Once again Kai met Ling at the Park early in the morning on the day the tournament was going to start. However, they both were training intensely and exchanged few words before they parted.
There were a lot of people at the stadium. Much of the talk amongst the public was about the Dark Angels. This didn't come as a surprise to anyone.
The Bladebreakers headed towards the board that showed which teams were up against whom. Most of the other competitors were there too.
"Hey Mum!" Max called out when he saw Judy with the All Starz.
"Hello Maxie," She greeted and gave her son a hug.
Rei was surprised when Mariah literally pounced on him but he smiled and gave her a small peck on the cheek.
Someone had placed their delicate hands over Tyson's eyes, "Guess who?" A melodic girl's voice commanded.
"Sara?" Tyson guessed.
"Uhuh!" She answered and giggled. Tyson couldn't help blushing.
The other Dark Angels were there too. Ling and Kai exchanged a quick glance.
"Who are we up against?" Johnny from the Majestics asked as he shoved his way through the crowd.
"Sorry, please excuse my companion's behaviour!" Oliver apologized as he followed Johnny. Robert and Enrique were just as ashamed of their team mate's rudeness and waved a quick greeting to the Bladebreakers and their other friends and went off.
As the Bladebreakers were going to get prepared for their first battle they bumped into their new friends Tala, Alyssa and Nathan from the Black Sheep.
"Hey guys!" Alyssa said cheerfully, "Love to stay and chat but we gotta go find out who we're up against!" and the three of them left them.
"So, who are we up against?" Tyson asked the others.
"Tyson! You should've checked the board instead of chatting up girls!" Kenny said, disappointed in Tyson,"but to answer your question we're up against the Outback kids."
"What are they like?" Tyson asked.
"I'll ask Dizzi," Kenny said and opened his laptop.
"Long time no see!" Dizzi said with attitude.
"Sorry Dizzi, I've been preoccupied," Kenny apologized, "Anyway, could you tell us about the Outback Kids?"
"I'll check my files. Ah, here we are. It seems that there's not much known about the Outback Kids as they've been relatively isolated. One advantage we have over them is that they haven't battled against other teams. However, this also means we won't know much about their techniques until we battle them," Dizzi said.
By this time the other Bladebreakers had gathered around to listen.
"Dizzi, do you have anything on the individuals?" Max asked.
"There are three members, one girl and two boys. They don't have a leader as they all consider themselves to be equal."
"Josephine specialises in endurance, she wins her matches by out spinning them."
"Ben is a defence specialist. Avoiding harm and counter attacking his opponents is how he wins."
"Finally, there's Jason who has a strong attack. I don't have any photos of them but you don't need them."
"They seem easy to defeat. All we need to do is find someone who can use their weakness to their advantage." Kai stated.
"That's great!" Rei exclaimed," I'm looking forward to this."
Then there was an announcement," The first match is about to start, please make your way to the arena."
"Let's go watch!" Tyson suggested excitedly and he ran off with Max to the arena.
Being the World Champions and all meant the Bladebreakers didn't need to rush as they had front row seats reserved for them. Nevertheless they all ran there with excitement, though Kai wouldn't admit to it.
The match was the White Tigers against the All Starz.
"Damn, I was hoping we'd get to battle them." Kenny said with disappointment.
"Nah, this makes things interesting," Rei replied.
"Yeah," Max agreed and smiled his hyper smile.
DJ Jazzman appeared with his cork hat, T-shirt and board shorts and announced, "First up, Mariah against Emily!"
"Mariah may be sweet but she's no easy kitty to defeat. Her bitbeast Galux has sharp claws which can rip through her opponent's beyblade."
"Emily with her bitbeast Trygator is also a strong blader. Trygator will bite his opponent's beyblade. This is going to be a great battle!"
"Now lets check out the beydish. This dish is shaped like an ordinary dish but during the battle the dish will be spinning anti-clockwise so depending on which way the blade is going, it'll either be extra slow or extra fast!"
"OK, 3, 2, 1 Let it rip!!"
With that the two girls launched their beyblades and both of them spun rapidly around the beydish.
Trygator wasted no time attacking Galux but Galux's swift movements with the dish were too fast for Trygator to keep up with. Emily commanded Trygator to attack a number of times but each time Galux escaped with hardly a scratch on her.
Soon Mariah got bored and commanded, "Galux, Scratch attack!"
The pink cat appeared from the beyblade and scratched. Before Trygator could react he took the full blow and was lucky to escape without being sliced in half.
"And the winner is Mariah!" DJ Jazzman yelled and the spectators cheered and applauded.
As soon as the beydish stopped spinning Emily went in and picked up Trygator. "You put up a great fight." She whispered. Mariah and Emily shook hand to show there were no hard feelings and smiled.
"Next up is Kevin from the White Tigers against Steve from the All Starz!"
"Kevin is small but with his bitbeast Galmon has his own sneaky ways of winning his battles."
"And Steve and his bitbeast Tryhorn are as tough as they can get."
"The dish for this match is a model of Uluru, Ayers Rock, surrounded by a sandy desert. There are lots of obstacles for the beyblades but they can also use these to their advantage."
"Are you ready?! 3, 2, 1 Let it rip!!"
Kevin and Steve simultaneously released their beyblades. Galmon spun across the sand with increasing velocity but Tryhorn wasn't going to give up without a fight.
At first the two beyblades avoided each other but Steve soon got impatient and commanded, "Tryhorn, Stampede attack!!"
The tough looking orange buffalo appeared and seemed to multiply as it attacked Galmon.
"Galmon, counter with crazy monkey attack!" Kevin shouted.
The yellow monkey emerged from the beyblade and shrieked as he attacked Tryhorn with rage,
"Wow, look at them go!" Max called out.
Both the bitbeasts attacked with all their might despite the sand. Suddenly Tryhorn jumped high and rebounded off the miniature Uluru and slammed hard onto Galmon, stopping his motion.
"Steve takes this round!"
Steve smirked and picked up his beyblade. Kevin was disappointed, obviously but then Gary came up to him and said, "You tried your best."
"Yeah," Lee agreed, "You win some, you lose some. And now, it's my turn."
"Good luck Lee!" Mariah called out as Lee stepped up to the dish.
"And for the last match, Lee against Michael!"
"Lee is the captain of the White Tigers. With his bitbeast Galeon he is a powerful opponent, you don't want to mess with him!"
"Michael is also tough to beat. With Trygle as his bitbeast he is almost undefeatable."
"For this match the dish is a model of Bondi Beach. On one side there is the sea, the other is a sandy beach."
"Now let the battle begin, 3, 2, 1 Let it rip!!"
The beyblades were released and Lee chose to attack immediately. The collision of the beyblades caused sparks to fly.
"Trygle, counter attack!" Michael called out.
However, Galeon's attack was too powerful and caused Trygle to fly into the water and stop spinning.
"Lee wins this match which means the White Tigers advance to the next round!" DJ Jazzman announced. Once again the spectators cheered and the White Tigers were pleased.
"After a short intermission the Bladebreakers will be battling against the Outback Kids."
"We better get going," Tyson stated and they all headed down to the arena.
Further away, a purple haired girl looked down onto the Bladebreakers, especially Kai. "It is almost time."
Who is this purple haired girl and what does she want with Kai?
I hope you liked this chapter with the battles and all. Please review and stay in tuned!