Nathan and Candy were battling with all their might. Their respective bitbeasts Jakala and Lyre mimicked their owner determination.
"Annihilate her!" Nathan commanded, however the pink lyrebird was very powerful and had a strong defence despite Jakala's efforts. Eventually the blue jackal was worn out and was panting hard before it retreated back within the beyblade and stopped. Nathan stared at his motionless beyblade in shock while Candy cheered and smiled a sickeningly sweet smile.
"I won!" she screamed as DJ Jazzman officially declared her victory
Alyssa and Tala were both disappointed. Alyssa placed her hand on Nathan's shoulder and comforted him once he had retrieved his beyblade.
"You tried your best," Alyssa said, "that's all you could've done."
Tala however was not as forgiving in nature, "Nathan, I am disappointed in you," he stated, no emotion showed on his face.
Nathan felt such shame, Alyssa felt sorry for her fellow team mate.
"Tala, you can be really mean sometimes," she said.
"He's right thought," Nathan said, his head held low and he walked away.
"Nathan..." Alyssa whispered.
DJ Jazzman called out, "Ok, for the second round we have little Alyssa from the Black Sheep up against the newest member to the Sweet Girls team, Peach.
The beydish is a unique one. It consists of four smaller dishes and each one possesses its own elemental properties, water, fire, metal and wood. So, who will win this battle? There's only one way to find out, 3, 2, 1 let it rip!!"
The two girls launched their beyblades. Alyssa glared at her opponent. "This is the girl that got me kicked out of my own team, I've gotta defeat her," Alyssa thought, "If only I had a bitbeast..."
"Alyssa!" Nathan called out, "You can show her what a great beyblader you are, without a bitbeast."
It was almost as if he read her mind, Alyssa turned around and caught Tala nodding in agreement to Nathan's opinion.
"Thank you," she mouthed to her team mates.
"I'll show you what makes a strong beyblader Peach!" she shouted.
Peach frowned, obviously annoyed by this young redhead.
"Don't let her intimidate you!" Cherry, the confident captain called out.
"You go gal!" Candy and Honey cheered.
Alyssa's orange beyblade spun in the slippery water element mini-dish while Peach's pastel peach coloured blade spun in the opposite hot fire dish. Both of them then jumped into the smooth metal dish and went for the attack. The scraping caused sparks to fly from the edge of the blades.
"Look at 'em go folks!" DJ Jazzman shouted. Cheers came amongst all the spectators.
The two beyblades continued to attack each other furiously.
"This is getting ridiculous," Peach stated, "Let's get this over with!" as soon as she finished her pastel blade started glowing from the centre. It became a bright yellow and son a mystical pheasant came out and screeched. "Feesa!" Peach commanded, "Show this puny wimp what a bitbeast is capable of!" The pheasant swooped down on the seemingly defenceless orange beyblade.
"No!!!" Alyssa cried, "I can't lose, I just can't!"
Suddenly the whole stadium was flooded with a blinding white light, slowly it made its way to Alyssa's beyblade.
"What the - " Alyssa gasped in awe. Everyone was silent with shock until the light was contained within the bitchip of the beyblade. Somehow Alyssa knew she had just obtained a bitbeast spirit and excitedly called for it to show itself. It was a beautiful white fox with nine bushy tails, "Oh my god, you're gorgeous Foxai," Alyssa said.
Foxai called out in response and defended off the opposing pheasant causing it to retreat and the blade to fall out of the beydish.
"And the winner is, Alyssa!" DJ Jazzman announced.
Alyssa was so happy that she jumped up on the sire while the other Black Sheep, Tala and Nathan came to congratulate her.
"Hit two birds with one stone eh Alyssa?" Nathan commented with an intelligent smile on his charming face,
Alyssa had no idea what he was on about so Tala explained, "I think he meant that you won the battle as well as got yourself a lovely bitbeast spirit."
"Yup!" Alyssa agreed, it finally sunk in.
"However, it ain't over yet," Tala said, "It's now my turn to battle."
