Beyblades: The Best of the Best
By: Pyroteknix
Aerodynamix: Hello! Pyroteknix and me are currently in the hospital, recovering from multiple concussions, amnesia, head injuries, temporary psychosis. The list is endless.
Pyroteknix: Strange, isn't it? All this due to a pan. They make kitchen utensils a lot harder nowadays.
Aerodynamix: I wonder where Dom went, I mean it's been 6 sentences already and we haven't been hit on the head.
Pyroteknix: (Still suffering from mild psychosis) I'd be happy to hit you! (Grabs flower vase beside hospital beds)
Aerodynamix: I can never keep my big mouth shut. **THWACK!!!**
Pyroteknix: Bwahahahahah! Who am I? (Hits self.) **CRASH!!!**
Kai sat cross-legged on a bench by the entrance of the giant dome, thoughts on how to humiliate Ray whirling in his head. He fingered his black beyblade, imagining the beyblade ripping apart Driger in an instant. He clutched his blade even harder, squeezing it as though it was Ray's black-haired head. "Why do you have to be so nosy, Ray?" He said aloud, cursing the day Mr. Dickinson brought Ray in the Bladebreakers. He was so absorbed in his thoughts that he didn't notice a beyblader walk beside him and listen to his curses. He tapped his shoulder and Kai whirled around to come face to face with Guio of the BladeTech. "So, is this about that girl, Dominique?" He asked, catching a punch Kai threw at him, crushing the fist that would have connected with his face. "Don't worry, you won't be bothered by her for a while." He said smugly, Kai's eyes slitting in response. "What do you mean, whoever you are?" The Bladebreaker said suspiciously, his eyes staring at the amused beyblader. "I'm Guio, leader of BladeTech. And as for your first question, I won't answer it." The tan beyblader said defiantly, cockily glaring down Kai. Kai threw another punch at Guio's head, but the BladeTech beyblader dodged it easily. "Answer me, you spineless coward!" Kai shouted, frustrated. Guio gritted his teeth, clenching his fists. " No one calls me a coward!" Guio retaliated, anger tinting his voice as he pulled out his electric blue beyblade with shocking yellow highlights. Kai glared back and pulled out his beyblade, ready to battle. Kai eyed a metal bowl, left by some careless beyblader. The 2 opposing forces walked up to the dish, Kai pulling out his Spring Shooter while Guio pulled out his. "Do you know what happened to Tyson's Dragoon because he insulted my teammate, Matt?" Guio said, revealing another custom- made launcher, electric blue to match his beyblade. "His beyblade became powder, literally." Kai's eyes grew big at this terrifying warning. "I'll show you the power of my Elektronix and my Magnet Launcher!!!" The BladeTech captain shouted as he fired his beyblade with blistering power that would be impossible for a normal beyblader to achieve. Gears and gadgets whirred to life as the ripcord shot out, blasting his beyblade with the added force of an electromagnet concealed inside. The 2 beyblades slammed into each other, sparks flying everywhere. Like Matt, Guio shut his eyes and concentrated. "Activate electromagnetic field." He mentally ordered his bitbeast. Kai's Dranzer sped towards the stationary blade of Guio and was shocked as his beyblade bounced off an invisible wall. He kept on trying to get within 5cm of Guio's beyblade, but was repelled by some unseen force. Guio's eyes were still firmly closed as he sent another command to his Electric Dragon, Elektronix. "Activate M15 mechanism" The experienced Bladebreaker was stunned as his beyblade began to hover and float higher and higher above the arena. Guio's eyes opened as he ordered the execution of his bitbeast's final attack. "Rising Thunder to Annihilation Lightning!" Guio simply said, but these words made Kai flinch as he wondered what type of bitbeast would be able to perform a combination of attacks. The electric blue blade sped up the wall of the arena and hovered over the floating Dranzer for a while before crashing down on the black beyblade. Kai was skilled enough to have dodged part of the attack, but even so, a portion of his beyblade was cut off entirely. Dranzer was still spinning, but fell prey to a quick slam from Guio's immensely strong beyblade and bitbeast. The BladeTech leader smiled and held a gloved hand over the arena. His blade shot up, and stayed glued to his palm. Kai, on the other hand, was holding his extremely damaged beyblade, noting the fact that the part of it that was cut off by Guio's attack was blasted into oblivion. "Ha! So you're not that good." The victorious beyblader remarked before walking off. "Oh, and Kai, Dominique told us to tell you that she just wanted to say goodbye." Kai looked up from his beyblade and stared at the retreating BladeTech member. "Dominique said goodbye? Isn't her team staying to watch the tournament?" The defeated Bladebreaker thought skeptically. +++Kai of the Bladebreakers, please report to the arena for your match against Flying High+++ A computerized voice emanating from a speaker said. // Dranzer, I will have to relocate your bit piece in my extra beyblade. // // All right. Kai, I do not feel Dominique's presence. There is something wrong here. // //What! Can you find her? // Dranzer sent a mental emotion of helplessness. Kai kicked the dish and ran off to meet his teammates. "She's probably just watching the tournaments," Kai thought, but he doubted himself.
