HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Loads of good things happened to me in 2017 and I don't wish more so I just hope everything will be alright in the next year, too. So I wish such a good year to all of you as I had in 2017! :)
For Amy and to welcome the new year, I decided to upload the sixth chapter sooner as I had planned. It's not that exciting, it's not that long, but I wanted to give you a little gift for your support, dear reviewers and readers! ^_^ Your words mean a lot to me!
Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade, only Alexa. Not like it would matter.
Chapter 6
"Come on, Antonio! Go, get him! Show him what you got!" Tyson shoutingly supported his old friend on the grandstand. But Kenny was right. Antonio and his team couldn't beat the Bladesharks and, in the end, they were dropped out. They were slightly disappointed by the result but Antonio accepted his defeat with pride and dignity. Like a true blader.
"Oh, damn it!" Tyson cursed while was clapping his hands heavily to express his respect for Antonio's play. "I wanted them so much to win."
Kai watched his former teammates with mixed feelings. He was sure they were planning some kind of revenge on him for leaving them without a word. They were thrash people, afterall. Not the kind of that gets over with such things as easily, forgiving the past. He knew them because he was one of them once. He hardly worried about them, though. The difference between Kai and any member of Bladesharks was too big to even compare.
Antonio's team and the Bladesharks was followed by the Blitzkriegs and some random team which was too new to be known in the Beyblade society. Although, Kai was sure about the end of this match as well he slightly stiffened on his seat. There was an insignificant chance to see Alexa fighting in this round but he still did hope. He needed more information about her play, her style and beyblade in order to destroy the blonde.
His presumption had been proved true. Tala, Boris and Sergey stepped forward to the beydish while Alexa stayed back. Fortunately, Kai learnt long time ago how to hide his emotions, so his disappointment was only expressed in a furrowed brow, which was a usual expression on him.
Of course, the Blitzkriegs had won the game set without losing a point. Watching their collectedness and balanced play, Kai had to admit his former team reclaimed their old power. Now, he understood that Tala wasn't just joking with his intention to win this tournament, to become a champion. In the previous season, he didn't feel this determination in him. His former captain was just an offended boy who wanted to prove the world he was a worthy blader without Volkov. Kai saw the opportunity to fight Tyson again, thus he joined them. Meanwhile Tala and his team were licking their own wounds torn by the time spent in the Abbey, Kai dragged his teammates into the finals. The rest was well known history. Now, his former teammates clearly got over their past, finally, and regained their self-confidence. On one hand, Kai was glad they could make it. Although, the Abbey was shut down, lots of teenagers couldn't accept their hard childhood and became psychotic or suicided. Only a couple of them survived Volkov's twisted tortures called training. On the other hand, it meant that they were as strong opponents as had been on their first championships. Or rather stronger. And he didn't forget he had lost his match then. Kenny was right, this tournament will be extremely hard. But Kai didn't mind it, and he was sure Tyson felt the same way.
With the Blitzkriegs' victory DJ Jazzman announced the end of qualifiers and invited them to the next round of the championship in Dubai. The audience expressed their excited joy with clapping and loud hosannas, then started out to the exit of the stadium with noisy chitchats.
"Where are you going, Tyson? The exit is in the opposite direction." Max said as he saw his friend heading to the changing room.
"Yeah, I know but I wanna talk with Antonio, I think he needs some cheering up."
"But Tyson, your grandpa is expecting us for dinner" Kenny's voice was full with reproach but the navy blue haired boy was hardly influenced by that.
"You don't have to wait for me, let's meet in the dojo!" Tyson waved and immediately disappeared in the crown, not waiting for his friends' respond.
"Damn, why can't he wait? I wanted to congratulate to Antonio, too!" Max's voice was resentful.
"Go after him, we'll wait you up at the entrance."
"Thanks, Ray, but Kenny's right, Granger grandpa's waiting for us, we should go."
They left the stadium and headed the dojo together, but at the entrance, the team grew shorter.
"Kai, where are you going?" Ray asked his teammate's back. Kai kept walking with his hands in his pocket, and didn't reply.
No way he would spend another night with them, he was fed up with the noise. Kai needed his solitude and silence to think over his plans. Without his beyblade, he couldn't train anyway.
Ray was a hard target to make him lose his temper but frankly, he was getting more and more impatience with Kai's attitude. With regard to Kai's past, Ray and the G-Revolution team forgave every betrays and rude, impolite comments but he honestly thought the lonely boy was going to make some improvement in socialization. Truth be told, he did some improvement after the Lake Baykal incident, but since then, Kai didn't let his friends closer to himself. Ray wondered he needed such an ungrateful and negligent friend at all.
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"I did everything I could to win but in the end, it was not enough." Antonio said with his eyes on the floor in the stadium's changing room with sadness. Antonio grew a lot since the last time Tyson saw him. He was much taller than the navy blue haired blader. Although, Antonio's limbs were slender, he built some muscle, becoming a tenacious blader. His old friend, Tyson tried to cheer him up, for which the Dominican boy was thankful. Tyson didn't disappoint him, he always was there for his friends. "I'm sad we didn't win, I thought we could make it further. "Out of the blue, Antonio's face lighted up. "But I'm also happy to make it this far! Finally, I had the chance to represent the Dominican Republic! My dream come true and nothing can stop me from now! Thanks to you, Tyson! You gave the hope three years ago. You and Kai! You two taught me to never give up. I'm so happy!" Antonio cheered with tears in his eyes and pulled Tyson into a tight hug, which was unexpected for the Japanese boy, although he returned the hug, as well.
