"Now, your punishment is a difficult one" the head elder said. The five White Tigers looked at each other nervously.
"Should I let you all off, or have you do one more chore?"
"I vote for letting us off" Lee piped up, but his grandfather silenced him with a look.
"Or not…" he muttered sheepishly.
The head elder thought for a moment, gazing at each of the White Tigers individually.
"I have made my decision"
"You have?" the White Tigers began to pray.
"I will let you all off"
"YES!" Lee cried.
"On one condition"
"Uh-oh"
"Lee, you have to Beybattle Ray. I want to see that Bitbeast in action"
"OH YEAH!" Lee cried, "What kind of condition is that?"
"Shut up, Lee!" Mariah cried, "You're gonna get it taken away, you dope!"
The head elder laughed at his grandchildren's antics. Lee definetly had his father's spunk, and Mariah was filled with her mother's spirit, not to mention her beauty.
"So, let's get started!" Ray cried. The boy was always itching for a Beybattle, making him the perfect best friend for Lee.
"Right!" Lee cried.
The head elder had a portable Beystadium in his closet, mainly used when Lee was younger, for blowing off his energy.
Both boys readied their Blades. Mariah stepped to the side of the dish and began to count.
"Three…two…one…Let it rip!"
"Ha!" both boys cried, their Blades flying into the stadium.
It had been a while since the elder had watched his grandson Beyblade. He'd gotten pretty good, and having Galeon only seemed to improve his technique.
Everyone watched breathlessly as Driger and Galeon met blow for blow. Lee seemed to be taking after a total attacking strategy, but that was his problem. Ray knew the balance between attack and defense, the main reason the elder had chosen him for Driger.
But Lee was filled with the determination not to lose. 'Just like his father…' the elder thought.
Lee's blade thrashed out at Ray's, who actually seemed a little worried. Suddenly, something seemed to flash on Ray's forehead. It was in the shape of a White Tiger!
'He's using it!' the elder thought. Lee stared, horrified, as an enormous White Tiger came soaring out of Ray's Blade and straight at Lee's.
But it never made contact. Instead, a giant black lion was guarding Lee.
Lee's jaw dropped.
Both Bitbeasts smashed into each other, and there was a great flash of white light.
Mariah screamed as her hair went flying all over (the ribbon Lee had given her had ripped about a year ago). Kevin went bowling backwards into the back wall, and Gary slipped and fell.
The two Bladers remained firm, but did raise their arms over their faces. Then, just as suddenly as it started, it was over. Everyone leaned forward to see what the outcome was.
A tie.
After a few seconds of shock, Lee screamed with joy. He did a little flip and whooped with happiness. No one had ever beaten Ray, never even tied with him. Looks like that record was broken.
After a few blinks, Ray picked up his Blade and walked over to Lee.
"Good battle" he said, outstretching his hand. Instead of shaking it, like a normal person, Lee grasped it in midair. Ray grinned.
"Come here, you two" the elder said. He led them over to a room that was in the very back, one Lee had tried to get into about a hundred times before, to no luck.
The elder opened the door with a key and told Mariah, Gary, and Kevin to stay outside.
The boys stepped into the room and stared. There were five glass boxes, but they were so foggy that you couldn't see inside of them.
Both ten year olds looked at the elder with curious eyes.
"Ray, you go towards that one in the middle. Lee, go to the one to the left of Ray's. You'll figure out what to do"
Both stepped up, and couldn't see what to do. Then they noticed the small openings on the front sides. They were small circles with a rectangle sticking out of each side.
The boys looked at each other and removed their bit chips from their Blades and pushed them into the openings.
A perfect fit.
The front end and tops of the glass cases began to lift up, opening as they rested on their wooden legs.
Inside of Ray's was a dusty red headband.
Lee's held a brown necklace with three green gems on it.
They both looked at the elder, who nodded. Ray lifted the headband, wiped off the center, and saw a yin-yang symbol looking straight back at him. He slowly place onto his forehead and tied it behind his hair.
Lee slipped the necklace over his head and around his neck. Ray gave him a thumbs-up.
The elder nodded again and the boys removed their Bit Chips from the cases, though they did not close. They remained open.
"What are those-" Lee began.
"They are for the other three that are chosen for the Bitbeasts" the elder responded.
"Let's go" Ray told Lee, and both left the room, no longer only friends, but also great rivals.
Author's Notes: Okay, maybe that was a bit too serious. And sorry if I already mentioned the necklace and headband in another chapter, just ignore that, okay? As for the contest, sorry, I didn't have room for it in this chapter, the winner (who will remain a secret until next chapter) will be presented next chapter, 'kay? Well, when you review this chapter, you can get a Wicked soundtrack, which is an AWESOME musical I recently saw. The songs are as follows:
1. No One Mourns the Wicked
2. Dear Old Shiz
3. The Wizard and I
4. What Is This Feeling?
5. Something Bad
6. Dancing Through Life
7. Popular
8. I'm Not That Girl
9. One Short Day
10. A Sentimental Man
11. Defying Gravity (The best song in the WHOLE show)
12. Thank Goodness
13. Wonderful
14. I'm Not That Girl (reprise)
15. As Long as You're Mine
16. No Good Deed
17. March of the Witch Hunters
18. For Good
19. Finale
There you go, all the songs! Now go download them on ITunes and onto your MP3 players/Ipods (or, if you're like me, go and beg your parents for one because you don't have one). See ya next chapter, and sorry this chapter took so long to post (stupid math class…)