Chapter 5

"I. . . . I don't believe it!" Tyson stuttered out.

"That guy beat Ray in a second!" Max whispered, he was gaping and Kai, well. . . . . was Kai. The youth was still stern faced but the wheels in his head were turning.

'There's more to this team then we know' Kai thought as Ray walked back to his team, his head down.

"I'm . . . . . sorry guys. I let you down." Max sighed, then put a grin on his face.

"Don't worry, we can still win this."

"Max is right Ray, don't worry about it, we underestimated them." Tyson pitched in and Ray smiled at them.

"Thanks, you guys are the greatest."

"I said let me go!! I'm part of the team!!" A voice called out, and everyone looked towards the gate where they saw Kenny being hassled by guards.

"You can't go in!" One of them said.

"Chief!" Tyson yelled running up, the guards looked at him.

"Do you know him?" Another guard demanded. When Tyson nodded his head they blushed.

"Er. . . . . sorry about that then." The first muttered and they walked away.

"Yeesh." Kenny muttered before turning back to his teammates. "Take a look at this!" And he opened up his laptop.

"What is it?" Max asked observing the screen of charts.

"While Ray and Kurai were battling I had Dizzi check the power levels. This is Ray's power level." He pointed to a blue bar on the screen and it read 'level 29'

"And this is Kurai's power level." He pointed to a red bar that read 'level 45'

"It's no wonder you lost. He was way stronger then Drigger." Tyson stared.

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'Just that one kid beat Ray so easily. But he's the youngest out of that team. What if he's also the least experienced, in that case, the other's would be supercharged. Then what?' Tyson wondered as he observed the other team. He recognized Kurai from the other day, and was surprised to see him on a beyblade team. He frowned, then sighed. This was going to be a LONG day.

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"Good job Kurai, Lessa? You're up next. If they send out Max, then tie with him. If they send out Tyson, lose on purpose." Lessa raised an eyebrow, but shrugged and replied standing up

"Whatever you say."

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"Up to it?"

"Oh yeah!" Max yelled in reply, he jogged up to the newly fixed arena, that last battle had totaled it. When he got up to the platform, he stared. There was the prettiest girl he'd ever seen, she smiled and offered him a hand.

"Good luck, okay?" Max nodded and shook her hand, she walked back to her side of the arena and took out her launcher.

"Let's check the stats while they prepare." Brad called out.

"Right on dude," AJ replied. "Now Max is always one to play defense, so make sure you brought a hammer, you're going to need it to crack this shell.

Attack **

Defense ****

Special ***

But if you're into beauty, you should really check out Lessa! But even though she may look fragile, she's like a snake, cool, but deadly.

Attack ****

Defense **

Special ***

So with that out of the way, let the Jazzman do his stuff!"

"Are you ready?!" He yelled out, both bladers nodded and he counted down.

"3! . . . . . . . . 2! . . . . . . . . . . 1!"

"Let it rip!!" Lessa and Max called out at the same time, they both launched and much like Ray's battle, they circled each other.

"Flamewing!! Let's heat this up!" Lessa yelled out, and Max stared at her beyblade as it flared red, then a giant bird came out. It was more like a hawk with it's feathers all pointed and sharp, the tail was long, and flowing. Kind of like silk. Max gaped, then smiled and called out his own bitbeast.

"Draciel!!" The center of his blade lit up and Draciel rose up in all it's glory. "Defense maneuver!" he called out and the blade glowed white around the edges. Lessa's blade attacked, and was ricocheted back.

"A good defense is a good offense!" Max commented grinning. Lessa grinned.

"Flamewing! Use fire shot!" Her beyblade glowed red, then it shot forward in a straight line towards his blade. It moved so fast that a line of fire was left in it's wake.

"What?!" Max gasped out and the next thing anyone saw, was that when the blades collided, a bright flash of white light erupted into the stadium, and with a small click, both blades landed out.

"I. . . . . I don't believe this! It's a tie!" Jazzman announced. Max sighed and Lessa pretended to look surprised. She then smiled and picked up her blade.

"Hey!" she called to the retreating back of Max.

"Huh?" He turned around and saw her standing there smiling.

"You're a pretty good blader!" Max smiled.

"You too!" She grinned and walked back to her team.

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"Good job." Tyler told her as she sat down.

"No sweat." Lessa replied but her thoughts said otherwise

'Could I have really beaten him if I wanted to? Somehow, I think it would be a lot harder then Tyler thinks. Those kids just have something. . . . . . . . it's not the fact that they work together. . . . . . . they just have something. I need to know what.'

"Ready Striker? Let Tyson win this one okay?" Tyler instructed the youth.

"But the it'll be a tie!" He protested.

"That's the way I want it, this way. I get the chance to rattle their nerves. I want them to know who they're facing." Striker sighed but nodded his head. He stood up and walked towards the platform.

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"It's like no matter what I did, it felt like she was the one in control." Max told the others. Tyson stared, then smiled.

"Well, I'm up next so we'll see how this goes."

"Just know that if you win this, then it'll be a tie, which means I'll probably have to battle too." Kai remarked and Kenny nodded. Tyson shrugged it off.

"This won't be too hard."

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"Keep your guard up Tyson." Kurai whispered. "Because even after the tiger is defeated, it can still bite hard."

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