This idea was triggered by a conversation between me and my brother The Muse Of Insanity concerning a character we call DrigerSHINY! - the silver form of Driger who appears in the Eurotunnel against the werewolf bit-beast in the first series. It is one of the sillier ideas that appears in that arc, I must admit, and yes we had far too much fun taking it much too far. You can probably guess how the conversation went...
And so I don't really need to tell you that this is COMPLETE CRACK.
Chapter 1 – A Very Adaptable Bit-beast
Max swung himself through the door of the dojo only to come to a complete stop at the sight before him. Ray was seated cross-legged on the floor, his eyes closed and Driger spinning steadily in front of him. Above the blade, the huge form of Ray's beloved bit-beast crouched, tail incessantly flicking from side to side.
But there was something strange about the White Tiger. It took Max a few moments of staring to work it out.
"Ray?" he said slowly. "Um, why is Driger red?"
"No reason," Ray replied calmly. "Driger, Gatling Claw!"
The tiger roared, the sound ringing around the wood-panelled room, and struck out at one of the upright posts. Max tensed, expecting Driger's impressive claws to shear straight through the wood (goodness only knew what Grampa Granger would think of that). But to his utter shock, Driger's paw struck the wood -
and bounced off.
"Huh?"
"Yes!" Ray exclaimed. "I thought it would work!"
"What?" Max spluttered, watching as Driger happily bounced away, ricochetting off of the walls and generally behaving like a bouncy ball. "Ray, what did you do to him?"
Ray had the decency to look a bit sheepish. "I... um, you remember when we were fighting the Dark Bladers in the Eurotunnel? Back... oh, three years ago?"
"When we got stuck in Southampton and Tyson decided to go around Europe for practice after running into Robert and Cenotaph?"
"Yeah, there. Um... you remember how I fought Lupinex and Wolfstorm? I put that silver coin on the top of Driger's bit-chip, and he came out all silvery." Ray gestured to his still-spinning blade. "I was just wondering if that would work with other things. I've got a whole list of things I want to try."
Max took a closer look at the blade. It was difficult to see exactly what was happening as it was still spinning, but there was definitely something red on top of Driger's bit-chip. "Ray? Did... did you put rubber on top of Driger?"
Ray's grin was infectious. "Yep. Look how happy he is!"
Ray had a point. The bit-beast looked more than content to bounce around the room, his tail flicking happily even as he rebounded off the back wall.
"So what's the reason for rubber?" Max asked, seating himself next to his friend.
"Defence," Ray explained, ducking as Driger sailed over his head. "An attack won't do anything to a rubber bit-beast – it would bounce right off."
"But you can't attack either," Max pointed out. "I saw what happened when you tried to hit the post."
"Um," said Ray. "I'm still working on that. Don't tell Kai or Gramps, please?"
Max grinned at him "Oh, don't worry about that," he reassured him, and fished Draciel out of his pocket. "Can I help?"
I live in Southampton. You have no idea how excited I got when Beyblade decided to bring the Blade-breakers there for an episode, especially as I was ten at the time.
Wow, that was a long time ago...
On that note, though, the geography of that episode is WAY off. It is impossible for the ship to be passing into Southampton going towards Russia from America and to have already passed the White Cliffs of Dover. Dover is between Southampton and Russia – they would have to have doubled back, which is very silly. You fail British geography forever, Beyblade. Or maybe just Kenny.