Chapter 14: The battle
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"What do you want, girl?"
"Why don't you call me Sapphire? You know."
"It makes no difference to me... Now what is it you want?"
I had never seen Grandfather this way before... He was almost... kind. Almost.
Sis spoke up. "Why don't you tell me why everyone is after Kai and his friends?"
"That has nothing to do with me..."
"Yeah, well I'd like to see you prove it."
"And how do I do that?"
"By showing your real intentions."
"Real intentions? I have none... but to perhaps train my grandson the right way... if he's willing."
I couldn't watch them argue forever. "Well, he's not."
Grandfather looked at me with sincere eyes. "Kai, I am truly proud of what you've become, and I'm sorry about how I treated you, but it will be different. I promise."
I scoffed. "Promise? What can you promise? A harsh cruel life? I want to live somewhere far, far away from you, and hope I never hear another word about you."
"Kai, please reconsider. It will be better and-"
"Forget it. Come on, sis."
She didn't move. "Kai, he's after your friends... They're in the abbey. He knew they would come..."
I glared at HIM.
He had an innocent look on. "Blaming me again?"
"You're the one that dragged us to Russia in the first place!"
"And... when did I do that?"
I pulled the letter out of my pocket. I had come prepared. He wanted proof, and I'd give it to him.
He read the letter. He raised his eyebrows slightly. "Really, Kai? Are you so easily fooled?"
"What?"
"It's quite obvious I didn't write this letter. I thought you had more sense than this."
"Oh, yeah? Well, if you didn't write it, who did? Well?"
"I... have a good idea..."
"Kai, your friends are in danger. We should see what we can do for them..."
"You think about this ALL you want. Lead the way, sis."
I followed her through hallways and rooms. We took out a few guards and sneaked past a few. I was glad she seemed to know where she was going, because I had no idea.
~~~~~~~~~~ Flashback ~~~~~~~~~~
"Come on, guys! Let's find Kai!"
"Leave my brother to me." Sapphire walked in the abbey, taking out the guard on the way.
The Bladebreakers stood in shock for a few moments. Then Tyson cried, "What are we standing around for? Kai might need our help!"
They ran into the abbey. Ray asked, "Uh, guys? Which way?" The abbey was a maze. Even past the first set of doors, it already split into 5 different corridors. They looked down each hallway, as if expecting a sign. Kenny tried to get Dizzi to bring up a map, but had no luck.
~~~~~~END FLASHBACK~~~~~~~
A shriek was heard down one of the hallways. They ran down it, fearing the worst. They came to a large chamber. There was a dish in the middle and a door on the other side. A big group of familiar people came out the other door. Both doors closed. The Majestics, All-Starz, White Tigers...
Ray asked, "Mariah? What are you doing here?"
The pink-haired girl responded with, "Defeat to our enemies! Victory is life! Defeat to our enemies! Victory is life!" The others joined in. They kept chanting in a flat, robotic, synchronised voice. They launched their blades.
The Bladebreakers weren't sure what to do. Then Robert spoke up. "Weaklings. They know we are superior."
Steven put in, "We are superior! We are superior!" The others joined him.
Well, the Bladebreakers couldn't take it anymore. They were being insulted by their brainwashed friends. They swore silent oaths to make Boris and Voltaire pay while launching their blades.
"Driger!"
"Draciel!"
"DRAGOON!"
The voices combined into an order. "ATTACK!!"
Lee, Robert, and Steven spoke in the same synchronised, robotic tone. "Processing... Analysing... Simulating... Beyblades... Attack..."
All the blades surrounded Driger, Draciel, and Dragoon. Max had to admit, "We're outnumbered." Even his usually cheerful voice and determination was starting to fade. The Bladebreakers stood there helplessly, watching their blades being trashed. Even Kenny stood silently, all data, strategy, and cheer gone.
Finally Kenny spoke, his voice echoing into the dark silence. "It's hopeless..."
Tyson and Ray had to agree, all "never give up" speeches lost. Their blades seemed to be on the verge of destruction. The blades of their former friends showed no signs of slowing or stopping.
Just as the Bladebreakers were ready to accept defeat, there was the sound of beyblades ripping behind them. Two blades flew into the dish. One was a dark blue, slightly rimmed with red, and a picture of a familiar-looking red phoenix on it. The other, unfamiliar, was a light blue, rimmed with a snow white, and a picture of a sapphire-coloured dolphin. At least 3 beyblades were knocked out before anyone could say a word.
"Huh?" Tyson turned. Standing there, with grim looks of determination, were a certain pair of siblings, re-united.
Kai seemed particularly fierce. His voice was low and convincing as he said, "How can you even say that, Tyson? I know you're a determined and serious blader that never gives up, no matter what happens, or how hopeless it seems." His voice was just a whisper, although heard easily in the silent room as he finished, "Don't... don't prove me wrong now..."
Tyson seemed to snap out of a trance. His bold-faced determination look was returning. He nodded to his team-mates... all of them. They felt strength and courage coming back. Tyson said seriously, "Let's do it."
"Right." answered Kai, Ray, Max, and Kenny.
"Right." Sapphire replied as well.
"You don't have to-" Tyson started, and paused. She was determined to do this. "It's our fight."
"Right. Your fight... and mine."
Tyson opened his mouth to say something, then closed it and nodded.
They turned their attention back on the dish. Sapphire yelled, "Who are we?"
Kai, Kenny, Ray, Max, and Tyson replied, "BLADEBREAKERS!!"
Then it happened. The bits on their blades glowed. The team realised what was happening. This wasn't the first time they had seen it. It brought a few bad memories back to Kai, but he remembered it had only brought him closer to his team. 5 bit-beasts shot high into the air, and combined into a streak of light. The different colours it up the room. The red phoenix, the blue dragon, the purple turtle, the green tiger, and a light blue dolphin. 9 blades from their former friends crashed with their 5 blades and streak of bit-beasts in a blast of white light...
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Well, happy, people? I updated!! 6 pages! 6 pages! Don't blame me if this chapter's late, blame the teachers... I have barely had time to breathe in the last few weeks. May, the teachers start pouring all the work that they were holding back and wanted to pour on you earlier. Ah, report cards. (*plot hole appears*) Great, a plot hole. (*drops rock in it*) (*never hits the bottom*) Perfect place to dump my report card... Not that I have it yet. And I can't finish this story with you lurking around, so... (*pushes writer's block in*) (*dust clears, no writer's block or plot hole*) Ah, all White Angel's idea. Oh yeah, I'm guessing another chapter and a epilouge, and then... poof! I will vanish to work on my other two stories. Since I haven't had many votes for my next story, I'll just finish my other stories before working on another one... Oh yeah, I got a "new" story idea, well, not exactly "new." Here it is:
"How can he live like that? #2: Double Trouble": That's right! The sequel to "How can he live like that? By my friend, the Dark Magician. Tyson and Kai are acting a bit strange, but they're not the only ones... A tournament's new rules causes the White Tigers to join up with the Bladebreakers to compete. But a few of the White Tigers are acting strangely, namely 2... (Make sure you read DM's story before reading this one.)