Chaos: Got this one done in record time. I'm actually proud of myself.
Tonya: Well you know what they say, haste makes waste.
Chris: You probably shouldn't have said that Tonya.
Chaos: For once Chris you're right. Tonya since I own you, would you please?
Tonya: Fine! Chaoschick12 doesn't own beyblade or its characters, just me and temporarily Chris.
~*Rivals*~
"Are you sure this is going to work?" A deep male voice asked.
"Yes. These two are strong enough to handle the fusion. They've passed all the other tests and their bodies are strong enough to handle it. All that's left now is to combine the beasts' DNA with theirs and wait." A softer, almost lyrical, male voice responded.
"And if it doesn't work?" The rougher voice asked.
"Then we throw them out with the other rejects and start again." The soft voice replied.
"You know, all you're doing is killing them. None of the subjects in the past have survived and even with your new data these new ones won't either. This project is a flop." The rough voice started to laugh, mocking the other man.
"We'll see. You have your way of creating an ultimate weapon, and I have mine." The soft voice replied once again. The man, shrouded in shadows, turned to face two girls who were lying on a bed, just starting to wake up. One was a slightly pale little girl, and the other slightly tan. Both looked up at the two men. One had short purple hair, the other longer hair. The man with long hair stayed in the shadows as he moved towards the confused girls.
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Tonya's eyes snapped open as she straightened up in her chair. She was able to recall the conversation between the two men perfectly. Anger rose in her as she remembered the last bit of the dream, the confused two little girls. Her pointed nails dug into her palms, almost drawing blood. Tonya took a deep breath and moved her bangs out of her face, pushing them behind her left ear as she tried to calm herself and remember where she was. She looked down at the chair she sat in and rolled her eyes at her own stupidity.
"How in the hell do you forget you're on a plane?" she asked herself silently as she looked over at her sleeping teammate.
Tonya sighed as she finally relaxed herself. Last thing she needed was the Blitzkrieg Boys waking up to yell at her for being noisy. She was on edge enough without them adding to it. She sat there, glad that it was only them on the flight. Apparently they'd gotten the same idea as to book the last flight for Brazil to avoid the other teams as much as possible. Tonya leaned back into her seat, resting her head on her hand.
"You ok?" A low voice asked. She glanced up to see Chris staring at her with concern in her eyes. Guess she wasn't sleeping after all.
"Yeah, just a little pissed is all." Chris raised an eyebrow and waited as Tonya slowly flipped her hand over, palm up. Five tiny red marks could be seen from where her nails had been digging into her skin.
"Dream?" Chris guessed as Tonya nodded.
"It was my turn this time." Tonya grinned weakly at her friend. Every so often one of them would wake up in the middle of the night from a dream they had.
"Could it be a memory?" Chris leaned towards her friend who was staring down at her legs, her eyes thoughtful.
"Possibly. This time a name was mentioned though." Tonya's eyes opened and quickly moved towards her friend's face.
"We paying someone a visit?" Chris grinned as Tonya slowly nodded her head, a grin of her own spreading across her face. "So who is it?"
"Well, there were two men. One had short purple hair and a rough voice. The other I couldn't see, but I do know he had long hair and a softer voice." Tonya replied.
"I take it the one with the purple hair is the one you got a good look at?" Chris leaned against the window, watching as Tonya nodded.
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It was still a few days before the start of the Brazil leg of the tournament. Many teams were taking this time off to enjoy the sights around them and get in some last minute training. The teams took turns in the BBA training center that had only two up to date rooms that could really push them. A certain blader, however, didn't have the patience to wait his turn. Deep in the jungle, Kai was training while his team was back at the hotel relaxing. He always found it easier to focus when they weren't around to distract him. He was currently taking a break near a shallow river. The soft running water and the natural sounds of the jungle allowed Kai to truly enjoy his time alone.
"Hard to believe that just ten miles from here is a buzzing city." He said to himself aloud, leaning against a cool rock. He looked down at his blade that he was holding, a newer version of his old blade with Dranzer shining in the center of the bit chip. A soft bird cry made him smile. It was Dranzer's way of agreeing with him sometimes when she didn't feel the need to invade his head.
"Bitch!" A female voice yelled. Kai's head snapped up when he heard the word ring out loud at clear coming from near the river.
"Not my fault your slow ass can't keep up!" Another voice replied. He could hear two blades crashing into each other and wondered who was out there with him.
