Hiccup didn't need to be woken up today. It was one of the few times he'd woken up before his father. He quietly got dressed, made himself some breakfast, and left a note for his father. Toothless followed him out as he made his way to the address that Astrid had written down for him. "Man, I can't believe I got a date with Astrid Hofferson! Can you believe it buddy?" He asked looking down towards Toothless.

The dog barked and wagged his tail happily. It was good to see his owner in such good spirits. "Well, I guess I can't technically call it a date. We're just practicing is all. It's not like we're going to be doing any romantic stuff… but it is just me and her, so could I count that as a date?" He asked rubbing his chin. "Wish mom was here, she could know how to handle this."

His mother would probably be proud of him right now. He was actually socializing, spending time with a girl, and beyblading. Things he'd never thought he would be doing in a million years. He looked down at his pocket where he kept Fury. If she hadn't sent him this, none of this would be happening. He would have to make a mental note to send her a thank you letter.

After a few minutes of walking, which shamefully tired him out, he reached the address. The place was a moderately sized building with the words Bey-Park in big letters hanging over the door. Hiccup looked up amazed. Was this where Astrid lived? How come he had never seen or heard of this place before? He walked up to the front doors, which slid open for him. "Fancy." He muttered.

He entered inside and saw a number of bey-stadiums. This must have been where all the kids came to beyblade after school. He always heard them talking about a park, but he thought that they were talking about a literal park. "I'm sorry, but we're closed today." He looked up and then saw a middle aged man sitting at a counter not far away.

Behind the counter, sitting on shelves, were a number of beyblades that he assumed were on sale. There were also a couple of opened ones on the counter that seemed to be models. "Uh, closed? But I was looking for someone I was supposed to meet here. Her name is Astrid. Astrid Hofferson."

The men narrowed his eyes at him. "Astrid Hofferson you say?" He asked before making his way around the counter. Hiccup felt his heart drop to his stomach. Whoever this person was, he clearly knew who Astrid was, and he clearly didn't seem happy with the fact that Hiccup knew her as well. "And what, pray tell, would you need from my dear niece?"

"Oh dear lord." He said looking up at the intimidating figure before him. Life could be so funny couldn't it? He was so happy about spending time with Astrid this morning, and now he was probably going to die at the hands of her terrifying uncle.

"Leave him along Uncle Finn." They both looked towards the door and spotted Astrid walking inside. "He's with me. We're here to get some practice battles in."

Finn looked from his niece over to Hiccup. "Really? Him? I've seen toddlers who look more like battlers than this scrawny little fishbone." He said lifting one of Hiccup's arm.

Hiccup whistled. "Wow, I've heard a lot of hurtful things said about me over the years, but that one is definitely top five." He said half seriously. He'd been too use to insults to really be deeply affected by them anymore, so he'd started listing them instead.

Astrid apparently ignored both comments. "He's got a really powerful bey, and is a good strategist. He even gave Snotlout a run for his money, and I'm hoping with enough practice he'll actually be able to knock that loudmouth of his pedestal." She explained.

Hiccup wasn't sure whether or not he should be glad or upset right now. He felt like he was kind of being used. Just a tool for her to take down Snotlout. But then again she honestly thought he had a chance at beating Snotlout, and was trying to help him. And that meant he would get to spend time with her too. So he supposed it evened out.

Finn looked over Hiccup. "I'm sorry, I just can't see this one putting up a fight against Snotlout. I mean, don't get me wrong, that Jorgenson boy needs to be knocked down a couple pegs, but if you're putting your faith in this one, I think you're going to be disappointed."

Hiccup narrowed his eyes. He was used to be insulted, but this was taking it a little far. Most people at least had the decency to keep most of their thoughts about him to their selves, but this guy didn't seem even the slightest bit hesitant on telling him how little he thought of him.

"Uncle Finn, I'm telling you this kid has potential. Hiccup, show him Night Fury." She said nudging him. Hiccup pulled out Fury and held it up towards Finn. "Never seen anything like it before right? It's like some unknown top secret model or something."

Finn bent slightly to get a better look at it. "Hmm… this is the most finely crafted bey I've ever seen. Where did you get your hands on this boy?" He asked.

"My mother sent it to me." Hiccup said.

"Your mother?" Finn said raising an eyebrow. "Wait a minute, Hiccup… Hiccup… I know that name somewhere. What's your last name?"

"Haddock." He answered.

A look of shock passed Finn's face. He narrowed his eyes at him. "So you're Stoick and Valka's boy are you? Well, now it seems slightly more believable I suppose." He said before turning around and heading back to the counter. "Feel free to use the stadiums all you want. I've closed the shop today to restock, so you got the place to yourselves."

