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16: Danger Within
The Bladebreakers minus Tyson quickly headed back to their hotel room, once there Max grabbed an ice pack to place on Ray's now sore jaw, a large bruise forming across his left jaw line and half way up his check.
"Does it hurt?" asked Aaron as he sat in front of Ray whose answer was a nod of his head,
"Looks nasty," the youngest added,
"Ok Aaron that's enough" spoke Max gesturing the teen away, after a few moments Tyson entered the room,
"Oh hey Tyson, how'd you know we were back here?" asked Max when he spotted his best friend enter the room
"I first went back to the training centre but when I noticed that the people training where the Shadow Team and not you guys I was worried that something had happened and came back here, I figured it would be the place to go" explained the navy haired teen
"Well you where right in both aspects" spoke Kenny
"Huh?" Tyson raised his eyebrows at this
"You were right in getting worried that something might have happened and that we would come back here," replied the brunette
"What happened?" gasped Tyson,
"Kai punched me," mumbled Ray as he pulled the ice pack away for a moment,
"HE WHAT?" shouted Tyson now furious
"Kai got somewhat pissed off and lashed out at Ray" spoke Kenny, Tyson was at a loss for words as he stared at his leader.
Funnily enough a few minutes after Tyson's arrival the White Tigers dropped by to say hello, only they were quite shocked to see Kai's handy work.
"Why didn't you fight back," shot Lee
"Well I thought about it for a moment but then decided against it, firstly because I'm not a violent sort of person and secondly because to tell you the truth I don't think I would have stood much of a chance against him, I mean Kai is older, bigger and stronger than me, not only that but Emerald and Raven were both there to back him up as well, I mean yeah I had Max and Aaron, no offence guys but I don't really see you two standing for too long against Emerald and or Raven. In the end the best thing to do was to just leave, I didn't want to risk any of my friends getting injured" explained Ray.
"Yeah fair enough" spoke Lee,
"But I still can't believe he punched you, I mean first he breaks Tyson's arm, then Moon punchers Enrique and now he punchers you too, what's with them" shot Mariah
"You know, we probably could get them kicked out of the tournament for all the trouble they've caused" spoke Kevin
"Yeah but then we would seem kind of like cowards, and I am somewhat interested to battle them" replied Tyson
"But you still think we should tell Mr. Dickinson?" asked Mariah,
"Tell me what?" came a voice from behind, as luck would have it at that moment Mr. D had entered the Bladebreakers room and over heard what the pink haired Asian girl had said,
"Oh umm well you see, Kai kinda punched Ray in the face" explained Max
"He did what" shot Mr. D who sounded the least bit pleased with this news,
"Yeah we were down at the training centre when they came in and demanded use of the room, and when we refused they got pissy about it and Kai lost his temper" spoke Kenny quickly explaining what had happened,
"I will not have that type of behaviour happening at this tournament, I'm going to speak with them now, they may find themselves kicked out at this rate" shot Mr. D as he left the room enraged.
"Well that went well," muttered Tyson
Walking down to the lobby Mr. Dickinson headed for the front desk,
"Hello how may I help you?" asked the lady behind the desk
"Yes I want to know which room the Shadow Team is staying in?" spoke Mr. D,
"I'm sorry but we aren't aloud to give that sort of information out," replied the lady
"What, do you know who I am?"
"Yes you're Mr. Stanley Dickinson, head of the BBA," responded the lady
"Look I'm sorry but I'm not aloud to tell, I get my orders from someone higher than you, and I only answer to that person" she added
"Alright fine, thank you" sighed Mr. D as he turned and headed back to see the Bladebreakers.
"Wow that was fast" spoke Max when the elderly man got back,
"So did you speak with them?" asked Kevin
"No I don't know which room they're in and the receptionist wont tell me" he replied
"We know" spoke Tyson
"You do?" Mr. D looked up in surprise
"Yeah remember we followed them once, their room is umm eighty…eighty something on floor…"
"Floor 16 room 87" Kenny spoke cutting off Tyson
"I wrote it down just in case," the brunette added
"Wonderful, I'll speak with them now" said Mr. Dickinson before he headed back out.
