Don't worry, I AM still here. Und not in some random place with no laptop. So ja.

I AM MADE IN GERMANY~~~ EINIGKEIT UND RECHT UND FREIHEIT! … Wow, I love that song.

azure blue espeon: Well, apparently Tibet, Bhutan and… another country… Nepal, I think… are entirely within the Himalayas. That is, according to Wikipedia. Yep~~~ Sherlock!Miku was SO much fun to write~

memoranda: Yesh, I blame it on Germany too. But Japan… *sigh* und China… *sigh* und Hong Kong… *sigh* *hands churros* ^-^;

The-Gray-Ninja: Yes, I am alive. *huggles back* Oh… GET BETTER SOON! *gives you churros and PAAASTA*

ANimEisAweSOmE4400: … :D

Bes9200: Danke~~~

Guest: Interesting… YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT CHURROS ARE?! *dies* *comes back to life* They're awesome Spanish donuts! :3

Darker Dusk: HAVE FUN~~~ It's… not in France… is it? O_O

You guys should TOTALLY try churros dipped in vanilla ice-cream. Art and Soul-chan told me to, und they are EPIC! :U

ON VITH ZHE STORY IN AN AWESOME GERMAN ACCENT, JA? BECAUSE I AM ZHE AWESOME PRUSSIA, UND I AM AWESOME!

… Continue. There will be no disclaimers today, for you should all know that I DO own Beyblade! *shot*

Blading Brings People Together

Chapter 16: Team Spiritual Magic

"S-so cold!" Miku shivered, frantically rubbing her bare arms in an attempt to warm them up.

"I-I agree!" Charice nodded, shaking some snow out of her hair.

"I think I-I'm going to c-catch hypothermia…" Tazmin whimpered.

"Maybe you should've brought a coat." Mitsuki smiled, nice and warm in a thick winter coat. "Anyway, where are we headed again?" The four girls had gone to Tibet, leaving Kyoya, Dashan and Nile behind, since they had to head to their next World Championship battles.

"Um… I-I think Hikaru said th-that we had to find a B-beyblade training d-dojo." Charice answered.

"Why don't we ask some locals?" Miku suggested.

"… What language do they speak here?"

"Several languages, such as Tibetan and Mandarin Chinese-"

"Mandarin Chinese? I can speak that!" Charice said excitedly.

"… Seriously?"

"Yeah! That, English, Tagalog (Filipino), Japanese, a slight bit of German, Russian and Spanish, and I learnt a bit of French in school!" Charice chirped happily.

"… Woooah." Tazmin made an :O face… literally. "Privet [1]!"

"Privet!" Charice replied back in Russian. The two then started a conversation in Russian (which was rather limited, mind you).

"What are they saying?"

"I have no idea. Charice? Mind speaking to a local?"

"Ja, sure." She casually walked up to a nearby Tibetan, talked for a bit in Mandarin, before sauntering back over. "It's that way."

/=+=/

"Um… hello? Nǐ hǎo [2]?" Charice knocked on the door of a very large building. "What's hello in Tibetan?"

"Dunno." The other three replied in unison.

"Looks like it's empty," Charice sighed. "So what are we going to do?"

"Dunno." The other three replied in unison.

"I mean, there must be someone in there!"

"Dunno." The other three said in unison.

"… Are you three going to keep saying 'Dunno' in unison?"

"Dunno." The other three replied in unison.

"… Shut up.

"Dunno." Miku shrugged.

…? The other three thought in unison.

"Can I help you?" The group turned around to see a girl with long black hair, fangs just like Kyoya's, earmuffs, snow boots, a jacket and blue leggings standing behind them.

"Nǐ huì shuō yīngyǔ ma [3]?" Charice questioned.

"Shì. I mean, yes." The girl responded. "I'm Raven. You must be Team RLS?"

"Yeah, that's us. You're part of Spiritual Magic, I presume?"

"Yes. You're here for Alex." It wasn't a question; it was a statement.

"That's right. So where is he?"

"Through here. DAWN, OPEN UP!" Raven yelled, and a few moments later, the door creaked open slightly, leaving a small crack. An emerald-green eye peeked out through the crack.

"Wh-who is it? Oh, it's you, Raven. Come in!" The door swung open (hitting Miku in the process), revealing a girl who looked like a video-game character with dark brown hair and fangs (Is it a Tibetan thing? Charice asked herself).

"Ouch…" Miku groaned, rubbing her (very red and very sore) forehead.

"Oops! Sorry! Um… what language do they speak?" Dawn, Charice assumed, enquired Raven.

"English. And this one," Raven pointed at Charice, "speaks Chinese too."

"And Tagalog. And Japanese. And-"

"Shut up; we don't need a repeat of all those languages. We're here for Alex." Miku snapped.

"Ok, ok… jeez!"

"Alex? Oh, you must be Team Rock Lightning Storm, then! I'm Raven's sister, Dawn!" Dawn exclaimed.

"Well done." Miku growled.

"Sorry about her: she's a little… um… how to put it?"

"Annoyed? Irritable? Grumpy? Grouchy? Cranky? Ba-" Charice offered.

"SHUT UP!" Miku shouted, punching Charice on the arm. Hard.

