General POV

Inoue patiently waits in the hotel lobby until the sight of familiar faces grace her line of vision upon their entrance inside of the hotel.

She excitingly waves them down, greets them with a warm smile and verbalizes, "I bet you all just want to lay down and get ready for tomorrow?"

The orange haired woman earns a nod or two from the younger girls while the older ladies simply stare at the woman in front of them.

The older woman then dug in her pants pocket before she produced multiple pieces of folded papers in her hand.

"These are the keys to the room." She mentions as she hands out the keys to the respective parties while she explains, "I put you girls together to promote team unity. You all get to choose who your roommate will be."

"As for me, I'll be around here if you need me." Inoue said after she completed her task before she remembered something that she almost forgotten.

"Oh and one more thing as a sign of my appreciate, I left a little gift for you in your room." She directs her comments towards the girls.

"A gift?" Three out of the four girls repeat, which earns a nod of her head and the response, "You should go on up to see what it is."

She merely watches as the three teens wildly scramble while the other canters over to the elevator in excitement.

"We need to talk." Meifeng voices as Inoue cheerfully waves the tots off before she faces the older women with a deadpan expression.

"That's why I am here." She gravely admits while she stares at them.

Meanwhile...

Mr. Dickerson releases a heavy sigh as he leisurely settles in his seat behind his desk while his secretary places a stack of papers on his desk.

"It seems as if that new team has caused quite a stir." She suddenly voices as she dusts her hands off.

The elderly man pinches the bridge of his nose, releases it and says, "A stir more like a tsunami, hurricane, or an earthquake."

"They definitely did shake things up." The woman tickled at the pun before she disclosed, "Our initial media coverage pf the press conference spiked about 6% once the reporters focused on the Bladebreakers. However, when it was time for Yuan to speak the coverage spiked over 15%."

He emits another sigh once again before he admits, "I just wish they would show a bit of restraint but they will definitely be a breath of fresh air."

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The next day

Yuan

"It's almost show time!" Audrey abruptly mentions before she sticks her arms through one of her cuffed sleeves green Army Camo jacket.

"I'm so nervous! Aren't you Hirom?" Wenling nervously quips as she peers over at her fellow brunette, who tightly ties the ribbon around the back of her head.

Hiromi eventually faces the teen, slightly tilts her head, and honestly admits, "Yeah, it's my first time blading in public."

"It's all our first time." The dirty blonde teen chimes in before she collects her blade and launcher within her grasp.

"See…even Archimedes is…reading a book?!" Wenling directed their sights over to the raven haired teen, whose legs were crossed at her ankles with an open book in her left hand.

"What are you doing?!" Audrey instantly poses to their captain after she cuts her gaze over in her direction.

"Reading a book," Archimedes dully remarks with her eyes directly on the paper before she eventually flips to the next page.

"Aren't you even nervous?" Hiromi curiously poses since she never saw anyone read a book in order to calm their nerves.

"A frenzied bundle of nerves," She honestly confesses when she flips to the next page until she overhears the dirty blonde demands, "Then show it!"

Archimedes eventually peeks over the edge of the book and genuinely admits, "I do this whenever I'm nervous."

"You don't have to say it so coolly." Wenling chuckles at Archimedes honest reaction to her being a "frenzied bundle of nerves".

Meifeng's sudden presence instantly captures their focus, "Ladies, it's almost time to go. Make sure you have all of your equipment."

Wenling unintentionally secures Hiromi's hand in hers since she was the closest to her at the moment and gushes, "We're about to have our first match!"

The lighter brunette nervously nods her head in agreement before a smile unexpectedly materializes on her face.

The Yuan team eventually depart from their respective locker room with unreadable expressions on their faces as they head toward the arena.

"Here we go…"

The crowd loudly cheered and jeered for the arrival of the new team that is composed of all-girls after DJ Jazz introduced them to the crowd.

'So this is what it feels like on the other side?' Hiromi immediately determines as she manages to overhear Wenling utters, "Talk about an audience."

"I can barely hear my own thoughts." Audrey irritably mutters with her arms cross in front of her chest once she stands in the line with her other teammates.

"The three time reigning champions, the Bladebreakers!" DJ Jazz broadcasts while their opponents casually emerge from the opposite side of them.

The crowd completely loses it at the sight of the teen age boys, who approaches the bey-dish. The girls observe the various reactions: fainting, professing of love, attempting to hop the gate, poster worshipping, and crying tears of joy from the Bladebreakers' obsesses fans.

"Is it always like this?" Wenling inquisitively poses as she faces her fellow teammate with a curious expression on her face.

Hiromi merely peers over to her right, tilts her head, flashes a smile, and mutters, "You have no idea,"

"Let's head to the bench." Archimedes promptly orders them after they bow toward their opponents.

