I don't think this has long to go and I'm quite happy to finally have it completed. There's new things I want to move onto and I want to do it while I still have the drive!

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Tyson vs Kai

Humming softly to herself, Garnet stood by the mirror in the dressing room assigned to the Blitzkreig Boys and flicked a brush with rose coloured blush lightly over her cheeks and glanced at her reflection with satisfaction she only eve found when looking in the mirror and seeing how pretty she was. She was about to start putting on some more mascara when there was a knock at the door.

Irritably, she bade her mysterious knocker welcome and glared darkly when she saw it was just Tyson. "What do you want?" She demanded haughtily, returning to her mascara. "Can't you see I'm busy?" Tyson watched as she carefully applied her mascara wand to the roots of her lashes and upwards with careful concentration. Her eyes darted in his direction in the mirror darkly. "Are you still here?"

Tyson pinched his arm to which Garnet rolled her eyes. "I think so. I felt that so its gotta count for something right? Anyway, I've been sent here from Mr. Dickinson to flip the coin for what side of the arena you guys want to sit at." He looked around him at the deserted dressing room. "Where's everyone else?"

"Away to do the same thing, apparently…" Garnet said, still coating her lashes in the same black sludgy stuff Tyson didn't see how anyone could find attractive. Not when it was being applied, at least.

"Do you have to do that now?" He asked, beginning to get annoyed at his cousin. "You're still gonna be ugly no matter how much of that muck you put on your face."

At the mention of the word 'ugly', Garnet's hand slipped up and coated her eyebrow with an unattractive layer of mascara.

"See what you made me do?" She screeched at him and grabbed a box of tissues form beside her make up bag to begin the correction. "Why are you still here, you little skeeze."

He was about to point out that he was taller than her, but decided to leave it seeing as how she looked ready to eat him if he said the wrong thing. "I just wanted to catch up with my little baby cousin, that's all. I didn't see you at practise yesterday so I wanna know if there was something wrong."

Garnet quirked her smudgy eyebrow. "Why did you think there was something wrong? I was just hanging out with Hilary and Kai at the hotel room."

Tyson felt his heart begin to thud when she mention Hilary and Kai's names together. Trying to sound casual, he said, "being around you would give anyone a sore head."

Sighing, Garnet scrunched up the piece of tissue she was using and threw it at Tyson's face. "FYI, Tyson, no one even had a headache. What is wrong with you today?"

He suddenly realised Hilary had been lying to him. She lied to him. Why would she lie so she could get out of watching them train to go hang with Garnet? She knew fine well that she wasn't exactly needed there so leaving wouldn't be a big deal. Unless…

No way. He wasn't even going to humour that thought. Hilary probably just felt guilty about leaving them alone, that's all. That's it exactly. Since she's bailed out of so many of their practices she felt as if it she was letting the team down so rather than tell them she just didn't want to be there, she lied to make everyone feel better.

That would be fine if he knew it was true. Never in her life had Hilary passed up the chance to say how boring beyblading is and skipping training was an ideal way for her to reinforce this point. Not only that but it was too much of a coincidence that Kai hadn't been there too. There was something going on between them: Kai and Hilary. That was why she's lied about feeling sick. It was so she could go and see him. He was certain of it. Well, almost certain. He'd just have to do more sleuthing to find out what he was already convinced he knew.

"Hello?" Garnet threw another tissue at Tyson's face and he blinked in surprise. "What is with you? You come barging in on me while I'm getting ready then you stand there in a daze? Can't you see my face isn't even nearly ready for public display?"

Tyson nodded sympathetically. "I know. It's going to take you forever to hit that spot of ugliness that's covering your face." He'd only just managed to duck out of the room when he heard the sound of something hard being thrown against the door behind him. As he walked down the corridor he bumped into Kai, muttering, "watch it," under his breathe quietly enough to not draw attention to himself but loudly enough for Kai to do a double take to make sure the boy who'd actually said it was Tyson Granger.

Frowning, Kai went back into the dressing room where Garnet was still positioned on front of the mirror only now she'd moved onto lip gloss. She greeted him with a grunt as she carefully lined her lips with a clear gloss and then repeated this gesture.

