Black Tigers VS The Rhinegolds (Team Germany),
Battle File 04: Mao VS Friedrich:
"There Is No ESCAPE!"
The whole BBA Team collapsed on their beds the second they got back to the hotel,with the exception of Kai. Asaya got Max's and Takao's Bey Blades then locked herself up in her room, and Kai found it irritating.
But what the heck can he do, she's already part of the team, and he was very frustrated as not to have prevented it sooner. The Guild has proven him to be another jackass again, that last time was getting him to trust Asaya and making him believe she was completely innocent of everything that was happening around here.
Innocent until proven guilty.
Kai got so frustratingly angry that he left the hotel room in a huff, not even bothering to write his teammates a note to tell them where he has gone. But that was typical of him anyway, and he wondered why he suddenly thought of scribbling them a note before he left.
Was it possible that he was becoming human again, after all that has happened?
That was why Kai hated the Guild.
They always had him cornered when he was at his most vulnerable.
And yeah, they were going to pay for it.
Starting with the little –Auran-.
The crowd's roars were deafening, and the spotlights shone upon the man standing upon the floating platform, a bandanna keeping his dark brown dreadlocks in check.
He grins. "Welcome, people, welcome to the first battle of the ENTIRE ALPHA BLOCK! I am your venerable and lovable host for the duration of the ENTIRE duration of this Block's mini-championships until the Finals that would be held over at the SEINE STADIUM! As you've probably noticed, we've got 9 teams competing for overall supremacy in this block, and in LIEU of THIS…"
Mao was just looking at her Zero Garrox she held in her hands, and Shao looked curiously over at her. "Doing fine, Mao?"
"Don't worry about me, I'm fine," the young woman said gruffly, then looked over at the other team that they were going to play. She wrinkled her nose. "We're going to battle them?"
"We have to play along until the 'moon turns scarlet'," Shao told her. "It's only a little bit of time until they have finally located Eden and unseal its Gate."
"So we have to play with them." Mao shook her head. "I just don't SEE the point in doing this, Shao. We have them in the palm of our hands…"
"Patience, dear Mao, patience," Shao told her soothingly. "He has said that we shall wait until they've reached us in the Finals…that is, if they EVER reach the Finals. And you'll have your revenge."
"…and that just about concludes the rules and regulations of this MATCH!" He bods. "By the way, I'm DJ Conners, and YES, this is the WORLD BEY BLADING CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT~~~!!! Bladers, please step to the shooting points and let's get ready to RIP IT~~~!!!"
Mao tossed her hair over her shoulder and stood up. "It's my cue to get the ball rolling. See you in a couple of seconds."
"For the Black Tigers Team, we have MAO~~~!!!"
The spotlights shone down on Mao. She was wearing a crimson cheongsam that was embroidered with a single Black Tiger that went about her full bosom down to the right leg of her crimson silk pants that reached up until the lower part of her knees. A black scarf was tied about her waist, and she had crimson shoes on her feet. Her carnation pink hair was elegantly swept up and held by several combs holding a crimson sash and pins together (kinda like Leona's hairdo, except her swept up hair left sweeping tendrils about her small face). A pair of garnets dangled from her ears, and a silver arm band of a beautiful Black Tiger made of jet curled about her right arm, and she had black gloves on her hands.
Her catlike amber yellow eyes narrowed, tinged with crimson and frost pink eyeshadow at the corners, as she surveyed her opponent.
"And for the Rheingolds Team, we have FRIEDRICH~~~!!!"
The crowd cheered very loudly for each of them. Conners was nodding.
"Alright you two, are you READY~~~?!"
"Hmph!" Mao got her Zero Garrox and fitted it into her Shooter. She smirked. "Get ready to DIE, pipsqueak!"
"…" Friedrich Dernhardt just got his own dark brown Bey and fitted it into his own Shooter.
"3…2…1…GOOOO…SSHHOOOOOOOOOOTTT~~~!!!"
