Sorry if my last chapter seemed too short or rushed. I was kinda behind
last week so I wrote as quickly as possible to try and get something
posted. I'm gong to take my time with this one...hopefully *laughs
nervously*.
~~~FIGHTING SPIRITS~~~
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/ Thoughts /
"Speaking"
:: Little voices::
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Last Time:
Jingle Bells, Driger smells,
Dranzer laid an egg.
BBA Bus lost its wheel,
And Dizzy got away! HEY!
Once Mr. Kinomiya and Mr. Mizuhasa heard them singing 'that' they smacked themselves.
"You dudes are hopeless." Mr. Kinomiya said with a sigh, and he looked over to Kai, Ray, and Kenny who were ready to reenact one of those murder scenes from the movie.
"WHAT WAS THAT?" They screamed together.
A couple more hours past and the gang was getting pretty tired.
"Why don't you children spend the night here? It's too dark out for you to go home, so you can just stay here." Mr. Dickinson said to the White Tigers. They all bowed in respect.
"Thank you very much Mr. Dickinson." Lee said on behalf of the team.
~Chapter 10: Double Date ~ (AN: ;) )
The adults decided to head for bed and the children stayed up for a little longer, just talking about blading and stuff. Finally they got back on the subject of the battles earlier.
"It was really weird. Every time I tried to attack, she was able to dodge me. It was like she knew exactly what I was planning." Kevin said recalling his battle. "The worst part is was that she wasn't even paying attention to our blades, she wasn't paying any attention to our match."
"I thought the same thing. I came up with this great plan during the battle but he was able to counter it." Mariah said.
"Yeah, it seems we weren't even a challenge to them." Lee said angrily. /The White Tigers were... at the bottom of the food chain. /
"Hey don't worry, we'll win." Tyson said in full confidence.
"Oh yeah! Tyson you said you had a new attack just for them, what did you mean?" Kenny asked. Tyson smirked as he took out his blade.
"Should we tell them Dragoon?" He asked his blade as he twirled it around in his hand to get on everyone's nerves. It worked.
"Oh come on, tell us." Max begged.
"Well, Okay! Thanks to Sora, I now know Dragoon's special power." He said pleased. "With it, we can't lose."
"Tyson I already told you not to get overconfident." Sora scolded.
"Yeah, yeah!" Tyson said putting Dragoon back in his pocket.
"Special power?" The white Tigers asked.
"Allow me." Kenny said as he opened Dizzi and then a video file.
"What do you mean you? It looks like I'll be doing all the work."
"Yes, Dizzi. I know and I'm grateful for that. Anyways this was the first time we met Sora. Tyson decided to go blindly in to battle again up against Sora."
"I WAS TESTING HER." Tyson screamed.
"Sure you were?" Max laughed.
"Anyways, here is what happened. Go ahead Dizzi." He said as he faced Dizzi's screen to the White Tigers. They saw the two blades launched and Tyson's attacks doing nothing. They started laughing at Tyson's lame attempts.
"CAN WE MOVE THIS ALONG?" He said embarrassed.
"Oh, but I'm enjoying this." Mariah laughed, while Tyson simply 'hmph'ed
"Okay, okay! Dizzi, will you please fast-forward? Good right here." Kenny said as she stopped. "This is where she uses Fang's special power." Everyone focused on the screen again. They saw Max and Ray place their blades on the floor behind Sora, and after a simple command from her the blades came to life and attacked the blade in the ring.
The White Tigers were speechless as Kenny closed the laptop.
"How...how is that possible?" Lee said unsure that he saw what he saw.
"If there is an answer I don't know it. I've been trying to answer it by scanning Fang, but Dizzi and I can't seem to get anything to match."
"That's because it's a special power. It can't be explained by anyone." Sora said.
"Is your new attack anything like that Tyson?" Kevin asked, but Tyson shook his head. "I wonder what Galman's special power is?"
"He doesn't have one. Only legendary blades have them."
"That sucks." Kevin grumbled. Just then everyone heard a loud snore and everyone looked at Tyson.
"WHAT? It's not me. Jeez I always get blamed." He complained folding his arms across his chest.
"There's probably a good reason for that Tyson." Max laughed. Then there was that snore again and everyone saw Gary fast asleep.
"That's a good idea. We got a match tomorrow." Ray yawned. Everyone nodded and got in to their sleeping bags. "Night everyone."
Sometime the next morning the phone started ringing. Sora groaned as she looked around seeing everyone still snoozing it off, so she got up and answered.
"Hello?" She said in a tired voice. "Uh huh...okay...thanks, I'll tell them." Then she hung up. She decided to go change and put on some breakfast.
While she was in the kitchen making breakfast, a very tired Ray strolled in yawning.
"Your up early." He said as he slumped in one of the kitchen table's chairs. She just nodded as she turned over the pancake.
"Pancakes again?" Ray laughed.
"Well since you can make a lot of them and not go broke, I figured it'd be best to stick to this." She said as she put some on a plate and handed to Ray. Ray took the plate laughing.
"I see your point." He said picturing Tyson and Gary eating. Then he went serious "I have a question." Sora looked at him since he had a change in voice.
"And that would be?"
"What do you think of Kai?" Sora froze.
"Umm...he's an amazing blader." She said playing dumb.
"That's not what I mean." Ray said staring her in the eyes as she sat down with her breakfast.
/My feelings for Kai are what you mean. But how am I supposed to answer that? I know I like him... a lot, but... /
Just then the door swung open and Gary walked in. "Gary smell food." He said and quickly spotted the extra pancakes. He grabbed as much as he could and sat down with Sora and Ray.
/THANK YOU! / Sora screamed realizing she just dodged the bullet.
/Thanks a lot Gary. / Ray grumbled in his mind. /I'm sure she would have answered. Oh well, I'll just keep bugging her. /
"I'll go wake the others while the pancakes are still hot." Sora said eager to leave the room.
"No rush." Gary said not wanting any competition, in particular Tyson.
Sora quickly left the kitchen and entered the living room again. "Rise and shine sleepy heads." Everyone yawned as they slowly opened their eyes so that it would adjust to the light.
"Morning already." Mariah complained rolling over pulling her sleeping bag with her.
"Oh stop complaining Mariah. Come on get up." Kevin said getting out of his sleeping bag. Mariah sighed and fought her way out. Everyone groaned getting up.
"Now just one more thing to do?"
"What's that?" Mariah said still half-sleeping.
"Tyson!"
"Oh!" She said looking at the boy who was half in his sleeping bag and half out.
"What's the problem?" Lee asked.
"You don't know Tyson that well do you?" Kai said sitting down in a chair. "I'll bet you twenty bucks you can't get him up within five minutes."
"Your on." Lee smirked. "This will be the easiest twenty bucks I ever made." He said approaching Tyson.
"Actually it will be the easiest twenty bucks *I* ever made." Kai laughed.
"Hey Tyson. Time to get up!" He said tapping Tyson on the shoulder.
No reaction.
"HEY TYSON." He said louder and tapping harder.
No reaction.
"Times a ticking." Kai laughed. Lee growled and screamed at the top of his lungs.
"TYSON GET THE HELL UP!!!"
*Snore*
Everyone started laughing and Lee was get angry.
"Two minutes." Kai smiled. Lee took his pillow from last night and whack Tyson with it several times using all of his strength.
No reaction
*Pant**Wheeze* "I...swear I'll wake...you up."
"Maybe, but times up." Kai said with an outstretch hand waiting for his twenty dollars. Lee reached deep in his pocket angrily and slapped a crisp twenty-dollar bill in Kai's hand.
"MMMMM...Sora's pancakes good." Gary said coming out of the kitchen with Ray, smacking his stomach.
"PANCAKES!!!" Tyson screamed as he bolted up and ran in to the kitchen. Lee just stood staring blankly after him.
"You mean...all I had to do was say...'pancakes'?"
"No!" Kenny said. "You could have said 'eggs' or 'apple'. That's the good thing about Tyson. He's not too picky." He laughed along with the rest of the room.
After the guardians were up and everyone finished eating Kenny spoke up. "Hey we should head to the China Tower now. We've got a match."
"Oh yeah!" Sora said smacking herself in the forehead. "There was a phone call this morning. It was the big guy funding the tournament. He said today's matches are canceled, because they need to repair the stadium."
"Really? WAHOO FREE DAY!!!" Tyson screamed giving Max a high five.
"What are we going to do?" Kenny asked.
"Well I need to find a BB Hobby shop. I could use a new defense ring." Max said.
"Well I'll come with you. Maybe I could upgrade your blade again. What about you guys? You wanna come with us? There's bound to be an amateur district around." Asked Kenny
"OH, I AM SO IN." Tyson screamed. "We can even grab one of those hot dogs that are usually hanging around the district."
"Hot Dog? Gary come too." Gary said.
