Note: I still don't own Beyblade. Just Tysa and Kairi. I also own the Psykick's bitbeasts because I thought of them and their names. Just a heads up before Taoko Aoki is forced to sue me.

Chapter 16: The Newest Threat

"Holy…crap." The Bladebreakers and Tysa looked at the things that had just saved her life. Tysa flew down. Well, maybe not flew. The wings softened her fall a bit, but Tysa went to the ground peacefully with no injuries.

"Guess it was smart not to cover them up today…"Tysa muttered as the Bladebreakers ran up to her.

"Lucky that they're actually wings, huh?" Max said. Tysa narrowed her eyes.

"Lucky? You're not the one that's stuck with them, Max."

"Hey, you guys. What's up?" Goki called. Psykicks at 3:00. Not good. The Bladebreakers assembled themselved awkwardly (expect Kai of course) to hide Tysa's wings.

"Uh…what are you going?" Jim asked.

"The better question is…what are you doing here?" Tyson asked.

"We were just checking on you to see if you're ready for the tournament tomorrow." Kane answered.

"Well, um…we're fine. So if you don't mind…" Ray gently pushed them out. The team breathed a sigh of relief.

"The least you can do is hide them now." Tyson told his sister.

"If I could I would've done so, Tyson." Tysa scowled in reply.

"Anything you can get, Chief?" Max asked.

"Well, all it says is concentrate and the features will go away. But it says it can take months—"

"Done." Tysa's wings vanished and she walked toward the training area. "Let's get back to practice. I had enough of trees for a while."

"Grr…She shouldn't have survived…"

"Ah. They took back Manasa, Ciro?" Toki stood behind the new Hún Dún member.

"They have another…use for Manasa," Ciro smirked, "Look down there. They call themselves the Psykicks." Ciro pointed to the team in question.

"They use Dragon-like gods, correct?" Toki asked. Ciro nodded.

"I'm planning to take the place of one of them." Ciro pointed to the red-haired one.

"You're taking the place…of a girl?" Toki asked, concerned. Ciro was an odd one…

"No, I'm not being odd, if that's what you're thinking." Ciro confirmed. "Let's do some math shall we? The Líng Luán apparently has feelings for Guardian Driger. Guardian Driger has feelings for Líng Luán. Following, oh wise Toki?"

"Just get on with it." This isn't math…

"So, anyway…I've discovered that the Guardian Driger previously had feelings for the girl. If I can reveal those feelings…"

"And what are you planning to do for that, Ciro?"

"Well…uh…." Ciro had figured that part out, but when he thought about it, he wasn't really going to do that, and started struggling for words. "You know what? Better idea. Kaida!" A wind dragon (for the record, Kaida is a girl.) materialized to the side of Ciro.

"Kaida here can take her place. You know. Guardian Alora, the sub-dragon guardian of wind, for my wind dragon, Kaida."

"Can Kaida speak human? She's a dragon you know…"

"Don't worry. Karsen created a voice box for her. Behold!" Kaida vanished and reappeared in Salima's shape.

"Is this good enough, Toki? Master Ciro?" Kaida-Salima said in Salima's voice. Toki nodded.

"Very well, Ciro. Just don't be so…spontaneous. The best laid plans of mice and men…"

"Uh…Toki?" Ciro interrupted. "I'm not a mouse. Much less a man anymore, in a manner of speaking." Toki rolled his invisible eyes. Ciro always takes expressions literally…

Salima was alone in the locker room the next day. Her stomach felt twisted but she just told her team she needed some time alone. Salima sighed and looked at her new beyblade. It showed a dragon-fly with the power of wind on the bit-beast. She had picked the wind one because of Ray but…

"Hello, Salima."

"Huh?" Salima turned to the window when she heard her own voice and gasped. Her image was sitting on the window sill, smiling malevolently.

"I'll be taking your place in this tournament." The image said. She walked over to Salima.

"You—who are you? Why do you look like me? Eeeeee!" After a long while, Salima walked out of the room wearing a triumphant smirk.

"Then we'll see you there, ok?" Tyson asked. Ray nodded as the rest of the Bladebreakers left. Tysa stayed behind.

"Are you sure you're ok?" Tysa asked. Ray nodded again.

"I'm fine, Tysa. Really."

"Really?"

"Yes, Tysa. I'm fine."

"…..Be right back."

"Huh?"

"I'm going to get you some candy. It helps me feel better." Tysa said as she walked out the Bladebreakers' locker room. Ray couldn't help smiling a bit.

I know she would've offered that to anyone, but somehow, that's nice…

"Hello, Ray." Salima stepped into the room, giggling.

"Oh, hey, Salima. What's—huh?" Salima had stepped very close to Ray. Ray moved back awkwardly.

"What's wrong?" Salima cocked her head and smiled gently.

