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Russle – I am sorry about the typos. I meant Kaie when I typed Kaiee and Kayla is the name of a character in another story that I am writing. I tend to have a hard time separating the two stories and I didn't really have a lot of time to proof-read.

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Kaie looked at her notebook and sighed. In her notebook she had recorded the tournament so far and at this point there were five eliminated from the tournament.

Day 1

Lost Won

Joel vs Hillary

Gary vs Victory

Brig vs Kai

Elegrên vs Guart

Eric vs Kyle

Something had happened though, that was making Kaie uneasy. Joel had fainted as soon as the announcer had declared that he had lost. Joel, however was not the only one that had fainted. Everyone who had lost had fainted; Gary, Brig, Elegrên, as well as Eric.

All of them lay, alive, and breathing by themselves in the hospital wing, and from the condition all of them should have been awake and talking, the only problem with them slow heartbeats – slightly slower than the sleeping rate.

All of the BBA officials were currently holding a meeting, trying to figure out what was going on and seeing if it was against the rules for bladers to be knocked out, or whatever had happened to them when they had lost.

Emily and Michael had gone down to the arena to practice and said that they would be up in an hour. Kaie had, however, gone down there to ask Emily something and neither of them were down there.

Kaie thought that she had heard them talking in Emily's room. She had decided against interrupting them, as it would probably have ruined their 'special' moment together.

Emily was blading tomorrow against the 2nd on the Blood Raiders, and Kaie seriously wondered if Emily would be able to beat Control. Michael had been really nervous all afternoon, as he knew as well that Emily had a slim chance of winning.

Or was that was why he was nervous?

A smirk crept across Kaie's face as the final piece of the puzzle came together. Oh Michael was going to hear about this one. Hehehe.

At that moment Max knocked on her door, one, two, pause three four, and she grabbed her blade and answered the door. She and Max had decided to go to the park and test out their blades.

They walked past Emily's room and both of them hear Michael's voice talking quietly. The sound was slightly muffled by the door, but both of them exchanged knowing glances and continued to the park.

When Max and Kaie returned they found Michael and Emily waiting for them in the hall. "Judy wants to talk with us," he said. Kaie noticed that the two of them were discretely holding hands, and she could see that Emily was wearing a new necklace.

Michael was definitely going to hear about this one. Kaie looked at Max and gave him the message with her eyes. Max looked and then smiled at her, letting her know that he understood.

Judy came down the hall, looking weary and pressured. "OK gang, here is the scoop. According to the rules there can be no consequence for loosing a beybattle that damages the blader. However, Joel, Gary, Brig, Elegrên, and Eric are not injured in any visible way so there is nothing that we can do unless we forfeit the tournament. The organisers warned us that there were consequences for forfeiting, however, so it is not a good option. We are stuck in this one, with no way out other than to blade.

Emily I would like to review your strategy for tomorrow, so the rest of you can you please get ready for bed."

They all got ready for bed and, not to her surprise, Max knocked on her door, then entered and sat on the end of her bed.

"Max," she said quietly, looking out the window, "What are we going to do? I blade in two days, and Emily blades tomorrow. We have no way out. You blade in three days, and Michael does in four. We have no idea what we are up against.

Max I think that we are doomed. This tournament is going to take over the minds of all of the best bladers in the world. No one has enough strength to overcome them."

Max slid off her bed and walked over to her where she stood looking out the window. He looked at her reflection and then put his hand on her shoulder. "You can overcome them. You are the strongest blader that I have ever met. You are more powerful than anyone else is. I think that you can beat them."

Kaie looked at him, and smiled. "I'm glad that you think that but I am not nearly as good as some of the other bladers here. And you have improved a lot. I have trouble beating you anymore, not to mention that many bladers have more experience than I do."

Max sighed. "I guess so, but you are still really good. I better get to bed, we have a long day tomorrow." And with that he left, leaving Kaie to ponder what would happen in the coming days.

