Last Time: After being in isolated training for two days, Max returns to lead his team, the PBB All-Stars, in search for the bit-beasts. During that time, he completely forgot that it was Emily's 18th Birthday.
Meanwhile, Emily and Mariam had their own problems with a biker named Quaker who possessed a beyblade with a bit-beast: Metallitrix! The bit-beast's power can manipulate any attack an opponent can use. It looked bad for the girls, if Max; Rick; and Daichi didn't come to their rescue! With some nice planning by Emily, and with a little help from the powerful Draciel Righteous, the PBB All-Stars destroyed Metallitrix!
The next day, in a old abandoned, outdoor beystadium, Max was confronted by Kai Hiwatari, who challenged him to a beybattle...
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Chapter Title: Fire and Water
Episode 11: Rising Righteousness
Max stood fearless by himself while Kai stared back at him with Tala right behind him.
"I'm impressed, Max!" Kai said smiling, "You've changed! Usually, you think things over before a big beybattle! But now, you're standing, opposite me, ready to take me on!" Then Kai reached in his jacket and pulled out Dranzer. "But still, change or not, you're not match for the power of my Dranzer Rising!"
Without saying anything, Max grabbed his launcher and placed his rip cord inside. Then grabbing his blade out of his jacket, he replied, "Don't be so sure of yourself, Kai! As I can tell, you've been in a bit-beast battle! Well, so have I! But, I have yet to test out Draciel Righteous's true power! Well, this is the right time!"
'I can concure with Max!' Tala thought, 'He's not the same guy, I knew three years ago. Something's changed about him! It must be because he's been training harder than Kai ever did! But the most impressive thing, I've known about him so far, is his attitude! Max actually wants to win!'
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Meanwhile, Mariam, Emily, Daichi, and Rick were racing towards the abandoned stadium.
"Emily!" Mariam replied leading the pack, "Are you sure that this is the way he went?" "Why are you asking her that!" Rick said, "Judy was the one that pointed out this direction!" "I just hope that he's alright!" Daichi replied. "I think we're all worried about him, Daichi!" Emily informed, 'But Mariam's more worried about him than all of us!'
-Flashback-
(Early This Morning)
"There!" Judy replied, "I know where Max is!" The kids looked up at the PPB All-Stars super computer and it showed a red dot being targeted.
"That's the place where the old BEGA staduim is!" Daichi replied. "Since when do you remember stuff?" Rick said. "Cool it, you two!" Mariam shouted. "Mariam's right!" Emily replied, "The more we doddle here, Max could be in danger! Let's go!"
"Move it, pipsqueak!" Rick said referring to Daichi. "Didn't I say to quit it on the small jokes!" Daich shouted back as the team moved out.
-End Flashback-
"Hang on, Max!" Mariam said silently, "We're on our way!"
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Meanwhile, back at the old BEGA stadium, Max and Kai stared each out.
"Come on, Kai!" Max shouted holding out his launcher and beyblade, "Let's do this while we still have some youth left!"
Kai just smiled and held out his launcher as well.
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"Well, then!" Tala shouted from behind, "Let's get this party started!"
3...2...1...
"LET IT RIP!" Kai shouted as he launched Dranzer R after the beyblade was set on fire.
"GO, DRACIEL!" Max shouted as he released Draciel R.
With no time flat, both blades grinded each other in the center of the stadium, creating a massive shockwave. Max and Kai stood poised as the shockwave took place and Tala tried to keep from getting pushed back. Seconds later, the blades separated trying to regain balance.
"What do you think, Kai!" Max said smiling, "Didn't think I could hold against that kind of power, did ya!"
'That was something new!' Kai thought, 'I didn't know Max's defense was so powerful! I was only using at least ten-percent of Dranzer's overrall power!'
