Heart of Darkness
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Chappie 9
Lexi's light blue beyblade circled the rim of the dish quickly, with Tyson's Dragoon mirroring her moves. This distance began to infuriate Tyson, and before long he ordered Dragoon to attack. "Tyson isn't wasting any time in going in for an attack on Lexi!" AJ informed the whole stadium.
"Go for it Dragoon!" Tyson ordered, as his beyblade broke away from circling the dish, and attacked Lexi. Her blade met his attacks with a fairly solid defence though, chipping in a counterattack whenever she could.
"Ready, Tyson?" Lexi called to him.
"Huh? For what?" He answered, confused.
"For this! Icilous, Ice Shard Attack!" She called out, raising her hand to emphasize the attack. Her ice phoenix bit beast rose from the glowing beyblade, and as it opened its wings, the creature sent huge splinters of ice flying towards the newly summoned Dragoon.
"Wow! And Lexi meets Tyson's aggressive start with some moves of her own!" Jazzman said to the stands.
"Tyson's blade is avoiding Lexi's freezing onslaught with ease!" Brad commented. "She'll have to changer her tactics if she wants to beat a pro like Tyson!" AJ added.
"Now Dragoon, attack her now!" Tyson ordered. His beyblade dodged the Ice Shard Attack, and moved in to attack again.
"That's it, Tyson!" Hilary called out to him.
"Don't let up now!" Max cheered.
Just as the white beyblade had forced Lexi's to the edge of the dish, she pulled away. "Ooh! Sweet sidewinder on Lexi's part, I thought Tyson had her!" AJ yelled, almost as happy and excited as the crowds.
"No more fooling around, Tyson!" Lexi shouted out to the cap-clad Bladebreaker.
"Good, I thought it was too easy, I was getting' bored!" Tyson remarked, rubbing his nose again.
"Ice Rink Attack!" She cried. "Let's see you dodge this!" Lexi laughed. The entire dish was covered in ice within seconds, leaving a distinct chill in the air.
"That's it? I'm waiting to be impressed!" Tyson smirked.
"Take a look at your blade." Lexi smirked back, equally as confident. Tyson blinked repeatedly, confused, before he noticed Dragoon was spinning slightly erratically.
"Oh no! Dragoon is losing spin control; its rotation speed is slowing because of the slippery surface!" Kenny gasped, reading data from his laptop.
"Spin control?" Hilary asked.
"Lexi's Ice Rink causes her opponent's blade to spin out of control because of the ice, it's happening to Tyson now; he's only got a few seconds before he loses control completely!" He explained.
"It's a shame I'm not facing her." Rhea voiced. "I'd have no problem with the ice." She laughed under her breath.
"Tyson, come on! Get it together! You have to attack her with everything you've got right now!" Hilary and the others called out.
Tyson blinked back to his bench, then to the fans in the stands, and back to Lexi. "No way I'm gonna lose in front of all these fans!" He said.
"What?" Lexi asked.
"Not after such a long wait, it'd be a shame to disappoint them." He sniggered.
"What's happening? My attack? It . . . isn't working?" Lexi gasped as she saw Dragoon regain its spin. "How?" She babbled.
"Hehe, you put up a good fight, Lexi, and you entertained the crowd! But it ends now!" Tyson called to her. "Go Evolution Storm!"
"And Tyson's trademark twin tornadoes have simply blown Icilous up, up and away way out of the dish!" Brad joked, as Icilous was thrown out of the beystadium, along with the ice. "No!" Lexi cried, as she caught her beyblade. "But . . ."
"Hey, don't worry about it!" Tyson said, walking up to her. "We'll have a rematch, okay? You're good." He held his hand out. Lexi looked at it uncertainly, before giving in to good sportsmanship. "Rematch. Defo." She smiled warmly, before making her way back to her own team bench.
"Tyson takes this first of 3 battles!" DJ announced. "Next match, it's the new blader on the Bladebreakers team, Rhea!"
Rhea gulped when the host said her name. "Knock 'em dead girl!" Tyson slapped her on the back in a friendly manner as he returned to the others.
"Err . . . thanks . . ." She smiled as the spotlight fell on her, and her stats appeared on the screens.
"Remember, just relax." Max repeated.
Rhea stole one quick glance at Kai before stepping up to the beystadium. 'A little encouragement would've been nice, Kai.' She thought to herself. 'This is not going to be easy if he doesn't change. . .'
