Beyblade Fan Fiction ❯ Flight of the Black Dragon ❯ The Invitation ( Chapter 1 )

Chapter 1

The Invitation

Still celebrating from their win in the American tournament, the Bladebreakers stopped at the hotel for a feast provided by Mr. Dickinson. Talk went from Beyblading quickly and after a while, they had several other people telling them they had done a fantastic job. Tyson, Max, Kenny and Ray were in the middle of it, glad to talk about their win, while Kai went off into the shadows and ignored everything around him. He wasn't interested in the stupid celebrations that were going on around him, and he knew that they had only won by fluke; his teammates really weren't very good at all. Compared to himself, they were complete amateurs.

Kai suddenly looked up when he saw the door open and he watched a girl around his age step in, casting her blue eyes around the room before they settled on him. She came forward, ignoring everyone else and stopped before him. Kai lifted his gaze to meet hers and he thought he had seen her somewhere before, but couldn't remember exactly where.

She had black hair that went just past her shoulders. Her large blue eyes gazed unblinking at him through her long dark lashes and her generous mouth opened completed her look of indifference. She wore baggy black cargo pants that rode low on her hips and a purple tank top, revealing a sparkling pendant on her navel where she had gotten it pierced. Two silver hoops hung from her left ear while one silver hoop hung on her right. If he were to stand up, she would be about his height; maybe a little shorter.

"You the leader of the Bladebreakers?" she asked, her voice quiet but filled with a sort of confidence he recognized as something he himself had.

"Yeah. Who's asking?"

The girl lifted her head and flicked her wrist, sending an envelope toward him, which he caught unconsciously. "Doesn't matter. You've been chosen. If you accept or decline isn't my business, and frankly, I don't care. I'll be back in an hour for your answer." As abruptly as she had come she turned and left, her dark hair moving with her as she pulled it up into a ponytail and shut the door behind her, disappearing into the night.

"What was that about?" Max asked, having seen the girl confront Kai.

Tyson grinned and nudged Kai's shoulder. "Looks like Kai's got a date!"

"Don't be stupid," Kai snapped, opening the envelope and scanning its contents. When he finished it, he tossed it to Tyson and stood up, leaving them to disappear into the shadows again, like the girl had.

The Bladebreakers looked over Tyson's shoulder as they read. "It's an invitation to a Beyblade tournament!" Max whispered excitedly. "This is so cool!"

"Must be a private one," Ray commented, frowning. "I've never heard of it before. But why did they choose us?"

"We won the American tournament," Kenny said thoughtfully. "Maybe they now think we're good enough to compete with them. But we have no idea what we're against here! We could be destroyed!"

Tyson snorted and punched the air with his fist. "No way are we gonna lose, Chief! We'll take this tournament by storm, too! Who's with me!"

Max immediately raised his hand. "I'm in if you are, Tyson!"

"Guess that means me, too," Ray said. "I never back down from a challenge," he added with a smile.

Kenny sighed and shrugged. "Well, I suppose that's all right, but what about Kai? He's the team leader, after all."

"Who cares about him?" Tyson demanded. "We don't need him to win this tournament!"

~*~*~*~*~

An hour later, the Bladebreakers were awaiting the arrival of the girl that had given them their invitation in the first place. When the clock struck the hour they all gazed expectantly at the door, wondering if she would come through or not. Max clenched his fists and Tyson couldn't stop fidgeting. Ray stood calmly against the wall, although he couldn't help but be nervous for the girl's arrival again. Chief was already working away on his laptop. Kai was the only one that didn't seem to be paying any attention to the door.

"Have you decided yet?" The girl seemed to materialize out of the dark shadows of the room and she crossed her arms over her chest, appearing to not like being a messenger.

"Yeah! We're in!" Tyson said, nearly exploding with excitement.

The girl lifted a dark brow and looked at Kai. "It's the leader's call."

"We don't need him," Tyson said confidently.

To their surprise, the girl smiled slightly. "On the contrary, you'll find that you'll need him to even get past the qualifying round. So what do you say, Bladebreakers?"

Everyone turned to look at Kai, who still had his eyes closed and his arms crossed over his chest. Finally his red eyes snapped open and he gazed directly at her, wondering if she would avoid his gaze. When she didn't, the corner of his lip pulled slightly upward. "I accept."

"Mm." The girl smiled slightly in the same manner and uncrossed her arms, revealing a Beyblade in her hand. Its design was unclear, but the colors were black and purple, and if Kai wasn't mistaken, there was a Bit Beast there. "The invitation tells you where to go. And if you're late you're disqualified. Good luck." She turned to leave and just before she closed the door behind her, she turned her head to look back at them through the corner of her eyes. "You'll need it." With those words she closed the door behind her, ignoring Tyson's enraged shouts and challenges.

Kai stood up, the white scarf tied around his neck sweeping behind him as he headed toward the elevator. "Save your challenge for the tournament, Tyson. She's competing." The doors slid closed behind him and he was gone.