Tala's Game
By Nyassa Kaiba/Nyassa Kai's Clone

Notes: Right, I own the Wolf Sound Off. I do not own anything else. I am mixing the sub and dub names as I please. Do not flame me for this, or for the yaoi. I will not answer. If anything, I will laugh out loud. I also do not own Wu-hoo. Because, well, she is Wu-hoo. I do not own Ender's Game/Ender's Shadow, I do not own Beyblades. I also do not own any songs that I may use in this fic. If I wrote my own lyrics, I will tell you, as I have written above about the wolf sound off. Thank you. –NKC

Pairings: Tala/Tyson, Kai/Johnny, more to come.
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Chapter 3- Battle On
Tyson donned his new Flash Suit. Kai was already in his. The suits resembled space suits, except there was no glass in the helmet and no air tanks. They were smaller, slimmer, built for children. They came with a laser rifle and were painted in the colors of the army they belonged to. Tyson's was white, light blue, dark blue. The Leopard Army colors were brown, yellow, black. The colors of Hound Army, (which they would soon be facing) were tan, brown, yellow.

"Right." Kai was saying as he watched Tyson dress. "One of Tala's favorite formations is to use a layered V-shape. Four V's."

"It doesn't come down to the formation. It comes down to taking Zeo out Kai." Tyson warned his Toon Leader. "He's a strong leader, but his Army is helpless without him."

"That's your job then." Kai agreed. "Look for Zeo and take him out as soon as you can."

"You bet I will." Tyson chuckled.

"Okay, he should be here in 5…4…3…2…1…" Tala strode into the room.

"Right on time." Kai smirked. "Man, I almost had Tala back in the day, but he wanted Robert instead. I mean, look at that body." Tyson really wished that Kai would stop going on about how the men in the army looked. Tyson needed to concentrate.

Tala strode down the barracks, checking the soldiers as they lined up in front of their bunks. The soldiers formed up in order of Toons, and since Tyson was newest, he stayed at the back of D-Toon, the last in line. Tala took Tyson gently by the arm and placed him behind Kai. "I told you to stick with your Toon Leader soldier!" Tala said sternly.

It was an act. Just before a battle, Tyson realized, every commander reacted to the imminent battle in a different fashion. Tala responded by acting tough, stiff, and formal. He seemed so different from the patient, quiet, curious commander that had lead him to his new barracks.

So Tyson did the stiff and formal thing right back. "Yes sir!" Tyson replied with a salute.

"Everything looks to be in order." Tala said at last, after walking back to the head of the barracks. "Right, let's move out!"

They marched out of the barracks in measured stride. People stopped to hail them in the halls, cheering or booing, well wishing or jeering. Tyson took a deep breath, keeping his head down so that his friends from his launch wouldn't recognize him. But Max, Rei, and Hiromi recognized him at once, hailing him. Tyson didn't have time to reply, because Tala began a sound off chant. "Whose the strongest of them all?"

"Wolves sir! We are!"

"Whose the one stands ten feet tall?"

"Wolves sir! We are!"

"Who'll show Hound Army whose boss?"

"Wolves sir! We will!"

"Let's all go give 'em the toss!"

"Wolves sir! We will!"

"Sound off, Toon A!"

"Bryan sir, we're all here!"

"Sound off, Toon B!"

"Sergei sir! We're all here!" They reached the pole that would take them down to the Battleroom level. Tyson waited in line as they slid down to the Battle Level. They formed up and waited for everybody else. Since Tyson was towards the end of the line, he didn't have long to wait. They started off again.

"Sound off, Toon C!"

"Ivan sir! We're all here!"

The two light ribbons on the floor lead in different directions down the corridor. Going left were Hound's colors, Tan, Brown, Gold. Going right were Wolf's colors, White, blue, blue. The army turned right, and there was no time to think. They stopped near a gray wall in the corridor. Tala turned to address his army.

"Hound Army is strong. Their commander is creative. They move like lightning. But they have one major weakness. Their Toon Leaders suck!" There was a ripple of laughter. Everybody was pumped for battle, Tyson included. "I have every bit of confidence in MY Toon Leaders. We can handle it. Every one of you is trained to take over if I get flashed. So, we are to form up into our lines. If there are any stars, take them and KEEP them! Zeo is easy to recognize, he has a long ass green braid sticking out of his helmet, a dead give away. As soon as he breaks cover, flash him! We will show no mercy! And we will show Zeo whose the better canine! Ready wolves?"

"HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-OWWWWWWWWWWLLLLLLLLLLL!" Went the war cry. Tyson followed Kai into line with D-Toon.

