Shitza: Wow, I actually had a flame for this, still don't matter. The more people care the happier I get. And well, the person is very right and I will try to make this even better.

Kai: Great, she's hyper again!

Shitza wouldn't you be after three big cokes?

Max: Wow, what do you have? A well instead of a stomach?

Shitza: Very funny, can't you get hyper once in a while?

Hilary: (Takes both coke and candy)

Shitza. Okay, I give up! Hilary, instead of stealing my stuff could you do the disclaimer?

Hilary: Okay! She doesn't own any of this, except some OC's and a fic.

Shitza: Now lets get going! I finally have some time to update before the new rush. I don't hate school, just all the work. (Sigh!)

Chapter 18 Gaining Victory?

The birds outside were singing, and the excitement at the stadium rose. The Bladebreakers were still having problems as they were far behind in their matches and if this continued they would surely loose.

The second match had been far much wilder then the previous. But this time Daichi made sure not to give Gordo too many chances to attack. The two blades were in a close battle of strength. Gordo, who was well built and physically trained, had to admit that this little squirt had more powers then he had given credit for. His powers coming from two bit beasts should have given him the upper hand, if now Daichi had been training more as well.

"Orthrus, attack!" Gordo commanded. His two-headed bit beast hurried after the Earth snake.

"Serpera, Rising Quake!" Daichi called. The dish and ground started shaking, Serpera slipped away from the two-headed bit beasts trap.

The tension grew as the match continued, because none wanted to give the other part the upper hand. Nor did they want to show any weak points letting the other win. With every blow they got the attacked back.

The two teams, watching the match grew more and more nervous. Tyson and his friends were all watching Daichi perform incredible moves, making the older blader back in defence. Zeo, who now stood leaning to the wall, wondered how his teammate had been able to receive this kind of strength. The spectators were practically standing on their feet, shouting and yelling.

The seconds went on, and the two bladers seemed to be ready for a final strike. Serpera showed her two poisonous fangs for the two-headed bit beast opposite of him. Daichi called out for one more Rising Quake. Gordo looked like he had been overrun by a hundred bulls. Daichi smirked; no one noticed the strange things coming from the crowds.

Serpera looked like he was to make the finishing move, when suddenly a white beam shot from somewhere. It shattered the poor bit beast, making it return to the bit piece. Daichi looked stunned, and shocked. Gordo looked equally as confused, but hid it after about half a second before attacking. Now, without the power of his bit beast, Daichi soon lost again.

The Bladebreakers all looked shocked. The worst part was not Daichi loosing, it was what came to follow. For right before the third and final round was about to start, something black came hovering above them. Everyone looked up to see a dark shadow pass. No one could understand, but whatever it was it sent shivers down your back. Daichi however seemed more affected then anyone else. His eyes looked like plates, big and round. He quickly put his blade into his pocket before running off, forfeiting his match.

Jazzman declared Gordo and Team Zeo as the winners. Gordo didn't take this lightly, since he would have liked to have a real match against the squirt. Now that Daichi had run off he wasn't allowed to finish. First the match had been interrupted, now this. His teammates came to calm him down, saying he could save it for a private match.

Tyson looked at Max, who looked at Ray. Who looked back at Tyson, all wearing the same expression on their faces. What had happened out there? They especially wondered what Daichi must have seen.

"This looks really bad!" Tyson said to the others. Indeed it was, with five losses at the luggage. Still they knew they had more matches to come and now it would be Max's time to battle. Max would go against Queen. Chief had been doing a close check on Draciel as Daichi was battling. He had added a new attackring, to loosen some of the bugs in his old. His old blade had been good, but after a few tests they noticed it loosed speed after a while. This had been fixed, or so Chief told them. Dizzy had also run a test drive at one of her programs.

Max stared at Queen, who was using a new blade all built on stolen parts. It looked truly awesome with a white slicing attackring, a small defencering and the bottom looked rather light, but precise. Max had to admit it looked cool, but he wanted to see it flying.

