Hey everyone, long time no talk huh? Sorry about Utopia, but I've hit a major road block. I've started writing this story as well as two others so hopefully inspiration will strike and Utopia can continue!

Anyway, on with the story!

Someone new joins the Bladebreakers as they are about to head to Rio for a tournament. But what is their connection to the Bladebreakers and the Sarced Bit-Beasts? And strange things start happening as well, setting in motion a devious plot that will forever change the Bladebreakers.

Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade or the characters, only my OC Katerina and my storyline.

Please let me know what you think! :D

Chapter 1

Katerina Ivanov walks throughout the streets of New York City alone.

Alone.

She was always alone. Ever since she could remember she had been alone. Raised in an orphanage from the time of her birth, she never had a family. She never experienced the love only a family could give her, but somehow she turned out to be a normal 17 year old girl. She was currently on 'vacation'. Her school was taking a field trip to NYC to see the sights and learn the history of America. She had long flowing curly light brown hair and ocean blue eyes.

"Katerina!" A girl shouted. Kat turned to see her classmate, Miyuki waving at her. Miyuki ran towards her, stopping in front of her. "There you are Katerina. I was wondering where you ran off to."

"Sorry Miyuki." Kat smiled at her classmate. "I just wanted to be alone for a moment."

Miyuki raised an eyebrow at her. "Ok, but it's time to leave. We have to meet at Rockerfeller Center remember?" Kat nodded and the two girls start running to meet with the rest of the school.

"Hurry Katerina!" Miyuki shouted. "They will leave without us!"

"I know! I- Ah!" Kat cut off as she ran into someone. She felt a hand wrap around her waist and hold her up. "I'm so sorry, I-" Kat broke off as she looked up into the most handsome face she had ever seen. The guy was tall, probably about 6'3" and he had perfectly messy dark silver hair with the most gorgeous amethyst eyes ever. He had a strong jaw and was athletically built.

"It's ok." The guy shrugged and he released her. "Just be more careful next time. See ya later!" He called over his shoulder as he walked away, raising a hand in farewell. Kat just stared at his retreating figure in awe.

"Katerina! We have to go!" Miyuki shouted. Kat snapped out of her thoughts and ran over to Miyuki.

As they were boarding the plane and waiting to take off, Kat kept thinking about the mystery man that she had met. He was amazingly handsome and she had felt something when he held her for that brief moment. It was a connection, a bond, something that Kat had never experienced.

Kat looked out the window and listened to music the entire plane ride. They soon arrived at Tokyo International Airport and got off the plane, Kat heading into the city to where her apartment was.

Kat turned on her street and headed to her little 3rd floor 1 bedroom apartment that the government provided her with. She took out her key and unlocked the door, walking in and up to the 3rd floor. Then she unlocked her own door and walked in. There was a little entry way and to the right was the kitchen and up and to the right was the living room. A hallway, up and to the left led to the bedroom and bathroom. Kat walked into her bedroom and hung up her jacket in her tiny closet. She stepped out of her sneakers and headed to the kitchen, putting on some flip flops. She made herself some dinner and headed to the living room to eat. She curled up on the couch as the TV was on in the background.

She silently ate, deep in her thoughts. This was a typical day for her...alone. She didn't have a family and she didn't have any friends as no one wanted to get close to the 'orphan'. Kat was very jealous of her classmates and what they had. They always complained about how annoying their siblings were and Kat would clam up, not saying a word. Kat desperately wished for a family, any family would do. She just wanted someone to love her unconditionally, no matter what happened between them.

Kat sighed and headed to her room to get some sleep. She would start her new job tomorrow morning. She was going to be the assistant manager for the World Champion Beyblade Team, The Bladebreakers. Tomorrow was the start of summer vacation and Kat was excited cause she loved blading. She could just release her blade and feel free and secure for once in her life.

"Good Morning Katerina." Mr Dickinson greeted her the next morning. He was an elderly man in his 60's with balding white hair and kind blue eyes. "This is the Bladebreaker's manager, Hilary Tachibana." Hilary was 17, as well as the bladers, and had shoulder length brown hair and deep ruby colored eyes.

