" If we lose, we'll lose," replied Allison, her face set.
" We're up first against the Thunderbirds." Said Tala.
" The Thunderbirds are easy to beat. Just do everything quickly before they can send out any of their special attacks," said Allison and they stood up, leaving to the arena. Then she turned around and whispered something to Tyson, who nodded.
" Now to start of the tournament, we have Tala and Ian from the Shadowcats going against George and Jason from the Thunderbirds!"
They launched their blades and Tala and Ian followed Allison's advice, knocking the blades out once it touched the dish.
" Now we have Ray and Max from the Shadowcats and they are going against Ally and Cynthera from the Thunderbirds."
Ray and Max quickly swept that round.
" The Shadowcats are leading 2-0. Now we have Kai from the Shadowcats and Tom from the Thunderbirds. Now this is going to be a bet for who's going to win when one of them is a top blader,"
Kai quickly finished it off before you can blink.
" From the Shadowcats, we have Tyson and from the Thunderbirds, we have Tina. Wait a minute, Tyson has graciously allowed top female blader, Allison to blade in his place. And her stats are sure impressive!"
" Especially since she was a former member of the Black Knights, the reigning champions of this tournament," said another voice.
Allison launched her blade and it demolished Tina's blade.
" Allison is living up to her reputation and she wins! And finally we have Bryan from the Shadowcats and Matthew from the Thunderbirds. And the Shadowcats hope for another easy win,"
Bryan quickly beat them.
" The Shadowcats advance!" and the crowd roared. They quickly left the arena and entered the suite/ After the quarter finals were over, the teams that were left were the Shadowcats, Black Knights, Demolition Boys, Dreamcatchers, the Reapers, the Sunchasers, the Marred Cherries and the Mythicals.
" We're up against the Marred Cherries," said Max.
" Well, the Marred Cherries do have a bit of skill, but they're pretty easy to beat," said Allison.
" Let's change the order of the bladers. They might think we'll play the same people," said Kai.
" What do you propose," asked Ray.
" Tala for singles, Bryan for singles and Tyson for singles," said Kai.
" Ian and Max for doubles and Spencer and myself for doubles and Kai and Ray on the bench."
" No. I'll blade doubles with you Allison, Spencer and Ian for doubles, and Max benched." Said Kai.
" Fine with me," said Max and they headed towards the arena.
" Now we have the Shadowcats vs. the Marred Cherries."
" First up, Kai and Allison against Tara and Jenny. This would be one blast of a battle,"
They launched their blades, circling the dish. Allison mouthed out something and Kai nodded.
" Illusionaria, ice daggers! " said Allison.
" Dranzer, fire arrow!" said Kai.
" Leper, attack!" shouted Tara.
" Avianor, spiral dive," said Jenny.
" Illusionaria," said Allison.
" Dranzer," said Kai.
" Dream energist!" they shouted. The whole dish flared up in multi- coloured lights that lit up the whole stadium, the ground started to rumble, bits of the dish started to fly up, smoky fog started to circle it. Finally the rumbling stopped and the light from the dish faded. Allison and Kai retrieved their blades, but their opponents blades were demolished to dust.
" From this act, we can say, never mess with these two bladers and now we have Spencer and Ian against Marlene and Natalie,"
Spencer and Ian won the next match.
" Now, we have Tyson against Marta! Let's see if the Shadowcats can bag in another win,"
Tyson, being overconfident and cocky, lost the match and Kai and Allison glared at him with annoyance.
" You could have beaten her easily. Report for 3 hours of extra training for the rest of the week. If you can't beat them, how will we be able to win for the school team?" growled Kai.
" Tala, win the next round," said Allison and he nodded and as requested, won the next set. Bryan also won and they advanced to the semi-finals.
" We're up against the Demolition Boys," announced Ray.
"I'm going against Spencer, no matter what," said Kai and everyone agreed.
" Tala and Ian, you blade doubles. And Max and Ray, doubles. Spencer singles and Bryan singles. Tyson and I will be on the bench and if you're in for a desperate win, then we can switch," said Allison.
