One True Team

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"Come on," Tyson urged the teams. "We have to hurry!"

"Do you think we don't know that?" Solo muttered. The two teams quickly ran down the hallway. They were already late by five minutes.

"At least they know I'm innocent," Saber said sheepishly. She tried her best to run with the others, but her ankle was too weak to support her weight. "You guys go ahead. I'll catch up later," she told Lexis.

"Okay," Terri nodded.

"Let's go!" Tyson shouted. And within 5 seconds, everyone was gone. Except for Ray, who had stayed behind to help Saber.

"Thanks Ray," Saber smiled.

"No problem," Ray said as he helped Saber hop across the hallway.

Meanwhile, the Bladebreakers and the Wildcats ran through the doors to the stadium and made it just in time.

"Hello there kids! And this is Brad Best, bringing up today's scoop on the battle today!"

"And this is his trusty sidekick, AJ Topper! We're fortunate to say that the Bladebreakers and the Wildcats have been able to stay in the tournament. I must say that today's match will be the Bladebreakers and the Wildcats against the RC's and the Circus Clowns!"

"I can't wait till we get started! Today's match will determine who will go face to face with the winners from block B. Isn't this exciting?"

"I'll say!"

"Alright, gang!" Kenny said as they sat at their bench. "Who's going to battle today?"

"Well, I don't think Saber's in any shape to battle," Terri pointed out. "She's too tired and exhausted from yesterday to even walk. Let's give her a break."

"Okay," Max replied. "Then how about Terri and I go first?"

"No wait," Solo cut in. She looked out to the crowd. Many people were sitting there, cheering and waiting for the battle to begin. "Can me and Kai go first?"

"Uh. . . . ok. That alright with you Kai?" asked Kenny. Kai nodded.

"We'll go first to see how good this team is," he murmured, looking at Solo. He knew she must be up to something, or she would never go first. Solo nodded.

"Alright, Max and I can go second," Terri suggested.

"Then Lexis and I will finish off the game!" Tyson said.

Somewhere in the crowd, the girl with the black hair and red highlights stared at the teams in disgust.

"What?!"

"What's the matter? You don't look very pleased," said the girl with the reddish brown hair.

"I thought that the Bladebreakers and the Wildcats have already been eliminated! They're not supposed to battle! I was quite sure our plan of framing Saber would work!"

"Maybe SHE made a mistake when she was pretending to be Saber in the store," the other girl suggested.

"Hmmmm. . . . . . . she would be severely punished for this. Meanwhile, let's see how good Solo plays now."

"And representing the Bladebreakers and the Wildcats will be Kai and Solo!" DJ Jazzman sang through his mike. The crowd started cheering as Kai and Solo stepped up to the battle dish. Kai looked uncertainly at Solo, his face in an expression that kind of read 'what are you up to?' Solo noticed, then quickly kissed him.

"I'll explain later," she whispered to him as Kai's face turned a bit pink.

"And representing the RC's and the Circus Clowns will be Olivia and Shelly!" Two girls stepped up. One had orange hair tied up in pigtails while the other girl had sandy brown hair that was tied up in two braids. Olivia, the girl with the orange hair, had on a red and pink checker shirt and green shoes. Shelly was wearing a green and white checker shirt like Olivia and purple shoes. Both had on white make up with a star drawn around one eye and were wearing blue clown hats. Their red painted mouths were in two twin smirks.

"So, this must be the great Kai we've been hearing about," Olivia smirked.

"And you must be Solo, the one with the Bengalion bit-beast," Shelly grinned. Kai and Solo made no response.

"Either these are clowns or they're really freaks," Tyson shivered.

"Tyson!" Kenny exclaimed.

"They're just bladers with an attitude," Lexis laughed.

"I guess," Max murmured. The four players got into position.

3. . . . . . 2 . . . . . 1 . . . . .. Let it rip!

"Let it rip!" Olivia and Shelly shouted.

"GO Dranzer!" Kai yelled.

"Let's go Bengalion!" Solo exclaimed. Olivia and Shelly's blades circled around and around the battle dish until it was one fast moving circle. Solo and Kai's blades were forced in the middle.

"Oh great!" Solo groaned.

"This doesn't look very good," Kenny said as he typed on his laptop. "According to Dizzy, if either Bengalion or Dranzer hits the ring, they can automatically get knocked out of the stadium."

"What?" Terri stuttered.

"How can that be? Kai's never failed us and neither has Solo," Max said.

"Unless there's someway of stopping their spin circle technique, there's no way Kai or Solo can order their beyblades to attack," Kenny explained. Solo glanced at Kai for some ideas. Kai stared back at her with an 'I've- got-an-idea' expression on his face.

"Dranzer, flame thrower attack!" Kai's beyblade flared up with fire and shot some flames at the spinning circle. The circle however did not slowed down. Instead, a circle of fire rose from the two spinning beyblades as they continued circling. Shelly giggled.

"I hate to break it to you, but since we work in the circus, we tend to have rings of fire," she smirked.

"In other words," Kenny explained. "Their beyblades are able to absorb fire from opponents and use it as their circling technique to turn this into a ring of fire. Now, not only will beyblades get knocked out of the circle, but it will also burn too."

"I hope Kai can get out of this one," Ray yawned. He was half asleep on the bench with Saber asleep on his shoulder, mainly cause they were both mentally exhausted.

"Kai doesn't look upset though," Lexis pointed out. "And neither does Solo." Solo simply raised an eyebrow. She had caught onto Kai's scheme by now.

"Bengalion, Bengal Tiger Scratch!" The fiery circle rose as the fire grew bigger. Each attack made by Kai and Solo increased the fire. The stadium was starting to feel warm. DJ Jazzman wiped the sweat off his brow.

"It looks like these two players are playing with fire!" he yelled tiredly.

