Battle Royal!

"Alright everyone; we're at a tie here in the stadium between the Bladebreakers and the Runes. Now it all comes down to this battle royal between the world champion Tyson!" D.J got the crowd into a frenzy, "And that undefeated human bit beast who we've all come to love Ashes! Who will win and be the next world champion? Well let's find out! Can we have our final bladers on the platform please?" Tyson walked up to the platform with a determined look upon his face. I took a deep breath before standing; my body was still weak but I didn't care, I was going to blade. I stood and stumbled a bit, both Jester and Koji put out their arms in case I fell. "You sure you can do this?" Jester asked with worry. I waved their arms away from me and started walking to the platform, "Positive." When I reached the platform D.J just stared at me and put his hand over the microphone so the crowd couldn't hear his voice, "Hey, weren't you just in the hospital last night?"

I looked at him, "Yeah so?"

"So shouldn't you be taking a break today? I mean that was an extreme yesterday."

"That battle was nothing compare to the one that's going on soon." I gritted my teeth together, "As for me, I'll be just fine." D.J nodded and raised a hand.

"Three, Two, One, Let It Rip!"

The final match was on. I shot my blade as fast and hard as I could. "Remember Tyson," I shouted over to him, "No taking it easy on me." Our blades circled each others trying to find weaknesses. "Don't worry, I don't plan to." Tyson started attacking head on. I dodged his blade from every direction it attacked from. I started laughing at Tyson's pathetic attempts to hit my blade. "What are you laughing at?" Tyson called over already starting to get annoyed at my games. I gave another laugh, "Just your pathetic attempts to attack my blade. I mean come on Tyson, that can't be the best you have. And if it is, then it must have been a fluke that you became world champion!" "Oh yeah!" I was starting to get on Tyson's nerves, "I'll show you! Dragoon!"

Light rose up from Tyson's blade and a massive blue dragon appeared. "Remember Tyson, two can play at that game! Angel of the Ashes, come forth!" I felt as a wind picked up around me and the pain as my wings came out of my back. Everything subsided and I was back to the match. Our blades locked in a battle of pure power, spinning, girding, and crashing against each other. I gritted my teeth as I felt energy pouring out of me but I managed to sill stay standing. Sweat beads were forming all over my body as I was exhausting myself. I pushed Tyson's blade back. "Vanishing Act!" I called one of Jester's tricks. My blade vanished into thin air and Tyson was left searching for it.

"Is it just me A.J or did Ashes just use one of Jester's attack moves." Brad the announcer came on about what everyone was thinking. "No, for once in your life you're right Brad. Ashes, leader of the Runes just used one of her own team mates moves." A.J awed with the rest of the crowd. "How'd you use Jester's move?" Tyson asked, not able to find my blade. I smiled and calmed myself down a bit, "Simple, I taught my team all the moves they know, same with the Time Breakers team. Since I'm in a tight spot with my body being exhausted and my moves taking a lot out of me, I'm keeping to easy, strong, and effective moves until I can use my ultimate attack. Now are we here to talk or are we here to blade!"

My blade appeared again and bashed Tyson's across the dish. I let my blade circle the dish skimming the edge of it. "Ember Heart!" I cried out Koji's move. My blade gained speed still circling the edge, while mysteriously starting to spark. "What the?" Tyson was following my blade around the edge. Suddenly the whole dish exploded into a giant flame, with no sing of our blades. D.J screamed, "Can we get a fire extinguisher here?" "Alright, now to the center of the fire and change directions!" I yelled at my blade. Tyson's jaw was locked in horror, fright, and anger. Slowly the fire was disappearing into the centre of the dish. "What....what's happening?" Tyson couldn't believe his eyes. "Don't worry, I wouldn't melt our blades." I laughed, "Ember heart is just a quick energy pick up for a person who knows how to use it correctly. Although it does do some damage to the dish." We looked at the dish which was now covered in black burns and seemed more like ice. "I'd be careful now Tyson, this dish is now basically an ice rink." I warned him. "No problem. Dragoon, Storm attack!" His blade was creating a wind tunnel above it. "Sorry but that's not going to work, Dark Sword!" I called Koji's final attack. The blade went right through the storm and disrupted it, causing it to disappear. My blade then turned back around and did a tempo of assaults on the other blade. Suddenly Tyson's blade did rapid assaults of attacks on me. I made to so that my blade was feeding off the energy his blade emitted with each hit.

