Beyblade: Final Battle

Please R+R! Even if you don't like it, I need feedback on what I can improve on... and I hope it's not the absence of Kai and Ray. Don't worry, they'll come soon enough :)

Disclaimer: I do not own beyblade in any way.

Episode Three: Brief Encounter (Max goes insane. A must read!).

"So that's the whole story," Max stated, as Kenny had finished telling him what was going on. "Well, good luck finding some team members, I guess."

Tyson groaned. "Well, that's just the problem," he informed Max. "We don't know any expert-level beybladers that aren't beyond our reach."

Max paced back and forth around the room, as if in deep thought. Finally, he spoke up. "Hey, what about that new kid in class," he suggested. "Nathan, was it?"

Kenny snorted. "Ha, that guy's more of a pretty-boy than a beyblader," he laughed. "The boy looks as laid-back as a mule."

They all started laughing, until Tyson stopped in confusion. "Hey Chief, mules aren't laid-back, are they?"

*Max and Kenny fall to the ground, anime-style*

"Forget we ever said that, Tyson," Max said.

Elsewhere...

Lara returned to the hideout, carrying nothing else but her bit chip. "Sir, the capture was unsuccessful once again," she reported, showing the boss her bit chip. "We underestimated the boys. I think it's about time we got serious."

The boss nodded, and stepped up from his throne. "Jarek, destroy them," he told a cloaked figure, standing at the corner of the room. Jarek smiled, and took out his tri-spiked beyblade. He then exited the room, without questioning the master's orders.

"Tyson, you're going down," he sneered. With that, he leapt off into the distance.

In the mean time...

Tyson readied his launcher. "3..2...1... let it rip!" He launched his beyblade up the ramp, causing it to fly out of sight.

Kenny panicked. "Darn... that was meant to be a practice, not a real battle!" he cried. "You put to much power on the launch." They chased after the beyblade, meeting Max and Hilary along the way.

Max and Hilary tagged along with them. "Hey, why are we running so fast?" asked Hilary.

Tyson paused to catch his breath. "Dragoon-ramp-too far... oh no!" He screeched to a halt, as a dog walked up to them. It was carrying a beyblade in his mouth, and drooling all over it.

"Be a good dog, and drop the blade," Max said steadily as he approached it. Suddenly, the dog started barking madly, and ran away.

The four friends resumed their pursuit, and chased after the mad-dog. "Geez, the little guy has lungs the size of boulders," complained Tyson, as he ran short of breath.

Suddenly, a cloaked figure appeared out of no where, and the dog froze in place. It then dropped Dragoon, and scurried away, whimpering. "Wow, thanks for saving our beyblade," Kenny said, handing Dragoon to Tyson.

The cloak blader chose to ignore Kenny. "You Tyson?"he asked, smirking. He then took out his beyblade. "I challenge you to a bey-battle. Winner takes the other's blade."

Tyson stared at his blade. It was majorly damaged, even in the jaws of the dog. "Sorry, my blade is on hiatus," he joked. "Some other day."

The cloak blader frowned, and took off his hood. He had long grey hair, which hung just above his shoulders. "We fight now," he stated, taking out his orange blade.

Max shoved Tyson aside. "I'll handle this joker," he said, taking out Draciel.

The blader grinned. "Heh, Max will do just fine too," he sneered. "The name's Jarek, by the way. Remember it."

The two bladers readied their blades, and Hilary did the countdown(again!). "3....2....1.... let it rip!"

*insert music here*

Both blades were launched into the stadium. "Draciel, defensive manuever!" Max shouted. Draciel zoomed to the center of the stadium, to recharge it's spin.

Jarek grinned. "Your defensive strategy is so predictable," he muttered. "Double-flip!" Suddenly, his beyblade flipped twice and landed right on top of Draciel.

Kenny gasped. "Oh no, that beyblade's ratings are off the charts," he said fearfully. "It's slowly sucking away Draciel's spin. I'm afraid he doesn't have much of a chance!" Hilary's eyes widened.

Max watched helplessly as Draciel was being pounding. "I-I can't call out my bit beast," he stuttered, dropping to his knees.

"That's right, fall down like the whimpering puppy that you are," the cloaked one said. "Gerion, final attack!" The orange beyblade began to glow, then started pounding Draciel so hard that they could hear it's metal parts being drilled away.

Max's eyes went blank. "No... I will not let you win!" he shouted. "DRACIEL, FINAL VIPER WALL!!!!" Draciel began to regain it's spin, causing Gerion to be repelled away.

Jarek gasped. "What? No way, Draciel was out of fuel a minute ago."

Max began laughing insanely. "You underestimated me, now you're damn blade is going down," he cried.

"W-What's gotten into you, buddy?" Tyson muttered, shocked that Max would swear. Usually, he was kind and polite. However, today it seemed that he was in a totally different mind.

"DRACIEL, SMASH IT TO BITS!" Max yelled. Draciel finally came out of his beyblade, letting out a battle cry. The beyblade then proceeded by repeatedly smashing Gerion with a barrage of viper walls.

Jarek could only watch in horror as his blade was pummeled. Gerion was struggling to get out of a pothole, which Draciel had conveniently created. Max smiled. "Now that your crappy blade is stuck, we'll finish you off with our final attack." He lifted his launcher hand, and Draciel imitated his motion by jumping into the air. "Draciel, Shell Hammer attack!" Max swiftly pulled his hand down, causing Draciel to smash right over-top of Jarek's blade.

Tyson, Kenny, and Hilary watched in suspense as the smoke cleared. Then it was all seen. Gerion was split through the middle, including the bit chip!

Jarek began to shake as he carried the remains of his beyblade. "Y-You're insane," he stuttered. "I'm getting out of here!" He ran off, without taking a second glance behind him.

The trio slowly approached Max. "Are you okay buddy?" Tyson asked cautiously.

Suddenly, Max whipped around, his eyes glowing red. All three of them shuttered. "Grr... I'm sick and tired of losing all the time. I had almost lost Draciel for good that time," he said. "I've had it with playing second violin to everyone else. From now on, I'm on my own. We'll meet again soon." With that, he walked away.

The trio was left there, stunned. Their friend Max was the last person they expected to abandon them...

*****

"Dude, no way..." Dandy trailed off as Tyson told him about Max.

"Way," Tyson said. "And then he told us that we'd meet again soon. I wonder what caused him to have such a sudden change of heart."



TO BE CONTINUED...