Beyblade: Triple Heart
By: ChocolateEclar
Disclaimer: I don't own any part of 'Beyblade,' which includes all teams and their bitbeasts, etc.
Claimer: I only own 'Triple Heart,' Palara, and Mr. and Mrs. McClane.
Chapter 2: The Lone Blader
Later that day, the Bladebreakers watched as Triple Heart and Palara sat at the concession stand outside the beyblading stadium. Triple Heart was eating a rather large salad and every once and a while she would pass a bit of lettuce to Palara. At the moment, Palara was licking ranch dressing off her face and purring softly.
"It doesn't even look like a bitbeast," remarked Rei.
"No kidding," mumbled Tyson.
"Will you boys just introduce yourselves already! My grandfather's already informed me the Bladebreakers were looking for us!" shouted Triple Heart, without looking up at the boys.
Several male gasps could be heard from the Bladebreakers hiding place behind a garbage can. Even Kai wasn't completely silent.
"Oft!" exclaimed Tyson who was pushed forward by Rei, Max, and Kenny. "Well I'm Tyson. This is Max, Rei, Kenny, and the sourpuss!" A slight growl could be heard coming from Kai's direction. "Er, I mean this is Kai!" added Tyson grinning sheepishly at his teammates.
Triple Heart turned around beaming. "Nice to meet the champions!" she called. "I'm known as Triple Heart in the dish, but my real name's Tasha McClane. This is my bitbeast and buddy, Palara."
"Nice to meet you, " said Tyson.
"I see you've met my granddaughter," remarked Mr. Dickenson coming towards them.
"Hey, Grandpa!" shouted Tasha with a wave of her hand.
"This is your granddaughter, Mr. Dickenson?" asked Max.
Mr. Dickenson nodded happily. "Yes. I brought her to this tournament to make a deal with all of you. All you boys have to do is agree that if Tasha wins this tournament she can freely join the Bladebreakers."
The Bladebreakers looked rather flabbergasted as they gazed at Mr. Dickenson. Tyson was the first to speak. "Well… I don't see why not!" he yelled after awhile.
The others nodded slowly, thinking. The only one to object was Kenny. "Don't you think this is kind of sudden? I mean we only met her yesterday!" he said.
"She's already shown she's a pretty good blader though, Chief," remarked Max.
"Besides, I think we need someone new to liven up our team a bit," added Tyson.
"She'll have to show us she's up to it though," said Rei.
Kai remained silent. He had been examining the beyblade attached to Tasha's belt and now was peering at Palara slightly interestedly. Palara gazed up at him with big brown eyes before letting out a low purr aimed at her master.
Tasha gazed down at Palara for a second and inquired, "So are we in agreement then?"
"Fine with me." It was Tyson.
"Whatever," Rei mumbled, shrugging.
"Humph," said Kai, of course.
"I'm not so sure…" muttered Kenny.
"Tasha seems alright to me," said Max, who was shrugging his shoulders as well.
All of them glanced at Kenny searchingly. "What's the matter, Chief?" asked Tyson.
Kenny shook his head. "Never mind. Its nothing," he whispered distantly. Then he turned to go. "Come on. Round Two should be starting."
Tasha grimaced. "Oops! Gotta go, guys! My match is first again! See you guys 'round!" And with that said she ran off with Palara clasped in her arms.
Mr. Dickinson laughed. "Tasha is very serious when it comes to blading, but when it comes to other things, she can be a bit lazy," he said.
"Let's go watch her match!" shouted Max as they heard DJ Jazzman announcing the start of Round Two.
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"Welcome back everyone! I'm Brad Best!"
"And I'm A.J. Topper! Let's reintroduce this round's first competitors!" came the announcers over the intercom.
"First up is Triple Heart."
"She may be a newbie in worldwide beyblading, Brad, but back in her home country, England, she's very well known," continued A.J. Topper. "She's won several British national competitions, including this year's British Single Competitor National Tournament."
"She's going for the big time now and is planning on joining a team in the near future," added Brad Best.
"Her bitbeast, Palara, is rather strange compared to others. It still packs as much punch as any bitbeast though," said A.J. Topper. "Now let's introduce her opponent, Amelia Reminisce! She's a favorite to win at this tournament by many and is known for her offensive strategies. Her bitbeast is Julios and several experts believe she relies too much on him."
"Thanks, guys," said DJ Jazzman. "Now let's begin the first match of Round Two! Bladers, ready? Three…Two…One…Let it rip!!"
Both girls launched their blades simultaneously. "Are you going to use your bitbeast?" Amelia asked Tasha.
