Chapter 10: Heated Clash
Both Kai and Zander launched their Beyblades which Zander put that much force in it that he slid backwards a few inches. The Beyblades landed in the City like stadium and wasted no time clashing together and grinding at each other until Dranzer seemed to pull away and go round the corner of a building and disappear from sight as Meteor Dragon stayed where it was, waiting for Zander to say what to do next; which he was already scanning the area for any signs of Dranzer and then stopped and looked at Kai.
"We're probably equal in both power and stamina but I know for sure that you've thought up something that I have over looked." Zander said but Kai seemed to ignore him and didn't even have is eyes on the stadium which Zander figured was so that he couldn't find Dranzer by seeing where he is looking. "I'm guessing you also know why I chose this as the stadium for our battle but I'll say it just so everyone else knows why. I chose this just so it would make it more interesting." Zander simply said with a smile.
"He chose this kind of stadium for that, a bit extreme." Ray said with his arms crossed as he stood with the Bladebreakers but he seemed to know something the others didn't.
"No, it's genius." Kenny now said as he had a whole map of the stadium on his computer with Tyson and Max looking at it. "Unlike Max and Ray, Kai's bit beast is a flying like creature and I can say for curtain that so is Zander's Meteor dragon so this playing field let's them both use that." Kenny now explained as he was looking at the detail of all the buildings and seemed to take interest in the alley ways also scattered around.
"So that's the reason for the buildings but if that is the case, couldn't he have used the mud pillars or stone towers in Max and Rays battles to do anything in the area?" Tyson now asked as he looked back at the battle but they seemed to be doing nothing at the moment.
"If you think about it Tyson, he did use one of the towers against Ray to do his Meteor rain attack but these buildings are higher than that and I have a feeling there is a reason for it." Kenny said as he changed the screen on his Laptop to a building that was in the middle and it had the measurements on it which stood twice as big as any of them.
"Kenny's right and the reason must be for another attack that we haven't seen yet but if I know Zander there might be more to it than that. If you look at it the stadium is more than twice as big as either mine or Max's battles." Ray now said as he looked at Mariah who seemed to be on the edge of here seat already, looking very worried.
"Your right Ray and I can't get all of the details of the stadium at the moment so it might take a little while. For now though I have something to show you." Kenny said to them as they kept an eye on his laptop's screen to see the video of when Zander used the meteor rain attack. "At first I thought he had somehow cloned his Beyblade but after looking into it more carefully and slowing the match down I found that I was wrong. What he really used for this attack was small rocks." Kenny explained as he re-played the video and you could just see the small rocks in the middle of the Beyblades.
"That's somewhat hard to believe. How did he even us them for the attack and where does the image for the Beyblades come from?" Tyson now asked as he tried to think it over but seemed to be straining himself over it.
"I can't say for sure how he used the small rocks for this but I can say that the images of the Beyblades are made by the heat which is hard to do but clever. This might also explain how he used the rocks. First I believe that he picked them up on the way up the tower by using his rotation and then when his Beyblade was in the area he released the rotation on them so they could spread in the area and then used the heats pressure to push them towards the ground with force which would explain how they seemed to make such an impact. Of course this is my guess so don't take my word for it." Kenny finished saying as he also had it shown on his laptops screen for Tyson to understand.
"That makes sense and could well be right. However, I know Kai wouldn't fall for that move and has figured all this out already." Ray now says as he knows Kai or Zander will make a move soon and that maybe one or both were listening to them since they're both at the same distance away from them.
"Yeah, Kai seems to always know these things before even Kenny does." Max added as he was simply listening to everything with interest.
"Yes but if I know Zander, he knows that Kai knows this and he will have another move ready for Kai which I can only say that it would be an attack with a lot of force behind it." Ray now said as he seemed worried about what it will be and the others could see this.
"I forgot to ask you Ray but what is your connection with Zander?" Kenny now asked as he left his laptop to get all the scans it can on the stadium.