Max happily waves at his fans, fires off kisses, and indulges in the fandom as he cheerfully proclaims, "Ooh! Looks like we got a rowdy crowd today."

"Max come on!" Rei shouts over his shoulder at his blonde haired companion, who quickly jogs over to their bench.

"So what's the game plan Kai?"

Meanwhile in the stands,

"I wonder what they are capable of?" Tala overheard one of his teammates mentioned in anxiousness at the sight of the all girls team versus the Bladebreakers.

"The long awaited debut of team Yuan." Ozuma calmly verbalized as his teammates merely focused their sights in on the bey-dish.

"Wasn't that the girl from yesterday?" Mai posed to Lee once she spotted the brunette teen that approached them yesterday in the hallway.

"It's the team with all of the pretty babes," Michael cheerfully gushes while he twists the bill of his hat toward the back in order to get a better view.

"So who's going up first, Archimedes?" Wenling curiously poses after the group of girls closely huddle together in order to hear each other through the loud noise.

'According to our prediction, Rei or Max could go first but Lin determines that Audrey should go regardless of whoever comes out for the Bladebreakers.'

"Audrey…you're up first." She eventually reveals as the dirty blonde merely "humph" at the girl before she heads in the direction of the bey-dish.

'Yeah, these girls are crazy.' Audrey ultimately concludes after she watches the fan girls dramatic and rather desperate attempt to acquire the attention of the World Champs.

She patiently waits until a bob of blonde finally enters her line of vision, except his back was toward her. He constantly blows kisses at the crowd while he cheerfully exclaims to each of the girls, "I love you too!"

Audrey simply rolls her eyes while she desperately fights down her inner fangirl so she could truly combat against her opponent.

"First match is Max Tate from Bladebreakers versus Audrey Steele from Yuan!" DJ Jazz excitingly announces as the crowd goes absolute bonkers for the blonde boy.

"3…2…1…Let it rip!" The two blondes instantly release their blades into the circular dish after the end of the official countdown.

'Time to set up defense,' He instantly thought as Draciel promptly maneuvers to the center of the dish.

"Looks like Max is trying to end this early." Takao quietly mutters to no one in particular while he closely observes the battle on the jumbo screen.

"It's too bad we had to meet like this Ms. Audrey." Max sadly quips as he lifts the palm of his hands upward until it reaches his forehead along with a shake of his head.

"Are you always this annoyingly charming?" Audrey playfully grips, which prompts her opponent to simply chuckle at her comment.

"So you're a firecracker, huh?" He sharply mentions while he purposely rubs his index finger underneath his nose.

She merely narrows her sights in on him when she defiantly retorts, "Don't get too close or you'll get burned."

'It's time.' Max determines before he speaks up again, "As much as I would love to continue this banter, I have a battle to win."

"Draciel! Attack!" The blonde male promptly orders before a wave of water quickly fills the dish and forcibly pushes Audrey to the rim of the dish.

'Think Audrey!' She inwardly exsaperates as her eyes closely scan the water flow for a current to ride in order to pick up more speed.

"Go!" Audrey yelled while her blade tediously surfed along the waves that was produced from the green beyblade in the center of the dish.

Max amusingly chuckles at her first reaction when he speedily verbalizes, "Not so fast,"

Suddenly, a large wave was emitting from Draciel and crashing on to the unsuspecting beyblade as she was overhearing, "Sleep well my little mermaid."

"Is it over?! Has Max secured the first victory for the Bladebreakers?!" DJ Jazz inquisitively needles as their sights were still on the dish.

"It's quite funny that you called me a mermaid…" "Bashe…Abyssal Burial!" A giant python materialized in front of him before it tightly wrapped around the shelled turtle and promptly dragged it to the bottom of a deep dark ocean.

"Eh? What?!" Max shockingly exclaims at the sight of his Draciel blade loudly whizzes pass his ear and lands on the ground.

The crowd was deafeningly quiet at the end result of the match. Audrey happily cracks a small smirk and secures her slightly damp blade within her grasp.

"Better luck next time Romeo," She jokingly waves him off while she heads in the direction of her team's bench.

The dirty blonde inwardly thinks 'So that was the flirtatious Max Tate…' as she leisurely covers the distance from the stadium to her seat.

"Way to go!" Wenling and Hiromi gleefully cheer for her once she lazily plops down on the piece of steel when she utters, "Whew, I'm just glad it's over with it!"

Her green eyes then peer upward at the blue sky before she honestly verbalizes, "I was so super nervous but I eased into it."

On the opposite side,

"Max, what happened out there?" Takao curiously posed with his arms folded in front of his chest as his sights narrowed in on his comrade.

The blonde's hand currently cradles his head with an expression of confusion on his face when he sincerely admits, "I fell for a siren's call."