"Oi! Don't do that!" Charice snarled, and hit Miku back. Harder.

"HOW DARE YOU!" Miku roared, and thus began the cat-fight between the two, Mitsuki and Tazmin attempting to separate the two of them (epically failing).

"Um… sister? Shouldn't we stop them?" Dawn asked anxiously.

"Nah. Let them fight. Anyway, it's kinda entertaining." Raven sat down on the wooden stairs, watching intently as Charice kicked Miku in the face.

"OH, YOU'RE PAYING, NINJA-GIRL!" Miku raged, beginning to chase Charice around the snow-covered street.

Laughing, Charice looked back at the fuming Miku, when suddenly, she ran into someone. She fell to the floor, landing on her back.

"Ouch…" She sat up, brushed the snow off of her back, before standing up. "Sorry!"

"It's ok." The girl Charice had bumped into had a daisy in her short brown hair, and was wearing a yellow t-shirt that said "I HEART TREES" on it, a green shirt and green-heeled flats with a yellow tip. She was carrying a bag of groceries in her arms. "Raven? Dawn?"

"Oh, hi Marigold. You're back?" Dawn waved at the girl.

"Yeah. They were out of eggs, though…" She said in a very quiet voice. If Marigold was just a tiny bit quieter, she could've been Mitsuki's sister.

"Ah well."

During that, Charice had been whipping her head around at the sisters and Marigold repeatedly, trying to work out the connection between the three of them.

"Marigold, meet Team RLS!" Dawn smiled.

"T-team RLS? You're here already? I'm Marigold, the supporter for Team SM."

"The supporter? So… who's the other regular and the sub?"

"Well, Crystalline's the other regular, while Lily-Cocoa's the sub!" Dawn chirped.

"And speaking of Crystalline, here she comes." Raven said.

A girl with piercing ice-blue eyes was trudging towards the dojo, hands stuffed in her pockets, eyes focused on the ground. She had lavender-coloured hair up in a bun, and wore a deep-sea blue, long-sleeved shirt with ice-blue yoga pants and navy-blue sneakers.

"Well, someone likes blue." Charice heard Miku scoff quietly.

"Hey, Crystalline!" Dawn called. Crystalline looked up, nodded in acknowledgement, and stared back down at the ground. "Crystalline prefers solitude, instead of other people's company." Dawn explained.

Crystalline reached the group, gave a small wave, and walked into the dojo.

"If you're lucky, Lily will walk along!" They waited… and waited… and waited. But no-one came.

"Maybe she'll come later. You want Alex back?" Raven stood up.

"Yeah, why not? I mean, he really must miss us." Charice grinned. "Why deprive him of our company for any longer?"

"Very well." Raven led them into the dojo, letting the door slam behind them. "He should be either in the kitchen, or the stadium room. He's been practicing with that bey of his ever since he gained his strength back. I'll go and get him, so you can just hang around here until we come back. If you're hungry, Dawn'll make something for you." And with that, Raven disappeared down a corridor.

"FINALLY! WARMTH!" Miku sighed, flopping onto a nearby sofa (which Charice HAD NOT noticed).

"Can we have something to eat? I'm kinda hungry…"

"Yeah, sure!" Dawn vanished into another room.

"…" Silence took hold of the foyer, if that was the right word. Charice glanced over at Marigold. She was leaning over a notebook, scribbling something down in it. Miku was sleeping, while Mitsuki and Tazmin were chatting to each other.

"Guys? What are you doing here?" A familiar voice questioned them. Charice looked up, and saw a bemused Alex standing in the corridor.

"Alex! It is you!"

"What, you were expecting someone else?" The bemused expression was replaced with a wide grin. Alex was back. Or technically, Team RLS was back together again.

Hehehe! So Alex is back, but has his sanity been returned? o3o

QUESTIONS!

ONE~! What did you think of Team Spiritual Magic (or at least, what you've seen of them)?

TWO~! WHO LOVES FILLERS? CUZ THERE'S GONNA BE A WHOLE LOAD OF THEM! … Or at least, I think there will be…

RANDOM QUESTION~! Um… PAAASTA! Yes/No?

THREE~! Is Alex sane? :3 Or is he still *flash of lightning behind flame-chan*… INSANE? X3

FOUR~! Um… WHO WANTS TO SEE MORE FIGHTS BETWEEN MIKU AND CHARICE? *puts hand up*

FIVE (I CAN'T HELP IT!)~! WHO LIKES CHARICE'S NEW NICKNAME? NINJA-GIRL? Creative, right?

TRANSLATIONS (DONE BY MY OWN KNOWLEDGE OF MY LANGUAGE! :3 IT'S CHINESE, NOT RUSSIAN. BUT MY BEST FRIEND'S RUSSIAN, SO…)

[1] 'Hello' in Russian

[2] 'Hello' in Mandarin Chinese

[3] 'Can you speak English?' in Mandarin Chinese

REVIEW, OR ELSE I WILL BOMBARD YOUR HOUSE WITH FRANCES AND RUSSIAS! … Remember, I know how many of you read this but don't review with something called TRAFFIC STATS! :U

So, reviews? :3