Chapter 11 - Explanations

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Kai must have fallen asleep, because when he opened his eyes, Ray was staring down at him curiously, Max peering around him.

"Oh, hey, you're awake!" Ray laughed nervously.

"Hn." Kai sighed, and sat upon his bed. He got up, and went into the washroom, where he splashed his face with some fresh cold water. He stared at his reflection in the mirror, and sighed. He was glad that he hadn't had another dream while he was in bed, because the one that he had was bugging him enough already. And he knew that soon his team mates would catch on. Which bugged him even more than the dream itself. He sighed again, and regained his composure. When he felt that he looked better, he left the bathroom, and passed Max and Ray, who were looking at him curiously. Kai ignored them.

"You okay, Kai?" Max raised his eyebrows.

"Yes. I'm fine." Kai left the room, his scarf trailing behind him at an odd angle. Max scratched the back of his blond head, and he and Ray shrugged at each other. They left the room, and walked into Tyson and Kenny's room.

"Hey Max! Hey Ray!" Tyson smiled up at them, he was sitting on the couch watching a movie, eating chips.

"Hey. Where'd you get the chips?" Ray looked from Tyson to the chips.

"I found 'em in the cupboard under the television!" Tyson grinned from ear to ear, and continued watching a movie and eating his chips. Max and Ray shrugged again, and went over to Kenny, who was talking with his Dizzi on his lap.

"So, what are you up to, chief?" Ray asked, completely ignoring Tyson's hysterical laughter in the background, and the crumbs from the chips flying around him as he did so.

"Just analysing more data. It's all we can do right now, isn't it? I mean, we have to face our opponents for us to gain more data!" Kenny let out a long sigh, and put his laptop on the desk, still open.

"That's right, Chief, unless we get access to more data than what we've already got." Dizzi laughed at herself, and everyone shrugged. Except Tyson, he was too emerged in the movie he was watching to hear them.

"Yeah. We should probably go and see who's battling today, shouldn't we?" Max asked as he rubbed his eyes, and pushed a few golden locks of hair from his face.

"Yeah. I guess we'll meet up with Kai there." Ray stretched a little bit as he yawned, and they all left the room. That's when Tyson noticed they were gone, and scrambled up off the couch, and out of the room.

"Wait up!" Tyson yelled as he ran to his friends and team mates, they all just laughed at him. He panted as he caught up with them, and they made their way down to the arena.

"Okay, there's a list over there." Kenny pointed to a paper on the wall, no one crowded around it like all the others. They gathered around it, and read it for themselves.

"So we're up against. The Majestics? Who are they?" Tyson looked around bewilderedly. "Which team are they? Where are they?" Everyone laughed as Tyson looked around with a paranoid look spreading across his face, and glared at people passing by him.

"Hn. We'll find out during the match." Kai made everyone jump by talking to them. They all turned around to find him staring at them with his usual look. They all nodded. "We're up first." Kai stated the obvious, and they all sighed, and followed him to the entrance to the match.

They walked into the arena, and everyone erupted in loud cheers. They sat down on the bench, except Kai, who stayed standing up. He was in the middle of an argument with himself about staying calm and courageous while this was where his dream had taken place. 'But not before the match or during it. After it!' Kai told himself, and stopped worrying.

"Alright! Give it up for the Bladebreakers!" A voice boomed out from all of the speakers around the arena. The crowds got louder and louder to the point where it was really deafening. When they calmed down, the voice continued. "And the Majestics!" The crowd went even louder than deafening, if that was possible. Everyone from the team gasped as they saw Steth and his team walking out of the other entrance, grim looks on their faces. Kai didn't looked surprised at all, which surprised his team a lot.

"The first to battle will be Max from the Bladebreakers, and Spike from the Majestics! Max's bitbeast Draciel is very powerful indeed, but Spike's bitbeast is very powerful, too! Spike's bitbeast is Tai!" The voice echoed throughout the crowds, and people continued to cheer. Kai's face blushed for a few seconds before he regained his composure. But Ray caught him, and Kai had nowhere to run to, he had to tell Ray why he blushed.

"Well?" Ray folded his arms, and stood up tall. He was equal in height to Kai, and Kai sighed, as he stared at the ground.

"Spike. His bitbeast? Well, his bitbeast's name is Tai, right? Well Spike always aid he had wanted to name it Kai. He said he liked my name." Kai sighed, and actually sat down on the bench. Ray smiled as Kai sighed in defeat, and he sat down beside him.

"3 - 2 - 1 - LET IT RIP!!! " Kai and Ray both looked up as they watched Max and Spike go head to head against each other. Their beyblades collided, and the crowd's cheering was deafening again.

"Go, Max! Go!" Tyson jumped up, and called out to his friend. "We know you can do it, buddy!"

Max was staring at the arena determinedly. He called something out, but his team mates couldn't hear him, the crowd was definitely too loud. Spike did the same, he yelled something. That's when both of their beyblades collided with each other, and a blinding light consumed the whole arena. Everyone shielded their eyes from the light for a few minutes, then the light faded away, and remained in the middle of the arena. Max's team couldn't see anything but the light around him, the beyblades in front of him, and Spike staring at him, a surprised look on his face.

"Where are we?" Max asked, not looking up from his beyblade.

"I think it as something to do with our bitbeasts!" Spike's huge eyes narrowed. "But where is everyone? Where's the arena?" His voice echoed out into the light, but never passed through the barrier of light.

Out of the light, Max's team mates were trying to figure out what was happening, too. They were looking around. The crowd had literally stopped cheering, there as no sound in the arena, and Kai watched as Tyson ran to the barrier of light. He ran right into something solid, and fell back. He got up again, and rubbed his head.

Back in the light, Max and Spike were still fighting against each other. Maybe they were cut off from the world outside of them, but they still had a battle to finish.

"Tai!" Spike called out, his eyes wide with anticipation, and he watched as his bitbeast emerged, a huge white dragon with bright green eyes. Max gasped, but called out his bitbeast, too.

"Draciel!" Max yelled, and his bitbeast came out, read for the attack. Their bitbeasts rammed into each other over and over again, their bitbeasts finally became locked into a position of attack, and were entangled in each other. Finally, Max broke free, and attacked Spike head on. The light blinded them again, and they shut their eyes tight. When they opened them again, the light was dissolving into thin air, and the arena came back into view. The crowd was silent, and the light finally disappeared from the beybattling dish. Max and Spike both gasped. Max's beyblade was lying on its side, and Spike's was still spinning, but was a little bit wobbly. Finally, it stopped, and fell limp.

"And the winner is. Spike!" The voice yelled out from the speakers, obviously shocked by the events. Spike's mouth fell open, and he walked over to Max. They both shook hands, and smiled at each other.

"It was nice battling against you!" Spike called back to him, and Max simply waved. He went back to the team, and was surprisingly not angry or sad at losing. He had just had some fun, and he like it. He walked back to his team, who all gave him comforting words that he didn't need. But he was appreciative of it. Who will they be battling next?

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Sorry about making you wait for so long! I have been really sick and busy with school for the past while! So here's the chapter you've been waiting for! Hope you like it! But I'm thinking that maybe I shouldn't write much more, because not many people have been reviewing this story! If you review it, I'll continue it!

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