Seconds later, Emily and the others entered on the audience steps. "I see him!" Daichi said pointing downward. "And I also his beyblade!" Rick replied looking Draciel R spinning, "But, who's he battling?" "I don't believe this!" Mariam replied looking at the other side of the battlefield, "It's Kai!" "And Tala's right behind him!" Emily replied, "What are they doing here?" "Well, it doesn't seem to be a two-on-one handicap battle," Daichi said.
"GO, DRACIEL!" Max yelled as Draciel R bashed Dranzer R left and right, moving it back with every blow. Kai was cringing of the effect, but didn't back down! "Go, Dranzer Rising! Push him back now!" Kai's words worked as Dranzer retaliated by bashing Draciel once, and then grinding it the rest of the way. Max, holding up his arms for guard, was pushed back instantly as Dranzer created a fiery aura around itself. Then, struggling underneath the pressure, he held out his opened-up hands and created a shockwave, pushing back Dranzer R.
"What!" Kai said as Dranzer returned right in front of him. "C'mon, Kai!" Max said, "I've already been fighting at the same intensity as you are! But, I've yet to see from the best of you!"
'This is strange!' Tala thought shockingly, 'Kai and Max are fighting at the same level! Except, Max is holding back more than Kai is expecting. At this rate, it'll be by luck for who will win!'
Keeping his eyes hidden, Kai got fustrated. 'No! I can't lose! If I do...' Then, without question, Kai removed his scarf from around him. "No more games, Max!" he shouted, "It's time to get serious!" Then Kai yelled so loud that a cylinder-like cyclone surrounded him. Dranzer R transformed itself into a powerhouse fireball. Max stepped back a little, but didn't back down.
"Wow!" Rick said, "Look at Kai! Looks like he decided to pull out all the stops!" "Max won't stand a chance, if he doesn't amp up his game!" Emily replied. "This is gonna get ugly!" Mariam replied, "REAL FAST UGLY!" "Woah, guys!" Daichi said pointing, "Look at Max!" The others looked to see that some sand was swirling around Max, while Draciel R increased its spin three-times normal.
'All right, Kai!' he thought never taking his eyes off of Kai, 'Come and get me! If you dare...'
Wasting no time, Kai rushed leaving a trail of dust in his wake. Max did the same thing as their blades charged foward. Seconds later, two fists collided with each other, creating an unbelievable surge of an energy shockwave. The PPB team and Tala braced themselves as the Dranzer and Draciel grinded each other with absolute power! Backing away, Max and Kai charged at each other again with energy surrounding their fists. Meanwhile, Draciel and Dranzer were still as a stalemate as they kept bashing each other around.
"I've never seen Max with that kind of power before!" Daichi said. "I have to give him credit," Rick replied, "He wasn't even this strong before!" "I think this is the reason!" Emily said looking at her laptop as the others looked on. The screen revealed Dranzer R and Draciel R and their stats. "Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle!" Rick replied,"Both blades..." "...Look exactly the same..." Mariam said. "Except Kai's Dranzer..." Emily began, "IS the first, original model. Because of this, Kai has never been able to hold Dranzer Rising's full power back like before! And that is what's giving him the disadvantage!"
Max held out his hands again, this time rapidly, sending out a powerful shockwave which caused Draciel R to grind Dranzer R backwards. That attack nearly knocked Kai off his feet; but he retaliated by using the same shockwave and bashed Draciel into the air, as well as Max.
Max floated in mid-air as he looked down at Kai, who was ready to attack again. "It ends here, Max!" Kai yelled as Dranzer ignited with a red fire aura, after the R-Axis Gear was engaged. "Bring it, Kai!" Max yelled back.
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With red fire burning on his right hand, Kai swayed it out while Dranzer roared in the background. The he jumped into the air doing a flying uppercut. The fire, from his hand, released itself from Kai's grip and created a bird of fire. Inside the firebird, Dranzer R laid domant.
"PHOENIX RISING!"
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"R-Axis Gear, Full Power!" Max shouted as Draciel R activated the gear and was sent flying downward. The bit-beast, Draciel, transparent-wise, roared behind the beyblade giving it more strength.