"Hi Katerina." Hilary smiled, shaking her hand. Kat smiled back.

"Hi Hilary, call me Kat."

"Ok Kat." Hilary giggled.

"The boys should be here any moment." Mr D mused.

"Tyson probably had to stop for food." Hilary said rolling her eyes. "So Kat, do you blade?"

"Ummm, a little." Kat said. "I'm not too good, but I do love it."

"Can I see your blade?" Hilary asked and Kat's jaw dropped and her eyes widen. "I mean, if its ok with you, I know some bladers are picky about that sort of thing."

"No, its ok. It's just no one's ever asked me to see my blade before. They never cared." Kat explained. She reached behind her and pulled out her red and gold blade from it's case on her belt. She handed over her blade to Hilary and watched as the girl looked it over carefully.

"Well, we care Kat." Hilary smiled. "This blade is in beautiful shape. Where do you get it fixed?"

"Umm, no where, I fix it myself." Kat said embarrassed.

"Woah, Chief's going to love you." Hilary laughed. Kat smiled, at ease. It was easy to connect with Hilary. They both shared a love of blading.

"Tyson! Stop choking all ready!" A voice shouted from the hall.

"It's not like I can help it!" A reply shouted.

"Quiet." A voice said shortly. It sounded faintly familiar to Kat.

"Hey Hils." A guy smiled, walking in. He was Japanese, like Mr D and Hilary and had short dark navy blue hair and crimson eyes. Kat recognized the voice as the one who shouted about not being able to help choking.

"Hey Mr D, Hilary." Another smiled. This time it was an American guy with blond hair and blue eyes.

The others were another Japanese guy with brown hair and brown eyes under glasses, a Chinese boy with black hair and golden hazel eyes, and- Kat gasped. It was HIM! That boy that she met in NYC the other day.

The guy was Russian like her, she could tell now, and his eyes widened slightly as his eyes met hers. Kat could tell that he recognized her too.

"Guys." Hilary said, grabbing the boys attention. "This is Katerina Ivanov, my assistant manager. She will be joining us throughout the summer as we go to tournaments and the like, including the World Championships at the end of the summer."

"Hi Katerina, I'm Tyson Granger." Said the navy haired boy.

"I'm Max Tate, nice to meet you." The American smiled.

"I'm Kenny Saji or Chief. Nice to have you on the team." The boy with glasses smiled.

"Chief's the team's mechanic." Hilary whispered to Kat.

"I'm Ray Kon, nice to meet you." The Chinese boy smiled.

"Kai Hiwatari, Captain. Nice to meet you, again." The Russian said, giving her a smirk.

"Kai? Again?" Ray smirked. "You've met Katerina before?"

"Call me Kat, but yes." Kat smiled. "We met in New York the other day."

"When we were visiting Max's family huh?" Tyson smiled. "Geesh Kai, it's just like you to keep something like this from us."

Hilary smiled as she looked over at Kat. Her and Kai were looking at each other, and it reminded her of Tyson and herself. Though they might not know it, they were falling for each other.

"Hey Hil, nice blade." Max said, and that caught everyone's attention. Kenny walked up and looked over the blade in Hilary's hand as Tyson reached to take it.

"Ask Kat first Tyson. It's her blade." Hilary told her boyfriend.

"This is yours Kat?" Ray asked shocked.

"Yea, you can pick it up Tyson." Kat said, giving the World Champ permission. Tyson picked up the blade, looking it over as his teammates looked over his shoulder.

"Wow Kat, this is a really good blade, where did you get it?" Max asked.

"I don't know." Kat shrugged. "I've just always had it. Ever since I can remember, I've had Dominique."

"Dominique?" Kenny asked.

"My Bit-Beast." Kat replied.

"Bit-Beast?!" The guys exclaimed. Then Tyson took a closer look.

"The white phoenix?" Tyson asked, looking back up.

Kat nodded. "Mhmm she's the Phoenix Of Light."

"Woah, too cool." Tyson mumbled to himself.

"It's in great shape, where to you go to tune it up?" Ray asked.