"To be honest there's not too much to tell. I simply found him near home, he had collapsed in the jungle out of hunger and exhaustion so I carried him to Sensei for help and he was pretty light so I could tell he was starving and must have been lost. After he came too we found out that he was just travelling alone wherever he felt like it and that he had come all the way from Russia and was feeding off whatever he could find, even living animals if he had too. He also seemed to have a bit of a temper and hate in his eyes so Sensei decided to take him in for a while and teach him how to calm his mind and truly live in the wild. After a few months he had become a whole different person and we got on really well together, Mariah even started to fall for him." Ray explained as he now looked at her for a second and then looked forward so the others didn't notice.
"That's pretty deep." Max said as he looked at Zander and then looked back at Ray. "Though did he really learn to be calm?" He now asks with sarcasm as it didn't really seem like it to him.
"Yes and trust me, this is an improvement to what he was like." Ray now says while Max now had a sweet drop on the back of his head.
"Wait, did you say that Mariah started to fall for him?" Tyson now yelled out and then went silent as he realised he might have said it a bit to loud but it didn't seem like anyone heard him or they were just ignoring him but either way, Tyson decided to keep quiet .
"Yes and I don't know if Zander knew about it but if he did he didn't show it but then that might be because he didn't want her to get involved with him for some reason. All I know is that Mariah hasn't really let go of those feelings and holds onto them, maybe more than ever; when he left." Ray told them after that little bit of silence.
"He seems a lot to himself and self guilty for some reason." Kenny said with a little concern and interest at the same time.
"Yes but his kind of always been like that from what I can tell and Kai might be the only one who knows why but I think for now we should wait. The best person to know it from is Zander himself." Ray now said as the others seemed to agree and leave it at that.
Zander was now starting to get annoyed as he was now looking everywhere that he could see but he had no success. Suddenly steam started to come out of the manhole covers and then they burst open with a huge amount of steam coming out which soon covered the whole floor area of the city stadium; enough to blank out the Beyblades. "The sewers" Zander said to himself with surprise. "I put the sewers in the design to make it just like a city and even had water put in it but I never thought he would find and use it. Now because he has heated up the water to evaporate it and get the steam to cover the playing field; it's hard to see him even on the surface. You truly are a great blader, Kai," He now said with a smile as he looked at Kai. "However, this is not enough," He thought as Meteor Dragon travelled up a small building but tall enough to come out of the steam and before he knew it, Dranzer came up in the same place on a different building and then just sat there.
"There's something I need to tell you. I never escaped the day you did." Kai suddenly said which surprised Zander.
"What do you mean? We meet outside the walls of that place." Zander now yelled as the Beyblades now just stayed spinning on the spot.
"No, unfortunately; they managed to find and capture me again." Kai now said as Zander's eyes narrowed and he said nothing, allowing Kai to continue with what he was saying. "They took me back and kept me locked in a room with little food or drink given to me until they had completed what they were doing." Kai said as he remembered it all as clear as day.
Boris arrived at the door where Kai was being held in the air by his arms by two men. Boris said nothing and then just back handed Kai across the face. "What about the other one?" Boris now asked the men but they just shook their heads to answer his question. "I see. Do you have the Beyblade he had on him?" He asked as one of the men reached in his pocket and pulled out a blue Beyblade and gave it to Boris. "Put him in the main cell." He now said as he started to walk away and the two men started to walk a different direction with no problems now since Kai no longer had the strength to fight back.
As Kai was now being taken down the cell like corridor he managed to see into one of them and saw Yira chained to the wall and on her knees; looking down at the cold floor. He now looked in front of him at the heavy metal door that had no openings to look in or out of. One of the men now moved Kai so the other could hold him by himself while he opened the door. Once the door was open the other man threw Kai inside; who landed hard and didn't bother to move or run for the door as it closed.
With no Beyblade and no hope, Kai crawled to the bed hanging from the back wall and just fell asleep. "Kai!" A voice said in his sleep but he just ignored it and continued to sleep. A little after an hour the voice said his name again but this time more loudly and dark like, making him shot up in a cold sweet and was breathing heavily. He now just wiped away the sweet and looked around the room to find nothing inside, getting up he now called out of the door to see if anyone was outside but there was no answer. After ten minutes he called again but this time he heard someone's voice; weak and feeble but still there.