" First up, we have Spencer from the Demolition Boys and Kai from the Shadowcats. This is intense! Brother against brother!"
They launched their blades.
" Griftol, sandstorm!"
" Dranzer, fire arrow!
" Griftol, attack!"
" Dranzer, inferno!"
" Griftol, pools of evolution," and it washed out Kai's fire.
" Allison went up to the platform and whispered something in Kai's ear, getting him riled up.
" Dranzer, flamethrower!" and the whole dish lit up in embers and it flared and finally died down. Spencer's blade flew out. " No! How can I lose against my younger brother," moaned Spencer.
" You just did," said Kai smirked and he retrieved his blade and walked back.
" Allison, you were right. Thanks," said Kai and Allison nodded.
" Now we have Lee against Spencer,"
" Galeon, attack!" shouted Lee.
" Seaborg, tidal wave!" said Spencer and Galeon got washed out of the dish.
" And Spencer wins! The Shadowcats are leading 2-0. If they win one more round, the advance!"
" Now we have Enrique from the Demolition Boys going against Bryan from the Shadodwcats,"
" And Enrique wins!"
" And now, we have Max and Ray from the Shadowcats against Eddie and Steve from the Demolition Boys!"
Although Max and Ray bladed well, Eddie and Steve won.
"It's a tie! This final round will decide who will go onto the finals! So it's Robert and Johnny against Tala and Ian,"
After a long and hard fought battle, Tala and Ian won.
" And the Shadowcats advanced to the finals!" Some of the Demolition Boy grumbled at their loss.
Allison looked back at them, feeling sorry from them. Tala saw that and whispered, " Don't feel sorry for them. Some of them are sore losers."
And as suspected the Black Knights won.
" Allison, are you sure you want to blade the next round?" asked Kai and Allison nodded.
"OK, this will be our toughest match, so only the best bladers on this team will blade. Tala, Allison, Ian, Bryan, and Spencer have earned the privilege to blade in the finals." Said Kai.
" My plan is Ian and Bryan for doubles, Kai and myself for doubles, Tala for singles, Spencer for singles and Ray for singles," said Allison.
" Do you agree?" asked Allison and Kai nodded his approval.
" Now we have the Black Knights and the Shadowcats. Will the reigning champions, the Black Knights, still sit on their throne of glory or will the Shadowcats dethrone them?"
" To start it off, we have Melanie against Tala.
The blades hit the dish, circling.
" Doriton, attack!"
" Wolborg, attack!" The blades rammed into each other, sparked flying.
" Doritan, ice claw!"
" Wolborg, blizzard!"
Tala saw a slight flaw with ice claw and said, " Wolborg attack!" and Doritan went flying out of the dish.
" Good match, you're great," said Melanie as she picked up her blade.
" You're not that bad yourself," replied Tala.
" Thanks," said Melanie as she ran back towards her team.
The next match was between Anna and Spencer.
" Blitzori, thunder gasher!"
" Seaborg, tidal wave.
" Defend with electric shock!" cried Anna and Seaborg was defenseless and knocked out.
" Anna pulled this one off. And now Jose against Ray."
" Ishari, attack with ivy vines."
" Driger, agility. Dodge those vines,"
" Driger, attack with Tiger Claw!"
"Ishari, poison sting!" and Driger started to lose strength and energy and eventually slumped.
" Jose wins! Now we have Theo and Edward from the Black Knights against Bryan and Ian. After a long hard fought battle, Bryan and Ian came out with a win.
" This last match decides all. The Shadowcats send out their captain, Kai, and top female blader, Allison, to the dish. The Black Knights send out their captain, Derek, and their vice-captain Krista to the dish.
" Delisina, keep Dranzer and Illusionaria apart. Attack Dranzer!" called Krista.
" Kalivanix, attack Illusionaria!" called Derek.
" Illusionaria, wall of ice reflection," called Allison and the attack rebounded to Kalivanix which wobbled slightly.
" Dranzer, attack Delisina with fire arrow!" called Kai and led his blade beside Allison.
" Dranzer. Illusionaria, Dream Energist!" they called.
" Kalinvanix defend!"
" Delisina, defend with crystal wall!"
