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The people who took the next round were the Bladebreakers, the Spindles, Cree, Rosita, Ron, Laura, Ima, and Tom (individuals). In the second round Ray took down Ima, who burst into tears, leaving Ray in a very awkward situation, and Mulder from the Spindles knocked out Laura. Cree went up against Tom (winning, of course!) and Rosita won with Ron. So entering the semi-finals were the Bladebreakers, the Spindles, Cree and Rosita.
Tyson's POV
The Spindles were up against us. We decided Ray should go against them, that way Kai would be reserved for the finals. To tell the truth, I wanted to go against the Spindles myself, but Kai turned that one straight down. Come on. I can take anyone Ray can.
I was surprised at the amount of confidence Kai showed in Ray. It was as if Ray could beat anyone. He never shows confidence in me. Since we met Cree he's been showing more emotion and plus he's been talking more than I've ever seen or heard.
Wait a minute. He's been showing more emotion. The bet! I forgot about that. What if he does blush? I shook my head at that. Nah. That'd never happen.
"Penny for your thoughts, Tyson," Dizzy said.
"I'm thinking nothing worth a penny," I answered.
"He never does," Kai said.
"Hey!"
Cree came up. She'd been on the other side of the arena. She turned to me, "Really, Tyson, that was totally reckless of you. Do you even know what strategy means?"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
Cree shook her head and sighed, "Good luck, guys." She ran across to the opposite sidelines. I stared after her, Reckless, huh? I'll show her.
"WE'RE BACK!" all of us jumped at that. "NOW IT'S THE SEMI-FINALS, AND RAY FROM THE BLADEBREAKERS IS UP AGAINST TORY, CAPTAIN OF THE SPINDLES!"
"The captain?" Max raised an eyebrow. Chief typed furiously. "Anything, Dizzy?"
"Nothing but the pain. Can't you type more gently?" Dizzy answered.
Kenny turned to me. "I have got absolutely no data on him!"
No data? We know nothing about this guy! But that won't stop us.
"It's been a long time since we took on someone we know nothing about, but you should be able to do it, Ray," I decided to show some confidence in him too. He was one of my closest friends, after all.
"Good luck, Ray," Chief and Max chorused. Kai nodded at him.
End of Tyson's POV
Tory's POV
I got up from my seat and walked over to the arena. That guy Ray took up position opposite to me. I flashed him a glare and we got ready to launch our blades.
"THREE! TWO! ONE! LET IT RI-IIIP!"
We launched.
"AND THE BLADES ARE OFFFFFFFFF!" the commentator's voice was extremely distracting. "GOOOOOO!"
"Driger!" Ray cried. "Go for the bottom!"
"Bullet! Up in the air!"
Bullet moved to the air just as Driger moved in. But Ray was good. He saw through my plan, "Driger, to the left!"
Driger swerved left just as Bullet crashed down. I'd meant to land it on top of Driger. Anyway, "Bullet, go, before it can recover!"
Bullet attacked hard so that Driger was thrown away to the very edge of the bowl. By some miracle it spun back to the middle.
Bullet moved again. But Ray had other ideas, "Driger, move as I guide you. Left! Right! Left! Left, left. Forward, left again, now swerve back! Careful. Back now, sharp right! Now circle round and attack!"
Driger obeyed. Dodging Bullet's every attack nimbly it moved to the back and attacked from behind. Bullet was shot in the air, but it landed and somehow kept balance.
"You're good, Ray," I called to him. "But not good enough."
I saw Ray's jaw tighten and yelled, "Bullet, it's time to bring on the Bitbeast!"
"Driger! Tiger claw attack!"
A huge tiger, shining with green light erupted from Ray's Beyblade, while my own Bitbeast, a huge wolf, emerged from mine. Green and orange lights filled the Beystadium.
I yelled instructions, "Bullet! Attack from the le–"
Ray cut me off, "To the right, Driger."
Bullet aimed a slash at the left of the tiger just as it moved to the right.
I clenched my fists. Missed again! Ray was better than I'd expected. He knew what move I was going to make even before I tried it. In my anger I missed Ray's next instruction.
Driger shot up and landed hard, right on top of Bullet! Ray had mimicked the move I'd failed in!
Screeching noises were coming from the blades. Both were losing hit points. Bullet won't be able to take this much longer! It was already groaning as Driger pushed its head against it. Sparks were flying so far away even our team mates were in danger of being hit.
Ah hah!
"Bullet! Pull away as hard as you can!"
Bullet swerved back hard. Driger missed and fell over its paws. Now it was time to move, "Let's go Bullet!"
Bullet started to run around Driger, who tried aiming slashes at it, missing every time. Then it stopped and slashed at Driger.
Ray began again, "Drig–"
"Too late." Bullet was going straight for it.
"Not. Fly, Driger."
"What?"
Driger launched into the air on top of Bullet, but I got another idea, "Mimic that move and go for a head on head on collision!"
Bullet obeyed me and did as told. The two Beyblades collided, as did their Bit beasts. Bullet landed with much effort. Drigger stumbled but didn't fall.
Bullet is weak. Shouldn't have done that.
"Driger! From the bottom!"
Before I could say anything Bullet was down! It flew away as Driger attacked it. Driger positioned itself under Bullet and twisted upwards. Bullet landed on its side outside the arena.
"No way!"
"THE MATCH IS OVER! WITH THAT SPECTACULAR MOVE IN THE END DRIGER HAS LITERALLY KNOCKED BULLET RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX!"
I hadn't noticed how quiet everyone had been throughout the match. Neither the spectators nor the commentator had uttered a single word. Ray's team mates had run over to congratulate him. I stared at him for while, then, "Hey, Ray."
He turned away from his friends, who also looked at me. "Yeah?"
"That was a great match. You're an awesome Beyblader."
"You're excellent yourself."
"Thanks. I'll see you guys later. Good luck in the finals."
End Tory's POV
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