"Kai? Is that you?" Yira now asked in a weak state. Kai was happy to hear from her but he could also tell that she was dry and most likely very hungry.
"Yes, it's me." Kai simply replied with as he looked at the door to find a weakness to it but there was none. In fact this was just like the cel Zander was in when he was imprisoned inside the Abbey.
"Damn, they managed to catch you. What about Zander?" She now asked as it sounded like she stood up now.
"I don't know, I don't think they found him." Kai replied with as he really wasn't sure but he didn't really care at this point.
"That's good, at least this way it will be easier." Yira now said as Kai heard the sound of chains hitting the floor and then a click along with a quite squeak of a cell door being opened. Next thing he knew he could hear someone going at the lock on his cell door and then a click as it slowly opened to show Yira weak yet still able.
"What are you doing? If you're in this state after helping us before then what will happen this time?" Kai said as he was pleading for her to turn back and leave it as it is but Yira stops him from saying another word.
"You don't belong here Kai; they're trying to use you for their own needs and it's not good things either." Yira now told him.
"I already know that, but none of that matters if you could be killed for helping me escape." Kai said as he couldn't stand this but he knew she was not going to listen.
"I'm sorry but I can't let them do this to you so no matter what I want you to get away from here and live a normal life." Yira now said as Kai was going to say something but she stopped him before he could. "Don't bother saying anything else since I've made up my mind and nothing will change that. Now listen to me, I want you to head for the North exit and wait there for me while I get Dranzer back." She now said as she moved ahead to make sure it is clear and then motioned for Kai to get moving while she now disappeared and Kai just went along with it.
Kai was moving quickly down the corridor without running to not make so much noise. "Kai! A voice said and it was pretty loud but when he stopped and looked around there was no one there. "Kai!" The voice now said even louder but this time he noticed that it had come from the corridor from his right and without even thinking; Kai starts to move down the corridor until he comes to a security door that opened by itself to reveal a dark Beyblade with dark aura around it sitting on a table. Kai now knew it was evil but he couldn't help but stare at it and want to hold it.
"Go ahead, take it." Boris said from behind him but he didn't take much notice as he moved ever closer to the Beyblade as its aura increased with every step he took. Kai now came to a stop in front of the Beyblade and then reached out his hand to grab it.
"Kai! Don't!" Yira yelled as she came to the room and knocked Boris out of the way to stop Kai but it was too late; Kai had now picked up the Beyblade and the aura had started to surround him. Yira now stopped on the spot as Kai turned round to show an emotionless like face.
"It seems the boy is the only one, maybe our plans can now start to move forward after all, even if it's a little behind time but no matter." Boris said as he turned to the shocked Yira. "I must thank you for releasing him and sending him this way. Thanks to you, Kai is now starting to fulfil his purpose." He now said as he laughed and then had Kai follow him out of the room and two guards came in and grabbed her.
Several months later; Kai is knocking Beyblades flying into the air one by one without the dark blade even slowing a little. Boris smiled as he turned and entered another room with a desk and large monitor which an old man now appeared on it. "How are things coming along Boris?" Voltaire asked without any kind of emotion behind his words or the look on his face.
"Things are moving better than we thought, Kai is able to use Black Dranzer as if it was just another part of his body and he seems to be able to use a good amount of its power. In fact I don't believe he has even scratched the true strength of the beast." Boris said with confidence as Voltaire cracked a small smile.
"Good! Then we will move onto the plan tomorrow and see what it can truly do." Voltaire said as his words surprised Boris.
"Tomorrow? That's too soon!" Boris said with a shaky voice as he also noticed that he had his hands curled into fists and they were even shaking.
"You pretty much just said that everything was going perfectly so I see no problem with starting straight away, do you?" Voltaire now asked Boris with one eyebrow up and waited for an answer.
