I AM ALIVE! And extremely tanned from a nice holiday in the Mediterranean. And rushing to bring you this chapter before you all wander off to some lovely FanFiction-free place.

I SAW LOOKALIKES OF THE ITALY BROS, SPAIN AND… France… I screamed bloody murder when I saw the France one. But I will not tell you about how I begged for my life. I will get on with the story. After this.

Yesh, that's right. Web-Spinners have won.

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You all died then, didn't you? XD Just kidding! I would never let RLS lose!

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Or would I?

SUSPENSE! I AM AWESOME AT IT! :D

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ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO REVIEWED GET…

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NOTHING!

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JUST KIDDING! You all get an adorable panda plushie! I could insert a really long and boring – I mean interesting - story about a panda, but I won't, because all this suspense is killing you and I'm a really nice authoress, aren't I? I mean, you just want to read this chapter. But I'm stopping you with this super long A/N. Go ahead and read the chapter after you're read this.

DISCLAIMER – Yes, you all saw that coming. I will not repeat it, because you all know the drill.

Blading Brings People Together

Chapter 15: The End?

As the dust cleared, the whole crowd gasped. The Australian DJ gasped. Grant, Renee and Jennifer gasped. Miku and Mitsuki gasped (well, actually Miku took in a huge breath and suffocated herself). Aaden gasped. Charice gasped. The whole world gasped. Italy screamed "PAAAAAASTAAAAA!"

A/N – Ok, I'm done with that. ^-^'

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There was a clear winner. And it was…

"I don't believe it! Arachnid has literally been thrown out of the bey stadium! Wyvern and Charice have won!" The Australian DJ fell out of his chair. No seriously, he did.

The crowd was silent. That was, except for Nile, Kyoya and Da Xiang, who were clapping politely and receiving several glares from the Australian crowd.

"Come on! CLAP! CLAP, YOU STUPID, IDIOTIC-" Miku began to scream at the baffled Australians, before Mitsuki slapped a hand over her mouth.

"What she means is that it would be nice to clap." Mitsuki smiled slightly, giving a look that clearly said 'Clap unless you want me to rip out your throat, which I can do, even if it looks like I can't.'

Scared, the audience started applauding. Aaden fell to his knees, cradling Arachnid in his hands.

"I… I lost… it's all my fault… I'M NOT AWESOME ANYMORE!" He shouted, punching the ground.

"Aaden…" Grant walked up to him, "It's not your fault. RLS is an extremely strong team, and we just weren't strong enough. But we'll get stronger, and then we'll challenge them again. We'll win! Aaden, you are awesome. Look; all your fans are cheering! They don't care if you've lost!" Aaden glanced at the crowd. Sure enough, they were all chanting his name.

"… Thank you." Aaden whispered, watching Charice join her teammates. "Thank you for showing me the light."

"Give it up for Team Web-Spinners! They've fought hard, but in the end, Team Rock Lightning Storm were the victors!" The Australian DJ yelled over Aaden's fangirls, who were screaming their heads off as Team WS left the stadium.

"Way to go, Charice!" Miku pulled Charice into a giant bear hug, Mitsuki sweatdropping.

"Can't… breathe…" Charice gasped for breath.

"Oops! Sorry!" Miku let go, Charice taking in huge gulps of air which she had taken for granted until a few seconds ago.

"Well done, Charice!" Mitsuki smiled, happiness even showing in her quiet voice.

"Thanks guys. C'mon, let's go." Charice gazed up around the arena. Everyone was clapping, although Nile, Kyoya, Dashan and Tazmin were clapping the hardest. She skipped after her teammates, obviously proud of herself.

/=+=/

"What?! What do you mean 'he's gone'?!" Charice and Mitsuki gawked at the receptionist at the hospital, while Miku stormed around the room.

"Well… when Dr Nero went in to check on him, Alex was gone. Disappeared. Nero says the window was open, though." The receptionist replied, looking slightly scared of the murderous look on Miku's face.

"That's it! I decree that we are being slowly picked off by aliens!" Miku concluded, collapsing on to a random sofa that happened to be there.

"Um… I don't think that-" Mitsuki started, but was cut off by Miku.

