Sorry about the long wait, I finally got this chapter done, hope you enjoy.
Chapter 19: Fire vs. Fire
"Attack!" everyone yelled. All the bit beast lunged forward, Slifer was completely surrounded.
Slifer threw back his head and gave a menacing roar, a sudden glow of red formed around the black dragons body. The energy pulsating around him pushed back the other bit beast as they came closer,
"What, no way?!" gasped Tyson when he noted that none of the bit beast had gotten close enough to attack the dragon. With a growl Wolborg jumped to his feet and rushed forward, Galeon and Driger soon followed after. The three charged towards the dragon at the opposite end of the dish. Slifer stood his ground, when the tiger, lion and wolf were close enough he lunged forward but found he hit nothing but air. The dragon roared as he felt a sharp jab in his back, quickly turning he noticed Trygle retreating his talons still bared. With his back turned Wolborg, Driger and Galeon jumped back into the battle after quickly evading the dragon's earlier attack. They lunged forward into Slifer's back pushing him forward. When Slifer turned back around he came face to face with a flash of fire, the flames scorched his leathery hide but caused him no pain. A large griffon jumped in front of Salamalyon, flapping his large violet wings small diamond shaped objects flew from his feathers, and came crashing into the black dragon. Slifer staggered back somewhat but soon regained his normal strong confident composer. Driger and Galux ran toward Slifer crisscrossing over each other, when they reached the dragon both felines jumped off to either side, Unicolyon came galloping up the middle, head low his horn aimed right for Slifer's chest. Slifer spread his wings and flew up into the sky just in time. The unicorn skidded to a halt, looking up he saw Griffolyon and Trygle closing in on Slifer. The dragon fell from the sky and landed with a crash on the floor, a small crack had formed in the dish surface where Slifer had landed. Galzzy jumped forward and swiped Slifer with his large claws. Quickly getting up Slifer swiped his long tail at the bear, sending him flying. Wolborg jumped over Galzzy closing the gap between himself and Slifer. Opening his mouth the wolf shot rays of ice in the reptiles direction. Dragoon came in next to Wolborg and using his Phantom Hurricane attack forced the shards of ice to reach the dragon faster, also the strong winds blinded the black dragon from any on coming attacks. All the bit beast took this chance to attack. Galeon charged up his lightning attack, Salamalyon prepared to fire a stream of flames, while Griffolyon began to flap his wings sending more sharp objects in Slifers direction. Both Dragoons and Wolborgs attack hit full force pushing the dragon back somewhat, directly after he was hit with lightning, fire and daggers. After the faze of attack all the other bit beast jumped forward attacking Slifer at close range.
"Yeah come on!" cheered Tyson and Max,
"Alright where gonna win!" shouted Mariah with glee
"I sure hope so," whispered Ray
"What?!" Tyson and Max both gasped when they noticed Slifer rise up with no harm done to him. Malik smirked at their shocked faces.
It was now Slifers turn to get down to business. With a roar he stepped forward, mouth open you could see the flames beginning to gather. The flames quickly turned to the shape of a sphere and rapidly gaining size, within seconds the ball of fire was large enough and with a flick of his head the dragon sent the fire ball in the direction of the other bit beast. Most quickly jumped out of the way, but some of the bit beast that lacked speed were hit with a much more powerful force. The waves of energy sent all the beast flying, even the seventeen teens had to brace themselves to stay standing.
"NO!" yelled Lee when the smoke had cleared away, all the bit beast with the exception of Slifer where sprawled out on the dish floor.
"Come on, Galux get up!" yelled Mariah,
"Dragoon!"
"Draciel!"
"No we can't lose, Driger!"
Slowly the beasts opened there eyes, and began to stand. Slifer stood at the opposite end of the dish with his back to Malik.
"Come on Slifer, finish them off, Attack with Inferno Fire Blast!" Malik yelled,
Slifer let out a low growl, narrowing his eyes he began to turn. His growling grew louder as he narrowed his eyes at Malik.
"Slifer what do you think you're doing, attack them NOW!" shouted Malik glaring at his bit beast. Slifer let out a low roar as he stepped forward. Malik went wide-eyed as he noticed Slifer raise one of his powerful claws,
"What's Slifer doing?" Emily asked no one in particular
"Who knows?" replied Michael
Slifer swiped a claw across Malik's chest, sending him backwards to the ground. At this the other teens all gasped. The huge black dragon gave a loud roar before moving towards Malik, getting ready to swipe at him again. Driger jumped forward placing himself between the fallen Russian boy and the great dragon. Driger leaned forward, head close to the ground and his k-9s bared in a show of anger, but with one powerful strike the black dragon sent the tiger flying,
"NO DRIGER!" Ray yelled when he saw his bit beast hit the floor.