"No." Boris simply replied back with since there wasn't much he could do to go against Voltaire's words and commands.
"Good. Make sure you are ready and don't fail me again Boris." Voltaire said as the screen went blank and Boris now slammed his fist on the table in front of him. Before he could say anything in anger a large explosion was now heard and felt which was very close. He now ran out of the room to see a large hole in the wall on the opposite side of the room where Yira was standing and where Dranzer was now spinning on the floor.
"You!" Boris now said as he felt like running at her and ringing her neck but Kai now stepped in front of him and shot Black Dranzer right at normal Dranzer and knocked it back with force, making it land at Yira's feet.
"It's been a while since I've used a Beyblade but I can do this, all I have to do is snap Kai out of it." Yira said as she sent Dranzer forward and the two blades started to grind at each other. "Kai! Come to your sense's, this isn't you!" She now yelled as Kai grinned at her words.
"Foolish girl, Kai is now mine and there is nothing you can do about it." Kai said with a voice that wasn't his while Boris now started to laugh.
"Words can't help him now, nothing can! He will fulfil his destiny and you can't change that." Boris said as he continued to laugh as Dranzer was now being pushed back.
"I hate to say it but I can't stop this beast inside him. I can feel its power from here and Dranzer is weakening." Yira said as Dranzer gets knock back and before it even lands it gets hit again and sent flying into Yira and knocks her flying back. Yira lands hard and tries to get back up but is unable to because she seemed to be really hurt by the attack and it didn't help that she hasn't had much food for months.
"It's over!" Boris now shouted as the dark Beyblade burst into flames and went straight for her but before it hit her it came to a sudden stop. Boris was as surprised as Yira was and they both looked at Kai to see Claire clinging onto him.
"Please stop this Kai. This isn't right." Claire said as she was crying and Kai's eyes had gone narrow and he seemed to be changing in and out from his old self. Without really thinking; Boris grabbed hold of Claire and threw her aside to try and stop her but doing so had the complete opposite affect from what he wanted. Kai now became himself again because of what Boris just did and without a word he sent Black Dranzer straight at Boris instead and knocked him into the room with the monitor and crashing into the desk.
Kai now ran over to Claire and helped her up and then they both went to Yira to help her. "Sorry Kai but I'm not going anywhere, I'm to hurt to move." Yira said as Kai went to argue but she just shook her head. "You'll never get away from here if you drag me along with you. As long as you get away from here then I'm happy. Take this with you; you're going to need it." She now said as she gave Dranzer to him and then motioned for them to get moving and without a word; they both ran through the hole in the wall she had made earlier. Kai simply looked back for a few seconds and then turned back to make his escape.
Zander now just stood on the spot, amazed but also angered by what he had just heard since he had no idea at all. They both continue to stand there in silence for a moment until Zander finally grins. "If all this is true then it is even more reason for us to not hold back," He yelled as it surprised everyone. "Truly if you have suffered more than me then prove right here and now by defeating me with that power gained by that suffering." Zander said as he sent Meteor Dragon into the steam which had all most cleared now.
Kai simply grinned and then his eyes sharpened. "Dranzer!" Kai yelled out as he sent his blade into the steam as well and within no time and without anyone being able to see; the two Beyblades clash and send out a heat wave that clears the steam completely but also increases the temperature within the arena as well.
"Man that is hot." Tyson says as he fans himself along with many other people in the crowd with a lot already breaking sweet from the heat of the shockwave.
"I have a really bad feeling about this." Kenny now said as another wave was felt and it was slightly hotter than the last one.
The two Beyblades now circle each other a few times in the middle of a cross junction until Dranzer shots off down one of the roads and Meteor Dragon follows close behind. "It seems he has gotten stronger but why is he running away?" Zander thought to himself. "Meteor Strike!" He now yelled as his Beyblade caught alight and went flying quickly towards Dranzer but just before it hit, Dranzer turns ninety degrees to head down the road while Meteor Dragon slams straight into a large sky scraper like building and comes out the other side as the building collapses downwards behind it.
