Note: hopefully we all know by now that i'm not Taoko Aoki, so i don't own Beyblade™

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Chapter 3: A Team

A girl watched her mother gasp for breath in the hospital room. The girl knew her mother was dying, but not a single tear fell from her face. Not one. Why should she cry? Crying wasn't going to make her mother well. Even though the girl was the only one in the room, she didn't show any signs of emotion.

"Mizuki…." The mother gasped. "Your brother. Shayou. Is he crying?" The girl shook her head. Shayou wouldn't cry either. He promised. The mother gave a weak laugh. She wasn't even that old yet, not even forty, and her daughter, not even ten.

"Mizuki…."she gasped. She took something out of her pocket. "Let me see your wings." And with that, Líng Chén died.

Kai grumbled as he stomped through the alley. What was going on? This girl from nowhere beats him flat, she happens to be his greatest rival's twin sister, and then she's going to join the team? Some up there had to have something against him.

"There you are!" Tysa huffed from behind him. Kai stopped for a moment, then kept walking.

"Hey, wait up!" Tysa called again, "You like dark places, don't you?"

"I might keep out of them if you stop appearing here." Kai retorted.

"Are you that big a sore loser?" Kai stopped.

"What did you call me?" He looked behind him at the smug-faced girl.

"You heard me, tough guy. Sore. Loser. You've been mad at me since I creamed you."

"Oh. Now you beat me?" Kai turned around. "That's not what you said to everyone else."

" 'Cause I didn't want you to be embarrassed." Tysa smirked. "But I might just change my mind."

"Is that a threat?"

"You bet it is."

"I wonder where those guys are?" Max asked. "Kai isn't an easy person to persuade to do anything."

"We're back!" Tysa called as both she and Kai walked through the office door.

"Ha ha ha. You were saying, Max?" Tyson laughed proudly.

"Well, now that everybody's here…" Mr. Dickenson stepped into the room wearing his usual suit and hat. He walked over to the desk in the back of the room and sat down.

"My, it's good to see everybody's faces again." He said. "And a new face." He looked over at Tysa.

"I'm Tysa, sir." She said.

"It's nice to meet you, Tysa. Now, I heard that you might join the Bladebreakers?"

"That's right, Mr. D." Tyson answered. "That's alright isn't it?"

"Of course it is. If it's ok with the rest of the team." Both Max and Ray gave their statements of approval. "Kai?" Kai didn't answer the request. He turned his head in a "whatever" mood.

"Ok, then. The tournament will start in about three months. I hope to see all of you then." Mr. Dickenson nodded.

"So, how do these tournaments work?" The Bladebreakers and their new addition were outside the Granger house, where their practices usually take place. It was a pretty nice day so they practiced near the river area.

"There's teams from all over the world competing for the world championship." Tyson answered his sister. "So, we go around the world to battle those teams." Tysa nodded, understanding.

"Have you ever been in a tournament, Tysa?" Max asked. Tysa nodded again.

"But no one's really any good." She admitted. "Just 'bladers who think they can stand a chance." She looked up at the sky. Clouds of all shapes were drifting through. "When Tyson sent me his letters, I heard about you guys. So, I rushed through my training, just so I could have some decent battles."

"Training?" Ray looked at Tysa. "What for?" Tyson looked down at Ray, who had been sitting on the steps while she stood. She smiled mischeviously.

"Me to know and you to find out." Ray smiled and sighed. Having Tysa on the team would be a good thing. No, maybe a great thing. Heck with that, it would be-

Ray shook his head. There was obviously something wrong with him….

"Tysa, can you shoot your beyblade for me?" Kenny asked. Tysa looked at him suspiciously. She still hadn't fully trusted him from yesterday. Still, she got out her beyshooter, and launched her beyblade. As soon as it hit the dirt ground, the Kairi started spinning rapidly and making quick motions.

"Wow. That's one fast beyblade, and I show know." Max watched the beyblade with interest as did Ray.

"Tysa said that the Kairi was half Chinese. Have you seen it, Ray?" Kenny asked. Ray shook his head.

"I don't think so…" he turned to Tysa, "It's really unique." Tysa rolled her eyes but smiled. As if she didn't hear that before.

"Tysa, how about we get you a beyshooter that will increase the Kairi's torque and attack power?" Kenny offered as the beyblade went back to Tysa's hand. Tysa's shooter was pretty basic. She nodded.

"I guess it's ok…"

"So, now our team has attack, defense, balance, endurance, and speed." Max declared. "Talk about well-balanced!"

"Yeah!" Tyson agreed. "We'll be unstoppable!"

Somewhere, deep somewhere (duh, Sakura! --;), a group of black hooded people gathered around a big sphere.

"I can sense the power of chaos arriving…." One of them said.

"Does this mean the other godly powers are becoming stronger?"

"Yes. Including ours. But we are not complete."

"Of course we aren't. We still need the power of the Líng Luán. Then we'll be the ultimate rulers.insert long evil laughing here"

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Yay! Third Chapter! Woohoo! (i'm not normally this hyper. I just won a softball game today. Yes, I have a life) also, reviews make me consious on what can make the story better! Add suggestions too!

Mizuki Sakura