Scarlett: I probably should say that I don't own most of the characters in this series, except for Tru and her dad, but that's kinda obvious since this is fanfiction. Anyways, enjoy please!


The father looked at the two twins(a boy and a girl), born just a few minutes ago and he examined the boy twin's ears, looking for a specific birthmark. The boy didn't have any sign of a birthmark near his ears or anywhere else for that matter. "Is he the one you will train?" The mother asked him. The father shook his head and said, "He has no marking." The boy twin went back to sleep, so the father set him down and picked up the girl twin.

As soon as the father looked behind the girl's left ear, he spotted the white oval shaped birthmark, identical to the mark the father had behind his right ear. "Aha! The girl has it! She has the marking of a beymaker! I will train her as soon as she is old enough to understand." The mother smiled and said, "The girl is named Tru and the boy is Yu."

The father handed both babies over to the mother and she started to feed them. The mother looked up and said to the father, "Do you think Doji will find them? If he does…" She didn't finish the sentence for she didn't need to. The father knew Doji would do anything to get information on the star fragments whereabouts. After all, the father was the last Beymaker. He had knowledge Doji needed to know and because of that, Doji continuously tried to track down the father's whereabouts.

"It will be harder to keep moving from house to house now that these ones are here." The father thought aloud and gestured to the twins. The mother nodded. What are we going to do? She thought. Sensing her thoughts, the father answered aloud, "I don't know. But I promise I will find a solution."

Being a Beymaker, the father had a special power granted to him to help protect his knowledge. He could read people's minds. It had come in handy when someone was lying to him or trying to pull information out of his mouth with a casual question or two. The white birthmark on his ear was like a transport that converted special star fragment power into the body and granted an ability. The Beymakers with birthmarks on their left ears, were the ones most likely to survive. Not only that, but the ones with marks on their left ears were usually more powerful. This was why Tru was the one to be trained instead of Yu.

The mother and father stayed together for one full month before the father learned that Doji had found them again. The father didn't know whether or not Doji knew about the twins, but to be on the safe side, he helped his wife and little Yu escape from the house and flee far away. The father now only had to worry about Tru.

Tru grew up to be an energetic and cheerful girl. She quickly developed a passion for beyblades and often battled other bladers with her father's Desert Cactus bey. Tru liked to read, so she was able to teach herself martial arts, because her father insisted she would need the skills someday. He also said it would help her skill in beyblading.

"Hey dad? Have you seen my new book?" The father heard Tru's voice calling from upstairs. He was writing down important information that was to be filed away in a special box so no one could find it and Tru had interrupted him. The father hides the information in a drawer underneath his collection of ribbons, then headed upstairs to help his daughter.

When Tru finally found her new book underneath the couch, her father went into the kitchen to make lunch. Tru went downstairs to go to her room and she passed by her father's office. I wonder what he does in there. Tru thought curiously. "Tru!" Her father's voice called from upstairs in the kitchen, startling her before she could go in his office. "Yeah?" Tru called in answer. "I need to go to the market and get some more beans. Can you watch the house while I'm gone?" Tru heard his voice call. "Yep!" She answered. "And don't answer the door for strangers!" Her father called before leaving. "I know, I know. Sheesh." Tru muttered as she entered his office.

It looked pretty normal. There was a desk and swivel chair. One file cabinet. A key hook with assorted keys on it. A large box full of wires and circuits. Bey parts. Tru saw a piece of ribbon sticking out from a drawer in the desk and opened it. There was a whole collection of ribbons in there. She then spotted a piece of paper underneath all the ribbons. Pulling it out, she saw the date at the top was today. There was a hand drawn map and some writing;

Today, I figured out where the missing piece of the star fragment is. I originally had all of the pieces, but in a struggle with Doji, I left ⅛ of the star fragment near the volcano in Coma Village, my current home. Doji didn't know I had left it, so he didn't bother to look around. However, I searched for nearly a year before I traced the energy level to where it had fallen. The map I have made here is a reminder to myself where I've hidden it. I often forget things, especially when I have multiple hiding spots for multiple different things and sometimes it's hard to keep track of them all. After writing this, I will hide it well in my special box where I keep all my secrets and knowledge. The box is located in my underground lab in the refrigerator, behind packages of what is disguised to look like milk jugs, but is actually painted cement. If you are reading this, Tru, then this means you have intruded in on my things early, or I gave you this in order to teach about beymakers. If the latter, then use this knowledge wisely. If the first option, then you are grounded for one week, and also, get out of my office.

Tru gulped a little and turned slightly red when she read the part about being grounded. Nothing else was written after that, so Tru decided to put the paper back. Just as she started to open the drawer, she heard a thump from upstairs. She froze, thinking it was her father who had probably forgotten something and come back. In a nervous panic, she dashed out of her father's office and into her room, forgetting she still had the paper in her hand.