"Don't exaggerate it, this is your desert, Antonio. And yours too, guys!" Tyson looked at Antonio's team, approvingly. All of them, a girl and two boys, blushed or nodded with appreciation. However they lost, Tyson's words meant a lot to them. It kept them motivated.
"I'm sorry we don't have the time to talk more but we need to catch our fly." Antonio said with true sadness, grabbing his bag.
"Nah, I have to go, anyway. I'm glad we met again."
"See you on the next championships, Tyson!"
They waved good-bye and left the changing rooms. Tyson exited the room, too, and walked on the dark corridors toward the exit, rethinking what happened today. He believed Antonio was going to take his words seriously and they will meet at the dish on the next championship.
Suddenly, another changing room's door swung open and a relatively tall blonde girl stepped into the corridor. Her eyepatch immediately told Tyson who exactly she was.
"Hey, aren't you the new member of Blitzkriegs?" Before Tyson started speaking, the girl already turned to him. She probably heard his squeaking shoes on the floor to which Tyson was as attached as Granger grandpa hated them as a kendo trainer.
"Hello, Tyson." The girl welcomed him with a friendly smile. At first sight, she was unlike the usual Blitzkriegs, he barely see them smiling. "I'm glad we finally met. My name is Alexa."
"My team thinks you're a strong beyblader. I can't wait to see it with my own eyes." Tyson's statement made Alexa chuckle. "And why they think that?"
"Well, you know it…" Tyson suddenly got embarrassed. He didn't want to be so direct, so he repeated Kenny's words. "Tala only choses strong members into his team and since you're Russian, too, you probably trained in the Abbey, just like the most of the Russian beybladers."
Alexa was listening with high interest. Her friendly smile hadn't disappeared but she raised her brows.
"Oh, really?" She said guardedly and Tyson laughed nervously. "Maybe Kenny was just overthinking it." For that, Alexa gave a surprised expression.
"Kenny is our team's mechanic. He's the smartest guy I've ever met." Tyson proudly explained, the short brown-haired guy was one of his best friends.
Alexa still was just smiling warmly and for a short time, Tyson wished he could say something not stupid in this awkward silence. At last, the girl took pity on him and spoke up.
"Let me congratulate to your champion title. Your battle with Kai was quite intense and amazing. Despite all disadvantages, in the end, you defeated the phoenix wielder and won the tournament. Your persistence is truly impressing."
"Hehehe, thanks!" Tyson got used to the recognizing words but he still loved hearing them. Sometimes, he couldn't believe he was such a popular person at who the people look up. Then he realized what the blonde had just said.
"Wait… What do you mean by disadvantages?"
By this question, Alexa made a funny face as though she couldn't understand the reason why Tyson asked something like that.
"You're seriously asking?" She asked back but seeing Tyson's confusion, she didn't wait for his respond and started to count the points on her pinky finger as a true Russian. "Firstly, your bit beast is wind-type while the phoenix is fire. It's a well-known fact that wind makes fire stronger. "She stretched out her ring finger. "Secondly, you know Kai was trained in the Volkov Abbey, so he has such sharp skills that any of you can't get ever. And lastly, he fought Sergey and Boris just before your match to play a fair game and be as tired as you had been in the finals. He scenically tried to stop you but watching your match, I must say he barely used Dranzer's true power. If I were you, I would think he had done it for purpose. It quite seems for me like he actually didn't want to win against you."
Alexa finished her speculation and Tyson could feel the gravity on his shoulders and a sneaky feeling making his way in his stomach, forming an uncomfortable knot.
"No." He said and clenched his fist. "Kai would never do that. He fights with his full heart, with the same passion just like me!" Tyson exclaimed stubbornly because he didn't even want to take into consideration that Alexa may be right.
"Oh, sorry, I didn't want to hurt your feelings or pride. This was only my point of view, probably, I'm wrong and maybe he didn't use Dranzer's full power without knowing it. I would just rely more on the phoenix's power as Kai had done. It still shows you deserved the victory. Earning an unbreakable bond with your bit beast is an essential but the hardest task a beyblader can have."
Tyson was getting to lose the point of Alexa's speech, he couldn't recall how they ended up at this topic.
"I hope I didn't sadden you too much, it wasn't my intention to do that." Alexa added with a concerned look.
"No, no, no. It was an interesting opinion but I don't think it's true. Kai did his best to defeat me and he gave me some hard time. I was there, it was a close match, trust me." Tyson assured the blonde girl.
Alexa gave him a warm smile again. "It's so nice Kai and the others have such a great friend like you."
By her expression, Tyson could tell the girl honestly meant what she said and he returned the smile to her.
"I hope one day we can beybattle." Tyson said as a good-bye and continued to leave the stadium and eat up all of the food at home.
"So do I. Good luck, Tyson!"
A/N: As I said, not much happened in this chapter but we stepped on the path of complications. Alexa and Tyson finally met and she put the bug in Tyson's ears. Does Tyson can forget what she said? Huh, of course, not...