Chapter 13: The fall of the heroes

Last time the Destroyers played a chaotic battle against the Demolition boys and almost proving that the Destroyers are invincible. The next team to face the heartless Destroyers is the Kalevalans, the team that that is playing for the honor of Finland. The Kalevalans must make a strategy to win. Can the other teams even think about winning this tournament? Find out as the story continues.

The Kalevalans were in their readying room, waiting for Mike to set up the order to battle and the strategy to win. Mike finally turned to his teammates with a serious look on his eyes.

"So. What's the plan Mike?" Karl asked.

"Yes. I decided that Ann goes first. If anyone can use offense, it would be her. But you must eliminate the enemy as fast as possible, using all power. Use 100% of everything you can muster." Mike explained to Ann.

"Got it. Foxor can easily scorch anything it wants and I'll make that battle swift and sweet." Ann said.

Mike handed Ann a new shooter grip.

"For some more power and spin, use this catapult-grip shooter. I checked that your spring launcher only aids in your offence. You should have more speed in your game." Mike said as he handed Ann a dark red catapult-grip shooter. (Tyson used the catapult-grip shooter for the most episodes of the Asian tournament.)

"Who goes second? Is it I?" Karl asked.

"You guessed it. You should use more of your defense strategies since they're likely to send probably Ronny or Jake against you. And when you attack, be careful what they do to strike when your defense is open. Got it?" Mike asked Karl after explaining the game plan.

"You got it Mike. I may like putting on a show for the crowd. But this time I sweep out my enemy far more than seriously." Karl said as he took out his dark blue modify grip shooter with a black sniper scope on it.

"And let me guess. I go last?" Rio asked.

"Of course Rio. But I'm afraid we have no other option." Mike said as he looked at his notes.

"What do you mean?" Rio asked.

"We have to use the D.P.S launch." Mike said.

The other Kalevalans gasped.

"You mean the Destructive Power Smash launch? But that thing's dangerous." Ann said.

"Yes, but it is our most powerful weapon and we must use all we have against the Destroyers." Mike said.

Rio thought for a moment. He detached the sword scabbard from his belt. He then went to his black suitcase and opened it. He then put the sword in there and he then took out a Finnish iron war club. A club that is made completely out of iron that is like a short pole with the tip being thicker and it has leather on the grip, but this one has rubber on it. Rio held the heavy club with both arms.

"If I gotta, I gotta. We have to beat the Destroyers, or we might lose our bit beasts, like Lee almost did." Rio said.

"One thing doesn't add up." Mike suddenly started.

"What?" Karl asked.

"The Destroyers seemed as if they didn't even try to take the Demolition boys' bit beasts. As if they didn't need them, but why?" Mike wondered.

Suddenly Michael and Emily entered.

"Michael? Emily? What are you doing here?" Rio asked as he leaned on his iron club.

"We came to wish you good luck. We've been scanning the stats of us all and The Destroyers and it appears that we all don't even come close to them." Emily said.

"We know. We're going to use all our power against them. I just hope our bit beasts will be safe." Rio said.

"Hey, you've been through something like this Rio. Just try your best and be strong. I'm sure there is a way t beat the Destroyers." Michael said.

There was a moment of silence.

"Teams Kalevalans and Destroyers, please report to beystadium in five minutes." D.J Jazzman's voice was heard from the loudspeaker system.

"Well, we're off. And thanks for the thumbs up guys. It's time to show those freaking Destroyers what we're all about." Rio said.

Three minutes later at the main room where the audience was restless as another big battle was about to take place.

"C'mon Kalevalans!" Max cheered.

"Show'em who's boss!" Tyson cheered.

The Kalevalans stood in their booth as they glared at the Destroyers who still had those confident evil smiles on their faces.

"Well this is it A.J. Finland's biggest beyblade match might be starting in a couple of seconds." Brad Best said.

"I know man. I feel like I got butterflies in my stomach." A.J Topper said.

"Or maybe it's that spicy burrito you had for lunch." Brad Best said.

"Ladies and gentlemen! And beybladers from around the globe! Now is the start of probably the biggest match Finland has ever seen! The national beyblade team of this country, the Kalevalans are about to battle the meanest and nastiest beybladers this sport has ever seen, the Destroyers!" D.J Jazzman announced.

The floor once again rolled back and revealed the challenging dish for the two powerful teams to play in. The dish was a large miniature of something that looked like an Olympics stadium with a tall, white tower sticking out of the stadium. The Kalevalans and he Destroyers knew this building too well.

