Pissed for life! Was working on a chapter, almost finished it when BOOM! Whole chapter deleted. Eh, my fault for not telling the guy with my flash to be careful but STILL! Anyway, now I've got that out, Chapter 21! Yes, I do love crossing things over. It all started when I played Super Smash Brawl 2 and I was hooked with crossovers. But anyway, that aside,
This is the Real Deal presents:
This is SPIRIT! (You know, I've run out of different ways of typing This is Spirit... Oh yeah! Got one!)
This...
Is...
SPIRIT!
Clash of Souls...
Chapter 21: Hurricane Sally
The roar of the crowd was deafening as Ikki stepped into the stadium, the cheers erupting around him from the hundreds of supporters. Ikki's eyes quickly adjusted to the harsh glare of the bright lights as he stepped out of the gloomy locker rooms. A robattle was going on in the stadium in the centre between a Blackram and a Belzelga. With a loud resounding thud, the Belzelga collapsed on the floor, its visor shattered and its medal ejected.
"Wow! What a huge upset for David! And with that, Team Breakers wins this match!" The Blackram stepped away from the arena to its medafighter with barely a scratch on it. Its medafighter ejected the medabots medal and transported the parts back to storage. "And now, it's time for the next match. Please be patient for five minutes as the teams prepare." The team walked over to their bench and huddled together.
"Alright here's the plan," Akkiana said. The positions in the team had already been discussed. Leo was the Team Captain, Koji was second in command having a higher ranking compared to Ikki, Ikki was the muscles and Samantha was support being several thousand times weaker than the rest. Akkiana would rarely battle in tournaments and being the strongest, was more of their training coach than a competitor. She was the secret weapon when everything seems lost. "This won't follow the usual seven point Beyblade rules, and it's not going to be the ordinary robattle rules where we all battle at once either. This will use the classic rules of best of three. There will be three matches, so only three of us battle per game. If your functions cease or you're knocked out of the arena, you lose, end of story. So we'll have to throw them off our robattle style from the beginning so they don't latch onto the way we all battle. Koji, you're robattle style relies more on speed, and interrupting enemy attacks. That's the most different to everybody else apart from Ikki and Metabee so you go first. Samantha will go second and try to drag out the fight until either none of you can fight or if it's a beyblade, it stops spinning.
"Last up will be Leo. You'll be the guaranteed win and will help get us points. Everybody agree?"
"Right!" everyone yelled back.
"Good. Don't lose!" The group proceeded to the circular beystadium, there medabots now fully tuned and ready to robattle. The announcers began to speak again as soon as the two minute break was up.
"And we're back ladies and gentlemen," one announcer said. "We're here live from New York city. This is Brad Jordan..."
"And Mike-the-pike Orton!" the second announcer exclaimed with more energy than the last announcer. "We've seen some awesome fights so far, but let's see if the next teams can surprise us!"
The referee who was in the arena turned to face the arriving team. Ikki's eyebrows nearly leaped off his forehead.
"Henry?!" He screamed. Henry rubbed the back of his head.
"Hey there guys! Let's not go into details how I got this job but for now let's just go with it for now. Anyway..." Henry cleared his throat. "Coming up from aaaaaalllll the way from Medaropolis Japan, we have the one and only, Team Raging Beetle!" The crowd erupted into roaring cheers, Koji absorbing it all and receiving adoring glances from all his fans. He blew a kiss into the audience and Ikki could swear he saw a whole line of girls faint. "And on the other side, a new group to join, the travelling mixed team, Mystic Force!" The cheers for Ikki's team were drowned out by the round of applause for Mystic Force. Three individuals walked up to the stadium and stood opposite them at the other side of the beystadium. One of them had brown hair, brown eyes and had a serious look in his eyes. He didn't really stand out much by his other two companions. By his side was a Blackram. The other person was a bouncy energetic looking girl with red hair and about the same age as Ikki. The final member of the team looked like a virtual clone to Koji, drinking in the applause. He had dark hair that reached his shoulders just like Koji, the only difference being that it was dark brown instead of pure black. By his side was something that looked like a black Sumilidon, but smaller, sleeker, and far more expensive.
It had four claws on its right hand instead of three and its left arm had two smaller claws attached to the hammer. It's head part resembled a Warbandit more than it resembled a Sumilidon.
Koji glared at his clone and his clone glared back.
"So you're Koji Karakuchi right?" the clone said. "It seems I was right to not raise my hopes, you are just another peasant before me."
