyes and went back inside the cave

"Kaiya! Stop it! She's telling the truth!" said Gou and Kaiya turns around.

"When did you get here?" Kaiya asked walking over to her brother and Rayna and started examining,

"I'm not hurt Kaiya, honest!"

"You sure?"

"Yes!"

"Tara didn't glomp you, did she?" Kaiya asked,

"She didn't even know who I was!"

"That's a first," said Kaiya in surprise. Tara was fixing her hair. It was tied like pigtails but her hair was sticking out like icicles instead of a single smooth hair curve like how normal pigtails are.

Kaiya almost forgot about Makoto and looked inside the cave; he was being treated with new bandages by two guys.

"If your teammates harm him, I will hurt you," said Kaiya in a deadly voice giving Tara a death glare,

"Hey, I'm not heartless and careless like you," said Tara and crossed her arms.

"Hey Tara! I found two more!" the short girl shouted as she came walking towards them with Mark and Cam, Mark was trying to get small branches out of his hair.

"Good job, Ivy. And did you plant-"

"Of course! That's how I found these two!" said Ivy.

"Good…Kaiya, take your team and follow me and do it fast!" Tara ordered and called her teammates: Ivy, Bryce, and Stefen.

"Kaiya?" Gou asked,

"Go on, follow her, I'll help Makoto," said Kaiya.

"Well okay," said Gou shrugging. Mark was against it but Cam grabbed him to quickly follow Tara,

"Where's the fire, Cam?" Mark asked,

"Didn't you see? That girl planted a bomb when she found us! That's why we have to get off this island now!"

"…What?" Mark asked, not sure he heard right.

"You heard me!"

Kaiya puts Makoto's arm around her shoulder and helps him up,

"They didn't do anything to you right?" Kaiya asked and starts leading him out.

"No harm done," Makoto replied with smile.

"Hn…hey Makoto,"

"What?"

"Please don't smile like an idiot in situations like these," Kaiya stated with a monotone voice and Makoto felt like a thunderstorm just struck.

"But I like doing that…" Makoto whimpered.

"Shut up…"

Makoto puts on a face showing he was pouting.

"No need to be mean about it," he said.

"I can easily drop you right here and now and leave you here anytime I want to you know," Kaiya pointed out,

"Then Mark, Cam, and Tai will hate you forever," Makoto reminded,

"Yeah well I'm already hated by them, whoever Tai is," said Kaiya and continues to help Makoto walk without losing any stamina.

"They don't hate you. If anyone should hate you it should be me but…I don't hate you, Kaiya,"

"…"

"Kaiya?"

"…That's what you say, doesn't mean it's true," said Kaiya and continues to keep her eyes focused on what's in front of her.

"But I always tell the truth, unless I need to lie for a very good reason of course. You see Kaiya; you're just so caught up in being the best blader in the world that you don't see the good part of life. Like friends, friends are great examples. You now have your brother, Mark, Cam, Rayna, and me! And when my friend, Tai gets back, he'll be your friend too. Okay?"

"Kinomiya, you don't understand anything…Just because you say so doesn't make it true."

Makoto grew an anime vein but it went away when he realized something,

"Why are you helping me?"

"…Just. Uh, just because," she answered quickly.

"If that's what you say," said Makoto and a sheepish grin spreads itself over his face.

"Hey! Hiwatari! Hurry up and get yourself and your boyfriend here now!" Tara shouted by the shore. Mark and Gou fell over on the boat laughing as Makoto was dropped to the ground, luckily, the ground was sand.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY YOU RED-HEADED DOG?" Kaiya exclaimed and attacks Tara.

"…Uh shouldn't we do something?" Rayna asked when she saw that Gou and Tara's team wasn't even doing anything about their fighting.

"One thing I've learned with my sister is to never get involved with a cat fight," Gou answered and Rayna just stared at him,

"Not that cat fight means any offense to you!" said Gou quickly.

"Ow…" Makoto got himself to sit up and then to a stand.

"She could've at least given me a warning before she released my arm," Makoto mumbled and slowly made his way towards the others.

"You two are more immature than I thought," said Stefen, the tallest of the team with messy light brown hair and now putting on a warm brown coat. Ivy tosses some coats to the B. Bladebreakers. The boat was set off and is getting closer to Russia. It was fairly big boat, not too small but not huge either. Stefen and Bryce take turns driving it.

"I'm not immature, I'm your leader," said Tara calmly putting on her white furry coat.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT ME YOU PIECE OF-"

"Kaiya! Stop making a fuss of everything!" Gou interrupted, grabbing her around the waist when she stood up. Kaiya sat back down and crossed her arms.

"So Ivy, how long until the island-"

Tara was cut off by the sound of an explosion from behind them.

"Never mind," she said and relaxed.

"Does your parents even know what your doing?" Kaiya asked,

"No," Tara simply answered.