"Tch, I need to calm down or all my attacks will just do damage to my blade." Zander said as Meteor Dragon stops on the spot and Zander closes his eyes and takes in a deep breath and then slowly breathes out and then repeats it again a few more times.
"What is he doing?" Tyson now asked after just recovering from the heat from earlier.
"His using what Sensei taught us a long time ago which is the way to calm one's mind and focus on certain things like the dripping of water or the rustle of a tree. The idea was to use this trick with Beyblades to find or see the movements of the opponents Beyblade." Ray explained as he watched Zander.
"I couldn't do that simply because the sound of water would make me want to pee." Tyson explained to everyone's annoyance.
"How very like you to say that." Kenny said with a sweet drop on the back of his head. "Looking at the way things are now; his not doing it for the match itself but instead to just calm his mind." Kenny now said but Ray shock his head.
"That is partly true but if you look closely his Beyblade has also calmed down." Ray said as it was true, Zander's Beyblade was still and spinning calmly and slowly but doesn't look like it would stop spinning.
Claire watched with interest as she knew about this as well. "Zander used this once before when I meet and battled him a few years after escaping from Boris. It surprised me because I thought I could beat him by using his rage against him but he did this to calm himself down and win the match. However, against Kai; not even that will be enough to beat him." Claire thought to herself while Mariah was happy that he still remembered and used what he had learned and Yira was standing at the top of the stands just watching.
Zander's eyes now darted open as Meteor Dragon disappeared and then appeared and hit Dranzer from out of nowhere. Everyone was surprised by this since Meteor Dragon was never a speed type yet it had just done something that might be faster than Drigger. "No way! He wasn't able to do that back then." Claire said as she sat forward.
Meteor Dragon now grinded against Dranzer and sandwiched it into the corner of a building. Dranzer now manages to slip away and start to run but Meteor Dragon soon hit Dranzer in the back and flying into the air and hit a building but managed to land safely and then started to flee again with Meteor Dragon following. "I never thought he could increase his speed like this but it's not fast enough." Kai thought to himself as Dranzer disappeared and re-appeared behind Meteor Dragon and hit it in the back, knocking it off course and into a building but this time it only made a bit of a dent in the building which surprised Zander.
"Damn, I didn't know he could move that fast. Did he improve?" Zander thought to himself but this was also a problem because now he knows that Kai would know the weakness of this. "The problem with me using speed is that I have to trade power to gain it, I tried to find a way around this but there wasn't one. In a way however it is like everything else in the end. Why do my abilities always come at a price though?" He now thought to himself as Dranzer had disappeared again.
The next thing Zander knew, he could see loads of Dranzers moving about all over the place because of the mirrors of the buildings but knew that Kai was only using the heat of their Beyblades to confuse him so he now countered with Meteor Dragon's roar that he used against Claire to shatter all the glass within the stadium and making people cover their ears. Before Zander knew it though, there was more Dranzer's flying about everywhere than before the roar because of all the shattered glass and Meteor Dragon was being beaten up badly and quickly.
"He used it against me!" Zander Thought to himself as things now seemed dangerous at this point. "If I don't do something then I will lose." He now said as he was finding it hard to keep calm. "Meteor Shower!" Zander now yells out and his Beyblade starts spinning fast and with flames coming from it. It now hops up bits of glass that were still falling and launches itself into the area while many other Blades appear in the area with it. They now all burst into flame and go rushing toward the stadium. Many crash into building and destroy them completely while others are stopped by what look like red feathers.
"What! What in the world is this?" Zander said with surprise as his attack was being stopped by them. Some still hit buildings and made them collapse but most were be stopped by these unknown feathers.
"I don't have a name for it yet and it's still in the beginning stage. I didn't plan to use it for defence but I haven't been able to figure out how to use it to attack yet." Kai explained as Zander's attack had now stopped and both Meteor Dragon and Dranzer had now landed on the partly destroyed city stadium right next to an untouched skyscraper in the middle of the stadium which also happened to be the tallest. Everything was now calm but it was clear that Dranzer was better off because it was still spinning well while Meteor Dragon was waving about a little bit.
