blackamber- I am back with a all new chapter!

Thea- FINALLY!

Dimitiri- We were growing old here!

blackamber- sorry! University is a pain and I had a lot of reading and papers to write. Anywho, I hoped you all enjoyed the little filler chapter and I promise I am going to try to update more frequently.

"Welcome, everyone, to sunny Buenos Aires Argentina, the first location for the tournament!"

Dimitri clutched Skye's leash tightly as he, Keith, Thea, Aya, Jayden, and Graham made their way through the airport. He was happy to be on the ground again and apparently Skye was just as happy, bounding excitedly along beside him. Behind him he could hear Thea and Aya chatting it up about whatever interested girls and even further behind was Keith trying to strike a conversation with the human ice-cube Jayden.

Dimitri rolled his eyes at the blonde, thinking that the boy should know by now how pointless it was to try and get Jayden to talk to them.

"So what's your favorite movie?" Aya asked energetically, loving the fact that she now had a best girl friend to have girl-talk with.

"Definitely The Prestige," came Thea's response, "I mean, Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman in the same movie." She mimicked the action of fanning herself as Aya giggled in slight agreement.

"They are both very good-looking men, but I'd go for Brad Pitt in Troy, can you spell dreamy?" Aya questioned with a cheeky smile.

"Oh? I thought we were going for hot men and good story," teased Thea, "if I had known we were just looking at hot men I would have gone for Troy as well."

"Oh, hahaha," Aya said sarcastically.

In front of them, Dimitri pretended to gag. Girls… he thought, rolling his eyes. "Best movie ever created was Snatch," he decided to join in on the conversation, "that is pure humor that is."

"Oh, I'm with you there mate," Keith called up, "nothing beats British humor, I mean prime example of good humor, Monty Python."

It was now time for the girls to roll their eyes, it was typical of boys to choose such mediocre movies. (A/N: I have nothing against these movies, in fact I love Snatch… but I don't particularly like Troy so what Thea said about it is generally how I feel)

"What about you, Jay?" Aya asked, "what's your favorite movie?"

Jayden glanced at her, narrowed his eyes, and then looked away.

"I think that's just about the only answer you are going to get from him, mate," Keith shrugged almost apologetically.

"I pity you, Thee… you're stuck with him until the end of the tournament." Aya glanced warily down at her free hand, examining her nails.

"I think I can manage… if not I'll make him more agreeable," Thea smirked, readjusting her bag on her shoulder.

Aya smiled as the team bus came into view. "So… what's your favorite show?"

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer," responded Thea automatically, "before you say anything, Spike is ten-times better looking than Angel."

"Are you kidding!? Angel is the epitome of a beautiful man!"

"Hello! Spike has a sexy British accent and is as bad ass as they come," countered Thea, climbing into the bus after her brother and dog.

"Can we please not judge the caliber of a show by the guys on it but actually by the talent," begged Dimitri, getting very tired of the girl-talk.

"Buffy would be a good show even without Spike and Beautiful Man," responded Aya stealing a window seat.

"Amen to that."

Dimitri rolled his eyes, "Give me a break, Heroes can whip Buffy's ass any day."

"Heroes?" Keith barked in laughter, "try Supernatural! Now that is a good show."

"No way man, Heroes is the bomb!"

"Why am I surrounded by such idiots," grumbled Jayden sitting down as far away from the rest of the team as possible.

"Just answer a question Jayden," begged Thea, "and then we'll leave you alone."

Jayden sighed, "Fine." He rolled his eyes as he folded his arms across his chest, deciding it was easier to humor his team-mates than ignore them.

"Favorite movie and TV show?" asked Thea.

"That's two questions," countered Jayden, getting ready to say something about her intelligence when she interrupted him with a-

"Just answer the question."

He sighed again, "Indiana Jones and CSI."

"Which ones?" Aya asked.

"CSI: Los Vegas and Last Crusade."

"Aww, really? Raiders of the Lost Ark is soo much better," Thea stated.

Jayden snorted, "Please, Last Crusade was the greatest Indiana Jones movie ever created."

"Not even! Raiders of the Lost Ark has a great story line to it, unforgettable scenes and a tolerable female actress. You don't see people borrowing ideas from Last Crusade now do you?"

