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Chapter 16: Win, Lose and Draw

"Ladies and gentlemen! Today's the day we've all been waiting for. Its the last day of the tournament, so that can mean only one thing, the final match is on its way!"

In their dressing room Kai and Cassie could hear the crowds go wild as Jazz-man spoke. Both remained silent whilst preparing their blades.

"There will be a slight change to the schedule of today's matches, first up will be Kai against Zeo, instead of Tyson and Cassie."

Kai's eyes widened and he looked to Cassie as if to say, 'Why'd they change the order of the matches?'

"Hilary said Tyson needed to repair Dragoon, so he requested a match change around to give Kenny more time to fix it."

Cassie held her breath, hoping Kai had bought her lie, lucky for her he did. Kai nodded simply before turning back to Dranzer.

"Attention, will the tournament finalists make your way to the centre stadium as the match is due to start soon. Thank you."

"That's our cue, c'mon."

"Kai...."

"Yeah?"

"... Good luck."

The boy smiled.

"You too Cass, now lets go win us a tournament."

"3... 2 ... 1... Let It Rip!"

"Go Cerberus!"

"Fly Dranzer!"

"This is gonna be one heck of a match,"

"It sure is Max, I hope Zeo can handle it."

"I know what you mean Chief. Kai's pretty determined to win - I wouldn't like to be in his shoes right now," added Rei

By now Dranzer was slamming into Cerberus repeatedly.

"Dranzer Flame Saber!"

"Arghhh! Kai's hammering Zeo!"

"Tyson calm down..."

"How can I calm down, Hilary? My team mate is getting slaughtered! C'mon Zeo you can do it, just focus!"

Zeo grit his teeth.

- Zeo's POV -

Tyson's right. I've got to concentrate if I want to win this match.... Now what are Dranzer's weaknesses?... He's a strong attacker but his defence is not so good if I attack him from behind. Well its worth a shot - not gonna last long just letting him attack me like this.

- Normal POV -

"Cerberus, leap-frog over him!"

The blade did exactly as Zeo had requested. A look of surprise came onto Kai's face for a split second, but it soon faded.

"Impressive," smirked Kai. "However that will not be enough to beat me."

"Oh yeah? Well let's just see shall we? TURBO FLAMING CERBERUS!"

To everyone's surprise Cerberus began to spin faster, so fast that it was starting to over power Dranzer!

"Arghh!" yelled Kai, now he was really mad.

'How can Zeo do that?!' thought Kai 'I was so strong... Wait, I AM strong, and I won't be beaten. I WONT BE BEATEN!'

Just then something amazing happened. Kai's blade became surrounded in a fiery glow. Kai himself began to glow, his crimson eyes burning with fire.

"DRANZER! Reverse Flame Gigus!"

A blinding white light filled the stadium, causing everyone to shield their eyes. As the light subsided the crowds could see that Zeo had been defeated, Cerberus lay broken in 3 pieces much to the shock of its owner. A single tear fell down Zeo's cheek as he picked up his shattered blade. Kai did feel slightly guilty when he saw this, but all is fair in war as they say.

However this was not acceptable in Tyson's opinion. A true blader shouldn't need to trash his opponents blade to win. Now Tyson was even more determined to win,
and avenge his fallen team mate.

Cassie could sense Tyson's anger as she stood opposite him at the stadium, preparing for their battle. She was still faced with her own dilemma, if she won this next match then her and Kai would be the tournament champions, but that would mean Kai wouldn't have the chance to battle Tyson. However if she lost in this round then the final match would be between Kai and Tyson. This was why Cassie had requested the matches be swapped around, at least now she knew the two teams would be at a draw if she lost.

"3... 2... 1... Let It Rip!"

Both bladers launched their blades with ultimate force, they immediately began slamming into each other. Tyson put all of his effort into the battle.

"Go Dragoon!"

The blade collided with Patiere, but did not affect the purple blade in the slightest way.

"Wha?!"

Cassie smiled, Tyson was still as stubborn as ever, always attacking without thinking through the consequences. She could tell Dragoon had increased in power since their last match, but he was still no competition for Patiere.

"Dragoon attack again!"

Still it had no affect on Cassie's blade.

"You know Tyson, you really shouldn't attack when your emotions are so high,"

"I'll attack when I want to Cassie. I'm here to beat you, and to make up for what Kai did to Zeo,"

"Fair enough, but your emotions make you weak. You won't be able to beat me like this."

"Arghh! What do you know? Dragoon get her!"

The dragon bitbeast emerged from the blade, this time when it attacked the purple blade, Patiere wobbled somewhat.

"See your not so strong after all,"

"Tyson you attacked my blade with your bitbeast summoned out, you should have had enough power behind you to knock out my blade, not just make it sway in you wake. Now try the same thing when I've summoned out my bitbeast. Patiere!"