"Think again," Koji said. "Once you and I enter the arena you will be the one grovelling at my feet, begging for forgiveness that I won't grant!"
"Consider yourself lucky if I spare your medabot!" Before they could continue, both their teams returned to their own respective benches. Koji and his clone remained behind along with their medabots.
"Alright, and the first match is between Koji Karakuchi and Kevin Silverwind!" The crowd erupted into cheers as both medafighters got ready to battle. Sumilidon jumped into the stadium as did the enemy medabot. Data clicked on their medawatches.
Exor (Sumilidon): Extreme Tech, STG type
Medafighter: Koji Karakuchi
Medal type: Kuwagata
Specialty: Shadow Sword
Signature: Extreme Shadow Sword
"Koji's known as the number two medafighter in Japan," the announcer, Jordan, said. "His shadow sword technique is well known and feared to have the power to even defeat the fabled medaforce!"
"Yeah, but let's not forget that he's going up against Kevin of Mystic Force!"
Wild Sabre: MDC, LEO type
Medafighter: Kevin
Medal type: Cat
Specialty: Scatter Flash
Signature: Extreme Scatter Flash
"Alright, Medafighters ready?" Henry said. "Medabots, robattle!"
"Sumilidon, Shadow Sword!"
"Wild Sabre, Scatter Flash!"
In the blink of an eye, both medabots disappeared, Sumilidon in a gust of wind and Wild Sabre in flash of lightning. Nobody even noticed the movement, but already they were in the centre of the stadium hacking, slashing and parrying all of each other's blows. Both of them split up again and circled before engaging again and blasting apart in a fit of sparks. "Wild Sabre, hunting claw!" Wild Sabre held up his left arm and shot out the claw and hammer, having them extend by a powerful cord inside. Sumilidon waved the blow aside with the back of his hand making it seem ineffective, though once it crashed into the ground, dust and debris spread across the stadium.
"Alright Sumilidon, don't get hit by that claw. I know how to get rid of it though..." Wild Sabre pulled his claw back before Sumilidon could simply cut it clean off.
"One more time, tear that Exor!" Kevin yelled.
"Now, disrupt it!" Sumilidon began glowing green and his visor flashed with complicated data. As soon as Wild Sabre fired his claw, the sound of rending metal filled the stadium as his arm ripped itself to shreds. Even so the claw still hit Sumilidon square in the chest, sending him tumbling backwards.
Warning, Wild Sabre left arm 50% damage.
Warning, Exor head and torso 62% damage.
They're winning, Koji thought to himself. I'm vaguely impressed, but they're not getting this victory! Koji could hear his team cheering him on, he couldn't let them down already. Kevin just grinned.
"I admit, you're fast, but you can't possibly match the speed of my Scatter Flash technique."
"Don't let him get to you Koji!" Ikki screamed. "Just focus on winning!"
"He's right," Akkia said flatly. Ikki looked at her confused.
"Yo! Who's side are you on?!" Metabee yelled.
"I'm just saying he's right," Akkia said again. "Sumilidon's movements are a fraction of a second slower than Wild Sabre. No, it's not that he's slower, it's that he doesn't have as much control over his movements. His attacks are slightly off. Maybe it's cause he's a medabot in Kilobot parts. Koji only has one trump card." As she said this, both medabots had now separated.
"Wild Sabre, Extreme Scatter Slash!"
"Think again! Extreme Shadow Sword!" Sumilidon became engulfed in the bright green of classic medaforce light.
Medaforce type 1: Spiral bolt activated.
Wild Sabre didn't blow up in meda-energy, but was emitting a strange blue aura.
"Medaforce!" Sumilidon screamed as he released his most powerful technique. A massive green energy wave was slashed out of his claws. Wild Sabre also slashed at the same time, sending a whole hailstorm of piercing blue and red lasers and crackling blue electricity. The attacks clashed in the middle, and in a burst of light, sent a huge cloud of dust and fire into the air. Both medabots were seen getting sent flying out of the stadium in battered condition before regaining their composure in mid-air and landing on their two feet. Henry looked at both medabots with a frown.
"Then it's decided! This match is a draw by double knockout!"
"Draw?!" both Koji and Kevin exclaimed. They both looked at their medabots and sure enough though they weren't overly harmed, they were both outside the stadium. The crowd erupted into cheers.
"Wow! That match was so fast paced that the instant replay could barely even get it!" Mike shouted.