In the Shadow Teams room, both Moon and Emerald were no where to be seen while Raven leant against the wall by the main door and Kai sat on the couch, a sudden knock on the door caught the jet black haired teens attention, walking over he peered out the peep hole only to get somewhat of a shock when he spotted Mr. D standing outside their room.
"Who is it?" asked Kai looking over at Raven
"That old man whose head of the BBA, what the hell is he doing here, and how did he know which room where in" shot Raven
"I'd bet those Bladebreakers told him, as for why he's here probably to talk to us about our behaviour and to play nicely with the little kiddies" snapped Kai glaring at the door,
"So should I let him in or what?"
"Yeah let's see what he has to say," replied Kai, with a shrug Raven opened the door allowing Mr. D to step into their room.
"Raven, Kai" greeted Mr. D looking to each teen,
"What do you want old man" shot Kai glaring in his direction
"I would have though that you'd have a bit more respect for your elders Kai" spoke Mr. Dickinson
"Yeah whatever, now do you have something important to say or not," snapped the crimson eyed teen
"Yes, I am somewhat disappointed in you, whatever happened to the Kai I knew three years ago, where is he now. I don't know what's happened but it's changed you and not for the better, first you change teams to join this lot, and now you're causing physical harm to other players. This has to stop now Kai or you're team will be removed from the tournament, if I don't see an improvement in behaviour over the next few days, the Shadow Team WILL be disqualified" Mr. D paused for a moment before continuing,
"Now that that's out of the way, I would like an explanation for why you punched Ray?" asked Mr. Dickinson,
"Well you won't be getting one" shot Kai narrowing his crimson orbs,
"I will not be leaving until I know why you resorted to such poor behaviour"
"No. You will be leaving now, I do not have to tell you anything and that's exactly what I'm going to do, now go," snarled Kai
"Fine, but I expected better from you Kai" spoke Mr. D before he turned and left the room.
You should dispose of him now barked the voice in Kai's head'What?!"
How dare he threaten your teams position in the tournament, get rid of him and you wont have to worry
'I'm not going to murderer someone for such a pathetic reason and he won't disqualify us, my grandfather wont let it happen' Kai shot back,
It's the principle of the thing, he can't do that snapped the voice again
'Leave me alone, I'm sick of you shouting things in my head'
Fine, but I'm warning you, if you let others push you around for a short while at first, they'll soon think they can do it all the time, and they will with that the voice left leaving Kai to think about what the creature had said.
"So what happened?" asked Ray when Mr. Dickinson returned
"Well I had a quick word with him, but weather or not he takes my advice is another question, I do hope he thinks about how he's been behaving, because it's not the way I would have ever thought him to be" explained Mr. D,
"I somehow doubt that, I say if anything Kai will start to act even worse" spoke Mariah
"Well if that's the case then I will be removing the Shadow Team from this tournament, no matter how good they are or where they stand in the tournament" shot the elderly man,
"If you did disqualify them, how well do you think it would go down with the team, or with Boris?" asked Tyson
"I'm guessing they wouldn't be too happy," answered Max
"Well that's the least of our problems, for now you have to continue your training if you have any hopes of winning this tournament, so for now goodbye and I hope your arms heals quickly Tyson, and that you're soon able to join your teammates in training" with that the others said goodbye to the elderly man before he left.
