Ty is battling with the same ferociousness as usual, or maybe more. His Cyclone Crane is bringing up clouds of orange energy.
I'm just afraid of what he'll do to an unwanted newcomer. I know Tsubasa can defend himself well. But well enough to face Ty Temper? I highly doubt it.
"Special move! Crane, Soul Wind Vortex!" His bey spirit, a sandhill crane, emerges from his bey, glowing an orange light. It bores down on the stadium and sends the other blader flying into a hay barrel in a blast of heat. Ty catches his bey with a satisfaction, and steam rises off his black glove.
"That was fun." He turns his ice blue eyes on Tsubasa and me.
"Look at this! GanGan Galaxy graces us with their presence!" He exclaims with mock happiness.
"Oh, go bury yourself in the hole you came from." Tsubasa answers with equal venom.
"Boys, boys." I swear, their looks are as heated as their bey spirits. "Come on!"
This is exactly, precisely, on the dot what I feared. Besides me and Mare becoming a smudge on the wall.
"Ty." I poke him as he continues to death stare at the eagle-eyed blader. Bird versus bird. The crane and the eagle. I must admit, it would be interesting to watch.
"Ty, we just wanted to use the Beystadium."
He blinks, but otherwise does not acknowledge my existence on this planet.
"Hey! TY TEMPER!" I scream.
"Anika! I almost made him blink!" Ty complains and rubs his arm, now death staring at me.
"You blinked before." I point out. I can see the anger in his eyes and know I shouldn't push him, but I still do. I know I'm playing with fire.
"Yeah, but I'm special." He growls.
"Yeah, Special ed." I nudge him towards the door. This is where poor Ty's short temper stopped existing. He grabs me and pins me up against the wall, his white hair flying around his pale face. He pins my arm above me, so I can't pull out Mare, and digs his long fingernails into my arm full force. I cry out, I can't help it. I see Tsubasa make a move towards us, but Ty holds him back with his other hands, muscles rippling. Tsubasa stops, fear and shock flashing in his golden eyes.
"You. Do. Not. Push, touch, shove or otherwise interact with me. You. Lowly. Creature." Ty hissed, then he lets me drop to the floor and storms out of the barn.
Tsubasa's by my side, helping me.
"Oh wow….I can't believe he would…" He holds me up as I recover.
"Thanks." I pull away. "You still want to battle?" I ask, trying to stop the shaking in my knees.
"Why is he like that?" Tsubasa asks.
"To be honest? I don't really know!" I exclaim. Tsubasa has a look of contemplation on his face, and he takes out Earth Eagle and stares at it for a while.
"Has he ever….." He stops like the questions horrifies him. "ever battled Ryuga? Before Gingka, I mean. It is hopefully impossible, considering you live here and Ryuga in Japan, but….."
"What are you-"
"Nothing." He stops me midsentence. "Nothing at all. Let's battle." He leaps onto the other side of the stadium in a graceful somersault. He pulls out his launcher, and attaches Eagle. I pull out mine and do the same with Mare, though my movements are half hearted.
"Three, two….." Tsubasa starts, and I finish:
"one…..Let it Rip!" Our beys detach themselves from their launchers and collide in the center of the stadium.
"Eagle!" Tsubasa yells and his purple bey leaps into the air. "Special move: Diving Crush!"
"Not gonna work!" I exclaim. Mare explodes in a shield of dark blue light. Eagle comes crashing down on top of her.
"Hang on! Mare, Iron Defense Hoof Strike!" Eagle collides with the shield and bounces away. I feel energy surge through me, the eagerness to battle a strong opponent.
"What?!" Tsubasa cries as his Eagle wobbles on impact.
"Witness: Mare's spin track can deflect and do damage at the same time when it moves." I crow with pride.
"You're kidding! Wow, you're strong!" There's admiration in his voice. "Not stronger than me though!" Eagle begins to chase my Mare around the stadium.
"Mare, go now!" Mare stops in its tracks, and Eagle goes careening into it.
"Ha! That's called suicide!" Tsubasa grins at me as Eagle pounds away at Mare in a barrage attack.
"Don't make me laugh! You think I would have taken that attack if I wasn't prepared?" I call, smiling smugly. "Mare is the ulitmate balance type! She has the stamina of a mustang horse, the strength of a draft horse and the attack of a cornered stallion." I say, naming Mare's strengths from heart. I see Tsubasa's smile drop, but then it comes back.
"Well then, it looks like I'll have to try a different technique!" His eyes glint mischievously as Eagle flies out of the stadium again.
"So much for changing technique!" I crook my finger at him, tauntingly. He growls.
"Eagle! Let's go! If this is what it takes, then I'll do it! Special move: Eagle, Shining Tornado Buster!"
His eagle bey-spirit emerges from his bey and begins to swirl into a giant tornado. My body begins to heat up, and pure energy flows through me and into my bey. I begin to glow a dark blue, and my Mare's bey spirit emerges from my bey: A giant dark blue horse in knight's armour. I know this is it: The final showdown. And I won't give up. As Mare rears on her hind legs, I call out my other special move, watching Eagle's tornado as if in slow motion.
"Special move: Mare, Iron Will Charger!" Mare begins to whirl in a circle with a speed that lifts the bey off the ground. From the middle, Mare emerges herself, ducks her head and sends the enrgy flying at eagle. They collide in a blast of purple and blue, that sends both me and Tsubasa flying against the walls. The energy explodes, and hay bales come raining down around us.