"Figures." Kevin laughed. "Well, I'm coming along too. I need some new parts since that girl demolished my blade."
"What about you Bruce?" Lee asked his teammate.
"I was actually thinking about heading home. I was only planning on staying for the tournaments, but since we lost, I should get home. My parents need some help around the house and stuff."
"Oh, okay. Well then I'll see you off." Lee said.
"Well little dudes. We're all headed of to town again. There are still a few things we need to pick up for Christmas."
"Really like what?" Max asked innocently.
"Well we need to get a..." Mr. Kinomiya was cut of with Mr. Mizuhasa hand.
"Nice try Max. You have to wait til Christmas just like everyone else." Mr. Mizuhasa said removing his hand from Mr. Kinomiya's mouth as Max sulked.
"What about you four?" Mr. Dickinson asked looking at Ray, Kai, Sora, and Mariah.
"We'll think of something." Ray said. Everyone nodded and left the house leaving the four of them. "So, what do we do?"
"Doesn't matter to me." Sora said.
"Me either." Kai said leaning himself on a nearby wall.
"Well, what do you want to do Mariah?" Ray asked. Mariah thought long and hard until her eyes lit up.
"Skating!" She chirped.
"Skating?" Sora repeated, and Mariah nodded.
"Okay then let's go." Ray said and everyone grabbed their jackets and left the cabin.
They headed to a park somewhere in town and found a huge ice-rink. Mariah's eyes lit up in joy, as they continued walking up to a stand that lent out skates. They each grabbed their size and found a bench to sit on as they tied them up.
"I'm done!" Mariah said excitedly.
"Yeah, me too. Well see you on the ice." Ray said. Kai and Sora finished not too long after.
/It doesn't look that hard. / Sora thought as she watched Mariah and Ray get onto the ice. Then she saw a couple five year olds.
"Ready?" Kai asked, and Sora nodded as she started to stand up but end up falling back down.
"Guess it's harder then it looks." She said slightly embarrassed.
"You never skated before, have you?" Kai asked wanting to laugh at her falling but decided against it. Sora shook her head. "Come on!" Kai said as he as he pulled her up to help her get her balance. She smiled proudly as soon as she as she was able to stand. "Now let's try walking!" Kai laughed and Sora screwed her face up. Kai managed to pull her up to the ice rink but Sora was having second thoughts.
"Maybe I'm better off on that nice safe bench we were at?" Sora tried to convince Kai to take her back.
"Think you can get back on your own?" Kai laughed. Sora looked at the long distance she would have to walk.
"COME ON SORA!" Mariah screamed having the time of her life from the ice. Sora slowly took a step onto the ice and stood there.
"Well that was fun. I'm done." She said laughing nervously trying to get back off the ice, but found herself being pulled out in to the middle of the ice rink by Kai. "Ahhhh, what have you done. How will I get back now?"
"You could skate back." Kai offered.
"But, I DON'T know how." Sora said panicky.
"Oh yeah." Kai said thoughtfully but was smiling.
"I swear I'll get you for this."
"Come and get me then." He said standing just out of Sora's reach. Sora took a step forward carefully, and Kai took a step back.
"That's not fair." Sora sulked a little from being stranded in the middle of the ice-rink.
"You're acting like a two year old." Kai laughed.
/There's an idea. / Sora thought as she fell to the ice and started crawling.
"People are staring." Kai laughed once again.
"Probably!" She said as she got dragged up by Kai and started to pouting again. She wanted nothing more then to get back to that 'oh so inviting' bench she could see.
"There is only one way back, and that's to skate back."
"Okay, fine. Teach me." She said slightly annoyed Kai wouldn't let her crawl. Kai smiled as he instructed her on what to do. Sora nodded and tried to push off one skate and glide on the other, however, she failed to do so. The skate she used to glide on took off to fast and went flying in the air as she fell flat on her butt. "Ouch!" She whimpered.
"Come on, try again." He encouraged, as he helped her up, but was laughing at the same time.
"You know, you're enjoying this way too much." She complained. Kai shrugged and gave her a little push.
"AHHHH!" She squeaked, but to her surprised she was still standing. "I didn't fall." She gloated just as what looked to be like a five-year old kid skated past her as a blur causing her to lose her balance and fall. Sora growled at being out-classed by a five-year old. /Show off! / She thought, but then started blushing when she realized that she didn't fall on the ground, but instead in Kai's arms.
He helped her get back on her feet again blushing as well. "Ummm...why don't we try that again?" Sora nodded not knowing what to say. Kai held her hands and skated backwards as Sora tried pushing herself forward.
"Hey guys how's it going?" Mariah asked as she and Ray approached them. "Hey your faces are really red. How come it's not that cold?" Sora and Kai's face went redder and Ray wanted nothing more then to tease them but figured Kai was a really fast skater.
"Anyways Mariah and I were just about to go to that little shop over there and grab some hot chocolate. It's free to everyone skating. Interested?" Ray asked as he indicated the little shop not too far away.
"Sure." Kai and Sora agreed. Ray and Mariah started to head for the edge of the rink.
"I still can't skate." Sora reminded Kai hoping he wouldn't just leave her there. He sighed and started to pull her to the edge. Once off she quickly switched out off the skates and in to her shoes. Never before in her life has she ever loved them more then she did at that moment; she now understood the fascination of shoes.
Kai and Ray went to the counter to get the drinks leaving Mariah and Sora at the table.
"So it seems that you and Kai had a lot of fun."
"Yeah, I guess." Sora agreed slightly blushing as she remembered Kai catching her.
"You like him don't you?" Mariah's eyes lit up in realization, as Sora turned a nice shade of pink. "Why don't you tell him?"
"It's not that easy." She said shyly, but finally admitted it.
"Sure it is." Mariah encouraged.
"Then how come you haven't told Ray?" Sora smirked as Mariah turned a similar shade of pink.
"Errrr...you know?" Mariah asked nervously.
"Who doesn't?"
- Ray and Kai -
"So you and Sora seemed to be having fun." Ray said to Kai in the line up for the counter.
"I guess, but I don't think she enjoyed it that much. She doesn't know how to skate."
"Why don't you take her somewhere else...for your date? Four hot chocolates please."
"DATE? Whoa! We're just hanging out." Kai said blushing.
"Uh huh! Sure." Ray said picking up two cups of the hot chocolate and handed it to Kai.
"If I'm on one then so are you." Kai said turning immensely red.
"Okay, were on a double date." Ray laughed grabbing the other two cups and headed to the girls. "Hey you two. Here ya go." He said handing Mariah a cup.
/That wasn't suppose to happen. / Kai thought. He quickly followed Ray and gave the extra hot chocolate he was holding to Sora.
"Can we go skating again after?" Mariah asked.
"Sure!" Ray smiled.
"I think I'll stay here." Sora said not wanting to be stuck in the center of the ice again.
"Okay, have fun you two." Ray said grabbing Mariah and leaving before Kai could do anything.
"Ummm...why don't we just go for a walk?" Kai said not knowing what to do. Sora nodded shyly.
They started walking though the calm park completely silent.
/Well this is fun. / Kai thought.
:: Maybe you should put your arm around her? ::
/YOU AGAIN? /
:: Okay, how about holding hands ::
/GO AWAY!!! /
:: She looks cold :: Kai looked sideways. She did look a little cold.
"Cold?"
"No." Sora said bluntly going back to her own thoughts. /Maybe I should tell Kai how I feel. Mariah said the sooner the better, but what if he rejects me, or hates me. Not to mention that Grandpa would never agree to it. It seems that I can't win this. /
:: Maybe you should still put your arm around her. I still think she's cold. ::
/Maybe you should shut up. /
::Hold hands? ::
/ WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SHUT YOU UP? /
:: Hold her hand. ::
/NO. /
:: Okay, fine. LA LA LA LA LA ::
/OKAY!!! / He started to reach for her hand.
"HEY GUYS!" Both Kai and Sora jumped to the oh-so-familiar voice of Tyson. Kai quickly folded his arms over his chest again.
"Oh, hey Tyson." Sora said coming out of thoughts again.
::Way to go Romeo! Your too slow again.::
/I thought I told you to shut up. / "What are you doing here Tyson?"
"Blading! What else?" He said. "Come on, everyone's over here." Tyson said waving them to follow him. They followed him around the next bend and saw tons of bladers. "Hey guys. Look who I found." Tyson screamed to the others.
"Oh hey Kai. Sora. What are you two up too, and where's Ray and Mariah?" Max asked.
"Skating. How's the blading going?" Sora asked.
"We're winning of course." Tyson gloated. "As if there was ever a doubt."
"Ahh, you guys aren't so tough." Came a voice. Everyone turned around to see The Psychics.
"What's THAT suppose to mean?" Tyson said furiously. "Do you think you can back that up?" The Psychics smirked.
"Of course we can. After all we are going to win the tournament."
"You have to get through us first." Max said coming to the defense of his friend.