"No where, I fix it myself." Kat smiled shyly.

"Woah, no way..." Max said, dropping his jaw in awe.

"You didn't see that one coming, did you Chief?" Tyson laughed at Kenny's shocked expression. "A blader who can fix her own blade!"

Kat blushed. "I'm not all that good."

"Really?" Ray questioned. "We'll see about that." He smiled reassuringly.

"Are you sure this is ok?" Kat asked. "I told you that I'm not that good."

"Nonsense." Ray said, brushing it off. "You're a part of the team now and teammates help each other grow."

They were currently in the gym, getting ready to blade.

Kat smiled gratefully. "Thanks." Ray nodded and got into his stance, pulling out his blade. Kat got into her stance as well and mentally prepares.

"Ready?" Kenny asked. "3-2-1, Let It Rip!" Ray and Kat launched their blade simultaneously into the dish and circled, gauging the other's power.

"Wow, nice launch." Max whispered to Kai. Kai nodded, his eyes trained on Kat's red and golden blade as it circled the dish.

"Alright." Ray smiled. "Lets see what you got." Kat nodded, ready. "Driger! Attack!" A white and green tiger appeared above the dish and attacked Kat's blade.

Kat groaned under the pressure of the attack, but her blade only moved a couple of inches.

"Nice." Kenny murmured. Hilary nodded in agreement.

"So this is the power of a World Champion blader." Kat smirked. "Dominique, lets show these boys what we got! Burning Light!" Dominique glowed white hot and attacked Driger. But Ray was quick to attack as well.

"Don't think so! Thunder Claw!" Ray shouted. Driger glowed light green and lightning crackled around his blade. The two blades smashed together in the middle and a small shock wave rippled throughout the room.

"Wow..." Kenny murmured.

"Holy-!" Tyson shouted. The dust settled and showed the 2 blades barely spinning in the middle. But Dominique lost her momentum and stopped spinning first, Driger following soon after.

"Nice match!" Tyson smiled. Kat smiled as she and Ray picked up their blades.

"Kat, you're amazing!" Hilary cheered. Kat blushed from embarrassment.

"Thanks guys." Kat said. Ray put a hand on her shoulder reassuringly.

"What's wrong? You were great!" Ray smiled.

Kat smiled weakly at him. "It's just no one has ever complimented me like this. No one ever cared." Kat shrugged like it was no big deal, but inside she was overjoyed with the compliments and praise.

The guys and Hilary looked at her sadly as she hung her head. She had obviously been through a lot to think that no one ever cared about her.

"Hey, how about we go and get some food?" Tyson smiled, trying to cheer her up.

"Yea, sounds good." Max nodded.

"Kat?" Ray asked, looking down at her.

Kat nodded, looking back up into his golden eyes. "Sure." She smiled.

During lunch, Kat bonded with the team. It was unusual for her to feel this close to people, but it was so easy to become friends with the Bladebreakers, that Kat couldn't help herself. Sure they bonded over blading, but they bonded on some other level too, and Kat wasn't sure what that other level was yet.

"Morning Kat." Hilary smiled the next day.

"Morning Hilary." Kat greeted.

"We are going down to the gym today to watch the boys train as we go over the next tournament."

Kat nodded. "Sounds good!"

The two girls headed down a floor to see that the boys were already there and ready to go...well all except Tyson. He was sleeping on the bench...

"Tyson..." Hilary groaned, seeing her boyfriend sleeping at 10 in the morning. It was a bit ridiculous.

"Sorry Hil." Ray laughed. "You know how he is. I was surprised he was up yesterday when he was."

Hilary groaned and kicked Tyson's side lightly. Tyson groaned and mumbled incoherently, brushing her foot aside.

"Tyson!" Hilary screamed. Everyone in the gym winced and covered their ears at the sheer volume. But Tyson didn't wake up, he just rolled to his side and curled up in a ball.

"You try Kat." Hilary sighed, giving up.

"Me?" Kat asked, pointing to herself in disbelief.

"Yea, why not?" Hilary shrugged.

"He loves food right?" Kat asked, walking to his side.