Doji broke the lock on the door easily. Ryuga followed him inside. The house was silent. Of course it was. Doji had seen the Beymaker leave with his own eyes. "Where should we look first?" Ryuga asked Doji. Doji thought a moment. "His bedroom. Office. File Cabinets. He has to keep information about the star fragment somewhere he goes often." Then Ryuga said, "Who are you?" Doji seemed startled, then realized Ryuga was looking behind him. He turned around and saw a young girl with bright orange hair holding up a launcher and a bey, preparing to battle. "Leave this house or else." She said.

Ryuga laughed. Obviously this girl didn't know who L-Drago was. L-Drago was Ryuga's bey. The only bey in the whole world that rotated to the left. All the other beys rotated to the right. It was normal rotation against left rotation. The girl and Ryuga launched their beys after saying the countdown. "3, 2, 1, let it rip!" The beys rushed forward and clashed. The girl called out to her bey, "Special Move, Needle Shower!" The Cactus bey started shooting out needles, that threatened to pierce L-Drago's fusion wheel.

But the girl had underestimated L-Drago's power. The needles didn't affect L-Drago at all. "L-Drago! Attack, now!" Ryuga shouted and L-Drago rushed towards Cactus. The girl shouted, "Hold your ground, Cactus!" The beys clashed once more and L-Drago started to push Cactus backwards, but the girl remained calm and called again, "Cactus!" The Cactus bey stopped L-Drago's attack and then sent L-Drago flying. Ryuga growled and L-Drago landed on the ground, still spinning and headed straight for Cactus again.

Doji watched the girl and Ryuga exchange hits and wondered, Who is this girl? Could she be the Beymaker's daughter? He could have sworn the house was empty when he broke the front door's lock.

Cactus and L-Drago continued exchanging hit after hit, when finally, L-Drago started to wobble. It was starting to run out of power and stamina, but Cactus still had plenty of stamina left. "Cactus!" Tru called out to her father's bey and Cactus rushed forward and flung L-Drago across the room. Ryuga frowned, obviously frustrated that his superior bey had reached a point where he couldn't do much…except he still had enough power for his ultimate dark move. L-Drago was a bey that held a mysterious dark power, and it had never lost a battle in its entire life because of it. The dark power could steal opponents spin strength and turn it into its own spin strength. "L-Drago!" Ryuga called, and L-Drago clashed with Cactus once more.

Cactus started to slow down a little as L-Drago sped up. L-Drago was stealing power from Cactus. Tru realized immediately, and broke free from the clash to stop the power drain, with L-Drago chasing after her.

Tru felt the piece of paper that her father had written in her back pocket and said to herself, I must hide this so they don't find it. If they find it, they will not only find the location of the star fragment, but also where dad's underground lab is and the location of his secret box is in too! "Cactus! Special Move, Spike Shield!" Tru shouted and Cactus glowed green with spikes surrounding it. It had taken Tru a whole week to create that special move.

Ryuga grinned and said, "Playtimes over! Here comes my real power!" Tru braced herself and Cactus for the next attack. Ryuga said, "L-Drago! Dark Move..." Tru gasped. Ryuga had a Dark Move? She had only read about a Dark Move's destructive power and knew the Spike Shield might not stand against it. "Cactus! Rush outside of the house!" Tru shouted and followed the bey as they went outside. Ryuga and L-Drago followed. "You won't get away!" Ryuga said, then he completed his Dark Move. "Dark Move, Dragon Emperor Soaring Supreme Bite Shot!" Then he laughed evilly as his hands glowed purple and L-Drago's form as a dragon appeared with three heads. "Cactus!" Tru cried out in alarm as the dragon attacked brutally. The shock wave from the attack knocked Tru backwards and she slipped into unconsciousness.

Doji said, "Well done, Ryuga. L-Drago is turning out to be a fine bey. Now, lets search the house." Ryuga held out his hand and L-Drago flew into it. Ryuga put L-Drago in the gold armor sleeve on his right arm, where it always went. Ryuga kicked the fallen Cactus at Tru's unconscious body and then followed Doji inside as they searched the house, unaware that what they were looking for was in Tru's pocket.

When Tru awoke, her father was standing over her and said, "Tru! What happened?" Tru sat up immediately and told her dad everything, starting from when she discovered the paper. She handed her father the paper and he breathed a sigh of relief, but then said, "Please try not to dig into my things anymore. I will make sure I put my things away properly next time." Tru nodded and said, "Who were those guys? Doji and . . . Ryuga, was it? Who were they and why did they want that paper?" Tru's father sat down and said, "I suppose since you're 7 now, I can trust you with this information." Tru nodded eagerly and listened. "Doji and Ryuga are members of an organization called the Dark Nebula. The Dark Nebula organization has been trying to find the star fragment for years, for reasons unknown at the moment. The pieces of the star fragment are very powerful and if laid into the wrong hands, disaster will strike."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Tru asked. Her father said, "That's enough conversation for now. I am not certain whether you can handle the full shock of everything going on at the moment, but there will be a day when you will know everything and you will understand why it is so important."

Tru said aloud to herself when her father left the room, "Then I'll find out on my own."

End of Episode 1: A Strong Opponent