blackamber- More thanks to my Hurricane Twin in this one for helping me once more with names and combined attacks!
Windy- So much love! (raises fist) Best buds...
blackamber- For life! (taps fist against hers)
Amy- Is she now a permanent addition to the header notes?
blackamber- Only until all the new names for beyblades are done and the new attacks
Windy- (nods head) Uh-huh
Bryan- No announcement this time?
blackamber- Nope... but I discovered something today while I was procrastinating with this chapter that broke my heart...
Windy- Mine tooo...
Amy/Bryan- What?
blackamber- Boris is Hatori Soma from Fruits Basket...
Windy- OH THE HORROR!
Amy/Bryan- Who the hell is that?
blackamber/Windy- You wouldn't understand...
Melissa- Usual disclaimer!
blackamber- OH! and just so you know! Sadie's attack has been changed slightly... it's now Guardian God of the Tomb... I just thought Guardian Tomb was too perfect since it's Anubis and I didn't want to change it so I added to is XD... hey if Tyson and Kai can have new attacks by just adding "Turbo" at the end, Sadie can too by adding "God of the"
"I'd say things are coming along nicely," Hilary said, reviewing stats with Kenny as Lissa cheered on the latest pairs who were training against one another. They had been training for two days now, almost nonstop, determined to be able to use their bit-beasts as weapons as soon as possible.
"Yeah, the groups that are balancing have really gotten good, we just need to work more with the ones that are counter-balancing. Especially Max and Tyson," Kenny responded, "since their counter-balance is a dangerous."
"Amy's monitoring their training. Interfering when it seems like the combination is going south," Lissa said over her shoulder at the two.
"How is she doing that?" Hilary asked.
"She has Hein in the dish with them so that if the combo doesn't seem to be working she can just knock one of the blades out of the dish before the attack can be fully carried out," explained the blonde woman.
"She has that much power!? Jeez, Tyson's lucky she didn't compete in the World Championship ever!" exclaimed Hilary in amazement.
"She's not that powerful, Max and Tyson just don't fight back when she interferes and they made sure Dragoon and Draciel know not to as well," corrected Kenny, "Kaylie explained it to me."
"Oh."
Tyson caught Dragoon as he came sailing out of the dish, growling in frustration. "What was wrong with that one!?" he demanded, his words drenched in agitation.
"You would have caused a hyperresonance, that's what was wrong," stated Amy, summoning Hein back and crossing her arms in a trade-mark Hiwatari fashion.
Max sighed, summoning his Draciel back. "I guess we'll just have to do it again."
They had performed, or tried to perform, for hours on end for the past two days and had only actually carried it out decently- without risk- once. If we were going technical, that would be an average of 1 in 1,000,000 attempts, give or take a few.
Tyson let out another growl, readying his launch beside his blonde haired friend and partner.
Amy cracked her neck and readied herself as well and recited, in a bored fashion, "Three, two, one…"
"Let it RIP!" yelled the two boys, launching their beyblades.
Amy launched Hein, getting him to wait back against the edge of the dish near her as Draciel and Dragoon circled, awaiting their shooters orders.
"Dragoon! Galaxy Turbo Twister!" yelled Tyson, his usual zeal coming back with a vengeance.
"Draciel! Gravity Control!" Max ordered.
"Dragoon-
"Draciel-
"Gravity Twister!"
The blue dragon and black tortoise reacted immediately, a giant twister rising up from the white beyblade as the dish was flooded with water. The same water- rather than turning into a tidal wave like it usually did- got caught up in the twister, creating a giant typhoon in the dish.
Amy grinned at the attack, let the stats now read, an average of 2 in 1,000,000. Hein was sent back further against the dish, still spinning strong but obviously affected by the attack.
"ALRIGHT!" Tyson cheered, pumping his arm in the air.
"YEAH!" Max also cheered, "way to go Draciel!"
"Good going guys," Amy congratulated, "now let's see if you can do that more than just once in a blue moon."
"Aww! Can't we take a break first?" Tyson asked, losing his excitement.
Amy shook her head, "Summon Dragoon back and let's go again. If you can perform the counter-balance again then we can take a break. If not, we will keep going until the two of you can do it twice in a row."
The two friends summoned their blades back as Amy did likewise, preparing for the next launch.
"Alright Daichi, let's do this," Mel smiled, standing across from Courtney and Rick.