Back at the Shadow Teams hotel room Kai continued to glare at the door where the old man had left just before, turning his gaze away Kai sighed before standing and heading over to the door he had just been looking at,
"Where are you going?" shot Raven
"Not that it's any of your business but out for a walk" replied Kai before stepping out of the room and closing the door behind him. Walking down the halls Kai headed for the stairs where he then proceeded to make his way down to the lobby, once there he strode off down one of the streets. Keeping his sight to the ground and hands in his pockets Kai lazily walked down the street turning whenever there was a corner,
'What am I doing?" Kai asked himself as he left out a sigh,
'I don't want to be here or be doing this, I had no intentions of ever entering another tournament, and most certainly not with a team run by my grandfather, I thought that after the abbey was destroyed I had escaped all this, but I guess I was wrong' Kai stopped for a moment to look up at the sky before he continued on again,
'I wish to be back at the mansion with…with Tala' Kai frowned at the thought as his mind went back to after the Bladebreakers had split up, each going their separate ways, he and Tala had gone back to the mansion where they had mucked around like normal teens, but like most things it had come to an end quickly, once Boris and Voltaire had gotten out of prison things had become just as bad if not worse than before, but one thing still puzzled Kai and that was how both Boris and his grandfather had gotten out, was there a third person involved that he didn't know about, one could only assume so.
'For some reason I can't seem to remember everything as clearly as before, most of it is just blank, total darkness with soft voices speaking words I can't understand…why?'
Because I don't wont you too! Shot the voice in his head
'What" snapped Kai,
I won't have you digging things up from the past, they no longer matter, only the present and the future matter, concentrate on them spoke the voice sharply
'You can't stop me from seeing my memories' shot Kai
Oh really, would you like to bet your life on that smirked the creature, Kai just narrowed his crimson orbs at the comment before he began to think of a memory, stopping he closed his eyes and concentrated on that thought, but much to his shock he wasn't able to grasped the whole memory, only small pieces from here and there came into mind, he struggled to see the images clearly and for their voices to be heard, no matter how hard he try in the end it was nothing more than a quick flashback rather than a full memory of a moment in his life. Gasping in shock his eyes shot open as he realized that the creature invading his mind was correct, it was able to block his memories and blank certain parts out, as the creature began to retreat into the depths of his mind it left with a haunting laugh ringing in his ears. Growling in his throat Kai took off at a run, he needed something to clear his mind.
DJ Jazzman: "Good morning and welcome once again to the Canadian tournament, we're now starting the second round of matches, so to get started for today welcome back the Diamond Girls and the Shadow Team!"
The crowed erupted into cheers as the two teams entered the stadium, the Diamond Girls once again looking excided about the match while the Shadow Team was looking more pissed off then ever, though they seemed to be missing a member, Moon was no where to be seen but this didn't seem to bother the boys as they walked out, the two teams sat down on the benches which were set on either side of the dish,
DJ Jazzman: "For the first match we have Raven from the Shadow Team going up against Melissa from the Diamond Girls"
Both Raven and the blond haired girl stood and made their way over to the dish, Raven held his black and white blade out ready while Melissa mirrored his action on the other side her purple blade shinning in the light,
DJ Jazzman: "Now in 3…2…1…LET IT RIP!"
Both blades shot off into the dish, Raven's black blade running circles around Melissa's while he summed up the threat, seeing her as not being much Raven shouted for his bit beast to attack,
"Anthrax finish this now!"
"Spirit don't let him take you out that easily!" shot the blue eyed girl, as a response to its mistresses voice the blade began to shin a dazzling bright yellow till a rabbit-like beast sprouted from the bit chit, small white feathered wings erupting from its shoulder blades, the rabbit was light brown in colour with a small patch of white on its underbelly,
"Ha you call that a bit beast" mocked Raven, "Anthrax show her what a real bit beast is like" he added before his blade began to glow, with a fierce hiss the cobra beast shot from the bit chip rearing up and puffing out its hood, Anthrax showed off his large fangs as they shone in the light.
"Wow that's one big bit beast," commented Kenny as he typed away on this laptop entering all the new data,
"I sure wouldn't want to go up against something like that" spoke Tyson as he stared in awe at the creature,
"Spirit attack with Quake" shouted Melissa,
"Anthrax counter attack with Poison Strike" snapped Raven
Before the rabbit beast had any chance of preforming an attack Anthrax shot forwards with such a devastating blow that Spirit burst into light before returning to its blade where it then slowly spun to a stop,
"No I lost," gasped the girl picking up her blade, which had begun to crack across the centre, with a smirk Raven recalled Anthrax before he went to join his teammates,
DJ Jazzman: "And it looks like Raven takes the round, putting the Shadow Team up by one point, the next round will be Emerald versus Ashlee!"