Max was locked in intense competition with his opponent, Nico of the Flying High when Kai ran over to the bench. But the blonde American didn't pay any attention to his team leader, as he was too busy determining a good strategy to use against the lightning-fast beyblade. Nico owned the speed- enhancing Destoker, a Falcon bitbeast. The Flying High beyblader was utilizing every bit of speed his bitbeast could supply to outrace Max's Draciel like a fox chasing a snail. He zipped about, leaving Max's green beyblade in the dust. Max was visibly nervous, sweat dripping from his forehead as he desperately tried to attack Nico's silver beyblade. "That's it. I'm bored. Magna Blitzer!" Nico shouted as his Bladebreaker rival watched in awe as Nico's beyblade charged for his beyblade, splitting into multiple images on the way. "Draciel! Defense!" But it was too late for Max's beyblade as it was knocked out off the arena in one sweep of Nico's shiny beyblade. "And Flying High soars over the competition with Nico's speed!" "Aro D. Namix, tell me again why you're temporarily replacing AJ Topper?" Brad Best asked the new commentator. "Because my name can't be used in the story, I decided to be a commentator!" The new guy shouted over the din of the audience. Brad shook his head and announced the next players. "Enzo with his wicked bitbeast Desfir, the Shining Hawk, will light things up a little as he battles Kai and the red-hot Phoenix, Dranzer!" Kai silently walked up to his new opponent, his eyes scanning the crowd for Blue Passion. And he spotted them, without Dominique. Anna and Erika were comforting the sobbing Trina, her older sister missing. "Where the heck did she go?" He asked himself as he readied to fight the taller Flying High beyblader, Enzo. "Beyblades ready!" Aro Namix shouted, receiving applause from the crowd. "3,2,1. Let it rip!" The new guy shouted, watching as the 2 beybladers launched their blades into the scale model of a high-speed raceway that was the arena. "Wow! It looks like Dranzer is upping the speed here a bit as he overtakes Desfir on the second turn!" Enzo scratched his head in reply to this burst of speed put on by an old beyblade model Kai had to use while his real blade was damaged. Desfir suddenly appeared in front of Kai's beyblade, then reversed its trajectory and slammed into Dranzer like a bulldozer. Dranzer retaliated and knocked away the lighter beyblade of Enzo. The Flying High beyblader smiled and looked down at the arena. Kai, puzzled, followed his gaze and saw, well, nothing. Enzo's beyblade completely disappeared, but something unseen was attacking Dranzer. Kai looked around, wondering where Desfir disappeared. "Stupid Shining Hawk! Where did it go?" Kai thought, frustrated by this development. Then, a faint glimmer caught his eye as something slammed into the weakening Dranzer. "Wait a second. It's called a Shining Hawk, right? What if it's just so reflective that it becomes invisible?" He mentally commanded Dranzer to head under a few miniature trees beside the racetrack and, sure enough, he spotted Desfir appear in the shadows. "Dranzer! Fire Arrow!" He yelled and watched as his beyblade slammed into nothing. "What?" He thought in panic, as his beyblade didn't connect with anything. Then he saw another glimmer in the air and realized that Desfir was in the air. Enzo grinned happily and waved at Kai. "My turn! Desfir, Blinding Light!" Suddenly a light flashed in Kai's eyes, temporarily blinding him. Kai rubbed his eyes and the next thing he saw was the silver Desfir heading straight for Dranzer like a rocket. Predicting Enzo's next move, Kai launched his beyblade at the speeding hawk, watched it disappear, faked puzzlement, and then attacked the apparently empty spot to his right. Enzo's Desfir flew over his head and landed with a resounding clang on the cold steel floor. The surprised beyblader approached Kai and shook his hand, asking how he found out where he was. "Your beyblade is right spin. I noticed it while it was visible." Kai replied and walked towards his teammates. Enzo's eyes got big at amazement of Kai's amazing perceptiveness. "Phoenix overpowers Hawk and wins the first victory for the Bladebreakers today!" A speaker said, the voice of the commentator filled with excitement. Brad Best began announcing the next duo of beybladers. "Its R versus R as Ray and his Tiger, Driger, goes head on with Raisa's deadly Vulture, Desmega!" Ray walked up to his female opponent, a girl dressed in a red vest with a black wing on it, the symbol of the Flying High. She looked dead serious, her lips sealed shut while she concentrated. The Bladebreaker pulled out his launcher and clipped on his white beyblade. The girl removed a stray brown hair that got in hair raven-black eyes and pulled out her beyblade, interestingly enough, it was black colored like her eyes. "Beyblades ready! 3,2,1. Let it rip!!!" And did they ever rip. Ray's Driger sped onto the winding track, cutting a line through the tarmac with the intense speed. The black beyblade of Raisa bounced off a tree and skipped of a wall to land directly behind Driger. The WhiteTiger bitbeast evaded her opening attack and charged after her like a bullet. He zipped back and forth, trying to confuse the focused girl. She grinned and her beyblade jumped backward, landing smack on the bit piece of Driger. She drilled his blade for a while before leaping off. Ray reversed his beyblade and watched as his opponent's blade somersaulted over his, rocketed off a tree and blasting Driger like a cannonball. Her beyblade jumped again and sliced Ray's blade from the top, seriously damaging Driger. "She keeps on jumping!" He thought, angered by her above average skills. Then an idea hit him like a bullet in the head. His enemy smiled and her beyblade jumped into the air again, ready to deliver the final blow. "Sawblade!" She yelled and her beyblade released a gigantic black Vulture as it to come chopping down on Ray's white blade. "Driger! Attack, now!" Ray shouted and his beyblade jumped straight up to meet the great Vulture. Ray's beyblade tilted, the attack ring hitting Raisa's attack ring as well, sending her blade