Hiccup was curious. What did his parents have to do with any of this? Sure they were well known in town, his dad being the chief of police and all, but that had nothing to do with him being good at blading… did it? He thought about asking him, but he was tired of talking with the rather crude old man. Maybe he would ask later.

For now he would enjoy his alone time with Astrid. "Oh, and I very much doubt that you're her type, but if you try anything with my dear niece, I'll skin you like a rabbit." Finn said.

Hiccup gulped while Astrid groaned. "You don't have to threaten every boy I come in here with Uncle Finn, I can take care of myself you know." She said blushing slightly. Her uncle simply shrugged before going into the back. The two teens merely stood there for a moment, but Astrid cleared her throat. "Okay, let's get started."

"We going to use one of these stadiums?" He asked looking towards one a few feet from them. There were a bunch of them spread out in the room.

She scoffed. "Are you kidding? Those stadiums are for the little kids that stop by here. We're not using those things." She said before walking off towards the next room. Hiccup followed after her. When they entered into the next room, his jaw dropped. There were much less stadiums, only about six in all. But they were all much bigger than the ones in the front.

"Odin's beard…"

Astrid smiled. "Pretty cool right. These are official WBBA league stadiums they use for tournaments. Of course in their bigger city wide tournaments they usually come up with some crazy weird stadium, but whenever we have our little local tournament, we use these."

Hiccup shook his head. "We have local tournaments? Beyblade has a league?"

She sighed. "Seriously, how much in the dark are you? The WBBA is the World Beyblade Battle Association. They fund little shops like these and run all the tournaments around the world. We've only had a couple here, and Snotlout has won pretty much all of them. I think he's trying to get noticed since there's rumors that a global tournament is in the works."

"Wait, global? Like worldwide? People take Beyblade that seriously?"

She shook her head. "You really have been out of the loop haven't you? How could you not even hear about any of this? Don't you own a TV, this stuff is all over the news." Hiccup just shrugged. He didn't watch TV much, and he wasn't really into social networks. "Whatever, let's just get started. First things first, your launching position."

"My launching position?" Hiccup said. She had mentioned it yesterday, but he'd thought she was just being dramatic. "Is launching really all that important?"

"Of course it is. A proper launch could be the deciding factor in a battle." She said poking his forehead. "For instance, you have an attack type bey, which are known for being low on stamina. If your launch is sloppy, it could end up cutting your stamina down even more."

"Huh, really? I had no idea. So how should I launch then?"

Astrid stepped back. "Pose like you're about to launch your bey." She ordered. Hiccup did as told, doing his best imitation of launching his bey. Astrid watched him with her hand on her chin. "Hmm… that's actually better than yesterday, but you still need to make a few adjustments." She said walking behind him.

She felt her chin on his shoulder and her hand grabbing his own. "Hold your arms up a little higher." She said raising his hands. She then scooted his feet over slightly. "And widen your stance a bit too." Hiccup felt his cheeks warming up. He had never had skin to skin contact with a girl before. "Are you sick?"

"What?"

"Your face is warm. Are you sick?"

He chuckled nervously. "No, no, I'm fine. It's just a little hot in here is all." He lied.

Astrid looked at him skeptically, but didn't seem to question it. "Feels fine to me, but whatever. Let's get started." She said as she headed over to the other side of the stadium. "We're going to have a few practice battles to wet your feet."

"What? We're just jumping straight into battle? No advice or tips or anything?"

"Learning to get better at blading is like learning to swim. You just have to jump right in and learn by instinct." She said smirking. Hiccup wanted to tell her that that was NOT how you were supposed to learn how to swim, but felt like it'd be a waste. "I think the reason you managed to do so well against Snotlout is because you've battled him so many times before."

Hiccup frowned. "Not by choice mind you."

"Anyway, you've probably battled him more than any of us, and you're familiar with his style and most of his attacks. But let's see how you do against a new opponent." She said before taking out a blue and yellow beyblade from her pocket. "Say hello to my Deadly Nadder."

Hiccup looked over the beyblade. It had a picture of a reptile with multiple horns on its head on the face bolt, a blue energy ring, a Poison fusion wheel, a WA130 spin track, and an Eternal Sharp performance tip. "Monstrous Nightmare is a balance type, which combines properties of attack, defense, and stamina. But my Nadder is an attack type like your Fury." She said placing it on her launcher. "Get ready, this won't be the same as facing Snotlout."

He pulled out Fury and placed it on his launcher. "Go easy on me, I'm still new to this you know." He said. He could tell by the look in her eyes that his words meant nothing to her.

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

"Let it rip!"

They yelled both shooting their blades off. They landed on opposites sides of the stadium and began circling around it. Hiccup wasn't sure how to approach this time. It was like Astrid had said, this wasn't going to be the same as facing Snotlout. He couldn't jut rush in without thinking things through first. "Nadder, go!"