The two bladers launched. Draciel landed in a really bumpy dish, and Max couldn't keep focus on it since it made him feel sick, seasick.

Queen made a first strike, but as her blade made contact with Max's it bounced back. She looked quite confused but tried to attack again. This too bounced back.

Max couldn't hide his laughter. After all his blade had a rather heavy weight dish to keep up the balance. Queen's blade happened to be too light for any awful attacks.

Queen growled. This would surely not be easy.

Meanwhile, Daichi had finally reached his destination. The darkness he had seen hovering above had been a spell, a spell he surely had seen before. It came from the very man he and his team had been destined to face sooner or later. Indeed Veymo Thon looked like a shadow in his pitch-black clothes.

"What are you doing here!" Daichi said dangerously taking out his launcher.

Veymo didn't say anything, instead he made a signal and from all corners members from his team popped out.

"Just so you know, we are keeping an eye on you, and you sister that is. We are here to find out the Secrets behind the ultimate Bit Beast, and to do that we need the four Sacred ones. We actually thought of stealing them, but since your Bit Beast finally managed to fuse we decided to add it too. Now, Serpera belonged to my wife, hand it over!"

Daichi growled. "Never!" He put his hand protectively around his blade. "I have heard better stories then that."

"Then, is that a challenge?"

"Yes, if it can save a lot of trouble from my friends it is."

Veymo grinned. This fight would be a piece of cake!

"And Max wins the first round!" Jazzman announced.

Max smiled victoriously. Queen looked paler then ever, her precious blade lay by her feet, defeated.

"Great work Max!" Tyson said as the blonde blader walked back to his friends for some refreshment. After all, he had been shouting commands for his blade during half an hour. Hilary gave him a bottle of water, which he richly gulped down.

"Where's Daichi?" he asked. "Hasn't he returned yet?"

Ray shook his head. "And we have no idea where he went off to."

Max sighed and walked back. He smiled, making Queen utterly confused. Draciel glowed victoriously in his hand.

Serpera avoided another deadly blow coming from Veymo's shadow like blade. Daichi could still remember those dark days Veymo had had control over the Fire Village, making life there impossible. It hadn't been better when he had married a priestess over Earth, his mother. He remembered before she had died, how she had begged her two children to look after each other. But then, Daichi was forced to flee with his dad, and his sister had been sent away. Not until now the reunion had been able to take place, and he was burning to do anything to make it remain like that.

Serpera approached the dark blade, sending it backwards. Daichi growled, giving all efforts into this match. He wanted, no needed to win this. He had something to prove for himself.

Veymo backed seeing this little squirrel taking control of the match. But then his mind formed a horrible plan he was thinking of using, and his blade glowed deep blue. Daichi wondered what was happening, until he found himself hovering over a pitch-black hole.

"And Max wins the second match!" Jazzman said. Now there was a five minutes break for a dish change, since the match had mulled it down into sand.

"Still no sight of Daichi?" he asked getting really worried.

"No, nothing." Tyson said sounding equally as worried.

"Shouldn't we go looking for him then?" Hilary asked.

Ray thought for a moment. "We'll split up. Max can probably win next match so it's safe to leave for some minutes. We'll go and look through every single corner. Tyson, you can come with me. Hilary and Kenny can perhaps find him with Dizzy's assistant. Kai, how about you?"

Kai looked at him, then opened his mouth to speak. "Fine, I'll help out as well. But only since he is on the team."

They all nodded and decided to split up. Tyson and Ray run north, Kai headed south. Hilary and Kenny scanned the nearby area with the help of Dizzy.

"You are going down, do you hear me!"

Daichi summoned all his strength in his attacks. Veymo's plan had failed, instead of loosing Daichi had managed to find strength deep within his lost heart. Now he was steering this match. The remaining Elementals didn't move an inch, but they all looked ready to throw themselves into the fight if someone would let them. Only thing was, there was no one giving them that command.