"This isn't good!" Emily replied. "What's the matter, Emily?" Mariam replied. "It says here, in my laptop that Draciel's attack and defense power is cut in half even with the R-Axis Gear engaged! If those blades collide, Max won't stand a chance!" "No way!" Daichi said, "That can't be true!" Without saying anything, Mariam looked upward and saw the beyblades were beginning to connect.
A massive explosion of shockwave appeared after the contact, followed by a blinding light!
---Commercial Break---
The dust picked as the wind blew even higher. The PPB All-Stars were all on the ground while Tala was covering his face. Seconds later, the wind died down and the dust disappeared. Daichi was the first one to sit-up and saw something very astonshing! "Guys, look!" he yelled as everyone got up and saw the battle.
"Draciel!" Emily said, "It's still spinning!" Draciel R was spinning like nothing happened, but Max was lying on the ground. Dranzer R was the same way, but Kai was on one knee. 'Unbelieveable!' Tala thought, 'Max's blade is still spinning after that attack! Is Kai actually gonna lose?'
After Kai stood up, he noticed Max doing a little spin manuever while getting up.
"SHOW OFF!" Daichi replied.
"It's about time that I ended this little warm-up!" Max replied rubbing his nose. "Hmph!" Kai said smiling, "You shouldn't talk so confidently, Max! After all, we did use the R-Axis Gear!" "Yeah, but I haven't even showed you my Special Attack! When you showed me yours, it gave away your edge!" "Well just because I used he Phoenix Rising, doesn't mean I've lossed my edge!" "Well then...DON'T HOLD BACK!"
After the talking was done, Max created a green aura around himself and started to disappear. Kai did the same thing as Dranzer and Draciel raced at each other. After a huge collision, they were moving into different places on the field. After just colliding after three more times, Kai went on one side of the battlefield and Max followed him. Max, with Draciel R in front of him, raced at Kai with blinding speed, it was like he was disappearing and reappearing at once. Kai was doing the same thing only faster as they collided with both blades grinding each other.
"I know all of your moves, Kai!" Max said as he was locked wrist-to-wrist with him, "It's only a matter of time when you make a mistake!" "That's not gonna happen!" Kai said, "I know your moves as well! So I'll wait until you make a mistake!" "Strange, isn't it!"
Suddenly, a burst of white light came flashed and the two bladers started getting in a fist fight. The movements were so fast, the two R-blades were forced to keep grinding.
"Wow!" Rick said, "Look at them go!" "Why can't Tyson be this aggressive in his battles!" Daichi said. "Take a look here!" Emily said as everyone look at her laptop, "It says that both Max and Kai are both using sixty-five percent power!" "You're kidding, right?" "I agree with Rick on this one!" Daichi said, "I can't see nor know who is gonna win this one! Which means that they're probably giving everything they've got!"
"I'm inclined to agree myself!" a voice said.
"Tala!" Daichi said as the Wolborg Beyblader walked up to them. "You know what's going on?" Emily said. "Not a clue!" Tala replied, "Kai never told me anything; not one single reason. All he told me was that we're leaving for New York. Then I pieced all together: When we were going to visit the PPB All-Stars, he knew that he was gonna challenge Max to a beybattle. But, like I said, Kai never gave a reason why!" "Come to think of it," Emily replied, "When Max came back from training, he had this awful, sad look in his eyes. Ya'll didn't see it, but I did!" "To tell you the truth, I'm not getting a lick of sense out of this!" Daichi replied, "What do you think, Mariam? Huh?"
Daichi stopped himself to notice that Mariam was looking up into the sky. "Mariam?" Emily replied, "What's the matter?" "I...I can see them!" Mariam replied skeptically, "I can actually...see them!" Then the others looked up, but didn't see anything. Suddenly, a flashing bolt appeared within a blink of an eye that surprised Daichi. "There!" he said, "I can see them, too!" "So can I!" Emily replied. "But, how can that be?" Rick asked, "They're moving too damn fast!" 'For once, I don't have all the answers to this!' Tala thought.
