Chapter 19: Ray and Rika's Great forceful and Honest battle

NOW LET THE FINAL, AND DECIDING MATCH, GET UNDERWAY!"Sasha sighed apprehensively.'That wasn't a win. That was a kill.' She thought, glancing sideways at Rika."Lets do this." Rika breathed, reminding herself to stay true to her word.Time to mangle a certain Driger blade.Ray and Rika both stood simultaneously. One looked angry, the other looked at Rika. Rika kept her head bowed, eyes drawn to the floor. Uncaring.The same harsh and mean blader she'd always been. And had gone from to being better ."OPPONENTS!" Jazzman yelled.'Clicks' were heard as the competitors prepared to launch their beyblades."LET IT RIIIIIIIIIIIIP!" Jazzman cried.Both blades hit the dish smoothly, one violet blade and one grey blade. They smashed against each other with a grinding sound, white-hot sparks sizzling in between them."Lets finish this now! Go Drig!" Rika cried, dead set on smashing that blade to bits. Violet light erupted from her bit, a large Black tiger taking its place. A Roar exploded from its mouth, Claws striking out at the grey beyblade weaving in and out of the attack."Driger, get in there!" Ray cried, determined not to let his team down.The eerie green light radiated off his blade, Driger growling lowly and slashing out with its huge paws. The Black Tiger bit beast reared, its front Paws whistling down to smash on top of his blade, creating cracks on the floor.
"TIGER CLAW,DRIGER!"Rika's beyblade backed off and wobbled, small fragments of violet metal falling off the claw marks etched in the side of her blade. Her bit beast neighed loudly, rearing a second time."Drop Of Eternity!" Rika shouted.Claws Scraped against the dish, a spider web of cracks shooting out from underneath. Another Scrape, another crash.And another.The spider web of cracks was splitting, creating huge ruptures in the flooring. Ray's beyblade swerved, narrowly missing falling into the bottomless gaps."You fall in there, your blade is history." Rika said smugly.The fissures were splitting the dish up, mini-Grand Canyons being split apart. Ray grit his teeth as Driger became stranded on a section of ground moving upwards."Never give up, never surrender." Ray murmured to himself."DRIGER!"The tiger growled in reply, grey blade flying off the section of land and falling right on Rika's blade. Drig whinnied angrily, rearing for another assault."TIGER CLAW ATTACK!" Ray yelled.Driger attacked mercilessly, mauling the only blind spot. Chunks of violet beyblade rained everywhere as Driger lacerated the top of Dawn's beyblade.She moaned as her beyblade wobbled dangerously in large circles, before stopping completely. A hushed whisper ran through the crowds at the demolished dish."UH...AND THE WINNERS OF THE SEMI-FINALS ARE THE BLADEBREAKERS!"
Andi's freckles were painfully visible on her stark white face. "We lost...?""Dude...very not-cool..." Sasha said slowly."This...is a total nightmare." Rayne muttered tightly.Rika stood, staring at the remains of what was supposed to be their ticket to the finals. Her teeth ached from clenching her jaw so hard, fists shaking at her sides. Frustration was etched in her every pore as she stood there, literally shaking with rage.'Hey at least it was a fair match and plus I kept my promise' "Don't. If you're going to blow, get out of here." Rayne warned icily.She was rewarded with a glare of violet spite, the girl striding out of the stadium.Ray went to follow, as Dawn practically had to restrain herself from pummelling him. He stopped as she cut him off, animosity burning bright in her eyes.

"Back off man." Derek warned he knew Rika was upset cause she lost, approaching the group of teens."Get out of my face, Derek" Ray growled, eyes flickering dangerously.He didn't answer, walking backwards as he stared back evenly. Turning, he left after Rika.Ray felt his stomach twist in jealousy, starting to move forward after him. A firm hand gripped his shoulder, forcing him to glare over his shoulder at whoever it was. Kai held him back, slowly shaking his head. Dawn hissed softly, backing off to leave the stadium with the rest of the Blade Bratz.

"She's upset and really wanted to win, let her go she needs time alone." Kai said calmly, releasing his shoulder.

Ray stared after in him confusion, watching his teammates quietly follow after their team leader.

