Chapter Nine
"Tyson wouldn't join BEGA. He too loyal to the BBA," Ray said as he shook his head. He, Mystel, and I were on a flight on our way to Japan. I remained silent as Mystel smiled a small sad smile.
"Boris told us himself that Tyson decided to join BEGA to go pro," Mystel said before looking out the window.
"Boris!" I cried out in shock. "He's behind all of this? Ooh, once I get my hands on him he's going to be a blubbering pile of–"
"Hold your tongue," Ray interrupted me as he shot me a firm look. "What does Boris have anything to do with this?"
"Well, he's the chairman of BEGA. He's the one who took over Mr. Dickenson's job. He oversaw the demolition of the BBA building and the construction of the BEGA building. He is the future of the Beyblading world."
"Listen here, you little cretin. Boris is a–" I started but Ray, once again, interrupted me.
"Mystel, do you know anything about what Boris did in the past?" Ray asked him. "He recruited beybladers and used them as an army to take over the world and turn beyblading into a way to fight, not to be enjoyed as a sport."
"He told us all of that," Mystel said after a couple of seconds of hesitation. "He's changed, Ray."
"Yeah? We'll just see about that," I said as I crossed my arms and sunk in my chair. 'There is no fucking way that Boris could've changed after everything he's done. He's just too evil to have changed after all of those years. He's up to no good, I know that for sure. I just wish I knew what he was planning. Either way, I'm going to be the one to take him down!'
The rest of the flight went by quickly and I was glad to get away from Mystel for a while. I left Ray and Mystel without saying anything and ran all the way to the Granger dojo, hoping that he was still there. I growled in frustration when I saw that he wasn't there and asked Grandpa Granger where he was.
The only bad thing about talking to Grandpa Granger was the fact that he practically killed me when I entered the dojo and the fact that he spoke in riddles. Eventually I figured out where he was: at the Stadium getting ready to watch Tala go against a guy named Garland.
'Tala couldn't have fallen for Boris's tricks either. Maybe that's why he's going against that Garland guy,' I thought as I ran dwon the street, shoving people out of my way to get to the Stadium. I ran into the building, ignoring the people who were shouting at me. I entered the Stadium and saw that Tala and the Garland guy were all ready battling each other. I looked around and saw Tyson with Max, Chief, Hilary, and that Daichi guy.
"TYSON!" I shouted as I ran down the stairs. He looked over at me and smiled as I jumped over the ledge of the section of stairs I was in. I landed on my feet before rushing over to him. "What is your problem? Did you seriously join BEGA?"
"Of course I didn't!" He responded, shocked at my questions. "I'm here to stop Boris from creating BEGA."
"Isn't that kind of late? I mean, that huge building is up all ready," I pointed out, trying to hide my smile as he gave me a look. "Sorry. I'm with you on this one, man. Boris has to be stopped."
"Take a look, Crystal," Max said as he pointed at the battle. I turned and saw Tala was resting on one knee, panting heavily and glaring at Garland. "Garland is part of BEGA too. Tala's one of the best beybladers and Garland is beating him. Garland represents BEGA. If Tala doesn't pull through, the people of BBA will start to follow BEGA."
"But that doesn't mean we can't do anything about it!" I snapped before I took off again. 'I have to figure out where Boris is.' I ran around the Stadium looking for a set of staircase that would lead to his box. I finally found it and rushed up the stairs as fast as I could go. I flung open the door and fought against myself to just grab Boris and beat the shit out of him.
"Ahhh, Crystalline, it's so good to see you again," he said with a smile as he turned around and looked at me.
"You have to stop this, Boris! No one will fall for your plan!" I growled as I clenched my hands into fists and fought to punch him.
"I don't know what you're talking about," he said as he turned around fully. "I'm just trying to improve the beyblading sport. And now that Mr. Dickenson is out of the way, I can do that."
"What did you do to Mr. Dickenson?" I demanded as my glare, if possible, hardened.
"I didn't hurt him, if that's what you're thinking. I've changed."
"I doubt it!" I spat before turning on my heel and stomping out of the room. I quickly raced back down to where Tyson was to check out the rest of the match. Tala wasn't doing well, he was panting heavily and he had many scratches on his face. I watched in horror as Garland, after an intense battle, defeated Tala. Tala wasn't moving and he was sent to the hospital.
That alone sent Tyson over the edge.
He challenged Boris to a battle with his best BEGA bladers to prove that the Beyblading world was fine before Boris returned. Boris than said that he would use his best 5 bladers against Tyson's best 5 bladers in what he called a Justice 5 tournament. Max, Daichi, and Ray were definitely on Tyson's side. I was too, although I didn't know if I he thought I was strong enough to be on his team. I could tell that he was holding his last spot for Kai, although that lousy snake-in-the-grass went over to BEGA's team.
"Why did Kai do that?" Hilary demanded as we walked out of the stadium. "Can't he see that Boris is up to no good again? Why would he put that all aside and join BEGA?"
"Who knows the intentions behind Kai's actions," Ray said as he glared at the sidewalk. "All that matters is we have to train so we can beat the BEGA team, with or without Kai!"