"Hn…"

"Ow…" Makoto was still in pain but he looked like he was trying to resist against the pain as much as he could.

"Hey Makoto…uh, sorry for dropping you like that earlier," Kaiya mumbles and stayed away from any eye contact.

"Did Kaiya just say…she was sorry?" Cam asked,

"Oh, so I wasn't hearing things?" Mark asked. Kaiya grew an anime vein,

"I HAVE A HEART TOO YOU KNOW?" she exclaimed at the two.

"I see you and your team are very close," said Tara, half teasing in which that smirk shows.

"We're not close!" Kaiya snapped standing up again,

"I thought those that fight a lot are those that are very close to each other. At least that's the case for people like you," said Tara.

"Well it's not!"

"If it was! It would find it very hard to believe if she's was closest to Makoto!" said Gou,

"Oh? You have a problem with the greatest blader's son?" Tara asked,

"Thank you! Someone knows who I am!" exclaimed Makoto.

"That's none of your business…"

"Oh really? So who was responsible for that boy's injuries?" Tara asked with a proud look on her face like she just accomplished something. Kaiya said nothing and just stood there clenching her fists tighter and tighter.

"Was that battle good enough to satisfy you? If it's not, I'll work harder and get stronger. I know you know a lot about beyblading more than I do, that's why for some weird reason you're my motivation to get stronger. So…let me know if that was good enough when I feel better," said Makoto and walks on.

"…" Kaiya was furious that maybe, just maybe, Gou was right. Then Makoto, he just made it worse by proving her opinions on him wrong. She hated that feeling, hated it so much. The feeling of guilt.

The image of Makoto lying on the ground after he collapses raced through Kaiya's mind. Finally she looked up at Tara,

"…It's not my fault that he's too stubborn to even stop himself from proving to me that he really is...really is a good blader!" she shouted and her face met her hands and she ran towards the inside of the boat with tears flowing.

"Kaiya!" Gou shouted and was about to go after her but Tara grabbed him by the sleeve.

"Why did you have to say those things to her?" Gou asked angrily.

"Your sister has to learn some time that she has to accept defeat!"

Gou thought about that. This wasn't over Kaiya's beybattle loss with Makoto; it was over the rivalry of which of the two is truly the stronger blader. Kaiya knew that Makoto was stronger but she never admitted it deep down or on the surface. Because of that denial, Makoto pushed himself too hard during the battle against Roger and Laird to show that he can be as strong as Kaiya's expectations want his skills to be.

"…Still," Gou started but couldn't finish. Tara sighed,

"Come on, lets all head inside, it's only going to get colder," she said and opened the door to the inside of the boat for everyone to walk in.

"You two can handle getting us to Russia?" Tara asked and the two boys nodded.

"Good boys," she said.

"Girls on the right, boys on the left," Tara pointed.

"Great, we're sharing?" Makoto asked,

"Yes, deal with it," said Tara and left the team to be.

The girls' room was locked,

"Kaiya! Open the door please!" Cam called,

"Please Kaiya?" Rayna asked but both received no reply.

"Let me try. Hey Kaiya! Open this door! I want to talk! Kaiya!" Gou called and he too, got no answer.

"KAIYA!" all three shouted and only received a bang from the other side of the door,

"That means she wants us to shut up," said Gou,

"How do you know?" Mark asked,

"Simple, she throws something at the door when she locks herself in when I keep nagging her on the other side.

"Okay, so if Kaiya refuses to open the door, are we supposed to share the room with the girls too?" Mark asked,

"NO!" Rayna and Cam shouted.

"I don't think there's room anyway," said Gou looking inside the cramped room,

"I have a feeling that Russian did that on purpose," said Mark.

"Look, let's give Kaiya some space," said Rayna and heads into the boys' room,

"Yeah, let's hang out before dark hits," said Cam and followed Rayna who were followed by Mark and Gou.

Makoto leans on the door of the girls' room. He can hear some sniffing and sobbing. Who would've thought that the toughest person he's even met, next to Uncle Hiro, his mother, and Grandpa, would cry like that. He knocked on the door,

"Kaiya?"

"…"

"Kaiya, open the door. It's just me. You want to talk about this don't you?"

Makoto felt like something hit the back of his head when another item was thrown at the door.

"Uh, I'll take that as a 'no,' but I know that you want to…Kaiya, please? I want to talk to you. Look Kaiya, it wasn't your fault that I'm hurt. It wasn't, I swear. I would've pushed myself to win against the Majestics anyway. Come on, open the door and smile! I know you can!"

Tara watches as Makoto tries to get Kaiya to open the door.

"Hn…Those have no idea what the other means to them," she thought and smirked, then stopped watching.

"Kinomiya…you're pouring your heart out to her and you don't even know it," said Tara and flicked her short bangs.

