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, Mr. and Mrs. McClane, Dorthea Westerly, Edwin School, and Divine Intervention.

To Saria: I'll think about using your character. As for the match being a tie, all I'll say is someone will win and face Tyson later… Thanks for reviewing!

To blucherry: Hehe. ^_^ Yep, pissed isn't that bad a word. Come to think of it, eavesdropping, on the other hand, isn't 'ladylike' at all and that's exactly what that teacher was doing! Urgh! *takes a deep breath* ^_^ Anyway, thanks for reviewing! By the way, you'll find out who wins the Kai vs. Tasha match at the end of this chapter!

A/N: When I wrote the last chapter I was really angry. Now I feel calmer so this chapter will probably be happier. It features the Kai vs. Tasha match!

Tasha: You calmer? What are you talking about? ^_-

Choccy: =P

Tasha: *sighing* Real mature, Choc.

Choccy: ^_^

Chapter 14: Kai and Dranzer Versus Tasha and Palara

Tasha launched her beyblade into a large plastic bowl in her hotel room. She concentrated on its velocity, her eyes squinted and her nose crinkled. Palara stood beside her, her tail slapping the carpet floor and her chocolate eyes glowing red.

"Now, Pal!" yelled Tasha. Her bitbeast vanished in a flash of golden light and appeared again above the gold and silver blade. Palara roared pawing the air beneath her floating form.

"Ready, Pal?" inquired Tasha. Palara nodded and blasted across the make-shirt dish. "Dappled Reflection!"

Palara complied, surrounding herself in the silvery cloak-like shield with its golden speckles. "Good! Now switch to Jungle Fever!" yelled Tasha.

The Dappled Reflection attack vanished and in its place a Jungle Fever assault was activated. Tasha nodded with approval and said, "Stop. Let's try an Aurora Mist."

"You sure?" Pal asked. "You look kind of tired."

"I'm fine."

Palara shrugged and began to glitter with a rainbow-colored light. Tasha smiled. 'We can do this,' she thought as her own outline began shimmered.

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Tasha collapsed on the floor after their training. "I can't feel my fingers she complained exhaustedly.

'You only launched your blade twenty plus times,' Pal mocked.

"No insults right now. I'm too tired," mumbled Tasha.

'Too tired to watch Kai practice in the parking lot?' Palara questioned as she stared out of their window.

"What?!"

'Come see for yourself.'

Tasha dragged herself to her feet weakly and over to the window seat. She peered down at the parking lot three stories below. The blue-haired boy launching his beyblade was indisputably Kai, his white scarf blowing in the wind.

Tasha bit her lip remembering him with Arako and how later he had yelled when Tasha hadn't been trying to win against her.

"I know you're better than that," Kai had said in a gruff yet confident voice leaving Tasha rather flabbergasted.

Tasha sighed as she watched Kai launch his beyblade. It ricocheted off the asphalt floor and the brick walls of the hotel. Tasha had little doubt Kai could have ripped all the nearby cars in two with Dranzer and it left her with a strange mixture of anxiety and hope.

'This is going to be interesting,' she thought laughingly.

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Tasha tried to breath to little avail. As she faced Kai, he on one side of the dish and she on the other, all her apprehension increased tenfold. She gulped nervously causing Palara to say, 'Stay focused.'

'What do you think I'm doing?! Quite frankly I think I'm over-thinking this and just causing myself more anguish!' Tasha snapped. She turned back to Kai but found his dark eyes rather hard to meet. A flush crept onto her face and she twisted around again.

"Another day brings another Bladebreaker versus Bladebreaker match," remarked A.J. Topper. "This should be wild."

"Bladebreakers, ready?" asked DJ Jazzman.

Tasha groaned and turned back to the dish, her stomach churning. 'Oh God, I'm having my usual big match sickness. Come to think of it, I think I'm going to be sick!' she thought.

She attached her blade to her launcher with shaky digits and closed her azure eyes tightly. When she was practically positive she was prepared, she opened her eyes and locked gazes with Kai. His hands with clasped onto his own launcher and he looked quite the opposite of the nauseated Tasha, who looked rather haggard at the moment.

Kai made a small smirk as DJ Jazzman roared, "THREE…TWO…ONE!! LET IT RIP!!!"

Tasha and Kai both released their blades, Palara instantly diving into Tasha's blade. Tasha watched the speeding blades intently, her brain working in overdrive.

"Over-thinking your moves as usual, Tasha?" Kai inquired almost mockingly.

Tasha could tell it was only a joke but it was true nonetheless. Her mouth twisted into a little grin as she yelled, "Go, Palara!" Palara appeared in a golden passion, her fur glittering.

Kai's eyes danced with something between understanding and amusement, his blade shot forward getting ready to collide with Palara.

