Jaheira1000: Hey there everyone. Sorry it took so long to update, but I had another back op. I am wholly surprised that I managed to get this up by Christmas! Enjoy!

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THIS CHAPTER IS DEDICATED TO LIOKU. YOU ASKED ME TO UPDATE SO NICELY :P

The votes for pairings stand as follows:

TalaxKai - 7

ReixKai - 4

MiguelxKai - 9

BryanxKai - 4

The cutoff date for votes is the 1st of January 2007

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CHAPTER THREE: Showing a Show-Off

Kai watched silently as all of the shocked bladers slowly made their way to the changing room at the back of the stage. Everybody was going to dance to save Tyson, but he couldn't help wondering whether there was another way to save the big mouth.

He realized that the only way out of this predicament, was to fake dancing badly. He wasn't very thrilled about this, but he didn't have much choice in it.

It stung to think that he would deliberately have to make mistakes in order to do this since he had a lot of pride, especially in his dancing.

After everybody else had changed into their respective outfits, he decided to wear the costume he had designed himself. It was a gorgeous outfit that was made to cling to the wearer.

It was completely black with a maroon stripe running from the right shoulder to the left hip. The entire outfit was studded with tiny diamonds and rubies, though nobody really knew they were real. He wouldn't ever wear something fake. The overall effect was to make the person glitter in an otherworldly type of shimmer. The skin-tight boots and gloves were a matching maroon also glittering with rubies.

Smirking slightly at the nostalgia the outfit gave him, he decided to wait until the others were all done dancing before entering. It would give him some time to compose himself. He hated the fact that he couldn't dance to his fullest potential, but he decided the advantages outweighed the difficulties.

Silently he watched as his friends competed against the arrogant creep and lost. Unknowingly he clenched his fists as he thought of the loser who called himself a dancer. Right then, Kai made up his mind. He wouldn't let this creep get away with thinking he could rival a true world-class master. He would dance the way he had danced only once before, and that was the final round at the previous world championship.

The sound of clapping was faintly heard from outside, breaking him out of his thoughts. Silently following the sound, he saw a miniature block of light shining though the wall. Investigating further he realized it was a door that was shut tight. This brought an idea to the fore. No sooner had he gotten his idea than he heard a few shouts of pain.

Running to the front, he stopped just short of the door. Even though he hadn't entered fully, he could still clearly see what was happening.

Apparently Andrew had become impatient with what he deemed poor performances and had strapped all the failed bladers to the wall in the same manner as Tyson. He was shouting for the world to hear him.

"WHERE IS HE?!? I KNOW HE'S HERE! I'M TIRED OF PLAYING WITH AMATEURS!!!" After whispering his plans to Tala who was, mercifully, not strapped to the wall he approached Andrew.

"Hey, you mentioned something about wanting a challenge…" Andrew turned to see Kai striding towards him in his former outfit. He was slightly surprised to see how well the outfit fitted him…almost as if it was made for him.

"Are you challenging me?" Kai smirked before whipping something out from behind his back. Andrew watched in surprise as Kai put on the original mask of the outfit that he had never been able to find. With an expert toss of his hand, the veil attached to the top of the mask rested over his head, hiding his hair from view.

'That was done so carelessly, with the ease of practice. Almost…as if he had done it many times before…' Andrews own smirk became apparent.

"Well, it seems you've finally decided to come out of hiding." Without breaking eye contact the two positioned themselves on the dance floor. Andrew lifted his hand for silence from the other bladers who had been watching and murmuring in surprise ever since Kai had stepped forward.

"I hope you don't mind dance king, but I decided to trounce you with the very song you danced to in the finals last year." Kai mockingly inclined his head as if to thank the other young man. This only served to make his anger escalate.

How dare this punk insult him this way?!? He used to be known as the dance king, but Andrew had studied his form of dancing ever since hearing about it and had incorporated it into his own style.

Having gained back some of his confidence, Andrew snapped his fingers, giving the sign to start the music. The two were standing opposite each other as the music started flowing in softly. Still, neither of them moved.

For this round, the computer had been set to score for them.

Suddenly the beat of the music changed to a heavy thump and both boys moved to the music. The way Andrew moved was smooth and precise with a practiced air, but Kai…He almost seemed to be swimming through air. His movements were graceful and free as if this was his whole world. It was ethereal. His clothes shimmered as he moved, every movement being emphasized by the glittering cloth covering most of his body.

Everybody who watched was held spellbound. When the two stopped moving, the computer tallied the score. Everybody waited with baited breath to see who would emerge the victor. When the scores had been tallied, Andrew could only stare in shock. Not only had he lost, but by such a large margin. With a light flick of his wrist Kai lifted the mask off his face, his smirk visible.

"I didn't only wear this mask to hide who I was pretty-boy." Everybody could only stare. KAI was the previous world champion?!? Suddenly, all the shackles came loose and the now free bladers crowded around Kai. They were all shouting thanks and congratulations. Miguel had even hugged and twirled him around. Afterwards he had taken a step back from the brightly blushing boy and grinned. Kai could only blush a little harder, and didn't notice the jealous looks shot at Miguel by certain other bladers. After this round of congratulations, Tala quickly got Kai's plan in motion.

"Let's go guys." He bolted into the changing room followed by everybody but Kai. They heard a loud crash as the door was blown from its hinges by an excessive amount of beyblades. Kai looked down at the young man on the floor who was mumbling incoherently about how this wasn't supposed to happen.

Lowering himself to stare the man in his eyes he waited until Andrew lifted his head.

"Next time, dance from the heart...then there are no wrong steps." With those words, he left.

Andrew pondered these words before making up his mind.

'Maybe I should join the bladers on their little cruise'. With his goal firmly in mind, he started packing VERY quickly shouting to his assistant that he would be taking a little holiday…

Miguel watched as Kai came jogging up to the rest of the bladers who were waiting to board the ship. Kai blinked a few times seeing who was waiting for him.

"Miguel?"

"Hey Kai. We called Mr Dickenson and he said we could join you on your cruise. We had to divide the rooms though, and I'm bunking with you! That's why I decided to wait for you."

"Um…thanks I guess." He shifted uncomfortably aware of the fact that he was still wearing his dancing outfit. Miguel smiled at him cheekily.

"By the way, that outfit looks good on you." A bright blush coloured his cheeks. After stepping onto the ship, Kai was bowled over by something from behind which promptly made itself comfortable on his back. After seeing who was sitting on him, his eye started twitching.

"What the HELL do you think you're doing Andrew?" The green haired boy smiled sheepishly.

"I'm joining the cruise…what else?" From very far away a mournful cry could be heard.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooo!!!"

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