The next day

"And Emily is taking a beating. Do you think that she can beat him off? Nice try Emily, a good attempt at an offensive move. And Control manoeuvres overtop of Emily and... Oh a critical hit. I don't think Emily can take much more of a beating."

Kaie grimaced. She didn't think Emily could either. She had already had to ward off multiple attacks and it looked as though this might be one too many.

Emily looked at Control's blade analysing it with her keen eyes. His one flaw was that is was low to the ground, for the most control, but every tenth rotation the blade's attack ring went higher. Emily knew that if she attacked successfully then there was little chance that she would remain spinning...

"And Emily takes another huge hit. Her blade is faltering."

Emily narrowed her eyes. It was now or never. She might tie it up if she was lucky. What would happen then, she wondered? Well it looked like she was about to find out.

"Trigator, attack now, underneath."

Her bitbeast understood that this could very well be its last attack and so it put everything it had into it.

The result was a huge flash and a cloud of debris raining down.

"Ahhh. Ahem. Ladies and gentleman what an attack! I doubt if either blader will be left standing... And it looks as though both blades are motionless. That means there is a tie for the All Starz and the Blood Knights."

Rage looked at his teammate, lying on the ground beside the dish. "You are despicable Control. You lost to a girl. Enjoy your last two minutes, alone Control. You have no future anymore." And the whole team followed their leader out of the room.

Michael slowly, shaking stood up and took some shaky steps toward Emily and then he ran to her. "Emily, speak to me. Please. Let me know how you are. Emily!"

Emily looked up at Michael. "I only have a short while. I just have to tell you guys to blade hard and to win. I...I didn't blade right. I ...I lost. I'm a failure." And Emily closed her eyes.

"No you're not. You did the best you could against those baboons. They know all the rules and they use them to a huge advantage. Come on Em. Fight it. Stay here, with us. With...with me."

Emily opened her eyes again and looked into Michael's maroon eyes. "Promise me you will fight hard." She said, "Promise me."

Michael nodded, "I promise. Emily please don't leave. I...I...I..." He whispered quietly, "I love you."

Emily's eyes brightened. "So...So do I Michael. I love you t..."

And her eyes closed and her body went limp in Michael's arms. "No!" Michael yelled. "No! Emily come back! Emily!" then he realised that she really had gone and he lowered his voice to a whisper. "Emily... oh Emily. I miss you..."

Emily was gently pried from Michael's arms and taken up to the hospital wing.

Kaie closed her notebook, the newest entry strikingly crude of the fate that all would have.

Round 2

Lost Won

Rein vs Rei

Spencer vs Nassar

Chris vs Devin

Rawne vs Milo

Emily vs Control

Max entered to see Kaie sitting on the bed, a notebook in her hand, her necklace once again aglow. "Kaie." He said.

Kaie jumped then shoved her notebook under the covers. "Don't do that! You scared me. Don't you know how to knock?"

Max looked at his feet. "Sorry, I just though that you might need some help preparing for tomorrow, as you are blading..."

Kaie softened. "It's okay. Thanks for your offer, I was just about to go to the park to practice and try some new moves. I'll help you too, just in case..."

Max and Kaie were silent. Kaie snapped out of it first and grabbed her blade and mumbled for Max to follow.

At eight thirty Max and Kaie returned from a very tense blading session more than ready for bed. It was not to be so.

"Max, Kaie. There you are. I have been looking everywhere for you two. I need to talk over your strategy Kaie and Max, could you please go and talk to Michael. He needs some emotional support currently."

Max nodded and walked off leaving Kaie to be dragged off for a two and a half hour lecture on what not to do the next day when she bladed.

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I hope that you w enjoyed that chapter.

Sorry if it is a cliff.

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Questions...

Do Emily and Michael make a good pair?

Do you think Tyson will win or loose?

Who do you think the last 4 bladers in the tournament will be?

This is fun because I know the answers to the last two :P

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