The whole dish flared up in multi-coloured lights that lit up the whole stadium, the ground started to rumble, bits of the dish started to fly up, smoky fog started to circle it. Finally the rumbling stopped and the light from the dish faded. Allison and Kai retrieved their blades and Derek and Krista retrieved theirs, only suffering with a broken attack ring.
" The new champions are the Shadowcats!" and the crowd cheered. They returned to their suite, the Black Knights talked with them with no hostility. Allison took their blades and gave them back to them once she had unleashed the power of her teams blades with the keys. Allison grabbed her coat and left the room and Derek pulled Kai aside.
" What do you want?" asked Kai.
" Watch out for Allison. She may appear strong and hostile to you, being all snappish and tough, but she's actually really fragile. In reality, she was once a rich girl, but since her family's death, she's been reduced to poverty and thrown into the streets. Don't be too harsh on her," said Derek.
" Then, which family does she belong to?" asked Kai.
" I can't tell you, but she'll eventually tell you," said Derek, leaving.
Allison waited in the limo, staring at her blade. She had finally done it, her mother's last request, unleashing the true power of her bit. Her friends opened the door and she pocketed the blade. She stared out of the tinted windows onto the streets. Once she arrived at the mansion, she ran into her room. Kai followed her and knocked on her door and entered.
" What do you want?" asked Allison icily.
" Derek told me something of your past that I found intriguing." Started Kai.
" What did he tell you?" said Allison, her voice on the edge.
" He told me that you were once rich, your family died, you were reduced to poverty and now you're working here," said Kai.
" Did he tell you my surname?" asked Allison, dropping the book she was holding.
" Yes," said Kai lying.
Allison had a look of horror on her face and she ran out of the room. Kai picked up the dropped book. It was her diary. And it was the only thing that led to the secret of her past. The true story to her past was soon to be revealed.
A/N: How do like this chapter? Please R+R! And thanks for all those reviews. And I do have the next chapter written out, but I won't uploaded until I get lots of reviews for this chapter. This was only a quick skim of her past. The next chapter, you'll hear the true story from Allison herself.
" We're up first against the Thunderbirds." Said Tala.
" The Thunderbirds are easy to beat. Just do everything quickly before they can send out any of their special attacks," said Allison and they stood up, leaving to the arena. Then she turned around and whispered something to Tyson, who nodded.
" Now to start of the tournament, we have Tala and Ian from the Shadowcats going against George and Jason from the Thunderbirds!"
They launched their blades and Tala and Ian followed Allison's advice, knocking the blades out once it touched the dish.
" Now we have Ray and Max from the Shadowcats and they are going against Ally and Cynthera from the Thunderbirds."
Ray and Max quickly swept that round.
" The Shadowcats are leading 2-0. Now we have Kai from the Shadowcats and Tom from the Thunderbirds. Now this is going to be a bet for who's going to win when one of them is a top blader,"
Kai quickly finished it off before you can blink.
" From the Shadowcats, we have Tyson and from the Thunderbirds, we have Tina. Wait a minute, Tyson has graciously allowed top female blader, Allison to blade in his place. And her stats are sure impressive!"
" Especially since she was a former member of the Black Knights, the reigning champions of this tournament," said another voice.
Allison launched her blade and it demolished Tina's blade.
" Allison is living up to her reputation and she wins! And finally we have Bryan from the Shadowcats and Matthew from the Thunderbirds. And the Shadowcats hope for another easy win,"
Bryan quickly beat them.
" The Shadowcats advance!" and the crowd roared. They quickly left the arena and entered the suite/ After the quarter finals were over, the teams that were left were the Shadowcats, Black Knights, Demolition Boys, Dreamcatchers, the Reapers, the Sunchasers, the Marred Cherries and the Mythicals.
" We're up against the Marred Cherries," said Max.
" Well, the Marred Cherries do have a bit of skill, but they're pretty easy to beat," said Allison.
" Let's change the order of the bladers. They might think we'll play the same people," said Kai.
" What do you propose," asked Ray.
" Tala for singles, Bryan for singles and Tyson for singles," said Kai.