"Makoto! Shut up!" Kaiya shouted,

"…Will me shutting up make your problems go away?"

"Yes…" said Kaiya, just barely heard by Makoto.

"Stop being an idiot! I know you're smart! You should know that you don't have to go through things alone! Especially if you have friends like your brother, the team, and me. Wake up and face what's in front of you, and guess what? Once you open this door, I'm in front of you."

Kaiya laid on the bed thinking and listening to everyone trying to get her to open the door. But she never really heard what they were saying. She didn't want to listen, just left alone with her bit beast which felt like the only thing that was warm on this planet. Everything was silent to her, until she heard a knock with the only voice she didn't want to hear. It wasn't helping that he won't shut up but even after telling him to, he won't.

"Dranzer…what should I do?"

"I'm just about to give up now…" Makoto mumbles when he heard nothing from Kaiya and hits his head gently on the door.

"Kinomiya…"

"Yes?" Makoto immediately answers. Kaiya's voice was closer; she was right behind the door.

"How come you…why do you think that people shouldn't go through things alone?"

"Huh? Uh because that's the way I am I guess. The more people try to do things on their own, the more they get stubborn about it and that's how most people get hurt…They, they don't want help and that leads to their own end. Almost happened to someone I know. And I don't want to experience something like that again either so I want you know that. I don't have a lot of friends. Just Mark, Cam, and Tai. But the four of us are friends forever and I never have been happier when I met Rayna, Gou, and you. Well…you and I got off on the wrong foot (grins), but I still wanted to be your friend. Now I have six friends and even though you and I fought a lot, I don't remember a dull moment with this team and I don't remember a lot of sadness. I mean, sure all of us got one or more of someone else worried or scared, but not sad. Well you're sad now, which is why I want you to feel better by staying right here until you open this door and smile at me."

"…Makoto…" Kaiya never imagined Makoto could be so strong with words.

"I would always run to Mother and Father and sometimes even Gou when I feel like crying. But…besides Gou, there's no one to run to. Who am I supposed to cry on? Why? Why Kinomiya?"

"Kaiya…? Kaiya are you okay in there?" Makoto asked and reached for the door knob. He was going to open this door one way or another, so he changed his mind about struggling with the door knob, he decided to try and knock it down, okay, kick it down; hey, this ship looks old enough, it's possible. Makoto was just about to do that when the door swung open with Kaiya standing there and Makoto stopped himself, almost losing his balance.

"Ow…I'm okay. Uh…I wasn't about to do anything I swear!" he said quickly with his hands waving a 'no.' But it lasted really short when weight was put on him when Kaiya grabbed him and kept him close.

Makoto tensed up and felt his body temperature rise.

"Whoa, is Kaiya…hugging me? Holy Dragoon, I actually got hugged by a girl other than my mom and Cam!"

Makoto relaxed yet he still felt kind of red, but he hugged her back anyway.

"He's so…warm. Warm and soft," Kaiya thought and felt like she was about to fall asleep on a cloud. At least, she felt like that until a coughing sound was heard.

"JIMINY CHRISTMAS! Am I the only one seeing this?" Mark exclaimed and continued to choke on whatever he was eating or drinking before. The others popped their heads by the door. Kaiya grew an anime vein and immediately went over and slams their door shut. Makoto stood there as chaos seems to have erupted in there. Kaiya kept her hand on the door knob and looked up at Makoto, with a slight bit of red painted on her face,

"I…want to talk," she said shyly. Makoto smiled,

"Okay," he said and took Kaiya back outside…the snow was beautiful.

Cam patted Mark's back,

"I wasn't the only one that saw that right?" Mark asked when he felt better.

"No, I did. It was really cute," said Rayna with a smile.

"Saw what?" Gou asked,

"Your sister and Mako were hugging,"

"…You got to be kidding!" Cam and Gou exclaimed, half laughing.

"He's not, you guys," said Rayna,

"…Oh my gosh, it's the apocalypse!" Cam shouted.

"I think it's nice that the two are getting along," said Rayna,

"You know what? Me too," said Gou.

"But it's not normal!" Mark and Cam said simultaneously.

"But what's normal in this world? How the heck does Tara's hair stay like that?" Gou asked,

"…Okay, he's got a point there. Come on, who wants to go spy on them?" Mark asked and got two 'yes.'

"But we shouldn't!" Rayna went against it.

"Stay here if you want to," said Mark as he lead the other two with him.

"You're going to get caught by Kaiya, then you're in for it," Rayna warned.

"Oh let them. They're going to learn from their mistakes," said Tara. Rayna looked to herleft,

"When did you get here?" Rayna asked,

"A while ago," Tara replied.

"So…how does your hair stay like that?"

Please R and R!

The competition at the Russian tournament was small but tough. But with the support of the All Starz, Bai Hu Tzi, Majestics, and each other, they're going to pull through…or will they?