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"I think were the only one left training" said Michael as they passed by the corridors.
On the way they passed by Kai and then saw a blue haired beyblader.
"Hey isn't that the pop star always with Ming-ming Maria I think? My sister likes her." Crusher said.
It was Maria they saw in the dark part of the corridor watching something.
"Hey Maria" Rei then greated.

"True," Robert said, nodding in agreement with his former teammate even as he studied the board. Not that he actually needed to; it was more of a habit for him. "We won't know for sure probably until each team's first respective training session.

"But as for the old teams getting all mixed up..." Robert reached over and used his queen's knight to capture the black pawn in D-5. "I'm sure that's what Mr. Dickenson intended to happen."

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Kai stopped writing for a while and studied the schedule he'd planned out. Well, if only for the other three. Hilary had a seperate training schedule, since she was still technically a rookie.

Confusing one's enemy by using opposite tactics... creating new attacks using old ones... Crimson orbs skipped over the written lines, turning them over in his mind. Would this be enough? Did he cover all the bases?

Ah, what the heck... The slate-haired teen crumpled up the paper and tossed it expertly into the wastebasket several feet behind him - without glancing over his shoulder. Hilary needed a training schedule, that was for certain. Robert and the others...that was definitely a different story. Perhaps it would be better to let things happen as they happened...

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Mariam pushed open the door to the Saint Shield's hotel room to find it empty and...quite gloomy. The lights had not been turned on, so she reached up and flicked the switch.

That's better... the dark blue-haired girl thought. She glanced about, already spotting several of Joseph's things lying where they shouldn't be. She reminded herself to give her younger brother a talking-to when he got back.

For now... she went on as she sat on the edge of what she'd claimed as 'her' bed. I'll take a little nap. After all, no one's...back yet...

So saying, Mariam lay down, tucking her feet up, ankles crossed...and promptly fell asleep.

{Eep! Shortness!...gomen}

Johnny winced as Robert snatched up one of his pieces. Why did he even challenge Robert to a game? Who was he kidding? He hadn't been practicing. The only thing he did was cheat off of some site on the internet. Feeling out of it, he moved the pawn to the far left ahead on space. "Mmm, well I have to say I'm glad someone isn't on my team."

Maria was surprised also to be suddenly asked for an autograph especially for crusher. It was probably for his sister Maria thought .She then took the CD and signed it to his sister then gave it back. With a smile she then left saying , "Sorry got to go back now."
Maria then went back straight back to the hotel dodging fans and to where Kenny, Mao and Ming-ming were.

Crusher then receives the autograph.
“This is for my sister” Crusher then said when Maria was gone, “Hey how’d she know my sister’s name.”

“She’s Ming-ming’s partner she must have heard it from her, even so she must have watched your match with Rei.” Michael then said.

“Oh Yeah Crusher then agreed.”

It was a hunch Rei felt maybe there is. He then faced his members and said, “Come on let’s go train.”


They then found the large training room where Spencer and Bryan were. They then battled each other. Crusher to Rei, Mathilda to Michale to Oliver.

Rei and Crusher had a fierce battle but were not as fierce as when they battled during the Bega league. They both had a strong reason to win. For Rei was for the future of beyblade and so. For Crusher it was for his sister. If it wasn't for the boundary rules Rei would have been the victor.

Mathilda had a fairly hard time battling with 2 people. Both of her opponents may have had a small grudge still on her team since

Oliver was cheated on so their team could not enter the tournament and

for Michael , his team was frowned upon because of am act they all set up.

Mathilda regretted she had come to come to bartez, but both neither really hated her as they know she was only being used.


Oliver was not a person with room of any negativity in his artistic ways and he somehow knew Robert and Johnny would have been victor and they would remain mostly on the sidelines.

Michael on the other hand was more annoyed of Rick than the matter.

Soon Michael and Oliver battled each other not minding Mathilda since they though she only qualified because of Bartez’s help, but ended up to be their biggest mistake. Mathilda beat them when they were both tired. Mathilda won among the 3 of them.

Mean while Rei and Crusher had a draw with both bladders very exhausted.

