The tournament

Kaie's face was blank, but inside she was quite happy. In the first rounds she had been mocked, for being a girl. Everyone had been making jokes and laughing.

That is until she beat them. Her attack was swift; she launched and attacked in mid-air, so the other blades never even made it into the dish. And now Kaie had made it into the final set of four. The bladers weren't mocking her now.

She was to play the other three opponents in a round-robin style tournament. Her first opponent would be a boy named Jackie, who tended to be a strong blader once in the dish, as the friction helped him to spin faster.

Her second opponent would be a boy named Trenton, and he was more of an endurance blade. Once he was in a dish he could spin for almost five minutes. His one weakness was his launch and his left side. His blade was not meant to attack and it never did. If she hit him hard and fast then she should push him out of the dish. She smiled "Just wait"

Her final competitor was someone by the name of Chris and he was going to be the hardest to beat. He had a defence based blade, thus he could not be attacked in mid-air. The only way to defeat him would be to user her Ely-Grip launcher that Jordan had given her, as well as a rubber rip cord and the combo was still in the testing phase.

"Bladers to your mark. Ready…OK…3…2…1…LET IT RIP!!!!!!!!! The battle had begun, and Jackie never made it to the dish. Dranser took him out in the air, both the first and second time.

"OK folks, it looks like the next battle will be Trenton Vs Chris, which should make for and interesting battle"

The score board looked like this when Kaie was about to play Chris:

Kaie Vs Jackie – Winner Kaie

Chris Vs Trenton – Winner Chris

Jackie Vs Trenton – Winner Jackie

Chris Vs Jackie – Winner Chris

Kaie Vs Trenton – Winner Kaie

This battle would determine the whole tournament. She pulled out the new lancher and inserted her rubber rip chord. The rubber allowed for a stronger defence and longer endurance, but it slowed down the spin rate quite a bit.

Kaie lowered her eyes to the ground, and didn't face her opponent. Dranser had learned why, but to the average person it looked like she was avoiding eye contact because she was afraid.

"Hey girl, look up. Face the enemy that will be your downfall. I am amazed that you made it this far. Girls are not worthy to poses a blade no matter whom they are. They are all wimps, and they care only for clothing, and makeup and all that stuff", and the interrogation continued.

Kaie didn't look up because she was mentally channelling all of her hate and fear towards the boy into power. The strength to launch the blade. "OK that's enough trash talk" said the Ref. "Ready…3…2…1…LET IT RIP!!!!!!!!"

All the hatred towards the boy was channelled into the power to the launch. Her launch, despite the chord being rubber, was off the charts. Chris' blade was pushed out of the disk almost as soon as it had landed. "What did you do to that blade?" he asked. "It was only then that she realised how much power she had put into her blade. His blade had been melted and hers was emitting a series of purple, blue and red sparks.

Kaie, who had kept her eyes down the entire time, kept the looking at only the dish as she picked up her flaming blade. To anyone else it would have burned their flesh, but to Kaie it felt like a warm bath.

She resumed her launching position as she waited for him to either produce a new blade or to forfeit the match. Chris half-heartedly produced a new blade that looked like it had been through a war. The plastic of the attack ring was shredded and the weight disk was looking pretty bad.

"Well I guess that I'll have to use this blade he said and he was about to click it onto his launcher when Kaie said, "Here, use these parts. They are the exact same weight as your other blade and have the same amount of star ratings"

Kaie dug into her pocket and produced a metal cog and a plastic attack ring. "Catch." Chris caught them and eyed them warily before saying "Why did you just give me these?"

Kaie answered very quietly "Sometimes before I battle my opponent I create an exact replica of their blade's attack ring and weight disk. It gives me a chance to analyse how the blade can be controlled. I wasn't sure how to beat you when I arrived here this morning so I brought along you parts. I want to beat you fair and square."

Chris said nothing and after a seemingly long silence he put the parts together and twisted them into his launcher. Then the Ref. spoke "As your blade has been damaged and has had to be repaired you are allowed three launches of your blade before you re-face your opponent."

Chris nodded and immediately took his three launches. Kaie was very good at creating parts. These parts worked the same as his had, and his parts had been created specifically for him.

"The match will now commence." The ref. exclaimed "Bladers take your places…3…2…1…LET IT RIP!!!!!!!!!! The blades flew and they battled on, neither giving an inch. Then there was an explosion and the outline of a still blade appeared outside the dish