"This dish appears to be a replica of Helsinki's Olympics stadium. The center of the dish that is the racetrack with the small fences can prove difficult control over beyblades and being able to hide can prove rather difficult in that opening." A.J Topper explained.

"And from the Kalevalans, the cutest beyblader from this country, the all powerful Ann!" D.J Jazzman announced as Ann stepped up to the dish, but Ann didn't wave to the crowd or anything. She just glared at the opposing team as if she was ready to hurt one of them.

Ann's stats are shown.

"It appears that Ann hasn't been having a good day after losing for the first time in this tournament." Brad Best explained.

"And Marcus from the Destroyers!" D.J Jazzman announced.

Ann gasped that she already had to face probably the most powerful beyblader in the world.

Marcus's stats are shown.

"For some type of reason Marcus has been selected to battle first. Are the Destroyers trying to win it easy or just attack the weak?" A.J Topper wondered.

"Since you're so cute looking for a blader, I think I'll go easy on you. You won't beat me anyway." Marcus said overconfidently.

"Players, get set! Begin the battle in 3... 2... 1... let it rip!"

Marcus and Ann fired their beyblades.

"Foxor, pyre fang attack! Hit him with everything you've got!" Ann commanded.

Foxor rose out once again, only this time she glowed far brighter that some had to cover their eyes as Ann's beyblade produced flames.

"What is that? It's as if Foxor's gotten stronger all of a sudden." Oliver said.

"That's just it. Ann probably feels so much hatred towards the Destroyers that she channeled all of it into Foxor, making her be far stronger than ever." Robert explained.

"Humph. You call that power? C'mon hit me. My blade can withstand anything, including some flaming fox." Marcus said as he closed his eyes and crossed his arms as he still had his confident evil smile. (What an idiot.)

Foxor rushed at Marcus's blade and Ann's blade was now covered in so much fire that it looked more like a fireball. The flaming beyblade crashed onto Marcus's, making it fly high, out of the stadium. After a few seconds Marcus's blade fell near his feet.

"And the winner of session one is Ann!" D.J Jazzman announced.

"WHAT!" Marcus yelled as she looked at Ann. He then turned his attention to his 'so called' invincible beyblade. "This is not possible! I'm supposed to be invincible! I got beat by a weakling that was also a girl!"

"There is no beyblader that is invincible. And just because I'm a girl, it doesn't mean that I'm weak. You're just overconfident and immature too." Ann said as her beyblade slid across the arena and she caught it.

The crowd went wild.

"Good job Ann. You just gave us a chance for an early victory." Rio congratulated.

"Yea. Foxor was steaming up the stadium with that over powered pyre fang attack. I guess I start my battle the same way." Karl said.

"Alright! Now that people are happy of that magnificent victory, lets start up round two! Featuring Karl from the Kalevalans and Ronny from the Destroyers!" D.J Jazzman announced.

Karl and Ronny step up to the dish.

Karl's stats are shown.

"Karl is a strong player in both offensive and defensive game play. He hasn't really won once in this tournament but is a powerful competitor and really popular. He may have some tricks up his sleeve as he unleashes the power of his Ursor bit beast." A.J Topper explained.

"Hey runt. How 'bout you just give in, you can never beat us two times in one session." Ronny threatened.

"Humph." Karl humped, as he didn't want to say anything to an enemy.

"Oh, you're a quiet little loser. Heh. I don't care. You'll fall far louder though." Ronny said.

Ronny's stats are shown.

"Ronny's the largest in the Destroyers team and his bit beast Metal Serpor is probably the scariest bit beast we've seen." Brad Best said.

"Good luck Karl." Ray said.

"Lets hope the Kalevalans can pull out another victory. With those thugs being cruel and using bit beasts that are just like theirs" Tyson said.

"Shooters, get ready to fire! 3... 2... 1... let it rip!"

Karl and Ronny fired their beyblades. The blades fell on the racetrack opposites from each other. Ronny's beyblade was speeding across the grass field that is in the circle of the racetrack. Karl's blade started moving away on the racetrack and avoiding the tiny fences.

"You cannot run from my fusion X. Metal Serpor!" Ronny called out his humongous bit beast that eyed at Karl's blade that was already on the other side of the racetrack so the two beyblades were opposite of each other again.

Metal Serpor opened its mouth and energy started loading in it. Then Metal Serpor fired a beam of energy at Karl's beyblade.

"Ursor, defense!" Karl commanded.

Karl's blade stood its ground and blocked the energy blast, but got pushed back, but very little.

