One True Team
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p.s. Sorry for the late update. I have this stupid Gr. 10 Literacy Test which I have to pass coming up. . . otherwise if I don't pass this stupid test, I can't graduate. . .
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What should I do? Lexis tossed and turned in her bed, thinking. She thought back to how everything had happened before she had decided to join the Wildcats to go and beyblade in the Teams Pairs Championships again.
The last few months had been an absolute hell to her. It first started off at school, when she had not done well on an important science project. Everyone was extremely surprised, for Lexis would be the last person on Earth anyone would think of screwing up on a science project. She had simply thought that it was a fluke and that she had been slacking off too much.
Then there was the news about her mother at the hospital. Lexis had had an awful shock, after learning that her mother had been discovered with cancer. The doctor had said that it was critical and that she had needed to go under therapy and a lot more. Lexis could not concentrate on her school work for at least two weeks, due to the fact that she was worried sick about her mother.
And more recently, there was that one letter from her mother. That letter almost ripped her apart.
I don't want to remember what that letter had said, but I can't forget it either, she thought miserably. She hadn't told anyone about her problems either, which made it even worse for her, with all the pressure and stress coming down on her.
So . . . what should I do?
She didn't want to lose her beyblade team, the Wildcats. Every member of the Wildcats was so dear and close to her: Terri, with her encouraging words and kind smile; Saber, with her sense of humor and open mind; and Solo, with her honesty and quiet nature.
They were all so important to her.
Then there was Tyson, her first and only love. He was the first person whom she had actually fallen in love with, the first man whom she actually had true feelings for. Sure there were always rumors going around about her and other guys, but Tyson was the only true one in her heart.
Lexis was positively sure that she'll snap if she was ever to be separated from him, even if it meant giving up beyblading. Deep in her heart, she loved him. But she could not concentrate on beyblading or their relationship due to all these problems happening to her.
She didn't want to tell anyone about it either, even though she wanted so desperately for someone to hear her cry of sorrow. If she told Terri, then she'll be too sympathetic and worry about her. Saber and Solo never had parents, so they probably wouldn't understand either. And Tyson. . . he'll probably be worried about her so much that he might lose his concentration in beyblading.
I'll have to figure this out on my own then, she decided. But time is running out, so I better make my decision soon. I just hope that whatever decision I make will benefit me in the end. . .
Her eyes finally closed as the clock's digital numbers turned to 2:00 am.
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"Come on, Lexis! You can do better than that, can't you?"
Dragoon slowed down as Jaguarah caught up with it.
"Now! JD Absorption!"
Two dummy beyblades which Lexis and Tyson had launched in to practice on were sucked into the huge hurricane attack Jaguarah and Dragoon had produced, and in a few seconds, were thrown back out onto the side of the battle dish.
"That should be enough." Tyson wiped the sweat off his brow with the back of his hand.
"Do you think we should use this attack or the other one in battle first?" asked Lexis.
"I think we'll stick to DJ Destruction, and then we'll use the JD Absorption for backup," Tyson said.
"Alright."
Lexis and Tyson were practicing in the training room with the rest of their teammates. Terri and Max were going head to head with Saber and Ray while Solo and Kai were taking a break.
Kenny was going through his computer to find out if any, information on the teams who were considered the strongest in the tournament. But it was a near to impossible search, due to the fact that no team would be stupid enough to reveal their true power on the net, and most of the teams in the tournament were new or unheard of. The only team they knew were strong was Leslie's team, the Hellsings.
"It seems to me that most of the teams have never battled in the Teams Pairs Championships before, which is why they're unheard of," Kenny said, as Solo glanced at his laptop. Suddenly, a cell phone was heard ringing to the tune of "Meant To Live" by Switchfoot. Solo waited for 2 seconds before she slowly reached into her right pocket and pulled out an extremely small blue colored phone (not a flip phone, by the way). She pressed the green button on the left side which would allow a person to talk on the phone, and lifted the phone to her ear.
"Hello?"
Kai watched her as Solo answered, "Alright. See you", then turn towards him. "I'll be right back."
Kai nodded. Solo exited the room as Kenny called in everyone for a brief break.
"Alright. I think that's enough training for now. After lunch, we'll resume the training. We only have a couple more days before the tournament, so don't slack off just yet."
"Say, this tournament is going to take longer than last time, isn't it?" asked Tyson.
"Yes it will," Kenny answered. "They're planning to either have two teams from Blocks A, B, C, and D battle a day or two teams from Blocks A, B battle one day and C, D the next. It's going to be extremely busy though, and if there are delays in the match ups or any sort of major mistakes, then this tournament will take even longer than estimated."
Saber sighed. This is going to take much longer than I expected. Looks like I'll have to work a lot harder than ever.
"Remember, all of you are defending your titles as champions of the last tournament, so be cautious in what you do," Kenny reminded them. "This is all based on teamwork. There IS no 'I' in this champion title, but 'we' as a team."
"Thanks Chief," Tyson said. "Glad you reminded all of us about that."
Terri and Max both nodded.
