Chapter 2: Training as Usual

"Who's there?"

"The evil must not awaken..."

"Evil...?"

"The tragedy...it cannot be repeated..."

"Tragedy...?"

"Yes..."

"What tragedy? Who are you?"


Hilary Tachibana sat up in bed. Sweat beaded on her forehead.

What a weird dream... she thought.

She glanced over to the clock by her bed.

Crap! I overslept!

Dashing out of bed, Hilary pulled on her clothes.

"Good morning, Hilary!" her mother called.

"Can't stop! Gotta go! See you later, Mom!" her daughter exclaimed, running out of the house.


Hilary panted as she arrived at Tyson Granger's house.

"Well, well, well! Look what the cat dragged in!" laughed her classmate.

"Sorry I'm late!" she replied.

"Now that you're here, let's get started with training." Kenny smiled.

Hilary took out her Beyblade. It was violet, with red and pink decorating it. Her bit beast was the lioness, Amethysia.

Kai Hiwatari looked ready to go.

"Ready, Hilary?" he called.

"I was BORN ready!" she replied.

Ray Kon and Max Tate sniggered.

"That sounded like Tyson!" Max grinned.

"Hey! Since when am I like a bitchy girl?!" Tyson demanded.

"3...2...1...LET IT RIP!" Kai and Hilary cried, launching their blades.


Kenny recorded the match with his laptop. As the battle raged on, the rest watched.

"Dranzer, attack!" Kai yelled.

"Go, Amethysia!" Hilary cried.

The phoenix and lioness rose from their masters' Beyblades.

"Dranzer, FLAME SABRE ATTACK!" Kai ordered.

"Amethysia, BURING FANG ATTACK!" Hilary exclaimed.

After some more attacking, both blades suddenly spun out of the stadium.

"Woah! It's a tie!" Tyson exclaimed.

"You guys were great!" Ray called.

As they picked up their blades, Kai smiled at Hilary. She felt her face burn, and quickly turned away.

"OK, Max and Ray, you're next!" Kenny announced.

"Man, Hil's gotten a lot stronger, hasn't she?" Tyson admitted, when Kai sat next to him.

"Yeah...no kidding." agreed Kai.