the...um...site apologizes for not having this up sooner. I couldn't upload anything at all! So, in my boredom, I wrote this and the next two chapters which I am posting up the day before I leave for two weeks (school's out y'know!). Sob sob, cry cry, now read.

And i still don't own Beyblade!

Chapter 32: The Supposed Rescue

The Bladebreakers (minus Tysa of course) had managed to find a local village a few days ago, and had been thinking nonstop on how to find Tysa.

"Dammit, Hitoshi…" Tyson growled as he hung up the payphone in the inn's lobby. "Cell phones are so people can talk to you, not so you can ignore them!" The rest of them had grim faces at a nearby table. Tyson never—if not rarely—cursed, and they had no clue where Tysa was. When the storm cleared up two days ago, the local police (if that's what they're called in Russia. Being I don't live in Russia, I wouldn't know) had searched the now clear tundra for Tysa, but she wasn't there. Just her yellow and red hat was found. That just made Tyson even more frustrated. He stormed back to the table, pulled a chair, and sat in it. No words were spoken at the table. What could they say: Don't worry, Tyson. Even though there's little hope of finding your twin sister in a frozen Russian tundra, she'll be ok.

Yeah. That would work.

Their thinking was partially interrupted by the jingling of bells that meant someone was coming through the door. The rest of the Bladebreakers didn't pay attention to the arrival, but Kai quickly realized who it was.

"Hide!" he hissed, forcing everyone underneath the table.

"Kai, what's the big—"

"Shh!" Kai whispered harshly, cutting of Tyson. The Bladebreakers looked and gasped. Boris had walked straight to the bar at the other side of the lobby.

"Give me the usual, Fodor." He said as he sat down. The bartender quickly made a drink and gave it to Boris.

"So, how's business, Boris?" Fodor asked, obviously unaware on what Boris was actually doing to the poor kids.

"Actually, there's a new blader in our abbey." He answered. The Bladebreakers paid attention to that comment. It could mean more trouble for them.

"Really? What's his name?"

"Actually, I don't really know." Boris realized. "But he's skilled. Although his blade is kind of weird—white and silver."

"Tysa!" the Bladebreakers whispered. This wasn't good from their point of view. Tysa must have disguised herself as a guy somehow.

"Are you thinking about him joining the local team?" Fodor asked.

"At the rate he's going, then, yes. It seems that my Demolition Boys have already acquainted themselves to him. This kid must have talent." The Bladebreakers became even more concerned with that statement. Tysa and the Demolition Boys? They weren't sure who they should feel sorry for.

"What are we going to do you guys?" Hilary asked after they snuck out the inn.

"Isn't it obvious? We're gonna rescue my sister!" Tyson declared.

"But what if it isn't Tysa, Tyson?" Max asked (Generally levelheaded: Max, Kenny, Hilary. Generally non-level headed: Ray, Kai, Tyson).

"But what if it is, Max?" Ray asked back. "We can't leave her without checking." Kai just ran off.

"Hey! Where are you going, Kai?" Kenny asked.

"The abbey!" Kai called behind him.

"Wait up, Kai!" Tyson followed eagerly. Ray followed.

"Hey, you guys! Wait for me!" Max cried. Hilary and Kenny shared nervous glances, but followed.

Tysa was in sleep one minute, but was in annoyance the next. Someone had started to shake her, obviously trying to wake her up.

"G'way." Tysa groaned.

"Tysa!" Someone hissed.

"It's still night, Tal." Tysa groaned as she sat up and rubbed her eyes. "What could be so--! Kai!"

"Who's 'Tal'?" Kai asked annoyed, hoping it wasn't who he thought it was.

"What are you doing here?" Tysa asked, hoping for a change in subject. She couldn't start saying that was one of many nicknames for her savior.

"Rescuing you!" Kai hissed.

"From what?"

"From the Demolition Boys!"

"Tysa! There's intruders--!" Tala came in the room and immediately noticed Kai next to Tysa's bed the way Kai immediately noticed him. Tala's gaze immediately turned cold. "Hello, Kai."

"Hello, Tala."

"Uh…is this bad?" Tysa asked stupidly, breaking the tension.

"Your friends are here, Tysa." Tala turned to the only girl, his tone turned kinder. "Feel any better?"

"What's that supposed to mean?" Kai growled.

"Kai!" Tysa hissed. "Tala…saved me."

"What?" Kai asked, in practical disbelief.