Both Mao and Friedrich set it off at the same time. Zero Garrox tore down the ring arena in a furious burst of speed, going by so fast it was only a crimson blur.
"ALRIGHT! Great launches, you 2! Boy, this is becoming pretty exciting! Zero Garrox has already shown its frightening capabilities as a mini- Bey dervish, and that Bey could even outstrip the wind if it so WISHES! Xerdeen is not about to put things down like this, that's for sure, as it makes its way for a burst of ATTACK!"
"Xerdeen! SLICE SHOOT~~~!!!"
Xerdeen shot towards Zero Garrox, who just lightly "jumped" out of the way and landed behind Xerdeen.
"What WAS that~~~?! Great move by Mao, that WAS! How did she make her Bey jump so quickly like that without a second to LOSE~~~?! OH! There's a CLOSE CALL~~~!!!" Conners blinked. "There it IS! XERDEEN coming on after a round of SPINNING and YES he moves in for the KILL!"
"XERDEEN!" Friedrich yells. "AERIAL SLASHER, NOW~~~!!!"
It shoots straight up into the air, and a dark yellow light shoots out from its central bit, revealing itself as the 2-headed eagle found in the old imperial crest of the German Empire. It screeched, then made a very strong flap of its wings, releasing a crescent shaped wind projectile that was larger than the whole arena itself.
"…" Mao smirked as she watched the –Holy Beast- do its finishing attack on her Zero Garrox, the winds whipping her hair and her black scarf behind her, as she surveyed her opponent with her arms crossed over her chest.
"Heh. PATHETIC!" Mao's eyes flashed, then swiped her arm just as the projectile was only a few inches away. "ZERO GARROX! ASTRAL BUSTER~~~!!!" she yells, a bright crimson light bursting up from all round her, with furious winds accompanying it, as well.
The crimson –Holy Beast- shot out, mewling for all its worth, and very angrily at that. It had become sleeker, meaner, and 10 times more deadlier than the original Garrox's –Holy Beast-: it had more ornate face guards and shoulder guards, and crimson lightning curled up from about its paws, and feathers that flowed behind it like ribbons of light. The arena suddenly looked like it was in outer space, stars and galaxies shooting by so fast, as the –Holy Beast- charged towards the other –Holy Beast-, destroying the projectile in the process and went through its opponent cleanly, amidst a burst of crimson and multi-colored sparks of light that spiralled about as it made its deadliest attack.
Xerdeen got thrown off, and with it, a cry of utmost and terrible pain from its –Holy Beast-. Friedrich's eyes widened. "No…"
Mao tossed her hair again and closed her eyes. "Hmph."
Zero Garrox dropped to the arena, still spinning. Xerdeen was out cold on the ground before the shocked Friedrich, and saw that his Bey's central bit was destroyed.
"Xer…XERDEEN…!"
"Zero Garrox, still spinning; Xerdeen, out COLD! The first match belongs to MAO and the BLACK TIGERS' TEAM!"
There was a very wild cheer as Mao got the still spinning Zero Garrox and looked over at Friedrich. She smiled.
"You still have a LOT to learn before you defeat me, boy. See you in a hundred lifetimes or so."
With that, Mao returned to her place among the rest of the Black Tigers' Team.
The silver haired young man's hands clenched the railing as he surveyed the scene from up above.
***That brazen girl…who does she think she is?! And what happened to GARROX?! I've never seen him so filled with hatred and anger before…I must get to the bottom of this…!!!***
So syaing, he left without another word.
Kai, meanwhile, was on the other end of the stadium. He was shocked at what he saw.
***Could we possibly even defeat them…Mao's just one of the team, there are bound to be others stronger than her. Damn that GUILD!***
He looked down at his Dranzer, which glinted with its crystalline ruby bit about its evolved self. His eyes narrow.
***Are we going to kill ourselves for the championships…?! Is that what the Guild is trying to ACCOMPLISH?!***
His hand clenched about his Dranzer.
***I won't let them get away with THIS!***