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7: Driven To Succeed

Glancing up at the clock Kai read it as 6:30pm, finishing up with the last few touch ups on his Dranzer blade Kai stood up and left his room. Walking out into the living room he stopped, Moon was watching TV, Emerald was reading a book and Raven like himself was upgrading his beyblade,

"Come on where going back to train" was all the slate haired teen said before heading over to the door,

"You sure those brats would be gone?" asked Moon as she turned off the TV and stood up

"If I know them they would have trained for only a couple of hours," said Kai as he opened the door stepping out the others soon followed, they then proceeded down to the training arena.

"Come on Kai lets see what you got" smirked Raven as he and Kai readied their blades,

"This will be interesting," said Moon as she got settled in a chair

"Let's hope," added Emerald as he joined Moon,

"Ready!" Raven shouted over to Kai

"GO DRANZER!" Kai launched his blade into the dish followed soon after by Raven's black and white blade,

"Anthrax lets finish this now!" shouted Raven, his blade began to glow as the large cobra made its entrance,

"Come on Dranzer!" Kai called for his own bit beast, with a blinding flash of red light the mighty phoenix entered the battle,

"Wow, I'm impressed" spoke Moon though she didn't sound to thrilled about the phoenix she was really being more sarcastic about it,

"Anthrax attack!" yelled Raven, his cobra bit beast hissed fiercely at Dranzer before lunging forwards,

"Dodge it," snapped Kai, with quick reflexes Dranzer moved aside causing the cobra to hit nothing by dish, Raven growled at the miss

"Attack again!" shot Raven, his bit beast lunged forwards again, but once more Dranzer easily dodge,

"Enough playing around, Dranzer Fire Arrow!" flames began to form around Dranzer's wings and her body glowed bright red before finally she let out a high-pitched screech as a shower of arrows made from the flames of her body fell down around the snake,

"Dodge it!" shot Raven, the purple serpent only just managed to escape the scorching flames as he narrowly missed being hit.

"Dranzer attack!" with another screech and more flames burning bright Dranzer attacked Anthrax again, but just like she did the cobra dodged again,

"Stay still" Kai growled,

"I could say the same thing to you" Raven snapped back,

"Fine, come on Dranzer time to use your newest attack, FIRE BLAST!" yelled Kai, with another glass shattering call Dranzer burst into flames, the fire quickly grew in size, burning all that lay around the phoenix,

"Anthrax!" Raven shouted for his bit beast, but it was too late, the flames from Dranzer where too powerful and rapidly covering everything in the dish, then with a final blast of fire Raven's black and white blade was thrown from the dish, dark gray smoke coming off the attack ring,

"Shit!" cursed Raven, as he turned round to look down at his damaged blade, with a smirk Kai called back his dark blue beyblade.

"I guess that was pretty good" spoke Emerald, Moon just grunted back not really even paying attention to the battle.

"Anyone else want to try me?" Kai asked looking over at the others,

"Yeah I want revenge" shot Moon as she stood up and took Raven's place near the dish,

"You'll just loose again," mocked Kai smirking at the girl,

"What ever, you were lucky the first time" Moon smirked back at Kai

"Enough talk, Dranzer attack!" Kai launched his blade again

"Whisper!" Moon's light blue blade followed Kai's into the dish,

"Dranzer finish her off!" shot Kai as his phoenix bit beast appeared,

"Whisper fight back!" Moon snapped her own beast entered the battle, Moon's ice wolf and Kai's fire phoenix stood before each other glaring fiercely, then with a howl Whisper lunged forwards knocking Dranzer off balance

"Dranzer fight back!" shouted Kai glaring at Moon, who was smirking back at him, Dranzer gave a loud ringing call before attacking, talons bared she moved closer striking the wolf,

"Whisper mist!" obeying her mistress Whisper spread her large white-feathered wings and softly flapped them, the air around the two creatures began to become clouded and gray, till finally a thick cloud of light grey fog covered them. Dranzer's bright red plumage stood out in the ever-thickening mist while Whisper's dark blue fur coat blended in perfectly, hiding the wolf from sight.