Kai pushed himself up and made his way towards the sound of the crashing blades. When he found them, he was surprised at what he saw. Vines were crisscrossing and overlapping each other as they stretched from one side of a huge pond that the river emptied into to the other side. They were tied onto trees, branches, rocks, and whatever else was strong enough to hold the vines in place. The vines darted in every direction and leaping around on them were the two blades. But that's not was surprised Kai. Leaping with their blades were the two girls of Eternal D. The girls, like their blades, were trading blow for blow. They would attack, block each other's blows, and then push off and balance their selves on a vine. If one of them didn't block in time the blow would hit hard and send the other falling. But they would always angle their bodies just right to either land on another vine or just catch one so they could swing themselves on to a nearby vine. He was amazed at how they were able to move so fast without snapping a vine or losing their balance.
"Come on Chris. You're getting sloppy!" Tonya mocked as she drove Chris down even though the albino had successfully blocked her punch.
"No, just waiting for the right moment!" She smirked as she tightened her grip on her friend.
Chris held on to Tonya's fist and twirled around to where she was the one on top now. She drew a leg back to kick Tonya as their blades mimicked their movements. Tonya brought her arm up to deflect the kick and swung her own leg up at the last minute to kick Chris hard in her side, sending her flying. The small brunette grabbed onto a vine at the last second as she watched her friend fall into the pond with a splash, with her blade following behind her. Tonya reached up and grabbed the vine with both hands and pulled herself up with ease. She hopped down to a lower vine to where she could safely jump back on to the rocky shore lining the pond. Chris's head popped above the pond's surface as she turned to glare at her friend who was smiling superiorly. Tonya caught her blade as she waited for her friend on the shore. She sat near their shoes as Chris pulled herself out of the water.
"Ha ha ha! You look like a drowned rat!" Tonya fell over laughing as Chris continued to glare at her. She swung her long hair over her shoulder and rang the water out of it.
"Oh shut it!" Chris growled as the brunette sat there laughing.
"That's pay back for the back shot earlier." Tonya said sitting up, smirking at the albino. Her waist length hair was still damp from her swim earlier. Her hair was just slightly longer than Chris's and took quite awhile to dry. Chris stumbled over to where her friend sat and sank down beside her. She took her blade apart and began drying the parts off.
"Best two out of three?" Chris asked with a hopeful look on her face. Tonya just started to laugh again and this time Chris joined her.
Up on the ledge Kai watched the two girls relaxing. He was still amazed at how easily the girls had been able to move and how fast they'd been able to do it. He hadn't been paying attention to how his weight was shifting and leaned into a small bush near him. He tensed up and glanced down to see if the girls had heard that. Both of them had fallen silent and Kai knew that it was time to go. Before he could move a blade was launched in his direction, just inches from his face. Kai didn't move, but his eyes did. He saw Tonya push herself up and hop on the vines. Again he was amazed at how fast and easily she jumped from one vine to another, moving closer to him. She reached the top vine and launched herself above Kai, landing just behind him on the balls on her feet. He stood up and faced the girl who was just inches shorter than he was.
"Care to explain why you're spying on us?" Tonya asked with ice in her voice.
"I heard a noise and decided to check it out. Like any curious person would do." Kai retorted with an equally icy tone.
"Hey Tonya! Who is it?" Chris hollered from below, too lazy to get up and see for herself.
"No one important." Tonya called back as she turned to retrieve her blade from the tree it was planted in.
"How were you able to do that?" Kai's curiosity got the better of him and he couldn't help but ask. Tonya smiled, with her back still to him as she pulled her blade out of the tree.
"Not a single scratch." She mumbled as she turned around, focusing on her blade. Kai growled, knowing she was ignoring him on purpose. She glanced up and her eyes confirmed what he thought. "Simple. You have to have good balance, speed, and control of yourself while moving in the air while being able to sense where the vines are. You slip up on one of these either the vine will break or you'll slip and fall."
"Interesting." Kai mumbled as he watched her jump off the cliff and land on the closest vine gracefully. She turned to look at him with a smile on her face.
"Since you asked about it I take it you want to try?" Tonya asked, standing there perfectly fine on the vine. Kai walked to the edge and looked down at her.
"Tonya why are you bothering? He's probably too chicken to try." Chris yawned as she leaned back on her hands, letting the sun slowly dry her off. Kai growled as he walked to the far end of the ledge and looked down at the vines. Tonya hopped down one more, letting him have the top one. Kai leaped off the ledge and landed on the vine almost as gracefully as Tonya.
"I bet you're too chicken to come up and face me." Chris glanced up, her face full of boredom, as Kai loaded his launcher. She smirked as she got up and grabbed her own gear.