As Slifer neared Malik no one seemed to notice the sky being covered in black rain clouds, but it never began to rain. Thunder roared across the sky as patches of black and red flashed between the clouds. A loud screech echoed through the sky. All the teens and their bit beast stopped to look up at the dark sky above them to see what had made such a noise,
"Umm, does anyone have the slight feeling of deja'vu?" asked Max, the screeching sound was heard again. Tala's expressionless face turned to a smile when the screech was sounded for a third time,
"It must be Dranzer," he whispered quietly,
Those that stood closest to Tala had heard him and immediately turn their heads in his direction.
Slifer ignored the sounds and continued to advance on Malik, who was losing blood quickly and struggling to stay consciences. As the black and red continued to flash through the sky a large bolt of lightning shot down like liquid fire landing only a few feet away from Slifer. The dragon growled at seeing the bolt of electricity land a little too close for comfort. The dragon had stopped for a few seconds before moving again to get to his old master.
Malik stared in shock at Slifer as he neared him, the blue haired teen closed his eyes as the dragon was about to bring down his large claws again. Another bolt of lightning fell from the sky, this time hitting dead on target. Slifer let out a cry of pain as his body surged with electricity. Malik stared shocked at the black dragon being electrified before him. As the lightning died down Slifer let out a low growl and slumped forward, but it didn't take long before he recovered and stood straight again. The sky flashed and flared bright red and black as the ear-piercing cry shattered through the silence that had fallen upon the teens below. Malik cringed in pain and put a hand to his chest, immediately he felt the warmth of blood as it flowed between his fingers. Malik suddenly became a little dizzy from the loss of blood but fought the erg to just collapse. Looking back up he noticed the dragon advancing on him. Slifer raised one of his arms and took another step forward, so he was standing over the Russian, just before Slifer brought down his arm a blast of fire pushed him aside, with a roar of surprise the dragon fell to the floor.
"Oh my" gasped Mariah
"WOW!" yelled Tyson in shock
"I new it" said Tala with a smile.
Hovering just before Malik was a magnificent beast. Its fiery red wings were spread out at the sides, and its slender neck ached over as golden eyes glared at the black dragon that lay before it. Sharp talons were bared in an act of annoyance and anger. Golden plates of armour lined its body and wings. A long flowing mane of golden silk hair ran down its neck. Three long flowing scarlet red tail feathers four times the length of its body flowed to the ground. Small white patterns were etched into the tail feathers. Just behind the mighty bird was another identical in all ways but one. Rather than its body be covered in a layer of scarlet feathers, they were midnight black instead.
"Dranzer!" Ray yelled, but the fire phoenix took no notice of the Chinese boy
"And Black Dranzer!" shouted Lee
Malik shot Lee and Ray a brief look before he became focused on the two phoenixes once more, then it hit him,
"Dranzer" he whispered,
At his voice Dranzer turned her head in her master's direction, she gave a happy little chirp before turning back to Slifer.
Suddenly scenes of another's life began to flash before Maliks eyes. Two small boys were playing around in the snow, laughing and giggling at one another. The image of a young woman with dark blue hair and violet eyes entered Maliks head, she lay on the floor covered in a layer of red liquid. A man with black hair and crimson eyes lay face down on the floor in a darkened room. His hands by his head, he was gasping for air, small scratches scared his flesh, as they continued to drip blood. A small boy with blue hair ran through a huge mansion laughing till he bumped into a tall well-built man with long gray hair and crimson eyes. Two young boys stood opposite each other with a small gray beyblade dish between them, both boys were holding beyblades, one dark blue and the other light gray. A young teenaged boy held a black blade in is hand, attaching it to his launcher and pulling the rip cord, the blade flew through the air only to stop some meters from the teen, with bright flashing light the blade sent out a shock wave of energy, causing the building he was in to become unstable. A large red phoenix and a mighty blue dragon circled each other as cheers of excitement echoed throughout the room they stood in. A teenaged boy sat on the sidelines as he watched a large purple turtle and yellow eagle battle it out on a baseball based beyblade dish. Quick flashers of a fire-breathing salamander formed in his head before being taken over by the image of a mighty black bird shaped just like the one that hovered before him. Five teens were trapped behind a thick wall of glass as they shouted out the name Kai.