"Alright then. How about a little match then...Max?" Asked the girl that defeated Kevin.
"How do you know my name?"
"They've obliviously been watching our battles." Kenny concluded.
"Do you accept?" She asked. Max took out his blade in response.
"Alright then." Tyson said at the side. "This will be a one match battle. We have Max from the Blade Breakers against Lisa from The Psychics. Are you ready?" Both bladers nodded. "THREE...TWO...ONE...LET IT RRRIIIIIPPPPPP!!!" Yelled Tyson.
"Let's do this Draciel."
"NIGHTMARE!" She screamed bringing her bit-beast out immediately.
/So the little pony wants to play. / "DRA..."
"PONY? HOW DARE YOU!"
"Pony? What are you talking about?" Kenny asked a bit surprised.
"Ummm...nothing. NIGHTMARE!"
"DRACIEL!" The two blades collide creating a bight light. /Now's my chance for a surprise attack. / "DO IT!" But to his surprise his blade was countered and sent out of the ring. "How'd you do that?"
"It's all skill." She laughed reclaiming her blade.
"GRRRRR...How about battling me?" Tyson said angrily with Dragoon out.
"Well beat you in the tournaments, provided you beat your next opponents. I heard they destroyed the last stadium they were in. Come on you guys, you had your fun, now let's go." Said the fifth member that didn't fight in the match with the White Tigers. He turned away and the other's followed immediately.
"Kenny, did Dizzi record that match?" Sora asked.
"Yeah, why?"
"Think I can borrow Dizzi tonight? I have some research to do."
"I guess so."
"Come on! Let's head back."
- At the Cabin -
"Hey big dudes, the little dudes are coming. Hurry up!" Mr. Kinomiya said to Mr. Mizuhasa, the Elder, and Mr. Dickinson who were quickly wrapping presents.
"Stall them! We're almost done." Mr. Mizuhasa said fumbling with the tape.
/What do I do? What do I do? / He said as he ran to the door. "Oh." He said and locked the door.
-Outside-
"So our next opponents have enough power to destroy the stadium. That's not too comforting." Said Ray. They had gone to pick up him and Mariah on there way back. The White Tigers also decided to head back to their cabin for the night.
"I'm sure we can handle it. It's The Psychics team that worries me." Tyson said turning the doorknob. "Anybody got a key." Kenny reached in to his pocket and pulled out a silver one.
"Here Tyson." Kenny handed the key to him. Tyson unlocked the door and tried to open it. The doorknob turned but the door wouldn't open, so Tyson started ramming it. "HEY!"
"It seems that someone's on the other side." Kenny said.
"Were being robbed!" Tyson freaked running around in circles. "All of the presents are going to be stolen!" He squeaked.
"Look, we have to stay calm." Said Ray.
"BUT THEY'RE STEALING OUR PRESENTS!!!" Max and Tyson screamed.
- Inside -
"Hey dudes! Hurry it up. I don't know how much longer I can hold them."
-Outside-
"Grrrr...no more. Ready Max?" Tyson said angrily.
"You bet buddy." Both Max and Tyson stepped back and both charged at the door.
- Inside -
"Okay Mr. Kinomiya. Were done!"
"About time dude." Mr. Kinomiya said as he moved away from the door.
BBBBBAAAAAANNNNNNNGGGGG
The door came off the hinges with the body weight off the two boys and brought the door slamming down on Mr. Kinomiya.
"GRANDPA! You're the robber?" Tyson asked lying on top of the door, which was on top of a swirly-eyed Mr. Kinomiya.
"Little dudes...if you don't mind...could you get off of me...please?" He asked as Mr. Dickinson, Mr. Mizuhasa, and The Elder came out from around the corner.
"Are you okay?" Mr. Mizuhasa said lifting the door after the boys moved.
"Peachy." He said getting up with the help of Kenny.
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"Man Max! I can't believe you thought we were being robbed." Tyson said in his sleeping bag.
"What do you mean Tyson? You said..."
"Details, details." Tyson said rolling over to declare the end of that discussion.
"Hey where's Sora?" Ray asked looking around.
"She borrowed Dizzi. She said she needed to do some research earlier."
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"So Sora, how come you need me?"
"I want to run a search on the archives of yesterdays match with the Devils, and to run a search on the Psychics as well."
"Why?" Dizzi asked as she began to run a search.
"I need to fine out how the Devils destroyed the stadium, and how the Psychics are able to counter everything. A background check on all of them wouldn't hurt either."
"I live to serve. Here's the information on yesterdays match with the Devils."
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The next morning, Kai was the first to wake. He instantly noticed that Sora wasn't sleeping.
/She must've pulled a Kenny, and worked all night. / He got up and went on a search, and found her at the kitchen table still typing away on Dizzi. "Were you up all night?" Sora jumped and looked at the time.
"I guess so." She said giving a yawn.
"Why don't you get some sleep before the match?"
"I might just do that." She said with another yawn. "Thanks for all the help Dizzi."
"No problem Sora." Sora shut the lid and headed to the living room with Kai finding the others waking up.
"So much for that nap. Oh well." She sighed but yet again came out as a yawn. She walked over to Kenny and gave him back Dizzi.
"Thanks!"
"Find out anything?" He asked.
"Yeah! I found out that today's bladers have the fifth legendary blade Hinotama."
"Really? That means we can fuse them." Max perked up.
"Yeah, but we should wait til after the tournament or else the Blade Breakers will be two or three blades short." Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Well I say we get ready to go. The White Tigers said they come over early today so that we can go to the China Towers together." Everyone nodded and headed off for showers, to get changed, and so on. Sora had a shower to make sure she'd stay awake. Once she was done the guardians were awake and were cooking up some breakfast. Today they made omelets for a change, but Tyson didn't seem to notice the change.
*Knock**Knock*
"I'll get it." Max said as he ran to the door. "Hey guys. Come on in. We were just finishing up the breakfast dishes."
"Uhhhhh!" Gary said hanging his head.
"What's wrong Gary?" Max asked concerned.
"Gary miss breakfast." He said.
"But you ate before you left Gary." Mariah reminded.
"But they cook *good* food."
"ARE YOU SAYING MY COOKING IS BAD?" Mariah asked with fire in her eyes. Gary quickly shook his head and went inside.
/Not bad, just not good. / Gary thought, as the others followed.
"You guys ready to go kick some butt." Kevin asked punching the air.
"You bet we are. I'm so psyched." Tyson said also punching the air.
"Then lets get going." Lee said. Everyone nodded and started to leave.
"Child?" Said a commanding voice. Sora turned around to come eye to eye with her grandfather.
"Yes Grandpa." She said with a bow.
"You've been slacking off in your training. When you return you will get to work." Sora nodded and then left with the others.
* * *
"Looks like were early. The other teams not here." Said Max.
"That's okay. We can go over our battle plan."
"I'd like to take the last battle. Their order is always using Hinotama last, unless they must win the next battle." Sora said.
"Alright! Then I guess we can keep the same order as before. Max, Ray, Tyson, Kai, and then Sora." Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Were going to head to our seats now. Good luck to you guys." The White Tigers waved as they left.
"Let's get to the box." Ray said.
* * *
"WELCOME BACK TO THE CHINA TOWERS FOR THE SEMI-FINALS. TODAY WE HAVE THE BLADE BREAKERS AGAINST THE DEVILS." Screamed A.J. Topper.
"YES, AND THIS HAS CERTAINLY BEEN AN INTERESTING TOURNAMENT SO FAR. HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S ALMOST OVER. AFTER THIS, THE WINNERS HAVE TO FACE THE UNDEFEATABLE PYSCHICS." Screamed Brad.
"I wished they'd stop screaming." Ray complained covering his ears.
"LETS GET THIS UNDER WAY. WOULD EACH TEAM SEND IN THEIR FIGHTER?" Jazzman was now screaming. Max and another boy got up and headed to the stadium.
"WE HAVE MAX VERSUS RICK."
"THREE...TWO...ONE... LET IT RRRIIIIIIPPPPPP!!!!"
"GO DRACIEL!"
"GO SKULLY! SKULL BASH!"
"IT LOOKS LIKE RICK AND SKULLY AREN'T WASTING ANYTIME!" Said Jazzman.
A skeleton appeared from the blade. It removed its head and lunched it at Draciel.
"DRACIEL DODGE IT!" Draciel tried to get out of the way, but failed to do so as it made a direct hit causing Draciel to wobble.
"SKULLY!" The blade rushed at Draciel and knocked it out of the stadium.
"THE DEVILS TAKE THE FIRST ROUND."
"Good match!" Max said in his usually mood. Rick was surprised with this attitude but smiled. "Good luck Ray! Win this one okay?"
"You bet Max."
"THE BLADE BREAKERS ARE NOW SENDING IN RAY AND THE DEVILS SEND IN BOBBY" screamed A.J Topper.
