Disclamer: I don't own beyblade or the characters. But I do own the plot.
A/N: Thank you for reading, hope you like this chapter :D
Brooklyn warily looked at the cloaked bladers as he slowly lowered Hiro to the floor. The redhead reached for Zeus, who was pulsing in warning, there were a lot more bladers than what he had anticipated. The bladers didn't move, they merely looked at him, perhaps taking joy in watching him squirm uncomfortably.
Brooklyn had already assessed the problem and knew that there was no way that he could take them on. Even with Kai's assistance, which was highly unlikely, they wouldn't be able to stand a chance against them.
"We should call Tyson and the others," Brooklyn whispered to the blunette, who was coldly assessing the new threat.
Brooklyn began to back off slowly, ready to call the Dragoon wielder. With Tyson and the rest, they would have a higher chance of victory. Brooklyn wasn't arrogant enough to believe that Zeus and Dranzer would stand a chance against the bladers, who were now radiating an ever darker aura than last time.
The red head was almost to the hallway when he realized that he had missed one major detail, Kai wasn't the type to run away and get help from anyone. He was a loner and knowing him, he would try to take care of things on his own.
His suspicion was proven when Kai narrowed his eyes as he slowly stepped outside. Almost instantly the bladers reacted. In perfect sync, fifteen beyblades were launched with deadly accuracy. Kai wasted no time and sent his Dranzer to counter. His faithful phoenix was easily overpowered and sent crashing against a tree. A loud crash and thump sounded as the tree fell. A smoke of dirt covered the blunette's beyblade. Kai didn't turn to see his beyblade since he was too busy observing his opponents.
As the dust settled, Brooklyn could see Dranzer again. The beyblade seemed completely unscathed, but it had narrowly avoided being crushed.
"What are you doing Kai?" Brooklyn asked in frustration. He had no choice but to help him now. He just hoped that Tyson and the rest would notice the commotion.
Kai ignored him as he stared down at his opponents. Brooklyn took out his beyblade and launched. Zeus landed next to Dranzer, who didn't wait for him and charged. Brooklyn sighed in frustration and ordered Zeus to help Dranzer.
Suddenly, the fiery phoenix appeared with a loud shriek. Dranzer violently flapped its wings and with no hesitation attacked. Brooklyn's eyes widened as he noticed the way Dranzer attacked the beyblades, it almost seemed as if Kai's bitbeast was angry. Kai furrowed his brow in confusion as he watched his beyblade continue to viciously attack. Confused, yet not willing to be shown off, Brooklyn summoned Zeus.
Zeus slammed against the first beyblade, but was thrown off by the amount of force it used to counter. Brooklyn was a little surprised at the beyblade's strength but realized that the bladers weren't going to go easy on him anymore. Last time the bladers had been toying with them, hoping to lull them into a false sense of security. Then out of nowhere, they had used a dirty trick to take them down. This time they wouldn't use the same strategy. This time they were more serious, if Hiro's state was any indication. Brooklyn smirked confidently, it was time for him to get serious too.
"King of Darkness," Brooklyn cried out, and Zeus instantly obeyed. The beyblade flew off and violently crashed against the concrete. It instantly shattered into many pieces as it lay in a dent the size of a soccer ball. Brooklyn smirked, but growled angrily when the blader merely took out another beyblade and relaunched. Seven other beyblades joined him as they all attacked Zeus.
Kai was fairing no better since he was against seven bladers, and Dranzer wasn't obeying him. The phoenix was on a rampage and it refused to listen to its master.
"Dranzer, blazing gig!" Kai ordered, but his bitbeast merely rammed against the nearest beyblade. Dranzer let out an ear piercing shriek as it continued its assault.
Brooklyn briefly glanced towards the dojo and wondered what was keeping Tyson and the others. Surely they had heard the commotion. Could they have encountered more bladers too? Was Hilary safe?
Suddenly a sharp pain drew his attention back to the battle. He noticed a beyblade was coming back, apparently it had zipped past him and cut his cheek in the process.
"Zeus, King of-" He was interrupted when three beyblades slammed against Zeus and threw him against the wall. The force of the blow caused Brooklyn to take off flying after his bitbeast.
The sound of flesh against wood could be heard as the redhead hit the fence. The wood cracked under the pressure and pieces of wood pierced Brooklyn's flesh.
Brooklyn let out a silent cry of pain as blood oozed from his injuries. His legs ached as he reopened injuries from his previous encounter with the bladers. He may have acted like it was nothing, for Hilary's sake, but truthfully he still hadn't healed yet. His legs still felt sore and weak.