out off the arena. A few seconds after Raisa's blade flew away, Driger stopped spinning, completely exhausted. "What a close match, people! But Ray triumphs and brings the Bladebreakers one step closer to victory!" Raisa dropped to her knees and stared at her smoking beyblade. "How did he defeat me?" She wondered, her tears dripping on the floor. Ray walked up to her and patted her on the back, explaining his win even though she didn't ask. "You focused too much on attacking my top and bottom. I figured you couldn't withstand a direct hit from my attack ring." He said comfortingly. She looked up at him and smiled weakly. "You're the first person who ever beat me." Ray smiled and began to walk away. "Nobody's perfect. But if I'm the only one who could beat you, then you're close to that." Raisa wiped away her tears and watched as Ray walked to his teammates. Tyson nudged Ray in the ribs. "If you keep scoring with the ladies like that, Mariah's going to get jealous." He teased, and the 2 Bladebreakers engaged in a small scuffle. "Tyson!" Ray said in mock anger, lightly punching his buddy's shoulder. "This may be the last match for Flying High, but will their leader, Ian, pull of a victory with his awesome bitbeast, Desrazor?" AJ Topper said, shoving away Aro from the microphone. Aro grumbled as he was led by security to the exit. "Tyson is just the man to stop him and his Blue Eagle with his amazing Dragoon bitbeast!" Brad replied, receiving shouts of excitement from the crowd. Ian of Flying High walked up confidently, his face concealed by a racing mask that only showed off his ominous green eyes. Tyson held his new beyblade, designed by Kenny and far more powerful than the one that got destroyed in the battle with Matt. "Hey, hotshot! You're going down!" Tyson boasted, receiving mixed replies from the crowd. His opponent merely glared at him with his penetrating eyes and shut the visor of his helmet. He pulled out a red and white beyblade from one of his racing suit's many pockets and attached it to what seemed to be an extended launcher. "What type of launcher is that?" AJ Topper exclaimed as they stared at the silent figure of Ian, who was attaching his beyblade. Tyson frowned, remembering Matt's Big Bang launcher. On the side of Ian's unique launcher were what appeared to be jet thrusters, a few centimeters above the readied beyblade. Tyson attached his own beyblade and stared at the quiet yet imposing beyblader. "Beyblades ready! 3,2,1. Let it rip!!!" Tyson let loose his beyblade, causing quite a stir with the immense power he released. But Ian was no pushover either, getting even more noise when the dual turbines roared to life as he pulled the ripcord. The beyblades hit each other at full force, Ian's blade eventually knocking Tyson's back. That few seconds that Ian had without any disturbance from Tyson were used well as Ian's blade darted away, shocking the beyblading world with the incredulous speed. Tyson tried to keep up with him but the red and white beyblade lapped him over and over again, until his opponent had enough. He shook his head in boredom and folded his arms as the Bladebreaker finally stopped trying to race his beyblade. Tyson got dizzy as he watched Ian's beyblade move faster and faster, but Ian wasn't even in full gear yet. On the sidelines, Max, Ray and Kenny were watching with awe as Desrazor continued to lap Tyson easily, and if it was possible, accelerated to move even faster. Kenny nervously consulted his laptop. "Dizzi, what's his current speed?" Dizzi didn't have a wisecrack for this one and simply flashed the number. Kenny grabbed his head in surprise and started to tear off his brown hair. "800 miles per hour and counting!" He exclaimed, stunning his teammates. Max rubbed his head and looked back at Tyson, visibly exasperated. "At this rate, he should break the speed barrier very soon!" Max shouted, remembering his science lessons. A huge boom followed Max's sentence very shortly and Tyson was knocked backwards as his blade was sent hurtling out off the arena. "What a way to go! Ian wins that match without breaking a sweat!" Brad shouted, as AJ twiddled with his ear. Max and Ray walked up to the dizzy Tyson and carried the delusional beyblader to the bench. "We have a 5th match for you, folks! The team leaders, Kai and Ian will battle it out with their brutal beyblades!" Kai walked up to his stoic adversary, noting the fact that he began pouring fuel into his launcher. "How strange." Kai thought, as he pulled out his spring grip and beyblade, ready to battle. "Beyblades ready! 3,2,1. Let it rip!!!" Ian's roaring launcher drowned out every other sound in the stadium as he prepared to pull out all stops for this match. Dranzer deflected Ian's first charge and stopped his Desrazor from reaching an overly high speed. But Ian broke through his blockade basketball style, faking twice and moving in for the point. He sped off, leaving Dranzer in a cloud of dust as he accelerated. Kenny typed in data from the battle noting the exceptional agility and speed of Desrazor. "Wow! 0 to 120 in 2 seconds! Even jets don't move that fast!" The resident data collector of the Bladebreakers exclaimed. This was a fact that wasn't lost on Kai as he slowly calculated his turns and acceleration. After he fully understood the physics of Desrazor, he readied his blade for the slam of its lifetime. Ian's blade rounded the racetrack's corner at a blistering 870 miles per hour, ready to pass by Dranzer. But Kai expected this and suddenly put his Dranzer in incredible danger as it dashed to block the speeding Blue Eagle. Both beyblades collided with enough force to send both beyblades teeter tottering on the edge of the smoking arena. Dranzer scooted back into the giant crater were he stood before as Desrazor rushed at the Phoenix, ready to strike. But it zipped backwards just as Kai braced for impact. Zooming up the vertical wall and launching himself into the air, Ian summoned his bitbeast, a majestic eagle with gold and blue plumage. Kai would have sworn his enemy grinned behind his helmet at this well planned strategy. "But why the hell did he shoot up the wall?" His question was