"What! How did you block my massive attack that easy!?" Ronny shouted.

"Because good defense is the key against you. As long as I keep my guard up, you'll run out of spin." Karl explained, as it was his turn to grin.

'Mrrr! Then why don't you fight me like this! Metal Serpor, after him!" Ronny commanded.

Metal Serpor went after Karl's blade.

"Ursor!" Karl called out.

Karl's beyblade's bit glowed brighter than ever as Ursor rose out and roared. Metal Serpor tried to head butt Ursor, but Ursor held Metal Serpor back.

"Look at that." Max said amazed.

"Yea. Karl's using all his anger against the Destroyers, so Ursor's far more powerful. I think Karl's gonna pull it off." Ray said.

"Wha!? How's that possible!? Metal Serpor should have your pesky bear knocked out!" Ronny yelled.

"Well think again. This is what happens when you trust your bit beast and be nice to it. Ursor and me are unstoppable! Ursor, lunar slash attack!" Karl commanded.

Ursor roared and started savagely slashing Metal Serpor's head as Karl's blade was slowing down Ronny's beyblade.

"He's pulling through. I almost believed that the Destroyers would be unstoppable, but now I think different." Johnny said.

"Almost all of us thought that Johnny. But now that the Kalevalans are channeling their anger into the beyblades, they made their bit beasts incredibly strong." Robert explained.

"So you're saying that as long as we believe truly in our bit beasts, we all have the chance to beat those Destroyers." Enrique asked.

"Correct Enrique." Robert said.

"Ursor, keep going!" Karl commanded.

Ursor stepped away from Metal Serpor that was stunned. Ursor focused and finally unleashed two stronger blows and knocked Metal Serpor back into its beyblade and Karl's blade knocked Ronny's blade out with a powerful slam. Ronny and the other Destroyers gasped. They couldn't believe that they just lost two times in a row and to some loser team.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Karl is the winner of the battle! The Kalevalans have won two times in a row against the scary Destroyers! Can they now get a third victory in the bag? Lets just see as we prepare for round three!" D.J Jazzman announced.

"Incredible!" Emily said as she yet again worked on her computer.

"What is it?" Judy asked.

"Karl' s and Ann's stats took a big leap up our charts. How is that possible?" Emily wondered.

"It's their spirit. They trust in their bit beasts so much that it even almost topped the Destroyers' power." Michael explained.

"Well Rio, you're up. But be careful, no matter how much spirit we use, we're in stats nowhere near beating the Destroyers." Mike explained.

"You bet that I'll be careful. It was so dumb of them sending Marcus first cause now I'll have an even better chance of winning." Rio said as he picked up his heavy iron club shooter.

Rio attached his beyblade on the club's tip and stepped up to the dish. He was surprised that he had to battle Nicole, the girl he used to have a crush on until his team was formed.

"What's that Rio's wielding. He's not using his sword shooter." Max said.

"Well I guess that's an iron club shooter." Kenny said.

"Iron club?" Tyson wondered.

"You really should pay attention during history lessons Tyson. An iron club was a powerful weapon used in Finland during medieval times. The iron club shooter is said to be tough to handle and can give a beyblade incredible attack power." Dizzi explained.

"So Rio can get more power into his beyblade so he can finish off his opponent faster. That's the reason." Ray said.

"Alright, lets start up round three! Beybladers set! And 3... 2... 1... let it rip!"

Rio and Nicole fired their beyblades. Rio now fired his beyblade by smashing the club onto the arena's edge and a long ripcord stretched out with the tip of the club where the beyblade was attached and fired the beyblade. And at the same time he yelled, because of all the strength he used.

"Go Hawkor!"

Like with Michael when he sometimes fires his beyblade when Trygle immediately comes out, Hawkor rose out of Rio's beyblade. Rio's beyblade crashed onto Nicole's blade with incredible force and started pushing it back.

"Metal Foxor, roast that overgrown chicken! Plasma eruption!" Nicole commanded.

Metal Foxor rose out and tried to blast fire out of its mouth, but...

"Hawkor, aero dynamo attack!" Rio commanded.

Rio's beyblade surged with lightning bolts, as its attack just got stronger. A few really bright sparks were seen flying off of Nicole's blade.

"Man. I'm starting to think we underestimated those Kalevalans. Rio's roasting Nicole's attack ring." Jake said.

"Grr. What does it matter? We already lost this session so it doesn't matter if we win or lose." Marcus said in a pissed-off tone.

"Yea but. If we win this battle we'll still gain one point." Ronny reminded.

