One Life One Love
Chapter 12: Onwards Ho! [Tournament pt1]
Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade.
"Go Gaaran," Sean, Max's opponent shouted. His Gaaran went head on and attacked Draciel. But the bit beast held his own hardly moving.
"That's it Draciel!" Max cheered.
"Ergh…" Sean growled when he found that his attack did no use.
"It's going to take more than that to take down Draciel and I," Max grinned.
"Go Maxi!" Tyson cheered.
"I'm not finished yet," Sean narrowed his eyes, "Gaaran, Oxen Rampage!"
"Metal Ball Defence!" Max countered the oncoming attack. The large amount of force pushing back caused Gaaran to fly out of the dish.
"And the winner is, Max!" Jazzman announced.
"Good one," Ray slapped him on the back. Max laughed.
"Alrighty, I'm next," Tyson stepped up.
"Bladers ready? And 3, 2, 1…Let it RIP!" Blades came ripping down towards the dish. The Bladebreakers had an advantage with their experience and hard-core training given by Kai and easily blew by the Dark Wolves.
"And the Bladebreakers advance to the next round of the tournament!"
"That was quite easy," Sandy scoffed watching from where she was. The Dark Wolves were still amateurs and still had much to learn.
Despite that fact, Tyson was still cheering happily.
"I wish he wasn't so full of himself. It wasn't that big of a win," Naomi shook her head.
"Oh, lighten up. There's no harm in having a little fun," Shaorin said.
"Come on. Let's get to the changing rooms. We still have some time to change," Celina stood up. They followed her lead towards where the participant locker rooms were.
"Yo, where are the girls?" Tyson asked when they reached the bleachers.
"Probably getting ready for their battle, they're up against the Celestial Sisters." Max shrugged.
"There's the Celestial Sisters," Ray pointed at 3 girls readying by their side of the stadium, "But the RebelBladers aren't here."
"If they don't hurry, they're going to be disqualified," Kenny panicked slightly. Kai frowned in disgust. Disqualified for showing up late? Who would be stupid enough to do that? Even though Tyson slept in a lot, he knew not to be late.
"Wait a sec, there they are," Max pointed to the girls filing into the stadium. They were all wearing matching outfits but in different colours. And some of them didn't look so happy.
"Celina, how could you do this?" Naomi groaned pointing at her sky blue coloured shirt and black pants. Celina herself had on an emerald one, Sandy had deep purple and Shaorin wore crimson. Sandy had a look of annoyance on her face and Shaorin looked exasperated.
"There's nothing wrong with a little team spirit," Celina grinned.
"You're hopeless," Sandy sighed slapping her hand to her forehead.
"No comment." Shaorin crossed her arms.
"Fine, be an ass," Celina hmphed.
"Right…we gotta go on now. C'mon!" Sandy pulled her into the stadium.
The Celestial Sisters spotted them and walked over.
"Since it's both of our first battle in this tournament, let's say we hit it off with a bang?" A tall teal haired girl spoke.
"Sure, why not?" Sandy nodded.
"Okay then, I challenge one of you to sing against one of us during the match."
"Weird challenge, but we accept," Naomi agreed.
"Good to hear, no please choose your challenger."
"Shaorin," the three, Sandy, Naomi and Celina said monotonously.
"W-what?" Shaorin was taken back.
"Then it's agreed, our first match shall begin." And the Celestial Sisters turned to leave.
"Argh...Why do I put up with this?" Shaorin groaned.
"Because, you're the youngest and have to do everything we say," Celina teased.
"By only a few months," Shaorin protested.
"Five," Sandy grinned.
"That's almost half a year," Naomi added.
"Aiay…I give up," Shaorin shook her head.
"Now be a good girl and go up there and sing!" Sandy pushed her to the dish. A microphone was handed to her and also her opponent, which was the girl who had challenged them.
"I hope you can sing well, coz I've won a few competitions myself," the girl smiled.
"Don't worry, I'll hold my own," Shaorin returned her smile. She had to admit though, the idea of singing as a battle weapon puzzled her to no end.
"Good, wouldn't want you crying now when I win," the girl smirked.
"Like that'll ever happen."