"Dranzer attack!" yelled Kai, squinting he tried to spot the wolf creature but no such luck, the fog was so thick he couldn't even see Moon standing on the other side. Dranzer stayed in her position not knowing where the wolf was she had no clue as to where she should aim her attack, till a high pitched howl was sounded, Whisper lunged out of the mist and attacked Dranzer full on,

"No" growled Kai narrowing his eyes 'with this stupid fog I can't see a thing, and neither can Danzer' Kai thought to himself as he tried to think of a strategy that might help him win. Dranzer continued to get attacked by the wolf till Kai gave an order,

"Dranzer lets clear this fog"

Obeying him Dranzer spread her wings and began to beat them back and forth, strong winds began to blow threw the stadium till finally the thick gray fog began to lift, after a few minutes the dish was clear again, leaving Dranzer and Whisper to battle it out again.

"Whisper attack!"

"Dranzer!"

Both bit beasts lunged forwards, bright flashes of red and blue lights flashed about the arena blinding the four teens till finally fading away, the sound of something hitting the floor could be heard, then again a few seconds after, looking down Kai and Moon saw their own blades lying motionlessly on the floor by their feet,

"A tie" said Raven seeing that both beyblades were out of the dish, both teens mumbled something before picking up their blades, neither teen looked too happy about a draw.

"Hey can we go eat?" asked Emerald looking over at Kai, with a sigh the crimson-eyed teen nodded his head, getting up Emerald made his way over to the door followed by the others.

After getting something to eat the Shadow Team soon made their way back to the hotel room and went to sleep.

Early morning sun shone into a room bathing everything in sight with it's golden light, the occupant of the room was a tall Chinese teen, aged 17 with long black hair tied back, his golden eyes matched the colour of the light shinning in threw the window, grabbing a light grey beyblade with the picture of a white tiger in the centre he left the room, placing the beyblade in his pocket he walked over to the small kitchen.

"Morning Ray" came a voice from behind,

"Huh?" turning around Ray saw Aaron sitting on the couch reading a book,

"Oh hi Aaron, I didn't think you'd be up so early?" spoke Ray,

"Yeah but I can't really sleep, I'm excited about the tournament" came the younger boys reply,

"That's cool, I can't wait either, but I'm a lot more use to it then you I guess" said Ray, Aaron gave a nod before going back to reading his book.

A few hours later the rest of the Bladebreakers were up and had eaten breakfast, they were on their way down to the training room when something caught Tyson's attention,

"Hey guys what's that?" the dragon blader asked no one in particular, the rest hearing the question stopped and turned to see what Tyson was on about, looking down one of the halls they spotted a tall well build man, he was wearing a thick black ankle length coat that covered his clothes, but what shocked them the most was the bright purple hair,

"Is that…Boris?" Max asked softly,

"I must be, but why is he here?" asked Ray

"Do you think that this is the reason why Kai left our team?" spoke Kenny

"I would say that it is, I mean Kai wouldn't just leave us, would he?" asked Tyson

"None of us really know, but my guess is that Kai is once again being controlled by Boris and Voltaire," said Ray

"But hang on, Boris and Voltaire are both supposed to be in jail" added Max

"Ha yeah, so how can he be here then?" Tyson asked

"Don't know, but I say we follow him" said Ray before quietly walking after the Russian man

"Yeah" whispered the navy haired teen before following after his new team captain. Max, Kenny and Aaron walking right behind Tyson.

Boris seemed to lead them on a wild goose chase through the long corridors of the hotel, till finally stopping at a door. The teens were hiding down another hall waiting to see what the purple haired Russian did next, hearing the sound of a knock then the door opening they lost sight of the man as he stepped into the room, once the door closed the five teens ran forwards. Looking the door up and down they read the number 87 written in shiny silver numbers.

"What now?" asked Max

"We can't really follow him now can we" spoke Kenny

"I bet this is the room Kai's staying in" Tyson answered back,

"Tyson keep your voice down, we don't want them to know where hear" shot Ray

"Sorry" Tyson whispered back,

"Can you hear what they're saying?" asked Aaron, who actually had no clue of what was going on, pressing his ear up to the door Ray tried hard to listen but nothing,

"No I can only hear muffled voices, what they're saying I wouldn't have a clue" answered the neko pulling away from the door.