"To defeat them, we'll need bazookas, lasers, a giant jar and a jam sandwich. Charice, you get the weapons, I'll get the jar, and you get the jam sandwich, Mitsuki!"

"… I have two things to say to that. One: we are not being kidnapped by aliens. And two: ... why the hell would you need a jam sandwich, even if we were being kidnapped by aliens? What, do aliens suddenly love jam sandwiches?" Charice actually facepalmed at the stupidity of her friend.

"And I have two things to say to that. One: we are being kidnapped by aliens, and two; I need a jam sandwich because I'm STARVING!" Miku retorted.

"Guys? Can we just focus? Alex has disappeared without trace, and we're standing here, bickering like little kids about aliens. Focus!"

"You're right… I'm sorry. We shouldn't have been acting so immaturely." Miku apologized, looking extremely guilty.

"What are you doing?! Being mature is my job! I'm supposed to apologize like that, not you! What makes you think that-" Charice immediately started ranting, but was cut off by Mitsuki clearing her throat, "You're right… I'm sorry. I shouldn't have started ranting like that. I should be more mature."

And the bewildered receptionist sat, gawping at the trio and their strange ways.

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"Alright! What they do in detective movies is investigate the scene of the crime first! So… let's go up to Alex's hospital room!" Miku commanded. She had pulled out a Sherlock costume and a Watson costume, given the Watson one to Mitsuki, and pulled on the Sherlock one.

Although Charice was slightly hurt at not being chosen to wear one, her disappointment vanished quickly enough when she realised that the two in costumes were being sniggered at by the other hospital patients.

"Ok then! The scene of the crime… is here!" Miku threw the door open, causing it to bang against the wall and rebound back into her face.

"Are you ok?" Mitsuki asked.

"Yes, Watson, of course I am!" Miku replied with blood splattered all around her nose. Charice sweatdropped.

"You know, this isn't actually a crime scene-"

"Shut up, peasant!" Miku ordered, obviously enjoying every moment of this. "Now, let's see… Aha! What is this?"

"… That's a glass of water, Miku." Charice deadpanned.

"That's what you think! It could be a shrinking potion! My conclusion is that Alex spotted this delectable-looking liquid, thought it was water, like you did, drank it and shrunk! Everyone check the floors! He's probably hiding around here somewhere!" Miku tugged a magnifying glass out of nowhere, dropped onto all fours and crawled around, hunting for the non-existent tiny Alex.

"… That would mean that it'd be one of the staff's fault."

"Good observation, peasant! I suspect the culprit was Dr Nero!"

"What makes you think that?"

"It's elementary, Watson." Miku smirked.

"… Yeah, she's just saying Nero because he's the only member of staff she knows."

"Shut up, peasant!"

Suddenly, Charice's phone began to ring. Charice took it out of her pocket and answered it.

"Hello? Charice Lorrendos speaking." She said.

"Um… hello there. I'm Hikaru, and I'm from the WBBA, the company in charge of the Beyblade World Championships."

"Hi Hikaru! How can I help?" Charice asked.

"I've just had a call from the Himalayan team, Team Spiritual Magic. They claim to have a member of your team in Himalaya. They say they have him with them at their training dojo." Hikaru explained.

"Alex?"

"A boy with blond hair, green eyes, wearing a dark green jacket and jeans."

"That's Alex! Guys, we've found him!" Charice added to the confused Miku and Mitsuki – I mean, Sherlock and Watson.

"And what's also good is that your next opponents in the World Championships will be Spiritual Magic, so you can head on over there, get Alex, and then stay in Himalaya until your battle! Helpful, right?"

"Yes, very! Thanks a bunch, Hikaru!" Charice grinned, jumping up and down like a child.

"You're welcome. Bye!" Hikaru hung up.

"It's Alex! He's in the Himalayas! And I know who our next opponents are!" Charice said happily.

"Who?" Miku and Mitsuki – I mean, Sherlock and Watson – questioned enthusiastically.

"The Himalayan team!"

"No way!" Miku – I mean Sherlock - cried. "What a coincidence! But… what is Alex doing in the Himalayas?"

"I have no idea. But let's get back to the hotel, meet up with the other four, and head home to Asia!"