answered as invisible projectiles demolished portions of the ground surrounding his Dranzer. "What the?" Kai's gaze shifted back to Ian's beyblade and was stunned as he realized what it was doing. It was flying. The beyblade was flying, spinning so fast that it hovered in the air like a helicopter. And as for the invisible attacks, gales whipped around Ian's red and white beyblade and Ian was able to launch them by means of precise rising of his spin speed. He had such perfect control over his blade that he had it chase the fleeing Dranzer as he bombarded it with powerful winds. It overtook the black beyblade it was fighting and landed on railing, trying to conserve energy by not flying. But Ian did not let up with his wind assault, destroying the arena surrounding Dranzer, occasionally hitting Dranzer itself. A blast connected squarely with Dranzer and it somersaulted away, visibly damaged but still capable of fighting. Kai shouted out, releasing his anger and sending his beyblade at full speed towards Desrazor. "Fire Arrow!!!" He ordered, clenching his fist as his beyblade zipped from side to side, evading Ian's attacks. Behind his red helmet, Ian sweated as he desperately tried to hit the enraged bitbeast and decided it was time to unleash Desrazor's full power. "Desrazor! Eagle Rapid Fire!" He shouted, the first time the Bladebreakers heard his voice. More gales fired out from his beyblade, which was shooting like a machine gun. But Dranzer moved even faster, evading the deadly bursts that disintegrated sections of the arena. Sweat poured profusely from Ian's forehead as he started to shoot a lot more frantically due to the intense pressure. "Shotgun Shell!" Ian finally commanded his bitbeast and it complied by directing 5 gales right at the speeding Dranzer. A huge explosion rocked the entire dome, shaking the Bladebreakers and Flying High until they were all sprawled on the floor. Everyone fell, everyone except Kai and Ian who held their ground during the immense attack. Ian smiled and began to feel confident of victory. But he was way off mark. Dranzer shot out of the smoke and debris, slamming into the surprised Desrazor. The red and white beyblade shot at Ian's face with amazing power, slicing his helmet into 2 pieces as Dranzer balanced precariously on the edge of the completely destroyed arena. "What a match! That really blew me away!" "You, Ian and Flying High, you mean." AJ Topper laughed as the crowd cheered Kai on. "Looks like Kai clipped his wings and along with it, a hope for victory!" Brad Best announced over the screams of the audience. Ian's sweaty black hair clung to his racing uniform as he shook his head sadly. He picked up his beyblade and stared at his victorious opponent, who was looking at the floor. He shrugged and headed back to his teammates, who were unhappy yet amazed at the skills Ian was hiding from them. "Lets all give a hand for the valiant loser, Ian!" Ian turned his sweat drenched face to face the applauding crowd and watched with disbelieving eyes, realizing how many people actually cheering him on. As a kid, he was always the underdog, picked on by his peers whenever he would lose a beyblade battle. But ever since he found Desrazor, he strove for excellence, surpassing all his rivals. He never revealed the abilities he had and seemed to be merely an above average beyblader who never seemed to get enough attention. Even when he formed his team, his comrades were completely oblivious to his true skills, as he never really bonded with them, trying to conceal his potential. Now he stood here, with hundreds, no, thousands of people chanting his name over and over again, finally getting realized as one of the most kickass beybladers out there. "Now give an even bigger one to the winner, Kai of the Bladebreakers!" But Kai didn't really care even if everyone in the arena, friend and foe congratulating him for defeating a nasty opponent. He felt incomplete without one voice cheering for him, the voice he wanted so badly to hear. He missed her. No matter how many times he tried to tell himself that she was all right, no matter how many times he argued with Dranzer about his feelings, no matter how many times he would deny his emotions in her face, he missed her. His ears didn't even hear one compliment Max said and one joke Tyson cracked, he was dead to the world. A tear escaped his eye and dripped on the floor, the miniscule sound catching Ray's attention. The Chinese beyblader stared at the insignificant puddle, realizing that Kai could actually care about someone. Kai brushed away another errant teardrop and walked away, not realizing the immense number of people cheering him on as he left the rest of the world. He walked into the men's bathroom and stared at his swollen eyes. For a while he just stared at his red eyes, puffy from crying. He shook his head and wiped his eyes with a towel, putting on another determined face as to hide from the others what he felt. Ray was standing in the doorway of the bathroom, one hand supporting him against the wall. "You like her, don't you?" He asked to his team captain who, for once, couldn't snap back at him. He pushed Ray aside and walked outside, hoping that he would see her somewhere. Ray smiled and closed the door behind Kai. "I never thought he could actually love. This day is full of surprises."
End of chapter
Pyroteknix: God! I feel so sad. Maybe this is a little bit too strange.
Aerodynamix: Woohoo! Does Ian have some cool beyblading skills, or what?
Pyroteknix: (Brushes tear from eye) Shut up. I feel depressed.
Aerodynamix: Awww. Little Pyro feeling blue? This will cheer you up, easy! (Grabs flower vase and slams it on Pyroteknix's head.)
Aerodynamix: Hahaha! Revenge is mine! Oh yeah! I almost forgot to give away a little bit of the next chapter. Kai discovers who kidnapped Dominique and is hell-bent on vengeance. Apparently, the kidnappers need a bit more certification of a win over the Bladebreakers and also take Mariah. And its time to start the Dark Eden battles! All these in the next chapter! Boy, do I sound like those weird after TV show people who give a summary of what happens in the next chapter!