Hiccup grew wide eyed as Nadder sped across the stadium headed towards Fury. Apparently he and Astrid had two totally different styles of battle, because she hadn't hesitated to go on the offense. "Fury, dodge it!" Fury moved out of the way just barely avoiding Nadder's attack. It was much faster than Nightmare. He would have to be more careful dodging her attacks.

Astrid smirked. "I get what you're trying to do. Trying to hang back and feel me out so you can come up with a strategy." She said. "It's a clever tactic, but with an attack type hanging back will only cost you more precious stamina!"

Nadder cut across part of the stadium and cut off Fury, slamming into it. "Staying back and observing is a strategy more suited to defense or stamina types! When it comes to beys like ours, the best way to test the waters is to just jump right in!" She shouted. "Nadder!"

Hiccup gasped as Nadder began pushing Fury towards the edge of the stadium, trying to push it out. "I don't plan on going out that easily! Fury, push back now!" Fury began pushing back, and the two beys were simply locked up and circling around the stadium.

"Not bad. But I don't think you'll be able to keep that up for long." She said smiling. Hiccup noticed that Fury was slowly starting to wobble. He grew wide eyed when he saw sparks starting to fly, and Fury was starting to be pushed back once more. "My poison fusion wheel grinds away at any bey that dares to lock horns with it! Going toe to toe with me is suicide!"

Hiccup frowned and Fury quickly backed away from Nadder. He needed to get some distance, to find some room to think. "You're not going to get away!" Nadder quickly cut Fury off once again and slammed into it. Hiccup looked panicked. "In a real battle, your opponent isn't going to back off to give you time to think! You have to react on the spot!"

"Crap, crap, crap! Fury, sped up!" He had to find a way to get on the offense, or to get her to back off at least. Fury began zipping around, but Nadder quickly went after it and struck it, sending it bouncing a few feet. "What?"

"You're moves are too predictable." Astrid said crossing her arms. He was panicking, and when people panicked, they started to become readable. "Let's end this Nadder, take him out!"

Nadder sped up and began swaying from side to side. In one swift and powerful motion, it slammed into Fury sending it flying out of the stadium. It landed next to Hiccup who stared shocked. He'd been completely shut down. He never even stood a chance.

Nadder circled around a few more times before zipping out of the stadium towards Astrid. She caught it smirked. "Well, that was fun." She said tossing her beyblade up and down. She hadn't had a battle against another attack type in a long time. It was nice to fight someone who was as fast, if not faster than her.

Hiccup bent down and picked up Fury. "Fun for you maybe. I got totally thrashed. I thought we were just practicing. You pretty much turned me into a punching bag."

"I told you, the best experience is going through the real thing. You panicked back there because you didn't know how to react to someone who's so different from what you're usually dealing with. You're too inexperienced." She explained. "If you want to get experience, then you need to battle. Like really battle. Me holding back won't help you any."

He could see her reasoning he supposed. Snotlout had held back against him last time. He'd even given him the first attack. It was very unlikely that was going to happen again. "Guess you're right." He said sighing.

"Of course I'm right." She said happily. "Now get ready, we're going to go again."

"What? But we just battled?"

"Experience, experience, experience." She said wagging her finger at him.

He scowled. "Alright."

Hiccup laid on the ground trying to catch his breath. He had no idea that battling could be this tiring. He always thought it was just watching two spinning tops smashing into each other. He'd never realized that you had to put actual effort into these things. Toothless stood next to him licking his face, like he was trying to rejuvenate him.

Astrid stood over him with a smirk on her face. "You really need to exercise more Haddock, you're stamina is just pitiful." She said before holding out a bottle of water to him.

He gladly took it before opening it up and downing half of it. Once he finished he gave a refreshed breath of air. "Oh, water never tasted so good." He said before turning towards the blonde who had taken a seat beside him. "Anyway, I probably wouldn't be so tired if you weren't putting me through the ringer all day. Seriously, I thought I would have won at least one match by now."

"It's your second day of battling Hiccup. And I don't like to brag, but I've won my fair share of local tournaments, so I'd like to think of myself as a seasoned blader. You shouldn't expect to beat someone who's at my level of skill."

"You're awfully modest too." He said chuckling.

She gave him a light punch on the arm. "Shut up." She said giggling. "Anyway, you should be proud. You've improved a lot in just one day Hiccup. You're thinking and reacting on the fly now. I barely won those last couple of battles."

"Still not enough to beat Snotlout though, right?"

Astrid looked slightly surprised. Was he actually planning on beating his cousin now? He seemed to sure he couldn't earlier. "No. Not yet anyway." She muttered. She looked down at her feet. "You know Hiccup, I didn't drag you here just to train you to beat Snotlout."