"Rei…you're up." Kai simply calls for the next person who is to blade for their team.

"That was a rather shocking lost." Rei says to himself while he casually approaches the dish when he inwardly assumes, 'So he's basically saying don't fall for the trap.'

"Second round is between the master of Kung-Fu with catlike reflexes Rei Kwon and…Wenling from Yuan." DJ Jazz excitingly yells over the now rowdy crowd.

Audrey drops her gaze on to her brunette's teammate back as she inwardly notes, 'That was such an over the top intro even for my taste.'

"Hello! I hope we have a good match today." Wenling cordially greets her opponent with a bow at the waist, which earns a raise eyebrow from the young man.

"Yeah, same to you," He politely returns the greeting until they hear the signal to prepare for the start of the match.

"3…2…1…Let it Rip!"

The two release their blades on "Rip" as the metallic tops swiftly glide across the surface of the dish all while the crowd cheers for who they want to win.

"Looks like the chase is on!" DJ Jazz shouted since neither one of them made a move to defend or attack first.

'She's got a good bit of speed.' Rei silently notes while his golden pupils deliberately hone in on his opponent's blade movement.

'He's really fast!' Wenling surprisingly realizes once she notices that her speed starts to drop after she absorbs the impact of a collision.

A thought instantly pops in his head from the brief exchange, 'She loses speed if I hit and go.'

Rei soon picks up the pace until he reaches a reasonable speed while he easily laps his opponent's blade with relative ease. "Let's do this Drigger!"

A bright spark of yellow light suddenly captures her attention, which prompts her to ask herself, 'Is that lighting?'

"Dodge it!" The brunette shouts to her bit beast once she realizes his plan as he continues to rapidly circle around her blade.

He executes a few movements while he proclaims to his opponent, "Sorry, but it's time for me to bare my fangs. Gatling Claw!"

"Old reliable Rei has secured a victory for the Bladebreakers!" DJ Jazz announces the winner of the match while the crowd goes bunkers at the victor of the match.

The brunette scoops up the metallic toy, wears a wide grin on her face, bows at the waist and says, "Thank you for the match."

'What in the world just happened?' The raven head teen enquiringly weighs to himself when he descends the steps and heads over to the bench.

"What's with that look on your face?" Takao questions his comrade once he notes a similar confuse expression on his face like Max was earlier.

He eventually formulates his thoughts and verbally translates it to respond, "They're really strange."

"What's wrong with those two? They appear to be in a daze." The blue haired teen poses to his slate haired captain, who once again ignored his two teammate's present state of despondences.

Kai simply focuses his sights on the current result of the two matches as 1-1 before he asserts, "Oi Takao, you're up."

On the other side...

"That was really fun! I want to blade more now!" Wenling happily cheers in excitement while she approaches the bench.

"Oh Wenling…" Hiromi giggled at her fellow brunette's reaction to her first time blading even though she lost, she took it in stride.

"Hiromi, are you ready?" Archimedes asked since they had decided that she would be the next person to blade.

A slight frown materializes on her face at the thought until she feels a hand roughly smacks her back hard. It belonged to none other than Audrey.

"No not really, but it is okay. I got this." She honestly admitted along with a deep exhale and heave of her shoulders forward.

'Crap…I'm totally nervous!'

"Our potential final model is between Kinoyama Takao and the mysterious masked woman!" DJ Jazz broadcasts as the crowd soon grows quiet at the sight of the masked woman.

"Why is she wearing a mask?" Some of the spectators questions their friends as the brunette nervously removes her blade and launcher from their holders.

'Well it doesn't really matter that much to us, right Dragoon!' Takao brushes off his curious thoughts about his opponent and focuses on the match at hand.

"3…2…1…Let it rip!"

'He gains his strength whenever he's attacked or takes on damage. That's why his attack power is off the charts!' Hiromi recalls the actual source of his monstrous strength.

"Dragoon," The blue blade swiftly goes in for an attack but unexpectedly misses his opponent.

This was occurring a couple of times as Hiromi was solely focusing on dodging those attacks in order to keep his power at bay.

'It's as if she knows all of my attack patterns.' He instantly deems once he senses this odd vibe of familiarity with the brunette in front of him.

'Do I have enough power to attack twice?'

"Dragoon!" A sharp gust of wind wildly whipped around the dish as Hiromi raised her hands in front of her face in order to block the strong gust.

'I can't take another one of those attacks head on.' The brunette silently deems once she watches her blade starts to wobble from the intense winds.

"Hyper Victory Tornado," Takao calls out his attack as Dragoon's talons sharply slice through the air and produce a large tornado in front of her.

It felt as if the winds deeply sliced her body as if it was a piece of cheese while completely unaware that it cut the string to her mask.

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Author's Note:

04.30.17 Major editing revisions