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Shitza: I just wanted to update this.
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Shitza: Shhh, they might here you!
Kenny: You know you have school tomorrow too.
Shitza: Not you too, Max please do the disclaimer, and stop taking sips from my Christmas must, okay!
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Chapter 3 Introduction of the Tournament
The Bladebreakers walked towards the magnificent stadium, flashes almost blinding them as they walked. Like always Tyson couldn't' resist styling as they walked, Max smiled happily at the camera, Ray blushed as fan girls started screaming his name as he walked, earning glares from a special pink haired one behind them all. Hilary became the photographers' favourite target being the only girl and also good looking. Kai neither smiled or looked into the camera, but where he passed there were even more screams then it had been for Ray. Kenny posed with Dizzy as one of the photographers wanted him on the first page of an IQ magazine. Once more Daichi was completely ignored, even if he tried so much to get to a front page.
Inside they met Mr Dickenson, who finally had time and knowledge to explain the rules.
"Over there, on your way to the field you'll pass the board with all you matches." He said pointing at a huge black board with the fifteen teams, all in blocks and a special order. "The competition is special as there are three stages. First is a group battle were you face of two teams, one of each. If you win in your group you'll proceed to the second stage, there you will have to battle the winners of their groups. Points are given for how many matches separately you win. If you win five of five that is brilliant, yet you could have lost one battle and still make it to the final. As I said it are separate battles that give points. The third is the final battle, were the two teams with the most wins are battling. Any questions?"
"Yes one, the letter said Scandinavia, but if I remember the geographic lessons well enough I can't remember Scandinavia is a old union of five countries."
"I would not say it as a union, but they indeed have a great friendship towards each other and indeed they can seem like a union. It's not like the United Kingdom if you say so, they joist work together and help each other time to time. Yet you are correct, as the banner said outside this tournament is a work between the five countries Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Iceland. Just so that you know, you will be travelling a lot between. Everyone will as one match can be in Finland and the next in Denmark and so on."
Tyson held his hands on his head frustrated. "This is starting to become too much, can't we just go in there and beat the snout out of them."
"Tyson, that wasn't nice!" Hilary said. Max laughed openly at this. It earned them all some weird glares.
"It is a rough competition, after all there has only been the same Elite Tournament Winner for the last fifty years.
"Who?" Ray asked.
"The Elementals, they compete under the same name every fifth year and every year so far they have won. We have no idea how though, but this year it can be different, will it not boys?" Mr Dickenson asked.
"Yeah!" they all cheered.
"I was a member in that team for a short time, I have been their fifth member for a while, my sister too used to be on the team but as far as I can see she's not with them this year. Lucky for us, her strategy is to crisp an opponents blade into ashes. Yet I know their strategy, even if I was only a member for some days."
Kenny went to look at the black board. The others followed suit.
"Looks like we're on block B, together with the Black Cats and the Vikings."
"We can see that!" Hilary said looking down on him.
"Zeo are together with Saint Shields and F Sangre, hope our friends will be okay after that." Max said.
"Really though competition, just look. The Elementals versus Demolition Boys and BEGA. White Tigers are teamed up against Team Psychic." Ray said.
"They must have been idiots teaming up the Dark Bladers and the Majestics. Those two are even the worse of enemies thinkable." Kai said. It was odd he had suddenly decided to open his mouth to commentate at all.
"Well I can't wait for this tournament to start!" Tyson said grinning madly.
"Hold you horses Tyson, what's the hurry. After all, no one has said we are even allowed to go out there yet. They have their own timetables for things like this." Ray said grabbing the neck of his jacket.
Daichi smiled, it was good to be among his friends again. He just wondered what strange things that might occur now that his sis was in town and ever since she had so all of sudden decided to show up, once more she had disappeared.
There was a signal, echoing through the halls and a woman's voice speaking.
"All teams should go directly to the stadium in order for presentation. You will also be presented to the special rules at this tournament. The Elite tournament Judge wish all teams the best of luck, something you will really need to win this."