"Did Tyson come in here by any chance?" Kai asked. Garnet grunted her reply. "Was it about the coin toss?" She grunted again. "Then why did he leave in a pissy mood?"

She slammed her lip gloss down and stood up. "Do you know what? I'm not even going to finish getting ready since no one seems to want me too. Tyson was in here making a nuisance of himself and asking me why I wasn't with the team yesterday so I was saying that I was with you and Hils and then he buggered off after making more fun of me."

Kai winced. "Garnet…Didn't it occur to you that Tyson wouldn't like the idea of Hilary being with me since, you know, he thinks we're still split up?"

"Why are you getting at me? Didn't the thought occur to you that it would be so much simpler if you guys just told the truth? I mean how am I supposed to know Tyson didn't know she was coming? And anyway if you didn't give him something to be suspicious of he wouldn't be suspicious at all!"

Although he saw the truth in her words he didn't much want to acknowledge them. The thing about it was that part of the reason why he wanted to keep things quiet between him and Hilary was the thrill of trying to dodge everyone's watchful eyes. It was like they had a secret between them that no one knew about and they were to clever to tell.

"It doesn't matter Garnet," he said knowing that it really did matter. A lot. "Just try to be a little bit more careful in the future. Anyway, I came here to tell you we're getting ready to start so you better get your gorguess ass up there."

"I know," she retorted, winking. "The world's waiting on me."


Tyson watched Hilary carefully to read any reactions she had to the television screen in their dressing room which was currently announcing each teams stats. When Kai came on she didn't even so much as blink. She was good. He'd have to be even better to find out the truth. He looked at her as she innocently swung her foot up and down on her crosses legs, pretending like she had nothing to hide. Well, he was on to her. That's right. He was on to her big style. He knew she was a lying, two timing hussy who was wrapped around that bastard Kai's finger. Garnet had more or less told him. Now it was up to him to get it straight from the horse's mouth.

Trying to act as casual as he could – his heart was beating about a mile a minute – he sat down beside her and looked up at the flat screen T.V. "You know, don't feel you have to be here today. If you're still feeling like crap you should just go back to the hotel room like you did yesterday."

Hilary smiled warmly at him, not seeing through his intentions at all. "Aww, thanks Tyson. But I'll be fine. That rest yesterday cleared me right up so I can be by your side, cheering you on."

Tyson returned her smile, letting some of his teeth show. "I'll bet it did. I feel kinda bad, though. I should have walked you back, knowing that you weren't well."

"I'm a big girl Tyson. I easily made it back by myself. It only took me, like, five minutes or something anyway." She patted his leg fondly. "But I appreciate your concern."

"Yeah," he replied nodding. "I appreciate yours too. I was talking to Garnet this morning, so I was." He saw Hilary edge back a little but it could easily have been the garlic bread he'd eaten for lunch. "She wasn't at practise yesterday. Neither was Kai, in face. I hope it isn't catching."

"Just what are you implying?" Hilary asked. She noticed the edge in his eyes and realised he knew where she had been. She's been an idiot to think she could hide it from her best friend, especially since his cousin was an implement in her scheme.

"Oh come off it, Hilary! I know where you where yesterday. Garnet let it slip. You were with her and Kai."

"So I went to see Garnet? What's the big deal?" He noticed her legs were now uncrossed and her voice was getting slightly shrill.

"The big deal is that you lied. If you had been going to see Garnet you would have just told me that because you know that I wouldn't have cared less. No. You were going to see Kai, and have been all this time, haven't you?" Hilary shook her head no, but she had tears in her eyes that told him she was lying again. "Bullshit, Hilary! Why didn't you just tell me? If you and Kai are seeing each other-"

"But we're not!" Hilary said, fully crying now and not because she was sorry but because she had been caught. It was the childish tears of a child being given into trouble for something they knew they had done wrong. "We're not seeing each other. I just wanted to keep being friends with him, that's all. He's going through some bad times now and that's all he needs right now is a friend."

"I don't know if I can believe you anymore…" Tyson hung his head sadly, trying not to look at her tears as she sniffed and wiped at them furiously with the back of her hand. "We'd better go up now. They're calling us."