"Tyson, you can do better then this! This is pathetic! This is like the first time I fought you! Pathetic and weak!" I yelled at Tyson. "Those are harsh words coming out of Ashes mouth, I wonder how Tyson's going to take it." A.J commented. "Let's wait and find out." Brad said. "I AM NOT WEAK!" Tyson started screaming at the top of his lungs, "DRAGOON, GALAXY TURBO TWISTER!" I smirked when Tyson called out his move, "Just as I thought you would do. ANGEL, DEATH DEAL!"

The two blades gathered their attacks then circled the dish after one another eventually colliding in a giant blinding whirlwind of blue and white light. Within seconds lightening was being emitted from it and the wind speed picked up making it harder and harder to stay in place. I put my arms up to block the wind from my face; not being able to see much around me. I could feel myself becoming weaker and weaker with exhaustion that I could hardly stand. I fell to the platform floor, almost curled into a ball fighting the wind. 'I'm so tired but I can't lose. Losing isn't an option or dad will find out and Bronco will punish me. No, I have to win even if it kills me.' I thought bitterly to myself, 'Angel, finish this please.' Then in a splitting crash of something hitting the ground the match was over.

I moved my arms away from my face, panting and sweating with an exhausted body, I looked beside me. There, on the floor out of the dish lies the Angel blade. Cracks, nicks, and chucks were missing from the blade. In my ultimate horror I reached out and picked up the blade in my hand bring to my heart. "Oh Angel, you are truly a noble and strong bit beast. You will always be the strongest bit beast in my eyes, thank you." I cried on the blade. "Well, this match is over. The dish is totaled and we seem to have a tie with our bladers." D.J announced as the crowd when wild with adrenaline from the battle.

I stopped crying and looked over at Tyson who was holding his blade in disbelief but still smiling. "Well, looks like we're going to have a tie breaking match!" D.J screamed as the crowd went even wilder. "Hold on D.J. Can't we have two champions this year? I mean this was an intense battle and our blades are totaled." Tyson asked seriously. "Hold on, I'll check." D.J put a hand to his ear to have a better listen to what the BBA was telling him. I flopped fully on the ground looking up at the stadium light which were burning holes into the backs of my eyes. In a minute D.J raised his hands for silence; the crowds noise died down quickly. "Alright, we've seen an intense match between two teams which resulted in a tie!" D.J started, "But in a surprising move by the BBA, you can now say hello to your two new world champions and their teams!"

In pain I picked myself up so that I was now leaning on my elbows and the crowd cheered and our teams came rushing towards us. Tyson walked towards me still waving to the ground. "Are you alright?" Tyson asked crouching down to my level. "A bit tired." I answered truthfully, "And if I could stand I'd hug you right now." "Ashes!" my team all called me at once. I looked at them and smiled, "We got it. Two titles in one year." "Yeah, and look what it cost you." Nick looked down at me with tears in his eyes. "Oh I'm fine, just having trouble standing that's all. No big deal." Koji and Jester started lifting me to my feet. "I could kill you sometimes you know." Nick wiped his eyes with the back of his hand. I shrugged and smiled at him, then waved to the crowd with happiness.

'I did it; I became the world champion along with Tyson. Now father can be really proud of me.' I smiled widely as I waved more and more to the crowd. Looking at the people I spotted my father and Bronco in the crowd, I stopped dead. They didn't look pleased with anything going on. I became scared.