Wow I had like 22 reviews for that last chapter! Thank you so much guys! Well most of you voted for this chapter to go straight onto the semi finals so, my wish is your command!

Oh and by the way, a lot of reviewers mentioned how the last chapter reminded them of Tala and Worlborg… Well it's funny you should mention that, because as I said previously, chapter 34 will hold GREAT relevance for later on in this story… after all dreams can sometimes be an apparition of the future.

Well that's all I say for now… Onto this chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade, I only own my OC's and their bitbeasts.

Chapter 35: Too Good To Miss

"Dragoon! Hyper Victory Tornado!"

"No! Draciel!"

The blonde American watched in dismay as his precious bit beast flew out the Beydish. Max sunk to his knees. It was over…

Jazzman suddenly came to life.

"Draciel is out! So that means Tyson wins!"

The crowds cheered wildly as Dragoon was summoned back to his master. Max could do nothing but shake his head in disbelief.

'I lost…'

The boy was barely listening as Jazzman confirmed his worst fears.

"This win for the BBA means they have taken final place in the semi-finals! Sadly it also means the All Starz are out of this year's competition, along with the Majestics. So that means the semi-finals will be as follows: The Demolition Boys will face the BBA Revolution, and Team Twilight will face the White Tigers! The winners of these two matches will then face each other in the finals!"

Cheers bellowed from the excited crowds, as Tyson waved eagerly to his fans. Suddenly the boy stopped as he noticed his friend was still on his knees.

"Max?"

Slowly the American lifted his head.

"Hey that was a great match buddy," Exclaimed Tyson as he outstretched his hand. "I fell honoured to have battled you."

Max smiled in his usual kind way, and shook Tyson's hand.

"Thanks, Tyson… I'm glad you're the one that beat me. At least I got a battle worth losing for."

"No hard feelings?"

"Of course not!" replied Max. "I haven't forgotten the pact we made, forever friends right?"

The two boys chuckled and waved in unison to the crowds. Rei and Cassie, who had been watching the match smiled at their friends. Their smiles slightly wavered when they caught each others eyes. For a brief moment they looked blankly at their next opponent, until Rei nodded politely before his team left the arena, Cassie smiled and nodded back understandingly.

'I remember the pact…'

"So you looking forward to your match with Kai, Tyson?" asked Max as they sat in the BBA café.

"Well I'm looking forward to beating him,"

"Tyson you shouldn't be so cocky!" snapped Hilary.

"Geeze Hil, I was joking!"

"Yes well now is not the time to be joking around!" retorted the girl.

"Ahem… I think what Hilary means Tyson, is that you'll need to take this next match very seriously if you want to defeat Kai." Added Kenny.

"Relax Chief, I do know what I'm doing,"

"But I don't think you realise just how powerful Kai has got…"

"So he's got a little stronger… So what? I have too."

"Tyson, you shouldn't underestimate Kai," warned Max

"I don't need a lecture Max"

"I'm only trying to help Ty, remember, you haven't faced him so far, but both Rei and myself were beaten by Kai in the preliminary rounds. In fact, he's the only blader who hasn't lost a match yet."

"Well his lucky streak is about to be shattered, 'cause me and Dragoon mean business!"

"You don't listen to anything do you Tyson?"

"What you say Hil?"

"Argh! I give up!" exclaimed the girl.

Meanwhile Team Twilight were discussing team tactics in their training arena.

"So we're up against the White Tigers next?"

"Yup, that's right Mika."

"Uhuh, well they seem a strong team Cassie." Stated Tariq

"They are fairly…"

"What do you mean Cass? Have you played them before?" enquired Daren.

"Well… I have battled them. It wasn't really anything official though."

"I see… which of them did you battle?"

The girl sighed. Her team were forever asking questions.

"All of them," she replied bluntly

"What?" exclaimed her team

"You battle all five of them?" questioned Mika

"No, four of them, Rei wasn't on their team when I battled them."

"But you battled four of them… in one go? By yourself?"

"Uhuh," nodded the girl innocently

"Cassie, that sort of thing is way to risky,"

"Well it wasn't like I had a choice at the time Daren! Oh it doesn't matter, the main thing is I managed pretty well against all four of them."

"But…"

"Daren, I knew what I was doing! Let's just leave it there eh? I think it's more important that we concentrate on beating them in our match."

"We shouldn't need to worry…" stated Mika

"What?" confusion spread across their captain's face

"Well if you could take on all of them in one go, then we shouldn't need to worry about battling them individually…"

"We should still take them as seriously as any other competitor Mika, after all, they did make their way to the semi-finals."

"Tariq is right, we can't take any chances. Besides, I know for certain Rei will have trained his team hard to improve their skills. I reckon they will have developed their abilities for our match."

"So what do you suggest Cass?" asked Daren

"I think we should practice, and practice well. Even if the Whit Tigers aren't a major challenge, and we beat them, whoever we face in the finals will be far more difficult to defeat."

All of the team nodded in agreement, as they thought about the two possible finalists they could face.

"How do you think will win out of Tyson and Kai?" asked Mika

Cassie frowned as she contemplated the question.

"It hard to say… they are both strong bladers."

"But you know them both, who's the strongest?"

Cassie hesitated, she really didn't know.

"Kai," replied Daren bluntly.

"You think?" asked Cassie in surprise

"I know. I doubt he will lose if Boris has anything to do with it."

He had a point. Boris would be less than forgiving if his team didn't reach the semi-finals. Not to mention, the fact that Kai had beaten Tyson last time they had battled.

Could he beat Tyson again? Only time would tell.

An evil smile, spread across Boris' face as he observed Team Twilights discussions.

"So they suspect something… No matter, everyone knows that I only accept the best. Indeed I will expect Kai to defeat Tyson, if he doesn't then there will be severe consequences…"

Then he saw something on the monitor that made him stop in his tracks.

"On the other hand, maybe there is something else that would make Kai more willing to co-operate…"

He went to his computer and pressed record. Once again he smirked to himself.

'Some opportunities are just too good to miss.'

Ooo so that's a sort of cliffie for you all! I hope you enjoyed it! I think I know what is gonna happen in the story now, and I reckon there will be about six more chapters until the end. They may be more but not many more lol. If there is demand though, I may write a sequel to this fic… it all depends on what you want!

So please review!

Wreckless Spirit