"Yeah, let's show them!" Daichi grinned, readying his Strata Dragoon.
"Don't think we'll go down too easily, punk," Rick growled, taking his Rock Bison out.
"Good luck Mel, you'll need it," Courtney teased, Sohi already in her launcher.
"We'll see who needs the luck," countered the shorter woman.
"Three, two, one… LET IT RIP!"
"Ready Rick?" Courtney asked.
"I was born ready!" growled Rick.
"Sohi-
"Rock Bison-
"Drop Torrent!" (A/N: trust me… that is the best I can do with Courtney and Rick. The other options would be Hydro Rock, Drop Jet, Aqua Rock… I guess I could have used one of her old moves but I would rather use the new ones in this. As much as I love Blue Ice)
Rock Bison's blade was completely submerged in rock and the force of the gushing water from Sohi's attack sped up his charge -giving him the strength, if he ever had the desire to do so, to break through even the strongest of metal-alloys.
Strata Dragoon and Voltier flew back, hitting the far end of the dish hard and creating a crater sized hole in the "wall".
Daichi let out a small growl. "Mel, let's show we don't let anybody push us around!"
"Right!" Melissa nodded.
"Strata Dragoon-
"Voltier-
"Spark Cutter!"
The attack was carried out as Strata Dragoon's Great Cutter usually was, only this time it was not just the cutter that surrounded Strata Dragoon's blade, but an electrical current as well- strengthening the cuts power.
"Hmm, I think Mel, Daichi, Rick and Courtney have just about perfected it," Kenny said, happily, while typing into his ever faithful Dizzi laptop.
"So that's another one to add to the list," Hilary grinned, checking off their names on a clipboard she had.
Melissa and Daichi high-fived another as Rick and Courtney merely smirked at each other.
"So, who's next?" Lissa asked as some of the other beybladers came over- not for their evaluation but just to sit down from exhaustion.
"Hmm, I was thinking Emily and Sadie against Ray and Mariah," Kenny said, "but they seem pretty worn out."
"Don't worry about it chief, we don't mind going now," Ray said encouragingly as he and Mariah took their position by the dish..
"I'll go get Sadie and Emily," Lissa grinned, racing off.
"And to go visit Bryan while he's training," Hilary muttered, knowing full well about the relationship with the grey haired Russian beyblader and the blonde woman. "Hey, how do you think Tyson and Max are doing?" was what she asked, what she meant was, "how do you think Tyson's doing?"
"When I last talked to Amy, she said they managed to perform the counter-balance once in all their training," Kenny sighed, "and she said it was only decently… nothing to be amazed about."
"Maybe it was just too much of a challenge for them," muttered Hilary, feeling bad for her boyfriend.
"Maybe, I can only imagine how frustrating this must be for Tyson," Melissa said, "he's not use to this kind of challenge.
"Pah, I bet I could do it if I was asked," Daichi stated, as confidently as ever.
Melissa rolled her eyes, deciding it was probably best if she didn't comment on that.
Lissa returned with Emily and Sadie, towing a grinning Bryan and an annoyed looking Kai as well.
This time, Hilary was the one to roll her eyes. "Alright, you two stand opposite to Ray and Mariah."
"We know how to begin a beybattle, Hilary," growled Emily, taking out Trygator.
Sadie retrieved her own blade, a new Anubis Guardian Turbo- also curtsey of one Kaylie Alder.
"Alright then, three, two, one… LET IT RIP!"
"Ray and Mariah are going to attack first!" Kenny instructed from his place with his computer- the camera fixed on the dish.
"So, what are you doing over here?" Hilary asked Kai, who still looked quite annoyed.
"Hn, I can't exactly practice if my partner is too busy fawning over a girl," he growled, glaring at the oblivious Bryan- who had slung his arm around Lissa's shoulders and was grinning like an idiot.
Hilary laughed lightly, focusing back on the match since it was her job to observe the match and include her input in deciding who was ready and who wasn't. And since Lissa was "busy" she'd have to make to catch every detail.
"Alright Driger, let's go!" Ray yelled.
"Galux attack!"
"Driger-
"Galux-
"Gatling Attack!"
Tyson and Max panted heavily by the end of their training.
"There," Tyson stated with a small growl, "we did it twice in a row."
Amy smirked, summoning Hein back. "You're improving, that's good."