"Boris sir so nice to see you" greeted Emerald as he opened the door and let the Russian man in,

"I have something to say to you all," said Boris as he came in, the four Russian teens stood and came round the man,

"Now, the tournament will be staring soon, so I hope you are all prepared, you four will win this tournament no matter what, do you understand me, no slip ups" spoke Boris glaring at the teens as he looked round at them all

"You actually think where going to lose to a stupid bunch of idiots like the Bladebreakers" spoke Raven

"They may be idiots but they control bit beasts, and as long as they do you must keep your guard up," said Boris glaring harshly at Raven who didn't even seem to notice,

"But what I'm hear to talk about is not the tournament but what's going to happen after you four are declared the champions" Boris paused for a moment, Moon couldn't help but smirk at the thought of the Shadow Team being the champions of the world,

"Right after the tournament you will report back to the underground abbey, once there you will be given…"

"Wait" Kai shot

"Huh?" Boris looked somewhat confused by the slate haired teens actions, but brushing his word off Boris continued,

"As I was saying you will be…"

"I said shut up for a moment!" Kai snapped

"Don't tell…" Boris stopped when the sounds of muffled talking could be heard, hearing it as well Raven walked over to the door and peered out of the peephole, looking around he stopped a mop of navy blue hair covered by a baseball cap, standing next to him was a person who unmistakably looked like Max. Moon, Emerald, Kai and Boris where all looking over at Raven waiting to hear about who was out there,

"Bladebreakers" he spat narrowing his eyes at the five younger teens outside the door

"What, why are they so fucking nosey!" Moon shot glaring at the door

"They must have followed you!" snapped Kai narrowing his eyes at Boris

"What?" Boris snapped back not liking the tone Kai held,

"They have no clue which room where staying at, the staff aren't allowed to tell anyone, they must have been down in the lobby and saw you, then followed, you fucking idiot why didn't you check to make sure you weren't followed!" Kai shot narrowing his crimson eyes further,

"Don't talk to me like that boy," Boris snarled back

"Shut up now, I doubt they can hear us but still, they now know which room where in" Raven spoke up breaking the tension that was building between the two Russians. Growling deep in his throat Kai walked over to the door, peering out himself he spotted the five teens standing outside, trying to listen in.

"So what are you going to do?" asked Emerald watching his leader closely,

"Give them a piece of my mind," growled Kai is voice cold and icy, he grasped the door handle and slowly twisted it and begun to pull the door towards him. Luckily for him the five teens where too busy talking to each other about what Boris was telling the Shadow Team at that very moment, stepping out Kai closed the door behind him, the soft clink caught the younger teens attention.

"Hello, how nice to see you all" Kai growled threw clenched teeth,

"Uh oh" whispered the teens when they looked up at the angry Russian, turning they made a run for it, but in all the chaos Kai lunged forwards and griped Tyson's wrist, with a shout of terror Tyson began to try and struggle in Kai's iron like grip,

"Tyson" the others gasped as they stopped halfway down the hall.

Pulling him forwards Kai grasped Tyson's neck and threw him against the wall with a loud thud and a gasp of fright from the navy haired teen, Kai tightened his grip and Tyson soon found his feet leaving the floor as he was lifted effortlessly into the air, his back pressed firmly against the wall,

"Just what the fuck did you think you were doing trying to listen in!" snapped Kai glaring icily at Tyson which coursed his blood to run cold,

"W-w-we s-s-saw B-Boris down in th-the" Tyson's voice was soft and croaky, the dragon blader was finding it hard to speak with his throat being held so tightly

"Speak up!" Kai shot narrowing his crimson eyes at Tyson

"L-l-l-lobby and and f-f-followed h-him" Tyson managed to chock out the words,

"Why?!" Kai shouted almost defining Tyson

"We thought t-t-that h-h-he mi-mi-might" Tyson stopped for a second to cough in an attempt to get air into his lungs "l-lead t-t-to you" Tyson's face was turning blue from the lack of oxygen,

"YOU FUCKING IDIOT I TOLD YOU I WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU FREAKS, THAT MEANS STOP FOLLOWING ME, STOP TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT I'M DOING AND TO JUST STAY OUT OF MY WAY!" Kai yelled at the top of voice while pulling Tyson closer to his face then slamming the younger teen back against the wall,

"KAI STOP!" shouted Ray running forwards

"PISS OFF!" snapped Kai glaring fiercely at Ray who suddenly stopped when those dark crimson orbs landed on him glowing with hatred and loathing, his icy glare made the others freeze as well,

"Now this is the last time I'm going to say this, so listen carefully, KEEP THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!" Kai threw Tyson aside where he hit the floor with a bone-breaking thud, sending one last icy look at the others Kai turned on his heels and stalked back into the room slamming the door behind him.