"But the battle has just begun," Brad picked up. "We'll have to see what the rest of the teams have to offer!"
Koji and Sumilidon marched back to their teams looking dejected.
"Koji, what's the matter?" Ikki asked. "You tied with them and kept the score even, you were unstoppable out there!" Koji just glanced up at Ikki, his eyes now filled with anger.
"Just leave me alone okay?" he said. "I can't accept that. I lost that match fair and square. Sumilidon could barely keep up and I couldn't find a way to slow him down. If that had gone on..."
"But it didn't so stuff it and sit down." Queen Bee said. "Your team says you did fine so accept it and sit down. In fact, work out a new strategy to fight guys like that. Maybe then you won't feel so useless when next time you're mopping the floor with them." Koji just grumbled something under his breath and sat down on the bench. Samantha got up off her bench and proceeded to the beystadium which was now sinking into the ground and being replaced with another fresher one. The person who walked up from the other side was a girl with red hair, freckles and a beaming smile wearing a bright yellow shirt with a white cartoonish tiger and she wore blue jeans. She held a blue launcher.
"Hi! My names Sally, pleased to meet you!" she said with a huge smile. She really didn't look all that dangerous to Samantha.
"Hey. I'm Samantha of the Screws gang. Let's save the chit-chat for later, I'm here to robattle!" Sally nodded her head understandingly.
"Okay I get it, but I'm warning you, you probably won't win against my Herculeo!" Sally pulled out from her pocket a small red beyblade. It looked completely different to Samantha's beyblade which was old and scratched and made of a mix of metal and plastic. This was almost entirely metal and smaller, but for some reason didn't look as friendly as most beyblades. The larger heavy metal ring on the outside was red with quite a few chips and battle scars and above that there was an orange ring showing a lion design. The bolt embedded in the middle had what appeared to be the face of a man with a lions mane, like a sphinx. Puttycat entered the centre of the stadium and held up her paws ready to attack. Sally placed her bey inside the launcher and inserted a black ripcord.
Puttycat: Medabot Corporation, CAT type
Medafighter: Samantha
Specialty: Fury swipes
Medal type: Cat
Signature: Storm combo
. . .
Cyclone Herculeo: Tecmo, Heavy metal system
Beyblader: Sally
Specialty: Erratic attacks
Bit beast: Herculeo
Signature: Dark lightning
"Alright, are we ready? Okay, let's battle!"
Sally pulled the ripcord with unbelievable strength for somebody like her and sent Herculeo crashing into the ground. Before Puttycat could even move she had already been blasted back by an extreme gust of wind. A cyclone was coming off of Herculeo, shredding everything to pieces with razor winds.
"She wants a bit of breeze doesn't she?" Samantha said, shielding her eyes from the wind. "Go! Storm Combo!" Puttycat launched into the air, spinning like a blur before sending her claws crashing onto Herculeo. Just before impact, Herculeo dodged to the side, completely avoiding Puttycat's claw. "Puttycat, get out and clear the storm, then attack!" Puttycat yanked her claws out the ground and in a flash of rapid swipes, completely cleared the storm away. She then sprinted towards Herculeo to deliver the final blow.
"Alright Herculeo, Now's your chance! Dark lightning attack!" Herculeo began sparking up with black electricity coursing through it. Puttycat sent her paw crashing down onto the beyblade, hoping to stop the attack early. As soon as she made contact, she was repelled by a huge shockwave, sent spiralling to the edge of the beystadium with an evil looking electricity coursing through her body leaving her paralyzed.
"Ah! Puttycat! No!"
"Too late! Herculeo, fire cyclone attack!" A massive cyclone started up again, but this time fire and lightning were mixed in with it. Puttycat didn't even stand a chance.
100% damage. Functions ceased.
. . .
Samantha walked back to her team carrying Puttycat in her arms.
"I... I lost... Guys, I'm..."
"Don't worry about it," Akkia said. "It was my mistake putting you in when I didn't know what kind of power they had. Leo, you're up next. You have to win this match so it can go to a tie-breaker and we can let Queen Bee in."
"No way, I can't use Queen Bee!" Ikki exclaimed.
"You know I'm right here right?" Queen Bee said annoyed. Leo stood up.
"Alright then, let's go Blackbeetle." They walked towards the stadium to go up against the medafighter with Blackram.
"I should warn you, I'm the muscles of my team," the enemy medafighter said.