The beautiful Black Panther growled loudly as she came out of her blade.

"Now Dragoon attack her again!"

Much to Tyson's horror his attack back fired on him. As Dragoon hit Patiere, it was Dragoon that was sent flying across the beydish, not Patiere. It was almost as if the purple blade was a wall, and the blue blade was a mere tennis ball thrown against the wall to rebound straight off again.

"No way!" exclaimed Tyson, "How'd you do that?"

"I didn't do anything, it's your attack that's not as strong as usual. You're gonna have to focus more Tyson, if you want to beat me."

- Kai POV -

What is Cassie doing? She shouldn't be giving Tyson advice on how to beat her. Why doesn't she finish him off now? She has the ability to, so why doesn't she?
Wait... I know that look in her eye; she's up to something, but what? She shouldn't taunt Tyson, it only gets him riled up, and that some how give him the ability to beat his opponent. I know, cause I that's how I lost to him. I taunted him until his anger spurred him on to beat me. I hope my mistake won't be Cassie's downfall too. Unless that's her plan, to get him so angry that he's more powerful than her. No that's insane.... she wouldn't want him to beat her... would she?

- Normal POV -

"How dare you insult me by saying Dragoons attack is weak!"

"It's not just your attack that's weak, your defence isn't too good either, look."

Patiere began to attack Dragoon, pushing the blue blade backwards with each hit.

"Arghh! Stop it! Don't patronise me Cassie!"

"Well why don't you prove me wrong then Ty?... Or can't you?"

"I'll show you! DRAGOON! PHANTOM HURRICANE!"

'So predictable,' thought the girl as a very strong wind was created by Tyson's blade. 'Well now's the time to decide what to do; I could beat him now and win the tournament, but then Kai wouldn't get to battle Tyson. Or I could let Tyson beat me so that they do battle. But there's still a risk that Kai would lose, and then Zeo and Tyson would be the winners. Aww man! Why does this have to be so complicated?'

Cassie reached to her pocket, and pulled out a small gem stone. It was an opal coloured moon stone, smoothly polished. The Korean clutched the stone tightly in both hands, and closed her eyes so she could think. A few moments later she opened her eyes and looked to Kai. She smiled when she saw her boyfriend look back at her with a puzzled expression on his face.

"I believe in you" she whispered, then turned back to Tyson. "It's time to finish this now. PATIERE!"

The moon stone in Cassie's hand began to glow, her blade too began to shine a white light. The light began to get brighter and brighter until it became so blinding that everybody had to turn away from it. So now the stadium was not only filled by a strong wind from Dragoon, but also a blinding white light that emitted from Patiere.

Without warning there was a loud crackle that startled everyone. The light then began to fade as did the wind. People gasped at they opened their eyes and looked at the beyblade dish. Patiere lay on its side, but Dragoon was still spinning.

"Er... well I guess that means Tyson is the winner," announced Jazz-man, slightly confused to what had just happened.

Nobody cheered, for they were too stunned, Tyson included. Cassie was obviously the stronger blader in that match, but she'd lost. What was even more confusing was that she didn't seem upset about it either, in fact she was smiling as she returned to her team's bench. Her smile wavered slightly when she saw Kai's stern face.

She sat down next to him, waiting for him to speak.

"You lost on purpose. Why?" It was more of a statement that question, but he still wanted Cassie to answer him.

"So you could battle Tyson. I know how much you want to battle him, you told me yourself, and I saw how disappointed you were when it was announced that I would battle him. I hate to see you sad... So I lost my battle so you can battle Tyson in a third round. Please don't be mad, I know it risks us winning the tournament but I did it for you, please understand."

Kai was shocked, he hadn't expected this at all. He didn't know what he had anticipated her to say, but it certainly wasn't this. At first he was angry, but then it sank in that she'd sacrificed her battle for him. How could be angry at that?

"You did that for me?"

"Yes, I just wanted to make you happy. After all you had your heart set on beating Tyson."

Kai paused then a smile appeared on his lips.

"Thank you," he whispered before he kissed her gently.

"Your welcome," replied Cassie with a smirk.

"Well folks now that the two teams are at a draw, there will be a final round with Tyson and Kai battling out to be the ultimate champion of this tournament." declared Jazz-man.

"Now go win us a trophy," said Cassie whilst tapping Kai on the nose playfully.

The boy smiled as he got up.

"Don't worry, I will." he replied, and turned away. "You bet I will," he added with an evil twinkle in his crimson eyes.

Oooooo, so you'll have to wait for the next chapter to find out if Kai beats Tyson, I don't know meself yet. Please review, I hope you understood everything, if not then just ask, I won't be offended.
I'll update as soon as I've written the next chapter, hopefully that won't take too long, but you never know.

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