"So, why do you have us still powering up our moves when all other combinations just go through with the attack?" Max asked, it was a question that had bugged him since they started.
"It's the only way to instigate a safe combination. If you were just to go straight into the attack, the powers would clash and the hyperresonance would undoubtedly occur." Amy placed Hein in her pocket, looking towards where Hilary, Kenny, and Lissa were suppose to be reviewing the attacks.
"How do you suppose the others are doing?" Tyson asked, quickly recovering form his exhaustion.
"I think they'll do fine. After all, if they're not paired with someone who has combined before, they're near someone who has and can give pointers. Out of everyone here, fourteen of us have counter-balanced or balanced an attack before, that's more than half." The words were more to reassure herself than to explain to the boys of her theory. They'll do fine and we will get Thea and Dimitri back.
Somehow, Sadie and Emily managed to survive Mariah and Ray's attack; they're blades still spinning strong.
"Alright, Trygator!"
"Get ready Anubis!"
"Guardian Bite!"
"I wonder where Tala went to," Spencer muttered as he and Ian practiced with Brook and Lee.
Ian just shrugged as his Wyborg pushed back against Lee's Galeon.
"Why? Are you worried about him?" Brook asked as Madeen circled Seaborg.
"A little," Spencer responded, moving in to attack.
"Are we just going to chat or practice our combinations?" Lee asked.
"Sorry Lee," grinned Brook, in a flirtatious manner. "Let's go Madeen!"
"Alright Galeon, let's show them how it's done."
"Madeen-
"Galeon-
"Terrestrial Lightning!"
"Listen, Amy… I'm really sorry about what happened," Tyson said sincerely.
"Where'd this come from?" Amy asked with a joking tone.
"You don't have to pretend to be strong in front of us, Amy," Max smiled, "and I'm with Tyson. We are sorry about what happened."
"Yeah, when Mel told me I was… well I was shocked first but then I just got really angry, and punched a hole in our dojo's door- even ask Mel. I mean, you're our friend's little sister, our sister's friend and the wife of our buddy," continued Tyson, "and it was the lowest thing Boris could do."
"Thanks Tyson, Max, but I'm fine right now, 'cause I know when we march up to that abbey we're going to have Boris begging for mercy." Amy's eyes flared with sudden anger, "After all, no one messes with the Hiwatari's."
Max laughed lightly, "Technically, you're not a Hiwatari anymore."
"By name, no, but by blood I'll always be one." When she had gotten married to Tala, shortly after he had been released from the hospital because of a certain purple haired freak, Kai had said something very similar to her. She kept that belief with her even now; it was proof that if he really tried he could be sentimental.
"We just wanted you to know, we'll do whatever it takes to get your kids back!" yelled Tyson with zeal.
Amy couldn't help but smile; the man's air was contagious. "Come on, let's head back to the others so I can inform Kenny of your progress." She lead them to the front of the house, where many of the pairs were taking a break and watching the next round between Kai, Bryan, Gary and Michael. On the far side of the front lawn, she saw Spencer and Ian preparing for their combination against Brook and Lee; Kaylie watching them attentively. If anyone were to say who was ready, it would be her, which was the main reason Kenny was recording all the matches he, Hilary, and olLissa were monitoring.
They would present what they saw and why they thought the bladers to be ready, and then Kaylie would review it and state whether or not they really were and then go further as to explain why they were or weren't. She drifted over to her best friend watching as Ian and Spencer finished their "Sand Stamolyu" attack.
"How's it going?" she asked calmly, standing beside Kaylie.
"You taught the Blitzkrieg Boys well, I don't see any flaws in their combinations," Kaylie said, making notes.
"That's good to hear. What about Lee?"
"He could use some touching up, but Brook'll be all over that after lunch, I already informed her." Kaylie looked up from her notes as both sides summoned their blades back.
"Hey Aim," Spencer addressed her, "you know where Tala went?"
"No, I haven't seen him since practice started," she admitted, suddenly getting curious as to the disappearance of her husband.
"Well, you better find him and practice, I'm reviewing you guys after lunch," Kaylie smirked, giving her a small tap with her clipboard.
"Yeah, yeah," Amy muttered, "I'll find him." She placed two fingers in her mouth and let out a high-pitched whistle, immediately the old husky came loping up to her, wagging his tail happily. "You ready to do some tracking, Nic?"