She was so lost in thought she barely even registered her name was being announced by the commentators. ". . . to the team." Brad was saying.
"Totally, Brad, now for her opponent." AJ finished.
The spotlight fell onto a boy of 16, wearing his crimson hair up in a ponytail, as he too stepped up to the dish. "Pleased to meet you, Rhea is it?" He greeted.
"Yes . . . you're . . ."
"Blair also travels with the Alaula Bladers team . . ." Brad was introducing.
"Blair, I see." Rhea nodded.
"That's right, I'm a nice person out of the dish, but when I get in there . . . well, let's just say I won't go easy on you!" He laughed.
"That's a shame, I was hoping for an easy win." Rhea laughed.
"Me too." Blair replied, loading his blade.
"Bladers take your positions for the second match!" DJ instructed. Rhea loaded her own blade and pointed it towards the dish.
"3 . . . . 2 . . . . 1 . . . . Let it rip!" The Jazz and the crowds shouted.
Both bladers decided to try and end the battle quickly. Right from the offset, Blair summoned his fire phoenix bit beast. "Flare! Let's go!" He called out. As the phoenix rose, it reminded Rhea of her battles with Kai. 'Hehe. . . Fine, lets see what this phoenix can do . . .' she thought to herself, as her beyblade kept the distance between itself and Flare.
"For all your power, Blair, you're not very fast, are you?" She taunted. Blair remained silent, using all his strength willing Flare to attack. "I can play chase all day, Blair." She continued to tease.
"Looks like Rhea is getting under Blair's skin, with all that trash-talking going on down there!" Brad laughed.
"Fire Illusion!" Blair cried out.
"Kraken, now!" Rhea summoned. As her dragon bit beast rose, Flare hesitated, and stopped the attack.
"Flare? What are you doing? Fire Illusion!" Blair re-ordered.
"I think not!" Rhea smiled as Blair's crimson blade sped towards hers. "Heaven's Cataract." She ordered. As Kraken once again unfurled its wings and commenced to freeze everything, Blair responded. "Use Fire Inferno!"
The two bit beasts of fire and ice seemed to be locked in a stalemate, with neither pushing forward.
Flare was melting the ice as it came around him, and the ice was so powerful around Kraken it could not be melted, leaving a pool of water in the middle of the dish.
"Rhea! Come on! This isn't working! Try something else!" Tyson called out to her.
"Be quiet, Tyson. It's working fine." Kai said.
"Huh? Kai? You're still alive back there? When did you wake up?" Tyson joked.
"Very funny, but if you don't want to hear my advice . . ." Kai smirked.
"Ignore Tyson, Kai. Why is Rhea's attack working?" Max asked.
"Look at the centre of the dish, its becoming flooded because of the melted ice. Blair's beyblade is much lower in the dish than Rhea's blade, so he will lose control soon." He explained.
"I see, so it's just a waiting game now, until the water reaches Blair." Ray understood.
"Flare, use all your power to burn away that dragon!" Blair cried out. Rhea simply laughed in amusement. "Silent White, Kraken." She commanded.
Instantly, the icicles shot up towards Blair's beyblade. He was focussing so much on pouring energy into his attack, he barely even realised she was back on the offensive.
"Wha-?" He mumbled. It was too late; one icicle shot up underneath his blade, and sent it flying out.
"Rhea takes the second match!" Jazzman cheered along with the fans.
"Man, you're too much, Rhea." Blair sighed.
"Just get a bit more control of your bit beast, that's all." Rhea told him.
"Mmm, I know I have to work on that. Thanks for the good match though; we'll have to battle again sometime." He waved as he left the dish.
Rhea returned to the team bench to cheers from the others. "Sweet victory!" Max grinned. "Yeah, couldn't have done better myself!" Ray agreed.
"No, maybe not you, but I'm sure I could have!" Tyson puffed himself up.
"Oh stop it, Tyson!" Hilary huffed, hitting him over the head in a mock-fight.
"Take it easy Hil; I was just messin' with her. Seriously though, Rhea, good match." Tyson told her. "Well, Ray, you're up next." Tyson turned towards the raven-haired teen. "Make it a perfect score!"
"Yeah." Ray nodded as he stepped up to the dish, spotlight on him.
"Next up, it's Ray for the Bladebreakers." Brad introduced.