Up in the air, Draciel R was rammed by Dranzer R from behind. Max felt the same impact as Kai clobbered him in the back of the neck. Then he jammed his fist into Max's ribs and kick him in the face as Dranzer hit Draciel in two blind spot.
"Max is losin' it!" Rick said. "No! Look!" Tala replied as he saw a powerful right hand connect to Kai face; as well as Draciel R delivered a powerful explosive attack on Dranzer R. Seconds later, they were fallen to the ground. Max tried to retaliate again, but Kai jumped out of the way, causing the Defenser to create a crater. Looking upward, with blood dripping from a scar near his eye, Max knew that Kai was totally defensive in the air. "Time to make my move!" he said.
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Lurking a sea water, Max started to spin like a ninja. He was spinning so fast he parted the water in half. Then, holding out his arms, he gathered blue energy that turned into a spinning blue disk. Making one last spin, he threw the disk that created a powerful water shield in front of it.
"RIGHTEOUS BARRIER!"
The blue disk transforms into Draciel R as a watery aura surrounds it. Moments later, it connected to Dranzer R causing Kai to fall to the ground again.
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Unfortunately for Max, Kai was able to land on his feet afterwards. Instead of getting fustrated, Max just smiled. Seconds later, Kai was smiling back as the action turned silent...
---Commercial Break---
"I wouldn't smile if I were you, Max!" Kai said grinning happily, "Considering I've got you, where I want you!" "J.B.I!" Max said, "Just Bring It, Kai!" "As you wish!"
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With his figertips on fire, Kai slammed his left hand to the ground, causing red fire to move towards Dranzer R. After striking the beyblade, Dranzer R lit up with fire as bird-heads reached out towards Draciel R!
"NINE-HEADED PHEONIX EMISSION!"
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Max stood, unwillingly to move, as Draciel R moved around to avoid the firebird heads. Nearing the end of the attack, one of the heads almost got Draciel from behind by an inch. As the last firebird head attacked, Draciel stood in one spot spinning.
"Enough of this!" Max yelled as he sent another shockwave. The shockwave gave Draciel R enough power to burst through the flame and attack Dranzer R.
"What the heck was that!" both Daichi and Rick replied. "The Nine-Headed Phoenix Emission!" Tala replied, "Kai told me that he was working on this technique, but I never...saw it in action!" "At least Max knew what to do before anything bad happened, right?" Mariam replied. "I wouldn't be so sure!" Emily said that got everyone with questionable look on their faces.
"What the HELL!" Max replied, "That attack was supposed to produce nine heads! So, how come I only saw eight?"
"Looking for me, Maxy?" Kai said as Max looked up in the air. "What the...!" "I'm the ninth head!" Then Kai dove down and threw a punch, only for Max to block at the last second. Max was pushed back as Dranzer R grinded back Draciel R with full force. Even though Max had burn marks all over him, he still smiled. "You see, Max?" Kai replied, "Even I have a few tricks up my sleeve!" "I know!" Max replied, "BUT SO DO I!" Draciel R glowed a light-green hue and pushed back Dranzer. Kai was pushed back instantly, but still he was smiling.
"This is one of the best beybattles I've ever seen!" Emily said, "Max and Kai have already used up ninety-five percent of their overall strength! At this rate, Draciel and Dranzer will crack underneath the pressure!"
"Okay, Draciel!" Max replied, "Just hang in there just a little bit longer! We didn't come this far, in the battle, just to quit now!" "Same here, Dranzer!" Kai said, "Show NO FEAR!" After the beyblades continued to grind each other, they glowed even brighter.