"TYSON ARE YOU OK!?" Ray and the others sprinted forwards, kneeling by the dragon bladers' side,

"I think so, he almost chock me to death," gasped Tyson rubbing his soar neck, which had turned red,

"Come on we should go" stuttered Max not liking what might happen if they didn't leave soon, as Tyson tried to stand he wince in pain,

"What's wrong" Kenny sounded extremely worried

"My arm, is really hurts" spoke Tyson as he held his left arm,

"Let's see" Ray leant forwards and took Tyson's sore arm only to have the Japanese teen shriek out in pain,

"Sorry, it must be broken," sighed Ray

"What, but with a broken arm Tyson can't blade" Aaron had a look of fright,

"I know, Kai must have really thrown you down hard," said Ray looking worried,

"It sure sounded like it," muttered Max,

"He probably planned this" shot Aaron

"How could he have, we were the ones that followed Boris" spoke Kenny

"True" Aaron turned his head away from Tyson, looking up and down the halls till something caught his attention,

"Um guys" came the brunettes' voice,

"Yeah what is it?" asked Max looking over at Aaron,

"That" he pointed to the wall where Kai had held Tyson,

"SHIT!" shouted the blond, at hearing Max swear the others all looked up, the wall that Tyson had been thrown against had a large crack in it, where the wall had broken under the pressure,

"God damn he threw you hard" spoke Ray looking the wall up and down,

"Can we go now, I don't want Kai coming back out to hurt any of us further" spoke Tyson, with the help of Max and Aaron Tyson managed to get to his feet, then the five teens walked down to the first aid room for some medical attention.

"Where's Boris?" snapped Kai when he re-entered the hotel room only to find Emerald sitting back on the couch with Raven leaning against the wall near the kitchen door and Moon no where in sight, most probably in her room,

"He left when you were outside with the Bladebreakers" answered Emerald,

"Did he say anything else" Kai shot back clearly not happy,

"No just left," mumbled Emerald, with a growl Kai made his way back to his room.

The days slowly past, the Shadow Team trained everyday getting stronger and stronger, Boris never retuned to say anything else to them. While the Bladebreakers made sure they never ran into Kai or the others during the days that pasted, Kai had broken a bone in Tyson's arm but not too badly though, the dragon blader had his left arm in a cast and wouldn't be able to use it for some weeks which put a big hold on his training, the others were just hoping that they would still be able to win their matches when the tournament started which was only a day or two away. Ray let the Bladebreakers have Sunday off to rest up for the tournament, which was staring the next day on Monday, while Kai made the Shadow Team train harder than ever on the final day. The White Tigers, All-Starz, Majestics and other beybladeing teams also had spent the days training hard, all wanting the title of 'BeyBlade World Champions'. Finally the day of the tournament had arrived, the Shadow Team were all up and ready by 7am, where as the Bladebreakers thanks to Tyson weren't up till about 9, but luckily the tournament didn't start till 11am so they still had a couple of hours to go.

DJ Jazzman: "Good morning ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to this years World Beyblading Championships, hosted this year by Canada. Now I'm not going to keep you all in suspense for too long, but first I must introduce the head of the BBA Mr. Stanley Dickinson, who also put together the reigning Champions the Bladebreakers, and yes they are here to fight for their title. But enough of that let me introduce the first two beyblading teams. Give a big round of applause to the Diamond Girls and their opponents the White Wings!"

Everyone in the stands of the stadium gave a loud cheer as the two teams entered, the first team the Diamond Girls was made up of an entirely female group, while the White Wings had three male players and one female.

The first two bladers got themselves ready, blades attached to their launches and in position, it was the Diamond Girls leader, Stacy versus one of the male members of the White Wings, Alex.

DJ Jazzman: "Ready in 3...2…1…LET IT RIP!"

Both teens pulled the ripcord, blurs of white and red landed in the dish, before spinning around each other, trying to find the best spot to attack from.

Yeah the tournament started, finally huh, oh and don't tease me about some of the weird names these teams have, or their bit beasts for that matter, I was at a real lose and couldn't come up with anything.