"Now, all of you should already have an idea of your battle strategies and attacks right?"
"Right," Ray answered.
"But we still need to work a battle sequence as to who will battle first, second, and third and who will stay as a backup," Kenny said.
"This is for the first match, right?" asked Lexis.
"Right. I have no clue which team we're going to battle first, so we'll have to be prepared for anything. Kai, what do you suggest?" Kai looked up in surprise.
"I really don't care. Until I confirm it with Solo, I'll like to stay as a back up, just in case one of you guys happened to lose. What about you Lexis?"
"Huh? Well. . . I really don't know." Lexis had been caught off guard. She was too busy thinking about how to concentrate on beyblading without losing her focus or getting distracted by her own problems. "I really don't mind who goes first. The decision's up to Kai."
Kai noticed the tone in her voice. "Okay then. For the first match, you and Tyson are going first."
"What?" Tyson said aloud. He was actually pretty surprised.
"You heard me. Tyson and Lexis are going first, then I want Max and Terri to go, and finally, Ray and Saber can wrap things up for us. Did everyone get that?"
"Yes."
"Alright then," Kenny said, typing into his laptop. "Remember, this is only for the first match. Tyson, you better remember to be on time, because if you're late for the first match, then we'll have to forfeit the match."
"Oh. And Tyson," Kai said. "There's one more thing you should know."
"What?"
"I'm not going to have other people substitute for your absence in the opening match."
What? Lexis thought. What is he thinking?
"It's time to pull your self together, Tyson. You're almost a grown man now, so act like one."
"Hah! I'll show you what a much better blader I've become."
"Whatever."
Suddenly, the door creaked open. Turning to the direction of the door, everyone gasped.
It was Solo. She had returned. Standing right next to her was her older sister, Leslie. Behind the two were the rest of the members of the Hellsings, formerly known as the Howlers.
Leslie smiled as she saw the two teams walked towards them.
"Sorry I didn't tell you when I would be arriving. My plane got delayed."
As everyone walked towards each other, Kai observed each member of the Hellsings. Leslie, Solo's older sister, looked more mature than the last time he had seen her. She was just a few centimeters shorter than Solo, but she still had the red highlights in her black hair. She was dressed in a black V-necked sleeveless shirt with a chained necklace around her neck. She also wore black sports pants and black shoes.
Standing right behind Leslie were the twin sisters Gwen and Wen. The two still looked perfectly identical in appearances, even though they had on differently clothing. Kai couldn't even tell who was who. One of them had on a blue sports jacket, a white T-shirt, and black sports pants while the other wore a black sports jacket, a red sleeveless shirt and a pair of black jeans.
Beside one of the twins, was Rochelle. Being the second tallest in the entire team, she wore a long sleeved red shirt with the number 157 on the front across her chest and dark blue jeans. Rochelle's hair style changed just a bit. Instead of parting her short hair down the middle, she now parted it to one side and gelled it, so that it had a 'cooler' style to it (Think of Videl, from DragonBall Z when she had cut her hair short). Actually, the style suited her quite well and made her look prettier. Raven, who was standing next to Rochelle, was dressed in a black T-shirt on the outside with a long sleeved white shirt on the inside. She had on slim blue jeans with a beige belt around her waist. Her brown hair was still kept in a ponytail and she still had bangs. Raven, noticing Saber, glanced at her, and then waved when Saber saw her. Saber, surprised to see this from a former enemy, smiled and waved back.
Standing next to the other twin were Julie and Ruth. Julie was now the shortest in the entire team. Before it was Raven and Ruth who were the shortest, but now they had surpassed her height by a couple centimeters. Julie had now pierced her ears and was wearing a small of earrings. She wore a yellow and white striped T-shirt with the word "VOYAGE" across her chest and she wore a blue hooded zipper shirt over that. She had on a pair of light blue pants with many pockets on it and her short hair was now long. Ruth, who stood next to Julie, was wearing a hooded red sweatshirt with jeans rolled up at the bottom. Her hair was now layered and shorter than before.
Almost immediately, everyone started to talk. Just as they had started a conversation, Mr. Dickinson entered the room.
"Good morning, everyone. Ah, hello there. You must be the Hellsings, formerly known as the Howlers, right?"
"Hello Mr. Dickinson," Leslie greeted. "Yes, you're right. We are now known as the Hellsings."
There is something different about this team than before, Kai thought. They've changed. They look a lot happier than they did before as a team. Must be because Howler is no longer controlling Leslie.
"We've already signed up for the tournament, and we should get some news as to which block we'll be competing in a few days," Raven explained to Mr. Dickinson.
"Say, Leslie? Did you ever get another bit-beast after Howler got destroyed?" asked Tyson.
"Actually, I did." Leslie smiled and reached into her pocket. She pulled out her red beyblade with black streaks on it and showed Tyson the bit-piece.
On the bit-piece, there was a picture of a phoenix which looked similar to how Howler had looked before. The only difference was that it was black with red streaks and markings, whereas Howler was completely red. Everything else about it looked almost identical to Howler.