I didn't know much about Kai, only that he once lived in the Abbey and he hated Boris about as much as I did, if that was possible. I looked around and saw the anger that is in Tyson's, Ray's, and Max's eyes but I knew better than to question them about it.
"So Chief, how's school going for you?" I asked once we reached the Granger dojo and I sat on the porch that was in the backyard.
"It's ok. Nothing's really challenging to me," he responded as he opened his laptop. "Hey Crystal, do you mind launching Dricen for me? I haven't been able to update his stats on my computer in a while."
"No problem," I said as I stood and stretched. I quickly attached Dricen to my launcher and launched him into the dish that was in the backyard.
"Wow, you really improved since the last time I saw you blade," he said as he started typing away on his laptop.
"Hey, I don't just sit around all day," I said as I smiled a little. "I wouldn't let my training go to waste, you know."
"You ready for our battle now?" Tyson asked as he pulled out his launcher. I held up my hand and Dricen flew back into it as I walked over to the dish.
"You know I can't back down from a challenge," I responded as I reattached Dricen to my launcher. "Bring it on, Granger."
"This will be interesting," Max said as he and Ray leaned against the wall of the dojo with their arms crossed, expectant looks on their faces.
"Why? Girls can't possibly blade as well as guys can," Daichi commented.
"What'd you just say?" I demanded as I loomed over Daichi. When he didn't answer I grabbed his collar and shook him as I spat, "Don't you ever say that about girls ever again! We can blade just as well as guys can, if not better! UNDERSTAND?"
"Crys, don't kill him. We need him for our team," Tyson said as he laughed.
"Unfortunately," I added as I walked back ot the dish. "Ok, let's get this over with."
"Ok. In 3!"
"2!"
"1!"
"LET IT RIP!"
"Let's go Dragoon!" Tyson called as his white beyblade spun towards Dricen.
"Go get him, Dricen!" I called as my metallic blue beyblade spun towards Dragoon. 'Dragoon uses the element of wind for his attacks. I can use that to my advantage and freeze Dragoon in his own tornado. I just have to wait for the right moment.' I watched closely as Dricen and Dragoon battled it out, looking for an opening, but Dragoon attacked too much for me to see one of his weak spots, if he had any.
"Dragoon! Galaxy Tornado!" Tyson commanded after the blue dragon narrowly missed one of Dricen's blows. Wind started to spin around his blade as I called Dricen back, to make sure he avoided being sucked in. 'Sucked in…'
"Dricen!" I called out. "Icy Blizzard!"
"Oh no! Dragoon!" Tyson cried out as I smirked once he caught on. The ice shards that were flying out of Dricen's blade were being sucked into the tornado that Dragoon created and slammed into him repeatedly. "Dragoon, try and fight it!"
"Dricen, go! Mecca Claw while he's still being hit!" I ordered as Dicer charged forward.
"Don't think I'm finished that easily!" Tyson said with a smirk. "Dragoon, jump!"
"What!" I cried out in shock as Dragoon jumped into the air. The suction of the tornado made Dricen go up into the air with him. "Oh no! Dricen, get out of there!" I stood frozen as I heard Dricen's roars of agony from being repeatedly slammed by Dragoon, who was riding the tornado.
"This match is mine!" Tyson declared.
"Don't count your chickens before they've hatched!" I shot back. "Dricen, let's try that new attack we've been practicing." Dricen made his way back down to the bottom of the tornado as I smiled in anticipation. Once he reached the bottom of the dish he slowly faded into the colors of the dish. Judging by the gasp that escaped Tyson's mouth he had no clue where Dricen was. I didn't have a clue either, but I didn't have to look at him to know where he was. "Dricen, Crystallized Roaring Tiger Crush!"
I smiled in satisfaction when I heard the sound of a beyblade grinding against another one. The battle would be over soon, I knew that for sure. And it looks like I'm going to be the winner…
"Heh heh, don't think you can beat me that easily!" Tyson said as he chuckled a little.
Or not.
"Dragoon!"
"No!" I cried out as I felt something graze my cheek. I stared hopelessly down at the dish and saw that Dragoon was the only blade spinning. I turned around and saw Dricen lodged into a tree trunk. "Wow Tyson, I'm impressed," I said as I pulled Dricen out of the tree and looked the blade over.
"Same here, you really gave Dragoon a beating," he responded as he looked at his blade with a frown on his face. I followed his lead and looked at my own, closely. I felt my heart sink when I saw how bad the damage was. "Chief, can you fix this?" He asked as he held the beyblade out to Kenny.
"Wow!" He exclaimed once he saw the states our beyblades were in.
"What's wrong, Chief?" Ray asked as he and Max walked over.
"They really put some damage on their beyblades," Kenny explained. "And, unfortunately, I don't have enough parts to fix it. And you need a BEGA membership card to get more parts."
"So Boris is out to make sure we don't have enough equipment to fix our beyblades," Max said as his eyebrows knitted together. "So that's how he's playing his game."
"Look's like it Maxie," Tyson responded.
"And we're on the loosing side," I added.