"Well, time to go then!" Ray said leading the way towards the door that led out to the field. Yet the room they had entered was all dark, no light were on, Tyson wondered if they really had put up lights at all.
All other teams hung by the wall or sat on benches waiting for their entrance. As the woman had said presentation in the speaker, so it would be a presentation.
Even if the doors were still closed you could clearly hear the roar outside from all the fans. And over it all you also heard Jazzman's voice.
"Welcome Bey-fans and Bladers to the sixteenth Elite Tournament held up here in the beautiful green Sweden. Well, let us ease that peace, as we will soon start with the presentation of our fifteen lucky competitors who are all trembling by fear behind these doors. Remember there is simple one law in the tournament that is necessary. Win or die, you loose you die. All safety rules towards bladers are taken away which means anything can happen. Now, as I've said that, the rules of all, let us start with to introduce the current champions, the Elementals!"
The stadium broke into applause and cheers as a platform rose with all the ten members of the Elementals. Yet only five of these would compete, five skilfully picked ones.
"We present to you the souls of magic, the guardians of the elements, the winners of the last fifty year of the running Elite tournament.
"Now, to continue we will bring out the roaring tiger, the villagers of China, some of the best bladers Asia has ever seen" Jazzman continued. Tyson looked confident he meant them…
"The White Tigers!!!"
The White Tigers rose from their seats, the doors opened revealing the strong sun light and it stung in your eyes as you tried to watch. The spectators roared with applause and cheers.
"Let me proudly present Kevin, Gary, Chiko, the second in command Mariah and their king of captain Lee!"
More applause.
"We also have, all the way from the US, the sport champions, the unbeatable and talented All Starz!"
AS Rick, Emily, Steve, Eddy and Michael stepped out there was much less applause. Maybe because some still remembered the incidents at the last World Championship. Rick looked sort of ashamed, yet he chose to try and ignore with music.
"And now we have out neighbours from the south, or sort of the south. The represents from Europe, the snobs from the leading countries in Europe we have Robert Jurgen from our neighbours in Germany, Johnny McGregor from the noble Scotland, Oliver and Anouk Polanski from the romantic countryside in France and Enrique Giancarlo from the lovely Italy.
"The snobs of Europe, Jazzman forgot about that!" Tyson heard someone say, but he didn't recognise the voice.
The Majestics had left, yet it was still many teams to go.
"The Dark Bladers, introducing the monsters Sanquinex, Luminex, Kenotaph and Zomb."
"Hey, it's human monsters" Sanquinex hissed as they walked out, bringing darkness outside. Tyson noticed once the dark Bladers had disappeared some light shone again inside.
"Team Neo Borg" Jazzman continued. "The Ice Kings of Russia, once before three times winners of the World Tournament, even if they haven't won that title back they still have a though winning stream."
Tala and his teammates sighed as they stepped out in the sun. The clearly didn't enjoy their presentation. He looked at his sister Alex, or Alexandra who trembled of anger. She hated being mistaken for a boy.
"The Saint Shields from the North of Japan, the keepers of the rocks and the protectors of many bit beasts."
Ozuma led his team outside, like most others they had a new member. Her name was Kia and she was also Ozuma's girlfriend.
Next presentation came as a surprise.
"Team Psychic, who has decided to reconstruct their old Cyber bit Beasts from the ashes. Oh I do hope they can control them this time, let's hear it for Kane, Salima, Goki, Jim and the new member Tim."
"Cyber Bit Beasts?!" Max said gulping. He and the others really hoped this would not be another obstacle they would have to fight through. They watched as Kane and his team walked out in the sun. Indeed they were wearing the same kind of clothes they had used when they had been working for Gideon.
(Shitza: No I am not making Kane or the others evil once more, neither controlled. Believe me, I only used the bit beasts to give them their own. Have you ever noticed that as far as I know all blades without a bit beast has never ever beaten one with one?)