"Um . . . isn't that almost identical to Howler?" asked Tyson. Everyone anime-sweat dropped. (--;)
"Yeah. But its name isn't Howler. Its name is Hellsing." Leslie smiled proudly. "It may not be as strong as Howler was, but Hellsing has made me proud."
"Then what say you and me go head to head?" Tyson grinned as he pulled out Dragoon and showed it to Leslie.
"Okay. I accept your challenge." Leslie walked towards one of the battle dishes and nodded towards Tyson. Tyson, grinning from ear-to-ear, eagerly walked over. Everyone else followed them and stood on both sides of the dish.
"Ready?" Tyson asked, as he put Dragoon onto his launcher. Leslie got into battle position.
"You bet." Raven walked in the middle between them.
"Alright then, 3. . . 2. . . 1. . . Let it Rip!" Raven lifted her hand, then threw it down as she said, "Let it Rip!"
"Hi-yaa!" Leslie released her beyblade.
"Go Dragoon!" The moment the two beyblades were released, they hit each other even before they landed and flew back down in the ring. Immediately, both blades circled around the battle dish, one chasing after the other.
Leslie stood still, watching her top tentatively. Tyson may still look like an amateur, but I can see that his skills have improved and have matured.
She's gotten faster, Tyson thought in realization. But I won't know how strong she's gotten now until I attack her! I should do that. . . . . . NOW! "Dragoon, attack!"
"Hellsing, don't let him near you!" But Dragoon was quicker. With one tiny tap, Dragoon knocked Hellsing back with ease and charged at it with full strength.
"Phantom Hurricane Atta- what? Where did she go?" Before Hellsing had been right in front of Dragoon, but now it was gone. Tyson looked around. Shoot, where did Hellsing go? By the time Tyson realized what was happening, it was already too late.
CLANG!
Hellsing dropped right dead center on top of Dragoon, drilling it to the floor. Dragoon began to wobble.
"Hellsing, finish it!" With one clean jump, Hellsing leapt off Dragoon and landed on it again, this time with more force. Dragoon tipped to one side and spun on the floor, thrown off balance.
"No!" Tyson yelled. But already, Dragoon had stopped spinning. It just lay on the floor, wobbling from the impact of the attack. Hellsing however, circled around the ring once and flew back into Leslie's hand.
"That was pretty good for a warm up match," Leslie said as she put Hellsing in her pocket.
Tyson picked up Dragoon and inspected it. Luckily, Hellsing had done no damage to it.
"I underestimated you," he said in embarrassment. "But now, I know just how strong you've become and next time, you can be sure that I'm going to defeat you!" Tyson grinned at Leslie, a challenging look on his face. Leslie returned the smile.
"Don't worry. I'm looking forward to it. I can tell that you've improved greatly and is still is. But the next time we meet in the tournament, you can be sure that I will not go easy on you or Lexis." Leslie's black eyes flickered to Lexis' blue ones. Lexis stared back, unfocused.
That's Lexis? Leslie thought to herself. She seems to have changed, even though she still looks the same. Wonder what's up with her?
"We'd better get going," Ruth said. "We still have to train and time is running out. We hope to meet you in the finals."
"You can be sure we will meet in the finals," Tyson assured her. Julie smiled as Rochelle fingered her hair.
"Raven, just you wait when Ray and I go at you again," Saber said. "This time, there ain't gonna be any stupid tie!"
"Oh hell no! Cause Rochelle and I are going to beat you again." Raven stuck out her tongue in a teasing way while Ray kept a firm hand on Saber's shoulder, so that she wouldn't do anything drastic. Meanwhile, Terri and Max were talking to Gwen and Wen. They were laughing at some joke Gwen had told them.
"Well, sis," Leslie said, turning to Solo. "Glad to see you again. We're going to check in our hotel now. Until then, train hard. Just call me if you want to ask me about anything." Leslie looked at Kai, and nodded towards him, as if to say "Thanks for looking after my sister". Kai stared at her, and then nodded back in return.
"I hope we'll be able to battle each other again," Julie said to Tyson as the Hellsings began started to bunch together again.
"Don't worry. I'm sure we will," he said, smiling.
"See you soon, Lexis," Ruth said as she started to walk to the door with the rest of the Hellsings. Lexis waved back, as Ruth and Julie waved at her. Then, the team left the room and the door closed.
"Well then, let's get back to practicing. That was more than enough of break," Kenny said.
"Yeah." Everyone went back to work.
"Come on, Lexis. We have to work harder to defeat Leslie," Tyson exclaimed excitedly as he smiled at Lexis. Lexis glanced at him with a confused look at first, and then smiled at him.
"Don't worry; we will grow stronger, as long as we have each other."
Even though she felt a bit better, deep inside her heart, she was still crying. . . crying for someone to help her to make the most difficult decision she has ever had to make. . .
Sorry I updated so late! I hope u enjoyed this chapter! I'm sorry if it was sort of confusing! Please give me some feedback by reviewing and telling me what to improve on!! Thanks!! I'll try to update earlier!!
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