Nicol let out a low woof and cocked his head to the side. "I'll be back soon," she promised her friends and comrades in arms. "Come on boy, let's go find Tala." Her dog let out an excited bark and raced out of the yard, obviously following the man's scent.
Tala glared at the offending building that was Bolkov abbey. Where he was positioned, he could clearly see the guards on duty, but they could not see him. Part of him wanted to charge at them and fight his way into the abbey, but he knew it would be a fool's move. What made it worse was that if he listened carefully enough, he could hear one of his children crying out in pain.
Clenching his fist, he ground his teeth together. Just hang in there, kids, your mom and I are coming as fast as we can.
"So here is where you're hiding," Amy's voice came from behind him as Nicol bounded up to him, panting proudly at the fact that he had found him.
Tala tore his eyes away from the abbey staring at her. "You miss me?" he forced teased.
"Not really," shrugged Amy, "it's just that Kaylie told me she's testing our combination skills after lunch today and-" Amy froze as a loud cry echoed through the Russian sky.
Tala quickly turned back to look at the abbey, his glare darkening.
Instinct took hold of Amy and before she could register what was happening, she was propelling herself towards the abbey. Had Tala not stopped her, she probably would have willingly attacked the guards with fist, foot, teeth and blade. "How dare he!" she snarled as tears brimmed her eyes.
Tala pulled her against him; fighting the urge to do exactly the same thing his wife was about to. "We should probably head back," he coaxed, forcing himself to take a step back.
"I want to kill that man!" seethed Amy.
"We will… but not today," he urged, his body becoming a little more eager to obey as common sense entered his mind once more.
Reluctantly, Amy turned away, allowing her husband to lead her home.
"Gil! I ordered you not to break the girl until the boy was broken!" barked Erik as he watched Gil whip Thea mercilessly, "who authorized this?"
"I did," Boris' cold voice echoed above Thea's cries.
"Boris! I did not agree to this! Gil, return that brat to the containment cell and get back to work on-"
"Keep up the good work, Gil," contradicted Boris, "perhaps the boy will loosen up a bit more once he sees his sister break."
"Yes sir," Gil grinned, whipping Thea again.
A loud cry broke out of Thea's lips, which were badly chapped and beginning to turn blue with cold.
"BORIS! How dare you order my men arou-"
"If you were more conscious of your men, Erik, you may have noticed they no longer have any loyalties to you. And your way was taking too long, why go for the obviously stronger of the twins while the weaker continues to give him something to fight for. By attacking the girl we are attacking both at the same time. Wouldn't the boy be more willing to work for us if it meant his sister wouldn't be hurt anymore?" Boris grinned sadistically.
"I'm not trying to win them over, Boris, I'm trying to get my revenge on their bitch of a mother who cut off my finger!" seethed Erik, his face turning purple with rage.
"Well, it seems then that I have no more use for you," stated Boris, "I will keep your son as my subordinate- a coach for the two once they join me."
"I will see you killed for this!" raged the fat, short man, drawing a sword out of his cane.
A gunshot was fired and Thea twitched at the sound, but the shot wasn't aimed at her.
The round man dropped to the dirt floor, blood escaping through the tiny hole from its flesh colored threshold.
Gil smirked, putting his revolver away as Boris merely stepped over the body, calling over his shoulder, "Have some of your men clean up this mess before it starts to stink."
"At once, sir," nodded Gil, all the while thinking, One down… two to go.
blackamber- (ahem) I'm sure half-way through you noticed that I stopped describing the attacks... that's 'cause I have no idea what to put! I'm sorry... if you have ideas for any of the attacks please tell me... oh! and here are all the attacks that will be used by the pairs:
Spencer and Ian- Sand Stamolyu
Gary and Michael- Super Bear Cannon Stomp (A/N- stupid Michael and his insanely long attack name... honestly who has three words for an attack!?)
Eddie and Kevin- Illusion Sting
Lee and Brook- Terrestrial Lightning
Tyson and Max- Gravity Twister
Rick and Courtney- Drop Torrent
Melissa and Daichi- Spark Cutter
Emily and Sadie- Guardian Bite
Amy and Tala- Novae Inferno
Bryan and Kai- Blazing Stroblitz
Mariah and Ray- Gatling Attack
blackamber- Anywho... I hope you enjoy... the major fight is coming up- if it doesn't start in the next one then it will definitely be in the next. Take it away, TALA!
Tala- (weird look, then sighs) R&R