"Uh…well, actually…" Ray stood up off the bench. "I have to go to my team now. How about we—ummph!" Salima had put her mouth on Ray's.

"Hey, Ray!" Tysa opened the door. "I have the—hey!" Ray saw Tysa and pushed Salima away.

"Tysa, it's not—"

"Well, I see you found a different kind of candy." Tysa scowled and ran out.

"Tysa!" Ray called. He turned to glare at Salima, but she wasn't there. He shook his head. That didn't matter right now. He had to find Tysa…

"Ladies and Gentlemen!" DJ called. "Welcome to the second round of the Asian tournament! On this side we have Team Psykick! On the other side there's the Bladebreakers!" Both the two teams only had three people. Team Psykick was missing Salima, and the Bladebreakers were missing Tysa and Ray.

"Do you know where they are, guys?" Hilary asked. The Bladebreakers shrugged and shook their heads. Max had checked the locker room a little earlier and neither Ray or Tysa was there.

"They'll come, Hil. Don't get so worried." Tyson said.

"I have every right to be worried, Tyson!" Hilary scowled. "Those Hún Dún people could've gotten to them!"

"Then I feel sorry for them…" Kai muttered. By them, he meant the Hún Dún.

"Stupid Ray. Stupid Salima." Tysa muttered as she trudged outside. She had at least thought Salima was her friend…Tysa scowled again and put some of the candy in her mouth. It was supposed to be Ray's but she didn't care anymore.

So, you can kiss Kai, but Ray can't kiss Salima? Her thoughts asked.

I never asked Kai to kiss me! It was…unexpected.

And you didn't push him off the second time, why?

That was unexpected too! And I…didn't have all my strength back! I probably couldn't have!

So what if Ray saw you?

He would… Tysa's face became guilty…probably blame Kai…

"Tysa!" Ray ran up and started walking behind her. Tysa didn't look at him.

"What do you want?" She asked. Her tone sounded depressed. Ray's stomach twisted at the tone.

"I'm sorry, Tysa! Really! I didn't know she was going to—"

"Oh, really?" Tysa still didn't looked behind her. "From my end you looked like you liked it."

"What can I do to apologize?" Ray begged. Tysa stopped for a while and looked behind her. Ray looked almost desperate for forgiveness. Tysa thought he almost looked like a lost cat and internally swept the thought from her mind. It was already disturbing on how he looked like a cat to begin with.

"The first round will start soon! Will everybody please arrive quickly!" A voice sounded from inside.

"I'll think about it." Tysa ran ahead of Ray. "C'mon. We're going to be late!"

"Hey! Wait up!" Ray ran behind the laughing Tysa. They ran into the building and stopped when they heard a familiar voice coming from the Psykick's locker room.

"Mmmm….mmmmph!….mmph…"

"Isn't that…"

"Salima?" Tysa finished as both she and Ray ran into the room. Salima was sitting on the floor with her hands and feet together and her mouth clamped.

"Mmmmmha! Mmmmay!" Salima yelled.

"You can open your mouth, Salima…" Tysa told her, both her and Ray unaware to the invisible chains. Salima looked like she was about to glare but rolled her eyes.

"Wait…There's something wrong." Ray approached Salima and touched where her hands were together. Some sort of barrier was preventing Ray from touching Salima's hands.

"Wind?" Tysa asked.

"There has to be some way to break this…" Ray said. Tysa shrugged. Salima rolled her eyes again. Some days it didn't pay to get out of bed.

"I'll tell you if you want." A hooded figure stood outside the door.

"You again!" Tysa declared. Ray ran up to where Tysa was and Salima's eyes widened.

"What? Me again? Oh." The hooded figure took off his hood and revealed a young, white skinned male with blond hair and brown eyes. "We all look the same with the hood I guess. My name's Ciro."

"Did you do that to Salima?" Ray asked.

"Me? Nah. That was my friend, Kaida." A dragon appeared by Ciro's side. "Kaida, Líng Luán. Líng Luán, Kaida. Kaida already met your two friends." Tysa thought for a while. Then, it hit her and she scowled. It was that dragon that kissed Ray.

"Free, Salima!" Tysa demanded.

"Oh, I'd be happy to, except, well, I can't." Suddenly, the locker room began to warp. "You first have to beat me in a…uh…what is it called now? Oh yeah! Beybattle!" Ciro smirked menacingly. The room began to warp more and more, oddly causing head pressure to the three teens. Tysa and Ray grunted as their headaches became worse. Salima downright fainted. She shouldn't have gotten out of bed anyway...

"Can't take the pressure? Most guardians can't. Don't worry. As soon as you lose, you'll be free, and your gods will be mine."

End of Chapter 16. And don't worry. I'm only planning to use the teams in Japan. I'm not going around the world. And where did Manasa go? Here's a hint: She's going to make a big threat even bigger.

Mizuki Sakura