Beyblade Burst Evolution { Free De La Hoya x OC}

World League! Setting the Stage!

thoughts, memories - italicized

"Why is he so elusive?" Joshua wondered looking at the sky from the window. "Didn't I say I was looking forward to meeting him."

"Someone seems to be possessed." An unknown voice said, scaring Joshua.

"No." Joshua denied.

"Well, yes." The girl said with a grin.

"Sister! You can't barge into my room like that!" Joshua complained.

"What would your fans say? The Hollywood upstart has his own idol." The girl continued to mock, turning around and looking at the posters where Free De La Hoya was depicted. "Look around. There's no point in denying. There are official posters of Free De La Hoya hanging on your walls."

"You got it all wrong! Don't tell anyone!" Joshua begged, blocking her view of the posters.

"What will happen when your loyal fans find out that your heart has already been given to another girl." Joshua's sister continued to insist and turned her gaze to another part of the wall where the posters of the white-haired girl were cheerful. "You even burst into tears after you arrived from Spain. You didn't stop talking about how she never accepted your offer to star in the film."

"Oh, she's so beautiful. She's like a white angel descending from heaven to earth." Joshua said dreamily, but stopped when he noticed that his sister was looking at him with a sly smile. "Sister, please stop!" Joshua begged. "I respect them as a fellow bladers for as long as i can remember they're held top rank in the world."

"Sure. Whatever you say brother. So be it." She said patting him on the shoulder.

"Don't talk to me like a child." Joshua begged her.

"I don't care that you're a movie star. For me, you're my little brother. How could it be otherwise?" She stated with a smile.

"Here you go." Joshua said with a sigh.

"You'll be glad to know I found him." The golden haired girl stated and Joshua's eyes widened in shock.

"What?" He asked in disbelief. "How!?"

"Meet Detective Karina Burns. Private eye." Karina introduced herself with a wink and a smile.

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"I don't understand. Why would he go to the zoo?" Joshua asked in bewilderment, peeking at Free from behind a tree.

"My job is just to find him." Karina answered with a shrug.

"You call yourself a detective ?" Joshua asked doubtfully.

"Do you need my help or not?" Karina asked lowering Joshua's cap over his eyes.

"Got it, I'm guilty." Joshua resigned himself and adjusted his cap, continuing to spy on Free.

"Let's look at him and think." Karina suggested.

"We're destined to be friends. This scene has already been written." Joshua insisted. "We're just helping fate."

"Like in the movies?" Karina asked.

"Yes." Joshua agreed. "But you have to work for the magic to happen. Everything must be natural." Suddenly Karina got scared when she heard rustling from the bushes from which Trent soon crawled out with a camera.

"That's it Joshua. We're filming." Trent warned.

"Yes. It was scary." Karina said.

While Joshua and Karina continued to spy at the same time, the tiger looked at Free with a challenging look while Free looked at him with his usual bored face. But he was thinking about something completely different. He remembered his last battle with the blue-haired boy.