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Chapter Four: Providing Entertainment
It was the first day of the American Tournaments and everyone was waiting restlessly in the Glitter Dome to see who would be fighting in the first round. The Feverous Females from Jacksonville, Florida against the Pyromaniacs from Phoenix, Arizona were picked to go first.
Flora's light pink eyes (Made possible thanks to contacts) bore into the back of Kara's head as the blader flipped her hair and started to walk up to the beystadium, "Where do you think you're going?"
Kara looked back to give Flora a shocked look, "What do you mean? I'm battling,"
"I never said you were first," she said disdainfully.
"But I'm always first!" Kara yelled.
"We're here to win though. I don't think you stand a chance," Flora said.
"These are just amateurs, Flora, trust me," Kara said, walking up to the stadium. Flora let out a loud sigh of disappointment.
"Took you long enough," Kara's opponent, Matt, taunted from the other side of the stadium.
Kara smirked, "Why should I hurry to fight a battle that will last only a few seconds?"
Matt narrowed his eyes and got his shooter ready, "I'll show you who will end the battle in just a few seconds,"
The announcer introduced the two bladers and the stadium. It was a miniature replica of the statue of liberty. The middle of the bowl was filled with water, not giving the bladers much room to blade in.
"Let it rip!" Jazzman yelled and Kara shot her beyblade as did Matt. The two went at it for a while, before Kara sped her beyblade up, making it go past Matt's beyblade.
"Running away are you?" Matt asked.
Kara smirked and brought her beyblade around so it was tailing Matt's. Then she slammed into him, sending his beyblade flying out of the stadium.
Matt groaned, "Dammit!" he cried out.
Kara caught her beyblade and strutted back to the bench where her teammates waited for her. Sara gave her a big smile and congratulated her, Cocoa clapped her hands, and Flora couldn't look any less impressed.
"You took too long," Flora said, "It's becoming more obvious everyday that you don't belong with us,"
Kara furrowed her eyebrows and started to yell at Flora, "Hey! Just because I don't have a bitbeast doesn't make me any worse than a blader who does!"
"But it does," Flora said, "You'll see what I mean, when a bitbeast crushes your beyblade without breaking a sweat,"
Kara gritted her teeth and marched out of the stadium. She went outside to get a breath of fresh air, because Flora could really stress a girl out. The Bladebreakers, who had just finished a match of their own, walked over to Kara.
"You okay?" Rei asked, giving Kara a concerned look.
"I'm fine," she said coldly.
"You don't seem fine," Tyson said.
"Well I am!" she snapped.
Everyone took a step back, "Hey, were here if you need to talk, okay?" Rei said. The team nodded.
"It's…Flora," Kara confessed.
"Your team leader? What about her?" Kenny asked.
"She keeps threatening to kick me off the team, always telling me I'm not good enough and that I don't belong. Just because I don't have a stupid bitbeast!" Kara cried out.
Kai looked over at the conversation interested.
"You don't have a bitbeast?" Rei asked, surprised.
"No, but the rest of my team does, and I blade just as good as they do! It pisses me off…" Kara sighed.
Rei ruffled her hair, chuckling slightly.
Kara blinked, before knocking his hand away and fixing her hair, "What're you laughing at?!"
"Oh…nothing. I'll see you later okay?" Rei said, before walking off with the rest of his team.
~In the Crowd~
Cynthia watched the Feverous Females intently. It was obvious that they were going to win; their skill was so much higher than the Pyromaniacs.
She saw a smirk on Sara's face before she crashed her beyblade into her opponents, practically shattering it to pieces.
Cynthia's mouth hung open, "Oh snap,"
Randy took in a sharp intake of breath, "So much power,"
Cynthia stood up, "Woo! GO SARA!"
Randy looked up at her, "You know her?"
"Thanks to the Unsalted Peanuts," she smiled.
~With the Blade Breakers~
"So…the team we thought was a bit of a threat has a girl without a bitbeast," Tyson said.
Rei nodded, "I hate to admit it, but she really won't be a threat without one,"
Kenny shrugged, "Her beyblade has power,"
"Not much," Rei said, as Kenny sighed.
"Well it doesn't matter," Kai said, "By the time we fight their team—if they even get that far—they probably won't let her fight and send the girls with bitbeasts into battle,"
"Whoa Kai," Tyson gasped.
"Hm?"
"That's more words than you say in a week,"
Max and Tyson laughed and Kenny sighed, "Stay focused guys!"
"Aw come on, don't we get a little time off?" Tyson moaned.
"Yeah! We just finished our battle," Max complained.
"Okay, we can go out to eat to relax but after that, practice!" The Chief ordered.
"Out to eat?!" Tyson asked excited.
"And the Chief is paying!" Rei grinned.
"W-what? I never said that!" Kenny stressed.
"Say what?" Rei asked.
"That I'd pay!"
"You just did,"
"Hey!" Kenny yelled.
Everyone (Except Kai and Kenny) laughed before running to the nearest bistro. Once they got there they saw two familiar groups who were both bickering and laughing. There was another group there that they didn't know, though.
Cynthia used Randy as a pole and leaned against him, a bored expression on her face, "Sean…"
"You couldn't beat me if you tried!" He taunted.
Kara twitched slightly, "I already beat you, why can't you understand that?"
Jack and Jake laughed before a smirk spread across both of their faces, "Is the girl too scared to fight?" they asked in unison.
Cynthia rolled her eyes, "Sorry," she looked at Kara.
Kara sighed, "Whatever,"
Sara laughed, "Aw, your just upset that Flora yelled at you," she said, patting the girl on the shoulder.
"Where is Flora anyway?" Cocoa asked, playing with her stuffed white tiger.
"Your team leader just abandons you?" Joey asked.
"Hey, ours does too," Cynthia said, jutting a thumb behind her toward Randy.
"Looks like we have something in common!" Tyson yelled, running to the large group of kids.
Everyone looked his way and gave him a questioning look.
"Kai's almost never with us," Tyson grinned.
Leroy looked over at Sean, "Why can't you be like the other team leaders?"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"NEVER AROUND!" Everyone yelled.