"THREE...TWO...ONE... LET IT RRRIIIIIIPPPPPP!!!!"
"GO DRIGER!"
"GO GHOSTY!"
"DRIGER, TIGER CLAW ATTACK." The great White Tiger appeared and roared as it lunged at Ghosty.
"TRANSPARENT!" The blade seemed it fade and Driger went right though it.
"WHAT?"
"RAY! The blade is still there. It's just moving incredible fast."
"Oh I get it, but how do I fight it?" Ray asked aloud.
"You don't. GHOSTY ATTACK!" With that Driger was outside the bowl.
"THE DEVILS WIN AGAIN. THE BLADE BREAKERS SURE GOT THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM!"
"Good battle. I've never seen a move like that." Ray said to Bobby.
"Thanks."
"IT SEEMS THAT THE DEVILS ARE SENDING IN MATTHEW, THE TEAM LEADER, AND THE BLADE BREAKERS SEND IN TYSON."
"Hope you're ready to lose." Matthew said cockily.
"Not happening. Not today."
"THREE...TWO...ONE... LET IT RRRIIIIIIPPPPPP!!!!"
"GO DRAGOON!"
"HADES! Ha, I promise to make this quick." Matthew grinned. "HELL'S FIRE!"
/Looks like its time to show one half of Dragoon's new power. / "DRAGOON! DRAGON ICE BREATH." The fire coming from Hades was frozen by Dragoon's ice attack. "OH YEAH!"
"Was that the special power?" Kevin asked from the stands.
"I guess so." Mariah said unsure.
"That's amazing!" Lee said impressed.
"SEEMS THAT MATTHEW GOT MORE THEN HE BARGAINED FOR."
"DRAGOON STORM ATTACK!" Dragoon started spinning wildly as it created a large storm.
"Ha, good thing my blade is heavy." Matthew laughed but had the smirked wiped of his face as the storm attack started twisting around the ice made from Dragoon's last attack. One of the ice pieces that were picked up hit Hades giving the storm the edge and hurdled it out.
"THE BLADE BREAKERS PULL OF THEIR FIRST WIN THIS MATCH. NOW THEY NEED TWO MORE TO ADVANCE, BUT CAN THEY DO IT!"
"OH YEAH!" Tyson screamed.
"Good job! I must admit I'm impressed, but you won't win."
"Well see about that."
"NEXT BATTLE IS BETWEEN BLADE BREAKER LEADER KAI AND JOE. CAN THE BLADE BREAKERS PULL ANOTHER WIN OR IS THIS THE END!"
"THREE...TWO...ONE... LET IT RRRIIIIIIPPPPPP!!!!"
"GO DRANZER!"
"GO ZOMBIE! You won't last."
"Whatever!" Kai said ignoring him.
"I'll show you. ZOMBIE, DEATH ATTACK!" The blade landed on top on Dranzer.
"This is really bad." Kenny said freaking as hit started typing at lighting speed in to Dizzi.
"What's up Chief?" Tyson asked wondering what got to Kenny.
"Death is a submission move, and Kai's already stuck."
"OH NO!"
/What am I going to do. / Kai said hearing Kenny explain this was a submission move. He then noticed Dranzer starting to glow funny. /What's going on with Dranzer? /
"Hey Chief? What's Dranzer doing?" Ray asked. Sora managed to open her tired eyes and realized what was happening. It's exactly what happened to Fang. It started glowing funny and then BANG, you have a special power.
/What could it be? A Phoenix is said to... resurrect life! / "KAI! IT'S DRANZER'S SPECIAL POWER, REBIRTH!"
"Rebirth huh? Okay then." Kai said looking at his blade. "DRANZER REBIRTH!"
"What does rebirth do?" Tyson asked.
"Prevents all submission moves for one thing." Sora answered.
"OH YEAH! GO GET HIM KAI!"
Dranzer came out from it's blade sending Zombie off of it's blade and emitted a red light that brought Kai's blade to the power it had when he first launched his blade.
"DRANZER, BURN THAT ZOMBIE! FLAMETHROWER!" Dranzer ignited and charged at the other blade sending it flying.
"THE BLADE BREAKERS PULLED ANOTHER WIN! THIS IS IT! THE WINNER GOES TO THE FINALS TO FACE OF WITH THE PSYCHICS!"
Sora got up from her seat and approached the stadium, as did the final member of the opposing team.
"IT'S TIME FOR SORA AND JACK TO FACE OFF. NEITHER ONE OF THESE TWO BLADERS HAVE LOST A BATTLE YET IN THIS TOURNAMENT, SO THIS WILL CERTAINLY BE ONE TO PUT IN THE BOOKS."
"I know about your blade. It's a legendary one."
"I know."
"You do?"
"Yeah I know all about it. If your asking about it I'm guessing you want me to fuse it right."
"Well, that was the idea."
"Beat me, and I'll fuse. I don't want Hinotama fusing with weaker blades."
"That's not a problem."
"You think so? I find that hard to believe. After all, girls are weak."
"WHAT?" Mariah screamed outraged from the stands. "SORA KICK HIS SORRY A..."
"MARIAH, SIT DOWN!" Kevin said pulling her back down into sitting position.
"THREE...TWO...ONE... LET IT RRRIIIIIIPPPPPP!!!!"
"GO FANG!"
"GO HINOTAMA!"
The blades didn't circle long before they started head on attacks.
/This won't work. / "FANG AGILITY BITE COMBO!" Fang and Hinotama were on a direct crash course until Fang disappear and reappear behind the other blade and got in a free shot dealing a good deal of damage.
"HOW DARE YOU! APOCALYPSE!" The blade glowed and then jumped high in the air.
/Get ready! / The blade started to descend and as soon as it hit the ground. "NOW FANG! JUMP!" Fang jumped and managed to avoid all the cracks that were being created in the stadium from the attack.
"Nice try! Other's tried that too, but what goes up must come down, and there isn't a smooth place for you to land. You'll lose your balance and lose."
"I know what goes up must come down, but I see a nice spot to land, and I won't lose either. FANG!"
"What?" Jack started looking left to right though the stadium. "There isn't an area in the stadium that isn't cracked. How do you expect to land on something smooth?" His question was answer as Fang landed smack dab on Hinotama.
"JUMP UNTIL IT STOPS FANG!" And Fang did so.
"I'm...trapped. I trapped myself in a corner and I can't go anywhere without falling in to one of the cracks I made." Jack was totally defeated, and by a girl. Finally Hinotama stopped moving and Fang jumped one last time in to Sora's hand.
"THE BLADE BREAKERS WIN AND WILL ADVANCE TO THE FINALS." Jazzman screamed.
"Good battle!" Sora said.
"Yeah. I can't remember the last time someone beat me." He said just as a pink haired girl appeared from nowhere.
"How's that for GIRL power? Hmmmmm?" Mariah asked.
"I'm sorry I said that." Jack laughed nervously.
"You better be!" Mariah said and turned to the others.
"About the fusing? When do you want to do it?"
"After the finals."
"Alright I'm there." Jack shook Sora's hand and left and Sora headed back to the box where the rest of her team and the White Tigers were.
"THAT WAS AMAZING SORA!" Tyson said extremely excited.
"Guess, my research paid off? Thanks again Kenny, and Dizzi."
"Finally, someone respects the computer."
"Awww, come on Dizzi. You know I respect you." Kenny said. Everyone started laughing and talking as they left the building together.
"You okay?" Kai asked Sora noticing her slow pace and constant yawning.
"I'm fine."
"You should get some sleep when we get back to the cabin."
"I can't. I have to train. Grandpa's been complaining about my lack of training the last couple days."
"Well..."
"Come on guys! Let's head back and tell everyone." Tyson said waving from the bus.
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I finally did it! And this one is long. Longest yet, it's over 6000 words, go me :) But my poor hands, ouch!
THANKS TO: (AN: Not so many this time. Oh well.)
KaWaIi^-^tEnShI: Glad you like the new version on jingle bells, and I hope you enjoy this chapter too.
Tenshi: Oh your fave's huh? *Smiles* Hope you like this chapter.
someguy: I don't have a prediction for the last member either, lol. Lol, I should have had them pee their pants. Glad you like the jingle bells, and I don't think I did mention the blades being purple :S My bad. Oh well, not really that important. Lol, I always get a good laugh at your endings :)
Dark Magician: Much better writer? I doubt that since my secret to writing is luck, lol. I dunno, I just write whatever comes to mind, and surprising people like it :)
Lady Sapphire: Lol, yep that was the plan. The Psychics are a bunch of cheaters :) Glad you liked my jingle bells, and hope you enjoy this one too. Of course mistletoes are fun :)
Nightswift: Yep! The way I see it, Gary's head is empty and his gut is full. But's he's okay, really loyal. Lol, No I didn't actually plan on having a couple between them, but that's not a bad idea, lol. Yeah, make her short so that people will always underestimate her. Really, one mistake :D
ENJOY ALL!!!