"I don't get it!" Olivia complained. "Their beyblades should have already been history, but they just stay in one position."

"And why do they keep firing fire attacks at us when they know that our ring can absorb fire attacks?" Shelly asked. Then suddenly, black smoke appeared. "WHAT?!" The circling beyblades suddenly crashed into each other, fire spinning about. There was a loud crack as Olivia's blade crashed into Shelly's as they rocketed towards the middle. The spinning circle had finally stopped.

"Now, Collision Course Attack!" Kai and Solo shouted. With two clean strokes, Olivia and Shelly's blade crash-landed outside the bowl, smoke rising from it.

"I don't believe it! Kai and Solo have won!" DJ Jazzman announced.

"I get it now!" Kenny said. "Olivia and Shelly's beyblades couldn't take the pressure of too much fire. So their beyblades collapsed under too much fire."

"It looks like this one is over, Brad!"

"I'll say, AJ!"

"Hmm. . . . not bad, for Solo at least," the girl murmured in the crowd. "That guy, Kai, must have somehow influenced her to cooperate as partners, like she did before."

"And here comes round two!"

"That's right Brad! Round two features the always awesome Max and Terri and the bouncing Seal and Flipper!" Two girls with dark blue hair and black wet suits stepped up to meet Max and Terri.

"Hey, it's an honor fighting against you two," Seal smiled.

"Pleasure is all ours," Max replied. They got into position.

3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . Let it Rip!

The four blades hit the bowl and started to battle.

"Let's try our defense plan," Max told Terri.

"Right! Cougarah, begin defense shield!"

"Draciel, begin defense maneuver! Huh?" Seal and Flipper's blades were bouncing up and down like two flopping seals.

"Pretty clever eh?" Seal said.

"Since we're trainers of the seals in our circus, we've designed our beyblades to act like seals too," Flipper explained.

"That means our defensive shields won't work because they won't attack," Terri realized.

"Then we'll just go attack them. Draciel, attack!"

"Go Cougarah!" The two blades headed straight for Seal and Flipper's beyblades.

"NOW!" Seal and Flipper yelled. Their two blades waited till Cougarah and Draciel had crashed into them, then flipped into the air and landed on top of them. Terri and Max gasped.

"Not only that," Kenny said. "But their blades are most likely spring loaded too."

"Like a seal," Solo finished.

"Max and Terri better think of something quick!" Tyson replied.

"I guess we have no choice now, do we?" Max asked Terri.

"Guess not," Terri smiled. "Go Cougarah!" Cougarah rose out of it's blade.

"Go Draciel!" Draciel rose out of it's blade and hovered over Seal's blade. "Attack now!"

"Mountain cat attack!" Seal and Flipper's blade flew out of the dish.

"And it looks like the winners are Max and Terri!" DJ shouted.

"Sorry we had to call out our bit-beasts," Max told Tyson.

"Hey, that's okay! I have to admit though that was an awesome match!" Tyson and Lexis ran to the middle of the stadium.

"And this round features Tyson and Lexis against Bob and Charlie!" Two boys with white makeup, black eyes, white and black jail style shirts, and black hats/pants walked towards them. They were also wearing white mittens and black-soled shoes.

"Hey! Look, I think these guys are mimes. Hey, do you guys do mime?" Tyson shouted. The two mimes nodded in unison, then grinned widely as they shook imaginary hands.

"I think they're telling us good luck," Lexis smiled.

"Why don't they talk?"

"They do mime. As in actions of the silent type," Lexis explained.

"Are you ready!?" DJ screamed into the mike. "3. . . 2. . . . 1. . . Let it rip!"

"Battle blade!" Tyson shouted.

"Go Jaguarah!" Lexis yelled. The two mimes simply ripped their black and white beyblades, cupping their hands around their mouths and acting as if they were shouting. Almost immediately, Bob and Charlie's beyblades vanished into thin air.

"Where did they go?" Tyson asked Lexis. "Argh!" Bob's blade rammed into Dragoon, then disappeared again.

"Where is it?" Lexis gasped as Charlie's blade attacked Jaguarah, then vanish just like Bob's.

"There it is!" Tyson pointed. Dragoon headed towards Bob's blade, but it disappeared into thin air just as Dragoon hit the side of the dish instead. "Oh no!"

"Come on!" Jaguarah too had rammed into the wall of the dish as it tried to crash Charlie.

"There are so many illusions!" Tyson and Lexis were seeing multiple beyblades appearing and disappearing around in the bowl.

"There's only one way out of this!" Tyson decided. "Dragoon, DJ Destruction!"

"What?" asked DJ Jazzman.

"This has nothing to do with you, DJ," Lexis told him. "GO Jaguarah!" Dragoon started up his hurricane, picking up all of the beyblades up in its wind. Even Bob's and Charlie's got sucked up. Finally, Jaguarah turned the hurricane orange, which visually showed where Bob and Charlie were. Then Jaguarah managed to slip out of the hurricane and land inside the dish. Dragoon stopped its attack, letting Bob and Charlie fall out of the dish and on to the floor.

"Yes!!!!" Tyson hugged Lexis as they jumped up and down. The two mimes were on the floor, on their knees and hands on their faces. But they happily shook Tyson and Lexis' hands.

"And the Bladebreakers and the Wildcats will advance to the final round!" DJ shouted.

"That's right, AJ!"

"See you kids later!"

"Hmph!" the girl with the black hair and red highlights stood up. "So far, they've only won these matches by luck. Next time, they won't know what hit them." She glared at Solo from above the crowd. "Solo. . . . I'll get you. . . . ."
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Sorry! I wrote that in a hurry! I thought that it was a pretty crappy chapter! Hoped you understood it! Will do better next time! Review!

~Zero2-the-scyther