Blackram: Medabot Corporation, DVL
Medafighter: Cyrus
Specialty: Destruction
Medal type: Demon
Signature: Ground n' Pound
"Then I should warn you, I'm the strongest in my team. I'm different to the other two."
Blackbeetle: Extreme Tech, KBT
Medafighter: Leo
Specialty: Sniping
Medal type: Neo-ex medal
Signature: Buster Wave
"Alright then, robattle!"
"Blackbeetle, cripple him," Leo said. Before the Blackram could even take a step, Blackbeetle had blasted his legs to pieces with her missiles.
"Blackram, ignore your injuries. Ground n' Pound!" Blackram smashed both of his fists hard on the ground, sending a rising wave of the floor towards Blackbeetle. She dived to the side, just barely avoiding the attack.
"Alright, Blackbeetle, use the medaforce!"
"Medaforce?!" everyone screamed in surprise. As if in reply, Blackbeetle lit up in an array of bright flashing colours.
Medaforce type 1: Ultra shot version 2, Buster Wave.
Blackbeetle pointed all her weapons at the Blackram.
"B-Blackram, brace yourself and get ready to counter..."
"Now Blackbeetle!" Every gun went off at once, not in a wave, but as one enormous blast that would put tanks to shame. Blackram punched the rolling yellow blast trying to force it away, just to find a whole array of machinegun bullets had embedded themselves in his fist, popping all the bolts in his fist out. The napalms then exploded on the fist, turning his whole arm into a skeleton of its former self before the missiles finished the job. Then the full brunt of the attack hit him, obliterating practically everything he had, revealing bits of burnt tin-pet. But it wasn't over. Far from it. Blackbeetle somehow appeared right behind the Blackram and this time fired in the more traditional way, in one extreme blast of power and firearms. All that was left was a standing tin-pet and a medal.
"Functions ceased! The winner is, Blackbeetle!"
Cyrus just gaped at the scene, not willing himself to believe what he had just witnessed. Blackbeetle jumped out of the stadium and together they walked back to their teams. Even the announcers were at a loss for words. As soon as they were with the team again, Akkia fist bumped Leo.
"Great job. Now it's Ikki's turn. Their's a short break between now and the next match so Koji, since you have all the technology you should tune up Queen Bee."
"Wait." Everyone turned to Samantha. "Let me try again. That beyblader is going to go next. She's one of the strongest players they've got, and is the only person who won a battle. They have to send her. I've figured out how to beat her, and we're not gonna do it with medabots."
"No chance. We can't take chances here," Akkia said. "Ikki's gonna battle and that's all there is to it."
"Wait," Leo said with a smile. "Let her go. Think about it. If we don't give her a chance to show us what she can do now, when will we? We'll just keep meeting stronger and stronger enemies and tell her that they're too strong for her. Winning is great, but it's not worth it if you don't do it with your friends." Akkia looked between everybody and saw they all felt the same way. She sighed and shrugged her shoulders.
"What can I say? Fine. Just know that I warned you."
"Well then, you're gonna need some help," a voice said. Henry stepped towards the group. "If you're gonna battle against a beyblade then you're gonna need to know all about how they work first."
"Henry, you're the referee. Are you allowed to help us?" Ikki asked.
"Of course! I think... I'm from Japan to ya know! And besides, I'm not giving you strategies, just information. Now listen up. I'm pretty old school so don't judge me if I get the names of these things wrong. A Beyblade primarily has five parts to it. There's the bearing. This is the point it spins on and determines its attack patter and spin speed and the likes. Then theirs the spin gear, which determines a beyblade's height and has other effects like shock absorbers or down force fans or in really old-school beyblades, might have actual engines inside to release hidden power. Above that is the metal weight ring or weight disk. This entirely metal ring provide attack and defence, deciding weight, spin speed, balance and stamina. It's basically the beyblade's muscles! Next is the energy ring just above. That is a plastic ring that helps with aerodynamics and provide even more attack power than before. It also helps the launcher to grip the blade.
"Lastly, and by far the most important, is the bolt core. This is quite literally the heart and core of any beyblade and without it the blade really does fall apart. You can't create a beyblade without it and so it is vital you don't lose it. Now Samantha has a really old fashioned beyblade so it works slightly differently, and so instead of a bolt core it has a bit-chip which is slightly less vital and only provides a bit of weight. Either way, a bolt core contains the bit-beast spirit that lives inside beyblades. Now using that information do you think you know how to beat her now?"