Hiccup raised his eyebrow. "Really? Because when you were talking to your uncle earlier, that sure sounded like the plan." He hoped he didn't sound whiney right now. He wasn't trying to be whiney, just honest.

"Well, I do want you to beat Snotlout. But I also just wanted to… I don't know, hang out." She said wrapping her arms around her knees.

Hiccup scoffed. "With me? Why? You have all the others to hang out with. You couldn't have been all that lonely." He said curiously.

She shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. I don't really hang out with them much outside of school. I mean I hang out with Ruff, cause she's my best friend. But other than her, I don't really know the others all that well. When we're not beyblading and well… picking on you..." She said with a bit of guilt in her voice. "...we don't really hang out all that much."

"Really? I thought all of you were tight knit."

She shook her head. "Snotlout goes off to who knows where, not that I'd want to hang out with him outside of school. He'd kind of a jerk. Fishlegs and I don't really have enough in common to hang out. Tuff is… uh. Ruff if the only one I really hang out with outside of school."

Hiccup whistled. "Man, I always assumed you had a bunch of friends. You're like the most popular and beautiful girl in school." Astrid stared at him wide eyed. Hiccup wasn't sure what she was gawking at him for until he'd realized what he said. "Oh! Wait, what I meant to say-"

She punched his arm causing him to groan in pain. That was his launching arm. "Don't… don't worry about it. Slip of the tongue." She said looking down to hide her blushing face.

He rubbed his arm and looked off in the opposite direction. "Right, slip of the tongue…" He muttered. He was glad her uncle wasn't around. He was sure he wouldn't have gotten off so easily had the older man been here.

"Today was fun." Astrid said. "We should hang out some other time. You know, to practice some more… or to just, hang out or whatever."

Hiccup blushed. "Really?" He asked a bit more eagerly than he'd meant to. Toothless suddenly licked the side of his face, leaving drool all over his cheek and part of his hair. "Aw, c'mon boy!" He wiping his face with his sleeve. Astrid laughed, and he stared at her for a moment before laughing along with her.

The door suddenly opened and Finn entered the room. The two teens didn't seem to notice him. He watched as the two laughed together. He thought about cutting in and making a threat towards Hiccup, not that he actually thought the boy had a shot with his niece, but decided against it. It had been a long time since he'd seen her laugh like this.

Even when she was with that other girl, she rarely did more than crack a smile. He didn't want to spoil her fun. The sight before him almost reminded him of his younger days with the others. With Valka's boy getting into beyblading, maybe they would get to follow the footsteps of their parents and have some similar experiences. The kids today did remind him of himself and the others. Maybe this generation would actually be the one to make it this time.

A loud crash could be heard in an old abandoned building. There was a large hole in the wall with scorch marks around it, and part of it was crumbling. Snotlout stood near the door, with Nightmare spinning around him. Nightmare was on fire, and there were scorch marks all over the room. Snotlout rarely trained. He usually didn't need to.

There was nobody in Berk stronger than he was. Astrid came close, but not matter how hard she tried he'd always been able to best her with his power. There was nobody who could match him and his Nightmare when it came to battle. So why waste time improving himself when he was already the best thing around.

Soon he'd stand alongside the best in the world.

But he couldn't shake that feeling from yesterday. That feeling that he'd gotten when he went up against Hiccup. When he'd been pushed back by him. When he'd almost lost…

"…or desperate…" Tuffnut's voice rung in his head.

He balled his fist up and growled. Him losing? To Hiccup? No! Never! He'd sooner give up his leg than take a lost to that wimp! Come school on Monday he was going to put that little punk back in his place! He was going to remind them all who the top dog was around Berk.

A/N: Hey everyone, welcome back! I got nine reviews in one day. I figured I'd be lucky if I got like three or four. Guess I underestimated the love of Beyblade. I'm trying to make this story more like the original series, but there will be some aspects of the metal series involved as well.(I think some people were way to hard on that series.)

I hope you enjoyed the second chapter. I had to include at least one where Hiccup got the basics of blading down, and I thought this would also be a good chance for him to get closer to Astrid. I hope this wasn't too romance heavy, I wanted to have a few little moments between them, but keep the focus on beyblade.

Did you guys like Astrid's bey? I thought about giving her a stamina type, but when I thought of the Nadder, it being attack type just kept popping into my head, so I went with that. The next chapter will be Hiccup and Snotlout's rematch. I'm debating whether I should have bit beast be an actual thing. I feel like they may complicate the battle scenes a bit.

Even in the show the effect bit beast had on battle was always confusing to me. Were the blades just hitting each other and the beast mirroring their battle? If so why were they able to physically attack people and objects? If I do include them it'll probably be more like it is in metal fight, where their just representations of what the blades themselves are doing.

Tell me what you guys thing in the reviews.