"Pal, Dappled Reflection!" yelled Tasha. Unfortunately for her, it seemed Kai had been anticipating the move.

Kai's beyblade dodged Tasha's and began emitting flames. Soon, the phoenix bitbeast himself appeared. Dranzer screeched, his garnet and gold plumage flashing in the light of his inferno. "Dranzer, Fire Arrow!" Kai yelled. Dranzer flapped his powerful wings and created an arrow before him; it was completely made out of flames.

"Palara, Jungle Fever before it's too late!" Tasha hollered.

"Too late," Kai reprimanded lightly.

Tasha's eyes widened. 'It is too late but no one's faster than us!' She silently told Palara this, who then avoided the sizzling projectile.

Kai smirked composedly and said, "Wear them down, Dranzer!" The Phoenix went after the snow leopardess who tried to evade the attack without success.

"Palara!" Tasha cried out causing Kai to second-guess himself for a spit second.

'Defeating Palara this way hurts Tasha,' he reminded himself despondently. He quickly amended his strategy. Dranzer pulled away from Palara and instead of attacking her with his body, he did it with the gentler side of some mini Fire Arrows.

Tasha soon realized what he was doing and scowled. 'It'll teach you to play easy on us!' she thought. Palara rammed into Dranzer at full throttle causing the bitbeast to get thrown out of the ring along with Kai's blade.

"Round one goes to Triple Heart!" bellowed DJ Jazzman.

Tasha frowned at Kai. "You've never gone easy on anyone before, don't start with me, Kai!" she shouted.

Kai blinked a little at that but otherwise made no noticeable response.

"Time for round two! Three…Two…One! Let it rip!" shouted Jazzman.

Tasha and Kai's blades dashed across the dish and towards each other. "Palara, Jungle Fever!" Tasha yelled. Palara emerged, her eyes glowing red.

"Dranzer, don't look her in the eye!" Kai said. Dranzer appeared again in his fiery splendor. His eyes were closed as he dived into where he supposed Palara was. He was correct. With Dranzer's eyes shut, the hypnotizing had no effect.

Palara was flung into the dish wall where she disappeared and Tasha's blade ceased spinning. Tasha's eyes had dilated so that they were large orbs. "Whoa," she muttered as she retrieved her blade. 'That was bad. Looks like Jungle Fever's useless; I guess this means I'll have to use the final attack,' she thought.

She got into position again, her face set.

"THREE…TWO…ONE! LET IT RIIPPP!!!" the crowd hollered with DJ Jazzman.

The blades were off, cascading into the dish. "Come on, Palara!" yelled Tasha. 'There's no time to lose. Kai really means business this round!' she reasoned with herself.

Kai's blade shot at Tasha's, leaving a dent in the dish. It really was now or never.

"Aurora Mist!" Tasha declared. The multihued streams of color surrounded Palara while Tasha's silhouette sparkled. Dranzer released a wave of fire attacks that just mixed in with the assault.

It only took a few moments this time for Palara to be ready. She then slammed into Kai's blade and bitbeast causing another mini explosion.

Tasha grimaced and sat down onto the floor beside the dish wearily. Soon she would know what her efforts had been worth. What she saw when the glow departed made her gasp. Both blades were wobbling, their power nearly gone. The bitbeasts had returned into their respective blades. Now all that was left for one blade to stop first.

The bladers watched anxiously. After what felt like an eternity, Kai's beyblade spun one final time before halting. It stopped, lying lifeless on the dish floor while its foe stopped about two seconds later. It had been close. Real close.

"I-I won?" Tasha muttered disbelievingly.

Kai grabbed his blade smirking slightly.

"You didn't go easy on me or anything during the third round, right, Kai?" Tasha asked, still in shock.

Kai replied, "You won far and square."

"Really?"

Kai nodded causing Tasha to stand up quickly. "Well then, good game," she exclaimed.

Kai nodded again as he turned to exit the stadium. He stopped, his hand on the door. "Keep practicing, squirt, you're still not the best," he said.

Tasha sighed and muttered, "I will, after I take a snooze, that is. I'm practically dead on my feet." And with that said, Tasha smiled weakly down at Palara.

'We really did it,' Palara muttered happily.

'Yea, we really did,' Tasha thought tiredly.

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A/N: I would have posted this sooner but I have a cold and was having trouble dragging myself to my computer.

Tasha: *backing away from Choccy*

Choccy: *coughs* What are you doing?

Tasha: I don't wanna get sick too.

Choccy: -__-;;; Watch it or I'll make you sick for real.

Tasha: Oh…

A/N 2: Anyhow, review or prepare to receive my illness! *coughs violently* ^_- Just kidding.

Tasha: -__-;;; *sweatdrop* You are so weird.

Choccy: I know. ^___^