Mariah manages to literally destroy her opponent's Bey. The White Tigers face the Spin Shepherds. Rei nearly goes back to the White Tigers when Takao and Max find himĮpisode 13 - Crouching Lion, Hidden Tiger The other Bladebreakers discover that Rei has gone, and Takao and Max venture off into the mountains. Mariah finds him, beats him in battle, confronts him about his stupidity and asks him to come back to the White Tigers. Rei leaves the Bladebreakers and journeys into the mountains to try to get back Driger. Rei confronts him before he can escape and they battle for the disk With a speech from Mariah, Kevin cannot do it, but instead steals one of Kyojyu's disks while he's making tea. With Kyojyu working all night before the day of the Tournament, Kevin from the White Tigers tries to sneak into where they're sleeping and steal and/or destroy Rei's Driger. First up, the Bladebreakers versus the Tall Boys. The Bladebreakers and the White Tigers realize that they will eventually battle each other, and they use this against each other. The BBA Asian Tournament is underway, at the peak of a unbelievably high tower in China. The Blader who challenged Takao beforehand bumps into Lee, Gao (Gary in the English dub and versions based upon it) and Mariah, Takao has had enough and battles Kevin instead, but he falls quickly to the Bey's ability to wobble and multiply. Kevin disses the Bladebreakers (especially Rei) and challenges Rei to a battle. Takao battles and manages to just defeat him, The rest of the team try to follow him and fail when they hear a Bey spinning, and find a back-alley Beyblader challenging them to a battle. Kai then goes harder on Takao and easily defeats him in the second roundĪs Takao, Kai, Max, Kyojyu and Rei fly to Hong Kong to prepare for the Asian Tournament, Kai "quits" the team and walks into the streets. Takao, Max and Kyojyu are working on Dragoon to ensure victory in the finals when Grandpa interrupts and reveals Takao that it is his 13th birthday! After the party, the first round ends quickly, with Takao unexpectedly defeating Kai.
Takao and Rei clash, but Rei easily beats Takao with his stronger Bit Beast, Driger and his Tiger Claw attack, destroying Takao's Bey. Kyojyu is working on something, and is not there for the first round. The final battle of the semifinals is Takao versus Rei, an undefeated Blader. The first round goes quickly, with Max being defeated by Kai's Spin Fire attack. The dish is based like a tower, to stay in the top for 10 seconds is how you win. Takao looks forward to fighting Rei, an undefeated Blader. In the semifinals, Max goes up against Kai, the champion. Takao battles third, against the 3 goons that captured Kyojyu, and Hiruta. Kyojyu is second but without a Bit Beast in his blade, he falls quickly to Kai, angering Takao. Max wins his Block, and advances to the finals. The Beyblade Regional Qualifying Tournament begins as Takao, Max, and even Kyojyu enter to see if they can dethrone Kai, the reigning champion. Takao and Kyojyu meet Max Mizuhara (Max Tate in the English dub and the versions based on it), the new kid in town, just before a puppy is washed away to a waterfall.
Meanwhile, Kai then orders Hiruta' Bey be destroyed as punishment
Andrew, Kyojyu and Takao rebuild Takao's Bey. Andrew and Kyojyu inform him that the Shell Killers are looking for the ultimate Bit-Beast nobody can beat. Takao quickly loses his battle with Kai due to the latter's Bit-Beast Dranzer. Before Takao gets there, a member of the "Shell Killers" ("Blade Sharks" in the English dub) named Hiruta Takao Kinomiya (Tyson Granger in the English dub and the versions based on it) realises he is running late for a Beyblade battle with Andrew, the best Beyblader in town.