"Then we have Zeo, Gordo, King and Queen, who seems to have forgotten completely about the five partner rules. Maybe the judges have decided to make androids count as two."
"There was a fifth, but he wasn't able to make it!" Zeo told Jazzman angrily. He didn't like when people referred him as the android player. He had a heart and soul, what more did he need to prove he was as good as everyone else?
Jazzman silenced at once, until Gordo took Zeo by the shoulder and led his captain to a far corner where Queen and King sat waiting.
"Barthez Battalion, who seems they have thrown old Barthez into a dustbin. Well it is good to see them on their own in this tournament."
"BEGA, whom we are happy to see here on their own. I guess it will be hard to beat them, after all, they have been unbeatable in every lower standard tournament they have competed in."
It was close that Ming-Ming would have broke out to sing, yet someone of the workers at the stadium had managed to snatch her microphone away. The reason was that they wanted to finish with the presentations before.
"The Black Cats, the Horse riders from the US and also some of the most splendid bladers of all time. They have rarely been seen competing in tournaments yet we have seen some spectacular moves from other things in beyblade. Remember not all teams have been picked for their skills in battling."
"The Vikings, Scandinavia's answer for the Majestics. Yet it looks like they have picked the wrong time age, yet whatever. We present captain Hans from Norway, Janika from Finland, Maard from Iceland, Olivia from Denmark and Hilda from Sweden."
True they looked like they came from the Viking age, yet it was of course their intention.
Now Tyson felt like if his nerves were about to shatter and so they would as the doors opened one last time. It was time to go.
"And finally we have the Bladebreakers, introducing Kai, former member of Neo Borg, one time world champion himself and currently the captain of the Bladebreakers. Ray, former captain of the White Tigers, Second in Command of the Bladebreakers. Max, former member of the all Starz, his mother happens to be the leader of the all Starz too. Daichi, the former member of the Elementals. And last but not least Tyson, the three times Champion of the World Tournament, has claimed the title and therefore beaten the old record of wins and we guess he is on the verge once more.
The seven members of the team walked out, meeting more camera flashes, video cameras and recorders. "How come they didn't mention us?" Hilary asked whispering to Kenny. Kenny shrugged as he didn't know how to answer that question.
As the celebrations were on they set out fireworks, music to all applause. That until…
The Elementals had eyes Daichi and the Bladebreakers angrily as they too knew that he once had been one of their members, and as keeper of one of their most precious bit beasts Rumoto, the Warrior of Earth, ran over and grabbed Jazzman's microphone.
"We challenge Bladebreakers into an early match, in order to give this little traitor a lesson in pain."
The last word no one heard, except for Daichi.
Everyone silenced and looked at the Bladebreakers. Daichi looked at Tyson, who looked at Max, who looked at Kai. Kai finally answered.
"We agree, yet if we win you will not bother us until we reach the final."
"Agreed" the girl said. She smiled, so did her team. A bowl rose from the ground, shaped like archipelago of the West Coast. It was made of rocks sticking up from the water like islands and on these small islands they had sculptured houses. There was also miniature trees growing."
Tyson tried to step up, but before anyone had time to react Daichi had already arrived, ready to launch.
"Are you read?" he asked.
The girl Rumoto smiled in answer.
To Reviewers:
Blazoner: Once more thanks, I hadn't noticed and like I've said I've only seen the Italian episodes, which was hard since I don't know Italian, just some French and Spanish that was all I had to go after. Hope you liked this chapter and hope this update was soon enough. Sorry to say next chapter will take a while since I have other stories to update, but if you like any of those categories you are always welcome to read those.
Glimmern-glitas: Hope this was soon enough. (yawn) Thanks for reviewing and hope you liked this chapter.
End Notes:
Like I said last chapter the next chapter for this may take a while, understand I am not the fastest updater, I have six fics rolling, one that is thankfully soon finished. Hope you liked this chapter, even if it was a cliffhanger. Evil me…
Shitza