“We got carried in it too much.” Rei said catching his breath.
“Yeah, but you sure have become better.” Crusher answered.
“you too. I trained very hard, before the tournament. Why don’t we rest everyone? Let’s start later than the others. I think that’s okay.” Rei then suggested.
“Sure.” Everyone then answered.
They then all went back to the hotel to rest.
{Can the day go by now? Sorry I didn't know what color to be when involving 2 or more people.}

Well, there you go... Robert thought, watching calmly as Johnny captured his queen's knight. He wasn't too shook up about it; true, it was a knight, one of the major chess pieces, but the lilac-haired blader had dealt with having lost more powerful pieces. Besides, it freed up space to maneuvre around the board.

"Enrique, huh? To tell the truth, I was finding him quite tiresome as a teammate..." He grinned as he moved his king's bishop back to D-3. Some may have called it cowardice, but to Robert, it was a tactical retreat.

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It's always so peaceful here at night... Brooklyn thought as he gazed up at the partially cloudy sky. There was a waning moon, but it still provided enough light to see by; and portions of the sky were dotted with the first few stars.

The flame-haired blader's thoughts drifted from the nature around him to the incidents surrounding the year's tournament. And he found himself suddenly frightened. Vestiges of his anger towards Kai still remained, no matter how hard he tried to erase them. Brooklyn wondered if he'd be able to restrain the old part of him, the one that wanted to exact retribution on the slate-haired blader who'd first ruined his winning streak. If he didn't...what would happen then?

"Ah, quit worrying, Kingston," he said aloud, keen aqua eyes following the silhouette of a bat out for its nighttime hunt. It was a new year, a new tournament, a new beginning. Surely he'd changed enough, became more of a true blader, able to accept defeat. He was worrying over nothing.

Now, there was the training session tomorrow to look forward to.

((No Kai, Mariam, or Hilary. Couldn't think of what they'd be doing... sweatdrop ))

((Uh...Kai didn't want to 'confront' Tala about anything. At least, as far as I can remember. Besides, they're in different places now, remember? 3nodding ))

Almost instantly, Robert castled his king. That is to say he moved his king 2 spaces to the right - to G-1 - and his rook into the space to the left of the king - to F-1. He needed to move at least one rook out into the open so he could move it.

That is, if things would go according to plan. However, Johnny's reply to Robert's own remark...interested him. "Well, that's certainly new," he commented, leaning back to study the board once more. "I've never heard you use...semi-formal language before..." And it was true. Whenever Johnny agreed it was usually a simple nod or a curt 'Yeah.'; never 'quite', as he had done so now.

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Aaaah... that was refreshing... Hilary thought as she stepped out of the bath. Nothing like a good hot soak to calm you down...

She quickly changed into her nightdress. True, it was only around eight o'clock in the evening, but she wanted to wake up early. Knowing Kai, he'd be there before ten AM - the time he'd set for the training session to start. And Hilary didn't want to look like a total rookie in front of her teammates, so she was planning to ask Kai if they could have another one-on-one training before the rest of the group got there.

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Mariam blinked once, twice, and then sat up and looked around. No sign of any of her teammates anywhere. Then she glanced at the clock on the bedside table and chuckled.

Well, that was some nap! she chided herself. I nearly skipped dinner! The blue-haired girl swung her legs over the side of the bed and stood up. I wonder if the cafe downstairs is still open...

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Kai finally stood up from his desk, stretching out the kinks in his back. Glad that's over and done with... he thought, eyeing the off-white sheet of paper on which he'd written his plan regarding Hilary's training. He'd never actually had to deal with a rookie before - Tyson, though technically a rookie when he started out, didn't count because of his bit beast - and so planning a training program for a rookie was pretty new to him. Sure, they'd covered half of the basics earlier, but that wasn't enough to bring the auburn-haired girl up from that rank.

She needed a bit of...guidance, perhaps, and a lot of practice. But considering her determination, the practice part wouldn't be too hard.

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Strange... Brooklyn thought as he entered the house. Garland isn't back yet...

The flame-haired teen glanced around, searching for any sign of Garland, to make sure he hadn't assumed wrongly. No, he most certainly hadn't. Only his own shoes were in the shoe rack near the foyer, for one thing. That there were no other Beyblades on top of the hall cabinet - where the pale blue-haired martial artist usually placed his blade upon coming home - was another.

I wonder what's keeping him...

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((Oooh...all five from Kai's team. Had to make it as long as possible, seeing as I might not be online 'til this weekend on account of school starting for us here in the Philippines...))