"Uh…why are they holding mikes?" Tyson asked.
"Just like we guessed, they're challenging them to a singing contest," Kenny said.
"That's kind of cheap though, the Celestial Sisters' blades were built to move to beats and rhythms." Ray observed.
"Don't underestimate them," Kai grunted.
"Kai's right, they've probably got a few tricks up their sleeves too," Kenny nodded.
"Bladers are you ready? 3, 2, 1…Let it RIP!" Jazzman shouted as the blades were launched. Tamara, the girl up against Shaorin held her microphone and began singing. She started with a fast song, playing an electronic beat on her keyboard while singing.
The last that ever she saw him, carried away by a moonlight shadow. He passed on worried and warning carried away by a moonlight shadow. Lost in a river last Saturday night, far away on the other side, he was caught in the middle of a desperate fight and she couldn't find how to push through.
Throughout her song, her white blade moved to the beat sliding just out of Liatora's grasp and then rammed into her. Shaorin was beginning to lose power. But she was starting to catch on to how it worked. If she could get Liatora to respond to the beat, she'd be in the clear. But how could she create a strong enough beat with only her voice. Acapella didn't seem very sufficient. Glancing up at the soundbox, she saw Celina waving at her, and gave her a thumbs up. Shaorin grinned, and grippd her microphone as the loud bass reverberated through the stadium.
Right, right, turn off the lights, we're gonna lose our minds tonight. What's the dealio? I love when it's all too much, 5 a.m. turn the radio up. Where's the rock 'n roll?
It seemed to work as Tamara's blade couldn't quite catch up to hers. Feeling more confident, Shaorin glanced at her opponent who was watching the blades in frustration.
So raise your glass if you are wrong in all the right ways. All my underdogs, we will never be, never be anything but loud and nitty gritty, dirty little freaks. Won't you come on and come on and raise your glass! Just come on and come on and raise your glass!
Liatora obeyed and moved with the beat. She wove in and out of Tamara's way and slammed into her blade harshly. When Shaorin finished her song, she decided that it was time to end the battle too.
"Liatora, Ice Shards." And in a flash, Tamara's blade was taken out.
"Fantastic!" Naomi grinned. The rest of the round went smoothly enough though Naomi was beaten by their team captain.
"Hah, we're catching up, Ty!" Celina grinned after they left the stadium. The All-Starz had taken out the Rowdy Boys and would be facing the RebelBladers the next day.
"You wish, you'll never beat the world champs," Tyson smirked.
"If I remember correctly, we won the last time we battled you," Naomi grinned.
"But we were still rusty back then, now we're back fully prepared," Tyson looked determined to win.
"Whatever you say, Granger," Celina held her hand up ending the argument.
"So what are we going to do now?" Sandy asked in a bored manner.
"Uh…I have no clue," Shaorin shrugged, sitting down on a bench nearby.
"I want to go to the beach," Celina contemplated.
"Anyone else want to?" Ray asked.
"I'll second the motion," Max grinned. Tyson and the Chief nodded in agreement while Sandy just shrugged.
"Let's hit it then!" Tyson took off in a random direction.
"Wait! Tyson! Do you even know where you're going?" Rei shouted after the navy haired boy.
Tyson stopped short. "Heh…oops."
"Come on, we need to pick up our beach stuff first back at the hotel," Sandy shook her head. Kai stared at the dragon wielding blader in mild amusement.
"Hn…this should be fun," Kai muttered sarcastically when they arrived at the beach parking lot.
"Don't be such a grouch," Shaorin teased.
"Yah, Mr. Sourpants," Tyson chimed. Kai cast him a dark glare.
They found a spot away from the crowds and set up their stuff. Towels were laid out and umbrellas were put up.
Shaorin grinned watching Max and Tyson splash each other in the water. She pulled her shades over her eyes and lay down on her Finding Nemo patterned beach towel that she adored. Soon her eyes were closed and half asleep. She wasn't aware of the few shadows closing in on her until she felt herself being lifted up.
"Gah!" She flailed her arms and legs wildly trying to struggle out of her captors' grip. Familiar chuckles filled her ears and she looked up to see smirking faces of Tyson, Max and Ray. And then it dawned on her of what they were about to do.