"During that snowstorm…" Tysa voice lowered a bit. "Tala found me and brought me here. He and the Demolition Boys have been keeping me hidden from Boris. Or, at least the fact I'm a female outsider." Kai turned to Tala with his eyes widened.

"You're kidding me." He said. Tala glared at him.

"If you're feeling better, Tysa, you should go." Tala told her, ignoring both Kai and his anger. Tysa gave him an unsure look, but pulled on Kai's arm, surprising him.

"Come on." Tysa said to Kai. "You're 'rescuing' me, right?"

Tyson's legs were starting to get sore. Sure, this was for his sister but…when did the abbey get attack dogs?

"Nice doggies! Nice doggies!" he cried as he ran around the abbey.

"Tyson!" Kai called from the window. "Stop acting stupid!"

"In his case he doesn't have to act." Tysa told him. Kai mentally nodded in agreement.

"So he's always this stupid?" Tala asked.

"You have no idea." Tysa answered.

"Heel, dogs! Heel!" Tyson cried.

"Well, I better go rescue him." Tysa said as she climbed down the window.

"You know we were actually here to rescue you, right?" Kai asked as he followed.

"From what?"

"Arrgh, you!" Kai looked up at the window. "Hey, Tala!"

"What?" Tala answered angrily as he walked to the window.

"Was she this smart-alecky to you?" Kai asked as he could feel Tysa's glare behind him. He would get hurt as soon as she got her hands on him…

"You have no idea." Tala answered casually. He could feel Tysa's glare as well. He would also get hurt if Tysa saw him again…

If.

"Hey, Tala!"

"What now?" Tala asked, feigning annoyance at his former teammate.

"……Thanks."

"Hmph. You're welcome, I guess." Tala said as he turned away from the window, but not before he took one last look at Tysa.

"So, you're saying I got two dog bites…and you're perfectly fine!" Tyson said as Hilary put ice on his leg in the hotel. "See, that isn't fair! How come whenever I do something good for you, I get the short end of the stick!"

"Because you're the unlucky twin." Tysa stated. Tyson gave his sister a meaningless glare, knowing that he could never beat his sister, and he was too happy she was ok to get mad anyway.

"Are you sure they didn't do anything to your beyblade?" Kenny asked as he examined the 'blade. Tysa shrugged.

"Bryan said they didn't do anything." Bad, that is…

"How can you trust him so quickly, Tysa?" Ray asked, not accusingly but curiously. Tysa looked at him.

"What reason would I have not to? Your experiences with them are your own. Not mine." She said. Just then, the phone started to ring in the hotel room. Hilary put it on speaker.

"Hello?" she greeted.

"Are the Bladebreakers there?" Hitoshi's voice asked worriedly.

"Hitoshi!" Tyson yelled, getting up from his seat, forgetting he had dog bites. "Owuch!"

"Let me guess. That was Tyson, right?"

"Hey, Hitoshi."

"That's odd. If I didn't know better, I'd say that was my pain-in-the-butt sister…"

"Watch it. Or I might tell everyone what happened on June 17th."

"Did I say 'pain-in-the-butt'? I meant blackmailing…"

"Just keep piling the complements…"

"Hitoshi!" Tyson yelled angrily while tending to his injured leg. "Why didn't you contact us earlier when we called you!"

"Well, I kind of…never mind. Where are you guys?"

"Somewhere in Russia." Max answered.

"Where in Russia?" Everyone looked at Kai. Kai rolled his eyes. Sometimes it didn't pay to be the only member that understood Russian.

"We're in Khabarovsk." He answered. (yes, that is actually a city in Russia. It's right above the tip of China. I got it off a CIA website. )(uh...that icon's supposed to be a smily face. Don't know where they got a square with letters in it from a circle...) Hitoshi let out an audible sigh of partial relief.

"Well, you guys aren't that far…Wait. How'd you end up in Russia?"

"No pilot. Don't want to talk about it." Was the unanimous answer.

"Well, I'll drive up to you. Don't move from Khabarovsk."

"Hey, Hitoshi…" Max asked. "Why do you need to meet us so quickly?" Hitoshi didn't answer for a while, so everyone thought he hung up.

"Something's coming…" he finally answered. "Something you can stop. But you need to see something in China. Now."

Ah, so they finally meet Hitoshi! Which is good because I'm aiming for at most 51 chapters. (fans who desperatly want to know the ending: Noooo!) and what's more, I even have the ending planned out. (fans: huh?) That's right. And I'm not telling anyone. (fans take out bats and other various things that can cause damage) uh...I'm gonna go now...

Mizuki Sakura