~~~FIGHTING SPIRITS~~~
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/ Thoughts /
"Speaking"
:: Little voices::
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Last Time:
Jingle Bells, Driger smells,
Dranzer laid an egg.
BBA Bus lost its wheel,
And Dizzy got away! HEY!
Once Mr. Kinomiya and Mr. Mizuhasa heard them singing 'that' they smacked themselves.
"You dudes are hopeless." Mr. Kinomiya said with a sigh, and he looked over to Kai, Ray, and Kenny who were ready to reenact one of those murder scenes from the movie.
"WHAT WAS THAT?" They screamed together.
A couple more hours past and the gang was getting pretty tired.
"Why don't you children spend the night here? It's too dark out for you to go home, so you can just stay here." Mr. Dickinson said to the White Tigers. They all bowed in respect.
"Thank you very much Mr. Dickinson." Lee said on behalf of the team.
~Chapter 10: Double Date ~ (AN: ;) )
The adults decided to head for bed and the children stayed up for a little longer, just talking about blading and stuff. Finally they got back on the subject of the battles earlier.
"It was really weird. Every time I tried to attack, she was able to dodge me. It was like she knew exactly what I was planning." Kevin said recalling his battle. "The worst part is was that she wasn't even paying attention to our blades, she wasn't paying any attention to our match."
"I thought the same thing. I came up with this great plan during the battle but he was able to counter it." Mariah said.
"Yeah, it seems we weren't even a challenge to them." Lee said angrily. /The White Tigers were... at the bottom of the food chain. /
"Hey don't worry, we'll win." Tyson said in full confidence.
"Oh yeah! Tyson you said you had a new attack just for them, what did you mean?" Kenny asked. Tyson smirked as he took out his blade.
"Should we tell them Dragoon?" He asked his blade as he twirled it around in his hand to get on everyone's nerves. It worked.
"Oh come on, tell us." Max begged.
"Well, Okay! Thanks to Sora, I now know Dragoon's special power." He said pleased. "With it, we can't lose."
"Tyson I already told you not to get overconfident." Sora scolded.
"Yeah, yeah!" Tyson said putting Dragoon back in his pocket.
"Special power?" The white Tigers asked.
"Allow me." Kenny said as he opened Dizzi and then a video file.
"What do you mean you? It looks like I'll be doing all the work."
"Yes, Dizzi. I know and I'm grateful for that. Anyways this was the first time we met Sora. Tyson decided to go blindly in to battle again up against Sora."
"I WAS TESTING HER." Tyson screamed.
"Sure you were?" Max laughed.
"Anyways, here is what happened. Go ahead Dizzi." He said as he faced Dizzi's screen to the White Tigers. They saw the two blades launched and Tyson's attacks doing nothing. They started laughing at Tyson's lame attempts.
"CAN WE MOVE THIS ALONG?" He said embarrassed.
"Oh, but I'm enjoying this." Mariah laughed, while Tyson simply 'hmph'ed
"Okay, okay! Dizzi, will you please fast-forward? Good right here." Kenny said as she stopped. "This is where she uses Fang's special power." Everyone focused on the screen again. They saw Max and Ray place their blades on the floor behind Sora, and after a simple command from her the blades came to life and attacked the blade in the ring.
The White Tigers were speechless as Kenny closed the laptop.
"How...how is that possible?" Lee said unsure that he saw what he saw.
"If there is an answer I don't know it. I've been trying to answer it by scanning Fang, but Dizzi and I can't seem to get anything to match."
"That's because it's a special power. It can't be explained by anyone." Sora said.
"Is your new attack anything like that Tyson?" Kevin asked, but Tyson shook his head. "I wonder what Galman's special power is?"
"He doesn't have one. Only legendary blades have them."
"That sucks." Kevin grumbled. Just then everyone heard a loud snore and everyone looked at Tyson.
"WHAT? It's not me. Jeez I always get blamed." He complained folding his arms across his chest.
"There's probably a good reason for that Tyson." Max laughed. Then there was that snore again and everyone saw Gary fast asleep.
"That's a good idea. We got a match tomorrow." Ray yawned. Everyone nodded and got in to their sleeping bags. "Night everyone."
Sometime the next morning the phone started ringing. Sora groaned as she looked around seeing everyone still snoozing it off, so she got up and answered.
"Hello?" She said in a tired voice. "Uh huh...okay...thanks, I'll tell them." Then she hung up. She decided to go change and put on some breakfast.
While she was in the kitchen making breakfast, a very tired Ray strolled in yawning.
"Your up early." He said as he slumped in one of the kitchen table's chairs. She just nodded as she turned over the pancake.
"Pancakes again?" Ray laughed.
"Well since you can make a lot of them and not go broke, I figured it'd be best to stick to this." She said as she put some on a plate and handed to Ray. Ray took the plate laughing.
"I see your point." He said picturing Tyson and Gary eating. Then he went serious "I have a question." Sora looked at him since he had a change in voice.
"And that would be?"
"What do you think of Kai?" Sora froze.
"Umm...he's an amazing blader." She said playing dumb.
"That's not what I mean." Ray said staring her in the eyes as she sat down with her breakfast.
/My feelings for Kai are what you mean. But how am I supposed to answer that? I know I like him... a lot, but... /
Just then the door swung open and Gary walked in. "Gary smell food." He said and quickly spotted the extra pancakes. He grabbed as much as he could and sat down with Sora and Ray.
/THANK YOU! / Sora screamed realizing she just dodged the bullet.
/Thanks a lot Gary. / Ray grumbled in his mind. /I'm sure she would have answered. Oh well, I'll just keep bugging her. /
"I'll go wake the others while the pancakes are still hot." Sora said eager to leave the room.
"No rush." Gary said not wanting any competition, in particular Tyson.
Sora quickly left the kitchen and entered the living room again. "Rise and shine sleepy heads." Everyone yawned as they slowly opened their eyes so that it would adjust to the light.
"Morning already." Mariah complained rolling over pulling her sleeping bag with her.
"Oh stop complaining Mariah. Come on get up." Kevin said getting out of his sleeping bag. Mariah sighed and fought her way out. Everyone groaned getting up.
"Now just one more thing to do?"
"What's that?" Mariah said still half-sleeping.
"Tyson!"
"Oh!" She said looking at the boy who was half in his sleeping bag and half out.
"What's the problem?" Lee asked.
"You don't know Tyson that well do you?" Kai said sitting down in a chair. "I'll bet you twenty bucks you can't get him up within five minutes."
"Your on." Lee smirked. "This will be the easiest twenty bucks I ever made." He said approaching Tyson.
"Actually it will be the easiest twenty bucks *I* ever made." Kai laughed.
"Hey Tyson. Time to get up!" He said tapping Tyson on the shoulder.
No reaction.
"HEY TYSON." He said louder and tapping harder.
No reaction.
"Times a ticking." Kai laughed. Lee growled and screamed at the top of his lungs.
"TYSON GET THE HELL UP!!!"
*Snore*
Everyone started laughing and Lee was get angry.
"Two minutes." Kai smiled. Lee took his pillow from last night and whack Tyson with it several times using all of his strength.
No reaction
*Pant**Wheeze* "I...swear I'll wake...you up."
"Maybe, but times up." Kai said with an outstretch hand waiting for his twenty dollars. Lee reached deep in his pocket angrily and slapped a crisp twenty-dollar bill in Kai's hand.
"MMMMM...Sora's pancakes good." Gary said coming out of the kitchen with Ray, smacking his stomach.
"PANCAKES!!!" Tyson screamed as he bolted up and ran in to the kitchen. Lee just stood staring blankly after him.
"You mean...all I had to do was say...'pancakes'?"
"No!" Kenny said. "You could have said 'eggs' or 'apple'. That's the good thing about Tyson. He's not too picky." He laughed along with the rest of the room.
After the guardians were up and everyone finished eating Kenny spoke up. "Hey we should head to the China Tower now. We've got a match."
"Oh yeah!" Sora said smacking herself in the forehead. "There was a phone call this morning. It was the big guy funding the tournament. He said today's matches are canceled, because they need to repair the stadium."
"Really? WAHOO FREE DAY!!!" Tyson screamed giving Max a high five.
"What are we going to do?" Kenny asked.
"Well I need to find a BB Hobby shop. I could use a new defense ring." Max said.
"Well I'll come with you. Maybe I could upgrade your blade again. What about you guys? You wanna come with us? There's bound to be an amateur district around." Asked Kenny
"OH, I AM SO IN." Tyson screamed. "We can even grab one of those hot dogs that are usually hanging around the district."
"Hot Dog? Gary come too." Gary said.
"Figures." Kevin laughed. "Well, I'm coming along too. I need some new parts since that girl demolished my blade."