As his eyes grew smaller to the point that looked like a dot, Max shouted in power as the ground underneath him collapsed as beams of light appeared. "DRACIEL!" he shouted as Draciel R's bit-chip glowed and out came the turtle bit-beast roaring. "DRANZER!" Kai shouted as the ground collapsed even more beneath his feet as Dranzer R's bit-chip glowed and out came the phoenix bit-beast. Then, Max rushed in with Draciel in back and the R-blade with a watery aura in front. Kai rushed in as well with Dranzer in back and his R-blade with a fiery aura in front.
The blades collided as a huge beam of light engulfed everyone.
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Opening their own eyes, Kai and Max found out that they were floating somewhere in space. "Woah!" Max replied, "I never felt so tired, but I feel great! This must of been what Tyson felt when he faced off against you, Kai! I never felt so alive before! It's like all of my problems just went up and away! Thank you, I'll treasure this battle forever!"
"So will I, Max!" Kai said softly, "Thank you as well!"
Then looking upward, they saw Draciel R and Dranzer R still spinning, bashing, and grinding each other.
"What do you say, Max?" Kai replied, "I've got enough left in the tank for one more round!" Max agreed as they both flew towards their blades.
---Commercial Break---
As Max and Kai were floating in space staring at each other. They both stood silently until Kai said, "So, it's finally come to this, huh?" "Yeah," Max replied, "I guess so."
It became silent until...
"Ancient-R Attack!" Max shouted as a huge wave of water appeared behind him.
"Ancient-R Attack!" Kai yelled as a giant firebird appeared behind him.
"DEEP SUBMERGE!"
"INCANDESENT DEATH!"
Appearing out of the water, a blue sphere with a ring came out along a stream of pure water. The firebird opened its mouth and fired rings. The collision caused a huge rain of meteors showering down on them.
"Great battle, Kai!" Max said, "But tell me...Why would you go out of your way and battle me, instead of Tyson?" "I always thought that my anger was the cause of my power," Kai replied, "Instead, I found out that it was my Beyblading Spirit that gave me my strength! I guess I lost sight of that..." Max just smiled at him as he continued, "...What about you, Max? Why did you accept my challenge?" Suddenly, Max lowered his head as well as his eyes and said,
"I thought I could handle being leader...I guess I was wrong..."
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Back in reality, the PPB All-Stars, including Tala, were on the battlefield, instead of the steps, searching for Max and Kai.
"Have you guys found them yet?" Rick asked. "Nothing!" Daichi said until, "Wait! I see something!" The others saw the smoke clear and Kai and Max were barely standing, as well as their blades. Suddenly, Max fell backwards into the arms of Mariam as she saw Draciel R stop spinning seconds later. "Looks like I lost," Max said out of breath. Kai, after picking up a busted Dranzer R, walked over to Max and lended him a helping hand. "We both know now that we're ready to continue to stop the bit-beasts from rampaging!" he said as Max nodded, "Now, it's time for us to leave! Tala, let's go!"
After Tala giving a peace-sign goodbye to the All-Stars, he and Kai walked off. 'Don't be ashamed, Max!' Kai replied, 'You are ready!' "That was impressive, Kai!" Tala said silently.
Max stood continued to look at Kai and Tala leave while Mariam picked up his busted Draciel R. "Here you go, Max!" she said handing it to him. "That was absolutely...WICKED!" Daichi replied, "That's it! From now on, I want you to train me!" "That was to be expected from our leader!" Emily replied. Max was shocked to hear those words. "But, I thought..." he said. "You didn't have to question your leadership because of us!" Emily replied again, "We knew that you were the right person for the job!" "Just don't get too cocky with it!" Rick replied.
Then Mariam put her hand on his shoulder. "Remember, we're always here for you Max," she replied. 'Including me.'
Max closed his eyes and smiled as he said, "Okay! Let's head back! I need to make a few repairs!"
With that, the PPB All-Stars walked back to the HQ.
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Narrator: The battle between Fire and Water has concluded, with Kai being the victor, and Max earning victory in defeat. But, what awaits these two teams? And what about Tyson and Rei? What kind of problems are they into?
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