"Serpera, get him! Rising Quake!"

The ground shook around them and Veymo's eyes widened seeing he was at the brim of loosing.

"Don't give up, fight!" He instructed his blade, but it was too late. As the battle proceeded Serpera's strength evolved and something new was about to happen. Daichi's eyes glowed bright yellow before he clearly called out the exploding new move that had rested in his heart.

"Serpera, Avalanche!"

The blade jumped up in the air, building a strong force around it. It flew down into the ground, splitting it. A wave of earth and rocks rolled on the enemy, drowning him. The blade broke and Daichi couldn't help smiling. Not knowing exactly how much force his new attack could muster.

From other corners of town the teammates from the Bladebreakers could feel the power coming from somewhere West. They all hurried to the spot and arrived just in time too see the scene after. The Elementals had disappeared in a flash, but Daichi still stood there, staring at his blade.

"Daichi, are you okay?" Hilary asked.

Daichi smiled. "I've never felt better in my entire life!"

"And the Bladebreakers wins all three rounds!" Jazzman said making the spectators roar with cheers. Max lifted Draciel above his head, the green blade responding to the applause by glowing bright purple.

At the perfect moment the whole team returned, all looking perfectly cheerful. Daichi looked happier then ever, grinning wildly. The team ran up to max to congratulate him. There was laughter, tears and joy as they all could relax slightly now huge parts were over. They were gaining on them, and their hopes shone brighter then ever.

Queen slumped down beside her twin, looking really sad. Her eyes red from tears. She had never ever lost so badly, and there had really been no way to win that. Max had clearly overpowered making her wonder about her blading. Gordo sat down by her, putting her hand calmly on hers. King gave her a brotherly hug making her smiled slightly.

Zeo smiled seeing his teamspirit having developed all this way. he too felt sad about the loss, but it was having fun that was the most important thing in it all. And he knew even if they wouldn't win this, their future as a team would be brighter then ever. He knew through the years, how many new spirits they had managed to brighten, how many fans they had behind themselves, cheering them on. Maybe Tyson and his friends were masters, but he knew with every win there was a loss.

"King, are you ready?" Queen asked looking down at her knees. Her brother looked at her questioning, then he saw Kai standing by the dish, waiting. The dish was built to look like an old abbey, reminding slightly of a specific abbey we all know about. King nodded. He took his blade, walked over to the dish, and the match could begin…

TBC

To Reviewers: Wow, three review! A record, hurray! Thank you so much!

lashingcries: Oh well, as they say. It's the thought that counts, not result. Still, thanks for being such a great reviewers!

fastblurd: Thanks, thanks for everything. It made me think a lot, and almost start over. I hope you got my e-mail and explanations.

anonomyous: You're welcome. Actually, you're not the only one who is slightly tired of the mary-sue fics. I am always the rebel writing, trying to create something new (which can be seen through my fics mostly). My ideas are my own ideas. I never steal anything, thought I can take inspirations from it. I know if you like this, to tell you now you will love the Sequel, which was once set to be the starter. This fic explains some things and has loads of beybattling. Won't be so much battles next time (like this) since as you may see I am slipping away from the tour. But oh well, keep reviewing and I'll promise to update as soon as possible.

End Notes:

Shitza: (yawn)

Kai: Finished yet?

Shitza: Yeah, now I better go to bed! School tomorrow you know.

Tyson: Great! Now who is in for some games?

Max: Me! Me!

Kenny: But, I wanted to do some research!

Hilary: And I need to log in to neopets!

Shitza: Okay, if so you'll have to line up. Or even better. The one who helps me post this gets the computer for the rest of the night!

Everyone: great!

Shitza's brother: Okay, can I continue now. (steals the rest of the strength from the modem.)

Shitza. Till next time, review!

Shitza