From the moment the Blitzkreig Boys stepped out into the London arena, Kai could sense there was an obvious tension amongst their competitors. Hilary's eyes were a puffy and red. It almost looked as if she'd had an allergic reaction to something or the waterworks had been turned on for a brief stunt. Tyson too looked distracted and, as much as he tried to hide it by waving to the crowds, Kai could see that every look sent his way was of pure anger. He figured Tyson's arithmetic was pretty much solid: it seemed he'd put two and two together and got four. He would have to thank Garnet for that later.

"Tala, you're battling Daichi first," Kai informed his team mate. "Now, take this slow and remember your defence. Daichi may be good and he may be powerful but he's still a rooky whose too headstrong to properly think about tactics. Just keep avoiding his attacks and he'll eventually wear out. In the mean time, look for a weak point in his spin. He's bound to have one, especially since his blade seems more focussed on offence. I don't even think you'll need Wolborg for this one, but if Daichi calls Strata Dragoon then go for it. Got it?"

Tala smirked and loaded Wolborg onto his launcher. "It's in the bag."

"How do you think he'd going to do?" Garnet asked as Tala prepared himself at the side of the dish opposite a cocky looking Daichi. "Monkey boy looks as if he's ready to wipe the floor with him."

Kai turned to her and she saw there was a cheeky smile there. "I know he looks powerful but so's Tala. Plus Tal has more experience and will listen to tactics. Daichi, like most novices, won't pay attention to a single thing his captain tells him until its too late. If Tala's just patient and lets Daichi do all the chasing with the occasion blow at the right time, he'll soon be worn down."

"And Tyson?"

"Tyson's both a tactical and a strong player. Normally I would say my work's cut out for me but if you look closely he's really distracted. With his experience and against a weaker blader this wouldn't mean shit but he's against me. Basically, I think this is going to be a walk in the park for both of us."

Kai watched carefully as both bladers launched into the dish and, as expected, instead of finding his ground Daichi began to attack Tala. Tala, in accordance to Kai's advice, was staying far enough away so he could see every move being made by Daichi before Daichi even knew he was going to make it. He could see Daichi getting more and more frustrated as every attack being made was dodged easily. It was a catch twenty two, as the more angry he became, the more reckless his attacks were and predictable too. Like a guerrilla fighter, Tala hit Daichi's blade side on, causing it to lose balance slightly and falter. It took several seconds for him to recuperate and this was several seconds too much as Tala saw his chance and smashed into Daichi's blade on the opposite side, causing it to waver dangerously on the side of the dish.

"Summon Strata Dragoon, Daichi!" Kenny was screaming at him.

Daichi nodded and followed the Chief's advice but it was too little too late. A final whack from Tala sent Strata Dragoon out of the dish and it landed unceremoniously at Daichi's feet. His hand was shaking with surprise as he picked it up, not believing that he'd actually lost so quickly.

Tala returned to his team victorious and slapped Kai's hand in triumph. "In the bag!" He said, with a slight upturn at his lips. "Told you."

"Yeah, yeah." Kai looked over at his opponent who was having some difficulty setting up his ripcord and launcher. "Well I'm pretty sure your bags doubly full." He gestured over to Tyson and Tala noticed immediately what he was getting at. "I'd ask for luck but I don't even need it."

As Kai left the team, Garnet folded her arms and muttered, "Kai certainly puts the cock in cocky."

Situated at the side of the dish, Kai prepared to launch his blade when he felt a weighted stare upon him. He looked up and saw Tyson glaring at him with an intensity which would throw off any other balder. Not him.

"I don't know what's going on with you Tyson and I'm not too sure that I care. But if you want my advice I'd forget about it for this match or you're going to throw it away." Kai met his eyes. "I didn't work my ass off for this day for an easy match. Don't disappoint me."

Through gritted teeth, Tyson replied, "if I want your help I'll ask for it and even then it'd only be if you were the last person on earth and I was looking for a way to get out of your presence."

Kai rolled his eyes and prepared to launch. This was going to be an easy victory and it was frustrating him. He'd expected this match to be one of the most difficult of his career and Tyson was about to hand him the win because he was too stupid to not let his emotions get the better of him.

"Three…Two…One…Let it rip!"

Kai's blade landed perfectly in the centre, waiting for Tyson's to meet it, which it did with a slight wobble. Kai groaned inwardly at his lack of control.