"Nicole! Beat the heck out of that loser! He never was and never will be a match against us!" Marcus yelled to Nicole.

"Yeah! You remember Rio? You never were a match for us." Nicole said.

Rio's raged face started turning more into a smile that said something like "Are you kidding me?" Rio started chuckling and then he laughed a bit louder as he almost fell off balance.

"What's so darn funny?" Nicole angrily asked.

"You guys couldn't even beat me when we were in first grade. Every time you challenged me I nailed you and that was even before I got Hawkor, who then beat you all in one shot. You guys originally were no match for me, but now that you obtained those weird bit beasts and I'd really like to know where they're from." Rio explained.

Nicole was turning outraged.

"Mrrrrr! We'll never tell you! And since you're starting to annoy me! Metal Foxor! Plasma eruption!" Nicole yelled in fury.

Metal Foxor moved away from Hawkor and charged a bigger blast in its mouth and prepared to fire its massive fire attack.

"Hawkor, aero dynamo!" Rio commanded.

Hawkor flew to attack. But suddenly Metal Foxor blasted a burst of green fire from its mouth and hit Hawkor with a direct hit, but the worst thing was that Rio was behind Hawkor and the blast of fire reached him and Rio started yelling in pain as the flames hit his body. Every other blader gasped as history was repeating itself, making Brian have to cover his eyes in shame as he remembered that he did the same two months ago. After the burst of fire ended Rio fell on his knees and the remains of his burned shirt and vest fell on the ground. Also Hawkor disappeared back into Rio's beyblade and Nicole's blade knocked Rio's blade back, also Rio's blade was making a few wobbles.

"Aw man! As the rules say I have to stop this battle for injuring a player with a beyblade attack!" D.J Jazzman said in a serious tone.

Rio weakly got up on his feet. Rio was rather muscular looking as he had some muscles on his arms and he had a small six-pack that was almost completely visible.

"What ever you do. Do not stop the match!" Rio demanded as he was standing again.

"I gotta say that Rio's one tough kid wanting to continue after getting hit by an attack like that." Brad Best said.

"Rio! Pull back! You're obviously too injured to battle!" Mike said.

"I'm not quitting, till I take this girl down!" Rio said confidently.

"Still standing aye? My attack should have killed you and my world would be a better place." Nicole said evilly.

Rio didn't say anything.

"Hawkor!" Rio called out.

Hawkor rose out from his friend's call and glared at its larger enemy.

"Aero dynamo attack!" Rio commanded.

Rio's beyblade went into its aerial battle style. First it slid up the arena's sides and flew into the air and started surging with power. Next it fell straight at it's opponent and Hawkor became visible. But Rio forgot that his defense is now down...

"Metal Foxor! Attack! Plasma eruption!" Nicole commanded.

Nicole's beyblade leaped into the air and collided with Rio's blade. The two blades repelled each other and Rio's blade flew out of the dish and Nicole's blade got smashed into the stadium.

"The third session ends in a tie! The Kalevalans get two wins for this battle while the Destroyers, how should we say, nada!" D.J Jazzman announced.

The crowd cheered.

Rio picked up his beyblade and looked at his bit chip.

"You fought well Hawkor." Rio said as he pocketed his blade.

Rio's teammates rushed to their leader.

"Are you okay pal? Are ya hurt?" Karl asked.

"No worries. She only managed to burn my clothes. No other problem." Rio said.

"Well now that this is over with, it's time to tell out the next opponents against the Destroyers! The next competitors against them are the all powerful All starz!" D.J Jazzman announced.

"Oh man. We're going to get hooped again." Eddy said.

"Lets face it. If Rio couldn't beat that girl then we won't be a match for them." Steve said.

"Not quite. We just saw them playing a couple of times. And fortunately I happened to do some recording." Emily said as she patted the seal of her laptop.

"Your point being?" Michael asked.

"After seeing how strong Rio and his entire team are, we are going to do some upgrading and devise our strongest battle plan. We will have more than a chance against the Destroyers after some work and since the next battle starts tomorrow." Judy said.

What sort of plan is Judy planning? Will the All starz stand a chance against the Destroyers? Find out in the next chapter: Can't keep down a good All star.

Current points for each team.

Wins Losses Ties

Bladebreakers 2 1 0

White tigers 2 2 2

All starz 1 1 1

Majestics 1 2 0

Demolition boys 2 3 1

Kalevalans 4 3 2

Destroyers 4 4 1

Don't worry readers; every team is going to have a balanced amount of points near the championships. And if you're an All starz fan, you're going to love the next chappie.