Chapter 12 – Inner Demons

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Warning: Some inappropriate language (very small amount) in this chapter.
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  For the next few weeks or more, the Bladebreakers won every single match against their opponents. A few of their beybattles were a bit difficult, but Kai managed to keep the team practising so much that they merely improved anyway. Finally, the tournament was almost over. Only one more match left before the finals. And Kai had yet to beybattle against the Majestics. He had a pretty good idea of who his opponent would be. Steth.

  "Kai! Hurry up!" Ray knocked on the bathroom door for the third time that morning. 'It's not like Kai to be late… And I never thought I'd be the one yelling at him for being late. Usually it's Tyson…' Ray thought to himself as he pounded on the door. Finally the door opened, and Kai emerged. His face was even more pale than normal, and there were thin and barely visible lines under his eyes. He glared at Ray when he walked past him to the door.  "What's wrong?" Ray called out to him as he tried to catch up.

  "Nothing." Kai breathed just loud enough for himself to hear.  He had stayed up all night, not wanting to fall asleep. He didn't feel like having another dream with Voltaire threatening him. Even though he was used to the threatening from him, in his dreams was different.

  Ray finally caught up with him, and they walked down to the main floor silently. The rest of the team looked a little shocked and surprised when Kai and Ray finally came down.

  "Kai, you're never late. Is there something wrong?" Max turned to look at Kai straight in his face. As Kai opened his mouth to answer, Ray jumped out from behind him.

  "I was late, not Kai. I stayed up too late last night. Sorry." Ray smiled and looked at Kai. Kai was surprised that Ray would cover for him like that. As the team walked to the arena, Ray whispered into his ear. "You'll owe me for that one." Ray found his way past Kai and up to his friends. Kai glared at his team again. As they entered the arena, it looked a little bit deserted. They were early, after all.

  "It's better if we're early, because then we won't get head aches from all the cheering." Kenny sighed and opened his laptop.

  "Yeah, that's for sure." Tyson mumbled as he stared over at the team across from them who were early, too. "They probably had the same idea." Finally the arena was nearly full, and the announcer had arrived.

  "Alright, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the last match before the finals! And this must be exciting for all of you out there in the stands. The final match will take place between The Majestics and the Bladebreakers. Between the infamous Kai, and Steth."


  Kai shook his head in disbelief. Of course the last match was between them, it was obvious to everyone who had a mind of their own. He shrugged it off as he grabbed his beyblade from his jacket pocket, leaving behind his jacket. He walked over to the center of the stadium, where the Beyblading arena would soon be revealed.


  Steth walked forward with a grin on his pale face, his beyblade in his left hand, and his launcher in his right.

  "I bid you good luck, Kai." Steth sighed as Kai's only response was "Hn."

  "Because you'll need it." Steth pushed a few of his green bangs from his face, and smirked.

  "You wish." Kai growled. "And don't think I'll take it easy on you just because you're one of my acquaintances."

  "Acquaintance?" Steth snorted with laughter. "Is that how you categorize your friends?" Steth glanced over Kai's shoulder and to Kai's team. "Is that how you'd categorize them?" His eyes seemed to smile at Kai while his mouth remained a small smirk.

  "How I categorize my friends is none of your business!" Kai snapped. He growled as he realised he had fallen into one of Steth's traps. Steth merely chuckled.


  They both stopped when the familiar voice boomed out over the speakers, quieting down the crowd just a tad.

  "Alright, it's time to Beyblade, ladies and gentlemen! 3  -  2  -  1" His voiced paused for a split second before continuing. "LET IT RIP!!!"

  At that exact moment, Kai and Steth both released their beyblades into the arena that had been revealed moments before.

  Their beyblades chased each other around for what seemed like hours, but turned out to be only a dozen minutes.

  "Wow, this is turning out to be the longest match so far!" The announcer's voice was so sudden that several people were startled, and jumped slightly in their seats, clearly not expecting it.

  Kai glanced up for a split second, his beyblade narrowly dodging another attack from Steth's beyblade. Kai growled, and decided that it was time to heat things up a little bit.

  "Dranzer!!" Kai yelled out, feeling the little bit of anger that he had drain from his body. He closed his eyes, knowing that the harder he concentrated on his bitbeast, the higher his chances of succeeding would be.

  'Kai… Kai… Come here, Kai!' He opened his eyes, not seeing anybody looking in his direction. He had heard the voice, he was sure of that. Kai closed his eyes again, willing it to have only been his imagination. He did stay up all night, it was probably just fatigue.

  'Be a good boy, Kai, and stop jumping to conclusions. Especially when you know they're wrong.' Kai growled.

  "Who are you!?" He yelled out into the shadows of is mind.

  'You haven't caught on yet? What a pity, Kai… And I thought you were the champion here…' The darkness of the voice lashed out at his mind.

  Kai growled out loud in confusion, earning him a stare from his opponent. Kai opened his eyes yet again, and watched as Dranzer managed to get an attack through to Steth's beyblade, knocking it off course. Bit it kept on spinning. The attack got a cheer from a small portion of the crowd.

  'Now that's the grandson I remember.' The same voice spoke again, from somewhere at the back of his mind. Kai froze, his anger being replaced by even more anger. And some fear, too. Steth's beyblade knocked Kai's beyblade from the ring, sending it into the air. Desperate, Kai yelled out again.

  "Dranzer!!!" His voice rang out into the stadium. A huge red light emerged from Kai's beyblade. It was his bitbeast, Dranzer. The beyblade started its decent at an incredible speed, finally landing in the arena, still spinning.

  'I hate you.' Kai growled into the depths of his mind.

  'You do now. But wait until you out what we're doing with Ultimate Black Dranzer. The one you threw at me?' Kai felt the anger swelling up inside of him, to the point where he nearly couldn't control himself any longer.

  "You. Bastard." Kai breathed out, and concentrated all of his anger and energy into his beyblade.


  Steth eyed him suspiciously, giving time for Kai to attacked Steth's beyblade once more, with a little bit of help from Dranzer.

  A huge beam of light erupted from both beyblades, blinding everyone in front of their very eyes, the light dissolved slowly from in front of their very eyes. The announcer picked up his microphone.

  "And the winner is…" The announcer cleared his throat before he continued.



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Okay, I've added this chapter after yet again a long time. I'm so sorry, it's just that I've been getting a lot of homework lately, and with Christmas break being so busy, and now exams are starting… Lucky me… -_-' Thanks for the reviews, and because you guys reviewed, here's another chapter! SORRY IT'S SO LATE!!! But I hope you liked it! ^-^

Oh man… So tired…. Must get through rest           of                     day… *yawns*

I've already started writing another chapter for this story! And I think a few more chapters and it'll be finished ^^

Please R&R! ^_^