By: Pyroteknix
Aerodynamix: Hello! Pyroteknix and me are currently in the hospital, recovering from multiple concussions, amnesia, head injuries, temporary psychosis. The list is endless.
Pyroteknix: Strange, isn't it? All this due to a pan. They make kitchen utensils a lot harder nowadays.
Aerodynamix: I wonder where Dom went, I mean it's been 6 sentences already and we haven't been hit on the head.
Pyroteknix: (Still suffering from mild psychosis) I'd be happy to hit you! (Grabs flower vase beside hospital beds)
Aerodynamix: I can never keep my big mouth shut. **THWACK!!!**
Pyroteknix: Bwahahahahah! Who am I? (Hits self.) **CRASH!!!**
Kai sat cross-legged on a bench by the entrance of the giant dome, thoughts on how to humiliate Ray whirling in his head. He fingered his black beyblade, imagining the beyblade ripping apart Driger in an instant. He clutched his blade even harder, squeezing it as though it was Ray's black-haired head. "Why do you have to be so nosy, Ray?" He said aloud, cursing the day Mr. Dickinson brought Ray in the Bladebreakers. He was so absorbed in his thoughts that he didn't notice a beyblader walk beside him and listen to his curses. He tapped his shoulder and Kai whirled around to come face to face with Guio of the BladeTech. "So, is this about that girl, Dominique?" He asked, catching a punch Kai threw at him, crushing the fist that would have connected with his face. "Don't worry, you won't be bothered by her for a while." He said smugly, Kai's eyes slitting in response. "What do you mean, whoever you are?" The Bladebreaker said suspiciously, his eyes staring at the amused beyblader. "I'm Guio, leader of BladeTech. And as for your first question, I won't answer it." The tan beyblader said defiantly, cockily glaring down Kai. Kai threw another punch at Guio's head, but the BladeTech beyblader dodged it easily. "Answer me, you spineless coward!" Kai shouted, frustrated. Guio gritted his teeth, clenching his fists. " No one calls me a coward!" Guio retaliated, anger tinting his voice as he pulled out his electric blue beyblade with shocking yellow highlights. Kai glared back and pulled out his beyblade, ready to battle. Kai eyed a metal bowl, left by some careless beyblader. The 2 opposing forces walked up to the dish, Kai pulling out his Spring Shooter while Guio pulled out his. "Do you know what happened to Tyson's Dragoon because he insulted my teammate, Matt?" Guio said, revealing another custom- made launcher, electric blue to match his beyblade. "His beyblade became powder, literally." Kai's eyes grew big at this terrifying warning. "I'll show you the power of my Elektronix and my Magnet Launcher!!!" The BladeTech captain shouted as he fired his beyblade with blistering power that would be impossible for a normal beyblader to achieve. Gears and gadgets whirred to life as the ripcord shot out, blasting his beyblade with the added force of an electromagnet concealed inside. The 2 beyblades slammed into each other, sparks flying everywhere. Like Matt, Guio shut his eyes and concentrated. "Activate electromagnetic field." He mentally ordered his bitbeast. Kai's Dranzer sped towards the stationary blade of Guio and was shocked as his beyblade bounced off an invisible wall. He kept on trying to get within 5cm of Guio's beyblade, but was repelled by some unseen force. Guio's eyes were still firmly closed as he sent another command to his Electric Dragon, Elektronix. "Activate M15 mechanism" The experienced Bladebreaker was stunned as his beyblade began to hover and float higher and higher above the arena. Guio's eyes opened as he ordered the execution of his bitbeast's final attack. "Rising Thunder to Annihilation Lightning!" Guio simply said, but these words made Kai flinch as he wondered what type of bitbeast would be able to perform a combination of attacks. The electric blue blade sped up the wall of the arena and hovered over the floating Dranzer for a while before crashing down on the black beyblade. Kai was skilled enough to have dodged part of the attack, but even so, a portion of his beyblade was cut off entirely. Dranzer was still spinning, but fell prey to a quick slam from Guio's immensely strong beyblade and bitbeast. The BladeTech leader smiled and held a gloved hand over the arena. His blade shot up, and stayed glued to his palm. Kai, on the other hand, was holding his extremely damaged beyblade, noting the fact that the part of it that was cut off by Guio's attack was blasted into oblivion. "Ha! So you're not that good." The victorious beyblader remarked before walking off. "Oh, and Kai, Dominique told us to tell you that she just wanted to say goodbye." Kai looked up from his beyblade and stared at the retreating BladeTech member. "Dominique said goodbye? Isn't her team staying to watch the tournament?" The defeated Bladebreaker thought skeptically. +++Kai of the Bladebreakers, please report to the arena for your match against Flying High+++ A computerized voice emanating from a speaker said. // Dranzer, I will have to relocate your bit piece in my extra beyblade. // // All right. Kai, I do not feel Dominique's presence. There is something wrong here. // //What! Can you find her? // Dranzer sent a mental emotion of helplessness. Kai kicked the dish and ran off to meet his teammates. "She's probably just watching the tournaments," Kai thought, but he doubted himself.