"Come on win this round for us" spoke Stacy as she watched her teammate and friend walk towards the dish. The two teens stood on opposite sides of the dish, Ashlee brushed some of her light blue hair over her shoulder as she readied herself for battle,
DJ Jazzman: "Now 3…2…1…LET IT RIP!"
Both Emeralds cream blade and Ashlee's pink one flew into the dish, the blue-eyed teen didn't wast any time in attacking her opponent.
"Rain attack now!"
"Ghost fight back!"
Both beasts entered the area simultaneously, Ashlee's bit beast was a tall light brown antelope with darker coloured armour plates lining its shoulders and hind legs, Emeralds unicorn bit beast entered with a wild call, rising on its hind legs the white horse beast tossed his head back causing his black mane to flicker with the motion, the large unicorn dwarfed the antelope with pride, the crowd was stunned to silence at the beauty of such a noble creature, even Ashlee's bit beast Rain had to take a step back from the imposing figure,
"Ghost Thunder!" with a wild cry Ghost once more rose onto his hind legs as bolts of lightning gathered around the stadium, the sounds of thunder roared and bright streaks of lightning flashed about, a wild storm was forming in the arena,
"Rain fight back!" yelled Ashlee but there was no way her bit beast would be able to stand its ground against such an attack, with a blinding flash of light the entire stadium was consumed by electricity as Ghost unleashed his attack on the antelope beast across from him,
DJ Jazzman: "Whoa what was that!?"
As the light cleared and the dish once again came into view the crowed gasped at the sight of Ashlee's pink blade shattered in the centre of the dish, Emerald's cream blade running circles around it,
"No" whispered Ashlee as she fell to her knees
"Too bad" smirked Emerald as his blade returned and he went to sit back down
DJ Jazzman: "Wow now after that shocking victory the Shadow Team take the win putting them in the lead but let's see if the Diamond girls can win some back, for the final match we have the Shadow Teams leader Kai going up against the leader of the Diamond Girls Stacy!"
"Kai is so going down" shot Stacy as she stood from her seat and walked towards the dish,
"You take him out" spoke Ashlee
DJ Jazzman: "Bladers ready and in 3…2…1…LET IT RIP!"
"Dranzer take her out!" snapped Kai his dark blue blade shot straight for Stacy's white one, with a forceful strike Dranzer pushed the opposing blade to the edge of the dish but before a final attack could be made Stacy's blade quickly manoeuvred out of the way and went in for an attack of its own,
"Mystery attack" Stacy's white blade began to glow a shimming light blue as her bit beasts made its presence known, with a deafening roar a large smoky grey lynx erupted from the centre of the white beyblade, charging towards Kai's blade the cat came in for an attack but at the last second Dranzer dodged out of the way, swiving around the blue blade rushed in and smashed full force into its opponent causing the white beyblade to fly from the dish and break into pieces when it hit the floor,
"What no, how could I lose, even after all that data we had" gasped Stacy as she stared down at her broken blade
DJ Jazzman: "And the Shadow Team take the win, clearing them for the second set of rounds, too bad for the opposing team though the Diamond Girls leave empty handed!"
"I don't think defeating them is going to be as easy as we originally thought" spoke Kenny
"Well we knew it was going to be a hard victory but not that hard," added Ray
"Their bit beasts are powerful, a lot more so than any of ours, at this rate where going to be lucky to even make it though the first set against them" wailed Kenny
"Gee chief calm down, we'll find a way to win, we have to" spoke Max as he tried to calm his friend down,
"What do you think Tyson?" asked Ray looking over at the navy haired teen
"We could be in trouble" answered the youth as he continued to stare down at the dish where the next two teams where now entering.