"What about you Bruce?" Lee asked his teammate.
"I was actually thinking about heading home. I was only planning on staying for the tournaments, but since we lost, I should get home. My parents need some help around the house and stuff."
"Oh, okay. Well then I'll see you off." Lee said.
"Well little dudes. We're all headed of to town again. There are still a few things we need to pick up for Christmas."
"Really like what?" Max asked innocently.
"Well we need to get a..." Mr. Kinomiya was cut of with Mr. Mizuhasa hand.
"Nice try Max. You have to wait til Christmas just like everyone else." Mr. Mizuhasa said removing his hand from Mr. Kinomiya's mouth as Max sulked.
"What about you four?" Mr. Dickinson asked looking at Ray, Kai, Sora, and Mariah.
"We'll think of something." Ray said. Everyone nodded and left the house leaving the four of them. "So, what do we do?"
"Doesn't matter to me." Sora said.
"Me either." Kai said leaning himself on a nearby wall.
"Well, what do you want to do Mariah?" Ray asked. Mariah thought long and hard until her eyes lit up.
"Skating!" She chirped.
"Skating?" Sora repeated, and Mariah nodded.
"Okay then let's go." Ray said and everyone grabbed their jackets and left the cabin.
They headed to a park somewhere in town and found a huge ice-rink. Mariah's eyes lit up in joy, as they continued walking up to a stand that lent out skates. They each grabbed their size and found a bench to sit on as they tied them up.
"I'm done!" Mariah said excitedly.
"Yeah, me too. Well see you on the ice." Ray said. Kai and Sora finished not too long after.
/It doesn't look that hard. / Sora thought as she watched Mariah and Ray get onto the ice. Then she saw a couple five year olds.
"Ready?" Kai asked, and Sora nodded as she started to stand up but end up falling back down.
"Guess it's harder then it looks." She said slightly embarrassed.
"You never skated before, have you?" Kai asked wanting to laugh at her falling but decided against it. Sora shook her head. "Come on!" Kai said as he as he pulled her up to help her get her balance. She smiled proudly as soon as she as she was able to stand. "Now let's try walking!" Kai laughed and Sora screwed her face up. Kai managed to pull her up to the ice rink but Sora was having second thoughts.
"Maybe I'm better off on that nice safe bench we were at?" Sora tried to convince Kai to take her back.
"Think you can get back on your own?" Kai laughed. Sora looked at the long distance she would have to walk.
"COME ON SORA!" Mariah screamed having the time of her life from the ice. Sora slowly took a step onto the ice and stood there.
"Well that was fun. I'm done." She said laughing nervously trying to get back off the ice, but found herself being pulled out in to the middle of the ice rink by Kai. "Ahhhh, what have you done. How will I get back now?"
"You could skate back." Kai offered.
"But, I DON'T know how." Sora said panicky.
"Oh yeah." Kai said thoughtfully but was smiling.
"I swear I'll get you for this."
"Come and get me then." He said standing just out of Sora's reach. Sora took a step forward carefully, and Kai took a step back.
"That's not fair." Sora sulked a little from being stranded in the middle of the ice-rink.
"You're acting like a two year old." Kai laughed.
/There's an idea. / Sora thought as she fell to the ice and started crawling.
"People are staring." Kai laughed once again.
"Probably!" She said as she got dragged up by Kai and started to pouting again. She wanted nothing more then to get back to that 'oh so inviting' bench she could see.
"There is only one way back, and that's to skate back."
"Okay, fine. Teach me." She said slightly annoyed Kai wouldn't let her crawl. Kai smiled as he instructed her on what to do. Sora nodded and tried to push off one skate and glide on the other, however, she failed to do so. The skate she used to glide on took off to fast and went flying in the air as she fell flat on her butt. "Ouch!" She whimpered.
"Come on, try again." He encouraged, as he helped her up, but was laughing at the same time.
"You know, you're enjoying this way too much." She complained. Kai shrugged and gave her a little push.
"AHHHH!" She squeaked, but to her surprised she was still standing. "I didn't fall." She gloated just as what looked to be like a five-year old kid skated past her as a blur causing her to lose her balance and fall. Sora growled at being out-classed by a five-year old. /Show off! / She thought, but then started blushing when she realized that she didn't fall on the ground, but instead in Kai's arms.
He helped her get back on her feet again blushing as well. "Ummm...why don't we try that again?" Sora nodded not knowing what to say. Kai held her hands and skated backwards as Sora tried pushing herself forward.
"Hey guys how's it going?" Mariah asked as she and Ray approached them. "Hey your faces are really red. How come it's not that cold?" Sora and Kai's face went redder and Ray wanted nothing more then to tease them but figured Kai was a really fast skater.
"Anyways Mariah and I were just about to go to that little shop over there and grab some hot chocolate. It's free to everyone skating. Interested?" Ray asked as he indicated the little shop not too far away.
"Sure." Kai and Sora agreed. Ray and Mariah started to head for the edge of the rink.
"I still can't skate." Sora reminded Kai hoping he wouldn't just leave her there. He sighed and started to pull her to the edge. Once off she quickly switched out off the skates and in to her shoes. Never before in her life has she ever loved them more then she did at that moment; she now understood the fascination of shoes.
Kai and Ray went to the counter to get the drinks leaving Mariah and Sora at the table.
"So it seems that you and Kai had a lot of fun."
"Yeah, I guess." Sora agreed slightly blushing as she remembered Kai catching her.
"You like him don't you?" Mariah's eyes lit up in realization, as Sora turned a nice shade of pink. "Why don't you tell him?"
"It's not that easy." She said shyly, but finally admitted it.
"Sure it is." Mariah encouraged.
"Then how come you haven't told Ray?" Sora smirked as Mariah turned a similar shade of pink.
"Errrr...you know?" Mariah asked nervously.
"Who doesn't?"
- Ray and Kai -
"So you and Sora seemed to be having fun." Ray said to Kai in the line up for the counter.
"I guess, but I don't think she enjoyed it that much. She doesn't know how to skate."
"Why don't you take her somewhere else...for your date? Four hot chocolates please."
"DATE? Whoa! We're just hanging out." Kai said blushing.
"Uh huh! Sure." Ray said picking up two cups of the hot chocolate and handed it to Kai.
"If I'm on one then so are you." Kai said turning immensely red.
"Okay, were on a double date." Ray laughed grabbing the other two cups and headed to the girls. "Hey you two. Here ya go." He said handing Mariah a cup.
/That wasn't suppose to happen. / Kai thought. He quickly followed Ray and gave the extra hot chocolate he was holding to Sora.
"Can we go skating again after?" Mariah asked.
"Sure!" Ray smiled.
"I think I'll stay here." Sora said not wanting to be stuck in the center of the ice again.
"Okay, have fun you two." Ray said grabbing Mariah and leaving before Kai could do anything.
"Ummm...why don't we just go for a walk?" Kai said not knowing what to do. Sora nodded shyly.
They started walking though the calm park completely silent.
/Well this is fun. / Kai thought.
:: Maybe you should put your arm around her? ::
/YOU AGAIN? /
:: Okay, how about holding hands ::
/GO AWAY!!! /
:: She looks cold :: Kai looked sideways. She did look a little cold.
"Cold?"
"No." Sora said bluntly going back to her own thoughts. /Maybe I should tell Kai how I feel. Mariah said the sooner the better, but what if he rejects me, or hates me. Not to mention that Grandpa would never agree to it. It seems that I can't win this. /
:: Maybe you should still put your arm around her. I still think she's cold. ::
/Maybe you should shut up. /
::Hold hands? ::
/ WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SHUT YOU UP? /
:: Hold her hand. ::
/NO. /
:: Okay, fine. LA LA LA LA LA ::
/OKAY!!! / He started to reach for her hand.
"HEY GUYS!" Both Kai and Sora jumped to the oh-so-familiar voice of Tyson. Kai quickly folded his arms over his chest again.
"Oh, hey Tyson." Sora said coming out of thoughts again.
::Way to go Romeo! Your too slow again.::
/I thought I told you to shut up. / "What are you doing here Tyson?"
"Blading! What else?" He said. "Come on, everyone's over here." Tyson said waving them to follow him. They followed him around the next bend and saw tons of bladers. "Hey guys. Look who I found." Tyson screamed to the others.
"Oh hey Kai. Sora. What are you two up too, and where's Ray and Mariah?" Max asked.
"Skating. How's the blading going?" Sora asked.
"We're winning of course." Tyson gloated. "As if there was ever a doubt."
"Ahh, you guys aren't so tough." Came a voice. Everyone turned around to see The Psychics.
"What's THAT suppose to mean?" Tyson said furiously. "Do you think you can back that up?" The Psychics smirked.
"Of course we can. After all we are going to win the tournament."
"You have to get through us first." Max said coming to the defense of his friend.
"Alright then. How about a little match then...Max?" Asked the girl that defeated Kevin.