"No," Samantha and Ikki both replied plainly. Henry face palmed.
"Okay, I'll break it down for you. Herculeo is a new gen beyblade and so he has a bolt-core. From what I saw it has some kind of secret trick to it, maybe the lightning attack from before. Now its bolt core holds the whole blade together and holds its finishing move, so it's even more important than a medal. You get me now?" Both of them shook their heads. Henry simply shook his head. "Okay, one more thing I'd like to point out. That beyblade you're going up against is a lot newer than Samantha's. Because of how small it is and the advanced launcher she's got, it can spin anywhere between fifty percent and one hundred percent faster."
"One hundred percent?!" Ikki screamed. "That's twice as fast isn't it?"
"Yup! So unless you have a really strong arm, you're gonna have to think of some way to counter that spin. Well anyway, good luck. Oh, and Samantha, you might need this." He threw a launcher and ripcord towards her. "Don't wreck it on your first try." Samantha nodded her head and stepped towards the stadium. As she'd thought, Sally was also going. By now she knew just how strong she was so she would have to take her seriously.
"Hey, you're back!" Sally said happily. "I was getting worried that I'd have to go up against the other guy who chewed up Blackram. Then I'd have to give it my all!"
"You should be giving that all the time," Samantha said menacingly, holding up her Kid Dragoon. "But now you should be especially careful now I know how to beat you." Sally's eyes widened in surprise.
"Hey, you've got a beyblade! I thought this tournament would just be filled with medafighters but I was wrong! There's all sorts of people here!" Sally held up her arm ready to go. To her surprise, Samantha took several steps back. "Uh... What are you doing?"
"Nothing, just getting ready."
"Alright, are you ready? 3, 2, 1... Let it riiiiip!" Samantha sprinted forward as fast as she could, her launcher in her hand.
If I can't match her spin speed, I'll just beat her actual momentum and knock out all her speed in one go!
Samantha jumped in the air and pulled the rip cord with all her might. Sally also ripped out her rip cord, sparks flying from the force of the spin. Herculeo landed in the dish just as before with a cyclone whipping up a monster storm. Samantha's Dragoon landed at roughly the same time, not going mad with power like Herculeo, but being more focused and controlled.
"Dragoon, tackle that Herculeo!" Dragoon shot like a rifle bullet towards Herculeo. Even with less power, the extreme speed of the attack knocked Herculeo high into the air, shocking Sally even more. To her relief, it landed just on the edge of the stadium and came back in, now more calm than before and with a slight wobble.
"Phew! That was a close one. You almost had me there I have to admit. But it's not gonna be enough to stop us! Herculeo, dizzy strikes!" Herculeo went after Dragoon, moving in erratic unpredictable movements. On the other hand, Dragoon wasn't even moving.
"Huh? What's wrong?" Samantha asked her own beyblade. "Dragoon, move! Create some distance!" Dragoon just stayed in the same spot as Herculeo chipped away at Dragoon's armour again and again. What's happening? Why can't I control Dragoon? It's like he's not listening to me. Can he even listen to me? Now that I think about it, this is my first time beyblading, I have no idea how to control Dragoon, or even know if it has a bit-beast! How do I control it, with my mind?
"Are you having trouble?" Sally asked worried. "My lightning is always hard to get past but..."
"Shut up! I'll cut your lightning!"
"Hey, I don't think that's possible... ah well! Alright Herculeo, now is about time. Unleash the mystic power of the stars themselves, the power hidden within the warrior Hercules; use our ultimate finishing move, Dark Thunder, Black Lightning!" Herculeo began sparking in black lightning. Samantha's medawatch started going off.
Warning, immense power build up. Survival chance, 20%. Unkown medaforce active.
Oh great... Herculeo began glowing and its bolt core began glowing black and red. From out of the bolt core, an enormous lion came out, a sphinx to be precise, made entirely of black energy with a red aura coming off of it and dark red eyes. Everything about it seemed sinister and out of character with its beyblader. Even more disturbing, as soon as it was released Sally's personality did a complete 180, and disturbingly enough, her pupils had narrowed to cat-like slits. In comparison to that huge figure before her, Samantha and Dragoon seemed like flies.
Ok , for this to work I have to calm down and focus. Concentrate. I'm a Tochikan aren't I? I have control over all forms of power, including beyblades. I just have to find my beyblade's flow of energy and... ...