"Palara feels I can handle this battle perfectly on my own," replied Tasha grinning at her bitbeast.
Amelia snorted in disgust. "You've gotta be kiddin' me?"
Tasha just shrugged. "We have an understanding over here. I suggest you try to do the same with your Julios," she said off-handedly.
"Whatever," muttered Amelia coldly. "Defeat her, Julios!!!"
Amelia's wolf bitbeast appeared in a flash of jade light. Her beyblade advanced towards Tasha's and Julios began scratching it. Tasha gazed unperturbedly at the scene. Her blade bounced and curved over the other beyblade where it began spinning faster. With the new generation of intense speed, the pink blade began to emit a pure golden light. It then blasted a ray of the same light at its opponent's blade, causing Amelia's beyblade to spin out of control and go spiraling out of the dish.
As the blade hit the ground, DJ Jazzman yelled, "And the winner is Triple Heart!"
"That was an interesting light show," muttered Rei.
"It was cool!" shouted Max.
Back by the dish, Palara was sitting up and stretching while Triple Heart retrieved her beyblade and rehooked it to her belt. They smirked at each other and walked out one of the doors, side by side.
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"The only competitor, besides Tasha, that has really great skills here is that 'Blaine' guy," remarked Tyson later on in the tournament. Round Three had gone much like the previous ones, with Tasha winning her match pretty easily while Palara just laid on the floor by her feet.
It was about six o' clock and the day's matches had ended. The following day the tournament would finish, but until then they would have to find something else to do. And find something they did.
The Bladebreakers, Tasha, and Mr. Dickenson went to dinner together at a nice restaurant with a buffet. Tyson, of course, beat the restaurant's record for amount of double fudge pieces of cake one person can eat. The others ate relatively normally, ignoring their friend's eating habits. The only one who consumed anywhere near as much food as Tyson was actually Tasha, who ate only five pieces of double fudge cake while Tyson ate eight.
"Geez, Tyson. How can you eat that much?" she asked.
"He just happens to have a large mouth and a large stomach," Kenny replied for Tyson, causing the others to laugh.
Tyson grinned and continued to chow down on various cuisines, while Tasha sighed and leaned back in her chair. Palara was sitting on the floor beside her, her tail curling merrily. "So, guys, anyone want to evaluate my beyblading style?" Tasha asked.
Kenny nodded and lifted his laptop onto the tabletop. "From what Dizzi and I have collected, we've noticed you're a little sloppy at the tournament today," he said.
"Understandable," said Tasha nodding her head approvingly. "Without Palara, my blade tends to have less mobility."
Mr. Dickenson nodded, Kenny looked a little ruffled at her agreement with him, and the others looked as happy as usual. Well, in Kai's case, maybe not happy but atleast he still looked normal.
"I'm sure Palara will be participating in the final match though," continued Tasha smiling at her bitbeast.
"How can you be so sure?" inquired Rei.
"Because I've watched the other competitors and I think the only one I'll have any trouble with is Blaine Tetimo," answered Tasha.
That had been what Tyson had pointed out after Round Three and they nodded. 'I guess this means she's a good gage of strength and skill as well as speed,' mused Kai to himself. He was skeptical, like Kenny, about allowing someone else to join their team, but so far he had seen nothing that meant she couldn't do so. Her strength was undeniably her rapid velocity, which could be an asset to the Bladebreakers in future competitions. On the other hand, she was still relatively new at worldwide blading. Then again, hadn't they all started that way?
Kai studied Palara again, who's head was all he could see from his position. Her large rounded ears would twitch every once and a while as if she had heard something strident. Her and her master both had similar piercingly intelligent, carefree looks to their faces and they would continuously glance at each other. It was still a mystery to the Bladebreakers as to how Palara could just walk around conventionally, as if there was nothing unusual about her.
While Kai was looking at Palara, the feline turned her head and gazed into his eyes. Kai started slightly at the intensity in her stare. The eyes were rather human looking and reminded him of Tasha's blue ones. Palara turned back to Tasha, purring, who merely glanced down at her partner. The purr was like the low drone of a forest at night, cool and refreshing but with a hint of secrecy to it.
Kai himself looked away soon after, pondering the peculiarity of the bitbeast and the female blader.
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A/N: Don't forget to review or else!
Tasha: *snorts* Or else what?
Me: Urgh! I don't know! Go away!
Tasha: Fine. -__-
Me: Finally, an OC that listens to me!
Tasha: What are you taking about?
Me: *sighs* Never mind…