Brooklyn groaned in pain as he struggled to get up. He strained to pull out the pieces of wood that were embedded in his back. After he was done with his back, he removed one that was stabbed in his shoulder. He yanked out the giant splinter and let out another cry of pain.
Kai gave him a sideway glance, but turned away since he suddenly felt the pressure of fifteen bladers against him. Brooklyn coughed up blood as he picked up his beyblade. Fortunately, his bitbeast wasn't as beat up as he was.
"Can you still fight Zeus?" Zeus pulsed in his hand and Brooklyn smiled. He painfully relaunched and sent his bitbeast to help Kai, who was close to collapsing.
"Dranzer! Blazing gig!" Kai cried out in frustration. Again he was ignored by the phoenix as it randomly attacked the beyblades. A blader's cloak rose enough to reveal an evil smirk. As if it felt the evil emanating from him, Dranzer went to attack him with deadly accuracy. However, the phoenix was stopped as several bladers revealed their bitbeasts. The smirking blader cockily withdrew his beyblade and nodded to his comrades. The rest of the bladers cackled as they sent their bitbeasts to attack Dranzer.
Kai growled angrily as Dranzer was sent flying. The cloaked blader snickered as the bitbeasts' blew Kai against the dojo wall. The wall broke as Kai cried out in pain.
"Does it hurt Kai?" The blader asked sinisterly. Brooklyn was prepared to go help him when they knocked him down as well. He conveniently landed next to Kai, who was now sporting several serious injuries. Brooklyn screamed in pain as the all too familiar sound of flesh against wood resonated in his ears.
"Brooklyn," the cloaked blader called to him, almost as if just noticing he was there. "How fortunate, you and Kai can die together," he cackled.
The bitbeasts prepared to attack both of them again when suddenly several beyblades flew to intercept the attacks.
"Dragoon!"
"Get em' Strata Dragoon!"
"Drigger!"
"Draciel!"
"Wolborg!"
Brooklyn painfully turned and watched as everyone called their respective bitbeast's name.
"Brooklyn," Hilary gasped as she saw the state the redhead was in. She ran towards him and Brooklyn forced a smile. He couldn't let her know just how much pain he was in. "Look at what they did to you," Hilary's eyes began to tear up as she removed pieces of wood from him. Once he was uncovered she covered her mouth and shook uncontrollably. His shirt was drenched in blood, and several injuries were still bleeding.
"Are you alright Hilary?" Brooklyn asked as he placed a hand on the brunette's cheek. Hilary began to cry, even injured, Brooklyn still worried about her. A silent cough drew her attention to the injured blunette that was lying beside Brooklyn.
"Kai," Hilary gasped and immediately started removing the splinters that covered him. Kai spit out blood, while Hilary assessed his injuries. He was not as injured as Brooklyn, but his injuries still looked serious.
"Hiro!" Tyson cried out in surprise and anger as he noticed that his brother was passed down by the door. He immediately ran and took his older brother in his arms.
No, this wasn't the reunion that Tyson was hoping for. He hadn't seen his brother since the whole BEGA fiasco, but he had still hoped to see his role model after so long. At first, he had felt angry and betrayed when his brother was working for Boris, but with time he had learned to forgive him. He had waited so long to finally be reunited and see his older brother again. He finally got his wish, just not the way he had hoped.
Tyson felt tears well up in his eyes when his brother was unresponsive. He gently shook him, but there was still no response. Tyson began to shake his brother violently.
"Hiro wake up!" Tyson choked out as tears now freely spilled from his eyes.
"Tyson stop," Kenny cried as he now ran towards his heartbroken friend.
"Kenny! He's not breathing," Tyson cried as he embraced his brother. Hilary stood up and turned to see Tyson, who let out painful cries. Her heart broke seeing her best friend in pain.
"Kai are you alright?" Tala asked as he and Mystel approached their respective friends. A loud cackle drew their attention to the leader of the cloaked bladers. The rest of his comrades had been taken down by the teams, and he was the only one with a beyblade left.
That was it! The fiery brunette saw red as she turned to the bladers. Her blood boiled when the sound of Tyson's heart wrenching cries along with Kai and Brooklyn's painful breathing reached her ears. How dare they? They left Ozuma from the Saint Shields, Hiro, Brooklyn and Kai close to death.
Hilary pulled out her beyblade, she may not have a bitbeast, but she was going to do everything in her power to take him out nonetheless. Nobody messed with her friends, and she was going to teach this arrogant blader a lesson or two about messing with her loved ones.
"Hilary," Kenny called out to her worried. She wasn't completely healed from the previous attack, and she was certainly not ready to beyblade so soon.
The brunette ignored Kenny and held a firm grip on her launcher.
"Hilary no!"