Samantha spread her consciousness out across the entire stadium. The screams of the crowd drowned out as all she could feel was energy. She felt an extreme wave of power coming from Herculeo, and after a short moment of panic, calmed down and searched again. This time she felt the much smaller, almost insignificant centrifugal momentum coming from Dragoon. As if grasping for something in a dream, she clenched her hand, and then she could feel it. Samantha opened her eyes, not even noticing that they were closed.
"Now, go Dragoon!" Dragoon shot off after Herculeo who merely batted him into the air like a fly, making all that focus seem like it was for nothing. Samantha just smiled. Dragoon flipped in the air before heading straight back down towards the stadium. Herculeo looked up at Dragoon and roared at it. He zapped lightning at it just to find it had no effect.
"What?!" Sally exclaimed.
"Plastic doesn't conduct electricity very well," Samantha said smugly. "Sure, my blade is mainly metal, but compared to your blade it has way more plastic. Put together with his spin, he can cut straight through your lightning! I told you I'd cut it!"
"No way..." Dragoon smashed Herculeo on the head, bounced up and shot down towards the actual blade. With expert accuracy, Dragoon's base smashed into the Bolt Core on Herculeo, Sending the blade out of control. Dragoon bounced back up and off.
"Remember when you were hitting my blade that time?" Samantha said. "I didn't have enough control to get out of there, but it did have enough control to control how I got hit. I let you do that damage for this reason only. You ready Dragoon? Now, Dragoon Storm attack!" Another cyclone whipped up with enough force to match Herculeo's.
"Oh my gosh!" somebody screamed right next to Ikki's ear, making him jump out of his seat. He got up to see DC sitting there with popcorn.
"DC?" DC didn't seem to hear him.
"She wasn't getting hit, she was getting reformed! She let the hits from the heavier blade reshape her Beyblade's entire structure. Dragoon's attack ring is now shaped like a Formula one car spoiler, it creates downforce making Dragoon heavier, which is good. But what it really does is let him whip up gigantic tornadoes!"
The Storm blasted Herculeo, nearly knocking him out of the stadium.
"Useless! Herculeo won't be blown away by this gust!"
"You're forgetting something!" Samantha yelled above the howling wind. "I hit your bolt core just now, and with just enough force to loosen it. Your Herculeo bit-beast won't be able to stay stable after a hit like that!" True enough, the actual beyblade was now wobbling, but the top half was wobbling one way while the middle wobbled another way and the base yet another. The whole blade was going to fall apart like this. The storm was blowing out Herculeo's fire and lighting like it was a candle, finally blowing Herculeo himself away as he roared into the wind. The Bit-Beast vanished with the wind, leaving only the damaged beyblade wobbling in the centre of the stadium and Sally with no control over it. Sally's cheerful personality also seemed to have returned.
"Uh-oh, I'm in trouble now!" she said sheepishly.
"Heck ya you are! Finish it!" Dragoon darted towards Herculeo with wind ripping up the stadium. They collided, and the next thing that was seen was Herculeo's parts flying into the air and landing at Sally's feet, the Beyblade in pieces.
"Functions ceased! The winner is, Dragoon!" The crowd erupted into jubilant cheers as the battle was finished.
"Wow! What an upset!" Mike said from his stand. "To think that a third generation beyblade could match up to a metal fusion beyblade! And what's more, that Dragoon didn't even have a bit-beast!"
"But that's what beyblading is all about, rising up against impossible odds!" Samantha collapsed to her knees, suddenly feeling exhausted.
I did it... I won...
Sally picked up the bits of her beyblade and stuffed them into her pocket, especially examining the bolt core.
"You did a great job Herculeo, now you can rest up." Sally walked over to Samantha and extended her hand.
"Great job! You were awesome! Need a hand?" Sally pulled her up and they shook on it. The rest of the teams came to meet in the centre.
"Sally, you lost!" Kevin screamed in rage. "You were our trump card here, how could you let us down?"
"Cool it Kevin," Cyrus said. "She tried her best and we lost. It was all of our faults. We all lost at least one match. I guess we just need more training."
"Samantha you did it!" Ikki screamed in joy. "You beat Mystic Force, we can move on to the next round!"
"Knew I could count on you!" Leo said flashing her a smile and a thumbs up.
"I guess I was wrong about you," Akkia said with a small grin. "Great job Samantha. So, are we ready for the next match?" Samantha nodded her head.
"Yeah. Let's do it!"