Across the dish stood the tall and sassy maroon haired girl, Cherry. A sly smile spread across her face and Tala sensed she had something up her sleeves.
"The deciding battle to determine the winning team will be the two captains Tala from the Black Sheep and Cherry from representing the Sweet Girls," DJ Jazzman called out. The crowd cheered and applauded excitedly. "This time we have a forest themed dish with a moss and dirt surface and trees randomly placed around the dish. Without further delay let the battle begin, 3, 2, 1 let it rip!"
The two redheads released their beyblades and initially spun around aimlessly trying to get used to the uneven surface. Tala cleverly manoeuvred Wolberg amongst the trees in the dense forest while Cherry still struggled. Seeing this Tala decided it was appropriate to attack the beyblade while the other player was uncertain however when he attacked he was forced back by the powerful defence of Cherry's beyblade. The girl snickered.
"If you think you'll get me so easily Tala, then you're sadly mistaken." the girl boasted.
Tala was annoyed but kept his focus on finding an offence against Cherry's bitbeast. He knew what he had to do, "Wolberg, show this girl your power!" he called out. His beyblade glowed an icy blue colour before the icy blue wolf came out howling loudly.
For a split second Cherry appeared fearful but soon got over it and commanded her own bitbeast to come out, "Flaim!" Not long after the blade glowed a deep red and a red flamingo-like bitbeast appeared.
The fiery flamingo-like bitbeast cried out and stretched itself in preparation to attack the icy wolf. The two bitbeasts headed for each other. It was difficult to tell who had the advantage as the two were exact opposites of each other.
"Firewall!!" Cherry screamed. A barrier of fire appeared around the red flamingo but Tala had his own comeback.
"Ice blast!" he commanded. Wolberg opened its mouth and let out an icy breath so cold it extinguished the fire barrier and blasted Flaim. The flamingo screamed in pain and Cherry was lost for words as her beyblade was blasted out of the dish. It was clear who the winner of the match was.
"Tala takes this battle!" DJ Jazzman shouted, "Which means the Black Sheep advance to the next round!!"
A loud applause came from the crowd and the three members of the Black Sheep beamed with pride and they got together in a group hug despite Tala's reluctance.
Alyssa felt a tap on her shoulder and turned around to stand face to face with Cherry, the captain of the Sweet Girls.
"Alyssa, you've improved immensely since we last battled as a team, and your bitbeast Foxai is gorgeous. Would you consider joining us again?" she asked.
Alyssa looked from her team mates Nathan and Tala to her former leader and smiled.
"I'll have to decline your offer, Cherry. These guys and I are now a team and I'm happy battling with them," Alyssa replied.
"Come on, lets find a seat to watch the next match," Nathan suggested.
"K," Alyssa said and with a small wave she left with the other Black Sheep leaving the captain of the Sweet Girls speechless.
"I want to congratulate Tala and the rest of the Black Sheep," Tyson said.
"Yeah, let's go," Max cheered.
"But guys, don't you want to watch the next match?" Kenny asked.
"'Course, we'll make it back in time!" Tyson reassured.
"Um...I almost forgot guys, I have to meet somebody now," Rei told them, "I'll be back to see the last match." The tall dark-haired boy then stood up and sauntered off.
The two younger boys Tyson and Max ran off to find the Black Sheep. Kai, Kenny and Emily were left to watch the second match.
"Tala!!" Tyson and Max called out as soon as they caught sight of the redhead in the distance. Tala turned around and waved.
"We won!" Alyssa announced excitedly.
"We know, we saw it all," Max called in reply.
"You guys were great, especially you Alyssa!" Tyson agreed.
They all conversed happily until they decided to part to find seats to watch the next match.
Meanwhile Rei waited outside the Sydney Stadium staring at the clock impatiently.
"Rei!" a familiar female voice called out.
"Hey Mariah!" Rei greeted.
"So, what was it that you wanted to show me, eh?" she asked.
"Come, I'd ruin the surprise if I told you now," Rei commented, he then grabbed the girl's hand and lead her off.