Max was locked in intense competition with his opponent, Nico of the Flying High when Kai ran over to the bench. But the blonde American didn't pay any attention to his team leader, as he was too busy determining a good strategy to use against the lightning-fast beyblade. Nico owned the speed- enhancing Destoker, a Falcon bitbeast. The Flying High beyblader was utilizing every bit of speed his bitbeast could supply to outrace Max's Draciel like a fox chasing a snail. He zipped about, leaving Max's green beyblade in the dust. Max was visibly nervous, sweat dripping from his forehead as he desperately tried to attack Nico's silver beyblade. "That's it. I'm bored. Magna Blitzer!" Nico shouted as his Bladebreaker rival watched in awe as Nico's beyblade charged for his beyblade, splitting into multiple images on the way. "Draciel! Defense!" But it was too late for Max's beyblade as it was knocked out off the arena in one sweep of Nico's shiny beyblade. "And Flying High soars over the competition with Nico's speed!" "Aro D. Namix, tell me again why you're temporarily replacing AJ Topper?" Brad Best asked the new commentator. "Because my name can't be used in the story, I decided to be a commentator!" The new guy shouted over the din of the audience. Brad shook his head and announced the next players. "Enzo with his wicked bitbeast Desfir, the Shining Hawk, will light things up a little as he battles Kai and the red-hot Phoenix, Dranzer!" Kai silently walked up to his new opponent, his eyes scanning the crowd for Blue Passion. And he spotted them, without Dominique. Anna and Erika were comforting the sobbing Trina, her older sister missing. "Where the heck did she go?" He asked himself as he readied to fight the taller Flying High beyblader, Enzo. "Beyblades ready!" Aro Namix shouted, receiving applause from the crowd. "3,2,1. Let it rip!" The new guy shouted, watching as the 2 beybladers launched their blades into the scale model of a high-speed raceway that was the arena. "Wow! It looks like Dranzer is upping the speed here a bit as he overtakes Desfir on the second turn!" Enzo scratched his head in reply to this burst of speed put on by an old beyblade model Kai had to use while his real blade was damaged. Desfir suddenly appeared in front of Kai's beyblade, then reversed its trajectory and slammed into Dranzer like a bulldozer. Dranzer retaliated and knocked away the lighter beyblade of Enzo. The Flying High beyblader smiled and looked down at the arena. Kai, puzzled, followed his gaze and saw, well, nothing. Enzo's beyblade completely disappeared, but something unseen was attacking Dranzer. Kai looked around, wondering where Desfir disappeared. "Stupid Shining Hawk! Where did it go?" Kai thought, frustrated by this development. Then, a faint glimmer caught his eye as something slammed into the weakening Dranzer. "Wait a second. It's called a Shining Hawk, right? What if it's just so reflective that it becomes invisible?" He mentally commanded Dranzer to head under a few miniature trees beside the racetrack and, sure enough, he spotted Desfir appear in the shadows. "Dranzer! Fire Arrow!" He yelled and watched as his beyblade slammed into nothing. "What?" He thought in panic, as his beyblade didn't connect with anything. Then he saw another glimmer in the air and realized that Desfir was in the air. Enzo grinned happily and waved at Kai. "My turn! Desfir, Blinding Light!" Suddenly a light flashed in Kai's eyes, temporarily blinding him. Kai rubbed his eyes and the next thing he saw was the silver Desfir heading straight for Dranzer like a rocket. Predicting Enzo's next move, Kai launched his beyblade at the speeding hawk, watched it disappear, faked puzzlement, and then attacked the apparently empty spot to his right. Enzo's Desfir flew over his head and landed with a resounding clang on the cold steel floor. The surprised beyblader approached Kai and shook his hand, asking how he found out where he was. "Your beyblade is right spin. I noticed it while it was visible." Kai replied and walked towards his teammates. Enzo's eyes got big at amazement of Kai's amazing perceptiveness. "Phoenix overpowers Hawk and wins the first victory for the Bladebreakers today!" A speaker said, the voice of the commentator filled with excitement. Brad Best began announcing the next duo of beybladers. "Its R versus R as Ray and his Tiger, Driger, goes head on with Raisa's deadly Vulture, Desmega!" Ray walked up to his female opponent, a girl dressed in a red vest with a black wing on it, the symbol of the Flying High. She looked dead serious, her lips sealed shut while she concentrated. The Bladebreaker pulled out his launcher and clipped on his white beyblade. The girl removed a stray brown hair that got in hair raven-black eyes and pulled out her beyblade, interestingly enough, it was black colored like her eyes. "Beyblades ready! 3,2,1. Let it rip!!!" And did they ever rip. Ray's Driger sped onto the winding track, cutting a line through the tarmac with the intense speed. The black beyblade of Raisa bounced off a tree and skipped of a wall to land directly behind Driger. The WhiteTiger bitbeast evaded her opening attack and charged after her like a bullet. He zipped back and forth, trying to confuse the focused girl. She grinned and her beyblade jumped backward, landing smack on the bit piece of Driger. She drilled his blade for a while before leaping off. Ray reversed his beyblade and watched as his opponent's blade somersaulted over his, rocketed off a tree and blasting Driger like a cannonball. Her beyblade jumped again and sliced Ray's blade from the top, seriously damaging Driger. "She keeps on jumping!" He thought, angered by her above average skills. Then an idea hit him like a bullet in the head. His enemy smiled and her beyblade jumped into the air again, ready to deliver the final blow. "Sawblade!" She yelled and her beyblade released a gigantic black Vulture as it to come chopping down on Ray's white blade. "Driger! Attack, now!" Ray shouted and his beyblade jumped straight up to meet the great Vulture. Ray's beyblade tilted, the attack ring hitting Raisa's attack ring as well, sending her blade