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TIME WARP! WHEEE! *about 10 minutes before*

Sighing, a girl with thigh-length black hair (which had purple streaks near the bottom) tied up in ponytail, wearing a thin white, blue, and pink jacket over a blue t-shirt, white fuzzy earmuffs, blue leggings, and black high heeled boots covered by furry white boot covers (Hey, it got cold in the Himalayas!) wandered down the Tibetan streets.

Her name was Raven, Raven-Pandora-Iris Azure, to be exact. But everyone called her Raven. Probably because Raven-Pandora-Iris is a mouthful. We'll get on with the story now.

Now, Raven was part of the Himalayan Beyblade World Championships team: Team Spiritual Magic. In fact, you could say that she was the leader of Spiritual Magic. Yet hardly anyone knew much about her, because she hadn't battled in the match against the Korean team. Actually, she hadn't even shown up! Raven had only battled in the trials for the team, had won all of her matches, and was the first person to be selected for the team. All people knew about her was that she was a very strong blader, as all of her try-out matches were finished in less than a minute.

Anyway, Raven was on her way to meet the rest of her team when she heard a pitiful moan from down an alleyway. This was quite usual in Tibet (A/N – Not quite sure if it is, but what the heck.), to find hungry people in these alleyways, but there was something about that moan… she'd heard that person's voice before…

Raven changed direction, and headed down the alleyway. After walking for a few seconds, she found the source of the moan. In front of her crouched a blond boy with green eyes, wearing a dark green jacket and jeans. Suddenly, she recognised the boy: he was a part of the Filipino team, Team Rock Lightning Storm AKA Spiritual Magic's next opponents! His name was Alex, Alex Santos!

But… what was he doing here?

"C-cold… so cold…" He whimpered. With a jolt of realization, she remembered that it was very cold in Tibet, and here he was in nothing more than a t-shirt, a thin jacket and jeans. Alex noticed her presence, and gazed up at Raven. "Wh-who are you?"

"You're Alex Santos, from Team Rock Lightning Storm." Raven said coldly.

"Y-yes, th-that's my name." He shivered.

"I'm Raven. I'm part of the Himalayan team. I guess you've been sent here by your teammates to spy on us, correct?"

"N-no! I'm here b-because of my own r-reasons!"

"Hmm… Come with me. I'll take you somewhere warmer, ok?" Raven's voice softened. After all, what reason would Alex have to lie? He was cold and lost in an unfamiliar place.

"Th-thanks." Alex stood up shakily, and followed Raven out of the alleyway, down the Tibetan streets.

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"You found a stray?" Raven's twin sister, Dawn Azure, raised an eyebrow at the sight of Alex. Dawn wore clothes exactly like some from a game that she played (Dragon Quest IX): a gold Star Circlet, a Bunny Suit (A/N – It's not what you think it is!) as her shirt, a Magical Skirt, an Eïnhander and a pair of Starlet Sandals.

"Yeah, pretty much. Look, this is one of Team Rock Lightning Storm's members!"

"Really? Oh yeah! So he is!" Dawn exclaimed. "But… why is he soaked to the bone?"

"I found him in the streets, just like this. You'll have to ask him if you want the answer to that."

"Alex-" Dawn started, but realised that Alex had dragged himself over to the sofa (it was handy, even if it was a training dojo) and had fallen asleep. "… Poor guy. We should contact the WBBA."

"Yeah. He assured me that he wasn't spying on us, so I'm not quite sure what he's doing here. But I have a feeling that he's not here with his team knowing. He just seems to be hiding something."

THE END OF THIS CHAPTER!

HOLY CHURROS! THIS WAS 10 PAGES LONG! Bes-chan, did I write Raven and Dawn ok? o3o

Questions~~~

1! Why is Alex in Himalaya?

2! Was the team who you expected (The answer's no, because the team belongs to Bes-chan! And only Bes-chan expected them, so your answer DOES NOT COUNT! XD)?

RANDOM QUESTION! YOU WANT CHURROS, NO?

3! Do any of you even know Sherlock?

4! Who thinks Sherlock!Miku is just plain hilarious? *puts up hand* I know I do! X3

SO ANYWAYS, READ AND REVIEW? :3