"Uh-huh, probably the most consistent member of the team, he's got some mean skills and an even meaner bit beast! Driger's been known to eliminate many an opponent, will Trisha from the Alaula Bladers be next?" AJ mused, as the spotlight left Ray and fell on a brunette standing by the dish.
"Man, it's not easy to go out and blade after your teamates losses." AJ said.
"Trish is out to save face, but it won't be easy against someone like Ray!" Brad said.
Trish looked quite nervous compared to the confident Ray; she fiddled with her green and yellow blade, waiting for Jazzman to start it. "Bladers, the third and final match of the opening match is about to begin! Get ready!" DJ began. Both Trish and Ray loaded their beyblades and awaited the countdown.
"Good luck." Ray said. Trish merely nodded in reply.
"3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . Let it rip!" DJ called out.
"Come on Ray! Just one more victory!" Hilary cheered him on.
"Don't worry about a thing, Driger and I will win this, no sweat." Ray's keen ears had picked up the girls quiet (!) voice.
"Let's do this!" The neko-jin called to his silver blade, causing the green bitchip to light, and the White Tiger to emerge, snarling.
"Lionaris!" Trish summoned. Her own bit beast, a Lion, practically leapt out of her blade, and met Ray's attack.
"Lion verses Tiger, this is gonna be one huge catfight!" AJ laughed at the pun. The claws and fangs flew everywhere upon Driger and Lionaris's contact. "Driger, evade her attacks, and then come back in!" Ray ordered, trying to put together a strategy.
Trish, however, wasn't going to let him escape. "Oh no you don't! Electric Claw!" She commanded of her bit beast.
The lion raced after the tiger, and although it was not as fast, the dish was small enough for it to gain some ground on the white tiger. Once Lionaris was close enough, he struck out with his claws, sending a wave of electrical energy through Driger. "Aargh!" Ray cried out, he could feel Driger's pain.
"Power Claw!" Trish ordered, wanted to end it quickly, and save the two of them any more suffering.
"Ray? You okay?" Tyson called to him.
"Yeah . . . fine, she just caught me off guard . . . it's just a scratch." He looked up to meet Trish's new attack with wary eyes. Ray calculated her speed, and chose the exact moment to evade. "Move now!" He called out to Driger.
Ray had timed it perfectly, the momentum of her attack had taken Trish's blade too far, and it was rapidly approaching the edge of the dish.
"Slow down, Lionaris!" She called out desperately.
"Circle around and use Gatling Claw!" Ray ordered. Driger shot towards the green and yellow blade. In one swift movement, it had been thrown from the dish and back into her hands.
"Not again!" She sighed, looking dejectedly at her beyblade.
"Don't worry, you'll get better." Ray smiled, as he caught his Driger Blade and returned to the bench.
"Well played!" Kenny nodded, still looking at his laptop. "Good match."
"That's it for the opening match! The quarter finals will be starting in approximately 20 minutes. The Bladebreakers will be against the Tsunami Waves! See you all then!" DJ Jazzman announced before he disappeared.
"Well that was certainly a good warm-up, eh AJ?" Brad asked his co-host.
"Most defiantly, I am so stoked for the quarter finals, it's just gonna get better and better!"
"We best head back to the locker room and plan our line-up for the quarter finals." Kenny told them. "Yeah, and while we're there, maybe we can get something to eat!" Tyson sighed as his stomach rumbled, again.
As the team walked towards the tunnel, Rhea fell back and walked next to Kai. "What's wrong?" She asked, seeing he was looking at someone in the stands. "Who are you looking at?" Rhea tried to follow his line of vision, but most of the people in the stands were standing up and walking about, it was hard to focus on any individuals.
"Huh? Kai?" She asked again.
"Never mind, I'm sure you'll see soon enough." He said, as cold as ever.
"What is up with you, Kai?" She muttered under her breath before following him and the team back to the locker room, unaware the person in the stands had been watching her . . .
Okay, that was a bit of a long one, eh? I must apologize for using the quote 'I'm waiting to be impressed,' but it just sort of fitted the scene. I've noticed a few people have added this fic as a fav or one to watch, but I've not received a review, what's the deal with that? I'm flattered u like the story but PLEASE review! See that little button that says 'Go?' Its saying "press me, press me" I know this because I have a friend of a friend of a friend who speaks button ... oh dear. O.o