"Put me down!" she screamed, "Help! Kai? Celina? Girls? Anyone?" A big splash was heard when she landed in the salty water. Shaorin came up sputtering.
"Alright, who's idea was this," she pushed her hair away from her face, she was now drenched from head to toe, though she was luckily in a swimsuit. Snickering, Max and Tyson pointed to Ray who grinned at her innocently. The rest of the RebelBladers laughed while Kai watched her smirking in an amused way.
"Raymond Kon! Prepare to die in a watery grave!" Shaorin growled chasing after her golden eyed cousin. Normally Ray's Neko-jin attributes would give him the upper hand. But Shaorin had a little Neko in her too, and her speed had picked up, gaining on him. With a quick leap, Ray found himself being pinned down by the small auburn girl. She ended up being pried off by Kai, Tyson and Max.
"Whoa man, calm down," Tyson laughed, holding Shaorin back from running at Ray again. Ray was getting to his feet, his hair was tussled and his braid was coming loose. Not to mention Shaorin had managed to get a hold of his red bandana so that his hair was now covering part of his face.
"Whoo…Ray, you look a mess," Celina teased. He glared at her.
"For once Shaorin shows her vicious side!" Sandy exclaimed proudly. By now the girl mentioned had calmed down enough to be set free of Tyson and Max's hold.
"Revenge is sweet," Shaorin grinned in a shockingly malicious way, dangling the red fabric in her right hand.
"Gimme that," Ray lunged for it. But she dodged his attempts.
"Uh un."
"Shaorin Kimoto." It was Ray's turn to growl.
"Fine then, ruin my fun," Shaorin winked with a sudden change of mood. She tossed the bandana towards the sky and skipped towards the refreshment stand.
"Meh, she probably went to get ice cream," Sandy shrugged.
"Wait a sec…Ice cream?" Celina repeated.
"Crap," Kai groaned, shaking his head. They could hear the distant giggling of a sugar high Shaorin skipping back towards them.
"Wow…she goes even more hyper than Maxi here. And he eats pixie sticks, which are like pure sugar," Tyson sweat dropped when he watched Shaorin grin crazily.
"Shh, don't give her any ideas," Naomi nudged him.
At that moment, Shaorin was squeezing the life out of Kai as she was piggy backed on him, who was cursing under his breath. Giggling, she messed up his spiky slate bangs. Annoyed, he dropped her back down onto her towel. Grinning, she let out a satisfied sigh before settling on her back, underneath the umbrella.
She's going to be the death of me someday. Kai shook his head sitting himself a bit away from Shaorin. He rubbed his neck, which ached slightly from Rin's tight grip. For such a small girl she had some strength.
A while later, Tyson was beginning to get bored. He picked up a few flat jagged rocks and began to skip them on the water. A tap on his shoulder startled him. He turned to see the curious face of Shaorin.
"Whatcha doing?" she asked.
"Doing the Macarena, what does it look like?" he cracked. Shaorin smiled and found a rock of her own. She watched Tyson throw his stone. 1...2...3... PLOP and it sank. Grinning, she tried to copy him. PLOP! It only sounded. She made a face and frowned. Shaorin tried again but her attempt failed. Tyson watched in amusement as rock after rock they sank. He stifled his laughter unsuccessfully and she turned to him in annoyance.
"Hey, I never tried before," she defended.
"Try to sort of whip it out," Tyson said. Shaorin nodded and it skipped twice.
"Yes!" she laughed.
"Yo you guys, we gotta go," Max called for them.
"Coming," Shaorin waved, and ran up the beach to them with Tyson trailing behind her. She unceremoniously tripped over a rock in her way and began to fall face first. She winced, waiting for the impact to come, but it didn't. Instead she looked up and saw those blood crimson eyes boring into her own.
"Ha ha, oops." Kai looked at her strangely as a blush appeared on her face.
"Klutz," Kai muttered. Shaorin's grateful expression turned into an irritated one. He would never give up on criticizing her would he?
End Chapter 12
Notes: Rei is now spelt Ray. Apparently, I started to lay off whatever crack I was on at this point. Yay for coherency!
Revised: May 30, 2011