Beyblade: Heart Dilemmas

By: ChocolateEclar

Disclaimer: I don't own any part of 'Beyblade,' which includes all teams and their bitbeasts, etc.

Claimer: I only own Natasha McClane, Felicity Carmichael, Byakko, Agasuta, and Byoran Mao, Palara, and Mr. and Mrs. McClane.

To Miekkie: Thankies!

To blucherry: Yea, Felicity is a snob… Thanks again!

A/N: I finished the new Harry Potter book last Monday (it took me 18 hours). It was amazing! But now I can't wait for the next one! *starts crying*

Bladebreakers: -__-;;; *sweatdrop*

Choccy: One of the characters I liked died!!!

Tasha: Can we just finish this weeping fest and get on with chapter 7?!

Choccy: F-Fine! *cries some more*

Bladebreakers: *drowning in Choccy's tears*

Chapter 7: Felicity's Defeat

"Dappled Reflection!" Tasha yelled. The familiar speckled veil enveloped Palara who was hovering over Tasha's golden beyblade. They were practicing for the 'Senior Beyblading Championship' in Tasha's bedroom. Tasha took slight offense at the name of the competition for bladers over the age of twenty. 'I'm not that old. I definitely wouldn't call a twenty-three year old a senior,' she had thought mock-woundedly when Mr. Dickenson had informed all the Bladebreakers of the tournament.

She nodded approvingly at Pal and said, "Let's practice speed."

Palara complied 'melting' into the blade and spinning rapidly around the dish. Soon the blade was just a golden blur causing Tasha to smirk positively. "Good. Let's go make some dinner. I'm starved," she said.

'You're starved? I've been doing all the work,' Pal accused panting a bit as she stopped her rotation and hopped off the beyblade.

Tasha shrugged. She led the way into their tiny kitchen and asked, "What do ya want for dinner?"

'Salmon's fine.'

Tasha made a face but didn't say anything.

'Hey, I am a cat.'

'Yea, well, fish just doesn't appeal much to my wide taste for cuisine,' Tasha replied in their usual silent jargon. She took out a strip of the fish for Palara and a can of chicken soup for herself. She heated both up and they sat down to a quiet meal.

The tournament would be in three weeks…

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"Welcome to the Senior Beyblade Championship!" exclaimed a woman with a voice so chipper it bothered most of the bladers standing around her. She had her dark locks up in two bobbing ponytails and had on a crimson uniform that reminded Tasha of a gossipy schoolgirl she had met at Rachel Edwin School for Young Ladies when she was very young. She had detested that girl's voice as much as she did this woman's.

"Today the line-up will go as follows!" the woman continued. "White Tigers versus Bear Claws, Bladebreakers versus Annihilators (here Tasha grinned and Felicity, who was with her teammates, looked smug), All-Starz versus Gemstones, Howling Hounds versus Divine Intervention (Tasha's face blanched a bit at that but turned back to her normal color at a stern glance from Kai), and Demons versus Death's Minions! Everyone should now precede to the arena sidelines!"

All the bladers walked into the main stadium room and over to various benches, waiting for their matches. Soon, DJ Jazzman appeared, his voice ringing throughout the crowded stadium. "Alright, everyone, welcome to the Senior Beyblade Championship!" he announced. "First up is the White Tigers versus the Bear Claws!"

Gary stepped up to the dish looking as broad as ever. He scratched his head preoccupiedly causing Mariah to shake her head and shout, "Pay attention, Gary!" She and the other White Tigers were sitting behind Gary looking hopeful.

Gary's opponent, a young man with long, mud-brown hair and a ripped T-shirt, walked toward the dish as well. He smirked coolly and took his beyblade and launcher out of the pocket of his baggy jeans.

"From the White Tigers we have Gary and from the Bear Claws we have Jake!" yelled DJ Jazzman. "Bladers, ready? Three…Two…One! LET IT RIP!"

Gary and Jake released their beyblades, which sailed in an arc into the dish. They rammed into each other, Gary's blade pushed Jake's toward the edge.

"Git him, Anilor!" Jake roared making his bitbeast, a polar bear looking creature appear.

Gary's Galzzly did the same, appearing in a similar bear-formed radiance. Gary's eyebrows were knitted together with his current concentration on the match as the bears clawed at each other. Soon though, Galzzly disappeared and his beyblade stopped spinning.

Mariah sighed, shaking her head again as she strolled towards the dish, past Gary. Her pink locks flashed in the stadium spotlights as she attached her matching beyblade onto her launcher. A blonde-haired man with identical attire to his comrade seemed to be her adversary. He got into position himself, facing Mariah cockily.

"Three…Two…One! Let it rip!"

The blades were off and into the dish. Mariah wasted no time in going for the win. Galux soon appeared in her usual feline fury, hissing at her bitbeast foe, a black bear named Aminil. "Galux, Cat Scratch Attack!" Mariah shouted.

Galux swiped her claws at Aminil who roared in pain and ceased rotating altogether. Mariah smiled and retrieved her bitbeast.

Last up were the team captains, Lee versus Daniel. Daniel had on clothing like his partners, but he had on a black headband with a bear paw print in the center.

"This last match will decide the victor! Three…Two…One! LET IT RIP!!!" bellowed DJ Jazzman as the blades were launched.

Tasha watched the match carefully, vaguely noticing the looks Mariah and Ray were exchanging across the stadium. Palara, of course, had noticed the couple as well, and was chuckling softly.

The match was fierce, Lee's Galeon and Daniel's Aliatrix going head-to-head. Galeon let out a strong wave of thunder at Aliatrix, who countered with his thick paws to no avail. After several moments of thunder versus brute strength, thunder won and Aliatrix let out a roar before falling like Aminil before him.

"The winners are the White Tigers!" DJ Jazzman declared as the audience applauded.

Soon after, the second match began with the Bladebreakers going against the Annihilators. Felicity and Tasha shot daggers at each other with their eyes causing Kai to smirk slightly. He would let his girlfriend have a piece of Felicity.

Ray and his opponent, a girl named Selena, sauntered up to the dish. Selena's short flaxen hair was held back by two skull-shaped clips. She laughed and gave Felicity the thumbs-up sign causing Tasha to scowl.

Within moments, the smirk that had appeared on Felicity's face at the start of the match soured. Ray had defeated Selena in one minute flat. Palara flicked her speckled tail contentedly and exchanged a pleased grin with Tasha.

The next quick match was Max versus a man named Evan. Draciel demolition Evan's bitbeast with his usual defensive strategy causing the smirk to disappear from Felicity's face entirely.

Finally, it was Tasha against Felicity herself. Even though the match didn't really count, Tasha still had fun. They freed their beyblades, Palara sitting at Tasha's heels not even bothering to combine with Tasha's blade.

The match lasted a little over two minutes, Felicity's bitbeast, a canine named Riliel, eventually just became tired out and the blade stopped.

Tasha smiled but didn't say anything as she sat back down on the bench again.

Felicity was looking like Christmas had been canceled.

Palara eyed Tasha happily. 'Victory's sweet, no?'

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A/N: *still crying*

Max: Help! Help! I'm drowning!

Other Bladebreakers: … *all sigh*

Tasha: Max, the water only comes up to your ankles.

Max: ^_^ Oh yea.

Other Bladebreakers: *all sigh again*

Tasha: Bye, everyone! -__-;;;