"DRANZER!" yelled Malik before losing his voice and beginning to gasp for air,
"I-I re…I remember" he struggled to say as small beads of sweat dripped down his face. Closing his eyes and clutching his chest Malik fell backwards.
"No Kai!" yelled Tala attempting to run over to his fallen friend.
As he ran round the dish a large scaly black tail soon stopped him. Slifer gave a low roar of anger as he glared at the red head. Tala glared right back as he took a few steps backwards to rejoin the others.
Dranzer and Black Dranzer both shot forward into the Slifer, causing the dragon to fly across the dish. With a thud Slifer hit the ground and skidded along cracking the dish. With a growl Slifer stood again, narrowing his eyes at the phoenixes, Slifer spread his wings and took off in their direction. Realizing his attack Dranzer and Black Dranzer moved to the side, as Slifer flew between the two he quickly stopped and turned catching Dranzer off guard he slammed in the back of her. With a shriek of pain Dranzer fell forward to the ground. Slifer put a foot to her back and rose on of his powerful arms. Just before he attacked Black Dranzer lunged forward pushing the dragon off her counter part. Slifer spun round only to be hit again by the black bird. Dranzer got to her feet, ruffling her feathers and shaking her self off she then spread her wings for another attack. Turning in the direction of the battering black beast she flew in to join them. Dranzer and Black Dranzer circled the dragon, going in for an attack then retreating before he had any time to counterattack. Slifer snarled at not getting in any attacks, he snapped his jaws, and bared his teeth. Swaying his tail this way and that he hoped for a lucky hit. When Black Dranzer came in with a powerful attack Slifer became fed up, opening his mouth flames began to form. The two phoenixes took no notice of the coming attack. Slifer took each of their hits knowing that very soon his attack would be ready, and the dragon new he wouldn't miss with them being so close, the only problem was that he would get a small portion of the attack but he was willing to put up with that. As the fireball gained size, Slifer gave a quick flick of his head. Both birds stopped their attacks as the ball of fire quickly reached them. The three beasts were thrown backwards all landing in different part of the dish.
"Oh no" gasped Emily
"No come Dranzer you can win this!" shouted Ray
"Yeah and you have Black Dranzer there to help!" Tyson yelled.
Dranzer slowly opened her golden eyes, with a small chirp she spread her wings once more. She made her way over to Black Dranzer, and with a nudge woke the dark phoenix. Black Dranzer opened her blood red eyes and look up at Dranzer, gold and red locked for a few seconds before looking away from each other. Black Dranzer got up and stood by Dranzer. Their gaze flowed to the other side of the dish where Slifer lay. With a high pitched roar he quickly rose to his feet. Dranzer and Black Dranzer spread their wings and flew into the sky, as they ascended both phoenixes became beams of light. The red and black lights soon became intertwined with each other, causing one large beam of red light to stand between the earth and sky, black streaks flashed throughout the red as it grew in size and brightness. With one last blinding flash the red-black light flared out in a half circle before fading away, leaving a solitary creature to hover in the sky.
Wings spread, talons out stretched and neck ached the phoenix gave a wild cry before descending. Her long tail feathers flowing behind her as she fell from the sky. Waves of black light flashed across her body. Down below Slifer stared up at the phoenix, he couldn't quite figure out how two phoenixes had become one. And this phoenix was slightly different from the other two. Dranzer fell fast, her wings flattered against her sides, just before reaching the dragon she quickly spread her wings again, stopping her in mid air. The dragon and phoenix stood still, glaring at one another. Dranzer shot a quick glance at Kai before turning back to Slifer. The black dragon lunged forward, but Dranzer dodge to the right, with a growl Slifer lunged again, but every time Slifer lunged forward Dranzer would dodge his attack. Dranzer's bright blue eyes flashed for a quick second. Dranzer's body began to heat up and the ends of her wings and tail feathers slowly spread out to form the licking motion of fire. The fire spread up her body. Soon all that was left was the shape of a magnificent bird covered in fire, flashes of black flowing throughout the flames. The firebird shot forward, and with a glass shattering screech lunged towards Slifer. The dragon was so hypnotized by the act that he never realized what was happening till it was too late. Slifer gave a high-pitched roar, his cries of pain echoed around, sounding like something from another world. Beams of black light shot from Slifer's body as the dragon continued to give out short sharp high-pitched roars, with some lasting longer than others.
The teens all covered their eyes as the black light spread out across the land, blinding all in its darkness, before retreating to the source. Sounds of shock were heard from the beyblading teams when the darkness had lifted to relieve what was in the dish.