"This isn't good; I never thought he would use a new and unfinished attack that he had been working on. Not only that but Meteor Dragon and even me are almost at our limit but I would be surprised if Kai wasn't also." Zander thought to himself which was correct because Kai was breathing a little different from before. "I don't think I have any choice now, I'll have to use that move even if it comes with a cost." He now said as he took off his jacket and threw it aside to show a few small scratches on his arms which had clearly become scars which he must have got from many years ago while trapped in the Abbey.
"I really didn't want to have to use this but it seems it's my only hope in winning at this point." Zander said as his Beyblade suddenly speeded up to an unbelievable speed. Zander now moved his arms as he stiffened his legs to have a strong and stable balance. His arms now balked and tightened as his Beyblade managed to head its way up the skyscraper and then flies off the top high into the air.
"Zander; Don't!" Claire yells as she stands up which at this time Mariah also gets up from her seat and moves through the stand to try and get down. Yira wanted to move but Hiro had appeared and stopped her from moving.
"You need to stay out of it and keep yourself hidden since it isn't time yet." Hiro said to her as she calmed down and just watched on hopelessly along with the rest of the crowd and the Blade Breakers who were sure this wasn't good.
"The Beyblade's rotation is through the roof…" Kenny said as his laptop couldn't handle it and froze while strong wind now started like a vortex within the room.
Kai now knew that this was not good at all and not just for him but also for Zander but he wasn't willing to back down neither so instead he sent Dranzer up the building towards the now out of control Beyblade. "Dranzer, Volcanic Emission!" Kai now yells out as Dranzer zips up the skyscraper even faster and flew off the end towards Meteor Dragon. Suddenly the wind bursts outwards and then sucks back to the Meteor Dragon.
"Total Impact!" Zander yells with his T-shirt and necklace flapping about as Meteor Dragon now shots downwards towards Dranzer and the stadium at an extreme speed. Kai now notices something just before the Beyblades clash in the area. The next thing that was seen were the two blades clashing for a second and then them both going done really fast and go through the skyscraper, making it burst inside-out while the Force hits the ground and explodes. Strong wind blows through the whole room and the floor shakes for a few seconds from the impact of the Blades. After a few seconds the wind and ground stop and the crowd look to see nothing but smoke/dust in the middle of a crater while Kai stood a bit further back from the stadium as he had been pushed back by the force and Zander was on one knee and breathing heavily as he kept his eyes on the crater.
"Wha…..What happened?" Blader DJ asks as he gets up from his still standing area. "Who has won?" He asks as everyone keeps their eyes on the now clearing dust and smoke. After what felt like ten minutes but was only seconds it clears to show that both Beyblades had stopped spinning. "It's….It's a tie! The match has come down to a tie which from what I was told means that this is Victory to both players and we will move onto the next match." Blader DJ shouted out as no one seemed to cheer or say anything but stand in silence.
Claire now arrived next to Kai and gave him support which he accepted without thought or question. "Are you alright?" Claire now asked as Kai simply nodded his head and looked over the other side of the crater to see Mariah standing there with her hands to her chest and no one else there. He then looked in the crater to see Meteor Dragon gone.
Zander was now moving through the corridor that connects the arena with the rest of the building while he was limping and his vision going blurry. "I….lost. Kai noticed the danger of my attack and changed Dranzer's attack slightly to avoid a direct hit and because of that his blade stayed spinning just a few seconds longer than mine." Zander said as he reached his locker room and entered it with the door closing behind him. He now sat on a bench and looked at his Beyblade with his blurry eyes and then suddenly coughed up blood. He then started to wobble and collapsed on the bench while his Beyblade fell out of his hand and landed on the floor.
Writers note: Hey, Just want to put that the next chapter is the last of the first season. Afterwards I will be going back to redo the first lot of chapters and then move onto the second season. Also, I do not own Beyblade or any of the characters from the series, they belong to Takao Aoki and this is simply a Fan based story.