"If you haven't noticed, the scenes borrowed from Raiders of the Lost Ark are all used in spoofs, Last Crusade is just too good to be made into a spoof."

"Or not good enough." Thea let an arrogant smirk on her face, thinking she had finally won-up on Jayden.

"Anything with Sean Connery automatically becomes an unbeatable classic."

At those words, Keith and Dimitri broke down in laughter, with Keith adding a, "He's got you there mate."

Thea was dumbstruck, continuously opening and closing her mouth.

"You know, loser, you look like a fish when you do that."

Oh how Thea wanted to just punch that boy's head in whenever he wore that stupid smirk on his face.

"Never mind him Thee," Aya said, patting her shoulder sympathetically, as the van started up. "Now, the most important question of all, what is your favorite musical?" Aya had an idea of what she would say, either Phantom of the Opera, the movie, for Gerard Butler, or RENT for Adam Pascal; it was obvious where the girl's minds were.

"Definitely Wicked," came Thea's response, "the songs were catchy and well thought out and the story absolutely incredible!"

That response caught Aya off-guard; there was no mention of good-looking men anywhere.

"What about you?" Thea asked, staring out her window at the passing streets.

"Oh… um," Aya struggled, trying to find a musical she liked that didn't involve a cute male actor being the reason, "I like Hairspray."

"That one was good too, once again catchy songs and good story," Thea beamed at her friend.

"If there's one thing in this world that Thea takes serious, aside from Beyblading, it's Musicals," Dimitri stated, not understanding his sister's love of them.

Throughout the entire ride to the hotel, Thea and Aya kept asking each other questions, like favorite bands, favorite celebrities, favorite foods etc. By the end of it, Jayden was not the only one grateful when the bus rolled to a stop outside of the hotel.

Going up to their rooms, they discovered them to be a horrid pale pink with simple checkered sheets. Jayden claimed the bed closest to the window, which Thea didn't mind for it meant that she was closest to the bathroom, giving her first dips on the shower in the morning.

Buenos Aires turned out to be much hotter than what Thea had originally thought and the sweater she had been wearing suddenly seemed like a bad idea. Turning her back to Jayden, she slowly lifted it off, the back of her shirt lifting slightly with it.

It didn't lift a lot, but enough for Jayden to see the pink scars that seemed to cover every inch of her back and although he would not say anything, he couldn't help but stare. He turned his attention away as the shirt fell back into place, covering the scars and Thea moved fully onto the bed, not bothering with making conversation with him.

She knew better; he wouldn't talk to her unless it was to berate her. A knock came to their hotel room, and Thea jumped up to answer it… only to be tackled by her brother as soon as the door was open.

"Come on sis! Grab your swimsuit! We're going swimming!" he chirped, Skye jumping and barking excitedly beside the two.

"What?" Thea blinked.

"Well, the tournament doesn't start till tomorrow and Uncle's already registered us so we have a free day! Graham found this map to a swimming hole; it'll be just like when Mom and Dad went swimming in Australia!" Dimitri cheered, clearly excited by the idea of swimming outdoors.

"Jayden, are you going to come?" Thea asked, after sharing a moment of excitement with her brother and looking at the dark haired, older boy.

Jayden snorted and Thea was sure he was going to say "no" and then add something like "loser" after it. "I guess, it's not like I have anything better to do," was his actual response, which caught both twins off-guard. Their comebacks for the expected insult died in their throats.

"Great! Meet us out front!" Dimitri yelled, bounding out of the room with Skye.

Jayden watched him go curiously, wondering if he too carried scars on his back. That, he told himself, was the reason he wanted to go swimming, just to see. He was curious about the scars, and it was too weird to ask Thea about them, but if Dimitri had them too, maybe it would be easier.

Aya and Thea wadded happily in the water, enjoying the cool, crystal water as it washed over them. Dimitri pulled off his shirt, getting ready to dive in when Keith prevented him.

"Woah, mate! What happened to you?" he asked, loudly.

"Huh?" Dimitri cocked his head to the side, much like Skye would when he was confused.

"Your back," Jayden stated coldly, seeing that he, too, had scars like Thea.