Tala checked his wrist chrono. "10… 9…8… 7…6… 5… 4… 3… 2… 1…!" The wall disappeared. In the battleroom there were five stars, the heavy brown blocks used for obstacles and staging grounds. One was on each wall, with a fifth in the middle.

"Go for the stars!" Tala cried. "A, up. B, down. C, left. D, right. I'll take the center block, Down is the wall! Move!"

Tyson shoved off towards the right star. He hit the wall, grabbed a handhold and instantly the wall became a floor. Hooking his boots into the hand holds, Tyson hook/walked to the star where his Toon waited.

Hound was doing some elaborate dance at the other end of the room. Tyson saw three circles of soldiers floating at the opposite end of the room. Good, Zeo had left a toon back until the end. This would have fooled a NORMAL soldier. But Tyson knew Zeo, and he was the best sniper in the school. Where was Zeo?

Then he noticed a figure slipping behind a sixth star, beneath the enemy's gate, a figure with a long green braid streaming behind it. Wolf was already shooting at the formation.

That was when the formations shattered. The Hound soldiers hit the walls and started shooting back. One of the Toons, Gordo's probably, rebounded and took control of the gate, ready to shoot anyone who came near. Wyatt's Toon went left. Foxy's Toon went right. Both Toons headed for the nearest stars.

"Shoot!" Kai ordered.

Tyson didn't need to be told twice. "We'll huff and we'll puff and we'll BLOW their asses down!" Wu-hoo cried.

Stupid, waste of breath. Tyson kept strafe, freezing three. Wu-hoo hit another three. Kai took down two of them. The other two had been lost in the initial attack. Foxy's Toon was finished. Wu gave Foxy a re-VOLTING kiss on the cheek before launching him at Gordo. Gordo and two of his men ducked, forgetting the rule of action/reaction. They went spinning out of formation. Tala ducked out from behind his star and shot them. Kai gave a thumbs up sign to their leader.

Stupid, stupid STUPID, because now Zeo saw where Tala was. He left the star, spinning like a corkscrew, gun in front of him like a needle. He hit the far wall and scrambled hand over hand to the perfect angle. Wolf was so stunned that they couldn't react in time. But Tyson could. He waited.

Zeo reached a spot so that he was in shooting range right behind Tala. He pushed off into another screw attack, straight at Tala. Tyson pushed off, raised his gun arm and shot straight towards Zeo. Direct hit. Zeo's suit darkened. The helmet hinged shut at the jaw and the plastic stiffened. Zeo was flashed and out of the battle.

Tala checked Zeo's momentum, manuvering him behind the star and out of his army's reach. Wyatt's Toon had to retreat their assault because of Bryan and Sergei's tough defense.

Ivan sounded an alarm, which took the form of a Wolf's howl. Net had taken his and what remained of Wyatt and Gordo's Toons to slip the wall and trap Ivan's Toon. The floor and Star stopped up two escape routes. Wyatt and Gordo's Toons had him from the sides, and Net had poor Ivan from above. The Toon, and the Star, were captured in seconds.

"Regroup and go for the gate! They can't get us if they're all by the stars!" Kai gasped. He was panting, wearing out.

Tyson aimed, fired! Wyatt, the one sure leader left in Hound Army was flashed. Aim again… FIRE! Net went down. There were no Toon Leaders left. And now Tyson could shoot indiscriminately. Kai paused, joining the fight, urging his soldiers to safety. Bryan joined in, then Tala and Sergei. Hounds were dropping like flies. The crossfire was irrelevant as the five of them hid behind a star. Wu-hoo, much to Tyson's joy, got hit in the helmet, right in the middle of her famous war cry.

Five hounds left, four, three, two, one. Tyson aimed, the lawst one down. His left leg had been hit, so the other soldiers had to pull him through the battlefield. Tala, Sergei, Bryan and Kai formed up, pressing their helmets to the corners of the gate. Wu-Hoo and two others grabbed Tyson by the legs, (since he couldn't push off himself,) and threw him through the gate.

The lights came on, staggering and laughing, Tyson pushed his way back into the battleroom. Captain Tate hooked her way through the mess to the center of the battleroom to present Tala with the Teacher's hook. Tyson was the first person he thawed. Then Zeo, next Ivan and Zeo's Toon Leaders. Before long, everybody was thawed out.

"Good game." The captains and Toon Leaders shook hands.

As they went back through each other's gates, Tala thumped Tyson cheerfully on the back. "Good Game Tyson, Good game."