"More then Hilary and blading combined." Max laughed and that got the guys roaring with laughter and Kai even managed a chuckle.

"Haha, very funny Maxie." Hilary said rolling her eyes.

"Tyson..." Kat whispered, shaking him. "Breakfast is ready!" And just like that Tyson shot up into a sitting position. Kat glided back a step so their heads wouldn't crash into each others.

"Food?! Where?!" Tyson asked, looking around.

"Wow..." Kenny whistled.

"3 words..." Max gaped.

"Nice Kat." Ray chuckled and Kat smiled as Tyson sighed in defeat.

"No food..." Tyson whined.

"No, just training. You missed breakfast." Kai smirked walking up to him. Kat looked up at Kai as he stood next to her. She still couldn't get over how handsome he was. Kai glanced down at her as well, but immediately looked back at his teammate. "Get up, training starts now." Kai walked towards the mats as Tyson groaned, standing up.

"Ok..." Tyson sighed and he goes to grab Dragoon, his Air dragon bit-beast.

"No, not that." Kai said shortly, and he took off his own blading belt, that housed his blade and launcher and placed it on the bench. "Take your blading gear off." He ordered the team.

"Nooo..." Tyson whined. "Not this."

"Yes Tyson, martial arts training." Kai smirked.

Tyson groaned as he hit the floor again. Everyone could tell the Captain was enjoying beating the World Champ over and over.

"Can we stop Kai?" Tyson groaned rolling over on his stomach to push himself up. "I'm hurting in places that I didn't even know could hurt."

Kai sighed. "Fine, 10 minute break!" He shouted and Ray and Max stopped. Ray pulled Max up from the ground and they headed over to the bench to grab their water.

"Ok, so this upcoming tournament is in Rio de Janeiro." Hilary informed Kat. Kat nodded. "And other then us, the Blitzkrieg Boys, the Saint Shields and BEGA are going to be there." Hilary said, listing off Kai's old team and 2 other teams. "And-"

"Hey girls." Tyson groaned and he flopped down on the bench next to Hilary. He leaned over and rested his head on Hilary's shoulder, sighing in relief.

"Hey Ty." Hilary smiled, kissing her boyfriend's forehead. "Kai whooping your butt good?"

"A little too good." Tyson groaned. "And he enjoys it way too much." The girls laughed as Kai walked over and took a chair, whipping it around and sitting in it backwards, facing the girls and Tyson. He leaned forward as his arms rested against the back of the chair.

"Nothing you didn't deserve." Kai said shortly, smirking. Tyson rolled his eyes then closed them, falling asleep against Hilary.

"Well, he's out for the count." Hilary giggled. Kat smiled as Hilary laid Tyson down on the bench.

"Hey Kat." Ray sighed, sitting next to her. He had a towel around his neck and was sweating lightly.

"Hey Ray." Kat smiled. "Looks like you and Max were having fun."

"Oh yea, this is the best training." Ray chuckled. "I'm always able to whoop Tyson and Max's butts."

"Hey!" Max chuckled, walking over with Kenny.

Ray laughed as Kai smirked.

"What about Kai?" Kat asked. "Are you guys evenly matched then?" She asked, curious, looking between them. Ray and Kai looked at each other and shrugged.

"For the most part, yes." Kai nodded.

"Yea, we've both been fighting our entire lives, so we are pretty even." Ray nodded.

"As a hobby you mean?" Kat asked.

"For me it was something everyone in our village learned to cleanse our minds and bodies." Ray replied.

"But for me it was about survival." Kai replied and he walked away. Kat was shocked and embarrassed.

"Did I say something wrong?" Kat asked, looking at each of them.

Max rubbed the back of his neck. "Um, it's not your fault, but you should ask him about it. It's not our place to say anything."

Kat glanced at the door as it swung shut and vowed not to ask Kai about it. If it was that painful, she didn't want to pry. She knew your past could be something that you didn't want anyone to know about.

So? What did you think?

Good?

I hope you guys like Katerina as much as you like Megan. They are slightly different, Megan is more confident as Katerina is more reserved, but she will come into her own as the story continues.