"How do you know my name?"
"They've obliviously been watching our battles." Kenny concluded.
"Do you accept?" She asked. Max took out his blade in response.
"Alright then." Tyson said at the side. "This will be a one match battle. We have Max from the Blade Breakers against Lisa from The Psychics. Are you ready?" Both bladers nodded. "THREE...TWO...ONE...LET IT RRRIIIIIPPPPPP!!!" Yelled Tyson.
"Let's do this Draciel."
"NIGHTMARE!" She screamed bringing her bit-beast out immediately.
/So the little pony wants to play. / "DRA..."
"PONY? HOW DARE YOU!"
"Pony? What are you talking about?" Kenny asked a bit surprised.
"Ummm...nothing. NIGHTMARE!"
"DRACIEL!" The two blades collide creating a bight light. /Now's my chance for a surprise attack. / "DO IT!" But to his surprise his blade was countered and sent out of the ring. "How'd you do that?"
"It's all skill." She laughed reclaiming her blade.
"GRRRRR...How about battling me?" Tyson said angrily with Dragoon out.
"Well beat you in the tournaments, provided you beat your next opponents. I heard they destroyed the last stadium they were in. Come on you guys, you had your fun, now let's go." Said the fifth member that didn't fight in the match with the White Tigers. He turned away and the other's followed immediately.
"Kenny, did Dizzi record that match?" Sora asked.
"Yeah, why?"
"Think I can borrow Dizzi tonight? I have some research to do."
"I guess so."
"Come on! Let's head back."
- At the Cabin -
"Hey big dudes, the little dudes are coming. Hurry up!" Mr. Kinomiya said to Mr. Mizuhasa, the Elder, and Mr. Dickinson who were quickly wrapping presents.
"Stall them! We're almost done." Mr. Mizuhasa said fumbling with the tape.
/What do I do? What do I do? / He said as he ran to the door. "Oh." He said and locked the door.
-Outside-
"So our next opponents have enough power to destroy the stadium. That's not too comforting." Said Ray. They had gone to pick up him and Mariah on there way back. The White Tigers also decided to head back to their cabin for the night.
"I'm sure we can handle it. It's The Psychics team that worries me." Tyson said turning the doorknob. "Anybody got a key." Kenny reached in to his pocket and pulled out a silver one.
"Here Tyson." Kenny handed the key to him. Tyson unlocked the door and tried to open it. The doorknob turned but the door wouldn't open, so Tyson started ramming it. "HEY!"
"It seems that someone's on the other side." Kenny said.
"Were being robbed!" Tyson freaked running around in circles. "All of the presents are going to be stolen!" He squeaked.
"Look, we have to stay calm." Said Ray.
"BUT THEY'RE STEALING OUR PRESENTS!!!" Max and Tyson screamed.
- Inside -
"Hey dudes! Hurry it up. I don't know how much longer I can hold them."
-Outside-
"Grrrr...no more. Ready Max?" Tyson said angrily.
"You bet buddy." Both Max and Tyson stepped back and both charged at the door.
- Inside -
"Okay Mr. Kinomiya. Were done!"
"About time dude." Mr. Kinomiya said as he moved away from the door.
BBBBBAAAAAANNNNNNNGGGGG
The door came off the hinges with the body weight off the two boys and brought the door slamming down on Mr. Kinomiya.
"GRANDPA! You're the robber?" Tyson asked lying on top of the door, which was on top of a swirly-eyed Mr. Kinomiya.
"Little dudes...if you don't mind...could you get off of me...please?" He asked as Mr. Dickinson, Mr. Mizuhasa, and The Elder came out from around the corner.
"Are you okay?" Mr. Mizuhasa said lifting the door after the boys moved.
"Peachy." He said getting up with the help of Kenny.
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"Man Max! I can't believe you thought we were being robbed." Tyson said in his sleeping bag.
"What do you mean Tyson? You said..."
"Details, details." Tyson said rolling over to declare the end of that discussion.
"Hey where's Sora?" Ray asked looking around.
"She borrowed Dizzi. She said she needed to do some research earlier."
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"So Sora, how come you need me?"
"I want to run a search on the archives of yesterdays match with the Devils, and to run a search on the Psychics as well."
"Why?" Dizzi asked as she began to run a search.
"I need to fine out how the Devils destroyed the stadium, and how the Psychics are able to counter everything. A background check on all of them wouldn't hurt either."
"I live to serve. Here's the information on yesterdays match with the Devils."
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The next morning, Kai was the first to wake. He instantly noticed that Sora wasn't sleeping.
/She must've pulled a Kenny, and worked all night. / He got up and went on a search, and found her at the kitchen table still typing away on Dizzi. "Were you up all night?" Sora jumped and looked at the time.
"I guess so." She said giving a yawn.
"Why don't you get some sleep before the match?"
"I might just do that." She said with another yawn. "Thanks for all the help Dizzi."
"No problem Sora." Sora shut the lid and headed to the living room with Kai finding the others waking up.
"So much for that nap. Oh well." She sighed but yet again came out as a yawn. She walked over to Kenny and gave him back Dizzi.
"Thanks!"
"Find out anything?" He asked.
"Yeah! I found out that today's bladers have the fifth legendary blade Hinotama."
"Really? That means we can fuse them." Max perked up.
"Yeah, but we should wait til after the tournament or else the Blade Breakers will be two or three blades short." Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Well I say we get ready to go. The White Tigers said they come over early today so that we can go to the China Towers together." Everyone nodded and headed off for showers, to get changed, and so on. Sora had a shower to make sure she'd stay awake. Once she was done the guardians were awake and were cooking up some breakfast. Today they made omelets for a change, but Tyson didn't seem to notice the change.
*Knock**Knock*
"I'll get it." Max said as he ran to the door. "Hey guys. Come on in. We were just finishing up the breakfast dishes."
"Uhhhhh!" Gary said hanging his head.
"What's wrong Gary?" Max asked concerned.
"Gary miss breakfast." He said.
"But you ate before you left Gary." Mariah reminded.
"But they cook *good* food."
"ARE YOU SAYING MY COOKING IS BAD?" Mariah asked with fire in her eyes. Gary quickly shook his head and went inside.
/Not bad, just not good. / Gary thought, as the others followed.
"You guys ready to go kick some butt." Kevin asked punching the air.
"You bet we are. I'm so psyched." Tyson said also punching the air.
"Then lets get going." Lee said. Everyone nodded and started to leave.
"Child?" Said a commanding voice. Sora turned around to come eye to eye with her grandfather.
"Yes Grandpa." She said with a bow.
"You've been slacking off in your training. When you return you will get to work." Sora nodded and then left with the others.
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"Looks like were early. The other teams not here." Said Max.
"That's okay. We can go over our battle plan."
"I'd like to take the last battle. Their order is always using Hinotama last, unless they must win the next battle." Sora said.
"Alright! Then I guess we can keep the same order as before. Max, Ray, Tyson, Kai, and then Sora." Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Were going to head to our seats now. Good luck to you guys." The White Tigers waved as they left.
"Let's get to the box." Ray said.
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"WELCOME BACK TO THE CHINA TOWERS FOR THE SEMI-FINALS. TODAY WE HAVE THE BLADE BREAKERS AGAINST THE DEVILS." Screamed A.J. Topper.
"YES, AND THIS HAS CERTAINLY BEEN AN INTERESTING TOURNAMENT SO FAR. HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S ALMOST OVER. AFTER THIS, THE WINNERS HAVE TO FACE THE UNDEFEATABLE PYSCHICS." Screamed Brad.
"I wished they'd stop screaming." Ray complained covering his ears.
"LETS GET THIS UNDER WAY. WOULD EACH TEAM SEND IN THEIR FIGHTER?" Jazzman was now screaming. Max and another boy got up and headed to the stadium.
"WE HAVE MAX VERSUS RICK."
"THREE...TWO...ONE... LET IT RRRIIIIIIPPPPPP!!!!"
"GO DRACIEL!"
"GO SKULLY! SKULL BASH!"
"IT LOOKS LIKE RICK AND SKULLY AREN'T WASTING ANYTIME!" Said Jazzman.
A skeleton appeared from the blade. It removed its head and lunched it at Draciel.
"DRACIEL DODGE IT!" Draciel tried to get out of the way, but failed to do so as it made a direct hit causing Draciel to wobble.
"SKULLY!" The blade rushed at Draciel and knocked it out of the stadium.
"THE DEVILS TAKE THE FIRST ROUND."
"Good match!" Max said in his usually mood. Rick was surprised with this attitude but smiled. "Good luck Ray! Win this one okay?"
"You bet Max."
"THE BLADE BREAKERS ARE NOW SENDING IN RAY AND THE DEVILS SEND IN BOBBY" screamed A.J Topper.
"THREE...TWO...ONE... LET IT RRRIIIIIIPPPPPP!!!!"
