He didn't have to walk far to find her. As expected, she was poised over the public bey dish located in the centre of the community park. In her right hand she grasped a brand new beyblade in an eyewatering shade of yellow. Her eyes were bright and she was muttering words of encouragement to herself.

Kai decided to hang back and assess her. It was quite possible that she might have some hidden talent in beyblading that even she wasn't aware of. After all she did spend a considerable amount of time with his team while they trained. Who knows! Maybe she did pick up on a few things. He watched as she expertly connected the beyblade to to the launcher and held out her left hand. The forefinger of her right hand was looped through the rip cord.

"Three, two, one go! yelled Hilary while yanking the cord with all her strength. Kai gaped as the yellow beyblade wobbled out her laucher and landed at her feet in a puff of dust. It had barely moved two feet in the air. That had to be the saddest lauch he had ever seen in his whole career. Meanwhile Hilary was looking quite pleased with herself. "Not bad ol' girl", she praised herself. "Just get it to land in the dish next time and we are all good to go." Kai snorted.

Hilary readied her stance over the beydish again. Kai noticed that her arms were held too high and her posture was all wrong. This wouldn't work out either. Hilary yanked the cord a second time but lost her footing causing her body to twist and the beyblade to shoot away towards a couple of garbage cans. Hilary could only watch in horror as her yellow blade zoomed towards a skinny grey cat happily feasting over what looked to be a chicken leg. What happened next was a blur. She saw a figure dressed in black race towards the cat, heard the cat screech and a human groan. When the dust cleared, Hilary stared open mouthed as Kai lay against the bins, with her yellow blade clutched in his palm. The terrified cat tore off into the nearby bushes clearly unhurt. Hilary blubbered incoherently as Kai stood slowly to his feet, dusting his clothes. He walked over to her and handed her the beyblade.

"Maybe you could try aiming at the swings next time and you might just land inside the dish", he joked. Hilary's lower lip trembled and Kai's grin vaporized. "I'm so sorry Kai, I hurt you and almost decapitated a cat", she wailed. "Look. No harm done". Kai held up his hands to show he was unhurt. "And as for the cat, he has nine lives anyways" , he said with a small smile. Hilary sniffed and returned a watery smile. "Right. So that settles it. I cannot beyblade for nuts! Now all I got to do is find a bus to Timbuktu. Goodbye Kai! It was nice knowing you and the team".

Kai rolled his eyes and grabbed her backpack as she made to leave. "Stop being dramatic Hilary. It takes time and patience to learn to be a blader and its normal for a few mistakes to happen. You can't just quit after trying it once". Hilary sighed. "I'm sorry to break it to you Kai but I don't have a lot of time to learn all this. I just have 48 hours because of a stupid bet with Tyson. And since we both know that it's impossible to be a blader in just 2 days, I might as well just throw in the towel and move to Timbuktu like I planned. That way I don't have to face Tyson and his gloating".

"On your own, you don't stand a chace at all, but with a little help from an expert, you might be able to wing it", smirked Kai. Hilary's face broke into a huge smile. "Really Kai? Would you be able to help me out? As I just demonstrated, I am truly a lost cause. The absolute worst at this!" Kai held up his palm to silence her. "Listen Hilary. I am the Captain of the World Champion team. In the duration of my career, I have trained many people and faced challenges that you cannot even fathom. I assure you that traning you would be a piece of cake. Now let's begin if you are ready and hopefully we should be done by tea time". Hilary happily dropped her backpack and bounded up to Kai's side with renewed hope and determination.