Avoiding Rika seemed to be the thing to do when they arrived back at the house. No one wanted to deal with her just then. Of course she made it easy disappearing onto the roof, skipping supper and not coming down to eat a thing all night.The Blade Bratz were in their rooms, packing as they were leaving the next morning. The Bladebreakers were either training, watching TV or just wandering around. The windows were open in a vain attempt to coax Rika down.She was sitting high up on the roof, staring out into the forest.'The tournament's over, we lost and they won.' She thought in her head."Hey Rika...?"
Rika shook herself and turned to the voice, watching Max climb out of the top story window. He hesitated, and then sat down next to her without a word.
"Come to give me a repair bill?" Rika asked sarcastically, not looking away from the woods.Max smiled. "No. I came to see what's wrong. Ray's been asking about you, you know.""Good, nothing's wrong, and I really don't care." Rika replied, responding to all three comments."I'm your friend, you can talk to me about whatever's bugging you." Max said, leaning back on his palms.An uncomfortable silence followed."Sorry about butchering your beyblade, Max." Rika said, glancing at him out of the corner of his eye."It's not that big of a deal, I know something was really bothering you." Max answered, smiling warmly.Rika turned her head to look at him. "Nothing's bothering me, it's long forgotten.""Whatever you say...do you wanna get something to eat?" Max asked."Sure."
(morning)
Derek sighed as he sat on his suitcase. It was pretty late in the morning and time for his, and his friend's, plane to leave. Everyone was assembled in the hall, Tyson helping with the last of the luggage."I guess it's time to get going..." Mr. Dickinson said, glancing at everyone.The ride to the airport was pretty quiet and gloomy. By the time they got there, Sasha was almost at the point of blubbering.As soon as their passports were approved and their luggage taken away, everyone got ready to say goodbye."I'm gonna miss you guys a whole lot!" Sasha wailed, running around to hug everyone.Rayne opted to stay quiet and hugged everyone instead. Derek grinned and did a 'manly' goodbye...which involved hugging everyone anyway. Andi and Rika hugged everyone as well, Rika hugging Ray longer than anyone eles."Hey dudes, I hope we see you guys again!" Tyson said."Me too!" Sasha howled, squeezing Kai around the waist."Our plane is about to leave..." Dawn said softly."Catch you later!" Derek cried."We'll make prank calls to your houses!" Andi yelled."Don't expect me to write." Rika said."Look for our names when we become famous!" Rayne joked."BYE BYE KAI!" Sasha screamed."Have a good flight and don't eat the food!" Kenny warned, everyone starting to board the plane.The Blade Bratz, and Derek waved frantically from the boarding zone before making their way onto the flight. Rika hung back for a moment, looking back and locking gazes with Ray. His eyes were almost pleading at her to come back, making a sharp pain become known in her chest. She stared at him as she felt a sharp pain like a needle go through her heart. She was about to board with tears forming but then she ran down and hugged Ray crying all over his chest "Ray I don't wanna leave! I can't leave you!" She cried "20 MINUTES TILL PLANE TO CANADA LEAVES 20 MINUTES." the announcer said "Aren't you angry at me for beating your one chance of winning the tornament?" Ray asked "Not anymore..." She was still crying "Ray..." She said looking up "yes" Ray answered eyes softening in concern "Can I stay with you I don't wanna leave you" She cried "If Rika's staying then I'm staying with her" Rayne said walking over to her "I'm staying too then I have no one to harass if Rayne and Rika isn't here" Sasha said also not boarding."I'm stickin to my lil sis all the way!" Dawn said "Hey being alone is no fun! So then thats setteled were all staying" Derek said "Ray!"Rika said as she hugged him then looked up still holding him with glittering eyes.Ray rubbed her long silky hair. "You should leave your hair down more often you look better that way" He said "Fine then I will leave this as my new hairstyle" "Your actually agreeing with me?" "Yeah you got a problem with that?" "No" "Then you probably won't have a problem with this" She leaned over and kissed him on the lips.Ray turned red and stared at the ceiling "your right I don't have a problem with that" "I knew you wouldn't!" "Now who's the one touching alot! " She looked down and she saw that ever since she hugged him after unboarding the plane she hadn't let go. She then let go and blushed. He just chuckled

"Hi Kai I guess we'll be together for sometime huh?" Sasha grinned "Yeah more torture,stalkers and annoyance and to think Tyson was enough trouble.." Kai mumbled under is breath "Yay! More time to be with Kai!" Sasha yelled "At least I got someone to torture around that doesn't have a big mouth wait never mind that you do have a big mouth but at least not as big at Tyson's" Kai said "Was that a complement I heard?" She asked "No,I think everyone's better than Tyson." Kai said "Suuuuuuuure" She then started to walk but then Kai put his foot out causing her to trip like she usually does "Ow! What did you do that for?" She yelled "Because I felt like it plus your the only one who would fall for it" Kai replied "Fine then I feel like doing this!" She kissed him on the lips real softly "And your also the only one who would fall for that!" He blushed tomato red and she giggled "LAST WARNING FOR THE PLANE LEAVING TO CANADA!" The anouncer shouted "Sorry but our trip is cancelled!" Rika yelled happily as she ripped up the tickets and threw them away "Come on! Lets get going to the next tornament!" Kenny yelled "YEAH!" Everyone yelled as they jumped and raised thier fist

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