Starwolf: Well, I'm finally back!!! SUMMER IS HERE AND I FINALLY HAVE TIME TO UPDATE ALL MY FICS!!!! So there, evil teachers!! You've tried to delay all of my updates by giving us all those finals BUT YOU LOST IN THE END!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!!!
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Starwolf: ^.^ ….well anyways I'm sorry if I kept you waiting. I just came back from Chicago and I've been busy lately with the usual. Well, here's chapter 14! Enjoy!! ^.^
Disclaimer: You really do think I own Beyblade?? Boy, you're dumb!!!
Chapter 14: The Ceremony
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BEEP BEEP BEEP!!!! Kenny groaned and sat up wearily as the alarm clock next to him continued to sound. He rubbed his eyes, yawning and trying to remember why he was getting up so early today. That's when he remembered and a grin grew slowly on his face. It the day of the Opening Ceremony, how could he have forgotten that?? Hadn't he spent all last night pretty much hyperventilating over it?? As he got up, he glimpsed two limp figures on the bed across from him, one with his head dangling off the bed and snoring rather loudly, and mumbling something that sounded a bit like "No Gramps, don't forget the mustard." as he turned on his side. Kenny laughed as he walked over to attempt in waking the two sleepyheads up.
Finally getting them to wake up, after a number of rather unsuccessful tries, the threesome got ready, and then headed out the door, Tyson still yawning. Kai, Rei, and Starr were already waiting in the other room.
"What took you so long?" Rei asked them. His amber eyes were gleaming with excitement, more then ready to go.
Kenny tried to explain. "We were-"
"Come on!" Starr cut him off eagerly. "Let's go!" she said impatiently as she dragged the rest of her team, not unwillingly, towards the stadium.
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"WHOA!!" Tyson mouth dropped open as he entered the area. "Look at this place!" The place had certainly become much more festive then the day before. Every wall of the giant maple-shaped stadium was draped with thick scarlet tapestry. There were balloons floating in the air and there were ecstatic people all over the place, including….
"Oh no!!" Max groaned. "Not them again!!"
"WE LOVE YOU KAI!!"
"GO REI!!" came the screams from the stands.
Starr rolled her eyes. "The Kai and Rei fan clubs!" she said. "I totally forgot about them!"
"Looks like Max and Tyson have some fans too." Rei commented, pointing over.
"Good luck with that crowd, you guys!" Starr said, laughing at them. "Just don't expect me to help you out if anything happens!"
"Thanks Starr." Rei said sarcastically. "It's good knowing you'll always be there for us."
"Anytime!"
Kenny took over. "We've gotta get over to the center. All the other teams are waiting there!" he said, leading the way.
Most of the teams were already there. Rei recognized the Blader Gurlz and also the other teams whom they had talked to the day before. And over in the corner he saw another slightly familiar face….
"Hey Starr." He nudged her with his elbow. "Isn't that your guy that you bumped into yesterday?"
Starr strained her neck to look. "Yea, that is." she said, sounding surprised. "I didn't know he was a blader. And why do you insist on calling him 'my guy'?" she added, rolling her eyes when Rei smirked and winked mockingly.
"Ahem! Attention!" came a voice from the speakers. All the bladers who had been chatting excitedly with each other looked up.
"Hey, it's DJ!" someone exclaimed.
"That's right!!" DJ Jazzman flashed a grin from the stage. "And we're just ready to start the tournament! The ceremony will start with the introductions of the teams! Will all members of each team group together and get in order please? Thank you!"
"This is so exciting!" Kenny said. "Now we get to meet all of our competition!"
"First up are the Exotic Bladers!" Jazzman announced as the crowd cheered wildly for the five bladers who stood, grinning and waving back.
"Hey!" Max realized. "Those
are the bladers we met yesterday!"
"The Exotic Bladers are a wicked team from the States!" Jazzman said to the
crowd. "They have been a team for 2
years and so far they remain undefeated!
"Next up is the Fire Blazer team! They are…." Jazzman continued to go through all the teams until he finally got to theirs.
"And now comes one of the most well-known teams in the tournament! The Asian, American, and Russian champions….TEAM BLADEBREAKERS!!!!"
The crowd went even more wild- if that was even possible- with screams of girls, though some people looked at bit confused. Starr knew they were all looking at her, and wondering since when was there a girl in this team. Others either didn't notice or didn't seem to care.
After there turn there were still more teams to be announced, among them the Blader Gurlz, the Bladestrikers, Static, and other teams as well. Finally, there was only one more….
"Last, but definitely not least…." Jazzman took a deep breath. "….the Shadow Raptors!!"
"The what???" Starr gasped.
"Huh?" The rest of the team looked at her. Kenny seemed thoughtful. "Wasn't that the team that won the Tournament 8 years ago?"
"Yes….but how….that's not….." Starr looked up slowly at the team advancing to the middle of the ring. "Oh my gosh!" She exclaimed.
The team followed her gaze. "I can't believe this!" Max side, looking at the leader of the team, then at Starr. His eyes were wide. "It's that guy you bumped into the day before! He's the leader??"
Starr didn't answer.
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Ok, so there was actually supposed to be more to this chapter, but I started getting e-mails and reviews asking me to hurry up, so I just left it like this. The next part can wait….right??
Also, just if you want to know, I post announcements and updates on my bio regularly, so if you want to check and find out when the next chapters of my fics will come out or something like that, you can just check. Convenient, or what?? ^.^
Anyways much thanks to everyone who sent an e-mail and reviewed!! I love you all!! ^________^ Until the next chapter!
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