out off the arena. A few seconds after Raisa's blade flew away, Driger stopped spinning, completely exhausted. "What a close match, people! But Ray triumphs and brings the Bladebreakers one step closer to victory!" Raisa dropped to her knees and stared at her smoking beyblade. "How did he defeat me?" She wondered, her tears dripping on the floor. Ray walked up to her and patted her on the back, explaining his win even though she didn't ask. "You focused too much on attacking my top and bottom. I figured you couldn't withstand a direct hit from my attack ring." He said comfortingly. She looked up at him and smiled weakly. "You're the first person who ever beat me." Ray smiled and began to walk away. "Nobody's perfect. But if I'm the only one who could beat you, then you're close to that." Raisa wiped away her tears and watched as Ray walked to his teammates. Tyson nudged Ray in the ribs. "If you keep scoring with the ladies like that, Mariah's going to get jealous." He teased, and the 2 Bladebreakers engaged in a small scuffle. "Tyson!" Ray said in mock anger, lightly punching his buddy's shoulder. "This may be the last match for Flying High, but will their leader, Ian, pull of a victory with his awesome bitbeast, Desrazor?" AJ Topper said, shoving away Aro from the microphone. Aro grumbled as he was led by security to the exit. "Tyson is just the man to stop him and his Blue Eagle with his amazing Dragoon bitbeast!" Brad replied, receiving shouts of excitement from the crowd. Ian of Flying High walked up confidently, his face concealed by a racing mask that only showed off his ominous green eyes. Tyson held his new beyblade, designed by Kenny and far more powerful than the one that got destroyed in the battle with Matt. "Hey, hotshot! You're going down!" Tyson boasted, receiving mixed replies from the crowd. His opponent merely glared at him with his penetrating eyes and shut the visor of his helmet. He pulled out a red and white beyblade from one of his racing suit's many pockets and attached it to what seemed to be an extended launcher. "What type of launcher is that?" AJ Topper exclaimed as they stared at the silent figure of Ian, who was attaching his beyblade. Tyson frowned, remembering Matt's Big Bang launcher. On the side of Ian's unique launcher were what appeared to be jet thrusters, a few centimeters above the readied beyblade. Tyson attached his own beyblade and stared at the quiet yet imposing beyblader. "Beyblades ready! 3,2,1. Let it rip!!!" Tyson let loose his beyblade, causing quite a stir with the immense power he released. But Ian was no pushover either, getting even more noise when the dual turbines roared to life as he pulled the ripcord. The beyblades hit each other at full force, Ian's blade eventually knocking Tyson's back. That few seconds that Ian had without any disturbance from Tyson were used well as Ian's blade darted away, shocking the beyblading world with the incredulous speed. Tyson tried to keep up with him but the red and white beyblade lapped him over and over again, until his opponent had enough. He shook his head in boredom and folded his arms as the Bladebreaker finally stopped trying to race his beyblade. Tyson got dizzy as he watched Ian's beyblade move faster and faster, but Ian wasn't even in full gear yet. On the sidelines, Max, Ray and Kenny were watching with awe as Desrazor continued to lap Tyson easily, and if it was possible, accelerated to move even faster. Kenny nervously consulted his laptop. "Dizzi, what's his current speed?" Dizzi didn't have a wisecrack for this one and simply flashed the number. Kenny grabbed his head in surprise and started to tear off his brown hair. "800 miles per hour and counting!" He exclaimed, stunning his teammates. Max rubbed his head and looked back at Tyson, visibly exasperated. "At this rate, he should break the speed barrier very soon!" Max shouted, remembering his science lessons. A huge boom followed Max's sentence very shortly and Tyson was knocked backwards as his blade was sent hurtling out off the arena. "What a way to go! Ian wins that match without breaking a sweat!" Brad shouted, as AJ twiddled with his ear. Max and Ray walked up to the dizzy Tyson and carried the delusional beyblader to the bench. "We have a 5th match for you, folks! The team leaders, Kai and Ian will battle it out with their brutal beyblades!" Kai walked up to his stoic adversary, noting the fact that he began pouring fuel into his launcher. "How strange." Kai thought, as he pulled out his spring grip and beyblade, ready to battle. "Beyblades ready! 3,2,1. Let it rip!!!" Ian's roaring launcher drowned out every other sound in the stadium as he prepared to pull out all stops for this match. Dranzer deflected Ian's first charge and stopped his Desrazor from reaching an overly high speed. But Ian broke through his blockade basketball style, faking twice and moving in for the point. He sped off, leaving Dranzer in a cloud of dust as he accelerated. Kenny typed in data from the battle noting the exceptional agility and speed of Desrazor. "Wow! 0 to 120 in 2 seconds! Even jets don't move that fast!" The resident data collector of the Bladebreakers exclaimed. This was a fact that wasn't lost on Kai as he slowly calculated his turns and acceleration. After he fully understood the physics of Desrazor, he readied his blade for the slam of its lifetime. Ian's blade rounded the racetrack's corner at a blistering 870 miles per hour, ready to pass by Dranzer. But Kai expected this and suddenly put his Dranzer in incredible danger as it dashed to block the speeding Blue Eagle. Both beyblades collided with enough force to send both beyblades teeter tottering on the edge of the smoking arena. Dranzer scooted back into the giant crater were he stood before as Desrazor rushed at the Phoenix, ready to strike. But it zipped backwards just as Kai braced for impact. Zooming up the vertical wall and launching himself into the air, Ian summoned his bitbeast, a majestic eagle with gold and blue plumage. Kai would have sworn his enemy grinned behind his helmet at this well planned strategy. "But why the hell did he shoot up the wall?" His question was