" Ian and Max for doubles and Spencer and myself for doubles and Kai and Ray on the bench."
" No. I'll blade doubles with you Allison, Spencer and Ian for doubles, and Max benched." Said Kai.
" Fine with me," said Max and they headed towards the arena.
" Now we have the Shadowcats vs. the Marred Cherries."
" First up, Kai and Allison against Tara and Jenny. This would be one blast of a battle,"
They launched their blades, circling the dish. Allison mouthed out something and Kai nodded.
" Illusionaria, ice daggers! " said Allison.
" Dranzer, fire arrow!" said Kai.
" Leper, attack!" shouted Tara.
" Avianor, spiral dive," said Jenny.
" Illusionaria," said Allison.
" Dranzer," said Kai.
" Dream energist!" they shouted. The whole dish flared up in multi- coloured lights that lit up the whole stadium, the ground started to rumble, bits of the dish started to fly up, smoky fog started to circle it. Finally the rumbling stopped and the light from the dish faded. Allison and Kai retrieved their blades, but their opponents blades were demolished to dust.
" From this act, we can say, never mess with these two bladers and now we have Spencer and Ian against Marlene and Natalie,"
Spencer and Ian won the next match.
" Now, we have Tyson against Marta! Let's see if the Shadowcats can bag in another win,"
Tyson, being overconfident and cocky, lost the match and Kai and Allison glared at him with annoyance.
" You could have beaten her easily. Report for 3 hours of extra training for the rest of the week. If you can't beat them, how will we be able to win for the school team?" growled Kai.
" Tala, win the next round," said Allison and he nodded and as requested, won the next set. Bryan also won and they advanced to the semi-finals.
" We're up against the Demolition Boys," announced Ray.
"I'm going against Spencer, no matter what," said Kai and everyone agreed.
" Tala and Ian, you blade doubles. And Max and Ray, doubles. Spencer singles and Bryan singles. Tyson and I will be on the bench and if you're in for a desperate win, then we can switch," said Allison.
" First up, we have Spencer from the Demolition Boys and Kai from the Shadowcats. This is intense! Brother against brother!"
They launched their blades.
" Griftol, sandstorm!"
" Dranzer, fire arrow!
" Griftol, attack!"
" Dranzer, inferno!"
" Griftol, pools of evolution," and it washed out Kai's fire.
" Allison went up to the platform and whispered something in Kai's ear, getting him riled up.
" Dranzer, flamethrower!" and the whole dish lit up in embers and it flared and finally died down. Spencer's blade flew out. " No! How can I lose against my younger brother," moaned Spencer.
" You just did," said Kai smirked and he retrieved his blade and walked back.
" Allison, you were right. Thanks," said Kai and Allison nodded.
" Now we have Lee against Spencer,"
" Galeon, attack!" shouted Lee.
" Seaborg, tidal wave!" said Spencer and Galeon got washed out of the dish.
" And Spencer wins! The Shadowcats are leading 2-0. If they win one more round, the advance!"
" Now we have Enrique from the Demolition Boys going against Bryan from the Shadodwcats,"
" And Enrique wins!"
" And now, we have Max and Ray from the Shadowcats against Eddie and Steve from the Demolition Boys!"
Although Max and Ray bladed well, Eddie and Steve won.
"It's a tie! This final round will decide who will go onto the finals! So it's Robert and Johnny against Tala and Ian,"
After a long and hard fought battle, Tala and Ian won.
" And the Shadowcats advanced to the finals!" Some of the Demolition Boy grumbled at their loss.
Allison looked back at them, feeling sorry from them. Tala saw that and whispered, " Don't feel sorry for them. Some of them are sore losers."
And as suspected the Black Knights won.
" Allison, are you sure you want to blade the next round?" asked Kai and Allison nodded.
"OK, this will be our toughest match, so only the best bladers on this team will blade. Tala, Allison, Ian, Bryan, and Spencer have earned the privilege to blade in the finals." Said Kai.
" My plan is Ian and Bryan for doubles, Kai and myself for doubles, Tala for singles, Spencer for singles and Ray for singles," said Allison.
