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The blades were launched swiftly and circled the dish with such vigour that it scratched the metal surface, creating a horrible grinding noise. Tyson's blade had a faster spin, having been launched a second after Carl's and due to it's slightly larger mass. Tyson couldn't risk losing this advantage and didn't waste any time on his attack.

"Come out Dragoon!" He shouted, the blade let out a slight glow, before fading and continuing its round of the dish. "Huh? Dragoon! Come out!" Tyson shouted again, but the blade remained docile. Tyson growled, whilst Carl just laughed.

"Problem Tyson?" He mocked, as his blade urged forward and smashed the younger boy's. Tyson growled.
"What'd you do?!" He shouted, clenching his gloved fists.

"I dunno, must be…something in the air." He smirked, attacking Tyson once more. Tyson growled ordered his blade to attack back, it obeyed, but without the force given by the bit beast.
"What's going on?" Tyson asked desperately, looking to his friends for answers. Kenny shrugged along with Hilary; instead the answer came from Kai.

"There's something in the air, it's weakening our bit beasts." The slate-haired teen stated, looking at the glowing bit of Dranzer in his blade. Tyson nodded but growled.

"But, how do we stop it?" He asked, trying to avoid Carl's attacks.

"Well, it has to be coming from somewhere, so block it." Hilary suggested.

"Then start looking!" Tyson shouted, desperately trying to keep his blade spinning. Hilary and Kenny ran off to search, whilst Kai just closed his eyes and stood still.
"Kai! What are you doing?" Hilary shouted at him, causing the boy to open one of his crimson eyes.

"Trying to locate the pipe via sound, and you're NOT helping." He shouted. She winced and backed into the corner, blushing. Kai closed his eyes once again and tried to find the sound of rushing air. He searched every sound. Hilary and Kenny's steps, the grinding and clashing of the blades, the buzz of Carl's intercom, Tyson's frustrated grunts, the sound of rushing air coming from behind the TV. Kai's eyes shot open and he glared up at the TV. Loading his blade, he launched it at one of the screws. It rebounded and he did so again, and a third time. On his fourth try, the screw came loose and he began on the next. As he finished with the second screw, the face of Voltaire appeared on the screen.

"Very smart Kai, but even if you do shut it off, Tyson won't win." He smirked. Kai just glared.
"Get bent." He growled, destroying the screen and the last screw at the same time, allowing the whole thing to crash to the ground a few metres from him. Kenny looked up at where the screen had fallen from. Sure enough, there was a pipe, embedded in the wall. Hilary came and joined the cold blader.

"Well, how do we stop it?" She asked, looking up at the hole. Kai searched around the room.

"We need to block it with something." He muttered to himself. Hilary thought for a second before running off. She snuck up behind Tyson and grinned, trying not to distract him. In one swift motion she suddenly grabbed his hat and ran off back to Kai. Tyson glared and shouted after her, eyes still fixed on the match.
"HILARY!!! GIVE THAT BACK!!!" The girl grinned and shook her head.
"Sorry Tyson no can do." With that she handed the cap to Kai. He smirked and took it. He took a careful aim, figuring out from which angle to throw it. Finally, scrunching it up into a ball, he threw it. The cap landed perfectly in the pipe. The hissing sound stopped and they waited in angst, hoping it would stay. It didn't budge and they all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ok Tyson!" Kenny shouted. The other boy nodded and smirked.

"You're going down." He growled. "DRAGOON!" He shouted. His blade flashed once, and then twice, and then the dragon beast came bursting out of the blade, eyes fiery. Carl gasped and then growled.

"You still won't beat me, Tyson." He mocked, spitting the boy's name. "Gamonium! ATTACK!" He shouted, his war cry matching Tyson's. The two bit beasts battled it out, neither using its full strength. Tyson knew he couldn't stall any longer, his blade was growing weaker faster then his enemy's and his blade wasn't built for endurance.

Before he could call his bit beast out, though, Carl's had surged forward, and once again wrapped his tail around the dragon, talons digging in. Tyson screamed as electric bolts shot through his blade, he knew he couldn't lose this, but there was no way to win. He continued to battle with all his vigour, trying desperately to release his dragon beast from the enemy's clutches, but its grip was too tight. Kenny was tapping desperately on his laptop, hoping to find some weakness in the electric bit. Finally he grinned,

"Tyson! Try and get Dragoon to curl up and short it out." He shouted. The blunette nodded and turned back to the match.

"Dragoon! Short him out!" The dragon obeyed and, with much struggle, managed to curl itself up, taking the beast's tail with it. The tail contacted with the bird creature and it let out a loud scream and backed away. Now they were evenly matched. Now Tyson had a chance.

The two blades smashed against each other, both looking for their enemy's weakness. Kenny was once again tapping on his laptop, searching for a way to beat Carl. Hilary was shouting loudly, cheering Tyson on and criticising his play when he lost ground. Kai remained quiet. He just watched the match, picking out every move of Carl's blade. He wondered if the Beyblader guarding Rei would fight with the same style. The cold blader wanted to know every trick these guys had, he wanted to be ready. He couldn't afford to lose Rei, not to these creeps. Finally a thought struck Kai.

"Tyson! His blade is an endurance type; he goes off balance for a second after he attacks." Kai informed, keeping his voice just low enough so only his team could hear. Tyson nodded and began watching Carl's blade and its movements. Sure enough, every time it attacked and hit, it lost its balance. He just had to time it right and he'd win. The enemy attacked, he rebounded off Tyson's blade, it wobbled, Tyson attacked. His blade smashed into Carl's, sending it crashing back. Giving it no time to recover, Tyson attacked again. The enemy blade slowed and wobbled more.

"DRAGOON!!! FINISH THIS!" Shouted the blunette. The dragon surged forward and crashed into the other blade, sending it flying. It landed in a thousand pieces on the ground at the stunned Carl's feet. The blader stared in shock.

"Ho-how? How could I lose? This doesn't m-make any sense." He muttered, picking up his bit chip. Tyson and his team, all let out a relieved sigh, they had saved Max.

Tyson ran over to his friend and began undoing the shackles, avoiding the blade above his head carefully. No sooner had he undone the third shackle, then the blade jolted and came crashing down in one swift motion, slamming down on the boys.

And, I shall end there for now. Sorry it wasn't too long, but I know that if I read a too long fic, I get bored. Oh, and if you have a fic idea you want me to write, just email me or say in your review. NO FLAMES I'm not in the mood.