"GO DRIGER!"
"GO GHOSTY!"
"DRIGER, TIGER CLAW ATTACK." The great White Tiger appeared and roared as it lunged at Ghosty.
"TRANSPARENT!" The blade seemed it fade and Driger went right though it.
"WHAT?"
"RAY! The blade is still there. It's just moving incredible fast."
"Oh I get it, but how do I fight it?" Ray asked aloud.
"You don't. GHOSTY ATTACK!" With that Driger was outside the bowl.
"THE DEVILS WIN AGAIN. THE BLADE BREAKERS SURE GOT THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM!"
"Good battle. I've never seen a move like that." Ray said to Bobby.
"Thanks."
"IT SEEMS THAT THE DEVILS ARE SENDING IN MATTHEW, THE TEAM LEADER, AND THE BLADE BREAKERS SEND IN TYSON."
"Hope you're ready to lose." Matthew said cockily.
"Not happening. Not today."
"THREE...TWO...ONE... LET IT RRRIIIIIIPPPPPP!!!!"
"GO DRAGOON!"
"HADES! Ha, I promise to make this quick." Matthew grinned. "HELL'S FIRE!"
/Looks like its time to show one half of Dragoon's new power. / "DRAGOON! DRAGON ICE BREATH." The fire coming from Hades was frozen by Dragoon's ice attack. "OH YEAH!"
"Was that the special power?" Kevin asked from the stands.
"I guess so." Mariah said unsure.
"That's amazing!" Lee said impressed.
"SEEMS THAT MATTHEW GOT MORE THEN HE BARGAINED FOR."
"DRAGOON STORM ATTACK!" Dragoon started spinning wildly as it created a large storm.
"Ha, good thing my blade is heavy." Matthew laughed but had the smirked wiped of his face as the storm attack started twisting around the ice made from Dragoon's last attack. One of the ice pieces that were picked up hit Hades giving the storm the edge and hurdled it out.
"THE BLADE BREAKERS PULL OF THEIR FIRST WIN THIS MATCH. NOW THEY NEED TWO MORE TO ADVANCE, BUT CAN THEY DO IT!"
"OH YEAH!" Tyson screamed.
"Good job! I must admit I'm impressed, but you won't win."
"Well see about that."
"NEXT BATTLE IS BETWEEN BLADE BREAKER LEADER KAI AND JOE. CAN THE BLADE BREAKERS PULL ANOTHER WIN OR IS THIS THE END!"
"THREE...TWO...ONE... LET IT RRRIIIIIIPPPPPP!!!!"
"GO DRANZER!"
"GO ZOMBIE! You won't last."
"Whatever!" Kai said ignoring him.
"I'll show you. ZOMBIE, DEATH ATTACK!" The blade landed on top on Dranzer.
"This is really bad." Kenny said freaking as hit started typing at lighting speed in to Dizzi.
"What's up Chief?" Tyson asked wondering what got to Kenny.
"Death is a submission move, and Kai's already stuck."
"OH NO!"
/What am I going to do. / Kai said hearing Kenny explain this was a submission move. He then noticed Dranzer starting to glow funny. /What's going on with Dranzer? /
"Hey Chief? What's Dranzer doing?" Ray asked. Sora managed to open her tired eyes and realized what was happening. It's exactly what happened to Fang. It started glowing funny and then BANG, you have a special power.
/What could it be? A Phoenix is said to... resurrect life! / "KAI! IT'S DRANZER'S SPECIAL POWER, REBIRTH!"
"Rebirth huh? Okay then." Kai said looking at his blade. "DRANZER REBIRTH!"
"What does rebirth do?" Tyson asked.
"Prevents all submission moves for one thing." Sora answered.
"OH YEAH! GO GET HIM KAI!"
Dranzer came out from it's blade sending Zombie off of it's blade and emitted a red light that brought Kai's blade to the power it had when he first launched his blade.
"DRANZER, BURN THAT ZOMBIE! FLAMETHROWER!" Dranzer ignited and charged at the other blade sending it flying.
"THE BLADE BREAKERS PULLED ANOTHER WIN! THIS IS IT! THE WINNER GOES TO THE FINALS TO FACE OF WITH THE PSYCHICS!"
Sora got up from her seat and approached the stadium, as did the final member of the opposing team.
"IT'S TIME FOR SORA AND JACK TO FACE OFF. NEITHER ONE OF THESE TWO BLADERS HAVE LOST A BATTLE YET IN THIS TOURNAMENT, SO THIS WILL CERTAINLY BE ONE TO PUT IN THE BOOKS."
"I know about your blade. It's a legendary one."
"I know."
"You do?"
"Yeah I know all about it. If your asking about it I'm guessing you want me to fuse it right."
"Well, that was the idea."
"Beat me, and I'll fuse. I don't want Hinotama fusing with weaker blades."
"That's not a problem."
"You think so? I find that hard to believe. After all, girls are weak."
"WHAT?" Mariah screamed outraged from the stands. "SORA KICK HIS SORRY A..."
"MARIAH, SIT DOWN!" Kevin said pulling her back down into sitting position.
"THREE...TWO...ONE... LET IT RRRIIIIIIPPPPPP!!!!"
"GO FANG!"
"GO HINOTAMA!"
The blades didn't circle long before they started head on attacks.
/This won't work. / "FANG AGILITY BITE COMBO!" Fang and Hinotama were on a direct crash course until Fang disappear and reappear behind the other blade and got in a free shot dealing a good deal of damage.
"HOW DARE YOU! APOCALYPSE!" The blade glowed and then jumped high in the air.
/Get ready! / The blade started to descend and as soon as it hit the ground. "NOW FANG! JUMP!" Fang jumped and managed to avoid all the cracks that were being created in the stadium from the attack.
"Nice try! Other's tried that too, but what goes up must come down, and there isn't a smooth place for you to land. You'll lose your balance and lose."
"I know what goes up must come down, but I see a nice spot to land, and I won't lose either. FANG!"
"What?" Jack started looking left to right though the stadium. "There isn't an area in the stadium that isn't cracked. How do you expect to land on something smooth?" His question was answer as Fang landed smack dab on Hinotama.
"JUMP UNTIL IT STOPS FANG!" And Fang did so.
"I'm...trapped. I trapped myself in a corner and I can't go anywhere without falling in to one of the cracks I made." Jack was totally defeated, and by a girl. Finally Hinotama stopped moving and Fang jumped one last time in to Sora's hand.
"THE BLADE BREAKERS WIN AND WILL ADVANCE TO THE FINALS." Jazzman screamed.
"Good battle!" Sora said.
"Yeah. I can't remember the last time someone beat me." He said just as a pink haired girl appeared from nowhere.
"How's that for GIRL power? Hmmmmm?" Mariah asked.
"I'm sorry I said that." Jack laughed nervously.
"You better be!" Mariah said and turned to the others.
"About the fusing? When do you want to do it?"
"After the finals."
"Alright I'm there." Jack shook Sora's hand and left and Sora headed back to the box where the rest of her team and the White Tigers were.
"THAT WAS AMAZING SORA!" Tyson said extremely excited.
"Guess, my research paid off? Thanks again Kenny, and Dizzi."
"Finally, someone respects the computer."
"Awww, come on Dizzi. You know I respect you." Kenny said. Everyone started laughing and talking as they left the building together.
"You okay?" Kai asked Sora noticing her slow pace and constant yawning.
"I'm fine."
"You should get some sleep when we get back to the cabin."
"I can't. I have to train. Grandpa's been complaining about my lack of training the last couple days."
"Well..."
"Come on guys! Let's head back and tell everyone." Tyson said waving from the bus.
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I finally did it! And this one is long. Longest yet, it's over 6000 words, go me :) But my poor hands, ouch!
THANKS TO: (AN: Not so many this time. Oh well.)
KaWaIi^-^tEnShI: Glad you like the new version on jingle bells, and I hope you enjoy this chapter too.
Tenshi: Oh your fave's huh? *Smiles* Hope you like this chapter.
someguy: I don't have a prediction for the last member either, lol. Lol, I should have had them pee their pants. Glad you like the jingle bells, and I don't think I did mention the blades being purple :S My bad. Oh well, not really that important. Lol, I always get a good laugh at your endings :)
Dark Magician: Much better writer? I doubt that since my secret to writing is luck, lol. I dunno, I just write whatever comes to mind, and surprising people like it :)
Lady Sapphire: Lol, yep that was the plan. The Psychics are a bunch of cheaters :) Glad you liked my jingle bells, and hope you enjoy this one too. Of course mistletoes are fun :)
Nightswift: Yep! The way I see it, Gary's head is empty and his gut is full. But's he's okay, really loyal. Lol, No I didn't actually plan on having a couple between them, but that's not a bad idea, lol. Yeah, make her short so that people will always underestimate her. Really, one mistake :D
ENJOY ALL!!!