" Do you agree?" asked Allison and Kai nodded his approval.
" Now we have the Black Knights and the Shadowcats. Will the reigning champions, the Black Knights, still sit on their throne of glory or will the Shadowcats dethrone them?"
" To start it off, we have Melanie against Tala.
The blades hit the dish, circling.
" Doriton, attack!"
" Wolborg, attack!" The blades rammed into each other, sparked flying.
" Doritan, ice claw!"
" Wolborg, blizzard!"
Tala saw a slight flaw with ice claw and said, " Wolborg attack!" and Doritan went flying out of the dish.
" Good match, you're great," said Melanie as she picked up her blade.
" You're not that bad yourself," replied Tala.
" Thanks," said Melanie as she ran back towards her team.
The next match was between Anna and Spencer.
" Blitzori, thunder gasher!"
" Seaborg, tidal wave.
" Defend with electric shock!" cried Anna and Seaborg was defenseless and knocked out.
" Anna pulled this one off. And now Jose against Ray."
" Ishari, attack with ivy vines."
" Driger, agility. Dodge those vines,"
" Driger, attack with Tiger Claw!"
"Ishari, poison sting!" and Driger started to lose strength and energy and eventually slumped.
" Jose wins! Now we have Theo and Edward from the Black Knights against Bryan and Ian. After a long hard fought battle, Bryan and Ian came out with a win.
" This last match decides all. The Shadowcats send out their captain, Kai, and top female blader, Allison, to the dish. The Black Knights send out their captain, Derek, and their vice-captain Krista to the dish.
" Delisina, keep Dranzer and Illusionaria apart. Attack Dranzer!" called Krista.
" Kalivanix, attack Illusionaria!" called Derek.
" Illusionaria, wall of ice reflection," called Allison and the attack rebounded to Kalivanix which wobbled slightly.
" Dranzer, attack Delisina with fire arrow!" called Kai and led his blade beside Allison.
" Dranzer. Illusionaria, Dream Energist!" they called.
" Kalinvanix defend!"
" Delisina, defend with crystal wall!"
The whole dish flared up in multi-coloured lights that lit up the whole stadium, the ground started to rumble, bits of the dish started to fly up, smoky fog started to circle it. Finally the rumbling stopped and the light from the dish faded. Allison and Kai retrieved their blades and Derek and Krista retrieved theirs, only suffering with a broken attack ring.
" The new champions are the Shadowcats!" and the crowd cheered. They returned to their suite, the Black Knights talked with them with no hostility. Allison took their blades and gave them back to them once she had unleashed the power of her teams blades with the keys. Allison grabbed her coat and left the room and Derek pulled Kai aside.
" What do you want?" asked Kai.
" Watch out for Allison. She may appear strong and hostile to you, being all snappish and tough, but she's actually really fragile. In reality, she was once a rich girl, but since her family's death, she's been reduced to poverty and thrown into the streets. Don't be too harsh on her," said Derek.
" Then, which family does she belong to?" asked Kai.
" I can't tell you, but she'll eventually tell you," said Derek, leaving.
Allison waited in the limo, staring at her blade. She had finally done it, her mother's last request, unleashing the true power of her bit. Her friends opened the door and she pocketed the blade. She stared out of the tinted windows onto the streets. Once she arrived at the mansion, she ran into her room. Kai followed her and knocked on her door and entered.
" What do you want?" asked Allison icily.
" Derek told me something of your past that I found intriguing." Started Kai.
" What did he tell you?" said Allison, her voice on the edge.
" He told me that you were once rich, your family died, you were reduced to poverty and now you're working here," said Kai.
" Did he tell you my surname?" asked Allison, dropping the book she was holding.
" Yes," said Kai lying.
Allison had a look of horror on her face and she ran out of the room. Kai picked up the dropped book. It was her diary. And it was the only thing that led to the secret of her past. The true story to her past was soon to be revealed.
A/N: How do like this chapter? Please R+R! And thanks for all those reviews. And I do have the next chapter written out, but I won't uploaded until I get lots of reviews for this chapter. This was only a quick skim of her past. The next chapter, you'll hear the true story from Allison herself.