Dimitri blinked at them, still not quite getting it.

"He means your scars, Dimka," Thea said, standing up in the pool of water, "I've got them too, see."

"Wow!" Keith whistled, "who could do such a horrid thing to such a lovely back, it's inhumane, that's what it is!"

"You got that right," Dimitri said, "I've had these for so long, I kinda forgot about them."

"So what happened, your parents beat you?" Jayden asked snarkily, hoping he had hit home.

"God no, what sick person would beat their children," Thea said aghast at the very thought, "Dimka and I were kidnapped when we were little. The people who kidnapped us did this to us."

"Why?" Aya asked, feeling sorry for the twins, and blushing slightly at Dimitri's shirtless state. His looks certainly came from the Hiwatari side.

"Well, from what I understand, one of the kidnappers wanted us to Beyblade for him, the other wanted to hurt us because of something that happened with our Mom. She wouldn't tell us what it was, but our Dad said those people really hurt her. You should see of the scars she has; there's this one really cool one on her temple and the really thin one that travels from her forehead down behind her ear. It's so cool!" Dimitri exclaimed.

"I don't think it's cool," muttered Thea, "I think it must have really hurt to have that happen to her." Thea hated the thought of any pain coming to her mother; she was so kind and caring- to think that anyone would want to willingly hurt her seemed unfathomable.

"Well, yeah… I mean I would never want her to go through it… but you have to admit the scars look cool," Dimitri said sheepishly.

Thea shook her head at her brother and felt a small pang of homesickness. All this talk of their mother made her really miss her. "Hey, Dimka, what do you suppose Mom and Dad are up to?" she asked.

"Oh, I think we both know what they're up to," Dimitri responded, laughing and wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.

Thea couldn't help but laugh, "Dimka!"

"What it's true!" Dimitri shrugged diving into the water.

"I don't get it…" Aya muttered.

"Neither do I," Keith admitted, slipping into the water.

"Idiots," said Jayden.

"Good afternoon Beyblade fans! Here we are in beautiful, sunny Buenos Aires ready to kick off the Beyblading World Championships, but first let's take a look at the teams!"

"There are good number of local teams from Buenos Aires, Brad, starting with the Tigre, the Loba, and the reigning champions the Glaciar Huelga."

"We also have teams from other parts of the world, starting with the BBA's new team, the BBA Guardians!"

"The PPB All Starz have also returned with a new team and are in for this match."

"You don't think we'll Auntie Courtney or Uncle Max or Rick do you?" Thea whispered to Dimitri.

"Don't know, I don't think Mom said who the new coach of the PPB All Starz was, " Dimitri whispered back.

"What are you whispering about?" Aya asked, in a hushed voice.

"Why are you even whispering? It's not like any can hear you over the noise!" Keith yelled.

"He makes a good point," Dimtri said, talking normally.

"To start off the tournament we'll be pinning the BBA Guardians against the Tigre team!" DJ Daichi yelled into the microphone.

"I guess that's out cue," Dimitri sighed, getting up out of his seat and following Jayden and his sister to the lower part of the stadium.

"Today's dish will be the Waterfalls of Iguazú River; this miniature model of the 19 larger waterfalls that reside along the treacherous river. Bladers have to be careful about falling into that swift moving current and those long drops."

"Stepping up to plate from the BBA Guardians is Thea Valkov and her bit beast Wolborg, she may not look it, but this young girl packs quite the punch with her Novae Rog attack."

"If you think Thea's tough brad, wait till you get a look at her opponent Amoldo."

It was weird for Thea to not hear a bit beast's name following the announcement of her opponent; she had never, competitively, face against a blader without one before. Sure, for fun in the parks there were a few she had fought against that didn't have a bit beast, but out here in the World Championships, she had never imagined someone to get so far without one.

'He must be really good then,' she thought, readying Wolborg in his launcher.

"Shooters are you ready!?" Daichi asked the age old question. A short nod passed between Thea and her opponent. "Three… two… one…"

"LET IT RIIIPP!"

blackamber- well there you have it! I just got back and already I put in a cliffie

Aya- You are notorious for those

blackamber- indeed I am

Keith- R&R!!!