answered as invisible projectiles demolished portions of the ground surrounding his Dranzer. "What the?" Kai's gaze shifted back to Ian's beyblade and was stunned as he realized what it was doing. It was flying. The beyblade was flying, spinning so fast that it hovered in the air like a helicopter. And as for the invisible attacks, gales whipped around Ian's red and white beyblade and Ian was able to launch them by means of precise rising of his spin speed. He had such perfect control over his blade that he had it chase the fleeing Dranzer as he bombarded it with powerful winds. It overtook the black beyblade it was fighting and landed on railing, trying to conserve energy by not flying. But Ian did not let up with his wind assault, destroying the arena surrounding Dranzer, occasionally hitting Dranzer itself. A blast connected squarely with Dranzer and it somersaulted away, visibly damaged but still capable of fighting. Kai shouted out, releasing his anger and sending his beyblade at full speed towards Desrazor. "Fire Arrow!!!" He ordered, clenching his fist as his beyblade zipped from side to side, evading Ian's attacks. Behind his red helmet, Ian sweated as he desperately tried to hit the enraged bitbeast and decided it was time to unleash Desrazor's full power. "Desrazor! Eagle Rapid Fire!" He shouted, the first time the Bladebreakers heard his voice. More gales fired out from his beyblade, which was shooting like a machine gun. But Dranzer moved even faster, evading the deadly bursts that disintegrated sections of the arena. Sweat poured profusely from Ian's forehead as he started to shoot a lot more frantically due to the intense pressure. "Shotgun Shell!" Ian finally commanded his bitbeast and it complied by directing 5 gales right at the speeding Dranzer. A huge explosion rocked the entire dome, shaking the Bladebreakers and Flying High until they were all sprawled on the floor. Everyone fell, everyone except Kai and Ian who held their ground during the immense attack. Ian smiled and began to feel confident of victory. But he was way off mark. Dranzer shot out of the smoke and debris, slamming into the surprised Desrazor. The red and white beyblade shot at Ian's face with amazing power, slicing his helmet into 2 pieces as Dranzer balanced precariously on the edge of the completely destroyed arena. "What a match! That really blew me away!" "You, Ian and Flying High, you mean." AJ Topper laughed as the crowd cheered Kai on. "Looks like Kai clipped his wings and along with it, a hope for victory!" Brad Best announced over the screams of the audience. Ian's sweaty black hair clung to his racing uniform as he shook his head sadly. He picked up his beyblade and stared at his victorious opponent, who was looking at the floor. He shrugged and headed back to his teammates, who were unhappy yet amazed at the skills Ian was hiding from them. "Lets all give a hand for the valiant loser, Ian!" Ian turned his sweat drenched face to face the applauding crowd and watched with disbelieving eyes, realizing how many people actually cheering him on. As a kid, he was always the underdog, picked on by his peers whenever he would lose a beyblade battle. But ever since he found Desrazor, he strove for excellence, surpassing all his rivals. He never revealed the abilities he had and seemed to be merely an above average beyblader who never seemed to get enough attention. Even when he formed his team, his comrades were completely oblivious to his true skills, as he never really bonded with them, trying to conceal his potential. Now he stood here, with hundreds, no, thousands of people chanting his name over and over again, finally getting realized as one of the most kickass beybladers out there. "Now give an even bigger one to the winner, Kai of the Bladebreakers!" But Kai didn't really care even if everyone in the arena, friend and foe congratulating him for defeating a nasty opponent. He felt incomplete without one voice cheering for him, the voice he wanted so badly to hear. He missed her. No matter how many times he tried to tell himself that she was all right, no matter how many times he argued with Dranzer about his feelings, no matter how many times he would deny his emotions in her face, he missed her. His ears didn't even hear one compliment Max said and one joke Tyson cracked, he was dead to the world. A tear escaped his eye and dripped on the floor, the miniscule sound catching Ray's attention. The Chinese beyblader stared at the insignificant puddle, realizing that Kai could actually care about someone. Kai brushed away another errant teardrop and walked away, not realizing the immense number of people cheering him on as he left the rest of the world. He walked into the men's bathroom and stared at his swollen eyes. For a while he just stared at his red eyes, puffy from crying. He shook his head and wiped his eyes with a towel, putting on another determined face as to hide from the others what he felt. Ray was standing in the doorway of the bathroom, one hand supporting him against the wall. "You like her, don't you?" He asked to his team captain who, for once, couldn't snap back at him. He pushed Ray aside and walked outside, hoping that he would see her somewhere. Ray smiled and closed the door behind Kai. "I never thought he could actually love. This day is full of surprises."
End of chapter
Pyroteknix: God! I feel so sad. Maybe this is a little bit too strange.
Aerodynamix: Woohoo! Does Ian have some cool beyblading skills, or what?
Pyroteknix: (Brushes tear from eye) Shut up. I feel depressed.
Aerodynamix: Awww. Little Pyro feeling blue? This will cheer you up, easy! (Grabs flower vase and slams it on Pyroteknix's head.)
Aerodynamix: Hahaha! Revenge is mine! Oh yeah! I almost forgot to give away a little bit of the next chapter. Kai discovers who kidnapped Dominique and is hell-bent on vengeance. Apparently, the kidnappers need a bit more certification of a win over the Bladebreakers and also take Mariah. And its time to start the Dark Eden battles! All these in the next chapter! Boy, do I sound like those weird after TV show people who give a summary of what happens in the next chapter!