"Tyson keep your feelings out of the dish. They're not wanted here," Kai said.

"Shut up!"

Dragoon circled around the dish several times as it tried to gain stability and momentum. Kai could see Tyson knew his launch had been weak and was trying to build up his strength but it wasn't going to do him any good if he didn't clear his head. After several rounds, Dragoon headed straight for Dranzer, but Kai could see the move coming from a mile away and swerved out the way, dealing a lethal counterattack from behind that caused Dragoon to go sailing towards the edge but stopping just before it did so.

"Your head's not cleared Tyson. I can predict your every move! Don't listen to me as an opponent; listen to me as a friend." Kai pleaded in the hopes he could get a better match than this from his ex-team mate.

"Friend?" Tyson asked guffawing. "Some friend you are. You abandoned me to go join your current team and I know you've been fooling around with Hilary behind my back."

"I wasn't the only one to 'abandon' you. So did Ray and Max and I don't see you treating them as shit as you are with me. And so what if there was something going on with me and Hilary? She's a big girl and she has the right to choose who she does or doesn't want to see. If you were her true friend you'd be there for her no matter what choice she makes."

Tyson's fury led him to charge Dragoon at Dranzer again but once again it was easily deflected and countered.

"So you're not even going to deny that you've been seeing her behind my back?" Tyson demanded. "That's crap, Kai. Pure crap. Dragoon!"

The dragon left the confinements of his bit chip and stretched out; elongating it's shining blue scales. Kai summoned Dranzer too and she swooped upwards in a magnificent flurry of feathers and expanded her red and gold wings, screeching proudly.

"Actually Tyson, I do deny that I've been seeing her behind your back. If I was going out with a girl like Hilary why the hell would I want to hide it? "

"Bullshit!"

Dragoon swiped its claws at Dranzers face but she flew upwards until she was at the very top of the arena, well out of harms way.

"Well, Tyson, if you don't want to listen to me that's fine. I've just been trying to help you out. If you're too stupid to take my advice then good luck with the getting back up because you're going down!"

On her master's cue, Dranzer began to dive straight towards Dragoon, building up speed and power as she went. Tyson saw what was happening and tried to get Dragoon out the way but he was too late. She flew right into the dragon and it disintegrated into the air as Tyson's blade flew out of the arena and beside Kai's feet. The entire arena was silent for a few seconds and then there was an outburst of cheer as Kai was declared the winner of the match the the Blitzkreig Boys as the winner of the round.

Tyson felt a cold shadow on him and looked up to see Kai standing in front of him.

"Why can't you just let it go Tyson?" Kai asked, dropping Dragoon onto Tyson's hand. There was no power in his mouth as he tried to find something to say back to Kai; something cruel, witty, heck, even reciting a poem would have done but nothing came out. "When you're ready to be friends again, I'll be waiting."

As Kai was walking away, his tongue finally loosened off. "I wouldn't hold your breath Kai."

He was breathing heavily as Kai turned back round to face him. The look he gave Tyson wasn't one he expected. Not angry, not annoyed, not hurt, not even confused. The looked was of pure pity.

He nodded sadly. "One day you'll understand, Tyson."

Tyson felt a friendly hand grip his shoulder and turned around to see his bother. Hiro didn't say anything but just offered him a smile that told him he'd need to work harder. He didn't have any time to explain that is wasn't his fault. He'd tried his best but there had been complications under the persona of Hilary Tatibana and Kai Hiwatari. He tried but it was to no avail. His tongue had been rendered useless once again as Hiro walked off to talk to Mr. Dickinson.

"Tyson?" Hilary asked quietly. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah," he said sighing, "I am. Look, Hils, I'm sorry. I should have listened to you when you tried to explain."

"It's okay," Hilary said, feeling guilty once again that her best friend had been duped into believing her another time. "Let's just forget about it. How does pizza sound to celebrate the hard work that's gonna have to follow this?"

Tyson smiled for the first time that day. "Awesome!"


For all you guys who liked Beautiful Soul, I've decided to write a short sequal to it. I've had this idea in my head for some time and the only way I thought I could make it really fit was to write it in with the Beautiful Soul. So that shuold be started soon after this one is finished!

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