"Silly boy. Do you honestly think you can win?" She mocked as she pulled herself up on to the lowest vine, her blade already loaded and waiting. Tonya sighed as she slowly moved down until she was standing on the rocky shore.
"You two ready?" She hollered back up as they both nodded. "3, 2, 1…"
"Let it rip!"
The two shouted at once as they launched their blades. Chris was already moving before Kai could blink. She threw a quick punch which Kai easily deflected, with their blades mimicking their fight. Kai pushed Chris and began to fall. Chris easily twisted her body to land on a vine while Kai continued to fall. He reached out quickly and managed to grab on to one before he fell into the water. His blade balanced just on the edge of the vine while Kai managed to pull himself back up. He looked up to see Chris with her arms folded, a superior look on her face.
"You're going to have to do better than that." She sneered. Kai glared at her as he stood carefully, making sure his feet were underneath him.
"Let's try that again."
Kai crouched down and sprung off the vine, reaching out to the next one. He slowly made his way back up and began heading for Chris. She leaned forward and dove to him, not slowing down her descent. At the last second she drew her foot back and swung it back around fast. Kai managed to protect himself again, but was unprepared for her fist which connected with his jaw hard. Kai managed to flip backwards and land on a nearby vine while Chris fell. She stayed calm as she reached above her and grabbed a vine, swinging herself up and over which caused her to land on the vine above. Kai could taste blood and saw that she didn't intend on holding anything back. Kai spit the blood out as he stared up at Chris who still wore a smug look on her face. The bluenette's trade mark smirk appeared on his face. He launched himself up again and headed for Chris one more time. She bounded down and attacked again. This time though, Kai was ready. He blocked her first kick, then the second one came out of nowhere and he caught her ankle in his hand. He drew his knee back and hit her hard in the gut. Chris fell back and managed to somehow keep her balance on the vine.
"Well what d'ya know? The boy's actually learning." Tonya smiled to herself as she watched the fight progress.
Having a feel for the type of fight and how to move on the vines, Kai began to move faster. Chris easily matched his pace and the two began to trade blow for blow. Their blades clashed together hard and would send shockwaves out whenever they and their masters blocked a powerful attack. The two never let up, the offense and defense constantly shifting between the two. After fifteen minutes both were tired and sucking air. But neither was willing to quit. Their blades were wobbling slightly and both were amazed at how evenly matched they were. Both only had enough energy left for one attack.
"Daikairi, I say we stop messing around." Chris was panting as she straightened up.
"Dranzer let's end this." Kai leaned forward in a crouch, ready to attack.
They, with their blades following, hopped up to a middle vine and charged towards each other. But before either could even touch either other, the vine snapped from all the tiny cuts the blades and put in it. Both fell down and landed with a loud splash into the pond. When they came back up for air, Tonya was rolling on the shore unable to breathe from laughing so hard. The two looked at each other and just as quickly looked away as they retrieved their blades and swam to shore. The brunette was still laughing and hadn't noticed them on the shore.
"Wow, talk about a way to end a battle." She finally said when she could breathe again. Chris just grumbled, while Kai looked up at the vines.
"I would've won and you know it." Chris spat while Tonya just sat there nodding. She plopped down next to her friend and just sulked.
"If that vine hadn't snapped you would've been taking a swim alone." Kai said, looking back down at Chris who just rolled her eyes. Tonya stood up, her boots already on, and looked up at the sky.
"Well it's time to head in." Tonya turned to look at the two who were glaring at each other. She just sighed and shrugged. "The sun's setting and it'll be dark soon. It would be unfair for Kai to battle at night Chris so drop it."
"Fine." She whined as she stood up, still soaking wet.
"What makes you think I'll be at a disadvantage?" Kai hissed, turning his glare on Tonya.
"Simple, it gets pitch black in the jungle and you don't have night vision." She replied, not turning around as she headed to the vines. "Come on, this is quickest way out of here unless you both plan on hiking back together?" Tonya turned, perched on the lowest vine, to look at the two with one eyebrow raised.
The two looked at each other and practically raced to get to the vine. Tonya was already bounding up higher while the two kept up the race until they were on the ledge. The girls didn't slow down their pace, running through the jungle with ease as Kai did his best to keep up. It didn't take them long to reach the outskirts of the city where they split up, not wanting to be seen with each other anymore. Unbeknownst to Chris and Kai, their blades began to pulse as if a long lost friend had been found again.
Little hint as to what may happen in the future. Anyways figured I'd give every an insight as to how the girls train and act outside the dish. On to the next one!